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Description
City of San José, California
Community & Economic Development Committee of October 24, 2022
Pre-meeting citizen input on Agenda via eComment at https://sanjose.granicusideas.com/meetings.
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B
Great
thank
you
before
we
begin
I
just
want
to
read
the
the
code
of
conduct
that
we
have
adopted
and
encourage
you
all
to
adhere
to
I
want
to
remind
you
that
the
committee,
the
the
committee
and
members
of
the
public
or
fellow,
that
that
there
is
a
code
of
conduct
at
these
meetings.
This
includes
commenting
on
the
specific
agenda
item
only
and
addressing
the
full
body.
Public
speakers
will
not
engage
in
a
conversation
with
the
mayor,
the
council,
members
or
staff.
B
All
members
of
the
committee
staff
and
the
public
are
expected
to
re
refrain
from
abusive
language,
repeated
failure
to
comply
with
the
code
of
conduct
which
will
disturb,
disrupt
or
impede
the
orderly
conduct
of
this
meeting.
May
result
in
removal
of
the
meeting
from
the
meeting
with
that.
I
will
call
this
meeting
to
order
which
I
already
did
and
established
a
quorum
before
I
read
the
code
of
conduct.
So
let's,
let's
get
started.
B
The
first
item
is
the
typical
review
of
the
work
plan,
which
is
the
affordable
housing,
citing
policy
we're
requesting
that
that
item
be
deferred
to
November
28th,
which
is
our
next
and
last
CED.
Meeting
of
the
month,
we're
not
going
to
take
public
comment
on
this
item
at
this
time
because
we're
not
discussing
it.
We
will
be
discussing
this
in
the
November
meeting.
We
we
ask
for
the
deferral,
because
staff
and
others
are
not
ready
for
that
presentation
right
now.
It's
quite
a
complicated
Pro
process.
D
D
B
E
Thank
you,
chair
Foley.
My
name
is
Carrie
Adams
tapner
I'm,
the
assistant
director
of
The
Office
of
Economic
Development
and
cultural
Affairs
I
manage
the
two
contracts
with
Team
San
Jose
on
behalf
of
the
city,
manager's
office
and
I'm.
Here
today,
with
in
person,
members
of
the
senior
team
at
Team,
San
Jose,
that
includes
Ben
roshke
who's,
the
vice
president
of
research
and
strategic
development,
Matthew
martinucci,
the
vice
president
of
cells
and
destination
services
and
Laura
shimelowski.
F
Good
afternoon,
chairman
Foley
council
members,
we'll
start
off
with
a
review
of
our
performance
measures.
These
are
measures
for
our
city
contract
that
we
annually
perform
against
to
measure
our
success
overall
and
very
pleased
to
say
we
were
able
to
meet
or
exceed
all
performance
measures
this
year.
Just
a
couple
notes.
F
F
We
also
saw
some
social
type
convention
events,
for
instance,
fanime
really
outperform
expectations
which
led
to
those
elevated
letter
levels
of
spending
with
the
gross
operating
revenues
and
our
gross
operating
results
just
to
point
out,
because
it
looks
a
little
funky,
it's
not
actually
a
typo.
On
that
percentage,
we
were
budgeted
to
break
even
more
or
less
and
were
able
to
turn
a
bit
of
a
positive
result
come
out
ahead.
F
2.3
million
on
the
year,
which,
just
with
the
math,
makes
it
look
a
little
funky,
but
the
overall
we
we
performed
pretty
well.
We
had
a
number
of
cancellations,
specifically
due
to
Omicron
and
a
number
of
our
typical
Tech
conferences.
Canceled.
We
were
able
to
make
up
for
that
Matthew
and
his
team
did
a
very
good
job
of
reinforcing
our
contracts
with
cancellation
Clauses
that
we
were
able
to
collect
on
so
the
financial
damage
wasn't,
as
this
is
one
of
our
dashboards
that
we
present.
F
This
is
sort
of
an
Outlook
looking
forward
at
what
we
call
Citywide,
which
are
very
large
conventions
coming
in.
We
saw
overall
a
slight
decrease
in
the
number
that
we
booked
over
the
year,
but
the
rooms
were
almost
flat
to
last
year,
again,
Omicron
knocked
out
a
number
of
rooms,
I
think.
In
the
first
month
of
the
year,
we
lost
something
in
the
order
of
20
000
rooms
that
were
booked
for
the
next
12
months.
F
F
We
are
forecasting
a
slight
decrease,
we're
looking
at
flat
to
increase
levels
and
all
three
or
three
of
the
four
theaters
we
manage,
but
with
the
Civic
and
the
impending,
this
construction
project
of
the
park
habitat
right
next
to
it,
there's
going
to
be
some
disruption
that
will
potentially
impact
our
ability
to
keep
that
building,
fully
active
to
its
full
potential
and
then
for
gross
operating
revenues.
We'll
see
an
increase
and
again
with
the
results,
it's
going
to
be
another
close
to
break
even
year.
F
As
things
happen,
we're
hoping
we're
not
going
to
be
collecting
quite
as
many
of
those
cancellation
fees
this
year
and
actually
having
groups
in-house
so
it'll
be
more
of
an
offset
in
terms
of
expenses
to
revenues
and
then
just
wanted
to
touch
real
quickly
from
the
research
side
on
three
of
the
main
trends
that
we're
kind
of
tracking
and
really
are
influencing
our
performance
for
the
upcoming
year.
So
our
hotels
are
continuing
to
recover,
but
it's
really
uneven.
F
So
if
you
look
at
the
segments
that
go
into
the
hotels,
you
have
your
business
Travelers.
What
we
call
the
group,
which
are
the
conventions
and
meetings
and
then
sort
of
transient
Leisure
and
of
those
Nationwide
of
those
three
categories
transient
Leisure,
has
come
close
to
recovering,
but
business
travel
and
group
Still
Remains
quite
behind
previous
levels.
F
We've
seen
that
play
out
here
in
San
Jose
as
well,
perhaps
a
little
more
exaggerated,
even
as
we've
had
slower
return
to
office
rates
than
the
rest
of
the
nation,
where
you
still
see
high
levels
of
uncertainty
in
the
travel
market.
So
for
groups,
especially
our
Tech
corporate
groups,
worries
about
the
pandemic
have
been
replaced
with
worries
about
recession.
F
I
mentioned
the
slower
return
to
office
rates,
also
from
an
international
perspective
where
we're
primarily
Reliant
for
our
Long
Haul
overseas
on
Asia,
that's
been
a
lot
slower
to
return
to
travel
to
the
travel
market
and
has
really
sort
of
slowed
growth
for
the
Bay
Area
in
general,
and
we're
definitely
seeing
that
play
out
here.
So
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Matthew
for
the
sales
strategy.
F
Good
afternoon,
it's
good
to
be
with
you.
Our
sales
team
is
extremely
focused
on
the
next
24
months,
while
we
certainly
are
mindful
of
building
our
base
in
the
future.
We
understand
the
urgency
of
sooner
as
far
as
all
of
the
partners
and
all
of
the
businesses
that
depend
on
the
groups
that
we
bring
in
with
that
in
mind,
we're
being
extremely
flexible
with
groups
that
are
looking
to
meet
in
this
window.
F
Most
of
the
very
large
events
that
we
used
to
have
pre-covered
those
have
not
gone
to
other
destinations.
Those
meetings
are
just
not
taking
place,
so
we
have
been
working
very
hard
to
diversify.
Our
customer
base
a
certain
things-
associations,
State
associations
in
particular,
Youth,
Sports,
religious
and
fraternal
groups,
and
there
are
some
national
associations
that
we've
had
some
success
with.
So
we
we
are
very
anxious
for
those
large
technology
companies
to
start
having
their
large
events,
but
that
does
not
look
like
it's
going
to
be
happening
soon.
F
We've
been
working
very
well
with
our
hotel
Partners.
It's
very
critical
now
that
the
pandemic
is
is
fading,
that
we're
getting
back
to
operating,
regular
business
and
so
we're
we're
staying
very
much
in
touch
with
them
to
make
sure
that
our
strategies
align
for
large
groups
and
and
that
we're
doing
everything
we
possibly
can
to
fill
the
city
and
then
our
proactive
sales
approach,
our
travel
and
entertainment
calendar.
F
Finally,
we've
been
waiting
two
and
a
half
years
to
be
able
to
travel
and
to
attend
events
and
build
relationships,
and
we
have
a
very
ambitious
plan.
Many
of
our
people
are
traveling.
We're
taking
Hotel
partners
with
us
where
possible,
and
the
idea
is
to
build
and
enhance
relationships,
generate,
leads
and
then
convert.
Those
leads
to
actual
events.
F
C
G
Special
thanks
to
council
and
City
staff
for
your
support
of
Team,
San
Jose
and
our
destination
marketing
efforts
and
for
recognizing
The,
crucial,
Economic
Development
strategy
that
this
is
especially
at
this
time
and
for
our
city.
As
Ben
said
earlier,
Leisure
Travel
is
performing
in
San
Jose.
This
can
be
attributed
to
Trends,
but
it
also
in
part,
can
be
attributed
to
our
second
year
in
a
paid
media
recovery
campaign.
G
So
with
business,
both
group
and
transient
lagging
we
pivoted
to
a
Leisure
campaign.
That's
a
consumer
branding
our
objective
to
drive
immediate
overnight
stays
through
a
digital,
digitally
targeted
strategy
that
positions
San
Jose
as
a
Leisure
destination.
This
is
all
to
drive
people
in
Revenue
immediately
into
our
hotels
and
into
our
businesses.
G
So
the
tactic
is
and
right
out
of
Silicon
Valley
right
we're
following
you
around
on
the
internet,
we're
looking
at
you
and
seeing
where
you
intend
to
travel
and
if
you
intend
to
travel
to
the
Bay
Area
we're
going
to
find
you
and
present
destination
education
through
our
local
artists
to
help
you
decide
to
stay
in
San
Jose
whenever
you're
traveling
to
the
Bay
Area
next
slide.
Please!
G
So,
during
the
time
period
we're
reporting
on
which
is
January
through
June
with
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
Market,
we
were
able
to
return
15.6
million
in
total
revenue.
That's
to
our
businesses
from
users
from
out
of
the
area,
nearly
four
million
dollars
direct
to
hotels
and
21
500,
San
Jose
hotel
bookings
with
the
length
of
stay
that
we
know
is
5.8
days
for
this
period
that
contributed
125
000
hotel
rooms
during
this
time
next
slide,
please.
G
We
also
committed
about
the
same
amount
of
money
to
a
meeting
campaign
strategy.
This
is
to
help
support
our
sales
team's
efforts
and
to
raise
the
profile
of
San
Jose
through
the
160
Meeting
Planners
that
we
know
operate
nationally
so
great
things
here.
I
should
mention
that
this
just
launched
in
April,
but
targeting
things
that
Matthew
has
already
identified
groups
with
a
historical
propensity
to
plan
travel
in
California
and
prioritizing
the
state
of
California
next
slide.
Please,
okay.
G
The
great
news
here
is
the
campaign,
even
since
launching
in
April
has
already
generated.
251
leads
and
that's
32
direct
rfps
to
Matthew's
sales
staff,
so
we're
very
happy
about
that.
The
total
Impressions
generated
for
this
campaign,
the
meeting
planner
campaign
alone,
were
over
8
million
impressions.
This
is
important,
as
I
said
before,
because
San
Jose,
as
we
all
know,
has
not
had
money
in
destination
marketing
for
a
very
long
time.
G
B
H
Hi
Larry
Beekman
here,
I
guess.
The
first
comment
on
the
work
plan
item
that
was
deferred
today.
It's
my
understanding
on
on
based
on
Brown
act,
ideas
that
if
the
affordable
housing
citing
policy
status
report
has
not
yet
been
to
a
committee
meeting
and
has
not
had
a
public
meeting
dialogue
it
you
can't
defer
it
without
any
sort
of
public
comment.
If
it's
on
an
agenda,
so
I
I,
don't
know
if
that's
applicable
here,
but
I
thought
I
should
make
that
clear
that
how
that's?
How
I
understand
the
brown
act
rules?
H
H
To
talk
about
those
good
practices,
I
I,
if
there's
a
way
to
do
that,
good
luck,
because
I
think
it
can
help
and
I
think
it's
just
nothing,
but
good
spirits
and
good
good
positive
energy.
That
I
think
people
would
be
interested
to
hear
about
and
that
we
are
unique
in
San
Jose
we're
building
something
pretty
good,
hopefully,
and
with
openness
and
accountability
issues.
Good
luck
have
to
want
to
invite
people
here
to
see
those
sort
of
things.
Thank
you.
I
Yeah,
all
of
a
sudden,
it's
it's
on
my
end
and
there's
something
wrong
with
zoom
I'm
not
able
to
participate
in
this
meeting.
We
hear
you
you
hear
me
now.
Okay,
thank
you.
There's
some
there's
some
just
real
funny
going
on
there
with
respect
to
zoom,
not
allowing
me
to
participate
in
these
meetings,
which
means
I
can
participate
in
democracy.
My
name
is
Paul
Soto
and
I'm
from
the
Horseshoe
Blair
is
absolutely
100
correct.
You
cannot
vote
on
an
item
without
a
public
comment.
It's
it's
just
it's
it's
just
it's
against
the
rules.
I
You
have
rules
for
for
conduct.
Well,
we
have
rules
for
you
too,
to
abide
by
and
what
you
did
in
terms
of
taking
a
vote
without
a
public
comment
on
that
deferred
item.
That's
against
the
law!
It's
that's
what
it
is
it's
against
the
law.
You
can
accept
it.
You
can
reject
it!
That's
fine!
But
it's
not
going
to
take
away
the
fact
that
it's
against
the
law.
That's
number
one
number,
two!
With
respect
to
this
item,
I
think
Team,
San
Jose,
is
doing
an
excellent
job.
I
I
B
Okay,
thank
you.
I'll
go
back
to
the
committee,
but
before
I
do
I
do
want
to
address
the
deferral
item.
There
is
an
opportunity
under
public
comment
at
the
end
of
the
session
under
open
Forum.
If
anyone
would
like
to
comment
about
the
citing
policy
at
that
point
or
any
any
item
at
that
point,
but
since
we're
not
voting
on
anything,
we
will
have
that
open
discussion
in
in
November
do
I.
Have
any
committee
members
with
their
hands
raised.
B
Seeing
none,
then
I
will
ask
a
couple
questions
just
and
just
make
some
comments.
I
think
it's
really
great
that
the
numbers
are
moving
in
the
right
direction,
but
can
you
and
I
am
I
too,
am
concerned
about
the
recession
and
inflationary
period
the
cost
of
everything
having
signia
opened
up
again?
Has
that
will
do
you
see
that
as
influencing
attendance
more
positively
in
the
downtown
area?
How
do
you
figure
how
how
what
do
you
see
from
that
in
the
next
half
of
the
Year
going
forward.
F
Good
afternoon
again,
it's
definitely
positive
for
the
city.
Aside
fry,
it's
an
iconic
building,
many
it
will
take
a
while
for
people
to
stop
calling
it
The
Fairmont,
but
it
is
805
rooms
soon
to
be
805..
They're
they're,
moving
towards
the
as
the
renovations
are
complete
right
critically
needed
hotel
rooms
that
are
downtown
within
walking
distance
of
the
convention
center.
So
the
it
is
positive
in
every
possible
way
for
us.
B
Okay,
good
I
I
look
forward
to
see
it
be
successful
again
and
the
Jewel
that
is
in
that
down
in
the
downtown
area
there
I
know
the
business
traveler
has
had
difficulty
in
recovering
in
San
Jose,
but
you'd
mentioned
that
it's
it's
improving
in
other
parts
of
the
country.
So
why
do
you
think
it's
having
trouble
to
re-establish
itself
here
in
San
Jose?
What's
the
number
one
factor?
What's
the
number
one
factor
and
what's
the
number
one
thing
we
can
do
something
about
so.
F
And
we're
still
I
mean
I,
think
person.
My
personal
opinion
is
that
we're
seeing
sort
of
things
settle
into
a
new
normal
that
we're
not
going
to
necessarily
return
to
strictly
the
way
things
were
pre-covered
and
a
big
part
of
that
is,
if
you
look
at
the
return
to
office
rates,
there's
a
pretty
direct
correlation
with
that,
and
this
and
business
travel
and
San
Jose
has
some
of
the
lowest
in
the
nation.
And
if
you
look
at
the
markets
that
are
struggling
with
their
business
travel
returning,
Us
San,
Francisco,
Chicago,
New
York
nationally.
B
Great,
thank
you.
I
know
we're
not.
We
are
in
a
region
that
people
aren't
returning
to
the
office,
although
I
find
being
back
in
the
office
very
invigorating
actually
being
around
other
people
and
not
being
in
a
zoom
meeting
is
is
actually
for
me
more
productive.
In
some
ways
you
did
talk
about
theater
being
back
and
and
successful
is
the
attendance
at
our
theaters,
our
live
theater's
up
or
full,
or
what
what's
the
capacity?
What's
the
attendance
versus
capacity.
F
F
You
know
earlier
in
last
fiscal
year
we
also
saw
you
know
I,
think
people
are
just
still
psychologically
recovering
and
and
getting
more
comfortable
with
being
back
out
amongst
people
and
amongst
crowds.
Last
year
we
saw
a
lot
of
no-shows
even
purchased
tickets.
There
was
a
sizable
no-show
group
where
people
purchased
tickets
and
then
just
for
whatever
reason
did
not
choose
to
attend
the
night
of.
B
Well,
I
I
wish
you
encouragement
and
good
words
and
anything
we
can
do
to
spread
the
word
about
getting
out
to
our
events
and
staying
in
our
hotels.
We're
we're
happy
to
do
so.
So
if
you
have
any
media
kits,
you
want
to
send
to
us.
Please
do
because
the
council
offices
love
to
distribute
information
and
help
people
come
in
and
spend
money
in
the
city
of
San
Jose.
It
benefits
all
of
us
with
that.
B
E
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Chair
I,
just
wanted
to
mention
the
decline
in
theater
attendance
is
a
national
trend
on
average
nationally
there's
about
a
decrease
of
20
percent
in
the
audience
relative
to
pre-pandemic
numbers,
so,
but
great
shows
like
Hamilton
and
Book
of
Mormon
are
definitely
stimulating
a
lot
of
interest
to
return
back
to
theaters
in
San
Jose
and
also
I
wanted
to
mention
that
next
month
the
city
auditor
will
be
presenting
its
annual
report
on
team
San
Jose
and
then
we'll
be
coming
back
to
you
in
the
spring.
B
Great
thank
you.
I
have
noticed
that
I
I
tend
a
lot
of
live
theater
and
I've
noticed
that
attendance
is
really
down.
I
was
up
in
San,
Francisco,
actually
Saturday,
and
it
was
the
theater.
The
Golden
Gate
was
probably
maybe
half
full,
maybe
even
just
a
third
full
and
I
was
kind
of
surprised,
but
that
also
could
have
been
the
show
that
just
didn't
draw
audiences
like
Moulin
Rouge,
Drew
audiences.
What
can
I
say?
Okay,
does
anyone
care
to
make
a
motion
I'll.
A
C
D
B
J
Of
course,
if
you
have
an
existing
parcel
that
has
a
residential
Landings
designation,
you
can
build
a
housing
under
that
designation,
regardless
of
whether
there's
a
plan
approved
or
not,
and
then
the
the
final
one
which
we're
going
to
talk
about
today
is
the
signature
project
policy,
so
the
signature
project
policy,
the
sort
of
the
the
outcome
or
vision
of
that.
That
policy
was
that
development
that
was
really
signature.
Above
and
beyond
that
provided
more
than
its
fair
share
of
commercial.
J
Actually,
now
it's
been
reduced
to
meats
or
meats
or
exceeds
it's
share
of
the
commercial
plant
in
the
village
meats
or
exceeds
the
housing
densities
planned
or
identified
in
the
policy,
and
then
there's
that
you're
also
requirements
for
providing
open
space
or
park
space.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
public,
it
could
be
privately
owned
but
publicly
accessible
and
then
a
project
needs
to
meet
the
city's
design
standards.
J
So
there
are
also
there's
there's
criteria
in
terms
of
location
and
size
of
property,
so
the
the
in
turn.
It
can't
really
it
can't
go
on
any
property.
It
has
to
be
more
of
a
prominent
location,
which
is
how
that
that
which
was
the
wording
in
the
General
plan
up
until
about
a
year
ago,
and
so
prominent.
We
Define
it
as
a
site
that
is
on
a
corner
or
it's
a
site,
that's
internal
on
the
Block,
but
has
one
and
a
half
acres
with
a
minimum
100
a
hundred
feet
of
Frontage.
J
Sorry,
objective
criteria
is
what
we
have
to
do
by
state
law,
and
it's
now
it
was
written
in
a
much
more
subjective.
Nature
was
not
quantifiable,
it
was
you
know.
Statements
like
should
be
on
a
prominent
location,
for
example,
and
not
defining
what
a
prominent
location
was.
So
as
part
of
the
four-year
review
of
the
general
plan,
the
council
gave
us
direction
to
provide
to
make
it
more
objective
and
provide
more
clarity
to
the
community
and
developers
as
well
as
even
our
planners
within
our
office,
who
are
reviewing
projects.
J
So
it's
just
it's
much
more
clear
and
transparent
of,
what's
expected,
of
a
project
to
meet
the
criteria
of
a
signature
project,
so
I
kind
of
alluded
to
this,
but
one
of
the
subjective
words
or
criteria
in
the
signature
pro
project
policy
was
that
a
parcel
had
to
be
at
a
prominent
location.
Well,
what
is
prominent
to
mean
right?
Prominent
can
mean
different
things
to
different
people,
so
as
part
of
the
Fourier
review
process,
staff
proposed
that
prominent
be
defined
as
a
corner
parcel
or
a
parcel.
J
That
is
at
least
is
three
acres
or
more
with
150
square
feet
of
Frontage.
The
task
force
had
a
different
perspective
and
ultimately
recommended
to
counsel
that
prominent
and
interior
Parcels
be
defined
as
one
and
a
half
acres
or
more
with
a
hundred
feet
of
Frontage,
and
that's
what
the
council
approved
in
December
7th
of
2021.
J
So
we
did
do
the
analysis.
I
just
want
to
note
that
the
methodology
and
data
from
that
was
done
for
the
four-year
review
has
been
lost
and
the
staff
that
worked
on
it
no
longer
work
with
the
city
and
were
unavailable
to
assist
us.
So
that
being
said,
we
had
to
recreate
the
methodology
and
recreate
the
data.
So
the
data
that
we
have
here
is
is
slightly
different
than
the
data
that
was
presented
in
the
fall
and
it's
part
of
the
four-year
review.
J
But
what
we
did
find
is,
if
you
reduce
the
size
threshold
for
an
interior
parcel
to
1.25
Acres,
just
using
the
raw
data,
the
raw
opportunities
of
parcels
that
are
1.25
Acres,
their
designated
commercial
in
unapproved
Village
plans
that
have
at
least
100
foot
of
Frontage.
You
would
get
30
additional
Parcels
that
would
be
eligible,
which
is
a
17
increase.
J
Likewise,
if
you
change
the
criteria
or
lower
the
criteria
to
0.5
Acres,
just
looking
at
the
raw,
the
parcels
that
meet
the
rot,
the
the
basic
parameters,
you
would
add,
218
Parcels,
which
would
become
125
increase
and
here's
the
data
overall.
So
the
data
on
the
on
the
column
on
the
left
column
number
two.
If
you
see
there's
175
205
246
393.,
that's
the
number
of
opportunities,
the
increase
in
the
number
of
opportunities
based
on
just
the
the
basic
parameters
of
its.
J
If
it's
that
size,
0.15
acres,
for
example,
or
0.5,
Acres
or
0.25
Acres.
That's
just
the
parcels
that
meet
that
threshold
and
have
at
least
100
feet
of
linear
Frontage
column.
Three
is
where
we
used
more
subjective
criteria.
We
actually
looked
at
the
properties
and
dug
into
them
and
and
whittled
it
Down,
based
on
the
the
time
the
on
the
factors
of
those
properties.
J
We
took
those
properties
out
the
idea
being
that
well,
there
could
be
a
signature
project
on
that
location,
it's
more
likely
that
the
whole
shopping
center
would
redevelop
or
a
large
portion
and
not
a
small
portion
of
the
shopping
center.
These
numbers
on
column
three
are
more
similar
to
the
data
that
was
presented
to
Council
in
the
fall.
J
The
other
thing
to
be
mindful
is
is
the
effect
of
shrinking.
The
criteria
is
an
affordable
housing,
so
what
we
have
found
is
that
most
of
the
housing
developers,
affordable,
housing
Developers
for
the
most
part,
are
looking
at
properties
that
are
one
and
a
half
acres
last
and
based
on
staff
analysis
of
affordable
housing
projects
in
recent
years.
85
percent
of
them
are
on
properties
that
are
less
than
0.1
1.5
Acres.
J
The
advantage
of
this
approach-
and
it
was
the
original
intent
when
this
policy
was
created
by
Council
back
in
2015-
is
that
it
provides
opportunities
for
affordable
housing
developers
that
market
rate
developers
cannot
Avail
themselves
of.
So
what
that
means
is
that
the
market,
the
affordable
developers,
are
not
competing
potentially
against
market
rate
Developers
for
the
purchase
of
the
land.
J
So
if
Council
does
want
so
I
just
want
to
say,
because
of
those
reasons,
we're
not
recommending
changing
the
Threshold
at
this
time,
but
if
council
did
want
to
move
towards
or
to
consider
a
lower
threshold
than
1.5
I
think
the
staff
would
recommend
that
we
reconsider
the
open
space
requirements
for
Signature
project.
We
would
likely
need
to
lower
those
open
space
requirements.
J
I
think
just
one
thing
to
be
aware
of,
as
we've
learned
through
density
bonus,
that
developers
can
then
go
ahead
and
Concession
away
all
of
the
other
signature
project
requirements
which
would
then
not
lead
you
with
a
signature
project.
So
so
that's
something
we're
not.
We
wouldn't
recommend,
but
it's
something
that
you
could
be
do.
If
you
could,
the
council
could
do
or
could
consider,
but
we
just
want
to
sort
of
put
that
disclaimer
on
it
that
it
does.
Would
it
we'd
anticipate?
It
really
really
would
impact
the
ultimate
objectives
of
a
signature
project.
J
So,
in
conclusion,
so
just
kind
of
recap:
so
changing
the
parcel
threshold
from
1.5
to
.05
Acres
using
just
the
base
the
base
number
of
properties
would
result
in
218.
More
Parcels
development
standards
would
be
difficult
to
achieve
it.
Would
it
could
detract
from
affordable
housing
development
and
many
small
Parcels
could
never
achieve
the
signature
project
objectives.
J
Changing
the
parcel
threshold
from
0.5
to
1.25,
Acres
yields
30
more
parcels,
and
so
while
there
that
there
is
a
benefit
of
that,
we
think
that
the
the
benefit
of
preserving
these
additional
sites
for
affordable
only
outweighs
the
benefit
of
getting
30
more
Parcels.
So
at
this
time,
staff
does
not
recommend
changing
the
minimum
parcel
size
below
1.5
Acres
and
just
to
conclude
next
steps.
This
item
will
be
cross-reference
to
Council
on
December
6th
and
an
information
memo
on
Senate's,
Bill,
6
and
assembly.
J
Bill
2011
will
be
released
to
the
council
in
the
winter
of
2023..
These
are
two
bills
that
that
allow
for
housing
on
commercially
designated
land
and
we
anticipate,
will
have
some
impacts
on
signature
projects,
so
we're
still
analyzing
that
and
we
will
present
that
to
council,
and
that
concludes
staff
presentation
and
we'll
open
up
for
questions
and
discussion.
B
B
D
B
I
Perfect
falsetto
from
the
Horseshoe
I'm
in
100
full
agreement
with
what
the
analysis
that
was
just
given
and
it's
it's
it's
interesting
that
the
affordable
housing
issue
that
was
just
recently
deferred
was
deferred
because
this
discussion
had
to
happen.
You
see,
because
if
we
had
that
discussion
before
this
one,
this
would
be
superfluous.
I
So
what
I
would
suggest
is
that
it
would
be
very
irresponsible
for
this
Council
to
to
pass
anything
that
would
compromise
that
1.5
threshold,
because
that
1.5
threshold,
if
you
see
it's
very
clear,
that
that
is
the
size
of
the
affordable
housing
projects.
So
now
what
I'd
like
to
see
is
all
of
the
1.5
Parcels
that
are
owned
by
the
city
or
that
could
be
possibly
acquired
by
the
city
that
those
be
designated.
First
of
all,
I
mean
you,
you
want
housing
suggestions.
I
This
is
the
housing
suggestion,
okay,
that
those
will
be
designated
identified
and
the
ones
that
have
the
possibility
of
being
acquired.
They
are
identified
first
before
anything,
okay,
because
once
you
have
that
that
data
then
you're
able
to
make
whatever
decisions
you
need
to
make.
So
it's
it's.
The
fact
that
this
would
even
be
considered
is
practically
a
response.
I
mean
look
at
look
at
the
data
that
is
coming
out
from
the
joint
venture
projects.
Look
at
the
data
that's
coming
out,
but
this
is
the
most
expensive
city
to
live
in
in
the
country.
I
B
B
L
Am
thank
you
so
much
Sheriff
Foley,
Rosalind,
Huey,
Deputy
city
manager,
I,
am
joined
today
by
my
colleagues,
Aurelia
Bailey
and
Carlos
Velasquez,
and
we're
going
to
walk
you
through
a
brief
status
report
on
the
covid-19
task
force.
So
next
slide.
So
just
as
a
quick
reminder,
the
task
force
is
part
of
the
city.
Initiative's
roadmap.
You
can
see
that
it's
part
of
the
covid-19
pandemic
community
in
economic
recovery
Enterprise
priority
next
slide.
L
L
Another
big
component
of
their
scope
was
to
actually
develop
a
community
engagement
plan
and
you're,
going
to
hear
from
Carlos
in
detail
and
from
Aurelia
about
that
plan
and
how
it
was
executed
and
some
of
the
feedback
that
we
got
from
our
community
and
then.
Lastly,
this
task
force
was
charged
with
coming
up
with
potential
recommended
actions
that
the
city
council
could
consider
and
they
have
done
their
job
very
well.
L
Earlier
this
year
the
task
force
divided
themselves
into
nine
different
committees,
and,
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
the
Committees
actually
released
87
different
recommendations
that
they
are
now
finalizing
over
the
next
month
and
we're
looking
forward
to
coming
to
City
Council
in
December.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
pass
it
over
to
Carlos
to
walk
you
through
the
community
engagement
goals
and
plans.
M
M
Employing
the
promotoris
model
has
also
been
a
key
strategy
to
connect
with
residents,
and
we
will
talk
more
about
this
work
later
in
this
presentation.
The
community
engagement
that
we
conducted
this
summer
was
a
huge
and
important
part
of
the
task
force
process
and
their
input
will
inform
the
task
Force's
recommendations
next
slide.
M
So,
as
we
shared
with
this
Committee
in
April,
the
task
force
developed
a
community
engagement
plan
to
guide
how
we
would
connect
this
summer
with
the
individuals,
families,
workers
and
small
businesses
in
San
Jose,
who
have
been
the
most
impacted
by
the
pandemic.
The
slide
here
shows
the
five
main
components
of
our
Outreach:
a
community
survey,
Gathering
input
and
data
from
other
similar
reports
and
surveys,
a
storytelling
project
to
further
gather
stories
from
the
community,
an
engagement
toolkit
to
assist
task
force
members
with
hosting
their
own
events
and
a
lived
experience
group.
M
The
aim
was
for
this
engagement
process
to
move
towards
a
recovery
grounded
in
equity,
dignity,
empathy
and
action.
As
you
can
see
in
this
slide,
this
is
the
results
of
our
work.
We
had
771
people
complete
our
community
survey
surpassing
our
goal
of
500.
38
percent
of
those
who
took
the
surveys
were
taken
in
another
language.
Spanish
Vietnamese
or
Tagalog
13,
identified
as
having
a
disability
and
80
percent
had
a
household
income
of
less
than
85
000,
which,
for
a
family
of
four,
would
classify
as
low
income.
M
So
there
were
several
issues
that
emerged
in
our
conversations
and
Outreach
and
I'd
like
to
share
some
of
the
summaries
that
we
have
here.
Some
of
the
highlights
from
our
findings.
Economic
Security,
was
a
key
issue.
Nearly
half
of
those
who
took
our
community
survey
indicated
rental
assistance
among
the
top
three
kinds
of
support
that
they'd,
like
the
city
to
provide
food
insecurity,
was
also
an
issue
with
many
citing
food
distributions
as
indispensable
to
their
families
in
times
of
economic
need.
Throughout
the
pandemic,
mental
health
was
another
issue.
M
Child
Care
many
shared
about
their
inability
to
join
the
workforce
due
to
child
care
Necessities
with
one
in
two
survey.
Respondents
indicating
that
child
care
was
the
main
challenge
preventing
them
from
returning
to
work.
Parents
of
children
with
disabilities
were
also
impacted
by
the
pandemic
through
related
cuts
and
services
that
are
still
ongoing
workers
and
small
businesses,
whether
it
is
Seeking,
a
new
job,
finding
assistance
to
restart
or
maintain
their
small
businesses
or
coping
with
the
stresses
of
being
a
Frontline
worker
workers
and
businesses
are
still
struggling.
M
Additionally,
community
members
indicated
the
need
for
improved
health
and
safety
conditions
in
the
workplace
with
two
and
five
survey.
Respondents
indicating
that
this
was
among
the
biggest
challenges
that
they
faced
during
the
pandemic
and
last
but
definitely
not
least,
Outreach
and
awareness
of
current
resources
is
another
issue.
Three
out
of
five
survey.
Respondents
indicated
that
their
biggest
challenge
in
accessing
the
city's
covid-19
support
resources
is
that
they
just
didn't
know
about
the
services
or
who
to
contact.
M
This
is
just
a
summary
of
the
findings
from
our
community
engagement.
The
full
findings
from
the
coming
from
the
community
engagement
report
have
been
shared
with
the
task
force,
who
have
been
incorporating
this
input
and
feedback
into
the
final
recommendations
that
they
are
developing.
A
link
to
the
report
is
also
included
in
our
accompanying
memo
for
this
report.
N
N
Thank
you
Carlos
good
afternoon,
chair
Foley
and
committee
chairs.
My
name
is
Aurelia
Bailey
and
I
am
also
part
of
the
recovery
task
force
staff
as
an
assistant
to
the
city
manager,
as
mentioned
promotoras,
is
another
tool
for
our
community
engagement
through
the
recovery
task
force.
So
who
are
our
promotoras
well?
Promotores
are
trusted
neighbors
leaders
of
the
community
who
speak
the
same
language
and
share
a
common
culture.
N
Our
promoters
have
actually
already
been
out
in
the
community.
They've
been
engaging,
conducting
Outreach
they've,
been
trained
by
various
City
departments,
with
existing
recovery
resources
and
have
started
to
share
and
educate
resources
to
the
community.
Just
some
of
the
resources
that
they've
been
educating
our
residents.
The
eviction
help
center
from
the
housing
department,
our
small
business
recovery,
grants
from
our
office
of
Economic
Development
and
the
resources
from
the
library
of
lending
hot
spots
to
community
computer
devices,
seek
information
from
residents
regarding
barriers
to
accessing
recovery
resources
and
assist
residents
in
accessing
these
services.
N
What's
preventing
our
residents
from
accessing
these
resources
has
been
a
big
conversation
with
our
promoters
as
they're
also
Gathering
some
information.
What
is
working,
what
are
the
gaps?
What's
missing
from
the
current
recovery
programs
and
services,
so
who
is
currently
doing
this
work?
We
have
provided
three
non-profit
organizations
with
existing
promoters,
totaling
21
promotores,
so
they
have
hired
21
promotores,
that's
out
in
the
community.
We
have
Community
University,
Community,
Health
Partnership
and
the
city
poetic
Collective.
Our
promoters
are
actually
have
helped
us
get
the
word
out
of
our
community
resource,
fair.
N
What
are
some
next
steps
for
our
recovery
task
force?
Well,
we
came
to
you
last
year
about
right
about
this
time.
We
let
you
know
that
we
were
convening
no
more
than
one
year
and
so
our
year
is
actually
coming
up.
So
during
the
last
few
weeks,
our
committees,
the
nine
committees
they've,
been
working
on
drafting
the
recommendations
and
as
Carlos
and
Rosalind
already
mentioned,
we
currently
have
87
draft
recommendations
on
October
26th,
which
is
in
a
few
days.
N
We
have
our
steering
committee
that
is
going
to
refine
some
of
these
recommendations
and
then
our
last
task
force
meeting
will
actually
take
place,
November,
10th
and
hoping
from
there.
We
will
be
discussing
some
outcome
metrics
and
approve
the
recommendations
and
Report.
The
final,
of
course,
is
that
we
are
scheduled
to
bring
the
final
report
to
Council
on
December
6th.
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
presentation
and
you've.
You've
done
a
lot
of
hard
work
and
to
be
successfully
completed
in
a
year
is
pretty
commendable
for
a
task
force
that's
supposed
to
be
around
for
a
year,
but
they
seem
to
go
on
and
on
sometimes
without
a
definite
end
date.
So
it's
really
great
to
see
that
that
you're
got
that
close
and
that
the
recommendations
will
be
honed
down
and
submitted
to
us
in
December.
That's
great
I
look
forward
to
seeing
all
of
those
recommendations.
I
I
Well
that
this
is
this:
we've
done
for
the
entire
time
of
our
existence
that
the
Barrios
are
the
ones
that
we
are
the
ones
that
gather
the
information.
We
know
the
information
the
city
is
not
responding
to
that.
However,
because
we're
not
going
to
this,
this
covet
task
force
that
was
created
is
only
a
representation
of
the
poverty
that
already
existed
in
our
bodies.
So
what
it
did
is
it
just?
I
I
These
issues
have
been
experienced
in
these
bodies
and
they're
going
to
continue
to
perpetuate
I'm
glad
that
you
highlighted
that
the
fact
that
you
we
only
needed
it
for
a
year,
but
it
looks
like
we're
going
to
continually
to
knit
it
yes
you're
going
to
pull
these
last
four
spots
because
we're
just
how
has
been
created
by
the
policies
that
have
been
passed
by
this
cow
discount
city
council,
these
committees
subcommittees,
and
where
did
the
the
dirt
get
us?
And
this
you
know
what
I
have
done
is
come.
I
H
All
right,
but
Beekman
here,
it's
nice
to
hear
Paul
Soto
liking
a
report
I'm
interested
in
as
well
in
it
as
well.
I
mean
I'm
thinking
that
the
covet
task
force
they
do
have
meetings
up
on
YouTube
I
was
just
thinking
of
like
reviewing
them.
If
they
do
so,
I
mean
they've,
been
on
my
mind,
so
I'm
very
interested
in
their
work
as
well,
and
what
what
they
can
offer
the
community
process.
I
think
it
can
be
interesting
and
so
yeah
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
it.
H
Thanks
a
lot
for
this
report.
I
wanted
to
offer
that,
a
week
or
so
ago
up
in
North,
County,
Santa,
Clara,
Santa,
Clara,
North
County,
the
sewage
reports,
let's
see
where
we,
this
not
just
sewer
the
the
Waste
Management
Facility
reports
in
North
County
we're
reporting
like
four
times
as
many
Kobe
cases.
H
So
good
luck
in
those
efforts,
I
I,
guess
also
just
to
quickly
report
Gavin
Newsom,
is
has
made
February
of
2023
that
he's
lessening
the
emergency
status
of
the
whole
covet
process
in
the
state
of
California.
We
should
be
aware
of
that
and
start
to
note
it
and
and
and
make
plans
accordingly.
Thank
you.
A
Sorry,
my
name
is
Michelle
kalish,
a
great
presentation
on
this
topic.
I
would
like
to
address
the
idea
of
the
promoters,
which
I
think
is
just
an
outstanding
way
of
approaching
the
problem.
There's
a
lot
of
information
that
is
put
out
on
email
and
on
Nextdoor
and
that's
great,
but
a
lot
of
people
don't
have
email
and
a
lot
of
people.
Don't
read
next
door
because
they
don't
obviously
have
a
computer.
A
Language
is
a
problem,
as
you
know,
age,
accessibility,
so
I
think
having
people
out
on
the
streets,
because
that
that
touch
that's
involved
in
talking
with
people.
It's
just
great
I
mean
I
I've,
seen
a
lot
of
the
emails,
especially
on
the
Food
Distribution
that
the
county
sends
out
and
it's
great.
But
if
you
open
it
up,
there's
so
much
more
information.
But
you
have
to
kind
of
pick
and
choose
what
information
you
want
to
give
to
certain
people.
A
If
you're
trying
to
be
helpful
as
a
neighbor
I'm
wondering
if
there's
any
and
I
don't
know
this
so
I'm
asking
the
question
is
a
lot
of
this
posted
in,
like
churches
and
schools.
I
know
covered
with
all
that
stuff
was
closed
down,
but
Church
and
schools,
community
centers
I
know
my
community
center
does
a
great
job
of
disseminating
information,
but
I
don't
know
about
the
others,
but
again
great
job
on
the
promoters.
I
think
that
is
an
excellent
idea.
Thank
you.
O
O
We
had
been
focused
in
the
right
areas
ourselves
as
we
knew
during
the
pandemic,
and
unfortunately,
a
lot
of
this
need
is
going
to
continue
after
and
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
to
our
city
staff
and
then
thank
you
to
all
of
the
volunteer
participants
of
the
task
force
for
their
input
and
their
work
and
I.
Look
forward
to
the
final
recommendations
coming
back
and
with
that
I'll
make
a
motion
to
accept
the
update.
B
Thank
you.
Is
there
a
second
second
okay
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
presentation
to
Rosalind,
Aurelia
and
Carlos.
Thank
you
for
that
information.
Truly,
this
is
an
important
task
force.
The
recovery
from
covid
doesn't
mean
that
our
issues
are
over
and
solved,
but
the
87
points
you
have
will
help
us
on
a
path
forward,
so
I
looking
to
look
forward
to
seeing
those
in
a
little
bit
over
a
month
with
that,
let's
vote.
B
C
L
You
so
much
chair
Foley,
as
staff
is
coming
down.
I
just
wanted
to
open
it
up
with
just
a
few
remarks
and
many
thanks
to
blog
a
salalich
and
Nora
Chen
who
have
been
working
on
this
item
just
a
couple
of
quick
things,
because
I
I
know
that
we
have
been
to
this
committee
a
couple
of
times
and
it
it
has
been
challenging.
Making
progress
on
this
work
item
and
obviously,
due
to
many
of
our
staff
focus
on
covid-19
recovery.
L
Certainly
wage
in
her
business
development
team
has
been
focused
on
assisting
our
small
businesses
throughout
the
city,
and
so
that
has
impacted
our
schedule.
So
first
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
that
it
has
in
fact
taken
us
some
time
to
get
to
this
point,
but
we're
glad
to
provide
an
update
to
the
committee
this
afternoon.
Secondly,
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
we've
gotten
a
public
comment
over
the
weekend.
L
Some
concerns
about
the
environmental
review
process
for
this
work
and
just
a
quick
reminder
to
the
committee
and
to
the
public
as
well
that
when
city
council
actually
approved
the
new
policy
6-4
on
signage,
that
included
17
sites
city-owned
sites,
there
was
a
program
level
environmental
analysis
conducted
for
those
sites,
and
we
indicated
that
before
any
selections
would
be
made
on
specific
sites
that
there
would
be
project
level.
Environmental
analysis
conducted.
L
And
so
certainly
staff
will
be
moving
forward
on
that
work
and
getting
a
final
recommendation
to
Council
next
fall
and
then
I
think
just.
Lastly,
today
just
a
reminder
to
the
committee
that
we're
just
simply
providing
a
status
report,
so
no
actions
on
sites
or
anything
of
that
nature,
just
merely
a
status
report
on
where
we're
headed.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
blog
a.
P
H
thanks
Rosalind
good
afternoon,
chair
Foley
committee
members
blog
is
a
large
deputy
director
for
the
office
of
Economic,
Development
and
cultural
affairs,
and
so
we're
going
to
kick
it
off
here
with
just
a
little
bit
of
background.
The
city
council
prioritized
electronic
digital
off-site
signage
and
billboard
installations
and
task
staff
to
investigate
Pathways,
to
implement
some
digital
signage.
P
P
P
P
The
proposals
for
the
solicitation
were
received
in
July
of
2020
and
have
been
reviewed
by
an
evaluation
panel.
However,
that
notice
of
intended
award
has
not
yet
been
issued
due
to
the
aforementioned
staff
workload
and
work
plan,
adjusted
work
plan
priorities
with
respect
to
the
alternative
sites,
RFP
the
city
solicited
proposal,
potential
leases
to
install
operate
and
manage
new,
freestanding
digital
commercial
signs
in
two
locations
that
were
cleared
by
a
program
level,
SQL
analysis
in
2018..
P
C
C
Following
that,
we
will
conduct
a
project
level,
environmental
analysis
for
the
select
sites
and
alternative
sites,
locations
which
is
anti-anticipated
to
begin
in
the
new
year
and
then
finally,
we'll
finalize
the
contract
terms
and
bring
the
recommendations
to
City
Council
in
fall.
2023.,
and
with
that
we
will
end
the
presentation
and
staff
is
available
to
take
questions.
B
C
D
Although
you,
you
stated
that
the
in
the
memo
that
project
level
SQL
analysis
has
been
done
on
the
17
sites,
it
hasn't
been
done
performed
on
specific
sites.
So
our
group
has
asserts
that
if
the
city
staff
proceeds
it
to
described,
the
city
will
be
making
an
unlawful
pre-commitment
and
would
constitute
violation
of
the
California
Environmental
Quality
act.
In
other
words,
the
city
staff
is
prematurely
determining
which
billboard
proposals
it
prefers,
despite
the
possibility
of
alternative
proposals
or
locations
that
could
prevent
less
environmental
impacts.
D
This
is
what
we're
considering
as
pre-commitment
so
beginning.
The
SQL
review
too
late
can
mean
the
city
can
no
longer
come
to
the
project
with
an
open
mind
and
the
opportunities
to
implement,
feasible,
Alternatives
may
have
been
lost.
We've
consulted
with
a
law
firm
that
is
familiar
with
the
process
and
they've
submitted
a
letter
on
our
behalf.
D
Q
It's
intended
to
be
distracting
to
a
driver
and
that's
the
last
thing
we
need,
and
we
certainly
don't
need
that
in
the
downtown,
Corridor
and
I,
don't
want
it
on
the
highways
and
I.
Don't
want
it
anywhere
and
I
know
that
I
speak
for
many
thousands
of
residents
that
are
firmly
against
this
and
why
the
city
has
gone
forward
with
this
it
just
it.
Astonishes
me
and
I
urge
the
council
to
reject
this
fully.
Thank
you.
H
All
right
Beekman,
thank
you
incredibly
for
bringing
the
electronics
Billboards
item
to
the
public
meeting
process.
I
hope,
Civic,
Innovation
staff,
SJ
city,
government
and
everyday
Community
are
learning
together
how
to
develop
a
more
safe,
open
dialogue
to
describe
the
public-private
Partnerships
that
most
Community
surveillance
data
technology,
including
electronic
Billboards,
and
that
no
matter
how
good
local
civil
protection
policies
and
Sanctuary
City
policies
can
be
at
the
local
level.
H
Our
current
pilot,
our
current
practices,
simply
allow
initial
data
to
be
packaged
and
then
resold
to
other
private
data
companies
and
law
enforcement
agencies
at
the
national
level.
I
feel
this
is
something
of
how
to
describe
the
process.
I
hope,
Civic.
Innovation
wants
to
continue
and
not
and
to
not
fear
the
good
practices
and
explanations
they
had
already
started
with
with
this
issue
in
the
past
six
months,
to
again
remind
at
this
time
of
in
our
society,
I
feel
the
ACLU
in.
I
Yeshoe,
this
is
she's
getting
like
tired,
I
remember
when
it
first
started
out
in
the
Arts
Commission.
That's
where
this
topic
got
brought
up
the
very
first
time
it
was
in
the
Arts
committee,
I
mean
wow
I
mean
we've
traveled
to
far
distance,
but
I'd
like
to
think
I
believe
that
the
two
council
members
that
had
been
opposed
to
this
from
the
very
start,
which
was
councilman
and
no.
This
is
not
a
crazy
Billboards
up.
I
I
Now,
when
we
ordered
on
dreams
as
a
pedestrians,
which
I
am
I'm,
a
pedestrian,
we're
being
slaughtered
on
the
streets
in
greater
numbers
than
gunfire
or
stabbings,
and
so
there's
there's
a
there's,
a
very
there's,
a
there's,
a
moral
and
ethical
responsibility
that
the
city
has
to
prevent
anything
that
will
take
a
driver's
attention
away
from
the
road.
Okay,
so
don't
talk,
Vision,
zero,
don't
talk!
We
need
to
protect
our
kids.
We
need
to
protect
our
children
on
the
streets.
Don't
talk
that
and
then
in
the
very
next
sentence.
I
Remove
that
cognitive,
dissonance
and
start
talking
about
Billboards
I
mean
come
on
man.
I
mean
this.
Is
it's
getting
it's
getting
to
the
point
where
it's
Insanity
to
attend
these
meetings
and
see
the
degree
of
cognitive
dissonance
that
occurs
in
these
meetings
when
you're
talking
about
two
very
opposed
truths.
R
Thank
you,
I'm
Les
Levitt
from
the
no
Billboards
group,
I'd
like
to
speak
specifically
to
the
goals
from
the
staff
report.
If
you
would
refer
to
that
slide,
there
are
four
stated
goals:
enhanced
commercial
vibrancies.
First,
this
is
nonsense.
Driven
by
the
billboard
industry.
There
is
no
evidence
of
the
economic
benefit
if
digital
Billboards
are
placed
downtown.
The
evidence
of
quite
the
opposite
is
Santana
Row,
where
they
originally
installed
digital
screens
with
advertising
and
then
turned
them
off,
because
soda
and
cell
phone
ads
killed
the
quality
of
the
visitor
experience.
R
When
the
city
enacted
the
ban
on
new
Billboards
years
ago,
it
was
done
based
on
the
principle
that
beautifying
the
city
would
be
good
for
economic
development
and
that
same
idea
holds
today
remove
blighted
Billboards,
a
noble
goal,
but
also
nonsense
in
the
context
of
the
situation
here.
The
phase
one
billboard
project
does
not
require
any
takedowns
for
Billboards
downtown
and
even
if
it
did,
the
number
of
billboards
removed
would
be
a
small
fraction
of
the
total
number
of
billboards
in
the
city,
which
is
probably
more
than
500.,
explore
digital
Technologies.
R
This
is
nonsense
and
a
stretch
to
find
a
community
benefit
to
justify
an
otherwise
terrible
idea.
Everyone
knows
we
don't
need
Billboards
for
notification,
because
nearly
everyone
is
carrying
a
cell
phone
generate
Revenue.
The
small
amount
of
Revenue
that
could
possibly
come
from
Billboards
is
not
worth
it
even
with
the
highest
possible
projections.
The
amount
of
Revenue
would
be
insignificant
relative
to
the
total
City
budget
and
other
Revenue
sources,
and
do
you
all
know
how
much
it
has
already
cost
and
continues
to
cost
the
city
to
pursue
this
project?
R
S
S
So
we
think
that
is
a
good
idea
to
look
carefully
at
the
San
Jose
Airport
commission
report
and
which
sort
of
moved
against
electronic
Billboards,
but
was
ignored
and
misrepresented
in
in
its
in
its
report.
So
I
would
just
like
to
encourage
you
to
not
move
forward
with
this
proposal
at
this
time
and
we
would
be
happy
to
collaborate
in
the
future
on
different
sites
and
with
different
billboard
configurations.
Thank
you.
C
C
C
Since
this
policy
was
approved
in
2018,
the
people
of
San
Jose
have
made
it
clear.
They
don't
want
these
billboards
and
aside
from
public
opinion,
there
was
more
and
more
evidence
about
the
harms
to
animals
and
humans
from
artificial
light
at
night
there
is
increasing
advocacy
and
policies
and
ordinance
have
ordinances,
have
been
adopted
to
increase
Darkness
at
night
sanitization
be
behind
the
curve
in
considering
such
policies
and
ordinances,
and
should
not
be
adding
to
the
artificial
light
problem
with
these
billboards.
R
Afternoon
this
is
John
Miller,
with
no
digital
Billboards
in
San.
Jose
I
want
to
call
your
attention
again
to
the
requirements
to
take
on
a
blighted
conventional
Billboards
in
order
to
justify
the
erection
of
blighted
digital
Billboards.
In
fact,
there
was
a
big
fuss
about
this
in
February
at
the
city
council
meeting,
it
was
talked
about
the
necessity
to
take
down
some
of
these
blooded
Billboards
and
neighborhoods.
That
often
were
not
served
well,
and
we
certainly
agree.
R
That's
the
case,
and
there
was
talk,
then
about
expanding
the
takedown
ratio
from
four
to
one
to
six
to
one.
In
other
words,
six
conventional
Billboards
would
come
down
for
every
one
digital
put
up,
but
it
was
not
mentioned
at
that
time
that
the
planning
department
years
before
had
recommended
a
ten
to
one
takedown
ratio,
and
one
would
think
that
proponents
of
this
program
that
talk
about
the
necessity
and
desirability
of
taking
down
conventional
Billboards,
you
would
think
they
would
adopt
that
kind
of
a
takedown
ratio.
R
And
it's
it's
really
fascinating.
When
we
look
at
what's
coming
up
in
downtown
putting
digital
Billboards
on
Landmark
public
buildings,
but
there
is
no
requirement
to
take
down
conventional
Billboards.
In
fact,
you
can
put
up
a
new
conventional
billboard
under
the
current
regulations
downtown.
How
is
this
Justified?
How
does
it
fit
with
the
proponent's
argument
that
taking
down
conventional
blighted
Billboards
is
necessary
and
desirable?
It
doesn't
fit
so
I
think
I
think
the
proponents
of
this
proposal
still
have
a
lot
of
explaining
to
do
and
they
should
start
explaining
this
I
want
to.
B
O
Baby,
hello,
we
were
hanging
out
in
the
back
at
least
for
a
little
bit,
so
thank
you
first
off
staff
for
the
presentation.
The
time
thank
you
Rosen
for
starting
off
with
just
the
justification.
I
think
that
we're
we
are
aware
of
this
is
something
that,
as
you
know,
I've
been
working
on
for
years
and
I
think
that
I'm
I'm,
hoping
at
least
I'll,
be
able
to
see
the
end
of
the
phase.
One
part
one
to
be
able
to
make
a
decision
on
that
and
I
believe
blogger.
P
O
O
O
O
O
All
of
that
yeah,
okay,
but
that'll,
be
done
in
December
yeah.
That's
that's!
That's
what
I
was
hoping
to
see.
Elise
got
finalized
before
the
end
of
my
term.
I
recognize,
there's
still
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done,
especially
after
the
discussion
in
February,
which
I
didn't
see
a
lot
of
that
in
the
report
in
regards
to
and
I'm,
assuming
all
that
conversation
until
to
come.
O
That's
all
the
work
to
come
on
some
of
these
things
that
we
actually
heard
from
the
public
commenters
on
things
like
a
greater
takedown
number
or
I'm
actually
blanking
on
some
of
the
I
didn't
vote
on
it
in
February
for
different
different
purposes.
But
but
we
had
a
list
of
things
we
were
looking
at
trees,
trees.
Thank
you
chair
tree.
So
all
of
that
is
work.
That
is
to
be
continued
at
the
moment
correct.
So.
L
I'm
happy
to
jump
in
Rosalind
Huey
again,
so
when
city
council
took
action
back
in
February
on
the
two
airport
signs,
it
did
provide
direction
to
City
staff,
to
amend
policy
6-4
to
change
the
takedown
ratio
from
four
to
one
to
six
to
one.
So
that
is
the
one
item
that
we
are
going
to
be
changing,
and
that
was
the
only
item
included
in
the
console
action
and
we
are
prepared
to
get
that
done
prior
to
bringing
any
recommendations
on
rfps
for
future
billboard
sites.
Okay,.
O
So
maybe
I
did
recall
it
wrong
and
I
have
to
what
maybe
we
discussed
a
number
of
other
things
and
we
don't,
but
in
the
motion
you're
saying
the
only
Direction
was
on
the
takedown
okay.
Is
it
and
not
to
make
the
changes
now,
but
is
it
too
late?
If,
if
the
council
says
hey,
you
know
what
there
are
other
things
like
trees,
right
or
other
things
that
we
would
like
to
include.
Is
that
going
to
just
delay
the
time?
What
would
that
look
like
to
to
make
some
additional
requests.
O
S
O
What
could
we
actually
get
out
of
an
agreement
like
this,
and
and
could
it
be
more
than
what
we
had
talked
about
previously
and
so
I
do
support
that
and
if
it's
just
the
takedown
increasing
the
takedown
ratio
that
we
increased
I
do
think
it'll
be
worthwhile
to
to
incorporate
some
other
elements
of
it.
Otherwise,
I
appreciate
the
the
report
coming
back
and
I'll
leave
some
more
comments
to
our
chairs
and
I'll
make
a
motion
maybe
momentarily.
B
Would
it
be
appropriate?
Thank
you,
council.
Member.
Very
much
distracted
can't
help
myself
now.
I
really
just
want
to
pick
up
the
baby
I'm,
resisting
the
urge.
Would
it
be
appropriate
to
make
those
that
direction
to
the
council
policy
6-4
to
then
go
to
council
from
here?
Could
we
do
that
today
make
those
recommended
changes
with
instructions
to
go
to
council?
We
have
to
go
to
council
anyway,
with
it
right.
S
You
do
have
to
go
to
council.
What
I
would
recommend
is
that,
if
you're
going
to
refer
it
back,
you
can
certainly
put
a
note
on
what
that
referral
is,
but
I
would
refrain
from
from
from
discussion
on
the
item
itself,
because
what's
agenda
is
here,
is
simply
accepting
the
status
report.
So
if
you
want
to
make
any
changes
from
that,
you
need
to
go
back
to
council
and
you
can
put
a
comment
on
what
that
would
be.
B
D
Thanks
chair
I,
appreciate
councilmember
pros's
work
on
this
in
his
comments,
I'd
certainly
be
open
myself
to
seeing
this
go
to
council
for
continued
discussion.
I
just
want
to
clarify
a
few
things
and
I'll
try
to
run
through
this
list
quickly
on
the
notice
of
intended
award.
I
just
want
to
clarify
process
wise,
make
sure
I
understand
if,
if
a
notice
of
intended
award
is
issued
by
staff,
does
that
still
then
require
Council
approval?
D
P
P
That
would
then
be
brought
forward
to
council,
with
a
staff
recommendation
for
Council
approval,
and
so
in
that
package
are
things
like
the
the
site-specific
sequa
analysis,
the
lease
terms,
because
the
city
is
the
the
owner
of
the
property
in
which
this
this
electronic
signage
would
be
installed,
and
you
know
any
other
conditions
that
go
along
with
what
was
outlined
in
the
the
request
for
proposals
solicitation.
So
all
of
that
is
packaged
up
together
and
then
it's
brought
forward
to
Council
in
a
staff
recommendation
for
the
council
to
to
vote
on
got.
D
S
D
D
So
forth,
I
see
after
the
10-day
protest
period.
Correct,
okay
got
it.
That
makes
more
sense.
I
misunderstood
what
you
said
a
moment
ago:
okay
and
then
there
was
a
question
that
came
up
during
public
comment.
That
I
also
was
curious
about
which
was
the
sequencing
of
the
site-specific
SQL
review.
Is
there
a
reason
that
we're
sequencing
it
this
way,
since
we
have
a
at
least
for
the
select
site,
it's
a
very
finite
list.
Is
it?
Is
it
just
a
cost
or
efficiency
decision
here?
Why?
Why
would
we?
P
So
there
was
a
program
level
SQL
review
that
was
cleared
for
all
17
sites
and
22
signs
that
are
included
in
policy
6-4.
That
was
amended
and
approved
by
Council
back
in
2018..
So
there
was
a
an
overall
sequel
review
that
was
done
of
the
the
cumulative
effect
of
those
of
the
sites
being
in
the
policy
and
now,
but
we
didn't
go
out
for
an
RFP
on
all
17
of
those
sites.
D
D
D
And
sorry
for
the
the
basic
questions
that
was
just
before
my
time,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
it,
and
then
at
that
time
did
we
have
I'm
curious
about
Roi
here,
just
because,
obviously
it's
taking
a
lot
of
Staff
time
and
there's
kind
of
I
think
mixed
feelings
in
the
community.
What
what
was
the
do?
We
have
Revenue
estimates
on
the
the
value
of
this
for
the
city.
P
D
D
P
There
were
a
few
proposals
at
Committee
in
2018,
where
we
had
some
general
estimates
of
what
similar
kind
of
districts
such
as
the
one
that
was
the
I,
would
say
the
the
base
for
this
proposal,
which
was
in
Denver
the
Denver
Theater
District,
and
so
we
had
some
numbers
that
we
had
presented
to
Committee
of
what
they
had
generated
in
revenue,
and
we
have
some
proposals
that
have
those
numbers
in
them
that
I
could
certainly
forward
to
the
council
office.
If,
if
you're
interested
in
that.
D
P
D
Were
oh
that's
right,
so
it
was
narrowed
down
from
there
had
been
20
proposals
received,
but
there
are
just
three
that
are
still
possibilities:
correct,
I,
see,
okay,
got
it
and
then
finally
last
question
just
to
try
to
wrap
my
head
around
all
this.
Given
how
long
this
has
taken,
and
obviously
we
had
a
global
pandemic.
But
would
there
be
a
logic
to
trying
to?
D
Maybe
this
is
just
water
under
the
bridge
now,
but
to
try
to
just
move
forward
one
two
or
three
quickly
and
see
how
it
goes
and
understand
how
how
the
revenue
generation
works
and
the
impact
on
the
on
the
community
I
mean.
Is
there
it
feels
like
we're
going
pretty
broad
with
something
that
we
still
a
lot
of
questions
about.
D
T
Thank
you
chair.
You
know.
I
I
want
to
first
of
all
to
extend
my
gratitude
to
to
the
staff,
but
also
to
council
member
Perales,
because
I
know
that
he's
been
working
on
this
for
I.
Don't
know
how
many
years
at
this
point,
but
it's
been
a
while
and
I
just
I
I
had
one
basic
question
and
the
notice
of
award
is
going
to
be
in
December
and
you
know:
I
have
a
concern,
maybe
like
councilman
Morales.
T
We
won't
be
here
and
I
always
have
a
concern
about
situations
getting
delayed
for
one
reason
or
another.
Is
there
any
way
to
to
up
that
deadline
for
the
notice
of
awards
like
say
November,
just
to
give
us
some
cushion
so
that
councilmember,
prowess
and
I
could
see
this
all
the
way
through,
at
least
this
part
portion
of
it.
P
So,
council,
member
Carrasco,
this
blog,
is
the
law
we
certainly
can.
We
could
certainly
issue
the
notice
of
intended
award
sooner
I
think
I'm,
not
sure
how
soon
we
would.
We
would
just
confer
on
staff,
but
we
could
do
that,
but
the
the
thing
that
will
take
us
a
long
time
that
definitely
won't
get
to
council
before
the
end
of
the
year
will
be
the
site
specific
sequa.
That
will
need
to
be
done,
so
it's
likely
very
likely
that
we
could
issue
the
notice
of
intended
award
before
December
yeah.
T
And
so
I
I
know
that
I
won't
be
here
for
that,
but
but
again,
I
always
get
a
little
nervous
when
I
push
things
all
the
way
to
the
end
in
in
December's.
Our
our
end,
at
least
not
your
end
or
you
know
everyone
else,
that's
going
to
be
here,
which
is
wonderful,
because
you'll
keep
moving
this
forward.
I
just
was
hoping
to
be
able
to
at
least
see
that
much
all
the
way
through
so
is
there.
Would
that
be
much
of
a
stretch
if
we
moved
it
to
November
so.
L
Councilman
mccraska,
this
is
Rosalind
Huey
I
just
again
want
to
point
out
staff
will
work
hard
right
to
issue
that
notice
of
attended
award
next
month
or
in
December,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
this
committee
understands
that.
That
decision
does
not
come
back
to
the
full
Council
for
any
type
of
action.
Again,
we
will
do
our
best
to
get
the
the
work
done
and
and
to
issue
that
award,
but
it
won't
be
coming
back
to
council
this
calendar
year
for
any
type
of
action
right.
T
Got
it?
Thank
you
so
much
well.
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
the
work
that
you've
been
doing
this
one.
Is
it
it
it?
It's
been
complicated
to
say
the
least
for
many
different
reasons
and
I
appreciate
all
of
your
work
again.
I
want
to
extend
my
gratitude
also
to
council
member
Morales,
because
I
know
that
he's
been
very
involved
in
in
in
pushing
this
forward.
O
Thank
you
so
I
do
think
it
is
worthwhile
to
have
a
conversation
with
the
full
Council
and
and
maybe
in
that
time,
to
to
double
check
both
myself
and
and
then
maybe
on
stats
and
I'm.
Getting
my
ear
bent
on
recommendations
that
people
believe
were
included
like
excuse
me
tree
replacement
or
focusing
on
certain
impact
of
communities.
T
O
L
L
I
am
quite
certain
that
we
are
not
ready
to
bring
that
change
to
council
by
the
end
of
this
calendar
year.
We
have
planned
to
do
that
in
alignment
with
bringing
the
recommendations
on
the
rfps
next
year.
So
I'm,
looking
at
some
of
planning
staff
in
the
audience
but
I
am
I,
am
certain
that
we
would
not
be
able
to
bring
that
change
to
6-4
by
the
end
of
this
calendar
year.
L
O
And
in
case
it
didn't
come
out
right,
that's
what
I
intended
so
yeah
yeah,
no,
no
I
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
trying
to
to
get
the
policy
changed
before
what
I'm
thinking
is
that
I'm
thinking
that
there
either
was
something
missed
in
the
most
Ocean
or
you
know,
I'm
I'm,
remembering
it
incorrectly
or
whatever
it
may
be,
but
I
do
believe
there
is
an
interest.
I
know
for
me
personally
and
I
believe
from
my
colleagues,
some
of
my
colleagues
to
have
other
components
included
in
that
update.
O
Besides
just
the
The
increased
takedown
ratio
like
the
tree
replacement,
like
potentially
you
know,
a
mandate
to
use
San
Jose
clean
energy
like
potentially
a
requirement
on
the
particular
blighted,
neighborhoods
or
impacted
neighborhoods.
If
that
wasn't-
and
it
sounds
like
from
your
understanding
that
was
not
included
in
the
motion,
then
that's
what
I
want
an
opportunity
to
do
is
to
to
before
staff
goes
and
does
it.
You
know
work
to
know
the
full
body
works.
So
so
that's
what
it
would
be
for
yeah
to
add
more
work
to
your
to
your
list.
That's
what.
K
and
it
it
included
in
the
motion.
I'll
skip
that
whole
paragraph
about
the
plan
for
the
two
Billboards,
because
I
think
we're
on
we're
good
with
moving
forward,
but
included
in
the
motion
that
Council
approved
was
also
including
the
following
approved,
requests
and
directions
to
staff.
Colon
12
signs
16
faces
to
be
taken
down.
K
K
The
Billboards
are
to
use
renewable
San,
Jose,
clean
energy
and
the
revenue
will
be
used
towards
reaching
the
airport's
goal
of
100
renewed
renewable
energy,
and
then
it
talks
about
adequate
tree.
Canopies
such
as
in
District,
5
and
district
7
will
also
include
a
three-year
maintenance
requirement
for
those
trees,
and
then
it
talks
about
the
revamp
of
policy
6-4,
and
so
that
was
included
in
the
motion
and
that
is
staff's
understanding.
Correct
Roselyn.
L
Those
first
three
items
pertain
to
the
two
clear
channels
signs
at
the
airport,
so
those
were
specific
things
that
those
two
signs
had
to
include
in
their
projects.
Item
four,
your
correct:
directing
staff
to
change
policy,
six,
four
to
change
the
takedown
ratio;
and
that's
that's
what
we've
been
talking
about
this
afternoon,
but
those
first
three
items.
Those
were
specifically
for
the
two
signs
at
the
airport
right.
K
And
then
it's
staff's
understanding
about
the
trees
and
that
that's
coming
prioritized
in
San
Jose
neighborhoods
that
don't
have
adequate
tree
canopies,
especially
District
Five
and
District
Seven,
and
includes
the
maintenance
for
those
trees.
Is
that
correct
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
clear
understanding
that
was
my
clear
understanding
in
what
passed
earlier.
Yeah.
L
K
Great,
thank
you.
I
just
I
just
wanted
to
be
clear,
because
that
was
my
understanding
and
I
believe
that
there
was
a
follow-up
sent
to
our
offices.
There
was
an
saying
that
that
was,
you
know
that
they
had
agreed
to
our
terms
and
that
the
tree
replacement
and
maintenance
would
be
moving
forward
attached
to
and
as
as
well
as
the
takedowns
attached
to
the
two
Billboards
and
so
I
just
I
had
a
question
for
councilman
Perales.
So
what
would
be
coming
back
To
Us
by
the
end
of
the
year?
O
One
was
specific
to
the
two
airport
Billboards
and
then
we
did
not
include
those
recommendations
to
the
six
6-4
policy
update,
and
so
that's
where
I
I
had
misunderstood
so
I
I
believe
then
we
have
it
ironed
out,
but
I
I
do
believe
the
recommendations
that
we
provided
for
those
two
Billboards
at
the
airport
are
worthwhile
discussions,
as
staff
is
updating
the
final
doing
the
final
update
of
6-4.
So
you
know
that's
the
conversation
that
I'd
like
to
have
so.
K
Okay,
I
guess
what
I
just
want
to
make
sure
is
that
we
had
required.
We
had
voted
to
approve
the
two
Billboards
and
attached
to
that
were
some
conditions
that
we
set
as
a
council
and
the
as
this
moves
forward,
that
we
remember
that
those
conditions
will
be
met
and
we
expect
those
conditions
to
be
met,
I,
so
I'm
willing
to
support
the
motion.
As
long
as
hello,
oh
I
can
see
why
chair
Foley's,
getting
distracted.
K
O
B
D
C
D
B
Hi,
thank
you
great
that,
and
that
concludes
our.
The
organized
portion
of
our
meeting
I'll
now
can
move
over
to
open
Forum.
If
anyone
has
any
items
they
wish
to
discuss
that
we
have
not
discussed
already
feet.
Now
is
your
time
to
do
so.
You'll
have
two
minutes:
do
you
have
anyone
with
their
hands
raised?
Yes,
Blair,
Beekman,
okay,.
H
Hi
Claire
Beekman,
thanks
for
the
meeting
today,
I
think
you're
going
to
be
in
for
a
heck
of
a
fight.
If
you
try
to
put
those
electronic
surveillance
and
data
collection
Billboards
into
the
downtown
area,
good
luck:
how
to
talk
about
this
issue
in
the
future
and
what
can
be
open
public
policies
with
data
collection
that
has
to
be
added
to
the
list
of
important
items
in
the
future
of
this
subject?
H
How
we
do
that
good
luck,
I
I'm,
trying
to
learn
how
to
do
that
to
go
on
to
regular
public
comment.
It's
my
hope
that
you
know
my
feelings
about
how
Health
and
Human
Services
and
racial
Equity
here.
How
we're
trying
to
learn
that
in
this
country,
I
think
can
be
of
so
much
help
to
the
Ukraine
area
at
this
time
and
and
actually
be
a
really
awesome
negotiation
tool
in
how
to
develop
peace
for
the
future
of
the
region.
H
I
think
we
have
to
you
know
as
we're
talking
about
the
issues
of
the
Ukraine
at
this
time.
I
hope
we
can
really
learn
to
openly
speak
of
what
is
the
initial
concepts
of
what
they're
negotiating
that
the
future
of
Russia
and
Ukraine
or
the
Ukraine
area
can
be
divided
into
two
states
basically,
and
that
the
Eastern
portion
can
be
under
Russian
control
and
they
can
have
more
control
of
the
Black
Sea
area.
H
We
don't
talk
about
these
things
in
the
media,
and
my
concern
is
that
those
are
the
stakes
and
this
negotiation
process.
Are
we
going
to
be
fighting
for
the
next
two
years
to
Simply
Be,
At
This
same
negotiation
point
in
two
years
from
now,
and
if
that's
the
case,
can
we
start
I?
Think
it's
smarter
to
start
a
negotiation
process.
Now
that
will
allow
for
Russia
to
have
this
Black
Sea
port
area
that
they
they
only
had
a
sliver
in
the
past
and
with
a
Crimea
extension
they've,
been
able
to
extend
that
larger.
H
I
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
okay,
thank
you
also
from
the
Horseshoe.
Thank
you
Blair
for
the
comments
with
respect
to
the
privacy
issues
and
the
data
collection
that
is
happening
in
our
city.
What
we're
doing
is
we're
producing
an
infrastructure
for
Citizens
that
aren't
even
citizens
of
the
city.
Yet
that's
what
we're
doing
as
a
city.
What
we're
doing
is
we're
setting
the
stage
for
literally
a
new
breed
of
human
being.