00:00:01 [CALL TO ORDER]
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00:00:36 >> THANK YOU.
00:00:38 >> OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ONTO
00:00:41 PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBER
00:00:43 OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO
00:00:45 COMMENT ON ANY OF OUR CLOSED
00:00:47 ITEMS?
00:00:48 >> I HAVE AN E COMMENT UNDER THIS
00:00:51 RIGHT NOW MAYOR.
00:00:52 >> OKAY. GO AHEAD READ PLEASE.
00:00:55 >> IT IS FROM THE TRUTH. STATES I
00:00:58 WONDER HOW MUCH COLLISION IS
00:01:01 HAPPENING BETWEEN THE MAYOR CITY
00:01:02 MANAGER AND MR. ROBERT SANTA CLARA
00:01:04 NEWS THE BLOG SUPPORTS NOTHING BUT HATE
00:01:06 RACISM, CLASSISM, AND HOMOPHOBIA AS
00:01:09 WELL AS MISINFORMATION. SO THE CITY
00:01:11 MANAGER RESPONDED ABOUT THE WEEKLY NEWS
00:01:13 STORY PROVES A LOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T
00:01:15 DO THIS ONE MR. ROBERT LIES DAILY.
00:01:18 THE GAME IS RIGGED AND NEEDS TO BE AN
00:01:19 IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION INTO THE COLLUSIONS
00:01:21 BETWEEN THE MAYOR CITY MANAGER
00:01:22 AND MR. ROBERT SANTA CLARA NEWS END
00:01:24 OF COMMENT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE
00:01:26 MAYOR.
00:01:27 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE
00:01:29 HERE IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
00:01:31 A COMMENT? ANY OTHER BESIDES AN E
00:01:34 COMMENT?
00:01:37 >> I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS.
00:01:38 >> OKAY. IF NOT WE'RE GOING TO
00:01:40 ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION. THANK YOU.
00:01:42 (CLOSE SESSION)
00:02:42 >> WE ARE BACK NOW. COULD YOU PLEASE
00:02:45 STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND
00:02:47 REMAINING STANDING FOR STATEMENT OF
00:02:49 VALUES?
00:02:51 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
00:03:07 >> AS WE ARE TOGETHER. WE ACT WITH
00:03:12 STRETCH AND OBLIGATION TO OUR PEOPLE TO
00:03:15 JUSTICE FOR ALL. LET US SEEK WISDOM
00:03:21 BEST INTEREST OF THE NEIGHBOR AND
00:03:24 COUNTRY. ALL ASK SERVE THE COMMUNITY
00:03:26 WITH FAIRNESS AND RESPECT PUTTING THEIR
00:03:30 NEEDS BEFORE ALL.
00:03:31 >> THANK YOU PLEASE BE SEATED.
00:03:35 >> MADAM MAYOR READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT?
00:03:39 >> YES PLEASE.
00:03:41 >> SANTA CLARA AND HOUSING AUTHORIZE
00:03:46 $30 FOR EACH MEETING. BEHAVIOR
00:03:49 STANDARDS. A CODE OF ETHICS AND VALUE
00:04:00 AND MAINTAIN HIGH BUSINESS IN EFFICIENT
00:04:05 MANNER. AS A PROCEED OFFICER MANAGE IN
00:04:12 QUORUM USE OF THE GABBLE COME TO ORDER.
00:04:23 >> GOOD WELCOME. GO AHEAD I FORGOT.
00:04:27 >> THANK YOU. FOR THOSE WHO ARE
00:04:31 SPEAKING AS REGISTER LOBBYIST YOU ARE
00:04:34 REQUIRE TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND THE
00:04:37 CLIENTS AND THE ORGANIZATION YOU HELD
00:04:40 WITH CITY OFFICIALS AND CITY 2.55.15 O.
00:04:47 THANK YOU.
00:04:48 >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
00:04:51 THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OUR MEETING OF
00:04:55 2021.
00:04:57 FOR TODAY'S MEETING THE CITY 'S
00:05:00 CONTINUE TO USE ZOOM MEETING TO ALLOW
00:05:03 SAFETY FROM YOUR HOME OR OFFICE.
00:05:05 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JOIN VIA THE LINK
00:05:09 OR CALL INTO THE ZOOM MEETING DISPLAYED
00:05:12 ON THE SCREEN NOW.
00:05:14 IF YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM FOR
00:05:19 PUBLIC PRESENTATION PLEASE RAISE YOUR
00:05:21 HAND ON THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR PRESS
00:05:25 STAR 9 ON THE PHONE.
00:05:28 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND WHILE THE ITEM
00:05:31 IS SPEAKING. STAFF WILL LIST YOUR NAME
00:05:34 OR LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THE PHONE CALL.
00:05:38 I WILL CALL ON YOU. YOU HAVE 3
00:05:42 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS AND 3
00:05:46 MINUTES OF PRESENTATION THOSE ARE
00:05:48 TOPICS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
00:05:51 STAFF WILL LOWER EACH HAND TO ASSURE
00:05:54 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UNDER THE
00:05:57 APPROPRIATE AGENDA ITEM.
00:05:59 YOU MAY ALSO SUBMIT ON THE E COMMENT ON
00:06:05 THE LEGISLATOR PAGE OR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:06:09 AT SANTA CLARA TO THE RECORD.
00:06:14 LET'S MOVE ON TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA.
00:06:17 WE WILL START WITH REPORTS OF ACTION IN
00:06:25 CLOSED SESSION.
00:06:27 OUR ASSISTANCE CITY ATTORNEY SUE DO YOU
00:06:30 HAVE SOMETHING FOR US?
00:06:33 >> ASKED ITEM 1B NO CLOSED ACTION IN
00:06:36 CLOSED SESSION.
00:06:37 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON THAT.
00:06:43 CONTINUOUS AND RECONSIDERATION. I --
00:06:46 WE HAVE --
00:06:54 >> MAYOR ITEM 1A NO ACTION?
00:06:57 >> NO ACTION FOR 1A.
00:07:00 CHEF [KH-F] >> CHEF THANK YOU.
00:07:05 >> CONTINUOUS AND RECONSIDERATION. I
00:07:07 KNOW WE HAVE A REQUEST TO DEFER CITY
00:07:11 MANAGER WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO?
00:07:14 >> SURE. I CAN DO MY NORMAL REPORT.
00:07:17 WE HAVE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE
00:07:24 DIVERSITY ENCLOSE 2A AND 11 TO JANUARY
00:07:26 25.
00:07:29 FOR PURPOSES OF...
00:07:30 >> CAN WE START WITH THAT? CAN I HAVE
00:07:35 A MOTION TO DEFER THAT?
00:07:38 >> DEFER THAT.
00:07:40 >> SECOND.
00:07:41 >> WHO MADE THE MOTION?
00:07:47 >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAIN.
00:07:49 >> ANY OTHER FROM THE CITY COUNCIL OR
00:07:55 PUCK LICK.
00:07:58 PUBLIC. CITY ROLL CALL VOTE?
00:08:05 >> COUNCILMEMBER WAN? YES.
00:08:10 COUNCILMEMBER PARK? COUNCIL JANE?
00:08:20 COUNCILMAN BECKER. COUNCILMEMBER
00:08:22 GILMORE.
00:08:24 >> AS MY NORMAL REPORT FOR 7, E, D, H,
00:08:40 I, K, O AND M4 AND 9 ARE TIME ACTION.
00:08:46 >> FOUR AND NINE. WE WILL DO ALL THOSE
00:08:50 FIRST AND GO BACKWARDS LIKE WE NORMALLY
00:08:54 DO.
00:08:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE IS ANY
00:08:58 CONTINUOUS OR RECONSIDERATION OR
00:09:01 EXCEPTIONS?
00:09:03 FROM THE PUBLIC DO WE HAVE ANYTHING?
00:09:07 WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SPECIAL
00:09:11 ORDER OF BUSINESS. 2A IS JANUARY 25.
00:09:15 OUR NEXT ITEM TO BE VERBAL REPORT
00:09:21 REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
00:09:25 >> YES MAYOR I WANT TO SHARE THE SANTA
00:09:31 CLARA HONOR CHEF LISA SHOA WITH 2021
00:09:40 YEAR AND SERVICE PROFESSION THROUGHOUT
00:09:44 SANTA CLARA COUNTRY. AMONG YOUR
00:09:50 CONTRIBUTIONS HER VALUE COVID UPDATES
00:09:53 WERE NOTED AMONG THE CONTRIBUTIONS.
00:10:01 FOR PURPOSES CONGRATULATION.
00:10:04 >> CONGRATULATION LISA.
00:10:10 >> VERY WELL DESERVED.
00:10:12 >> THE STATUS IS PROVIDE FOR SECTION
00:10:17 8630. THE DCD STILL CATEGORIES
00:10:24 TRANSMISSION RATES HIGH SUBSTANTIAL
00:10:28 MODERN AND LOW. CALIFORNIA HAS A HIGH
00:10:32 TRANSMISSION RATE.
00:10:39 COUNTRY SARAH APPEARS FIFTH SEARCH OF
00:10:42 COVID-19 AND THE DATA REFLECT THIS.
00:10:46 LAST WEEK AVERAGE INCREASED OVER 100
00:10:50 CASES A DAY.
00:10:54 DECEMBER 13 THE ARRANGE WAS 240. THE
00:11:00 POSITIVE 1.6 YESTERDAY AND ONE MONTH IT
00:11:03 WAS 1.4 PERCENT. HOSPITALIZATION HAVE
00:11:07 INCREASED NOT AS THE SAME RATE WITH THE
00:11:10 OTHER DATA I SHARED.
00:11:12 WE ARE SHOWING AS SUNDAY 131 BEING
00:11:16 TREATED FOR COVID. VACCINATE RATES ARE
00:11:27 GREAT. 75 % HAVE COMPLETED AS OF
00:11:30 YESTERDAY. IN TERMS OF OMICRON IT IS
00:11:43 CAUSING GLOBAL CERTAIN.
00:11:52 OMNICOM. SYMPTOMS IN SOUTH AFRICA WERE
00:11:57 REPORTED MILD TO MODERN THIS AMONG
00:12:01 YOUNGER THAT ARE HEATHER TO BEGIN WITH.
00:12:12 DR. FRAUGHT THEY EMPHASIZE MUCH
00:12:14 UNKNOWN AND THAT WAS REINFORCED WE ARE
00:12:19 STILL IN UNCERTAIN TIMES.
00:12:24 MULTI-LAYER VACCINATION, BOASTER AND
00:12:33 INDOOR MASK WEARING IN CROWDED SETTINGS
00:12:43 AND VENTILATOR AREA.
00:12:48 THIRD BOASTER ARE STILL AVAILABLE OR
00:12:53 CALL 211 HELP IS AVAILABLE WITHOUT
00:12:57 INTERNET ACCESS OR DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.
00:12:59 IT'S AVAILABLE FOR 16 AND 17.
00:13:03 THE AGENDA RECOMMENDS ADOPT A
00:13:06 RESOLUTION FOR RESOLUTION BODY TO
00:13:09 CONTINUE REMOTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH
00:13:13 AB361 AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATION.
00:13:16 VALID REASON TO NOT MAKE CHANGE THIS
00:13:18 TIME AND REMOTE FIFTH SURGE OF COVID.
00:13:22 WE DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT DURING THE
00:13:25 HOLIDAY SEASON OUR PLAN MENTION
00:13:29 LAST TIME IS VERY MUCH RECOMMENDED.
00:13:32 COVID TESTING RETURNS TO THE LIBRARY
00:13:35 DECEMBER 22 AT 9:30 TO 3 P.M.
00:13:42 APPOINTMENTS MADE FCC FREE TEST WARD IS
00:13:46 ALSO AVAILABLE.
00:13:48 COVID TESTING FOR JANUARY 12 AND 26 AND
00:13:52 THAT CONCLUDES THE COVID UPDATE. LISA
00:13:55 AND I ARE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
00:14:00 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. IT'S
00:14:03 EASY TO GET ON THE COUNTRY WEBSITE AND
00:14:06 GET A BOASTER.
00:14:08 THEY HAVE A LOT OF APPOINTMENTS
00:14:13 AVAILABLE ESPECIALLY DURING THE
00:14:15 HOLIDAY.
00:14:16 IT'S HE'S TO DO THAT. I WANT TO THANK
00:14:28 EMERGENCY LISA SHONA. NOT JUST ON THE
00:14:31 REPORTS WHAT SHE HAS DONE NOT THE
00:14:34 PANDEMIC I WOULD MAKE THE 2021
00:14:39 EMERGENCY MANAGER OF THE YEAR.
00:14:41 BECAUSE ANY OF EVENT OF ANY QUESTION OR
00:14:47 ANY SITUATION THAT HAS COME UP THROUGH
00:14:50 THIS PANDEMIC IN THESE UNCHARTED
00:14:56 TERRITORIES LISA WAS THERE TO HELP.
00:14:59 IF SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE ANSWER SHE WOULD
00:15:02 GET BACK TO US TO HELP THE COMMUNITY
00:15:05 247.
00:15:08 I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD GET THROUGH
00:15:11 THIS WITHOUT YOU LISA.
00:15:13 BECAUSE IN THE WAY YOU DID YOU NEVER
00:15:17 SEEM TO PANIC ON US EVEN THOUGH WE WERE
00:15:23 PANICKING. YOU SO PROFESSIONAL. I'M
00:15:27 SO PROUD WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND YOU TO
00:15:30 PRO TECH THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY
00:15:33 REPRESENT US WITH HONOR.
00:15:36 CONGRATULATION ON THAT VERY WELL
00:15:39 DESERVED AWARD.
00:15:40 >> THANK YOU.
00:15:41 >> YOU ARE A HERO TO US BUT WE REALLY
00:15:47 ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
00:15:50 FOR THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA.
00:15:53 >> I WAS GOING TO ADD MAYOR YOUR
00:15:57 COMMENTS ARE SPOT ON.
00:16:01 LISA IS THE ULTIMATE PROFESSIONAL WITH
00:16:05 THIS CITY AND THIS PROFESSION. IT'S
00:16:08 NOT UNCOMMON IN EARLY DAYS OF COVID FOR
00:16:11 THE STATE THE COUNTRY AND OTHER
00:16:15 COLLEAGUES TO CALL HER FOR ADVICE TO
00:16:18 PROCEED.
00:16:20 LISA WENT OVER AND BEYOND AS MANY STAFF
00:16:27 TO DO TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS TIME.
00:16:30 LISA SO WELL DESERVED THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:16:35 FOR THE SERVICE.
00:16:37 >> YES AND ALL YOUR COLLEAGUES. I HAVE
00:16:44 HANDS UP COUNCILMAN HARDER.
00:16:46 >> LISA WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.
00:16:50 THERE IS ANOTHER TESTING SITE IN SANTA
00:16:54 CLARA IT'S IN THE CORNER OF CALABASAS
00:17:02 AND THERE IS ANOTHER TEST WILLING SITE.
00:17:07 >> VICE MAYOR JAW?
00:17:12 >> THANK YOU FOR THE COVID REPORT. I
00:17:16 WOULD ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LISA.
00:17:20 YOU HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS HELP TO THE
00:17:24 COMMUNITY AS REPORTING.
00:17:26 LAST YEAR OF THAT IS COVID
00:17:32 PANDEMIC.
00:17:33 PEOPLE MAY HAVE NOT HEARD OF THE EOC.
00:17:38 NOW THE HELP YOU HAVE PROVIDE YOU AND
00:17:42 THE TEAM IT'S GREAT FEEDBACK.
00:17:46 >>CONGRATULATION ON YOUR AWARD-WINING
00:17:53 THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT COVID-19. AT
00:17:58 THE SAME TIME I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK
00:18:01 YOU FOR LISA. I'VE SEEN TWO SIDES OF
00:18:05 YOU I WAS A RESIDENCE BEFORE THIS.
00:18:08 I GOT TO SEE YOUR REPORTS AND YOUR
00:18:11 GUIDANCE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
00:18:14 COMMUNICATION. NOW I GET TO SEE YOU AS
00:18:20 ELECTIVE OFFICIAL. IT'S GREAT TO BE
00:18:23 WORKING WITH YOU. CONGRATULATION ON
00:18:25 THE AWARD YOU EARNED IT.
00:18:33 >> COUNCILMAN WASTINE.
00:18:35 >> THANK YOU. ALSO THE UPDATES ON
00:18:41 COVID I'VE TAKEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY WHEN
00:18:47 THERE IS TESTING ESPECIALLY WE ARE OUT
00:18:50 IN THE PUBLIC A LOT MORE NOW AND EVEN
00:18:54 THOUGH I MAY BE VACCINATED I WILL NOT
00:19:01 TAKE ANY CHANCES.
00:19:04 YOU HEAR PEOPLE BEING VACCINATED AND
00:19:11 STILL BEING DIAGNOSED WITH COVID. I
00:19:14 REALLY APPRECIATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
00:19:17 I TIME I GO THERE IS NOT ONE TABLE WITH
00:19:22 SOMEBODY DOING THE SELF-TEST. IT'S
00:19:25 WONDERFUL TO HAVE IT HERE LOCALLY.
00:19:33 >> COUNCILMEMBER JANE.
00:19:35 >> THANK YOU FOR BEING BOASTER. I'M
00:19:40 IMPRESSED HOW ON TOP YOU ARE WITH UFF
00:19:44 BROWN UNIVERSITY AND THE CDC I
00:19:48 APPRECIATE GETTING THE LATEST
00:19:51 SCIENTIFIC DATA AND HOW EFFECTIVE THESE
00:19:54 ARE. THANK YOU.
00:19:56 >> LISA DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING
00:19:59 AFTER THAT?
00:20:00 >> THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL MAYOR
00:20:09 GILMORE AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M
00:20:11 RARELY AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.
00:20:15 I'M FEELING QUITE EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW
00:20:18 WITH YOUR KIND AND GRACE REPORTS.
00:20:28 THIS AWARD SEEMS LIKE ME. IT'S A
00:20:32 LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME BUT LESS ABOUT ME.
00:20:36 I'M ABLE TO DO MY JOB WITH LEADERSHIP
00:20:41 WITH SANTA THE LEADER OF EMERGENCY. A
00:20:51 COMPETITIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM TALENT
00:20:54 PEOPLE. THE STAFF WHO SHOWED UP WITH
00:20:57 ME EVERY DAY FOR MONTHS AS WE WERE
00:21:02 HEARING DR. CODE EVERY TIME WE LEAVE
00:21:05 OUR HOUSES WE RISK OUR LIVES.
00:21:11 I CAN'T FORGOT THE FIRST SPONSORS THE
00:21:15 POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT
00:21:16 AND ALL THE DISASTER WORKERS WHO JUST
00:21:20 ROSE TO THE OCCASION WENT THE EXTRA
00:21:23 MILE.
00:21:26 SOMETIMES I WOULD SAY WE ARE DO IT
00:21:30 AFRAID. PEOPLE WORKING IN THE
00:21:33 DISTRIBUTION IT WAS JUST... I'M SO
00:21:38 HONORED AND SO BLESSED TO WORK WITH
00:21:43 THIS CT TEAM.
00:21:45 I CAN'T EVEN EXPRESS THE WITH TEAM I
00:21:57 WORK WITH. I HOPE I DIDN'T FORGET
00:21:59 ANYTHING.
00:22:01 >> YOUR WORDS ARE CORRECT BECAUSE IT
00:22:06 TAKES A TEAM AROUND YOU AND BEHIND YOU
00:22:09 IT'S THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA AND THE
00:22:13 AMAZING PEOPLE WE HAVE WORK HERE IT'S A
00:22:17 TESTAMENT WHO WE ARE.
00:22:19 YOU ARE THE FACE OF THE EMERGENCY
00:22:22 SERVICES. WE KNOW IT'S A VILLAGE IT
00:22:26 TOOK A VILLAGE TO GET THIS DONE.
00:22:32 VILLAGES NEEDS LEADERS AS WELL. THANK
00:22:35 YOU TO CITY MANAGER AND YOU LISA TAKING
00:22:40 ON THE LEAD ROLE WITH THE PANDEMIC AND
00:22:42 BEING THE FACE WITH THE COMMUNICATION
00:22:44 WITH ALL OF US.
00:22:46 WE ARE NOT THROUGH IT YET.
00:22:49 >> WE ARE NOT THROUGH IT YET.
00:22:52 >> WE WILL HEAVILY RELY ON YOU AND
00:22:56 OTHERS TO GUIDE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH
00:22:57 THIS.
00:22:59 IT WAS INTERESTING I WAS AT AN EVENT
00:23:03 THIS WEEKEND WITH OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS.
00:23:06 WE HAD TO RAPIDLY TESTED BEFORE GOING
00:23:11 INTO THE EVENT. WE HAD TO SIT AND WAIT
00:23:15 FOR THE TEST BEFORE YOU WENT INTO THE
00:23:17 EVENT.
00:23:19 EVERYBODY DROVE UP. THINGS ARE
00:23:24 CHANGING RAPIDLY FOR US AND THE
00:23:27 PANDEMIC AND WHAT IS FORCING US TO DO
00:23:31 WITH PUBLIC GATHERS.
00:23:32 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WITH ALL THE
00:23:40 OUTLETS YOU ARE GETTING FROM.
00:23:43 YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO FOR US. WE ARE
00:23:46 GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THE
00:23:50 CITY EMPLOYEES TO MAKE OUR CITY A
00:23:58 WONDERFUL PLACE.
00:24:00 NEXT WE HAVE CITY MANAGER WITH THE
00:24:06 LOCAL DROUGHT.
00:24:07 >> THIS IS PROVIDED FOR TUBE CODE 8730.
00:24:13 THE SANTA CLARA WATER DISTRICT WITH
00:24:17 SANTA CLARA PREVIOUS A DROUGHT
00:24:20 EMERGENCY. THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:24:23 COMMISSION DID DECLARE WATER EMERGENCY
00:24:26 NOVEMBER 22 COMMISSION MEETING.
00:24:28 WHICH WILL RESULT IN 32 PERCENT USE
00:24:35 REDUCTION FOR SANTA CLARA EARLY 2022.
00:24:40 DROUGHT EFFORTS AND REGULAR MEETINGS
00:24:44 WITH SANTA CLARA BAY AREA AND
00:24:56 CONSERVATION. RESERVOIR DESPITE THE
00:24:57 RECENT RAIN. IT WILL PUSH ON THE WATER
00:25:01 SUPPLIES. THE CITY CONTINUES OUTREACH
00:25:04 REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF
00:25:09 CONSERVATION THROUGH BLOGS AND NEWS
00:25:11 LETTERS.
00:25:13 E NEWS AND PLATFORMS. THE EFFORTS OF
00:25:17 SANTA CLARA ARE REACHING THE CERTAIN
00:25:20 GOAL OF 15 PERCENT.
00:25:23 IN NOVEMBER WATER DEMAND WAS DEDUCED 23
00:25:31 PERCENT AND 23.6 COMPARE TO 2013. WE
00:25:35 URGE TO CONSERVE WATER TO THE MAXIMUM
00:25:40 EXTENT POSSIBLE DURING THE DROUGHT.
00:25:44 YOU REDUCE WATER BY FOLLOWING THESE
00:25:46 SUGGESTIONS.
00:25:58 ARROGATION TIME, OUTDOOR WATERING REDUCE
00:26:03 FIX LEAKS. WE ENCOURAGE TO VISIT WATER
00:26:08 CONSERVATION PAGE IT'S LISTED. SANTA
00:26:19 CLARA CA.GOV/SAFE OUR WATER. THIS
00:26:23 CONCLUDES THE WATER. WE ARE HERE FOR
00:26:25 QUESTIONS.
00:26:27 >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL ON
00:26:29 THAT?
00:26:30 ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC?
00:26:35 ON THIS? I DON'T SEE ANY ASSISTANCE
00:26:40 CITY CLERK?
00:26:41 >> I DO NOT SEE HANDS AND NO WRITTEN
00:26:44 COMMENTS.
00:26:46 >> THANK YOU CITY MANAGER FOR THAT
00:26:51 REPORT. MOVING ON TO THE AGENDA WE
00:26:55 HAVE ITEM 3A THESE ARE AGENDA DEFERRED
00:26:58 FROM DECEMBER 7.
00:27:01 ADAPTATION OF RESOLUTION APPROVE WILL
00:27:04 FOR CLASSIFIED AND UP CLASSIFIED
00:27:08 EMPLOYEES CITY MANAGER COAST OF THE
00:27:11 LIVING INCREASES DECEMBER 26, 2021.
00:27:14 WHO WAS GOING TO GIVE THE REPORT ON
00:27:16 THIS?
00:27:18 CITY MANAGER?
00:27:19 >> YES GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I WANT TO
00:27:23 ADVICE THE COUNCIL I DO NOT EXCUSE
00:27:30 DETERMINE I DO NOT HAVE CONFLICT OF
00:27:33 INTEREST. THE LAST WEEK WAS OVERLY
00:27:38 CONSERVATIVE.
00:27:41 I'M COUNCIL MEMOS FROM STAFF OUTSIDE
00:27:45 ATTORNEYS AND MY OWN ATTORNEYS
00:27:47 REGARDING THIS ACTION.
00:27:49 THOSE MATERIALS SUFFICIENT OR MORE THAN
00:27:52 SUFFICIENT INFORMATION FOR YOUR
00:27:53 UNDERSTANDING AT THE ACTION BEFORE THE
00:27:55 COUNCIL.
00:27:58 AS PART ON BEHALF OF THE
00:28:04 ADMINISTRATION THE RECKLESS BY
00:28:06 COUNCILMEMBERS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY
00:28:10 MEMBERS ABOUT BARGAIN UNIT AND MYSELF.
00:28:15 TO UNIT 9 THE RECORD IS VERY CLEAR AND
00:28:18 THE COMMENTS ARE ON RECORD.
00:28:21 IT IS ALSO DEMONSTRATES LACK BEFORE THE
00:28:27 COUNCIL IT'S NOT ABOUT COAL.
00:28:30 THE COMMENTS LAST WEEK REGARDING UNIT 9
00:28:37 OF COLLUDE ARE FALSE. BOTH THE CITY
00:28:40 STAFF TEAM AND UNIT 9 HAVE NOT ACTION
00:28:49 ACCUSED LAST WEEK GOOD FAITH
00:28:52 NEGOTIATE.
00:28:53 THIS IS A NEW LOW WORKFORCE
00:29:00 INTIMIDATION AND HOSTILITY. IT WAS
00:29:07 SCARE HOW INSULTED AND DE MORALIZES.
00:29:15 MY 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THIS IS THE
00:29:19 MOST COMMITTED CITY TEAM I HAVE EVERY
00:29:21 WORKED WITH.
00:29:23 OUR TEAM WORKS WITH SUFFICIENT NEEDED
00:29:29 AND STILL FINDS A WAY TO THE COMMUNITY.
00:29:34 PUBLIC 247 WORK ETHICS AND BE READY TO
00:29:40 WORK. WE DO THAT HIGH LEVEL OF
00:29:44 CUSTOMER SERVICE AND GO BEYOND THE CALL
00:29:47 OF DUTY.
00:29:48 I WANT TO APOLOGIZE THAT HAS THESE LAST
00:29:55 WEEK. THEY WERE HURTFUL COMMENTS AND
00:29:59 INAPPROPRIATE ACTIONS AND THEY TOOK A
00:30:02 TARGET AT OUR ETHICS.
00:30:05 YOU DO NOT DESERVE WITH MEAN STRICT
00:30:07 COMMENTS IN THIS WORK PLACE.
00:30:10 CITY STAFF WORKING IN FEAR WE WILL
00:30:15 REGARDLESS OF ILLEGAL CONDUCT. THIS
00:30:17 HAS HAPPENED FAR TOO OFTEN. PLEASE
00:30:18 STOP MAKING OPTIONS TO US IN TEXT
00:30:22 MESSAGE OR LOCAL MEDIA OR SHAPE OR
00:30:26 FORM.
00:30:30 CITY STAFF IS AWARE HOW YOU ARE
00:30:34 CONDUCTING YOURSELF. YOUR ACTIONS ARE
00:30:37 HARMFUL.
00:30:39 I REASON BELIEVE THAT MY CONFIDENT MEMO
00:30:45 HAS THERE IS AN ARTICLE ALREADY. IT
00:30:50 SHOWS ADDITIONAL HARM.
00:30:52 BACK TO THE MATTER LAST WEEK IS
00:31:00 COUNCIL APPROVAL. NO NEED TO NEED TALK
00:31:04 ACTION WHICH IS NOT A COAL. A PUBLIC
00:31:10 APOLOGIZE HOW WE WERE TREATED LAST WEEK
00:31:13 AND FALSELY ACCUSED.
00:31:14 IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND STAFF AND OUR
00:31:17 ATTORNEY ARE HERE TO RESPOND.
00:31:21 WHAT WILL NOT HAPPEN TONIGHT IS FURTHER
00:31:33 DISPERSE OR LOFTING ALLEGATION TOWARDS
00:31:35 US.
00:31:37 I WILL ASK THE MAYOR TO RECONVENE AND
00:31:45 WORK ON THIS MANNER.
00:31:50 WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.
00:31:53 >> LET'S GO TO THEM.
00:31:55 >> THANK YOU COUNCIL. IF I CAN HAVE
00:31:59 THE PRESENTATION UP PLEASE.
00:32:02 THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING COUNCILMEMBER
00:32:09 AND MAYOR. DEANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:32:12 COMMENTS. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU APPROVAL
00:32:15 OF RESOLUTION THE SALARY PLANS WITH
00:32:20 NEGOTIATION COST LIVING ADJUSTMENTS BY
00:32:23 PER.
00:32:26 THE COALS ARE APPROVED AND WILL BE ON
00:32:32 DECEMBER 27. IT GOES TO THE CITY
00:32:37 MANAGEMENT NO LONGER REQUIRED WE HAVE
00:32:40 REVIEW WITH OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL AND
00:32:41 IT WAS DETERMINED IT'S NOT NECESSARY
00:32:43 BECAUSE WE ESTABLISH PAST PRACTICE THE
00:32:48 SAME THAT UNIT 9 RECEIVED.
00:32:51 AND ALSO THE UNIT THE SAME MANAGER
00:32:56 CONTRACT HAS A PROVISION PROVIDES THE
00:32:59 CITY MANAGER THE COST OF LIVING THAT
00:33:02 UNIT 9 RECEIVES.
00:33:04 I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THE ITEM
00:33:07 BEFORE YOU.
00:33:09 THIS ITEM DOES NOT WITHHOLD THE COST OF
00:33:12 LIVING THAT IS THE CITY OBLIGATION
00:33:17 IMPLEMENT. THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON
00:33:19 DECEMBER 26.
00:33:21 THE ITEM BEFORE YOU DOES NOT OPEN IN
00:33:25 THE MOU WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
00:33:29 AGAIN THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU
00:33:32 APPROVAL TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT
00:33:36 UPDATE THE SALARY PLAN FOR THE CLASS
00:33:40 REPRESENTING UNIT 9, AND 798 THIS IS
00:33:48 REQUIRED BY CALPERS. THIS DOES
00:33:52 CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION AND HERE TO
00:33:55 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
00:33:56 ALSO WITH US IS SAKI CAN ANSWER ANY
00:34:04 QUESTIONS AND LEGAL ADVICE TO THE
00:34:06 COUNCIL.
00:34:08 >> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
00:34:13 COUNCILMEMBER BECKER.
00:34:14 >> THIS IS MORE OF CLARIFICATION RIGHT
00:34:17 NOW AND FOLLOWING UP WHAT THE CITY
00:34:21 MANAGER SPOKE ABOUT. I WANTED TO
00:34:23 ADDRESS THIS AS WELL.
00:34:25 LAST WEEK I DID MAKE COMMENTS. I THINK
00:34:29 THESE COMMENTS ARE MISS MISINTERPRET.
00:34:43 THIS IS E-MAIL TO MY OFFICE AND
00:34:47 DECEMBER 13, 2021. I WOULD LIKE TO
00:34:51 ADDRESS YOUR ACCURACY.
00:34:56 ANY QUESTIONS ARE QUESTIONS TO APPROVE.
00:34:59 IN FACT THE VICE HALL SECTION ONE AND
00:35:02 CONTINUE SECTION 2 OF THE ITEM.
00:35:06 UNIT 9 COAL WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED
00:35:11 BUT WE KEEP THE ITEMS TOGETHER SINCE
00:35:16 THE SECOND ITEM WAS COLA. I VOICE IN
00:35:23 SECTION 2 OR ANY CONCERNS UNIT 9 IN
00:35:28 SECTION 1.
00:35:29 I WAS PREPARED TO SECOND VICE HALL OF
00:35:35 APPROVAL THE ITEM.
00:35:37 THE ONLY ITEM I WAS DISCUSSING WAS THE
00:35:42 COLA CITY MANAGER.
00:35:44 SECONDLY I SAY HERE THANK YOU FOR THE
00:35:47 MEMO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
00:35:49 I HOPE ALL THE CITY SANTA CLARA THE
00:35:56 EXCELLENCE AND DILIGENCE AS WELL PEOPLE
00:35:58 IN THE CITY.
00:36:01 ALL NINE MEMBERS FEASIBLE THIS
00:36:07 MORNING. THAT IS MY RESPONSE TO UNIT
00:36:11 9. I SHOULD HAVE NOT SAID "THEIR " I
00:36:17 SHOULD SAY "CITY MANAGER " WE CAN
00:36:23 RENEGOTIATING IT'S DISAPPOINTING IT'S
00:36:25 CHANGED FROM TWO ITEMS TO ONE.
00:36:28 I FIND IT VERY INSULTING THE CITY
00:36:35 MANAGER LEAKING INFORMATION ON CONSTANT
00:36:38 BASIS. THIS IS ABSORBED I TAKE OFFENSE
00:36:44 WITH THE ACCUSATIONS.
00:36:47 I WOULD LOOK AT THE LINKS OF THE CITY
00:36:53 OFFICE.
00:36:54 I'M GOING BY THE CITY. HERE IS THE
00:36:57 OTHER FACT I INHERITANCE THIS CONTACT.
00:37:04 DID NOT VOTE ON IT. IT DOESN'T
00:37:07 MEAN I HAVE TO AGREE EVERYTHING. I
00:37:13 HAVE EVERY RIGHT WHAT SANTA CLARA AGREE
00:37:17 THAT IS HIGH SALARY.
00:37:19 THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH TALKING
00:37:21 ABOUT THAT.
00:37:23 THE ONLY THING I WANT SEPARATE BASED ON
00:37:27 THE CONTACT. HERE WE ARE LAST WEEK I
00:37:32 MADE CERTAIN REMARKS I ASKED ARUSHA I
00:37:38 WAS SAYING OUTLINE WITH UNIT 9 MAYBE
00:37:43 SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE SAID I'M OUT OF
00:37:45 LINE.
00:37:46 I'M A NEW COUNCILMEMBER AND SOME WILL
00:37:50 MAKE MISTAKES. WE ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL
00:37:55 POLITICIANS OR POLITICAL GENIUS.
00:37:58 WE ARE TRYING TO GET UNDERSTANDING.
00:38:01 WHEN MANIPULATION ON A SPECIFIC
00:38:05 BASIS IT'S HARD TO MAKE DECISION
00:38:08 ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE MAKING ACCUSATION
00:38:13 ON WEEKLY BASIS.
00:38:15 ON WEEKLY BASIS SOME COUNCILMEMBER HAS
00:38:18 TO EXPLAIN THEIR SELF OF SOME WRONGDOING
00:38:21 THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
00:38:24 I MADE THAT... I'M NOT GOING TO
00:38:27 APOLOGIZE IT WAS DIRECTED AT THE CITY
00:38:30 MANAGER. IT WAS NOT DIRECTED TO UNIT 9
00:38:34 AND I EXPLAINED THAT TO MR. JACKSON.
00:38:38 CITY MANAGER I'M SORRY YOU TOOK OFFENSE
00:38:41 TO THAT I'M GOING BASED ON THE
00:38:43 CONTRACT.
00:38:46 I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT TWO ITEMS DOWN TO
00:38:50 ONE ITEM. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT.
00:38:55 >> CHARLES I WOULD LIKE CALL ON YOU.
00:38:59 >> I WANT TO CLARIFY THE ACTION IS TO
00:39:05 ADOPT THE SALARY SCHEDULES. THERE IS
00:39:09 NO ACTION HERE WITH APPROVAL IT IT'S
00:39:13 ALREADY DONE.
00:39:14 THERE IS NO ACTION TO CHANGE SALARY
00:39:17 THOSE WILL GO IN AFFECTS. THIS IS
00:39:22 ADMINISTER ACTION THAT IS WHY IT'S
00:39:25 SIMPLE ITEM IT APPLIES WITH THE
00:39:28 CALIFORNIA REGULATION.
00:39:29 >> THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER.
00:39:34 >> PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT MY AGREEMENT
00:39:38 AND COUNCIL CHANGES REQUIRES UNDER 7.2
00:39:42 TO THE PUBLIC NOTICING TO ME IN WRITING
00:39:45 PER MY AGREEMENT.
00:39:48 ADDITIONAL ANY COMMENTS OR FAILING
00:39:52 PARTIES STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH ANY TERM
00:39:54 UNDER TAKING OF THIS AGREEMENT
00:39:57 SHALL NOT BE DEEMED A WAIVER OF SUCH
00:40:00 TERM.
00:40:01 I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTICED BY
00:40:05 COUNCILMEMBER BECKER OF HIS CHANGES TO
00:40:10 MY CONTACT NOR HAVE A WAVED IN WRITING
00:40:15 LEGAL AGREEMENT NOR HAS THIS COUNCIL
00:40:18 ANY CHANGES OF MY CONTRACT TERM BREACH
00:40:22 AND WRITES OF
00:40:26 AGREEMENT.
00:40:28 >> THANK YOU CITY MANAGER. VICE MAYOR.
00:40:34 >> THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. CHAHAL
00:40:42 ABOUT THIS ITEM FROM TWO TO ONE. I
00:40:47 STILL HAVE RESOLUTIONS ABOUT IT.
00:40:49 LET ME TELL YOU WHY THE COUNCIL AND
00:40:53 EVERYBODY.
00:40:55 AS DIRECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THE
00:41:02 CITY MANAGEMENT CLOSE WITH UNIT 5, 7, 8
00:41:06 AND 9 AND OTHER UNITS.
00:41:10 WE NEEDED TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE CITY.
00:41:15 I RECOMMEND BUT EACH AND EVERY EMPLOYEE
00:41:18 AND MEMBERS FOR ACCEPTING FINANCIAL IN
00:41:21 MANY WAYS.
00:41:23 PLEASE NOTE, THESE WERE NOT PERFORMANCE
00:41:27 USED FOR NEGOTIATES TO AGREE TO CUTS TO
00:41:32 HELP CITY DURING THE TOUGH FINANCIAL
00:41:34 TIMES.
00:41:36 WE WERE RUNNING MULTIPLE DEFICITS.
00:41:41 ALMOST EVERYWHERE I GO IS PART OF
00:41:44 NEGOTIATION THAT IS GOING ON FOR SOME
00:41:47 UNITS.
00:41:49 AS CITY COUNCIL WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THE
00:41:54 SAME NEGOTIATES WITH THREE
00:41:56 APPOINTMENTS. CITY MANAGER, CITY
00:41:59 ATTORNEY AND AUDITOR.
00:42:02 THE ONLY POINT WE HAVE CITY MANAGER.
00:42:06 WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED. 3.2 OF THE
00:42:12 CITY EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.
00:42:17 CLAUSE 3.2 ADJUSTMENTS. THE CITY
00:42:21 COUNCIL SHALL MEET IMPLY FOR THE
00:42:25 EXPRESS PURPOSE DETERMINING ANY
00:42:30 ADJUSTMENT IN REGARD TO THE TIMING AND
00:42:32 THE AMOUNT OF ANY ADJUSTMENT THE SOUL
00:42:40 DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL.
00:42:42 SECOND PAIR OF 3.2 WHICH IS BEING
00:42:46 MENTIONED IN VARIATION MEMOS.
00:42:49 3.2 IS NOT BEING MENTIONED. THE SECOND
00:42:56 PART MENTIONS ALTO IS NOT UNIT 9.
00:43:00 EMPLOYEES SUBJECT ALL COST OF LIVING TO
00:43:02 SALARY AND BENEFIT UNCLASSIFIED
00:43:10 MANAGEMENT IN UNITY 9.
00:43:13 I SEE CONFLICTING BY ITSELF. WHEN WE
00:43:17 STARTED THE NEGOTIATION UNDER CITY
00:43:23 MANAGEMENT UNDER CITY COUNCIL WITH THE
00:43:25 UNITS TO SAVE MONEY I THINK WE HAVE
00:43:29 MORAL AND FISCAL DUTY WITH THE
00:43:35 APPOINTMENTS.
00:43:38 THOSE POINTS NEGOTIATE WITH ANYBODY
00:43:40 ELSE OTHER THAN THE CITY COUNCIL
00:43:42 BASICALLY.
00:43:44 THAT IS WHERE I'M COMING FROM. IT'S
00:43:47 NOT QUESTION OF ANY PERFORMANCE BUT A
00:43:51 QUESTION OF PROCESS WHICH WE SHOULD
00:43:53 HAVE FOLLOWED.
00:43:56 THE CLAUSE MENTIONED SOLE DISCRETION TO
00:44:00 MEET WITH EMPLOYEE WITH THE ADJUSTMENT.
00:44:03 AS SUCH I'M REQUESTING MAYOR GILMORE
00:44:11 OF 3.2 OF ARGUMENT. ONCE WE HAVE THAT
00:44:15 WE CAN DECIDE COUNCIL MAKES ABOUT COLA
00:44:20 OR COUNCIL DECIDES ON CITY MANAGEMENT.
00:44:26 I'M NOT ASKING TO REVIEW BUT SIMILAR WE
00:44:32 HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED.
00:44:35 ALMOST EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE CITY HAS
00:44:40 BEEN SUBJECTED. I'M ASKING FOR THAT.
00:44:45 AFTER THOSE DELEGATION WITH COUNCIL
00:44:49 APPROVES THE COLA FROM 12-26. THIS IS
00:44:54 NOT PERFORMANCE OF YOU AND NO WAY WE
00:44:57 WILL MAKE A DECISION ON CITY MANAGEMENT
00:45:01 PERFORMANCE.
00:45:02 JUST LIKE OTHER UNITS FOR THE CITY 'S
00:45:08 FINANCIAL HELP.
00:45:12 IT'S OUR FIDUCIARY DUTY. WITH THAT I
00:45:23 ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY ON DECEMBER 7 I
00:45:27 DID SAY BY MISTAKE CITY MANAGERS
00:45:34 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT IS RENEWED EVERY
00:45:38 YEAR. I SHOULD HAVE SAID REVIEWED
00:45:43 EVERY YEAR.
00:45:44 THAT IS MY CLARIFICATION.
00:45:48 WITH THAT SAID I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE A
00:45:52 MOTION THAT WE ADOPT
00:46:00 RESOLUTION FOR THE ANNUAL PLANNING FOR
00:46:06 UNITY 578 AND UNIT 9 THE VARIATION TO
00:46:11 SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT OF CALIFORNIA
00:46:18 SECTION 57.5 EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 26,
00:46:20 2021.
00:46:22 THAT IS MY RESOLUTION. I'LL COME BACK
00:46:27 WITH THE RESOLUTION LATER ON.
00:46:35 >> I'LL SECOND.
00:46:37 >> I WILL GO TO CHARLES. I WAS GOING
00:46:50 TO RECOMMEND CLOSE SESSION OR OUTSIDE
00:46:58 COUNSEL FOR UNDERSTANDING.
00:47:03 MR. IKEZI COULD YOU HELP US. I'M
00:47:07 GETTING UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS
00:47:08 DISCUSSION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
00:47:11 PROTECTED.
00:47:14 I'M CONCERNING WITH THESE CONVERSATIONS
00:47:16 ARE GOING.
00:47:18 >> I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO BE
00:47:20 CLEAR THIS ITEM IS NOT TO IMPLEMENT
00:47:25 COLAS. THEY ARE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE
00:47:28 MADE WITH THE CITY.
00:47:31 >> CAN I STOP YOU ALREADY? HAS THIS
00:47:35 COUNCIL APPROVED THE COLAS.
00:47:38 OKAY.
00:47:40 >> SO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE COLAS
00:47:47 AND MIUS AND IT LINKS TO UNIT 9. THOSE
00:47:54 WILL GO IN AFFECT WHETHER YOU PASS IT
00:47:58 OR NOT.
00:47:59 IT WAS A MINSTER ACTION TO ALLOW
00:48:04 ADVISABILITY OF THE SALARIES.
00:48:06 AS PART OF BELL REFORMED AND CALPURSE
00:48:11 WE NEED TO MAKE THEM PUBLIC. THEY WERE
00:48:16 AGREE PREVIOUS TO THE COUNCIL.
00:48:18 THERE IS A BINDING WITH THIS CITY.
00:48:23 WHAT YOU ARE DOING TONIGHT IS ADOPTING
00:48:26 A DOCUMENT THE PUBLIC WILL VIEW WHAT
00:48:31 THE SALARIES ARE FOR THESE WITH THE
00:48:33 INDIVIDUALS.
00:48:36 IT'S NOT ADOPTION OF THE COLAS YOU DID
00:48:41 NOTHING THE COLAS WILL GO INTO EFFECT.
00:48:45 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER
00:48:49 AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
00:48:51 THEY WILL BE EFFECTIVE. THE ONLY THING
00:48:56 YOU ARE TONIGHT IS PUTTING OUT FOR THE
00:48:59 PUBLIC AND ARE ON THE WEB PAGE.
00:49:06 >> MR. IKEZI IF WE DON'T APPROVE WHAT
00:49:09 HAPPENS?
00:49:12 >> EFFECTIVELY THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO VIEW
00:49:16 THE SALARY SCHEDULE THAT IS PART OF
00:49:19 TRANSPARENCY AND MAKE IT PUBLIC. THE
00:49:25 SALARIES WILL GO INTO EFFECT ONE
00:49:33 WAY OR NOT.
00:49:34 >> WHEN THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE MOU 'S
00:49:40 WE APPROVED THE COLAS?
00:49:44 >> YES. CORRECT.
00:49:46 >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT
00:49:51 CLARIFICATION. OKAY. SO THAT PUTS IT
00:49:54 IN PERSPECTIVE I'M STILL THINKING WE
00:49:57 NEED MIGHT NEED SOME OUTSIDE
00:50:00 ASSISTANCE.
00:50:02 LET'S GO THROUGH AND SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE
00:50:08 REACTING TO THIS?
00:50:10 >> MORE DISCUSSION. I'M ONE VOTE. IT
00:50:14 COMES DOWN TO ALSO I'VE SEEN WITH THE
00:50:20 PANDEMIC ANY CITY LEADERS HAVE YIELD
00:50:23 IT.
00:50:25 GOING BACK TO ME BEING ONE VOTE DID I
00:50:28 VOTE ON THIS ITEM?
00:50:30 DID I AGREE TO THIS?
00:50:32 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
00:50:36 IS ONE PERSON HELD TO SOMETHING? YOU
00:50:40 DON'T AGREE WITH IT YOU HAVE TO ABIDE
00:50:44 BY IT YOU ARE GOVERNING BODY THAT MAKES
00:50:49 THOSE LEGAL DECISION?
00:50:51 I THOUGHT WE HAVE ABILITY LEGAL
00:50:56 DECISION CONCERN THE ROLE.
00:50:59 I'M CONCERN WITH DISCUSSING OUT IN
00:51:02 PUBLIC THAT IS WHY I ASKED IN CLOSED
00:51:06 SESSION MORE APPROPRIATE.
00:51:08 I THINK WE WANT THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION
00:51:15 AS TRANSPARENCY. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE
00:51:18 WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO AND WHAT I WANT
00:51:23 TO DO.
00:51:26 IF I'M BEING TOLD I CAN'T MAKE ANY
00:51:31 DECISIONS BECAUSE OF CONTACT THEN WHAT
00:51:33 IS THE POINT OF GOVERNING IT? I'M
00:51:42 CERTAIN WITH THE CITY MANAGER BEING
00:51:44 HERE.
00:51:45 I'M AFRAID FOR RETALIATION OF WHAT WE
00:51:51 SAY.
00:51:53 I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING WILL DO
00:51:55 ANYTHING BUT THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN I
00:51:58 HAVE IN MY HEART THIS MIGHT RETALIATION
00:52:04 AT THIS MOMENT.
00:52:06 SOME ARE NEW ELECTIVES AND WE MAY HAVE
00:52:11 NOT AGREE TO THESE THINGS WITH PRIOR.
00:52:14 ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN PRIOR
00:52:19 PRESIDENCY SOMEONE COMES AND CHANGES
00:52:21 SOMETHING.
00:52:23 I SEE THIS HAPPEN MANY TIMES.
00:52:26 CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT?
00:52:29 >> IT'S NOT TO SAY YOU CAN'T MAKE
00:52:34 CHANGES. YOU ENTER INTO AGREEMENT
00:52:38 LEASE FOR FIVE YEARS.
00:52:41 ONCE THAT AGREEMENT IS ENTERED IN THE
00:52:45 COUNCIL BOUND THAT LEASE A NEW COUNCIL
00:52:48 CANNOT SAY WE WANT LESS RENT TOMORROW.
00:52:55 THAT IS DIFFERENT FOR TODAY. ALL THIS
00:52:58 BEFORE YOU IS MAKE PUBLIC THE SALARY
00:53:04 SCHEDULES WHICH REFLECT WAS ALREADY
00:53:06 ADOPTED.
00:53:08 ALL YOU ARE DOING IS SHOWING THE LEASE
00:53:12 INCREASE FROM THIS YEAR. THAT IS
00:53:16 DIFFERENT NEGOTIATION.
00:53:18 >> I'M THINKING A LOT OF IT'S IN PAIN
00:53:23 INK. VICE HALL WAS TALKING ABOUT
00:53:26 SECTION 3.2.
00:53:28 I'M STILL SEEING THAT HOW DO I IGNORE
00:53:31 THAT?
00:53:32 >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO IGNORE THAT.
00:53:35 THERE TWO PIECES. THERE IS A MERIT
00:53:38 INCREASE AND THE COLA WHICH IS LINKED
00:53:45 TO UNIT 9 THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
00:53:47 PIECES.
00:53:51 ONE IS LINKED TO UNIT 9.
00:53:56 WE ARE DEALING WITH MERIT. WE ARE
00:54:01 REFLEXING THAT IN A DOCUMENT. TONIGHT
00:54:05 IS REFLECT THE EXISTING AGREEMENTS IN
00:54:10 PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
00:54:12 >> CHARLES CAN YOU CLEAR THIS FOR ME.
00:54:17 I THINK PAUL ALTO THEY CONCEDE OF THE
00:54:26 COLAS AND CUTS TO SALARIES I'M JUST
00:54:30 CURIOUS IF WE WANTED THOSE QUESTIONS TO
00:54:34 LEGALLY ASK THOSE QUESTIONS HOW DO WE
00:54:37 DO THAT?
00:54:40 ARE WE ALLOWED TO ASKED YIELD
00:54:42 QUESTIONS?
00:54:43 >> THAT IS NOT PART OF THAT ITEM DO
00:54:48 THAT. I WOULD NOTE... WHAT I
00:54:51 UNDERSTAND FROM THE AGREEMENTS HERE ON
00:54:55 THE CITY MANAGERS THERE IS TWO YEARS OF
00:55:01 COLAS.
00:55:03 UNIT 9 NOTED THAT. EVERY CITY ACTS
00:55:07 DIFFERENTLY.
00:55:09 EVERY CITY HAS DIFFERENT CONCESSIONS.
00:55:13 SO UNIT 9 WILL BE REFLECTED FOR YOUR
00:55:17 CITY MANAGER.
00:55:19 >> CAN I CLARIFY UNIT 9 TWO YEARS OF
00:55:33 ZERO COLAS. I DID SELF-PARTICIPATE OF
00:55:36 TWO YEARS OF ZEROS.
00:55:39 YOUR QUESTION WHETHER CITY MANAGER HAS
00:55:44 CONCEDED.
00:55:45 >> THANK YOU FOR ELABORATING.
00:55:49 >> THE CITY MANAGER WILL TAKE ZERO FOR
00:55:54 MERIT AS WELL.
00:55:56 THE COUNCIL FREEZE MERIT FOR THE CITY
00:56:01 MANAGER SIMILAR TO UNIT 9.
00:56:05 TO 2021 AND 2022 THIS CITY MANAGER FOR
00:56:13 MERIT INCREASE BECAUSE THEY TOOK ACTION
00:56:18 TO NOT EXTEND TO THE CITY MANAGER.
00:56:24 >> I WANT TO ADD THE CITY HAS THOUSANDS
00:56:30 OF CONTACTS AND THEY ARE LEGALLY
00:56:34 BINDING.
00:56:35 THE ROLE OF NEW COUNCILMEMBERS THAT IS
00:56:39 NOT INDICATOR THAT THE CONTRACTS ARE
00:56:41 VOID.
00:56:42 THEY COME UP THE COUNCIL HAS AN
00:56:46 OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE DIRECTION IN ANY
00:56:49 CHANGES IT WOULD LIKE.
00:56:50 ALL THE CONTRACTS IN TIME HAVE TO BE
00:56:57 HONOR. THAT GOES BEFORE THE BOARD I
00:57:00 MEAN THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.
00:57:03 >> THAT IS TRUE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
00:57:06 WHERE THEY HAVE BINDING CONTACTS WITH
00:57:11 MULTIPLE YEARS EVEN IN THE
00:57:13 ADMINISTRATION THE CONTACT IS STILL
00:57:15 BINDING.
00:57:16 >> THANK YOU.
00:57:26 >> COUNCILMEMBER CHERKURA.
00:57:27 >> THANK YOU. I KNOW THEY MADE A
00:57:30 COMMENT BEING A PART OF NEW COUNCIL. I
00:57:34 KNOW WHEN I FIRST ELECTED IN 2016 I DID
00:57:38 A LOT OF LISTENING BECAUSE THERE IS A
00:57:42 LOT TO LEARN.
00:57:44 IT'S A LEARNING CURVE. IT'S NOT
00:57:47 SOMETHING THAT COMES TO DISCUSSION VERY
00:57:51 OFTEN ONLY WHEN IT'S NECESSARY.
00:57:56 WHAT I WAS GOING TO PROPOSAL I KNOW
00:58:00 THERE IS A SECOND ON THE FLOOR BY MAYOR
00:58:04 HALL. I WAS GOING TO OFFER A
00:58:09 SUBSTITUTION TO BRING THIS DISCUSSION
00:58:12 TO CLOSE SESSION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A
00:58:16 LEGAL OPINION ON WHAT IS BEING
00:58:18 DISCUSSED AND HAVING OUTSIDE COUNCIL
00:58:22 CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION
00:58:24 THAT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR ALL OF
00:58:28 US AS A COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS
00:58:31 DISCUSSION IS ABOUT AND WHAT NEEDS TO
00:58:34 BE DONE WHEN IT DOES COME FORWARD.
00:58:37 THAT IS MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
00:58:41 >> DOES IT HAS TO BE A CLOSE SESSION
00:58:45 MANNER? CAN BE OPEN SESSION?
00:58:49 >> IF OPEN SESSION THAT'S FINE.
00:58:53 >> THE TOPIC IS POST THE SALARY THAT IS
00:59:00 NOT QUALIFY CLOSED SESSION.
00:59:02 ALL THE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AN
00:59:06 APPROVED.
00:59:08 CHARLES YOU MAY ACT YOUR LEGAL OPINION.
00:59:12 >> THIS IS SIMPLE ACTION TO MOST THE
00:59:18 SALARY SCHEDULES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
00:59:21 APPROVED BY THE MOU 'S AND THE
00:59:25 CONTRACT.
00:59:26 THERE IS NO OTHER ACTION THAT CAN BE
00:59:30 TAKEN EITHER WE DON'T APPROVE THE
00:59:33 SALARY SCHEDULES AND POST THEM AND OUT
00:59:37 OF REGULATIONS.
00:59:39 OR YOU DO AND YOU ARE IN REGULATIONS
00:59:42 AND THE COLAS WILL GO INTO PLACE.
00:59:44 THERE IS NOTHING TO DISCUSS IN TERMS OF
00:59:48 WHETHER YOU ADOPT THESE ARE NOT.
00:59:50 THERE IS NO REASON FORECLOSED SESSION.
00:59:54 >> MY PURPOSE IS SUGGESTING CLOSED
00:59:57 SESSION TO GET A LEGAL OPINION. IF
01:00:01 IT'S OPEN SESSION THAT IS PERFECTLY
01:00:04 FINE TOO BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE
01:00:08 OPEN AND TRANSPARENCY.
01:00:13 >> THIS ADMINISTRATION ACTION WITH THE
01:00:17 CODE OF REGULATION TO PUBLIC POST THE
01:00:22 ALREADY AGREED UPON SALARIES THAT IS
01:00:25 ALL THIS IS.
01:00:27 THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION WITH ITEM.
01:00:33 >> IT'S MORE FOR UNDERSTANDING.
01:00:35 >> I HAVE A QUESTION I DON'T KNOW IF I
01:00:38 WILL SECOND THE MOTION.
01:00:40 ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE A SESSION IN
01:00:46 EDUCATION SESSION WITH OUTSIDE COUNCIL
01:00:48 ON THE TABLE OBLIGATED TO DO? I THINK
01:00:56 THAT IS WHAT IS MISSING IN THIS
01:00:59 DISCUSSION?
01:01:02 I THINK THESE WERE APPROVED IN 2020
01:01:06 WITH THIS COUNCIL.
01:01:08 WHAT IS APPROVED MORE EDUCATIONAL
01:01:10 SESSION IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE ASKING
01:01:20 COUNCILMEMBER KALYM?
01:01:21 >> YES IT CAN.
01:01:23 >> I WILL SECOND THAT. NO MATTER I
01:01:26 THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. I WILL
01:01:30 SECOND THAT MOTION BECAUSE THERE IS BY
01:01:32 THE DISCUSSION THE QUESTIONS AND THE
01:01:35 COMMENTS I THINK WE NEED SOME HELP
01:01:37 HERE.
01:01:38 I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE THOROUGH
01:01:43 SESSION IN CLOSE SESSION IF WE HAVE OR
01:01:49 WHATEVER IT IS DISCUSSION THAT WAY.
01:01:58 VICE MAYOR WATANABE I WILL SECOND.
01:02:05 >> HE IS AHEAD OF ME.
01:02:07 >> I HAVE YOU FIRST. DO YOU WANT TO
01:02:11 SPEAK? YOU ARE DEFERRING.
01:02:14 COUNCILMEMBER JANE.
01:02:16 >> I THINK I WOULD LIKE MR. SAKI
01:02:23 EXPLAIN BECAUSE I DO SEE IN~
01:02:33 INCONSISTENT IN 3.2. I DO SEE A
01:02:36 CONFLICT IN THE TWO PARAGRAPHS.
01:02:42 BEFORE IKEZI IS MERIT INCREASES BUT DOES
01:02:48 NOT SAY THAT.
01:02:51 >> ARE WE GOING TO HAVE DISCUSSION?
01:02:56 >> I THINK THE SUBSTITUTION MOTION IS
01:03:02 TAKE THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION TO CLOSED
01:03:05 SESSION OR SPLIT OUT THE TWO
01:03:11 DISCUSSIONS.
01:03:12 >> THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION?
01:03:17 >> ONE TO PUBLISH UNIT 9 VERSUS
01:03:23 INCREASES FOR CITY MANAGER.
01:03:27 >> TO BE CLEAR THAT DOES NOT SEEM CLEAR
01:03:32 THE INCREASES WILL GO INTO
01:03:36 EFFECT.
01:03:39 THE CLOSED SESSION IS WHAT IS UNDER THE
01:03:43 AGREEMENT. IT WILL STILL BE APPROVED.
01:03:51 >> OKAY. THAT IS THE QUESTION I HAD.
01:03:53 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
01:03:57 >> I FEEL IN THIS CASE THE SITUATION IS
01:04:01 ACTUALLY STRAIGHT FORWARD WHICH IT'S
01:04:03 THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION SALARY
01:04:08 PLAN WHICH IS ALREADY AMENDED.
01:04:12 THIS WOULD WILL AS DISCUSSED WHICH IS
01:04:15 JUST MAKE THEM CONSISTENT.
01:04:18 THAT SAID, I MEAN I WOULD MAKE A
01:04:23 SUBSTITUTION MOTION TO APPROVE THE
01:04:27 UPDATED SALARY PLAN FOR CLASSIFY AND
01:04:30 UNCLASSIFIED FOR CITY MANAGER.
01:04:34 FOR CALIFORNIA CODE 570 EFFECTIVE
01:04:39 DECEMBER 26, 2021 AND CLOSED SESSION
01:04:44 SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR CITY MANAGER AS
01:04:47 APPROPRIATE.
01:04:48 THOSE ARE THE TWO ACTIONS THAT SATISFY
01:04:52 EVERYTHING THAT IS ALL THE DISCUSSION
01:04:53 ON THE TABLE.
01:04:57 >> I WOULD SECOND THAT.
01:05:00 >> THAT IS THE ITEM THAT IS ON THE
01:05:03 AGENDA RIGHT NOW?
01:05:05 >> WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SCHEDULING.
01:05:12 >> OH ADDITION TO THE SCHEDULING THE
01:05:18 CLOSED SESSION.
01:05:21 I'M SORRY I WASN'T FOLLOWING YOU 100 %
01:05:27 IS YOUR MOTION RECOMMENDATION AGENDA
01:05:33 PLUS CLOSE SESSION?
01:05:34 >> YES.
01:05:35 >> THAT IS THE SUBSTITUTE BY
01:05:40 SUBSTITUTE. A SECOND BY WHO?
01:05:43 >> COUNCILMEMBER JANE.
01:05:45 >> THANK YOU. NOW VICE MAYOR.
01:05:55 >> THANK YOU MAJOR. SO OUTSIDE COUNCIL
01:06:05 MR. SKI DISCUSSION ABOUT 3.2 I DON'T
01:06:11 THINK IT MENTIONED IT INCREASED.
01:06:16 IT MENTIONED ANY DETERMINATION OF
01:06:22 APPROPRIATE. I HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF
01:06:24 OPINION ON THAT.
01:06:28 AND WHEN I THINK WHEN WE APPROVE UNIT
01:06:33 578 AND UNIT 8 WE APPROVE SPECIFICALLY
01:06:39 9 AND 578. I KNOW IT'S A SEPARATE
01:06:46 CONTACT. WHEN I'M SAYING SEPARATE
01:06:50 CONTRACT I'M NOT TRYING TO PARTICULAR
01:06:53 TO CITY MANAGER I'M TRYING TO BE
01:06:57 PARTICULAR CITY ATTORNEY CITY AUDITOR
01:07:03 ALL THREE IN THE BASKET.
01:07:05 I DON'T WANT TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT ONE
01:07:10 PERSON. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE APPROVE
01:07:15 578 UNIT 9 SEPARATELY.
01:07:18 WHEN WE APPROVED THOSE THEY WERE
01:07:22 NEGOTIATE NOT JUST COLA BUT FOR VARIETY
01:07:26 REASONS.
01:07:28 MEDICAL OR THIS JOB OR MERIT INCREASE
01:07:33 OR SOME OTHER BENEFIT OR BONUS.
01:07:38 WE APPROVED THAT. THAT IS THE
01:07:43 DISTINGUISH BETWEEN EMPLOYEE UNIT
01:07:49 DISCUSSIONS.
01:07:51 BECAUSE I THINK WE APPLY THOSE UNITS
01:07:57 PER ACTION OF COUNCIL. COUNCIL HAS A
01:08:02 FISCAL DUTY WITH OUR THREW APPOINTEES.
01:08:13 WE DID NOT DO THAT. WHETHER IT'S COLAS
01:08:18 OR WHATEVER WE DECIDE THAT SHOULD BEEN
01:08:23 THE CORRECT PROCESS.
01:08:25 ANY CONTRACT BEING REVIEW BY THE
01:08:28 COUNCIL BY THE OTHER UNITS BEING
01:08:32 REVIEWED YOU COULD DECIDE SOMETHING
01:08:33 ELSE.
01:08:35 YOU CAN COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION.
01:08:39 I'M SAYING WE HAVE NOT REACHED THAT
01:08:41 PROCESS.
01:08:43 MY QUESTION IS WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT
01:08:47 PROCESS EVEN WITH THE EMPLOYEE. THAT
01:08:53 IS WHAT I'M STUCK WITH.
01:08:56 WHEN I WORK FOR UNIT 9 I WANTED FOR
01:09:01 THOSE SPECIFIC UNITS.
01:09:03 I VOTED FOR THOSE SPECIFICS UNIT I
01:09:09 CANNOT VOTE FOR (INAUDIBLE) I KNOW IT
01:09:11 CAN BE INCLUDED.
01:09:14 3.2 SAID SOMETHING BUT I THINK WE
01:09:17 SHOULD HAVE SEPARATE DISCUSSION BECAUSE
01:09:20 CITY IS DEFICIT.
01:09:22 WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND WE
01:09:26 HAVE DISCUSSION ALMOST EVERY EMPLOYEE
01:09:30 ALMOST EVERYTHING IS NOT FINALIZES.
01:09:36 FINANCIAL THING FOR THE CITIES TO COVER
01:09:42 THE DEFICIT.
01:09:43 THAT IS WHERE I'M COMING FROM. I'M NOT
01:09:46 TALKING ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF CITY
01:09:50 MANAGER. I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR.
01:09:53 THIS IS NOT THE PERFORMANCE OF CITY
01:09:57 MANAGER. FOR ME IT'S A PROCESS ISSUE
01:10:00 WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
01:10:04 I'M DEFERRING 3.2 HAS TWO PARAGRAPHS
01:10:07 WHICH ARE COMPATIBLE TO EACH OTHER.
01:10:11 WE CAN DO THE REVIEW WITH CITY COUNCIL
01:10:16 OF CITY MANAGER.
01:10:18 I ACCEPT THAT. IF THE COLA DOCUMENTED
01:10:24 I'M OKAY WITH THAT. THAT IS NOT A
01:10:27 PROBLEM. THAT IS WHERE I'M COMING
01:10:29 FROM. THAT IS WHY I MAKE A MOTION.
01:10:32 LET'S BRING THIS 3.2 CLARIFICATION AND
01:10:37 THE NEGOTIATE IN A CLOSED DOOR AND THEN
01:10:41 WE CAN WORK FOR CITY MANAGERS ISSUE AT
01:10:47 THAT TIME.
01:10:48 THAT IS REASON I'M SAYING IT. I'M
01:10:52 TRYING TO FIX WHATEVER WE CAN TODAY FOR
01:10:56 5, 6, 7 AND 9.
01:10:58 AND THEN PICK UP THE CITY MANAGERS
01:11:04 SEPARATELY.
01:11:06 >> I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE ITEM THE CITY
01:11:11 COUNCIL IN 2020 APPROVED OPEN SESSION
01:11:14 TO GIVE ZERO PERCENT IN COLAS FOR TWO
01:11:20 YEARS AND FREEZE MERIT FOR TWO YEARS.
01:11:25 THE CITY COUNCIL OPEN THAT WAS IN
01:11:28 CONSIDERATION BEFORE COUNCIL AND
01:11:31 APPROVE THAT WHICH IS SIMILAR WITH UNIT
01:11:33 9.
01:11:35 THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
01:11:37 >> IF I MAY ASK WAS THAT I HAVE TO GO
01:11:42 BACK. WAS THAT 00.5?
01:11:45 >> IT WAS FOR THE TWO YEARS OF ZERO.
01:11:49 FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL
01:11:56 APPOINTS TO GIVE THE ZERO MERIT
01:12:00 INCREASE.
01:12:02 >> I AGREED TO THAT. IT WAS NOT 4.5.
01:12:07 THE 4.5 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
01:12:10 >> THAT WAS IN THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE
01:12:15 CITY CONTRACT.
01:12:17 >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT THAT IS MY
01:12:21 DIFFERENCE. 3.2 HAS TWO PARAGRAPHS
01:12:25 WHICH CONTRADICT EACH OTHER. THE CITY
01:12:30 COUNCIL HAS DISTINGUISH POWER TO TALK
01:12:32 ABOUT IT.
01:12:33 I'M SAYING JUST LIKE OTHER UNITS ARE
01:12:42 CONFIDENT CLOSED DOOR MEETINGS TO
01:12:46 SETTLE LET'S DO THE SAME FOR
01:12:51 APPOINTMENTS.
01:12:52 >> I HAVE TO INTERJECT WITH THE
01:13:06 BARGAINS RECEIVED. YOU HAVE NOT
01:13:08 NOTICED OR ANY INTENTION AND HOW YOU
01:13:13 ARE MAKE COMMENTS PUBLIC. I DESERVE
01:13:17 THAT ANY BARGAINING UNIT WHEN THE
01:13:24 COUNCIL DELIBERATE OF CONTRACT.
01:13:29 I'M CONCERNED THE TERMS BEING FORWARD.
01:13:34 I DESERVE THE DIGIT AND COMPLIANCE WITH
01:13:38 MY AGREEMENT.
01:13:39 WE HEARD THIS CAN BE IN CLOSED SESSION.
01:13:44 TODAY I HAVE GRANTED NO WAVER OR BEEN
01:13:53 NOTICE. COUNCILMEMBER YOU HAVE ASKED
01:13:55 AND STAFF HAS PROVIDED. YOU'VE ALWAYS
01:14:00 HAD THE PRIORITY FOR STAFF FOR MYSELF.
01:14:03 YOU FACT YOU ARE BRINGING UP AFTER THE
01:14:07 AGREEMENT AND STRICT COMPLIANCE IS VERY
01:14:09 CONCERNING TO ME.
01:14:12 I ASK THAT YOU RESPECT MY RIGHT TO
01:14:17 PRIVACY AND GET BACK TO THE ISSUE AT
01:14:19 HAND.
01:14:21 >> I WOULD SAY THE DEBATE OUT OF IS
01:14:27 OUTSIDE THE SCOPE. WE ARE NOT TALKING
01:14:31 ABOUT THE CITY OR ADOPTING COLA THE
01:14:36 CITY MANAGE AGREEMENT. WE ARE TALKING
01:14:42 ABOUT WHAT IS APPROVED WITH CITY
01:14:45 COUNCIL.
01:14:47 WE CAUTION WE DON'T DEBATE THINGS THAT
01:14:53 ARE PASSED. WE ARE NOT HERE TO DO
01:14:58 THAT.
01:15:00 >> SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS AGENDA
01:15:05 AND CLOSED SESSION LACK OF BETTER TERM
01:15:09 EDUCATIONAL MEETING TO GO OVER THE CITY
01:15:13 CONTACTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE
01:15:17 AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE?
01:15:19 IS THAT THE MOTION ON THE TABLE?
01:15:24 >> MADAM MOTION LET ME READ IT BACK TO
01:15:27 YOU.
01:15:31 >> IT'S ADOPTING FOR CLASSIFY AND UP
01:15:35 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS. INCLUDING THE
01:15:37 POSITIONS OF MANAGER OF CODE 505
01:15:47 DECEMBER 26 TO SCHEDULE CLOSED SESSION
01:15:51 TO 3.2 THAT WAS THE SECOND MOTION ON
01:15:53 THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
01:15:58 >> 3.2 OF WHAT?
01:16:00 >> OF THE CITY MANAGER 'S AGREEMENT.
01:16:07 >> I WAS GOING TO MAKE ONE MORE
01:16:11 COMMENT. THERE IS A COMMENT WITH
01:16:13 RESPECT MY PRESENCE THIS EVENING.
01:16:16 I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE IS NO CONFLICT
01:16:19 OF INTEREST WITH ME PARTICIPATING IN
01:16:20 THIS CONVERSATION. UNIT 9
01:16:23 PARTICIPATING LIKE OUR ASSIST CITY
01:16:25 ATTORNEY. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IT
01:16:27 WOULD EXIST OF EVERYONE ELSE IN UNIT 9
01:16:29 WHO IS ATTENDING THIS MEETING.
01:16:31 >> THANK YOU. YOU MADE THAT DISCLOSURE.
01:16:36 >> AS CITY MANAGER YOUR CONTRACT IS
01:16:41 PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
01:16:42 >> WE ARE NOT ASKING THIS DISCUSSION.
01:16:48 WE ARE ADOPTING A SALARY PLAN.
01:16:57 >> VICE MAYOR IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE
01:16:59 MOTION WILL BE HELPFUL.
01:17:02 >> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT CITY
01:17:06 MANAGER SAID.
01:17:09 >> I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH WAIVER.
01:17:12 >> I DID NOT DISCUSSION ANYTHING. THAT
01:17:16 IS WHY I SAID CLOSED DOOR.
01:17:20 >> WE REALLY SHOULD.
01:17:22 >> A PUBLIC DOCUMENT AND I SAID ANY
01:17:26 DISCUSSION IN CLOSED DOORS. THAT IS
01:17:28 EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.
01:17:30 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BECKER TO
01:17:33 THE MOTION.
01:17:35 >> TO THE MOTION AND IF YOU CAN CLARIFY
01:17:41 CHARLES QUESTIONS I HAVE ABOUT THE.
01:17:44 WHAT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE HOW IT
01:17:48 COMBINED CHANGED FROM THE LAST AGENDA
01:17:50 ITEM.
01:17:52 WHEN I WAS PLANNING COMMISSION AND
01:17:57 POINT CITY COUNCIL YOU USUALLY HAVE TO
01:18:00 KEEP THE AGENDA ITEM TO CONTINUE.
01:18:04 SEEING IT'S NOT THE SAME LANGUAGE AND
01:18:07 SEPARATE I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
01:18:11 FEELING ON A MOTION.
01:18:13 IT LIKE A DOUBLE WHAMMING THEN YOU DON'T
01:18:23 SUPPORT WHICH VICE HALL WANTED TO VOTE
01:18:27 ON TWO.
01:18:29 LET'S TALK ABOUT CLOSED SESSION AND
01:18:31 SEPARATE THE TWO ITEMS IT'S MORE
01:18:34 COMFORTABLE TO VOTE ON.
01:18:37 TO MAKE SOUND AND LOGICAL DECISIONS.
01:18:47 LASTLY FOR ARASELTE DO YOU HAVE A
01:18:49 SPECIFIC DATE IN 2021?
01:18:53 >> YES, IT WAS ON NOVEMBER 20 BUT I CAN
01:19:00 CERTAINLY PULL THAT ITEM.
01:19:02 >> CAN YOU PULL IT UP AND FIND OUT IF
01:19:06 IT WAS UNANIMOUS I THINK COUNCILMEMBERS
01:19:11 NEED TO HEAR THAT.
01:19:13 >> IN RESPONSE WITH THE ITEM THIS IS
01:19:16 ONE ITEM WE ARE ADOPTING THE SALARY
01:19:20 SCHEDULE.
01:19:23 >> UNDERSTAND THAT WAS IT SEPARATE INTO
01:19:26 TWO THINGS AND CHANGE IT?
01:19:29 THAT IS WHY I'M HAVING A HARD TIME.
01:19:33 I REMEMBER PLANNING COMMISSION THERE
01:19:36 WERE TWO WORDS OFF THAT WAS VERY
01:19:38 IMPORTANT. WE HAD TO DITCH THE ITEM
01:19:41 BECAUSE IT WAS AGENDA WRONG.
01:19:43 I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
01:19:45 >> THAT IS FAIR. THE ONLY THING
01:19:49 TONIGHT IS ADOPT THE SALARY PLAN.
01:19:53 YOU ARE THE PLAN TONIGHT IS SLOWLY TO
01:20:08 THE SALARY PLAN.
01:20:11 >> IT WAS ON NOVEMBER 17. I JUST WANT
01:20:19 TO REITERATE THE REASON IT WAS AMEND
01:20:27 AFTER THE CITY MANAGER WAS HIRED IN
01:20:30 2017 AND 2018 THERE WAS A NEW CONTACT
01:20:34 IN UNIT 9 THAT PROVIDED A 9 PERCENT
01:20:38 COLA.
01:20:39 THERE WAS A MEMO THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET
01:20:43 THAT WENT IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL IT
01:20:46 SPECIFIC THE SAME COLA FOR UNIT 9.
01:20:51 A RESOLUTION OR AMENDMENT WAS NOT
01:20:54 NEEDED AT THAT TIME.
01:20:56 THAT WAS REVIEWED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY
01:20:59 WHO WAS WITH THE CITY AS THE TIME IT
01:21:03 WAS DETERMINED NO FIRST AMENDMENT CITY
01:21:07 MANAGERS WOULD BE REQUIRED.
01:21:09 WHEN WE REVIEWED THAT IT WAS DETERMINE
01:21:13 BECAUSE ESTABLISH PRACTICE WE DID NOT
01:21:15 HAVE TO DO IN THIS CASE AS WELL.
01:21:18 THAT IS WHY THE ITEM GOT AMENDMENT AND
01:21:22 WHY YOU DON'T SEE THE SECOND AMENDMENT
01:21:26 ON THE ITEM BEFORE YOU.
01:21:28 >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
01:21:31 IF YOU FOR CLARIFYING THE DATE AS
01:21:36 NOVEMBER 17. I THINK THAT IS 16 SOME
01:21:40 DAYS OR 13 DAYS AFTER I WAS ELECTED.
01:21:44 THAT WAS MY ONLY MAJOR CONCERN.
01:21:50 I WAS NOT PART OF THAT DECISION. I'M
01:21:54 GOING BACK TO I JUST STILL DON'T FEEL
01:21:59 COMFORTABLE.
01:22:01 I WOULD LIKE TO TALK CLOSED SESSION OR
01:22:06 ILLEGAL ISSUE OR CAUSE PROBLEMS GET
01:22:14 PEOPLE ANGRY. I DON'T THINK I CAN
01:22:17 SUPPORT THESE ISSUES. I THINK THESE
01:22:22 TWO SHOULD HAVE BEEN SEPARATED.
01:22:28 >> COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
01:22:31 >> YES TO COUNCILMEMBER BECKER I'M
01:22:36 LOOKING AT ITEM 9 DECEMBER 7 AGENDA AND
01:22:40 THERE ARE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE IS
01:22:44 EXACTLY AS IT'S WRITTEN HERE.
01:22:49 AND THE SECOND ONE AND TWO ADOPT SECOND
01:22:55 AMENDMENT BY AND THE CITY SANTA CLARA
01:23:00 ZERO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AND BASE
01:23:06 SALARY TO 468 THOUSAND 673 DOLLARS
01:23:15 CENTS DECEMBER 21.
01:23:16 THIS IS CONTINUE ITEM WE SHOULD
01:23:21 CONTINUE BOTH RECOMMENDATION.
01:23:23 IF WE APPROVE WHAT IS HERE WE ARE NOT
01:23:26 ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION THE SECOND
01:23:30 AMENDMENT TO THE APPOINTMENT AGREEMENT
01:23:33 BY SANTA CLARA?
01:23:35 BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT THE
01:23:37 RECOMMENDATION STATES?
01:23:39 >> THAT IS RIGHT. THE CONTACT... THE
01:23:43 CHANGE TO THE SALARY IS CONSIST WITH
01:23:46 THE CONTRACT.
01:23:48 >> HERE WE HAVE AN EXPLICIT DIFFERENCE
01:23:59 TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
01:24:01 >> THERE IS NO. SORRY.
01:24:05 >> SORRY. YOU ARE SAYING IF WE DON'T
01:24:08 APPROVE IT WILL BE APPROVED. THAT
01:24:11 BRINGS ME BACK TO MY QUESTION AND
01:24:17 COUNCILMEMBER BECKER. IT SEEM WE
01:24:21 NEEDED APPROVE IT SEPARATELY.
01:24:25 THAT WAS THE REASON THAT THIS REASON
01:24:31 WAS CONTINUED. NOW YOU ARE TELLING US
01:24:33 WE DID NOT NEED THAT AT ALL AND
01:24:38 ADOPTION WOULD BE ADOPTED EVEN WITHOUT
01:24:44 AN EXPLICIT.
01:24:46 >> NO THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. YOU
01:24:51 ARE NOT AMENDING THE CONTRACT. IT'S
01:25:01 NOT NECESSARY TO AMEND THE CONTRACT.
01:25:04 YOUR MOTION SAYS YOU WILL ADOPT THE
01:25:09 RESOLUTION WHICH ADOPTING THE SALARY
01:25:10 PLAN AND YOU RECOMMEND COUNCIL GOES
01:25:16 INTO CLOSED SESSION.
01:25:18 YOU HAVE EFFECTIVE BROUGHT INTO CLOSE
01:25:21 SESSION THAT SECOND ITEM. THE SECOND
01:25:24 ITEM THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONTACT IS
01:25:28 NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT
01:25:31 CHANGING HER AGREEMENT.
01:25:33 >> WE WILL NOT ZERO COST ON MEMORIZE
01:25:37 IT'S NOT AN ACTION PER SE.
01:25:58 IT MAY BE AMEND CHANGED. WHAT WOULD
01:26:03 BE THE CHANGE TO THE C MANAGER SALARY
01:26:06 IS BASED ON THE UNIT 9 SCHEDULE OR
01:26:10 SOMETHING ELSE?
01:26:12 IT SOUNDS LIKE I MEAN CLOSED SESSION IS
01:26:16 SPECIFIED IN 3.2?
01:26:18 >> CORRECTLY THE CHANGE THAT IS ALREADY
01:26:21 THAT WILL ALREADY GO IN EFFECT IS THE
01:26:28 CHANGE UNIT MOU.
01:26:30 IT'S CHANGING THAT COLA IS THE SAME TO
01:26:35 SALARY. IT'S REFLECTED IN THE
01:26:38 AGREEMENT IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO AMEND
01:26:42 IT'S BY THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT
01:26:44 TODAY.
01:26:46 >> I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEM
01:26:50 COMES IN. WE DENY THE ONE AND ACCEPT
01:26:53 ONE WHAT IS THE EFFECT?
01:26:56 >> THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE. THE SAME
01:26:59 EFFECT TONIGHT. THE COLAS HAVE BEEN
01:27:02 APPROVED.
01:27:04 THEY ARE APPROVED FOR 5, 7 AND 8 AND
01:27:11 9.
01:27:14 UNIT 9 IS GETTING A COLA. THEY ARE
01:27:19 TAKING IN 2020 WE HAVE TO PUT IT ON
01:27:23 PAPER AND PUT ON THE WEBSITE.
01:27:25 >> UNDERSTOOD. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESS
01:27:27 THE COUNCIL AND PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND I
01:27:30 DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE AMENDMENT
01:27:35 PLAN UNIT 9 BASED ON CITY MANAGER.
01:27:39 I THINK THE ACTION OF TAKING THE ACTION
01:27:42 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SECOND
01:27:47 RECOMMENDATION AS SUGGESTED LAST WEEK
01:27:51 ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE NO VALUE.
01:27:54 THEN HAVING A CLOSE SESSION MEETING TO
01:27:58 ADDRESS THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
01:28:03 CONCERNS FOR SPECIFIC ADJUSTMENTS TO
01:28:07 SALARY.
01:28:09 FOR THE ISSUES IN 3.2 WHICH SAY NOW AND
01:28:14 AGAIN WE SHOULD DO A REVIEW TO HAVE
01:28:19 CLOSED SESSION. I THINK THAT WOULD
01:28:21 COVER ALL THE DESIRES THAT I HAVE HEARD
01:28:25 IN CITY COUNCIL SO FAR WITHOUT ANY
01:28:28 DISCUSSION. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
01:28:30 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:28:34 >> COUNCILMEMBER BECKER.
01:28:37 >> YEAH CHARLES CAN YOU EXPLAIN. OKAY
01:28:41 SO I LIKE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER PARK WAS
01:28:44 TALKING ABOUT.
01:28:46 I'M GOING BACK IT WAS TWO BEFORE I KNOW
01:28:50 I'M A BROKEN RECORD. IT WAS TWO BEFORE
01:28:54 SO ARE WE SAYING THAT STAFF OR AGENDA
01:28:58 ITEM WAS MESSED UP?
01:29:01 ARE WE SAYING THERE IS A MISTAKE AND WE
01:29:03 DID NOT DO IT CORRECTLY? WHAT CHANGED?
01:29:07 IT SEEMED WHAT CHANGED WE WILL DO THAT
01:29:11 DIRECTION LAST WEEK BUT THE DIRECTION
01:29:14 ABOUT GOING IS BEING TAKEN AWAY.
01:29:18 I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT TERM. WAS THERE
01:29:22 A REAL SCREW IN THE AGENDA ITEM
01:29:26 NOTICING LAST WEEK?
01:29:28 I DON'T KNOW TECHNICAL LOOPHOLE.
01:29:35 PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME. THERE IS A BIG
01:29:39 DIFFERENCE HERE OF LAST WEEK.
01:29:40 I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF COLA
01:29:44 LAST WEEK AND SAME TIME YOU ARE TAKING
01:29:47 AWAY THAT ABILITY.
01:29:53 >> THE CONTACT LAST WEEK WAS NOT
01:29:54 NECESSARY. THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT
01:29:56 NECESSARY YOU ARE COMPLYING WITH THE
01:29:59 EXISTING AGREEMENT. THAT IS
01:30:02 WHAT WILL HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF
01:30:05 YOUR VOTE TONIGHT.
01:30:08 >> I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE
01:30:10 GOING THROUGH THIS WITH THE
01:30:12 ROUNDABOUT LAST WEEK, WE WERE
01:30:13 TRYING TO SEPARATE THE TWO AND
01:30:16 VICE-MAYOR CHAHAL SAID I WANT
01:30:17 TO SEPARATE THE TWO AND THE
01:30:22 ASSISTANT SAID I HIGHLY
01:30:23 RECOMMEND YOU DON'T SEPARATE
01:30:24 THE TWO AND WE KNOW YOUR
01:30:27 RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE JUST
01:30:29 WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING. SO,
01:30:31 THAT'S WHERE I'M KIND OF
01:30:34 GETTING CONFUSED. WE WERE GOING
01:30:35 TO GO IN ONE DIRECTION AND NOW
01:30:37 THE AGENDA ITEM HAS COMPLETELY
01:30:39 CHANGED FROM WHAT THE LANGUAGE
01:30:42 ACTUALLY WAS. FROM A GOVERNMENT
01:30:44 STANDPOINT, I'M VERY
01:30:45 DISAPPOINTED THE LANGUAGE HAS
01:30:46 CHANGED WHEN WE WERE BASICALLY
01:30:47 GOING AROUND AND AROUND LAST
01:30:52 WEEK ABOUT THIS.
01:31:02 >> DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS
01:31:06 FIRST?
01:31:07 >> I HAVE SOME BACKGROUND AND
01:31:08 HOPEFULLY THAT WILL SHED SOME
01:31:11 LIGHT ON IT IF THAT'S OKAY,
01:31:14 CHARLES?
01:31:15 >> OF COURSE.
01:31:16 >> FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE FROM
01:31:18 WHAT OCCURRED FROM THE LAST
01:31:20 MEETING AND THIS MEETING WAS
01:31:22 ADDITIONAL RESEARCH WE DID THAT
01:31:23 STAFF DID. WHICH IS WHEN WE
01:31:31 DISCOVERED PRIOR TO COLA'S THAT
01:31:34 HAD BEEN DONE WITHOUT AN
01:31:39 AMENDMENT. AS ARACELY MENTIONED
01:31:42 THERE WERE UNITS GRANTED TO THE
01:31:46 UNIT 9 AND CITY MANAGER. THOSE
01:31:49 COLAS BACK IN 2018 AND 2019,
01:31:53 THOSE COLA'S DID NOT
01:31:54 NECESSITATE AN AMENDMENT. I WAS
01:31:56 UNDER THE OPERATION THAT THEY
01:32:20 HAD NEEDED AN AMENDMENT AND
01:32:24 THAT'S WHEN WE MADE THE CHANGE
01:32:26 FROM THE TWO COMPLETE ITEMS
01:32:27 FROM DISCOVERING FROM THE
01:32:28 ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN THAT WE
01:32:30 DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE THE LAST
01:32:34 AGENDA.
01:32:44 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
01:32:46 >> YES, IT MAKES SENSE BUT IT
01:32:48 LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T CARE ABOUT
01:32:52 UNIT 9.
01:32:53 I'M TRYING TO WALK THE TIGHT
01:32:56 ROPE HERE AND TRYING TO REALLY
01:32:57 GET AROUND THIS BECAUSE I DON'T
01:32:59 FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE
01:33:00 CHANGES THAT QUICKLY AND WE ARE
01:33:02 BUNCHING THINGS TOGETHER WHEN
01:33:03 THERE IS A SPECIFIC WAY THE
01:33:05 THINGS WERE GOING TO BE DONE
01:33:10 LAST WEEK. I FEEL LIKE I'M ON
01:33:16 AN EPISODE OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE
01:33:19 AND RERUN. I WANT TO GET AROUND
01:33:22 THAT LANGUAGE. I JUST DON'T
01:33:29 FEEL COMFORTABLE.
01:33:30 >> ALL RIGHT.
01:33:32 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR:
01:33:34 VICE-MAYOR CHAHAL AND THEN
01:33:36 WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC.
01:33:37 >>VICE MAYOR RAJ CHAHAL: LET'S
01:33:42 DO WHAT IS CLEAR AND GET IT
01:33:46 DONE WITH AND WHAT IS THE ITEM
01:33:49 ON DECEMBER 7TH, I DON'T WANT
01:33:51 TO DISCUSS ANY LEGALITIES OF
01:33:55 THOSE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO
01:33:57 CLOSE THE DOOR ANYWAY. SO
01:33:58 WHATEVER QUESTIONS WE HAVE, WE
01:34:00 CAN ALWAYS GET THOSE THINGS
01:34:01 DONE AND WE CAN COME BACK WITH
01:34:03 A MOTION. AND THAT'S THE REASON
01:34:07 I MADE THAT FIRST MOTION.
01:34:09 WHATEVER IS CLEAR RIGHT NOW,
01:34:11 CLEAR IT OFF, GET DONE WITH IT
01:34:12 AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE ABOUT
01:34:14 ITEM NO. 2 AS PER THE LAST
01:34:18 MOTION.
01:34:19 I WOULD STILL SAY THAT'S THE
01:34:22 BEST OPTION AS TO MY ORIGINAL
01:34:24 MOTION. WE CAN ASK FOR UNIT 578
01:34:28 AND UNIT 9 AND TAKE THE SECOND
01:34:31 ITEM AS DECEMBER 7TH SEPARATELY
01:34:35 BASICALLY.
01:34:40 >> WE DON'T HAVE A DECEMBER 7TH
01:34:43 ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS
01:34:46 EVENING.
01:34:47 >> I'M SAYING WHAT WAS BROUGHT
01:34:50 FORWARD SHOULD BE STILL
01:34:51 CONSIDERED ALTHOUGH WE DON'T
01:34:52 HAVE IT BUT WE CAN ALWAYS BRING
01:34:55 IT BACK.
01:34:56 >> I'M GOING TO THE PUBLIC NOW.
01:34:57 IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE
01:34:58 PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
01:35:00 ON THIS ISSUE? PLEASE COME
01:35:04 FORWARD NOW.
01:35:05 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, DO YOU
01:35:06 SEE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC
01:35:07 THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON
01:35:08 THIS ISSUE?
01:35:09 >> I DO NOT, MAYOR.
01:35:11 >> CHARACTER DO WE HAVE ANY E
01:35:19 COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO E
01:35:23 COMMENTS.
01:35:28 >> OKAY, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:35:31 THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
01:35:32 >> THE SECOND MOTION ON THE
01:35:35 FLOOR IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION
01:35:37 AND SCHEDULE A CLOSED SESSION
01:35:39 TO ADDRESS PARAGRAPH 3.2 OF THE
01:35:41 CITY MANAGER'S AGREEMENT.
01:35:42 >> OKAY.
01:35:43 SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND
01:35:45 ON THAT.
01:35:48 COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER?
01:35:49 >> I RAN AWAY TO USE THE
01:35:51 BATHROOM AND I HEARD EVERYONE
01:35:53 TALKING SO I RAN BACK. I HEARD
01:35:56 COUNCIL MEMBER VICE-MAYOR
01:35:57 CHAHAL SAYING IT. THEN I
01:35:58 BASICALLY WANT TO GO AND MAKE A
01:36:01 SUBSTITUTE MOTION OF THE
01:36:03 ORIGINAL AGENDA ITEM. I WANT TO
01:36:04 GO THAT DIRECTION AND VOTE ON
01:36:07 THEM SEPARATELY. THAT'S MY
01:36:08 MOTION.
01:36:09 >> I SECOND THAT.
01:36:12 >>> THAT'S A THIRD SUBSTITUTE
01:36:21 MOTION FROM ITEM ON DECEMBER
01:36:22 7TH. I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT
01:36:25 OF ME. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER,
01:36:27 CAN YOU READ THAT MOTION?
01:36:29 >> LET ME PULL IT UP.
01:36:30 >> YOU CAN'T PLACE ON THE
01:36:32 COUNCIL AGENDA TONIGHT AN
01:36:34 APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT
01:36:35 AMENDMENT THAT IS NOT ON YOUR
01:36:37 AGENDA THAT HASN'T BEEN
01:36:39 PROPERLY NOTICED. I UNDERSTAND
01:36:40 YOU MAY NOT WANT TO APPROVE
01:36:41 THAT.
01:36:42 >> WE ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE ANY
01:36:44 MOTION.
01:36:45 >> CAN YOU LISTEN TO THE
01:36:47 ATTORNEY PLEASE, COUNCIL MEMBER
01:36:49 BECKER. NO, NO, COUNCIL MEMBER
01:36:51 BECKER, LET'S HEAR FROM THE
01:36:53 ATTORNEY SO WE KNOW WHAT YOU
01:36:55 CAN LEGALLY OR NOT LEGALLY DO.
01:36:57 I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE DOING
01:37:02 SOMETHING THAT IS NOT LEGAL. SO
01:37:06 PLEASE.
01:37:07 >> OKAY.
01:37:08 >> I WILL DEFER TO YOU AS WELL,
01:37:11 BUT THE ITEM IS SIMPLY FOR
01:37:13 CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF
01:37:16 THE SALARY PLAN. BY BRINGING
01:37:17 INTO IT THE AMENDMENT OF A
01:37:19 CONTRACT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN
01:37:23 PROPERLY NOTICED, THAT WOULD
01:37:29 SUBEVERT THE BROWN ACT THAT YOU
01:37:31 WOULD MODIFY THE CONTRACT. SO I
01:37:34 DO NOT BELIEVE YOU CAN PLACE
01:37:36 THAT IN A VOTE TONIGHT.
01:37:41 >> BUT -- OKAY. LET'S SEE --
01:37:43 >> TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU COULD
01:37:45 HAVE VOTED ON IT LAST WEEK,
01:37:47 THAT MAY BE TRUE.
01:37:48 >> WHY WAS IT OKAY TO VOTE ON
01:37:55 IT LAST WEEK?
01:37:56 >> IT'S NOT ON AGENDA.
01:37:57 >> I MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION
01:37:58 TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE
01:38:00 NEXT MEETING BECAUSE I KNOW WE
01:38:03 SIGNED THESE CONTRACTS IN
01:38:04 JANUARY BEFORE. I MAKE A
01:38:05 SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO CONTINUE
01:38:08 THIS TO JANUARY. TO END UP
01:38:10 GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL
01:38:11 LANGUAGE OF THIS RIGHT HERE
01:38:13 BECAUSE I WANT THIS SEPARATED.
01:38:14 >> I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR AND I
01:38:16 HOPE I HAVE BEEN THAT BY DOING
01:38:20 SO, NOURT CHANGING THE COLA'S.
01:38:26 YOU ARE NOT CHANGING IT FOR
01:38:37 UNIT 578 OR UNIT 9. WILL ALL
01:38:45 YOU ARE DOING IS PROOUFG THE
01:38:50 CITY MANAGER. THAT'S ALL YOU
01:38:51 ARE GOING TO DO.
01:38:54 >> THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
01:38:55 >> IF YOU VOTE IN 2020 AND
01:38:57 COMES BACK IN 2021, YOU HAVE
01:39:00 ALREADY DONE THAT.
01:39:01 TONIGHT YOU DO NOT HAVE
01:39:02 ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA THAT
01:39:04 WOULD ALLOW YOU TO UNDUE THE
01:39:07 ACTION ON 2020.
01:39:12 >> SO IT'S A LOOPHOLE.
01:39:15 >> IT'S NOT A LOOPHOLE. THIS IS
01:39:16 AN APPROVED ACTION THAT YOU
01:39:17 HAVE ALREADY TAKEN. THAT'S
01:39:19 GOING TO HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT.
01:39:20 ALL YOU ARE DOING TONIGHT IS
01:39:22 POSTING ON YOUR WEBSITE
01:39:24 EVIDENCE OF AN APPROVED ACTION
01:39:25 WHICH HAPPENED IN 2020. YOU ARE
01:39:28 NOT TONIGHT MAKING A CHANGE TO
01:39:29 THE ACTION THAT HAPPENED IN
01:39:31 2020 THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA,
01:39:33 THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WHICH YOU
01:39:37 CAN APPROVE TONIGHT. ALL YOU
01:39:39 CAN APPROVE IS A POSTING WHAT
01:39:40 YOU HAVE ALREADY APPROVED IN
01:39:45 2020. IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO POST
01:39:48 IT, IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING
01:39:50 BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALREADY
01:39:51 APPROVED WHAT IS HAPPENING.
01:39:52 >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT A
01:39:53 WEEK AGO IT'S OKAY, A WEEK
01:39:56 LATER IT'S NOT.
01:39:57 >>
01:39:58 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: WE ARE
01:40:00 JUST REPEATING.
01:40:01 >>CITY MANAGER DEANNA J.
01:40:03 SANTANA: IT WAS A MISTAKE AND
01:40:04 YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
01:40:06 SERVED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S
01:40:08 OFFICE, BUT PLEASE RECOGNIZE
01:40:09 THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THAT
01:40:15 THEY CAN.
01:40:16 >> WITH OUR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY.
01:40:17 >> I DID NOT WANT TO SAY THAT,
01:40:20 IT'S NOT MY STYLE, BUT IT WAS A
01:40:22 MISTAKE AND THE 2ND AMENDMENT
01:40:24 WAS NEVER NOTICED, IT WAS NEVER
01:40:26 WAVED. SO THAT WAS CORRECTED BY
01:40:29 PUTTING IT IN PLACE AS IT HAD
01:40:31 BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
01:40:32 >> YEAH, I KNOW. I JUST WISH WE
01:40:34 WOULD HAVE DONE THIS LAST WEEK
01:40:36 BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE DONE THE
01:40:37 ONE THING ON THE ONE HAND, THE
01:40:41 SECOND AND CLOSED SESSION WHERE
01:40:42 I COULD HAVE BEEN MORE
01:40:44 COMFORTABLE TO DISCUSS THIS.
01:40:46 >> P COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER, THE
01:40:48 LAST WEEK WOULD HAVE BEEN AN
01:40:51 ILLEGAL ACTION AND A BREACH OF
01:40:54 CONTRACT BECAUSE IT WASN'T
01:40:56 NOTICED OR WAIVED AS IN MY
01:40:58 AGREEMENT.
01:40:59 STAFF CORRECTING IT AND DOING
01:41:00 MORE RESEARCH IS ACTUALLY
01:41:01 BETTER BECAUSE IT GETS THE CITY
01:41:04 BACK INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE
01:41:08 PROPER AGREEMENT TERMS.
01:41:09 >> OKAY.
01:41:14 >> AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF IT
01:41:18 IS.
01:41:19 >> I APPRECIATE CORRECTING THIS
01:41:20 BUT BEING CONCERNED THAT IT
01:41:21 COULD HAVE BEEN AN ILLEGAL
01:41:24 ACTION. THIS IS CONCERNING AND
01:41:27 WE SHOULD REALLY DOT MY I'S AND
01:41:31 CROSS MY T'S. I'M TRYING TO
01:41:33 FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE
01:41:35 AND I JUST WANT TO DO THE RIGHT
01:41:38 THING.
01:41:39 I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
01:41:40 WITH THIS MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
01:41:41 I STILL WISH IT WAS TWO
01:41:43 SEPARATE ISSUES THAT WE CAN
01:41:47 DISCUSS. I KNOW I'M BEATING THE
01:41:49 DEAD HORSE AND I WON'T BEAT IT
01:41:51 ANYMORE. SO THANK YOU.
01:41:55 >> COUNCIL MEMBER PARK?
01:42:02 >> I DID WANT TO SAY THE
01:42:05 WORDING DID SAY ADOPT THE PLANS
01:42:13 AND THE OTHER WORDING CHANGES
01:42:16 THE BASE OF THE CLASSIFIED
01:42:20 POSITIONS. I LIKE THE WORDING
01:42:23 BETTER AND UNLESS I'M MISS
01:42:36 INFORMED, I UNDERSTAND NOW. I
01:42:41 DON'T SEE WHY THE OTHER UNITS
01:42:43 SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE
01:42:45 INCREASES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
01:42:46 ALREADY GRANTED. I THINK THAT
01:42:49 IS SOMETHING I WOULD NOT LIKE
01:42:51 TO HOLD ON AT ALL. AND I WOULD
01:42:54 LIKE TO HOLD A CLOSED SESSION
01:42:58 MEETING TO ADDRESS SECTION 3.2
01:42:59 WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT THE
01:43:01 OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
01:43:02 WOULD LIKE TO DO.
01:43:05 >>
01:43:06 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: OKAY.
01:43:07 WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON
01:43:09 THAT.
01:43:10 I HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
01:43:11 I THINK EVEN BY THOSE LAST
01:43:15 STATEMENTS, FIRST OF ALL, I
01:43:18 WANT TO THANK CHARLES SACKAI
01:43:22 FOR PROFESSIONALLY REPEATING
01:43:23 OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT THE
01:43:27 ACTION TAKEN TONIGHT IS.
01:43:28 I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO OUR
01:43:31 UNITS FOR ANY OF THE COMMENTS
01:43:33 THAT WERE MADE BY THIS CITY
01:43:36 COUNCIL EITHER LAST WEEK,
01:43:38 MAINLY LAST WEEK. I AS THE
01:43:41 MAYOR DO NOT CONDONE THOSE AND
01:43:43 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I
01:43:46 PERSONALLY APPRECIATE
01:43:47 EVERYTHING THAT OUR EMPLOYEES
01:43:48 DO FOR THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA.
01:43:51 I VALUE WHAT YOU DO. IN FACT
01:43:53 YOU ARE WHAT MAKE OUR CITY A
01:43:57 WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE. OUR
01:44:00 RESIDENTS LOVE OUR EMPLOYEES.
01:44:02 THEY CONNECT WITH OUR
01:44:04 EMPLOYEES. OUR EMPLOYEES REALLY
01:44:06 REALLY MAKE SANTA CLARA, AND
01:44:08 THE COMMENTS MADE LAST WEEK I
01:44:12 THINK ARE EMBARRASSING AND
01:44:13 UNPROFESSIONAL AND I JUST WANT
01:44:15 TO SAY AS MAYOR, I DON'T AGREE
01:44:17 WITH ANY OF THEM. I THINK YOU
01:44:23 ARE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
01:44:25 I KNOW THESE HAVE BEEN REALLY
01:44:27 TOUGH TIMES AND I UNDERSTAND
01:44:28 THAT WE HAVE NEW COUNCIL
01:44:31 MEMBERS, AND WE HAVE SOME
01:44:34 PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT
01:44:35 WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHEN
01:44:37 WE HAVE CONTRACTS IN THE CITY
01:44:43 THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
01:44:45 ARE CHARGED WITH MANAGING THOSE
01:44:47 CONTRACTS THAT THEY DON'T
01:44:49 UNDERSTAND THOSE CONTRACTS, AND
01:44:50 WHAT IT MEANS WHEN YOU MAKE A
01:44:57 CONTRACT AND YOU MAKE
01:44:59 ARRANGEMENTS AND AGREE TO MOU'S
01:45:01 AND OTHER THINGS, WHAT EXACTLY
01:45:03 DOES THAT MEAN?
01:45:04 AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU
01:45:06 DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, IT'S
01:45:07 YOUR DUTY TO GO AND ASK
01:45:11 QUESTIONS, AND FIGURE IT OUT.
01:45:13 I JUST THINK THAT EVERYONE
01:45:15 HERE, WE ARE ALL TRYING TO DO
01:45:16 OUR VERY VERY BEST FOR THE
01:45:19 RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. WE
01:45:21 REALLY ARE.
01:45:22 BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN SPENT ALL
01:45:24 KINDS OF TIME LAST MEETING AND
01:45:27 WE ARE ALMOST NOW GOING ON 2
01:45:29 HOURS ON THIS ITEM ALONE.
01:45:32 THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL HAS
01:45:33 EXPLAINED OVER AND OVER AND
01:45:38 OVER WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS.
01:45:43 BUT I STILL DON'T THINK OUR
01:45:45 COUNCIL MEMBERS UNDERSTAND IT
01:45:46 OR THEY DON'T WANT TO
01:45:50 UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE IT'S
01:45:51 JUST, IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING
01:45:52 FOR ME THAT WE HAVE TO GO
01:45:54 THROUGH ALL THIS. IT REALLY S
01:45:57 IT'S DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE I
01:45:59 THINK PEOPLE LOOK TO US TO
01:46:02 PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND TO
01:46:03 PROVIDE GOOD FAITH FOR THE
01:46:05 COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR
01:46:09 EMPLOYEES, AND WHEN WE DON'T DO
01:46:10 THAT, IT REALLY SETS A BAD
01:46:15 TONE, A BAD PLACE. IT SETS A
01:46:19 TOXIC ENVIRONMENT WHEN THERE IS
01:46:23 NAME CALLING AND IT SETS A
01:46:26 TOXIC ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR
01:46:27 EMPLOYEES
01:46:28 WHAT I WANT IS A STABLE CITY
01:46:30 COUNCIL AND STABLE CITY HALL
01:46:31 AND STABLE COMMUNITY. I DON'T
01:46:33 KNOW HOW YOU CAN HAVE THIS
01:46:37 UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I
01:46:38 REALLY DON'T.
01:46:39 I THINK THIS IS A MESS.
01:46:44 MR. SACKAI HAS TOLD US WHAT
01:46:48 THIS EXACTLY MEANS. THIS IS A
01:46:50 DISCLOSURE OF THE SALARY PLAN.
01:46:51 THIS IS A DISCLOSURE WHAT WE
01:46:52 ARE REQUIRED TO DO BY LAW. NO
01:46:56 MATTER WHAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER
01:46:59 SAYS, THOSE VOTES HAVE ALREADY
01:47:01 TAKEN PLACE WHETHER YOU VOTE
01:47:02 YES OR NO OR WHATEVER ON THE
01:47:04 ITEM. HE SAID IT AT LEAST FOUR
01:47:07 TIMES THAT THE COLA IS GOING TO
01:47:09 TAKE PLACE NO MATTER WHAT.
01:47:11 THE CITY MANAGER HAS CLEARLY
01:47:12 STATED TO US, IF WE ARE
01:47:14 UNHAPPY, WE HAVE TO TAKE OTHER
01:47:16 ACTIONS. THAT'S A FACT, BUT TO
01:47:18 TAKE THIS OUT IN PUBLIC NOW AND
01:47:21 START WIDDLING DOWN AND MAKING
01:47:28 ACCUSATIONS ABOUT LOOPHOLES AND
01:47:30 COLLUSION AND OTHER THINGS FROM
01:47:32 LAST WEEK ARE REALLY
01:47:35 UNNECESSARY AND PROVIDE AN
01:47:36 UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR
01:47:39 COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY
01:47:40 DOESN'T WANT THIS. THEY WANT
01:47:42 ACTION, THEY WANT
01:47:43 REPRESENTATION, THEY WANT
01:47:45 LEADERSHIP, THEY WANT
01:47:46 POSITIVITY AS WELL, AND TO HAVE
01:47:48 THIS, I'M JUST EMBARRASSED. I'M
01:47:51 EMBARRASSED. I'M EMBARRASSED IN
01:47:54 FRONT OF OUR EMPLOYEES, I'M
01:47:58 EMBARRASSED IN FRONT OF OUR
01:47:59 COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO DO THE
01:48:01 RIGHT THING AND DISCLOSE IT AND
01:48:03 BE OUT FRONT AND SUPPORT OUR
01:48:05 SYSTEM SO WE CAN PROVIDE THE
01:48:06 SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITY
01:48:07 NEEDS. I'M NOT HERE TO LISTEN
01:48:09 TO ALL OF YOUR DEBATES NOW
01:48:12 ABOUT WHAT I SAY. YOU'VE ALL
01:48:14 HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK.
01:48:15 SO NOW I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO
01:48:19 THE VOTE PLEASE. THE ASSISTANT
01:48:21 CITY CLERK ON THE MOTION.
01:48:23 >> MAYOR CAN I ADDRESS THE
01:48:25 GASLIGHTING THAT YOU JUST
01:48:28 STATED?
01:48:29 >> NO.
01:48:31 >> MAYOR, EXCUSE ME.
01:48:32 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR:
01:48:35 COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER?
01:48:36 >> NO.
01:48:37 >> I'M TAKING A BREAK.
01:48:41 >> YOU GASLIGHTED ME.
01:48:44 >> WE ARE GOING TO A BREAK.
01:48:49 COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER? ALL
01:48:50 RIGHT.
01:48:51 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL
01:48:54 VOTE, PLEASE.
01:48:56 >> THIS IS ABSURD. YOU GAS
01:49:00 LIGHTED ME.
01:49:01 >> COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER, YOU
01:49:03 KNOW YOUR NAME. STOP.
01:49:04 I'M CALLING FOR A VOTE. YOU'VE
01:49:06 ALL HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK.
01:49:09 I'M SORRY.
01:49:13 >>VICE MAYOR RAJ CHAHAL: MAYOR
01:49:17 GILMOR, IT'S ABOUT THE MOTION.
01:49:19 COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN PARK, DID
01:49:20 HE CHANGE THE MOTION?
01:49:23 >> NO HE DIDN'T.
01:49:25 >> WHAT IS THE MOTION. WILL
01:49:26 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: LET'S
01:49:28 HAVE THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
01:49:31 EXPLAIN THE MOTION ONE MORE
01:49:34 TIME.
01:49:35 >>
01:49:36 >>CLERK: LET ME EXPLAIN RIGHT
01:49:37 NOW. WE HAVE FOUR MOTIONS ON
01:49:38 THE FLOOR. WE NEED TO GO
01:49:42 BACKWARDS. THE LAST ONE IS FROM
01:49:44 COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER TO
01:49:46 CONTINUE THIS TO JANUARY 2022.
01:49:47 >> I DID SECOND.
01:49:49 >> YOU DID SECOND IT? OKAY,
01:49:51 THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
01:49:53 >> THE MOTION IS GOING TO BE
01:49:54 WHETHER OR NOT WE MOVE TO VOTE
01:49:57 ON THAT.
01:49:58 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: OKAY.
01:49:59 SO IT'S TO CONTINUE THIS TO
01:50:04 JANUARY, THE WHOLE, EVERYTHING.
01:50:06 >> THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS
01:50:07 GOING TO BE DOES THE COUNCIL
01:50:09 WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
01:50:10 VOTING ON THAT MOTION FIRST?
01:50:14 IF IT PASSES, WE THEN VOTE ON
01:50:16 THAT. IF IT DOESN'T, WE WILL
01:50:17 MOVE THEN TO THE THIRD
01:50:22 SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
01:50:23 >> OKAY, IT'S JUST TO CONTINUE
01:50:25 IT?
01:50:26 >> NO, WHETHER OR NOT COUNCIL
01:50:27 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON THAT
01:50:29 MOTION.
01:50:30 >> THE MOTION IS TO CONTINUE?
01:50:31 >> YES.
01:50:32 >> AND IF WE DO VOTE IN A
01:50:35 POSITIVE WAY, THEN WE VOTE ON
01:50:36 THE MOTION TO CONTINUE?
01:50:39 >> CORRECT.
01:50:40 >> ALL RIGHT.
01:50:41 MOTION TO CONTINUE.
01:50:42 WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO VOTE
01:50:45 ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE.
01:50:49 >>CLERK:
01:50:50 >>COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY
01:50:51 WATANABE: NO.
01:50:52 >>VICE MAYOR RAJ CHAHAL: YES.
01:50:57 >> VICE-MAYOR HARDY: NO.
01:50:59 >>COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN PARK:
01:51:00 NO.
01:51:02 >>COUNCIL MEMBER SUDSHANSHU
01:51:03 JAIN: NO.
01:51:04 >>COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY
01:51:05 BECKER: YES.
01:51:07 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: YES.
01:51:10 >> DID YOU SAY YES?
01:51:14 >> YES.
01:51:15 I DIDN'T KEEP TRACK, I'M SORRY.
01:51:17 >> THE MOTION FAILS.
01:51:20 >> OKAY, NEXT MOTION.
01:51:23 >> THE NEXT MOTION IS WHETHER
01:51:25 OR NOT WE VOTE OR THE COUNCIL
01:51:28 VOTES ON THE THIRD SUBSTITUTE
01:51:29 MOTION WHICH IS TO ADOPT THE
01:51:31 ORIGINAL MOTION WHICH COUNCIL
01:51:34 MEMBER VICE-MAYOR CHAHAL PUT ON
01:51:37 THE FLOOR OF RESOLUTION
01:51:39 APPROVING 5, 7, 9 AND HE SAID A
01:51:41 LOT OF OTHER THINGS WHICH I
01:51:42 DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT
01:51:44 NOW.
01:51:45 >> DO YOU HAVE THAT VICE-MAYOR
01:51:47 CHAHAL?
01:51:48 >>VICE MAYOR RAJ CHAHAL: MY
01:51:52 MOTION WAS ADOPT STAFF
01:51:54 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNIT 9 AND
01:51:59 UNIT 578 AND THE CALIFORNIA
01:52:11 CODE REGULATIONS SECTION 570.5.
01:52:12 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: IS
01:52:13 THAT THE STAFF'S
01:52:15 RECOMMENDATION?
01:52:16 >> NO, IT'S NOT THE FULL STAFF
01:52:20 RECOMMENDATION. I'M SAYING FOR
01:52:25 UNIT 578 AND 9.
01:52:30 COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER WAS
01:52:31 SAYING THAT.
01:52:32 >> NO, IT HAS TO BE YOUR
01:52:34 MOTION.
01:52:35 >> SHE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT MY
01:52:37 MOTION.
01:52:38 >> YES, SHE IS.
01:52:40 >> YES, THE THIRD SUBSTITUTE
01:52:43 MOTION VICE-MAYOR CHAHAL WAS
01:52:45 YOURS GOING BACK TO YOUR
01:52:48 ORIGINAL MOTION WHICH WAS
01:52:50 APPROVING UNITS 578 AND UNIT 9.
01:52:52 >> I SECONDED IT. I REMEMBER I
01:52:55 SECONDED IT.
01:52:56 >>CLERK: YES, YOU DID.
01:52:57 >> BASICALLY THE FIRST MOTION
01:52:59 CAME BACK AGAIN. OKAY, I WILL
01:53:01 STANDBY THAT.
01:53:02 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: IT'S
01:53:05 TO APPROVE 578 AND 9?
01:53:08 >> THAT IS CORRECT.
01:53:10 >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? CAN I
01:53:13 ASK MR. SACKAI WHAT DOES THAT
01:53:17 MINE?
01:53:18 >> MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU
01:53:19 JUST PROPOSED IS YOU WOULD ONLY
01:53:22 POST THE SALARY PLANS FOR UNIT
01:53:25 578, UNIT 9 AND NO OTHER
01:53:31 EMPLOYEE AFFECTED BY THE
01:53:32 CHANGE. THE COLA'S WOULD ALL GO
01:53:37 INTO EFFECT, BUT YOU WOULD NOT
01:53:41 POST PUBLICLY THE SALARY PLAN
01:53:42 FOR INSTANCE THE CITY MANAGER.
01:53:44 THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
01:53:48 >> OKAY.
01:53:51 >> BECAUSE THAT WAS THE
01:53:56 SEPARATE PART OF IT.
01:53:59 >> IS THAT CONSISTENT WHAT YOU
01:54:02 THOUGHT YOUR MOTION WAS?
01:54:06 >> THAT'S MY MOTION.
01:54:07 >> WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THAT
01:54:08 MOTION.
01:54:09 >>
01:54:10 >>COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY
01:54:11 WATANABE: NO.
01:54:12 >>VICE MAYOR RAJ CHAHAL: YES.
01:54:17 >> VICE-MAYOR HARDY: NO.
01:54:19 >>COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN PARK:
01:54:20 NO.
01:54:21 >>COUNCIL MEMBER SUDSHANSHU
01:54:22 JAIN: NO.
01:54:23 >>COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY
01:54:24 BECKER: YES.
01:54:25 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: NO.
01:54:30 SO THAT MOTION FAILS.
01:54:32 SO NOW WE MOVE TO THE SECOND
01:54:34 SUBSTITUTE MOTION WHICH WAS BY
01:54:37 COUNCIL MEMBER PARK, SECONDED
01:54:40 BY COUNCIL MEMBER JAIN FOR
01:54:41 STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND TO
01:54:43 SCHEDULE A CLOSED SESSION TO
01:54:45 ADDRESS PARAGRAPH 3.2 OF THE
01:54:47 CITY MANAGER'S AGREEMENT. THE
01:54:48 MOTION ON THE FLOOR WILL BE
01:54:50 WHETHER OR NOT TO VOTE ON THAT.
01:54:53 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: OKAY,
01:54:55 SO THERE IS A MOTION TO WHETHER
01:54:57 OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON
01:55:00 COUNCIL MEMBER PARK'S MOTION.
01:55:01 ALL RIGHT. IS THAT CLEAR?
01:55:03 >> MAYOR, YOU ALL BROKE UP. CAN
01:55:06 YOU REPEAT THAT PART AGAIN.
01:55:08 >> WELL, THE MOTION THAT
01:55:10 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK JUST
01:55:11 STATED WHICH WAS COUNCIL MEMBER
01:55:13 PARK'S MOTION.
01:55:14 >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
01:55:17 >>
01:55:18 >>CLERK:
01:55:19 >>COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY
01:55:20 WATANABE: YES.
01:55:22 >>VICE MAYOR RAJ CHAHAL: NO.
01:55:24 >> VICE-MAYOR HARDY: YES.
01:55:26 >>COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN PARK:
01:55:27 YES.
01:55:28 >>COUNCIL MEMBER SUDSHANSHU
01:55:29 JAIN: YES.
01:55:31 >>COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY
01:55:32 BECKER: NO.
01:55:33 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: YES.
01:55:38 THAT PASSES 5-2.
01:55:39 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: SO NOW
01:55:40 WE ACTUALLY VOTE ON THAT
01:55:44 MOTION.
01:55:46 >>CLERK: THAT'S CORRECT.
01:55:50 >> OKAY.
01:55:52 ALL RIGHT.
01:55:53 WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE,
01:55:58 OKAY.
01:55:59 WE ARE VOTING ON THE MOTION?
01:56:02 >> YES.
01:56:03 >> OKAY.
01:56:05 >>CLERK:
01:56:06 >>COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY
01:56:07 WATANABE: YES.
01:56:08 >>VICE MAYOR RAJ CHAHAL: YES.
01:56:12 >> VICE-MAYOR HARDY: YES.
01:56:14 >>COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN PARK:
01:56:15 YES.
01:56:16 >>COUNCIL MEMBER SUDSHANSHU
01:56:17 JAIN: YES.
01:56:20 >>COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY
01:56:21 BECKER: YES.
01:56:22 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: YES.
01:56:25 >> OKAY, THAT PASSES
01:56:27 UNANIMOUSLY.
01:56:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK
01:56:30 YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF AND
01:56:32 COUNSEL.
01:56:40 I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE TAKE A
01:56:41 5-MINUTE BREAK TO 7:30. THANK
01:56:44 YOU SO MUCH.
01:56:48 [BREAK]
01:57:04 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: I WANT
01:57:05 TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO ALL THE
01:57:08 ITEMS FOR TONIGHT.
01:57:09 ITEM NO. 4. ACTION ON THE
01:57:12 AMENDMENT NO. 1 AGREEMENT FOR
01:57:14 ACCELA INC. FOR THE LAND
01:57:16 MANAGEMENT AND THIS ITEM WAS
01:57:20 CONTINUE FROM DECEMBER 7TH.
01:57:21 >>CITY MANAGER DEANNA J.
01:57:23 SANTANA: YES, MAYOR, THIS WAS
01:57:25 CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK. I DID
01:57:27 SEND AN EMAIL TO CITY COUNCIL
01:57:29 LAST THURSDAY I BELIEVE ABOUT
01:57:32 THE STATUS OF THOSE
01:57:33 CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE DO HAVE
01:57:39 ANDREA HERE AND I KNOW TIME IS
01:57:44 OF THE ESSENCE. WE DID SUPPLY
01:57:46 INFORMATION TO COUNCIL ABOUT
01:57:48 THE LOW COST WE ARE ALREADY
01:57:50 RECEIVING.
01:57:51 ANDREW, I KNOW WERE YOU TRYING
01:57:53 TO GET TWO MORE EXAMPLES OF THE
01:57:55 LOW COST BUT YOU MAY WANT TO
01:57:57 ADVERBIALS COMMENT.
01:57:58 >> YES, I HAVE A BRIEF
01:58:00 PRESENTATION. SHOULD I GO
01:58:01 THROUGH THAT THEN.
01:58:02 >> IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT
01:58:05 REALLY QUICKLY AS WE SEE YOU
01:58:06 GOT US THE BEST PRICE. SO,
01:58:08 YEAH, GO AHEAD.
01:58:09 >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YES.
01:58:12 AS MENTIONED THIS IS A PURCHASE
01:58:17 AGREEMENT, AMENDMENT OF OUR
01:58:21 AGREEMENT WITH ACCELA AND
01:58:22 LOOKING TO AMEND LICENSES TO
01:58:24 HAVE MORE USERS IN THE SYSTEM.
01:58:27 SO JUST BRIEFLY, IT'S A PERMIT
01:58:29 TRACKING SYSTEM THAT WE USE FOR
01:58:32 INTERNAL COORDINATION. THERE
01:58:33 ARE EIGHT CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT
01:58:34 ARE INVOLVED IN IT, AND IT DOES
01:58:37 HELP US PROVIDE BETTER CUSTOMER
01:58:40 SERVICE AS WELL AS BETTER
01:58:44 PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
01:58:45 IT'S BEEN REALLY A 3-4-YEAR
01:58:48 PROCESS TO NEGOTIATE THE
01:58:49 CONTRACT TO IMPLEMENT IT. IT'S
01:58:51 HIGHLY CUSTOMIZED TO OUR CITY
01:58:54 AND WE'VE RECENTLY GONE LIVE
01:58:56 WITH OUR BUILDING AND PLANNING
01:58:58 COMMISSION DIVISION AND SOME
01:59:00 FUNCTIONS EARLIER AS WE ROLLED
01:59:02 IT OUT. THERE IS GROWING
01:59:03 INTEREST IN USING IT FOR OTHER
01:59:05 PARTS OF THE CITY AND WHY WE
01:59:08 ARE ASKING FOR MORE LICENSES.
01:59:10 SO, AT THE LAST COUNCIL
01:59:12 MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED
01:59:15 US A COUPLE QUESTIONS. ONE IS
01:59:17 THERE A SIGHT LICENSE OPTION
01:59:20 AVAILABLE RATHER THAN BUYING A
01:59:23 LICENSE FOR EACH NAMED USER IN
01:59:24 THE SYSTEM AND WE ARE
01:59:25 REQUESTING TO DO AND HOW DO OUR
01:59:30 PRICES COMPARE WITH OTHER
01:59:31 ACCELA CUSTOMERS.
01:59:32 SO WE DID CONTACT OUR ACCELA
01:59:36 REPRESENTATIVE AND ASKED FOR A
01:59:39 CONFIRMATION AROUND OUR
01:59:41 UNDERSTANDING THAT ACCELA DOES
01:59:43 NOT OFFER A STATE LICENSE
01:59:45 OPTION AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT
01:59:46 IS NOT SOMETHING IN THEIR
01:59:49 BUSINESS MODEL. SO THAT'S NOT A
01:59:50 POSSIBILITY FOR US AND THIS IS
01:59:52 A QUOTE FROM THE EMAIL FROM THE
01:59:55 REPRESENTATIVE TO THAT EFFECT.
01:59:57 AND SHE ALSO NOTES IN THAT THAT
02:00:01 WE HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH HER
02:00:03 SUCCESSFULLY TO KEEP OUR
02:00:05 HISTORIC PRICE THAT WE HAD
02:00:06 NEGOTIATED BACK A COUPLE YEARS
02:00:10 AGO FOR THESE ADDITIONAL
02:00:12 LICENSES AND WE'LL BE BE ADDING
02:00:17 NEW LICENSES AS WE HAVE
02:00:18 DISCUSSED IN THE PAST AND THEY
02:00:21 HAVE INCREASED THE AMOUNT FOR
02:00:25 LICENSES.
02:00:26 IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACCELA
02:00:38 PRICING INFORMATION, AND IT'S
02:00:39 3,000 PER SEAT. WE DID SPEND
02:00:45 TIME NEGOTIATING WITH THEM TO
02:00:47 GET THE BEST PRICE AND THEY
02:00:51 AGREED TO THE $2104 PER SEAT.
02:00:58 JUST FOR SOME COMPARISONS, FORT
02:01:00 LAUDERDALE IS A LARGER USER AND
02:01:02 A LESS EXPENSIVE PART OF THE
02:01:04 COUNTRY AND THEY ARE PAYING
02:01:06 MORE. LOCALLY MENLO PARK IS
02:01:10 PAYING MORE AND CUPERTINO IS
02:01:12 ALSO PAYING MORE. I WASN'T ABLE
02:01:14 TO GET INFORMATION FOR OTHER
02:01:16 CITIES BUT THIS WAS WHAT I WAS
02:01:18 ABLE TO GET FOR TONIGHT. WITH
02:01:23 THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE
02:01:26 RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO
02:01:30 ALLOW US TO MAKE AN AGREEMENT
02:01:33 FOR THE PURCHASES OF THE
02:01:36 LICENSES AND AS THE NEED
02:01:40 ARISES. I'M AVAILABLE FOR
02:01:42 QUESTIONS.
02:01:43 >> THANK YOU.
02:01:44 >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE
02:01:46 ANY COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER
02:01:47 JAIN?
02:01:48 >>COUNCIL MEMBER SUDSHANSHU
02:01:49 JAIN: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
02:01:50 MOTION. I THINK ANDREW DID A
02:01:53 GREAT JOB WITH ANSWERING MY
02:01:55 QUESTIONS AND ALL OF MY
02:01:57 QUESTIONS WERE SATISFIED AND
02:01:58 WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT
02:01:59 RECOMMENDATION.
02:02:00 >> I WE HAVE A MOTION AND
02:02:04 SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JAIN
02:02:07 AND HARDY.
02:02:08 >> VICE-MAYOR HARDY: I WOULD
02:02:10 LIKE TO SUPPORT THE
02:02:11 RECOMMENDATION AS WELL AND
02:02:14 THANK YOU ANDREW FOR GOING
02:02:15 THROUGH ALL OF THAT TROUBLE TO
02:02:19 GET THAT INFORMATION AND WHAT
02:02:21 WAS REPRESENTED LAST WEEK IS A
02:02:23 GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT WORK
02:02:24 THAT OUR STAFF DOES AND REALLY
02:02:26 WHY WE SHOULD NOT BE
02:02:28 QUESTIONING OUR STAFF. WE
02:02:30 SHOULD NOT BE MICRO MANAGING
02:02:31 OUR STAFF. THANK YOU FOR GOING
02:02:34 THROUGH THAT TROUBLE AND
02:02:35 BRINGING IT FORWARD TONIGHT. I
02:02:37 WILL SUPPORT THE
02:02:39 RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU.
02:02:40 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: THANK
02:02:43 YOU, VICE-MAYOR CHAHAL.
02:02:44 >>VICE MAYOR RAJ CHAHAL: THANK
02:02:45 YOU, ANDREW FOR THE DETAILS. I
02:02:47 APPRECIATE YOU GOING BACK AND
02:02:48 TRYING TO FIND OUT THE BEST
02:02:51 PRICES POSSIBLE. I APPRECIATE
02:02:53 THAT.
02:02:54 DOWN THE LINE, I WOULD LIKE TO
02:02:56 FIND OUT WHAT OTHER BIGGER --
02:02:59 BECAUSE WE ONLY COMPARED 3 OR 4
02:03:02 CITIES. WHAT OTHER CITIES IF
02:03:05 POSSIBLE ARE DOING SET ASIDE
02:03:07 LICENSE, WHAT ARE THEIR
02:03:08 EXPENSES EVEN IF THEY ARE A
02:03:10 DIFFERENT VENDOR, HOW MUCH THEY
02:03:12 ARE SPENDING BUT I WILL SUPPORT
02:03:13 THE MOTION RIGHT NOW. THANK
02:03:15 YOU.
02:03:16 >>
02:03:17 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: THANK
02:03:21 YOU.
02:03:22 IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE
02:03:23 PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
02:03:27 ON THAT ISSUE?
02:03:28 ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND
02:03:29 SECOND ON THE FLOOR. I KNOW
02:03:32 WITH THE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT
02:03:33 DEPARTMENT WE ASKED TO YOU
02:03:35 BRING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE
02:03:36 DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO MAKE
02:03:38 THINGS WORK MORE SMOOTHLY AND
02:03:39 TO TRY TO MOVE THINGS ALONG AND
02:03:41 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF US
02:03:45 SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT.
02:03:46 SO, THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH
02:03:48 ALL THE TROUBLE TO BRING BACK
02:03:50 ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. I'M
02:03:51 SURE YOU HAD OTHER THINGS TO
02:03:55 DO, BUT AS USUALLY YOU BROUGHT
02:04:05 US THE BEST PRICE AND BEST
02:04:07 CONTRACT.
02:04:08 >> ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
02:04:12 >>CLERK: [ROLL CALL]
02:04:30 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: YES,
02:04:32 THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
02:04:33 I'M GOING TO THE CONSENT
02:04:35 CALENDAR. WE ARE GOING TO GET
02:04:38 THROUGH ALL THE ITEMS FIRST
02:04:39 UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO PULL AN
02:04:43 ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.
02:04:46 COUNCIL MEMBER JAIN?
02:04:47 >>COUNCIL MEMBER SUDSHANSHU
02:04:52 JAIN: I THINK STAFF HAD
02:04:53 CLARIFICATION ON B AND I WOULD
02:04:55 LIKE TO PULL 7 H AND 7 J.
02:05:01 >> OKAY. H IS SOMETHING THAT
02:05:04 HAS TO GO TONIGHT. SO WE'LL,
02:05:06 WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL COME
02:05:12 BACK TO THAT ONE FIRST.
02:05:14 >>COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY
02:05:15 BECKER: YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO
02:05:16 MAKE A MOTION FOR THE REMAINING
02:05:18 BALANCE.
02:05:19 >> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR
02:05:21 THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT
02:05:25 AGENDA.
02:05:27 >> SECOND.
02:05:29 >> MAYOR GILMOR, I AM MAKING
02:05:33 CLARIFICATION TO ITEM 7B FOR
02:05:35 SEPTEMBER 8TH MINUTES WHICH WAS
02:05:37 THE JOINT MEETING. COUNCIL
02:05:42 MEMBER JAIN'S RECUSAL WAS
02:05:43 DIRECTLY NOTED IN THE MEETING.
02:05:46 THE RECUSAL WILL REFLECT THAT
02:05:47 IT WAS NOT DUE TO HIS PROPERTY
02:05:50 THAT WAS CLOSE TO THE DOWNTOWN
02:05:55 BUT RATHER HIS WIFE'S FORMER
02:05:58 EMPLOYER AT SANTA CLARA
02:05:59 UNIVERSITY. THAT WILL BE
02:06:00 REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES.
02:06:01 >> THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT
02:06:03 CORRECTION. WE HAVE
02:06:11 A MOTION AND SECOND.
02:06:13 ANY MEMBER FROM THE PUBLIC
02:06:14 WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM FROM
02:06:15 THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR MAKE A
02:06:18 COMMENT ON ANY ITEM? DID WE
02:06:21 HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS,
02:06:22 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK ON THE
02:06:24 CONSENT CALENDAR?
02:06:25 >>CLERK: I DO NOT SEE ANY
02:06:27 COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT
02:06:28 CALENDAR.
02:06:29 >> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND
02:06:34 SECOND FOR THE BALANCE ON THE
02:06:41 CONSENT CALENDAR WITH 7B AND 7
02:06:47 H.
02:06:49 WITH 7B CORRECTION.
02:06:52 >>CLERK: [ROLL CALL]
02:07:06 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: YES,
02:07:09 THANK YOU.
02:07:10 THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
02:07:11 NOW I'M GOING TO PUBLIC
02:07:12 PRESENTATIONS AND COME BACK TO
02:07:15 7H, AND THEN GO TO 9, AND START
02:07:18 THE AGENDA FROM THE BEGINNING.
02:07:21 AFTER 9, WE'VE COMPLETED ALL
02:07:22 THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO
02:07:24 FOR THIS EVENING BECAUSE WE
02:07:26 HAVE TO MAKE SURE THOSE GET
02:07:28 DONE.
02:07:29 LET'S GO TO PUBLIC
02:07:31 PRESENTATIONS.
02:07:32 ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAS A
02:07:33 PUBLIC PRESENTATION ON AN ITEM
02:07:35 THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
02:07:38 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, DO YOU
02:07:42 HAVE ANY?
02:07:43 >>CLERK: I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE.
02:07:44 THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT EMAIL.
02:07:49 SUBMITTED BY LEE BROMAN.
02:07:51 DEAR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, I
02:07:53 CONTINUE TO SEE GLARING
02:07:55 EXAMPLES OF LACK OF GOVERNANCE
02:07:59 AND CITY STAFF THINK ITS IT'S
02:08:02 OWN CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL
02:08:05 MEMBERS CONTINUE TO FLOOD THE
02:08:06 COUNCIL MEETING WITH THEIR OWN
02:08:08 AGENDA WITH LITTLE REGARD FOR
02:08:11 THE STAFF COST AND TIME TO THE
02:08:13 CITY AND I SUPPORT THE MAYOR
02:08:20 AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
02:08:26 WATANABE. THE FIVE CITY COUNCIL
02:08:28 MEMBERS SHOULD NOT BE MEETING
02:08:30 WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT. THE CITY
02:08:34 COUNCIL SHOULD REPRESENT THE
02:08:35 CITY'S INTEREST BUT I HAVE
02:08:40 NOTED THE COUNCIL MAJORITY HAVE
02:08:44 STOPPED SEEKING REVENUE
02:08:48 INTEREST IF THE 49ERS ARE IN
02:08:50 AGREEMENT AND THEY HAVE BROKEN
02:08:53 THE COMMENTS AND NOT PROTECTING
02:08:55 THE RESIDENTS. WHY SHOULD THE
02:08:57 COUNCIL TRUST THEM AND THIS
02:09:04 SEEMS UNETHICAL.
02:09:06 THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.
02:09:08 >> COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER?
02:09:09 >>COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY
02:09:12 BECKER: CAN SUE JUMP IN OR THE
02:09:15 CITY MANAGER WHERE I WAS
02:09:17 REQUESTING TO SPEAK OR
02:09:19 ACKNOWLEDGE OR CORRECT AN
02:09:20 ISSUE.
02:09:21 >> I CAN HELP.
02:09:22 >>CITY MANAGER DEANNA J.
02:09:24 SANTANA: COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER
02:09:26 REQUESTED THAT WE ADVISE HIM ON
02:09:28 MAKING PUBLIC CLARIFICATIONS TO
02:09:29 COMMENTS ON MATTERS THAT HAVE
02:09:31 BEEN RECENTLY REFLECTED IN THE
02:09:34 SANTA CLARA NEWS AND ROBERT
02:09:36 HAW. HE IS GOING TO MAKE A
02:09:39 PRESENTATION UNDER PUBLIC
02:09:40 PRESENTATION AT HIS OPTION. WE
02:09:41 HAVE PROVIDED TWO OPTIONS TO
02:09:43 HIM AND AS MAKING A
02:09:45 PRESENTATION UNDER PUBLIC
02:09:47 PRESENTATION HE IS MAKING A
02:09:48 PRESENTATION AS A MEMBER OF THE
02:09:50 PUBLIC WHICH ARE HIS OWN AND
02:09:53 THAT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SUE
02:09:55 TO COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER.
02:09:57 DID WE MISS ANYTHING, COUNCIL
02:10:01 MEMBER BECKER?
02:10:02 >> THAT'S IT.
02:10:03 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR:
02:10:04 INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR COUNCIL
02:10:05 MEMBER REPORTS, YOU WANT TO DO
02:10:07 IT UNDER THIS, COUNCIL MEMBER
02:10:10 BECKER? BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU
02:10:11 ARE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE
02:10:13 3 MINUTES.
02:10:14 >>COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY
02:10:15 BECKER: YOU KNOW WHAT
02:10:16 CONSIDERING WHAT THE CITY
02:10:17 MANAGER JUST SAID, I DON'T
02:10:18 THINK IT'S THE PROPER TIME TO
02:10:19 SPEAK ABOUT IT AT THIS TIME SO
02:10:21 I WILL WAIT UNTIL LATER.
02:10:23 >> SO YOU CAN COMMIT TO COUNCIL
02:10:26 MEMBER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
02:10:27 THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY
02:10:28 OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
02:10:30 LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM 7H UNDER
02:10:34 THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THAT IS
02:10:37 ACTION, COUNCIL MEMBER JAIN,
02:10:39 ACTION ON A RESOLUTION
02:10:40 DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE
02:10:41 CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE NATURAL
02:10:43 GAS PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND
02:10:45 RELATED DOCUMENTS FOR DELIVERY
02:10:49 TO 2034.
02:10:50 >> COUNCIL MEMBER JAIN, YOU
02:10:51 PULLED THAT?
02:10:52 >>COUNCIL MEMBER SUDSHANSHU
02:10:53 JAIN: YES, I DID.
02:10:56 THIS ITEM GIVES THE CITY
02:11:03 MANAGER THE AUTHORITY TO A
02:11:12 CONTRACT FOR 40,000 MILLION
02:11:13 BTU'S OF NATURAL GAS TO 2034.
02:11:15 AND WE KNOW WITH S. B. 100 AND
02:11:21 WITH OUR RECENTLY ADOPTED
02:11:24 COUNCIL GOALS OF 80% CARBON
02:11:26 REDUCTION BY 2035, THAT WE
02:11:28 SHOULD BE MOVING OFF OF NATURAL
02:11:31 GAS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
02:11:33 HAVING LONG-TERM CONTRACTS
02:11:35 GIVES US THE BEST PRICE, BUT
02:11:42 THOSE LONG-TERM CONTRACTS ALSO
02:11:44 OBLIGATE US TO PURCHASING A
02:11:46 CERTAIN AMOUNT OF NATURAL GAS
02:11:47 TO GET THOSE GOOD PRICES. THE
02:11:49 LONGER THE CONTRACT, THE BETTER
02:11:51 PRICES. BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE
02:11:52 SENSE TO ME THAT WE HAVE A
02:11:55 FIXED AMOUNT ALL THE WAY TO
02:12:00 2034.
02:12:01 SO I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND
02:12:02 HOW MUCH WE ARE CURRENTLILY
02:12:05 USING AND I ALREADY ASKED THIS
02:12:09 QUESTION OF STAFF. FOR EACH OF
02:12:12 OUR FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE
02:12:18 DON, THE COGENERATION AND LEC.
02:12:29 I WOULD LIKE US TO COMMIT TO
02:12:31 HAVE A DECLINING AMOUNT OF
02:12:33 NATURAL GAS USE TO MEET THE
02:12:36 OBLIGATIONS UNDER S. B. 100.
02:12:37 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: DO WE
02:12:38 HAVE THE CITY MANAGER OR
02:12:40 DIRECTOR OF THE ELECTRIC
02:12:43 UTILITY MANUEL, DOES SOMEONE
02:12:46 WANT TO ADDRESS THIS?
02:12:47 >>CITY MANAGER DEANNA J.
02:12:48 SANTANA: MANUEL IS ABLE TO
02:12:49 RESPOND.
02:12:50 >> THANK YOU.
02:12:51 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
02:12:53 >> YES, WE CAN.
02:12:56 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND THE
02:13:00 COUNCIL. I'M MANUEL PINEDA.
02:13:05 I WANT TO NOTE THE 40,000 IS
02:13:10 NOT IN AGREEMENT, IT'S THE
02:13:12 ABILITY TO ENTER INTO AFTERNOON
02:13:14 AGREEMENT. TO GIVE YOU A
02:13:15 PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
02:13:17 THREE AGREEMENTS FOR PURCHASES.
02:13:19 ONE IS FOR 5,000, THE OTHER ONE
02:13:22 FOR 10,000 AND THE OTHER FOR
02:13:24 5,000. THE 40,000 IS NOT A
02:13:26 REQUIREMENT, IT'S NOT AN
02:13:27 AGREEMENT WE ARE ENTERING INTO.
02:13:29 IT'S JUST GIVING US
02:13:31 FLEXIBILITY.
02:13:32 WITH REGARD TO THE FACILITY,
02:13:33 DBR AND THIS IS I BELIEVE FOR
02:13:36 OCTOBER. WE CAN'T GIVE YOU
02:13:39 EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY.
02:13:41 THE AVERAGE OF BTR IS ABOUT
02:13:47 20,000, THE AVERAGE IS 1750 AND
02:13:52 THE AVERAGE IS 2100 FOR 3500.
02:13:55 TYPICALLY WE END UP BETWEEN 40
02:13:58 AND 30,000 BUT WE DON'T HEDGE
02:14:01 ON 30 OR 40,000 TYPICALLY. AS
02:14:02 YOU CAN TELL RIGHT NOW WE ARE
02:14:05 HEDGED FOR ABOUT 20,000, FOR
02:14:06 ABOUT HALF OF THAT AND THE REST
02:14:09 WE EITHER PURCHASE ON THE SPOT
02:14:13 MARKET OR LOOK FOR
02:14:16 ADDITIONAL PURCHASES IN THE
02:14:18 FUTURE.
02:14:19 COMBROO WANT TO NOTE THAT
02:14:20 OBVIOUSLY SBC HAS DONE A GREAT
02:14:22 JOB OF MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS
02:14:23 OF THE STATE AND OF COURSE ANY
02:14:27 POLICY DECISIONS THE COUNCIL
02:14:28 MAKES WILL SEE THOSE AS WELL AN
02:14:31 THE STAFF DOES A WONDERFUL JOB
02:14:35 OF DOING THAT.
02:14:38 TODAY I HAD MY MONTHLY
02:14:41 RESOURCES PG & E MEETING AND WE
02:14:43 GO THROUGH GAS PRICES AND WHERE
02:14:45 WE ARE AT.
02:14:46 I HAVE THE SLIDE IF IT COMES
02:14:50 UP.
02:14:51 INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH WE SEE HOW
02:14:52 OUR HEDGING IS DOING AND THE
02:14:56 ACTUAL PRICE. WE ARE SAVING
02:14:59 ABOUT $25 MILLION BY THE
02:15:03 CONTRACTS THAT WE ENTERED INTO.
02:15:06 IT'S GIVING US FLEXIBILITY AND
02:15:09 STAFF IS COMMITTED AND AHEAD OF
02:15:10 THE CURVE ON THE REQUIREMENTS
02:15:13 AND WE DO THE MODEL AS IT
02:15:16 RELATES TO THE GAS WE WILL
02:15:18 NEED. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE
02:15:19 ABILITY TO GO TO THE 40,000
02:15:24 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE
02:15:26 BEEN AT WE HAVE WON'T BUY
02:15:28 SOMETHING WE DON'T NEED AND IF
02:15:30 WE DON'T NEED IT, WE WILL SELL
02:15:33 IT BACK TO THE MARKET AND IT
02:15:39 KEEPS THE PRICES LOW. WE ARE
02:15:42 PRETTY HAPPY AND WE KEEP TRACK
02:15:44 OF IT EVERY MONTH AND WE SAVED
02:15:47 AROUND $26 MILLION BASED ON THE
02:15:50 CURRENT MARKET. IT'S A LITTLE
02:15:52 BIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO
02:15:54 CLARIFY SOME POINTS. THAT
02:15:55 ANSWERS THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW
02:15:57 MUCH EACH ONE USES AND OF
02:15:58 COURSE COMMITTING TO THE
02:16:01 REQUIREMENTS AND THAT IS THERE.
02:16:02 WE HAVE THE TEAM THAT DOES
02:16:06 THAT. ULTIMATELY, THE STAFF
02:16:11 HOLDS THE MODELING AND SHOWS
02:16:12 SAVINGS FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL.
02:16:17 AS A REMINDER, DBR BONDS RUN TO
02:16:22 2022 AND LBC BONDS RUN TO 2040.
02:16:30 WILL THIS CONCLUDES MY
02:16:31 PRESENTATION.
02:16:32 I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
02:16:36 >> THANK YOU, MR. PINEDA FOR
02:16:38 THE UPDATE. THE ONLY QUESTION
02:16:39 IDENTIFY IS DO THEY HAVE ANY
02:16:41 MINIMUM LET'S SAY IN A MONTH OR
02:16:44 A CRITICAL TIME PERIOD WHERE
02:16:46 OUR RISING OF HEDGING IS NOT
02:16:49 GOOD FOR THE CURRENT PRICING.
02:16:50 DO WE HAVE A MINIMUM LIKE 5,000
02:16:53 OR 2,000? BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY
02:16:58 ASKING UP TO ONLY 10,000?
02:17:00 >> THERE IS NO MINIMUM.
02:17:02 >> WE DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FOR A
02:17:10 PARTICULAR.
02:17:11 >> THE MARKET IS AND THERE IS
02:17:20 NO MINIMUM. ONE IS 5,000 AND
02:17:30 10,000. THE 40,000 IS BASED ON
02:17:31 THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE TO
02:17:34 SERVE. WE ONLY BUY WHAT WE NEED
02:17:37 AND NO MINIMUM. IT'S BASED ON
02:17:38 THE MARKET RATE AT THAT TIME.
02:17:41 >> IT'S BASICALLY A WIN-WIN
02:17:43 SITUATION. THE PRICING, IF WE
02:17:44 ARE GETTING IT, IN THE MARKET
02:17:46 IF IT'S LOWER, WE CAN BUY THAT
02:17:48 OTHERWISE WE HAVE A LONG-TERM
02:17:50 CONTRACT.
02:17:51 >> THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO.
02:17:53 OBVIOUSLY ANYTIME YOU HEDGE
02:17:54 THERE IS A RISK BECAUSE YOU ARE
02:17:55 BUYING AT A FUTURE PRICE AND IF
02:17:57 THE PRICE GOES DOWN FROM WHERE
02:18:00 YOU BOUGHT IT, IT'S NOT GOOD.
02:18:02 WE TRACK IT EVERY MONTH TO SEE
02:18:05 HOW OUR NUMBERS ARE DOING. WE
02:18:07 ARE DOING PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW
02:18:08 BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A RISK.
02:18:10 STAFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY
02:18:12 SUCCESSFUL AND WE ARE
02:18:13 CONSERVATIVE AND WE ARE TRYING
02:18:15 TO PICK THOSE POINTS AND WE
02:18:16 KNOW WHAT WE NEED SO WE ARE NOT
02:18:19 OVER BUYING AND UNDER BUYING
02:18:20 AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE
02:18:23 THE MARKETS ALREADY. I DO WANT
02:18:26 TO ACKNOWLEDGE, THERE IS A
02:18:28 HEDGE AND ALWAYS ASSOCIATED
02:18:31 WITH IT.
02:18:32 >> I DON'T GET IT BECAUSE IF WE
02:18:34 DO NOT HAVE A MINIMUM, WE
02:18:35 SHOULDN'T BE AT RISK. WE ARE
02:18:38 NOT BUYING THIS PER MONTH, PER
02:18:46 DAY. BUT IF THE PRICE COMES
02:18:48 DOWN.
02:18:49 >> LET ME ANSWER THAT. WE ARE
02:18:51 NOT ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT
02:18:53 TO 40,000 RIGHT NOW. THIS IS AN
02:18:56 AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER
02:18:57 TO BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO AN
02:18:59 AGREEMENT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO
02:19:02 BE 40,000, IT COULD BE 1,000,
02:19:07 10,000, 5,000. RIGHT NOW WE ARE
02:19:10 NOT MAKING A COMMITMENT. IT'S
02:19:12 JUST ASKING FOR AUTHORITY. ONCE
02:19:14 WE ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, SAY
02:19:15 WE ARE GOING TO BUY THIS 5,000
02:19:20 FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS, AT THIS
02:19:24 PRICE, THAT NEXT 5,000 WE ARE
02:19:26 COMMITTING. I WOULD LIKE TO
02:19:27 NOTE WE ARE TRACKING IT ON A
02:19:32 MONTHLY BASIS. THAT'S ONE OF
02:19:34 THE THINGS WE DO. WE DO SEE HOW
02:19:36 OUR HEDGING IS LINING UP WITH
02:19:39 THAT ACTUAL PURCHASE PRICE AT
02:19:40 THAT POINT. FOR 2022, IT'S
02:19:42 LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. WE ARE
02:19:43 OVER 20 MILLION IN THE
02:19:51 POSITIVE. IS ALWAYS A RISK AND
02:19:55 WE ARE TRYING TO BE
02:19:58 CONSERVATIVE AND WE ARE TRYING
02:19:59 TO WATCH THE MARKET AND WE CAN
02:20:01 SELL IT BACK TO THE MARKET.
02:20:05 >> WHAT IS THE TIME FOR
02:20:08 HEDGING, 1 YEAR, 2 MONTHS?
02:20:13 >> I DON'T HAVE THE DATES, ONE
02:20:17 FROM 2021 TO 2025, THE OTHER
02:20:21 ONE FROM 2022 TO 2025, THE
02:20:23 OTHER ONE TO 2026. IT COULD BE
02:20:29 SHORTER AND AVERAGE DEPEND ON
02:20:35 THE LENGTH AND BASED ON THE
02:20:39 MODELING AND IT'S SHOWING THAT
02:20:40 THE NEED WILL GO DOWN. OF
02:20:43 COURSE WE TRY TO GIVE OUR
02:20:47 RESIDENTS THE BEST INFORMATION
02:20:48 WE HAVE.
02:20:50 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
02:20:51 >> YES, THIS IS JUST THE
02:20:53 AUTHORITY. IT COULD BE 0. WE
02:20:56 COULD DECIDE NOT TO DO ANYTHING
02:20:57 FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
02:20:59 >> GOT IT. THANK YOU.
02:21:00 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR:
02:21:03 COUNCIL MEMBER JAIN?
02:21:04 >>COUNCIL MEMBER SUDSHANSHU
02:21:05 JAIN: YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO
02:21:09 APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE SAVING
02:21:12 $25 MILLION THROUGH THESE
02:21:14 CONTRACTS. I BELIEVE THESE
02:21:15 LONG-TERM CONTRACTS DO GIVE US
02:21:17 ADVANTAGE, AND I'M PLEASE TODAY
02:21:18 SEE THAT WE HAVE A STRONG
02:21:21 COMMITMENT TO MEETING OUR
02:21:22 OBLIGATION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO
02:21:24 MOVE ADOPTION OF THIS
02:21:26 RESOLUTION.
02:21:28 >> THAT'S A MOTION FOR ADOPTING
02:21:30 THE RESOLUTION. WE HAVE A
02:21:35 SECOND.
02:21:36 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
02:21:37 IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE
02:21:38 PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
02:21:41 ON THIS? OKAY, SEEING NONE,
02:21:42 WE'LL COME BACK.
02:21:44 IF THERE IS NO OTHER COUNCIL
02:21:47 COMMENTS, CITY CLERK,
02:21:51 >> ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
02:21:56 >>CLERK: [ROLL CALL]
02:22:07 >> YES, AND THAT PASSES
02:22:08 UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH
02:22:10 FOR YOUR EXPLANATION ON THIS.
02:22:11 ALL RIGHT. I'M MOVING ALONG TO
02:22:12 OUR ITEMS WE HAVE TO GET
02:22:14 COMPLETED. WE ARE GOING NOW TO
02:22:17 ITEM NO. 9.
02:22:20 >> THAT IS ACTION ON FISCAL
02:22:41 YEAR 2021 BUDGET YEAR-END
02:22:43 REPORT AND APPROVE THE RELATED
02:22:45 BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
02:22:46 >>CITY MANAGER DEANNA J.
02:22:47 SANTANA: YES, WE WANT TO SPEND
02:22:52 A LITTLE BIT TIME TO GO OVER
02:22:55 THE PRESENTATION.
02:22:56 >> THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.
02:22:58 DIRECTOR LEE, WELCOME.
02:22:59 >> THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR
02:23:02 AND CITY COUNCIL.
02:23:04 KEN LEE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. I
02:23:06 APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
02:23:10 PRESENT THIS ITEM. THE CLOSE
02:23:13 OUT OF THE BUDGET YEAR FOR
02:23:16 2021. FOR EVERYONE'S
02:23:24 INFORMATION, FISCAL YEAR ENDING
02:23:26 JUNE 30, 2021.
02:23:28 I WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION
02:23:29 OF THE OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS
02:23:31 AND SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED
02:23:32 ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED
02:23:33 IN THE REPORT AND AS WE LOOK,
02:23:35 WE HAVE OUR FORECAST AND OUR
02:23:38 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND FILLING
02:23:39 THIS IN ON WHERE WE ARE AT FOR
02:23:43 THAT JOURNEY.
02:23:44 WITH REGARDS TO THE FINANCIAL
02:23:49 PERFORMANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR
02:23:51 2021. IT CONTINUES TO BE
02:23:55 DIRECTED BY 2019 AND WE HAD A
02:23:59 PARTIAL IMPACT. REVENUES WERE
02:24:00 SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED WITH THE
02:24:02 LOSS OF THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY
02:24:07 TAX AND EXPENDITURES WERE ALSO
02:24:09 DOWN WITH ACTIVITIES AND
02:24:10 PROGRAMS OFFERED AS WELL AS OUR
02:24:12 COST CONTROLS THAT HAVE BEEN
02:24:14 PUT IN PLACE ADMINISTRATIVELY.
02:24:16 THE BUDGET ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT
02:24:18 FOR IMPACTS AS PART OF THE
02:24:21 MARCH REBALANCING AT THAT TIME.
02:24:23 I HAD SAID THAT REVENUES WERE
02:24:25 GOING TO BE DOWN ABOUT $23
02:24:27 MILLION OR SO AND WE DID SOLVE
02:24:33 ABOUT $17 MILLION OF THAT. IN
02:24:35 THIS REPORT AS WE HAD PROJECTED
02:24:37 IN MARCH, WE ENDED THE YEAR
02:24:40 SHORT IN OUR REVENUES.
02:24:43 FUNDS ON AN OVERALL BASIS
02:24:47 GENERALLY ENDED WITH
02:24:48 EXPECTATIONS THIS YEAR.
02:24:49 IN THIS REPORT, I DO WANT TO
02:24:52 POINT OUT SEVERAL ITEMS. THERE
02:24:54 ARE SEVERAL LONG ATTACHMENTS
02:24:56 AND VERY DETAILED SUMMARY OF
02:24:58 HOW THE GENERAL FUND PERFORMED
02:25:00 WITH THE REVENUE AND EXPENSE
02:25:01 SIDE AS WELL AS OTHER FUND
02:25:03 PERFORMANCE.
02:25:04 THIS REPORT RECONCILES THE
02:25:06 BUDGET ACTIONS AND RESULTED IN
02:25:09 A MODEST FUND BALANCE AT THE
02:25:10 END OF THE YEAR WHICH I WILL
02:25:13 GET INTO IN THE NEXT COUPLE
02:25:15 SLIDES AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS
02:25:16 ON THOSE ALLEGATIONS. IT DOES
02:25:18 INCLUDE IN ATTACHMENT 1 AND
02:25:21 ITEMIZATION OF THE BUDGET
02:25:23 APPROPRIATIONS THAT DID EXCEED
02:25:24 THEIR BUDGET FOR THE MOST PART
02:25:27 DUE TO TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE
02:25:32 AND TRACKING.
02:25:33 ITEMIZATION OF 21-22 BUDGET
02:25:35 AMENDMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS
02:25:41 REPORT, ATTACHMENT 2, IT
02:25:44 INCLUDES LINE ITEMS OF CARRY
02:25:50 OVERS, DONATIONS AND GRANTS TO
02:25:51 CARRY OVER TO THIS YEAR.
02:25:54 WITH THE ADVICE OF OUR INTERNAL
02:26:00 CITY DORT AND GUIDELINES, WE
02:26:01 HAVE ESTABLISHED THE AMERICAN
02:26:05 RESCUE PLAN AND STIMULUS
02:26:06 DOLLARS. THIS IS FROM THE
02:26:07 COUNTY AND DID APPROVE THE USE
02:26:09 AND THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE
02:26:10 DOLLARS AND THE GENERAL FUND.
02:26:11 SO WE ARE JUST SEPARATING THAT
02:26:14 OUT FROM A REPORTING BASIS
02:26:17 BASED ON AUDITOR
02:26:18 RECOMMENDATIONS.
02:26:19 IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE ENDED
02:26:21 THE YEAR, THESE ARE GROSS
02:26:22 NUMBERS AND I WILL TALK ABOUT
02:26:24 SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS TO GET
02:26:26 TO THE TRUE NET NUMBERS. OUR
02:26:29 REVENUES ENDED THE YEAR ABOVE
02:26:33 BUDGET OF.4 MILLION AND THE
02:26:36 BUDGET BY $11.3 MILLION. A LOT
02:26:40 OF THOSE REVENUES AND EXPENSES
02:26:42 ENDED UP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
02:26:45 PROGRAM AND PLANNING, FEE AREA,
02:26:49 WE SEGREGATE OUT INTO A
02:26:51 SEPARATE RESERVE. THOSE
02:26:52 ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED BASED
02:26:53 ON THE LEGAL USE OF THOSE FUNDS
02:26:57 AND THOSE TOTAL FUND ON A
02:27:00 MILLION DOLLARS.
02:27:01 THOSE WE TRUE UP WITH THE
02:27:02 CAPITAL PROJECTS WITH THE
02:27:04 DIFFERENT FUNDS. WE ARE
02:27:06 INCLUDING TRANSACTIONS THAT
02:27:08 WOULD RETURN FUND BALANCE BACK
02:27:10 TO THE CAPITAL PROJECT RESERVE
02:27:11 AND IN ORDER TO MEET THE
02:27:15 COUNCIL POLICY RESERVE FOR
02:27:16 CAPITAL PROJECTS AT $5 MILLION.
02:27:18 I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT'S A VERY
02:27:21 MODEST AMOUNT AS WE ENTER INTO
02:27:25 THE 2-YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET
02:27:26 DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE
02:27:28 PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL EARLY
02:27:30 NEXT YEAR.
02:27:31 DURABLE FUND BALANCE IN THE
02:27:32 GENERAL FUND, THIS IS THE NET
02:27:34 OF THE REQUIRED ADJUSTMENTS OF
02:27:39 $3.3 MILLION AND TALK ABOUT
02:27:40 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND HOW
02:27:42 THAT'S ALLOCATED. TYPICALLY AT
02:27:43 THIS PART OF THE TIME, IF THERE
02:27:45 ARE SURPLUS FUNDS FOR OTHER
02:27:58 RESERVES SUCH AS THE FUND BUT
02:28:00 THAT'S NOT INCLUDED THIS
02:28:02 TODAY'S REPORT.
02:28:03 ON THE REVENUE SIDE ON THE
02:28:04 GENERAL FUND, I TALKED ABOUT
02:28:05 OUR GROSS LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE
02:28:10 .4 MILLION ABOVE WITHIN THE
02:28:14 ESTIMATE, ABOVE.2% OF THE
02:28:18 BUDGET. AFTER THE REVENUES
02:28:20 BUDGET OUT, THE DEVELOPMENT
02:28:22 PROGRAM AND INTEREST EARNINGS
02:28:26 FROM OUR PENSION TRUST FUND AND
02:28:30 WERE AT BELOW BUDGET BY $6
02:28:32 MILLION. ROUGH LY THE SAME
02:28:37 NUMBER WE PROJECTED IN MARCH.
02:28:41 A VERY LOW PERFORMING MONTH
02:28:44 LARGELY DUE TO COVID- 19 AND
02:28:45 TALKS ABOUT THE TRANSIENT
02:28:51 OCCUPANCY TAX AND OTHER
02:28:52 ACTIVITIES, STADIUM ACTIVITIES
02:28:54 AND CLASSES WERE POSTPONED AND
02:28:59 RENTS.
02:29:00 HIGHER REVENUE PERFORMANCE AND
02:29:03 I WILL GET INTO THE SPECIFIC
02:29:07 NUMBERS AND THE SALES TAX AND
02:29:13 PROPERTY TAX AND INTEREST.
02:29:23 I WANT TO SPEND A MOMENT ON
02:29:25 THIS SLIDE AND SHOW THE GENERAL
02:29:28 CATEGORIES. I WANTED TO SHOW
02:29:31 18-19 ON THIS COLUMN BECAUSE
02:29:32 THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR
02:29:34 PRECOVERED. WE DID HAVE SOME
02:29:36 COVID IMPACTS IN FISCAL YEAR
02:29:38 19/20 AND THE FULL EFFECT OF
02:29:41 COVID IN 20/21. AS YOU CAN SEE
02:29:43 THE PROPERTY TAX CONTINUE TO
02:29:45 PERFORM WELL, 5% GROWTH EVERY
02:29:48 YEAR.
02:29:49 SALES TAX, 1.6% GROWTH FROM THE
02:29:51 PRIOR YEAR, HOWEVER STILL
02:29:53 REMAIN BELOW THE FULL YEAR
02:29:57 PRECOVID OF ACTIVITY.
02:29:59 STRONG PERFORMANCE FROM
02:30:02 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR ELECTRIC
02:30:04 UTILITY REFLECTING HIGHER
02:30:06 USAGE. THEN THE SIGNIFICANT
02:30:07 DROP IN THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY
02:30:09 TAX YEAR. END OF THE YEAR WITH
02:30:14 $2.9 MILLION COMPARED TO 22
02:30:18 $1/2 MILLION. OTHER FEES FOR
02:30:20 SERVICES HERE. THE $35 MILLION
02:30:23 OR SO ROUGHLY DOWN 15% HERE
02:30:25 YEAR OVER YEAR. WHEN YOU LOOK
02:30:26 AT THE NUMBERS COMPARED TO
02:30:29 PRECOVID LEVEL IS OVER $30
02:30:32 MILLION LOST IN JUST THOSE
02:30:33 CATEGORIES. SO A SIGNIFICANT
02:30:35 IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET.
02:30:37 P ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, BECAUSE
02:30:44 WE DID TAKE MEASURES TO CONTROL
02:30:47 OUR COST AND DUE TO THE
02:31:05 SHORTFALL AND THE MODEST FUND
02:31:08 AND END OF YEAR BALANCE AND LED
02:31:16 TO THE ACTIVITIES AT OUR
02:31:19 STADIUM EVENTS.
02:31:23 THE ITEM BEFORE YOU DOES
02:31:25 INCLUDE HANDFUL OF ATTACHMENTS
02:31:27 TO REPORT ON THE DATA. AS I
02:31:30 MENTIONED EARLIER,
02:31:31 APPROPRIATIONS AND SEVERAL
02:31:32 FUNDS THAT HAVE EXCEEDED THE
02:31:34 APPROPRIATION CONTROL LIMIT IS
02:31:37 INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET
02:31:39 ATTACHMENTS FOR ATTACHMENT 1
02:31:44 AND FISCAL YEAR 21/22 BUDGET
02:31:46 ADJUSTMENTS WHICH INCLUDES
02:31:49 HUNDREDS OF TECHNICAL
02:31:50 TRANSACTIONS AROUND FUND
02:31:54 BALANCES AND PROJECTS AND
02:31:56 TRUEING UP AND REVENUES AND
02:31:59 APPROPRIATIONS. IT ALSO
02:32:04 INCLUDES FUND ADJUSTMENTS FOR
02:32:07 FUND BALANCE AND THE REQUIRED
02:32:09 RESERVES FOR USES AND THE FUND
02:32:12 BALANCE.
02:32:13 FROM THE NON-GENERAL FUND AREA,
02:32:14 LOOKING INTO THE CIP GRANTS,
02:32:16 DONATIONS AND OTHER FUNDS, WE
02:32:18 DO TRUE UP EVERY APPROPRIATION
02:32:21 IN THOSE FUNDS, EVERY PROJECT,
02:32:23 EVERY GRANT, EVERY DONATION AND
02:32:25 CARRY THOSE DOLLARS FORWARD.
02:32:27 THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE
02:32:31 ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE YOU.
02:32:32 TAKING THE LOOK AT THE FUND
02:32:34 BALANCE, I MENTIONED SOME OF
02:32:36 THE GROSS NUMBERS AND WE ENDED
02:32:40 THE YEAR ROUGHLY $8.8 MILLION
02:32:44 IN GROSS FUND BALANCE WHICH A
02:32:46 GOOD PORTION OF THAT IS
02:32:49 RESTRICTED AND $5.5 MILLION OF
02:32:52 REQUIRED ADJUSTMENTS MAINLY
02:32:57 GOING TO OUR THREE PROGRAMS AND
02:32:59 USING THE FUND BALANCE.
02:33:02 AS FAR AS REQUIRED ADJUSTMENTS,
02:33:05 OUR BUILDING SERVICES PROGRAMS
02:33:06 AND REVENUES THAT EXCEED THE
02:33:09 BUDGET AND THE EXPENDITURE
02:33:11 SAVINGS AND WE ALLOCATED THAT
02:33:15 TO A BUILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
02:33:17 FUND WITH THE FUND BALANCE WITH
02:33:18 THE TRANSFER THERE AND FROM A
02:33:21 PLANNING PERSPECTIVE AND THAT
02:33:30 RESERVE OF.7 MILLION AND TRUED
02:33:35 UP THE BUDGET STABILIZATION
02:33:37 WITH $5 MILLION ADJUSTMENTS TO
02:33:40 TECHNICALLY ADJUST THAT
02:33:41 RESERVE.
02:33:42 THEN WITH REGARDS TO THE $3.3
02:33:45 MILLION OF THE FUND BALANCE
02:33:49 THAT IS AVAILABLE, OUR
02:33:51 RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU
02:33:53 INCLUDE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR ADA
02:33:55 IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF A
02:33:57 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS
02:33:58 REQUIRED BY THE CITY TO PERFORM
02:34:00 WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME.
02:34:02 SO BASED ON THE LATEST
02:34:11 ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE TO ALLOCATE
02:34:13 THE $1.1 MILLION FOR THE LATEST
02:34:18 ESTIMATES.
02:34:19 I TALKED ABOUT THE CAPITAL
02:34:20 POLICIES AS WE ENTER THE 2-YEAR
02:34:23 CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE
02:34:25 DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THIS IS A
02:34:26 VERY SMALL AMOUNT WITH REGARDS
02:34:28 TO OUR NEEDS. THE
02:34:29 RECOMMENDATION HERE IS TO FUND
02:34:30 THAT RESERVE UP TO THAT POLICY
02:34:34 AND THEN SUBSEQUENT BUDGETS
02:34:36 WILL CONSIDER THE ALLOCATIONS
02:34:38 OF THAT.
02:34:39 THE THIRD LINE ITEM HERE. THE
02:34:41 COVID- 19 WORKPLACE SAFETY AND
02:34:42 COMMUNITY RESPONSE. THIS IS A
02:34:44 SEPARATE FUND, A SEPARATE
02:34:45 ALLOCATION WHERE WE ARE
02:34:47 TRACKING ALL THE COSTS RELATED
02:34:48 TO THE PANDEMIC AND ATTEMPTING
02:34:51 TO GET REIMBURSEMENTS FROM
02:34:53 FEMA, BUT IT WILL TAKE YEARS
02:34:55 AND YEARS AND A LOT OF
02:35:00 DOCUMENTATION IN ORDER TO
02:35:01 ACHIEVE ANY KIND OF
02:35:02 REIMBURSEMENT, BUT IN THE
02:35:03 MEANTIME, WE DO NEED TO
02:35:06 CONTINUE TO FUND THOSE
02:35:07 ACTIVITIES AND THIS IS A MODEST
02:35:12 AMOUNT OF A MILLION VERSUS $3.3
02:35:16 MILLION ON THE EXPENSES WE
02:35:19 SPENT LAST YEAR.
02:35:20 THEN WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE THE
02:35:24 SET ASIDE FUNDS TO COUNCIL
02:35:26 INITIATIVES. THERE WERE SEVERAL
02:35:27 INITIATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN ON
02:35:28 THE PRIORITY SETTING LIST AS
02:35:30 WELL AS DISCUSSED AND DIRECTED
02:35:32 AT VARIOUS CITY COUNCIL
02:35:35 MEETINGS. SO, SOME OF THOSE
02:35:37 ITEMS ARE HERE LISTED ON THIS
02:35:41 SLIDE. THE NEED HOWEVER FOR
02:35:44 THOSE ITEMS ARE IN EXCESS OF
02:35:48 THE ALLOCATION, THE $400,000
02:35:51 ALLOCATION. SO STAFF'S
02:35:52 RECOMMENDATION HERE IS IF THERE
02:35:53 IS ANY DIRECTION FROM THE CITY
02:35:56 COUNCIL TO FUND SOME OF THESE
02:35:58 AT THIS TIME THAT'S AN OPTION
02:36:01 AND INCLUDED IN THE
02:36:02 RECOMMENDATION. HOWEVER, THE
02:36:03 CONTENTS OF THE BROADER POLICY
02:36:05 SETTING IN FEBRUARY AS WELL AS
02:36:07 THE BUDGET, IT'S RECOMMENDED
02:36:09 THAT SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSION
02:36:11 ITEMS IF THE COUNCIL SHOULD
02:36:13 CHOOSE, TO HAVE THE FULL
02:36:15 CONTEXT THAT THOSE DECISIONS
02:36:16 COULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF
02:36:20 THAT PRIORITY SETTING SESSION.
02:36:21 I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR
02:36:23 RESERVES ON THIS SLIDE AND HOW
02:36:25 WE ENDED THE YEAR FOR SOME OF
02:36:29 THE SELECT RESERVES.
02:36:30 THIS IS THE YEAR-ENDING
02:36:34 BALANCE. SO THE BUDGET
02:36:37 STABILIZATION RESERVES, THE
02:36:38 CAPITAL PROJECTS RESERVE, AND I
02:36:40 DO WANT TO NOTE FOR THE LAND
02:36:46 BUDGET AND 2-YEAR BUDGET
02:36:48 DOMINATED FOR JULY 1ST, THE
02:36:54 COUNCIL ADOPTED THAT BUDGET FOR
02:36:56 YEAR TWO. AS FAR AS THOSE
02:37:06 BUDGET RELATED ADJUSTMENT, WE
02:37:08 HAVE 2 YEARS VERSUS THE POLICY
02:37:11 LEVER OF 13%.
02:37:12 THE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU
02:37:14 IS TO NOTE AND FILE BUDGETARY
02:37:17 YEAR-END REPORT, APPROVE THE
02:37:18 FISCAL YEAR TO 21 BUDGET
02:37:21 AMENDMENTS AND FISCAL YEAR 2122
02:37:23 BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND DIRECTION
02:37:25 OF ANY BY THIS CITY COUNCIL
02:37:28 REGARDING INITIATIVES TO BE
02:37:32 FUNDED BY THE $400,000
02:37:34 ALLOCATION INCLUDED IN THIS
02:37:35 REPORT AND I DO WANT TO MENTION
02:37:37 AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, THIS IS
02:37:39 THE CLOSE OUT OF LAST YEAR. WE
02:37:41 ARE UNDERWAY WITH UPDATING OUR
02:37:45 10-YEAR FORECAST. I DO WANT TO
02:37:48 CAUTION THAT IN OUR FORECAST,
02:37:49 THE LAST YEAR WE WERE FACING
02:37:56 $17.6 MILLION WITH ON GOING
02:37:59 DEFICIT WITH DELTA AND THE
02:38:26 OMICRON VARIANT, WE WILL
02:38:28 SCHEDULE THE BUDGET FOR EARLY
02:38:30 MAY FOR COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS
02:38:31 LATER THIS FISCAL YEAR.
02:38:32 WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE HERE
02:38:35 AND CITY STAFF AND AS WELL AS
02:38:40 MYSELF ARE AVAILABLE FOR
02:38:46 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WILL
02:38:57 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: I WAS
02:39:00 MUTED. I'M SORRY.
02:39:03 THANK YOU DIRECTOR LEE.
02:39:04 >>CITY MANAGER DEANNA J.
02:39:05 SANTANA: IF YOU CAN JUST GO TO
02:39:06 THE SLIDE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR
02:39:10 FOR THE COUNCIL'S
02:39:11 UNDERSTANDING, IS THAT IN THE
02:39:12 REPORT YOU WILL SEE A LISTING
02:39:18 OF ALL THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL
02:39:33 ISSUES WHERE THERE IS
02:39:35 DIRECTIONS FOR FUNDING. AND I
02:39:36 KNOW YOU DIRECTED US TO COME
02:39:40 BACK WITH $115 FOR THE VISUAL
02:39:42 PLAN WHICH HAS BEEN ON THE
02:39:44 CAPITAL BUDGET LIST BEFORE. WE
02:39:45 NOTE IN THE MEMO THAT IT'S
02:39:47 ABOUT 80% OF WHAT YOU HAVE
02:39:49 AVAILABLE. SO I JUST WANT TO
02:39:51 HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU IN THAT
02:39:52 IF YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT
02:39:54 DIRECTION, THAT'S FINE. IF YOU
02:39:56 WANT TO LOOK AT THE 400,000 AS
02:40:02 AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT
02:40:03 FEBRUARY 8TH WHEN WE COME BACK
02:40:05 WITH MORE INFORMATION AND THEN
02:40:07 YOU WILL HAVE THE BIGGER
02:40:12 PICTURE TO UNDERSTAND THE
02:40:14 COMPETING PRIORITIES FOR THE
02:40:15 BUDGET.
02:40:16 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT
02:40:17 CLARIFICATION AND THAT PUTS IT
02:40:18 INTO PERSPECTIVE.
02:40:19 COUNCIL MEMBER JAIN?
02:40:20 >>COUNCIL MEMBER SUDSHANSHU
02:40:21 JAIN: YES, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
02:40:23 LEE.
02:40:27 I JUST WANTED TO ADVOCATE, I
02:40:29 BELIEVE THAT OF ALL OF THESE
02:40:30 INITIATIVES, MOST OF THEM I
02:40:32 THINK COULD WAIT UNTIL OUR
02:40:35 PRIORITY SETTING MEETING, BUT I
02:40:36 WOULD LIKE TO -- I BELIEVE IT
02:40:40 WAS $75,000 FOR THE HOMELESS
02:40:42 TASK FORCE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO
02:40:43 GET THAT STARTED AS SOON AS
02:40:47 POSSIBLE. VICE-MAYOR CHAHAL?
02:40:57 >>VICE MAYOR RAJ CHAHAL: I
02:40:58 WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A
02:41:00 COMMENT.
02:41:01 THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
02:41:02 AND I'M SO IMPRESSED WHEN YOU
02:41:05 MENTIONED THE VARIANTS THAT IS
02:41:09 PROJECTED FOR.1%. I KNOW IT
02:41:18 SHOWS THE DEPARTMENT THAT IS
02:41:21 REALLY GREAT WORK DONE BY THIS
02:41:23 CITY. THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME
02:41:27 AND YOUR TECHNICALITIES ON
02:41:28 THAT.
02:41:29 I KNOW THIS WAS A TOUGH YEAR
02:41:32 AND WE GOT OVER IT, AND
02:41:35 FORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T DO WHAT
02:41:42 WE THINK IT WERE.
02:41:44 I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE $6
02:41:47 MILLION UNDER PENSION LIABILITY
02:41:48 WE HAVE. BUT WHATEVER WE CAN
02:41:50 DO. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE MUCH
02:41:56 FUNDING ON THAT. BUT HAVING
02:41:59 INCREASED THOSE AND I'M WORRIED
02:42:00 ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF THE
02:42:06 UNFUNDED LIABILITY WE HAVE.
02:42:09 AND SOME GOING FORWARD, I KNOW
02:42:11 THE REVENUE SOURCES AND I WILL
02:42:15 COME BACK AGAIN AND ONE OF THE
02:42:18 RESOURCES ON WHY THE
02:42:21 CORPORATION TAX BASICALLY AND
02:42:23 HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT IT ON THE
02:42:26 NEXT YEAR BALLOT AND WE WIN
02:42:31 THAT. THE OTHER THING WAS
02:42:33 PRETTY DISTURBING AND BECAUSE
02:42:37 OF THE PANDEMIC THE TOT WAS
02:42:40 REALLY DOWN AND HOPEFULLY WE
02:42:41 CAN GET SOME NEW NUMBERS AND
02:42:43 IMPROVE OUR BUDGET.
02:42:44 ONE THING I NOTICED FOR SBP FOR
02:42:51 THE TOTAL REVENUES OF $485.6
02:42:53 MILLION WAS UP BY 5 MILLION
02:42:55 THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. NOT ONLY
02:43:03 THAT, OUR EXPENDITURES WE WERE
02:43:10 UP BY $35 MILLION AS WELL.
02:43:15 DIRECTOR PINEDA MENTIONED
02:43:16 EARLIER THE $30 MILLION THAT
02:43:18 ARE THE PRODUCTION SAVINGS OF
02:43:20 28 MILLION. SO I THINK THEY
02:43:21 HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AND
02:43:24 THAT ADDS TO THE REVENUE FROM
02:43:26 SBP. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I
02:43:27 WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE
02:43:30 A MOTION TO APPROVE THE STAFF'S
02:43:34 RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU.
02:43:35 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR:
02:43:39 COUNCIL MEMBER WATANABE?
02:43:40 >>COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY
02:43:41 WATANABE: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND
02:43:44 THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, KEN.
02:43:45 THIS IS A NICE WAY TO END THE
02:43:49 YEAR, AND IT'S NICE TO KNOW
02:43:50 THAT THERE IS MONEY IN THE BANK
02:43:53 AND TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT
02:43:54 WE'VE GONE THROUGH AS A CITY
02:43:57 OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS THAT BY
02:44:02 TIGHTENING BELTS AND WATCHING
02:44:04 THE PENNIES THAT THERE WERE
02:44:06 REVENUES ABOVE THE BUDGET THAT
02:44:10 WAS PLANNED AND THAT
02:44:11 EXPENDITURES WERE BELOW THE
02:44:14 BUDGET, SO REALLY KUDOS TO
02:44:16 EVERYBODY IN THE CITY THAT
02:44:18 HELPED MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
02:44:20 I AM GLAD TO KNOW THAT THERE IS
02:44:26 MONEY THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED
02:44:29 FOR COUNCIL INITIATIVES AND I
02:44:31 HAVE TO SAY I AGREE THAT I
02:44:33 THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO CARRY
02:44:36 THAT OVER TO THE PRIORITY
02:44:39 SETTING SESSION.
02:44:40 TWO QUESTIONS OR MAYBE ONE
02:44:43 COMBINED.
02:44:44 CITY MANAGER, HAVE WE GOTTEN
02:44:45 ANY UPDATES REGARDING THE
02:44:49 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL OR THE BILL
02:44:51 THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY USED
02:44:53 FOR SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES?
02:44:54 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: LET'S
02:44:56 GET ALL THE QUESTIONS AND LET
02:44:58 STAFF ANSWER THEM.
02:44:59 >> THANK YOU AND THAT'S ALL I
02:45:00 HAVE AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO
02:45:04 SECOND THAT MOTION THAT IS
02:45:07 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. THANK
02:45:08 YOU.
02:45:09 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: THANK
02:45:10 YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND
02:45:12 SECOND FOR STAFF'S
02:45:14 RECOMMENDATION.
02:45:15 COUNCIL MEMBER HARDY?
02:45:16 >> VICE-MAYOR HARDY: THE ONLY
02:45:19 QUESTION I HAVE IS THE $75,000
02:45:24 FOR THE HOMELESS. WOULD HOLDING
02:45:27 THAT TO FEBRUARY BE OKAY
02:45:29 BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A LOT WE
02:45:30 CAN DO OR WOULD IT MAKE ANY
02:45:32 DIFFERENCE IF THAT WAS
02:45:34 ALLOCATED NOW. THAT WOULD BE MY
02:45:35 QUESTION TO STAFF. THANK YOU.
02:45:36 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: OKAY,
02:45:38 GOOD QUESTION, THANK YOU.
02:45:40 ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER
02:45:43 QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD, CITY
02:45:45 MANAGER, DIRECTOR LEE?
02:45:46 >>CITY MANAGER DEANNA J.
02:45:47 SANTANA: I WILL START. THERE
02:45:51 ARE TWO LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
02:45:52 WITH RESPECT TO FUNDS
02:45:53 AVAILABLE. THE FIRST IS THE
02:45:54 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND WE ARE
02:45:56 WORKING WITH OUR LOBBYIST TO
02:45:58 SORT THROUGH TO SEE WHAT SANTA
02:46:01 CLARA COUNTY OR SANTA CLARA
02:46:03 CITY MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR. WE
02:46:05 ARE MONITORING THAT AND SHOULD
02:46:07 HAVE THAT REPORT BACK VERY
02:46:10 SOON.
02:46:11 THE SECOND ONE IS OVER THE
02:46:14 WEEKEND THE STATE IS LIKELY TO
02:46:16 END ITS PROJECT YEAR WITH ABOUT
02:46:20 A $30 BILLION SURPLUS. I HEARD
02:46:25 ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 37 AND IF
02:46:27 YOU ASK CASEY, THERE IS 31. AND
02:46:30 THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
02:46:32 ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT BACK TO
02:46:33 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS
02:46:34 OTHER CITY SERVICES. WE ARE
02:46:36 WATCHING THOSE TWO ITEMS TO SEE
02:46:38 WHERE WE CAN LEVERAGE, AND AS
02:46:40 SOON AS WE HAVE INFORMATION,
02:46:42 WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION
02:46:43 BACK.
02:46:44 IN TERMS OF THE HOMELESS
02:46:46 SHORT-TERM ACTION, WE ACTUALLY
02:46:48 RUSHED, I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE
02:46:50 COUNCIL. WE RUSHED TO GET OUR
02:46:52 PROPOSAL OUT AND WE ARE IN
02:46:54 PROCESS TO GO THROUGH THE
02:46:55 PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND WE
02:46:57 WANTED TO GET TO COUNCIL VERY
02:46:59 SOON FOR AWARD OF THE CONTRACT
02:47:02 FOR $75,000 TO START TO PUSH
02:47:09 SHORT-TERM TO THE COUNCIL THAT
02:47:12 YOU HAD EXPRESSED. WE WOULD BE
02:47:16 ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES DURING
02:47:19 THESE HARSH WINTER MONTHS IF WE
02:47:22 DON'T WAIT UNTIL FEBRUARY.
02:47:23 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: VERY
02:47:24 GOOD. THANK YOU.
02:47:25 LET'S GO TO OUR PUBLIC MEMBERS
02:47:26 NOW TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY
02:47:28 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD
02:47:29 LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
02:47:40 I DON'T SEE ANY.
02:47:41 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, DO YOU
02:47:42 SEE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC?
02:47:45 >>CLERK: I DO NOT MAYOR AND I
02:47:48 HAVE NO WRITTEN COMMENTS.
02:47:49 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: THANK
02:47:52 YOU VERY MUCH.
02:47:55 OKAY.
02:47:56 LAST CHANCE.
02:47:59 OKAY.
02:48:00 COUNCIL MEMBER HARDY?
02:48:01 >> WITH WHAT WAS JUST TOLD US,
02:48:03 I WONDER IF I CAN MAKE A
02:48:06 FRIENDLY MOTION ON THE TABLE TO
02:48:11 ALLOCATE $75,000 FOR SHORT-TERM
02:48:15 SITUATION FOR OUR HOMELESS
02:48:16 POPULATION.
02:48:17 >> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT
02:48:23 AMENDMENT.
02:48:25 >> COUNCIL MEMBER HARDY --
02:48:26 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: EXCUSE
02:48:28 ME VICE-MAYOR, WHO MADE THE
02:48:30 MOTION?
02:48:31 >> I MADE THE MOTION.
02:48:33 >> THAT DO YOU ACCEPT THAT
02:48:36 AMENDMENT?
02:48:39 >> YES, I ACCEPT IT.
02:48:40 >> WHO WAS THE SECOND? COUNCIL
02:48:45 MEMBER WATANABE. THAT'S A
02:48:50 FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE
02:48:54 MOMENT AND ACCEPTED. WE HAVE
02:48:57 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION BUT TO
02:48:58 ADVANCE FOR THE HOMELESS BUDGET
02:49:01 FOR $75,000. THAT HAS A SECOND.
02:49:03 I WANT TO SAY, YES, I WILL BE
02:49:05 SUPPORTING THE MOTION. I THINK
02:49:07 THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU
02:49:08 DIRECTOR LEE, CITY MANAGER FOR
02:49:11 THAT REPORT.
02:49:12 I FOUND IT A LITTLE INTERESTING
02:49:16 THAT OF COURSE PROPERTY VALUES
02:49:21 ARE UP, SO TAXES ARE UP AND
02:49:24 STARTING TO SEE THE INCREASE IN
02:49:25 SALES TAX THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL
02:49:28 BE RECOVERING SOON BECAUSE OUR
02:49:29 BIG ISSUE IS SALES TAX AND TOT.
02:49:33 I DON'T SEE THAT RECOVERING BUT
02:49:36 HOPEFULLY IN 2022 WE'LL BE
02:49:38 RECOVERING AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE
02:49:40 ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. THANK
02:49:43 YOU CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR
02:49:45 LEE FOR THE END OF YEAR
02:49:52 REPORT. ALTHOUGH I THINK NOT
02:49:53 EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
02:49:55 SEE BUT THANKFULLY YOU ARE
02:49:58 PROVIDING SAVINGS FOR THAT.
02:49:59 COUNCIL MEMBER, I WILL CALL FOR
02:50:01 THE VOTE. IS THERE ANYTHING
02:50:02 ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY?
02:50:06 >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
02:50:07 IF YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS OF WHAT
02:50:10 WE GOT FROM 2021 FROM INTERNET
02:50:12 SALES, DOWN THE LINE THAT WILL
02:50:14 BE HELPFUL BECAUSE I THINK THAT
02:50:17 SHARE MIGHT HAVE INCREASED AND
02:50:18 REASON WE ARE ABLE TO GET MORE.
02:50:27 >> WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE
02:50:30 NATIONAL NEXT REPORT.
02:50:41 >>CLERK: JUST TO RECAP. THAT IS
02:50:44 TO INCLUDE THE SHORT-TERM FUND
02:50:48 FOR THE HOMELESS FUND. IS THAT
02:50:53 CORRECT?
02:50:57 >> YES.
02:50:58 >> [ROLL CALL]
02:51:08 >> YES, THAT PASSES
02:51:09 UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY
02:51:12 MUCH FOR THAT.
02:51:19 NOW WE HAVE COVERED EVERYTHING
02:51:21 WE NEEDED FOR THE EVENING. WE
02:51:22 WILL GO BACK TO THE AGENDA. WE
02:51:25 ARE GOING TO START WITH ITEM
02:51:29 5A.
02:51:43 INFORMATION AND UPDATE ON THE
02:51:47 ADD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE
02:51:49 APOLOGY LETTER RELATING TO THE
02:51:52 CITY'S CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS
02:51:54 ACT LITIGATION.
02:51:55 >>CITY MANAGER DEANNA J.
02:51:56 SANTANA: YES, THE AD HOC
02:52:00 COMMITTEE HAD ITS FIRST
02:52:02 MEETING. IT'S BEEN A WHILE PUT
02:52:05 DURING THAT CONVERSATION THERE
02:52:08 WAS INTEREST IN EXPANDING THE
02:52:09 SCOPE OF THE ADD HOC COMMITTEE
02:52:12 TO APPROVING A CITY LOG THAT
02:52:15 HAD BEEN REFERENCED BY THE
02:52:16 COUNCIL BEFORE AND THERE WAS AN
02:52:18 EXPRESSION OF GETTING THAT MORE
02:52:21 COMPLETE FOR THE PUBLIC SO THE
02:52:27 INFORMATION REFLECTS THAT AS
02:52:28 THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE
02:52:31 PURPOSE FOR PREPARING A LETTER
02:52:32 AND INTEREST IN COMMUNITY
02:52:34 ENGAGEMENT SO THAT COMMENTS
02:52:35 COULD BE REFUND WITH RESPECT TO
02:52:38 THE LETTER AND THE ACTION THAT
02:52:42 THE COUNCIL TOOK AND INTEGRATED
02:52:43 IT INTO THE LETTER AND WHATEVER
02:52:49 MANNER THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
02:52:51 BECKER SOUGHT INPUT. WITH THAT,
02:52:58 IT DID STAND THE SCOPE AND WE
02:53:01 WOULD NEED TO COME BACK BECAUSE
02:53:03 IT WOULD REQUIRE MUCH MORE
02:53:05 RESOURCES AND MAKING SURE THE
02:53:07 COUNCIL WAS OKAY WITH THE
02:53:10 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
02:53:11 >> OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER,
02:53:13 PARK, YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO THIS
02:53:15 COMMITTEE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
02:53:17 >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
02:53:19 SO, YEAH, I AGREE THAT I THINK
02:53:21 WE SHOULD EXTEND THIS. THERE IS
02:53:23 A LOT MORE TO COVER. I KNOW
02:53:25 THAT THERE IS SOME CONCERNS. I
02:53:27 ALSO HAD THERE IS A LOT OF
02:53:31 CONFIDENTIALITY STILL ON A LOT
02:53:33 OF THE CASE AND I HAVE BEEN
02:53:35 KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE
02:53:36 CAN GET THAT WAVED SOMEHOW
02:53:38 BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS
02:53:39 IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC GETS
02:53:41 TO SEE. I THINK THE PUBLIC'S
02:53:43 RIGHT TO KNOW OUT WAYS
02:53:45 EVERYTHING ELSE. SO I REALLY
02:53:46 WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO
02:53:48 DO THIS. I REALLY WANT THE
02:53:50 PUBLIC TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN
02:53:52 THAT PROCESS. I THINK THOSE ARE
02:53:54 BASICALLY A LOT OF MY COMMENTS.
02:53:56 I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE
02:53:58 IT HAPPENED AND AT LEAST OVER 2
02:54:01 MONTHS AND TRYING TO REFRESH MY
02:54:05 MEMORY AS I CAN. IF YOU WOULD
02:54:07 LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE IN
02:54:12 THERE TOO.
02:54:40 >> YES, I HAVE A FEW ISSUES. I
02:54:47 KNOW THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE
02:54:48 SHOWED YOU THE BECAUSE THERE
02:54:51 WAS NOT ENOUGH NOTICING AND
02:54:54 WITH THE LAWSUIT AND
02:54:55 REPERCUSSIONS TO OUR INTEREST
02:54:56 IN THE CITY WAS VERY IMPORTANT
02:54:58 TO THAT ACTION AND WE WANTED TO
02:55:00 BE SURE THAT WAS LAID STRAIGHT
02:55:03 PRIOR TO HAVING DISCUSSIONS
02:55:05 WITH THE PUBLIC.
02:55:06 COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER WANTED TO
02:55:09 POST AS ORIGINAL LETTER ONLINE
02:55:12 AND A LAWSUIT AND LINK TO THE
02:55:16 APOLOGY LETTER BEFORE WE
02:55:18 SOLICITED FROM THE PUBLIC AND
02:55:20 SCHEDULED THE NEXT MEETING WITH
02:55:21 FULL SUPPORT AS STATED IN THE
02:55:25 MEETING AGENDA WHICH WAS -- ON
02:55:29 ZOOM, ONLINE, PROPER NOTICING
02:55:33 AND DURING THE TIME AT WHICH
02:55:35 THE PUBLIC COULD ATTEND. IT WAS
02:55:36 NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
02:55:40 AFTERNOON ON A WORKDAY.
02:55:42 I THINK WE NEEDED FULL SUPPORT
02:55:43 FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE
02:55:45 HISTORY ISSUE. I THINK THE
02:55:47 FORMER CITY ATTORNEY HAD COME
02:55:48 UP WITH A TIMELINE BUT BE
02:55:52 WANTED TO UPDATE THAT TIMELINE.
02:55:54 THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT
02:55:57 COUNCIL HAD, COUNCIL MEMBERS
02:55:59 HAD WITH THAT TIMELINE SO WE
02:56:00 WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT, POST
02:56:03 THAT, HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA
02:56:04 NOTICES, SEND OUT COUNCIL
02:56:08 MEMBER BECKER'S ORIGINAL
02:56:11 LETTER, JUST AS A STRAWMAN, AND
02:56:16 SOLICIT A WORKSHOP COMMITTEE
02:56:18 INPUT INCLUDED DEI TASK FORCE
02:56:20 INPUT BUT NOT LIMITED TO DEI
02:56:22 TASK FORCE INPUT AND HAVE A
02:56:25 START TIME OF 7:00 P.M. I
02:56:26 BELIEVE THOSE WERE THE
02:56:27 DECISIONS WE CAME UP WITH AT
02:56:30 THE MEETING.
02:56:31 >> I WAS REMINDED BY NADINE
02:56:35 THAT IT DOES INCLUDE
02:56:36 COMMUNICATION SUPPORT AS WELL
02:56:42 AS THE TELEVISING OR FOR LACK
02:56:43 OF A BETTER WORD FOR TELEVISING
02:56:45 THE MEETINGS AS WE DO COUNCIL
02:56:47 MEETINGS.
02:56:48 >> YES, THE REASON THAT CAME UP
02:56:50 WAS IN THE AGENDA IT WAS STATED
02:56:53 THAT IT WOULD BE TELEVISED AND
02:56:55 ONLINE AND STATED A BUNCH OF
02:56:57 THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY WEREN'T
02:56:58 PREPARED FOR AND WE DIDN'T DO
02:56:59 AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES
02:57:03 BECAUSE I SPECIFICALLY TOLD
02:57:05 PEOPLE, OH YES, YOU DON'T HAVE
02:57:08 TO, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY.
02:57:14 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR:
02:57:18 COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER?
02:57:19 >>COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY
02:57:20 BECKER: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
02:57:21 A LOT OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
02:57:24 PARK WAS JUST SAYING I 100%
02:57:28 AGREE WITH. I'M REALLY 100%
02:57:30 BEHIND THE SOCIAL MEDIA
02:57:31 NOTICES. THAT NEEDS TO BE UP
02:57:33 THERE AND MORE ACCESSIBILITY. I
02:57:34 THINK IT WAS AND I HOPE I'M
02:57:38 RIGHT, BOB OH KEITH SAYS IT
02:57:40 NEEDS TO BE MORE ACCESSIBILITY
02:57:42 AND ADVERTISED MORE AND PEOPLE
02:57:43 SHOULD HAVE MORE INPUT SO I
02:57:47 KIND OF WANT TO GO IN THAT
02:57:50 DIRECTION OF BEING MORE
02:57:52 TRANSPARENT AND DRAFTING A
02:57:54 LETTER FOR AN APOLOGY BECAUSE
02:57:56 WE ARE TRYING TO MODEL WHAT SAN
02:58:00 JOSE DID AND WE WERE EVEN IN
02:58:04 DISCUSSION BEFORE SAN JOSE WITH
02:58:07 AN APOLOGY LETTER TO THE
02:58:09 CHINESE COMMUNITY. I AGREE WITH
02:58:10 COUNCIL MEMBER PARK AND WE NEED
02:58:12 TO HAVE MORE HISTORY OF THE
02:58:16 DETAIL OF THE LAWSUIT AND
02:58:18 NOTICES THAT NEED TO GO OUT
02:58:20 MORE AND ORIGINAL LETTER AND
02:58:21 I'M FINE WITH THAT AND EVEN THE
02:58:25 EDITED LETTER AND TO BE MORE
02:58:28 TRANSPARENT. THE LAST THING IS
02:58:30 CONFIDENTIALITY IS WHERE I KIND
02:58:32 OF AM TRYING TO SEEK A LITTLE
02:58:34 BIT MORE GUIDANCE.
02:58:35 THIS STILL HAS A LOT OF I GUESS
02:58:37 RED TAPE OVER IT AND I'M
02:58:39 WONDERING HOW WE CAN CHANGE
02:58:40 THAT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
02:58:44 TRANSPARENT TO PROVIDE THAT TO
02:58:46 RESIDENTS TO BE MORE OF THE
02:58:48 PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW.
02:58:52 I SEE SUE'S HAND WENT UP.
02:58:54 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: I'M
02:58:56 GOING TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY
02:58:59 ATTORNEY SUE.
02:59:00 >> I CAN TAKE THE COMMENT ABOUT
02:59:03 WAVING CONFIDENTIALITY, THERE
02:59:05 IS RECENT INFORMATION SENT TO
02:59:06 COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS POINT.
02:59:09 JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING UNDER
02:59:11 THE BROWN ACT. INFORMATION THAT
02:59:12 IS RECEIVED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
02:59:14 IN CLOSED SESSION IS
02:59:15 CONFIDENTIAL, HOWEVER THAT
02:59:17 CONFIDENTIALITY CAN BE WAIVED
02:59:18 TECHNICALLY BY A VOTE IN OPEN
02:59:20 SESSION OF THE MAJORITY OF THE
02:59:22 COUNCIL.
02:59:23 THERE ARE OF COURSE GOING TO BE
02:59:27 CONSEQUENCES TO WAVING
02:59:28 CONFIDENTIALITY IN A LITIGATION
02:59:30 MATTER.
02:59:31 THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU
02:59:35 ARE AGENDAIZED TO VOTE ON TODAY
02:59:37 AND THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A
02:59:40 SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION ON THAT
02:59:41 BEFORE YOU CAN TAKE A VOTE ON
02:59:43 SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT
02:59:44 TECHNICALLY UNDER THE BROWN
02:59:45 ACT, THAT'S THE PROCESS. IT
02:59:47 WOULD BE AN OPEN SESSION VOTE
02:59:49 BY THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL
02:59:52 TO WAVE CONFIDENTIALITY. THERE
02:59:54 IS A LOT OF CONSEQUENCES AND
02:59:56 REPERCUSSIONS THAT YOU WOULD
02:59:57 HAVE TO WORK THROUGH BEFORE THE
02:59:58 COUNCIL CAN MAKE ANY KIND OF
03:00:00 EDUCATED DECISION ON SOMETHING
03:00:02 AS WEIGHTEY AS THAT KIND OF A
03:00:05 DECISION.
03:00:06 >> SUE, WOULD YOU SAY THAT IN
03:00:07 ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN I
03:00:08 WOULD HAVE TO DO A 0-30 OR WORK
03:00:13 THAT INTO A CLOSED SESSION JUST
03:00:14 TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND ALSO
03:00:16 SEEING TO GET IT OUT THERE.
03:00:18 >>CITY MANAGER DEANNA J.
03:00:19 SANTANA: CAN I ADD?
03:00:21 >> SURE.
03:00:22 >> WE ARE IN PROCESS OF
03:00:23 BRIEFING THE COUNCIL MEMBER ON
03:00:25 ISSUES OF KOFLT
03:00:34 CONFIDENTIALITY AS WELL AS
03:00:35 BRIEFING AND THERE IS A MEMO
03:00:37 ABOUT THAT AND ONCE WE GET TO
03:00:38 THOSE BRIEFINGS AND TALK ABOUT
03:00:39 CONFIDENTIALITY, YOU CAN
03:00:40 CONTINUE TO PROCEED REGARDING
03:00:42 CONFIDENTIALITY OR RELATED TO
03:00:44 ACTIONS THAT TAKE PLACE IN
03:00:46 CLOSED SESSION. I THINK THE
03:00:47 INFORMATION SESSIONS THAT WE
03:00:49 HAVE PLANNED ARE A GOOD FORUM
03:00:50 FOR US TO GO THROUGH THOSE
03:00:53 TOPICS.
03:00:54 >> OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU.
03:00:57 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR:
03:01:01 COUNCIL MEMBER HARDY?
03:01:02 >> THANK YOU, I DO THINK WE
03:01:03 NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH
03:01:06 WHAT WE SAY AND DON'T SAY AND
03:01:07 ALSO BE SURE THAT WE FULFILL
03:01:08 ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE
03:01:10 AGREE TO. AND IN THE LETTER THE
03:01:12 LAST SENTENCE IN THE PARAGRAPH,
03:01:14 SAYS THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA IS
03:01:19 THE MINORITY CITY BUT YET DID
03:01:22 NOT HAVE A MINORITY COUNCIL
03:01:28 MEMBER AND THAT SHOULD BE 1852.
03:01:32 THANK YOU.
03:01:34 >> OKAY, CITY MANAGER.
03:01:35 >>CITY MANAGER DEANNA J.
03:01:36 SANTANA: I SHOULD HAVE LOWERED
03:01:39 MY HAND.
03:01:40 >> SO SORRY.
03:01:41 ALL RIGHT. I HAVE SOME
03:01:42 QUESTIONS.
03:01:43 FIRST OF ALL COMPARING THE
03:01:44 BURNING OF CHINATOWN IN SAN
03:01:49 JOSE TO THE CVRA LAWSUIT ARE
03:01:50 TWO SEPARATE THINGS. I DON'T
03:01:54 KNOW WHAT THE CITY OF SAN JOSE
03:01:55 LETTER HAS TO DO WITH THIS
03:01:58 LETTER.
03:01:59 BUT ALSO A FEW WEEKS AGO, THERE
03:02:04 WAS A REPORT THAT CONTAINED A
03:02:07 DOCUMENT THAT WAS WRITTEN BY
03:02:10 THE 49ERS POLITICAL CONSULTANT
03:02:11 AND PRESENTED AS THE WORK OF
03:02:13 THE ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE.
03:02:15 SO I HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF
03:02:17 QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SINCE THAT
03:02:20 APPEARED.
03:02:21 IT APPEARS TO BE DECEIT FULL
03:02:28 AND DISHONEST EFFORT TO HOLD
03:02:32 THE 49ERS INVOLVEMENT. SO I
03:02:35 WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR THAT
03:02:38 LETTER IF THE 49ERS HAD A HAND
03:02:39 IN OFFERING YOUR LETTER THAT
03:02:41 YOU SUBMITTED BECAUSE I THINK
03:02:42 THE RESIDENTS OF A RIGHT TO
03:02:44 KNOW. SO THAT'S MY QUESTION.
03:02:45 >> THAT'S ALL MY WRITING IN THE
03:02:47 LETTER AND THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD
03:02:50 THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARDY
03:02:51 POINTED OUT SOME OF MY
03:02:53 MISTAKES. SORRY IT WAS NOT
03:02:57 1952, IT WAS 1852 AND THAT WAS
03:02:59 A DRAFT LETTER AND THERE WERE A
03:03:00 LOT OF MISTAKES IN THERE AND IT
03:03:02 WAS A VIRTUAL DOCUMENT THAT I
03:03:03 WANTED MY FULL COUNCIL
03:03:05 INCLUDING YOU MAYOR TO WORK
03:03:06 THROUGH AND COME UP WITH A
03:03:08 BETTER DECISION SO I THINK THAT
03:03:10 IS THE DIRECTION WE ARE GOING.
03:03:17 THE 49ERS HAD NO HAND IN THIS.
03:03:19 THIS WAS ALL MY DOING.
03:03:21 >> I THINK THE DRAFT LETTER HAS
03:03:26 FACTUAL ERRORS AND I'M
03:03:27 SURPRISED THE TASK FORCE DIDN'T
03:03:29 POINT THIS OUT WEEKS AGO. I
03:03:32 THOUGHT THERE WAS A COMMITTEE
03:03:35 THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO LOOKING AT
03:03:38 IT.
03:03:39 ALSO THE PLAN THAT YOU ARE
03:03:41 PROPOSING CALLS FOR A MAJOR
03:03:43 STAFF COMMITMENT AND CITY
03:03:44 RESOURCES, AND I DON'T KNOW
03:03:48 HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO COST.
03:03:51 YOU ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT
03:03:55 RELEASING CONFIDENTIALITY. IF
03:03:56 YOU DO THAT, THE OTHER CASE
03:03:58 SHOULD RELEASE IT AS WELL IF
03:03:59 YOU ARE GOING TO GET FULL
03:04:02 DISCLOSURE ON THE
03:04:04 CONFIDENTIALITY, BOTH SIDES
03:04:05 SHOULD AGREE TO RELEASE THAT. I
03:04:06 DON'T SEE WHY THEY SHOULDN'T IF
03:04:09 IT'S ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND
03:04:13 OPENNESS.
03:04:14 BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR
03:04:16 LEGAL LIABILITY IS GOING TO BE.
03:04:20 ONE THING THAT DID CONCERN ME
03:04:22 IS THAT THE FORMER CITY
03:04:24 ATTORNEY HAD PUT TOGETHER A
03:04:26 HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED FROM
03:04:30 DAY ONE DURING ALL OF THIS
03:04:33 LAWSUIT AND EVERYTHING THAT
03:04:34 HAPPENED. BUT YOU ARE SAYING
03:04:36 YOU WANT TO AMEND THE HISTORY?
03:04:38 YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE HISTORY,
03:04:40 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ARE
03:04:41 GOING TO DO THAT OR WHAT YOU
03:04:44 ARE PROPOSING TO DO. SO FOR ALL
03:04:46 OF THOSE REASONS, I AM VERY
03:04:49 CONCERNED NOT ONLY WITH WHAT
03:04:50 YOU ARE DOING, BUT HOW THE
03:04:52 LIABILITY THAT YOU MAY BE
03:04:54 PLACING ON THE CITY AND THE
03:04:57 UNCERTAINTIES OF THE COST AND
03:05:00 ALSO THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF
03:05:04 CHANGING HISTORY AND RELEASING
03:05:05 CONFIDENTIALITY AND ALL THE
03:05:06 THINGS THAT YOU ARE ATTEMPTING
03:05:08 TO DO. SO THOSE ARE MY
03:05:13 COMMENTS.
03:05:14 COUNCIL MEMBER WATANABE?
03:05:15 >>COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY
03:05:16 WATANABE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
03:05:17 YES, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE
03:05:19 POINTS THAT YOU HAVE MADE.
03:05:21 I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT THIS
03:05:26 CITY WAS ACTUALLY INCORPORATED
03:05:31 IN 1852. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO
03:05:36 WITH THE CHARTER.
03:05:37 REGARDING THIS LETTER, I HAVE
03:05:41 TO SAY THAT I DON'T SEE THE
03:05:48 COMMUNITY KNOCKING DOWN DOORS
03:05:50 LOOKING TO HAVE THIS APOLOGY
03:05:52 LETTER PUT TOGETHER. I THINK A
03:05:54 LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE
03:05:58 PROBABLY MORE FOCUSED ON
03:06:00 SURVIVING COVID RIGHT NOW AND
03:06:03 MOVING THROUGH IT, AND ACTUALLY
03:06:06 I THINK A BETTER USE OF OUR
03:06:11 CITY STAFF INSTEAD OF
03:06:14 DEDICATING RESOURCES TO THIS
03:06:18 TASK FORCE WOULD BE TO FOCUS ON
03:06:24 CONTINUING TO MOVE THE CITY
03:06:26 FORWARD. WE JUST HAD AN
03:06:28 EXCELLENT REPORT BY OUR
03:06:30 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE KEN LEE
03:06:32 ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE CITY.
03:06:35 YES, WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO
03:06:37 BUT WE'VE MADE A HECK OF A LOT
03:06:40 OF IMPROVEMENTS AND THE CITY
03:06:42 HAS MOVED IN A MUCH BETTER
03:06:43 DIRECTION THAN IT WAS A YEAR
03:06:45 AGO. I TRULY THINK IT'S TIME
03:06:47 FOR US TO MOVE ON.
03:06:52 APOLOGIZING FOR A LAWSUIT THAT
03:06:55 WAS BROUGHT AGAINST OUR CITY
03:06:58 THAT WAS CALLING OUR RESIDENTS
03:07:04 RACIST. WE DEFENDED A LAWSUIT
03:07:06 THAT WAS BROUGHT AGAINST OUR
03:07:09 CITY WHICH CALLED OUR RESIDENTS
03:07:14 RACIST. I THINK OUR DUE
03:07:16 DILIGENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY IS
03:07:18 TO DEFEND OUR CITY AGAINST
03:07:23 UNCALLED FOR AND UNTRUE ATTACKS
03:07:25 LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHY WE
03:07:27 DEFENDED THE LAWSUIT IN
03:07:28 DISTRICT COURT AND WE APPEALED
03:07:34 IT, AND UNFORTUNATELY AS A
03:07:36 RESULT OF THE APPEAL, WE WERE
03:07:37 NOT ABLE TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
03:07:44 WE DEFENDED OUR CITY AGAINST
03:07:50 ATTACKS OF BEING CALLED RACIST,
03:07:51 AND THAT'S WHAT THE LAWSUIT WAS
03:07:53 ABOUT AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
03:07:57 AS I STATED BEFORE, I THINK
03:08:01 CITY BUSINESS IS MORE IMPORTANT
03:08:02 RIGHT NOW AND SHOULD BE THE
03:08:07 FOCUS OF OUR STAFF, OUR COUNCIL
03:08:14 AND OUR RESIDENTS.
03:08:16 CREATING REVISION AS HISTORY
03:08:18 AND JUST DRAGGING THIS ISSUE
03:08:21 OUT DOES NOT HELP ANYBODY IN
03:08:24 OUR CITY. IF NOTHING ELSE, IT
03:08:26 DIVIDES. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
03:08:30 WORKING TOGETHER. THIS DOES NOT
03:08:33 RESOLVE ANYTHING.
03:08:35 THANK YOU.
03:08:36 >> THANK YOU.
03:08:40 VICE-MAYOR CHAHAL?
03:08:41 >>VICE MAYOR RAJ CHAHAL: THANK
03:08:42 YOU, MAYOR.
03:08:43 SO I'M GOING TO COMMENT ON
03:08:45 SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID RIGHT
03:08:48 NOW.
03:08:49 SO WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER
03:08:52 AND COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN PARK
03:08:53 IS ASKING FOR A HISTORY, THEY
03:08:55 ARE TRYING TO FIX, MAKE IT
03:08:57 RIGHT IF THERE IS SOMETHING
03:08:59 WRONG THAT WAS PRESENTED, THEY
03:09:00 ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
03:09:02 CORRECTING THE HISTORY WHETHER
03:09:04 IT'S 10 YEARS OR 50 YEARS OR
03:09:09 100 YEARS AFTER THAT, IS NOT A
03:09:13 MISTAKE. IT'S BASICALLY
03:09:14 CORRECTING A MISTAKE. THAT'S
03:09:16 ONE THING.
03:09:17 AS FAR AS THE, I KNOW COUNCIL
03:09:20 MEMBER WATANABE BROUGHT IT OUT
03:09:22 THAT THIS LAWSUIT WAS BROUGHT
03:09:25 AGAINST THE CITY FOR BEING
03:09:27 RACIST. I THINK THAT'S A WRONG
03:09:31 NOTION TO PUT IT.
03:09:35 THIS LAWSUIT, THE SIMILAR
03:09:36 LAWSUIT WAS ONLY A VIOLATION OF
03:09:39 CBRA. SO MANY OF THE CALIFORNIA
03:09:43 CITIES GOT SIMILAR NOTICES. IT
03:09:46 WAS NOT ABOUT RACE, IT WAS NOT
03:09:51 ABOUT THE CITY IS RACIST. SO
03:09:53 MANY OTHER LAWSUITS WERE
03:09:55 BROUGHT AGAINST OTHER CITIES
03:09:57 AND THOSE WERE FISCALLY
03:09:58 RESPONSIBLE AND THEY KNEW THAT
03:09:59 HISTORY WAS NOT ON THEIR SIDE
03:10:01 TO FIGHT THIS. BUT STILL, OUR
03:10:06 CITY FOUGHT THIS THING ONLY
03:10:08 BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THIS WAS A
03:10:11 RACIST COMMENT. THIS WAS
03:10:13 NOTHING RACIST. IT WAS UNDER
03:10:22 THE CVRA, CALIFORNIA VOTING
03:10:23 RIGHTS ACT AND THAT IS THE CASE
03:10:25 AND THAT'S HOW WE LOST IT. WE
03:10:28 SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM OTHER
03:10:30 CITIES MISTAKE AND WE DID NOT
03:10:32 AND IT ENDED UP COSTING US MORE
03:10:37 THAN $6 MILLION ROUGHLY. THAT
03:10:40 WAS A COSTLY MISTAKE AND WE
03:10:42 HAVE DONE IT. THAT'S IT. THANK
03:10:43 YOU.
03:10:44 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR:
03:10:45 COUNCIL MEMBER JAIN?
03:10:46 >>COUNCIL MEMBER SUDSHANSHU
03:10:47 JAIN: YES, SAFE HARBOR UNDER
03:10:49 CALIFORNIA WAS SINGLE MEMBER
03:10:52 DISTRICTS AND THE CITY RESISTED
03:10:54 SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS FOR A
03:10:56 LONG TIME. IT WAS PRETTY WELL
03:11:00 KNOWN THAT NO CITY HAD EVER WON
03:11:04 A CVRA LAWSUIT, AND I THINK IT
03:11:08 SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED
03:11:09 THAT THIS WAS A LOSING
03:11:10 PROPOSITION TO SPEND ALL OF
03:11:12 THIS MONEY TRYING TO FIND
03:11:14 SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.
03:11:16 I'M JUST GOING TO STATE FOR THE
03:11:18 -- IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT
03:11:20 THIS COUNCIL NOW BETTER
03:11:21 REPRESENTS THE RESIDENTS OF
03:11:27 SANTA CLARA.
03:11:28 >>> COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER,
03:11:31 BEFORE I GO TO THE PUBLIC?
03:11:34 >> YES, THIS IS THE REASON WHY
03:11:36 I THINK WE NEED TO APOLOGIZE
03:11:37 BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF
03:11:39 GASLIGHTING THAT WE DON'T CARE
03:11:40 ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE
03:11:42 CITY. WE DON'T CARE ABOUT CITY
03:11:44 FUNCTIONS, WE ARE PUTTING AN
03:11:45 EXTRA STRAIN ON STAFF.
03:11:47 NO, THIS IS TO APOLOGIZE FOR
03:11:51 SPENDING TAXPAYERS MONEY ON
03:11:53 APPEALING, WHAT I ALWAYS FELT
03:11:55 WAS A LOST CAUSE. AS VICE-MAYOR
03:12:00 CHAHAL SAID. WE WERE IN A CVRA
03:12:04 VIOLATION. WE WERE IN VIOLATION
03:12:05 AND NOW I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO
03:12:07 THOSE RESIDENTS FOR SPENDING
03:12:08 THAT MONEY. THAT IS IMPROPER
03:12:11 USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. THAT IS A
03:12:15 MAJOR IMPROPER USE OF PUBLIC
03:12:17 FUNDS. SO I FEEL IT'S OUR DUTY
03:12:20 TO APOLOGIZE TO THOSE
03:12:22 RESIDENTS, AND ALSO APOLOGIZE
03:12:27 TO THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
03:12:32 FOR THE IMPROPER VOTING SYSTEM.
03:12:33 SINCE THAT WAS CHANGED WE HAD A
03:12:36 DIFFERENT CHANGE TO DIVERSITY.
03:12:37 LOOK AT WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
03:12:39 JAIN JUST SPOKE ABOUT. THAT IS
03:12:42 FACT. IT CHANGED. SO SEEING
03:12:44 WHEN WE SIT HERE AND GASLIGHT A
03:12:47 LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE
03:12:48 DON'T CARE, IT WAS THE 49ERS
03:12:51 INVOLVED, IT'S JUST WORDS AND
03:12:53 IT GETS US NO WHERE. WE NEED TO
03:12:56 FIND RESOLVE, WE NEED TO FIND
03:12:57 WAYS TO GET THROUGH THIS, BUT
03:12:59 THE MORE WE KEEP DELAYING THE,
03:13:03 THE MORE THE PUBLIC DOESN'T GET
03:13:05 TO KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
03:13:07 THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW
03:13:10 WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE.
03:13:11 AND THE REASON WHY YOU TALK
03:13:14 ABOUT THE CONFIDENTIALITY AND
03:13:15 STUFF LIKE THAT, YES, I
03:13:16 UNDERSTAND THOSE ISSUES, BUT
03:13:17 THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A
03:13:19 CASE THAT 1 DAY IS GOING TO BE
03:13:21 LOOKED INTO. I REALLY WANT THE
03:13:23 RESEARCH DONE OF THESE OTHER
03:13:24 CITIES THAT WERE IN SIMILAR
03:13:28 LAWSUITS IF THEIR
03:13:29 CONFIDENTIALITY HAS BEEN WAIVED
03:13:31 AS WELL.
03:13:33 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: SORRY.
03:13:35 >> GOING BACK, YOU KNOW, BOB OH
03:13:38 KEITH HAD A MAJOR POINT DURING
03:13:40 THAT FIRST MEETING. THIS WASN'T
03:13:42 NOTICED AS CORRECTLY AS IT
03:13:43 SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND THERE
03:13:45 SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
03:13:48 OUTREACH. I 100% AGREE THERE
03:13:50 SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
03:13:51 OUTREACH. MAYOR, WE STARTED TO
03:13:52 WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS BUT
03:13:53 WHEN WE GOT TO THAT POINT, WE
03:13:56 REALIZED THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE
03:13:58 RESOURCES. WE DON'T WANT TO
03:14:01 CHANGE HISTORY. WHAT FORMER
03:14:03 ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY BRIAN
03:14:04 DOYLE BROUGHT US WAS THE
03:14:06 STARTER, THE HISTORY OF FACT
03:14:08 BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
03:14:10 EVERY FACTOR IS INCLUDED IN
03:14:11 FRONT OF THE PEOPLE.
03:14:14 TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE. SO WE
03:14:16 DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING
03:14:18 WRONG, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
03:14:19 THAT WE CORRECT A WRONG AND
03:14:21 MAKE IT A RIGHT.
03:14:23 AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT, THE
03:14:27 GASLIGHTING THING OF COMPARING
03:14:28 THE CHINESE INCIDENT IN SAN
03:14:32 JOSE TO THE CVRA, WE CAN'T KEEP
03:14:36 DOING THESE COMPARISONS OF
03:14:41 APPLES TO ORANGES AND THAT
03:14:43 THERE IS AN APPARENT APOLOGY
03:14:44 THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE. WE NEED
03:14:47 TO APOLOGIZE TO THE RESIDENTS
03:14:49 OF THE SANTA CLARA AND THE CVRA
03:15:00 REMOVED THAT. SO PLEASE LET'S
03:15:01 REMOVE THE POLITICAL STRINGS TO
03:15:03 THIS, THE GASLIGHTING AND FOCUS
03:15:05 ON THE MEAT TO THIS AND THE
03:15:08 APOLOGY TO RESIDENTS OF THE
03:15:09 CITY OF SANTA CLARA AND I
03:15:12 BELIEVE THEY DESERVE AN
03:15:14 APOLOGY. I HAD NOT HAVE SPENT
03:15:17 $6 MILLION OF THEIR TAXPAYER
03:15:18 MONEY TO FIGHT A LOST CAUSE. IT
03:15:21 WASN'T ASSUMING, WE ARE NOT
03:15:24 SAYING THE VOTERS OF SANTA
03:15:27 CLARA ARE RACIST. I WANT THE
03:15:33 BLOGGERS TO NOTE THIS. THE CITY
03:15:35 OF SANTA CLARA IS NOT RACIST.
03:15:40 THEY FOUNTAIN THE CVRA TO BE IN
03:15:42 VIOLATION OF THAT. WE LOST AND
03:15:44 WE PAID THE PRICE. SO SANTA
03:15:50 CLARA DESERVES EVERY APOLOGY.
03:15:51 IF I HAVE TO HEAR SOMEONE'S
03:15:53 APOLOGY BECAUSE SOMEONE IS
03:15:55 OFFENDED OR SOMETHING, I THINK
03:15:57 THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA
03:15:59 RESIDENTS ARE OFFENDED BECAUSE
03:16:00 THEY HAVE SPENT OVER $5 MILLION
03:16:03 OF THEIR MONEY. IT'S UNFAIR AND
03:16:04 THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO
03:16:06 CONTINUE THIS AND PROVIDE THOSE
03:16:09 BETTER RESOURCES AND THIS
03:16:10 BETTER OUTREACH, SOCIAL MEDIA
03:16:11 AND GETTING PEOPLE TO READ
03:16:13 ABOUT THIS AND RESEARCH ABOUT
03:16:14 THIS AND NOT CHANGE THE
03:16:16 HISTORY. IDENTIFY THE HISTORY
03:16:17 THAT DOYLE PROVIDED US TO MAKE
03:16:19 SURE THAT ALL THE FACTS ARE
03:16:21 CORRECT.
03:16:22 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: THANK
03:16:23 YOU. WE SENT YOU AND COUNCIL
03:16:24 MEMBER PARK TO GO DO THAT, BUT
03:16:26 YOU DIDN'T DO THAT AND NOW YOU
03:16:29 ARE COMING BACK WITH THE SAME
03:16:30 THING YOU WENT AWAY WITH AND
03:16:32 I'M QUESTIONING WHY DID YOU DO
03:16:36 THAT. I'M GOING NOW TO COUNCIL
03:16:38 MEMBER PARKS BECAUSE YOU HAD
03:16:40 YOUR CHANCE TO DO THAT.
03:16:42 >> BECAUSE YOU TOLD COUNCIL TO
03:16:45 COME BACK.
03:16:46 >> COUNCIL MEMBER PARK?
03:16:47 >> IT'S CLEAR WE DIDN'T GET THE
03:16:49 SUPPORT WE NEEDED WHEN WE HAD
03:16:51 THIS INITIAL DISCUSSION AND
03:16:53 WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE
03:16:57 INCLUDING WHAT HE SUGGESTED FOR
03:17:03 A FUTURE MEETING THAT'S WHEN
03:17:05 STAFF SAID WE NEED TO GET MORE
03:17:10 COUNCIL SUPPORT AND IT'S LARGER
03:17:12 THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY TALKED
03:17:13 ABOUT. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE
03:17:18 POINT, THE CVRA LAWSUIT WAS NOT
03:17:22 ABOUT CALLING THE RESIDENTS
03:17:24 RACIST. I THINK THERE IS TOO
03:17:28 MUCH FINGER POINTED OR BLAMING.
03:17:31 IT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER
03:17:33 STATED THAT THE VOTING POLICY
03:17:36 IN SANTA CLARA DID NOT GIVE
03:17:40 REPRESENTATION TO MINORITIES.
03:17:41 THAT'S A VERY DIFFERENT THING
03:17:44 THAN BEING RACIST AND IT'S
03:17:45 MISSING THE LARGER PICTURE. IN
03:17:48 FACT THE RESIDENTS SHOW THEY
03:17:50 WERE NOT RACIST WHEN VOTING ON
03:17:54 MEASURE A, MEASURE C AND
03:17:57 SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
03:18:00 NEW WAYS OF VOTING. DURING THE
03:18:02 TIME OF THE HATE PROTEST, THE
03:18:05 COMMUNITY MADE IT VERY CLEAR
03:18:11 ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF MINORITY
03:18:14 WHETHER THEY WERE RESIDENTS OR
03:18:16 COUNCIL. MOST PEOPLE THAT KNOW
03:18:17 ME KNOW THAT I IDENTIFY AS
03:18:19 AMERICAN AND IN FACT I HAVE
03:18:22 LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
03:18:25 BEING ASIAN AND WHAT IT MEANT
03:18:27 TO BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST
03:18:29 JUST THIS YEAR AND BY BEING
03:18:30 OBJECT COUNCIL IN FACT. I HAVE
03:18:32 MED WITH ALL OF THOSE IN
03:18:38 MINORITY COMMUNITIES HERE AND
03:18:42 EVERYWHERE, IN CUPERTINO AND
03:18:44 LOS ANGELES AND IT'S VERY CLEAR
03:18:46 HOW THE ASIAN COMMUNITY FEELS
03:18:47 AND WHETHER PEOPLE ON THIS
03:18:49 COUNCIL OR THERE ARE PEOPLE
03:18:51 THAT EVEN IN THE RESIDENTS WHO
03:18:53 DON'T FEEL THAT WAY DOES NOT
03:18:54 MEAN THAT THEY SPEAK FOR THE
03:18:56 PEOPLE WHO DO FEEL THAT WAY. I
03:19:03 THINK WE SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO
03:19:05 THEM FOR WHAT WE DID AND IN
03:19:08 LARGE PART THE BIGOTRY AND
03:19:10 IGNORANCE THAT WE STILL HOLD.
03:19:11 AND MOVING FORWARD AT LEAST
03:19:13 WITH THE DISCUSSION IS
03:19:15 WARRANTED AND SHOULD BE DONE TO
03:19:17 GET THE WIDEST AMOUNT OF INPUT
03:19:20 AND SUPPORT THAT WE CAN GET.
03:19:24 THANK YOU.
03:19:25 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: THANK
03:19:26 YOU. I HAVE A SUGGESTION
03:19:27 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
03:19:28 WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE OR
03:19:30 WHAT YOU ARE ASKING AND WHAT
03:19:38 THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE.
03:19:40 WHY DON'T WE PUT THIS ON THE
03:19:44 COUNCIL AUTHORITY AND DISCUSS
03:19:45 WHETHER THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT
03:19:48 TO SPEND ON MONEY AND OUR
03:19:51 PRIORITIES BECAUSE RELEASING
03:19:52 CONFIDENTIALITY AND ALL OF
03:19:53 THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, IT'S NOT
03:19:55 AS EASY AS YOU THINK AND THERE
03:19:56 ARE A LOT OF CONSEQUENCES IN
03:19:59 DOING THAT AND OF COURSE I
03:20:00 WOULD WANT TO ASK THE OTHER
03:20:03 SIDE TO DO THIS AND WE SHOULD
03:20:05 HAVE FULL TRANSPARENCY, BUT
03:20:08 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING
03:20:10 EVENING COUNCIL MEETINGS AND
03:20:11 THOUGHTS KINDS OF THINGS, WE
03:20:12 HAVE TO PUT A COST TO IT.
03:20:14 EITHER GET THE COST AND COME
03:20:16 BACK AND BRINGING TO THE
03:20:18 PRIORITY SESSIONS AND COME
03:20:19 BACK. BUT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU
03:20:22 WANT IS FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE
03:20:26 NEED FULL TRANSPARENCY IN TERMS
03:20:29 OF COST AND LEGAL
03:20:32 RESPONSIBILITIES.
03:20:33 SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
03:20:36 OKAY.
03:20:39 LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC NOW AND
03:20:41 THEN WE'LL TRY TO CALL TOGETHER
03:20:43 SOME KIND OF A MOTION.
03:20:44 IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
03:20:46 PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
03:20:50 ON THIS ISSUE?
03:20:51 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, WHILE WE
03:20:52 ARE WAITING FOR THE PUBLIC, DO
03:20:54 WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS ON
03:20:57 THIS?
03:20:58 >>CLERK: I'M CHECKING ON OUR
03:21:00 EMAIL RIGHT NOW, MAYOR.
03:21:02 >> IF NOT, THERE ANY MEMBER OF
03:21:06 THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO
03:21:07 SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE?
03:21:08 >> I DO NOT SEE A WRITTEN
03:21:10 COMMENT AND I DO NOT SEE ANY
03:21:12 HANDS.
03:21:13 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: OKAY,
03:21:14 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN HAVE A
03:21:18 MOTION.
03:21:19 COUNCIL MEMBER BECKER?
03:21:20 >>COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY
03:21:21 BECKER: THANK YOU, MAYOR, I
03:21:22 TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR
03:21:23 CONCERN. BUT I REALLY THINK
03:21:24 THAT WE SHOULDN'T WAIT UNTIL
03:21:25 FEBRUARY. I THINK WE NEED TO
03:21:27 GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THIS
03:21:29 BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE
03:21:32 THIS WHOLE THING STARTED AND
03:21:34 IT'S ONE THING THAT KEEPS
03:21:35 GETTING KICKED DOWN THE ROAD
03:21:37 LIKE A FEW OTHER THINGS. SO I'M
03:21:39 MAKING A MOTION TO EXPAND THIS
03:21:43 TASK FORCE TO GO AND LOOK INTO
03:21:45 MORE WAYS OF PROVIDING SOCIAL
03:21:53 MEDIA NOTICES INTO FULL COUNT
03:21:54 OF FACTUAL HISTORY OF THE
03:21:58 LAWSUIT INCLUDING FORMER BRIAN
03:21:59 DOYLE'S TIMELINE TO BE SURE WE
03:22:01 HAVE ALL THE FACTS CORRECTLY.
03:22:03 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
03:22:06 INCLUDED MY ORIGINAL LETTER
03:22:07 PROVIDED FOR RESIDENTS TO READ.
03:22:09 I WOULD LIKE A SPECIAL CLOSED
03:22:11 SESSION TO BE MADE FOR
03:22:14 CONFIDENTIAL ISSUES WITH THE
03:22:16 CVRA TO DISCUSS ALL AS COUNCIL
03:22:17 SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ONE
03:22:19 BY ONE AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT
03:22:21 TOGETHER IN A CLOSED SESSION.
03:22:22 AT THE SAME TIME, I WOULD LIKE
03:22:26 -- LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE
03:22:29 EVERYTHING HERE.
03:22:30 I WANT THIS TO BE WELL NOTICED
03:22:34 AT A TIME WHERE PEOPLE CAN
03:22:40 ACTUALLY TUNE IN, SO AROUND
03:22:43 6:00 OR 7:00 IF POSSIBLE AND
03:22:48 I'M OPEN TO AMENDMENTS IF
03:22:50 POSSIBLE.
03:22:51 >> I WILL SECOND THAT.
03:22:53 >>
03:22:54 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: OKAY,
03:22:55 WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
03:22:59 >>COUNCIL MEMBER SUDSHANSHU
03:23:00 JAIN: YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO
03:23:05 UNDERSTAND THE COST OF LIKE AN
03:23:07 EVENING MEETING. HOW MUCH DOES
03:23:09 THAT COST IN TERMS OF STAFF
03:23:11 SUPPORT FOR AN EVENING MEETING,
03:23:14 AND MAYBE WE CAN BASED ON THAT
03:23:16 DECIDE IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
03:23:20 ONE, TWO, THREE MEETINGS,
03:23:21 WHATEVER WE WANT TO FIT INTO A
03:23:26 REASONABLE BUDGET.
03:23:27 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: OKAY.
03:23:30 COUNCIL MEMBER WATANABE?
03:23:31 >>COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY
03:23:32 WATANABE: I JUST WANT TO MAKE
03:23:33 THE CORRECTION, COUNCIL MEMBER
03:23:37 BECKER MENTIONED FORMER BRIAN
03:23:39 DOYLE, I THINK HE MEANT FORMER
03:23:43 CITY ATTORNEY BRIAN DOYLE. HE'S
03:23:47 STILL ALIVE. THANK YOU.
03:23:48 >>MAYOR LISA M. GILLMOR: HE IS.
03:23:52 ANYONE ELSE?
03:23:54 I'M GOING TO SAY, I THINK IT
03:24:00 WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE TO
03:24:01 SUPPORT THIS MOTION WHEN WE
03:24:02 DON'T KNOW THE COST, THE LEGAL
03:24:06 LIABILITY OR THE ACTIONS OF A
03:24:07 PRODUCT THAT IS REALLY IN FRONT
03:24:09 OF US THAT IS FACTUALLY
03:24:11 INACCURATE. I'M HOPING THAT THE
03:24:12 PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO
03:24:13 ADVANCE THIS EFFORT OR COUNCIL
03:24:16 MEMBERS WILL TAKE
03:24:17 RESPONSIBILITY JUST TO GET IT
03:24:18 RIGHT AND UNDERSTAND THE COST
03:24:20 AND THE LIABILITY WE OWE THAT
03:24:23 TO OUR RESIDENTS.
03:24:24 WE OWE IT TO THEM.
03:24:26 SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
03:24:27 GET THE INFORMATION AHEAD OF
03:24:28 TIME OF WHAT YOU ARE ASKING
03:24:32 FOR. I'M STILL NOT EXACTLY SURE
03:24:34 OF WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR, BUT
03:24:39 I THINK IT'S ONLY HALF BAKED
03:24:41 AND THERE ARE TOO MANY
03:24:44 QUESTIONS OUT THERE TO SUPPORT
03:24:50 THIS MOTION AND IT'S
03:24:52 IRRESPONSIBLE. THOSE ARE MY
03:24:53 COMMENTS.
03:25:25 >>I FELT THAT I WANTED TO SEE IT TO
03:25:40 THE END. BECAUSE I THINK THAT ONLY BY
03:25:43 GOING THROUGH THE APPEAL AND GETTING
03:25:45 THE APPEAL COMPLETE, ONLY THEN WOULD
03:25:48 ANYBODY WHO COMPLAINED OR HAD A
03:25:50 COMPLAINT ABOUT A PROCESS, HOW WE
03:25:53 SHOULD DO THINGS WOULD BE SATISFIED AS
03:25:54 WE SAW IT THROUGH TO THE END. WE DIDN'T
03:25:55 AND EARLY EVEN THOUGH THAT WOULD'VE
03:25:59 SAVED US A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF MONEY
03:26:04 . BECAUSE I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
03:26:05 MINORITIES, WHICH IS IF IT COSTS US A
03:26:09 LITTLE BIT MORE, I DON'T THINK
03:26:10 MINORITIES WOULD BALK AT SPENDING MORE
03:26:17 MONEY TO INCREASE REPRESENTATION AND
03:26:18 TO INCREASE VOTING RIGHTS. I THINK
03:26:19 THAT'S THE TRUTH THAT PEOPLE NEED TO
03:26:20 UNDERSTAND AND IT COMES DOWN TOSAME
03:26:26 WORK ON OR I SUPPORT THE MINORITYBASIS
03:26:33 OF THEIR DEMOCRACY, THE RIGHT TO VOTEA
03:26:45 HIM AGAIN I THINK THAT IS THIS LACK OF
03:26:51 UNDERSTANDING ON BOTH SIDESBOTH IN
03:26:59 CBRE WHEN IT CAME UP AND NO ONE ASKED
03:27:00 HIM TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT WE DID BY
03:27:05 FIGHTING THE CBA LAWSUIT, THE MINORITY
03:27:06 COMMUNITIES. THANK
03:27:13 >>VICE MAYOR TO ALL?
03:27:14 >>THANK YOU.THERE IS A REASONTHERE IS
03:27:25 A REQUEST ABOUT THE CONVERSATION,
03:27:32 MAYOR GILMORE, YOU'RE SAYING I DON'T
03:27:38 KNOW WHAT LEGAL AVENUES THAT WOULD BE,
03:27:39 WE CAN DISCUSS THIS IN CLOSED SESSION
03:27:40 WILL BE DONE AFTER THAT.TO ANSWER YOUR
03:27:44 QUESTION THERE IS NO LEGAL AS OF NOW
03:27:47 AND IF IT'S IN CLOSED SESSIONWE WILL
03:27:52 MAKE OUR DECISION ACCORDINGLY. COST.I
03:27:56 HAVE SEEN COMMITTEES EXPANDINGSO MANY
03:27:59 OF THESE COMMITTEES, I HAVE NEVER
03:28:02 HEARD FROM YOU,BUT WHEN THE SCOPE OF
03:28:06 OTHER COMMITTEESEXPANDED, YOU ARE NOT
03:28:10 THAT VOCAL.
03:28:11 >>EXTENDS ME BUT PLEASE ADDRESS THE
03:28:17 MOTION. I KNOW YOU'RE ATTACKING ME.
03:28:25 IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW I VOTED IN THE
03:28:26 CLASS ON ANYTHING.
03:28:27 >>I'M DISCUSSING WHAT HAS BEEN
03:28:29 DISCUSSED HERE.. COST WISE, WE COULD
03:28:44 HAVE DONE THIS THING WITH THE SIMPLE
03:28:45 AUDIENCE, SO MANY CITIES HAVE DONE IT,
03:28:46 BUT WE DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT. AND THAT,
03:28:49 SUNNYVALE GOT A SIMILAR NOTICEBY JUST
03:28:52 ONE BALLOT MEASURE DIRECTLYAND WE
03:28:55 COULD'VE DONE, THE PEOPLE CITIES HAVE
03:29:01 DONE IT BY ORDINANCEWE CANNOT DO THIS
03:29:16 THING BY HERSELF. THESE ARE THE THINGS
03:29:17 WE NEED TO CLARIFY, THESE ARE THE
03:29:18 THINGS WE NEED TO FIX. WE NEED TO LET
03:29:19 OUR RESIDENTS KNOWAND THESE ARE THE
03:29:22 REASONS FOR APOLOGIZING TO THE
03:29:23 RESIDENCE.
03:29:28 >>COUNCILMEMBER BECKER?
03:29:29 >>THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR.
03:29:32 CHAHAL, FOR THAT STELLAR EXPLANATION.
03:29:35 ALSOTHANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
03:29:42 WATANABE FOR POINTING OUT THAT I
03:29:43 MISSPOKE. I APOLOGIZE THAT I SAID
03:29:46 BRIAN DOYLE, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
03:29:54 CITY ATTORNEY, BRIAN DOYLE. THANK YOU
03:29:55 FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I GUESS WHAT I
03:29:56 HAVE TO SAY IS LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
03:29:57 >>IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE
03:29:58 TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE?
03:30:09 >>I HAVE A CLARIFICATION ON THIS ONE.
03:30:10 >>GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
03:30:11 >>TO THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, YOU
03:30:12 OUTLINED A FEW THINGS THAT WERE ON THE
03:30:13 AD HOC COMMITTEE'SMOTION. WOULD YOU
03:30:18 LIKE ME TO READ THOSE OUT TO YOU?
03:30:19 >>YES. I AM STILL NOT CLEAR. COULD YOU
03:30:20 PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT THIS MOTION IS
03:30:22 ACTUALLY ASKING THE CITY TO DO?
03:30:29 >>I'M GOING TO REDO THE MOTION THAT
03:30:30 WAS PLACED AT THAT MEETING AND YOU CAN
03:30:31 TELL ME WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KEEP.
03:30:51 YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF
03:30:52 THE AD HACK COMMITTEE, SCHEDULE
03:30:53 ANOTHER AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH STAFF
03:30:54 SUPPORT INCLUDING LIVE STREAMING AND
03:30:55 ADVERTISING OF THE MEETING AS THE CITY
03:30:56 COUNCIL, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING
03:30:57 FOR 7 PM, PROMOTE THE COMMITTEE ON
03:30:58 SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE DI TASK FORCE
03:30:59 PROVIDE INPUT ON THE DRAFT LETTERPOST
03:31:03 THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP, PLACE A
03:31:04 SERVICE ON THE CITY WEBSITE SEEKING
03:31:05 FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT APOLOGY LETTER
03:31:06 WITH THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS FOR
03:31:07 REFERENCE, DRAFT APOLOGY LETTER FROM
03:31:08 COUNCILMEMBER BAKKER AND THE CVA
03:31:14 LAWSUIT WHICH IS TO BE DEVELOPED AND
03:31:15 APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
03:31:16 RECENT CITY OF SAN JOSE RESOLUTION
03:31:17 APOLOGIZING TO THE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS
03:31:18 AND THEIR DESCENDENTS FOR INJUSTICE
03:31:19 AND DISCRIMINATIONAND PAST POLICIES
03:31:26 AND MISDEEDS AND SCHEDULE A CLOSED
03:31:27 SESSION TO DISCUSS LIABILITY REGARDING
03:31:28 CRA.
03:31:39 >>CONFIDENTIALITY.
03:31:40 >>WHAT WAS THAT?
03:31:41 >>AWAITING LEGAL CONFIDENTIALITY.
03:31:42 >>THANK YOU.
03:31:43 >>THAT'S EXACTLY THE MOTION.
03:31:44 >>VICE MAYOR, ON THE MOTION?
03:31:59 >>COUNCILMEMBER JANE ASKED THAT
03:32:00 QUESTION, HOW MUCH IS THIS COSTING FOR
03:32:01 EACH MEETING, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
03:32:02 FIND OUT SO THAT WE CAN APPROPRIATELY
03:32:03 THEN PLAN HOW MORNING MORE MEETINGS.
03:32:04 THAT WILL BE A GOOD ANSWER FROM STAFF
03:32:07 FOR THE APPROXIMATE COST. THANK YOU.
03:32:08 >>YOU MADE THE MOTION?
03:32:14 >>BECKER.
03:32:15 >>ARE YOU ASKING THAT HE PUT THAT IN
03:32:16 HIS MOTION?
03:32:17 >>NO, NO.THE QUESTION WAS BEING ASKED
03:32:31 FROM THE STAFF AND IF WE COULD HAVE A
03:32:32 CONCEPT OF THAT QUESTION.
03:32:33 >>THE STAFF IS GOING ONE DIRECTION
03:32:34 FROM US, DO WE WANT THEM TO GET THAT,
03:32:35 RIGHT, STAFF, CITY MANAGER, LET ME ASK
03:32:36 YOU.
03:32:37 >>I WAS GOING TO PROVIDEA RESPONSE IN
03:32:40 THAT WE COULD CALCULATE WHAT THE COST
03:32:41 OF THE MEETING IS AND SEND THAT BACK
03:32:42 TO COUNCIL OR REPORT OUT VERBALLY IN
03:32:43 JANUARY. BUT AS MUCH AS IT IS ABOUT
03:32:53 COST AS WELL, JUST WANT TO TALK A
03:32:54 LITTLE BIT ABOUT STAFF CAPACITY,
03:32:55 PARTICULARLY SINCE THIS LAST MEETING
03:32:56 AND NOW THAT THIS ITEM HAS BEEN HEARD,
03:32:57 WE HAVE LOSTTHREE STAFF MEMBERS AND
03:32:58 THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT
03:32:59 GENERALLYWOULD SUPPORT THESE TYPE OF
03:33:04 COMMITTEES AS WELL AS WE ARE DOWN TO
03:33:05 TWO PART-TIME TELEVISEDSTAFF SUPPORT
03:33:29 FOLKS THAT HELP US WITH TELEVISING
03:33:30 THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS AND SO AS I
03:33:31 MENTIONED IN THE ITEM REGARDING THE
03:33:32 STADIUM TASK FORCE, WE SAID THAT WE
03:33:33 WOULD GET TO IT AS WE CAN WITH RESPECT
03:33:34 TO STAFF AVAILABILITY AND RESOURCE
03:33:35 AVAILABILITY, SO IT IS A MATTER OF
03:33:36 COST BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF STAFF
03:33:37 AVAILABILITY TOO.SO HAPPY TO IMPLEMENT
03:33:38 THE COUNCIL DIRECTION, BUT IT WILL
03:33:39 COME WITH SOMESEQUENCING AND STAFF IN
03:33:44 OTHER MEETINGS AND WHEN WE CAN GET OUR
03:33:45 MEETING SCHEDULED AT THE INSTRUCTIONS
03:33:46 OF COUNCIL.
03:33:48 >>THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.
03:33:49 COUNCILMEMBER BECKER?
03:33:56 >>THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, FOR
03:33:57 CLARIFYING THAT. I GUESS WHAT I WOULD
03:33:58 SAY IS I THINK, SHOULD PROBABLY BE VERY
03:34:08 FLUID FOR THE DA TASK FORCE TO WHAT
03:34:09 THAT KIND OF COST IS. SIMILAR MODEL. I
03:34:10 THINK THAT BREAKDOWN WOULD BE
03:34:11 SUFFICIENT FOR THAT. AS FOR STAFF, WE
03:34:12 WILL PLAN IT OUT APPROPRIATELY IF
03:34:13 POSSIBLE.
03:34:14 >>COUNCILMEMBER HARDY?
03:34:19 >>I GUESS MY QUESTION IS POSSIBLY TO
03:34:20 THE CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR MADE THE
03:34:25 COMMENT ABOUT POSSIBLY PUTTING THIS ON
03:34:26 THE PRIORITY SETTING. HOW WOULD THAT
03:34:28 CHANGE THE COSTSIF THAT WAS DONE, OR
03:34:33 WOULD WE JUST HAVE MORE INFORMATION?
03:34:35 THAT'S MY QUESTION.
03:34:53 >>THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE IT AT
03:34:54 THE PRIORITY SETTING SESSION, I HAD
03:34:55 MENTIONED THIS ABOUT TWO MEETINGS AGO
03:34:56 THAT I WAS GOING TO BRING A LIST OF
03:34:57 ALL THE NEW TASKFORCES OR AD HOC
03:34:58 COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED
03:34:59 OVER THE PAST YEAR. I THINK WE ARE UP
03:35:00 TO ABOUT 33 NOW AND SO IT GIVES THE
03:35:03 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A
03:35:04 BIG PICTURE REVIEW OF WHAT TYPE OF
03:35:05 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE ARE SUPPORTING
03:35:09 , WHERE THERE IS INVESTMENT
03:35:10 STRATEGICALLY OF OUR RESOURCES AND
03:35:11 FOCUS. I HAVE TO SAY THAT AS YOU HAVE
03:35:18 HEARD THE FISCAL REPORT OUT THERE WE
03:35:19 STILL HAVE THE $17.6 MILLION, AND SO
03:35:20 EVERY STAFF POSITION FOR FILLING IS
03:35:26 BEING VERY SCRUTINIZED BECAUSE
03:35:27 OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A POINT WE HAVE TO
03:35:28 BALANCE THE BUDGET AND SO HIRINGAND
03:35:44 FILLING VACANCIES IS BEING SCRUTINIZED
03:35:45 BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HIRE TO THEM
03:35:46 LAY OFF WHEN WE TRY TO BALANCE THE
03:35:47 BUDGET. THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE
03:35:48 DISCUSSION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ON
03:35:49 FEBRUARY.
03:35:50 >>THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO
03:35:51 TAKE IT SO WE CAN LOOK AT A BIG
03:35:52 PICTURE DISCUSSION. I JUST HAVE TO SAY
03:35:53 THATWE ARE SO SHORTSTAFFED AND SO
03:35:55 RESOURCE NEEDING THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN
03:35:56 BEEN ABLE TO HAVE OUR REGULAR
03:35:57 COMMITTEE MEETINGS, LIKE THE
03:36:07 GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE OR THE ECONOMIC
03:36:08 DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN
03:36:09 ABLE TO HAVE OUR REGULAR COMMITTEES
03:36:10 AND WE JUST KEEP PILING ON. BUT IN
03:36:11 THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH THIS
03:36:12 COMMITTEEWE HAVE NO COST, WE DON'T
03:36:13 KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO COST, WE HAVE NO
03:36:18 ANALYSIS OF THE LEAGUE OR LIABILITY OF
03:36:19 WHAT IT'S GOING TO ENTAIL. WE ARE
03:36:32 TALKING ABOUT REVISING HISTORY AND WHO
03:36:33 IS GOING TO DO THAT, WE HAVE NO CITY
03:36:34 ATTORNEY, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN
03:36:35 FIRED, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S
03:36:36 GOING TO PUT THATTHIS ISHIM HIM
03:39:39 (INAUDIBLE) I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN
03:39:40 CLOSED SESSION THAT I REALLY THINK WE
03:39:41 NEED TO DISCUSS OR MAKE PUBLIC
03:39:42 (INAUDIBLE) WE ARE TO TALKING ABOUT
03:39:43 MAKING THE PUBLIC A HISTORY OF THE
03:39:44 LAWSUIT KNOWN WITHOUT CITY ATTORNEY'S
03:39:45 CREDITS AND THAT DOESN'T REQUIREANY
03:39:46 RELEASES. I THINK THATTHIS IS ACTUALLY
03:40:01 A LITTLE BIT MORE DEFINED THAN YOU
03:40:02 MAKE IT OUT TO BE, AND IF IT'S NOT
03:40:03 DEFINED, THOSE ARE THE THINGS I THINK
03:40:04 ARE VERY EASY TO GET TO THE HEART OF
03:40:05 AND ACTUALLY MAKE KNOWN. I AM GOING TO
03:40:06 SUPPORT THIS MOTION. I DON'T SEE WHY
03:40:10 YOU WOULDN'T SUPPORT IT OTHER THAN THE
03:40:11 FEARS AND I'M GOING TO USE THIS, IT'S
03:40:13 THE FEARSTHATSTOPPED.
03:40:14 >>THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BECKER?
03:40:30 >>IN REGARDS TO THAT, I BELIEVE THE
03:40:31 PLANNING DIVISION IS I THINK WOEFULLY
03:40:32 UNDERSTAFFED. THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
03:40:47 DO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, THEY
03:40:48 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO OTHER THINGS, YOU
03:40:49 HAVE AND BEEN ABLE TO HAVE COMMUNITY
03:40:50 PASSPORT, DBI COMMUNITY TASK FORCE,
03:40:51 DOWNTOWN TASK FORCE SO WE HAD SOME OF
03:40:52 THESE MEETINGS IN SOME OF THESE OTHER
03:40:53 MEETINGS WERE CANCELEDAND NONE OF US
03:41:02 HAVE THE CONTROL OVER THOSE. SO THOSE
03:41:03 ARE CANCELED. PUT MAYOR GILLMOR, YOU
03:41:04 SAID YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FULL
03:41:05 PICTURE IN THIS MOTION, THIS IS THE
03:41:06 FULL PICTURE IN THIS MOTION. SOME OF
03:41:07 US MAY SEE A FULL PICTURE, MAYBE YOU
03:41:08 SEE HALF A PICTURE.MAYBE YOU SEE THE
03:41:12 GLASS HALF-FULL OR HALF-EMPTY OR VICE
03:41:13 VERSA. ALL DUE RESPECT I DISAGREE WITH
03:41:14 YOU BUT THIS IS WHAT THE MOTION IS AND
03:41:15 I THINK THIS IS THE WHOLE PICTURE TO
03:41:16 GET THE WHOLE TRANSPARENT ASPECT.
03:41:17 >>THANK YOU. ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, A
03:41:20 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE?
03:41:25 >>
03:41:26 [CALLING ROLL]THAT PASSES 5-2.
03:41:27 OKAY, NEXT ITEM IS THE ACTION ON
03:41:54 FORMALIZATION OF THE BICYCLE AND
03:41:55 PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEEDEFERRED
03:41:57 FROM NOVEMBER 9, 16, AND DECEMBER 7.
03:42:01 CITY MANAGER?
03:42:08 >>YES, WE HAVE GREG WAY BACK TO HAVE
03:42:09 COMMENTS AND TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS.
03:42:10 >>THANK YOU. WELCOME, DIRECTOR OF
03:42:14 MOBECK.
03:42:15 >>DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. THIS ITEM
03:42:16 CAME AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT
03:42:27 AN ETHICS COMMITTEE AND TO LOOK AT
03:42:28 FORMALIZING THE BE PACKED. AND SO
03:42:29 STAFF WENT THROUGH A PROCESS AND MET
03:42:30 WITH THE BE PACKED NUMEROUS TIMESBACK
03:42:42 TO THE ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
03:42:43 SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AND ULTIMATELY
03:42:44 CAME BACK WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS
03:42:45 THAT ARE BEFORE YOU AND THEY DEAL WITH
03:42:46 CHANGES TO THE BE PACK TO SOLIDIFY IT.
03:42:54 IT IS CURRENTLY AN APPROVED COUNCIL
03:42:55 GUIDELINES AND POLICY AND SO WE LOOKED
03:42:56 AT MAKING IT PART OF THE CITY CODE.
03:42:57 AND SO WE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS IN
03:42:58 TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP. THE ELIGIBILITY
03:43:04 TERM LIMITS AND CHANGES TO THE
03:43:05 MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITIONS APPLICATION
03:43:06 PROCESS AS WELL AS HOW THE MEETING IS
03:43:10 CHAIRED. SO ULTIMATELY WE ENDED UP
03:43:11 WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU
03:43:12 TONIGHT AND I CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL
03:43:20 IF THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE
03:43:21 COUNCIL.
03:43:22 >>THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. LET'S SEE IF
03:43:23 THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONSFROM THE
03:43:28 COUNCIL ON THIS BEFORE WE DO THAT.
03:43:30 COUNCIL MEMBER HARDY?
03:43:35 >>THANK YOU. I GUESS I DID LOOK
03:43:36 SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TERM LIMITS, AND
03:43:47 I DIDN'T SEE THOSE CALLED OUT
03:43:48 SPECIFICALLY, ESPECIALLY THE
03:43:49 RECOMMENDATION. I WONDER IF THAT WAS
03:43:50 PART OF JUST MAKING THE DEEPAKA
03:43:51 REGULAR COMMITTEE, IF THAT COVERED THE
03:43:55 IDEA OF TWO TERMS OF THE FOUR-YEAR
03:44:00 TERMS INSTEAD OF THREE YEAR TERMS WITH
03:44:01 NO LIMIT.
03:44:26 >>THAT'S CORRECT. CURRENTLY, SO THE
03:44:27 GOAL OF THIS WAS TO ALIGN IT WITH
03:44:28 OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL
03:44:29 AS WE LOOKED AT OTHER BE PACKS
03:44:30 LOCALLY. BUT THAT'S CORRECT, CURRENTLY
03:44:31 IT IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS A THREE
03:44:32 YEAR TERM WITH NO TERM LIMITS. WHAT
03:44:33 STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS TO ALIGN THAT
03:44:34 WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS TO HAVE
03:44:35 FOUR-YEAR TERMS WITH TWO TERM LIMITS.
03:44:36 THAT'S CORRECT.
03:44:37 >>OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER HARDY?
03:44:38 COUNCILMEMBER JANE.
03:44:39 >>YES, I THINKONE OF THE ISSUESWAS
03:44:41 THAT IT MET SO INFREQUENTLYTHAT THE
03:44:44 MEETING SCOTT REALLY LONG.I DIDN'T SEE
03:44:54 IN THIS FORMALIZATION ANY TYPE OF
03:44:55 MEETING SCHEDULE. ALMOST EVERY
03:44:56 COMMITTEE AND THE CITY HAS A MEETING
03:44:57 SCHEDULEIN MIND. ONCE A MONTH AND SO
03:44:58 ON.I WASN'T SURE WHAT THE ROOM
03:45:04 RECOMMENDATION WAS. AND THEN IN THE
03:45:05 PACKET THEY MENTIONED AN ADVISORY
03:45:06 COMMITTEEAND I DON'T SEE ANY
03:45:10 RECOMMENDATION HERETHAT MIGHT INCLUDE
03:45:14 BUSINESSES OROTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE
03:45:20 SORT OF STAKEHOLDERS, A STAKE IN THIS,
03:45:25 BUT THEY MAY NOT BE RESIDENTS, MAYBE
03:45:26 NOT THE, I DON'T KNOW, IT COULD BE LIKE
03:45:37 SILICON VALLEY COALITION OR SOMEBODY
03:45:38 ON THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.AND THEN
03:45:41 THE LAST THING IS THATFOR ALL OF THE
03:45:45 COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS WE HAVE A
03:45:49 STANDARD APPLICATION FORMAND I WOULD
03:46:03 LIKE TO SEE A MORE SPECIFIC BICYCLE
03:46:04 ORIENTED APPLICATION FORM FOR MEMBERS
03:46:05 TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THINGS LIKE
03:46:06 BIKING HISTORY OR BIKING INTERESTS OR
03:46:07 SOMETHING LIKE THAT.SO THOSE ARE KIND
03:46:08 OF THINGS THATI HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT OR
03:46:13 RECOMMENDATIONS ON.
03:46:19 >>THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. SO
03:46:20 CURRENTLY THE MEETINGS ARE IDENTIFIED
03:46:28 IN THE GUIDELINES FOR THE BE PACKED,
03:46:29 AND SO WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES
03:46:30 TO THOSE MEETINGS. CURRENTLY I BELIEVE
03:46:32 WE HAVE FIVE MEETINGS ANNUALLY, WE ARE
03:46:49 STAFFED ACCORDINGLY, WE HAVE ALSO LOST
03:46:50 STAFF AS PART OF THE BUDGET FREEZE AND
03:46:51 WE PICKED UP A LOT OF NEW PRIORITIES,
03:46:52 SO WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO INCREASE
03:46:53 THOSE. THE MEETINGS, NO MATTER WHAT WE
03:46:54 HAVE ON THE AGENDA OR HOW WE TRY TO
03:46:55 MANAGE IT, IT IS A VERY COLLABORATIVE
03:46:56 GROUP AND THOSE MEETINGS DO GO FOR A
03:46:57 LONG TIME. IN TERMS OF ADVISORY GROUP,
03:46:59 THIS EXERCISE WE DID LOOK AT EXPANDING
03:47:08 ANYTHING TO ADD IN VISOR GROUPS TO THE
03:47:09 BE PACK. I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY
03:47:10 SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL COULD DISCUSS
03:47:11 IF THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE BE PACKED
03:47:12 TO GETOUTSIDE INFORMATION, BUT THAT
03:47:17 WASN'T PART OF THIS. AND THEN WHAT WAS
03:47:18 YOUR LAST QUESTION THERE?
03:47:25 >>ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS. THE
03:47:26 APPLICATIONS TO APPLY TO BE BACKOR
03:47:33 JUST THE GENERIC, IT'S THE SAME
03:47:34 APPLICATION FOR CULTURAL (INAUDIBLE)
03:47:35 COMMISSION.AND THEN THE OTHER THING
03:47:40 THAT REBECCA ASKED, WHICH IS THAT NOW
03:47:41 WE ARE LOOKING AT SCOOTERSAND SHARED
03:47:45 MOBILITY, DOES THAT COME UNDER THE
03:47:46 PURVIEWOF THAT?
03:47:47 >>WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
03:47:54 SHARED MOBILITY WE DEFTLY WENT THROUGH
03:47:55 THE BE PACK ON THAT BEFORE WE BROUGHT
03:47:56 IT TO COUNCIL. YES.
03:47:57 >>OKAY, THANK YOU.
03:47:58 >>I THINK MAYBE THE BE PACK SHOULD
03:48:07 HAVE A HAND IN WHAT THE APPLICATION
03:48:08 LOOKS LIKE, THAT WOULD BE A NICE THING
03:48:09 TO ASKED THE COMMITTEE TO PUT FORWARD
03:48:10 A DRAFT. ANYWAY, OKAY. ANY OTHER
03:48:11 COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.
03:48:17 IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC
03:48:18 WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? PLEASE
03:48:19 COME FORWARD NOW.ASSISTANT CITY CLERK?
03:48:24 I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS.
03:48:27 >>NEITHER DO I.
03:48:40 >>AND EE COMMENTS?
03:48:41 >>NO.
03:48:42 >>NO HANDS, NO ANY COMMENTS.
03:48:43 COUNCILMEMBER WATANABE?
03:48:44 >>THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE STAFF
03:48:45 RECOMMENDATION.
03:48:46 >>AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM OUR BE
03:48:57 PACK REPRESENTATIVE I THINK. THANK
03:48:58 YOU. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY
03:48:59 DISCUSSION ON THIS? THANK YOU,
03:49:00 DIRECTOR MOBECK, FOR YOUR
03:49:01 PRESENTATION. ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, A
03:49:02 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE?
03:49:04 [CALLING ROLL]
03:49:24 >>THANK YOU, AND THAT PASSAGE
03:49:25 UNANIMOUSLY. I'M GOING TO ASK THE
03:49:26 COUNCIL TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO
03:49:27 TAKE A SEVEN MINUTE BREAK OR A COMFORT
03:49:32 BREAK FOR STAFF MEMBERS, SO PLEASE BE
03:49:33 BACK HERE AT 9:30 P.M. THANK YOU.
03:49:56 THE NEXT ITEM,
03:50:01 FIVE SEE, AND ORDERS TO AMEND CHAPTER
03:50:09 (INAUDIBLE) ENTITLED BOARDING
03:50:12 COMMISSIONS TO UPDATE BOARD AND
03:50:13 COMMISSION MEMBERS QUALIFICATIONS
03:50:16 DEFERRED FROM NOVEMBER 9 AND 16.CITY
03:50:19 MANAGER?OR CITY ATTORNEY?
03:50:23 >>I'M GOING TO DEFER TO SUE ON THIS.
03:50:25 MY UNDERSTANDING WAS ELIZABETH, SHE IS
03:50:26 HERE, SHE IS IN THE ATTENDEES, LIZ
03:50:29 COLES WAS GOING TO DO IT.I BELIEVE
03:50:36 THAT STILL THE CASE. IF I'M WRONG,
03:50:37 SHOUT OUT.
03:50:38 >>YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
03:50:40 >>SHE NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO PANELISTS.
03:50:43 >>MOVING HER OVER.
03:51:10 >>GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL, CAN YOU
03:51:11 HEAR ME?
03:51:12 >>YES WE CAN, WELCOME, THANK YOU,
03:51:13 ELIZABETH.
03:51:14 >>THIS IS ELIZABETH KLASSEN, CITY
03:51:15 ATTORNEY. I'M BRINGING FORWARD IS ITEM
03:51:16 THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED TO
03:51:17 STAFF REMOVE THE BOARD COMMISSION
03:51:18 MEMBERS BE MEMBERS OF THE CITY TO
03:51:34 INCLUDE GREATER PARTICIPATION BY
03:51:35 MEMBERS OF THE CITY. THE SANTA CLARA
03:51:36 CITY CHARTER AND CODE REQUIRE ALL CITY
03:51:37 BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS EXCEPT
03:51:38 FOR YOUTH COMMISSION BE QUALIFIED
03:51:39 ELECTORS OF THE CITY. THE EXISTING
03:51:40 REGULATIONS PROHIBIT A PERSON FROM
03:51:41 SERVING ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION IF
03:51:42 THE PERSON IS NOT 18 AND THE US
03:51:43 CITIZEN. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WILL
03:51:44 AMEND THE SECTION 2.120.010 OF THE
03:51:57 CITY CODE TO ALLOW RESIDENTS THAT ARE
03:51:58 18 YEARS OF AGE TO SERVICE MEMBERS OF
03:51:59 THE CITY CHARTER BOARD COMMISSIONS AND
03:52:00 COMMITTEES. THIS ORDINANCE WILL
03:52:01 ELIMINATE THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT THAT
03:52:02 ALL MEMBERS OF NON-CHARTER BOARDS AND
03:52:03 COMMISSIONS BE CALLED QUALIFIED
03:52:04 ELECTORS OF THE CITY. PLEASE KEEP IN
03:52:05 MIND THIS NEW REQUIREMENT WILL NOT
03:52:07 APPLY TO CHARTER COMMISSIONS BECAUSE
03:52:08 WE WILL REQUIRE A BALLOT MEASURE AND
03:52:09 VOTERS TO VOTE ON THAT ITEM. IF THERE
03:52:16 ARE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME
03:52:17 KNOW.
03:52:18 >>OKAY, THANK YOU, ELIZABETH. LET'S
03:52:19 START WITH COUNCIL QUESTIONS. ARE
03:52:20 THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS?
03:52:21 COUNCILMEMBER HARDY?
03:52:22 >>YES.I SEE THE LIST HERE OF THE
03:52:31 CHARTER ONES. THAT'S PLANNING PARKS
03:52:32 AND REX CIVIL SERVICE AND THE BOARD OF
03:52:33 TRUSTEES. MY QUESTION IS WHAT EFFECT
03:52:39 DOES THIS HAVE ON THE REQUIREMENT WE
03:52:40 HAVE BEEN GIVING, ASKING PEOPLE TO DO
03:52:41 A 700 FORM?
03:52:56 >>THE 700 DETERMINATION DOESN'T
03:52:57 MATTER, IS NOT RELEVANT TO THIS. WE
03:52:58 WOULD STILL HAVE TO DETERMINE WHICH
03:52:59 COMMISSIONS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FILE
03:53:00 A 700 BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WITH
03:53:01 REGARDS TO QUALIFICATION RELATED TO
03:53:02 RESIDENCY.
03:53:03 >>THANK YOU.
03:53:04 >>ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?LET
03:53:08 ME GO TO THE PUBLIC. IS THERE ANY
03:53:09 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE
03:53:10 TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE?ASSISTANT CITY
03:53:14 CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY E COMMENTS?
03:53:27 >>WE DO NOT, I MET AMIR.
03:53:28 >>OKAY, GOING BACK TO THE COUNCIL, MAY
03:53:29 I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE
03:53:30 RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE? COUNCILMEMBER
03:53:31 JANE?
03:53:32 >>YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
03:53:33 TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
03:53:34 >>SECOND.
03:53:35 >>SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER PART.HANDS
03:53:36 ON THE MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER BECKER?
03:53:41 >>CURIOUS IF WE CAN INCLUDE AND HAVE
03:53:44 THIS I GUESS JUST INCLUDED.I THINK IT
03:53:52 NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE APPROPRIATE
03:53:53 THAT WE HAVE ON APPLICATIONS FOR
03:53:54 COMMISSIONERS THAT WE APPROVE THATTHE
03:53:58 INFORMATION LISTED THAT THEY SHOULDN'T
03:53:59 HAVE(INAUDIBLE) BUT ALL AREAS SHOULD
03:54:02 BE ACTUALLY INCLUDED, FILLED IN AND
03:54:05 PROVIDED INFORMATIONIN APPLICATIONS.
03:54:12 >>I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT.
03:54:16 >>I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER BECKER, I
03:54:17 DON'T UNDERSTAND ARE YOU SAYING THAT
03:54:19 YOU WANT THAT IN THE ORDINANCE?
03:54:28 >>YES. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE
03:54:29 SOME KIND OF CLARIFICATION THERE, IF
03:54:30 WE DON'T HAVE A FULFILLED APPLICATION
03:54:31 THAT, I MEAN, HE SHOULD HAVE A
03:54:34 FINISHED APPLICATION FILLED OUT
03:54:35 NOTHING LEFT EMPTY, JOB HISTORY OR
03:54:39 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'VE SEEN
03:54:40 APPLICATIONS IN THE PASTWHERE
03:54:44 (INAUDIBLE).
03:54:45 >>I AM NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE ORDINANCE.
03:54:57 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SHOULD GO ON THE
03:54:58 ORDINANCE OR JUST BECOME A PRACTICE, A
03:54:59 LETTER THAT SAYS WHEN THE CITY CLERK'S
03:55:00 OFFICE SENDS IT OUT IT SAYS PLEASE
03:55:01 FILL OUT ALL OF THE QUESTIONS.
03:55:02 >>THANK YOU.
03:55:03 >>JUST HAVE THAT BE DIRECTION TO STAFF
03:55:11 AND WE WILL LEAVE THE ORDINANCE AS
03:55:12 IS.
03:55:13 >>CAN WE USE THAT ORDINANCE AS PART OF
03:55:14 THE MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER JANE, CAN WE
03:55:15 JUST SAY INCLUDE THAT DIRECTION TO
03:55:16 STAFF?
03:55:18 >>YES, INCLUDING THAT DIRECTION.
03:55:19 >>COUNCILMEMBER PART, IS THAT OKAY?
03:55:20 >>YES.
03:55:21 >>WE AGREE WITH ADDING THAT IS
03:55:26 DIRECTION TO STAFF?
03:55:27 >>MAY ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION? ON THE
03:55:28 APPLICATION, IF THERE ARE MISSED AREAS
03:55:31 OR INCOMPLETE, ARE YOU SAYING THAT AN
03:55:32 INCOMPLETEAPPLICATION WOULD DISQUALIFY
03:55:37 SOMEONE? OR YOU'RE JUST ASKING
03:55:54 >>MY CONCERN IS BASICALLY HOW DO WE
03:55:55 KNOW THAT THIS PERSON IS OUR PERSON,
03:55:56 AT THE 700 FORMS, HOW TO WHERE THEY
03:55:57 WERE BECAUSE WE HAD TO FILL OUT FORMS
03:55:58 AS A COMMISSIONER I HAD TO SAY WHERE I
03:55:59 WORK, WHAT KIND OF INCOME I HAVE,
03:56:00 BECAUSE YOU JUST WANTED MAKE SURE YOU
03:56:01 DON'T HAVE ANY CONFLICTSAND YOU'RE NOT
03:56:20 SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE.
03:56:21 >>A 700 FORM IS DIFFERENT THAN AN
03:56:22 APPLICATION TO A COMMISSION. I WOULD
03:56:23 NOT WANT TO DISQUALIFY ANYONE, MAYBE
03:56:24 THEY HAVE A QUESTION, THEY ARE NOT
03:56:25 SURE, THEY CAN ANSWER, THEY DIDN'T
03:56:26 UNDERSTAND, I DON'T WANT TO DISQUALIFY
03:56:27 ANYONE BELIEVING SOMETHING BLANK. BUT
03:56:28 I JUST THINK WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THEM
03:56:29 TO FILL OUT AS MUCH OF THE FORM AS WE
03:56:30 CAN. YOU WOULD CONCUR WITH THAT,
03:56:32 COUNCILMEMBER BECKER?
03:56:33 >>YES.
03:56:34 >>COUNCILMEMBER JANE?
03:56:35 >>YES, JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE STILL
03:56:36 HAVE TO VALIDATE THEIR RESIDENTS OF
03:56:37 THE CITY.SO THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS TO
03:56:38 DO THAT ANYWAY.THAT WOULD APPLY TO
03:56:44 VALIDATE WHO THEY ARE. BUT, YES, I
03:56:45 THINK LEAVING SOMETHING BLANK
03:56:46 INADVERTENTLY SHOULD NOT DISQUALIFY
03:56:47 SOMEBODYBECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH
03:56:49 TROUBLE SOMETIMES.
03:56:50 >>AGREE. OKAY. ASSISTANT CITY CLERK,
03:57:03 YOU UNDERSTAND THE MOTION NOW, ARE YOU
03:57:04 CLEAR ON THAT?
03:57:05 >>YES, THANK YOU.
03:57:06 >>THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. ALL
03:57:07 RIGHT, WE ARE READY FOR ROLL CALL
03:57:08 VOTE, WHEN YOU ARE READY.
03:57:09 >>
03:57:10 [CALLING ROLL]
03:57:26 >>THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.
03:57:27 NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBERSIX. UPDATE ON
03:57:38 SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM AND PROVIDE
03:57:39 FEEDBACK ON 2022 PROGRAM FOCUS AREAS,
03:57:40 AND THIS WAS DEFERRED FROM DECEMBER 7.
03:57:48 RECOMMENDATION NOTE IN FILE THE UPDATE
03:57:49 ON SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM AND PROVIDE
03:57:50 FEEDBACK ON THE 2022 PROGRAM FOCUS
03:57:51 AREAS. CITY MANAGER?
03:58:02 >>I AM LOOKING FOR MICHELLE TEMPLETON
03:58:03 WHO IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE
03:58:04 PRESENTATION.
03:58:05 >>CAN YOU HEAR ME?
03:58:06 >>HI, MICHELLE.
03:58:07 >>HELLO, WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR
03:58:08 STAYING LATE WITH US.
03:58:09 >>OF COURSE. I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN.
03:58:17 ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR,
03:58:18 COUNCIL MEMBERS, MICHELLE (INAUDIBLE)
03:58:19 MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA.I
03:58:25 AM HERE TO SHARE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS
03:58:27 WITH YOU AND THE PUBLIC.
03:58:39 TONIGHT WE WILL BE REVIEWING STATE AND
03:58:40 LOCAL CIRCUITS PROVIDING UPDATES ON
03:58:41 OUR EFFORTS AND REQUESTING COUNCIL
03:58:43 FEEDBACK FROM THE PROPOSED PROGRAM. TO
03:58:49 BEGIN I WOULD LIKE TO FRAME OUR
03:58:50 DISCUSSION ON WHAT IS INVOLVED. WE
03:58:51 REALLY(INAUDIBLE) THE NEEDS OF OUR
03:58:54 PEOPLE, THE ENVIRONMENTS COMPETING
03:59:05 AGAINST EACH OTHER. IT'S REALLY A
03:59:06 PLACE FOR THESE VARIANCE OVERLAP WE
03:59:07 FIND BALANCE.
03:59:08 >>I'M SORRY, I AM HAVING TROUBLE
03:59:09 UNDERSTANDING YOU. AM I THE ONLY ONE?
03:59:10 >>CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME?
03:59:16 >>MICHELLE, YOU SOUND A LITTLE FUZZY.
03:59:17 IT MAY BE YOUR HEADSET.
03:59:18 >>OKAY. LET ME MAKE SURE.CAN YOU HEAR
03:59:19 ME OKAY? IS THIS CLEAR? CAN YOU HEAR
03:59:26 ME BETTER NOW?
03:59:27 >>I HEAR THE SAME.
03:59:28 >>LET ME PULL MY HEADSET OFF ANDCAN
03:59:33 YOU HEAR ME NOW?
03:59:34 >>OKAY, SAY SOMETHING.
03:59:38 >>CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY NOW?
03:59:44 >>YES.
03:59:45 >>OKAY. SO CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY RIGHT
03:59:46 NOW?
03:59:49 >>YES.
03:59:50 >>OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO TONIGHT, THANK
03:59:51 YOU FOR CALLING THAT OUT. TONIGHT WE
03:59:58 WILL REVIEW STATE AND LOCAL MARKETS,
03:59:59 PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON CITY
04:00:00 SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS IN DIRECTIVE
04:00:03 AND REQUEST FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED
04:00:04 PROGRAM FOR THESE AREAS AND TO BEGIN I
04:00:10 WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S INVOLVED IN
04:00:11 OUR SUSTAINABILITY WORK, WE REALLY
04:00:12 CAN'T ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN THIS FIELD
04:00:13 WHEN WE HAVEPEOPLE PITTED AGAINST EACH
04:00:14 OTHER, SO IT'S REALLY THE PLACE WHERE
04:00:15 THESE VARIANTS OVERLAP TO WE FIND THE
04:00:16 BALANCE NEEDED TO HAVE IMPACT. WHEN WE
04:00:17 START TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
04:00:18 SUSTAINABILITY WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
04:00:35 (INAUDIBLE) ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO
04:00:36 REALLY ADDRESS THE INTERSECTION ALLEY
04:00:37 OF THESE ISSUES AS WE DEVELOP AND
04:00:38 IMPLEMENT OUR SUSTAINABILITY
04:00:39 STRATEGIES. WHILE I AM THE ONLY
04:00:40 OFFICIAL SUSTAINABILITY STAFF FOR
04:00:41 SANTA CLARA I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND
04:00:42 INCREDIBLE HARD WORK TO SUSTAINABILITY
04:00:43 FROM VARIOUS STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS
04:00:44 THAT IS KEY TO ACHIEVING THE WHEN. I
04:00:45 WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND THE
04:00:46 DIRECTIONSTO HELP MOVE THE NEEDLE ON
04:00:55 SUSTAINABLE SANTA CLARA. THANK YOU.
04:00:56 WHILE SUSTAINABILITY WORK IS EVER
04:00:57 EVOLVING IN NATURE AND NEVER FULLY
04:00:58 FORMS A BROAD PICTURE OF WHERE WE NEED
04:00:59 TO BE INVOLVED PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
04:01:00 IN A WAY THAT MINIMIZES ANY
04:01:01 COMPOUNDING EFFECTS THAT MANY OF THESE
04:01:02 TOWNS HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY WILL ALSO
04:01:03 WORKING TO MEET REGULATORY TARGETS
04:01:04 AHEAD. FROM A HIGH-LEVEL VIEWIT
04:01:15 INCLUDES BILLETING OF SUSTAINABILITY
04:01:16 LANDS INTO OUR WORK, ESTABLISHING
04:01:17 UNIFIED CITY GOALS AND STRATEGIES IN
04:01:18 ADVANCING AND REPORTING (INAUDIBLE).
04:01:21 ALSO IMPORTANT UNDERSTAND THE
04:01:22 REGULATORY LANDSCAPE, THIS HIGHLIGHT
04:01:27 SOME OF THE SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE
04:01:28 RELATED GOALS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
04:01:29 HAS AS WELL AS(INAUDIBLE). AS YOU
04:01:31 KNOW, MANY OF THE REGULATIONS WILL
04:01:37 REQUIRE US TO ACT NOW WITH THE
04:01:38 TARGETS. IN ASSESSING THE TARGETS
04:01:39 CRITICALLYIT ENSURES THEY ARE STRONG
04:01:44 ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE HEALTHY FUTURE WHILE
04:01:45 ALSO MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR
04:01:46 COMMUNITY TODAY.PREPARE THE NEXT FEW
04:02:02 SLIDES I WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME THE
04:02:03 CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
04:02:04 ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN
04:02:05 COLLABORATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY OVER
04:02:06 THE PAST YEAR OR SO. THEY CAN COOK
04:02:07 THEY INCLUDE COMPLETE UPDATES OR
04:02:08 ACTION PLAN WHICH WILL APPEAR BEFORE
04:02:09 COUNCIL IN SPRING 2022 AND ARE
04:02:10 RECENTLY APPROVED BUILDING
04:02:19 ELECTRIFICATION AND EV CHARGE
04:02:20 (INAUDIBLE). ALSO INCLUDED THE
04:02:21 IMPLEMENTATION OF (INAUDIBLE) THE
04:02:22 CHARGE CONNECTORS AND TO WALK THE WALK
04:02:23 ON TRANSPORTATION (INAUDIBLE) THE CITY
04:02:24 LAUNCHED IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR CITY
04:02:28 ELECTRIFICATION PLAN WITH OVER 20
04:02:29 ELECTRIC VEHICLES NOW IN FLEETS
04:02:30 ACCOMPANIED BY EV CHARGING
04:02:31 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITH MORE TO
04:02:32 COME. WE ARE ALSO EXCITED TO SHARE
04:02:46 (INAUDIBLE) POWER PROGRAM RANK SECOND
04:02:47 PLACE IN THE NATION FOR GREEN POWER
04:02:48 EXCELLENCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
04:02:49 ENERGY. THE CITY HAS INTEGRATED
04:02:50 SUSTAINABILITY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS,
04:02:51 THIS INCLUDES IN THE MENTATION OF
04:02:52 COLLECTION PROGRAM TO DIVERT
04:02:53 (INAUDIBLE) AS PART OF SB 1383. THERE
04:03:09 BEEN A VARIETY OF WATER CONSERVATION
04:03:10 CYCLE WATER PROJECTS, WATER OFFSETTING
04:03:11 NEARLY 19% OF POTABLE WATER AND AN
04:03:12 INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABLE PARK
04:03:13 STRATEGY WITH SMART IRRIGATION, WATER
04:03:14 CONSERVATION, SEAPLANE, LOW WATER
04:03:15 LANDSCAPES, GARDENS AS WELL AS EV
04:03:16 CHARGING.WE ARE ALSO COMPLETED THIS
04:03:19 YEAR INCLUDING THE NORTH SIDE
04:03:20 LIBRARIES SOLAR PROJECT WE RECENTLY
04:03:21 ACHIEVED LEAD SOLAR CERTIFICATION OF
04:03:23 THE BRANCH LIBRARY. AN SEP INITIATEDA
04:03:28 STORE PROJECT. ADDITIONALLY MOBILITY
04:03:29 OPTIONS WERE SUPPORTED WITH(INAUDIBLE)
04:03:31 IMPROVEMENTS.
04:03:41 THIS YEAR HAS ALSO BEEN VERY MUCH
04:03:42 ABOUT COLLABORATION IN CONNECTION WITH
04:03:43 EFFORTS THAT INCLUDE PROVIDING
04:03:44 CUSTOMER WATER CONSERVATION WITH
04:03:46 REPLACEMENT REFLECTION BARREL AND
04:03:47 ENERGY EFFICIENCY REBATES BICYCLES,
04:04:08 HEAT PUMPS, EV CHARGERS, ALL OF WHICH
04:04:09 LED TO A TOTAL ENERGY SAVINGS
04:04:10 EQUIVALENT TO THE ANNUAL ENERGY OF
04:04:11 OVER 2000 (INAUDIBLE). AN INTERNAL
04:04:12 CITY GREEN TEAM WAS ESTABLISHED FROM
04:04:13 COLLABORATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
04:04:14 NEW OUTREACH AND FINALLY THERE'S A BIG
04:04:15 FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN LOCAL
04:04:16 AND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IN THE AREA
04:04:17 THE LACK ACTION AND ELECTRIFICATION.
04:04:18 SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING
04:04:19 AREAS TO GUIDE OUR SUSTAINABILITY
04:04:20 PROGRAM AND SEE COUNCIL CONFIRMATION
04:04:25 ON THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES.
04:04:26 CONTINUING TO WORK ON ALIGNING WITH
04:04:27 IMPLEMENTATION OF CITY PLANS TO
04:04:28 ADDRESS SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE
04:04:29 ACTION PLAN, RESOURCE PLANCOMMUNITY EV
04:04:52 BLUEPRINTS, COMPLETE ELECTRIFICATION
04:04:53 PLAN AND OUR URBAN WATER (INAUDIBLE)
04:04:54 IN THE CITY IS ALSO UNIQUELY PLACED
04:04:55 WITH SILICON VALLEY POWER TO MAKE
04:04:56 IMPACTS RENEWABLE ENERGY ONGOING
04:04:57 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ELECTRIFICATION
04:04:58 EFFORTS WITH INCENTIVES, REBATES, AND
04:04:59 OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, ALL OF WHICH
04:05:00 COMPLEMENT THE IMPLEMENTATIONOF ALL
04:05:01 ELECTRIC LEAD SHOW. IT'S ALSO
04:05:02 RECOMMENDED TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AND
04:05:03 ESTABLISH TRANSPORTATION POLICIES
04:05:04 INCLUDING THOSE HIGHLIGHTEDIN OUR
04:05:08 UPDATE. AS I MENTIONED, COMING BEFORE
04:05:09 YOU FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE 2022
04:05:14 TIMEFRAME AND ADDITIONALLY TO FOCUS ON
04:05:15 WATER CONSERVATION AND INVESTMENT IN
04:05:16 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE(INAUDIBLE) WHICH
04:05:32 WILL BE KEY AS WE CONTINUE TO FACE
04:05:33 IMPACTS OF THE MULTIYEAR DROUGHT
04:05:34 DEVELOPMENT. ANOTHER AREA IS TO LOOK
04:05:35 AT NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS THAT FOCUS
04:05:36 NOT JUST ON (INAUDIBLE) BUT PREPARING
04:05:37 AIR QUALITY AND WATER QUALITY AND WE
04:05:38 ALSO RECOMMEND CONTINUING TO HAVE
04:05:39 SUSTAINABILITY INCORPORATED INTO OUR
04:05:40 CITY POLICIES OPERATIONS AND
04:05:44 FACILITIES. WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE
04:05:45 IN PRACTICE WOULD BE TO EXPANDING OUR
04:05:46 PURCHASING POLICY TO ADDRESS
04:05:47 REGULATIONSON SB 13 MECHANICS MANDATE
04:05:56 (INAUDIBLE) PURCHASES AND SELECTING
04:05:57 PRODUCT SUSTAINABILITY. IT COULD ALSO
04:05:58 INCLUDE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT
04:05:59 OPPORTUNITIES AS RENOVATIONS
04:06:00 FACILITIES AND PARKS ARE NECESSARY.
04:06:01 AND TO MOVE FORWARDWE DO SO IN
04:06:33 COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY AND
04:06:34 PARTNERSHIPS THAT CONTINUE THE
04:06:35 EXPANSION OF OUR OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND
04:06:36 ACROSS SUSTAINABILITY AREAS AND WE
04:06:37 WOULD ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR
04:06:38 EDUCATION PARTNERS ACROSS THE GRADES
04:06:39 AND DISCIPLINES AND WITH OUR
04:06:40 RESIDENTS. AND WE CERTAINLY SEE THE
04:06:41 INCREDIBLE VALUE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
04:06:42 EXPANDING WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE IN WE
04:06:43 PROPOSE TO CONTINUE TO DEDICATE TIME
04:06:44 TO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT PARTNERSHIP
04:06:45 PRESENTS IN THE AREA OF CLIMATE, URBAN
04:06:46 FOREST, WATER CONSERVATION, ENERGY
04:06:47 EFFICIENCYAND MANY OTHER COLLABORATION
04:06:48 EFFORTS WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL
04:06:49 LEVELS. FINALLY, WE PROPOSE TO
04:06:50 COORDINATE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR
04:06:51 LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY ISSUES AS THOSE
04:06:52 SUSTAINABILITY LANDSCAPES ARE RAPIDLY
04:06:53 CHANGING.THAT IS STAFF'S
04:06:56 RECOMMENDATION TO NOTE IN FILE THE
04:06:57 UPDATE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON OUR
04:06:58 2022 PROGRAM FOR THESE AREAS. THAT
04:07:08 CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, I AM
04:07:09 AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
04:07:10 >>THANK YOU, MICHELLE, FOR THE
04:07:11 EXCELLENT REPORT, VERY THOROUGH, AND
04:07:12 I'M GOING TO GO TO OUR COUNCILMEMBERS
04:07:13 TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTSOR
04:07:14 STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS. COUNCILMEMBER
04:07:15 JANE?
04:07:25 >>YES, MICHELLE, ONE OF THE THINGS
04:07:26 THAT ANNOYS A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS
04:07:27 INCLUDING MYSELF ARE LEAF BLOWERS. CAN
04:07:28 I KNOW THE STATE HAS ADOPTEDA BAN ON
04:07:46 GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS BY 2026. I
04:07:47 KNOW THAT PALO ALTO IS DOING A PILOT
04:07:48 PROJECT TO SWITCH TO ELECTRICALLY
04:07:49 LOWER WHICH ARE MUCH QUIETER AND TURNS
04:07:50 OUT LEAF BLOWERS ADMIT AS MUCH
04:07:51 POLLUTION AS MANY PASSENGER CARS. JUST
04:07:54 ONE HOUR OF LEAF BLOWING. SAME APPLIES
04:07:55 TO GAS POWERED LAWNMOWERS. SO I WAS
04:07:56 WONDERING IF THE CITYIS THINKING
04:08:01 ABOUT, I KNOW SVP A FEW YEARS AGO HAD
04:08:04 A PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE OR GIVE REBATES
04:08:07 FOR ELECTRICAPPLIANCES FOR GARDENING
04:08:15 WHICH WAS HORRIBLY UNSUCCESSFUL
04:08:16 BECAUSE I THINK THE TECHNOLOGY WAS NOT
04:08:17 THERE. SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU
04:08:22 CONSIDERED SOME SORT OF LEAF BLOWER
04:08:27 REBATES OR PILOTS IN ADVANCE OF THE
04:08:28 '26 BAND. AND THEN IT'S THE CITY GOING
04:08:33 TO AT ONE POINT HAD A LECTURE SERIESTO
04:08:44 EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON VARIOUS TOPICS
04:08:45 AND DOING THINGS LIKE LECTURE SERIES
04:08:46 ON INDUCTION STONE FOR DECARBONIZATION
04:08:47 ORLONGER PLACEMENTS, WHATEVER IS
04:08:51 THERE. AND THENONE THING I WOULD LIKE
04:08:58 TO SEE IS, I THINK YOU ALREADY TALK
04:08:59 ABOUT THE SB 1383, THE RECYCLED
04:09:01 CONTENT OF PAPER, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
04:09:04 SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMMITMENTTO CORY
04:09:08 FREE PAPER IN THE CITYAND THEN IS
04:09:14 THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN THINK OF TO
04:09:16 SWITCH FROM PAPER TOWELS TO ELECTRIC
04:09:21 HAND DRYERS? SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE
04:09:22 REALLY GOOD, LIKE THE DYSON'S JUST TO
04:09:27 NAME ONE BRAND.REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB
04:09:33 OF LEAVING YOUR HANDS DRY. IT SAVES A
04:09:37 LOT OF PAPER AND A LOT OF RESOURCES.
04:09:42 >>OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY
04:09:43 COUNCILMEMBERS? BEFORE WE GO BACK TO
04:09:44 MICHELLE?OKAY. MICHELLE? YOU WOULD
04:09:53 LIKE TO COMMENT ON COUNCILMEMBER
04:09:54 JANE'S COMMENTS?
04:09:55 >>YES, THANK YOU. I WILL START WITH
04:09:59 LEAF BLOWERS. ONE OF THE AREAS
04:10:02 >>MICHELLE, YOU'RE GOING IN AND OUT.
04:10:09 MAYBE IF YOU SIT CLOSER TO YOUR
04:10:10 SCREEN? I DON'T KNOW. LET'S TRY THAT.
04:10:11 >>LET'S SEE.
04:10:26 >>ARE YOU FROZEN? IS SHE FROZEN?SHE IS
04:10:31 NOT MOVING. MAYBE TURNING OFF YOUR
04:10:32 SCREEN, MICHELLE?I THINK SHE IS FROZEN.
04:10:42 YES, SHE LOOKS FROZEN TO ME.
04:10:46 >>I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION AND
04:10:51 CHIMING AS NEEDED. RIGHT NOW WE ARE
04:10:56 EXPLORING FOR LEAF BLOWERS THE
04:10:57 OPPORTUNITY TOHAVE PURCHASED A NUMBER
04:11:05 OF ELECTRICAL LEAF BLOWERS TO MAKE
04:11:06 THEM AVAILABLE IN OUR CITY TOOL
04:11:07 LIBRARY AND SO WE ARE WORKING TO
04:11:16 SOMETIME IN QUARTER ONE OF THE FISCAL
04:11:17 YEAR TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE AS WELL AS
04:11:18 I KNOW MAN WELL WE DO HAVE SOME SORT
04:11:19 OF A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO
04:11:20 MAKE REBATES AVAILABLE, BUT CAN YOU
04:11:25 COMMENT ON THAT? I AM SHORT OF THOSE
04:11:26 DETAILS RIGHT NOW.
04:11:27 >>YES. ON THE REBATES FOR ELECTRIC
04:11:28 LAWN EQUIPMENT, CURRENTLYCUSTOMER JANE
04:11:32 IS CORRECT WE HAD A PROGRAM IN THE
04:11:33 PAST THAT WASN'T SUCCESSFUL. WE DON'T
04:11:34 CURRENTLY HAVE A PROGRAM. WE ANTICIPATE
04:11:41 AS THE DEADLINE TO GET CLOSER AND SO
04:11:42 THE DISTRICT START DEVELOPING SOME
04:12:01 CRITERIA ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK
04:12:02 WE ANTICIPATE WE ARE GOING TO START
04:12:03 DOING THE SAME THING IN THE INTERIM
04:12:04 CITY MANAGER I THINK WE ARE EXPLORING
04:12:05 DOING A LENDING PROGRAM FOR THE
04:12:06 LIBRARY PROGRAM AS A STARTING POINT
04:12:07 AND KIND OF BUILD FROM THERE. SO WE
04:12:08 HAD THE PREVIOUS ONE, NOT SUCCESSFUL,
04:12:09 WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT COMES OUT OF
04:12:18 SOME OF THE DISTRICTS AND A FEW OTHER
04:12:19 ONES AND SEE HOW WE ARE GOING TO
04:12:20 PIGGYBACK ON THOSE PROGRAMS TO HELP
04:12:21 FACILITATE A REBATE, SO WE DO
04:12:22 ANTICIPATE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THE
04:12:23 FUTURE.
04:12:24 >>THANK YOU. MICHELLE, I SEE OUR BACK
04:12:25 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER
04:12:26 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
04:12:27 >>CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
04:12:28 >>YES, GO AHEAD. SO FAR SO GOOD.
04:12:29 >>THANK YOUFOR JUMPING IN. ON TO POINT
04:12:44 OUT SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS
04:12:45 MENTIONED WHEN I GOT BUMPED OFF BUT WE
04:12:46 DID EXPLORE A PILOT PROGRAM FOR OUR
04:12:47 OWN PARTS AND MAINTENANCE GROUP, SO WE
04:12:48 GOT A 14 ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWERS THAT WE
04:12:49 TRADED OUT AND ADDED TO OUR
04:12:55 MAINTENANCE FLEET, SO TO SPEAK, AND
04:12:56 ONE OF THE WAYS TO PILOT THIS AND MAKE
04:12:57 IT SUCCESSFUL IN THE COMMUNITY IS TO
04:12:58 MAKE SURE THAT OUR OWN STAFF ARE USING
04:12:59 IT, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
04:13:06 IMPLICATIONS OF SWITCHING OVER TO THE
04:13:07 TECHNOLOGY, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE
04:13:08 THINGS WE WORKING ON FOR THE LAST YEAR
04:13:09 IS THE PARKS AND RECREATION
04:13:10 MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTWITH THOSE
04:13:11 ELECTRIC BLOWERS. ANDI BELIEVE THE
04:13:24 EXPLORATION OF OUR REBATE PROGRAM IS
04:13:25 CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION, AND
04:13:26 AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE MANDATE WITH
04:13:27 ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWER STATEWIDE, MUCH
04:13:28 MORE ADOPTION INTEREST WILL BE THERE
04:13:30 AND REBATES ARE OFTEN TIMES A DEMAND
04:13:31 AND THEN SUPPLIED KIND OFACTIVITY, AND
04:13:36 SO LOOKING AT DOING A LOT OF EDUCATION
04:13:37 AROUND THAT, HAVINGCITY PARKS AND
04:13:41 MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS USING THEM IS
04:13:58 GOING TO MODEL THAT
04:13:59 EXCEPTIONS ACCEPTANCE AND ADOPTION.
04:14:00 AND THEN AS FAR AS THE LECTURE SERIES
04:14:01 IS CONCERNED, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL
04:14:02 WORKSHOPS. WE HAVEN'T CALLED IT
04:14:03 ELECTRIC SERIES SO TO SPEAK YET
04:14:04 BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE IT BASED ONDEMAND
04:14:06 AND THE TOPICS AT HAND. WE HAVE HAD EV
04:14:07 WORKSHOPS AS PART OF OUR LECTURE SERIES
04:14:14 THOSE COME IN THE SPRING AND FALL OF
04:14:15 THE LAST FISCAL YEARS. WE EXPECT TO
04:14:16 CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR EBF OPTIONS AS
04:14:17 THE GOVERNOR 2035 (INAUDIBLE) WITH EVS
04:14:22 AS THE PRIMARY VEHICLE IN CALIFORNIA
04:14:23 AND WE HAVE ALSOEXPLORED INDUCTION AND
04:14:30 THERE ARE SOME EXCITING PROJECTS THAT
04:14:31 WILL BE SHARING MORE ABOUT THE
04:14:41 BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND SO WE WILL
04:14:42 BE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE SOME THE
04:14:43 PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE AS FAR AS
04:14:44 COMMUNITY AND PARTNER RELATED
04:14:45 WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES ON BUILDING
04:14:46 ELECTRIFICATION, HOME ELECTRIFICATION,
04:14:49 ESPECIALLY (INAUDIBLE). SO LOOK FOR
04:14:50 THOSE IN OUR SUSTAINABILITY. AND LET'S
04:14:53 SEE. REPLACEMENTS, WE ALSO TALKED
04:14:58 ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF TOPICS WE CAN
04:14:59 BRING INTO OUR WORKSHOPS THROUGH WATER
04:15:04 CONSERVATION AND WE ARE EXPLORING THAT
04:15:05 WITH WATER CONSERVATION STAFF. AND THEN
04:15:09 CORY FREE PAPER WE HAVE BEEN EXPLORING
04:15:10 THAT WITH OUR PROVIDER, OUR VENDOR,
04:15:14 AND THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERATION OF
04:15:24 THE TRANSITION, CERTAIN DISPENSERS MAY
04:15:25 OR MAY NOT FIT THE TYPE OF PAPER THAT
04:15:26 COMES UNBLEACHED, BUT WE'RE IN THE
04:15:32 PROCESS OF EXPLORING WITH OUR VENDOR
04:15:33 HOW TO CHANGE OUT THE DISPENSERS FREE
04:15:34 OF CHARGE TO US SO THAT WE CAN START
04:15:37 PROVIDING ONLY CORY FREE PAPER TOWELS
04:15:38 WHERE AVAILABLEAND WHERE FEASIBLE.
04:15:41 ALONG THOSE LINESTHE NEW PAPER
04:15:51 REQUIREMENTS MAY ALSO SEE SOME CHANGES
04:15:52 IN ALL OF OUR (INAUDIBLE) ACROSS THE
04:15:53 CITY TO MEET A MINIMUM OF 30%TO MEET
04:16:10 CONTENT. SO IN ALL OF OUR WORK THIS
04:16:11 YEAR WITH PUBLIC WORKS IN ALL THE
04:16:12 DEPARTMENTS, A LOT OF THEM, A LOT OF
04:16:13 DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY 100% RECYCLED
04:16:14 PAPER CONTENT FOR PRINT PURPOSES BUT
04:16:15 WE WILL BE EXPANDING BEYOND PRINT AND
04:16:16 IT WILL BE IN ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS AND
04:16:17 WE HAVE NOT EXPLORED ELECTRIC DRYERS,
04:16:18 THOSE HAVE BEEN A COST SPECIFIC
04:16:19 CHALLENGE FOR REBATES BECAUSE MANY
04:16:20 BUSINESSESDON'T WANT TO INVEST IN THAT
04:16:27 CHANGE, SO CERTAINLY COULD EXPLORE
04:16:28 THAT FURTHER TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY
04:16:29 KIND OF APPETITE FOR THAT.
04:16:31 >>THANK YOU.
04:16:32 >>ANY QUESTIONS I MISS?
04:16:44 >>I THINK YOU GOT THEM ALL. WE'LL COME
04:16:45 BACK WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE PROCESS
04:16:46 THING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FORWARD
04:16:47 THINKING. I'M GOING TO GO TO THE
04:16:48 PUBLIC. IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE
04:16:49 PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON
04:16:50 THIS ISSUE?DO WE HAVE ANY E COMMENTS,
04:16:51 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK?
04:16:58 >>LET ME DOUBLE CHECK.THERE ARE NO E
04:17:03 COMMENTS.THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT
04:17:16 EMAILS.
04:17:17 >>THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO
04:17:18 COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL NOW. WE HAVE
04:17:19 HEARD THE REPORT AND THE QUESTIONS, DO
04:17:20 WE HAVE A MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER HARDY?
04:17:21 >>JUST A MOTION TO NOTE AND FILEWITH
04:17:22 PROVIDED FEEDBACKESPECIALLY FROM
04:17:34 COUNCILMEMBER AGAIN.
04:17:35 >>SECOND.
04:17:36 >>WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO
04:17:37 NOTE IN FILE NOTING THE FEEDBACK FROM
04:17:38 THE COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT, ASSISTANT CITY
04:17:39 CLERK, A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE?
04:17:40 >>
04:17:41 [CALLING ROLL]
04:18:10 >>THANK YOU, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY,
04:18:11 THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHELLE, FOR
04:18:12 JOINING US THIS EVENING AND PROVIDING
04:18:13 THAT VERY HELPFUL PRESENTATION, AND
04:18:16 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR FORWARD
04:18:17 THINKING AND WORKING WITH US ANDTHANK
04:18:37 YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND CITY
04:18:38 MANAGER. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO GO
04:18:39 NOW TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM, THE
04:18:40 SECOND ONE THAT WAS PULLED, ITEM 7J,
04:18:41 THAT WAS PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER JANE,
04:18:42 THAT'S ACTION ON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE
04:18:43 TO THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PERFORMANCE
04:18:44 OF SERVICES WITH WILSON IRRIGATION
04:18:45 ASSOCIATES FOR NOISE MONITORING
04:18:46 SERVICES, ADVANTAGE CEA TO DATA CENTER
04:18:47 AND OWENS CORNING FACILITY AND RELATED
04:18:48 BUDGET AMENDMENT. COUNCILMEMBER JANE,
04:18:50 COULD YOU TELL US WHY YOU PULLED THIS
04:18:51 ITEM?
04:18:52 >>YES. FUNDAMENTALLY THIS IS $86,000,
04:19:10 AND WE ARE NOT REALLY GETTING ANY
04:19:11 NOISE COMPLAINTS. SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY
04:19:12 CLEAR TO ME, THEY DID TWO WEEKS OF
04:19:13 NOISE STUDIES, THEY DIDN'T FIND
04:19:14 ANYTHING, THEY ACTUALLY DID A
04:19:15 FREQUENCY ANALYSIS, THEY COULDN'T
04:19:16 CORRELATE SPECTRUM FROM THE TWO DATA
04:19:17 CENTERSWHO THE NOISE OBSERVED AND
04:19:19 WHOSE SAMPLING LOCATIONS, SOIT JUST
04:19:23 SEEMS TO ME THATWE SHOULD PROBABLY
04:19:32 POSTPONE THIS UNTIL WE START HEARING
04:19:33 MORE NOISE COMPLAINTS BECAUSE IF WE DO
04:19:34 THIS MONITORING, MAYBE WE CAN APPROVE
04:19:43 THE BUDGET BUT WE WOULDN'T START IT
04:19:44 UNTIL WE GET SOME NOISE COMPLAINTS.
04:19:45 BECAUSEIF WE DON'T FIND ANYTHING THEN
04:19:51 WE HAVE WASTED $86,000. AND THEN I AM
04:19:52 ALSO DISCOURAGED THATTHE PUBLIC CAN'T
04:19:58 ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THESE NOISE MONITORS
04:20:05 OR REVIEW ANY OF THE DATA FROM THEM.
04:20:06 IT'S THE SAME COMPANY THAT DOES THE
04:20:07 NOISE MONITORS AT THE STADIUM ANDAT
04:20:16 THE STADIUM THE PUBLIC CAN LISTEN TO
04:20:17 THAT NOISE RECORDING WHEREAS FOR THESE
04:20:18 NOISE MONITORS THE PUBLIC CANNOT.
04:20:19 WHICH I THINK IS AN OVERSIGHT.I KNOW
04:20:21 THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MACHINES,
04:20:25 SUMMER OWNED BY WILSON YEAR AGAIN THE
04:20:26 OTHER ONES ARE RENTED OR WHATEVER. SO
04:20:32 IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO ME LIKE IT'S
04:20:34 MONEY WELL SPENTAT THIS TIME. AND THAT
04:20:41 PERHAPS AS WE GET COMPLAINTS WE SHOULD
04:20:42 THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN.
04:20:43 >>VICE MAYOR TALL?
04:20:50 >>THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I ALSO ANALYZE
04:20:51 SOME THE GRAPHSFOR THREE OR FOUR
04:20:54 LOCATIONS, BASICALLY.ANDSHERATON HAS
04:21:00 THE HIGHEST (INAUDIBLE). TO ME RIGHT
04:21:11 NOW IT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS ANALYTICS
04:21:12 OF WHAT THIS SOUND IS COMING FROM
04:21:13 VERSUS IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO
04:21:15 (INAUDIBLE) AND IF THE SAME PROCESS
04:21:16 GOES AND WE DON'T FIND THE SOURCEWHERE
04:21:26 THE NOISES COMING FROM. THAT'S MORE
04:21:27 IMPORTANT. IF WE GIVE THIS CONTRACT,
04:21:28 WE HAVE TO ADD SOME MORE ANALYTICAL
04:21:29 OPTIONS THAT THEY NEED TO FIND OUTWHAT
04:21:32 CAN BE THE SOURCE OF THIS NOISE, NOT
04:21:33 JUSTRECALLING THE NOISE, BUT WHAT CAN
04:21:38 BE THE SOURCE. IS IT FREEWAY NOISE? I
04:21:42 SEE THAT COMING PICKING UP IN THE
04:21:43 MORNINGSDURING THE TRAFFIC HOUR AND
04:21:47 ALSO DURING THE EVENING TRAFFIC HOURS,
04:21:48 SO I WOULD LIKEEVEN IF WE APPROVE IT
04:21:57 AND IMPLEMENT IT LATER ON AS
04:21:58 COUNCILMEMBER JANE MENTIONED, BUT I
04:21:59 WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME MORE ANALYTICAL
04:22:10 CLAUSES IN IT THAT THEY HAVE TO GET
04:22:11 BACK TO US WITH THOSE FINDINGS,
04:22:12 BASICALLY.
04:22:13 >>THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE ONE SO FAR THE
04:22:14 WANT TO NOT, COUNCILMEMBER JANE WANTS
04:22:15 TO NOT DO IT UNLESS THERE ARE
04:22:17 COMPLAINTS, AND THEN VICE MAYOR TO ALL
04:22:18 WANTS TO ADD MORE ON TO WHAT WE ARE
04:22:19 DOING FOR ANALYTICS. I AM JUST TRYING
04:22:23 TO KEEP TRACK. BECAUSE THIS WAS A
04:22:24 COUNCIL DIRECTED CONDITION OF
04:22:29 DEVELOPMENT BY ALL OF YOU. SO I JUST
04:22:30 WANT TO MAKE SURE. OKAY?
04:22:41 >>COUNCILMEMBER BECKER, EURONEXT.
04:22:42 >>AND I CLARIFY?
04:22:43 >>I THOUGHT YOU JUST DID.
04:22:44 >>WHAT I AM SAYING IS I AGREED TO WHAT
04:22:45 COUNCILMEMBER JANE IS SAYING THAT WE
04:22:46 APPROVE THE BUDGET AND DO IT AT A
04:22:49 LATER DATE WHEN WE GET COMPLAINTS. BUT
04:22:50 WHEN WE DO, WHENEVER WE DO IT AT THOSE
04:22:51 ANALYTICAL CLAUSES. THANK YOU.
04:22:53 >>I THINK THAT MIGHT BE EXTRA MONEY.
04:22:56 OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER BECKER.
04:23:00 >>I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER JANE, HE
04:23:15 REALLY KIND OF LAID IT OUT PERFECTLY.
04:23:16 I KNOW I KIND OF MADE A MAYBE NEED A
04:23:17 LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION IN THE
04:23:18 BEGINNING WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, I
04:23:19 DO KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF NO NOT
04:23:20 UNTIL WE GET THE COMPLAINTS BUT
04:23:21 APPROVING THE BUDGET TO HAVE THAT THERE
04:23:22 . SEEING THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY
04:23:23 COMPLAINTS THAT'S KIND OFI GUESS IT'S
04:23:27 SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE
04:23:28 THE MONEY ON, I GUESS BEING LITTLE
04:23:29 MORE FIDUCIARY. AT THE SAME TIME, I DO
04:23:41 LIKE KIND OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER JANE
04:23:42 WAS ALSO SAYING ABOUT THE PUBLIC
04:23:43 SHOULD BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THESE KIND
04:23:44 OF THINGS, I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING
04:23:45 I'VE TALKED TO LISTENERS ON THE NORTH
04:23:46 SIDE ABOUT MONITORS THAT THEY SHOULD
04:23:53 BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME ACCESS AND I
04:23:54 THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL
04:23:55 HAVE ACCESS TO SO IN THIS AREA THEY
04:23:56 SHOULD HAVE THE SIMILAR ACCESS. I'M IN
04:23:57 FAVOR OF THAT KIND OF ASPECT. BUT I
04:23:58 KIND OF WOULD LIKE COUNCILMEMBER JANE
04:24:02 TO REPEAT MAY BE WHAT HE WAS SPEAKING
04:24:03 ABOUT, THERE'S TWO THINGS YOU WANTED
04:24:04 SEE OR WAS IT JUST THE ONE.
04:24:11 >>THIS WAS DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL.
04:24:12 I THINK IT WAS LED BY COUNCILMEMBER
04:24:13 JANE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
04:24:14 >>IT WAS, YES.A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS
04:24:21 WERE COMPLAINING. NOW THEY'RE NOT
04:24:22 COMPLAINING. SO I DON'T SEE THE POINT
04:24:23 OF SPENDING MONEY TO DISCOVER
04:24:25 NOTHING.
04:24:26 >>WELL, WAS YOU THAT WANTED IT.I AM
04:24:28 POINTING THAT OUT BECAUSEYES, ALL
04:24:32 RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HARDY?
04:24:40 >>I LIKE THE POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
04:24:41 JANE WAS MENTIONING BECAUSE IF WE READ
04:24:42 THE REPORT VERY CAREFULLY IT SAID THAT
04:24:48 IT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T
04:24:49 DETERMINE WHERE THE NOISE WAS COMING
04:24:50 FROM THAT WE HAD THE COMPLAINTS ON AT
04:24:51 THAT POINTTHAT IT MIGHT ALSO HAVE TO
04:24:57 DO WITH WEATHER PATTERNS AND HOW SOUND
04:24:58 TRAVELS DEPENDING ON DIFFERENT CLOUD
04:25:02 COVER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I TOO
04:25:03 WOULD LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE SOME
04:25:08 COMPLAINTS SO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT
04:25:09 WE ARE ACTUALLY MEASURING AND MAYBE
04:25:14 DETERMINE THE SOURCE. THANK YOU.
04:25:15 >>COUNCILMEMBER WATANABE?
04:25:20 >>THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO YES, I RECALL
04:25:21 THATIT SEEMED THAT THE ISSUE HAD, IT
04:25:29 WAS DETERMINED THAT A LOT OF IT HAD TO
04:25:30 DO WITH THE WEATHER AND THE COLD
04:25:31 WEATHER ANDNOW WE ARE COMING INTO THE
04:25:40 WINTER SEASON WHERE IT WAS THIS TIME
04:25:41 LAST YEAR WHEN IT SEEMED LIKE THE
04:25:42 COMPLAINTS ARE EXACERBATED, AND SO I
04:25:49 THINK IF THIS WOULD NOT BE A GOOD TIME
04:25:50 TO CANCEL THE CONTRACT BECAUSE AGAIN
04:25:51 THE WAY I RECALLTHE DATA THAT WAS
04:25:57 COLLECTED SHOWED THAT THE NOISE WAS
04:25:58 LIKE THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN IT WAS
04:25:59 COLD ANDSO IT WOULD BE, I THINK IT
04:26:09 WOULD BE PRUDENT TO KEEP THE CONTRACT
04:26:10 IN PLACE FOR NOW OR JUST HAVE IT
04:26:11 AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO USE IT WHEN
04:26:12 THE NOISE, IT DOES HAPPEN AGAIN, IT'S
04:26:19 AVAILABLE THEN TO CAPTURE THE NOISE
04:26:20 AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT IS
04:26:21 WEATHER RELATED OR IF IT'S RELATED TO
04:26:22 SOMETHING ELSE. SO IF THAT'S THE WAY
04:26:23 THE CONTRACT CAN BEUSED, THEN I THINK,
04:26:31 THEN, IT IS MONEY WELL SPENT BECAUSE
04:26:32 AGAIN, IT WILL HELP DETERMINEOR BACK
04:26:34 UP WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
04:26:41 >>THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION
04:26:42 EVERYONE ELSE HAS SPOKEN, THAT'S THE
04:26:43 QUESTION TO CITY STAFF IS CAN WE
04:26:44 ALLOCATE THE MONEYBUT KEEP THE
04:26:47 CONTRACT AT BAY.UNTIL THERE IS A
04:26:51 REASON TO USE IT.EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN.
04:27:25 CITY STAFF?
04:27:26 >>YOU CERTAINLY CAN ALLOCATE THE FUNDS
04:27:27 FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOISE MONITORING.
04:27:28 YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I DO WANT TO
04:27:29 COMMENT, THOUGH, THE TURNAROUND TIME
04:27:30 FOR INSTALLING THE HARDWARE AS WELL AS
04:27:31 HAVING THE EQUIPMENT INSTALLED OUT
04:27:32 THERE WITH NO CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE
04:27:33 ABOUT TWO MONTHS. WE MIGHT LOSE THE
04:27:34 WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IF THERE IS A
04:27:35 NOISE OR A SOUND THAT NEEDS TO BE
04:27:36 MONITORED FOR LACK OF HAVING THE
04:27:37 CONTRACT IN PLACEAND BEING ABLE TO
04:27:38 WORK WITH THE CONTRACTORS. IF THERE IS
04:27:39 AN INTEREST IN PROVIDING THE SAME DATA
04:27:40 ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THE WAY THAT WE
04:27:41 PROVIDE FOR THE STADIUM MONITORS, THAT
04:27:46 IS EXTRA SCOPE, I DON'T THINK THAT
04:27:47 IT'S INCLUDED AS PART OF THE COST THAT
04:27:48 WE HAVE BEFORE THE COUNCIL, SOWE WOULD
04:27:50 HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE CONSULTANT AND
04:27:51 SEE HOW TO GET THAT FOLDED INTO WHAT
04:28:00 THE COST OF A PERMIT WOULD BE.
04:28:01 >>THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I
04:28:02 JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OUR OPTIONS
04:28:03 ARE. THANK YOU.
04:28:04 IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT
04:28:05 WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE?DO
04:28:23 WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THIS
04:28:24 ITEM?
04:28:25 >>I HAVE NONE, MAYOR.
04:28:26 >>OKAY, THANK YOU. GOING BACK TO THE
04:28:27 COUNCIL NOW FOR A MOTION. COUNCIL
04:28:28 MEMBER BECKER?
04:28:29 >>I WAS READY TO MAKE A MOTIONBUT I'M
04:28:30 KIND OF GLAD THAT (INAUDIBLE) WATANABE
04:28:33 RAY SOME POINTS AS WELL AS THE CITY
04:28:34 MANAGER. IT IS POSSIBLE IF WE MAKE
04:28:38 SOME KIND OF A MOTION.BUT WE STILL
04:28:48 HAVE THE CONTRACT. AM I CORRECT?
04:28:49 >>WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
04:28:50 CONTRACTOR IS WILLING TO PUT AT BAY
04:28:51 THEIR PRICING AND HOLD IT, AND SO
04:29:06 THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THERE OPPORTUNITY,
04:29:07 AND THEN I WANTED TO MANAGE
04:29:08 EXPECTATIONS THAT THE TURNAROUND TIME
04:29:09 IF WE DO ACTIVATE THE CONTRACT WOULD
04:29:10 BE ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
04:29:11 >>I WILL BE MAKING A MOTION. THANK
04:29:12 YOU.
04:29:13 >>COUNCILMEMBER JANE?
04:29:14 >>I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE
04:29:15 THE CONTRACT IS $22,000 TO MOVE THE
04:29:18 NOISE MONITORING EQUIPMENT. IS THAT
04:29:19 GOING TO TAKE TWO MONTHS TO MOVE THE
04:29:20 NOISE MONITORING EQUIPMENT? IT DOESN'T
04:29:21 REALLY ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE TO ME. AND
04:29:23 SOIF I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION I'M
04:29:28 GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY, WELL,
04:29:33 TO ALLOCATE THE MONEY BUT NOT TO SPEND
04:29:34 IT TILL WE GETTHREE NOISE COMPLAINTS.
04:29:35 >>I WILL SECOND THAT.SO UNDERSTANDING
04:29:48 THE THREE NOISE COMPLAINTS WOULD BE AT
04:29:49 LEAST TWO MONTHS BEFORE ANYTHING CAN
04:29:50 BE DONE ABOUT IT. LET ME GET A MAN WELL
04:29:52 .
04:29:59 >>THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING,
04:30:00 MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. JUST
04:30:02 WANTED TOPUT A LITTLE MORE ON THE TWO
04:30:11 MONTHS. TWO KEY THINGS. ONE IS THE
04:30:12 CONSULTANT HAS TO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT
04:30:13 AVAILABLE, AND IF THERE IS NO CONTRACT
04:30:26 IN PLACE WITH THE SPECIFIC DATE TO
04:30:27 START WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM
04:30:28 WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE, SO
04:30:29 THAT'S ONE ITEM. THE SECOND ITEM IS
04:30:30 LIKE THE OTHER MONITORS, THIS MONITOR
04:30:31 WOULD ACTUALLY BE HARDWIRED
04:30:32 ELECTRICALLY. INTO A CITY POLE. SO
04:30:39 THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE TWO THINGS.
04:30:40 ONE, TO GO THROUGH A PERMITTING
04:30:41 PROCESS, WE WILL WORK WITH THEM AS WE
04:30:42 ALWAYS DO TO GET THOSE OUT. BUT THEN
04:30:43 TWO, TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK. SOWE
04:30:44 JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE
04:30:45 THATYOU AND IF WE HAVE A CONTRACT IF
04:30:46 YOU WANT THEM TO EXECUTE THE WORK
04:30:47 UNTIL WE ACTUALLY EXECUTE THE CONTRACT
04:30:48 TO DETERMINE AVAILABILITY AND GO TO
04:30:49 THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND HARDWIRE
04:30:50 THE EQUIPMENT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE
04:30:51 ANY READINGS AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE
04:30:52 SOME TIME. ANDREW, I DON'T KNOW IF I
04:30:53 MISSED ANYTHING.
04:30:54 >>LET'S GO TO DIRECTOR CRABTREE.
04:30:55 >>THANK YOU, JUST ADD ON TO THAT A
04:30:56 LITTLE BIT OR REITERATE SOME OF IT TO
04:30:57 MAKE SURE IT'S REALLY CLEAR, SO THE
04:30:58 EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AROUND
04:30:59 LEVI STADIUM IS LEAST BY THE
04:31:00 CONSULTANTS THAT WE HAVE AS WELL AS
04:31:01 THEY ALSO PAY THE SUBCONSULTANT TO
04:31:02 MAINTAIN THE WEBSITE. SO THOSE ARE
04:31:03 THINGSTHAT ARE NOT IN THE SCOPE OF THE
04:31:04 CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE. THE CONSULTANT
04:31:05 HAD PROPOSED TO USE DIFFERENT KIND OF
04:31:06 EQUIPMENTTHAT DOESN'T REQUIRE
04:31:07 HARDWIRING TO THE CITY'S POLLS, AND SO
04:31:37 THAT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF THING.
04:31:38 THERE'S REALLY A COUPLE OF ISSUES
04:31:39 GOING ON HERE, BUT IF WE WANT TO GO
04:31:40 AHEAD AND MAKE THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION
04:31:47 WE CAN DO THAT AND THEN I THINK IT'S
04:31:48 REALLY WITH DIRECTION TO THE CITY
04:31:49 MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT UP TO
04:31:50 THAT AMOUNT BUT ALSO TO SEEK TO MODIFY
04:31:57 THAT CONTRACT TO DO A FEW THINGS. ONE
04:31:58 IS WAIT UNTIL WE'VE HAD A COMPLAINT
04:31:59 BEFORE WE BEGIN IMPLEMENTING ITAS TO
04:32:02 MET DIRECTOR CAN AID IT WAS JUST
04:32:03 EXPLAINING, IF WE GOWITH THE EQUIPMENT
04:32:13 IS ABLE TO HAVE ITS DATA BROADCAST PUT
04:32:14 ONTO THE WEB, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
04:32:15 MORE TIME INVOLVED TO INSTALL IT, LIKE
04:32:19 A PERMITTING PROCESS AND MAKING SURE
04:32:20 THE ELECTRICAL, EVERYTHING IS DONE
04:32:21 RIGHT. SO THERE MAY BE A BIT OF A
04:32:23 DELAY, BUT WE WOULD WORK THROUGH THAT.
04:32:33 I THINK THE TWO MONTHS IS RELATED TO
04:32:34 OTHER, BIGGER ISSUES AS WELL,
04:32:35 PARTICULARLY AROUND THAT. WE WOULD DO
04:32:36 IT AS BEST AS WE COULD. SO JUST KEEP
04:32:46 THAT IN MIND, AND THEN SO WE WOULD BE
04:32:47 NEED TO GO BACK TO THE CONSULTANT AND
04:32:48 SAY WE WANT TO MODIFY THE CONTRACT TO
04:32:49 HAVE THE SORT OF FLEXIBLE START DATE
04:32:53 AND THEN POTENTIALLY ALSO TO USE THE
04:32:54 DIFFERENT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT INSTEAD OF
04:32:55 WEBSITE IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION OF
04:32:56 THE COUNCIL, AND WE MAY HAVE A
04:33:07 DIFFERENT PRICING AROUND THAT. SO
04:33:08 COUNCILWOMAN WOULD TAKE THAT INTO
04:33:09 CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
04:33:10 >>THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
04:33:11 JANE?
04:33:15 >>I'M SORRY, I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED. I
04:33:16 THINK THAT THIS EQUIPMENT THAT WE ARE
04:33:18 TALKING ABOUT HERE, YOU SAID IT WAS
04:33:22 GOING TO BE HARDWIRED AND PERMITTED
04:33:37 WHICH TAKES TIME VERSUS THE ONES AT
04:33:38 THE STADIUM ARE NOT HARDWIRED?
04:33:39 >>I'M SORRY IF I WAS NOT CLEAR. THE
04:33:40 ONES AT THE STADIUM ARE HARDWIRED.
04:33:41 WHEN THE CONSULTANT WAS PROPOSED IN
04:33:42 THE SCOPE THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD IS
04:33:43 NOT HARDWIRED.
04:33:44 >>THEY DON'T NEED THE EXTRA PERMITTING
04:33:45 THEN.
04:33:46 >>RIGHT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE
04:33:47 ABILITY TO CONNECT
04:33:49 >>BROADCAST.
04:33:55 >>IF WE WANTED THE BROADCASTING, IT
04:33:56 WOULD HAVE TO BE HARDWIRED. IS THAT
04:33:57 WHAT I AM HEARING?
04:34:05 >>YES.
04:34:06 >>OKAY, NOW I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU.
04:34:07 >>OKAY. VICE MAYOR TALL?
04:34:08 >>THANK YOU, MAYOR.IF I RECALL,
04:34:12 SOMETIME BACK WE MOVED ONE OF THE
04:34:13 MONITORSTO ANOTHER DIFFERENT LOCATION.
04:34:21 SO IS THAT STILL PHYSICAL, LET'S SAY
04:34:22 WE FACE A PROBLEM OVER HERE AND CAN WE
04:34:26 MOVE THAT EQUIPMENT TO THE SIDE WE
04:34:38 THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. IF THAT IS
04:34:39 FEASIBLE, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE ON
04:34:40 THAT? HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE? AND WHAT
04:34:41 WOULD BE EXPENSE FOR THAT? MAYBE
04:34:42 THAT'S A SOLUTIONFOR (INAUDIBLE).
04:34:44 THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE WHO CAN ANSWER
04:34:45 THIS QUESTION.
04:34:49 >>CAN ANYONE ANSWER THIS QUESTION?
04:34:53 >>SO I GUESS I CAN START. WE CERTAINLY
04:34:54 COULD EXPLORE MOVING. THERE ARE
04:35:05 LOGISTICS AS ANDREW JUSTIN MANWELL
04:35:06 JUST CLARIFIED. I DO WANT TO GO BACK
04:35:07 AND SEE WHO, WHICH AGENCY PAID,
04:35:08 WHETHER WAS A STADIUM AUTHORITY OR THE
04:35:09 CITY. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME
04:35:14 EXPENDITURES IN HER STADIUM AUTHORITY
04:35:15 FOR NOISE MONITORING AND I BELIEVE
04:35:16 THEY MAY BE RELATED TO THIS EQUIPMENT.
04:35:17 IF THAT'S THE CASE,THERE IS IN HER
04:35:22 AGENCY ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY
04:35:23 CAREFUL ABOUT.
04:35:24 >>THE STADIUMARE PAID FORFROM THE
04:35:31 (INAUDIBLE).
04:35:32 >>OKAY. THAT'S A BARRIER FOR US.
04:35:33 >>BUT WHAT IS THE COST SAVINGS TO US?
04:35:40 (INAUDIBLE) IF YOU MOVE A MONITOR, IF
04:35:41 THAT IS DOABLE? IF THAT IS MORE
04:35:51 FEASIBLE, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING,
04:35:52 SOMETIME MORE FEASIBLE AND GIVE US
04:35:53 ACCESS TO ALL NINE RESIDENTS, IS THAT
04:35:54 GOOD? THAT'S MY POINT.
04:35:58 >>I THINK IT IS DOABLE, IT'S LOGISTICS
04:35:59 THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THAT WE ARE
04:36:08 NOT PREPARED TO SPEAK TO TONIGHT.
04:36:09 >>OKAY. WE CAN GET BACK TO THAT.
04:36:10 >>I WOULD LIKE US TO TAKE ACTION ON
04:36:11 THIS ITEM HERE. COULD THE COUNCIL
04:36:14 PLEASE MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT YOU
04:36:15 WANT TO DO WITH THIS ITEM? WE HAVE A
04:36:16 MOTION AND A SECOND?I VAGUELY REMEMBER
04:36:26 SOMETHING. COUNCILMEMBER JANE, DID YOU
04:36:27 MAKE A MOTION?
04:36:28 >>I DID MAKE A MOTION. BUT I WOULD
04:36:29 LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION AND ASK FOR
04:36:30 A CONTINUANCE.
04:36:31 >>TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN?
04:36:32 CAN WE JUST DISPERSE WITH THIS?
04:36:34 >>I DON'T SPEND THE MONEY.
04:36:36 >>OKAY.BUT IT WAS YOU WHO ASKED FOR
04:36:41 THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
04:36:42 >>YES. WE WASTED A LOT OF TIME.
04:36:43 >>THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS, I DON'T
04:36:48 WANT TO WASTE A $6000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY
04:36:50 . YOUR MOTION IS TO CONTINUE THIS
04:37:00 ITEM, JUST CONTINUE IT.
04:37:01 >>TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
04:37:02 BROADCASTING COSTS, MOVING, THE
04:37:03 TIMELINE.
04:37:04 >>YOU WANT TO SPEND MORE MONEY
04:37:05 RESEARCHING THIS THAN JUST PUTTING IT
04:37:10 ON HOLD.
04:37:11 >>MAYOR GILLMOR?
04:37:12 >>YES?
04:37:20 >>I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE ACTUAL
04:37:21 SCOPE OF WORK ON TIMING JUST FOR MORE
04:37:22 CLARITY ON THAT. THE SCOPE OF WORK
04:37:23 ACTUALLY DOES DESCRIBE THAT THE
04:37:24 INSTALLATION WOULD REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT
04:37:26 COORDINATION. THE MONITORS ARE BULKY
04:37:41 AND REQUIRED AIRLIFT TO INSTALL AN
04:37:42 INSTALLATION TAKES 2 TO 3 WEEKS AFTER
04:37:43 THE REQUEST IS RECEIVED IN THE RENTAL
04:37:44 LIFT AVAILABILITY. SO I JUST WANT TO
04:37:45 ADD A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT AS TO WHY I
04:37:46 SAID TWO MONTHS, SO I COULD GO THROUGH
04:38:09 THE WHOLE PROCESS OF PERMITTING, PLUS
04:38:10 THEIR OWN DESCRIPTION OF THE TIMING
04:38:11 PLUS THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO BE
04:38:12 PENDING EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND I CAN
04:38:13 TELL YOU FROM MY OWN BENEFIT THAT
04:38:14 SOMETIMES THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT
04:38:15 AVAILABLE WHEN YOU WANT IT, SO THAT'S
04:38:16 KIND OF WHERE THOSE TIME FRAMES
04:38:17 HAPPEN. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND
04:38:18 WHATEVER POLICY DIRECTION THE COUNCIL
04:38:19 WANTS TO TAKE. MY PERSPECTIVE IS WANT
04:38:20 TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE DO GET A
04:38:21 COMPLAINT IF IT DOES TAKE A MONTH AND
04:38:22 1/2 OR TWO MONTHS, THAT'S NOT A
04:38:38 SURPRISE TO ANYONE AT THAT TIME. I
04:38:39 JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SPECIFICS
04:38:40 SCOPE OF WORK I THINK THIS CONSULTANT
04:38:41 WAS VERY CLEAR IT'S NOT THE COMPLAINT
04:38:42 WE CAN GET A MODULE UP THE NEXT DAY,
04:38:43 WILL TAKE A NUMBER WEEKS FROM THAT
04:38:44 POINT WHERE WE SAY GO TO ACTUALLY
04:38:45 GETTING THE EQUIPMENT OUT. I JUST
04:38:46 WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT
04:38:47 STRAIGHT FROM THE SCOPE ALREADY
04:38:48 AVAILABLE IF ELSE THE DISCUSSION
04:38:49 TONIGHT.
04:38:50 >>WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS EITHER
04:38:51 THE COUNCIL MOVES ON WITH THIS ACTION
04:38:58 FIRES THIS GROUP EXPANDS THE SCOPE IF
04:38:59 THEY WANTED ALL ONLINE, OR PUTS THE
04:39:00 MONEY ASIDE AND WAIT STILL THERE SOME
04:39:01 COMPLAINTS. THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO
04:39:02 GET TO. BUT I HATE TO HAVE OUR STAFF
04:39:03 GO AND DO ALL THIS EXTRA WORK WHEN
04:39:04 THIS ALL STARTED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO
04:39:05 COMPLAINTS. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TO
04:39:06 THAT. SO
04:39:07 >>IT DIDN'T START WHEN THERE WERE NO
04:39:08 COMPLAINT. IT STARTED WHEN THERE WERE
04:39:09 COMPLAINT FOR
04:39:10 >>
04:39:12 >>I'M SORRY.
04:39:13 >>IT'S GETTING LATE AND I AM HEARING
04:39:14 SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.I THOUGHT I
04:39:17 HEARD FROM YOU YOU WANT TO PUT ON HOLD
04:39:18 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS.
04:39:23 NOW IT'S DIFFERENT. GO AHEAD,
04:39:24 COUNCILMEMBER JANE, MAKE A MOTION. GO
04:39:25 AHEAD.
04:39:33 >>YES, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS
04:39:34 ITEM.
04:39:35 >>OKAY JUST TO CONTINUE IT.
04:39:36 >>I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE IT TO
04:39:37 GET MORE INFORMATION.
04:39:38 >>OKAY.
04:39:40 >>TO JANUARY.
04:39:53 >>I WILL SECOND THAT WITH THE REQUEST
04:39:54 THAT INFORMATION ABOUT IF WE HAVE TO
04:39:55 MOVE FROM NORTHSIDE WHERE DID THE
04:39:56 LOGISTICS GO?
04:39:57 >>ARE YOU ASKING THAT WE TAKE OUT A
04:39:58 NOISE MONITOR AROUND THE STADIUM?
04:40:00 >>WE DID TAKE OUT IN THE PAST.
04:40:01 >>WE HAVE IT IN A WAREHOUSE SOMEWHERE?
04:40:04 OR MAKE NO. WE PUT IT AT A DIFFERENT
04:40:05 LOCATION.
04:40:09 >>YOU WANT TO TAKE A NOISE MONITOR
04:40:10 FROM THAT LOCATION AND PUT IT HERE.
04:40:11 >>PUT IT HERE TEMPORARILY. IF THAT CAN
04:40:14 SOLVE THE PROBLEM, LET'S SAY, THEN
04:40:22 WHENEVER WE HAVE AN ISSUE.
04:40:23 >>HAVE WE DETERMINED WE DON'T NEED AND
04:40:24 ON THE NORTH SIDE? WE MADE THAT
04:40:25 DETERMINATION?
04:40:26 >>WHEN WE MOVED EARLIER WE DID MAKE
04:40:27 THAT DETERMINATION.I DON'T KNOW THE
04:40:32 LOCATION WAS THAT BUT THEY MENTIONED
04:40:33 THAT LOCATION CAN SPARE A MONITOR.
04:40:39 >>I'M GOING WITH THOSE FINDINGS.
04:40:40 >>COUNCILMEMBER BECKER?
04:40:47 >>I HEREBY SMEAR CHAHAL'S CONCERNS
04:40:48 ABOUT THAT AND MOVING IT, BUT I DON'T
04:40:49 REALLY KINDA FEEL COMFORTABLE AFTER
04:41:03 GOING AND DOING A CURFEW I REALLY
04:41:04 DON'T FIND IT FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING
04:41:05 ANYTHING FROM THERE. SO IF WE'RE
04:41:06 TRYING MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO
04:41:07 THAT?
04:41:08 >>I'M JUST ASKING FOR THE INFORMATION.
04:41:09 WHAT LOGISTICS WOULD BE? LET'S SAY A
04:41:10 TIME WHERE WE DON'T NEED IT AND WE NEED
04:41:17 (INAUDIBLE). IF THAT IS A TIME PERIOD
04:41:18 OF ONLY 10 DAYS, AT THAT TIME. IT'S
04:41:19 ONLY 10 DAYS AND WE CAN TEMPORARILY
04:41:20 MOVE IT OVERHEAD.I AM TRYING TO FIND
04:41:24 OUT SOME FINDINGS, WHETHER WE CAN DO
04:41:25 THAT AND WHETHER THAT CAN BE A
04:41:26 SOLUTION OR NOT.
04:41:27 >>NO ACTION.
04:41:38 >>NO, NO ACTION. I'M JUST TRYING TO
04:41:39 FIND OUT THE LOGISTICS AND DEPENDING
04:41:40 UPON THE ANSWERS WE CAN MAKE A
04:41:41 DECISION AT THAT TIME.
04:41:42 >>SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE AN OFF-SEASON
04:41:43 OR SOMETHING WHERE NOTHING IS GOING ON
04:41:44 THAT STADIUM.
04:41:45 >>THAT'S CORRECT.
04:41:47 >>OKAY, ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER
04:41:48 BECKER, ANYTHING ELSE?COUNCILMEMBER
04:41:50 WATANABE?
04:41:56 >>I KNOW OF NO TIME THAT ANY OF THE
04:41:57 NOISE MONITORS WERE MOVEDFROM THE
04:42:00 STADIUM AREA NORTH SIDE. THERE IS
04:42:06 ANOTHER MONITOR, I BELIEVE IT'S OVER
04:42:16 NEAR MCGREGOR IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY,
04:42:17 IT WAS INSTALLED TO CAPTURE AGAIN
04:42:18 AIRPLANE NOISE. BUT NO MONITORS WERE
04:42:19 EVER MOVED.BUT DIRECTOR CRABTREE, LET
04:42:28 ME ASK, THESE MONITORS ARE ALREADY IN
04:42:29 PLACE, CORRECTLY THAT WE ARE TALKING
04:42:30 ABOUT?
04:42:36 >>SORRY, FIRST, LET ME CLARIFY
04:42:37 SOMETHING I SAID TOO. THE ONES THAT WE
04:42:45 ARE PROPOSING IN THE NEW SCOPE ARE
04:42:46 HARDWIRED, THE ONES, THEY REALLY ARE A
04:42:47 DIFFERENT TYPE OF MONITORS THAT WE'VE
04:42:48 USEDBUT THE ONES THAT WE ARE TALKING
04:42:58 ABOUT OR PROPOSING UNDER THE CURRENT
04:42:59 CONTRACT WOULD BE HARDWIRED AS WELL AS
04:43:00 THE ONES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AROUND
04:43:01 THE STADIUM. WE HAVE FOUR AROUND THE
04:43:02 STADIUM, THEY HAVE BEEN THEREFOR A FEW
04:43:03 YEARS NOW. THEY HAVE NOT MOVED. WE
04:43:12 ADDED THROUGH A SEPARATE CONTRACT
04:43:13 UNRELATED TO THAT ANOTHER STADIUM BY
04:43:14 THE AIRPORT, ANOTHER MONITOR BY THE
04:43:15 AIRPORT FOR THE TIME BEING WE WERE
04:43:21 MONITORING THE AIRPORT ACTIVITIES
04:43:22 RELATED TO THE EXPANSION PROJECT THAT
04:43:23 WAS GOING ON THERE AND WE SUBMITTED
04:43:24 COMMENTS BASED ON OUR OWN DATA IN THE
04:43:28 REVIEW THAT WAS GOING ON FOR THAT
04:43:29 PROJECT. WE HAVE THAT AS WELL. WE DID
04:43:36 USE SOME OTHER MONITORS SHORT-TERM
04:43:37 LAST SUMMER AS WELL, BUT WE HAVE NOT
04:43:38 HAD A MONITOR COME IN AND BE MOVED. WE
04:43:42 EITHER PUT THEM IN AND OUT. ONCE
04:43:43 AROUND THE STADIUM, THEY ARE LEASTBY
04:43:47 THE OUR CONSULTANT AND THAT COULD TAKE
04:43:48 SOME TIME AS WELL FOR THEM TO GO AND
04:43:51 PROCURE THOSE IF THEY NEED TO.
04:44:00 >>OKAY. BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE
04:44:01 MONITORS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
04:44:02 RIGHT NOW THAT WERE INSTALLED TO
04:44:03 MONITORBY VANTAGE IN OWENS CORNING,
04:44:09 THERE ARE MONITORS ALREADY IN PLACE
04:44:10 THERE, CORRECTLY
04:44:11 >>NO.
04:44:12 >>OKAY.
04:44:13 >>WE DO NOT HAVE ANY AT THE MOMENT. WE
04:44:19 HAD SOME TEMPORARILY LAST SUMMER, WE
04:44:20 HAD SOME FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. WHEN THE
04:44:21 COMPLAINTS HAD COME IN. BUT THE REPORT
04:44:24 THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE COUNCILWAS
04:44:30 BASED ON THAT TEMPORARY MONITOR.
04:44:31 >>OKAY.
04:44:33 >>OKAY. THANK YOU. ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
04:44:37 , DO YOU HAVE THE MOTION?
04:44:48 >>THANK YOU FOR ASKING, MADAM MAYOR, I
04:44:49 WAS GOING TO CLARIFY THE MAKER OF THE
04:44:50 MOTION. WHAT I HEARD ORIGINALLY WAS TO
04:44:57 CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO JANUARY AND GET
04:44:58 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
04:44:59 BROADCASTING OF THE MOVING OF
04:45:00 EQUIPMENT AND THE TIMELINE. IS THAT
04:45:01 CORRECT?
04:45:02 >>CORRECT.
04:45:03 >>OKAY.SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND THE
04:45:04 SECOND ON THAT.ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, A
04:45:07 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE?
04:45:12 >>
04:45:13 [CALLING ROLL]
04:45:42 >>THAT PASSES 5-0 PAGE 5-2. LET'S KEEP
04:45:43 GOING. NEXT WE HAVEACTION ON THE
04:45:55 WARBURTON AVE., CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
04:45:56 AREA PARKING ANALYSIS.
04:46:00 >>MCNAMARA? I WILL HAVE TO RECUSE, MY
04:46:03 PROPERTY IS CLOSE TO THAT.SO I WILL
04:46:07 RECUSE AND SOMEBODY TEXT ME I WILL
04:46:13 COME BACK.
04:46:14 >>OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT DISCLOSURE.
04:46:15 NOTING THAT FOR THE RECORD.CITY MANAGER
04:46:20 OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, I
04:46:21 DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THIS.
04:46:47 >>CRAIG MO BACK.
04:46:48 >>THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MO BACK. THANK
04:46:49 YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CRAIG MOBECK,
04:46:50 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. WE PREPARED
04:46:51 A PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT'S ITEM IN
04:46:52 THIS WAS BASED ON COUNCIL DIRECTION AT
04:46:53 A PREVIOUS MEETING DURING THE
04:46:54 DEVELOPMENT, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE
04:46:55 MICHAEL LEWIS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF
04:46:56 PUBLIC WORKS, LEAD US THROUGH THE
04:46:57 PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.
04:46:58 >>THANK YOU, CRAIG. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR
04:46:59 ME?
04:47:00 >>YES, WE CAN. WELCOME.
04:47:01 >>GREAT. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, IF
04:47:02 WE CAN PULL UP THAT PRESENTATION WE
04:47:03 WOULD APPRECIATE IT.OKAY. THANK YOU,
04:47:12 HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ASSISTANT
04:47:20 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I WILL BE
04:47:21 PRESENTING ON THE WARBURTON PARKING
04:47:22 ANALYSIS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
04:47:26 JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE, WHEN
04:47:27 COUNCIL APPROVED THE 12 UNIT TOWNHOME
04:47:46 PROJECT ON WARBURTON AVENUE, THE
04:47:47 RESIDENTS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
04:47:48 LACK OF AVAILABLE STREET PARKING IN
04:47:49 THE IMMEDIATE AREA. FOLLOWING THAT THE
04:47:50 COUNCIL DID APPROVE A BUDGET DESIGN
04:47:51 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO
04:47:52 COMPLETE A PARKING STUDY FOR THE AREA
04:47:53 AND TO LOOK AT OPTIONS IF NEEDED. THE
04:47:54 PARKING STUDY THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH
04:47:55 WAS LOOKING AT PUBLIC STREET AS WELL
04:47:56 AS PRIVATE PARKING LOTS AS WELL. NEXT
04:47:57 SLIDE?
04:48:08 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. THERE WERE THREE
04:48:09 COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN MAY AND DECEMBER
04:48:10 2019 AND ONE RECENTLY IN SEPTEMBER OF
04:48:11 THIS YEAR. THESE MEETINGS WE HAD
04:48:12 SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTEND AND
04:48:28 THEY PROVIDED THE FEEDBACK WHICH IS
04:48:29 SUMMARIZED ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF
04:48:30 YOU. I WILL GO OVER THESE QUICKLY. SO
04:48:31 RESIDENTS EXPRESSED CONCERN WITH
04:48:32 LIMITED STREET PARKING IN THE AREA,
04:48:33 THEY DID HOWEVER MENTION THAT LINCOLN
04:48:34 STREET IS UNDERUTILIZED FOR PARKING
04:48:35 AFTER 6 PM MEANING THERE IS AVAILABLE
04:48:36 PARKING, COMMENTS ABOUT LARGETRUCKS,
04:48:37 THERE ARE RESIDENTSTHAT INCLUDE
04:48:40 PARKING RESIDENTS RESIDENTIAL AREAS
04:48:41 SUCH AS THE UNITED CHURCH AS WELL AS
04:48:42 THE TRADE MUSEUM. THE RESIDENTS ASKED
04:48:50 THAT WE CONTINUE CONSIDER CIVIC CENTER
04:48:51 AND THEY ALSO VOICED CONCERN ABOUT
04:48:52 ALSO NARROWING THE TO FIT IN DIAGONAL
04:48:54 PARKING. THEN FINALLY ONE OF THE
04:48:55 COMMENTSIS THAT SHOULD PROVIDE MORE
04:49:05 ON-SITE PARKING. THIS WAS DISCUSSED ON
04:49:06 THE DEVELOPMENT THAT I HAD MENTIONED
04:49:07 ON TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
04:49:08 THE NEXT TWO SLIDESIS INFORMATION
04:49:10 ABOUT PARKING OCCUPANCY, IF WE COULD
04:49:11 MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.THE FINDINGS.
04:49:23 SO JUST BEFORE I GET INTO THIS, I
04:49:24 WANTED TO INFORM THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE
04:49:25 PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH TO CONDUCT THE
04:49:26 STUDY WE FIRST CALCULATED THE
04:49:27 INVENTORY OF PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE
04:49:28 IN THE AREA. WE COLLECTED PARKING DATA
04:49:33 AND LOOKED AT AND EVALUATED THAT DATA.
04:49:34 ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU WE
04:49:35 SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE A MASS,
04:49:43 BASICALLY AN EXHIBIT, A MAP OF THE
04:49:44 AREA IN WHICH WE CONDUCTED OUR STUDY.
04:49:45 WARBIRDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAP,
04:49:55 READING LEFT TO RIGHT, (INAUDIBLE) ON
04:49:56 THE LEFT TOP TO BOTTOM, CIVIC CENTER
04:49:57 THE STREET ACTUALLY CONNECTING, I KNOW
04:49:58 WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT BUT IT'S
04:49:59 CONNECTING WARBURTON TO LINCOLN, THE
04:50:00 LINCOLN KIND OF ON THE RIGHT SIDE,
04:50:07 GOING TOP TO LEFT, AND THAT IS
04:50:08 ADJACENT TO CITY HALL WHICH IS REALLY
04:50:09 THE ORANGE BUILDING.
04:50:16 SO IN SUMMARY, WE DID STUDY THE CIVIC
04:50:17 CENTER AND ALSO DON AVENUE (INAUDIBLE)
04:50:18 WHICH IS A STREET THAT CONNECTS
04:50:19 WARBURTON AS WELL. THE PARKING DATA
04:50:20 WAS CONDUCTED, COLLECTED TWICE DURING
04:50:34 A GIVEN DAY, WE DID THAT FOR THREE
04:50:35 DAYS DURING THE WEEK ON WEDNESDAY,
04:50:36 THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY. REALLY DID TRY
04:50:37 TO GET INTO THIS GRAPHIC, AND HAS
04:50:38 BESIDES BEING A MAP IT DOES SHOW
04:50:39 COLORS. THE COLORS SHOWN ON THE LEDGE
04:50:40 ON THE RIGHT INDICATE AVAILABILITYAS
04:50:43 CONCLUDED BY THE STUDY. THE GREEN
04:50:50 COLOR REPRESENTS WHERE YOU HAVE A
04:50:51 GREATER THAN 50% PARKING AVAILABILITY
04:50:52 OF THE LOS 30 TO UP TO 50%, ORANGES 15
04:51:02 TO 30 IN THE RED IS LESS THAN 15%. SO
04:51:03 AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP WE DO HAVE
04:51:04 COLORS TO THE STREET AND COLORS FOR
04:51:05 THE RESIDENTIAL AREASAND ALSO COLORS
04:51:06 FOR THE REQUESTED NONRESIDENTIAL AREAS
04:51:19 THAT THE RESIDENTS HAD ASKED. WHAT
04:51:20 THIS GRAPHIC IS SHOWING ONCE AGAIN,
04:51:21 THIS IS THE MIDDAY., 11:01 PM. PRETTY
04:51:22 MUCH ALL LOCATIONS DURING THIS TIME
04:51:23 PERIOD HAS SOME PRETTY GOOD PARKING
04:51:24 AVAILABILITY.
04:51:25 SO WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.SO THIS IS
04:51:40 THE SAME MATT BUT DIFFERENT COLORS.
04:51:41 WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS THE LATE-NIGHT
04:51:42 PERIOD, THE 1 AM TO 3 AM, AND THIS IS
04:51:43 WHEN PEOPLE ARE PARKED FOR THE NIGHT
04:51:44 AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S MORE
04:51:45 RED, THE RED IS ACTUALLY ON CIVIC
04:51:46 CENTER AND DON AVENUE, WARBURTON
04:51:50 AVENUE THAT'S BASICALLY THE AREA
04:51:51 THAT'S LESS THAN 15%, CONSISTENT WITH
04:51:55 WHAT WE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE
04:51:56 RESIDENTS, IT IS NOTABLE THATLINCOLN
04:52:06 STREET IS MORE THAN 50% AND WE HAVE
04:52:07 SOME AREAS ON (INAUDIBLE) AS WELL ON
04:52:08 THE TRITON LOT IS GREEN AND THEN SOME
04:52:09 OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE IN ORANGE
04:52:15 WHICH IS BASICALLY 30%. OVERALL THE
04:52:16 FINDINGS DID INDICATE THAT PARKING
04:52:17 PUBLIC STREET PARKING ON CIVIC CENTER
04:52:19 AND WARBURTON WAS NOT AS READILY
04:52:20 AVAILABLE AS WE WOULD ALL LIKE.IF I
04:52:24 CAN GO TO THE NEXT LIKELY
04:52:30 OPTIONS TO CONSIDER. I'M LOOKING AT
04:52:31 THE SITUATION, WE ROLLED UP HER
04:52:40 SLEEVES, TO LET THE COMMUNITY
04:52:41 FEEDBACK, WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU FIVE
04:52:42 OPTIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT. WE LOOK AT
04:52:43 ADDITIONAL PARKING ENFORCEMENT,
04:52:48 EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE THAT CAN
04:52:49 HELP WITH YOU CAN BASICALLY PARK THERE
04:52:50 LONGER THAN 72 HOURS, LARGER VEHICLES,
04:52:54 CARS THAT ARE PARKED ILLEGALLY,
04:52:55 DIAGONAL PARKING IS ONE OPTION THAT
04:52:56 WAS PRESENTED, WE TOOK A SERIOUS LOOK
04:53:01 AT THAT, DIAGONAL PARKING LOT, LEAVES
04:53:02 A FAIRLY WIDE STREETAND THAT'S BEEN
04:53:07 PART OF SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS.
04:53:08 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING WHICH IS
04:53:09 BASICALLYEACH UNIT WOULD GET A CERTAIN
04:53:10 AMOUNT, YOU WOULD GET A PARKING PASS
04:53:17 FOR THAT UNIT, THAT TYPE OF THING, AND
04:53:18 THEN TIME-LIMITED PARKING WHICH IS
04:53:19 BASICALLY TO OUR PARKING, ENCOURAGES
04:53:21 HIGHER TURNOVER. ULTIMATELY WE DID, WE
04:53:23 ARE RECOMMENDINGDIAGONAL PARKING BE
04:53:28 CONSIDERED FOR CIVIC CENTER DR.
04:53:31 DIAGONAL PARKING BE CONSIDERED FOR
04:53:32 CIVIC CENTER DR. IF WE WERE TO SEE THE
04:53:33 PREVIOUS, THAT AREA IS RIGHT IN THE
04:53:34 MIDDLEOF THE AREA THAT SHOWING RED AND
04:53:40 ON TOP OF THAT DIAGONAL PARKING ON
04:53:41 LINCOLN, I THINK THE CONCERN WOULD
04:53:43 HAVE THIS PEOPLE ARE PARKING THERE
04:53:45 TODAY AND IS NOT LIKELY THAT THEY
04:53:58 WOULD WANT IT OR WANT TO USE THAT AS
04:53:59 WELL. SO JUST REAL QUICK, KIND OF WANT
04:54:00 TO GO OVER THE RECOMMENDATIONS
04:54:01 HIGHLIGHTED IN THE REDBOX AND OF
04:54:02 COURSE THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT, WHICH
04:54:15 DOES SHOW CIVIC CENTER DR. CIVIC
04:54:16 CENTER IS BASICALLY ON THE BOTTOM AS
04:54:17 WELL AS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
04:54:18 PICTURE, AND THEN ON THE TOP, THE
04:54:19 STREET THAT HAS A CURVE IN IT, THAT'S
04:54:20 LINCOLN STREET AT CITY HALL TO THE
04:54:21 NORTH THERE OR ON THE TOP.OF THE
04:54:28 DRAWING. SO REALLY LOOKING AT DIAGONAL
04:54:29 PARKING, CIVIC CENTER DR., THIS WOULD
04:54:30 ADD APPROXIMATELY 25 SPACES, WHICH IS
04:54:31 ABOUT 27% INCREASE IN THE INVENTORY
04:54:37 FOR CIVIC CENTER SPECIFICALLY.
04:54:38 CURRENTLY WE ARE ESTIMATING ABOUT A
04:54:39 $300,000 TOLORI THE STREET WHICH IS
04:54:46 BASICALLY APPLYING A NICE FIELD COAT
04:54:47 AND THEN INSTALLING ROADWAY PARKING
04:54:48 STRIPING SIGNAGE.
04:54:49 WITH THAT, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT
04:54:53 LIKELYI WILL CONCLUDE WITH STAFF
04:55:16 RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPROVE THE
04:55:17 WARBURTON CIVIC CENTER PARKING OFFICE
04:55:18 AND TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO
04:55:19 INCLUDE A BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL
04:55:20 CONSIDERATION TO FUND A NEW PROJECT
04:55:21 FOR INSTALLING DIAGONAL PARKING
04:55:22 BETWEEN LINCOLN WARBURTON AS PART OF
04:55:23 THE BIENNIAL 2022-'23 AND '23 24BUDGET
04:55:30 PROCESS. THIS CONCLUDES MY
04:55:31 PRESENTATION AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR
04:55:32 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
04:55:33 >>THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK
04:55:34 YOU FOR THE VISUALS ON THAT AS WELL.
04:55:35 IT REALLY IS HELPFUL TO SEE THE AREAS
04:55:36 THAT WE ARE HAVING THE ISSUES WITH.
04:55:37 COUNCILMEMBER JANE?
04:55:42 >>YES. MICHAEL.WHAT I SEE HERE TRYING
04:55:47 TO UNDERSTAND IF I UNDERSTANDTHE WHITE
04:55:52 BOXES ON SLIDE THREE, YOU HAVE THE
04:55:56 PARKING AVAILABILITY AT NIGHTTIME.
04:56:01 DOES THIS SHOW THAT THE UNITED
04:56:02 METHODIST CHURCH HAS 90% OF AVAILABLE
04:56:04 PARKING AT NIGHT?
04:56:09 >>LET'S GO WITH THE QUESTION.MICHAEL,
04:56:15 IF YOU COULD WAIT, WE'RE GOING TO GET
04:56:16 ALL THE QUESTIONS AT ONCE. GO AHEAD,
04:56:21 SIDES, WITH YOUR QUESTION.
04:56:22 >>MY SECOND QUESTION IS AS THE CITY,
04:56:27 THIS IS $300,000, SO IT'S $10,000 A
04:56:28 SPOT PARKING.HAS THE CITYTRIED TO
04:56:35 NEGOTIATE WITH ANY OF THE OWNERS, THE
04:56:37 COMPLEX IS ONLY15, IF I AM
04:56:41 UNDERSTANDING IT, 56%VACANT IN THE
04:56:47 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. DENNY'S IS 76%
04:56:48 MAKE, BANK OF THE WEST IS 95% VACANT.
04:56:54 SO IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT
04:57:00 PARKING FOR RESIDENTS AT NIGHT AND
04:57:01 THEN THE BUSINESSES DURING THE DAY?
04:57:04 >>COUNCILMEMBER HARDY?
04:57:11 >>I HAVE A SIMILAR THOUGHT WHEN I
04:57:12 LOOKED AT THIS, AND RECOGNIZING THAT
04:57:13 IT WAS MORE OF A PROXIMITY, BECAUSE
04:57:17 EVEN AT NIGHT, WHICH IS WHEN IT SHOWS
04:57:18 WE HAVE ALL THE PROBLEMS,LINCOLN IS,
04:57:24 HAS PLENTY OF PARKING AND I WAS TRYING
04:57:25 TO REMEMBER. I DON'T THINK WE LIMIT
04:57:30 THE TRITON PARKING AT NIGHT. I COULD
04:57:31 REMEMBERI MAYBE I SHOULD'VE LOOKED
04:57:44 WHEN I WAS THERE THE OTHER DAY BUT I'M
04:57:45 ASKING THE QUESTION, DO WE LIMIT OR DO
04:57:46 WE HAVE ANY SIGNS THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT
04:57:47 PARK IN THE TRADE MUSEUM AT NIGHT?
04:57:48 THANK YOU.
04:57:49 >>THANK YOU.ANY OTHER COUNCIL
04:57:51 QUESTIONS? I ALSO HAD THE COMMENT THAT
04:57:52 I THINK OUR PUBLIC PARKING LOTS ARE
04:57:53 OPEN AT NIGHTBECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'VE
04:58:03 SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE
04:58:04 NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING IN PRICE AND AT
04:58:05 NIGHT. AND SO MY QUESTION IS SOME OF
04:58:06 THE COMMENTS ARE CAN WE MAKE
04:58:07 ARRANGEMENTS WITHPRIVATE PROPERTY
04:58:11 OWNERS AS THE CITY TO HAVE PARKING
04:58:19 AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PRIVATE PROPERTY
04:58:20 OWNERS, THAT'S A QUESTION, I WOULD
04:58:21 HAVE A REAL BIG QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
04:58:22 SO ANYWAYS,OKAY, IF THERE IS NO OTHER
04:58:25 COUNCIL QUESTIONS, THEN MICHAEL, IF
04:58:29 YOU WOULD MIND ANSWERING THE COUNCIL
04:58:30 QUESTIONS.
04:58:31 >>SURE, THANK YOU. SO COUNCILMEMBER
04:58:40 JANE HAD ASKED ABOUT THE UNITED
04:58:41 METHODIST CHURCH PARKING LOT, SO THAT
04:58:42 IS AN AREA THAT WE DIDDO PARKING COUNT
04:58:43 DATA ON. THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL
04:58:46 DIRECTION WAS REALLYIN A STUDY REALLY
04:58:57 ONLY ANALYZE THE OPTIONS FOR THAT WE
04:58:58 CONCLUDED WITHIN THE CITY'S CONTROL
04:58:59 MEETING THE PUBLIC STREET PARKING,
04:59:00 TYPICALLY YOU ARE EITHERINSTALLING NEW
04:59:03 DIAGONAL PARKING, METERING IT, WE
04:59:13 DON'T REALLY DO IT IN SANTA CLARA, WE
04:59:14 CAN TIME LIMIT IT, YOU'RE DOING
04:59:15 RESIDENTIAL PARKING, SO WE DIDN'T
04:59:16 APPROACH ANY PARKING OWNER
04:59:17 SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT IN TERMS OF
04:59:23 POTENTIAL SHARING OPTION. I THINK
04:59:24 THERE WOULD BE QUESTIONS AND POLICY
04:59:25 DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE
04:59:26 RELATIVE TO THE SPENDING OF CITY
04:59:27 DOLLARS TOWARDS PROVIDING PARKINGTO
04:59:30 PRIVATE PROPERTIES ON ANOTHER PRIVATE
04:59:31 PROPERTY.I KNOW SHARING PARKING IS
04:59:48 ALWAYS AN IDEAL SITUATION. IT'S
04:59:49 BECOMING MORE COMMONPLACE IN CITIES
04:59:50 WHERE PARKING AT A PREMIUM LIKE IN SAN
04:59:51 FRANCISCO. IN THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR,
04:59:52 WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE PARKING AT THE
04:59:53 TRITON AND THERE IS NO RESTRICTION
04:59:54 THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME USAGE THERE. WE
04:59:55 DID INSTALL SIGNAGE A COUPLE OF YEARS
04:59:56 BACKTO DISCOURAGE BAD BEHAVIOR BUT
05:00:05 THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF IT. RESIDENTS
05:00:06 CAN PARK THERE AND SOME OF THEM DO. I
05:00:07 THINK IT IS A PROXIMITY ISSUE TO SOME
05:00:08 DEGREE IN TERMS OF NOT WANTING TO WALK
05:00:09 A LITTLE FURTHER IN TERMS OFLINCOLN
05:00:10 AVENUE AND OTHERS. OBVIOUSLY EVERY
05:00:11 RESIDENTHAS THEIR STORYAS TO WHY THEY
05:00:22 DON'T PARK ON THE CAN. I THINK
05:00:23 RESIDENTS ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
05:00:24 WE DID NOT TALK TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN
05:00:25 TERMS OF TRYING TO NEGOTIATE, THERE
05:00:27 ARE GOING TO BE ISSUES RELATED TO
05:00:28 LONG-TERM FUNDING, COORDINATING DAILY
05:00:29 PARKING NEEDS, HOW YOU MAKE SURE THAT
05:00:36 RESIDENTS ARE PARKING THERE, WHO IS
05:00:40 COORDINATING THAT, IS MANAGING THAT ON
05:00:41 A DAILY BASISGUYS ARE REALLY FREE AND
05:00:44 OPEN FOR EVERYBODY? ENFORCEMENT COULD
05:00:56 BE A BIG ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED IN
05:00:57 LIABILITY AS WELL. AN IMPOSSIBLY
05:00:58 POTENTIAL PLANNING PERMIT ADJUSTMENTS,
05:00:59 I WOULD IMAGINE THE METHODIST CHURCH
05:01:00 AS A PLANNING ENTITLEMENTFOR A CHURCH
05:01:04 WITH THE AMOUNT OF PARKING ADD.
05:01:05 COMMENDING THAT WOULD REQUIRE
05:01:06 EVERYBODY'S AGREEMENT ON THAT.SO AS
05:01:09 MENTIONED, THERE ARE ALWAYS
05:01:10 OPPORTUNITIES. IN THIS SITUATION WE
05:01:16 DID INITIATE THAT FURTHER, WE LOOKED
05:01:17 AT TRULY TRYING TO PRESENT A SOLUTION
05:01:21 IS COMPLETE WITHIN THE CITY'S CONTROL
05:01:22 AND ONCE AGAIN THAT WE INVEST THE
05:01:24 MONEY THAT PARKING WOULD BE THEREFOR,
05:01:31 I WOULD SAY FOREVER, BUT IT WOULD BE
05:01:32 THERE FOR ESPECIALLY LONGER THAN THE
05:01:33 FUNDING COULD LAST, WE DON'T KNOW
05:01:34 THOSE NUMBERS AT THIS TIME.I BELIEVE I
05:01:53 ANSWERED HOPEFULLY ALL THE QUESTIONS
05:01:54 THERE, I KIND OF DID A LITTLE BIT OF
05:01:55 (INAUDIBLE).
05:01:56 >>THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE THAT. I'M
05:01:57 GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC NOW. OUR
05:01:58 PUBLIC MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US
05:01:59 THIS WHOLE NIGHT, I APPRECIATE THAT,
05:02:00 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH JAMIE.
05:02:01 JAMIE? GO AHEAD. UNMUTE YOURSELF.
05:02:02 THERE YOU GO.
05:02:03 >>HI.CAN YOU HEAR ME?
05:02:04 >>YES, WE CAN, GO AHEAD.
05:02:05 >>I OPPOSE THIS PROPOSAL OF CONVERTING
05:02:06 CIVIC CENTER DR. TO DIAGONAL PARKING.
05:02:07 FIRST OF ALL, IT INCREASES THE CHANCE
05:02:08 OF HAVING A CAR BEING REAR-ENDED WITH
05:02:09 THIS ARRANGEMENT. THIS PROPOSAL IS
05:02:10 ALSO NOT GOOD FOR DELIVERY DRIVERSSUCH
05:02:16 AS FEDEX AND UPSCARDENAS NECESSITIES.
05:02:23 I SEE THE DIAGONAL PARKING DESIGN DOES
05:02:24 NOT ACCOUNT FOR DESIGNATED BUILDINGS
05:02:25 FOR SOME OF THE COMMUNITY LIKE SUCH AS
05:02:26 1700 CIVIC CENTER DR., SO DRIVERS WILL
05:02:27 EITHER HAVE TO DOUBLE PARK NEXT TO
05:02:28 DIAGONAL PARKED CARS, WHICH CAN BLOCK
05:02:30 THE TRAFFIC LANE BECAUSE THE STREET
05:02:33 HAS BECOME MORE NARROW. IF THEY DON'T
05:02:36 DOUBLE PART THEY WILL HAVE TO PARK
05:02:49 ACROSS THE STREET AND IT CAUSE THE
05:02:50 TRAFFIC TO DELIVER PACKAGES, WHICH IS
05:02:51 NOT SAFE FOR THEM. ANOTHER THING I
05:02:52 WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THE HIGH COST.
05:02:53 IT COSTS A TOTAL OF $300,000 AND ONLY
05:03:13 25 SPACES, MEANING $12,000 SPACE. I
05:03:14 DON'T THINK THIS IS GOOD WAY TO SPEND
05:03:15 OUR TAX DOLLARS. THEREFORE I STRONGLY
05:03:16 OPPOSE CONVERTING TO CIVIC CENTER DR.
05:03:17 TO A DIAGONAL PARKING ARRANGEMENT. I
05:03:18 AM DONE, THANK YOU.
05:03:19 >>THANK YOU, JAMIE.ELIZA?LIZA?
05:03:20 >>CAN YOU HEAR ME?
05:03:21 >>YES, WE CAN, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
05:03:22 >>ADEQUATE QUESTION, MICHAEL, REGARDING
05:03:32 THE PROPOSAL, YOU HAVE A NICE COLOR
05:03:36 ORANGEIN RED. YOU HAVE WHAT WHEN YOU
05:03:49 TURN RED 1 AM TO 3 AM TO ORANGE OR
05:03:50 WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU ADDED THOSE
05:03:51 25 ADDITIONAL, 27 ADDITIONAL SPOTS?
05:04:03 WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR OUR PROPOSAL?
05:04:04 WE ARE GETTING ANYTHING FROM THAT
05:04:05 POINT OF VIEW PUBLIC MEETING, I THINK
05:04:06 THE 1 AM CREATE A PROBLEM OR IS IT
05:04:07 STILL INSUFFICIENT?THAT'S REALLY ALL I
05:04:11 HAVE.
05:04:12 >>THANK YOU. IT'S A VERY GOOD
05:04:13 QUESTION. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY
05:04:14 OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLICTHAT HAS A
05:04:16 COMMENT? SUNEEL, GO AHEAD.YOU CAN
05:04:37 UNMUTE YOURSELF. GO AHEAD.
05:04:38 >>CAN YOU HEAR ME?
05:04:39 >>YES, WE CAN. GO AHEAD.
05:04:40 >>GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, THANK YOU
05:04:41 FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. FIRST THING
05:04:42 I WANT TO POINT OUT, THIS PROBLEM WAS
05:04:43 WORSE BEFORE PANDEMIC AND IS GOING TO
05:04:44 BECOME MUCH WORSE, ESPECIALLY IN THE
05:04:45 EVENING AND MORNING HOURS. MANY FORMER
05:04:48 NEW RESIDENTS ARE DONE. HOWEVER, AS
05:04:49 MANY OF US AS SAID ANY COMMENTS, I
05:04:50 OPPOSE THIS AS IT IS SIMPLY ON FACE
05:04:56 AND IT DOESN'T GIVE US MUCH PARKING
05:04:57 SPACE. BY THE WAY, THIS IS ALSO A VERY
05:04:58 GOOD EXAMPLETHAT IS HAS BEEN CAN STING
05:05:14 IT CONTINUOUSLY (INAUDIBLE) THIS ALSO
05:05:15 RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT STUDIES THAT
05:05:16 ARE SUBMITTED WITH ANY NEW PLANS,
05:05:17 STUDIES ARE LISTED AND SHOWING NO
05:05:18 IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THE
05:05:19 REALITY IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.IT IS
05:05:28 THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE THIS. I ASKED
05:05:29 THE CITY TO MAKE SURE ALL FUTURE
05:05:30 DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE PARKING FOR
05:05:31 RESIDENTS AND THEIR GAS, OFTEN GUEST
05:05:32 PARKING SPACES ARE COMPLETELY
05:05:38 OVERLOOKED AND EVEN THE BIG COMPLEXES
05:05:39 HAVE JUST 24 PARKING FOR 130 UNITS,
05:05:40 AND OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENTS EVEN HAVE
05:05:41 LESS PARKING.PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT
05:06:02 THERE IS ALREADY AN UPLAND PROPOSAL
05:06:03 FOR TALL BUILDINGS WITH 106 UNITS ON
05:06:04 15 CIVIC CENTER DR. AN EMPLOYEE ONLY
05:06:05 72 PARKING'S AND THAT IS ALREADY A
05:06:06 NIGHTMARE FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING
05:06:07 HERE AND SAYING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE
05:06:08 GETTING DETERIORATED FOR MANY YEARS.
05:06:09 ALSOTHOSE THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT
05:06:15 HOUSING SHORTAGES ARE JUST AFTER
05:06:16 MONEY. THE REAL PROBLEM WITH HOUSING
05:06:17 TODAY IS SPECULATION AND EVEN WALL
05:06:18 STREET FIRMS ARE IN IT AND AT ANY STATE
05:06:19 SOMEONE SHOULD COME UP WITH POLICIES
05:06:20 THAT REDUCE THE SPECULATION. LET THESE
05:06:25 FOLKS SPECULATE IN STOCKS AND OTHER
05:06:26 THINGS BUT NOT NECESSARY AT
05:06:27 NECESSITIES LIKE HOUSING.THANK YOU, I
05:06:33 THINK MY TIME HAS RUN OUT.
05:06:34 >>YES, I DID, RIGHT JUST THEN, RIGHT
05:06:35 WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED. THANK YOU SO
05:06:36 MUCH.HE HEINKEL GET AHEAD, PLEASE.
05:06:40 >>YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU
05:06:46 FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. AGAIN, I
05:06:47 THINK YOU ALL FOR STAYING INTO THE
05:06:49 NIGHT. IT'S REALLYVERY INSPIRING TO
05:06:53 SEE ALL OF YOU WORK SO HARD FOR US. MY
05:07:00 COMMENT IS THAT I DON'T THINK THAT
05:07:01 THIS IS A LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE
05:07:02 SOLUTION.IT ONLY GAINS 25 SPACES. TO
05:07:07 ME IT LOOKS LIKE A PATCH THAT CAN BE
05:07:08 EASILY UNDONE WHEN THE PROJECT IS
05:07:20 COMPLETED AND THERE IS ANOTHER PROJECT
05:07:21 RIGHT BEHIND OUR TRITON COURT
05:07:22 RESIDENCES, 1601 CIVIC CENTER DR.,
05:07:23 WHICH WE HAVE HAD HUGE PROBLEMS WITH
05:07:29 WITH CHARITY HOUSING, WE HAVE HAD TWO
05:07:30 MEETINGS WITH THEM, PUBLIC MEETINGS
05:07:31 WITH THEM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE
05:07:32 EXPERTS AND JUST BASICALLY EVADINGAND
05:07:37 AVOIDING ANSWERING QUESTIONS THAT TAKE
05:07:38 TWO OR THREE SECONDS TO ASK. IT WAS
05:07:39 VERY AMUSING TO WATCH THEM TALK. WE
05:07:40 HAD A ONE HALF HOUR MEETING AND THEY
05:07:41 SPENTTHEY HAD A GOOD 25 MINUTES TO
05:07:50 TALK AND THEY SAID BASICALLY VERY
05:07:51 LITTLE. VERY LITTLE OF CONSEQUENCE.
05:07:52 OUR PROPOSAL TO THEM WAS TO HAVEONE
05:07:53 PARKING SPACEHER BEDROOM. THEY HAVE
05:08:05 106 UNITS, THREE BEDROOMS, AND THERE
05:08:06 ARE PROPOSING 72 PARKING SPACES. THEY
05:08:07 BASICALLY REJECTED THAT PROPOSAL AND
05:08:12 REFUSAL TO ANSWER. WE KNOW WHAT THEY
05:08:13 ARE UP TO. MY FEAR IS THAT THIS IS
05:08:14 GOING TO BECOME BASICALLY A PATCH THAT
05:08:29 WILL START BLEEDING IN A VERY SHORT
05:08:30 TIME. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT
05:08:31 OUT TO THE COUNCIL IS RESPECTFULLY
05:08:32 THAT PROPERTY MAPS THAT ARE BEING
05:08:33 SHOWN TODAY, THERE SEEM TO BE A FLAW
05:08:34 IN THEM BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY OUR
05:08:35 GUEST PARKING SPOTS WILL BE OCCUPIED
05:08:51 AT 50% DURING THE DAY. THOSE ARE
05:08:52 FORECAST PARKING SPOTS, THEY ARE NOT
05:08:53 AVAILABLE TO THE PARK PUBLIC. NEITHER
05:08:54 IS THE UMC CHURCH. I AM NOT SURE WHILE
05:08:55 THOSE ARE ALL SHOWN AS GREEN SPACES
05:08:56 ARE 50% SPACES. I HAVE REASON TO
05:08:57 BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THESE PARKING
05:08:58 STUDIES ARE NOT ACCURATE. I WOULD LIKE
05:08:59 EVERYBODY TO CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU
05:09:00 SO MUCH.
05:09:01 >>DEPOT, GO AHEAD, DEPOT.
05:09:02 >>HI MATT, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
05:09:03 >>YES, WE CAN.
05:09:04 >>I HAVE SIMILAR COMMENTSLIKE EON. I
05:09:05 NOTICED THAT(INAUDIBLE) PERSON, HOW IS
05:09:11 IT POSSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW AND SIMILARLY
05:09:18 (INAUDIBLE) AND IT DOESN'T ALLOW ANY
05:09:19 TALKING TO THE PUBLIC. FURTHERMORE
05:09:23 (INAUDIBLE) BECAUSE IT'S NOT A
05:09:24 COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION. IT'S A SMALL
05:09:25 PATCH(INAUDIBLE) COMPLETELYCIVIC
05:09:35 CENTER DR. IF THAT PROJECT IS
05:09:36 APPROVED, IT HAS PARKING SPACE PER
05:09:38 UNIT THAT WILL ACTIVATE(INAUDIBLE). WE
05:09:45 REALLY NEED A CONFERENCE OF SOLUTION,
05:09:46 NOT A PATCH, THAT CAN BE UNDONE BY THE
05:09:47 PROJECTS(INAUDIBLE). THIS PROPOSALONLY
05:09:56 GAINED 25 PARKING SPACES AT THE
05:09:57 EXPENSE OF (INAUDIBLE) RIGHTS AT THE
05:09:59 RISK OF BEING VANDALIZED MORE EASILY.
05:10:09 (INAUDIBLE) REALLY HIDE (INAUDIBLE). I
05:10:10 BELIEVE THE COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER A
05:10:11 PROPOSAL THAT APPLIES TO NEW PROJECTS
05:10:12 AS WELLAND NOT APPLIES A BANDAGE TO
05:10:18 THE PROJECT FROM. THANK YOU.
05:10:19 >>THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBER
05:10:20 OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK?
05:10:36 CITY CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
05:10:37 >>I DO.
05:10:38 >>OKAY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ
05:10:39 THEM, PLEASE?
05:10:40 >>SURE. YOU COMMENT BY MORE TSO SHAFI,
05:10:41 IT STATES THIS PROPOSAL MAKES NO
05:10:42 MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON THE PARKING
05:10:43 PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE AT THE COST OF
05:10:47 THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS. THE
05:10:48 PARKING LOT BELONGS TO THE METHODIST
05:10:49 CHURCH WHICH IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND
05:10:50 NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. 1601
05:10:51 CIVIC CENTER DR. HAS 0.7 PARKING
05:10:52 SPACES PER UNITS, WE REQUESTED NEED TO
05:10:53 HOLD FOR PROVIDING NECESSARY AND
05:10:57 ADEQUATE PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS.FOR
05:11:02 EXAMPLE, MAKE USE OF UNDERGROUND
05:11:03 PARKING, AND OF COMMENT. NEXT COMMENT
05:11:06 IS FROM DV. STATES THE FOLLOWING. I
05:11:19 OPPOSE DIAGONAL PARKING IT'S IT WILL
05:11:20 NARROW THE STREET AND MAKE IT ALL THE
05:11:21 MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ONCOMING
05:11:22 VEHICLES COMING OUT OF THE PROPERTY.
05:11:23 THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF
05:11:24 ACCIDENTS. END OF COMMENT.
05:11:52 THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM JL.
05:11:53 >>I OPPOSE THIS PROPOSAL OF DIAGONAL
05:11:54 PARKING, FIRST OF ALL, EACH SPACE COST
05:11:55 $12,000 TO BUILD. TOO HIGH OF A CAUSE.
05:11:56 SECOND, BY BACKING OUT HIS ARISTA CARS
05:11:57 BEING REAR-ENDED. IT MAKES CIVIC
05:11:58 CENTER DR. A NARROWER STREET. I THINK
05:11:59 IT LOWERS THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ADD
05:12:00 SAFETY RICKS FOR CIVIC CENTER DR.
05:12:01 RESIDENTS. THERE IS A PLAN FOR SPACES.
05:12:02 I PROPOSE ADDING MORE ON-SITE PARKING
05:12:03 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S THE END OF
05:12:04 THE COMMENT AND THE END OF THE
05:12:05 COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
05:12:06 >>THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO
05:12:07 GET HER CITY STAFF. I WILL THINK THERE
05:12:08 WAS AT LEAST ONE QUESTION THAT I
05:12:09 PICKED UP MICHAELABOUT WHAT WOULD
05:12:12 HAPPEN IF THE CITY IMPLEMENTED THE
05:12:13 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES, HOW WOULD
05:12:14 THAT CHANGE THE COLOROF THE MAPS THAT
05:12:18 YOU SHOWED US. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
05:12:19 HAVE THAT.
05:12:26 >>WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
05:12:27 IF I CAN JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE THE
05:12:28 COMMENTS AS I GO ALONG.THERE WERE
05:12:34 COMMENTS RELATED TO LOCAL COMMENTS IS
05:12:35 THE MAYOR MENTIONED TO IMPLEMENT THE
05:12:40 25 STATE CIVIC CENTER THE COLOR OF THE
05:12:41 MAP TURNED TO, WE DO BELIEVETHAT RED
05:12:44 IS A TURNKEY YELLOW AND THAT STREET,
05:12:52 THOUGH THAT STREET WOULD BE IN THE 39
05:12:53 TO 40% RANGE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY CARS
05:12:55 , ADDITIONAL CARS CAN BE PARKED IN
05:12:56 THAT AREA. I THINK WE ARE ONE OF THE
05:12:59 OTHER COMMENTS OR CLARIFICATIONS.
05:13:08 WHICH IS NOT REALLY A PART OF THE
05:13:09 STUDY IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE. I THINK
05:13:10 THAT'S MY POLICY DISCUSSION WITH THE
05:13:11 COUNCILCAN HAVE AS PROJECTS COME IN AS
05:13:19 WELL AS OUR CBB DIRECTOR POTENTIALLY
05:13:20 ADDRESS THAT IF NEEDED. THE WERE
05:13:21 CONCERNED REGARDINGTHE SAFETY, SO
05:13:40 STAFF BY DIAGONAL PARKING IS
05:13:41 IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY, I WOULD BE
05:13:42 THE FIRST THING YOU DO IT. THIS WAS AN
05:13:43 EFFORT BY STAFF TO REALLY LOOK AT WE
05:13:44 HAVE IN FRONT OF US, WHAT AVAILABLE
05:13:45 RESOURCES WE HAVE IS BASICALLY THE
05:13:46 TRAVEL STREET.IT'S NOT THE WIDEST
05:13:47 STREET, BUT IT HAS SPACE TO ALLOW
05:13:48 DIAGONAL PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE
05:13:49 STREET. IT WILL BE ON BOTH SIDES
05:13:51 INCREASE PARKING SUPPLY. I THINK THE
05:13:55 MAPS ARE SHOWING THAT THE RED IS
05:13:56 INDICATING THE AVAILABILITY IS NOT
05:13:58 THERE IS MUCH AS WE WANTTO INCREASE
05:14:06 SUPPLIES, THIS IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE
05:14:07 DISCUSSION OF THE COUNCILWOMAN THAT
05:14:08 PROJECT WILL GO FORWARD.OF COURSE,
05:14:14 SOME RESIDENTS IN TODAY'S DISCUSSION,
05:14:24 THE FAVOR OF IT. IN TERMS OF LONG-TERM
05:14:25 SOLUTIONS IT DOES PROVIDE A LONG-TERM
05:14:26 SOLUTION BUT THIS IS NOT THE FULL
05:14:27 SOLUTION. I THINK ULTIMATELY YOU DO
05:14:28 HAVEREALLY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT
05:14:32 HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME AND
05:14:37 SUBDIVISION MY STAFF IS THAT MORE
05:14:38 PEOPLE ARE LIVINGPREVIOUSLY CLIMBED OR
05:14:44 AN ART FORAND WE ARE SEEING THAT IN
05:14:49 THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE PUBLIC CITY
05:15:11 . ONE LAST NOTE, IN LOOKING AT UNITED
05:15:12 METHODIST CHURCH AS WELL AS THE
05:15:13 DENNY'S PARKING LOT AS A MENTION THE
05:15:14 NONRESIDENTIAL LOTS, INITIALLY WE
05:15:15 WEREN'T LOOKING AT THOSE BECAUSE THOSE
05:15:16 ARE REALLY PRIVATE PROPERTY, WE HAVE
05:15:17 NO CONTROL OVER THEY USE. CAN WE ARE
05:15:18 ONLY HANDLING IT'S IN THE RESIDENT
05:15:19 PROPERTYTAKE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF
05:15:20 WHAT IS THE PARKING LOT. IS THE
05:15:21 PARKING ON-SITE,OR VERY POOR? THEN IT
05:15:25 WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT PEOPLE ARE
05:15:26 PARKED ON THE STREET. SO THROUGH THE
05:15:36 DISCUSSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS,
05:15:37 RESIDENTS WERE SAYING WE SHOULD BE
05:15:38 LOOKING AT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH,
05:15:39 NOT NECESSARILY AS THE SOLUTION BUT
05:15:40 THEY BELIEVE THAT SOME RESIDENTS
05:15:44 (INAUDIBLE)TRITON IS A LOT AND AS I
05:15:49 MENTIONED EARLIER IS AVAILABLE FOR A
05:15:50 ROUGHFOR PUBLIC PARKING WHEN THEY MEET
05:15:54 TOO.
05:15:55 >>OKAY.ANSWERING ALL HIS QUESTIONS.I
05:16:14 THINK $300 FOR 25 SPACES A LOT OF
05:16:15 MONEY. I KNOW THAT INCLUDES CEILING AS
05:16:16 WELL AND I KNOW THAT WE ALREADY
05:16:17 PROVIDE THE CITY ALREADY PROVIDES
05:16:18 PARKING, FREE PARKING IN TRITON
05:16:19 PARKING LOT WHICH IS REALLY BIG
05:16:20 PARKING LOT FOR THE AREA. CAN I THINK
05:16:21 YOU ARE RIGHT IN TERMS OFTHERE'S A LOT
05:16:26 OF OLDER UNITS IN THE AREA AND THERE'S
05:16:27 A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITS,
05:16:31 THEREFORE THERE UNDER PART. ALL OF THE
05:16:32 OLD UNITS, BECAUSE THE COSTSWE HAVE IT
05:16:47 IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN, IT'S NOT
05:16:48 JUST THIS AREA OF TOWN. SO I AM
05:16:49 LOOKING AT WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
05:16:50 IN TERMS OF THE CITYBESIDES PROVIDING
05:16:55 WHAT WE HAVE LIKE THE TRITON PARKING
05:16:56 LOT AND OTHER PARKING LOTS, PUBLIC
05:17:00 PARKING LOTS AND STREET PARKING, BUT
05:17:01 I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIAGONAL
05:17:02 PARKINGIN THOSE DELIVERIES AND THOSE
05:17:15 TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL. I THINK
05:17:16 $300,000 FOR 25 SPACES, AND WE KNOW WE
05:17:17 ARE NOT GOING TO SOLVE PROBABLY
05:17:18 ANYWHERE NEAR SOLVING THE PROBLEM. I
05:17:19 DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT
05:17:20 APPROACH THAT WE CAN TAKE. THOSE ARE
05:17:24 MY CONCERNS, THOSE ARE JUST MY
05:17:25 THOUGHTS. COUNCILMEMBER PART.
05:17:27 >>YES, THANK YOU TO STAFF FORTHE THING
05:17:30 THE BRINGING THIS. I HAVE THIS IDEA
05:17:42 THAT IF IT'S 100% EMPTY AND ACTUALLY
05:17:43 SOLVES 100% OF THE PARKING PROBLEM.
05:17:44 BUT I THINKTHERE IS SOME MISSING DATA
05:17:46 HERE, MEANING HOW MANY SPACES ARE WE
05:17:51 ACTUALLY SHORT? HOW MANY SPACES DO
05:17:52 ACTUALLY NEED? AND WE SAY THAT
05:17:54 SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE, HOW MANY
05:17:59 PARKING SPACES IS THAT. IT IS
05:18:00 SOMETHING LESS THAN.15WHERE YOU DO IT
05:18:05 TO THIS BOYFULL WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE
05:18:12 THE PROBLEM OF REAL CARS.I DO
05:18:15 UNDERSTAND, IT'S HARD TO GET NEW
05:18:19 DEVELOPERSTO BEAR THE COSTS OF
05:18:24 EXISTING PARKING PROBLEMS, SO I DON'T
05:18:40 KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE THE W. BEST
05:18:41 WAY TO DO IT BUT AT THE SAME TIME
05:18:42 WE'VE GOT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM KIND OF
05:18:43 IN A REAL WAY BY KNOWING WHAT THE
05:18:44 ACTUAL NEED IS IN TRYING TO ADDRESS
05:18:45 THE NEED. WE HAVE THE QUESTION OF 25
05:18:46 SPACES, HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM DOES
05:18:47 THAT ACTUALLY ADDRESS. WE DON'T
05:18:48 ACTUALLY KNOW HOW MUCH THE PROBLEM
05:18:49 WILL ADDRESS. I THINK WE HAVE THIS
05:18:50 IDEA OF HOW OLD CHANGE COLORSMAKE THE
05:18:51 PARKING AVAILABLE BY PERCENTAGES, BUT
05:18:54 AT THE END OF THE DAY I THINK THAT WE
05:18:55 NEED START LOOKING AT THISIN A LARGER
05:18:59 WAY IN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF SPACES
05:19:04 , NUMBER OF CARS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY
05:19:05 TRYING TO FIT IN HOW WE EXPECT THAT
05:19:06 NUMBER TO GROW, TO CHANGE AS NEW
05:19:07 DEVELOPMENTS COME IN.AGAIN, I DON'T
05:19:16 THINK THIS IS AN EASY PROBLEM.
05:19:17 >>SO THE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS IS TO
05:19:31 APPROVE THE PARKING ANALYSIS, WHICH
05:19:32 HAS BEEN DONE, AND WE SHOULD APPROVE
05:19:33 THAT. BUT ALSO TO FURTHER THIS TO THE
05:19:34 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET
05:19:35 PROCESSFOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. AN
05:19:41 ACTION. IS THAT IT?
05:19:42 >>MAYOR?
05:19:43 >>COULD YOU EXPLAIN?
05:19:54 >>I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO ADDRESS
05:19:55 COUNCIL MEMBER PARKS. IN THE STAFF
05:19:56 REPORT ON PAGE 306, TABLE 2, THAT X
05:19:57 INCLUDES THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES
05:19:58 PER STREETTHE VARIOUS PERCENTAGES
05:20:01 THERE. SO THE PERCENTAGES SHOWN ON THE
05:20:02 SCREEN. TO SHOW THE COUNCIL THAT
05:20:09 ULTIMATELY THERE ARE 424 PARKING
05:20:10 SPACES ON THE STREETTHAT EXIST TODAY
05:20:23 AND ON CIVIC CENTER WE HAVE ROUGHLY 91
05:20:24 PARKING SPACES THERE, SO WE HAD THE 25
05:20:25 PARKING SPACES THAT INCREASING THE
05:20:26 PARKING SUPPLY BY 27%. THAT BEING SAID
05:20:30 , INCORPORATION AS PART OF THE STUDY
05:20:31 AND DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF, WE DID
05:20:32 LOOK AT IF WE COULD ACCOMMODATE MORE
05:20:36 PARKING OUT HERE, WHAT WOULD BE A
05:20:37 BETTER NUMBER THAN 25?(INAUDIBLE)
05:21:02 TARGET A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE. I THINK
05:21:03 NORMALLY YOU WANT TO BE WITHIN THE 15
05:21:04 TO 29% AVAILABILITY FOR TURNOVER AND
05:21:05 IF YOUR STREETS ARE GREEN CHOSEN THE
05:21:06 MAP EARLIER THAT'S GREATER THAN 50%,
05:21:07 THOSE ARE NICE TREATS TO PARK ON. IN
05:21:08 THIS SITUATION I DON'T THINK WE HAVE
05:21:09 THE LUXURY OF TRYING TOSTRIKE THE
05:21:10 GREEN, I REALLY WE DO LISTEN TO WORDS
05:21:11 AND ORANGE KIND OF SITUATION THE 15%
05:21:12 TO 30% AVAILABILITY.I JUST WANTED TO
05:21:18 ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. WE DO HAVE THAT
05:21:19 INFORMATION OUR STAFF REPORT.
05:21:21 >>THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
05:21:24 COUNCIL?COUNCILMEMBER HARVEY.
05:21:25 >>AND LOOKING AT THE ALTERNATIVES
05:21:36 PROPOSAL AND I LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY
05:21:37 TO WHATMICHAEL SAID ABOUT THE REALITY
05:21:43 IS WE HAVE A CITY PARKING LOT WITHIN A
05:21:45 VERY SHORT WALKING DISTANCE RELATIVELY
05:22:01 AND IN SOME WAYS TIME SURPRISE IS NOT
05:22:02 USED MORE, ESPECIALLY ON (INAUDIBLE)
05:22:03 AVENUE. I KNOW THAT'S WHY ASKED THE
05:22:04 QUESTIONS LATE AT NIGHT, THAT'S WHERE
05:22:05 I PARKED. IF I HAVE TO BE THERE. SOI
05:22:06 WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
05:22:08 ANALYSIS, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO AT THIS
05:22:12 POINT SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE A BUDGET
05:22:16 PROPOSAL, BECAUSE THE CONCERN IS WE
05:22:22 HAVE OTHER OPTIONS THERE, AND I DO NOT
05:22:30 THINK IS NECESSARILY THE CITY'S JOB TO
05:22:31 PROVIDE MORE PARKING WHEN THERE IS
05:22:35 PARKING WITHIN A VERY SHORT DISTANCE
05:22:36 OF HIS HOME. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
05:22:38 MAKE A MOTIONTO APPROVE(INAUDIBLE).
05:22:39 >>IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? WE HAVE A
05:22:49 MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE
05:22:50 ANALYSIS.ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COUNCIL
05:22:53 COMMENTS ON THAT?ALL RIGHT. ASSISTANT
05:23:00 CITY CLERK? ROLL CALL VOTE?THANK YOU.
05:23:21 WE KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE AND I WANT
05:23:22 TO THANK EVERYONE FOR HANGING IN THERE
05:23:23 WITH US, ESPECIALLY OUR PUBLIC.
05:23:24 >>
05:23:25 [CALLING ROLL]
05:24:23 >>THAT PASSES WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
05:24:24 THANK YOU, MICHAEL, FOR YOUR
05:24:25 PRESENTATION ON THAT. THANK YOU VERY
05:24:26 MUCH.
05:24:30 OKAY. ITEM 11 WE DEFERRED, WE ARE DOWN
05:24:31 TO OUR LAST ITEM. ITEM 12. DISCUSSION
05:24:37 AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION ON
05:24:38 CONSIDERATION OF THE SALE OF THE
05:24:39 LOYALTY AND RENT PROPERTY CONTINUED
05:24:40 FROM OCTOBER 26.IS THAT MAN WELL?
05:24:48 >>IT IS MAN WELL.
05:24:49 >>THANK YOU FOR STILL BEING WITH US.
05:24:59 >>ON THIS ITEM, IT'S BEEN IN FRONT OF
05:25:00 THE COUNCIL A FEW TIMES, ACTUALLY
05:25:01 DON'T HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION, I'M
05:25:02 HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, I KNOW WE
05:25:03 ENTERED PROBABLY ABOUT 20 TO 25 WRITTEN
05:25:04 QUESTIONS IN THE PAST. SO I AM
05:25:05 AVAILABLE FOR ANYQUESTIONS. THE LAST
05:25:30 STAFF REPORT GAVE YOU CLARITY ON SOME
05:25:31 ADDITIONAL ITEMS. LET ME KNOW IF
05:25:32 THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS I
05:25:33 WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
05:25:34 >>YOU'RE LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE
05:25:35 DIRECTION. IS THAT WHAT THIS IS
05:25:36 ABOUT?
05:25:37 >>YES, OF COURSE THIS WAS AN ITEM
05:25:38 REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL AND WE GAVE
05:25:39 FIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS INCLUDING ONE,
05:25:40 IF THERE IS A SALE WE WOULD COME BACK
05:25:41 WITH YOU WITH KIND OF WHAT THE
05:25:42 APPROACH WOULD BE IN SOME SPECIFIC
05:25:43 ACTION ITEMS.THERE'S NO INTEREST IN
05:25:44 PURSUING THE SALE. WE WOULDN'T DO
05:25:45 ANYTHING, ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE THE
05:25:46 COUNCIL WISHES.
05:25:47 >>COUNCILMEMBER BECKER.
05:25:48 >>THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU,
05:25:49 MANWELL. I STILL REMEMBER THE
05:25:50 PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU GAVE AND I
05:25:51 STILL REMEMBER ALL THE INFORMATION.
05:25:52 SEEING WHAT THE LAND IS ANDIF I SHOULD
05:26:00 BUILD A FIELD OF DREAMS WE FIND MANY
05:26:01 OF THE ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU CAN USE
05:26:02 THE LAND, I FEEL I'M READY TO MAKE A
05:26:03 MOTIONTO PROPOSE SELLING THIS LAND.
05:26:12 >>TO UNDERSTAND STAFF WHAT THAT MOTION
05:26:13 IS?
05:26:14 >>YES. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE
05:26:15 COUNCIL HAS AN INTEREST TO SELL THE
05:26:16 LANDAND I WOULD GO BACK TO THE
05:26:18 SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS
05:26:25 DIRECT STAFF TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY FOR
05:26:26 THE SALE, THE LOYALTY AND RANCH
05:26:27 PROPERTY AND PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL
05:26:28 AT A FUTURE MEETING. AS WE DISCUSSED
05:26:36 IN THE STAFF REPORT THERE ARE A FEW
05:26:37 STEPS WE NEED TO TAKE, WE HAVE TO DO
05:26:38 AN RFP TO SELECT A REALTOR OR BROKER,
05:26:39 WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS REQUEST
05:26:40 LAND ACTAND THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST
05:26:43 STEP IS THE PROPER IT PROPERTY THAT WE
05:26:44 HAVE TO TAKE I THINK THE ATTORNEY'S
05:26:45 OFFICE WROTE A LITTLE MORE DETAILED
05:27:10 PIECE OF THE STAFF REPORT. WE WANT TO
05:27:11 DO AN UPDATE SO THE COUNCIL KNOWS WHAT
05:27:12 THE CURRENT VALUE IS AND THEN THERE WE
05:27:13 CONTRACT THE COUNCIL AFTER AWARD. OUR
05:27:14 PREFERENCE WOULD BE IF THERE IS AN
05:27:15 INTEREST IN SALE WOULD BE OUR
05:27:16 RECOMMENDATION COME BACK TO DEVELOP A
05:27:17 STRATEGY AND COME BACK BECAUSE THERE
05:27:18 ARE SO MANY STEPS ASSOCIATED.
05:27:19 >>ABSOLUTELY. WHATEVER IS THE MOST
05:27:20 TRANSPARENT WAY TO GO WITH THE
05:27:21 RECOMMENDATION.
05:27:28 >>JUST TO CLARIFY, STAFF DOESN'T HAVE
05:27:29 A RECOMMENDATION, THAT'S JUST THE
05:27:30 ALTERNATIVE ONE UNDER THE
05:27:31 RECOMMENDATIONS IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE
05:27:32 THAT.
05:27:33 >>I WILL TAKE THAT, THEN. THAT SOUNDS
05:27:34 AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
05:27:35 >>YOU KNOW AN ALTERNATIVE ONE IS?
05:27:36 >>WHAT WAS THAT?
05:27:37 >>YOU KNOW WHAT ALTERNATIVE ONE IS?
05:27:38 >>YES, I KNOWWE ARE RECOMMENDING.
05:27:39 >>NO, JUST HOPING YOU WOULD READ IT.
05:27:45 WHAT THE MOTION IS? JUST SO IT'S CLEAR.
05:27:54 >>I WILL HOLD THIS UP FOR YOU REALLY
05:27:55 FAST.SORRY, I CAN'T LOAD THIS.I CAN'T
05:28:33 OPEN RIGHT NOW.
05:28:34 >>AND I SECOND THE MOTION AND I CAN
05:28:35 READ IT? I HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF
05:28:36 ME.
05:28:37 >>CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS MOTION IS?
05:28:38 >>DIRECT STAFF TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY
05:28:39 FOR THE SALE OF THE LOYALTY AND RANCH
05:28:40 PROPERTY AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY
05:28:41 COUNCIL AT A FUTURE MEETING.
05:28:42 >>THANK YOU. ANTHONY, THAT'S YOUR
05:28:43 MOTION.COUNCILMEMBER HARDY HAS
05:28:44 SECONDED IT. COUNCILMEMBER JANE?
05:28:46 >>I WAS GOING TO SECOND IT, BUT THAT'S
05:28:47 OKAY.
05:28:48 >>ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER WATANABE?
05:28:50 >>THANK YOU, MAYOR. I KNOW THERE HAS
05:28:51 BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION, GOSH, FOR
05:28:55 MANY YEARS, IT SEEMS, BOUTS THIS PIECE
05:28:56 OF PROPERTY, ANDTHE DIFFERENT ISSUES
05:29:07 THAT IT HAS HAD IN THE APPRAISALS THAT
05:29:08 HAVE BEEN DONE AND THE CONCERNS WITH
05:29:09 SELLING THE PROPERTYAT THIS TIME
05:29:13 BECAUSE OF THE VALUE OF IT, AND ONE
05:29:17 THING, WHEN I THINK ABOUT LANDAND I
05:29:24 KEEP THINKING ABOUT WHEN ICOMMON THIS
05:29:32 ISSUE COMES UP EVERY TIME IT DOES, I
05:29:33 THINK ABOUT THE MOVIE GONE WITH THE
05:29:34 WIND. OKAY? THERE IS THE SCENE IN THE
05:29:35 MOVIE WHERE SCARLETT O'HARA'S FATHER
05:29:49 IS TALKING TO HER ABOUT THE VALUE OF
05:29:50 LAND AND THE QUOTE IS LAND IS THE ONLY
05:29:51 THING THE WORLD WORTH WORKING FOR,
05:29:52 WORTH FIGHTING FOR, WORTH DYING FOR
05:29:53 BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT
05:29:54 LASTS. TO METHIS IS AN ASSET THAT
05:29:55 BELONGS TO THE CITY. IT DOES HAVE SOME
05:30:02 VALUE IN TERMS OF I THINK IT'S USED
05:30:03 FOR GRAZING BY SOME LOCAL FARMERS.
05:30:07 THERE IS SOME BENEFIT TO THE CITY AT
05:30:08 THIS TIME, BUTBASED ON SOME OF THE
05:30:13 THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED UP THERE,
05:30:14 THE FIRE, I JUST DON'T, I DON'T SUPPORT
05:30:32 SELLING THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.
05:30:33 HOWEVER, I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT I
05:30:34 HEARD WHAT MANWELL SAID ABOUT GETTING
05:30:35 AN APPRAISAL AND PUTTING THINGS IN
05:30:36 PLACE TO GETTING AN APPRAISAL, SO WITH
05:30:37 THAT APPRAISALCAME IN WHERE IT WAS
05:30:38 BASICALLY THE LAST TIME WE HAD THIS
05:30:39 DISCUSSION, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
05:30:41 MEAN WE ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD AND
05:30:44 SELL IT. I WOULD IMAGINE.
05:30:50 >>OKAY.
05:30:51 >>WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ANSWER THAT
05:30:52 QUESTION?
05:31:01 >>NO, I THINK WE ARE AT THE QUESTION
05:31:02 STAGE. I HAVEN'T GONE TO THE PUBLIC
05:31:03 YET. WE ARE AT THE QUESTION STATE.
05:31:04 PLEASE GET YOUR QUESTIONS OUT THERE.
05:31:05 COUNCILMEMBER PART?
05:31:06 >>I AGREE WITHTHE THOUGHT THAT THIS
05:31:15 LAND HAS VALUE. PEOPLE SAY THAT BUY
05:31:16 LAND BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE IT
05:31:17 ANYMORE.BUT THE OTHER THING I DON'T
05:31:26 LIKE IS I DON'T LIKE BUYING PROPERTY
05:31:27 THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN AND STEPPED ON AND
05:31:28 I DON'T LIKE SELLING PROPERTY THAT
05:31:29 HAVEN'T SEEN OR STEPPED ON AND I WAS
05:31:30 WONDERINGIF STAFF IS GOING TO GO TO
05:31:37 LOYALTY AND TO DO ANY WORK THERE I
05:31:38 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I CAN ACCOMPANY
05:31:39 STAFF ON A TRIP TO LITTLETON TO VIEW
05:31:40 THE PROPERTY.
05:31:43 >>OKAY, THANK YOU. I'M SURE THEY WOULD
05:31:44 LOVE THAT. I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH
05:31:51 THAT. I SHOULD ANSWER FOR THEM. OKAY,
05:31:52 VICE MAYOR CHAHAL.
05:31:53 >>THANK YOU, MAYOR.IF STAFF CAN MAKE
05:31:59 ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE LETTER WE GOT
05:32:00 FROM JOSHUA BUSCH, AND MY QUESTION, IF
05:32:04 IT IS LEGALLY PERMITTED, ISIF THE
05:32:07 (INAUDIBLE)THEOTHER COMMON ENTITY, ARE
05:32:14 WE ABLE TO SAVE SOME MONEY ON, SAY,
05:32:20 HIRING THE REALTOR OR WHATEVER MONEY
05:32:21 WE HAVE TO PUT INTO THE MARKET? ARE
05:32:23 THOSE STEPS OKAY?AND IF THIS AGENCY
05:32:28 WANTS TO BUY IT, WHAT WOULD BE THE
05:32:29 PROCESS?
05:32:35 >>THAT'S A SURPLUS LAND THAT QUESTION.
05:32:36 DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
05:32:37 THE CITY COUNCIL?OKAY, STAFF, GO
05:32:39 AHEAD, YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
05:32:44 >>I ADDRESS?
05:32:47 >>YES.
05:32:48 >>GO AHEAD, SUE.
05:33:04 >>SHOULD I ADDRESS THAT QUESTION
05:33:05 FIRST? OKAY. SO THE QUESTION OF
05:33:06 WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN TRANSFER IT TO
05:33:07 THE OTHER AGENCY AS EXEMPT SURPLUS IS
05:33:08 STILL SORT OF AN OPEN QUESTION BECAUSE
05:33:09 THE EXEMPT SURPLUS REQUIRES USTO SORT
05:33:12 OF DEFINE THE TERM TRANSFER, WHICH IS
05:33:13 AS YET UNCLEAR IN THIS CONTEXT. IF WE
05:33:14 ARE SELLING ITFOR RECEIPT OF CASH,
05:33:17 IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THAT WOULD
05:33:18 ACTUALLY QUALIFY AS A TRANSFER FOR THE
05:33:21 PURPOSES OF EXEMPT SURPLUSDECLARATION.
05:33:32 AND SO WE MAY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH
05:33:33 THE SURPLUS LAND:PROCESS EVEN IF WE
05:33:34 ARE SELLING IT TO ANOTHERPUBLIC
05:33:36 AGENCY. WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH
05:33:37 THAT PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ARE
05:33:43 GOING TO DO THAT IF, IN FACT, THAT'S
05:33:44 THE WAY WE GO.WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE TO
05:33:58 ENGAGE A BROKER, WE MAY STILL HAVE TO
05:33:59 GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF PROCEDURAL
05:34:00 STEPS IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THAT
05:34:01 TRANSACTION. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
05:34:02 >>YES, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
05:34:03 SO BASICALLY EITHER WAY WE WILL HAVE
05:34:08 THE SURPLUS LAND THAT FORMALITIES
05:34:09 WHATEVER WE DO. IF WE GO DIRECT TO THE
05:34:10 PUBLIC WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE SOME
05:34:12 SALES COST OR SOMETHING. IS THAT
05:34:13 CORRECT TO SAY?
05:34:22 >>I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THE BROKER
05:34:23 WOULD WORK, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE
05:34:24 COULD GET OUT OF THAT STEP OF IT. SO I
05:34:25 COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT THOSE NUMBERS
05:34:26 WOULD BE.
05:34:30 >>OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT STAFF
05:34:31 NEEDS TO ASK? I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
05:34:32 PARK WANTS TO GO VISIT IT. THE COUNCIL
05:34:39 SHOULD SEE IT IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY
05:34:40 HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING
05:34:41 TO SELL.
05:34:42 >>THERE WERE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.
05:34:43 REGARDING THE VISIT, I THINK IF THERE
05:34:49 IS AN INTEREST FROM COUNCIL TO VISIT
05:34:50 THE PROPERTY WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK
05:34:51 THAT OUT TO SEE HOW ANY COUNCIL
05:34:52 MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED AND PLAN A TRIP
05:34:54 AT SOME POINT SO WE CAN COORDINATE ON
05:34:55 THATIF COUNCIL IS MOVING FORWARD.
05:34:59 REGARDING THE STEPSCOUNCILMEMBER
05:35:05 WATANABE AND WHETHER YOU WILL SEE THIS
05:35:06 AGAIN, YES, YOU WILL DEFINITELY SEE
05:35:07 THERE WILL BEDIFFERENT ACTIONS THE
05:35:17 COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO TAKE ALONG THE
05:35:18 WAY BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY SELL THEIR
05:35:19 PROPERTY, WHETHER SURPLUS LAND ACT IN
05:35:20 MAKING DETERMINATIONS ALONG THAT
05:35:21 PROCESS, WILL PROBABLY DISCUSS WITH
05:35:22 YOU THE APPRAISAL AT SOME POINTS WITH
05:35:23 THE CURRENT VALUE ISAND WE NEED TO
05:35:49 HIRE A CONSULTANT OR REALTOR OR
05:35:50 COMBINATION OF BOTH TO HELP US WITH
05:35:51 THIS, YOU WILL BE SEEING CONTRACTS AND
05:35:52 ULTIMATELY YOU WILL HAVE A DECISION TO
05:35:53 MAKE WHETHER YOU SELL THE PROPERTY OR
05:35:54 NOT UNDER EITHER SCENARIO. SO THERE
05:35:55 WILL BE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT WILL
05:35:56 NEED TO OCCUR BEFORE A SALE ACTUALLY
05:35:57 HAPPENS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE
05:35:58 (INAUDIBLE), ONE, IT'S NOT, IS
05:36:04 STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT REQUIRES STEPS IN
05:36:05 THE PROPERTIES, IT'S A COMPLICATED
05:36:06 PROPERTY FOR US BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AS
05:36:07 CLOSE TO THE CITY SO WE WILL HAVE TO
05:36:08 WORK THAT OUT AND WILL BE BACK TO THE
05:36:09 COUNCIL MORE THAN ONCE WITH ADDITIONAL
05:36:10 INFORMATION AND WRITTEN ACTIONS TO BE
05:36:11 REQUESTED.
05:36:14 >>OKAY, THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL GO TO A
05:36:15 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. MEMBER OF THE
05:36:16 PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS.
05:36:18 THIS IS ON THE ROYALTON PROPERTY.
05:36:23 SUNEEL, GO AHEAD, SUNEEL.
05:36:34 >>HI MATT, I JUST HAD A MINOR COMMENT
05:36:35 REGARDING PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM.
05:36:36 >>WE ARE NOT ON THAT.
05:36:37 >>YES, I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING.
05:36:43 THERE ARE MANY REEDY COMMENTS JUST TO
05:36:44 REFRESH ISSUE OR TECHNICAL ISSUE
05:36:45 BECAUSE THERE WERE 20 COMMENTS OR
05:36:46 SOMETHING AND I HEARD ONLY THREE. I'M
05:36:51 NOT COMMENTING ANYTHING ON THAT TOPIC
05:36:52 THOUGH.
05:36:53 >>OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:36:55 WE WILL CHECK ON THAT. JOSHUA, GO
05:36:56 AHEAD, JOSHUA.
05:37:09 >>HI MIKE, THIS IS JOSH WITH THE STATE
05:37:10 FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND I
05:37:11 APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS
05:37:12 AGENDA ITEM AND THE SALE. THE STATE IS
05:37:13 STILL VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN
05:37:14 PURCHASING THE PROPERTYFOR THE BENEFIT
05:37:15 OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND THE PUBLIC AT
05:37:16 LARGE AND COMBINING IT WITH OUR
05:37:17 EXISTING WILDLIFE AREA. WE WOULD BE
05:37:22 HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN YOUR STAFF AND WE
05:37:26 HAVE SOME REAL ON THE GROUND
05:37:27 EXPERIENCE UP THERE AS FAR AS
05:37:30 RESTORATION RECLAMATION AND GRAZING
05:37:42 AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO JUST BE
05:37:43 EITHER GOOD PARTNERS AND NEIGHBORS OR
05:37:44 TO EXPLORE PURCHASING THE PROPERTY.
05:37:45 THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD IS AN
05:37:46 OVERSIGHT BOARD THAT PURCHASES A
05:37:47 PROPERTY FOR USAND THEY HAVE
05:37:48 EXPERIENCE LAND AGENCY CAN HELP GUIDE
05:37:49 USOR GUIDE YOU OR US THROUGH THIS
05:37:57 PROCESS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE IN
05:37:58 THAT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU.
05:37:59 >>THANK YOU. EDWARD, GO AHEAD, EDWARD.
05:38:07 >>(INAUDIBLE) THIS DETAIL WORKING WITH
05:38:08 THE CITYAND THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 YEARS,
05:38:13 I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
05:38:22 DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF LIVING AND
05:38:23 OTHER ISSUES IN CALIFORNIA, I KNOW THE
05:38:24 BIRTHRATE FOR REPLACEMENT RATE FROM
05:38:28 THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 YEARS IS GOING TO
05:38:29 BE MORE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE
05:38:30 BABY BOOMERS, THERE AREN'T GOING TO BE
05:38:35 ENOUGH PEOPLE TO REPLACE THE PEOPLE
05:38:36 THAT WERE HERE, SOI THINK WE HAVE A
05:38:40 POPULATION REDUCTIONESPECIALLY IN THE
05:38:44 NEXT 10 OR 15 YEARS, WE WILL HAVE TO
05:38:50 WORK WITH THE STATE ON THIS
05:38:51 (INAUDIBLE) IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.
05:38:54 >>THANK YOU. ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE
05:38:55 PUBLIC?DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON
05:38:59 THIS, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK?
05:39:12 >>I HAVE ONE E COMMENT.
05:39:13 >>OKAY.
05:39:14 >>THIS IS FROM WHERE IT'S GONE. PLEASE
05:39:15 SELL THE LAND FOR BETTER CONSERVATION
05:39:16 OF WILDLIFE. END OF COMMENT.
05:39:20 >>OKAY. THANK YOU. BACK TO COUNCIL, WE
05:39:21 HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR
05:39:25 TO LOOK AT OPTION ONE TO START
05:39:26 PURSUING THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY.
05:39:27 CORRECT?ASSISTANT CITY CLERK? IS THAT
05:39:43 THE MOTION?
05:39:44 >>THAT'S CORRECT. ALTERNATIVE ONE,
05:39:45 DIRECT STAFF TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY FOR
05:39:46 THE SALE OF THE LOYALTY RANCH PROPERTY
05:39:47 PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT A
05:39:48 FUTURE MEETING.
05:39:49 >>ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? I AM
05:39:56 JUST GOING TO SAY I AM NOT GOING TO
05:39:57 SUPPORT THE MOTION, BACK IN 2017 I
05:39:58 THINK OR '18 WE HAD AN OFFER FOR $10
05:39:59 MILLION ON THIS PROPERTY. THE CURRENT
05:40:00 APPRAISAL DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THE
05:40:03 LOWERING OF, THIS WAS EVEN BEFORE THE
05:40:04 FIRE WAS DOWN IN THE $4 MILLION RANGE.
05:40:06 THIS MEANS WE WILL BE SELLING THE
05:40:07 PROPERTYAT AN EXTREMELY REDUCED VALUE
05:40:29 BECAUSE IT'S AT THE WRONG TIME. AND I
05:40:30 WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THIS
05:40:31 PROPERTY BELONGS TO SILICON VALLEY
05:40:32 POWER IN THE RATEPAYERS. I DON'T
05:40:33 BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD SHORTCHANGE THE
05:40:34 RATEPAYERS IF WE ARE SELLING THIS
05:40:35 PROPERTY AND I AM NOT AVERSE TO
05:40:36 SELLING IT, WE SHOULD GET FAIR MARKET
05:40:37 VALUE BUT NOT IN A DOWN MARKET. IF WE
05:40:42 WAIT A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE MARKET
05:40:43 REBOUNDS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EVEN GET
05:40:44 CLOSE TO THAT $10 MILLION OFFER WE HAD
05:40:45 IN 2017. SO JUST AS NONE OF YOU WOULD
05:40:46 SELL YOUR PROPERTY, YOUR PERSONAL
05:40:51 PROPERTY IN A DEPRESSED REAL ESTATE
05:40:52 MARKET, I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY
05:40:53 SHOULD SELL THIS PROPERTYFOR THE
05:40:54 RATEPAYERSIN A DEPRESSED REAL ESTATE
05:40:59 MARKET. I THINK WE ARE NOT DOING
05:41:00 JUSTICE TO THE RATEPAYERS FOR OUR
05:41:17 PUBLIC UTILITY. BECAUSE THE SALE OF
05:41:18 THIS PROPERTY, THE FUNDS ARE NOT GOING
05:41:19 INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND I JUST WANT
05:41:20 TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE CITY HAS
05:41:21 TO GET FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THIS
05:41:22 PROPERTY. WHICH IS GOING TO BE
05:41:23 INTERESTING WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH
05:41:24 OTHER CO-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. SO I'M
05:41:25 NOT GOING TO SUPPORTMOTION ON THE
05:41:26 FLOOR. ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, A ROLL
05:41:27 CALL VOTE, PLEASE?
05:41:28 >>
05:41:29 [CALLING ROLL]THAT PASSES 4-3. THANK
05:41:49 YOU. OKAY. WE ARE ALMOST DONE WITH
05:41:50 THIS AGENDA.
05:41:51 >>MADAM CHAIR?
05:41:52 >>YES.
05:41:53 >>IN REGARDS TO THE COMMENT THAT WAS
05:41:55 MADE, I HAVEN'T REFRESHED MY IPAD HERE
05:42:02 AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. I
05:42:13 NORMALLY AM REFRESHING THROUGHOUT THE
05:42:14 MEETING AND I HADN'T DONE IT RECENTLY.
05:42:15 SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LIKE ME TO READ
05:42:16 THOSE COMMENTS?
05:42:17 >>YOU HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR NINE
05:42:18 HOURS.I DON'T KNOW WHY, ASSISTANT CITY
05:42:19 CLERK. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT
05:42:32 THAT WE READ THE COMMENTS SINCE THE
05:42:33 PEOPLE TOOK THE TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE
05:42:34 TOOK NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM, I THINK
05:42:35 IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO READ THEIR
05:42:36 COMMENTS. SHOULD WE NOT, ASSISTANT
05:42:37 CITY ATTORNEY?
05:42:38 >>I THINK YOU CAN. YOU CAN READ THE
05:42:43 COMMENTS. IT'S JUST PUBLIC COMMENT
05:42:44 PERIOD
05:42:45 >>OKAY. SO GO AHEAD, ASSISTANT CITY
05:42:50 CLERK. DO YOU NEED ASSISTANCE READING
05:42:51 THOSE COMMENTS? SHOULD WE SPLIT THEM
05:42:52 UP?
05:42:59 >>THEY ARE PRETTY SMALL.
05:43:00 >>THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR
05:43:01 ATTENTION. MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. I
05:43:03 DON'T KNOW IF HE IS STILL WITH US OR
05:43:04 NOT.I DON'T SEE HIM. GO AHEAD, NORA.
05:43:16 >>A COMMENT FROM JAMES KIM, STRONGLY
05:43:17 OPPOSE THIS PROPOSAL, THE GAIN IN THE
05:43:18 NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS IS MINIMAL AND
05:43:19 OUTRAGEDBY NARROWING STREET, POTENTIAL
05:43:36 VANDALISM IN CAR ACCIDENTS IS CARS
05:43:37 BACK OUT TO THE STREET. PLEASE LISTEN
05:43:38 TO THE VOICES OF THE RESIDENTS, THE
05:43:39 SOLUTION ASSOCIATED WITH
05:43:40 OVERSATURATION OF HOUSING IN OUR
05:43:41 NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT DIAGONAL PARKING
05:43:42 BUT BY NOT ALLOWING CHARITIES HOUSING
05:43:43 TO MOVE FORWARDEND OF COMMENT. NEXT
05:43:44 COMMENT? MARIE'S COURT,, I'M IN THE
05:43:45 OWNER AND EXECUTIVE HOUSE, ELIMINATE
05:43:46 OURLOADING ZONE,DRIVERS NEED TO PARK
05:43:54 THEIR VEHICLE IN THE ROAD TO EXIT
05:43:55 DIAGONAL PARKING. THIS CREATES A
05:44:02 SITUATION FOR PEOPLE BEHIND THE
05:44:03 VEHICLE. KIDS CAN BE DIFFICULT TO SPOT
05:44:04 BECAUSE THEY ARE SHORTER THAN ADULTS
05:44:05 IN THEIRIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. NEXT
05:44:07 COMMENT FROM BRIAN LUCIANO,THE CIVIC
05:44:17 CENTER HOMEOWNERS WE HAVE COME TO 100%
05:44:18 UNANIMOUS CONCLUSION THAT WE ARE NOT
05:44:19 IN FAVOR OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT.
05:44:20 WE'VE MADE OUR VOICES LOUDAND CLEAR ON
05:44:21 MULTIPLE MEETINGS. WHERE WE HAVE HAD
05:44:37 VERY LIMITED TIME TO SPEAK IF AT ALL.
05:44:38 WE ARE THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, NOT
05:44:39 YOU. YOU ARE PAID EMPLOYEES. WE PAY
05:44:40 YOU. YOUR JOB IS TO LISTEN WAS. WE ARE
05:44:41 A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. IF
05:44:42 THIS GETS PUSHED FORWARD IT WAS
05:44:43 SUPPOSEDA DERELICTION OF DUTY. END OF
05:45:04 COMMENT. NEXT COMMENT, CRUISE, THIS IS
05:45:05 NOT THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, THIS
05:45:06 PROPOSAL ONLY GAINED 25 PARKING SPACES
05:45:07 AT THE EXPENSE OF A NARROWER DRIVE.
05:45:08 IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF TRYING TO
05:45:09 SOLVE A PROBLEM TO BE ABLE TO FIX IT
05:45:10 WITH THIS DIAGONAL PARKING PROPOSAL.
05:45:11 MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE TO
05:45:12 LIVE AND WORK I RESERVE THE CITY'S
05:45:13 QUALITY OF LIFE. WANT TO MOVE FORWARD
05:45:14 TO BEING PROGRESSIVE TO A SAFE AND
05:45:15 ORDERLYCOMMUNITY AND NOT REGRESSIVE.
05:45:54 NEXT, SHIRLEY BAY, STRONGLY OPPOSE
05:45:55 THIS PROPOSAL THAT WOULD MAKE A
05:45:56 NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE PARKING PROBLEM
05:45:57 THAT WE HAVE AT THE SAFETY OF THE
05:45:58 RESIDENTS AND DRIVERS HAVING DIAGONAL
05:45:59 PARKING ON THE STREET MAKES THE ROAD
05:46:00 MORE NARROW RESULTING IN MORE TRAFFIC
05:46:01 AND HIGHER YOUR CHANCES OF ACCIDENTS
05:46:02 ESPECIALLY TO THE NEARBY RESIDENTS WHO
05:46:03 NEED TO DRIVE THROUGH THIS RESIDENCE
05:46:04 EVERY DAY. LEON LEE I STRONGLY
05:46:05 PROPOSE OPPOSE THE NARROW PARKING. IT
05:46:06 IS NOT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO THE
05:46:07 PARKING PROBLEM. ABANDONING A LOT OF
05:46:08 OTHER PROBLEMS NOT TO MENTION THE
05:46:09 DELIVERY DRIVERS LEFT TO PARK IN THE
05:46:10 MIDDLE OF THE NARROW ROAD TO FINISH
05:46:11 DELIVERY. I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN TONS
05:46:12 OF TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT CAUSE A
05:46:13 LOT OF TRAFFIC AND EVEN ACCIDENT
05:46:14 SOMETIMES WE JUST SUPER DANGEROUS TO
05:46:15 DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS.
05:46:16 NEXT COMMENT, MARIA. I STRONGLY OPPOSE
05:46:17 THE PROPOSAL YOU WANT TO MAKE MORE
05:46:18 PROPOSAL TO THE STREET ALLOWS.WE WERE
05:46:19 A SAFENEIGHBORHOOD AND NOW IT IS GOING
05:46:22 TO POT FROM 13 MONTHS AGO. IT'S NOT
05:46:23 FAIR. PLEASE THINK OF WHAT THIS ORDEAL
05:46:24 IS DOING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE
05:46:25 HOMEOWNER. END OF COMMENT.
05:46:26 ARE AAA. THIS IS NOT AN ADEQUATE
05:46:27 SOLUTION. PARKING SHOULD BE TAKING
05:46:28 MORE SERIOUS WHILEAND MADE TO PROVIDE
05:46:30 ADEQUATE PARKING FOR RESIDENTS. .7 IS
05:46:31 NOT ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY IN IN A
05:46:32 POPULATED AREA.
05:46:37 AND CHILDREN DOLL. I STRONGLY OPPOSE
05:46:38 THIS PROPOSAL. END OF COMMENT.
05:46:47 >>VANIA TWO. I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE
05:46:48 PROPOSAL. THIS PROPOSAL MEANS 25
05:46:49 PARKING SPACES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE
05:46:50 NARRATOR WERE CIVIC CENTER. WE BELIEVE
05:47:01 COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER A
05:47:02 COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD WIDE
05:47:03 PROPOSAL THAT APPLIES TO PROJECTS AS
05:47:04 WELL AS NOT JUST APPLY MANDATES TO THE
05:47:05 PROBLEM.
05:47:15 CFP, STRONGLY OPPOSE THE CHANGE TO
05:47:16 DIAGONAL PARKING. IT WILL NARROW THE
05:47:17 STREET AND IS DANGEROUS FOR
05:47:18 PEDESTRIANS. PLEASE AND SAW GREENLAND
05:47:19 RIGHT STOP SIGNS AT ALL CROSSROADS.
05:47:46 END OF COMMENT. PREPARE PARKING IN
05:47:47 FRONT OF THE SEVEN STORY BUILDING AT
05:47:48 1700 CIVIC CENTER NEEDS TO REMAIN
05:47:49 LOADING ZONE WITH YELLOW CURB. DOZENS
05:47:50 OF DELIVERIES ARE MADE SEVEN DAYS A
05:47:51 WEEK AT THIS LOCATION. THIS SIDE OF
05:47:52 THE STREET WITH DIAGONALLY PARKED CARS
05:47:53 WHICH WILL BE FILLED 24 SEVEN CAUSING
05:47:54 DELIVERY DRIVER TO CROSS THE STREET
05:47:55 WITH PACKAGES WERE SQUEEZED BETWEEN
05:47:56 PARKED CARS AND ENTER OUR BUILDING IS
05:47:57 NOT A SAFE OR GOOD IDEA. PLEASE
05:47:58 CONTACT PROPERTY MANAGER BRIAN. THANK
05:47:59 YOU. END OF COMMENT.
05:48:00 LAURA CHO. I OPPOSE THE ACTION ON THE
05:48:01 WARBURTON AVENUE, INSTALLING DIAGONAL
05:48:02 PARKING WOULD NARROW THE STREET AND
05:48:03 INCREASED SAFETY PROBLEMS AND IT COSTS
05:48:04 A LOT.
05:48:25 CINDY. I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE CHANGE TO
05:48:26 DIAGONAL PARKING. THIS IS NOT ADEQUATE
05:48:27 FOR THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENCE. IT
05:48:28 WILL NARROW THE STREET AND CREATE MORE
05:48:29 DANGER FOR TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN. THE
05:48:30 REALITY IS THAT 0.7 SPACES IS
05:48:31 INADEQUATE FOR THIS LOCATION. THERE
05:48:32 HARDLY ANY AVAILABLE SPACES FOR TWO
05:48:33 BLOCKS. ADDING THE VOLUME OF CARS TO
05:48:34 THE SPECIFIC LOCATION. THE OBVIOUS
05:48:35 SOLUTION IS TO DEVELOP NEEDS TO
05:48:36 PROVIDE SPECIFICDEFICIENT PARKING.
05:48:38 >>AND THE REST I'VE ALREADY READ AND
05:48:39 THERE WERE SOME THAT ALREADY SPOKE.
05:48:40 THAT'S THE END OF THE COMMENTS.
05:48:41 >>THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ASSISTANT CITY
05:48:42 CLERK. I APPRECIATE YOU READING THOSE.
05:49:00 OKAY, NOW WE HAVE REPORTS OF MEMBERS
05:49:01 AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. TO ANY COUNCIL
05:49:02 MEMBERS HAVE ANY REPORTS THEY WOULD
05:49:03 LIKE TO MAKE BEFORE WE CONCLUDE?
05:49:04 COUNCILMEMBER BECKER?
05:49:05 >>THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES, I WANT TO SAY
05:49:06 THIS EARLIER BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE
05:49:07 BEST TIME WITHOUT THE CONTENT TIME
05:49:08 CONSTRAINT. I WILL BE AS QUICK AS
05:49:09 POSSIBLE. I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO
05:49:10 GET HOME. THIS IS BASICALLY THE MET
05:49:11 LAST MEETING OF OUR YEAR. SO BASICALLY
05:49:12 LAST WEEK THERE WAS A NEW STORY THAT
05:49:13 WAS PRINTED BY ROBERT HALL, THE
05:49:15 BLOGGER. HE PRINTED BASICALLY
05:49:32 MISINFORMATION AND IT WAS ON TUESDAY,
05:49:33 DECEMBER 9, AND MISINFORMATION WAS
05:49:34 BASICALLY TAKING AN OPINION LETTER
05:49:35 THAT WAS READ FROM A RESIDENT WHO WAS
05:49:36 HERE ON THE PUBLIC RECORD DURING
05:49:37 TUESDAY NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING ON
05:49:38 DECEMBER 8 AND THIS LETTER, SORRY
05:49:39 DECEMBER 7 IN THIS LETTER WAS
05:49:40 PUBLISHED A DAY AFTERCOUNCIL MEMBERS
05:49:47 ACTUALLY CORRECTED THE FACTS OF THE
05:49:48 ACCUSATIONS, AND I WILL PROVIDE SOME
05:49:49 OF THE INSTANCES. THE FIRST INSTANCE
05:50:10 STATES THAT COUNCILMEMBER PARK WAS AT
05:50:11 LEVI STADIA ON A TOUR WITH
05:50:12 COUNCILMEMBERS HARDY AND CHAHAL.
05:50:13 COUNCILMEMBER PARK ON THE RECORD
05:50:14 VERIFIED THIS IS FALSE. THEREFORE THE
05:50:15 RECORD NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. THE SAME
05:50:16 EXAMPLE, THERE IS STILL PRINTING OF
05:50:17 WHO PAID FOR FIELD ACCESS TICKETS.
05:50:18 THIS IS EXPLAINED BY THE TWO
05:50:19 COUNCILMEMBERS, IT WAS AN OPERATIONS
05:50:20 TOUR AND NOT PROPERLY REPORTED TO THE
05:50:21 PUBLIC BY HALL AND THE RESIDENT. THE
05:50:22 SECOND EXAMPLE OF ACCUSATIONS OF FALSE
05:50:23 INFORMATIONIS THAT I VOTED NOT TO
05:50:31 EXTEND THE FUNDING FOR POLICE. THIS IS
05:50:32 ENTIRELY FALSE, RECORDS SHOW THAT I
05:50:33 VOTED IN FAVOR PUBLIC SAFETY INCLUDING
05:50:59 POLICE WITH NO CUTS. THIRD COUNT OF
05:51:00 MISINFORMATION IS SAYING THAT THE 49
05:51:01 OR FIVE VOTED FOR CURFEW EXTENSION.
05:51:02 THE EDITOR MADE A NOTE OF THE TIME
05:51:03 CORRECTION BUT FAILED TO CORRECT THE
05:51:04 NARRATIVES OF THE 49ER FIVE BY PLACING
05:51:05 COUNCILMEMBER PARK IS ONE OF THOSE
05:51:06 VOTES. IN FACT COUNCILMEMBER PART
05:51:07 VOTED AGAINST THE BOAT. SO I DON'T
05:51:08 KNOW WHY NO CORRECTIONS WERE MADE
05:51:09 THERE. LASTLY IN THE FINAL EXAMPLE
05:51:10 WHICH WAS BASICALLY SAYING THAT THERE
05:51:11 WASN'T ALLOWED ANY PUBLIC PRESENTATION
05:51:12 BEFORE ALLOWING THE VOTEON THE LEVI
05:51:19 STADIUM CURFEW I THINK THIS IS VERY
05:51:20 MISLEADING BOTH THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS
05:51:21 SEEING AND THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED
05:51:22 BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT WAS ON AN
05:51:23 AGENDA, WAS PUBLICLY NOTICED,
05:51:24 THEREFORE THERE WAS THE ABILITY FOR
05:51:25 COMMENT TO VOTE. SINCE I THINK A LOT
05:51:26 OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS DON'T GET A LOT
05:51:28 OF POWER GET SOME THESE THINGS AND
05:51:40 SOMETIMES LIES AND MISINFORMATION, IN
05:51:41 FACT MR. HALL IN THE PAST HAS IGNORED
05:51:42 DEMANDS FOR MINOR ATTRACTIONS. THERE
05:51:43 IS A TIME IN THE PAST WHERE HE DID
05:51:44 ASKED ME TO APOLOGIZE AND I DID
05:51:47 (INAUDIBLE) HE WILL SOON BE FOR SLANDER
05:51:50 ON A DAILY BASIS AND SO SEEING THAT I
05:51:59 SEE ALSO THAT THERE IS A CENSORING OF
05:52:00 COMMENTS TO CORRECT THAT RECORD TO
05:52:01 ALSO KEEP THATAND THERE'S NUMEROUS
05:52:03 INSTANCES WHERE SHE HAS BEEN MANY
05:52:08 TIMES ACCUSED OF CENSORING OPPOSITION.
05:52:09 THE FALSE NEWSTHE BLOG SPREADS TO OUR
05:52:11 COMMUNITYI THINK DAMAGE THE INTEGRITY
05:52:18 OF OUR LEADERSHIP IN OUR ENTIRE
05:52:19 COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS. IT IS DANGEROUS
05:52:24 THAT IT CASTS A BAD LIGHT ON THE CITY
05:52:25 AS A WHOLE AND CREATES MORE TOXIC
05:52:26 ENVIRONMENT THAN IT ALREADY IS. THIS
05:52:41 MISINFORMATION ALREADY DAMAGES
05:52:42 REPUTATIONS OF COUNCILMEMBERS WHEN
05:52:43 THERE IS NO (INAUDIBLE) BY THE COUNCIL
05:52:44 MEMBERS. AS I SAID, I DID CORRECT THAT
05:52:45 ISSUE WHERE I MADE A MISTAKE OF
05:52:46 MISSPEAKING AND I APOLOGIZE. I TOOK
05:52:47 THAT. I EXPECT MR. HALL TO DO THE SAME
05:53:18 THING IN HIS BLOG. LASTLY I LOOK AT
05:53:19 THIS NEWS THAT IS LOGGED IN GOING BACK
05:53:20 FIVE YEARS. I NEVER SEE ONE NEGATIVE
05:53:21 STORY BEING WRITTEN ABOUT MAYOR
05:53:22 GILMORE AND COUNCILMEMBER WATANABE.
05:53:23 AND THAT DOES CONCERN ME, HAVING NOT
05:53:24 ONE NEGATIVE STORY IN FIVE YEARS.
05:53:25 >>MAY I ASK WHAT POINT YOU'RE MAKING?
05:53:26 IT'S ALMOST 20 TO 12. WHAT IS YOUR
05:53:27 POINT, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR? IS
05:53:28 THIS JUST YOUR COMMENTARY FOR THE END
05:53:29 OF THE MEETING?
05:53:30 >>THIS IS MY CLARIFICATION FOR FALSE
05:53:31 INFORMATION.
05:53:32 >>OKAY.AS I AM SAYING,FIGURING THIS
05:53:33 MORE AND MORE AS A POLITICAL HIT JOB,
05:53:34 HAS BEEN CREATING NARRATIVES
05:53:35 MISLEADING OUR PUBLIC WITH NO
05:53:36 ACCOUNTABILITY. MAYOR GILMORE, I OFTEN
05:53:37 SEE YOU SHARE SOME OF HIS BLOG STORIES
05:53:38 >>EXCUSE ME,
05:53:39 >>MAYOR GILMORE
05:53:40 >>WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
05:53:46 >>THIS IS CORRECTING A RECORD.
05:53:47 >>CORRECTING WHAT RECORD?
05:53:48 >>IS CORRECTING A RECORD BECAUSE IT
05:53:49 SAYS BASICALLY CONCERNS OF YOU SHARING
05:53:50 FABRICATED STORIES AND ACCURATE
05:53:54 INFORMATION.
05:53:55 >>COME ON, ANTHONY.
05:54:08 >>WILL TAKE A MOMENT OF PROTECTED
05:54:09 CLASSES LIKE LB GT Q, RELIGIOUS OR
05:54:10 PEOPLE OF COLOR. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT
05:54:11 YOU DENOUNCE THOSE COMMENTS.
05:54:12 >>YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M SORRY, POINT OF
05:54:13 ORDER HERE.
05:54:14 >>NO, I AM ALLOWED TO DEFEND MYSELF.
05:54:15 >>POINT OF ORDER HERE.YOU KNOW WHAT,
05:54:53 COUNCILMEMBER BECKER, YOU HAVE
05:54:54 OFFENDED PEOPLE AT EVERY MEETING AND I
05:54:55 GUESS
05:54:56 >>YOU HAVE OFFENDED PEOPLE TOO.
05:54:57 >>WITH YOU OFFENDING ME AS WELL.
05:54:58 >>THIS IS GAS LIGHTING. YOU OFFENDED
05:54:59 ME.
05:55:00 >>I KNOW YOU LEARNED A NEW WORD, GAS
05:55:01 LIGHTING, YOU ARE USING IT A LOT.
05:55:02 >>IT IS WHAT IT IS.
05:55:03 >>IF THIS IS A FULL ON ATTACK GO
05:55:04 AHEAD. WE HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT, KEEP
05:55:05 GOING.
05:55:06 >>NO, IT'S VERY FUNNY HOW YOU GET TO
05:55:07 MAKE CERTAIN COMMENTS ANY OF THE
05:55:08 MEMBERS ON THE CITY COUNCIL. IT'S VERY
05:55:09 INTERESTING HOW YOU GET TO MAKE THE
05:55:10 RULES AS YOU GO. SO WHAT I AM SAYING
05:55:11 IS THAT SOMEONE MISINFORMATION ON A
05:55:12 DAILY BASIS AND I'M CORRECTING THESE
05:55:13 FACTS. I'M CORRECTINGTHAT
05:55:14 MISINFORMATION AND ALLIES. SO IN DOING
05:55:15 SO I SEE THAT YOU SHARE THE
05:55:16 INFORMATION AND I WOULD PLEASE HOPE
05:55:17 THAT YOU DENOUNCE THAT HATEFUL
05:55:18 RHETORIC THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, I
05:55:52 DON'T CARE IF YOU CRITICIZE ME FOR ME
05:55:53 BEING BOLD OR MY VOTES ON COUNCIL, BUT
05:55:54 DON'T QUOTE START SAYING RACIST OR
05:55:55 HOMOPHOBIC KIND OF THINGS AND WHEN YOU
05:55:56 SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND YOU START
05:55:57 TO SEE THAT
05:55:58 >>YOU ARE SO INSULTING. IT'S
05:55:59 EMBARRASSING AND INSULTING.
05:56:00 >>IT'S NOT INSULTING. YOU KNOW WHAT,
05:56:01 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. YOU
05:56:02 DON'T. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE TO STAND UP
05:56:03 FOR OURSELVES AND SEE INFORMATION THAT
05:56:04 IS SHARED IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS
05:56:05 INACCURATE, LAST WEEK I WANT TO SAY
05:56:06 THIS, I THINK CITY MANAGER DEANNA
05:56:07 SANTANA FOR CORRECTING MR. ALL A FEW
05:56:08 TIMES THIS YEAR. I REALLY DO
05:56:09 APPRECIATE THAT. THERE'VE BEEN TIMES
05:56:10 WHERETHE CITY MANAGER HAS CORRECTED
05:56:11 OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. SO WHAT I AM
05:56:12 DOING IS CORRECTING THE SAME THING.
05:56:13 AND I KNOW YOU WOULD DO THE SAME THING
05:56:14 TOO IF SOMETHING WAS OUT THERE THAT
05:56:15 YOU FELT WAS AN INJUSTICE.SO I'M JUST
05:56:18 PUTTING THAT ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I
05:56:19 FELT IT WAS VERY UNFAIR THAT THINGS
05:56:20 ARE WRITTEN, SHARED TO THE PUBLIC, AND
05:56:21 THEN WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A SAY TO IT?
05:56:22 NO. WE HAVE A SAY, WE WANT TO CORRECT
05:56:23 THE RECORD. I'M STATING ON THE RECORD
05:56:24 CORRECTING IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING.
05:56:25 AND WHEN YOU SHARE THIS INFORMATION IT
05:56:26 MAKES PEOPLE CALL ME AND SAY YOU ARE
05:56:27 DOINGTHESE THINGS. I NEVER DO ANY
05:56:28 THINGS, THIS IS FALSE INFORMATION TIME
05:56:29 CORRECTING THE RECORD. THANK YOU.
05:56:30 >>COUNCILMEMBER PART.
05:56:31 >>YES, I WHILE I AGREE WITHALMOST ALL
05:56:40 OF COUNCILMEMBER BECKER'S ASSERTIONS,
05:56:41 I ACTUALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT
05:56:45 BLOG CONTAINING LIES. IT'S NOT A REAL
05:56:46 NEW SOURCE. IF WE LOOK AT WHO SET IT UP
05:56:52 , THE STORIES, THE BACKGROUND SEEMS TO
05:56:53 BE THAT SOME PEOPLE ON THE CITY
05:56:58 COUNCIL AND FORMER CITY COUNCIL
05:56:59 MEMBERS HAVE SET UP THIS NEW SOURCE.
05:57:12 AND I WOULD HATE THAT IT STARTS
05:57:13 CORRECTING SOME OF THE LIES,
05:57:14 CORRECTING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT AS
05:57:15 AN STARTS TO BE TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY.
05:57:16 WHAT DOES DISTURB ME IS WHEN
05:57:17 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE POLICE OFFICERS
05:57:18 ASSOCIATIONREFERENCES THE SITE AS
05:57:22 THEIR ONLY SOURCE, WHEN THE CITY USES
05:57:29 OR PROMOTES THIS BLOG, THIS BLOG AS
05:57:30 LEGITIMATE NEWS, I THINK THOSE ARE THE
05:57:31 REAL PROBLEMS. I THINK THAT I HAVE HAD
05:57:37 CITY STAFF AND CITY MANAGER TAKE
05:57:38 OFFENSE AT A LOT OF THINGS THAT I
05:57:39 DIDN'T EVEN SAY, LIKE I DIDN'T EVEN
05:57:40 SAY THAT.AND PEOPLE SAID, YOU ACCUSE
05:57:50 ME OF DOING THIS. NO NO NO NO. I DID
05:57:51 NOT ACCUSE YOU OF DOING THESE THINGS
05:57:52 AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO AGAIN YOU
05:57:53 WILL SEE THAT THIS IS IN FACT NOT
05:57:54 TRUE. I THINK THATHAVING CONTROLLING
05:57:55 THE NEWS FOR CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE
05:57:59 , IT'S AN AGE OLD, ONE OF THE OLDEST
05:58:00 POLITICALWEAPONSIN HISTORY. AND I
05:58:04 THINK THATIT'S GOT TO BE THERE, I
05:58:19 WOULD LIKE IT STOPPED, I WOULD REALLY
05:58:20 LIKE STAFF FOR TAKE THIS A LITTLE MORE
05:58:21 SERIOUSLY IF THEY HAVE A CODE OF
05:58:22 CONDUCT IN SUPPORT AND ACTUALLY WORK
05:58:23 FOR CITY COUNCIL AND SUPPORT CITY
05:58:24 COUNCILBUT IT'S VERY CLEAR THATIN THE
05:58:49 EXCHANGES, THE EMAIL EXCHANGES THAT
05:58:50 THERE IS SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THESE
05:58:51 FALSE NEW SITES AND SOME OF THESE
05:58:52 FALSE NARRATIVES. IT'S NOT JUST THE
05:58:53 BLOGS THAT ARE CREATING THESE FALSE
05:58:54 NARRATIVES, AND I THINK IF WE WANT TO
05:58:55 STOP THIS PROBLEM WE HAVE TO STOP THIS
05:58:56 PROBLEM LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE
05:58:57 SOURCE. BUT AGAIN, THIS BLOG IS NOT A
05:58:58 REAL NEW SOURCE AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM
05:58:59 WITH THAT CONTAINING LIES. IN FACT,
05:59:00 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD EXPECT. I
05:59:01 THINKTHE BIGGER ISSUE IS WHERE DO
05:59:02 THESE LIES COME FROM, WHAT IS, WHO IS
05:59:03 FEEDING THESE LIES TO THESE BLOG SITES
05:59:04 AND WHY ARE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE PLA
05:59:05 IN THE LAST ELECTION, WHY ARE THEY
05:59:06 BUYING INTO THESE UNTRUTHS AND USING
05:59:07 THEM AS WEAPONS TO ATTACKCITIZENS? AND
05:59:18 I THINK THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE WE
05:59:19 NEED TO ASK. BUT AS FAR AS THE LIES
05:59:20 THEMSELVES,I WILL SAY THIS, THEY ARE
05:59:22 VERY AMUSING.THANK YOU.
05:59:23 >>ARE YOU FINISHED? VICE MAYOR TO
05:59:28 CALL, YOUR TURN.
05:59:40 >>I DON'T THINK MAYOR, IT'S A LAUGHING
05:59:41 MATTER, BUT I WILL STILL BE VERY
05:59:42 BRIEF. IT'S NOT A LAUGHING MATTER, SO
05:59:43 NEWS, PRESS IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST
05:59:52 (INAUDIBLE) DEMOCRACY. AND IF WE KNOW
05:59:53 THATSOME LIES ARE BEINGBLATANTLY LIES,
06:00:01 IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYONEAND
06:00:07 MOST PEOPLE, LET ME TELL YOU, MOST
06:00:08 PEOPLE EVEN KNOWHOW THE LIESARE BEING
06:00:21 FRITTERED THROUGH THAT BLOG. NOBODY
06:00:22 SHOULD BE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT
06:00:23 MOST PEOPLE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
06:00:24 MOST PEOPLE KNOWHOW THIS BLOG IS BEING
06:00:25 USED, AND BUT COUNCILMEMBER BARDING
06:00:34 COUNCILMEMBER BECKER SAID IS
06:00:35 COMPLETELY TRUE. PUBLISH SOMETHING,
06:00:41 CRITICIZE SOMETHING, CRITICIZE IT BUT
06:00:42 DON'T SPREAD LIES. THE SPREADING LIES
06:00:47 DOES NOT HELP COMMUNITY, DOES NOT HELP
06:00:48 ANYBODY AND WHETHER AS A RESIDENT, AS
06:00:51 A MAYOROR AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR AS A
06:00:57 VICE MAYOR DOES NOT HELP. SO IF THAT'S
06:01:00 THE PRACTICE, I DON'T KNOW.WHAT CAN BE
06:01:04 DONE OR WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT.
06:01:10 THANK YOU.
06:01:11 >>ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? ANTHONY
06:01:12 YOU HAVE HAD YOUR TURN. ANYONE ELSE?
06:01:13 >>IS ANOTHER ITEM AFTER THIS.
06:01:18 >>THERE IS NO OTHER ITEM EXCEPT CITY
06:01:19 MANAGER REPORTS.
06:01:20 >>AND THAT IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT I
06:01:24 WANTED TO DO AS A COMMITTEE REPORT.
06:01:25 >>YOU HAVE TO DO IT HERE
06:01:28 >>I WAS GOING TO LET YOU SAY WHAT YOU
06:01:29 WANTED BUT
06:01:31 >>I HAVE NO WORDS.
06:01:32 >>OKAY.SO GO AHEAD.
06:02:02 >>LEADING OFF OF THAT, I SAID WHAT I
06:02:03 SAID, IT IS WHAT IT IS, WE ARE GOING
06:02:04 TO WORK THINGS OUT. THIS IS OUR FIRST
06:02:05 YEAR'S ACCOUNT TOGETHER, I THINK WE
06:02:06 HAVE A LOT OF THINGS, I THINK WE'VE
06:02:07 GONE THROUGH A LOT OF GROWING PAINS. I
06:02:08 WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A
06:02:09 PLEASURE TO BE HONEST TO SERVE WITH
06:02:10 ALL OF YOU THIS LAST YEAR. IT HAS. I
06:02:11 KNOW YOU MAY DISAGREE, MAYOR GILMORE
06:02:12 >>I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE ARE
06:02:13 ENDING THIS YEAR ON A VERY LOW NOTE. I
06:02:14 WANT TO SAY THAT, VERY LOW LOW NOTE.
06:02:15 >>I AM HOPING WE CAN CHANGE THAT RIGHT
06:02:16 NOW BECAUSEI SAID WHAT I SAID AND I
06:03:01 STAND BY MY STATEMENTS AND I THINK WE
06:03:02 HAVE A RIGHT TO BE RESPECTFULLY ABLE
06:03:03 TO STAND BY STATEMENTS STILL TREAT
06:03:04 EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT COUNCILMEMBER
06:03:05 PARKER COUNCILMEMBER HARDY WILL
06:03:06 DISAGREE ON A VOTE BUT WILL STILL GET
06:03:07 ALONG WITH EACH OTHER AFTERWARDS. WE
06:03:08 WILL STILL RESPECT EACH OTHER AND SAY
06:03:09 HI. I WILL CALL THEM OUT IF THERE IS
06:03:10 DISAGREEMENTS ON THINGS, WHICH THEY
06:03:11 WILL DO THE SAME THING TO ME. BUT I
06:03:12 WANT TO SAY SPENDING THIS WHOLE LAST
06:03:13 YEAR WITH YOU I FEEL LIKE TO SPEND
06:03:14 MORE TIME WITH YOU GUYS THAT I DO MY
06:03:15 OWN FAMILY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
06:03:16 YOUR FAMILIES PUTTING UP WITH A LOT OF
06:03:17 THIS, GIVING UP THEIR TIME TO BE WITH
06:03:18 THEIR LOVED ONES, THEIR MOTHERS, THEIR
06:03:19 FATHERS, THEIR HUSBANDS, THEIR WIVES,
06:03:20 FATHERS, SONS, SO ON AND SO ON. I
06:03:21 APPRECIATE ALL THAT. ALSO WANT TO SAY
06:03:22 I VERY MUCH VALUE ALL OF STAFF'S WORK,
06:03:23 I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK
06:03:24 THAT YOU'VE DONEAND I KNOW YOU MAY NOT
06:03:25 THINK CERTAIN THINGS I SAID MAY BE PUT
06:03:26 YOU OFF, BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
06:03:27 YOU DO AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW
06:03:28 QUICK YOU ARE TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF
06:03:29 MY CONCERNS. AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE I
06:03:30 SAID, I VALUE ALL OF YOUR WORK. SO TO
06:03:31 EVERYONE OF YOU, WE ARE GOING TO WORK
06:03:32 THROUGH A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENCES IN
06:03:33 DETAILS AND I JUST HOPE IN THIS NEXT
06:03:34 YEAR YOU CAN START WORKING TOGETHER A
06:03:35 LITTLE HARDERAND START ABANDONING AND
06:03:36 A LOT OF THESE ACCUSATIONS AND START
06:03:37 FOCUSING ON THE REAL BUSINESS BECAUSE
06:03:38 LIKE EVERYONE SAYS TO ME THE COMMUNITY
06:03:39 IS WATCHING.SOUGHT TO SAY HAPPY
06:03:52 HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE, MERRY CHRISTMAS,
06:03:53 HAPPY HANUKKAH, HAPPY KWANZAA AND A
06:03:54 VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERY SINGLE
06:03:55 ONE OF YOU. AND I DO APPRECIATE
06:03:56 EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE OF YOU DO
06:03:57 EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE DISAGREEMENTS.
06:03:58 WE STILL ARE A FAMILY HERE IN SANTA
06:03:59 CLARA. SO THANK YOU. EMMA CONCERNED
06:04:00 WHEN ELSA WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING?
06:04:01 AGAIN,I THINK WHAT YOU ALL JUST DID
06:04:09 WAS SO LOW AND INSULTING. I'M
06:04:10 PERSONALLY INSULTED AND I JUST FIND IT
06:04:11 VERY HARD TOEVEN PUT INTO WORDS, I
06:04:31 KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE, OUR STAFF
06:04:32 IS INSULTED, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE
06:04:33 INSULTED, OUR PUBLIC IS INSULTED, AND
06:04:34 I REALLY HOPE THERE ARE SOME
06:04:35 SOUL-SEARCHING OVER THE NEXT MONTH
06:04:36 BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING TO REALLY WORK
06:04:37 TOGETHER TO WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
06:04:38 STOP ALL OF THIS NONSENSE AND REALLY
06:04:39 WORK TOWARDS A COMMUNITY, I DON'T KNOW
06:04:40 IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, I AM HOPING SO,
06:04:43 BECAUSE I THINK AGAIN WE'VE ENDED THIS
06:04:44 YEAR ON A REALLY LOW NOTE. CITY
06:04:47 MANAGER? REPORTS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR?
06:04:57 >>NO, WE WILL RECONVENE ON JANUARY 5.
06:04:58 >>IS IT THE FIFTH WEEK
06:04:59 >>JANUARY 5, WE WILL HAVE A BRIEFING.
06:05:09 >>OH. I WAS THINKING THE 11TH. ALL
06:05:10 RIGHT. THE FIFTH. THAT LEADS US TO OUR
06:05:11 ADJOURNMENT. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
06:05:12 JANE, YOU HAVE ASKED FOR TO READ THE
06:05:13 ADJOURNMENT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
06:05:14 >>YES. I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS
06:05:15 MEETINGIN MEMORY OF ALREADY ALL CORE,
06:05:21 AND VICE MAYOR RAJ CHAHAL. ALREADY
06:05:28 ACCOR WAS BORN IN 1927 AROUND 95 YEARS
06:05:29 AGO AND RURAL VERA ELLEDGE. SHE WAS
06:05:39 BORN TO A FAMILY OF LANDOWNING
06:05:40 FARMERS. SHE CAME TO THE US IN 1995
06:05:41 AND SETTLED DOWN IN SANTA CLARA. FROM
06:05:42 A YOUNG AGESHE BECAME COMMITTED TO
06:05:45 ENSURING THAT HER FAMILY HAD ACCESS TO
06:05:53 GREATER OPPORTUNITIES THAN SHE WAS
06:05:54 AFFORDED HERSELF IN THE AGRICULTURAL
06:05:55 VILLAGE SOCIETY IN WHICH SHE WAS BORN.
06:06:01 DESPITE ONLY HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
06:06:02 GO TO SCHOOL UNTIL THE FIFTH GRADE,
06:06:03 SHE HAD INCREDIBLE FORESIGHT IN
06:06:04 APPRECIATING THE VALUE OF EDUCATION.
06:06:24 WHEN SHE WAS IN HER 20S AND GETTING
06:06:25 READY FOR HER MARRIAGE, SHE HAD A
06:06:26 SPECIAL REQUEST FOR HER FATHER. SHE
06:06:27 REQUESTED HER FATHER TO GET HER
06:06:28 MARRIED TO AN EDUCATED MAN. SHE KNEW
06:06:29 EDUCATION WAS THE KEY TO OPPORTUNITY.
06:06:30 LATER IN HER LIFE, VIEIRA COREHAD HER
06:06:36 OWN CHILDREN, A SON AND THREE
06:06:37 DAUGHTERS. AT THE TIME IN INDIA MANY
06:06:38 PEOPLE'S GOALS WITH THEIR DAUGHTERS
06:06:39 WERE TO GET THEM MARRIED AS SOON AS
06:06:40 POSSIBLE. NOT FOR HER. THE GOAL WAS TO
06:06:47 MAKE SURE EACH OF HER CHILDREN,
06:06:48 INCLUDING HER THREE DAUGHTERS,
06:06:49 RECEIVED A COLLEGE EDUCATION. INSTEAD
06:06:50 OF LIMITING HER DAUGHTERS, SHE
06:06:51 EMPOWERED THEM.SHE SPENT THE LAST 26
06:07:00 YEARS OF HER LIFE IN THE UNITED
06:07:01 STATES, SPENT MUCH OF THAT TIME AS A
06:07:02 RESIDENT IN SANTA CLARA. SHE COULD'VE
06:07:15 STAYED IN INDIA WHERE SHE ENJOYED A
06:07:16 COMFORTABLE LIFE, BUT INSTEAD SHE CAME
06:07:17 TO THE US TO BE THERE FOR HER FAMILY
06:07:18 SO THAT HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
06:07:19 HAD A SHOT AT THE AMERICAN DREAM. AT
06:07:20 ONE POINTSHE WAS LIVING IN A SMALL
06:07:22 SANTA CLARA APARTMENT WITH SEVEN OTHER
06:07:23 FAMILY MEMBERS WHILE HER CHILDREN
06:07:38 WORKS MINIMUM WAGE JOBS DURING THE DAY
06:07:39 SHE BABYSAT HER GRANDCHILDREN AND
06:07:40 TAUGHT THEM PUNJABI. FROM A YOUNG AGE
06:07:41 SHE INSTILLED CONFIDENCE AND
06:07:42 GRANDCHILDREN BY ASSURING THEM THEY
06:07:43 ALL CAN DO SOMETHING GREAT.SHE LIVED
06:07:44 BOLDLY AND COURAGEOUSLY, IN MANY WAYS
06:07:46 WAY AHEAD OF HER TIME, HAD
06:07:51 IRREPLACEABLE OF HER FAMILY. IT IS
06:07:52 BECAUSE OF HER BOLDNESSTHE DEFIANCE OF
06:07:55 THE STATUS QUO SACRIFICES OF AN
06:08:00 IMMIGRANT THAT SHE SET HER FAMILY FOR
06:08:01 OPPORTUNITY.SHE LEFT FOR THE HEAVENLY
06:08:10 ABODE ON NOVEMBER 7, 2021, LEAVING
06:08:11 BEHIND THE FAMILIES OF HER THREE
06:08:12 DAUGHTERS AND SON INCLUDING NINE
06:08:13 GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT
06:08:14 GRANDCHILD. THROUGHOUT HER LIFE SHE
06:08:15 WAS A WOMAN WHO LED BY EXAMPLEAND
06:08:21 ENRICH THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND. HER
06:08:22 LOVING MEMORIES WILL KEEP THE FAMILY
06:08:23 AND OUR COMMUNITY INSPIRED. SHE WILL
06:08:24 BE MISSED.
06:08:47 MOTION TO ADJOURN.
06:08:58 [ROLL CALL VOTE]
06:09:17 [MEETING ADJOURNED]