City Council Chambers
3300 Capitol Avenue
Fremont, CA
Fremont City Council
Raj Salwan, Mayor
Desrie Campbell, Vice Mayor
Teresa Keng, District 1
Kathy Kimberlin, District 3
Yang Shao, District 4
Yajing Zhang, District 5
Raymond Liu, District 6
City Staff
Karena Shackelford, City Manager
Rafael E. Alvarado, Jr., City Attorney
Christina Briggs, Assistant City Manager
Brian Stott, Assistant City Manager
Allen DeMers, Deputy City Manager
Kim Beranek, Community Services Director
Geneva Bosques, Communications and
Legislative Affairs Director
Arquimides Caldera, Human Services Director
Zoraida Diaz, Fire Chief
Tina Gallegos, Human Resources Director
Susan Gauthier, City Clerk
Kelly King, Maintenance Operations Director
Hans Larsen, Public Works Director
Donovan Lazaro, Economic Development Director
David Persselin, Finance Director
Dan Schoenholz, Community Dev. Director
Sanford Taylor, Information Technology Director
Sean Washington, Chief of Police
Fremont City Council Agenda and
Report
January 14, 2025
General Order of Business
1. Preliminary
• Call to Order
• Salute to the Flag
• Roll Call
• Announcements-Mayor and/or City Manager
• Report Out of Closed Session (if applicable)
2. Consent Calendar
3. Ceremonial Items
4. Public Communications
5. Scheduled Items
• Public Hearings
• Appeals
• Reports from Commissions, Boards and
Committees
6. Other Business
7. Items Referred by Councilmembers
• Council Referrals
• Appointments to Boards, Commissions,
Committees
• Legislative Actions
• Report on Committee Assignments
8. Adjournment
Order of Discussion
Generally, the order of discussion after introduction of an item by the Mayor will include comments and
information by staff followed by City Council questions and inquiries. The applicant, or their authorized
representative, or interested citizens, may they speak
on the item; each speaker may only speak once to each
item. At the close of public discussion, the item will be considered by the City Council and action taken. Items
on the agenda may be moved from the order listed.
Consent Calendar
Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be
routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one
motion and one vote. There will be no separate
discussion of these items unless a Councilmember or
citizen so requests, in which case the item will be
removed from the Consent Calendar and considered
separately. Additionally, other items without a “Request to Speak – Speaker Card” card in opposition may be
added to the consent calendar. The City Attorney will
read the title of ordinances to be adopted.
Spoken Public Communications and/or
Public Comment is limited to speakers
attending the meeting in-person in
City Council Chambers.
Agenda and Report - Fremont City Council Meeting - January 14, 2025
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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
The live stream of the meeting may be viewed on the City of Fremont’s website at www.Fremont.gov/Channel27, which provides a link to the live stream; or, via Comcast Channel 27.
Please note at this time, Channel 27 is only available to Comcast cable subscribers. The public may also view the meeting via Zoom, or attend in-person in the Council Chamber. The lobby doors open approximately 15 minutes prior to the start of the meeting. The public is strongly encouraged but not required to wear masks.
Attending January 14, 2025, City Council meeting online via Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86554861524
Meeting ID: 865 5486 1524
Addressing the Council
Spoken Public Communications / Public Comment is limited to persons attending the Council Meeting in the City Council Chambers.
How to submit Public Communications / Public Comment by email prior to the meeting:
Send an email to [email protected] by 4:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. Please identify the agenda item number & letter, and meeting date in the subject line of your email or specify that it is not related to an agenda item. Emails will be compiled into files by agenda item number/letter, distributed to the City Council and staff, and published in the City's Agenda Center on www.fremont.gov. If you wish to share an attachment/exhibit, submit the pdf formatted document(s) to the email above by the noted deadline.
Electronic comments on agenda items for the City Council meeting may only be submitted by email. Comments via text and social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) will not be accepted.
How to provide Spoken Public Comment during the meeting for items on the agenda:
Attend meeting in-person in the Council Chamber, fill out a “Request to Speak – Speaker Card” with the agenda item number & letter, and submit to the City Clerk. When the Mayor calls for the item on which you wish to speak, step to the podium to address the City Council. Please limit your remarks on matters related to the agency and to the time limit allotted.
How to provide Spoken Public Comment during the meeting for items not on the agenda (Oral Communications):
Any person desiring to speak on a matter which is not scheduled on this agenda may do so under the Oral Communications section of Public Communications. Attend the meeting in-person in the Council Chamber and submit your speaker card to the City Clerk prior to the commencement of Oral communications. Only those who have submitted cards prior to the beginning of Oral Communications will be permitted to speak. Please be aware the California Government Code prohibits the City Council from taking any immediate action on an item which does not appear on the agenda, unless the item meets stringent statutory requirements. The Mayor may limit the time allotted for public speakers, and each speaker may only address the Council once on each agenda item.
The City Council Agendas may be accessed online: https://www.fremont.gov/government/agenda-center
Availability of Public Records
All disclosable public records relating to an open session item on this agenda that are distributed by the City to all or a majority of the City Council less than 72 hours prior to the meeting will be available for public inspection in specifically labeled binders located in the lobby of Fremont City Hall, 3300 Capitol Avenue during normal business hours, at the time the records are distributed to the City Council.
Information about the City or items scheduled on the Agenda and Report may be referred to:
Address: City Clerk
City of Fremont
3300 Capitol Avenue, Bldg. A
Fremont, California 94538
Telephone: (510) 284-4060
If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable modification or accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, or if you do not have access to email or the internet, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (510) 284-4060 or [email protected] at least two working days prior to the meeting for assistance.
Your interest in the conduct of our City’s business is appreciated.
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Agenda
Fremont City Council Regular Meeting
January 14, 2025
City Council Chambers, 3300 Capitol Avenue, Building A
7:00 PM
1. Preliminary
A. Call to Order
B. Salute the Flag
C. Roll Call
D. Announcements-Mayor and/or City Manager
E. Report Out of Closed Session (if applicable)
2. Consent Calendar
Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered separately. Additionally, other items without a “Request to Address Council” card in opposition may be added to the consent calendar. The City Attorney will read the title of ordinances to be adopted.
A. Motion To: Waive Further Reading of Proposed Ordinances (This permits reading the title only in lieu of reciting the entire text.)
B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – for the Regular Meeting of December 3, 2024, the Regular Meeting of December 10, 2024, and the Regular Meeting of December 17, 2024
Contact Persons:
Name: Susan Gauthier
Title: City Clerk
Dept: City Clerk's Office
Phone: 510-284-4076
E-Mail: [email protected]
RECOMMENDATION: Approve minutes.
C. SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PATTERSON HOUSE AT THE ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARM REGIONAL PRESERVE - Five Year Special Use Agreement between the City of Fremont and East Bay Regional Park District for the Operation of the Patterson House at the Ardenwood Historic Farm Regional Preserve.
Contact Persons:
Name: Irene Jordahl Michael Sa
Title: Recreation Superintendent II Deputy Director of Community Services
Dept: Community Services Community Services
Phone: 510-494-4322 510-494-4372
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
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RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Special Use Agreement with the East Bay Regional Park District for operation of the Patterson House in Ardenwood Historic Farm for a five-year term, January 2025 – December 2029, with an annual payment of $92,640 increased annually by 2.0%.
D. ENRICHMENT PROGRAM SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FREMONT AND THE FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT - Enrichment Program Services Agreement between the Fremont Unified School District and City of Fremont to Offer Intersession, Afterschool and Summer Enrichment Learning Program Services through Summer 2026 Contact Persons:
Name: Irene Jordahl Michael Sa
Title: Recreation Superintendent II Deputy Director of Community Services
Dept: Community Services Community Services
Phone: 510-494-4322 510-494-4372
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the Enrichment Program Services Agreement between the City of Fremont and the Fremont Unified School District for partnership and services consisting of intersession, afterschool and summer programs through August 2026 for Transitional Kindergarten through eighth grade students, on a fee for service basis.
3. Ceremonial Items
A. Proclamation: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 20, 2025
4. Public Communications
A. Oral and Written Communications
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - None.
PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY - None.
CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
5. Scheduled Items
A. 2024 CODE UPDATE - HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION – Citywide - PLN2025-00074 - Public Hearing (Published Notice) To Consider Adoption of a Resolution for Objective Design Standards for Historic Homes Associated with State law Compliance and an Ordinance for Associated Text Amendments to the Historic Resources Chapter (FMC Chapter
18.175); and to Consider Exemptions for the Proposed Amendments From the Requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Each on a Separate and Independent Basis, Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15061 (Review for Exemption), §15183 (Projects Consistent with a Community Plan, General Plan, or Zoning), §15262 (Feasibility and Planning Studies), and §15378 (Project).
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Contact Persons:
Name: James Willis Joel Pullen
Title: Senior Planner Planning Manager
Dept: Planning Planning
Phone: 510-494-4449 510-494-4436
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Hold public hearing.
2. Find that the project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per, without limitation, CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 Review for Exemption, CEQA Guidelines Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies, and CEQA Guidelines 15378 Project, and find that no further environmental review is required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183, as the project is consistent with the General Plan, for which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH#2010082060) was previously prepared and certified and/or §15162 Subsequent EIRs and Negative Declarations;
3. Find that the proposed zoning text amendment and Objective Standards are consistent with the Fremont General Plan;
4. Find that the proposed zoning text amendment and Objective Standards further the public interest, convenience, and general welfare of the City by ensuring consistency between the FMC and the City’s General Plan, with State law, and provide for a streamlining of the process of reviewing eligible historic resources by providing development standards that are relevant to current development regulations, objective, easy to use, flexible and equitable, and ensure the health and safety of Fremont residents;
5. Introduce the ordinance amending Title 18 (Planning and Zoning) attached to this report as Exhibit B;
6. Adopt the resolution attached to this report as Exhibit C, implementing Program 4 of the City’s 2023-2031 Housing Element to identify Objective Design Standards for modifying eligible historic resources for single family and two family residential development.
B. PALISADE FREMONT BOULEVARD - Fremont Boulevard & Ice House Terrace - PLN2024-00080 – Public Hearing (Published Notice) To Consider a Proposed General Plan Amendment From Regional Commercial to Tech Industrial, Corresponding Rezoning from Commercial – Regional (C-R) to Tech Industrial (I-T), Discretionary Design Review, to Facilitate the Development of an Approximately 70,000-Square-Foot Industrial Building; and to Consider a Draft Negative Declaration Prepared and Circulated for the Project in Accordance With the Requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Contact Persons:
Name: James Willis Joel Pullen
Title: Senior Planner Planning Manager
Dept: Planning Planning
Phone: 510-494-4449 510-494-4436
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Hold public hearing;
2. Find, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15074 that it has considered January 14, 2025 Fremont City Council Page 6
the Negative Declaration as shown in Exhibit “A” together with any comments received during the public review process, that is was prepared in accordance with the requirements of CEQA, that there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment, and that this action reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City of Fremont;
3. Find that the General Plan Amendment conforms with and contains the requirements provided for in the City’s planning processes, constitutes a suitable and logical change in the plan for physical development of the City of Fremont, and is in the public interest;
4. Find the project is in conformance with the relevant provisions contained in the City’s General Plan, including the designated goals and polices set forth in the Land Use, Mobility, and Economic Development Chapters of the General Plan as enumerated in the staff report;
5. Find that the project plans as shown in Exhibit “D” fulfill the applicable requirements set forth in the Fremont Municipal Code;
6. Adopt a resolution approving a General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation from Regional Commercial to Tech Industrial, as shown in Exhibit “B;”
7. Introduce an ordinance rezoning the project site from Regional Commercial (C- R) to Tech Industrial (I-T) based upon the findings and subject to the conditions of approval set forth in Exhibit “F;”
8. Direct staff to prepare and the City Clerk to publish a summary of the resolution and ordinance.
6. Other Business - None.
7. Items Referred by Councilmembers
A. Councilmember Referrals - None.
B. Appointments to Boards, Commissions, Committees - None.
C. Legislative Actions - None.
D. Report on Committee Assignments
8. Adjournment
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ACRONYMS
ABAG Association of Bay Area Governments GIS Geographic Information System ACE Altamont Commuter Express GPA General Plan Amendment ACFCD Alameda County Flood Control District HARB Historical Architectural Review Board ACTC Alameda County Transportation
Commission
HBA Home Builders Association
HRC Human Relations Commission
ACWD Alameda County Water District ICMA International City/County Management Association ARB Art Review Board
BAAQMD
BART
Bay Area Air Quality Management
District
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
JPA Joint Powers Authority
LLMD Lighting and Landscaping Maintenance
District
BCDC Bay Conservation & Development
Commission
LOCC League of California Cities
LOS Level of Service
BMPs Best Management Practices MOU Memorandum of Understanding BMR Below Market Rate MTC Metropolitan Transportation
Commission
CALPERS California Public Employees’ Retirement
System
NEPA
NLC
National Environmental Policy Act
National League of Cities
CBC
CDD
California Building Code
Community Development Department
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System
CC & R’s Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions NPO Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance CDBG Community Development Block Grant PC Planning Commission CEQA California Environmental Quality Act PD Planned District CERT Community Emergency Response Team PDA Priority Development Area CIP Capital Improvement Program PUC Public Utilities Commission CNG Compressed Natural Gas PVAW Private Vehicle Accessway COF City of Fremont PWC Public Works Contract
COPPS Community Oriented Policing and Public
Safety
RFP Request for Proposals
RFQ Request for Qualifications
CSAC California State Association of Counties RHNA Regional Housing Needs Allocation CTC California Transportation Commission ROP Regional Occupational Program dB Decibel RRIDRO Residential Rent Increase Dispute
Resolution Ordinance DEIR Draft Environmental Impact Report DU/AC Dwelling Units per Acre RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board EBRPD East Bay Regional Park District SACNET
Southern Alameda County Narcotics
Enforcement Task Force EDAC Economic Development Advisory Commission (City)
EIR
EIS
Environmental Impact Report (CEQA)
Environmental Impact Statement
STIP State Transportation Improvement
Program
ERAF
(NEPA)
Education Revenue Augmentation Fund
TCRDF Tri-Cities Recycling and Disposal Facility
TOD Transit Oriented Development
EVAW
FAR
Emergency Vehicle Accessway
Floor Area Ratio
TS/MRF Transfer Station/Materials Recovery
Facility
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency UBC See CBC
FFD Fremont Fire Department VTA Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
FMC Fremont Municipal Code WMA Waste Management Authority FPD Fremont Police Department
FRC Family Resource Center ZA Zoning Administrator
FUSD Fremont Unified School District ZTA Zoning Text Amendment
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UPCOMING MEETING AND CHANNEL 27
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