Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2022-05-24 4:00 PM 05-24-22 16:00
Agenda Name Comments Support Oppose Neutral
1.A 22-725 Conference with Labor Negotiators (CC)
Pursuant to Gov. Code § 54957.6
City representative: City Manager's designee
Employee Organization(s):
Unit #1-Santa Clara Firefighters Association, IAFF , Local 1171 Unit #2-Santa Clara Police Officer's Association
Unit #3-IBEW Local 1245 (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)
Unit #4-City of Santa Clara Professional Engineers
Units #5, 7 & 8-City of Santa Clara Employees Association Unit #6-AFSCME Local 101 (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)
Unit #9-Miscellaneous Unclassified Management Employees Unit #9A-Unclassified Police Management Employees
Unit #9B-Unclassified Fire Management Employees
Unit #10-PSNSEA (Public Safety Non-Sworn Employees Association) 1 0 1 0
7. 22-721 Approval of a Status Report on the Lease Agreement Between the City of Santa Clara and the Police Activities League (PAL) for the Operation of a BMX Track
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Agenda Item: eComments for 1.A 22-725 Conference with Labor Negotiators (CC) Pursuant to Gov. Code § 54957.6
City representative: City Manager's designee
Employee Organization(s):
Unit #1-Santa Clara Firefighters Association, IAFF, Local 1171 Unit #2-Santa Clara Police Officer's Association
Unit #3-IBEW Local 1245 (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Unit #4-City of Santa Clara Professional Engineers
Units #5, 7 & 8-City of Santa Clara Employees Association Unit #6-AFSCME Local 101 (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) Unit #9-Miscellaneous Unclassified Management Employees Unit #9A-Unclassified Police Management Employees
Unit #9B-Unclassified Fire Management Employees
Unit #10-PSNSEA (Public Safety Non-Sworn Employees Association) Overall Sentiment
Gia Galdamez
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Submitted At: 11:25am 05-25-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Agenda Item: eComments for 7. 22-721 Approval of a Status Report on the Lease Agreement Between the City of Santa Clara and the Police Activities League (PAL) for the Operation of a BMX Track Overall Sentiment
Ryan Huynh
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Submitted At: 6:53am 06-02-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Gabriella Mitchell
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Submitted At: 3:43pm 05-26-22
I want USA BMX SANCTION. Without out it , then BMX is not a sport.
Grace Appler
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Submitted At: 11:21am 05-25-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
We don't need a practice track.
Jennifer Soares
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Submitted At: 9:04am 05-25-22
I want USABMX SANCTION because without it then BMX is not a sport.
Roman Trujillo
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Submitted At: 11:55pm 05-24-22
We don't want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Carolyn Nguyen
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Submitted At: 11:06pm 05-24-22
We don’t need a practice track, what we need is a USA BMX sanctioned track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Christopher Barresi
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Submitted At: 7:22pm 05-24-22
Three things are needed for a successful BMX track in Santa Clara: the Cities land, USABMX sanction, and a good operating group. PAL is not part of a successful equation. Respect to their history of supporting the track and Nick and the team of volunteers, but they will not run a successful track, the city, PAL and more importantly all the riders like my 10 and 12 year olds lose the track. Please vote “no” to returning the lease to PAL and assign the lease to USABMX. Thank you!
Mark Dysert
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Submitted At: 6:59pm 05-24-22
The track needs to be sanctioned. Please figure it out.
John Smith
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Submitted At: 6:58pm 05-24-22
The PAL board made a mistake in not monitoring the BMX program. Simply trusting that track operations leader would operate the track in good faith, without taking advantage of PAL's absence was clearly a mistake. Leaving the track with PAL can in fact work as it has worked for the past 30+ years as long as a track operations team works in good faith to coordinate with the parent organization of PAL. We need Santa Clara and PAL to negotiate with USA BMX to keep the CURRENT sanction in place.
JB Delgado-Trujillo
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Submitted At: 6:55pm 05-24-22
We need this track opened not only for practice but to be sanctioned with USA BMX. Please move the leave from PAL. Do it for the kids who love to race at there home track in Santa Clara.
Bobby Abuyen
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Submitted At: 6:24pm 05-24-22
Can you please remove PAL from the track lease? The success and strong ridership of the track is due to the countless time and efforts of all the volunteers. A USA BMX sanctioned track is needed, not just a practice track.
Neha Billing
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Submitted At: 5:25pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL Kari Amaro
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Submitted At: 4:55pm 05-24-22
Without a USA BMX sanction, there’s no reason to have a BMX track in Santa Clara.
Coach Mike Vivona
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Submitted At: 4:41pm 05-24-22
If PAL tries to say that they are open to working with USA BMX to get the sanction back up please ask them what they are doing to make that happen when USA BMX has said openly in many public settings that they are NOT going to sanction PAL to operate this track without the support of Nick Valencia and his team.
While PAL may be open to it, USA BMX is NOT.
People are not going to pay for this and it will end up being a run down bike park with zero economic benefit to the city of Santa Clara.
Melissa Taboada
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Submitted At: 4:37pm 05-24-22
we need a USA BMX sanctioned track! we don’t need a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Amy Bishop
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Submitted At: 4:04pm 05-24-22
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vivian hwa
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Submitted At: 3:28pm 05-24-22
we need a USA BMX sanctioned track. we dont need nor want a practice track!! evelyn nguyen
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Submitted At: 3:27pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Juan Hander
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Submitted At: 3:14pm 05-24-22
This track has become amazing and has grown leaps and bounds as being a part of the USABMX system. The support comes from USABMX the notoriety and the destination status that the city benefits from all is tied to USABMX. To end that partnership because of financial issues would be suicide and clearly hurt the city offering to its youth sports. PAL has issues it needs to resolve and it will in time but for now this program needs to continue on with USABMX and get back to the community!
Brian Allen
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Submitted At: 3:00pm 05-24-22
Please Read: My name is Brian Allen and I'm a PAL board member. I retired from SCPD where I was a DARE/School Resource officer and the PAL fishing commissioner. I became a member because I believe in its mission, past volunteers, and the opportunities it provides to our youth. It is truly a nonprofit organization. The board is committed to continued improvement to all its programs, which BMX is a big part of. I am asking for your continued support under our current agreement. Thank Y ou MV Vivona
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Submitted At: 2:46pm 05-24-22
The only way we will continue to support Santa Clara BMX is with a USA BMX sanction. There is no value to the bmx community to have a practice track not sanctioned by USA BMX. Please put this issue to rest once & for all so our kids can have their track back and outdoor summer camps with amazing coaches & families back before it’s too late and we are forced to move on to other cities. The time is now. Please take PAL off of this lease and let’s move forward & continue this amazing program.
Alice Nguyen
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Submitted At: 2:42pm 05-24-22
We NEED a USA BMX sanctioned track!!! Please MOVE the lease away from PAL!! Belle Vivona
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Submitted At: 2:35pm 05-24-22
We need the BMX Sanction otherwise our community will suffer and discontinue attending to the city of Santa Clara’s bmx track. It’s embarrassing to allow PAL let such an amazing & vastly profitable program go to waste because of their childish behavior, unprofessionalism, and lack of experience. Not only will the bmx children suffer, next will also be their softball, baseball, & soccer leagues when their funds are gone due to bmx participation going elsewhere. Such a shame & disgrace to all.
Lindsay Meyers
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Submitted At: 1:29pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Marie Pulli
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Submitted At: 1:24pm 05-24-22
We need a USABMX sanction track. Please take the lease away from PAL. They don’t know anything about our sport. USABMX won’t give the sanction back if PAL keep running the land and I don’t blame them because PAL had never been involved in our sport.
Della Sisomvang
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Submitted At: 1:18pm 05-24-22
We should get a USA BMX sanctioned track! We don't need a practice track, so please move the lease away from PAL.
Kailey Kleiner
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Submitted At: 1:16pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Ariel Kadrijaj
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Submitted At: 12:52pm 05-24-22
I want USABMX SANCTION because without it then BMX is not a sport.
Parmis Ghaffari
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Submitted At: 12:49pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track, and we don’t need a practice track, so move the lease away from PAL please.
Ava Mallo
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Submitted At: 12:45pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Smrithi Srinivasan
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Submitted At: 12:44pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need a practice track.
Nicholas Tran
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Submitted At: 12:42pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL!! Casey Tran
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Submitted At: 12:40pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. No need for a practice track so please lease away from PAL.
Cristian Bajo
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Submitted At: 12:30pm 05-24-22
Please allow a sanctioned bmx track instead of a practice one. Move the leash away from PAL.
Miriya Schlieper
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Submitted At: 12:27pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Gurleen Bal
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Submitted At: 12:27pm 05-24-22
Move the lease away from PAL. We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. This track is for the kids of Santa Clara county who love BMX and wish to compete and be the BEST. Future Olympians compete here.
Andrew Doan
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Submitted At: 12:27pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Holly Bootz
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Submitted At: 12:26pm 05-24-22
Please move the lease away from PAL!!
Ian Spyropoulos
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Submitted At: 12:26pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Nathan Luu
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Submitted At: 12:26pm 05-24-22
Please allow a sanctioned bmx track instead of a practice one. Move the leash away from PAL.
Karla Alvarez falconi
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Submitted At: 12:26pm 05-24-22
My kids don’t want a practice track they want to race on their home track . We have calazas park and lake Cunnigham to practice. What ours kids need is a USABMX sanctioned track to race we don’t have any track around our area.
Luz Garcia
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Submitted At: 12:26pm 05-24-22
MOVE THE LEASE! We need a USA BMX sanctioned track.
Andrew Rai
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Submitted At: 12:26pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Gisele Estrada
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Submitted At: 12:25pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Amanda Tharp
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Submitted At: 12:25pm 05-24-22
Move the lease away from PAL. We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. This track is for the kids of Santa Clara county who love BMX and wish to compete and be the BEST. Future Olympians compete here.
Adrian Meza
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Submitted At: 12:25pm 05-24-22
Move the lease away from PAL. We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. This track is for the kids of Santa Clara county who love BMX and wish to compete and be the BEST. Future Olympians compete here.
Haylee Huynh
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Submitted At: 12:24pm 05-24-22
Please move the lease away from PAL.
Julian Trujillo
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Submitted At: 12:23pm 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track!We don't need/want a practice track! Alyson Kielty
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Submitted At: 12:22pm 05-24-22
Move the lease away from PAL. We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. This track is for the kids who love BMX.
We don’t want a practice track.
Jimin Ha
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Submitted At: 12:21pm 05-24-22
Please move the lease away from PAL! We need a USA BMX sanctioned track and we don't want a practice track.
Chantal Thompson
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Submitted At: 12:16pm 05-24-22
I want USABMX SANCTION because without it then BMX is not a sport.
Christine Szelong
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Submitted At: 12:10pm 05-24-22
Please move the lease away from PAL; it is not in the best interest of the people who actually use the track. A practice track is not needed or wanted; for the community it should remain USA BMX sanctioned.
Nanen Tachifsha
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Submitted At: 11:54am 05-24-22
We NEED a USABMX SANCTION!!!
Nicole Hartung
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Submitted At: 11:46am 05-24-22
I want USABMX SANCTION because without it then BMX is not a sport.
Celina Padilla
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Submitted At: 11:46am 05-24-22
The community needs a USA BMX sanctioned track and not a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL
Don Yellum
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Submitted At: 11:46am 05-24-22
Move the lease away from PAL. We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need/want a practice track. This track is for the kids of Santa Clara county who love BMX and wish to compete and be the BEST. Future Olympians compete here.
Elisha Gargiulo
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Submitted At: 11:41am 05-24-22
I want USABMX SANCTION because without it then BMX is not a sport.
Jane Partsch
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Submitted At: 11:40am 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Julia Graham
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Submitted At: 11:37am 05-24-22
I want USABMX SANCTION because without it then BMX is not a sport.
Paul William
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Submitted At: 11:35am 05-24-22
The city should strongly consider the proposal to allow USABMX to operate the track as a sanctioned track.
Without the USABMX Sanction, the sport loses its credibility and is detrimental to the ridership/kids. We need a USA BMX sanctioned race track.
Nathan Vong
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Submitted At: 11:31am 05-24-22
Move the lease away from PAL. We need a USA BMX sanctioned race track, NOT a practice track. This is against the interests of the local BMX community.
Pamela Diven
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Submitted At: 11:31am 05-24-22
We have no use or need for a practice track. What is needed is a USA BMX sanctioned track! Please move the lease away from PAL so this can happen!
Jennifer Bettencourt
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Submitted At: 11:30am 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track, not a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Avina Lam
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Submitted At: 11:28am 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We do not need or want a practice track, so please move the lease away from PAL.
Diane Li
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Submitted At: 11:24am 05-24-22
We DONT need a practice track. Please move the lease away from PAL.
Asmita Jerrome
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Submitted At: 11:23am 05-24-22
We need a USA BMX sanctioned track. We don't need or want a practice track.
Kati Palfey
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Submitted At: 11:22am 05-24-22
I want USABMX SANCTION because without it then BMX is not a sport.
Marti Berndt
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Submitted At: 11:16am 05-24-22
This track needs the USABMX sanction!
Amanda Pease
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Submitted At: 11:01am 05-24-22
I want USABMX SANCTION because without it then BMX is not a sport.
Shane Crosby
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Submitted At: 11:00am 05-24-22
USA BMX is the gold standard. If we're going to support a track in our community then let's support to the fullest extent possible and have it properly sanctioned and ensure that this is a service that we continue to support going forward.
Arta Kadrijaj
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Submitted At: 10:43am 05-24-22
I want USA BMX to sanction the track.
Krissy DiLutro
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Submitted At: 10:39am 05-24-22
Not moving the lease away from PAL means that the track will be unsanctioned. This is detrimental to ridership and is not in the best interest of riders, parents, community and other programs that the revenue from the track, when full sanctioned, funds. I urge you to reconsider this move. Accepting the terms set forth by USA BMX is the only viable option. Stop hurting our children. Move the lease.
Michael Head
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Submitted At: 11:10pm 05-23-22
I am concerned that the report takes no consideration for the kids' ability to race and compete under USA BMX sanction. A track in our urban area is a rarity and affords Santa Clara city (and county) children a special national sport in which to compete. The city should more strongly consider the proposal to allow usabmx to operate the track as a sanctioned track, remove PAL involvement, and turn attention toward locating a replacement site before the Related development closes the track.
Michael Hernandez
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Submitted At: 2:48pm 05-23-22
To take away youth sports would be a shame children are already losing sports and school sports teach children a lot of good characteristics as they grow into adults such as teamwork leader ship responsibility to take this away would be a crime a lot of families rely on the sports and the support that they get from the community and the PAL office.