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City of San José, California
Community & Economic Development Committee of June 27, 2022
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A
B
B
B
Great
so,
let's
move
into
the
agenda.
We
do
have
some
big
items
today,
the
first
I'm
going
to
skip
over
the
review
of
the
work
plan.
We
don't
have
anything
to
review.
The
one
item
we
did
have
has
been
deferred
per
the
or
dropped
per
the
rules
committee.
So
I'll
jump
right
into
the
report.
The
committee
reports,
starting
by
introducing
rosalind
huey,
who
has
an
announcement
great
or
an
introduction.
C
Thank
you
so
much
chair,
foley
and
good
afternoon,
members
of
the
committee
and
members
of
the
public
staff
does
have
a
special
announcement.
We
want
to
share
with
the
committee
and
I'm
just
going
to
turn
it
over
to
nancy
klein.
To
do
that.
Thank
you
very
much
chair
and
members
of
the
cdc
committee.
I
just
wanted
to
say
that,
after
a
full
recruitment
process
for
the
deputy
director
of
office
of
economic
development
and
cultural
affairs,
blagey
zalalich
has
been
appointed
as
the
deputy
director,
and
I
just
wanted
to.
Thank
you.
C
C
One,
of
course,
is
mentioning
the
depth
and
breadth
of
the
role
that
she
stepped
into
as
acting
in
terms
of
covering
and
managing
small
business
recovery,
development
facilitation,
housing,
catalyst
assistance
to
small
business
that
we
would
normally
do
as
well
as
larger
business
and
and
just
a
ton
of
work,
which
you
will
hear
reflected
here
in
the
depth
and
breadth
of
the
reports.
You're
gonna
have
from
oedca
and
that,
prior
to
that
for
six
years,
blogger
was
the
downtown
manager
and
coordinated
the
vision
and
strategy
for
downtown
prior
to
that
from
2004.
C
Until
joining
the
city,
she
was
deputy
director
of
the
san
jose
downtown
association
and
led,
amongst
other
things,
the
development
of
the
downtown
property-based
improvement
district,
which
it's
all
her
good
or
it's
all
her
force,
not
fault,
not
all,
not
all
of
it.
But
she
was
a
very
big
force
in
that
and
I
don't
think
mo
many
people
know
that
and
lastly,
blogger
played
college
basketball,
which
I
thought
was
awesome
at
university
of
california
davis.
C
B
D
D
Chair
foley
good
afternoon,
everybody
committee
members,
bloggies
lollich,
deputy
director
for
business
development
for
the
office
of
economic
development
and
cultural
affairs,
and
I'm
here
this
afternoon
to
present
the
2021-2022
downtown
progress
report,
vibrant
and
successful
city
centers
include
four
key
components:
work,
environment,
urban
living
arts
and
entertainment
and
shopping
and
dining
all
connected
through
the
public
realm.
This
is
how
I've
organized
the
downtown
progress
report
over
the
last
five
years
and
have
continued
to
do
so
again.
This
year.
D
The
level
of
activity
on
downtown
streets
has
picked
up
significantly
over
the
past
12
months,
but
remains
nowhere
near
the
activity.
Pre-Pandemic,
the
industries
that
drove
the
downtown
economy,
commercial
office
conventions,
hotel
business
bars
and
nightclubs,
arts
and
culture
and
events
at
the
sap
arena
limp
toward
recovery
at
varying
rates.
D
Two
clear
indicators
of
the
effect
of
the
pandemic
on
the
downtown
landscape
are
sales
tax
collection
and
parking
data.
When
comparing
2020
and
2021
sales
tax
collections,
the
overall
drop
in
city-wide
collections
is
a
mere
one
percent.
However,
the
decline
in
collections
within
the
downtown
growth
area
is
significantly
higher
at
38.5
percent.
D
In
the
work
environment,
there
are
approximately
three
thousand
businesses
in
the
downtown
growth
area,
with
the
average
of
a
business
being
just
shy.
11
of
11
years
there
are
approximately
100
large
businesses
with
a
head
count
over
35
employees
constituting
68
percent
of
the
jobs
in
the
area
and
approximately
1350
businesses
with
2
to
35
employees.
D
In
the
two
years.
Prior
to
the
pandemic,
the
average
was
roughly
230
000
square
feet
per
quarter.
The
downtown
vacancy
rate
at
the
end
of
the
first
quarter
of
2022
stood
at
19.4
percent.
That's
up
from
16.7
a
year
prior
and
12.8
percent.
Prior
to
the
onset
of
the
pandemic,
however,
asking
rents
have
remained
relatively
stable,
as
landlords
seek
to
maintain
markets.
Stipulately
properties
were
asking
an
average
of
about
four
dollars
and
36
cents
per
square
foot
per
month.
D
Three
notable
leases.
This
past
year
were
poly
raymond,
james,
financial
and
cryptocurrency
exchange,
ok
coin,
taking
a
total
of
73
000
square
feet
in
the
city
center
and
just
last
month,
very
exciting
news
that
we
got
that
hillbrook
school
in
los
gatos
announced
they
would
be
establishing
their
new
high
school
campus
downtown
in
the
1894
moore
building
and
the
armory.
E
D
Thanks:
okay,
the
impact
of
the
coveted
pandemic,
coveted
19
pandemic,
appears
to
have
some
impact
on
downtown's
long-term
future,
as
only
2.4
million
square
feet
of
office.
Space
is
under
planning
review
down
from
5.2
million.
In
last
year's
report,
the
city
approved
entitlements
for
4.4
million
square
feet
of
office
down
from
5.1
million.
D
In
my
last
report,
commercial
development
under
construction
includes
adobe's
fourth
tower,
as
well
as
boston
properties
platform
16
that
resumed
construction
in
february.
Also
now
under
construction
is
west
bank's
park.
Habitat
project
on
park
avenue,
which
includes,
of
course,
the
60
000
square
foot.
Expansion
of
the
tech
interactive,
which
is
very
exciting
for
downtown
rising
interest
rates
on
construction
loans,
seem
to
have
dampened.
Construction
starts
as
a
number
of
projects
have
been
moving
forward
with
permits,
but
are
slow
to
actually
start
construction.
D
Good
news
is
that
we've
got
three
out
of
the
four
ground
leases
in
the
project,
announced
we're
going
to
have
miniature
golf
axe,
throwing
and,
of
course,
a
place
for
you
to
get
good
food
and
drink
along
the
paseo.
And
so
hopefully,
these
announcements
are
going
to
make
leasing
that
65
000
square
feet
of
creative
office
above
very
enticing.
D
On
the
commercial
development
front,
here's
a
look
at
some
of
the
projects
that
comprise
the
4.4
million
square
feet
in
entitlements
this
year.
We
have
boston
properties
and
kpt
urban's
developments
at
almaden
boulevard
and
was
way
and
west
bank's
arbor
project
in
the
north.
San
pedro
area,
as
previously
mentioned,
construction
is
currently
underway
on
2.6
million
square
feet
of
office
and
a
hundred
and
thirteen
thousand
square
feet
of
retail
space.
D
D
So
now
on
to
urban
living
in
order
to
realize
its
true
potential
is
an
active
and
vibrant
downtown
core
downtown
must
attract
significantly
more
residents
and
provide
more
housing
at
varying
income
levels.
Never
was
this
more
evident
than
during
the
pandemic,
when
residents
stayed
close
to
their
neighborhoods
for
meals
and
the
fulfillment
of
daily
needs.
D
D
D
D
Okay,
so
if
we
can
have
shopping
and
dining
okay
perfect,
I
guess
I'm
just
not
seeing
it.
Okay,
sorry
for
the
technical
difficulties,
so
on
shopping
and
dining,
while
downtown
continues
to
build
toward
commercial
and
residential
densities
that
will
support
more
shopping
activity.
The
number
of
downtown
dining
options
remains
substantial
and
the
general
outlook
of
restaurant
tours
in
downtown
is
cautiously
optimistic.
D
In
the
memo
that's
posted
for
today's
meeting,
there
was
a
page
and
a
half
of
comings
and
goings,
mostly
cummings
downtown.
Since
last
year's
report.
This
slide
illustrates
just
a
handful
that
the
one
previous
the
shopping
and
dining
slide
illustrates
just
a
handful
of
the
businesses
that
have
opened
in
downtown.
Over
the
last
year.
D
Under
the
stewardship
of
the
office
of
cultural
affairs,
public
art
program
downtown
was
enhanced
by
two
new
permanent
art
installations
over
the
year:
sonic
runway
and
san
jose
walls,
sonic
runway
the
light
art,
sound
installation
returned
to
city
hall
plaza
in
november
and
in
partnership
with
the
guadalupe
river
park,
conservancy
and
san
jose
walls.
10
new
mural
installations
by
local
artists
were
installed
along
the
guadalupe
river
trail.
D
D
So
outdoor
special
events
made
a
really
strong
comeback
in
mid
to
late
2021,
with
the
return
of
familiar
events
that
you
see
listed
here.
Over
1.7
million
attended,
73
events
held
in
the
city
center
and
based
on
information
that
we
gathered
from
our
intelligence,
mobility,
intelligence,
partner
city
data.
There
was
four
times
more
cumulative
visits,
downtown
in
december
of
2021
versus
december
of
2020.,
as
some
sense
of
normalcy
returned
to
for
the
holidays.
The
production
of
downtown
ice
christmas
in
the
park
and
winter
wonderland
occurred
once
again
and
downtown
once
again
hosted
the
light.
D
In
the
public
realm,
actually,
if
you
could
go
back,
one
slide
yeah.
Thank
you.
In
the
public
realm,
the
downtown
pbid
was
renewed
again
for
10
years
on
june
14th,
certainly
something
that
is
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
with
property
owners
representing
almost
90
percent
of
the
assessed
value
of
the
district
voting
to
assess
themselves
for
enhanced
services.
D
Renewal
of
the
district
includes
expansion
into
downtown
west
along
east
santa
clara
street
and
into
downtown's
north
san
pedro
area,
increased
groundworks
service
delivery
capacity
and
the
creation
of
a
social
impact
team
that
will
focus
on
building
trust
with
downtown's
unsheltered
population
downtown
residents
and
businesses
can
access
path.
The
city's
downtown
service
provider,
outreach
service
provider
paths,
team
of
essential
workers,
serve
493
individuals
experiencing
homelessness
over
the
past
12
months
and
offered
four
thousand
unique
sessions
of
mobile
case
management,
which
was
a
fifty
percent
increase.
D
Capital
design
and
implementation
work
continues
to
ensure
that
downtown
parks
are
a
significant
contributor
to
public
life
in
the
city
center.
The
pelier
park
project
is
nearing
completion
and
should
be
open
for
the
public
use
and
fall
design
on
two
other
public
parks
in
the
north.
San
pedro
area
is
underway,
and
construction
should
commence
in
early
2023.
D
St
james
park
redesign
is
progressing
to
65
design,
which
is
very
exciting.
The
guadalupe
river
park
conservancy
continues
to
be
a
very
trusted
partner
for
the
operation
and
management
of
the
guadalupe
river
park.
They've
put
up
some
pretty
significant
numbers
over
the
past
year.
Their
partnerships
have
provided
5,
700
additional
hours
of
park
service
and
removed
an
additional
90
tons
of
debris.
D
The
plan
will
propose
a
prioritized
list
of
transportation
projects,
programs
and
policies
designed
to
improve
getting
around
downtown
on
foot
and
by
bike,
transit
or
car,
and
so
that
concludes
my
presentation
about
downtown
progress
over
the
past
year
and
I'm
here
and
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
committee
might
have.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
B
F
Hi
blair
beekman
here,
thanks
for
the
item
I
I
was
I've
been
interested
how
you've
been
offering
downtown
economic
reporting
recently
at
city
council
meetings,
and
I
thought
that
was
an
interesting
idea
that
talks
about
you
know
economic
forecasts
for
and
work
needed
for,
2022
and
23
into
23
and
the
same
with
japan.
Town
area
you've
had
the
same
sort
of
economic
reports
going
on.
I
think
that's
an
interesting
good,
beginning
to
better
understand
what
to
really
expect.
F
G
Good
afternoon
committee
just
wanted
to
chime
in
very
briefly
to
thank
page
for
the
very
thorough
report
for
her
excellent
work.
I
must
say
at
this
point
tireless
work,
helping
downtown
have
a
voice
throughout
the
city
and
inside
city
hall,
and
just
to
say
that
this
report
is
a
great
resource
for
us
and
that
we
were
very
happy
to
contribute
a
little
bit
of
information
about
business,
comings
and
goings
and
just
really
appreciate
all
the
hard
work
that
goes
into
this.
G
G
Tucked
in
there
that
I
know
we
will
use
to
kind
of
further
downtown's
narrative
and
just
again
want
to
thank-
and
I
probably
should
have
introduced
myself-
sorry
for
my
problems
on
muting,
I'm
nate,
leblanc,
business
development
manager,
san
jose,
downtown
association
and
apologies
for
not
doing
that
at
the
beginning.
And
thank
you
very
much
for
the
work.
H
Yeah,
I
just
wanted
to
echo
the
thanks
to
vladimir
on
the
report
and
congratulations
as
well
as
well.
You've
done
a
lot
of
great
work
in
and
around
downtown
and
now
for
the
city
and
you'll
be
a
terrific
asset.
Of
course,
as
you
continue
to
advance
your
career,
I
know
that
certainly
downtown
has
struggled
over
the
last
a
couple
of
years
through
the
pandemic.
H
It's
been
exciting
to
get
that
little
glimmer
of
hope,
especially
the
biggest
thing
I
think
is
the
residents
new
residents
in
the
downtown,
as
you
pointed
out,
blogging
is
really
making
all
the
difference
and
gonna
make
all
the
difference
and
so
excited
about
that
and
look
forward
to
the
future
of
what
downtown
has
to
hold.
I
know
I'm
looking
forward
to
some
of
these
new
businesses
opening,
certainly
things
like
mini
golf,
taking
the
family
too,
and
maybe
not
yet
at
the
axe.
H
I
I
I
What
is
it
24
48
months
and
it
just
felt
like
there
was
no
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel
so
and
it's
I
don't
think
it's
over
and
recovery
is
still
a
long
ways
away
and,
and
we
don't
know
what
people
are
still
experiencing
in
their
own
personal
lives
and
so
to
be
able
to
see
some
positivity
and
people
coming
back
with
new
ideas,
creativity,
repurposing
buildings.
I
think
that's
always
I
mean
that's
part
of
the
economy
right.
I
We
we
reinvent
ourselves,
we
do
a
little
jiu-jitsu
move
and-
and
we
hope
that
it
will,
it
will
stick.
Lately.
I've
been
taking
my
kids
downtown
quite
a
bit
and
and
showing
them
around
and
hoping
that
they
will
just
branch
out
and
test
the
waters
as
they
become
young
adults,
and
they
they
really,
they
love
it.
They
love
the
art,
that's
that's
blooming
and
and
the
new
restaurants
and
and
all
the
fun
stuff
that's
happening.
I
I
did
want
to
ask
you
a
couple
of
things.
I
One
is:
are
we
you
know,
especially
with
your
new
role?
I
I
would
love
to
see
some
of
these
reports
in
some
of
the
other
corridors
and
of
course,
I
hope
you
know
where
I'm
going
with
this.
You
know
with
all
of
the
activity.
That's
happening
down:
olam
rock
activity
and
inactivity
right,
but
there's
developments
are
coming
in
people
that
are,
you
know,
developers
are
putting
in
applications
or
that
they're
exploring
the
idea
and
looking
at
sites
different
businesses
are
looking
at
places.
I
We've
got
the
flea
market
vendors
who
are
looking
at
brick
and
mortar.
You
know
we
have
jesus
flores
out
there.
We
have
mimi
out
there.
We
just
have
a
lot
of
activity
and
people
reinventing
themselves
as
well.
I'd
like
to
be
able
to
see
on
the
horizon
and
opportunity
to
to
have
a
baseline
as
well
as
an
opportunity
to
see
what
could
be
and
what
is
happening
and
whether
or
not
we're
making
any
progress,
especially
down
alum
rock
corridor,
king
and
story
tropicana.
D
Sure
so,
thank
you
councilmember
for
that
question.
I
think.
Certainly
we
have.
We
have
reported
on
some
of
those
things,
but
they're
a
little
bit
more
disparate
than
this
downtown
progress
report
right,
because
this
is
one
very
specific
geography
with
very
specific
boundaries.
So
I
think,
as
we
move
forward,
we
do
have,
as
you
know,
out
of
your
advocacy
position.
That's
coming
into
the
business
development
team
that
is
going
to
be
working
and
focused
on
the
the
east
side.
D
D
No,
I'm
saying
that
actually
it
went
to
the
the
larger
businesses
right,
so
you
could
see
across
the
city
the
larger
percentage
or
the
largest
percentage
of
businesses
that
receive
the
ppp
are
the
ones
with
the
larger
number
of
employees
right.
The
smaller
businesses,
with
the
you
know,
kind
of
the
two
to
ten
range
that
didn't
fare
as
well
citywide,
and
so
what
we
really
tried
to
do
when
implementing
the
city
grant
programs
was
to
very
much
focus
on
that
sector
of
the
of
the
business
demographic.
I
I
The
only
thing
I
can
tell
you
is
anecdotally
how
some
of
them
are
doing,
and
so
some
are
doing
really
well,
some
are
still
not
you
know,
it's
a
hit
and
miss,
and-
and
that's
why
I
was
saying
is-
I
think
that
it
it's
going
to
be
very
helpful,
getting
a
business
manager
in
there,
and
you
know
really
working
with
some
of
these
folks
and
getting
some
real
data
points.
You
know
on
a
chart
somewhere
and
really
being
able
to
look
at
this
across
across
a
timeline.
I
So
we
really
have
an
understanding
and
be
able
to
to
support
the
businesses
and
fill
in
those
gaps,
because
I
I
don't
know
you
know
I
just
know
stories
and
so,
and
I
think
that
that
will
that
will
give
us
an
indication
as
to
what
we're
going
to
have
to
do
over
the
next
couple
of
years
while
well.
Some
of
the
businesses
are
still
recovering.
I
We
haven't,
we
have
a
much
better
understanding
of
what's
happening
downtown,
but
but
we
don't
know
how
some
of
the
businesses
are
doing.
You
know
outside
of
the
downtown
area
and
and
that
that's
the
greater
concern
that
I
have
right
now,
because
these
are
are
those
small
businesses
that
haven't
had
this
kind
of
attention
they
haven't
had
a
business
manager,
they
haven't
had
a
cohesive,
coordinated
marketing
plan.
I
They
haven't
had
necessarily
business
associations,
translation,
association,
san
jose,
you
know,
hasn't
necessarily,
you
know,
you
know,
funneled
tourism,
you
know
in
their
direction,
and
so
we
need
to
see
what
are
the
gaps
and
how
best
to
support
them
when
they're
living
outside
of
downtown.
So
you
know
still,
I
think,
still
a
lot
of
work
left
to
be
done,
but
you
know
I'm
glad
that
downtown
is
is
doing
so
much
better
and
now
the
work
needs
to
be
done
outside
of
the
downtown
area.
C
Yeah,
thank
you
so
much
chair
foley.
Thank
you!
So
much
councilmember
carrasco,
we
couldn't
agree
with
you
more
and
just
wanted
to
share
with
you
and
we'd,
be
happy
to
set
up
a
meeting
with
you
offline
to
discuss
in
more
detail,
but
as
part
of
the
covet
19
recovery
task
force.
They
have
formed
a
small
business
committee
and
because
they're
hearing
a
lot
of
the
same
information
that
you
are
and
so
they're
very
focused
on
on
coming
up.
C
Well,
first
of
all,
I'm
just
getting
more
information
from
small
businesses
in
those
zip
codes
who
have
been
impacted
most
by
covet
19,
so
they're
conducting
a
lot
of
engagement
over
the
summer
months
as
they
look
to
draft
their
recommendations
which
will
be
presented
to
council
later.
This
fall
so
we'd
be
happy
to
set
up
something
with
you
to
go
into
more
detail.
C
B
Okay,
great,
thank
you.
I
know
this
report
was
focused
on
downtown,
but
I
I
do
share
council
member
cross
goes
concern
about
small
businesses
all
over
the
city.
It's
not
just
downtown.
That's
struggling.
All
of
our
small
businesses
are
struggling
as
someone
who
owns
one.
I
can
speak
to
that
we're
in
the
mortgage
business
and
you
know,
depending
on
what
cycle
you're
in
it's
a
great
business
or
it's
a
struggling
business
with
that's
what?
Let's
take
the
take
a
vote.
B
A
B
Thank
you.
Great
next
report
is
on
the
foreign
trade
zones
and
sister
city
program,
and
I
have
to
say
before
I
introduce
joe
that
I
didn't
know
until
I
was
a
brand
new
council
member
that
we
even
had
a
foreign
trade
zone
until
this
came
up
in
a
council
meeting.
So
we
haven't
had
this
presentation
here,
I'm
happy
to
see
what
the
foreign
trade
zones
are
up
to
so
joe
hedges.
I
think
you
have
the
floor.
J
J
J
The
initial
foreign
trade
zones
were
largely
seaports.
The
large
seaports
in
the
united
states
in
1974
the
city
applied
and
was
approved
for
foreign
trade
zone
18..
So
the
city
of
san
jose
was
the
18th
foreign
trade
zone
created
in
the
united
states,
and
today
there
are
nearly
300
foreign
trade
zones
nationwide.
J
The
city
of
san
jose
administers
the
foreign
trade
zone
as
a
public
benefit
for
the
region
economy
to
grow,
to
support
jobs,
manufacturing
and
trade.
The
two
key
federal
partners
for
the
city
in
administering
the
foreign
trade
zone
is
the
u.s
department
of
commerce,
foreign
trade
zones
board
and
u.s
customs
and
border
protection.
J
The
service
area
of
a
foreign
trade
zone
is
also
dependent
on
the
area
that
will
be
served
by
u.s
customs
and
border
protection
in
2012.
The
city
of
san
jose
reorganized
our
foreign
trade
zone
with
the
federal
government.
This
allowed
for
a
streamlined
application,
an
expedited
review
of
the
application,
and
for
the
first
time
it
made
it
very
possible
for
small
and
mid-sized
companies
to
apply
to
operate
their
business
as
a
foreign
trade
zone.
J
Today,
there
are
nine
companies
in
the
greater
region
that
operate
their
business
as
a
foreign
trade
zone
as
the
grantee,
the
city
of
san
jose,
submits
the
application
to
the
federal
government
on
behalf
of
the
company.
So
technically
the
city
is
the
applicant
of
the
foreign
trade
zone,
any
change
to
the
foreign
trade
zone.
Any
expansion
to
a
company's
foreign
trade
zone
also
is
the
responsibility
of
the
grantee.
J
There
are
many
benefits
to
operating
as
a
foreign
trade
zone.
First
and
foremost
is
the
financial
savings.
Companies
are
able
to
save
money
by
operating
as
a
foreign
trade
zone,
particularly
if
that
company
exports
a
great
deal
because
they
are
able
to
avoid
paying
federal
duties
on
the
imported
merchandise
that
enters
their
foreign
trade
zone.
J
J
As
we
approach
the
new
fiscal
year,
we
are
seeking
to
continue
the
expansion
of
the
foreign
trade
zone
and
engage
with
our
current
foreign
trade
zone.
Operators
on
their
expansion
needs
as
well
as
companies
that
we
believe
could
enhance
their
operations
in
california
and
san
jose
by
operating
as
a
foreign
trade
zone.
J
B
F
Hi
blair
here
thanks
a
lot
for
this
item.
It's
really
important
that
I
think
with
these
efforts.
Thank
you
that
you've
made
it
a
a
council
agenda
item
committee
agenda
item
as
the
public.
We
all
need
to
understand
that
we're
working
towards
ideas
of
peace
here
in
the
u.s
and
in
local
communities
of
the
u.s.
F
I
think
we
kind
of
have
an
obligation
to
to
keep
those
channels
open
and
communicative
and
boy
I
mean
I
I
think
I
think
we
can
teach
a
lot
to
what
is
going
on
in
the
in
the
ukraine
area
at
this
time,
simply
about
ideas
of
peace
and
good
communication
that
can
work
much
better
than
the
use
of
of
war
and
brawn
and
muscle
as
how
to
prove
their
points.
I
I
just
really
think
it's
a
negotiated
process.
F
B
B
I
think
it's
an
excellent
program
and
and
through
the
okayama
sister
city
program,
we
used
to
do
an
inter
exchange
with
middle
school
kids
and
I
was
happy
to
host
one
or
two
a
couple
of
years
ago,
pre-pen
pre-pandemic
always
a
good
opportunity
to
exchange
ideas
and
and
build
peace
and
collaboration
across
the
world
with
that
do
any
any.
If
there's
no
committee
members
with
questions,
would
someone
care
to
make
a
motion
to
accept
I'll.
B
K
K
The
main
purpose
was
to
provide
the
public
and
developers
a
transparent
view
of
fees
and
taxes
and
their
calculation
in
november
of
2019
staff
provided
a
report
to
the
city
council
on
the
universal
development
fee.
At
this
report,
staff
recommended
pursuing
a
development
fee
framework
rather
than
a
universal
development
fee.
K
K
K
K
Also
in
the
past,
new
fees
and
fee
increases
or
other
changes
are
often
considered
independently
of
each
other.
This
further
adds
to
the
challenge
of
understanding
the
impact
developers
generally
look
at
financial
feasibility
at
multiple
points
in
the
entitlement
and
development
process.
The
earlier
in
the
process
that
fees
and
costs
can
be
un
understood,
it
makes
it
easier
for
a
developer
to
account
and
plan
for
costs
and
easier
for
them
to
make
a
decision
of
whether
or
not
to
invest
in
the
city.
K
K
The
work
to
date
on
the
framework
has
identified
four
common
elements
that
are
intended
to
align
the
structure
and
administration
of
the
major
development
fees
and
taxes.
The
first
is
metric
of
calculation.
This
is
the
metric
used
to
assess
the
fee
for
the
framework.
We
have
defined
this
as
square
feet
rather
than
per
unit.
Specifically,
this
is
rentable
square
feet
and
standardizing
our
city-wide
definition
of
rentable
square
feet.
K
The
next
is
development
geography.
This
is
defining
a
single
geography
used
in
the
collection
of
fees.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
these
areas
have
now
been
defined
during
the
previous
update
to
the
inclusionary
housing
ordinance.
The
third
is
timing
of
payment.
This
is
aligning
the
time
at
which
fees
are
paid
to
the
city.
Previous
council
direction
also
included
shifting
the
timing
of
payment
for
residential
projects
to
later
in
the
construction
process
to
help
lower
the
cost
of
residential
development.
K
K
K
K
That's
adopted
by
city
council
goal
number
two
is
to
develop
a
web
page
and
other
resources
that
outline
the
current
fee
estimates
and
conditions
organized
by
geography
that
could
be
used
to
evaluate
city
costs
quickly
and
easily.
This
goal
would
help
satisfy
the
transparency
and
predictability
outcomes
in
the
framework
objective.
K
The
working
group
has
also
discussed
individual
elements
of
the
framework
in
more
detail
regarding
the
timing
of
payment
staff
is
interested
in
shifting
the
timing
of
payments
to
the
scheduling
of
final
inspection.
This
puts
the
collection
closer
to
a
project's
completion,
but
at
a
point
that's
easier
for
the
city
to
administer.
However,
there
still
are
some
technical
challenges
that
need
to
be
sorted
out
to
make
this
approach
work.
K
K
Formal
changes
to
these
taxes
can
require
voter
approval.
In
discussing
construction
taxes,
the
working
group
thought
the
most
feasible
approach
would
be
to
provide
accurate
assumptions
that
could
be
relied
upon
by
developers
as
a
part
of
goal
number
two,
rather
than
pursuing
formal
changes
to
the
structure
of
the
taxes
themselves.
K
K
The
plan
report.
The
plan
update
to
the
report
on
the
cost
of
development.
This
fall
is
an
additional
opportunity
to
discuss
the
framework
in
the
context
of
residential
development
feasibility
staff,
also
plans
to
conduct
additional
public
outreach
to
receive
feedback,
as
the
policy
is
further
developed.
B
Thank
you
jared
for
your
report.
One
thing
I'd
like
to
add
before
we
begin
public
comment
is
that
we
will
be
having
a
study
session
on
this
issue
sometime
in
september.
We
think
on
the
13th
in
connected
to
a
council
meeting,
but
watch
for
that.
If
you're
interested
to
my
fellow
council
members
we'll
hear
more
about
this
in
greater
detail
at
the
study
session,
so
first
I'll
turn
to
the
members
of
the
public
blair
beekman.
F
All
right,
webb
quinn
here
thanks
a
lot
for
this
item.
Good
luck,
how
we
can
be
addressing
the
future
of
stability
in
housing
and
its
cost,
it's
kind
of
like
really
unpredictable
and
weird,
and
if
we,
if
we
bring
what
find
ways
to
bring
a
stability,
you
know
I'm
for
the
in-lieu
fee
process
and
for
not
changing
those
sort
of
issues
to
have
a
constant,
steady
set
of
values
that
what
people
can
expect
when
they
want
to
build
in
san
jose.
Those
are
key
goals.
F
B
H
Yes,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
steph
on
the
work
on
this
and
appreciate
the
creativity
I'm
going
over
that
priority
one
or
outcome
one
over
to
the
housing
crisis.
Work
plan
just
to
ensure
that,
as
you
guys,
are
continuous
work
that
that
stays
in
our
overall
work
plan
for
the
for
the
city
and
then
look
forward
to
the
conversation
that
we'll
have
coming
up.
Thanks.
B
I
I
will
remind
the
council
and
the
members
of
the
public
that
this
is
a
report
that
we
are
actually
seeing
tomorrow
in
council
under
item
3.3,
and
we
will
be
discussing
it
extensively
and
then
voting
on
it
as
a
council
me,
as
account
full
council.
So
I'm
wondering
because
we
do
have
staff
here
and
staff
spend
a
lot
of
time
on
the
report,
but
we're
going
to
get
a
report
today
and
tomorrow.
B
So
I'm
wondering
if
the
members
of
the
committee
would
agree
to
skip
the
presentation
today
go
to
public
comment
and
then,
if
we
have
any
questions
after
that,
we
can
ask
questions
but
then
leave
most
of
our
comments
and
questions
for
tomorrow.
As
I'm
sure
there
will
be
a
robust
discussion
about
it
tomorrow.
B
Thank
you.
I
agree.
Okay
great,
then
I
want
to
thank
staff.
You
may
want
to
stick
around
in
case.
We
have
questions
afterwards,
but
we'll
delay
the
the
presentation
and
look
forward
to
hearing
it
tomorrow.
Thank
you,
jackie,
for
being
flexible
with
that.
With
that,
I'm
going
to
turn
to
members
of
the
public
blair.
F
F
You
know
what
what
you
know
the
how
we're
working
on
the
last
item
can
really
be
applied
to
this
item
and
just
to
thank
you
that
these
items
are
together,
because
that
is
your
city,
government
thinking
and
thinking
well
and
is
our
best.
That's
our
better
practices.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I'll.
Look
forward
to
this
item
tomorrow
and
good
luck.
F
How
we
can
talk
about
the
displacement
issues
and
and
the
importance
I
feel,
if
I'm,
if
I'm
understanding
this
item
correctly,
that
it
has
a
care
about
what
is
the
future
of
extremely
low
and
very
low
income
ideas
and
and
not
so
much
about.
I
don't
know
it's
it's
it's
finding
places
a
good
home
and
people
are
good
home
and
not
for
people
to
feel
that
they're
not
threatened,
and
that's
a
good
balance
to
learn
how
to
do
good
luck.
How
we
can
do
that.
Thank
you.
B
H
B
I
B
Foley
hi
and
and
thank
you
to
my
fellow
council
members
for
allowing
me
that
flexibility,
I'm
sure
staff
is
completely
happy
and
not
having
to
make
the
exact
same
presentation
twice
or
answer
the
same
questions
twice.
So
I
really
appreciate
the
that
we'll
be
discussing
this
quite
a
bit
tomorrow
and
saving
the
time
here
with
that,
let's
move
to
our
last
report,
which
is
a
presentation
on
the
stop
soft
story.
Building
earthquake
retrofit
policy-
and
I
understand
lisa,
joyner
and
ray
reardon-
are
here
to
make
that
presentation.
E
Yes,
just
get
it
started
perfect
so
good
afternoon,
chair
foley
and
committee
members.
My
name
is
lisa
joyner
deputy
director
of
the
building
division
in
pbce
and
I'm
joined
by
raymond
riordan,
director
of
the
office
of
emergency
management,
for
a
status
update
on
our
soft
story,
retrofit
policy
so
a
little
bit
of
background.
E
So
what
is
a
soft
story?
Building
it's
an
existing
wood
frame,
multi-unit
residential
building
of
two
or
more
stories
that
contain
five
or
more
dwelling
units
and
the
ground
floor,
contains
parking
large
windows
or
garage
doors
or
other
similar
openings
that
cause
soft,
weak
or
open
front
wall
lines.
Some
examples
are
in
the
picture,
as
you
can
see,.
A
Thank
you,
lisa
ray
riordan,
director
of
the
office
of
emergency
management.
Since
2014,
the
city,
council
and
city
staff
have
been
wanting
to
address
the
damage
that
south
story
structures
could
experience
in
the
earthquake
by
creating
an
incentive
program
after
staff
research
funding
sources.
Other
soft
story,
programs
in
the
area
in
2017,
the
council
identified
soft
story
threat
as
the
eighth
priority
in
2018
fema
announced
funding
opportunities
using
the
federal
hazard
mitigation
resources.
A
A
A
The
city
resubmitted
a
revision
to
in
june
to
fema
and
by
september
2021
phase.
One
was
approved
since
that
approval
staff
had
to
research.
The
nuance
of
the
federal
rfp
process,
which
are
quite
different
than
the
city
procurement
rules
and
the
programs,
were
researched
to
be
sure
the
rfp
met
the
needs
of
our
local
program.
The
draft
rfps
were
developed.
A
A
A
In
addition,
fema
has
mitigation
grants
require
modifications
to
local
building
code
to
ensure
no
additional
soft
stories
are
built
and
a
policy
on
how
the
soft
story
program
would
be
implemented
from
some
summary
reports.
Two
facts
are
known:
we
have
about
1100
structures
that
are
soft
stories
and
our
low-income
residents
occupy
most
of
these
units.
A
The
policy
or
ordinance
will
include
what
the
mandatory
and
voluntary
measures
are
and
to
do
this,
we'll
collect
public
input
to
ensure
engagement
with
the
landlords,
understand
the
program,
what
we
are
addressing
and
the
financial
programs
that
could
be
available
based
on
the
different
types
of
soft
story,
programs,
how
to
approach
each
type
will
be
presented
to
fema
through
a
pilot
program
after
that
approval
through
fema.
A
second
phase
will
initiate,
which
is
a
3.5
million
dollar
project
project,
with
a
770
000
match
from
the
city
and
phase
two
will
include
that
implementation.
A
To
make
that
work,
there
will
be
a
significant
effort
in
phase
one
to
identify
potential
financial
support
programs
to
assist,
including
the
use
of
additional
female
grants.
If
they're
available,
the
financing
issues
will
be
our
trickiest
spot
to
make
sure
that
we
that
the
landlords
and
the
facilities
can
afford
these.
A
E
So
the
next
steps
are,
we
are
returning
to
council
august
9th
with
a
memo
to
approve
the
proposed
consultant,
so
they
can
start
the
phase
one
work
and
we
anticipate
returning
to
council
in
the
winter
to
discuss
and
approve
the
soft
story,
seismic
retrofit
ordinance
and
it
I
just
want
to
stress
that,
once
the
phase
1
work
is
complete
phase,
2
construction
can
start
immediately.
Another
hazard
mitigation
grant
program
application
is
not
required
to
be
submitted
to
move
on
to
the
next
phase.
F
F
I
wasn't
looked
upon
too
well
at
the
time,
but
I
think
over
the
years.
I
think
it's
proving
to
be
a
really
interesting
concept
for
ourselves
in
that
it
really
can
be
of
help
to
owners
of
buildings
and
as
ways
that
can
eventually
bring
savings
to
tenants
themselves
and
it's
an
interesting
way
to
work
that
I
think,
can
be
better
respected
as
part
of
the
overall
subsidy
process,
we're
better
understanding
and
learning
about
at
this
time.
In
this
new
era
of
kovid,
you
have
a
couple
items
on
today's
agenda.
F
For
all
of
us.
That's
key.
I
mean
we
get
caught
up
in
the
superstition
and
the
fears
of
it.
Good
luck!
How
we're
talking
through
that
and
and
working
that
out
and
and
working
out
the
latest
issues
of
covert
rent
forgiveness
ideas.
Good
luck!
How
we're
doing
all
of
that
thanks!
A
lot
for
this
sort
of
item.
H
B
Second,
great,
thank
you.
I
do
have
a
couple
of
questions.
Thank
you
for
the
report.
We've
been
waiting
to
get
this
information
and
see
where
we
stand
in
relation
to
the
soft
stories,
and
we
know
we
need
to
take
care
of
that,
because
it
is
a
high
risk
for
earthquakes
and
earthquakes
are
not
as
predictable
and
but
we
know,
they're
coming,
we
know
one
will
happen
and
it
could
destroy
a
lot
of
those
buildings.
B
B
B
K
G
That's
part
of
the
reason
to
do
the
study,
which
is
again
as
ray
described
there,
there's
probably
about
a
number
of
topologies
that
we
want
to
identify
the
most
common
buildings.
We
want
to
understand
what
the
most
cost
effective
designs
are
for
those
buildings
and
then
go
through
the
process
of
actually
constructing
them,
and
after
that
then
we'll
have
five
samples
that
will
give
us
a
sense
of
what
the
actual
costs
are
and
then
we
can.
We
can
therefore,
then,
in
an
iterative
fashion,
design
the
implementation
based
on
that
information.
G
B
Yeah
and-
and
I'm
I
think,
it's
been
a
year
since
that
a
large
apartment
or
condo
building
in
florida
collapsed
due
to
some
faulty
construction.
It
wasn't
a
soft
story
building.
I
don't
believe,
but
that
could
certainly
happen
here
in
the
case
of
an
earthquake.
The
building
collapses
and
a
lot
of
people
lose
their
lives
who
are
not
able
to
get
out
of
the
building
quick
enough.
B
So
we
have
to
move
as
quickly
as
we
can
and
I
understand
the
the
obstacles
that
we've
been
under,
but
it's
it
is
something
we
need
to
do
and
try
to
figure
out
a
way
to
help
our
community
as
much
as
possible
to
make
their
their
property
safe.
But
one
question
I
had
another
question
I
had
ray
is
that
you
mentioned
that
occupants
don't
need
to
relocate.
B
I
would
guess
that's
in
most
cases,
because
I
imagine
there
might
be
some
cases
where
the
building
needs
to
be
lifted
up
a
different
type
of
foundation
installed
and
then
the
building
put
back
down.
But
I
don't
I
don't
know,
I
guess
you'll
figure-
that
out
in
the
during
the
consultant
phase
in
the
analysis
right.
A
G
And
one
of
the
interesting
things-
and
this
is
venturing
out
far
beyond
my
expertise,
but
one
of
the
interesting
things
that
we
did
learn
in
the
research
was
that
you
know
it's.
Actually.
The
difference
in
hardness
is
between
the
lower
story
and
the
upper
story,
which
are
most
problematic
because
in
the
case
of
an
earthquake,
they
start
swinging
at
different
frequencies,
and
it's
that
different
frequency
that
causes
it.
G
So
some
of
the
retrofit
is
simply
to
stiffen
it
up
to
a
similar
level,
so
that
it'll
still
sway
like
any
building
will
in
an
earthquake,
but
it
will
sway
in
a
way
that's
inharmonics.
So
it's
not
necessarily,
even
though
it
may
look
a
little
scary,
that
the
foundation
is
inadequate
as
such,
it's
that
it's
it's
structured
in
a
way
that
doesn't
correspond
well
in
the
case
of
an
earthquake
with
the
upper
story.
G
So
again,
all
the
research
we'll
be
doing
with
people
who
know
far
more
about
it
than
I
do,
but
but
most
of
what
we've
seen
is
it
doesn't
require
a
lifting
up
the
whole
building
or
a
new
foundation.
Much
like
the
work
that's
done
on
on
these
slip
story
buildings
these
these
that
you
may
be
familiar
with.
G
These
are
1920
buildings
that
have
the
aren't
really
attached
with
the
foundation
you
go
in
and
you
just
attach
them
the
right
way
to
the
foundation
and
you
can
be
in
there
while
that
work
is
being
done,
but
we'll
we'll
learn
more
as
we
do
the
actual
work,
but
our
hope
our
hope
is
that
we
would
not
have
to
relocate
many
people
during
this
process
or
any
at
all.
Hopefully,.
B
Yeah
I
I
I
appreciate
the
swaying
back
and
forth.
The
buildings
also
can
jump
off
the
foundations.
I
I
actually
have
experience
with
that.
I
actually
lost
a
house
that
was
cantilevered
over
the
side
of
a
hill,
and
so
it
did
in
a
way.
It
was
a
soft
story
too,
because
it
didn't
really
have
a
strong
foundation
to
the
ground,
but
it
literally
jumped
up
in
89,
fell
down
the
side
of
the
hill,
and
that
was
that
was
the
end
of
of
that.
B
So
earthquakes
scare
me
a
lot
having
lived
through
one
and
survived
one,
but
it's
so
something
we
need
to
take
care
of,
and-
and
that
was
just
you
know
us
and
thankfully
my
husband
got
out
okay,
but
in
a
big
building.
That's
we
don't
have
that
flexibility
or
that
ability
to
move
people
out
quickly
during
an
earthquake.
Okay
enough
of
the
personal
story
with
that.
B
I
appreciate
the
answers
to
the
questions
and
I
appreciate
the
the
study
and
look
forward
to
seeing
the
ordinance
and
seeing
how
things
come
forward
as
you
look
at
the
five
buildings
and
what
needs
to
be
done
to
stabilize
those
with
that.
Let's
vote
ross
councilmember,
I'm
sorry
yasmine,
councilmember
perales!
You
still
have
your
hand
raised.
Did
you
have
any
other
questions?
B
H
F
All
right
thanks
player,
b,
queen
here,
thanks
for
the
meeting
today,
it's
the
end
of
june
heading
home
and
toward
the
great
vacation
summer,
vacation
good
vacation
yeah.
I
I
in
early
june
I
wrote
a
letter
to
yourselves.
Hopefully
it
made
the
public
record.
I
didn't
check
to
make
sure,
but-
and
I
also
spoke
on
it
last
week-
tried
to
write
a
few
words
about
the
subject.
You
know
with
the
election
that
you
know
this
previous
primary
election.
That
just
happened.
F
F
There
is
a
set
of
ways
that
we
can
be
looking
at
things
that
we're
going
to
have
to
be
continuing
to
address
and
that
we
will
be
continuing
to
address
in
our
future
that
I
just
wanted
to
prepare
yourselves
for
and
that
we
have
to
be
thinking
of
these
things
and
what
what
can
be
our
better
practices
and
our
better
human
selves
and
just
a
good
luck
to
ourselves.
In
those
efforts
of
you
know,
we
really
are
trying
to
address
issues
of
peace
and
not
war,
and
how
do
we
do
that
in
our
local
communities?
F
How
do
we
address
the
future
to
lessen
the
future
of
the
prison
military
industrial
complex
of
this
country?
I
think
it's
a
it's
a
noble
task
that
I
I
think
I
hope
that
we're
all
wanting
to
address
and
it's
that
sort
of
efforts
as
a
full
community
process.
That's
how
we
can
address
crime,
that's
what
we
need
to
say
to
ourselves
and
that
I
think,
will
get
people
interested
in
what
we
could
be
doing
and
good
luck
in
those
sort
of
efforts
from
all
of
us
and
yeah.