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The Following Transcript Is Provided for Your Convenience, but Does Not Represent the Official Record of This Meeting 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 Reed: Good afternoon. I'd like to call the San José city council meeting to order for June 2nd, 2009. Councilmember Oliverio will introduce the invocator. >> Councilmember Oliverio: Thank you, Mary Reed. Today we are honored to have the River Glen School today here, that is located in Willow Glen, San José Unified School District, as the K-8 Spanish immersion school, and we're joined by the Estudiantes, or pardon me, Estudiantini. I actually just made that Italian and not Spanish. My apologies. But they are going to perform a traditional Spanish medley called Mananitas de Cielito Lindo conchos colores. So we will welcome them to the stage to play for us. [applause] [ Singing in Spanish ] [ ∂music∂ ] [ Singing in Spanish ] [applause] >> Mayor Reed: Thank you. If you could just stay where you are. We're going to do the pledge of allegiance. And you're in the perfect place to do that. So let's everybody stand. I'm sorry. Everybody stand for the pledge of allegiance. [ pledge of allegiance ] >> Mayor Reed: Thank you, river glen. We appreciate that. That was great. First item of business is orders of the day. We have some changes from the printed agenda. Item 3.4, report of the Rules and Open Government Committee for May 13th will be deferred one week. 5.4, the PRNS department volunteer policy will be deferred to June 9th. We'll take item 7.3 regarding or energy efficiency and conservation block grant and energy plan out of order. We'll take it immediately following the consent calendar. This evening, the land use items which is 11.1 through 11.4 will be taken out of order, immediately following the evening ceremonial items. And finally, today's council meeting will be adjourned in the memory of James Little, the son of a district 8 constituent who was killed in an automobile accident on his way home from college in San Diego. Councilmember Herrera will have some more to say. >> Councilmember Herrera: Thank you, mayor. It is with my deepest sympathy and condolences to the Little family, that we adjourn the meeting in honor of James Robert Little, a District 8 resident. He passed away at Rancho Palos Verdes where he had just completed his sophomore year at Merrimount College the day before. James is survived by parents Leslie and Nick. Leslie used to work for the City in the Redevelopment Agency. His adoring sister, Elise, and many, many aunts, uncles, cousins and a wide circle of wonderful friends in the U.S., Austria and Germany. A son filled with joy and a fiercely loyal brother, James was always directed by optimism. He was described by his college as a life force. He loved adventure, travel, and passionately pursued many interests including photography, snowboarding and his car. This amazing young man, even in death, has generously donated organs and tissues to the living. There will be a couple of memorial services held, and I wanted to mention the one, a celebration of his life on Sunday, June 7th at 2:00 p.m. at the Evergreen Valley High School gymnasium, 3188 Quimby Road, where he graduated. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that those who are willing to donate blood or send funds to Merrimount College Opportunities for Volunteer Experiences. James was a regular blood donor at college and would be pleased by the support. Thank you. >> Mayor Reed: Thank you, Councilmember Herrera. Anything else under orders of the day? We have motion to approve orders of the day. All in favor, opposed, none opposed, that's approved. Next item is closed session report, City Attorney. >> City Attorney Doyle: Mr. Mayor, the city council met in closed session, pursuant to notice. We were given authority to pursue appellate review in one litigation case, it's Vietnamese American Community of Northern California vs. City, and the substance of the litigation is injunctive relief regarding alleged Brown Act violations. The council voted 9-0 with Councilmembers Nguyen and Chirco absent. >> Mayor Reed: We'll now take up the ceremonial items. I'd like to invite Councilmember Liccardo, Paul Krutko, and Matthew Powell to join me at the podium for the first item. Today we're recognizing a company that's helping drive San JosÈ forward in some key green vision goals. Fat Spaniel is a company named after one of the company founder's favorite pets. Continues to fuel innovation through its new technologies in manufacturing operations here in San JosÈ. The company is one of our neighbors with its headquarters here in Downtown San José, only a couple of blocks from City Hall. Some of their customers include solar power producers, system integrators and a growing number of wind power companies. Their technologies are also used by Denver International Airport, Frito Lay, Southern California Edison, Warner Brothers, and Yale University. One of their most famous customers is Jay Leno, who hired Fat Spaniel to help turn his 17,000 square foot garage for his 1 collection of 150 classic cars into Jay's green garage, and there's even been a television show or two about that work. And Councilmember Liccardo I think has some more to add about Fat Spaniel. >> Councilmember Liccardo: Just wanted to also mention that Fat Spaniel has been partnering with the Obama administration and many of our schools throughout the country to expand renewable monitoring in many of the schools to allow the school kids to be able to actually see the energy that's being saved and to participate in this extraordinary technological innovation. So we're grateful for everything Fat Spaniel's doing not just in the world of technology but in the world of education, as well. [ applause ] >> I'd like to say thank you. I only joined Fat Spaniel recently as its CEO. So on behalf of our 60 employees and our founders, we are grateful for this commendation. We wanted to take note of our thanks to the city, to the mayor and staff for all of its support for a growing company like ours. We're grateful for it, strong believers in the Green Vision, and looking forward to continuing in that process. Thank you. [applause] >> Mayor Reed: And of course, Nancy Kline was here from our office of economic development. Our next item I'd like to invite fire chief Darryl Von Raesfeld to join me at the podium as we declare this week of June 1 through 7, as national CPR and AED awareness week in the City of San José. I think we're going to have some other group of people to join us. This is vital for everyone to know about because over 300,000 people every year die from coronary conditions before reaching the hospital -- why don't you come on back behind me, gentlemen. Before one gets to the hospital, CPR and AED are vital measures to help keep someone alive until advanced care arrives. These are not measures that make a small difference, they are measures that make a big difference. Prompt delivery of CPR more than doubles the victim's chance of survival. So that's why we're here to encourage everybody to take a chance to get certified and learn how to perform CPR and how to use the AED device. The chief will say a little bit more about that. >> Darryl Von Raesfeld: Let me introduce Captain JosÈ Chavez, of Project Heart Safe City. We have a few presentations to organizations that have had successful AED saves here in San JosÈ. >> Thank you, mayor, thank you, Chief Von Raesfeld. At this time I'd like to invite Cisco Systems representative, Mineta San JosÈ International Airport, representatives from Cisco's Penny Angelini, from San José Mineta, Stephanie Lau, the safety manager, and Bill Sherry, the director of aviation. HP Pavilion, Mike Carroll, usher and emergency medical manager, Greg Cords, an EMT, and Valley Christian High School is going to be accepting is Karen Jensen. San JosÈ fire department is issuing these awards, they're the Heart Safe City awards, for these entities that have excellent programs in place, of public access defibrillator and CPR, AED training that have resulted in lives being saved. Mr. Giles, survivor, where are you at Mr. Giles? There he is. And his hero, I'm sorry, where is Stephanie? Sandra Dixon, you can please stand up Sandra and Mr. Giles. Mr. Giles was saved at the airport. Sandra Dixon, civilian, CPR -- initiated CPR AED about three years ago now, and he's alive and well thanks to the excellent program at the airport. Mr. Mike Smith, Sergeant Mike Smith, if you can stand up please, sir, San JosÈ PD, involved in the first rescue at the airport a few years before that. Thank you, Mr. Smith. At this time I'd like the award. Okay, Penny Angelini, Cisco Systems, is accepting the award. She -- they have an excellent system at Cisco Systems. They have AEDs at their buildings, they are always in the same location. Their employees know that. They train worldwide. They've had two successful saves in the last year, and they're deploying their AED program throughout their corporation.
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