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City of San José, California
Neighborhood Services & Education Committee of June 9, 2022
Pre-meeting citizen input on Agenda via eComment at https://sanjose.granicusideas.com/meetings.
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Typically,
we
begin
at
1
30,
but
for
unforeseen
reasons
we
needed
to
delay
the
beginning
of
our
meeting
to
2
o'clock
and
it
is
2
at
this
moment
and
thank
you
councilmember
jimenez,
for
joining
us.
We
are
waiting
for
one
additional
council
members
so
that
we
can
make
quorum
and
begin
our
meetings.
You
have
quorum
now,
councilmember.
B
Oh
okay,
I
don't
see
that
but
okay,
thank
you
so
much
all
righty
well
welcome
to
our
neighborhood
services
and
education
committee.
Today
is
july
june,
9th
I'm
already
in
summer.
If
today
is
june,
9th
your
chair,
so
council
member
sylvia
arenas
and
we
are
going
to
begin
with
the
kind
of
the
roll
call.
Please.
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B
Wonderful
and
then
for
folks
at
home,
you
can
join
us
either
through
cables,
channel
26
or
through
our
youtube
channel.
If
you
plug
in
city
of
san
jose
youtube
channel,
and
you
can
also
join
us
by
phone
at
triple
eight
four,
seven,
five,
four,
four:
nine
nine
and
click
the
star
sign
and
nine
to
raise
a
hand
and
speak
all
right.
B
So
we
are
going
to
move
forward
right
through
pass
consent
and
pass
review
work
plan
to
item
reports
to
the
committee
and
I'm
being
told
that
we
will
lose
quorum
at
three
o'clock.
It
seems
like,
but
hopefully
another
of
our
council
colleagues
will
join
us
by
then
all
right,
we
will
begin
with
urban.
B
Actually
I
think
we
will
begin
with
an
item,
that's
last
on
our
agenda,
but
we
are
going
to
prioritize
because
we
have
our
youth
commissioners
on
the
line
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they
are
out
of
here
as
soon
as
they
can,
as
they
probably
have
graduations
and
things
of
that
sort
to
attend
to.
So
this
is
item
four
under
the
youth
commission
report
and
we're
gonna
hear
a
verbal
report
from
our
youth
commissioners
on
their
accomplishments
for
the
fiscal
year
we're
just
standing
go
ahead.
F
Youth
commission
report,
nicole
huang,
chair
of
the
youth
commission,
representing
district
three
commissioner
ananya
sriram,
representing
district
7
and
commissioner
andrew
liu,
representing
district
5.
library
staff
led
by
senior
librarian
of
youth
services.
Lizzie
nolan
will
be
available
for
questions
during
the
presentation.
Nicole,
it's
all
yours.
D
Thank
you
miss
or
not
good
afternoon,
everyone,
as
michelle
stated,
my
name
is
nicole
b
wang
and
this
year
I'm
the
chairperson
of
the
san
jose
youth
commission,
the
city's
official
advisory
board
that
represents
youth.
Our
co-presenters
today
will
be
district,
seven
commissioners
rahman,
of
course,
district
five,
commissioner
zoo
next
slide.
Please.
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D
One
of
the
commission's
largest
projects
is
the
district
3
annual
survey
this
year,
chair,
huang's
d3
yak
partnered,
with
the
library
department's
annual
teen
hq
survey
and
collected
over
1
000
responses.
Next
slide,
please,
we
also
underwent
a
rebranding
process
with
a
new
logo,
rebranded
merchandise
and
social
media.
Our
newsletter
has
turned
into
a
blog
and
is
now
on
the
san
jose
public
library's
website.
I
will
now
hand
it
off
to
commissioner
liu
for
the
next
slide
for
our
focus.
H
D
Equity,
all
commission
general
meetings
now
have
a
land
acknowledgement.
We've
created
multiple
policy
mirandas
under
new
miranda
format,
posted
multiple
presentations,
acted
as
the
representatives
of
our
community
and
hosted
community
initiatives.
Next
slide,
please,
on
awareness,
we've
created
a
budget
letter
based
on
our
annual
budget
summit.
The
commission
adopted
a
strategic
recruitment
plan
with
library
staff
for
our
upcoming
fiscal
year
and
we've
hosted
various
events
geared
towards
awareness
next
slide.
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B
Wonderful,
lastly,
before
we
move
on
from
this
item,
I
just
want
to
thank
all
of
our
youth
commissioners
for
your
commitment
to
our
city,
as
well
as
all
of
the
time
that
you
have
lent
away
from
your
family
and
and
other
special
projects
to
give
back
to
our
city.
It
is
always
such
a
treat
for
me
to
see
the
input
and
the
perspectives
of
our
youth.
B
I'm
really
excited
about
some
of
the
changes
that
you're
making
and
as
you're
making
them
bring
them
back
to
our
neighborhood
services
and
education
committee,
so
that
we
can
really
work
on
policy
together
in
a
very
meaningful
way,
and
I
know
that
many
of
you
are
looking
for
a
system
changes
and
it's
very
loud
and
clear
to
us
that
we
also
want
to
do
the
same.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
all
the
work
that
you've
done.
I
see
that
a
colleague
of
mine
has
their
hand
up
go
ahead.
F
B
Seven:
oh
no
well
yeah,
seven,
wonderful
members
of
our
youth
mission
that
are
now
moving
on
and
spreading
that
joy
that
they
and
all
the
insight
that
they
learned
by
serving
in
our
city.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
service.
I
I
probably
took
my
notes
wrong.
So
thank
you
so
much
and
and
congratulations
and
commissioner
lou
and
hong
and
nolan-
thank
you
all
for
for
being
here
today
making
the
time
to
report
back
to
us
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
you.
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H
All
right,
thank
you,
city,
council
members,
I'm
jackie
morales-friend,
I'm
the
director
of
housing,
I'm
joined
today
by
emily
hislop,
and
I
hope
I
didn't
mispronounce
your
name
emily.
She
has
just
recently
recently
been
hired
to
lead
our
rent,
stabilization
programs
and
so
she's
going
to
be
giving
that
part
of
the
report.
H
We
are
continuing
to
work
on
anti-displacement
and
neighborhood
tenant
preferences,
the
copa
program
and
then,
of
course,
your
direction
from
the
city
council
to
have
an
unrepresented
to
look
at
unrepresented
communities
on
our
commissions,
which
include
includes
lived
experience,
and
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
emily.
Right
now.
K
Thank
you,
council
committee
members,
and
so
I'm
going
to
start
out
just
giving
an
update
on
the
state
rental
assistance
program.
As
of
may
29th,
there
were
12
492,
completed
applications
from
city
of
san
jose
households,
totaling
187.3
million
dollars
in
rent
requested,
and
so
far
107.7
million
dollars
has
been
paid
on
behalf
of
9394
households,
you
most
of
the
time
paid
directly
to
the
landlord,
and
we
want
to
point
out
that
89
million
of
this,
like
83
percent
of
it,
has
gone
to
very
low
income
and
extremely
low
income
households.
K
K
K
I'll
just
quickly
note,
before
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
that
in
our
eviction,
help
centers,
we've
assisted
1600
households
of
this
12
000
number
at
least
assisting
them
all
the
way
through
the
application
process,
and
I
believe,
65
or
more
were
spanish-speaking
and
a
large
75
percent
or
more
were
from
extremely
low
income
households.
So
that
was
our
city's
contribution
to
this
statistics.
You
see
here
next
slide.
K
But
this
legislation
also
extended
through
june
30th,
a
statewide
preemption
of
local
laws
that
would
address
coven
19
rental
debt,
which
meant
that
local
jurisdictions
are
preempted
from
applying
new
or
additional
local
protections
against
eviction
for
non-payment
of
rent.
If
the
rent
accrued
between
march
1st
2022,
I
think
that
should
be
actually
2020
and
yes,
oh,
can
you
go
back
one
slide?
I
just
had
a
couple
notes
about
the
end
of
those
protections.
K
Just
to
note,
as
of
june
4th,
the
state
had
about
2
300
applications
left
for
san
jose
residents
in
process,
and
we
anticipate
them
getting
through
most
of
those
by
june
30th,
and
there
is
a
process
that
works
very
well
to
expedite
attendance
application
if
they
receive
a
notice
to
pay
or
if
they
receive
an
unlawful
detainer
lawsuit.
The
state
has
been
very
responsive
at
expediting
those
and
getting
them
processed
within
a
couple
days.
Okay
next
slide.
K
So,
in
response
to
the
when
we
thought
the
protections
were
ending
in
march
31st,
we
worked
quickly
quickly
with
the
county
and
sacred
heart
and
other
community
partners
to
develop
a
temporary
targeted
program
where
we
could
intervene
in
evictions
of
tenants
who
have
state
rent
relief
applications
pending
we're
calling
it
the
eviction,
diversion
and
settlement
program-
and
this
is
utilizing
some
leftover
era-
one
money
from
the
first
trump
rental
assistance.
We
received
that
initially
funded
the
local
program,
so
this
is
program
is
jointly
administered
by
the
city
and
county.
K
The
other
partners
are
sacred
heart
community
services,
destination,
home
and
project
sentinel
court
mediation
program.
This
program
is
only
for
tenants
who
have
a
pending
eviction
court
case,
an
unlawful
detainer
and
who
submitted
a
state
application
prior
to
april
1st
of
this
year,
and
that
that
application
has
not
been
approved.
We
are
able
to
work
with
the
tenant
and
the
landlord
have
a
court
settlement
worked
out.
We
pull
the
application,
we
can
cover
the
arrearage,
and
the
great
thing
is
that
we
are
still
only
for
this
program.
K
We
are
also
able
to
cure
some
april
may
and
june
rental
rearranges,
whereas
the
rent
relief
program
cut
off
at
march
31st.
So
this
has
been
very
successful.
We
are
have
are
in
court
two
to
three
days
a
week,
because
the
calendar
is
now
spilling
over
into
a
third
day
where
we,
our
staff,
identifies
possible
cases
and
works
with
landlord
attorneys
and
the
parties
and
the
day
of
court
volunteer
mediators,
it's
very
much
a
collaborative
process,
and
everyone
knows
each
other
landlord
attorneys
come
and
seek
us
out
the
courts.
K
K
K
So
we
established
this
clinic
at
the
superior
courthouse
on
june
1st.
Our
current
partners
are
the
court,
the
county,
the
court,
self-help
center,
sacred
heart
destination
home
and,
of
course,
the
project
sentinel
court
mediation
program,
mediators,
it's
open
to
both
tenants
and
landlords
who
are
involved
in
unlawful
detainer
court
actions.
K
We
have
an
mediation
referral
if
the
the
case
is
active
to
help
the
parties
try
to
work
out
a
settlement
without
going
to
trial
sacred
heart
is
there
to
screen
tenants
for
possible
rental
assistance
or
for
hps
when
they
have
an
active
case,
but
they
just
need
things
paid
or
need
help
moving
into
a
new
space.
All
this
is
to
help
resort,
resolve
the
court
action
and
avoid
judgment
and
work
towards
getting
people
in
stable
housing.
H
It
is,
and
again
I
just
wanted
to
thank
emily
for
her
work
on
getting
this
court
piece
set
up.
It
has
been
something
we've
been
trying
to
get
off
the
ground
for
years
and
it's
really
exciting
to
actually
have
the
courts
being
willing
to
participate
in
a
program
like
this.
So
we're
very
pleased
with
that.
H
The
last
part
of
the
presentation
is
really
going
to
focus
on
the
anti-displacement
piece
of
the
tenant
preferences,
so
we
are
in
the
process
of
trying
to
work
through
a
bill
through
the
state,
it's
6,
49,
and
actually,
I
think
it's
going
to
be
either
heard.
I
think
it's
being
heard
next
week
we've
been
working
on
getting
letters
of
support
to
get
this
moving.
H
So
we
are
continuing
to
work
with
our
partners
in
terms
of
meeting
with
them
to
continue
to
work
on
at
least
the
proposed
program,
so
that
we
can
get
running
in
early
fall
with
a
proposal
for
the
city
council
to
consider-
and
we
have
received
a
fellow
through
the
san
francisco
foundation
and
they'll-
be
helping
us
with
this
work.
As
we
continue
moving
forward.
H
And
then,
just
in
terms
of
now
implementing
your
direction,
which
is
to
include
a
lived
experience,
seat
on
our
housing
commission
and
an
alternative
seat,
we're
working
with
the
clerk
to
amend
our
commission
application
and
the
recruitment
the
position
will
be.
The
new
commissioner
gets
will
be
appointed
by
the
mayor
and
we're
working
on
trying
to
put
some
support
programs
into
place.
H
So
over
the
next
three
months,
you
can
see
our
activities,
which
is
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
in
the
courts.
One
thing
that
we
did
not
originally
requested
this
memo
go
forward
to
the
city
council
for
consideration
on
their
agenda.
However,
as
we're
reviewing
the
dates,
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
that
the
protections
that
we
had
are
expiring
again
the
end
of
this
month,
and
if
the
city
council
wanted
to
take
any
action,
it
would
be
important
to
have
something
on
the
agenda.
H
M
D
N
Okay,
I
was
just
wanted
to
comment
as
a
middle
class
to
a
lower
income
person
representing
my
community.
I
just
wanted
to
say
we
have
to
be
careful
for
be
very
careful
for
landlords
too,
to
not
take
to
not
be
taken
advantage
of
and
be
fair
as
well.
Some
landlords
work
their
whole
lives
to
own
a
property
and
start
something
great,
like
a
great
investment
that
should
be
able
to
be
passed
down
to
the
families
without,
like
you
know,
great
tax
hikes.
N
I
know
that's
separate
from
this,
but
forcing
hard-working
people
that
come
from
the
bottom
to
sacrifice
the
real
estate
investments.
It's
it's
not
fair,
so
I
just
think
that
renters
shouldn't
have
more
rights
than
the
landlords,
especially
the
ones
that
worked
their
whole
life
to
be
able
to
afford
that
real
estate.
That's
all
I
have.
O
Hi,
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
comment
as
far
as
an
anti-displacement
strategy.
I
hope
that
we
can
move
forward.
This
is
like
a
sort
of
a
philosophical
discussion,
but
I've
been
waiting
to
find
the
right
time
to
begin
the
conversation
that
I
think
we
need
to
have,
which
is
that,
for
example,
I
live
in
a
mobile
home
park,
and
now
I
have
the
privilege,
because
I
own
more
than
a
renter,
I
have
the
privilege,
embedded
within
state
law
to
protect
and
municipal
law
that
protects
me
from
being
displaced
without
compensation.
O
O
But
what
my
point
is
is
this
is
the
more
you
have
in
our
society,
the
more
protections
you
have
and
that's
a
fact,
I'm
at
a
point
in
my
life,
where
I
know
that
I
know
that
to
be
true.
So
what
I
want
to
discuss
and
start
discussing
is
that
land
that
we're
all
born
on
is
something
that
we
are
inherently.
O
You
know
we
have
an
inherent
right
to
occupy
to
live
on,
and
so
the
last
caller
talked
about
land
rover
rights
absolutely,
but
that
is,
for
example,
thomas
payne
would
say:
that's
you
know
a
human
man-made
function.
We
created
laws
that
protect
people,
because
we've
decided
that
we
can
title
land,
but
if
you're
born
to
parents
who
are
renters
and
to
grandparents
who
are
renters
and
then
you
are
a
renter,
where
is
the
justice
for
you
in
the
land
that
you
naturally
inherited?
O
G
Thank
you
and
I
had
a
question:
are
we
accepting
both
reports,
so
the
anti-displacement
report,
as
well
as
the
rent
stabilization
plan,
combined
or
no?
This
is
this-
is
just
items.
Okay,
all
right!
Thank
you.
So
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
and
apologize
for
being
late.
I
just
came
from
an
event,
so
I
had
a
question
about
the
legal
assistance,
so
project
sentinel.
How
is
that
working?
Is
that
a
roof
on
a
specific
referral
basis?
Can
you
explain
that
a
little
bit
more.
K
So
project
sentinel
provides
the
day
of
court
mediation
services.
Those
are
neutral.
We
do
have
relationships
with
law,
foundation
and
bay
area,
legal
aid
and
already
have
a
process
through
our
eviction
help
center
to
make
referrals
to
them.
When
we
have
people
come
in
with
unlawful
detainers,
maybe
some
give
me
a
context
of
because
we
have
referrals
in
in
different
places
in
the
eviction
process.
So
maybe,
if
you
can
be
more
specific.
G
So
and
I'll
tell
you
what
I'm
getting
at
is
is
I
I
would
like
to
see
a
little
bit
more
specifics
of
the
cases
that
we're
assisting
on
in
each
group,
it's
very
confusing,
and
so
I'm
trying
to
understand
it.
My
office
has
gotten
calls
and
we've
actually
made
referrals
to
the
law
foundation
and
I've.
So
this
is,
I
was
going
starting
with
the
project
sentinel
issue,
but
on
the
law
foundation
issue,
I've
heard
back
from
residents
that
they
haven't
been
able
to
get
through
the
phone
intake
is
only
in
the
morning.
G
So
if
you
work,
you
know
it's
difficult.
The
in-person
is
in
the
afternoons,
and
so
it's
very
confusing
in
terms
of
what
you
can
get
when
and
then
what
I'm
getting
at
too
is
the
number
of
cases
in
households.
However,
you
want
to
define
casework
how
how
much
of
a
caseload
each
of
the
legal
providers
is
taking
on
for
this
work.
G
K
G
They
just
don't
work
enough
enough
right
to
that
they're
dealing
with
arrears
and
all
sorts
of
stuff
and
so
the
the
making
it
accessible
to
folks
and
then
also
I'm
trying
to
understand,
because
I've
had
folks
that
we've
referred
to
the
law
foundation
that
the
law
foundation
has
kicked
back.
Like
so
they're
they're,
you
know
so
I'm
trying
to
understand
this
process
myself.
G
K
It
may
be
another
number,
it
doesn't
matter
if
they
call
one
or
the
other
they're
going
to
get
access
and
get
connected
to
resources.
We
are
trying
very
hard
to
get
away
from
saying
call
sacred
heart
call
law
foundation,
we're
like
okay.
What
is
your
issue?
We're
going
to
take
your
information
and
get
you
to
the
right
person?
Here's
places
where
you
can
go
that
might
fit
like
if
they
have
an
unlawful
detainer.
K
We
know
that
that's
urgent,
our
staff
is
trained
in
that
we
know
they
may
not
have
enough
time
to
wait
for
the
weekly
unlawful
detainer
clinic,
but
we
know
that
self-help
is
open
and
self-help
will
help
every
morning
at
the
court.
They
take
those
as
emergency
and
they
will
help
people
file
an
answer.
So
law
foundation
has,
as
many
legal
aid
organizations
have
had
some
serious
capacity
issues.
There's
just
a
hiring.
K
We
can
make
that
referral
to
law
foundation
when
they
need
the
legal
advice,
but
I
I
mean,
if
you
have
people
contacting
your
staff,
I
would
encourage
you
to
email
those
people
to
to
the
eviction,
help
or
email
us
with
that
tenant
contact
info.
So
we
can
reach
out
and
try
to
clear
up.
I
really
we
just
want
there
to
be
one
flyer,
the
right
now.
It's
a
three-step
flyer
and
that
they
call
the
if
they,
if
they
can't
call
until
the
evening
on
a
wednesday
somebody
will
pick
up
after
six.
K
K
G
K
G
Right,
yeah
and
we've
referred
people
to
the
phone
number
and
have
told
them
that
they'll
get
someone
back.
I
think
where
it
gets
confusing
is
when
folks
see
the
law
foundation
and
then
they
go
to
the
law
foundation
and
they're,
not
getting
the
same
level
of
service.
Frankly
and
then
you
know
so
I
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
if,
on
our
side
on
our
side
we're
already
using
this,
but
did
we-
we
have
the
flyers
that
we've
made,
that
has
the
bubbles
right.
G
K
K
Yeah
but
we're
receptive
to
this
input
and
we
work
with
the
county
and
other
partners
to
make
sure
we're
all
doing
the
same
thing
for
our
unlawful
detainer
clinic
flyer.
We
have
multiple
logos
on
there
and
that's
just
one
flyer
and
we
it's
only
been
just
recently
finalized
and
we
will
get
it
out
there
and
we
will
get
it
to
council
members
with
instructions
of
like
who
should
be
given.
G
B
Darn
it.
I
know
that
I
had
some
questions
that
have
already
been
answered,
but
one
that
I
was
thinking
about
as
the
presentation
was
happening
is
under
recommendation
for,
and
I
know
that
this
milestone
was
delayed
a
bit
because
of
the
loss
of
a
of
the
staff
person
moving
on
somewhere
else,
and
it
it
got
me
to
think
about
how.
B
How
do
we
ensure
that
the
the
contractors
or
the
agencies
that
we
contract
with
look
like
and
have
and
reflect
the
diversity
of
the
community
that
they
serve
as
well
as
our
own
staff?
How
do
we
ensure
our
own
staff
also
reflects
the
community
that
we
are
serving
not
only
with
maybe
a
path
experience
of
being
unhoused,
but
also
in
terms
of
the
diversity,
because
I
did
hear
loud
and
clear
that
there
is
a
lot
of
spanish
speakers
that
were
being
served.
K
K
K
K
So
she
is
there,
those
evenings
and
wouldn't
be
at
lunch,
and
if
she
were
out
sick
we'd
make
sure
somebody
else
covered
it,
but
we
haven't
had
a
need
for
that.
As
far
as
I'm
aware,
so
I
don't
know
if
the
language
I
believe
it
might
be
available
after
ours,
because
some
are
for
medical
facilities,
so
I
imagine
ers
might
contact
them.
B
Yeah,
I
I
would
imagine
that
it's
not
only
just
spanish,
but
vietnamese
is
probably
the
other
language
that
it
is
needed.
So
I'm
glad
to
that
there's
some
level
of
service
that's
being
rendered,
whether
it's
in
this
language
access
line
or
it's
through
the
staff
that
are
hired
so
that
takes
care
of
the
language.
How
about
that
experience
in
terms
of
of
un
lived
experience,
if
you
will?
What
is
that
something
that
we
prioritize
as
well.
K
When
I'm
hiring
staff,
I
one
of
the
things
I
look
for
is
compassion
for
the
community,
and
some
of
that
may
come
out
of
their
own
experience.
Our
staff
members
come
from
all
different
backgrounds.
Anecdotally,
there's
one
staff
member.
I
heard
more
than
one
occasion
instruct
somebody
how
to
apply
for
a
section
8
voucher
because
they
had
gone
through
that
experience
themselves.
K
H
B
K
B
H
Actually,
you
know
we
started
working
with
the
promotors
like
four
years
ago,
four
or
five
years
ago,
when
we
started
our
contracting
and
actually
have
you
know
they
have
been
key
in
a
lot
of
our
community
work
in
doing
outreach
and
when
we
did
the
anti-displacement
work
so
that
had
to
be
three
years
ago
four-year.
They
actually
helped
to
do
the
outreach.
They
did
some
of
the
arranging
and
facilitating
of
meetings.
O
B
I
was
just
thinking
about
that
yeah.
I
hear
you
loud
and
clear.
Let
the
folks
who
do
it
best,
do
it
and
continue
to
do
it
and
maybe
just
fund
it
and
expand
it.
That
is
actually
a
wonderful
thought,
a
lot
of
the
times.
You
know-
and
I
don't
know
the
experience
from
the
housing
department
and
those
contractors,
because
you
know
we're
we're
just
we
have
some
distance
between
us,
but
it
it
would
be
interesting
to
learn
how
many
of
them
have
a
promoters
format.
B
How
many
of
them
rely
that
way
how
effective
that
strategy
is
for
programming.
You
know
we
default
back
to
the
promoters
program,
because
we
know
that
our
community
that
is
very
difficult
to
reach
and
but
also
needs
to
to
be
reached
during
non-traditional
hours
and
with
a
specific
language
capacity.
B
I
know
we've
we've
talked
about
this
in
in
council
and
just
different
segments
of
the
department
of
housing
and
and
as
I
was
thinking
about
the
very
specific
program
that
you
have
for
for
those
folks
who
are
in
the
court
system,
who
meet
just
very,
very
specific
parameters
that
you'd
be
able
to
pull
those
folks
out,
possibly
from
some
of
the
promotora
programs,
but
obviously
you're
going
through
the
courts
as
well.
And
those
folks
who
are
in
the
court
system
will
find
themselves
hopefully
served
by
you.
B
But
then
those
who
don't
know
what
their
rights
are
may
never
find.
A
pathway
into
the
court
system
may
never
connect
with
the
department
of
housing
or
any
of
those
contracted
agencies
and
just
simply
leave
our
our
count,
our
city,
our
county
for
for
a
less
expensive
place,
because
they
just
really
never
had
anybody
to
to
connect
with
there
wasn't
a
system
that
touched
them
in
in
a
way
that
was
helpful
and
meaningful,
so
so
anyways.
B
I
continue
just
to
to
ask
those
questions,
because
I
know
that
we
haven't
seen
the
worst
of
it.
I
know
I
feel
like
it's
always
around
the
corner
and-
and
you
are
all
helping
us
stave
that
off,
but
we're
we're
we're
just
going
to
see
it
continue
to
see
it
in
the
schools
that
get
closed
anyways.
Thank
you
for
that
feedback.
I
appreciate
it.
Oh
sorry,.
H
The
three-day
demand
means
you
have
three
days
in
which
to
pay
that
rent
and
if
you're,
not,
then
the
the
landlord
can
take
you
to
court.
So
we
have
two
touch
points
there.
So
we
get
those
three
day
demands
where
we
follow
up
with
people,
and
we
follow
up
at
the
point
where
they're
getting
the
actual
eviction
notice,
and
so,
while
again
it
could
be
that
it's
coming
from
a
government
entity,
we're
saying
you
have
these
rights
and
emily
took
herself
off
the
mic.
K
And
I
want
to
say
we
go
so
far
as
we've
been
asking
people
permission
to
like
reach
out
to
them
again.
If
we
need
anything
and
we
have
their
phone
number
and
name,
we've
pulled
the
uds
that
got
filed.
We
looked
up
to
see
if
the
tenants
had
visited
us
at
some
point
and
in
this
past
month
we
found
six
where
people
we
had
contact
info
and
we
had
our
staff
reach
out
to
them.
So
we're
trying
to
use
every
opportunity
to
reach
people
and
not
wait
for
them
to
come
to
us.
B
B
I
B
D
B
D
F
Good
afternoon
committee-
and
this
presentation,
of
course,
jackie
and
emily,
are,
will
be
nearby
and
will
be
joining
us,
but
today
my
name
is
rachel
vanderveen,
I'm
deputy
director
of
the
housing
department
and
I
will
be
joined
today
by
noelle,
who
is
our
senior
analyst
with
the
rent
stabilization
program
and
we
will
be
making
the
presentation
to
you
and
emily
will
also
be
available
for
any
questions
that
might
come
up
next
slide.
Please.
F
F
F
Second,
we
want
to
further
fair
housing
and
ensure,
through
evaluation,
that
people
of
color
are
receiving
protections
from
our
program
in
equitable
ways.
Third,
we
want
to
provide.
We
want
to
build
positive
relationships
between
residents
and
property
owners,
and,
as
we
do
this
work,
we
want
to
be
thinking
about
how
we
can
preserve
mobile
homes
and
mobile
home
parks
and
provide
protections
and
continue
to
have
mobile
homes
serve
as
a
source
of
affordable
housing
in
our
community.
P
So
we'll
start
off
with
the
apartment
rent
ordinance,
which
provides
place,
which
places
limits
on
allowable
rent
increases
for
properties
that
are
covered
and
provides
the
ability
for
tenants
and
property
owners
to
file
petitions
with
the
program.
For
various
reasons,
there
is
a
need
to
understand
the
impact
of
the
aro
that
it
truly
has
on
the
rent
stabilized
community
in
comparison
to
that
of
market
rate
units.
P
And
regarding
the
tenant
protection
ordinance,
there
is
a
need
to
further
evaluate
the
compliance
with
the
various
aspects
of
the
tenant
protection
ordinance
and
its
intent
to
prevent
unjust
evictions
as
any
notice.
Determination
or
unlawful
detainer
requires
a
just
cause,
as
dictated
by
the
tenant
protection
ordinance.
P
P
And
so
the
department
has
selected
rsg
incorporated
as
the
consultant
for
this
project
through
a
competitive
request
for
proposals
process.
The
following
is
the
timeline
that
was
proposed
by
rsg
towards
the
development
of
the
strategic
plan
and
so
over.
The
course
of
the
next
year,
they'll
be
conducting
analysis,
review
outreach
to
our
stakeholders
and
commun
and
our
community
in
order
to
essentially
develop
a
a
strong
strategic
plan
for
that
the
program
can
implement.
D
N
I
was
kind
of
like
relates
to
what
I
was
saying
before:
protecting
latino
and
people
of
color
that
have
worked
hard
from
the
bottom
to
earn
some
wealth.
The
american
dream
is
so
hard
to
achieve
by
this
real
estate
power
grab.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
destroy
the
the
people
that
the
renters
don't
destroy
their
properties
too,
and
allow
pests
to
nest
such
as
bugs
landlords.
That
start
us
from
the
from
the
bottom
shouldn't
have
to
submit
to
one-sided
renter
protection.
We
have
to
make
sure
it's
fair
on
both
sides.
N
I
understand
renters
interesting
protection,
but
there's
a
lot
of
landlords
that
started
from
nothing
that
are
having
to
sell
their
homes
because
they
can't
even
afford
to
keep
them
anymore
to
rent
it's
kind
of
ruining
dreams
and
they
want
to
pass
these
homes
to
their
children,
it's
harder
and
harder
to
do.
We
have
to
give
them
back
to
the
bank,
and
it's
just
not
fair.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
protect
us
latinos
and
people
of
color,
which
I'm
a
mixture
of
both
as
well.
So
I
have
to
speak.
N
O
Jill
borders
hi-
thank
you.
I
just
want
to
chime
in
here,
because
I'm
a
beneficiary
of
the
program
that
rent
stabilization
in
mobile
home
parks
and
so
every
single
year.
We
are,
I
feel
so
blessed
that
we
are
able
to
have
our
mortgage,
so
we
pay
our
mortgage
and
then
every
single
year
our
rent
goes
up
three
percent.
O
O
No
one
is
allowed
to
buy
a
mobile
home
park,
mobile
home
and
rent
it
out
you
either.
You
are
if
you
live
here,
you're
on
the
title
and
what
that
does
is
also
create
an
entire
neighborhood
of
people
who
are
paying
their
mortgage
and
paying
their
space
rent
and
we're
all
in
this
together,
and
I
just
think
that
I
wish
somebody
would
study
our
park
and
and
see
how
decades
and
decades
long
people
have
been
here.
It's
an
amazing
study
in
what
works.
So
thank
you.
I
hope
someone
will
study
it
thanks.
G
Thank
you.
I
I
wanted
to
ask
about
a
couple
of
things,
so
I
I'm
I've
been
a
beneficiary
of
the
department
rent
ordinance.
In
fact,
when
I
got
elected
I
was
I
lived
in
an
aro
unit,
and
and
so
I'm
I'm
aware
of
the
protections
and
the
amount
of
stability.
This
gives
a
lot
of
families
and,
and
it's
been
interesting,
living
through
covid.
I
mean
this
kind
of
relates
to
the
last
item.
A
little
bit
is
during
covid,
the
higher
rent
apartments
actually
have
lowered
rents.
G
It's
apartments
in
places
like
district,
seven
district,
five
parts
of
district,
three
that
have
seen
increases
before
the
moratorium
and
then
or
the
moratorium
right,
all
the
different
ones,
and
then,
once
those
end,
it's
it's
the
working
class
apartments
that
are
going
up,
and
I
just
want
to
correct
something.
The
vast
majority
of
units
that
are
owned
in
san
jose
are
owned
by
out-of-town
corporations
and
I'll
spare
a
lecture
on
who
owns
what.
G
F
Sure
I
can
respond
to
that.
This
is
rachel,
so
this
study
is
going
to
be
focusing
on
well.
Actually,
we
have
an
opportunity
to
broaden
this
study
because,
with
the
the
questions
that
are
going
to
be
asked
about,
the
study
are
are
really
looking
at
residents
of
san
jose
right.
So
so
our
ordinances
provide
protections
to
different
groups.
F
Our
apartment,
rent
ordinance,
provides
protections
to
people
living
in
triplexes
or
larger
that
were
built
before
1979,
and
then
our
tenant
protection
ordinance
provides
protections
to
triplex's
or
larger
no
matter
when
they
were
built,
and
I
think
that
what
we
want
to
do
in
this
study
is
see.
Are
there
gaps,
other
gaps
and
who's
being
protected?
G
Okay:
okay,
that's
also
what
I
wanted
to
to
double
check,
so
we're
going
to
look
at
all
housing
stock
and
then,
as
that's
pulled
up
or
are
we
going
to
be
able
to
review
it,
for
example,
because
again
I
I
have
seen
this
during
covet.
You
know
you
know
as
a
renter
during
covid,
seeing
all
the
interesting
things
going
on
on
the
higher
end
departments.
G
They
were
cutting
rents,
doing
incentives
for
people
to
rent,
but
on
the
lower
income
side
there
were
folks
under
a
tremendous
amount
of
pressure
and
folks
that
were
getting
evicted.
Even
though
we
had
eviction
protections,
and
so
are
we
going
to
be
able
to
look
at
income
and
geography
and
the
size
of
the
units
and
and
one
of
the
things
I'm
really
interested
in
rachel
is
also
on
the
housing
developments.
G
If
the
city
has
an
investment,
if
we've
used
a
bond
in
some
of
these
developments,
can
we
identify
that
in
this
study,
because
that
would
be
helpful
information
for
us
to
then
review
that
and
see
what
additional
options
and
processes
we
might
have
as
a
city
as
we
extend
bonds
moving
forward?
I
think
that's
a
really
important
consideration
that
we
have
and
we
only
have
a
sort
of
a
once
in
a
lifetime
of
the
bond
chance
to
do
that,
and
so
I'd
be
interested
in
in
knowing
that
as
well.
H
G
That
would
be
really
really
great.
Okay.
That
would
be
helpful.
Do
you
need
direction
from
us,
or
can
you
just
include
it
in
the
study?
We'll
just
include
it:
okay,
okay,
that
would
be
really
really
helpful
because,
as
you
know,
jackie
I'm
I'm
eager
to
to
take
additional,
very
thoughtful
steps,
moving
forward
on
opportunities
that
we
might
have
as
a
city,
okay
and
and
I'm
happy
to
move,
to
accept
the
report.
I
B
We
know
that
council
member
sponsor
was
describing
some
of
the
trends
that
she's
noticed
on
higher
end
apartments
and
the
lower
end
apartments
and
the
rent
and
what
was
happening
with
the
rent.
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
folks
who
may
own
their
homes
outright
and
are
just
renting
them
or
selling
them.
As
we've
seen
the
market
continues,
you
know
to
be
relatively
a
hot
market.
Although
it's
been
slowed
down
since
the
interest
rates
went
up.
F
This
is
rachel
we,
we
could
definitely
look
at
it
and
we
don't
have
information.
I
don't
have
information
to
date
on
this
question,
but
it
is
an
interesting
question.
Just
even
this
past
week
got
a
call
from
another
jurisdiction
who
is
who
is
looking
into
this
same
issue,
so
I
think
it's
something
that
has
been
trending
across
the
country
I
think.
What's
we
will
definitely
have
to
look
into
it
and
I
want
to
provide
you
with
a
data
driven
answer
I
just
from
my
gut.
F
I
I'd
be
interested
to
see
just
because
the
home
prices
are
so
high
here
in
san
jose.
So
like
the
the
latest
median
income
price
to
purchase
a
home
is
1.7
million,
so
I
just
have
like
a
little
hunch
that
it
may
be
more
difficult
to
actually
purchase
multiple
single
family
homes
here
in
san
jose
with
that
model,
whereas
maybe
in
other
parts
of
the
country
it
would
be
more
profitable.
But
again,
that's
it's
a
good
question
and
we
can.
B
Yeah
well,
thank
you.
I
I
hope
that
we
can
figure
that
piece
out
and
get
ahead
of
it
as
well.
The
the
other
piece
of
this
is:
will
we
look
at
the
not
it's
naturally
occurring,
because
we
families
do
this
to
survive
in
this
valley,
but
the
the
the
tripling
up
doubling
up
of
families
in
single
family
homes
and
utilizing
those
as
kind
of
a
multiplex
versus
a
single
family
home?
F
O
B
F
Right
so
I
guess
what
I
would
just
say
is
that
we'll
be
looking
we'll
be
looking
at
data
across
the
city
where
anyone
lives
and
we'll
be
including
that
in
our
analysis,
I
don't
know
that
I
can
promise
you
today
that
we'll
have
information
specifically
about
garage
conversions.
Just
because
that's
not
necessarily
like
the
focus
of
this
study,
but
we
will,
but
because
they
are
our
residents,
they
will
be
considered.
B
Sure
I
just
think
that
they're,
of
course,
a
market
that
we
don't
typically
talk
about-
that
I
think,
needs
to
have
the
attention
and
support
that
they
also
need
to
come
into
code
compliance
in
some
parts
of
of
san
jose
versus
you
know
putting
a
lot
of
attention
on
adus,
where
we
know
that
it
has
to
be
upper
middle
class
or
folks
who
have
either
equity
or
money
in
the
bank
to
add
that
kind
of
opportunity
for
a
rental,
anyways.
Okay.
So
let's
do
roll
call.
B
D
C
All
right,
thank
you,
council,
member,
nicole
burnham
deputy
director
prns.
Back
again,
I
think
I've
worked
out
the
kinks
at
least
I
hope
so.
I
now
have
steve
borgenhagen,
which
is
a
very
important
part
of
this
presentation,
so
he
should
still
be
here.
Yes
there
he
is
okay,
excellent,
so
the
first
two
important
things
are
done.
Let's
see
if
I
can
screen
share
now,
and
I
apologize
for
my
chaos
a
little
earlier
all
right,
so
you
should
be
seeing
a
presentation
which
I'll
put
into
slide
mode
so
you're
seeing
presentation.
C
Yes,
yes,
we're
seeing
that
presentation
all
right!
Thank
you
just
wanted
to
confirm
so
well,
I've
been
doing
these
quarterly
updates
for
a
while.
Usually
I
just
come
in
and
kind
of
give
you
they've
been
pretty
perfunctory,
because
we've
been
working
through
project
details
and
I
just
sort
of
kind
of
tell
you
where
we
are
today
with
me.
I
have
steve
borkenhagen
the
executive
director
of
the
light
tower
corporation
there's
actually
been
a
lot
of
movement
in
this
project
in
the
last
quarter.
C
L
And
then
we'll
come
back
to
the
other
ones,
but
the
the
summary
of
what
we've
decided
to
do
is
that,
after
a
lot
of
study
of
arena
green-
and
I
did
send
an
email
to
all
of
you-
both
city
staff
and
council
members.
So
thanks
for
the
time
today
explaining
this,
that
we
have
decided
to
pause
working
at
arena
green
due
to
lots
of
different
challenges,
and
we
want
to
carefully
study
the
possibility
of
placing
breeze
at
plaza
de
cesar
chavez,
which
going
back
to
the
beginning
of
our
project.
L
We
actually
thought
was
the
best
site
for
our
project
when
we
did
a
site
study
a
few
years
ago,
which
you
at
council
approved,
the
site
study
came
up
with
arena
green
as
the
top
site,
but
that
site
study
might
have
underestimated
some
of
the
negatives
or
challenges
of
arena
green,
particularly
as
related
to
the
river
in
the
creek
and
the
riparian
corridor.
So
we're
actually
excited
to
do
this
study
of
plaza
de
cesar
chavez.
We
are
not
abandoning
arena
green,
we're,
simply
pausing
to
do
this
additional
study.
L
There's
nothing
else
that
points
to
or
honors
cesar
chavez
who,
as
we
all
know,
was
one
of
the
most
important
leaders
of
the
civil
rights
movement
of
the
last
100
years
and
lived
in
san
jose
for
for
a
long
time.
So
we
think
that
the
combination
of
breeds
of
innovation
and
various
elements
yet
to
be
designed
that
honors
cesar
chavez
could
make
that
park,
which
we
believe
is
currently
a
mediocre
urban
park
into
something
really
spectacular.
L
There's
a
lot
of
opportunity,
because
area
around
the
park
is
going
to
be
going
through
a
radical
transformation
with
lots
of
develop
development
over
the
next
five
or
ten
years.
Nicole,
could
you
go
back
now
to
the
the
first
slides
and
I'll
briefly
go
over
those?
So
we
think
that
brees
is
a
spectacular
design
that
could
be
modified
to
fit
in
well
at
placide,
cesar
chavez.
Just
something
that's
an
interesting
coincidence
really
is
that
breeze
is
what
we
might
call
a
modular
design
where
the
number
of
rods
could
vary
dramatically.
L
The
first
iteration
had
500
rods.
The
second
iteration
at
arena
green
had
a
thousand
rods,
and
it
might,
it
might
be
significantly
smaller.
In
fact,
it
would
be
significantly
smaller
at
positions
of
chavez,
so
we
we
think
this
is
a
great
site
for
it,
and
that
park
parks
are
extremely
important
to
all
of
us,
as
citizens
they're
a
great
social
equalizer,
and
do
lots
of
other
important
things
next
slide.
Please,
nicole.
L
And
again,
we
think
there's
this
unique
moment
in
our
history
right
now.
If
you
combine
google
adobe,
jay,
paul
west
bank,
urban
catalyst
and
others
there's
all
kinds
of
exciting
things
happening
both
around
the
park
and
around
downtown.
So
this
is
a
unique
time
for
us.
We
think
that
money
can
be
raised
because
our
story
resonates
for
many
people
to
invest
their
own
private
money
into
this.
L
There
have
been
some
people
who
pushed
back
and
said
that
doing
art
or
architecture,
projects
or
cultural
projects
at
a
time
when
there's
human
needs
is
unacceptable
or
inappropriate,
and-
and
I
respectfully
push
back
on
that-
there
have
always
been
struggling
people,
there
will
always
be
struggling
people
and
there's
always
all
of
us
have
always
spent
money
on
things,
whether
it's
going
to
an
art,
museum
or
listening
to
a
concert.
So
culture
always
matters
and
we
don't
say
either
or
but
it's
really
both
and
next
slide.
L
Please
nicole-
and
I
already
did
this
slide-
what's
the
next
one
nicole
or
is
that
the
last?
So
I'm
certainly
here
to
answer
questions.
We're
really
excited
to
to
study
this
possibility.
I've
been
working
with
board
members
from
chavez,
family
vision
to
get
meetings
with
members
of
the
chavez
family.
L
L
Yet
we
did
have
fair
gerez
from
australia
and
via
spain
here
a
couple
weeks
ago,
and
he
likes
plaza
de
cesar
chavez
a
lot,
and
at
this
point
it's
it's
really
simply
the
idea
of
placing
breeze
in
the
park
along
with
these
other,
yet
to
be
determined
elements.
So
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions
thanks.
Nicole.
M
D
Congratulations
gerard
and
good
afternoon,
community
members,
my
name
is
janik
linehouse,
I'm
the
environmental
advocate
for
santa
clara
valley,
audubon
society
as
light
pollution
intensifies
in
san
jose
and
throughout
the
planet.
The
impact
of
artificial
light
at
night
when
our
natural
ecosystems
are
revealed
ecological
connections
and
animal
health
and
behavior
from
the
individual
level
to
species
and
populations,
are
greatly
impaired.
This
is
one
of
the
reasons
audubon
and
other
groups
opposed
the
selection
of
the
ecologically
sensitive
arena
grain
site
for
the
project.
D
A
recent
report
by
parkland
consulting
commissioned
by
urban
confluence
team
recommended
the
reconsideration
of
alternative
sites
for
the
project
instead
of
arena
green,
recognizing
that
this
may
be-
and
I
quote
painful,
especially
after
all
the
work
that
has
been
completed
to
date.
The
report
continues
quote,
however,
in
development,
the
only
thing
more
painful
than
pivoting
is
the
failure
to
recognize
when
certain
prior
efforts
need
to
be
treated
as
sunk
cost
that
has
to
be
absorbed
instead
of
being
treated
as
a
completed
step.
D
D
D
E
Yes,
hi
larry,
ames,
chair
of
the
district
6
neighborhood
leadership
group,
hope
you've
seen
our
letter.
We
want
to
thank
steve,
borkenhagen
and
the
san
jose
light
corporation
for
their
love
of
san
jose.
We
love
san
jose
too.
We
have
major
comparisons
with
the
proposed
project,
especially
initial
plans
to
place
it
by
an
environmentally
sensitive
stream
site,
habitat
and
all
the
impacts
it
would
have
on
the
wildlife,
migrating
birds
and
even
spawning
salmon,
with
all
the
jobs
and
housing
planned
for
the
downtown
west
district.
E
E
We
now
hear
that
there's
talk
of
reciting
this
project
to
the
plaza
de
cesar
chavez.
It
has
much
less
environmental
impact,
so
yeah
happy
for
that.
But
the
plaza
is
the
very
heart
of
san
jose
and
is
already
very
well
used
summer
concerts
christmas
in
the
parks
year,
rounded,
as
the
outflow
from
the
civic
and
convention
centers
events
and
it's
the
staging
areas
for
field
trips
to
the
tech.
E
There
is
a
privately
funded
draft
concept
plan
from
2018,
for
plaza
for
the
plaza
that
aims
to
honor
cesar
chavez.
More
than
just
a
name
on
the
park.
The
plan
does
talk
about
including
a
light
tower
in
its
fairly
historic
form,
but
it
is
not.
It
is
shown
as
spanning
a
street
nearby
or
standing
on
an
island
in
a
street
island
not
taking
city
park
land,
and
it
is
shown
as
an
ornamental
feature,
enhancing
the
park
rather
than
as
a
major
attraction
that
would
dominate
the
park.
E
If
you
must
build
a
tower,
please
also
buy
the
land
for
it
make
us
a
park,
do
not
take
our
parks
and
we
wish
that
your
gift
could
be
something
useful,
rather
than
just
something
frivolous
help
us
with
the
equity
imbalances
by
funding.
Perhaps
scholarships
for
people
to
go
to
family
camp
or
build
sustainable
park
improvements
or
if
you
do
want
to
give
us
an
iconic
structure,
help
us
enhance.
N
Good
afternoon
jason
minsky
executive
director
christmas
in
the
park,
I
have
spoken
with
steve
borgenhagen
about
the
project.
I
brought
it
up
to
our
board
of
directors,
as
previously
mentioned
by
the
speaker
before
me.
Christmas
in
the
park
obviously
does
utilize
plaza
de
caesar
chavez.
Every
year
we
bring
about
650
to
750
000
people
to
the
downtown
area
during
the
holiday
season.
N
For
our
free
event,
our
our
concern
obviously
is
once
the
designs
do
come
to
fruition
that
we
that
we
have
a
say,
because
we
are
kind
of
already
bursting
at
the
seams
and
if
you've
ever
been
to
christmas
in
the
park
on
a
saturday
night,
it
tends
to
get
very
crowded.
The
scope
of
this
work
could
take
up
a
big
chunk
of
this
two
and
a
half
acre
park.
So
I
appreciate
steve
basically
saying
that
you
know
there
are
no
designs
yet
that
he
will
definitely
include
stakeholders
such
as
ourselves.
N
One
thing
that
christmas
in
the
park
would
like
to
ask,
and-
and
this
kind
of
goes
to
the
the
folks
at
the
neighborhood
services
and
education
committee
is-
we
would
like
to
know
the
process
for
something
like
this
being
approved,
how
the
city
deals
with
these
suggestions,
what
sort
of
permitting
process
votes
need
to
take
place,
etc,
so
that
we
can
be
an
informed
group
who
definitely
has
a
a
stake
in
plaza
de
caesar
chavez
park.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
the
time.
Thank
you
steve.
N
O
Hi,
thank
you.
This
is
jill
borders,
a
district
10
rev
resident
lifelong
san
jose
resident,
and
I
just
I
have
to
put
in
my
two
cents
here.
I
want
to
also
acknowledge
the
person
who
spoke
on
behalf
of
the
project
and
who's
working
so
hard
to
have
something
like
this
in
san
jose,
but
I
I
respectfully
must
say
that
every
person
I
talk
to
does
not
like
this
design.
O
It
does
not
it.
I
have
a
personally.
I
have
a
visceral
reaction
to
it.
It
makes
me
feel
uncomfortable.
It
makes
me
feel
like
a
sense
of
anxiety
and
I'm
not
sure
what
that's
about,
but
it
really
has
affected
me.
Even
when
I
look
at
the
pictures,
I
feel
like
I'm
approaching
some
sort
of
strange
temple
sort
of
this
odd
religious
experience-
and
I
just
mentioned
this
because
it's
really
important
to
me
that
we
get
the
tone
right
we're
turning
the
corner.
O
We've
made
this
massive
investment
in
coyote
valley,
we're
trying
our
hardest
to
protect
our
environment.
We're
doing
all
of
these
things
in
acknowledgment
that
our
planet
is
suffering,
and
this
just
seems
like
the
height
of
of
hubris.
Quite
frankly-
and
I
just
hope
you
will
sincerely
take
this
message-
it's
not
one
of
being
cruel.
I
hear
what
you're
saying
about
art.
We
always
need
art.
O
Art
should
always
be
with
us
in
times
of
lack
and
in
times
of
you
know
great
wealth,
but
this
isn't
something
that
is
speaking
to
the
majority
of
the
people
that
I
know,
and
so
I
I
just
sincerely
hope
you
will
consider
this
project
at
all.
I
just
do
not
think
it
belongs
in
san
jose,
our
beautiful
hillsides,
our
mountainsides
being
in
this
valley
and
looking
all
the
way
around
us
at
the
immense
beauty.
This
actually
is
just
nothing
in
comparison
to
that.
Thank
you.
M
M
M
J
Dear
committee
members,
my
name
is
juan
estrada
and
I
represent
green
foothills,
which
has
protected
open
space,
farmlands
and
natural
resources
in
santa
clara
and
san
mateo
counties
for
60
years.
We
oppose
this
large
heavily
lit
project
in
an
environmentally
sensitive
sensitive
area
at
the
confluence
of
guadalupe
river
and
los
gatos
creek
and
the
use
of
precious
public
open
space.
We
think
modifications
to
lighting
at
that
site
are
unlikely
to
solve
the
problem
short
of
dramatic
redesign
that
basically
eliminates
lighting
as
part
of
the
design.
J
Our
concern
has
always
been
that
nighttime
lighting
next
to
the
creek
corridor
will
negatively
impact
local
species.
Dark
creek
corridors
are
essential
for
wildlife,
and
these
creeks
support,
threatened
fish
species,
migratory
birds
and
the
occasional
beaver
all
depend
on
darkness
in
their
lives.
In
fact,
birds
migratory
behavior
is
altered
by
light,
and
this
design
would
be
a
death
sentence
to
some
fatalities
result
from
the
amount
of
energy
they
waste
flying
around
and
calling
out
in
confusion,
exhaustion
that
can
then
leave
them
vulnerable
to
other
urban
threats.
J
J
Lastly,
science
tells
us
that
light
pollution
generators
should
be
perceived
as
any
other
source
of
contamination.
Due
to
pervasive
and
devastating
effects
on
health
in
nature,
it
may
be
prudent
for
supporters
to
consider
the
possibility
that
the
problem
isn't
just
the
site,
but
the
design
as
well.
The
current
design
would
continually
waste
energy.
Changing
the
location,
wouldn't
fix
that
issue.
The
proponents
might
be
faced
in
the
future
with
having
to
change
a
new
location
again,
whether
that's
an
alternative
currently
being
studied
or
suggested
such
as
coyote
medios.
I
Yeah,
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
say.
Certainly
thank
you
to
all
the
folks
that
have
called
in
and
chimed
in
with
their
opinion
appreciate
that
I
also
appreciate
steve
your
your
your
committee's
work
on
this.
I
I
actually
particularly
think
it's
this
it's
beautiful
and-
and
I
really
do
think
that
your
point
as
it
relates
to
cultural,
cultural,
sort
of
things
that
we're
moving
forward
or
artwork
generally.
It's.
I
Good
time
to
do
that,
and
I'm
very
supportive
of
that,
I
do
acknowledge,
though,
that
there
are
I
envision
that
there's
going
to
be
some
constraints
that
chavez,
and
so
you
know
I
I
think,
as
you
pointed
out
very
well
we're
we're
at
the
start
of
some
of
these
conversations,
and
so
I
appreciate
you
bringing
this
forward,
and
I
certainly
look
forward
to
hearing
and
getting
more
information
about
what
the
ideas
are.
I
I
guess
I
just
had
one
question
and
that
is
you
know
I
haven't
gone
back.
I
just.
I
Opened
it
up
to
go
back
to
the
initial
sort
of
thorough
analysis
that
was
done
when,
when
you
all
landed
at
the
arena
green
site,
so
I
have
to
go
back
and
look
and
see
if
any
other
locations
were
considered
apart
from
placar
cesar
chavez.
But
can
you
enlighten
me
and
are
there
any
other
parks?
I
mean
what
comes
to
mind
for
me,
for
example,
is
it
seems
to
me
that
st
james
park,
for
example,
is
probably
larger
than
plaza
sanchez?
D
L
Thanks
for
the
comment
sergio
some
of
the
sites
were
also
close
to
the
river,
so
we
were
not
going
to
switch
working
on
one
site
next
to
the
river
to
another
site
working
on
the
river,
because
it
wouldn't
solve
the
whole
challenge
of
riparian
corridor.
So
discovery
meadow
was
one
of
the
sites
studied
along
with
arena
green
along
with
park
avenue
near
the
center
for
performing
arts,
which
also
was
on
the
river
along
with
guadalupe
gardens,
which
is
also
on
the
river,
and
then
the
non-riparian
sites
would
include
st
james
park
arena.
L
Which
is
near
the
river
but
was
really
eliminated
because
of
the
complexity
of
trying
to
do
anything
related
to
the
whole
google
project
in
deardon
station.
Just
too
many
challenges
could
take
20
years
to
do
it.
So
that
left
us
with
position,
chavez
and
and
st
james
park,
and
we
we
have
considered
st
james
park
and
we
might
consider
it
in
the
future,
but
our
group
clearly
favors
and
has
always
favored
plaza
de
cesar
chavez
as
being
the
true
heart
of
our
city,
going
all
the
way
back
to
the
pueblo
days.
So.
L
I
I
Truly
bigger
yeah,
but
yeah-
and
you
know-
and
I
mentioned
that
part,
because
what
comes
to
mind
is
some
of
the
work
around
the
levitt
pavilion
and
such
and
I'm
wondering
if
it
could
really
be.
You
know
place
making
if
you
would
its
highest
level
as
it
relates
to.
Maybe
you
know
the
eventually
eventual
installation
of
pavilion
and
then
having
this
there.
You
know
the
challenge,
I
think
you
probably
already
assume
is
going
to
exist,
is,
if
you're
putting
this
at
any
of
those
parks.
I
There's
a
lot
of
buildings
around
right.
So
I'm
not
exactly
sure
what
the
view
is
going
to
be
like
you
just
may
be
at
the
top
of
the
park
and
maybe
peer
over
to
some
of
the
windows
from
the
neighboring
buildings.
So
I
suspect
that's
going
to
be
a
challenge,
but
but
you
know
I
more
generally
speaking,
think
that
we
as
a
city
can
do
both
right.
I
I
guess
the
the
other
question
that
comes
to
mind
is
if
you-
and
I'm
sure
I
know
you
guys
are
all
your
committee
has
talked
to
folks
at
google,
but
is
it?
Is
there
a
possibility
to
embed
this
a
little
bit
more
deeply
within
the
google
development
which
can
really
create
more
vibrancy,
as
it
relates
to
what
they're
trying
to
do
there
in
their
space.
L
We
had
that
conversation
sergio
they're
too
far
along
for
anything,
that's
of
the
scale
that
we're
talking
about
to
in
essence,
fitted
into
their
project.
So
we
we
always
thought
that
was
what
you
just
said
was
a
great
idea,
but
it's
not
going
to
happen
and
we
did
have
a
very
specific
conversation
with
google
about
it.
And
one
other
comment
I
want
to
make
on
your
other
question
about
size
is
that
this
2018
study
by
swa
reed
golan,
that
some
people
were
referring
to
talk
after
getting
lots
of
community
input
it.
L
It
discussed
the
idea
of
taking
away
at
least
the
parking
area
around
the
park
and
maybe
even
a
lane
of
traffic
to
expand
the
footprint
of
the
park.
No
decision
was
ever
made,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
if
you
read
that
study,
there
was
a
lot
of
positive
energy
among
the
stakeholders
to
at
a
minimum,
get
rid
of
to
get
rid
of
the
parking
which
is
parking
for
30
or
40
cars,
or
something
like
that
around
the
park.
L
I
Yeah,
so
so
so,
potentially
expanding
the
park
right,
making
the
park
a
little
bigger
to
be
able
to
accommodate
whatever
goes
there.
Okay,
all
right
cool
cool,
and
the
last
thing
I
would
just
say
is:
I
appreciate
you
talking
to
the
chavez
family
and
the
the
folks
that
are
around
sort
of
advocating
trying
to
make
sure
that
his
legacy
lives
on.
I
think
that's
an
important
component,
there's
also
a
quetzalcoatl.
G
G
As
you
know,
you
very
well
know
our
local,
small
businesses
and
and
and
it's
just
become
part
of
san
jose,
civic
life
right
and
and-
and
I
I'll
tell
you,
though,
where
my
mixed
feelings
are,
is
the
place
that
says
a
chavez
should
not
be
a
consolation
location,
it's
not
a
backup.
It's
it's,
a
location
that
has
a
tremendous
amount
of
meaning
for
folks
in
the
city
it
is,
it
is
the
people's
plaza
right,
a
lot
of
folks
there's
the
stage
area
and
community
groups
use
it.
G
G
L
May
I
take
that,
nicole,
you
sure
can
thank
you
yeah
councilmember.
As
far
as
we've,
we
went
through
the
entire
list.
Already
our
board
did
a
careful
analysis
of
all
of
them
and,
as
I
as
I
said
earlier,
anything
that
was
near
the
river
got
eliminated,
so
we
were
really
left
left
with
st
james
park
and
plaza
de
cesar,
which
we
have
always
favored
all
the
way
to
the
beginning
of
our
project
five
years
ago,
and
just
to
speak
to
a
couple
of
the
points
you
make.
We
are
not.
L
L
You
know
the
new
signia
hotel
convention
center,
the
tech
and
everyone
else
and
say
and
ask
them
the
same
question:
how
can
we
make
the
park
better
for
you
I
would
contend.
The
park
is
currently
mediocre
at
best
and
it
could
be
spectacular
by
by
adding
new
elements
and
just
doing
a
better
job
everything
that
a
park's
supposed
to
do
so
that
that's
our
goal.
Thank
you,
nicole.
G
C
At
this
point
councilmember,
I
think
that
would
be
a
little
bit
nothing's
impossible
right,
but
at
this
point
we
have
a
design
and
an
approved
environmental
impact
report
or
advancing
the
next
stage
of
design.
And
if
we
added
this
kind
of
element
in,
I
think
we'd
need
to
go
back
and
redo
the
eir.
It's
not
impossible,
it's
which
nobody
wants
to
do.
Yeah.
C
Time
and
money
right
so
it's
feasible,
is
it
viable?
You
know
or
practical,
is
a
bit
of
a
different
question.
We
had
talked
about
st
james
early
on
as
a
location
when
we
were
doing
the
site
selection
study,
and
there
definitely
is
some.
There
was
some
opportunity
there
and
some
some
interesting
opportunity,
potentially
yeah.
It
just
seems.
G
Like
a
better
fit,
to
be
honest,
I
mean
my
childhood
church
is
right
there
and,
and
as
I
spoke
when
this
came
to
council
gosh
when
was
a
year
ago
or
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
you
know
my
whole
life.
St
james
park
has
had
issues
right
and-
and
I
would
love
to
see
that
turn
around
you
know
as
a
lifelong
san
jose,
and
I
would
love
to
see
st
james
park
be
be
amazing
and
it
seems
like
an
a
locally
funded
effort.
G
G
I
will
also
say
that
if
you
know
I
I'm
not
sold
I'm
placing
this
as
a
chavez's
location,
if,
if
that
were
a
location,
I'd
prefer
to
see
a
design
that
was
specific
to
that
location
and
how
it's
used-
and
I
know
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
has
gone
into
the
design,
but
we
really
want
to
put
the
right
thing
in
the
right
place
for
the
benefit.
Excuse
me
for
the
benefit
of
the
community
and
I'll
stop
there.
Madam
chair
thanks.
B
B
C
I
think
that
might
be
directed
at
me,
so
we
had
in
2017,
and
you
heard
the
the
community
mention
it.
We
had
done
thanks
to
funding
from
the
knight
foundation,
master
initial
kind
of
master
planning.
It
had
been
a
long
time
since
we
had
looked
at
that
park
and
really
made
a
major
investment
in
it.
Knight
was
gracious
enough
to
fund
a
consultant
to
do
some
evaluation.
C
I
worked
on
that
with
office
of
economic
development,
as
well
as
our
partners
at
dot,
and
we
worked
with
the
with
the
downtown
community
and
developed
some
concepts
of
what
could
be
there
and
what
the
opportunities
were.
Ultimately
that
there's
a
study,
but
we
didn't.
We
have
not
yet
taken
it
anywhere
right,
I
mean
so
there's
this.
You
know
in
our
capital
program.
There's
this
you
know,
list
of
needs
and
among
them
is
needs
for
improvement
at
plaza
decisions.
C
That
would
you
know
we'd
take
that
study
and
advance
it
and
refine
it
and
try
to
identify
the
opportunities
for
that
site,
but
we
very
much
were
focused
on
enhancing
the
ability
of
that
site
to
really
in
a
robust
way,
support
concerts
and
the
concert
venue,
one
of
the
things
it
doesn't
have
is
any
kind
of
green
room.
So
we
have
you
know
we
have
a
stage,
but
there's
no
there's
no
rigging
for
lights,
there's
no
shade
canopy!
C
C
So
we
looked
at
enhancing
that
enhancing
the
art
opportunities
here,
specifically
centered
around
honoring,
cesar
chavez
and
and
ensuring
that
you
know
christmas
in
the
park
could
still
fit
and
we
looked
at
how
the
space
worked.
Also
in
context
of
circle
of
palms
tech,
interactive.
You
know
all
of
the
uses
that
are
there
and
and
that
everybody
has
mentioned
it.
So,
ultimately,
that's
that
that
study
is
sitting
in
a
queue
waiting
for
for
work
to
be
refined
and
and
to
be
funded
for
construction.
C
C
B
I
didn't
mean
to
make
it
about
that,
but
it
certainly
plays
a
part,
and
I
get
that
nicole,
so
I
would
understand
why
we
would
want
to
maybe
partner
with
a
private
entity
to
improve
the
site.
I
just
don't
think
that
this
is
going
to
be
the
site.
That
is
the
most
appropriate
for
many
of
the
reasons
I
have
already
been
stated,
and
so
I
think
this
karen
goes
to
council
correct
as
a
report.
C
C
You
know
we're
we'd
like
to
think
about
looking
in
a
different
location,
we
didn't
say
yes
and
we
didn't
say
no,
we,
you
know
it's
kind
of,
they
wanted
to
take
this
initiative
and
do
it
on
their
own,
and
so
they
have
been
proceeding
in
that
manner
and
we've
been
watching,
but
not
you
know
we're
not
fully
participating.
I
would
say
I
mean
we're
not
you
know
we're
not
regularly
meeting
to
discuss
it.
C
I
think
we're
thinking
the
next
step
is
you
know
eventually
that
the
project
is
gonna,
submit
some
kind
of
concept
plan
that
we
could
then
react
to,
and
I
think
maybe
that's
at
some
point.
I
think
it's
clear
to
us.
We
do
need
to
come
back
to
council
because
the
direction
right
now
is
arena
green,
and
so,
if
there's
going
to
be
formal
requests
for
plaza,
I
think
we're
going
to
need
to
go
to
council.
I
think
before
we
do
that,
I
think
there
need
you
know.
C
J
J
The
last
decision
point
was
the
arena
green
site,
and
that
was,
and
then,
since
that
time
you
know,
there's
been
a
number
of
different
environmental
concerns,
so
I
think
the
group
has
pivoted
to
looking
at
other
options
right
now.
This
is
just
an
update
for
them
to
take
this
feedback
back
to
their
group.
In
terms
of
you
know
the
continued
exploration
and
then
based
on
kind
of
how
that
feedback
is
vetted
internally.
J
You
know
within
the
organization,
ultimately
in
terms
of
any
type
of
site
selection
that
would
still
need
to
undergo
further
conversations
with
parks,
recreation,
neighborhood
services
and
then,
ultimately,
a
recommendation
to
the
full
council
for
approval.
So
as
of
right
now,
this
is
just
part
of
the
the
feedback
process.
B
I
I
I
my
sense
of
what's
happening
is
here
is
that
steve's
group
is
out
there
exploring
whether
this
location
makes
sense,
and
so
that
that's
what
I
wanted
to
express
also,
I
was
hoping
I
mean
steve
if
you
have
any
comments,
relates
to
the
next
steps
in
your
mind
in
your
organization's
mind,
but
I've
also
also
be
curious.
I
mean
I
I
expect
that
nicole
or
angel
once
they
get
a
little
further
down
the
line.
This
is
going
to
come
back
to
our
committee.
I
assume
and
then
from
there
potentially
well.
L
Yes,
thank
you
again,
sergio
councilmember
uranus
just
to
be
clear.
In
addition
to
the
chavez
family,
our
intention
would
be
to
communicate
with
every
stakeholder,
including
in
essence,
all
the
citizens
of
our
city.
Obviously,
we
can't
reach
out
to
a
million
people,
but
we
would
try
to
get
to
every
group
that
cares
about
parks.
That
cares
about
downtown.
That
cares
about
plaza
de
cesar
chavez.
L
Again,
the
the
family
of
cesar
chavez
is
just
the
beginning
of
it
for
obvious
reasons
of
respect
so
nicole
and
john
cecirelli
and
an
angel
and
others
have
given
given
us
that
advice,
which
is
what
we
intended
to
do
anyway.
So
we
would
see
the
process
as
reporting
back
to
you
at
your
next
meeting
in
three
months
and
doing
this
research
again.
L
I
think
sergio
said
it
well
that
we
we
need
to
do
lots
of
research
and
bring
you
lots
of
data
and
if,
if
the
community,
if
the
community-
and
you
and
no
one
else,
wants
our
project,
then
you
know
we
will
go
back
to
the
drawing
board.
You
know
we
love
the
site,
some
do
some,
don't
many
people
do
all
say
based
on
my
my
travels
around
around
downtown,
but
but
to
answer
the
question
about
process.
I
I
B
What
I
would
like
to
see
is
it
depends
who
who
those
stakeholders
are,
that
you
will
be
approaching,
and
what
is
disturbing
me
is
that
the
question
isn't
whether
whether
our
residents
wanted
their
the
question.
You've
already
posed
the
question,
as
do
you
want
to
hear
or
or
do
you
want
it
somewhere
else?
B
B
This
is
not
the
first
time.
I've
said
this.
I
don't
identify
I'm
a
san
jose
and
born
and
raised
I
I
don't
identify
with
it.
This
is
not
how
my
city
is
going
to
be
known
in
the
same
way
that
san
francisco
is
known
for
leaving
your
heart
in
san
francisco
and
you
find
those
hearts
all
throughout.
You
know
the
embarcadero
and
union
square
and
just
different
part,
different
neighborhoods,
and
nobody
has
to
really
think
twice
about
it.
We
all
know
why
those
hearts
and
art
pieces
are
there.
G
Thank
you,
so
I
actually
I
had
a
question.
I
I
think
that,
and
I
already
stated
this-
I
won't
rehash
it
too
much.
I
I.
I
think
that
the
right
project
should
go
in
the
right
location.
I
don't
think
that
we
should
try
to
make
a
square
peg
fit
in
a
round
hole
because
we
predetermined
or
someone
has
predetermined,
that
that
that
it
should
be
at
the
plaza.
Personally,
I
disagree
with
that,
and
stakeholders
include
a
lot
of
people.
It
includes
the
downtown
business
community.
G
It
includes
the
christmas
in
the
park
and
san
jose,
jazz
and,
and
those
are
organizations
steve
knows
very
well.
I
I
get
that,
but
also
the
community,
the
geographic
community
and
specifically
the
native
and
the
latino
community,
because
this
location
is
very
symbolic,
and
you
know
this
design
in
my
opinion,
is
not
suited
for
this
location,
and
so
it
is,
should
we
do
it
at
all?
What
are
the
locations
that
we
should
do?
G
J
J
This
feedback
from
this
committee
today
and
they've
heard
a
lot
of
feedback
from
environmental
perspectives,
and
perhaps
they
kind
of
go
back
and
take
a
look
at
just
all
the
options
all
over
again
and
then
come
back
to
this
committee
with
an
update
of
those
options
and
then
cross-reference
at
that
point.
Okay,.
G
That
makes
sense,
and-
and
I
would
also
include
the
options
should
be
that
should
be
considered-
should
include
a
design
that
fits
for
arena
green
right.
If
arena
green
is
what
was
started
with
as
a
location
to
to
invigorate-
and
you
know
we
have
the
sharks
there,
I
mean
it's
part
of
civic
life
in
san
jose
and
if
the
idea
is
to
really
enhance
that
civic
life
at
that
location,
then
perhaps
an
enviro.
G
D
D
I
A
B
L
Thank
you
just
briefly,
just
a
reminder
that
we
have
had
three
unanimous
approvals
of
council.
The
first
one
a
few
years
ago,
was
essentially
just
to
proceed
on
the
project
and
then
and
then,
after
that
it
was
approving
arena
green
as
a
site,
and
then,
after
that
it
was
approving
about
a
year
ago.
You
all
approved
unanimously
proceeding
on
breeze
of
innovation.
L
Unlike
most
of
the
thousand
submittals
we
got,
which
were,
I
would
call
radically
or
completely
site
specific
to
arena
green.
It
just
happens
that
breeze
of
innovation.
Is
this
what
we
might
call
a
modular
design,
that's
actually
very
flexible,
so
one
can
have
one's
own
opinion
about
whether
it's
good
bad
or
indifferent.
L
But
I
I
know
that
one
of
the
things
that
we'll
point
out,
if
you
ask
us
to
sort
of
formally
study
breeze
at
plaza
de
cesar
chavez,
is
the
flexibility
of
it,
because
it's
got
this
modular
aspect
to
it,
whether
it's
as
I
said
earlier,
500
rods,
a
thousand
rods,
100
rods,
whatever
number
of
rods
are
needed
to
to
create
critical
mass.
So
I
just
wanted
to
remind
you
of
the
history.
B
G
I
appreciate
that
I
think
we
know
what
we
voted
on
and
we
have
voted
on
updates
and
we
voted
to
allow
the
group
to
continue
to
move
forward
to
study
it
and
we
voted
to
limit
staff
time
because
there
were
a
lot
of
concerns
about
staff
time.
So
we
didn't
say,
hey,
go,
do
all
of
this
thing
and
build
out
the
lights,
the
new
green
and
green.
I
I
do
agree
that
you
know
we
have
been
updated.
There
has
been
that
communication
there,
which
is
great
and
you're
right.
G
It
has
not
been
going
on
in
a
vacuum
at
all,
but
we
did
not
explicitly
do
that.
We
accepted
reports.
We
accepted
the
concept,
but
we
did
not
accept
the
design,
and
so
I'd
like
to
be
very
clear
on
that,
because
the
council
did
not
vote
to
say
yes
do
exactly
this.
We
voted
to
to
accept
the
concept
of
having
this
project
there.