Fremont City Council Meeting — April 20

Fremont’s next regular City Council meeting is Tuesday, April 21, not Monday, April 20, with a 7 p.m. start at City Hall. (fremont.gov) The city’s official calendar lists the April 21 meeting at Fremont City Hall, 3300 Capitol Ave., and the Council agenda page says residents can watch by livestream or attend in person. (fremont.gov 1) (fremont.gov 2) Fremont accepts City Council comments in person or by email, and email comments must arrive before 1 p.m. on the day of the meeting to be distributed to councilmembers and posted in the Agenda Center. The same page says virtual public comments on Council Zoom meetings are disabled. (fremont.gov) The seven-member body includes Mayor Raj Salwan and six district councilmembers, and the city says the Council adopts the budget, makes major policy decisions, and appoints the city manager. Salwan was sworn in as mayor in December 2024, according to the city’s member page. (fremont.gov) This spring, the Council reset its 2026 priorities at a February 23 retreat. The city’s priorities page lists economic development and financial sustainability, homelessness, public safety, and a work plan to study whether Fremont should become a charter city. (fremont.gov) Those priorities sit on top of longer-running city plans already in motion. Fremont’s updated Climate Action Plan, adopted on October 10, 2023, sets a target to cut community-wide greenhouse gas emissions 30% from 2018 levels by 2030. (fremont.gov) Monday, April 20 does have a public meeting in the Council chambers, but it is a Charter Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., according to the city calendar. The committee is part of the city’s current review of a possible charter-city framework. (fremont.gov 1) (fremont.gov 2) For residents planning to speak, the practical split is simple: the Charter Advisory Committee meets Monday, April 20, and the regular City Council meets Tuesday, April 21 at 7 p.m. The city’s Agenda Center is the place to check the final packet, item numbers, and comment instructions before either meeting. (fremont.gov) (fremont.gov) (fremont.gov)