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City of San José
Community & Economic Development Council Committee
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A
B
C
Problem
Elizabeth
Handler
public
information
manager,
Office
of
Economic
Development.
Our
I
cannot
economic
news
for
this
month.
The
November
issue
of
our
newsletter
is
going
to
kick
off
with
news
of
the
City
Council's
passage
of
the
electronic
billboards
measure,
which
will
is
now
resulting
in
an
RFP
process
to
advertisers
interested
in
getting
their
digital
signage.
Seen
on
some
of
our
city-owned
buildings
downtown,
including
the
Convention
Center
and
the
Museum
of
Art
and
Center
for
the
Performing
Arts,
and
we
feel
that
this
is
going
to
enliven
downtown,
especially
at
night.
C
It's
gonna
make
for
a
much
more
lively,
ambience,
Dehradun
station
area
update
the
community
engagement
process.
There
continues
a
pace
in
the
end
of
August
and
then
in
September
for
a
series
of
community
events
that
were
held.
First
was
the
August
kickoff
in
the
arena
green,
where
Google
shared
their
framework
for
the
community
to
have
a
close
look
at
and
the
city's
deset
up
its
own
table
for
information,
and
we
are
getting
still
a
lot
of
people
come
by
with
ideas
and
questions.
C
There
was
a
village
fest
in
district
7
at
the
village,
Oakes
shopping
center
in
September
and
then
actually
add,
Vivek
hey
yesterday
that
we
had
the
table
set
up
as
well
too
and
again.
Lots
of
people
coming
by
we're
really
excited
to
announce
the
40th
year
of
Olympus
in
San
Jose.
It
that's
a
really
long
time
for
a
company
to
be
to
have
its
headquarters
and
it's
now
actually
the
international
headquarters
of
their
their
service
center
for
their
surgical
technologies
and
they
are
moving
they've
outgrown.
B
D
C
C
On
the
manufacturing
side,
we
had
a
very
successful
roundtable
that
was
hosted
by
the
Silicon
Valley
manufacturing,
roundtable,
folks
and
and
manufacturer
SJ
is
now
managing
that
for
OAD
and
they
did
a
lovely
job
at
prospect.
Silicon
Valley
brought
together
a
good
panel
discussing
the
implications
of
financial
planning
for
for
corporate
health,
and
it
turns
out
you
can't
have
too
much
for
any
financial
planning
to
be
healthy
and
we
went
from
large
companies
to
the
the
founder
and
owner
of
NOx
cookie
bar,
who
has
who
shared
with
us
I
know.
C
We
are
really
excited
to
welcome
another
Business
Development
Officer
to
our
staff
as
housing,
catalyst
and
Jared
Ferguson,
who
is
no
stranger
to
this
city,
has
worked
with
the
mayor.
He's
worked
with
Peter,
constant
and
he's,
and
he's
worked
with
chappy
Jones.
So
he
knows
the
the
city
really
well
and
he's
going
to
be
helping
provide
the
kind
of
hand-holding
and
support
that
Oh
Edie
has
always
provided
for
the
commercial
and
retail
developers
he's
now
serving
that
role
for
for
the
housing
developers,
and
we
hope
that
that
will
help
with
firming
up
our
housing
situation.
C
Some
members
of
OED
got
a
really
fascinating
and
totally
terrifying
tour
of
the
grad
because
it
included
an
18
floor
trip
up
in
the
outside
construction.
Now
it's
just
not
for
the
faint
of
heart
and
we
all
wore
hard
hats,
but
it's
going
to
be
a
very
exciting
building
downtown.
It
is
designed
for
student
housing,
although
it
can't
be
restricted
to
student
housing.
The
dorms
style
apartments
are
really
fancy
and
very.
Very
sweet.
C
I
would
not
mind
living
there
at
all
with
four
bedrooms,
each
with
its
own
bathroom,
but
then
the
nice
common
area
living
room
and
kitchen
and
their
own
laundry.
It's
really
going
to
be
gorgeous.
So
that's
going
to
be
opening
at
2020,
and
that
was
that
was
a
project
that
we
D
worked
very
hard
on
with
the
city
to
move
the
19
story,
entitlement
process
through
in
five
months.
If
you
can
believe
that
or
not
that
was
kind
of
a
record
and
then
finally,
we
had
some
art
coming
to
sofa.
C
Scape
Martinez
designed
some
amazing
crosswalks
at
the
intersection
of
San
Fernando,
and
no
excuse
me
else.
San
Salvador
and
South
first
streets
and
city
paving
had
to
kind
of
obliterate
his
design
in
the
middle
of
the
intersection,
but
he
was
able
to
multiply
it
by
four
and
a
joint
project
of
the
Office
of
Cultural
Affairs
Department
of
Transportation
of
the
Downtown
Association
got
four
of
these
amazing
crosswalks
installed.
Instead,.
A
E
A
B
Martha
O'connell
speaking
as
a
citizen
and
not
as
a
commissioner
just
drawing
your
attention
to
item
29
on
the
HCC
work
plan,
outreach
authorization
for
commissioners.
This
is
still
hanging
fire.
I
watched
the
video
from
last
year
and
Kristen
did
a
wonderful
job
of
explaining
that
this
was
not
to
express
an
opinion
or
to
speak
for
the
Commission,
but
it
was
simply
to
gather
input
and
at
the
time
you
guys
were
told
that
the
city
clerk
would
have
the
bow
for
stuff
done
by
spring.
B
It
is
now
September
and
there
is
still
no
motion
on
the
amendments
204,
which
is
stymieing.
The
ability
of
the
designated
seats
for
the
park
owners,
mobile
home
park
owners,
mobile
home
park
residents
and
the
new
apartment
landlord
landlords
under
the
rent
control
ordinance
to
go
out
into
the
community
just
to
get
input
not
to
make
any
statement
or
advocate
anything.
So
just
wanted
you
to
be
aware
that
it's
a
year
later
and
oh
four-
is
still
hanging
fire.
Thank
you.
Thank.
F
A
A
F
G
Of
the
committee,
my
name
is
Carrie
Adams
happier,
I'm
the
director
of
the
Office
of
Cultural
Affairs
I,
manage
the
team
sent
as
a
contracts
on
behalf
of
the
city
manager's
office.
So
here
today
with
us,
are
several
members
of
the
team,
San
Jose
executive
team.
To
my
immediate
right,
we
had
been
rocky,
who
is
the
director
of
research
and
strategic
development?
We
have
Laura.
H
G
We
provide
semiannual
updates
to
this
committee
on
both
their
how
they're
doing
on
their
council
approved
performance
targets.
Also,
we
present
an
update
on
their
sales
and
marketing
activities
and
then
also
today,
we'll
be
getting
a
report
on
our
new
agreement
with
them,
which
is
essentially,
they
are
the
merchandise
representative
for
the
san
jose
mark
and
the
other
OAD
related
merchandise
related
to
the
new
marks.
So
with
that
I'm
we're
all
just
by
way
of
background.
G
This
report
covers
the
unaudited
results
for
our
last
fiscal
year,
which
is
fiscal
year
1819
and
just
for
our
record
action.
Each
year
the
auditor's
office
does
present
an
audited
version
of
their
results
to
the
council
by
the
end
of
the
calendar
year.
So
these
are
the
unaudited
results
and
then
you'll
hear
back
from
the
auditor's
office
and
then
when
they
do
meet
their
their
targets,
they
receive
what's
called
an
incentive
fee.
So
with
that,
I
just
want
to
make
an
important
remark
in
that
team.
G
Sentence',
it's
been
forming
extraordinarily
well
on
behalf
of
the
city.
They
you'll
see
that
their
results
are
very,
very
great
and
that's
in
large
part
because
of
their
great
sales
team
and
the
economy,
but
also
their
ability
to
attract
really
important
events
to
our
convention
facilities
like
Facebook,
like
Apple,
like
twitch
comm,
so.
G
I
We'll
start
with
just
a
scary,
said:
audited
performance
metrics
for
fiscal
year.
Once
you
speak
into
that
land
phone.
Thank
you
that
sorry,
fiscal
year
1819
an
audited
performance
metrics.
We
had
a
really
strong
year
again,
so
there
are
five
different
measures
which
were
measured
on
to
are
sort
of
our
economic
impact
measures.
So
the
first
is
direct
visitor
spending
generated
by
events
within
our
facilities.
We
chant
generated
almost
139
million
dollars
through
the
facilities.
This
year
we
had
so
again
really
strong
showings
from
large
tech
groups
like
Apple
Facebook
oculus.
We
also
were
fortunate.
I
You
know
to
realize
some
significant
spending
through
several
large
sports
groups,
that
we
were
able
to
welcome
in
January,
so
CFP
championship
game
and
then
just
a
couple
weeks
later
and
HL
all-star,
all
activated
downtown
all
brought
thousands
of
people
in
the
conventions.
It's
a
really
good
economic
activity
from
both
of
those,
even
despite
the
weather,
during
CFP
for
future
hotel
room
nights,
we've
booked,
177
thousand
room
nights
and
the
way
we
measure
that
is,
those
are
Bureau
booked
rooms
that
go
into
the
facilities
or
directly
into
hotels
for
all
future
years.
I
Then
we
have
the
rest
of
our
metrics
or
sort
of
more
focused
on
performance
around
the
facilities.
So
we
have
a
customer
satisfaction,
which
is
the
event
users
in
the
facility.
Scored
98
percent
said
that
they
were
police
are
very
pleased
with
the
with
the
services
provided
within
the
facilities,
our
Theatre
occupied
days,
we
scored
ninety
seven
percent
occupancy
against
the
goal
of
86
percent.
Those
are
measured
against
prime
Theatre
dates
and
then
our
ability
to
have
those
dates
occupied
above
and
beyond.
I
I
Center
came
out
on
almost
four
million,
a
head
of
budget
there
and
I'll
dive
into
our
dashboard
metrics,
which
are
not
performance,
metrics
based
on
our
contracts,
but
these
are
other
things
that
we
kind
of
report
out
to
you
that
sort
of
give
a
you
know
some
more
enlightened
enlightenment
in
terms
of
what's
happening
around
the
facilities
and
tourism
with
insane.
So
we
dive
into
our
operating
revenues
there,
and
so
you
can
see
we
had
several
different
line
items
within
our
revenues.
I
That
performed
very
well
for
us
specifically,
although
there
wasn't
a
lot
of
growth
year
over
year,
F&B
continues
to
be
a
really
strong
performer
for
us.
We
really
had
a
lot
of
growth
in
sort
of
our
production
labor
that
we
provide,
and
a
lot
of
that
has
to
do
with
our
larger
tech
companies
expanding
the
scope
of
their
shows
so
as
they
build
out
more
elaborate
sets,
exhibit
spaces,
etc.
I
It
employs
more
people
within
the
convention
center
and
then
those
revenues
rise
accordingly
for
us
from
a
profitability
standpoint,
there's
not
a
lot
of
profitability
because
our
costs
go
up
as
the
labor
goes
up,
but
it's
just
indicating
the
increasing
scope
and
size
of
these
shows
that
are
coming
through
other.
A
couple,
quick
notes,
we'll
touch
on
this
a
little
bit
more,
but
for
the
first
time
in
probably
eight
years,
we've
actually
seen
some
occupancy
softening
in
the
hotel
market.
That's
occurring
with
us.
I
It's
also
occurring
up
in
San
Francisco
and
it's
something
we've
been
keeping
an
eye
on.
It's
been
more
than
offset
from
like
a
revenue
and
tax
per
because
room
rates
remain
very
strong,
but
this
sort
of
softening
on
the
occupancy
side
is
something
that
we're
looking
at
we're
gonna
and
we'll
talk
about
a
little
bit
more
as
we
get
into
our
plants
specific
to
sort
of
group
sales
moving
forward
on
the
marketing
side.
I
I
For
us,
these
are
groups
that
have
600
or
more
hotel
rooms
on
their
peak
nights,
so
at
the
top
of
their
sort
of
bell
curve
of
hotel
consumption,
it's
600
or
greater.
That
usually
means
that
they're
touching
3
or
4
properties
at
a
minimum,
utilizing
almost
the
full
facility
and
bringing
the
most
economic
impact.
So
we
kind
of
look
at
these
groups
as
our
whales
for
the
for
the
city
year-over-year
we
actually,
the
number
we
booked
was
down.
We
booked,
probably
I,
think
about
32.
I
Last
year,
however,
the
total
room
volume
associated
with
those
groups
was
up
significantly
that
ones
we
booked.
Last
year
we
had
a
couple
that
were
extremely
large
programs
that
we
were
able
to
sign
overall.
Looking
at
occupancy
and
Matthew
is
going
to
touch
on
this
a
little
bit.
We,
the
Convention
Center
as
it
stands
today,
is
for
19
and
20.
I
We
have
very
little
availability
in
terms
of
occupancy,
we're
looking
at
some
opportunities
to
shift
some,
some
of
that
around
and
Matthew
will
talk
about
that
a
little
bit,
but
it
is
a
strong,
but
we
do
have
a
strong
occupancy
good
level
of
business.
Moving
into
the
next
couple
of
years,
overall
lead
generation,
we
saw
it
remain
flat
year
over
year.
I
I
So
that
obviously,
is
where
we
put
most
of
our
focus
in
terms
of
where
they're
coming
from
California
counts
were
just
a
little
under
50
percent
of
all
of
our
visitation.
That's
way
better
than
state.
The
statewide
average
is
about
2/3
coming
from
California,
so
we're
actually
drawing
more
of
a
national
audience
than
Arkham
page
a
lot
of
our
compatriots
and
then
just
breaking
it
down.
The
four
of
our
top
five
markets
are
all
California
based,
so
it
is
still
a
very
important
market
for
us
really
in
terms
of.
J
I
We
also
work
with
tourism
economics
to
measure
international
visitation
in
between
the
release
of
our
outline
to
you
a
couple
weeks
ago,
and
today
we
received
revised
projections.
The
important
thing
to
note
is
they
revised
all
international
projections
down.
There's
growing
concern
of
economic
concerns
from
a
slowdown
in
the
global
economy
and
inbound
travel
from
China
in
particular,
got
downgraded
significantly
due
to
a
lot
of
everything
that's
going
on,
but
2019
is
still
shaping
up
to
be
the
first
year.
I
We
will
welcome
over
a
million
total
international
visitors
into
San
Jose
and
from
a
spending
perspective.
Our
top
five
markets
remain
Japan,
followed
by
China,
Australia,
Brazil
and
India,
and
then
we
look
at
research
from
MPI
that
they
do
on
a
quarterly
basis.
That's
just
sort
of
they
ask
meeting
and
event
planners
how
they're
feeling
about
the
industry
and
the
significant
thing
is
year-over-year,
there's
growing
anxiety
about
a
potential
slowdown
and
in
the
next
year,
and
they
see
their
attendance
growth.
Slowing.
Other
trends
include
social
impact.
I
Social
issues
impacting
destination
selection,
including
homelessness,
has
something
that's
been
coming
up.
So
that's
something
that
we're
keeping
definitely
keeping
an
eye
on
and
then
also
issues
around
sustainability
and
corporate
social
responsibility,
which
is
guiding
our
product
development
for
our
in-house
team.
J
Very
briefly,
we're
going
to
touch
on
if
you
go
to
the
next
slide.
Ben,
as
Ben
mentioned,
we
have
seen
a
decrease
in
occupancy,
not
just
for
the
month
of
August,
but
for
a
year
to
date,
through
the
month
of
August,
that's
a
negative
2.7
percent
and,
while
rate
is
still
higher
year
over
year,
that
occupancy
decline
continues
rate
will
likely
follow.
So
that
is
something
that
a
team
San
Jose,
that
we're
thinking
immediately.
What
can
we
do
to
reverse
that
trend?
J
So
what
we
have
already
done
is
completely
reviewed
and
redeployed
our
salespeople
and
we're.
Essentially,
what
we're
doing
is
focusing
more
on
self-contained
meetings,
which
are
the
meetings
that
takes
place
in
the
hotels
and
and
not
at
the
center.
The
reason
for
that
is
that
we
have,
due
to
the
increasing
needs
for
space,
that
many
of
our
customers
have.
J
The
the
availability
of
the
Convention
Center
is
is
very
tight,
and
so
we're
also
looking
at
looking
at
the
repeat
groups
to
see
where
we
can
move
them
to
either
better
patterns
for
arrival
or
take
back
some
of
that
space
be
a
little
more
stingy
with
the
exhibit
in
the
meeting
space
we
have.
Since
we
need
those
to
drive
room
nights.
Big
priority
is
focused
on
weekends
and
we
define
weekends
as
Friday,
Saturday
and
Sunday
night.
J
J
You
can
see
on
the
on
the
left
side
where
it
says:
tsj
managed
facilities,
there
hasn't
been,
there's
been
a
decline,
but
it
is
much
less
pronounced
than
the
decline
on
the
direct
in-house
meetings
which
reach
you
know
reached
its
peak
in
14
and
15
of
78
and
74
thousand
room
nights.
We
have
seen
that
drop
in
2018
to
only
forty
thousand
room
nights
and
right
now
today,
where
we
stand
on
September
23rd,
we're
at
27,000
room
nights,
so
that
decline
is
the
biggest
decline
that
we're
working
on
reversing.
J
We
did
breakout
for
the
purposes
of
this,
the
large
sporting
events
and
so
just
for
19,
the
National
Hockey
League
all-star
game.
The
big
number
there
15,000,
239
and
2018
is
actually
the
college
football
championship,
because
the
way
our
reporting
is
is
that
it
puts
all
of
the
room
nights
into
the
very
first
and
into
the
month
of
the
first
day
of
arrival.
J
So
those
room
nights
are
actually
recorded
in
December
of
2018,
not
January
of
2019
and
then
just
before
that
we
had
the
Super,
Bowl
and
and
Wrestlemania,
but
the
biggest
the
two
biggest
opportunities
for
us
from
a
sales.
A
direct
sales
standpoint
is
more
efficient
utilization
of
the
Convention
Center
and
focusing
on
self
contained
meetings
to
fill
the
hotels.
K
Vice
president
marketing
and
communications
team,
San
Jose,
please,
okay,
so
our
objectives
remain
similar
but
they're.
The
strategy
is
changing
a
bit
in
a
kind
of
exciting
way,
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
drive
hotel
room
nights
of
leisure
and
leisure
audiences
and,
as
you
know,
that's
extending
this
day
and
bringing
families
for
people
who
are
already
coming
for
business
and
conventions.
K
We're
also
going
to
support
our
sales
team
in
targeting
meeting
planners,
especially
for
the
first
times
those
focusing
on
the
ability
to
have
weekend
conferences
and
meetings
and
we're
also
able
to
identify
key
need
periods
and
helps
offset
that
next,
please,
then,
okay,
so
in
leisure
and
leisure,
we
now
have
a
new
strategy.
This
is
the
first
to
do
this.
This
is
the
first
year
that
this
technology
is
available.
K
A
company
we've
worked
with
before
called
adhara.
We
have
the
ability
now
to
monitor
the
market
in
advance,
so
we
can
identify
key
periods
for
our
hotels
and
when
we
lay
our
group
business
on
top
of
that,
we
have
a
really
good
idea
of
where
we
can
get
the
most
opportunity
to
grow
the
bed
tax.
So
we
can
hyper
target
that
two
ways
we're
working
with
our
hotel
partners
who
can
give
us
a
deal?
K
So
we
have
a
value
driven
message
in
the
Bay
Area
for
a
specific
weekend
or
month,
but
we
can
also
for
the
first
time,
target
these
same
people
with
through
affinities.
So
we
can
use
our
local
events
and
attractions
and
target
based
on
that
viewers
in
affinity.
Next,
please,
okay,
something
else
I
want
I
want
to
show
you
is.
We
can
do
this
through
not
only
a
ways
of
targeting
all
those
ads.
You
see
show
up
on
your
phone
and
on
your
website
when
you're
surfing
the
web.
K
We
can
also
do
it
specifically
on
the
OTAs
so
for
Expedia.
This
is
that
works
beautifully,
we'll
be
doing
this
again
this
year.
The
return
on
adspend
for
this
was
a
hundred
and
sixty
dollars
to
one
so
for
one
campaign
we
ended
fifteen
thousand
room
nights
and
totaling
nearly
three
million
dollars.
This
is
three
million
dollars
we
wouldn't
have
before
this
is
all
about
driving
incremental
spent,
so
we'll
be
doing
that
again
and
targeting
the
exact
same
way,
I
said
through
affinity
and
through
value.
K
K
Next
police
also
will
be
you'll,
see
us
on
LinkedIn,
Facebook
and
Instagram
people
where
people
go
looking
for
inspiration,
the
same
type
of
targeting
will
apply
and
people
who
are
not
looking
actively
for
travel
and
booking
travel
to
the
Bay
Area
will
not
be
reached,
so
we're
really
hitting,
hopefully
the
sweet
spot.
Next,
please
meeting
planners
same
thing
and
in
the
meetings
market
will
do
a
new
creative
direction
based
on
what
Mandy
was
saying,
focusing
on
in-house
business
and
highlighting
our
hotels
and
the
opportunities
that
are
there.
K
Next,
please
thanks
Ben,
but
that
will
mean
also
including
our
messaging
in
the
endemic
sites
that
people
are
used
to
singing
San
Rosanna
the
meeting
planner
and
conference
sites,
including
Cal
SAE,
which
are
the
local
Society
of
Association
executives,
as
well
as
the
same
organization
on
a
national
level.
Next,
please
and
industry,
publications,
corporate
and
incentive
meetings
of
travel.
K
Next,
please
meeting
and
conventions
will
do
what
we
began
doing
the
few
years
ago,
which
is
geo-targeting
major
conferences
like
IMAX
and
Cal
SAE,
not
only
serving
them
a
little
message
to
come
visit
our
booth
next,
please,
then,
to
drink
wine
and
win
wine
and
visit
with
our
salespeople,
but
also
we're
capturing
their
cell
phone
data
and
will
continue
to
serve
them.
San,
Jose
messages
and
information
for
the
remainder
of
the
year
nextly.
K
We
will
also
using
the
best
database
that
our
sales
team
has
we're
able
to
target
these
folks
on
their
LinkedIn,
Facebook
and
Instagram.
So
even
when
they're
posting
pictures
of
their
kids,
they
may
beginning
San
Jose
messaging
next,
please
we're
also
upping
on
searches,
we're
shifting
our
strategy.
K
We
know
that
showing
up
first
on
a
list
of
search,
especially
for
people
who
are
looking
for
typically
different
kind
of
meeting,
an
in-house
meeting
becomes
more
relevant
than
ever
also
for
our
theaters
next,
please
public
relations
and,
as
we
know,
with
the
amount
of
visitation
nextly
that's
coming
into
California.
The
PR
strategy
is
going
to
ship
to
a
heavy
heavy
in-state.
That's
not
only
the
bay
area,
but
that's
Sacramento
and
Los
Angeles
as
well.
San
Diego.
K
Next,
please
and,
as
Kerry
mentioned
earlier,
we're
very
pleased
in
partnership
with
the
city's
Office
of
Economic
Development,
to
be
offering
San
Jose
merchandise
at
this
shop
on
San
Jose
org.
We
have
offered
it
through
our
website
online
store.
We
currently
offer
it
at
the
McHenry
Convention
Center,
our
great
partner
and
SJ
maid
has
offered
it
at
various
market
locations
throughout
the
city.
The
San
Pedro
square
market-
pop-up
featured
it
when
Bobo
designs
was
there.
Hudson
news
is
doing
it.
K
I'll
tell
you
some
good
in
a
minute
and
of
course
we
had
a
pop
up
shop
for
the
national
college
football
championship.
We've
moved
about
1200
items,
Hudson
had
success,
so
they
came
back
and
they
wanted
more
merch,
so
we'll
be
selling
colored
t-shirts
tote
bags
and
for
the
first
time,
featuring
artist,
merchandise
from
locally
made
artists
in
Hudson
news
and
on
our
website,
so
stay
tuned
for
more
and
I
know.
I
had
to
go
quickly
if
anybody
wants
to
take
a
deeper
dive,
any
time
I'll
bring
all
my
papers.
Thank
you.
A
F
I
We're
looking
at
a
fairly
full
Convention,
Center
I
think
from
a
hotel
room
standpoint.
We
could
we'll
probably
end
the
year
a
little
bit
behind
where
we
were
the
previous
year.
Again
we
had
several
large
sporting
events
in
the
last
year,
which
helped
to
kind
of
tip
on
that
that
hotel
room
consumption
with
CFP-
and
you
know
the
NHL
all-star
game
I.
Think
overall,
our
bigger
concern
is
the
overall
market
in
terms
of
hotels,
seeing
that
occupancy,
slow
down,
I
think
what
we're
seeing
and
kind
of
what
we're
hearing
is.
I
I
Are
people
not
coming
it's
specific
to
the
Bay,
Area
and
I?
Think
it's
so
much
of
it
is
and
I
think
some
of
it
is
linked
to
just
to
general
concerns
around
sort
of
where
we
are
in
terms
of
the
overall
economy
and
business
travel.
We've
been
very
fortunate
to
have.
You
know
the
last
three
years,
probably
Tuesdays
through
Thursdays
running
upper
90%.
I
Occupancy
rates
with
you
know
astronomically
great
hotel
rates
very
bad
for
anybody
who
has
to
make
a
last-minute
decision
to
travel
to
San
Jose
on
a
Wednesday,
but
very
good
for
the
local
economy
and
I
think
we're
with
just
some
concern.
You
always
see
that
business
travel
starts
to
slow
a
little
bit
first
and
foremost
and
I
think
we're
just
kind
of
seeing
some
of
that
softening
as
we're
in
it.
But.
F
I
Our
our
top
reasons
for
losing
business-
and
it's
been
pretty
steady
for
the
last
four
or
five
years-
is
lack
of
availability,
both
with
the
Convention
Center.
You
know,
and
a
lot
of
that
is
because
people
are
trying
to
look
at
the
same
patterns
right.
Everybody
wants
to
come
in
on
a
Tuesday
and
leave
on
a
Thursday.
So
that's
where
Matthew
gets
to
talking
about
trying
to
find
ways
to
incentivize
people
to
look
at
shifting
those
patterns.
So
we
can
stack
more
business.
I
F
M
What
we're
on
this
slide
I'll
just
say
thank
you
so
much
for
the
report
back
in
comparison
to
the
San,
Jose,
sort
of
t-shirts
and
other
swag
that
Hudson
used
to
sell
this
blows
it
out
of
the
water,
and
so
there's
no
doubt
in
my
mind
why
this
is
actually
selling
now
and
the
other
ones
probably
sat
there
and
collected
dust.
So
I
am
super
excited
that
they're
asking
for
even
more
merch
and
excited
about
seeing
how
this
can
grow
in
the
future.
M
The
only
question
I
had
was
back
on
the
sales
dashboard
kind
of
towards
the
beginning
of
the
slide,
slides
if
you
as
you
find
it
I'll
talk
about
it.
So
we
have
a
large
share
of
our
sales
in
the
high
tech,
which
is
to
note
as
corporate
and
Association.
But
then
we
have
a
separate
Association
slice
of
the
pie
there,
which
is
much
much
smaller,
so
I
am
curious
on
feedback
from
yourselves.
You
know.
Is
this
something
to
be
concerned
about
how
much
if
that
is
high
tech
right
versus
other
corporations?
M
I
First,
off
with
we,
we
I
know
we,
we
had
an
emphasis
that
was
asked
to
be
placed
on
high
tech,
so
within
that
big
pie
chart
that
some
of
that
is
corporate.
Some
of
it
is
also
as
professional
associations
like
the
optical
society
of
America's
conference
on
lasers,
so
we
I'll
say
we
would
like
to
see
a
good
balance
of
that
association
and
corporate
business.
Just
because,
if
we
do
hit
a
recession
or
or
slow
down,
the
corporate
business
tends
to
go
away.
Association
will
stay.
So
that
is
something
that
we
closely
monitor.
I
J
The
other
thing
is
the
space
requirements
that
some
of
the
build
outs
are
so
complicated
that
they
need
the
center
for
many
more
days
than
they're
actually
having
their
meetings,
and
that
speaks
to
when
we
say
the
center
is
at
capacity.
We're
having
that
challenge,
that
a
group
may
only
have
two
or
three
nights
where
they're
generating
revenue
but
may
need
the
Convention
Center
for
ten
nights,
and
so
that
creates
a
problem
for
the
hotels
to
fill.
While
this
is
happening
at
the
center,
so
we
do
want
to
see
we
don't.
J
A
Appreciate
the
feedback.
Thank
you
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
the
report.
I
have
a
couple
of
things
that
I
wanted
to
talk
to
Laura
about
I
had
an
experience
where
I
flew
into
the
airport
and
I
had
to
wait
for
my
bags
and
that's
why
I
got
a
chance
to
go.
Look
at
the
old
way
of
advertising,
which
are
those
little
brochures
that
you
see
him
I
know.
A
Marketing
on
the
internet,
but
you
know
the
whole
school,
you
know
you
get
off
a
plane.
You
look
at
where
you
want
to
go,
believe
it
or
not.
I
saw
brochures
for
Disneyland
San,
Diego
San
Francisco
I
can
go
on,
but
the
only
thing
I
didn't
see
was
a
brochure
for
the
city
of
San
Jose
I'd
like
to
see
something
you
know
in
in
that
or
at
the
information
desk
about
you
know
like
a
physical
person
brochure.
Not
not.
Everybody
goes
on
I.
A
K
B
A
K
A
A
J
A
B
N
Thank
you
for
your
patience,
Nancy
Klein
Office
of
Economic,
Development
and
I'm
here
with
CSL
John
Cutts.
We
are
excited
to
bring
to
you.
You
have
a
brief
memo,
but
John
will
share
information.
It's
very
much
a
perfect
segue
from
the
previous
report
on
to
what
will
happen
next
at
the
Convention
Center
and
the
site
of
the
10th
on
the
back
side
of
the
Convention
Center
with
that
John.
Please.
L
Okay
good,
so
you
heard
some
really
strong
numbers
regarding
the
Convention
Center,
its
its
occupancy,
its
use,
its
event
mix
and
that
to
us
begs
the
question:
where
do
we
go
for
the
next
five
years?
10
years,
15
years?
It's
a
competitive
industry.
The
attendees
are
changing.
How
do
we
make
sure
we
maintain
and
ideally
enhance
our
market
capture,
and
so
we've
developed
at
the
request
of
the
city,
something
I
call
a
future
study
for
the
convention
industry.
L
One
of
the
areas
we
look
at
is
is
kind
of
parachuting
into
the
district
and
asking
ourselves
what
does
a
convention
attendee
see
when
they're
standing
at
the
front
door
of
the
Convention,
Center
and
they're,
taking
a
client
out
to
dinner
or
they're
walking
around
to
their
hotels
and
the
little
dots
there
represent
restaurants
and
bars
and
cafes
and
nightlife?
And
it's
it's
a
fairly
robust
inventory
that
exists
today
and
said:
San
Jose,
you
see
the
sofa
district
is
starting
to
emerge.
We
really
love
that.
L
So
in
Pedro,
Square
is
a
walkable
environment,
so
we're
kind
of
moving
in
the
right
direction.
We
don't
have
the
density
we
deal
II
like
particularly
after
hours
now,
but
it
is
moving
in
the
right
direction.
We
know
there's
3,000
housing
units
coming
in
roughly
I.
Believe
that's
right.
You
saw
it
an
earlier
presentation.
The
university
presence
coming
in
which
creates
more
energy,
obviously
Google,
so
we're
creating
a
destination.
I
think
is
going
to
be
able
to
accommodate
increases
in
convention
activity.
In
fact,
I've
said
this
many
times.
L
Then
we
do
some
Diagnostics
within
the
Convention
Center
itself,
and
you
saw
some
of
the
numbers
that
Ben
was
presenting
showing
occupancy
and
use
of
the
building
we're
running
in
calendar
2018
69%
occupancy
in
a
Convention
Center,
it's
hard
to
get
past
70.
You
have
events
that
move
out
on
a
Tuesday
and
then
the
next
guy
moves
in
on
a
Friday
that
Wednesday
Thursday.
You
can't
sell
a
Convention
Center
for
two
days.
It
just
doesn't
work
and
I
appreciate
what
they're
doing
in
terms
of
managing
and
yield
managing
the
calendar
that'll
help.
L
We
also
have
holidays
and
other
down
periods
where
it's
hard
to
get
past
70,
so
we're
pushing
up
against
maximum
occupancy
for
the
convention
space
that
we
have
today,
which
is
that
indicator
that
maybe
we're
turning
away
some
business,
so
we'd
like
to
keep
I'm
gonna
skip
ahead
and
one
more
and
I'll
come
back
to
that.
This
is
the
this
is
a
plot
of
the
actual
use
of
the
exhibit
hall
for
everyday
and
2018
and
that
the
darker
shaded
areas
are
the
blocks
of
four
days
where
the
hall
is
available.
L
We
only
have
seven
in
the
entire
year,
there's
only
seven
blocks
where
I
have
four
just
four
days,
where
the
buildings
available
and
very
importantly,
only
one
of
these
blocks
exists
when
downtown
had
a
thousand
rooms
available
for
the
convention
itself.
So
we
literally
have,
as
was
said
earlier,
fairly
few
dates
available
in
the
convention
center
and
when
you
compound
that,
with
like
a
hotel
availability,
we've
only
got
one
one
period
they
could
sell
into
in
2018,
where
they
can
actually
add
another
event
with
with
room
night
requirements.
L
So
what
happens
when
the
room
nights
are
not
there
and
the
hotels
are
starting
to
charge
450
500
dollars
midweek
and
we
can't
get
the
room
blocks.
The
good
news
is
we've
seen
on
the
left-hand
side.
Here,
the
room
night
generation
stay
fairly
consistent,
but
somebody
had
mentioned
that
that
association,
business
kind
of
coming
and
going
we
see.
If
you
look
at
the
the
bottom
blue
bar
on
the
left,
you
can
see
2013
1415
the
convention
business.
It's
mostly
your
associations
and
you
can
see
16
17
18,
it's
lower.
L
L
I
love
what
was
said
earlier
that
there's
some
risk
in
that
we
go
through
a
recession,
some
some
issues
with
the
tech
industry
and
we
can
lose
that
traction.
So
we're
kind
of
you
know
playing
with
fire
a
little
bit
by
not
having
these
Association
businesses.
But
what
team
San
Jose
recognizes?
Is
we
can't
get
that
association,
business,
the
good
old
fashioned?
You
know
insurance,
underwriters
association
because
they're
not
going
to
pay
four
or
$500
a
night
midweek,
even
if
they
could
get
the
rooms
they're
still
charging.
L
You
know
that
that
high,
so
they've
pivoted
I'd
like
to
say
in
a
pretty
good
way
to
generate
additional
revenue,
maintain
occupancy
and
keep
the
room
lights
up.
We
also
look
at
how
you
compare
where
you
had
relative
to
your
competitive
set
in
terms
of
space,
and
you
can
see.
San
Jose
has
roughly
two
hundred
and
fifty-one
thousand
square
feet
of
sellable
space
at
your
exhibit
space.
Your
meeting
space
in
your
ballroom
space,
the
exhibit
hall,
is
about
one
hundred
and
forty
three
thousand
square
feet.
L
Net
ranks
fairly
low
relative
to
your
competitive
set,
and
we
also
know
that
in
a
couple
years,
Seattle's
gonna
double
their
space.
If
not
more.
We
know
that
Sacramento
has
just
approved
and
is
designed
an
enhancement
with
some
additional
space.
Austin
Texas
is
looking
to
double
their
space,
so
we're
in
a
world
where
we
rank
fairly
low
in
terms
of
space
and
your
competitors
continue
to
look
to
invest
so.
B
L
Indicator
that
maybe
we're
turning
away
business
because
we
don't
have
enough
space
I,
also
understand
that
this
is,
and
this
is
really
really
important.
This
is
not
just
kill
them
with
space
double
the
box.
You
know
just
keep.
Building
more
and
more
and
more,
very
importantly,
I'd
say
almost
as
important
to
space
are
the
trends
in
the
building
and
are
we
reinventing
the
concourse
area
to
have
open
space
learning
which
the
corporate
events
are
looking
at
outdoor
space?
L
That's
gonna
set
you
in
a
course
for
the
next
five
10
15
years
in
terms
of
your
overall
building,
and
we
also
would
love
a
little
bit
of
outdoor
space
and
some
of
that
trend
forward
space
within
the
complex
that
won't.
Do
you
any
good?
Unless
you
add
hotel,
inventory,
we'd
like
to
see
a
thousand
to
fifteen
hundred
rooms
in
new
downtown.
We
know
there
are
some
coming
in.
You
got
maybe
four
or
five
hundred
that
are
slated
to
come
in.
L
We
expect
another
three
four
hundred
to
come
in
over
the
next
five
years
or
so
in
spite
market
forces.
That
leaves
us
with
a
gap
of
about
six
hundred,
that
we
have
targeted
for
a
new
headquarter
hotel
to
support
the
investment
in
the
Convention
Center.
Just
four
note:
the
customer
advisory
board
wanted
800,
so
we're
in
that
600.
Maybe
you
know
two
rooms
for
a
headquarter
hotel
to
support
the
existing
Convention
Center
and
any
investment
you
make
going
forward.
L
So
there's
this
disconnect
between
what
the
city
wants
to
support
their
economic
impact
and
what
a
developer
can't
afford.
Based
on
the
return
on
investment.
So
we
see
cities
all
across
the
country.
Do
they
look
at
low-cost
land
leases?
Maybe
they
develop
some
of
the
parking
for
the
hotel?
Maybe
they
develop
a
portion
of
the
hotel
meeting
space,
various
other
tax
incentives
that
can
potentially
be
used
to
create
the
return
on
investment
that
works
for
the
developer
and
at
the
same
time,
this
is
really
important
as
well.
We
don't
give
that
away
for
free.
L
L
That
is
a
handcuff
that
is,
it
is
in
iron,
and
it's
very
impactful,
because
last
thing
you
want
to
do
is
have
a
600
room
hotel,
where
the
rates
go
back
to
four
or
500
and
you're
stuck
at
square
one,
so
that
room
block
agreement
has
tremendous
economic
value
for
you,
which
is
why
you're
providing
those
various
incentives?
That's
how
that
economic
structure
works.
That's
it
that.
B
If
I
could
just
clarify
it,
it's
also
our
intention
to
take
this
report
to
the
full
council.
We
would
like
to
cross-reference
it
for
October,
29th
I,
think
you
can
see.
We've
done
some
preliminary
work
on
the
need
for
a
headquarters
hotel,
as
well
as
Convention,
Center
expansion,
and
so
we'll
be
looking
for
your
general
feedback
and
then
counsels
about
you
know
whether
and
how
we
should
keep
this
work
going
given
it
can
take
many
many
years,
as
you
can
imagine,
to
to
plan
for
this
kind
of
expansion.
M
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
report.
I
think
we
have
a
tremendous
opportunity
here.
I
appreciate
your
feedback
on
comparisons,
for
what
we
have
going
on
in
our
downtown
and
what
you
see
in
some
of
the
other
areas.
But
we
definitely
know
we
are
where
we
are
at
capacity,
whether
it's
with
hotel
space
or
our
Convention
Center,
and,
as
we
just
heard
sort
of
in
that
report
before
we
have-
and
it's
a
you
know,
catch-22
it's
great
to
have
this
all
the
tech
business
that
we
have
coming
in.
M
But
at
the
same
time
it
would
great
to
have
capacity
to
build
in
other
areas
as
well.
But
we're
sort
of
limited
right
now
and
I
would
hate
to
get
to
a
point
where
we're
saying.
Well,
we
want
to
turn
down
some
of
the
tech
business
because
we
want
to
bring
in
some
more
of
the
Association
versus
having
capacity
to
actually
grow
both
in
tech
and
an
association
in
other
areas.
So
I
think
this
is
a
good
opportunity
and
I'll
make
the
motion
to
to
accept
the
report
and
then
cross-reference
system
full
Council
for.
A
October
29th,
if
you
can
for
October,
29th,
okay,
great
so
so,
I
know
that
you
were
looking
for
comments,
I'm
kind
of
a
I'm,
very
supportive
of
going
down
this
Avenue
I'm,
really
I,
like
exploring
the
ideas
of
will
build
up
parking
or
will
lease
you
this.
You
know
space
and
you
you
provide
the
hotels
and
matters
to
hotels
and
maybe,
and
they
can
and
that
piece
of
the
Convention
Center.
What
I
don't
want
us
to
do
is
to
get
into
long-term
debt.
A
Servicing
I
mean
we've.
We've
lived
through
the
haze,
mansion
and
I.
Don't
want
to
live
through
that
again,
so
so
my
only
cautionary
flag
would
be
I
think
we
we
have
spent
quite
a
bit
of
money.
Buying
the
buying
this
space
and
I
and
I
would
I
would
not
favor
going
into
debt
so
that
somebody
else
can
build
a
hotel
I
would
anything
up
to
that
point
offering
them
the
space.
A
You
know,
and-
and
you
know,
maybe
something
else,
but
not
going
into
long-term
heavy
duty
debts
with
with
with
taxpayer
dollars,
because
we're
already
we
already
in
I,
think
40
some-odd
million
and
on
that
Convention
Center
purchase
already
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
strapping
our.
You
know
budgets
in
the
future.
Something
goes
unexpectedly
in
this
endeavor.
So
that's
my
only
cautionary
thought.
N
One
quick
response
in
John,
of
course,
will
say
that
part
of
the
future
scope,
if,
as
directed
by
council,
would
be
different
options
that
could
be
then
proofed
out
in
the
market
and
included
for
discussion
in
an
RFQ
RFP,
which
is
a
common
practice
for
other
communities
and
how
they
go
about
working
with
a
private
entity.
Yeah.
A
A
L
E
So
I
have
a
question
if
you
could
kind
of
connect
the
dots
for
me
a
little
bit
on
we're
about
to
go
into
like
the
market
is
softening
and
then
we're
about
to
undertake
this
effort
to
expand
the
Convention
Center,
but
also
to
around
a
six
hundred
rooms
Frodo
and
that
hotel
space
is
focused
on
within
one
half
mile
of
the
Convention
Convention
Center.
Can
you
walk
me
through
that
linkage
that
we're
about
to
go
down
this
road?
Just
as
the
market
is
softening
money's
tightening
up
and
then
I
have
a
follow-up
yeah.
L
I
can
take
that
from
the
perspective
of
investment
in
the
convention
industry
relative
to
other
city
priorities.
That's
you
know
it's
the
city's
focus
but
relative
to
the
convention
industry.
We
know
that
it's
very
cyclical.
We
know
that
the
demand
for
convention
space,
the
associated
attendance
and
economic
impact
will
flow
with
the
economy
and
whenever
we
have
a
recession,
it's
going
to
go
down.
We
know
that
for
a
fact,
I
will
also
say,
though,
that
structurally
San
Jose
is
very,
very
strong.
L
When
we
come
out
of
a
recession,
we're
still
going
to
have
the
highest
rates
in
the
region
by
a
longshot,
we're
still
going
to
have
demand
for
the
Convention
Center.
So
when
I
look
at
the
notion
of
a
business
investment,
long
term,
I'm
less
concerned
about,
what's
going
to
happen
in
the
next
two
year,
researching
and
more
concerned
about,
is
our
product
employees
for
the
long
run
five
10
15
20
years
to
be
successful.
L
What
we're
suggesting
to
you
is
given
the
Diagnostics
that
we've
done,
you
have
a
very
strong
product
and
can
support
some
additional
space.
As
long
as
I
tell
industry
goes
with
it
now,
we'll
have
we'll
have
those
downturns,
no
doubt
about
it,
but
overall
long
run
it's
going
to
be
a
strong
investment.
Now
from
a
developer
standpoint,
if
you
put
your
developers
hat
on
one
of
the
best
things
in
the
world,
you
can
do,
is
plan
fund
and
build
during
a
recession.
L
Construction
costs
are
lower
and
when
you
come
out,
you're
coming
out
in
the
growth
period,
so
I'm
when
I
talk
to
my
clients,
I'm
almost
saying
get
going.
Recession
is
gonna,
be
coming
the
next
24
months.
Now
is
the
time
to
be
getting
this
all
figured
out
so
I'm
not
concerned
about
that
the
cycle
is
real
and
it
can
be
painful
as
you've
seen
you
know,
10
12
years
ago
is
incredibly
painful,
but
that
doesn't
scare
us
away
from
making
long-term
strategic
investments
and.
E
Capacity
be
included
in
the
study
moving
forward
and
I
I
bring
that
up
and
also
looking
that
it's
two
miles
to
Muni
three
miles
to
the
fairgrounds.
The
sharks
sharks
ice
is
desperate
for
hotels
right,
so
we
have
sort
of
this
overall
ecosystem
separate
from
the
convention
business
around
hotels
and
the
need
around
that.
Yes,.
N
Councilmember,
thank
you
for
the
question.
Suzie.
We
will
be
an
hour
in
continuing
conversation
with
other
developers
and
other
locations
they're
very
aware
of
the
of
how
high
our
rack
rates
are,
as
well
as
how
low
a
room
nights
there
there
are
available,
so
others
in
the
convention
and
hotel
industry
are
still
looking
for
sites,
some
of
them
in
the
downtown,
some
of
them
in
North,
San
Jose,
some
of
and
South
San
Jose,
some
of
them
out
by
Valley
Fair.
N
So
there
are
numerous
folks
who
also
share
this
view
and
will
be
even
more
interested
as
they
know
what
we're
contemplating
an
expansion
of
the
conventions
that
are
along
with
the
expansion
of
is't
cetera.
So
it's
very
something
we're
very
much
paying
attention
to
and
agree
with
you
and
just
a
quick
note.
I
realized
I
didn't
mention
that
blog
a
zoology
has
been
doing
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
with
John
on
this
project.
A
D
Thank
You,
chair
and
committee
members,
Matt
Kano
Director
of
Public
Works
and
with
me,
is
Christopher
Hickey,
the
vision
manager
overseeing
our
office
and
labor
compliance
so
in
front
of
you
today
to
talk
about
what
is
currently
a
councillor
council
priority
number
three
on
the
council
target
list:
disadvantaged
business
enterprise.
Our
recommendations
today
are
to
ask
you
to
approve
our
work
plan
for
the
phased
implementation
of
what
we're
calling
the
Public
Works
contracting
program
and
ultimately
cross-reference.
M
E
D
So
we
are,
and
ultimately
cross-references
to
council
I'm,
know
I'm
really
sensitive
to
how
close
I
am
to
Mike
approve
and
then
approve
removal.
This
council
priority
from
the
council
party
list,
however,
I,
want
to
be
very
clear
and
we'll
do
that
throughout
her
presentation
that
we
plan
on
reporting
back
to
CED
on
an
annual
basis,
ideally
as
part
of
the
current
report
that
it
goes
annually
that
talks
about
local
and
small
business
participation,
because
what
all
this
all
these
things
that
we're
doing
are
great
we're,
confident
them
and
we
love
them.
D
But
the
data
is
going
to
tell
how
successful
we
are
and
we're
always
going
to
want
to
look
at
the
data
to
continue
to
tweak
our
program
over
time.
So
his
little
background
again
council
priority
three
in
June
20
foot
on
June
25th
2017.
We
discussed
with
the
seat
this
committee
a
two
phased
approach.
One
is
to
build
Network,
build
our
network
of
contractors
and
educate
them
and
then
also
expand
the
ability
for
those
contractors
to
participate
in
our
programs.
And
then
our
last
report
to
your
committee
was
January
of
this
year.
D
We
focused
on
and
Chris
is
going
to
go
into
a
little
detail
and
the
rest
of
the
slides
on
the
program
elements,
but
our
program
elements
focused
on
two
things
or
three
things.
One
is
to
bring
more
awareness
to
the
opportunities
we
have
with
the
city
of
San
Jose,
a
four
billion
dollar
capital
improvement
program
that
could
even
grow
to
be
bigger
in
the
next
budget.
D
The
awareness
of
those
opportunities
for
folks
that
are
local
and
small
businesses
and
regular
sized
businesses
in
San
Jose
isn't
what
it
should
be
and
to
really
expand
that
awareness
to
make
our
processes
easier
and
more
understandable
through
education
and
also
to
change
the
way
we
do
business
to
create
more
opportunities
for
local
and
local
small
businesses
to
be
competitive
for
large
and
small
city
work
for
a
major
and
subcontracting,
and
so
with
that
I'll
turn
over
to
Chris.
To
get
into
some
more
details
of
our
recommended
program.
H
The
Public
Works
contracting
program
is
the
public
works
academy.
The
public
works
academy
is
a
series
of
seminars
that
are
six
parts
they're
about
two
hours
long
and
they,
the
seminar,
portions
and
the
courses
go
speak
about
procurement.
How
to
find
the
opportunities
contracts,
the
pre-construction
construction
and
post
construction
phases,
as
well
as
prevailing
wage.
There's
actually
been
that
two
seminars
that
have
been
completed
with
42
graduates
and
some
of
the
you
know
the
first
picture.
On
the
left
hand,
side
there's
actually
quite
a
lot
of
couples.
Married
couples
both
running
the
business.
H
One
point
that
I'd
like
to
set
out
on
the
far
right
picture:
it's
actually
there's
a
family
in
that
one,
so
the
the
gentleman
sitting
on
his
knee
and
he
has
two
sons.
One
of
them
was
sick
on
that
one,
but
it
was
a.
It
was
a
family
event
for
them.
It
was
to
build
this
longevity
of
the
contracting
business
between
generations
and
they
have
a
great
story
so
so,
with
that,
we
also
did
contractor
outreach.
So
one
of
the
issues
that
we
had
found
was,
you
know
we
were
a
very
large.
H
We
are
a
very
large
city
and
we
had
the
set
it
and
forget
it.
We
just
put
it
up
on
this
website
and
say
if
you're
looking
for
opportunities
just
use
the
website
with
that
it
was
a
change
which
is
we
need
to
get
out
into
the
community
and
we
need
to
let
them
know
how
to
do
these.
Things
have
where
to
find
the
opportunities
and
help
them
through
that
process,
and
so
we
actually
had
seven
events,
six
opportunity,
awareness
events
and
one
prevailing
wage
workshop.
H
There's
another
slide
too.
That
I
can
show
that
we'll
go
through
and
so
yes
online
tutorial.
So
another
factor
that
we
have
is
the
city's
standard.
Time
for
business
is
between
7
o'clock
in
the
morning
until
about
5:30
in
the
afternoon,
but
a
lot
of
businesses
a
lot
of
construction
businesses.
They
start
well
before
that,
and
then
they
have
to
go
back
to
their
offices
and
they
do
an
additional
5
to
6
hours
of
work
for
payrolls
and
setting
up
plans
and
schedules.
H
So
we
need
to
be
able
to
provide
them
with
support
on
some
of
the
larger
topics
that
we
have
so
prevailing
wage
how
to
go
through
our
bingo
process.
What's
the
difference
between
a
minor
public
works
contract
in
a
major
public
works
contract,
so
we
made
a
series
of
videos
that
are
available
on
YouTube.
Each
video
is
about
two
to
three
minutes
in
length
and
they're
on
very
specific
key
items.
So
the
contractors
do
not
have
to
go
through.
You
know
15
different
videos,
they
can
just
say.
H
I
would
like
to
know
a
little
bit
more
about
this
one
specific
action,
so
some
of
the
videos
are
on
prevailing
wage
bidding
insurance,
bonding
some
eprocurement
questions
as
well.
So
speaking
of
eprocurement,
the
city
actually
just
transitioned,
at
least
for
public
works
construction
projects.
We,
the
city
manager
in
august,
two
thousand
eighteen
authorized
the
city
manager.
Sorry
City
Council
authorized
the
city
manager
to
execute
an
agreement
with
Podengo.
H
So
through
that
process
staff
in
the
city,
we
tried
to
look
at
what
were
some
of
the
barriers
to
working
with
a
previous
eprocurement
platform.
One
of
them,
which
is
the
example
at
the
bottom
of
the
page,
was
that
when
going
on
the
original,
the
dingoo
eeper
eprocurement,
each
contractor
would
have
to
set
up
service
codes,
there's
about
8,000
of
them
so
take.
For
example,
fencing
you'd
have
to
click
fencing
for
wood,
fencing
iron,
fencing,
steel,
fencing
all
of
the
fencing
were
staff
actually
reduced.
H
H
So,
as
I
stated
before,
we've
made,
we
have
general
outreach
in
the
city,
but
what
we
needed
to
do
here
was
to
build
and
develop
more
relationships
so
with
the
local
chambers
and
the
business
associations.
We've
worked
with
work
to
future
and
score,
and
the
Small
Business
Development
Center.
We
also
work
with
the
city's
business
owners.
Face.Com
organization
I'd
like
to
throw
out
I,
began
a
big
thank
you
to
these
three
chambers.
H
So
we
can
do
all
the
outreach
and
education,
but
there's
also
needs
to
be
some
other
barriers
that
the
city
has
and
some
changes
to
our
policies.
And
so
with
that,
we
have
the
these
four
different
policy
changes
that
we
have
made.
So,
with
the
passing
of
measure
s
in
November
of
2018
the
procurement
modernization,
we
were
able
to
update
the
muni
Code,
the
Municipal
Code,
to
allow
for
more
flexibility,
more
opportunities.
H
How
we
Public
Works,
took
this
in
September
September
10th
to
the
City
Council,
which
increased
our
minor
Public
Works
from
a
hundred
thousand
to
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
That
allows
us
a
lot
more
flexibility
in
the
way
that
we
procure
and
how
many
projects
we
procure.
One
of
the
major
changes
that
we
have
made
is
a
new
procurement
method.
Sorry
I
jumped
over
a
spot,
local
and
small
preference
so
as
well
in
the
Muni
code.
H
Changes
with
the
increase
of
the
threshold
from
a
hundred
thousand
six
hundred
thousand,
we
also
have
wording
that
we
attached
in
there
that
has
local
and
small
preferences
to
be
applied
to
minor
public
works
right
now
on
the
evaluation
period,
it's
about
5%.
So,
for
example,
if
a
contractor's
bid
comes
in
at
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
they're
small
and
local
it's
we
would
evaluate
that
as
ninety
five
thousand
dollars.
Now,
if
they
were
to
be
the
low
bidder
on
that,
it'd
be
noted
and
they
would
still
get
that
hundred
thousand
dollar
contracts.
H
So
we're
not
lowering
their
contract
award
amount,
but
through
our
evaluation
we
will
be,
we
will
be
taking
into
consideration.
So,
in
addition,
we
also
have
done
a
procurement
modification
and
it's
actually
just
a
new
procurement
method.
It's
has
a
goal
of
increasing
local
small
contractors
through
a
pre,
a
pool
of
pre-qualified
contractors
that
can
compete
for
smaller
groups
of
projects.
So
last
couple
of
weeks
ago,
I
think
there's
five
six
six.
H
Now
that
have
actually
closed,
so
we
have
a
2019
minor
public
works,
mechanical
projects,
electrical
project,
plumbing
project,
spark
projects,
building
projects
and
minor
street
repairs.
So
this
is
a
contractor
pool
they
apply
for
that
as
it
goes
in
when
we
have
a
project
that
fits
a
certain
scope
of
work,
it'll
go
directly
to
that
pool
and
to
all
the
parties
in
that
pool.
It
will
not
go
to
the
masses
on
bingo,
we'll
just
go
to
that.
That's
pre-selected,
pre-qualified
pool
of
candidates,
so
another
big
change
is
government
experience.
H
When
you
are
working
with
the
city
and
you're
placing
a
bid
on
one
of
our
city
projects,
you
must
show
proof
of
three
projects
similar
in
scope
and
similar
in
size.
Two
of
those
need
to
be
with
the
governmental
agency,
and
so
the
issue
comes
in.
You
have
to
to
be
awarded
a
project
you
have
had
to
work
with
a
governmental
agency.
It
seemed
like
a
chicken-and-egg.
So
what
we've
done
with
this
pre-qualified
list
is:
should
you
go
through
the
public
works
academy
and
take
all
six
courses
and
attend
all
six
courses?
H
H
Typically,
when
you
are
sorry,
contractors
need
to
have
multiple
bonds,
mold
and
a
rather
large
insurance
policy.
So
by
these
contractor
pools,
your
were
allowing
contractors
to
first
be
apply
and
bid
on
on
these
minor
public
works
projects,
and
once
they
are
guaranteed
the
contract,
that
is
when
they
would
be
required
to
provide
the
bonding
insurance
or
the
bonding
as
well
as
the
insurance.
So
it
allows
contractors
not
to
put
up
working
capital
upfront
without
a
guarantee
of
a
contract
on
the
back
end
of
that.
H
So
those
are
some
of
the
major
changes
that
we
have
made
to
the
policies.
We
believe
that
these
policy
changes
as
well
as
the
public
works
academy.
You
know
they
it
increases.
The
variety
of
the
number
of
contracts
increases
the
number
of
opportunities,
as
well
as
increasing
the
number
of
potential
contractors
that
are
awarded
contracts.
H
It
limits
the
competition
while
also
maintaining
competitive
competitiveness
among
the
pre-qualified
contractor
form.
So
so
we
did
not
want
to
leave
you
without
other
program
alternatives
as
well.
So
there
are
other
programs
that
other
cities
taking
on
this
program
is
from
the
city
of
Los
Angeles,
so
minority-owned,
women-owned
and
other
business
enterprise
program.
H
It
is
a
it
requires,
prime
and
general
contractors
to
make
good-faith
efforts
to
solicit
bids
from
these
groups,
but
there's
no
requirement
that
they
accept
any
of
those
beds
or
to
use
any
of
those
bids.
It
also
focuses
on
subcontracting
where
and
not
development
of
the
business
as
a
general
or
prime
contractor,
and
that
is
the
focus
of
the
Public
Works
contracting
program,
which
is
to
develop
these
contractors
so
that,
yes,
they
have
experience
on
our
minors,
but
as
we
build
them
up,
build
their
capacity,
they
can
start
bidding
on
some
of
our
larger
projects.
H
This
these
programs
also
have
increased
contractor
requirements
for
certifications,
so
the
actual
individual
who
would
like
to
be
certified
as
a
minority,
women-owned
or
other
business
enterprise,
need
to
provide
personal
and
private
information,
including
personal
tax,
returns,
proof
of
ethnicity,
and/or,
gender,
so
the
city
of
Los
Angeles
their
program.
That
requires
just
good
faith
outreach
as
well
as
the
certification
has
approximately
10
full-time
employees
to
oversee
the
certification
and
compliance
we
have
estimated
Public
Works
has
estimated
five
positions
to
be
able
to
take
on
the
application
process,
the
review,
certifications
and
ongoing
compliance.
Should
this?
H
Should
the
committee,
as
well
as
the
council,
decide
on
a
program
an
alternative?
So
again,
a
public
works
recap:
Public,
Works
contracting
program
recap
this.
Our
program
focuses
on
outreach,
engagement
and
education.
We've
also
made
multiple
policy
changes
for
greater
access
and
more
opportunities
with
fewer
barriers.
There
still
are
barriers,
but
we
we've
lessened
them,
and
then
this
program
is
flexible
enough
to
allow
us
to
change
change.
Our
procedures,
change
the
educational
program
and
add,
in
other
aspects,
that
the
committee
counsel
and
and
Public
Works
Cesar
is
necessary
and
with
that
that.
D
And
I
just
want
to
add
one
more
thing.
One
of
the
questions
we
received
the
committee
I
think
it
was
in
January
when
we
were
here
last,
was
how
how
can
we
make
sure
to
sustain
this
for
recommending
the
program
ongoing,
and
so
the
good
news
is
that
mayor
council
were
supportive
in
this
last
budget
of
us
hiring
a
senior
analyst.
A
management
position
to
oversee
training
and
interviews
were
held
last
week,
so
we'll
have
that
person
on
board
soon.
D
M
Yeah
Thank
You
Jay
and
Thank
You
staff
I'm
supportive
of
the
the
recommendations
moving
forward
and
of
being
able
to
actually
remove
this
item
from
council
priority,
which
is
when
I
all
ask
for
one
caveat,
which
is
that
we
hear
back
at
least
on
an
annual
basis,
but
that
we
can
sort
of
eliminate
this
from
the
priority
list.
It's
always
good.
One
could
do
that.
M
M
D
We
actually
put
that,
as
at
our
responses,
attachments
eat
a
table
on
the
back,
and
so,
let's
see
items
one
two,
three
four
and
seven
we
have.
We
feel
that
we've
actually
implemented
already
and
and
item
five
is
increased
access
to
data
at
cross
Department.
We
definitely
agree
in
concept
that
needs
to
be
done,
whether
it's
public
works
finance
department.
Yes,
the
city
manager's
office.
D
We
need
to
share
data
on
contracting
more
than
we
do
today
and
so
we're
committing
in
this
memo
to
continue
to
try
and
do
that
better
and
then,
regarding
promoting
number
six.
The
mentorship
program,
we're
agreeing
at
the
recommendation
to
do
a
full,
fledge
mentoring
program
like
to
do
it
really
really
well
takes
resources,
but
we
can
do
versions
of
mentoring,
programs
and
we'll
be
implementing
that
right
away
as
part
of
our
opportunity,
awareness
events
would.
D
You
actually
implement
number
six
full-fledged
program
would
require
additional
budget
resources,
but
we
in
concept
and
that's
what
we
part
of
the
opportunity
awareness
events
that
we
we
are
hosting
is
to
allow
contractors
to
meet
with
some
come
subcontractors,
and
we
do
have
a
staff
person
that
will
be
managing
those
events,
and
so
we
talked
about.
Can
we
format
those
a
little
differently
to
be
a
little
bit
moral
mentoring,
meetups?
D
M
M
A
E
That
would
that
incorporate
an
update
on
the
outreach
and
maybe
not
mentorship-
maybe
we'll
call
it
speed-dating
right,
it's
a
little
kind
of
speed-dating
instead,
but
but
to
report
back
on
these
issues,
because
I
think
these
are
issues
that
vice
mayor
Jones
raises,
are
really
important
and
will
ultimately
lead
to
a
successful
program
which
we
all
want.
Yeah.
M
D
And
we
would
incorporate
and
incorporate
that
into
the
annual
report
that
we
bring
to
your
committee
right
now
on
small
and
local
businesses.
It's
actually
coming
in
a
few,
the
next
one's
coming
in
a
few
months,
but
at
the
one
after
that,
we'll
have
metrics
on
how
we're
doing
here
and
everything
you
said.
Thank.
A
D
Are
definitely
starting
to
track
that
and
now
that
we
have
the
pre-qualification
pulls
the
boxes
of
submittals
that
were
in
staff's
office
last
week,
we'll
be
able
to
start
tracking
which
of
those
actually
attended,
Academy
which
had
them
pre-qualified
for
work
and
which
of
them
actually
got
work.
There's
big
trainings
that
the
team
is
leading
with
all
city
staff
that
are
involved
in
boarding
contracts
in
the
next
few
weeks
to
let
them
know
how
to
use
this
new
process.
D
A
A
So
this
is
something
that
I've
been
asking
for
for
years.
Believe
it
or
not.
Even
when
I
was
the
chairman
of
the
Small
Business
Development
Committee
before
I
was
on
counsel,
but
not
necessarily
for
just
government
contracting
but
contracting
in
general.
It
would
be
nice
in
the
future
to
know
like
a
lot
of
people
get
snookered
or
you
know,
know
how
to
better
say
this,
but
kind
of
conned
with
contractors
that
promise
that
they
know
how
to
go
through
the
city's
labyrinth.
A
Sometimes
bureaucracy
and
getting
you
know
home,
remodels
done
or
or
you
know
say,
expansions
or
roofing
or
whatever
it
is.
You
know
these
and
then
then
they
often
the
owners
of
the
the
people
who
hire
them
end
up
getting
stuck
with
long
waiting
periods
and
and
sometimes
they
get
taken.
I'd
love
to
see
this
kind
of
program
expanded
into
the
building
and
planning
department
with.
A
If
somebody
can
take
this
program
on
how
to
get
your
permit,
how
to
get
you
know,
you
know
how
to
work
through
a
you
know,
putting
a
restaurant
something,
and
then
we
could
say
that
these
people
have
actually
taken
the
program
and
that
way,
when
the
consumers
go
out
to
hire
contractors
for
their
home
remodels
or
their
kitchens
or
whatever
they
will
say.
They'll,
be
amount
proud
of
taking
this
thing,
and
you
can
even
charge
these
contractors
for
it.
It's
what
I
said
in
the
past,
but
it
seems
like
we're
and.
D
We
definitely
will
talk
internally
more
about
that,
because
I
definitely
understand
where
you're
going.
I
want
to
be
also
cognitive
right
now
there
pre-qualifying,
if
they're,
a
pre-qualified
contractor
for
us.
That
means
they
have
submitted
a
request
for
proposals.
We've
vetted
we've
at
least
looked
at
their
experience
and
qualifications
and
feel
that
they're
not
all
had
to
work
with
us,
but
as
that
continues
to
evolve,
you
can
definitely
see
how
to
work
with
other
departments
in
the
community
to
make
more
awareness
of
these
contractors.
Thank
you
just
just.
F
A
clarification
just
because
they're
taking
the
class
they
are
not
being
certified
as
approved
by
the
city.
They
have
to
have
submitted
a
project
to
you
and
been
accepted
in
that
terms,
because
any
anyone
any
unscrupulous
contractor
that
you're
referencing
could
take
the
class
and
then
say
they're
approved
by
the
city.
We
don't
want
that.
We
want
someone
who's
taken,
the
class
which
would
help
them,
but
really
the
class
helps
them
to
go
through
the
process
and
then
once
they're
accepted
and
approved
through
the
process.
D
D
We
have
to
talk
about
how
they
use
our
name
you're
correct,
there's
taking
a
class
which
anybody
can
take
a
class
and
we
actually
want
to
open
it
up
to
everybody
and
then
there's
our
actual
formal
request
for
proposals,
pre-qualification
program,
and
that
does
mean
we
have
pre-qualified
them
to
be
bidders
on
our
projects.
Now
that's
different
from
vouching
for
them,
but
we're
going
to
talk
internally
about
you
know
how
to
portray
that
better.
Ok,.
B
A
You,
yes,
that's
all
I
was
saying,
allow
them
to
say
I've
taken
a
class,
that's
all
anyway,
anyway,
I!
Thank
you
all
in
favor
aye,
any
opposed!
No,
all
right!
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
didn't
actually
get
any
members
of
the
public
word
did
I
miss
you
guys.
Did
you
guys
want
to
speak
on
anything?
No.
Okay,
all
right,
I,
don't
see
any
public
cards.
O
Enforcement
I'm
joined
by
Assistant
Fire
Chief,
Reggie
Williams
and
Fire
Marshal
Hector
Estrada.
We
are
here
today
to
ask
the
committee
to
accept
staffs
recommendation
for
council
consideration
and
approval
on
adopting
the
2019
California
codes
and
loco
amendments
regarding
certain
design
requirements,
fire
sprinkler
regulations
and
other
building
requirements.
Also,
there
should
be
a
separate
memo
from
Fire
Department
and
there
are
specific
amendments
for
approval
on
their
2019
file
for.
O
The
California
Building
Code,
commonly
known
as
title
24,
is
updated
by
the
California
Building
Standards
Commission
every
three
years
and
are
based
on
2018
International
Building
Code,
published
by
International
Code
Council,
which
is
ICC
local
jurisdictions
must
adopt
the
California
Building
Standards
for
local
enforcement
within
180
days
of
publication,
and
may
amend
the
standards
as
necessary
to
address
the
local
geologic,
topographical
and
climatic
conditions.
The
2019
California
codes
are
effective,
January,
1st
2020.
O
The
city's
municipal
references
building
codes,
also
under
Title
24
and
Fire
Code
under
Title
17,
for
this
code
cycle.
We
are
looking
at
building
residential
electrical
mechanical
plumbing,
historical
and
historical
and
existing
building
codes.
However,
for
both
green
building
standards
and
energy
efficiency
standards
have
been
adapted
through
the
rich
color
ordinance.
O
In
addition
to
you,
the
code
adoption,
the
proposed
ordinance
will
update
previously
adopted
amendments
and
to
match
current
language
and
cross-references.
It
will
also
update
the
Municipal
Code
to
reflect
a
2019
California
codes
building
and
fire
staff
work
closely
with
other
Bay
Area
jurisdictions
by
participating
in
the
Tri
chapter
Uniform
Code
program
and
Santa
Clara
County
Fire
group
committee
meetings
to
ensure
uniformity
in
application
of
these
local
amendments
for
this
code
cycle.
There's
no
additional
amendments
to
the
2019
building
codes.
However,
staff
is
recommending
to
maintain
for
previously
adopted
building
amendments
which
are
increased.
O
Seismic
separation
for
essential
and
large
assembly
buildings
requirement
for
special
inspection
for
isolated
footings
with
concrete
strength,
greater
than
2500
pounds
per
square
inch
disallow
the
use
of
gypsum
and
I
cannot
let
embracing
and
to
limit
the
use
of
poland's
cement
plaster
and
other
non
structural
materials.
Now
I'd
like
to
pass
it
over
to
Hector
to
present
file
code
amendments.
O
P
You
James
these
are
recommendation.
The
council
adopt
the
2019
California
fire
code,
adopt
the
2019
California
for
California
fire
code
standards
for
highly
toxic
and
toxic
gases,
with
amendments
which
will
replace
the
toxic
gas
current
ordinance,
as
amended
in
17.7
8,
to
retain
and
update
local
amendments
to
match
the
2019,
CFC
language
and
Frances.
We
also
recommend
that
we
retain
the
current
amendments
to
firefighter
firefighter
breathing
air
replenishment
systems,
sprinkler
system
requirements,
and
these
are
current
ordinances
that
are
working
for
our
communities
right
now.
P
Fire
safety
standard
during
construction-
and
these
were
mainly
specified
and
derived
after
they
set
a
narrow
fire
next
light
and
additional
amendments
that
are
new.
So
we
are
now
covering
3d
printing
for
additive
material
manufacturing.
This
provides
clarity
of
the
code
requirements
distinguishing
this
from
other
similar
processes.
It's
a
new
industry
and
there's
a
lot
of
new
occurrence
in
the
city,
lithium
battery
storage.
P
We
are
updating
the
quantity
of
the
amount
that
can
be
stored
within
facilities,
fire
suppression,
detection
and
an
alarm
systems
are
being
brought
to
the
2019
NFPA
standards,
and
these
are
basically
fire
suppression
systems,
detection,
alarm
system.
So
there's
a
group
there
plant
extraction,
processing
which
is
in
the
California
fire
code,
but
we've
modified
them
to
be
in
alignment
with
the
San
Jose
Civil
Code
688,
the
cannabis
regulations,
so
that
the
framework
is
in
place
in
case
there's
a
move
in
the
future
by
Council
and
that's
it
just.
A
P
G
P
P
A
A
Okay,
and
so
my
other
question
is
this:
you
know
I
get
I
get
the
kind
of
complaints.
Sometimes
that
lets
say
that
you
submit
your
plan
before
we
vote
on
this
and
then
you
start
your
building
inspector
comes
and
then
you
all
of
a
sudden
are
the
building
codes.
Have
a
new
inspector.
You
know
the
the
new
fire
inspector
comes,
I
mean.
A
O
So
I
mean
new
code
is
effective
on
January
1st
2020,
so
it's
based
on
building
application
date.
So
if
they
submit
January
1st,
then
they
have
to
comply
with
the
2019
cuz
life
it
is
submitted
prior
to
that
it
will
be
based
on
the
current.
So
if
they
have
a
permit
in
this
year,
then
definitely
there
should
be
no
issue
with
applying
a
new
code.
You
guys
not
not
effective
I.
P
Situation
there
are
those
occurrences
when
there's
a
different.
There
may
be
a
difference
when
they're
out
in
the
field
inspectors
in
the
field,
and
those
are
the
things
that
we're
striving
to
try
to
make
improvements
on,
to
make
sure
that
consistency,
clarity
and
a
clear
understanding
of
exactly
what
you're
gonna
be
required
to
do
when
you
you
start
on
a
project
is,
is
exactly
what
you're
expected
to
do
so,
yeah
that
there's
an
internal
process
being
examined
to
make
sure
that
we
can
be
more
consistent
with
them.