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>> Good afternoon everyone and welcome
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to the city of Santa Clara Council and
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Stadium Authority Meeting. Let's start
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with a roll call. Do we know if
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councilmember Hardy is attending?
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>> I saw a letter from her, I would
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like to make a motion to excuse her.
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>> So there is a motion and a second.
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Roll call vote. It passes unanimously.
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Next we are going on to public comment,
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do we have any public comment regarding
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any of our closed session items?
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>> I don't see any hands, and I don't
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have any e comments or emails.
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>> Thank you very much, we will
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convene to closed session and come
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back at 6 PM for our regular meeting.
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[Closed session]
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Good evening everyone. I am
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going to call this regular city Council
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stadium concurrent meeting to order.
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Please stand for the Pledge of
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Allegiance and medium of values.
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[Pledge of Allegiance]
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Does anybody have the statement of
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values? If not, I will read them. As we
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gather we humbly seek blessings upon
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this meeting. May we act with courage
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to perform the obligations and duties
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to people for justice for all. May we
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act in the best interest of our people,
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neighbors, and our country. All we ask
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is that we may serve our community with
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fairness and respect, putting their
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needs before all.
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>> Members of the Santa Clara Stadium
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Authority and Housing Authority are
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required to receive $30 for each
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attended meeting. The city of Santa
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Clara has adopted a code of ethics For
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public meeting to maintain the highest
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level of conduct. This includes Mutual
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respect and allowing things to be done
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in a manner. Use of the gavel indicates
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all conversation must conclude, and
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everyone and attendance should come to
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order. Welcome and thank you for your
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participation.
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>> Thank you and I have a short
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statement as well. We continue to use
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the zoom feature and members of the
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public can join by using the link. If
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you would like to speak on an agenda
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item, please raise your hand or press
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*Nine on your phone. Please raise your
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hand if the item you are speaking on is
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being presented. Members of the public
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will have two minutes to speak on
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agenda items , And three minutes to
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speak on public items, which is items
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not on the agenda. You can also submit
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your comment in the e comments section
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and they will be read into the record.
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Let's move onto the Council agenda.
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First, we have actions taken in closed
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session. Assistant city Attorney, items
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on the discussion report.
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>> We have no reportable discussion
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outside of closed session.
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>> Next is continuances/exceptions/
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three considerations. I don't think we
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have Any exceptions.
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>> I divided the priority items that
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need to be done.
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>> We should put that as an item on the
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agenda.
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>> It is easier to say what doesn't
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have to be done. Item 5a can be
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deferred, 5f and 5s, and under the
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general and business public hearing
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section, items six and seven can be
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deferred, 10, 11 and 12 are not staff
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items nor related to city services so
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they can speak for themselves, or
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members of the public and the written
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petition Indicates that they are
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scheduled for August 17.Out of the
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agenda. There are five city staff memos
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that can be deferred. 5A, F, S and
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6,7.
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>> I wanted to know if people consider
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taking item 11 sooner. I would
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suggest at the beginning of public
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business. I was really expecting to see
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the application of new land use
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designation. To come up with more than
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just one area proposal. So I was asking
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if anyone could come up with a new plan
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for item 5.
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>> So you wanted to pull up the item
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about a public apology, you wanted to
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put that in front of our general
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business?
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>> I don't think it would take too
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long.
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>> The city manager just said the
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things we need to get done tonight.
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>> Understood, we can address the
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things that are timely and move them to
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the front and put this right after
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that.
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>> That makes more sense. Everything
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that has to go tonight. First and then
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that afterwards.
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>> That would be my motion.
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>> Is there a second?
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>> I would prefer That we go as you
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said the important matters first and
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then will public issue, the first items
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as promised to be heard. That's fine If
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councilmember Park wants to do. My item
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after that.
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>> I was going to add item number 10
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which is the Congressional letter, that
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is timely as well.
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>> Thank you, I am in support of that.
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As long as we get the things we need to
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get done first and then we will hear
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councilmember Becker's item. There is a
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motion and a second. Any discussion
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from the Council or from the public?
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>> I don't see any hands from the
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public.
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>> Can you take a roll call on that?
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>> Just a moment.
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>> And councilmember Park will go to
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the items you asked for. Just bear with
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me while we finish this one first.
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>> Councilmember Watanabi?
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilmember Park?
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilmember James?
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>> Yes.
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>>The item passes. You are asking for
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the item plan action that was taken
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last week to be considered?
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>> Yes. I was wondering if any of those
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folks would be willing to reconsider.
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>> Knowing what we did last time about
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the public projects, maybe I am putting
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you on the spot Assistant city Attorney.
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Is the vote to put it on a future
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agenda?
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>> That is the process used for the
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Republic.
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>>Let me ask you because our August 17
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meeting is a goal setting meeting. Is
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it a special meeting or city Council?
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Would we put it on the 24th or the
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17th?
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>> For August 17 we are having the
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session That the governance committee
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scoped out which is largely around
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meeting management as well as the
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check-in and there is other items. I do
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just want to add to what Su just
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referenced and the requirements
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reconsideration require that there be a
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disclosure of new evidence or facts
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that allows for the Council to
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reconsider the item. It is the same for
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tonight's item and that conversation is
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limited to that information. The
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closure of new evidence, if that should
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be provided to the Council for new
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consideration and put it on.
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>> This would be just to put it on the
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agenda an alternative to this,
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councilmember Park And actually placed
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it on the agenda. No, because that is
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too late. This action would be someone
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in the affirmative, someone is going to
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have to remind me who is in the
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affirmative the place it on a future
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agenda to be placed on a future agenda.
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Do we know who was in the affirmative?
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That was in last Week and that was a
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long time ago.
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>>That was basically you, me,
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Councilmember Jahal and Watanabi. That
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would mean one of us would have to
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reconsider which is what I'm concerned
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about because what would we consider.
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>>Could you please repeat what you were
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trying to accomplish?
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>> When we brought the El Camino
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specific plan changes to counsel, I
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thought we were going to get the new
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definitions with specific and proposed
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land use designations to come up with
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several alternatives, including a
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mid-level alternative but we didn't get
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that. Instead, we got what I wanted as
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a recommendation, and we have some
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things that we lost 1/3 of our
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commercial and brought down the heights
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formally without considering there are
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some areas that impact higher density.
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We lost so many different things and I
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was not expecting a proposal That caused
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us to have to redo our EIR. I did expect
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something as a mid-level proposal as
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the recommendation but the
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recommendation number two was to come
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back and we would do that again and I
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would really like to see a mid-level
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proposal That would not cost us any more
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money, stick with the EIR and allow for
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higher densities and more commercial.
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Again, we lost 1/3 of our commercial.
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>> I am a little bit confused because
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we spent hours on that El Camino land,
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the mid-level proposal didn't .
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pass and I'm not hearing any new
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information. I'm not inclined to
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rehash what we already hashed.
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>> If the situation was already
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improved and staff came to us with a
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mid-level recommendation.
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>> There was a mid-level recommendation
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that wasn't accepted. Let's see if
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anybody has any interest in putting it
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on a future agenda.
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>> I'm not inclined to do so and one of
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the reasons why is because there are
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two portable housing units that were
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discussed and they are on a timeline
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themselves. They were waiting for us to
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make a decision about this specific
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plan so they could move forward and
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based on what was decided last week. It
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could give them that opportunity.
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>> Do we want to put it on a future
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agenda which would really take us into
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September, possibly October of this
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year which really delays us a lot.
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Unless there is a motion from someone,
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This doesn't move ahead. Any of the
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four? I know I am not going to make a
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motion, now is the time to do it. If
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you want to reconsider it and if not, We
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can move on. I'm not seeing anything. Is
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there any other reconsideration's were
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anything from the members of the public?
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>> They lowered their hands.
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>> We are going to move ahead with item
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number two. A reconsideration of
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Council action taken at the June 22,
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2021 city Council meeting regarding his
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action to take no action to put an item
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on the future agenda, Adding an item to
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an agenda requesting discussion on
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amendment 23By and between the city and
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Republic Metropolitan, LLC. Staff's
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recommendation, staff's position is the
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same as June 22. I don't know who we
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hear from first, I think it is
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councilmember Park that did this.
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>>I think we have a brief presentation.
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I will be Providing the presentation
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with respect to the governance policy
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issues.
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>> Before you proceed, this is an
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action to put it on a future agenda,
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that's all we are talking about. We are
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not going into the project, it is only
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about if we are putting it on the
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future agenda.
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>> The use of reconsideration on June
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22, this is a matter that was both
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raised and acted on. On June 22 and Was
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requested for reconsideration on July
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6. This item Is agendized tonight. The
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Council policy for reconsideration is a
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limited policy. At such time as the
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matter is heard, the city Council shall
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only consider new evidence or facts not
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presented previously with regards to
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the item. The new evidence or facts Has
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put into the record, which is a
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requirement and was not disclosed on
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June 22 is that there was testimony
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that was provided that there was
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unanimous approval by the city Council
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as well as the VTA for an extension
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of an ENA.
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>> The city and VTA board authorized
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the execution of an extension if the
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certain conditions were met and the
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conditions were not met. The city sent
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a letter on November, 2020, stating
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that the ENA had expired. Advancing
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through the clerk that confirms the
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position that the ENA is expired.
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Republic has advised that they do not
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possess an executed document extending
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the ENA 's August 5, 2021, and that is
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only if requirements were met. On a
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policy side, we know from the
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governance perspective, there is no
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evidence or facts. On the policy side,
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the issue becomes nearly after a year
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after the ENA has expired, whether
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there is a claim for new development
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and agreements set for the development
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project after the ENA has expired and
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now they are agreeing to those terms.
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Now that they are expired. Extend
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through that policy and the purpose of
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Using those policies are for other
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matters. Our recommendations stay the
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same, which was placed in the report
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already. We don't find that there is
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new information or facts. Our
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recommendation stays the same as was
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placed in the report. However, I know
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the Council May have questions or want
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to consider other areas if that is how
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they want to proceed. So I will leave
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it at that.
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>> Thank you, city manager, I will now
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go to the person Who requested this to
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be put on the agenda.
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I am going to give you an opportunity to
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respond, Kelly, since we went to a
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little detail there.
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>>Hello, mayor, council, thank you so
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much. Thank you for asking for me to
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respond. In short, to answer the city
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manager with all due respect, we are
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not able to produce an executedENA
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simply due to the fact that after the
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Council voted unanimously to grant
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extension we never received a document
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from city staff. So there was no
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document to execute.That's the simple
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reason why we can extend it.It was
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voted unanimously by the city Council
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in the BTA board to extend until
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August 5, 2021 2021. This is a
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complicated development with the two
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city agencies, numerous delays, many
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parts, and as I said last week we
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continue to work in good faith with
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the city of Santa Clara and the BTA,
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well into the fall assuming that we
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were granted the extension of the DNA
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through the Council and we all
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continued to work. So if I may I would
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like to turn it over to Ron Pacetti.
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>>Thank you, Miss Macy, I'm going to
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go back to the Council first, because
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again, there will be an appropriate
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opportunityIf this is placed on a
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future agenda go into details about
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everything, and I will be going to the
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public, so everyone will have a chance
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to speak. But in the meantime I just
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want to go back to the Council,
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because however, the ascot this
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evening is to put this on a future
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agenda. So before we go too far into
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the project, which if it's put on a
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future agenda there will be plenty of
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the CouncilIf so, I need a motion. So
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that we can then go to the public.
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Councilmember Watanabe?
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>>Thank you, Mayor. I would like to go
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ahead and make that motionTo bring
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this back to a future Council meeting,
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to bring this issue to the Council
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meeting, excuse me.
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>>Thank you. Is there a second?
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>>I second that.
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>>Okay, second by Vice Mayor to Hall.
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Thank you very much. At least we have
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a motion and a second on the floor and
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now I will go to the public.
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>>Excuse me, Mayor?Could I have a
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clarification? Is the motion to grant
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the motion for reconsideration?
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>>Thank you.
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[CROSSTALK]
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>>Thank you, Mrs. Assistant city
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attorney, of course it was, did you
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not hear that?
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[LAUGHING] Is that okay with the maker
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of the motion in the second? The vice
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mayor? Okay. Thank you. Let's go to
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the public. Jonathan, go ahead,
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Jonathan.Is your hand up or no?I'm not
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sure it is.
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>>He lowered it.
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>>Steve, go ahead, Steve.
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>>Thank you, Mayor Gilmore and Council
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members., Since we reallyThe
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consideration today I would ask that
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this move forward so residents can
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(INAUDIBLE) a project. I think
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affordable housing is too important
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not to move forward. I like the
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benefits to the cityAnd I would
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definitely like to see revitalization
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Of the old quad business areas. I think
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Bringing in more housing in this area
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Can only benefit the businesses in the
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old quad. Thank you.
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>>Thank you. Brian, go ahead, Brian.
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Brian?Brian? Dropped off. Rob, go
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ahead, IIROC. Muted? There you go.
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>>Sorry. My name is Rob (INAUDIBLE)
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I'm an attorney for Republic and also
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a lifelong resident of the city of
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Santa Clara. I want to clarifyWhat the
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city manager was talking about. The
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vote to put on tonight's calendar this
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matter was unanimous. After the vote
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the city manager attempted to create
00:31:01
an issue, a requirement, if you will,
00:31:02
that was not part of the Council vote,
00:31:03
specifically the city manager said
00:31:04
that the new facts must be an executed
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third amendment to the ENA. That's not
00:31:16
what the vote was. Once the vote was
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completed, that's on the city manager
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came on and attempted to make that
00:31:19
requirement. Let me go back a little
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bit. On July 14, 2020, the Council
00:31:21
unanimously voted to expand over the
00:31:35
third amendment. Over the next four
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months staff continue to negotiate the
00:31:37
terms sheet and other managers with
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republic without any notice or
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indication that the city intended to
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end negotiations or take the position
00:31:41
that the ENA would expire. In city
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staff during those four months never
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said sent I drafted the third
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amendment to the ENA. In November
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2020, staff sent a letter from the
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public via US mail addressed to
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Washington DC's office telling
00:32:00
republic that the city considered the
00:32:01
ENA expired. When I first heard of
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staff's past vote requirement I asked
00:32:03
for an explanation. None was provided
00:32:04
by the city manager.If new facts are
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to be presented, I don't think that
00:32:13
any new facts are needing to be
00:32:14
presented, there is no substantive
00:32:15
discussion of the petition, the fact
00:32:16
is that Republic has agreedRequest for
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indemnification agreement. All other
00:32:39
term sheets had been agreed to prior
00:32:40
the November 2020. I don't think that
00:32:41
the way the city staff has handled
00:32:42
this matter is fair or reasonable and
00:32:43
as a citizen or resident (INAUDIBLE).
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>>That's the first time I ever heard
00:32:45
that letter. Thank you. Name not
00:32:46
required.
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>>You are muted.
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>>I'm trying to unmute. There we go.
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It's interesting what the last element
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said because I would like to know why
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the city manager is so anti-this
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proposal ties very suspicious. Perhaps
00:33:33
you she should withdraw herself From
00:33:34
anything having to do with this
00:33:35
proposal because it seemed to be very
00:33:36
prejudice without explanation and the
00:33:37
requirements for putting this
00:33:38
reconsideration on the grant agenda
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are a whole brand-new set of
00:33:40
requirements that have never ever been
00:33:41
exercised for the city of Santa Clara
00:33:42
ever in its history until this
00:33:43
particular issue came out. So there's
00:33:44
a whole lot of rotten cheese involved
00:33:45
with this particular situation, and I
00:33:46
would love to have some investigation
00:33:47
into why all of a sudden this
00:33:48
particular proposal, Why she is so
00:33:49
against this, as is the city attorney.
00:33:50
I hope is not being there is a really
00:33:51
good side a sign. Aside from that, I
00:33:52
hope that this is going to be put on
00:33:56
an agenda, not just listening to it
00:34:20
Plus knowing anything in the amount of
00:34:21
revenue potentially could bring into
00:34:22
the city is absolutely huge, it takes
00:34:23
the city of Santa Clara a phenomenal
00:34:24
amount of time to get this amount of
00:34:25
revenue and get the amount of money
00:34:26
necessary to pay for a well, the
00:34:27
amount of revenue to even have it and
00:34:28
for God sake we are finally putting
00:34:29
the right project in the right place
00:34:30
bringing together transportation modes
00:34:35
And bringing in consolidating them. I
00:34:36
can't think of a place we finally have
00:34:37
put the right project in the right
00:34:38
place. Don't screw it up by not even
00:34:39
listening to the proposal. Thank you
00:34:40
for making the proposal. Councilmember
00:34:45
Becker, and thank you for seconding
00:34:46
it, vice Mayor Chahal. And God bless
00:34:48
somebody has some common sense up
00:34:49
there. Thank you.
00:34:55
>>Brian, go ahead, Brian.
00:34:56
>>Okay, thank you. No, I think with
00:35:06
this project that for any project it's
00:35:07
important to have a good partnership
00:35:08
and someone who is going to do
00:35:09
(INAUDIBLE)The good of the project,
00:35:18
good of the community. I think they
00:35:19
have been, the developers have been
00:35:20
very good about being a good community
00:35:26
partner with their donation, million
00:35:27
dollars donation to Caltrans EDA,
00:35:36
replacing the water well, (INAUDIBLE)
00:35:37
from workforce and the mix of retail
00:35:38
with that and also the way this
00:35:51
development is going to generate
00:35:52
revenue for the city. So I think, I
00:35:53
urge you to consider the value of the
00:35:54
good partnership that could be
00:35:55
possible here as we consider this
00:35:59
further.
00:36:00
>>Thank you, Brian. Ruben, go ahead, I
00:36:01
written. Ruben.
00:36:16
>>And my unmuted?
00:36:17
>>You are fine, go ahead, we can hear
00:36:18
you.
00:36:19
>>Thank you, Mayor, appreciate the
00:36:20
time. I want to just voice my all
00:36:21
opinion on the project and. I have
00:36:31
been a lifelong resident of Santa
00:36:32
Clara, I had they always encourage the
00:36:33
city to do things for the betterment
00:36:34
in terms of not just economic but
00:36:35
social, civic that we need more things,
00:36:36
We needThings for the community, not
00:37:01
to just go visit and not have to go
00:37:02
out of town. You'll have to go to Los
00:37:03
Gatos or Mountain View. We could have
00:37:04
more things for the city of Santa
00:37:05
Clara. So I just wanted to voice my
00:37:06
support of the project, I'm glad it's
00:37:07
been reconsidered. And I hope that the
00:37:08
powers that beSanta Clara has always
00:37:09
been that city that's always popped
00:37:14
forward and I hope that continues to
00:37:15
happen. Thank you.
00:37:16
>>Thank you, Ruben, go ahead Robert.
00:37:25
There you go, your unmuted. Robert?
00:37:41
Robert? Are you there? Him
00:37:42
>>I strongly support this proposed
00:37:43
development. Please put it on the
00:37:44
agenda.And we have a desperate
00:37:55
shortage of it. So this is a rare
00:37:56
opportunity to provide additional
00:37:57
housing in the closest possible
00:37:58
locationsOf the major transportation
00:38:08
of Santa Clara station. We need more
00:38:09
housing. Especially in this location.
00:38:10
This housing would help downtown Santa
00:38:11
Clara, patronize our local businesses.
00:38:26
So please approve this request to at
00:38:27
least look at this and give it a
00:38:28
chance. I'm not saying that you must
00:38:29
approve it, I'm just saying given the
00:38:30
chance to be heard. Thank you.
00:38:31
>>Thank you. Richard, go ahead,
00:38:32
Richard.
00:38:37
>>Hello?
00:38:38
>>Hi, we can hear you. Go ahead.
00:38:58
>>What does it take to kill outdated
00:38:59
DNA? DNA is not tied to any economic
00:39:00
industry and our economy has broken
00:39:01
records in the past two years. The new
00:39:02
RFP needed to predict the city's
00:39:03
interest I don't believe there is a
00:39:04
reason the city should move forward
00:39:05
with this inspired ENA. It only seems
00:39:21
to be for the developer, I can't
00:39:22
believe I'm saying this, but I feel
00:39:23
the city should follow BTA's Lee did
00:39:24
not go forward with this one-sided
00:39:25
ENA. Thank you.
00:39:26
>>Thank you, Richard. Mike, go ahead,
00:39:27
Mike.
00:39:28
>>Hello, Council and counseling
00:39:29
members. I strongly support. There are
00:39:35
so many benefits that the city will
00:39:36
get out of this, $625,000 a year with
00:39:37
the 2% escalation annually. That's
00:39:39
just the money, then they're going to
00:39:40
replace the wellAt their own cost, and
00:39:48
they're also going to provide a second
00:39:49
feasibility study for future second
00:39:50
well. This is all money that the city
00:39:56
does not have to spend, because we
00:39:57
have a developer who is willingly
00:39:58
going to build the development that
00:40:01
has a greater number of affordable
00:40:02
housing than any other development in
00:40:06
any other requirement of 10%, and why
00:40:14
should we not take advantage of this?
00:40:15
At least put it on an agenda as item
00:40:16
and here it out.I mean just dropping
00:40:21
it off at the knees is not very
00:40:22
progressing thinking, and I really
00:40:31
hope you think about this and put it
00:40:32
on a future item. Thank you.
00:40:33
>>Thank you, Mike. Jerry, go ahead,
00:40:34
Jerry.
00:40:38
>>Thank you, Mayor Gilmore and
00:40:39
Council. This is Jerry Smith, 3613
00:40:48
Dairy Dr., Santa Clara in the women's
00:40:49
soccer coach at Santa Clara University
00:40:50
for the past 34 years. I strongly
00:40:51
supportAgenda rising this for future
00:40:57
agenda, I think at least for the
00:40:58
public to have an opportunityTo speak
00:41:00
on the matter and listen, Anytime we
00:41:17
can bring in more affordable housing,
00:41:18
revitalizing area, bringing revenue to
00:41:19
the city and the new well just seemed
00:41:20
like a no-brainer to me. So I strongly
00:41:21
supportThis matter on a future agenda,
00:41:24
and hopefully you will see it that way
00:41:25
as well. And agenda guises for future.
00:42:01
Thank you.
00:42:02
>>Thank you, Jerry. Tricia, go ahead,
00:42:03
Patricia.
00:42:04
>>Hi, can you hear me?
00:42:05
>>Yes, we can.
00:42:06
>>Thank you. Thank you, Mayor and
00:42:07
Council. I strongly encourage you to
00:42:08
invalidate the motion to reconsider
00:42:09
and doubly confirm expired DNA at a
00:42:10
future Council meeting. Please refer
00:42:11
to (INAUDIBLE) in your packet that
00:42:12
states the DNA on August 5, 2020.
00:42:13
There is literally nothing to amend.
00:42:14
If you're interested in what they are
00:42:15
offering,The (INAUDIBLE) has no longer
00:42:18
existing. The time is past. Please
00:42:19
complete a stationary a plan and open
00:42:20
up a competitive bidding plan for the
00:42:21
petitioner submit ideas. The
00:42:22
petitioner's continued harassment of
00:42:23
the Council and the public are cause
00:42:24
for concern. UnlessWe agenda as this
00:42:37
item, they demonstrated how they're
00:42:38
not interested in working for the
00:42:39
community. It takes a pretty
00:42:40
impressive (INAUDIBLE). This situation
00:42:41
is like when a kid ask if they can
00:42:42
have bubblegum flavored ice cream for
00:42:43
dinner, you say no, because it's going
00:42:44
to ruin the appetite.. Touting the
00:43:00
virtuous ice cream is not relevant.
00:43:01
Coming every five minutes to ask how
00:43:02
about now is also not a valid
00:43:03
argument. We should not been
00:43:04
tainted entertaining this motion. It
00:43:05
did not meet the councils on bar for
00:43:06
submitting information. Even the
00:43:07
original petition was based on
00:43:08
falsehoods about expired DNA. Please
00:43:09
clearly reject this request so I can
00:43:10
go back to finishing making dinner.
00:43:11
>>Thank you, Jonathan, go ahead,
00:43:12
Jonathan.
00:43:58
>>Thank you. Is this coming through?
00:43:59
>>We can hear you.
00:44:00
>>You should not be hearing this item
00:44:01
tonight, there is not a valid reason
00:44:02
for reconsideration. The petitioner
00:44:03
receipt simply restated what the
00:44:04
project was without new information
00:44:05
which will change the material facts
00:44:06
of the decision from June 22. In fact
00:44:07
Kelly Mason respect misrepresented
00:44:08
facts including the city Council and
00:44:09
ETA unanimously approving an extension
00:44:10
to August 2021. This is not the case.
00:44:11
He also writes the city manager to
00:44:12
negotiate extension in July 2020, the
00:44:13
new Contract was negotiated and
00:44:14
expired in August 2020. One of the
00:44:15
requirements of negotiation was the
00:44:16
developer would indemnify the city
00:44:17
against violations of the surplus land
00:44:18
act, the statement that the developer
00:44:19
wishes to an expired contract making
00:44:20
material change the factsResented when
00:44:21
the city Council decided not to hear
00:44:22
petition. It is also my understand
00:44:23
that the city Council may have already
00:44:24
voted to discontinue negotiations with
00:44:25
the public on October 15, 2020 after
00:44:26
the NAA expired. Why are we discussing
00:44:27
amending agreementBoth Council and VTA
00:44:38
decided to let expire? Should the city
00:44:39
really be contracting with developers
00:44:40
who spread disinformation in a public
00:44:41
forum? The actions of public metro are
00:44:42
contracted out ethical and transparent
00:44:43
process you purport to follow in our
00:44:44
city. The license plate and falsehoods
00:44:45
are not the only problem, I see last
00:44:46
weekend again tonight multiple people
00:44:47
have given testimony as to the
00:44:48
benefits of the project. None of this
00:44:49
is new informationNor is the testimony
00:45:00
relevant to the discussions at hand.
00:45:01
Under Council policy 42 of the
00:45:02
testimony in support of the project
00:45:03
should have been allowed or considered
00:45:04
and has been allowed in direct
00:45:05
violation of policy. Let's get back to
00:45:06
the facts. It expired in 2020, there's
00:45:07
no in a two and a man, the city staff
00:45:08
is under due diligence and the Council
00:45:09
should advise, Deny this motion and
00:45:10
start a precise plan process and as
00:45:11
part of that process formulate a
00:45:12
useful site and put forward a
00:45:13
competitive bidding process. Thank you.
00:45:18
>>Thank you. The last four numbers of
00:45:19
the phone number, 9553, 9553? You are
00:45:24
muted. There you go.
00:45:37
>>Hi Matt, good evening, my name is
00:45:38
Jorge, I own property around the
00:45:39
corner and I'm trying to make heads or
00:45:40
tails of was going on with this
00:45:41
project.(INAUDIBLE) stationary
00:46:01
activated with retail commercial and
00:46:02
had the, place of interest, however I
00:46:03
am a bit confused if housing is the
00:46:04
best use of city land. I think if you
00:46:05
get the benefits, sounds great, but I
00:46:06
am also confused if it was kind of a
00:46:07
pre-negotiated not public process, if
00:46:08
other developments developers would
00:46:09
not offer the same or better. Just
00:46:18
speaking as a resident here, someone
00:46:19
who wants to see the area activated, I
00:46:20
feel like this meeting today has been
00:46:35
spoken to by professionals and not so
00:46:36
much residents like Santa Clara
00:46:37
University people who want to do
00:46:38
housing, but not the residents who
00:46:39
actually see the area put to use. I
00:46:40
would hate to see the summer go dead.
00:46:41
I don't even get to do thisHow the you
00:46:47
would use the transit area other than
00:46:48
to get out of town. So I am just kind
00:46:49
of confused as to why this is the best
00:46:50
use of the project land. I kind of
00:46:58
feel that the Council should not move
00:46:59
forward with this. Thanks for your
00:47:00
time and please make the area
00:47:01
fantastic.
00:47:38
>>Thank you. Kirk, go ahead, Kurt.
00:47:39
>>Yes, Hi, thanks, Mayor and Council.
00:47:40
So I spoke on this project when you
00:47:41
first arrived, gosh, like
00:47:42
councilmember O'Neill was still on
00:47:43
Council back then, I think she was
00:47:44
still, it was a while ago. And I spoke
00:47:45
out against the idea of DNA on this
00:47:46
particular site because how your
00:47:47
competitive process release having
00:47:48
other people look at something as
00:47:49
amazing, as a high transit, heavy
00:47:50
rail, not even light rail, heavy rail
00:47:51
transitSite would be something pretty
00:47:52
compelling to many people. That's why
00:47:53
was never supportive of the neonate to
00:47:54
begin with. Can you hear that is been
00:47:55
dragging on for all these years and
00:47:56
that it's been expired and, I didn't
00:47:57
hear any new information,Which was
00:48:00
just like the last item that was voted
00:48:15
down where there wasn't even a motion
00:48:16
to support going forward. There has
00:48:17
got to be new information like at hand
00:48:18
at the prior meeting to reconsider.
00:48:19
And I don't see what that is.This is
00:48:20
already been expired,You should let it
00:48:25
go and put this out to bid for a real
00:48:26
competitive process to make something
00:48:48
and bid on it. And they know it well
00:48:49
and they probably have an advantage
00:48:50
because they've been working with city
00:48:51
for so long, they know the site, they
00:48:52
know the issues and they can speak
00:48:53
well to it. They probably have an
00:48:54
advantage already. So I hope that you
00:48:55
will not support advancing this to a
00:48:56
council agenda meeting. Thank you.
00:48:57
>>Thank you, Kurt. Dan, go ahead, Dan.
00:49:00
>>Thank you, Mdm. Mayor,
00:49:01
councilmember, city staff, my name is
00:49:02
Dan Unger reclaiming our downtown. The
00:49:20
Santa Clara train station I believe is
00:49:21
going to become one of the most
00:49:22
important hubs in the South Bay. It's
00:49:23
closest, it's the closest train
00:49:24
station in the Nata, it has land
00:49:25
potential, it has a huge number of
00:49:26
commuters, not students, but
00:49:27
commuters, and it's a gateway to our
00:49:28
new downtown. But the lands are being
00:49:30
developed parcel by parcel, and this
00:49:31
is an example of that. The area around
00:49:32
the station must have a precise plan,
00:49:41
A plan that addresses how to put Santa
00:49:42
Clara train commuters next to trains.
00:49:43
How to make it a model transit
00:49:44
oriented community and welcoming
00:49:46
gateway to both Santa Clara University
00:49:47
and our new downtown.I understand that
00:49:57
the DTA is also strongly advocating
00:49:58
for such a plan. So my question goes
00:49:59
beyond this. I believe the ENA should
00:50:08
not be renewed, I think we are beyond
00:50:09
that. My question counseling staff is
00:50:10
when will this plan be executed? Thank
00:50:15
you.
00:50:16
>>Thank you. Adam, go ahead, Adam.
00:50:26
>>That evening, Mayor and Council. I
00:50:27
was dismayed as to why this item came
00:50:28
before Council after it appeared on
00:50:29
the June 22 agenda, the Council voted
00:50:30
noNot to put the DNA, no new
00:50:40
information was found or provided as
00:50:41
you just heard from our city manager.
00:50:42
Not having new information or
00:50:43
reconsideration is an argument that
00:50:44
you, Lisa, made about not
00:50:47
reconsidering (INAUDIBLE) a specific
00:50:48
plan tonight. I have to ask why this
00:50:49
developer is wasting the town Council
00:51:09
time and resources. Being in this with
00:51:10
this confirmation that it has expired
00:51:11
the developer continues to flat out
00:51:12
lie. In the city officials and state
00:51:13
representatives get special treatment.
00:51:14
I don't know about you, but I don't
00:51:15
make business deals with known liars.
00:51:16
Trust is a key component of a good
00:51:17
faith deal. AllowingAnd ENA to be
00:52:26
reexecuted sets a precedent that no
00:52:27
deal is ever done and said Santa Clara
00:52:28
until the applicant can wear down
00:52:29
councilmembers and exes had residents
00:52:30
over and over until they get their
00:52:31
way. I thought the Santa Clara Lake
00:52:32
ended with new districting new faces
00:52:33
elected to this Council. Since ENA has
00:52:34
clearly expired, allowed this council
00:52:35
for any resident not want to get
00:52:36
multiple office? For our land, the
00:52:37
most finite resources in Silicon
00:52:38
Valley? This needs to go through the
00:52:39
SLA process and will provide an RFP to
00:52:40
multiple developments creating
00:52:41
competition something that will result
00:52:42
in a better deal for Santa Clara and
00:52:43
its residents. With grants already
00:52:44
secured totaling $800,000 to create a
00:52:45
specific plan for the stationary and
00:52:46
no existing active ENA, why would this
00:52:47
Council not allow a public visioning
00:52:48
process to take place? Santa Clara has
00:52:49
enough fully executed deals. Don't let
00:52:50
this be another bad deal. I ask you
00:52:51
not to allow the CNA to be
00:52:52
reconsidered and moved to the current
00:52:53
and active city business the same as
00:52:54
all time and not create another
00:52:55
development that our train station.
00:52:56
Thank you. Also, we have had multiple
00:52:57
people speak about the actual project
00:52:58
And that is not allowed. It has
00:52:59
actually been said multiple times.
00:53:00
Thank you.
00:53:01
>>Thank you. Donna, go ahead, Donna.
00:53:02
>>Can you hear me?
00:53:03
>>Yes, we can, go ahead.
00:53:04
>>Thank you. (INAUDIBLE)Support
00:53:05
tonight. Please do not reconsider
00:53:06
(INAUDIBLE) comments already from the
00:53:07
residentsThat have studied this area.
00:53:08
I'm a resident and I worked with
00:53:11
transportation for 10 years in my
00:53:12
business, and motorboat
00:53:22
transportation. Please listen to us
00:53:23
and your city staff recommendation.
00:53:32
This petition references our third
00:53:33
amendment, the ENA fluid Republic
00:53:34
(INAUDIBLE) for an agreement which
00:53:35
expired August 2020. The (INAUDIBLE)
00:53:43
board said no and 2020 the contract is
00:53:44
over, the Council should letter remain
00:53:45
expired, and let's go further with the
00:53:51
future of multiple developers to
00:53:52
create a communityThat we want from
00:54:12
the citizens, a shuttle for the
00:54:13
residents, a motorized trolley that
00:54:14
we've been talking about for 10 years,
00:54:15
citywide staging next to the BART
00:54:16
station that's coming in, let's
00:54:17
connect Pullman and Pendleton. Thank
00:54:18
you for not going forward.
00:54:20
>>Thank you. Rob, go ahead, Rob.Rob?
00:54:58
>>Hi.
00:54:59
>>Hello. Can you hear me now?
00:55:00
>>Yes. You melded with someone else.
00:55:01
From a guess, no problem. I just
00:55:02
wanted to stay for the record I am not
00:55:03
a paid lobbyist, I am a 19 year
00:55:04
resident of Santa Clara, an architect
00:55:05
and a former planning commission. I
00:55:06
want what's best for the city. I hope
00:55:07
you all read the letters from both the
00:55:08
city and DTA that confirm that DNA
00:55:09
expired last year. When one door
00:55:10
closes another door opens. The
00:55:11
opportunity for both the city and BTA
00:55:12
now haveIs a total of $800,000 in
00:55:13
grant moneyFor a stationary plan. The
00:56:27
benefit of doing a precise plan is
00:56:28
there an extensive outreach done with
00:56:29
the community stakeholders potential
00:56:30
developers and an economic analysis to
00:56:31
create a vision prior to our RP
00:56:32
process. This was not done with the
00:56:33
expired DNA. That's not progressive
00:56:34
thinking. Are we going to be
00:56:35
regressive for progressive and
00:56:36
visionary as a city? We need to be
00:56:37
smarter about our vision, our transit
00:56:38
station, especially our transit
00:56:39
station, to create a vibrant gateway
00:56:40
that beckons transit riders to get off
00:56:41
the train and explore our city. This
00:56:42
is not just about housing, this is not
00:56:43
just about new buildings, this is
00:56:44
about an assemblage of building that
00:56:45
creates a sense of place with a soul
00:56:46
that will stand the test of time for
00:56:47
future generations. Towns grow up
00:56:48
around train stations. They were the
00:56:49
center of activity, and now they have
00:56:50
come full circle and you must seize
00:56:51
the opportunity to do something
00:56:52
amazing there. That will not only
00:56:53
benefit the city, its current and
00:56:54
future residents but also the
00:56:55
University, the businesses, and the
00:56:56
building owners. I know elected is
00:56:57
Council your type in all directions by
00:56:58
citizens, paid lobbies, politicians,
00:56:59
but it was most important to not get
00:57:00
into political pressureOr gain or ego
00:57:01
or spite but to make the best decision
00:57:02
for the city's future. Therefore I
00:57:03
encourage you to no longer discuss
00:57:04
this expired DNA and encourage you to
00:57:05
use the $800 $800,000,.
00:57:06
>>Thank you. Last four numbers of the
00:57:07
number 9814, 9814, 916 area code,
00:57:10
9814. Go ahead.
00:57:11
>>Hi, can you hear me?
00:57:12
>>Yes, we can, go ahead, please.
00:57:13
>>This is Doreen Carlson, that's a
00:57:14
very strange number.Hi counseling
00:57:33
Marion staff. I've been listening to
00:57:34
some really good speakers and I can't
00:57:35
speak very well, but all I would like
00:57:36
to say is I can't wait to meet in
00:57:37
person where we can really see these
00:57:38
faces and hear everything. I'm against
00:57:39
this going forward. I don't like the
00:57:40
exclusivity of one person trying to do
00:57:46
a development. I think it needs to be
00:57:47
open. I agree with the other speakers
00:57:48
that said it much better than I, I
00:57:49
implore the Council and Mayor to not
00:57:53
have this go forward, let's, it's not
00:57:54
the only, they are not the last rodeo
00:57:55
in town, and when people are offering
00:58:17
to move wells and add wells, there is
00:58:18
a big benefit here. I think we really
00:58:19
need to just slow down and take a good
00:58:20
look and get this thing done right. We
00:58:21
are not against, I am not against any
00:58:22
development, just don't like the way
00:58:23
this, the exclusivity and the
00:58:24
persistence of this company and how
00:58:25
it's been handled. And I agreeWith the
00:58:29
city is recommending something, I
00:58:30
think we should listen to our lawyers
00:58:31
that we pay for and help protect us.
00:58:32
Thank you so much.
00:59:12
>>Okay. Thank you. Wait a minute, I
00:59:13
went off. Is there any other public
00:59:14
members, city clerk, assistant city
00:59:15
clerk, the haven't spoken yet?
00:59:16
>>There are no more hands. Thank you.
00:59:17
Let me go back to city manager, you
00:59:18
have your hand up?
00:59:19
>>I do. I want to apologize to the
00:59:20
residents into the Council if I
00:59:21
appeared as if I'm against the
00:59:22
project. I started my presentation
00:59:23
saying that I would speak to the
00:59:24
governance and policy issues. Can I
00:59:25
take the Council's policy issues very
00:59:26
seriously. Indeed, I follow them, so
00:59:27
that we can make sure that this
00:59:28
Council is well served. There were
00:59:29
some statements made aboutAlmost
00:59:30
addressing as if I made up the facts
00:59:31
leading to this item, and that's not
00:59:32
the case.The developer, Miss Macy, is
00:59:33
on record of making a statement that
00:59:34
led the Council to put this
00:59:35
reconsideration on the agenda this
00:59:36
eveningThat factually was just
01:00:20
untruthful. The July item from 2020
01:00:21
that was acted on by the ATA in the
01:00:22
city Council was conditioned upon
01:00:23
meeting the terms before MD&A would be
01:00:24
presented. So any suggestion that
01:00:25
staff for the BTA would develop in DNA
01:00:26
and handed over to the developer prior
01:00:27
to the terms being achieved would just
01:00:28
be frankly a waste of staff and PTAs
01:00:29
time. It makes no sense to put in the
01:00:30
NA together when the developer is not
01:00:31
in agreement with the terms that were
01:00:32
presented by both public agencies. And
01:00:33
so the idea of fate facing on the city
01:00:34
staff or PTA for purposes of an
01:00:35
agreement, 30 and a was never attained
01:00:36
because staff never presented the
01:00:37
paperwork.The Council is very clear to
01:00:38
condition them only to providing a
01:00:39
when those terms have been achieved,
01:00:40
which they were not. I also want to
01:00:41
suggest that you have a letter before
01:00:42
youOn the DTA's position.
01:00:43
>>Are we going to go into details,
01:00:44
city manager? Every want to talk about
01:00:45
anything about putting it on the
01:00:53
agenda to discuss this in detail.
01:00:54
>>I'm sticking to the evidence and
01:00:55
facts. We have an issue with
01:00:56
truthfulness of how the castle was
01:00:57
vented information, and there is a
01:00:58
letter in the report that, and we have
01:00:59
the audio that Miss Mason put in the
01:01:00
record that frankly was untruthfulAnd
01:01:13
is being disputed by both the record
01:01:14
that the city staff put forward as
01:01:15
well as.
01:01:16
>>Are we going to be hearing, city
01:01:17
manager, I don't want to hear this
01:01:18
tonight, I don't hear the whole item.
01:01:19
>>I'm sticking to the Council's policy
01:01:44
.
01:01:45
>>I don't think we are going off the
01:01:46
new evidence
01:01:47
>>The new evidence and facts that
01:01:48
suggestion that staff is the resource
01:01:49
of the source of the problem.
01:01:50
>>I really want to stick to, like to
01:01:51
go back to the Council and say do we
01:01:52
want to do anything here that is to
01:01:53
put on a future agenda to talk about
01:01:54
all these, we are fact-finding now,
01:01:55
about all these issues, we are going
01:01:56
to the issue and if I start opening it
01:01:57
up again that everyone is going to
01:01:58
want to talk about the particular
01:01:59
project and not the question at hand:
01:02:00
Should we put this on a future agenda
01:02:01
to talk about everything? So I just
01:02:02
don't want to keep going back and
01:02:03
forth.
01:02:04
>>I'm just applying the councils
01:02:05
policy which requires new facts which
01:02:06
is not been established.In the city
01:02:09
record and the VTA record.
01:02:10
>>With all respect, city manager, we
01:02:11
have not put this on to even be
01:02:12
discussing all the facts and evidence
01:02:13
and everything else. That's what I
01:02:14
would expect that if we even decide to
01:02:18
put this on, if we are going to hear
01:02:19
it now about evidence, you're
01:02:20
presenting evidence of facts, this is
01:02:21
not the place to do that.So
01:02:22
>>(INAUDIBLE) city attorney said at
01:03:02
the last minute. But meeting. I am
01:03:03
finished with my comments.
01:03:04
>>We have a motion a second wedding on
01:03:05
a future agenda to discuss all these
01:03:06
things. Let's see. Let me go back to
01:03:07
the city Council now. Is there any
01:03:08
councilmembers that would like to say
01:03:09
anything? Assistant city attorney?
01:03:10
>>Just as a point of clarification, so
01:03:11
the motion is to pass the motion for
01:03:12
reconsideration, to grant the 030
01:03:13
petition to place the discussion on a
01:03:14
future agenda.
01:03:15
>>Yes.
01:03:16
>>Discussion of DNA on a future agenda.
01:03:17
>>Right. Where facts will be
01:03:18
presented. Or not.Vice Mayor Chahal?
01:03:19
>>Thank you, Mayor. SoI am not a fan
01:03:31
of DNAs, not a fan of single source
01:03:32
procurements, but in this scenario I
01:03:33
am hearing both sides, like I heard
01:03:39
okay we should come up with a new plan
01:03:51
to (INAUDIBLE), and I am hearing some
01:03:52
information is missing. I know we have
01:03:53
not heard everything, we have heard
01:03:54
(INAUDIBLE) over here, butAs a
01:03:58
councilmember I am missing something.
01:03:59
And from that perspective only, I can
01:04:09
make delicious dishes, and if I have
01:04:10
all the information, and placing this
01:04:11
on the city Council agenda will help
01:04:12
me to make delicious decision.And
01:04:27
that's the reason I seconded the
01:04:28
motion that let's hear it. If there
01:04:29
are certain things missing information
01:04:30
on this, why don't we hear it? Thank
01:04:31
you, Mayor.
01:04:32
>>Okay, thank you, and I missed a
01:04:33
public presentation person. Ride dear
01:04:35
Don, arrive. Go ahead, arrive.
01:04:46
>>You are on mute.
01:04:47
>>Okay. Let's try it that way. Matter
01:05:00
Mayor and Council and matter manager
01:05:01
and staff, I apologize for the
01:05:02
inconvenience of being late, but I was
01:05:03
on the call the whole time with the
01:05:04
button push. Let me go through the
01:05:05
presentation as quickly as I can and
01:05:06
hopefullyYou will care about the
01:05:10
information.I am not a life member of
01:05:17
the city, I have worked here about 40
01:05:18
years ago but my great-grandmother
01:05:32
grew up in Lawrence station in what is
01:05:33
now Santa Clara in the 1870s. Maybe
01:05:34
that will give you some background. I
01:05:35
can tell you I'm not in any way
01:05:36
associated with financial interests or
01:05:38
ownership with this project, and will
01:05:39
not be.And so please consider this
01:05:48
objective. I've been working on this
01:05:49
since the 1970s.When the Peninsula
01:06:17
court oratory powers board predecessor
01:06:18
organization was chaired, negotiated
01:06:19
to buying the system from VSP
01:06:20
railroad, I called on on one evening
01:06:21
and reminded him that that big chunk
01:06:22
of land was sitting there in Santa
01:06:23
Clara instead of owned by the transit
01:06:24
agency in the next day he had the city
01:06:25
by the land. That's how you got that
01:06:26
piece of property. And its king, it's
01:06:27
very important. We talked about
01:06:29
building trend in mediums on it.
01:06:30
That's the name we need is for a
01:06:31
station adjacent densification or now
01:06:32
you call transit villages. The league
01:06:52
of conservation voters, foothills, all
01:06:53
support this kind of development. In
01:06:54
opposing urban sprawl. And we need to
01:06:55
do this now and if we delay it, it's
01:06:56
going to take another 20 years before
01:06:57
get the opportunity. Of using that
01:07:04
housing in the money that would be
01:07:05
coming in. I apologize for being over
01:07:06
time.
01:07:07
>>Thank you so much. The song, go
01:07:08
ahead.
01:07:11
>>Can you hear me now? Matt Americana
01:07:12
little bit confused, just as a matter
01:07:24
of process here, because typically
01:07:25
when there's a reconsideration there
01:07:26
needs to be some material evidence to
01:07:27
warrant reconsidering or opening an
01:07:28
item by a number from the prevailing
01:07:29
party, and I am a little bit
01:07:30
scratching my head as to what the new
01:07:31
evidence was, so just I would like
01:07:32
some clarification or maybe if it can
01:07:33
be restated by either theMaker of the
01:07:38
motion or the person who requested the
01:07:39
reconsideration what that new evidence
01:07:40
was just as a matter process for
01:07:41
reopening items for reconsideration.
01:07:42
It's unclear to me and I don't know if
01:08:02
our assistant city attorney had
01:08:03
weighed in on this, I think our city
01:08:04
attorney weighed in at last week that
01:08:05
the needs to be new evidence it's
01:08:06
still unclear to me what that
01:08:07
evidences.
01:08:08
>>All right, thank you.
01:08:09
>>8181?8181? You're muted.Him
01:08:10
>>Dropped off, and there.
01:08:11
>>Okay, all right. Going back to
01:08:38
assistant city attorney.
01:08:39
>>Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to
01:08:40
respond to the city clerk's question.
01:08:46
The answer is yes, the city Council's
01:08:47
policy zero 42 does require that there
01:08:54
be essentially a new factSet forth at
01:09:04
the time that this motion for
01:09:05
reconsideration is being considered to
01:09:06
support the motion. And so I believe
01:09:13
that's what the speaker from the
01:09:14
developer had tried to stateAnd try to
01:09:21
state the last time that they were
01:09:22
here before the Council. That is for
01:09:25
Council to discuss at this time.
01:09:34
>>Thank you. Councilmember part?
01:09:35
>>I am the person that made the motion
01:09:36
last week and it was based on several
01:09:37
things. I mean I appreciate
01:09:54
(INAUDIBLE) but I also was told there
01:09:55
is an exception extension to the DNA.
01:09:56
It was also very sensitive when they
01:09:57
considered Council requests such as
01:09:58
the well without addressing residents.
01:09:59
I think I'm people needed to remember
01:10:00
I started out in the residential
01:10:01
points in city Council.Many years. And
01:10:22
I would love to hear more about this
01:10:23
project which is why asked for the
01:10:24
reconsideration. Also know my personal
01:10:25
concerns about the project since the
01:10:26
last meeting and I want to listen. I'm
01:10:27
concerned that the public's issues
01:10:28
were not addressed. We have a letter
01:10:29
from PTA stating their concerns about
01:10:30
student housing and the lack of a
01:10:31
precise plan which would've mitigated
01:10:32
many of the concerns that I have. I am
01:10:33
concerned about the reasons for not
01:10:34
having DNA extended, I'm concerned
01:10:45
about the focus on student housing
01:10:46
when I didn't hear any stakeholder
01:10:47
asking for, I think that is one of the
01:10:48
biggest concerns that residents and
01:10:49
VTA have about this. I've never seen
01:10:50
PTA agreement with some of the
01:10:51
different groups. Concerned about the
01:10:52
back-and-forth, especially accusations
01:10:53
on many sides, developer, staff,
01:10:54
stakeholders, or residents.And they
01:11:11
give the project an interesting
01:11:12
(INAUDIBLE). I would love to resolve
01:11:13
this because I feel this would not be
01:11:14
the only issue like this when I am on
01:11:15
the city Council. And I would hope
01:11:16
that if there is another discussion
01:11:17
the developer would work with the
01:11:18
residents directly needed BTA, again,
01:11:19
I've been against PTA projects many,
01:11:20
many times.I would love to see them
01:11:23
work with residents, all the
01:11:24
stakeholders to get some support
01:11:25
across the board. Discussion be a
01:11:26
great way to discover this. Again,
01:11:27
it's a greatTrend towards development,
01:11:28
possibly along the gatewayTo downtown
01:11:35
and I think that the items, that this
01:11:36
item of discussion would be great and
01:11:37
relevant regardless of whether the
01:11:46
project is approved, but if the
01:11:47
developer or anyone thinks that this
01:11:48
is going to happen without outreach to
01:11:49
both residents and BTA I somehow doubt
01:11:50
it. I'm a little, I more than a little
01:11:51
disappointed that this had happened. I
01:11:52
think having a specific plan to guide
01:12:06
the project would only be an
01:12:07
advantage. I'm disappointed with the
01:12:08
El Camino Real plan, I do see the
01:12:09
dangers of trying to get agreement
01:12:10
there, but I am also concerned about
01:12:11
making changes to a project while the
01:12:12
entire agent area is not settled in
01:12:24
terms of money. Only working with
01:12:25
supporters, I have rarely seen
01:12:26
residents in ETA agreement, it's not a
01:12:27
way to support or lobby a project. I
01:12:28
mean, I would like to see this project
01:12:29
again, but perhaps when the
01:12:30
stakeholders are more aligned, when we
01:12:31
have all of our ducks in a row, when
01:12:32
we are following the large plan that
01:12:33
helpsThe parcel by parcel development
01:12:37
that I've often spoken against. I am
01:12:38
having some real difficulty finding
01:12:46
support for this project in light of
01:12:47
these discussions and the information
01:12:48
that was provided here. I would really
01:12:49
suggest thatIf you're going to work on
01:13:00
project everyone should be involved in
01:13:01
those discussions, not one side or the
01:13:02
other because ultimately I am on city
01:13:03
Council but I'm a resident too. Thank
01:13:04
you.
01:13:05
>>Okay. Oh my gosh.This is 2181 that
01:13:10
dropped off. Three times. I think.
01:13:11
Back on again.Your muted. Okay, go
01:13:33
ahead.
01:13:34
>>Hello?
01:13:35
>>Hi, hello.
01:13:36
>>Hello? Can you hear me?
01:13:37
>>Yes, we can hear you.
01:13:38
>>Hello. I am (INAUDIBLE) I've spoken
01:13:39
on this item before, I'm not a lobbyist
01:13:40
, Can you hear me?
01:13:41
>>Yes.
01:13:53
>>Thank you. Is Amy more minister,
01:13:54
spoken on this item before, I am not a
01:13:55
lobbyist, I am a former planning
01:13:56
Commissioner and a founder of the cold
01:13:57
quiet homeowners association. First of
01:14:03
all, I would like the items to be
01:14:04
reconsidered and I appreciate all the
01:14:05
time the Council and the staff and
01:14:06
everyone is taken on this project. I
01:14:44
don't know where some rumors floating
01:14:45
around here, but this developer did
01:14:46
meet with residents, I did ask for
01:14:47
their input, I know I was able to give
01:14:48
input, talk about historical regarding
01:14:49
the transit in working with the
01:14:50
historical train station to be able to
01:14:51
have accountability and design, if
01:14:52
there were discussions on many levels,
01:14:53
and so for those who think they
01:14:54
haven't been involved in the
01:14:55
neighborhood, I would like to know how
01:14:56
many meetings have been held with
01:14:57
residents in the old quad. Secondly,
01:14:58
this housing issue, I had workforce
01:15:03
housing for people who would also be
01:15:04
able to move in and out, I wasn't
01:15:05
meant to be (INAUDIBLE) no one could
01:15:06
actually discriminate in that but the
01:15:07
intent was for those the people like
01:15:08
myself who ride the rail and the folks
01:15:09
who spent a long time above
01:15:12
(INAUDIBLE) and involve going back
01:15:13
from the chapel corridor here, I see
01:15:14
the benefit of this project.
01:15:15
Unfortunately we can talk all we want
01:15:20
but there isn't a lot of space
01:15:21
available. You have a hotel, you have
01:15:22
(INAUDIBLE) Kaola thanks, you have a
01:15:23
Police Department. So looking at this
01:15:30
parcel as they have the last couple of
01:15:31
years and working on a viable project
01:15:32
which would benefit the community,
01:15:40
(INAUDIBLE).
01:15:41
>>Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember
01:15:42
Watanabe?
01:15:44
>>Okay, thank you, Mayor. Listening to
01:15:53
all the comments and concerns, and I
01:15:54
just want to add that there is
01:15:55
actually some new information,And that
01:16:04
would be that the developers have
01:16:05
stated Theismann said a couple times
01:16:06
tonight that developers are going to
01:16:07
indemnify the city. In this project.
01:16:16
Can I would like to make that as part
01:16:17
of my motion as well that as part of
01:16:18
the reconsideration that the
01:16:19
developers will indemnify the cityIn
01:16:32
this proposal.
01:16:33
>>Okay. Is that all right with the
01:16:34
second year of the motion, which was
01:16:35
vice mayor to all?
01:16:36
>>Yes, I would agree to that.
01:16:37
>>Okay, thank you. Assistant city
01:16:38
attorney?
01:16:44
>>Just that a quick statement that the
01:16:45
motion tonight would be to grant the
01:16:46
030 petition to place it on a future
01:16:47
agenda as opposed to actually
01:16:48
discussing the terms of the proposed
01:16:52
DNA exemption, so just in the context
01:16:53
of councilmember Watanabe's change to
01:16:54
her motion.
01:16:55
>>I thought you needed new
01:17:05
information, I thought that was
01:17:06
>>It is, is that what her, I'm sorry,
01:17:07
I just didn't understand if that was
01:17:08
just the context of the motion. In
01:17:15
terms of the new information.
01:17:16
>>Confusion level for me is very high
01:17:17
right now. I just want to get it,
01:17:32
whether or not we put it on the future
01:17:33
agenda. New information,
01:17:34
identification. Okay. Let me ask the
01:17:35
assistant city attorney, sir motion
01:17:36
okay? The way she presented it? And it
01:17:37
was seconded by Vice Mayor?
01:17:53
>>That's something that we can vote
01:17:54
on.
01:17:55
>>Yes.
01:17:56
>>Okay. All right. If there's no other
01:17:57
discussion, assistant city clerk? Roll
01:17:58
call vote, please. Councilmember part?
01:17:59
>>Yes, just wanted to clarify, Is
01:18:04
councilmember Watanabe's added comment
01:18:05
was she with only using the
01:18:12
indemnification as the reason to bring
01:18:13
to do the reconsideration. Is that
01:18:14
correct?
01:18:26
>>Is that he yes, councilmember about
01:18:27
Watanabe?
01:18:28
>>Sorry, yes. It no, it as part of the
01:18:29
motion. The reconsiderationAnd the new
01:18:32
information is that the developer will
01:18:43
indemnify the city.
01:18:44
>>Can I ask company meetings the
01:18:45
developer has had with the residents
01:18:46
of ETA bothLast year and this year?I
01:18:51
mean is that something I could ask? We
01:18:52
have had a resident tell me in
01:18:53
particular
01:19:01
[CROSSTALK]
01:19:02
>>If we want to ask, if you want to
01:19:03
ask that question into get that
01:19:04
answered I'm going to have to go to
01:19:05
the developer.Is that what you want,
01:19:26
councilmember Park? Because our motion
01:19:27
is to set this for a meeting where we
01:19:28
will discuss details.
01:19:29
>>Understood. So if we can I would
01:19:30
love to get an answer.
01:19:31
>>RA. Miss Mason. Yes, go ahead,
01:19:32
please. Talk about your community
01:19:33
outreach. That has happened in the
01:19:34
past.
01:19:36
>>Okay, thank you so much, Mary. Yes,
01:19:37
there are numerous statements that
01:19:38
have been said that we have not met
01:19:39
with the community. But that is not
01:19:41
the case. We have met with the
01:19:42
communityMany, many times over the
01:20:10
past three years. The first year
01:20:11
specifically, we met with the old Quad
01:20:12
residents Adam Thompson and Rod Meyer
01:20:13
completely redesigned the entire
01:20:14
project based on their feedback. Then
01:20:15
we had a community meeting, and they
01:20:16
came and did not like what we had
01:20:17
agreedSo I had had many meetings with
01:20:18
members, some members of the new old
01:20:26
downtown, I know that historic
01:20:27
society, who engaged in redesigning
01:20:28
the building to pay homage to the
01:20:29
train stationAt a wayfinding system
01:20:44
that hearken to old-time train
01:20:45
stations, towers, etc. We have had
01:20:46
many, many meetings with the community
01:20:47
of all scope, people who live in the
01:20:48
old quad, people who don't live in the
01:20:49
old quiet, The different community
01:20:51
groups, etc., etc. I would be very
01:20:52
happy to put together a list of all of
01:21:01
those meetings, including meeting
01:21:02
notes, if that's helpful. For the
01:21:03
Council, for their consideration.
01:21:04
Because I records of all it.And the
01:21:06
fact that the statement that we don't
01:21:07
want to meetIt's my meeting with the
01:21:31
community that we get the information
01:21:32
that tells us how we might make this
01:21:33
the best possible place. This is a
01:21:34
great opportunity because it's right
01:21:35
next to the train station where we are
01:21:36
proposing a very modest scale that's
01:21:37
in keeping with the train station. We
01:21:38
areAlmost at the maximum allowable
01:21:39
density per the recommended zoning. So
01:21:41
we are, in fact, adhering to theStated
01:21:51
goals of the city for transit oriented
01:21:52
development to the stated goals of the
01:21:53
DTA for transit oriented development.
01:21:55
We're even compliant with the surplus
01:21:56
land that goals for transit oriented
01:22:01
development and for housing options.
01:22:02
Our housingIs, rank is the affordable
01:22:10
rank is from 30 to 80% AMI and the
01:22:11
rest of the workforce housing will
01:22:34
rent for $1500-$1700 for private
01:22:35
suite. This is not student housing.
01:22:36
This is a coal living model that
01:22:37
affords people the opportunity to live
01:22:38
in a classic A building at a
01:22:39
reasonable rent so they can live in
01:22:40
communities where they want to work.
01:22:41
The Silicon Valley, Santa Clara.
01:22:42
>>Okay, thank you. I don't want to go,
01:22:43
I'm repeating myself. The
01:23:03
councilmember Park chitosan answer
01:23:04
question for now?
01:23:05
>>Actually my question was how many
01:23:06
meetings has the developer add?
01:23:07
They're trying to convince me they
01:23:08
have meeting. I believe that.
01:23:09
>>We want to number.
01:23:10
>>It was, having meetings at developer
01:23:11
had the residents in the VGA this year
01:23:12
or any meetings after DNA expired?
01:23:13
There seems to be a big disconnect
01:23:14
between what MTA and the residents and
01:23:15
other stakeholders seem to understand
01:23:16
And what is being presented here. I
01:23:17
would like to know what kind of
01:23:18
outreach there was during the period
01:23:23
after DNA.
01:23:24
>>That's not the question you asked,
01:23:25
there though.
01:23:26
I did ask how many meetings that I did
01:23:27
specify this year. But again, if I
01:23:28
were to extend that I would say any
01:23:29
meetings after the NH letter. Like
01:23:30
I've acceptedBut I did specify this
01:23:31
yearI read it down.
01:23:32
>>All right.
01:23:44
>>Yes, I believe that the unanimous
01:23:45
vote, the Council last time was, I
01:24:16
mean a year ago, was to authorized to
01:24:17
negotiate a new ENA with
01:24:18
indemnification. So indemnification is
01:24:19
not new. It's been around for a long
01:24:20
time. It's certainly not do since our
01:24:21
last Council meeting. I'm not really
01:24:22
sure was going on. As far as meetings
01:24:23
with residents, I can attest to the
01:24:24
fact that there were many, many
01:24:25
meetings with residents. I don't know
01:24:26
if it's been since the ENABasically
01:24:27
expired in 2020. So I don't know how
01:24:32
many meetings those were but there
01:24:33
been many, many meetings, which is why
01:24:34
there are rooms allocated in this for
01:24:35
special groups. With the city.
01:24:36
>>Thank you. Councilmember Becker?
01:24:44
>>Yes. So here we can keep talking
01:24:45
about this, it's really kind of
01:24:46
concerning the and actually it's
01:24:47
disturbing. This is a year old, it's
01:24:56
not timely, I have heard from both
01:24:57
sides. My phone is been ringing off
01:24:58
the hook, again, that does concern me.
01:24:59
But we keep talking about this project
01:25:02
, Every time someone makes a point, it
01:25:03
feels like we are getting cut off or
01:25:04
contradictedBased on preference.
01:25:12
Especially because I just heard
01:25:13
someone mention about Rob Meyer and
01:25:14
Adam Thompson. They are unable to
01:25:42
refute themselves. If that's the case
01:25:43
I would really like to hear them
01:25:44
defend themselves because especially
01:25:45
if we are having people call people up
01:25:46
like that. Otherwise, I mean this is
01:25:47
just kind of concerning.
01:25:48
>>Okay, so if we are done and we can
01:25:49
call for a vote.
01:25:50
>>I would just rather call for a
01:25:51
vote.
01:25:52
>>I'm trying to. Very good, thank you.
01:25:53
Assistant city clerk, it may we have a
01:25:54
vote on this motion?
01:25:55
>>Yes, you might want to repeat the
01:25:57
motion.
01:25:58
>>Motion to grant the motion for
01:25:59
reconsideration of the 030 petition to
01:26:00
be agendas in a future meeting based
01:26:01
upon evidence and information that the
01:26:02
developer (INAUDIBLE) the city.
01:26:03
>>Okay.
01:26:04
>>
01:26:05
[CALLING ROLL]So that motion dies
01:26:25
Because it's tied.Okay. So it dies.
01:26:35
Which was, this was a colossal waste
01:26:36
of time. So anyways, all right.Moving
01:27:13
on now to the study session, we have a
01:27:14
study session on the California
01:27:15
Department of Housing and community
01:27:16
developments project (INAUDIBLE). City
01:27:17
manager?
01:27:18
>>We have a presentation this evening
01:27:19
and it's timely in that we understand
01:27:20
that the state of California is going
01:27:21
to be putting out Homekey 2.0 later
01:27:22
this fall and so we would like to have
01:27:23
a discussion with the Council and
01:27:24
receive input about level of interest.
01:27:25
I'm going to pass this over to
01:27:26
Jonathan and then we have some special
01:27:27
guests from Mountain View regarding
01:27:28
the live new project city Council can
01:27:29
see what a Homekey project looks like.
01:27:30
Jonathan?
01:27:31
>>Good evening, Mayor and Council. Can
01:27:32
everybody hear me?
01:27:33
>>Yes, we can, welcome, Jonathan.
01:27:34
>>Jonathan Beach, housing manager. We
01:27:35
are excited to present a study session
01:27:36
on the Homekey program. Slide two,
01:27:37
please? By now many of you probably
01:28:03
heard a project Homekey July 2020 the
01:28:04
state announced a $600 million grant
01:28:05
for project Homekey to purchase and
01:28:06
rehab housing including hotels, motels
01:28:07
and they can apartment buildings and
01:28:08
to convert them into interim housing.
01:28:09
The purpose of the program was to
01:28:10
expand interim housing options for
01:28:11
homeless persons are at high risk for
01:28:12
serious illness turncoat. By December
01:28:13
2020 project Homekey resulted in the
01:28:14
acquisition of nearly 100 projects
01:28:15
representing 6000 units of housing
01:28:16
across the state for individuals
01:28:17
experiencing homelessness. Slide
01:28:18
three, please?
01:28:19
Building out the success of the first
01:28:20
round of project Homekey January 2021,
01:28:21
the governor's proposed budget
01:28:22
included an additional $750 million
01:28:23
allocated for project Homekey 2.0.The
01:28:46
actual funding and program guidelines
01:28:47
have not yet been approved. However,
01:28:48
we are expecting program approval and
01:28:49
call for new applications this fall.
01:28:50
Purpose of tonight study session is to
01:28:51
provide an overview of project on key
01:28:52
1.0. What would you some strength and
01:28:53
talent is to Homekey 1.0 and then look
01:28:54
at a case study of the LifeMoves
01:28:55
Mountain View project. Staff is also
01:28:56
seeking input on the city Council's
01:28:57
interest for the city to possibly
01:28:58
participate in project Homekey 2.0.
01:29:06
Slide four, please?
01:29:07
A brief overview of public project
01:29:08
Homekey 2.0. There were originally
01:29:09
$600 million of grant funds awarded
01:29:10
across California, $91 million
01:29:11
allocated to the Bay Area. Those
01:29:12
numbers were published in July 2020
01:29:13
and increased to about $800 million by
01:29:14
the time Homekey 1.0Completed in
01:29:36
December 2020. One of the most
01:29:37
supervising aspects of Homekey want to
01:29:38
point out is 1.0 is fines had to be
01:29:39
spent by December 20, 2020. Projects
01:29:40
needed to be shovel ready when the
01:29:41
project was announced and we didn't
01:29:42
have any proposals that were ready to
01:29:43
move that fast. Eligible applicants
01:29:44
force were cities counties and any
01:29:45
local entities that could pardon with
01:29:46
housing development sponsors to submit
01:29:47
project applications. The target
01:29:48
populations of HomekeyOr at risk of
01:29:49
homelessness and impacted by COVID and
01:29:50
property was givenAcquisition. As I
01:31:06
mentioned, the timeline was very
01:31:07
aggressive, application. Ran from July
01:31:08
16 to August 13, final applications
01:31:09
were due September 29, final awards
01:31:10
were announced October 2020 and close
01:31:11
of escrow had to occur by December
01:31:12
2020. HCD State Department housing
01:31:13
provided capital subsidy in range of
01:31:14
$100-$200,000 per door and operating
01:31:15
subsidies or $1000 per month for door
01:31:16
order and per door. Slide six,
01:31:17
please?
01:31:18
So what we view as the strengths and
01:31:19
benefits of Homekey 1.0? Number one is
01:31:20
definitely speed, typical affordable
01:31:21
housing projects have long
01:31:22
entitlement. Sorry and are subject to
01:31:23
Tax credits and bond financing which
01:31:24
can take over two years. Homekey
01:31:25
products are ready for construction in
01:31:26
six months. Number two, they're very
01:31:27
cost-efficient. The cost to build or
01:31:28
acquire units is likely in the range
01:31:29
of $150,000-$200,000 per unit which is
01:31:30
cheaper than cost to build permanent
01:31:31
affordable housing which can be
01:31:32
$500,000-$600,000 per unit. Site
01:31:33
acquisition costs are subsidized
01:31:34
mostly by the state. There is no need
01:31:35
to leverage tax credits on the front
01:31:36
end of financing. The other big
01:31:37
advantages land use and entitlements
01:31:38
Dream line. Alongside private 21.0 the
01:31:39
state adopted a Health & Safety Code
01:31:40
which basically stated any Homekey's
01:31:41
projects were deemed consistent with
01:31:42
any local plan requirements and not
01:31:43
subject to discretionary permits any
01:31:44
discretionary reviews or approval.
01:31:45
It's basically how the state got these
01:31:46
products to move forward at such a
01:31:47
quick speed. Slide seven, please?. So
01:32:02
along with the strengths of 1.0
01:32:03
outcomes and things to consider for
01:32:04
2.0. Number one is private exciting.
01:32:05
What the right location for an interim
01:32:06
homeless housing site and existing
01:32:07
residential areas can be quite
01:32:08
difficult and also more expensive to
01:32:09
acquire. However, industrial type
01:32:10
sites may not have adequate amenities
01:32:11
to support these residents for me to
01:32:12
come talk about timing as a strength
01:32:13
and also it can be a challenge. It's a
01:32:14
challenge for staff to perform due
01:32:15
diligence and it can be a challenge to
01:32:16
properly notify and engage the
01:32:17
community in such a condensed
01:32:18
timeframe.That on the financial side,
01:32:48
Homekey projects typically have little
01:32:49
or no sources of revenue because
01:32:50
household incomes are so low.
01:32:51
Typically a permanent affordable
01:32:52
housing program can have rent payments
01:32:53
and vouchers as sources of revenue to
01:32:54
offset operating costs for up to 55
01:32:55
years. On the other hand Homekey
01:32:56
projects need to come up with their
01:32:57
own solutions to fund operating costs,
01:32:58
typically through grant subsidies and
01:32:59
fundraising. Also operating costs in
01:33:00
Homekey can be quite high whereas in a
01:33:01
typical permanent supportive housing
01:33:02
project operating costs coming around
01:33:03
$12,000 per unit. Homekey can run
01:33:04
between $20,000 and $25,000 per unit
01:33:05
because the program services are so
01:33:06
intensive for this population. For
01:33:07
example, 100 unit Homekey project
01:33:08
could cost more than $25 million to
01:33:09
operate for 10 years. We have heard
01:33:10
from state they are aware of this
01:33:11
operating issue, and they are
01:33:12
considering increased operating grants
01:33:13
for Homekey 2.0, so we are hopeful to
01:33:14
see that change with new guidelines.
01:33:15
Slide eight, please?
01:33:16
In terms of next steps, we are pleased
01:33:17
and excited to have the life and loose
01:33:18
team with us tonight to present a case
01:33:19
study on their Homekey Mountain
01:33:20
project. After the LifeMoves
01:33:21
presentation I will be happy to take
01:33:22
Council feedback on potential interest
01:33:43
for the city of Santa Clara. As I
01:33:44
mentioned, Homekey 2.0 in funding has
01:33:45
not been approved yet. There is no
01:33:46
immediate action. We have heard from
01:33:47
developers about the potential
01:33:48
interest for Homekey in Santa Clara,
01:33:49
so we'll share tonight's feedback with
01:33:50
the development community and evaluate
01:33:51
all types of proposals that we may
01:33:52
receive. If the Homekey program is
01:33:53
released this fall as expected,
01:33:54
timelines are likely to be very tight
01:33:55
we are trying to collect as much
01:33:56
feedback as we can is early in the
01:33:57
process as possible in case we do have
01:34:02
to move quickly later this year.
01:34:03
So that concludes my presentation. I
01:34:04
will now invite Joanne Price, VP of
01:34:05
real estate at LifeMoves to talk about
01:34:06
their project project.
01:34:07
>>Thank you, Jonathan.
01:34:08
>>Thank you, Jonathan, good evening
01:34:09
Mayor and city CouncilMembers. I'm
01:34:14
doing a quick Mike check. Can you hear
01:34:15
me?
01:34:16
>>Yes, we can.
01:34:17
>>Quick timelines. Thank you and thank
01:34:18
you the staff who included us on the
01:34:19
agenda today. We appreciate the effort
01:34:25
involving us on short notice. As
01:34:26
Jonathan introduced me I am Joe Price,
01:34:27
MVP of real estate in operation, I am
01:34:32
also joined in the audience by several
01:34:33
of the members of staff. Next slide?
01:35:03
Next slide?
01:35:04
>>We are actually going to go to the
01:35:05
second presentation. It's titled
01:35:06
LifeMoves second presentation.
01:35:07
>>Thanks, Jonathan. Him
01:35:08
>>Is coming out.
01:35:09
That's the one, andThis is like a
01:35:10
photographThat we just built, and you
01:35:14
are all very welcome to come at your
01:35:15
convenience. Next slide?
01:35:17
SoKnow that permanent housing is the
01:35:46
gold standard but it's take some time
01:35:47
to win title financing bill that we
01:35:48
must (INAUDIBLE) where we think and
01:35:49
build housing we can we cannot
01:35:50
continue to allow the streets to be
01:35:51
safe waiting rooms. Only now it's
01:35:52
challenging delivery services to
01:35:53
people who can't (INAUDIBLE) on the
01:35:54
streets primary basic needs are not
01:35:55
being met. We see this in success
01:35:56
rates which increase tenfoldAnd sites
01:35:57
like (INAUDIBLE) from 6% on the
01:35:58
streets to stable housing by 33%
01:35:59
stable housing on the sites and up to
01:36:00
86% on focus built sites. And why is
01:36:12
that? It's because basic needs like
01:36:13
shelter food and safety are being met,
01:36:14
so folks can actually focus on getting
01:36:15
out. And this is why we firmly believe
01:36:16
our modelMountain View had a lot of
01:36:17
merit. It really is a successful use
01:36:22
case study on how to replicateOur
01:36:32
model. Next slide?
01:36:33
So a quick detour before getting the
01:36:34
Mountain View. It's a reminder of the
01:36:35
city of Santa Clara is appointed time
01:36:36
plan which was 326Persons experiencing
01:36:47
homelessness in 2019. And that's a
01:36:48
manageable number, it gets addressed
01:36:49
now. For comparison, Mountain View saw
01:36:50
its point in time saw count increased
01:36:53
50% from 2017 to 2019. And with COVID
01:36:59
it's really important that we get
01:37:00
ahead of the curve now and we address
01:37:01
it. Next slide?
01:37:06
So this is Mountain View.It's the
01:38:09
density, we've got one acre, so 124
01:38:10
beds. But more importantly, 30% of
01:38:11
this fight is for support buildings.
01:38:12
Everything you see in the middle here
01:38:13
is what we call the heart of our
01:38:14
community. It provides plenty of
01:38:15
private case management offices,
01:38:16
confidential conversation, even a
01:38:17
full-time nurse station. Again, these
01:38:18
are critical functions for stabilizing
01:38:19
persons coming off the streets. If I
01:38:20
am going to share my (INAUDIBLE) share
01:38:21
in an open plan office with lots of
01:38:22
people running around. I want private
01:38:23
confidential meeting space for my case
01:38:24
manager. The cost of all this,
01:38:25
everything you see on the screen from
01:38:26
the landholding units the landscaping,
01:38:27
down to the tables and chairs, all
01:38:28
that came in at $170,000 per door. In
01:38:29
the time Jonathan touched on, this was
01:38:30
rapid fast completion from start to
01:38:31
completion we got it done in six
01:38:32
months. But the impact is going to be
01:38:33
ongoing. Interim supported housing
01:38:34
bridges that gap on the streets to
01:38:35
permanent housing. This is where we
01:38:36
can maximize scale. Remember we are
01:38:37
all about throughput, and we want to
01:38:38
move people quickly through our
01:38:39
program so they canGain life skills so
01:39:03
we can serve 3 to 4 people in each
01:39:04
place we go. If I were to tell you
01:39:05
that our data shows that not everybody
01:39:06
to (INAUDIBLE) is going to exit to a
01:39:07
unit. 1/3 of our clients typically
01:39:08
reunite with family. Third will be
01:39:09
located over the bridge or even
01:39:10
out-of-state, and then 1/3 will get
01:39:11
that coveted housing voucher and move
01:39:12
into a unit locally.This is important,
01:39:24
because that's how we achieve the
01:39:25
critical mass. So taking Mountain
01:39:26
View, when we are going to be 100%
01:39:27
occupied in about two weeks as 124
01:39:28
people, so we would've made it 20%
01:39:29
impact on Mountain View's homeless
01:39:30
population, people living in the
01:39:31
streets in the cars, like in two
01:39:48
weeks, 20%. But at the end of the
01:39:49
first year we would have served at
01:39:50
least three, 350, maybe even 400
01:39:51
clients and then that's a 50% impact
01:39:52
on Mountain View's current homeless
01:39:53
population. I also wanted to note that
01:39:54
this is brand-new construction. We are
01:39:55
adding new stop at today's current
01:39:56
codes without sacrificing rooms for
01:39:57
support space like ADA retrofits that
01:40:23
you might have with some of the older
01:40:24
hotels. And so we take that, that's an
01:40:25
advantage to custom design the sites
01:40:26
to fit not only the needs of our
01:40:27
clients but also the needs of our
01:40:28
programs to effectively deliver
01:40:29
services and get folks to where they
01:40:30
need to be. Next slide?
01:40:31
The common misconception is that much
01:40:32
of the constructionIs square or
01:40:33
rectangular parcels, but that's
01:40:34
definitely not the case for today's
01:40:35
state-of-the-art products. Modular
01:40:36
doesn't necessarily box you in today.
01:40:47
And every parcel has characteristics,
01:40:48
and this model is very adaptable and
01:40:49
it can mold to suit. Here you see a
01:40:50
photo of the restrooms for the
01:40:51
singles. In each of those doors is
01:40:57
like a private restroom in a private
01:40:58
shower. And so I should've noted that
01:40:59
on the site we put 100 doors, 88
01:41:49
singles and 12 families. The family
01:41:50
units will have the en suite bathrooms
01:41:51
and that's important. But the singles,
01:41:52
we purposely designed the site so
01:41:53
there was common bathrooms for the
01:41:54
singles because you want to draw them
01:41:55
out into the units. We don't want them
01:41:56
isolated, we want them to have an
01:41:57
oversight not only by staff but by
01:41:58
their peers, say they are socializing,
01:41:59
so if you have a bad letter your
01:42:00
wheezing I can go over to the front
01:42:01
desk which is staffed 24 seven, 365
01:42:02
days a year and say, hey, Joe is not
01:42:03
feeling very well, can you come take a
01:42:04
look? That level of oversight is
01:42:05
really crucial in this population. And
01:42:06
we need to stabilize and we need to
01:42:07
take care of folks before they moving
01:42:08
to longer-termHousing accommodations.
01:42:09
Next slide? So the next couple of
01:42:10
slides just shows you someLike images
01:42:22
of what these units can look like.
01:42:23
It's very modern, it's safe, secure,
01:42:24
you've got private doors, insight
01:42:25
congregate or non-congregate and mean
01:42:26
cool off, cooling, title 24 ADA
01:42:27
compliant, we can go to stories of
01:42:28
three stories, it's very, very
01:42:29
flexible. And next slide, The next
01:42:30
slide is another image of the
01:42:55
two-story version. Next slide?
01:42:56
So the cost. This is what everybody is
01:42:57
looking forward to. Many of the
01:42:58
Homekey awards will cover all the
01:42:59
capital costs now include the land and
01:43:00
the buildings and the development. So
01:43:01
looking at a template of 100 doors and
01:43:02
this is based on the Mountain View
01:43:03
model it came to a total of $17
01:43:04
million.And when you six calculate per
01:43:15
door, that's $170,000 per door. It's
01:43:16
substantially cheaper than motel
01:43:17
conversions, anywhere from
01:43:18
$200-$300,000 and then the retroactive
01:43:19
cost of applying to retrofit in. And
01:43:20
then when we look on the operating
01:43:21
costsRemembering that we have to deal
01:43:23
with these support services to
01:43:24
stabilize growth. I will talk about the
01:43:26
services a bit more coming out. Those
01:43:27
services, their annual operating costs
01:44:08
are 3.5 million per 100 doors because
01:44:09
of the cost per bed is $96, there or
01:44:10
thereabouts. Remember, every site is
01:44:11
different. If you've got like a
01:44:12
decrease in doors, if you've only got
01:44:13
50 doors, it's going to be cheaper, if
01:44:14
you got $200, it's going to be more
01:44:15
expensive. This is a rough estimate to
01:44:16
give you like kind of understanding of
01:44:17
what the units like this services cost
01:44:18
remembering it's more expensive for
01:44:19
people who are chronically homeless on
01:44:20
the street. That cost is more like 100
01:44:21
and $700 a month. This is
01:44:22
instinctually making our streets a lot
01:44:23
safer in our community saferAnd more
01:44:24
secure. Next slide?
01:44:29
This is, when we talk about our home
01:44:30
care application and why it was so
01:44:31
successful with Mountain View, we kind
01:44:32
of whittle it down to these five key
01:44:33
ingredients. We need to have a
01:44:40
municipality, we need a counseling
01:44:41
staff that's on board and ready to go
01:44:42
forward with a project. We of course
01:44:43
need land, we need like all in
01:44:54
teamwork approach, collaboration, we
01:44:55
need to be in problem-solving mode,
01:44:56
like everything is yes, yes, and, yes,
01:44:57
and. All that kind of translates into
01:44:58
this public-private partnership and
01:44:59
critical to especially with
01:45:04
(INAUDIBLE) housing, is the roll of
01:45:05
choosing the right operator to run
01:45:06
these projects. LifeMoves as an
01:45:09
established provider of interim
01:45:10
supportive housing services with over
01:45:12
40 years of experience,We have very
01:45:20
high success rates of moving people
01:45:21
off the streets and into stable
01:45:22
housing.And just to backtrack a little
01:45:27
bit, during the pandemic, we saw the
01:45:28
need for our services to surge, and we
01:45:49
had an increased capacity of over 50%
01:45:50
over 12 months. We went from 700,000
01:45:51
people per night to over 1500 people
01:45:52
per night. And that was where we
01:45:53
needed to create capacity and to do so
01:45:54
rapidly, which is where our Homekey
01:45:55
project maybe came about. Next slide?
01:45:56
I kind of touched on this earlier,
01:45:57
like the costs, there is a cost
01:46:16
associated with doing nothing. When
01:46:17
people oversee people in these
01:46:18
encampments spiraling out of control,
01:46:19
that's a cost to you and I. Someone is
01:46:20
paying to clean those encampments and
01:46:21
keep them safe and the police calls
01:46:22
and the visits and the fires and five
01:46:23
years ago destination homesDictated
01:46:24
that that cost could be as high as
01:46:25
$83,000 per yearFor persons that are
01:46:26
chronically homeless.And just a little
01:46:34
detail here, story on night Mountain
01:46:35
View, we've been working with our
01:46:36
community policing officer, and she
01:46:38
has been working with people who have
01:46:39
been on the streets for years and
01:46:40
years and years, and two weeks ago,
01:46:46
she managed to successfully bring
01:46:47
somebody in off the streets who had
01:46:48
been living in a tent for over 10
01:46:49
years. So that's a person who is
01:46:57
chronically homeless and to start
01:46:58
getting those people off the streets,
01:46:59
that's where we will really make an
01:47:00
impact for our communities, for each
01:47:01
and every one of us.Next slide?
01:47:09
So this is that I talked of (INAUDIBLE)
01:47:19
Services, this is a breakdown of
01:47:20
services, and with over 40 years
01:47:21
experiences we have developed a really
01:47:22
intensive case management with a
01:47:23
smorgasbord of lifeSupport services to
01:47:35
tailored to the individual needs. And
01:47:36
we deliver the services in-house or we
01:47:37
partner with them the local and
01:47:38
nonprofits, but these are critical to
01:47:39
our clients right now. So it's not just
01:47:40
The roof and the meals, it'sWhat
01:47:44
brought you to homelessness in the
01:47:45
beginning, and we're going to work
01:47:46
with you at least two or three times a
01:47:49
week, you can sit down with your case
01:47:50
manager, develop a customized plan
01:48:01
that's going to get you into stable
01:48:02
housing. Along the way we are going to
01:48:03
assess your physical health and mental
01:48:04
health and what you need to do to get
01:48:05
a job, Are there any benefits that are
01:48:11
owed to you, and we are going to help
01:48:12
you along the way to get you to where
01:48:13
you need to be, so you are successful
01:48:14
when you leave our programsAnd can
01:48:15
continue to stay in stable housing.
01:48:34
We have a few more slides of event
01:48:35
services, and Dr. Brian Weaver, PPI
01:48:36
clip programs and services is in the
01:48:37
room should you want to delve into
01:48:38
these in the more detail. So let's
01:48:39
quickly skip over the next few slides
01:48:40
and then I will draw this to a close.
01:48:41
So the next slide?
01:48:42
This is just an overview for those who
01:48:43
are not familiar with us, maybe
01:48:54
(INAUDIBLE) in the audience, this is
01:48:55
where we do operate, San Mateo, Santa
01:48:56
Clara County, we have 26 shelter
01:48:57
services sites and that's a breakdown
01:48:58
that you see on the screen. Next slide?
01:48:59
This is how we do it.Provide a client
01:49:14
centric program with intense case
01:49:15
management to address the specific
01:49:16
needs of each of our clients. And
01:49:17
that's what gives us the success rates
01:49:18
that we see as high as 86%On sites
01:49:19
like mountain.
01:49:20
>>Next slide?Again, this is just a
01:49:22
greatBreakdown of case management, we
01:49:33
also supported with housing and
01:49:34
employment specialist, we have the
01:49:35
holds team a behavior health, mental
01:49:36
health specialist, a literacy program,
01:49:42
workshops, the list is endless,
01:49:43
because we have been at this a long
01:49:44
time and we know what works.
01:50:00
And with that I'm going to conclude.
01:50:01
And if you've got any questions I am
01:50:02
here to answer them and like I said
01:50:03
I've got some other team members with
01:50:04
me as well.
01:50:05
>>Thank you very much for the
01:50:06
presentation, it's very enlightening,
01:50:07
super interesting. Thank you for going
01:50:08
into detail about that. Councilmember
01:50:09
Jane, you have a question?
01:50:14
>>Yes, thank you very much, Joe, for
01:50:15
coming in speaking about this project
01:50:16
which I've been following for a while.
01:50:17
I know for Homekey 1.0 there was a
01:50:20
very short timeframeTo move on getting
01:50:27
this project. Why do you think
01:50:28
Mountain View was able to move so
01:50:29
quickly?Typically you expect, we have
01:50:33
seen this, A lot of NIMBY-ism around
01:50:39
tiny homes and things like that.Why
01:51:05
was the ground so fertile? In Mountain
01:51:06
View?
01:51:07
>>That's a really great question. I
01:51:08
think Mountain View is very resected
01:51:09
as they saw this project being a tool
01:51:10
on the whole spectrum of housing. It's
01:51:11
not going to solve everybody's needs,
01:51:12
but it solves an immediate need in the
01:51:13
community. And so there was a
01:51:14
political will from the get-go, And
01:51:15
there was also an understanding and
01:51:16
familiarity. We already operate one of
01:51:17
the shelters in the city, and there is
01:51:23
a trust in the level of confidence
01:51:24
with the whole team that we brought,
01:51:25
so it wasn't just like we had
01:51:28
development management partner, we had
01:51:29
a big nameConstructor, I can't give it
01:51:34
out, contractor.There was a law of
01:51:55
faith. And we had a solid team behind
01:51:56
us to deliver this project in record
01:51:57
time and there was a willingness on
01:51:58
Council and at the staff level that
01:51:59
this is going to be good for the whole
01:52:00
community and this is going to help
01:52:01
make this community safer and more
01:52:02
secure.
01:52:06
>>In my second question is if this is
01:52:07
designed to be interim housing and
01:52:08
you're moving a fair number of people
01:52:09
for this, I mean, 120 odd beds and
01:52:14
have 350 odd people, is there enough
01:52:21
permanent housing for these people to
01:52:22
move into? Or what happens to them?
01:52:23
>>That's a really great question.Not
01:52:32
everybody that comes through our door
01:52:33
will exit into a permanent housing
01:52:34
unit in the vicinity. And we seeWhat
01:52:44
we call the 333. The third will often
01:52:45
be reunited with family, be that close
01:52:46
by or further away. 1/3 will work with
01:52:47
them to identifyTheir earnings
01:52:52
potential and then they will relocate
01:52:53
somewhere more affordable. It could be
01:52:54
across the bridge, I could be further
01:52:55
south, Morgan Hill or Gilroy. And then
01:52:56
1/3 will have that housing voucher and
01:53:05
be able to live in the unit close by.
01:53:06
But I agree, not everybody is going
01:53:07
thatExit a unit in Sarah Santa Clara
01:53:12
or Sunnyvale. That's what our data
01:53:13
shows. And that's why when we moved
01:53:17
people off the streets you will see an
01:53:35
immediate impact because we are moving
01:53:36
people quickly through. It's like a
01:53:37
crash course on life skills to help
01:53:38
stabilize you, get you on your feet,
01:53:39
get you connected with all the
01:53:40
services and resources that are going
01:53:41
to make you successful going on for
01:53:42
the rest of July.
01:53:43
>>In my last question is I think
01:53:48
someone calculated that it would cost
01:53:49
$83,000 to support a person on the
01:53:50
street. And do you seeThere medical
01:53:55
ailments decreased substantiallyWhen
01:53:59
they moved into this facility?
01:54:01
>>Quite oftenThe other, the other way
01:54:05
around.When you are on the street and
01:54:12
you've got even a little tiny ailment
01:54:22
your health is going to quickly
01:54:23
deteriorate on the streets when you're
01:54:24
not getting medical attention. So a
01:54:25
little lag spot that could beJust
01:54:26
ballooned into something that's going
01:54:27
to createYour necessitated
01:54:43
(INAUDIBLE). It's better to bring
01:54:44
people in to then assess their
01:54:45
physical health and even get them back
01:54:46
onto medications. Like if they been on
01:54:47
the streets in their stock taken a
01:54:48
certain medication their health
01:54:49
deterioratesWe want to detail that. We
01:54:50
want to say this is going to help you
01:54:51
get better.
01:54:52
>>Great, thank you.
01:54:56
>>Does anyone else have any questions?
01:55:00
>>Joe, I have a question on the
01:55:01
acreage of this property.For 100
01:55:06
units. What kind of acreage do you
01:55:07
look at in terms of needing land for
01:55:08
this?
01:55:10
>>Great question. It's typically 1
01:55:13
acre for 100 doors. We can probably
01:55:17
get away with three quarters of an
01:55:18
acre.
01:55:24
>>Okay, that's good to know. So I can
01:55:25
visualize it. Thank you. Vice mayor
01:55:26
tall?
01:55:37
>>Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for the
01:55:38
presentation, thank you, Jonathan, for
01:55:39
our city presentation also. Quick
01:55:40
question, I know you did mentionA
01:55:44
great project that Mountain View in
01:55:45
the span of six months, that's pretty
01:55:46
amazingAnd it's very reasonable. Given
01:55:52
the situation of homelessness we have
01:55:53
over here.So great (INAUDIBLE) like
01:55:58
the medical and job and those are very
01:56:01
good(INAUDIBLE) of services seeking
01:56:08
really take-home business out of the
01:56:09
city. So it really (INAUDIBLE). My
01:56:17
question is given the experience you
01:56:18
had with this particular development,
01:56:20
what has been the reaction fromThe
01:56:25
committee as well as the city comment
01:56:38
That did they really see it like
01:56:39
statistical impact that really how you
01:56:40
substantiate that, how you put it on
01:56:41
paper, what were the impacts of this?
01:56:42
>>That's a good comment. AndWe have
01:56:48
been issuing reports on a weekly basis
01:56:49
to the city and County about having
01:56:53
(INAUDIBLE) numbers. When you open a
01:56:54
new community you're not going to fill
01:56:57
it completely on the one day, 100%
01:57:07
occupied. Need a number of intakes per
01:57:08
day. So two weeks away from being
01:57:09
(INAUDIBLE) which would be over 100
01:57:10
people. And those reports, that data
01:57:34
is important to us as it would be to
01:57:35
you. Because we want to hold ourselves
01:57:36
accountable and we stand by our model.
01:57:37
So we collected data for the past,
01:57:38
what, five years? We have done a good
01:57:39
job of collecting data to inform I see
01:57:40
Dr. Ryan on the screen here, to inform
01:57:41
our program, so we can pivot and make
01:57:42
changes to make them more successful.
01:57:50
I welcome Dr. B if you want to say
01:57:51
some words about this.
01:57:52
>>I just want to say I oversee
01:57:53
programs and services, our biggest
01:57:54
cheerleader is law enforcement.
01:57:55
They're the ones that identify the
01:57:56
most challenging homeless people and
01:57:57
bring them in. They would much rather
01:58:04
have these people off the street and
01:58:05
if they need to deal with them, deal
01:58:06
with our social work support and
01:58:07
second, when our facilities are
01:58:08
running right, the community doesn't
01:58:09
know that they are there. They have
01:58:14
curb appeal, their clean, they are
01:58:15
swept up every day outside on the
01:58:16
street, there is not loitering or
01:58:17
panhandling.Once you have law
01:58:23
enforcement behind you and wants the
01:58:24
merchants and residents can see a
01:58:25
dramatic and real impact from the
01:58:26
community get that(INAUDIBLE).
01:58:27
>>Did you see some impact, let's say
01:58:36
there are some homeless encampments.
01:58:37
Did you see in Mountain View those
01:58:38
reduced substantiallyWhen you're
01:58:44
providing the services in one place?
01:58:45
>>So the focus thus far has been
01:58:46
getting people oversized vehicles, so
01:58:48
Mountain View could enforce there no
01:59:01
overnight parking on oversized
01:59:02
vehicles, so that's been the first
01:59:03
focus, it's an individual homeless
01:59:04
people that law enforcement and
01:59:05
community service agencies have
01:59:06
identified and persons living in
01:59:07
oversized vehicles. So it hasn't been
01:59:14
clear, what you might call clear
01:59:15
encampments, but reduce oversized
01:59:16
vehicles on the streets an individual
01:59:17
people that have been problematic
01:59:22
generating most of the law enforcement
01:59:23
calls merchants and residents, Out of
01:59:28
the $600 millionThe state designated
01:59:33
For 1.0 project, You know how much was
01:59:38
used?Was it fully $600 million use?
01:59:39
>>I think it was all use, the majority
01:59:45
of it, yes.
01:59:48
>>Thank you very much, I appreciate it.
01:59:53
>>Councilmember Watanabe?
02:00:03
>>Thank you, Mary, and thank you, Joe,
02:00:04
for the presentation. Thank you,
02:00:05
Jonathan, also. But Joe Matt, I just
02:00:06
want to thank you for your commitment
02:00:08
To light moves in bringing this
02:00:09
project forward.I am totally impressed
02:00:14
and I hope thatWe have an acre of land
02:00:18
in Santa Clara where we couldReplicate
02:00:23
A Homekey 2.0Here in Santa Clara. What
02:00:29
I like about here isLooking at the
02:00:33
diagram of the facility and seeing
02:00:44
There is a dog kennel and there is a
02:00:45
children's playground, dining area, it
02:00:46
looks like some parking, And it's like
02:00:54
you are meeting the needs of the
02:00:55
residents and making sure that the
02:00:56
things are important to them that they
02:00:57
still have access to themAndThey are
02:01:09
able to hold onto them, they have a
02:01:10
place to keep them, and I know that's
02:01:11
really important when we talk about
02:01:12
mental health and things that are
02:01:13
important to folks, and so it's really
02:01:14
nice to see thatThose amenities are
02:01:18
there to provide for their personal
02:01:20
needs.Funnily enough, as I was just
02:01:28
looking at this, let me ask you a
02:01:29
question. These are repurposedCargo
02:01:42
containers?
02:01:43
>>There is actually a mix of units
02:01:44
that we have on the sites. We have
02:01:45
four different vendors. The sleeping
02:01:46
units, The singles, Brand-new
02:01:47
construction. His timber frame, it
02:01:58
just happens to be in the same shape
02:01:59
and format as shipping container
02:02:00
modular to just make it easier to
02:02:01
plan. In the other unitsWere
02:02:03
retrofitted. They have additional
02:02:04
insulation floors in the ceilings, so
02:02:07
even when you stand in the, Without the
02:02:20
Hitch back connected, they provide a
02:02:21
cool environment. It's cool inside and
02:02:22
warm in the winter. And that's
02:02:23
important as you factor in people
02:02:27
living there vehicles, two weeks ago
02:02:28
we had to rush people to the ER with
02:02:34
heat exhaustion. They overheated. And
02:02:35
then in the winter I don't know how
02:02:36
many people died living in their
02:02:39
vehicles in the cold weather. This is
02:02:40
very safe and secure and because it
02:02:42
meets and exceeds title 24, The more
02:02:46
efficient to run.
02:02:50
>>Yes, I had actually talked to
02:03:04
Probably the last two months the
02:03:05
mayor, and she, I was talking to her
02:03:06
about the issues that we are having
02:03:07
Santa Clara, a disorder and see how
02:03:08
they approached it in Mountain View,
02:03:09
and she gave me an ideaHave they had
02:03:10
success of the RVs in terms of finding
02:03:11
parking but also these kind of, this
02:03:13
project because it's very important
02:03:17
need right now, so I am just grateful
02:03:22
that we have like Mountain ViewAnd I
02:03:31
thank you for the map also to see
02:03:32
where other facilities are in the
02:03:33
area, so we can all learn from each
02:03:34
other and because homelessness is not
02:03:39
just in one area. Santa Clara the city
02:03:40
actually did tryTo get a piece of
02:03:47
property in the last few years, maybe
02:03:48
closer to four years ago, and it was
02:03:49
actuallyLike cargo containers. And it
02:03:57
was a developer that wanted to turn it
02:03:58
into a project exactly like this and
02:04:00
have wraparound services 24/7. And
02:04:04
maybe it just wasn't the right time,
02:04:05
butWhen I look at, think about that
02:04:21
now, where we would be right now, I
02:04:22
would've house like about 200 people
02:04:23
as I recall, and really would've made
02:04:24
a difference in the city of Santa
02:04:25
Clara, so I am grateful that you're
02:04:26
bringing this to us now and hopefully
02:04:27
we can start to work again and come up
02:04:28
with a good project as well and with
02:04:29
your help and experienceBring it to
02:04:33
fruition. So thank you for bringing it
02:04:34
to us.
02:04:35
>>You're welcome.
02:04:36
>>Thank you, Vice Mayor Chahal?
02:04:46
>>Quick question. I want to hear like
02:04:47
what has been the reaction and
02:04:48
feedback from the neighborhood? I know
02:04:49
it'sLooking at the map, soPreapproval
02:04:55
reaction and now they have seenThis
02:05:00
going on for six months and it's been
02:05:01
wonderful, what is the reaction now?
02:05:15
>>You might not believe me, but we had
02:05:16
overwhelming support from the
02:05:17
community when we brought this project
02:05:18
forward. And we did from the get-go
02:05:19
when we were looking at this property
02:05:24
went door-to-door, we knocked on all
02:05:25
the neighbors and we introduced
02:05:26
ourselves, we explained what the
02:05:27
project was, we invited themTo tour
02:05:28
some of the facilities, and came to
02:05:30
the community outreach we work closely
02:05:41
with the city to identify the broader
02:05:42
radius than what we might ordinarily
02:05:43
expect. I think was typically 500 feet
02:05:44
so we went the extra mile and went as
02:05:47
thousand feet we made sure not only to
02:05:48
include residents in nature with but
02:05:49
alsoThe board of business communities
02:05:51
because rememberThat affects small
02:06:11
business owners, yes? And so we made
02:06:12
sure to reward our region we held two
02:06:13
community meetings, at that time we
02:06:14
met in the middle of the tan a
02:06:15
pandemic back in the fall, we had one
02:06:16
in the morning and one of in the
02:06:17
evening to make sure everybody had a
02:06:18
chanceTo attend, and they were both
02:06:19
very well attended. I think there were
02:06:20
like 70, 80 on both calls, and maybe
02:06:21
one or two peopleWho pushed back a
02:06:25
little bit, but on theWhole we had
02:06:41
such support we are able to establish
02:06:42
a committee there and then. People
02:06:43
step forward wanting to help and with
02:06:44
all our sites up and down the
02:06:45
peninsula we have developed support
02:06:46
committees with local volunteers who
02:06:47
want to help. And so then that's how
02:06:54
our sites came adopted by the
02:06:55
community and what Dr. Brian said. You
02:06:56
don't know we are there, but our
02:06:57
supporters and our volunteers do.
02:07:02
>>Thank you very much.
02:07:03
>>Thank you. Councilmember Park?
02:07:04
>>Thank you very much for the
02:07:05
presentation. Thank you for the work
02:07:06
that you're doing.I heard the 160 he
02:07:12
came per door that sounds pretty
02:07:13
expensive but it includes the land
02:07:14
purchase. That makes it really cheap.I
02:07:25
visited many homeless encampments in
02:07:26
Santa Clara, and I just visited an
02:07:27
encampment on the north side of my
02:07:28
district early this morning and that
02:07:29
has the potential to be a huge huge
02:07:30
area because it looks really out of
02:07:31
the way and, to be honest, comfortable
02:07:32
for camping. And I think that Homekey
02:07:47
is important because we need to
02:07:48
realize you can't just push people
02:07:49
out, you can't just evict people, you
02:07:50
have to find places for them to go,
02:07:51
otherwise it's like you got an air
02:07:52
mattress. If you push it down in one
02:07:53
area it pops up in another.We need to
02:08:01
solve the problem, not just move it
02:08:02
around. Are there ways of making some
02:08:03
sites alternatives to encampments?
02:08:04
Even if there isn't housing, it may be
02:08:05
camping areas on the same sites as the
02:08:06
housing units? I would think there a
02:08:10
lot of people that just need place to
02:08:11
go even if they don't have a room,
02:08:12
even if they don't have a housing
02:08:13
unit. That's one question. But then I
02:08:28
also know that having space is not
02:08:29
enough. Have you considered having
02:08:30
low-cost or free public laundry
02:08:31
baiting or electric device charging
02:08:32
services for people can't get a door?
02:08:33
Maybe even Wi-Fi services? Or maybe
02:08:34
you and provide services for donations
02:08:35
and distributionFor organizations like
02:08:40
Salvation Army or other people because
02:08:41
I think that giving the organization
02:08:42
space would ensure that they have got
02:08:48
the people who need it in the people
02:08:49
who are describing it together and
02:08:50
again, I think there's an even lower
02:08:51
cost solution in putting housing unit
02:08:55
if we can make camping sites or places
02:08:56
for people to go for basic things like
02:08:57
washing and device charging, I think
02:09:03
that would be, I don't know if that's
02:09:04
something you've ever considered.
02:09:05
Thank you.
02:09:06
>>I will hop over to Brian to fix us
02:09:19
up and then I might follow-up.
02:09:20
>>So first of all, this is a
02:09:21
non-congregant site, where everyone
02:09:22
gets their own private space. And we
02:09:23
found that if you offer non-congregate
02:09:24
housing, interim housing, almost
02:09:36
everyone will accept it. And we are of
02:09:37
the belief that people need to step
02:09:38
up, but the homeless community also
02:09:39
needs to step up. Right? We try to
02:09:40
raise the bar. So for example, if we
02:09:54
half of our residents on disability.
02:09:55
950 are on long-term disability. We
02:09:56
found we can increase that income to
02:09:57
$1700 or $1800 a month we can get a
02:09:58
lot of them house. Restaurants need
02:09:59
for our shiftsTo wash dishes.
02:10:00
Safeway's need, we partner with the
02:10:01
Department of (INAUDIBLE) to get those
02:10:05
four-hour shifts. We are not operators
02:10:09
or encampments, we are operating in a
02:10:10
way that provides peopleDignified
02:10:16
non-stigmatized way where they also
02:10:17
haveThis stuff. Everybody has
02:10:22
responsibility. Law enforcement does,
02:10:24
The homeless community also does. But
02:10:25
we're not, There are not of operators,
02:10:28
but when you walk into them in Santa
02:10:29
Cruz County or San Francisco County,
02:10:30
there is not a place where you want
02:10:31
your son or daughter to live. Our
02:10:32
facilities are placed if your son or
02:10:33
daughter had a substance abuse
02:10:40
disorder health problem or a mental
02:10:41
health problem you feel totally
02:10:42
comfortable saying why don't you try
02:10:50
it. If you go to the sanction campus
02:10:51
in the city or in Oakland or Santa
02:10:52
Cruz, you would not send your son or
02:10:53
daughter.So we don't operate those,
02:10:55
God bless the people that do. But we
02:10:57
are trying to, our model is having
02:10:58
homeless people stick their toe in
02:10:59
recovery services and mental health
02:11:00
services, addressed product health
02:11:01
conditions, the hypertension,
02:11:02
diabetes, the asthma, all those diet
02:11:03
-related chronic health conditionsThat
02:11:06
homeless people have, and the last
02:11:07
thing I want to say is the average age
02:11:08
at our facilities for single adults is
02:11:09
over 50. This is an elderly vulnerable
02:11:25
population that needs an opportunity
02:11:26
to transit to identify permanent exits
02:11:27
from homelessness.
02:11:30
>>All right, thank you. Councilmember
02:11:31
Becker?
02:11:45
>>I want to say thank you to Jonathan
02:11:46
and Joe, great presentation. Overall,
02:11:47
I don't want to rehash a lot of it,
02:11:48
but what my other colleagues have said
02:11:49
but I do say that I am glad to see
02:11:50
that we are moving on the right track.
02:11:51
I'm glad to see this is a good model
02:11:52
and councilmember Watanabe saidIt, I
02:12:09
just hope this is in the end, of this
02:12:10
is the beginning of many of these
02:12:11
because honestly I think this is an
02:12:12
olive branch, is helping people get
02:12:13
out of the situation they are. I know
02:12:14
a lot of people who are homeless. I
02:12:15
have an aunt who is homeless am still
02:12:16
trying to find out where she is and
02:12:39
it's really kind of a tough subject
02:12:40
for people. Can you guys who were
02:12:41
removing that stigma, homeless people
02:12:42
they say homeless people are people
02:12:43
too. They have a heart, they have a
02:12:44
soul and they are human. They deserve
02:12:45
the same dignity that everybody else
02:12:46
deserves. A roof over their head is
02:12:47
essentially a key. I think that's a
02:12:48
dream for a lot of this is a roof over
02:12:49
our head. I want to thank you guys for
02:12:50
doing all that, this is baby steps
02:12:51
that I think we can take it further
02:12:52
and I hope the city, myself, I believe
02:12:53
my colleagues are behind you, And I
02:12:54
hope we can still be the centerOf
02:12:55
what's possible. Thank you.
02:12:56
>>Great, thank you.
02:12:57
>>Thank you. I'm going to go back to
02:12:58
Dir. BeachAnd ask you, Jonathan, what
02:13:05
kind of action you would like us to
02:13:06
take. I know it's a study session, he
02:13:07
wants to take action or just give our
02:13:08
comments were city manager?
02:13:17
>>I was on you. The comments that we
02:13:18
have received our good information for
02:13:19
us to proceed forward. If there's any
02:13:20
more comments or questions, Jonathan
02:13:22
or I ready to take them, I want to
02:13:23
thank alsoRepresentatives for coming
02:13:40
this evening and supporting our
02:13:41
Council and discussing this topic, so
02:13:42
thank you, Brian and Joe.
02:13:43
>>Thank you deftly for taking the time
02:13:44
to do that. I see more hands up now,
02:13:45
councilmember Jane, you have a
02:13:46
question?
02:13:47
>>Yes. I was impressed by the outreach
02:13:48
That the city and LifeMoves did to the
02:13:50
residents going beyond the traditional
02:13:51
radius to inform people, And I am very
02:13:56
interested inHaving a task force of
02:14:05
homelessness within the city of Santa
02:14:06
Clara. I think that's going come up
02:14:07
later on this agenda so that we can be
02:14:08
prepared toBasically have the fertile
02:14:14
ground for a project behind us. So
02:14:15
thank you.
02:14:18
>>Councilmember Becker? My quick
02:14:23
question, would you guys be providing,
02:14:24
I don't know if I heard it, any
02:14:28
helpful transportation services, any
02:14:29
vouchers for people taking buses or
02:14:35
trains? I know that's a major thing
02:14:36
about trying to get people to get to
02:14:37
their jobs, especially if they don't
02:14:38
have a vehicle. That is something I
02:14:52
think it would be a very big incentive
02:14:53
if you don't die if you guys don't
02:14:54
already do that. I agree with
02:14:55
councilmember Jane about task force. I
02:14:56
know a lot of residents here that
02:14:57
really want to help the situation.
02:14:58
They don't want to get rid of homeless
02:14:59
people, they want to help homeless
02:15:00
people.
02:15:01
>>We have kind of a bicycle concierge
02:15:02
service, we have shuttles, van shuttles
02:15:03
, and then we have parking off-site
02:15:04
for RVs.
02:15:07
>>In Mountain View has free shuttles.
02:15:09
>>We operate our ownShuttle, yes.
02:15:20
>>All right, thank you very much,
02:15:21
Jonathan, is there anything else you
02:15:22
would like to leave us with tonight on
02:15:23
this?
02:15:25
>>No, thank you. We are going to keep
02:15:26
our ears open for any news that comes
02:15:53
out with project Homekey, and will
02:15:54
keep working with developers to look
02:15:55
at sites in different models.
02:15:56
>>Okay, very good, thank you again,
02:15:57
everyone, thank you for bringing this
02:15:58
to us tonight, was very enlightening
02:15:59
and we've heard a lot about Homekey.
02:16:00
So this is wonderful. Thank you. I
02:16:01
hope we find a site very soon in Santa
02:16:02
Clara.
02:16:03
>>Thank you.
02:16:04
>>Thank you very much.
02:16:05
>>Council Becker I don't know if your
02:16:06
hand was left up?
02:16:07
>>Does the public have any comment on
02:16:08
this? Just curious.
02:16:09
>>Oh, yes, good idea. Any member of
02:16:10
the public, yes. We have a couple, I
02:16:11
name not required. Go ahead.
02:16:12
>>Hi, this sounds like a great
02:16:13
project, we had a similar project,
02:16:25
Someone tried a few years ago, I think
02:16:26
somebody mentioned, but how does
02:16:27
Homekey solve the NIMBY problem for
02:16:28
one thing? Do they provide on-site
02:16:29
services and once it's built, who
02:16:43
maintains it, keeps it tidy, keeps it
02:16:44
looking nice, etc. and maintains the
02:16:45
whole facility? And keeps it so the
02:16:46
neighborhood doesn't regret it's in
02:16:47
their neighborhood? And is there any
02:16:48
way that Santa Clara could start doing
02:16:49
it now instead of have it be another
02:17:01
place, making a project that we do a
02:17:02
lot of talking about spend a lot of
02:17:03
money talking about never do, could we
02:17:04
just find the property and do it or
02:17:05
ask someone or make it a condition of
02:17:06
somebody developing something that
02:17:07
they provide that acre, and that's
02:17:08
what we do with it?To have to do a
02:17:14
task force, I don't think it takes a
02:17:15
rocket scientist to figure out we have
02:17:16
a homeless problem. You just have to
02:17:17
kind of open your eyes and take off
02:17:18
the blinders to see there's lots of
02:17:19
people that need a place to stay. Just
02:17:20
look at the RVs that are parked
02:17:21
everywhere, the drug needle
02:17:27
paraphernalia dropped everyplace too.
02:17:28
I don't think there should be a
02:17:29
question whether we needed or not. We
02:17:30
need it, period. Take it for granted,
02:17:41
They it build it, they need it. How do
02:17:42
we do this, not just talk about it? We
02:17:43
do a lot of talking but no action. I
02:17:44
would like to see this turned into an
02:17:45
action immediately instead of waiting.
02:17:46
How do we make it happen? Council, I
02:17:47
hope we get answers and not just lip
02:17:48
service, because that seems to be a
02:17:49
lot of our projects are great ideas
02:17:50
but then we don't do them. But from
02:18:09
Homekey, how you keep it looking nice,
02:18:10
did the people have to keep it looking
02:18:11
nice, you say they step up the biggest
02:18:12
problem with a lot of homeless
02:18:13
developments end up looking like
02:18:14
homeless developments, I think that's
02:18:15
what people, why people don't want it
02:18:16
in their neighborhoods. How do you
02:18:17
make it so it stays looking nice?
02:18:18
Thank you again for this great
02:18:19
presentation. Thank you.
02:18:20
>>Edward, go ahead.
02:18:21
>>Yes, just want to say thatThere is a
02:18:24
lot of empty spaceIndustrial buildings
02:18:27
old and new like a write off of
02:18:39
Mission College Boulevard between
02:18:40
great America Parkway and Agni Road
02:18:41
and freedom circle areas, a lot of old
02:18:42
empty buildings, new buildings been
02:18:43
sitting there for years. Along also
02:18:51
with some of the smaller properties
02:18:52
have been sitting empty for years like
02:18:53
(INAUDIBLE) and El Camino, the hilltop
02:18:54
applies and the littleMental strip
02:18:55
facility there.Right next to the old
02:19:02
former (INAUDIBLE). That's been a real
02:19:03
eyesore,Maybe something can be worked
02:19:07
out the owners of those properties
02:19:10
where nothing is been done with them
02:19:11
for yearsAnd that's all I got to say,
02:19:20
thanks very much.
02:19:21
>>Thank you. Maybe I can ask Joe,
02:19:22
because I know you already answered
02:19:23
and talk about all these things, but
02:19:25
the maintenance of the property, I
02:19:26
know you talked about that already,
02:19:27
but maybe you want to quickly reiterate
02:19:42
.
02:19:43
>>Absolutely. It's a concern, yes? I
02:19:44
would be concerned. The police,
02:19:45
anybody on the call or in the
02:19:46
audience, I encourage you to go onto
02:19:47
our website go and look at some of our
02:19:48
other facilities. We have one that was
02:19:49
built back in 2004. And it looks
02:19:54
brand-new. We have another one in
02:19:55
Menlo Park built 1999. It looks
02:19:56
brand-new. We operate this as a
02:19:57
professional, A professional program.
02:19:59
We haveRound-the-clock staff, we have
02:20:04
2 to 3 staff on call 24/7, 365 days a
02:20:10
year. Every single holiday. We want to
02:20:30
be a good neighbor and we want to
02:20:31
blend in and we want to support the
02:20:32
community, because when we win, you
02:20:33
win, and everybody wins.
02:20:34
>>Thank you very much. Okay. Thank
02:20:35
you, and I know that we don't have any
02:20:36
action, you have our comments, so we
02:20:37
appreciate everybody taking the time
02:20:38
today.To present at the study session.
02:20:39
Thank you.
02:20:40
All right. Next we have, let's see
02:20:41
what time is it, 8:30, about nine will
02:20:42
take a short break or our staff. Here
02:20:52
special order of business for
02:20:53
presentation of 2021 city of Santa
02:20:54
Clara Silicon Valley power
02:20:55
scholarships. Is that man well our
02:20:56
director?
02:21:01
>>Mary, thank you, good evening
02:21:02
members of the Council, a pleasure to
02:21:03
be here tonight, Nice to have items
02:21:05
like this on the agenda.First thing as
02:21:13
with any effort like thisThe efforts
02:21:22
of volunteers from the local community
02:21:23
and this year we have three
02:21:24
independent work status in the
02:21:25
community who volunteered for the
02:21:26
application. So I want to thank
02:21:29
Cartwright our businessperson, forte,
02:21:41
Santa Clara businessperson also,
02:21:42
previous cultural commissioner, and
02:21:43
Robert Owens, board member at the
02:21:44
Mission community college district.
02:21:45
Thank you again for your contributions
02:21:46
on the programAn evaluation. I would
02:21:57
also like to thank staff, particularly
02:21:58
Brown, who as a scholarship program at
02:21:59
the beginning, thank you. It is my
02:22:00
pleasure today to recognize two
02:22:01
outstanding student applicants were
02:22:10
chosen by the committee to receive
02:22:11
scholarship grants of $5000 each. Both
02:22:12
of them demonstrated interest per
02:22:13
student per education in the film
02:22:14
related to energy services, public
02:22:15
powerIn the power industry. So first I
02:22:16
would like to introduce Amanda McDowell
02:22:19
, I don't know if I saw Amanda's name
02:22:20
on the screen. So I don't know if she
02:22:22
is here. If she's not I will go ahead
02:22:25
and share my screenThe picture of her
02:22:30
so everybody can see Amanda.
02:22:31
>>I don't see her.
02:22:37
>>Let me take one second here to share
02:22:38
my screenSo we can see Amanda here as
02:23:12
we speak about her. So Amanda
02:23:13
McDowell, recently graduated from
02:23:14
(INAUDIBLE) high school, plans to
02:23:15
(INAUDIBLE) University in business
02:23:16
administration and architecture. She
02:23:17
maintains a high grade point average
02:23:18
and also participates in three varsity
02:23:19
sports. Volleyball, softball, and
02:23:20
basketball. In the summers she also
02:23:21
works is with the activity center and
02:23:22
has really enjoyed her opportunity to
02:23:23
work with children.She is keenly
02:23:24
interested in architecture and is an
02:23:25
avid problem solver and likes to learn
02:23:26
different waysOf solving the same
02:23:27
problem. It's something I always
02:23:29
appreciate in people. She is learning
02:23:30
about the importance of energy use in
02:23:31
buildings and will use her
02:23:44
architectural career to design the
02:23:45
most energy efficient to reduce the
02:23:46
environmental (INAUDIBLE). She looks
02:23:47
forward to continuing to be an active
02:23:48
participant in her college community
02:23:49
as well as our community. So with that,
02:23:51
I would like to give her a hand for
02:23:52
being one of our recipients.
02:23:53
>>Congratulations, Amanda.
02:23:55
>>Great. And her other recipient is
02:23:56
Cynthia, I think I did see her name
02:24:01
earlier, I don't know if she is still
02:24:02
here would like to make an appearance
02:24:03
for us.
02:24:05
>>Let's see.
02:24:14
>>Blake did move over to panelist.
02:24:15
>>Good, okay. Cindy, I don't know if
02:24:21
you would like to share put your
02:24:22
camera on? That's okay if you don't, I
02:24:23
have a picture of you as well.But we
02:24:24
will go aheadAnd go to, there she is.
02:24:34
I will put her picture up to make sure
02:24:35
we can see her. Cindy has recently
02:24:53
attended the college will be
02:24:54
transferred to Southwest State
02:24:55
University with a major in sustainable
02:24:56
management and business
02:24:57
administration. She was originally
02:24:58
expected to be a computer science
02:24:59
major but became fascinated with
02:25:00
environmental studies. Shirley after
02:25:01
learning about the (INAUDIBLE) items.
02:25:10
Cindy was reminded that humanity is
02:25:11
(INAUDIBLE) that hurt our environment
02:25:12
and people use these methods that can
02:25:13
be easily (INAUDIBLE) or stop you can
02:25:14
provide great benefits. She wanted to
02:25:15
make an impactHonor Society. She was
02:25:21
reminded of the connection between
02:25:22
sustainability and technology changing
02:25:23
her goals going forward from creating
02:25:30
and designing computer games to
02:25:31
something that could make an impact on
02:25:32
society. She now participates in
02:25:33
developing and pushes to create a more
02:25:37
sustainable healthcare world. So
02:25:38
congratulations, Cindy, very happy to
02:25:39
provideThis.
02:25:40
>>Congratulations. Is she on? Did we
02:25:43
get her on? I don't see her.Cindy, are
02:25:47
you here?There she is, Cynthia.You are
02:25:53
muted.Muted. I see that.Cindy, would
02:26:06
you like to speak?Okay. Well,
02:26:12
congratulations.
02:26:15
>>I would like to sayIt's not my first
02:26:20
time doing this, I am always very
02:26:21
impressedWith the people in Santa
02:26:28
Clara, the high school students and
02:26:29
very happy, most fun things to do is
02:26:32
recognize young kids who work so hard
02:26:39
and deserve the scholarships and do
02:26:40
great things that the city does Council
02:26:42
(INAUDIBLE). Very proud for the
02:26:53
recipients.
02:26:54
>>That sound like very incredible
02:26:55
remarkable young ladies. Did you tell
02:26:56
them they both have to work for
02:26:57
Silicon Valley power in the future,
02:26:58
that I was in the scholarship?
02:27:06
>>I am saving that for later after
02:27:07
they cashed the check. Not right now.
02:27:08
>>Congratulations. I hope you come
02:27:09
back, though. Good luck to you, both
02:27:10
of you, and congratulations.
02:27:11
>>Okay.Thank you, Dir.
02:27:16
Okay, next, we are going to our
02:27:39
special of order of business will be
02:27:40
action on resolution of the city
02:27:41
Council to proclaim a local emergency
02:27:42
regarding the drought. City manager?
02:27:43
>>Thank you, Mayor, and good evening,
02:27:44
city Council. Yesterday I proclaimed a
02:27:45
local emergency for extreme drought
02:27:46
conditions in my role as the city's
02:27:47
director of emergency services and in
02:27:48
accordance with section 2.14096, 060
02:27:49
of the code of the city of Santa
02:27:50
Clara, I am asking the Council this
02:27:51
evening to ratifyThe emergency
02:28:07
proclamation. I will provide a summary
02:28:08
of the steps that led to my decision,
02:28:09
but I think it's very clear that at
02:28:10
this point we need additional local
02:28:11
water conservation actions given that
02:28:12
our drought continues to persist. By
02:28:13
way of example this action is
02:28:14
supported by on June 9 the Board of
02:28:32
Directors of the Santa Clara Valley
02:28:33
water District declared a water
02:28:34
shortage emergency condition in Santa
02:28:35
Clara County and called for a
02:28:36
mandatory 15% reduction in water usage
02:28:37
throughout the county as compared to
02:28:38
2019. It's important to note that
02:28:39
Valley water is one of Santa Clara's
02:28:40
water provider.On June 22, 2021, the
02:28:42
Santa Clara Board of Supervisors
02:28:43
adopted a resolution ratifying June
02:28:44
15, 2021 proclamation the county
02:28:50
director of emergency services for
02:28:51
local emergency related to extreme
02:28:52
drought conditions. Just last Thursday
02:29:03
, Gavin Newsom extended his drought
02:29:04
proclamation to include Santa Clara
02:29:05
County. This action is supported at
02:29:06
both the state County and one of our
02:29:07
water providers. Let's go to the next
02:29:08
slide.
02:29:09
I want to discuss the impacts of the
02:29:10
local emergencyWith respect to the
02:29:12
city. The existence of the local
02:29:13
emergencyIs the implementation of
02:29:18
stage II of the city's water storage
02:29:19
contingency planWith slight
02:29:36
modifications and institutes the
02:29:37
following water prohibitions that we
02:29:38
have messaged throughout the
02:29:39
communication channels. This excludes
02:29:40
includes an expansion of the public
02:29:41
information campaign, an increase in
02:29:42
water with patrols, and enforcement of
02:29:43
water use restrictions ordinance, a
02:29:44
reduction in system water loss,
02:29:45
decreasing hybrid line flushing for
02:30:01
public health and safety, prohibition
02:30:02
on billing of decorative water
02:30:03
features except to sustain aquatic
02:30:04
life and requirement that those
02:30:05
features use recirculated water, a
02:30:06
requirement that the water used for
02:30:07
construction and dust control be
02:30:08
recycled when the water is available.
02:30:09
A restriction on new irrigation
02:30:10
connections to those that use recycled
02:30:11
water when thereFor those that use
02:30:12
recycled water when the water is
02:30:13
available and restriction on
02:30:20
irrigation of golf forces to use
02:30:21
recycled water when water is
02:30:22
available. Let's go to the next light.
02:30:47
A restriction on outdoor watering to a
02:30:48
maximum of three days per week for all
02:30:49
customers with odd-numbered addresses
02:30:50
and sites with no addresses watering
02:30:51
Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in
02:30:52
even-numbered addresses watering on
02:30:53
Tuesdays, Fridays, and send a spirit
02:30:54
of course we will get this
02:30:55
communication out if this proclamation
02:30:56
is ratified. So, Mayor, with that, we
02:30:57
do have our water and sewer director.
02:31:06
We are available to provide any
02:31:07
responses to questions that the
02:31:08
Council may have, but we hope you also
02:31:09
as a Council see there is a need to
02:31:10
increase water conservation and are
02:31:11
able to ratify this proclamation.
02:31:12
>>Thank you kind thank you for for
02:31:13
preparing this, city manager.I think
02:31:14
it was very thought forward thinking
02:31:15
and something that we need to do.
02:31:16
Councilmember Becker?
02:31:25
>>I would like to make a motion to
02:31:26
ratify, then. Is that what we are
02:31:27
doing?
02:31:28
>>Yes.
02:31:29
>>Okay. I'll make a motion to ratify.
02:31:30
>>I will second-period
02:31:31
>>A motion and Becker second,
02:31:32
councilmember Jane?
02:31:33
>>Okay. Is there any member of the
02:31:34
public that would like to speak on
02:31:35
this? Go ahead, Betsy.
02:31:38
>>Thank you.I have seen some neighbors
02:31:47
commenting on next-door that the
02:31:48
problem, California's water problems
02:31:57
are the problem of agriculture in
02:31:58
Central Valley and so on and so on and
02:31:59
why are we picking up on the little
02:32:00
guy for conservation?I think that is
02:32:04
misinformedSort of an attitude, but I
02:32:09
suggest that some of the public
02:32:10
outreachMy address that attitudeAnd
02:32:19
that misinformation. The fact is most
02:32:20
of the water that we use here is rain
02:32:25
that falls here or near here and
02:32:26
really has relatively little to doWith
02:32:45
agriculture in the Central Valley. I
02:32:46
did have one question, I'm wondering
02:32:47
if the golf course on Saratoga and
02:32:48
prune Ridge is currently using
02:32:49
recycled water for irrigation and I am
02:32:50
also wondering if it could be. I know
02:32:51
we have recycled water pipeline on
02:32:52
Saratoga. Thank you.
02:32:53
>>Okay, thank you, Betsy.Name not
02:32:54
required.
02:33:00
>>Is the fountain shut down in the
02:33:01
city also cutting down by a minimum of
02:33:02
15%, hopefully more, On all of their
02:33:11
watering also? I would guess so, but I
02:33:12
would like that to be clarified and
02:33:13
publicly communicated too, please.
02:33:14
Thank you.
02:33:15
>>Thank you.We will get all the
02:33:20
questions in. Anyone else? From the
02:33:39
public?
02:33:40
>>Okay. City manager, you want to
02:33:41
answer the question on the fountains?
02:33:42
>>We will be participating in the same
02:33:43
water conservation efforts.
02:33:44
>>Thank you. Okay, we have a motion
02:33:45
and a second to declare the local
02:33:46
emergency regarding the drought.
02:33:47
Assistant city clerk, a roll call
02:33:48
vote, please.
02:33:53
>>
02:33:54
[CALLING ROLL]
02:34:25
>>That passes unanimously, thank you.
02:34:26
Next we have a burglary report
02:34:27
regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. City
02:34:28
manager?
02:34:29
>>Let's move on to the other local
02:34:30
emergency. The status update on the
02:34:31
state of the COVID 19 emergency is
02:34:53
provided for counselor of year review
02:34:54
per government code 8630. I will start
02:34:55
first with just providing a quick
02:34:56
summary and then we will hand out the
02:34:57
presentation to Lisa for the data and
02:34:58
statistics. We reached an important
02:34:59
milestone last week when our food
02:35:00
distribution during the city's
02:35:01
pandemic response. On July 1, the
02:35:02
daily senior nutrition program
02:35:03
returned to daily congregate meals at
02:35:04
the senior center and weeklyPoint of
02:35:20
distribution operation was
02:35:21
discontinued. The pod program served
02:35:22
2800 lunches at the senior center and
02:35:23
825 families at the Salvation Army
02:35:24
during the month of June. The fire
02:35:25
department ended its delivery to the
02:35:26
senior center last week as meal
02:35:27
preparation resumed on site and every
02:35:28
Friday each week since the pandemic
02:35:29
began, a fire department personnel
02:35:30
kicked up approximately 1000
02:35:31
(INAUDIBLE) from the convention center
02:35:32
and delivered the 650 meals to the
02:35:33
senior center with 160 Seniors Who
02:35:34
Would Dr. up or walk up to this
02:35:43
community center to receive their
02:35:44
weekend meals. The fire department
02:35:45
personnel will continue to deliver 370
02:35:46
meals to the homes of 90 homebound
02:35:47
seniors every Friday until July 30.
02:35:50
In terms of reopening City Hall to the
02:35:51
public, our plan continues for the
02:35:52
reopening on City Hall in mid-to-late
02:35:53
August timeframe.This is dependent, of
02:36:07
course, and any subsequent borders
02:36:08
that will be orders by the state
02:36:09
related to COVID-19 that would impact
02:36:10
her ability to stay open, and this is
02:36:11
also an opening plan remains
02:36:29
consistent with the region in the
02:36:30
county's position reopening in late
02:36:31
August September as well. I just want
02:36:32
to note that the state will assess
02:36:33
conditions on September 1 and make a
02:36:34
determination as to whether they will
02:36:35
update any requirements or
02:36:36
recommendations and will be sure to
02:36:37
integrate those entire reopening
02:36:38
plans. Our senior center opened on
02:36:39
July 6, Monday through Friday from 1
02:36:40
to 5 PM for limited services and
02:36:41
activities and programs and our senior
02:36:42
center fitness centerIs currently
02:36:56
under renovation. If anyone needs any
02:36:57
more information for expanded services
02:36:58
you're welcome to call 408-615-3170.
02:36:59
Lisa, I'm going to hand it over to you
02:37:00
for the update on statistics and
02:37:01
overall COVID. Per the city.
02:37:03
>>Thank you very much, good evening,
02:37:04
Mayor Gillmor and councilmembers.
02:37:05
There are some slidesThat I will queue
02:37:06
up, That's information that city
02:37:20
manager Santa Ana shared at the senior
02:37:21
center. I will give the slides as we
02:37:22
go forward. I don't have one at this
02:37:23
moment. COVID data continues to be
02:37:24
stable, so it is increasing a bit,
02:37:31
which was expected as we fully
02:37:32
reopened in June. The seven day
02:37:33
rolling average of COVID cases today
02:37:34
was 56. Yesterday that was 48. For
02:37:38
number of days last month that number
02:37:39
was in the 30s. So there is a bit of
02:37:40
an increase their. Our test positivity
02:37:42
rate was 0.8% today. It was 0.5% for a
02:37:55
number of weeks, not a surprise also
02:37:56
that that has increased a bit. Our
02:37:57
hospitals have very sufficient
02:37:58
capacity to treat all patients. There
02:38:13
58 COVID patients in our hospital
02:38:14
today. A month ago, we had 43 COVID
02:38:15
patients in our hospitals, so you can
02:38:16
see the increase there, which was
02:38:17
expected, as I shared. The good news
02:38:18
we can go to the slide on the
02:38:19
percentages of vaccine doses, I think
02:38:22
that might be one side, there we go,
02:38:23
thank you. So the % of residents who
02:38:24
have completed at least one vaccine
02:38:25
dose as of yesterday who are 12 and
02:38:36
older is 82.4%, the % of residents who
02:38:37
completed vaccination as of yesterday
02:38:38
or 12 and older is 76%, so for large
02:38:39
counties of 1.5 million people or
02:38:40
greater we still have the vast
02:38:41
vaccination rates Best vaccination
02:38:45
rates in the country.
02:38:55
The next slide is familiar to our
02:38:56
frequent followers of our council
02:38:57
meetings. Same-day appointments for
02:38:58
the unvaccinated are still available
02:39:04
at RE/MAX.org, or by calling 211 where
02:39:05
help is available for those without
02:39:06
Internet access or who need assistance
02:39:07
with multiple languages. We just have
02:39:08
toKeep promoting vaccines, there still
02:39:12
are a few folks out there that have
02:39:13
not yet been vaccinated who are
02:39:14
eligible.Next for COVID testing, COVID
02:39:26
testing returns to the Central Park
02:39:27
library tomorrow July 14 from 9:30 to
02:39:28
3:30 p.m. Appointments can still be
02:39:29
made SEC pretest.org and COVID testing
02:39:30
will returnNext month on Wednesday,
02:39:34
August 11. In this concludes the COVID
02:39:35
update.
02:39:39
>>Thank you very much, Lisa, for that.
02:39:40
City manager?
02:39:46
>>If there any questions we can
02:39:47
entertain them, if not, that concludes
02:39:48
our report.
02:39:49
>>Any questions from the Council? Any
02:39:50
questions from the public? On this?
02:40:02
>>I don't see any hand, may appear
02:40:03
>>Thank you for that report. We are
02:40:04
going to two things. One we are going
02:40:05
to move to approve the consent
02:40:06
calendar then take public
02:40:07
presentations and then take a break.
02:40:18
Next is the approval of the consent
02:40:19
calendar, all items will be approved
02:40:20
with one motion and unless my items
02:40:21
are pulled from the agenda. I have to
02:40:22
say for the record, city clerk, will
02:40:23
be abstaining on item 5F which is a
02:40:28
Mills at contract for a 34 Main St.,
02:40:29
my office located within 1000 feet of
02:40:30
834 Main St., so I will beAbstaining
02:40:32
on item 5Abstaining on item 5F as in
02:40:34
Frank.Councilmember Jane?
02:40:42
>>I also will be abstaining from 5F
02:40:43
because of the proximityOf my home. I
02:40:48
would like to pull item 5O.For a short
02:40:52
question.
02:40:53
>>Is that it?Okay. Anyone else like to
02:41:02
pull an item from the consent calendar
02:41:03
on the Council? Any member of the
02:41:04
public like to pull an item on the
02:41:05
consent calendar?Okay. May I please
02:41:09
have a motion to approve the balance
02:41:10
of the consent calendar, we will pull
02:41:11
out fiveO.
02:41:12
>>So mood.
02:41:13
>>Second.
02:41:14
>>Moved and seconded.Assistant city
02:41:22
clerk, roll call, please?
02:41:29
>>
02:41:30
[CALLING ROLL]
02:41:54
>>Yes, thank you, that passes
02:41:55
unanimously. Before we go to a short
02:41:56
break I would like to go to public
02:41:57
presentations, want the public not to
02:42:00
have to wait for us. Is there any
02:42:01
member of the public that would like
02:42:02
to speak on an item that's not on the
02:42:03
agenda? Okay, Kirk, go ahead, Kirk.
02:42:09
>>Yes, thanks, Marion Council. I just
02:42:10
wanted to say upcomingTomorrow there
02:42:29
is a new worker cooperative initiative
02:42:30
that the city has sponsored funded and
02:42:31
continues to push forward with with
02:42:32
democracy work Institute, US
02:42:33
Federation of worker cooperatives. The
02:42:34
state of economy law center and
02:42:35
project equity that on July 14 at 12:30
02:42:38
There is a workshop called entity
02:42:39
formation for RCA worker co-ops. I
02:42:40
hope everybody will be able to
02:42:41
participate in that they want toAnd
02:42:42
again, I hope the city will continue
02:42:48
to message this guy was great that the
02:42:49
city message this to everybody on
02:42:50
their email list, if you're part of
02:42:51
the news, That Santa Clara puts out,
02:42:57
it's great. I hope that we will also
02:42:58
be something that the Council will
02:42:59
just be aware of going forward so that
02:43:03
There is awareness that this program
02:43:04
actually exist for peopleAs
02:43:12
information sharing for people and
02:43:13
that people that own businesses or
02:43:14
working businesses that want to learn
02:43:15
more about work ownership employee
02:43:56
ownership, the city has invested
02:43:57
resources and making that a reality
02:43:58
right here in Santa Clara. I hope this
02:43:59
Council and city staff will continue
02:44:00
to message that out in some the
02:44:01
newsletters that go out, just remind
02:44:02
people, because the last one that took
02:44:03
place last month, a great session,
02:44:04
unfortunately it was a very well
02:44:05
attended by the public, and I just ask
02:44:06
some people that I run into, most
02:44:07
people just aren't familiar with it
02:44:08
and are aware that it even happens. I
02:44:09
think people need to be reminded that
02:44:10
this exists and that it continues to
02:44:11
be available to people that don't know
02:44:12
what co-op is, I don't know how it
02:44:13
could work or might work or if they
02:44:14
are thinking of retiring from their
02:44:15
business or just want to walk away
02:44:16
from their business. There are many
02:44:17
reasons to explore worker cooperatives
02:44:18
or employer ownership and work
02:44:19
ownership strategies.So I hope that
02:44:20
you willConsider attending that. Are
02:44:21
some customers that do attended, the
02:44:22
mayorAttended frequently. Thank you
02:44:23
for the ongoing support of these
02:44:24
things. I did want to mentionJust we
02:44:32
heard last month that assembly member
02:44:33
Alex Lee which represents our assembly
02:44:34
member district 25 nominated our
02:44:38
business for small business of the
02:44:39
year in his district in our district
02:44:43
Here in district 25. So we were very
02:44:44
honored to participateIn that event or
02:44:58
will be, it's in August, we plan on
02:44:59
attending that Sacramento on behalf of
02:45:00
our company slides and you New York
02:45:01
and yes, we want to just continue to
02:45:02
support whatever the city does around
02:45:03
work ownership and make that further
02:45:15
knowledge for people. So thanks very
02:45:16
much.
02:45:17
>>Thank you, Kurt, and yes, those
02:45:18
sessions are very valuable and
02:45:19
interesting for the workers. Let's
02:45:20
continue to advertise that.
02:45:21
Congratulations on that nomination.
02:45:22
Any other member of the public like to
02:45:23
speak? Okay.
02:45:24
>>Madam Chair?
02:45:25
>>Yes.
02:45:26
>>I inadvertently overlooked there was
02:45:27
A comment onBye-bye if you would like
02:45:44
to go back to that to so I can read
02:45:45
it.
02:45:46
>>Go ahead, if you would like to read
02:45:47
that, 5I regarding 5I.
02:45:48
>>5I was action on agreement number
02:45:49
one ETA adoption of a resolution
02:45:50
adopting the findings of the final
02:45:51
supplemental environmental impact
02:45:52
reportCompleted by Phase 2 extension
02:46:10
project. The public comment is from
02:46:11
Jonathan Evans, the BT's current
02:46:12
design plans for the Santa Clara
02:46:13
station are insufficient in the
02:46:14
agreement along with the amendment did
02:46:15
not allow the city to provide adequate
02:46:16
feedback to BTM station in their
02:46:17
design. The design for the station
02:46:18
within an adjacent parking lot with no
02:46:19
ground-floor activation creates not
02:46:20
inviting and pedestrian unfriendly
02:46:21
space contradicting principles and
02:46:22
working against all the community is
02:46:23
working towards to make Santa Clara
02:46:24
exciting and inviting station. End of
02:46:25
comment.
02:46:26
>>Okay, thank you very much.
02:46:27
All right. We are now going to take a
02:46:28
15 minuteAnd eat their dinner. So it's
02:46:34
a:50, we will be back at 9:05. Thank
02:46:35
you very much.
02:47:31
Item number five
02:47:34
Item number 5O, actions related to
02:47:35
soil stock Kleinman with Santa Clara
02:47:38
storage and municipal landfill. I
02:47:42
think was councilmember Jane who
02:47:44
pulled that.
02:47:45
>>It was.I see that related is
02:47:53
bringing in a lot of dirtBut not
02:47:57
Basically starting to pay us for
02:47:59
starting projectsOn this land. I would
02:48:03
have much preferred that they stored
02:48:05
the dirt on the 35 acres that's going
02:48:09
to beThe city park because it would
02:48:15
lead to the compaction that. Right now
02:48:16
we have a problem that land where it
02:48:19
seems that that land is settling, It's
02:48:26
most recent landfill, it settles quite
02:48:27
rapidly and it's hard to build
02:48:28
anything.So all the way to that.It's
02:48:36
been able to allow it to come back and
02:48:37
also help maybe smooth out some of the
02:48:41
(INAUDIBLE) on that land. Those are
02:48:42
just my comments. I moved to approve.
02:48:43
>>I, we have a motion to approve, is
02:48:46
there a second?
02:48:48
>>Second.
02:48:54
>>Motion, second by councilmember
02:48:55
part. Any member of the public wanting
02:48:56
speak on this?Okay. Assistant city
02:49:00
clerk, will call, please?
02:49:05
>>
02:49:06
[CALLING ROLL]
02:49:38
>>Hold on, I lost my spot. Okay, now
02:49:39
we're going to move the consent items
02:49:40
that weren't approved last week, was
02:49:41
it last week of the week before? I
02:49:42
can't remember. We are going to five
02:49:43
items, item 5AA, agreement with BKS
02:49:53
Kimley-Horn and Associates and
02:49:54
transfer traffic engineering
02:49:55
Associates deferred from July 6. I
02:49:56
think it was councilmember Janie
02:49:57
pulled all these?Yes, go ahead.
02:49:58
>>I really have a question for staff.
02:50:02
There are three basic contracts$3000
02:50:10
For three consulting companies. The
02:50:11
statement of work is identical for all
02:50:12
three.And I just felt that is not a
02:50:21
lot of money we approved $250,000
02:50:22
contract for like the downtown
02:50:26
consultants and other things. It seems
02:50:27
likeWant to have separate contracts
02:50:42
Based on unique capabilities or
02:50:43
expertise of these companies rather
02:50:44
than exactly the same(INAUDIBLE). It
02:50:50
seems I could be better easier to
02:50:51
manage one company. I'm just trying to
02:50:52
understand what happened there. I did
02:50:53
ask staff about this.But I did get a
02:50:56
response.
02:51:00
>>For the scope of work, and yes,
02:51:44
you're correct, all three agreements
02:51:45
are the same as for the same type of
02:51:46
work. The reason that we did choose to
02:51:47
have three companies is because we got
02:51:48
a lot of requests from the public we
02:51:49
do a lot of studies that come up
02:51:50
involving the traffic and
02:51:51
transportation and sometimes the
02:51:52
companies, much like ourselves, are
02:51:53
very busy and can't respond right
02:51:54
away, and so three contracts allows us
02:51:55
to have the flexibilityTo work with a
02:51:56
contractor who can provide services
02:51:57
quickly. That way if one of the
02:51:58
contractors consultants is not
02:51:59
available, we can move to another
02:52:00
consultant, the other thing we are
02:52:01
allowed to do with this process is
02:52:02
move the money around amongst the
02:52:03
contracts by keeping them under our.
02:52:07
That's the reason why you see three
02:52:08
contracts before you and we have done
02:52:14
this for some other as well and we
02:52:15
found that it works very good in
02:52:16
accomplishing our goals.
02:52:18
>>I wanted to understand that A little
02:52:19
bit better.
02:52:24
>>So the money is based on our budget,
02:52:25
and so we've got over the two fiscal
02:52:26
years we have$250,000. So that's the
02:52:30
money that we are working in, and so I
02:52:31
believe on theseContracts we have
02:52:33
divided those up into threes.So that's
02:52:43
how we have developed the terms and
02:52:44
funding sources as well as the dollar
02:52:45
amounts in these contracts.
02:52:49
>>Okay. I moved to approve.
02:52:50
>>Thank you. Is there a second?Second
02:52:55
bye-bye. AllA roll call vote, please?
02:53:06
>>
02:53:07
[CALLING ROLL]
02:53:34
>>That passage unanimously, thank you.
02:53:35
Next, item 5 DB, action on the
02:53:36
appropriation of asset forfeiture
02:53:37
funds for fiscal year '21-'22 and
02:53:38
related budget amendment deferred from
02:53:39
July 6, 2021 I think that's also you,
02:53:40
councilmember Jane.
02:53:43
>>It is, yes.I had just had a few
02:53:47
questions about this simply because
02:53:51
This isAsset forfeitureDue to finding
02:54:03
stolen goods or trusting somebody that
02:54:04
has a lot of cash around for drug
02:54:05
money or whatever, and it just seems
02:54:06
like it isSort of random in nature of
02:54:18
when we get how much money, so I had
02:54:19
to ask staff how often do we get it,
02:54:24
do we get it every year? We get the
02:54:25
same amount every year? I did get
02:54:26
finally today a responseFrom Carolyn.
02:54:31
And she said that it does vary quite a
02:54:32
bit, in 2016 we got $99,000, 2017 got
02:54:38
$80,000, we got only $18,000 in 2018.
02:54:43
I consider this to be one-time money
02:54:47
so that it should be spent on one time
02:54:50
Expenses rather than ongoing, and I
02:54:53
saw that listedThe list of potential
02:54:57
things it can be spent onWas chat with
02:55:03
the chief, citizens police Academy,
02:55:07
National light out and it seems to me
02:55:08
that those areThings that we just need
02:55:10
to find regularlyAnd that they
02:55:13
shouldn't be relying on one-time
02:55:19
funds, so initially wanted to
02:55:20
understand the philosophy behind how
02:55:22
this forfeitureMoney is being spent. I
02:55:28
would much prefer that they go to
02:55:29
things likeTraining for mental health
02:55:35
For unhoused people, how to deal with
02:55:37
those types of people, That it would
02:55:41
just be trainingOr officers.Crisis
02:55:58
Rather than thing suggestion be funded
02:55:59
regularly like I participated in
02:56:00
citizens police Academy, it's a
02:56:01
wonderful program.The national night
02:56:02
out is also.
02:56:03
>>Thank you.
02:56:07
>>Okay.To sign, go aheadThere we go.
02:56:25
>>There we go. I had been unmuted. I'm
02:56:33
speaking as a resident and not as a
02:56:34
city clerk. And surprisingly, five
02:56:42
Almost to this day five years and two
02:56:43
months ago there was an item on the
02:56:44
agenda about civil asset forfeiture
02:56:45
and at the time I think, you're just
02:56:52
mentioning the cost from '17 onwards
02:56:53
in the 2016 was 93 1/2 thousand
02:56:54
dollars. I spoke about it back then,
02:56:55
for opposed those who don't know about
02:57:05
asset forfeiture a forfeiture, there
02:57:06
was an episode on HBO about it. I
02:57:07
share similar sentiments to what
02:57:08
councilmember Jane is bringing out.
02:57:09
These are monies that are basically
02:57:15
confiscated as part of like drug busts
02:57:16
or thefts and stuff like that, and so
02:57:17
as councilmember Jane rightly brought
02:57:18
up these are kind of very per year and
02:57:25
when I look at the list of all of the
02:57:26
items that are being spent on I agree
02:57:27
with councilmember Jane and I was
02:57:28
going to bring this up, which is these
02:57:29
are things we should be funding
02:57:30
anyways. Right?Whether there
02:57:31
conferences, trainings, A therapy for
02:57:34
the K-9 program, I renovations for the
02:57:43
quiet room communication center, these
02:57:44
are things that we should already be
02:57:45
paying for and should be budgeting for
02:57:46
and not relying on these funds that
02:57:50
may or may not come every year. The
02:57:53
idea of these funds coming fromIllegal
02:58:02
activities, I think they should be
02:58:03
used to reinvest back into the
02:58:04
community to helpAddress these
02:58:10
behaviors and things that we deal with
02:58:11
in our society. So maybe they go into
02:58:12
the programOf Dare. I know there's a
02:58:23
lot of conversation about police funds
02:58:24
cutting of the dare program, these
02:58:25
kind of funds should go towards that
02:58:26
so we can reinvest back in the
02:58:27
community so we can reduce any crime
02:58:28
or a potentialDesire to do crime.So
02:58:29
that's my comment.
02:58:37
>>Thank you. Chief Nikolai? Go ahead.
02:58:42
>>Thank you, Mayor. I just want to
02:58:43
clarify. I do think all of these
02:58:48
programs are important and I would
02:58:49
love for them to be funded fully, But
02:58:54
as you no doubt experience, the budget
02:58:55
has been very, toughEspecially these
02:59:03
last couple of years. So items like
02:59:04
training are in our budget because
02:59:05
that is critical. Items like the
02:59:06
communityAwards and events, those are
02:59:09
nice events to have, I agree, The CPA
02:59:20
is incredibly valuable, but if we have
02:59:21
to pick CPA or officer training, it's
02:59:22
going to be off to training. And
02:59:23
that's why these types of eventsAnd
02:59:24
awards are in theAsset forfeiture.
02:59:29
Again, there are one-time funds, we
02:59:30
don't count on themAnd if we lost
02:59:35
these completely we would have to look
02:59:36
at where we made cutsTo fund those
02:59:38
events.
02:59:41
>>Thank you, Jean. Okay. Was there a
02:59:47
motion? I don't remember.
02:59:53
>>I will move to approve staff
02:59:54
recommendation.
02:59:55
>>Is there a second?
03:00:00
>>Second.
03:00:01
>>A motion and a second.
03:00:03
>>
03:00:04
[CALLING ROLL]
03:00:23
>>That passes unanimously.
03:00:24
Okay. So we have the Silicon Valley
03:00:30
quarterly strategic planning update,
03:00:31
but the city manager, we are passing
03:00:32
over this one, right?
03:00:34
>>If we have time later we can get to
03:00:35
it, but what is more urgent is item
03:00:50
number eight and nine.
03:00:51
>>Okay, eight and, yes. Eight and
03:00:52
nine. All right. We are going to
03:00:53
number eight. Confirmation on the
03:00:54
addition of new actions to achieve the
03:00:55
interim target of 2035 for climate
03:00:56
action plan update.
03:01:17
>>This is Andrew, I just got promoted,
03:01:18
I could not hear what he said.
03:01:24
>>Hi, Matthew.
03:01:25
>>Hi.
03:01:26
>>Did you, for me to speak?
03:01:27
>>We did, yes. Thank you, I guess that
03:01:28
might've been the case, but I was in
03:01:29
thatTemporal zone.Traveling through
03:01:42
interspace.
03:01:43
Thank you, I am Andrew Crabtree,
03:01:44
director of community development for
03:01:45
the city of Santa Clara and I will be
03:01:46
a co-presenterWith Michelle Templeton,
03:01:47
the city's sustainability managerAnd
03:01:53
we also have our consultants available
03:01:54
as well as our staff team to answer
03:01:55
questionsI they may participate as
03:01:57
needed in the presentation. SoLet's
03:02:02
see. I have my slides up? Next slide,
03:02:03
please?
03:02:08
So the climate action plan, the city's
03:02:09
climate action plan or, identify
03:02:13
specific greenhouse gas reduction
03:02:14
targets for the city and measures them
03:02:21
On those reduction. The Is
03:02:22
incorporated into the city's general
03:02:23
plan should be consistent with the
03:02:24
city Gen. plan goals and policiesEric
03:02:26
on January 24 of 2020 the city began
03:02:27
update to the currentPlan with
03:02:44
consultant team led by ADA consulting
03:02:45
group and (INAUDIBLE) and Dave Powers
03:02:46
and Associates. The city's current,
03:02:47
which was adopted in September 2013
03:02:48
identifies measurable actions the city
03:02:49
can implement through the year 2020
03:03:09
which is now passed to reduce the
03:03:10
greenhouse gas emissions to 1990
03:03:11
levels as was required at that time by
03:03:12
the California global warming
03:03:13
solutions act of 2006. The Al
03:03:14
Khaleej update will establish a new
03:03:15
city greenhouse gas reduction goals
03:03:16
for 2030 which addresses state
03:03:17
requirements that were enacted since
03:03:18
the 2013 Was adopted. It may also
03:03:19
establishTargets for the city to
03:03:30
address other city goals for
03:03:31
greenhouse gas reductions. One benefit
03:03:32
of the qualified That conforms to
03:03:33
state requirements as it can be used
03:03:34
by projects within the city to support
03:03:35
their California environmental quality
03:03:36
act or CEQA review that they are
03:03:37
required to prepare. Next slide,
03:03:38
please?
03:03:39
This timeline summarizes the process
03:03:40
followed by the city to prepare Update
03:03:41
including outreach and engagement
03:03:42
activities that are taking place. You
03:03:47
can see that the city really began
03:03:48
with interviews stakeholder focus
03:03:49
groupsAnd online surveys as well as
03:03:53
workshop planning commission
03:03:58
(INAUDIBLE). The feedback that we
03:03:59
gathered through these events were
03:04:00
formed the preferred greenhouse gas
03:04:02
reduction targets in the initial
03:04:06
miniatures list that we are developing
03:04:10
into the Council. We are approaching
03:04:11
the end of this process and with
03:04:14
today's hearing we are seeking the
03:04:15
city councils verificationOf the
03:04:17
actions needed to achieve the target,
03:04:27
The interim target that was discussed
03:04:28
by the city Council at the March 2021
03:04:29
study session. So we were in front of
03:04:30
the Council just a couple months ago,
03:04:34
At that time, Council gave us some
03:04:35
input, including the preference for an
03:04:36
interim target, We have done some
03:04:40
analysis around that, and we are
03:04:41
seeking further verification around
03:04:42
that tonight. With that direction from
03:04:51
tonight we all go to our next step
03:04:52
which is to prepare the SQL review
03:04:53
document for the Update. Next slide,
03:04:54
please.
03:05:03
Community input is taken a variety of
03:05:04
formats including staff interviews,
03:05:05
stakeholder focus groups, two online
03:05:06
surveys, a virtual community workshop,
03:05:07
to planning commission study sessions
03:05:32
and city Council. In the two surveys,
03:05:33
one had 400 the other had 500
03:05:34
respondents, so we know at least 500
03:05:35
people have provided input into the
03:05:36
Update, likely more. And much of the
03:05:37
input focused on identification and
03:05:38
prioritization of greenhouse gas
03:05:39
measures or reduction measures for the
03:05:40
city, through this input community
03:05:41
expressed a preference for reliance
03:05:42
upon voluntary measures rather than
03:05:43
mandatory ones.Also mentioned to study
03:05:45
sessions with the planning commission
03:05:46
and at the conclusion of their second
03:05:47
study session the plan commission
03:05:48
provided input but To include target
03:05:49
to achieve carbon neutrality related
03:05:51
to 2045. That was communicated to the
03:05:52
city Council at the study session as
03:05:53
well and supported by the Council.
03:05:54
Next slide, please?
03:06:04
So this is, this slide summarizes the
03:06:05
specific direction we received from
03:06:06
the city Council at the study session
03:06:07
in March. The city Council affirmed
03:06:13
the target of carbon neutrality no
03:06:14
later than 2025 to align with state
03:06:15
executive order. The city Council also
03:06:25
Directed staff to consider the
03:06:26
intermediate target of an 80%
03:06:27
reduction in the cities gas emissions
03:06:29
by 2035, additionally direction to
03:06:30
requireThat there be a 45, sorry, 25%
03:06:37
vehicle miles traveled or BMT reduction
03:06:43
Requirement by city policy for new
03:06:44
development projects that would be
03:06:45
achieved throughActive transportation
03:06:49
demand management measures and just
03:07:13
want to clarify, active, there are two
03:07:14
types of measures, there are some that
03:07:15
are just automatic which are due to
03:07:16
the location of a project, it's
03:07:17
located to transit or other things
03:07:18
that provide benefit, a reducing
03:07:19
vehicle miles traveled, so that's one,
03:07:20
this is specific to active matrix,
03:07:21
these are things that are added to a
03:07:22
project to reduce the amount of driving
03:07:23
Of whether it be a residential project
03:07:24
or residents of that project or
03:07:25
claimant use employees working at
03:07:26
building, measures that will reduce
03:07:27
how much they driveAnd it's mentioned
03:07:35
in this case vehicle miles traveled.
03:07:36
Preparing and the Council further
03:07:37
directed us to prepare an all electric
03:07:38
reach code which is something this
03:07:45
added into the city's building code to
03:07:46
include requirements for the provision
03:07:47
of electric vehicle or EV ready
03:07:48
parking spaces in the development at a
03:07:53
level of 25% level II and 75% was
03:07:54
called light level II, so kind of an
03:07:55
increased requirement orIncluding
03:08:12
infrastructure to support EV vehicles
03:08:13
in our new development. And also using
03:08:14
automatic load management software to
03:08:15
balance the loads, all electric reach,
03:08:16
as discussed would generally require
03:08:17
new development continuesElectric
03:08:18
rather than natural gas appliances of
03:08:19
various type are going to be in a
03:08:20
single-family home or commercial.And
03:08:25
with some exceptions. Next slide,
03:08:27
please.
03:08:41
So the city Council direction also
03:08:42
included a requirement for new
03:08:43
development to include one secured
03:08:44
bicycle parking spot for each
03:08:45
multifamily residential unit with
03:08:46
electrical outlets available and to
03:08:47
prepare a policy to replace natural gas
03:08:56
and water heaters within city
03:08:57
facilities upon burnout with
03:08:58
electrical covalent and to implement a
03:08:59
climate action tracking dashboard. So
03:09:03
at this point I will turn the
03:09:04
presentation over to Ms. Shelton.
03:09:05
>>Thank you.Thank you, Dir. Crabtree,
03:09:10
good evening, Michelle (INAUDIBLE),
03:09:11
sustainability manager Santa Clara. As
03:09:36
Dir. Crabtree mentioned, many of the
03:09:37
directives provided by Council in
03:09:38
March 2021 have been incorporated into
03:09:39
the draft. There are two in particular
03:09:40
that get direction on after presenting
03:09:41
our findings in those areas. Those are
03:09:42
specifically Council target of
03:09:43
achieving an interim 80% GHD emissions
03:09:44
reduction by 2035 and the proposed 25%
03:09:45
reductionThrough active transportation
03:09:46
demand. So with Council directed to
03:09:50
achieve an interim of 80% GHD
03:09:51
emissions by 2035, the consultants and
03:09:52
the staff conducted scenario analyses
03:10:23
And the consultant analysis determined
03:10:24
that we could achieve up to a 75, 79%
03:10:25
reduction if the city were to adopt
03:10:26
the electric reach code and the SVP
03:10:27
would provide 100% carbon neutral
03:10:28
electricity by 2035 for the consult
03:10:29
modeling there was no alternative that
03:10:30
could get us to the proposed 80% GHD
03:10:31
reduction by 2035 without also having
03:10:32
SVP provide 100% carbon neutral
03:10:33
electricity. Next slide, please?
03:10:48
Solid like to diving a little deeper
03:10:49
to what that would entail to achieve
03:10:50
that hundred % carbon neutrality to
03:10:51
75% THD emission reduction target by
03:10:52
2035. Has to be in the scenario would
03:10:53
be to purchase a total of 130% of the
03:10:54
energy that it actually delivers with
03:10:55
100% ofVolume being carbon free and
03:11:22
30% not being carbon free. Although
03:11:23
the actual energy delivered and used
03:11:24
in Santa Clara would not be completely
03:11:25
carbon free. So through this approach
03:11:26
I think we could claim carbon
03:11:27
neutrality by over purchasing and the
03:11:28
excess purchase of Celine sold on the
03:11:29
spot market, likely at a loss that
03:11:30
purchase price. Can based on
03:11:31
preliminary SVP estimates of this
03:11:32
approach it would require an increase
03:11:33
in customer rates of 45 to 55% on top
03:11:34
of the standard 3% annual rate increase
03:11:35
. The previously proposed target which
03:11:36
did not include the 80% interim target
03:11:37
would not require over purchasing or
03:11:38
the resulting rate increase. It is
03:11:39
important to mention that the
03:11:40
integrated resource planTo the Council
03:11:46
in late 2023 will examine the various
03:11:47
resource areas to achieve carbon
03:11:48
neutrality by 2035 and doing this
03:11:49
would give us more data to consider
03:11:51
this in room 2035 target. Next slide,
03:11:52
please?
03:12:12
One way to achieve the 80% target by
03:12:13
2035 would be to consider mandatory
03:12:14
electrification retrofits of large
03:12:15
commercial and multifamily buildings.
03:12:16
The consultant modeling showed that a
03:12:17
mandatory retrofit of 62% of existing
03:12:18
large commercialFamily buildings by
03:12:34
2035 would be necessary in conjunction
03:12:35
with SVP measure of 100% carbon
03:12:36
neutral electricity and that would
03:12:37
achieve approximately 83% GHD
03:12:38
emissions reductions by 2035. There is
03:12:39
also a single-family requirement for
03:12:40
gas appliance replacement that could
03:12:41
be considered as an optionThough that
03:12:47
was not included in the model. It
03:12:48
could be the direction of that interim
03:12:49
target. It doesn't have the same GHD
03:12:50
reduction impact as a mandatory
03:12:51
retrofit. Next slide, please?
03:13:12
So in summary the analysis determined
03:13:13
that up to 79% GHD emissions reduction
03:13:14
could be achieved the best TV provides
03:13:15
100% carbon neutral electricity by
03:13:16
2035 and the city adopts an all
03:13:17
electric breach code and I want to
03:13:18
reiterate that for the modeling there
03:13:19
was no alternative that can get us to
03:13:20
the proposed 80%Production by 2035
03:13:21
without that 100% carbon neutral from
03:13:23
SVP. The SPP summary indicates the
03:13:24
next integrated resource plan that
03:13:25
will be late 2023We'll look at those
03:13:54
various scenarios to achieve carbon
03:13:55
neutrality in 2035 in depth as opposed
03:13:56
to the current roadmap to carbon free
03:13:57
electricity by 2045. The current IRP
03:13:58
target is 60% procurement with energy
03:13:59
from movable electricity sources by
03:14:00
2030, and that's what's required by SB
03:14:01
100, and S&P would need to achieve a
03:14:02
70% carbon neutrality by 2030For the
03:14:05
SB 32 emissions reduction targets
03:14:06
which consult modeling showed would
03:14:07
lead to a 46% GHD emissions reduction
03:14:08
for service area by 2035.Next slide,
03:14:09
please?
03:14:15
During our March Council meeting the
03:14:16
direction was also given to set a 25%
03:14:33
reduction of vehicle most traveled
03:14:34
with active transportation and
03:14:35
management measures in order to
03:14:36
explore this target staff conducted a
03:14:37
survey of other cities and what was
03:14:38
found was there is a variety of
03:14:39
approaches. None of the surveyed
03:14:40
cities required a 25% reduction
03:14:41
through active measuresDiane one of
03:14:45
the findings was Santa Clara as ENT
03:14:46
per capita is the lowest in the county
03:14:47
for residential category and the
03:14:48
second lowest in the county for the
03:14:49
employee category. Can this makes itA
03:14:50
very challenging to go to a higher
03:14:55
percentage in the M TV reductions for
03:14:56
active measures across the board. Next
03:14:57
slide, please?Additionally, staff
03:15:13
utilize modeling tools for various
03:15:14
active Te Deum measures. It was
03:15:15
determined that a 25% reduction of BMT
03:15:16
for residential projects that relies
03:15:17
only on active measures could only be
03:15:18
achieved through aggressive measures
03:15:19
like parking.One consideration that is
03:15:27
residential TBM program could be
03:15:28
further explored by hiring hiring a
03:15:29
consultant to develop a list of
03:15:30
mandatory codified measures that would
03:15:31
be applicable to all residential
03:15:49
Possible for residential projects it
03:15:50
would allow for the consistent and
03:15:51
streamlined process for tailoring
03:15:52
active TDM measures to residential
03:15:53
projects in a way that would achieve
03:15:54
the highest possible reductions.Staff
03:15:58
further calculated reductions possible
03:15:59
for large employers and these
03:16:01
calculations found that25% reduction
03:16:11
could be feasible for commercial
03:16:12
project. This is due to the fact that
03:16:13
measures like telecommuting, private
03:16:14
shuttle transit passes, shower
03:16:15
facilities and other measures which
03:16:28
are very effective in reducing single
03:16:29
trips for employment purposes, all of
03:16:30
these measures in combination would
03:16:31
result in 25% reduction in DMT for
03:16:32
large (INAUDIBLE). What next slide,
03:16:33
please.
03:16:39
So now we're looking the Council for a
03:16:40
directive on a couple of options for
03:16:41
addressing the MT reduction, Council
03:16:42
could provide the direction to retain
03:16:43
the 25% target achieved through the
03:16:44
active TDM measures with the merger
03:16:50
employment and nonresident projects.
03:16:51
Another option could include creating
03:16:52
TDM program the guidance of the TVM
03:17:02
consultant for residential and/or
03:17:03
commercial projects that focuses on
03:17:04
determining the most impactful BMT
03:17:05
reduction strategies for active PDM
03:17:06
measures that are specific to the
03:17:07
project type. And if the city were to
03:17:19
develop TDM program based on specific
03:17:20
measures rather than a percentage
03:17:21
reduction and have that apply to both
03:17:22
nonresidential and commercial projects
03:17:23
this would create an effective or
03:17:24
consistent citywide requirementAnd
03:17:25
also more easily verifiable. With that
03:17:26
I will pass it back over to Dir.
03:17:27
Crabtree.
03:17:32
>>Thank you.
03:17:33
>>Thank you. So continuing on withOur
03:17:37
timeline arrow here, our next steps
03:17:38
from tonight's meeting with the
03:17:52
Council, we have confirmation that we
03:17:53
are on target and other goals we would
03:17:54
proceed through the rest of the summer
03:17:55
and fall with making available for
03:17:56
public review a draft of the climate
03:17:57
action plan with those targets the
03:17:58
associated measures in the document as
03:18:06
well as mentioned earlier we would be
03:18:07
getting work on the environmental
03:18:08
review, CEQA analysis requiredFor the
03:18:19
potential adoption of the climate
03:18:20
action plan. And it would be with the
03:18:21
intent of having the hearing before
03:18:22
the planning commission in the fall of
03:18:23
this year and then bringing it to the
03:18:24
CouncilFor adoption either at the very
03:18:33
end of this year or early in 2022 and
03:18:34
as mentioned it is part of the city's
03:18:35
general plan so the formal adoption
03:18:36
would be a text amendment. Next slide,
03:18:37
please?
03:18:38
So with that, staff is hereGiving is
03:18:41
your recommendation tonight in terms
03:18:42
of Council directionThat we are asking
03:18:46
that you adopt the following measures
03:18:59
to achieve the required greenhouse gas
03:19:00
emission reductions in development of
03:19:01
35 targets. So our recommendation is
03:19:02
that Silicon Valley power achieved a
03:19:03
70% carbon neutrality by 2030 to meet
03:19:04
RSP 32 targets and to set a new 2035
03:19:18
climate action plan greenhouse gas
03:19:19
emissions reduction target based on
03:19:20
the results of the IRP that's
03:19:21
underway. It would be prepared and
03:19:22
brought to Council in the future.And
03:19:25
also that we established key reduction
03:19:26
approach that identifies specific
03:19:27
interim active measures for new
03:19:29
residential development in large
03:19:30
employment projects until the
03:19:39
consultant to provide recommendation
03:19:40
on specific measures to operate
03:19:41
(INAUDIBLE) program. A little bit of a
03:19:42
variation that we are looking to move
03:19:43
forward, Now the parking Per se but
03:19:47
with other measures that would help us
03:19:48
achieve maximum TDM reductions through
03:19:53
active measures. Next slide, please?
03:20:01
Continuing on, consistent with the
03:20:02
Council direction from the study
03:20:03
session adopt an all electric breach
03:20:13
code with some exceptions as
03:20:14
discussed, set the electric reach code
03:20:15
requirements for provision of EV
03:20:16
parking spaces as noted also consists
03:20:17
of prior Council discussion. And
03:20:21
requirement for new development to
03:20:22
include one secure bicycle parking
03:20:23
spot electrical outlets also
03:20:24
consistent with the prior discussion
03:20:34
And the last two as well, prepare
03:20:35
policy to replace natural gas
03:20:36
furnaces, water skeeters, electrical
03:20:37
equivalent and to implement a climate
03:20:38
action tracking dashboard. So the ones
03:20:39
on this site are all consistent with
03:20:40
our prior discussion on the prior
03:20:41
slide we recommendingSome variations
03:20:50
From what was previously discussed
03:20:51
based upon the new information that we
03:20:52
have about what it would take to
03:20:53
achieve the interim targetIn BMP
03:21:00
reductions that were brought up at the
03:21:01
March meeting. So with that, staff,
03:21:02
consultants are available for
03:21:03
questions. Thank you very much for
03:21:04
that report from both of you. That was
03:21:05
very illuminating.
03:21:11
Councilmember Jane, let's start with
03:21:12
you.
03:21:13
>>Okay. SoMountain View has already set
03:21:21
, Sorry, Palo Alto set a goal for 80 x
03:21:22
30, Sorry, Palo Alto set a goal for 80
03:21:26
x 30 x 20 30, then the park set a goal
03:21:27
for 90% by 2035, And I just found out
03:21:31
today, Well, first for survey, we took
03:21:32
the residents said they wanted to go
03:21:33
faster than state mandates.So I know
03:21:35
that Mountain View Palo Alto and Menlo
03:21:38
Park going faster. I just got this note
03:21:43
from the lawyer of PC PACalifornia
03:21:45
power authority and it says Gov.
03:21:46
requests(INAUDIBLE) CPUC to expedite
03:21:50
carbon neutrality here on Friday, Gov.
03:21:55
Newsom received a virtual meeting
03:21:56
climate activities to discuss how to
03:21:57
accelerate the states transition to
03:21:58
carbon neutrality. As part of the
03:21:59
meeting the governor requested CPC and
03:22:00
Carr evaluate ways to achieve carbon
03:22:01
neutrality by 2035, 10 years earlier
03:22:02
than the existing 2045 target.
03:22:04
Said the state, the cities need to
03:22:05
move faster than state. Because we can
03:22:09
move more nimbly than the state. And
03:22:10
in Santa Clara we had our data centers
03:22:15
consume 70% of the electricity in
03:22:16
Santa Clara.And data centers, we
03:22:38
talked about this. So Microsoft runs
03:22:39
huge data center. Microsoft has been
03:22:40
carbon neutral across the world since
03:22:41
2012 and commits to being carbon
03:22:42
negativeBy 2030. Our goal is to
03:22:43
promote sustainable development and
03:22:46
low carbon business practices. So
03:22:48
Microsoft did that. Amazon is the
03:22:54
leading cloud provider AWS is also
03:22:55
energy-efficient. 88% more thanOn
03:23:07
premise data centers. AWS is moving
03:23:08
steadily towards achieving Amazon's
03:23:09
companywide goal of using 100%
03:23:10
renewable energy by 2025.
03:23:23
Let's go to Facebook. In 2020, we
03:23:24
achieve net zero emissions in our
03:23:25
operations by reducing emissions by
03:23:26
97% and supporting carbon renewable
03:23:27
projects. Let's go to Apple.Apple,
03:23:28
already carbon neutral todayFor
03:23:34
corporate emissions worldwide. The
03:23:35
company plans to bring its entire
03:23:36
carbon footprint to net zero 20 years
03:23:37
soonerThan targets. We have a new data
03:23:42
center in Santa Clara every six months.
03:23:44
Why are our data centers not moving
03:23:47
to carbon free electricity in all of
03:23:49
the other data centersFrom these big
03:23:53
corporations have already movedTo
03:23:59
carbon neutrality? If we just move
03:24:00
their data centers to the 100% carbon
03:24:01
neutralWe would achieve very close to
03:24:06
what we are trying to get to. I don't
03:24:12
know, we have no restrictions on our
03:24:13
data centers. They just do whatever
03:24:14
they want.And thenThere should be a
03:24:21
very aggressiveUV charging retrofit
03:24:25
program, So I hear that there is all
03:24:40
of these sort of naysayers, it can't
03:24:41
be done, it can be done. Well, it has
03:24:42
to be done. Our children depend on it.
03:24:43
It's an existential crisis. We just
03:24:47
sent three firefighters to go fight
03:24:48
our fires. Around the state. Okay? We
03:24:49
just hadFlexible because it got so
03:24:52
damn hot in California. Unusually hot.
03:25:02
And it's going to get worse. The
03:25:03
wildfire season this year is going to
03:25:04
be unbelievable. It will truly be
03:25:06
held. In California. Because the
03:25:10
forests are dryer, as dry as they
03:25:12
would be, And they're just going to be
03:25:17
get (INAUDIBLE) and it's going to be
03:25:18
hell.We need to act responsible,
03:25:26
Responsibly. We have to get there. The
03:25:27
TDM consultant came to the planning
03:25:28
commission talked about other cities
03:25:32
achieving 30% TDM. Santa Clara has been
03:25:36
our TDM programs are a joke in Santa
03:25:37
Clara.We don't have, I mean,
03:25:46
developments that are supposed to
03:25:47
report to the TDM policies don't even
03:25:48
report on what they're doing in the
03:25:54
CMT. It's crazy. So we need to really
03:25:55
take on TDM, we are adding 30,000
03:25:58
thousand minutes, that's going to be
03:25:59
70,000 more people in the if we don't
03:26:02
reduce strips we are screwed. We have
03:26:03
to getOur trips down. We have to
03:26:16
(INAUDIBLE). That's what I had to say
03:26:17
about all the naysayers that say it
03:26:18
can't be done. We are the center of
03:26:19
what's possible. We can do it.
03:26:20
>>Okay. On, councilmember Becker?
03:26:21
>>Thank you, Mayor.Basically
03:26:28
councilmemberTook words out of my
03:26:34
mouth. I really want to say, I'm glad
03:26:35
he covered a lot of that becauseThis
03:26:43
is about planning for the future, I
03:26:44
believe that we can make a difference
03:26:45
in planning that future, I think we
03:26:46
can basically set a good steppingstone
03:26:48
and I think we can be that exampleAs
03:27:10
well as other cities. I do always have
03:27:11
that concerned about with people
03:27:12
moving forward down the road not
03:27:13
everybody is going to be able to
03:27:14
transfer to an electric car, but we
03:27:15
can move help get people to that
03:27:16
direction. I know people that still
03:27:17
have classic cars that run on gas. We
03:27:18
just want to get it to that point, I
03:27:19
think those cars are going to be
03:27:20
limitedVersus everything else being
03:27:28
electric or another alternative. So I
03:27:29
do like What councilmember Jane was
03:27:30
saying, he said everything that needed
03:27:31
to be said, it means that we need to
03:27:32
be the shining example, especially in
03:27:33
the bay area, and this is Mary that
03:27:34
was very environmentally friendly.
03:27:35
That's why if we do make any motions
03:27:53
and anything I really like to see 100%
03:27:54
carbon neutral data centers to be
03:27:55
involved what councilmember Jean was
03:27:56
saying, Jane was saying. If other
03:27:57
companies are doing and showing what
03:27:58
they can do, and be leaders, we can do
03:27:59
the same thing here in Santa Clara.
03:28:00
That clich , we are the center of
03:28:01
what's possible. Whenever convenient I
03:28:02
would like to make that motionTo take
03:28:03
staff recommendation but also the 100%
03:28:09
carbon neutral data centers is
03:28:10
something I would really like to see
03:28:11
involved in that too and even some the
03:28:12
concerns that residents have. Thank
03:28:13
you so much.
03:28:14
>>Thank you. By smeared all?
03:28:15
>>Thank you, Mayor.So some of the
03:28:29
Points which have been taken by
03:28:30
councilmember Jane are very valid in
03:28:31
our next generation is looking
03:28:32
forwards to us basically:now not in
03:28:33
the future. We need to have action now
03:28:38
, An analogy of how come Microsoft
03:28:39
Apple AWS, who is running this
03:28:42
business, who are in the business of
03:28:43
making moneyAnd they put carbon
03:28:49
neutral footprint on their data centers
03:28:51
, Microsoft has done that since 2012.
03:28:58
Such a great feet and here we are,
03:28:59
we're not taking any quick steps to
03:29:01
our data centers to help them or make
03:29:04
sure they achieve carbon neutrality as
03:29:08
soon as possible.Like a company should
03:29:18
be consisting of lien making money.
03:29:19
And when we talk about the future of
03:29:20
our young generation, I think we have
03:29:21
two look at the sustainability part of
03:29:24
it.And making money is important, but
03:29:30
not at the cost of next-generation,
03:29:33
not at the cost of such a bad climate
03:29:36
impact, Our whole state, our whole
03:29:40
world is facing this.So these are
03:29:45
valued very valid points and we have
03:29:46
to be more aggressive. Aggressive in
03:29:49
the sense even if we complete some of
03:29:50
the citiesThere are not that
03:29:53
aggressive of some of our other cities
03:29:54
are.And to touch base with measures,
03:30:00
it isReally, really not sufficient,
03:30:07
but we really need it. And on top of
03:30:08
that, we don't even haveAny
03:30:12
accountability of what we approve in
03:30:17
measures. There is no reporting back.
03:30:19
Those are very importantSteps that we
03:30:24
need to increase our measures, steps.
03:30:30
Reach goals. I don't know why we're
03:30:31
taking so long.You can implement this
03:30:35
in a pretty fast time we have
03:30:41
abilities like this. We have all the
03:30:42
appliances that are available, why
03:30:43
should we notAll our goals are not
03:30:45
permitted we can take the approach
03:30:56
that hey, all these (INAUDIBLE)
03:30:57
potential are commercial, they are
03:30:58
100% (INAUDIBLE). We should be
03:31:02
(INAUDIBLE). A shackle program. If you
03:31:03
want to take people out of the cars we
03:31:04
have toThe cities have used
03:31:10
multimillion dollarPlans and we have
03:31:14
not. Because we did not makeA decision
03:31:17
to revise our shuttle.I know specific
03:31:33
plan and I've been asking that we need
03:31:34
to have public-private partnership
03:31:35
introduce free shuttle in the city of
03:31:36
Santa Clara. These are some very valid
03:31:37
points, we need to prioritize and move
03:31:38
forward pretty fast. And I thinkYou
03:31:50
and Michelle for the presentation, but
03:31:51
we need to be more aggressive. Thank
03:31:52
you.
03:31:53
>>Thank you. I have a question before
03:31:54
we go around two or three of all the
03:31:55
questions.Like Microsoft Apple all the
03:31:56
big companies that were mentioned, for
03:31:59
their web services, Do they buy carbon
03:32:03
offsetsIn those situations? I don't
03:32:12
know, man well, if you're the one to
03:32:13
ask about that. Are they carbon
03:32:14
neutral because they boughtCarbon
03:32:17
offsets?
03:32:19
>>Mayer,(INAUDIBLE).
03:32:20
>>I thought I saw her somewhere.
03:32:21
>>Additional details. We are not privy
03:32:36
to exactly how they do it. Obviously
03:32:37
they have the press releases and
03:32:38
communications that they have to
03:32:39
follow. We are not, But they don't
03:32:42
have to do the same accounting that we
03:32:43
had to do with the state with regards
03:32:57
to other power. I can say that must be
03:32:58
one of the approaches, we have
03:32:59
(INAUDIBLE) from the city, some of
03:33:00
those data centers already in the city
03:33:01
and their carbon neutrality or however
03:33:02
they approach that does not affectOur
03:33:03
power. So it's not a credit towards
03:33:11
what we get. I do have some additional
03:33:12
feedback is to make sure I have
03:33:13
understanding later on in the question
03:33:14
related to the discussion on data
03:33:15
centers, just to make sure I get
03:33:20
clarity from the Council, and I don't
03:33:21
know what you want to do that, may
03:33:22
appear
03:33:23
>>Wanting do that now, get a couple of
03:33:24
councilmembers already brought that up
03:33:26
.
03:33:27
>>Sure. So obviously ultimately what
03:33:28
you would like to do here is up, I'll
03:33:40
see direction about what goals and
03:33:41
staff as they always do will work very
03:33:42
hard to achieve whatever policy goals
03:33:43
the Council sets. I think our
03:33:44
responsibility to you is to let you
03:33:45
know what kind of (INAUDIBLE) we might
03:33:46
be looking at based on today's
03:33:47
technology and implementation to
03:33:48
achieve carbon neutralityFor the city.
03:33:58
I do want to note, I think I heard it
03:33:59
three times that perspective that it
03:34:00
only affects data centers. I don't see
03:34:01
how that would be legally possible for
03:34:02
current usesWhere we would have rate
03:34:19
increases or require that from
03:34:20
existing data centers to reach carbon
03:34:21
neutrality but just those uses,
03:34:22
there's probably quite a few legal
03:34:23
issues associated with that related to
03:34:24
equity and is following the law. For
03:34:25
his existing land uses I think it
03:34:26
would be significantLimitation period
03:34:27
so future data centers as they come
03:34:34
forward if there part of the Council
03:34:35
is there policy I think the Council
03:34:36
could set a policy direction about
03:34:37
what the requirements might be. I just
03:34:38
wanted to know that because my
03:34:39
responsibilityThat if you do set a
03:34:40
goal, I want to come back with a rate
03:34:41
increase from resident commercial and
03:34:46
data center the Council is going to be
03:34:47
uncomfortable with, and that's what
03:34:48
gave you that back number 45 to 55%
03:34:50
beyond our 3%. But I see significant
03:34:54
limitations to say things that already
03:34:57
are in placeBeyond was equitable
03:35:10
compared to other land uses, I think
03:35:11
future ones, if there are conditions
03:35:12
or requirements that's probably more
03:35:13
doable. I just wanted to note that
03:35:14
because I want to make sure, something
03:35:15
obviously we can do, we can over buy,
03:35:21
we can over buy energy to make sure
03:35:22
you we are carbon neutral. It doesn't
03:35:23
changeThe power we actually provide to
03:35:30
our residents, but I just don't want
03:35:31
that surprise later on that we did not
03:35:32
give you that information I would
03:35:33
expectIn the rates to achieve that for
03:35:37
land uses would have to be across the
03:35:38
board in an equitable manner. It
03:35:41
couldn't be done just picking or
03:35:42
selecting pre-existing land uses for
03:35:47
they have to pay more money.
03:35:48
>>Okay. And just a follow-up on that
03:35:49
you talked aboutTo do this quicker to
03:35:52
achieve this quicker, It's going to be
03:36:00
expensive, right? Is going to require
03:36:01
over buying, selling at a loss for SEP
03:36:09
and a rate increase of 45% to 55%. And
03:36:10
then is going to be across the board
03:36:11
irregardless of land useIn terms of
03:36:22
those things. Is that what I'm
03:36:23
hearing?
03:36:24
>>That's accurate, and I just wanted
03:36:25
to put a couple of caveats in that.
03:36:26
Obviously we are doing this within
03:36:27
the, all right, we're supposed to do
03:36:28
it with an IRP which allows us to do
03:36:29
much more. The 45 to 55% is actually
03:36:34
not a total, it would be beyond our
03:36:35
typicalCali typically like to be
03:36:45
around 3% increase typical 3% and at
03:36:46
some point would be 25 to 55% higher
03:36:47
than you would be. And like I say,
03:36:49
without exploring it but feeling
03:36:51
fairly confidentI don't see how you
03:36:57
can just assign it to land use without
03:36:58
putting across the board if you have
03:37:13
some land uses covering land uses
03:37:14
which has some legal issues with it. I
03:37:15
do want to note that the 45 to 55% is
03:37:16
our estimate based on limitations that
03:37:17
we have, a lot of things could happen,
03:37:18
that number could end up being lower,
03:37:27
25 to 35%. It also could be higher, it
03:37:28
could be 65%, we're just trying to
03:37:29
give you the best information we have
03:37:30
so I don't surprise you later on, in
03:37:31
fact I may come back in two years and
03:37:32
say to start getting us to that goal
03:37:35
we need to (INAUDIBLE) by 10 or 15% it
03:37:36
doesn't come up as a surprise. We as a
03:37:37
staff, we can achieve and try to
03:37:38
achieve whatever policy the Council
03:37:39
sets for us, andWe will try to do that.
03:37:45
Based on where we are at todayBuying
03:37:50
more renewables are buying more
03:37:51
greenhouse gas energyAnd selling it,
03:37:55
hopefully not in a loss(INAUDIBLE) no
03:38:00
into using, that's when you can buy it,
03:38:05
it just to give the Council some
03:38:06
perspective, I looked at the
03:38:07
(INAUDIBLE) and have a couple. Right
03:38:15
now took a picture of about 35 minutes
03:38:16
ago, right now the state is being
03:38:17
served only by about 14% renewable
03:38:18
energy. 30, so about an hour ago,
03:38:27
about 55% of it was natural gas. So
03:38:28
that gives you a perspective of how
03:38:29
aggressive we need to be and that's
03:38:30
not going to change in the near two.
03:38:31
Those are the kind of numbers we are
03:38:32
looking at andAnd is listening in,
03:38:49
Kevin is listening in The Council
03:38:50
tells us we are comfortable with those
03:38:51
kind of rate increases, just get us to
03:38:52
the goal faster, we can do that. We
03:38:53
have ways to do that.
03:38:54
>>Well certainly would have to do
03:38:55
outreach and other things, but there
03:38:56
is going to be some trade-off the
03:38:57
faster we go the more expensive it is
03:38:58
And
03:39:03
>>Those rates would need to be
03:39:04
approved through the regular process.
03:39:05
>>But we also, I mean there has to be
03:39:06
a broad range of solutions as well,
03:39:10
And we have to make sure that we
03:39:11
engage our businesses and everyone
03:39:12
else in this whole process.Because
03:39:16
it's important to get this done, but
03:39:17
we need to go in eyes open as to, it's
03:39:23
not going to be free, smite is going
03:39:24
to have to pay for it.
03:39:28
>>That's a great way to put it. That's
03:39:29
our goal today to provide eyes open.
03:39:38
Any policy goal you set for us work
03:39:39
very hard. But of course great points,
03:39:40
any rate increases will have to be put
03:39:41
her regular come to Council and
03:39:45
community has an opportunity to speak
03:39:46
on that proposed rate increase, our
03:39:47
goal is always to keep it around 3%
03:39:48
Some years have been for, some have
03:39:52
been six, but at least for the last
03:39:53
years it's been around 3% year that we
03:40:00
try to keep our typical rate
03:40:01
increases.
03:40:02
>>Thank you for renting my questions,
03:40:03
I appreciate it. Councilmember Jane?
03:40:07
>>Yes, I had no intention of violating
03:40:08
prop 26 of 218 and applying it just to
03:40:12
data centers. It would be for new data
03:40:13
centers. All new data centers that
03:40:15
would be requiredTo purchase 100%
03:40:20
renewable electricity, Which we are
03:40:24
already doing for residentialCustomers
03:40:31
are residential customers already get
03:40:32
100%. SoThis is just one of those
03:40:38
things that if the big data center
03:40:42
companies like Microsoft, AWS can do
03:40:48
it, I think we can do it.So this is
03:40:52
truly an existential crisis of climate
03:40:56
change, it will become very expensive
03:41:00
in other ways with sealevel rise, look
03:41:11
at our water shortage in California.
03:41:12
We just declared a drought emergency.
03:41:13
That is a result of climate change. So
03:41:14
we can pay now or we can pay later,
03:41:21
But I think the governor has already
03:41:22
sees this and is trying to get the
03:41:23
carbon neutral. We are only asking for
03:41:24
80%. The assignee of the 100%.SoWe
03:41:27
have to move faster.
03:41:32
>>Mayor, one clarification. You take
03:41:44
great pride on the 100% for
03:41:45
residential, just to give you a
03:41:46
perspective, there's more details
03:41:47
couple we have the 100% for
03:41:48
residential because we have assigned a
03:41:49
percentage outOf our renewable energy
03:41:55
residential in the big scheme of
03:41:56
things when I look at something like
03:41:57
this I need to look at it as a whole
03:41:58
that's why made the further comments.
03:42:00
I just wanted to add that, I apologize
03:42:01
for interrupting the questions.
03:42:02
>>That's okay.Your information is
03:42:06
invaluable. Thank you, Dir.
03:42:07
Councilmember Watanabe?
03:42:10
>>Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Manwell
03:42:20
and Dir. Crabtree and Michelle. For
03:42:21
the report. What about trees? We plan
03:42:22
a lot of trees, I mean that could
03:42:23
maybe get things done in a hurry.
03:42:24
>>We are tree city.
03:42:32
>>Be less expensive, we would need
03:42:33
water, maybe we could I don't know,
03:42:34
plant cactus instead. I don't know.But
03:42:38
I don't want to, I mean, this is
03:42:42
serious businessAnd I totally
03:42:46
understandThe concerns, but again,Yes,
03:42:55
we do, we need to make changes, yes of
03:42:56
course we need to make changes, and
03:43:00
Santa Clara is the center of what's
03:43:01
possible, Santa Clara is doing things
03:43:08
to make things better. I mean, I was
03:43:09
so proud, we were Great American there
03:43:10
couple of years ago and it wasCarbon
03:43:20
free. The carbon footprint was reduced
03:43:21
100%. It was amazing, and that was a
03:43:22
big accomplishment just a couple of
03:43:23
years ago, and these things didn't
03:43:29
happen overnight. I mean, they took a
03:43:30
while. And, yes,It impacted our world
03:43:32
around us, And it's going to take time
03:43:37
to make those changes. SoI have all
03:43:47
faith, I consider myself to be the
03:43:48
eternal optimist, You know that when
03:43:50
you take, When you take something very
03:44:10
seriously like this and we see was
03:44:11
happening around us, yes, things can
03:44:12
be done, and it is going to take some
03:44:13
time. And that we are all working
03:44:14
together, and that's, I think that's
03:44:15
to be commendable to see all of our
03:44:16
city departments are working through
03:44:18
these issues, whether it be through
03:44:19
reach codes or Silicon Valley power,
03:44:20
just finding ways to reduce our carbon
03:44:23
footprint and become carbon neutral.So
03:44:33
There was one thing that there is a
03:44:34
comment made and I just wanted to
03:44:35
point out a comment that wasOne of the
03:44:43
comments that was made during the
03:44:44
presentation on slide 11, you don't
03:44:45
have to go to it or anything, but
03:44:46
regarding the exploration of the ENT
03:44:58
reduction target, it says here on the
03:44:59
slide that the city have Santa Clara
03:45:00
already has a low V and T per capita,
03:45:01
the lowest per capita residential BNT
03:45:02
in the county and the second lowest
03:45:03
per capitaEmployee BMT in the county.
03:45:04
SoHey there, our cityOur city a lot
03:45:13
more creditThen a comment that I heard
03:45:16
earlier. Let me see, the mayor, you
03:45:25
brought up about the carbon offsets
03:45:26
but regarding the data centers I mean,
03:45:31
I hear that too but I know and I
03:45:32
recently visited the core site facility
03:45:34
and went through the whole tourAnd
03:45:39
they have mandates, there mandated by
03:45:40
the stateTo achieve certain goals, and
03:45:47
I know of course the newer facility,
03:45:48
of their building at is here for,
03:45:52
which is the highest. They didn't even
03:45:53
have to go that high. But they chose
03:45:55
to becauseThey want to do the right
03:45:58
thing. SoAre there things that we can
03:46:08
do as the city policy wise? Yes, we
03:46:09
can. But at the same time too, again,
03:46:10
I think we need to give creditTo the
03:46:13
companies that are coming to do
03:46:14
business in the city, and we need to
03:46:16
work with them and come toDecisions
03:46:18
togetherAnd what works best, because
03:46:24
they provideThat's all I have, Mary,
03:46:38
thank you.
03:46:39
>>Thank you. Councilmember part?
03:46:43
>>Yes, thank you. I have not heard such
03:46:46
so colorful in his speech in a while.
03:46:49
And I would love for us to (INAUDIBLE)
03:47:07
every damn is electric and a brake
03:47:08
press siRNA a great reference to
03:47:09
(INAUDIBLE) in our community. But he
03:47:10
is right. We need to aim high and even
03:47:11
higher than our neighbors. It's not
03:47:12
impossible, I think you played out
03:47:13
which is these aren't goals that other
03:47:14
these are goals that are already
03:47:15
being achieved. It's true, it's always
03:47:16
true that people who care will take
03:47:17
more of the burden compared to those
03:47:37
who do not care. I think Peter
03:47:38
Marshall's quote, I love it, I think
03:47:39
about this quote every single time
03:47:40
very action undertaken by a different
03:47:41
world cannot be built by in different
03:47:42
people. In Santa Clara should be the
03:47:43
city that cares about climate action,
03:47:44
city were not only everything is
03:47:45
possible when it happens. Can it only
03:47:46
sounds like people who don't
03:47:47
understand the problem. I think it was
03:47:48
focusing. It doesn't work, he focuses
03:47:53
on climate change, he focuses on a lot
03:47:54
of things alone actually have time
03:47:55
for, and that's why he is kind the
03:47:56
leader in the area because he knows,
03:48:02
because he studies. And I think that
03:48:03
Santa Clara should take the lead on
03:48:04
this. We should look at the obstacles
03:48:05
ahead of us, we should look at the
03:48:06
challengesThat we need to overcome. I
03:48:17
believe that any partner that comes to
03:48:18
Santa Clara and works for the city,
03:48:19
will look at the challenges, any
03:48:20
positive party will look at the
03:48:21
challenges in the same way. I think
03:48:22
that we really need to find a way to
03:48:23
get things done.Thank you very much.
03:48:24
>>I don't see any other hands, I'm
03:48:25
going to go to the public.Daschle? Go
03:48:28
ahead, please.
03:48:34
>>Hello. My name is Dashiell Lee it's
03:48:35
kind the consummation assistant for
03:48:36
the Sierra Club(INAUDIBLE) chapter we
03:48:49
strongly support the city of Santa
03:48:50
Clara taking the most aggressive plan
03:48:51
possible. To this end we hope for
03:48:52
Council motions to perform the
03:48:53
intermediate target of 80% GST
03:48:54
reductions by 2035I believe this goal
03:48:59
is maintain an alternative one in the
03:49:00
staff report. We also strongly support
03:49:01
the rapid decarbonization of SPP,
03:49:13
compared with the rapid adoption of an
03:49:14
all electric reach code and other
03:49:15
building electrification policies. So
03:49:16
we do support the aggressive
03:49:17
decarbonization of SPP going 100%
03:49:18
carbon neutral by 2035. We also really
03:49:19
appreciate councilmember Chahal's
03:49:20
commentsOn rapidly adopting an all
03:49:46
electric reach code. One thing I would
03:49:47
like to note about the staff report is
03:49:48
that it says that it would be created
03:49:49
with exceptions, and we really hope
03:49:50
that Council direct staff to create a
03:49:51
reach code with minimal exemptions.
03:49:52
Looking at Cupertino Mountain View San
03:49:53
Mateo County and Petaluma's reach
03:49:54
codes as model reach codes that
03:49:55
contain minimal exemption language
03:49:56
while being highly functional. We also
03:49:57
really appreciate the comments of the
03:49:58
other councilmembers have spoken in
03:49:59
favor of climate action. Councilmember
03:50:00
Jane, BeckerIn part, I really
03:50:06
appreciate your strong words for
03:50:07
action on this I really believe it's
03:50:08
true that if anything we should be
03:50:09
talking about increasing the strength
03:50:10
of our targets, so I do hope that we
03:50:11
at least maintain what we have today,
03:50:12
which is still good.I particularly
03:50:19
appreciate your comments about the
03:50:20
carbonized in data centers, that's a
03:50:21
very important goal as well as
03:50:22
reducing vehicle miles traveled. And
03:50:35
then lastly while I still a little bit
03:50:36
of time when you strongly support the
03:50:37
exploration of electrification
03:50:38
policies retrofitting existing
03:50:39
buildings, I think that will be
03:50:40
hopefully a very high impact climate
03:50:41
action plan measure. Thank you so much
03:50:42
for your time.
03:50:43
>>Betsy, go ahead, Betsy.
03:50:44
>>Thank you.I am sure everybody here
03:50:47
recalls last August and all the smoke,
03:50:52
2035 is not too soon, I urge Council
03:50:53
to be aggressiveIn choosing reduction
03:50:56
targets. I would suggest that bicycle
03:50:59
parking without limits and also
03:51:03
electrical, electric vehicle charging
03:51:16
include thoughts about businesses and
03:51:17
workplaces as well as just
03:51:18
departments. I'm wondering when we say
03:51:19
80%, is that electrification or is that
03:51:20
Total greenhouse gas reductions?I am
03:51:30
also wondering what happens if we set
03:51:31
an aggressive goal and miss it by some
03:51:32
amount. We increased that 80% and we
03:51:33
only get to 70%. Is that a violation
03:51:34
of law or is it justOh well?We are
03:51:41
talking in terms of parking reductions
03:51:42
being aggressive, but a lot of our
03:51:45
parking is on Street surface parking
03:51:48
And that's an enormous use of space,It
03:51:54
makes building more expensiveAnd it is
03:52:03
not permeable and it increases the
03:52:04
heat effect. So I would encourage the
03:52:05
city CouncilTo think seriously about
03:52:09
reducing fracking. And finally, I
03:52:14
would encourage everybody here who is
03:52:15
talking in terms of making aggressive
03:52:16
climate goalsTo make those aggressive
03:52:20
climate goals tonight but also to
03:52:21
continue to be aggressive on climate
03:52:27
when it comes time to build housing
03:52:28
close to transit and jobs and even
03:52:29
when it comes down to building a bike
03:52:32
lane. Thank you.
03:52:33
>>Thank you. Go ahead, Bruce.
03:52:43
>>Can you hear me?
03:52:44
>>Yes, we can, go ahead.
03:52:45
>>Thank you. I am not going to take
03:52:46
all the comments that I've heard,
03:52:49
Especially from Dashiell, But I will
03:52:54
mention a couple things that I think
03:52:55
are important. We have mentioned the
03:52:59
fact that climate change is changing,
03:53:05
we obviously have to deal with this in
03:53:06
relation to our children and
03:53:07
grandchildren, what's been shown about
03:53:09
the recent climate change, the things
03:53:11
that have happened recently, They're
03:53:14
coming for us.We thought that maybe we
03:53:18
would be able to escape, fires are
03:53:21
really present, pollution last
03:53:31
year time was significant. Another
03:53:32
thing that's happened is invisible to
03:53:33
us but is definitely a real challenge
03:53:34
is the fact thatIf Russia heats up
03:53:36
there's a tremendous amount of methane
03:53:45
Out there, and if the temperature goes
03:53:46
high that will go into the atmosphere
03:53:47
and then we will run into a runaway
03:53:48
situation. So he just feels forever.
03:53:55
So the thing we need to do is we need
03:53:56
to stay focused on the fact it is
03:53:57
important do this now, there are
03:53:58
consequencesFor us as well as for the
03:53:59
generationTo come, and we need to
03:54:05
think about how we canGet to some of
03:54:10
these solutions and the challenges we
03:54:11
have. When somebody said we are going
03:54:15
to go to the moon we wanted the
03:54:16
technology but we did it regardless.We
03:54:25
want to think about how we can make
03:54:26
these things happen and move forward.
03:54:27
Thanks for the time and listening.
03:54:28
>>Thank you, good points there.
03:54:29
Modicon?Am I reading that right?
03:54:30
>>Yes, correct. Good evening Mayor and
03:54:38
the respected member of the Council.
03:54:39
The goal of carbon neutrality for 2045
03:54:41
is simply unacceptable.We are in a
03:55:00
climate crisis and any delayed efforts
03:55:01
will have irreversible consequences to
03:55:02
our communities. I am asking the city
03:55:03
to adopt more aggressive measures to
03:55:04
become carbon neutral by 2035. If
03:55:05
other Bay Area cities like Sunnyvale
03:55:06
and Palo Alto can do it why can'tSanta
03:55:15
Clara? Please take this matter
03:55:16
seriously and urgently act on it. We
03:55:17
also need to have accountability in
03:55:18
order to make sure these targets are
03:55:19
met according to the plan. Thank you.
03:55:20
>>Thank you. Edward, go ahead, Edward.
03:55:22
>>Okay. Just want to mention a few
03:55:23
things thatYou might've caught this on
03:55:28
Will it it will come up, butYou
03:55:34
acknowledge IN you IT and Earth's tilt
03:55:42
they're talking about how it's
03:55:43
actually the Earth's tilt that is
03:55:44
causing all the problems on our planet
03:55:59
as far as the ice melting in the
03:56:00
fires, but yes, you can Google that.
03:56:01
As far as also electric vehicles, I
03:56:02
don't know if you remember issue,
03:56:03
sorry, but it was about six years ago,
03:56:04
she took second place on the Intel
03:56:05
scienceI guess awardSo that she can
03:56:06
use superCapacitors to charge a cell
03:56:11
phone in seconds and she had mentioned
03:56:15
that the same type of technologyOf the
03:56:18
super capacitor couldSend the charge
03:56:33
and electric vehicles in five minutes.
03:56:34
There's a company now called Samco, is
03:56:35
he a PTO, one word if you Google it it
03:56:36
will come out, but they do have the
03:56:37
technology now to charge electric
03:56:38
vehicle in minutes. Is just a guess
03:56:39
they have the market and they have to
03:56:45
Also I guess do battle with the oil
03:56:46
interests, that's one of the problems
03:57:01
I guess our countries had for years
03:57:02
where people have come up with
03:57:03
technologies that can solve these
03:57:04
issues but unfortunately special
03:57:05
interest put a stop to it. But yes,
03:57:06
the technology is there and hopefully
03:57:07
will come to market. Google you Krisha
03:57:08
Hari also. She was the one that first
03:57:09
came up with thatSuper capacity. That
03:57:18
charge the cell phone in seconds. That
03:57:19
will come up also on Google. Thank you
03:57:20
very much.
03:57:21
>>Carolyn, go ahead.
03:57:31
>>Deeming, Council, this is Carolyn's
03:57:32
Alan I'm a 17-year-old student at St.
03:57:33
FrancisIn the youth action team. I
03:57:54
would like to say that I was thrilled
03:57:55
to hear the Council take the step to
03:57:56
consider a more aggressive greenhouse
03:57:57
gas emissions reduction target of 80%
03:57:58
by 2035 and a breach appreciate the
03:57:59
efforts. However the fact remains even
03:58:00
our peer cities will get a more
03:58:01
aggressive target such as 80% by 2030
03:58:02
and you're still on track to meet the
03:58:03
(INAUDIBLE) increased to 1.5 C.
03:58:04
Echoing previous comments, went last.
03:58:35
Experience unsafe air quality that can
03:58:36
find everyone further to their home.
03:58:37
Currently we are presenting and
03:58:38
precedent any heat waves and droughts
03:58:39
which made it clear that we are facing
03:58:40
a climate crisis and there is no such
03:58:41
thing is to sing. I am here to see
03:58:42
what the world will look like in 2030
03:58:43
and I will be starting my career. I
03:58:44
would like to urge the Council for
03:58:45
this reason to aim even higher than
03:58:46
the targeted 80% by 2035 because the
03:58:47
longer we will work theseTime to
03:58:48
listen to my comments this evening.
03:58:49
>>Thank you, Carolyn. Send him, go
03:58:50
ahead.
03:58:51
>>Hello, Mayor (INAUDIBLE)The
03:58:55
16-year-old student at (INAUDIBLE) I'm
03:58:56
also here(INAUDIBLE). I would like to
03:59:03
(INAUDIBLE) the comments to
03:59:04
(INAUDIBLE) as possible. And I expect
03:59:05
my support(INAUDIBLE) greenhouse gas
03:59:10
emissions reduction target (INAUDIBLE).
03:59:27
Aggressive greenhouse gas reduction
03:59:28
targets. The in the immediate 80%
03:59:29
reduction by 2030. (INAUDIBLE) the
03:59:30
adoption and implementation of new
03:59:34
construction as soon as possible.
03:59:35
Eventually I would like to urge the
03:59:36
council to start exploring an action
03:59:38
plan (INAUDIBLE)Creating a citywide
03:59:42
requirement (INAUDIBLE)Refrigeration.
03:59:51
Lastly out alike also express my
03:59:52
support for Council members regarding
03:59:54
(INAUDIBLE) center.Like (INAUDIBLE)
04:00:01
said before me, not only today but
04:00:02
also tomorrow. Thank you so much for
04:00:11
your time and have a great rest of
04:00:12
your night.
04:00:13
>>Thank you very much and thank you
04:00:14
for hanging out with us so late and
04:00:15
calling in. Vanessa, go ahead.
04:00:36
>>Hi Matt, can you hear me?
04:00:37
>>Yes, you can. Go ahead.
04:00:38
>>I will keep my comments brief, but
04:00:39
just wanted to express my support for
04:00:40
aggressive targets. I went to school
04:00:41
in Santa Clara any unprofessional
04:00:42
trying to build my career here in this
04:00:43
is a community that I really like and
04:00:44
want to continue living in, so deftly
04:00:45
appreciate all the comments about
04:00:46
strong climate action and express my
04:00:47
support for it. Thank you.
04:00:48
>>Thank you, Vanessa. Anyone else from
04:00:49
the public that would like to speak?
04:00:51
Okay. I don't see any other public
04:00:52
members, Vice Mayor Chahal, you have a
04:00:53
motion?
04:00:55
>>I would like to make a comment,
04:00:56
Mayor. Regarding the new data centers,
04:01:08
can we come up with a policy of what
04:01:09
can be are options to make our new
04:01:10
data centers more green? I know you
04:01:11
Stassen contact with some of the data
04:01:17
centers, so what our options? I would
04:01:18
like the staff to come back and bring
04:01:19
those options to us. Data centers are
04:01:28
the highest energy users in our city,
04:01:29
so that option can give us some idea
04:01:30
and also can decide what can be done.
04:01:33
>>If I can, Mayor, if I can respond?In
04:01:36
one of the items that we had one
04:01:38
bullet point on our quarter report was
04:01:42
the mention of the (INAUDIBLE) the
04:01:47
green tariff, the staff is developing
04:01:48
of course we are focused on existing
04:01:55
data centers as well, so that's a
04:01:56
voluntary approach. We can take a look
04:01:57
where that's goingAnd looking at what
04:02:01
that would mean with regards to a
04:02:02
requirement, it would be for existing
04:02:17
(INAUDIBLE) but for new ones. It would
04:02:18
be a requirement for that or something
04:02:19
similar. So something staff is already
04:02:20
working on title the green tab, is
04:02:21
going to mention last week that I'll
04:02:22
mention it today as well. Will
04:02:23
continue to work on thatAnd we will
04:02:24
look atWhat would mean if it's a
04:02:27
requirement for new data centers, not
04:02:28
just a voluntary program they could
04:02:30
sign on to which will allowTo buy
04:02:34
additionalPower credit so they can be
04:02:39
considered carbon neutral.
04:02:42
>>I'm glad I could hear that, that we
04:02:45
already had something on the plate.
04:02:48
Basically let's explore something else
04:02:49
also. Thank you.
04:02:50
>>Okay, thank you. Councilmember
04:02:54
Becker?
04:03:01
>>Thank you, Mayor. The young lady
04:03:02
that spoke a moment ago I think said
04:03:03
it best, which is I think reiterating
04:03:04
what someone else is saying about
04:03:31
being aggressive today but also being
04:03:32
aggressive tomorrow. Hearing from
04:03:33
somebody that young as part of the
04:03:34
future I think that they want a better
04:03:35
plan for all of us. So just want to
04:03:36
make that comment and thank her for
04:03:37
that too.
04:03:38
>>I think there was one of the members
04:03:39
of the public said there's still time
04:03:40
left for us as well. So we are still
04:03:41
here, we still have some years left,
04:03:42
we want to enjoy a beautiful world as
04:03:43
well.So is for us in the future.
04:03:44
Anyways, I enjoyed that comment. Not
04:03:45
just the future but today as well.
04:03:46
Councilmember Park?
04:03:51
>>Yes, thank you. It's kind of a
04:03:52
rehash, but I think we need to
04:03:53
understand why do we needs strong
04:04:08
controls on data centers now? Is not
04:04:09
just because of the highest energy but
04:04:10
because the number of data centers
04:04:11
were only increased. Every (INAUDIBLE)
04:04:12
has noted that even if you never build
04:04:13
another computer we would still need
04:04:14
more storage and more data centers
04:04:15
because the generation of data is only
04:04:16
growingAnd will only increase. The
04:04:17
same is true of other things like
04:04:18
public transportation and that's what
04:04:19
we need in all electric(INAUDIBLE)
04:04:37
now. We are already behind. People
04:04:38
think we are starting from zero and
04:04:39
then we are moving ahead, that's not
04:04:40
true. We are actually behind and
04:04:41
that's why rather than saying we need
04:04:42
more time we have been using all this
04:04:43
time and we have been falling behind
04:04:44
and needing to change as quickly as
04:04:45
possible. Thank you.
04:04:46
>>Thank you. Councilmember chain?
04:04:47
>>Yes, I am willing to make a motion
04:04:51
if we are at that point.
04:04:52
>>Yes, allowing go ahead. We have a
04:05:02
motion on the floor?
04:05:03
>>Madam Chair, hired councilmember
04:05:04
Becker make a motion of staff
04:05:05
recommendation and 100% carbon neutral
04:05:06
data centers.Is that correct?
04:05:07
>>I would like to withdraw my motion
04:05:14
and let councilmember Jane do the
04:05:15
motion instead because it's a little
04:05:16
more detail oriented and I would like
04:05:17
to second that.
04:05:19
>>Second what?
04:05:20
>>Sorry, once he gets the details.
04:05:22
>>You know he's going to say, okay.
04:05:27
Hear what he was saying prior, there
04:05:28
was such a mouth full he said, local
04:05:36
miles traveled, Te Deum measures I'm
04:05:37
going okay, you know it, is going to
04:05:38
say better than I will, so given that
04:05:39
opportunity.
04:05:43
>>Sorry, I didn't mean to laugh. RA.
04:05:44
Councilmember Jane. Go ahead.
04:05:47
>>So I would like toMake a
04:05:50
recommendation forAlternative oneWith
04:06:02
the following modifications. I would
04:06:03
like to strikeOne AI because I'd need
04:06:12
I believe we don't need to tie the
04:06:13
reductions to relying on rate increases
04:06:15
. I think that there are other
04:06:16
measures that we can do, Only the
04:06:20
flexibility, I know this is kind of
04:06:21
informational, but I don't think we
04:06:22
should say it relies on rate
04:06:26
increases. We don't know what is going
04:06:28
to happen with prices. Solar came down
04:06:32
80%In 15 years. And we are talking
04:06:38
about 15 years from now. We don't know
04:06:40
what's going to happenImprovements in
04:06:46
battery technology. 401AB I would like
04:06:51
to relax that to25% reductionFrom
04:06:59
active measures for commercialLarge,
04:07:05
what did staff say, large commercial
04:07:07
Employers and change that to 20%
04:07:13
(INAUDIBLE).And then leave the rest
04:07:19
there and then add(INAUDIBLE) H which
04:07:24
would be new data centers would be
04:07:26
required to operateOn 100%Renewable
04:07:35
energyWith offsets for whatever they
04:07:40
need. For new data centers.
04:07:50
>>And I ask about that, can we do that
04:07:51
without any outreach?Should we do that
04:07:55
without any outreach?I thought we are
04:08:02
having a study session on data
04:08:03
centers? Anybody?
04:08:04
>>I will askA question, but I think if
04:08:10
the requirement is for new data centers
04:08:14
It's my understanding from previous
04:08:15
discussions that there is more
04:08:17
Flexibility on thatBut if Sue would
04:08:22
like to jump in, and then of courseWe
04:08:25
will take a look what the options are.
04:08:39
>>Yes, this is Sue. The requirement as
04:08:40
I'm hearing it is not going to have
04:08:41
anything to do with retroactive or for
04:08:42
existing and as result if you're
04:08:43
talking about implementing the
04:08:45
requirements going forward it would go
04:08:46
through Sortal process to do thatAnd
04:08:50
we are not talking about circumventing
04:08:51
that process here as I'm hearing it.Is
04:08:53
that correct?
04:09:01
>>We still have to go through a
04:09:02
process to do that, this is what our
04:09:03
wishes, our goal is I don't understand.
04:09:06
Are we okay to vote?
04:09:07
>>We don't have an action plan now.
04:09:09
>>We are just giving okay. We would
04:09:13
have to go through process. Okay.
04:09:16
>>And EIR and everything.
04:09:25
>>Mayor, if I may, the proposed motion
04:09:26
doesn't have the rate increase
04:09:27
language as part of it, I do want to
04:09:28
note that there are some limitations
04:09:34
that we have, that's the only method
04:09:35
we have, I agree with customer gene as
04:09:36
part of the report that we expected
04:09:37
technology changes in additional
04:09:38
things I just want to make sure that
04:10:01
it doesn't get lost in conversation
04:10:02
which is no longer part of the motion,
04:10:03
because I don't want to surprise the
04:10:04
Council later on with increases we are
04:10:05
not used to. I completely agree that
04:10:06
technology is likely to change, it has
04:10:07
change is likely to change and
04:10:08
hopefully they'll be other options
04:10:09
between now and 2035 that we can come
04:10:10
forward with.
04:10:11
>>This morning is that in the future
04:10:17
it has to be pay for it somehow,
04:10:18
someway.
04:10:19
>>Like councilmember Jane, technology
04:10:20
change could happen, batteries could
04:10:21
become really unexpected inexpensive.
04:10:22
We just don't know what that could be
04:10:23
today. All we can give you was the
04:10:24
Amount of what we know today the
04:10:25
number could be net less.
04:10:28
>>My wording says adopted THD
04:10:29
reduction target 80% by 2030, that
04:10:31
would relyThrough rate increases. Why
04:10:40
don't wanted to say that would
04:10:41
require, that may require.
04:10:53
>>Obviously that's a Council
04:10:54
direction, we are just trying to
04:10:55
provide the information.
04:10:56
>>We appreciate that clarification.
04:10:57
That's what the motion means. All
04:10:58
right, thank you. Council member,
04:10:59
wait, did somebody second the motion?
04:11:00
>>Can I just, That's all right.
04:11:03
>>Is getting late. My eyes are getting
04:11:04
blurry.Two things for councilmember
04:11:08
Jane. I agree with you that that
04:11:12
relationship between 100%And the rates
04:11:30
Should be (INAUDIBLE) back sentence
04:11:31
creates a causal relationship so thank
04:11:32
you for that. And then just to
04:11:33
clarify, when you made the motion you
04:11:34
stated that the data center should run
04:11:35
on 100% renewable energyIn this
04:11:39
discussions we talked about carbon
04:11:40
free.
04:11:41
>>I am saying carbon free so we can
04:11:42
improve (INAUDIBLE).Councilmember
04:11:46
Jane, just so I'm clear, you're saying
04:11:47
Ron not to be carbon neutral but to run
04:11:55
On carbon energy.
04:11:56
>>Carbon free which would include, I'm
04:11:58
not excluding (INAUDIBLE).
04:12:09
>>Thank you. I asked, did we get a
04:12:10
second on the motion?
04:12:11
>>I will second-period
04:12:12
>>Thank you. Councilmember Becker, go
04:12:13
ahead.
04:12:14
>>Sorry.Michelle, go ahead, Michelle.
04:12:15
>>Asked for clarification on the NT?
04:12:31
It was 20% BMT reduction interactive
04:12:32
transportation measures for
04:12:33
multifamily but you also mentioned the
04:12:34
large employers, what was the
04:12:35
percentage attached to that?Okay.
04:12:37
Thank you.
04:12:38
>>Okay, we have a motion inAssistant
04:12:42
city clerk, did you have that motion?
04:12:50
>>I would like to verify that the
04:12:51
maker of the motion. The motion is
04:12:52
alternative number one with the
04:12:53
following modificationsAI, then one B
04:13:04
relax the 25% reduction from active
04:13:05
measures to 20% multifamily is what I
04:13:06
heard, add a new item H new data
04:13:12
centers would be required to operate
04:13:13
at 100% carbon free renewable energy?
04:13:16
Or do I strike renewable energy?Did I
04:13:32
get the one be part? Correct, I relax
04:13:33
a 25% reduction.
04:13:34
>>Yes. To keep the 25%For large
04:13:39
employersAnd make it 20%For residential
04:13:58
.
04:13:59
>>Is it possible, sorry. I apologize.
04:14:00
>>Keep 25%, You have something to say,
04:14:04
Manwell?
04:14:09
>>I just wanted to ask for additional
04:14:10
clarification at the end just to make
04:14:11
sure I understand. I didn't mean to
04:14:16
interrupt. I thought she was done, I
04:14:17
apologize.
04:14:18
>>That's okay. I want to also
04:14:19
understandWhat the motion is. So one
04:14:25
be is keep 25%, I'm sorry,
04:14:28
councilmember Jane, could you repeat
04:14:29
that?
04:14:31
>>For large employers. And if you want
04:14:36
a number I would say (INAUDIBLE).
04:14:43
>>Okay. And then the 20% for
04:14:44
residential multifamily.
04:14:49
>>And 20% for residential
04:14:50
multifamily.
04:14:51
>>Thank you.
04:14:57
>>Councilmember Jane, I apologize,
04:14:58
additional questions. So based on the
04:14:59
motion, What you would expect is that
04:15:04
for example you pull that off of the
04:15:06
year in that timeframe, like right now
04:15:14
at this time of night it would be
04:15:15
running on 100% greenhouse gas free
04:15:16
energy.
04:15:17
>>Or purchasing offsets.
04:15:18
>>Okay, so that would be carbon
04:15:21
neutral, then.
04:15:29
>>Yes, carbon neutral. That's allowing
04:15:30
the clarity, because I thought that's
04:15:31
what
04:15:32
>>Yes, the carbon neutral.
04:15:36
>>Okay, that we get, I just, got it,
04:15:37
now thank you.
04:15:40
>>How does that change the motion?
04:15:47
>>So new data centers or run at 100%
04:15:48
carbon neutral energy.
04:15:49
>>Thank you.
04:15:52
>>Thank you for the clarification.
04:16:08
>>Do you have that, Nora?
04:16:09
>>Yes, I do, I see you have two hands
04:16:10
right now.
04:16:11
>>Okay, on the motion, councilmember
04:16:12
Becker.
04:16:13
>>On the motion there was something
04:16:18
that we are saying that we wanted to
04:16:19
change, is this in there that we
04:16:20
wanted to change to mayPhil to the
04:16:27
residence, is that the sentence?
04:16:28
>>On the rate increases? They may?
04:16:29
>>It should say may instead avoid?
04:16:34
>>They are going to, but may.
04:16:35
>>May would probably be a better
04:16:40
wording.
04:16:47
>>I did have a striking capitalized
04:16:48
but Manwell insists on keeping then
04:16:49
you would change would rely onTo may
04:16:50
rely on.
04:16:53
>>Either way. Just wanted to clarify.
04:17:05
>>Okay, councilmember Watanabe, on the
04:17:06
motion?
04:17:07
>>Yes, thank you, Mayor. I just wanted
04:17:08
to just clarify. SoGoing back to the
04:17:17
next steps, so a draft of what is
04:17:18
being put together right now, these
04:17:19
goalsWill be put together for public
04:17:32
review and stakeholder focus groups
04:17:33
and community workshop to get input,
04:17:34
and my understanding that correctly,
04:17:35
make sure understand? And then going
04:17:36
to the plan commission and then coming
04:17:37
back early next year for adoption.
04:17:44
That's the next step spirit
04:17:45
>>That's correct. We would prepare the
04:17:46
actual draft action plan for this
04:17:51
direction make the document available
04:17:52
for the public and then proceed to the
04:17:53
planning commission city Council in
04:17:57
the late winter of this year or early
04:17:58
next year. Also we are working on the
04:18:03
electric reach codes to bring them to
04:18:04
the Council as well.
04:18:05
>>Right, okay. Thank you, Dir.
04:18:11
Crabtree.
04:18:12
>>Thank you. On the motion,
04:18:13
councilmember Jane?
04:18:15
>>Yes, during the discussions there
04:18:17
was concernThat projectsOn El Camino
04:18:27
Rialto would be subject to an action
04:18:28
planAnd codes that were adopted in
04:18:35
2021. Is there any expectation this
04:18:36
would be done in 2021?Or do we need to
04:18:40
Sort ofSet the expectationsThe new
04:18:47
projects would have to rely with the
04:18:50
climate action plan.
04:18:56
>>So at this point the timing that we
04:19:05
expect is that the climate action plan
04:19:06
would get to the Council before the El
04:19:07
Camino Real specific plan come back.
04:19:08
And
04:19:17
>>(INAUDIBLE)
04:19:18
>>They are on similar time frames. We
04:19:19
said before too that within either
04:19:22
document that within really within the
04:19:23
climate action plan and reach code
04:19:26
will include sections on applicability
04:19:46
And there is sort of a timeframe for
04:19:47
that, we can review that with the
04:19:48
Council and we take action on those
04:19:49
documents, right, but we have to draw
04:19:50
the line at some point and say
04:19:51
someone's already in the building
04:19:52
permit process, probably too late, but
04:19:53
if they are, we will have that
04:19:54
discussion. ButI think the concern was
04:19:59
that projects might get underway in
04:20:00
those areas ahead of the climate
04:20:01
action plan or the reach code and then
04:20:05
be not subject to it and so at this
04:20:07
pointI don't necessarily see that
04:20:10
happeningWidescale. I think the timing
04:20:16
is such that we will make sure those
04:20:26
projects are subject to the reach code
04:20:27
in the election plan.
04:20:30
>>But we also have to make sure that
04:20:31
we are gettingInput from our community
04:20:39
On the climate action plan as well.
04:20:56
Meaning
04:20:57
>>(INAUDIBLE)
04:20:58
>>Let me just clarify it quickly. Is
04:20:59
not necessarily an EIR Caicos review
04:21:00
process pay may not require
04:21:01
departmental impact report, we don't
04:21:02
think it would at this point, but we
04:21:03
will certainly make the document
04:21:04
public, we will do community noticing
04:21:05
around the fact that it's now
04:21:06
available and planning another
04:21:07
community workshopThe planning
04:21:08
commission hearing.
04:21:09
>>The last time action plan happened
04:21:15
(INAUDIBLE) process? Public comment
04:21:18
process?
04:21:23
>>Anything that goes through a public
04:21:24
hearing process, The public is able to
04:21:26
comment on.
04:21:27
>>Okay, thank you.
04:21:28
>>Thank you. We have a motion and a
04:21:42
second. Anybody want the motion
04:21:43
reread? Or are we all okay with the
04:21:44
motion?
04:21:45
>>Madam Chair? Matt confirm with
04:21:46
councilmember Jane, so in one of those
04:21:55
modifications, it was just to do away
04:21:56
with one AI but then after he
04:21:57
mentioned just striking would rely on
04:21:58
in the place with may rely on, is that
04:21:59
correct, councilmember Jane?You are
04:22:10
muted.
04:22:11
>>I think that's what Manwell asked.
04:22:12
If we can somehow keep that cost
04:22:13
information in there. That Council is
04:22:14
made aware of.When we just change
04:22:20
would to make.
04:22:21
Okay, I noted that. Matt America if
04:22:22
you like me go ahead, roll call vote.
04:22:24
>>That we just set up the motion here.
04:22:39
[CALLING ROLL]
04:23:03
>>That passes unanimously. Thank you,
04:23:04
everyone, the staff members for your
04:23:05
presentation, we appreciate itIn all
04:23:08
the public members of stayed up so
04:23:09
late for this, we appreciate that as
04:23:10
well. Okay. Next itemWe have is item
04:23:16
number nine, public hearing action on
04:23:20
a resolution confirming the 2021Weed
04:23:27
abatement program and assessment, we
04:23:28
got to declare the public hearing
04:23:29
open. Staff?
04:23:33
>>You don't have a presentation, but
04:23:34
we can entertain questions or respond
04:23:35
to them.
04:23:37
>>Do we have any questions on weed
04:23:38
abatement? Councilmember Becker?
04:23:45
>>I don't have any questions, but I
04:23:46
would like to make a motion to adopt a
04:23:47
resolutionFor the 2021Program.
04:23:48
>>It's a public hearing. Would any
04:23:57
member of the public like to speak on
04:23:58
this issue? Okay, may I please have a
04:24:02
motion to close the public hearing.
04:24:03
Council member Becker?
04:24:05
>>Motion close the public hearing.
04:24:08
>>Is there a second?
04:24:11
>>Motion second close the public
04:24:12
hearing. Any questions or comments on
04:24:15
this from the Council?Okay. Council
04:24:20
member Becker?
04:24:25
>>Assistant city clerk, roll call to
04:24:26
close publican?
04:24:27
>>
04:24:28
[CALLING ROLL]
04:24:51
>>That passes unanimously.
04:24:52
Councilmember Becker, motion to adopt
04:24:53
direct solution?
04:24:54
>>I would like to make a motion to
04:24:55
adopt the resolution for 2021 weed
04:24:56
abatement program assessment report
04:24:57
and assessment, sorry.
04:24:58
>>Thank you.Motion and second.
04:24:59
Assistant city clerk we
04:25:04
>>
04:25:05
[CALLING ROLL]
04:25:34
>>That passes unanimously, thank you.
04:25:35
Item number 10, discussion and action
04:25:36
on councilmember Watanabe's request
04:25:37
for a letter from the mayor and city
04:25:38
council to California citizens
04:25:39
redistricting commission. Council
04:25:40
member Watanabe?
04:25:41
>>Thank you, Mayor. Yes, and I again
04:25:42
appreciate this item being added to
04:25:45
the agenda to try and get it out the
04:25:46
door, get the letter out the door
04:25:51
before we go on break because it is
04:25:52
time sensitive. I hope that the
04:26:02
councilmembers have had an opportunity
04:26:03
to read the draft letter that was
04:26:04
prepared for all of our signatures. In
04:26:07
looking at the letter and reading the
04:26:08
websiteIn talking to some folks in the
04:26:16
community there was a suggestion made
04:26:17
about adding in also keeping assembly
04:26:26
District 25 in tact as well since
04:26:33
assembly District 25 and congressional
04:26:34
district 17 overlap each other in
04:26:35
terms ofThe same cities. And so this
04:26:41
is a nice opportunity to show support
04:26:53
for the cities around us, we work
04:26:54
together, we have good relationships
04:26:55
with the same cities in both districts
04:26:56
and so I wanted to add that inAs an
04:26:57
additionTo the congressional
04:27:05
supporting the congressional district
04:27:06
17. So that's all I have, andI guess
04:27:20
I'll open it up for discussion.
04:27:21
>>Or make a motion and we can maybe
04:27:22
move on?
04:27:23
>>If I make the motion I am happy to
04:27:24
make the motion, thank you, Mayor,
04:27:25
then motion to adopt the request to
04:27:26
prepareThe California citizens
04:27:35
redistricting commission in support of
04:27:36
congressional districts 17 and
04:27:37
assembly District 25.
04:27:38
>>Second. FromThis the same
04:27:46
redistricting commission that looks at
04:27:47
both the Senate and the assembly
04:27:48
district?
04:27:49
>>Yes, it is,
04:27:55
>>I will be voting in favor of this,
04:27:56
but I would likeOur clerk, Hassan or
04:28:06
Nora, to talk about Santa Clara's
04:28:07
(INAUDIBLE) mission and when
04:28:11
applications are due and how people
04:28:13
could apply to that.
04:28:19
>>Let's deal with this first, it's on
04:28:20
the agenda, and then we can maybe get
04:28:21
that doneAfterward.
04:28:22
Is an early member of the public would
04:28:31
like to speak on this letter? Going to
04:28:32
the California citizens redistricting
04:28:33
commission
04:28:44
>>No, I just met raise my hand answer
04:28:45
question.
04:28:46
>>Let's deal with this first. All
04:28:49
right, so seeing no other action and
04:28:50
for no other testimony, assistant city
04:28:54
clerk, a roll call vote, please?
04:29:01
>>Who was the second year on that?
04:29:07
>>I'm not sure I recognize the voice.
04:29:16
>>Vice Mayor Chahal. Sounds good.
04:29:17
>>Okay. Thank you.
04:29:26
>>
04:29:27
[CALLING ROLL]
04:29:41
>>That passes unanimously. Where would
04:29:42
be a good place to answer the question
04:29:43
about theOur redistricting? Should we
04:29:47
do it under, can we do it now? Or can
04:29:56
we do it under city manager executive
04:29:57
director reports or Council committee
04:29:58
reports? AssistantThe city attorney,
04:30:03
is there a good place to answer that
04:30:04
question?
04:30:05
>>I think the city managerCan state it
04:30:10
underneath the city manager Executive
04:30:11
Director report just as the statement
04:30:24
to an FYI.
04:30:25
>>Okay, thank you. We will get to
04:30:26
that, councilmember Damon. Next we are
04:30:27
going to go to consideration and
04:30:28
Council action on Anup Vargas Smith's
04:30:29
request for financial subsidy and
04:30:35
dedication of services from the city
04:30:36
of Santa Clara for either plan a or
04:30:37
plan B event concepts for the greater
04:30:38
champions take placeand dedication of
04:30:39
services from the city of Santa Clara
04:30:40
for either plan a or plan B event
04:30:41
concepts for the Greater Champions
04:30:42
Take Pl. in October2021.Is Miss Vargas
04:30:45
met with us?To make her presentation?
04:30:51
>>She should be there now.
04:30:56
>>That evening, everyone.
04:30:57
>>There you are, okay. Welcome.
04:31:00
>>Still awake, caffeinated.Ann
04:31:06
indigo?
04:31:07
>>Go ahead.Ann well, first slide, it's
04:31:10
that time of year,
04:31:19
>>We are pulling up your slide, just a
04:31:20
moment.
04:31:21
>>One second, let's get the slide up.
04:31:22
>>Can't see a thing here.
04:32:35
>>Okay, the slide is up.
04:32:36
>>Thank you. Thank you, everyone.
04:32:37
Well, we are planning to celebrate our
04:32:38
(INAUDIBLE) in person or virtually. I
04:32:39
want to thank everyone, our Mayor,
04:32:40
city Council for considering our
04:32:41
petition for funding city services the
04:32:42
Braht are 52-year-old parade after 24
04:32:43
years, we made history, after 15
04:32:44
minutes of COVID isolation the
04:32:45
community is really ready to get
04:32:46
together and celebrate our heroes,
04:32:47
unsung heroes. We really could use a
04:32:48
victory parade. There are two
04:32:49
proposals, plan a is (INAUDIBLE), just
04:32:50
to recap, Santa Clara has a long
04:32:51
history of celebrating community
04:32:52
friendly heroes, 1945 established the
04:32:53
home for World War II vets, those were
04:32:54
first champions. He went on for 50
04:32:55
years. It became the second largest
04:32:56
parade in California and also the
04:32:57
longest most unified event in the
04:32:58
history of Santa Clara. In 2019 are
04:32:59
100% grassroots volunteer growth with
04:33:00
the support of the city, county,
04:33:01
community sponsors we brought backRaid
04:33:02
to a crowd of 10,000. Is a very good
04:33:03
event. There is a broad appeal to the
04:33:04
parade, there is no other parade like
04:33:05
this in the state, we are
04:33:06
representative of the center was
04:33:07
possible, we are multi-generation,
04:33:08
multicultural, diverse, inclusive, a
04:33:09
lot of city benefits and we shine a
04:33:10
light on (INAUDIBLE) in Santa Clara,
04:33:11
it builds goodwill, community
04:33:12
relationships, contributions of the
04:33:13
entire community, young and old, arts,
04:33:14
music, history, sports, academics, and
04:33:42
nurtures our next generation Santa
04:33:43
Clarence. We really hope we will carry
04:33:44
on the torch for us for the next two
04:33:45
years. Student pride, leadership,
04:33:46
social responsibility, that's all kind
04:33:47
of encouraged through the parade. It
04:33:48
brings a lot of much needed revenue to
04:33:49
our local shops in the area post COVID
04:33:50
and really historical on many levels.
04:33:51
Our parade will showcase our heroes
04:33:52
and nonprofits who are unable to have
04:33:53
an event earlier this year did COVID
04:33:54
and we know we have a lot of
04:33:55
championships with milestones like 125
04:33:56
year anniversary for SVP, SES. Plan B
04:33:57
is our default.And we are just asking
04:33:59
the mayor and city Council please vote
04:34:00
on plan a or plan B as a default.
04:34:01
Cynthia will go into detail. In the
04:34:02
last light if there are any questions
04:34:03
happy dancer.
04:34:05
>>Okay.
04:34:06
>>I kind of skimmed through it, it's
04:34:07
late, and I know you guys have got
04:34:10
questions, maybe.
04:34:11
>>Okay, very good, thank you, Anna.
04:34:25
Councilmember Becker, you have your
04:34:26
hand up.
04:34:27
>>Thank you, Mayor. So thank you, I
04:34:28
really appreciate your presentation. I
04:34:29
am 100% feeling that plan a is the
04:34:30
best option, but I do believe because
04:34:43
of the Delta variant we don't know is
04:34:44
going to happen down the road in the
04:34:45
fall, we want to have that concern, I
04:34:46
think we should put a little money to
04:34:47
the side for plan B for virtual just
04:34:48
in case that does happen, I remember
04:34:49
we had theChampions crowd feet and
04:35:08
that was canceled and I am hoping that
04:35:09
comes back soon. But I am seeing a
04:35:10
really great opportunity to do this
04:35:11
and I'm hoping for plan a to be
04:35:12
successful because they are the 18 I
04:35:13
really hope to be there on I think
04:35:14
it's, what, October 9 again?
04:35:15
>>Yes, it is. October 9.
04:35:16
>>So I guess I would like to make a
04:35:17
motion, then, to adopt plan A with
04:35:18
plan BAs a backup planIf he gets to
04:35:19
the Delta variant issues.
04:35:20
>>I will second that.
04:35:30
>>Go ahead, I think staff
04:35:31
>>We do have a presentation to
04:35:32
present.
04:35:33
>>Why don't we just go to the cost
04:35:34
breakdown so that there is disclosure
04:35:35
and transparency around the funding.
04:35:36
>>Can we get the presentation come up,
04:35:37
please?
04:35:39
>>Is late we still have other items.
04:35:44
>>If we can go to slide five?
04:36:55
So applications, good evening,
04:36:56
(INAUDIBLE) efficiency manager.
04:36:57
Application to obtain are reviewed by
04:36:58
interdepartmental team of departments.
04:36:59
A preliminary review of the special
04:37:00
event application is identified
04:37:01
projected cost of approximately
04:37:02
$64,000 shown on the slide. It is
04:37:03
anticipated these expenses will
04:37:04
increase want the details of the
04:37:05
village area are finalized. The parade
04:37:06
has submitted an application for the
04:37:07
parade itself but they are
04:37:08
anticipating doing the village area,
04:37:09
he did not have that application yet,
04:37:10
and so these costs do not reflect
04:37:11
those expenses. You will see here for
04:37:12
example on the item list required the
04:37:13
2021 amount is lower than the 2019,
04:37:14
and that's because in the 2019 the
04:37:15
village costs were included in those
04:37:16
expenses and they will be considered
04:37:17
separately in 2021.
04:37:18
Can I just get the next slide, please?
04:37:19
So in terms of a plan B the virtual
04:37:20
support, the virtual program, the city
04:37:21
can absorb support for the various
04:37:22
communication activities that include
04:37:23
reposting of the content on city
04:37:24
channels in the provision of existing
04:37:25
community hearingsWith 2021 elements.
04:37:55
There are two elements that are more
04:37:56
problematic for us, and that is
04:37:57
because there is a request for us to
04:37:58
do the social media chat interactivity
04:37:59
during the parade. The social media
04:38:00
challenge with parade are separate
04:38:01
from the cities and will not be
04:38:02
appropriate to city representative
04:38:03
post on their behalf. The second
04:38:04
request to was to lifestream the
04:38:05
event. In 2019, the champions actually
04:38:06
hired a consultant we would recommend
04:38:07
that they do so again this year as we
04:38:08
have got the staffing equipment
04:38:09
required to do a live stream. We get
04:38:10
the next slide, please?
04:38:22
So just also want the council to
04:38:23
consider the city has adopted budget,
04:38:24
put a large events on hold to save
04:38:25
approximately $300,000 for the general
04:38:26
fund as well as to allow for a lesser
04:38:27
staffing levels that are included in
04:38:28
our budget. Adoption of either plan a
04:38:29
or B will direct existing reduced
04:38:30
staff capacity to this event, the city
04:38:31
will need to allow for other priorities
04:38:32
For delays. Cost estimates increase
04:38:33
beyond what the Council approves
04:38:34
tonight the city manager would need to
04:38:35
use her authorityTo ensure that the
04:38:39
(INAUDIBLE) is successfully resourced
04:38:40
if necessary at a later date. Next
04:38:41
slide, please?
04:38:53
So we had four options for you, the
04:38:54
first option is to find $10,000 in
04:38:55
accordance with the city's community
04:38:56
program to support either plan a or
04:38:57
plan B, option two is to fund planning
04:38:58
from a budget stabilization reserve at
04:39:22
a cost of about $65,000 not including
04:39:23
the village (INAUDIBLE) improved
04:39:24
income contribution video package with
04:39:25
updated 2021 elements. Option three
04:39:26
would be to absorb the support for the
04:39:27
plan a communications activities and
04:39:28
Plan B committee package again with
04:39:29
limited up to 2021 elements. An option
04:39:30
for would be to ask the parade of
04:39:31
champions rely on community
04:39:32
fundraising sponsorship. That's the
04:39:33
end of the presentation. We are
04:39:34
looking for Council's direction on
04:39:35
which I which direction to proceed.
04:39:36
>>Thank you. Council member Becker, it
04:39:37
will you make the motion. You want to
04:39:38
amend your motion?You are on mute.
04:39:47
>>My apologies, yes, I would like to
04:39:48
amend my motion. Yes, like to amend my
04:39:49
motion.
04:39:54
>>Okay, to clean
04:39:55
>>Sorry, to my apologies(INAUDIBLE)
04:40:01
here, sorry.Give me a second. Sorry,
04:40:08
technology crash.
04:40:17
>>Right,I would like to make the
04:40:23
motion the staff recommends in their
04:40:31
presentation to include, basically
04:40:32
what Anna Vargas Smith was putting
04:40:33
forward, I would like to make a motion
04:40:36
to recommend that including the
04:40:37
staff's concerns, which is the outside
04:40:41
I think it was for the live video feed
04:40:51
, I would like to include that in the
04:40:52
motion as well.
04:40:53
>>Is that clear, staff? Cynthia?
04:40:54
>>No, it's not.
04:40:55
>>Sorry,
04:40:56
>>It sounds like
04:40:57
>>Is this plan a with including funds
04:40:58
for the live streaming.
04:41:12
>>Yes.
04:41:13
>>The video.
04:41:14
>>That's an additional cost. I don't
04:41:15
know if Anna has the estimated cost.
04:41:16
>>So if I can just clarify, we were
04:41:17
not recommending doing the live
04:41:18
streaming because it is a cost to we
04:41:19
recommended thatThey hire the outside
04:41:22
consultant like they did in 2019.
04:41:23
>>Okay.
04:41:24
>>I heard that, okay. That's simpler.
04:41:25
>>That's simpler.
04:41:30
>>So if I can just clarify, you are
04:41:31
recommendingPlan A, so the option two,
04:41:39
But plan a from the budget
04:41:40
stabilization reserve, Presley $65,000
04:41:43
in improving a contribution of plan B
04:41:48
With updated 2121 elements.Correctly
04:41:58
>>Yes.
04:41:59
>>Great. Thank you.
04:42:00
>>Okay. Council member Watanabe?
04:42:01
>>Thank you, Mayor.Thank you for the
04:42:13
presentation. I have a question. So in
04:42:14
plan A, we talk about why a live
04:42:15
parade, the very last bullet point says
04:42:16
city funds could supportAll community
04:42:24
groups in a single event, I know
04:42:25
picking and choosing who to support.
04:42:26
What do you mean by that comment?
04:42:58
>>That's why I reworded it in my
04:42:59
presentation. What I meant was all
04:43:00
these nonprofits that we deal with on
04:43:01
a regular basis, they had events early
04:43:02
in the year, they had fundraisers,
04:43:03
they did get together. So we thought
04:43:04
after talking then there like we'll
04:43:05
just get together at your parade. Like
04:43:06
that's the excuse to get together
04:43:07
there. So the way I worded in the
04:43:08
original slide, after looking at it
04:43:09
this evening, it's worded very
04:43:10
awkwardly, so I tried to reworded by
04:43:11
suggesting that we canYou don't have
04:43:12
to say here's 10K for Rotary there
04:43:13
something for Quantas in here
04:43:14
something for sister cities. We can
04:43:15
just all celebrate the parade together
04:43:16
be as happy with that event.Gather.
04:43:17
>>Okay. So the nonprofits have agreed?
04:43:19
>>They have signed up, most of them.
04:43:21
They're ready to go.
04:43:28
>>And then I know that fundraising has
04:43:29
been hard, but I knowParade of
04:43:33
champions is a 501(c)(3), you haveThe
04:43:40
parade of champions, do they have any
04:43:41
monies left over from 2019 or any money
04:44:00
Through donations, I mean, you have
04:44:01
anything to fall back on? Or just your
04:44:02
totally relying on the city?
04:44:03
>>We have a rainy day find and it
04:44:04
should cover like our month-to-month
04:44:05
expenses, plus we've got a few
04:44:06
donations already from the county,
04:44:07
actually was very exciting, and it was
04:44:27
a grant for our parade, and that will
04:44:28
cover some of the set ups. The stage
04:44:29
in the bleachers and set everything
04:44:30
that you experienced, Kathy, at the
04:44:31
parade, the ballparks, those
04:44:32
operational set ups that fall into our
04:44:33
bucket of responsibility for the
04:44:34
parade. That's where that our money is
04:44:35
going for those things. We will
04:44:36
continue to fund raise, we are open to
04:44:37
maybe have an event at SES, but that
04:44:38
still negotiable.
04:44:39
>>Okay. Great. Well, thanks for all
04:44:40
your hard work as always, Anna.
04:44:41
>>Thank you.Labor of love.
04:44:42
>>Councilmember Jane?
04:44:43
>>Yes, thank you, Anna, for all your
04:44:44
hard work. Wanted to understand a
04:44:47
little bit more about two things, one
04:44:48
isWhat is the possibility of the
04:44:56
county shutting this down, the Delta
04:44:57
variant? And when is that decision made
04:45:03
, And then the second one is I had to
04:45:05
missThe parade of champions the last
04:45:11
time it happened, because we are out
04:45:12
of townErica want to understand the
04:45:21
village, because I know at the Art and
04:45:22
Wine Festival we have all these
04:45:23
nonprofits that sell food and that's
04:45:24
how they make money, and we did that
04:45:33
also the street dance we basically
04:45:34
canceled all of our fun events with
04:45:35
the city. So this seems like it would
04:45:36
be a replacement for those.Kind of
04:45:48
bundle it all. Is that what you're
04:45:49
thinking is to
04:45:50
>>Exactly, that's exactly what I'm
04:45:51
thinking. Fondling everyone together
04:45:52
at once in one single event. Since a
04:45:53
lot of folks who had events early on
04:45:54
missed out on doing that. The
04:45:55
Homestead VillageHas been shelved for
04:46:13
now because we are looking at from a
04:46:14
different perspective. Last year,
04:46:15
actually 2019, we closed homestead
04:46:16
down, and that was a more complex
04:46:17
process. We realize being our first
04:46:18
time that that involves the fire
04:46:19
department and all that. What we
04:46:20
realize from that experience is that
04:46:21
we don't have to be on city street. It
04:46:22
could be on private property. It could
04:46:23
beOn a parking lot across the street
04:46:29
from the stage, which is a private
04:46:30
property. We could work with that as
04:46:31
an in-kind sponsorship. We could also
04:46:32
be created and maybe speak to the
04:46:33
parking garageNext to (INAUDIBLE).
04:46:43
That's again another private property
04:46:44
negotiation. We think the one across
04:46:45
the street from the stage would be the
04:46:46
best location. But then at that point
04:46:47
it's zero, because. I don't believe it
04:46:58
would involve the fire department at
04:46:59
that point from a private property. So
04:47:00
cost of the city for Homestead Village
04:47:01
would be pretty much zero, I would
04:47:02
assume. I can confirm that with Kim
04:47:03
Castor when she comes back.So we think
04:47:07
that those two locations will be
04:47:08
budget friendly for what we're trying
04:47:09
to do. We are trying to be as frugal
04:47:10
as possible.
04:47:13
>>Right. When the vendors sell food,
04:47:14
you still have to go, I have somebody
04:47:15
go around with the health certificates
04:47:16
on that.
04:47:38
>>We don't have food vendors.
04:47:39
>>There won't be any food vendors.
04:47:40
>>What will be there is the farmers
04:47:41
market and they have food vendors. We
04:47:42
worked with the young couple who runs
04:47:43
that farmers market and per parade day
04:47:44
they try to stack it so there's a lot
04:47:45
of food vendors present and that sort
04:47:46
of fills the void., It also allows for
04:47:47
small mom-and-pop's to like Subway or
04:47:48
Togo's or any of those smaller
04:47:49
organizations to make some money as
04:47:50
well. So we are going to utilize food
04:47:55
beverage at the farmers market, that
04:47:56
was very successful, actually, they
04:47:57
ran out of food, and some of the
04:47:58
mom-and-pop's are also excited about
04:47:59
the ending.(INAUDIBLE) is actually
04:48:02
interested in trying that as well.
04:48:03
>>Okay, thank you very much.
04:48:04
>>Councilmember Becker?
04:48:19
>>I'm really glad the councilmember
04:48:20
Jane brought that up, which was this
04:48:21
is going be a very positive event for
04:48:22
the community, we haven't had things
04:48:23
going on because of COVID,
04:48:24
understandable, but I think this is a
04:48:25
great refresher for our community, and
04:48:26
I think Anna just hit onJust a second
04:48:27
ago about the bonuses, it's going to
04:48:28
be helping our businesses in that area.
04:48:35
>>They needed.
04:48:36
>>Okay. So we have a motion and the
04:48:37
second forAssistant city clerk, you
04:48:59
mind reading the motion again?
04:49:00
>>Approve option number two find plan
04:49:01
a per budget stabilization reserve
04:49:02
protected be $65,000 not including
04:49:03
village elements improve in-kind
04:49:04
contribution as a Lydia package with
04:49:05
limited updated 2021 elements.
04:49:06
>>Okay. Motion and a second. Assistant
04:49:07
city clerk, a roll call vote, please.
04:49:09
[CALLING ROLL]
04:49:12
>>That passes unanimously,
04:49:13
congratulations.
04:49:14
>>Thank you.
04:49:16
>>I'm going to ask the Council before
04:49:17
going to the next item can we take
04:49:18
five-minute comfort break? It's 11:10,
04:49:19
11:15, five minutes. Thank you.
04:49:25
>>I didn't see hands up from the
04:49:27
public, but our city clerk on the last
04:49:29
item I was so excited about the parade
04:49:33
, she had items he comments are read
04:49:34
into the record, so Nora, could you
04:49:35
please read the comments? I think they
04:49:36
are all positive. So but I didn't ask
04:49:37
for the comments. So if you would mind
04:49:38
nor I want to make sure they get into
04:49:39
the record.The time to write them.
04:49:53
>>Yes, I don't want to make sure I'm
04:49:54
still on that item. Yes, I am. Our
04:50:00
first comment is from Andy or Ackerman
04:50:01
in Santa Clara, we have a community of
04:50:02
heroes have pulled together to endure
04:50:03
the trials and hardships of the last
04:50:04
year and 1/2, it's time to recognize
04:50:05
these heroes and celebrate their
04:50:06
spirit and sacrifices. Many of our
04:50:07
beloved city events or count were
04:50:08
canceled due to COVID, there's a
04:50:09
longing for community event to raise
04:50:10
altogether. The parade of champions is
04:50:11
just such an event. The parade of
04:50:12
champions is a chance to celebrate our
04:50:13
heroes from the nurses and doctors in
04:50:14
public safety in the everyday citizen
04:50:15
who wore their mass quarantine and
04:50:16
supported our business during the
04:50:17
difficult times. Please provide the
04:50:18
city services needed and the rest. Let
04:50:19
the parade of champions bring us
04:50:20
together and shine a light on all the
04:50:21
heroes in our community. Next comment
04:50:22
is from Patty Allman.Dear member and
04:50:47
Council members, thank you for
04:50:48
considering funding the 2021 parade of
04:50:49
champions. The 2019 parade as you know
04:50:50
is a great success as well as the 2020
04:50:51
virtual parade, everyone I meet who
04:50:52
has expressed excitement along for the
04:50:53
next grade there's nothing like a prey
04:50:54
to bring this great diversified
04:50:55
community together to celebrate life,
04:50:56
front-line workers, talent and all the
04:50:57
hometown heroes. This year's parade
04:50:58
will be an essentially important event
04:50:59
with everything that is going on this
04:51:00
past year. We need to come together
04:51:01
and be reminded that life is good and
04:51:02
we are here for each other. Thank you
04:51:03
for your support.Next comment is from
04:51:04
Karen(INAUDIBLE), let's bring the
04:51:05
smiles back on the screen sure thanks
04:51:06
to all our hometown heroes who want to
04:51:07
celebrate. What better way than live
04:51:08
in person parade, Santa Clara needs a
04:51:09
positive community event, hoping for
04:51:10
your complete support, thank you so
04:51:11
much.
04:51:12
>>Next comment, Margaret Roscoe, my
04:51:29
name is Margaret Roscoe and I've lived
04:51:30
in Santa Clara for 30+ years, I am
04:51:31
currently active in nonprofit
04:51:32
community group Santa Clara sister
04:51:33
city Santa Clara long goals, Council
04:51:34
society of discovery shops and most
04:51:35
currently the parade of champions. I'm
04:51:36
proud of our city and the community
04:51:40
Together in a positive and unifying
04:51:41
celebration. The works to help us
04:51:42
acknowledge the importance of our
04:51:43
essential workers as workers and
04:51:44
vital community members. It's a vital
04:51:47
The vent for all. I think this will be
04:51:48
a success like it has been the last
04:51:49
two years. It works as a both in
04:51:52
person and virtual event and I would
04:51:53
like to see it supported. Next comment
04:52:07
is from Tiffany 48. Council members
04:52:08
and fellow citizens, I'm writing this
04:52:09
letter in support of Santa Clara
04:52:10
parade of champions, very special
04:52:11
memorable and unifying the year the
04:52:12
event is played a major role in
04:52:13
bringing Santa ClaraTogether. Many
04:52:23
communities feel less like a community
04:52:24
but it's about like this parade that
04:52:25
makes our town feel connected. This
04:52:26
spring is special because it
04:52:27
introduces us to our neighbors
04:52:28
businesses schools front-line workers
04:52:29
and heroes champion shows each of us
04:52:30
what kind of people make up this great
04:52:31
city. And our last comment is from
04:53:18
Tony Raffetto. Hello, my name is Tony
04:53:19
Raffetto and I am a teacher at Wilcox
04:53:20
high school. I'm also the advisor for
04:53:21
the Wilcox business experience. This
04:53:22
is a club where we international level
04:53:23
competitions in the subject matters of
04:53:24
entrepreneurship financial advising
04:53:25
and other business subjects. We also
04:53:26
have our students participate in
04:53:27
activities that help their community.
04:53:28
Over the last few years we've had the
04:53:29
pleasure of working with the revamped
04:53:30
parade of champions. Our jobs range
04:53:31
from one parade route and informing
04:53:32
everybody about the parade when the
04:53:33
street closures to being in charge of
04:53:34
the social media marketing campaign
04:53:35
last year. I'm writing this email
04:53:36
asking the city Council to look at
04:53:37
this project from a different
04:53:38
viewpoint despite living in Santa
04:53:39
Clara area for most their knives I was
04:53:40
surprised how little connectionWith
04:54:08
the city after participating in
04:54:09
activities like the parade of
04:54:10
champions they have developed a
04:54:11
connection to their communities
04:54:12
because of opportunities like this my
04:54:13
kids tend to talk about the importance
04:54:14
of community. It is very possible we
04:54:15
might even have some of the future
04:54:16
leaders of the community that will
04:54:17
enter this calling because of the
04:54:18
experiences they had the past two
04:54:19
years. They were able to see that they
04:54:20
could make a difference and that they
04:54:21
should always try to strengthen a
04:54:22
community where they live. Without
04:54:23
events like the parade of champions my
04:54:24
students don't have these types of
04:54:25
opportunities to be involved on the
04:54:26
street level with the community. When
04:54:27
working with some of the committee
04:54:28
members of the parade of champions our
04:54:29
students are able to hear the history
04:54:30
of Santa Clara and understand why
04:54:31
things happen. Events like this are
04:54:32
the bridge between our current
04:54:33
leadership in the future of our
04:54:34
community. I appreciate your time and
04:54:35
(INAUDIBLE).
04:54:36
>>Thank you, assistant city clerk, for
04:54:37
reading all those E comments. And for
04:54:38
those people that want to volunteer, I
04:54:39
am sure you can get online to the
04:54:40
parade of champions. There's a lot of
04:54:41
volunteer opportunities as well. Again
04:54:42
I apologize for not having those
04:54:43
comments read. During the actual
04:54:44
action item, but it looks like we
04:54:45
listen to you.Next item we have is
04:54:46
discussion and action on councilmember
04:54:47
Becker's request to prepare a public
04:54:48
apology to the residents of Santa
04:54:49
Clara for the CVR a lawsuit. Council
04:54:50
member record?
04:54:51
>>Thank you, Mayor. I sentMy draft of
04:54:54
the letter to city clerk today I don't
04:55:05
know about what time, for something, I
04:55:06
felt that this would be a little
04:55:07
quicker for people to discuss and
04:55:08
lookover rather than trying to sit
04:55:12
here and I'll write it at the same
04:55:13
time and we can add subtract whatever
04:55:14
you want to do.
04:55:15
>>Where is the draft letter?
04:55:19
>>It's in the email that was sent I
04:55:20
think Nora sent it out.
04:55:23
>>Wayne?
04:55:24
>>Yes, I sent this out this afternoon.
04:55:27
Let me look at my email to the exact
04:55:28
time.
04:55:50
>>I have 5:29.
04:55:51
>>5:29, during our meeting. Okay, no
04:55:52
wonder I haven't seen it. Sorry, go
04:55:53
ahead.
04:55:54
>>Okay, so I will start off, first
04:55:57
before I go into the letterBoth in the
04:56:09
trial court and his circuit affirmed
04:56:10
in the Court of Appeals found Santa
04:56:11
Clara engage in over seven years of
04:56:12
racial discrimination rather seeing to
04:56:20
and this change and hurt city councils
04:56:21
of the past were determined to uphold
04:56:22
this ugly record. The Council expended
04:56:23
five $20 million of residences moneyIn
04:56:30
defense of the indefensible. Our
04:56:31
elected officials were elected to
04:56:32
uphold the values that they were
04:56:33
elected to uphold which was fiscal
04:56:34
responsibility.We wasted money on
04:56:49
measures A and 6C because of the
04:56:50
integrity represent the residents of
04:56:51
the minority majority city. They
04:56:52
jeopardize the financial future not
04:56:53
only of residents but of employees and
04:56:54
out facilities from all the city. Buck
04:56:55
stops here. Council has fiduciary duty.
04:56:56
We allow this to make us now a record
04:57:17
Setter an example is one of the most
04:57:18
expensive lawsuits we became now
04:57:19
statistic. There is no remedy that we
04:57:20
can offer to residents to right this
04:57:21
wrong as found by the courts but
04:57:22
tonight we as a body can offer an
04:57:23
honest apology Santa Cruz defense the
04:57:24
indefensible to allow all our fellow
04:57:25
minority residents was wholly wrong
04:57:32
and is the court's ruling. This
04:57:33
Council falls on its sword tonight and
04:57:34
we hope that will never happen again.
04:57:37
So my letter is reading as this. To
04:57:38
the people of Santa Clara, to the
04:57:46
people of the city of Santa Clara the
04:57:47
2011 the city of Santa Clara received
04:57:48
a letter when was advised that the
04:58:02
election system is infringing on the
04:58:03
voting rights of the city's
04:58:04
Asian-American citizens which at the
04:58:05
time made up 39% of the city's
04:58:06
residents. The city of Santa Clara is
04:58:07
a minority majority city. Santa Clara
04:58:08
didn't have a single majority single
04:58:40
minority Council member since the
04:58:41
charter was approved in 1992. The
04:58:42
Council dismissed the concerns of the
04:58:43
tomato First Analysis which concluded
04:58:44
the city was in jeopardy of the costly
04:58:45
California voting rights lawsuit the
04:58:46
CRA. The next six years city continued
04:58:47
to ignore the legal advice that the
04:58:48
city remained in jeopardy. In 2016
04:58:49
before the elections the city tried to
04:58:50
avoid the fact that the Santa Clara
04:58:51
had received a letter threatening the
04:58:52
lawsuit. In 2017, the lawsuit we
04:58:53
feared was filed. Instead of
04:58:54
acknowledging the that had been done
04:58:55
to Santa Cruz Asian-American residents
04:58:56
the city chose to fight the lawsuit
04:58:59
insisting that not having a minority
04:59:00
councilmember didn't prove that
04:59:01
minorities are disadvantaged by the
04:59:02
at-large system. In 2018 Santa Clara
04:59:03
lost lawsuit. The judge ordered Santa
04:59:04
Clara to adopt six districts
04:59:10
councilmembers in case $3.1 million to
04:59:11
be awarded to the attorney in over
04:59:12
$7000. In result, the city appealed
04:59:16
the verdict and didn't back down. In
04:59:17
the end the city lost the appeal in
04:59:18
their agreement. Another argument.
04:59:32
After 10 years the city owed the
04:59:33
plaintiff's attorneys over $4 million
04:59:34
in legal fields fees and paid $1.5
04:59:35
million to his own attorney. Since
04:59:36
going to district Santa Clara selected
04:59:37
three minority councilmembers to the
04:59:38
city Council. Three minorities in the
04:59:39
city Council. The city of Santa Clara
04:59:45
Santa Clara city Council past and
04:59:46
present owes an apology to his
04:59:47
minority majority population for clean
05:00:05
to a system that prevented them from
05:00:06
exercising their rights under the
05:00:07
Constitution to elect representatives
05:00:08
of their choice. The Santa Clara city
05:00:09
Council also owes an apology to all of
05:00:10
its residents for wasting over $5
05:00:11
million it could've made a difference
05:00:12
in the cities fiscal circumstances
05:00:13
right now. We humbly offer these
05:00:22
apologies today and hope that with the
05:00:23
support and participation of all of
05:00:24
our community we will live up to our
05:00:25
democratic ideals and truly make Santa
05:00:26
Clara the center of what's possible to
05:00:27
all of our residents. In the end on a
05:00:29
personal note, I apologize to
05:00:30
residents of Santa Clara personally
05:00:31
for my (INAUDIBLE) as a resident, as a
05:01:13
voter as a member of this community. I
05:01:14
stand somewhat responsible because I
05:01:15
elected leaders that continue to allow
05:01:16
this to be kicked down the road. As a
05:01:17
resident I should have been more
05:01:18
active yet I was only 26 when this all
05:01:19
started. I had a voice but I didn't
05:01:20
think anyone would listen to a young
05:01:21
kid like me. I am just one person and
05:01:22
what difference would I have made yet
05:01:23
sometimes maybe one person can make a
05:01:24
difference. In fact I was a fan of the
05:01:25
districts before this all started. I
05:01:26
could have ran for office back then I
05:01:27
could've tried to make that
05:01:28
difference, but I can't go back you
05:01:29
can't change the past. The only thing
05:01:30
I can do is help protect and resolve
05:01:31
in the future.I only have regrets for
05:01:32
allowing this, I could've would've
05:01:33
should've, as a resident, before I was
05:01:34
a councilmember I feel bad. Tonight I
05:01:35
hope that we write a wrong with the
05:01:36
public, I hope we also learned a very
05:01:37
valuable lesson to be fiscally
05:01:45
conservative and to know what the law
05:01:46
is. I hope you accept our sincerest
05:01:47
apology tonight my residents and my
05:01:48
people of Santa Clara. This is open
05:01:49
for discussion whatever would anybody
05:01:50
would like to talk about.
05:01:53
>>Comments from the Council on this?
05:01:59
Vice Mayor Chahal?
05:02:02
>>Thank you, Mayor. Thank you,
05:02:10
councilmember Becker for bringing this
05:02:11
forward and I fully agree with you
05:02:16
like the buck stops at the Council and
05:02:17
CouncilMay not only fiscally be
05:02:22
responsible, socially responsible
05:02:29
decisions too. There is a reason CDI
05:02:30
was enacted.We have a voting right
05:02:37
act. California was very progressive
05:02:39
and wanted to go beyond what that act
05:02:44
was. And we did not learn from the
05:02:45
history like there were multiple
05:02:48
lawsuits before us, each one of them
05:02:52
lost, each one of them lost money, some
05:03:04
not some, majority of the cities
05:03:05
learn from others experience. But we
05:03:06
did not. And from that perspective
05:03:11
like we wasted more than $5 million of
05:03:12
our residents money, basically. If we
05:03:13
would'veMade that fiscally responsible
05:03:15
decisionThat $5 million right now
05:03:19
during this crisis of deficit funding,
05:03:28
a deficit budget deficit would've been
05:03:29
very handy to provide so many services
05:03:30
to the cityAnd employees not to freeze
05:03:36
employees. So these were very
05:03:43
detrimental decisions made by the
05:03:44
Council and as such we do owe an
05:03:45
apology to our residents. Especially
05:03:48
like not havingMinority council member
05:03:58
in the majority minority majority city
05:03:59
for 70 years or something like that.
05:04:01
The writing was on the wall. We should
05:04:08
have looked at what we are doing. So I
05:04:09
fully agree with you your apology nine
05:04:15
more than happy to support it. Thank
05:04:16
you.
05:04:17
Thank you, councilmember Jane?
05:04:20
>>Yes, so this is, you know, voting
05:04:23
rights are subject to very subtle
05:04:31
systemic racism. We have seen systemic
05:04:32
racismIn many forms rearing its ugly
05:04:37
head in this country, one prime
05:04:40
example is federalSentencing on crack
05:04:49
versus cocaine. Possession. And it was
05:04:50
thatThere were very different
05:04:58
Sentencing that were imposed by judges
05:04:59
that were supposed to be fairAnd
05:05:14
legislatures that made these laws
05:05:15
between the types of cocaine that
05:05:16
people were using. We have seen the
05:05:17
black family well is 1/10 in the
05:05:18
United States of white family wealth.
05:05:19
And now we see all of these crazy
05:05:30
Voting laws that are being composed in
05:05:31
the states all over the country. And
05:05:32
people don't think that is
05:05:33
disenfranchising. But clearly it is.
05:05:36
And we need to be very vigilant. I
05:05:40
don't think thatPeople always do
05:05:46
things overtly but there is a lot of
05:05:49
subtle things that happened that do
05:05:51
impact and the reality is that Santa
05:06:01
Clara hadn't had a minority on its
05:06:02
Council and 70 years. And so I think
05:06:07
that for whatever reason we ended up
05:06:13
wasting almost $6 million onFighting
05:06:26
something that basically no city is
05:06:27
ever one Mac. So I would like to
05:06:28
apologize for having wasted the city's
05:06:29
treasury on thisFool's errand. So
05:06:31
that's what I have to say about it.
05:06:36
>>Okay, anybody else?Any councilmember
05:06:44
Park?
05:07:00
>>(INAUDIBLE).
05:07:01
>>What was that?
05:07:02
>>I am saving my comments, thank you.
05:07:03
>>Okay. Anybody else? Councilmember
05:07:07
Watanabe?
05:07:08
>>I hope he is not holding back,
05:07:09
because I just put my hand up, I don't
05:07:10
want him toTake his time.
05:07:11
>>That's right, go to the public and
05:07:21
you can think about your comments.
05:07:22
Edward, go ahead, Edward. Any member
05:07:23
of the public wants to speak please
05:07:24
line up. Edward, go ahead.
05:07:25
>>Yes, just want to say that(INAUDIBLE)
05:07:42
>>Edward, we can't hear you. Can you
05:07:43
speak into the microphone?
05:07:44
>>Yes, racism, all racism is wrong,
05:07:45
can you hear me?
05:07:46
>>Yes, we can hear you now.
05:07:47
>>Okay.I just want to say thatAs far
05:07:48
as the voting everybody that's illegal
05:07:58
, You've got to be sure that your vote
05:07:59
is going to count and that you are a
05:08:00
legal citizen. It doesn't matter what
05:08:10
nationality you are as long as your
05:08:11
legal you are fine, you can both. But
05:08:12
we do need an honest voting. The
05:08:13
voting system not only in our city but
05:08:14
stateIs really crazy. We have these
05:08:19
voting machines. I used a sharpie for
05:08:20
the first time and I put my(INAUDIBLE)
05:08:44
into a machine. And I don't even think
05:08:45
my vote counted but we do need laws
05:08:46
and we need to enact these laws to
05:08:47
make sure that our votes will count
05:08:48
because there's a lot of evidence out
05:08:49
there that was corruption in our
05:08:50
voting system. That's all I need say,
05:08:51
thank you.
05:08:52
>>Thank you, Edward. Kurt, go ahead,
05:08:53
Kirk.
05:08:54
>>So justThere was not corruption like
05:09:02
that just hearing that is just crazy
05:09:03
talk I'm sorry to hear stuff like that
05:09:04
still being shared. We are talking
05:09:05
about the general approach of over how
05:09:06
voting was done in the city of Santa
05:09:07
Clara and not just these crazy talk.
05:09:11
Anyway, what I would like to share is
05:09:12
from my understanding the CVR lawsuit
05:09:18
happened during Matthew's watch for
05:09:19
Matthew's mayhem, the old power system
05:09:25
was in place. That's where this
05:09:26
started. And is propagated during that
05:09:27
time.And candidly, I had all kinds of
05:09:38
problems with at-large voting in
05:09:39
general. I think it's racist. I think
05:09:40
it's unfair in general how structured
05:09:41
and I challenge that long long ago
05:09:42
Because the old days wereFor mayors
05:09:51
may Hanan Matthews, they a very
05:09:52
chilling effects on how they did
05:09:53
business in public. But in terms of
05:10:03
This being a racist that's not a
05:10:04
racist city, it wasn't done on racism,
05:10:05
it was done I think for other reasons.
05:10:06
And the districting was supported by
05:10:07
the current leaders, well, leaders
05:10:26
and, I know the mayor and the prior
05:10:27
Council had supported districting and
05:10:28
had a chart set up and look at that
05:10:29
and they had some ideas to go through.
05:10:30
Unfortunately, the districting was
05:10:31
blended with ranked choice voting and
05:10:32
people got confused and I think shut
05:10:33
that down. But I personally believe if
05:10:34
a three districtOption was put out
05:10:46
there, that would be passed on its
05:10:47
own, because I think in hearing what
05:10:48
the chart with the city of Santa Clara
05:10:49
residents said, that's what they said
05:10:50
they wanted. And that's what would've
05:10:51
represented Santa Clara in more robust
05:10:52
way rather than having just 20,000
05:10:53
people be able to elect an individual
05:10:54
to representHave a six of the city's
05:11:09
voice. Anyway, my comment I don't
05:11:10
think this is necessary, I don't know
05:11:11
why you would send a message like
05:11:12
this, it's beyond, it's gone now. So I
05:11:13
hope that you move forward and I just
05:11:14
don't think this is a good use of
05:11:15
Council time and energy, especially at
05:11:16
11:30. Thank you.
05:11:17
>>Thank you. Any other member of the
05:11:18
public want to speak on this issue?All
05:11:19
right. Council member Becker?
05:11:20
>>
05:11:21
>>Go ahead.This is from Susan, the
05:11:54
city Council makes an apology for the
05:11:55
voting rights lawsuit it should be
05:11:56
short and to the point, Brabson city
05:11:57
Council of Senate there apologize to
05:11:58
citizens of Santa Clara are not acting
05:11:59
faster, except the state court
05:12:00
rulings, going for the Council will
05:12:01
work diligently to ensure all citizens
05:12:02
in the city are properly and well
05:12:03
represented. Anything else Waurika
05:12:04
politics. Make citizens resentful and
05:12:05
backfire loudly and promptly than a
05:12:06
sideshow roadster. In the comment.
05:12:07
>>Okay, thank you. Councilmember Becker
05:12:08
?
05:12:09
>>Going to add a few comments, The
05:12:10
residents of the city are not racist,
05:12:11
the city of Santa Clara is not racist,
05:12:12
the voting system was racist. We need
05:12:13
to get those facts correct. This is
05:12:14
alsoCouncil blame, one of the
05:12:32
residents said that, that yes,
05:12:33
councils are to blame. This is
05:12:34
Matthews, this is all of them, this is
05:12:35
kicking the can down the road. And
05:12:36
this is why we are giving this
05:12:37
apology. This is not politics an
05:12:38
apology is due to the residents of
05:12:39
Santa Clara including all the
05:12:40
minorities in the city. This happened,
05:12:42
it was wrong and as a resident before
05:12:43
I was Council member it was pretty
05:12:44
sickening to see how we just continued
05:12:45
to let this go. And I think it's time
05:12:46
that we stand up for what was wrongAnd
05:12:50
admit that it was wrong and give this
05:13:21
apology release it to the public and
05:13:22
we move on. This is due to the
05:13:23
residences of scent as residents of
05:13:24
Santa Clara. They deserve that
05:13:25
apology, this is not politics, this is
05:13:26
not personal, this is about moving on,
05:13:27
this is about providing the apology
05:13:28
that was due to those residents and
05:13:29
again the city of Santa Clara, I know
05:13:30
the funny papers tomorrow morning are
05:13:31
going to go crazy about what I say.
05:13:32
The city of Santa Clara is not racist.
05:13:33
The residents are not racist. It's
05:13:34
voting system was found racist. You
05:13:50
can't beat fax. Please try to
05:13:51
(INAUDIBLE) that. We go back we had ad
05:13:52
hoc committees, to me it just didn't
05:13:53
seem like it work I did listen to what
05:13:54
the residents wanted, measure A
05:13:55
failed, Measure Z failed, three
05:13:56
districts were unfair, six districts
05:13:57
were the judge said it in a word. What
05:13:58
we are saying is if you have any
05:13:59
concerns about this that the people of
05:14:00
the judge is wrong that everybody else
05:14:01
is wrong and we were right, no.2
05:14:09
quarts on the wrong, they deserve an
05:14:10
apologyWe wasted $5.8 million. That is
05:14:16
not fiscal responsibility, that is
05:14:17
irresponsibility.
05:14:19
>>Councilmember part?
05:14:41
>>Yes, so I do agree with what
05:14:42
councilmember Becker sank I think that
05:14:43
Mr. (INAUDIBLE) is also correct and
05:14:44
wrong. It's not just about Asian
05:14:45
Americans or minorities. This is an
05:14:46
issue that affected every person who
05:14:47
ran, it was just a bad system. I think
05:14:48
probably there a lot of people in the
05:14:49
majority ethnicities who are also
05:14:56
affected by the system. But not having
05:14:57
minority representation was just a
05:14:58
more obvious indicator of this fact.
05:14:59
And I do disagree that it happened on
05:15:00
Mac Davis's watch which we blame one
05:15:09
person to try to pin it to a point in
05:15:10
time, but realistically it happened on
05:15:11
a lot of people's watches including
05:15:12
the watches of the people currently on
05:15:13
Council. We never got a chance to
05:15:14
voice an opinion on how our money was
05:15:15
spent fighting the lawsuit, not just
05:15:19
on fighting the lawsuit but also on
05:15:20
the appeal, like I don't think that
05:15:21
question was ever brought. We also
05:15:26
missed, and this was earlier this
05:15:27
year, an opportunity to save money on
05:15:28
offer from the plaintiff's. It
05:15:30
happened on a lot of people's watches.
05:15:41
In the apology is certainly necessary.
05:15:42
An apology is not an admission that we
05:15:43
were trying to be offensive or even
05:15:44
racist. It's the understanding that
05:15:45
people were hurt by our actions and
05:15:46
Feel bad for it. Apology is one ofAnd
05:16:25
I think that with an apology I do
05:16:26
agree with Ms. Hinton that we should
05:16:27
keep it short, to the point, but we
05:16:28
need to have an apology that says this
05:16:29
is what we did and this is what we
05:16:30
feel bad for. But we are a city that's
05:16:31
inclusive not just of minorities but
05:16:32
everyone. Even people we don't know
05:16:33
that want to run that maybe are part
05:16:34
of the majority ethnicity. It's not
05:16:35
about ethnicity it's about everyone.
05:16:36
We are a city that's inclusive. We
05:16:37
feel bad when this is not true. We
05:16:38
acknowledge when our actions are seen
05:16:39
as the cause, we are not going to try
05:16:40
to limit myTry to make the statement
05:16:41
as proactively and boldly as we can
05:16:42
than I think an apology doesAnd while
05:16:50
we are responsible, the next time that
05:16:51
a lawsuit affects a class of residents
05:16:52
I would certainly hope that we would
05:16:53
bring it up and have a discussion with
05:16:54
that class of residents before we
05:16:55
simply fought against it or made
05:16:56
decisions for them.So again, I do
05:16:57
think that an apology is necessary and
05:16:58
I do think that people understand
05:16:59
relationshipsRealize that apologies
05:17:09
aren't necessarily for the people who
05:17:10
made the actions, they are for the
05:17:11
people who feel hurt and I think that
05:17:12
in apologies in good faith, our show
05:17:15
of good faith in a show of
05:17:16
understanding that we have grown from
05:17:17
thisIncident, we have grown from these
05:17:21
things, we acknowledge what happened
05:17:22
we are going to move onWith an
05:17:42
agreement that this will not happen
05:17:43
again. And I think that's what the
05:17:44
apology is for. But saying that it's
05:17:45
not the mission that we are racist, we
05:17:46
didn't try to do this, we acknowledge
05:17:47
that this is what happened when
05:17:48
knowledge this is (INAUDIBLE). Thank
05:17:49
you.
05:17:50
>>Councilmember Watanabe?Councilmember
05:17:51
Watanabe?
05:17:53
>>Thank you.SoThere has been a
05:18:00
statement regarding minorities having
05:18:04
been elected in the past. I believe
05:18:07
his name was Roger Martinez, Mayor,
05:18:18
you can probably correctly, but he was
05:18:19
actually served as the city Council
05:18:20
member in the 1970s in the city of
05:18:21
Santa Clara.Though there has been
05:18:34
minority elections in the past. And
05:18:35
Eddie Susa was also served as mayor
05:18:36
and also served on the city Council.
05:18:37
He was Portuguese and Italian.There
05:18:40
have been minorities elected to the
05:18:41
city Council in the past.What I would
05:18:48
like to just state is that I make no
05:18:56
apologies for standing up against a
05:18:57
lawsuit that called residents of Santa
05:18:58
Clara racist.And a Clarence vote for
05:19:02
the candidate's qualificationsNot
05:19:05
their skin color. In 2016 in an
05:19:13
at-large election, I one Mac every
05:19:14
precinct in the city of Santa Clara
05:19:23
Even though I was running in a
05:19:24
non-racially polarized race against
05:19:25
four men who included such Jane, mom
05:19:26
and the Dean Anthony Becker and
05:19:30
Marielle Russo.In 2020 in the first
05:19:35
district 1 Alexion, The district with
05:19:40
the highest percentage of Asian
05:19:41
Americans, there were only two
05:19:43
precinctsAnd I one Mac both in my
05:19:48
reelection.Changes have been made.
05:19:54
Time will tellHow it is best, if it is
05:20:00
best for Santa Clara. But for now it's
05:20:05
time to move forward. It's time to
05:20:06
stop wasting the residents time on
05:20:09
this issue. It's time I don't want to
05:20:15
go backwards. I want to move forward.
05:20:23
And focus on the city and its
05:20:24
residents. It's time to embrace what
05:20:25
makes our city specialAnd focus on its
05:20:26
future. So I will not be supporting
05:20:29
any motionRegarding this matter either
05:20:41
with a yes or no. I'm going to be
05:20:42
abstaining because once again I am not
05:20:43
going backwards. I am going forward.
05:20:46
Because once again, Santa Clarence both
05:20:49
A candidate's qualifications, not the
05:20:57
color of their skin. Thank you.
05:20:58
>>Thank you, councilmember Becker.
05:21:32
>>One of the comments of councilmember
05:21:33
Watanabe dismay, which was about
05:21:34
former councilmembers I guess the
05:21:35
newspapers and the rulings are all
05:21:36
wrong about minority people not being
05:21:37
elected in 70 years, but councilmember
05:21:38
Watanabe said about Italians and
05:21:39
Portuguese, funny, I'm Italian
05:21:40
Portuguese Hawaiian, I am a mixture,
05:21:41
so does that make me a minority? No,
05:21:42
it doesn't, I'm white. I think that
05:21:43
assumption right there is pretty
05:21:44
wrong. Italian Portuguese, we are all
05:21:45
mix in that regard.Just want to
05:21:46
clarify that.
05:21:47
>>Okay. I'm just going to make some
05:21:48
comments, first of all, councilmember
05:21:49
Becker, there are factual inaccuracies
05:21:51
in these, I assume this was your
05:21:52
PowerPoint, these discussion points
05:21:53
and the letter that you just put up
05:21:54
that we just got this evening, so this
05:22:04
is a really important issue, and the
05:22:05
facts really need to be accurate there
05:22:06
is also some very serious implications
05:22:07
to what you are saying.Because
05:22:22
historically our city charter was
05:22:23
established by the people in our
05:22:24
community and our voting system was
05:22:25
outlined in the city charter. So it
05:22:26
was our residents originally that set
05:22:31
up the system that you called the
05:22:32
races system. And I do not believe
05:22:48
like councilmember Watanabe that the
05:22:49
people of Santa Clara are racist, and
05:22:50
that was the basis of this lawsuit
05:22:51
that Santa Clara does have racially
05:22:52
polarized voting, based on race. I
05:22:54
think that anyone who did public
05:22:55
outreach on this issue would discover
05:23:04
that. And I suspect there has been no
05:23:05
public outreach on this issue to any
05:23:06
residence in any district and anyone
05:23:30
who read our legal arguments our valid
05:23:31
arguments would clearly see that the
05:23:32
city was not racist. Anyone who
05:23:33
listened to our various charter
05:23:34
commissioners debate this issue would
05:23:35
see that they were not racist. In many
05:23:36
settings parents believe that we had
05:23:37
better alternatives like rank choice
05:23:38
voting in multimember districtsAnd
05:23:45
that's not racist. We spend money on
05:23:46
lawsuits when we believe we have to
05:23:47
defend the city. Some we win and some
05:23:48
we lose. And I have to be very candid,
05:23:51
I think this proposal is not thought
05:23:52
through very carefullyAnd it really
05:24:05
makes a serious charge, and I am also
05:24:06
disappointed that we didn't see
05:24:07
anything, there was nothing in our
05:24:08
packet and we didn't see anything
05:24:09
until you send a letter during the
05:24:10
Council meeting tonightAt this
05:24:16
meeting's are public didn't even have
05:24:17
a chance to look at what you sent. I
05:24:18
recommend that we table this item and
05:24:19
let councilmember back her work on it
05:24:20
some more and do some public outreach
05:24:21
and get a sense of what your residents
05:24:23
think about this. BecauseI really
05:24:32
think that this has serious
05:24:33
consequences if you put this
05:24:34
unprecedented letter out to the
05:24:35
community. And so those are my
05:24:36
comments, I think this item should be
05:24:37
tabled.Counselor Becker?
05:24:50
>>Thank you, Mayor, but no offense, I
05:24:51
think you're wrong, it's okay to be
05:24:52
wrong, we learn from that but the
05:24:53
thing is that in 2016 the letter came
05:25:03
in, this is on your watch,
05:25:04
(INAUDIBLE), this was on your watch,
05:25:05
councilmember Watanabe, you guys were
05:25:06
fiscally responsible and lost $5.8
05:25:07
million. I $0.8 million. The buck
05:25:31
stops with you. So honestly, are you
05:25:32
saying that you're not going to
05:25:33
apologize to the residents of Santa
05:25:34
Clara for wasting their money? And
05:25:35
this is communication to the residents
05:25:36
to say we are sorry, why do we need to
05:25:37
have outreach when really everybody
05:25:38
knows what Santa Clara went through
05:25:39
that every resident I spoke to during
05:25:40
the campaign of 2020 said why do you
05:25:41
keep costing so much money on this
05:25:42
lawsuit? Why did we just stop it? Why
05:25:43
did we do something, say something?
05:25:44
There is nothing else you can say. No
05:25:45
offense, Mary Gillmor, but you're
05:25:46
wrong, but as it was on your watch and
05:25:48
you guys appealed, it was the prior
05:25:49
Council administration. You appealed
05:25:50
the lawsuit.It wasn't me, wasn't on
05:26:12
the Council, I never voted for that,
05:26:13
there were two of you on this council
05:26:14
right now and there are other councils
05:26:15
before this that just kicked it down
05:26:16
the road. It's time to fess up and say
05:26:17
you're sorry. That's what I feel and I
05:26:18
think that's what we're doing night by
05:26:19
apologizing this is not personal, this
05:26:20
is not political, this is being honest
05:26:21
to the city's residents and being
05:26:22
saying that we physicallyWe were
05:26:23
fiscally irresponsible by
05:26:24
misappropriating their money. We
05:26:47
didn't have money for police and fire,
05:26:48
you wonder why we didn't have money
05:26:49
for certain other things, we don't
05:26:50
have events, budget deficits because
05:26:51
we keep spending money like this. It's
05:26:52
not right. And I think the residents
05:26:53
deserve that apology. Therefore I do
05:26:54
disagree with you, Mayor, and that's
05:26:55
the thing in this country we can
05:26:56
disagree with each other and still
05:26:57
treat each other respectfully and I
05:26:58
will always treat you respectfully,
05:26:59
but there's times where you have to
05:27:00
admit that sometimes you are wrong and
05:27:01
I think that spending that money was
05:27:02
wrong.That is my feelings, you have
05:27:03
your feelings and the people just the
05:27:11
people agree, the people agree it was
05:27:12
wasteful and it was irresponsible and
05:27:13
Mary Gilmore, last point, you're
05:27:14
really taking my point out of context.
05:27:15
The charter was not set up to be
05:27:16
racist, the kick the can down the road
05:27:17
approach by this council is what made
05:27:18
the voting system races.That's what
05:27:40
people see, it's all optics, they
05:27:41
always know optics is about. I know
05:27:42
I'm probably good getting ranted about
05:27:43
the funny papers but I really don't
05:27:44
care because I'm standing up the
05:27:45
residents of Santa Clara and telling
05:27:46
them I'm going to be fiscally
05:27:47
responsible and never let anything
05:27:48
make this happen again we start today
05:27:49
by giving that apology. That's why
05:27:50
hope this Council will support this
05:27:51
letter and give it to the city
05:27:52
residents of Santa Clara publicly and
05:27:53
through press release for social media.
05:27:54
From a councilmember part?
05:27:55
>>Yes, I have no problems voting on
05:27:59
whether or not we should issue an
05:28:00
apology. Can then decide on the exact
05:28:01
wording later. I'd be more than happy
05:28:02
to work with anyone else to come up
05:28:03
with alternative wording if that's
05:28:04
what it takes, but I would like to
05:28:05
vote on whether or not we should have
05:28:18
to issue an apology or not. The voting
05:28:19
system was put in place with 100%
05:28:20
(INAUDIBLE). Minorities for the brunt
05:28:21
of this discrimination and the most
05:28:22
obvious way and that's why we have a
05:28:23
lawsuit. They were not the only
05:28:24
victims. It's not about what the
05:28:25
intent was when we set up the charter,
05:28:26
I'm sure that we didn't think of a lot
05:28:27
of things. We didn't think of the
05:28:33
makeup of the city because there is no
05:28:34
way to know the makeup of the city
05:28:35
when the charter was created but it is
05:28:36
about the effect and certain people's
05:28:37
ability to understand why it was wrong
05:28:38
does not change that effect. I fear as
05:28:39
with other earlier actions that open
05:28:48
in education at any lessons to be
05:28:49
learned by the lawsuit may be lost on
05:28:50
many people in the city. That
05:28:51
possibility should not preclude other
05:28:52
people in the city who do understand
05:28:53
the issues to vote for an apology.
05:28:54
Again, I think that people whoHave
05:28:58
real relationships understand
05:28:59
apologies are as I said before the
05:29:00
lowest denomination currency in
05:29:01
relationship.It is an understanding
05:29:07
that whether we intended it or not
05:29:08
people were hurt and we recognize
05:29:09
understand and apologize for these
05:29:16
actions that cause them to be heard.
05:29:17
If we are just refusing to have apology
05:29:18
or grounds that Portuguese and
05:29:22
Italian's were minorities and they may
05:29:30
have been at one point, but I think
05:29:31
the really need to look at what the
05:29:32
makeup of the city is. Then again, it
05:29:39
is not about how you feel about it, it
05:29:40
is a lot about how the people who
05:29:41
filed the lawsuit, you pay for the
05:29:42
lawsuit, who fought the lawsuits, We
05:29:43
really need to think from the other
05:29:44
side, we can't just thinkJust
05:29:46
ourselves, thank you.
05:29:52
>>City clerk. Go ahead.
05:30:01
>>Takes a minute to get unmuted.I
05:30:08
don't have my video on because I'm not
05:30:09
an attendee, that's fine.There's
05:30:12
something to be said about apologies.
05:30:23
I agree with a lot of the sentiment
05:30:24
that Kevin is sharing about apologies
05:30:25
mattering, they are important.
05:30:26
Representation matters, is extremely
05:30:27
important. You will have no idea as
05:30:35
the first Muslim elected in the South
05:30:36
Bay, the entire South base history
05:30:37
what that meant to folks for my
05:30:38
community and what it meant for folks
05:30:39
especially young folks to see my wife
05:30:41
swear me in, kids for me and wearing
05:30:42
the headscarfAnd the judge made a
05:30:50
decision in the appellate court
05:30:51
agreed. But the lawsuit was about and
05:30:59
(INAUDIBLE) system and the city worked
05:31:00
on proposals to remedy the numbers
05:31:01
system with two measures and so the
05:31:02
councilsDid take action to and filled
05:31:10
the ballot box. Important to note that
05:31:11
hindsight is 2020, it's easy to look
05:31:12
back and say to see what we could have
05:31:14
done differently, I think I can't
05:31:23
remember which Council member, I think
05:31:24
it was councilmember Parker said that
05:31:25
it is true that several of the past
05:31:26
administrations including the current
05:31:27
one could haveSteer the ship in a
05:31:33
different direction, we would have a
05:31:34
different outcome or maybe the same
05:31:35
outcome but not have to pay the $5.8
05:31:36
million. During Matthew'sTime, he
05:31:47
could resolve the situation by
05:31:48
removing the seat systems are going to
05:31:49
district, the prior Council could've
05:31:50
instituted what the plaintiff wanted
05:31:51
which was seven single-member
05:31:56
districts without an elected mayor.
05:31:57
And even a great Council is
05:31:58
councilmember Park said could've
05:31:59
settled. So it's easy to lookBack and
05:32:06
see the hindsight is 2020 but I just
05:32:07
want to clarify and set the record
05:32:08
straight, even as my capacity as the
05:32:09
clerk thatThere were a lot of forces
05:32:16
at play here, and it's easy to look
05:32:17
back and say what we could've done, we
05:32:18
could've descended in early, but when
05:32:33
we look at measure A is an example how
05:32:34
we talk about Measure Z and a second
05:32:35
I'll keep it short, merit, but in
05:32:36
terms of measure A, we actually saw
05:32:37
that ring choice voting was approved
05:32:38
as a remedy by the judge in the
05:32:39
Palmdale case which was referenced as
05:32:40
nausea when comparing our cases we are
05:32:48
going through. Now was chosen as a
05:32:49
remedy only recently so that was a
05:32:50
part of the discussion. When we are
05:32:51
discussing measure a but also want to
05:32:52
remind the Council that the majority
05:32:53
of this current Council endorsed
05:32:54
measure A. And so like there was
05:32:55
action taken, there was an initiative
05:32:56
to remedy the system.And thePlaintiffs
05:33:09
actually spent money trying to defeat
05:33:10
measure A and later on was trying to
05:33:11
get reimbursed for that campaign and
05:33:12
political campaigning from the lawsuit
05:33:13
fines and the judge rejected that. And
05:33:20
measure C, let's not forget that
05:33:21
measure C was opposed with nearly
05:33:22
$700,000 by Judge Orson the 49ers with
05:33:25
virtually no support. There was not a
05:33:31
proponent campaign committee to
05:33:32
support Measure Z, I was exclusively
05:33:33
opposedBy this outside money. So I
05:33:37
want to go back, I thinkIt's really
05:33:47
important to put things in context,
05:33:48
representation DEF lien matters,
05:33:49
apologies areImportant. It's the
05:34:02
lowest denomination currency. If I
05:34:03
want to make sure the facts are set
05:34:04
straight because there's an apology, I
05:34:05
like the idea of it being short and
05:34:06
sweet and you really gotten cautious
05:34:07
about not insinuating that the Council
05:34:16
or the city did nothing. There's a lot
05:34:17
it was done, two measures that failed
05:34:18
at the ballot box without side
05:34:19
opposition and a lot of even the
05:34:20
current Council in the prior Council
05:34:22
that were supporting some of those
05:34:23
measures, at least measure a kind we
05:34:24
just gotta make sure that if an
05:34:25
apology is made RightFax are
05:34:28
demonstrated, because otherwise then
05:34:29
there is an insinuationThat our own
05:34:30
leadershipIs being mentioned here is
05:34:38
racist because our own leadership
05:34:39
itself could have that multiple phases
05:34:43
throughout the process steered the
05:34:44
ship in a different direction. That's
05:34:45
my comments. And if there is any body
05:34:46
withWho would like I offer my help in
05:34:59
terms of helping review, I don't want
05:35:00
to draft a letter, I am more than
05:35:01
happy to help review and make sure
05:35:02
that some of the factual things are
05:35:03
correct in the letter.
05:35:04
>>Thank you, city clerk. Anyone else
05:35:05
on the Council? Councilmember part?
05:35:08
>>Yes, I share the city clerk as well,
05:35:24
we can get to steer the ship where we
05:35:25
wanted, we did get to vote on whether
05:35:26
or not we wanted the lawsuit. And I do
05:35:27
understand what you're saying about we
05:35:28
need to be careful the wording, which
05:35:29
is why I also have a few problems with
05:35:30
the wordingAs proposed and I would
05:35:34
have no problem coming up with
05:35:35
additional one. I would love to work
05:35:36
with anyone on this. But if you say
05:35:37
that we don't need an apology is not
05:35:40
about racism. I think it's that we
05:35:41
need to realize that the lawsuit was
05:35:42
brought up becauseOf facts that
05:35:48
supported that minorities suffered
05:35:49
because of theRules that we put in
05:36:00
place. We need to acknowledge that,
05:36:01
because they were shown to be true.
05:36:02
And I think that we have got a number
05:36:03
of people in the Council that I think
05:36:06
are here only because the lawsuit
05:36:07
actually took place and changed our
05:36:08
voting system. And at some point
05:36:09
whether we, I don't want to say that
05:36:18
we are racist, but I do want to
05:36:19
acknowledge that we did the wrong
05:36:20
thing, we took, we didn't do much to
05:36:21
change it, you're saying that measure
05:36:30
a and measure C, measure A and C
05:36:31
didn't pass. And for good reason.
05:36:32
There were lots of flaws in each of
05:36:33
those individual things, which is
05:37:00
Districts RCD they're trying to solve
05:37:01
different problems. If we don't
05:37:02
understand what the problem so we're
05:37:03
trying to solve our, then we are not
05:37:04
going to get through this one, will
05:37:05
never get this change. I think the
05:37:06
apology that we have started with we
05:37:07
apologize for putting the lawsuit,
05:37:08
putting the city through something
05:37:09
that we did not need to go through the
05:37:10
cost a lot of money. But now I feel
05:37:11
that we need to also apologized for a
05:37:12
little bit of the ignorance and the
05:37:13
stubbornness or the heart headedness of
05:37:15
some people and city governments that
05:37:16
don't even understand why an apology
05:37:17
is necessary. And I think that the
05:37:18
people who don't understand that
05:37:19
apology is necessary, I don't know
05:37:20
that they actually identify with any
05:37:21
of the groups that were affected and I
05:37:22
think that is the reason whyMaybe they
05:37:26
aren't the people that should be
05:37:30
leading that part of the discussion. I
05:37:31
also have no problem withSetting down
05:37:40
an apology letter and not everybody
05:37:41
wants to sign it they don't have to.
05:37:42
But I would love to go through the
05:37:43
vote on whether or not the city should
05:37:44
issue an apology letter.I would call
05:37:46
the question if there's a motion I
05:37:47
would love to vote for this. Thank you.
05:37:50
>>Vice Mayor Chahal.
05:37:53
>>Thank you, Mayor.I know mayor
05:37:57
mentioned thatCharter of the city is
05:38:03
made by the people, and I do
05:38:04
understand that, but at the same time
05:38:07
after our charter was made, past with
05:38:12
this system, (INAUDIBLE) and
05:38:16
(INAUDIBLE).And one thing is again
05:38:20
very clear there were multiple cases
05:38:24
happen in California about this thing.
05:38:31
And we should have learned from those
05:38:32
cases. We did not. So it's not the
05:38:34
peopleWho are racial. The judge gave a
05:38:44
judgment that your voting system is
05:38:45
racially polarized.It is talking about
05:38:52
the system, not as individual as me or
05:38:53
you or anybodyIs a racist person, no.
05:38:59
It's system. What system are we
05:39:00
following?And as far, the judge, We
05:39:18
were using racial will (INAUDIBLE)
05:39:19
voting system and the remedy they gave
05:39:20
was (INAUDIBLE). I agree that measure
05:39:21
A could have brought forward the remedy
05:39:23
. But Measure Z was not even a remedy.
05:39:27
The only (INAUDIBLE)*a fine as a CPRA
05:39:33
alternate solution. So we did took
05:39:37
some wrong stepsAnd we should
05:39:43
acknowledge those. There is no harm in
05:39:44
acknowledging that.And I fully agree
05:39:47
like apology is dueTo the residents of
05:39:52
the city.Thank you. Am I thinking.
05:39:59
Councilmember Becker.
05:40:12
>>I appreciate the city clerk's
05:40:13
comments, because I think he is
05:40:14
somewhat right too. It comes down to
05:40:15
the we need to apologize and there's
05:40:16
some clarifications about where the
05:40:23
right choice voting concerns, I think
05:40:24
the county said it's going to be
05:40:25
several years we connect actually
05:40:26
bring (INAUDIBLE) voting as well as I
05:40:27
think also having three districts
05:40:30
would've also been in violation of
05:40:31
this rule. I just wanted to clear that
05:40:32
up.But going to about the letter, this
05:40:46
is a working letter, I know a
05:40:47
councilmember Hart was saying, we can
05:40:48
add stuff into it, we can use this as
05:40:49
what they call a sourdough starter to
05:40:50
basically get this going, Get the ball
05:40:53
rolling and I know there's some people
05:40:54
that probably won't sign it, that's
05:40:55
fine. We feel that the apologies do I
05:40:56
think is the right thing to do. We are
05:40:57
writing(INAUDIBLE). I don't know if
05:41:10
anyone made a motion but I am I
05:41:11
allowed to make a motion on my own
05:41:12
petition?
05:41:13
>>Yes, you can make a motion although
05:41:14
I think this should be table, I think
05:41:15
there's too many (INAUDIBLE)And this
05:41:16
really sends the wrong message and it
05:41:17
has serious implications.But you can
05:41:21
certainly are allowed to make a motion
05:41:22
on a letter you wrote, right?
05:41:25
>>Okay, I would like to make a motion,
05:41:26
then, to take this letter into
05:41:33
consideration for the public apology
05:41:34
to the residents of Santa Clara for
05:41:35
the CDR lawsuit and be open for future
05:41:39
discussion on how to, what we can add
05:41:40
to that letter.
05:41:48
>>Are you making a motion to approve
05:41:49
your letter or twoI don't understand
05:41:53
what your motion is.
05:41:58
>>I am making a motion to go forward
05:41:59
with a public apology to the residents
05:42:01
of Santa Clara and is taking my draft
05:42:04
letter in consideration to then use it
05:42:17
as a starter, starting point to either
05:42:18
take pieces out or add pieces in for
05:42:19
that public letter.
05:42:20
>>How are you going to do that? The
05:42:21
taking out in the adding and?And does
05:42:24
it come back? Or are you just going to
05:42:25
send this apology? When somebody has
05:42:27
worked on it? Like
05:42:37
>>It could come back, I would like to
05:42:38
know what the rest of the Council
05:42:39
things on that.
05:42:40
>>I just want to know the motion is.
05:42:41
All right, councilmember Jane.
05:42:44
>>I like councilmember Parks suggestion
05:42:46
of we commitTwo issuing an apology
05:43:00
and the actual wording will then be
05:43:01
ratified at some later time, and I do
05:43:04
like Susan Hinton's suggestion that it
05:43:06
be short.
05:43:15
>>Okay. There was a motion with no
05:43:16
second. Is there another motion? I
05:43:17
would like to table this.Is there any
05:43:24
motion it's going to get a second?
05:43:25
Councilmember part?
05:43:28
>>
05:43:29
>>I will second the motion.
05:43:31
>>Councilmember Jane?
05:43:35
>>It wasn't, but it could be.
05:43:44
>>I am fine to make a motion at this
05:43:45
point. I move that the city issue an
05:43:53
apology for havingConsumed the city's
05:44:09
treasuryOn fighting CDR a lawsuitAnd
05:44:22
that the wording will be issued and
05:44:23
ratified at a later time.
05:44:33
>>Is there a second on that?
05:44:35
>>I will second.I will second.
05:44:36
>>Okay. Motion and a second. I will
05:44:46
not be supporting this, I am not even,
05:44:55
I am staying on this issue. And I the
05:44:56
reason I am of staining is there
05:44:57
serious implications to what you're
05:44:58
saying, and I did not believe that the
05:45:01
crux of this lawsuit was the residents
05:45:02
of Santa Clara voteHow racially
05:45:29
polarized voting, and if I had to do
05:45:30
it over again I would defend the
05:45:31
residents of Santa Clara because I did
05:45:32
not believe the residents of Santa
05:45:33
Clara are racist, so I don't know who
05:45:34
you're apologizing to and for what. I
05:45:35
think this whole item should be tabled
05:45:36
if you want to individually apologize,
05:45:37
go ahead, but I don't know who you're
05:45:38
apologizing for and on behalf of into.
05:45:39
So I will not be participating this.
05:45:40
Councilmember part.
05:45:41
>>I thinkI understand what you're
05:45:44
saying, but it's not just about Asian
05:45:45
Americans or minorities. It is an
05:45:46
issue that affected every personWho
05:45:49
ran. Luckily, unluckily not having
05:45:50
minorityAsian-American representation
05:46:01
was a more obvious indicator of this
05:46:02
fact. It was ruled on by a judge, it
05:46:03
was found true on appeal and I think
05:46:04
at some pointWe should look beyond the
05:46:09
things that we thinkAnd try to
05:46:14
understand what other people are
05:46:15
telling us.And at some point I also
05:46:23
feel that we need to think about who
05:46:24
the people that are affected, not us
05:46:25
who are on Council. And I think that
05:46:31
for also for people who are not part
05:46:36
of the minority group to insist that
05:46:37
the minority groupWas not affected is
05:46:41
really not a good look.
05:46:44
>>Assistant city attorney?
05:46:53
>>Yes, Mary, just wanted to get a
05:46:54
clarification on the motion. The
05:47:10
second part of the motion was that the
05:47:11
wording of the apology would be
05:47:12
decided at a later date. I just want
05:47:13
to ensure that the method that is
05:47:14
being thought about how that wording
05:47:15
would be decided would not be a Brown
05:47:16
violation.It's unclear to me how that
05:47:22
wording would be decided at a later
05:47:23
date.
05:47:24
>>I don't understand the motion
05:47:25
either. So thank you for bringing that
05:47:26
up.
05:47:27
>>I certainly would not be a Brown
05:47:28
violation, I imagine there would be a
05:47:32
subset of the CouncilThat would work
05:47:37
on the wording and that would be
05:47:41
brought to the Council for
05:47:42
ratification.
05:47:48
>>Are we talking about, then, an ad
05:47:49
hoc committee being established for
05:47:50
this?
05:47:52
>>Does it have to be an ad hoc
05:47:53
committee? Or just a couple of
05:47:55
councilmembers?
05:47:57
>>If you're contemplating
05:47:58
>>Another set of councilmembers to do
05:48:05
their own version.
05:48:11
>>But the action would be on behalf of
05:48:19
the Council, right? Because it's
05:48:20
coming back to be voted on antibody.
05:48:21
>>Correct.
05:48:22
>>Right, soYou probably want to
05:48:25
establish an ad hoc committee to
05:48:26
handle that.
05:48:31
>>Okay, I will modify my motion to say
05:48:32
that it would be an ad hoc committee
05:48:40
consisting of councilmember Becker and
05:48:41
councilmember Park.
05:48:50
>>Okay.Is there a second to that?
05:49:02
>>There is not a motion.
05:49:03
>>I'm lost.
05:49:08
>>Does the second year which was
05:49:09
councilmember Park agree with
05:49:10
councilmember Jane?
05:49:14
>>I believe it was originally
05:49:15
councilmember Becker who was the
05:49:16
second.
05:49:18
>>Okay.
05:49:25
>>City manager, your hand is out.
05:49:26
>>I want to confirm the implications
05:49:27
of an ad hoc committeeAnd, Sue, chime
05:49:43
in if I'm not correct. My
05:49:44
understanding is we have had in the
05:49:45
past for ad hoc committees they need
05:49:46
to be publicly noticed with advance
05:49:47
information as a normal committee
05:49:48
packet as well as minutes and agendas
05:49:49
published.
05:49:54
>>Thank you.
05:49:55
>>As I said, this is not been thought
05:49:56
through very carefully.All right. You
05:49:59
understand the implications of that ad
05:50:00
hoc committee maker of the motion?
05:50:01
>>I had originally proposed that we
05:50:06
justBe any subset of councilmembers
05:50:14
being getting together to write a
05:50:15
letter and then the Council would
05:50:16
prove that one of those multiple
05:50:21
letters. That's what I had wanted. But
05:50:22
I was sort of steered in a different
05:50:23
direction.
05:50:35
>>Okay? Which was the recommendation
05:50:36
of the assistant city attorney.
05:50:37
>>It was the recommendation of the
05:50:43
assistant city attorney so I will
05:50:44
follow that recommendation, there will
05:50:45
be I will follow that recommendMeeting
05:50:54
of councilmembers Becker and PARP.
05:50:57
>>Okay.All right. On the motionWe have
05:51:09
two members of the public, this is on
05:51:10
the motionHi Kirk, go ahead.
05:51:20
>>Thank you, Mayor, on this motion it
05:51:21
is so clearly undefined and
05:51:27
incomprehensible as being kind of roll
05:51:28
your own as you go, I think creating
05:51:35
This type of ad hoc committee without
05:51:36
actually thinking about the
05:51:37
implications of that or why you have
05:51:38
it or how it works is a big mistake. I
05:52:00
don't to the problem is for tabling
05:52:01
it, especially if you have the
05:52:02
political will to go forward with it
05:52:03
at another time. I think it would be
05:52:04
prudent to take just your foot off the
05:52:05
gas on this one, hold off, withdraw
05:52:06
your motion, make a new one that says
05:52:07
to table it, you can revisit it when
05:52:08
you actually have an idea on how it
05:52:09
would work mechanically and whatYou
05:52:14
can talk to the city attorney, found
05:52:15
out what the implications are for the
05:52:16
city, what said, it's not said before
05:52:17
you put yourself into a whole that you
05:52:18
can't get out of because you created
05:52:19
this committee, you're going down the
05:52:20
path. I think it's that's the intent
05:52:21
you have, go for it. But I would not
05:52:22
suggest you do it right nowAt 12:20
05:52:37
a.m. when it's not thought through at
05:52:38
all other than one councilmembers
05:52:39
fairly long-winded letter which does
05:52:40
seem to support the philosophy that
05:52:41
you're suggesting. Thanks, Mary.
05:52:42
>>Thank you, son, city clerk, go ahead.
05:52:45
Did you want to speak, city clerk?
05:52:46
>>Yes, just got a chance I need. Just
05:52:48
want to correct the record after all
05:52:55
of what I said, I thought is pretty
05:52:56
clear that I said that apologies that
05:53:06
I think councilmember Park misheard me
05:53:07
and he suggested I didn't think an
05:53:08
apology was appropriate. Want to
05:53:09
clarify I never insinuated such a
05:53:10
comment.I was actually supporting some
05:53:17
of what councilmember Park was saying,
05:53:18
was not sure what he heard what I
05:53:19
said. In any case I think it's
05:53:20
important that ifThis committee goes
05:53:27
to rewrite understand, maybe that's
05:53:28
part of theConcerns might be from an
05:53:32
implication stand outAnd I think a few
05:53:36
timesAlready a member of the public,
05:53:42
Ms. Hinton about keeping it short,
05:53:51
Probably may address some of those
05:53:52
things, but I think it would be
05:53:53
important as that committee draft
05:53:54
letter to understandWhat should or
05:53:55
shouldn't be said in the letter to
05:54:03
avoid any potential of further
05:54:04
complications or implications, but
05:54:05
just to make sure as I mentionedEarlier
05:54:16
That the letter is factual. We
05:54:17
shouldn't be as an official body
05:54:18
approving a letter that has factual
05:54:19
inaccuracies, so I think the committee
05:54:20
would be ill advised to make sure. I
05:54:32
am just going to reiterate so
05:54:33
councilmember Park and the others who
05:54:34
may have misheard me, I think
05:54:35
representation matters. I live it. I
05:54:36
think apologies are important in
05:54:37
making sure that folks feelIncluded.
05:54:40
I'm saying that they don't. Dad.
05:54:52
>>Thank you. Councilmember part?
05:54:53
>>I have no problem making the motions
05:54:54
very simple, which is we will both
05:54:55
simplyWhether the city should issue an
05:54:58
apology and have a separate motion
05:54:59
that talks about how we come up with
05:55:10
an apology letter where we can say I
05:55:11
mean let's table it. Why don't we
05:55:12
agree that we are going to have an
05:55:13
apology and then decide how we are
05:55:18
going to come up with the apology
05:55:19
letter at a different time. I think to
05:55:20
me that is far more worthwhileAny
05:55:30
guarantees that. Thank you.
05:55:31
>>Councilmember Bakker? And let me
05:55:32
remind everyone it's 12:20 2 AM.
05:55:37
>>From what the city clerk said if
05:55:38
there are factual inaccuracies what I
05:55:39
was saying, that can be I think taking
05:55:42
care ofThere one of those hearings and
05:55:50
those issues to be addressed then.
05:55:51
With their proper factual statements.
05:56:00
>>Right, city assistant city clerkHow
05:56:07
do you know at that motion is?
05:56:08
>>I would read this back to make a
05:56:09
motion. The motion the city clerk or
05:56:15
the city count the city or the city
05:56:16
Council issuing a proper an apology for
05:56:24
Depleting the (INAUDIBLE)
05:56:25
councilmember parking return Council
05:56:26
for application at a later time. Is
05:56:27
that correct?
05:56:31
>>That is correct.
05:56:52
>>Councilmember Watanabe.
05:56:55
>>Of stain.
05:57:01
[CALLING ROLL]
05:57:29
>>And it passes four with two
05:57:30
extensions. All right. I'm going as
05:57:31
the Council for the rest of the
05:57:32
meeting that we defer these items to
05:57:33
our next Council meeting, which would
05:57:34
be item number, the lateness of the
05:57:36
hour, item number six, Silicon Valley
05:57:42
quarterly strategic plan, six, seven13
05:57:54
a and B.Councilmember Becker?
05:57:55
>>I would like to recommend that we
05:58:04
take items 13 a and B quickly if we
05:58:13
want to
05:58:14
>>There is no quickly in this
05:58:15
Council.
05:58:16
>>It sounds like it's written
05:58:17
petition. I make a motion to hear
05:58:18
items 13 a and B within 10 minutes.If
05:58:22
we're even going to put it on a future
05:58:23
agenda.McDowell second that.
05:58:27
>>I just have to sayThere should be
05:58:36
some more respect for the people that
05:58:37
are working here, it's 12:25 and the
05:58:38
Council so far is not disciplineFor
05:58:43
taking time through things. I will go
05:58:44
ahead becauseThat's
05:58:45
>>No offense, but in the past when I
05:58:49
used to watch Council meetings
05:58:52
[CROSSTALK] 2 AM.
05:58:55
>>We are not going to 2 AM. We started
05:58:58
At four. And it's not fair for our
05:59:01
staff.They talk about governance on
05:59:10
August 17. There is a motion and as
05:59:11
second, you want to hear to continue
05:59:14
the other two. If we can do that first.
05:59:19
To continue items, is it six and seven?
05:59:37
When city manager, can we hear
05:59:38
those?
05:59:39
>>McNamara, I think there is a motion
05:59:40
on the floor. Parents city Council
05:59:41
member Jane time talking to the city
05:59:42
manager. I just want to take them in
05:59:43
order.
05:59:44
>>Will schedule those items for
05:59:45
September.
05:59:46
>>Can we start withItems six and seven
05:59:47
till September, please?
05:59:51
>>Motion to continue.
05:59:52
>>Second. Smoking section motion and
05:59:53
second to continue six and seven till
05:59:54
September. Any questions on that
05:59:55
motion? Councilmember Becker?
05:59:56
[CALLING ROLL]
06:00:07
>>Who was the second on that?
06:00:08
>>Me.
06:00:09
>>Point of order?
06:00:12
>>Assistant city clerk we
06:00:16
>>
06:00:17
[CALLING ROLL]
06:00:31
>>Do we have a motion already on the
06:00:32
table?
06:00:33
>>We are continuing item 6 and seven
06:00:34
so people can go home and then we are
06:00:35
going to hear items 13 a and B.
06:00:36
>>Yes.
06:00:37
>>Okay, thank you.
06:00:38
>>Again, that was a pointOther actions
06:00:53
and then we moved to table the other
06:00:54
two motions the other two items that
06:00:57
would give us the same effect. In this
06:00:58
case
06:01:04
[CROSSTALK]
06:01:05
>>I need to take these an order of the
06:01:06
agenda. I need to go in an orderly
06:01:07
fashion.
06:01:14
>>We already broke the order by taking
06:01:15
motions and there was a motion. On the
06:01:16
table.
06:01:17
>>
06:01:18
[CALLING ROLL]
06:01:37
>>I, that passes 5 to 1 to continue
06:01:38
those items. Now we're going to move
06:01:39
on to written petitions submitted,
06:01:40
item 13 A. Action on a written
06:01:51
petition submitted by councilmember
06:01:52
Jane requesting the place in agenda
06:01:53
item at a future meeting to discuss
06:01:54
creating a special ad hoc committee
06:01:55
consisting of residents and
06:01:56
representatives of housing advocacy
06:01:57
groupsTo discuss only the issues
06:01:58
concerningThe councilmember Jane.
06:02:06
>>I'm going to read what I put in the
06:02:07
policy zero 30. The city has recently
06:02:19
been getting a lot of complaints from
06:02:20
residents considering the number of
06:02:21
fun house people living in RVs. To
06:02:22
many it seems problem is getting worse
06:02:23
every day.On February 20 10,
06:02:31
required about restructuring housing
06:02:32
rehabilitation loan committee HRL C2
06:02:33
housing commission. DecemberSeven 2020
06:02:37
in government ethics committee
06:02:43
Recommended and approved the
06:02:44
restructuring in the HR LCTo bring an
06:02:47
ordinance from the housing
06:02:56
consideration this commission for
06:02:57
consideration. Including steady and
06:02:58
advanced the needs of Santa Clarence
06:02:59
unhoused populationsRecommendations to
06:03:05
implement plans approved by the County
06:03:06
Board of Supervisors to address
06:03:07
homelessness in Santa Clara. Staff
06:03:08
recommendedThat the housing commission
06:03:15
consist of five commissioners and our
06:03:16
volunteers by city Council. So I'm
06:03:17
just asking to put on the agenda a
06:03:19
discussion creating a special ad hoc
06:03:20
committeeConsisting of residentsAnd
06:03:33
housing advocacy groups to discuss
06:03:34
only the issues serving on house
06:03:35
population. And not all the other
06:03:36
issues ofHousing all of our
06:03:47
Population.
06:03:48
>>I am wondering, city manager, does
06:03:49
this gonna special agenda, goal
06:03:50
setting, where does this go?
06:04:05
>>It could go on the August 17 agenda,
06:04:06
we are bringing back the Council
06:04:07
directed housing commission and so the
06:04:08
Council could consider both items. I
06:04:09
do want to acknowledge, though, that
06:04:10
staffing all of these commissions will
06:04:11
be a challenge from a staff
06:04:12
perspective.
06:04:13
>>Can we add this to that?
06:04:14
>>Yes.Is there a motion to add this to
06:04:16
the August 17 meeting? Councilmember
06:04:17
Jane?
06:04:24
>>I will make that motion, yes.
06:04:25
>>Second?
06:04:26
>>I second that.
06:04:27
>>Okay, councilmember Becker?
06:04:28
>>Thank you,Mayer, and councilmember
06:04:39
Jane to bring this to the city Council
06:04:40
and thank you for beating me to the
06:04:41
punch. I spoke to a bunch of residents
06:04:42
in my district who really wanted to
06:04:43
address on the situationWith Kevin and
06:04:49
councilmember part, so we really
06:04:50
appreciate you doing this and I am
06:04:51
100% behind you.
06:04:52
>>Is there any member of the public
06:04:53
that would like to speak on this?Okay,
06:04:57
assistant city clerk, a roll call
06:04:58
vote, please?
06:05:12
>>
06:05:13
[CALLING ROLL]
06:05:31
>>That passes unanimously. Thank you.
06:05:32
The next item is action on a written
06:05:33
petition submitted by councilmember
06:05:35
Jane requesting to place an agenda item
06:05:43
On the goalsetting meeting to consider
06:05:44
topics such as staffing resources
06:05:45
consultants budget city Council
06:05:49
direction on densities car parking
06:05:50
strategiesCoordination with VTA in San
06:05:57
Jose and timeline for implementing a
06:05:58
station area plan.Councilmember Jane,
06:06:11
those are quite a lot of things that I
06:06:12
know this has been an update to our
06:06:13
goal setting that we set in January,
06:06:14
the sound like a brand-new set of
06:06:15
goals. So is that what your intention
06:06:16
is for our 17th meeting?
06:06:17
>>No, this is just a single issue.
06:06:26
>>This is like 10 different issues.
06:06:27
>>It's not, it's one. This is a and we
06:06:28
saw per year today a letter from BTA
06:06:30
Suggesting they were willing to find.
06:06:32
This is simplyA proposal to put out
06:06:39
our goal setting meeting a discussion
06:06:45
of creating a comprehensive station
06:06:46
area. That would includePart of the
06:06:57
stationary a plan how much staffing
06:06:58
would it take to support the
06:06:59
stationary plan? How many consultants,
06:07:11
What the budget would be, Council
06:07:12
direction on densities, car parking
06:07:13
strategy and coordination with San
06:07:14
Jose. It's just to put on the agenda a
06:07:15
discussion of creating a station area
06:07:16
for the August 17.
06:07:21
>>City manager, do we have any future
06:07:23
Study sessions or anything?City
06:07:30
manager, that you know of? I don't
06:07:31
know if director (INAUDIBLE), he may
06:07:43
not be here.
06:07:44
>>I am not tracking this is a study
06:07:45
session coming for the stationary
06:07:46
plan.
06:07:47
>>I do know that there are grant
06:07:48
opportunities, and soWe certainly will
06:07:50
be discussing some of the
06:07:51
transportation and issues with working
06:08:16
with Barnum PTAs, they are on our
06:08:17
check in the spirit
06:08:18
>>Okay, thank you.
06:08:19
>>I had heard that PTA was committing
06:08:20
$800,000 for this?
06:08:21
>>In terms of the schedule and the
06:08:22
timeline I don't have that information
06:08:23
top of mind, we have been talking
06:08:24
about the grant and so we are excited
06:08:25
about getting that information and
06:08:26
bring back something, I don't have a
06:08:27
date.
06:08:28
>>Okay, thank you.
06:08:29
>>Councilmember Watanabe?
06:08:30
>>Thank you, Mayor. I have concerns
06:08:31
because we just added one item to the
06:08:32
August 17Agenda and also now we want
06:08:36
to add another item and based on
06:08:43
comments that are being made here it
06:08:44
sounds like this should probably be
06:08:50
vetted or talked with staff, I mean
06:08:51
frankly it sounds like something that
06:08:52
staff should be bringing to in a study
06:08:53
session and I just think thatBased on
06:09:02
things that have been delegated to
06:09:03
staff tonightThat there is just a lot.
06:09:26
Can I think that this is just like
06:09:27
putting it over the top, and I would
06:09:28
prefer to see this, I would prefer if
06:09:29
councilmember Jane wanted to go and
06:09:30
talk one-on-one with staff and put
06:09:31
something together and bring it
06:09:32
forward in a study session I think
06:09:33
that that would be more appropriate to
06:09:34
put this on August 17 is way too much.
06:09:35
Those are my thoughts.
06:09:47
>>Okay, thank you. Councilmember
06:09:48
Becker?
06:09:49
>>Is there a motion on the board by
06:09:50
councilmember Jane?
06:09:51
>>No.
06:09:52
>>Okay, would like to make a motion to
06:09:53
accept councilmember James addition.
06:09:54
>>To do what with it?
06:09:55
>>Sorry, to read as submitted by
06:10:06
Council member requesting an agenda
06:10:07
item on August 17 '21 goal setting
06:10:08
meeting to consider topics such as
06:10:09
staffing resources to the budget
06:10:10
Council car parking strategy
06:10:13
coordination with ETA in San Jose and
06:10:14
timeline for implementing stationary
06:10:15
planDear
06:10:16
>>I'll second that.
06:10:17
>>We have a motion and a second. I am
06:10:20
just going to say that we have referred
06:10:38
A ton of things. I will support the
06:10:39
motion but we referred ton of things
06:10:40
that August 17 meeting is going to be
06:10:41
up her city manager to tell us what
06:10:42
the staff can absorb what they can't.
06:10:43
It's going to be an interesting
06:10:44
conversation. The purpose of our
06:10:50
update of our goalsetting is for the
06:10:51
goal we set in February and I think
06:10:52
there's probably, I don't know, city
06:10:53
manager, maybe five, six, 78 new things
06:11:10
, So we're going to have an
06:11:11
interesting discussion on August 17
06:11:12
which will be our next meeting. So we
06:11:13
have a motion and the second to refer
06:11:14
this August 17, is there any number of
06:11:15
the public that would like to speak on
06:11:16
this issue? If not, assistant city
06:11:17
clerk, a roll call vote, please.
06:11:18
>>
06:11:19
[CALLING ROLL]
06:11:44
>>That passes five-one.That will be an
06:11:59
interesting session. All right, next
06:12:00
report members especially or special
06:12:01
committees, does anyone have a short
06:12:02
report? Councilmember Becker?
06:12:03
>>More of a concern, I guess an
06:12:16
appropriate time to bring it up, it's
06:12:17
about the meeting that is coming out
06:12:18
it was supposed be on Thursday. I got
06:12:19
a lot of concerns from residents about
06:12:20
the cancellation of that meeting. I
06:12:21
know some planning commissioners were
06:12:22
really excited to be in that with us
06:12:23
as well as some of the downtown task
06:12:24
force members. My major concern about
06:12:25
that was I told the residents we
06:12:26
apologize for that cancellation, I
06:12:27
feel it was reallyNot that great that
06:12:38
it was canceled very short notice, my
06:12:39
major concern about it is about is
06:12:40
there cancellation fee for that
06:12:41
consultant?That's something I've been
06:12:43
hearing about. I want to make sure.
06:13:00
>>I don't know.
06:13:01
>>There is no cancellation fee, we are
06:13:02
in process of rescheduling the meeting
06:13:03
as well as reformatting the meeting so
06:13:04
that we can allow for greater
06:13:05
participation and(INAUDIBLE).
06:13:06
>>Councilmember Jane?
06:13:07
>>I just wanted to say that I would
06:13:12
like to hear about applicationsFor our
06:13:15
steering committee.
06:13:24
>>I am prepared when the Council is
06:13:25
ready. I don't know if it's my turn
06:13:26
yet.
06:13:27
>>Is not your turn yet. I wanted to say
06:13:38
About the downtown meeting, that's a
06:13:39
perfect example that when
06:13:40
councilmembers get the invitations to
06:13:41
public meetings, especially when it
06:13:42
has to do with the downtownWhen two of
06:13:50
us have to abstain from those issues,
06:13:51
it's important that you say whether or
06:13:52
not you can attend the meeting. It's
06:13:53
really important when there is a very
06:14:06
Low number of people that can actually
06:14:07
vote we have to have four people
06:14:08
there. So is my understanding that
06:14:09
this was due to one Council member did
06:14:10
commit and then pulled out at the last
06:14:11
minute and then we didn't have a
06:14:12
quorum. And upset a lot of people. I
06:14:13
mean, we've all been getting comments
06:14:14
about that that people really looking
06:14:24
forward to that and that doesn't help
06:14:25
us at all, so when you get a meeting,
06:14:26
please look at your calendar, you know
06:14:27
you're going to travel, say you cannot
06:14:28
attend so thatThe staff and every body
06:14:29
that puts a lot of work and time and
06:14:30
effort into thisNow it all went out
06:14:34
the window. So please be more
06:14:38
respectful and just let our staff know
06:14:44
whether you can attend or not so they
06:14:45
can plan accordingly.RA. City manager
06:14:52
reports. Go ahead, city manager.
06:14:53
>>I just wanted to mention thatThe
06:15:11
process for the redistricting will
06:15:12
launch on July 23, the application
06:15:13
process will open, there will be all
06:15:14
the information on the city's website
06:15:15
as well as we will communicate broadly
06:15:16
around the application process being
06:15:17
available in the application due date
06:15:18
is August 13. So feel free when they
06:15:23
put our communications out on the part
06:15:24
of the city to share it within your
06:15:25
district.
06:15:26
>>Thank you, city manager.
06:15:27
>>Have a great recess, everyone.
06:15:28
>>City clerk (INAUDIBLE) had his hand
06:15:30
out.
06:15:31
>>I didn't see anything.
06:15:36
>>He lowered it.
06:15:37
>>Okay, very good. All right. That
06:15:38
leads us to our adjournment and I do
06:15:39
haveCouncilmember Becker? Your hand is
06:15:40
still out.
06:15:42
>>Going make a motion.
06:15:55
>>Okay, let me, all right. I would
06:15:56
like to ask that we adjourned to July
06:15:57
13, 2021 city Council Stadium
06:15:58
Authority meeting in memory of William
06:15:59
Claude EdwardsA long term Santa Clara
06:16:02
resident and former city of Santa
06:16:03
Clara automotive services division
06:16:04
employee. William Claude Edwards,
06:16:10
known as Claude, was born on September
06:16:11
20, 1937 in Penn dean Cornwall England
06:17:01
to Samuel and Margaret Edwards. He
06:17:02
emigrated with his family to America
06:17:03
on the shift the Queen Mary. They
06:17:04
settled in grass fabric California
06:17:05
where he met his wife, Martha, to whom
06:17:06
he was married for 56 years before her
06:17:07
passing. Claude moved to Santa Clara
06:17:08
with Martha and started a family. He
06:17:09
worked at Lockheed Martin for 30 years
06:17:10
and later worked for the city of Santa
06:17:11
Clara in the automotive services
06:17:12
division of the Department of Public
06:17:13
Works. He loved restoring old cars and
06:17:14
belong to many Park clubs. Car club.
06:17:15
In retirement he could be found
06:17:16
sitting on his favorite stool as
06:17:17
sandstone is. He passed away on June
06:17:18
20, 2021 after a long illness. He was
06:17:19
preceded by his wife Martha, Brother
06:17:20
Leslie and parents. He will be greatly
06:17:21
missed by his children, Cindy, Dowd,
06:17:22
Tom and Matthew Edwards son-in-law
06:17:23
James skeezy, grandchildren Kelly was
06:17:37
Waldo, Andrew, Tessa Christopher Kyle
06:17:38
Casey Elizabeth and Nicole. Great
06:17:39
grandchildren, Calvin, Luke, Nella,
06:17:40
Blair, and Grant and brother Peter. So
06:17:42
may I ask that we please have a motion
06:17:43
to adjourn in clods memory?
06:17:56
Councilmember Becker?
06:17:57
>>I make a motion.
06:17:58
>>Thank you. Second, please?
06:17:59
>>Second.
06:18:00
>>We have a second. Assistant city
06:18:01
clerk. Roll call vote, please?
06:18:03
[CALLING ROLL]
06:18:15
>>That passes unanimously. Thank you
06:18:16
very much, this meeting is adjourned,
06:18:17
and have a wonderful Council holiday,
06:18:18
city council members and city staff.
06:18:19
>>Be safe.
06:18:20
>>Thank you. Good night,
06:18:22
everyone.