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City of San José, California
City Council Meeting of December 15, 2020, Morning Session
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Thank
you
all
right.
Welcome
everyone,
my
apologies
for
being
off
camera.
I've
got
some
health
issues
that
are
going
to
cause
me
to
be
on
and
off
camera,
but
we'll
try
to
be
on
as
much
as
I
can
we'll
begin.
The
the
meeting
now
for
december
15th
begin
with
a
pledge
of
allegiance.
If
you're
able
to
stand,
please
join
us.
B
B
He
was
ordained
in
1984
under
the
pastor
of
his
father
reverend
dr
m
samuel
pinkston
at
antioch
baptist
church
and
currently
he
serves
as
the
associate
pastor
at
maranatha
christian
center
in
san
jose
and
there
he
teaches
and
coordinates
the
prison
and
jail
outreach
ministries
beyond
his
work
in
education
and
ministry,
reverend
pinkston
continues
to
remain
active
in
the
community.
In
many
capacities
I
was
honored
that
he
helped
join
work
with
us
and
our
transition
team.
B
When
I
came
into
office,
he
was
an
executive
board
member
for
eastside
heroes,
mentoring
program
as
an
active
member
of
the
santa
clara
county
alliance
of
black
educators,
supports
the
san
jose
chapter
naacp
and
actually
serves
as
faith
leaders
board
of
the
american
leadership
forum.
Silicon
valley-
and
he
has
been
married
to
his
wife
lenora
for
over
35
years,
has
two
children
aaron.
Who
is
an
electoral
engineer
lockheed
and
lauren
who
works
in
admissions
office
at
bellarmine?
I
have
been
honored
to
know
reverend
pinkston
for
several
decades.
B
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Loving
lord
teach
us
to
be
generous,
teach
us
to
serve
you
as
you
deserve,
to
give,
and
not
to
count
the
cost
to
fight
and
not
to
heed
the
wounds,
to
toil
and
not
to
seek
for
rest
to
labor
and
not
to
ask
for
a
reward
accept
that
in
knowing
that
we
do.
Your
will,
amen
blessings
to
you
and
to
all
of
yours
during
this
holiday
season
have
a
great
day.
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B
E
E
E
E
Whenever
we've
had
events,
whenever
we've
had
moments
where
we've
needed
his
family
to
come
and
support
they've
they've
given
very
very
generously
I
I
want
to
recognize
matured
for
not
only
having
achieved
his
dream,
but
really
for
making
sure
that
that
we
continue
to
be
connected
to
a
tradition,
that's
very
near
and
dear
to
our
hearts,
and
that
the
east
side
of
san
jose
and
our
families
continue
to
understand,
appreciate
and
love.
Those
traditions
was
definitely
part
of
the
character
of
the
east
side
of
san
jose.
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E
He
believed
in
the
american
dream.
He
gave
it
his
all.
He
was
most
proud
of
that
and
he
instilled
in
his
family,
the
same
values.
He
leaves
behind
his
wife,
claudia
his
brothers,
angeles
guadalupe,
his
his
family,
melchor,
jr,
juan
jose
and
jorge,
and
and
again
I
want
to
give
my
gratitude.
His
family
is
watching.
Now
and
again.
E
I
want
to
give
my
gratitude
to
the
entire
family
for
helping
build
the
east
side
of
san
jose,
but
I
want
to
make
very
clear
when
you
build
the
east
side
of
san
jose
you're,
building
the
entire
city
of
san
jose.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
legacy
that
your
father
has
left
behind
and
for
everything
that
your
family
has
contributed
to
this
city.
Thank
you.
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Oh
okay,
I'm
sorry.
I
thought
it
was.
Let's
speak
specifically
on
that.
Okay,
thank
you.
Councilmember
carrasco,
on
back
to
orders
of
the
day
staff
is
recommending
deferral
of
item
8.1,
which
are
actions
related
to
the
agreement
with
the
valley
water
district
for
the
south
san
francisco
bay
shoreline
project.
We
expect
the
outcome
back
to
us
in
january
and
then
councilmember
esparza.
You
had
another
change.
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Sir,
we'll
be
coming
to
the
consent
calendar
in
just
a
moment
after
the
closed
session
report,
so
we'll
take
that
all
right,
so
just
raise
your
hand
on
when
we
get
to
the
consent
calendar
so
we'll
just
be
considering
items
on
orders
of
the
day.
Mr
beekman
is
this
specifically
on
orders
of
the
day.
Yes,.
H
It
is
thank
you.
You
know,
orders
of
the
day
has
been
an
item.
That's
been
slowly
developing
this
past
year.
Actually
in
this
time
of
covid,
so
it's
been
a
bit
difficult
to
navigate.
I
think
you've
been
doing
a
great
job
and
thank
you.
You
try
to
be
accessible
to
the
community
on
this
item,
and
that
is
very
nice
of
you.
Thank
you.
So
I'm
learning
you
know
to
specifically
talk
about
orders
of
the
day
issues
and
my
question
to
yourselves.
H
The
public
has
to
have
a
have
a
chance
to
speak
on
an
item
if
it's
being
deferred-
and
I
think
that's
an
important
point
to
be
considering
for
your
many
items
on
on
local
committee
agendas
that
are
often
deferred
say
in
rules
in
open
government
that
we
need
to
be
more
clear
about
the
rules
that
if
the
public
can
then
speak
on
those
items
or
not
I've.
Given
you
some
early
brown
act.
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I
was
disappointed
that
I
saw
this
item
on
the
agenda
because
mainly
I
was
disappointed
that
a
group
of
already
highly
compensated
retirees
within
the
san
jose
retiree
retired
employees
association
has
taken
this
course
of
action.
I
saw
in
the
beginning
back
in
december
of
2017.
This
amount
to
would
defend
this
lawsuit
was
amount
not
to
exceed
175
000.
Now
it's
ballooned
to
1.9
million
dollars
as
a
taxpayer,
as
well
as
a
retiree.
I'm
really
appalled
by
this.
J
This
is
truly
biting
the
hands
that
feeds
it.
I
think
this
is
disrespectful
to
the
taxpayers
and
in
my
service,
as
a
public
employee,
I
always
felt
that
it
was
a
privilege
and
not
a
right,
and
our
retirement
system
is
very
generous
and
to
have
some
highly
compensated.
Employees
try
and
go
back
and
enrich
themselves.
To
me
is
in
is
is
deplorable.
J
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B
Yeah,
rather
than
voting
on
each
of
these
items,
we're
going
to
try
to
see
if
we
can
get
a
colossal
consolidated
item.
If
there
are
areas
where
people
want,
a
dissent
will
break
those
items
off.
So
why
don't
we?
If,
if
see
here,
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
how
we
can
manage
this
without
consuming
undue
amount
of
time?
Why
don't
we
move
on
to
the
next
item?
B
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F
The
alma
community
center
is
frankly
a
center
that
is
really
sorely
in
need
of
revitalization,
and
I
think
this
project
presents
an
amazing
opportunity
for
the
community
and
again
I'd
like
to
thank
staff
in
particular
this
year,
who
worked
really
hard
throughout
2020.
To
make
this
happen.
Thank
you.
B
No,
I
was
muted
sorry.
I
was
as
many
screens
away
sorry,
so
I
I
want
to
ask
now,
if
there's
any
members
of
the
public
who
would
like
to
speak
on
2.13
relating
to
this
generous
gift
from
the
trusts
of
the
elias
to
the
city
for
alma
avenue
and
sanborn
avenue,
I
see
no
hands
so
we'll
come
back
to
the
council
I'll
move
on
now
to
item
2.0,
which
is
the
charter
review
commission.
Now
I
expect
that
maybe
extended
discussion
on
this.
It
is
now
about
almost
12
o'clock.
B
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B
I
Again,
I
I
wanted
the
public
to
speak
on
this
issue.
You
know,
I
know
the
proposed
retiree
representative,
that's
being
appointed
here
is
is
is
alleged
to
be
a
member
of
the
retirees
association
that
is
suing
the
city
of
san
jose,
so
I
just
wanted
to
see
if,
if
that
is
the
case
from
staff,
and
if
anybody
wants
to
speak
on
this
from
the
public,
I
know
brad
memoria
wanted
to
speak
on
it.
I
don't
know
why
his
hand
is
not
up.
Okay
there.
It.
H
There
can
be
a
simple
logic
that
cola
funding
can
be
put
on
hold
for
at
least
into
the
next
year,
and
I
wanted
to
take
this
time
at
public
comment
just
to
just
to
simply
thank
city
manager.
David
sykes,
who
has
since
june,
he's
always
tried
to
look
for
ways
that
the
sjpoa
negotiation
process
can
be
a
somewhat
open
process
for
both
the
public
and
local
government.
This
openness
can
be
of
help
not
only
for
everyday
community,
but
how
local
government
itself
can
more
openly
understand
things
as
well.
H
The
most
recent
ssf
poa
negotiation
process
for
the
next
three
years
just
conclude
in
san
francisco.
They
were,
they
were
the
the
elected
officials.
There
were
now
regular
complaints
from
its
elected
officials
of
the
secretive,
confused
and
unclear
negotiation
process.
As
usual
again,
a
thank
you
to
city
manager,
david
sykes
and
his
attempts
to
offer
the
concepts
of
openness
and
transparency
in
the
latest
round
of
the
sj
poa
negotiations.
H
J
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
I'll,
try
and
rush
through
this,
as
my
two
minutes
will
allow.
I
wanted
to
get
some
items
on
the
agenda
apparently
did
not.
I
went
through
the
city
clerk
but
apparently
didn't
get
on
there,
but
anyway
I
had
some
questions
regarding
the
item
on
this
agenda
about
the
appointment.
Why
did
the
selection
panel
for
the
retiree
representative
to
the
federated
board
consist
of
three
active
employees
and
two
retiree
representatives
who
are
members
of
an
association
that
the
majority
of
retirees
are
not
members
of
the
active
employees
already
vote?
J
Slash,
select
two
representatives
among
the
ranks
and
the
two
retirees
are
members
of
an
association
that
does
not
represent
the
majority
of
retirees.
This
panel
is
fundamentally
flawed,
the
most
recent
election
for
the
retiree
representative,
the
ones
that
we
actually
got
to
vote.
The
retirees
are
no
longer
allowed
to
vote
anymore,
but
the
most
recent
one
overwhelmingly
favored
a
candidate
who
was
not
selected
by
the
panel.
Why
was
that?
J
This
time
the
selection
panel
concluded
that
the
candidate
who
received
the
most
votes
in
the
previous
election
was
quote.
Very
impressive,
however,
was
edged
out.
For
quote
a
couple
things:
what
were
those
things?
The
current
federated
board
consists
of
six
members
with
less
than
two
and
a
half
years
experience
two
have
just
over
one
year
experience
and
one
with
less
than
one
year.
J
Why
would
the
panel
disregard
a
candidate
myself
with
12
years
previous
experience,
the
candidates
selected
by
the
panel
appears
to
have
a
conflict
of
interest
and
is
apparently
party
to
a
lawsuit
against
the
city
of
san
jose,
known
as
the
taxpayers
brought
forth
by
a
subgroup
of
members
of
the
san
jose
retired
employees,
association
and
supported
by
the
sjrea
board.
Is
this
a
reason
for
disqualification
this
a
question
for
the
city
attorney?
If
not,
why
not?
J
Trustees
on
the
federated
board
are
fiduciaries
and
their
duties
are
to
manage
the
fund
professionally
responsibly
and
without
any
conflict
of
interest?
It's
currently
costing
the
taxpayers
money
now,
in
attorney
fees
alone.
To
defend
this
lawsuit,
please
do
not
vote
for
the
candidate
on
your
agenda.
You
have
a
candidate
myself,
who
is
a
an
experienced
alternative?
Thank
you.
So
much.
G
We
can
yeah
that's
a
terrible
system
to
use.
I
mean
it's
just
unbelievably
cumbersome
anyway,
the
the
issue
about
the
seat
on
the
retirement
board
for
retirees,
the
active
employees,
get
two
seats
and
they
get
to
vote,
they
get
to
vote
and
then,
when
they're
done
voting,
the
results
are
given
to
the
city
council
for
approval.
G
G
G
So
are
us.
The
retirees
have
absolutely
no
say-so
in
the
choice
of
our
representative
on
that
retirement
board,
and
that
was
the
intent
of
the
city
council
years
ago
and
we
used
to
have
elections
and
it's
been
stolen,
taken
away
from
us
and
that's
wrong.
It's
un
unequal
treatment,
it's
unfair,
get
back.
Have
the
city
clerk
run
an
election
run
the
winning
candidate
to
the
city
council
and
and
approval
real,
simple
solution
to
this
year
problem,
as
it
is
right
now
in
this
year
time
right
now
this
moment
it's
wrong.
G
A
I
Yeah
yeah,
I
I
and
I
can
I
I
sympathize
with
the
folks
on
the
phone
here.
I
I
did
have
a
question
for
staff
about
the
the
person
that's
being
appointed
on
on
this
item.
If
they're
associated
with
a
lawsuit
against
the
city,
I
also
don't
necessarily
agree
with
the
process.
Currently
I
remember
I
may
have
voted
against
the
process
in
what
could
have
been
four
years
ago.
It's
been
a
little
a
little
long.
Now
is
the
person
that's
being
appointed
part
of
the
lawsuit.
I
So
I
don't
know
how
unbiased
that
person
would
be,
and
I
I
may
not
be
supporting
this
item
at
a
minimum.
I
think
we
should
defer
this
item
until
next
year
until
we
could,
I
I
don't
know.
I
just
think
we
should
think
about
this,
a
little
more
okay.
So
if,
if
you're
going
to
take
these
all
in
one
vote,
I
would
either.
B
K
Thank
you
mayor.
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
jay
castellano
has
been
a
member
of
the
federated
board
for
at
least
a
couple
of
years
already,
and
he
is
currently
the
chair
of
the
federated
board.
I
I've
been
the
liaison
to
to
federated
all
of
my
entire
first
term,
and
I
have
found
in
the
time
that
he
has
been
on
the
board
jay
to
be
a
very
thoughtful
member
of
that
board.
So
I
I
am
not
going
to
be
supporting
the
motion.
That's
on
the
floor.
B
G
B
G
B
G
K
B
H
H
It
seems
important
at
this
time
to
begin
to
learn
how
to
focus
the
continued
use
and
growth
of
these
two
renewable
technologies,
along
with
other
renewable
energy
ideas
as
ways
to
prepare
immediately
before
and
after
natural
disaster
events
of
the
next
ten
five
to
ten
years.
As
I
hope,
these
good
efforts
from
all
of
us
can
work
to
reduce
the
need
of
diesel
and
other
brown
energy
dirty
fuels
that
will
be
demanded
in
the
days
weeks,
months
and
years
after
a
large,
catastrophic
event
here
in
san
jose
and
the
sfa
area.
H
B
H
G
G
A
B
L
L
L
L
N
M
Okay,
thank
you
for
making
time
for
comments.
I
just
want
to
talk
to
you
off
the
cuff
to
say.
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
ordinance.
It
is
extremely
important
to
get
our
buildings
off
gas
and
we
need
to
stop
building
new
fossil
gas
infrastructure.
So
I
really
appreciate
this
ordinance.
It's
very
important.
I
do
feel
deeply
concerned
and
troubled
that
the
you
voted
to
approve
this
exemption
for
der.
Without
really,
I
believe,
understanding
what
it
includes.
M
This
is
a
really
bad
example
and
a
really
poor
way
to
do
public
policy
when,
after
a
long
time
of
vetting
a
sudden,
last-minute
change
is
made
without
truly
understanding
its
significance.
We
are
asking
you
to
go
ahead
and
pass
the
ordinance
to
even
with
this
terrible
exemption,
but
we
do
ask
you
guys
questions
please
hon.
Thank
you.
Please
have
a
hard
time
hearing.
I
know.
That's
not
me.
M
We
have
spoken
with
architects
who
are
building
resilient
energy
systems
for
large
facilities
that
have
four
or
more
days
of
backup
power.
The
way
it
was
explained
to
me
is:
don't,
if
you
you
can't
say:
oh,
I
can't
charge
my
cell
phone
for
only
until
10
a.m.
That's
because
your
cell
phone
battery
is
inadequate.
M
O
Good
afternoon,
mayor,
licardo
and
and
council
members,
and
thanks
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
comment
here
I'll,
be
brief.
I
want
to
echo
the
comments
of
my
colleagues
wyan
and
linda
hutchinson-knowles.
I
share
their
concerns
on
behalf
of
menlo
spark
and
the
campaign
for
fossil
free
buildings.
In
silicon
valley.
We
respectfully
ask
you
to
go
ahead
and
approve
this
gas
prohibition
today,
but
we
also
think
that
it's
essential
to
direct
esd
staff
to
conduct
a
thorough
analysis
of
the
implications
of
der
systems
and
provide
a
comprehensive
list
of
alternates.
O
These
could
release
more
pollution
than
we're
saving
from
prohibiting
gas
and
new
construction,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that's
not
the
case.
I
think
it's
a
smart
idea
to
evaluate
the
emissions
from
these
devices
and
evaluate
the
alternatives,
and
I
hope
that
you'll
direct
staff
to
do
so,
but
I
also
help
that
you'll
pass
this
historic
gas
prohibition
today
thanks
so
much
for
your
time.
C
A
Good
morning,
mayor
licardo
and
the
council
and
staff,
I
just
like
to
echo
all
the
other
comments
that
are
concerned
about
this
exemption
to
the
natural
gas,
but
I'm
really
glad
about
the
natural
gas
ban,
as
the
previous
speaker
is
saying
that
this
exemption
could
undermine
it.
I
believe
there
are
a
lot
of
other
municipalities
that
have
not
permitted
this
carve
out,
and
the
city
needs
to
do
a
full
analysis
before
permitting
it.
Thank
you.
P
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mary
lou
cardo
and
city
council
members,
I'm
olivia
walker
with
nrdc
the
natural
resources
defense
council,
like
the
speakers
before
me,
I'm
here
to
express
nrdc's,
strong
support
of
the
proposal
to
expand
the
natural
gas
infrastructure
prohibition
ordinance
to
make
nearly
all
new
buildings
in
san
jose
all-electric.
P
Your
action
today
will
demonstrate
san
jose's
reputation
as
a
climate
leader.
However,
nrdc
still
has
urgent
concerns
about
the
distributed
energy
resources
exemption.
This
exemption
opens
the
door
for
unfettered
use
of
gas-powered
energy
systems,
including
fuel
cells
and
co
or
trigen
systems,
and
not
just
during
grid
outages,
as
the
language
of
the
exemption
implies,
but
24
7
365
days
a
year.
P
Staff
weren't
provided
adequate
time
to
analyze
the
full
extent
of
the
consequences
of
this
exemption
because
it
arose
mere
days
before
the
ordinance
went
to
council.
If
you
must
explain
the
ordinance
with
this
exemption,
the
least
you
can
do
is
ensure
that
you
fully
understand
the
consequences
of
that
decision.
P
Please
drive
staff
to
first
conduct
a
thorough
analysis
of
the
climate
impacts
of
these
so-called
distributed
energy
resources,
including
fuel
cells,
co-generation
and
tri-generation
systems,
and
second
survey
and
analyze
alternative
backup
power
options
that
do
not
rely
on
fossil
gas.
Again,
please
do
pass
the
all-electric
ordinance
today
and
direct
staff
to
analyze
the
impacts
of
an
exemption
for
these
gas
powered
systems.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
N
They
also
had
to
restate
earnings
in
their
public
sec
filings
and
that
again,
like
I
said,
was
in
a
recent
article.
So
I
would
just
like
to
strongly
encourage
you
to
look
deeper
into
this
exemption
and
see
that
these
dirty
fossil
fuel
boxes
are
not
what
we
need
right
now.
We
really
need
a
clean
energy
sector,
that's
going
to
support
our
city
and
it's
possible.
P
A
Q
Q
So
we're
asking
that
please,
if
you
would
at
least
direct
the
city's
environmental
services
department,
to
provide
the
city
council
sometime
before
march
31st,
with
a
detailed
analysis
of
how
all
the
various
types
of
der
could
impact
san
jose's
greenhouse
gas
reduction
goals,
so
that
the
council
can
fully
consider
the
possible
consequences
of
continuing
to
allow
der.
The
analysis
should
only
take
a
couple
of
weeks
and
environmental
services
staff
would
have
the
support
of
of
advocates
and
experts
on
der.