The following transcript is provided for your convenience, but does not represent the official record of this meeting. The transcript is provided by the firm that provides closed captioning services to the City. Because this service is created in real-time as the meeting progresses, it may contain errors and gaps, but is nevertheless very helpful in determining the gist of what occurred during this meeting. >> Mayor Liccardo: Good afternoon everyone, welcome to the meeting of August 29th, 2017. Today'sinvocation will be delivered by the lokahi Polynesian dance group. Introduced by Councilmember Nguyen. >> Councilmember T. Nguyen: Thank you mayor. This will be the best part of the meeting I guarantee you. The lokahi Polynesian are dance group was established in 1989. And the group since then grown there having only a handful of dancers to an organization that has taught hundreds of youth to dance. They have a wide range of dancers that range from three years old to dancing grandmothers. Don't give up hope yet! And they have been featured on ABC 11, living well Expo, reaching waters, Bay Area Vista. With notable performances at Disneyland Polynesian cultural night. The dance group has been prominent in the Bay Area, performances at local schools, private parties, corporate events and community events. Lokahi is led by Rebecca fabro. The group was led by Pamela, today we have Rebecca Rachel Raylene and Judith. Please welcome all the performers to the podium please. Thank you. [applause] [¶ Singing ¶ ] ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ [applause] >> Mayor Liccardo: Thank you very much. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. [ pledge of allegiance ] >> Mayor Liccardo: Does anyone have any changes to the printed agenda? We do have a request to defer item 4.3 to November 14th. We do need a motion. >> Councilmember Carrasco: So moved. >> Second. >> Mayor Liccardo: All right, I have no cards from the public. Let's vote. On to the closed session report. Mr. City Attorney. >> City Attorney Doyle: I have no report but I believe the City Manager does. >> Mayor Liccardo: He does indeed. Norberto. 1 >> Norberto Duenas: Thank you mayor councilmembers, I am delighted to state that the city council approved my appointment of John Aiken as the next director of San José Mineta international airport. [applause] >> Norberto Duenas: John has been serving as interim director for the last four months, following the departure of Kim Becker in March. John has been with San José since 1993. And during his tenure he successfully led the airport team in redesigning both the airport strategic plan and the airport technology plan. He held a key leadership role in operating the airport's $1.3 billion modernization of two terminals completed in 2010. I appreciate that John not only brings expert knowledge of the airport but he also understands our departments at City Hall. He knows and enjoys our San José communities as well having worked in the area since 1969. John earned a bachelor's degree and MBA from Embry riddle aeronautical agency. And accreditation, and certified from the federal aviation administration both as a commercial pilot and certified flight instructor in single and multi-engine instrument aircraft. John is well positioned to lead the airport team and direct the growth of the airport, considered to be the nation's fastest growing airport. Please join me in congratulating john. [applause] He >> Mayor Liccardo: I know that John is also joined here by his wife Angela and daughter Sabrina ah. Right? Thank you for your support of John. [applause] >> Mayor Liccardo: Thanks John you got the mic. >> Thank you. I was doing fine until the applause and he nowite a slight bit nervous compared to what I was about three minutes ago. So thank you for that. But we'll go through this. Mr. Mayor, madam Vice Mayor and city council members. First I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity and trusting me to lead one of our City's most strategic and valuable assets. I look forward to working together to develop the airport in alignment with the city's vision. The airport has entered a time of remarkable growth. Which comes with its own facility and customer service challenges. But I also see these growth challenges as an opportunity to bring creative and exciting airport improvements to you that will prepare for our continued success. And my thanks to Norberto and Dave. For mentoring, preparing and believing in me. And supporting me for this opportunity to serve the city and the airport. Aviation is not just my job. It's truly my passion. And spending the last 25 years pursuing my passion with the city and SJC has been truly rewarding for me. A special thanks to the previous airport directors, 2 Ralph owner tonseth, Bill Sherry and Kim becker, for each role in my public development. I would like to thank my wife Angela and my daughter Sabrina ah and my daughter Nicole who lives in Louisiana. They helped me reach this news opportunity here at SJC. I would also like to thank senior staff from the airport and the entire airport team for their hard work and dedication to the airport and to our community. Which makes my job even more fulfilling. In closing, it's truly an.honor to stand before you, before my wife and daughter, the senior staff from the airport, and the community, to accept this opportunity to lead the great team at the airport. A team that truly loves the airport and works together to make great things happen daily for our community and our customers. Thank you. [applause] >> Mayor Liccardo: Thank you John for your service, we look forward to your service special thanks go to the camera team led by Vicky day. We're on to the consent calendar. Are there any items that council would like to pull from consent? I believe, Councilmember Rocha, you would like to pull 2.14 and 2.15, is that right? >> Councilmember Rocha: Thank you mayor, I've since talked to staff, and I'm good. >> Mayor Liccardo: So they'll stay on consent. Any other items to be pulled? >> The Clerk: I believe you have a speaker card. >> Mayor Liccardo: I do on 2.14. Gail Osmer we can pull the item if council chooses but you can certainly speak now. This is on the path item. >> Hi, good afternoon, by name is Gail Osmer. I wanted to thank you for increasing the funding to path and which provides services for outreach to the homeless. The funding has increased by $260,000. And the reason I'm speaking is, I really want to make sure that there is an oversight committee or an oversight department, that will stay on track, to make sure path is doing what their contract and/or agreement states. There has been some nonprofits that aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing. And through their contract. But I've heard some good things about path, since we have over 4,000 homeless people I know they can't be getting to all of them but maybe instead of a 10%, I know there's 10% clients that have received or they want to receive permanent housing. With this new agreement, maybe we can 3 increase that to a little bit higher. But we got a good oversight committee for the path, nonprofit. Thank you. >> Mayor Liccardo: Thank you Gail. Okay. If any councilmember would like to pull that item we do so. If not we'll vote on the balance of the consent calendar. I wanted to take special notice of this. Our ongoing efforts, as you know we created an office of strategic partnerships, led by con Rousseau, and a small team led by Shereen Santosium. We're doing everything we can to bring resources into the city. We've got a scarce budget and we have to see how we can leverage bright people and resources from around the globe to help us. In this case we were able to land an IBM smarter cities challenge grant competing with cities throughout the country. IBM is donating of the worth half a million dollars. In concrete terms, they are giving us half a dozen of their star employees for a few weeks and they're going to help us get our rent registry up and running and our affordable housing portal up and running which we know needs a lot of work. We are grateful to the housing department to be open to working in this way. I really want to thank Shereen, she's in Washington, D.C. right now, for us, but also thank con Rousseau, and Henry Tsi, he's with us for a year, a limited time unfortunately just a year on a fellowship but we're grateful to have his good work here at the city as well. So if there's any comment we can take that at this time or we can entertain a motion. Let's vote. We'll mooch on to the regular agenda. First we'll recess the regular meeting, what every kid would like, go right to recess. Convene the Successor Agency of the Redevelopment Agency. On the consent calendar of the Successor Agency. >> Councilmember Peralez: Move approval of the consent calendar. >> Mayor Liccardo: There is a motion, if there is any comment I have no cards. Let's vote. That is 9:.1. >> The Clerk: I actually hit end before Tam Nguyen voted. If you could hit proceed. >> Mayor Liccardo: We're going to reconvene the city council, hello again everybody, we're now going to start with the report of the City Manager, Norberto.