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From YouTube: JUN 22, 2021 | City Council, Morning Session
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City of San José, California
City Council Morning Session of June 22, 2021
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A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
C
D
B
B
B
E
Thank
you
mayor
good
morning,
the
san
jose
police
chaplaincy
provides
spiritual
and
emotional
care
to
the
san
jose
police
department
and
their
families.
The
chaplains
take
part
in
many
departmental
functions
such
as
ceremonies
and
training.
They
also
assist
in
times
of
crisis,
as
well
as
counsel
and
support
the
entire
san
jose
community.
The
chaplains
are
available
to
anyone
in
the
community,
regardless
of
religious
beliefs.
E
F
Yeah,
I
just
thank
you
guys
for
all
of
your
hard
work
for
making
our
city
what
it
is.
I
know
it's,
it's
not
easy
being
in
leadership.
A
lot
of
people
look
to
you
for
all
the
answers,
and
none
of
us
have
all
the
answers,
but
hopefully
together
we
can
figure
out
lots
of
ways
to
move
forward
to
make
our
city
even
better
than
it
already
is.
So
if
you
would
pray
with
me,
I'd
love
to
lead
you
guys
in
the
invocation.
F
God
we
thank
you
for
today
and
for
this
opportunity
that
we
have
to
come
together
as
we
focus
on
the
needs
of
our
city,
god.
We
are
thankful
that
we
are
beginning
to
come
out
of
this
pandemic,
which
has
been
very
difficult
for
all
of
us
here
in
san
jose,
as
well
as
our
state,
our
nation
and
our
world.
F
God
help
us
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
god.
We
pray
for
all
those
in
leadership
in
our
city
that
you
would
give
them
wisdom
and
direction
as
they
make
decisions
every
day
that
impact
us
all.
We
continue
to
pray
for
unity
and
safety
among
our
whole
city,
and
god
is
a
chaplain
for
the
police
department.
F
I
hear
a
lot
of
the
bad
things
that
go
on
in
our
city,
but
I
also
get
to
hear
a
lot
of
the
good
things
as
well,
and
I
thank
you
for
the
many
people
that
make
up
this
city
that
daily
do
the
small
things
they
do
to
make
our
city
what
it
is,
and
god
I
thank
you
for
all
of
our
city
workers
who
work
very
hard
every
day.
We
thank
you
for
the
citizens
who
strive
to
make
our
city
a
friendly,
loving
caring
place
god.
F
B
Thank
you
very
much,
chaplain
brian,
all
right.
We
will
move
forward
and
thank
you
by
the
way,
chapman
brian,
for
all
the
counsel
and
support
you're,
giving
to
our
women
and
men
of
our
police
department
we're
on
to
orders
of
the
day
and,
in
addition,
any
changes
that
the
council
might
have
prince.
Prince
agenda.
Councilmember
crawls
like
to
take
item
2.7,
which
is,
of
course,
the
resolution
remembering
the
victims,
the
bta
railyard
shooting
together
with
this
adjournment,
and
so
we'll
we'll
do
that.
B
B
C
B
Right
and
so
appreciate
the
intention
of
the
memorandum
council
member
and
I
think
we
hopefully
we've
talked
offline
with
your
team.
I
would
I
would
have
jacked
and
asked
that
we
would
consider
that
with
the
entire
item,
because
I
think
the
question
deferral
is
very
much
intertwined
with
the
substantive
item
itself,
which
of
course
is
the
vote
relating
to
the
rezoning
and
the
general
plan
man
on
the
various
flea
market.
C
G
B
H
H
C
F
G
Yeah,
thank
you
very
much
mayor
and,
as
my
colleagues
I
think,
you've
gotten
it.
Yes,
I'm
looking
back
at
the
screens
here,
you've
gotten
the
backgrounds
we
are
adjoining
in
memory
today
of
the
nine
vta
railyard
victims
and,
additionally,
we're
also
considering
a
vote
to
approve
a
resolution
remembering
the
victims
as
well
and
I'm
speaking
to
to
both
of
those
items.
G
Mexico,
timothy,
michael
romo,
and
as
as
you
all
know,
a
great
friend
and
and
family
friend
of
mine
in
my
family,
michael
joseph
rudimekin,
as
we
have
continued
to
hear
stories
about
these
men,
we've
learned
not
only
what
they
did
throughout
their
lives
and
as
as
loved
ones
and
family
members
community
members,
but
we
also
have
have
learned
what
they
did
in
the
crisis.
Many
of
them
saving
the
lives
of
their
colleagues,
warning
them,
helping
them
barricade
and
shelter
in
place.
G
We
stand
strong
for
not
only
these
nine
community
members
that
have
gone
too
early,
but
for
all
those
that
are
remaining
and
in
dealing
with
this
trauma
day
in
and
day
out,
we
stand
resolute
with
our
vta
family
and
we
want
them
to
know
that
they
truly
are
not
alone.
I
understand
as
well
that
usually
for.
G
Remembrances,
like
this,
the
process
is
an
adjournment
in
consideration
of
the
gravity
of
what
happened.
I
I
felt
it
was
fitting
that
we,
as
the
largest
city
here
in
the
vta
network,
also
pass
a
resolution
remembering
the
victims,
and
so
that's
the
the
other
item
we'll
ask
for
approval
on
consent.
But
I
I
appreciate
mayor
and
my
colleagues
offering
the
opportunity
here
for
this
adjournment
and
for
members
of
our
vta
family
that
are
present
and
and
watching
with
us
today,
and
I
ask
that
that
be
included
into
the
motion.
G
B
I
Hi
blair
beekman
here.
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
item.
I've
been
with
in
my
own
morning
about
this
situation
as
well
the
past
month
and
it's
tough
for
all
of
us
to
work
through.
Unfortunately,
I
feel
it
has
brought
up
practices
within
city
government
in
trying
to
respect
quietness
and
reflection
that
they
are
have.
The
city
government
is
having
a
way
to
kind
of
limit
their
public
meeting
process,
the
access
of
the
public
meeting.
I
This
really
does
happen
when
mass
murders
take
place
and
it
creates
everybody
becomes
really
cold
and
scared,
and
I
don't
want
to
hurt
people
anyone
for
that,
but
it's
learning
how
to
work
out
of
that
with
our
good
regular
practices
and
open
practice
of
practices
of
democracy
and
new
ideas
of
open
public
policies
that
I've
been
working
on
for
several
years
now
to
address
the
the
age
of
warfare
to.
We
need
to
do
all
of
this
now
and
do
our
good
stuff
thanks.
B
J
So
I
extend
empathy
to
and
from
my
city
and
and
to
the
sikh
community,
the
sikh
community,
the
way
that
I
was
watching
their
responses
and
when
I
see
sikhs
at
gatherings-
and
they
sponsor
sometimes
gatherings
here
in
the
city
and
to
think
these
are
very
gentle
people
I
mean
just
I
mean
I've,
never
seen
a
like.
You
never
see
a
frown
on
their
face
and
they've
given
so
much
so
I
was
impacted
because
I
knew
that
one
of
their
own
was
stripped
from
them
so
violently.
J
B
Okay,
thank
you
and
forgive
me
for
failing
to
announce
the
beginning.
The
meeting
throughout
this
meeting
we'll
be
limiting
public
comment
to
one
minute,
because
we
expect
this
will
be
a
very
long
meeting
indeed,
and
we
hope
to
finish
all
of
our
work
by
midnight
tonight,
all
right.
Let's
vote
now
on
the
origins
of
the
day.
J
C
B
So
thank
you
for
your
incredible
work
and
I
know
we're
gonna
have
more
to
say
about
you
but
jennifer.
Thank
you
for
taking
this
on
and
I
believe
that
date
is
the
official
retirement
date
of
dave's.
Is
that
right
july?
25Th?
Okay,
so
that's
why
it
is
so
late.
All
right,
then
we'll
move
on
to
item
3.3,
which
is
the
approval
of
various
budget
actions
for
fiscal
year
2021..
B
I
think,
there's
a
supplemental
memorandum
that
everyone
has
seen.
Actually,
an
underlying
memorandum
from
jim
shannon
we'll
take
this
before
we
get
to
consent,
because
this
is
important
to
keep
the
wheels
running.
Are
there
any
questions
or
motion
3.3
again
approval
of
various
budget
actions
for
the
fiscal
year.
I
I
J
J
B
I
B
I
B
B
B
E
Yeah
so
so,
two
years
ago
we
didn't
do
the
tran,
because
the
policy
of
the
retirement
boards
was
to
discount
the
discount
rate.
So
it
was
no
longer.
It
didn't,
create
the
budgetary
savings
that
we
needed.
The
retirement
boards
are
now
giving
us
the
full
discount
rate
when
we
pre-fund,
so
this
pre-funding
and
funding
it
with
trans
the
net
savings
to
the
city
will
be
about
3.7
million
dollars
in
budgetary
13.7
million
dollars
in
budgetary
savings.
B
E
I
E
Could
we
could
pay
it
every
26
paper
26
times
a
year
throughout
the
year
or
we
pay
it
all
up
front
and
we
get
that
discount.
So
we
look
at
the
the
lost
interest
earnings
combined
with
the
very
low
borrowing
costs
we
have
with
the
with
the
trans
nodes,
and
it
comes
out
to
the
savings
with
the
city
by
pre-funding
that
contribution
so
and
half
of
the
notes
will
be
issued
in
a
variable
rate,
mode
and
half
in
a
fixed
rate
mode.
E
B
Right
points,
while
taking
julia,
I
guess
the
question
I
had,
though,
is
there
is
some
sensitivity
to
return
for
the
funds,
because
that
is
if
the
funds
were
to
sharper.
If
you
knew
today-
and
of
course
none
of
us
know,
but
if
you
knew
today
that
you
know
that
the
market
was
going
to
go
off,
the
cliff,
then
we
we
probably
wouldn't
want
to
repay
is
that
right.
E
No,
no,
we
really
look
at
that
for
on
the
city
side
of
the
perspective,
we
look
at
it
just
solely
on
the
savings
that
we
get
by
pre-funding,
so
it's
different
than
with
say
if
we
were
issuing
a
pension
obligation
bond
where
we're
looking
at
the
ual
over
a
long
period
of
time.
This
is
just
really
the
bill.
That's
presented
us
to
us
today
and
we
get
a
discount
if
we
pay
it
up
front
as
opposed
to
paying
it
over
the
course
of
the
year.
G
B
C
B
Thank
you
all
right,
we're
on
to
the
consent
calendar
are
there
items
council
would
like
to
pull
off.
I
have
2.21
council
member
ranks
like
to
pull
the
retroactive
approval
of
make
music
day
comes
from
a
pros,
like
the
poll
item,
2.22
retroactive
approval
of
alzheimer's
and
brain
awareness
month
and
council
member
reigns
like
to
pull
2.24,
which
is
approval
of
parks
and
recreation
month.
C
B
And
that
is
the
perks
the
authority
to
negotiate
and
execute
parks,
recreation,
neighborhood
service
agreements
all
right.
Let's
start
with
that
item
council
member
arenas.
Item
2.18
is
the
authorization
negotiating
next
to
the
parks,
recreation,
neighborhood
services
agreements
for
the
next
fiscal
year.
K
Yes-
and
you
know
I'd
like
to
see
if
we
can
get
john
cessa-
oh
I
see
john
cena
is
on
so
I
I
was
talking
to
prns
staff
to
and
from
what
I
understand.
I
think
there
needs
to
be
an
increase
of
contract
authority
for
conservation
core.
So
I
just
like
to
request
make
a
motion
to
increase
contract
authority
for
conservation
corps.
Second,.
C
Absolutely
and
thank
you
councilmember
john
cecilia,
director
parks,
recreation,
neighborhood
services.
We've
got
a
lot
of
moving
pieces
in
this
budget
and
we're
doing
a
lot
of
different
work
with
the
core,
and
we
have
some
partners
that
are
some
are
performing
better
than
others.
We
just
want
some
flexibility,
and
so
all
we'd
ask
is
go
from
500
000,
which
is
our
current
authority
that
we're
asking
for
in
this
memo
to
750
000
related
to
the
conservation
corps.
For
this
one-year
extension,
okay.
B
I
Hi,
thank
you.
This
was
an
item
that
I
don't
know
if
was
specifically
for
conservation,
core
issues
or
for
parks
and
rec
issues,
budget
issues.
Overall,
if
it's
for
park
and
rec
issue
budget
issues
overall,
I
hope
I
can
quickly
offer
that
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
you're,
concentrating
on
on
led
lighting
to
be
placed
in
in
parks
and
community
centers
and
the
like
at
this
time,
and
I
want
to
quickly
remind
the
importance
of
open,
good,
open
public
policy
practices
and
what
you
know.
I
City
government
likes
to
call
their
privacy
policy
practices
as
ways
to
connect
with
the
public,
and
so
the
public
doesn't
feel
they're
kind
of
overwhelmed
by
this
whole
technology
process.
They
can
ask
you
questions
about
our
technology
future
and
you
guys
can
just
give
them
simple,
straight
good
answers
from
good
policy
ideas
that
are
all
in
place.
Work
on
this
stuff,
let's
make
it
a
community
whole
process.
Thank
you.
B
C
C
K
Thank
you
and
good
morning
to
everybody.
Thank
you
for
if
you
have
an
opportunity
to
share
the
zoom
background
or
in
your
social
media
as
well,
so
we
celebrate
make
music
day
and
make
music
san
jose
on
june
21st.
That
was
yesterday,
and
it
really
coincides
with
festivities
in
more
than
one
thousand
cities
worldwide
and
every
year
we
do
something
locally.
We
contribute
to
a
global
movement
and
it's
an
opportunity
for
all
of
us
to
come
together
in
spirit
and
celebrate
music.
K
K
Once
again,
thank
you
so
much
office
of
cultural
affairs
for
making
this
a
hybrid
event
possible,
and
I'd
also
like
to
recognize
our
local
musician
chris
pounders
for
make
music
day
proclamation.
He
is
a
san
jose
native
and
he's
been
doing
some
really
impressive
things
like
touring
with
the
warped
the
vans
warped
tour
perform
in
america's
got
talent
and
x
factor.
K
I
mean
just
so
much
more
he's,
also
the
house
band
as
a
teacher
and
mentor
to
school
of
santa
the
school
of
rock
san
jose
and
so
he's
something
he's
a
musician
artist
for
all
of
us
to
be
proud
of,
and
I
really
want
to
thank
him
for
sharing
his
story
and
for
just
being
an
amazing
mentor
to
all
of
our
san
jose
and
whether
we
are
like
I
said,
bathtub,
singers
or
professional
want
want
to
be.
He
has
been
such
a
wonderful,
great
role
model
on
his
musical
journey.
N
Hello,
my
name
is
chris
pounders.
I've
been
a
musician
in
san
jose
for
25
years.
I've
also
been
teaching
kids
for
20.
before
I
continue
I'd
like
to
thank
council
member
sylvia
arenas
for
giving
me
this
honor
and
opportunity
to
speak
before
you
about
music
in
our
community
and,
of
course,
to
celebrate.
Make
music
day
in
san
jose
music
has
really
guided
my
life.
N
N
B
B
B
G
G
It
is
also
a
time
to
recognize
caregivers
for
the
support
they
provide
to
those
living
with
the
condition.
The
alzheimer's
association
provides
a
wide
range
of
programs
and
services
in
english,
spanish,
cantonese
and
mandarin
to
help
those
impacted
by
alzheimer's.
They
provide
education,
caregiver
training,
dementia
care
planning
and
management
and
supportive
services
that
members
of
our
community
can
utilize.
They
also
engage
local
caregivers
and
people
living
with
early
stages
of
dementia,
in
advocating
for
public
policy
changes
to
improve
dementia
research
care
and
support
to
further
recognize
alzheimer's
and
brain
awareness
month.
G
My
office,
along
with
councilmember
carrasco,
lit
the
city
hall
tower
and
rotunda
in
purple
or
have
lit
it
up
from
june
20,
that's
june
20th
to
the
25th
lighting.
The
tower
and
rotunda
in
purple
is
a
symbol
of
awareness
and
support
for
people
living
with
alzheimer's
or
other
forms
of
dementia,
and
I
invite
everybody
to
check
out
the
lighting
which
will
be
happening
this
evening
and
anytime
this
week
as
well
after
the
sun
goes
down
and
we
do
have
a
few
members.
G
L
Yes,
this
is
nancy
westcott,
I'm
a
volunteer
with
the
alzheimer's
association
I'm
board,
chair
for
the
northern
nevada
and
northern
california
chapter.
We
can't
thank
you
enough
for
raising
the
visibility
of
alzheimer's
and
brain
awareness
month
and
lighting
city
hall
in
purple
as
councilman
perales
indicated.
This
is
the
official
color
of
the
alzheimer's
movement.
It
is
so
inspiring
to
see
san
jose
as
a
beacon
of
light,
a
beacon
of
hope
for
the
millions
of
americans
with
alzheimer's
and
other
dementia
in
santa
clara
county
alone.
L
L
The
people
of
san
jose
need
to
know
that
they
don't
have
to
go
it
alone
when
they
are
concerned
about
cognitive
decline
for
the
cells
or
a
loved
one
support
is
just
a
phone
call
away
at
our
24
7
helpline.
Our
chapter
headquarters
are
located
right
here
in
san
jose
on
north
first
street.
We
as
councilman
crawles
indicated
there
are
many
free
services
available
educational
programs,
support
groups
also
a
very
robust
website
filled
with
information
at
alz.org.
L
In
addition
to
the
wonderful
week
of
light
at
city
hall,
we
invite
you
to
join
us.
This
fall
at
the
silicon
valley,
walk
to
end
alzheimer's
in
san
jose
on
saturday
october
16th,
it's
the
largest
alzheimer's
walk
in
the
nation
on
behalf
of
the
alzheimer's
association.
Thank
you
so
much
for
shining
the
light
on
alzheimer's.
M
You
know
I
just
want
to
say
a
a
few
things
that
and
I'm
grateful
that
councilmember
perales
brought
this
to
the
council.
My
father
passed
away
from
alzheimer's
complications,
and
so
it
you
know
to
talk
about
the
toll
that
it
takes
not
just
on
the
on
the
patient,
but
on
the
on
the
entire
family
is
is
an
understatement.
M
This
would
you
know
a
hospice,
or
I
should
say
a
facility
or
any
other
type
of
care
outside
of
the
house
was
just
completely
out
of
the
question
and
so
between
my
mother
and
myself
and
my
husband,
and
at
that
time
it
was
assembly,
member
kevin
de
leon
who
would
travel
from
sacramento
two
to
three
times
every
single
week
to
help
us
my
father,
feed
him
and
take
him
on
outing
so
that
he
would
still
have
stimulation
and
be
connected
to
the
family.
It
it's
it,
it
was.
M
M
So
so
I
urge
families
who
are
are
are
working
through
some
of
these
struggles
to
reach
out
and
get
the
support
that
they
need
that
the
support
is
out
there
and
it's
in
multilingual
and
and
and
be
able
to
not
only
provide
that
for
yourself
as
a
caregiver,
but
to
be
able
to
provide
it
also
for
your
family.
I
I
did
want
to
just
mention
that
approximately
5.7
million
people
in
the
u.s
suffer
from
alzheimer's
and
by
2050,
which
really
is
just
around
the
corner.
M
Time
flies
so
fast,
but
in
in
less
than
30
years
we
will
see
that
number
triple
to
16
million
dollars
to
an
economic
total
of
1.1
trillion
dollars
on
our
health
care
system.
It
it's
a
it's
a
debilitating
disease,
it's
a
progressive
disease.
Besides
everything
that
it
does
to
you
physically
and
mentally,
I
might
just
add
that
it
robs
you
of
who
you
are,
and
it
slowly
takes
away
all
those
precious
memories
that
you've
built
together
with
that
person.
M
My
father
was
there
somewhere.
He
was
there
in
the
darkness
of
this
disease
and
every
once
in
a
while,
maybe
once
a
year
we
would
get
a
glimmer
of
glimpse
of
who
he
was.
We
just
were
hoping
to
be
there
in
the
moment
that
it
happened,
and
so,
when
he
would
say,
my
nickname
is
nina
to
the
family
when
every
once
in
a
while,
he
would
say
nena
and
it
would
come
out.
M
But
we
were
blessed
to
be
able
to
take
care
of
him.
My
children,
who
were
very
little
learned
the
value
of
what
it
was
to
be
a
family
to
be
connected
to
form
a
ring
around
him
of
safety
and
protection,
and
this
were
very,
very
young
children
taking
care
of
a
very
much
older
gentleman
who
became
very
vulnerable.
M
So,
thank
you
so
much
council
member
perales,
the
rotunda,
will
be
lit
in
beautiful
purple
in
honor
of
the
of
the
many
men
and
women
who
are
losing
their
lives
and
the
families
who
are
taking
care
of
them
and,
of
course,
in
the
hopes
that
we
will
find
new
research.
New
medication
that
will
take
care
of
us,
as
all
of
us
are
aging
and
are
very,
very
vulnerable
and
susceptible
to
this
disease.
B
D
My
my
poor
mom
had
about
two
years
in
which
she
really
didn't
have
a
life
outside
of
helping
my
dad.
So
just
appreciate
you
all
raising
awareness
and
grateful
for
the
support
we
got
my
dad
as
a
veteran
got
a
lot
of
support
from
the
va,
which
was
incredibly
helpful.
So
there
are,
there
are
some
quite
a
few
resources
out
there,
but
just
appreciate
you
all,
raising
awareness
and
sharing
your
stories
about
this
thanks.
O
Hi,
thank
you
so,
as
mentioned,
my
name
is
christy
ramirez
and
I
I
actually
put
it
in
the
ass
to
come
for
paralysis,
office
for
city
hall
to
be
lit
purple
for
alzheimer's
and
brain
awareness
month.
My
goal
for
that
was
actually
fairly
simple.
I
I
wanted
to
shine
a
light
and
bring
awareness
to
the
darkness
that
is
dementia
and
have
a
community
conversation
about
this.
O
Like
council
member
carrasco,
I
I
am
also
a
sole
caregiver
for
my
mom
peggy,
who
is
67
years
old
and
living
with
mild,
vascular,
dementia.
We
are
one
of
the
lucky
ones.
She
may
never
lose
more
cognitive
functions
if
we
keep
her
blood
pressure
under
control
and
I
am
lucky
enough
to
have
a
full-time
job
that
allows
me
to
be
flexible
enough
to
care
for
her
and
take
her
to
things
like
doctor's
appointments,
manage
for
finances,
etc.
But
it's
not
it's
not
always
easy.
O
Four
years
ago,
when
she
was
diagnosed,
I
noticed
that
she
had
trouble
paying
bills
getting
medication
etc,
and
it
took
us
seven
months
for
my
mom
to
get
a
diagnosis
which
is
far
too
long,
but
bringing
awareness
to
dementia
allows
conversation
to
take
place,
and
there
are
so
many
people,
as
you
know,
we've
seen
on
this
call
that
have
been
touched
by
dementia,
but
we
don't
even
realize
it,
because
we
don't
talk
about
it.
Enough
awareness,
though,
can
lead
to
more
care
and
earlier
diagnosis.
O
So
I
really
want
to
thank
council
members
perales
and
carrasco,
their
staffs,
especially
patricia,
and
everyone
here
today
for
recognizing
the
residents
of
san
jose
living
with
dementia
and
those
of
us
who
care
for
them
and
for
bringing
awareness
to
alzheimer's,
dementia
and
brain
health.
Thank
you.
B
I
It
was
for
this
item.
Okay,
thank
you
for,
for
seeing
my
hand,
I
wanted
to
try
to
comment.
You
know
I'm
50,
plus
years
old
now
and
yeah.
Alzheimer's
can
be
a
difficult
thing.
I've
been,
I
think
I
heard
council
person,
perales
mention
the
ideas
of
how
broadband
and
internet
service
can
help
with
the
cognitive
abilities
for
alzheimer's
people.
I
It's
been
of
some
help
to
myself.
I
wanted
to
add
that
you
know
the
open
public
policies
for
broadband
and
internet
and
it's
good
democratic
practices.
Just
overall
good
democratic
practices,
I
think,
can
be
an
incredibly
good
cognitive
learning
tool
for
people
with
alzheimer's
to
relearn
democratic
practices.
I
B
N
Hello,
my
name
is
chris
pounders.
I've
been
a
musician
in
san
jose
for
25
years.
I've
also
been
teaching
kids
for
20.
before
I
continue
I'd
like
to
thank
council
member
sylvia
arenas
for
giving
me
this
honor
and
opportunity
to
speak
before
you
about
music
in
our
community
and,
of
course,
to
celebrate,
make
music
day
in
san
jose.
Music
has
really
guided
my
life
and
without
my
drive
and
passion
for
it,
my
life
would
have
played
out
completely
differently.
N
I'd
like
to
share
my
story
so
that
other
people,
other
youth,
other
kids,
can
see
what
taking
risks
and
following
your
creative
dreams
can
really
do
for
you,
music
really
took
off
for
me
in
high
school.
Before
that
I
was
taking
lessons,
but
I
didn't
really
have
an
outlet
in
high
school.
I
formed
bands
and
there
we
would
rehearse
book
shows
and
write
music.
One
of
the
biggest
memories
of
my
life
growing
up
is
the
campbell
gaslighter.
N
N
I'm
now
the
general
manager
of
school,
of
rock
san
jose
and
one
of
my
passions
is
now
to
grow
musicians
here
and
then
get
them
out
into
our
city,
writing,
music
and
forming
bands
and
sharing
that
love
that
I
had
my
whole
life
in
music.
My
dream
for
san
jose
is
that
we
come
together
and
we
open
up
a
venue
here
that
we're
really
proud
of
a
place-
that's
equitable
for
all
san
jose
people,
a
place
where
kids
and
youth
can
play
and
perform
for
us
and
enrich
our
lives.
N
B
K
K
Many
of
us
who
who
live
and
live
and
grew
up
in
the
east
side
had
our
alum
rock
park
as
as
one
of
the
great
gems
that
we
were
able
to
enjoy,
and
I
was
able
to
enjoy
it.
So
I
I
have
a
lot
of
stories
as
part
in
my
growing
up
and
and
my
fun
years
as
I
call
them
that
involve
a
lot
of
wonderful
parks
here
in
san
jose
and.
E
K
I
wanted
to
thank
our
parks
and
rec
department
for
all
that
they
do
in
keeping
up
our
parks.
I
know
that
because
our
park
pandemic,
our
families
have
been
utilizing
this
open
spaces
a
lot
more,
and
so
it's
been
taken
a
toll
on
on
those
facilities,
and
so
I
wanted
to
thank
our
parks
and
rec.
But
today
I
wanted
to
focus
on
our
welch
park,
neighborhood
association
for
the
opening
of
welch
park
dog
of
dog
park
in
district
8..
K
It
started
out
with
our
tully
okala
capital,
king
neighborhood
association,
known
as
tochna,
so
talking
neighborhood,
which
is
now
a
retired
and
welch
park.
Neighborhood
association
has
taken
a
lead,
we
came
together
and
we
did
a
visioning
event
back
in
2018
and
we
asked
our
community.
What
is
it
that
you
would
like
to
see
in
your
park
and
one
of
the
things
that
really
surprised
me
was
a
dog
park
element
and,
of
course,
the
other
item
that
really
floated
to
the
top.
K
Was
they
just
wanted
to
have
a
safe
park
that
their
families
could
visit,
which
wasn't
what
was
happening
for
many
years
since
our
welch
community
center
was
closed,
so
that
was
back
in
2018
earlier
this
year
we
finally
did
a
ribbon
cutting
for
our
dog
park
over
in
welch
park.
There's
an
area
for
big
dogs,
small
dogs,
whatever
medium-sized
dogs
come
on
out
to
welch
dog
park
in
district
8,
it's
off
of
clarice
and
we'd
love
to
to
host
you
there,
it's
clarice
drive
and
here
and
in
district
dayton.
K
So
thank
you.
Welch
park,
neighborhood
association
for
becoming
stewards
of
that
vision
for
helping
bring
along
this
to
a
reality,
as
well
as
our
tuckner
neighborhood
association.
I'm
really
proud
of
the
work
that
they've
been
doing
and
the
leadership
that
I've
seen
in
my
own
community.
Since
I
took
office,
I've
just
really
seen
this.
This
area
become
more
vibrant
and
more
unified,
and
so
I
love
that,
and
so
I
think
we
have
a
a.
A
This
is
a
very
special
place
that
will
help
improve
the
lives
of
our
community
members
and
our
pets,
because
families
will
continue
to
enjoy
a
peaceful
walk
throughout
the
welsh
park
and,
at
the
same
time,
have
their
furry
babies
enjoy
this
special
place
for
them.
This
was
all
possible
by
several
committee
members
who
advocated
to
have
something
like
this.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
them.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
laura.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
members
who
continue
to
support
several
new
projects
in
our
welsh
park
neighborhood.
A
E
Everyone,
my
name,
is
laura
retchika
and
I'm
a
resident
of
the
welch
park
neighborhood,
and
I
want
to
personally
thank
councilmember
arenas
for
all
her
hard
work
and
helping
bring
this
welsh
park
community
center
back
to
the
community,
all
her
hard
work
and
city
staff
that
have
helped
us
come
together
to
have
town
hall
meetings
here
to
see
what
our
visions
were
for
this
community
and
one
of
our
visions
was
having
a
dog
park
here
at
welch
park.
So
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
who
came
out
to
those
town
hall
meetings.
E
I
want
to
thank
project
hope
for
helping
us
organize
those
meetings
and,
most
of
all,
all
of
you
that
gave
your
input
on
what
your
vision
and
everyone's
vision
was
for
welch
park
and
this
dog
park.
So
thank
you,
everyone
for
all
your
input.
I
want
to
once
again
thank
councilmember
sylvia,
rennes
and
city
staff
for
all
their
hard
work
and
also
project
hope
and
helping
us
put
together
these
town
hall
meetings
and
listening
to
all
our
visions
for
the
welch
park.
Community
and
everyone
come
out
now
and
enjoy
your
dog
park.
K
Mayor
and
I
lastly,
I
just
wanted
to
thank,
of
course,
public
works,
which
it
makes
all
of
our
our
park
projects
a
reality
and,
of
course,
our
project
hope.
And
lastly,
I
just
wanted
to
share
that.
Laura
arachika
was
a
part-time
employee
in
my
office,
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
believe
in
the
promoters
framework,
because
we
we
need
to
bring
in
our
community
who
knows
the
community
the
best
to
do
some
of
the
work
that
we're
asking
and
some
of
the
changes
that
we
want
for
our
neighborhoods.
B
H
Yeah,
I
I
just
wanted
to
clarify.
I
know
that
we
have
had
some
issues
with
quorum
on
some
commissions,
but
I
wanted
to
clarify
a
couple
of
things,
so
the
this
proposed
ordinance
allows
the
mayor
to
appoint
the
city-wide
seats
on
these
five
commissions
off
cycle.
As
long
as
there's
a
vacancy
is
that
correct
hi?
This
is
tony
tabor
city
clerk.
It's
not
necessarily
citywide
seats,
it's
the
special
requirement
seats.
H
So,
for
example,
the
early
educator,
the
child
education
seats
on
the
library
in
early
education,
normally
cac
the
council
appointment
advisory
commission
would
interview
an
appoint
we
were
unable
to
meet
quorum.
I
think
we
had
one
meeting
this
year
with
quorum
and
then
due
to
absences,
we
had
to
resign.
The
people
who
didn't
show
up
for
several
meetings
were
working
on
appointing
them,
but
you
know
in
six
months
they've
been
able
to
meet
once
and
make
one
appointment,
so
this
was
sort
of
a
a
stop
gap.
H
If
I
can't
get
cac
a
quorum
for
them,
we
needed
a
singular
place
that
could
look
at
all
of
the
applications
and
say:
okay.
Well,
these
four
have
education
experiences,
so
we
can
nominate
them.
We
picked
the
mayor's
office
because
he
usually
has
a
staff
member
who
can
look
at
those
city-wide
seats.
So
it's
a
singular
location
and
that's
that's
the
purpose
of
this,
preferably
we
could
get
all
of
cac.
Seeded
though,
and
so
is
this
so
reading
the
language.
This
is
when
the
cac
is
unable
to
meet.
H
L
H
H
I
Hi
blair
beekman
here
the
quorum
issue
for
commissions
is
become
pretty
important
and
what
is
tony
tabor's
explanation
may
have
been
a
bit
confused.
I
hope
it
can
be
cleared
up
and
for
there
to
be
a
certain
versatility
to
allow
the
mayor
to
appoint
in
between
election
time
commissioned
persons
are.
That's,
are
you
know
for
the
mayor
and
council?
I
guess
to
be
able
to
appoint.
I
J
B
C
C
B
M
Yeah,
that's
okay
and
I
hope
paul
soto
will
will
call
back
on
it.
But
thank
you
mayor
we're
we're
recognizing
a
lot
of
different,
very
noteworthy
issues
for
the
month
of
june
and,
of
course,
for
the
month
of
june.
We
want
to
recognize
our
immigrant
community
and
all
that
they
contribute
to
our
wonderful
city
and
as
a
proud
daughter
of
two
immigrant
parents.
This
is
of
particular
importance
to
me.
M
M
It's
our
immigrant
community.
That
makes
us
all
that
much
richer
and
adds
so
much
depth
to
who
we
are
collectively
and
even
personally,
the
the
need
to
seek
a
better
life
for
themselves,
whether
it's
economically
or
the
need
to
seek
safety
and
refuge
from
a
violent
relationship
or
political
persecution.
M
Propels
families
to
leave
everything
behind.
They
leave
everything,
that's
familiar
to
them,
their
language,
their
food,
their
neighborhoods,
their
family
members,
truly
a
love
of
land
into
an
unknown
journey
of
risk
and
danger
as
well,
but
they
do
so
because
the
the
risk
outweighs
what
they
already
know
is
in
their
homeland,
and
so
we
want
to
recognize
and
respect
that
many
times
when
they
come
here.
They
they
are
part
of
the
underground
economy.
M
Jardineros,
laborers
or
or
construction
workers,
or
gardeners
or
janitors,
there's
dignity
in
the
work
that
our
community
does
and
as
we
saw
during
covet
19.
Our
most
critical
essential
workers
were
our
farm
workers
who
worked
without
taking
a
pause,
knowing
that
we
needed
to
get
those
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables
to
our
table
and
those
don't
have
a
pause
button
on
them,
and
so
whether
it
was
some
of
the
worst
air
quality
days
that
we
saw
or
or
the
mountains
burning
around
them.
M
M
Let
us
not
forget
our
immigrant
community,
who
sometimes
and
very
often
do
not
have
a
voice
at
the
decision-making
table,
and
so
it's
incumbent
upon
us
to
reaffirm
that
commitment
today,
as
we
honor
our
immigrant
community
on
this
month
of
june.
So
let
us
proclaim
with
our
hesitation.
That
june
is
the
month
for
immigrant
heritage
month
here
in
the
city
of
san
jose,
and
I
thank
all
of
you
because
it
when
I
look
around
this
diocese.
M
This
is
one
of
the
most
diverse
councils
throughout
the
state
of
california
and
we
can
all
pinpoint
our
roots
to
some
wonderful,
beautiful
immigrant
story,
and
we
can
choose
to
be
part
of
that
beautiful
immigrant
story
by
remembering
it,
by
taking
some
very
complex
policy
issues
and
still
be
part
of
it
and
making
sure
that
san
jose
is
continues
to
be
inclusive
and
has
a
place
for
our
immigrant
community
to
call
home.
So
thank
you
so
much
and
que
viva
el
immigrante.
B
J
Yes,
thank
you
mayor,
but
it's
typical
mexicans
are
forgotten
about.
The
immigrant
has
forgotten
about
it's,
so
it's
it's!
It's
nothing.
Personal
history
is
written
by
the
power
holders
and
the
dominant
that
version
of
history
produces
one
superior
myth,
one
version
of
reality
which
is
sold
to
everyone
as
the
ultimate
truth
in
that
process,
and
in
that
story
the
popular
view
of
history,
typically
dehumanizes
and
minimizes
the
contributions
and
moral
character
of
those
conquered
along
the
way.
J
J
I
Hi,
thank
you
for
the
words
on
this
item.
You
know
it's
it's
important
to
me
that
we're
we're
really
readjusting
ideas
of
language
interpretation
for
public
meetings
and
zoom
meetings
at
this
time.
Thank
you
for
all
the
good
work
and
efforts
of
everyone.
Who's
been
working
on
this
issue
in
san
jose,
I'm
starting
to
talk
in
oakland
now
about
they're
having
they
can't
afford
language
interpretation,
their
budget,
and
it
really
brings
up
the
question
you
know:
what
are
we
doing?
I
I
H
H
Photo
I
just
wanted
to
show
folks.
You
know
these
are
the
folks
that
we've
depended
on
during
this
pandemic,
the
farm
workers
who
are
largely
immigrant,
whether
it's
wildfires
covid,
all
of
the
above
we've
we've
depended
on
the
immigrants
in
our
community
so
many
times
that
I
just
deeply
appreciate
this
recognition.
Thank
you.