00:04:40 >>> GOOD EVERYONING AND WELCOME TO
00:04:44 THE
00:04:46 SANTA CLARA COUNCIL CONCURRENT MEETING. CONFIRMATION
00:04:51 OF A QUORUM, CITY CLERK.
00:04:52 >>
00:04:53 THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. YES, CONFIRMING
00:04:54 QUORUM.
00:04:55 >> WE HAVE
00:04:56 ONE ITEM FOR CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING. CITY
00:04:57 ATTORNEY.
00:04:58 >>
00:04:59 THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR. ONE ITEM,
00:05:00 CONFERENCE
00:05:06 WITH LEGAL COUNCIL REGARDING
00:05:07 EXISTING LITIGATION, MILLIGAN VERSUS
00:05:08 THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA AND WILL BE MEETING
00:05:10 IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. THANKS.
00:05:11 >>
00:05:12 THANK YOU, DO
00:05:13 WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
00:05:15 THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
00:05:17 A COMMENT ON THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM? DO WE
00:05:18 HAVE
00:05:21 ANYONE HERE
00:05:22 IN THE AUDIENCE? NO? ANYONE ONLINE,
00:05:24 ASSISTANT
00:05:25 CITY CLERK? WE WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION,
00:05:27 WE WILL BE BACK AT 7:00
00:05:29 P.M. FOR THE REGULAR MEETING. THANK YOU.
00:16:37 >>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE,
00:16:39 HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME TO THE
00:16:42 SANTA CLARA CITY COUNCIL
00:16:43 STADIUM AUTHORITY CONCURRENT MEETING. MAY
00:16:45 I ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND FOR
00:16:47 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN
00:16:51 STANDING FOR
00:16:53 OUR STATEMENT OF VALUES.
00:16:54 >>> I PLEDGE
00:16:55 ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
00:16:56 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND
00:16:57 TO
00:17:00 THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
00:17:03 STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE,
00:17:06 WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
00:17:09 FOR ALL.
00:17:10 >> AS WE
00:17:12 GATHER, WE HUMBLELY SEEK BLESSINGS
00:17:13 UPON
00:17:14 THIS MEETING. WE ACT WITH STRENGTH,
00:17:15 COURAGE, AND WILL TO PERFORM
00:17:17 OUR OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES TO OUR PEOPLE
00:17:18 WITH
00:17:20 JUSTICE TO ALL. LET US SEEK WISDOM
00:17:21 SO WE MAY ACT IN
00:17:24 THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR PEOPLE,
00:17:26 OUR NEIGHBORS, AND OUR COUNTRY. ALL
00:17:27 THIS WE ASK SO
00:17:30 WE MAY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH
00:17:32 FAIRNESS AND RESPECT. PUTTING THEIR
00:17:33 NEEDS BEFORE ALL.
00:17:34 >>
00:17:36 THANK
00:17:38 YOU, PLEASE BE SEATED. MAY WE HAVE
00:17:39 THE ROLL
00:17:42 CALL, CITY CLERK?
00:17:43 >> THANK
00:17:45 YOU, MADAME MAYOR. WELCOME
00:17:48 COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER
00:17:50 GONZALEZ.
00:17:51 >> HERE. >> CHAHAL. >> PRESENT. >>
00:17:52 COUNCIL
00:17:54 MEMBER HARDY.
00:17:55 >> HERE. >> COUNCIL
00:17:57 MEMBER PARK.
00:17:58 >>
00:18:00 HERE.
00:18:01 >> COUNCIL,
00:18:03 BOARD
00:18:05 MEMBER GILLMOR.
00:18:06 >> HERE. >> THANK
00:18:07 YOU.
00:18:08 >>
00:18:09 MEMBERS OF THE SANTA CLARA
00:18:11 STADIUM AUTHORITY, AND HOUSING AUTHORITY
00:18:12 ARE ENTITLED TO
00:18:15 RECEIVE $30 FOR EACH ATTENDED MEETING. THE
00:18:18 CITY OF SANTA CLARA HAS ADOPTED A
00:18:20 CODE OF ETHICS AND BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS
00:18:21 FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS
00:18:24 TO PROMOTE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF
00:18:26 CONDUCT. THIS INCLUDES MUTUAL RESPECT, ROBUST
00:18:27 DISCUSSION, AND
00:18:29 ALLOWING CITY BUSINESS TO BE DONE
00:18:30 IN AN EFFICIENT
00:18:32 AND CONSISTENT MANNER. PLEASE NOTE
00:18:33 AS A PRESIDING OFFICER, THE
00:18:35 MAYOR AND CHAIR'S DIRECTION AND MATTERS
00:18:36 OF PROCESS SHOULD BE
00:18:39 FOLLOWED AND THE USE OF THE GAVEL
00:18:40 INDICATES
00:18:42 ALL CONVERSATIONS MUST
00:18:45 CONCLUDE AND EVERYONE
00:18:47 IN ATTENDANCE SHOULD COME TO ATTENTION. FOR
00:18:48 THOSE JOINING US THIS EVENING IN
00:18:50 THE CAPACITY AS A REGISTERED LOBBYIST,
00:18:51 WE ASK YOU TO
00:18:53 PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS SUCH AND
00:18:54 DISCLOSE THE
00:18:56 CLIENTS AND OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT
00:18:57 YOU REPRESENT. THIS IS
00:19:00 PURSUANT
00:19:03 TO CITY CODE. THANK YOU.
00:19:04 >>
00:19:06 THANK YOU. SO, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AGAIN,
00:19:07 HAPPY
00:19:08 NEW YEAR. FOR TODAY'S MEETING, THE
00:19:09 COUNCIL IS BACK IN PERSON
00:19:12 AND CONDUCTING ITS MEETING IN A HYBRID
00:19:13 MANNER. THE PUBLIC
00:19:15 IS WELCOME TO ATTEND IN-PERSON AND
00:19:16 THE CITY CONTINUES TO
00:19:18 USE A ZOOM FEATURE
00:19:21 TO ALLOW PARTICIPATION FROM YOUR HOME
00:19:22 OR OFFICE. MEMBERS OF
00:19:24 THE PUBLIC CAN STILL JOIN VIA THE
00:19:25 LINK AND
00:19:27 OR CALL INTO THE ZOOM MEETING
00:19:29 PHONE NUMBER SHOWN ON THE SCREEN NOW. IF
00:19:30 YOU WOULD LIKE TO
00:19:33 SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM OR DURING
00:19:34 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS,
00:19:36 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ON
00:19:38 THE ZOOM APPLICATION OR PRESS STAR
00:19:40 9 ON YOUR
00:19:41 PHONE. PLEASE ONLY RAISE YOUR HAND WHILE
00:19:43 THE ITEM YOU'RE SEEKING
00:19:46 TO SPEAK ON IS PRESENTED. STAFF
00:19:49 WILL ENTER YOUR NAME OR THE LAST
00:19:50 FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND
00:19:52 I WILL CALL ON YOU
00:19:53 TO SPEAK. AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER, MEMBERS OF
00:19:55 THE PUBLIC HAVE
00:19:57 TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA
00:19:58 ITEM
00:19:59 AND THREE MINUTES ON PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
00:20:01 AND THOSE ARE RESERVED FOR
00:20:03 TOPICS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. PRIOR
00:20:04 TO
00:20:05 EACH AGENDA ITEM, STAFF WILL LOWER
00:20:07 YOUR HAND TO ENSURE THAT MEMBERS
00:20:09 OF THE PUBLIC ARE SEEKING TO SPEAK
00:20:11 ON THE APPROPRIATE AGENDA ITEM. SO
00:20:13 WE'LL MOVE
00:20:16 NOW
00:20:22 ON TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA. OKAY
00:20:25 . REPORTS OF ACTION TAKEN
00:20:26 IN CLOSED SESSION. CITY ATTORNEY.
00:20:27 >>
00:20:28 COUNCIL DID MEET IN
00:20:31 CLOSED SESSION ON CONFERENCE
00:20:34 WITH
00:20:35 LEGAL COUNCIL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION. MILLIGAN VERSUS
00:20:37 THE CITY
00:20:39 OF SANTA CLARA. NO REPORTABLE ACTION.
00:20:40 >>
00:20:43 THANK YOU. NEXT, WE
00:20:44 HAVE CONTINUANCES, EXCEPTIONS, AND RECONSIDERATIONS. AND
00:20:46 I UNDERSTAND
00:20:49 WE HAVE ONE REQUEST FOR A
00:20:50 RECONSIDERATION? PLEASE COME FORWARD,
00:20:51 AND THEN I'LL ASK THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND
00:20:52 THE
00:20:53 PUBLIC IF THERE'S ANY OTHERS. THIS
00:20:55 IS JUST
00:21:01 THE ONE I KNOW ABOUT.
00:21:07 WELCOME. THERE YOU
00:21:10 GO.
00:21:11 >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS
00:21:12 BRIAN DARBY, I WAS WATCHED AND I THINK
00:21:13 I WAS AT THE MEETING
00:21:15 ON THE 17th OF DECEMBER. AND IT WAS
00:21:16 A SPECIAL
00:21:18 MEETING AND ONE OF THE THINGS TOWARDS
00:21:22 THE END, I WATCH IT
00:21:25 AT HOME. THERE WAS A $20 MILLION TRANSFERRED FROM,
00:21:28 I THINK IT IT WAS THE GENERAL FUND,
00:21:29 I'M
00:21:30 NOT UNDERSTANDING THIS, SO PLEASE FORGIVE
00:21:31 ME. I HAVE IT
00:21:34 SPELLED OUT IN THIS LETTER THAT I
00:21:36 SENT TO EVERYBODY. WITH A CAMPUS CENTER
00:21:37 FOR
00:21:39 THE CIVIC CENTER CAMPUS FUTURE NEEDS,
00:21:40 AND I
00:21:43 WAS THINKING, SOME OF THE
00:21:44 THINGS THAT THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP AND SOME OF
00:21:46 THE CALLERS BROUGHT
00:21:49 UP, IT WAS OUT OF CYCLE PUBLIC
00:21:51 PERCEPTION OF SITE SELECTION, AND
00:21:52 HISTORICAL AND CIVIC
00:21:54 IDENTITY. THIS IS A LOT BETTER WRITTEN
00:21:55 AND I'M GOING
00:21:57 TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO, I WOULD LIKE
00:21:58 TO
00:22:01 --I WAS GIVEN THIS,
00:22:04 AND THIS HELPED
00:22:07 OUT VERY MUCH. THE CITY MANAGER,
00:22:09 I BELIEVE, CITY ATTORNEY. CITY MANAGER? SORRY. CITY
00:22:10 MANAGER GAVE THIS. THIS
00:22:12 WAS HELPFUL. IT ANSWERED A LOT OF
00:22:13 QUESTIONS. I
00:22:16 WOULD LIKE TO
00:22:17 RECONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU.
00:22:18 >> OKAY. SO
00:22:19 CITY ATTORNEY, COULD
00:22:21 YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE PROCESS FOR RECONSIDERATION
00:22:22 AND THEN
00:22:24 I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY CLERK WHICH
00:22:28 COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE
00:22:31 FOR THAT ITEM LAST DECEMBER.
00:22:32 >>
00:22:34 THANK YOU, MADAME
00:22:37 MAYOR. UNDER CITY COUNCIL
00:22:38 POLICY 042, RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS
00:22:40 CAN BE MADE BY A MEMBER OF
00:22:41 THE PUBLIC EITHER AT THE MEETING WHICH
00:22:43 THE ITEM WAS CONSIDERED OR
00:22:45 AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. THIS
00:22:46 IS
00:22:48 THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING FOLLOWING
00:22:52 YOUR ACTION ON THIS
00:22:55 ITEM. SO THIS PROPOSAL IS
00:22:58 IN ORDER. HE STATED GENERALLY AND
00:23:00 PROVIDED YOU SOME WRITTEN INFORMATION REGARDING
00:23:04 THE REASON FOR HIS REQUEST. AND
00:23:07 YOU DO HAVE
00:23:10 THE PREROGATIVE NOW TO MAKE A MOTION
00:23:13 WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE MADE, AS
00:23:15 YOU POINTED OUT, BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
00:23:16 WHO VOTED IN THE
00:23:19 AFFIRMATIVE WITH RESPECT
00:23:22 TO THIS ITEM TO AGERUNDIZE THIS ITEM
00:23:25 FOR YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, BECAUSE
00:23:28 IT CAN'T BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, FOR DISCUSSION AND
00:23:29 POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE ACTION. SO TONIGHT
00:23:31 WOULD BE JUST
00:23:32 THE PROCEDURAL DECISION THAT WOULD NEED
00:23:34 TO BE INITIATED BY ONE OF THE
00:23:37 COUNCIL MEMBERS
00:23:39 ON THE PREVAILING SIDE OF THAT TO DECIDE
00:23:40 TO
00:23:43 RECONSIDER THE ITEM
00:23:46 AT WHICH POINT WE WOULD AGENDIZE IS AT
00:23:48 YOUR NEXT MEETING FOR DISCUSSIONS. THE
00:23:49 CITY CLERK DID PROVIDE
00:23:52 ME THE INFORMATION AS TO WHO VOTED IN THE
00:23:55 AFFIRMATIVE.
00:23:56 >> IF YOU CAN SHARE
00:23:58 THAT NOW?
00:23:59 >> IT WAS MADAME MAYOR,
00:24:04 YOU VOTED AGAINST. MEMBER
00:24:07 COX, YOU WERE ABSENT. AFFIRMATIVE
00:24:08 FROM GONZALEZ, HARDY, CHAHAL, JAIN,
00:24:10 AND PARK. EITHER ONE OF THOSE COULD
00:24:13 MAKE THE MOTION. IF THERE WAS
00:24:16 A DESIRE TO RECONSIDER. ANYONE
00:24:19 CAN SECOND THAT MOTION, IT NOT BE
00:24:20 ON THE PREVAILING SIDE. THANK
00:24:21 YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
00:24:22 >> THANK YOU. OF
00:24:23 THE FIVE
00:24:25 MEMBERS THAT VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE
00:24:26 FOR
00:24:27 THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE FUNDS, IS THERE
00:24:28 ANY
00:24:31 COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE
00:24:33 TO VOTE TO RECONSIDER? COUNCIL MEMBER
00:24:34 PARK.
00:24:35 >> SO I GUESS MY QUESTION
00:24:36 IS, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO RECONSIDER? DO
00:24:37 YOU WANT
00:24:40 TO NOT PASS THAT? DO YOU WANT A VOTE
00:24:43 OF NO OR SOMETHING CHANGED? I DON'T
00:24:44 UNDERSTAND
00:24:45 WHAT YOU'RE ASKING TO RECONSIDER EXACTLY.
00:24:46 >>
00:24:47 LET ME
00:24:49 ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY, IS
00:24:52 THE RECONSIDERATION OF THE ENTIRE
00:24:54 ITEM? WHEN YOU RECONSIDER AN ACTION, IS
00:24:55 IT
00:24:57 RECONSIDERATION OF THE ENTIRE ITEM?
00:24:58 >>
00:24:59 YEAH, IT
00:25:01 WAS QUITE AN ITEM, RIGHT? WITH
00:25:04 MULTIPLE ITEMS. I THINK FOR OUR PURPOSES,
00:25:07 THAT PARTICULAR DECISION CAN BE CARVED
00:25:08 OUT AND PRESENTED
00:25:10 TO YOU FOR DISCREET ACTION.
00:25:11 >>
00:25:13 LET ME ASK THE APPLICANT. WAS
00:25:16 THAT RECONSIDERATION
00:25:18 OF JUST THE $20 MILLION?
00:25:19 >> AS IT
00:25:20 WAS SAID, WHAT
00:25:22 I WAS CONSIDERING, IT WAS SUGGESTED,
00:25:23 I THINK,
00:25:24 ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER PARK DID BRING
00:25:26 IT UP, ABOUT PUTTING IT
00:25:29 IN A DIFFERENT FUND. SO IT
00:25:31 DOESN'T HAVE THE PERCEPTION OF IT
00:25:32 GOING -- ALREADY
00:25:34 BEING ALLOCATED FOR CHANGING THE VENUE
00:25:35 OR
00:25:38 THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW
00:25:39 CITY COUNCIL, OR A CITY CENTER.
00:25:40 >>
00:25:41 SO THE QUESTION
00:25:42 IS, IS IT JUST FOR THE $20 MILLION?
00:25:43 >>
00:25:44 IT'S
00:25:46 JUST FOR THE $20 MILLION. AND CONSIDER
00:25:47 IT JUST
00:25:49 TO EXPLAIN IT MORE TO THE PUBLIC. THE
00:25:51 PUBLICATION I WAS GIVEN HELPED DO
00:25:53 THAT, BUT I
00:25:56 DIDN'T
00:25:58 GET IT UNTIL THE 13th. ANYWAYS, I'M NEW
00:26:02 AT THIS, SO I'M SORRY.
00:26:03 >> YOU'RE FINE,
00:26:04 WE WANT TO COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT
00:26:05 THE REQUEST IS.
00:26:06 >> IF YOU
00:26:07 LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, THAT'S WHAT I
00:26:08 WOULD
00:26:11 RECONSIDER
00:26:13 PUTTING IT IN A GENERIC ACCOUNT.
00:26:14 >>
00:26:15 BEFORE ANY OTHER
00:26:16 ACTION CAN TAKE PLACE, IF THE ITEM
00:26:17 IS RECONSIDERED,
00:26:19 THEN IT WOULD BE AGAIN DISCUSSED AT
00:26:20 A
00:26:22 COUNCIL MEETING AGAIN WITH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE
00:26:25 THE SAME OR DIFFERENT TYPE OF DIRECTION.
00:26:26 >>
00:26:27 OKAY,
00:26:29 THANK YOU FOR
00:26:30 DOING THAT.
00:26:31 >> RIGHT, CITY ATTORNEY? OKAY. COUNCIL
00:26:32 MEMBER PARK,
00:26:34 DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
00:26:35 >>
00:26:36 YES. I MEAN,
00:26:38 THAT'S JUST A
00:26:41 PHRASE WE USE, WHICH
00:26:42 IS DENOVO. WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED
00:26:44 NEW, JUST FOR
00:26:47 THAT ONE ITEM AS OF
00:26:50 NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS TOOK PLACE? OR
00:26:51 WE
00:26:53 JUST CONTINUE, WE SAY, WE TAKE INTO
00:26:55 ACCOUNT ALL DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED
00:26:56 EARLIER, WE CAN TAKE INTO
00:26:57 ACCOUNT ANYTHING AND MOVE ON WITH
00:26:59 A NEW
00:27:02 MOTION
00:27:05 AND A NEW OUTCOME?
00:27:06 >>
00:27:07 YEAH. THIS POLICY DESERVES SOME REFINING
00:27:08 WHEN WE GET
00:27:11 THROUGH IT AND BACK
00:27:13 TO GOVERNANCE. BUT IN EFFECT, THE RECONSIDERATION,
00:27:17 THIS IS
00:27:19 JUST A PROCEDURAL ACTION. THE SUBSTANTIVE
00:27:20 ACTION WOULD BE UNDER
00:27:23 THE POLICY SUPPOSED TO FOCUS
00:27:26 ON NEW
00:27:27 INFORMATION AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW,
00:27:29 THE SAME. HAVING
00:27:31 THE SAME CONVERSATION OVER AGAIN. SO
00:27:32 --
00:27:33 >> I
00:27:34 BELIEVE THAT'S ALSO REQUIRED FOR THE RECONSIDERATION. MY QUESTION
00:27:35 FOLLOWING
00:27:36 QUESTION TO THAT WOULD BE WHAT IS
00:27:38 THE NEW INFORMATION THAT
00:27:41 IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD FOR US
00:27:43 TO, YOU KNOW, INITIATE THE RECONSIDERATION.
00:27:44 >>
00:27:45 YOU
00:27:47 COULD REASONABLY REQUEST THAT OF THE
00:27:48 PERSON MAKING THE REQUEST OF YOU, BUT
00:27:50 THE ACTION ON WHETHER
00:27:53 OR NOT TO RECONSIDER IS MORE
00:27:55 PROCEDURAL AS OPPOSED TO SUBSTANTIVE.
00:27:56 >>
00:27:57 IT DOESN'T REQUIRE NEW INFORMATION?
00:27:58 >>
00:27:59 FOR THIS ACTION, NO. THE FOCUS OF
00:28:01 WHEN YOU GET INTO THE SUBSTANTIVE
00:28:02 DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT,
00:28:05 WHAT
00:28:06 IS DIFFERENT AND NEW THAT SHOULD INFORM
00:28:08 US AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
00:28:10 TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
00:28:11 >> AND
00:28:12 THAT'S
00:28:14 DONE AT THE TIME. SO WE
00:28:15 RECONSIDER WITHOUT NEW INFORMATION
00:28:17 AND VOTE
00:28:18 TO RECONSIDER WITH NEW INFORMATION AND
00:28:20 BRING NEW INFORMATION AFTER RECONSIDERATION?
00:28:21 >>
00:28:22 THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS PURELY PROCEDURAL
00:28:23 TO DECIDE WHETHER OR
00:28:26 NOT YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT
00:28:29 EXERCISE AND IT WOULD BE
00:28:31 AGENDA FOR THAT NEXT MEETING.
00:28:32 >> AT
00:28:34 THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE
00:28:35 REQUESTER IF THERE'S
00:28:37 ANY NEW INFORMATION. I UNDERSTAND
00:28:38 THERE
00:28:39 WAS INFORMATION PROVIDED BY STAFF, WHICH
00:28:41 CLARIFIED THINGS. I DON'T KNOW IF
00:28:43 THERE IS ANY NEW INFORMATION THAT
00:28:46 WOULD CAUSE US TO RECONSIDER.
00:28:47 >> MAYBE
00:28:50 THE REQUESTER COULD READ HIS
00:28:53 E-MAIL FOR THE PUBLIC.
00:28:54 >>
00:28:55 OKAY. PURSUANT TO CITY COUNCIL POLICY 42,
00:28:56 I
00:28:59 AM FORMALLY REQUESTING THAT THE CITY
00:29:00 COUNCIL
00:29:02 RECONSIDER THE ACTION TAKEN DURING
00:29:05 SPECIAL MEETING DECEMBER
00:29:06 17. SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE ALLOCATION
00:29:08 OF $20,350,000
00:29:11 TO THE CIVIC CENTER
00:29:14 CAMPUS FUTURE NEEDS FUND. REASONS
00:29:15 FOR RECONSIDERING, COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATIVE GOVERNMENT. I
00:29:17 WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY
00:29:20 THIS REQUEST IS ROOTED IN A
00:29:21 DESIRE FOR PROCEDURAL TRANSPARENCY
00:29:23 AND NOT BASED ON ANY
00:29:26 BELIEF OF PERSONAL MISCONDUCT
00:29:28 OR IMPROPER DEALINGS BETWEEN CITY
00:29:29 STAFF, PRIVATE
00:29:31 PARTIES, I RESPECT THE PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
00:29:32 TO THE CITY
00:29:34 COUNCIL AND THE MANAGER TO EXPLORE
00:29:37 SOLUTIONS TO OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. MY
00:29:41 CONCERN WAS CENTERED ON PUBLIC PERCEPTION,
00:29:44 THAT THE NECESSARY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
00:29:47 FOR THE DECISIONS
00:29:50 IN THE MAGNITUDE. OF THIS
00:29:53 MAGNITUDE,
00:29:56 SORRY. BASIC PROCEDURAL AND TRANSPARENCY
00:29:59 OBSERVATIONS WHILE THE $20,350,000
00:30:00 ALLOCATION IS
00:30:02 A PLANNING SET
00:30:05 ASIDE, THE MECHANISM AND TIMING
00:30:08 OF THE TRANSFER WARRANTED
00:30:10 FURTHER REVIEW TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENT
00:30:13 MANDATE. OUT OF CYCLE APPROPRIATIONS, THIS
00:30:14 ALLOCATION WAS CONDUCTED OUTSIDE
00:30:17 OF THE STANDARD BY ANNUAL
00:30:20 BUDGET PROCESS AS IT REQUIRES A FIVE VOTE SUPER MAJORITY
00:30:23 TO SERVE
00:30:25 AS A PROCEDURAL INDICATOR THAT THIS WAS
00:30:26 AN OUT
00:30:29 OF CYCLE ADJUSTMENT, SUCH SIGNIFICANT
00:30:32 FISCAL SHIFTS BENEFIT FROM THE BROADER
00:30:35 PUBLIC VETTING TYPICAL
00:30:38 OF A STANDARD BUDGET
00:30:41 CYCLE. PUBLIC PERCEPTION,
00:30:44 A SITE SELECTION,
00:30:46 SURFACING A SPECIFIC MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
00:30:47 FIGURE FOR REALLOCATION
00:30:50 NEEDS PRIOR TO
00:30:53 THE BOARD PUBLIC DEBATE REGARDING SITE
00:30:55 SELECTION CAN CREATE A PERCEPTION
00:30:56 OF A PREDETERMINED OUTCOME,
00:30:58 WHICH WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING
00:30:59 BY A
00:31:01 COUPLE OF PEOPLE. FOR THE COMMUNITY TO
00:31:02 FULLY SUPPORT A
00:31:04 PROJECT OF THIS SCALE, THE PROCESS
00:31:05 SHOULD BE
00:31:08 SEEN AS OPEN TO A SITE
00:31:11 NEUTRAL FROM
00:31:13 THE OUTSET. HISTORICAL AND CIVIC IDENTITY, SANTA
00:31:14 CLARA,
00:31:17 HAS A LONG STANDING COMMUNITY COMMITMENT
00:31:19 TO RECYCLING OR RECLAIMING OUR DOWNTOWN
00:31:20 EARMARKING FUNDS
00:31:23 FOR THE POTENTIAL MOVE AWAY
00:31:26 FROM CITY HISTORIC
00:31:28 TO A TRANSFORMATIVE DECISION. PROCEDURAL
00:31:29 BEST
00:31:31 PRACTICES SUGGEST THAT A DEDICATED
00:31:32 PUBLIC WORKSHOP SHOULD
00:31:35 OCCUR BEFORE THE FUNDS ARE
00:31:38 DESIGNED, DESIGNATED TO ANY SPECIFIC
00:31:40 REALLOCATION PLAN. PROCEDURAL RESOLUTION TO
00:31:41 ENSURE THE BEST LONG-TERM
00:31:44 OUTCOME FOR THE CITY, I URGE MEMBERS
00:31:45 OF
00:31:46 THE PREVAILING SIDE OF THE MOTION
00:31:47 TO RECOMMENDATION, I
00:31:50 SUGGEST A COUNCIL CONSIDER PLACING
00:31:51 THESE FUNDS
00:31:52 IN A NEUTRAL LAND RESERVE, WHICH WAS
00:31:53 BROUGHT
00:31:55 UP AGAIN AT THE MEETING. THIS WOULD
00:31:56 ALLOW
00:32:00 THE CITY
00:32:02 TO CONDUCT A PROFESSIONAL TRANSPARENT
00:32:03 OUTREACH
00:32:05 PROCESS FOR ALL VISIBLE VALUABLE OPTIONS, INCLUDING
00:32:08 THE DOWNTOWN CORE, AND THE CAMPUS
00:32:10 PRIOR TO SPECIFIC PROJECT LABELING. SO
00:32:12 WHAT I WOULD REQUEST IS
00:32:14 THAT THE FUNDS, AS WAS REQUESTED AT THE
00:32:15 TIME,
00:32:17 SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT UP AND DISCUSSED
00:32:20 THAT THE FUNDS GO TO A NEUTRAL ACCOUNT. SO
00:32:22 THERE'S NOT THAT PERCEPTION OF ANYTHING
00:32:24 BROUGHT UP. THAT WAS ALSO
00:32:25 BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING DURING THE DISCUSSION. THANK
00:32:27 YOU.
00:32:28 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO
00:32:29 THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY OF THE
00:32:31 FIVE MEMBERS THAT VOTED IN FAVOR OF
00:32:33 THIS? INCLINED TO
00:32:37 MAKE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION?
00:32:38 >>
00:32:42 IF NOT, NOW WE HAVE
00:32:45 SOMEONE ONLINE. IS THAT FOR THIS ITEM? DO
00:32:48 WE KNOW
00:32:49 WHAT ITEM THAT'S FOR?
00:32:50 >> THERE ARE
00:32:51 TWO HANDS THAT
00:32:52 ARE UP CURRENTLY. I DON'T KNOW IF
00:32:54 IT IS FOR THIS ITEM.
00:32:55 >>
00:32:57 WE'LL HAVE TO
00:33:00 CHECK.
00:33:01 >> YEAH. >> ALL
00:33:03 RIGHT. GO AHEAD, IS THAT UP FOR
00:33:06 THIS ITEM
00:33:09 THAT
00:33:12 WE ARE DISCUSSING? HELLO? HELLO,
00:33:13 DAW?
00:33:14 >> HELLO. >> HI. >> ARE YOU CALLING
00:33:15 IN FOR THE ITEM
00:33:18 WE ARE CURRENTLY
00:33:20 DISCUSSING ABOUT A RECONSIDERATION?
00:33:21 >>
00:33:26 NO.
00:33:27 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. THE SECOND
00:33:28 --
00:33:30 I DON'T
00:33:36 KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE THAT.
00:33:45 OH, OKAY. HELLO. ARE YOU FROM
00:33:48 --HELLO? HELLO, HELLO.
00:33:49 >>
00:33:51 HELLO.
00:33:52 >> HI. ARE
00:33:54 YOU FROM ICHEON?
00:33:55 >> YES. >> HOLD ON. WE'LL
00:33:57 BE WITH YOU SHORTLY. HANG IN
00:33:59 THERE JUST A SECOND. OKAY. I'M GOING
00:34:00 TO
00:34:03 ASK ONE LAST TIME, IS THERE --
00:34:06 WE
00:34:09 HAVE DAN,
00:34:12 GO AHEAD, DAN.
00:34:13 >> THANK YOU MS. MAYOR. I
00:34:15 ACTUALLY JUMPING IN HERE. I WANT
00:34:18 TO CONCUR
00:34:20 WITH WHAT MR.DARBY IS SAYING. THIS
00:34:21 MONEY
00:34:24 IS BEING ALLOCATED TO A SPECIFIC,
00:34:27 YOU KNOW, TO
00:34:29 THE SPECIFIC ISSUE OF MOVING CITY HALL
00:34:30 AND
00:34:33 THE CIVIC CENTER LAND AND
00:34:39 THAT MONEY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY
00:34:42 HAS VOCALIZED THEY
00:34:45 ARE FOR DOWNTOWN. BY RESTRICTING
00:34:47 THIS MONEY AND PUTTING IT INTO A FUND
00:34:50 THAT IS NOT ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN OR
00:34:51 THE DOWNTOWN
00:34:53 DOESN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO ACCESS THAT
00:34:57 MONEY, THAT MONEY COULD BE USED
00:34:59 FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE DOWNTOWN
00:35:03 TO HELP ATTRACT DEVELOPERS,
00:35:06 TO MAKE IT LESS COSTLY FOR
00:35:09 THOSE DEVELOPERS TO COME
00:35:12 INTO THE DOWNTOWN. SO I
00:35:14 COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT MR. DARBY
00:35:15 IS SAYING HERE. THANK
00:35:17 YOU.
00:35:18 >> THANK YOU, DAN. DO I HAVE
00:35:19 ANY
00:35:21 OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS HERE
00:35:24 IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL
00:35:27 MEMBER PARK.
00:35:28 >> YEAH, SO CITY
00:35:29 MANAGER AND MANAGER'S OFFICE, IF YOU
00:35:30 CAN REFRESH MY MEMORY. I BELIEVE
00:35:32 THE MONEYS WERE PUT INTO A SEPARATE
00:35:33 FUND AND THE FUND WAS
00:35:36 GIVEN A NAME THAT WAS DIFFERENT FROM
00:35:39 MOVEMENT. I MEAN, THIS WAS BASED ON
00:35:42 THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD
00:35:44 AND NOTHING STOPS THOSE MONEYS FROM BEING USED
00:35:45 FOR ANY
00:35:48 OF THE THINGS THAT
00:35:51 HAVE
00:35:52 BEEN BROUGHT UP TONIGHT?
00:35:53 >> WE'RE
00:35:57 GOING INTO THE ACTUAL ITEM.
00:35:58 >> MADAME
00:36:00 MAYOR, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE. ON
00:36:03 THE CUSP OF THAT. I THINK
00:36:06 FACTUAL INQUIRY WITH
00:36:09 THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COULD
00:36:12 BE IN ORDER. BUT REALLY NO SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS
00:36:13 OR DELIBERATIONS BEYOND THAT.
00:36:14 >> THE
00:36:15 NAME OF THE ACCOUNT THAT THIS
00:36:18 $20 MILLION
00:36:24 WENT INTO?
00:36:25 >> THAT'S RIGHT. DO YOU
00:36:27 HAVE THAT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS?
00:36:28 >> I
00:36:29 DON'T
00:36:30 HAVE IT AT MY FINGERTIPS. I'M GOING
00:36:31 TO LOOK TO
00:36:33 THE CITY CLERK WHO CAN BRING IT UP. WHAT I
00:36:36 CAN CLARIFY, NOT KNOWING THE PRECISE NAME. THERE WAS
00:36:39 A PROPOSING THAT STAFF PROVIDED
00:36:42 WHICH
00:36:43 REFERENCED CITY HALL RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT. IT HAD
00:36:45 RELOCATION AT THE END
00:36:47 OF IT. THE DECISION THAT THE COUNCIL MADE
00:36:48 WAS
00:36:50 TO REMOVE THE WORD, RELOCATION. SO
00:36:51 THE FUNDS
00:36:54 WERE SET ASIDE FOR THE
00:36:55 IMPROVEMENT OF CITY HALL IRRESPECTIVE
00:36:57 OF SITE AND SO THOSE
00:37:00 FUNDS WERE
00:37:02 DEDICATED FOR CITY HALL KNOWING THAT
00:37:03 ONCE THE
00:37:05 FULL EVALUATION OF ALL OPTIONS ARE MADE,
00:37:06 DECISIONS WOULD BE MADE AT THAT
00:37:09 TIME.
00:37:10 >> JUST NEEDED TO KNOW THE NAME OF
00:37:12 THE FUND. DO WE KNOW?
00:37:13 >> YES, WE DO. IT
00:37:14 WAS
00:37:15 TO BE RELABELED TO
00:37:18 CIVIC CENTER CAMPUS RESERVE.
00:37:19 >> CIVIC
00:37:20 CENTER
00:37:21 CAMPUS RESERVE. THERE YOU GO. I'M
00:37:22 GOING
00:37:24 SAY ONE LAST
00:37:27 ASK, DOES ANYBODY WANT
00:37:30 TO RECONSIDER? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. SORRY, MR.
00:37:32 DARBY, IF I COULD, I WOULD HAVE. I THINK
00:37:33 WE
00:37:36 ARE NOW GOING
00:37:39 TO MOVE FORWARD. OH, ANY OTHER CONTINUANCESSENINGS,
00:37:41 EXCEPTIONS, OR RECONSIDERATIONS FROM
00:37:42 THE CITY COUNCIL
00:37:45 OR ANY
00:37:48 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC? NONE? ALL RIGHT. MOVING
00:37:51 FORWARD. LET'S START WITH OUR VERY
00:37:53 FIRST SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS... FOR
00:37:54 TONIGHT,
00:37:57 SPECIAL ORDER
00:38:00 OF BUSINESS, WE ARE RECOGNIZING DR.
00:38:01 EUN
00:38:03 HEE
00:38:06 KOO FOR
00:38:09 THE KOREAEN SCHOOL LOCATED
00:38:12 IN SANTA CLARA. TOGETHER
00:38:15 WITH THE ICHEON OFFICE, A
00:38:18 VIRTUAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM FROM CONJUNCTION
00:38:21 WITH THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, OF
00:38:24 THE KOREAEN LANGUAGE
00:38:27 AND CULTURE FOUNDATION. THE PROGRAM
00:38:34 INCLUDED PARTICIPATION FROM
00:38:37 THE ICHEON OFFICE, IN SANTA
00:38:38 CLARA. THE VIRTUAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM INCLUDED
00:38:39 SESSIONS IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS WERE
00:38:40 ABLE
00:38:43 TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND
00:38:44 LESSONS IN THEIR CULTURE. DR. KOO
00:38:46 WILL PROVIDE US WITH
00:38:49 A BRIEF PRESENTATION
00:38:51 ON THE PROGRAM WITH THE PARTICIPANT'S EXPERIENCES. DR.
00:38:52 KOO,
00:38:55 PLEASE COME
00:38:58 FORWARD
00:38:59 FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND WELCOME.
00:39:00 >>
00:39:01 HONORABLE
00:39:04 MAYOR, AND THE MEMBER OF CITY
00:39:06 COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. SO I WANT TO
00:39:07 MAKE
00:39:10 SURE OUR STUDENTS
00:39:12 SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED, NOT ME. WE HAVE
00:39:15 A PREPARED A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT
00:39:16 WE
00:39:19 HAVE DONE, SO IT'S A GREAT
00:39:25 HONOR TO PRESENT SANTA
00:39:27 CLARA STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM, THAT REFLECTS
00:39:31 OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO
00:39:32 THE GLOBAL EDUCATION, INTERNATIONAL
00:39:34 COOPERATION. THIS VIRTUAL
00:39:37 EXCHANGE
00:39:39 PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED OVER THREE FRIDAYS. OCTOBER
00:39:40 23,
00:39:43 OCTOBER 30, AND NOVEMBER
00:39:46 7, VIA ZOOM. THE PROGRAM BROUGHT
00:39:48 TOGETHER 15 STUDENTS AND FOUR EDUCATORS
00:39:50 FROM THE ICHEON OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND
00:39:52 14 STUDENTS
00:39:55 AND TWO EDUCATORS FROM THE CITY
00:39:58 OF SANTA CLARA, CREATING A
00:40:01 MEANINGFUL PLATFORM FOR CROSS
00:40:03 CULTURAL LEARNING. EACH SESSION FOCUSED
00:40:04 ON CAREFULLY
00:40:07 THEME, COMPARISON OF AMERICAN
00:40:08 AND KOREAEN CULTURE, EXPLORATION OF
00:40:10 A SCHOOL
00:40:13 LIFE IN BOTH COUNTRIES,
00:40:16 AND STUDENT CENTER ENTITLED,
00:40:19 WHAT IS IN MY BAG? WHICH
00:40:22 ENCOURAGED THE PERSONAL STORY
00:40:25 TELLING AND
00:40:26 MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. THROUGH THESE
00:40:28 STRUCTURED EXCHANGES,
00:40:30 STUDENTS ENHANCED THEIR GLOBAL AWARENESS, COMMUNICATION
00:40:32 SKILLS, AND APPRECIATION FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY. WE
00:40:34 ARE
00:40:36 DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP
00:40:37 BETWEEN THE CITY
00:40:40 OF SANTA CLARA AND
00:40:42 ICHEON, WHICH MADE THIS PROGRAM POSSIBLE. AT
00:40:43 THIS TIME,
00:40:46 IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INVITE
00:40:49 MS. HALL, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AT
00:40:52 THE ICHEON OFFICE OF
00:40:54 EDUCATION TO OFFER HER REMARKS ON
00:40:58 ZOOM.
00:40:59 >> IS SHE
00:41:01 ONLINE?
00:41:02 >> YES. I
00:41:07 DON'T SEE HER ONLINE.
00:41:09 OKAY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE FIRST
00:41:10 ONE OR
00:41:12 THE SECOND ONE. OKAY, WE'LL START
00:41:13 WITH THE FIRST ONE.
00:41:14 >> HELLO. >>
00:41:16 WHAT IS
00:41:18 YOUR NAME?
00:41:19 >> MY NAME IS HAL NICE
00:41:20 TO MEET YOU.
00:41:21 >>
00:41:22 NICE TO
00:41:25 MEET YOU,
00:41:28 TOO, AND WELCOME. WELCOME.
00:41:29 >>
00:41:31 I
00:41:37 WANT TO SAY --
00:41:46 >> OKAY.
00:41:55 [ SPEAK AGO
00:41:58 NON-ENGLISH ]
00:42:28 >> THANK YOU
00:42:31 SO MUCH.
00:42:32 >> THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT
00:42:33 ONE
00:42:34 IS THE PRESENTATION. THANK
00:42:37 YOU FOR
00:42:40 JOINING
00:42:43 US. OKAY, NEXT. WE CAN UNMUTE.
00:42:49 HELLO?
00:42:55 OKAY. WE'LL HAVE TO
00:42:58 UNMUTE. WHAT IS THE --
00:43:04 DOMINE? GO AHEAD, UNMUTE
00:43:10 YOURSELF. UNMUTE. OH, THERE
00:43:13 WE GO. YES, HELLO.
00:43:14 >> I
00:43:16 WILL TRANSLATE THE SPEECH FROM THE
00:43:17 DIRECTOR OF
00:43:19 THE EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS AT
00:43:21 THE ICHEON OFFICE OF EDUCATION. HELLO,
00:43:22 EVERYONE, IT'S
00:43:25 A GREAT PLEASURE TO MEET YOU ON
00:43:27 ON SUCH A MEANINGFUL OCCASION AS WE WELCOME
00:43:28 THE
00:43:31 NEW YEAR. I AM THE DIRECTOR
00:43:34 OF EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS
00:43:37 AT THE ICHEON OFFICE. STUDENTS
00:43:40 FROM ICHEON AND SANTA CLARA HAVE SHARED
00:43:41 THEIR
00:43:43 THOUGHTS AND CULTURES THROUGH OUR
00:43:46 ONLINE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SHARE SCHOOL,
00:43:49 CREATING
00:43:52 A VALUABLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. I
00:43:55 EXTEND
00:43:56 MY ENCOURAGEMENT AND APPLAUSE STUDENTS OVERCOMING
00:43:58 DIFFERENCES IN LANGUAGE AND ENVIRONMENT. I HOPE
00:44:01 THIS EXCHANGE ISN'T JUST A ONE-TIME
00:44:04 EVENT, BUT RATHER LEADS
00:44:06 TO ON GOING EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION
00:44:07 WITH STUDENTS
00:44:10 FROM
00:44:13 ICHEON AND SANTA CLARA
00:44:15 CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE AND GROW TOGETHER. I
00:44:16 HOPE IT
00:44:18 WILL SERVE AS A STRONG FOUNDATION
00:44:19 FOR
00:44:22 YOU. THANK YOU
00:44:25 SO
00:44:27 MUCH.
00:44:28 >> THANK YOU. >> HELLO. >> IN OUR
00:44:29 MEETINGS WITH OUR
00:44:30 --
00:44:31 >> DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF
00:44:32 AND TELL US
00:44:33 WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO?
00:44:34 >> MY NAME
00:44:35 IS RYAN
00:44:37 PARK AND I GO TO LEELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
00:44:38 >>
00:44:40 NICE TO MEET YOU.
00:44:41 >> MY NAME IS AMY
00:44:43 AND I GO TO PIEDMONT
00:44:45 HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
00:44:46 >> NICE TO MEET
00:44:47 YOU, TOO. ARE
00:44:48 YOU GIVING US THE PRESENTATION?
00:44:49 >>
00:44:52 OKAY. GO AHEAD.
00:44:53 >> IN OUR
00:44:55 MEETINGS WITH
00:44:58 OUR FELLOW STUDENTS AT
00:45:00 ICHEON, EVERY MEETING WE HAD PRESENTATIONS THAT
00:45:01 PRESENTED
00:45:04 AN
00:45:07 ASPECT OF OUR CULTURE. FOR EXAMPLE,
00:45:08 ICHEON
00:45:10 STUDENTS INTRODUCED US TO THEIR SCHOOL
00:45:11 LIVES AND
00:45:13 SCHOOL CULTURE AND
00:45:16 WE DID THE SAME. AND THROUGH THESE
00:45:17 PRESENTATIONS, WE WERE
00:45:19 ABLE TO SEE
00:45:25 THE DIFFERENCES
00:45:28 AND SIMILARITIES IN OUR CULTURES.
00:45:31 >> AND
00:45:34 WE HAD WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS ON DIFFERENT
00:45:35 TOPICS. FOR
00:45:37 EXAMPLE, WE HAD AI IN THE CLASSROOM,
00:45:38 IF
00:45:40 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY OR A THREAT. AND
00:45:41 AN URGENT
00:45:43 PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN
00:45:44 THE WORLD. SO
00:45:47 THIS GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:45:50 SEE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
00:45:55 OF OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT WORLDWIDE TOPICS. AND
00:45:56 MY
00:45:57 EXPERIENCE IN THIS EXCHANGE PROGRAM
00:45:59 WAS REALLY GREAT AND I
00:46:02 REALLY HOPE TO BE ABLE TO DO
00:46:05 MORE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IN
00:46:07 THE FUTURE. I GOT TO UNDERSTAND AND
00:46:08 SEE
00:46:10 THE CULTURE OF KOREA MORE AND I GOT TO
00:46:14 RESEARCH AND LEARN MORE ABOUT MY
00:46:17 OWN CULTURE AS WELL. AND I ALSO
00:46:20 BUILD FRIENDSHIPS OVERSEAS
00:46:23 AND WE
00:46:25 STILL SOMETIMES CHAT OVER PHONE.
00:46:26 >> I
00:46:27 ALSO
00:46:28 EXPERIENCE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING. EVEN THOUGH
00:46:32 I LEARN ABOUT THE CULTURES, THE BIGGEST
00:46:34 THING THAT I GAIN FROM THIS EXCHANGE PROGRAM
00:46:35 WAS
00:46:37 THE CONNECTIONS THAT I MADE OVERSEAS. I
00:46:39 STILL TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE
00:46:41 IN MY GROUP AND I
00:46:44 PLAY VIDEO GAMES WITH THEM
00:46:46 ALL THE TIME AND I STILL CALL THEM. I
00:46:47 HOPE TO DO SOMETHING
00:46:50 LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE SO I CAN MAKE
00:46:53 MORE CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE IN
00:46:55 KOREA.
00:46:56 >> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THAT'S
00:46:59 ALL WE HAVE.
00:47:00 >> THANK
00:47:02 YOU. DR. KOO, DO
00:47:04 YOU HAVE MORE? OKAY. I'M GOING TO
00:47:06 ASK, WELL, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER
00:47:08 PARK WANTS TO
00:47:09 SAY SOMETHING. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
00:47:11 TO JOIN US. WE HAVE RECOGNITION
00:47:13 FOR YOU AND WE'LL HAVE THE STUDENTS TO
00:47:14 COME TAKE
00:47:16 A PHOTO WITH THE COUNCIL. COUNCIL
00:47:17 MEMBER PARK, DID
00:47:19 YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS?
00:47:20 >>
00:47:21 I WANT
00:47:23 TO THANK
00:47:25 EVERYONE, KOREAEN AND NONKOREAEN ALIKE, FOR
00:47:26 THE HAPPY
00:47:29 NEW YEAR. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE
00:47:32 A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO THE
00:47:33 ICHEON TEAM. THE ICHEON TEAM PUT IN
00:47:35 SO MUCH TIME
00:47:36 AND PREPARATION FOR THESE EXCHANGES. I
00:47:38 THINK THE
00:47:41 FIRST DAY WAS
00:47:44 KIND OF A TECHNICAL --THEY ACTUALLY BULLET
00:47:45 AN
00:47:46 APP IN POWER POINT AND I THOUGHT THAT
00:47:47 WAS
00:47:50 AMAZING. I WANT TO SAY THAT I LOOK FORWARD
00:47:53 TO
00:47:56 MORE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS. I
00:47:59 LOOK FORWARD TO JUST
00:48:02 A BEAUTIFUL SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP
00:48:03 WITH
00:48:05 ICHEON. I WOULD LOVE THE KOREAEN COMMUNITY TO
00:48:06 SUPPORT. I
00:48:07 WOULD LOVE ANYONE INTERESTED IN KOREAEN
00:48:08 CULTURE TO COME OUT AND
00:48:09 SUPPORT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE KOREAEN
00:48:11 TO BE PART OF
00:48:12 THE EXCHANGE AND WE INVITE EVERYONE. THANK
00:48:14 YOU.
00:48:15 >> WHILE WE HAVE
00:48:16 OTHER STUDENTS HERE, WHY DON'T YOU
00:48:17 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TELL
00:48:20 US WHAT SCHOOL YOU
00:48:23 ATTEND, SINCE YOU ARE HERE.
00:48:29 IN THE MICROPHONE.
00:48:30 >> MY NAME IS GIU
00:48:32 AND I GO TO LEELAND HIGH SCHOOL. THANK
00:48:35 YOU.
00:48:36 >> THANK YOU. >> MY NAME
00:48:37 IS KUMENSON AND I GO TO BRETT HALL
00:48:38 MIDDLE
00:48:41 SCHOOL.
00:48:42 >> NICE TO
00:48:44 MEET YOU.
00:48:45 >> MY
00:48:46 NAME IS --
00:48:47 >> OKAY. >> MY NAME IS
00:48:48 YANA
00:48:49 AND I GO TO PIONEER HIGH SCHOOL.
00:48:50 >>
00:48:51 NICE TO MEET ALL OF YOU. THANK
00:48:52 YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. I'M GOING
00:48:53 TO ASK
00:48:55 YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US TONIGHT FOR
00:48:56 DR. KOO
00:48:59 AND WHO ELSE
00:49:02 YOU WOULD LIKE SO WE CAN
00:49:05 PRESENT YOU WITH
00:49:07 THE MAYORAL RECOGNITION. PLEASE COME FORWARD.
00:51:02 >>> OKAY. NOW FOR OUR SECOND SPECIAL
00:51:03 ORDER OF BUSINESS. WE HAVE RECOGNITIONOVER
00:51:05 CITY STAFF AND
00:51:08 TEAM FOR SANTA CLARA'S 2026 GENERAL
00:51:11 OBLIGATION BOND CREDIT RATINGS FOR
00:51:12 PHASE 1 MEASURE I PROJECTS. I DON'T
00:51:14 THINK I HAVE ANYTHING TO READ. I
00:51:16 THINK IT'S YOU, CITY MANAGER.
00:51:17 >> YES,
00:51:20 THANK YOU MAYOR, THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL. I
00:51:21 JUST
00:51:23 WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE A
00:51:24 SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT WITH THE
00:51:26 CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY. IN
00:51:27 DOING
00:51:28 SO, I WILL RECOGNIZE THE TEAM THAT
00:51:29 WAS
00:51:32 A PART OF THE EFFORT. AS
00:51:35 THE COMMUNITY KNOWS, IN NOVEMBER OF
00:51:37 2024, THE COMMUNITY ADOPTED MEASURE
00:51:38 I, WHICH
00:51:40 ALLOWS THE CITY TO SELL $400 MILLION WORTH
00:51:41 OF BONDS,
00:51:44 WHICH WILL BE PAID BY INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES. OVER
00:51:47 THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE HAVE
00:51:50 BEEN ENGAGED ON A PROCESS TO SELL
00:51:51 BONDS
00:51:53 TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE FIRST $100
00:51:54 MILLION OF
00:51:56 THE PROJECTS. A LITTLE BIT LATER TONIGHT,
00:51:59 THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER AN ITEM
00:52:01 IN FURTHER OF THAT EFFORT. IMPORTANT
00:52:02 TO NOTE,
00:52:05 THAT IN ORDER TO SELL MUNICIPAL BONDS,
00:52:06 AN AGENCY
00:52:08 MUST GO THROUGH A RIGOROUS CREDIT
00:52:09 RATING
00:52:10 PROCESS BY INDEPENDENT AGENCIES THAT ESSENTIALLY
00:52:12 DO A
00:52:14 VERY DETAILED ANALYSIS OF OUR FISCAL
00:52:16 CONDITION AND ASSESS OUR CREDIT WORTHINESS. IT
00:52:18 IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE
00:52:19 TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY THAT
00:52:21 THE PROCESS HAS
00:52:24 BEEN COMPLETED
00:52:26 AND THE CITY RECEIVED A AAA CREDIT
00:52:28 RATING FROM S&P AND MOODY'S. IT'S
00:52:30 THE HIGHEST RATING THAT THEY
00:52:31 OFFER TO ANY AGENCY AND FRANKLY, IT'S
00:52:33 A TESTAMENT TO ALL OF
00:52:36 THE WORK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
00:52:38 HAS DONE IN YOUR PRUDENT FINANCIAL
00:52:39 MANAGEMENT AND
00:52:42 THE DECISIONS AND
00:52:45 THE WORK OF OUR TEAM. IN
00:52:47 AWARDING THAT RATING, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT
00:52:51 TO NOTE THAT
00:52:53 S&P UPGRADED A PRIOR 2013 CERTIFICATE
00:52:55 OF PARTICIPATION DEBT THAT THE CITY
00:52:57 ISSUED. IT IS
00:52:58 A STRONG STATEMENT ABOUT THE CITY'S
00:53:00 FISCAL HEALTH. THEY NOTED
00:53:01 THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO RESTORE RESERVES
00:53:03 OVER THE
00:53:05 LAST FEW YEARS TO THEIR PREPANDEMIC LEVELS,
00:53:09 WHICH WE KNOW
00:53:10 PROVIDE CRITICAL PROTECTION FOR THAT FUTURE
00:53:12 ECONOMIC EVENT THAT WE ALL
00:53:14 KNOW HAPPENS ON A BASIS. SO WITH THAT,
00:53:17 I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE TEAM FOR
00:53:18 YOUR ITEM 7 TONIGHT,
00:53:20 WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE HERE. I'LL
00:53:21 JUST TAKE
00:53:24 A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS
00:53:26 OF OUR FINANCE TEAM LED BY DIRECTOR
00:53:27 KEN
00:53:30 LEE. WE HAVE LYNN LAMB
00:53:31 HERE, JEN SON BARRA, AND RANDY. WE
00:53:33 ALSO HAVE MEMBERS
00:53:35 OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TEAM,
00:53:36 LIZ AND MARK IS
00:53:39 HERE TONIGHT THAT
00:53:41 HAVE SUPPORTED THE EFFORT. AND TWO
00:53:42 VERY IMPORTANT
00:53:45 OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS. WE HAVE OUR
00:53:47 BOND AND DISCLOSURE COUNCIL, JONES
00:53:51 HALL
00:53:54 LED
00:53:56 BY FERGUSON, AND OUR ADVISOR LED. THEY
00:53:57 ARE HERE TONIGHT, JUST WANTED
00:53:59 TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THEM
00:54:00 AND YOU
00:54:03 WILL SEE THEM FOR YOUR ITEM 7
00:54:04 TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
00:54:05 >> THANK YOU,
00:54:06 AND CONGRATULATIONS. I ALSO THINK
00:54:07 THE
00:54:08 CITY COUNCIL NEEDS CONGRATULATIONS
00:54:09 AS WELL, BECAUSE WE
00:54:12 ALL WORK AS
00:54:13 A TEAM. WE'LL CONGRATULATE OURSELVES
00:54:15 AS WELL. SO, THANK YOU
00:54:16 VERY MUCH. IT'S REALLY EXCITING. I
00:54:17 KNOW I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
00:54:18 BOND AND
00:54:20 THE PROJECTS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE. I
00:54:21 KNOW WE
00:54:24 HAVE THE BEST TEAM
00:54:26 IN PLACE. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY
00:54:27 TO BE
00:54:29 ABLE TO SEE THESE PROJECTS COME TO FRUITION. IT'S
00:54:31 GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING. THANK
00:54:33 YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR
00:54:35 ALL YOUR GOOD WORK. WE ALWAYS KNEW
00:54:39 SANTA CLARA WAS A TRIPLE-A
00:54:41 BRANDED, ALWAYS. SO THANK YOU. THANK
00:54:42 YOU, CITY
00:54:43 MANAGER. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO
00:54:45 MOVE NOW
00:54:48 TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ALL ITEMS
00:54:54 ARE APPROVED WITH
00:54:56 ONE MOTION. YOU DIDN'T UNTIL JUST
00:54:57 NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER JAIN.
00:54:58 >>
00:55:00 I HAD MY LIGHT ON. THANK
00:55:02 YOU VERY MUCH, CITY MANAGER. IT MAY
00:55:06 BE OBVIOUS TO MOST PEOPLE, BUT
00:55:09 WHAT IS THE
00:55:12 IMPACT OF INCREASING OUR BOND RATING?
00:55:13 >>
00:55:15 SURE.
00:55:16 >> THIS IS A SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
00:55:18 ITEM, SO SHOULD WE TAKE THAT
00:55:21 UP DURING THE
00:55:22 ACTUAL BOND DISCUSSION? I DON'T KNOW. CITY
00:55:24 ATTORNEY, DOES IT
00:55:27 MATTER?
00:55:28 >> IT IS
00:55:30 YOUR PREROGATIVE.
00:55:31 >> GO AHEAD.
00:55:33 IF IT'S QUICK.
00:55:34 >>
00:55:35 THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TANGIBLE IMPACT
00:55:36 IS A BETTER
00:55:39 RATE ON THE BONDS, WHICH SAVES
00:55:41 US FRANKLY, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
00:55:42 OF DOLLARS,
00:55:45 IF NOT MILLIONS OVER THE
00:55:48 ENTIRE BOND ISSUE WAPBS.
00:55:54 ISSUANCE. WE'RE OF THE
00:55:55 HIGHEST CREDIT WORTHINESS.
00:55:56 >> THANK
00:55:57 YOU.
00:55:58 >> COUNCIL MEMBER HARDY. >> I
00:56:00 WAS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND I
00:56:01 WANTED
00:56:03 TO PULL 3E.
00:56:04 >>
00:56:05 OKAY. SO 3E. WE'RE ON CONSENT CALENDAR
00:56:06 3E, COULD YOU
00:56:08 PLEASE DESCRIBE WHAT THAT IS.
00:56:09 >> 3E, IT
00:56:10 IS THE
00:56:12 ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENTS TO
00:56:15 THE CITY COMMITTEES
00:56:17 AND OUTSIDE AGENCIES. I FOUND SOME
00:56:21 CHANGES AND SOME DISCREPANCIES THAT WE
00:56:22 WILL
00:56:27 NEED
00:56:30 TO GO OVER. 3.E. ANYONE
00:56:33 ELSE? CONSENT? I'M GOING
00:56:36 TO PULL ITEM 3.I. AND
00:56:39 THAT IS THE ACTION ON
00:56:41 A STANDARD AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA
00:56:42 HIGHWAY
00:56:45 PATROL FOR TRAFFIC
00:56:48 MANAGEMENT RELATED SERVICES
00:56:51 FOR SUPER BOWL LX. DO WE
00:56:53 HAVE ANYONE ELSE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAHAL?
00:56:54 >>
00:56:55 I DON'T HAVE
00:56:56 ANYTHING. I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
00:56:57 >> LET
00:56:58 ME ASK THE PUBLIC. IS THERE
00:57:00 ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD
00:57:01 LIKE
00:57:03 TO PULL A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM OR
00:57:04 TALK ABOUT
00:57:06 A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM? YES? I'M
00:57:09 LOOKING AT YOU,
00:57:12 ELIZABETH. I
00:57:15 KNOW WHY
00:57:18 YOU'RE HERE.
00:57:19 >> GOOD EVENING,
00:57:21 COUNCIL. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER
00:57:24 PATRICK AARONS.
00:57:25 >>
00:57:27 HI, GOOD EVENING, ELIZABETH ON BEHALF OF
00:57:29 STATE SENATOR.
00:57:30 >> WE WANT TO OFFER
00:57:31 OUR CONVERSATION TO
00:57:33 THE SOON
00:57:35 TO BE VICE MAYOR, ALBERT GONZALEZ,
00:57:37 AND THANK
00:57:38 KELLY COX FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND
00:57:40 SERVICE TO THE CITY OF
00:57:41 SANTA CLARA AS VICE MAYOR. AND WE
00:57:43 WOULD LOVE TO
00:57:46 PRESENT YOU ON
00:57:48 BEHALF OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
00:57:51 WITH A CERTIFICATE FOR ALL THE HARD
00:57:52 WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
00:57:53 >> YOU'LL HAVE
00:57:55 TO GIVE IT BACK IF WE
00:57:56 DON'T APPROVE THIS, THOUGH. ALBERT AND
00:57:58 KELLY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO
00:58:00 DOWN FRONT AND SOMEONE CAN TAKE A
00:58:01 PICTURE. OTHERWISE,
00:58:03 IF WE PULL IT FOR CONSENT, YOU MIGHT
00:58:07 BE HERE ALL NIGHT. WE DON'T WANT
00:58:13 TO DO THAT TO YOU.
00:58:22 ONE AT A TIME. I
00:58:25 WON'T
00:58:31 MAKE FACES BEHIND. I WON'T.
00:58:49 I THINK
00:58:52 I SHOULD
00:58:58 HOLD THOSE. HAND
00:59:00 THOSE OVER. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAHAL.
00:59:01 >>
00:59:04 OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION
00:59:06 TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ACCEPTING ITEM 3.E
00:59:07 AND
00:59:08 3.I.
00:59:09 >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION
00:59:10 AND A SECOND FOR THE
00:59:16 BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
00:59:28 PLEASE REGISTER YOUR VOTE.
00:59:31 THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK
00:59:32 YOU. NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS. I
00:59:34 BELIEVE WE
00:59:37 HAVE QUITE
00:59:40 A FEW PUBLIC
00:59:44 PRESENTATIONS. CITY ASSISTANT CLERK? WE'LL START
00:59:49 WITH LUCILIA
00:59:55 OR ADVERTISE. FOLLOWED BY J.P. CONNOLLY. WELCOME.
00:59:56 >>
00:59:58 HELLO, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU
01:00:01 MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I AM HERE
01:00:02 FROM WORKING PARTNERSHIPS U.S.A. AND
01:00:04 ALSO A MEMBER
01:00:06 OF THE IMMIGRANT PROTECTION AND EMPOWERMENT NETWORK. AND
01:00:07 WE'RE HERE
01:00:09 BECAUSE WE WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION
01:00:10 TO A
01:00:13 LETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT BY GENE
01:00:15 COHEN, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER
01:00:16 AT THE
01:00:19 SOUTH BAY LABOR COUNCIL. WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY
01:00:20 SUPPORT
01:00:21 ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE STATED
01:00:22 IN THERE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
01:00:24 AS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HOSTING THE
01:00:25 BIG EVENTS THAT ARE
01:00:28 COMING UP, SUCH AS THE
01:00:30 SUPER BOWL AND THE FIFA WORLD CUP,
01:00:32 WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE PROTECTIONS FOR
01:00:34 THE WORKERS THAT WILL
01:00:37 BE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO MAKE
01:00:38 THESE EVENTS SUCCESSFUL. AND ALSO
01:00:40 CALL OUT A
01:00:41 SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SOME IMMIGRANT PROTECTIONS
01:00:43 THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN
01:00:46 PLACE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAFETY
01:00:47 OF
01:00:49 THESE EVENTS IS AT THE TOP PRIORITY
01:00:50 AS
01:00:52 YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH
01:00:55 THAT. AND SPECIFICALLY,
01:00:58 WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW YOUR
01:01:00 POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THINKING ABOUT ESCALATION. ICE
01:01:01 HAS MADE A THREAT
01:01:03 THEY WILL BE PRESENT AT THE SUPER
01:01:04 BOWL. WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING AROUND IN
01:01:07 THE COUNTRY AND THE ATTACKS THAT ARE
01:01:08 HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY,
01:01:10 A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
01:01:11 WILL FIND
01:01:13 THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO EXPRESS
01:01:15 THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING
01:01:16 IN THERE. SO
01:01:19 HOW IS THE POLICE
01:01:21 ACTIVELY THINKING ABOUT DEESCALATION
01:01:22 AND POTENTIAL SCENARIOS THAT MIGHT COME
01:01:25 UP IN THAT CASE? SECONDLY,
01:01:28 IPEN HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS ALONG
01:01:30 WITH THE SOUTH BAY LABOR COUNCIL WITH THE SHARKS AND
01:01:31 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
01:01:33 TO COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT ABOUT CERTAIN
01:01:34 PROTEXTS THAT CAN
01:01:37 BE PUT IN
01:01:40 PLACE WITHIN THE ARENA ITSELF, TO
01:01:43 MAKE SURE WITHIN
01:01:45 THE ARENA, IT IS PROTECTED FOR IMMIGRANT
01:01:46 WORKERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
01:01:47 WE WOULD
01:01:49 LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
01:01:52 ABOUT THE LEVI STADIUM AND HOW YOU CAN
01:01:55 FOLLOW SOME OF THOSE PROTECTIONS THAT
01:01:58 ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO DO AND ARE
01:01:59 REALLY NECESSARY FOR THAT. AND THEN
01:02:01 LASTLY, WE ALSO WANT TO THINK
01:02:03 ABOUT OTHER ITEMS, YOU KNOW, THAT
01:02:04 ARE IN OUR MINDS AS WE
01:02:07 ARE THINKING ABOUT IMMIGRANTS IN THIS
01:02:08 PERIOD OF
01:02:09 TIME. WE ARE THINKING ABOUT DIGITAL SECURITY
01:02:10 AND THINKING ABOUT
01:02:13 HOW YOU CAN PROTECT CITY OWNED PROPERTIES
01:02:15 AND THIS TIME AS WELL. WE HAVE REACHED
01:02:18 OUT TO SOME OF YOU TO HAVE A MEETING. WE
01:02:20 HOPE WE CAN
01:02:23 CONTINUE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH
01:02:24 THAT. WE'RE DISAPPOINTED THE POLICE CHIEF
01:02:26 DECIDED NOT TO MEET WITH US, BUT
01:02:29 WE'RE HOPING WE CAN CONTINUE THE
01:02:31 CONVERSATION TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
01:02:32 >>
01:02:35 THANK YOU,
01:02:38 LUCILIA. J.P.,
01:02:40 FOLLOWED BY SHEILA. WELCOME.
01:02:41 >> HELLO,
01:02:42 GOOD EVENING. J.P.
01:02:43 CONNOLLY WITH SILICON VALLEY RISING. I
01:02:44 THINK YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM A
01:02:45 NUMBER OF OUR UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS
01:02:47 THIS EVENING, BUT
01:02:49 I WANTED TO JUST ADD MY VOICE IN SUPPORT. WE
01:02:51 ADVOCATE AND WORK WITH WORKERS IN
01:02:53 THE COMMUNITY IN ALL OF
01:02:56 THE SOUTH BAY
01:02:58 AREA FIGHTING FOR EQUITABLE STANDARDS
01:02:59 AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES
01:03:00 FOR ALL KINDS OF WORKERS. AND WE'RE
01:03:02 REALLY PAYING ATTENTION
01:03:03 TO THE MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS THAT
01:03:05 ARE COMING
01:03:07 TO THIS COMMUNITY. PARTICULARLY THE
01:03:11 SUPER BOWL AND FIFA. AND THESE MEGAEVENTS,
01:03:14 THEY COST THE PUBLIC MONEY,
01:03:17 BUT OFTENTIMES THOSE
01:03:20 REWARDS, THOSE
01:03:23 PROFITS ARE PRIVATIZED? HOW
01:03:26 DO WE HAVE ASSURANCES THAT EVERY
01:03:27 PERSON WORKING THESE EVENTS, HOW DO
01:03:29 YOU HAVE YOUR TRANSPARENT
01:03:32 REPORTING AND MAKE SURE
01:03:34 THERE IS EQUITABLE STANDARDS, FAIR
01:03:38 STANDARDS, THAT THERE IS SAFETY AND
01:03:41 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
01:03:43 AROUND ALL OF THOSE JOBS? I THINK
01:03:47 WHAT ARE THE EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
01:03:48 IN THESE MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS AND
01:03:50 HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT
01:03:52 THIS IS A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR US AND
01:03:53 SOMETHING WE WANT
01:03:56 TO PAY ATTENTION TO. AGAIN, ALSO JUST
01:03:59 SUPPORTING WHAT WAS
01:04:01 ALREADY NOTED BY LUCILA AND THE IMPORTANCE
01:04:02 OF PROTECTING
01:04:04 ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO
01:04:05 ARE IMMIGRANTS
01:04:08 AT A TIME WHEN WE SEE GRAND STANDING
01:04:10 ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AND WE SEE ESCALATING
01:04:11 LANGUAGE AND
01:04:14 WE SEE A SITUATION AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT
01:04:15 IS
01:04:16 ESCALATING. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT
01:04:17 WE ARE KEEPING
01:04:19 EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND
01:04:20 REAFFIRMING OUR
01:04:23 OWN LOCAL COMMITMENTS TO
01:04:25 NOT COOPERATE WITH SOME OF THESE THREATS
01:04:26 AND
01:04:27 SOME OF THIS INTIMIDATION? SO, THANK
01:04:29 YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND
01:04:31 I JUST WANT TO CONCLUDE BY SAYING
01:04:32 THAT
01:04:35 IF WE ARE
01:04:38 USING PUBLIC INFLUENCE, THEN
01:04:40 THERE SHOULD BE PUBLIC ENFORCEABLE STANDARDS.
01:04:41 >>
01:04:42 THANK YOU,
01:04:44 J.P., NEXT, WE HAVE
01:04:50 SHEILA FOLLOWED BY JEREMY.
01:04:59 >> STANDING OVATION ALREADY. HI,
01:05:05 SHEILA.
01:05:08 >> MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL,
01:05:11 MY NAME IS SHEILA. I AM A
01:05:14 --I WORK FOR
01:05:16 I.B.W., LOCAL 1245 AND ASSISTANT BUSINESS
01:05:17 MANAGER. I'M ALSO
01:05:20 THE LEAD NEGOTIATOR
01:05:22 FOR UNIT 3 BARGAINING. I'M HERE TO
01:05:23 EXPRESS OUR FRUSTRATION
01:05:26 AND DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE PROGRESS
01:05:27 OF
01:05:29 OUR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS. IT IS NOT
01:05:31 IBW'S PRACTICE TO STAND BEFORE THE
01:05:32 GOVERNING
01:05:34 BODY TO PUBLICLY RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
01:05:35 PROGRESS OR
01:05:38 LACK OF PROGRESS AT
01:05:41 THE BARGAINING TABLE. WE ENTERED
01:05:43 THESE NEGOTIATIONS IN GOOD FAITH. WITH
01:05:44 THE SINCERE HOPE OF CONCLUDING
01:05:47 OUR AGREEMENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR
01:05:48 IN A
01:05:49 POSITIVE MANNER. ALLOWING US TO FULLY
01:05:50 SUPPORT THE CITY AS IT
01:05:53 STEPS INTO THE WORLD STAGE, NOT
01:05:55 ONCE, BUT TWICE THIS YEAR. INSTEAD,
01:05:56 WE FIND
01:05:59 OURSELVES HERE BECAUSE WE FEEL
01:06:02 WE HAVE NO OTHER OPTION. AND BECAUSE
01:06:03 OF FRUSTRATION
01:06:05 AND RESENTMENT CONTINUE TO
01:06:06 GROW, AS MEANINGFUL PROGRESS REMAINS ELUSIVE. I
01:06:08 WANT TO BE
01:06:11 CLEAR AT THE ON SET. THE MEN AND
01:06:13 WOMEN RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING AND
01:06:17 MAINTAINING THIS ELECTRIC
01:06:18 SYSTEM ARE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS. EFFORT
01:06:20 AND
01:06:21 COMMITMENT ARE NOT THE ISSUE. THE
01:06:23 ISSUE IS THAT THE SYSTEM SUPPORTING
01:06:26 THEIR WORK IS
01:06:29 NOT KEPT PACE WITH OPERATIONAL REALITY. OPERATIONAL
01:06:32 DEMANDS AT SILICON VALLEY POWER HAVE
01:06:35 GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY. PEEK LOADS ARE
01:06:37 HIGHER. SYSTEM COMPLEXITY HAS INCREASED, AND THE
01:06:38 OVERALL RISK
01:06:41 PROFILE IS GREATER THAN
01:06:43 HAS BEEN EVER. YET, WORK FORCE LEVELS
01:06:44 AND LABOR FRAMEWORK
01:06:47 SUPPORTING THE SYSTEM HAVE NOT KEPT UP. IN
01:06:50 PRACTICAL TERMS, THE
01:06:53 UTILITY IS OPERATING
01:06:54 WITH SUSTAINED VACANCIES. HEAVY RELIANCE
01:06:56 ON
01:06:58 OVERTIME, AND FEWER QUALIFIED PERSONNEL COVERING
01:06:59 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAN THE
01:07:01 SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO REQUIRE. THIS
01:07:02 IS
01:07:04 NOT A MINOR STAFFING CHALLENGE. IT
01:07:08 IS A RELIABILITY AND
01:07:11 SAFETY CONCERN. FOR THE UTILITY, YOUR
01:07:14 UTILITIES SERVING THIS LOAD, AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOOTPRINT,
01:07:17 FIELD STAFFING DEPTH IS FAR THINNER THAN
01:07:20 THE INDUSTRY STANDARD WOULD CONSIDER
01:07:21 RESILIENT. WE ALSO
01:07:23 OPERATE IN ONE OF THE MOST
01:07:25 EXPENSIVE REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY. WHEN
01:07:26 COMPENSATION DOES NOT
01:07:29 KEEP PACE WITH THE COST
01:07:32 OF LIVING, RECRUITMENT, AND
01:07:33 RETENTION SUFFER. QUALIFIED WORKERS
01:07:35 HAVE OPTIONS. AND MISALIGNMENT
01:07:38 BETWEEN WAGES AND REGIONAL COST MAKE
01:07:39 IT INCREASINGLY
01:07:41 DIFFICULT TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE WORK FORCE
01:07:42 THE
01:07:44 SYSTEM DEPENDS ON. AT THE BARGAINING
01:07:48 TABLE, A REQUEST HAS
01:07:49 BEEN STRAIGHTFORWARD. REASONABLE PROPOSALS
01:07:50 THAT REFLECT OPERATIONAL REALITY AND DEMONSTRATE
01:07:53 A GENUINE COMMITMENT TO THE CITY AND
01:07:54 ITS
01:07:55 UTILITY. INSTEAD, WE CONTINUE TO SEE PROPOSALS
01:07:57 THAT
01:08:00 WIDEN THE GAP BETWEEN EXPECTATIONS
01:08:03 AND REALITY. I NEED TO BE
01:08:04 CANDID. THIS WORK FORCE IS DEEPLY FRUSTRATED
01:08:06 BY
01:08:08 THE LACK OF MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. ATTEMPTS
01:08:09 TO ROLL BACK PROVISIONS THAT
01:08:12 WERE NEGOTIATED AND AGREED TO IN
01:08:15 OUR LAST SET OF NEGOTIATIONS. ROLLING
01:08:17 BACK RECENTLY SETTLED PROVISIONS ERODES
01:08:18 TRUST
01:08:20 AND CREATES INSTABILITY IN A SYSTEM THAT
01:08:24 DEPENDS HEAVILY
01:08:25 ON CONTINUITY, EXPERIENCE, AND INSTITUTIONAL
01:08:27 KNOWLEDGE. FROM
01:08:29 OUR PERSPECTIVE, THESE PROPOSALS RISK
01:08:33 UNDERMINING WORK FORCE MORAL, RETENTION,
01:08:34 AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY. DESPITE THAT
01:08:36 FRUSTRATION,
01:08:37 OUR OBJECTIVE IS NOT CONFLICT. OUR
01:08:39 OBJECTIVE IS
01:08:41 A LABOR FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS RELIABILITY,
01:08:42 SAFETY,
01:08:45 AND LONG-TERM SYSTEM HEALTH AND
01:08:47 MOST IMPORTANTLY, SUPPORT FOR THE EMPLOYEES
01:08:48 WHO
01:08:51 MAKE SVP WORK EVERY DAY. PUBLIC
01:08:53 POWER DEPENDS ON A STABLE, SUPPORTED
01:08:54 WORK
01:08:55 FORCE. WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO BARGAINING
01:08:57 IN GOOD FAITH. WE ARE
01:09:00 ASKING THE CITY TO MEET US
01:09:02 THERE WITH PROPOSALS THAT RECOGNIZE
01:09:03 THE RESPONSIBILITY, RISK,
01:09:04 AND VALUE INHERENT IN THE WORK PERFORMED
01:09:06 EVERY
01:09:09 DAY TO KEEP THIS COMMUNITY'S
01:09:11 POWER ON. AS YOU LOOK BEHIND ME, YOU
01:09:12 WILL SEE THE
01:09:14 PEOPLE THAT DO THIS FOR YOU EVERY
01:09:17 SINGLE DAY. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU GIVE
01:09:18 US SOME
01:09:19 RESPECT AT THE BARGAINING TABLE. THANK
01:09:21 YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
01:09:22 >> THANK
01:09:24 YOU, AND WE HEAR
01:09:25 YOUR WORDS AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
01:09:27 THAT ALL OF OUR WORKERS DO FOR
01:09:28 THE CITY, ESPECIALLY SILICON VALLEY POWER. SO
01:09:30 YOU ARE VERY,
01:09:32 VERY VALUABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK
01:09:33 YOU VERY
01:09:34 MUCH FOR BRINGING YOUR CONCERNS TO
01:09:36 US THIS EVENING. THANK
01:09:39 YOU,
01:09:42 SHEILA. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE
01:09:45 ] ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE
01:09:48 HAVE JEREMY FOLLOWED BY
01:09:50 JOHN. WELCOME.
01:09:51 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR,
01:09:52 MEMBERS OF THE
01:09:53 CITY COUNCIL. I'M JEREMY BRUCE. I'M
01:09:54 WITH
01:09:57 THE CENTER OF JUSTICE EMPOWERMENT
01:10:00 AND PART OF IPEN. ADVOCATING
01:10:03 WITH CROSS SECTOR LEADERS ACROSS
01:10:05 SANTA CLARA COUNTY, ACROSS THE THREAT
01:10:06 OF MASS
01:10:08 DEPORTATIONS. WITH MAJOR SPORTING
01:10:09 EVENTS COMING
01:10:10 TO SANTA CLARA THIS YEAR, RESPONSE PLAN
01:10:12 IS
01:10:15 PUT IN PLACE IN THE EVENT
01:10:16 OF AN IMMIGRATION E ENFORCEMENT AT
01:10:18 OR AROUND THESE EVENTS. THESE
01:10:20 ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES. WE NEED COURAGEOUS
01:10:23 LEADERS TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT
01:10:25 TO COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY IN WORDS, BUT
01:10:27 ALSO
01:10:30 IN ACTION THROUGH POLICY AND RESOURCES. WHEN
01:10:31 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ATTACKS THE
01:10:33 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND THE
01:10:36 FUNDAMENTALS OF DEMOCRACY, WE ARE
01:10:38 ALL UNDER THREAT. WE ALSO MUST STAND
01:10:39 WITH
01:10:40 OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS. WE
01:10:42 HAVE SEEN
01:10:44 THE GROSS ABUSES OF ICE ACROSS THE
01:10:45 COUNTRY
01:10:47 AND SAFETY MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED TO
01:10:50 PROTECT THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND
01:10:54 WORKERS IN CASE
01:10:56 OF ICE PRESENCE. THAT INCLUDES SAFE
01:10:57 SITE PROTOCALLS. WE PUSH
01:11:00 ON SANTA CLARA POLICE
01:11:03 TO PRIORITIZE PROTECTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT
01:11:04 RIGHTS
01:11:06 AND IMPLEMENT DEESCALATION
01:11:09 TRAINING TO OFFICERS. WE ALSO
01:11:12 WANT TO UPLIFT
01:11:15 SOUTH BAY LABOR COUNCIL, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
01:11:16 THAT WAS
01:11:18 SENT --WE WANT TO UPLIFT THOSE COMMANDS. WHILE
01:11:21 THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA IS
01:11:24 ON THE WORLD STAGE FOR THE
01:11:27 2026 SPORTING EVENTS, LET'S STEP
01:11:29 UP FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY BY HAVING
01:11:30 PROTECTIONS IN PLACE SO
01:11:33 WE CAN DEMONSTRATE OUR VALUES. WE
01:11:35 LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND. THANK YOU.
01:11:36 >>
01:11:37 THANK YOU,
01:11:39 JEREMY. NEXT,
01:11:42 WE
01:11:44 HAVE JOHN. FOLLOWED BY MARK.
01:11:45 >> WELCOME. >>
01:11:46 MY
01:11:48 NAME IS JOHN. I'M
01:11:51 A
01:11:54 BUSINESS AGENT
01:11:57 OF LOCAL 134. OUR
01:11:59 UNION PROVIDES LIVE EVENTS. THE CITY
01:12:00 OF SANTA CLARA
01:12:03 A VENUE FOR WORKERS PROVIDING FOR THEMSELVES
01:12:06 AND THEIR FAMILIES. OUR SHARE OF THE
01:12:09 WORK HAS BEEN DECLINING AT THE SANTA
01:12:10 CLARA CONVENTION
01:12:12 CENTER. OUR HOPE IS TO WORK WITH THE CITY
01:12:15 MANAGER TO WORK FOR ARRANGEMENTS FOR OUR
01:12:17 WORKERS CAN REGAIN AN EQUITABLE SHARE
01:12:18 OF THE WORK
01:12:21 AND A
01:12:24 SAFER WORK ENVIRONMENT.
01:12:25 >>
01:12:27 THANK YOU,
01:12:32 JOHN. NEXT, WE HAVE MARK. WELCOME,
01:12:33 MARK.
01:12:34 >>
01:12:36 THANK YOU, MAYOR GILLMOR. MY
01:12:39 NAME IS MARK HAGER. THANK
01:12:42 YOU FOR ENABLING THIS PROCESS. I
01:12:45 AM THE STEWARD OF
01:12:47 IOTSY14 AT THE SANTA CLARA CONVENTION CENTER. I'VE
01:12:48 BEEN THERE
01:12:51 FOR 30
01:12:54 YEARS. I WAS THERE AT THE LAST SUPER BOWL. I
01:12:56 WAS HEAD VIDEO FOR THE CONVENTION
01:12:57 CENTER AND
01:12:59 HAVE BEEN AT THE LARGEST EVENTS, THOUSANDS IN
01:13:00 FACT, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT
01:13:02 I KNOW ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER
01:13:03 THAT NOBODY DOES, AND
01:13:06 IN FACT, I'VE STOPPED FIRES AND
01:13:08 DONE THINGS AND SEEN WHEN SHOWS HAVE
01:13:09 HAPPENED WHEN I'M NOT
01:13:12 THERE, THAT FIRES HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE
01:13:14 THINGS I WOULD DO DIDN'T HAPPEN. I
01:13:15 WANT THIS COUNCIL TO KNOW,
01:13:18 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW. I
01:13:19 CAME
01:13:20 UP BEFORE THIS COUNCIL BEFORE IN 2008,
01:13:21 AND THERE
01:13:23 WAS A STRONG COMMITMENT THAT BECAUSE, FOR
01:13:24 ALL THESE ISSUES THAT
01:13:27 WE WOULD WORK OUT THESE THINGS, SIMILAR
01:13:28 TO
01:13:30 HOW WE WERE AT
01:13:33 TEAM SAN JOSE. EVERYONE IN THIS COUNCIL
01:13:34 HAS A GOOD
01:13:35 AND STRONG BASIS FOR UNDERSTANDING
01:13:36 THE
01:13:38 VALUES THAT SANTA CLARA REPRESENTS
01:13:39 AND
01:13:42 I THINK THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND
01:13:43 JUST HOW
01:13:45 DEEP THIS COMMUNITY IS HERE. I WENT
01:13:46 TO
01:13:47 BELLERMAN AND STUDIED AT SANTA CLARA
01:13:51 UNIVERSITY. MY WIFE IS A TEACHER AND
01:13:54 SHE IS ALSO IN THE 49ERS STEM PROGRAM. ALL
01:13:55 THESE
01:13:57 THINGS ARE WHAT THE COMMUNITY UNION
01:13:59 MEMBERS DO THAT IS EXTRA. WE BRING
01:14:00 ALL THIS
01:14:03 AND RIGHT NOW, WHAT JOHN IS PROPOSING
01:14:05 IS VERY SPECIFIC, THAT MOVING ON,
01:14:06 WE WOULD LIKE
01:14:09 TO SEE THE CITY MANAGER ENCOURAGE
01:14:12 THE CONVENTION CENTER TO COME UP WITH
01:14:13 SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS
01:14:14 WITH US RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW,
01:14:16 WE DON'T
01:14:17 HAVE SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS. WE DO IT
01:14:19 EACH WITH DIFFERENT SHOWS AND
01:14:20 THE CITY ACTUALLY LEAVES MONEY ON
01:14:22 THE TABLE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO
01:14:24 COME IN WITH DIFFERENT PAYROLL COMPANIES, LIKE
01:14:25 ISLAND CREATIVE
01:14:26 OR TALENT FUND, WHICH ARE OUT OF THE
01:14:28 CITY AND ALL THESE THINGS. THAT'S
01:14:31 ONE OF THE REASONS
01:14:33 WHY TEAM SAN JOSE DECIDED TO CONSOLIDATE
01:14:34 IT. BEYOND
01:14:36 THAT, THE QUALITY OF SERVICE AND THE LONG-TERM COMMITMENT
01:14:37 THAT
01:14:40 EACH OF US HAS. I CAN SHARE WITH
01:14:42 THE CITY MANAGER OR ANYONE ELSE. I
01:14:43 HAVE BEEN
01:14:45 TAKING PICTURES AT SHOWS AT THE CONVENTION
01:14:46 CENTER WHERE I
01:14:47 HAVE SEEN SOME SERIOUS, DANGEROUS,
01:14:49 AND ALSO
01:14:50 SOME DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING CAUSED
01:14:52 BY PEOPLE THERE WHO
01:14:53 AREN'T JUST NOT THE SAME LEVEL OF
01:14:54 EXPERIENCE AND COMMITMENT THAT WE
01:14:57 HAVE HAD FOR SO MANY YEARS. SO, I
01:14:59 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS COMMUNITY AND
01:15:01 WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AND
01:15:03 I THINK YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THAT
01:15:05 VISION REALLY COME ALIVE AT SANTA
01:15:07 CLARA, IN THE SAME
01:15:10 WAY IT HAS AT
01:15:13 LEVI STADIUM, UNDER JOHN'S
01:15:15 DIRECTION THERE. SANTA CLARA AND CAN
01:15:16 BE A VITAL CONVENTION
01:15:18 CENTER AND WE'RE PART OF IT AS WE
01:15:19 ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. SO,
01:15:22 WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER
01:15:23 THAT CITY MANAGER, THOSE AGREEMENTS
01:15:25 MOVING FORWARD FOR
01:15:27 THE SUPER BOWL AND FROM NOW ON. THANK
01:15:28 YOU.
01:15:29 >> THANK YOU,
01:15:30 MARK. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LONG-TERM SERVICE
01:15:31 TO
01:15:34 THE CONVENTION
01:15:37 CENTER IN SANTA CLARA. THANK
01:15:40 YOU. WHO DID
01:15:42 I CALL NEXT? BRIAN FOLLOWED BY KIMBERLY. OR
01:15:43 WAS
01:15:46 SHE
01:15:49 FROM THE
01:15:52 LAST ONE? WAS
01:15:55 KIMBERLY THE
01:15:58 LAST? I HAVE KIMBERLY, JACK,
01:16:00 DAVID, AND IPHONE. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. BRIAN.
01:16:01 >>
01:16:02 THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I
01:16:03 WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE
01:16:04 YOU TAKING THE TIME
01:16:05 TO HEAR ME OUT. AND THAT'S ONE OF
01:16:07 THE REASONS
01:16:10 I LIKE THIS CITY AND I
01:16:11 APPRECIATE EVERYONE GIVING US A CHANCE. ONE
01:16:13 OF THE THINGS
01:16:15 I WANT TO BRING UP, I SPEND A LOT
01:16:16 OF TIME ON
01:16:17 THE PHONE, BECAUSE I CAN NO LONGER
01:16:19 TRAVEL OUT
01:16:22 OF STATE, TO ADVOCATE FOR
01:16:24 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I TRY TO
01:16:25 ADVOCATE FOR
01:16:26 PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND UNHOUSED. ONE
01:16:28 OF THE THINGS THAT COMES
01:16:31 UP IS PEOPLE OF ALL
01:16:32 INDIVIDUALS, I'M SURE YOU FELT IT,
01:16:34 TOO. DON'T HAVE A SAY IN
01:16:36 WHAT HAPPENS AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL
01:16:37 LEVEL. IF
01:16:40 YOU LOOK
01:16:42 AT SEVERAL STUDIES, THERE'S A STUDY, FOR
01:16:43 EXAMPLE, THEY
01:16:46 LOOKED OVER 20 YEARS OF DATA
01:16:49 WITH 1800
01:16:52 DIFFERENT POLICY ISSUES AND
01:16:53 BASICALLY, INDIVIDUALS ADVOCATING
01:16:55 FOR
01:16:58 THEIR LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES
01:17:01 AND POLITICAL BODIES HAVE PRETTY MUCH
01:17:04 ZERO --THAT DOESN'T HELP. AND IT IS
01:17:07 ACTUALLY WAS A
01:17:10 DYNAMIC CROSS REFERENCE
01:17:13 STUDY. I RECOMMEND READING
01:17:14 IT. SINCE CITIZENS UNITED, CORPORATIONS
01:17:16 HAVE
01:17:19 BEEN ABLE TO SPEND UNLIMITED
01:17:22 AMOUNTS OF MONEY. THAT OVERSEES
01:17:25 WHAT WE
01:17:27 DO. EVENTUALLY, PEOPLE WITH MONEY WIN. RICH PEOPLE
01:17:28 AND
01:17:30 IT'S NOT ONCE IN AWHILE. IT'S 99%
01:17:33 OF THE TIME. OR MORE. PROBABLY OVER
01:17:34 100% IN
01:17:37 SOME PLACES. TO LISTEN TO THE
01:17:39 NEW MATH, OUR LEADERSHIP PUTS OUT
01:17:43 AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. IT IS A BIG
01:17:45 PROBLEM. BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO ADVOCATE NOT ONLY
01:17:46 FOR PEOPLE
01:17:49 WHO WANT TO HAVE A FAIR WAGE
01:17:52 AND A FAIR LIVING. I
01:17:54 WANT A PLANET FOR YOUR CHILDREN. I
01:17:55 DON'T HAVE CHILDREN MYSELF. I WANT
01:17:58 A PLANET FOR
01:18:01 YOUR CHILDREN TO GROW
01:18:04 UP. I
01:18:10 CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING MORE EXOSTENTIAL. SHOULD
01:18:11 TROUBLE
01:18:13 ALL OF US. I AM ON THE
01:18:15 PHONE AND EVERY SINGLE DAY, BECAUSE
01:18:16 IT'S THAT IMPORTANT. AND
01:18:19 GO TO OFFICES AND STUFF. MY FATHER
01:18:22 FOUGHT IN
01:18:24 WORLD WAR II. AND SAW THINGS. I WISH
01:18:27 I COULD REMEMBER THE CAMP. HEP HELPED
01:18:28 LIBERATE A
01:18:29 COUPLE OF CAMPS THERE. HE WAS NEVER
01:18:31 THE SAME. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT FOUGHT
01:18:32 IN THAT
01:18:34 WAR AND ALL THE WARS SINCE THEN. NOTHING
01:18:35 WILL
01:18:37 COMPARE TO WHAT HAPPENS IF
01:18:39 WE HAVE A NUCLEAR EXCHANGE. NOTHING. THERE
01:18:42 WON'T BE ANYTHING LEFT. PERIOD. AND
01:18:43 WE'RE
01:18:46 CLOSER NOW THAN
01:18:48 EVEN IN '62. WE'RE CLOSER. AND THAT
01:18:49 SHOULD DRIVE EVERYBODY. I DON'T
01:18:51 KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS. I THINK IT
01:18:55 NEEDS TO BE
01:18:58 TALKED ABOUT. THANK
01:19:01 YOU.
01:19:02 >>
01:19:03 THANK YOU. KIMBERLY. FOLLOWED BY DIYA.
01:19:10 WELCOME.
01:19:11 >> HI, GOOD EVENING.
01:19:13 I'M KIMBERLY AND I
01:19:16 REPRESENT SERVICES IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
01:19:17 AND EDUCATION,
01:19:19 WE SERVE BAY AREA COMMUNITIES INCLUDING
01:19:22 SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND
01:19:24 CENTRAL VALLEY THROUGH COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, CIVIC
01:19:25 ENGAGEMENT,
01:19:28 DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, AND
01:19:31 POLICY ADVOCACY. MEMBER OF THE IMMIGRANT EMPOWERMENT
01:19:32 NETWORK,
01:19:33 WHICH SOME OF MY PARTNERS ARE HERE
01:19:34 TODAY. ON
01:19:37 BEHALF OF SIREN. WE SUPPORT ALL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
01:19:40 THE SOUTH BAY LABOR COUNSEL EXECUTIVE
01:19:42 OFFICER LETTER TO THE COUNCIL. I'M
01:19:46 HERE TO UPLIFT OUR ORGANIZING THE
01:19:47 SAFETY OF
01:19:48 OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN LIGHT OF
01:19:49 THE UPCOMING MAJOR
01:19:52 SPORTS EVENTS. WITH THE VERY REAL
01:19:53 THREATS, MASS FEDERAL IMMIGRATION
01:19:55 ENFORCEMENT TO THE SUPER BOWL THAT
01:19:56 IS HAPPENING IN
01:19:58 LESS THAN A MONTH AND
01:20:01 THE LOOMING $170 BILLION THAT THE
01:20:04 FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION HAS TO RECRUIT
01:20:05 VIOLENCE, UNTRAINED
01:20:07 AND ARMED
01:20:10 OFFICERS, AND THE SAME MONEY TO
01:20:11 LOCK FAMILIES IN INHUMANE CAGES. THE
01:20:13 TIME TO ACT IS
01:20:15 NOW. THESE SPORTING EVENTS ARE SUPPOSED
01:20:16 TO UNITE OUR COMMUNITIES
01:20:19 IN CELEBRATION. DUE TO
01:20:21 THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION'S ATTACKS
01:20:22 ON IMMIGRANTS, OUR LOVED ONES FEAR LEAVING
01:20:25 THEIR HOMES AND HAVE TO THINK TWICE
01:20:26 ABOUT ATTENDING THESE EVENTS. THE
01:20:28 STRONGEST WAY TO PROTECT OURSELVES
01:20:32 IS TO BE ORGANIZED. SO, PER THE
01:20:35 LETTER, I WOULD LIKE
01:20:38 TO PROHIBIT ICE
01:20:39 AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENT FROM
01:20:41 ACCESSING THE PROPERTY
01:20:44 UNLESS IT'S A
01:20:45 VALID JUDICIAL WARRANT. TRAINING STAFF
01:20:46 ON GUIDELINES TO PROTECT WORKPLACES,
01:20:47 SUCH
01:20:49 AS THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT AND POSTING
01:20:53 CLEAR SIGNAGE
01:20:54 ON PRIVATE SPACES. PROHIBITING FEDERAL
01:20:55 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
01:20:56 AND
01:20:58 CITY OWNED AND CITY CONTROLLED PROPERTIES,
01:20:59 WHICH WAS THE
01:21:01 POLICY PASSED TODAY IN SAN JOSE, AND ALSO
01:21:02 LAST
01:21:04 YEAR IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AS WELL
01:21:05 AS
01:21:06 OUR NEIGHBORING SAN MATTEO COUNTY. MOST
01:21:08 IMPORTANTLY,
01:21:11 AFFIRM YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR
01:21:13 COMMUNITIES AND BY REFUSING ANY COOPERATION WITH
01:21:16 ICE AND BY ESTABLISHING SAFE SITE
01:21:20 PROTOCALLS AT THESE SPORTS
01:21:21 VENUES AND CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE
01:21:23 RESPONSE PLAN IF THEY DO
01:21:26 DECIDE
01:21:32 TO SHOW UP. THE SUPER
01:21:34 BOWL --IT IS POWERFUL TO SEE A WORLD
01:21:37 CLASS PERFORMER STAND UP WITH IMMIGRANT
01:21:39 COMMUNITIES DURING THIS HEARTBREAKING
01:21:42 TIME OF BRUTAL, FEDERALLY SANCTIONED VIOLENCE. IT'S
01:21:43 TIME FOR BAY AREA ELECTED OFFICIALS
01:21:47 TO JOIN US ON THE GROUND IN SOLIDARITY
01:21:48 WITH ALL OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
01:21:50 AND TO BE
01:21:52 BRAVE, TO IMPLEMENT CRUCIAL PROTECTIONS,
01:21:54 AND SUPPORT THE IMMIGRANTS WHO BUILT
01:21:56 THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S TIME
01:21:59 TO USE ALL RESOURCES, TOOLS, AND
01:22:00 ALLIES TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES
01:22:02 DURING THIS TIME AND THAT'S HOW WE
01:22:04 KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE. THANK YOU.
01:22:05 >>
01:22:06 THANK
01:22:07 YOU, KIMBERLY. NEXT, WE HAVE DIYA. FOLLOWED
01:22:08 BY
01:22:11 JACK. I
01:22:14 THINK JACK
01:22:16 IS ONLINE. JACK, DAVID. WELCOME.
01:22:17 >>
01:22:18 HELLO. GOOD EVENING,
01:22:19 MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
01:22:23 DIYA AND I AM WITH UNITE HERE
01:22:26 AT LOCAL 19. I'M PROUD TO
01:22:27 FOOD SERVICE AND HOSPITALITY WORKERS
01:22:29 IN SANTA CLARA. THE SUPER BOWL
01:22:32 CUP WILL RELY ON THOUSANDS
01:22:35 OF WORKERS, INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS
01:22:38 AND LOW WAGE WORKERS THAT FACE THE
01:22:41 GREATEST RISK. WE ARE ASKING
01:22:44 THAT SANTA CLARA THAT EVERY WORKER
01:22:47 DESERVES FAIR PAY. THAT MEANS STRONG
01:22:48 CONTRACTING STANDARDS,
01:22:49 TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHO IS DOING THE
01:22:50 WORK, AND CLEAR POLICIES
01:22:53 TO PROTECT
01:22:54 WORKERS REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS. THESE
01:22:56 EVENTS MUST UPLIFT WORKERS RATHER
01:22:59 THAN EXPOSE THEM TO HARM OR
01:23:02 EXPLOITATION. WE ALSO ASK
01:23:03 THAT LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
01:23:05 BE INCLUDED IN PLANNING BECAUSE
01:23:08 WE BRING KNOWLEDGE ON SAFETY
01:23:10 AND WORK FORCE CONDITIONS THAT CAN
01:23:11 PREVENT REAL PROBLEMS. IF
01:23:12 SANTA CLARA LEADS WITH FAIRNESS AND
01:23:14 PARTNERSHIP, THESE EVENTS CAN BRING
01:23:16 PRIDE, NOT JUST TO THE STADIUM, BUT
01:23:17 TO
01:23:20 EVERY WORKER WHO MAKES THEM POSSIBLE. THANK
01:23:23 YOU.
01:23:24 >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE
01:23:26 HAVE JACK, WHO IS ONLINE. JACK. GO
01:23:29 AHEAD,
01:23:32 JACK. YOU
01:23:35 CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF. UNMUTE, JACK. THERE WE GO.
01:23:41 HELLO?
01:23:42 >> THANK
01:23:43 YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR,
01:23:44 COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS
01:23:45 JACK McGOVERN. I'M THE POLITICAL DIRECTOR
01:23:47 WITH THE SOUTH BAY COUNCIL. I'M
01:23:50 PROUD
01:23:51 TO REPRESENT SANTA CLARA WORKERS. AS
01:23:53 THE CITY PREPARES FOR THE SUPER
01:23:55 BOWL AND WORLD CUP, WE ARE HERE TO
01:23:56 REMIND EVERYONE
01:23:58 THAT CITY EMPLOYEES ARE NOT SPECTATORS
01:23:59 TO
01:24:02 THIS WORK. WE,
01:24:05 THE LABOR COUNCIL, UNITE HERE, AND
01:24:08 MORE, ARE THE ONES WHO KEEP
01:24:10 SERVICES RUNNING. RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES,
01:24:13 MAINTAIN FACILITIES, AND PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY. WHEN
01:24:14 CROWDS LEAVE, THE
01:24:16 CAMERAS ARE GONE. WE REMAIN ON THE
01:24:17 GROUND
01:24:19 SERVING RESIDENTS. AND WE ARE ASKING
01:24:20 THAT THE
01:24:23 CITY BRING WORKERS AND UNIONS INTO PLANNING
01:24:26 CONVERSATIONS EARLY AND THROUGHOUT
01:24:28 THE PROCESS. OUR FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE
01:24:31 OF STAFFING, SAFETY, AND DAILY OPERATIONS
01:24:32 IS CRITICAL
01:24:35 TO PREVENTING PROBLEMS AND
01:24:36 KEEPING RESIDENTS SAFE. RESPECT FOR
01:24:38 WORKERS STARTS
01:24:39 WITH LISTENING TO THEM. ANY EMPLOYEES
01:24:41 DESERVE A REAL SEAT AT THE
01:24:44 TABLE, AND WE STAND READY TO PARTNER
01:24:46 WITH YOU FOR SUCCESSFUL 2026. THANK
01:24:47 YOU.
01:24:48 >>
01:24:50 THANK YOU, JACK. NEXT, WE
01:24:53 HAVE DAVID. GO AHEAD,
01:24:55 DAVID. YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF. THERE
01:24:56 YOU GO.
01:24:57 >>
01:24:58 GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR, CITY MANAGER,
01:24:59 AND
01:25:01 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR
01:25:02 THE
01:25:03 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS DAVID
01:25:05 ELEVENSON, AND I'M A
01:25:08 MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL
01:25:10 ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES. WE
01:25:11 ARE
01:25:14 THE UNIONS AND FAMILIES THAT
01:25:16 WORK BACKSTAGE ON ENTERTAINMENT CONCERTS
01:25:19 AND CONVENTIONS HERE IN SANTA CLARA. WE
01:25:20 WORK FOR
01:25:22 THE 49ERS AT LEVI STADIUM, AS WELL
01:25:23 AS
01:25:26 MANY OTHER CORPORATIONS HERE IN THE
01:25:27 SANTA CLARA
01:25:29 COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SANTA
01:25:32 CLARA. WITH REGARDS TO THE LETTER
01:25:34 THAT GENE COHEN, THE SOUTH BAY LABOR COUNCIL
01:25:35 HAS WRITTEN. I WOULD LIKE
01:25:38 TO SHARE
01:25:41 A FEW THOUGHTS. AS SANTA
01:25:44 CLARA PREPARES FOR THESE
01:25:47 GLOBAL EVENTS, SUPER BOWL LX,
01:25:50 AND FIFA, ESPECIALLY THE SANTA
01:25:52 CLARA CONVENTION CENTER. THIS SITE
01:25:53 BE WILL
01:25:56 A MAJOR HUB. TODAY, IT OPERATES
01:25:58 WITHOUT CONSISTENT LABOR STANDARDS
01:25:59 OR CLEAR WORKER
01:26:02 PROTECTIONS. WORKERS ARE ASKING THE
01:26:05 CITY TO SET EXPECTATIONS
01:26:07 NOW, INCLUDING FAIR WAGES, SAFETY
01:26:08 RULES AND
01:26:11 A STRUCTURE IT
01:26:14 BRINGS EMPLOYEES AND UNIONS INTO DECISIONS
01:26:17 THAT AFFECT HOW THESE
01:26:20 VENUES OPERATE. STRONG STANDARDS
01:26:23 WILL PREVENT AVOIDABLE STAFFING SHORTAGES, SAFETY
01:26:26 PROBLEMS, AND
01:26:27 DISRUPTIONS DURING EVENT OPERATIONS. SANTA
01:26:29 CLARA CANNOT LEAVE ITS
01:26:31 OWN FACILITIES OUT OF PLANNING. WORKERS
01:26:32 WANT TO PARTNER WITH YOU,
01:26:35 SO EVERY CITY
01:26:38 SITE RUNS SAFELY AND SMOOTHLY IN 2026. WE
01:26:41 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN
01:26:44 ENSURING TRADES ARE REPRESENTED
01:26:50 AND LABOR PEACE IS KEPT.
01:26:51 >>
01:26:53 THANK YOU, DAVID. LET'S SEE. DID WE
01:26:56 CUT HIM OFF? OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL
01:27:00 RIGHT. NEXT, WE
01:27:03 HAVE IPHONE. GO AHEAD,
01:27:05 iPHONE.
01:27:06 >> HELLO. THIS IS LINDA. >>
01:27:07 I
01:27:08 SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, LINDA, GO AHEAD. YOU
01:27:12 GET ME EVERY TIME. GO AHEAD.
01:27:13 >>
01:27:15 THIS IS TOTALLY
01:27:18 OFF THE NORMAL TOPICS. BUT I
01:27:21 WANTED TO, LET'S SEE. I
01:27:23 WANTED TO COMPLAIN A LITTLE BIT. I
01:27:27 LIVE ON SAN
01:27:29 JUAN AVENUE IN SANTA CLARA. THE CITY
01:27:33 NEEDS --THE STREET NEEDS
01:27:34 REPAVED, OR AT LEAST SLURRIED, BECAUSE
01:27:36 THERE ARE LOTS OF
01:27:39 CRACKS. IN
01:27:40 THOSE CRACKS ARE GROWING WEEDS. THEY
01:27:42 ARE GROWING IN
01:27:44 THE STREET. THEY ARE GROWING ON THE SIDEWALK. AND
01:27:45 IN
01:27:48 THE CURB AREA. I BELIEVE
01:27:51 THAT IS ALL CITY PROPERTY. NOT INDIVIDUAL
01:27:53 PEOPLE. THE WEEDS CAN DEFINITELY BE TAKEN
01:27:54 CARE
01:27:57 OF BY HITTING THEM WITH HOT,
01:28:00 BOILING WATER, OR YOU CAN
01:28:02 USE WHATEVER OIL YOU PREFER. THE WEEDS
01:28:05 WILL MAKE THE CRACKS WORSE. SO THEY
01:28:09 SHOULD BE TAKEN
01:28:10 CARE OF SOON. SECOND ISSUE, WHICH
01:28:12 IS
01:28:15 SORT OF ALONG THE SAME
01:28:16 LINE, CITY CALENDARS. YOU HAVE BEEN
01:28:18 GREAT. I LOVE
01:28:20 GETTING THOSE CITY CALENDARS BECAUSE
01:28:21 THEY HAVE VITAL
01:28:23 INFORMATION AND I CAN ALWAYS LOOK
01:28:24 UP THE NUMBERS. YES,
01:28:27 I CAN
01:28:29 DO IT ONLINE ALSO. BUT, FOR THE LAST
01:28:30 TWO
01:28:33 YEARS, I HAVE
01:28:35 NOT RECEIVED A CITY CALENDAR. LAST
01:28:36 YEAR, I
01:28:39 WENT TO THE CITY HALL AND GOT
01:28:42 ONE. THIS YEAR, I WENT TO
01:28:45 CITY HALL AND GOT
01:28:48 ONE. BUT AFTER TALKING WITH
01:28:51 THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE OF THE
01:28:53 CITY, IT'S LIKE NOBODY, EVERYBODY
01:28:57 SAYS IT'S NOT OUR
01:28:58 FAULT. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE SHOULD. BUT
01:29:00 THE
01:29:03 WHOLE BLOCK HAS NOT RECEIVED THE
01:29:06 CALENDARS. SO, I WOULD LIKE
01:29:09 TO HAVE THEM GET
01:29:11 LOOKED INTO. APPARENTLY, THEY HAVE
01:29:14 THE POST OFFICE GETS THEM. BUT HAS
01:29:15 NOT
01:29:16 DELIVERED THEM. OR SOMETHING. BUT
01:29:18 THE FACT THAT
01:29:21 IT WORKED FINE FOR
01:29:22 SEVERAL YEARS, MULTIPLE YEARS, MORE THAN
01:29:24 30, AND NOW FOR THE LAST
01:29:26 TWO YEARS HAS NOT BEEN WORKING. I
01:29:27 WOULD
01:29:30 LIKE SOMEBODY
01:29:33 TO LOOK INTO IT. THANK YOU.
01:29:34 >>
01:29:35 THANK YOU, LINDA. SO THE CITY MANAGER
01:29:36 HAS
01:29:38 HEARD CRACKS WITH WEEDS, SAN JUAN AVENUE,
01:29:39 AND THEY
01:29:41 HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR CITY CALENDARS. I'M
01:29:42 GOING TO
01:29:43 ASK LINDA THAT YOU SEND YOUR ADDRESS
01:29:45 TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SO WE
01:29:47 CAN MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR CITY CALENDARS. AND
01:29:48 I HAVE
01:29:50 HAD A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO
01:29:52 RELY ON THOSE CITY CALENDARS. YOU
01:29:54 CAN COME DOWN TO CITY HALL IN
01:29:57 THE LOBBY AND GET A CALENDAR FOR ANYONE
01:29:59 OUT THERE LISTENING THAT HASN'T RECEIVED
01:30:00 A CALENDAR. SO THEY
01:30:03 ARE AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL IN THE
01:30:05 LOBBY. I CHECKED TODAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK
01:30:09 YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE VICTOR. GO
01:30:12 AHEAD, VICTOR. YOU'RE MUTED. GO
01:30:14 AHEAD. UNMUTE YOURSELF. THERE YOU
01:30:15 GO.
01:30:16 >> HELLO. GOOD
01:30:18 EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY
01:30:21 NAME IS VICTOR COSTA. I'M
01:30:23 THE POLITICAL ORGANIZER. WE REPRESENT
01:30:25 OVER 70,000 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR
01:30:27 NONPROFIT AS WELL
01:30:30 AS FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS HERE
01:30:33 IN CALIFORNIA. AS SANTA CLARA PREPARES
01:30:34 TO
01:30:36 HOST THE SUPER BOWL AND THE WORLD
01:30:39 CUP THIS YEAR. THESE EVENTS WILL
01:30:41 RELY ON THOUSANDS OF WORKERS. MANY
01:30:42 ARE
01:30:45 IMMIGRANTS AND LOW WAGE WORKERS THAT
01:30:48 DESERVE
01:30:51 FAIR PAY AND STRONG PROTECTIONS. STANDS
01:30:54 IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR UNION
01:30:57 WORKERS. WHO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY RUNNING EVERY
01:30:59 DAY AND WILL HAVE TO SHOULDER THE
01:31:00 PRESSURE TO
01:31:02 MAKE SURE THESE EVENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL IN
01:31:03 2026. WE
01:31:06 URGE THE CITY TO BARGAIN IN GOOD
01:31:09 FAITH, RESPECT THE WORK FAITH
01:31:11 AND PROTECT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. WE
01:31:12 ALSO URGE
01:31:15 THE CITY
01:31:17 TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY OFFICER, TO
01:31:18 ENSURE WE TAKE CARE OF
01:31:20 OUR NEIGHBORS WHO TAKE CARE OF US EACH
01:31:21 AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU
01:31:24 SO MUCH.
01:31:25 >>
01:31:27 THANK YOU. BETSY. GO AHEAD,
01:31:29 BETSY. YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF.
01:31:30 >>
01:31:31 HI, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS
01:31:32 NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE YOU'LL
01:31:33 HEAR TONIGHT,
01:31:36 SO
01:31:39 I'LL MAKE IT
01:31:42 QUICK. BETSY MANGUS. SPEAKING FOR
01:31:45 MYSELF. WHERE DID IT
01:31:48 GO? I GOT AN E-MAIL
01:31:50 RECENTLY ABOUT SOME CITY EVENT. IT
01:31:51 HAD
01:31:52 DRIVING AND PARKING INFORMATION, BUT
01:31:54 IT DIDN'T
01:31:55 HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT BICYCLES OR TRANSIT. I WOULD
01:31:57 JUST LIKE TO REQUEST THAT
01:32:00 THE CITY MAKE IT A
01:32:02 POLICY TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT BICYCLE
01:32:03 PARKING
01:32:06 AND NEARBY TRANSIT, ANYWHERE IT IS PUBLISHING
01:32:07 ANNOUNCEMENTS
01:32:09 WITH DRIVING AND
01:32:10 PARKING INFORMATION FOR CARS. IT WILL
01:32:12 HELP TO
01:32:15 INCLUDE AND SERVE THE 25 TO 30% OF
01:32:16 PEOPLE WHO DON'T
01:32:18 DRIVE OR DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A CAR. IT
01:32:19 REMINDS
01:32:21 EVERYBODY THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO
01:32:24 GET AROUND BESIDES CARS, PARKING CONGESTIONS. AND,
01:32:25 IT
01:32:27 MAKES MORE PEOPLE AWARE OF WHERE ACCESS
01:32:30 WITHOUT A CAR MAY
01:32:33 BE DIFFICULT. AND
01:32:36 IT ISN'T COSTLY, COMPLICATED, OR CONTROVERSIAL. YOU CAN
01:32:37 GET
01:32:38 IT DONE WITH A SIMPLE MEMO. THANK
01:32:41 YOU.
01:32:42 >> THANK YOU, BETSY. IS THERE
01:32:43 ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T
01:32:45 SEE ANYONE ONLINE. IS THERE ANYONE
01:32:46 IN THE
01:32:48 AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE
01:32:51 TO MAKE A PUBLIC
01:32:53 ANNOUNCEMENT? WE'RE GOING TO START
01:32:54 ON ITEMS DEFERRED FROM
01:32:56 OUR DECEMBER 16 MEETING. THE FIRST
01:32:57 ITEM WAS
01:32:59 ACTION ON RECOMMENDATION FROM GOVERNANCE AND
01:33:00 ETHICS
01:33:03 COMMITTEE FOR UPDATES TO COUNCIL POLICY
01:33:04 043,
01:33:06 OFFICIAL TRAVEL BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DEFERRED
01:33:12 FROM DECEMBER 16, 2025, MEETING. CITY MANAGER.
01:33:13 >>
01:33:15 SURE. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. AS
01:33:16 PART
01:33:18 OF THE GOVERNANCE, WE
01:33:20 ARE UNDERTAKING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
01:33:21 OF ALL
01:33:23 CITY COUNCIL POLICIES. THIS INCLUDES
01:33:24 THE TRAVEL
01:33:26 POLICY FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE
01:33:27 PROPOSED REVISIONS WERE PRESENTED
01:33:30 TO THE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS COMMITTEE
01:33:32 LAST YEAR. THEY ARE NOW PRESENTED
01:33:34 TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. AS
01:33:36 YOU MAY RECALL, THIS ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY
01:33:37 PULLED
01:33:40 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
01:33:41 FROM YOUR DECEMBER 16 MEETING. AND
01:33:43 IT WAS BROUGHT BACK
01:33:46 HERE TODAY
01:33:49 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE PREPARED
01:33:51 A FULL PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS THE POLICY. I'LL
01:33:55 TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO
01:33:57 ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT
01:33:58 THIS ITEM.
01:33:59 >> GOOD
01:34:04 EVENING, MAYOR
01:34:07 AND CITY COUNCIL. AMENDMENTS TO THE
01:34:08 TRAVEL POLICY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
01:34:12 ARE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR CONSIDERATION. A
01:34:15 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL
01:34:16 POLICIES IS UNDERWAY
01:34:19 AS PART OF THE GOVERNANCE
01:34:20 AND ETHICS COMMITTEE WORK PLAN. THIS
01:34:22 POLICY ALONG WITH
01:34:23 THE TRAVEL POLICY FOR BOARDS COMMITTEES
01:34:25 AND COMMISSIONS
01:34:28 ARE BOO POSED TO BE AMENDED
01:34:31 THIS EVENING. THIS FIRST POLICY
01:34:33 WAS PRIORITIZED IN RESPONSE TO RECURRING
01:34:34 QUESTIONS THAT AROSE OVER TIME,
01:34:37 REFLECTING THE NEED FOR GREATER
01:34:38 CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY. THE TRAVEL
01:34:40 POLICY FOR THIS
01:34:42 CITY COUNCIL WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE
01:34:43 GUIDELINES
01:34:45 FOR OFFICIAL TRAVEL. TRAVEL IS INTENDED
01:34:46 TO
01:34:47 SERVE A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE, TRAVEL
01:34:49 IS TO
01:34:51 BE CONDUCTED IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE
01:34:52 MANNER, AND COMPLY WITH
01:34:55 THE CITY'S
01:34:58 CODE OF ETHICS AND VALUES. THE PROPOSED
01:35:01 REVISIONS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING
01:35:03 INCLUDE CLEAR PROCEDURES FOR TRAVEL
01:35:07 ON CITY BUSINESS, FURTHER
01:35:09 DEFINES ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE EXPENSES FOR
01:35:10 REIMBURSEMENTS. PROVIDES FURTHER
01:35:13 FLEXIBILITY IN SOME AREAS
01:35:15 AND INCLUDES REVISIONS TO REPORTING PROCEDURES. AS
01:35:16 WE MADE
01:35:18 REVISIONS TO THE POLICY, WE DID CONSIDER
01:35:22 OTHER POLICIES FROM
01:35:24 OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES, INCLUDING FREMONT, MOUNTAIN
01:35:28 VIEW, PALO ALTO,
01:35:30 SAN JOSE, AND SUNNY VAIL. WE DID WANT
01:35:34 TO PROVIDE AS A REFERENCE, THE CITY'S
01:35:35 BUDGET
01:35:36 FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO
01:35:40 TRAVEL, AS PART
01:35:43 OF THE ADOPTED BIANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. THE
01:35:44 CITY
01:35:46 COUNCIL DID APPROVE THIS BUDGET
01:35:52 FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025,
01:35:55 '26, AND
01:35:58 '27. THERE
01:36:00 IS MONEY BUDGETED, THIS SLIDE INCLUDES
01:36:01 THE TYPES OF CONFERENCES
01:36:04 AND EVENTS THAT
01:36:07 THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ATTENDED. AND
01:36:09 CONTINUES TO ATTEND. IN THE NEXT FEW
01:36:10 SLIDES, I'M GOING TO
01:36:13 GO OVER SOME OF THE KEY PROPOSED REVISIONS
01:36:15 THAT WE CAN RECOMMENDING THIS EVENING. SO
01:36:16 WE ARE RETAINING
01:36:18 THAT TRAVEL BE AUTHORIZED IF ONEOVER
01:36:19 MORE OF THE
01:36:22 FOLLOWING IS MET. TRAVEL RELATES
01:36:25 TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
01:36:28 OFFICIAL DUTIES, COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
01:36:30 OR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
01:36:34 RELEVANT TO CITY
01:36:37 -- SORRY. RELEVANT TO CITY SERVICE, PROVIDING
01:36:38 REPRESENTATION PROMOTES AND MAY ADVANCE
01:36:40 THE INTEREST OF THE CITY. WE
01:36:41 DID REMOVE THE REFERENCE TO THE CITY
01:36:43 CLERK AND
01:36:46 THE POLICE CHIEF AS THE CITY MANAGER DIRECTIVE
01:36:49 29, WHICH IS THE EMPLOYEE
01:36:52 POLICY RELATED
01:36:55 TO TRAVEL APPLIES TO THEM. SO, THE
01:36:57 POLICY CURRENTLY HAS FOUR TYPES OF
01:36:58 TRAVEL. LOCAL, IN
01:37:01 STATE, OUT OF STATE, AND INTERNATIONAL. WE'VE
01:37:03 INCLUDED THE MILEAGE OR AREAS THAT
01:37:06 ARE COVERED UNDER EACH TYPE. AND THEN
01:37:07 WHAT WE INCLUDED IN THIS
01:37:10 CHART IS WHAT THE CURRENT POLICY
01:37:13 SPECIFIES WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER
01:37:14 OF
01:37:16 COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAN GO TO
01:37:18 A SPECIFIC EVENT. THE NUMBER, AND
01:37:19 THEN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SO
01:37:21 AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR EACH OF THEM,
01:37:22 THERE
01:37:25 IS A LIMIT FOR IN-STATE, OUT
01:37:26 OF STATE, AND INTERNATIONAL. WE ARE
01:37:28 RECOMMENDING THAT THERE BE
01:37:31 NO LIMIT. WE DID REVIEW OTHER COUNCIL POLICIES
01:37:34 AS I MENTIONED FOR OTHER
01:37:35 PUBLIC AGENCIES, AND SOME OF THEM
01:37:37 DON'T HAVE THE LIMIT. THE CITY
01:37:39 OF SAN JOSE DOES LIMIT TO FIVE PEOPLE
01:37:40 FOR OUT
01:37:42 OF STATE TRAVEL ONLY, BUT THE OTHER
01:37:43 ONES ARE
01:37:46 SILENT OR
01:37:49 DON'T HAVE ANY REFERENCE
01:37:52 TO SPECIFY ON
01:37:55 THE LIMITATION. SO, BY REMOVING
01:37:57 THE LIMITATION, WE DID ESTABLISH HOW
01:37:58 WE'RE GOING TO
01:38:01 HANDLE, IF WE RECEIVE MULTIPLE REQUESTS. SO,
01:38:03 IN SUCH CASES, ATTENDANCE PRIORITY
01:38:04 WILL BE
01:38:07 BASED ON BUDGET AVAILABILITY, COMMITTEE
01:38:08 OR LEGISLATIVE ASSIGNMENTS,
01:38:10 THE ORDER IN WHICH A REQUEST
01:38:13 WAS RECEIVED, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE
01:38:14 REQUIREMENTS. AND
01:38:16 THAT IS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S
01:38:17 A COMMITTEE SCHEDULED ON THAT DATE,
01:38:19 WE WANT TO
01:38:22 MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A QUORUM TO
01:38:25 ENSURE THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN TAKE PLACE. SO THIS
01:38:26 DOES
01:38:28 REPRESENT A CHANGE FROM
01:38:30 THE EXISTING POLICY, WHICH CURRENTLY,
01:38:34 THE DECISION IS MADE BASED ON
01:38:36 SENIORITY. THIS REQUIREMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL
01:38:37 APPROVAL WAS ALSO REMOVED TO
01:38:39 ALIGN WITH COMMON PRACTICES AT OTHER
01:38:40 AGENCIES WHICH DID
01:38:43 NOT
01:38:45 REQUIRE THIS LEVEL OF AUTHORIZATION. IF
01:38:46 A COUNCIL MEMBER
01:38:48 IS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING A CONFERENCE
01:38:49 OR EVENT, A
01:38:52 WRITTEN REQUEST STATING THE PURPOSE
01:38:53 OF THE REQUESTED TRAVEL, INCLUDING THE
01:38:56 BENEFIT TO
01:38:58 THE CITY MUST BE SUBMITTED. UPON APPROVAL,
01:39:00 STAFF WILL COMPLETE THE PREAUTHORIZATION, TRAVEL
01:39:02 FORM THAT IS
01:39:03 REQUIRED AND ASSISTS WITH MAKING TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
01:39:05 AS SOON AS
01:39:08 POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THE BEST
01:39:11 RATES. WE ALSO
01:39:12 INCLUDED FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON
01:39:13 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES, WHICH INCLUDE
01:39:14 LODGING, WHICH MAY
01:39:17 INCLUDE THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE
01:39:20 DAY AFTER THE EVENT. MEALS
01:39:23 UP TO THE PER
01:39:26 DIEM RATE OR ALSO REFER
01:39:29 TO AS GSA. THE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS COMMITTEE
01:39:32 DID RECOMMEND A CHANGE TO WHAT
01:39:33 WE INITIALLY PROPOSED. FOR THE FIRST
01:39:35 AND
01:39:38 LAST DAY OF TRAVEL, THE
01:39:41 CITY, OR THE
01:39:42 STAFF RECOMMENDED REIMBURSEMENT OF 75%,
01:39:44 WHICH
01:39:47 IS WITH THE GSA. HOWEVER, WHEN WE
01:39:50 PRESENTED IT BEFORE, THE ETHICS
01:39:53 COMMITTEE DID RECOMMEND IT BE
01:39:58 1 00% PAYMENT OF 100%. ELIGIBLE TRANSPORTATION
01:39:59 EXPENSES HAS
01:40:01 ALSO BEEN DEFINED IN THE POLICY. FOR
01:40:04 EXAMPLE, IN THE PAST, RIDE SHARE SERVICES
01:40:08 WAS NOT INCLUDED, SO WE
01:40:11 WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE
01:40:13 THAT IN THE POLICY. THE EXISTING POLICY
01:40:14 PROCOLLUDES INDIVIDUAL RETENTION OF
01:40:17 REWARDS RECEIVED THROUGH AIRLINES
01:40:19 AND HOTELS. THE REWARDS ARE TO BE
01:40:20 USED
01:40:21 FOR OFFICIAL TRAVEL OR TURNED OVER TO
01:40:23 THE CITY FOR
01:40:26 FUTURE TRAVEL TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. THIS
01:40:29 HASN'T BEEN THE CASE IN PRACTICE
01:40:30 UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY. AND WE LEARNED
01:40:32 IT
01:40:33 IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SO FOR EXAMPLE,
01:40:35 IF SOMEONE CHECKS
01:40:38 INTO THE MARRIOTT AND THEY ARE
01:40:41 A MEMBER, THEY MAY RECEIVE
01:40:42 THE POINTS AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
01:40:44 TO REPORT THAT
01:40:46 TO THE CITY. IF THEY DID REPORT IT,
01:40:47 IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT
01:40:49 TO TRANSFER THAT TO THE CITY, BECAUSE
01:40:50 IT
01:40:53 WAS ASSIGNED
01:40:55 TO THE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL. SO, THE
01:40:56 TIME TO
01:40:57 SUBMIT ITEMIZED RECEIPT IS PROPOSED
01:40:59 TO BE CHANGED FROM
01:41:02 15 DAYS TO 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE
01:41:04 MORE TIME FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COLLECT
01:41:05 AND
01:41:06 GATHER THEIR RECEIPTS AND PROVIDE
01:41:08 THAT TO STAFF SO THEY
01:41:09 CAN COMPLETE THE PAPERWORK. WE HAVE
01:41:11 RETAINED THAT WRITTEN
01:41:13 OR ORAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MUST BE
01:41:14 PROVIDED WITHIN 15
01:41:17 DAYS OF RETURN OR
01:41:19 AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO
01:41:23 STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF
01:41:26 THE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS
01:41:28 COMMITTEE TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL COUNCIL BY THE
01:41:29 CITY
01:41:31 COUNCIL. THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND
01:41:33 I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
01:41:35 YOU MAY HAVE.
01:41:36 >> QUESTIONS
01:41:38 FROM THE
01:41:40 COUNCIL ON THIS? VICE MAYOR COX. OH
01:41:41 WAIT,
01:41:44 YOU'RE NOT VICE
01:41:45 MAYOR ANYMORE. COUNCIL MEMBER COX.
01:41:46 >> YEAH. I
01:41:47 PULLED THIS AND THANK
01:41:50 YOU FOR BRINGING IT BACK. I THINK
01:41:53 I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND AND I'LL
01:41:54 PREFACE BY SAYING CERTAINLY COUNCIL
01:41:56 TRAVEL IS IMPORTANT AND I THINK THAT
01:41:57 WE NEED
01:41:59 TO HAVE A POLICY AROUND IT. WHEN I
01:42:02 LOOK AT JUST THE BUDGET IN GENERAL
01:42:04 GOING FROM 60 TO 70,000 IN A TIME
01:42:05 WHEN WE
01:42:07 ARE PUTTING PRESSURE ON OUR RESIDENTS
01:42:11 FOR RATE INCREASES, WHEN
01:42:12 WE CANNOT REACH LABOR NEGOTIATIONS. EVERYTHING
01:42:14 IS TIGHT. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS
01:42:16 A POLICY, EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT NO
01:42:17 LIMITS ON HOW MANY
01:42:20 PEOPLE NOW GO IN STATE, OUT OF
01:42:22 STATE, INTERNATIONAL, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
01:42:23 TO ME. SO SOME OF THE
01:42:26 QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, THAT I WANT
01:42:27 TO
01:42:28 UNDERSTAND, PRINCEABLELY, ONE OF THE
01:42:29 THINGS I WANT
01:42:31 TO UNDERSTAND, THIS IS BEING CONSIDERED
01:42:32 UNDER AN
01:42:34 ETHICS COMMISSION RIGHT NOW. I WANT
01:42:35 TO
01:42:37 KNOW WHATETHICAL IMPLICATIONS TOOK
01:42:38 PLACE THAT MADE COUNCIL
01:42:41 MEMBER TRAVEL A CENTER OF OUR DISCUSSION. I
01:42:43 DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS TIGHTENS UP A
01:42:44 POLICY IN
01:42:47 A TIME
01:42:50 OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. THIS REMOVES
01:42:51 GUARDRAILS COMPLETELY. I
01:42:53 UNDERSTAND NOW THAT
01:42:55 THE ALLOWANCE FOR TRAVEL WILL BE NAVIGATED
01:42:56 BY THE CITY MANAGER, BUT
01:42:58 TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE THE STANDARDS
01:42:59 FOR
01:43:00 TRAVEL ARE REALLY LOW. I ALSO THINK
01:43:02 AT THE HEART OF THIS,
01:43:05 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
01:43:06 IS DISCOURAGED, WE NEVER DISCUSS PUBLIC
01:43:08 BENEFIT OF
01:43:09 TRAVEL. WHILE THE RESPONSE TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS
01:43:11 SAID
01:43:14 THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULDN'T
01:43:15 ASCERTAIN OR EVALUATE,
01:43:17 I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN WE GIVE MONEY
01:43:18 AWAY AT
01:43:20 THE UNIVERSITY,
01:43:22 THERE ARE IMPACT STATEMENTS REQUIRED. AND
01:43:23 I'LL USE AN EXAMPLE,
01:43:25 WHEN WE REPORT OUT, ONE OF OUR RECENT REPORT
01:43:26 OUTS SAID
01:43:28 ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TRAVELING
01:43:29 REALLY ENJOYED
01:43:32 THE MALL AND THE SCENERY. I DO NOT
01:43:33 KNOW
01:43:35 HOW THAT IS A VALUE ADD TO OUR
01:43:37 PUBLIC. I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T ASSESS
01:43:39 HOW MANY UNLIMITED COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING
01:43:41 INTERNATIONALLY WOULD BE ON A
01:43:42 BUDGET. THAT IS HYPOTHETICAL. I ALSO
01:43:47 WANT TO UNDERSTAND
01:43:50 THIS RETENTION OF FLIER
01:43:53 MILES. IN PUBLIC SETTINGS, THAT BECOMES DANGEROUSLY
01:43:56 CLOSE TO A BENEFIT TO A COUNCIL
01:43:58 MEMBER. I UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT NOW,
01:43:59 THE ETHICS COMMISSION IS ALSO TALKING
01:44:02 ABOUT HOW WE CAN GOING TO GET FREE
01:44:03 TICKETS
01:44:05 OR CITY ISSUED TICKETS FOR THINGS. PERHAPS
01:44:07 A CREDIT CARD ISSUED TO THEM. ALL
01:44:08 OF
01:44:10 THESE THINGS LOOK LIKE PUBLIC BENEFIT. AND
01:44:11 I REALLY AM COMING FROM
01:44:13 A POINT OF UNDERSTANDING THAT I WANT
01:44:14 TO KNOW HOW
01:44:17 THIS TIGHTENS UP A POLICY AND
01:44:19 MAKES THIS PUBLIC MONEY. AND I WOULD
01:44:20 SAY, IF
01:44:22 WE GO TO THE 10,000 FOOT LEVEL AND
01:44:23 LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING
01:44:26 ON WITH OUR PUBLIC AND HOW
01:44:28 WE ARE PERCEIVED RIGHT NOW, THIS IS
01:44:32 A FOOLISH THING TO DO. THIS IS A WAY
01:44:33 THAT
01:44:34 WE CAN TELL THE PUBLIC, WE'LL HOLD
01:44:35 YOU TO A HIGHER STANDARD,
01:44:38 BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOSEN OURS. AGAIN,
01:44:40 I THINK REEVALUATING A TRAVEL POLICY
01:44:41 IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING, BUT
01:44:44 TO SAY WE
01:44:46 HAVE NO LIMITS ANYMORE. THAT THERE'S
01:44:47 NO SENIORITY SO
01:44:50 IF THE MAYOR DOESN'T SIGN
01:44:53 UP FOR SOMETHING FIRST, TOO BAD. YOU
01:44:54 KNOW,
01:44:56 IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. AGAIN,
01:44:59 NO STANDARDS FOR HOW. AGAIN, I THINK
01:45:02 FREQUENT FLIER MILES CAN BE DONATED
01:45:03 TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. BUT WE
01:45:05 ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO PUT THAT
01:45:07 BACK IN OUR COUNCIL MEMBER'S POCKETS. SO,
01:45:08 I THINK
01:45:11 THIS OPENS UP
01:45:12 A BIGGER CONSIDERATION. THERE IS NO
01:45:14 WAY THAT I WOULD MOVE FORWARD
01:45:17 WITH THIS UNLESS
01:45:20 IT REALLY HAD SOME GUARDRAILS. WHY
01:45:21 NOT HAVE
01:45:23 A BUDGET TO WORK WITHIN? I WILL TELL
01:45:24 YOU
01:45:26 IN MY ONE YEAR AT COUNCIL, I HAVE
01:45:29 NEVER GONE BEFORE COUNCIL FOR PERMISSION. THE
01:45:31 POLICY THAT EXISTS NOW WASN'T FOLLOWED. WHY
01:45:32 ARE WE LOOSENING
01:45:35 UP A POLICY THAT WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING
01:45:36 IN
01:45:37 THE FIRST PLACE? AGAIN, FOR ME, WHEN
01:45:38 WE TALK ABOUT ETHICS,
01:45:40 THE BIGGEST THING I WANT TO UNDERSTAND
01:45:41 IS, HOW DO WE
01:45:44 JUDGE WHAT WE ARE DOING AND MAKE THAT
01:45:45 SOMETHING
01:45:47 THAT WE CAN SELL TO OUR PUBLIC RIGHT
01:45:48 NOW? I DON'T THINK
01:45:50 WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN
01:45:51 THESE MEETINGS
01:45:52 AND THERE'S A GREAT REASON FOR THAT. BUT
01:45:53 I KNOW
01:45:55 THAT IF ME, SITTING AS A TAXPAYER,
01:45:56 I WOULD WANT TO UNDERSTAND
01:45:59 IF YOU ATTENDED NINE CONFERENCES
01:46:02 THIS YEAR, WHAT ARE YOU BRINGING BACK
01:46:05 THAT BENEFITS YOU? SOME OF THESE TERMS,
01:46:06 SAYING WE'RE
01:46:08 DOING IT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
01:46:11 OR RECOGNITION, THAT IS SO BROAD. EVERYBODY
01:46:15 CAN TRAVEL ALL THE TIME
01:46:18 THEN. AND SO I
01:46:20 DON'T MEAN TO BE CONTRARY IN THIS,
01:46:23 BUT I NEED TO UNDERSTAND, ARE CARDS
01:46:26 PART OF THIS POLICY? THAT WAS A ONE
01:46:27 LINER IN THERE. AND I
01:46:29 DON'T KNOW IF WITH THIS, NOW WE ARE
01:46:30 SAYING
01:46:33 IT'S OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO
01:46:34 GET ISSUED COUNCIL MEMBER CARDS. SO,
01:46:36 I THINK
01:46:38 I HAVE DONE ENOUGH ON THAT. I'M SURE
01:46:40 I'LL HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. THANK
01:46:42 YOU.
01:46:43 >>
01:46:45 THANK
01:46:48 YOU. HOLD ON A SECOND. WHO
01:46:51 IS
01:46:54 UP NEXT? COUNCIL MEMBER JAIN.
01:47:00 >> I THINK THE
01:47:03 COMMITTEE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COX
01:47:06 WAS REFERRING TO IS
01:47:07 THE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS COMMITTEE. SO
01:47:09 IT DOES COVER GOVERNANCE ISSUES. WE
01:47:11 HAVE A NUMBER OF POLICIES THAT HAVE
01:47:18 NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR DECADES
01:47:21 AND
01:47:24 THE IDEA
01:47:26 IS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STAFF PEOPLE
01:47:30 AND NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT
01:47:32 DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREQUENT FLIER
01:47:33 MILES. THERE'S NO
01:47:36 WAY TO
01:47:39 DONATE THAT TO THE CITY. THIS
01:47:42 IS --THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DON'T
01:47:43 MAKE THEIR OWN TRAVEL PLANS. IT'S
01:47:45 THE STAFF THAT
01:47:46 GENERALLY BOOKS THE TICKETS AND MAKES
01:47:48 SURE THAT
01:47:50 THEY ARE REASONABLY PRICED AND THEY
01:47:53 ARE OFTEN AT THE HOTELS WHERE THE
01:47:54 CONFERENCE IS. SO
01:47:57 YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE
01:48:00 A CHOICE AS TO
01:48:01 WHERE YOU'RE GOING. I HAVE ALWAYS
01:48:03 ADVOCATED THAT WE SHOULD BE
01:48:06 SENDING
01:48:09 MORE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS TO CONFERENCES, BECAUSE
01:48:11 THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS. THEY NEED TO BE
01:48:12 TRAINED. I KNOW
01:48:15 HI WAS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER,
01:48:18 I WENT TO
01:48:19 APA CONFERENCES, AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION
01:48:20 CONFERENCES. I LEARNED A LOT. YOU
01:48:21 LEARN
01:48:24 ABOUT HOUSING LAW. YOU LEARN
01:48:27 ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YOU LEARN
01:48:28 ABOUT CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES. IT
01:48:30 IS INCREDIBLELY VALUABLE TO GO TO
01:48:31 THESE CONFERENCES. I'VE BEEN PUSHING
01:48:33 FOR US TO INCREASE
01:48:35 THE BUDGETS FOR OUR COMMISSIONS SO
01:48:36 THAT PARKS AND REC
01:48:37 COMMISSIONERS CAN GO TO THE CONFERENCES
01:48:39 AND TALK TO
01:48:42 OTHER CITIES ABOUT WHAT THEIR
01:48:45 BEST PRACTICES ARE. WHAT ARE THEY
01:48:47 DOING? I OFTEN BRING TO THIS CITY
01:48:48 IDEAS THAT I
01:48:51 HEAR
01:48:54 OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. SO, I
01:48:57 FIND IT IS
01:48:58 INCREDIBLELY VALUABLE. I DON'T KNOW
01:49:00 HOW WHEN THE
01:49:02 LAST BUDGET FOR THE COUNCIL WAS INCREASED. YOU
01:49:03 KNOW,
01:49:05 LAST YEAR, IT WAS 60,000. WAS IT FIVE
01:49:06 YEARS
01:49:09 THAT IT HADN'T BEEN INCREASED? I
01:49:12 DON'T KNOW. THE
01:49:15 DATA IS NOT THERE. BUT I
01:49:17 THINK THAT IT IS INCREDIBLELY VALUABLE,
01:49:18 COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT
01:49:21 IN A LOT OF
01:49:23 TIME. WE'RE NOT TERRIBLELY WELL COMPENSATED
01:49:24 FOR THE
01:49:27 AMOUNT OF TIME WE
01:49:30 PUT IN,
01:49:33 AND I THINK THAT CONNECTING WITH OTHER
01:49:36 COUNCIL MEMBERS IN
01:49:39 OTHER CITIES
01:49:40 IS INCREDIBLELY VALUABLE. SO, AND
01:49:42 I CHAIR THE COMMITTEE AND
01:49:45 WE ARE THE
01:49:48 ONES
01:49:51 THAT PROPOSED THESE CHANGES. FULL
01:49:52 DISCLOSURE.
01:49:53 >>
01:49:54 I HAVE A
01:49:57 QUESTION ABOUT THE PREAPPROVED AUTHORIZATION
01:50:00 AND THE P CARDS. IT WAS IN THE
01:50:02 FIRST STAFF REPORT. I DON'T KNOW IF
01:50:03 IT WAS TAKEN
01:50:04 OUT OF THIS ONE. THE LAST CONFERENCE
01:50:06 I WENT TO WAS THE
01:50:08 LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AND WHEN
01:50:09 I
01:50:11 WENT TO CHECK INTO THE HOTEL, NORMALLY
01:50:12 I GIVE MY
01:50:15 OWN
01:50:18 CREDIT CARD
01:50:20 FOR THE ININDENTALS, AND BILL THE
01:50:21 CITY, AND THEY SAID
01:50:24 WHEN I CHECKED IN, OH NO, YOU
01:50:27 DON'T NEED TO PUT YOUR CREDIT CARD,
01:50:28 YOUR CITY CREDIT
01:50:30 CARD IS ALREADY HERE. WHEN I CHECKED
01:50:31 OUT,
01:50:33 I USED MY OWN CREDIT CARD FOR
01:50:35 THE INCIDENTALS. SO, WHAT IS THE PROCESS
01:50:36 NOW? DID IT
01:50:39 CHANGE BEFORE
01:50:42 WE ACTUALLY CHANGED
01:50:45 OUR POLICY? IS THE PROPOSITION
01:50:48 TO GIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS
01:50:50 THESE PURCHASE OR CREDIT CARDS FOR PREAPPROVAL? AND
01:50:51 THEN WHAT
01:50:54 IS THE PROCESS? WHO MAKES THE DECISION
01:50:55 AS
01:50:57 TO WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS GET TO GO TO
01:50:59 WHICH CONFERENCE? WHERE IS THE DECISION
01:51:00 MADE? SO
01:51:03 THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. I THINK YOU
01:51:04 HAVE
01:51:06 A FEW QUESTIONS. ANYBODY
01:51:09 ELSE ON THE COUNCIL? OKAY. THERE
01:51:12 YOU GO.
01:51:13 >> SO WITH RESPECT
01:51:14 TO THE BUDGET, I'M JUST GOING TO OUTLINE
01:51:15 WHAT THE BUDGET
01:51:17 HAS BEEN FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
01:51:18 FOR THE
01:51:21 LAST COUPLE FISCAL YEARS. FOR
01:51:24 FISCAL
01:51:27 YEAR 21-22, IT WAS $56,390.
01:51:33 $64,765. FIST TALL
01:51:39 FISCAL
01:51:42 YEAR 24-25, 66,743. AND
01:51:45 IN THE
01:51:48 PRESENTATION
01:51:51 I PROVIDED, 25-26, 60,633, AND 26-27,
01:51:52 $66,293. WHEN
01:51:53 WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES
01:51:57 FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS,
01:52:00 IT DID
01:52:01 COME UNDER BUDGET. APPROXIMATELY $25
01:52:03 TO $30,000 WAS SPENT
01:52:05 OUT OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET. SO YOU
01:52:07 ARE NOT TRAVELING AS
01:52:09 MUCH AS YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO TRAVEL. I
01:52:10 DO WANT TO
01:52:12 POINT THAT OUT. EVEN THOUGH IT APPEARS
01:52:13 TO BE HIGH,
01:52:14 THE HISTORY DOESN'T SHOW THAT YOU
01:52:19 ARE USING ALL
01:52:21 THE BUDGET. WITH RESPECT TO THE ETHICAL
01:52:22 POLICY
01:52:24 CHANGES, OUR INTENT WAS NOT TO ADDRESS
01:52:25 THE ETHICAL PIECE OF
01:52:26 IT. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES
01:52:28 TO
01:52:31 THE POLICY TO
01:52:34 PROVIDE FURTHER CLARIFICATION,
01:52:37 BECAUSE THERE
01:52:40 IS SOME
01:52:43 AMBIGUITY. WHEN WE
01:52:46 SUBMIT, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS. SO
01:52:48 OUR ATTEMPT WAS TO TRY TO PROVIDE
01:52:51 CLARIFICATION ON THAT. FOR EXAMPLE,
01:52:52 USING UBER, THERE'S NOTHING IN
01:52:55 THE POLICY RIGHT NOW THAT SPECIFIES
01:52:57 THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT
01:52:58 FOR AN UBER
01:53:01 DRIVER. SO THAT WAS
01:53:04 OUR ATTEMPT. WITH
01:53:07 RESPECT TO THE RETENTION FOR
01:53:08 FREQUENT FLIER MILES, THE POLICY RIGHT
01:53:10 NOW AS
01:53:12 IT EXISTS, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO RETURN
01:53:13 THOSE TO THE CITY OR
01:53:16 USE
01:53:19 THEM WHEN YOU ATTEND OTHER
01:53:22 EVENTS, IF POSSIBLE. THAT'S WHAT THE
01:53:24 POLICY SAYS, IF POSSIBLE. SO IT'S
01:53:25 NOT CURRENTLY
01:53:27 BEING DONE, AS I UNDERSTAND, IT HASN'T BEEN
01:53:28 DONE. WHEN WE
01:53:31 LOOK AT THE POLICY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES,
01:53:34 IT IS ACTUALLY NOT DONE. I
01:53:36 TALKED TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND
01:53:37 HISTORICALLY,
01:53:39 THEY HAVE NOT COLLECTED THOSE MILES. IT
01:53:41 IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. IT IS DIFFICULT
01:53:43 TO MANAGE. THE
01:53:46 REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE
01:53:48 DECENTRALIZE OUR TRAVEL. SO EVERY
01:53:52 DEPARTMENT HAS A REPRESENTATIVE OR REPRESENTATIVES
01:53:54 THAT HANDLE TRAVEL FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS. AND
01:53:55 IT
01:53:57 IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THAT, BECAUSE
01:53:58 EMPLOYEES ALSO TRANSFER
01:54:01 FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER. THE
01:54:02 ONLY
01:54:04 WAY TO ACTUALLY FIX THAT IS
01:54:07 IF WE HAD AN APPLICATION OR IF
01:54:10 WE HAD SPECIFIC BUSINESS ACCOUNTS
01:54:13 OR CORPORATE ACCOUNTS TO ALL
01:54:15 THESE DIFFERENT AIRLINES OR HOTEL
01:54:16 SERVICES. BUT
01:54:18 THAT COULD BE CHALLENGING BECAUSE
01:54:19 THAT
01:54:21 CREATES AN EXTRA LAYER OF WORK AND
01:54:22 IF WE'RE TRYING
01:54:23 TO CENTRALIZE IT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY
01:54:25 ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT CAN
01:54:27 HANDLE THAT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. AND
01:54:28 WE DO HAVE QUITE
01:54:31 A BIT OF TRAVEL
01:54:33 THAT GOES ON THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
01:54:34 >>
01:54:35 I'LL JUST ADD
01:54:36 TO THAT. ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS
01:54:37 WE
01:54:40 HAD WHEN WE LOOKED AND
01:54:41 DISCUSSED SETTING UP CORPORATE ACCOUNTS. WE
01:54:43 WOULD HAVE TO SET
01:54:45 UP A CORPORATE ACCOUNT WITH EVERY AIRLINE
01:54:46 AND
01:54:49 EVERY HOTEL
01:54:52 BRAND. THE STAFF THAT
01:54:54 BOOKS TRAVEL, OBTAINS VARIOUS QUOTES. THEY
01:54:55 PICK
01:54:58 THE MOST REASONABLE COST EFFECTIVE
01:55:01 TRAVEL PACKAGE AND SO THAT'S
01:55:04 ANOTHER REASON WHY HISTORICALLY,
01:55:07 THE CITY FRANKLY HAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED
01:55:10 THE PROHIBITION ON FREQUENT
01:55:13 FLIER MILES OR LOYALTY
01:55:16 PROGRAMS ON THE STAFF SIDE. IT HAS
01:55:17 BEEN
01:55:19 IN OUR POLICY, AND THE
01:55:21 BOARD AND COMMISSION POLICY, AND FRANKLY,
01:55:22 THE WORLD
01:55:24 HAS EVOLVED WITH HOW THOSE LOYALTY PROGRAMS
01:55:25 WORK, BOTH
01:55:27 AT THE AIRLINE AND THE HOTELS. SO
01:55:28 THIS
01:55:30 IS UPDATING THE POLICY TO BE MORE
01:55:31 CURRENT WITH
01:55:32 WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MARKETPLACE AND WE'RE
01:55:34 LOOKING AT THAT NOT
01:55:37 JUST ON THE COUNCIL POLICY SIDE, OR ACTUALLY
01:55:40 LOOKING AT THE
01:55:41 COUNCIL POLICY, REALLY GERMINATING THOUGHTS
01:55:43 IN CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE STAFF
01:55:44 POLICY. SO WE'VE
01:55:46 HAD THOSE WITH THE AUDITORS AND WE'LL
01:55:47 BE
01:55:49 LOOKING AT ADJUSTING THE STAFF POLICY
01:55:50 AS WELL. SO WE
01:55:51 DON'T HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT
01:55:55 WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
01:55:58 ENFORCE OR IMPLEMENT.
01:55:59 >> WITH
01:56:00 RESPECT TO THE PREAPPROVAL AUTHORIZATION
01:56:01 FORM, SO WHOEVER
01:56:04 IS BOOKING THE TRAVEL ON YOUR BEHALF,
01:56:05 THERE
01:56:06 IS THE ABILITY FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL,
01:56:07 IF THEY HAVE
01:56:10 A CARD, TO CONTACT THE HOTEL AND PUT
01:56:13 THE CARD NUMBER ON FILE. THERE'S A
01:56:14 PREAUTHORIZATION
01:56:16 FORM THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETED
01:56:18 AND SIGNED AND THEN SUBMITTED. THE
01:56:19 ISSUE THAT
01:56:22 COMES UP WITH THAT IS IN
01:56:24 SOME INSTANCES, IT IS SUBMITTED, BUT
01:56:25 WHEN YOU GO TO CHECK
01:56:27 IN, FOR SOME REASON, THEY DON'T HAVE
01:56:28 IT ON FILE
01:56:31 AND SO YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT FORWARD
01:56:32 YOUR OWN CREDIT
01:56:34 CARD OR YOUR P CARD, IF YOU
01:56:37 HAVE ONE. I HAVE
01:56:40 PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THAT
01:56:43 WHEN I TRAVELED. STAFF DID COMPLETE
01:56:44 THE PREAUTHORIZATION FORM. THEY TOLD
01:56:46 ME IT WAS COMPLETED. WHEN I WENT
01:56:48 TO CHECK IN, THERE WAS NOTHING ON
01:56:49 FILE. I HAD TO PUT MY
01:56:52 P CARD ON FILE. SO THAT
01:56:54 IS AN EXISTING PRACTICE THAT WE DO. IT
01:56:55 IS
01:56:57 GOING TO DEPEND BY DEPARTMENT ON WHETHER
01:56:58 OR NOT YOU HAVE THE STAFF
01:57:01 PERSON THAT HAS A P CARD
01:57:03 THAT COMPLETES THE PREAUTHORIZATION
01:57:04 FORM. BUT THE STAFF WOULD
01:57:07 HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY ASK THE HOTEL,
01:57:09 HEY, I WANT TO COMPLETE THE PREAUTHORIZATION
01:57:10 FORM, CAN
01:57:12 I PLEASE GET THAT? SO I COMPLETE IT
01:57:13 FOR THE STAFF MEMBER THAT
01:57:16 WILL BE STAYING AT THE HOTEL. WITH
01:57:19 RESPECT TO P CARDS, SO P CARDS
01:57:22 IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT CONTEMPLATED
01:57:23 IN
01:57:25 THIS POLICY. IT IS A SEPARATE P CARD
01:57:26 POLICY AND
01:57:28 WE ARE LOOKING AT REVISING THAT
01:57:30 POLICY TO ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
01:57:31 WISH
01:57:34 TO HAVE A P CARD FOR TRAVEL
01:57:37 TO HAVE ONE. THEY WOULD RECEIVE TRAINING
01:57:38 TO ENSURE
01:57:40 THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE FOLLOWING
01:57:42 THE PROPER PROCEDURES AND IT WOULD
01:57:44 ONLY BE GIVEN TO THEM
01:57:47 AT THE TIME OF TRAVEL. SO IT'S NOT
01:57:49 --YOU KEEP IT ON AN ON GOING BASIS. IT
01:57:51 IS ONLY SPECIFICALLY WHEN YOU TRAVEL. AND
01:57:53 AGAIN, ONLY IF
01:57:55 YOU WISH TO HAVE ONE. WE DID LOOK
01:57:57 AT OTHER AGENCIES AND IT IS ACTUALLY
01:57:59 COMMON FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE
01:58:02 ISSUED A CARD IF THEY
01:58:04 WISH TO HAVE ONE. THE NEXT QUESTION
01:58:08 FROM YOU, MAYOR, WAS
01:58:10 A DECISION MADE ON TRAVEL, WHO DECIDES
01:58:11 IF
01:58:13 SOMEONE CAN GO TO A CONFERENCE OR EVENT? SO
01:58:16 THE FIRST THING WE'RE LOOKING AT IS
01:58:17 THE BUDGET. OBVIOUSLY,
01:58:19 THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. IT HASN'T BEEN
01:58:20 AN
01:58:23 ISSUE. AND THEN WE ENSURE THAT
01:58:26 IT IS RELATED --IT
01:58:27 IS A BENEFIT AND IT CAN RELATE BACK
01:58:29 TO THE CITY. SO,
01:58:32 IF IT MEETS THAT
01:58:33 CRITERIA, IT WILL BE APPROVED. THE
01:58:35 CITY MANAGER OR
01:58:38 HIS DESIGNEE HAS THE AUTHORIZATION
01:58:41 TO APPROVE THAT. IN THE
01:58:44 SLIDE THAT I PRESENTED, THERE
01:58:47 IS SOME TRAVEL THAT COUNCIL HAS
01:58:50 APPROVED BY ADOPTION OF THE
01:58:51 BUDGET. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF
01:58:53 TRAVEL
01:58:56 THAT WE'VE SEEN BY COUNCIL. SO,
01:58:59 FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS
01:59:01 OTHER TRAINING THAT COUNCIL HAS ATTENDED,
01:59:02 SUCH AS THE
01:59:04 NCPA, THAT IS NOT LISTED HERE, BUT
01:59:05 WE KNOW THAT
01:59:06 IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS
01:59:08 GO
01:59:11 TO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. I BELIEVE
01:59:17 I ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS.
01:59:18 >> THE
01:59:20 QUESTION I HAD WAS, WHO DECIDES
01:59:22 WHO GETS TO GO? IN THE EVENT THERE
01:59:23 ARE
01:59:26 MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANT
01:59:28 TO GO OVERSEAS, FOR INSTANCE.
01:59:29 >> THEN
01:59:30 IT'S NOT
01:59:31 IN THE BUDGET. WHO MAKES THE DECISION,
01:59:32 WHICH ONES
01:59:35 GET TO GO?
01:59:36 >> SO WE WOULD
01:59:38 FOLLOW THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WHICH
01:59:39 IS FIRST, AVAILABILITY OF BUDGET,
01:59:41 WHICH HAS NOT BEEN
01:59:44 AN ISSUE, AND
01:59:46 THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RELEVANCE
01:59:47 OF
01:59:50 THE EVENT OR CONFERENCE TO
01:59:52 THE SCOPE OF DUTIES AND COMMITTEES
01:59:53 AND COMMISSIONS
01:59:55 THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER SERVES ON. AND
01:59:56 THEN WE WOULD
01:59:59 ALSO LOOK AT THE ORDER IN WHICH A
02:00:02 REQUEST WAS RECEIVED AND THEN LASTLY,
02:00:04 WE WOULD LOOK AT COMPLIANCE TO ENSURE
02:00:05 THAT THERE'S NO
02:00:08 VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT, IF
02:00:09 THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING OR COMMITTEE SCHEDULED. WE
02:00:11 WANT TO MAKE SURE
02:00:13 THAT MEETING CAN CONTINUE AND NOT HAVE
02:00:16 A DISRUPTION BY HAVING SEVERAL COUNCIL
02:00:20 MEMBERS ATTEND.
02:00:21 >> SO WITH THE
02:00:22 SECOND CATEGORY YOU PUT WAS THAT IF
02:00:23 IT'S RELEVANT TO THE
02:00:26 CITY, BUT ACCORDING TO
02:00:27 THE POLICY, PRETTY MUCH EVERY CONFERENCE
02:00:29 IS RELEVANT TO THE CITY. SO IT
02:00:32 SOUNDS LIKE A
02:00:35 FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE SORT OF ISSUE.
02:00:36 >>
02:00:38 I MEAN, WE ARE
02:00:41 LOOKING AT COMMITTEE
02:00:43 OR LEGISLATIVE ASSIGNMENT.
02:00:44 >> RIGHT. I
02:00:45 WOULD CLARIFY THAT I WOULDN'T INTERPRET
02:00:47 THIS AS
02:00:49 A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, BECAUSE
02:00:50 WITH NO LIMIT ON
02:00:52 THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS
02:00:53 LONG
02:00:55 AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE BUDGET, ANY
02:00:56 COUNCIL MEMBER
02:00:58 COULD RAISE THEIR HAND.
02:00:59 >> I ASKED
02:01:00 IF
02:01:01 THE BUDGET WASN'T AVAILABLE, THEN
02:01:02 WHAT'S THE DECISION ON WHO
02:01:05 GETS TO GO?
02:01:06 >> IF THE
02:01:07 BUDGET WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE
02:01:08 --
02:01:09 >> NOT FOR
02:01:10 EVERYONE, BUT ONLY SO MANY. A LIMITED
02:01:11 AMOUNT.
02:01:12 >> LET'S SAY WE HAD
02:01:13 A CONFERENCE AND FIVE PEOPLE ASKED
02:01:14 TO GO, WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET FOR
02:01:16 FIVE, BUT WE HAVE THE BUDGET FOR THREE,
02:01:17 WE WOULD
02:01:20 STEP DOWN TO WHAT IS
02:01:21 LISTED ON SLIDE FIVE THAT DISCUSSES
02:01:23 WE WOULD LOOK AT COMMITTEE
02:01:24 OR LEGISLATIVE ASSIGNMENT, AND THEN
02:01:26 WE
02:01:29 WOULD LOOK AT DATE OF SUBMISSION. AS
02:01:32 WELL AS BROWN ACT COMPLIANCE. IF YOU
02:01:33 HAPPEN
02:01:34 TO BE ON A COMMITTEE AND THAT COMMITTEE
02:01:35 WAS SCHEDULED TO
02:01:38 MEET AND YOU WOULD MISS THAT MEETING,
02:01:39 WE
02:01:40 WOULD NAVIGATE IT THAT WAY. AND IF
02:01:41 THERE WAS
02:01:43 SUFFICIENT TIME, WE ALWAYS ASK FOR SUFFICIENT
02:01:44 NOTICE. WE COULD ALWAYS
02:01:47 PUT AN ITEM ON THE CITY COUNCIL
02:01:50 AGENDA NOTE, THAT THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST
02:01:53 TO ATTEND THIS. WE DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT
02:01:56 BUDGET AND ASK FOR DIRECTION.
02:01:57 >> IS
02:01:59 THAT IT?
02:02:00 >> YES. >>
02:02:01 ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER COX.
02:02:02 >>
02:02:03 THANKS. SO I DON'T
02:02:04 WANT TO GET INTO THE HYPOTHETICALS
02:02:05 AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY
02:02:08 TRAVEL IS NOT IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT
02:02:09 THE COMMISSIONERS TRAVELING WOULD
02:02:11 BE INCREDIBLE. I DO THINK THERE'S
02:02:13 A HUGE VALUE ADD IN LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
02:02:14 PEOPLE,
02:02:16 BUT IF WE LOOK AT THIS RIGHT NOW,
02:02:20 WHAT WE HAVE IS UNLIMITED TRAVEL
02:02:21 WITH A LIMITED BUDGET. AND I DO NOT
02:02:23 KNOW HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS
02:02:25 AROUND THAT. SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING
02:02:26 IS WHEN
02:02:28 IT GETS TO THE CRITICAL POINT, WE HAVE
02:02:29 TO CONSIDER WHO AND
02:02:32 WHEN, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T
02:02:33 BE
02:02:35 SETTING THOSE GUARDRAILS BEFORE WE
02:02:36 GET TO
02:02:38 IT. IF ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ABSORBS THE
02:02:39 MAJORITY
02:02:41 OF THE BUDGET AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
02:02:44 MONEY LEFT FOR EVERYONE TO
02:02:47 TRAVEL, WE ARE MAKING INEQUITABLE
02:02:49 DECISIONS. SO, I DON'T NEED TO PROD
02:02:50 ALONG ABOUT THIS. WHAT I
02:02:53 WOULD MOVE IS YOU
02:02:55 COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY
02:02:56 DEFINES LIMITS PER COUNCIL MEMBER. IT
02:02:57 DOESN'T
02:02:59 HAVE TO BE THE NUMBER, BUT MY GOSH,
02:03:00 WE ALL NEED TO
02:03:01 OPERATE WITHIN A BUDGET HERE. THAT'S
02:03:02 ABOUT
02:03:05 PUBLIC --THIS IS PUBLIC MONEY WE'RE
02:03:06 SPENDING
02:03:07 TO TRAVEL. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SAYING REPRESENTATION
02:03:08 IS A GOOD ENOUGH REASON FOR US TO
02:03:09 GO
02:03:11 TO CONFERENCES AND I DON'T THINK THAT
02:03:13 FLIES. BECAUSE IF I WANT TO REPRESENT MYSELF
02:03:14 IN DISNEY LAND
02:03:16 AT THE NEXT CONFERENCE, AND I DON'T HAVE
02:03:17 ANYTHING TO
02:03:20 REPORT OUT OR A TANGIBLE
02:03:23 BENEFIT, I HAVE
02:03:26 WASTED PUBLIC MONEY.
02:03:27 >>
02:03:29 THANK YOU, COUNCIL
02:03:31 MEMBER JAIN.
02:03:32 >> THERE ARE CERTAINLY
02:03:33 COUNCIL MEMBERS
02:03:34 THAT SERVE ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES. FOR
02:03:38 EXAMPLE, I
02:03:41 SERVE ON NCPA. COUNCIL
02:03:45 MEMBER HARDY SERVES ON VOSCA. I
02:03:47 WOULD CERTAINLY DEFER TO HER, BECAUSE
02:03:48 SHE WOULD GET
02:03:51 A LOT MORE OUT OF
02:03:54 THAT CONFERENCE THAN
02:03:57 I WOULD. SO I CAN ABSOLUTELY SEE
02:03:59 THAT SOMEBODY'S INTEREST OR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
02:04:00 WOULD GIVE THEM PREFERENCE
02:04:03 TO GO TO A CONFERENCE. BUT YOU KNOW,
02:04:05 IF WE HAD A PROBLEM, MAYBE WE CAN
02:04:09 GO TO A LOTTERY
02:04:12 SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW.
02:04:13 >>
02:04:14 ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? QUESTIONS? COUNCIL
02:04:15 MEMBER
02:04:18 PARK.
02:04:19 >> YEAH, I MEAN, I HEAR A
02:04:21 LOT A TALK ABOUT NOT
02:04:22 WANTING TO GO INTO HYPOTHETICALS. IT
02:04:24 SEEMS PRETTY
02:04:25 CLEAR. WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE REQUESTS,
02:04:27 BUDGET AVAILABILITY, WE'VE BEEN TOLD
02:04:30 WE SPEND ON THE ORDER OF 50% OF
02:04:32 OUR BUDGET ON A YEARLY BASIS. THAT'S
02:04:33 THE
02:04:34 FIRST THING. COMMITTEE OR LEGISLATIVE ASSIGNMENT,
02:04:36 AGAIN, I THINK THAT IS
02:04:39 SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT I SEE ON
02:04:40 THERE ARE CLEARLY AIMED AT PEOPLE
02:04:42 WHO ARE
02:04:45 ON A COMMITTEE, OR ON A
02:04:48 COMMISSION. I MEAN,
02:04:51 FOR EXAMPLE, I'M
02:04:52 ON SEVERAL NATIONAL LEAGUE POLICY COMMITTEES. AND
02:04:54 OUR POLICY MEETINGS
02:04:57 ARE AT THE
02:04:58 CONFERENCES, WHICH IS WHY I GO, AND
02:05:00 I TRY TO GO A LITTLE
02:05:02 EARLY BECAUSE THE POLICY MEETINGS
02:05:05 ARE ON THE MORNING, USUALLY THE DAY
02:05:06 OF THE EVENT. IF THAT EVENT
02:05:09 IS ON THE EAST COAST, THAT'S A
02:05:12 PROBLEM. IF I'M
02:05:13 TRAVELING IN THE AFTERNOON. SUBMISSION
02:05:15 DATE OF
02:05:18 REQUEST, COMPLIANCE WITH
02:05:21 BROWN
02:05:24 ACT, BUT I THINK, LIKE
02:05:25 THESE COVER THE PROBLEM. IF WE GET
02:05:27 TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE
02:05:28 --WHERE WE'RE OUT OF BUDGET, THEN
02:05:33 I
02:05:36 THINK WE ARE COVERED BY
02:05:38 THESE --YOU KNOW, THESE CONDITIONS. I
02:05:42 THINK WE'RE COVERED BY THAT. I ROUTINELY
02:05:45 AM ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF SAN
02:05:47 LEANDRO AND THE CITY OF PACIFICA,
02:05:48 BECAUSE ALL OF THEIR
02:05:51 COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE THERE AND
02:05:53 I'M OFTENTIMES THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER
02:05:57 AT NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. I MEAN,
02:05:59 I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
02:06:02 HARDY JOINED ME, OR I JOINED HER AT
02:06:03 THE SALT LAKE CITY, BECAUSE WE
02:06:05 HAD A LOT OF FUN. WE WENT OUT. WE
02:06:06 TALKED
02:06:09 ABOUT THINGS. WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK
02:06:10 AT INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S NOT
02:06:11 ABOUT ENJOYING THE MALL FOR THE MALL. I
02:06:12 DON'T THINK I
02:06:14 BOUGHT A SINGLE THING AT THE MALL. THIS
02:06:17 IS AN INTERESTING THING THAT THE CITY
02:06:18 COULD DO. THESE
02:06:19 ARE INTERESTING IDEAS THAT WE COULD
02:06:21 HAVE, THAT PRESERVE
02:06:22 THE CREEKS. BECAUSE WE HAVE CREEKS
02:06:27 HERE. IN THE MIDDLE OF AN URBAN
02:06:28 RETAIL SETTING. I THINK THERE WERE
02:06:30 LOTS OF IDEAS THAT WE GOT,
02:06:32 SIMPLY BY BEING IN A DIFFERENT --
02:06:33 HAVING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. AND
02:06:36 I REALLY ENJOY MY TIME WITH THE
02:06:38 COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM SAN LEANDRO,
02:06:42 THE CITY MEMBERS FROM LOS
02:06:45 ALTOS HILLS. WE GET TO TALK ABOUT
02:06:46 WHAT
02:06:47 WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE CITIES, IN
02:06:48 THE PLACES THAT WE'RE IN. WE OFTEN
02:06:51 GO ON THE LOCAL
02:06:53 TRIPS AND LOCAL TRIPS ARE ENTERTAINING. THAT'S
02:06:54 VERY
02:06:57 TRUE, BUT THEY ARE ALSO VERY INFORMATIVE. COUNCIL
02:07:00 MEMBER HARDY TOLD
02:07:01 US ABOUT VISITING THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE. I
02:07:03 MEAN, THESE SEEM LIKE THEY ARE ENJOYABLE
02:07:04 AND
02:07:05 THEY ARE MEANT TO BE ENJOYABLE. IT
02:07:06 ALSO
02:07:09 SHOWS YOU HOW
02:07:11 OTHER CITIES ARE MAINTAINING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE,
02:07:12 YOU KNOW,
02:07:13 WELL AFTER THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BUILT. HOW
02:07:15 THEY
02:07:17 ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THINGS SO THAT
02:07:18 ATHLETIC
02:07:20 FIELDS AND SWIMMING POOLS AREN'T GOING TO
02:07:21 WASTE. I MEAN, THESE
02:07:23 ARE REALLY BIG, IMPORTANT THINGS. I
02:07:24 FIND
02:07:26 IT INTERESTING THAT WE GET MULTIPLE
02:07:27 QUESTIONS ABOUT
02:07:30 THE SAME THING
02:07:32 THAT I THINK ARE COVERED HERE UNDER
02:07:33 WHEN THERE ARE
02:07:36 MULTIPLE
02:07:37 REQUESTS FOR AN EVENT.
02:07:56 COUNCILMEMBER
02:07:59 COX.
02:08:00 >> JUST AS A POINT
02:08:01 OF CLARIFICATION, IF WE'RE GOING,
02:08:05 AS WE REFERENCED, TO BASE THIS
02:08:07 ON COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS WHICH IS A POLITICAL
02:08:08 PROCESS
02:08:09 WHICH WE REMOVE AND EXCLUDE PEOPLE
02:08:11 FROM THAT,
02:08:14 THAT MEANS THAT ONLY 8% OF THESE
02:08:16 EVENTS I WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE
02:08:17 I'M ON
02:08:19 8% OF THE COMMITTEES. THE MAYOR IS
02:08:20 ON
02:08:23 9%, THE
02:08:25 REST OF THE BODY IS ABOVE 15 AT EVERYTHING.
02:08:26 >> COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
02:08:28 >> I DON'T BELIEVE THE POLICY WAS
02:08:29 MEANT TO EXCLUDE
02:08:31 ANYONE. IT CLEARLY SAYS THAT ANYONE
02:08:32 CAN GO, THERE
02:08:33 ARE NO LIMITS. BUT IF THERE'S A PROBLEM,
02:08:35 YEAH, IF THERE'S A
02:08:37 PROBLEM AND WE GET TO BUDGET, THEN
02:08:38 YOU'RE RIGHT.
02:08:40 THEN WE'LL GO INTO THESE THINGS. BUT
02:08:44 IT'S LIKE
02:08:45 I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE ARGUING ABOUT
02:08:47 HYPOTHETICALS WHEN YOU CLAIM YOU
02:08:48 DON'T WANT TO ARGUE ABOUT THEM. AT
02:08:50 SOME POINT LET'S GET TO
02:08:53 THE PROBLEM AND FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES
02:08:55 OF LOOKING AT THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
02:08:56 AND BUDGETS AND THINGS.
02:08:58 BUT TO, YOU KNOW, TO SAY I WILL NOT
02:09:01 SUPPORT THIS, I MEAN, WHAT DID YOU SAY? YOU
02:09:02 SAID --
02:09:05 >> JUST KEEP IT ON THE RECORD BEFORE TALKING
02:09:06 ABOUT ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER.
02:09:07 >> I'M
02:09:08 TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO
02:09:10 READ BACK WHAT I HEARD INTO THE RECORD,
02:09:13 READ INTO THE RECORD, STATED INTO
02:09:14 THE RECORD
02:09:16 ABOUT SUPPORTING THIS POLICY. I THINK
02:09:17 AT SOME POINT,
02:09:19 BY TRYING TO LINK THIS WITH COMMITTEE
02:09:20 ASSIGNMENTS, THAT'S
02:09:22 THE POLITICAL, THIS IS WHERE THE POLITICAL
02:09:23 WILL IS
02:09:26 COMING IN TO TRY
02:09:29 TO SINK OR
02:09:31 CHANGE OR, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS, AS THE
02:09:32 COMMITTEE CHAIR JAIN
02:09:35 STATED. THERE WERE, THERE WERE LOTS
02:09:37 OF POLICIES THAT WERE DECADES OLD WITHOUT
02:09:38 ANY KIND
02:09:40 OF UPDATES. I THINK THAT THE CITY
02:09:41 MANAGER AND STAFF
02:09:43 HAS TOLD US WHY SOME OF THE UPDATES
02:09:44 WERE NOT JUST
02:09:45 NECESSARY, BUT BETTER FOR STAFF TIME,
02:09:47 AND
02:09:50 THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MANAGE SOME
02:09:51 THINGS. YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT I
02:09:53 THINK IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT,
02:09:56 THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A COUNCIL
02:09:57 WHERE EVERYONE IS ALWAYS IN AGREEMENT,
02:09:59 VOTE AGAINST
02:10:00 IT.
02:10:01 >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
02:10:02 I'M GOING TO GO
02:10:04 TO THE PUBLIC NOW. DOES THE PUBLIC
02:10:05 HAVE ANY
02:10:08 COMMENTS ABOUT THIS
02:10:11 CHANGE IN POLICY? ANYONE HERE
02:10:14 IN THE AUDIENCE?
02:10:17 BETSY? YOU'RE ONLINE. GO AHEAD,
02:10:19 BETSY, UNMUTE YOURSELF.
02:10:20 >> GOOD EVENING. BETSY SPEAKING
02:10:21 FOR MYSELF. I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T READ
02:10:23 THE POLICY SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO
02:10:26 THE DETAILS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AS
02:10:29 A ONCE UPON A TIME LIBRARY
02:10:31 BOARD MEMBER, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL
02:10:32 TO GO
02:10:33 TO THE LIBRARY CONFERENCES. COMMITTEE
02:10:35 AND COMMISSION SEATS COME
02:10:37 WITH INTEREST, BUT RARELY INSTRUCTION,
02:10:41 AND GREAT IDEAS CAN COME
02:10:44 FROM MANY PLACES. IT CAN
02:10:45 BE A PRETTY MODEST BUDGET FOR COMMISSIONERS
02:10:47 AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
02:10:50 TO ATTEND SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I
02:10:52 THINK THE FURTHEST AWAY I EVER TRAVELED
02:10:53 AWAY
02:10:54 WAS WALNUT CREEK, SO NO FLIGHTS OR
02:10:56 HOTEL, JUST THE
02:10:57 CONVENTION ADMISSION AND A LITTLE
02:10:59 BIT OF MILEAGE. AND I
02:11:02 CERTAINLY SEE THE VALUE
02:11:05 IN HAVING COUNCILMEMBERS ATTEND
02:11:06 SIMILAR GATHERINGS. WE DON'T NEED
02:11:08 TO REINVENT THE CITY FOR EVERY
02:11:10 LITTLE DETAIL, SO I HOPE YOU'LL FIND
02:11:11 A WAY TO
02:11:13 ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS IN SUCH A WAY
02:11:14 AS
02:11:17 TO PRESERVE A REASONABLE TRAVEL
02:11:19 BUDGET AND POLICY, INCLUDING BOTH
02:11:20 COUNCILMEMBERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
02:11:23 THANK
02:11:26 YOU.
02:11:29 >> THANK YOU, BETSY. WANDA, GO AHEAD,
02:11:30 WANDA.
02:11:32 UNMUTE YOURSELF. THERE YOU GO.
02:11:35 >> I HAD TROUBLE UNMUTING. WANDA BUCK, I
02:11:37 HAVEN'T BEEN SPEAKING A LOT LATELY. HOWEVER,
02:11:38 MONEY IS
02:11:40 AT THE BOTTOM OF SO MANY THINGS, AND
02:11:44 I DO GO TO
02:11:47 MOST OF THE ETHICS MEETINGS. I
02:11:50 AM CONCERNED ABOUT CONFLICT OF
02:11:53 INTEREST.
02:11:56 I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON IT. YOU
02:11:57 KNOW
02:11:59 MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO,
02:12:01 ESPECIALLY THE ATTORNEY. ESPECIALLY
02:12:04 AIRLINE MILES. BUT, UM, IT DOESN'T
02:12:05 SEEM RIGHT TO
02:12:08 ME, UM, HOW
02:12:11 THIS IS, WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED
02:12:14 TONIGHT THAT, UM, IT'S ALL
02:12:17 WITHIN ETHICAL RULES, AT LEAST AND
02:12:18 ETHICS, APPEARANCE
02:12:20 OF ETHICS. AND THIS IS
02:12:23 AN EXAMPLE OF
02:12:26 THIS COMMITTEE THAT'S COMBINING ETHICS
02:12:28 AND GOVERNANCE AND AWARDS. IT JUST DOESN'T
02:12:29 LOOK
02:12:30 RIGHT, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. IT'S
02:12:32 GOOD THERE'S NOT A LOT
02:12:34 OF CITIZENS WATCHING BECAUSE TO THE PUBLIC,
02:12:35 WHICH DOESN'T REALLY
02:12:38 HAVE TO KNOW ALL THE RULES AND INS AND
02:12:41 OUTS, IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
02:12:44 AND I KNOW YOU'RE ALL OVERWORKED AND
02:12:45 UNDERPAID,
02:12:47 AND THERE IS VALIDITY IN GOING, BUT
02:12:48 THIS
02:12:49 WHOLE THING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT DOESN'T
02:12:50 SEEM
02:12:52 RIGHT ALL TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
02:12:53 >> THANK
02:12:54 YOU, WANDA.
02:12:56 IS THERE
02:12:59 ANYBODY ELSE
02:13:01 THAT HAS ANY COMMENTS? OKAY, COUNCIL?
02:13:05 COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
02:13:06 >> THANK YOU
02:13:07 MADAM MAYOR. JUST GOING TO READ SOMETHING
02:13:08 THAT'S
02:13:11 IN POLICY FOR
02:13:14 SANTA CLARA UNIFIED THAT SAYS IF
02:13:17 IT CITES CONTINUOUS LEARNING WITH
02:13:18 CSPA
02:13:20 AND
02:13:22 FOSTERING A DISTRICT-WIDE VISION WITH
02:13:23 SPECIFIC AREAS COVERING CIVILITY AND EQUITY.
02:13:24 I
02:13:25 THINK LOOKING AT THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL
02:13:26 AND HOW WE
02:13:29 GET TO DECISION MAKING, THE MORE INPUT,
02:13:32 THE MORE LEARNING WE DO AT LEGAL
02:13:34 CITIES AND THINGS LIKE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. I
02:13:35 THINK
02:13:38 THAT THE OLD POLICY AS FAR AS
02:13:41 LIMITING MEMBERS TO TWO OR THREE,
02:13:42 DEPENDING ON
02:13:45 IN STATE OR OUT OF STATE OR
02:13:47 OUTSIDE THE U.S. IS SOMETHING THAT,
02:13:48 UM,
02:13:50 IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO COUNCIL LEARNING AND
02:13:51 COMING UP
02:13:54 TO SPEED. IF I HAVE
02:13:55 CERTAIN, CERTAIN INPUT OR CERTAIN, UM
02:13:57 INFORMATION THAT
02:13:59 I'VE LEARNED FROM ONE OF THE LEAGUE OF
02:14:00 CITIES
02:14:01 INFORMATION WORKSHOPS AND THE REST
02:14:03 OF THE COUNCIL MAYBE DIDN'T
02:14:04 ATTEND AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION, IT PUTS
02:14:06 US AS A DIFFERENT LEVEL
02:14:08 AS FAR AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
02:14:10 WE MAY NEED TO HELP US MAKE DECISIONS.
02:14:12 I THINK THAT IT'S
02:14:14 IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION
02:14:15 AS
02:14:17 POSSIBLE AND REALLY I KNOW THAT WE,
02:14:18 MANY
02:14:20 OF US WORK AND HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME
02:14:22 GETTING TO CONFERENCES AND DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS,
02:14:24 BUT THE MORE THAT WE DO FOR THE
02:14:27 BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC
02:14:28 I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
02:14:30 YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
02:14:32 SMALL AMOUNT, BUT WE HAVE TO USE IT
02:14:33 WISELY
02:14:35 AND MAKE SURE WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER.
02:14:36 I THINK THIS
02:14:38 IS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE FUND.
02:14:39 OTHER
02:14:40 ENTITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE WHETHER
02:14:42 THEY USE, YOU KNOW,
02:14:44 SOMETIMES YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL BOARD
02:14:45 MEMBERS OR COUNCILMEMBERS
02:14:47 THAT MAY HAVE THEIR OWN POT OF MONEY.
02:14:48 THAT'S
02:14:51 SOMETHING THAT,
02:14:52 UM, THAT EXISTS IN OTHER ENTITIES.
02:14:54 I'VE SEEN IT WORK BOTH
02:14:55 WAYS, SO IT DOESN'T, I DON'T THINK
02:14:57 ONE WAY IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER, BUT
02:14:59 I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
02:15:00 HAVE
02:15:02 AND CAN UTILIZE SO HOPEFULLY, YOU
02:15:03 KNOW,
02:15:06 WORK TOGETHER TO LEARN AS
02:15:09 MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I THINK THE OTHER
02:15:11 ASSIGNMENTS MENTIONED IN THE POLICIES THAT
02:15:12 SOMEWHAT LIMITS YOU
02:15:13 TO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, I THINK
02:15:15 WE SHOULD ALL
02:15:18 LEARN ABOUT POWER AND
02:15:21 THE BIG, THE BIG ENTERPRISE
02:15:24 AREA.
02:15:25 BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CERTAIN FOLKS,
02:15:27 CERTAIN COUNCILMEMBERS ON THOSE
02:15:28 COMMITTEES AND LEARNING ABOUT THAT
02:15:29 AND GOING TO THOSE CONFERENCES. BUT
02:15:30 I
02:15:31 THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S MUCH MORE
02:15:33 IN LINE WITH MY
02:15:36 THOUGHT AS FAR AS WHAT WE SHOULD
02:15:38 BE DOING, AND I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS,
02:15:45 SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION
02:15:47 FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
02:15:48 >> SO THAT
02:15:49 WAS A MOTION?
02:15:50 >>
02:15:51 YEAH.
02:15:52 >> I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT.
02:15:53 >> COUNCILMEMBER HARDY? >> I WAS
02:15:54 JUST GOING TO SAY I WAS MORE THAN
02:15:55 WILLING TO MAKE THE
02:15:56 MOTION. I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT
02:15:57 THE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS
02:16:00 COMMITTEE PUT INTO
02:16:01 THIS. IT WAS ORIGINALLY ON CONSENT,
02:16:03 AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE IT
02:16:06 WOULD BEST LIVE. I KNOW I MAKE THE
02:16:08 DECISION, UM, WE DO NOT MAKE OUR OWN
02:16:09 TRAVEL
02:16:11 PLANS. STAFF DOES THAT FOR US, AND
02:16:12 I KNOW THAT I
02:16:15 DON'T EVER PUT THAT ON
02:16:18 MY PRIVATE POINTS OR ANYTHING, AND
02:16:21 THAT'S A DECISION
02:16:24 THAT I'VE MADE. BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY
02:16:26 A BIG CONCERN WITH IT AS LONG AS WE'RE
02:16:27 NOT THE
02:16:29 ONES MAKING OUR SPECIFIC TRAVEL PLANS.
02:16:30 SO THANK YOU, I'LL SUPPORT THIS.
02:16:31 >>
02:16:33 SO WE HAVE A
02:16:39 MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY
02:16:41 OTHER COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS? OKAY, UM,
02:16:42 I
02:16:45 HAVE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THIS. FIRST
02:16:46 OF
02:16:47 ALL, OUR LAST COUNCIL POLICY ALLOWED
02:16:48 ALL COUNCILMEMBERS TO GO TO
02:16:51 ANY OF THE LEAGUE
02:16:53 OF CALIFORNIA CITIES CONFERENCES OR
02:16:54 THE
02:16:57 SVP CONFERENCES. ANYBODY
02:17:00 COULD GO AND BE PAID FOR.
02:17:03 SO THAT ISN'T THE
02:17:05 ISSUE. BUT THE POLICY THAT'S BEING
02:17:06 CHANGED
02:17:12 RIGHT NOW IS IT'S SOLD AS SOME KIND
02:17:13 OF
02:17:14 ADMINISTRATIVE CONVENIENCE, BUT LET'S
02:17:15 BE HONEST ABOUT IT
02:17:18 BECAUSE PART OF IT WAS IN THE
02:17:21 SMALL, VERY SMALL DETAILS WAS
02:17:24 THAT THE COUNCILMEMBERS, IF
02:17:27 WANTED, WOULD BE ISSUED A P CARD,
02:17:30 A CREDIT CARD WITH MONEY ON
02:17:33 IT PRE-APPROVED WITH NO PRE-TRANSPARENCY
02:17:34 TO
02:17:36 THE PUBLIC.
02:17:42 AND I THINK THAT OUR PUBLIC
02:17:45 READS NEWS ARTICLES ACT POLITICIANS
02:17:46 AND CREDIT
02:17:48 CARDS, AND I TELL YOU, THEY DON'T
02:17:51 BELONG TOGETHER. THEY REALLY
02:17:54 DON'T.
02:17:57 I CAN'T IMAGINE OUR CITY PROACTIVELY
02:18:00 CREATING SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE I
02:18:02 THINK WE REALLY HAVE IT BACKWARDS. AND
02:18:03 YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT ALL
02:18:05 OUR TIMES IN THE CITY, WE'LL HAVE
02:18:06 A COUNCILMEMBER OR
02:18:09 TWO WHO ABUSES OUR POLICY, WHO GOES
02:18:11 ON MANY TRIPS, WHO SPENDS A LOT OF
02:18:12 MONEY. IT'S NOT
02:18:15 NEW. SO I THINK THAT IN THE PRIVATE
02:18:18 SECTOR, WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM
02:18:21 WITH EXPENSE ABUSE, YOU ADD CONTROLS,
02:18:24 YOU DON'T REMOVE THEM, AND
02:18:27 YOU DON'T SOLVE ACCOUNTABILITY
02:18:29 PROBLEMS BY REDUCING ACCOUNTABILITY.
02:18:30 WE'RE REDUCING THE
02:18:31 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
02:18:33 THEN OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE
02:18:35 A LOT MORE ACCOUNTABILITY THAN WE
02:18:36 WILL
02:18:39 HAVE IF THIS IS, IF THIS IS APPROVED, AND
02:18:40 IT
02:18:42 SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT
02:18:45 BE. IF SOMEONE GENUINELY
02:18:48 CAN'T FLOAT THEIR
02:18:51 EXPENSES, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
02:18:53 TRANSPORTATION AND FOOD, IF THEY GENERALLY
02:18:54 CAN'T FLOAT THEIR EXPENSES
02:18:57 FOR A FEW DAY, THE PROBLEM ISN'T A CITY
02:18:58 CREDIT CARD
02:18:59 WITH NO SPENDING LIMITS. IT'S THAT
02:19:00 WE HAVE TO HAVE
02:19:02 TRAVEL POLICIES THAT ACTUALLY MAKE
02:19:03 SENSE. THAT'S THE
02:19:06 WAY WE DEAL WITH
02:19:08 THIS. RIGHT NOW, WITH P CARDS, THE
02:19:09 CHARGES HAPPEN FIRST, AND
02:19:11 THEN THE QUESTIONS COME LATER, IF AT
02:19:12 ALL. IF IT'S
02:19:15 PUBLIC AT ALL. BY THE TIME WE SEE
02:19:16 THE CREDIT
02:19:18 CARD BILL, THE MONEY IS SPENT, AND
02:19:21 THAT'S NOT HOW WE
02:19:24 SHOULD HANDLE TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND
02:19:27 I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S VERY REVEALING
02:19:29 THAT IT'S COMING FROM THE GOVERNANCE
02:19:31 AND ETHICS COMMITTEE WHERE A LOT
02:19:33 OF MEMBERS WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE
02:19:35 RELAXED TRAVEL POLICY. THAT'S NOT
02:19:37 OVERSIGHT FOR
02:19:40 ME, THAT'S SELF-SERVICE. AND
02:19:42 WHAT'S REALLY BOTHERING ME IS THAT
02:19:43 IT'S OUR
02:19:46 CITY MANAGER WHO'S
02:19:49 GOING TO CHOOSE
02:19:52 WHO
02:19:55 GOES ON THESE TRIPS. AND IF
02:19:58 FIRST COME FIRST SERVED OR YOU
02:19:59 CAN ALIGN TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE,
02:20:00 THE RESIDENTS OF SANTA CLARA ARE NOT
02:20:03 GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS CHANGE.
02:20:06 I MEAN, WE HAVE RESIDENTS CHOOSING
02:20:07 BETWEEN GROCERIES
02:20:10 AND RENT.
02:20:13 WE HAVE POTHOLES THAT NEED
02:20:15 FIXING. WE HAVE WEEDS WITH CRACKS
02:20:17 RIGHT NOW. EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND ON QUESTIONABLE
02:20:19 CONFERENCE TRAVEL IS A
02:20:22 DOLLAR WE'RE NOT SPENDING ON PEOPLE
02:20:25 WE REPRESENT. SO IF
02:20:28 A COUNCILMEMBER CAN'T WAIT FOR
02:20:29 A LEGITIMATE REIMBURSEMENT, MAYBE
02:20:31 THEY SHOULDN'T BE TAKING THAT
02:20:32 TRIP. THAT'S A FACT. THEY SHOULDN'T
02:20:34 BE TAKING THAT TRIP.
02:20:36 AND IF THEY REALLY NEED TO GO, TRAVEL
02:20:37 ADVANCE WITH CLEAR
02:20:39 DOCUMENTATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
02:20:40 A CREDIT
02:20:43 CARD. SO I HAVE
02:20:45 TO SAY, I'M VOTING NO ON THIS POLICY.
02:20:46 I
02:20:49 KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO
02:20:52 SUPPORT THIS, I'M
02:20:55 REQUESTING THEM
02:20:58 TO EXPLAIN TO COUNCILMEMBERS AND RESIDENTS
02:21:01 WHY COUNCILMEMBERS'
02:21:02 TRAVEL CONVENIENCE IS MORE IMPORTANT
02:21:04 THAN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE PEOPLE
02:21:07 WATCHING AT HOME
02:21:09 AND WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS DESERVE AN
02:21:10 EXPLANATION. BECAUSE ALL
02:21:13 COUNCILMEMBERS AVAILABLE
02:21:14 TO TRAVEL TO ALL CONFERENCES AT ANY
02:21:16 TIME, AND IF YOU JUST NEED
02:21:17 MORE MONEY COME BACK AND WE'LL PROBABLY
02:21:19 GIVE IT TO YOU
02:21:21 IN THE BUDGET DEPENDING ON WHO YOU
02:21:22 ARE
02:21:25 IS NOT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE,
02:21:28 AND IT
02:21:30 DOESN'T SERVE OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S
02:21:31 SELF-SERVING. COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
02:21:32 >>
02:21:34 YES, SO I HEAR A LOT
02:21:37 OF THAT. I FIRST WANT TO CLARIFY
02:21:38 EVERYONE, EVERY COUNCILMEMBER WILL
02:21:40 BENEFIT FROM THIS POLICY. I
02:21:42 ALSO WANT TO REPEAT WHAT ASSISTANT
02:21:43 CITY MANAGER SAID WHICH IS
02:21:45 P CARDS ARE NOT CONSIDERED IN THIS
02:21:49 POLICY. IN FACT, I WILL SAY
02:21:51 I HAD NOT EVEN HEARD ABOUT P CARDS
02:21:52 UNTIL THIS CAME
02:21:55 FORWARD. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO
02:21:58 US BY STAFF. THE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS
02:22:01 MEMBERS, MAYBE WE REFER TO
02:22:03 UPDATING POLICIES, BUT I DON'T RECALL
02:22:04 THIS BEING SPECIFICALLY BROUGHT FORWARD
02:22:07 BY A COMMITTEE MEMBER.
02:22:10 AND I HAVE NO
02:22:13 PROBLEM REMOVING ALL
02:22:16 REFERENCES TO P CARDS IF THAT'S THE
02:22:17 OBJECTION.
02:22:19 IF THAT'S
02:22:22 WHAT IT TAKES AND THAT'S
02:22:25 ACTUALLY THE REAL OBJECTION. I,
02:22:28 I AM BEWILDERED THAT SOMETHING
02:22:29 THAT STAFF BROUGHT FORWARD AND STAFF
02:22:31 THOUGHT WAS SUFFICIENT, WAS
02:22:32 GOOD ENOUGH TO PUT ON CONSENT, WE'RE
02:22:34 SPENDING SO
02:22:37 MUCH TIME ON THIS. THE ACCUSATIONS
02:22:38 THAT WE'RE GETTING,
02:22:40 UM, I MEAN AT SOME POINT
02:22:43 I HAVE NOT EVEN CONSIDERED
02:22:45 SOME OF THE, THE BADNESS THAT BEING
02:22:46 BROUGHT TO MY
02:22:48 ATTENTION THAT I'M LEARNING ABOUT
02:22:49 FROM PEOPLE
02:22:51 WHO OBVIOUSLY KNOW ABOUT THAT MORE
02:22:52 THAN
02:22:55 I DO. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS, BUT
02:22:57 AGAIN IF THERE ARE REFERENCES TO P
02:22:58 CARDS
02:23:01 IN HERE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM
02:23:04 REMOVING THAT IF THERE'S WILL
02:23:07 ON THIS COUNCIL.
02:23:08 >> ANYONE ELSE? CITY
02:23:10 MANAGER?
02:23:11 >> SURE. THANK YOU,
02:23:13 MAYOR. JUST TWO
02:23:16 QUICK POINTS. IT WAS MENTIONED
02:23:17 EARLIER IN REGARD TO WHO ADMINISTERS
02:23:19 THIS POLICY. I
02:23:22 ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO MAKE A
02:23:25 NOTE THEN, BUT THE ASSISTANT CITY
02:23:26 MANAGER STATED CORRECTLY
02:23:27 THAT YOUR POLICY, LIKE FRANKLY MOST
02:23:28 OF THE POLICIES
02:23:31 YOU ADOPT, PLACE THE
02:23:33 RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE CITY MANAGER
02:23:34 OR THEIR DESIGNEE.
02:23:36 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND JUST
02:23:37 CLARIFY FOR THE
02:23:39 RECORD THAT AS THE CITY MANAGER I
02:23:40 DON'T
02:23:42 REVIEW OR MAKE DECISIONS ON YOUR TRAVEL
02:23:43 POLICY. I DON'T THINK I'VE
02:23:45 EVER BEEN ASKED ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER
02:23:46 TRAVEL IN MY TIME
02:23:49 HERE AS FAR AS DECIDING WHO CAN
02:23:51 GO TO WHAT EVENT. THOSE DECISIONS
02:23:52 ARE DELEGATED TO
02:23:55 ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL AND THE MAYOR
02:23:56 AND COUNCIL
02:23:58 UNIT TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND THEY'RE
02:23:59 MORE THAN
02:24:00 CAPABLE OF DOING SO AND MANAGING THE
02:24:01 BUDGET. I
02:24:04 THINK ALSO IT'S BEEN
02:24:07 MENTIONED HOW THIS POLICY CAME
02:24:10 FORWARD. THAT QUESTION WAS
02:24:12 ASKED EARLIER TODAY, AND WE PROVIDED WRITTEN
02:24:13 RESPONSES ON THE RECORD AVAILABLE
02:24:14 TO
02:24:15 THE PUBLIC. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
02:24:16 NOTE THAT
02:24:19 FOR THE RECORD HERE. I THINK
02:24:22 MORE THAN
02:24:25 TWO
02:24:30 YEARS AGO, BEFORE WE DISCUSSED THIS, COUNCILMEMBER
02:24:31 SUDS JAIN ASKED US
02:24:34 TO LOOK AT THE TRAVEL POLICY. SO WE
02:24:35 WERE
02:24:36 GOING THROUGH ALL THE POLICY AND IT
02:24:37 CAME UP AND
02:24:40 KNOW THAT STAFF ANALYZED THIS POLICY
02:24:43 LIKE WE DID ALL POLICIES WITHOUT
02:24:45 ANY INPUT FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS OR
02:24:46 COUNCILMEMBER JAIN.
02:24:48 SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THIS IS ONE
02:24:49 INSTANCE WHERE BOTH THINGS ARE
02:24:51 TRUE. IT'S BOTH TRUE THAT A COUNCILMEMBER
02:24:52 SAID LOOK AT THE POLICY, AND
02:24:54 IT'S ALSO TRUE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
02:24:56 PARK SAID THAT ALL
02:24:57 OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME BEFORE
02:24:59 YOU
02:25:01 ACTUALLY CAME FROM STAFF. THE INITIAL
02:25:03 RECOMMENDATIONS DELIVERED TO THE COMMITTEE
02:25:05 CAME FROM STAFF. SO JUST WANTED
02:25:08 TO NOTE THAT, THAT FOR THE
02:25:11 RECORD OF HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.
02:25:12 IT TRULY WAS PROFESSIONALIZED STAFF
02:25:14 WORK THAT WENT
02:25:16 INTO OKAY WE'RE REVIEWING ALL POLICIES
02:25:19 LET'S LOOK AT THE TRAVEL POLICIES,
02:25:20 LET'S INFORM OURSELF
02:25:21 BASED ON BEST PRACTICES ARE IN THE
02:25:22 MARKETPLACE FOR TRAVEL AS WELL AS
02:25:26 WHAT HAPPENS IN OTHER CITIES AS
02:25:27 WELL AS MEET WITH OUR AUDITOR AND
02:25:29 DELIVER YOUR COMMITTEE, IN
02:25:32 THIS CASE THE GOVERNANCE AND
02:25:35 ETHICS COMMITTEE WITH
02:25:36 A SET OF PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
02:25:37 THAT HAVE EVENTUALLY MADE THEIR WAY
02:25:38 TO YOU
02:25:43 AS A BODY.
02:25:44 >> ALL RIGHT, CITY CLERK?
02:25:53 >> SO
02:25:56 THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS
02:25:59 STAFF
02:26:02 RECOMMENDATION.
02:26:03 >>
02:26:05 THANK YOU. PLEASE REGISTER
02:26:08 YOUR VOTE. PASSES
02:26:11 5 TO 2. NEXT ITEM
02:26:14 IS 5B ACTION FOR
02:26:17 UPDATES TO COUNCIL POLICY 006,
02:26:20 GUIDELINES FOR ATTENDANCE AT
02:26:21 CONFERENCES AND TRAINING EVENTS. DEFERRED
02:26:23 FROM DECEMBER 16th.
02:26:26 >> VERY, VERY SIMILAR POLICY AS
02:26:29 WE NOTED WITH YOUR PRIOR ITEM THAT
02:26:30 STAFF, UM, HAS BEEN REVIEWING ALL
02:26:32 POLICIES, AND SO WHEN WE
02:26:34 LOOKED AT THE COUNCIL TRAVEL POLICY,
02:26:35 WE
02:26:38 LOOKED AT THE
02:26:40 COMPANION POLICY THAT GOVERNS BOARDS,
02:26:41 COMMITTEES, AND
02:26:44 COMMISSIONS. SO THERE ARE VERY
02:26:46 SIMILAR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISION.
02:26:49 THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IS HERE
02:26:50 TO PRESENT.
02:26:51 I THINK THE PRESENTATION WILL BE TRUNCATED
02:26:53 --
02:26:54 >> SO
02:26:56 IT IS. IT'S VERY SIMILAR SO
02:26:57 THE QUESTION IS DO YOU WANT THE PRESENTATION --
02:26:59 >> CAN YOU JUST
02:27:02 TELL US WHAT THE CHANGES ARE?
02:27:03 >> SURE. >>
02:27:05 AND DO THEY INCLUDE P
02:27:08 CARDS?
02:27:09 >> NO P CARDS HERE.
02:27:10 VERY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER POLICY. WE'RE
02:27:13 JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE FURTHER CLARIFICATION.
02:27:14 THIS POLICY IS
02:27:17 MUCH MORE VAGUE, SO WE
02:27:20 DID GO OVER THE TYPES OF
02:27:23 TRAVEL, PROVIDED MORE
02:27:26 SPECIFICITY. WE INCLUDED
02:27:29 WHAT'S REIMBURSABLE AND
02:27:32 NOT REIMBURSABLE. REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
02:27:33 FOR MEAL,
02:27:35 COMPLIANT WITH
02:27:37 GSA, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER POLICY.
02:27:38 THE GOVERNANCE
02:27:40 AND ETHICS COMMITTEE ALSO REQUESTED
02:27:41 WE
02:27:44 REVISE FROM 75% TO 100%,
02:27:47 SO THAT'S A REVISION
02:27:50 FROM THE INITIAL
02:27:53 PROPOSAL. THERE'S ALSO
02:27:55 INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S AN INELIGIBLE
02:27:56 REIMBURSABLE
02:27:57 EXPENSE SUCH AS ALCOHOL, ITEMS FOR
02:27:59 PERSONAL USE. IF
02:28:01 YOU EXTEND YOUR STAY AND THERE'S A
02:28:04 DIFFERENCE IN COST, THAT WOULD NOT BE
02:28:05 REIMBURSABLE. IT ALSO
02:28:08 DOES CHANGE FROM 15
02:28:11 TO 30
02:28:13 DAYS TO SUBMIT RECEIPTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
02:28:14 IF YOU DON'T
02:28:16 SUBMIT WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME THEN
02:28:17 YOU MAY
02:28:19 BE INELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT AT
02:28:20 ALL.
02:28:23 SO WE
02:28:26 ARE ALLOWING
02:28:29 THE COMMISSIONERS TO KEEP THE FREQUENT
02:28:30 FLIER MILES.
02:28:32 THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL FOR
02:28:33 US
02:28:35 FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE
02:28:36 NOT
02:28:37 ON OUR PAYROLL, THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS, AND
02:28:38 WE CURRENTLY DON'T DO THAT AT
02:28:44 THIS TIME. IN SUMMARY, THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS
02:28:45 THE
02:28:47 CHANGES OR ADDITIONS WE MADE TO THE
02:28:50 POLICY, BUT AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
02:28:51 YOU
02:28:52 MAY HAVE.
02:28:53 >> CITY MANAGER? >> JUST
02:28:54 TO
02:28:55 PIGGY BACK ON THAT, IN OUR PRIOR CONVERSATION,
02:28:56 AND THERE WAS A
02:28:58 PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT, UM, THE BENEFITS
02:28:59 OF COMMISSIONER TRAVEL
02:29:01 AND A REFERENCE TO THE BUDGET. THAT'S
02:29:02 NOT A PART OF
02:29:05 THIS ITEM. BUT CERTAINLY
02:29:07 WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE BUDGET
02:29:08 FOR
02:29:10 COMMISSIONER AND BOARD TRAVEL FOR
02:29:11 THE UPCOMING BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. AND
02:29:14 I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW,
02:29:16 MY GENERAL PHILOSOPHY IS, EVEN IN
02:29:19 BAD TIMES CUT EVERYTHING BUT THE TRAINING
02:29:20 BUDGET BECAUSE OFTEN
02:29:22 TIMES WHEN YOU CAN'T PROVIDE OTHER
02:29:23 THINGS, POURING INTO YOUR PEOPLE
02:29:25 AND ALLOWING THEM TO RECEIVE TRAINING
02:29:26 AND EDUCATION IS
02:29:29 IMPORTANT. SO WE CERTAINLY WANT OUR
02:29:30 COMMUNITY
02:29:32 VOLUNTEERS TO HAVE SUFFICIENT
02:29:34 FUNDS FOR TRAVEL FOR CONFERENCES.
02:29:35 SO
02:29:38 KNOW WE'LL
02:29:44 TAKE A LOOK
02:29:47 AT THAT SEPARATELY.
02:29:48 >> ALL RIGHT,
02:29:49 COUNCILMEMBER JAIN?
02:29:50 >> YEAH, I LIKE
02:29:51 THE IDEA OF
02:29:53 THE PER DIEM BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY
02:29:55 FORGETS TO TURN IN RECEIPTS LIKE ON
02:29:56 BTA, THEY JUST GAVE ME
02:29:59 THE PER DIEM. SO IT JUST
02:30:05 MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET
02:30:08 REIMBURSED. IT'S THE GSA STANDARD
02:30:09 PRACTICE, SO
02:30:11 IT'S NOT ANYTHING UNIQUE FOR US. SO
02:30:12 I
02:30:14 JUST THINK IT MAKES LIFE EASIER TO ALLOW
02:30:15 THE PER DIEM.
02:30:16 >>
02:30:17 AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH
02:30:21 WHAT WE DO FOR EMPLOYEES AT THE
02:30:22 ACTUAL EVENT OR CONFERENCE. IT'S EXPECTED
02:30:24 THE COMMISSIONER WOULD
02:30:25 TAKE THE FOOD PROVIDED, BUT IF THERE
02:30:26 ARE SOME DIETARY RESTRICTIONS THEY'RE
02:30:30 NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE THOSE
02:30:36 MEALS AND THEN THE GSA RATE
02:30:39 WOULD APPLY.
02:30:40 >> SO I
02:30:41 HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. ARE THEY
02:30:42 PAID THE PER DIEM WHETHER OR NOT
02:30:45 THEY SPEND THE MONEY AND USE
02:30:48 IT FOR FOOD? AND HOW CLOSELY
02:30:50 DO YOU LOOK AT THE CONFERENCES BECAUSE
02:30:51 MOSTLY THE
02:30:52 CONFERENCES PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE MEAL A
02:30:54 DAY IF IT'S
02:30:55 BREAKFAST OR LUNCH.
02:30:56 >> WE ARE REQUIRED
02:30:57 TO LOOK AT
02:31:00 THE SCHEDULE FOR THE EVENT OR
02:31:05 CONFERENCE, SO GENERALLY WHEN YOU LOOK
02:31:06 AT
02:31:09 THE SCHEDULE IT
02:31:11 WILL SPECIFY WHETHER BREAKFAST LUNCH,
02:31:12 AND/OR DINNER ARE PROVIDED, SO
02:31:15 WE DO LOOK AT THAT AS
02:31:18 THE PACKAGE WHEN
02:31:20 REVIEWING WHAT WE SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
02:31:21 SO
02:31:23 ABSOLUTELY. AND IF FOR SOME REASON
02:31:24 LUNCH IS PROVIDED,
02:31:26 BUT BREAKFAST AND DINNER ARE NOT,
02:31:27 THEY
02:31:29 ONLY RECEIVE THE GSA RATE FOR BREAKFAST AND
02:31:30 DINNER, NOT FOR THE LUNCH.
02:31:31 >> WHETHER
02:31:32 OR NOT --
02:31:33 >> WHETHER OR NOT THEY USE
02:31:36 IT. YES, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH HOW
02:31:37 IT'S APPLIED --
02:31:38 >> FOR EMPLOYEES. >>
02:31:39 FOR EMPLOYEES
02:31:40 AND AT OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL, SO
02:31:45 THAT'S CONSISTENT.
02:31:46 >> ALL RIGHT.
02:31:48 ANY
02:31:51 OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE COUNCIL?
02:31:54 ANY
02:31:56 PUBLIC MEMBERS? ANYONE ONLINE? NO.
02:31:57 ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER
02:32:00 GONZALEZ.
02:32:03 >> I'D LIKE TO MOTION
02:32:06 FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
02:32:07 >> COUNCILMEMBER
02:32:09 HARDY?
02:32:10 >> I'LL SECOND
02:32:11 IT FOR THE SAME REASON.
02:32:12 >> YOU DON'T
02:32:13 NEED TO TURN YOUR LIGHT
02:32:14 ON TO SECOND, BUT THANK YOU.
02:32:15 >> WE
02:32:16 HAVE A
02:32:21 MOTION AND A SECOND FOR
02:32:27 THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. PLEASE
02:32:30 REGISTER YOUR VOTE. THAT PASSES
02:32:33 6 TO 1. THANK YOU.
02:32:36 ALL RIGHT,
02:32:39 MOVING ON. THE OTHER ITEMS
02:32:42 PULLED
02:32:45 FOR DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER
02:32:48 HARDY,
02:32:51 WHICH
02:32:54 ONE
02:33:00 DID YOU PULL? 3E?
02:33:01 >> YES.
02:33:12 >> ITEM 3E. >>
02:33:14 I WANTED IT UPDATED BECAUSE --
02:33:15 >>
02:33:18 I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY --
02:33:19 >> DPAC --
02:33:20 >> COUNCILMEMBER OFF? >> THERE'S NOT
02:33:21 A
02:33:23 COUNCILMEMBER ON THE BPAC ANYMORE,
02:33:27 THAT'S A
02:33:30 STANDING COMMITTEE. AND,
02:33:33 UM, THAT CHANGED OVER PER COUNCIL IN JUNE
02:33:39 OF LAST YEAR.
02:33:40 >> ALL RIGHT. >>
02:33:42 AND SVRIA, I WAS OUT OF THE ROTATION,
02:33:45 BUT I WAS, HAD JUST BEEN
02:33:48 MADE CHAIR, SO I HAVE BEEN
02:33:51 SERVING BECAUSE, FOR THE CITY'S ASSOCIATION AND REPRESENTING THEM,
02:33:54 NOT THE CITY, SO THAT SHOULD BE
02:33:57 TAKEN OFF BECAUSE THE, WE'RE
02:34:00 ON A ROTATION WITH SUNNYVALE AND MILPITAS, AND RIGHT
02:34:01 NOW MILPITAS
02:34:03 HAS SOMEONE AND SUNNYVALE IS
02:34:06 THE BACK UP. SO SANTA CLARA
02:34:09 DOES NOT
02:34:12 HAVE SOMEONE SPECIFICALLY
02:34:13 FROM THE COUNCIL ON SBRIA.
02:34:14 >> YOU
02:34:15 STILL WANT TO KEEP IT IN THERE
02:34:16 THAT YOU'RE THE REPRESENTATIVE EVEN
02:34:18 THOUGH IT'S NOT,
02:34:19 NO ONE CAN CHANGE IT?
02:34:20 >> OKAY. >>
02:34:21 BECAUSE
02:34:24 YOU
02:34:27 DO REPRESENT SANTA CLARA FOR THE
02:34:29 CITY'S ASSOCIATION. ALL RIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE?
02:34:30 COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL?
02:34:31 >>
02:34:33 THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE WERE TWO
02:34:36 OTHER MISTAKES ON THE STAFF
02:34:38 REPORT. THE ATTACHMENT WE HAD WITH
02:34:39 THE AGENDA, THAT
02:34:42 WAS CORRECT.
02:34:45 LIKE JUST TAKE AN
02:34:48 EXAMPLE OF
02:34:51 AUDIT COMMITTEE. I THINK I AND COUNCILMEMBER
02:34:52 GONZALEZ, COUNCILMEMBER
02:34:54 HARDY, AND MYSELF ARE MEMBERS OF
02:34:57 THAT, AND IT HAD PARK AND
02:35:00 I WAS THE ALTERNATE, BUT I'M A
02:35:03 MEMBER.
02:35:04 >> AND WHO'S THE
02:35:05 ALTERNATE?
02:35:06 >> ALTERNATE IS KEVIN PARK.
02:35:07 AND THERE'S ANOTHER
02:35:09 ONE --
02:35:10 >> YOU WANT
02:35:12 IT CHANGED BACK?
02:35:13 >> IF WE ARE
02:35:15 KEEPING IT SEEM, THEN I WOULD BE THE
02:35:18 AUDIT MEMBER BASICALLY WHICH WAS NOT PRESENTED
02:35:21 AND THE REPORT WAS NOT CORRECT.
02:35:24 AND SECOND IS NCP ALTERNATE, IT IS
02:35:25 MENTIONED COUNCILMEMBER
02:35:27 HARDY AS ALTERNATE, WHICH IS NOT THE
02:35:28 CASE. ACTUALLY
02:35:30 I AM THE ALTERNATE ALREADY, AND I WOULD
02:35:34 LIKE TO KEEP AS AN ALTERNATE.
02:35:37 THAT OTHER MISTAKE ON THE
02:35:40 REPORT.
02:35:43 THE ATTACHMENT
02:35:45 I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT WAS CORRECT.
02:35:49 LET ME SEE IF
02:35:52 THERE IS ANYTHING
02:35:55 ELSE. THAT'S IT.
02:35:56 >> ALL RIGHT.
02:35:58 ANYONE ELSE?
02:35:59 OKAY, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
02:36:06 PUBLIC THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON THESE
02:36:07 COMMITTEES?
02:36:08 >> ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL?
02:36:10 >> I CAN MAKE A
02:36:13 MOTION TO APPROVE THESE CHANGES.
02:36:14 >> DO YOU HAVE THOSE CHANGES, CITY
02:36:16 CLERK?
02:36:17 >>
02:36:19 I HAVE THE
02:36:22 CORRECTION TO
02:36:25 THE BPAC TO REMOVE
02:36:26 THE COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER HARDY IS THE
02:36:28 SVRIA REPRESENTATIVE FOR
02:36:31 THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA,
02:36:33 IS THAT CORRECT?
02:36:34 >> THROUGH THE CITY'S
02:36:35 ASSOCIATION. IT'S ON THERE,
02:36:37 BUT WE CAN ADD THROUGH
02:36:39 THE CITY'S ASSOCIATION.
02:36:40 >> AND AUDIT
02:36:42 COMMITTEE CHANGE REVERSE BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER
02:36:43 CHAHAL AS
02:36:44 THE REMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER PARK
02:36:46 AS THE ALTERNATE, AND I DIDN'T
02:36:48 GET THE SECOND ONE YOU MENTIONED.
02:36:49 >> THE
02:36:52 LAST ONE,
02:36:55 THE ATTACHMENT IS CORRECT, BUT FOR
02:36:56 NCP
02:36:57 ALTERNATE, COUNCILMEMBER HARDY'S NAME
02:36:58 WAS THERE, WHEREAS
02:37:00 I'M THE ALTERNATE.
02:37:01 >> I'M THE ALTERNATE,
02:37:02 YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER HARDY WAS NOT
02:37:04 AN ALTERNATE
02:37:08 EARLIER AND DOESN'T WANT TO BE AN
02:37:10 ALTERNATE.
02:37:13 >> THANK YOU, GOT IT.
02:37:16 >> THE
02:37:19 ATTACHMENT
02:37:22 AND THE AGENDA IS CORRECT.
02:37:28 >> OKAY. >> YEAH.
02:37:55 >> PLEASE REGISTER YOUR VOTE.
02:37:57 THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.
02:37:58 ALL RIGHT, MOVING
02:38:01 ON WE
02:38:04 HAVE, OH,
02:38:07 THE ITEM I PULLED WHICH IS ACTION,
02:38:09 NO, LET'S SEE, WHERE WAS IT. ACTION
02:38:10 ON A STANDARD AGREEMENT WITH
02:38:13 THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY
02:38:16 PATROL FOR TRAFFIC
02:38:19 MANAGEMENT RELATED SERVICES FOR SUPERBOWL 60.
02:38:22 CITY MANAGER?
02:38:23 >> MAYOR, YOU PULLED THAT ITEM? >>
02:38:25 I DID.
02:38:26 >>
02:38:27 WOULD YOU LIKE A BRIEF DISCUSSION?
02:38:28 >> WHAT I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO KNOW,
02:38:31 AND I PULLED IT BECAUSE I HAVE COMMENTS
02:38:33 ABOUT FUNDING FOR SUPER BOWL AND WORLD
02:38:34 CUP,
02:38:37 ESPECIALLY SUPER BOWL. BUT I
02:38:40 WANT TO KNOW HOW
02:38:42 THIS HIGHWAY PATROL, UM, IT'S A MILLION
02:38:43 ONE?
02:38:44 >>
02:38:46 YES.
02:38:47 >> WHAT IS IT PAID OUT OF? WHAT
02:38:48 FUND
02:38:49 IS IT PAID OUT OF?
02:38:51 IS IT COMING FROM THE $6.2 MILLION REIMBURSEMENT
02:38:54 OR WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM?
02:38:55 HOW WILL, HOW DOES IT COME
02:38:58 FROM THE CITY FIRST, AND IS IT REIMBURSED
02:39:01 BY THE HOST COMMITTEE OR CAN YOU TELL
02:39:04 ME THE MECHANICS OF
02:39:07 THIS CONTRACT?
02:39:08 >> SURE. SO, MAYOR,
02:39:10 THIS ITEM IS FOR THE
02:39:13 PUBLIC, LET ME JUST TURN TO
02:39:16 THAT ITEM. IT'S AN --
02:39:17 >> 3I.
02:39:19 >> IT'S AN I TEMPERATURE FOR SERVICES
02:39:22 FOR THE HIGHWAY PATROL FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
02:39:25 RELATED TO SUPER BOWL LX,
02:39:27 SO SUPER BOWL 60. IMPORTANT TO NOTE
02:39:28 THAT
02:39:31 WE HAVE REGULAR
02:39:34 AGREEMENTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
02:39:35 FOR
02:39:37 EVENTS AT LEVI STADIUM. THIS ONE IS SPECIFIC
02:39:40 TO THE SUPER BOWL. THE COST WOULD
02:39:41 BE
02:39:43 REIMBURSED BY THE HOST COMMITTEE.
02:39:44 AS
02:39:45 WE TREAT ALL EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL
02:39:46 AND COSTS, THEY
02:39:49 ARE
02:39:51 PAID BY THE CITY, AND THEN REIMBURSED
02:39:52 EITHER BY
02:39:55 THE STADIUM AUTHORITY OR OUTSIDE PARTIES. IN
02:39:58 THIS CASE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SUPER
02:39:59 BOWL
02:40:01 LEAGUE EVENT AGREEMENT THAT YOU AUTHORIZED
02:40:02 THAT'S BEEN EXECUTED,
02:40:03 THIS WILL BE REIMBURSED BY THE BAY
02:40:04 AREA HOST
02:40:06 COMMITTEE. SO INITIALLY PAID BY THE
02:40:07 CITY, REIMBURSED BY THE HOST
02:40:10 COMMITTEE CONSISTENT WITH OUR STANDARD
02:40:13 PRACTICES.
02:40:14 >>
02:40:16 SO WILL THIS BE
02:40:22 PAID, UM, BECAUSE MY BIG CONCERN IS THAT,
02:40:26 AND I KNOW I DIDN'T KNOW
02:40:28 THAT THE SUPER BOWL LEAGUE AGREEMENT
02:40:29 WAS EXECUTED UNTIL
02:40:32 LAST WEEK. LITERALLY 30
02:40:35 DAYS BEFORE
02:40:38 SUPER BOWL. AND WHEN I LOOKED AT
02:40:39 THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTS, THERE
02:40:41 WERE SIX OF
02:40:43 THEM. AND THE LAST REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
02:40:44 THAT I
02:40:47 READ WAS FROM DECEMBER 15th
02:40:48 TO JANUARY 15th, AND WITHOUT A LEAGUE
02:40:50 EVENT
02:40:53 AGREEMENT, WHICH I THOUGHT WE
02:40:56 HAD APPROVED
02:40:59 IN SEPTEMBER, APPARENTLY
02:41:01 WASN'T EXECUTED UNTIL LAST WEEK, UM,
02:41:05 THEY PUT A MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT
02:41:08 FOR 2025 OF
02:41:11 $600,000. SO
02:41:15 I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THIS CONTRACT.
02:41:20 WAS THAT PART OF THE CAP
02:41:23 OF $600,000 OF LAST YEAR BECAUSE
02:41:26 I ASSUME IT WAS NEGOTIATED BACK
02:41:28 IN 2025. OR IS IT PART OF THE 2026
02:41:29 REIMBURSEMENT? THAT WAS
02:41:32 MY CONCERN.
02:41:33 >> IMPORTANT
02:41:35 TO NOTE, THIS IS A
02:41:38 PART OF THE, THE EVENT COST, AND
02:41:40 SO IT WILL BE BORN BY COSTS FUNDED
02:41:41 OUT OF THE LEAGUE
02:41:44 EVENT AGREEMENT. I THINK AS
02:41:45 A COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY KNOWS,
02:41:47 WE'VE HAD INTERIM FUNDING
02:41:49 AGREEMENTS UNTIL WE HAD A PERMANENT
02:41:50 AGREEMENT, SO THE INTERIM
02:41:52 FUNDING AGREEMENT AMENDMENT THAT YOU
02:41:53 NOTED
02:41:54 COVERED COSTS, AND THAT'S WHY THEY
02:41:56 HAD CAPS BECAUSE THEY WERE
02:41:58 INTERIM AND CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS
02:41:59 OF THE LEAGUE EVENT
02:42:02 AGREEMENT. ONCE THERE WAS
02:42:04 A FINAL AGREEMENT, THAT FINAL AGREEMENT
02:42:05 TERMS
02:42:06 WOULD SUPERSEDE ALL THE PRIOR INTERIM
02:42:08 FUNDING TERMS. ALSO IMPORTANT TO
02:42:11 NOTE AS PART
02:42:17 OF THE
02:42:20 LEA, THERE WAS A DEPOSIT OF
02:42:23 2.5, $2.1
02:42:26 MILLION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
02:42:29 PAID, AND SO RECEIVING
02:42:30 SIGNIFICANT FUNDS UP FRONT PRIOR TO
02:42:32 THE EVENT WAS A
02:42:35 PART OF THE PROCESS, AND
02:42:37 SO THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED UPON
02:42:38 EXECUTION
02:42:41 OF
02:42:44 THE AGREEMENT.
02:42:46 YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT COUNCIL
02:42:47 DID
02:42:48 RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS IN SEPTEMBER
02:42:49 AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO FINALIZE THE
02:42:50 AGREEMENTS WITH
02:42:53 CHANGES, AS YOU KNOW, AND AS WE TALKED
02:42:55 ABOUT WITH THE SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE.
02:42:56 THERE WERE
02:42:58 CLAUSES RELATED TO IF THE SPECIAL
02:42:59 EVENT ORDINANCE DID
02:43:02 AND DID NOT PASS, WHAT CLAUSES WOULD BE
02:43:04 INPUT INTO THE LEAGUE EVENT AGREEMENT.
02:43:05 ONCE THE COUNCIL
02:43:08 LATE IN DECEMBER ADOPTED THE SPECIAL
02:43:09 EVENT
02:43:11 ORDINANCE, LEGAL STAFF FROM
02:43:13 ALL THE RESPECTIVE PARTIES FINALIZED
02:43:17 THE NEGOTIATIONS AND
02:43:19 THE AGREEMENT WAS EXECUTED, BUT WE
02:43:20 HAD A VALID INTERIM
02:43:21 FUNDING AGREEMENT UNTIL THAT OCCURRED.
02:43:23 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT EVENT BECAUSE
02:43:24 I
02:43:25 SENT YOU AND THE CITY ATTORNEY A LIST
02:43:26 OF
02:43:27 VERY DETAILED QUESTIONS OF WHICH YOU
02:43:29 RESPONDED TO
02:43:32 ME THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT,
02:43:33 I'M DIGGING
02:43:34 INTO THE RESPONSES RIGHT NOW, AND
02:43:35 I HAVE COME UP
02:43:37 WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS WHICH I'LL
02:43:38 FOLLOW THROUGH
02:43:41 WITH MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS TO BOTH
02:43:42 OF
02:43:44 YOU. BUT THE DASHBOARD
02:43:46 THAT WAS JUST UPDATED, IT HADN'T BEEN
02:43:47 UPDATED FOR EIGHT
02:43:49 MONTHS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. THAT
02:43:50 WAS
02:43:52 SUPPOSED TO BE OUR TRANSPARENCY TO THE
02:43:53 COMMUNITY. IT WAS
02:43:56 JUST RECENTLY UPDATED. IT MIGHT HAVE
02:43:57 BEEN TODAY
02:43:59 OR MAYBE YESTERDAY
02:44:01 SINCE I'VE ASKED THESE QUESTIONS.
02:44:04 IT SHOWS THAT SANTA CLARA HAS INCURRED
02:44:05 OVER 1.1
02:44:08 MILLION IN SUPER
02:44:10 BOWL AND FIFA COSTS COMBINED, BUT
02:44:11 ONLY 63%
02:44:14 HAS BEEN
02:44:17 REIMBURSED. OF THAT, FOR
02:44:23 SUPER BOWL ALONE,
02:44:25 37% REMAINS UNPAID. AND, I'M SORRY,
02:44:26 THAT'S WRONG. FOR
02:44:29 SUPER BOWL, NEARLY
02:44:32 HALF THE PLANNING COSTS FOR 2025 REMAINS
02:44:35 UNPAID
02:44:40 MONTHS AFTER BEING INCURRED ACCORDING
02:44:44 TO YOUR DASHBOARD. WE'RE
02:44:47 SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS
02:44:49 WITHIN 30 DAYS OF INVOICING. WITH THE
02:44:50 ACTUAL CONTRACT
02:44:53 THEY HAVE SO MUCH SO MUCH.
02:44:55 SO COSTS FROM SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER,
02:44:56 NOVEMBER
02:44:59 SHOULD BE
02:45:02 PAID BY NOW. SO THIS SUGGESTS EITHER
02:45:05 THE HOST COMMITTEE DELAYS OR
02:45:07 HAVE THEY DISPUTED THE COSTS? IT LOOKS
02:45:08 LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
02:45:11 PAYING THE SMALLER COSTS, BUT THE
02:45:12 LARGER
02:45:14 ARE DELAYED. ONE OF MY QUESTIONS
02:45:16 IS HAS ANYTHING BEEN DISPUTED YET
02:45:17 FROM
02:45:19 THE BAY AREA HOST COMMITTEE?
02:45:20 >> SO
02:45:21 MA'AM, THAT'S NOT
02:45:23 TRUE. THE BAY AREA HOST COMMITTEE
02:45:27 HAS PAID INVOICES THEY
02:45:30 HAVE RECEIVED. I KNOW THERE
02:45:32 ARE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AROUND TRAVEL COSTS
02:45:33 FOR A VERY SMALL
02:45:36 AMOUNT --
02:45:37 >> THAT WAS FOR THE
02:45:38 PREVIOUS YEARS. BUT ACCORDING TO YOUR
02:45:39 OWN DASHBOARD.
02:45:41 >> LET ME ARTICULATE TO RESPOND TO
02:45:42 YOUR QUESTION. AS
02:45:44 YOU KNOW, AND YOU DID CITE IT CORRECTLY
02:45:45 THAT INVOICES
02:45:47 ARE DUE TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS
02:45:51 OF RECEIPT. THE KEY POINT IS
02:45:57 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT, NOT IN
02:46:00 INCURRENCE. IT TAKES
02:46:03 US SOMETIMES 45 TO 60
02:46:06 DAYS TO PREPARE THE INVOICE FOR
02:46:08 VARIOUS REASONS. ONE, IT'S CLOSE OF
02:46:09 PAY
02:46:11 PERIOD, RECONCILIATION OF COSTS, RECEIPT
02:46:15 OF INVOICES FROM OTHER
02:46:18 THIRD PARTY AGENCIES THAT
02:46:20 PROVIDE SERVICES. OUR INTERNAL RECONCILIATION
02:46:21 PROCESSES
02:46:24 TO THEN SUBMIT THE
02:46:26 INVOICE INTO THE PAYER. THERE'S OFTEN
02:46:29 TIMES AN INTERFACE WITH THE PAYER
02:46:30 BECAUSE
02:46:33 THEY DO THEIR DUE
02:46:35 DILIGENCE, DON'T JUST PAY AN INVOICE.
02:46:36 SO YOU'RE ALSO
02:46:39 CORRECT THAT THE DASHBOARD WENT SEVERAL MONTHS WITHOUT
02:46:41 UPDATE --
02:46:42 >> EIGHT. >> SURE. I THINK
02:46:43 THAT IT
02:46:45 WAS UPDATED, AND I
02:46:51 KNOW STAFF WAS WORKING ON
02:46:55 SOME ADDITIONAL RECONCILIATIONS, BUT
02:46:57 I
02:47:00 THINK WE STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE BUT ARE
02:47:01 NOT
02:47:02 ALWAYS PERFECT.
02:47:03 >> I'M NOT ASKING
02:47:04 FOR AN APOLOGY RIGHT
02:47:05 NOW, I'M JUST STATED A FACT.
02:47:06 >> WE'RE
02:47:07 CONTINUING TO
02:47:08 PROCESS THE INVOICES AS I NOTED AND
02:47:12 AS YOU HAVE IN
02:47:13 RESPONSES. THE PAYMENT OF $2.1 MILLION
02:47:15 HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID, SO
02:47:18 WE HAVE MORE FUNDS
02:47:20 THAN WE HAVE INVOICED, AND WE ARE
02:47:22 CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT AND PROCESS
02:47:24 THROUGH THE AGREEMENTS. AS YOU
02:47:30 ALSO KNOW, WE SET
02:47:33 UP A VERY
02:47:36 ELABORATE AND DETAILED TRACKING STRUCTURE.
02:47:37 FOR
02:47:38 EACH PAYROLL PERIOD EMPLOYEES WRITE DOWN
02:47:39 AND
02:47:41 ALLOCATE THEIR TIME EITHER TO SUPER
02:47:42 BOWL, FIFA, GENERAL COSTS,
02:47:45 AND THAT IS QUITE A
02:47:46 BIT. AND FRANKLY THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT
02:47:48 THAT HAS THE COST ARE
02:47:50 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE
02:47:51 BEEN WORKING ON
02:47:54 THEM WITH THAT RECONCILIATION PROCESS,
02:47:55 BUT
02:47:56 ALSO MINDFUL THAT THEIR NUMBER ONE
02:47:57 JOB AT THIS MOMENT IS PLANNING FOR
02:48:00 PUBLIC SAFETY.
02:48:01 >> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
02:48:02 MY
02:48:03 JOB IS MAKING SURE WE'RE FISCALLY SOUND,
02:48:04 SO WE'RE ALL
02:48:06 DOING OUR
02:48:12 JOBS. I'LL CONTINUE ON. SO RIGHT
02:48:15 NOW THE BECAUSE THE DATES ALL PIVOTED BECAUSE
02:48:16 YOU
02:48:18 DIDN'T SIGN THE AGREEMENT UNTIL LAST
02:48:20 WEEK, BUT THE CONVENTION CENTER DEPOSITS
02:48:21 WERE DUE
02:48:23 IN NOVEMBER, BUT NOW ARE EXTENDED
02:48:24 TO JANUARY
02:48:27 2nd AND JANUARY
02:48:30 16th. SO WAS THE JANUARY
02:48:33 2nd DEPOSIT MADE? YOU SAID THE DEPOSIT
02:48:34 HAS
02:48:36 NOT BEEN RECEIVED. SO
02:48:39 I
02:48:42 TOOK THE ANSWERS, YOUR ANSWERS
02:48:45 TO MY QUESTIONS AND COMPARED IT WITH
02:48:48 THE DASHBOARD AND WITH ALL THE AGREEMENTS,
02:48:49 AND
02:48:51 SO YOU SAID THE CONTRACT
02:48:56 WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER IS BEING
02:48:57 RENEGOTIATED BY THE
02:49:00 NFL, BUT THE NFL IS NOT A PARTY
02:49:03 TO THE
02:49:05 AGREEMENT. SO THAT SHOULD TRIGGER
02:49:06 CONTRACT BREACH
02:49:09 WITH INTEREST AT 15%. YOU ALSO REVEALED
02:49:12 TO ME THAT THE
02:49:14 STADIUM AUTHORITY HAS SPENT 1.13 MILLION
02:49:17 SINCE MAY 2023 ON EVENT COSTS. BECAUSE I
02:49:18 ASKED YOU
02:49:20 WHAT HAVE YOU BILLED TO THE STADIUM
02:49:24 AUTHORITY, BECAUSE WE ARE
02:49:26 THE STADIUM AUTHORITY, AND IT'S OVER
02:49:27 A
02:49:29 MILLION DOLLARS SO FAR BECAUSE THAT
02:49:30 WILL EVENTUALLY
02:49:33 IMPACT OUR PERFORMANCE RENT. AND
02:49:36 THESE
02:49:39 COSTS ARE NOT SHOWN ON
02:49:42 THE PUBLIC DASHBOARD AND YOU SAID
02:49:45 THESE COSTS WOULDN'T BE FULLY REIMBURSED BY THE
02:49:47 HOST COMMITTEE. AND THERE'S A 2.4
02:49:48 MILLION
02:49:50 OVERHEAD PAYMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT
02:49:51 THAT MEANS OR WHERE IT'S
02:49:54 GOING OR DOES IT RELATE TO
02:49:57 THE, ARE WE
02:50:00 GETTING REIMUS --REIMBURSED WITH THE
02:50:01 STADIUM
02:50:02 AUTHORITY? THESE ARE QUESTIONS I'LL
02:50:03 PUT IN WRITING SPECIFICALLY
02:50:05 --
02:50:06 >> MAYOR, IF I MIGHT INTERRUPT,
02:50:07 THIS ISN'T THE
02:50:09 ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA --
02:50:11 >> WELL, IT'S PART OF THE COST REIMBURSEMENT,
02:50:12 RIGHT?
02:50:13 >> YEAH, BUT NOT FOR THE
02:50:15 CONTRACT IN FRONT OF
02:50:17 YOU. SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS
02:50:18 AND KNOW THEY'RE
02:50:21 IMPORTANT --
02:50:22 >> HERE'S THE BOTTOM
02:50:23 LINE, CITY
02:50:24 ATTORNEY. WE ARE NOT GETTING PAID
02:50:25 BACK PROMPTLY.
02:50:26 WE WERE FLOATING MONEY IN THE GENERAL
02:50:27 FUND, AND I'M CONCERNED
02:50:30 WHEN THE BIG PAYMENTS
02:50:33 COME
02:50:36 IN LIKE THE 1.1
02:50:39 MILLION FOR THE CHP, WE'LL BE FLOATING
02:50:42 THAT MONEY AND WHEN WILL WE
02:50:45 GET REIMBURSED? THE FACT OF THE MATTER
02:50:47 IS I THINK THE FULL COURT STADIUM
02:50:49 FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WE CONTINUED
02:50:50 THROUGH DECEMBER WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA
02:50:52 TONIGHT,
02:50:53 SO I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT UP THERE.
02:50:54 BUT I DIDN'T FIND ANY OPPORTUNITY
02:50:56 TO BRING THIS UP, AND IT'S VERY TIMELY
02:50:58 --
02:50:59 >> I'M WITH YOU MAYOR. >>
02:51:00 WE NEED TO GET PAID BACK IN A TIMELY
02:51:02 MANNER.
02:51:03 >> I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE
02:51:06 NOT IMPORTANT.
02:51:07 >> I UNDERSTAND, I'M
02:51:08 TRYING
02:51:09 TO MONITOR MYSELF TOO BECAUSE I GET
02:51:13 IT. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
02:51:14 THE CITY FLOATING THIS MONEY FOR THIS
02:51:19 CONTRACT AND WHEN
02:51:20 WE'LL GET REPAID BECAUSE THE REPAYMENT
02:51:21 SCHEDULE ACCORDING TO THE DASHBOARD IS
02:51:23 NOT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.
02:51:24 >> I THINK
02:51:25 IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE
02:51:27 ON THIS ITEM TO RESPOND TO ALL THOSE
02:51:28 QUESTIONS --
02:51:30 >> OH, YOU DON'T, YEAH -- >> MAYOR,
02:51:31 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT
02:51:33 --
02:51:34 >> YOU WENT ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT
02:51:35 A RESPONSE, SO
02:51:36 I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU CAN SAY.
02:51:37 >>
02:51:40 WELL, SURE.
02:51:43 I THINK THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FACTUAL
02:51:44 INACCURACIES THERE --
02:51:45 >> I ONLY TOOK
02:51:46 THEM FROM THE RESPONSES YOU GAVE ME
02:51:48 TODAY.
02:51:49 >> ABSOLUTELY. NOT SURE IF
02:51:51 IT WAS A MISINTERPRETATION ON A NOT
02:51:52 UNDERSTANDING OF THE
02:51:53 INFORMATION PRESENTED, BUT A NUMBER
02:51:57 OF THE STATEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR THE
02:51:59 ONE ABOUT UNREIMBURSED COSTS WAS DISCUSSED
02:52:02 WHEN THE LEAGUE EVENT AGREEMENT AND
02:52:04 THE FIFA
02:52:07 AGREEMENT CAME BEFORE THE
02:52:08 CITY COUNCIL. THOSE COSTS THAT YOU
02:52:10 MENTIONED
02:52:11 ARE ALL GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
02:52:13 THAT ARE BILLED TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY
02:52:15 FOR BOTH REGULAR EVENTS, AND A LARGE
02:52:16 PART
02:52:19 OF THE COSTS AS WE DISCUSSED
02:52:21 IN NUMEROUS PUBLIC SESSIONS, WERE
02:52:22 THE
02:52:24 COSTS TO NEGOTIATE THE AGREEMENT.
02:52:25 OUR LEGAL
02:52:27 COSTS, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE COUNCIL, AND
02:52:28 AS
02:52:29 NOTED IN THE RESPONSE --
02:52:30 >> EVEN THOUGH
02:52:31 IT'S NOT
02:52:33 SUBJECT TO THIS ITEM, CITY MANAGER,
02:52:37 THEY'RE COSTS. THEY'RE
02:52:38 COSTS FOR THESE EVENTS CHARGED TO
02:52:42 THE STADIUM AUTHORITY.
02:52:43 >> THAT IS
02:52:44 ABSOLUTELY TRUE,
02:52:46 BUT AS WELL AS A PART OF THE, INCLUDED
02:52:47 IN THE RESPONSES YOU WERE PROVIDED
02:52:49 TODAY WAS AN
02:52:50 EXAMPLE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE STAFF TIME
02:52:52 TO GENERATE
02:52:54 THE COST, TO GENERATE THE RESPONSES
02:52:57 TO YOUR QUESTIONS ARE NOT PAID FOR BY
02:53:00 THE HOST COMMITTEE OR OUTSIDE PARTY.
02:53:01 THEY'RE BILLED TO THE STADIUM
02:53:04 AUTHORITY AS WITH ALL
02:53:06 WREN AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. ALL
02:53:07 THE STAFF
02:53:10 TIME, YOU'LL RECALL WE HAD
02:53:12 NUMEROUS POLICY SETTING CONVERSATIONS HERE
02:53:13 WITH THE COUNCIL
02:53:14 AND NEGOTIATION SESSIONS. ALL THAT
02:53:16 TIME WAS CODED TO THE
02:53:18 STADIUM AUTHORITY AND IS A PART OF
02:53:19 THAT.
02:53:22 BUT I THINK THIS ITEM
02:53:25 IS ABOUT THE CHP COST, AND
02:53:27 WE'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS GERMANE
02:53:28 TO THAT AGREEMENT.
02:53:30 I'LL TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER TO YOU.
02:53:31 >> ANY MEMBERS OF
02:53:34 THE PUBLIC THAT
02:53:37 WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? IF
02:53:40 NOT
02:53:43 CAN I PLEASE HAVE A
02:53:45 MOTION OF APPROVAL. IS THIS AUTHORITY OR
02:53:46 COUNCILMEMBER? COUNCILMEMBER HARDY.
02:53:49 >> I'D LIKE TO MAKE
02:53:52 A
02:53:55 MOTION
02:53:56 TO APPROVE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION
02:53:58 FOR 3I, ACTION ON
02:54:01 A STANDARD AGREEMENT WITH
02:54:04 THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
02:54:06 FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT RELATED TO
02:54:10 THE SUPER BOWL.
02:54:13 >>
02:54:16 I'VE BEEN SIGNED OUT OF MY I
02:54:18 LEGISLATE, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. I
02:54:19 CAN USE
02:54:22 THIS PASS WORD,
02:54:25 SORRY TO
02:54:28 DELAY, GUYS, BUT I DON'T
02:54:37 HAVE A KEYBOARD.
02:54:38 >> PLEASE
02:54:43 REGISTER YOUR
02:54:45 VOTE.
02:54:46 >> COUNCILMEMBER COX, WOULD
02:54:47 YOU LIKE TO
02:54:49 CAST YOUR
02:54:52 VOTE
02:54:55 AND I'LL --
02:54:58 THANK YOU.
02:54:59 >> THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
02:55:04 ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE
02:55:07 HAVE I TEMPERATURE 6, ACTION ON RESOLUTION
02:55:08 FOR
02:55:10 AN EXCEPTION TO THE
02:55:13 180 DAY WAITING PERIOD TO APPOINT
02:55:16 DAVE
02:55:22 STAUB INTENT TO SERVE AS
02:55:34 TEMPORARY EXTRA HELP
02:55:37 TO PERFORM WORK AS
02:55:40 DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
02:55:41 >> AS YOU KNOW THERE'S
02:55:42 A 180 SEPARATION DATE FOR A RETIREE
02:55:43 TO COME BACK AND WORK
02:55:46 FOR THE CITY, BUT WE'RE
02:55:49 ASKING FOR AN EXCEPTION
02:55:53 TO THAT FOR DAVE STAUB. WE'RE
02:55:55 AVAILABLE TO ADVANCE QUESTIONS ABOUT
02:55:56 HIS SPECIFIC
02:55:58 DUTIES, BUT MR. STAUB WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE
02:55:59 FOR
02:56:00 BENEFITS FROM THE CITY AND WOULD BE
02:56:02 LIMITED TO 960
02:56:05 HOURS OF WORK FOR THE YEAR,
02:56:08 AND
02:56:13 HIS TERM WOULD BE LIMITED TO TWO YEARS.
02:56:14 >>
02:56:15 THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER
02:56:16 HARDY?
02:56:17 >> MAYOR, THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO
02:56:18 ADDITIONAL PARTS OF THE PRESENTATION
02:56:20 --
02:56:21 >> OH, I'M SORRY.
02:56:23 >> ONE IS A PRESENTATION BY
02:56:24 THE DIRECTOR.
02:56:25 >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR
02:56:26 AND COUNCIL. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF
02:56:28 PUBLIC WORKS. JUST WANTED TO SPEND A
02:56:31 COUPLE OF MINUTES AND EXPLAIN SOME
02:56:32 OF
02:56:33 THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF
02:56:35 OUR REQUEST TONIGHT. AT
02:56:38 THE END
02:56:40 OF LAST YEAR, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO,
02:56:44 WE HAD THREE OF
02:56:45 THE SEVEN DIVISION MANAGERS RETIRE.
02:56:47 OUR DESIGN MANAGER, TRAFFIC
02:56:49 MANAGER, AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
02:56:51 WORKS THAT OVERSAW THE STREETS DIVISION
02:56:53 ALL RETIRED WITH
02:56:54 ABOUT 30 YEARS OF SERVICE EACH. THAT
02:56:56 WAS A SIGNIFICANT
02:56:58 LOSS FOR US. OVER THE COURSE OF THE
02:57:02 LAST YEAR WE ALSO
02:57:05 HAD RETIREMENTS IN
02:57:06 THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGER
02:57:07 AND STREET SUPERINTENDENT POSITION.
02:57:08 WHILE
02:57:09 WE'VE FILLED THOSE TWO, IT OBVIOUSLY
02:57:11 TAKES TIME TO COME
02:57:12 UP TO SPEED WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT
02:57:14 EFFORTS THE DEPARTMENT IS
02:57:17 UNDERTAKING. SO WE HAVE
02:57:19 A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BRING BACK DAVE
02:57:20 STAUB WHO
02:57:22 WAS A PREVIOUS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
02:57:24 PUBLIC WORKS. AND HE WOULD BE ASSIGNED
02:57:26 TO
02:57:29 HELP OUT IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
02:57:32 AREAS, WHICH INCLUDE SUPER
02:57:34 BOWL 60 AND FIFA WORLD CUP. SPECIAL
02:57:37 EVENTS CURRENTLY BEING COORDINATED
02:57:40 AND CONSIDERED. LANDFILL MONITORING
02:57:42 AND REGULATORY AGENCY COORDINATION.
02:57:44 STREETS DIVISION CAPITAL
02:57:47 AND OPERATING BUDGET PREPARATION AND
02:57:48 MANAGEMENT.
02:57:50 WETLAND MITIGATION PROPOSALS
02:57:52 THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM RELATED
02:57:53 COMPANIES. CLEAN
02:57:56 UP CAMPAIGN COORDINATION AND
02:57:59 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. SOLID WASTE RATE ANALYSIS
02:58:01 AND UPDATES. DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY
02:58:03 OPERATION SUPPORT. WORNING WITH HR
02:58:05 AND IMPLEMENTING NEW
02:58:08 SAFETY PROGRAMS. TRAINING AND
02:58:10 MENTORING OUR NEW STAFF AS WELL AS
02:58:12 OTHER TASKS WE DEEM NECESSARY. DAVE
02:58:14 HAS APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE,
02:58:17 AND HE'S BEEN AN EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYEE
02:58:20 FOR THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, SO
02:58:23 THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING COUNCIL ADOPT
02:58:26 THE RESOLUTION OF EXCEPTION TO THE
02:58:27 180
02:58:28 DAY WAITING PERIOD SO WE CAN REHIRE
02:58:30 HIM.
02:58:31 >> AND JUST LASTLY WITH THIS
02:58:32 ITEM, IT WAS ON ONE
02:58:35 OF THE PRIOR SCREENS, BUT
02:58:38 STAFF MECHANICS
02:58:41 THESE RECOMMENDATIONS VERY
02:58:44 SPARINGLY. IN 2024, WE
02:58:46 HAD, WE RECOMMENDED ONE. LAST YEAR
02:58:47 WE RECOMMENDED
02:58:50 ONE,
02:58:53 AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE
02:58:56 OF 2026. KNOW
02:58:58 THAT IT'S DONE FOR UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES.
02:58:59 I'LL
02:59:02 ALSO NOTE THAT WE
02:59:04 HAVE AN ACTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT
02:59:05 BEING DONE
02:59:08 BY AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT
02:59:11 THAT'S LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT
02:59:14 AND DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE PUBLIC
02:59:17 WORKS DEPARTMENT, SO
02:59:19 DAVE'S RETIREMENT IS ALSO PROVIDING
02:59:20 AN OPPORTUNITY TO
02:59:22 LOOK AT HOW TO RESTRUCTURE THE POSITIONS
02:59:23 INSIDE
02:59:26 THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
02:59:28 BRINGING HIM BACK ALLOWS FOR THE CONTINUANCE
02:59:29 OF ALL
02:59:30 THE SERVICES THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED
02:59:32 AND ALLOWS US TIME
02:59:35 TO DETERMINE IF
02:59:38 WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE STRUCTURE WE'VE
02:59:39 HAD
02:59:41 IN PLACE FOR MAKE
02:59:44 ADJUSTMENTS.
02:59:45 >>
02:59:46 ALL RIGHT, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER
02:59:50 HARDY.
02:59:51 >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE
02:59:53 YOU TELLING US WE ONLY HAD ONE IN
02:59:54 2024,
02:59:56 ONE IN 2025, AND THIS IS
02:59:59 SPECIFIC TO OUR LARGE EVENTS AND BECAUSE
03:00:00 WE LOST
03:00:02 SO MANY PEOPLE JUST
03:00:05 AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO I
03:00:08 JUST WOULD LIKE, I
03:00:11 GOT ASKED THE QUESTION, IS THIS DOUBLE DIPPING
03:00:14 FROM A RESIDENT, AND I
03:00:17 WOULD LIKE YOU TO JUST ANSWER THAT
03:00:18 QUESTION.
03:00:20 >> SO, THE EMPLOYEE WOULD DEFINITELY
03:00:21 BE
03:00:22 RECEIVING COMPENSATION FROM THE CITY
03:00:23 AS
03:00:26 A REHIRE, BUT
03:00:29 THEY'D ALSO
03:00:33 BE ELIGIBLE TOLL RECEIVE THE PENSION.
03:00:35 >>
03:00:37 COUNCILMEMBER JAIN?
03:00:38 >> AND I THINK
03:00:39 THIS IS
03:00:41 RELEVANT TO THIS TOPIC SINCE YOU MENTIONED
03:00:44 IT. YOU SAID THREE OUT OF
03:00:46 SEVEN DIVISION MANAGERS HAVE RETIRED
03:00:47 AFTER 30
03:00:50 YEARS. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, AND
03:00:53 I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER
03:00:56 TALKED ABOUT HAVING AN OUTSIDE
03:00:59 CONSULTANT LOOK AT OUR, UM, STAFFING
03:01:00 AND
03:01:02 SUCH, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE SHOULD
03:01:03 HAVE
03:01:05 KNOWN THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE RETIRING
03:01:06 AND
03:01:09 I'M JUST WONDERING HOW
03:01:12 WE'RE MANAGING SUCCESS PLANNING
03:01:13 AND PLANNING FOR THIS GOING FORWARD.
03:01:15 >> SURE. THAT'S A GREAT
03:01:17 QUESTION. I WANT TO ANSWER A LITTLE BIT
03:01:21 OF THE LAST QUESTION FIRST
03:01:23 ABOUT DOUBLE DIPPING. ONE OF THE REASONS
03:01:24 CALPERS
03:01:26 HAS AN HOUR LIMIT TO AVOID THE FULL
03:01:27 IMPACT OF
03:01:28 THE DOUBLE DIPPING. SO THIS POSITION
03:01:30 WOULD BE
03:01:33 LIMITED TO WHAT'S
03:01:34 SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. 960 HOURS. SO
03:01:36 THEY MAY RECEIVE
03:01:37 THE PENSION, BUT NOT BE WORKING FULL
03:01:39 TIME.
03:01:40 >>
03:01:41 AND THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR
03:01:44 BENEFITS FROM THE CITY AS WELL.
03:01:45 >>
03:01:46 SO TO COUNCILMEMBER JAIN'S QUESTION ABOUT
03:01:48 SUCCESS PLANNING AND
03:01:51 DID WE HAVE NOTICE
03:01:53 THAT THIS EMPLOYEE WOULD RETIRE. UM,
03:01:54 WITH
03:01:55 THIS PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE, WE DID HAVE SOME
03:01:57 NOTICE THEY WOULD
03:02:00 RETIRE. I WILL SAY WITH ALL CITY
03:02:02 EMPLOYEES, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT
03:02:03 YOU
03:02:05 PROVIDE YOUR EMPLOYER WITH SUFFICIENT
03:02:06 TIME
03:02:08 TO UNDERTAKE A RECRUITMENT. SOMETIMES
03:02:09 WE HEAR
03:02:11 SOMEONE'S RETIRING WITHIN A MONTH, OR,
03:02:15 YOU KNOW, EVEN WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
03:02:18 AND SO THERE'S NO WAY TO FORCE
03:02:21 AN
03:02:24 EMPLOYEE TO TELL US THAT
03:02:30 THEY WILL RETIRE. ALSO
03:02:31 TALKING ABOUT THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT
03:02:32 EMPLOYEES, IT'S DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT
03:02:33 FROM
03:02:35 SAY AN EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS IN A CLASS
03:02:36 WHERE THERE ARE
03:02:38 CLEAR LADDERS LIKE A STEP ONE OR STEP
03:02:41 TWO OR SENIORS. THOSE ARE MUCH EASIER
03:02:42 TO SUCCESS PLAN. ALSO
03:02:45 I'LL NOTE PART OF ONE OF THE THINGS
03:02:47 WE'RE LEARNING THROUGH THE ORGANIZATIONAL
03:02:48 ASSESSMENT OF
03:02:50 THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BASED
03:02:51 ON
03:02:52 HOW THEIR DIVISIONS ARE STRUCTURED,
03:02:54 THERE'S NOT ALWAYS A CLEAR
03:02:56 LADDER FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THAT DEPUTY
03:02:57 DIRECTOR
03:02:59 ROLE OR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ROLE. SO
03:03:03 WE ACTUALLY NEED TO LOOK
03:03:05 AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE SO
03:03:06 THE
03:03:09 POSITIONS THAT UNDERPIN THESE
03:03:10 POSITIONS THAT SUPPORT THE DIRECTOR
03:03:12 ARE GETTING
03:03:13 THE EXPERIENCE SO WHEN THE POSITION
03:03:15 BECOMES VACANT
03:03:20 THEY CAN COMPETE AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING
03:03:21 OUTSIDE.
03:03:22 >> UM,
03:03:24 HOW DO WE, IF
03:03:25 SOMEONE IS ONLY GIVING YOU TWO WEEKS
03:03:27 NOTICE, AND THEY'RE THAT
03:03:30 HIGH LEVEL, I'M
03:03:33 TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE
03:03:35 MAINTAIN THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
03:03:36 WHAT DO WE
03:03:38 DO ABOUT THAT?
03:03:39 >> SO MORE OF A GLOBAL
03:03:40 ANSWER WITH
03:03:42 THAT, NOT EVERYONE WILL GIVE YOU
03:03:45 SHORT NOTICE, AND THIS PARTICULAR
03:03:46 POSITION
03:03:48 DID NOT. WE KNEW, I
03:03:50 DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY MONTHS, BUT
03:03:51 FOR SOME TIME IT
03:03:54 WOULD COME AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
03:03:57 THAT SAID,
03:04:03 HOW YOU SUCCESSION PLAN
03:04:05 IS REALLY YOUR QUESTION. THERE'S A
03:04:06 WHOLE ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL PROCESS AROUND
03:04:07 THAT.
03:04:09 BUT WHAT YOU DO IS
03:04:11 YOU HAVE THE LADDERS AS WE TALKED
03:04:12 ABOUT. YOU
03:04:14 MAKE SURE YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE WELL
03:04:15 ROUNDED EXPERIENCE. OFTEN
03:04:18 TIMES ONE OF THE
03:04:21 THINGS YOU'LL DO IS THAT YOU
03:04:23 WILL HAVE SAY FOUR DIVISION MANAGERS.
03:04:24 YOU DON'T LET
03:04:27 EVERYONE STAY DIVISION MANAGER FOR
03:04:28 YOUR
03:04:30 ENTIRE CAREER. YOU ROTATE SO PEOPLE
03:04:33 GET EXPERIENCE IN
03:04:39 ALL THE DIFFERENT FACETS OF
03:04:45 THAT DEPARTMENT. AND NOT TO MENTION
03:04:48 WE DO PARTICIPATE, WE RUN OUR OWN
03:04:51 LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN
03:04:54 THE CITY AND ALSO PARTICIPATE IN COUNCIL
03:04:55 AND
03:04:56 REGIONAL TRAINING. SO WE TAKE FIRST LINE
03:04:57 SUPERVISORS AND
03:04:59 SEND THEM TO TRAINING TO HAVE THE
03:05:02 TRAINING TO BECOME A MANAGER WHEN
03:05:03 THE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS BECOME AVAILABLE
03:05:04 AND VARIOUS
03:05:05 THINGS LIKE THAT AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
03:05:09 IN THE
03:05:11 ORGANIZATION.
03:05:12 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
03:05:13 COX?
03:05:14 >>
03:05:15 SO I'M, AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE BIT
03:05:16 ABOUT THE SUCCESSION
03:05:18 PLAN,
03:05:21 AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS EXPLICITLY
03:05:24 STATED WE WERE GIVEN TWO WEEKS NOTICE
03:05:27 OR THAT WAS A HYPOTHETICAL,
03:05:30 BUT WE'RE TALKING A 20 DAY
03:05:31 TURNOVER, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING
03:05:33 THAT
03:05:35 MR. STAUB CAN COLLECT FULL PENSION AND
03:05:36 THE SALARY
03:05:38 AT THE SAME TIME. I THINK, MAYBE IT
03:05:39 WOULD BE HELPFUL
03:05:41 TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY
03:05:42 THE 180 DAY WAITING
03:05:45 PERIOD IS IN PLACE BECAUSE I WOULD
03:05:48 ASSUME THAT IT REPRESENTS SOME OF
03:05:50 THESE CONCERNS. AND AGAIN, WAS THERE
03:05:51 NO CONVERSATION
03:05:54 THEN WHEN THIS
03:05:57 WAS BROUGHT
03:06:00 UP ABOUT CONTINUING THE
03:06:02 EMPLOYMENT PERIOD THROUGH THESE EVENTS
03:06:03 BECAUSE IN THIS INSTANCE
03:06:06 ARE WE ESSENTIALLY PAYING MORE OUT FOR
03:06:09 THESE SERVICES THAN WE WOULD HAVE.
03:06:10 >> AND SO,
03:06:12 AND AGAIN I JUST WANTED TO
03:06:15 BE CLEAR, DID WE SAY THIS
03:06:18 WAS THE ONLY EXCEPTION WE'VE APPROVED
03:06:19 BECAUSE
03:06:21 I THOUGHT IN THE STAFF REPORT I THOUGHT
03:06:22 IT
03:06:24 WAS THE SECOND 180 DAY WAIVER WE'VE APPROVED
03:06:27 THIS FISCAL YEAR.
03:06:28 >> FOR FISCAL YEAR,
03:06:31 CORRECT, BUT ONLY ONE IN
03:06:33 2024 FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, ONLY ONE
03:06:34 IN
03:06:36 2025 --
03:06:37 >> IS THAT ADVANTAGEOUS TO
03:06:38 CALL
03:06:40 IT A CALENDAR YEAR
03:06:42 WHEN YOU'RE PITCHING IT ONE WAY?
03:06:43 >>
03:06:46 YEAH.
03:06:49 UM I THINK FAIR POINT ON THE
03:06:50 CALENDAR YEAR AND FISCAL YEAR. THE
03:06:52 IS POINT
03:06:54 WE VERY RARELY OUT OF THE, WHAT, MORE
03:06:55 THAN 100 PEOPLE
03:06:57 I THINK A YEAR THAT SEPARATE FROM
03:07:01 THE
03:07:04 CITY, WE
03:07:06 VERY RARELY BRING BACK A RETIREE IS THE
03:07:09 POINT OF THE STATEMENT. ONE PART OF
03:07:10 THE QUESTION
03:07:12 IS ARE WE PAYING MORE BY DOING THIS,
03:07:15 NO, IN FACT WE'RE PAYING LESS. SAY
03:07:17 THE EMPLOYEE RETIRES, YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT
03:07:19 TIME OR THE EMPLOYEE
03:07:22 SEPARATES AND YOU HIRE
03:07:24 A NEW EMPLOYEE, YOU'RE PAYING SALARY
03:07:25 PLUS BENEFITS.
03:07:27 FOR THIS PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE, WE'RE
03:07:28 ONLY PAYING SALARY,
03:07:30 NO BENEFITS. NOW YOU'RE OTHER QUESTION
03:07:34 IS ARE THEY RECEIVING
03:07:35 THEIR PENSION? IS THIS PARTICULAR
03:07:37 EMPLOYEE RECEIVING
03:07:40 THEIR PENSION? I DON'T HAVE
03:07:41 THAT INFORMATION, THAT'S TYPICALLY PRIVATE
03:07:43 INFORMATION. NOW, THEY
03:07:46 ARE ELIGIBLE TO PULL THEIR
03:07:49 PENSION. NOT EVERYONE THAT LEAVES
03:07:50 CITY SERVICE IMMEDIATELY DECIDES TO
03:07:52 PULL THE PENSION. THERE'S A PROCESS
03:07:54 WHERE YOU PULL YOUR PENSION. BECAUSE
03:07:55 IT'S A PENSION,
03:07:56 WE'RE NOT PAYING THAT PENSION. WE
03:07:58 HAVE PAID INTO THAT
03:08:00 PENSION FOR THE LIFE OF THEIR TIME
03:08:01 HERE,
03:08:04 AND SO THEIR PENSION, AND
03:08:07 THAT PENSION CHECK IS
03:08:10 BEING WRITTEN BY CALPERS. NOW, WE
03:08:13 HAVE AN ANNUAL PAYMENT WE PAY FOR
03:08:15 THE ENTIRE PENSION SYSTEM, BUT WE'RE
03:08:16 NOT PAYING BOTH
03:08:18 THE PENSION OF THE EMPLOYEE AND WAGES --
03:08:19 >>
03:08:21 PERHAPS I FRAMED THAT WRONG. IS IT
03:08:22 POTENTIAL THAT
03:08:23 THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FINANCIALLY
03:08:25 MORE FROM DOING
03:08:27 IT THIS WAY THAN RETAINING EMPLOYMENT?
03:08:28 NOW, IF WE
03:08:31 DON'T LOOK AT IT FROM WHAT WE
03:08:34 DO, AND AGAIN IF
03:08:37 WE'RE LOOKING
03:08:40 AT THIS 180 DAY WAITING PERIOD
03:08:42 IS IT SPECIFICALLY PREVENTING TAKE ADVANTAGE?
03:08:43 AND
03:08:46 I'M NOT SAYING
03:08:49 THEY ARE. AND I HAVE OCTOBER AS
03:08:51 THE LAST TIME WE APPROVED ONE OF THESE?
03:08:52 >> YES.
03:08:55 >> WHICH IS THIS FISCAL
03:08:58 YEAR AS WELL.
03:08:59 >> FISCAL YEAR, NOT
03:09:01 CALENDAR YEAR,
03:09:03 YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. IMPORTANT AND
03:09:04 VERY GOOD
03:09:06 QUESTION AROUND IS THIS ADVANTAGEOUS
03:09:07 FOR
03:09:10 A
03:09:11 PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE. I WOULD SAY THAT'S
03:09:13 EXACTLY WHY ALL PENSION SYSTEMS
03:09:19 HAVE THE RULE ABOUT DOUBLE
03:09:20 DIPPING. NOW, THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS,
03:09:22 THIS EXEMPTION IS IN PARTICULAR, I
03:09:23 ACTUALLY THINK DESIGNED TO BE USED
03:09:25 FOR THE TYPE OF
03:09:28 EMPLOYEE WE'RE USING IT FOR. A
03:09:30 SENIOR LEVEL EMPLOYEE OR AN EMPLOYEE
03:09:31 WITH
03:09:34 A UNIQUE SKILL SET THAT
03:09:36 IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE EMPLOYER
03:09:37 TO KEEP THEM
03:09:40 ON FOR A SHORT
03:09:43 PERIOD OF TIME, SO THERE'S A TWO YEAR
03:09:46 LIMIT ON THAT. WE ARE NOT AND I KNOW THE
03:09:48 EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOOKING TO WORK FOR
03:09:49 THE ENTIRE TWO
03:09:51 YEARS. THIS ALLOWS US TO GET THROUGH
03:09:52 THE
03:09:55 CRITICAL SERVICE
03:09:58 NEED
03:10:01 THAT WE HAVE AND RETAIN,
03:10:07 UM, THEIR SERVICE. I THINK ALSO
03:10:10 IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS YOU HAVE
03:10:11 PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT
03:10:13 THAT MAY
03:10:16 RETIRE AND TAKE A SECOND
03:10:19 JOB WITH A NONGOVERNMENT ENTITY.
03:10:25 THEY MAY NOT PULL THEIR PENSION.
03:10:28 AND
03:10:31 SO I DON'T KNOW THE
03:10:32 PARTICULAR PERSONAL DECISIONS FOR
03:10:34 THIS EMPLOYEE TO
03:10:37 RETIRE, BUT
03:10:43 I KNOW THEY WORKED FOR
03:10:46 US FOR OVER 30 YEARS SO IT'S TIME
03:10:49 FOR THEM TO RETIRE IN THEIR NORMAL
03:10:52 PATH AND CALCULATION, AND IT PLACES
03:10:53 US IN
03:10:54 A SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL DEFICIT.
03:10:55 I KNOW THE DIRECTOR CAME TO ME AND
03:10:57 SAID HEY, I KNOW WE RARELY DO THIS,
03:10:58 BUT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO
03:11:01 THE DEPARTMENT IF I COULD CONVINCE
03:11:04 THE EMPLOYEE TO STAY ON FOR A LITTLE
03:11:05 BIT,
03:11:06 TO DO THIS, ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE
03:11:07 IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL,
03:11:09 AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEFORE YOU. IT'S
03:11:10 REALLY
03:11:11 BEFORE YOU BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT,
03:11:13 UPON THE KNOWLEDGE THAT
03:11:15 THE EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO RETIRE,
03:11:16 SAW THE OPERATIONAL NEED AND
03:11:19 ASK IT
03:11:20 BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
03:11:22 >> THANK YOU. ANY MEMBER OF
03:11:25 THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE
03:11:28 TO SPEAK ON THIS
03:11:34 ISSUE? NO ONE ONLINE? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER
03:11:36 PARK?
03:11:37 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON THAT. I
03:11:38 THINK THIS IS A
03:11:41 DISCUSSION THAT SHOULD
03:11:44 BE DONE PRIOR TO
03:11:46 THE RETIREMENT, PRIOR TO IT, AND AGAIN, I
03:11:47 SHARE
03:11:48 COUNCILMEMBER COX'S CONCERNS. I THINK
03:11:50 THIS
03:11:53 IS
03:11:56 ADVANTAGEOUS
03:11:59 TO THE EMPLOYEE. I MEAN, THEY'RE
03:12:02 GETTING BASICALLY THE OLD SALARY
03:12:05 WITH NO BENEFITS
03:12:08 AND THE PENSION, WHICH IS
03:12:11 BENEFIT. WITH PUBLIC SERVICE
03:12:14 AND PENSION, YOU GET
03:12:17 90% OF YOUR HIGHEST SALARY,
03:12:18 WITH MODERN CALPERS YOU GET A LITTLE
03:12:20 LESS. YOU CAN RETIRE
03:12:23 AT THE AGE OF
03:12:26 50 OR 55 IF YOU'RE
03:12:29 IN
03:12:31 PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THIS IS EXACTLY
03:12:32 WHY CALPERS HAS
03:12:34 THE WAITING PERIOD. BUT THAT'S NOT
03:12:35 REALLY THE ISSUE.
03:12:38 THE ISSUE
03:12:40 IS, LIKE AT SOME POINT THE SUCCESSION
03:12:41 PLAN SHOULDN'T
03:12:43 BE SOMETHING YOU DISCUSS WHEN SOMEONE IS
03:12:44 LEAVING. THERE SHOULD ALWAYS
03:12:45 BE SOMEONE THAT CAN TAKE OVER THE
03:12:47 ROLE. THE QUESTION WE HAVE IN TECH
03:12:50 IS WHO TAKES OVER WHEN THIS PERSON
03:12:52 IS OUT OR ON VACATION, WE HAVE TO
03:12:54 IDENTIFY THOSE PEOPLE. AND IF THEY'RE
03:12:56 NOT IDENTIFIED, THEN
03:12:57 PEOPLE CAN'T LEAVE. SO IT BECOMES
03:12:59 VERY
03:13:02 IMPORTANT
03:13:03 FOR THESE PEOPLE TO POINT OUT MENTOR
03:13:05 AND
03:13:08 TRAIN THE PEOPLE
03:13:10 THAT ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WORK
03:13:14 IN THEIR STEAD WHILE THEY'RE GONE.
03:13:15 YOU
03:13:17 SAID, IT'S ONE IN CALENDAR YEAR,
03:13:19 FISCAL YEAR, CALENDAR YEAR 2024, AND
03:13:23 ONE IN CALENDAR YEAR 2025. BUT
03:13:26 I THOUGHT THESE WERE SUPPOSED
03:13:27 TO BE ALMOST EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.
03:13:29 THEY'RE NOT
03:13:31 SUPPOSED TO BE DONE ON A YEARLY BASIS
03:13:32 UNLESS YOU
03:13:34 DON'T HAVE A GOOD SUCCESSION PLAN.
03:13:35 AND WHEN I
03:13:37 LOOK TO BRINGING SENIOR PEOPLE BACK
03:13:38 IN ENGINEERING, I'M
03:13:41 NOT BRINGING THEM BACK TO
03:13:44 DO WORK, I'M BRINGING THEM
03:13:46 BACK TO ENSURE THE PERSON TAKING THEIR
03:13:47 PLACE
03:13:50 CAN DO THEIR JOB. AND THEY GET PAID
03:13:53 MORE IF THEY CAN ENSURE THE PERSON
03:13:54 TAKING THEIR
03:13:55 PLACE CAN COME ONLINE SOONER RATHER THAN
03:13:56 LATER. I MEAN, I HEAR,
03:13:59 AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT
03:14:02 SUPER BOWL AND FIFA AND HERE WE ARE
03:14:03 IN 2026 TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE RETIRING
03:14:05 AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND
03:14:08 WE NEED THEM FOR THESE
03:14:09 EVENTS THROUGH THE TIME PERIODS. I FEEL
03:14:11 LIKE THIS IS THE WRONG
03:14:14 TIME TO BE DISCUSSING THIS. I
03:14:16 FEEL THAT FROM A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE,
03:14:17 I
03:14:20 MEAN, I UNDERSTAND
03:14:23 COUNCILMEMBER COX. IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE
03:14:25 SEEING THIS QUITE OFTEN. AND THERE'S
03:14:26 THAT
03:14:29 JOKE, THAT MEME THAT SAYS IF I
03:14:32 GOT A
03:14:35 NICKEL EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENED I'D
03:14:38 HAVE TWO NICKELS, WHICH IS NOT
03:14:40 A LOT, BUT IT'S MORE THAN I EXPECTED.
03:14:41 I DON'T LIKE
03:14:43 TO SEE THIS. THE OTHER THING I THINK
03:14:44 I WOULD DOES,
03:14:47 IS IT ROBS OUR CURRENT
03:14:50 EMPLOYEES OF A SUCCESS PLAN. OF A
03:14:51 PROMOTION.
03:14:53 I THINK AT SOME
03:14:56 POINT, WE'RE HEARING NO, BUT AT
03:14:59 SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, NO
03:15:02 ONE ELSE IS GOING INTO
03:15:05 DEPUTY DIRECTOR
03:15:10 ROLE. AND I'D KIND OF LIKE TO KNOW
03:15:11 IF
03:15:13 THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE CAPABLE OF DOING
03:15:14 THIS WORK, AND IF
03:15:15 THERE ARE, THEN ALL THIS DISCUSSION
03:15:17 I'VE HEARD
03:15:20 ABOUT THE LADDERS WE TALKED ABOUT,
03:15:21 EMPLOYEES
03:15:22 HAVE FOUR DIVISION MANAGERS, ROTATE
03:15:23 THEM, THE DEPARTMENT
03:15:25 MANAGER ROLE, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A
03:15:26 GOOD IDEA, BUT
03:15:28 I FEEL LIKE THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY HAPPENING BECAUSE
03:15:29 IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE
03:15:31 SEEING AND THESE AREN'T THE ANSWERS
03:15:32 I'M GETTING
03:15:35 WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS COMES
03:15:38 UP. I'M GLAD THAT THIS ITEM MADE
03:15:41 IT AS AN ACTUAL ITEM INSTEAD OF
03:15:44 A CONSENT
03:15:50 ITEM SO WE CAN DISCUSS
03:15:53 THIS, BUT AGAIN
03:15:55 I UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND TIMELINES.
03:15:59 I FEEL LIKE IF EMPLOYEES
03:16:01 CARED ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYER THEY'D
03:16:02 WORK TO ENSURE WE
03:16:05 HAVE COVERAGE UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE CAN
03:16:06 COME ONLINE
03:16:08 AND TAKE THEIR PLACE. I THINK THAT
03:16:09 A
03:16:10 GOOD WORK PLACE WOULD HAVE SOMEONE
03:16:11 IN
03:16:14 MIND TO BE PROMOTED INTO THAT POSITION
03:16:15 WHEN
03:16:17 SENIOR EMPLOYEES LEAVE. WHAT I'M
03:16:20 HEARING IS THIS ISN'T
03:16:23 TRUE. WHAT I'M SEEING IS, IT'S PROBABLY
03:16:26 NOT TRUE. I UNDERSTAND THE NEED.
03:16:29 I DON'T LIKE TO SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING.
03:16:32 I'D LIKE TO SEE
03:16:35 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 20
03:16:38 YEARS. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE 10
03:16:39 YEARS, 15
03:16:42 YEARS TRAINED TO TAKE OVER THESE
03:16:45 POSITIONS
03:16:48 SO THE PEOPLE
03:16:49 RETIRING, WELL DESERVED AFTER 25,
03:16:51 26
03:16:53 YEARS, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR
03:16:54 RETIREMENT.
03:16:57 BUT IT FEELS
03:17:00 LIKE, IT FEELS
03:17:03 VERY MUCH LIKE PEOPLE USING THIS
03:17:05 OPPORTUNITY TO GET A JOB, GET ADDITIONAL
03:17:06 PAY,
03:17:09 AND NOT HAVE TO LOOK FOR
03:17:11 A SECOND JOB DURING RETIREMENT WHILE
03:17:12 THEY'RE
03:17:13 COLLECTING PENSION. I MEAN, THAT'S
03:17:15 WHAT IT FEELS
03:17:17 LIKE. AND AGAIN, BEFORE THIS COMES
03:17:18 UP
03:17:19 AGAIN, BECAUSE I ALMOST FEEL THAT
03:17:21 IT WILL, I WOULD REALLY LIKE
03:17:23 TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS DOING, THE KIND
03:17:25 OF DISCUSSIONS THE CITY IS HAVING,
03:17:27 WITH THE EMPLOYEES
03:17:30 THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE ON ON HOW
03:17:32 THEY CAN GET PROMOTED TO THESE ROLES,
03:17:33 GET
03:17:36 PREPARED FOR THE ROLES. AND IF
03:17:38 YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T LOOK
03:17:39 ACROSS THE
03:17:42 ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND FIND A
03:17:43 REPLACEMENT FOR SENIOR MANAGERS, I
03:17:45 THINK THAT'S
03:17:48 ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SHOULD
03:17:50 WORK ON FIRST. I THINK IF WE BRING
03:17:54 ON MR. STAUB, WHICH I KNOW HIM
03:17:55 AND SEEN HIM GIVE PRESENTATIONS FOR
03:17:57 MANY
03:18:00 YEARS WITH THE DIRECTOR,
03:18:03 BUT I WOULD
03:18:05 LIKE TO SEE NEW FACES. I WOULD LIKE
03:18:06 TO SEE
03:18:09 PEOPLE STILL IN THE
03:18:14 PRIME OF THEIR CAREERS GOING INTO THESE
03:18:15 POSITIONS. THANK
03:18:18 YOU.
03:18:19 >> OKAY, DID I GO
03:18:21 TO THE
03:18:27 PUBLIC? I CAN'T REMEMBER. DID I?
03:18:39 COUNCILMEMBER JAIN?
03:18:40 >> IF I
03:18:41 LOOK AT THIS EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE
03:18:42 CITY'S
03:18:43 PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING
03:18:45 MONEY BY DOING THIS. WE'VE
03:18:48 GOT SOMEONE WHO
03:18:51 KNOWS THE JOB.
03:18:57 WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY WHO HAS
03:19:00 ALL THE EXPERIENCE. WE'RE NOT
03:19:01 PAYING BENEFITS, WE'RE JUST PAYING SALARY, SO
03:19:03 THE CITY COMES OUT AHEAD WHETHER
03:19:05 OR NOT THE EMPLOYEE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF
03:19:06 DOUBLE DIPPING
03:19:07 YOU MIGHT SAY, BUT THEY HAVE ALL THE
03:19:09 RIGHT TO DO THAT.
03:19:12 THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ANY RETIREE
03:19:14 FROM ANY OF OUR POSITIONS CAN GO OUT
03:19:15 AND GET ANOTHER
03:19:18 JOB. AND THEY WILL DOUBLE
03:19:20 DIP, YOU MIGHT SAY. THE CITY IS ACTUALLY
03:19:21 SAVING MONEY BY
03:19:24 DOING THIS,
03:19:27 SO I WILL BE APPROVING IT.
03:19:29 >> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ? >> I JUST
03:19:30 WANTED TO CONCUR
03:19:33 BUT ALSO MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.
03:19:34 >>
03:19:36 OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ MADE THE MOTION,
03:19:39 A SECOND?
03:19:40 >>
03:19:45 I'LL SECOND IT.
03:19:46 >> SECONDED
03:19:53 BY COUNCILMEMBER HARDY. CITY CLERK,
03:20:05 WHEN YOU'RE READY. PLEASE REGISTER YOUR VOTE.
03:20:12 >> COUNCILMEMBER PARK,
03:20:21 YOUR VOTE PLEASE?
03:20:27 >> ARE WE WAITING FOR
03:20:30 A VOTE?
03:20:31 >> I'M WAITING FOR
03:20:33 A VOTE.
03:20:34 >> COUNCILMEMBER
03:20:36 PARK.
03:20:37 >> YOU'RE NOT WAITING
03:20:39 FOR MY VOTE.
03:20:40 >> YOU HAVE
03:20:42 TO VOTE. I CAN SEE YOU HAVEN'T
03:20:45 VOTED.
03:20:46 >>
03:20:48 YOU CAN SEE I HAVE VOTED.
03:20:49 >> PRESS
03:20:50 YES.
03:20:51 >> I
03:20:52 DIDN'T VOTE YES.
03:20:53 >> THAT'S PUSHED. >>
03:20:54 I SEE
03:20:55 IT.
03:20:56 >> SHE SEES IT NOW. >>
03:20:57 YOU SAW IT.
03:20:58 >> BECAUSE YOU PRESSED IT.
03:20:59 >> NO, IT WAS PRESSED BEFORE. >> THAT
03:21:00 PASSES 6 TO 1, THANK
03:21:03 YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A TEN MINUTE
03:21:06 BREAK BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TURN
03:21:09 THIS MEETING OVER TO THE NEW VICE
03:21:10 MAYOR.
03:21:11 VICE MAYOR GONZALEZ, I AM RECOVERING
03:21:14 FROM PNEUMONIA, AND I CAN'T STAY ANY
03:21:17 LONGER. I NEED TO GO HOME. VICE MAYOR
03:21:18 GONZALEZ
03:21:21 HAS HAD 16 YEARS AS A
03:21:22 BOARD MEMBER OF SANTA CLARA UNIFIED SCHOOL
03:21:24 DISTRICT. WAS THE CHAIR OF THE,
03:21:27 WHAT WAS IT. , THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION?
03:21:30 >> YEAH. >> SO YOU WILL ALL BE IN
03:21:31 VERY CAPABLE HANDS. THANK YOU. TEN
03:21:32 MINUTE BREAK JUST TO SWITCH OVER.
03:21:39 AND I KNOW HE'S EXCITED.
03:36:42 >>> ALL RIGHT, IF WE CAN GET
03:36:45 TO OUR SEATS WE'LL START IN A MINUTE. ONE MINUTE.
03:37:21 >> SO WE'RE RECONVENING OUR
03:37:24 MEETING HERE, AND WE'RE ON TO ITEM
03:37:26 7, PUBLIC HEARING ACTION TO APPROVE
03:37:27 THE ISSUANCE OF
03:37:30 THE FIRST SERIES OF
03:37:33 MEASURE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN A
03:37:35 MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
03:37:36 $100 MILLION. WITH THAT
03:37:39 WE KICK IT OFF TO OUR CITY
03:37:41 MANAGER.
03:37:42 >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR
03:37:43 AND MEMBERS OF
03:37:45 THE PUBLIC, AND CITY COUNCIL, THIS
03:37:47 ITEM TONIGHT IS IN REGARD TO ISSUANCE OF
03:37:48 $100 MILLION IN
03:37:51 MEASURE I BONDS FOR THE
03:37:53 INITIAL PHASE OF PROJECTS. TONIGHT'S
03:37:54 PUBLIC HEARING INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS
03:37:57 FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
03:38:00 A RESOLUTION
03:38:03 TO ISSUE THOSE BONDS
03:38:06 AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT BOND SALE
03:38:09 OCCURRING IN 2026 OF
03:38:12 THIS YEAR. WITH THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE
03:38:15 OF SERIES A AND B BONDS,
03:38:18 WE PROCEED WITH FINALIZATION OF THE
03:38:19 FINANCING PROCESS,
03:38:21 INCLUDING COMPLETION OF THE RECENT
03:38:22 CREDIT RATING
03:38:23 REVIEWS, PREPARATION OF REQUIRED LEGAL OBLIGATION
03:38:27 AND STRUCTURING THE BONDS FOR
03:38:30 SALE. JOINED BY THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER
03:38:32 THAT WE HIRED TO HELP FACILITATE AND
03:38:33 MANAGE
03:38:36 THE MEASURE I PROCESS AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR,
03:38:37 THE
03:38:39 ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, I THINK
03:38:41 SHE'S ONLINE. TOGETHER THEY'LL WORK
03:38:42 THROUGH THE
03:38:45 PROPOSED FIRST SERIES OF BONDS
03:38:48 AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU
03:38:51 TONIGHT. MARK?
03:38:52 >> THANK
03:38:54 YOU FOR
03:38:56 THE INTRODUCTION, CITY MANAGER, APPRECIATE THAT.
03:38:57 GOOD
03:39:00 EVENING. VICE MAYOR GONZALEZ, MEMBERS OF
03:39:01 THE
03:39:02 COUNCIL. YES, TODAY, THIS EVENING
03:39:04 WE
03:39:07 ARE PRESENTING ON THIS
03:39:10 PUBLIC HEARING ITEM WITH REGARD
03:39:12 TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURE I.
03:39:14 TONIGHT MARKS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN
03:39:16 THE
03:39:17 IMPLEMENTATION. WE COME BEFORE THIS
03:39:19 BODY TO SEEK
03:39:22 THE APPROVAL OF A
03:39:23 RESOLUTION THAT ALLOWS OUR CITY MANAGER
03:39:28 AND HIS DESIGNEE TO
03:39:33 GO TO THE MARKETPLACE TO SELL UP TO
03:39:35 $100 MILLION IN GENERAL OBLIGATION
03:39:37 BONDS. THOSE BONDS
03:39:40 WILL
03:39:46 BE UTILIZED TO PAY
03:39:47 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS
03:39:49 THE COUNCIL APPROVED BACK IN SEPTEMBER
03:39:52 OF 2025. SO THIS
03:39:55 WILL GO A LONG WAY INTO
03:39:58 REALIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
03:40:01 THE MEASURE, AND SO TONIGHT WE'VE
03:40:04 PREPARED A PRESENTATION
03:40:07 AS WELL AS
03:40:10 A SLIDE DECK TO
03:40:11 COVER THE SPECIFIC FINANCING MECHANICS
03:40:13 AROUND THE IMPLEMENTATION. WE'RE
03:40:16 ACTUALLY GOING OUT FOR TWO
03:40:19 SERIES OF BONDS
03:40:22 THAT OUR CITY MANAGER MENTIONED. THAT'S
03:40:25 2026A AND 2026B
03:40:26 SERIES BONDS. AND THERE'S REASONS
03:40:31 AS TO WHY WE SPLIT THAT
03:40:32 UP FOR FINANCING PURPOSES, AND IT
03:40:34 HAS TO DO WITH OUR
03:40:37 PARTNERS AT A COUPLE OF
03:40:39 FACILITIES. THE INTERNATIONAL SWIM CENTER
03:40:43 AS WELL AS THE
03:40:45 TRITON MUSEUM BECAUSE OF THE UTILIZATION
03:40:46 BY OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS. WITH
03:40:49 THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND START
03:40:52 THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. TO DISCUSS
03:40:55 THE AGENDA FOR
03:40:58 TONIGHT ON THIS ITEM, WE'LL DO AN
03:41:01 OVERVIEW. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE
03:41:02 BOND STRUCTURE AND MARKET FACTORS
03:41:04 ASSOCIATED WITH THE RELEASE
03:41:07 OF THE BONDS
03:41:10 FOR SALE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BOND
03:41:13 DOCUMENTATION. WHAT THE TIMELINE WE ANTICIPATE
03:41:14 FOR
03:41:16 THE ACTUAL ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE
03:41:19 BONDS, WHAT THE FISCAL
03:41:22 IMPACT WILL BE IN
03:41:25 TERMS OF ANY GENERAL FUND
03:41:28 IMPACTS, AND THEN THE REPORT
03:41:31 TO
03:41:32 COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS. NEXT SLIDE
03:41:34 PLEASE. ON THE OVERVIEW, GOING
03:41:36 BACK A LITTLE BIT IN TIME, WE JUST
03:41:37 WANT
03:41:40 TO GIVE SOME PERSPECTIVE
03:41:43 OF HOW WE GOT TO TONIGHT.
03:41:45 BACK IN NOVEMBER 5th OF 2024, THE
03:41:49 VOTERS IN THE CITY OF SANTA
03:41:52 CLARA APPROVED MEASURE I.
03:41:55 IT IS A PUBLIC FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE
03:41:58 BOND MEASURE. ANOTHER KEY
03:42:01 DATE AFTER THE VOTERS APPROVED
03:42:04 MEASURE I, IN JUNE
03:42:10 24th, 2025, THE CITY AUTHORIZED
03:42:16 AN AD VALOREM PROPERTY
03:42:19 TAX LEVY FOR REPAYMENT OF THE BONDS
03:42:22 EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED AND
03:42:25 ISSUED IN EARLY 2026.
03:42:27 ANOTHER IMPORTANT DATE WAS AUGUST
03:42:28 27th OF
03:42:31 2025. THAT WAS
03:42:34 THE DAY THAT THE PROJECT LIST
03:42:36 FOR THE 2026 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
03:42:37 WAS
03:42:40 PRESENTED, REVIEWED, AND UNANIMOUSLY
03:42:43 APPROVED BY
03:42:46 THE CITY'S MEASURE I BOND
03:42:47 COMPLIANCE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THAT
03:42:49 PROJECT LIST WAS
03:42:51 THEN BROUGHT FORTH TO THE CITY COUNCIL
03:42:55 SEPTEMBER 16th OF 2025 AND INCLUDED
03:42:56 A
03:42:58 TOTAL OF 27 PROJECTS THAT THE
03:43:01 COUNCIL APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD
03:43:04 WITH. AND THEN IN THE FOURTH
03:43:07 QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE ANTICIPATE
03:43:10 COMING BACK
03:43:13 TO COUNCIL TO
03:43:16 REPORT ON THE UPDATES OF MEASURE I
03:43:17 IMPLEMENTATION.
03:43:19 NEXT SLIDE. SO ON
03:43:22 THIS SLIDE HERE, AS
03:43:25 YOU'LL SEE, WE
03:43:28 HAVE TWO SERIES OF BONDS. WE
03:43:31 HAVE SERIES 2026A. THE TAX EXEMPT GENERAL
03:43:34 OBLIGATION BOND USED TO FINANCE MUNICIPAL
03:43:37 CAPITAL PROJECTS.
03:43:40 AND THEN
03:43:43 WE ALSO HAVE THE
03:43:49 SERIES B, 2026 TAX EXEMPT
03:43:52 BOND. THAT'S 501C3 GENERAL OBLIGATION
03:43:55 BOND USED TO FINANCE GENERAL
03:43:58 MUNICIPAL PROJECTS FOR
03:44:00 NONPROFITS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
03:44:01 ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH
03:44:04 IRS REQUIREMENTS. IF YOU'LL
03:44:07 REQUIRE, THESE SIX CATEGORIES, PROJECT
03:44:10 CATEGORIES ARE THE CATEGORIES
03:44:13 OF THE 27 PROJECTS THAT OUR
03:44:15 COUNCIL APPROVED BACK IN SEPTEMBER. AND
03:44:19 THESE ARE THE SERIES OF BONDS
03:44:21 THAT WILL SUPPORT THE FUNDING FOR THE
03:44:22 DIFFERENT
03:44:25 CATEGORIES, AND YOU'LL TAKE
03:44:28 NOTICE ON THE SERIES 2026B. THAT WILL
03:44:30 BE MAINLY FOR OUR AQUATIC CENTER. BOTH
03:44:31 THE PHASE 1 AND PHASE
03:44:34 2 OF THE WORK THAT WILL BE HAPPENING
03:44:37 OUT THERE. AS
03:44:40 WELL AS THE TRITON MUSEUM. SO
03:44:43 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE TWO SERIES
03:44:46 OF BONDS BECAUSE THOSE
03:44:49 TWO LOCATIONS ARE USED HEAVILY
03:44:52 BY OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS. NEXT SLIDE. SO
03:44:56 ON THIS SLIDE HERE WE
03:44:57 START TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE
03:44:59 TYPES OF
03:45:02 BONDS, THE PAR AMOUNTS, THE
03:45:05 PREMIUMS. AND SO
03:45:06 WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE FINANCE
03:45:08 DIRECTOR
03:45:11 KEN LEE TO
03:45:14 COME AND TALK
03:45:16 ABOUT THESE OTHER ITEMS AND THE FINANCIAL MECHANISMS
03:45:17 THAT ARE A PART
03:45:19 OF THE BOND ISSUANCE. SO WITH THAT
03:45:26 I'LL HAND IT OVER TO KEN.
03:45:29 THANK YOU.
03:45:30 >>
03:45:32 THANK YOU
03:45:33 DEPUTY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING VICE
03:45:34 MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE
03:45:37 THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE
03:45:40 BOND SERIES RECOMMENDATION BEFORE
03:45:41 YOU.
03:45:43 AS THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MENTIONED,
03:45:44 ON THIS
03:45:46 SLIDE SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL NUMBERS
03:45:47 ARE
03:45:49 REQUIRED TO BE DISCLOSED AS PART OF
03:45:53 OUR OFFICIAL STATEMENT, SOURCES,
03:45:57 AND USES. SO TOTAL BOND PROJECT DOLLARS
03:45:58 OF $96 MILLION, YOU SEE IN THE LINE
03:45:59 ITEM
03:46:01 PROJECT FUND. I'LL GET INTO THE SPECIFICS
03:46:02 ON
03:46:04 THE BOND ISSUANCE. WHENEVER ANY BONDS ARE
03:46:05 ISSUED,
03:46:08 THERE IS A PAR AMOUNT. IN THIS
03:46:09 CASE, THE ASSUMPTION IS 5% BECAUSE
03:46:11 THE MARKET
03:46:13 IS SOMEWHAT LESS. WE WOULD RECEIVE A
03:46:14 PREMIUM
03:46:17 THERE ON THOSE
03:46:20 PROCEEDS THAT
03:46:23 WOULD BE USED TO PAY FOR INTEREST
03:46:28 EXPENSE. THE PAR AMOUNT OF THE BONDS
03:46:29 ISSUED WOULD
03:46:30 BE, ISSUED TO THE EXTENT TO COVER
03:46:32 THE PROJECT FUND
03:46:34 AND CLOSING COSTS. IN TOTAL, WHEN
03:46:38 YOU CONSIDER BOTH
03:46:40 THE PREMIUM, THE CLOSING COSTS, $104.6 MILLION.
03:46:41 THESE SUBJECT
03:46:43 TO MARKET CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF
03:46:44 ISSUANCE, SO
03:46:46 THESE ARE ESTIMATES. WHEN YOU LOOK
03:46:47 AT THE TOTAL
03:46:50 DEBT SERVICE OVER THE LIFE OF
03:46:53 THE BONDS, TWO YEARS FOR THE SERIES
03:46:54 B,
03:46:56 30 YEARS FOR THE SERIES
03:46:59 A, WE'RE LOOKING
03:47:01 AT TOTAL DEBT SERVICE OF $160.4 MILLION,
03:47:02 RIGHT
03:47:05 NOW ESTIMATED AT A TRUE INTEREST COST
03:47:07 OF 4.17%. THE CHART ON THE RIGHT SHOWS
03:47:08 THE PAYMENT
03:47:11 OF DEBT SERVICE OVER TIME, SO
03:47:14 YOU CAN SEE THERE
03:47:17 FRONT LOADED THE FIRST TWO YEARS REFLECTING
03:47:20 MUCH OF THE LANGUAGE APPROVED BY THE
03:47:23 BALLOT. THE LARGEST DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS
03:47:26 TO BE MADE
03:47:28 HERE IN THE FRONT END. THEN THE DISTRIBUTION
03:47:29 LEVEL IN
03:47:31 ANTICIPATE OF A SECOND AND THIRD, SO
03:47:33 THAT SERVICE ON THE OVERALL BASIS
03:47:35 FOR
03:47:37 THE $400 MILLION WOULD BE CLOSE TO
03:47:38 LEVEL.
03:47:40 ON THIS SLIDE, I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
03:47:41 AND
03:47:44 THANK YOU, THANKS TO THE CITY
03:47:47 MANAGER EARLIER FOR THE
03:47:50 RECOGNITION
03:47:51 AROUND THE CITY'S CREDIT RATINGS. WE
03:47:53 DID APPLY FOR TWO CREDIT
03:47:55 RATINGS ON THE BONDS AS YOU SEE THE
03:47:58 TABLE ON THE RIGHT. THOSE ARE THE
03:47:59 INVESTMENT
03:48:00 GRADES OUR INVESTMENT COMMUNITY VIEWS
03:48:02 THE BONDS
03:48:05 AGAINST.
03:48:07 WE DID RECEIVE IT THE HIGHEST RATING,
03:48:08 I JOKE THIS WAS THE
03:48:11 FINAL FOR ME IN TERMS OF
03:48:14 A RATINGS PRESENTATION AND WE GOT
03:48:15 THE
03:48:16 AAA. BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD
03:48:17 OF WITH YOUR
03:48:18 LEADERSHIP WITH SUPPORT AND TRUST
03:48:20 IN STAFF AND THE
03:48:23 CITY MANAGER AS WELL. AND FOR
03:48:25 THE STAFF BEHIND ME, JUST A REAL STRONG
03:48:26 TEAM DEDICATED
03:48:28 TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AROUND THE
03:48:29 MANAGEMENT OF OUR
03:48:32 FINANCES AND ENSURING THAT THE
03:48:34 TRUST AND PUBLIC TRUST AGAINST THE
03:48:35 DOLLARS THAT WE
03:48:37 MANAGE. SO WHAT DOES THE STRONG CREDIT
03:48:38 RATING REPRESENT? AND
03:48:40 I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER JAIN ASKED THE
03:48:41 QUESTION EARLIER AND WHAT IT REALLY
03:48:44 DOES IS
03:48:47 WHEN WE GO OUT
03:48:50 TO THE OPEN MARKET, WE'VE HAD INDEPENDENT
03:48:51 ASSESSMENTS
03:48:53 OF OUR CREDIT HEALTH, AND
03:48:55 THAT'S AN APPEAL TO INVESTORS TO WEIGH
03:48:56 MARKET RISK RETURNS ON
03:48:59 THAT DEBT. AND IN THE NET
03:49:01 EFFECT IT LOWERS BORROWING COSTS.
03:49:02 SO THE INTEREST COSTS
03:49:05 BETWEEN A DOUBLE A AND
03:49:08 TRIPLE A WORKING WITH
03:49:10 THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR ROUGHLY $2 MILLION PLUS
03:49:11 OVER
03:49:12 30 YEARS. SO THAT'S $2 MILLION THE
03:49:14 RESIDENTS WILL SAVE AS A
03:49:17 RESULT OF OUR MANAGEMENT AND
03:49:20 YOUR MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP. THE CREDIT
03:49:21 STRENGTH
03:49:23 DOES INCLUDE, BOTH RIGHT BEFORE
03:49:26 THE HOLIDAY BREAK REVIEWED OUR PRESENTATION,
03:49:27 OUR
03:49:29 MATERIALS, AND THEY REVIEWED OUR
03:49:32 GENERAL FUND RESERVES AND CASH
03:49:34 POSITIONS. THEY DO A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
03:49:35 AND LOOK AT PROPERTY
03:49:37 TAX ASSESSMENTS. THAT'S THE BASIS
03:49:38 FOR THE
03:49:40 REPAYMENT OF THE DEBTS. SO HOW IS OUR
03:49:41 ASSESSED
03:49:44 VALUE, HOW HAS IT GROWN IN THE
03:49:47 PAST, WHAT
03:49:48 ARE PROJECTIONS IN THE FUTURE, WHAT
03:49:50 DEVELOPMENTS ARE IN THE
03:49:52 PIPELINE, AND THEY DO A REVIEW. IN
03:49:53 FACT, HOW WE
03:49:55 END THE YEAR EVERY YEAR, IN THE BLACK,
03:49:56 IN
03:49:59 THE RED, AND WHAT ARE THE
03:50:02 DISCIPLINED DECISIONS THAT YOU
03:50:04 AS A CITY COUNCIL MAKE TO BOOST RESERVES.
03:50:05 SO TEAM EFFORT ALL
03:50:08 THE WAY AROUND AND SOMETHING TO
03:50:11 BE REALLY PROUD OF. SHIFTING GEARS
03:50:12 A
03:50:13 LITTLE HERE, THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENTS,
03:50:14 YOU
03:50:17 KNOW, SOMEONE LIKE
03:50:19 ME FOLLOWS THE HEADLINES EVERY DAY.
03:50:20 IF YOU'D
03:50:23 READ THE HEADLINES AROUND
03:50:26 THE FED RESERVE THIS
03:50:27 WEEK, POTENTIAL FOR TURMOIL WITHIN
03:50:29 THE MARKET CLOSER TO
03:50:32 ISSUANCE DAY. AS YOU LOOK AT THIS
03:50:35 GRAPHIC, IT'S A TAX EXEMPT KIND
03:50:37 OF DURATION, 30 YEAR DURATION. TAKING
03:50:39 A LOOK AT ONE YEAR AGO
03:50:41 VERSUS TODAY OR RIGHT AROUND NOW.
03:50:44 ON THE SHORT END OF IT, THE SHORT
03:50:45 END
03:50:47 OF THE CURVE, WE SEE RATES ARE DOWN
03:50:49 AND YOU SEE THE FED REDUCED THREE
03:50:51 TIMES IN
03:50:52 2025. THEY'RE EXPECTED TO VOTE AND
03:50:54 REVIEW THE RATES AGAIN
03:50:55 LATER THIS MONTH PRIOR TO US GOING
03:50:57 OUT TO THE MARKET.
03:51:00 AND THEN ON THE
03:51:03 LONG END OF THE RANGE
03:51:05 THERE, ABSOLUTELY HIGHER. 33 BASIS
03:51:08 POINTS COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO. LARGELY
03:51:10 REFLECTING THE INVESTMENT AND BOND
03:51:12 COMMUNITY
03:51:15 ANTICIPATES RATES ON THE LONG
03:51:16 TERM CLOSER TO OUR HISTORICAL AVERAGE.
03:51:18 AND
03:51:21 IN BROWN THE RANGE OF
03:51:22 THE TENURE HISTORICAL AVERAGE WHEN
03:51:24 LOOKING AT DURATIONS, SO WE'RE WITHIN
03:51:25 THAT
03:51:27 RANGE AND WILL
03:51:29 CONTINUE TO MONITOR INTEREST RATES
03:51:38 AND THE HEADLINES. IN YOUR PACKETS THERE
03:51:39 ARE
03:51:42 SEVERAL TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS
03:51:45 BEFORE YOU. SOME ARE
03:51:47 GOVERNED BY THE FEDERAL SEC. OTHERS
03:51:48 ARE
03:51:50 AGREEMENTS. I WANT TO TALK THROUGH
03:51:52 THEM ON THIS SLIDE. THE PAYING AGENT
03:51:54 AGREEMENT, THE DOLLARS ARE PAID
03:51:57 IN AND PAID OUT TO
03:51:59 THE BOND HOLDERS THROUGH THE TRUST.
03:52:00 THAT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
03:52:03 U.S. BANK
03:52:06 AND OUR CITY AS THE
03:52:07 BOND PAYING AGENTS. PRELIMINARY EFFICIENT STATEMENT,
03:52:09 YOU HEARD LAST
03:52:12 YEAR A TRAINING
03:52:14 FROM THE BOND COUNCIL AROUND THE OFFICIAL
03:52:15 STATEMENT. WHAT
03:52:17 U.S. CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES
03:52:18 TO THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITY,
03:52:19 WHAT YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
03:52:21 ARE. WE
03:52:24 HAVE INCLUDED ALL THE DETAILS
03:52:29 AROUND OUR CITY, THE DEMOGRAPHICS,
03:52:32 THE FINANCIALS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
03:52:33 THE LAW.
03:52:35 AND AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS,
03:52:36 THE
03:52:39 COMMITMENT TO THE BOND COMMUNITY
03:52:41 AROUND CONTINUING DISCLOSURES AND
03:52:42 CERTIFICATES. I MENTIONED THE CREDIT
03:52:43 RATING.
03:52:45 ALMOST LIKE THIS IS THE START OF IT. WE
03:52:47 HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE HIGH CREDIT FOR
03:52:48 THE NEXT 30 YEARS, SO THE INVESTMENT
03:52:51 COMMUNITY WILL HAVE EYES ON
03:52:54 US AS A CITY, HOW
03:52:56 WE'RE DOING FINANCIALLY. AND OFFICIAL
03:52:57 NOTICES
03:52:59 OF SALES AUTHORIZES A COMPETITIVE
03:53:02 OR NEGOTIATED SALE. THE INTENT IS
03:53:04 TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE BOND ISSUANCE.
03:53:06 IF THERE'S A DRASTIC CHANGE IN THE
03:53:07 MARKET,
03:53:09 THE NOTICE ALLOWS US TO GO TO A
03:53:12 NEGOTIATED SALE IF
03:53:14 NEEDED. AND THEY ARE RESTRICTED TO
03:53:18 THE PERIMETERS SET IN THE RESOLUTION
03:53:19 BEFORE
03:53:21 YOU. AS FAR AS TIMELINE AS THE
03:53:24 CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WE DID RECEIVE
03:53:26 OUR RATINGS FRIDAY, AND YESTERDAY
03:53:27 ACTUALLY YESTERDAY FROM
03:53:29 S&P. WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU FOR THE
03:53:30 APPROVAL OF
03:53:33 THE BOND ISSUANCE AND WILL POST
03:53:34 THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT, FINALIZE IT,
03:53:36 AND THAT'S MARKETED TO
03:53:38 THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITY FOR A COUPLE
03:53:39 OF WEEKS. THE
03:53:42 TARGET DATE IS FEBRUARY 10th TO PRICE AND SELL
03:53:44 THE BONDS, AND THEY'D CLOSE WITH THE PROCEEDS
03:53:45 BACK
03:53:47 TO THE CITY FEBRUARY 24th. THAT'S
03:53:48 THE CALENDAR AND
03:53:51 RODE MAP FROM HERE LOOKING FORWARD
03:53:54 THE NEXT
03:53:56 COUPLE OF MONTHS. FISCAL IMPACTS,
03:53:57 AS PREVIOUSLY
03:53:58 MENTIONED, DEBT SERVICE IS SUPPORTED
03:54:00 BY PROPERTY TAX. THESE ARE
03:54:02 A LINE ITEM ON PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN
03:54:03 THE CITY.
03:54:06 THE FIRST YEAR OF
03:54:07 THAT DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT IS ESTIMATED
03:54:09 TO TOTAL $16 MILLION AND
03:54:12 WILL BE INCLUDED AS
03:54:14 PART OF THE UPCOMING BUDGET. AND THAT
03:54:15 FIRST PAYMENT IS
03:54:18 DUE AUGUST 1st, LESS
03:54:21 THAN A YEAR
03:54:23 AWAY. THAT ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE DECREASES IN
03:54:24 28-29
03:54:27 AND LEVELS OFF AT 4.3
03:54:30 MILLION AND ALLOWS CAPACITY FOR
03:54:33 THE SECOND
03:54:35 AND THIRD SERIES. CURRENTLY OUR ESTIMATES
03:54:36 ASSUME A SECOND
03:54:39 ISSUANCE
03:54:42 TWO YEARS FROM NOW IN FISCAL YEAR
03:54:45 27-28. THIS IS OUR
03:54:48 FINANCING
03:54:54 TEAM. IT'S A TEAM ACROSS
03:54:59 MULTIPLE CITY AREAS. JUST WANT TO
03:55:00 RECOGNIZE THEM. A LOT
03:55:03 OF HARD WORK TO GET US
03:55:06 HERE AND TOWARD THE FINISH LINE, AND
03:55:09 COULDN'T BE DONE WITHOUT ALL THESE
03:55:12 INDIVIDUALS HERE. WITH THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION
03:55:13 BEFORE
03:55:15 YOU IS TO APPROVE AND
03:55:17 ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, WHICH INCLUDES
03:55:18 THE AUTHORIZATION
03:55:21 OF $100 MILLION OF
03:55:24 PRINCIPLE OR UP TO $100
03:55:27 MILLION. APPROVE
03:55:30 THE AGREEMENT FOR OUR
03:55:32 PAYING AGENTS. PROVE THE PRELIMINARY
03:55:33 STATEMENTS, APPROVE DISCLOSURE
03:55:36 CERTIFICATES, AND THEN APPROVES THE
03:55:37 SALE OF
03:55:38 THE BOND EITHER COMPETITIVE OR NEGOTIATED
03:55:39 AS NEEDED AND
03:55:42 AS RECOMMENDED BY OUR
03:55:43 ADVISOR. AND THEN THE RESOLUTIONS
03:55:45 AND THE
03:55:48 ACTIONS SET FORTH IN THE RESOLUTIONS.
03:55:51 SO I'LL
03:55:53 PAUSE THERE. THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION,
03:55:54 AND
03:55:57 HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. WE
03:56:00 DO HAVE THE FULL FINANCE
03:56:03 TEAM AVAILABLE IF
03:56:06 ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
03:56:09 COME UP.
03:56:10 >> OPEN UP
03:56:16 TO COUNCIL
03:56:19 QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT,
03:56:21 WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER JAIN.
03:56:22 >> THANK YOU,
03:56:25 KEN. ON SLIDE
03:56:28 5, YOU
03:56:30 SHOWED FOR THE SERIES B THAT THAT IS
03:56:31 $26 MILLION
03:56:34 TO BE PAID OFF IN TWO YEARS, AND
03:56:37 I KNOW
03:56:40 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PAYMENTS, THE
03:56:41 PAYMENTS ARE I THINK 16 MILLION FOR
03:56:45 THE FIRST TWO YEARS, THEN GOES DOWN
03:56:48 TO 4.3 MILLION. OBVIOUSLY ALL THE MONEY
03:56:49 HAS TO COME
03:56:51 FROM PROPERTY TAX. IS THAT MONEY WE'VE BEEN
03:56:55 SAVING UP FROM
03:56:58 TAXES THIS
03:57:00 YEAR? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY
03:57:01 WE ONLY
03:57:04 DID TWO YEARS VERSUS TEN YEARS
03:57:07 TO PAY OFF
03:57:09 THE SWIM CENTER AND SUCH. SOME RESIDENTS
03:57:10 ARE COMPLAINING
03:57:13 THEIR PROPERTY TAX IS HIGHER
03:57:16 THAN THEY THOUGHT IT
03:57:18 WAS GOING TO BE. THANK YOU. OH, AND
03:57:22 ANOTHER QUESTION. THIS
03:57:25 IS
03:57:28 PROBABLY FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
03:57:34 UM,
03:57:35 WE'RE PUTTING $27 MILLION INTO STREETS
03:57:37 AND TRANSPORTATION. SOME PEOPLE HAVE
03:57:38 ASKED
03:57:40 ME COULD SOME OF THAT MONEY
03:57:43 BE
03:57:46 USED TO
03:57:48 RESTORE FRANKLIN STREET IN THE DOWNTOWN.
03:57:49 IS THAT LEGAL UNDER
03:57:55 THE MEASURE THAT WE PUT
03:58:00 BEFORE THE VOTERS?
03:58:01 >> ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER
03:58:02 COX.
03:58:04 >> THANKS, DIRECTOR. I JUST HAD A
03:58:06 FEW THAT KIND OF PIGGY BACK ON COUNCILMEMBER
03:58:07 JAIN.
03:58:09 BECAUSE WE ISSUED THE FIRST LEVY IN
03:58:10 JUNE OF
03:58:12 25 AND ADJUSTED THE TAX RATES THEN,
03:58:13 BUT
03:58:16 THE FIRST PAYMENT ISN'T DUE
03:58:17 UNTIL FEBRUARY 26th, I ALSO WONDERED,
03:58:19 IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STORING
03:58:21 THE MONEY TO MAKE THE FIRST ANNUAL PAYMENT,
03:58:25 SO WHERE IS THAT BEING
03:58:28 KEPT? WE PUT APPROXIMATELY 13 TO
03:58:30 20% CONTINGENCIES? EACH CATEGORY.
03:58:33 I'M WONDERING IF THAT MONEY ISN'T
03:58:34 SPENT,
03:58:37 THE CONTINGENCY MONEY IF IT WILL THEN
03:58:40 GO TO FUTURE PAYMENTS. AND THINK LAST
03:58:43 QUESTION, I THINK I'LL
03:58:45 STRUGGLE WITH ARTICULATING THIS, BUT
03:58:46 I UNDERSTAND
03:58:49 THE 2026A AND
03:58:52 B
03:58:55 ARE PUBLIC, AND THEN ONE FOR PRIVATE
03:58:56 SECTOR BASICALLY, AND B IS PAID OFF
03:58:58 WITHIN
03:59:01 TWO YEARS, BUT IT'S A MUCH HIGHER BRACKET.
03:59:02 BUT WHEN
03:59:04 I LOOK AT THE SWIM CENTER
03:59:07 THAT'S LISTED PRIMARILY AS PRIVATE
03:59:08 USE,
03:59:10 SO I'M WONDERING WHAT DISCUSSION
03:59:12 HAPPENED MADE A PUBLIC FACILITY LIST
03:59:13 AS A PRIVATE
03:59:16 USE AND LISTED AT A HIGHER BOND LEVEL.
03:59:22 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I
03:59:28 THINK THE TRITON AS WELL,
03:59:31 BUT THEY'RE BOTH LISTED UNDER B.
03:59:34 >> COUNCILMEMBER HARDY? >> THANK YOU. I
03:59:35 WANTED
03:59:37 TO MAKE CERTAIN
03:59:39 I UNDERSTOOD THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
03:59:40 COMPETITIVE AND NEGOTIATED.
03:59:43 AND ALSO WHEN YOU WERE SHOWING
03:59:46 THE FIRST TWO
03:59:49 YEARS
03:59:52 AND THEN SAID THE SECOND WAS APPROXIMATELY
03:59:55 2027-2028. IF WE
04:00:01 SUPERIMPOSE THOSE, WOULD WE STILL
04:00:02 HAVE THOSE
04:00:03 HIGH BILLS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING
04:00:04 AND THEN DROP OFF AS
04:00:07 WELL? I
04:00:13 JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
04:00:15 LONG TERM PLAN.
04:00:16 >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL? >>
04:00:17 THANK
04:00:19 YOU VICE MAYOR.
04:00:22 THANK YOU FOR
04:00:24 THE PRESENTATION. QUESTION, WE ARE
04:00:25 TAKING 0.5% FOR
04:00:28 SERIES A AND SERIES B, IS
04:00:30 THAT A STANDARD? OR SERIES B BEING
04:00:31 A NONPROFIT,
04:00:34 DOES THAT GO DOWN? I KNOW
04:00:37 YOU TOOK UP TO 0.5, BUT MY QUESTION
04:00:40 IS COULD IT BE LOWERED FOR
04:00:43 SERIES B. I
04:00:46 HAVE THE SAME
04:00:49 QUESTION LIKE WOULD WE HAVE
04:00:52 AN AD VALOREM TAX AND
04:00:55 ARE WE SAVING
04:00:58 THAT TO PAY IT OFF BEFORE
04:01:01 AUGUST 1st,
04:01:03 2027. FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT,
04:01:04 IS THERE
04:01:07 A CONDITION LIKE SERIES B HAS TO BE
04:01:09 PAID WITHIN TWO YEARS OR CAN WE EXTENDS
04:01:10 IT TO FOUR
04:01:13 OR FIVE YEARS AND PAY OFF THE
04:01:16 HIGHER INTEREST SERIES A BOND FIRST
04:01:17 AND
04:01:19 THEN PAY OFF SERIES
04:01:22 B WITHIN SAY FOUR
04:01:24 YEARS THAT WAY WE'RE SAVING ON THE
04:01:25 HIGH INTEREST
04:01:32 RATE REPAYMENT.
04:01:35 THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS,
04:01:36 THANK YOU.
04:01:37 >> COUNCILMEMBER PARK?
04:01:38 >> SO I'VE NOTICED THAT YOU MAKE IT
04:01:39 VERY
04:01:40 CLEAR THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE
04:01:41 RATINGS FOR
04:01:44 30 YEARS, OTHERWISE WHAT CHANGES
04:01:47 AND WHAT ARE THE DIFFICULTIES
04:01:48 THERE. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT EFFECTIVE
04:01:50 MONEY. WE HAD COUNCILMEMBER
04:01:52 JAIN ASKING IF FUNDS COULD BE USED
04:01:54 FOR A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE, WHICH
04:01:56 MAY NOT HAVE
04:01:57 BEEN THE INTENT IN THE BEGINNING FOR
04:01:59 FRANKLIN STREET. BUT,
04:02:02 I MEAN, I THINK THAT
04:02:05 WE APPROVED A $400 MILLION BOND
04:02:07 TO COVER $600 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE
04:02:08 DEBT. AND
04:02:09 EVERY YEAR THAT WE WORK ON SOMETHING
04:02:11 ELSE, THE THE COST OF
04:02:14 THE STUFF THAT
04:02:17 WE'RE NOT WORKING
04:02:19 ON GOES UP. IN TERMS OF EFFECTIVE
04:02:20 MONEY,
04:02:22 WE HAVE $400 MILLION, BUT FOR THE
04:02:24 PROJECTS WE'RE DOING, WE CAN ASSIGN
04:02:26 A COST TO EACH OF THE
04:02:31 PROJECTS WE WANT, BUT ARE WE ACTUALLY
04:02:32 COVERING $400
04:02:36 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEBT
04:02:38 THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED?
04:02:40 WHAT IS THE VALUE OF $400 MILLION
04:02:42 BOND COMPARED TO THE $600 MILLION
04:02:44 INFRASTRUCTURE DEBT WE
04:02:47 HAVE AND WHAT WILL THE FINAL RESULT
04:02:48 BE
04:02:50 AFTER THE BONDS ARE ALL
04:02:56 ISSUED AND THE MONEY IS SPENT?
04:02:59 THANK YOU.
04:03:00 >> ALL
04:03:02 RIGHT. THE
04:03:05 ONLY QUESTION
04:03:08 I'VE HAD,
04:03:09 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID COMPETITIVE
04:03:11 OR NEGOTIATED, AND COUNCILMEMBER HARDY
04:03:12 I
04:03:14 THINK
04:03:17 SAID, AND USUALLY IT'S SIMILAR, IN
04:03:18 NEGOTIATED YOU'RE STILL NEGOTIATING
04:03:19 COMPETITIVELY, BUT THEY'RE MAKING
04:03:23 THE MARKET, SO SOMETIMES
04:03:26 YOU
04:03:30 HAVE A CERTAIN DATE YOU SELL, VERSUS COMPETITIVE
04:03:32 YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PULL
04:03:35 BACK. I THINK
04:03:38 THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
04:03:39 >>
04:03:41 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. SO
04:03:44 I'LL TAKE MOST OF THE QUESTIONS. I'LL
04:03:46 PROBABLY NEED SOME ASSISTANCE FROM
04:03:47 OUR
04:03:48 FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR SOME. THERE
04:03:50 WERE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE
04:03:53 CHART ON SLIDE 5, SO
04:03:56 I WANT TO TALK THROUGH
04:03:59 THE
04:04:01 ASSUMPTIONS HERE AND WHY IT'S STRUCTURE
04:04:02 AS SUCH.
04:04:05 WITH REGARDS TO THE SERIES
04:04:08 A AND B, THESE ARE BOTH TAX EXEMPT BONDS
04:04:11 GOVERNED BY
04:04:14 THE IRS IN
04:04:17 TERMS OF HOW AND WHAT
04:04:20 CAN BE USED, AND LEGAL, IF YOU WANT
04:04:21 TO
04:04:23 CHIME IN. BUT I KNOW WE
04:04:26 HAVE FACILITIES USED BY
04:04:29 NONPROFITS, THE SWIM CENTER IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
04:04:32 THE TRITON IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. WE
04:04:34 WORKED WITH OUR ATTORNEY TO COMPLY
04:04:35 WITH ALL IRS RULES
04:04:38 BECAUSE UNDER THE SERIES
04:04:41 A WITH THE ACTIVITIES, THEY WON'T
04:04:42 BE
04:04:44 ALLOWED UNDER IRS RULES,
04:04:46 SO UNDER THE SERIES B IT'S SPECIFIC
04:04:47 FOR NONPROFITS. THERE
04:04:50 WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO
04:04:55 DO AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION
04:04:56 OF THE
04:04:58 501C3 TO THE EXTENT THE NONPROFITS
04:04:59 DIDN'T APPLY, THERE
04:05:02 WOULD BE RISK TO
04:05:04 THE BONDS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE
04:05:05 BURDEN, WE DID STRUCTURE
04:05:08 B TO BE PAID OFF FIRST. SO
04:05:10 ONCE THE BOND OBLIGATIONS ARE PAID
04:05:11 OFF, YOU KNOW
04:05:14 LONGER NEED TO
04:05:17 KIND OF COMPLY WITH THESE IRS RULES
04:05:20 AND CREATES SOME FLEXIBILITY
04:05:23 FOR THE
04:05:26 CITY IN
04:05:29 HOW THE ASSETS ARE USED AND SAVE ON
04:05:30 ADMINISTRATIVE
04:05:32 ASSISTANCE. THERE WERE QUESTIONS
04:05:38 ON THE FRONT LOAD, AND
04:05:47 WE ARE ACTUALLY UNDER THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE
04:05:49 HAD USED WHEN WE BROUGHT THE BALLOT
04:05:50 TO THE COUNCIL AND
04:05:53 TO THE VOTERS, AND SO --BUT VERY MUCH WITH
04:05:55 THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU WOULD ISSUE
04:05:56 A SECOND AND
04:05:58 A THIRD TRANCHE SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE
04:05:59 FROM THE TWO
04:06:02 YEARS OUT, THOSE TRANCHES WOULD HAVE
04:06:05 SUBSEQUENT DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS THAT WOULD BE
04:06:06 LAYERED ONTO THESE.
04:06:07 SO WHEN YOU ADD THOSE SECOND AND THIRD
04:06:08 TRANCHES
04:06:11 OF DEBT, YOUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ARE SMOOTH
04:06:12 AND LEVEL OUT OVER TIME.
04:06:17 THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE A
04:06:20 TAX LEVY IN JUNE. THAT WAS FOR A TAX
04:06:21 ROLL
04:06:23 WHERE WE WOULD RECEIVE PROPERTY TAX
04:06:24 REVENUES
04:06:25 STARTING IN DECEMBER AND THROUGH APRIL.
04:06:26 SO SOME OF
04:06:29 THOSE DOLLARS WILL START TO FLOW THROUGH.
04:06:32 SO WE AREN'T --WE'RE NOT IN FULL PIECE
04:06:33 OF THOSE
04:06:34 DOLLARS NEEDED TO MAKE THAT FULL PAYMENT.
04:06:36 PUT THAT WAS THE EXACT REASON
04:06:37 WHY
04:06:39 ON THE TAX ROLL.
04:06:40 SO THAT WE WOULD GET THE DOLLARS TO
04:06:42 BE ABLE TO
04:06:43 MAKE THAT FIRST PAYMENT IN AUGUST
04:06:45 OF NEXT YEAR. IF WE DELAYED
04:06:47 OR IF THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO WAIT
04:06:48 ONE
04:06:49 MORE YEAR, BECAUSE THOSE PROCEEDS
04:06:51 ARE RECEIVED
04:06:53 IN DECEMBER AND/OR THE FOLLOWING YEAR,
04:06:54 WE WOULDN'T
04:06:55 HAVE THE CASH TO MAKE THAT FIRST PAYMENT.
04:06:57 BY DOING
04:07:00 SO EARLY AND WITHIN THE
04:07:03 CONSTRUCTS OF THE BALLOT
04:07:04 MEASURE, WE'RE SAVE INTEREST COSTS
04:07:06 BY HAVING THE CASH
04:07:07 AVAILABLE IN TIME. THE STRUCTURE HERE, TWO
04:07:09 YEARS VERSUS FOUR --
04:07:12 NO, 2% VERSUS 4%
04:07:15 ON THE RATE OF THE TAX, SO AS
04:07:17 YOU HAVE SHORT-TERM BONDS AND IN TERMS
04:07:20 OF DURATION, THOSE SHORTER-TERM BONDS
04:07:21 ARE
04:07:24 GOING TO COST US LOWER INTEREST
04:07:25 AND ALSO REFLECT THAT LOWER AMOUNT.
04:07:27 THEN AS YOU GO
04:07:30 OUT, I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW,
04:07:32 ON AVERAGE WE'RE ATAT 4.17. BUT IF
04:07:33 YOU
04:07:36 LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC ON THIS SLIDE
04:07:39 HERE, WHEN YOU GO OUT INTO
04:07:42 DURATION, OVER THE COURSE OF 30
04:07:44 YEARS, THAT AVERAGE IS 4.17. YOU'RE
04:07:45 GOING TO HAVE SOME
04:07:47 BONDS ISSUED ON THE SHORTER END. THAT'S
04:07:48 MUCH
04:07:50 LOWER YIELD, 2 TO 3%. THEN WHEN YOU
04:07:51 GET
04:07:53 OUT TO THE FAR END OF THE CURVE, A
04:07:54 MUCH HIGHER
04:07:57 RATE. SO JUST BASED ON THE RATES
04:07:58 AND THE DURATION, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
04:08:00 THIS, IF YOU HAVE TWO-
04:08:01 YEAR DURATION BONDS, THOSE COSTS ARE
04:08:03 GOING TO
04:08:05 BE LOWER. AND OVER KIND OF AN AVERAGE
04:08:08 OF THAT DURATION TIME. SO I JUST KIND
04:08:09 OF WANT
04:08:11 TO POINT OUT, SO THE REASON WE STRUCTURE
04:08:12 KIND OF SERIES
04:08:15 "B" TO BE PAID OFF FRONT END, ENTIRELY
04:08:16 DUE TO THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FLEXIBILITY
04:08:18 NEED.
04:08:27 COUNCILMEMBER COX ASKED ABOUT
04:08:30 CONTINGENCIES. 13 TO
04:08:32 20%. SO AS THERE'S UNCERTAINTY KIND
04:08:35 OF THIS THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET AND
04:08:36 WE
04:08:39 HAVE LOST AROUND ADMINISTRATION
04:08:40 AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT COME
04:08:42 INTO
04:08:44 PLAY, IT IS A BEST PRACTICE FROM A
04:08:45 PUBLIC WORK
04:08:48 CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY TO
04:08:49 INCLUDE CONTINGENCIES AROUND PROJECTS.
04:08:51 TO THE EXTEND THERE ARE DOLLARS TOWARD
04:08:54 THE END OF THE BOND PROJECTS AND
04:08:55 WE'VE COMPLETED EVERYTHING WE'VE TO
04:08:56 THE THE PUBLIC, IT WILL BE AN OPTION
04:08:57 FOR THE
04:08:59 COUNCIL TO USE THOSE DOLLARS TOWARD
04:09:00 OTHER PROJECTS.
04:09:03 I KNOW FRANKLIN STREET WAS
04:09:06 NAMED.
04:09:09 AND AS FAR AS LEGAL USE OF THE
04:09:12 BOND DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL PUBLIC
04:09:15 INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE BROAD.
04:09:17 BUT THERE IS A --WITHIN THE RESOLUTION
04:09:18 AND
04:09:21 WITHIN THE BALLOT, A PROCESS IN ORDER
04:09:23 TO CHANGE THE INCREMENTS WITHIN THOSE
04:09:24 BUCKETS.
04:09:26 A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL, A
04:09:30 REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION TO OUR CITIZENS
04:09:32 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. SO THERE IS THAT PROCESS THAT
04:09:33 IS
04:09:34 ESTABLISHED TO THE EXTENT THERE IS
04:09:35 A DESIRE AND FEEDBACK TO CHANGE THOSE BUCKETS.
04:09:41 >> I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT. IN
04:09:42 RESPONSE
04:09:44 TO COUNCILMEMBER COX'S QUESTION ABOUT
04:09:45 WOULD WE USE
04:09:47 ANY OF THE BOND PROCEEDS TO PAY DOWN
04:09:48 THE DEBT? THE ANSWER
04:09:50 IS, WE'RE NOT ENVISIONING THAT AT
04:09:51 ALL.
04:09:54 IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY
04:09:55 FUNDS
04:09:56 LEFT OVER FROM THIS FIRST TRANCHE,
04:09:57 THOSE WOULD
04:10:00 EITHER BE APPLIED TOTO
04:10:03 COMPLIANT PROJECTS WITHIN THE EXPENDITURE
04:10:04 PLAN
04:10:06 OR TO ADVANCE THE PROJECTS
04:10:08 THAT WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE NEXT PHASE.
04:10:09 SO PHASE TWO
04:10:12 OF BONDS. WE CAN BEGIN THOSE PROJECTS
04:10:15 EARLIER AND EXCEED THE LATE
04:10:16 ISSUANCE OF THAT SECOND PHASE OF BONDS.
04:10:18 BUT WE DO AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
04:10:20 ON CONTINGENCY PLANS AS WE GO FORWARD
04:10:21 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
04:10:24 NEVER IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE NOT SPENDING
04:10:26 THE POND PROCEEDS, BUT THEY WOULD ALL BE
04:10:27 SPENT ON PROJECTS.
04:10:32 >> COUNCILMEMBER PARK ASKED A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
04:10:35 ONE WAS THE IMPACT OF THE RATINGS, WHAT HAPPENS
04:10:36 AFTER 30
04:10:38 YEARS? ONCE YOU ISSUE THE BONDS, THESE
04:10:39 ARE FIXED-
04:10:41 RATE BONDS. SO IT'S BASED ON HAVING
04:10:42 A AAA
04:10:44 CREDIT RATING NOW. THE HOLDERS OF
04:10:45 THOSE BONDS
04:10:48 TO THE EXTENT WE HAVE A DOWNED GRADE
04:10:49 OR A
04:10:51 LOWER BOND RATING, THERE IS A
04:10:54 PERCEPTION, AND OBVIOUSLY
04:10:56 A PERCEPTION OF RISK AGAINST WHAT
04:10:57 THEY ORIGINALLY
04:11:00 BORROWED AT A AAA LEVEL. NOW, WHAT
04:11:01 WOULD HAPPEN
04:11:03 AS TO THE EXTENT WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC
04:11:04 MARKET AGAIN
04:11:05 TO ISSUE BONDS, LET'S SAY IN TWO TO
04:11:06 FOUR YEARS FROM
04:11:09 NOW, IF WE WEREN'T AT A
04:11:12 AAA, WE'RE AT A DOUBLE "A" PLUS, THAT
04:11:14 WOULD COME AT A HIGHER COST TO THE
04:11:15 OPEN MARKET. MORE
04:11:17 INTEREST TO BEAR FOR THE SAME AMOUNT
04:11:18 OF PRINCIPAL.
04:11:21 OVER THE 30 YEARS, IT IS A GOAL AS AN
04:11:24 AGENCY, AS WE HAVE CONTINUING DISCLOSURES,
04:11:25 IF WE
04:11:27 WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
04:11:30 STRONG FINANCIAL
04:11:31 MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE AND PRINCIPLES AS
04:11:33 WE ARE HOLDERS OF THIS DESCENT,
04:11:34 WE'RE SIGNALING TO THE INVESTMENT
04:11:36 COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS A --THESE ARE
04:11:38 BONDS THAT ARE SECURE FOLLOWED BY
04:11:39 GREAT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
04:11:42 THAT YOU SHOULD INVEST AND
04:11:45 CONTINUE TO HOLD OUR BONDS. SO THERE'S
04:11:46 A
04:11:48 MARKET KIND OF
04:11:49 RAMIFICATION. IF OUR FINANCIAL ADVISER
04:11:50 HAS OTHER THOUGHTS, WELCOME THAT IN
04:11:51 A MINUTE.
04:11:54 THERE WAS
04:11:56 ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT COMPETITIVE
04:11:57 VERSUS NEGOTIATED.
04:12:00 AND I KNOW THAT WITHIN THE
04:12:02 GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION,
04:12:03 KIND OF THERE
04:12:06 ARE NETWORK OF NATIONAL FINANCE DIRECTORS,
04:12:07 COMPETITIVE SALES ARE BEST PRACTICE
04:12:12 IN TERMS OF WHAT THE GROUP BELIEVES
04:12:13 IS THE MOST
04:12:14 EFFICIENT FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE.
04:12:15 I KNOW THERE ARE PROS
04:12:18 AND CONS TO BOTH, BUT IN TERMS OF TIMING
04:12:19 AND
04:12:21 NEED TO GET TO MARKET AND SAVING.
04:12:22 I'LL
04:12:23 LET OUR FINANCIAL ADVISER ADDRESS
04:12:25 THAT ONE. THERE WAS
04:12:26 ALSO THE QUESTION OF THE UNDERWRITERS
04:12:28 DISCOUNT. I
04:12:29 BELIEVE THAT ASSUMPTION WILL BE DICTATED
04:12:34 BY OUR FINAL
04:12:36 ISSUANCE. WHETHER THAT WAS DIFFERENT, I
04:12:37 HOPE TO COVER.
04:12:42 I THINK I HAD EVERYTHING. IS THERE
04:12:43 ANY --
04:12:45 I MISSED ANY? I WANT TO INTRODUCE
04:12:49 JAIME TREJO WITH
04:12:51 PF --
04:12:52 >> THERE WERE QUESTIONS AROUND
04:12:53 ISSUING
04:12:55 $400 MILLION OF BONDS FOR
04:12:58 $600 MILLION OF PROJECTS. SO I
04:13:00 THINK IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC
04:13:01 THAT MAY BE JOINING
04:13:03 IN, THE CONTEXT AROUND THAT, RIGHT?
04:13:07 SO WHEN WE
04:13:08 INITIALLY -- WE BEING STAFF --STARTED TALKING
04:13:10 ABOUT THE CITY US A
04:13:11 UNFUNDED FISCAL NEEDS, THERE WAS A
04:13:13 FIGURE OF APPROXIMATELY
04:13:16 $600 MILLION. IN COUNCIL'S
04:13:17 POLICY DELIBERATIONS, IT WAS EVENTUALLY
04:13:21 DECIDED THAT THETHE OR THE BALLOT
04:13:22 MEASURE AT THAT TIME THAT
04:13:24 THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD SUPPORT WOULD
04:13:27 BE AT THE $400 MILLION LEVEL. SO COUNCIL
04:13:28 SUPPORTED PUTTING
04:13:30 THAT ON THE BALLOT. AS WE ALL KNOW
04:13:31 THAT
04:13:33 PASSED. THAT MEANS THAT WE DO HAVE
04:13:37 UNFUNDED --STILL PRONGS THAT ARE
04:13:40 NOT GOING TO BE FUNDED BY THIS
04:13:42 BOND PROGRAM. CITY HALL PROBABLY A
04:13:43 PRIME EXAMPLE
04:13:45 OF THAT. SO WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT
04:13:46 WE
04:13:48 NEED TO, AS WE TALKED ABOUT DURING
04:13:49 OUR
04:13:51 BUDGET PROCESS, CONTINUE OUR PRUDENT
04:13:52 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND
04:13:54 START CARVING OUT ADDITIONAL MONEY
04:13:55 AND
04:13:56 DURING OUR ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS
04:13:58 FOR CAPITAL SO THAT WE'RE
04:14:01 NOT ALWAYS RELYING ON A BOND.
04:14:04 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED
04:14:07 ABOUT IS WE ISSUE BONDS
04:14:08 BECAUSE THE CITY HAD NOT SAVED MONEY
04:14:10 OVER TIME FOR ITS
04:14:11 CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND WE OFTENTIMES
04:14:13 RELIED ON
04:14:15 THOSE END-OF-YEAR SURPLUSES. WE'VE
04:14:16 BEEN FORTUNATE
04:14:18 ENOUGH TO END OUR OPERATING BUDGET
04:14:19 WITH END OF
04:14:21 YEAR-SURPLUSES. BUT THAT THERE'S SOME
04:14:22 AMAZING QUOTE
04:14:25 ABOUT, LUCK IS NOT A STRATEGY. RIGHT?
04:14:26 AND
04:14:28 SO I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER PARK, YOU'VE
04:14:30 ARTICULATED THAT A LOT, WHICH IS,
04:14:31 WE NEED TO
04:14:32 CARVE OUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WITHIN
04:14:34 OUR NORMAL
04:14:36 OPERATING BUDGET TO FUND THAT ADDITIONAL
04:14:37 AMOUNT THAT'S NOT
04:14:40 COVERED. BUT WE ARE LOOKING
04:14:43 TO COVER AS MUCH --AS MANY PROJECTS
04:14:44 AS WE
04:14:45 CAN WITH THIS BOND ISSUANCE. ONE OF
04:14:46 THE THINGS WE
04:14:47 KNOW, SORT OF NOT REALLY CONNECTED
04:14:49 TO THIS EFFORT, BUT THERE
04:14:51 IS AN EXISTING CHARTER REVIEW GOING
04:14:52 ON BY
04:14:53 THE CITY ATTORNEY. ONE OF THE THINGS
04:14:55 THAT PROJECT IS LOOKING AT IS
04:14:58 ALLOWING US TO DO
04:15:00 DESIGN BUILD THAT WOULD INCREASE OUR
04:15:01 EFFICIENCY.
04:15:02 AND SO WE COULD ACTUALLY DO MORE WITH
04:15:04 THE MONEY WE HAVE
04:15:06 AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW WITH
04:15:07 THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS,
04:15:09 THE MORE YOU DO, THE SOONER YOU DO,
04:15:10 THE LESS IT
04:15:12 COSTS. SO YOU CAN APPLY SOME OF THOSE
04:15:16 FUTURE BONDS TO ACTUALLY
04:15:17 PROJECTS --BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE
04:15:19 TO SAVE MONEY. I'LL STOP THERE. WE CAN
04:15:21 TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT. BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY
04:15:23 LOOKING TO ADVANCE AS MANY PROJECTS AS
04:15:25 POSSIBLE WITH THIS BOND.
04:15:31 >> I WANTED TO PRODUCE
04:15:34 JAIME
04:15:37 TREJO WITH PFM. HE'S OUR FINANCIAL
04:15:38 VERIER
04:15:39 TO TALK ABOUT COMPETITIVE VERSUS NEGOTIATED,
04:15:40 THE UNDERWRITERS
04:15:41 DISCOUNT, AND TO ADD ANY OTHER COLOR THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED.
04:15:49 >> GOOD EVENING OR GOOD NIGHT. THANK
04:15:50 YOU
04:15:51 FOR THE INTRODUCTION. NO, I THINK
04:15:52 KEN
04:15:55 DID A GREAT JOB.
04:15:57 SO FOR THE UNDERWRITERS DISCOUNT,
04:15:58 ABOUT $3 A
04:16:01 BOND WHAT WE ESTIMATED
04:16:02 IN THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS. THAT COULD
04:16:04 CHANGE. IT COULD
04:16:06 BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, A LITTLE BIT
04:16:07 LOWER. THAT'S A
04:16:09 PRETTY, YOU KNOW, ROUND OR COMMON
04:16:10 NUMBER
04:16:13 FOR UNDERWRITERS DISCOUNT FOR A G.O.
04:16:15 BOND. THAT'S THAT. IT'S THE SAME FOR
04:16:16 THE SERIES
04:16:19 "A" AND THE SAME FOR THE SERIES "B.
04:16:20 "
04:16:21 IN TERMS OF THE COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATED
04:16:22 AND THE COMPETITIVE SALE WHAT WE'RE
04:16:23 GOING TO
04:16:25 DO IS SET A
04:16:28 TIME, 9:30 A.M. , FEBRUARY 10th, WE'RE
04:16:30 GOING TO INVITE INVESTMENT BANKS TO
04:16:31 BID. THEY'LL HAVE A
04:16:33 CHANCE TO BID, SO WE'LL GET ABOUT
04:16:34 TEN BIDS
04:16:37 COME IN ABOUT 9:30 A.M. , WE CAN
04:16:40 CHANGE THE TIME. THE BANK WITH THE
04:16:42 LOWEST TRUE INTEREST COST WILL BE
04:16:43 AWARDED
04:16:46 THE BONDS. WHEREAS A NEGOTIATED
04:16:49 SALE, YOU PICK AN UNDERWRITER
04:16:51 BEFOREHAND, AN UNDERWRITER FINDS INVESTORS
04:16:52 TO BUY THE BONDS ON THE
04:16:54 DAY OF PRICING. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT
04:16:55 DIFFERENT PROCESS. YOU KIND OF
04:16:57 END UP IN THE SAME PLACE, BUT THE
04:16:58 IDEA IS
04:17:00 WITH THE COMPETITIVE SALE, HOPEFULLY
04:17:01 YOU GET A TRUE
04:17:04 LOWER INTEREST COST. THE LAST COMMENT ABOUT
04:17:07 THE
04:17:09 RATINGS, YOU HAVE PROMISED INVESTORS,
04:17:10 YOU MAINTAIN A RATING
04:17:13 ON THE BONDS FOR 30 YEARS. YOU DID
04:17:14 NOT PROMISE YOU'D
04:17:15 MAINTAIN A AAA RATING BUT YOU WOULD HAVE
04:17:16 A RATING ON IT.
04:17:19 IN ABOUT TEN YEARS, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY
04:17:20 TO
04:17:21 RE-FUND THESE BONDS. SO THAT KIND
04:17:22 OF OBLIGATION
04:17:25 GOES AWAY, KIND OF CREATES A NEW ONE
04:17:26 IF YOU
04:17:27 GET A NEW RATING. THE IDEA IS YOU
04:17:28 HAVE TO HAVE A RATING
04:17:29 ON THESE BONDS WHILE THEY'RE OUTSTANDING.
04:17:40 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
04:17:42 COUNCILMEMBERS AT THIS TIME? WE'LL
04:17:43 GO TO THE PUBLIC.
04:17:45 AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC --
04:17:46 MEMBERS OF THE
04:17:49 PUBLIC HERE. AND I'LL JUST
04:17:52 BRING UP TIM TOWERS, WHICH HAS BEEN
04:17:55 A LONGTIME BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR SAN DIEGO
04:17:56 UNIFIED.
04:18:01 >> MEMBERS OF
04:18:04 THE COUNCIL AND STAFF, I MADE IT TO 11:00.
04:18:07 MY NAME IS TIM TOWERS.
04:18:10 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 3838
04:18:16 YEARS. I HAVE VAST
04:18:18 EXPERIENCE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
04:18:19 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I'M NOT
04:18:22 ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AT THIS
04:18:23 MOMENT.
04:18:24 BUT I AM VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT I'VE SEEN.
04:18:30 AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT
04:18:32 I'M AVAILABLE TO HELP IN
04:18:35 ANY WAY I CAN. AND I
04:18:37 URGE APPROVAL OF THE DECIDEMENT. THAT'S ALL.
04:18:38 ANY QUESTIONS?
04:18:42 >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> THANK
04:18:45 YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
04:18:50 WE'LL MOVE ON TO BETSY
04:18:51 MEGUS. I GUESS IF SHE CAN --
04:18:52 >> THANK YOU.
04:18:56 GOOD EVENING.
04:18:58 BETSY MEGUS, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
04:18:59 I
04:19:02 VOTED FOR MEASURE "I" AND I HOPE
04:19:03 YOU'LL APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF THESE
04:19:05 BONDS. I REALLY LOOK
04:19:06 FORWARD TO SEEING THESE PROJECTS COMPLETED.
04:19:08 I WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF WHO
04:19:09 DID ALL THE LEGWORK AND EARNED OUR
04:19:11 HIGH GRADES AND THEN
04:19:14 EXPLAINED IT TO ALL OF US, HOW
04:19:16 THAT WAS DONE. I'D LIKE TO REMIND
04:19:17 EVERYONE ON
04:19:19 THE COUNCIL THAT --AND THE STAFF --
04:19:20 THAT THE
04:19:21 OTHER WAY TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE
04:19:23 IN THIS CASE IS
04:19:25 TO MAKE SHOULD FUNDING GO AS FAR AS
04:19:26 POSSIBLE.
04:19:28 AS COUNCILMEMBER PARK NOTED, INFRASTRUCTURE
04:19:31 DEBT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEBT.
04:19:32 AND KEEPING UP WITH
04:19:33 MANT NANCE CAN BE MORE ECONOMICAL
04:19:34 THAN CATCHING UP WITH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
04:19:41 THE CITY HAS A COMPLETE STREETS
04:19:44 POLICY. IT WAS CREATED
04:19:47 IN PART TO QUORUM CONFORM TO
04:19:50 VTA 2016 MEASURE "B" AND THE MTC AND
04:19:53 OBAG FUNDING ECOSYSTEMS.
04:19:54 IT WAS ALSO CREATED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
04:19:56 THAT THE MOST ECONOMICAL TIME TO
04:19:59 ADD THINGS LIKE CURB CUTS AND
04:20:01 STRIPE A BIKE LANE IS IN CONJUNCTION
04:20:02 WITH
04:20:05 PAVING WORK. WE HAVE
04:20:07 SEVERAL BIKEWAY CONCEPTS ON THE WEBSITE
04:20:08 NOW THAT THIS
04:20:10 COUNCIL HAS APPROVED BUT THAT ARE
04:20:11 WAITING
04:20:13 FOR CONSTRUCTION. THE PAVEMENT UPGRADES
04:20:14 ARE THE IDEAL TIME
04:20:15 TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PLANS, PROVIDED
04:20:17 THE DESIGNS ARE READY
04:20:19 TO GO. PLEASE DON'T SKIP THESE KINDS
04:20:20 OF UPGRADES
04:20:23 JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE FOCUSSING ON FILLING
04:20:24 IN POTHOLES AND FUNDING THE REPAIRS
04:20:26 OURSELVES.
04:20:29 ON A SIMILAR NOTE, FOR THE STORM
04:20:30 DRAIN PROJECTS, PLEASE COORDINATE
04:20:32 WITH THE PAVING PROJECTS SO
04:20:34 WE'RE NOT DIGGING UP FRESHLY PAVED STREETS
04:20:35 WHEN WE
04:20:37 PUT IN STORM DRAINS. THANK YOU VERY
04:20:38 MUCH,
04:20:40 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF THESE
04:20:41 PROJECTS COME TO BE.
04:20:47 >> THANK YOU.
04:20:48 ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
04:20:53 ANY COMMENTS?
04:20:56 >> MR.
04:20:58 CHAIR, BEFORE YOU GO TO COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS,
04:20:59 IF THAT'S EVERYBODY
04:21:00 WHO'S SPOKEN IN THE PUBLIC, YOU MIGHT
04:21:01 WANT TO SOLICIT A MOTION TO CLOSE THE
04:21:02 PUBLIC HEARING.
04:21:10 >> YEAH. IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO CLOSE
04:21:11 THE HEARING?
04:21:14 >>
04:21:16 I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
04:21:19 >> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
04:21:47 SO THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH OUR MAYOR NOT
04:21:50 BEING PRESENT.
04:21:53 SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO
04:21:54 DELIBERATIONS AND COMMENTS, MOTIONS.
04:21:59 COUNCILMEMBER JAIN?
04:22:05 >> MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S
04:22:08 RECOMMENDATIONS 1 THROUGH 6.
04:22:11 >> WE HAVE A
04:22:13 MOTION AND A SECOND?
04:22:14 >> SECOND. >> ANY FURTHER COMMENT?
04:22:17 ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS?
04:22:20 COUNCILMEMBER PARK?
04:22:21 >>
04:22:22 YEAH, SO I HEARD WHAT THE PUBLIC HAD
04:22:23 TO SAY.
04:22:26 I
04:22:29 LIKED WHAT MS. MEGUS HAD
04:22:30 TO SAY. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
04:22:32 YOUR OFFER TO HELP.
04:22:35 I THINK THAT
04:22:38 WE COULD USE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET.
04:22:39 BUT AGAIN, WHEN WHEN WE ISSUED THE
04:22:40 BOND, WE DID AN ALLOCATION FOR WHERE THE
04:22:41 MONIES WOULD BE USED.
04:22:42 I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD NOT
04:22:44 HAVE VOTED FOR THE BOND IF
04:22:46 THERE WERE NOT AN ALLOCATION OF WHERE
04:22:47 THE MONIES WOULD BE USED.
04:22:50 AT SOME POINT, I THINK THE
04:22:52 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WAS TO DO OVERSIGHT,
04:22:53 MAKE SURE WE'RE
04:22:54 SPENDING THE MONIES WHERE THEY WERE
04:22:56 INTENDED, AND THAT WE'RE DOING IT
04:22:57 IN THE RIGHT
04:22:59 WAY. BUT I FEEL THAT THE NEXT STEP
04:23:00 IS IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
04:23:02 IF WE'RE GOING TO IN FIVE
04:23:04 YEARS, TEN YEARS, HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
04:23:05 CAN WE DO THIS, CAN WE
04:23:08 DO SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD? THEN WE
04:23:09 ARE ACTUALLY
04:23:10 NOT ADDRESSING THE INFRASTRUCTURE
04:23:11 DEBT THAT WE TARGETED
04:23:14 WHEN THE BOND MEASURE CAME UP, WE'RE
04:23:15 TRAR
04:23:16 GETTING DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. NOT TO
04:23:17 SAY THAT THAT IS A BAD
04:23:20 THING. THERE ARE SOMETIMES MORE
04:23:21 IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT COME UP THAT
04:23:23 ARE BETTER
04:23:25 TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE TIME BEFORE
04:23:26 IT
04:23:29 GETS TOO BAD. YOU KNOW, THAT MAY SAVE
04:23:32 US COSTS. BUT I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA
04:23:33 OF
04:23:34 PLANNING, HAVING AN IDEA OF WHERE
04:23:35 THE MONIES ARE GOING TO
04:23:37 BE SPENT, BEFORE THAT. I THINK THAT
04:23:38 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
04:23:41 WOULD PROBABLY HELP
04:23:44 OR DO SOME OF THAT. I AWAIT THEIR
04:23:45 RESPONSES.
04:23:47 BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO
04:23:50 SAY IS THAT ALL THE WORK IN THE CITY
04:23:51 NEEDS TO BE SCHEDULED.
04:23:54 NEEDS TO BE
04:23:55 COORDINATED, AS RESIDENT MEGUS MENTIONED.
04:23:57 I LOOK AT IT DOWN
04:23:58 MY STREETS, MY NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU'LL SEE THAT
04:24:00 I HAVE FILED
04:24:01 A LOT OF POTHOLE AND STREET PROBLEMS AFTER
04:24:03 THE
04:24:05 BIG RAINS. BECAUSE OF RESIDENT COMMENTS
04:24:06 TO ME
04:24:08 IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I FILED A LOT
04:24:10 OF SANTA CLARA APP, MY SANTA CLARA
04:24:14 APP, ISSUES. BUT I SEE SO MANY PLACES
04:24:16 WHERE WE HAVE FRESHLY PAVED STREETS
04:24:18 THAT HAVE JUST
04:24:20 BEEN CUT UP AGAIN FOR I DON'T KNOW WHAT.
04:24:21 I
04:24:23 DON'T KNOW FOR STORM DRAINS, FOR OTHER
04:24:24 THINGS.
04:24:26 I FEEL IN SOME CASES, THINGS WERE
04:24:27 JUST PAVED
04:24:28 OR THERE WAS JUST A SEAL PUT OVER
04:24:30 SOMETHING, AND THEN MEET, IT
04:24:32 WAS CUT UP. IT WAS CUT UP FOR OTHER
04:24:33 WORK. AND
04:24:35 I FEEL THAT IF THIS WERE PLANNED,
04:24:36 IF
04:24:37 PEOPLE ACTUALLY TALKED TO EACH OTHER,
04:24:38 DIDN'T JUST LOOK AT THEIR INDIVIDUAL
04:24:40 WORK PLANS BUT WE LOOKED ACROSS THE
04:24:42 CITY, WE HAD
04:24:43 A TOOL FOR DOING THAT, THAT WOULD
04:24:45 BE GOOD TOO. WITHOUT THIS KIND
04:24:48 OF PLANNING, I HAVE EVEN MORE
04:24:51 CONCERNS FOR HOW THE BOND
04:24:52 MEASURE MONEY WILL BE SPENT. AGAIN, I
04:24:54 THINK WE CAN SPEND THE
04:24:56 MONEY LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT
04:24:59 WE NEED TO LOOK AT SAVINGSAVING IT, MAKING IT GO AS FAR AS IT
04:25:00 CAN GO.
04:25:06 SO EYE I'D LIKE TO KNOW
04:25:08 IF --HOW WE INTEND TO DO THESE. BECAUSE I
04:25:10 DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT I HAVE THIS KIND
04:25:11 OF CONFIDENCE WITH THE STREET WORK THAT I SEE.
04:25:15 THANK YOU.
04:25:21 >> COUNCILMEMBER HARDY? >> I WOULD
04:25:23 JUST LIKE TO CELEBRATE, AGAIN, THAT
04:25:24 OUR REPORT CARD CAME BACK WITH ALL
04:25:27 As.
04:25:29 MOST PARENTS WOULD WISH THEIR STUDENTS
04:25:32 WOULD DO THAT. AND I'M THRILLED THAT
04:25:33 WE
04:25:35 HAVE BEEN SO RESPONSIBLE AND STAFF
04:25:36 HAS BEEN SO GOOD
04:25:39 ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE I SUPPORTED
04:25:41 MEASURE "A. " AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE
04:25:42 A DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR RESIDENTS.
04:25:45 AND
04:25:48 I'M HOPING THAT THE OVERSIGHT
04:25:50 COMMITTEE WILL UNDERSTAND ALSO THIS
04:25:51 DESIGN
04:25:52 BUILD, THAT IT CAN HELP US GO FURTHER
04:25:54 WITH WHAT
04:25:57 WE HAVE PROJECTED AND THAT WE DO A
04:25:58 GOOD
04:25:59 JOB OF EXPLAINING TO OUR RESIDENTS SO
04:26:00 THAT WE
04:26:03 COULD HAVE
04:26:06 THAT OPTION. ON OUR WATER
04:26:08 TREATMENT PLANT, WHEN SOMETHING FAILED
04:26:09 AND IT WAS IN
04:26:12 THE DESIGN BUILD, THAT
04:26:15 WAS ON THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
04:26:18 AND NOT ON US TO FIX SOMETHING BECAUSE
04:26:19 OF THE
04:26:21 WAY THE DESIGN BUILD WORKS. AND
04:26:23 IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND I REALLY
04:26:24 WANT TO
04:26:27 SEE US HAVE THOSE OPTIONS WITHIN THE
04:26:28 CITY SO THAT WE
04:26:30 CAN DO THE VERY BEST WITH WHAT WE'VE ASKED OUR
04:26:31 RESIDENTS TO GIVE US.
04:26:33 THANK YOU.
04:26:38 >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL? >> THANK
04:26:39 YOU, VICE MAYOR.
04:26:42 I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH
04:26:44 THANKING THE RESIDENTS WHO DID ALL
04:26:45 THE GROUNDWORK,
04:26:47 PUTTING US IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE
04:26:48 COULD GET $400
04:26:50 MILLION TO IMPROVE THE CITY. SO THANKS
04:26:51 TO ALL
04:26:53 THE RESIDENTS AND THE WATERS. AND
04:26:54 NEXT, THANKS GOES
04:26:56 TO ALL THE STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANTS
04:26:57 WHO PUT IN A
04:27:00 LOT OF EFFORTS AND PUTTING ALL
04:27:03 THE REPORTS INTO
04:27:06 THIS THING.
04:27:12 AAA IS AT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AFTER THE FOR
04:27:15 OUR STAFF, AND ONE "A" FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
04:27:18 HOW
04:27:20 GOOD WE'RE COMPLETING AND MAINTAINING
04:27:21 THAT RATING. ONCE
04:27:22 AGAIN, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK.
04:27:24 THANK YOU.
04:27:30 >> AS FAR AS SOMETIMES YOU
04:27:32 DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE RESOURCES NEEDED
04:27:33 TO ADDRESS
04:27:36 THE ISSUES OR FACILITIES THAT ARE NEEDED.
04:27:37 I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAD A
04:27:41 FACILITIES REPORT THAT CAME BACK WITH
04:27:42 $1.
04:27:45 2 BILLION IN NEED. THE LAST BOND WAS
04:27:48 $720 MILLION. SO IT WAS DEFINITELY
04:27:49 NOT ENOUGH.
04:27:51 AND THE CITY, IT'S SIMILAR WHERE WE
04:27:54 HAVE $600 MILLION THAT WAS IDENTIFIED,
04:27:55 THE
04:27:56 BOND'S FOR $400 MILLION. AS LONG AS
04:27:57 WE DO WHAT WE SAY
04:28:00 AND MAKE SURE THAT WE FISCALLY
04:28:03 LOOK AFTER THESE
04:28:06 MONIES APPROPRIATELY
04:28:07 AND REFINANCE WHEN THEY'RE CALLABLE AND WE HAVE A
04:28:09 LOWER RATE OUT THERE, THINGS LIKE
04:28:10 THAT, I THINK THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO
04:28:12 LOOK AT THIS AS
04:28:15 A POSITIVE. AND THEY'LL
04:28:17 SEE FACILITIES COME UP TO SPEED AND
04:28:18 BE
04:28:21 HAPPY, HOPEFULLY, WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE.
04:28:24 AND WITH
04:28:26 THAT, CLERK --WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER, OKAY.
04:28:30 COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL?
04:28:31 >> THANK
04:28:32 YOU, YES. I MISSED ONE PART OF IT
04:28:33 WHICH I NOTED ON
04:28:35 MY NOTEBOOK. I THINK ONE THING WE
04:28:36 SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR OF
04:28:39 IS REGULAR UPDATE TO OUR
04:28:41 RESIDENTS. HOW ON THE REGULAR TOOL
04:28:42 BY THE QUARTERLY OR
04:28:44 SIX MONTHLY, THAT WHAT PROGRESS WE
04:28:48 ARE MAKING. SO THAT WE EARN THEIR
04:28:49 TRUST.
04:28:50 THEY VOTED FOR US. AND THAT WOULD
04:28:51 BE GOOD. SO REGULAR UPDATE TO OUR
04:28:54 RESIDENTS. THANK YOU.
04:28:59 >> COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> YEAH, I WAS
04:29:00 GOING TO SAY,
04:29:02 WE SEEM TO LIKE DASHBOARDS AND DASHBOARDS
04:29:03 PROVIDE A LOT OF
04:29:05 INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK THROUGH
04:29:06 AND SEND
04:29:08 YOU QUESTIONS. MAYBE WE COULD HAVE
04:29:09 A
04:29:11 IMPLEMENTATION DASHBOARD FOR THE BONDS AND HOW
04:29:12 THEY'RE SPENT
04:29:14 AND WHAT THEY'RE BEING SPENT ON AND
04:29:15 LINK TO PROJECTS. I'M SURE
04:29:17 THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AND THOUGHT
04:29:18 ABOUT BEFORE. BUT
04:29:21 I JUST WANT
04:29:23 TO HEAR SOME CONFIRMATION.
04:29:24 >> GOOD
04:29:26 EVENING, COUNCILMAN PARK. GREAT QUESTION.
04:29:27 THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF
04:29:30 THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN
04:29:33 WORKING ON IS BOTH THE WEB PAGE FOR
04:29:34 MEASURE
04:29:36 "I" TOO WHERE THE PUBLIC
04:29:38 ACCOMPANYING TO TO FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT
04:29:39 THE
04:29:42 PROJECTS. WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING DASHBOARDS
04:29:43 FOR
04:29:45 ALL 27 PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED
04:29:48 BY THIS COUNCIL BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
04:29:51 SO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ONGOING RIGHT
04:29:52 NOW.
04:29:53 AND WE HOPE TO RELEASE THAT IN THE
04:29:54 NEXT
04:29:57 FEW MONTHS FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE
04:30:00 TO UTILIZE THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE
04:30:01 A KEY
04:30:03 PLATFORM FOR US TO COMMUNICATE
04:30:06 WITH THE COMMUNITY
04:30:09 AND STAKEHOLDERS ON PROGRESS OF
04:30:13 PROJECTS, STATUS, COSTS,
04:30:15 AND WHERE WE'RE AT AS A TOTAL MEASURE
04:30:16 "I"
04:30:17 PROGRAM. AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO
04:30:19 GO
04:30:22 DEEPER INTO EACH PROJECT
04:30:25 AND OBTAIN ADDITIONAL
04:30:27 INFORMATION AND PROGRESS FOR ALL 27
04:30:28 PROJECTS.
04:30:30 SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT ITEM, AND WE'LL
04:30:33 BE HAVING THOSE LIVE, GOING LIVE IN A FEW MONTHS.
04:30:37 >> I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
04:30:39 I THINK THAT THE DASHBOARDS, ESPECIALLY
04:30:40 IF THEY'RE KEPT
04:30:42 UP TO DATE IN A TIMELY FASHION, WOULD
04:30:43 BE VERY GOOD
04:30:44 FOR RESIDENTS TO NOT JUST SEE WHAT
04:30:46 IS GOING
04:30:49 ON BUT ALSO GET TRUST, TRANSPARENCY
04:30:50 HERE. ALMOST FEEL LIKE WE COULD DO
04:30:52 THAT WITH EVERYTHING,
04:30:53 EVEN STREET REPAVING AND THINGS LIKE
04:30:54 THAT BUT THAT'S NOT THE TOPIC OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.
04:30:55 THANK YOU.
04:31:04 >> ALL RIGHT. MS. CITY CLERK?
04:31:22 MOTION CARRIES
04:31:25 UNANIMOUSLY, 6
04:31:27 WITH ONE MEMBER BEING ABSENT. SO CONGRATULATIONS
04:31:28 WITH
04:31:31 THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TOTO
04:31:34 7 WHICH IS A CITY SESSIONSESSION
04:31:37 SANTA CLARA STATION AREA
04:31:40 SPECIFIC PLAN.
04:31:43 AND WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER COX?
04:31:46 >> I'LL BE ING MYSELF DUE TO MY
04:31:47 EMPLOYMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND
04:31:48 POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE OF
04:31:49 THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE
04:31:52 UNIVERSITY. I WILL BE GONE.
04:31:57 >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR GONZALEZ.
04:32:00 THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
04:32:01 IS
04:32:04 HERE WITH VARIOUS PARTNERS TO PROVIDE
04:32:06 A STUDY SESSION ON OUR LONG-TERM --
04:32:08 LONG-RANGE PLAN RELATED TO THE STATION AREA.
04:32:22 THESE
04:32:23 SESSIONS WE PROVIDE SO THAT WE CAN
04:32:25 RECEIVE YOUR EARLY
04:32:26 FEEDBACK INTO THESE IMPORTANT LONG-
04:32:28 RANGE PLANS. THE
04:32:31 STATION AREA IS A TRANSIT-RICH SITE THAT
04:32:34 IS ALSO THE TERMINUS FOR
04:32:36 THE BART STATION AS PART OF THAT PHASE
04:32:37 TWO PROJECT.
04:32:39 IT IS CRITICAL FOR THE CITY TO HAVE
04:32:40 A PREFERRED LAND USE
04:32:43 PLAN FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT NEAR
04:32:46 TRANSIT. STAFF
04:32:49 HAS COLLABORATIVELY WORKED WITH THE
04:32:50 TASK
04:32:52 FORCE, THE
04:32:53 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE
04:32:55 ASSOCIATION OF BAY
04:32:58 AREA GOVERNMENTS.
04:33:00 OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
04:33:04 IS HERE TO PRESENT PRESENT OUR CONSULTANT
04:33:05 FROM
04:33:06 WRT.
04:33:07 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING,
04:33:08 MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, MEMBERS OF
04:33:10 THE PUBLIC. I WILL GET RIGHT INTO
04:33:11 THE
04:33:12 PRESENTATION. SO FIRST, THE INTRODUCTIONS.
04:33:13 WE
04:33:16 HAVE TONIGHT LESLIE
04:33:19 XAVIER, REBECCA
04:33:22 BUSTOSSS, MELISSA
04:33:25 SERESO, WHO'S THE PROGRAM
04:33:28 MANAGER, ROBERT SWARIC, THE
04:33:31 TRANSPORTATION PLAN ARE WE HAVE IAN
04:33:32 LEADERSHIP,
04:33:33 TRANSPORTATION PLANNER. I WOULD ALSO
04:33:34 LIKE TO GIVE
04:33:37 A SHOUT-OUT TO MTCA
04:33:39 BAG FOR THEIR SUPPORT. AND THEN THE
04:33:40 CONSULTANT
04:33:41 TEAM IS HERE. JAMES STICKILY, WRT.
04:33:52 DIGA SHARWATT.
04:33:54 DANA BOWSER WITH STRATEGIC ECONOMICS.
04:33:58 AT A HIGH LEVEL,
04:34:01 A FOCUS AREA WAS IDENTIFIED
04:34:04 IN THE 2010 GENERAL PLAN. IN THE GENERAL
04:34:07 PLAN, THERE ARE FOUR FOCUS AREAS THAT
04:34:10 WERE IDENTIFIED. EL CAMINO REAL, STEVENS
04:34:12 CREEK BOULEVARD, SANTA CLARA DOWNTOWN,
04:34:13 AND THE ONE WE'RE
04:34:16 SPEAKING ABOUT TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE SANTA
04:34:18 CLARA STATION AREA. AND WHAT'S THE
04:34:19 BENEFIT OF THESE
04:34:21 FOCUS AREAS? WELL, IN THE GENERAL
04:34:22 PLAN, THE
04:34:24 COUNCIL ENVISIONED THESE FOCUS AREAS.
04:34:25 BUT COUNCIL
04:34:28 SAID, COME BACK AND DEVELOP A MORE
04:34:31 FINE-GRAIN, GRANULAR APROVO SO THAT WE
04:34:32 CAN DO
04:34:33 MORE FOCUS DEVELOPMENT WITH MORE INTENSITY.
04:34:37 BECAUSE COUNCIL ENVISIONED MORE JOBS
04:34:38 AND GROWTH
04:34:40 AROUND THESE AREAS BECAUSE THIS IS
04:34:43 REALLY A TRANSPORTATION HUB. SO WE
04:34:46 ALIGNED OURSELVES WITH WHAT THE REGION
04:34:49 WAS THINKING AT THE TIME
04:34:51 AND CONTINUE TO THINK. THEN THESE
04:34:52 WOULD ALSO
04:34:54 ALLOWALLOW FOR FUTURE GRANTS AND GROWTH
04:34:55 AND
04:34:58 DEVELOPMENT. IN 2022, THE CITY ENTERED
04:35:01 INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH
04:35:04 BTA. AND THIS AGREEMENT
04:35:06 IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SET
04:35:07 THE ROLES
04:35:10 AND RELATIONSHIPS FOR HOW
04:35:13 WE WERE WORKING WITH THE VTA.
04:35:16 FORTUNATELY THERE'S A $900,000 GRANT
04:35:17 WE ARE
04:35:18 WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING WITH THE VTA.
04:35:19 THEN
04:35:22 IN DECEMBER 2022
04:35:25 AND APRIL 2023, THE COUNCIL APPOINTED
04:35:26 AN
04:35:28 11-MEMBER STATION AREA TASK FORCE.
04:35:31 THEN IN 2023, THROUGH AN
04:35:34 RFP PROCESS, WRT WAS SELECTED
04:35:36 BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERTISE, ESPECIALLY AROUND STATION AREAS.
04:35:46 THE
04:35:48 STATION AREA CONSISTS OF 244 ACRES
04:35:49 BOUND
04:35:52 BY DE LA CRUZ, REID STREET, MARTIN
04:35:53 BOULEVARD,
04:35:54 FRANKLIN STREET, AND EL CAMINO REAL TO THE SOUTHWEST.
04:36:07 SAN JOSE MINETA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COSTCO
04:36:08 IS
04:36:09 HERE, WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN FABRIC
04:36:11 RIGHT HERE,
04:36:13 THEN WE HAVE OUR VERY IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL PARTNER, SANTA CLARA
04:36:14 UNIVERSITY.
04:36:26 COUNCIL'S
04:36:27 VISION FOR THIS AREA WILL GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
04:36:38 WE ARE NOW
04:36:39 DEVELOPING THE MORE GRANULAR APPROACH SO
04:36:41 THE OBJECTIVES FOR THIS AREA
04:36:42 ARE TO ADDRESS THE CHANGING NEEDS OF
04:36:44 THE COMMUNITY,
04:36:45 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN TRANSPORTATION,
04:36:46 JOBS, AND HOUSING ARE ANTICIPATED
04:36:47 HERE.
04:37:01 IT EMPHASIZES MAXIMIZING DEVELOPMENT
04:37:02 POTENTIAL. COMMUNITY
04:37:04 VISION. A NEW SPECIFIC PLAN WILL INCORPORATE
04:37:08 THE COMMUNITY'S VISION FOR
04:37:09 DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES PERSPECTIVES
04:37:10 AND TO SHAPE A VIBRANT TRANSIT HUB UNIQUE TO SANTA CLARA.
04:37:20 THE PLAN WILL GUIDE PUBLIC AND
04:37:21 PRIVATE INVESTMENTS FOR A 25 TO 30-YEAR HORIZON.
04:37:29 THIS WILL PROMOTE MULTI
04:37:32 MODAL TRANSIT AND
04:37:33 IMPORTANTLY COMPLIANCE WITH THE CLIMATE
04:37:35 ACTION PLAN. TONIGHT, THE
04:37:38 AGENDA IS LAID OUT AND I WILL NOT
04:37:39 READ
04:37:41 IT NUMBER BY NUMBER. I THINK IT'S
04:37:44 PRETTY
04:37:47 APPARENT. BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUTABOUT
04:37:50 VTA'S ROLE IN THIS PROJECT.
04:37:59 FIRST, THE PROJECT
04:38:02 HAS REGIONAL INTEREST. MTC AND VTA,
04:38:03 THROUGH A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GRANT,
04:38:05 HAS PROVIDED FUNDING FOR
04:38:07 THIS PROJECT, A TOTAL OF $900,000.
04:38:10 VTA IS PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON THE OVERALL PROJECT.
04:38:20 THE
04:38:21 CITY IS THE PROJECT LEAD. WE MANAGE
04:38:23 THE PROJECT DAY TO DAY WITH USE OF
04:38:25 THE CONSULTANT. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS
04:38:26 STUDY SESSIONS AND REVIEWS
04:38:29 AND PROVIDES INPUT AND FEEDBACK TO
04:38:32 US. CITY COUNCIL IS THE ULTIMATE
04:38:35 DECISION-MAKING BODY ON THIS. AND
04:38:36 WILL ALSO ADOPT THE FINAL
04:38:38 PLAN.
04:38:41 THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO PLAYS AN
04:38:42 IMPORTANT ROLE, AND THEY ARE THE RECOMMENDING BODY
04:38:44 TO THE COUNCIL ON THIS.
04:38:47 VTA IS A FUNDING
04:38:49 PARTNER, AND THEY'RE ALSO A STRATEGY
04:38:50 PARTNER. AND THEY'RE
04:38:52 WORKING WITH THE CITY. THE DRAFT VERSION
04:38:54 OF THIS PLAN WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE
04:38:57 VTA BOARD BEFORE IT IS ADOPTED BY THE CITY
04:38:59 COUNCIL.
04:39:05 VTA
04:39:08 HAS BEEN
04:39:10 VERY COLLABORATIVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
04:39:14 AND THIS SLIDE ON THE
04:39:17 VTA ROLE IN THIS PROJECT. VTA IS THE
04:39:18 LEAD
04:39:19 AGENCY FOR THE BART EXTENSION, WHICH IS
04:39:20 ANTICIPATED TO BE HERE BY 2036.
04:39:25 VTA IS THE CONCESSION MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
04:39:26 BECAUSE OF THIS
04:39:29 ROLE, VTA THROUGH STATE LAW HAS
04:39:32 A REQUIRED ROLE IN WORKING WITH
04:39:35 LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ON LAND USE AND
04:39:38 TRANSPORTATION. VTA ALSO HAS POLICIES, AND THOSE
04:39:41 POLICIES ARE
04:39:46 DISPLAYED HERE ON THIS SLIDE. THEY
04:39:47 ARE FOR
04:39:49 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSIT-
04:39:53 ORIENTED COMMUNITIES.
04:39:56 AND INCLUDED ARE THOSE UNDERPINNING
04:39:59 POLICIES HERE. AND NOW
04:40:02 II INTRODUCE JAMES
04:40:04 STICKILY, WHO'S THE PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE
04:40:05 WITH WRT, AND
04:40:08 DIKA SHARAWATT,
04:40:10 PROJECT MANAGER. TOWARDS THE END,
04:40:11 I WILL COME
04:40:12 BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE NEXT STEPS.
04:40:14 THANK YOU.
04:40:20 >> GREAT, THANK YOU. MR. VICE
04:40:22 MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IT'S
04:40:23 A PLEASURE TO BE HERE
04:40:26 THIS EVENING. AND TO
04:40:29 PRESENT OUR PROGRESS TO DATE ON THE STATION AREA
04:40:30 SPECIFIC PLAN.
04:40:35 SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH
04:40:38 THE DIVISION AND GUIDING FRAMEWORK
04:40:39 AS
04:40:41 AFSHAN MENTIONED. AND STARTING
04:40:44 WITH OUR TIMELINE.
04:40:47 SO WE'VE BEEN HARD
04:40:50 AT WORK FOR TWO YEARS NOW. AND AS YOU
04:40:53 CAN SEE FROM THIS CALENDAR, WE STARTED
04:40:54 WITH
04:40:56 THE ANALYSIS STAGE IN THE BEGINNING
04:40:57 OF 2024.
04:41:02 AND WORKED THROUGH A
04:41:05 VISION STAGE, THROUGH CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVES.
04:41:08 AND THAT BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE
04:41:09 TODAY IN
04:41:10 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRAMEWORK,
04:41:11 WHICH WILL THEN
04:41:14 BE THE BASIS FOR WRITING
04:41:16 THE REGULATORY PLAN ITSELF. YOU CAN SEE
04:41:17 THE
04:41:20 VARIOUS EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
04:41:23 ALONG THE WAY. STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS,
04:41:25 COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, AND THEN A CONSISTENT AND
04:41:29 REGULAR RHYTHM OF MEETINGS WITH
04:41:31 THE STATION AREA TASK FORCE IN THE DARK BLUE
04:41:32 DOTS.
04:41:42 SO THIS IS WHERE THE PROJECT
04:41:44 STARTED. JUST BEING CLEAR ON WHAT
04:41:45 IT IS THAT
04:41:48 WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN
04:41:49 THIS NEW DISTRICT AND THIS VERY IMPORTANT DISTRICT FOR THE
04:41:51 CITY OF SANTA CLARA.
04:41:54 THE
04:41:56 STATION WILL BE A VIBRANT, TRANSIT-ORIENTED
04:41:58 DISTRICT THAT LEVERAGES REGIONAL TRANSIT
04:42:00 TO BUILD A
04:42:02 THRIVING, WALKABLE, ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY
04:42:03 UNIQUE TO
04:42:05 SANTA CLARA. GROUNDED IN EQUITY, THE
04:42:06 STATION
04:42:07 AREA WILL PROCEEDER ON TISE DIVERSE
04:42:09 HOUSING,
04:42:12 INCLUSIVE MOBILITY, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY,
04:42:14 FOSTERING A STRONG SENSE OF PLACE
04:42:17 THROUGH THOUGHTFUL DESIGN THAT BUILDS
04:42:18 UPON SANTA
04:42:21 CLARA'S DISTINCTIVE CULTURAL AND
04:42:24 ECOLOGICAL HERITAGE. SUSTAINABLE,
04:42:26 CLIMATE-CONSCIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE WILL
04:42:29 ENHANCE RESILIENCE, POSITIONING THE
04:42:30 DISTRICT AS A FUTURE-READY, FLOURISHING NEIGHBORHOOD.
04:42:39 SO, AS WE
04:42:42 DEVELOP THE FRAMEWORK,
04:42:44 WE LOOKED AT IT IN A SERIES OF THESE
04:42:45 LAYERS.
04:42:46 AND THE FIRST LAYER THAT YOU CAN SEE ON
04:42:48 THE
04:42:50 LEFT IS ABOUT CIRCULATION, ABOUT MOBILITY,
04:42:51 ABOUT CONNECTIVITY.
04:42:56 WHERE ARE THE GAPS? WHERE ARE THE
04:42:57 STREET NETWORKS?
04:43:00 WHERE ARE THE STREET NETWORKS INCOMPLETE?
04:43:02 HOW DO WE BRIDGE ACROSS THE TRACKS?
04:43:05 THAT'S REALLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
04:43:06 BARRIER
04:43:08 TO HAVING THIS DISTRICT BE COHESIVE
04:43:09 AND CONNECTED FROM
04:43:12 ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. SO
04:43:15 REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE
04:43:18 TRACK CROSSINGS AS WELL AS
04:43:20 MAKING SURE THAT THE STREET NETWORK IS COMPLETE.
04:43:24 IN THE
04:43:27 CENTER, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE
04:43:29 CALLING THE PUBLIC REALM LAYER. HOW
04:43:30 DO WE HAVE A
04:43:32 CONNECTED NETWORK OF PUBLIC SPACES?
04:43:35 STREETS CAN SERVE PART OF THAT FUNCTION,
04:43:36 BUT THERE
04:43:39 ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES
04:43:42 FOR
04:43:45 PARKS, FOR PASEOS. HOW DO WE
04:43:47 MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS
04:43:48 AND WORKERS IN
04:43:49 THE DISTRICT AND WORK TOGETHER AS
04:43:51 A NETWORK OF PUBLIC SPACE? AND
04:43:53 THEN LASTLY, IN THE THIRD LAYER, WHAT
04:43:54 ARE THE
04:43:57 LAND USES? WHAT ARE THE LITTLE
04:44:00 SUBDISTRICTS THAT MAKE UP
04:44:02 THIS OVERALL STATION AREA PLAN? AND
04:44:03 WHAT IS THE
04:44:06 MIX OF USES THAT HAPPEN IN EACH OF THOSE
04:44:09 SUBDISTRICTS? SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU
04:44:12 CAN SEE NEAR THE
04:44:15 TOP, THE GRAY AREA WHERE WE'RE
04:44:16 MAINTAINING AN INDUSTRIAL WHAT WE'RE
04:44:18 CALLING INNOVATION
04:44:21 DISTRICT, AS SOMETHING WE CAN BUILD
04:44:22 ON EXISTING
04:44:23 USES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THAT AREA.
04:44:24 THAT ALSO SERVES
04:44:27 AS A BUFFER TO THE
04:44:30 AIRPORT FOR RESIDENTIAL
04:44:32 USES THAT WILL OCCUR FURTHER TO THE
04:44:36 SOUTH. AND THEN WHAT IS THAT LAND
04:44:37 USE
04:44:38 MAKEUP AROUND THE STATION ITSELF?
04:44:39 THEN HOW DO WE
04:44:41 BLEND BACK TOWARDS THE UNIVERSITY
04:44:42 AND
04:44:44 TOWARDS THE OLD QUAD NEIGHBORHOOD
04:44:45 IN THE SOUTH?
04:44:47 SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT EACH OF THE
04:44:51 AREAS OF THE DISTRICT IN
04:44:54 THAT WAY. SO BRIEFLY,
04:44:56 OUR ENGAGEMENT. AFSHAN MENTIONED THIS
04:44:57 A LITTLE BIT,
04:45:00 AS DID I ON THE CALENDAR
04:45:03 PREVIOUSLY. WE'VE HAD
04:45:06 A SERIES OF SEVEN STAKEHOLDER
04:45:09 INTERVIEW SESSIONS. WE'VE HAD 13 MEETINGS
04:45:10 WITH
04:45:12 THE STATION AREA TASK FORCE SO FAR.
04:45:15 AND WE HAVE SEVERAL TO GO AS
04:45:18 WE WORK THROUGH THE DRAFT PLAN.
04:45:21 WE HAD PROPERTY OWNERS MEETING.
04:45:24 WE'VE HAD THE FIRST
04:45:27 COMMUNITY WORKSHOP, WHICH WAS AT THE
04:45:28 VISIONING
04:45:30 STAGE OF THE PROCESS. WE'VE
04:45:33 HAD POPUP EVENT. WE'VE
04:45:36 HAD A VISION
04:45:39 ING
04:45:42 ING CHER RET. THEN WE HAD A SECOND
04:45:43 COMMUNITY
04:45:45 WORKSHOP WHICH WAS VIRTUAL. THEN
04:45:47 THERE WILL BE TWO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY
04:45:48 OPEN HOUSES TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
04:45:54 I THINK ONE
04:45:57 THING I DIDN'T MENTION AND IS WORTH
04:46:00 MENTIONING IS WHAT'S
04:46:03 AHEAD. SO THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN
04:46:04 IS
04:46:05 ANTICIPATED ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW.
04:46:06 WHY SO LONG?
04:46:12 THE CEQA PROCESS
04:46:14 IS REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING THE SCHEDULE
04:46:15 FROM THIS
04:46:18 POINT FORWARD RATHER IF WE HAVE SORT
04:46:19 OF GREEN
04:46:20 LIGHT TO PROCEED ON THE FRAMEWORK, THEN
04:46:21 WE BEGIN
04:46:24 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND TO DRAFT THE
04:46:26 DETAILED PLAN ITSELF. AND THAT WILL
04:46:27 BE THE
04:46:30 BASIS ON WHICH THE CEQA PROCESS IS
04:46:31 BEGUN.
04:46:33 AS WE GET THAT PLAN DEFINED TO A
04:46:37 CERTAIN LEVEL, WE'LL COME BACK
04:46:39 TO THE COMMUNITY IN AN OPEN HOUSE.
04:46:40 WE'LL GET
04:46:42 FINAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
04:46:43 THEN THAT WILL GO INTO THE FINAL PLAN.
04:46:54 WHICH WILL COME BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION
04:46:58 AND COUNCIL. WHAT ARE THE
04:46:59 KEY PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM
04:47:01 THE COMMUNITY AND FROM
04:47:03 THE STAKEHOLDERS, FROM THE TASK FORCE
04:47:04 THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS?
04:47:05 AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE
04:47:07 VERY BRIEFLY
04:47:10 IN THE CATEGORIES THAT
04:47:13 YOU SEE HERE. SO THE FIRST IS MOBILITY
04:47:16 AND CONNECTIVITY. THERE WAS A
04:47:19 STRONG DESIRE FOR SAFER
04:47:20 PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ALONG EL CAMINO
04:47:22 REAL AND NEAR CAL
04:47:25 TRAIN. SEPARATED BIKE LANES,
04:47:26 POTENTIALLY BUFFERED BY TREES AND
04:47:28 SAFE
04:47:31 STUDENT ROUTES. BETTER LAST MILE CONNECTIONS
04:47:34 THROUGH SHUTTLES, BUSES, MICRO
04:47:37 MOBILITY, AND
04:47:39 BICYCLE. BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES
04:47:40 OR
04:47:43 UNDERPASSES TO BRIDGE ACROSS THE TRACKS,
04:47:46 EITHER UNDER OR OVER. AND
04:47:47 THEN MAINTAINING SOME PARKING NEAR
04:47:49 THE HISTORIC
04:47:52 DEPOT FOR VISITORS
04:47:55 THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO USE
04:47:56 THAT IN ITS CURRENT USE CURRENT AS A MUSEUM.
04:48:01 FOR PLACE-MAKING AND PUBLIC
04:48:03 REALM, A DESIRE FOR WIDE, SHADED,
04:48:07 GREEN AND WELL-LIT SIDEWALKS. ACTIVE
04:48:08 PLAZAS
04:48:10 AND GATHERING SPACES WITH ART
04:48:12 AND AMENITIES, RESTROOMS, SEATING,
04:48:13 AND
04:48:15 SENIOR-FRIENDLY DESIGN. CONNECTIONS
04:48:16 TO
04:48:19 NEARBY PARKS AND FAMILY-ORIENTED SPACES.
04:48:21 AND CIVIC OR COMMUNITY USES THAT ADD IDENTITY AND ACTIVITY.
04:48:25 AND
04:48:27 THEN LASTLY IN THE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT
04:48:31 AND ECONOMIC VITALITY, A MIX OF MID
04:48:34 AND HIGH-RISE HOUSING NEAR
04:48:37 TRANSIT. RETAIL THAT COMPLEMENTS RATHER
04:48:40 THAN COMPETES WITH THE DOWNTOWN.
04:48:43 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES ALONG COLEMAN
04:48:44 AND REID STREET AND DE LA CRUZ BOULEVARD.
04:48:49 SOME INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OWNERS WANT
04:48:52 FLEXIBILITY TO CONTINUE THEIR CURRENT
04:48:53 USES WITHOUT REDEVELOPMENT PRESSURE.
04:48:55 SO IN THAT AREA TO
04:48:57 THE NORTH THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE.
04:48:58 AND
04:49:01 THEN RETAIN COSTCO,
04:49:03 POTENTIALLY INTEGRATED WITH FUTURE
04:49:04 MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT.
04:49:06 AND WE HAVE A MODEL FOR THAT IN L.A.
04:49:07 THAT
04:49:10 WE'VE BEEN LOOKING
04:49:13 FOR. BUT TO SEE COSTCO
04:49:16 AS AN IMPORTANT USE, AS REGIONAL
04:49:19 COMMERCIAL FOR THE DISTRICT. AND ALSO
04:49:20 AS A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THE CITY.
04:49:30 AS I MENTIONED BRIEFLY BEFORE, THE
04:49:31 UPCOMING
04:49:32 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH INCLUDE
04:49:34 A PUBLIC SCOPING
04:49:37 MEETING IN WINTER,
04:49:38 THIS WINTER. SO JUST IN THE NEXT MONTH OR
04:49:40 TWO.
04:49:43 AN OPEN HOUSE
04:49:45 THIS SUMMER. A SECOND OPEN HOUSE IN
04:49:46 THE FALL.
04:49:49 AND THEN THROUGHOUT THAT
04:49:52 TIME, A SOCIAL MEDIA
04:49:54 CAMPAIGN THAT KEEPS EVERYONE INFORMED
04:49:55 ON THE PROCESS AS IT MOVES FORWARD.
04:50:00 SO THE PREFERRED CONCEPT ITSELF, LET ME
04:50:01 JUST GET INTO IT
04:50:04 A LITTLE BIT. FIRST OF ALL, THE PROCESS
04:50:07 OF ARRIVING ON THE FRAMEWORK PLAN
04:50:10 THAT WE HAVE TODAY,
04:50:13 WE STARTED BY LOOKING AT
04:50:15 DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF HOW TO ORGANIZE
04:50:16 LAND USES
04:50:18 AND FRAMEWORK. AND THE FIRST ONE WAS
04:50:19 WHAT WE CALL
04:50:22 THE VTA PLAYBOOK VISION. IT WAS A
04:50:25 SCHEME THAT WAS BASED VERY LITERALLY
04:50:26 ON
04:50:28 THE VTA PLAYBOOK THAT WAS
04:50:31 DEVELOPED FOR THIS AREA WITH A
04:50:34 VERY HIGH INTENSITY OF ALLOWABLE LAND
04:50:36 USES AND SORT OF MAXING THAT OUT.
04:50:40 THE SECOND WAS REALLY
04:50:42 GETTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITY
04:50:43 AND MAXING
04:50:46 THAT OUT WITHIN THE
04:50:48 HIGHEST ALLOWABLE HEIGHTS, GIVEN AIRPORT
04:50:49 RESTRICTIONS.
04:50:51 AND THEN THE THIRD WAS WHAT'S CALLED
04:50:52 A STRATEGIC
04:50:55 GROWTH MIX. AND THIS
04:50:57 THIRD ONE DREW ON ELEMENTS OF THE FIRST
04:50:58 TWO, BUT IT
04:51:01 ALSO WAS VERY DELIBERATE
04:51:04 ABOUT KEEPING CERTAIN KEY LAND USES
04:51:05 THAT ARE THERE
04:51:07 TODAY. LIKE THE
04:51:10 COSTCO, THE POLICE
04:51:13 STATION, AND THINGS
04:51:16 LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S THE SCHEME THAT I
04:51:19 THINK GAINED THE MOST TRACTION
04:51:21 THROUGH OUR PROCESS. THERE WAS SORT OF A PRACTICALITY
04:51:25 OF EMBRACING CERTAIN SUCCESSFUL
04:51:28 LAND USES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE AND
04:51:29 BUILDING
04:51:31 UPON THEM. BUT
04:51:33 STILL INTEGRATING ADDITIONAL DENSITY
04:51:34 OF HOUSING AND
04:51:37 OFFICE COMMERCIAL. SO THE STRATEGIC
04:51:38 GROWTH MIX USED
04:51:40 THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE MOVED FORWARD
04:51:41 WITH
04:51:43 AND THEN DEVELOPED AT A GREATER LEVEL
04:51:46 OF DETAIL. SO THIS
04:51:49 IS A CONCEPTUAL DIGITAL MODEL OF THIS STUDY
04:51:52 AREA, AND YOU CAN START TO SEE HOW SOME OF
04:51:55 THE LAND USES AND
04:51:58 DENSITIES ARE ORGANIZED. SO --AND
04:51:59 THE
04:52:01 LOWER PART OF THE IMAGE IS SANTA CLARA
04:52:02 UNIVERSITY.
04:52:04 TO THE LOWER --
04:52:06 LOWER LEFT IS THE OLD QUAD NEIGHBORHOOD.
04:52:07 AND THEN
04:52:09 RIGHT IN THE CENTER IS THE STATION
04:52:13 AREA. YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORIC TRAIN
04:52:16 DEPOT ON ONE SIDE AND THE CAL TRAIN
04:52:20 STATION AND THEN THE FUTURE
04:52:21 BART STATION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS.
04:52:29 WE'RE SHOWING NOT MANDATED LAND
04:52:32 USES, BUT SORT OF SUGGESTED AND
04:52:33 PROBABLE LAND USES. HOUSING IN YELLOW.
04:52:38 COMMERCIAL OFFICE IN BLUE.
04:52:41 THE NORTHERN PIECE ON THE
04:52:44 TOP IN THE DISTANCE WOULD BE
04:52:46 THIS INDUSTRIAL AND INNOVATION USES
04:52:47 WHERE
04:52:50 WE'RE RETAINING THE
04:52:53 USES THAT EXIST THERE TODAY, BUT
04:52:56 ALSO BUILDING UPON THEM.
04:52:59 RETAIL, NOT ONLY IN THE TWO
04:53:00 LOCATIONS, BUT THERE'S A PROVISION TO
04:53:05 ENCOURAGE GROUND
04:53:08 FLOOR RETAIL AT KEY
04:53:11 PLACES, AND DESHA
04:53:12 IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
04:53:14 THEN SOME ACADEMIC BUILDING INFILL NEAR
04:53:15 THE UNIVERSITY AND THE BLOCKS BETWEEN BENTON AND
04:53:17 FRANKLIN.
04:53:20 THE IDEA WITH
04:53:23 THE OFFICE CONCENTRATING AROUND
04:53:26 TRANSIT AGAIN IS NOT A
04:53:29 REGULATED MANDATE OF THE PLAN.
04:53:32 IT IS SIMPLY GOOD
04:53:35 PLANNING TO PUT OFFICE NEAR
04:53:37 THE STATION AND THEN RESIDENTIAL JUST BEYOND
04:53:38 THAT.
04:53:43 BUT THAT WOULD REALLY BE LEFT TO THE
04:53:44 MARKET.
04:53:47 SO THIS PLAN WILL BE LAND
04:53:49 USING A MONTHS STICK IN TERMS OF WHERE
04:53:50 HOUSING SHOULD GO AND
04:53:53 WHERE OFFICE SHOULD GO.
04:53:56 BUT MAY
04:53:57 HAVE SOME PROVISIONS THAT ENCOURAGE
04:53:59 OFFICE
04:54:02 CLOSE TO THE TRAIN STATION.
04:54:07 THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VEWE'VE INCORPORATED
04:54:11 INTO THE SCHEME IS PROJECTS THAT
04:54:14 ARE EITHER EXISTING OR UNDER
04:54:15 CONSTRUCTION OR APPROVED. SO THOSE
04:54:17 ARE SHOWN IN THE MODEL.
04:54:18 THINGS LIKE GATEWAY CROSSINGS. SOME OF
04:54:23 THE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
04:54:25 ALONG EL CAMINO REAL HERE IN THE FOREGROUND.
04:54:29 AND
04:54:31 A COUPLE OF OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT
04:54:32 ARE IN
04:54:35 THE PIPELINE. AND THEN WE'RE
04:54:38 SHOWING COSTCO IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION AND ITS
04:54:41 CURRENT FORM.
04:54:44 SO I'M GOING
04:54:47 TO TURN IT OVER
04:54:48 TO DINA BOWSER TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE MARKET CONTEXT.
04:54:53 >>
04:54:55 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT REAL ESTATE,
04:54:56 TO BE UP FOR THIS AT
04:54:59 MIDNIGHT. GOOD EVENING. AGAIN, I'M
04:55:01 DINA BELLSER FROM STRATEGIC ECONOMICS
04:55:02 AND WE
04:55:05 PREPARED A QUITE EXTENSIVE REAL ESTATE
04:55:07 MARKET AND SORT OF ECONOMIC TRENDS
04:55:08 REPORT TWO YEARS
04:55:10 AGO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.
04:55:11 WE'VE JUST
04:55:13 UPDATED ALL OF OUR NUMBERS, SO WE'LL
04:55:16 BE PROVIDING A PACKET OF THAT TO STAFF.
04:55:17 WE DIDN'T REWRITE THE
04:55:19 REPORT, BUT ALL THE DATA THAT'S INCLUDED
04:55:20 IN THE REPORT
04:55:22 HAS BEEN UPDATED. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE
04:55:23 TO SEE THAT. I'M JUST GOING
04:55:26 TO GIVE YOU A
04:55:29 QUICK UPDATE AND OVERVIEW. WE STARTED BY LOOKING AT
04:55:32 A LARGER MARKET CONTEXT SO WE COULD REALLY
04:55:35 UNDERSTAND THE STATION AREA IN
04:55:37 ITS RELATIVE POSITION VIS-A-VIS THE
04:55:38 CITY OF SANTA CLARA,
04:55:40 BUT ALSO THEN WHERE SANTA CLARA SITS
04:55:41 IN
04:55:43 THE MARKET AREA. YOU HAVE MOUNTAIN
04:55:44 VIEW, SUNNYVALE, SANTA CLARA, AND
04:55:47 NORTH SAN JOSE.
04:55:50 WHEN YOU LOOK
04:55:52 AT THE BURKE REPORT, SAN JOSE IS USUALLY A
04:55:53 DIFFERENT AREA. BECAUSE THERE'S SO
04:55:56 MUCH ACTIVITY IN
04:55:58 NORTH SAN JOSE, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD INCLUDE IT.
04:55:59 WHAT WE
04:56:02 SEE IS THAT TODAY, DESPITE
04:56:05 THE FACT THAT THERE
04:56:08 ARE JOB
04:56:09 LAYOFFS, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT
04:56:11 PEOPLE
04:56:14 LEAVING CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF POST
04:56:17 GROWTH TAX, THE BAY AREA STILL REMAINS
04:56:18 THE
04:56:20 CENTER OF GLOBAL INNOVATION AND
04:56:23 TECHNOLOGY. THE REGION HAS MORE
04:56:26 VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTED IN AI THAN
04:56:27 ANY PLACE ELSE IN
04:56:28 THE WORLD. SO THIS IS REALLY DRIVING
04:56:30 A LOT OF THE THE ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING
04:56:32 ON IN THE SOUTH BAY. AND
04:56:35 THE SILICON VALLEY IS SORT
04:56:36 OF NEAR SIDE OF THE BAY, EVEN GOING
04:56:38 UP INTO FREMONT, IS HAVING A
04:56:41 MOMENT. YOU ALL
04:56:44 WERE LOOKING AT SOUTH
04:56:45 SAN FRANCISCO WHEN LIFE SCIENCE WAS
04:56:46 A BIG THING AND THINKING, WHY ARE
04:56:47 WE NOT GETTING THIS
04:56:49 THAT? NOW LIFE SCIENCE IS PRETTY MUCH
04:56:50 DEAD AND YOU ALL ARE
04:56:52 GETTING ALL THE RESOURCES RELATED
04:56:53 TO AI
04:56:55 THAT'S REALLY DRIVING A HUGE SWATH
04:56:56 OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR
04:56:58 AND HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY. SO IT'S NOT
04:56:59 JUST AI, BUT THERE
04:57:02 ARE A LOT OF RIPPLES TO THAT.
04:57:05 SO THIS IS REALLY SETTING THE
04:57:08 STAGE FOR A RECOVERY HERE
04:57:10 IN SILICON VALLEY. THE OFFICE MARKET
04:57:11 IS STARTING
04:57:13 TO STABILIZE, WHICH REALLY REFLECTS
04:57:14 PRUNING OF THE OLDER SUPPLY.
04:57:17 YOU SEE THIS IN YOUR PIPELINE OF PROJECTS
04:57:19 HERE IN SANTA CLARA. SEVERAL OLDER
04:57:20 OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT
04:57:22 ARE BEING DEMOLISHED AND NOW REPLACED WITH HIGH DENSITY
04:57:23 HOUSING.
04:57:29 ABOUT 15% OF THAT CLASS B
04:57:32 AND CLASS C OFFICE SPACE WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND
04:57:33 REPLACED.
04:57:35 AT THE VERY HIGH END, OFFICE SPACE IS
04:57:36 IN
04:57:39 DEMAND. YOU SEE
04:57:40 THAT IN THE HOLMAN HIGH LINE BUSINESS
04:57:42 PARK,
04:57:45 WHICH IS AN ASSET THAT WILL
04:57:47 ALSO REALLY HELP THE STUDY AREA, WHICH
04:57:48 I'LL COME
04:57:50 BACK TO. MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
04:57:51 HAD
04:57:54 A HUGE YEAR IN
04:57:56 2025 IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION WITH
04:57:57 A LOT OF
04:58:00 UNITS COMING ONLINE. 2026,
04:58:01 WHILE THINGS HAVE PROBABLY SLOWED
04:58:03 DOWN A LITTLE BIT, WE'LL
04:58:04 LET THE DEMAND CATCH UP WITH THE SUPPLY.
04:58:06 BUT THAT'S
04:58:09 A VERY STRONG USE.
04:58:11 AS YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU GET THE PACKET
04:58:12 THAT WE
04:58:13 PUT TOGETHER, WE SHOW ALL THE HOUSING
04:58:15 DEVELOPMENT THAT'S
04:58:16 BEEN BUILT IN SANTA CLARA IN THE LAST
04:58:18 FIVE YEARS. AND
04:58:20 YOU SEE THE STATION AREA POPS BECAUSE OF
04:58:21 THE THREE
04:58:23 PROJECTS YOU'VE HAD DOWN THERE, INCLUDING
04:58:24 GATEWAY
04:58:25 CROSSING. GENERALLY, THE INDUSTRIAL
04:58:27 MARKET REMAINS STRONG.
04:58:28 AND THIS IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER SWEET
04:58:30 SPOT
04:58:32 OF SILICON VALLEY IS THAT YOU ARE
04:58:33 SUPPORTING
04:58:35 TECH INDUSTRIES AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.
04:58:38 A LOT OF CITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING
04:58:39 IN
04:58:41 THE EAST BAY WERE WORRIED THEIR INDUSTRIAL
04:58:42 SPACE
04:58:44 IS BEING USED FOR FIRST AND LAST MILE
04:58:45 DELIVERY, VARIOUS
04:58:47 KINDS OF WAREHOUSE LOGISTICS. AND
04:58:48 THAT MARKET IS DEFINITELY
04:58:50 SLOWING DOWN. THAT'S NOT THE CASE
04:58:51 HERE IN SANTA CLARA.
04:58:53 AND AS JIM SAID, THIS IS --THIS BODES
04:58:55 WELL FOR THE IDEA OF HAVING AN INNOVATION PARK AS
04:58:57 PART OF THE STATION AREA.
04:59:02 RETAIL IS PROBABLY THE LEAST BRIGHT SPOT
04:59:03 ON HERE.
04:59:06 THERE'S BEEN NO
04:59:08 RETAIL OR NEW CONSTRUCTION AT ALL IN
04:59:09 THE MARKET AREA IN THE
04:59:11 LAST FIVE YEARS. AND MOST OF THE LEASING
04:59:12 ACTIVITY
04:59:14 HAS FOCUSED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF
04:59:15 MIXED-
04:59:17 USE BUILDING. AND MOST OF WHAT'S GOING
04:59:18 INTO
04:59:20 THOSE SPACES IS NOT PEOPLE SELLING
04:59:21 STUFF,
04:59:24 IT'S MOSTLY
04:59:26 RESTAURANTS, CASUAL DINING, FITNESS
04:59:30 SPACES ,
04:59:32 AND OTHER KINDS OF PERSONAL SERVICES.
04:59:36 AND THEN HOTEL ISIS
04:59:38 SORT OF AN INTERESTING USE IN THE
04:59:39 MIX
04:59:41 HERE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY BEEN IN DECLINE.
04:59:42 BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE
04:59:45 OF ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT YOU
04:59:48 HAVE COMING
04:59:49 UP, YOUR AVERAGE DAILY ROOM RATES
04:59:51 ARE GOING UP AND YOUR
04:59:53 OCCUPANCY RATES ARE GOING UP AS WELL.
04:59:54 JUST
04:59:56 QUICKLY TO GO THROUGH THE SUMMARY,
04:59:57 AND THIS IS
04:59:59 JUST NOW ABOUT THE STATION AREA AND
05:00:00 NOT ABOUT THE
05:00:03 CITY AS A WHOLE.
05:00:05 THE MULTI-FAMILY RENTS IN THE STATION
05:00:06 AREA ARE 13%
05:00:08 HIGHER THAN THE RENTS IN SANTA CLARA
05:00:12 OVERALL. AND SANTA CLARA
05:00:14 IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE PREMIUM HOUSING
05:00:15 MARKETS IN
05:00:17 THE SILICON VALLEY MARKET. SO THAT'S
05:00:18 REALLY TALKING ABOUT SANTA
05:00:21 CLARA, SUNNYVALE, MOUNTAIN VIEW.
05:00:23 YOU'RE DOING VERY WELL HERE. AND WHEN
05:00:24 WE TALK ABOUT
05:00:26 THIS MULTI-FAMILY MARKET, WE ARE NOT
05:00:27 INCLUDING TOWNHOUSES.
05:00:30 WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT UNITS, PROJECTS WITH
05:00:33 20 UNITS OR MORE. SO REALLY LOOKING
05:00:34 AT
05:00:36 THESE LARGER PROJECTS. AGAIN, I
05:00:39 THINK THE GROUND FLOOR SHOP SPACE
05:00:40 IS NOT
05:00:41 DOING AS WELL AS ONE WOULD HOPE. THERE'S
05:00:42 STILL SOME
05:00:45 VACANT SPACE IN BENETTON.
05:00:46 WE'RE LOOKING TO LEASE UP THE SPACE AT GATEWAY CROSSINGS.
05:00:51 SO THAT SPACE WILL BE
05:00:53 A LITTLE BIT TRICKY TO FILL IN TERMS
05:00:54 OF FINDING THE RIGHT
05:00:56 NUMBER OF TENANTS TO GO IN THERE.
05:01:00 AGAIN, THE VACANCY RATES IN THE
05:01:03 STATION AREA ARE LOW, BUT RENTS
05:01:05 ARE ALSO VERY LOW. SO PEOPLE ARE STARTING
05:01:06 TO SORT OF SEE THE
05:01:09 VALUE OF THIS
05:01:11 AS TRANSIT-ORIENTED LOCATION, BUT
05:01:12 THE RENTS
05:01:15 ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT NEW
05:01:16 CONSTRUCTION.
05:01:18 SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EVOLVING
05:01:19 MARKET, I
05:01:21 THINK, FOR OFFICE. I DO THINK
05:01:24 THAT --THIS IS WHAT I REALLY WANT
05:01:26 TO TALK ABOUT, THE COLEMAN HIGH LINE
05:01:27 BUSINESS PARK, JUST
05:01:29 OVER THE LINE AND JUST DOWN COLEMAN
05:01:30 STREET FROM YOU.
05:01:33 ALL THOSE BUILDINGS ARE 100% LEASED,
05:01:34 AND THEY'RE
05:01:35 LEASED AT RENTAL RATES THAT ARE AT
05:01:36 THE VERY TOP END OF THE
05:01:39 MARKET. SO THEY'RE REALLY DEMONSTRATING
05:01:40 THIS
05:01:42 PRINCIPLE THAT LUXURY
05:01:45 HIGH-END OFFICE SPACE IS DOING QUITE
05:01:47 WELL. IT'S DOING WELL IN SAN FRANCISCO,
05:01:48 IT'S DOING WELL HERE
05:01:51 IN SILICON VALLEY. AND AGAIN,
05:01:54 THE TENANTS IN COLEMAN HIGH
05:01:57 LINE ARE BIG TECH
05:02:00 10 NANCE. TIKTOK AND YAHOO! ARE THE
05:02:01 MAIN
05:02:03 TENANTS DOWN THERE. IMPORTANT TO NOTE
05:02:04 THAT THAT'S
05:02:05 MARKET MOMENTUM THAT'S PUSHING TO THE NORTH IN YOUR WAY.
05:02:09 AND THEN ON THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE, WE
05:02:12 SEE A HUGE AMOUNT OF ADAPTIVE REUSE
05:02:13 IN SOME
05:02:14 OF THESE OLDER INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
05:02:15 MAYBE NOT SO
05:02:17 MUCH IN SANTA CLARA YET. BUT WE'VE SEEN
05:02:18 A LOT OF THAT
05:02:21 HAPPENING IN THE EAST BAY.
05:02:24 AND THEN
05:02:27 ALSO, BECAUSE SANTA CLARA HAS --TOUCHING
05:02:28 TO
05:02:30 HEAR THE ELECTRICIAN SPEAK
05:02:32 EARLIER, BECAUSE REALLY, YOUR THING
05:02:33 THAT PUTS SANTA CLARA ON
05:02:36 THE MAP IS YOUR POWER. AND THIS
05:02:39 IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN ALL OF CALIFORNIA.
05:02:40 AND
05:02:41 YOU ALL HAVE ONE OF THE BEST, MOST
05:02:42 COMPETITIVE
05:02:44 POWER RATES. AND SO THAT REALLY HELPS
05:02:45 YOU. IT
05:02:47 HELPS YOU WITH THE DATA CENTERS. IT
05:02:48 ALSO HELPS YOU WITH
05:02:51 THE R&D. IT HELPS BUILDING THE ECOSYSTEM
05:02:52 THAT
05:02:54 COMES AROUND THE DATA CENTER.
05:02:57 SO I THINK THAT THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
05:03:00 IN THIS AREA MAY REALLY BEGIN TO
05:03:03 FLOURISH AS THE AREA BEGINS TO
05:03:06 REINVENT ITSELF. THEN FINALLY, JUST TALKING
05:03:09 ABOUT HOTELS, THIS IS USE THAT I THINK
05:03:11 IS GOING TO CREEP BACK VERY SLOWLY.
05:03:13 I THINK WHEN YOU
05:03:14 LOOK AT ALL THE MARKET REPORTS, YOU
05:03:16 LOOK AT THE TRENS, THERE'S A
05:03:18 LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
05:03:19 OF SUPER
05:03:22 BOWL, THE IMPORTANCE
05:03:25 OF THE FIFA EVENT. BUT
05:03:28 YOU ALSO HAVE PAYPAL
05:03:31 STADIUM RIGHT THERE. AND THIS
05:03:32 ALSO ARE REALLY LOOKING AT RAMPING
05:03:34 UP THEIR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
05:03:36 SO THAT, TOO, IN THE LONG RUN COULD
05:03:37 BODE WELL FOR THE HOTEL MARKET IN THE STATION AREA.
05:03:41 I'M GOING TO MERCIFULLY STOP THERE.
05:03:52 >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
05:03:55 HELLO. LOVELY TO BE HERE.
05:03:56 WHEN TAKING FROM THAT ECONOMIC TREND
05:03:58 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WE
05:04:00 HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH TASK
05:04:01 FORCE AND
05:04:02 THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE
05:04:04 THE KIND OF
05:04:05 HEATS AND DENSITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE STATION AREA?
05:04:13 AND THERE WAS THE CONSENSUS WAS
05:04:14 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF EL CAMINO, NO ONE LIVES THERE RIGHT NOW.
05:04:20 GATEWAY CROSSINGS HAS ALREADY COME
05:04:22 UP, AND THERE'S A PRECEDENT
05:04:24 FOR MORE HIGH-INTENSITY PRODUCT. SO
05:04:25 LET'S
05:04:27 GO HIGH. LET'S ALLOW FOR AS MUCH AS
05:04:29 POSSIBLE. THE MARKET IS NOT GOING
05:04:31 TO MAYBE DELIVER TO THAT HEIGHT,
05:04:33 SO WE LOOKED AT THE AIRPORT REGULATIONS
05:04:36 THAT ARE REQUIRED. AND BASED OFF OF
05:04:37 OUR --
05:04:40 BASED ON MAX HEIGHTS, BASED OFF OF
05:04:42 THAT, THAT'S ROUGHLY 13 FLOORS FOR
05:04:43 RESIDENTIAL.
05:04:45 SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING A LARGE
05:04:46 SWATH OF RED.
05:04:49 BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY REALLY
05:04:52 WANTED TO
05:04:54 MOVE AWAY FROM HAVING PRESSURE ON
05:04:55 THE OLD CORE
05:04:57 NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT WANTING TO CAPITALIZE
05:04:58 ON THE IDEA
05:05:00 OF TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REALLY
05:05:01 CLOSE
05:05:02 TO A TRAIN STATION AND FUTURE BART
05:05:04 STATION.
05:05:10 THEY WANTED TO ADD AS MUCH AS
05:05:12 POSSIBLE ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY. SO THEN
05:05:13 WE TALKED
05:05:16 ABOUT, YES, WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF
05:05:19 HEIGHT ALLOWANCE. NOT AS MUCH WILL
05:05:20 GET BUILT BECAUSE OF MARKET GENERALLY
05:05:22 BUILDING SEVEN TO EIGHT STORIES.
05:05:23 THAT'S LIKE THE TYPE THAT GETS MAXED OUT.
05:05:27 BUT IN A FEW DEVELOPERS ARE ABLE TO
05:05:28 GO HIGHER THAN
05:05:31 THAT, THEN WE ALLOW FOR
05:05:32 THAT. AND THEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH
05:05:34 THAT, WE ALSO
05:05:36 HAVE REGULATIONS THAT THE PLAN PUTS
05:05:37 INTO PLACE
05:05:39 FOR THOSE HIGHER-DOLLAR TOWERS WHERE
05:05:40 SOMETHING GOES UP TO
05:05:43 13 STORIES. SO ON THE LEFT YOU SEE SOME
05:05:44 OF
05:05:45 THESE REGULATIONS AROUND, AND THESE
05:05:48 ARE PRELIMINARY, WHICH WE'LL DEVELOP
05:05:49 FURTHER, WHICH
05:05:51 ARE AROUND A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 100
05:05:54 FEET. BETWEEN ANY STRUCTURE THAT IS
05:05:55 OVER
05:05:58 85 FEET IN HEIGHT IN A
05:06:01 BUILDING. HAVING A MAXIMUM
05:06:04 DIAGONAL LENS SO WE DON'T GET LARGE
05:06:07 UPKEEP BUILDINGS.
05:06:09 HAVING MAXIMUM FLOOR PLATE OFF ANYTHING
05:06:10 THAT GOES OVER SEVEN FLOORS IN
05:06:12 A BUILDING. AGAIN, TO OFFSET BULK THERE IN
05:06:13 BUILDINGS.
05:06:19 AND THATTHAT TOWER
05:06:22 COMPLEMENT DOES NOW EXCEED 80% OF
05:06:23 ANY BLOCK FRONTAGE
05:06:24 SO WE DON'T HAVE A GIANT WALL. THE
05:06:25 NUMBER 80% MIGHT
05:06:27 BE A LITTLE ON THE HIGHER SIDE, BUT
05:06:31 WE WERE TRYING TO NOT
05:06:34 DISINCENTIVIZE SMALLER BLOCKS IN THIS
05:06:35 SITUATION.
05:06:36 THESE ARE ALL UNDER WORKSHOP, AND WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK IN
05:06:37 RELATION TO THEM.
05:07:04 THERE'S THE DOWNTOWN NODE, WHICH
05:07:06 WAS DEFINED BY THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC
05:07:07 PLAN.
05:07:09 THEN WE WANT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ACTIVITY
05:07:10 TO COME AT
05:07:12 THE STATION ITSELF SO THAT BECOMES
05:07:13 LIKE A
05:07:16 HUB. AND
05:07:19 THEN
05:07:22 ALSO ACTIVITY NEAR
05:07:25 BROKOV, A NEIGHBORHOOD
05:07:28 THAT COMES UP ALL TOGETHER. WE
05:07:31 TOOK THESE THREE NODES AND HIGHLIGHT WHERE
05:07:32 WE WANT
05:07:33 ESSENTIAL RETAIL FRONTAGES. ANYWHERE
05:07:34 ELSE ON
05:07:36 THIS PLAN, THERE WOULD BE FLEXIBILITY TO
05:07:37 HAVE RETAIL IF A DEVELOPER
05:07:39 WANTS TO PUT RETAIL. BUT THESE ARE THE
05:07:40 AREAS THAT YOU'RE SEEING
05:07:43 THE SOLID LINES, WHICH IS WHERE WE
05:07:44 WOULD
05:07:45 REQUIRE RETAIL FRONTAGES TO HAPPEN.
05:07:46 SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING
05:07:49 TO HOLD THE LINE ALONG BROKOV
05:07:51 AND MAKE THAT AN ACTIVE STREET AS
05:07:52 YOU APPROACH THE BART STATION.
05:07:55 AND THEN SORT OF TURN
05:07:58 BROKOV INTO A LARGE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK
05:08:01 AREA. SO
05:08:04 THAT THAT FLOWS
05:08:07 UP TO COSTCO.
05:08:10 A DOTTED
05:08:13 LINE, THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE WE'RE
05:08:15 NOT REQUIRING RETAIL TO BE BUT REQUIRING
05:08:16 THE GROUND FLOOR FRONTAGE
05:08:18 TO MIMIC RETAIL IN ITS DEVELOPMENT.
05:08:19 AND THEN THEY
05:08:21 CAN HAVE OTHER KINDS OF USES. AND THAT
05:08:22 IS, IF THE
05:08:25 RETAIL ACTIVITY AT SOME POINT
05:08:28 PICKS
05:08:31 UP, THOSE AREAS CAN TURN OVER INTO
05:08:32 RETAIL IN THE FUTURE.
05:08:38 ACTIVE USE IS ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
05:08:43 WHEN COMING TO PLACE-MAKING AND
05:08:46 PUBLIC REALM ITSELF,
05:08:49 SO HAVING ADEQUATE PUBLIC OPEN SPACES
05:08:52 WHEN WE'RE THINKING OF SUCH LARGE
05:08:56 NUMBERS OF HOUSING WAS
05:08:58 REALLY IMPORTANT. SO SOME PUBLIC AREA
05:09:00 NEAR THE STATION, HAVING A STATION
05:09:02 PLAZA ITSELF,
05:09:04 SO THERE CAN BE AN ACTIVE HUB OF PEOPLE
05:09:05 COMING IN,
05:09:07 OUT, GENERATING ACTIVITY. AND THEN
05:09:08 A NEIGHBORHOOD
05:09:10 PARK IN THE NEW BROKOV NEIGHBORHOOD.
05:09:13 SO THERE'S A LARGE SPOT THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THAT AREA.
05:09:17 AND THEN THE LINEAR
05:09:19 PARK THAT YOU SEE NORTH OF COLEMAN.
05:09:22 THAT ONE IS ESSENTIALLY BUFFERING
05:09:25 RESIDENTIAL USES FROM INDUSTRIAL USES AS
05:09:26 WELL. SO SORT OF PLAYS A DOUBLE ROLE.
05:09:34 THEN WE TRIED TO HAVE TRAILS CONNECTING
05:09:35 BETWEEN THEM.
05:09:37 SO HAVING SOME SORT OF LINEAR PATHWAYS THAT
05:09:39 GO MAYBE FROM THE LINEAR PARKWAY IN
05:09:41 THE NORTH ALL THE WAY TO THE
05:09:43 BROKOV NEIGHBORHOOD PARK A LITTLE
05:09:44 MORE INSIDE.
05:09:45 SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE CONNECTIONS.
05:09:56 GREENING COLEMAN,
05:09:59 GREENING EL CAMINO, CHANGING THE CHARACTER
05:10:01 FROM THROUGH-PUT TRAFFIC CORRIDORS TO
05:10:02 MORE
05:10:04 NEIGHBORHOOD-ORIENTED STREETS. ESPECIALLY
05:10:05 COLEMAN, 100
05:10:06 FEET WIDE IN MANY PLACES RIGHT NOW
05:10:08 IN THAT CORRIDOR. AND THAT
05:10:10 MIGHT NOT BE VERY WELL SUITED IF YOU'RE
05:10:11 ADDING THAT MUCH RESIDENTIAL RENCETY.
05:10:15 DENSITY. LOOKING AT THE CHARACTER OF
05:10:17 THAT STREET, WHICH WE WILL BE
05:10:18 WORKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT MOVING FORWARD.
05:10:31 SOME SORT OF SLIGHT REDUCTION IN LANE
05:10:32 AND HENCE GREENING AS A
05:10:34 RESULT OF THAT IS POSSIBLE OR NOT
05:10:35 ALONG WITH
05:10:38 BUFFERED BIKE LANES ON THAT
05:10:40 CORRIDOR. ALONG WITH BUFFERED --ALONG
05:10:41 WITH
05:10:43 BIKE LANES COMING ON EL CAMINO, WHICH
05:10:44 IS SOMETHING WE'VE
05:10:45 SPECIFICALLY HEARD ABOUT AND THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY
05:10:47 IMPLEMENTING.
05:10:50 THERE IS ALSO
05:10:53 THE IDEA OF A COMMUNITY RECREATION
05:10:56 CENTER. SO WE SPOKE WITH THE PARKS
05:10:58 DEPARTMENT, AND THERE WAS A PARK SYSTEM
05:10:59 PLAN THAT'S BEING WORKED
05:11:01 ON RIGHT NOW. SO WE COORDINATED WITH
05:11:02 THAT
05:11:04 TEAM. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WAS
05:11:05 A HIGH PRIORITY FOR FOR
05:11:07 PARK SYSTEM UPDATE WAS THE COMMUNITY
05:11:08 RECREATION CENTER.
05:11:11 SO WE
05:11:14 DELIBERATED A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS
05:11:17 IN THE PLANNING AREA.
05:11:19 THAT TEAM ALSO FELT IT WOULD BE A
05:11:20 GOOD USE TO
05:11:23 ADD INTO THIS SPACE. WE
05:11:24 HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED A PURE LOCATION AS
05:11:26 OF NOW.
05:11:29 A FEW LOCATIONS WERE
05:11:31 IFIF FREED UP THE PARCEL WHERE THE
05:11:32 STATION PLAZA IS RIGHT
05:11:34 NOW, WHERE THE CAL TRAIN PARKING LOT
05:11:35 IS, INTO
05:11:37 A MIXED-USE BUILDING IN COLLABORATION
05:11:38 WITH VTA, LIKE A PORTION OF THAT COULD BE A
05:11:39 COMMUNITY CENTER.
05:11:44 OR
05:11:47 MAYBE SOMEWHERE NEAR THE
05:11:48 BROKOV NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IN THE NORTH
05:11:50 THAT COULD BE A GOOD
05:11:51 LOCATION FOR A COMMUNITY REC CENTER.
05:11:55 SO THAT'S A LITTLE FLOATING PIECE
05:11:56 RIGHT NOW.
05:11:58 BUT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOOD TO THINK ABOUT.
05:12:08 A KEY THING WE'VE BEEN TALKING EXTENSIVELY WITH THE TASK
05:12:09 FORCE ABOUT IS THE STATION PLAZA
05:12:11 ITSELF. A LOT
05:12:13 OF BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION ON
05:12:14 THAT PIECE
05:12:16 BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE THAT'S GOING TO
05:12:17 BE THE ENTRY POINT.
05:12:19 AND ALSO LIKE THE ENTRY POINT FOR
05:12:20 ANYONE COMING OUT OF THE TRAIN STATION INTO SANTA CLARA.
05:12:32 IT IS CO-OWNED BY THE CITY AND
05:12:34 VTA. ALSO THAT ASPECT TO THINK ABOUT.
05:12:35 SO
05:12:38 THE SPECIFIC PLAN WILL NOT
05:12:41 DESIGN THE PLAZA RIGHT NOW, THAT WOULD
05:12:42 BE
05:12:43 UNDERTAKEN WHEN THAT PROJECT ACTUALLY
05:12:44 COMES ABOUT. WHAT WE WANTED TO
05:12:47 DO IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN
05:12:49 WERE TO TALK TO ALL THE STAGE HOLDERS
05:12:50 INVOLVED, IDENTIFY THE
05:12:52 KEY DESIGN OBJECTIVES THAT WOULD THEN
05:12:53 BE USED
05:12:56 FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PLAZA WHENEVER
05:12:57 THAT
05:12:59 PROJECT HAPPENS. SO CONNECT PEOPLE
05:13:02 AND MODES. TALKING ABOUT SEAMLESSLY
05:13:05 LINKING PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS,
05:13:08 BUSES, AND TRANSIT USERS.
05:13:11 BUILDING FUTURE BART ACCESS. HAVING
05:13:13 MINIMAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN THESE MODES IN
05:13:14 THE PLAZA AREA.
05:13:16 ALSO HAVING UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY
05:13:17 AND SAFETY.
05:13:19 SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS
05:13:20 THAT WE WANTED TO INCLUDE IN
05:13:23 THE OBJECTIVES. THE SECOND
05:13:26 WAS CREATING A STRONG SENSE OF ARRIVAL.
05:13:27 AND
05:13:29 THAT WOULD BE ESTABLISHING A DISTINCT
05:13:30 GATEWAY SO
05:13:31 THAT ANYONE, AS SOON AS YOU'RE COMING IN AND
05:13:32 OUT, RECOGNIZES THAT
05:13:35 AS A REGIONAL DESTINATION.
05:13:38 AND THERE IS, LIKE,
05:13:40 INTUITIVE CIRCULATION IN THE PLAZA,
05:13:41 THERE'S CLEAR SIGNAGE.
05:13:43 THEN TALKING ABOUT CELEBRATING HERITAGE.
05:13:44 SO WE HAVE
05:13:47 THE HISTORIC TRAIN DEPOT
05:13:50 THERE, WHICH IS VERY PARTICULAR,
05:13:53 AND SO MAINTAINING CLEAR CORRIDORS
05:13:54 OF
05:13:56 VIEWING CORRIDORS FROM EL CAMINO REAL
05:13:59 NEAR FRANKLIN STREET TO THE HISTORIC
05:14:02 TRAIN DEPOT, ALSO BETWEEN THE TRAIN
05:14:03 DEPOT AND
05:14:04 THE SIGNAL TOWER SINCE THEY'RE LINKED
05:14:05 TOGETHER IN THEIR
05:14:07 HISTORIC DESIGNATION. SO WE WANT TO ANTI-
05:14:08 SEMITIC MAKE SURE THAT
05:14:11 THOSE ARE VERY CLEAR WHEN THE
05:14:14 PLAZA GETS DESIGNED. BUT ALSO
05:14:17 USING PUBLIC ART, SIGNAGE TO SHARE SANTA
05:14:18 CLARA'S
05:14:20 STORY AND HIGHLIGHT THE DEPOT AS A LANDMARK TO THE COMMUNITY IN
05:14:21 THE PLAZA.
05:14:26 AND THEN ACTIVATE AND HUMANIZE THE
05:14:28 PLAZA. SO REALLY BRINGING IN ACTIVE
05:14:30 FRONTAGES, RETAIL,
05:14:31 DINING SERVICES TO THE PLAZA TO MAKE
05:14:33 IT MUCH
05:14:35 MORE VIBRANT AND HUMAN SCALE WITH
05:14:38 GREENERY, SEATING AMENITIES. AND ONE OF
05:14:39 THE
05:14:42 KEY FACTORS IN ACTIVATING IT IS
05:14:44 TO COMBINE IT WITH USES THAT PEOPLE
05:14:45 CAN
05:14:46 RUN DAILY ERRANDS WITH. SO REALLY
05:14:48 TRIP CHAINING
05:14:50 WITH TRANSIT ACCESS. THAT WOULD MAKE
05:14:53 IT MUCH MORE AN INTEGRATED PART OF
05:14:54 PEOPLE'S EVERYDAY LIFE TO
05:14:56 TAKE TRANSIT AND GET OFF, OH, I CAN
05:14:57 GRAB
05:14:58 SOMETHING FROM HERE AND LINGER IN THE PLAZA, THINGS LIKE THAT.
05:15:03 REALLY LOOKING AT
05:15:06 A GLOBAL MODEL OF WHAT
05:15:07 A TRANSIT HUB REALLY LOOKS LIKE. AND
05:15:09 THEN REALLY LEVERAGING
05:15:11 THE UNIQUE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
05:15:12 OPPORTUNITY OF PUBLIC
05:15:15 LAND THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CASE.
05:15:18 SO ADVANCING CITY AND
05:15:21 VTA'S SHARED GOAL OF LEVERAGING
05:15:24 PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL ON
05:15:26 THIS LAND, WHICH WILL ALSO HELP INCREASE
05:15:27 FOOT TRAFFIC
05:15:29 IN THE FUTURE AND TRANSIT RIDERSHIP
05:15:30 AND
05:15:33 WILL GENERATE REVENUE
05:15:36 AS WELL. SOED HAVING
05:15:38 SOME SORT OF SUPPORT FOR MIXED-USE
05:15:39 DEVELOPMENT ON
05:15:40 PUBLICLY OWNED LAND WOULD BE A PRIORITY IN
05:15:42 THE FUTURE. AND
05:15:43 THEN BALANCING THAT WITH HAVING AN OPEN PLAZA AS WELL.
05:15:53 FOSTERING COMMUNITY BY HAVING FLEXIBLE
05:15:54 SPACES WHICH CAN
05:15:56 BE ACTIVATED WITH THINGS LIKE FARMERS'
05:15:57 MARKETS, PERFORMANCES,
05:15:59 OTHER THINGS, AND ADVANCING SUSTAINABILITY
05:16:00 BY HAVING
05:16:03 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, DROUGHT-
05:16:04 PLANT LANDSCAPING, AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS.
05:16:06 SO
05:16:08 THESE ARE SORT OF LIKE THE OBJECTIVES
05:16:12 THAT WE WANT TO ORGANIZE FOR THE PLAZA, IN THE
05:16:15 SPECIFIC PLAN. AND
05:16:17 THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANT TO TALK
05:16:18 ABOUT IS THAT THERE IS
05:16:21 FLEXIBILITY IN DESIGN.
05:16:24 THESE
05:16:26 OBJECTIVES COULD TAKE SHAPE IN MULTIPLE
05:16:27 DIFFERENT WAYS.
05:16:29 THAT IS FOR A FUTURE TEAM TO DETERMINE.
05:16:30 BUT THESE ARE
05:16:33 JUST LIKE SOME OPTIONS THAT ARE
05:16:34 QUICK STUDIES THAT WE PUT TOGETHER WITH THE
05:16:36 VTA TEAM.
05:16:44 THIS IS VERBALIZATION OF WHAT ONE OF
05:16:45 THEM COULD
05:16:46 LOOK LIKE, JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA.
05:16:51 WALKING INTO THE
05:16:53 PLAZA, SEEING THE HISTORIC DEPOT VERY
05:16:54 CLEARLY,
05:16:57 HAVING GREENERY AND FLEXIBLE SPACE
05:17:00 FOR ACTIVATION. BUT HAVING
05:17:02 DEVELOPMENT ALSO WHICH HAS A FRONTAGE
05:17:03 ON THE
05:17:06 STATION PLAZA. ACTIVATING IT AND CREATING SPACE
05:17:07 FOR OTHER ACCESS.
05:17:18 >> OKAY, AND I WILL WRAP UP WITH THE LAST
05:17:21 FEW SLIDES. SO
05:17:24 THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A
05:17:27 STUDY SESSION ON OCTOBER 8th OF
05:17:29 2025, AND OVERALL, IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE
05:17:30 SESSION. AND THE
05:17:32 PLANNING COMMISSION PROVIDED GOOD
05:17:33 FEEDBACK. SOME OF THE
05:17:36 KEY POINTS THAT
05:17:38 THEY ADDED WAS POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
05:17:39 IMPACTS
05:17:42 ON AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND CONSTRAINTS
05:17:43 ON
05:17:44 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE AIRPORT.
05:17:45 TRAFFIC
05:17:48 CIRCULATION AND CHALLENGES AND
05:17:50 CONGESTION ISSUES ALONG COLEMAN AVENUE.
05:17:51 THE
05:17:53 OPTIMAL SIZE, FUNCTION, AND PROGRAMMING
05:17:54 OF
05:17:56 THE STATION PLAZA. AND THEN CONSIDER
05:17:57 A
05:18:00 BOLDER DESIGN AND VISION. ONE OF
05:18:02 THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS HAD
05:18:03 JUST BEEN
05:18:05 TO BARCELONA, AND SHE REALLY LIKED
05:18:06 WHAT SHE HAD EXPERIENCED THERE.
05:18:09 SO SHE WANTED A MORE BOLDER KIND
05:18:12 OF VISION FOR THIS AS WELL.
05:18:15 AND THEN TONIGHT, I DO WANT
05:18:17 TO INTRODUCE THE COUNCIL TO SENATE
05:18:18 BILL 79.
05:18:24 THIS WENT --WILL BE GOING INTO EFFECT
05:18:25 ON
05:18:27 JULY 1st, 2026. HOWEVER, IT
05:18:30 DID GO INTO LAW ON OCTOBER
05:18:33 10th, 2025. THE PURPOSE OF
05:18:36 SENATE BILL 79 IS, IT OVERRIDES
05:18:39 LOCAL DENSITY AND LIMITS TO
05:18:42 ALLOW HIGH-DENSITY
05:18:45 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHINWITHIN HALF
05:18:47 MILE OF QUALIFYING TRANSIT STOPS.
05:18:48 WHEN YOU LOOK AT SANTA CLARA,
05:18:50 IN SANTA CLARA ITSELF, WE HAVE TWO
05:18:51 AREAS WHERE
05:18:53 THAT WOULD APPLY. THE STATION AREA
05:18:54 THAT
05:18:57 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT,
05:19:00 BECAUSE WE'RE SERVED BY ACE,
05:19:03 VTA, AND THE FUTURE BART. WE'RE ALSO TALKING
05:19:04 ABOUT
05:19:06 ANOTHER SITE WHICH IS ALONG
05:19:09 THE LIGHT RAIL CORRIDOR
05:19:12 ON
05:19:15 TASMIN. SB-79,
05:19:18 IT'S BY RIGHT, NEAR HIGH-DENSITY HOUSING NEAR
05:19:21 TRAIN STATIONS. TIER 1 IS
05:19:24 OUR SANTA CLARA STATION AS WELL AS
05:19:25 BOWEN
05:19:26 STATION. TIER 2 IS LIGHT RAIL AND
05:19:27 LOW-
05:19:29 FREQUENT COMMUTER RAIL, WHICH IS THE
05:19:30 FOUR STATIONS
05:19:33 ALONG TASMAN DRIVE. WHAT DOES
05:19:36 THIS MEAN? SO FOR TIER 1,
05:19:38 IS THE STATION AREA, AND THAT'S WHAT
05:19:39 WE'RE GOING TO
05:19:42 FOCUS ON,
05:19:45 WITHIN 200 FEET,
05:19:48 THE DENSITY IS BETWEEN 30 TO 160.
05:19:51 AND THEN HEIGHT OF 95 FEET.
05:19:56 IF IT'S LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE,
05:19:57 THE DENSITY
05:20:00 IS BETWEEN
05:20:04 30 TO 120
05:20:07 DUA. MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 75. THEN
05:20:09 UNDER A HALF MILE, IT'S BETWEEN 30
05:20:10 TO
05:20:12 100, AND THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 65.
05:20:15 THEN THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING F.A.R.
05:20:18 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL. THEN THIS
05:20:21 IS ALL PRIOR TO ANY DENSITY BONUSES
05:20:24 THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED THROUGH THE
05:20:25 STATE LAW.
05:20:27 I'M NOT GOING TO READ TIER 2, BUT
05:20:28 I CAN COME BACK TO
05:20:31 THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO. SO
05:20:33 THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT A POTENTIAL
05:20:37 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE
05:20:38 FUTURE MUST HAVE AT LEAST FIVE DWELLING
05:20:40 UNITS. IF THE PROJECT
05:20:43 IS MIXED-USE, TWO-THIRDS OF
05:20:45 THAT MUST BE RESIDENTIAL. THEN THE
05:20:46 MAXIMUM
05:20:49 SIZE OF THE UNITS IS
05:20:52 1750 SQUARE FEET FOR EACH UNIT.
05:21:01 SO AFFORDABILITY
05:21:04 REQUIREMENTS. 7%, EXTREMELY LOW.
05:21:07 10%, VERY
05:21:10 LOW. OR A TOTAL OF 13%
05:21:13 LOW. PREVAILING WAGE
05:21:15 WOULD APPLY IF A PROJECT IS ABOVE
05:21:16 80 FEET IN HEIGHT.
05:21:19 AND THIS APPLIES TO RESIDENTIAL,
05:21:21 MIXED-USE, AND COMMERCIAL SITES. THERE
05:21:22 IS
05:21:25 A PROCESS TO EXEMPT CERTAIN SITES,
05:21:27 AND THAT MUST BE APPROVED BY HCD BY JULY 1st,
05:21:28 2026.
05:21:34 STAFF IS CONDUCTING A ZONING
05:21:37 GAP ANALYSIS
05:21:40 TO SEE --TO EVALUATE PARCEL BY PARCEL
05:21:43 WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE TO THOSE
05:21:44 PARCELS SURROUNDING THE STATION AREA.
05:21:46 AND
05:21:48 IF WE NEED TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS,
05:21:49 WE
05:21:52 WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL
05:21:54 WITH EITHER AN UPDATE OR AN ORDINANCE BY MARCH
05:21:55 OF 2026.
05:22:01 SO WE LAID THE QUARTER MILE AS
05:22:03 WELL AS THE HALF MILE ON OUR STATION
05:22:04 AREA.
05:22:07 AND THE QUARTER
05:22:08 MILE IS THE INNER CIRCLE RIGHT HERE.
05:22:13 SO
05:22:15 FOR MOST OF THE QUARTER MILE, THE
05:22:16 QUICK
05:22:18 ANALYSIS THAT STAFF DID IS THAT WE
05:22:19 SHOULD BE
05:22:21 OKAY WITH THE HEIGHTS AND THE DENSITIES
05:22:22 WE
05:22:24 ARE PROPOSING. BECAUSE THE HEATS AND
05:22:25 THE DENSITIES WE
05:22:26 ARE PROPOSING ARE GREATER THAN WHAT SB-79
05:22:28 PROPOSES.
05:22:31 HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE SOME PARCELS
05:22:33 THAT WE WANT TO KEEP TAKING A LOOK
05:22:34 AT, AND
05:22:36 THOSE WOULD BE THE PARCELS WITHIN
05:22:37 THE HALF-MILE RADIUS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
05:22:43 SO THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY.
05:22:46 DOWNTOWN IS HERE.
05:22:52 SO WE DO WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF
05:22:53 THOSE TRANSITION ZONES AND BUFFER ZONES THAT WOULD OCCUR
05:22:55 HERE.
05:22:58 SO WE ARE DOING A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS, AND WE WILL COME BACK
05:22:59 TO YOU.
05:23:13 WE WOULD START
05:23:15 AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT UNDER
05:23:16 CEQA. WE WOULD
05:23:19 CONTINUE TO DO PLANNING COMMISSION
05:23:21 AND CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSIONS, ESPECIALLY PRIOR
05:23:22 TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS SPECIFIC PLAN.
05:23:25 OUR GOAL IS
05:23:28 TO ADOPT BY WINTER 2026, AND OUR
05:23:31 CONTRACT ENDS WITH THE CONSULTANT IN JANUARY 2027.
05:23:37 STAFF IS GOING
05:23:39 FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT VISION STATEMENT.
05:23:40 THE
05:23:42 PREFERRED PLAN, THE BUILDING HEIGHTS
05:23:43 APPROACH, AND THE STATION
05:23:46 PLAZA OBJECTIVES.
05:23:47 AND WE ARE HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
05:23:55 >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
05:23:56 BEFORE WE TAKE
05:23:58 QUESTIONS, I KNOW THAT WE'RE PAST
05:24:01 OUR 12:00 A.M. I DON'T
05:24:02 KNOW IF WE WANT TO HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING?
05:24:07 CAN
05:24:08 WE FINISH IT? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'RE GOOD.
05:24:10 OKAY.
05:24:13 ALL RIGHT.
05:24:14 SO WITH THAT, I DO HAVE SOME HANDS.
05:24:22 START WITH COUNCILMEMBER
05:24:25 INPUT HERE. COUNCILMEMBER HARDY?
05:24:26 >> THANK
05:24:27 YOU.
05:24:28 IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE STAFF HAS BEEN
05:24:29 KIND
05:24:31 OF BLIND-SIDED BY THIS SB-79.
05:24:33 AND THAT MAKES THAT VERY DIFFICULT.
05:24:40 IN LOOKING AT
05:24:43 THIS, I HAVE SOME CUSTOMERS WITH WHAT
05:24:46 IS THERE ALREADY. AND
05:24:47 I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH ARCHEOLOGICAL
05:24:49 INFORMATION
05:24:52 STAFF ACTUALLY HAS. BECAUSE I WILL
05:24:55 TELL YOU, NEIGHBORS IN THOSE
05:24:58 AREAS TELL ME THAT
05:25:01 ALL THEY DO IS PLANT SOMETHING IN
05:25:04 THEIR YARD, AND THEY GET ARCHEOLOGICAL
05:25:07 ARTIFACTS. AND WE DO KNOW
05:25:10 THAT THIS IS A VERY
05:25:13 HIGHLY ACTIVE AREA. AND THERE ARE
05:25:14 PLACES
05:25:16 THAT ARE PART OF THE
05:25:19 UNIVERSITY WHERE THERE ARE HUMAN
05:25:22 REMAINS. AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY
05:25:25 CAREFUL. AND ANY --GOING DOWN
05:25:28 ANY JUST A FEW FEET, YOU FIND QUITE A
05:25:29 BIT.
05:25:31 SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
05:25:34 I DID TALK WITH THE CITY
05:25:35 HISTORIAN, AND I SENT YOU OFF SOME OF THOSE
05:25:37 ARCHEOLOGICAL MAPS.
05:25:43 I'M CONCERNED ABOUTABOUT
05:25:45 PARKING THAT IS ALREADY THERE ON THE
05:25:49 VTA/CITY
05:25:52 LAND. RIGHT
05:25:54 ACROSS FROM THE POLICE STATION AND
05:25:55 ACROSS THERE FROM THE STATION.
05:26:00 I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED
05:26:02 IT.
05:26:03 >> BUT I WILL
05:26:05 BE EVEN
05:26:08 MORE CLEAR. THAT STATION IS
05:26:09 THE OLDEST OPERATING STILL TRAIN STATION
05:26:11 THIS SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
05:26:17 YEAH. THAT IS A BIG
05:26:19 DEAL. AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON YOU'RE
05:26:20 GOING TO FIND A LOT OF
05:26:23 ARCHEOLOGICAL
05:26:25 ITEMS NOT VERY FAR UNDER THE GROUND.
05:26:29 AND I MEAN THAT. AND ON TOP OF
05:26:32 IT, IN THE MIDDLE --VTA
05:26:33 OWNS TWO-THIRDS OF THAT PROPERTY.
05:26:38 THE CITY OWNS ABOUT ONE-THIRD.
05:26:41 OR IS IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND?
05:26:43 OKAY. BUT OUR BEST WELL IS RIGHT IN
05:26:44 THE MIDDLE OF IT.
05:26:50 AND THAT 60% OF OUR
05:26:52 WATER FOR THE CITY IS FROM WELLS.
05:26:56 AND THAT IS OUR BEST WELL.
05:26:59 SO I'M MAKING THAT POINT.
05:27:00 AND THAT WAS A POINT OF CONTENTION
05:27:02 BEFORE WHEN THERE WAS
05:27:05 A PROPOSAL.
05:27:07 BECAUSE VERY CAVALIER PEOPLE SAID, WELL, WE'LL JUST MOVE IT.
05:27:11 THAT DIDN'T FLY VERY WELL.
05:27:19 I WAS LISTENING VERY CAREFULLY TO
05:27:20 THE
05:27:22 OFFICE AND THE HAND AND THE HEIGHTS AND
05:27:26 THE
05:27:29 PASEO THAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT THERE IN
05:27:32 FRONT OF THE STATION.
05:27:37 IF YOU STAND THERE TODAY, AND I WENT
05:27:38 OVER AND DID
05:27:39 THIS THE OTHER DAY, MOST OF THE PARKING
05:27:41 ON THE VTA SIDE IS TAKEN UP EVERY DAY.
05:27:50 ON THE CITY SIDE, IT IS FOR THE
05:27:51 POLICE STATION AND ABOUT A THIRD TO A
05:27:53 HALF OF IT IS USED.
05:27:55 REALITY. BUT IF YOU STAND THERE, THERE
05:27:56 ARE
05:27:57 BUSES COMING IN AND OUT EVERY FIVE MINUTES.
05:28:05 SO I DID
05:28:07 NOT REALLY SEE A PLAN FOR WHEN YOU TALK
05:28:08 ABOUT A
05:28:11 PASEO. AND YOU'VE GOT BUSES IN AND
05:28:14 OUT OF THERE. AND ALSO,
05:28:15 WE TALKED ABOUT SOME WAY TO CONNECT ONE SIDE TO THE
05:28:17 OTHER.
05:28:25 AND WE DO HAVE A ROAD THAT DOES THAT,
05:28:26 BUT WE DO NOT HAVE
05:28:29 A REALLY GOOD WAY FOR
05:28:30 BIKES OR PEDESTRIANS. AND WE KNOW THAT.
05:28:35 IN FACT, I SAW
05:28:37 ONE BICYCLIST ON THAT RAMP ONCE, AND
05:28:38 I
05:28:39 THOUGHT, THEY DON'T LIKE THEMSELVES VERY
05:28:41 MUCH. I'M
05:28:43 SURPRISED THAT THEY WERE STILL MOVING.
05:28:49 SO THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF THE CONCERN
05:28:50 WHEN WE
05:28:53 LOOK AT THIS
05:28:54 AREA, THAT IT'S NOT A BLANK SLATE.
05:28:59 AND THERE
05:29:02 IS SO MUCH
05:29:04 THERE, INCLUDING THE THIRD MISSION
05:29:05 SITE.
05:29:11 ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG. AND THAT WAS IN PERPETUITY IS
05:29:12 THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
05:29:17 AND WITH THE UNIVERSITY.
05:29:19 AND WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES.
05:29:26 THERE IS NOT TO BE ANYTHING ON THERE.
05:29:28 SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL. AND I
05:29:29 DIDN'T SEE
05:29:31 THAT CALLED OUT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT
05:29:32 WE
05:29:33 ARE AWARE THAT THAT WAS IN PERPETUITY.
05:29:35 THANK YOU.
05:29:40 IT'S JUST A STUDY SESSION, SO I'LL
05:29:41 STOP
05:29:44 THERE. THANK YOU.
05:29:45 >>
05:29:47 COUNCILMEMBER JAIN?
05:29:48 >>
05:29:50 YEAH, I WAS THE PERSON
05:29:53 WHO
05:29:56 ORIGINALLY DID A 0-3 FOR THE STATION
05:29:57 AREA
05:29:58 PLAN, BECAUSE WHEN THEY WERE DOING
05:29:59 100 STORM
05:30:02 PROJECT, THE GENERAL PLAN ONLY
05:30:05 ALLOWED 1,800 UNITS ON THIS 240-
05:30:08 ACRE
05:30:11 FOCUS
05:30:14 AREA. AND IMITED WHAT WE COULD
05:30:16 DO WITH THE 100-STORM PROJECT. SO
05:30:17 I WANTED
05:30:20 TO EXPAND THE
05:30:23 AMOUNT. WHEN I THINK ABOUT
05:30:26 TASMAN EAST, THAT'S 45
05:30:29 ACRES. WE WERE PLANNING TO DO 4,500
05:30:32 UNITS ON THE 45 ACRES. WE ENDED
05:30:35 UP AT ONE POINT CONTEMPLATING 6,000
05:30:37 UNITS ON THE 45 ACRES. WHEN I THINK
05:30:38 OF ONLY
05:30:41 5,900 UNITS ON 240 ACRES THAT
05:30:44 SEEMS KIND OF LOW.
05:30:46 AND I KNOW THIS IS CLOSER TO THE BUT I THINK WE COULD
05:30:47 PROBABLY GET MORE OUT OF IT.
05:30:53 ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, WHEN
05:30:56 WE WERE DOING THE RELATED PROJECT, THE AMOUNT OF
05:30:59 TRAFFIC
05:31:02 CAUSED SAN
05:31:05 JOSE TO SUE US. I'M WONDERING, HAVE
05:31:06 WE WON
05:31:08 WORKING WITH SAN JOSE TO MAKE SURE
05:31:09 THAT THERE'S
05:31:10 NOT GOING TO BE ANY ISSUES WITH THE TRAFFIC
05:31:11 TO SAN JOSE?
05:31:15 AND IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT SAN JOSE SHOULD
05:31:17 BE
05:31:22 DEFINITELY PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS
05:31:23 THAT WE'RE HAVING ON THESE PLANS TO
05:31:24 MAKE
05:31:25 SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT. AND
05:31:26 THE OTHER THING IS
05:31:29 THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO TAKE
05:31:30 ADVANTAGE
05:31:32 OF THE FACT THAT THE STATION IS THERE
05:31:33 NOW, THE BART STATION. OR WILL BE THERE.
05:31:39 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
05:31:41 WE WERE COORDINATING WITH --I KNOW
05:31:42 VTA IS KIND OF THE AGENCY THAT
05:31:45 COORDINATES BETWEEN THE CITIES.
05:31:48 ON TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
05:31:51 SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR WITH THAT.
05:31:57 THEN WE TALKED ABOUT --
05:31:58 >> THANK YOU,
05:32:00 THAT'S A REALLY GOOD COMMENT.
05:32:01 >>
05:32:02 SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE STATION PLAZA
05:32:04 AND POTENTIALLY A FARMERS' MARKET.
05:32:05 BUT I KNOW THE DOWNTOWN PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED
05:32:09 ABOUT
05:32:10 , THERE'S ALREADY A FARMERS' MARKET
05:32:12 THERE, AND COMPETING
05:32:15 WITH THE DOWNTOWN. I KNOW
05:32:17 THE STATION PLAZA, I REALLY THINK
05:32:18 OF IT
05:32:19 NEAR A TRAIN STATION IS WHERE YOU
05:32:21 WANT TO HAVE SOME REALLY
05:32:24 GOOD MEETING PLACES. I'D LOVE
05:32:26 TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE SAN PEDRO SQUARE RIGHT THERE BY
05:32:27 THE TRAIN STATION.
05:32:33 WHERE PEOPLE COULD GRAB SOME
05:32:36 RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE FOOD AND
05:32:38 JUST MEET THEIR FRIENDS THATTHAT MIGHT BE COMING FROM OUT OF
05:32:39 TOWN.
05:32:45 BUT A LOT OF THESE MEETING
05:32:48 PLACES
05:32:51 RELY ON HAVING AN
05:32:52 AESTHETICALLY PLEASING PLACE TO MEET.
05:32:54 AND
05:32:56 SO HAVE WEWE --I KNOW THE CITY IS
05:32:57 DOING AN
05:32:58 ARTS MASTER PLAN. I DON'T KNOW IF
05:33:00 THAT WILL BE DONE BY THIS.
05:33:03 BUT THERE SHOULD BE A PUBLIC ART
05:33:06 FEE FOR THIS AREA TO BE
05:33:07 ABLE TO BUILD THE PUBLIC SPACES THAT WE
05:33:09 WANT THERE.
05:33:12 THEN
05:33:14 FINALLY, EVERYONE IS ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT FOOD DESERTS.
05:33:18 GROCERY STORES --I KNOW
05:33:20 WE HAVE THE COSTCO THERE, BUT IT HAS
05:33:21 LIMITED
05:33:24 HOURS COMPARED TO ANOTHER TYPE
05:33:26 OF GROCERY STORE WOULD BE. THEN THERE'S
05:33:27 THE
05:33:28 SAFEWAY RIGHT THERE ON THE ALAMEDA,
05:33:30 BUT I'D HEARD THAT THAT WAS
05:33:32 UP FOR SALE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
05:33:33 GOING OUT OF BUSINESS OR ANYTHING.
05:33:38 BUT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR A
05:33:39 SPROUTS OR A
05:33:42 TRADER JOE'S OR SOME TYPE OF
05:33:44 GROCERY STORE WHERE YOU COULD -- YOU DON'T
05:33:45 HAVE TO BE
05:33:48 A MEMBER OF COSTCO TO GO
05:33:50 SHOP THERE. SO SOMETHING --I DON'T
05:33:51 KNOW IF
05:33:52 A TASK FORCE HAD BEEN CONSIDERING THAT.
05:33:57 I'M KIND OF
05:33:58 IMPRESSED IT TOOK 43 MEETINGS OF THE
05:33:59 TASK FORCE TO DO THE DOWNTOWN AND YOU'RE ONLY AT
05:34:00 13.
05:34:04 THAT'S MORE EFFICIENT, I GUESS. THANK YOU.
05:34:09 >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL?
05:34:12 >> THANK
05:34:14 YOU, VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION,
05:34:15 FIRST OF ALL.
05:34:18 A FEW POINTS.
05:34:21 LOOKING AT THE PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT
05:34:24 CONCEPT,
05:34:27 IS THERE A REASON WE ARE
05:34:29 SHOWING IN THE COSTCO COMPLEX, WE
05:34:30 ARE SHOWING
05:34:33 TWO RETAIL BUILDINGS, ADDITIONAL RETAIL
05:34:34 BUILDINGS?
05:34:36 BECAUSE I KNOW COSTCO HAS BEEN --
05:34:39 THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING A LOT
05:34:42 ABOUT PARKING AND EGRESS AND TRAFFIC ISSUES ON
05:34:43 THAT PART.
05:34:48 AND I'M NOT SURE THAT
05:34:51 THERE WILL BE -- IF WE WANT TO RETAIN
05:34:53 COSTCO, THEY WANT TO REALLY PUT THOSE
05:34:54 RETAIL BUILDINGS OUT
05:34:56 THERE. THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT ODD TO
05:34:57 ME. BUT IF YOU HAVE A GOOD
05:35:00 EXPLANATION, I'LL BUY IT.
05:35:03 SB-79.
05:35:06 I KNOW YOU -- THE BUILDING
05:35:09 HEIGHT
05:35:14 DIAGRAM CLEARLY OVERRIDES THAT. SO WE
05:35:15 SHOULD NOT BE
05:35:17 CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I'M GLAD YOU
05:35:18 TOOK THAT INTO
05:35:21 CONSIDERATION. PROACTIVELY.
05:35:24 ALREADY TOOK CARE OF THAT,
05:35:27 THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
05:35:30 I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER JAIN.
05:35:31 AS I MENTIONED, TRAFFIC IS A BIG ISSUE AS OF NOW.
05:35:39 ANOTHER 5,500-PLUS UNITS POTENTIALLY WE
05:35:42 ARE PLANNING. IF I LISTEN TO COUNCILMEMBER
05:35:43 JAIN, HE
05:35:45 WANTS MORE, BASICALLY. SO IF
05:35:48 WE HAVE EVEN 25, 50% MORE OF
05:35:51 THAT, WE SHOULD BE HAVING
05:35:54 A GOOD TRAFFIC
05:35:57 MANAGEMENT PLAN. WE HAVE
05:36:00 BEEN ADVOCATING TO
05:36:03 HAVE SHUTTLE PROGRAMS WITHIN WHOLE
05:36:04 CITY. AND
05:36:06 THAT'S WHAT I REQUESTED IN
05:36:09 PATRICK HENRY
05:36:11 PROJECT, SHOULD PARTICIPATE INTO THAT
05:36:12 TYPE OF A
05:36:15 PROGRAM. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT
05:36:16 SOLUTION OVER
05:36:18 HERE, THAT
05:36:21 ALL DEVELOPERS SHOULD
05:36:24 PARTICIPATE IN DEVELOPING A CITY-
05:36:27 WIDE SHUTTLE PROGRAM SO THAT WE CATCH
05:36:28 SOME
05:36:29 COOPERATION FROM THESE DEVELOPERS.
05:36:30 THAT PLAN SHOULD BE PUT
05:36:33 FORWARD. IF WE CAN HAVE THAT
05:36:36 SHUTTLE PROGRAM FOR CONTINUOUS SHUTTLE
05:36:37 PROGRAM,
05:36:39 JUST LIKE MOUNTAIN VIEW HAS IT. THEY
05:36:41 HAVE CONTINUOUS SHUTTLE PROGRAM THAT
05:36:42 HELPS REDUCE
05:36:44 THE NUMBER OF CARS IN THE VICINITY.
05:36:49 IT CAN BE VERY WALKABLE, BECAUSE ALL THE ROKU
05:36:55 AND HIGHLAND PARK, RIGHT?
05:36:58 ALL OF THAT
05:37:00 ADA OFFICE, AND IT'S VERY WALKABLE FROM
05:37:04 THERE. HOW WE CAN MAKE IT MORE
05:37:06 WALKABLE FRIENDLY AND BIKE FRIENDLY,
05:37:07 BASICALLY.
05:37:09 IF WE CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL --I KNOW
05:37:10 WE HAD A BIKE PLAN ON COLEMAN.
05:37:16 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COLEMAN,
05:37:18 BASICALLY. BUT ALL THIS IMPROVEMENTS,
05:37:19 IF WE'RE
05:37:21 GOING ON, I THINK WE SHOULD PUT SOME
05:37:22 MORE ATTENTION
05:37:23 TO MAKE IT MORE BIKABLE AND WALKABLE.
05:37:31 I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE
05:37:34 PARK SPACE WUNTDS ITHIN
05:37:36 THIS. I KNOW YOU HAD SOME LENIENT
05:37:39 PARK SPACES BUT THERE IS NO REAL PARK
05:37:40 SPACE
05:37:42 WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SOME PICKLEBALL OR SOMETHING LIKE
05:37:43 THAT.
05:37:48 SO THAT IS ANOTHER AREA WHICH I WOULD
05:37:51 SAY, IF WE CAN IMPROVE THAT OR FIND
05:37:52 OUT A SPACE
05:37:53 FOR THAT. BECAUSE NEAREST PARK FROM
05:37:58 THAT SPACE WOULD BE OUR LEAD
05:38:01 PARK, WHICH IS QUITE FAR OFF.
05:38:04 AND DOG
05:38:06 PARK ALSO, REID DOG PARK. SO SOMETHING
05:38:07 CLOSE TO
05:38:08 THIS, IF WE CAN ENVISION SOMETHING LIKE
05:38:10 THAT, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
05:38:16 COSTCO IS
05:38:17 A STORE WHICH BASICALLY
05:38:19 A SENSE. IT
05:38:22 BRINGS A
05:38:24 LOT OF TAX TO THE CITY. BUT IT'S A
05:38:27 HINDRANCE IN A SENSE. IT DOESN'T MAKE
05:38:28 THE SMALLER
05:38:31 GROCERY STORES PROFITABLE IN
05:38:32 THE VICINITY. SO HOW WE BRING LIKE
05:38:34 A TRADER
05:38:37 JOE'S OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR
05:38:40 AFTER HOURS.
05:38:41 AGAIN, WALKABLE IN ANY OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
05:38:49 WHERE IT CAN BE PROFITABLE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION.
05:38:55 ABOUT
05:38:57 THE PLAZA. STATION PLAZA. IT LOOKS
05:38:58 VERY
05:38:59 ATTRACTIVE THE WAY IT IS PRESENTED.
05:39:01 BUT I
05:39:03 AGREE, BECAUSE ME AND COUNCILMEMBER
05:39:04 HARDY WERE ON
05:39:05 THE COUNCIL WHEN THE PREVIOUS PROJECT CAME OVER THERE.
05:39:13 IT HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WHY THAT
05:39:16 DIDN'T PAN THROUGH,
05:39:17 THAT PROJECT DIDN'T PAN. THERE WERE
05:39:19 OTHER
05:39:22 ISSUES, TOO. IN RELATION TO VTA AND
05:39:23 THE TIME IT TOOK. BUT THAT'S ONE POINT.
05:39:34 I DON'T KNOW WHICH
05:39:36 COUNCILMEMBER BASS IN BARCELONA RECENTLY.
05:39:40 I WAS IN BARCELONA. IF YOU LOOK AT
05:39:41 THEIR
05:39:42 WALK ABILITY AND THEIR MIXED-USE AND
05:39:43 THEIR --HOW
05:39:45 THEIR RESTAURANTS ARE COMBINED WITH
05:39:46 ALL THESE
05:39:48 PLACES, THAT'S A BEAUTY. IF YOU CAN
05:39:49 TAKE AN
05:39:52 EXAMPLE FROM THERE, THAT
05:39:54 WOULD BE GREAT. OR DESIGNING A PLAZA, A PLACE
05:39:55 LIKE THAT.
05:40:00 SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
05:40:04 [
05:40:07 .
05:40:08 >> COUNCILMEMBER PARK?
05:40:12 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
05:40:13 I THINK
05:40:16 THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS,
05:40:17 THE SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THE STATION
05:40:19 AREA IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS I'VE BEEN
05:40:20 WAITING FOR
05:40:22 FOR YEARS, LITERALLY YEARS.
05:40:25 YOU TALK ABOUT SB-79.
05:40:27 IT SAYS FIVE DWELLING UNITS BUT YOU
05:40:28 DON'T GIVE A PER AREA. I
05:40:30 DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PER PROJECT.
05:40:31 THAT CAN
05:40:33 BE VERY SPARSE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT IS.
05:40:34 BUT I THINK
05:40:36 THE PRESENTATION SIMPLY SAYS FIVE
05:40:37 DWELLING UNITS, FIVE
05:40:40 DU. YOU TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
05:40:43 A LOT OF MEETINGS, A LOT OF ONLINE, A
05:40:46 LOT OF --I
05:40:48 THINK SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING LIKE
05:40:49 70 --POSSIBLE
05:40:52 70 PEOPLE. BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DID
05:40:53 WE
05:40:54 ACTUALLY REACH? DO WE HAVE A NOTE?
05:40:55 LIKE WE HAD A LOT
05:40:57 OF SESSIONS. ARE THE PEOPLE ONLINE?
05:40:58 THE VIRTUAL
05:41:00 SESSIONS, WE SHOULD KNOW EXACTLY HOW
05:41:01 MANY PEOPLE LOGGED IN. THE PEOPLE --
05:41:04 WE HAD A LOT OF THIS-
05:41:06 PERSON SESSIONS. DID WE LOG THE PEOPLE
05:41:07 THAT
05:41:10 CAME IN? DID
05:41:11 WE WRITE THEM DOWN AND KEEP THEM NOTIFIED
05:41:16 FOR ANY UPDATES?
05:41:21 THE STATION AREA IS ACTUALLY GATEWAY
05:41:22 TO SANTA CLARA'S
05:41:25 HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. WE TALK ABOUT COMBATIBLE
05:41:26 USES.
05:41:28 WE THINK ABOUT, THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE IT TO
05:41:31 BE COMPATIBLE BASED ON WHAT WE
05:41:33 THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE THERE. COSTCO
05:41:34 IS NOT A GROCERY STORE, COSTCO
05:41:37 IS NOT A TRADER JOE'S, COSTCO IS NOT --
05:41:38 THERE ARE A
05:41:40 LOT OF THINGS THAT COMPLEMENT A
05:41:42 COSTCO. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
05:41:43 THAT FULFILL NEEDS
05:41:45 THAT COSTCO DOES NOT DO. LIKE FOR
05:41:46 EXAMPLE, I NEVER BUY
05:41:49 MILK AT COSTCO. I JUST DON'T. MY
05:41:52 FAMILY JUST DOES NOT GET MILK, DRINK
05:41:53 MILK
05:41:55 FAST ENOUGH TO DO THAT. I CAN ACTUALLY
05:41:56 BUY
05:41:57 THOSE TWO LARGE GALLONS OF MILK AND
05:41:58 IT'S STILL CHEAPER
05:42:00 THAN GETTING THEM SOMEPLACE ELSE,
05:42:01 EVEN IF I WASTE HALF THE THING. BUT I DON'T LIKE DOING THAT.
05:42:10 IT'S AN AREA-SPECIFIC
05:42:12 PLAN. AND AS SOME COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE
05:42:13 SUGGESTED, BUT WE NEED TO
05:42:16 THINK LARGER. WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW
05:42:17 IT BLENDS IN WITH
05:42:19 THE REST. I REALLY LIKE COUNCIL MINUTE
05:42:20 JAIN'S SUGGESTION THAT WE
05:42:21 TALK TO SAN JOSE, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY
05:42:22 WHAT I WROTE,
05:42:24 WHICH IS, WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT UNIVERSITY
05:42:25 AVENUE IN PALO ALTO,
05:42:28 I USED TO WORK THERE, GO THERE QUITE
05:42:29 OFTEN,
05:42:31 I USED TO AFTER WORK STOP BY CITY
05:42:33 COUNCIL MEETINGS IN PALO ALTO BECAUSE,
05:42:35 WELL, IT'S RIGHT ABOVE. WHEN
05:42:36 I PARKED ALREADY BUT IT'S NEAR A SCHOOL.
05:42:41 VERY SIMILAR. NEAR
05:42:42 A TRAIN STATION. VERY SIMILAR. LOTS
05:42:44 OF STORES. NOT JUST RESTAURANTS.
05:42:46 NOT JUST HIGH-END RESTAURANTS. I THINK THAT
05:42:49 WHERE RETAIL FAILS WHERE I SEE IT
05:42:50 RECENTLY IS
05:42:52 THAT WE'RE PUTTING FOOD STORES, WE'RE
05:42:54 PUTTING FANCY DINING PLACES WHERE
05:42:56 PEOPLE WANT TO GO ONCE A MONTH
05:42:58 OR ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS. WE NEED PLACES
05:42:59 WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO EVERY DAY. TWICE A WEEK.
05:43:03 IF WE DON'T HAVE PLACES LIKE THAT,
05:43:05 IF WE DON'T HAVE PLACES THAT PEOPLE
05:43:06 WANT TO GO TO OFTEN. TAILOR SHOPS.
05:43:08 CLOTHING STORES.
05:43:09 CONVENIENCE STORES. SUPERMARKETS.
05:43:14 EDUCATIONAL PLACES.
05:43:15 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN.
05:43:17 PLACES FOR CHILDREN TO
05:43:19 BE OR CHILDREN TO LOOK AT. TOY STORES.
05:43:20 WHILE PARENTS ARE DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
05:43:24 MORE IMPORTANTLY, PARKING. I THINK
05:43:26 THAT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE
05:43:27 PARKING, BUT PARKING IS THE FIRST
05:43:28 LINE OF DEFENSE FOR ANY COMMERCIAL
05:43:32 SITE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
05:43:33 PARKING, IT'S UNLIKELY THAT IT'S GOING
05:43:35 TO BE
05:43:38 SUCCESSFUL.
05:43:40 EVEN WITH A TRAIN STATION NEARBY.
05:43:41 I THINK
05:43:42 PEOPLE FORGET THAT. YOU LOOK AT THE
05:43:44 MAJOR
05:43:45 DOWNTOWNS, WHETHER IT'S MOUNTAIN VIEW
05:43:47 OR PALO ALTO OR
05:43:49 CAMPBELL. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOT
05:43:50 OF
05:43:52 PARKING. THEY'VE GOT PARKING, PARKING
05:43:55 LOTS, MULTI-STORY PARKING LOTS EVERY
05:43:56 COUPLE OF BLOCKS.
05:43:57 AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE
05:43:59 DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND,
05:44:01 WHICH IS, NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO
05:44:02 TAKE A TRAIN TO GET
05:44:03 THERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
05:44:04 ARE GOING TO WALK THERE, A LOT OF
05:44:05 PEOPLE
05:44:06 WHO ARE GOING TO BIKE THERE. BUT THERE
05:44:08 ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE,
05:44:10 AND IF WE WANT THAT KIND OF MONEY, PEOPLE
05:44:11 FROM NEIGHBORING
05:44:12 CITIES. RIVER MARK HAS THAT ISSUE AS
05:44:14 WELL.
05:44:17 NOT JUST STORES.
05:44:20 BUT AS COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL
05:44:21 STATED, WE NEED A PLACE TO STAKE A
05:44:23 STROLL. I CAN THINK OF
05:44:25 A BIG SPACE LIKE REDDING TERMINAL IN
05:44:26 PHILADELPHIA.
05:44:29 OR NORTH MARKET IN COLUMBUS.
05:44:32 WHERE PEOPLE
05:44:34 GO, THEY CAN --RATHER THAN TRY TO
05:44:35 GET
05:44:36 $20,000 A MONTH FROM ONE LARGE SPACE,
05:44:38 FROM ONE TENANT,
05:44:41 WHAT IF WE JUST OPEN IT UP. WE
05:44:44 GOT $1,000 A MONTH FOR 20 TENANTS
05:44:45 IN
05:44:46 THE SAME SPACE, SMALL STORES, PEOPLE
05:44:47 DOING
05:44:49 VERY SPECIFIC THINGS. SPECIALTY SHOPS COMING
05:44:50 IN.
05:44:53 THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE.
05:44:54 I KNOW THAT UNIVERSITY AVENUE, NEARBY
05:44:56 STRIP MALLS,
05:44:58 A SHORT WALK OR BIKE RIDE AWAY. A
05:44:59 TOWN
05:45:01 AND COUNTRY VILLAGE. STANFORD MALL.
05:45:02 PLACES WHERE
05:45:04 PEOPLE CAN SIT AND EAT, SIT AND TALK, HAVE EVENTS.
05:45:14 WHAT COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL SAID,
05:45:15 ALL COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD PARTICIPATE
05:45:17 IN DEVELOPING A CITY-WIDE SHUTTLE
05:45:19 PROGRAM. PAID FOR BY BUSINESSES WHO
05:45:20 WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE TRAFFIC,
05:45:22 WHICH IS IF YOU HAD ALL THE PLACES
05:45:23 WHERE PEOPLE --
05:45:24 WHERE THE TRAVEL WOULD TAKE YOU AND
05:45:26 WE HAD THE BUSINESSES PAY, I DON'T
05:45:29 KNOW, $500 PER MONTH. I DON'T KNOW
05:45:31 WHAT IT IS. $100 PER MONTH TOWARDS
05:45:32 THIS.
05:45:35 I'M SURE WE COULD
05:45:37 FUND SHUTTLES THAT WOULD TAKE PEOPLE
05:45:38 TO,
05:45:40 LIKE STANFORD MALL. WE'VE GOT VALLEY
05:45:41 FAIR. WE'VE GOT SANTA
05:45:44 CLARA TOWN CENTER. AMC MERCADO.
05:45:46 RIVER MARK. THE STADIUM. CENTRAL PARK.
05:45:47 SANTA CLARA SQUARE.
05:45:50 WHEN WE ADD IN SAN JOSE, WE'VE GOT
05:45:51 THE AIRPORT.
05:45:52 WE'VE GOT COLLEGE PARK. WE'VE GOT
05:45:53 THEATERS.
05:45:55 WE'VE GOT SAN JOSE DOWNTOWN. WE'VE
05:45:56 GOT
05:45:58 PAYPAL PARK. THE IN-N-OUT BURGER THERE.
05:45:59 SO MANY
05:46:01 PLACES WE CAN GO. ALSO I THINK WE
05:46:02 NEED A VERY
05:46:05 PROMINENT AND VERY OPEN
05:46:06 NAVIGATION CENTER, WHICH IS, THIS IS
05:46:08 GOING TO BE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE ARE
05:46:09 GOING TO STOP BY BECAUSE PEOPLE SEE
05:46:11 IT. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THE FUTURE
05:46:13 TERMINUS FOR OUR PART STATION. AND AT THAT
05:46:14 POINT, I THINK
05:46:17 THE PEOPLE THAT ARE --WHO GET OFF
05:46:18 OR
05:46:20 ARE FORCED TO GET OFF OR JUST
05:46:22 DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, THEY
05:46:23 HAVE TO GET OFF BECAUSE IT'S
05:46:25 THE END OF THE LINE --I WOULD REALLY
05:46:26 LIKE TO HAVE A NAVIGATION CENTER THERE.
05:46:28 IT'S NOT ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE HOUSING.
05:46:29 WE NEED TO HAVE PLACES FOR
05:46:30 PEOPLE TO GO WHO HAVE NO PLACE TO GO.
05:46:35 I'M VERY HAPPY
05:46:38 THAT WE HAVE SILICON VALLEY HOPPER,
05:46:39 BUT
05:46:40 I REALLY LIKE THIS BUS SYSTEM THAT
05:46:41 TAKES US TO PLACES.
05:46:43 I THINK IF WE HAD A SHUTTLE SYSTEM
05:46:44 LIKE THAT AND
05:46:46 IF IT WERE FREE AND IF IT DID HAVE
05:46:47 A GOOD SCHEDULE AND JUST DID A
05:46:50 LOOP. WE HAD MAYBE TWO OR
05:46:53 THREE SIMPLE LOOPS. WE WOULD FIND
05:46:54 THAT
05:46:56 EVEN EGRESS TO, YOU KNOW, THE STADIUM
05:46:57 WOULD
05:46:59 IMPROVE. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE
05:47:00 NOT
05:47:01 THINKING ABOUT. RATHER THAN KEEP IT JUST TO
05:47:02 SANTA
05:47:04 CLARA, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL,
05:47:05 NOT
05:47:07 ONLY TO BRING PEOPLE INTO OUR CITY,
05:47:08 BUT ALSO GET PEOPLE
05:47:10 TO PLACES THEY WANT TO GO THAT AREN'T
05:47:11 NECESSARILY IN OUR CITY
05:47:13 IF WE GOT OUR NEIGHBORS INVOLVED AND
05:47:14 OUR NEIGHBOR, SAN
05:47:16 JOSE, REALLY DESERVES THIS. LIKE THEY
05:47:17 NEED TO
05:47:19 BE PART OF THIS, THIS DISCUSSION.
05:47:20 WHETHER WE LISTEN TO
05:47:22 THEM OR NOT IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE,
05:47:23 BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE TO HEAR WHAT THEY
05:47:24 HAVE TO SAY.
05:47:26 THANK YOU.
05:47:29 >> THANK YOU,
05:47:31 COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
05:47:32 >> WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
05:47:33 HARDY.
05:47:34 >> VERY
05:47:35 QUICKLY, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
05:47:36 THAT
05:47:38 ECONOMIC REPORT, PAGE 34, THE RETAIL
05:47:39 CIRCLES, THAT
05:47:41 WAS VERY HELPFUL. BUT PAGE 55
05:47:42 OF THE ENTIRE CHART IS UPSIDE DOWN.
05:47:44 I
05:47:47 MADE A NOTE OF THAT WHEN I WAS GOING
05:47:48 THROUGH THIS.
05:47:50 ALSO, IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT A COMMUNITY
05:47:51 WHEN THE
05:47:52 MOST HOPPING PLACE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IS
05:47:53 COSTCO.
05:47:59 AND
05:48:02 THIS BACKS UP OVER
05:48:05 ONTO DE LA CRUZ, BACK --IT STOPS
05:48:08 TRAFFIC BOTH WAYS.
05:48:11 HIT IS --
05:48:14 I'M NOT KIDDING, IT IS
05:48:17 THE MOST CRAZY PLACE TO BE ON A SATURDAY.
05:48:18 AND YOU THINK NO
05:48:19 ONE WOULD WANT TO BE THERE, ONLY IF THEY
05:48:20 HAVE TO BE.
05:48:23 APPARENTLY THEY DO.
05:48:26 SO RECOGNIZING THAT THAT
05:48:29 EAST SIDE OF THERE, WE HAVE
05:48:31 INTENSIFIED THE USES AND HAVE APPROVED
05:48:32 A LOT
05:48:34 OF THINGS. AND -- BUT WE HAVE NOT FICTION
05:48:38 THE FIXED OUR TRAFFIC REALITY THERE.
05:48:39 THANK YOU.
05:48:43 >> COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> I WANT TO
05:48:45 ADD TO THAT. WE
05:48:48 HAD SUPERMARKETS, WE HAVE
05:48:51 THE SAVE-MART ON MOONLIGHT PLAZA,
05:48:53 A NUMBER OF GROCERY STORES THAT WENT
05:48:54 AWAY
05:48:57 OR REDUCED THEIR --WE
05:48:58 DIDN'T REDUCE THE DENSITY THAT WE
05:49:00 PUT IN USING
05:49:01 THE SUPERMARKET TO JUSTIFY THE EXTRA
05:49:03 DENSITY. I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE,
05:49:05 AND THEY'VE TOLD ME, THEY'VE STARTED
05:49:07 USING COSTCO AS THEIR PLACE TO GO
05:49:09 BECAUSE,
05:49:10 WELL, THEY JUST WAIT LONGER UNTIL
05:49:12 THEY NEED MORE THINGS, THEN
05:49:15 THINK GO TO COSTCO. AND
05:49:16 AS COUNCILMEMBER HARDY JUST STATED,
05:49:19 I'VE TAKEN MY SCOOTER OVER TO COSTCO,
05:49:21 AND IT IS A CRAZY PLACE.
05:49:22 AS SOON AS YOU CAN'T EVEN GET OVER
05:49:24 THE OVERPASS, SOMETIMES
05:49:26 YOU'RE STUCK ON THE OVERPASS BECAUSE
05:49:27 PEOPLE ARE IN THAT
05:49:29 LANE TRYING TO GO TO COSTCO. YOU CAN'T
05:49:30 EVEN LEAVE THAT
05:49:31 LANE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE
05:49:33 NEXT LANE COMING FROM DE LA
05:49:34 CRUZ TRYING TO GET INTO WHERE YOU
05:49:36 ARE. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE GO AROUND.
05:49:38 I'VE SEEN PEOPLE JUST DO CRAZY THINGS
05:49:39 TO
05:49:40 AVOID THAT. BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING
05:49:41 THERE, SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GO ANOTHER
05:49:43 WAY. THEY'RE HOPING THAT THE PATH
05:49:45 THAT THEY CHOOSE IS FASTER THAN
05:49:47 THE PATH THAT THEY'RE ON, AND IT CREATES EVEN
05:49:48 MORE
05:49:51 TRAFFIC.
05:49:52 THERE'S PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT VERY DANGEROUS
05:49:54 SITUATIONS. WE JUST APPROVED A
05:49:56 PROJECT ACROSS THE STREET FROM COSTCO
05:49:57 WHERE --WHEN I LOOK
05:49:59 AT THE DENSITY, WHEN I LOOK AT THE
05:50:00 PREFERRED
05:50:02 DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT, LIKE, IT'S GOING
05:50:03 TO BE ONE
05:50:04 OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT
05:50:06 THAT PROJECT CAME IN AT A CERTAIN
05:50:07 TIME BECAUSE, WELL, IT DOESN'T REALLY --
05:50:09 IT'S NOT REALLY GOING
05:50:11 TO CONFORM WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. I LIKE
05:50:12 THE FACT
05:50:13 THAT WE HAVE THIS THING THERE BECAUSE IT
05:50:15 DOES CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A
05:50:17 SOUND BREAK. MAYBE EVEN A VISUAL BREAK FROM
05:50:18 THE AIRPORT.
05:50:21 BUT IF WE HAD A LARGER
05:50:22 TOWER. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW
05:50:24 MUCH THE
05:50:27 AIRPORT ITSELF WOULD LIMIT OUR
05:50:29 HEIGHTS. I DON'T KNOW ON THE SIDE.
05:50:30 I DO KNOW THAT IN FRONT, THE
05:50:33 RADAR
05:50:36 CEILING DOES LIMIT URHEIGHTS.
05:50:39 WE USED TO HAVE A RESTAURANT.
05:50:40 I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS CALLED. IT WAS
05:50:42 A CAFE. AIRPORT
05:50:45 94. I FARE-GOT WHAT THAT WAS. WHERE
05:50:47 PEOPLE --IT WAS INTEGRATED WITH THE
05:50:48 AIRPORT. YOU COULD
05:50:50 HEAR THE TOWER. YOU COULD SEE THE
05:50:51 AIRPLANES. I THINK
05:50:52 THAT RATHER THAN TRYING TO HIDE, RATHER
05:50:54 THAN JUST TRYING TO NOTE THAT THIS
05:50:57 IS THERE AS
05:51:00 A USEFUL THING, THAT IT'S ALSO A
05:51:03 POINT OF INTEREST. I KNOW WHEN SAN
05:51:04 JOSE
05:51:06 STATE USED
05:51:08 TO HAVE ITS AIRPLANE, I BELIEVE ITS
05:51:09 AIRPLANE REPAIR,
05:51:11 MAINTENANCE WORKSHOPS, YOU COULD ACTUALLY
05:51:12 STOP BY AND SEE THE
05:51:15 HANGAR AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT'S ONE
05:51:17 OF THOSE THINGS IF WE WANT TO MAKE
05:51:18 THIS
05:51:19 VIBRANT, IT HAS TO BE WITH THE DOWNTOWN
05:51:21 PLAN. I HEARD WHAT YOU
05:51:24 SAID ABOUT RETAIL. IT'S GOING TO MIMIC
05:51:27 RETAIL. WE'RE NOT GOING TO FORCE PEOPLE
05:51:29 TO PUT RETAIL IN THERE. BUT I FEEL THAT
05:51:30 WE NEED TO REWARD PEOPLE WHO
05:51:33 TAKE A CHANCE ON THAT
05:51:35 RETAIL. START THIS MANDATE THAT RETAIL
05:51:36 HAS TO
05:51:38 BE THERE. MAYBE GIVE THEM TAX BREAKS
05:51:39 FOR THE FIRST
05:51:40 YEAR JUST TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED
05:51:42 IN GOING. THEN TRY TO MAKE THOSE
05:51:43 BUSINESSES SUCCESSFUL. I HEAR TIME
05:51:45 AND TIME AGAIN THAT RETAIL IS
05:51:47 DEAD. AND IT IS WET THAT ATTITUDE.
05:51:48 BUT
05:51:51 AGAIN, IF WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACES PEOPLE
05:51:52 ONLY
05:51:53 WANT TO GO ONCE A MONTH, ONCE A YEAR
05:51:54 ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS,
05:51:55 YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH
05:51:57 PEOPLE THAT CAN'T TO DO
05:51:59 THAT ON A DAILY BASIS TO MAKE THEM
05:52:00 SUCCESSFUL. BUT WE DO
05:52:01 HAVE TO PUT IN PLACES PEOPLE WANT.
05:52:06 HAIR SALONS AND TAILORS, FOOD PLACES.
05:52:08 NOT EXPENSIVE FOOD PLACES BUT CHEAP
05:52:09 PLACES,
05:52:10 DELIS NEXT TO PLACES WHERE PEOPLE
05:52:12 WORK, WHERE
05:52:13 PEOPLE LIVE. BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING
05:52:15 TO GO TO A RESTAURANT
05:52:18 WHERE THEY HAVE TO PAY $20,
05:52:21 $30 PER MEAL.
05:52:23 AND I KNOW THAT WE DON'T WANT TO FORCE
05:52:24 PEOPLE TO DO
05:52:27 THIS. BUT I DO REALLY WANT
05:52:30 DEVELOPERS THAT ARE INTERESTED
05:52:33 IN RETAIL SUCCEEDING RIGHT.
05:52:34 WE HAVE I KEEP HEARING THAT WE HAVE A
05:52:36 LOT OF RETAIL
05:52:38 PLACES THAT ARE EMPTY, THAT ARE UNUSED.
05:52:39 IT'S BECAUSE
05:52:41 YOU DIDN'T HAVE A RETAIL DEVELOPER
05:52:42 BRINGING IN
05:52:44 THE RETAIL. USUALLY --I TALKED TO
05:52:45 THE PEOPLE
05:52:48 WHO HELPED DESIGN CUPERTINO'S MAIN
05:52:50 STREET. THEY TALKED TO THE STORES THEY
05:52:51 WANTED TO BRING IN.
05:52:54 ANCHOR STORES FOR A LARGE
05:52:56 STRIP MALL, BUT THEY BROUGHT IN SPECIFIC
05:52:57 RESTAURANTS, SPECIFIC
05:53:00 THINGS THAT WERE COMPATIBLE.
05:53:02 FOOD PLACES, TEA PLACES WITH RESTAURANTS
05:53:03 LIKE ALEXANDER'S.
05:53:05 THEN A DESSERT PLACE BECAUSE THEY
05:53:06 SAID, THESE ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
05:53:07 ARE
05:53:08 GOING TO --PEOPLE WHO GO TO THIS PLACE
05:53:09 ARE PROBABLY GOING TO
05:53:11 WANT TO GO TO THIS PLACE. THERE'S
05:53:12 A PARK WHERE
05:53:13 PEOPLE CAN SIT AND BRING THEIR DOGS.
05:53:15 A
05:53:17 LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DOGS. IF YOU DESIGN
05:53:18 THE SPACE,
05:53:20 WE TALKED ABOUT PLACE-MAKING. IN SANTA
05:53:21 CLARA, EVER SINCE
05:53:23 WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT PLACE-MAKING, I REALLY DON'T SEE
05:53:24 IT.
05:53:26 I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT PLACE-MAKING
05:53:27 OPEN UP
05:53:29 INTO A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN WHERE PEOPLE
05:53:30 WHO DON'T EVEN
05:53:32 KNOW THAT THAT HISTORIC DOWN UP TO
05:53:33 IS
05:53:36 THERE WILL WALK DOWN THERE, LED BY
05:53:39 BENTON. BENTON STREET. AND THEY COME
05:53:40 TO A PLACE
05:53:42 WHERE, OH, MY
05:53:44 GOODNESS, I DID KNOW THIS WAS HERE,
05:53:45 NOW I'M GOING TO GO EVERY DAY AFTER WORK.
05:53:48 THANK YOU.
05:54:15 >> I HEARD THERE WAS A COSTCO CONTEMPLATING
05:54:16 RESIDENTIAL ON TOP OF THE COSTCO.
05:54:18 IF WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
05:54:21 WE COULD SEE A NEW COSTCO
05:54:24 OR SOMETHING THERE. BUT DEFINITELY
05:54:25 THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULDN'T
05:54:27 WANT TO SEE GO AWAY. I THINK
05:54:30 THAT, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THE HEIGHT
05:54:31 LIMITS AS MUCH AS WE AS CAN IN COMPLIANCE
05:54:33 WITH THE
05:54:36 FAA I THINK IS IMPORTANT. EVEN THOUGH IT
05:54:37 WAS MENTIONED
05:54:38 MOST LIKELY THE DEVELOPERS WOULD BE ABLE
05:54:39 TO LESSEN THAT.
05:54:42 YOU KNOW, HAVING --YOU
05:54:45 KNOW, HAVING THAT EXPECTATION TO BUILD
05:54:46 HIGHER
05:54:48 IF IT MAKES
05:54:51 SENSE, WE SHOULD FOR SURE. I WOULDN'T BE TOO --
05:54:54 I UNDERSTAND
05:54:55 THAT SOMETIMES IF YOU HAVE A FARMERS'
05:54:57 MARKET, YOU KNOW --WE'RE A BIG CITY.
05:55:00 YOU KNOW, AS WE GET
05:55:03 MORE HOUSING ONLINE, HAVING MAYBE
05:55:04 COMPETING
05:55:06 AREAS WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW --MAYBE
05:55:08 AN ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, ENTERTAINMENT
05:55:09 DISTRICT, CERTAIN
05:55:11 THINGS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.
05:55:13 IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM
05:55:14 OTHER AREAS. IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT,
05:55:16 RIGHT, FOR THESE AREAS.
05:55:24 EVEN THOUGH IT IS CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, AS FAR
05:55:27 AS FARMERS MARKETS, IT CAN BE OTHER
05:55:30 THINGS THAT CAN BE ATTRACTIVE TO THOSE
05:55:31 RESIDENCES.
05:55:36 OBVIOUSLY BEING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
05:55:37 PREVIOUSLY TO THIS,
05:55:40 THE DISTRICT LOOKS AT WHEREWHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GO TO
05:55:43 SCHOOL.
05:55:46 I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
05:55:49 COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY
05:55:50 AS FAR AS COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND HOW
05:55:52 THAT
05:55:54 LOOKS. BUT OBVIOUSLY IN THIS AREA
05:55:55 THERE'S
05:55:56 NOT A LAND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE
05:55:58 APPROPRIATE FOR A SCHOOL
05:56:00 SITE. BUT JUST KIND OF KEEPING THAT
05:56:01 IN THE
05:56:02 BACK POCKET AS FAR AS WHERE THESE STUDENTS WOULD BE GOING TO
05:56:04 SCHOOL.
05:56:16 3 GOING SOUTHBOUND TOWARD SAN JOSE,
05:56:17 HOW DO YOU MITIGATE SOME OF THAT?
05:56:19 HOPEFULLY TRANSIT WOULD DO THAT.
05:56:23 BUT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, THE MORE
05:56:25 THAT WE CAN
05:56:28 DO WITH THIS AREA, IT WOULD BE
05:56:29 BENEFICIAL FOR SANTA CLARA. I THINK
05:56:31 WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. HOW
05:56:33 DO WE GET THERE? WHAT TWEAKS DO WE
05:56:37 NEED TO MAKE
05:56:40 SURE THAT WE CAN
05:56:43 HELP , AN
05:56:45 IMPEDIMENT TO DEVELOPERS. THAT'S WHAT
05:56:46 WE
05:56:48 HIRE YOU FOR, ON THE FRONT LINES OF
05:56:49 HELPING US WITH THAT.
05:56:52 THANK YOU. WITH
05:56:55 THAT, WE HAVE ANOTHER --
05:56:56 >> I'M
05:56:57 VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
05:56:58 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RETAIL,
05:57:00 AGAIN, EVERY TIME I HEAR RETAIL IS
05:57:01 DEAD, I'M
05:57:03 LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS. YOU'VE NOT
05:57:04 BEEN TO
05:57:06 ASIA, YOU'VE NOT BEEN TO PLACES WHERE RETAIL
05:57:09 IS THRIVING, YOU'VE NOT BEEN TO PLACING
05:57:10 LIKE
05:57:11 READING TERMINAL. THAT IS A VIBRANT
05:57:13 PLACE. I THINK THAT'S DOING
05:57:14 REALLY WELL. THE FACT THAT IT'S IN
05:57:16 THE MIDDLE
05:57:17 OF SO MANY OTHER RESTAURANTS AND IT'S DOING
05:57:18 JUST AS WELL, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT
05:57:19 WHY THAT IS. I KNOW
05:57:22 THAT HOUSING OVER COSTCO, LIKE JUST
05:57:24 DECIDED TO DO THAT IN SOUTH L.A. I
05:57:25 HEARD ABOUT THIS BECAUSE L. ACC IS MY HOMETOWN.
05:57:30 THAT DOESN'T REDUCE TRAFFIC IF THERE ARE
05:57:31 NO CONVENIENCE STORES,
05:57:32 IF THERE ARE NO SUPERMARKETS, IF THERE
05:57:34 ARE NO PLACES
05:57:35 NEARBY, HOUSING NEAR TRAIN STATION
05:57:37 DOES NOT REDUCE TRAFFIC. IF THE
05:57:39 PLACES PEOPLE NEED TO GO REGULARLY
05:57:40 ARE NOT WITHIN
05:57:42 WALKING, BIKING DISTANCE. IF THEY
05:57:43 HAVE TO TAKE A
05:57:45 CAR SOMEPLACE, THEY CAN TAKE A CAR
05:57:46 SOMEPLACE INTERESTING.
05:57:49 THEY CAN TAKE A CAR TO PALO ALTO
05:57:51 DOWNTOWN, MOUNTAIN VIEW DOWNTOWN,
05:57:52 CAMPBELL DOWNTOWN, AS
05:57:54 I OFTEN DO, BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLACE WHERE YOU
05:57:55 CAN GO OUT AND TALK
05:57:57 TO PEOPLE, HAVE A DRINK, GET LUNCH,
05:58:01 WATCH A MOVIE, PICK UP A LOAF OF BREAD, AND GET
05:58:03 A GALLON OF MILK BEFORE YOU GO HOME.
05:58:04 I HAVE TO PARK
05:58:06 IN MULTIPLE PLACES BEFORE I CAN DO
05:58:07 THAT. IF WE'RE GOING TO
05:58:09 HAVE A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT
05:58:10 WHAT ARE THE
05:58:12 THINGS WE CAN DO TO MAKE PEOPLE SPEND
05:58:13 A DAY
05:58:16 THERE?
05:58:19 I ALWAYS QUOTE THIS
05:58:21 PLANNING COMMISSIONER CHAIR. SHE SAYS,
05:58:22 DOWNTOWN, ANY
05:58:23 PLACE, ANY INTERESTING PLACE, IS A
05:58:24 PLACE THAT YOU WANT TO GO AND YOU
05:58:25 WANT TO TAKE
05:58:27 A PICTURE. I THINK WE NEED TO THINK
05:58:28 ABOUT
05:58:29 THINGS LIKE THAT. THINK ABOUT THE
05:58:31 FEEL OF WHAT THIS IS. NOT JUST,
05:58:34 WELL, TECHNICALLY, WE'VE GOT HOUSING,
05:58:35 TECHNICALLY WE'VE
05:58:36 GOT SOME PARKING, TECHNICALLY WE'VE
05:58:37 GOT ALL
05:58:40 THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. IF IT DOESN'T
05:58:42 MIX TOGETHER WELL, IT'S NOT GOING
05:58:43 TO WORK. WE'VE GOT
05:58:45 TO STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS AS A TECHNICAL
05:58:46 PROBLEM. WE'VE GOT TO THINK
05:58:48 ABOUT THIS AS A SOCIAL ISSUE THAT
05:58:49 WE CARE, WE CARE ABOUT
05:58:52 PEOPLE, WE WANT TO FULFILL THEIR NEEDS.
05:58:53 NOT SIMPLY GIVE DEVELOPERS OPTIONS ON WHAT THEY CAN BUILD.
05:58:58 >> WE'RE
05:59:00 GOING TO GO TO OUR CITY MANAGER THEN
05:59:01 GO TO THE PUBLIC.
05:59:02 >>
05:59:03 I WAS GOING TO REMIND YOU TO GO TO
05:59:04 THE PUBLIC.
05:59:07 BUT THEN ALSO SAY, LOTS OF ROBUST
05:59:08 COMMENT.
05:59:10 I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS MAY BE
05:59:12 REQUESTS FOR THINGS THAT WE CAN'T
05:59:13 DO
05:59:16 THROUGH THIS TYPE OF A LAND USE PLAN.
05:59:18 SUCH AS RESTRICTING USES FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
05:59:22 SMALL
05:59:24 BUSINESSES, CERTAIN COFFEE SHOPS.
05:59:25 TYPICALLY IN A PLAN LIKE
05:59:27 THIS, YOU DESIGNATE SOMETHING AS RETAIL.
05:59:28 BUT KNOW THAT
05:59:30 STAFF HAS HEARD THE CONCERNS AND STAFF AND
05:59:34 CONSULTANTS CERTAINLY ARE
05:59:36 MUCH SMARTER THAN ME IN THIS AREA.
05:59:39 SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH AS FAR
05:59:40 AS OPTIONS.
05:59:42 BUT JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I THINK
05:59:43 SOME THINGS MAY BE
05:59:44 OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDS OF WHAT WE COULD
05:59:46 DO WITH A PLAN LIKE THIS.
05:59:51 >> THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC
05:59:52 NOW. SO WE HAVE SEAN COLLINS.
06:00:00 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
06:00:04 I'LL KEEP IT
06:00:07 VERY SHORT. MY NAME IS SEAN COLLINS,
06:00:09 ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY
06:00:10 OPERATIONS AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY.
06:00:11 SO I'M
06:00:12 HERE SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF. I'M
06:00:13 ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
06:00:15 STATION AREA TASK FORCE. ON BEHALF
06:00:16 OF SCU, I'D
06:00:18 LIKE TO EXPRESSION APPRECIATION FOR
06:00:19 ALL THE WORK
06:00:21 CITY STAFF AND STATION AREA TASK FORCE
06:00:22 MEMBERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE
06:00:24 STATION AREA PLAN TODAY. SCU SUPPORTS
06:00:25 THE RECOMMENDATION
06:00:28 OF THE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN AS THE
06:00:29 PREFERRED LAND
06:00:31 USE PLAN AS PRESENTED TONIGHT. GIVEN THIS
06:00:32 IS A
06:00:33 30 PLUS YEAR PLAN, WE BELIEVE THIS
06:00:34 WILL BOTH
06:00:37 ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY AND
06:00:39 INCREASE DEVELOPER INTEREST IN THIS MIXED-
06:00:41 USE
06:00:43 DEVELOPMENT MODEL. COMBINED WITH SB-
06:00:44 79,
06:00:45 THESE WILL ULTIMATELY BENEFIT THE
06:00:47 FUTURE DOWNTOWN BY ADDING A
06:00:49 LARGER TARGET POPULATION IN CLOSE
06:00:50 PROXIMITY,
06:00:51 SEEKING AMENITIES, DINING, RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS,
06:00:53 AND OTHERS. THANK YOU.
06:00:55 >> THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THAT TASK FORCE.
06:00:59 WE HAVE BETSY MEGUS.
06:01:02 >> THANK YOU.
06:01:05 GOOD MORNING.
06:01:07 BETSY MEGUS SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. IN
06:01:08 GENERAL, I LIKE
06:01:10 THIS PLAN AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS
06:01:11 UPDATE COMING TO
06:01:12 COUNCIL. THIS TRANSIT HUB IS REALLY
06:01:14 THE IDEAL PLACE
06:01:17 FOR HOUSING AND DESTINATIONS. I
06:01:19 HOPE THERE WILL BE SOME ATTENTION TO SCALE AND
06:01:20 TO
06:01:22 STYLE TO HONOR THE HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD
06:01:24 IN THE STATION AND THE STATION BUILDING
06:01:26 AND NOT
06:01:29 OVERSHADOW OR CLASH WITH THEM.
06:01:31 NONE OF THE PLACE-MAKING, WALK ABILITY,
06:01:33 VIBRANCY, TRANSIT, OR ENVIRONMENT
06:01:35 GOALS WILL BENEFIT
06:01:37 FROM INVITING MORE CARS INTOINTO THROUGH
06:01:41 THE CENTER OF THE STATION.
06:01:43 COUNCILMEMBER PARK, BEFORE YOU INSIST
06:01:44 ON A
06:01:45 CITY SHUTTLE, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT
06:01:47 THE TRANSIT MAP WE
06:01:49 HAVE AND ENCOURAGE VTA TO RUN BUS
06:01:50 53
06:01:51 MORE OFTEN, EARLIER, LATER, AND ON WEEKENDS.
06:01:56 THERE'S BEEN A PROPOSAL
06:01:59 TO RECONNECT BENTON TO
06:02:00 BROKE CAU WITH AN UNDERCROSSING. THE
06:02:02 INITIAL PROPOSAL WOULD PUT CARS
06:02:04 ON THAT NEW UNDERCROSSING. I HOPE
06:02:05 WE
06:02:07 DON'T DO THAT. NONE OF THE --I SAID
06:02:08 THAT WHEN.
06:02:10 I TIMED DRIVING THE TRILEVEL ONE TIME
06:02:13 FROM BENTON TO BROKE CAU. FROM BENTON
06:02:14 AND EL
06:02:17 CAMINO TO COLEMAN AND BROKAW
06:02:19 TOOK 1 MINUTE 45 SECONDS. THAT'S PLENTY
06:02:20 FAST.
06:02:22 WE HAVE A PEDESTRIAN UNDERCROSSING
06:02:23 WHICH I ACTUALLY USE TO
06:02:25 SHOP AT COSTCO BY BICYCLES. IT'S A
06:02:26 LITTLE
06:02:28 TOO SLENDER, WINDY, AND SOMETIMES
06:02:29 CONGESTED FOR
06:02:31 BICYCLING. BUT OUR DE LA CRUZ BIKE
06:02:32 PLANS
06:02:35 ARE EXPECTING PEOPLE ON BIKES TO USE THAT CONNECTION INSTEAD OF
06:02:38 THE TRILEVEL.
06:02:40 IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THAT
06:02:41 UNDERCROSSING
06:02:42 FOR BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS, PLEASE DO
06:02:43 SO, ESPECIALLY ON THE BENTON SIDE.
06:02:47 AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY
06:02:50 SUCH UNDERCROSSING PRESERVES THE
06:02:51 BUS TURNAROUND LOOP OR RESULTS IN
06:02:53 EQUALLY GOOD ALTERNATIVE.
06:02:56 THANK YOU.
06:03:02 >> THANK YOU. SO
06:03:05 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
06:03:07 THAT WE --YOU REQUIRE? I THINK IT'S
06:03:08 A STUDY SESSION,
06:03:11 SO THERE'S NO ACTION THAT'S NEEDED?
06:03:13 >> CORRECT, IT'S A STUDY SESSION.
06:03:14 BUT IN
06:03:16 GENERAL, WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT
06:03:17 YOU
06:03:20 ARE OKAY WITH THE PREFERRED PLAN THAT
06:03:21 WAS
06:03:23 SHOWN
06:03:25 TONIGHT AND ALSO THE DRAFT VISION
06:03:26 STATEMENT.
06:03:27 WE UNDERSTAND AND TOOK VERY DETAILED
06:03:29 NOTES ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
06:03:31 YOUR CONCERNS AND COMMENTS, AND WE
06:03:32 WILL KEEP LOOKING AT THOSE
06:03:35 DETAILS AND CONCERNS AS
06:03:36 WE MOVE FURTHER INTO THE MAN AND WORK ON THE PLAN.
06:03:44 >> ANY MORE COMMENT?
06:03:46 COUNCILMEMBER PARK? --YEAH, NO, I --
06:03:47 I'M
06:03:49 NOT SAYING THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE
06:03:50 BIKES AND --I'M TALKING
06:03:53 ABOUT BIKING AND WALKING. BUT
06:03:56 PARKING, BIKING, AND WALKING
06:03:59 ARE NOT --I
06:04:02 MEAN, THEY'RER ON NOTHING
06:04:04 NATURAL. THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE
06:04:05 THAT CANNOT
06:04:07 DO BIKES. FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WILL
06:04:08 NOT TAKE BIKES TO
06:04:09 GET THERE. THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS
06:04:11 THAT WE NEED. IF
06:04:12 WEAR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS HOW
06:04:14 TO MAKE A PLACE SUCCESSFUL, WE
06:04:17 NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THINGS MAKE A
06:04:18 PLACE SUCCESSFUL.
06:04:19 RIGHT NOW WHEN I TAUGHT TO DIFFERENT
06:04:20 CITIES, IT'S
06:04:22 VERY CLEAR, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
06:04:23 THERE'S A
06:04:26 LOT OF PEOPLE IN
06:04:28 PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY AVENUE IS BECAUSE THERE'S
06:04:29 A LOT OF PARKING THERE TOO.
06:04:31 THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA,
06:04:32 THEY DON'T
06:04:34 USE CARS TO GET THERE BUT THERE ARE
06:04:35 A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
06:04:37 COME TO THE AREA THAT DON'T LIVE IN PALO
06:04:38 ALTO. WE'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT
06:04:40 THOSE, TOO. I'VE TAKEN MY DAUGHTER
06:04:41 ON A WEEKEND TRIP.
06:04:44 WE GET LUNCH BY STOPPING AT LAWRENCE
06:04:45 STATION
06:04:47 AND THEN SOMETIMES WE GO TO SUNNYVALE
06:04:48 TO
06:04:49 SAVE THAT EXTRA DOLLAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
06:04:50 WE TAKE A TRAIN UP
06:04:52 TO PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY AVENUE. WE
06:04:53 GET OFF THE TRAIN. WE
06:04:55 LOOK AROUND. WE EAT. WE COME BACK.
06:04:56 I THINK THESE ARE THE
06:04:58 KINDS OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY
06:04:59 GOOD. SOME
06:05:01 SOMEDAY, WE'RE GOING TO BIKE TO THE
06:05:02 TRAIN STATION, AND WE'LL TAKE THAT.
06:05:05 WE'LL TAKE THAT LOOP. AS FOR THE CITY
06:05:06 MANAGER'S
06:05:07 COMMENTS, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT RESTRICTING
06:05:08 USES.
06:05:10 BUT I AM LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES AND
06:05:11 OTHER JURISDICTIONS
06:05:14 DO, WHICH IS THEY OFFER INCENTIVES.
06:05:15 WE GIVE
06:05:17 PEOPLE IDEAS. WE
06:05:20 GIVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PUSHES. LITTLE
06:05:21 PUSHES, LITTLE NODS
06:05:22 ON WHERE THEY CAN GO, WHAT THEY CAN
06:05:23 DO. RIGHT NOW
06:05:25 WE SAY, THERE'S AN OPEN SPACE, DO
06:05:26 WHATEVER YOU WANT.
06:05:28 PEOPLE WHO ONLY THINK ABOUT HOUSING
06:05:29 AREN'T GOING TO THINK ABOUT THE OTHER
06:05:30 PLACES.
06:05:32 WE NEED TO START INVITING PEOPLE WHO
06:05:35 DESIGN PLACES LIKE
06:05:38 THE MARKETS, LIKE THE SMALL CENTERS,
06:05:39 LIKE
06:05:41 PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN. WHEN WE LOOK
06:05:44 AT SUNNYVALE. WHAT SUNNYVALE'S DONE
06:05:45 WITH THEIR
06:05:46 DOWNTOWN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
06:05:47 WHAT
06:05:50 CUPERTINO'S DONE WITH MAIN
06:05:52 STREET. MAIN STREET HAS A LOT OF HOUSING.
06:05:53 COULD BE TALLER, COULD HAVE
06:05:56 BEEN MORE. BUT THEY HAVE A VERY VIBRANT
06:05:58 SPACE. SAME THING I THINK IS GOING
06:05:59 TO BE TRUE OF SUNNYVALE.
06:06:02 SUNNYVALE'S NOT DONE.
06:06:04 THEY'VE GOT TWO 12-STORY BUILDINGS
06:06:05 GOING UP. THESE
06:06:07 ARE PLACES NEAR TRAIN STATION, NEAR
06:06:08 TRANSIT, NEAR A
06:06:11 THEATER, A MOVIE THEATER, NEAR
06:06:12 A TARGET, NEAR PLACES WHERE PEOPLE
06:06:14 WANT TO GO. LOTS OF REALLY INTERESTING
06:06:16 COFFEE PLACES AND RESTAURANTS. BUT
06:06:17 LOTS OF INTERESTING PLACES TO
06:06:19 GO. IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING, THERE
06:06:20 IS A GOODWILL. IT'S
06:06:21 A FUNNY THING. BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE GO THERE.
06:06:26 WE
06:06:28 NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT PLACES THAT
06:06:29 PEOPLE GO DAILY, NOT JUST PLACES THAT
06:06:30 ARE FANCY THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO TO EVERY
06:06:32 DAY.
06:06:36 THANK YOU.
06:06:37 >> ALL RIGHT.
06:06:39 SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD?
06:06:42 >> YEAH, WE'RE GOOD.
06:06:48 IF I MAY
06:06:51 ASK COUNCILMEMBER JAIN, YOU HAD
06:06:54 MENTIONED MORE
06:06:55 DENSITY. WERE YOU ASKING THAT STAFF
06:06:57 LOOK
06:07:00 AT AN
06:07:01 ADDITIONAL CONCEPT OR AN ALTERNATIVE
06:07:03 CONCEPT WITH MORE
06:07:06 DENSITY?
06:07:07 >> NO, I WAS --
06:07:08 I'M ALWAYS ASKING FOR MORE DENSITY NEAR
06:07:09 TRANSIT.
06:07:15 I'M JUST KIND OF COMPARING TASMAN EAST.
06:07:18 AND I KNOW
06:07:21 DEVELOPERS THAT HAD PLANS AT
06:07:23 TASMAN EAST HAVE BACKED OUT OF THOSE PLANS
06:07:24 NOW, SO THE
06:07:26 MARKET HAS CHANGED. SO WE HAVE TO
06:07:27 ACCOUNT FOR
06:07:29 THAT MARKET. BUT BART'S NOT GOING TO
06:07:33 BE COMING UNTIL
06:07:36 2037, 38. WE HAVE A LONG
06:07:39 TIME TO PLAN FOR THAT
06:07:42 TRANSIT-ORIENTED COMMUNITY.
06:07:47 I'M JUST THINKING THAT THIS --IF YOU'RE GOING TO
06:07:48 ADD
06:07:49 DENSITY, THIS IS THE IDEAL PLACE.
06:07:51 AND IT'S
06:07:54 240 ACRES.
06:07:56 SO I'M FINE WITH THE CURRENT PLAN
06:07:57 AS IT
06:08:00 IS, BUT IF WE COULD
06:08:02 ADD, YOU KNOW, MORE, THAT WOULD BE
06:08:03 NICE. BUT I
06:08:06 THINK WE SHOULD, LIKE I SAID, COORDINATE
06:08:07 WITH SAN JOSE. BECAUSE THEY MAY WANT
06:08:08 TO ADD HOUSING ON THEIR SIDE. YOU KNOW.
06:08:18 ANYWAY, THAT WAS ALL I WAS
06:08:19 ASKING FOR.
06:08:20 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT
06:08:21 CLARIFICATION. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER
06:08:22 QUESTIONS.
06:08:27 >> THANK YOU. SO WE'RE FINISHED
06:08:28 WITH ITEM ITEM 8. AND WE'RE GOING
06:08:30 TO
06:08:33 BE ADJOURNING. AND I'LL
06:08:36 HAVE COUNCILMEMBER HARDY, GO AHEAD
06:08:39 AND READ THE ADJOURNMENT.
06:08:41 >> THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S VERY LATE.
06:08:45 THIS IS A VERY
06:08:47 DEAR FRIEND OF MINE.
06:08:48 >> SORRY. >>
06:08:50 OH, I'M SORRY.
06:08:51 >> BEFORE THE ADJOURNMENT,
06:08:52 WE
06:08:53 HAVE REPORTS.
06:08:54 >> REPORTS OF MEMBERS OF
06:08:55 SEVERAL COMMITTEES AND
06:08:56 COUNCILMEMBERS.
06:08:57 >> WE'LL DO THAT FIRST.
06:08:58 >> I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS
06:09:00 BUT COUNCILMEMBER JAIN?
06:09:01 >> YES, SO
06:09:02 ON JANUARY 3rd, I GOT AN OPERATIONAL
06:09:03 TOUR OF
06:09:05 THE STADIUM WITH COUNCILMEMBERS HARDY
06:09:09 AND CHAHAL. THIS WAS BEFORE
06:09:12 A GAME. WE ARRIVED --
06:09:15 STARTED AT 10:00 A.M., AND WE
06:09:18 GOT TO SEE THE POLICE BRIEFING, YOU
06:09:20 KNOW. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE
06:09:21 HOW
06:09:23 WELL-PREPARED WE ARE FOR THIS BIG
06:09:24 EVENT LIKE THIS.
06:09:27 WE GOT TO SEE THEIR MEDICAL FACILITY
06:09:30 WHERE A LOT OF
06:09:33 DRUNK PEOPLE END UP GETTING SOME TREATMENT.
06:09:34 AND THEY
06:09:35 HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT TRIP AND
06:09:36 FALL,
06:09:38 AND THEY HAVE TO BE TREATED THERE.
06:09:39 SO
06:09:41 THE COMPANY CALLED ROCK MED RUNS THAT.
06:09:42 AND THEN
06:09:45 WE GOT TO SEE THE TEMPORARY HOLDING
06:09:48 FACILITY WHERE, YOU
06:09:51 KNOW, PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE TRANSFERRED
06:09:53 TO THE JAIL GET TO SPEND TIME THERE.
06:09:54 BUT IT
06:09:57 WAS A REALLY GOOD
06:10:00 TOUR. CAPTAIN --SORRY, CHIEF OF
06:10:03 POLICE COREY MORGAN GAVE US THE
06:10:05 TOUR. AND THEN TICK KICKOFF WAS AT
06:10:09 5:00. AT 4:00, WE JUST LEFT AND WE
06:10:10 WENT HOME.
06:10:14 SO THERE WAS NO VIEWING OF THE GAME.
06:10:18 >> THANK YOU.
06:10:21 COUNCILMEMBER PARK?
06:10:22 >> WELL, I
06:10:24 MEAN, THIS IS ALSO 030 REQUEST. I'VE GOT
06:10:25 A QUESTION.
06:10:26 I JUST WANT TO BRING IT UP. IN 2020,
06:10:27 THE CITY OF SANTA
06:10:29 CLARA AND SOME OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS
06:10:30 HERE MAY REMEMBER
06:10:33 THIS. PUT A CITY ORDINANCE TOGETHER
06:10:35 TO REDUCE THE COSTS OF DOORDASH AND
06:10:36 THINGS LIKE THAT.
06:10:37 I THINK THERE WAS A LIMIT OF, I DON'T
06:10:39 KNOW, 15%. BUT IT WAS
06:10:41 TRYING TO REDUCE IT FROM THE 30%.
06:10:42 AND I DON'T KNOW
06:10:45 IF THAT WOULD BE
06:10:47 APPROPRIATE OR SOMETHING WE WANT TO THINK
06:10:48 ABOUT DURING FIFA AND OTHER
06:10:51 THINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO
06:10:53 SEE NO SURGE PRICING IN EVENT ZONES.
06:10:54 I
06:10:56 WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHEAPER --I DON'T
06:10:57 KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE,
06:11:00 BUT I KNOW IN 2020, WE PASSED AN ORDINANCE,
06:11:02 SEVERAL CITIES DID, DURING COVID,
06:11:03 WHICH I
06:11:05 THINK IT WAS UNTIL THE COVID RESTRICTIONS
06:11:06 OR THE EMERGENCY WAS
06:11:08 LIFTED. BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE
06:11:09 COULD
06:11:12 DO THAT COULD PRESERVE GIG
06:11:15 WORKER PAY WITHOUT SOAKING THE
06:11:16 RESIDENTS, SOAKING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR CITY DURING THAT
06:11:18 TIME.
06:11:21 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD WORK AGAINST
06:11:23 US, BECAUSE MAYBE THESE COMPANIES
06:11:24 WOULD
06:11:26 SIMPLY STOP SENDING DRIVERS TO OUR
06:11:27 AREA. BUT I
06:11:29 DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE OR A GOOD THING TO
06:11:30 EVEN CONSIDER. THANK YOU.
06:11:36 >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL?
06:11:39 >> I KNOW IT'S TOO LATE,
06:11:42 BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE
06:11:43 OPERATIONAL TOUR, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
06:11:45 ONE OF
06:11:47 THE THINGS IS HOW DIFFERENT AGENCIES
06:11:48 ARE
06:11:50 COOPERATING WITH EACH OTHER. IT'S
06:11:51 A BIG OPERATION.
06:11:54 PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS A BIG LIFT
06:11:57 BY CITY OF SANTA CLARA WITH SUCH A
06:11:58 SMALL FORCE FOR
06:12:00 SUCH EVENTS. BUT WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED
06:12:01 WITH THEIR
06:12:02 OPERATIONS AND HOW THEY'RE MANAGING ALONG WITH OTHER
06:12:03 DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
06:12:09 AND THE ROCKMAN MODEL WHICH
06:12:11 COUNCILMEMBER JAIN MENTIONED, IT WAS
06:12:12 VERY IMPRESSIVE.
06:12:15 KEEPING IN VIEW THEY
06:12:18 DON'T CHARGE ANYBODY ANYTHING. AND THEY
06:12:21 HAVE MULTIPLE BEDS THERE TO PROVIDE
06:12:23 SORT OF EVERYTHING OTHER THAN SURGERY.
06:12:24 THAT WAS
06:12:27 A VERY EFFECTIVE
06:12:30 AND SORT OF SOCIALIST MODEL OF PROVIDING CARE DURING THESE TYPE
06:12:31 OF GAMES, BASICALLY.
06:12:36 SO, THANK YOU. AND WE DID LEAVE
06:12:37 BEFORE THE GAME STARTED, JUST FOR FYI.
06:12:45 >> CITY MANAGER, ANY REPORT? >>
06:12:49 NO REPORT.
06:12:50 >> ALL RIGHT. SO --
06:12:51 COUNCILMEMBER HARDY?
06:12:52 >> THANK YOU.
06:12:53 I KNOW IT'S
06:12:54 LATE. BUT THIS IS A LOT FOR HIS FAMILY,
06:12:55 ESPECIALLY
06:12:56 HIS NIECES THAT STILL LIVE AROUND HERE IN
06:12:58 THIS AREA.
06:13:01 RAYMOND G.
06:13:03 GM MAY OF SANTA CLARA PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY
06:13:07 4th , 2026, AT THE AGE OF 95.
06:13:13 A SANTA CLARA NATIVE,
06:13:15 SON OF PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS FROM
06:13:16 MADEIRA
06:13:17 ISLAND, RAYMOND GREW UP ON SCOTT AND
06:13:19 MONROE
06:13:22 STREETS, ATTENDED FREMONT
06:13:23 GRAMMAR SCHOOL, SANTA CLARA INTERMEDIATE
06:13:25 SCHOOL,
06:13:26 GRADUATED FROM SANTA CLARA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1947.
06:13:31 RAYMOND THEN ENLISTED IN
06:13:34 THE U.S. NAVAL
06:13:37 RESERVE, AND FROM
06:13:40 1947 TO JUNE 1950, SERVED IN THE
06:13:43 U.S. AIR FORCE.
06:13:46 HE
06:13:49 SERVED UNTIL 1951 AND THEN
06:13:52 SERVED IN KOREA UNTIL 1953 AND WAS HONORABLY
06:13:55 DISCHARGED IN 1955.
06:13:57 HE SERVED WITH DEDICATION FOR EIGHT
06:13:58 YEARS IN
06:14:01 THE CITY OF SANTA
06:14:02 CLARA FIRE DEPARTMENT, OVER NINE YEARS
06:14:04 AS THE DEPUTY FIRE
06:14:06 MARSHAL IN THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY FIRE
06:14:08 MARSHAL'S OFFICE, AND WENT ON TO SERVE IN
06:14:10 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THE
06:14:13 CITIES OF FREMONT AND
06:14:15 DALY CITY, 11 MORE YEARS WITH STANFORD
06:14:16 UNIVERSITY FIRE
06:14:17 SERVICE, BEFORE FINALLY RETIRING IN 1994.
06:14:25 LOCALLY, HE SERVED AS
06:14:26 A VOLUNTEER IN SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS.
06:14:28 I'LL READ A VIEW.
06:14:31 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. SANTA CLARA
06:14:32 VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. PORTUGUESE
06:14:34 HERITAGE
06:14:37 SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA. ELKS LODGE
06:14:40 2347. SANTA CLARA POLICE
06:14:42 ACTIVITIES LEAGUE, INCLUDING SERVING
06:14:43 AS THE
06:14:44 PRESIDENT. ING A NEW STATE HOSPITAL
06:14:46 ADVISORY BOARD.
06:14:49 RECIPIENT OF THE AUSTIN
06:14:51 WARBURTON SERVICE AWARD FROM MISSION SERVICE
06:14:52 COMMUNITY
06:14:55 FUND. PARKS AND RECREATION
06:14:57 COMMISSION. MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION
06:14:58 POST
06:15:01 419. AND SANTA
06:15:04 CLARA SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION. IN
06:15:07 2014,
06:15:09 RAYMOND RAY SERVED AS THE CITY OF SANTA
06:15:10 CLARA'S
06:15:13 OFFICIAL TREE LIGHTER AT ITS ANNUAL
06:15:16 CEREMONY. IN 2016, THE CITY COUNCIL
06:15:18 PASSED A RESOLUTION DECLARING AND
06:15:22 RENAMING THE REID STREET DOG PARK
06:15:25 THE RAYMOND G.
06:15:27 GAMMA DOG PARK. MR. GAMMA WAS RECOGNIZED FOR
06:15:28 HIS
06:15:30 AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT AS A TIRELESS
06:15:31 PUBLIC SERVANT
06:15:33 THROUGHOUT HIS RESIDENCY IN SANTA CLARA.
06:15:34 HE MADE
06:15:37 ONGOING COMMUNITY-
06:15:40 WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS OVER A
06:15:42 LIFETIME AND HELPED INSPIRE RESIDENTS
06:15:43 AND
06:15:46 VISITORS TO ENGAGE IN
06:15:51 SELF SELF-GIVING PUBLIC SERVICE. AT
06:15:52 THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING
06:15:54 I WILL PULL ON MY RIGHT EAR. THAT
06:15:55 WAS FOR
06:15:58 RAY BECAUSEBECAUSE
06:15:59 THOUGHT -- HE LOVED TO WATCH, BUT HE
06:16:01 SAID, "I DON'T ALWAYS GET
06:16:03 THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. " SO I SAID,
06:16:04 I'LL DO IT AT THE
06:16:05 BEGINNING OF THE MEETING FOR YOU.
06:16:07 AND IT WAS BECAUSE IT COMES FROM
06:16:08 THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW, WHICH WAS A FAVORITE OF BOTH OF OURS.
06:16:13 AND SO THIS IS THE
06:16:16 LAST TIME FOR RAY. I'LL MISS YOU.
06:16:17 THANK YOU.
06:16:22 >> WE'RE ADJOURNED, THANK YOU.