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City of San José, California
City Council, April 11, 2023
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H
You
so
much
mayor,
I'm
excited
to
introduce
lead,
Filipino,
a
non-profit
organization,
making
a
positive
impact
in
our
community
they've
been
empowering
students,
adults
and
families
in
San
Jose,
since
2015.
lead
Filipino
is
committed
to
increasing
public
leadership
representation
among
Filipino,
Americans
and
they're.
Achieving
this
through
community-based
campaigns
and
civil
rights
efforts
even
more
exciting
is
how
they're
making
a
difference
in
District
Four,
which
includes
a
heavily
populated
Asian
neighborhoods,
including
large
Filipino
Community,
their
leadership,
development
programs,
educational
initiatives
and
cultural
events.
Inspire
the
next
generation
of
Phil
am
leaders
lead.
H
Filipino
is
also
amplifying
the
voices
of
the
community
on
civil
and
human
rights
issues
infecting
philams
in
San
Jose.
Most
recently,
they
helped
with
the
opening
of
Delano
menons
Park
District
5,
just
south
of
District
4
in
East
San
Jose
and
will
be
organizing
voter
registration
drives
across
District
4
this
summer.
Let's
welcome
Camille
Valerio
the
program
manager
of
lead
Filipino
as
she
performs.
Today's
invocation.
I
Thank
you
all
right,
yep
being
five
foot,
exactly
all
right,
hop
on
everyone
or
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
Camille
cave
Valerio
and
I'm
here
representing
lead
Filipino,
a
small
nonprofit
that
stands
for
leadership,
education,
activism
and
open
dialogue.
I'd
like
to
thank
council
member
Cohen
for
inviting
me
here
today
to
speak
on
our
organization's
behalf,
but
also
to
speak
on
the
Philippine
xoa
American
Community
here
in
San.
E
I
With
that
being
said,
our
organization,
if
you
don't
know,
already
organizes
around
the
social
justice
principles
of
equity
and
service,
uplifting
the
Filipino
beliefs
of
bakikisama,
kapwa
and
bayaniheim,
all
those
translating
to
camaraderie
cooperation
and
being
overall,
a
fellow
human
being
and
with
those
beliefs.
We
increase
the
civic
participation
of
our
community,
the
culturally
responsive
education,
work,
Grassroots
leadership
and
Community
Action
in
recent
response
to,
and
support
of
the
opening
of
the
Delano
monos
Park
in
east
side,
San
Jose,
and
what
the
collective
work
and
teamwork
of
our
students,
families,
Youth
and
individuals.
I
I
share
this
story
or
this
piece
of
History
specifically
because
of
yes,
how
deep
our
history
runs,
but
also
because
of
the
community
and
collaboration
work
beyond
the
town.
High
limit
was
actually
created
by
a
German
immigrant
who
understood
the
struggles
of
creating
families
and
living
here
as
an
immigrant
in
a
different
country,
and
so
with
that
space
it
actually
was
a
place
of
comfort
and
safety
in
the
area
known
for
anti-asian
hate
and
prevailing
races
as
racism.
I
As
I
reflect
on
that
brief
history
and
the
work
and
the
collaborations
and
Partnerships
I
think
about
the
present
day
and
the
work
that
we
as
lead
Filipino
do
I
think
about
our
past
Partnerships
with
Vegeta,
where
we
taught
our
members
how
to
cultivate
and
Harvest
fresh
produce,
or
even
our
upcoming
Partnerships,
with
chopsticks
alley.
Spreading
awareness
about
the
aapi
work
that
we
do
around
water
conservation
and
management.
I
But
our
work
doesn't
go
just
beyond
being
environment,
environmentally
conscious.
Our
work
is
also
centered
on
hate
prevention,
it's
centered
around
holistic
health
and
caring
about
empowering
our
community,
making
sure
that
we're
well
represented
our
work
goes
into
our
Filipino
studies
program,
making
sure
that
our
community
knows
their
identity
and
culture.
I
It
goes
into
our
yearly
Summits,
our
women's
leadership
program,
as
well
as
our
queer
philippinex
Summit,
but
also
goes
into
our
stop.
Asian
hate
work
where
we
teach
Our
Youth
and
our
families
how
to
be
an
active
bystander
and
how
to
be
active
in
their
communities
and
in
civics
overall,
as
I
reflect
on
the
history
and
the
work
that
we
do
as
a
community
I
encourage.
I
C
C
J
J
Last
month,
the
mayor
and
our
city
council
colleagues
unanimously
approved
the
plan
for
a
new
Cambodian
Temple
here
in
the
city
of
San
Jose,
from
a
memo
spearheaded
by
my
Council
colleague,
councilmember
Candelas.
It
was
during
that
time
that
we
learned
about
the
Cambodian
people's
richness
of
the
Arts
music,
dance,
Agriculture
and
education.
J
J
I'd
like
to
please
have
a
few
comments
from
the
community.
K
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Nancy
Hugh
and
I
am
a
proud
member
of
the
camboded
American
Resource
Agency
on
behalf
of
the
Cambodian
Community
I
would
like
to
thank
council
member
Peter,
Ortiz,
mayor
Mahan
and
all
of
our
city
council
representatives
for
recognizing
this
Proclamation
April
11th
to
the
17th
Cambodian
genocide
remembrance
week,
a
special
thank
you
to
H.G
Wynn
for
working
tirelessly
on
making
this
day
possible.
During
remembrance
week.
We
will
honor
and
pay
tribute
to
the
millions
of
lives
lost
during
the
khmeru's
genocide.
K
We
will
bear
witness
to
the
lived
experiences
of
survivors,
encouraging
them
to
share
their
stories.
April
17
1975
was
the
beginning
of
year
zero,
the
dawn
of
an
age
in
which
there
were
no
families,
no
sentiments,
no
grief,
no
schools,
only
death,
we're
two
million
lives.
Almost
a
quarter
of
the
camboding
population,
starved
tortured
and
murdered
by
the
khmeri
regime,
thousands
of
Cambodian
refugees
resettled
in
the
United
States,
and
while
their
Journeys
proved
difficult,
they
have
overcome
many
obstacles
and
contributed
profoundly
to
the
social,
cultural
and
economic
well-being
of
our
society.
K
Many
being
business
owners,
doctors,
teachers,
artists,
city
and
state
representative,
Community
leaders
and
so
much
more,
our
darkest
history
will
never
overshadow
our
resilience
together.
We
will
remember
our
past.
We
will
work
together
to
rebuild
our
future.
Thank
you
again,
mayor
and
council
member
for
this
memorable
moment.
I.
Ask
that
you
please
join
our
Buddhist
monks
for
a
blessing.
G
Good
afternoon
everyone's
these
and
historical
irons
of
the
Cambodian
Community.
We
would
like
to
thank
console
members,
pedalities
Mayors,
my
hands,
Egypt
Williams
and
all
our
San
Jose
council
members
for
supporting
this
Proclamation
recognizing
April
11th
17th,
Cambodian
General,
size,
remembrance
with
innocency
of
San
Jose.
G
During
remembrance
week
we
Will's
honors
and
pay
attitude
to
the
millions
of
lives
claimed
by
the
event
from
1975
up
to
1979.
So
right
now
we
would
like
to
Brave
for
the
lives
of
the
person
who
were
killed
in
Upper
region
together.
G
G
J
Thank
you
so
much.
Let's
try
to
see
if
we
could
get
in
for
a
picture
and
if
my
colleagues
would
like
to
join,
please
I
welcome
you
all
to
join.
Thank
you.
N
O
C
P
P
I
wish
I
could
get
Awards
in
less
than
one
year
being
in
existence.
Owners,
Felipe
and
Wendy
have
generated
a
new
buzzing
culture
around
their
passion
for
exploring
unconventional
techniques
in
Brewing.
They
have
an
endless
drive
for
creativity,
while
also
supporting
local
ingredients
in
their
products.
Most
importantly,
my
favorite,
they
have
delicious
mocktails.
So
it's
for
everyone,
you
just
don't
have
to
go
in
there
to
get
a
beer.
What
I
love
about
this
business
is
that
they
are
deeply
rooted
in
this
community.
P
Their
space
has
quickly
become
a
hub
for
local
San,
Jose
residents,
artists,
comedians
musicians
and
traveling
alcohol
aficionados,
adding
to
the
vibrancy
of
our
downtown
and
creating
space
for
Innovation
inspiration
and
growth.
I
encourage
everyone
to
visit
their
location
at
30,
East,
Santa,
Clara,
Street,
just
a
short
hop
from
here
this
Friday.
Oh
someone
got
that
yeah
I
heard
that
laugh
this
Friday
they
are
having
an
art
residency,
opening
where
they'll
be
featuring.
Rayos
magos,
a
local
Latino
artist,
whose
work
is
influenced
by
his
cultural
identity.
P
As
a
Chicano
person
living
in
our
beautiful
U.S,
our
East
Santa
Clara
Corridor,
is
seeing
a
revitalization
like
no
other.
Thanks
to
businesses
like
foxtail,
so
again,
thank
you,
Felipe
and
Wendy
for
choosing
Downtown
San
Jose
as
the
home
for
foxtel
fermentation
project
and
for
being
a
Haven
where
downtown
culture
can
grow
and
flourish.
Beyond,
imagination,
I
now
welcome,
Felipe
and
Wendy
and
I
hope.
Let's
bring
down
your
parents
as
well
so
Mom
and
Dad.
Please
come
on
down.
Q
Well,
thank
you
for
the
recognition,
thanks
to
the
city
of
San
Jose,
for
allowing
us
to
create
such
a
vibrant,
creative
and
safe
establishment
for
our
community.
We're
really
excited
to
be
able
to
house
different
artists
musicians
and
of
anyone
who
would
like
to
join.
We
pride
ourselves
in
being
a
safe
space,
free
of
hatred,
free
judgment
and
we're
very
excited
to
to
finally
create
something
to
create
that
excitement
back
in
the
streets.
So
thank
you.
R
Felipe
really
said
most
of
the
key
points
of
what
matters
about
our
business,
but
mostly
we
couldn't
have
gotten
here
without
the
incredible
support
of
so
many
members
of
our
community,
of
our
family,
of
our
incredible
employees
and
just
maintaining
passion
and
wanting
to
provide
more
for
this
city
and
make
sure
that
we
give
back
to
it.
What
it's
given
to
us.
So
thank
you
very
much.
C
C
On
its
campus
on
September
25th
1970,
the
San
Jose
alumni
chapter
was
chartered
from
April
12th
to
April
16th.
Both
organizations
will
be
hosting
the
76th
Western
Province
Council
and
their
public
meeting
and
awards
ceremony
will
take
place
on
April
14th,
where
several
remarkable
individuals
and
organizations
will
be
recognized.
C
Now
I'm
joined
here
by
Milan
ballington,
Jamar,
Walker,
former
council
member
Forest,
Williams
Rich,
Robinson
and
rev
Ray
and
I'm,
not
sure
who's
going
to
say
a
few
words
about
the
organization.
But
that's
going
to
be
you
all
right,
come
on
over
Jamar.
S
Greetings,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
my
name
is
Jamar
Walker
and
I
am
the
undergraduate
Paul
Mark
of
the
deltro
chapter
of
Kappa
Alpha
Psi
for
Tony
Incorporated,
here
at
San,
Jose
State,
which
we
were
founded
here
on
June
16
1956
at
San,
Jose,
State,
University
and
I'm,
just
extremely
excited
for
the
upcoming
week
weekend
and
what
it
has
to
come
and
I
would
just
like
to
say
thank
you
to
the
state
of
to
the
city
of
to
the
city
of
San
Jose
and
as
long
as
as
well
as
San
Jose
alumni
for
us
being
able
to
host
the
76
Western
Province
Council.
T
First
of
all,
thank
you
to
Mayor,
Mahan
Rhonda
had
not,
and
the
city
of
San
Jose
for
recognizing
Kappa
Alpha
Psi.
For
those
of
you
who
do
not
know
Kappa
Alpha
Psi
was
founded
in
Bloomington
Indiana
and
if
you
did
not
know
in
the
history
of
America,
Bloomington
Indiana
was
the
head
Florida
quarters
of
the
Ku
Klux
Klan.
So
when
our
Founders
founded
this
fraternity
in
1911,
they
envisioned
me
becoming
a
member
to
be
able
to
do
leadership
and
grow
our
organization
Nationwide.
T
So
for
me,
as
an
undergraduate
at
San,
Jose
State
University
I
saw
a
then
council
member
Forest
Williams.
He
didn't
know
me,
but
I
seen
him
and
I
said:
I
want
to
be
whatever
he
is.
I
want
to
become
something
greater
than
what
I
think
outside
of
my
neighborhood.
So
it
is
very
important
when
you
see
College,
fraternities
and
sororities
that
you
do
not
just
think
of
their
fraternities.
We
are
in
the
Arts,
in
science
and
in
math
and
in
all
fields
we
have
brothers
such
as
Arthur,
Ash,
Ralph,
Abernathy
and
right
now.
T
Hakeem
Jeffries
is
a
member
of
our
esteemed
organization.
So
when
you
see
campus
in
San
Jose
this
weekend,
conducting
business
we're
also
going
to
be
spending
our
money
here
in
the
city
we're
going
to
have
a
great
time,
and
we
are
also
going
to
recognize
that
moving
forward
when
we
advocated
seven
years
ago
to
bring
this
conference
here
to
San
Jose.
It
is
finally
back
after
30
years
of
not
being
in
the
city
of
San
Jose.
So
thank
you
all
for
this
moment,
and
we
will
make
sure
that
you
see
because
the
kappas
are
here.
C
C
Okay,
we're
on
to
orders
of
the
day
someone
on
the
council
have
any
changes
to
the
printed
agenda,
I'd
like
to
suggest
one,
which
is
the
joint
meeting.
It's
currently
agendized.
At
the
end.
This
is
the
item
one
under
the
joint
meeting
for
the
moving
to
work
annual
plan
with
the
Housing
Authority.
We
have
members
of
the
Housing
Authority
calling
in
from
the
East
Coast
so
to
accommodate
their
schedule.
I'd
like
to
ask
that
the
council
moved
that
item
to
the
top
of
our
agenda
in
front
of
3.1.
The
report
of
the
city
manager
right.
H
U
C
Thank
you
and
then,
before
we
vote,
we
will
go
to
public
comment
before
we
do
that,
though,
we
are
adjourning.
Today's
meeting
in
memory
of
Raul
Lozano
founding
executive
director
of
Teatro
Vision,
co-founder
of
the
Multicultural
Arts
leadership
initiative
and
also
founder
of
Valley
Verde,
who
passed
away
on
February,
20th,
2023
and
I
believe
councilman
Torres
will
tell
us
more.
P
This
was
Raul's
labor
of
love
for
over
10
years.
His
work
did
not
go
unrecognized.
Last
may
he
was
the
recipient
of
the
local
Jefferson
award
for
community
service,
and,
most
recently
he
was
honored
at
the
state
level
by
the
California
Arts
Council
for
his
service
and
contribution
to
the
Arts
ano
rest
in
peace.
V
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
on
behalf
of
the
lizano
family,
we
would
wish
to
think
we
would
like
to
thank
you
for
for
honor
the
honor
you've,
given
our
brother
today,
Rose
pride
and
love
for
his
neighborhood
and
the
largest
San
Jose
Community
was
large,
standing,
long-standing,
heartfelt
and
brought
great
joy
to
him
with
gratitude
and
respect
we
honor
all,
and
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
C
O
All
right,
Beekman
I,
just
wanted
to
thank
yourselves
very
much
for
taking
public
comment
on
your
orders
of
the
day
changes
today.
O
You
use
a
bit
of
your
own
discretion
for
orders
of
the
day,
close
session
report
and
city
managers
report.
I
just
wanted
to
remind
yourselves
that
again,
a
thank
you
for
a
public
comment
at
this
time.
I
think
there's
a
way
that
we
can
have
a
more
regular
standard
system
for
orders
of
the
day.
O
The
closed
session
report
and
city
managers
report
to
allow
one
minute
of
public
comment:
if
there
is
something
on
its
agenda
that
day,
it's
a
more
standardized
way
to
to
practice
the
agendas
each
week
in
instead
of
the
use
of
discretion,
that's
inconsistent
and
uncomfortable
and
and
just
leave
yourselves
on
knowing
and
how
to
act
and
work.
Sometimes
thank
you,
I
hope
we
can
work
on
this
issue.
D
D
D
X
D
Okay:
okay,
so
we'll
call
you
for
item
3.3.
Y
Thank
you
mayor.
We
received
authority
to
file
an
appeal
in
the
Dominguez
versus
city
of
San
Jose
case
at
closed
session
this
morning.
Thank
you.
C
C
D
O
All
right,
thank
you,
play
Beekman
here,
articulo
Trace,
Point
punto's,
face
I.
Guess
is
the
item
that
the
woman
wanted
to
speak
on
previously
and.
O
A
reminder
that
you
know
a
little
bit
of
a
one
minute.
Public
comment
can
be.
X
O
Efficient
way
to
help
the
pro
the
council
process
along
as
well
item
2.10
is
about
actions
for
Santa
Clara
value,
Urban,
runoff
pollution
prevention
program.
O
I
am
not
sure
if
this
program
is
connected
to
the
recent
Federal
funding
dollars
that
you're
receiving
for
sewer
and
water
rain
water
runoff
issues
that
was
declared
an
emergency
in
in
San
in
San
Jose
and
many
other
California
counties
this
past
winter.
Because
of
these
really
weird
storms,
we've
been
having
and
I
felt.
It
was
important
at
this
time
to
remind
ourselves
in
the
that
there
is
Bay
Area
sea
level
rise
issues
that
happened
with
this
storm.
O
I
think
that
we
need
to
be
noting
and
need
to
learn
how
to
better
talk
about
openly
I
mean
if
we're
doing
the
sewage
project
things
I
think
it
is
in
preparation
for
the
sewer
rise
issues
that
are
I
mean
the
Bay
water
level
rise
issues
that
are
happening,
and
we
should
simply
be
learning
how
to
more
openly
talk
about
that
and,
with
that
said,
I'm
a
bit
disappointed
that
these
Federal
funding
dollars
are
going
for
cleaning
out
the
Creeks,
the
people
in
The
Creeks
when
it
could
be
going
to
you
know
the
actual
projects
themselves
and
I
know.
O
San
Diego
is
getting
the
same,
Federal
funding
dollars
and
help
and
I'm
not
sure
yet,
but
I'm
getting
the
feeling
or
not
using
those
dollars
to
to
on
homeless
sweeps
and
I
I.
Just
I
just
worry
a
bit
about
the
legality
of
using
this
money
for
the
sweet
process
and
I
just
wanted
to
mention
it
at
this
time.
Thank
you.
D
Z
Okay,
thank
you.
Paul
center
from
horseshoe
I
wanted
to
thank
you
for
for
the
San
Jose
Mercury
archives,
that
as
a
researcher
that
is
probably
one
of
the
most
important
primary
source
sources
of
information
that
you
that
you
go
to
I
mean
it's
really
basic,
that
you
go
to
newspapers
and
it's
it's
frustrating
that
the
the
Mercury
News
hasn't
been
reported
prior
to
1985.,
that's
been
very,
very
frustrating,
and
so
by
you
investing
in
this
you're
you're,
basically
investing
in
the
history
of
our
city.
Z
You
know
it's
it's
it's
important
to
go
to
these
to
those
documents,
because
you
have
not
not
just
necessarily
the
news
that's
been
reported,
but
how
it's
reported.
You
know
what
what
kind
of
position
is
the
reporter
taking,
because
all
of
those
elements
reflect
the
time
and
they
reflect
how
people's
thoughts
were
in
in
the
predominant
culture
and
what
their
thoughts
were
of
the
subcultures
that
they
considered
subculture
at
the
time,
and
so
that's
very
important.
So
I
see
this
as
a
as
an
investment
by
the
city.
Z
AA
Hello,
hi,
hi,
yeah
I
just
went
into
Echo
Blair
beekman's
comments
because
I
think
it's
an
atrocious
waste
of
resources
to
keep
sweeping
the
unhoused
communities
instead
of
working
on
solutions
for
the
problem.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
C
C
E
AB
And
so,
first
of
all,
I
I
must
say
joining
early
and
being
able
to
see
the
earlier
items.
The
Cambodian
genocide
remembrance
week,
as
well
as
the
honor
honoring
of
Raul
Lozano,
was.
AB
And
so
thank
you
for
moving
our
item
up,
so
I
can
speak
with
you,
but
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
was
pretty
pretty
amazing.
I
also
want
to
say
at
the
last
time,
I
was
in
front
of
the
council.
The
councilmember
Dolan
had
a
number
of
questions
we
were
able
to
meet.
Last
week.
AB
We
are
going
to
set
up
a
few
more
meetings,
so
I
can
continue
to
answer
his
questions
and
make
sure
he
has
the
information
he
needs
and
I
just
want
to
extend
myself
to
all
council
members
that
I
am
more
than
happy
to
come
over
and
talk
with
you
about
the
Santa
Clara
County,
Housing
Authority,
and
our
partnership
with
the
city
of
San
Jose.
With
that
said,
mayor
Mayhem
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you
and
the
council
members
for
moving.
AC
B
AB
I
am
in
Washington
DC
I'm
joining
125
other
move
for
work,
housing
authorities
at
our
annual
move
to
our
conference.
Move
to
work
was
created
in
1996
and
the
San
Jose
housing
authority
and
the
Santa
Clara
County
Housing
Authorities
became
designated
as
move
to
work.
Agencies
in
2008..
Move
to
work
allows
us
to
obtain
waivers
from
HUD,
so
we
can
test
innovative
ideas,
so
we
can
provide
more
housing
opportunities
for
our
families
and
Implement
strategies
to
become
operationally
efficient
in
the
past
year.
Our
move
to
work
plan
in
the
past.
AB
Our
move
to
our
plan
really
looked
inward.
This
plan
is
almost
exclusively
focusing
on
initiatives
to
bring
families
into
the
center
of
the
work
that
we
do
and
to
align.
Our
federal
investment
that
comes
through
the
housing
authorities
align
that
investment
with
the
initiatives
that
the
city
of
San
Jose
is
pursuing.
AB
This
move
to
work
plan
has
a
number
of
initiatives
that
we're
really
excited
about
and
we
are
hoping
that
HUD
will
approve
them,
such
as
assisting
the
interim
housing
in
the
city
of
San,
Jose
and
Santa
Clara
County,
creating
homeownership
opportunities
and
addressing
the
digital
divide.
That
severely
impacts
families
and
children
that
we
serve
I.
Look
forward
to
answering
your
questions
and
appreciate
you
considering
the
sidewalk.
C
AE
J
Okay,
first
off,
thank
you
mayor
I
want
to
thank
the
Santa
Clara
County
Housing
Authority,
as
well
as
the
Commissioners
from
the
city
of
San,
Jose
Housing
Authority,
for
joining
us
today
and
preparing
this
presentation
really
excited
about
this
work,
and
also
thank
you
to
our
our
housing
staff
for
your
support
in
moving
this
annual
plan
forward.
I'm
very
interested
in
conversations
regarding
the
supporting
home
ownership
opportunities
through
the
limited
Equity
housing.
J
Cooperative
I
think
this
is
an
Innovative
idea
that
will
serve
well
to
support
our
families
in
East,
San
Jose,
keep
in
mind.
J
These
are
families
that
are
often
not
afforded
the
support
after
purchasing
a
home,
let
alone
Pathways
to
home
ownership
in
general
and
I'm
eager
to
learn
more
about
how
this
program
will
materialize
and
we'll
have
my
staff
working
closely
following
this
work
as
I'm
sure
it'll
be
very
impactful
for
my
district
and
really
working
class
communities
throughout
the
the
city
of
San,
Jose
I'm
also
keenly
interested
in
the
work
surrounding
the
Buena
Vista
Mobile
Home
Park,
both
the
purchase
and
Rehabilitation.
J
I
hope
we
can
work
together
to
implement
a
similar
model
like
that
of
the
Buena
Vista
Park
here
in
in
San
Jose,
so
I'm
excited
for
the
opportunities
and
I
I
hope
to
work
closely
with
all
parties
to
ensure
the
success
of
these
ideas
and
and
to
especially
see
great
impact
for
our
working
class
communities,
including
East
San
Jose.
Thank
you.
AF
AB
So
our
move
to
work
plan
is
combined
city
of
San
Jose
housing
authority
and
Santa
Clara
County
Housing
Authority
initiatives.
We
keep
our
books
separate,
so
anything
that
is
happening
at
Buena
Vista
will
only
be
funds
of
the
Santa
Clara
County
Housing
Authority,
and
not
any
City
funds.
So
it's
listed
because
it's
part
of
our
overall
move
to
work
plan,
but
it's
not
something
city
dollars
or
city
of
San.
Jose
funds
would
be
used
for.
AF
AF
AB
AF
Foreign
other
Outreach,
performed
by
your
department.
AB
Right
so
we
have
done
that's
a
great
question
and
in
the
over
the
last
nine
months,
we've
been
working
with
a
large
number
of
community
organizations
and
talking
with
them
and
getting
their
ideas.
AB
And
we
are
really
looking
forward
to
expanding
our
community
engagement
for
our
2020
five
plan
and
we
want
to
start
early
and
so
we'll
be
starting
in
July
of
this
year,
so
that
we
can
engage
people
a
little
bit
more
robustly
than
we
have
in
the
past.
AB
So
what
happens?
Sometimes
there
is
a
lease
change
and
the
old
rules.
If
we
have
a
change
in
the
least
between
the
tenant
and
the
landlord,
we
would
have
to
go
back
through
and
start
the
entire
process,
the
examination
and
the
whole
section
8
process
from
the
beginning.
AB
This
allows
us
to
make
a
change
that
has
been
agreed
to
by
the
landlord
and
the
resident
and
the
housing
authority
and
gets
a
waiver
from
adding
additional
bureaucratic
steps,
and
so
this
is
something
that
is
done
in
partnership
with
the
landlord
and
not
excluding
them
so
they're
at
the
table,
as
we
do
this.
C
C
Among
the
many
Innovations
in
this
plan,
which
I'm
very
supportive
of,
is
a
recommendation
that
the
Housing
Authority
build
to
help
fund
operations
of
our
eih
sites,
which
I
think
is,
is
exactly
the
kind
of
partnership
that
we're
going
to
need
to
have
to
accelerate
solutions
to
get
people
into
safe,
managed
environments
with
Supportive
Services.
So
I
appreciate
the
Housing
Authority's
willingness
to
go
in
this
direction
to
partner
with
us
and
to
support
the
work
that
the
city
is
trying
to
do
to
end
homelessness.
Here
with
that,
I
would
certainly
entertain
a
motion.
J
Move
no
I
didn't,
but
I
would
like
to
move
now
for
approval.
Okay.
C
D
C
AG
AG
Good
afternoon
Aaron
Council
I
am
Matt
Lush
acting
Public
Works
director
and
with
me
is
Chris
siki
and
Lucy
Howe
from
Finance
Chris
is
our
division
manager
over
our
office
of
equality
assurance
and
Department
of
Public
Works
in
our
packet
in
the
agenda
packet.
Here
you
have
a
memo
and
a
supplementimum
with
some
details.
Enhanced
and
revised
Redline
policy
Chris
is
going
to
walk
through
the
highlights
of
current
and
proposed
policy
changes
with
some
reasons
why
those
changes
are
recommended.
AG
AH
Good
afternoon
mayor
and
Council
Chris
hickey
Public
Works,
so
as
staff
developed
developed
an
enforceable
policy,
we
had
two
key
goals
that
guided
our
efforts.
So
the
primary
goal
was
to
incentivize
wage
theft
across
multiple
industries
by
eliminating
Bad
actors
from
bid
consideration,
while
incentivizing
payment
of
outstanding
judgments.
The
secondary
goal
was
to
provide
crucial,
Services
city
services
on
an
expedited
timeline
without
having
to
waive
the
policy.
AH
So
the
question
of,
why
revise
the
policy?
Now?
The
current
policy
had
some
enforcement
and
implementation
issues
and
how
is
worded
specifically
overly
broad
criteria
for
mandatory
disqualification,
led
to
some
unintended
impacts
to
city
services,
as
well
as
staff
had
to
make
implementation
and
enforcement
decisions
with
incomplete
and
inconsistent
information
and
data.
AH
There
is
a
moment
of
opportunity-
and
this
this
comes
from
the
California
labor
Commissioner's
Office,
releasing
a
new
public
data
portal
which
provides
staff
expedited
and
verifiable
measurable
wage
theft
judgments
that
staff
can
use
immediately,
as
well
as
the
state
of
California's
labor
Commissioner's
Office
does
not
have
the
resources
needed
or
the
capacity
to
assist
workers
in
actually
collecting
from
those
judgments,
and
at
this
time,
more
than
half
of
the
time
the
Labor
Commissioner
judgments
go
unpaid.
AH
So
the
current
policy,
the
current
policy
that
was
approved
in
2016
it
has
these-
are
the
disqualification
the
bitter
disqualification
requirements,
so
the
city
shall
disqualify
if,
in
the
last
five
years,
two
or
more
paid
judgments
are
found
or
any
unpaid
judgments
are
found,
the
city
does
have
discretionary
disqualification.
AH
If
a
bidder
has
one
paid
violation
within
five
years
or
their
bid.
Certification
is
inaccurate.
Additionally,
in
the
current
policy
bids
on
public
works,
construction
projects
are
exempt
from
the
wage
theft
policy,
as
staff
provided
in
the
memo
as
well
as
today,
the
policy
recommend
revision
recommendations
are
to
change
the
disqualification
disqualification
requirements
for
for
bidding,
so
the
mandatory
for
mandatory
disqualifications
judgments
are
to
mean
California,
Labor,
Commissioner
judgments
or
final
decisions.
AH
These
paid
judgments,
if
you
have,
if
a
bidder,
has
three
or
more
within
the
last
three
years
that
are
paid,
they
would
be
mandatorily
disqualified
from
bidding
considerations.
Additionally,
if,
if
a
bidder
has
one
or
more
unpaid
judgments
within
the
last
five
years,
they
would
also
be
mandatorily
disqualified.
AH
Again,
we
do
have
discretionary
disqualification,
which
would
include
review
of
all
judgments
and
decisions
relating
to
wage
and
hour
violations
with
staff's
ability
to
obtain
those
judgments
and
findings.
This
could
be
through
staff's
research
or
even
a
third
party
providing
a
civil
court
case
or
other
judgment
from
a
different
jurisdiction.
AH
Through
the
discretionary
disqualification
disqualified,
Bad
actors,
we
would
determine
that
based
off
of
communicative
wage
theft
history,
so
that
includes
the
number
of
judgments.
The
dollar
amount
of
those
judgments
number
of
effective
employee
affected
employees,
size
of
company
and
overall
wage
theft.
History
in
these
revisions
recommended
by
staff,
we
would
also
include
public
works
construction
underneath
this
policy
so
again
removing
the
Public
Works
exemption,
and
we
would
maintain
the
requirement
that
all
bidders
disclose
judgments
all
judgments
and
decisions,
whether
it
be
from
the
California,
Labor,
Commissioner
or
other
agency.
AH
Paying
also
have
a
high
rate
of
wage
theft
as
throughout
the
entire
industry,
and
so
staff
recommends
that
proposers
and
bidders
on
our
janitorial
and
Security
Contracts
are
not
mandatorily
disqualified
if
they
have
wage
theft
in
their
past,
but
to
ensure
that
workers,
rights
and
protections
are
met
that
that,
through
the
RFP
process,
that
a
the
proposers
and
bidders
provide
documentation
that
demonstrate
how
they
will
comply
with
labor
and
wage
requirements
and
those
are
wages.
AH
AH
This
other
documentation
and
the
and
collective
bargaining
agreements
will
be
provided
by
the
office
of
equality.
Assurance
in
public
works
through
Labor
addendum
in
the
janitorial
and
security
guard
service
agreements
and
RFP
templates.
There
is
some
substantial
time
to
be
able
to
provide
those
updates
to
labor
addendum.
As
the
current
security
guard
service
agreement
terminates
in
the
year
2028
and
the
current
janitorial
agreements
terminate
in
the
year
2030.
AH
Additionally,
for
certain
services
that
are
regulated
under
state
or
federal
law,
will
we
recommend
not
having
a
mandatory
disqualification
similar
to
the
janitorial
and
Security
Guard
Services,
as
well,
so
in
lieu
of
mandatory
disqualification,
the
city
would
establish
a
evaluation
criteria
during
the
RFP
process,
which
again
includes
the
number
of
judgments
or
final
decisions,
that
a
company
has
the
cumulative
dollar
amount
of
the
judgments
and
decisions
number
of
employees
affected
size
of
company
and
also
just
the
history
of
compliance
overall
with
labor
law.
AH
There
is
wage
theft,
but
when
we
look
at
the
specific
arms
of
the
banking
services,
the
commercial
side,
which
is
the
side,
the
city
utilizes,
does
not
have
wage
theft
or
high
amounts
of
wage
theft.
However,
the
retail
side,
the
the
investment
and
inside
does
have
that
and
those
are
typically
revolved
around
wages
or
in
a
lot
of
cases,
commissions
owed
to
those
to
those
employees,
and
with
that
we
are
here
for
any
questions
or
comments.
D
I
have
I'm
going
to
start
with
in
person
speakers,
so
I
have
Ramon
Jaime
or
Jamie
rtega
Harvey
Louise,
our
Han
and
Ray
Torres.
If
you
guys
can
come
down
to
the
microphone
in
no
particular
order.
AI
It's
killing
me
right
now,
so
we're
I'm
here,
I'm
with
some
co-workers
of
mine
at
local
853,
Union
I'm,
an
employee
of
Premier,
recycle
here
in
San
Jose,
not
too
far
from
right
here,
City
Hall
to
support
3.3
we're
actually
going
and
have
been
going
through
wage
stiff
issues
where
I
work
at
and
to
see
something
like
this
come
about
to
actually
take
action
or
have
an
expansion
for
employers
that
have
wage
theft
issues
and
continue
to
do
so.
AI
AJ
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
and
I
work
for
the
Northern
California
Carpenters
Union,
but
today
I'm
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
unrepresented
worker
that
is
abused
every
day
through
wage
theft.
AJ
So
I
have
a
little
something
to
say,
but
first
of
all,
as
an
investigator
I've
seen
it
all
which
that
doesn't
include
the
actual
wage
death.
It
also
involves
human
trafficking
of
families
in
despair,
a
lot
more,
but
that's
some
of
the
stuff
that
it
involves.
But
we
appreciate
the
city
of
San
Jose,
looking
for
creative
ways
to
help
stop
theft
and
public
works.
AJ
However,
this
needs
to
be
looked
at
from
a
perspective
with
other
stakeholders
who
understand
the
issues
and
the
way
that
the
prosecution
works
for
wage
theft.
We
ask
that
you
postpone
the
vote
until
we
can
speak
on
the
subject
and
create
a
new
policy
that
works
for
everyone,
and
it's
not
too
cumbersome
for
the
city
as
well.
AJ
AJ
AK
Hi,
my
name
is
Harvey
McKeown
I'm
from
Carpenter's
Local
405..
So
we
really
do
welcome
the
amendment
to
remove
the
current
Public
Works
exemption
from
the
city's
wage
prevention
policy,
but
at
the
same
time
we
question
the
city's
revision
of
Provisions
related
to
mandatory
disqualification
from
procurement
as
written
or
as
we
as
understand
it.
AK
The
Amendments
would
only
potentially
disqualify
contractors
that
have
received
three
or
more
final
wage
judgments
from
the
labor
commissioner's
office
in
the
past
three
years
simply
put,
this
is
impractical,
given
the
mounting
backlog
of
wage
theft
claims
at
the
commissioner's
office
and
the
labor
commissioner's
office.
This
is
limited
resources.
AK
Often
even
the
most
egregious
contractors
would
not
meet
this
threshold
and
would
therefore
be
free
to
bid
on
public
contracts,
and
in
this
way,
City
policy
would
effectively
be
inviting
repeated
wage
theft
off
Defenders
into
San
Jose.
We
also
question
the
intention
of
depending
the
addition
of
section
4
to
the
wage
theft
prevention
policy.
The
language
is
ambiguous.
It
appears
to
afford
the
city
discretion
to
wage
disqualifying
circumstances,
rendering
them
further
ineffective.
AK
We
ask
that
these
grounds
for
disqualification
be
explicitly
included
in
the
wage
theft
policy
prevention
policy
and
that
disqualification
is
strictly
mandated
in
these
circumstances,
so
that
the
revised
policy
ultimately
is
effective
in
protecting
construction
workers.
So,
as
such,
we
ask
the
council
to
postpone
voting
on
these
amendments
today.
Thank.
F
AK
AL
Good
afternoon,
mayor
and
Council
Louise
our
Han
with
working
Partnerships
I'm
here
today
to
urge
you
to
support
and
Empower
workers
to
stand
up
for
their
rights
by
strengthening
and
not
weakening
our
wage
theft
policy
for
City
Contracting
I
want
to
thank
the
many
members
of
council
who've
LED
on
this
issue.
Some
of
you
who've
been
working
on
it
for
many
years
and
some
of
you
who
are
new
but
have
jumped
right
in
and
thanks
especially
to
Vice
America
May
and
council
members,
Cohen
and
Candelas
for
their
thoughtful
memo.
AL
That's
response
to
workers
concerns
and
urged
the
council
to
pass
that
memo.
Today,
you'll
be
hearing
more
today
from
people
with
direct
experience
of
wage
theft.
How
difficult
and
frightening
it
can
be
to
try
to
speak
up
and
navigate
the
system
to
get
back
your
stolen
pay
and
the
effects
that
it
has
on
their
families
and
their
communities.
AL
These
stories
and
tens
of
thousands
of
more
like
them,
are
why
I'm
asking
you
today
to
staying
strong
support
the
memo
and
pass
away
theft
policy
that
workers
can
actually
use
that
puts
our
City's
money
where
our
values
are
City.
Money
should
never
be
funding
companies
who
repeatedly
steal
from
and
exploit
their
workers
or
try
to
take
their
rights
away.
AL
So
the
council
member's
memo
accomplishes
four
critical
goals:
one:
it
protects
collective
bargaining
for
janitors
and
security
officers,
so
workers
don't
face
youth
losing
Union
Productions
that
they
fought
for
every
time
a
contract
is
rebid.
This
replaces
the
staff
language,
which
is
very
problematic
because
it
opens
the
door
for
a
company
to
unilaterally
write
any
sort
of
document
without
input
or
negotiation
with
workers
and
say
I'm,
using
this
document
to
exempt
myself
from
the
wage
theft
policy.
That's
unconscionable.
It's
completely
counter
to
the
intent.
We
think
that
the
memo
creates
a
much
better
compromise.
AL
L
Good
afternoon,
mayor
and
Council,
my
name
is
Ray
Torres
I'm,
the
vice
president
of
Teamsters
Local
853,
where
we
represent
15
000
members
here
in
Santa,
Clara
County,
and
we
are
standing
here
in
support
of
the
amendment.
This
amendment
would
protect
our
workers.
L
You
know
we
had
brother
Ramon
speak
on
it
in
the
beginning.
They
currently
were
victorious
in
an
organizing
drive,
and
it's
companies
like
that
company
that
for
30
years
have
made
money
off
of
their
backs
and
stealing
off
of
their
wallets,
so
we're
here
in
support
of
the
amendment.
Thank
you.
O
Blair
Beekman
here,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
thanks.
Sorry,
it
took
you,
it
was
confusing.
I
had
two
two
things
on
I
can
was
the
time
remaining
yeah
I
am
thank
you
for
this
item.
Thank
you
for
the
words
of
public
comment.
Everybody
has
something
interesting
to
say
thanks
for
the
words
of
Louise,
as
always,
of
course,
I
mean
I
want
to
make
a
really
strong,
vibrant,
meaningful
wage,
the
policy
in
our
future.
O
You
know,
as
we've
made
adjustments
to
this
particular
policy
from
the
initial
Oasis
of
policies.
What
we
do
here
today
can
this:
can
we
be
clear
with
each
other,
because
this
is
just
a
work
in
progress
and
what
we
do
now
in
two
years
down
the
road
we
can
make
really
important
adjustments
again
to
address
to
better
further
clarify
what
is
the
vibrancy
and
importance
of
having
good
weights
of
good
wage
set
policy
in
the
first
place?
O
I
hope
we
really
want
to
work
towards
that
goal,
and
it's
I
mean
I,
don't
understand
everything.
So
how
can
you?
How
can
you
help
me
understand
that
better?
Why
is
our
city
government
totally
Exempted
from
from
policy
making
I
I
I'm
completely
baffled
by
that
I
would
like
a
very
clear
description.
Why
city
government
services
doesn't
fall
under
weights
that
issue
ordinance
ideas?
Why
is
that
I?
AA
All
right,
I'd
like
to
excuse
me
yes,
I'd,
like
to
continue,
but
a
lot
of
the
other
speakers
have
been
saying
that,
although
the
current
proposal
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction,
there's
a
lot
of
significant
omissions
that
need
to
be
remedy
before
we
vote
on
it.
And
if
we
can't
take
the
time
to
do
that,
it
seems
the
memo
from
kame
and
Carnitas
should
be
the
best
option.
W
D
W
W
AM
AN
Good
afternoon,
mayor
and
Council,
my
name
is
Peter
Macha,
I'm,
A,
Cloud,
resident
of
District,
4
and
part
of
the
Filipino
Association
of
workers
and
immigrants
or
college
I
am
asking
tonight
commitment
to
support
the
revision
of
the
least
of
prevention
policy
as
a
community
member
and
organizer
working
alongside
my
Filipino
workers,
disciplinary
caregiversity,
home
health
care
workers
in
San
Jose
and
surrounding
communities
in
the
county.
AN
Even
more
striking
right
now
is
that
the
current
policy
is
still
fall
short
and
then
showing
these
exceptions
for
workers
and
vulnerable
Industries,
including
City,
contracted
work
and
construction,
janitorial
and
Security
Services,
which
are
essential
versus
backgrounds
and
infrastructure.
We
need
to
take
the
steps
today
to
address
these
issues:
nightmare
juice,
for
the
wage
that
prevention
memo
is
submitted
by.
That's
mayor
from
May
and,
of
course
thank
you.
AO
Thank
you,
mayor
Mayhem
city
council.
For
your
time
my
name
is
Frank
Austin
I'm,
a
business
agent
with
UA
Local,
393,
UA,
Local
393
represents
over
3
100
plumbers,
pipefitters
steam,
Fitters
and
hvacr
technicians
in
Santa,
Clara
and
San
Bernardino
County.
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
visit
this
important
issue
and
your
careful
consideration
of
the
leadership
opportunity
that
we
all
have
to
take
a
stand
against
the
exploration.
AO
Excuse
me:
exploitation
of
workers
I'm
here
to
ask
each
one
of
you
to
vote
in
support
of
council
member
kamea,
kendalus
and
Cohen's
memo
dated
4-7
to
do
the
following.
Add
Public
Works
make
sure
that
it
includes
the
type
of
wage
theft
violations
that
are
common
in
construction
like
cwpas
and
bfo.
Bfe
boss.
Excuse
me
judgments
and
protect
collective
bargaining
and
janitorial
and
Security
Contracts,
so
that
workers
do
not
have
their
union
rights
taken
away
from
them.
AO
Any
member
of
our
Union
for
over
34
years
I've
been
able
to
witness
how
generations
of
families
are
able
to
have
a
sustainable
living
in
the
Bay
Area
and
provide
and
pride
to
receive
a
fair
livable
wage
for
the
work
they
performed
by.
Having
strong
wage
theft
language
within
the
city's
policy,
it
ensures
that
all
contractors
compete
on
a
Level,
Playing
Field
and
prevents
low
road
contractors
from
using
wage
theft
to
gain
an
economic
advantage
in
an
otherwise
competitive
bidding
process.
AO
Z
AP
City
council,
thank
you
for
your
careful
consideration
and
leadership
in
taking
a
stand
against
the
exploitation
of
workers.
My
name
is
edmundos
garcega
I'm,
also
a
business
representative
for
UA
Local
393,
with
over
3
100
plumbers,
pipefitters
steam,
Fitters
nhvacr
service
technicians
and
Santa
Clara
and
San
Benito
counties
and
I'm.
Also
here
as
a
lifelong
resident
of
San
Jose.
AP
Wait.
Staff
is
an
important
and
personal
issue
to
me.
I
live
here
in
San
Jose.
My
entire
life
I've
been
able
to
raise
my
family
here,
just
as
only
a
few
of
my
childhood
friends
have
been
able
to
do
those
who
are
also
skilled
and
trained
union
members,
which
means
well-trained
work
safely,
which
helps
protect
everyone
on
the
job
sites
and
get
our
jobs
done
well
and
efficiently
and
paid
a
livable
wage.
That
means
tax
revenue
all
over
the
city
with
zero
need
for
government
assistance.
AP
D
AE
I've
been
with
Premier
Soccer
for
eight
years,
Premier
recycle
has
way
stiffed
allegations
towards
it
right
now,
and
it's
is
used
to
subcontract
with
the
city
contractors
of
San
Jose
I
am
in
support
changes
to
the
to
the
ordinances
I'm
in
support
of
it
and
I
just
want
to
see
more
done
to
protect
workers
like
myself
and
my
brothers
behind
me.
AE
D
AQ
Yes,
hey
hi,
my
name
is
Joy
hunt
and
actually
I'd
like
to
say
good
afternoon,
honorable
mail
and
council
members.
My
name
is:
Julie
hunt
I'm
a
member
with
SEI?
U?
U
s
w
w
and
I'm,
calling
in
support
of
council
member
candelius's
memo
for
wage
staff.
AQ
We
further
call
on
the
city
council
to
protect
collective
bargaining
rights
for
workers
on
janitorial
and
Security
Contracts,
so
that
workers
need
not
fear
having
their
hard
one
Union
protections
taken
away
from
them
when
a
contract
is
rebid
as
you
are
well.
This
exact
situation
arose
a
few
months
ago
during
the
rebidding
City
security
contract,
where
workers
who
had
just
recently
won
and
organized
for
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
based
losing
it
due
to
a
Contracting
change.
AQ
We
thank
the
city
council
for
helping
to
resolve
this
issue.
The
language
proposed
and
the
council
members
memo
will
help
ensure
such
a
situation
does
not
happen
again.
We
also
emphasize
that
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
must
be
legitimately
negotiated
and
agreed
to
by
both
the
workers
and
the
employer.
AQ
D
AR
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
mayor,
Mayhem
and
city
council
for
your
time
and
attention
today.
My
name
is
Erica
Valentine
I'm,
the
political
director
for
UA
Local
393..
We
represent
3,
100
plumbers,
pipefitters
steam,
Footers
and
hvacr
technicians
in
Santa,
Clara
and
San
Benito
County
I
am
also
a
longtime
resident
of
San
Jose
California.
AR
All
of
these
requirements
are
important
because
they
ensure
that
construction
workers
on
City
contracts
are
protected
by
covering
the
types
of
wage
thefts,
claims
that
are
common
in
construction.
Wage
theft
is
important
to
me
because
I
lived
in
San
Jose
for
over
20
years
and
have
seen
the
deaths
and
the
theft
that
happens
without
these
protections.
AR
Ultimately,
the
public
pays
the
price
for
the
crimes
of
others
why
they
profit
the
wage
theft
policy
before
us
today
will
not
only
save
the
lives
of
innocent
workers,
but
also
help
us
create
opportunities
for
our
youth
to
live
and
work
in
our
area.
It
is
also
helps
our
city
remain
safe
and
leads
the
nation
to
ensure
that
the
Bad
actors
realize
they
will
not
be
able
to
commit
wage
theft
in
our
County
and
our
City
or
anywhere
else
in
the
world.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
AS
AS
We
also
joined
the
call
for
the
city
council
to
protect
collective
bargaining
rights
for
workers
on
janitorial
and
Security
Contracts,
and
the
enactment
of
irresponsible
construction
ordinance.
San
Jose
can
do
better
and
will
be
at
the
Forefront
nationally
in
protecting
the
rights
of
the
working
people
and
in
empowering
them.
Thank
you.
D
AT
Hello,
sorry,
good
afternoon,
honorable
mayor
and
city
council,
my
name
is
Esther
Von
butts
I'm,
a
member
with
SEIU
usw
and
I'm
colony,
support
council
member
Candelas
member
for
waitress
the
wage
the
prevention
policy
has
been
San.
Jose
in
2016.
is
a
good
first
step
by,
but
at
least
some
big
loopholes,
as
is
the
policy
does
not
cover
City
construction
projects.
Public
works
at
all.
AT
AU
Hello
good
afternoon,
mayor
and
Council.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
attention
today.
My
name
is
Brian
pores
and
I'm,
a
business
agent
for
UA
Local
393
representing
over
3
100
plumbers,
pipefitters
steam,
Fitters
and
hvacr
service
technicians
in
Santa,
Clara
and
San
Benito
County.
We
appreciate
your
attention
to
this
important
issue.
We
really
see
this
as
a
fantastic
opportunity
to
provide
the
leadership
necessary
to
take
a
stand
against
the
exploitation
of
workers.
AU
All
these
requirements
are
important
because
it
directs
staff
to
finally
develop
the
responsible
construction
ordinance
to
protect
construction
workers
on
private
projects,
which
has
been
stalled
since
February
2020.,
unfortunately,
I've
been
to
victim
of
wage
theft
in
the
past
and
have
been
subjected
to
work
in
unsafe
conditions
that
nearly
cost
me
my
life
on
two
separate
occasions.
So
this
item
hits
close
to
home.
AU
For
me,
thankfully,
since
becoming
a
skilled
and
trained
Union
member
I've
been
able
to
comfortably
support
my
family
and
live
in
the
same
jurisdiction
that
I
work
in
most
importantly,
I
was
shown
what
a
safe,
what
safe
working
conditions
really
are
and
I
received
the
training
needed
to
ensure
I
went
home
to
my
family
safely
after
work.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
consideration.
AV
Hello,
mayor
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Ruth
silver,
Tob
I'm,
the
supervising
attorney
of
the
Alexander
Community
Law
Center
at
Santa,
Clara,
University
law,
school
and
I
coordinate
the
wage
theft.
Coalition
I
started
the
wage
theft
Coalition
in
2014,
because
at
our
Clinic
I
saw
six
workers
who
had
judgments
from
the
Labor
Commission
that
were
unpaid
and
that
had
become
a
pattern
at
our
clinic
and
it
really
tore
my
heart
out
and
I
realized.
We
needed
to
do
more,
and
so
so
many
organizations
came
together
and
advocated
for
this
wage
theft
policy.
AV
Initially
the
policy
was
a
strong
policy,
but
it
lacked
Public
Works
and
we've
been
advocating
for
Public
Works
to
be
included.
It
is
included.
The
problem
with
this
revision
with
regard
to
Public
Works
is
the
wording,
the
clear
wording.
There
is
Judgment
Labor
Commission
judgments
quappas,
which
are
the
only
type
of
Remedy
you
get
for.
Public
Works
is
not
a
judgment
and
either
is
bophey
and
that's
for
private
construction,
the
other
one's
for
public
construction.
We
need
you
to
fix
that
and
use
those
words
there.
AV
Even
though
we
have
had
assurances
they'll
be
included,
we
need
it
to
be
written.
Second
of
all,
there's
an
error
in
the
Candelas
memo
and
kame
memo.
It
should
say
two
in
five
years
that
are
paid
and
one
one
in
five
years,
not
three
years
that
is
paid
and
hopefully
that'll,
be
corrected.
Also
I
agree
with
the
janitorial
speaker
that
an
imposed
grievance
procedure
is
not
an
equivalent.
We
need
a
collective
bargaining
agreement.
We
also
need
to
move
forward
on
the
responsible
construction
ordinance
with
do
speed.
Thank
you.
AW
For
those
of
us
who
have
never
experienced
wage
theft,
it
may
be
hard
to
understand
or
grasp,
but
as
someone
who
has
been
victimized
by
ways
that,
more
than
once
before
I
had
the
opportunity
to
join
a
union.
I
can
tell
you
that,
in
the
construction
industry,
wage
theft
is
an
everyday
problem
for
many
workers.
AW
Contractors
who
are
guilty
of
wage
theft
are
often
guilty
of
other
crimes
as
well.
Low
road
contractors
combine
wage
theft,
workers,
compensation,
insurance
fraud
and
tax
evasion
as
a
regular
practice,
and
they
push
out
the
good
responsible
contractors
that
we
want
on
our
projects
here
in
San
Jose,
and
when
workers
do
file
complaints,
they
face
retaliation
and
shrinking
job
opportunities.
Additionally
the
court
awards
are
extremely
hard
to
collect
the
city
of
San.
Jose
has
a
wage
theft
policy
in
place,
and
I
am
very
happy
to
see
that
construction
soon
will
no
longer
be
excluded.
AW
The
Memo
from
Council
Members
Candelas
command
Cohen
will
help
to
ensure
that
the
existing
protections
are
not
not
weakened.
With
the
same
pen
that
seeks
to
include
Construction
in
the
policy.
We
urge
the
council
to
support
this
memo.
Thank
you
and
thanks
to
everyone
who
is
here
today
to
support
and
protect
exploited
workers.
AX
Mayor
Mayhem
and
honorable
council
members,
my
name
is
Dr
Forrest
Peterson
I'm,
a
Staff
research
affiliate
at
SciFi.
It's
a
center
in
Stanford
engineering,
where
I'm
assigned
the
task
to
support
the
wage
stuff
coalition
prior
to
Stanford.
I
was
a
project
engineer
with
granite
construction
on
large
prevailing
wage
infrastructure
projects.
Through
that
experience,
I'm
familiar
with
the
value
of
the
skilled
and
trade
trained
Building
Trades
I
co-authored
the
SciFi
technical
report,
titled
wage
stops
and
low-wage
industries.
AX
It's
low
wage,
because
the
skilled
and
trained
high-wage
Workforce,
represented
by
labor
unions,
don't
have
a
wage
theft
problem.
99
of
wage
theft
in
the
construction
industry
affects
the
low-wage,
unskilled,
non-union
construction
Workforce.
The
non-union
Workforce
is
where
the
theft
problem
is.
The
memo
and
letters
in
front
of
you
understate
the
scale.
AX
The
problem,
the
safety
technical
report,
use
state
and
federal
violation
records
to
find
over
8
000
wage
step
cases
in
Santa
Clara
County's
construction
industry
affecting
over
12
000
employees
and
amounted
to
46.6
million
in
total
unpaid
wages,
an
average
of
3
800
and
back
wages
per
employee.
That
does
not
include
the
Civil
wage
and
penalty
assessments
and
Bureau
of
field
enforcement
citations
when
those
are
included,
the
numbers
are
much
higher.
AX
The
violation
record
is
known
and
available,
as
noted
by
your
office
of
equality
assurance
manager,
Chris
hickey,
with
a
Level
Playing
Field
umpired
by
labor
standards
enforcement,
a
skilled
and
trained
Workforce
can
Thrive
as
a
healthy
community
and
a
safe
career
pathway
for
the
Youth
of
San
Jose.
Thank
you.
AY
Wage
theft,
as
David
beanie
had
mentioned,
runs
rampant
every
day,
not
only
through
the
city
of
San
Jose,
but
throughout
our
country.
Unfortunately,
and
I
would
hate
for
the
city
of
San
Jose,
the
city
that
I
was
born
and
raised
in
to
have
the
type
of
stain
that
suffered
a
few
years
back
from
slavery,
Towers,
where
not
only
wage
theft
was
committed,
but
they're
actually
imprisoning
workers.
AY
I
would
hate
to
see
anything
like
that
ever
happen
again
in
the
history
of
San
Jose.
Wage
theft
is
personal
for
me,
because
I
have
a
nephew
who
works
with
a
non-union
Electrical
Company.
He
worked
on
a
nearby
City
at
a
nearby
Stadium,
pretty
sure
we
know
where
I'm
talking
about,
but
he
worked
there.
They
offered
him
to
work,
I
think
24
hours
on
on
payroll
and
the
other
16
hours.
They
pay
them
cash,
so
there
was
tax
evasion
there.
AY
He
also
lost
his
benefits
because
he
no
longer
was
working
full
time
on
the
payroll,
so
there's
lots
of
tricky
ways
that
they
they
commit
wage
death
and
once
again
these
are
low
road
contractors,
as
Dr
Forrest
mentioned.
These
are
low
road
contractors
that
take
this
approach,
so
I'm,
urging
urging
just
like
so
many
people
on
this
call
for
the
council
to
support
the
memo
of
vice
mayor,
camay,
council
member
Candelas,
as
well
as
council
member
Cohen.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today
have
a
nice
day.
AZ
Good
afternoon,
mayor
and
city
council,
thank
you.
For
this
time.
My
name
is
Yvette
Simon
and
I
work
at
Valley,
Transportation
Authority
I've
been
working
here
for
15
years
as
a
vault
room
worker
I'm
one
step
above
the
janitors,
but
I'm
here
to
ask
you
to
support
the
revision
of
the
wage
theft
prevention
policy.
AZ
Currently
in
San
Jose,
it's
easier
for
an
employer
to
get
away
with
stealing
wages
from
working
people
than
it
is
for
even
one
of
those
people
to
receive
support
in
getting
paid
what
they're
owed.
We
cannot
allow
this
exploitation
to
continue
even
when
workers
overcome
the
odds
to
speak
up
and
go
through
the
whole
intimidating
process
to
report
the
wage
step
file,
a
claim,
get
a
hearing
and
get
a
ruling
finding
their
employer
guilty
of
wage
theft.
Most
workers
who
win
their
cases
still
don't
get
paid.
AZ
83
percent
of
workers
who
receive
a
favorable
wage
theft
judgment
from
the
state
division
of
labor
standards
enforcement,
never
receive
a
penny.
It
is
time
to
make
necessary
changes
to
San
Jose's
wage
theft
policy
in
order
to
close
the
gaps
that
have
allowed
this
exploitation
against
janitor
and
security.
Usw
workers
to
continue
I
urge
you
to
support
the
memo
from
kamea,
Candelas
and
Cohen,
which
takes
necessary
steps
to
protect
workers
from
wage
theft.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
BA
Yes,
thank
you
honorable
Council,
my
name
is
Derek
pronouncer
heide
I'm,
a
district
five
resident,
a
senior
organizer
at
Sacred
Heart,
and
also
a
member
of
SEIU
521,
we're
here
in
support
of
the
memo
put
out
by
council
member
Candelas,
kame
and
Cohen,
and
are
calling
in
and
I'm
also
calling
in
solidarity
with
our
janitorial
and
security
workers
at
usw
and
really
in
solidarity
with
all
the
workers
who
have
been
calling
in
workers
of
all
stripes
in
our
community
are
truly
concerned
by
this
huge
crime
wave
of
wage
theft
in
our
city,
because
they're
literally
stealing,
money
from
that
workers
earned
the
way
forward.
BA
For
I
also
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
I
hope
that
whatever
shape
this
policy
takes,
that
it
means
that
residents
in
your
in
each
of
your
districts,
council
members
workers
who
have
experienced
wage
theft
know
that
they
have
a
council
member,
that
they
can
call
and
depend
on,
and
that
Elite
interest
won't
hold
any
of
you
back
from
supporting
your
residents,
who
also
built
this
city
and
make
this
city
work.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
I
yield
the
rest.
BB
Hi
good
afternoon,
honorable
mayor
and
city
council
member,
my
name
is
the
gender
I'm,
a
member
of
SEIU
usw
I'm,
going
to
board
our
director
member
I'm,
a
calling
in
sport,
I'm
a
council
member
candle,
a
memo
or
wage
theft.
We
need
to
do
much
more
in
our
city
to
protect
Empower
working
people,
uplift
and
reasonable
business
that
pay
their
worker
fairly
and
prevent
to
prosecute
wage
step.
That's
why
local
action
like
San
Jose
waste
have
policy
are
so
important
to
hold
the
Bad
actors
accountable
when
they
are
when
they
have
broken
the
law.
BB
We
are
used
to
support
the
memo
from
vice
mayor,
Kami
and
console
member
candles
and
and
Chauhan
to
protect,
protect
collective
bargaining
for
janitor
General.
C
Great
thank
you.
Tony.
Thanks
to
all
the
members
of
the
community
who
weighed
in
I,
want
to
thank
City
staff
for
your
work
on
this.
Obviously,
these
changes
have
been
a
long
time
coming.
It's
obviously
critically
important
that
as
a
city
when
we
contract
out
that
we
ensure
that
workers
are
being
treated
fairly
and
paid
fairly
for
all
the
work
that
they're
doing
so.
This
is
a
very
important
issue.
I
want
to
acknowledge.
C
I
know
a
few
members
of
the
public
spoke
to
things
that
are
not
covered
by
the
policy,
and
there
is
certainly
more
work
to
do
here,
including
around
mediterion
workers
are
aware
of
their
rights
and
that
we
enforce
the
rules
on
the
books.
That
being
said,
I
think
that
these
changes
are
a
valuable
step
forward.
C
I
think
there
are
meaningful
progress
in
updating
the
policy.
I
think
staff's
recommendation
is
very
strong,
and
the
group
memo
that
was
put
forward
also
makes
sense
to
me.
I'll
be
supporting
the
group
memo
and
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
it's
going
to
need
to
be
an
ongoing
process
of
listening
to
workers
and
contractors
and
continuing
to
iterate
our
approach
as
we
continue
to
improve
how
we
protect
workers,
but
I
do
think.
C
There's
a
meaningful
step
forward
and
I
just
really
want
to
thank
staff
for
all
the
time
that
went
into
bringing
forward
these
recommendations,
as
well
as
the
authors
of
the
group
memo,
which
my
team
also
collaborated
on
and
I'm,
supportive
of.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
to
my
colleagues
for
comments
and
questions
and
we'll
start
with
council
member
Candelas.
M
Thank
you,
mayor,
I,
too,
want
to
start
off
by
thanking
staff
for
their
their
presentation.
Their
work
on
this,
as
well
as
the
speakers
who
came
out
today
to
speak
and
voice
their
support
and
or
comments
on
the
on
the
policy.
As
we
know,
wage
theft
is
a
serious
problem
that
affects
millions
of
workers
across
our
country,
so
serious
that
in
2016,
this
city
council
made
it
one
of
its
top
priorities.
M
Wage
staff
hurts
workers
and
their
families
who
struggle
to
make
ends
meet
and
are
more
apt
to
fall
into
poverty.
As
a
result,
it
hurts
our
economy
as
a
whole
because
our
workers
are
what
keep
our
businesses
thriving
and
ultimately
impacting
those
who
are
most
vulnerable
in
our
community,
including
low-wage
workers,
immigrants
and
people
of
color,
who
are
often
the
most
exploited
and
have
the
least
amount
of
power
to
fight
back
against
wage
theft,
specifically
those
in
security
and
janitorial
workers.
M
That
is
not
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
but
is
equivalent
to
one
you
know.
I
I,
think
you
know
the
LA
that
language
should
not
be
used.
It's
ambiguous
and
further
opens
the
possibility
that
companies
would
mandate
Provisions
that
are
harmful
to
workers.
M
Contractors
could
argue
that
anti-worker
Provisions
are
equivalent
to
a
bona
fide
collective
bargaining
agreement
which
protects
workers,
rights
to
their
wages
and
therefore
undermining
the
intent
of
our
of
our
policy.
Collective
bargaining
agreements
would
protect
workers.
If
a
contractor
failed
to
comply
with
an
arbitration
award
ordering
the
payment
of
back
wages,
a
union
would
be
able
to
petition
a
court
for
an
order
reaffirming
that
award.
M
Currently,
workers
are
often
left
to
fend
for
themselves
due
to
the
state's
inability
to
enforce
its
wage
theft
laws
just
because
of
the
sheer
amount
of
lack
of
enforcement
workers.
We
know
that
you
know.
I
I
also
want
to
thank
vice
mayor,
kamay
and
councilmember
Cohen
for
their
work
on
this
and
and
also
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
his
staff,
you
know,
I
think
we
worked
hard
on
a
memorandum
that
that
looked
to
address
these
concerns.
M
M
It's
the
council
took
action
by
developing
staff
to
develop
a
responsible,
responsible
construction
ordinance
construction
workers
in
San
Jose
have
waited
long
enough.
It's
time
you
know
the
elected
officials
match
that
rhetoric
with
action
to
tackle
it.
We
need
a
wage
deck
that
theft
ordinance,
protecting
workers
on
Public,
Works
projects
and
private
construction
projects,
as
well
as
we
continue
to
build
our
city
with
more
housing
and
continue
the
economic
boom
of
our
region.
M
We
need
to
make
this
this
construction
responsible
construction,
a
priority
before
I
move
our
memo,
as
stated
by
Ruth
Ruth
silver
top
in
comments.
I
do
want
to
point
to
a
technical
fix
in
the
memo
to
be
consistent
with
the
five
the
past
five
years
prior
instead
of
the
last
three
years
in
in
the
second
page
1bi.
M
The
the
second
to
last
sentence
should
read
the
past
five
years
prior
instead
of
past
three
years
for
consistency
sake.
That
being
said,
I'll
move
our
memo
with
that
fix.
C
J
Thank
you,
mayor
and
I
also
want
to
thank
our
great
staff
for
all
of
your
hard
work
on
the
issue,
as
well
as
many
of
the
individuals
here
in
support
of
the
memo,
as
well
as
those
who
called
in
the
revisions.
We're
considering
today
are
in
many
ways.
Long
overdue.
J
I
applaud
the
dedication
of
the
wage
theft,
Coalition
and
the
work
they
did
to
bring
us
to
this
point.
While
the
2020
wage
theft
prevention
policy
gave
us
something
to
build
on.
The
lack
of
enforcement
for
Public
Works
contracts
is
a
critical
Gap
in
desperate
need
for
addressing
all
data
available
shows
us
that
construction
is
one
of
the
main
industries,
most
impacted
by
wage
theft.
J
It
has
nearly
been
six
years
since
the
federal
labor
department
publicly
announced
the
disgusting
details
of
the
slavery
towers
that
my
colleague,
councilmember
Candelas,
mentioned
workers
being
held
against
their
will
forced
to
work
on
a
construction
site
and
living
in
an
actual
shipping
container,
while
their
wages
were
being
stolen
from
their
employer
here,
not
far
away
in
some
foreign
country.
But
here
in
the
heart
of
Silicon
Valley.
J
That
particular
gruesome
example
exists
in
context
of
permissiveness
regarding
wage
theft,
so
every
day
working
families
are
being
robbed
by
their
employer,
often
with
public
money
working
on
public
contracts.
It's
the
same
that,
unfortunately,
our
city
extended
tax
breaks
to
developers
before
we
could
address
this
Scourge
on
our
economy.
J
I
want
to
make
sure
that
bad
actor
firms
can't
skate
Buy
on
technicalities
and
continue
to
steal
the
hard-working
dollars
from
the
workers
here
in
our
our
city
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
this
policy
also
isn't
enforced
in
a
way
that
has
negative
impacts
that
impact
the
workers
every
day
on
the
work
sites
so
I'm
glad
to
see
also,
which
is
a
new
addition,
the
precautions
being
made
for
our
facility
workers
in
janitorial
and
Security
Services.
These
are
hard-working
people
whose
services
are
essential
and,
unfortunately,
I
feel.
J
Historically,
they
haven't
gotten
their
grew,
the
due
credit
for
their
services
that
they
provide.
But
that's
why
I'm
supporting
the
council
members
councilmember
Candelas
vice
mayor,
kameh
and
Cohen
memo,
but
I
do
have
some
questions
for
staff.
We
did
hear
from
public
comments
today
about
a
and
I.
Don't
I,
don't
want
to
say
it's
for
sure,
but
a
specific
contractor
that
may
subcontract
here
with
the
city
of
San,
Jose
I,
believe
the
name
was
premier's
recycling
in
regards
to
our
wage
theft
concerns
right.
What
about
subcontractors?
AG
So
two
things
one.
First
of
all,
thanks
for
the
question,
a
contractor
that
is
currently
engaged
with
us
or
one
that
is
going
to
be
engaged
with
us.
Two
different
scenarios,
so
The
Firm
that
we
have
a
contract
with
is
responsible
for
all
of
their
subs,
and
subcontractors
can't
have
claims
of
wage
theft
that
Chris's
team
would
enforce
as
well.
Claims
can
come
in
if
they
are
subcontractors
to
City
contracts.
AG
Claims
can
come
in,
and
Chris
regularly
enforces
wage
theft
against
subcontractors
that
are
on
City
contracts
now
as
a
gate
as
the
ones
that
are
coming
in
on
the
bidders.
It
would
be
a
similar
scenario.
That's
why,
in
the
next
90
days,
we'll
be
putting
forward?
What
are
those
operational
steps
that
we'll
be
doing
for
those
bidding
on
our
projects
and
our
work?
What
are
those
Gates,
how
we
will
review
their
their
proposals
and
all
any
subs
that
they
might
be
with
okay,.
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
so,
and
I
guess.
A
shorter
question
would
be
in
light
of
what
we've
heard
during
public
comment
in
the
city
council
meeting.
Is
there
a
way
to
look
into
this
in
regards
to
these
allegations
so.
AG
J
BC
Because
I
know
I
met
with
you
several
times,
I
know,
others
have
met
with
you
and
it's
been
sort
of
this
ongoing
process.
The
mayor
mentioned
that
you
know
this
is
by
no
means
perfect
and,
and
we
will
continue,
this
ongoing
move
towards
addressing
the
wage
theft
issue
and
and
hopefully
continue
to
make
it
better
and
better
to
ensure
protections
for
our
workers,
so
I
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
I'd,
like
to
thank
the
speakers
today,
sharing
your
thoughts
on
this
issue.
It
is
critically
important.
BC
I
think
that
no
wage
theft
in
San
Jose
should
be
tolerated
period.
This
is
something
that
I
think
that
is,
you
know.
There
are
many
different
ways
in
which
you
know,
as
Ben
mentioned
today,
that
that
people
have
suffered,
and
that
should
not
be
the
case,
and
you
know
when
people
look
at
San
Jose
the
city
of
San
Jose.
They
need
to
know
that
we
will
not
tolerate
it
here.
So
I
am
delighted
to
have
worked
with
with
our
team
here
and
I
look
forward
to
having
my
colleagues
also
support
the
motion.
BD
BD
I
do
have
some
questions.
The
memo
which
has
been
written
by
our
colleagues.
Could
you
comment
on
that?
Does
that
enhance
the
thing,
or
do
you
see
any
restrictions
on
you
being
able
to
do
your
business.
AG
AG
BD
Numbers
yeah:
does
that
help
you
better
make
the
things
happen
or
there's
any
kind
of
conflict
with
anything
else
in
your
policies.
AG
A
conflict,
that's
a
broad
question.
We
will
so
as
requested.
We
will
study
the
implications
and
my
intention
would
be
given
here
that
we
would
come
back
with
either
a
report
either
verbal
or
a
written
report
to
council
with
what
we're
seeing
or
thinking
on
this,
because
it's
given
to
us
to
go
back
and
study.
If
that
change
would
impact
us
we've
not
studied.
AG
BD
And
there's
no
timeline
mentioned
in
there.
What
would
be
your
estimate
when
you
would
be
able
to
come
back
with
that.
AG
Since
we
have
the
mighty
staff
of
Chris
and
his
team
working
on
all
of
these
policies,
we,
it
would
be
a
bit
of
a
stretch.
We
do
have
other
negotiations
that
we'll
be
engaging
in
at
towards
the
end
of
the
year
after
the
responsible
construction
ordinance
development
we'll
do
it
as
expeditious.
So
we
can
we'll
have
to
look
to
see
what
it
means
if
I
had
to
best
guess
right
now,
if
you
had
to
hold
me
to
it,
I'd
ask
for
spring
of
next
year,
but
I
understand.
There's
faster
is
better.
BD
But
I
was
looking
that
maybe
this
is
going
to
come
at
the
same
time
when
you
have
the
item
number
two
2023
November,
yeah
yeah,
but
it
looks
like
you're
looking
for
a
longer
time
window
on.
AG
That
again,
we've
not
had
a
lot
of
time
to
deep
thought
on
that,
one
to
see
what
the
implications
of
what
that
study
would
look
like
and
what
kind
of
reporting
back
would
mean,
and
so
what
would
be
meaningful
and
useful
for
the
council
to
provide
any
other
guidance.
We
haven't
spent
a
lot
of
time
thinking
on
this
item,
since
February
Friday,
when
this
came
out
so.
BD
L
AF
BD
AG
About
this,
if
I
could
ask
if
I
could
take
the
leverage,
since
nobody
else
is
taking
the
date,
I
would
like
to
ask
for
maybe
March
next
year.
The
reason
being
is
we'll
be
in
discussions
on
our
project.
Labor
agreements
as
well,
and
those
also
have
implications
of
collective
bargaining
agreements
as
well.
There'll
be
a
lot
of
learning
in
these
discussions,
but
we'll
work
with
our
partners
on
that.
AG
I
think
that
would
I
would
like
to
have
that
to
inform
and
we
can
come
back
with
an
info
memo
if
you
want
us
to
come
back
sooner
with
a
progress
payment
that
sounds
good
too,
but
I.
You
know
if
I
had
a
final
thought
on
it
and
given
what
workloads
in
front
of
us
on
these
items,
I'd
push
for
like
March
next
year.
Well,.
M
M
We
were
thoughtful
in
our
approach
to
not
hamstrung
or
or
constrict
our
staff's
ability
to
be
able
to
work
judiciously
with
the
council
and
or
with
with
folks
to
to
that's
why
we
said
in
the
future,
but
while
I
appreciate
the
the
consideration,
I
I
I
I
want
to
keep
our
our
memorandum,
as
is,
and
the
motion
that
that
we
that
we,
that
we,
that
I
I
I'm
with
the
with
the
memorandum
that
I
moved
because
of
this,
the
the
thought
and
and
time
we
spent
thinking
through
those
variables.
BD
C
C
BD
AG
C
And
council
member,
thank
you
just
so
we
don't
have
to
have
a
an
agendized
item
at
the
council
meeting.
Would
an
informational
Memo
from
City
staff
be
acceptable?
Yes,.
BD
AF
We
live
in
a
country
that
is
built
on
principle,
just
us
and
fairness,
and
as
council
member,
we
all
sworn
an
oath
to
protect
our
residents
and
our
workers
from
wage
theft.
That's
including
human
trafficking
and
oppression,
wait.
Wait.
Staff
is
an
important
issue
that
we
need
to
correctly
address
and
protect
both
our
Union
and
non-union
workers.
AF
A
policy
need
to
be
correctly
written
and
not
allowed
for
a
legal
challenge
to
overturn
which
could
work,
which
could
hurt
our
workers
I
believe
it
is
necessary
to
defer
item
3.3
for
a
Time
adequate
for
the
City
attorney
and
staff
to
further
study
the
content
of
both
memos
I
am
concerned
at
the
legality
at
the
update
potential.
Breaking
federal
laws,
specifically
specifically.
C
Thanks
councilmember,
so
just
to
clarify
and
Nora
should
correct
me
if
I've
got
any
of
this
wrong,
but
we
have
a
substitute
motion
which
we
will
have
to
vote
on.
First
correct.
If
that
fails,
there's
an
underlying
there
was
an
underlying
or
initial
motion
that
we
would
also
vote
on
at
that
point.
If
both
fail,
I
think
we
we
can
entertain
additional
emotions.
Is
that
correct?
Yes,
okay,
great,
so
I
just
want
to
clarify
that
the
motion
on
the
floor
just
I'm,
sorry
just
to
clarify
for
everyone.
C
The
motion
on
the
floor
accepts
the
staff
recommendation,
accepts
the
group
Memo
by
council
members,
Candelas
Cohen
and
vice
mayor
kame,
and
has
a
slight
modification
that
staff
should
issue
an
info
Memo
by
November
to
let
us
know
when
you
would
come
back
with
that
additional
analysis
which
tentatively
is
targeting
spring
of
next
year.
Okay,
so
that's
the
motion
on
the
floor.
Unless
councilman
Dewan
you
had
any
follow-up
questions,
I'm
going
to
move
on
to
councilor
Foley.
Y
Purpose
of
the
language
and
in
both
the
draft
policy,
as
well
as
the
memo
that's
being
considered
by
the
council,
both
are
intended
to
protect
both
unionized
workers,
as
well
as
workers
who
are
not
unionized,
but
we
will
require
certain
protections
for
those
workers.
So
the
idea
is
to
allow
Protections
in
both
contexts.
Y
There
are
there's
language
in
the
policy
requiring
if
you
don't
have
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
that
you
have
another,
that
you
have
other
documentation
covering
wages,
hours
and
a
process
to
address
the
potential
for
wage
theft.
AF
Just
the
last
question
for
you,
council
is
Robert
rules.
Allow
three
motion
at
a
time.
Y
AF
U
Okay,
now
I'm
really
confused
on
what
we're
actually
voting
on
or
taking
a
look
at
voting.
I
I
frankly
believe
a
motion
to
defer
takes
priority,
but
it
does
require
a
two-thirds
vote.
I've
been
trying
to
research
it
myself
online,
however
I
don't
know
that
we
had
a
second
Mo
second
for
the
deferment,
so
even
if
and
if
it
does,
then
it
dies
because
we
didn't
have
a
second.
That's
why
parliamentarian
training
of
many
years
ago,
but
I
really
want
to
know
what
we
are.
U
AG
A
couple
things
one
Public
Works
would
be
included
as
opposed
to
excluded
this
time
reasons
for
that
to
be
shared.
But
that's
that's
that
one
point,
and
also
focusing
on
the
California
labor
Commissioners
findings
and
reports.
Those
areas
and
focusing
there
in
terms
of
what
we're
using
as
mandatory
screens,
be
a
little
bit
more
declarative
as
what
those
mandatory
disqualifications
are,
and
so,
as
in
the
current
motion,
there's
different
clarifications
here
and
we
can
understand
them.
U
Okay,
thank
you
and
which
really
means
we
should
be
adopting
this
wage
theft
policy
today
and
not
delaying
it.
I
understand
the
reason
to
come
back
with
another
date,
but
you're
going
to
do
that
in
an
info
memo,
so
I'm,
just
not
sure,
council
member
the
reason
to
delay
emotion,
a
meeting
a
decision
today,
I
believe
we
should
just
approve
the
underlying
motion,
which
is
just
to
go
forward
today
and
have
you
come
back
with
an
info
memo
with
more
information
later,
which
is
your
what
you're
going
to
do
anyway?
Isn't
that
correct.
AG
Slight
nuance
and
I:
have
the
council
member
clarify
what
he's
intending
with
his
deferral
and
the
reason
why
I,
we
think
we
can
Implement
as
it
is
as
what's
described,
we
understand
what's
being
directed
to
us
and
when
we'll
be
reporting
back
and
what
we'll
Implement,
if
there's
a
deferral
for
a
different
question,
I
think
the
council
member
should
identify
what
that
specific
reason
is
not
staff.
Okay,.
U
AF
AG
Under
two
particular
Industries
there's
a
in
this
is
in
the
memos
presented
here.
This
is
on
their
first
page,
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
or
other
specific
things
need
to
be
provided.
C
AV
X
D
C
C
U
Or
2024,
unless
something
has
changed
effectively
like
that,
but
okay,
then
I
can
get
behind
the
substitute,
because
it's
very
little
change,
except
for
the
info
memo
added
into
it.
Thank
you,
I
just
think
it's
really
critical.
We
move
forward
with
this
wage
theft
policy
today
without
delay.
Thank
you
great.
H
Yeah,
thank
you
all
right,
I
wasn't
sure
I
needed
to
add
anything
to
my
esteemed
colleagues,
councilmember
Candelas
and
vice
mayor,
kame,
I
worked
with
them
and
others
on
this
on
this
memo
and
I
think
that
we're
making
good
progress
here
on
make
giving
the
city
a
little
more
flexibility,
also
applying
our
wage
theft
ordinance
to
more
contracts
but
making
sure
that
we're
holding
people
accountable
for
their
behavior.
You
know:
we've
already
have
deferred
this
item
by
two
weeks
until
today,
because
we
needed
extra
time
to
make
sure
we
had
all
these
details.
H
Our
our
team
of
three
offices
worked
closely
with
Nora
and
the
attorney's
office
to
make
sure
that
we
had
a
legally
defensible
policy
and
I'll
just
ask
norf
to
clarify
one
more
time.
H
You
know
we
put
in
language
that
specifically
says
that
that,
if
you
have
these
violations,
two
and
five
years
you
would
be,
you
would
be
disqualified
unless
and
the
unless
is
you
have
a
collective
bargain
agreement
or
you
can
demonstrate
ways
in
which
you
are
going
to
protect
workers
doesn't
require.
There's
no
there's
nothing
here.
That
says,
somebody
without
a
collective
right
agreement
will
ever
be
excluded
from
being
able
to
bid
on
contracts.
Is
this
a
legally
defensible
my
policy.
Y
Thank
you,
council
member.
We
believe
that
it
is
and-
and
we
had
included
a
very
similar
language
in
the
draft
proposed
policy
and
this
tweaks
it
the
language
in
your
memo,
tweaks
it
a
bit,
but
we
believe
that
it's
defensible
as
a
as
a
policy
and
while
we're
on
talking
about
motions
there
wasn't
a
motion
to
amend.
There
was
an
underlying
motion
of
motion,
a
substitute
motion,
essentially
the
motion
to
defer
as
a
motion
to
Table
and
there,
and
that
can
take
precedence.
But
there's
not
a
second
okay.
H
Thank
you
and
I'll
just
remind
councilmember
Dewan
that
we
had
this
issue.
We
had
a
very
strict
policy
which
excluded
anybody
who
had
a
violation
or
had
two
violations
in
five
years
that
led
to
a
problem
when
we
were
executing
the
security
contract
and
you
wrote
a
memo
actually
when
we
were
accepting
the
security
contract
touting
the
fact
that
now,
with
this
collective
bargaining
agreement,
we
have
protected
workers,
and
so
this
is
basically
codifying
the
procedure
we
went
through
then
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
run
into
these
problems
in
future.
H
Bidding
so
I
appreciate
the
conversations
the
UI
council
member
Doan
before
in
the
security
contract
and
hope
that
we
will
protect
more
workers
with
a
policy
that
is
clearer
and
easier
for
our
city
to
implement
as
we
go
out
for
bid
as
far
as
council
member
batra's
motion.
Obviously
I,
don't
really
believe,
there's
much
material
difference.
H
You
know
adding
that
date
or
not
I'm,
not
you
know
it
doesn't
really
matter.
You
know
we
hear
in
November
what
they
think
when
they
think
they
can
come
back.
Honestly,
in
my
opinion,
the
most
important
thing
we
want
public
works
department
to
focus
on
is
item
number
two
of
the
memo
not
item
number
three,
which
is
coming
back
with
the
responsible
construction
ordinance,
the
date
of
when
we're
going
to
decide
how
to
implement
this
in
other
types
of
contracts
to
me
is
secondary.
H
P
Great
thank
you.
I
would
like
to
say
thank
you
to
the
teamsters
and
our
other
labor
allies
and
our
community
members
who
came
out
and
and
spoke
as
well
as
the
wage,
deaf
Coalition,
who
has
who
has
continued
to
to
push
our
city
to
create
a
very
strong
wage
death
policy.
So
with
that,
you
know,
I
support
the
memo
that
my
colleagues
vice
mayor,
kamay,
council,
member
Cohen
and
councilmember
Candelas
wrote.
This
is
a
major
step
forward
in
in
protecting
our
workers,
especially
janitorial,
and
our
security
guards,
so
I
will
be.
P
C
Great
thanks,
councilmember,
okay,
I,
don't
see
any
other
hands
at
the
risk
of
further
complicating
this
colleagues,
I
have
a
a
very
minor
friendly,
Amendment
and
I
may
not
even
need
the
amendment
that
might
be
best
to
have
it.
I
just
want
to
confirm
and
I'm
actually
going
to
ask
council
member
Candelas.
C
First
I
just
want
to
confirm
that
on
rec2
that
the
list
of
orgs
there
is
not
any
way
exclusive
and
that
it
would
be
in
keeping
with
the
spirit
of
the
recommendation
to
also,
of
course,
go
speak
with
affordable
housing
developers
and
commercial
construction
companies
and
other
other
Market
participants
as
well.
Rec2
of
your
memo,
I
think
you
list
some
of
the
organizations
that
we
should
confer
with.
As
we
look
at
the.
M
M
It
the
the
list,
the
the
list
is
well.
This
is
what
we
we
talked
about
with
you
know.
I
would
be
okay
with
it.
If,
if
you
know
the
council
member
Cohen
Vice
America
mayor
are
okay
with
it
as
well.
C
H
C
Just
wanted
to
make
because
it
wasn't
in
the
language,
it
was
a
very
explicit
list
of
a
few
organizations
specifically
I
just
want
to
make
clear
that
that
would
that
you
imagine
that
to
not
be
in
any
way
exclusive
and
that
we
would
broadly
speak
to
all
of
the
stakeholders
who'd
be
affected
by
the
ordinance
okay,
great.
C
So
with
that
and
councilor
batra.
Are
you
comfortable
with
that?
Just
making
clear
that
rec2
is
is
broadly
applicable?
C
BE
Let
me
tell
you
a
story
about
the
VTA
safe
parking
site
at
Santa
Teresa,
it's
about
four
months
behind
schedule.
Nothing
is
being
done
right
now,
I'm
on
a
call
every
two
weeks.
They
have
seven
people
from
d10
and
D2
seven
people,
and
then
they
have
seven
people
from
Columbus
and
they're
not
going
outside
of
D2
and
d10.
BE
You
know,
I
know
you
have
your
restrictions
or
whatever
and
the
money
from
FAA.
But
where
are
people
gonna
go?
Do
you
want
them
to
go
in
your
neighborhoods?
You
know
councilman
tourists.
Do
you
want
them
to
go
to
your
house
vice
mayor
whatever?
Where
are
they
going?
There's
no
place.
Couldn't
you
just?
Let
them
stay
until
another
safe
parking,
the
one
that
VTA
is.
BE
It
needs
to
be
looked
into
because
it's
long
overdue
and
there's
only
seven
people
and
I
mean
seven
seven
from
there
and
only
seven
from
Bros
I
mean
Columbus,
let's
bring
more
people
from
Columbus
into
there
and
have
them
go
there
because
they
don't
have
enough
people,
they've
interviewed
31
people
and
they're
seven.
They
had
ten
two
weeks
ago.
Now
they
have
seven.
So
what
is
going
on?
BE
BF
Hi,
my
name
is
Joe
Ortiz
I'm
from
Santa
city
was
fun
working
with
you
on
Saturday
mayor
when
I
first
came
here,
I
had
both
of
my
eyes
and
was
healthy,
but
I've
been
here
seven
years
and
went
through
your
doctors
and
I'm
now
blind
on
my
right
side.
So
I
cannot
drive
my
vehicle
or
my
trailer
at
home,
which
is
a
nice
BMW
and
a
nice
trailer
I'd
love
to
drive
them
back
home,
but
I
can't
until
this
is
done
with.
BF
So
what
do
you
do
when
you're
stuck
in
a
city
like
San
Jose?
That
has
all
this
to
help
you
I
get
no
help.
Now
they
want
me
to
to
leave
the
only
area.
I
can
go
and
the
cops
are
saying
well,
you're
just
going
to
have
to
move
it
well,
what
do
I
tell
them
I
tell
them
I'm,
blind
and
I'm
not
allowed
to
drive
right
now.
You
can't
drive,
but
half
blind.
They
go
well,
that's
your
problem,
so
they
give
you
a
little
hug.
BF
D
BG
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
I
brought
these
folks
here
from
Columbus.
I.
Wasn't
planning
on
speaking,
but
Patricia,
who
was
to
speak
is
just
so
rattled
she's,
not
feeling
very
well,
and
you
know
that's
part
of
living
in
an
RV.
You
know,
I
just
don't
see
the
coordination
collaboration
that
these
people
deserve
when
you
need
to.
You
know
cordon
off
streets
that
people
are
living
on
and
so
I
implore
you
we
beg
of
you,
we're
we're
asking
you
know
in
the
most
polite
way.
BG
BG
The
way
that
the
north
side
was
to
move
was
really
only
one
block
and
but
last
week
both
sides
of
Asbury
got
tagged,
and
then
it
was
just
the
one
side,
one
block
of
Asbury
North
Side
that
needed
to
move
but
Patricia,
who
was
on
the
outskirts
but
on
the
North
side,
had
to
find
somebody
and
pay
them
and
move
the
van
to
the
south
side
of
the
street.
Only
to
find
out
that
now
on
April
19th,
you
want
to
extend
and
then
start
closing
down
all
the
streets
in
the
Columbus
area.
BG
O
O
There
has
to
be
concepts
of
consistency
that
I
hope
that
he
wants
to
better
develop
from
the
previous
eight
years
of
the
near
Ricardo
Administration
I.
That's
an
important
concept
to
me
is:
how
do
we
build
upon
the
fact
that
government
and
community
life
can
be
a
little
crazy
and
a
little
kooky
sometimes-
and
you
know,
decisions
that
we
can't
do
now?
O
We
can
do
in
five
months
time,
but
it
it
takes
a
lot
of
work
and
effort
and
I
mean
we
were
talking
very
honestly
about
you
know
a
few
weeks
ago
about
the
importance
of
safe,
RV
programs
and
I
mean
that
really
should
be
just
a
staff
report
on
the
subject
today
and
for
you
guys
not
to
have
that
report
for
Gail
to
have
to
sit
here
at
public
comment
time.
Pleading
for
that
and
the
other
public
comment
person.
O
What
is
the
future
of
the
RV
safe
parking
program
and
in
San
Diego,
where
I'm
living
I'm
they're
talking
a
lot
about
how
San
Jose
is
good
at
talking
with
each
other
community
and
government
about
their
trash
issues
and
creating
dialogue
and
communication,
and
they
want
to
really
emulate
that
in
their
future
as
safe
practices,
I
hope
we
can
build
on
that
and
do
the
same
and
grow
from
that
here
in
San,
Jose,
and
and
really
do
this
sort
of
consistent,
good
work,
which
means
you
guys
got
to
be
talking
openly
about
our
good
stuff
and
you're,
not
I,
really
get
to
it.
O
Z
Z
Now
after
six
years
of
advocacy,
I
can
see
that
there
is
a
very
clear
intention
on
the
part
of
the
government,
and
the
government
literally
is
sociopathic
and
sociopathic
just
means
that
it
has
no
conscience.
It
has
no,
it
has
no
moral,
ethical,
spiritual,
there's
nothing
about
government.
That
is
despite
the
fact
that
it's
ran
by
human
beings
and
that's
the
scary
part
we're
getting
into
a
space
where
the
government
is
acting
and
attacking
the
citizen
with
absolutely
no
regard
for
human
lives.
Z
Men,
zero
demonstrating
an
irresponsibility
that
you
would
never
allow
to
happen
in
your
own
families
that
you
would
never
allow,
if
you
saw
somebody
doing
it
to
someone
else,
but
when
the
government
is
the
one
that
is
doing
it
to
the
citizen.
All
of
a
sudden.
You
think
that
you
can't
be
out
of
the
continent.
You
can
be
held
accountable
for
what
you
do
and
don't
do.
Catherine.
AA
Good
afternoon,
I
didn't
really
have
comments
planned,
but
I
Echo,
but
the
previous
speakers
have
been
saying:
I
just
don't
understand
what
is
going
on
with
all
the
sweeps
and
spending
so
much
money
to
be
so
cruel
to
people
just
constantly
operating
them
and
treating
them
like
things.
This
has
to
stop.
AA
C
AC
AC
The
same
exact
thing
we
would
we
just
never
were
able
to
close
the
streets
because
people
were
living
on
them.
The
only
Street
that's
been
closed
throughout
this
whole
process
is
Spring
Street
north
of
Asbury.
It's
a
section
that
goes
up
to
heading
we've.
Kept
that
permanently
closed.
All
the
other
streets
have
people
living
on
them
around
the
park.
AC
This
would
be
another
year
and
a
half
of
that
extension,
which
actually
lines
up
nicely
with
the
future
construction
of
a
new
park
there,
in
which
we
would
have
to
close
down
many
of
those
streets
and,
in
fact,
spring
streets,
South
to
Taylor
will
no
longer
exist
after
the
construction
of
the
park.
So
some
of
those
streets
will
go
away.
Some
will
get
turned
into
one
way.
AC
Some
will
have
to
be
closed
for
construction,
lay
downs
and
things
like
that
in
about
a
year
and
a
half
time
again,
this
gives
us
the
authority
and
ability
to
close
it
as
it
might
come
up
or
as
we
may
need
it,
but
this
action
in
specifically
today
does
not
require.
Nor
do
we
intend
to
use
it
to
vacate
people
in
the
immediate
future.
Great.
C
H
Yeah,
thank
you
I
just
to
space
statement
in
a
different
way.
This
sounds
like
what
it's
doing
is
it's
extending
the
authority,
but
not
necessarily
taking
an
action.
It's
it's
saying
for
18
more
months,
there's
an
authority
to
close
it,
but
the,
but
but
it's
it's
a
status
quo
for
now,
until
there's
a
plan
and
or
the
ability
to
relocate
people
over
time.
AC
Yes-
and
we
took
some
pains
in
the
memo
text
itself,
to
sort
of
talk
about
that-
that
fluid
situation
that's
there
and
that
it's
a
tool
that
can
be
used,
but
it
is
not
something
that
we're
turning
around
and
going
to
use
right
this
minute.
Okay,.
H
Thank
you
and
I'll
I
always
use
these
opportunities,
as
we
discuss
RV
parking
to
express
both
my
frustration
and
optimism,
and
it's
not.
This
is
not
necessarily
for
you
anymore,
John
UK,
but
but
you
know
you
back
in
September
to
November
when,
when
you
know,
when
I
stood
up
to
a
rabid
group
of
neighbors,
while
opening
an
RV
parking
site
in
North,
San,
Jose
and
and
we
did
it
for
a
short
term
knowing
and
seeing
that
it
can
work
and
I.
H
Never
in
my
never
in
my
thoughts
would
we
be
this
far
into
the
future.
Beyond
that
point,
without
an
adequate
RV
parking
solution,
I
was
hoping
that
by
last
year,
we'd
have
it
I'm,
hoping
that
by
this
year,
what
I
will
say
is
we're
going
to
be
having
a
discussion
in
the
next
month
and
a
half
about
an
exciting
location
and
opportunity.
There's
in
fact
a
community
hearing
coming
up
in
another
couple
weeks
on
a
site
where
we
will
be
opening
RV
parking
at
another
location.
H
At
that
point,
I'm
hopeful
that
we
can
focus
on
a
plan
to
move
people
in
a
in
a
a
smart
and
and
logical
way.
I
will
again
remind
people
also
that
I
don't
believe
that
that
the
area
on
Spring
and
in
that
area
is
should
be
the
number
one
priority.
There
are
areas
where
RV
parking
is
actually
quite
disruptive
to
businesses
in
residential
areas
where
we
should
be
focusing
and
we've
had
that
conversation
here
and
at
other
committee
meetings
about
some
of
those
locations.
C
J
Thank
you,
Marin.
Thank
you.
Staff
for
working
on
this
memo
and
I
also
want
to
thank
the
activists
who
come
today
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
houseless
Community
previously
I
believe
last
week,
I
had
introduced
a
memo
in
regards
to
the
Coyote
Creek
floods
project
right,
requesting
that
there
would
be
some
sort
of
a
work
plan
created
for
the
encampment
residents
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
them,
or
at
least
lining
them
up
with
Services
housing
or
some
sort
of
rental
support.
J
I
know
that
what
we're
voting
on
today
isn't
going
to
directly
Abate
them
or
remove
them
from
the
site,
but
in
the
future
that
may
come
before
us.
Is
there
opportunity
for
us
to
create
a
plan,
a
work
plan
similar
to
what
we've
done
in
other
situations,
to
make
sure
that
these
individuals
aren't
just
pushed
to
another
area
or
pushed
into
the
surrounding
neighborhood
residential
areas.
L
BH
BH
They
see
the
RV
as
really
being
their
home,
and
so
we
end
up
having
to
work
even
more
with
people
who
live
in
RVs
to
First
create
opportunities
for
them
to
feel
safe,
and
then
often
they
had
some
sort
of
triggering
event
where
they
were
evicted
or
they
somehow
lost
their
housing.
So
there's
a
big
fear
of
releasing
leaving
the
RV
again
to
go
into
an
apartment
or
another
location
without
knowing
that
they
can
return
to
the
RV.
So
it
does
take
more
work
and
definitely
the
first
step.
BH
BH
You
know
over
31
RVs
that
are
potentially
can
move
into
the
new
site
and
we're
holding
seven
that
are
at
Columbus
Park
that
are
going
to
be
potentially
moving
to
the
VTA
site,
but
I
think
we're
going
to
have
to
actually
hear
from
you
all
regarding
what
are
your
priorities
in
terms
of
when
we
take
the
next
group
of
RVs?
Is
it
Columbus
Park
that
we're
going
to
be
taking
them
from
or
where
else,
because
their
RV
RVs
all
over
the
city,
foreign.
J
Was
just
to
make
sure
that
as
we
Abate
we're
doing
so
in
a
a
way,
that's
strategic
and
just
not
moving
them
to
the
area
sounds
like.
Obviously,
this
is
a
complex
issue.
We
need
spots
for
them
to
go.
Obviously,
I
support
the
the
establishment
of
safe
parking
programs,
RV
program
sites
happy
to
collaborate
to
identify
locations,
but
hopefully,
when
we
do.
J
BD
Thanks
for
whatever
the
work
in
this
connection,
and
especially
for
today's
request
for
the
extension
I
just
want
to
clarify
I
think
you
may
have
already
stated
it,
but
I
want
to
hear
it
second
time,
for
the
sake
of
everybody
being
on
the
same
page,
what
we
are
approving
today
does
not
make
anybody
to
be
moved
from
wherever
they
may
be
living.
Is
that
correct
that.
BD
AC
Yes,
that's
potentially
the
case,
we
don't
know,
obviously
a
year
and
a
half
out
in
the
future.
What
the
area
will
look
like
or
who
will
be,
there
will
be
more,
will
it
be
less?
Will
we
have
found
other
Solutions
like
Jackie
has
talked
about?
But
yes,
that's,
that's
roughly
the
timeline
when
construction
on
the
park
would
begin
and
it's
a
big
project.
So
some.
BD
U
BH
That
we
would
have
a
plan
because
the
in
order
to
have
a
plan
we
would
have
to
have
a
site,
so
I
would
say
at
the
time
that
we're
getting
closer
if
there
is
a
site
available,
we
could
certainly
come
back
to
you
and
say
Council.
There
are
we're,
anticipating
we're
opening
a
site,
or
you
have
room
available
at
this
site.
Would
you
like
us
to
prioritize
the
residents
that
are
currently
there?
BH
I
think
I
do
want
to
also
caution
you
about
like
guaranteeing
anything
today,
because,
especially
if
the
the
site
is
not
going
to
close
for
a
year
and
a
half,
you
know
what
we
already
experienced
at
Columbus
Park
before
was
that
when
people
heard
we
had
a
housing
plan
and
we
were
moving
people,
a
bunch
of
people
moved
into
the
site.
Saying
great.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
me
to
get
housed.
It's
a
and
I
completely
understand
why
but
I
think
at
this
point.
BD
All
right,
thanks
for
that
clarification,
I
I,
think
that's
pretty
valuable
and
I've
been
concerned
about
that.
Even
when
we
talked
about
the
Greek
or
the
Valley
Water
work
you're
doing
concerned
about
when
we
are
going
to
remove
that
encampment
because
we're
going
to
do
the
creek
work
and
since
the
road
is
not
going
to
close
or
the
creek
is
not
going
to
close
for
a
while.
BD
BI
Through
our
work
through
the
pandemic
and
continuing
as
a
city
roadmap
priority,
including
working
closely
with
our
residents.
We
have
focused
our
work
on
addressing
three
critical
barriers
to
digital
inclusion
and
equity,
a
lack
of
infrastructure
and
investment
meeting
the
absence
or
lack
of
fiber
or
a
low
sell
signal.
Something
like
that.
Connectivity
plans
that
are
unaffordable
or
low
value
for
the
money
and
fear
in
our
residents,
whether
it's
privacy
or
Online
safety,
or
a
lack
of
understanding
of
the
value
of
being
connected.
A
lack
of
digital
literacy
has
driven
a
resistance
to
adoption.
BI
So
today,
just
to
make
it
clear
we're
hoping
to
accomplish
a
couple
of
related
objectives.
First,
we
have
an
update
on
the
broader
digital
equity
and
empowerment
roadmap,
priority
item
that
was
referred
from
Neighborhood
Services
and
education
committee
back
in
December
of
2022,
but
we
also
have
a
recommended
action
to
transfer
the
fiscal
management
of
the
digital
inclusion
fund
program
to
the
San
Jose
Public
Library
Foundation,
and
give
authority
to
initiate
the
next
round
of
granting
processes.
BI
Sorry,
okay,
so
backing
up.
First
to
the
broader
digital
inclusion,
equity
and
empowerment
initiatives,
we
have
relied
heavily
on
extensive
community
and
partnership
engagement
from
the
very
beginning
we
cultivated
and
have
been
fortunate
to
have
so
many
dedicated
Partners.
This
slide
is
packed
with
the
logos
of
many
of
them
I.
Believe
some
of
you
may
remember
that
in
an
earlier
presentation
we
actually
had
two
slides
that
were
just
as
packed,
so
this
only
shows
a
portion
of
those
meaningful
Partnerships.
BI
For
example,
while
we
worked
with
at
T
to
implement
a
mass
scale
hotspot
program,
we
have
also
forged
and
maintained
ongoing
Partnerships
with
many
many
entities,
including
Comcast
and
Verizon,
just
about
every
school
district
and
so
on
and
so
meaningful
productive
part.
Partnerships
are
and
will
continue
to
be,
a
Hallmark
of
this
essential
work,
foreign.
BJ
BJ
BJ
BJ
Focusing
in
on
community
Wi-Fi,
most
of
you
know
that
Community
Wi-Fi
is
a
free,
neighborhood
Wi-Fi
service
that
is
offered
in
partnership
with
Eastside
Union
High
School
District.
As
I
noted,
we
opened
the
Mount
Pleasant
Network
yesterday,
the
Silver
Creek
network
is
planned
to
open
within
the
next
month
and
that
will
complete.
The
eight
builds
that
we
set
out
to
accomplish
in
the
first
iteration
of
this
program
as
networks
open
to
the
public.
BJ
Our
award-winning
Library
marketing
team
sends
postcards
to
each
address
within
the
network
area,
which
alerts
the
resident
to
the
new
network,
its
name,
that's
it's
a
trusted
Network
and
how
to
give
feedback
on
the
quality
of
the
signal,
strength
and
those
materials
are
made
available,
of
course,
in
English,
Spanish
and
Vietnamese
combined.
These
networks
are
built
in
areas
where
approximately
187
000
residents
live
and
are
intentionally
concentrated
in
areas
with
a
high
density
of
K-12
students
and
lower
income
households.
BJ
We've
recently
been
awarded
a
500
000
Grant
from
the
California
Public
Public
Utilities
Commission,
which
will
fund
a
technical
study
of
the
infrastructure
and
Equipment
changes
necessary
to
increase
the
speed
available
on
community
Wi-Fi
to
100.
By
100
megabits
per
second,
which
is
a
significant
improvement
over
what's
available
now
in
San,
Jose
and
anywhere
else
in
the
nation.
BJ
As
you
can
see
from
this
Slide,
the
library's
collection
of
devices
is
substantial.
Thank
you.
All
of
these
devices
are
available
free
of
charge
to
our
residents
through
our
25
library
locations
at
any
time
that
the
library
is
open.
All
of
these
devices
were
Acquired
and
made
available
through
our
emergency
efforts
during
the
covid-19
response,
which
allowed
the
city
to
wisely
use
several
one-time
sources
of
funding
to
purchase
these
devices
and
pay
for
the
ongoing
monthly
data
plans
for
hotspots
and
connected
Chromebooks.
BJ
It's
important
to
note
that,
as
these
one-time
funds
are
exhausted,
the
city
will
be
in
a
position
to
make
budget
decisions
about
what
level
of
device
access
we
can
continue
to
provide
to
our
residents
as
we
balance
many
needs
and
priorities
so
to
lessen
Reliance
on
this
program
in
the
next
fistical
year.
Our
team
will
be
expanding
our
focus
on
supporting
enrollments
to
the
affordable
connectivity
program,
which
is
a
federally
subsidized
internet
program
that
allows
families
to
have
a
high
quality
free
order.
BK
Thank
you,
Anne
I'm,
Abby,
Scholl,
Broadband
officer
in
the
information
technology
department
in
2019.
The
city
began
the
digital
inclusion
grant
program
with
the
goal
to
close
the
digital
divide
in
San
Jose
by
enabling
community-based
organizations
to
connect
at
least
50
000,
unconnected
residents
with
affordable,
high-speed
internet
access,
an
appropriate
device
and
the
digital
literacy
skills
needed
to
participate
in
the
digital
economy
and
improve
their
quality
of
life.
BK
The
annual
grant
program
is
100,
funded
through
non-tax
payer
revenue
from
small
cell
usage
fees
and
fundraising,
which
goes
into
the
city's
digital
inclusion
fund.
The
small
cell
fees
are
paid
annually
by
telecommunications
companies
for
each
city-owned
street
light
poll
that
hosts
their
4G
and
5G
antennas
that
improve
wireless
service
across
the
city.
BK
Since
2020,
the
small
cell
and
fundraising,
Revenue
has
been
declining
in
2019.
The
10-year
Revenue
goal
and
expectation
for
small
cell
and
fundraising
was
32
million
dollars.
Today,
due
to
technology
and
Market
changes,
the
expectation
is
14.5
million,
which
is
a
55
percent
decrease
from
the
2019
goal.
BK
BK
The
grant
program
is
now
in
its
third
round
of
implementation.
The
fourth
round
will
take
place
over
the
fiscal
year
2023-2024.
The
program
has
achieved
remarkable
results
for
unconnected
residents
in
its
first
three
years,
through
our
partnership
with
the
California
emerging
technology
fund
cetf,
the
city
was
able
to
formulate
and
launch
a
unique
grant
program
that
engaged
Community
leaders
and
organizations
leveraged
our
Collective
expertise
and
resources
and
resulted
in
nearly
5
000
household
adoptions
to
date
through
the
award
of
over
2.7
million
in
digital
inclusion
grants.
BI
Thanks
so
to
summarize,
the
rationale
I'm
thinking
behind
staff's
recommendations
for
the
proposed
action
today,
recognizing
the
changes
in
evolving
nature
of
the
technology
on
which
the
digital
inclusion
fund
was
originally
based,
as
well
as
the
impacts
resulting
from
the
pandemic.
The
city
is
tracking
a
reduced
level
of
Revenue
in
the
digital
inclusion
fund
that
was
originally
projected.
We
also
recognize
that
there
will
continue
to
be
shifts
in
this
whole
technology
ecosystem
and
our
intent
is
to
capitalize
on
potentially
available
funds
and
opportunities
looking
forward.
BI
But
that
said,
the
recommended
change
in
program
Administration
to
the
San
Jose
Public
Library
foundation
will
allow
us
for
greater
immediate
sustainability
of
the
digital
inclusion
fund,
preserving
funding
for
future
Grant
rounds.
It
will
allow
for
alignment
with
the
city
council's
policy,
0.30
the
education
and
digital
literacy
strategy
and
alignment
with
our
digital
literacy
quality
standards,
and
it's
important
to
point
out
that
we
will
be
leveraging
the
Staffing
and
operational
capabilities
of
the
library
and
Citywide
digital
Equity
team,
an
initiative
I'm
sorry
through
the
initiatives
that
we
have
built
in
the
last
couple
of
years.
BI
So
taking
on
the
administration
of
the
digital
inclusion
fund
program
will
actually
align
well
with
the
planned
digital
equity
and
empowerment
work
plan
for
the
next
year
to
advance
the
priority
of
affordability
of
internet
access
for
residents.
We
plan
to
lean
heavily
into
increasing
household
signups
for
the
ACP
or
affordable
connectivity
program
that
provides
fully
subsidized
access
and
to
continue
to
operate
the
eight
Community
Wi-Fi
networks
in
partnership
with
Eastside
Union
High
School
District,
identifying
any
improvements
and
optimizing
their
performance
in
addition
to
internet
access.
BI
We
continue
to
provide
our
device
lending
programs,
both
Computing
devices
and
a
collection
of
hot
spots
for
public
use
and
to
increase
adoption,
we'll
be
implementing
the
dif
program.
The
digital
inclusion
fund
program
through
round
four
grants
and
expanding
our
digital
skill,
building
workshops
and
resources
with
eight
new
modules
and
our
modules
are
available
in
English
and
Spanish
and,
very
importantly,
we
will
finalize
the
revised
needs
assessment
and
program
evaluation
that
will
inform
our
future
work.
BI
And
with
that
Concept
in
mind,
we
are
partnering
with
the
Santa
Clara
County
Office
of
Education
and
the
county
of
Santa
Clara
to
host
an
upcoming
State
digital
Equity
plan
regional
meeting,
which
is
on
Friday,
so
save
the
date
it's
on
Cinco
de
Mayo
as
they
develop
and
finalize
their
own
State
digital
Equity
plan.
The
state
is
holding
Regional
meetings
with
the
goal
of
identifying
challenges
and
strategies
to
overcome
the
digital
divide
in
Santa,
Clara
and
San
Mateo
counties.
BI
And
before
we
wrap
up,
I
did
want
to
acknowledge
the
incredible
and
truly
collaborative
cross-departmental
nature
of
these
broader
City
digital
equity
and
inclusion
efforts,
which
would
never
be
successful
without
the
support
of
our
leaders
and
colleagues
in
the
Department
of
Transportation
in
housing,
Public
Works,
our
partner
in
crime,
the
information
technology
department
and
certainly
the
library
team.
The
team
members
listed
here
have
met
and
been
engaged
consistently
over
the
past
few
years,
which
the
core
team
is
in
bold
and
I
wish.
BI
They
could
all
be
here
to
get
a
big
round
of
applause
for
their
work.
But
I
do
want
to
applaud
the
two
leaders
next
to
me,
angerbowski
and
Abby
Scholl
for
their
steadfast
strength
and
talents,
leading
this
work
on
the
day-to-day
basis
and
that
they
refuse
to
put
their
names
up
on
the
slide.
But
we
need
to
acknowledge
them
anyway.
BI
Think
Charlene
was
going
to,
but
I
don't
see
her
here,
but
we
want
to
offer
them
our
sincere
thanks
and
appreciation
for
their
partnership
and
accomplishments
on
behalf
of
the
residents
and
all
the
partner
agencies
and
actually
will
continue
to
be
joined
in
our
work
with
cetf
together
to
close
the
digital
divide,
they
are
actually
helping
coordinate
that
state
meeting.
That
I
just
told
you
about
so
we're
working
closely
with
them
and
also
working
at
the
state
and
federal
levels,
on
advocacy
and
so
with
that.
C
Great,
thank
you
Jill.
You
know
I
really
want
to
Echo
the
thanks.
This
is
transformative
work
when
we
think
about
public
infrastructure.
Broadband
may
not
be
as
obvious
and
physical
as
roads
and
bridges
and
sewers
and
street
lights,
but
is
just
as
important.
It's
I
think
really
in
this
day
and
age
nearly
impossible
to
achieve
one's
full
potential
and
have
upward
Mobility
without
access
to
broadband
internet,
whether
it's
for
learning
accessing
Health,
Care,
accessing
jobs,
doing
one's
job,
it's
just
so
fun
so
foundational
that
this
is
just
really
important.
C
Work
and
I'm,
proud
of
all
of
the
impact
that
our
city
has
had
want
to
Echo,
the
thanks
to
cetf
and
Sonny
and
Charlene
for
their
partnership.
Everybody
across
many
departments,
including
my
predecessor,
mayor
licardo
and
his
team
I
know,
played
a
big
role
in
launching
the
digital
inclusion
fund
and
making
a
lot
of
this
work
possible
and,
of
course,
all
the
community-based
organizations
that
have
been
on
the
front
lines
of
actually
signing
people
up
and
training
them
and
helping
them
really
take
full
advantage
of
of
broadband
and
the
devices
I
know.
C
There's
been
a
lot
of
learning
over
the
last
couple
of
rounds
and
I
appreciate
all
the
community-based
orgs
that
have
done
that
great
work
in
partnership
with
the
city.
So
why
don't
we
go
to
public
comment
first
and
then
we'll
see
if
my
colleagues
want
to
chime
in.
D
And
then
I
have
an
end.
I
also
have
an
in-person
speaker,
I'll
go
to
after
Matthew
Dawn
go
ahead.
N
Good
afternoon
man,
council,
members
and
staff,
my
name
is
Matthew
Tinsley
and
I.
Am
the
director
of
the
strong
start
initiative
at
the
Santa
Clara
County
Office
of
Education
on
behalf
of
County
Superintendent
of
Schools
Dr
Marianne
Dewan.
We
would
like
to
thank
the
city
for
the
work
of
the
digital
equity
and
empowerment
program
to
reduce
the
impact
of
the
digital
divide
on
children's
academic
outcomes.
N
Through
the
challenges
of
the
pandemic,
thousands
of
children
and
their
families
in
the
most
impacted
parts
of
San
Jose
were
able
to
continue
their
education
thanks
to
the
partnership
between
the
city,
sccoe
and
our
school
districts
as
the
program
transitions,
we
look
forward
to
strengthening
and
expanding
our
partnership,
beginning
with
the
state
digital
Equity
plan
meeting
early
next
month.
Thank
you.
BL
Good
afternoon,
honorable
mayor
and
council
members,
Dawn
copen
I'm,
the
CEO
of
the
San
Jose
Public
Library
Foundation.
BL
Thank
you
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
again
for
your
continued
support
of
our
award-winning
library
and
your
commitment
to
improving
digital
equity
for
the
whole
city.
As
you
know,
access
to
high-speed
internet
Computing
devices
and
the
knowledge
of
how
to
use
them
are
essential
components
for
economic
and
educational
empowerment,
and
they
are
also
in
close
alignment
with
your
goals
for
this
coming
year.
BL
The
digital
inclusion
grant
program
is
an
important
step
in
the
city's
effort
to
close
the
digital
divide
by
2029.
We
acknowledge
a
nurse
so
grateful
for
the
California
emerging
technology
fund
for
their
role
incubating
the
digital
inclusion
grant
program
their
work
with
the
advisory
committee
to
set
up
the
initial
Grant
Cycles
resulted,
as
you
saw
in
the
digital
inclusion
of
thousands
of
households.
BL
I
would
be
proud
for
the
San
Jose
Public
Library
Foundation
to
continue
this
critical
work
alongside
the
many
community-based
organizations
in
the
digital
inclusion
community
of
practice,
the
library
Foundation
successfully
manages
other
City
funds.
As
you
may
be
aware.
Specifically,
we
administer
the
Citywide
San
Jose
lands
program
and
tutoring
matters,
both
competitive
Grant
programs
for
TK
through
12th
grade
using
the
same
kind
of
management
framework,
as
is
recommended
in
the
section.
BL
So,
for
these
reasons
and
others,
the
San
Jose
Public
Library
Foundation
stands
ready
and
able
to
manage
the
digital
inclusion
grant
program
and
I
look
forward
to
our
continued
partnership
on
this
important
work
to
expand
digital
inclusion
and
Equity
throughout
the
city
and
I.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration.
O
Hi
Roya
Beekman
here
thanks
a
lot
for
this
report
from
Jill
Bourne.
It's
been
weeks
in
the
making
and
I've
been
really
interested.
How
this
can
be
the
introduction
to
our
technology
issues
for
our
new
Council
and
mayor.
So
thanks
a
lot
for
it.
O
It
sounds
like
you're
pulling
back
a
bit
and
that's
kind
of
nice
to
hear
you're
going
to
wait
a
couple
years
to
rev
up,
grant
funding
ideas
in
the
future
again
I
think
in
this
meantime,
I
think
you
probably
have
implemented
a
lot
of
5G
and
Broadband
installation
around
local
neighborhoods
in
the
past
few
years
in
this
age
of
covid.
That
has
really
helped
the
process
and
that's
made
a
lot
of
people
also
really
uncomfortable
and
I.
O
Think
it's
that
that
wasn't
named
in
gilborn's
directive
about
you
know
the
importance
of
games
that
that
there
can
be
in
the
digital
Equity
process.
I
mean
it's
a
there's,
a
good
set
of
lists
that
we
have
to
talk
about
the
Broadband
installation
issues
that
are
part
of
the
digital
Equity
package
that
you
know.
O
On
my
end,
it's
been
such
a
people
have
been
so
hopeful
about
what
the
future
of
digital
Bridging
the
digital
divide
can
be
about,
that
the
the
fact
that
covet
helped
bring
in
Usher
in
all
this
new
technology
has
made
people
really
uncomfortable
and
I.
Keep
trying
to
offer-
and
this
can
now
can
maybe
be
a
time
to
offer.
O
We
can
really
practice
the
ideas
of
accountability
with
how
we
play
how
the
placement
of
broadband
Tech
actually
works
in
a
community
if
we
make
sure
that
installers
have
a
really
good
notification
process
to
community
persons,
that's
an
awesome,
good
step
that
they
don't
always
learn
to
follow
that
we
need
to
teach
them
and
they
need
to
know,
and
let's,
let's
do
those
sort
of
things
well
in
this
Broadband
future.
Thank
you.
Z
Ola
from
the
horseshoe,
what
Blair
was
saying
was
was
an
excellent
presentation
on
how
poverty
is
used
against
the
very
people
that
are
experiencing
it
in
order
to
fortify
the
coffers
of
industries
that
are
willing
to
exploit
that
poverty
in
order
to
install
these
types
of
Technologies
in
those
areas,
and
that's
something
that
the
council
has
a
responsibility
to
protect
the
citizens,
funds
we're
already
experiencing
poverty,
we
don't
we
don't
how
much
more
vulnerable.
Z
Can
you
be
in
this
city
than
to
be
experiencing
the
consequences
and
the
symptoms
of
generational
poverty,
because
that's
what
this
is
look
at
those
census
tracts?
This
is
generational.
This
isn't
just
a
just
these
experiencing
this
week.
No,
what
we're
looking
at
is
the
generational
symptom
of
poverty
that
was
created
by
policies
Generations
ago.
Z
My
marker
is
1939
at
the
redline
map.
That's
the
marker-
and
this
is
another
point-
is
the
fact
that
these
programs
were
created
out
of
covid
money
again
just
exploiting
poverty
there.
What
what
happened?
Is
you
funded
it
with
one-time
funds
and
you
didn't
institutionalize
racial
Equity,
see
when
you
institutionalized
racial
Equity?
You
use
that
metric
and
you
compare
it
and
if
there's
another
program
going
on
in
District
six,
then
what
you
do
is
say:
no.
Z
BM
Good
afternoon
Mayors
and
council
member
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
Silicon
Valley
Education
Foundation,
my
name
is
Ian
Lynn
and
I'm.
The
director
of
the
program
school
to
home,
which
aimed
to
bridge
the
achievement
Gap
and
the
digital
divide
for
our
low-income
Middle
School
across
California
and
at
sbaf.
We
value
the
effective
use
of
technology
and
meaningful
parent
engagement
to
help
our
students
succeed.
BM
Svef
is
also
the
convening
lead
of
the
Eastside
Alliance,
which
consists
the
seven
Elementary
School
District,
leading
into
the
Eastside
Union
High
School
Districts.
So
we
care
deeply
about
the
digital
divide
and
we
are
also
one
of
the
grantees
for
round
three.
So
shout
out
to
the
San
Jose
digital
inclusion
partnership
led
by
uchf,
based
on
the
recommendation
today,
I
would
like
to
see
a
transparent
transition
from
cetf
to
the
San,
Jose
Public,
Library
foundations
in
terms
of
Financial
Funding
streams
and
the
grant
processes.
BM
As
we
know,
it
is
very
difficult
and
costly
to
get
adoptions
per
household
and
it
is
currently
on
Equitable
of
funding
for
school
districts
already.
So
it
is
very
crucial
for
us
to
see
how
funding
is
going
straight
to
where
it
is
needed.
The
most,
in
addition,
I
recommend
considering
a
potential
of
a
diverse
group
of
advisors,
Beyond,
just
the
foundation.
BM
C
H
Oh,
thank
you
well,
thank
you.
So
much
as
you
know,
I'm
very
interested
in
this
topic
and
I
just
want
to
say.
First
of
all,
it's
something
that
we
as
a
city
of
San
Jose,
should
be
really
proud
of.
This
initiative
that
we
stood
up
and
have
completed
across
a
large
swath
of
the
city
is,
is
incredibly
it's
an
incredible
model
for
other
cities
and
for
what
we
should
do
for
our
residents.
It's
also
a
model
of
what
Partnerships
can
do
all
the
Partnerships,
with
with
all
the
different
school
districts
and
agencies.
H
It's
a
it
was
a
big
undertaking
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
that
now
I'm
going
to
ask
the
question
a
broken
record
on
this.
So
you'll
know,
I
asked
this
question
a
lot.
One
of
the
first
of
all
I
was
part
of
the
digital
Equity
Group
as
a
school
board
member.
That
was
pushing
for
this
to
happen
in
the
city,
so
I'm
really
grateful
for
that.
H
So,
even
though
there
are
parts
of
the
district
there's,
a
very
small
sliver
that
has
access
to
this
wi-fi
at
the
North
part
of
Independence,
only
two-thirds
of
the
Independence
High
School
attendance
area
now
has
access
and
I
guess.
My
question:
is
we
talk
about
the
project?
The
installation
is
all
being
complete.
Are
we
still
potentially
pursuing
extending
North
into
other
parts
of
Independence
attendance
area.
BJ
You
council,
member,
for
the
question.
The
answer
is
yes,
we
don't
have
immediate
timelines
or
plans
when
we
built
Independence,
we
actually
designed
the
entire
attendance
area,
which
is
not
how
we
typically
manage
our
our
consultant's
time,
but
it
worked
out
for
us
because
we
know
exactly
where
the
rest
of
that
Network
should
go.
BJ
H
H
I
actually
am
more
interested
in
the
Orchard
School
District
than
the
Berryessa
portion
as
much
as
I'm
interested
in
various
I
know
that
it's
a
lot
less
of
need,
but
the
Orchard
School
District
is
a
district
that
should
qualify
for
this
assistance
and
has
some
areas
of
higher
need.
So
I
there's
some
higher
density
areas
that
are
now
part
of
District
three,
and
that
are
you
know,
near
McKay
and
and
Oakland
Road,
and
also
the
mobile
home
park
north
of
the
school.
That
I
think
clearly
would
be
benefiting
from
this.
H
So
my
follow-up
question
is
about
mobile
home
parks.
We've
had
a
has.
There
been
an
issue,
there's
been
an
issue
right
with
installation
in
mobile
home
parks.
Have
we
begun
to
explore
how
we
might
resolve
that?
We.
BJ
Are
exploring
how
we
might
resolve
that?
The
issue
is
that
the
city
doesn't
own
any
street
light
poles
inside
the
mobile
home
park
that
can
can
be
used
to
manage
the
network
in
the
park
or
bring
the
network
into
the
park
from
City
owned
fiber.
So
the
answer
is
that,
yes,
we
are
exploring
it.
We
understand,
there's
some
new,
also
more
expensive
technologies
that
have
a
longer
length
of
signal
that
could
be
used
to
penetrate
portions
of
the
park.
BJ
But
we
want
to
work
individually
with
each
mobile
home
park
to
understand
the
implications
for
that
mobile
home
park
and
and
if
there
are
any
unintended
consequences
for
the
residents
and
how
their
space
fees
might
change
or
how
that
Park
owner
might
view
that
service
differently,
and
so
we
need
to
Wade
slowly
and
carefully
into
that.
But
we
are
addressing
it.
Okay,.
H
Thank
you
and
reach
out
to
our
office.
If
you
want
to
talk
about,
for
example,
Casa
Del
Lago,
which
I
think
is
the
second
or
third
largest
mobile
home
park
in
the
city
of
San
Jose,
it's
just
north
of
Orchard,
School
I
think
they
would
benefit.
Let
us
know
if
we
can
help
with
that
Outreach
and
communication
with
that
mobile
home
park
and
I
also
just
want
to
also
thank
the
Silicon
Valley,
the
San
Jose
library,
Foundation,
a
partnership
leadership
and
the
willingness
to
to
take
on
this
role.
H
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
great
partnership,
so
that
that's
those
are
my
comments
and
questions.
J
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
Jill
and
Abby
for
all
your
great
work
and
support
of
our
students
and
our
educational
education
Partners.
This
is
an
exciting
recommendation,
as
it
will
programmatically
align
a
lot
of
our
moving
pieces
to
ensure
cost
saving
that
will
in
turn
benefit
our
students
and
our
community.
Overall,
we
know
that
the
San
Jose
Public
Library
Foundation,
does
excellent
work.
I
was
happy
to
meet
with
them
earlier
this
late
last
month,
so
it's
good
to
know
that
their
capacity
and
reach
will
grow
because
of
this
new
change.
J
I'm
also
excited
to
know
that
the
Mount
Pleasant
build
out
will
be
close
to
being
complete.
Turning
on
I
think
in
about
a
week
or
two
weeks.
That's
that
communities,
rarely
where
really,
where
I
got
my
start
in
organizing
as
a
trustee
and
I
still
just
live
down
the
street,
so
really
grateful
for
your
work
in
that
area.
In
short,
I'm
just
really
grateful
for
this
work
for
this
project
that
I
know
is
prioritizing
equity
and
bringing
connectivity
to
families
who
have
been
disconnected
for
re
from
resources
for
for
Generations.
J
You
know
this
is
life-changing
for
our
students
on
the
east
side
to
have
access
to
Reliable
and
strong
Wi-Fi
and
I
think
this
is
part
of
why
we
do
what
we
do
is
to
make
sure
that
we're
bringing
results
for
the
for
the
community.
These
are
direct,
tangible
resources
for
our
family,
so
I
I.
Just
thank
you
for
your
work
and
with
that
I'd
like
to
move
for
approval
of
sacramentation.
AE
C
Lot
of
enthusiasm
for
the
for
this
work:
great
councilor,
Candelas
you're
up
next
thank.
M
You
Mary
I
I,
just
wanted
to
express
my
appreciation
for
staff
and
and,
and
you
know
the
the
work
of
of
of
the
digital
inclusion
team
to
expand
our
Network
councilman
Ortiz
is
just
leaving,
but
yesterday
the
Mount
Pleasant
neighbor,
which
I
I
share
a
portion
of,
was
up
and
running
so
this
I
know
this
is
going
to
be
huge
for
a
portion
of
of
my
district
and
for
the
residents
like
in
the
furnished
Park
neighborhood
in
Mount
Pleasant,
so
so
I
think
the
staff
for
that
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
Silver
Creek
open
up
and
and
making
sure
that
that
the
students
and
families
who
live
in
the
area
now
have
access
to
Internet,
which
is
is,
is
not
a
luxury.
BC
Thank
you
so
much
I,
too,
want
to
extend
my
thanks
to
the
Jill
and
your
staff
and
and
everyone
who
works
on
this
I
know
it's
a
it's
a
huge
effort,
one
of
the
things
that
I
that
I
do
want
to
point
out
just
following
on
council
member
Cohen's
notes
in
terms
of
the
areas
that,
even
though
it
says
complete,
we're,
not
finished
so
you
know,
I
mean
I.
I,
hope
that
we
continue
working
with
Eastside
Union
High
School
District
to
be
able
to
bring
it.
BC
You
know
forward
to
many
communities
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
councilman
Candelas
just
mentioned
how
how
necessary
it
is
to
have
connectivity-
and
you
know
sometimes
you're
in
sort
of
those
positions
where,
even
though
you
may
not
qualify,
you
know
you're
barely
making
it.
You
know,
and
you
have
to
make
choices
between
oh
I'm,
going
to
buy
a
little
bit
more
food
or
I
have
to
pay
the
rent.
BC
Or
what
have
you
so
I
I
think
that
there
are
there's
that
sort
of
middle
that
sometimes
don't
have
the
extra
money
to
be
able
to
afford
connectivity
and
they
just
go
without
right.
So
I
recognize
that
you
know
there
are
many
of
those
communities
that
you
know
have
to
make
hard
choices,
and
so
I
hope
that
you
continue
working
with
Eastside
to
be
able
to
bring
it
to
as
many
areas
as
possible.
BC
I
get
that
you
know
they
don't
qualify
for
a
cdbg,
but
I
think
that
I
know
that
you've
been
very
good
about
grants.
So
congratulations
on
that
and
I
think
that
you
know
continuing
that
that
strong
partnership
is
what
we're
going
to
need
to
be
able
to
broaden.
So,
even
though
it
says
complete,
I
know
we're
not
finished,
but
thank
you.
BD
This
was
one
of
the
key
project
we
kicked
it
off
with
Mayors
and
city
managers
departments
together,
Dolan,
bakal,
Shireen,
sandersham
and
I
were
on
the
project,
I'm
glad
to
see
that
that
project
well
conceived
and
well
done
by
now,
so
I
give
a
lot
of
compliments
to
all
the
people
who
continue
to
work
on
this
thing
and
made
this
a
reality,
and
now,
with
the
adoption
of
this
internet
in
about
5
000
homes,
internet
is
no
longer
a
luxury
item.
It's
almost
like.
BD
BD
Today,
internet
access
with
proper
device
at
proper
speed
is
the
same
thing.
It
is
an
essential
service
which
everybody
needs
it
and
cannot
live
without
it.
So
I'm
glad
that
city
of
San
Jose
showed
leadership
in
doing
this
project
and-
and
you
have
made
it
a
probably
a
model
example
for
others
to
follow.
BD
BI
That
is
a
good
question.
I'm,
perhaps
that's
something
we
can
look
at.
We.
What
we
have
is
each
round
the
grantees
propose
the
number
of
adoptions
that
they
will
reach
at
the
end
of
the
round
and
I
believe
we
have
approximately
2
000
additional
household
adoptions
in
play
right
now
in
round
three.
Is
that
correct?
BI
So
when
round
three
concludes
that
will
be
another
2000
households,
and
so,
but
we
haven't
set
it
as
a
an
absolute
goal
per
per
round
because
it
is
based
on
so
many
other
factors
based
on
what
the
different
providers
who
the
the
applicant
grantees
what
they
propose
that
they
are
able
to
reach
during
the
round.
BI
BD
All
right,
so
one
of
the
things
which
I
was
looking,
you
have
an
impressive
list
of
Partners.
Okay
page
was
overflowing
and
you
couldn't
accommodate
some
other
names.
Okay,
I
do
have
a
question
about
it.
These
number
of
organizations,
somebody
with
I've,
seen
small
grants
to
each
one
of
them.
BI
Right
so
and
I
think
the
we
may
have
confused
things
a
bit
with
the
presentation,
because
this
this
item
is
both
a
a
reflection
of
the
update
that
we
did
for
the
neighborhood
services
committee
back
in
December
of
2022
and
it's
information
about
the
digital
inclusion
fund.
So
the
the
logos
on
the
screen
and
the
tens
and
tons
of
Partners
they've
actually
been
involved
with
us
in
Myriad
of
ways
from
they
haven't
all
been
grantees.
BI
They
have
been
involved
with
us
in
terms
of
partnering
around
Outreach
around
identifying
you
know,
Learners
to
work
in
our
programs
and
also
contributing
to
the
program.
So
we
have
had
a
variety
of
different
types
of
Partners
there's
a
list
in
the
packet
that
has
all
of
the
grantees
from
the
three
rounds.
BI
And
what
you'll
see
is
that
the
first
year
there
was
an
attempt
to
do
more
of
a
broad
spread
of
funding
to
allow
different
types
of
grantees,
who
may
have
a
specific
connection
to
an
underserved
Community
to
potentially
do
this
work
and
that,
over
the
course
of
the
three
rounds,
you'll
see
that
some
of
those
organizations
dropped
out.
But
some
organizations
excuse
me
we're
very
successful
and
actually
have
continued
throughout
the
program
and
have
have
added
more
and
more
adoptions
because
they
had
the
infrastructure
they
were
able
to.
BI
You
know
successfully
build
this
into
their
work,
so
that's
the
I'm
not
sure
what
page
it
is,
but
it's
an
attachment.
It's
cut
off
on
minewood.
It's
attachment
a
to
the
supplemental
memorandum.
B
BI
BD
You
does
that
help
answer
your
question.
Yes,
it
does
because
you
know
normally
we
have
we
talk
about.
The
volume
gives
you
benefit
and,
and
the
lot
of
expertise
replicated
gives
you
advantages
in
terms
of
being
able
to
do
things
more
more
and
more
quickly.
So
that's
why
I
was
trying
to
go,
is
spreading
it
around
so
many.
BD
Is
it
really
helping
us?
Maybe
it
does
because
you
connect
with
more
people,
but
but
I
appreciate
that
answered
so
again.
One
question
on
the
devices:
it
shows
that
you
have
11
000
devices
available
and
you
check
them
out.
Don't
we
give
these
devices
permanently
to
these
people,
because
you
can't
take
it
away,
not
a
library
book
where
you
keep
it
for
a
week
and
bring
it
back,
because
this
is
something
you're
going
to
need
it
for
Always
Forever
till
the
better
one
becomes
available.
BI
Right,
it's
again
a
good
question
because
there's
two
separate
programs,
one
one
program
that
that
we
implemented
through
Council
Direction
during
the
pandemic,
was
to
distribute
devices
widely
through
our
school
Partners
at
first
and
then
in
the
second
year.
Many
of
those
devices
came
back
to
the
city
on
based
on
what
the
school
needed
and
they
became
a
circulating
collection
through
the
library
system
that
is
separate
from
the
in
many
cases.
The
the
digital
inclusion
fund
program
awardees
and
the
the
grantees
adoptions
that
they're
achieving
in
many
I
think.
BD
BN
BD
Last
question:
whoever
gets
connected
on
this
internet
through
the
digital
inclusion
are:
they
assured
that
they
will
continue
to
be
able
to
either
keep
this
low
price
thing
or
that
they
have
themselves
will
be
able
to
afford
it
or
you
will
continue
to
pay
for
them
through
these
programs.
Yeah.
BI
That
is
also
a
great
question,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we're
looking
at
through
the
assessment
of
the
program
long
term
is
that
we
recognize
that
being
being
able
to
be
connected.
Long-Term
is
the
goal
and
that
even
being
able
to
check
out
a
hot
spot
from
a
library
is
not
a
sustainable
option.
So
we're
looking
at
programs
that
exist
now,
like
the
affordable
connectivity
program,
but
working
at
the
state
and
even
Federal
level
to
try
to
make
sure
that
there
are
other
programs
that
can
replace
that
program
once
it
goes
away.
BI
So
I
think
that
is
something
that
we
will
bring
back
to
council
I'm
sure
as
policy
recommendations
when
we
complete
the
assessment
is
that
long-term
connectivity
options
for
our
resident
have
to
be
one
of
our
considerations.
Otherwise,
the
city
will
always
be
responsible
for
for
funding
the
connection
for
many
residents
who
can't
afford
it
all.
AF
C
BO
Hello,
everyone,
Michael
Brio
deputy
director
of
Citywide
planning,
I'm
joined
by
Chris
Burton,
our
director
and
Robert
Manford,
the
deputy
other
direct
deputy
director
in
the
department,
as
well
as
Laura
Maurer
who's,
a
planner.
Who
is
the
project
manager
on
what
I'm
about
to
present
this
evening
or
this
afternoon?
It's
not
evening
yet.
BO
So
the
annual
review
is
I
know
for
many
of
you.
This
is
going
to
be
a
new
experience,
but
it
is
once
a
year
we
actually
we
do
a
sort
of
a
report
card
in
the
general
plan
in
terms
of
how
we
are
achieving
the
general
plans,
goals
and
strategies
to
ultimately
achieve
the
vision
that
the
community,
the
council,
has
included
in
this
General
plan.
BO
So
that's
what
we're
doing
tonight,
the
the
the
actual
report
is
organized
around
the
12
major
strategies
of
the
general
plan,
which
you
see
before
you
hear
the
the
annual
report.
Actually
itself
is
number
12.
The
periodic
major
review
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
all
of
these
tonight
they're
in
the
report,
I'm
just
going
to
touch
upon
some
of
the
key
ones
that
I
thought
would
be
of
interest
to
the
council.
BO
So
one
of
the
major
strategies
is
focusing
growth
into
identified
growth
areas.
This
was
done
one
to
sort
of
promote
infill
development
on
Transit
and
also,
quite
frankly,
as
a
way
to
preserve
the
existing
established
single-family
neighborhoods
that
exist
and
also
to
achieve
the
goal
of
fiscal
sustainability
for
the
city.
So
the
growth
areas
include
old
standing
areas
like
downtown,
of
course,
in
North,
San,
Jose,
new
and
old
Edenvale
down
in
I
think
it's
District
Two
still
the
Monterey
business
Corridor.
BO
It
also
includes
many
of
our
specific
plans
that
were
done
in
the
early
early
90s
and
mid
1990s.
Many
of
those
are
close
to
being
completed
or
are
moving
towards
completion
and
then
more
recently
it
includes
our
64
Urban
villages,
so
I
think
the
big
takeaway
from
this
is
since
adoption
of
the
general
plan
in
2011,
the
vast
majority
of
our
commercial
industrial
residential
growth
has
occurred
in
these
growth
areas.
BO
83
percent
of
the
residential
development,
86
percent
of
the
commercial
development
81
percent
of
the
Industrial
Development-
has
occurred
in
these
growth
areas,
so
this
isn't
necessarily
tied
to
Major
the
focus
growth
but
I
think
it's.
It's
really
interesting
to
to
note-
and
that
is
that
line
you
see
is
the
the
dotted
line
is
projected
population
growth
for
San
Jose
through
the
year
2040
and
up
until
about
2015
we
were
tracking
on
that
line
and
then
the
population
started
to
level
off.
BO
It
was
growing,
albeit
much
slower
until
about
20
2020,
when
the
population
dropped
during
covid,
so
we're
no
longer
a
million
people,
we've
dropped
below
that
threshold
and
I
think
as
things
you
know,
things
will
come
to
a
new
normal
and
being
that
it
is
California
I,
don't
anticipate
the
whole
state
is
going
to
continue
to
decline
and
fall
into
the
ocean,
but
I
think
growth
is
probably
going
to
be
slower
than
we've
seen
historically
in
the
past,
I
will
note
that
we,
we
are
the
10th
largest
city,
however,
I
think
from
what
I
can
tell
from
projections
of
population
growth
in
Austin
Texas.
BO
They
probably
passed
us
in
2022
to
be
the
10th
largest
city,
so
this
ongoing
I.
Don't
we
won't
get
into
this?
Now
it's
a
longer
conversation,
but
you
know
I
think
we
need
to
think
about
what
what
California
the
Bay,
Area
and
San
Jose
looks
like
with
much
smaller
growth
and
I.
Think
we
all
know
the
reasons
for
this.
Yes,
covid
people
move
farther
away,
but
it's
also
I
think
really
decline
in
birth
rate
decline
in
immigration
from
around
the
world.
BO
BO
The
other
major
strategy
is
the
Innovation
and
Regional
employment
strategy,
and
the
goal
here
is
to
become
not
just
the
bedroom
for
Silicon
Valley,
but
a
regional
job
center
and
a
Bay
Area
job
center,
where
we
actually
have
more
jobs
than
we
have.
Workers
that
live
in
the
city
and
the
goal
is
by
the
year
2040
to
achieve
a
one
to
one
ratio
of
one,
a
1.1
jobs
for
every
employed
worker
or
every
worker
that
lives
in
San
Jose.
BO
Our
short-term
goal,
2025
is
to
achieve
a
balance
of
one
job
for
every
worker
that
lives
in
San
Jose.
So
this
major
strategy
is
about
intensifying
employment
land
on
Transit,
where
it
makes
sense
in
areas
that
are
low
of
EMT
in
other
areas,
adding
new
employment
lands
and-
and
yes,
so,
as
you
can
see,
our
employees,
employment
to
jobs
to
employee
resident
ratio
really
hasn't
changed
a
lot.
It's
bounced
around
the
low
eights.
We
started
in
2011
at
0.8
jobs
for
worker,
in
San,
Jose
and
we're
now
at
0.81.
BO
Looking
at
jobs.
Overall,
we
were,
if
you
look
at
the
again.
The
dotted
grayish
line
was
the
sort
of
projections
that,
in
the
general
plan-
and
we
were
on
track,
I
mean
we
were
a
little
bit
below
what
we
were
hoping
to
achieve
every
year,
but
the
the
trend
line
was
parallel
to
the
where
we
wanted
to
go
and
and
of
course,
jobs
started
to
to
level
off
in
around
20
2017.
BO
And
then
we
took
a
big
hit
in
the
pandemic
people
moving
away,
but
we
are
starting
to
come
back
again,
as
you
can
see
just
to
kind
of
put
this
in
the
context
of
the
South
Bay
and
the
Bay
Area,
you
can
see
the
jobs
to
employment
ratio
of
some
of
the
surrounding
cities,
we're.
Obviously
you
know
on
the
on
below
one
and
all
the
cities
that
you
see
here
are
above
one
I,
don't
think.
BO
So
what
we've
we've
generally
been
doing,
you
know,
we've
been
generally
growing.
A
fair
amount
of
commercial
in
industrial
developments
is
that
you,
the
approval
of
the
the
general
plan
and
that's
good.
What
we've
seen,
though,
of
course,
in
20,
in
in
the
pandemic
years
in
the
sort
of
the
middle
of
the
pandemic,
is
those
numbers
really
dropped
off?
BO
That's
not,
of
course,
a
surprise.
As
we
see
people
more
working
remotely,
the
future
of
sort
of
office
development,
at
least
in
the
near
term
is
is,
is
not
strong
and
it's
sort
of
a
question
of
when
that
will
come
back
and
Industrial.
Development
also
is
not
as
strong
as
it
has
been
in
the
previous
years
prior
to
covid.
BO
So
this
is
the
strategy
that
achieves
to
create
much
more
Urban,
mixed-use
Development
on
our
on
our
commercial
corridors,
on
often
on
really
high
quality
Transit,
but
generally
always
on
Transit,
so
creating
more
walkable
communities
where
people
can
get
achieve
many
of
their
daily
needs
in
a
shorter
distance
than
they
currently
can.
So
we
have
14
Urban
Village
plans
that
have
been
approved
since
2011..
We
have
one
stationary
plan
in
progress
of
development.
BO
That's
the
capital
station
area
plan
which
is
an
Urban
Village,
and
we
have
the
update
of
the
Five
Wounds
Urban
Village
plans.
Technically,
that's
four
Urban
Village
plans.
What
we
collectively
call
them
Five
Wounds
and
we're
going
to
be
initiating
the
Alum
Rock
East
Urban
Village
plan,
anticipating
that
this
summer.
BO
The
other
thing
to
highlight
is
the
signature
project
and,
and
so
the
signature
project
is
a
so
the
way
the
Urban
Village
strategy
works
is
that
commercial
can
always
move
forward
in
Urban
Village,
affordable
housing
has
a
pathway
forward,
but
market
rate
housing
needs
to
have
a
council
approved
Urban
Village
plan
prior
to
it
being
able
to
move
forward
the
one
exception
that
is
the
signature,
a
signature
project
which
has
meets
selected
criteria
in
the
general
plan
it
can
move
forward.
BO
Thus
far,
we
have
one
signature
project,
that's
been
completed,
it's
the
Spartan
student
housing
project,
that's
just
down
the
street
on
10th
11th
and
Santa
Clara
East,
Santa
Clara.
We
have
another
and
let's
see
where
are
we
I'm
not
seeing
up
here?
We
have
another
one,
that's
another,
two
that
are
under
construction:
one
is
it's
dick
Center
on
South,
Bascom
and
another
one
which
at
least
all
the
housing
has
been
completed.
The
commercial
has
it
is
on
on
Capital
court
or.
BO
And
we
have,
let's
see,
let
me
just
see,
and
we
have
three
overall
we've
had
three
signature
projects
that
were
approved
this
year
and
then
in
terms
of
affordable
housing,
two
were
approved.
Two
affordable
housing
projects
in
urban
Villages
were
approved
in
fiscal
year.
2021
two
were
approved
in
fiscal
year
2122.
We
have
currently
four
more
affordable
housing
projects
pending
and
of
the
approved
projects
three
or
under
construction.
BO
And
then
so
major
strategy
number
six
is
really
about
creating
Street
skates
for
people
moving
away
from
an
auto-centric
City
to
a
city
where
streetscapes
are
places
where
all
people
have
opportunities
for
all
people
to
get
around
by
different
modes,
and
it's
much
more
an
opportunity
to
create
great
places
for
the
people
of
San
Jose.
So
the
San
Jose
has
done
a
lot
in
the
recent
years,
the
Department
of
Transportation
in
terms
of
moving
us
towards
the
more
multimodal
if
General,
plan,
goals
of
getting
people
into
different
modes
and
facilitating
those
opportunities.
BO
So
they've,
a
lot
has
been
approved
by
Council
and
they're
moving
forward
with
implementation
on
many
of
these.
So
that
includes
the
better
bike
plan:
2025,
the
emerging
Mobility
action
plan,
the
transit
first
policy,
the
multimodal
and
transportation
Improvement
plans
called
mtips
for
short
in
East
San
Jose
downtown
in
West,
San
Jose,
the
complete
Street
plans
and
then
U.S
101
inner
change
improvements.
I
will
not.
So
what
you
do
see.
On
the
right
hand,
side
is
our
our
goals
in
terms
of
mode
split
and
we've
seen.
BO
We
definitely
have
seen
some
big
changes
as
a
result
of
covet
I.
Think
one
notable
change
is
that
the
the
drive
alone
share
has
gone
down
from
83
percent
in
2008
down
to
75
percent.
Transit
has
also,
unfortunately,
dropped
from
4
and
28
2008
and
then
five
percent
in
20
2019
down
to
around
two
percent.
So
and
a
lot
of
that
I
think
can
be
explained
by
covid
people
working
at
home
and
and
it
was
a
result
of
covet
I-
think
you're.
BO
Seeing
a
lot
more
people
walking
so
walking
share
has
gone
from
less
than
two
percent
up
to
ten
percent.
So
it's
not
all
bad
news.
It's
just
changes
resulting
from
people
working
much
more
at
home,
undercovered,
so
major
strategy,
number
nine,
which
is
the
downtown
destination
downtown
is
to
is,
to
you,
know,
create
a
much
more
thriving,
vital
urban
center
for
all
of
Silicon
Valley.
BO
Since
2011,
almost
9
000
residential
units
have
been
entitled
an
18.8
million
square
feet
of
non-indo
non-residential
generally
office
development
has
been
approved
last
year.
259
units
were
approved
to
presidential
units
and
5.5
million
square
feet
of
office
were
also
in
in
entitled,
and
so
the
vacancy
rate
is
still
relatively
high
of
higher
than
we
want
to,
but
has
dropped
from
1.5
percentage
points
from
a
23.6
percent
vacancy
rate
down
no
21
vacancy
rate
and
the
good
news
in
terms
of
activity.
BO
I
know
that
there's
not
as
many
people
on
the
street
during
the
work
day,
but
the
events
in
downtown
the
jazz
festival,
the
Blues
Festival
other
festivals
movies
in
the
park,
the
Levitt
concerts,
all
that
stuff
has
come
back
to
downtown
and
so
we're
seeing
a
lot
more
people
enjoying
downtown,
particularly
on
the
weekends.
BO
So
housing
is
not
a
major
strategy
in
the
general
plan,
but
it's
woven
in
many
of
the
strategies
in
the
general
plan.
As
you
can
see
from
this
slide,
we
were
you
know,
on
tracking
close
to
tracking
our
our
projections
on
how
much
housing
we
needed
to
build
to
achieve
the
120
000
housing
units
that
are
planned
in
the
general
plan.
BO
BO
Here's
a
slide
showing
you
the
the
the
construction
annually
by
different
housing
types.
So
the
green
line
is
single
family.
The
orange
line
is
adus
and
the
blue
line
is
multi-family,
and
what
we're
seeing
here
is
that
single
family
is
largely
notched.
Changing
that
much
it's
flat.
It's
going
down
slightly
we're
not
building
a
lot
of
single
family
anymore.
We
haven't
really
done
that
since
the
early
2000s
accessory
dwelling
units,
however,
are
The.
Little,
Engine,
That,
Could
I
mean
they're.
They
really
are
doing
well.
BO
We've
gone
from
12
units
in
fiscal
year,
11
12
to
540
units
and
2122.
So
that's
the
bright
little
shining,
star
and
multi-family
development,
as
you
can
see,
has
you
know,
had
good
good
years
really
good
years
and
pretty
good
years
until
about
1920
prior
to
the
pandemic,
when
when
basically,
the
cost
of
development
really
put
a
damper
on
on
construction
in
San,
Jose.
BO
So
this
is
just
kind
of
that's
the
that's
sort
of
a
summary
of
the
overall
annual
review
report.
We
generally
give
this
before
you
hear
private
and
initiated
amendments
to
sort
of
give
you
the
context
of
how
we're
doing
and
implementing
a
general
plan,
and
it's
discuss
some
of
its
major
goals
and
policies
before
you
consider
privately
initiated
amendments.
BO
We
have
once
a
year
where
we
consider
privately
initiated
amendments,
and
we
present
the
annual
review
report
to
council.
That's
typically
in
the
fall
this
year,
because
the
environmental
review
were
not
complete
on
our
private
initiate
amendments.
It
was
pushed
back
until
the
spring
of
of
this
year,
but
we
do
anticipate
we'll
have
the
2023
annual
review
in
the
fall
of
this
year,
as
is
normal.
BP
All
right,
remember,
council,
member
Peter,
Ortiz
appreciate
it
I'm
here,
basically
dealing
possibly
with
five
and
six
I
was
sent
an
email
showing
that
Alum
Rock's
Avenue
is
going
to
be
added
to
little
Portugal
to
that
Urban
Village.
If,
if
that's
incorrect,
I
could
stop
now.
But
but
if,
if
that
is
correct,
then
I'm
here
to
to
defend
our
community,
we
have
a.
BP
BP
BP
They
don't
have
the
housing
issues.
We
do
I
I,
don't
want
to.
BP
I,
don't
want
to
get
too
deep.
You've
all
seen
my
my
emails
already
I
just
I
just
want
protection
and
Justice
and
equality
in
the
East
Valley.
BP
O
Hi
Blair
beefman
here
thanks
for
this
item,
as
I
tried
to
describe
earlier,
you
know
a
city
government
Community
process
can
be
a
little
kooky
sometimes
and
that
things
have
a
way
to
kind
of
come
around
back
around
to
where
you
started
from
so
things
are
put
on
and
I
hope
for
consistency
in
the
process
to
learn
how
to
better
do
that.
O
But
actually
this
item
was
at
the
beginning
of
our
meeting
item
10.1
and
I
felt
you
skimped
a
bit
on
asking
for
public
comment
and
it
was
very
nicely
asked
by
council
person
Torres
if
there
was
any
additional
public
comment.
Thank
you
for
that
and
you
moved
on
past
public
comment
for
a
pretty
important
item,
but
it's
now
back
here
at
this
time.
It
allows
me
public
comments.
So
thank
you.
The
process
interesting.
O
This
is
how
we
kind
of
work
our
process,
There's
issues
of
building
that
I
I
hope.
You
know,
we've
had
previous
public
meetings.
Recent
Council
meetings
about
the
the
good
purposes
of
what
different
middle
income
level
housing
ideas
can
do
for
the
future
of
how
to
talk
about
housing
and
growth
in
our
future.
That
was
mentioned
very
nicely
today,
again
by
by
the
City
staff
person,
really
how
to
how
kind
of
a
basic
overview
of
how
to
view
housing
at
this
time.
O
I
just
wanted
to
remind
yourselves
of
that
and,
as
general
plan
items
tend
to
work
towards
also
work
towards
digital
Equity
ideas.
A
real
good
luck
from
my
previous
comments
today
how
to
really
consider
the
concepts
of
civil
rights
and
civil
protection
ideas
that
kids
can
learn
as
bridging
these
little
divide
issues,
an
open,
accountable
practices
and
policies
that
could
be
important,
an
important
part
of
bringing
the
digital
divide
for
our
future.
Good
luck,
how
we
teach
that
to
our
children
and
build
good
Community.
Thank
you.
D
Z
Thank
you,
Paul
Soto
from
the
Horseshoe
I
heard
him
say
the
dude
that
just
gave
this
presentation.
He
said
that
housing
building
housing
was
not
a
high
priority
for
the
2040
plan.
This
is
what
he
said.
I
didn't
misinterpret
what
he
said.
That
was
his
statement.
Number
two
is
that
you're
not
explicit
about
the
400
000
people
that
you
guys
have
planned
to
come
here.
Z
Z
Z
What
the
basically
doing
is
they're,
creating
a
society
that
can
only
accommodate
a
certain
type
of
person.
Naturally,
what
that
means
is,
when
you
have
that
kind
of
growth
it
will
result
in
the
cancer.
The
cancer
will
kill
off
people
that
can't
get
there's
no
way
that
they
can
accommodate
that
system.
That's
being
created,
we're
looking
at
it
right
now
and
and
we're
acting
like
no,
it's
really
not
happening
human
beings
in
a
government.
Wouldn't
do
this.
I
need
to
remind
you.
Z
AA
Thanks
very
much
and
I'm,
not
quite
sure,
followed.
Everything
in
previous
speaker
is
saying,
but
I
think
I
agree
with
the
gist
of
it.
We
are
pushing
out
people
who
don't
meet
the
profile
of
Santana
Row
residents,
basically,
and
here
in
the
speaker,
say
that
Alum
Rock
is
being
lumped
in
with
the
Five
Wounds
desperate,
even
though
there
are
issues
on
the
opposite
side
of
the
freeway
are
completely
different.
AA
I,
don't
know
what
San
Jose
thinks
it's
doing,
and
de-prioritizing
housing
and
the
general
plan.
When
everybody
knows
our
biggest
problem
is
housing
and
affordable
housing
people
cannot
afford
to
live
here.
That's
why
our
population
is
decreasing.
People
are
either
leaving
their
thing
is
placed
or
they
can't
afford
to
live
here.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
Great
thanks,
Tony:
well,
we
don't
normally
get
into
back
and
forth
around
public
comments,
since
Mr
Garza
took
the
time
to
come
down
here
and
wait.
I
do
just
want
to
ask
if
staff
we
may
have
to
take
it
offline,
just
to
be
clear,
but
I'll
just
take
the
prerogative
here
to
ask
staff
if
there
has
been
any
change
proposed
for
the
Alum,
Rock
Corridor,
otherwise,
we'll
we'll
follow
up
offline
and
get
you
some
more.
BO
No
change
at
all
I
mean
we're
not
there's
I've
not
even
heard
a
discussion,
we're
not
proposing
to
consolidate
okay,
Five
Five,
Wounds
or
little
Portugal
with
Alan.
L
BO
I
think
maybe
Danny's
confused,
but
myself,
some
other
staff
and
VTA
staff
met
with
Chris
Esparza
and
Jonathan
borka
at
the
Mexican
heritage
Plaza
and
they
were
presenting
their
concept
of
a
of
a
Cultural
District,
which
would
which
would
include
us
a
portion
of
Alum
Rock
and
up
and
and
little
Portugal
all
the
way
to
the
five
winds
church.
But
it's
not
part
of
our
planning
process
or
Urban
Village.
C
Process
not
a
new
Urban
Village
plan
or
change
to
any
of
the
urban
Villages.
Currently,
okay.
Well,
we
will
make
sure
to
follow
up
offline
thanks
for
coming
down.
Mr
Garza,
absolutely
okay,
we're
gonna
go
to
councilman
Ortiz.
J
Thank
you
I
appreciate
that,
and
just
that
a
little
a
few
questions
in
regards
to
a
member
of
the
community
Danny
Garza.
What
mentioned
the
five
ones
project
I
know
that
there
has
been
a
overall
Community
Advisory
Group
in
regards
to
that
project.
Will
there
be
Community
town
halls
for
individuals
who
are
not
on
that
Advisory
Group
to
be
informed
about
it,
so
that
they
could
have
input.
BO
There's
they're
they're
doing
really
deep
Outreach
in
that
area,
I
think
they're
going
door-to-door
business
to
business.
There's
virtual
meetings
in
person,
community
workshops,
the
next
Workshop
is
coming
up,
I
think
on
the
20th
of
April,
but
so
yeah,
but
they're
yeah.
So
that's
the
approach
is.
BO
J
Office
has
been
reaching
out
to
businesses
up
and
down
both
Alum
Rock
and
the
Santa
Clara
Street
side.
But
will
there
be
opportunity
for
neighborhood
residents,
neighborhood
associations
who
live
in
the
vicinity
of
that
area,
to
hear
about
the
project
and
provide
input.
J
That,
okay,
okay,
so
that
must
have
happened
before
I
was
in
office.
Then
correct!
Oh
okay,
then
all
right
would
be
great.
We'll
follow
up
online
to
make
sure
that
we
could
have
a
district
five
directed
discussion
because
I
know
the
majority
of
that
project.
Isn't
in
my
district
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
neighborhood
leaders
understand
what's
going.
J
All
right,
thank
you
for
that,
for
that.
It's
going
to
my
other
questions.
I
want
to
thank
staff
for
your
comprehensive
report
that
you
you
put
together.
J
While
the
the
city
has
advanced
many
of
the
general
plans
goals,
we
are
still
recovering
as
a
whole,
especially
East,
San,
Jose,
and
and
need
to
do
work
hard
towards
advancing
our
City's
economic
growth
which
which
we
all
know
I,
did
want
to
Echo.
The
importance
of
the
ask
from
commissioner
baracio
for
staff
to
provide
some
clarity
on
major
strategy
number
10
regarding
Parks
their
level
of
service
reduction
in
fiscal
year,
20
22-2023,
if
it's
possible
to
get
a
breakdown
of
data
according
to
council
districts
and
future
reports.
J
That'd
be
extremely
important
for
me
to
know.
Just
given
that
District
5
parks
are
rated,
the
lowest
here
in
the
city
of
San
Jose
just
want
to
see
how
that
may
impact
the
families.
In
my
district,
it's
important
to
see
you
know
that
data
broken
down
just
to
identify
where
resources
need
to
be
focused
to
improve
overall
quality
of
life.
J
The
general
plan
promotes
access
to
the
natural
environment
by
building
a
world-class
Trail
Network
and
adding
parks
and
other
recreational
amenities.
I'm
excited
to
hear
that
the
parks
and
Community
facilities,
development
CIP,
has
increased
by
66.3
million,
as
mentioned
in
page
46
of
the
of
the
document
which,
with
62
miles
of
trails
open
to
the
public,
are
there
any
plans
to
use
this
funding
to
emphasize
Trail
safety.
BO
J
X
AW
E
BO
But
I
mean
so
so
yes,
I
mean
I.
Think
what
we're
the
office
economic
development
is
continuing
to
try
to
attract
employers
to
this
office,
to
the
city
and
and
I
think
really
to
ensure
that
those
employers
are
already
here
frankly,
grow
here
and
they
don't
leave
from
a
planning
perspective
just
from
a
land
use
planning
perspective.
BO
What
we're
focused
on
to
a
large
degree
is
ensuring
that
we
retain
the
employment
lands
that
we
have
and
we
have
a
policy
and
ordinance
framework
that
makes
them
attractive
to
employers
and
developers
that
build
commercials
such
that
they
would
be
enticed.
You
know
to
build
within
San
Jose
and
in
the
case
of
industrial,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
introducing
industrial
into
residential
areas,
which
can
have
a
real
impact
on
the
viability
of
industrial
land.
Now
nuts,
not
North
San
Jose
as
an
industrial
park.
So
that's
unique
I'm
talking
about
real
Industrial.
BO
BQ
So
I
think
Michael
covered
a
lot
of
that
council
member.
Obviously,
the
office
of
economic
development
is
out
there
working
directly
with
employers
and,
as
noted
more
of
the
employment
growth
we
see
in
the
city
comes
from
existing
employers
that
are
expanding
into
that
space
rather
than
attracting
kind
of
new
employers,
but
really
the
key
from
both
our
perspective
and
the
office
of
economic
development
is
continuing
to
provide
that
opportunity
and
connecting
the
availability
of
land
and
and
buildings
with
those
industry
segments
that
have
the
opportunity
to
grow
up.
J
BQ
So
I
can
say
that
the
office
of
Economic
Development
does
do
a
lot
of
work
with
the
data
that's
provided
through
the
state.
It's
probably
worth
us
doing
a
follow-up
item
just
to
kind
of
dive
into
that
level
of
specificity
and
and
can
connect
those
dots
with
you,
either
offline
or
potentially
through
CED,
or
something
thank.
J
You
I
appreciate
that
all
right
back
to
a
planning
question
regarding
the
planning
Department's
goal
to
advance
Outreach
with
an
equity
lens
which
I
noted
early,
is
really
important.
I
wanted
to
see
if
there
was
an
update
with
staff
on
our
last
meeting
regarding
providing
notices
and
other
languages,
including
Spanish
and
Vietnamese
And
in
regards
to
development
in
the
past,
residents
have
called
letting
us
know
that
a
lot
of
the
resources
weren't
accessible
to
different
different
languages
that
are
being
spoken.
BQ
I
mean
so
councilman
yeah.
It's
definitely
something
that
we're
spending
a
lot
of
time
on,
as
noted
previously,
we've
added
resources
within
the
department
around
language
access
and
Equity,
specifically
around
our
Communications
to
Residents,
as
it
relates
to
development.
BQ
We're
still
working
on
how
best
to
work
with
our
notifications,
and
certainly
the
postcards
we
send
out
on
mass
relative
to
development
projects
have
have
been
a
point
of
contention
in
the
past
and
it's
something
that
we're
continuing
to
work
on.
Through
the
Five
Wounds
projects,
we've
actually
been
trying
out
some
new
mail
out
flyers.
There
was
a
piece
that
I
think
just
went
out
right,
Michael
in
five
languages,
with
much
more
targeted
information
that
was
intended
to
be
more
accessible
to
different
parts
of
the
community.
BQ
Obviously,
part
of
that
assessment
is
understanding
the
cost
differential
and
how
we
figure
out
those
pieces
not
just
in
their
production,
but
also
just
in
the
mailing.
We
mail,
thousands
of
postcards
a
year,
and
so
just
you
know,
there's
an
incremental
cost
so
associated
with
that.
We
need
to
make
assumptions
based
on
that.
BO
Yeah,
so
my
so
one
of
the
things
we
are
moving
forward
with
I
think
is
a
recommendation
that
may
have
come
from
a
staff
person,
I
believe
from
your
office.
E
BO
Member
and
that
is
to
put
a
QR
code
on
the
notices
so
that
people
can
go
to
the
website
and
see
the
information
in
Spanish,
Vietnamese
or
other
languages.
So
that's
something
we
are
planning
to
implement
if
it
hasn't
been
done
already.
That
was
came
from
my
team
because
they're
sending
out
all
these
notices,
About
rezoning,
Properties
per
state
law
requirements,
no.
J
I
I
definitely
appreciate
that
because,
as
you
can
imagine,
if
you're
a
Spanish-speaking
family
or
Vietnamese
speaking
family,
you
see
that
some
sort
of
message
from
the
city
could
maybe
figure
out
that
there's
going
to
be
development.
But
you
don't
understand
what
it
is.
So
it
could
cause
some
panic
in
our
in
our
immigrant
communities
and
then
finally
I'm
happy
to
see
that
we're
really
focusing
on
development
near
Transit
areas.
J
But
you
know,
I
I
also
have
concern
for
families
who
already
live
in
these
areas,
similar
to
Alum,
walk
and
the
Five
Wounds
Urban
Village
plan.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
I
know.
We've
had
several
meetings
in
regards
to
this
Chris.
But
can
you
talk
in
regards
to
what
sort
of
considerations
we're
putting
into
place
in
the
Five
Wounds
Urban
Village
pans
plan
for
both
renter
displacement
and
a
commercial
displacement.
BO
Yeah,
so
I
can't
speak
on
the
details
of
so
the
work
is
being
done.
So
a
huge
component
of
a
scope
of
work
item
within
that
planning
process,
which
we
have
not
done
in
any
other
planning
process
in
the
city
to
date,
is
hiring
Consultants
specifically
that
have
expertise
in
how
to
mitigate
or
address
potential
displacement
of
residents
and
businesses.
So
they
are
going
to
be
developing
some
strategies
to
consider
with
the
idea
that
what
comes
out
of
this
planning
process
could
have
the
goal.
Is
it
has
applicability
to
consider
something
city-wide
throughout
the
city?
BO
J
J
AU
E
C
Thanks
council
member
customer
batra.
BD
Are
we
still
approving
single
family
homes
or
because
of
the
last
change
about
that
zoning
changes
and
then
States
saying
that
you
need
to
have
multi
each
single
family
home
can
now
have
multiple
units
on
it.
BO
Yeah
I
mean
we
so
people
we
are
still
permitting
single-family
homes.
I
think
last
year
was
63
units,
so
it
hovers
between
63
and
maybe
190
units
a
year
or
so
it's
not
a
lot.
I
would
say:
most
of
them
are
probably
tear
down
rebuilds
they're.
Not
you
know,
we
don't
we've
run.
We
51
of
our
land
I
believe
is
dedicated
for
single-family
homes
in
the
city.
So
it's
a
lot
and
we're
not
really
making
that
land
anymore.
So
it's
generally
tear
down
rebuilds
yeah.
Now
there
is
Communications
Hill
right
there.
BO
BD
BD
Begin
to
repeat
that
question:
okay:
are
we
able
to
approve
the
adus
as
the
requests
come
or
they
are
backlogged
like
a
lot
of
your
planning?
Work
is.
BQ
So
yeah
our
Adu
process
is
actually
pulled
out
and
separate,
and
apart
from
the
regular
permit
process
and
is,
is
proceeding
pretty
much
on
track.
So
we
have
dedicated
resources
that
support
that
program.
Obviously
the
the
quickest
process
is.
We
have
a
number
of
pre-approved
plans
relative
to
adus
that
people
can
just
pull
out
and
work
within
the
context
of
their
site.
There's
still
some
work
to
be
done
on
that,
but
we're
moving
those
units
through
you
know
very
quickly.
BD
Okay,
now
we
talk
about
that,
our
population
is
declining
because
of
our
cost
of
living
is
one
of
the
factors.
Are
we
seeing
the
same
thing
in
Cupertino
and
nearby
or
or
it
is?
We
have
the
unique
problem
here.
BO
BD
And
and
I've
seen
that
San
Francisco
has
got
somewhere
around
29
vacancy
rates
for
their
commercial
space.
Are
we
benefiting
from
any
of
that
or
there's
people
moving
their
offices
to
us?
Or
can
we
do
anything
to
attract
those
office
work
here.
BO
Yeah
I
mean
I'm
sure
Crystal
want
to
jump
on
this
one
too,
but
I
think
a
lot.
It's
not
that
the
office
users
are
fleeing
certain
markets
per
se
and
going
building
or
our
renting
office
space
in
another
Market
I
think
the
issue
is,
you
know,
coming
out
of
covet
or
in
covid,
we've
gotten
used
to
people
working
from
home,
or
at
least
in
a
hybrid
work,
environment
or
or
sometimes
fully
remote.
BO
There
are
signs
that
some
employers
are
pulling
people
back
into
the
office
full
time
or
at
least
three
days
a
week
right
you
hear
about
Apple
and
Salesforce
I
think
is
going
to
be
doing
the
same,
so
so
I
think
things
will
change,
but
it
it.
You
know
at
this
point.
It
is
a
matter
of
like
well
they're
fleeing
San,
Francisco
and
they're
going
somewhere,
let's
bring
them
into
San
Jose,
okay,.
BD
We're
talking
about
the
number
of
trips
originating
and
ending,
and
because
of
the
remote
work,
the
number
of
people
probably
are
not
able
to
carpool
as
much
as
they
were
because
of
the
person
may
be
going
Monday.
The
other
one
goes
Tuesday
and
all
that
so
but
I
see
with
still
a
number
of
people
working
from
home,
our
commute
hours,
traffic
or
the
congestion
is
pretty
high
and
I.
Don't
know
you
may
have
the
numbers
and
measurements
on
that
one.
BD
If
people
did
start
coming
in
more
number
of
days
back
to
work,
I'm,
not
sure
if
you'll
be
able
to
handle
that
in
the
commute
patterns,
because
I
see
all
the
way
we're
starting
around
near
Morgan
Hill
on
85,
it
used
to
be
a
breeze
in
the
morning.
Now
it's
a
parking
lot.
Okay,
so
you
have
any
comment
on
that.
One.
What
made
things
look
like
or
if
there
are
things
in
place
that
we
hope
to
make
it
better
than
a
parking
lot.
BQ
Yeah
council
member,
certainly
commute
time
from
a
personal
experience.
Standpoint
is,
is
a
leading
indicator
for
health
of
the
economy.
So
generally
it's
a
good
thing.
The
longer
we
wait
in
the
commute
and
what
I'll
say
is
the
the
numbers
pre-pandemic.
BQ
BQ
You
know,
that's
probably
offset
to
some
extent
with
the
hybrid
work
schedule.
So
it's
likely
that
we'll
return
to
that
pre-pandemic
condition
as
the
economy
improves
and
returns
back
to
where
it
is
I.
Don't
know
that
we'll
see
a
a
significant
change
in
in
that
pattern.
BO
Yeah
I
think
there
was
an
article
in
the
Mercury
about
this
recently
too
and
I.
One
of
the
things
that
I've
heard
talked
about
is
that
so
you
know
yes,
there
are
a
lot
of
people
working
at
home,
partially
sometimes
fully
but
what's
happening
is
people
are
starting
to
go
back
in
the
office
and
there's
a
huge
body
of
the
workforce
that
can't
work
remote
I
think
what's
happening.
BO
Is
that
as
people
go
back
in
or
or
have
to
go
in
and
never
could
stay
at
home
is
they're
not
taking
Transit
like
they
used
to
and
so
they're
driving
and
a
lot
of
people
that
you
used
to
ride.
Transit
are
now
driving
and
not
going
back
to
Transit,
yet
so
I
think
that's
that's
one
of
the
challenges
and
why
we're
seeing
the
highways
so
congested
when
there
are
still
a
lot
of
people,
at
least
in
certain
days
of
the
week
that
are
working
at
home.
BD
So
for
building
affordable
homes
under
SB,
35
people
don't
have
to
come
to
us
as
early
as
or
come
to
you
as
early
as
they
used
to
come
before
right
when
they
were
thinking
about
one
of
those
affordable
projects.
They
probably
came
to
you
to
check
out.
If
this
area
will
work
out,
would
it
be
proper
zone
or
not?
Now
that
the
sp35
does
not
require
them
to
do
that
or
they
have
no
need
to
do
it?
BO
I
mean
we've
seen
great
success
with
sp35.
We
actually
have
staff
really
are
very
look
favorably
towards
that
state
law.
It's
really
streamlined
the
process,
but
keep
in
mind
that
our
overall
goal
as
planning
staff
is
to
create
a
policy
or
ordinance
framework
that,
if
you
are
doing
what
the
general
plan
wants,
you
have
a
clear
path
to
go
quickly
forward.
It's
very
different
than
the
way
things
used
to
be.
BO
Even
when
the
general
plan
wanted
you
there
were,
you
had
to
go
ReSound
the
property,
and
so
some
of
this
is
a
result
of
the
work
we're
doing
on
our
own
and
some
of
it
as
a
result
of
State
Law
changes.
It's
both
I
I,
don't
know
I'm,
not.
You
know
we're
continuing
to
see
SB
35
projects
I'm
not
seeing
like
a
tsunami
coming
of
them.
I
think
the
biggest
issue
is
for
sp-35
is
those
projects,
even
though
technically
they
can
be
mixed
income,
meaning
market
rate
and
affordable
market
rate
developers.
BO
C
Just
in
the
context
of
this
reflection
on
our
general
plan,
what
we
see
as
the
leading
strategies,
obviously
there's
a
little
bit
of
a
bright
spot
around
adus
I,
don't
think
that's
going
to
get
us
to
62
000
units
there'd
be
open
Revolt
if
it
did.
But
what
do
we
see
as
the
primary
strategies
that
are
going
to
help
us
meet
our
Arena
Targets
in
the
years
ahead?.
BO
That's
a
good
question,
so
I
think
some
of
them
that
come
and
I
didn't
have
a
didn't
fully
prep
for
this,
but
I
would
say
one
of
the
ones
that
we're
talking
about
is
is
figuring
out
a
way
is
there
to
take
the
streamlined
benefits
of
SB
35
and
apply
it
to
market
rate
projects,
so
they
have
a
much
more
streamlined
process.
That's
something
we
are
are
looking
at.
BO
The
other
thing
I
think
you've
heard
talk
about,
is
there's
some
Financial
challenges
to
do
this,
to
be
honest,
but
see
if
we
can
do
a
more
environmental
pre-clearance
in
urban
villages.
BO
I
think
the
others
sort
of
I
said
this
before
the
the
one
typology
of
housing.
That
at
least
last
we
checked
a
year
ago
was
feasible,
is
town
homes
and
small
scale.
You
know
condos
or
apartments,
and
that's
a
type
of
development
that
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
space
for
currently
in
the
general
plan
and
I
think
we
need
to
think
about.
Is
there
an
opportunity
to
allow
that?
But
do
it
smartly?
We
don't
want
to
start
converting
our
employment
land
into
town
homes.
BO
For
one
reason,
it
doesn't
actually
end
up
with
a
lot
of
unit
yield
and
also
we
have
to
be
cautious
and
balance.
The
other
goals
of
the
general
plan,
including
our
regional
jobs,
coal
and
economicals,
but
I,
think,
are
there
some
areas
where
the
transition
between
urban
Villages
and
and
single-family
areas,
or
on
single-family,
Lots
or
properties
that
are
on
arterios,
where
we
could
start
to
think
about,
allowing
that
typology
I,
don't
think,
there's
going
to
be
a
silver
bullet,
I
think
I,
don't
think.
C
Yeah
that
makes
sense
to
me
and
I
I
won't
drill
down
now,
because
I
know
there's
a
lot
more
to
say
on
that
and
and
didn't
mean
to
Blindside
you
with
the
question,
but
I
do
think
it's
a
really
critical
one
for
us
to
ask
as
a
city
and
certainly
also
looking
at
Staffing
levels
and
planning
and
just
kind
of
speed
and
consistency
of
our
of
our
customer
service.
If
you
will
I
think
it's
going
to
be
really
critical,
okay,
not
seeing
the
other
hands,
I
didn't
actually
catch.
C
BD
I
I
forgot
to
ask
one
question:
I
did
when
I
read
this
motion
today
to
accept
the
report.
I
had
seen,
the
Planning
Commission
wrote
that
there
are
four
comments.
Are
they
being
accepted
as
a
part
of
this
or
they
are
when
we
say
we
accept
the
report?
Are
we
accepting
that
planning
commissions
or
comments
will
be
included
in
there
or
not.
BO
I
think
they're
really
just
more
comments.
They
wanted
to
pass
those
thoughts
on
onto
Council,
so
yeah
I,
don't
think
I
know
if
you're
I
don't
know
if
you're
technically
accepting
their
comments
to
you,
I'm
not
sure
I
would
defer
to.
BD
Them
devoting
I
read
here,
says
that
the
Planning
Commission
awarded
801
KC,
being
absent
to
recommend
that
the
city
council
accept
the
general
plan
annual
performance
review
report
and
incorporate
the
following
commissioner
comments.
So
to
them
it
looks
like
that
they
are.
If
we
are
accepting
this
thing,
we
are
accepting
that
these
points
are
made
because
there
are
some
some
actions
they're
asking
to
be
taken.
Okay,.
BO
If
you
know
this,
we
had
a
general
plan
team
that
was
quite
experienced
and
in
a
matter
of
months
the
whole
team
left
the
city,
all
four
of
them,
and
so
we
had
to
start
from
scratch
just
want
to
acknowledge
of
her
and
some
of
her
teammates
Rina
and
Cynthia
goshal,
who,
who
had
to
reverse
engineer
a
lot
of
things,
including
this
report,
because
no
one
other
than
me
was
around
who
had
done
this
kind
of
work
before
so.
Thank
you,
Laura.
C
Thanks
for
noting
that
Laura
thank
you
for
stepping
up
you
and
your
colleagues
Michael
thanks
for
preserving
the
institutional
knowledge,
we
appreciate
it.
Okay
and
I
did
find
the
report
extremely
informative.
I
appreciate
it.
I
think
we
have
a
lot
to
talk
about.
Looking
forward
is
how
we're
going
to
as
to
how
we're
going
to
hit
our
big
goals
but
appreciate
the
annual
report.
BS
BS
I
just
wanted
to
throw
out
a
mention,
and
one
of
them
is
that
at
2267,
Plummer
Avenue,
the
home
there,
the
residential
home
will
be
used
by
presentation,
High
School,
the
zoning
change,
the
the
it
will
be
changed
so
that
I
guess
the
robotics
Club
will
be
able
to
meet
in
the
home
and
some
administrative
offices
and
so
forth,
and
there
was
a
letter
on
in
in
grouped
with
that,
a
public
comment
and
so
forth.
BS
Regarding
presentation,
as
you
know
how
they
are
in
the
neighborhood
and
so
forth
and
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know:
I
lived
at
2266
plumber
for
five
years
and
presentation.
High
school
was
the
most
amazing
neighbor
that
I
could
have
ever
had,
and
so
I
thought
you
know
not
often
do
we
get
a
chance
to
speak
to
something
that
I
have
direct
experience
with,
but
as
a
neighbor
they
actually
had
the
young
women
come
over.
Several
young
women
come
over
from
presentation,
high
school
and
they
were
knocking
on
all
the
doors.
BS
So
my
doors
was
right
across
from
this
one,
this
one
home
and
offer
our
family
tickets
to
go
to
every
single
production
that
presentation
put
on
and
so
I
just
thought.
You
know
what
that
that
went
a
long
way.
They
were
great
neighbors.
We
really
appreciated
that.
We
went
to
every
performance
we
could
and
we
were.
It
was
a
courtesy
and
they
said
we
want
to
be
good
neighbors,
so
the
people
on
this
street.
We
have
them
come
to
these
events
free
anyway,
so
I
thought
I'd.
BS
C
C
BQ
Thank
you
mattress
button
director
of
planning
building
code
enforcement.
Our
last
General
plan
action
this
evening
is
relative,
as
you
mentioned,
to
the
Granite
project.
It's
a
project
that
has
three
components:
a
general
plan
amendment
to
change
the
land
use
designation
from
combined
industrial,
commercial
to
heavy
industrial,
a
plan
development,
Zone
rezoning
from
currently
an
ippd
to
an
hi
heavy
industrial
plan,
development,
zoning
district
and
then
an
Associated
plan
development
permit
to
provide
additional
clearance
for
modernization
of
the
existing
facility
on
the
side.
BQ
There's
a
considerable
amount
of
site
work
considered
under
the
project
and
its
entirety
a
lot
of
it
really
most
all
of
it
sorry
related
to
the
current
operations
on
the
site
that
will
effectively
improve
the
condition
and
continue
to
modernize
an
existing
business.
That's
been
in
the
district
for
a
considerable
amount
of
time,
I'm
not
going
to
go
too
far
into
the
detail.
As
noted,
this
is
the
general
plan
change
from
cic
to
heavy
industrial,
which,
again
just
to
note,
is
something
we
do
very
rarely
to
create
new
actual
industrial
lands
throughout
the
city.
BQ
So
this
is
a
unique
opportunity
and,
as
noted,
the
zoning
will
change
as
well
to
the
associated.
It's
still
going
to
remain
a
planned
development.
Zoning
District
that
takes
into
account
the
unique
nature
of
the
site,
but
the
underlying
zoning
will
reflect
that
General
plan
with
a
heavy
industrial
underlying
designation.
BQ
So
as
we
review
the
project,
obviously
we
take
into
account
consistency
with
the
broader
General
plan
and
all
the
policies
included
within
it.
Total
20
of
the
municipal
code,
zoning
ordinance,
as
well
as
our
industrial
design,
guidelines,
our
city
council
policy
on
public
Outreach
and
sequa
under
secret
we've
prepared
a
draft
environmental
report
for
the
project.
It's
circulated
back
in
September
of
last
year
through
November.
It
identified
relevant
mitigation
measures
for
potential
impacts
related
to
biological,
cultural
resources,
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
Hazard
hazards
and
hazardous
materials.
BQ
The
mitigation
measures
included
in
the
monitoring
report
that's
associated
with
the
project,
and
we
received
public
comment
on
the
draft
at
eir
and
posted
a
first
draft
Amendment
to
the
eir
on
the
city's
website.
Just
back
in
March
14th,
based
on
the
comments
received,
no
recirculation
of
the
eir
was
necessary.
BQ
So
finally,
staff's
recommendation
is
to
adopt
the
resolution
certifying
the
general
plan
amendment
to
heavy
industry.
Sorry
certifying
the
environmental
impact
report,
then
adopting
a
resolution
approving
the
general
plan
Amendment
to
heavy
industrial,
approving
the
ordinance
change
to
change
the
zoning
district
from
ippd
to
hi,
heavy
industrial
plan
development,
zoning
district
and
then
finally
adopting
a
resolution
approving
subject,
conditions,
a
plan
development
permit.
With
that
staff's
available
for
questions
and
the
applicant's
representative
Eric
schoenhower
is
here
to
talk
to
the
project.
BT
BT
Be
on
wage,
though
I'm
hoping
not
to
have
a
mandatory
disclosification
try
to
avoid
that
yeah
I
didn't
work
on
slavery.
Tower
I
promise
nothing
to
do
with
that
project,
not
my
fault,
while
we're
looking
for
the
presentation,
I'll
start
by
thanking
staff
for
all
of
their
time.
This
Project's
been
in
the
works
over
four
years
and
had
a
very
thorough
and
complicated
environmental
impact
report.
That's
before
you
and.
C
E
BT
Excellent
resetting
the
clock
there.
We
go
sorry
about
that
I
used
to
like
the
old
days.
You
know
there
used
to
be
a
document
camera
here
that.
T
BT
Would
just
put
hard
copy
papers
and
it
was
broken
two
years
before
the
pandemic,
and
here
we
are
three
years
into
the
pandemic,
so
five
years
and
the
camera's
still
not
fixed,
so
maybe
someone
could
work
on
that
anyhow
on
the
site
is
on
the
screen.
Is
our
existing
site
and
three
things
to
note
in
this
picture
number
one:
the
site
is
well
buffered
from
any
sensitive
uses.
We
have
industrial
parking,
lot,
Railroad
and
major
roadways
surrounding
this
site,
so
no
adjacent
sensitive
uses.
BT
This
site
has
a
long
history
of
being
providing
rail
served
industry
in
in
San,
Jose
141
years.
In
fact,
back
in
1882,
this
was
established
as
a
San
Jose,
brick
company,
and
they
were
strategically
located
here
to
be
on
the
rail
line
to
provide
bricks
to
San
Jose
and
the
entire
Bay
Area,
and
especially
San
Francisco
after
the
earthquake
to
to
rebuild
granite
rock
acquired
the
site.
52
years
ago
in
1971
and
granite
rock
has
been
providing
aggregate
rock
out
of
their
Quarry
and
Aromas.
BT
The
granite
rock
service
to
the
community
is
significant.
The
materials
construction
materials
that
come
out
of
this
facility
have
built
some
of
the
the
most
significant
facilities
throughout
San
Jose
and
Silicon
Valley.
You
can
see
a
list
here
from
the
Berryessa
BART
station
to
the
new
science
building
at
San
Jose
State
to
Levi's
Stadium.
This
is
an
exciting
one.
The
Laurel
curve
Wildlife
under
Crossing
that
just
opened
up
so
animals
can
cross
underneath
17..
They
provided
the
concrete
and
asphalt
to
that
project.
BT
This
is
what
the
new
site
will
look
like
similar
to
the
existing
site.
The
key
difference
is
that
the
entire
site
will
be
paved
now,
and
the
materials
will
primarily
move
in
an
enclosed
system
of
conveyor
belts
and
silos
to
help
reduce
dust
and
air
quality
impacts
and
the
cross-hatched
area
is
the
materials
recycling.
BT
So
this
facility
takes
demolished
asphalt
and
concrete
brings
it
in
and
re
recycles
it
into
new
construction
materials,
which
is
essential
to
divert
those
materials
away
from
our
landfills,
and
really
the
highlight
of
this
project
is
significantly
environmentally
beneficial
changes
to
the
site.
So
expanding
the
railroad
capacity
from
25
cars
to
70
means
that
we'll
take
hundreds
of
trucks
off
the
road
that
now
bring
Rock
from
Aromas
up
to
San
Jose,
so
those
will
not
be
on
causing
traffic
or
having
heavy
trucks
damage
local
streets
as
I
mentioned,
the
load.
BT
Moving
of
these
materials
will
all
now
be
in
enclosed
conveyor
belt
and
Silo
systems,
and
that
will
reduce
dust
and
other
air
quality.
Contaminants
and
the
entire
site
now
will
be
paved
so
as
I
showed
before
almost
none
of
it
is
now.
It
will
all
be
paved
to
help
limit
dust
and
also
contain
storm
water
flows.
BT
There
will
be
a
modern,
concrete
truck
washout,
and
the
benefit
of
that
is
that
you
can
capture
all
of
the
contaminants
from
the
cement
truck
and
concrete
truck
and
reuse
it
and
prevent
it
from
going
into
the
storm
water
system.
There's
also
a
truck
washing
system
so
that
trucks
can
be
cleaned
and
not
divert
dust
onto
the
city
streets,
other
storm
water
facilities
will
will
be
built.
And,
lastly,
as
I
mentioned,
we
will
be
increasing
the
recycle
and
reuse
of
demolished
construction
materials.
BT
This
gives
you
a
little
view
of
what
some
of
the
buildings
are
like.
This
is
the
administrative
building
that
we
built
on
the
site,
and
this
is
one
of
the
Interior
Warehouse
buildings
that
will
be
on
the
site
so
for
all
of
the
environmental
benefits
that
are
being
proposed
with
this
project,
the
need
to
provide
construction
materials
for
the
city
in
the
valley.
BT
Z
Yes,
Paul
Soto
from
the
Horseshoe
no
Mr
show
an
hour.
You
didn't
exploit
slaves,
your
policies
just
create.
BU
Hello,
can
you
hear
me
yes,
yes,
thank
you.
I
didn't
see
it
and
usually
Mr
Toronto
or
he's
really
on
top
of
that
stuff.
When
he
does
this
and
are
they
gonna
because
of
all
the
train
accidents
derailments?
Are
they
gonna
double?
You
know,
double
check
the
tracks
and
all
that
just
to
make
sure
that
would
be
that's
one
section
I
didn't
hear.
Thank
you.
AF
AF
C
Great
second
councilmember,
Torres
or
batra
sorry
batra
go
ahead.
Council
Roberto,
you're
up.
BD
All
right
I
see
this
as
a
very
powerful
project
for
heavy
industrial.
How
many
new
employees
would
you
be
hiring
or
what's
the
number
it
goes
from
where
to
where.
BT
The
current
typical
employment
is
about
25
employees
with
this
full
expansion.
When
I,
say
expansion,
we're
going
to
process
more
materials,
we're
not
making
the
facility
physically
bigger,
we'll,
have
regularly
75
employees
and
at
peak
times
up
to
92
employees.
Construction
material
goes
in
Cycles,
so
you
have
busy
season.
You
also
have
busy
times,
for
example,
you
pave
streets
or
you
pave
highways,
for
example
at
night.
BT
BD
BT
A
key,
a
key
component
of
this
plan
is,
is
installing
new
technology
to
move
materials.
So,
first
of
all,
it's
increased
train
capacity,
so
we
don't
have
a
big
enough.
Rail
spur
right
now
to
exceed
25
cars
per
train.
With
this
new
rail
spur
we'll
be
able
to
reach
70
up
to
70
cars,
so
the
train's
coming
anyway.
So
it's
much
more
efficient
to
have
70
cars
instead
of
25..
BT
So
that's
one
technology,
the
other
is
the
offloading
of
that
aggregate
from
the
train
will
be
done
in
an
automated
system,
so
it
drops
into
these
buckets
that
then
puts
it
onto
an
enclosed
conveyor
belt
that
takes
it
up
to
an
enclosed
silo
and
then,
when
the
time
that
that
material
is
needed,
a
truck
can
drive
under
The
Silo
and
it
drops
straight
into
the
truck
that
doesn't
exist
today.
We
most
of
it
is
moved
by
by
tractors
outdoors
and
that's
what
causes
the
dust
and
the
noise
and
the
air
quality
impacts.
Okay,.
M
Thank
you,
yeah
I,
just
I
I,
don't
I
completely
agree
with
you
know
having
to
revamp
and
update
our
facilities
and
I
appreciate
Granite
Rock's
intention
to
to
do
so.
I
I
did
have
some
concerns
with
with
an
article
I
read
in
the
mercury
news
this
morning
pertaining
to
the
pollutants
and
the
fines.
M
Considering
you
know
we
all
live
in
San
Jose
and
so
maybe
I'll
give
an
opportunity
to
the
applicant
to
comment
on
on
that
and
provide
some
insight
because
there
were
pollutants
that
spilled
into
the
waterways
and
if
you
know
we
approve
an
expansion
and
the
opportunity
to
you
know,
produce
more
material.
M
One
could
deduce
that
you
know
the
the
possibility
of
that
happening
could
occur.
So
I'd
love
to
hear,
hear
yeah.
BT
From
you
so
fair
question,
so
I'll
give
you
the
background
of
the
article
that
was
in
the
paper.
First
fact
to
to
know
is
that
the
agency
that
regulates
storm
water
discharge
is
the
regional
water
control,
a
quality
control
board
right
and
through
the
I'll
just
call
it
the
incident.
BT
What
happened
was
industrial
facilities
like
this
have
to
monitor
their
outflow
of
storm
water
and
they
have
to
post
those
that
data
on
a
public
website
and
Bay
keeper,
which
is
a
environmental
advocacy
group,
monitors
that
website
and
they
saw
that
our
location
had
what's
called
an
exceedance,
so
the
amount
of
the
particular
contamination
exceeded.
What
is
allowed
now?
That's
not
an
unusual
occurrence.
It
happens
all
the
time
in
industrial
sites,
because
in
storm
water
you
can
never
ensure
exactly
what's
flowing
but
you're
supposed
to
catch
it
through
your
testing
and
then
fix
it.
BT
Well,
baykeeper
decided,
and
it's
totally
their
prerogative
to
go
to
the
district
attorney
in
this
County.
It
asks
for
the
district
attorney
to
intervene
and
make
sure
that
we
avoided
any
future
exceedings
and
so
granite
rock
cooperated
with
the
district
attorney
came
to
a
negotiated
settlement
of
how
they
should
move
forward
and
that
settlement
is
finalized
and
now
public
and
that's
what
generated
the
article.
BT
So,
the
the
the
settlement
agreement
with
the
D.A
is
now
a
public
document
and
that
exceedance
happened
in
2020,
so
it's
three
years
ago
and
in
2021
granite
rock
invested
one
million
dollars
in
both
the
capital
site
that
we're
talking
about
today,
as
well
as
their
Berryessa
site,
to
enhance
the
storm
water
system
to
avoid
future
exceedings.
BT
So
that's
how
it
played
out
so
I
would
say
that
as
to
that
occurrence
or
that
incident
granite,
rock
worked
cooperatively
with
the
D.A.
They
came
to
an
agreement
and
they
implemented
a
two
billion
dollars.
I'm
sorry,
two
million
dollar
solution
for
their
two
sites
and
then
lastly,
I'd
just
say
that
the
project
that
you're
approving
is
is
exactly
the
permanent
solution
that
everyone
should
want
right.
BT
We're
going
to
pave
the
whole
site,
we're
going
to
install
modern
storm
water,
Control
Systems,
we're
going
to
wash
the
trucks
we're
going
to
wash
out
and
recycle
the
water,
all
things
that
don't
happen
regularly
today,
because
this
is
an
Antiquated
site.
It's
never
come
forward
for
city
permits
and
therefore
it
only
has
to
adhere
to
the
basic
requirements.
H
Yeah,
thank
you
I
think
I
I
may
have
some
more
questions
for
the
applicant,
but
let
me
just
make
a
few
comments
first
and
ask
some
questions.
H
I
appreciate
your
explanation
to
what
Captain,
America
and
Ellis's
question,
although
I
will
argue
that
you
know
as
a
chemical
engineer,
who's
you
know
been
involved
in
these
kinds
of
in
the
issues
of
effluent
and
other
Wastewater
issues.
Cert
just
discharges
that
exceed
regulation
are
not
inevitable,
so
I
hope
we're
not
arguing
that
these
happen
all
the
time
and
that
they're
it's
okay,
that
they
happen
all
the
time
they
shouldn't
happen
all
the
time
they
shouldn't
happen.
H
Ever
We
There
are
Technologies
to
prevent
that
and
I
believe
that
our
industrial
actors
are
must
be
held
responsible
to
put
in
place
the
safeguards
that
will
prevent
discharge
into
our
Creeks.
Our
North
San
Jose
I,
mean
one
of
those
discharge
was
alleged
right
next
to
District
Four
in
Coyote
Creek,
and
certainly
it's
important
that
the
residents
that,
along
that
Creek
and
everyone
else
who
uses
it
and
although
and
for
a
lot
of
reasons
that
we
don't
have
that
discharge.
So
I
just
want
to
make
that
comment.
H
It's
important
to
me
that
we
be
environmentally
responsible
and
I
appreciate
that
there's
some
technical
upgrades
that
this
project
will
bring
forward
is.
Is
this
project
I
I
heard
a
lot
of
expansion
in
terms
of
the
ability
to
move
material
and
change,
wave,
remove
material
and
handle
material
there's
also
an
expansion
and
capacity
of
the
facility
as
part
of
this,
in
terms
of
the
amount
of
concrete
and
asphalt
being
generated,
or
is
it
mostly
about
the
way
it's
being
handled.
BT
Bless
you
first
I'll
just
respond
to
your
initial
comments.
We
agree
completely.
I
wasn't
in
saying
that
this
occurs
regularly
in
industrial
projects
was
not
to
dismiss
the
importance
of
it
or
the
necessity
to
try
to
prevent
it.
I
agree
with
we
agree
with
that
completely,
but
that
is
the
regulatory
process.
That's
why
you
have
testing,
because
no
storm
water
system
is
100
full
proof,
even
if
you
do
things
right,
but
in
any
case
we've
updated
the
current
storm
water
and
this
project
will
further
update
the
stormwater
system
with
regard
to
capacity.
BT
H
I,
don't
know
whether
this
is
a
question
that
anybody
in
this
room
can
answer,
but
you
know
we
purchase
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
not
we
but
developers
and
the
city
and
everybody
else,
purchases
a
lot
of
asphalt
and
concrete
for
a
lot
of
projects.
I
guess
I'm
curious
about
the
breakdown
of
of
whether
of
where
this
is
being
purchased
currently
and
whether
this
will
allow
more
local
sourcing
and
prevent
us
having
to
truck
in
more
I
mean
I.
H
Presumably
that's
the
idea
that
it'll
be
more
local
sourcing,
but
I'm
wondering
if
that's
at
some
point,
if
we
have
some
data
on
how
much
where
our
concrete
comes
from
that's
being
used
in
the
city
of
San
Jose
and
how
this
might
change
that
in
the
future.
Probably
not
something
anybody
here
can
answer
at
this
moment,
but.
BT
I'm
curious
to
have
that
conversation
I
can't
answer
that.
Certainly
our
project
will
allow
us
to
have
enough
materials
to
satisfy
market
demand.
So
that's
important,
because
if
you
don't
have
local
materials,
you
can
use
local
materials,
but
whether
San
Jose,
you
know,
has
a
local
selection
process
or
whether
they
buy
asphalt
from
out
of
the
county.
I
can't
answer
that
sorry.
H
Right
and
probably
dot
knows
better
too
about
a
lot
of
that,
but
anyway,
I'll
move
on
carbon,
concrete
and
asphalt
creation
is
an
extremely
dirty
industry.
I
think
we
know
that
it's
not
only
is
it
dirty
from
the
standpoint
of
some
of
the
things
we've
talked
about
and
what
this
settlement
was
about,
but
it's
also
dirty
from
a
carbon
and
climate
impact
situation.
You
know
from
that
standpoint,
having
said
that,
it's
inevitable
that
we're
going
to
use
it.
H
You
know
we
I,
don't
sit
here,
I'm,
not
going
to
be
try
to
be
hypocritical
and
say
that
I
vote
for
all
the
projects
that
use
concrete
to
build
them,
but
yet
I
don't
want
to
make
concrete
and
I
prefer
us
not
having
concrete
manufactured.
We
need
the
concrete
for
the
me
in
the
meantime.
What
I
want
to
ask
and
I?
H
You
know
if
there's
a
company
representative-
or
you
know
anything
about
this,
what
what
are
Technologies
is
granite
rock
implementing
to
try
to
improve
the
carbon
content
and
carbon
release
as
as
concrete
is
being
manufactured.
What
we've
heard
from
dot
is
that
the
city
is
trying
to
go
to
carbon
sequestered
concrete
that
actually
sequesters
concrete
and
is
beneficial
because
it's
not
releasing
the
carbon
but
sequestering
carbon.
H
E
H
E
BT
Ask
Pat
mapelli
from
granite
rock,
to
come
up
to
see
what
he
knows
about
that
subject,
area
and
while
he's
coming
up
I
would
just
I
would
just
contend
from
a
carbon
standpoint
having
local
concrete
is
better
than
having
far
away
concrete.
I
once
heard
that
50
percent
of
California's
cement
right
cement
is
a
component
of
concrete
at
one
point
about
a
decade
ago
was
coming
from
China.
BT
H
No
doubt
and
I'll
just
interject
on
that
point,
I've
actually
not
concluded
that
shutting
down
the
Cupertino
facility
is
the
right
thing
to
do,
because
all
it
means
is
that
we're
going
to
be
trucking
in
a
lot
of
the
materials
that
are
made
there
now,
which
actually
is
going
to
be
worse
for
both
the
climate,
carbon
and
just
other
pollution.
So
we
do
need
to
think
that
way.
I
understand,
I,
agree
with
that.
BV
Good
evening
my
name
is
Pat
mccelly
I'm,
with
granite
rock
I'm,
the
land
use
manager.
I,
don't
have
a
background
on
the
construction
side,
but
what
I
can
tell
you
is
the
building
that
Eric
had
shown
up
on
the
up
on
the
screen.
Is
an
office
complex
and
it's
our
qaqc
building?
So
when
we
make
materials,
when
we
make
concrete
make
asphalt,
there's
usually
usually
a
spec
required,
and
then
we
have
to
make
make
sure
that
we
make
our
mix
properly
and
then
we
do
the
testing
before
that
material
is
actually
supplied
to
Market.
BV
BV
It's
really
what's
put
the
pinch
on
Cupertino,
but
we
are
looking
and
working
with
people
on
different
Technologies
for
a
replacement
for
that,
the
the
actual
aggregate
itself
and
the
sand
that
goes
into
making
concrete
the
carbon
footprint
on
that
is
relatively
low
in
comparison
to
what
it
is
for
making
the
cement,
which
is
the
third
component
to
really
make
concrete,
and
so
we're
we're
always
investigating
we're,
always
looking
we're
always
looking
for
opportunities
to
partner
with
alternatives
to
cement.
BV
There
just
hasn't
been
anything
Mass
come
to
market,
yet
that
would
drive
you
to
invest
heavily
in
in
changing
your
whole
business
model
on
the
asphalt
side
and
I'm
breaking
it
into
two
components.
There
is
a
lot
of
oil.
That's
used
in
Asphalt.
Obviously,
I
really
don't
have
an
answer
for
you
on
that
side
as
to
where
any
technology
might
be
going.
BV
H
Thank
you,
I
appreciate
the
answer,
and
and
I
know
we
don't
have
our
technical
folks
in
the
room,
but
I'll
probably
try
to
have
that
conversation
in
the
future.
I
just
want
to
encourage
granite
rock,
as
we
move
forward
with
this
project
to
be
responsible
player
and
always
be
looking
to
improve
technology
and
then
not
rely
on
I
mean
I
know
it's
often
profitable
to
not
change
with
the
times,
but
I
think.
H
It's
really
important
in
this
instance
that
we
have
a
good
actor,
a
good
player
here
in
San
Jose
who's
willing
to
do
the
right
thing
when
it's
when
appropriate,
so
just
want.
AD
Just
a
few
questions,
I'm
not
sure
if
it's
going
to
be
Eric
or
the
gentleman
from
granite
rock,
but
as
it
relates
to
the
current
way
that
the
recycling
has
happened.
What
I'm,
imagining
if
you
can
describe
it
to
me,
but
what
I'm
imagining
is
you
get
these
chunks
of
concrete
or
other
type
of
material,
that's
essentially
being
ground
up
and
worked
through
in
that
recycling,
pile
that
you
that
it
seems
like
it's
going
to
move
to
the
Eastern
side
of
the
property?
Is
it
is
that
where.
BT
BT
Just
the
amount
well,
it
remains
essentially
the
same,
except
that
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
do
more,
putting
it
into
the
concrete
and
the
asphalt
on
site
instead
of
shipping
it
off
to
other
sites.
Okay,
so
in
other
words,
we're
going
to
use
the
recycled
material
to
actually
create
concrete
and
asphalt
to
a
greater
extent
than
we
do
today.
Yeah.
AD
And
I
I
guess
part
of
it
is
you
know,
I
read
the
noise
sort
of
section
of
the
of
the
document
and
it
I
think
it
touches
on
that.
But
I
guess
to
the
point.
I'm
trying
to
get
at
is
I'm
curious.
If
it's
going
to
get
louder,
I
know
more
work
is
going
to
be
done.
It's
because
it
runs
24
hours
a
day
right.
Yes,.
U
AD
BT
Well,
we
don't
anticipate
substantial
change
and-
and
in
reading
the
noise
report
in
the
eir
I
think
the
the
most
important
thing
is
it
determined
that
the
noise
impacts
do
not
exceed
the
zoning
code
and
general
plan
noise
requirement.
I.
BT
AD
Right,
yeah
and
I
read
that
I
I
totally
know
that
this
is
it's
obviously
an
existing
use.
It's
within
the
framework
of
what's
allowable
so
I'm,
not
trying
to
suggest
it
is,
and
I
was
just
trying
to
get
a
better
sense.
The
other
question
I
have
is
related
to
the
rail
spur
and
I'm
wondering.
Is
that
gonna
that
I
imagine
the
actual
tracks
are
going
to
actually
be
extended
in
order
to
accommodate
the
increased
amount
of
of
capacity
for
train
right.
X
BT
All
the
way,
along
the
entire,
what
I
would
call
they
add,
Geelong
the
the
railroad
and
then
all
the
way
along
the
edge
of
the
West
Winds
right.
BT
BT
AD
Right,
okay
and
then
what
it
made
me
think
about
is
obviously
the
future
of
high-speed
rails.
The
Avi
seems
like
every
day
it's
being
debated
in
the
newspapers
and
such,
but
assuming
it
actually
comes
that
it's
going
to
be
rolling
near
there
and
do
you
expect
any
impacts
from
the
future
development
of
High-Speed
Rail
to
impact
that
site
generally
and
the
re
and
the
spur
specifically.
BT
So,
first
of
all,
to
assure
the
council,
we've
coordinated
closely
with
High-Speed
Rail
staff,
as
has
the
city
and
nothing
that
we're
doing
in
this
project
precludes
the
high-speed
rail
plan,
which
alternative
for
design
was
was,
is
the
is.
BT
Plan,
nothing
that
we're
doing
precludes
high-speed
rail
from
building
what
they
want
to
build.
Okay
and
in
fact
we
even
have
on
the
edge
of
our
property,
where
high-speed
rails
we've
actually
agreed
in
this
plan
to
keep
our
structures
outside
of
the
Zone,
where
High-Speed
Rail
may
want
to
take
some
land
Okay.
So
we've
we're
being
accommodating
right
in
terms
of
what
the
impact
is.
It's
all
going
to
have
to
be
worked
out
because
Union
Pacific
owns
the
railroad
line
right,
Union
Pacific
runs
the
trains.
AD
BT
We're
not
going
to
do
something.
Most
importantly,
we
tried
to
be
cooperative
and
accommodating,
because
we
know
High-Speed
Rail
is
a
high
priority
for
the
city
right,
and
so
we
we've
designed
the
plan
to
to
be
accommodating.
Okay.
AD
All
right,
thank
you.
So
much
Eric
I
appreciate
it.
I
have
a
question
for
staff,
so
so
currently,
I
think
the
nearest
homes
residences
are
about
200
something
feet
to
the
north
across
Monterey
Road,
but
I
know
that,
just
in
the
previous
sort
of
presentation
we
had
the
capital
Caltrain
Station
area
plan,
that's
in
progress.
So
theoretically,
if
that's
built
down,
we
actually
have
housing
there
in
the
future.
AD
It's
literally
going
to
be
across
the
street
and
so
I'm
curious
how
the
future
this
site
impacts
the
future
sort
of
development,
as
we
think
through
it
or
the
plan,
as
we
think
through
that
and
just
the
interaction
with
it.
And
obviously
this
is
what's
before
us
today.
So
I
presume
we
can't
make
any
decisions
with
something
that's
in
the
distant
future
that
we
really
don't
know
anything
about
but
curious.
If
you
could
talk
about
that.
BR
So
Robert
man
for
adaptive
director
for
planning,
so
council
member,
say
Sergio
jimeneza
that
will
be
speculative
as
part
of
the
environmental
impact
analysis.
We
did
not
consider
that,
but
when
a
proposal
comes
we'll
be
looking
into
that
and
if
there
are
any
mitigation
measures
who
require
that
that
be
implemented.
AD
Would
it
I
mean
I'm
just
thinking
if
something
if
housing
is
eventually
built
on
that
other?
At
the
station
area
plan
I
know
that's
pure
speculation
just
but
I
was
trying
to
play
it
out
on
my
head,
assuming
that
comes
later.
Obviously,
after
this
mitigation
measures,
if
like,
if
there's
noise
impacts,
which
I
imagine
there
probably
would
be
given
this
across
the
street
and
things
of
that
nature
in
that
situation,
would
it
just
be
a
matter
of
things
like
hey?
Let
us
build
sort
of
dual
plane.
You
know
special
type
of
glass.
BR
AD
BR
X
BO
E
BO
E
BO
AD
AD
C
Thanks
council
member
councilman
Cohen.
H
Yeah
I
have
a
question
for
just
for
the
planning
staff.
You
could
tell
from
my
questions
I'm
uncomfortable
with
projects
like
this,
but
also
understand
the
importance
of
projects
like
this.
It's
a
trade-off.
H
What
kind
of
of
assurances
could
we
have
or
process
could
be
put
in
place
to
to
get
feedback
and
insurances
over
time
that
that
the
company
is
responsibly
monitoring
their
Wastewater
discharge
is
doing
the
proper
things
for
for
air
pollution
control.
Are
there
any
things
we
can
put
in
as
conditions
in
this
approval
that
might
help
us
feel
better
about
the
compliance
of
the
business?
Yes,.
BR
H
BR
BN
And
council
member
Cohen
there's
also
compliance
to
the
barrier,
Air
Quality,
Management,
District
guidelines
and
permits,
and
also
storm
water
complaints.
That's
also
required.
So,
in
addition
to
the
mitigation
measures,
there's
other
barriers,
there's
other
regulations
that
they'd
have
to
comply
with
and
continue
during
operations.
Okay,
thank
you.
C
Thanks
council,
member
okay,
that
appears
to
exhaust
questions
and
comments.
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
a
number
of
thoughtful,
tough
but
fair
questions.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
applicant
I
I
may
be
a
little
biased,
growing
up
in
Watsonville
where
granted
is,
is
headquartered
and
I
was,
you
know
known
for
being
a
a
really
strong
company,
a
good
employer,
but
I
want
to
thank
Granite
for
making
this
investment
and
modernizing
your
facility
here
in
our
city.
C
C
D
O
O
Among
many
questions
at
this
time,
it
will
be
important
to
learn
to
better
ask
how
the
San
Jose
POA
Sentinel
distribution
ring
that
has
networked
with
police
departments
across
the
country,
and
that
also
may
have
been
the
cause
of
a
certain
amount
of
deaths,
harm
and
jail
time
for
many
persons
in
San,
Jose
and
in
cities
across
the
state
and
across
the
country.
We
can
all
be
for
how
police
departments
can
help
a
community.
O
The
current
sjpoa
situation
is
an
example
that
in
San
Jose,
we
also
need
to
learn
how
to
better
practice
and
just
be
more
clear
how
police
departments
can
also
hurt
a
community.
These
are
important
ways
and
how
to
better,
understand
and
practice.
O
We
need
sunshine
and
openness
to
build
healing
towards
our
community
future
and
not
more
cloudiness
and
confusion,
and
from
this
we
can
possibly
take
a
considerable
chunk
out
of
the
street
dog
sales
and
specifically
lessen
fentanyl
distribution
locally
and
more
clearly
understanding
the
role
police
departments
have
in
such
issues.
Good
luck
on
the
peer
review
program
issues
we
can
work
on
too
at
this
time.
Thank
you.
Z
Yeah
Paul
Soto
from
the
horseshoe
two
officers
came
to
probation
and
start
questioning
them
about
accusing
me
of
being
somewhere
and
doing
something
that
I
never
did
ever
and
that's
the
reason
why
they
didn't
arrest
me,
because
if
there
was
something
that
was
valid,
if
there
was
some
crime
that
I
committed
in
this
city,
they
were
not
hesitated,
never,
and
so
the
city
is
manufacturing.
Evidence
manufacturing,
you
guys
just
City
attorney
and
the
council
are
sitting
down
strategically.
Z
The
only
danger
that
I
posed
to
the
community
and
to
this
council
is
to
anybody
that
is
lying
or
exploiting
the
poverty,
the
generation
of
poverty
and
the
redlining
policies
get
it
been
passed
in
the
city
that
made
certain
that
the
San
Jose
Unified,
School
District,
would
beat
children
for
speaking
Spanish,
creating
a
cultural
genocide
that
stole
from
me
language,
the
language
of
my
mother.
So
how
dare
you
come
after
me
when
you
were
the
criminals?
BU
Hello,
thank
you.
Well,
I'm,
not
really
sure.
If
this
has
it,
you
know
the
city
council
can
do
anything
about
it,
but
I
just
you
know
there
was
another
shooting
in
Louisville
and
then
another
one
in
the
same
city,
at
a
junior
college
and
Technical
Institute
and
I
agree.
It's
the
guns,
but
there's
got
to
be
also
a
part
of
our
leadership
from
the
local
regional
state,
all
the
way
up
to
the
federal,
even
in
the
world.
BU
If
you
will,
we've
got
to
learn
to
back
in
62
I
I
was
just
young
enough
to
or
old
enough
to
remember
us
preparing
a
bomb
shelter
in
the
backyard
which
wouldn't
have
done
anything.
We
were
in
the
Bay
Area
and
we're
heading
that
way
again.
People
are
talking
about
nuclear
war
like
it's
sustainable
and
survivable,
and
it's
not
if
we
have
an
exchange
with
the
Russians
and
the
Chinese
and
it
you're
good
you're
going
to
be
in
a
thousand
years
of
depressions
famine.
BU
Literally
billions
of
people
will
die.
That's
all
that
happens
in
war,
there's
not
a
glory
in
it.
It's
not
divinely
inspired
or
any
of
that
other
silly
stuff
people
die
and
things
are
destroyed
and
we
really
I
don't
know
how
you
implement
that
into
a
a
meeting
or,
but
if
there's
nothing
to
build
on
and
everybody's
gone,
everything
else
is
mute.
Absolutely
everything
else
is
mirrored.
Thank
you
have
a
good
evening.