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From YouTube: OCT 8, 2019 | City Council
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San José City Council.
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A
Good
afternoon,
I
want
to
call
the
meeting
to
order
for
the
afternoon
of
October,
8th
2019,
for
those
of
you
who
are
watching
this
at
home.
Do
not
adjust
your
TV
I'm,
not
mayor
of
San
Ricardo
I'm
vice
mayor,
chappy,
Jones
and
I
will
be
conducting
lean.
This
meeting
today,
I
want
to
introduce
our
indicator.
Today's
invocation
will
be
delivered
by
the
San
Jose
Youth
Shakespeare
councilmember
Foley
will
tell
us
more.
B
Thank
You
vice
mayor
San,
Jose
Youth
Shakespeare
is
a
local
theater
Conservancy
that
operates
out
of
district
nine
locations
such
as
hoagie
park
and
Camden
community
center.
Their
cast
of
young
people
ranging
from
ages
8
to
21,
perform
full-length
productions
of
Shakespeare's
plays
San
Jose
Youth
Shakespeare
seeks
to
establish
a
strong
sense
of
community
and
inspire
lifelong
enjoyment
of
Shakespeare's
work.
The
company
is
led
by
artistic
director,
Audrey
rums
be
and
sustained
by
the
cast
production
crew
and
their
families.
B
San
Jose
youth
Shakespeare
has
Workshop
programs
with
local
schools,
Girl
Scout
troops
and
homes
for
the
disabled.
Every
week
they
visit
the
Hope
Center
in
San
Jose
to
teach
seniors
with
disabilities
how
to
express
themselves
and
connect
with
one
another.
By
acting
out
famous
speeches
that
sounds
like
fun.
I
am
passionate
about
providing
performing
arts
opportunities
for
our
youth.
B
I
am
grateful
to
the
San
Jose
Youth
Shakespeare
for
bringing
Shakespeare's
work
to
life
and
bringing
joy
to
our
community
through
their
enlightening
performances
and
dedication
to
volunteerism
Thank
You
San
Jose
use
Shakespeare
for
performing
for
us
today.
They
will
now
perform
a
selection
of
scenes
from
their
recent
productions.
C
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Audrey
ramsby
and
I
am
at
the
artistic
director
of
this
terrific
San
Jose
based
Shakespeare,
Company
and
I'm
so
thrilled
to
be
here
today
with
these
terrific
kids.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
and
our
district
representative
pam
foley
for
having
us
today
and
for
creating
such
a
terrific
city
for
us
to
work
and
create
in.
I
want
to
introduce
you
to
our
terrific
performers.
Today,
I
have
Griffin
Sanders,
give
it
a
little
weight.
C
I've
got
max
Klaus,
Sharon,
McCauley,
Stella,
Scott
and
violet
Sanders,
and
today
we
have
the
unusual
privilege
of
having
one
of
our
Shakespeare
dads
with
us
as
our
troubadour.
This
is
Simon
Scott
with
us.
So
thank
you
again,
so
very
much
for
having
us
our
slogan
at
our
Shakespeare.
Company
has
been
for
the
last
15
years.
C
We
believe
at
our
very,
very
core
that
every
child
is
born
with
a
unique
sense
of
individuality
and
magnificence,
and
all
it
needs
is
just
a
door,
a
doorway,
an
open
door
to
creating
that
magnificence
a
permission
from
other
kids
around
them
and
from
their
parents
and
from
their
community
to
be
that
magnificence
and
that's
what
we
do
here
at
our
company.
So
thank
you
again
so
much
for
having
us-
and
here
are
some
Shakespeare
for
you.
D
D
F
F
G
G
D
J
I'm
inviting
I'm
inviting
all
about
my
council
colleagues,
because
I
know
that
they
have
a
lot
of
art
and
they're,
also
lovers
of
art,
but
they
have
a
lot
of
art
in
their
own
districts
respectfully
good
afternoon.
Everyone
October
is
National
Arts
and
Humanities
Month,
a
coast-to-coast
collective
recognition
of
the
importance
of
culture
in
America,
National,
Arts
and
Humanities
Month
was
launched
by
Americans
for
the
Arts
more
than
30
years
ago,
as
National
Arts
week
in
honor
of
the
20th
anniversary
of
the
National
Endowment.
J
It
has
since
been
re-established
as
a
month-long
celebration,
and
it
deserves
this
extra
time
and
attention
focusing
on
the
arts
at
local
state
and
national
levels,
encouraging
individuals
and
organizations
to
participate
in
the
arts,
allowing
governments
and
businesses
to
show
their
support
of
the
Arts
and
raising
public
awareness
about
the
role
of
the
Arts
and
Humanities
which
play
in
our
communities
in
our
lives.
Here
in
the
city
of
San
Jose,
we
have
dedicated
staff
working
to
bring
more
art
to
our
city.
J
We
are
working
together
to
make
art
more
accessible
for
vulnerable
communities,
to
support
local
artists
and
to
celebrate
our
rich
cultural
diversity
through
the
arts,
as
it
lays
on
to
the
Arts
Commission.
My
office
is
currently
working
to
help
promote
the
wonderful
opportunities
and
resources
available
to
local
artists.
J
K
So
yes,
yeah,
that's,
okay
and
I
want
to
thank
all
the
the
council
and
the
city
manager
for
your
support
of
arts
and
humanities.
We're
also
joined
today
by
members
of
the
Arts
Commission.
We
have
our
Vice
Chair,
Ramona,
Snyder
and
Smita
gark.
We
also
have
Michael
Ogilvie
Karen
Park
and
Emily
sevier
from
the
Office
of
Cultural
Affairs,
National,
Arts
and
Humanities
month.
The
Office
of
Cultural,
Affairs
and
thirty-one
creative
partners
are
sponsoring
a
citywide,
31-day
creativity
challenge
called
we
create
408.
K
It's
designed
to
inspire
you
and
celebrate
San
Jose
so
participating
and
the
challenge
is
really
easy.
You
go
to.
We
create
408
org
and
all
you
need
is
to
sign
up
with
an
email
address
and
you're
going
to
receive
an
email
every
day
during
the
month
of
October,
with
a
different
prompt
for
a
creative
action
you
can
do
on
your
own
and
we're
also
going
to
send
out
information
about
a
related
event
from
one
of
our
partners.
K
So
when
you
post
your
response
online,
you
want
to
also
tag
we
create
408
and
then
you'll
be
eligible
to
receive
discounts
or
giveaways
from
our
partners.
So
it's
really
easy.
It
takes
less
than
10
minutes
a
day
and
I
also
want
to
thank
the
Packer
foundation
for
their
generous
support
of
this
initiative.
So
today's
creative
prompt
is
really
fun.
What's
one
of
your
best
childhood
memories
draw
your
memory
or
post
a
photo
that
evokes
the
experience.
K
You'll
see
mine,
maybe
I'll
be
on
my
pony
or
something
like
that
and
again,
you
know
we
I
want
to
just
recognize
that
Santa
is
a
youth
Shakespeare
who
really
exemplifies
the
power
of
creativity
in
our
everyday
lives,
because
you
heard
the
artistic
directors
saying
the
power
of
all
of
us
individually
and
how
that
really
comes
out
through
the
arts.
So
again,
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
the
council.
We
really
appreciate
all
of
your
support.
F
Thank
you.
So
much
for
coming
coming
down
so
I
have
some
very
special
guests
with
me,
starting
with
our
superintendent
of
evergreen
school
district,
who
is
Emmie
Flores
as
well
as
our
principal
Ryan,
Hansen,
Vera
and
project
specialist,
marina,
Doxey
and
I
think
we
also
have
patty
on
the
other
here,
a
PTA
president,
but
I
think
she's,
hiding,
ok,
so
the
reason
I
have
all
the
view.
F
Ladies
here
is
because
we
want
to
really
showcase
some
of
the
work
that
you've
done
at
Quimby
Oak,
but
before
I
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
I
want
to
just
go
over
bullying
and
you
all
know
that
it
just
doesn't
affect
our
children
it.
It
affects
people
of
all
ages,
race,
color,
economic
status.
It
really
doesn't
matter,
although
we
we
focus
on
our
youth
and
our
children,
because
we
want
to
have
a
really
healthy
start.
F
F
I
create
a
hashtag.
I
probably
got
that
one
wrong.
But
when
you
take
a
look
back
at
some
of
your
most
fond
childhood
memories,
we
don't
think
about
some
of
the
really
terrible
ones
right,
and
so
we
want
to
continue
to
have
really
wonderful
memories
for
our
children
and
for
the
generations
to
come,
and
so
we
really
need
to
have
some
fundamentals
when
it
comes
to
social
media.
So
I
want
to
thank
them
for
all
of
their
amazing
work.
F
To
advocate,
to
advocate,
on
behalf
of
the
well-being
of
our
students
and
raising
awareness
and
serious
consequences
of
bullying
to
cultivate,
safe,
diverse
schools
and
communities
and
before
I
have
vice-mayor
provide
that
proclamation.
I'd
like
to
ask
if
one
of
you
would
like
to
share
some
words
with
us.
Wonderful.
K
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Ryan
Hansen
Bera
and
I
am
the
principal
of
quibec
Middle
School
in
Evergreen
School
District
in
San
Jose.
I
first
would
like
to
thank
councilmember
Sylvia
arenas
for
including
Quimby
Oak
and
such
an
important
proclamation
in
declaring
October
a
bullying
prevention
month.
So
students
today
are
digital
natives,
the
seventh
and
eighth
grade
students,
I
work
with
can't
remember
life
without
the
internet,
a
cell
phone
or
a
social
media
platform.
K
This
has
left
schools
and
districts,
rethinking
education
and
educational
systems
for
digital
natives
who
view
technology
as
an
in
central
part
in
how
they
communicate.
The
role
of
the
teacher
is
fundamentally
changing
and
more
and
more
classrooms
are
becoming
versed
in
digital
tools
that
mirror
what
seamlessly
takes
place
in
the
workplace.
K
Districts
like
evergreen
are
progressive
in
their
approaches
to
bridge
technology
with
learning
in
the
classroom.
Many
of
our
campuses,
like
mine,
Quimby
Oak,
support
a
one-to-one
digital
device
model
where
students
and
teachers
engage
and
collaborate
through
Google
platforms,
video
photo
and
music
applications
and
they
regularly
use
and
engage
learners
and
develop
projects
while
online.
K
While
all
of
this
is
the
wave
of
the
future
and
the
direction
that
we
should
be
going
in,
there
is
also
a
great
responsibility
for
schools
to
educate,
teens
and
young
people
about
how
to
communicate
and
collaborate
online
and
safe,
appropriate
and
responsible
ways.
Someone's
digital
footprint
today
is
just
as
important
as
their
resume.
The
choices
students
make
online
now
will
affect
their
futures.
Social
media
is
a
tool
that
enables
people
to
connect
on
levels
with
global
impact.
K
Not
only
are
we
educating
students
how
to
operate
digital
devices
for
the
purpose
of
an
educational
gain,
we
also
need
to
educate
and
hone
the
social
skills
needed
to
be
digital
users
that
are
empathetic,
equitable
and
most
of
all,
kind.
To
address
this
at
Quimby,
we've
partnered,
like
mentioned
with
a
wonderful
organization,
hashtag
I,
can
help,
and
that
is
from
the
website.
I
can
help
delete
negativity,
org
and
this
organizations
mission
is
to
empower
students,
use
social
media
in
a
very
positive
way.
K
Quimby,
with
this
collaboration
has
launched
trainings
not
only
for
students
and
teachers,
but
parents
about
digital
safety
and
how
to
positively
act
to
collaborate
and
communicate
online.
This
has
also
led
to
numerous
implementations
to
address
online
harassment
and
cyber
bullying.
We
launched
the
Lobo
helpline
a
digital
and
anonymous
reporting
tool
where
students
can
immediately
reach
out
and
seek
help
report
and
document
online
issues.
In
turn,
the
leadership
at
Quimby
has
reshaped
procedures
that
include
online
interactions
between
suit
between
students,
and
we
can
now
address
cyber
bullying
head-on.
K
We're
proud
to
announce
that
we've
seen
an
increase
in
student
advocacy
on
and
in
their
abilities
to
not
only
report
but
to
act.
So
thank
you
to
the
city
of
San,
Jose
and
councilmember
arenas
for
bringing
such
attention
to
this
issue
and
supporting
schools
through
their
initiatives
to
make
classrooms
safer
and
also
environments
virtually
online
just
as
safe
and
kind.
Thank
you.
L
L
Gandhi
once
said,
I
object
to
violence,
because
when
it
appears
to
be
to
do
good,
the
good
is
only
temporary
the
evil
it
does
is
permanent.
This
legacy.
This
legacy
inspires
the
United
Nations
to
designate
October
2nd
Gandhi's
birthday
as
the
International
Day
of
non-violence,
in
recognition
of
his
immense
contributions
to
human
rights
and
the
struggle
for
freedom
across
the
world.
D
On
behalf
of
the
local
Indian
community,
it
is
my
humble
privilege,
except
this
gracious
proclamation
pass
by
the
San
Jose
City
Council,
to
commemorate
the
150th
birth
anniversary.
One
of
the
most
important
figures
of
our
era.
Mahatma
Gandhi
I
mean
who
has
not
heard
about
him
accompanying
me.
Are
several
community
leaders,
Raj
Desai
CEO
of
India
Indian,
community
center
Reshma
Nigam,
the
current
president
and
boppin
Mehta
Past
President
of
India
for
collective
action,
icon
and
doctor
Saluja,
Lula
retired
Kaiser
physician,
who
has
led
a
Gandhi
camp
for
youth
for
the
last
35
years.
D
It
is
most
of
the
young
people
really
know
about
this
and
attend
this
camp.
It's
a
great
opportunity
for
them.
Your
proclamation
has
appropriately
designated
October,
2nd
Martin,
o
Gandhi's
birth
date
as
the
International
Day
of
non-violence,
in
recognition
of
his
immense
contributions
to
the
human
rights
and
the
struggle
for
freedoms
across
the
world,
starting
with
India
through
nonviolent
means
and
satyagraha
or
truth
force.
It
is
by
far
the
most
difficult
means
and
requires
extraordinary
courage
and
forbearance.
Those
of
you
who
have
seen
the
movie
Gandhi
can
attest
to
that.
D
As
Albert
Einstein
once
said
of
Gandhi
generations
to
come,
will
scarce
believe
that
such
a
one
as
this
ever
in
flesh
and
blood
walked
upon
this
earth.
Mahatma
Gandhi's,
vision
of
community
service,
hope,
unconditional
love,
compassion
and
nonviolent
action
is
needed
in
our
times
as
never
before.
I
thank
consonant
chemists
in
making
this
Proclamation
possible.
D
In
this
context,
I
also
commend
the
city
in
its
actions
to
address
the
scourge
of
homelessness
and,
while
housing
for
the
dispossessed
safe
lodging
is
a
basic
human
right
and
we
need
to
do
everything
possible
to
house
the
people
that
are
dispossessed
I'm,
a
board
member
of
Nami
Santa
Clara
County
responsible
for
supportive
housing
and
would
love
to
partner
with
you
to
help
the
families.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
A
A
A
L
You
vice
mayor,
when
we
approved
this
this
action
item
September
17th.
We
had
requested
that
the
staff
study
that
cost
the
impact
of
Adu
construction
and
bring
this
back
to
council
page
68
of
the
on
the
on
the
transcript.
The
motion
specified
that
the
analysis
may
be
brought
back
in
the
formative
information
memo.
I
did
not
see
this
in
the
Supplemental
memo.
Is
his
staff
aware
of
that.
D
C
L
M
Over
the
weekend,
I
joined
about
18
different
elected
officials
is
no
City.
Money
was
involved.
There's
a
personal
trip.
I
went
down
to
El
Paso
Texas
to
visit
the
us-mexico
border
and
I
just
wanted
to
share,
because
we
went
to
visit
a
place
called
Annunciation
House,
where
they
provide
temporary
housing
for
migrants
passing
through
the
border
awaiting
asylum
hearings,
but
are
a
group
of
1825
people
outnumbered
the
migrants
there,
and
some
of
them
were
headed
towards
California.
I
saw
folks
in
ankle
bracelets
waiting
their
hearing
and
they
can
go
anywhere
in
the
u.s.
M
if
they
have
a
sponsor
and
then
we
cross
into
Juarez
and
visit
some
sites.
They're,
not
us
detention,
centers,
but
nonprofits
and
faith
houses
taking
care
of
folks
from
you
know:
Guatemala
Honduras,
El,
Salvador,
Cuba
and
Africa
I'm
told
that
they're
about
15,000
people
amassed
at
the
border
and
I
guess.
I
just
want
to
share
this
because
I
asked
folks
what
can
I
do
to
help
and
they
said
just
let
us
know
we're
down
here.
M
The
US
has
this
policy
now
implemented
recently
that
El
Paso,
although
you
can
still
ask
for
asylum,
you
have
to
wait
in
Mexico
and
then
the
US
also
has
a
metering
process
where
they
only
accept
maybe
five
to
twenty
people
to
show
up
at
the
border.
So
basically
they're
coming
up
through
Mexico,
you
say
I'd
like
to
seek
asylum,
the
United
States
they
say
come
back
in
four
months
at
this
time
at
four
a.m.
M
and
we'll
take
you
and
in
the
interim
you're
just
stuck
in
Mexico,
so
that's
kind
of
the
situation,
the
board
I
was,
you
know,
glad
to
go
down.
There,
see
it
firsthand.
You
know
we
can't
do
much
with
it
at
the
city,
but
I
just
wanted
to
share
what
I
learned
and
raise
awareness
about
that.
So
with
that
I'll
move
to
to
approve
them.
Two
point:
five.
A
J
C
You
vice
mayor
actually
have
two
updates
to
do
today.
The
first
is
on
the
PG&E
Public
Safety
power
shut
off
and
wanted
to
give
the
the
public
in
the
council
an
update
on
where
we're
at
so
as
we've
been
informed.
The
Public
Safety
power
shutoff
may
begin
in
our
city
as
early
as
midnight
tonight,
affecting
mostly
parts
of
the
east
and
south
San
Jose,
and
this
is
due
to
predicted,
weathered
patterns
of
high
wind
and
low
humidity.
C
This
weather
pattern
is
expected
to
continue
through
possibly
noon
on
Thursday,
so
we've
been
preparing
for
these
scenarios
over
the
last
four
months
and
we've
created
a
power
of
vulnerability
plan
and
this
plan
is
being
put
into
play
as
I
speak.
We
have
partially
activated
the
EOC
in
City
Hall
over
the
last
day,
or
so.
We
have
fully
activated
our
communications
team
and
we
will
be
doing
an
activation
of
the
EOC
tonight.
At
10:00
p.m.
C
PG&E
will
also
be
opening
a
one
large
community
resource
center
at
Avaya
stadium
operating
from
8:00
a.m.
tomorrow
to
6:00
p.m.
they
will
be
providing
water
charging
stations
and
cooling
devices.
We
are
opening
three
community
resource
centers,
starting
tomorrow
from
8
a.m.
to
8
p.m.
those
are
the
Southside
Mayfair
and
Camden
community
centers.
We
also
will
be
providing
water
charging
stations
and
snacks.
C
English,
Vietnamese
and
Spanish
speaking.
Staff
will
be
on
hand
at
those
resource
centers
and,
as
I
said,
the
goal
is
to
provide
basic
resources
for
residents
affected
by
a
Public
Safety
power
shut
off
all
of
our
community
resource
centers
will
remain
open
until
the
event
is
over.
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
you
kind
of
key
messages
that
we're
providing
to
the
public
first
is
a
shelter
in
place
if
possible.
C
Let's
see
here
for
affected
areas
we
might
expect.
We
will
expect
water
sewer
and
trash
recycling
to
continue
and
continue
their
operations.
We
might
see
slight
delays
due
to
traffic
on
the
streets,
especially
when
it
comes
to
traffic
collection.
We
are
actively
communicating
with
nonprofits
with
schools,
faith-based
organizations
to
make
sure
the
message
is
get
out
we're
also
coordinating
with
the
county
and
PG&E
and
other
agencies
to
ensure
all
of
our
residents
are
properly
prepared,
and
we
will
continue
to
keep
all
of
you
informed
on
this
issue.
C
D
D
Let
me
also
tell
the
council
that
it
is
possible.
If
the
council
decides,
we
can
do
it.
We
can
post
a
special
meeting,
which
only
requires
a
24
hour
notice,
to
the
extent
that
the
council
would
like
to
have
a
more
thorough
discussion
of
it
tomorrow
or
the
following
day.
So
you
can.
Let
us
know
if
that's
something
the
council
would
like.
C
C
Okay,
we're
here
to
kick
off
to
the
city's
annual
combined
Giving
Campaign
I
would
like
to
thank
our
city,
librarian
and
the
library
department
for
taking
this
on
for
this
next
year.
I
also
like
to
thank
the
library's
workforce
development,
Ana,
analysts,
Aleta
Egypt's
eco
she's,
going
to
be
the
the
citywide
coordinator.
So
thank
you
for
taking
this
work
on
last
year,
city
employees
donated
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
contributed
over
4,000
hours
of
service
and
donated
over
330
in-kind
items
for
our
community
here
in
San.
K
Thanks
Steve
I
also
want
to
thank
our
mayor
and
our
city
council
members
for
supporting
this
program.
The
library
is
very
excited
to
be
leading
the
2019
combined
Giving
Campaign,
and
our
theme
this
year
is
because
of
you,
so
The
Giving
Campaign
is
rooted
in
the
understanding
that
each
of
us
has
the
power
to
make
a
real
difference
in
San
Jose
and
throughout
the
Bay.
Area
Dave
mentioned
that
last
year's
accomplishment
was
raising
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
K
Well,
our
goal
for
2019
is
to
reach
at
least
a
five
percent
increase
over
that,
which
is
a
very
awkward
number
of
around
one
hundred
and
fifty
nine
thousand
dollars.
I
think
we
should
just
do.
$160,000
I
just
decided
that
right
now,
every
donation
will
make
a
difference
where,
regardless,
if
it's
money,
time
or
in-kind
items,
the
charity's
involved
sincerely
appreciate
everything
that
we
can
give
so
I'm
going
to
encourage
every
single
City
of
a
San
Jose
employee
to
participate
in
the
paym
this
year,
in
whatever
ways
are
most
meaningful
to
you.
K
So
I'm,
confident
that,
because
of
you,
the
campaign
can
reach
or
surpass
our
goal.
Remember
that
small,
simple
acts
enacted
by
many
can
create
great
change.
So
let's
be
the
change
that
we
would
like
to
see
in
our
communities
this
year.
So
I
want
to
thank
again
our
our
council,
our
city
manager's
office,
our
fantastic
team
of
Alethia,
Asia,
ciacco
I,
had
to
try
to
say
it
and
tani
vltava
from
who's
a
senior
director
of
workplace
engagement
at
the
United
Way
Bay
Area.
Thank
you.
N
Good
afternoon
Joel
Royce
city
auditor
in
the
Box
was
Julia
Cooper
from
the
Department
of
Finance
and
John
Ciccarelli
from
the
parks,
recreation,
Neighborhood,
Services,
Katan,
Julia
and
Riccar
Wan.
Bargain
and
Shirley
Wong
from
my
office
are
in
the
audience
they
had
worked
on
the
audit,
so
the
city
of
San
Jose
is
a
procurement
card
or
a
p-card
program
whereby
some
city
staff
or
issued
Visa
cards
for
routine
purchases.
The
purpose
of
the
program
is
to
streamline
the
acquisition
of
small
dollar
value,
goods
and
services.
N
The
overall
program
is
overseen
by
the
finance
department,
but
oversight
for
transactions
transactions
is
decentralized
to
City
departments.
The
city's
p-card
policy
spells
out
rules
for
P
card
usage,
outlines
roles
and
responsibilities
for
management
of
the
program.
For
example,
card
holders
are
expected
to
retain
receipts
from
the
purchases
and,
in
some
cases,
receive
approvals
prior
to
certain
types
of
purchases.
Departments
also
have
approving
officials
who
oversee
purchases
within
their
departments.
In
fiscal
year,
2018
19,
roughly
990
card
holders
made
over
50
thousand
Pete
card
purchases,
totaling
14
million
dollars.
N
The
objective
of
this
audit
was
to
review
P
card
usage
across
the
city.
We've
conducted
regular
audits
of
P
card
transactions
over
the
years,
most
recently
in
2014
to
complete
our
audit
work
out
at
staff
reviewed
over
4,000
p
card
transactions
that
occurred
between
May
and
June
of
2018,
spread
across
all
city
departments.
N
First,
finding
was
that
most
peak,
our
transactions
complied
with
city
policy.
However,
policy
clarifications
for
some
types
of
purchases
are
needed,
while
our
review
of
P
card
transactions
showed
that
most
adhere
to
the
city's
P
card
policy.
Some
exceptions
were
is
observed.
These
included
recurring
purchases
of
water
for
personal
use,
technology
purchases
made
without
approval
from
the
information
technology
department
or
IT,
and
others.
N
Many
of
the
exceptions
observe
had
also
been
seen
in
prior
art,
sir
subject
of
open
audit
recommendations,
we
also
noted
that
several
former
city
employees
that
active
p-cards
after
their
separation
date
from
the
city
and
now
many
p
card
holders,
did
not
complete
a
required
annual
recertification
quiz.
We
have
two
recommendations
to
address
those
issues.
Lastly,
because
city
employees
must
be
aware
of
and
comply
with
many
different
city
policies
and
internal
guidelines
for
P
card
purchases,
the
administration
should
clarify
some
policies
and
make
them
more
easily
accessible
for
city
staff
in
an
easy,
user-friendly
format.
N
Our
second
finding
is
that
the
city
can
better
monitor
expenditures
from
commonly
used
vendors
finance
negotiates
with
various
vendors
to
receive
preferred
pricing
and
terms.
Since
2007
eight
office,
Depot
has
had
an
agreement
with
the
city
to
provide
preferred
pricing,
discounts
and
volume
rebates
for
office
supplies.
However,
it
appears
that
the
city
did
not
correctly
receive
all
of
the
outlying
benefits
from
July
2014
to
June
of
2018.
We
estimate
that
the
impact
from
lost
rebates
and
discounts
may
have
been
at
least
one
hundred
and
seventy
six
thousand
dollars.
N
We
recommend
that
finance
work
with
Office
Depot
to
correct
past
issues
and
develop
a
process
to
better
oversee
the
agreement
with
Office
Depot.
Additionally,
Finance
has
established
other
open
purchase,
orders
that
provide
competitive
pricing
or
other
incentives.
However
peak
our
data
show
that
these
have
not
always
been
used
by
city
staff.
Finally,
because
there
have
been
significant
levels
of
purchases
with
other
vendors,
including
Amazon
and
Home
Depot,
there
may
be
opportunities
to
explore.
Preferred
pricing
in
terms
with
those
vendors.
N
Our
third
finding
is
that
Parks
Recreation
neighborhood
services
or
P
R
and
s
can
strengthen
oversight
of
its
p-card
program.
P
RNs
provides
San
Jose
residents
with
diverse
services
such
as
operating,
maintaining
community
centers
parks
and
trails,
and
providing
a
wide
range
of
programs
to
San
Jose
residents.
N
The
department's
p
card
purchases
reflect
those
diverse
services
in
2018-19
PRS
at
the
most
p
card
expenditures
in
the
city,
accounting
for
about
25%
of
total
p
card
purchases.
Overall,
in
addition,
PRN
s
had
the
most
p
card
holders.
In
the
city,
similar
to
the
citywide
transaction
review.
We
noted
that
some
peak
art
purchases
and
PRS
did
not
comply
with
city
policies.
In
addition,
PRN
s
incurred
$13,000
in
late
payment
fees
because
of
the
volume
of
activity,
the
large
number
of
beat
card
holders
and
the
dispersion
of
programming
across
the
city.
N
We
recommend
that
PR
NS
reevaluate
the
number
of
P
cards
needed
in
the
department
and
develop
internal
guidelines
for
P
card
usage
to
help
staff
comply
with
city
policies.
The
report
includes
nine
recommendations,
we'd
like
to
thank
the
departments
of
finance,
PR,
NS,
Public,
Works,
IT
and
others
for
the
time
and
insight
during
the
prior
in
the
ahta
process,
the
administration
has
reviewed
the
report
and
their
responses
shown
in
the
yellow
pages.
We
ask
that
you
accept
the
report
and
we're
happy
to
answer
any
questions
on
that
turn
over
to
Julia
and
John.
B
We
think
this
regular
audit
process,
as
you
can
tell
from
the
report
there,
aren't
any
egregious
issues
associated
with
the
P
card
which
we're
happy
to
report,
and
it
shows
that
the
pass
the
policies
and
procedures
that
we
put
in
place
are
working.
A
number
of
the
recommendations
suggested
have
already
been
implemented,
the
rest
of
the
recommendations
we
expect
to
be
implemented
before
the
end
of
calendar
year
2020.
A
I
I
The
other
thing
that
I
wanted
to
bring
up
is
that
on
page
30
in
the
section
that
focuses
on
PR
NS,
the
purchase
of
gift
cards
is
raised
as
an
issue
and,
and
there
are
recommendations
under
that,
and
so
in
an
effort
to
better
understand
the
p-card
process.
My
office
requested
the
district
7p
card
packets
for
28.
I
In
that
we
were
able
to
discover
that
purchases
over
$5,000
in
gift
cards
were
bought
or
made,
and
those
gift
cards
ranged
in
value
from
twenty
twenty-five
to
forty
dollars.
Each
the
purchases
were
primarily
to
target,
but
also
included,
marshals
and
t.j.maxx.
We
also
found
the
purchase
of
gift
card
gift
cards
in
packs
of
three
and
the
amounts
of
$20
each.
There
were
also
purchases
of
gift
cards
for
entertainment
and
electronics,
electronics
and
the
amount
of
$25.
I
So
these
purchases
took
place
from
February
2018
to
December
of
2018,
so
it
was
obviously
not
an
isolated
incident,
but
rather
it
was
the
norm.
I
focus
on
gift
cards,
given
how
these
should
raise
red
flags
due
to
tracking
issues
and
I'm,
not
even
covering
other
purchases
that
were
made.
But
my
question
I
have
two
questions.
One
is
to
the
city
attorney,
which
is:
how
do
we
reconcile?
I
D
K
I
D
Again,
we'd
have
to
look
and
see
if
there
is
no
trail
on
it
and
it's
questionable,
but
again,
we'd
have
to
do
at
least
our
due
diligence
to
determine
in
what
event
it
occurred
and
how
it
was
spent
before
we
could
actually
come
to
a
conclusion.
So
we
would
have
to
do
our
due
diligence
in
determining
at
what
point
what
event
and
how
the
cards
were
used.
So.
D
I
I
E
N
City
auditor's
office
conducts
audits
and
makes
recommendations
to
strengthen
accountability
and
improve
efficiency
and
effectiveness
of
city
programs.
The
office
monitors
progress
toward
implementing
recommendations
and
reports
on
the
status
of
all
open,
auto
recommendations
every
six
months.
This
report
shows
the
progress
on
298
open
audit
recommendations,
52
of
which
were
from
audits
issued
during
the
first
half
of
2019
over
the
past
six
months.
58
open
audit
recommendations
were
implemented
closed.
Another
144
have
been
partly
implemented
by
departments
over
the
past
five
years.
N
The
police
report
that
departments
implemented
58
recommendations
in
the
last
six
months
and
highlights
include
the
finance
department
has
implemented
online
payment
portals
for
city
invoices,
citations
and
fire
permits.
This
was
a
recommendation
from
our
2014
audit
of
the
city's
accounts
receivables
the
police
activities,
League
developed
a
concussion
policy
began
in
to
end
distributing
education,
materials
on
concussion
awareness
to
coaches
and
participants.
This
recommendations
from
our
2018
audit
of
the
police
activities
League
the
fire
department,
implemented
a
semi-annual
health
risk
assessment
to
evaluate
fitness
to
fire
staff.
N
240
recommendations
are
still
pending
and,
as
noted
earlier,
144
are
partly
implemented
and
96
are
not
yet
implemented,
as
shown
here
and
in
our
online
dashboard.
We
classify
these
recommendations
by
intended
outcome:
improved
service
delivery,
operational
efficiency,
transparency
and
accountability
and
securing
city
assets.
We
estimate
the
potential
budget
savings
associated
with
open,
auto
recommendations
at
nine
point:
1
million
dollars.
Seven
pending
recommendations
are
potentially
subject
to
meet
and
confer.
N
In
June
2018,
the
City
Council
directed
the
city
manager
to
identify
and
prioritize
work
on
12
outstanding,
auto
recommendations,
while
continuing
to
make
progress
on
addressing
and
working
with
the
city
auditor
to
close
out
other
open,
auto
recommendations,
I'll
quickly
run
through
the
12
priority
recommendations.
There
are
three
in
the
area
of
potential
budget
savings
and
these
include
reducing
Police,
Department
comp
time
balances.
Although
total
overtime
hours
have
declined,
the
number
of
sworn
employees
with
large
comp
time
balances
continues
to
increase
obtaining
more
favorable
contract
terms.
N
From
golf
course,
operators
estimate
a
general
fund
transfer
for
golf
courses
in
the
fiscal
year,
1920
operating
budget
totaled,
7.2
million
dollars,
five
million
dollars
of
which
is
to
pay
down
debt
and
associated
with
golf
courses
and
procuring
a
software
solution.
Insufficient
supervisory
staff
to
support
wage
compliance
comes
from
our
audit
of
the
office
of
quality
assurance
in
2017.
The
office
is
currently
beta
testing
a
software
solution
and
will
evaluate
resource
needs.
After
the
system
comes
fully
online.
N
In
the
area
of
operational
efficiency,
we
have
non-emergency
metal
call
response.
Over
the
past
15
years,
the
fire
department
has
made
improvements
that
would
allow
allow
it
to
potentially
expand
the
use
of
priority
response
levels
and
whenever
authorization
is
granted
by
the
medical
director
of
the
county's
local
emergency
medical
services
agency,
contract
management
policies,
the
administration
plans
to
engage
a
consultant
to
document
consultant
procurement
and
management
practices
across
the
city
and
develop
recommendations
for
improvements
and
volunteer
program
guidelines.
N
In
the
area
of
improved
service
delivery.
We
have
improving
public
it
at
public
education
from
our
2013
out
of
the
fire
prevention.
The
fire
department,
strategic
business
plan,
includes
goals
to
expand
community
partnerships
and
promote
public
education
and
I'll,
be
reviewing
options
moving
forward,
the
reactivation
of
the
emergency
management
cert
program.
This
recommendation
from
our
2016
out
of
the
cities,
use
and
coordination
volunteers
has
been
implemented.
As
of
June
30th
2019
there
had
been
520.
Our
cert
course
is
delivered
with
additional
training
scheduled
during
fiscal
year.
1920
housing
department
outreach
to
tenants
and
landlords.
N
Covered
by
the
apartment,
rent,
ordinance,
making
communications
available,
multiple
languages
and
accepting
petitions
online
updates
to
its
Lobby
space
to
allow
easier
access
to
information
for
dropped
in
customers
is
pending
and
finally,
in
the
area
of
citywide
security
risk
mitigation,
adopting
an
information
security
policy,
this
recommendation
has
been
implemented.
The
IT
department
has
updated
credit-card
password
access
protocols
and
drafted
revisions
to
the
seized
information
security
policy,
which
was
approved
in
April
of
2019,
developing
and
implementing
a
disaster
data
recovery
plan.
This
recommendation
has
also
been
implemented.
N
It
has
developed
and
tested
a
disaster
recovery
plan
and
continues
to
work
with
the
Office
of
Emergency
Management
to
identify
and
assess
risk
of
key
systems
across
the
city
and
finally,
updating
expired
leases.
The
Office
of
Economic
Development
procured
a
new
leasing
system.
However,
staff
is
still
working
on
implementation.
N
More
information
about
all
open,
auto
recommendations
is
available
in
the
appendices
of
our
report
and
online
in
our
interactive
dashboards.
The
dashboards
can
be
found
at
WWC
as
a
CAG
auditor,
with
that
I'd
like
to
thank
all
of
the
affected
departments
for
their
efforts
to
implement
Auto
recommendations
and
further
assistance
in
compiling
the
report.
Are
you
happy
to
answer
any
questions
and,
as
you
accept
our
report,.
O
N
That's
that
the
priority
recommendation
about
non-emergency
medical
call
response.
It
was
from
an
audit
from
2001
out
of
the
fire
department,
strategic
plan,
and
it's
about
allowing
the
city
to
respond
to
medical
calls
through
different
protocols,
and
they
currently
have
and
really
it's
it.
The
hold
up
is
it's
just
working
with
the
county
to
get
approval
for
an.
N
O
O
The
general
question
I
have
is:
is
how
do
we,
because
you
know
in
going
through
some
of
these?
You
know
some
certainly
in
my
mind,
are
more
important
than
others
and
and
I
see
that
sometimes
you
see
some
language
as
it
relates
to.
You
know,
target
date
as
an
example
of
December
19th,
and
then
it's
been
moved
to
December
2020
and
things
of
that
nature
right
things
get
kicked
down
and
I
understand
their
circumstances
and
require
that.
But
how
do
how
do
we?
O
How
do
you,
if
you
have
any,
is
there
any
mechanism
in
place
to
prevent
some
of
these
recommendations
from
just
floating
in
the
out
there
into
perpetuity
and
just
without
being
addressed?
Is
there?
Is
there?
Is
there
a
point
in
which
you
say:
okay,
this
obviously
isn't
being
done.
Let
me
bring
it
forward.
Do
they
does
it
then
rise
to
one
of
the
priority
recommendations
right
and
elevate
it?
That
way,
I
mean
how
do
we
so.
N
N
D
N
Rio,
sighs
the
the
importance-
and
you
know
what
it
is
that
we're
we're
talking
about,
because
sometimes
there's
turnover,
whether
it's
in
our
office
or
in
departments
and
maybe
a
couple
years
down
the
road,
the
people
who
were
involved
in
the
audit
we're
no
longer
there,
and
so
we
just
have
continued
that
discussion
about
what
what
the
problems
were
and
what
implementation
looks
like.
So
that's
part
of
it
in
terms
of
some
of
these
that
sit
for
a
while
and
how
they
get
on
the
priorities.
N
So
that's
the
discussion
that
we
have
with
with
the
city
manager's
office
about
what
are
the
things
that
we
think
are
risk
areas
and
where
they
think
where
they
think
our
risk
areas
where
things
should
be
prioritized
and
ultimately
a
lot
of
the
the
the
recognition
that
sit
for
a
while.
It
is
just
a
matter
of
prioritization
within
departments
about
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
that
city
staff
have-
and
this
is
just
one
piece
of
a
larger
worth
plan
they
have
and
so
figuring
out.
N
You
know
what
are
the
where's
the
blowing
fruit,
where
we
can
knock
some
of
these
things
out
to
make
some
improvements
and
then,
where
we
can
need
to
spend
a
little
bit
more
time
to
to
really
think
through
how
we're
gonna
implement
something.
So,
whether
it's
a
policy
or
a
procedure
or
new
software
solution
or
whatever
it
may
be,
do.
O
N
Get
concerned,
if
there's
just
no
no
movement,
so
sometimes
there's
initial
movement
and
we
ain't
becomes
partially
implemented
and
then
we
sit
for
a
while.
And
then
we
like
you
get
concerned,
because
that
is
just
it's
sitting
there,
and
so
there's
just
one
last
thing
or
if,
if
it's
just
something
that
hasn't
been
made
it
on
someone's
to-do
list,
can
that
often
that's
what
happens?
N
P
Council,
member,
if
I,
could
add
please
so
Joe
and
I,
have
a
monthly
meeting
to
go
over
any
concerns
about
the
audits
and
that's
how
we
come
up
with
some
priorities.
As
things
come
off
and
he
will
often
in
CEMA
Sharon
and
in
the
past,
if
there's
ones
that
look
like
they're
just
not
moving.
Sometimes
he
will
engage
me
on
that
and
and
we
will
figure
out
a
solution
to
that
and
get
it
moving
and
I've
noticed.
P
O
O
Sometimes
in
reading
someone
through
these
through
some
of
these
in
some
occasions
it
was
very
clear
like
okay,
that's
why
maybe
lack
of
staffing
or
whatever
it
may
be
use
I,
understood
very
clearly
and
I
suspect
anyone
that
reads
us:
that's
why
the
delay
occurred,
but
other
in
other
sections
it
was.
It
was
still
a
little
fuzzy
as
to
why
the
delay
occurred
and
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
for
me.
O
N
O
F
Thank
You
vice
mayor,
so
I
just
wanna.
First
of
all,
thank
you
for,
for
the
very
thorough
and
complete
open
audit,
Joe
I've
been
tracking
number
17-0
2,
which
is
office
of
equality
assurance,
increased
workload,
warrants
revaluation
of
resource
needs,
and
one
of
your
recommendations
are
when
you
were.
You
were
still
in
not
auditor,
but
in
the
audit
auditing
office.
One
of
the
recommendations
your
office
made
was
to
update.
F
F
So
I
just
wanted
to
this
is
an
update
that
I
got
I,
think
from
Matt
Kano
or
Chris
hickeys
office,
and,
and
it
correct
me,
if
I'm
wrong
with
any
of
these
things,
but
it
seems
to
be
going
live
for
contractors
and
fall
of
2019,
so
it'll
be
a
new
software
platform
where
staff
can
can
it
doesn't
they
don't
have
to
do
this?
You
know
carry
all
the
all
the
payroll
on
that
little
dolly
or
whatever
it
was
a
little
cart,
everything's
going
to
be
electronic,
and
so
for
me
that
means
one.
F
You
know
our
employees
can
actually
focus
on
something
else.
You
know
just
this
very
burdensome
way
of
collective
information
that
can
actually
do
some
visits
at
some
of
the
sites
and
and
can
be
more
thorough
and
more
about
payrolls
and
and
and
if,
if
need
be,
you
know
make
sure
that
folks,
if
they're,
not
abiding
by
what
they
need
to
be
abiding,
that
they
do
so
so.
For
me,
this
is.
F
They've
been
on
file,
but
it's
it's
it's
so
satisfying
that
this
one
is
kind
of
coming
to
a
conclusion
and
and
as
a
result
of
one
of
your
recommendations,
and
so
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
being
so
diligent
about
all
of
our
internal
processes
and
and
audits,
and
in
order
for
our
employees
to
have
a
better
system
and
better
work,
environment
and
I
look
forward
to
fall
of
2019
we're
all
in
the
middle
of
it.
So
maybe
at
the
end
of
the
year
we'll
see
this
goal
live
for
our
contractors
and
our
employees.
F
P
F
Q
Q
Actually
that
are
stating
there
are
some
sort
of
blatantly
obvious,
abandoned
vehicles
that
you
know
I'll
repeatedly
hear
complaints
that
they're
sitting
there
for
weeks
and
and
that
this
is
still
an
ongoing
concern.
So
my
hope
is
that
the
partially
implemented
means
the
reason
they're
seeing.
That
is
because
this
is
not
fully
implemented,
but
that
when
we
get
there,
they
won't
see
this
delay.
So
maybe,
if
you
can
can
provide
some
comment
on
that.
O
O
Let
me
get
caught
up
with
what
that
is
and
we're
these
the
personally
implemented
from
a
Vasa
that,
when
we,
when
we're
applying
a
Basit
terms
on
that,
that's
where
the
vehicles
that
are
clearly
non
operable
and
we're
having
to
actually
go
through
a
different
process,
for
that
is
that
the
ones
are
referring
to
is
non-operable.
That's.
O
Q
It
says
the
target
date
is
June
2020
delayed
from
December
of
2018
and
then
the
prior
one
is
well
target
date.
July
2020
delay
from
July
of
2019,
so
I'm
assuming,
since
that
we
have
a
target
date
of
next
year,
there's
obviously
some
amount
of
work
that
is
not
there
and
clearly
that's.
What
I
was
trying
to
get
today
was
what
the
partially
implemented
actually
meant.
So,
if
you
could
get.
O
Back
to
my
office
on
that
specify
what
that
is.
I
know
it
is
different
when
we
have
non-operable
vehicles
like
that,
usually
they're
removed
faster
than
the
other
ones,
but
I'm
not
sure,
if
that's
what
you're,
referring
to
or
other
vehicles
that
were
in
terms
of
how
fast
we're
applying
the
tow
to
any
of
the
vehicles.
No.
Q
D
Allison
Pauline
from
the
city
auditor's
office,
so
this
recommendation
is
about
prioritizing
those
vehicles
that
are
likely
to
be
abandoned,
but
may
not
be
inoperable.
So
one
of
the
things
we
noted
during
the
audit
is
that
if
the
vehicle
is
under
certain
sections
of
the
vehicle
code,
if
it's
not
operable
they're
allowed
to
tow
it
the
first
visit-
and
we
saw
that
that
was
happening
and
I-
understand-
that's
continuing
to
happen.
D
Our
concern
was
that
a
vehicle
that
might
not
fit
those
definitions,
but
that
is
likely
to
end
up
getting
towed,
hoping
that
could
be
prioritised.
One
of
the
things
we've
seen
is
that,
especially
through
the
use
of
contract
staff,
the
overall
turnaround
time
has
gotten
relatively
quick,
but
we
haven't
seen
that
sort
of
prioritization.
So
that's
something
we're
still
working
with
staff
to
understand,
as
they're.
Q
Okay,
yeah,
no,
that
that
that's
helpful
and
in
regards
to
the
you
know,
sort
of
the
even
the
vehicles
that
do
meet
the
ability
to
be
towed
on
that
and
the
first
time
around
you
know,
I'm
hearing
concerns
on
both
ends
from
community
members
that
it's
not
happening
either
end
right.
It's
still
not
happening
with
some
blatantly
obvious
vehicles
and
I'm,
not
seeing
these
all
of
them
at
least
occasionally.
I
get
photos
but
I'm
gonna,
seeing
them
all
with
my
own
eyes.
Q
I
couldn't
tell
you
what
category
they
fall
into,
but
I
do
know
in
general
that
the
prioritization
of
these
vehicles
would
help
whether
they
blatantly
meet
it
and
and
should
be
towed
immediately
or
come
close.
That
seems
to
be
the
the
rhetoric
wit
that
my
neighbors
are
sharing
with
me
right.
The
vehicles
fit
into
either
one
of
those
categories
and
the
more
quicker
we
can
address
those
and
that's
sort
of
where
I
have
implemented.
Q
My
focus
as
well
with
my
community
members
is
that,
if
there's
anywhere
I
could
try
to
encourage
our
vehicle,
pavement
staff
right
to
prioritize
would
be
these
obvious
or
near
obvious
vehicles.
That
should
be
removed
sooner
than
than
later,
and
if
we
could
at
least
make
a
dent
in
that
right,
other
vehicles
that
we
know
are
not
necessarily
just
abandoned,
but
maybe
have
parked
too
long
or
whatever.
It
may
be.
Other
issues
going
on
that
that
is
not
necessarily
our
focus.
Q
We
want
to
get
those
vehicles
to
move,
not
impound
them,
but
I'm
still
not
necessarily
seeing
that
and
again
I
I'm
hearing
this
from
across
my
district,
not
necessarily
just
from
my
frequent
fliers
as
I
know
that
that
d3
has,
but
the
reality
is
it's
where
I'm
hearing
it
from
from
across
the
board.
So
that's
why
I
was
kind
of
interested
in
that.
So
I
am
hopeful
that
that
is
completed
by
the
June
2020
date
and
and
we
can
see
that
that
prioritization
actually
helps
the
other
one
was,
and
this
one
was
the
renaming.
Q
This
is
number
six
again
18-4
number
six
renaming
the
category,
my
San
Jose
app
for
abandoned
vehicle.
Can
the
other
staff
remind
me
why
you
provided
that
recommendation
to
rename
it,
and
then
it
looks
like,
as
d-o-t
went
out,
that
it
was
determined
that
that
actual
name
was
the
best
name?
So
what
was
that
recommendation
coming
from
yeah.
D
Is
that
the
name
abandoned
vehicle
might
give
the
wrong
impression
to
residents
when
a
lot
of
the
requests
we
were
seeing
were
just
for
vehicles
that
were
parked
on
the
street
for
too
long?
So
we
thought,
potentially
there
might
be
some
confusion
there
or
an
opportunity
to
change
the
name.
Our
understanding
is
that
staff
went
out
and
kind
of
did
a
little
bit
of
a
study
with
some
assumed
residents
did
a
sample
and
decided
that
that
really
was
the
name
that
fit
the
best
vehicle.
D
I
I
actually
wanted
to
echo
the
the
vehicle
abatement
issues
as
well
and
we're
just
yeah,
yeah
gee
I,
wonder
I
was
we
were
actually
having
a
side
conversation
I
was
just
mentioning
that
in
my
district,
we've
had
three
abandoned
boats
within
the
past
couple
of
weeks,
which
has
been
an
interesting
experience.
I
also
wanted
to
add.
I
If
we
could
look
at
that,
a
little
bit
more
in
depth
on
the
different
nuances,
it's
my
understanding
that
some
of
the
vehicles
where
there
might
be
criminal
behavior
as
taking
priority
and
in
my
district
they're,
clearly
blown
out
I
have
vehicles
that
are
no
tires.
No
wheels,
I
mean
they're
no
windows
like
it's
pretty
obvious
that
it's
an
inoperable
vehicle
and
that
it's
abandoned.
I
R
O
That
has
anything
to
do
with
some
of
the
delays:
yeah
councilmember,
John
Rizzo
again
so
that
that
did
occur
in
your
district
with
that
boat
that
we
had
a
difficulty.
Removing
is
that
we
we
had
some
issues
with
the
tow
companies
actually
accepting
that
or
taking
that
boat,
and
then
they
have
to
store
it.
So
once
we
work
through
that,
that's
the
kind
of
thing
that
is
typical
when
we
have
odd
types
of
vehicles,
large
ones
or
odd
trailers
attached
to
other
vehicles,
are
some
of
the
tow
companies
are
reluctant
to
take
those
on.
O
So
we've
got
to
work
through
that
within
our
contract
to
be
able
to
do
so.
It's
just
a
matter
of
working
with
those
tow
companies
to
fulfill
their
responsibilities
in
the
contract,
but
sometimes
not
as
easy
as
it
sounds.
Would
you
say
that
some
of
the
delays
in
getting
vehicles
towed
or
less
attributable?
To
that
and
other
reasons
I
mean
most
of
it?
Is
that
either
large
vehicle,
large
side
vehicles
or
difficulty
in
towing
and
then
they've
got
to
store
them
and
then
either
they
have
issues
with
that.
D
Good
afternoon
I'm
Jeff
Provenzano
deputy
director,
with
Environmental
Services
Department
next
to
me,
is
Rick
Bruno
deputy
director
with
the
finance
department
beside
him
before
you
is
on
Senate
bill,
nine,
nine,
eight!
It's
on
new
water
requirements
for
water
utilities
of
a
certain
size,
water
utilities
have
water
cuts,
a
number
of
customers,
200
customers
or
higher.
It
is
a
statewide.
D
D
The
state
defines
an
in-depth
exemption
process
for
low
income
households,
and
that
also
needs
to
be
included
in
our
new
disconnection
policy,
and
we
need
to
report
the
number
of
disconnects
that
we
do
annually
on
our
website.
The
overall
goal
of
this
Senate
bill
998
really
was
to
increase
transparency,
help
foster
customer
awareness
on
the
disconnection
process
and
improve
customer
service
support
next
steps.
The
recommendation
before
council
is
to
accept
their
modifications
to
muni
waters,
rules
and
regs
to
accept
the
minor
modifications
to
the
municipal
code.
D
Staff
will,
in
turn,
will
create
that
single,
cohesive
disconnection
policy
have
it
translated
in
multiple
languages
and
have
it
posted
online.
In
addition,
staff
have
been
and
are
working
on,
updating
the
customer
information
and
billing
system
to
help
implement
this,
and
with
that
we
can
answer
any
questions.
O
M
C
Presentation
prepared
for
you
and
I
would
encourage
you
as
you
go
to
the
presentation.
If
you
have
any
questions
or
comments,
I
want
to
make
it
as
interactive
as
possible,
because
I
think
the
more
questions
that
you
ask
I
think
the
better
and
more
ready.
We
are
to
provide
you
with
information
that
you
need
so
with
that
said,
Prabhu.
S
Thank
You
Roberto
good
afternoon
vice
mayor
Jones
and
city
council
members
last
year.
At
the
same
time,
we
were
here
to
present
2017
expenses,
and
this
year,
we'll
actually
be
talking
about
2018
expenses
and
I
also
want
to
mention
that
the
investment
committee
chair
of
the
Federated
Board,
was
going
to
be
here,
but
unfortunately
could
not
make
it
at
the
last
minute.
So,
firstly,
I'll
cover
some
some
definitions
about
what
we're
going
to
talk
about
in
terms
of
expenses
and
then
I'll
do
a
comparison
with
last
year's
2017
calendar
expenses.
S
S
So
if
we
go
to
slide
2,
basically
talks
about
our
sorry
I'm
supposed
to
change
this
investment
policy
statement
on
investment
fees.
Clearly
states
here
that
the
board
should
give
consideration
to
the
impact
of
administrative
expenses,
external
management
fees
and
performance
fees
when
establishing
the
asset
mix
policy
of
the
plan,
and
so
our
focus
is
really
on
an
after
fee
basis.
We
try
to
maximize
planned
returns
on
a
risk
controlled
basis,
of
course,
and
so
we
are
very
cognizant
of
fees.
S
We
have
hardly
three
or
four
of
our
peers
who
actually
come
out
and
give
this
level
of
transparency
in
terms
of
expenses,
but
we'll
also
show
you
later
the
kafir'
numbers
which
are
more
of
an
apples
to
apples
comparison
compared
to
some
of
our
peers,
so
total
expense
ratio.
What
does
this
mean?
This
is.
S
Really
it
comprises
of
four
different
things.
The
first
is
management
fees.
This
is
the
fees
paid
to
investment
management
firms.
This
is
the
base
fee
paid
to
investment
management
firms,
and
occasionally
we
also
pay
incentive
fees
for
certain
types
of
managers
such
as
hedge
funds
or
private
equity
managers,
where,
if
they
actually
beat
a
certain
bogey
or
benchmark,
they
actually
participate
in
the
upside.
S
S
S
Now
this
on
page
on
slide
six,
you
can
see
on
the
left
side
how
our
total
expense
ratio
has
changed
over
time
and,
more
recently
from
2017
to
eighteen,
you
can
see
a
downward
shift.
It
went
from
one
point,
two:
nine
percent
to
one
point,
one:
four
percent,
a
saving
of
about
15
basis
points
and
we'll
show
some
later.
Some
projections
about.
You
know
what
to
expect
the
next
year,
but
more
interestingly,
is
more
interesting.
S
The
chart
on
the
right,
as
I
mentioned
before
the
fee
report
that
we
provide,
is
a
comprehensive
free
report
which
very
few
peers
of
ours
have,
but
an
easier
to
obtain
peer.
Comparison
is
based
on
our
cafe
report,
which
you
can
see
on
the
right
side
and
the
red
bubble.
There
is
the
office
of
retirement
services
here
in
San
Jose,
as
you
can
see
on
an
apples-to-apples
basis
here,
compared
to
some
of
our
peers,
we're
somewhere
roughly
in
the
middle.
S
Now
this
is
an
interesting
chart.
Seven
shows
slide,
seven
shows
the
calendar
year
fee
report
breakdown,
and
this
does
not
include
other
expenses,
but
just
the
fee
paid
to
managers.
So
how
much
do
we
really
pay
to
our
managers,
as
you
can
see,
between
the
two
plans?
There's
about
72
basis,
points
that
we
pay
in
base
fees
and
32bit,
33
basis
points
and
incentive
fees
and
that's
broken
down.
You
know
between
fed
and
police
and
fire.
So
that's
the
interesting
number
and
I'll
come
back
to
this.
We
often
get
questions.
S
Why
are
you
paying
72
basis
points
and
fees
when
my
investment
advisor
only
charges,
ten
basis
points,
index
fees
are
available
for
five
basis
points,
and
so
on
so
I'll
actually
break
down
the
72
basis
points
and
explain
how
we
actually
come
up
with
that,
but
before
we
do
that
another
question
we
we
get
often
is
you
know
how
much
of
your
plan
is
actively
managed.
Where
is
this?
You
know
passive
allocations,
as
you
can
see.
As
it's
the
end
of
2018
between
both
plans.
S
It's
roughly
50/50
about
half
our
assets
are
actively
managed
and
half
our
assets
are
passively
managed.
Now,
how
did
we
get
those
fee
savings
in
2018
compared
to
2017?
You
see,
as
you
can
see,
on
slide
9.
Our
average
passive
allocation
has
been
increasing,
so
the
the
end
point
there
for
2018
does
not
add
up
to
50
percent
that
you
saw
in
the
previous
slide,
because
the
50
percent
was
s
at
the
end
of
the
year,
and
this
shows
the
average
throughout
the
year.
So
we've
been
sort
of
slowly
ticking
up
our
passive
assets.
S
Now
I
mentioned
earlier
that
we
pay
about
72
basis
points
in
management
fees
and
33
basis
points
in
incentive
fees.
So
how
does
that?
How
do
those
72
basis
points
break
down?
So
50
percent
of
our
plan
is
passively
managed
and
50
percent
is
actively
managed
for
the
half.
That's
passively
managed
we
actually
pay
about
2
basis
points
in
fees
and
for
the
half.
S
You
can
see
the
rectangle
is
26
basis
points
and
those
are
fees
that
pay
our
hedge
fund
managers
and
those
are
the
base
fees
that
we
pay
our
hedge
fund
managers
and
on
the
right
side.
The
rightmost
rectangle
is
27
basis
points
and
those
are
the
fees
that
we
pay
to
our
private
equity
managers
for
a
total
of
about
70
basis
points
now,
I'm
going
to
talk
about
projected
management
fees,
but
I'll
go
back
to
this
chart
actually
10.
So
when
we
talk
about
controlling
fees,
what
can
we
really
control
right?
S
We
can
do
two
things.
We
can
continue
to
increase
our
passive
exposure,
which
is
possible
and
that
will
help
us
bring
down
our
face
a
little
bit
which
we
have
been
doing
but
more.
Interestingly,
if
you
see
the
middle
box
here,
there's
a
26
basis.
Point
of
fees
go
to
hedge
funds
and
again
this
is
something
that
we
can
control
and
our
hedge
fund
allocation
actually
over
the
last
few
years,
has
been
going
down
at
one
point
several
years
ago.
S
So
those
are
some
of
the
areas
where
we
can
actually
save
fees.
So
this
is
a
rough
estimate
I'd
like
to
under
promise
and
over
deliver,
but
very
conservatively.
If
you
look
at
our
plans,
we
expect
our
fees.
The
72
basis
points
that
we
spoke
about
in
management
fees.
We
expect
that
to
go
down
to
67
basis
points
for
the
next
calendar
year,
its
calendar
year,
2019
again,
this
is
a
result
of
cutting
back
on
our
hedge
fund
allocation.
S
That
concludes
the
formal
presentation,
though
I
will
actually
talk
about
a
couple
of
different
things
before
I
open
it
up
for
questions,
because
these
are
questions
that
we
often
get
a
question
that
we
get.
Often
is
why
don't
you
manage?
Why
don't?
We
simply
have
a
global
60/40
or
a
70/30?
Why
do
we
need
a
sophisticated
plan,
and
so
we
can
do
that?
We
could
certainly
manage
your
global
60/40
or
a
70/30,
but
what
what
that
does?
S
The
reason
for
having
a
sophisticated
plan
is
one
is
that
our
plan
pension
plans
are
underfunded
and
therefore,
in
the
event
of
a
downturn,
it
impacts
or
sponsor
a
lot,
and
our
sponsor
the
city
of
San
Jose
is
very
sensitive
to
the
volatility
of
the
plans.
So
what
will
happen
if
I
do
a
plane?
70/30
is,
if
you
take
the
fourth
quarter
of
2018,
for
example,
the
market
was
down
about
15%
and
so
in
in
the
event
of
a
70/30
allocation.
S
If
we
had
70
percent
in
stocks,
our
plan
could
have
been
down
as
much
as
10%.
So
in
one
quarter
between
the
two
plans,
we
could
have
lost
six
hundred
million
dollars
and
that
actually
puts
San
Jose,
the
city
of
San
Jose,
a
sponsor
in
a
very
difficult
bind,
and
therefore
we
have
chosen
to
manage
our
plans
with
much
lower
volatility,
given
the
funding
status
of
the
plan
and
the
sensitivity
of
our
sponsor
to
our
returns
and
therefore
we
now
have
hedge
funds.
S
We
have
private
assets,
all
of
which
act
as
a
buffer
and
in
that
particular
quarter.
For
example,
instead
of
being
down
10%,
we
were
down
about
4%.
Many
of
our
peers
were
actually
down
significantly
more
and
so.
Asset
allocation
is
a
very
important
consideration.
Asset
allocation
drives
fees.
We
actually
deliberately
manage
a
complex
portfolio
in
order
to
help
our
sponsor
navigate.
S
You
know
very
turbulent
times
in
the
market,
and
this
is
something
that
we
are
actually
spoken
at
length
at
the
joint
meeting,
the
board's
City
Council
meeting
on
April
30th,
and
we
will
of
course
address
this
again
in
a
future.
In
a
you
know,
an
upcoming
meeting
in
November,
which
is
will
be
the
pension
working
group
with
that
actually
I
will
now
turn
this
over
to
to
the
council
for
questions
unless
chair
sincerely
has
anything
further
to
it.
A
Okay,
well,
thank
you
for
that
report.
I,
don't
see
any
questions
from
my
council
colleagues,
I
I
do
want
to
say,
though,
that
I'm
actually
one
of
the
people
that
has
been
asking
a
ton
of
questions
about.
Why
don't
we
do
an
index?
We
do
Spees
and
at
least
from
my
perspective,
the
reason
why
the
whole
issue
of
feets
keep
coming
up
is
there
was
an
analogy
used
that
it's
equivalent
to
the
toenail
on
an
elephant,
but
when
we
look
at
the
actual,
you
know
amount.
So
you
know
seventy
million
dollars,
one
hundred
million
dollars.
A
You
know
I
just
think
about
all
the
police
officers
and
fire
personnel
and
other
see
service
says
that
we
can
deliver
with
that
kind
of
money
based
on
the
rate
of
return
that
we're
getting
I.
Think
if
we
were
getting
a
much
better
return,
I,
don't
think
the
fee
issue
would
be
as
much
of
a
concern.
Also,
you
made
some
very
valid
points
in
terms
of
the
way
the
portfolio
is
structured,
that
during
down
markets,
that
our
risk
is
reduced,
and
you
gave
a
great
example
of
that.
S
Can
I
answer
that?
Yes,
yes,
so
our
plan
is
not
designed
to
participate
fully
in
an
up
market
and
that's
again
by
choice.
Right
I
mean
if
we
have
fully
funded.
If
you
gave
me
a
plan,
that's
95
percent
funded
or
100
percent
funded,
and
if
the
city
was
not
so
dependent
on
pension
returns
or
the
city
we're
not
so
impacted
by
pension
returns,
we
can
actually
take
that
level
of
risk,
and
so
what
would
have
happened
and
the
average?
If
you
look
at
the
average
pension
plan
out
there,
that's
more
fully
funded.
S
You
would
have
seen
that
in
the
fourth
quarter
of
2018,
many
of
them
lost
a
lot
more
than
we
did
so
we
lost
about
4%
and
our
I
think
the
a
median
was
about
down
about
six
to
seven
percent,
but
in
the
first
quarter
of
2019
there
was
a
bounce
back
and
we
participated
in
some
of
it,
but
again
not
as
much
as
our
peers.
So
our
goal
has
really
been
to
play
defense
and
that
again
takes
into
account.
S
A
Structurally
I
totally
understand
that
strategy,
but
structurally
we
have
a
rate
of
return
that
we
that
we
need
to
hit,
and
what
you're
telling
me
is
that
our
strategy
is
designed
effectively
to
never
hit
that
rate
of
return.
So
aren't
we
structurally
from
a
an
investment
strategy
standpoint
set
up
for
failure?
No.
S
So
we
give
ourselves
a
chance
in
the
long
run
of
doing
better
than
half
the
time
of
beating
that
expected
rate
of
return.
In
some
cases
it
can
be
three
to
four
hundred
basis
points
better
than
the
assumed
rate
of
return.
In
some
cases
we
want
to
perform
by
a
hundred
or
two
hundred
basis
points
which
is
really
a
function
of
the
market.
S
So
what
I
was
trying
to
say
was
we
are
playing
defense
here,
but
at
the
same
time
we
do
take
into
account
our
assumed
rate
of
return,
which
is
six
point,
seven,
five
percent,
but
in
comparison
comparison
to
our
peers,
many
of
whom
are
better
funded.
We
may
not
capture
the
upside
of
a
market
as
much.
D
C
D
A
S
C
G
Good
afternoon,
Chris
Hickey
Public
Works
just
jumping
right
into
the
presentation
here,
so
the
recommendations
are
in
front
of
you.
So
approval
of
the
work
plan
for
the
phased
implementation,
the
Public
Works
contracting
program
report,
which
is
a
report
on
the
council,
priority
number
three,
the
disadvantaged
business
enterprise
program,
it's
currently
being
identified
as
the
public
work
Contracting
program.
Secondly,
approval
to
remove
this
council
Oh
priority
number
three
disadvantaged
business
enterprise
program
from
the
council
priority
list
at
the
next
priority
setting
session.
G
As
Matt
stated,
the
Public
Works
contracting
program.
We
are
focused
on
building
our
city
together
with
our
community.
The
Public
Works
contracting
program
is,
as
previously
stated
as
well
currently
council
priority
number
three
Public
Works
has
reported
back
to
the
Community
and
Economic
Development
Committee
multiple
times
in
2017
2019
and
most
currently
September
23rd
of
this
year.
G
The
Public
Works
contracting
program
focuses
on
outreach,
engagement
and
education.
There's
been
multiple
policy
changes
to
allow
for
greater
access
and
more
opportunities
with
fewer
barriers
and
flexible.
It's
a
flexible
program
that
allows
change
to
procedures
as
well
as
education
as
they
come
up.
G
So
how
do
we
do
this?
So
if
you
look
at
the
Public
Works
contracting
program
in
in
order
to
develop
a
program
to
help
our
contractors
as
well
as
help
public
works,
we
need
to
review
and
identified
the
needs,
the
barriers
and
the
opportunities.
So,
with
this
in
mind,
Public
Works
developed
a
program
that
can
be
broken
into
two
distinct
parts.
G
So
one
would
be
the
education
outreach,
so
we
have
the
Public
Works
Academy,
which
is
broken
down
again
into
multiple
parts,
contractor
outreach,
enhancement,
eprocurement
changes
to
the
e-procurement
platform,
so
currently,
but
ingo,
as
well
as
the
local
chamber
and
business
development
relationships,
so
just
to
break
down
those
a
couple,
but
a
few
more
in
depth.
So
recently,
we've
gone
through
a
change
with
our
eprocurement
of
what
used
to
be
bid
sink
to
a
new
platform
named
dingo.
We
actually
changed
and
made
it
a
lot
easier
to
use
for
contractors.
G
So,
for
example,
contractors
on
the
old
procurement
website
would
need
to
pick
from
a
list
of
about
8,000
different
codes
that
would
determine
the
scope
of
work
that
they
could
perform
with
the
new
platform,
but
dingo
that
list
is
actually
dropped
down
significantly
to
approximately
200
codes.
So
contractors
are
it's
much
easier
for
contractors
to
determine
what
type
of
work
they're
actually
going
to
be
receiving
from
the
city.
G
Additionally,
it
was
brought
up
in
a
previous
presentation,
but
this
office
of
equality
assurance
is
actually
developing
an
online
software
tool
for
contractors
to
submit
their
sort
of
our
payrolls.
They
request
our
requirement
on
state
law
to
submit
those
documentation,
so
the
certified
payroll
supporting
solution
will
actually
make
it
easier
for
contractors
to
submit
documentation
to
the
city.
There
will
be
fillable
PDF
files.
G
The
system
will
also
allow
for
contractors
that
are
required
to
submit
to
the
state
to
submit
it
in
the
same
format
so
that
contractors
do
not
have
to
do
double
the
work
so
moving
on
to
the
next
bullet
bullet
point
down
procurement,
modifications
with
the
changes
or
with
the
passing
of
measure
s
the
procurement
modernization
in
November
of
2018,
it
allowed
Public,
Works
and
CIO
and
city
staff
to
update
the
municipal
code.
One
of
the
major
increases
to
that
are
major
changes.
G
Was
the
increase
of
minor
public
works
construction
threshold
from
a
hundred
thousand
to
six
hundred
thousand?
Additionally,
Public
Works
was
able
to
add
in
a
local
and
local
and
small
preference
wording
into
the
Municipal
Code
to
allow
us
to
add
those
preferences
to
our
minor
public
works
construction
projects.
G
Also,
there
is
a
government
experience,
work
waiver
as
well
as
we
have
bonding
and
insurance
requirement
modifications
that
we've
done
what's
not
on
this
slide
and
should
have
been
and
I
apologize
is
there's.
Actually
Public
Works
has
embarked
on
a
new
procurement
method
for
with
a
goal
of
increasing
the
use
of
local
and
small
contractors.
G
It's
actually
a
pool
of
pre-qualified
contractors
who
will
compete
for
smaller
sized
public
works
construction,
typically
known
as
minor
Public
Works
we
have
Public
Works,
has
put
out
six
minor,
pre-qualification
pools
for
mechanical
electrical
plumbing
parks,
projects,
building
projects
and
minor
street
projects.
So
this
this
change
actually
increases
competition,
for
the
contractors
gives
more
opportunities,
a
variety
of
contracts
and.
G
Well,
it
limits
well,
it
maintains
competitive
bids
for
the
city.
It
actually
limits
competition
for
the
actual
contractors
in
the
pool
they
would.
Oh,
they
will
only
be
competing
against
other
pre-qualified
contractors
within
that
pool.
So
that
is
a
new
process.
Additional
statistics
and
information
about
the
pre-qualification
pools
will
be
made
available
through
the
CED
committee
in
the
annual
contracting
with
local
and
small
business
report,
and
with
that,
kick
it
off
to
David
French.
All.
P
Right,
thank
you
very
much
good
afternoon.
David
French,
Public
Works,
so
I'm
gonna
talk
a
little
bit,
go
a
little
bit
more
in-depth
on
the
public
works
Academy
and
what
that
consists
of
so
the
public
works.
Academy
is
made
up
as
Chris
mentioned
three
different
parts.
Our
first
part
is
the
opportunity,
awareness
events
that
we
have
conducted
and
are
conducting
in
the
future.
So
we've
conducted
six
opportunity
events
this
a
year
and
what
those
opportunity
events
are
geared
for
is
really
our
first
engagement
with
the
local
contracting
community.
P
During
those
events,
we
go
over
the
current
opportunities
that
are
available
for
a
bid,
as
well
as
how
to
find
these
opportunities
utilizing
the
e-procurement
platform
by
jingo
another.
We
also
go
through
the
experience
requirements
to
bid
on
projects
at
a
high
level,
and
then
we
also
talk
about
our
public.
Our
construction
contracting
seminars,
which
is
the
next
part
of
the
public
works
academy,
so
the
public,
the
the
construction
contracting
seminars,
are
really
made
to
get
go
in-depth
on
managing
a
public
works
contract.
P
The
current
seminars
is
set
up
as
a
six
part
series,
the
that
increased
from
four
from
the
first
series.
We
ran
based
off
of
the
feedback
we
received
from
the
participants
and
what
those
series
are
made
up
of
so
the
first.
The
first
seminar
is
on
procurement
and
the
bid
and
how
to
participate
in
bids.
The
second
one
is
a
deep
dive
on
the
construction
contract.
The
third
fourth
and
fifth
is
a
pre
construction
activities,
construction
activities,
post
construction,
construction
activities
and
the
final
one
is
on
prevailing
wage.
P
So
at
the
conclusion
of
the
six
seminars,
they
really
have
a
solid
understanding
and
a
lot
of
information
on
how
to
manage
it.
Public
works
contract.
The
last
is
our
focus
workshops,
so
based
off
of
the
feedback
we
received
during
those
seminars
will
put,
will
have
a
focus
topic
and
run
a
two
hour
workshop,
specifically
on
that
topic,
to
follow
up
and
give
more
in-depth
information
on
that
particular
topic.
So
with
that,
I
will
pass
it
back
to
Chris
Hickey.
G
And
public
works,
Public
Works
cannot
do
this
alone.
We've
actually
had
multiple
help
with
other
with
other
departments
in
the
city,
but
here
are
our
local
chamber
and
Business
Association
relationships.
So
public
works
continues
to
strengthen
our
relationships
with
work
to
future
and
business
owner
space
org.
But
a
huge
help
in
the
success
of
the
Public
Works
contracting
program
actually
has
come
with
the
development
of
partnerships
with
the
Vietnamese
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hispanic
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
Black
Chamber
of
Commerce,
as
well
as
the
Small
Business
Development,
Center
and
score.
G
They
were
instrumental
part
of
the
success
of
this
program
and
the
continued
relationship
will
be
beneficial
for
both
the
city
and
Public
Works,
but
also
they
provide
a
great
service
to
the
support
structure
for
local
and
small
contractors,
and
with
that
back
to
the
recommendations
again
approval
approval
of
this
will
approve
the
work
plan
of
a
phased
implementation
of
the
Public
Works
contracting
program,
and
approval
will
remove
this
as
council.
Priority
number
three
disadvantaged
business
enterprises
from
the
council
priority
list
at
the
next
priority
session.
G
A
Want
to
thank
you,
Matt
and
Kristen
and
David
for
for
the
hard
work
of
working
with
our
task
force.
Developing
these
programs
I
think
they're
really
exciting
what
we're
we're
accomplishing
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
with
you
closely
in
the
future
to
to
roll
out
and
implement
other
other
programs.
We
have
a
speaker
on
this
item.
E
Highsmith
sorry
vice
mayor
council,
member,
my
name's
Nancy,
Avila
and
I
am
a
member
of
small
business
advisory
task
force,
president
of
Vietnamese
American
Chamber
cumbers,
and
a
public
work
academy
graduate
I'm
here
today.
First
I
would
like
to
thank
you,
the
Public
Works
Department
and
the
staff
for
their
hard
work,
putting
on
a
very
informative
public
work.
E
Academy
second
I'm
here
to
ask
for
your
support
for
the
public
work,
academy
and
educational
program
that
educates
small
businesses,
small
businesses
in
construction
industry,
the
processes
and
know
how
to
do
business
with
the
city
of
San
Jose.
The
critical
critical
information
society
is
prevailing
wages
how
to
put
a
bit
together
where
to
get
help
which
reliable
resources
that
they
can
bank
on
when
it
comes
to
planning
and
coding
compliance.
E
E
A
member
of
the
Academy
said
on
the
graduation
day:
I,
don't
speak
much
English,
but
I
have
two
hands
and
a
passion
to
build
I
hope
the
city
would
give
me
a
chance
to
grow
and
work
with
and
working
with
the
city
on
behalf
and
working
with
the
city.
Sorry,
on
behalf
of
the
SBT
F,
which
is
the
small
business
advisory
task
force.
I
also
like
to
thank
you,
hopefully,
work
department
and
the
staff
for
implement
some
of
the
recommendation
that
we
have
submitted
to
them.
Thank
you.
Thank.
L
Want
to
thank
staff,
it's
not
every
day
we
get
to
check
off
a
priority,
and
I
really
want
to.
Thank
you
for
your
work
on
this
and
I
thought.
It
was
really
elegant
solutions
that
you've
described
to
help
get
contractors
in
the
mix,
especially
small
contractors,
and
people
who
are
not
familiar
with
the
process.
I
hope
that
I
hope
that
we
continue
to
expand
the
program
on
the
billing
and
planning
side,
though
we
would
love
to
see
this.
This
same
type
of
thought
process
move
into
the
building
and
planning
department.
L
Where
you
know
these
people
get.
These
are
already
pre
they've.
You
know
we
we
could
put
on
a
web
site
that
these
subcontractors
have
already
gone
through
some
kind
of
training
for
the
building
and
planning
department
and
know
how
to
get
through
the
process
easier,
so
that
people
looking
for
contractors
out
there,
you
know
can
can
say
hey
yeah.
At
least
this
guy
knows
how
to
get
through
the
system.
Anyway,
thank
you
for
your
work.
I'll
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
mayor
from
I'm.
Sorry,
the
memo
from
vice
mayor,
chappy,
Jones,.
F
So
are
those.
How
do
we
figure
out?
Because
it
says
here
we
can
go
back
and
figure
out
whether
this
is
working
or
not
working.
How
will
we
know
whether
it
is
working
or
not?
Working
I
mean
that
could
be
so
subjective,
so
I'm,
looking
for
real
specific
in
terms
of
intended
results
for
this,
and
the
reason
I
am
asking
for
this-
is
that
if
we
don't
track
what
you
know,
I
don't
know
what
we
have
in
terms
of
currently
tracking
contracts
and
what
kind
of
companies?
F
F
C
Thank
You
counselor
for
the
question.
That's
a
great
point.
I
mean
right
now,
as
I've
said
before.
I
think
it
may
be
committee
is
these:
we,
we
really
love
these
programs
and
we
know
they're
going
to
be.
We
feel
strongly
they're
going
to
be
successful.
The
ones
are
recommending,
but
the
proof
is
going
to
be
in
the
numbers.
C
And
we
feel
that,
although
there's
always
various
factors
influence
in
that.
If
that
data
isn't
showing
progress,
then
we're
going
to
need
to
migrate,
recommend
enhancing
this
program.
And
so
every
year
to
CED
committee,
we
have
a
small
and
local
business
report
that
we
do
in
in
concert
with
the
finance
department
and
then
the
next
one
is
coming
up
in
a
few
months.
So
we
won't
have
data
on
that.
C
F
Right
so
right
now
the
target
would
be
that
whoever
voluntarily
participates
in
the
academies
if,
if
they
move
on
first
of
all,
if
they
complete
the
Academy
and
then
if
they
receive
any
work
as
a
result
of
the
that
Academy
and
apply
or
may
not
apply
and
may
not
receive
it.
But
at
least
at
the
very
least
they
applied.
F
One
of
the
concerns
I
have
is
that
last
week
we
we
heard
about
anti
displacement
for
small
businesses
when
we
heard
some
statistics
about
businesses
and
I.
Think
it
was
somebody
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
I
think
it
was
about
51%,
where
minority-owned
businesses
and
I'm
an
adventurer
to
say
that
in
in
this
arena,
that
it's
probably
the
same,
if
not
more
and
so
for
me,
a
sign
of
success
would
be
one
that
we
have
ethnically
owned.
F
C
Okay,
yet
definitely
understand
in
concept
and
I
and
a
completely
agree
in
concept,
but
we'll
have
to
go
back
and
look
at
is
how
we
can,
statistically
with
numbers,
show
progress
in
that
and
then
still
be
legally
appropriate.
As
far
as
the
data
we're
collecting
and
reporting
on,
but
in
concept.
I
am
completely
100%
in
agreement
with
what
you're
saying
so,
we'll
have
to
figure
out
how
to
report
back
on
that
and
show
progress
right.
F
Thank
you
because
there's
different
ways
to
maybe
certify
or
or
recognize
folks
who
are
in
those
groups
that
we
just
talked
about
of
this
disadvantaged
groups.
Women
may
be
ethnically
ethnic
I
think
it
was
LGBTQ.
I
forget
what
the
other
groups
are,
but
it's
not
because
I
they're
any
less.
It's
just
on
the
top
of
my
head.
But
for
me
that
that
would
be
a
measure
of
success.
So
if
I
don't
know
if
it's
self
reporting
on
their
part
or
some
kind
of
certification,
I
know
I
think
it
was
I.
F
Think
my
my
team
had
talked
to
me
about
the
state
of
California
utility
supplier,
diversity
program
and
and
I
think
they.
If,
if
there's
another
system
in
which
they're
already
certified
as
a
minority-owned
business
or
any
of
those
categories
that
we
could
honor,
maybe
some
of
that
certification
and
recognize
or
we
could
probably
honor
their
own
reporting
and
I,
don't
know
what
we
would
ask.
F
D
So
councilmember
arena
I
think
in
the
we
have
to
look
at
the
situation
based
on.
Unfortunately,
on
the
cake
on
the
prop
209
situation
that
we
have
in
California
and
unfortunately
prop
209
says
that
no
government
agency
can
give
a
preference
on
contracting
to
anyone
based
on
race,
nationality,
sex
and.
F
D
F
That's
and
that's
all
all
I
said
is,
is
if
it
was
something
that
they
would
offer
up.
Some
folks
may
not
want
to
identify
in
any
of
those
ways,
but
I
think
when
we
talk
about
looming.
When
we
heard
at
last
week's
study
session,
we
heard
who
our
small
businesses
are
I
think
it's
impossible
for
us
to
ignore
who
those
folks
are
and
not
provide
some
measure
of
maybe
evening,
even
even
the
playing
field
for
them.
So
that
that's
my
point
and-
and
the
other
point
is
that
how
do
we
know
the
measure
of
success?
F
For
me,
that
would
be
a
measure
of
success.
I
know
that
you
said
the
number
of
participants
who
completed
and
then
the
number
of
participants
who
achieved
a
contract
but
I'm,
hoping
that
that
I
can
have
a
friendly
amendment
in
terms
of
adding
some
of
this
criteria
for
tracking
and
progress,
because
I
think
for
me
it
seems
very
vague
and
those
two
criteria
are
for
me:
it's
not
enough,
especially
hearing
who
our
businesses
are
in
San,
Jose
that
we
would
add
they're,
quite
the
tracking
in
progress
and
the
self
reporting.
C
Just
said,
yeah
we
I'm
I,
don't
know
exactly
which
indicators
would
be
the
best
to
track
right
now,
but
it
but
I,
but
I,
agree
that
when
we
come
back
at
our
annual
reporting
with
statistics
coming
up
with
something
that
can
help
us
understand
how
we're
doing
with
that
in
those
areas
is
very
important.
That's
a
big
part
of
why
we're
doing
what
we're
doing
so.
I
want
to
be
able
to
measure
ourselves
against
that
to
the
extent
as
far
as
as
much
as
we
can
so.
F
Who
has
that
friendly?
Who
has
a
motion
on
the
floor?
Joanie
Joanie?
Would
you
be
open
to
a
friendly
amendment
to
add
a
method
of
tracking
the
progress
of
inclusion
based
on
some
of
the
categories
that
I
just
mentioned?
I'll
just
leave
that
open
so
that
you
can.
You
know
you
can
all
decide
what
those
categories
are
inclusive
of
the
ones
that
I
just
mentioned.
L
Wow
my
collecting
the
data,
if
is
voluntarily
given
I,
don't
I
I
want
to
leave
it
to
staff,
though,
but
because
I'm
actually
very
proud
of
the
work
that
they
have
been
going
out
to
reach
out
to
the
Vietnamese
business
community
into
the
african-american
business
leaders.
So
they
have
been
going
out
and
meeting
with
with
ethnic
groups.
So
I
don't
mind
me
implementing
it.
I've
just
I
just
want
to
be
careful
not
to
put
too
much
burden
on
them
as
all
correct,
so
I'm,
okay,
I'm,
okay
with
the.
O
T
F
Wonderful-
and
you
know
with
just
one
other
thing
that
that
that
I
have
in
mind
and
it's
the
how
how
do
we
break
down
some
of
the
larger
contracts
that
we
have
and
I've
been
thinking
and
I.
I
know
that
I
mentioned
this
to
John
Risto
in
d-o-t,
because
we
have
pavement
money
for
the
next
nine
years
and
right
now,
I
think
we
have
10
to
12
contracts
and
I
believe
that
we
can
break
those
contracts
down
a
little
bit
more.
For
example,
there
was
an
ad
a.
F
Contract
and
I
think
it
was
I,
don't
know
it
was
1,200
ad
a
ramps
and
it
was
one
company.
We
could
have
certainly
broken
that
down
to
a
couple
and
maybe
have
some
of
those
smaller
businesses
that
specialize
in
a
portion
of
that,
because
I
know
that
there's
phases
that
you
that
you
complete
in
order
for
those
ramps
to
get
done
and
like
my
residents
were
actually
very
because
we
had
a
lot
of
those
ADI
ramps
improvements
which
we're
all
grateful
for,
but
at
the
same
time
they
had
to
endure
some
of
those.
F
F
A
B
You
I'd
like
to
bring
forward
councilmember
Johnny
Camus,
as
we
share
the
Britannia
arms
in
in
spirit,
if
not
physically
Britannia
arms,
Alma
Dan,
also
known
as
the
Britt,
has
proudly
served
the
residents
of
San
Jose
since
its
founding
in
1988
and
has
become
a
san
jose
institution.
The
staff
at
the
BRIT
from
the
management
to
wait
staff
has
helped
san
jose's
residents,
experienced
joyful
days
and
nights
at
their
low
ocation,
and
they
have
some
of
the
best
fish
and
chips
and
fried
pickles
you'll
ever
have.
B
The
Brit
has
hosted
multiple
fundraisers
for
our
community,
raising
over
four
hundred
thousand,
with
the
help
of
their
customers
for
various
causes,
important
to
the
residents
of
San
Jose,
including
a
recent
fundraiser
for
the
victims
of
the
Gilroy
shooting
over
its
31
years
of
operation,
the
BRIT
has
become
a
model
business
for
San
Jose
through
its
devotion
and
service
to
the
community.
I'm
excited
to
recognize
the
BRIT
for
all
its
work
and
dedication
to
supporting
those
in
need.
John
before
I
ask
the
vice
mayor
to
present
the
commendation.
O
I
I
D
Vice
mayor
in
City
Council,
you
all
are
receipt
of
the
joint
memo
between
the
City
Attorney's
Office
and
the
city
manager.
This
particular
ordinance
is
here
before
you
to
implement
Senate
bill
946,
which
was
adopted
in
2018
that
was
adopted
to
provide
additional
opportunities
for
mobile
vendors
under
SB.
946
municipalities
would
have
to
allow
mobile
vending
in
certain
situations,
and
also
municipalities
were
restricted
in
the
way
that
they
can
regulate
mobile
vendors.
Our
attachment
a
to
the
memo
briefly
summarizes
the
prohibitions
with
regard
to
municipal
regulations.
T
Yes
afternoon,
vice
mayor
councilmembers,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
you
briefly
in
support
of
the
memo
issued
by
Mayor,
locario
and
council
members
got
us
going
Esparza.
My
name
is
Casey
Hill
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
veggie
Lucien,
a
nonprofit
community
farm
that
stewards
six
acres
of
public
park
at
M
approach
farm
park
in
fall,
2018
veggie
Lucien
launched
a
mobile
Food
Program
to.
T
Ways
to
elevate
the
culinary
creativity
and
ambition
of
low-income
ISA
knows
a
food
entrepreneurs
and
explore
pathways
for
increasing
economic
mobility.
What
has
become
clear
to
us
in
this
very
interesting
sandbox
of
trial
and
error
is
that
there
are
already
significant
cost
infrastructure
obstacles
for
mobile
food
entrepreneurs
who
want
to
run
a
fully
permitted
business
in
Santa,
Clara
County,
adding
a
city
restriction
that
puts
these
entrepreneurs
in
the
position
of
trying
to
grow
and
bring
visibility
to
their
business.
Five
hundred
feet
from
where
the
action
is
only
adds
insult
to
injury.
T
It
is
redundant
as
a
necessary
safety
provision
within
the
ordinance
already
requires
that
vendors
quote,
maintain
three-foot,
clear
access
of
path
and
travel.
Having
read
and
analyze
the
LA
ordinance,
which
came
out
in
early
2019.
It
appears
that
this
particular
restriction
has
been
included
as
a
one-size-fits-all
approach,
without
consideration
for
the
unique
economic
and
community
ecosystem
of
San
Jose.
T
Last
week,
veggie
Lucien
received
an
email
from
a
well-established
organization
in
San
Jose,
asking
if
any
of
our
Eastside
grown
entrepreneurs
might
be
interested
in
working
with
them
to
reimagine
their
on-site
food
service
data
interacted
with
the
entrepreneurs
at
downtown
events.
This
is
an
example
of
an
invitation
that
arises
when
we
meet
entrepreneurs
where
they
are
front
and
center
with
dignity
and
visibility.
I
urge
the
council
to
reject
the
500
foot
restriction
and
instead
take
additional
time
to
intentionally
and
thoughtfully
craft
a
more
defined
provision
that
ensures
access,
opportunity
and
safety.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
E
Good
afternoon
vice
mayor
council,
Diana
Gruber
team,
San
Jose,
so
we
managed
the
nonprofit
organization
for
the
Convention
Center
in
the
cultural
facilities
such
as
the
San
Jose
Civic,
as
well
as
the
Center
for
Performing
Arts
and
California
theater
I'm.
Here
in
support
of
the
amendment
to
add
to
the
500
foot
restriction
for
the
peddlers.
E
It
seems
that
it's
not
necessarily
the
local
vendors
that
are
in
that
situation,
but
we're
having
people
that
are
coming
up
from
Los
Angeles
from
other
areas
that
are
coming
up
specifically
for
these
large
events
to
create
chaos
in
front
of
the
buildings
if
they
would,
if
they
were
not
blocking
the
streets.
Creating
the
grease
traps
that
correct
that
happen
out
there.
E
The
the
unsafe
conditions,
the
restrictions
of
access
and
egress
from
our
events,
then
it
be
something
that
we
could
work
with,
but
we
have
consistently
had
to
deal
with
these
problems,
not
only
at
the
convention
center,
but
only
also
at
the
San
Jose
Civic.
During
concerts
and
egress.
We
politely
ask
that
they
move
aside
to
no
avail.
One
leaves
the
other
one
comes
right
in
and
it
just
doesn't
stop
so,
while
we're
all
for
economic
growth
and
for
the
folks
that
wanted
to
have
entrepreneurship
and
we're
all
for
that.
E
E
H
Good
afternoon
council
and
city
staff,
my
name
is
Yasmine,
and
this
Carvajal
I
am
the
Community
Engagement
Manager
at
vet
solution
and
I
lead
our
Eastside
grown
mobile
food
advocacy
and
entrepreneurship
program
I'm
here
in
support
of
the
memo
addressed
by
Mayor
lekar
DOE
and
councilmembers
Carrasco
and
Espinosa,
presented
today
related
to
the
500
feet.
Restriction
around
event.
Venues
in
San,
Jose,
local
food
business
are
a
key
part
of
San
Jose's
economy.
H
Mobile
food
vending,
especially
food
carts,
are
an
important
method
of
income
generation
for
low-income
residents
of
San
Jose
food
carts
and
food
trucks
are
becoming
increasingly
popular
in
San
Jose
as
a
quick
inexpensive
option
in
social
settings,
including
in
many
public
events,
and
take
place
across
the
city
each
year,
while
determinar
decriminalizing
Mobile
vending,
will
allow
more
more
access
to
permits.
There
is
still
a
major
lack
of
critical
infrastructure
that
is
needed
to
support
these
entrepreneurs.
Veggie
luciene
knows
firsthand
the
amount
of
resources,
connections
and
capital.
H
It
takes
to
successfully
operate
a
food
cart,
and
currently
it
is
hard
to
imagine
anyone
being
success
successful
at
starting
their
own
business
within
the
current
environmental
health
standards
that
are
set
at
the
county
and
state
level.
I
work
hand
in
hand
with
our
Eastside
grown
entrepreneurs,
and
issues
of
around
equitable
infrastructure
is
the
primary
concern
that
we
concern
that
we
face.
We
are
in
constant
need
of
affordable
commercial
kitchen
space
with
childcare
space.
H
While
we
are
fortunate
for
the
opportunity
to
rent
a
space
at
Gardner
community
center,
the
timing
is
not
always
ideal
for
entrepreneurs
so
before
we
and
our
entrepreneurs
can
fully
participate
in
these
conversations
around
event
logistics.
We
need
to
do
some
serious
work
to
address
the
issues
that
prevent
these
entrepreneurs
taking
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
We
must
find
innovative
ways
to
work
together
and
make
changes
so
that
these
entrepreneurs
even
have
a
shot
at
getting
their
small
business
businesses
up
to
code.
H
P
Hello,
everyone,
Jason
Minsky
executive
director
with
Christmas
in
the
park
I'm
here
today,
just
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
this
issue
to
become
a
street
vendor.
You
have
to
go
through
a
lot.
You
have
to
be
permitted
by
the
County
Health
Department.
You
have
to
have
a
peddlers
permit.
You
have
to
abide
by
rules
and
regulations
in
the
8
plus
years
that
have
been
associated
with
Christmas
in
the
park.
Not
once
have
I
seen
a
street
vendor
that
actually
met
all
of
the
requirements
to
be
a
legal
street
vendor.
P
Unfortunately,
we
do
have
a
lot
of
individuals
that
do
come
from
out
of
town
that
don't
have
the
proper
permits
that
don't
abide
by
rules
and
regulations
that
are
set
by
the
city
and,
unfortunately,
we
cause
health
issues.
We
caused
fire
issues
using
open,
propane
and
open
flame,
and
this
is
an
issue
for
the
city
to
think
about
beyond
the
measurements
and
the
ordinances
that
are
included
here.
P
There's
enforcement
of
this,
and
that's
what
I'm
here
to
to
make
sure
that
you
guys
are
aware
that
right
now,
this
is
not
being
enforced.
There's
nobody
to
enforce
these
rules
and
regulations.
The
County
Health
Department
will
not
come
out
and
enforce
health
requirements
unless
the
San
Jose
Police
Department,
is
by
them.
The
reason
for
that
is
that
certain
vendors,
not
all,
do
get
aggressive
when
they
are
approached
so
they
feel
unsafe
and
do
not
feel
the
need
to
come
out
and
put
themselves
at
risk.
P
So
one
thing
to
consider
is:
how
are
these
rules
and
regulations
going
to
be
enforced
because,
as
we've
seen
over
the
years,
they
are
not
being
enforced,
so
I
do
make
want
to
make
sure
that
you're
aware
that,
although
you
have
a
great
set
of
guidelines
and
a
lot
of
work
has
been
done,
you
can
pass
any
law
or
any
orden
want,
but
unless
somebody
is
enforcing
them,
they're,
no
good.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
H
D
Brick-And-Mortar
businesses
and
trying
to
do
events
and
are
impacted
by
the
peddlers
we're
building
an
ice
rink
right
now
between
the
Fairmont
and
the
Museum
of
Art.
We
paid
sixteen
thousand
five
hundred
and
thirty
seven
dollars
dave22
the
city
for
our
permits.
We
now
have
this
permit
separately,
our
hot
chocolate
concession
he's
spending
another
$12,000
in
permit
fees
to
have
legal
operation
there
and
invite
you
to
all
come
out
when,
when
we
opened
there's
peddlers
that
are
blocking
the
crosswalk
they're
blocking
the
sidewalk.
D
You
can
go
right
down
downtown
on
any
Thursday,
Friday
Saturday
night
and
you'll
see
the
the
vendors
you
can
go
out
right
now
and
see
the
grease
stains
at
post
in
1st
Street
or
2nd
and
San
Fernando
Street
they're,
not
cleaning
up
after
themselves.
You've
heard
this
all
before.
Please
enforce
the
rules.
There's
a
lot
of
talk
about
equity
here
lately
on
all
subjects:
they
should
be
permitted
and
if
they
don't
have
the
permit,
there
should
be
a
consequence.
D
Q
You
and
thank
you
staff
for
your
work
on
this,
as
the
opportunity
was
presenting
itself
in
the
state,
pushing
and
now
requiring
cities
to
move
forward
with
this
and
essentially
begin
to
decriminalize
these
activities
and
allow
us
to
in
safe
manner.
Still
you
know,
require,
or
put
requirements
in
place,
similar
to
health
code,
that
the
county
is
in
charge
of
enforcing,
as
you
heard,
from
Jason
and
Scott.
As
we
know
in
the
downtown
core.
Q
But
I
I
too,
have
looked
for
opportunities
to
work
with
our
community
members
and
actually
get
them
into
compliance
and
into
carts
that
are
not
only
the
where
their
business
is
permitted
through
the
city,
but
they're
their
carts
themselves
are
permitted
through
the
county
and
I
want
to
say.
Thank
you
to
Casey
Hill
for
being
here
and
your
partnership
on
the
Eastside
grown
food
cards
that
we
piloted
out
in
Christmas
in
the
park
and
that's
what
we'd
love
to
support
and
get
more
of.
Those
have
been
extremely
successful.
Q
My
my
colleagues
memorandum
in
regards
to
looking
at
individual
areas
like
si
P
of
aya
Convention
Center
for
safe
locations
for
peddlers
that
may
be
within
that
five
foot
restriction.
I'll
tell
you
that
last
year,
after
a
number
of
years
of
headache,
last
year
we
saw
some
success
actually
at
Christmas
in
the
park,
and
that's
because
not
because
we
had
health
code
out
there
enforcing
that.
Q
But
it
was
because
we
actually
did
have
our
our
police
officers,
where
they
were
keeping
the
sidewalks
clear,
keeping
areas
from
being
sort
of
a
permanent,
almost
zone
for
the
peddlers,
but
they
weren't
necessarily
sighting
or
taking
carts
away.
No
real
enforcement,
but
just
in
the
basics
of
clearing
some
of
these
areas
and
keeping
them
out
of
the
actual
Christmas
in
the
Park
operations,
where
vendors
are
paying
I
think
around
$10,000.
Q
You
know
themselves
sell
at
times
bacon-wrapped
hot
dogs
which
I've
had
those
Scott
and
I.
Guess
you
have
not,
but
they
are,
they
are
as
good
as
they
smell
and
and
what
we
saw
was
a
lot
of
compliance
from
the
mobile
vendors,
but
they
weren't
going
too
far
and
they
certainly
weren't
going
beyond
500
feet
a
lot
of
times
just
going
a
block
or
so
away.
We
saw
a
huge
set
up.
Q
You
know
begin
to
occur
initially,
as
Scott
pointed
out
in
front
of
the
ice
rink
and
then,
as
that
sidewalk
area
got
sort
of
kept
cleared
just
setting
up
camp
in
front
of
the
church,
which
was
essentially
just
you
know,
a
hundred
or
so
feet
away
and
in
just
that
buffer
zone
of
having
an
opportunity
of
ensuring
safety
not
necessarily
being
heavy-handed
and
enforcement
made.
It
may
not
have
been
perfect
in
Jason's
eyes,
but
I
know
it
made
it
a
lot
easier.
Q
Last
year
with
it,
with
Christmas
in
the
park.
We'd
love
to
see
that
again
and
I'd
love
to
see
that
with
some
of
these
other
special
event,
areas
where
and
that's
exactly
what
this
policy
right
is
directing
and
what
we're
not
going
to
do,
which
is
go
out
there
heavy-handed
and
enforce,
and
try
to
issue
citations
and
remove
these
cards,
but
actually
to
stick
to
our
guns
in
regards
to
you
know
the
permitting
of
them
and
in
the
free
access
of
individuals
around
the.
B
D
Well,
up
till
January
police
officers
were
primarily
responsible
for
that
after
this
changed
at
the
state
level,
police
officers
don't
write
the
administrative
citations
that
it
calls
for.
So
they
may
ask
him
to
move,
but
they're
not
going
to
be
enforcing
the
permit
event.
We
have
one
staff
specialist
in
my
office
who
Monday
through
Friday
can
go
out,
gets
calls
or
emails,
and
he
will
respond
out
to
make
contact
with
any
one
out
in
the
field.
Currently.
L
E
The
city
managers
proposal
now
that
this
is
an
administrative
issue
rather
than
a
criminal
issue,
is
that
we
have
code
enforcement
inspectors,
be
our
first
line
for
enforcement.
We
had
good
experience
at
the
Superbowl
collegiate
football
playoff,
some
of
the
big
events
that
we've
had
with
code
enforcement,
doing
the
education
and
outreach
and
being
the
first
line,
the
enforcement
would
have.
E
We
anticipate
chiefly
in
cases
where
there's
a
safety
issue
where
either
the
ingress
and
egress
is
being
blocked
or
where
there's
concerns
about
pedestrian
safety
related
to
overcrowded
sidewalks,
for
example,
forcing
pedestrians
to
go
into
the
street
those
kinds
of
situations.
So
we
would
run
a
a
reactive
basis
to
start
send
to
code
enforcement
inspectors
out
there
first
and
see
if
they
can
get
the
vendors
to
to
move
along
and
if
they
needed
some
assistance
with
that,
then
the
police
department
could
be
asked
for
additional
support.
How.
B
Quickly
could
force
the
code
enforcement
get
out
there,
because
these
are
very
event-driven,
so
they're
at
Christmas
in
the
park
there
on
a
Friday
can
code
enforcement
run
over
there
right
away.
I
mean
what's
the
process
for
that
and
and
I'm
not
looking
at
being
heavy-handed,
but
I'm
also
looking
to
create
safety
and
and
remove
the.
N
B
J
J
If
you
will
the
event
over
a
certain
time
period
and
it
would
leave,
we
would
lead
with
outreach
and
education
in
hopes
of
just
having
conversations
and
and
hoping
to
gain
compliance
through
that
means,
and
so
we
implemented
a
similar
model
at
our
Super
Bowl
and
college
football
playoff
events
and
it
worked
out
rather
successfully,
so
we
wouldn't
be
given
these
events
are
usually
public
property
and
so
forth,
and
we
don't
anticipate
a
lot
of
complaints
coming
in
outside
of
these
special
events.
Okay,.
B
If
the
how
many
times
you
had
to
go
out
there,
whether
there's
a
cast
of
characters
who
are
continuing
violation
in
violation,
some
sort
of
report
that
we
could
have
maybe
well
Christmas
in
the
park
is
coming
up.
So
you
might
get
some
good
data
from
that.
Just
to
let
us
know
whether
what
we're
doing
is
working
I
think.
E
B
E
I
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
something
which
is
as
I
understand
it.
On
page
three
of
the
staff
memo,
it's
pretty
specific
about
that.
We're
talking
about
the
overcrowding
of
sidewalks,
we're
not
talking
about
health
violations
or
enforcement
around
paying
permits
or
paying
to
be
at
a
public
event.
Is
that
correct.
E
I
Thank
you,
yeah
I,
you
know,
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
share
a
story
is
I,
have
a
plight
of
one
of
my
constituents
who
we're
her
landlord
was
using
her
status
as
a
street
vendor
to
harass
and
threaten
her,
and
so
you
know
this
is
a
very
real
issue
for
the
vendors
and
so
I
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
really
encourage
more
vendors
and
help
them.
It's
really
entrepreneurship,
its
economic
development
here
at
the
city,
so
yeah
I'm
pleased
to
support.
Obviously,
the
motion
on
the
my
colleagues
motion.
Thank
you.
J
Since,
since
coming
on,
council
I
I've
been
very
supportive
of
our
of
our
street
vendors
I
want
to
point
out.
You
know
just
because
I
think
it's
worth
mentioning.
One
is
I'm
very
pleased
that
Casey
is
here.
I
think
that
veggie
Lucien,
with
the
leadership
of
Casey
and
and
her
entire
team,
hasn't
done
such
a
fantastic
job.
Those
who
are
unfamiliar
with
the
program
should
should
really
just
head
on
out
there,
because
I
think
what
we're
doing
as
a
city
in
partnership
with
our
nonprofits.
J
And
and
ironically,
just
the
the
the
item
before
us
was
minority
led
businesses
that
were
that
we're
just
so
aware
that
in
San
Jose,
because
of
the
diversity
that
we
have
are
really
struggling
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
gather
around
this
very
this
ever-growing
table
so
that
they
can
be
part
of
it
and
we're
creating
policies
so
that
they
can
be
part
of
it
for
our
our
mobile
vendors?
J
J
J
Scott
I
think
you
wouldn't
really
enjoy
it,
but
also
the
it's
alive
and
well
in
terms
of
the
spirit
of
people
and
how
they
want
to
survive.
They
don't
want
to
be
a
burden
on
anybody,
and
so,
let's,
let's
all
figure
out
how
to
support
folks,
so
that
they're
there
they're
not
a
burden
on
anybody,
but
rather
they're
here
to
be
part
of
a
dynamic
city
in
terms
of
how
they
provide
services
and
products
to
the
rest
of
us.
J
A
You
and
I
just
can't
stop
thinking
about
bacon-wrapped
hot
dogs.
I
just
have
a
quick
question
for
the
my
colleagues
who
signed
on
to
the
memo.
I
just
want
to
just
have
a
better
understanding
when,
when
we
say
work
with
staff
to
identify
designate
safe
locations,
if
if
they
can't
identify
a
safe
location,
what
happens
what
happens
next
or
they
are
they?
Are
we
asked
them
to?
Are
we
requiring
them
to
find
in
a
safe
location
or
just
make
a
best-case
effort
to
do
it
and
just
trying
to
understand
your
expectations.
J
Location,
thank
you
well.
Well.
I
think
that
this
is
again.
This
is
about
opening
up
Economic
Opportunity.
These
folks
have
already
been
there.
I,
don't
know,
I
think
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
joint
question-and-answer
scenario
here.
They've
already
been
there
they're
ready
doing
business
they're
open
for
business
I,
don't
this
is
not
about
creating
blockage
for
people
to
not
get
through
it's
about
figuring
out.
J
I
I
If
you
want
to
step
out
for
lunch
or
after
work,
you
can
very
typically
go
to
a
cart
and
get
something
to
eat,
and
so
the
intent
was
that
those
folks
aren't
impacted
either
by
an
event
right,
because
the
event
is
focused
on
ingress
and
egress
to
an
event.
So
we're
not
inadvertently
penalizing
folks
who
are
just
trying
to
earn
a
living
down
the
street
and
like,
for
example,
in
councilmember
paralysis.
Example.
I
Pushing
someone
out
to
the
church
you're
also
welcome
to
come
to
the
churches
in
district
7,
whether
it's
a
Giants
game
or
the
church's
best
chew
toys
in
town,
but
where
we
can
move
someone
down
so
again,
it's
affecting
ingress
and
egress,
or
in
the
case
of
Muni
Stadium.
We're
not
inadvertently
hurt
hurting
mobile
vendors
who
are
used
to
selling
you
know
on
Center,
Road
or
around
the
area.
That
was
my
intent.
E
Absolutely
well,
you
know
we'll
convene
the
team
and
and
we'll
do
our
very
best
to
look
at
each
one
of
these
venues
and
we'll
work
with
the
venue
operators
and
we'll
try
to
find
some
space
in
the
in
the
public,
on
public
land
or
in
the
public
right
away
that
we
think
can
work.
We
obviously
don't
control
the
private
lands,
but
for
the
public
lands
and
the
public
right-of-way.
You
know
we'll
take
a
look
and
and
see
if
we
can
make
this
concept
work
great.
F
Thank
You
vice
mayor
I,
had
a
question
about
I.
Think
one
of
the
speaker's
talked
about
some
of
the
issues
that
the
county
might
face
and
I
thought
I
don't
know
if
we
have
any
coordination
first
of
all
with
county
and
and
do
we
know
what
some
of
the
issues
that
they've
been
dealing
with
and
how
are
they're
dealing
with
them.
F
But
I'm
just
wondering
what
kind
of
coordination
we
have
with
with
the
county
and
if
they
couldn't
offer
any
further
support.
I'll
tell
you
that
that
we
have
over
at
welch
park.
We
have
and
other
parks
I'm
just
gonna
pick
on
Welch
Park
for
now,
but
we
have
you,
know
mobile
vendors
all
all
day,
long
and.
F
F
It's
this
is
a
difficult
topic
to
sometimes
talk
about,
because
we
know
that
this
is
obviously
some,
but
these
folks,
these
you
know
mobile
vendors.
This
is
their
livelihood
right
and
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
respectful
and
very
considerate
about
that.
These
folks
are
continuing
to
fight
the
good
fight
right.
A
D
D
A
two
hundred
twenty
eight
million
dollar
bond
built
about
sixty
nine
or
improved
sixty
nine
neighborhood
parks,
seven
regional,
nine
community
centers
that
it
either
improved
or
new
five
trails,
and
also
opening
and
spring
the
Arcadia
softball
complex
down
near
the
East
Ridge
Mall.
So
this
would
between
the
Arcadia
ball
fields
and
miss
complex.
We
would
be
fulfilling
on
our
obligation
in
that
bond
to
bring
new
recreational
sports
facilities
to
the
city.
B
Just
start
by
orienting
you
a
little
bit
so
what's
in
front
of
you-
is
an
aerial
photo
that
shows
the
location
of
Columbus
Park
in
the
city.
It's
showing
in
pink
kind
of
in
the
center
of
the
screen.
So
north
is
up
on
this
figure,
so
you
can
see
the
San
Jose
Airport
in
the
upper
left
corner
highway,
87
kind
of
cutting
diagonally
through
the
through
the
screen
and
Columbus
Park
sits
in
the
heart
and
right
in
the
middle
of
Guadalupe
Gardens,
which
is
along
Coleman,
Avenue
immediately
south
of
the
airport.
B
So
on
this
we
just
zoom
in
a
little
bit
more
to
show
you
a
little
more
detail
of
where
Columbus
Park
is
so.
It
is
bounded
by
Taylor
Street
Spring
Street
cuts
through
the
middle
of
it.
This
has
been
a
park
since
the
1960s,
possibly
even
before
that
some
of
you
might
remember
in
the
1970s
and
60s
and
50s,
there
was
an
actual
neighborhood
around
here
in
the
70s.
B
B
It
is
and
it's
a
pre-existing,
compatible
land
use
right.
So
one
of
the
important
things
that
shows
on
this
map
is
the
dotted
line
in
yellow
around
the
around
the
green
spaces.
That's
the
airport,
inter
safety
zone.
So
that's
the
airport
that
the
area
that's
regulated
by
the
airport
and
they
influence
the
things
that
happen
there
and
the
density
of
development.
So
with
that
I'm
actually
going
to
turn
it
over
to
rob
to.
Let
him
explain
the
actual
project
to
you.
M
Thank
You
Nicole
here
you
can
see
Columbus
Park
in
its
current
state.
This
image
is
rotated
relative
to
the
previous
image,
with
North
being
to
the
upper
right
corner.
The
park
is
nine
point:
four
acres
in
size
and
his
Nicole
mentioned
bounded
by
West
Taylor
Street
to
the
South
asked
for
a
street
to
the
north
and
Spring
Street
bisects
the
park.
The
park
area
is
nine
point.
Four
acres
and
amenities
include
softball
fields:
basketball,
courts,
sand,
volleyball
courts
and
horseshoe
pitches,
which
are
home
to
the
San
Jose
chapter
of
the
Northern
California
horseshoe
pitchers
Association.
M
Usage
of
these
amenities
is
generally
low,
except
for
the
horseshoe
pitches
which
are
well
used.
The
pork
is
in
Port,
the
park
is
in
poor
condition
and
the
sports
fields
are
essentially
unplayable.
Various
illicit
activities,
heavily
impact,
the
restroom
in
the
northeast
corner
and
some
park.
Users
also
report
feeling
unsafe
when
visiting
the
challenges
in
lo
use
of
Columbus
Park
are
partially
result
of
the
parks
distance
from
residential
areas.
The
closest
housing
were
a
quarter-mile
away
and,
as
a
result,
Columbus
really
lacks
the
the
local
caretakers
and
eyes
on
the
street.
M
They
would
typically
find
in
a
neighborhood
park
and
that
helped
to
activate
and
secure
it.
This
condition
is
Nicole.
Mention
is
unlikely
to
change
due
to
restrictions
on
residential
development
near
the
airport.
So,
therefore
creating
a
ragin
attraction
such
as
a
soccer
facility,
is
really
one
of
the
only
ways
to
increase
visitors
and
help
alleviate
some
of
those
social
challenges
that
have
resulted
from
low
daily
use.
M
What
you're
seeing
on
the
screen
now
is
the
first
of
two
preliminary
concepts
that
public
works
in
P
R
and
s
developed
to
investigate
the
feasibility
of
building
a
soccer
facility.
Here
both
concepts
would
require
a
complete
redesign
and
reconstruction
of
the
park.
This
first
concept,
as
you
can
see,
accommodates
two
soccer
fields
over
lane
with
softball
fields.
M
This
is
the
second
of
the
two
preliminary
concepts
showing
here
how
three
soccer
fields
could
sit
on
to
the
site
to
fit
three
fields.
As
you
can
see,
they
must
be
rotated,
90
degrees.
As
a
result,
these
fields
are
slightly
smaller
than
the
fields
in
concept
one
but
still
fall
within
the
official
FIFA
range
of
field
dimensions
and
they're
also
comparable
to
other
competitive
fields
in
the
Bay
Area.
M
Obviously,
adding
a
third
field
does
reduce
the
park
capacity
for
other
uses,
but
we
can
still
accommodate
the
the
basketball
courts
and
the
horseshoe
pitches
in
the
center.
As
far
as
cost
goes,
there
is
21
million
dollars
in
Soccer
Reserve
left
over
from
measure
P.
An
initial
cost
estimate
suggests
that
the
scope
you've
seen
today
can
be
built
with
a
full
amount
of
that
funding.
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
Nicole.
B
Sorry
and
before
I
wrap
up
I'll
just
say
that
we
have
been
talking
with
the
airport
extensively
about
this
plan
and
this
concept
we
didn't
want
to
bring
it
forward
until
we
were
comfortable
that
they
were
gonna,
be
able
to
support
it.
Our
big
question
in
particular,
was
around
lighting
and
making
sure
that
we
could
light
all
three
fields
or
two
fields,
as
the
case
may
be,
so
that
they
can
get
played
aggressively.
B
One
of
the
advantages
of
this
location
for
us
is
because
there
are
no
neighbors,
we
can
light
the
and
we
can
light
this
field
and
play
it
probably
more
extensively
than
we
could
in
a
neighborhood
park
where
we
may
not.
You
know
we
may
be
impacting
residential,
so
our
request
for
you
today
is
to
approve
us
moving
forward
to
use
the
rest
of
the
measure
P
money
to
redesign
Columbus
Park.
D
Good
afternoon
vice
mayor
and
city
council,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
Jason
sue
and
I
am
the
executive
director
at
the
Guadalupe
River
Park
Conservancy
I'm,
here
to
express
support
for
the
design
and
reconstruction
of
Columbus
park,
which
is
nestled
within
the
guadalupe
gardens.
The
conservatives
mission
is
to
promote
the
active
use
and
development
of
the
Guadalupe
River
Park
and
Gardens,
and
we
envisioned
the
river
park
in
San,
Jose,
Civic
Greenway
and
the
premiere
urban
riverfront
of
the
Bay
Area.
D
We
believe
Columbus
Park
would
activate
that
portion
of
parkland
and
provide
enhanced
recreation
activities
that
will
benefit
the
entire
Guadalupe
River
Park
network.
I
commend
the
work
of
PR
news
staff,
particularly
the
leadership
of
John,
Ciccarelli,
Nicole,
Burnham
and
Rob
did
more
for
moving
this
project
forward.
I
know,
but
also
like
to
take
advantage
of
this
opportunity
to
express
them
busy.
Azzam.
M
Q
You
thank
you,
staff
just
really
excited
about
this
opportunity
and
it
was
all
really
said
in
the
presentation,
but
for
my
colleagues
that
maybe
have
not
been
out
near
Columbus,
Park
you're,
not
alone,
not
many
people
have
unfortunately,
and
the
users
that
we
do
have.
There
know
that
actually,
the
image
that
you
showed
makes
the
park
look
a
lot
better
than
it
actually
looks
physically
going
to
it.
So
it
needs
a
lot
of
TLC
and
unfortunately,
because
of
the
area
that
it's
in
there
is
no
development
happening
in
and
around
there.
Q
So
it's
it's
not
going
to
get
any
parks,
development
fees,
and
so
this
is
really
our
only
opportunity
and,
as
my
colleagues
also
know,
we
are
no
longer
getting
the
multiple
soccer
fields
in
and
around
the
area.
We
have,
you
know
just
a
few
over
by
the
earthquake
stadium,
but
we
we
moved
that
other
opportunity
that
we
had
there.
Q
So
this
is
a
really
close
in
proximity
to
that
and
gives
us
a
great
opportunity
to
turn
what
are
currently
just
under
utilized
softball
fields
and
well
utilized
horseshoe
fields
or
horseshoe
pits
to
now
multi-purpose
use
fields
where
we
know
and
John.
As
as
you've
already
told
me.
We
expect
these
to
be
reserved
immediately
upon
completion
of
the
soccer
fields,
because
we
are
deficient
in
our
ability
for
all
of
the
the
youth
soccer
that
we
have
out
there
and.
J
Q
That's
gonna
need
that
in
fact,
spring
is
today
used
as
a
cut
through
and
when
my
team
and
I
were
out
there
doing
a
cleanup
cars
are
just
flying
right
by
they
don't
care
for
the
stop
sign
there,
because
there's
just
nobody
around
so
cutting
that
down
as
or
cutting
it
off
as
they
cut
through.
It's
really
gonna
help
as
well
and
I.
Q
Think
it's
it's
just
gonna,
be
a
much
more
vibrant
Park
appreciate
the
salvaging
of
the
horseshoe
pits,
because
somehow
they've
they've,
you
know
managed
to
stay
active
which
is
great,
and
we
want
to
keep
that
as
an
asset.
There.
I
would
love
to
try
and
see
if
we
could
achieve
the
three
soccer
fields
and
a
just
dawned
on
me.
It
probably
is
maybe
not
possible,
but
if
you
can
go
back
to
the
image
of
the
three
soccer
fields,.
Q
I'm
looking
at
a
Google
map
of
the
same
area
and
wondering
if
there's
an
opportunity
to
explain
and
actually
over
Asbury
Street
and
actually
what
would
move
Asbury
Street,
you
know
a
little
bit
further
north
you're
now
talking
about
you,
know,
repaving
a
whole
new
street
and
so
I
mean
it's
obviously
more
costly
effort.
But
what
you
mentioned
was
that
it
sort
of
shrinks
down
the
the
soccer
fields
for
a
print,
but
you
did
state
that
it
stays
within
compliance,
I,
guess
of
something
the
size
of
the
field
themselves,.
M
220
feet
wide
by
three
hundred
forty
five
feet
long
and
they
are
well
within
this
sort
of
the
FIFA
has
a
range
of
soccer
fields.
There's
not
a
particular
size
that
the
field
needs
to
be,
and
these
that
you're
seeing
here
are
within
that
range,
similar
to
Khizar
stadium
up
in
San
Francisco
and
the
Cal
Stadium
at
Berkeley.
Okay,.
Q
So
you
you,
this
would
be
sufficient.
We're
not
gonna
be
turning
away
any
any
interested
party
sitting
I
say
wait.
A
second.
These
fields
are
too
small,
correct.
Okay,
that
consider,
then
you
can,
although
would
be
nice
to
have
an
even
bigger
park,
but
fitting
within
the
footprint
that
we
have
and
not
having
to
add
any
more
dollars
to
it.
I'd
be
comfortable
with
that,
but
if
staff
wants
to
go
back
and
chew
on
that,
one
I
think
there's
an
opportunity
to
grow
the
size
by
all
means.
Q
O
Just
had
a
question
so
someone
along
the
same
lines
so
I
addition
to
or
in
support
of
what
councilor
Morales
said,
I
think
we
need
more
fields,
not
less
so
I
think
three
very
happy
with
that.
But
I
noticed
that's
not
necessarily
on
the
recommendation,
and
so
maybe
I
missed
it,
but
it
seems
we're
moving
this
forward
at
what
point
in
the
process.
Do
you
all
determine?
Is
that
the
design
phase,
where
you
just
decide
if
this
is
actually
feasible
or
what
what
upfront
work
has
been
done?
Indeterminate
yeah.
B
We
we
will
what
you're
seeing
here
is
a
very
high
level
concept
evaluation.
We
don't
have
base
mapping,
we
haven't
fully
mapped
all
the
utilities.
You
know
so
there's
a
lot
of
kind
of
that
boring
detail.
Engineering
work
that
we
need
to
do
and
we'll
do
that
as
we
start
to
move
into
design
and
then
that
will
confirm
or
make
us
give
pause
to
whether
we
can
fit
two
or
three
fields.
The
other
thing
we
want
to
be
really
conscious
of
too
is
the
cost.
B
You
know
I
don't
want
to
need
to
get
we're
talk
about
three
artificial
turf
fields
here,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
we
can
stay
within
the
project
budget.
So
those
are
all
you
know
as
we
go
through
the
design
process.
We'll
start
you
know
kind
of
iterating
who
do
stuff
a
design.
We
look
at
cost
again
step
a
design,
look
at
cost
again,
and
so,
as
we
start
to
refine,
we'll
will
look
at
that.
B
O
And-
and
then
so,
thank
you
for
that.
Yet
the
other
question
that
came
to
mind
is
I,
know
and
certainly
enough
to
throw
a
wrench
in
this
process,
but
I
remember
some
time
back
just
when
the
I
think
it
was
the
audit
report,
as
relates
to
powell
stadium,
and
he
san
jose
came
about.
There
was
some
not
talked
specifically
about
this
source
of
funding,
but
thinking
about
how
do
we
rethink
that
you
know
additional
fields
or
converting
some
of
the
fields
there.
O
O
D
Dollars
to
convert
the
her
field
at
pal
into
artificial,
and
we
had
money
set
aside
to
do
a
master
plan
for
the
larger
site
to
figure
out
what
are
the
needs
there?
What
does
the
community
want?
How
can
that
evolve,
but
looking
out
past
that
there
aren't
great
funding
sources
for
any
that,
but
at
least
you
get
the
ball
rolling
on
what
that
should
look
like
okay,.
T
B
So
we
will,
but
we
will
do
some
engagement
meetings
will
work
with
the
Conservancy
on
doing
some
direct
engagement,
and
we
also
often
are
doing
online
surveys
and
outreach
that
we
have
found
to
be
really
effective
working
through
next
door.
The
council
offices
are
helping
us
do
that,
push
that
out
as
well.
We've
gotten
really
good
responses
in
other
areas.
We've
worked
in
some
of
them
being
yours,
yeah.
B
Who
are
who
do
go
to
parks
and
I?
Think
I
agree
with
you.
We're
not
sure
that
basketballs,
the
right
man,
basketball,
is
what's
there
now,
but
we
we
agree.
There
might
be
some
more
interesting
and
modern
amenities
that
might
be
want
to
go
there
or
combinations
of
you
know,
put
it
put
a
net
around
to
put
fencing
around
a
basketball
court
and
suddenly
it
can
be
futsal
when
no
one's
playing
basketball.
So
we'll
look
at
some
things
like
that
as
well.
B
M
M
M
B
Our
hope
was
to
move
pretty
quickly
into
executing
a
contract
and
agreement.
This
will
be
with
Public
Works
they'll,
execute
an
agreement
with
a
with
a
consultant
and
we'll
be
doing
design
through
most
of
2020
and
hopefully
putting
shovels
in
the
ground
in
2021.
If
all
goes
as
planned
would
be
our
expectation,
probably
sometime
late
in
2021,
and
this
is
a
pretty
significant
design
undertaking
bigger
than
most
projects
that
we
do.
Okay,.
L
Q
D
L
R
So
before
talking
about
the
transition,
first,
a
brief
background
on
how
electricity
is
generally
sold
today
to
residential
customers.
So
almost
everyone
in
PG&E
territory
buys
their
electricity
on
what's
called
a
tiered
rate.
So
everyone,
depending
on
where
you
live
a
climate
zone,
is
allotted
a
certain
amount
of
baseline
energy
at
a
lower
rate,
and
then,
if
you
use
more
than
that,
you
move
into
what's
called
tier
two
and
so
up
to
four
four
times
more
of
that.
Energy
is
at
a
middle
rate.
R
And
then,
if
you
go
over
that,
you
can
see
a
very
high
rate
as
charged
for
everything
above
that
in
tier
3.
So
the
proposal
is
to
move
to
what
charging
energy
instead
of
how
much
you're,
using
in
a
given
month
to
charge
the
time
of
day
and
the
peak
price.
The
peak
times
is
moving
from
to
be
between
4:00
p.m.
and
9:00
p.m.
and
every
other
hours.
It's
cheaper.
There's
still
this
notion
of
a
baseline
with
the
baseline
Energy's
at
a
cheaper
price.
R
Why
why
the
transition,
so
in
2015
the
CPUC?
That's
the
California,
Public
Utility
Commission
ordered
all
investor-owned
utilities,
including
PG&E,
to
to
make
this
change
the
reasons
for
doing
that
are
listed
above
to
make
the
prices
that
customers
are
paying
align
with
the
cost
of
serving
the
customers
also
to
change
when
people
are
using
energy
to
change
their
behavior
to
assist
with
the
transition
to
a
renewable
energy
economy.
R
Council
may
remember
the
duck
curve
which
we
learned
about
during
the
study
session.
Several
weeks
ago,
there
and
you'll
recall
that
this
steep
ramp
to
the
current
peak
of
four
to
nine
is
a
challenge,
and
that's
largely
with
less
renewable
energy
at
that
time,
so
to
thin
out
the
belly
of
the
duck
and
and
make
the
the
head
the
neck
a
little
bit
less
steep
as
the
the
goal.
So
PG&E
will
be
making
this
transition
to
all
of
their
customers
over
the
course
of
16
to
18
months,
beginning
in
October.
R
Twenty
twenty
cent,
acquara
County,
the
rest
of
Santa
Clara
County,
will
begin
and
we
will
be
number
two.
They
will
be
offering
bill
protection,
so
that
is
to
say,
anyone
who
chooses
to
go
along
with
this
transition
will
will
not
pay
more
than
they
would
have
on
their
old
rate
in
the
first
year,
and
so
we
are
recommending
that
San
Jose,
clean
energy
also
do
the
transition
and
including
with
the
bill
protection.
We
think
we
expect
based
on
pilot
results,
which
I
can
talk
about
in
a
moment
that
customers
will
save
money.
R
R
So
I
should
say
that
customers
can
they
can
opt
out
or
choose
a
rate
going
online
phone
call,
there's
also
going
to
be
a
self-addressed
stamp
envelope.
Remember
remember
how
that
used
to
be,
and
those
will
be
all
co-branded,
PG&E
and
San
Jose
clean
energy,
all
those
notifications.
So
not
everyone
will
be
transitioned.
You
can
see
the
list
above
customers
on
special
medical
rates
rates
who
are
large
users
of
energy,
for
medical
reasons,
net
energy
metering,
customers
and
and
several
other
classifications,
but
approximately
eight
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
customer
accounts
will
be
transitioned.
R
Pg&Amp;E
is
part
of
a
a
statewide
campaign
will
be
launching,
is
going
to
be
everywhere.
You
can
see
one
hundred
and
twenty
six
million
dollars
mass
marketing,
including
billboards
radio
TV,
encouraging
people
to
to
get
out
of
the
four
to
nine
hour,
they're,
calling
at
the
golden
hour
really
branding
that
as
the
time
when
dirty
energy
is
used,
it'll
be
running
beginning
in
May
of
next
year
in
the
South
Bay
through
the
transition
in
multiple
languages.
R
So
this
graph
I
mentioned
before
soapy
Jeannie.
There
was
a
a
pilot
conducted
with
approximately
a
hundred
and
fifty
three
thousand
customers
and
a
number
of
the
different
PG
any
territories,
and
also
some
CCA
territories
around
us
and
the
participation
rate
was
quite
high
and
a
number
of
customers
stuck
with
it.
Awareness
was
high.
Puccini
had
conducted
a
lot
of
tests
there,
notices
and
so
forth.
So
we
we
have
confidence
that
things
are
gonna,
go
largely
the
way
that
that
we're
talking
to
you
today
because
of
you
know
the
extensive
testing
and
and
so
forth.
R
That
was
done.
You
can
see
that
most
customers
are,
are
saving
money
doing
this,
and
so
these
are
annual
totals
so
the
largest
graph,
the
largest
percentage,
the
largest
bucket
excuse
me,
are
people
who
have
almost
no
almost
no
change
between
five
dollars,
saving
or
five
dollars
more
expensive
across
the
whole
year,
and
the
average
customer
is
who
is?
Saving
is
gonna
save
about
fifteen
dollars
over
the
course
of
the
year.
The
average
customer
who
is
is
has
an
increased
cost
is
going
to
be
just
about
fourteen
dollars.
R
So,
as
I
mentioned
we're
proposing
to
offer
bill
protection
for
that
first
year,
we
think
that
will
cost
San
Jose
clean
energy,
approximately
five
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
dollars
during
the
first
year,
but
want
to
emphasize
that
that
is
revenue
neutral.
So
customers
will
be
charged
under
the
new
rates
through
the
year
and
at
the
end,
their
usage
will
be
run
through
the
rate
that
they
were
on
before,
as
well
as
the
new
rates
and
any
difference
in
any
any
any
dollars
that
they've
spent
extra
will
be
returned
to
them.
R
So
you
can
see
there
in
the
table
two
cases.
The
the
base
case,
the
max
case
I
should
say
is-
would
be
if
every
customer
who
receives
a
notification
and
is
eligible
for
the
transition
and
would
save,
takes
the
transition,
so
some
customers
they
see
the
transition,
they
don't
want
to
be
bothered
by
it.
They
don't
believe
it.
They
don't
trust
it.
They
don't
like
change.
So
some
people
got
those
notifications
and
said
no
thank
you
and,
and
even
though
they
it
said
that
they
would
be
worse
off.
R
So
that's
the
base
case,
if
approximately
twenty
four
percent
did
that
and
the
max
case,
but
not
so
different,
approximately
two
and
a
half
to
two
point:
nine
million
and
we
would
have
procurement
cost
savings
as
a
result
of
this,
because
that
peak
energy
is
the
most
expensive
energy
for
us
to
procure
as
well.
So
that's
that's
why
the
the
net
revenue
would
be
a
little
bit
lower
to
us.
R
Then,
oh
I'm,
sorry,
the
second
part
of
our
the
second
part
of
the
memo
we
are
requesting
for
approval
to
have
the
ability
to
match
any
PG&E
rate
structure
while
maintaining
our
1%
discount
to
allow
us
to
be
nimble
and
respond
to
new
rates
which
are
created
by
PG&E
and
keep
things
simple
for
our
customers
and
remain
competitive.
So,
for
example,
in
in
November
of
this
year,
Putin
is
launching
new
time-of-use
rates
for
non
residential
customers,
which
are
optional
until
next
year,
November
2020
when
they
become
mandatory.
R
A
L
L
The
other
thing
that
I
want
to
make
sure
is
when
we,
when
we
are
providing
this
communication,
we
are
gonna,
be
comparing
like
hey
here's,
how
much
you
pay
now
and
here's
how
much
you'll
pay
under
this
plan
according
to
your
current
usage
right,
so
that
so
that
people
are
not
confused,
I
I,
don't
think
you
understand
how
many
phone
calls
we've
had
that
we
had.
We
had
two
distant.
We
mostly
send
them
to
you
guys,
but
they've
had
like
issues
were
like
yeah
I'm,
paying
so
much
more.
L
R
So,
on
this
slide
and
again
this
notification,
which
is
an
attachment
to
the
memo
yeah
so
that
I'm
pleasantly
surprised
that
PG&E
suggested
to
present
it
there
so
cleanly
that
again,
this
is,
you
know,
based
you
know,
here's
we
are
here's,
what
the
transition
means
and
your
lowest
rate
is
called
out
at
the
bottom
there.
So
but
yes,
point
well-taken,
we
will
emphasize
that
in
our
in
our
outreach.
Thank
you
thank.
T
And
the
main
reason
I
was
here
was
but
because
of
a
homeless
situation
that
is
on
capital,
X
capital,
Avenue
about
a
hundred
feet,
south
of
Mervyn's
Way
and
in
one
on
Mervyn's
way.
As
you
go
on
to
Capitol
Expressway
I
have
been
dealing
with
the
police,
I
have
called
every
number
that
I
have
found
have
been
told
to
call
in
the
city
of
San
Jose.
Nothing
has
been
done
about
this
absolute
mess.
My
wife
and
I
drive
up
and
down
Capitol
Expressway.
Quite
a
lot.
T
We
live
close
to
there
we
go
to
680,
we
go
to
places.
We
have
seen
men
out
there
urinating
through
the
fence
out
on
the
Capitol
Expressway.
My
wife
doesn't
want
to
see
that
I
don't
want
to
see
it
and,
like
I
said,
I've
called
everybody
that
I
can
possibly
think
of
to
call,
and
nothing
has
been
done
by
and
done
about
it.
I've
had
police,
sergeants
call
me
and
say:
we'll
do
something
about
it
tomorrow.
Sara
will
do
something
about
it.
Nothing
is
getting
done,
something
needs
to
be
done.
T
I,
don't
know
what
the
solution
is
for
the
homeless
situation,
but
something
needs
to
be
done.
As
about
this
last
thing
about
the
San
Jose,
clean,
clean
energy
or
whatever
I
received
no
notifications
of
any
kind
about
it.
I
was
on
a
balance.
Payment
plan
through
PG&E
I
got
a
bill
and
notice.
Oh,
my
bill
went
up
no,
because
I
was
no
longer
on
a
balance
payment
plan
because
I'm
paying
the
city
of
San
Jose.
Instead,
instead
of
paying
PG&E
what
I
called
clean
energy,
they
said.
T
Yes,
sir,
we
can
put
you
back,
but
you're
going
to
go
back
to
PG&E
and
then
you're
going
to
pay
now
gonna
be
on
your
balance
payment
plan,
because
they
will
put
you
for
six
months.
They
will
put
you
on
just
a
regular
payment
to
where
what
if
it
goes
up,
it
goes
up.
If
it
goes
down,
it
goes
down
I'm
on
a
fixed
income.
This
didn't
help
me
at
all
and
then,
like
I,
said
so,
I
called
back
on
it.
T
T
As
regards
vice
mayor,
Jones,
city
manager,
Sykes,
pleasure
assistant,
city
attorney,
Moran,
councilmember,
Comus,
feralas,
dip
and
hue
Menace,
if
I
didn't
say
that
right,
I'm,
sorry
with
regard
to
my
issues,
they
concern
disadvantaged
medical
issue
and
rent
control.
Disability
I
find
myself
in
desperation.
Given
the
rent
current
situation,
it's
out
of
control,
I
am
speaking
with
mr.
Preminger.
T
He
wants
to
work
with
this,
but
we
need
to
talk
about
what
we
have
before
when
I
pointed
out
the
profit
years
last
time,
I
was
here
and
rightfully
you
said
that
the
money
is
not
getting
down
to
individuals
who
need
it.
I
have
a
very
serious
medical
condition.
We
can
talk
about
that
at
some
other
time,
but
I
need
to
know
the
councilmember
to
address
regarding
this
issue.
I,
don't
think
it's
City
Manager
Sykes,
but
whoever
finds
themself
the
doer
and
person
who's
been
assigned
the
greatest
responsibility.
Don't
know
if
that's
a
menace.
T
You
seem
to
be
the
spokesperson
for
the
people
and
I
need
to
address
the
issues
concerning
San
Jose,
because
I
do
live
in
San
Jose,
but
I
am
also
resident
of
Santa
Clara
County
and
mr.
Preminger
says
that
this
is
an
urgent
situation
to
work
with
him
continuously.
I
am
interviewing,
I
should
say,
because
weightless
has
been
available,
but
I'm,
afraid
of
being
marginalized,
because
the
wait
lists
are
too
long.
T
There's
nothing
any
anything
available,
anymore
and
I'm
in
a
very
bad
unhealthy
living
situation,
with
a
landlord
who
uses
his
status
to
intimidate
and
bully
and
I'm
told
by
a
civil
attorney
that
he
is
in
violation
of
codes,
that
is,
for
illegal
partitioning,
illegal
tenants,
number
and
illegal
tenant
in
a
carport
in
the
back
and
then
cash
changing
hands.
And
it's
these
transients
and
the
police
and
I
made
to
police
reports
so
I'm
in
urgent
need.
T
My
case
manager
I
are
going
on
an
interview,
Sunnyvale
I,
don't
know
if
I
can
get
in
there,
because
the
business
being
what
it
is.
As
you
mentioned
at
the
last
time
you
and
also
Don
Rocha
and
mr.
Perales
and
mr.
dip-
and
you
Manus
mentioned
that
there
is
the
issue
of
the
unfairness,
anomaly
or
disadvantaged
issue.
So
I
need
to
address
that
I
can't.
A
T
Out
just
behind,
but
it's
still,
you
can't
get
out
of
this
grind
and
I.
Don't
have
enough
money
to
live.
Social,
Security
they're
telling
me
my
rent
should
only
be
two
fifty
to
seventy
but
they're,
not
honoring,
that
the
laws
have
changed
and
they're,
not
helping
me.
They
told
me
to
take
it
to
Council,
so
that
is
officer
Villa
Court
of
Social
Security.
They
will
probably
know
more.