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AND WITH THAT, GET THAT THERE.
WITH THAT, I'M GONNA CALL THE, UH, MEETING
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
TO ORDER.AND BEFORE WE PROCEED, I REQUEST THAT THE INTERPRETER TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION SERVICES THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR THIS EVENING'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, AN INTERPRETATION IS BEING PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS ON SITE THROUGH, UH, NATIONAL CITY, CITY COUNCIL SYSTEM, AND ONLINE ON ZOOM.
I WILL NOW GIVE THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUR ZOOM SPANISH SPEAKING PARTICIPANTS.
UM, UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, IF WE COULD PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES OR DEVICES IN THE CHAMBER, PLEASE.
AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE ONES THAT HAVE MUSIC RINGS, BUT WE DON'T WANT, WE'RE NOT GONNA DANCE TONIGHT.
AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
FIRST OF ALL, IN PERSON HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND, UH, AND THAT'S BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE FORMS. AND THEY ARE AT RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR THERE, UH, BY ZOOM, BY PRE-REGISTERING NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING, AND THEN BY EMAIL NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
WITH THAT, COULD I ASK FOR ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA PRESENT, VICE MAYOR IMANI.
IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION.
AND I WOULD ASK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA, IF YOU LEAVE US, PLEASE.
READY, BEGIN ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR FATHER.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE GOD OF GLORY, AND THE EARTH IS YOURS AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF.
WE RECOGNIZE YOU AS LORD AND SAVIOR.
FATHER, IT'S SAID IN YOUR WORD TO PRAY.
IT SAYS IN YOUR WORD TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS LORD.
AND WE ARE DOING SO RIGHT NOW, AND WE ARE PRAYING BEFORE YOU.
IT IS SAID TO HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE YOU AND TO SEEK YOUR FACE.
THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL YOU HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND YOU WILL FORGIVE OUR SINS AND YOU WILL HEAL OUR LAND.
AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE ASK YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR MAYOR, OUR VICE MAYOR, IN THIS COMPLETE COUNCIL THAT IS BEFORE US, LORD, THAT THEY WOULD LEAD WITH THE FEAR OF GOD, THAT THEY WOULD ADMONISH THE WORD OF THE LORD AS THE SUPREME COURT OF THIS EARTH.
WE PRAY, LORD, THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS PRESENTED IN THESE MEETINGS, THAT IT WOULD BE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF YOUR PERFECT WILL.
FATHER, WE PRAY FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US FROM THE NORTH, FROM THE EAST, FROM THE WEST AND THE SOUTH.
I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD COVER IT WITH ANGELS AND ANY DEMONIC FORCE.
AND ANYTHING THAT IS NOT OF YOUR WILL, WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ITS DOMAIN.
HERE I PRAY, LORD, THIS CITY AS A CITY OF GOD, I PRAY THIS CITY AS YOUR PERFECT WILL.
FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS MEETING, AND I PRAY A SPECIAL COVERING OVER THEM.
WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY, ALL THE HONOR AND ALL THE PRAISE.
AND I PRAY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I PRAY FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE CITY STAFF THAT WORK TO TAKE CARE OF US.
PLACE YOUR HAND UPON THEM, COVER THEM.
BLESS THEM IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY AND HONOR IN JESUS' NAME.
WOULD YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF PLEASE? PASTOR EZEKIEL RODRIGUEZ, PASTOR FIRST FAMILY COMMUNITY CHURCH, RIGHT ON 16TH
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BY SEVEN 11 IN THE DONUT SHOP, THE BEST DONUTS IN ALL OF SAN DIEGO COUNTYIT'S A PREVALENT PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT]
OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND DO WE HAVE SOME IN ZOOM? I KNOW WE DO.
I'M GOING TO, WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS, SO I'M GONNA LIMIT EVERYONE TO TWO MINUTES ON THESE.
AND I'LL LET YOU GO WITH, WITH THE ZOOMS FIRST.
MY NAME IS BECKY RAP, AND I COME HERE AS I'M CONCERNED REGARDING THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN DRUG USE WE'RE SEEING ON OUR CITY STREETS AND THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS IT'S HAVING ON OUR CITY.
WITH THE INFLUX OF MARIJUANA BUSINESSES BEING PERMITTED IN OUR CITY, INCLUDING CONSUMPTION LOUNGE, I WANTED TO SHARE A RECENT ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE WASHINGTON TIMES TITLED EVERY DOLLAR DOLLAR OF MARIJUANA TAX REVENUE IS ASSOCIATED WITH $4 AND 50 CENTS IN COSTS.
A RECENT STUDY FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY DETERMINED THE PERMITTING OF MARIJUANA BUSINESSES IS ASSOCIATED WITH A 17% INCREASE IN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR ADDICTION.
A 35% INCREASE IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND A 13% INCREASE IN ARRESTS.
THE STUDY ALSO FOUND THAT ARRESTS FOR BOTH VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIMES ROSE, WHICH SUGGESTS AN INCREASE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS COUNCIL REQUEST A SIMILAR STUDY BASED ON LOCAL DATA HERE IN OUR CITY, CROSS-EXAMINING DATA FROM 2016 PRIOR TO THE PASSING OF PROP 64.
HOW HAVE WE SEEN CHRONIC ADDICTION INCREASE HOMELESSNESS INCREASE AS WELL AS VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIMES INCREASE? I'LL BET OUR DATA WILL BE SIMILAR TO DATA ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS THE PERMITTING OF MARIJUANA BUSINESSES WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CLOSE BUDGET DEFICITS OR FUND EXPENSIVE SOCIAL PROGRAMS. POLICYMAKERS AND VOTERS MUST KNOW THE DATA.
RECOGNIZING THAT EXPANDING THE MARKET IN OUR CITY WILL ONLY BRING DETRIMENT, DETRIMENTAL HARM TO RESIDENTS, POTENTIALLY EXACERBATING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH CRISIS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY FACING.
I'M A PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR AND WHEN A HIGH POTENCY PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG LIKE MARIJUANA IS COMMERCIALIZED, SAFETY, ADEQUATE REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT, OR OF COURSE, PRIMARY CONCERNS FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND CONSUMERS, ALSO TO BE CONSIDERED IS PROTECTING THOSE PERMITTED BUSINESSES IN, IN THE CITY.
FROM THE IMPINGEMENT OF BAD ACTORS IN GRAY AND BLACK MARKETS, OR COMPETING SALES OF PRODUCTS LIKE ILLEGAL HEMP, WHICH IS INCREASINGLY ON THE RISE IN SMOKE SHOPS AND OTHER OUTLETS.
LEGALIZING JURISDICTIONS, HOWEVER, HAVE FAILED TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES ACCORDING TO FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR AND JOHN WALTERS, FORMER US DRUG CONTROL POLICY DIRECTOR.
THE TWO CONCLUDED IN A NEWLY RELEASED INVESTIGATIVE REPORT THAT A DECADE IN LEGAL LEGALIZING WEED HAS BEEN A DISASTER.
THEIR MAJOR CONCERNS FROM INVESTIGATION INCLUDE WHAT THEY CALL GROCERY RESPONSIBILITY IN LEGALIZING WITHOUT FDA APPROVAL OR RIGOROUS EVALUATION OF TODAY'S HYPO POTENCY PRODUCTS FOR FULL UNDERSTANDING OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES.
THIS HAS LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR ANOTHER BIG TOBACCO, WHICH GAINS SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE BEFORE THE DANGERS OF SMOKING WERE FULLY APPRECIATED.
THE TWO REPORTED, WHY ARE WE RUSHING TO REPEAT HISTORY WITH MARIJUANA? THEY ASKED EVEN POTENTIALLY LIFESAVING CANCER DRUGS ARE WITHHELD FROM THE MARKET UNTIL THEIR EFFECTS HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY STUDIED.
SO I BRING THIS REPORT TONIGHT AS A CALL TO EVALUATE CITY MARIJUANA POLICIES, AND I SUPPORT THAT EARLIER CALL FOR COLLECTING DATA DRIVEN EVALUATION SO THAT WE DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF ANOTHER BIG TOBACCO SITUATION.
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HI.I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NATIONAL CITY AND LIVE NEAR DIVISION AND HIGHLAND.
I AM A SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020 GRADUATE AND NOW CURRENTLY A PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATE.
TODAY I'D LIKE TO BRING AWARENESS TO A CRITICAL ISSUE AFFECTING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A PERVASIVE INFLUENCE OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY ON OUR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.
AS A YOUNG ADULT WHO HAS LIVED THROUGH THE VAPING EPIDEMIC, I HAVE WITNESSED THE DATE OF ADDICTION STR IN OUR VERY OWN COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO SMOKE AND VAPE SHOPS NEAR OUR SCHOOLS, YOUTH CAN EASILY ACCESS AND OBTAIN TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA TOBACCO HEALTH ASSESSMENT TOOL, MORE THAN 95% OF TOBACCO RETAILERS IN NATIONAL CITY ARE LOCATED WITHIN LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET OF SCHOOLS.
THE INDUSTRY IS FOCUSED ONLY ON TARGETING VULNERABLE YOUTH TO CREATE THEIR NEXT GENERATION OF CONSUMERS AND DO SO THROUGH ENTICING FLAVORS THAT PURPOSELY ATTRACT KIDS.
ALTHOUGH FLAVORED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN PROHIBITED FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, SEVERAL RETAILERS STILL HAVE THEM ON THEIR SHELVES AND ILLEGALLY SELL TO YOUTH AND UNDERAGE YOUNG ADULTS.
MANY OF MY OWN FRIENDS IN COLLEGE IN HIGH SCHOOL HAVE SHARED THEIR DISTRESSING EXPERIENCES WITH ADDICTION AND WITHDRAWAL, SHARING THEIR SYMPTOMS OF STRESS AND ANXIETY, SMOKING AND VAPE POSE IMMEDIATE THREATS TO OUR YOUTHS MENTAL WELLBEING, AND ALSO INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF DEVELOPING DEBILITATING DISEASES, DISEASES LATER IN LIFE.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE A FUTURE FREE FROM THE BURDEN OF PREVENTABLE DISEASES.
I ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL FINDS A SOLUTION TO STOP THE PREDATORY PRACTICES OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY AND THE LEGAL SELLING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO MINORS.
A SOLUTION TO THIS, TO DO THIS IS TO IMPLEMENT A TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE PROGRAM, WHICH OVER 200 CITIES IN CALIFORNIA HAVE ADOPTED, SUCH AS OUR OWN COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, WHICH HAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST PROGRAMS IN OUR NATION.
I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL THAT MARCH 18TH TO THE 24TH IS NATIONAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL FACT SUITE.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL HEALTH OBSERVANCE THAT INSPIRES DIALOGUE ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF DRUG USE AND ALCOHOL AMONG YOUTH.
THIS YEAR'S FOCUS IS SHATTERING THE MISS ABOUT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
IT IS 2010 BY SCIENTIST AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE OR NA TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND BRING AWARENESS TO YOUTH, DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE IN COMMUNITIES AND NATIONWIDE.
ON THE NA WEBSITE, IT REPORTS 30.7% OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS USED MARIJUANA IN THE PAST YEAR.
THIS IS A BIG CONCERN 'CAUSE THE AMOUNT OF THC IN MARIJUANA HAS INCREASED STEADILY OVER THE PAST DECADES.
HIGH THC LEVELS MAY ALSO MEAN A GREATER RISK OF ADDICTION IF PEOPLE ARE REGULARLY USING THESE PRODUCTS.
PEOPLE WHO BEGAN USING MARIJUANA BEFORE AGE 18 ARE FOUR TO SEVEN TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP A MARIJUANA USE DISORDER.
HIGH THC LEVELS MAY ALSO EXPLAIN THE RISE IN EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS IN SAN DIEGO.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO THE SCIENCE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE RISK OF MARIJUANA USE AND IT, AND UNDERSTAND THE RISKS TO THE POLICIES YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY WHO PUTS PROFITS OVER PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND SAFETY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
AND MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZOOM COMMENTS.
NOW WE'LL GO TO THOSE COMMENTS FROM WITHIN THE AUDIENCE.
WE FIRST HAVE JUAN ANTONIO VASQUEZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY CONSUELO.
SHE PUT HER FIRST NAME ON THAT ONE TO BE FOLLOWED BY DON AND PAUL MAUER.
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OKAY.IF WE COULD HAVE THE, UH, TRANSLATOR.
YOU HAVE THE ENGLISH VERSION NOW, IS THE ONBOARD THERE SHELLY? YEAH.
MY NAME IS JUAN ANTONIO VAZQUEZ.
I AM A RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY AND A MEMBER OF ACE NATIONAL CITY.
AND I WANT TO, UH, HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER AS TO HOW SOON WILL BE ALLOWED BACK INTO OUR APARTMENTS.
WE'VE BEEN OUT OF OUR HOMES FOR OVER TWO MONTHS, AND IT IS UNFAIR THAT ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY, OTHERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOWED BACK INTO THEIR HOMES.
WHILE WE ARE STILL LIVING LIKE THE EMERGENCY HAPPENED JUST YESTERDAY.
I AM ALSO HERE TO DEMAND THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO OUR, OUR HOMES.
AND UNTIL THEN ARE PROVIDED A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE IN.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS TOO MUCH TO ASK.
UH, YOU NEED TO IMPLEMENT THINGS THAT ARE FAIR FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE LIVING THROUGH THIS VERY CRITICAL SITUATION.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, CONSUELO HERE.
PAUL, UH, DON AND PAUL MOWER BE FOLLOWED BY MARIA RODRIGUEZ.
UH, MOLINA, UH, LAST MEETING I LISTED IN ACTUALLY, UH, AND YOU ACTUALLY SAID TO THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS, WERE THEY EXPECTING THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM CASH RIGHT THEN? NO.
SHOULDN'T IT THOUGH? 'CAUSE WHEN GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR OUR MONEY FROM US, THEY EXPECT IT INSTANTLY.
WE'RE EXPECTED TO SHELL OUT OUR MONEY TO GOVERNMENT VIA TAXES.
YET YOU SIT THERE AND SCOLD YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN SUCH AN ARROGANT, PATRONIZING, AND DEMEANING WAY.
THESE PEOPLE NEED ANSWERS THERE IN LIMBO.
I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE FIRST OFF, THESE ARE MY NEIGHBORS.
NOT ONLY MY NEIGHBORS, BUT MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
WHAT GOES ON HERE WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT US ALL IN THE COUNTY.
THIS BOARD'S POLICIES WILL TOO, EVENTUALLY AFFECT THEM AND THEIR LOVED ONES THEY MOST LIKELY ALREADY DO.
THIS SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IS PURPOSELY NOT WORKING.
ACTUALLY, IT'S PURPOSELY COLLAPSING, COLLAPSING TO MAKE WAY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW ONE.
THAT IS WHY THESE PUPPETS ARE SETTING THE FOUNDATION, THE BLUEPRINT OF THIS NEW SYSTEM COMING INTO PLAY IN SPITE OF THE OPPOSITION OF THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS.
GOVERNMENT IS JUST A SICK GAME.
YOU WEREN'T BORN TO JUST WORK, PAY BILLS AND DIE.
IN THIS NOW MOMENT, WE ARE JUST TAX CATTLE, INDENTURED SERVANTS.
WE ARE PAYING FOR OUR OWN ENSLAVEMENT.
WAY TOO MANY ARE SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF THIS GOVERNMENT.
A SYSTEM WHERE EVERY SINGLE PERSON THRIVES.
PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THESE LOCAL POLITICAL PUPPET PONDS DO.
CALL THEM OUT ON THEIR INJUSTICES AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
NOT JUST WHEN YOU'RE BEING DIRECTLY AFFECTED, BUT WHEN YOU SEE OTHERS SUFFERING AS WELL.
THEY'RE CALLED THE, LET'S WRAP UP YOUR TWO MINUTES.
GLAD WE HAVE DON AND PAUL MAUER, FOLLOWED BY MARIA RODRIGUEZ.
THERE IS NO PAUL, BUT THERE'S A DON.
I'M, I'M REPRESENTING PAUL MAUER SHOWS.
UM, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR APPROVING OUR TEMPORARY USE PERMIT TO HAVE THE CARNIVAL.
UM, SORRY TO SAY IT WAS NOT AS A HUGE SUCCESS AS WE WERE HOPING.
UM, HOWEVER, THOUGH, UM, WE DO BELIEVE, 'CAUSE I BELIEVE YOU MR. MAYOR MADE A COMMENT ABOUT YOU USED TO CARNIVALS OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS COMING IN AND MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO NONPROFITS.
AND SO, UM, WE SCRAPED AND CAME UP WITH A COUPLE OF DONATIONS.
I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
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SOUTH BAY NATIONAL CITY.AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE MINISTRY OF JERUSALEM.
SO THOSE BOTH ARE GOING TO GET A CHECK OF $3,500 EACH.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DID, ALLOWING US TO COME IN.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT NEXT TIME.
'CAUSE WE CERTAINLY WANT TO COME BACK AGAIN.
BUT WE THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY.
UH, MARIA RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL PEREZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY ERIC VARGAS.
I'M A MEMBER OF A NATIONAL CITY, CITY.
I HAVE LIVED IN HIGHLAND VIEW APARTMENT SINCE 2007, AND I HAVE BEEN RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY SINCE 1999.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK TO STAND MY PROTECTION, THE PROTECTION AGAINST EVICTIONS.
BEFORE JANUARY 22 OF THIS YEARS, MY FAMILY WERE REGULAR, HARDWORKING AND PRODUCTIVE
MY TWO KIDS WERE ESSENTIAL WORKERS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
MY DAUGHTER WORK IN HOSPITAL, AND MY SON, WHO HAS A AUTISTIC WORKING IN NAVY BASE.
NOW WE ARE THIS DIFFICULT MOMENT, SORRY, WHICH HAS CHANGED OUR LIFE IN A VERY NEGATIVE WAY.
MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS 14, LOST, LOST US DEATHLY UNKNOWN.
WE ARE LOST OUR SENSE OF STABILITY.
UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GO BACK TO OUR HOMES.
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE HAVE BELIEVE ALL OF OUR HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHTS.
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
DANIEL PEREZ, FOLLOWED BY ERIC VARGAS TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANGELICA.
UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LOS PALMAS LITTLE LEAGUE.
I JUST WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW, UH, THAT ON THE 29TH WE'LL BE HOSTING AN EASTER EGG HUNT AND SOME ACTIVITIES, UH, FOR THE KIDS.
UM, THE EVENTS WILL START APPROXIMATELY FOUR 30 WITH SOME, UH, T-BALL GAMES.
AND, UH, ADMITTEDLY FOLLOWING AT THE GAMES, WE SHOULD HAVE THE EASTER EGG HUNT AND A COUPLE OF OTHER ACTIVITIES.
THE SNACK SHACK WILL BE OPEN AND, UH, IT SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME UNDER THE LIGHTS.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, ERIC VARGAS, FOLLOWED BY ANGELICA, FOLLOWED BY, I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO DO THE FIRST NAME.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ERIC VARGAS, AND I AM THE ACE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FOR NATIONAL CITY.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE EVICTION MORATORIUM, BUT TO BEGIN, I WANT TO SORT OF CLEAR THE AIR AND SET SOME FACTS STRAIGHT.
JUST DAYS AFTER THE FLOOD ON JANUARY 22ND, AT LEAST 24 FAMILIES WERE SERVED EVICTION NOTICES THEY WERE DEPL DISPLACED, AND NOW HAVE TO LIVE IN A HOTEL.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE COUNTY'S ACTIONS, THEY WOULD'VE HAD NO ANYWHERE TO GO.
WHEN THE HOTEL VOUCHERS END AFTER BEING EXTENDED TO MAY 11TH, YET WHEN THE MORATORIUM IN PLACE NOW ENDS, LANDLORDS CAN EVICT THESE FLOOD SURVIVORS ON THE BASIS THAT THEY NEED TO DO SUBSTANTIAL REMODELING AND THEN KICK THEM OUT.
TO BE CLEAR, NO ONE IS LOOKING TO PENALIZE LANDLORDS.
WHAT RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR IS TO RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL APARTMENTS AT THE SAME PRICE THEY WERE OFFERED TO BE REPLACED OR REPLACED TO OTHER APARTMENTS AT MUCH HIGHER RATES.
THE IDEA THAT THESE PROTECTIONS WILL HURT GOOD LANDLORDS IS WRONG.
GOOD LANDLORDS SHOULDN'T FEEL THREATENED BY WHAT THEIR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR.
AND IF YOU THINK PROTECTIONS FOR RENTERS WILL HURT YOU AS A LANDLORD, THEN I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU, BUT YOU ARE NOT A GOOD LANDLORD.
THESE CORPORATE LANDLORDS HOARD AND COMMODIFY HOUSING, WHICH IS A HUMAN RIGHT, AND THEN SELL IT BACK TO RESIDENTS FOR MORE THAN IS WORTH.
THAT IS NOT ANY WAY ANYONE SHOULD MAKE A LIVING.
WHEN LANDLORDS BUY AND RENT PROPERTY, THEY ARE TAKING A RISK.
AS WITH ANY INVESTMENT, THERE WAS MENTION, UH,
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THAT IT'S A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO MAKE A RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT.FINE, BUT WHAT OTHER BUSINESSES GUARANTEED A RETURN? AS AN INVESTOR, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO ACCEPT ANY RISK THAT COMES WITH THAT INVESTMENT AS THE CASE FOR ANY INVESTMENT LOSS OF PRO.
UH, NOW, THIS FLOOD DAMAGE CAUSED THE RISK OF LOSS OF PROFIT.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE BAILED OUT BY CITY GOVERNMENT AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE WHO NO LONGER HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.
PLEASE EXTEND THE MORATORIUM AND PASS PERMANENT PROTECTIONS AND RENT CONTROL SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE ANGELICA TO BE FOLLOWED BY.
I'M NOT GONNA TRY IT ONCE AGAIN.
CARILLO HIS LAST NAME, AND AFTER THAT, UH, CLAIRE GNAR.
MY NAME IS ANGELICA AND I LIVE IN HIGHLAND VIEW APARTMENTS IN NATIONAL CITY.
I HAVE LIVED IN NATIONAL CITY FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO PASS A LOCAL EVICTION MORATORIUM THAT WILL EXTEND OUR CURRENT EVICTION PROTECTIONS.
IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO MONTHS SINCE OUR APARTMENTS WERE FLOODED, AND UNTIL THIS DAY, THEY HAVEN'T STARTED TO MAKE REPAIRS.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO RETURN HOME.
THAT IS WHY I WANT TO ASK YOU TO HELP US COMMUNICATE WITH OUR LANDLORD TO MAKE SURE THE REPAIRS ARE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, LAST NAME CARILLO, THEN UH, CLAIRE GONER, AND THEN JEFFREY SCHROCK.
THAT'S THE REASON I COULDN'T PRONOUNCE IT.
SO, DEAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ARE COLLECTIVELY REACHING OUT, COMPELLED BY THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF THE FLOODS THAT BEGAN ON JANUARY 22ND, 2024, AFFECTING NATIONAL CITY, SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO, AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, AND HOW THAT IS RELATED TO OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DETRIMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE SCALE OF THE DEVASTATION IS, IS IMMENSE.
WITH THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS FACING SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, NOW'S THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES AND THAT CLIMATE RESILIENCE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF DECISION MAKING IN NATIONAL CITY.
LOCAL NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE COME TOGETHER AS A NATIONAL CITY HEALTHY CULTURA COALITION TO ENVISION A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR MISSION IS TO ENSURE EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD, ACTIVATE AND TRANSFORM OPEN SPACES WITH GREENWAYS AND URBAN AGRICULTURE AND ADVANCE POLICIES THAT SUPPORT NUTRITION, SECURITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR NATIONAL CITY.
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT THE CITY ADDRESSES THE NE NEGLIGENT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE UPKEEP THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE F FLOODING HIGHER HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PLANNER APPROVED OVER A YEAR AGO.
CONVENE THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPROVED IN DECEMBER, 2022.
ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND CLIMATE IMPACTS RELATED TO THE PORT INDUSTRY HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, PREVENT NEW POLLUTING BUSINESS POLLUTING BUSINESSES FROM ENTERING OUR COMMITTEE BY VETOING.
THE PROPOSED US USDG FUELS TRANSFER STATION ENSURE A ROBUST CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR OUR CITY'S FUTURE.
THAT INCLUDES VALIDATED COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IMPROVED AND EXPANDING GREENWAYS AND URBAN AGRICULTURE, 35% TREE CANOPY COVERAGE AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AN ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMONIOUS BALANCE BETWEEN HOUSING AND OPEN SPACE.
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT THE CITY ADDRESSES URGENT CLIMATE IMPACTS AND PLAN FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONAL CITY, THE NATIONAL CITY HEALTHY CULTURA COALITION.
OFFERS OUR SUPPORT TO ADVANCE THESE EFFORTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THESE IMMEDIATE ISSUES.
OUR COMMUNITY'S RESILIENCE DEPENDS ON THE COLLECTIVE ACTION AND COMPASSION OF ITS MEMBERS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROMPT RESPONSE.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST SAYING DITTO, RIGHT? YES.
UH, LET'S SAY NEXT WE GO TO JEFFREY SCHROCK TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, PRISCILLA MUM POWER TO BE FOLLOWED BY EDWARD NETTO, NATIONAL CITY RESIDENCE MAYOR.
UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, I THINK JOAN WAS WRONG FOR CRITICIZING COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ ABOUT, UH, HIS INVESTMENT PROPERTY WITH HIS WIFE.
HE HAS A RIGHT TO PROFIT AND MAKE A LIVING.
THAT'S WHY PEOPLE BUY PROPERTIES TO MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY.
SO I THINK SHE OWES YOU AN APOLOGY FOR CRITICIZING YOU FOR DOING THAT.
YOU PLAYED BY THE RULES, YOU, YOU DISCLOSURES IN THE CITY, EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY.
AND, UH, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, THE CRITICISM WAS OUTTA LINE.
AND, UH, SHE OWES YOU AN APOLOGY.
I THINK ON ANOTHER NOTE, UM, I'VE GOT A SURPRISE PROJECT GOING ON.
I'M WORKING ON WITH A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND, UH, I'M, IT'S IN THE BABY STAGES.
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FRIENDLY, UH, BUDGET PROJECT THAT WON'T ACCRUE ANY, NO NEW DEBT TO THE CITY.UM, BUT I, I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT UNDER WRAPS 'CAUSE I WANT IT TO BE A SURPRISE.
I WANT IT TO BE A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST IN THE NURTURING BABY STAGES RIGHT NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST KEEP WORKING HARD AND, UH, KEEP OUR HEADS UP.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS CITY LOOK LIKE A SHINY JEWEL, NICE SHINY DIAMOND.
SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY, FOLKS.
YOUR TIME AND YOUR, AND YOUR SERVICE.
UH, PRISCILLA, MUM POWER, UH, ED NIETO, AND THEN TED GODSHAW.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORRISON.
UM, MR. MARTINEZ, MR. COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS PRISCILLA MANPOWER.
I'M THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE OFFICER WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY LKO.
WE ARE A SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING, UH, CITY AND SPECIAL DISTRICT ESTABLISHMENT AND THEIR ORDERLY GROWTH, UH, THEREAFTER, AND MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS.
UH, AS YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW, UH, LAFCO COMMISSIONERS TOOK UNANIMOUS ACTION ON MARCH 4TH, UH, TO OFFICIALLY ADD THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO TO THE LOCAL REGISTRY OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO LAFCO OVERSIGHT.
AND IN DOING SO, CORRECTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE MISSTEP THAT, UM, HAS TAKEN SOME, QUITE, QUITE SOME TIME TO RESOLVE, EXCUSE ME.
AS FOR THE MATERIAL EFFECTS OF THE LAFCO ACTION, IT MEANS THAT ALL OF LAF GO'S REGULATORY TASKS NOW APPLY TO THE PORT.
AND THIS WOULD BE MARKED BY OVERSEEING ANY POTENTIAL BOUNDARY CHANGES AND OR ANY GOVERNANCE RESTRUCTURE, WHETHER THAT BE PROPOSED BY THE PORT ITSELF, A LOCAL AGENCY, OR BY THE PUBLIC.
IT ALSO MEANS LAF O'S PRESCRIBED PLANNING TASKS NOW ALSO APPLIED TO THE PORT.
AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE ADDING THE PORT TO OUR MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEW PROGRAM, WHICH ALL OF THE AGENCIES ARE SUBJECT TO NATIONAL CITY INCLUDED.
NOW, THE STUDY'S ROLE IS, UM, SERVES AS AN INDEPENDENT CHECK-IN OF AN AGENCY AND THEIR PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF BOTH EFFECTIVENESS AS WELL AS ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO WITH ALL OF THIS IN MIND, MY ATTENDANCE TODAY IS SIMPLY TO SHARE OUR COMMISSIONER'S INTEREST IN PARTNERING WITH THE PORT AND ITS MEMBER AGENCIES, UM, AND IN HELPING THE AGENCY CARRY OUT ITS SERVICES AS AN INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT.
AS A LAST NOTE, AND GIVEN THE TOPIC HAS BEEN OF SOME ANGST WITH, UM, THE PORT LAFCO IS NOT INTERESTED IN TELLING THE PORT WHAT TO DO.
WE ARE SIMPLY, AND AS ALL OTHER HUNDRED OR SO LOCAL AGENCIES, EXPERIENCE SIMPLY SEEKING TO ENSURE THAT THE PORT AND ITS CONSTITUENTS ARE WELL SERVED WHENEVER LAFCO O'S REGULATORY OR PLANNING TASKS APPLY.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE MY COMMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME, ME TO SPEAK.
UH, EDWARD NETTO TO BE FOLLOWED BY TED GOTCH TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOSE LOPEZ.
I, I ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES, SO I'LL GET STRAIGHT TO IT AND I'LL MAKE MY LAUGH.
UM, WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ANOTHER TURKEY GIVEAWAY.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT, IT'S THIS TIME, IT'S THE $47,000 GIVEAWAY FROM, FOR A CONSULTANT, RODRIGUEZ'S CONSULTANT, UH, BY THE LADY NAMED CINDY LOPEZ.
UM, IT'S FOLLOWING THE SLUSH FUND GUIDELINES.
THE CONSULTANT IS, UH, TO GIVE AWAY $10,000.
I MEAN, UH, $47,000 AS AN EXAMPLE.
THE DELIVERABLES DELIVERED IN THE CONSULTANT AGREEMENT IS FLIMSY.
AN EXAMPLE, THE CONSULTANTS GIVEN $10,000 TO HOLD THREE MEETINGS.
THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
THAT'S THE GUIDELINES IN THE, IN THE DELIVERABLES IN ONE OF THE ITEMS. THAT'S NOT REASONABLE.
SO, BUT CINDY LOPEZ HAPPENS TO BE, UH, IT WENT TO A NATIONAL CITY DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEETING YESTERDAY, AND THERE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 12 PEOPLE THERE, NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE.
AND SHE WAS THE COORDINATOR ALLOWING, I THINK, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, UH, GREG SANDOVAL, UM, UH, JOSE SERTA, AND, UH, BARBARA AVALOS, THEY'RE SUPPORTERS OF JOSE GIMME A BREAK.
AND HE WAS THE ONLY CANDIDATE.
HE WAS ONLY, THEY WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO GIVE THREE QUESTIONS.
AND THEY WERE, THOSE PEOPLE WERE THE ONLY ONES TO SPEAK.
I RAISED MY HAND,
MY POINT IS THIS, THIS IS A SLUSH FUND.
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FOR THIS NATIONAL NEW NATIONAL CITY CLUB.AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE TURKEY GIVEAWAY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GETTING A LIST AND YOU'RE, IT'S AT THE TAXPAYER'S EXPENSE.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, I'M NOT TAKEN AWAY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
IN FACT, I'M A DEMOCRAT, BUT I DON'T LIKE THIS.
THIS IS CITY GIVEAWAY, AND THIS IS MANIPULATION.
AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE WRAP UP, COMMENT THE CITY MANAGER, APPROVE THIS.
TED GODSHAW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JOSE LOPEZ.
I, I CONTINUE TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR GROUP MEETINGS HAVE GROWN TOO LONG.
I'VE ENCOURAGED YOU TO MOVE PRESENTATIONS AND EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HAVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TO ANOTHER WEEK.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS TONIGHT.
I'VE COM COMMITTED ALL THESE IN WRITING TO YOU THROUGH EITHER E SCRIBE OR EMAIL.
UM, UM, LAST TIME AT THE SPECIAL MEETING, AFTER THE MEETING, YOU, THE CITY ATTORNEY, REPORTED OUT THAT YOU APPOINTED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY AT 24TH STREET IN CLEVELAND.
CAN YOU TELL ME THE THREE PEOPLE NAMED TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? ONLY TWO.
IT SAID THREE IN YOUR, IN YOUR MINUTES TONIGHT, I BELIEVE.
AND WHO ARE THEY? YOU TWO ARE NEGOTIATING FOR THIS SALE.
GOOD LUCK AND NEGOTIATING FOR A, A QUALITY BUSINESS TO COME IN WHO HAS NO CONNECTIONS TO CANNABIS.
UM, I'M GLAD MR. RODRIGUEZ IS NOT ON THE COMMITTEE.
I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT SOME OF THE ETHICAL OR THE FINANCIAL THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP LATELY.
UH, CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, AS MENTIONED BY MR. NIETO, THE LACK OF A PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT HE'S A LANDLORD OF A RENTAL PROPERTY.
UM, THESE ARE SOMEWHAT HIDDEN UNDER A CORPORATE NAME IN THAT CASE.
LADIES DO A DILIGENT JOB ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
THESE ITEMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF SAN DIEGO ACE, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO STAND WITH OUR MEMBERS AND ASK THAT YOU PASS A LOCAL EVICTION MORATORIUM THAT GOES BEYOND THE COUNTY'S EVICTION PROTECTIONS.
UM, THE COUNTY'S EVICTION MORATORIUM IS SET TO EXPIRE ON MARCH 30TH, AND WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AFTERWARDS.
UM, WE KNOW THAT ALL, NOT ALL LANDLORDS ARE BAD, UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT WOULD LOVE TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS CRISIS.
LIKE THE LANDLORD AT 31 AND 1 31 NORTH HIGHLAND THAT MANY PEOPLE KEEP SAYING, DID NOT EVICT ANYBODY.
UH, WELL, HE TRIED, RIGHT? THEY SENT NOTICES OF TERMINATION ON JANUARY 26TH, 24 HOUSEHOLDS AT HIGHLAND VIEW APARTMENTS WERE NOTIFIED THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES, UM, AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO LIVE.
WHETHER YOU WANT TO CALL THAT AN EVICTION OR NOT.
UM, THESE FAMILIES WERE EFFECTIVELY HOMELESS ON THAT DAY.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM SPEAKING UP AND DEMANDING THAT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN AT THE SAME RENTAL RATE, UM, THANKS TO THEM SPEAKING UP, GETTING THE NEWS INVOLVED, PUTTING PRESSURE, JOINING ACE AND ORGANIZING, UM, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THIS COMMITMENT FROM MANAGEMENT TO ALLOW THEM TO RETURN.
EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THIS COMMITMENT FROM THE MANAGEMENT AND THE OWNER.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE REPAIRS ARE GONNA TAKE.
LIKE MANY HAVE SAID TODAY, THEY HAVE NOT EVEN STARTED.
AND THIS GUY, HE'S NOT A, UH, SMALL LANDLORD.
UM, THIS GUY HAS A LOT OF MONEY, ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE APARTMENTS ARE FIXED FAST IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR HIS TENANTS TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES.
SO AGAIN, WE ASK THAT YOU PASS A MORATORIUM IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT YOUR RESIDENCE, UM, OUR MEMBERS, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE REPAIRS ARE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THAT IS THE LAST OF OUR, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
MAYOR, CAN WE PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAD FIVE, UH, WRITTEN COMMENT, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
AND, UH, BUT I THINK THREE OF THOSE WERE BASICALLY DUPLICATES.
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UM, NEXT WE GET INTO[6.1 Employee of the Quarter - First Quarter 2024]
OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITION.THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER, FOR FIRST QUARTER.
AND I THINK WE GOT A INTRODUCTION COMING UP HERE.
I'D LIKE, UH, BRIAN HADLEY TO INTRODUCE OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER, SARAH CIA, EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.
I'M EXTREMELY PLEASED TO PRESENT SARAH ESIA AS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.
SARAH IS, I DON'T EVEN HAVE THE WORDS HERE.
SHE'S REALLY A, A TRULY AN ASSET TO THE, TO THE CITY AND THE, OF ALL THE FINE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF, UH, NATIONAL CITY.
SARAH HAS REALLY IN, IN, IN MY SHORT TIME HERE, HAS REALLY JUST SHOWN ABOVE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE'S JUST CAPABLE OF DOING.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY FIRST DAY THIS PERSON WALKS IN MY OFFICE AND SHE GOES, HERE'S YOUR CALENDAR, AND HERE'S ALL THE THINGS YOU GOT FOR.
AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, I'M GONNA MAKE IT HERE,
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I, I REALIZED THAT ALL THE CAPABILITIES THAT SHE HAS, ALL THE SKILLS THAT SHE HAS, UM, EVERYTHING FROM BUDGETING TO ONBOARDING OF EMP EMPLOYEES TO, UH, TACKLING JUST A VARIETY OF ISSUES.
UM, DURING, DURING THE, UH, AFTER, AFTER THE FLOOD AND THE COLLECTION OF ALL THE MATERIAL AND, AND THE, AND THE, UH, STATISTICS AND SO FORTH, SHE SAT IN A ROOM WITH ABOUT 12 OF US AS WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE, UH, THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES.
AND EVERYBODY'S SPEAKING TO HER AT THE SAME TIME.
AND, AND, AND REMARKABLY IT'S ALL HAPPENING.
AND SHE PUT THAT TOGETHER AND IT'S JUST LIKE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I RE SHE HAS MADE MY EXPERIENCE HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, UH, A AN EXCEPTIONAL ONE.
AND WITHOUT HER, UH, I WOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, I'D BE LOST ACTUALLY.
AND SHE'S WORKED FOR A, A VARIETY OF FOLKS HERE TOO, BEGINNING WITH ARMANDO DEAR ARMANDO.
YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A VARIETY OF, UH, OF PERSONALITIES, BUT, AND I'M, I'M STILL, I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE HER STILL ASSISTING ME.
AND, UH, SHE DOES A REMARKABLE AMOUNT OF WORK.
AND, AND LET'S DO ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU.
I AM TRULY HONORED FOR THIS AWARD.
UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT COMING BACK TO A CITY I WAS BORN IN.
UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO SOME FAMILY REASONS WE HAD TO MOVE AROUND.
UM, IF I COULD, I WOULD'VE WANTED TO STAY AND BEEN A SIOUX HIGH HEAD, JUST LIKE EVERYONE HERE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIFE HAPPENS.
BUT I AM GLAD, UM, I'VE TOLD MULTIPLE PEOPLE.
COMING BACK HERE IS NOSTALGIC FOR ME.
UM, MY DAD ACTUALLY HELPED BUILD THE HOLIDAY INN RIGHT OFF OF PLA BOULEVARD.
SO I REMEMBER GOING DOWN, UM, AT 10:00 AM WITH MCDONALD'S AND TRYING TO HELP FEED HIM AND MY UNCLE WITH THE LEC 'CAUSE THEY'RE DOING THE ELECTRICIANS.
SO, UM, IT'S AMAZING TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY AND BE BACK IN A HOMETOWN.
AND I JUST WANNA ULTIMATELY THANK YOU KNOW, MY FIANCE AND MY SON AND MY FAMILY.
UM, I LOVE YOU BOTH AND I WANNA THANK BRIAN, BEN, OF COURSE, COUNCIL, UM, DIRECTORS WHO I'VE HAD, UM, WHO HAS HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY.
MY COLLEAGUES, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, RESIDENTS AND CLIENTS WHOM I'VE HAD A PLEASURE TO CROSS PATHS WITH.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PART OF MY GROWTH AND I TRULY APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING SO KIND AND PATIENT.
UM, I'M HONORED TO BE LEARNING FROM AMAZING PEOPLE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO GROW WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
SARAH, IF YOU WANT TO COME, COME UP, JUST WANNA
WE HAVE A COUPLE, COUPLE THINGS FOR YOU.
FIRST OF ALL WAS A CERTIFICATE, AND THEN ALSO YOUR EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER DESK, PAPERWEIGHT
IF YOU WANNA COME UP HERE AND STAND HERE TOWARD THE CENTER AND, UH, OH, LOOK OUT.
WE GOT SOME, WE'VE GOT SOME FAMILY MEMBERS FRONT OF THE PODIUM.
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NEXT WE GO INTO PRESENTATIONS.
[7.1 FEMA Recovery Assistance]
START OUT WITH THE FEMA RECOVERY ASSISTANCE.UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND CITY STAFF.
UH, BEFORE I INTRODUCE, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE ZOOM, UH, TODAY, UH, I ACTUALLY WANTED TO BRING THIS UP TO SPEED ON THE, UH, PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
UH, LAST TUESDAY, UH, WE HAD SIX EMPLOYEES, UH, GO TO THE COUNTY OES, UH, TO A, A PUBLIC BRIEFING, UH, FROM CAL OES.
UH, AND THAT, UH, BRIEFING IS BASICALLY TELLING US, UH, THE THINGS THAT MAY AND MAY NOT, UH, BE REIMBURSABLE.
UM, AND TODAY, UH, WE SUBMITTED FOUR SHEETS OF, UH, PAPER, UH, WITH ABOUT, UH, A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OF POSSIBLE REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES, UH, TO, UH, THE CAL OES.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE OUR KICKOFF MEETING WITH THEM, UH, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
AS FAR AS THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE, UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BRING, UH, FEMA AND CAL OES, UH, TO THIS MEETING ONLINE.
UM, AND I HAVE A CAS REPRESENTATIVE IS SHERRY SORROW AND A FEMA REPRESENTATIVE ALLISON FADER ON THE LINE.
UH, IF THEY CAN, UH, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND GIVE US A, A LITTLE BIT OF MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT, UH, SERVICES ARE BEING OFFERED BY FEMA AND C YES, SHERRY.
MY NAME IS, UH, SHERRY SERO, AND I AM WITH, UH, THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
I AM ALSO THE ALTERNATE STATE COORDINATING OFFICER FOR THIS DISASTER EVENT.
THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND OUR STATE PARTNERS HAVE EMBEDDED AND INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT SINCE DAY ONE.
AS THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGES BECAME BETTER UNDERSTOOD, WE DEPLOYED TEAMS OF CAL STAFF TO CONDUCT JOINT PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS WITH COUNTY, CITY FEMA STAFF, AND SMALL ASSOCIATION STAFF.
KELLY HAS ALSO DEPLOYED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON RESPONSE, RECOVERY AND DEBRIS OPERATIONS IN BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTERS.
WE SUPPORTED THE OPENING OF THE LOCAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY LOCAL ASSISTANCE CENTER IN SPRING VALLEY.
WE INSURED STATE AGENCIES THAT COULD SUPPORT SURVIVORS WERE PRESENT, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND OTHERS.
ON FEBRUARY 7TH, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM REQUESTED A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION, AS YOU'LL HEAR FROM MY FEDERAL COUNTERPART, CAL S AND FEMA QUICKLY MOBILIZED AND HAD STAFF ON THE GROUND WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE WHITE HOUSE, ANNOUNCING THE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S APPROVAL ON FEBRUARY 19TH WITH THE OPENING OF THE STATE OF THE SAN DIEGO JOINT FIELD OFFICE LAST MONTH, STATE AND FEDERAL TEAMS ARE NOW WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER TO COORDINATE, COLLABORATE, AND SHARE INFORMATION DAILY.
THIS DISASTER AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF LIVES, BOTH DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY.
HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND DESTROYED, AND THE IMPACTS FROM THIS FLOODING WILL REMAIN WITH US FOR YEARS TO COME.
WE THANK THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE UNSUNG HEROES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO CARE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS DISASTER, KNOW THAT YOUR STATE STANDS WITH YOU, AND WE ARE HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL.
I WISH TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
NOW LET ME INTRODUCE MY FEDERAL COUNTERPART, FEMA, FEDERAL COORDINATING OFFICER, ALISON, ER.
UM, I'M ALISON FLER, THE FEDERAL COORDINATING OFFICER HERE, OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FEMA PROGRAMS. IN RESPONSE OF THE JANUARY FLOODING ON FEBRUARY 19TH, THE PRESIDENT DECLARED A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE HERE IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
BUT THAT SAME DAY, HUMAN PERSONNEL WERE ON THE GROUND, UH, WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH OUR STATE AND COUNTY PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE.
I WILL SAY THIS IS A WHOLE COMMUNITY APPROACH.
UM, IT INCORPORATES NOT ONLY THIS, THE LOCAL ENTITIES, THE STATES, UM, AND THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, BUT ALSO NONPROFITS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND, UH, PRIVATE SECTOR.
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TO SUPPORT THE SURVIVORS.I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US SPEAK TODAY, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CALIFORNIA OPERATIONS O OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
UM, AND I WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO, UH, WHAT INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE IS.
SO FIRST OFF, INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE IN, IN FEMA IS, UM, A, A PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS AFFECTED BY DISASTERS TO HELP THEM RECOVER AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
SO SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INCLUDE, UH, ASSISTANCE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, HOME REPAIR ASSISTANCE, LODGING EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT, AND HOME REPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HERE.
UM, SOME, SOME SURVIVORS AND BUSINESSES MAY QUALIFY FOR LOW INTEREST LOANS TO REPAIR OR REPLACE, UH, DAMAGED PROPERTY AND ASSETS.
AND AS OF TODAY, THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION APPROVED NINE OVER $900,000 FOR THIS DEC DECLARATION IN THE LAST MONTH.
SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FEMA'S FOOTPRINTS HERE IN COORDINATION WITH CAL OES.
UM, WE HAVE OVER 125 FEMA STAFF HERE SUPPORTING THE SAN DIEGO, UM, COMMUNITY AND THE SURVIVORS HERE.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THEM IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.
FIRST OFF, UM, YOU'LL SEE THEM, UH, SUPPORTING REGISTRATIONS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UH, ASKING SURVIVORS TO REGISTER.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED, PLEASE CALL 1 806 2 1 FEMA, DOWNLOAD THE FEMA APP OR GO TO WWW.DISASTERASSISTANCE.GOV.
THESE ARE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS TO REGISTER FOR ASSISTANCE.
YOU HAVE UNTIL APRIL 19TH TO DO THAT, SO PLEASE DO.
MEANWHILE, YOU MIGHT ALSO HAVE SEEN FEMA PERSONNEL OUT THERE IN THE FIELDS KNOCKING ON ON YOUR DOOR AND TRYING TO ALSO SUPPORT YOU IN REGISTRATIONS.
THEY ALSO MIGHT HAVE LEFT, UM, A FLYER BEHIND YOUR HOUSE, UH, WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO ALSO SEE THAT SUPPORT.
UM, SO TO BETTER SERVE THAT, UH, NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY, WE HAD THOSE FEMA STAFF OUT THERE GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO THE IMPACT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, TRYING TO CONNECT WITH ALL THE SURVIVORS THAT WERE IMPACTED HERE TODAY.
ADDITIONALLY, I SHOULD MENTION THAT OUR FEMA TEAMS WERE AT, AT THE NON, OR AT THE NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS THAT EXIST, UM, THROUGHOUT, UH, NATIONAL CITY AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT, UM, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
UM, NOT ONLY ARE YOU GONNA SEE PEOPLE KNOCKING ON DOORS, UM, FOR REGISTRATION, BUT YOU'RE ALSO GONNA SEE, UM, FOLKS OUT CONDUCTING HOUSING INSPECTION.
SO AFTER YOU'VE REGISTERED, WITHIN SEVEN TO 10 DAYS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A HOUSING INSPECTOR AT YOUR HOUSE.
UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ASKING TO, UM, KIND OF LOOK AT YOUR HOUSE AND LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS OF FROM THE DISASTER.
SO WE DO ENCOURAGE SURVIVORS TO, UM, ANSWER THE PHONES THAT, THAT YOU'RE GETTING.
YOU MIGHT HAVE AN UNREGISTERED PHONE NUMBER OR A RESTRICTED PHONE NUMBER THAT LIKELY COULD BE A FEMA HOUSING INSPECTOR LOOKING TO COME AND DO A HOUSING INSPECTION.
OUR NEXT STEP, UM, IS TO HAVE YOU VISIT THE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS.
ONE IN MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILES AWAY, UM, FROM NATIONAL CITY.
SO WE ENCOURAGE, UM, NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS TO COME TO THOSE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS.
AT THAT, UM, AT THE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS, YOU CAN GET SUPPORT FROM FEMA, THE STATE LOCAL ENTITIES, AS WELL AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR ALL IN ONE LOCATION.
AND THEY CAN ALSO HELP YOU ON THE FEMA SIDE LOOK AT YOUR APPLICATION AND GO THROUGH, UM, THE PROCESS OF FOLLOWING UP ON ANY KIND OF DETERMINATION LETTERS THAT YOU MIGHT RECEIVE.
AND THEN FINALLY, IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS OWNER, UM, YOU COULD, YOU COULD, UH, GO TO THE NATIONAL CITY BUSINESS RECOVERY CENTER THAT'S LOCATED AT 880 NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD AND THEY'RE OPEN 8:30 AM TO 5:00 PM WEEKDAYS.
AND THAT'S TO SUPPORT PRIMARILY BUSINESS OWNERS.
HOWEVER, I SHOULD MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE FEMA STAFF THERE WHO ARE SUPPORTING SURVIVORS WITH REGISTRATIONS.
ALRIGHT, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, SO THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FEMA TOUCHPOINTS AND, UM, THIS DISASTER ASSISTANCE TOUCH POINTS.
UM, BUT I, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE ALREADY GONE OUT AND, AND, UH, SPOKEN TO NEARLY 3,400 INDIVIDUALS DURING OUR DOOR TO DOOR EFFORTS.
UM, TO DATE, WE'VE ALSO APPROVED OVER 1600 APPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, UM, WHICH,
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UH, FOR NATIONAL CITY, WE'RE SEEING OVER $1.1 MILLION APPROVED FOR NATIONAL CITY OF RESIDENCE.UH, SO TODAY I'M HOPING THAT I, UH, COULD ASK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY TO AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, ONE OF, SOME OF THE MESSAGES INCLUDE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS TO REGISTER.
UM, SO SOME OF THOSE REGISTRATION AVENUES ARE 1 806 2 1 FMA, UH, WWW.DISASTERASSISTANCE.GOV, AND DOWNLOADING THE FEMA APP ON A SMARTPHONE.
ALL THREE WAYS ARE GREAT WAYS TO REGISTER AS WELL AS YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT FEMA PERSONNEL THAT'S OUT KNOCKING DOOR TO DOOR TO, UM, COMPLETE YOUR REGISTRATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY DAMAGES FROM THE JANUARY FLOOD AND YOU, UM, HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED, THEN PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU'RE ANSWERING THE PHONE, UM, FOR THOSE HOUSING INSPECTORS.
AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING INSPECTION.
'CAUSE WE DO NEED SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY BE AT YOUR HOME IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE HOUSING INSPECTION.
UH, WE ALSO WERE ASKING, UH, SURVIVORS TO FOLLOW UP ON THEIR APPLICATION.
IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CALL THAT ONE EIGHT HUNDRED SIX TWO ONE FEMA NUMBER OR GO TO THE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER TO GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED ON THOSE DETERMINATION LETTERS.
AND THEN FINALLY, IF UM, YOU DON'T, UH, LIKE THE DECISION THAT'S MADE IN THE DETERMINATION LETTER, YOU CAN SUBMIT AN A APPEAL WITHIN 60 DAYS OF RECEIVING THAT DETERMINATION LETTER.
THESE ARE ALL WAYS, UM, THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU CAN HELP AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME, UM, TO SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT FEDERAL, THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND, UM, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH CAL OES.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON THIS, UH, EDWARD NETTO.
AND, UM, I WENT, I REMEMBER THE WILDFIRES.
WE HAD THE CATASTROPHE AND THE GATHERING.
I WORKED FOR THE COUNTY AND, UH, AT THAT TIME, AND IT WAS A CATASTROPHE GATHERING.
NOT ALL THE CITIES GOT REIMBURSED FOR THEIR COST.
I'M, YOU KNOW, I, I TALKED TO CARLOS CALL, SAID, YOU HAVE A SYSTEM IN HERE AND IT'S GONNA CAPTURE ALL THE COSTS.
BUT YOU KNOW, FROM THE PUBLIC'S VIEW, I SEE MOLLY'S NOT HERE NO MORE.
AND WHAT A TIME TO LOSE OUR ACCOUNTING, OUR ACCOUNTING KNOWLEDGE.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY, BE WARY OF CAPTURING ALL THE COSTS, MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE ALL THE COSTS.
THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO, WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR GENERAL FUND FOR THE RIGHT PURPOSES.
SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
AND FOR OUR FRIENDS AT FEMA, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITHIN OUR REGION.
[7.2 Property Tax Relief for Flood Victims and Deferral of 4/10 Tax Bill]
GO INTO OUR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR FLOOD VICTIMS AND WE HAVE OUR SAN DIEGO COUNTY ASSESSOR, MR. JORDAN MARKS, COME ON UP.GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS JORDAN MARKS, I'M YOUR FAVORITE.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY ASSESSOR RECORDER.
I COULD STILL BE YOUR FAVORITE
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS WORKS.
I DO IT IN MY OLD NO, JUST ARE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANNA JUST ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE TEAM MEMBERS FROM NATIONAL CITY, UH, JOSIE FLORES CLARK AND TANYA HUSSEIN, WHO HELPED COORDINATE MY PRESENTATION HERE TODAY, BUT ALSO HELPED EXTEND MY PRESENTATION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING THESE RESOURCES TO THE FOLKS OF NATIONAL CITY.
I PROMISE TO KEEP IT LIMITED TO THE FIVE HOURS THAT YOU'VE ALLOTTED ME TODAY, BUT WE'LL KEEP IT TO FIVE MINUTES.
UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW THAT MY OFFICE, THE ASSESSOR RECORDER, COUNTY CLERK OFFICE
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IS YOUR PARTNER IN THE RECOVERY PROCESS.WE'RE ACTUALLY PART OF THE COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.
AND SO I APPRECIATED THE FEMA PARTNERS AND THE CAL OES.
MY OFFICE WAS ACTUALLY ON SITE AT THE LOCAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.
WE HELPED SERVICE OVER 800 FAMILIES WITH SOME OF THE SERVICES I'M ABOUT TO TALK TO TODAY.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY GETS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ABILITY FOR US TO HELP THEM WITH PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND SOME OF THE OTHER RELIEF THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
IF, UH, YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, PLEASE, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH ME IN MY OFFICE, BUT MY TAXPAYER ADVOCATE, STEVEN LEE, UH, IS AVAILABLE.
AND THEN I, I ALSO GIVE OUT MY CELL PHONE NUMBER.
I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC 6 1 9 3 7 2 0 2 2 6.
THE FIRST THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR OUR FLOOD SURVIVORS.
WE HAVE OUR HOMEOWNERS, THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT HAVE THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE, THEIR HOMES.
AND THE SECOND IS FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
IF YOU'VE HAD OVER $10,000 IN DAMAGE OR GREATER, WE CAN HELP YOU PROVIDE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ON YOUR UPCOMING PROPERTY TAX BILL.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE SAYING, HEY, I'M NOT A SURVEYOR.
I DON'T KNOW THE VALUE OF EXACTLY HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE HAD DAMAGE AND IT RISES TO A VALUE, THAT COULD BE 10,000.
AND THE REASON IS, YOU HAVE ONE YEAR TO FILE FOR THIS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
MY TEAM OF EXPERT PROPERTY TAX FOLKS WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THE TIME AND THE ATTENTION YOU NEED AND WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH YOU TO GET THE INFORMATION YOU NEED AFTERWARDS WHEN AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE REBUILDING SO THAT WAY YOU CAN GET THE RELIEF, BUT YOU NEED TO FILE WITHIN THE YEAR.
SECOND, TAX RELIEF IS NOT JUST AVAILABLE FOR THE HOMES AND THE BUSINESSES, BUT FOLKS, FOLKS FORGET THAT.
WE ALSO DO BOATS, PLANES SOMETIMES I JOKE ABOUT THE PENGUINS THAT WE ASSESS.
BUT ALSO WE HAVE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX, AND THOSE ARE FOR YOUR BUSINESS OWNERS THAT MAY HAVE RESTAURANTS, BUSINESS EQUIPMENT.
AND WE DID SEE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACTED THAT DID LOSE THEIR BUSINESS EQUIPMENT.
THOSE ALSO ARE AVAILABLE IN THE TOTAL $10,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY, BUT ALSO IT'S THE EQUIPMENT INSIDE.
FOR OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, THE ONE THING THAT I KNOW MOST FOLKS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS, IF I TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOWERING MY PROPERTY TAXES, WHEN DOES IT COME BACK? IT RETURNS ONCE YOU'VE REBUILT.
SECOND IS, WILL I LOSE MY PROP 13 PROTECTION? I HAVE A HISTORIC COMMUNITY HERE IN NATIONAL CITY AND I'VE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME AND I HAVE A LOWER PROPERTY TAX BASE.
WILL MY PROPERTY TAXES GO UP IF I DO THIS? THE ANSWER IS NO.
WE RESTORE IT BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL PROPERTY TAXES AS LONG AS YOU REBEL TO THE SAME OF WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE.
THE SECOND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER AND WE'RE REALLY, UH, EXCITED.
WE WORKED WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF CHAIR NORA VARGAS AND MONICA MONTGOMERY STEP AND MY STAFF THAT FOUND THIS OPPORTUNITY, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP DEFER PROPERTY TAXES.
SO FOR THE UPCOMING APRIL 10TH PROPERTY TAX BILL FOR HOMEOWNERS, IF YOU'VE HAD OVER $10,000 IN DAMAGE AND YOU FILE THAT FORM WITH MY OFFICE AND YOU DO NOT HAVE AN IMPOUND ACCOUNT, THAT IS KEY.
STATE LAW SAYS IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN IMPOUND ACCOUNT, THAT MEANS THAT YOU PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY.
THOSE COULD BE YOUR NEW HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL PROPERTY TAX BILL, OR MOST LIKELY YOUR HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE PAID OFF THEIR HOME.
RIGHT? WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE PAID OFF THEIR HOME AND THEIR INVESTMENT THAT WERE IMPACTED.
THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DEFERMENT AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WE SAW INSURANCE DID NOT COVER MANY OF THE COSTS.
AND CASH ON HAND IS IMPORTANT.
WE CAN DEFER YOUR PROPERTY TAXES UNTIL YOU REBUILD.
SO IF IT TAKES YOU A YEAR TO REBUILD, OR FIVE YEARS, 30 DAYS AFTER THAT FINAL PERMIT COMES BACK TO MY OFFICE THAT YOU'VE REBUILT, YOU WILL THEN GET A PROPERTY TAX BILL.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE CASH ON HAND AND RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE HOME.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE CHOOSING BETWEEN A SAFE HOME, LOSING YOUR HOME AND PROPERTY TAXES.
THAT IS ON THE SAME FORM, ONE PAGE FORM THAT YOU FILED WITH MY OFFICE.
THAT FORM IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, SDA RCC.GOV.
WE KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE STAYING IN HOTELS.
WE KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE IN YOUR HOME.
WE WANTED TO PUT IT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR BUSINESS OWNERS, THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE HOMEOWNERS.
FOR BUSINESS OWNERS THAT HAVE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, THAT COULD BE AN AIRBNB RENTAL IN A RESIDENTIAL HOME, IT COULD BE A MULTI-FAMILY UNIT, APARTMENT COMPLEX.
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IT COULD BE A MANUFACTURING BUILDING FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.IF YOU HAD 20% OF THE VALUE OF YOUR BUILDING LOSS OR GREATER, WE CAN DEFER YOUR PROPERTY TAX FOR THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
IF YOU'RE NOT SURE, WHEN IN DOUBT, FILL IT OUT.
OUR TEAM WILL WORK WITH YOU AND WE'LL HELP MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT DEADLINE IS APRIL 10TH, 5:00 PM FOR US TO DEFER YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IF YOU FILE WITH OUR, OUR OFFICE AND WE DETERMINE THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE $10,000 IN DAMAGE OR THERE WASN'T 20%, WE WILL DEFER YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, BUT UPON OUR DETERMINATION, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW AND THEN ISSUE THE BILL AT THAT POINT.
SO WHEN IN DOUBT, FILL IT OUT.
OKAY? WE ALSO, THIS IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE OF, UH, MY TEAM AND I AT THE LOCAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.
ONE OF THE KEY SERVICES THAT WE DO PROVIDE IS NOT ONLY THE ASSESSOR PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION AND DEFERMENT, BUT ALSO AS THE RECORDER COUNTY CLERK.
WE HAVE YOUR IMPORTANT VITAL RECORDS.
THOSE ARE YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATES, DEATH CERTIFICATES, MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, AND YOUR PROPERTY DEEDS.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR FOLKS THAT JUST SPOKE BEFORE ME, FEMA, CAL, OES, OTHER LOCAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, NONPROFITS, THEY REQUIRE THESE DOCUMENTS AND THEY HAVE BEEN, MIGHT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR LOST DURING THE FLOODS, THANKS TO THE GOVERNOR DECLARING THIS A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
NOW, MY OFFICE CAN PROVIDE THESE DOCUMENTS FOR FREE, NO COST TO YOU.
WE HAVE FOUR CONVENIENT LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY.
CLOSEST TO NATIONAL CITY IS OUR CHULA VISTA OFFICE, FREE PARKING AT ALL OF MY LOCATIONS, AND I PROMISE YOU, YOU'LL BE IN AND OUTTA MY OFFICE IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS.
WE ARE GONNA BE QUICK ABOUT OUR SERVICE TO YOU SO YOU CAN RAPIDLY GET BACK TO REBUILDING YOUR HOME.
OKAY? LASTLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS A FREE SERVICE THAT ANYBODY LISTENING TO CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SOMETHING THAT WHILE YOU'RE ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU SHOULD SIGN UP FOR, FOR THE, FOR THOSE THAT ARE REBUILDING.
WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE REBUILDING PROCESS.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE LOST YOUR HOME, SOMETIMES YOU BECOME A TARGET.
WE SAW THIS WHEN I WAS WALKING THE STREETS OF SPRING VALLEY.
WE SAW LOOTERS, AND IT WAS NEIGHBORS THAT STEPPED OUTSIDE TO HELP EACH OTHER WHILE THE POLICE WERE SPREAD THIN, RIGHT? WE SAW NEIGHBORS PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE ALSO SEE PEOPLE TARGETING HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE NOW IN LIMBO.
MY OFFICE OFFERS A FREE SERVICE CALLED OWNER ALERT.
YOU CAN REGISTER YOUR HOME FOR FREE ON MY WEBSITE AND THE NAME OF YOUR BUSINESS, AND WE WILL ALERT YOU IN REAL TIME ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION IF SOMEBODY TRIES TO TAKE THE TITLE TO YOUR PROPERTY OR PUT A LIEN ON YOUR PROPERTY.
SO WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN YOUR HOME AND THEY SEE YOU PUBLISHED ON DIFFERENT SITES, THEY MIGHT TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TO CONTRACTORS.
WHILE YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF CONTRACT WORK, THEY MIGHT TRY TO PUT A LIEN ON YOUR PROPERTY.
WE'RE GONNA LET YOU KNOW RIGHT AWAY SO THAT WAY WE CAN DEAL WITH IT RIGHT AWAY.
WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE.
WE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY AND WE HELP PROTECT YOU AND YOUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT, YOUR PROPERTY, AND THIS INCLUDES ALL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, UP TO 10 ADDRESSES PER EMAIL ADDRESS.
AGAIN, FREE AND EASY@SDCC.GOV.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, CALL MY STAFF.
WE HAVE A RULE FOUR MINUTES OR LESS, WE'RE GONNA PICK UP THE PHONE, OKAY? YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ON AN HOUR A WAIT.
LINE TWO, EMAIL US ANYTIME YOU WANT ACC HELP@SDCOUNTY.CA.GOV IN YOUR PAJAMAS.
WE'LL RESPOND BACK IN OUR JUST JOKING.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A GREAT PARTNER IN HELPING YOU MOVE FROM BEING VICTIMS TO SURVIVORS AND REBUILDING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
SO, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I TRULY APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT PARTNER IN HELPING GET OUT THIS INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, I, I REALLY WANNA, UH, THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOUR EFFORTS IN BEING SO PROACTIVE IN HELPING RESIDENTS OUT, UM, DURING THIS CRISIS.
UM, THIS IS GONNA HELP TREMENDOUSLY FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME, UH, WHETHER IT'S LANDLORDS OR HOMEOWNERS IN PARTICULAR THAT ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGE AND ARE STRUGGLING TO GET BY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING VERY PROACTIVE.
IT'S, UH, RATHER UNUSUAL FOR A, YOU KNOW, COUNTY ASSESSOR TO DO THAT.
AND SO I REALLY COMMEND YOUR EFFORTS IN THAT OF YOUR OFFICE.
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TO THE NATIONAL CITY BROWNSFIELD TECHNICAL ASSISTANT PANEL REPORT.AND I WILL, UH, MR. RY, WERE YOU GOING TO DO AN INTRODUCTION? I THINK, NO, I THINK WE'RE JUST STARTING.
HUH? I THINK WE'RE JUST STARTING, YEAH.
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EVERYONE.UM, NICE TO BE HERE ONCE AGAIN, COUNSEL.
I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, DR.
UM, WE ARE WITH SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, UM, CENTER FOR REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY.
WE'RE OVERSEEING THE NATIONAL CITY BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT PROJECT, WHICH WE HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU ABOUT, UM, BEFORE.
AND, UM, TODAY YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM OUR COLLEAGUES FROM THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, CHRIS CLARK AND TATIANA PEREZ, UM, WHO'LL BE SHARING THE RESULTS OF A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PANEL THAT WE REQUESTED AS PART OF THIS BROWNFIELDS PROJECT.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PANELS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED AS PART OF THIS WORK.
UM, IT'S OUR, OUR PROJECT IS FUNDED BY, UM, COMMUNITY-WIDE ASSESSMENT GRANTS FROM THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, AS WELL AS THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL.
BOTH GRANTS REQUIRE THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR PRIORITY SITES THAT, UM, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING FOR THE GRANTS.
AND SO THIS IS THE, THIS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PANEL IS FOCUSING ON THOSE FOUR SITES, AND IT'S THE FIRST OF TWO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PANELS SHOWING, LOOKING AT POSSIBLE REUSE OF THESE SITES.
SO THESE AREN'T SET IN STONE, OF COURSE.
THESE ARE JUST POSSIBLE FREE FUTURE REUSES OF THESE SITES.
ULI WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTING AN ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PANEL OF ADDITIONAL SITES THAT ARE, UM, IDENTIFIED AND PRIORITIZED BASED ON INPUT FROM THE NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY.
SO WE KNOW YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE.
SO, UM, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS AND TATIANA NOW.
SWAIN AND I WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE, UM, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT ULI JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE TATIANA PEREZ.
I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME VISUALS TO SHOW, BUT THOSE MAY NOT BE UP.
SO WE'RE HERE TO JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE REPORT THAT WE DELIVERED FOR THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PANEL.
UM, THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, ULI, IS A NON-PROFIT MULTIDISCIPLINARY GROUP OF REAL ESTATE AND LAND USE PROFESSIONALS.
WE HAVE PLANNERS, DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, KIND OF THE WHOLE SHEBANG.
UM, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL THINGS WE GET TO DO AT UI IS TO CONVENE THESE EXPERTS IN ONE PLACE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF A UNIQUE COMMUNITY TRYING TO BEST SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR REGION.
SO WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO WORK WITH SDSU IN NATIONAL CITY AT THE END OF THE LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE REALLY BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT WE FOUND, I THINK EVEN IN THE FOUR SITES THAT WERE SELECTED.
UM, THERE'S JUST SOME AMAZING POTENTIAL.
AND SO THE RESULTS OF OUR FIRST PROCESS, THIS TAP REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, REALLY OUTLINES SOME CONCEPTUAL IDEAS.
IT'S REALLY A VISIONING DOCUMENT FOR WHAT HIGHEST AND BEST USE COULD BE AT THESE FOUR SITES.
IT'S PURELY RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON, UH, THE TIME THAT OUR VOLUNTEER TEAM MEMBERS SPENT ON SITE THERE.
OVER THE COURSE OF TWO WORKING DAYS, WE HEARD FROM, UH, INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, MANY OF WHOM ARE IN THIS ROOM.
UH, WE HEARD FROM SOME OF YOU AS WELL, AND TRIED TO REALLY PUT OUR, OUR HEADS TOGETHER AS TO WHAT COULD BE DONE AT THOSE SITES WERE FUTURE ACTION TAKEN.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A RANGE OF OPTIONS LISTED THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, COULD BE DONE.
UH, WE HAVE THINGS SUCH AS MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, SOME SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS, UH, AND THEN SOME OTHER WAYS TO KIND OF BETTER CONNECT THE CREEK TO RESOURCES IN NEIGHBORHOODS IN DOWNTOWN.
SO THERE'S A RANGE OF IDEAS, AND AGAIN, LOTS OF SORT OF REFERENCE IMAGERY AND THINGS TO DRAW FROM IN TERMS OF INSPIRATION.
THE EXCITING PART OF THIS IS THAT WE'LL BE RECONVENING THIS GROUP, UH, LATER ON WITH THE SDSU TEAM TO LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL SITES THAT WERE GENERATED THROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT.
AND SO WE'LL BE EXCITED TO RECONVENE AND GET KIND OF THAT PROCESS ROLLING AGAIN.
SO WE WANTED TO BRING THE REPORT FORWARD TODAY TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF OUR FINDINGS, UH, IN THAT DOCUMENT, AND TO LET THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW THAT IT IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE AND VERY ACCESSIBLE ON OUR WEBSITE TO SEE KIND OF WHAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR AND WHAT IS YET TO BE YET TO BE TAKEN ON.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY IMAGES TO SHOW UP HERE, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN.
AND I WAS DOING SO WELL ON STICKING TO THE FIVE
BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE OUR, OUR TEAM HERE, UM, THAT MET ON SITE LAST YEAR, GOT SOME CLICKING GOING ON.
UM, OUR PANELISTS THAT VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME.
THESE ARE EXPERTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS, SOME LOCAL, SOME NOT, UM, DESIGNERS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS, PLANNING AND ENGINEERS.
OUR PROCESS REALLY IS TO TAKE A HARD AND THOROUGH LOOK AT THE CITY AND THE CONTEXT THAT THESE SITES SIT IN.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE SUMMARIZED SOME OF THE FINDINGS.
WE'VE MAPPED THEM IN, IN THE, IN THE DOWNTOWN, UH,
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PLAN AREA HERE.AND JUST TRIED TO PROVIDE, AGAIN, SOME CONTEXT ABOUT WHERE THE CITY IS GOING, WHAT WE HEARD FROM YOU ALL, UH, AND THE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE.
AND THEN WHERE WE THINK THAT THESE SPECIFIC SITES FIT INTO THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL CITY'S FUTURE.
THESE ARE OUR FOUR PRIORITY SITES AS IDENTIFIED IN SDSU APPLICATION FOR THEIR EPA, UH, GRANT.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE BROKEN OUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH OF THEM.
SO FOR THIS SITE, SITES ONE AND TWO, WHICH ARE ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER, WE THOUGHT THAT THESE PROVIDED A STRONG, UH, A STRONG OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME STUDENT AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS, GIVEN ITS PROXIMITY TO SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
OUR EXAMPLE, IMAGERY SITE THREE IS DOWNTOWN NEAR BRICK ROW.
WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A, A REALLY INTERESTING PARCEL TO EXPLORE THIS IDEA OF MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE VALUE AND THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF HOME OWNERSHIP.
UH, AND THIS, UH, KIND OF DESIGN CONCEPT IS A WAY TO BRING IN MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING WITH KIND OF A, A SEP A A CONNECTED, BUT SEPARATE GRANNY FLAT, LITERALLY FOR MAYBE A, AN OLDER RELATIVE.
UM, AND WE'VE INCLUDED SOME EXAMPLES.
ONE FROM AS FAR AWAY AS MUMBAI, INDIA, AND THEN ONE IN HILLCREST.
AND THEN FINALLY WE LOOKED AT THE WELDING SHOP SITE, UM, AND EXPLORED SOME IDEAS THERE FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSERVATION, KIND OF RE REWILDING THAT AREA AND CONNECTING THE CREEK BACK TO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, A NATURAL LANDSCAPE.
THERE'S SOME REALLY CREATIVE IDEAS IN HERE.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED TO TAKE ON THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT SDSU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS REPORT.
I REALLY ENJOYED, UH, THE VISUALS AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SHOW IT HERE FOR THE ROOM.
UH, AND, UH, THE RECORDING, UM, THE, MY FAVORITE PART OF THE REPORT WAS SITE NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS, UM, ADDING GREEN SPACE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IN A SUCH A, YOU KNOW, A CITY SURROUNDED BY A METRO AREA, IT SORT OF SEEMS LIKE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO RECLAIM SOME OF THE CONCRETE AREAS AND, AND HAVE IT TURN BACK TO ITS NATURAL HABITAT.
BUT SEEING THIS CONCEPT HERE AND SEEING PICTURES MM-HMM.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VISIONING DOCUMENT, UH, BUT THE, THE WAY YOU FRAMED IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN AMAZING POTENTIAL.
AND WHAT I LIKE MOST IS BEING ABLE TO CONNECT, UM, TWO PARTS HERE IN THE, IN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
THIS WOULD BE PARADISE CREEK AND, UH, KIMBALL PARK.
AND, UM, FOR ME, IT'S REALLY EASY TO IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS ENTIRE GREEN SPACE WHERE WALKABILITY IS COMPLETELY POSSIBLE.
AND, AND SO I DO, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US IMAGINE THIS SITE.
UM, AND, AND, UH, DURING MY BRIEFING OR DURING MY, UH, DISCUSSION LATER WITH SANDAG, I'M GONNA MENTION A FEW POINTS ABOUT HOUSING.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT YOU DID MENTION HOUSING FOR THE OLDER GENERATION, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO PLAN FOR.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, THIS, UM, THIS ILLUSTRATION AND THIS IMAGINING, AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO DR.
JESSICA AND HER TEAM FOR ALL OF THIS.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A REPORTING OF THE FIRST FOUR PRIORITY SITES.
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY MORE SITES YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT, UM, IDENTIFYING AND, UM, I THINK THE, ALL OF THESE FOUR SITES ARE SORT OF ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.
WILL THE OTHERS SORT OF SPREAD OUT A BIT MORE? YEAH, THAT'S UNDER UNDERWAY WITH SDSU AND THEY CAN ANSWER THAT.
SO, UH, LAST YEAR WE CONDUCTED A SERIES OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, UM, THAT MANY OF YOU ATTENDED, WHERE WE REQUESTED FOLKS NOMINATE SITES AS BROWNFIELD FOR INCLUSION IN OUR NATIONAL CITYWIDE BROWNFIELDS INVENTORY.
UH, WE NOW HAVE A WORKING LIST OF SITES, UM, THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO GATHER INFORMATION ON.
UM, AND THAT WORKING LIST OF BROWNFIELD SITES INCLUDES ALL OF THE COMMUNITY NOMINATED SITES AS WELL AS SITES ON THE CITY'S AMORTIZATION LIST, UM, AND SITES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE EPAS ACRES INVENTORY.
THAT'S THE INVENTORY THAT THE EPA USES TO TRACK BROWNFIELD'S ACTIVITIES.
UH, SO WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE, UH, THE FINALIZED LIST OF ALL BROWNFIELD SITES IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
UM, AND WE WILL BE APPLYING THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY GAVE TO US TO TAKE THAT LIST OF SITES MM-HMM.
UM, SO WE EXPECT TO PRESENT THAT BACK TO YOU HOPEFULLY MID-SUMMER.
UM, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY EVENT WHEN WE, UM, RELEASE THAT FINAL PRIORITIZED LIST OF SITES.
BUT YOU HAD A QUESTION OF LIKE, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE? UM, MOST OF THE SITES THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED OR ARE INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY ARE IN THE WEST SIDE OF NATIONAL CITY.
UM, BUT I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW,
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THE FINAL LIST OR FINAL MAP, BUT WE WILL VERY SOON.I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, THAT REPORT.
WELL, IF, IF I JUST COULD ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION.
UM, SO YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE NOMINATED, ALL OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE GOING INTO A REPORT AND ALL OF 'EM ARE BEING CONSIDERED.
UH, WE WILL INCLUDE THE FULL LIST OF ADDRESSES, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT SORTS OF SITES WE CAN WORK ON WITH THE EPA FUNDS.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE SITES, I DON'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY OKAY.
BECAUSE WE'RE STILL UNDERWAY ON COLLECTING ALL THE, YOU KNOW, PARCEL LEVEL INFORMATION.
UM, BUT ALL OF THEM WERE SORT OF CONSIDERED FOR MM-HMM.
BECAUSE I, I WAS AT YOUR, THE PLANNING SESSION AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WERE BEING HERDED AROUND AND PEOPLE SAYING, PUT 'EM ALL ON THAT SITE RIGHT THERE.
AND THEY GO, WHAT DOES THAT FIT A BROWN FIELDS? WELL, WE DON'T CARE.
WE'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO THAT'S, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DEALING WITH THE PREDOMINANT BROWN FIELDS THAT WE, WE DO HAVE HERE YES.
THAT NEED TO BE DEALT WITH, SIMILAR TO THE ASSESSOR'S.
UH, WHEN IN DOUBT, FILL IT OUT WHEN WE DID THE YEP, EXACTLY.
AND WE'LL DO SOME DEEPER DIVES INTO WHAT'S GOING ON IN EACH OF THOSE PARCELS THERE.
UH, UM, REMEMBER, UH, BUSH, YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK, I, I THANK YOU GUYS FOR WORKING FOR OUR STAFF'S WORK ON, ON THIS TOO.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE CO UH, COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA, THAT MY, MY FAVORITE OF ALL THIS WAS, UH, SITE, SITE FOUR.
UM, IT'S NOT THAT I DIDN'T LIKE THE OTHER SITES, IT'S JUST I FELT LIKE THOSE WERE JUST IN DIFFERENT PHASES WHERE I HAVE A DEVELOPMENT KIND OF PROPOSED FOR THE FIRST TWO SITES AND JUST REWILDING IT FOR ALL THE REASONS, UM, MENTIONED, BUT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE, UM, THAT, UH, DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT, THAT NATURE THAT THAT HABITAT IN PARADISE CREEK IS, IS A JEWEL FOR, FOR NATIONAL CITY.
AND SO TO JUST CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON, IT'S, UH, IT JUST OPENS UP MORE GREEN SPACE, BUT IT'S ALSO PRACTICAL.
WE SAW IN THE FLOODS THAT AREA REALLY GOT HIT HARD.
THERE WERE TEACHERS THERE AT KIMBALL ELEMENTARY, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND MYSELF, OUR, OUR, OUR KIDS, UH, GO TO THAT SCHOOL.
AND SO THAT THE PARKING LOT WAS HIT HARD AND TEACHERS LOST THEIR CARS THERE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REWILDING HAS, UH, BENEFITS, UM, FOR ALSO, UH, CLEANING THE, THE, THOSE, THOSE PLANT NATIVE PLANTS SERVE AS, UH, FILTRATION OF, UH, POLLUTANTS.
AND ALSO, UM, THERE'S, UM, EVIDENCE OR, UM, CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS DOING A REWILD, UH, MISSION BAY.
AND SO THERE'S MORE INCREASING EVIDENCE THAT THESE, UM, THAT THE PLANTS ALSO ARE BIG, UH, CARBON CAPTURES, THESE KIND OF, UM, UH, ESTUARIES AND PLANTS.
SO I, I JUST LOVE THAT CONCEPT, BUT WE COULD DO MORE OF THAT AND JUST, UH, UH, CONTINUE TO RESTORE PARADISE CREEK.
AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS' WORK HERE.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.
UM, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE FANTASTIC WORK ON THIS.
I WAS, UM, HONORED TO BE A PART OF A COUPLE OF THE PANELS, AND I DO REMEMBER SEEING YOU LAST WEEK AT THE, UM, PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE, UH, CALTRANS $50 MILLION GRANT IN THE NORTH PART OF THE CITY, UM, IN THE FREEWAY UNDERPASS ON PALM AND DIVISION.
AND SO, UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE.
HOPEFULLY THE WORK EXTENDS OUT TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS WELL, UH, SEEN AS WE ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY HAVE MORE INVESTMENT, UM, IN REMEDIATING, UH, LAND THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS NOT BEEN USED OR UNDERUTILIZED AND SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY.
IM, UM, SORRY, ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPACTED.
UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR WORK, AND WE REALLY WANNA HAVE YOU, UH, HELP US MORE.
I'LL JUST BRIEFLY SAY, I MEAN, WE, WE STARTED THIS KIND OF COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP BACK IN 2013 AND, AND REALLY HAVEN'T LEFT.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, WE REALLY LOVE WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY, BOTH THE CITY, CITY STAFF, AS WELL AS THE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND WE WANT TO STICK AROUND AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
[7.4 Annual Report - Community & Police Relations Commission (CPRC)]
GET INTO OUR ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE RELATIONS COMMISSION, AND WE GOT, UH, MICHAEL, MICHAEL LESLIE, AND, UH, I GUESS WALTER, I THOUGHT WALTER'S NOT HERE.MADAM VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, OUR DEDICATED CITY STAFF AND MY FELLOW NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
MIKE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO, UM, AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE RELATIONS COMMISSION, UM, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER TO YOU ALL, UM, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR 2022 ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, PROBABLY, UH, THE CPRC WAS ESTABLISHED, UH, IN 2003 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE THEN MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, LIKE MOST ENTITIES, WE TRANSITIONED TO VIRTUAL MEETINGS IN 2022, OWNED TO THE PANDEMIC.
UM, AND DURING THE COURSE OF 2022, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSITION BACK TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS.
SO AS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT 2022 LOOKED LIKE, UM, I WAS JOINED, UH, AS VICE CHAIR BY CHAIR MIKE LESLIE, UM, FIVE OTHER VOTING MEMBERS, AS WELL AS ONE NON-VOTING MEMBER.
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UH, WE ELECTED, UM, CHAIR LESLIE, UH, AGAIN AS CHAIR AND MYSELF AS VICE CHAIR.UM, THE COMPLAINT REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH IS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE CPRC, UM, LOOKS INTO, UH, UH, THE COMPLAINTS THAT ARE LODGED.
UM, WE HAD SOME ISSUES GETTING INTO, UH, REVIEW SOME OF THOSE CASES OWING TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, GET INTO THE DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW SOME OF THOSE CASES.
UM, SO THAT IN 2022, WE WERE ABLE TO REVIEW 26 CASES IN TOTAL.
UM, OF THOSE 26 CASES, ALL OF THEM RECEIVED EITHER UNANIMOUS OR A MAJORITY VOTE SUPPORTING THE DISPOSITION OF NCP D'S, UH, INVESTIGATION.
UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IN 2022, OR AT PRESENTLY, ALL OF THE 20 20, 20 21 INTERNAL AFFAIRS CASES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
UM, SO ALL OF THOSE BEEN BACKED OUT.
UH, WE HAD A PRETTY SERIOUS BACKLOG AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS OF, UH, LESS ACTIVE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO WORK THROUGH AND, UH, AND REVIEW ALL THOSE CASES.
UM, OTHER THINGS HAPPENING IN 2022.
UH, THE NAC HOLE CONFERENCE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND TO BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
AND WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM NCPD THAT WAS HELPFUL ABOUT CRIME STATS AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS OUR ATTENDEES AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE, AS WELL AS A PRESENTATION FROM THE LOW RIDER AD HOC COMMITTEE.
PLEASE FORGIVE THE TYPO THERE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, UH, CHANGES TO OUR BYLAWS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES WERE APPROVED.
IT WAS AN ARDUOUS TASK TO GO THROUGH AND UPDATE ALL OF THOSE.
BUT, UH, AFTER A LOT OF WORK BY A SUBCOMMITTEE ON THAT, UM, THOSE WERE APPROVED IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.
UM, IN 2022 ATTENDANCE, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE MEET QUARTERLY, UNLIKE A NUMBER OF OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SO WE ONLY HAVE FOUR SCHEDULED MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR.
UM, IN FEBRUARY, WHICH WAS A ZOOM MEETING, WE HAD FIVE COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE WITH TWO EXCUSED ABSENCES, MAY STILL ON ZOOM.
AGAIN, HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SEEMS LIKE SO LONG AGO THAT WE'RE STILL MEETING ON ZOOM.
BUT, UM, SIX COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE, TWO EXCUSED ABSENCES IN AUGUST, WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON, AND WE HAD SIX VOTING MEMBERS, ONE NON-VOTING MEMBER PRESENT, UM, AND ONE EXCUSED ABSENCE.
AND THEN FOR OUR FINAL MEETING IN 2022 IN NOVEMBER, AGAIN, BACK TO IN-PERSON, WE HAD SIX COMMISSIONERS PRESENT AND TWO EXCUSED ABSENCES.
UM, IN TERMS OF OUR GOALS THAT WE ESTABLISHED IN 2022 FOR THE 2023 YEAR, UM, ONE GOAL WAS TO REVIEW ALL OF THE AVAILABLE, UM, N-C-P-D-I-A CASES IN 2022.
WE GOT PRETTY CLOSE TO HITTING THAT GOAL, BUT I CAN TELL YOU NOW IN 2024 THAT WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE.
UM, BUT DETERMINED TO CLEAR OUT THAT 2022 BACKLOG, UM, AND FINISH 2023 THIS YEAR AS WELL.
AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO PURSUE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO ATTEND OUR MEETINGS AND BE A PART OF THEM.
UM, I WAS PRETTY JEALOUS WHEN I GOT HERE TONIGHT TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THIS ROOM.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY WANNA ENLIST THE AID OF ALL OF YOU AND ENCOURAGING YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO COME OUT, UM, AND BE A PART OF THOSE MEETINGS.
THEY'RE THE THIRD THURSDAY OF FEBRUARY, MAY, AUGUST, AND NOVEMBER.
UM, OUR NEXT ONE WILL BE ON THURSDAY, MAY 16TH.
SO DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS PRESENT FOR THOSE AND BEING A PART OF THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, YES, THANK YOU, PLEASE.
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
UM, WE ALSO, UH, HAD A GOAL TO BE ABLE TO ADVISE ON CPD AS NEEDED ON ANY OPERATIONS AND POLICY ISSUES.
UM, TWO, THE LAST TWO ITEMS IN OUR GOALS WERE REALLY TO IMPROVE OUR OWN PROCESSES AND THE FUNCTIONING OF THE CPRC.
UM, THAT WAS TO WORK ON, UH, DEVELOPING A MORE TIMELY AGENDA ITEM, UH, POLICY.
UM, RECOGNIZING THAT AS A COMMISSION THAT ONLY MEETS QUARTERLY, THE PROCESS THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY DIDN'T REALLY MEET OUR NEEDS, UM, WITH SUCH INFREQUENT MEETINGS.
AND SO CONTINUE TO WORK TO TRY TO IMPROVE AND STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS FOR GETTING ITEMS ONTO OUR AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, SECURING EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR THE CPRC CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TO FACILITATE THE WORK THAT WE DO AS OTHER LEADERS OF THAT COMMISSION.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MR. ORA, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.
UH, I'M SURE YOU'VE SET GOALS FOR 24 AS WELL.
UM, I IMAGINE IT'LL BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO 23, OR DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL GOALS FOR 24? UM, I DON'T HAVE THEM HANDY IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, I'M SURE WE'LL BE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL AGAIN, UH, SOMETIME SOON ON OUR 2023, UH, SORT OF YEAR IN REVIEW.
UM, I KNOW THAT INCREASING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY FOR US.
UM, WE REALLY DON'T SEE A LOT OF FOLKS TURNING OUT EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO CONDUCT OUTREACH AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE THERE AS PART OF THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE DO WANNA FINISH THAT 2022 BACKLOG, WHICH I'M CONFIDENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO AND POTENTIALLY EVEN GET THROUGH ALL OF THE 20, 23 CASES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, UM, SOMETIME DURING THIS YEAR.
SO THOSE ARE TWO OF OUR MAIN PRIORITIES.
UH, AND THEN THE MEETINGS ARE QUARTERLY.
UM, I, I'M NOT SURE HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THAT TO CHANGE, BUT WOULD YOU SUGGEST MEETING MORE FREQUENTLY? WE CONSIDER THAT WHEN WE WERE REVISING THE BYLAWS
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AND OPERATING PROCEDURES, UM, BACK DURING 2021.UM, AND THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT REALLY QUARTERLY MEETINGS ARE, ARE OKAY FOR US, UM, AS LONG AS WE CAN IMPROVE AND KIND OF STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS FOR GETTING ITEMS UNDER CONSIDERATION ON OUR AGENDA.
WE FEEL LIKE THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS ARE OKAY.
HAVE THERE BEEN ANY MEETING CANCELLATIONS DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM? UM, YES.
IN MY TIME ON THE COMMISSION, WE'VE HAD ONE MEETING CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM, WHICH WAS, I'M FORGETTING WHICH ONE IN 2023.
SO ONE OF OUR 4 20 23 MEETINGS WAS CANCELED DUE TO A LACK OF QUORUM, IN PART DUE TO A TECHNICAL ISSUE NEEDING TO APPROVE, UH, A COMMISSIONER TO JOIN VIRTUALLY DUE TO ILLNESS.
UM, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE QUORUM TO APPROVE THAT MM-HMM.
SO WE HAD TO, UM, CANCEL THAT MEETING.
UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
UM, IT, I, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, UM, AT WHENEVER YOU ARE REVIEWING YOUR BYLAWS, AGAIN, I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE MEETING MORE FREQUENTLY, UM, AT LEAST MAYBE ADDING ONE ADDITIONAL MEETING OR TWO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS A YEAR, MAYBE TWICE A MONTH.
UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE BACKLOG THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING AND THE FACT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF EVER THERE'S A MEETING THAT DOES GET CANCELED, WELL THEN THAT WORK JUST ENDS UP PILING ON AND THEN CONTINUES.
I THINK THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR, UH, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS YOU MENTIONED IS, UM, UPON THE REVIEW FROM THIS COMMITTEE, UM, ALL CASES RECEIVED UNANIMOUS OR THE MAJORITY VOTE SUPPORTING THE DISPOSITION THAT, UM, IN FAVOR OF THE INVESTIGATION DONE BY NCPD.
SO THAT GIVES ME A LOT OF COMFORT AND, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THIS COMMITTEE BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AND THEN ARRIVE AT, UM, YOU KNOW, AT, AT, AT THAT CONCLUSION.
I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR CITY AND OUR PD DEPARTMENT.
UH, FINALLY, YOU ARE, UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE FOR YOUR 23 GOALS WAS EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CITY EMAIL ADDRESSES, CORRECT? YES.
FOR WHOEVER, UH, WHOEVER SERVES IN THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR CAPACITY FOR THE CPRC TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION.
I, I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
UH, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE WORKLOAD.
UH, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S BEEN A FORMAL REQUEST, BUT I, I WOULD CERTAINLY BACK THAT AND HAVE, UH, MR. MARTINEZ MAYBE WORK WITH IT TO PROVIDE THOSE CITY EMAIL ADDRESSES.
I JUST WANNA SAY TOO, IF I MAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR THE ABILITY TO CONVENE EMERGENCY MEETINGS TOO, AS NEEDED.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO OUR QUARTERLY MEETINGS MM-HMM.
AND WE, WE FLIRTED WITH THAT IDEA ONCE TO, TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT BACKLOG.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK IN NOW POST PANDEMIC, WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO CLEAR THROUGH THINGS.
BUT YEAH, WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING VERY HARD.
UH, JUST TO ADD TWO MORE POINTS.
FIRST, UM, I REALIZE THIS IS A VOLUNTEER POSITION, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UM, AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE COMPENSATED WITH A LOT OF GRATITUDE
UM, BUT, UM, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU PUT INTO THIS? HOW LONG ARE YOUR MEETINGS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS? UM, I WOULD SAY OUR QUARTERLY MEETINGS ARE ON AVERAGE TWO HOURS, DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WE'RE REVIEWING, UM, AS A, AS A COMMITTEE OKAY.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS THE CASES GOES INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY AN ADDITIONAL, UM, TWO TO THREE HOURS PER QUARTER.
AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS, THOSE ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AS STIPULATED BY OUR BYLAWS ARE, UH, TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COMMISSION WHO ARE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REVIEWING THE CASES.
THANK YOU, MR. O OR FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, QUESTION TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
WHO STAFFS CPRC? CHIEF, COULD YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? THE QUESTION AGAIN? WHO STAFFS CPRC? WHO STAFFS CPRC? SO FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE ONE POA MEMBER, AND THAT WAS, UH, SHANE MCCLURE.
IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
IN 2022, HE'S, UH, ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES THAT IS A POA MEMBER, NON-VOTING MEMBER ON THAT GROUP.
BUT HE IS, HE'S THE ONE THAT IS WITH THEM DURING THEIR MEETINGS.
SO WHEN CAN WE PROVIDE THIS EMAIL, MR. CITY MANAGER? I'LL HAVE, UH, DAMON FOLLOW UP TOMORROW.
DAMON, CAN YOU HELP US? THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
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YES, THERE'S A TON OF THINGS HAPPENING, BUT, UH,[01:35:01]
THROUGH BY, UH, CHAIR NORA VARGAS.UH, SHE WAS, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN, UH, PURSUING THAT AND PUSHING FOR THAT A FEW YEARS AGO, AS WELL AS, UM, STATE, UH, ASSEMBLY MEMBER DAVID ALVAREZ AND STATE SENATOR, UH, STEVE PADILLA.
UM, SO REALLY WANNA COMMEND THEIR EFFORTS IN PURSUING, UH, FUNDING FOR RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS WHAT THE GRANT IS FOR, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT FUNDING COMES TO THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
WE HAD A MTS UH, MEETING, UH, WE'RE BEGINNING, UH, LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR, UM, WITH OUR, UH, WORKER REPRESENTATIVE UNIONS.
UM, AND THEN WE APPROVED A BUDGET, SO THAT, THAT WAS A BIG CIP BUDGET.
AND, UH, WE ALSO HAD A AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT MEETING.
UM, WE ALSO GOT THE FIRST GLANCE OF OUR, UH, PRELIMINARY BUDGET AS WELL THERE.
AND THAT'S, UM, AND I THINK THAT'S A HIGH LEVEL.
YES, I ATTENDED THE SANDAG RETREAT, WHICH WAS, UH, OUR SCHEDULED SANDAG BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.
IT WAS CALLED A RETREAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T HELD AT, UH, THE REGULAR HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN.
THIS WAS, UH, MARCH 8TH, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY AN IB.
AND, UM, IT, IT WAS A FANTASTIC TIME TO REALLY GET TOGETHER WITH, UH, OTHER, UH, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND JUST DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR CITY.
WE HAD A LOT OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PAIRED UP WITH OTHER CITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, I ENDED UP IN A, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSING ENCINITAS, WHICH IS, UM, NOT NATIONAL CITY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT DEFINITELY, THE, THE STRUCTURE AROUND THAT WAS REALLY TO PUT ON OUR REGIONAL HATS.
SO WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO, UM, ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND REPRESENT, IN MY CASE, NATIONAL CITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WORK TOGETHER, UH, COLLABORATIVELY AND PUT ON OUR REGIONAL HATS, BECAUSE SANDAG TRULY IS MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION.
SO, UM, THERE IS, UM, A LOT OF PUSH TO DO THAT.
UH, WE WANNA THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SAN DIEGO REGION AS A WHOLE, UH, DISCOVER, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT REGIONAL HAT ON.
I FOUND, UH, ALL OF THE INTERACTIONS WERE POSITIVE.
THE PART THAT I LIKED MOST ABOUT THIS ONE DAY RETREAT WAS THE ECONOMIC REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE ECONOMIST AT SANDAG.
UM, ALSO, UM, UH, DEPUTY CHAIR, DEPUTY CEO, UH, MR. RAY MAJOR.
AND, AND SOME OF THE KEY POINTS I I FOUND JUST THE MOST FASCINATING WAS HE SORT OF HAD LIKE A CRYSTAL BALL FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR WHAT HE'S ENVISIONING OR, OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT ALL OF THE DATA IS SHOWING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
AND, UM, IF I COULD JUST TAKE A FEW POINTS HERE TO SAY, UM, THAT ECONOMIC DRIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE INNOVATION CLUSTER, WHICH IS, UM, A LOT OF THE BIOTECH AND A LOT OF THE INDUSTRY, UH, THE MILITARY CLUSTER, OF COURSE.
OH, AND THE LIFE SCIENCES CLUSTER.
UM, THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE JOBS ARE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I WILL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE A LOT OF OUR YOUNG FOLKS TO GO INTO, UH, THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY.
THAT'S, THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE, THE, MY CAREER PATH.
BUT A LOT OF THESE OTHER, UH, ECONOMIC DRIVERS, I THINK ARE KEY TO ENSURE THAT THE PIPELINE THAT WE ARE CREATING, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE JOBS AVAILABLE FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE.
AND THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE JOB CENTERS WILL BE, THE MILITARY LIFE SCIENCE AND THE INNOVATION CENTER.
UH, THERE IS ALSO A RAPID REMAPPING OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
THIS IS ALL DUE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, AROUND THE PANDEMIC AND OTHER FACTORS.
THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR MANUFACTURING REALLY HAS BEEN, UM, HAS HAD TO BE REIMAGINED.
AND SO, UH, THE THINKING NOW IS YOU, DON'T, YOU, YOU THINK AHEAD 5, 10, 15 YEARS FOR THE SUPPLY CHAINS, UH, VERSUS THE THOUGHT PROCESS FROM BEFORE.
UM, AND THEN JUST THE LAST POINT I WANNA MAKE, UM, THE HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE TRENDS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS SO TIMELY, AT LEAST, UH, FOR THIS MEETING TODAY, SINCE WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS OUR FOCUS, GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND THE HOUSING ELEMENT LATER.
UH, JUST A FEW KEY POINTS HERE.
THE HOUSING CRISIS, AGAIN, THIS IS PER MR. RAY MAJOR, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE FIXING OF THE HOUSING CRISIS IS NOT GONNA BE AN IMMEDIATE FIX, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS EXPECTING IT TO BE, BUT IT IS, UH, EMPHASIZED THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM FOR DECADES TO COME.
UM, THE AFFORDABILITY OF THAT PRICE, THE CRISIS IS ALSO, UH, HE PREDICTS IT'LL BE BY 2040 BEFORE WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED.
AND, UH, BY, YOU KNOW, SOME REALLY ROUGH NUMBERS, UM, SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS 1.1 MILLION HOMES ALREADY, AND WE NEED TO BUILD
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ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO GET BY 2040 TO RE START REACHING A BALANCE OF THAT.UM, THAT OF THE, UH, SUPPLY AND DEMAND IS MORE IN BALANCE VERSUS WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, DRIVING PRICES WAY HIGH BECAUSE OF THE IMBALANCE.
UM, AND HE DID SAY SOMETHING WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, IS EYEOPENING.
HE SAID, UH, 2050 IS WHEN WE WILL FINALLY START TO SEE A SLOWDOWN IN THE POPULATION GROWTH.
HE SAID, UH, IN THE MEANTIME, IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE, UM, THE AGING POPULATION IS, IS, UH, THE NEED, THE FASTEST GROWING POPULATION AND THE NEEDS FOR THIS POPULATION, WHICH IS INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, SENIOR CITIZENS, 65 AND OLDER.
UM, AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING AT THE RETREAT WERE, IS THE HOUSING THAT WE'RE ENVISIONING IS THAT GOING TO SERVE THIS FASTEST GROWING POPULATION? UM, AND SO, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
THE ONE THING, UH, THAT HE LEFT IN MY MIND, THE THOUGHT HE LEFT IN MY MIND, IS, YEAH, BY 2050, WE'RE GONNA START TO SEE THE SLOWDOWN OF THE POPULATION GROWTH.
UM, AND THEN IT'LL START TO SHRINK A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, NOT LIKE A LOT, IT'LL STILL BE A HUGE METRO CITY.
UM, BUT HE DID SAY THAT WE WILL START TO LOOK MORE LIKE A RETIREMENT COMMITTEE, UH, COMMUNITY, THINK FLORIDA.
AND SO IN MY MIND, I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA BE A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, BUT WE DO HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT, UH, FOR THE DECADES TO COME, BECAUSE, UH, LASTLY, AS WE ARE DOING THE WORK THAT WE ARE, UM, DOING, WE WON'T SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT IMPACT FOR A LONG WHILE.
AND SO HERE, AS DECISION MAKERS, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WAY AHEAD, UM, VERSUS IMMEDIATE.
UM, MY MEETINGS FOR MY AGENCIES ARE THIRD AND FOURTH WEEK, SO I HAVE NO REPORT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I WANT TO MY FIRST CIVIC WELL POLICY, UM, MAKERS, UM, CONFERENCE.
AND, UM, I WILL REPORT MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK, MAYOR.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T BRING MY NOTES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS ARE HERE LIVE VIA ZOOM.
I'M STANDING ANO YOUR PORT COMMISSIONER, REPRESENTING NATIONAL CITY FOR THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO HERE TO PROVIDE YOU UPDATES ON YOUR 34 MILES OF PUBLIC ISLANDS.
LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR BOARD OF PORT COMMISSIONERS MEETING A VERY LIGHT AGENDA, LENGTHY DISCUSSION.
I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MAYOR, OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR FIRE CHIEF FOR COMING SHARING PERSPECTIVES.
SO WHAT HAPPENED IN SUMMARY, WE AT THE PORT, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SKY CHARGERS.
SO IF YOU GUYS RECALL, WE, YOU GUYS HAD A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON SKY CHARGER GAUGE ZERO.
SO AT THAT MEETING, WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SKY CHARGER AND TO GO INTO AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, FIRE CHIEF, AND HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION TO MAKE SURE ALL PERSPECTIVES ARE, UM, IN THE FINAL AGREEMENT.
UH, SO I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DR.
UH, SHE HOSTED, UH, BRING A TEACHER TO WORKDAY.
UH, WE COORDINATED AT THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO, SO WE HAD TWO TEACHERS, UH, COME TO THE PORT SITE, OUR GENERAL SERVICES BUILDING.
AND I ALSO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO VICE PRESIDENT ELBA GOMEZ FROM THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO, WHO PROVIDED, UM, PRESENTATION MATERIALS, UH, REALLY COOL SWAG BAG.
AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT FOR THE TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY JUST WERE LIKE, WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT'S BEYOND THE FENCE LINE.
THEY LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT OUR OPERATION AND WHAT WE DO.
AND WHAT'S REALLY KEY ABOUT THIS IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BRING THIS BACK TO THE YOUTH, TO THE STUDENTS OF NATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO IT DOESN'T BE GREAT OPENING DOORS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANNA PROMOTE A DAY OF THE PARK, A PORT EXPERIENCE SERIES.
SO THIS IS A SERIES OF EVENTS TO HELP, UH, ACTIVATE OUR UNDER UNDERUTILIZED PORT PARKS.
UH, PEPPER PARK WILL BE THE FIRST ONE.
THIS WILL BE NEXT SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH, FROM 12 TO 5:00 PM IT'LL BE A MULTICULTURAL, UH, EXPERIENCE.
UH, WE'LL HAVE A KID ZONE FOOD, UH, FOOD VENDORS, AND THERE WILL BE A FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY TO PEPPER PARK.
AND WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
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I THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ANG HO AND, UM, ON THE SKY CHARGER VERSUS THE GAUGE ZERO, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UM, SO I APPRECIATE THEM.UM, COMING TO COUNCIL, HONESTLY, I THOUGHT, UH, GAUGE ZERO WAS THE BETTER, DID THE BETTER PRESENTATION.
SO I WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, UH, SURPRISED TO SEE SKY CHARGER RECOMMENDED, BUT I APPRECIATE, UM, YOU COMMISSIONER NARANJO.
I GOT THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH THEM AFTER, AFTER THE MEETING, AND I WAS IMPRESSED.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY HAD A, UM, ENERGY STATE ENERGY COMMISSION GRANT, WHICH MADE THEM MORE COMPETITIVE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE MAYOR, UM, OUR, OUR STAFF FOR ATTENDING.
ONE OF THE ISSUES I'M LEARNING MORE ABOUT ARE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE, UM, TO OUR FIRE CHIEF.
HE SHOWED ME AROUND THE PORT TODAY, UH, THE PORT TIDELANDS PROPERTY.
SO I, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME EVER BEEN ON THE, UM, THE CIA, THE WATERFRONT.
SO I'M LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE RISKS ABOUT, UM, THE, THE FIRE, UH, SOME OF THE FIRE RISK AND THE CARS, UH, LITHIUM BATTERIES.
SO I, WE, I JUST REALLY WANT US TO STAY ON, ON TOP OF THOSE, UH, EMERGENCY RISKS AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACTS TO OUR CITY.
UM, SO I, I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST ONE BIG STEP, BUT I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE STAFF TO PLEASE, UH, KEEP TRACK OF, OF THOSE COSTS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING OUR, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY DOLLARS AND, UM, AND ANALYZING ALL THE, ALL THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
IF I COULD JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
UH, I WAS THERE WHEN THEY MADE THEIR, THEIR PRESENTATION TO THE PORT WAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
AND AT THAT POINT, SKY CHARGER I THOUGHT, JUST CLEANED THE FLOOR WITH THEIR PRESENTATION, BUT THEN WHEN THEY CAME BEFORE US HERE, IT WAS LIKE THE OTHER WAY AROUND
SO, BUT PORT DIDN'T GET TO SEE THAT ONE, UH,
AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE WAS, UH, ONE WAS THE GRANT, UH, YES.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WAS BROUGHT OUT WAS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY WOULD BE PUTTING IN TO COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
BUT LIKE I KEPT TELLING 'EM, COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE REALLY NICE IF THEY ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO THIS WAS LIKE JOB TRAINING THINGS ALONG THAT LINE, WHICH IS ALL GOOD.
BUT IF THE CITIES HAPPEN TO SPEND MONEY ON ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, NEW RISK THAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THAT AREA AND MORE TRAINING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEN WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, THINGS THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PUT IN FOR AN INSURANCE POLICY FOR THE PORT.
THAT'S NOT A COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
AND THAT'S, I THINK, THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT.
AND, UH, SO WE, I THINK WE, WE DRILLED THAT HOME, I THINK PRETTY GOOD.
AND, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
YES, THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR SHARING THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, UH, AS THE SAYING GOES, WHEN YOU'RE THE FOREFRONT OF THE PROBLEM, YOU'RE ALSO AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE SOLUTION.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE AHEAD OF IT AND SHARE IT AT THE BEGINNING, INSTEAD AT THE END OF THE PROCESS WHERE IT'S TOO LATE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE, MAKE SURE WE MEET OUR GOALS AT THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO WITH THE MARITIME CLEAN AIR STRATEGY.
SO IT'S REALLY, UH, FRUITFUL FOR US TO SHARE ALL PERSPECTIVES AND MAKING SURE IT'S REALLY A WIN, WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH,
I'M, UH, COMMENTING BECAUSE, UM, I'M, THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE LAST MEETING AND IT CAUGHT MY EAR, UH, LKO.
AND THE IDEA WAS THAT THERE'S A WAY THAT THE CITY COULD GET A PROPORTIONAL LARGER SHARE OF MONEY.
AND THAT WAS THE, THE EFFECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY FROM THE COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, FROM A CITIZEN STANDPOINT, WHEN I SEE A MEASURE LIKE THAT THAT SAYS, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO ARGUE FOR GETTING MORE MONEY, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.
NOW HOW WE DO THAT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND FROM THE LKO ORGANIZATION, THEY'RE ASKING FOR AUTHORITY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE POOR COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, ARGUING THROUGH THEIR PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IS A HARDER NEEDLE TO MOVE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE.
BUT FROM THE COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE TO HEAR WE'RE GOING AFTER MORE MONEY.
THE $1.5 MILLION PROTECTING OUR GENERAL FUND.
ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE REPORTS THAT WE HAVE ON THAT.
[9.2 Appointments: City Boards, Commissions and Committees – City Council Appointment for the Planning Commission.]
NEXT WE GO INTO INTERVIEWS AND APPOINTMENTS.I AM GONNA REVERSE THE ORDER AND DO NINE TWO FIRST AND THEN NINE ONE, EVEN THOUGH IT REALLY DOESN'T AFFECT US THIS TIME.
NORMALLY WE ALWAYS LIKE TO DO THE COUNCIL ONES FIRST.
THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT THE FIELD IS LEFT TO DO WITH THE, UH, UH, THE MERRILL APPOINTMENTS.
BUT IF IT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT US THIS TIME, BUT I STILL LIKE TO KEEP IT IN THAT ORDER.
UM, SO WE WILL BE TAKING, WE WILL NOW BE INTERVIEWING THOSE THAT ARE COMING BEFORE US.
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AND THIS IS FOR THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.AND SO IF I'LL ASK OUR CITY CLERK IF SHE'LL GIVE US KIND OF THE, THE RUNDOWN OF HOW WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS FUN STUFF.
UM, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF AND THE, UH, PUBLIC.
THERE ARE SOME, UM, A POLICY THAT WE NEED TO READ INTO THE RECORD SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GIVEN CITY.
UH, COUNCIL POLICY 1 0 7 D EIGHT FOR THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
UH, THE CITY CLERK WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOARD COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE, UH, WITH CURRENT VACANCIES.
THE MAYOR WILL INTRODUCE THE APPLICANT AND TWO QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED OF EACH APPLICANT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
EACH APPLICANT IS GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO MAKE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR QUALIFICATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK QUESTIONS OF EACH APPLICANT.
ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS.
TOTAL TIME PER APPLICANT IS FIVE MINUTES WITH TIME ALLOWED FOR CLARIFICATION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NOT TO EXCEED 10 MINUTES PER APPLICANT.
ALL APPOINTMENTS AND INTERVIEWS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE SCHEDULED AS NEEDED TO FILL UNEXPECTED, UH, VACANCIES.
AND EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO FILL THOSE, UM, AS THE TERMS EXPIRE.
SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THIS, UH, SEAT IS REQUIRED TO BE A, UH, RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY, AND THIS WOULD BE A FOUR YEAR TERM THAT WOULD END MARCH 31ST, 2028.
AND YOU WERE PROVIDED SIX APPLICATIONS.
WE HAD SIX, UM, PEOPLE WHO WERE, UH, READY TO, TO, UM, INTERVIEW FOR THIS POSITION, SO, OKAY.
WE'LL START BRINGING THEM UP ONE AT A TIME.
AND AS SAY YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT YOURSELF IN ANY WAY THAT YOU WANT TO AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF, AND THEN YOU WILL BE ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ONE MINUTE, HUH? NO, 1, 2, 2 TO TWO, TWO MINUTES.
AND, UH, UH, UP TO TWO MINUTES.
AND, UH, UM, AND THEN AS SAY, THEN WE WILL GO FROM THERE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WE GOT AURORA, UH, RAMIREZ.
STARTED TO SAY, I DIDN'T THINK I SAW HER IN THE AUDIENCE.
YOU HAVE, UH, TWO MINUTES TO MAKE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY SINCE I WAS A KID.
I GREW UP HERE, MY CHILDREN GREW UP HERE.
I WORK FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED THERE FOR 16 YEARS.
UM, I ENJOY BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT.
THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO BRANCH OUT AND TRY TO ENCOMPASS, UH, A DIFFERENT PUBLIC SERVICE POSITION.
UM, I SERVED AND ON THE BOARD OF THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE, INVOLVE THE AMOUNT OF INVOLVEMENT THAT IT REQUIRES, AS WELL AS DEDICATION AND AVAILABILITY.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION? REALIZING WE HAVE TO ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS OF ALL OF THOSE I, I'M GONNA THROW OUT, I THINK, WHAT IS KINDA THE OBVIOUS QUESTION, WHAT QUALIFIES YOU THE MOST TO BE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION? WELL, I HOLD A, UM, BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN, UH, HUMAN SERVICES, ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE OR A DEGREE IN, UH, ZONING OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
UM, AND I'M WILLING TO, UH, LEARN AS I GO AND ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND THEIR BEST INTEREST IS AT HAND.
WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE WILL BE ASKING OF ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS? AND ALSO, IF I MAY ADD, OH, GO AHEAD.
UM, IN MY CURRENT LINE OF WORK, I DO, UH, REVIEW THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BASED ON FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GUIDELINES.
UM, SO I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH NAVIGATING THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, SYSTEMS. OKAY.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU GET TO ASK NUMBER QUESTION NUMBER TWO.
UM, WHY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SERVE ON PLANNING? WELL, I ENJOY BEING A PUBLIC SER UH, SERVANT FOR STARTERS.
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I SEE THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH.UM, LIKE I, I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS, SO I'VE SEEN ALL THE GROWTH AND I WOULD BE LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT CATALYST OF CHANGE, POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO TO BRING MAYBE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK.
UM, EMBRACE THE CHANGES, UM, AND BE A PART OF, OF THE GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY VERSUS JUST STANDING BY AND, AND BEING AN ONLOOKER.
NOTHING, NOTHING ELSE ONTO THAT.
NEXT WE'LL GO TO, AND I BELIEVE YOU PRONOUNCED THE FIRST NAME, BURL BURL FOREMAN.
PROBABLY BUTCHERED YOUR FIRST NAME.
UM, I MOVED TO SAN DIEGO JUST AFTER COLLEGE IN MY EARLY TWENTIES AND PURSUED A CAREER WITH COMMUNITY AND URBAN PLANNING.
UH, AND I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR, UH, THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, 15 YEARS WITH THE EL CAJON BOULEVARD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
ALIGNED ME WITH THE COMMUNITIES OF NORTH PARK, CITY HEIGHTS, MANY NONPROFITS THAT WE ALIGNED WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SANDAG, THE COUNTY
SO I KNOW THE, THE REGION QUITE WELL.
UM, LAST YEAR I, UM, WAS PLEASED TO MAKE THE DECISION TO MOVE HERE TO NATIONAL CITY
SO I FEEL LIKE I JUMPED SHIP TO THE SOUTH BAY AND, UH, THINGS HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT VERY WELL FOR ME AND MY HUSBAND AND JUST BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE'RE TUCKED IN THE CORNER OF OLIVE WOOD TERRACE, WHICH I AM VERY PROUD TO SHARE.
THAT WAS ONCE THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF OLIVE OIL IN THE NATION.
AND, UM, BEING ALIGNED TO THE BAY SHORE BIKEWAY CLOSE TO OLIVE GARDEN AND THE INCREDIBLE RESOURCES THEY SHARE AND HAVE ALIGNED WITH THE NATIONAL CITY HEALTHY COUTURE COALITION.
I WAS PART OF FRAMING THAT LETTER.
SO I, EVERYTHING THAT WAS STATED THERE, I PROUDLY STAND BY AND REALLY SPEAKS TO, YOU KNOW, WHY I WANNA BE A PART OF, UH, THE WORK OF NATIONAL CITY AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO FIRST THING I ASK IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT TO BE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION? I THINK I'M A STANDOUT INDIVIDUAL.
AND, UM, MY WORK IN SAN DIEGO, MY RESUME THAT I SHARED WITH THE, THE CITY, YOU KNOW, SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
AND THE FACT THAT I'VE ALIGNED ALREADY CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NONPROFITS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHARE A VISION OF WHAT COULD BE DONE TO IMPROVE UPON THIS HISTORIC CITY.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU COULD ASK YOUR QUESTION NOW.
UM, WHY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SERVE IN PLANNING SPECIFICALLY? WELL, I AM AN URBAN PLANNER.
UH, I'VE CONTINUED, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THAT FIELD AND IMPROVED UPON MY EDUCATION ALONG THE WAY.
I GOT A CERTIFICATE IN URBAN PLANNING FROM U-C-S-D-A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM SDSU.
AND, UM, I WOULD SAY NOW I'M MORE PIVOTING TOWARDS, UM, GOALS AROUND OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND WANTING TO BECOME A LEADER IN THE FIELD AS IT RELATES MORE TO TOWARDS URBAN FORESTRY THAT I'VE PICKED UP.
AND, UM, I'VE STARTED STUDYING HORTICULTURE AT SWEETWATER.
ALL IN ALL, I'M VERY, YOU KNOW, DRIVEN BY, UH, URBAN PLANNING, THE ENVIRONMENTS AND HOW I CAN PLAY A ROLE.
UH, WE NEXT GO TO, UH, BIANCA, UH, GALES.
BIANCA IN THE AUDIENCE, OR MAYOR? SHE WAS TO BE ON, UH, ZOOM, BUT SHE'S NOT THERE.
WELL, WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE END AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF, SEE IF SHE GETS BACK ON THERE.
UH, NEXT WE GO TO DANIEL PEREZ.
COUNSEL, EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT.
I AM A NATIONAL CITY RESIDENT SINCE 2011.
I'M CURRENTLY WORKING AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT AS WELL AS A LOAN OFFICER.
UH, I WORK WITH MANY INVESTORS.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE ZONING.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE ZONING AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER.
UH, I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOS PALMAS LITTLE LEAGUE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, I WOULD SAY I'M PRETTY INVOLVED WITH
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THE COMMUNITY.SO, UH, THAT BRINGS ME HERE TONIGHT.
UH, I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALREADY, SO I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.
SO WHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION? UH, I'M NOT IN IT FOR MYSELF.
I'M REALLY JUST LOOKING TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF, I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT, UH, GIVING BACK TO MY COMMUNITY, UH, NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, TO MY COMMUNITY, BUT FOR MY KIDS AS WELL.
UM, BUT APART FROM THAT, UM, I THINK I, I POSSESS SOME KNOWLEDGE BEING THAT I'VE BEEN IN REAL ESTATE, WORKED WITH INVESTORS, UM, AND FAMILIAR WITH THE LANDSCAPE OF NATIONAL CITY, UM, AND THE DIRECTION IT WANTS TO GO, UH, FOR THE FUTURE.
AND WHY PLANNING SPECIFICALLY? UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, AGAIN, GIVING BACK.
UM, I'VE APPLIED FOR SEVERAL OF THESE, UH, DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
UM, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
UH, AGAIN, I'M ALL ABOUT MY COMMUNITY.
I THINK I'VE PROVEN THAT, UH, PARTICULAR PLANNING AGAIN, IT, IT FALLS IN LINE WITH, UH, MY CAREER PATH AND WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.
AND SO I THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S COMPLIMENTARY, UH, BOTH WAYS.
BUT, UH, I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, KIND OF BEING PART OF THE VISION OF THIS COMMUNITY.
I'M GONNA ASK KIND OF AN UN UNRELATED THING HERE, BUT SURE.
UH, ARE YOU, UH, AVAILABLE TO SERVE ON ANY, ANY OTHER, UH, COMMITTEES OR ANYTHING? UM, SURE.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M, I'M OPEN TO IT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.
UM, MOST PEOPLE KNOW ME 'CAUSE YOU'VE SEEN ME ALMOST EVERY WEEK LATELY.
BUT I MOVED TO NATIONAL CITY IN 1984 FROM THE EAST COAST.
I MADE NATIONAL CITY, MY CITY, MY FAMILY CITY.
I, I WORKED IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY HERE IN THE MILE OF CARS FOR 25 YEARS.
I CHANGED 15 YEARS AGO INTO INSURANCE.
AGAIN, PART OF MY CITY, PART OF MY LIFE.
INSURANCE IS A BIG POINT IN MY LIFE.
IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF TO DO WITH NATIONAL CITY.
MARCUS WAS SAYING TODAY, RISK MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR CITY IS PLANNING, WHAT THE ZONES ARE GOING ON.
INSURANCE IS WHEN SOMETHING I EXCEL AT.
SO THAT'S ME AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND WHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT AS, AS AN INDIVIDUAL RUNNING, I STAND OUT ON EVERYTHING.
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CITY LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN TWO NUMEROUS DIMENSION.
I WANT TO SEE IT GROW PROPERLY.
I WANT TO SEE, I KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS I'VE LEARNED A LOT MORE LATELY ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN INTERNATIONAL CITY AND WHERE IT GOES.
AND I KNOW I CAN DO A GREAT JOB.
OKAY, MR. RODERICKS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
AND WHY, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY JUST ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION ALREADY,
I WANT TO, I WANT TO SEE THE VISION OF NATIONAL CITY BE ACHIEVED THE WAY WE ALL WANT IT TO BE.
NEXT WE GO TO, UH, ZACHARY FRANCISCO GOMEZ.
UM, I'M A FOURTH GENERATION, UH, RESIDENT.
UM, PREVIOUSLY A RENTER NOT SO AFFORDABLE.
UM, AND I AM FROM A GENERATION, WE HAVE THE TWO HIGHEST POPULATIONS IN NATIONAL CITY, WHICH IS OUR, OUR OLDER, UM, MATURE POPULATION.
AND WE HAVE US MILLENNIALS AND JUST LIKE HOW OUR COMMISSION IS PRETTY DIVERSE, UM, I THINK I CAN BRING THAT, UH,
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DIVERSITY TO, UM, TO THE COMMISSION AND, AND NO OFFENSE OR OR DISRESPECT TO THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, BUT I'VE NOTICED A PATTERN WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS ALWAYS HEAVILY WEIGHTED WITH REAL ESTATE, UM, FOLKS.AND, UH, I THINK IF WE JUST DIVERSIFY, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN BEAT THE URBAN PLANNING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S A TOUGH CHOICE TONIGHT.
UM, BUT, UM, UM, UH, YEAH, I'M, UH, WILLING TO SERVE.
I, UH, BEEN ON THE COMMUNITY POLICE RELATIONS COMMISSION FOR A COUPLE TERMS. I WAS ON THE PARKS AND RECS BOARD.
UM, A COUPLE TERMS. UM, UH, YEAH, AND JUST, YEAH, AGAIN, I'M THE ONLY, PROBABLY THE ONLY MILLENNIAL APPLYING.
BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THIS COULD BE A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING.
SO WHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT? UH, SURE.
YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION? UM, I THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING IS MY, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL EVER OWN A HOME
UM, BUT, UM, ALSO, UM, THE FACT THAT DETAILS MATTER.
I'M, I'M ONE OF THE THREE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR REVIEWING CASES.
UM, THE, UH, THE FACT THAT THE IMPACT OF EVERY DECISION THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKES, THERE'S A LASTING IMPACT.
IT'S NOT JUST NOW, IT'S NOT IN A COUPLE YEARS.
IT'S GENERATIONS, UH, THAT COMES.
AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE READY TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR OUR CITY AND HAVE OUR BUSINESSES THRIVING, HAVE AFFORDABLE, UH, HOUSING, MEET ARENA NUMBERS, AND SANDAG, UM, JUST A LOT OF POTENTIAL.
OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, THERE'S A REASON WE'RE CALLED THE CENTER OF IT ALL BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL AND, AND HOW GREAT OUR CITY IS.
MR. RODRIGUEZ? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
AND, UH, WHY PLANNING SPECIFICALLY? I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN SERVING ON MULTIPLE BOARDS.
WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SERVING IN, IN PLANNING NOW? UM, I THINK, UH, TO ADD DIVERSITY AGAIN TO THE COMMISSION ITSELF, TO THE CITY, UM, UH, BEING A, A YOUNGER PERSON, UH, A LARGE PERCENT NATIVE AMERICAN, LATINO, UM, A NON A RENTER, A NON HOMEOWNER.
UM, BUT IT'S MAINLY TO CONTINUE SERVING ONE OF THE ONLY FEW YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMISSION, UH, OUT OF ALL THE COMMISSIONS.
DO WE HAVE, UH, BIANCA COME BACK ON? NO, MAYOR, SHE DID NOT COME BACK ON.
SO, AT THIS TIME, EACH ONE OF US HAS A SLIP HERE THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MARK AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEN SIGN IT AND I'LL PICK IT UP.
AND THEN WE WILL BE PASSING THEM OVER TO THE CITY CLERK, OR SHE'S GONNA COME FORWARD AND GRABBING THEM FROM US, OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE,
I'LL READ THE VOTE INTO THE RECORD.
'CAUSE WE DON'T DO SECRET BALLOTS.
THIS IS, UM, FROM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA BARREL FOREMAN.
UM, LET'S SEE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.
ZACHARY FRANCISCO GOMEZ FROM, UM, MAYOR MORRISON, SHERRY GOBY, AND FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH BURL FOREMAN.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A TIE.
SO I WILL BRING, UH, ANOTHER FORM BACK TO ALL OF YOU,
AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE YOU VOTE AGAIN.
UH, JUST BETWEEN BERYL FOREMAN AND CHERYL GOKEY.
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OKAY.NEXT ROUND WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ VOTED FOR BARRELL FOREMAN.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA BARRELL FOREMAN, VICE MAYOR YAMANI.
SHE, GOGI MAYOR MORRISON, SHERRY GOGI, AND THE TIEBREAKER FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH IS MERRILL FOR BARRELL FOREMAN.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS, BARRELL FOREMAN.
SHE, SHE LEFT ALREADY, I THINK.
AND GET, GET HER SWORN IN, THEN WE WILL DO THAT.
ALRIGHT, MR. MAYOR, I TAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
I, I JUST REALLY WANT TO COMMEND EVERYBODY THAT APPLIED.
UM, I WISH WE WOULD HAVE MORE OPENINGS FOR PLANNING.
UM, AND REALLY ALL OF YOU ARE STANDOUT INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY AND DO TONS OF REALLY GOOD WORK.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING UP AND ALWAYS BEING ENGAGED AND INVOLVED.
UM, THIS WAS A TOUGH DECISION, UM, AS IT ALWAYS IS FOR PLANNING SEEN AS THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY GOOD QUALIFIED PEOPLE, ALWAYS A PLANNING FOR VERY IMPORTANT POSITIONS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING UP.
UM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK YOU DO.
JUST TO ECHO THAT, UH, THIS WAS, UH, REALLY TOUGH.
UH, REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, EVERYONE THAT APPLIED.
UH, ZACH, ZACH, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS.
I VOTED FOR YOU A LOT, UH, LAST TIME AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, DIVERSITY AND PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU BRING, UM, MR. PEREZ, UH, YOU'RE REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY AS, UH, AS WELL WITH THE, THE, UM, WITH THE LOS PALM LITTLE LEAGUE.
AND, AND I, AND I JUST SEE HER AROUND A LOT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL HEARD FROM, UM, MUSKOGEE AND ALL THE ADVOCACY THAT SHE'S DONE, NOT JUST IN THE COMMUNITY, ON, ON, ON THE, ON THE FLOOD AS WELL.
UM, I MIGHT BE, UM, AND A COUPLE OF THE FOLKS I, I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT THEY DID GREAT TOO.
UM, SO I JUST REALLY, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IN THE END, UH, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY MS. FOREMAN AND HER, SHE'S AN URBAN PLANNER, SO THAT'S WHAT GOT ME AS A, AS A FELLOW URBAN PLANNER.
SO WHAT IT DIDN'T AT ALL SPEAK AGAINST YOU GUYS AND ENCOURAGED YOU TO KEEP APPLYING AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, AND JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE, UH, BERYL FOR ME.
UM, WANNA ENCOURAGE, UM, THOSE WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.
UM, I TRIED, I THINK 20 TIMES AND I ENDED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO PLEASE, I KNOW YOUR HEART, WHERE YOUR HEART IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I KNOW THAT WE WILL SEE YOU HERE AGAIN.
WELL, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO JUST KEEP TRYING.
UM, THERE WAS A COMPANY THAT TRIED TO DO A, WANTED TO DO A CLEANING MATERIAL, AND THEY TRIED, TRIED IT, IT FAILED.
IT FAILED, IT FAILED UNTIL THEY GOT UP TO NUMBER 4 0 9, WHICH WAS FORMULA 4 0 9.
BUT THEY, SO IT TOOK, IT, IT TOOK THEM TO NOT MAKE IT RIGHT, 408 TIMES TO GET TO THE 409TH TIME.
SO GOT, SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA KEEP TRYING.
AND THERE, THERE WILL BE MORE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS IN SEPTEMBER.
SEPTEMBER, WE DO 'EM IN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER.
[9.1 Appointments: City Boards, Commissions and Committees – Mayoral Appointments for the Community & Police Relations Commission; and the Parks, Recreation & Senior Citizens Advisory Committee.]
WE GO TO THE MERRILL APPOINTMENTS.WE JUST HAVE TWO, UH, TWO AREAS.
UH, ONE IS OUR COMMUNITY AND POLICE RELATIONS.
WE CAN, THERE'S THREE APPOINTMENTS.
WE CAN, UM, UM, WE CAN DO 'EM AS A BLOCK OR WE CAN DO 'EM INDIVIDUALLY THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS WANNA DO IT, UH, WHERE THEY ARE.
THEY'RE ALL FOR FOUR YEAR TERMS. AND, UH, THAT WILL GO TILL MARCH 31ST, 2027.
AND, UH, MY, UH, FIRST APPOINTMENT WOULD BE FOR KIMBERLY, UH, C*****G SANO, UM, TO THE, UH, UM, TO THAT, UH, TO THAT BOARD.
UM, AND I CAN NAME OFF ALL THREE IF YOU WANT ME TO.
AND THEN YOU, YOU GUYS DECIDE IF YOU WANNA DO IT AS A BLOCK OR WHATEVER.
UH, SECOND ONE IS ROSEMARY VASQUEZ, AND THE THIRD ONE IS, UH, MARISSA ROSALES.
AND, UH, I WENT AHEAD, UH, DID DO INTERVIEW WITH ALL OF THE, ALL THE APPLICANTS.
WE DID THOSE DURING THE WEEK, SO THOSE WERE ALREADY DONE.
SO WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? THAT IS, THAT'S THE MOTION THAT I'M MAKING IS ON THOSE THREE.
WE CAN EITHER DO 'EM INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A BLOCK, WHICHEVER WAY YOU GUYS PREFER.
MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE FOR EACH OF THE THREE, UH, SELECTIONS YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A BLOCK.
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WELL, WE'RE UP THERE FOR A VOTE.MM-HMM,
SO THIS IS JUST TO VOTE FOR 'EM AS A BLOCK.
AND THIS IS TO ACCEPT ALL THE, ALL THREE OF 'EM.
TO ACCEPT, JUST CLARIFY THAT WE WEREN'T JUST TO VOTING TO VOTE AS A BLOCK.
IF WE COULD, WE HAD A MOTION A SECOND.
WE, WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR A VOTE.
ALRIGHT, SO THOSE THREE, UM, THE, UH, ONE OTHER POSITION THAT WE HAVE IS A, UH, REMAINING, UH, PORTION OF A TERM FOR THE PARKS, RECREATION AND SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND THIS ONE IS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
SO IT'S FOR JUST FOR THE REMAINDER OF TILL WE GET DOWN TO SEPTEMBER.
AND, UH, UH, AND SO I'LL BE NOMINATING, HE JUST LEFT THE ROOM SO I CAN NOMINATE HIM.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
DID YOU GET IT? UM, OKAY, LET ME START IT AGAIN.
ALRIGHT, THAT TAKES US THROUGH THAT.
I'M GOING TO, AT THIS POINT GO FOR MR. CHAIRMAN.
SO YOU NOMINATED MS. MARISSA ROSALES AND SHE'S CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY.
THAT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
THAT WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AT, AT, AT ANOTHER MEETING AND YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL SEPTEMBER TO DO THAT.
SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT APPLICANTS THERE ARE, UH, FOR THAT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, AT THIS POINT I'M GONNA CALL FOR A SHORT RECESS TO EVERYONE HAVE A QUICK BREAK.
AND BEFORE WE GET IN, WE GOT A YEAH.
VICE MAYOR YAMANI IS NOT PRESENT.
AND THEN MAYOR MORRISON PRESENT.
[10. CONSENT CALENDAR]
GO INTO, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 10, ONE THROUGH 10, 12.I DO NOT HAVE ANY REQUEST TO PULL ANYTHING.
WHAT IS THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE? MOVE TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MAYOR, CAN I ALSO ADD THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, TWO WRITTEN COMMENTS, ONE FOR 10.5 AND ONE FOR 10.7 FOR THE RECORD? SURE.
AND, UH, SO IF WE CAN GET THAT UP THERE AND WE CAN HIT OUR BUTTONS, SEE IF THEY WILL WORK YET.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.
THIS IS FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WHY DIDN'T IT DO IT? OH, 'CAUSE YAMANI ISN'T HERE.
UH, IF SOMEBODY CAN JUST HIT ABSTAIN.
SAY WHAT? YOU WANT ME TO VOTE FOR IT? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? NO, JUST HIT ABSTAIN.
AND MS. MAYOR, JUST AS CLARIFICATION REALLY QUICK.
DO UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, WILL YOU ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK OR ON WHAT? ON THEY WERE WRITTEN COMMENT.
YEAH, THOSE ARE PART OF THE RECORD.
UH, SO YEAH, YEAH, DEFINITELY WE WOULD LET 'EM SPEAK.
WE HAD WRITTEN IF WE HAD, UH, UH, COMMENTS COMING IN.
BUT, UH, UH, THOSE ARE ONES THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US AT TWO O'CLOCK.
[11.1 Public Hearing No. 1 of 2 for the 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan and Allocation of HUD Entitlement Grant Funds to CDBG and HOME Activities.]
GO INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC HEARING.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, ONE OF TWO FOR THE 24 25 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND ALLOCATION OF HUD ENTITLEMENT GRANT FUNDS TO CDBG AND HOME ACTIVITIES.
AND MR. AGUIRE, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR SUBJECT.
UH, YES, IT IS, UH, CARLOS SECURE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK, UH, SLIDE TO SHARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S AN OR THE 24 25 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
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UH, AN ALLOCATION OF $560,000, UH, FOR A SECTION 1 0 8 LOAN, UH, PROGRAM, UM, FOR THE DEBT SERVICE ON A PROPOSED, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL POOL.WE ARE ALLOCATING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ADMINISTRATION AND HAVE SELECTED CSA SAN DIEGO COUNTY AS A RECOMMENDED FAIR HOUSING AND TENANT LANDLORD SERVICE PROVIDER.
UH, UNDER HOME, WE ARE RESERVING, UH, APPROXIMATELY 460 OR $461,000, UH, FOR, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES SET ASIDE.
UH, WE LEVERAGE THAT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOME PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.
SO THIS IS OUR PROPOSED USE OF FUNDS FOR BOTH CDBG AND HOME.
I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYONE WITH ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? IF NOT, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT? NO.
IN THAT CASE, I'D LIKE, UH, REQUEST THAT, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
THIS IS JUST TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE JUST LOST IT HERE AGAIN.
UM, SO ON THIS ONE, THIS IS, I GOTTA GET, I GOTTA COME BACK HERE.
UH, AND SO WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE MADE.
AND SO THIS, WE, WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND LET ME JUST SAY, IN YEARS PAST, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS MONEY GOING FOR ADMINISTRATION AND THEREFORE IT'D BE BETTER IF IT WENT INTO PROGRAMS AND HUD CAME DOWN ON US AND SAYS, NO, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE MONEY FOR ADMINISTRATION.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY WELL, A GUIDE, THAT'S A GUIDELINE FROM HUD.
AND, UH, UM, SO, UM, BECAUSE I SAY WE, WE FUDGED ON THAT A FEW YEARS AND THEN THEY, THEY NOTICED IT AND CAME DOWN.
SO, UH, SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE, UH, WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES.
SO THIS IS COMING BACK? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
WE HAVE A SECOND HEARING, UH, ON APRIL 2ND.
SO THIS IS JUST APPROV THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
[11.2 Focused General Plan Update and the Certification of the Supplemental Program Environmental Impact Report for the Focused General Plan Update]
I THINK THAT'S WHAT A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE ARE SITTING UP HERE AT THE FRONT ABOUT NOW.THIS IS THE FOCUS, GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND CERTIFICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
AND WHO'S GONNA LEAD OFF ON THIS ONE? YES.
CARLOS AGUIRE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
UH, WE, UH, ON THIS ITEM JUST QUICKLY TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY.
ON AUGUST 21ST OF LAST YEAR, WE, UH, WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, THEY RECOMMENDED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, UH, REPORT, UH, THE, I'M SORRY, THE, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL, UM, LEMME CATCH UP HERE.
UH, THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, EXCUSE ME.
ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, WE CAME TO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE, UH, TO CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ASKED FOR US TO, UM, FURTHER LOOK AT SOME ITEMS INCLUDING, UH, INVESTIGATING INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PROGRAMS, PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THE GOALS, TARGETS, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE, UH, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
RECONSIDER THE IMPACTS OF STREET CLOSURE OF 19TH STREET CLOSURE FOR THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN AND REVIEW OF THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
AND, UH, FURTHER EXAMINE THE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES OF THE PROJECT, UH, AND THE ALTERNATE PROJECT LOCATION.
ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
UM, WE, UH, HELD A NUMBER OF BRIEFINGS IN NOVEMBER WITH CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE CAME BACK, UH, TO THE PUBLIC AND TO CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 7TH, WHERE WE HELD A WORKSHOP ON, UH, THE HOUSE, NATIONAL CITY PROGRAM AND INCLUSIONARY, UH, HOUSING PROGRAMS. WE THEN HAD A,
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ANOTHER WORKSHOP ON DECEMBER 11TH WHERE WE WENT, UH, DEEPLY INTO CAP THE MENT ACTION PLAN AND GOALS.WE, UH, GOT A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, UH, WHICH WE'VE INCORPORATED IN A DOCUMENT.
WE, UH, ALSO REVIEWED THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, UH, AND PROVIDED ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, UH, WITH REGARDS TO PROJECT LEVEL, UH, REVIEWS AND APPROVALS.
UM, AND WE HAVE ALSO IN THE PRESENTATION YOU'RE ABOUT TO RECEIVE, UH, COVERED, UH, MORE INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO THE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES OF THE ALTERNATIVE PROJECT LOCATION ALTERNATIVE.
UH, AS PART AS OF THE S-P-E-I-R, UH, YESTERDAY WE CAME TO PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, AND THEY APPROVED THE CHANGES TO TITLE T, TITLE 18, WHICH ARE INCORPORATED IN THIS, UH, SET OF DOCUMENTS, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY, UH, VERY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, ON ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED AND CHANGED, AND WE CAN TAKE COMMENT AT THE END.
WE HAVE, UH, OUR TEAM FROM WSP, UM, WE HAVE, UH, LAURA GATES WITH, UH, GATES PLANNING, AND WE HAVE KMA, UH, OUR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT ON THEIR HOUSE, NATIONAL CITY, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, AND THEY WILL NOW, UH, PRESENT TO YOU, UM, TO FOCUS, GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
BEFORE THEY GET STARTED, I'M GONNA HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY KIND OF LAY OUT WHAT WILL BE THE PROCESS, UH, HERE ON THIS ITEM.
SO THIS IS ONE AGENDA, AGENDA ITEM, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE TWO PHASES TO IT.
UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MOLINA WILL HAVE TO RECUSE FROM THE PORTION OF THIS ITEM INVOLVING THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE, UM, FOCUS GENERAL PLAN.
IT'LL COVER THE, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN, THE AMENDMENTS TO THE WEST SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN AND TITLE 18 CHANGES, AS WELL AS THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
ONCE THAT PRESENTATION IS COMPLETED, UM, WE WILL HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL AND THEN GET PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA WILL RECUSE, UH, THE PRESENTATION WILL CONTINUE FOCUSING ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL, UH, PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
WE WILL THEN HAVE, UM, DISCUSSION REGARDING THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE ACTION ON THE EIR FIRST.
ONCE THAT'S CONCLUDED, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA WILL REJOIN US AS WE TAKE ACTION ON THE, THE RESOLUTIONS AND THE ORDINANCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UM, GENERAL PLAN.
UH, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR OR VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, SO I'M TARA LAKE WITH WSP.
I ALSO HAVE NEXT TO ME, UH, STEPHANIE WHITMORE FROM WSP.
UH, SO JUST QUICK AGENDA, UH, THIS, WE'LL GO OVER THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS AND MILESTONES, UM, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL, WE'LL BREAK AND, UM, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THE EIR AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS.
SO THIS IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
UM, SO I WON'T WON'T READ IT ALL, BUT, UM, BUT THOSE WILL, THE DIFFERENT, UH, UH, RESOLUTIONS AND, UM, ADOPTIONS THAT WE ARE SEEKING TONIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE DO GENERAL PLANS? UM, WE DO THEM AS TO DEVELOP A, A BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH FOR THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF NATIONAL CITY TO EXPRESS THE COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND TO EMBODY THAT PUBLIC POLICY, UM, FOR THE FUTURE DISTRIBUTION OF LAND USES, UH, TO PROMOTE BETTER PROJECTS, UH, STREAMLINE PROCESSES, INTEGRATED PLANNING, UM, AND IMPROVE ACCESS AND USE OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW OFF.
SO WHAT THIS UPDATE INCLUDES, UM, IS THE HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH WAS ALREADY ADOPTED, THE LAND USE ELEMENT, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ELEMENT, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, THE HOUSE NATIONAL CITY PROGRAM, BOTH THE WEST SIDE AND DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLANS, THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, AND, UH, THE UPDATES TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
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SO HERE'S A FLOW CHART AS SHOWING THE PROCESS THAT, THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH.UM, STARTING WITH THAT VISION AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, UH, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WHAT, WHAT THE VISION IS, MOVING ON TO THE FORMULATION OF GOALS, UM, AND THEN COLLECTING AND ANALYZING THE DATA.
AND THEN WITH THAT, REFINING THE GOALS.
UM, AND ALONG ALL THESE STEPS, UM, THAT WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC.
WE'LL GO INTO THAT TOO IN A SECOND.
UM, THE ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS, UM, AND THEN, UH, SELECTING AND ADOPTING A PREFERRED PLAN.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT PHASE IS IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN.
SO, UH, WE, WE STARTED THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE IN 2020.
AND SO WE DID, UM, AN ONLINE SURVEY WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE HOSTED SEVEN WEBINARS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
WE HELD TELEPHONE OFFICE HOURS.
WE, UH, HAD AN INTERACTIVE MAP ONLINE TO GET FEEDBACK.
UM, WE DID STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS.
UM, WE ALSO DID, UH, MANY DIFFERENT PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL BRIEFINGS, AS WELL AS WORKSHOPS AND HEARINGS.
AND SO SOME MILESTONES, I HAVE ABOUT THREE SLIDES OF THESE, SO I WON'T READ THEM ALL OFF, BUT, BUT AGAIN, WE DID START IN 2020.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOCUSED ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT BECAUSE THAT DID HAVE A DEADLINE FOR THE, UH, THAT THE STATE ISSUES AND THEIR RAMIFICATIONS FOR NOT MEETING THAT DEADLINE.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE, YOU KNOW, CONDUCTED MORE OUTREACH, THE ECONOMIC STUDY, RAN THE TRAFFIC MODEL, AND THEN BEGAN THE, THE S-E-E-I-R DRAFTING.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE SER WENT OUT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW, UM, IN FEBRUARY TO MARCH IN 2023.
AND THEN HERE WE ARE A LITTLE CLOSER AND, UH, TO FINAL WHERE WE ARE HERE TODAY.
UM, BUT WITH DIFFERENT, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS AND COUNCIL MEETINGS AND, UM, AS WELL AS BRIEFINGS AND WORKSHOPS.
SO THE LAND USE ELEMENT, UM, THE, THE MAIN OBJECTIVES ARE TO CREATE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN TO DEVELOP 10 MINUTE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT EMBRACES, UH, THE PLANNING, UM, UH, PLANNING GOALS THAT ARE IN YOUR INTERCONNECT PLAN.
UM, HELP TO MEET THE, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND OTHER SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, AID IN INCREASING HOUSING, UM, AND AREAS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSIT AND OTHER RESOURCES AND ASSIST IN ADDING HOUSING UNITS, UM, TO MEET HOUSING RELATED NEEDS.
AND WITH THE LAND USE PLAN, LAND USE MAP IS, IS DEVELOPED.
UM, THE ZONING CHANGES WILL BE BROUGHT AT A LATER TIME.
AND I'M SORRY, JUST THAT, THAT HOUSING ELEMENT WAS A, A SLIDE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN OUT THAT WAS JUST A COPY AND PASTE.
YOU SAID YOU ALREADY APPROVED THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
UM, THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, THE, THESE ARE CREATED TO, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY.
UM, UM, SO SOME OF THE, UM, THE TENANTS OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ORIENT ENTRANCES, PATIOS, ET CETERA, UM, UH, TOWARDS THE STREET THAT RESIDENTIAL USES AND ACTIVITIES, UH, UH, MAYBE LOCATED NEAR OTHER RESIDENTIAL USES, UM, INSTALL SOLID MASONRY WALLS AND LANDSCAPING, UM, PLACE ENTRIES AND WINDOWS AND OPENINGS, OUTDOOR USES, UM, TOWARDS COMMERCIAL STREETS AND AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND THEN IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT MASSING.
SO HAVING MASSING BREAKS, UM, AT LEAST EVERY 30 FEET, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD SEE THE EXAMPLE THERE ON THE SLIDE SHOWS DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS WITH DIFFERENT, UM, ARTICULATIONS OF THE BUILDING, UM, AND, AND RECESSES AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LAR TO TALK ABOUT HOW'S NATIONAL CITY.
UM, SO I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT HOUSE NATIONAL CITY.
IT'S OUR, UM, INCENTIVE BASED OPT-IN PROGRAM THAT AFFORDS, UM, DENSITY BONUS IF, UH, A DEVELOPER, UM, PROVIDES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH I'LL DISCUSS IN A MOMENT.
SO, NEW OPTIONAL PROGRAM TO INCENTIVIZE AFFORDABLE MIXED INCOME HOUSING AND STRATEGIC AREAS ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, REALLY FOCUSING ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS IN AREAS, UM, WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, NEW INTENSITY AND DENSITY CAN BE ACCOMMODATED, UM, BASED ON, UM, THE UNDER UTILIZATION OR UTILIZATION OF THOSE PARCELS.
SO THE GOAL IS TO ADD MORE AFFORDABLE AND MIXED INCOME HOUSING, BOTH RENTAL AND FOR SALE OPTIONS FOR NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS AND NEW RESIDENTS.
UM, WE DID GO THROUGH A LOT OF THIS, UM, BACK IN DECEMBER, SO I'M HOPEFUL YOU'RE, UM, STILL FAMILIAR WITH IT.
SO THE OBJECTIVES IS TO INCENTIVIZE AFFORDABLE
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HOUSING.FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU KNOW, REALLY TAILOR THIS PLAN TO NATIONAL CITY ALONG, UH, THE TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
UH, THE OPT-IN PROGRAM DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, UM, THE AREAS THAT ARE INCLUDED ARE IN THE LIGHT GREEN, KIND OF DARK GREEN AND THE DARK BLUE.
LOTS OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE PROVIDED AS PART OF THIS OPT-IN PROGRAM.
AND IT DOES SUPPORT THE LAND U SCHOOLS OF, UM, HAVING A 15 MINUTE, YOU KNOW, INTERCONNECT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THEN ALSO ACHIEVING CLIMATE ACTION GOALS FOR MAKING IT MORE WALKABLE AND PROVIDING MORE URBAN INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
SO HERE ARE THE QUICK SPECIFICS.
UM, TO OPT INTO THIS PROGRAM, A PROJECT WOULD HAVE TO PROPOSE 10% OF THE POST DENSITY UNITS AT 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR LESS, OR 10% OF THE POST DENSITY UNITS AS THREE BEDROOM UNITS AT 80% A MI.
UH, THERE'S A LOCAL PREFERENCE POLICY INCLUDED FOR NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS.
AND THEN 75% OF THOSE NEW UNITS THAT ARE RESTRICTED WOULD BE FOR NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS.
THESE SET ASIDE, UM, THE PARCELS, UM, WOULD NEED TO BE ZONED 20 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OR GREATER.
UH, SO REALLY KEEPING IT OUTTA SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE MULTI-FAMILY MIXED USE PARCELS.
AND SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THAT IMPACT ON SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE FAR BONUSES WOULD BE EITHER 2.5 OR FOUR DEPENDING ON THE AREA.
SO GOING BACK TO THE MAP, THE GREENS AND THE BLUE, THAT'S THE 2.5 OR FOUR FAR.
AND THEN, UM, RETAINING THE SAME HEIGHT LIMIT AS THE UNDERLYING BASE ZONE.
UM, WE HEARD VERY CLEARLY THAT THAT WAS IMPORTANT AS WELL.
SO IN R ONE R ONE ZONING, IT'S GOT A 45 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT.
LET'S SAY IT'S A 7,000 SQUARE FOOT PARCEL.
UNDER THE EXISTING BASE ZONE, YOU COULD DEVELOP FOUR UNITS.
UH, IF YOU USED A FOUR POINT FAR, UH, IN THIS AREA, YOU WOULD MULTIPLY THE 7,000 BY THE FOUR TO GET YOU 28,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND AS AN EXAMPLE, AND THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN REALLY START PLAYING WITH THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE, IN THE PROPERTY OR IN THE, IN THE PROJECT.
AND SO THIS EXAMPLE WOULD BE FOR, LET'S SAY TWO BEDROOM UNITS AT AN AVERAGE SQUARE FOOT OF 800, UH, PER UNIT.
SO YOU WOULD GET 35 UNITS, WHICH WOULD BE AMAZING.
UM, THE POST DENSITY RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE UNITS ACTUALLY IS, UM, WOULD BE, UM, FOUR UNITS.
I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS, I THOUGHT I HAD, UH, FIXED THIS SLIDE.
SO IT'D BE FOUR UNITS BECAUSE IT'S 10%.
UM, IT WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF FOUR STORIES.
AND THEN THE DIFF CHARGE FOR THOSE, UM, FOR THOSE NEW UNITS WOULD ACTUALLY BE, UH, 31, BECAUSE THAT'S FOUR MINUS 35.
SO YOU GET 31 UNITS WORTH OF DIFF AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO TARA.
THANK YOU, HAS UPDATED THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT.
UM, AND THAT BUILDS UPON THE CITY'S FOCUS STUDIES AND PLANS.
IT PROVIDES MULTIMODAL, UH, MOBILITY OPTIONS, UH, FOR TO, YOU KNOW, TO ENHANCE THE ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS, UM, AND VISITORS TO YOUR KEY DESTINATIONS IN NATIONAL CITY, IMPROVING THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE BY CREATING WALKABLE RETAIL CORRIDORS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CORRIDORS.
AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO, UM, UH, DEVELOP THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
AND SOME OF THOSE MAIN OBJECTIVES ARE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE FOCUS STUDIES AND REGIONAL PLANS, UM, AND TO CREATE THOSE CONNECTED, SAFE, UM, AND ACCESSIBLE NETWORK.
UH, THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, UM, PROGRAM AS PART OF THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, AND ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON, UH, PLANNING LEVEL ANALYSIS, UM, THAT THE BICYCLE FACILITY CLASSIFICATIONS MAY CHANGE, UH, DURING FINAL DESIGN WITH CONSIDERATIONS OF RIGHT AWAY CONSTRAINTS, PARKING, SAFETY, AND OPERATIONS.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, SOME SITE REVISIONS TO THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, UH, REVISED TO EXTEND THE GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITS OF TWO CLASS THREE BICYCLE ROUTES, EIGHTH STREET AND PALM AVENUE.
UM, UPDATED TO REFLECT RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED BICYCLE FACILITIES ON EIGHTH AVENUE ROOSEVELT, 30TH STREET, SWEETWATER ROAD PLAZA, BONITA ROAD, UM, AND NORTH SOUTH ROADWAY EAST.
AND PARALLEL TO I 8 0 5, UM, UPDATED TO REFLECT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES OF NEW BICYCLE FACILITIES.
UM, AND ALSO UPDATED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REVISED FIGURE AND THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT THAT ACCOUNTED FOR 19TH STREET GREENWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, WE ALSO EXPANDED THE DISCUSSION OF HOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DEVELOPED,
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AND, UH, ADDITIONALLY EXPANDED THE DISCUSSION AROUND PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, INCLUDING THE ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY, AND WE ALSO UPDATED THE SAFETY ELEMENTS.AND THOSE MAIN OBJECTIVES ARE TO REDUCE, UH, POTENTIAL SHORT AND LONG-TERM RISK.
UH, IT REFLECTS THE CHANGES IN STATE LEGISLATION.
UH, THIS INCLUDES SB 3 79, UH, SB 1000 AND SB 10 35.
IT ALSO TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE 2018 SAN DIEGO COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
UM, AND IT INCLUDES MEASURES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE.
AND THEN WE ALSO UPDATED THE SPECIFIC PLANS, THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN, AS WELL AS THE WEST SIDE, AND, UM, THAT WE UPDATED THE POLICIES, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND DESIGN GUIDELINES, UM, ALSO TO STREAMLINE HOUSING PRODUCTION FOR ALL INCOME CATEGORIES, AND OF COURSE, ALSO TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE CHANGES FROM THE GENERAL PLAN.
AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO STEPHANIE TO TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
UM, AS YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE, WE ALSO UPDATED THE 2011 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
UM, OF COURSE, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ADDRESSES THE CITY'S MAJOR SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GENERATED WITHIN THE CITY, AND IT ALSO SETS FORTH A DETAILED LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT CAN HELP ACHIEVE THE GHG EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGETS THAT ALIGN WITH THE STATE.
UM, ON THIS SLIDE, WE CAN SEE, UM, THE FIRST STEP IN PREPARING THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WAS TO PREPARE A INVENTORY OF THE CITY'S BASELINE EMISSIONS.
UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE THAT THE LARGEST SOURCE OF EMISSIONS REPRESENTED WITHIN THE CITY ARE FROM TRANSPORTATION RELATED SOURCES, UM, AND THEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ENERGY USE.
UM, THE NEXT STEP IN PREPARING THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WAS TO DEVELOP A SET OF STRATEGIES, UM, FOR EACH OF THE VARIOUS SECTORS THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED.
FROM THE INVENTORY, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, THE FULL SUITE OF STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY COULD IMPLEMENT, UM, WE CREATED A MITIGATED EMISSIONS PROFILE BY SECTOR.
SO THIS CHART ESSENTIALLY SHOWS BOTH THE 2030 AND THE 2050 TARGET IN THE DASHED AND DOTTED LINES ON THE SCREEN.
AND WITH THE STRATEGIES IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, IT SHOWS THAT THE CITY CAN ACHIEVE, UM, MEETING THAT TARGET IN 2050, WHICH IS THE LINES ALL COMING TOGETHER AT THE END OF THAT BAR GRAPH.
UM, WHAT'S NEW SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE LAST ARE, UM, A, A MOVEMENT OF THE CAP GOALS, UM, WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PLACED IN AN APPENDIX INTO THE BODY OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DOCUMENT.
UM, SOME OF THE, UM, THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, I WON'T READ ALL OF THEM, UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UM, WITH THE IMPLEMENTED STRATEGIES CAN REDUCE VMT PER CAPITA.
UM, IT CAN, UM, SHIFT MODE SHARE AWAY FROM SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES.
UM, IT CAN IMPROVE, UH, BUILDING AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, IMPROVE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING.
AND SO WE ALSO UPDATED THE MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 18, AND THESE UPDATES AIM TO EASE THE LOCAL IMPACTS OF THE STATEWIDE HOUSING CRISIS BY FACILITATING EASIER HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, UM, ENCOURAGING DEED RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AND ALLOWING FOR A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES.
UM, AND SO WE DO THIS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THROUGH LEGISLATIVE COMPLIANCE THROUGH OVERLAY ZONES TO CREATE A MIXED USE, UM, OVERLAY ZONE THROUGH THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, AND ALSO THROUGH THE FLOOR AREA RATIO, BONUS REGULATIONS, THE HOUSE, NATIONAL CITY PROGRAM THAT, THAT LAURA SPOKE ABOUT.
AND SO THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE BEFORE THE, THE EIR.
SO I THINK AT THAT POINT, UM, I'LL, I'LL PAUSE MY PRESENTATION THERE.
YES, I STARTED SAY, OKAY, SO WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE, UM, THE MAYOR WILL ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU JUST HEARD.
UM, ONCE WE GO THROUGH THAT, IF THERE'S ANY SPEAKERS THAT WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE PART OF THE PRESENTATION
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THAT WE JUST HEARD, THEN THEY CAN DO THAT.ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT, AND THEN THAT'LL BE THE TIME FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA TO EXCUSE HERSELF.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? ANY, ANYONE CAN ASK THESE? SO, MEMBER MOLINA, I HAVE QUESTIONS.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF JUST SPECIFIC TO THE PRESENTATION, BUT I, I HAVE QUESTIONS OVER ALL OF THE MATERIAL.
IS THAT OKAY TO ASK NOW? YEAH.
WELL, IF IT, WELL, IF IT'S ON THE PRESENTATION ITSELF YEAH, IT'S ON THE PRESENTATION.
IF IT'S ONE OF THOSE FIVE DEALS THAT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON, NO.
AND THEN, THEN WE WOULD ASK THEM SPECIFIC AT THAT TIME.
WELL, LET ME KNOW IF THE QUESTIONS ARE NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SHARED A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IN GREAT DETAIL IN THE PAST, AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE IT ALL TOGETHER LIKE THIS.
UM, CERTAINLY THE READING MATERIAL, IT WAS OVER A THOUSAND PAGES AND I TRIED MY BEST.
UM, BUT THERE IS, UM, IT IS VERY HEFTY.
UM, AND I REALIZE THAT WE DID RECEIVE IT IN CHUNKS HERE AND THERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOME, UM, UH, THE, UH, OPT-IN PROGRAM FOR THAT AND, AND, UH, SOME OF THE OTHERS, UM, THE QUESTIONS I HAVE HAVE TO DO WITH SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT NEWER TO ME.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THE BICYCLE PLAN AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
I KNOW THAT WE DID RECEIVE A COMMENT, UH, FROM A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO IS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THE 19TH STREET GREENWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND ACTUALLY THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD IT BE CALLED 19TH STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, I RECOGNIZE THAT PROJECT MORE AS THE CLOSING OF, UM, 18TH STREET AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAKING DUAL TRAFFIC LANES ON 19TH STREET.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK I'VE ALREADY ASKED THIS AT MY BRIEFING AND I HAVE A RESPONSE ALREADY, BUT FOR THE RECORD HERE, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT PROJECT? AND IF WE'RE KEEPING IT WITHIN THE BICYCLE PLAN AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND THEN IMPLEMENTING THE WHOLE THING INTO THIS FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, UM, HOW CAN CHANGES BE MADE IF IT IS SO DESIRED FOR THE 19TH STREET GREENWAY IMPROVEMENTS? EASY QUESTION.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
UH, STEVE MANGANELLI, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, THANK YOU MEMBER MOLINA FOR THE QUESTION.
SO, AS IT RELATES TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT, UH, WE ARE IN FINAL DESIGN.
UM, WE HAVE OBTAINED THEIR NECESSARY PERMITS AND WE ARE NOW REVIEWING OUR COST ESTIMATES FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE GRANTING AGENCY ON OUR SCHEDULE.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT PROJECT, UM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME SCOPE CHANGES THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE GRANTING AGENCY, UM, AND APPROVED TO, UH, UH, TRANSITION IT AWAY FROM MORE OF A GREENWAY PROJECT TO MORE OF A PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT.
UM, SO A LOT OF, UH, THE AMENITIES LIKE, UH, SEATING AND EXERCISE STATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR THE PROJECT.
UH, THE, THE ORIGINAL FOCUS AND THE ORIGINAL ANALYSIS WAS TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES.
SO THE PROJECT, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, LOOKS TO, UM, CLOSE 19TH STREET, A PORTION OF 19TH STREET TO TRAFFIC AND MAKE THAT EXCLUSIVELY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS WITH ENHANCED LIGHTING AND PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS.
UM, IT LOOKS TO INSTALL ALWAYS STOP SIGNS ON, ON BOTH ENDS OF, OF THE OVERPASS AT MCKINLEY.
AND ALSO, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE AT, AT WILSON, AND THEN 18TH STREET WOULD BECOME, WOULD REMAIN, UH, WOULD BECOME ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION FOR TRAFFIC.
SO THAT'S THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, THE PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH A, A GRANT.
UH, APPROXIMATELY $400,000 HAVE BEEN SPENT TO DATE.
UM, REIMBURSEMENT IS CONTINGENT ON THAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD AND BEING BUILT.
SO THAT'S THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT.
SINCE WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS, IS FUNDED AND VERY FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS, UH, WE DISCUSSED WITH OUR TEAM THAT WE FELT IT MADE SENSE FOR CONSISTENCY TO SHOW THAT IN THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN AND TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT, UH, IF COUNSEL CHOOSES TO REMOVE THAT FROM
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THE PLAN.THAT'S, THAT IS YOUR, YOUR DECISION, THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND THE PROJECT LEVEL, UM, APPROVALS TO, WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER A PLANNING LEVEL DOCUMENT.
SAY THAT ONE LA THAT LAST SENTENCE ONE MORE TIME.
SO THE PROJECT LEVEL, THE GRANT AGREEMENT, AND THE PROJECT LEVEL APPROVALS TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE A PLANNING LEVEL DOCUMENT.
SO IF THIS WAS TO REMAIN WITHIN THIS PLANNING LEVEL DOCUMENT, THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, UM, AND THEN THERE WERE CHANGES DOWN THE LINE, THOSE CHANGES BASED ON THE PROJECT LEVEL OR THE, UH, GRANT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, UH, THE GRANT TERMS WOULD BE, THOSE WOULD TAKE PRECEDENT OVER WHAT'S IN THESE, UM, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AT A LATER DATE TO UPDATE YOUR LONG RANGE PLAN.
SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DECISIONS MADE FOR THIS CHANGE TO 19TH STREET AND 18TH STREET WERE MADE SOME TIME AGO, AND, UM, THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF AN INVESTMENT MADE ALREADY TO IMPLEMENT THOSE CHANGES FROM WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, I'M SURE EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES WHO I'M REFERRING TO, THIS IS MR. TED GOTCHU, WHO IS VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, HAVE YOU, UH, IF YOU ARE AWARE AT ALL, MR. MANGANELLO OR ANYBODY ELSE, UH, ON STAFF, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY OTHER, UM, COMMENTS RELATING TO THE OPPOSITION OF THIS PROJECT? WELL, I, I RETURNED TO THE CITY IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FORMAL COMMENTS PERSONALLY, OR, OR NOR AM I AWARE OF OUR DEPARTMENT RECEIVING FORMAL COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION OTHER THAN, UM, SO FAR WHAT MR. GOTCHU HAS PRESENTED.
I HAVE, UM, HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. GOTCHU, AS I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ALREADY HAVE.
UM, AND I DO APPRECIATE HIS INSIGHT, UH, HIS INSIGHTFUL SUGGESTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THIS PROJECT BEING SO FAR ALONG, I HAVE EXPRESSED MY OPINION TO MR. GOTCHU THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IF THE PROJECT WASN'T THIS FAR ALONG, I WOULD PREFER FOR CHANGES TO BE MADE TO THIS PROJECT.
I UNDERSTAND SOME CHANGES WERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED, SUCH AS THE SCOPE CHANGE THAT YOU SUGGESTED, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PREVENT MAYBE SOME OF THE LOITERING THAT WOULDN'T BE WELCOME ACTIVITY.
AND I DO REALIZE THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, NEW MINDS, I GUESS TODAY SITTING ON THIS COUNCIL.
UM, HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO, UH, COMPLY WITH DECISIONS MADE IN THE PAST AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO, TO DATE.
SO I DON'T INTEND TO REQUEST TO REMOVE THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT FROM EITHER THE BICYCLE PLAN OR THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, I UNDERSTAND IT'S, UM, POTENTIALLY GOING TO HAPPEN, UM, AND IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE THESE IN THE PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO DO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE WE'RE SO FAR ALONG IN, UM, UH, COMPLYING WITH THE TERMS OF THE GRANTS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'LL BE VERY COMPLICATED TO UNDO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY AS WELL AS RISKING NOT, UH, GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THOSE $400,000 THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN INVESTED.
SO, UM, FOR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT ALTHOUGH, UM, A LOT OF THE SUGGESTIONS MADE BY THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL, MR. GOTCHU, AND I DO APPRECIATE HIM VERY MUCH, UM, A LOT OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS DO MAKE SENSE.
UM, I THINK IT IS FINE TO CONTINUE WITH THIS PROJECT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT ALSO MAKES SENSE.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT THE BI THE ABOUT THE, THE 19TH STREET GREENWAY.
UM, MOVING ON, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE WEST SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN.
UM, I REVIEWED IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THE, OR, UM, THE FEW CHANGES MADE REALLY JUST HAS TO DO TO IMPLEMENT THE HEIGHT LIMIT, UH, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE HOUSING PROGRAMS AND THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
UM, I WONDERED WHETHER THERE'S ANY, UM, I GUESS, UH, I WANNA FOCUS ON THE AMORTIZATION PIECE AND REALLY IT ONLY, IT ONLY SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS ONE SMALL LITTLE PARAGRAPH ON THE WEST SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN RELATED TO AMORTIZATION.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER, UM, IS THIS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE IMPROVE ON THAT PLAN, OR DO WE HAVE A TIME TO DO THAT LATER? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A STANDSTILL PROJECT FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING THIS ACTIVATED.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL AND, UH, STAFF IN THE
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PUBLIC, MARTIN REEDER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.SO AMORTIZATION IS BASED ON, UH, AN ORDINANCE THAT'S PART OF THE, OF TITLE 18 THAT ALLOWS FOR AMORTIZATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, DEPENDING ON, ON THE SCENARIO.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE WEST SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN.
THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THE WEST SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN THAT REMAINS, UH, THAT COVERS AMORTIZATION AND THE GOALS AND POLICIES RELATED TO THAT ACTION.
AND WE HAVE WORKED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PAST TO, UH, PREPARE A RANKING FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S A SORT OF A SEPARATE PROJECT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING AND WORKING ON.
UM, SO THERE AREN'T REALLY ANY CHANGES.
UM, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOME BEEFIER LANGUAGE, I SUPPOSE, IN THE, IN THE GOALS AND POLICIES, BUT IT'S ALREADY THERE.
AND WE, WE FEEL THAT IT'S, THERE'S ENOUGH FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PROJECT.
OBVIOUSLY TIMING IS MORE OF THE QUESTION THAN THE ACTUAL ABILITY TO DO SO, SO I, I THINK THAT, UM, IN MY OPINION, WE'RE COVERED IN THAT REGARD.
UM, WE CAN DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THAT PROJECT CONTINUALLY AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
YES, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF AMORTIZATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS THIS, UM, OVERALL OVERARCHING PLANNING DOCUMENT IS NOT THE, UM, IT PROBABLY IS NOT THE WAY TO ARRIVE AT THAT CONVERSATION, BUT, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ON HOLD FOR A LONG TIME.
I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT MR. READER.
UM, AND THERE'S AN INTEREST TO GET THAT ENERGIZED AND GET IT GOING.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS, UM, UM, A PIECE OF THE BUDGET THAT WAS DEDICATED TO AMORTIZATION LAST JUNE AND IT HASN'T MOVED.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT WE DO HAVE TO BRING BACK THIS, UH, TOPIC.
UM, AND IF IT'S NOT THROUGH THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, THEN, UH, LET ME KNOW WHEN, BECAUSE I'M READY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
THE NEXT, UH, QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT THE SAFETY ELEMENT.
AND REALLY IT JUST IS, UM, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE RECENT, UM, UH, WEATHER THAT WE HAVE HAD, OF COURSE ALL OF THE FLOODING, UH, PROBLEMS, I JUST WONDERED WHETHER THE SAFETY ELEMENT THERE WAS ANY OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING THAT HAPPENED JUST RECENTLY, UM, IN, IN, UH, IN A GREATER FASHION.
AS, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THIS PLANNING DOCUMENT, UM, AGAIN, I I, IT SORT OF FEELS LIKE THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, RECENT EVENTS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF, UM, FOR THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, THIS IS WHERE THAT WOULD FIT IN.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS ON THE SAFETY ELEMENT, THERE IS, UM, MENTION OF, UM, A VARIETY OF THINGS ABOUT THE CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE PART OF THE SAFETY ELEMENT OF WHICH FLOODING SEEMS TO BE LIKE A LITTLE PART OF IT.
AND I JUST SORT OF WONDERED WHETHER THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOLSTER THAT AGAIN BASED ON THE RECENT EXPERIENCE THAT, THAT WE HAD, UM, JUST TWO MONTHS AGO.
SO, UM, UH, AND THE LAST THING I DO WANNA MENTION REAL QUICK IS I DO APPRECIATE, UH, FROM OUR MEMBERS FROM WSP, THE CAP GOALS AND THE FACT THAT YOU DID, UH, MOVE THEM UP AND MADE THEM A BIT MORE VISIBLE.
UM, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WAS HOPING TO SEE, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU MADE THAT CHANGE.
UM, I'LL CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR.
OTHER, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME? OKAY, MAYOR RODRIGUEZ.
THANK YOU MS. MAYOR, THANKS SO MUCH FOR STAFF FOR PREPARING THIS AND WORKING FOR MANY YEARS AND OUR CONSULTANTS IN, UH, BRINGING THIS FORTH.
I DO WANNA COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF, UM, INCLUDED IN THE PLAN TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS, UH, PEDESTRIAN ROUTES, UM, AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
UM, I THINK, UH, UH, IT'S OFTEN AN, UM, OVERLOOK PART OF THE PLAN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE, UH, HEAR ABOUT, UH, A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN, UM, OR CYCLISTS THAT, UH, GET SERIOUSLY INJURED ON OUR ROADS.
AND THERE IS A, LIKE A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY.
NOBODY LIKES, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ROADS TO SHRINK.
NOBODY LIKES THE FOUR LANES TURNED INTO TWO.
UM, AND I, AND I REALIZE THAT THAT CREATES A LITTLE MORE CONGESTION WITHIN OUR CITY, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UM, AND HAVE THAT BE AT THE FOREFRONT, MAYBE WAITING IN LINE FOR, UM, IN TRAFFIC FOR A COUPLE MORE MINUTES.
IF THAT MEANS SAVING LIVES, UM, WHICH IS WHAT THESE, UH, UH, PROJECTS ARE INTENDED TO DO THAT MAYBE THEY'RE WORTH IT, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THAT.
IT IS, UM, SOMETHING I, I REALLY ENJOYED LOOKING THROUGH AND I REALLY WANNA COMMEND OUR EFFORTS.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE A LOT ON HOUSING, BUT THINKING ABOUT OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AND MAKING OUR CITY A MORE SAFE, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY CITY FOR FAMILIES IS
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JUST SO CRITICAL FOR US TO ASPIRE TO AND HOPEFULLY GET TO, UM, AS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES IN OUR CITY.I SEE NOTHING ELSE AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME.
I KNOW WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, THEN THERE CAN BE MORE DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT.
WE GET DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUAL RESOLUTIONS.
SO LOOKS LIKE WE ARE READY TO GO OVER TO THE PORTION THAT WE ARE GONNA NEED TO SAY BY TO ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.
YOU WANT, I SHOULD SAY, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE REASON SHE IS HAVING TO ABSTAIN IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF HER HOUSE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE, UH, THE PIECE OF PROPERTIES THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
WITH THAT, WHO'S GONNA START THIS ONE OFF? I BELIEVE THAT'S ME.
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION, YES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE SQA COMPLIANCE COMPONENT OF THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
UM, AS YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE, WE PREPARE, WE PREPARED A SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
UM, A LOT OF WORDS THERE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL IS BECAUSE WE BASED, UM, THE EIR DOCUMENT, UM, OFF THE 2011 GENERAL PLAN.
IT'S PROGRAMMATIC BECAUSE IT DOES COVER A SERIES OF PLANS AND FUTURE ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT EXTEND WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, THE INTENT OF COURSE, OF SQA IS TO DISCLOSE AND INFORM, UM, WE PROVIDE MITIGATION FOR ANY IMPACTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT.
AND THEN THE EIR DOES PROVIDE, UM, A COUPLE OF ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROJECT AS REQUIRED BY THE CE A STATUTE AS WELL.
UM, SO IN REGARD TO ALTERNATIVES, UM, AS I JUST MENTIONED, THE CE Q STATUTE DOES REQUIRE THAT AN EIR EVALUATE ONE OR MORE, UM, ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT TO REDUCE, UM, A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE PROJECT IS, IS THE BASIS REALLY FOR SELECTING THE OBJECTIVES.
UM, THE, THE ALTERNATIVES ALSO NEED TO, UM, ATTAIN MOST OF THE BASIC PROJECT OBJECTIVES.
UM, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE TWO ALTERNATIVES.
ONE IS THE NO PROJECT ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN, WHICH IS REQUIRED, UM, BY CEQ, A STATUTE FOR US TO LOOK AT.
AND THE ALTERNATE PROJECT LOCATION ALTERNATIVE, WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED TO BE THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR.
IN ADDITION TO THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE FULLY ANALYZED, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVE, UM, STUDY AREAS THAT WERE CONSIDERED, I I WON'T READ THESE IN DETAIL, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS, UM, MULTIPLE AREAS WERE VETTED AND CONSIDERED AND THEN REJECTED AS NOT MEETING PROJECT OBJECTIVES, UM, AS THE PLAN MOVED FORWARD.
SO THE ALTERNATE PROJECT LOCATION ALTERNATIVE IS THE ALTERNATIVE UPON, UM, WHICH THE EIR LANDED AS THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE IT HERE, UM, IT'S IN THE CIRCLE IN THE ORANGE PARCELS, UM, LOCATED DOWN AT 26TH.
UM, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHY IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR AND SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS.
SO THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR, I'M SORRY, THE ALTERNATE PROJECT LOCATION ALTERNATIVE, UM, WAS SELECTED TO EXCLUDE THE 24TH STREET, 24TH STREET TRANSIT STATION, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FOCUS AREAS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
UM, ESSENTIALLY THE ALTERNATIVE TRANSFERS THE DENSITY FROM THE PROJECT SITE AT THE 24TH STREET TRANSIT STATION TO AN ALTERNATE SITE.
UM, THE ALTERNATE SITE LOCATION DOES YIELD, UM, AN ADDITIONAL 119 UNITS.
IT REDUCES SLIGHTLY THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE ALLOWED, BUT THE, THE REAL REASON FOR SELECTING THE ALTERNATIVE, UM, IS THAT IT DOES POTENTIALLY REDUCE A SIGNIFICANT UNMITIGATED AIR QUALITY IMPACT, UM, OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS THE PLACEMENT OF NEW SENSITIVE RECEPTORS WITHIN 500 FEET OF INTERSTATE FIVE, WHICH IS A HIGH EMISSIONS CORRIDOR.
AND THERE ALSO IS SOME, UM, MINOR REDUCTION IN NOISE IMPACTS AS WELL.
UM, AS I'VE ALREADY SOMEWHAT MENTIONED, THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AND UNMITIGATED AIR QUALITY IMPACTS, PLACING
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SENSITIVE RECEPTORS, UM, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO, UM, A HIGH EMISSION SOURCE.AND THE ALTERNATE PROJECT LOCATION ALTERNATIVE WOULD MOVE THOSE SENSITIVE RECEPTORS FURTHER AWAY AND OUTSIDE THE 500 FOOT, UM, BUFFER.
UM, SO THE, UM, THE CONCLUSION AND THE FINDINGS FOR THE EIR, UM, THAT ARE, THEY'RE TWOFOLD.
UM, THE, UM, FIRST OF ALL THAT THE SIGNIFICANT UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS, UM, WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH AIR QUALITY.
UM, AND THAT, UM, MOST OF THESE IMPACTS WOULD OCCUR REGARDLESS OF THE ALTERNATIVE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AIR QUALITY IMPACT, WHICH IS LESSENED THROUGH THE REDUCED PROJECT, I'M SORRY, THE ALTERNATE PROJECT LOCATION ALTERNATIVE.
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TARA FOR NEXT STEPS.
AND SO, UM, AFTER TODAY'S HEARING, UM, IF, IF IT IS ADOPTED AND, UH, ALL OF THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED, WE WOULD THEN MOVE ON TO A, UH, SECOND READING ON APRIL 2ND.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, COMING BACK WITH THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION, AND RIGHT NOW THAT IS TARGETED FOR APRIL 15TH.
UM, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY GOING TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, FOR THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, UH, APRIL 16TH, AND THEN A SECOND READING OF THAT ON MAY 6TH.
AND THEN THAT REALLY CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
LET ME JUST ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU GO BACK ON YOUR TIMELINE? ONE, ONE BACK? MM-HMM.
UM, SO SHALL WE SAY WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT, WE GO THROUGH THE SECOND READING, WE GET TO THE ZONING MAP, UH, AMENDMENT.
IF WE MAKE CHANGES AT THAT POINT WITH THE ZONING MAP MAP AMENDMENT, DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THINGS? I'M JUST ASKING SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE OUR PARAMETERS ARE AT.
I WILL, UM, ADDRESS STEPHANIE WHERE THAT'S A QUE QUESTION.
THERE ARE TWO, TWO ALTERNATIVE MAPS RIGHT NOW, THE PROJECT AND THE ALTERNATIVE SITE LOCATION MAP THAT HAVE BEEN FULLY ANALYZED AND ARE COMPLIANT UNDER CE QA.
ANY CHANGES TO THE TWO ALTERNATIVES PRESENTED TO YOU WOULD BE NEED TO BE REEVALUATED.
UM, SO WHAT IS BEFORE US IS A RECOMMENDATION TO GO WITH THE ALTERNATIVE SITE, CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT IS WHAT THE DEAL IS ON THAT ONE.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? UM, YES.
UM, AND THANKS AGAIN TO STAFF, THE CONSULT TEAM FOR HARD WORK ON THIS.
UM, FOR THE ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE WAS POTENTIAL VMT REDUCTION STUDIED AT THE 24TH STREET, UH, AREA VERSUS THE 27TH STREET SITE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PROGRAMMATIC DOCUMENT, THE VMT IN THE REGIONAL MODEL LOOKS AT THE FUNCTION OF THE CITY OVERALL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A LEVEL OF SENSITIVITY TO LOOK AT PROJECT SPECIFIC COMPONENTS.
UM, IN THE WAY THAT I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING, UM, SHOULD THERE BE TWO PROJECT LEVEL ANALYSES, UM, WITH MORE REFINED TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, THOSE SPECIFIC NUANCE DIFFERENCES.
BUT AT THE PROGRAM LEVEL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FULL FUNCTION OF THE ENTIRE CIRCULATION AND, AND LAND USE BUILD OUT.
SO NO TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF THE POTENTIAL DENSITY INCREASES FROM 24TH STREET STATION TO 27TH IS THE WHAT STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT TEAM IDENTIFIED AS A SUPERIOR ENVIRONMENT, SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE THAT WASN'T ADDRESSED? UM, THERE'S NO QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO RELATIVE TO VMT.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WASN'T STUDIED THOUGH, RIGHT? UM, IT WAS NOT STUDIED.
QUANTITATIVELY IN THE WAY THAT WE COULD MEASURE.
UM, ARE WE DISCUSSING TWO OR UM, YES, WE WE ARE IN, WE ARE IN TWO RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY TWO? ARE WE DISCUSSING ALSO? I MEANT TWO BY ALSO ARE WE DISCUSSING THIS ALSO? SO IS THERE QUESTIONS OR IS IT DISCUSSION TWO, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS RIGHT STAGE GOT IT.
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REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL, AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RIGHT, REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL.WELL, SO THE OTHER, JUST DIGGING DEEPER, SO CA IS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH A PROJECT, IN THIS CASE, AN INCREASE OF, UH, DENSITY, A PROJECT'S IMPACT TO THE ENVIRONMENT, NOT NECESSARILY, OR NOT AS BIG A PRIORITY.
IT'S, IT'S IN THE REGULATIONS AND STATE REGULATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS TO THE PROJECT.
THEY DO CONSIDER THAT WE HAVE FAULT LINES AND, AND OTHER, AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT IT'S JUST WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH IS THE AIR QUALITY, UM, THE, THE, THE PORTION OF THAT.
UM, AND SO, SO I'M, I'M JUST, WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH ON HERE WITH THE IDENTIFIED, UM, THE SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE, UM, IS THAT, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF IT IS THE SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE VMT IMPACTS HAVEN'T BEEN, I IDENTIFIED.
SO WE HAVE A PROPOSED INCREASE IN DENSITY ON LITERALLY ON THE 24TH STREET TROLLEY STATION.
UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT WHAT THE POTENTIAL VMT REDUCTION OF THAT LOCATION OF DENSITY IS COMPARED TO LOCATING DENSITY FARTHER AWAY FROM THE TROLLEY STATION.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH.
LIKE, SO IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, IMPACT OR BENEFIT, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WEIGH EVERYTHING AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE, UM, POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF HAVING DENSITY RIGHT NEXT TO A TROLLEY ARE COMPARED TO THE BENEFITS OF HAVING IT FARTHER OR THE, THE REDUCED BENEFIT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT WE DON'T, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A CRITIQUE OF YEAH.
YEAH, IT, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
IT'S NOT A LACK OF THE PROCESS, IT'S JUST WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
UH, LET ME ASK A QUESTION JUST SO WE GET A POINT OF BEARING HERE.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT USE ON THE ORIGINAL SITE, AND THEN WHAT IS THE CURRENT USES ON THE ALTERNATIVE SITE? JUST SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE, SO WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT SITE AND SITE.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THERE NOW? I THINK MARTIN IS MARTIN BACK THERE SOMEWHERE? THERE HE IS.
SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT SITE A AND SITE B, THE ORIGINAL SITE AND THE ALTERNATIVE SITE.
WHAT ARE THE CURRENT USES THAT ARE ON THOSE TWO SITES NOW? WELL, THE, THE SITE ON NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD IS, UH, A VACANT LOT OR A VACANT LOT AND A CAR STORAGE LOT THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A FORMER, UH, CAR DEALERSHIP AT THE AREA.
AND IS NEXT TO AN AREA OF, UH, WAREHOUSES AND, UH, SOME OTHER HEAVIER COMMERCIAL USES IN, UH, SERVICE COMMERCIAL ZONE.
AND THE OTHER PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY TAKEN UP BY THESE, THE ADULT SCHOOL SUITE, ORDER ADULT SCHOOL, THE, OBVIOUSLY THE TROLLEY STOP, UM, AND SOME OTHER SMALLER BUSINESSES AT THE SOUTH END OF THE, UH, THE, UH, WEST SIDE OF WILSON AVENUE.
THERE'S SOME OTHER, UH, BUSINESSES COMING ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM, FROM CIVIC CENTER, BUT I THINK IT CATCHES THE EDGE OF THAT.
BUT IT'S A PARKING LOT TROLLEY STATION AND SCHOOL.
AND THERE'S, OF COURSE, THERE'S A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT LOCATION AS WELL.
AND DOES MTS HAVE ANY PLANS ON DOING ANY WORK IN THAT AREA? UH, AS FAR AS CONCRETE PLANS, I, I WOULDN'T SAY SO.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE EXPRESSED, UM, UH, THEY'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PUTTING MIXED USE ON THEIR, ON THEIR PROPERTIES.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THEY'VE CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT.
AND WITH THE RIGHT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RIGHT DEVELOPERS, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SO.
BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED IN THIS CASE, BUT IT IS, IT IS, UH, ENCOURAGED BY THEIR, BY THEIR DISCUSSION AND POLICIES.
UM, UH, WITH THAT, UM, ANY OTHER CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION AND ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, AND SIMILAR TO MY COLLEAGUE BUSH.
UM, WAS THERE A DISCUSSION OR ANY TYPE OF ANALYSIS OF HOW A, UM, UH, THE ORIGINAL SITE, UH, RESIDENCE WOULD BE POSITIVELY IMPACTED
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BY THE PROXIMITY TO A TROLLEY STATION? UH, THROUGH A, YOU KNOW, AN EASY ACCESS TO A MODE TRANSIT? UM, THE SEQUENCE STATUTE DOESN'T LOOK AT BENEFITS.SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND BY DECISION MAKERS.
UM, AND, UM, WAS THERE A, A DISCUSSION, UH, ALONG THOSE LINE IN THE ORIGINAL, UM, SITE ABOUT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOAL OF, UH, 2035 AND THE, UM, HOPEFULLY HOW MUCH CLEANER OUR AIR WILL BE NEXT TO FREEWAYS.
I MEAN, WE HOPE THEY'RE CLEAN, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE'RE GONNA PHASE OUT, YOU KNOW, FUELS.
I KNOW THAT 2035 SOUNDS LIKE A LONG, YOU KNOW, TIME FROM NOW, BUT IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
WAS THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION WHEN LOOKING AT CQA AND HOW ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPACT OR FRIENDLY THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE NEXT TO A FREEWAY? UM, THERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE TAKEN INTO THE AIR QUALITY MODELING, UM, FOR FUTURE YEAR VEHICLE MIX.
SO THE REGIONAL MODEL DOES HAVE CHANGES IN VEHICLE MIX, WHETHER OR NOT THE MODEL IS, UM, REFLECTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, A SCENARIO WHICH IS MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY.
IT'S, UM, IT'S PRESCRIPTIVE IN THE SANDAG MODEL.
UM, SO WITH THE VEHICLE MIX THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME WE STARTED THE MODELING FOR THIS PROCESS, UM, THERE WAS STILL IDENTIFIED AS THERE BEING AN AIR QUALITY IMPACT, UM, TO FUTURE SENSITIVE RECEPTORS WITHIN THE I FIVE CORRIDOR.
ALSO ALONG THE I FIVE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS OUR DOWNTOWN NEXT TO OUR DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN, UM, I MEAN, THE PLAN IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE FIVE, AND IT IS, UM, SET TO BE THE DENSEST PART OF THE CITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS.
AND WE'VE EVEN GONE AS FAR AS TO SUPPORT A 400 UNIT PROJECT WITH TWO, $2 MILLION THROUGH OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY FUND, UM, IN ORDER TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT IN OUR DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.
SO I UNDERSTAND IT MAY BE AN ISSUE, UM, NOW, BUT WE DO ENVISION, HOPEFULLY A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT NEXT TO THE FREEWAY.
AND WE OURSELF IN OUR OWN GENERAL PLAN HAVE STATED IN OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN, HEY, WE WANT DEVELOPMENT AND THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE AND THIS IS GONNA BE THE DENSEST PART OF THE CITY, AND IT'S STILL NEXT TO THE FIVE FREEWAY.
IT'S ONLY A COUPLE BLOCKS, IF NOT ONE BLOCK OVER.
SO, UM, JUST TO, JUST TO POINT THAT OUT AS WELL.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IF, IF THE MTS TROLLEY STATION AREA WAS TO BE REDEVELOPED, THERE WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WOULD BE NEEDED ON, ON TOP OF JUST, UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW.
I MEAN, IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A VERY SITE SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
THERE WOULD NEED TO BE PROBABLY BE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AND ZONING AMENDMENTS TO ALLOW FOR THAT DENSITY, THE TYPE OF DENSITY WE MAY HAVE TO RE UH, TO LOOK INTO WHETHER OR NOT THAT DENSITY WAS ALREADY APPROPRIATE, IF IT NEEDED TO BE INCREASED.
SO THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE TO DO NOW.
AND, UH, JUST ONE LAST QUESTION.
THE ALTERNATIVE PROJECT SITE, ARE THERE ANY BARRIERS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO APPLY FOR UPZONING THROUGH OUR, UM, UM, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL IN, IN IN THE FUTURE? IF THAT SITE IS NOT SELECTED AS A SITE TODAY? UH, YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL ALWAYS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONTACT PLANNING STAFF TO SEE THE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE, THE ABILITY TO UP ZONE IS THERE BECAUSE THERE IS ADJACENT ZONING THAT IS SIMILAR ENOUGH OR THE SAME AS WHAT THEY WANT IN ORDER TO REZONE.
WE TRY NOT TO HAVE SINGLE LOTS OR SMALLER AREAS REZONED IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR EXAMPLE.
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CONTIGUOUS OR AT LEAST TRANSITIONS TO THE APPROPRIATE DENSITIES ON EITHER SIDE.
SO YES, THEY DO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY LATER IF THAT'S THE CASE.
NO, I, I AM VERY MUCH SUPPORTIVE OF DEVELOPMENT AND IF ANY DEVELOPERS OUT THERE WANT TO UP ZONE THEIR PROPERTY AND IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE, I I, I LOVE THAT WE HAVE OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND PLANNING COMMISSION TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE IT COMES TO COUNCIL.
SO I'M GLAD THAT'S AN OPTION FOR THESE PARTICULAR OWNERS IF THAT SITE IS NOT CHOSEN TODAY.
I, AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, 'CAUSE THIS, THIS ONE WE HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING SEPARATE THAN WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ON THE OTHER WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE FIVE RESOLUTIONS.
SO THIS WILL BE TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON ONE ITEM.
SO AT THIS POINT, I DO WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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UH, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, THAT, UH, DR.YOU'RE, AND SINCE YOU ARE THE ONLY SPEAKER, IN FACT, THE ONLY SPEAKER WE GOT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING
HONORABLE MAYOR MORRISON, ESTEEM COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CERTAINLY OUR CHERISHED COMMUNITY.
UM, MY NAME IS JAY MARKWAN AND I'M PROUD TO BE SERVING AS THE SWEETWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DIRECTOR OF ALTERNATIVE, UH, ADULT EDUCATION.
AND I'M COMING HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO AGENDA ITEM 11.2 AND THE, UH, IT'S SPECIFICALLY PAGE 3 28 AND, UH, THE TOPIC OF THE ALTERNATE PROJECT LOCATION, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, WELL, YOU MAY KNOW.
AND THEN I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT HISTORY.
SWEETWATER ADULT EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE LARGEST ADULT LEARNERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE STATE.
UH, WE SUPPORT STUDENTS, WE SAY 18 TO 80 YEARS OLD.
AND SO ANY STUDENT WHO'S 18 ALL THE WAY TO 80, WE WILL SERVE THEM IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND THEIR DREAMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS.
UH, WE SPAN ALL THE WAY TO SOUTH AREA, THE BUSIEST INTERNATIONAL BORDER, AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR WORLD, IS IT SAN YSIDRO? THAT'S WHERE ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES IS LOCATED.
AS WELL AS WE HAVE TWO OTHER CAMPUSES IN THE CHULA VISTA AND SAN DIEGO PROPER, AND CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR, UH, SPECIAL ONES HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, WHICH IS OUR NORTHERNMOST REGION.
SO WE HAVE FOUR ADULT SCHOOLS AS WELL AS DIVISION BUILDINGS, WHICH IS ALSO ONE OF THE LARGER, UH, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE PROVIDE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS IN OBTAINING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, THEIR GENERAL EDUCATION DIPLOMA, THE HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM.
WE OFFER ENGLISH AS A SECONDARY LANGUAGE CLASSES, ESL CLASSES, UH, CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION CLASSES, WHICH INCLUDE WELDING, CULINARY HEALTHCARE, WHICH IS EXPLODING DOWN HERE WITH OUR CNA CERTIFICATIONS.
UM, WE ALSO OFFER, UM, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, AND SO MUCH MORE.
THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADULT EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND RIGHT HERE IN NATIONAL CITY IS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION AND FULFILLING THEIR DREAMS OF BETTERING THEIR LIVES IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
TONIGHT, I WANNA SPECIFICALLY SPEAK TO OUR NATIONAL CITY ADULT SCHOOL CAMPUS, WHICH IS ONE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART 'CAUSE I WAS THE PRINCIPAL THERE FOR FOUR YEARS, AND NOW I'M IN MY CURRENT POSITION IS SERVING THE ENTIRE SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
UH, DURING THIS TIME, NATIONAL CITY, SINCE ITS GRAND OPENING IN 1996, UM, HAS SUPPORTED THE EDUCATION AND DREAMS OF THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONTINUED THEIR LEARNING FREE OF CHARGE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN WORK-RELATED SKILLS.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF NATIONAL CITY ADULT SCHOOL IS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS TO BECOME GAINFULLY EMPLOYED OR FURTHER PROMOTE IN THEIR CURRENT JOB, THUS DIRECTLY SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL NATIONAL CITY ECONOMY TO THIS EFFORT, SWEETWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPPORTS THE EXISTING USAGE OF THE PROPOSED 24 STREET TRANSIT STATION FOCUS AREA IN ITS CURRENT STATE, WHICH IS AN ADULT SCHOOL SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
AS I MENTIONED, SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1996, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS GREAT RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH OUR CITY GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, AS WELL AS THE MTS TRANSIT SYSTEM BY SUPPORTING NATIONAL CITY ADULT SCHOOL IN THE LOCATION WHERE IT EXISTS TODAY, WHICH HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER THEMSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS EVENING, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE SPEAKER? OKAY, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.
UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COME AM UP HERE IN A MOMENT.
IT, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? IT'S THERE WITH THIS THING.
OH, IT'S NOT LIKING US TONIGHT.
AND, UH, CAN P CAN YOU MOTION? THANK YOU.
SO NOW WE'RE OUT OF, OUT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
LET ME JUST STATE A FEW THINGS.
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UM, FOR STARTERS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN HOUSING THERE, AND I'M ASSUMING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOW INCOME HOUSING, PUTTING IT NEXT TO THE TROLLEY STATION.BUT TO DO SO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING OUT THE ADULT SCHOOL, WHICH I DON'T THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GONNA DO ANYWAY.
UH, TAKE OUT AN ADULT SCHOOL THAT IS BASICALLY IN THE BUSINESS OF TRYING TO TAKE PEOPLE AND INCREASE THEIR EDUCATION LEVEL AND THEIR SKILLS LEVELS SO THAT THEY CAN GET INTO THE HOUSING MARKET AND BETTER THEMSELVES.
SO IT, IT IS KIND OF A DEFEATED PURPOSE IF WE'RE DOING ONE TO TAKE OUT THE OTHER.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING YOU PUT THERE IS MINIMAL.
UH, I WENT BY THERE TODAY AND THE ADULT SCHOOL IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW.
I GUESS IT'S SPRING BREAK OR SOMETHING.
AND SO THERE WAS NO STUDENTS THERE AND THERE.
AND SO ALL THE PARKING WAS TAKEN UP FOR THE TROLLEY STATION AND PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO THE TROLLEY STATION.
THERE WAS NOT A PARKING SPACE ANYWHERE.
AND, UH, UH, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, ANY DEVELOPMENT BY THE MTS IS GONNA INVOLVE, IF THEY DO ANYTHING THERE, IT IS GONNA INVOLVE PARKING STRUCTURES, EVERYTHING ELSE TO MAKE THINGS TALK ABOUT REALLY EXPENSIVE.
SO IT'D BE A VERY, SO IN OTHER WORDS, NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN THERE.
SO IF WE WAS TO GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THAT SPOT, AS WITHIN THIS PLAN, WE'RE SAYING, WE DON'T WANT HOUSING BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN THERE.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY, UM, ENTANGLEMENTS WITH THAT PROPERTY WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT ENTITIES, IT, IT, IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
SO IF WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TOWARD DOING SOMETHING WITHIN THIS PLAN THAT WILL FIT WITHIN THAT ZONE AND WILL CREATE HOUSING, THE ALTERNATIVE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
AND IT'S NOT GONNA HARM THE COMMUNITY SO THAT PEOPLE DO NOT GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN MORE INTO THE HOUSING MARKET.
UM, SO AS MUCH AS I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT SO THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MORE IN CONTROL OF THE OTHER PROPERTY, IT IT DOES, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY, IT MAKES NO LOGICAL SENSE.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE, YOU KNOW, THE ALTERNATIVE PROJECT LOCATION IS SEEN AS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSI, UH, SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE FROM A NUMBER OF DEALS.
IT IS A VERY SHORT DISTANCE AWAY.
IT IS A MUCH LARGER PROJECT THAT COULD PUT IN MUCH MORE HOUSING AND THAT COULD BE BUILT TOMORROW.
IT'S VACANT LAND IN ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.
IT'S VACANT AND IT'S A PARK BIG PARKING LOT.
IT'S BASICALLY READY TO GO THIS OTHER SITE.
NOT ONLY THAT, UH, THEY FOUND OUT WHEN THEY BUILT THE SCHOOL, THERE'S A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THERE ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FREEWAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY ITSELF BECAUSE OF THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE THAT USED TO BE THERE BEFORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT SO, I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT SAYS THAT IF WE WAS TO VOTE FOR THAT TO BE THE SITE THAT WOULD FILL THE REQUIREMENT HERE, WE'RE JUST DOING IT AS A JOKE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND I, I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SPEAKS A LOT AND, UM, IF WE REALLY WANT HOUSING TO GO IN, THEN THE 24TH STREET SITE MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA STAY THE WAY IT IS.
UH, MTS WILL PROBABLY BE BE MAKING SOME, UH, IMPROVEMENTS.
I KNOW AS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER SECONDARY LINE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHICH WILL MAKE THAT EVEN, UH, EVEN MORE CONGESTED THERE.
AND YOU HAVE ALL THE CONGESTION THAT YOU HAVE AT THAT INTERSECTION ALREADY.
UM, AND SO THE CONCEPT OF HOUSING, AND THE WHOLE REASON WE PUT THE SCHOOL THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS BECAUSE OF THE TROLLEY AND ALL THE BUSES GOING THERE SO WE COULD GET PEOPLE TO AN EDUCATION CENTER.
AND YET IT'S NOT THAT LARGE A PIECE OF PROPERTY WHEN YOU INCLUDE THE TROLLEY ITSELF THERE TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH OTHERWISE.
SO, UM, THAT'S, I SAY, SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I CANNOT VOTE FOR THAT SITE.
I AGREE WITH OUR, UH, THE PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS, THAT THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY MAKES SENSE IS THE ALT ALTERNATE SITE.
IF WE REALLY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT WANTING MORE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING.
UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS ANY WAY OF DOING HOUSING ON THE 24TH STREET SITE, NOT TAKING AWAY THAT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY THAT IS GEARED BASICALLY TOWARD LOW INCOME SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY LOW INCOME.
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OKAY.UH, MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
UM, REALLY WANNA COMMEND, UH, SWEETWATER, UM, UH, FOR COMING OUT HERE AND, AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF YOUR PROJECT.
I CERTAINLY CAN COMMIT THAT IF THAT THE ORIGINAL SITE IS APPROVED TO BE VERY SUPPORTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IF MTS DECIDES TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SITE AND CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS, IT INCLUDES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ADULT SCHOOL.
IT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I COULD COMMIT TO BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE.
I DON'T SIT ON MTS, BUT I AM LOOKING AT A COLLEAGUE THAT DOES.
SO TECHNICALLY, I, I AM AN ALTERNATE, SO I WOULD BE VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING SURE THAT THE PLAN'S INCLUDED.
UM, AND ALSO JUST WANT TO CHALLENGE US.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A MILLION OBSTACLES TO DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO MTS SITE, BUT THOSE SAME OBSTACLES, UH, THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA FACED, AND NOW THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO MTS SITE, UH, THE CITY OF LA MESA FACE THE SAME OBSTACLES, AND THEY'RE DEVELOPING NEXT TO THE MTS SITE ON MTS PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE GONNA FACE OBSTACLES IN ANYTHING WE DO.
I THINK WE CAN, UM, WITH PERSISTENCE, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AGENCIES ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT AND UP ZONE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT IS, UH, BUILT ON ON PUBLIC LAND.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE US ON THAT AND ALSO WANNA REMIND US THAT THE, THE ALTERNATE, UH, PROJECT LOCATION THEY CAN BUILD ALREADY, RIGHT.
UM, I BELIEVE LAST I REMEMBER FROM THE CONVERSATION WE HAD, THEY COULD BUILD UP TO 50 UNITS.
NOW THE UPZONING WOULD LEAD TO A HUNDRED UNITS, BUT THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO APPLY FOR AN UPZONING.
SO IT ISN'T NECESSARILY TURNING DOWN.
DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE NOW, AND IT HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED IN MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
UM, UM, AND I THINK WE ARE VERY, UH, PRO DEVELOPMENT HERE AND, AND HAVE BEEN, UH, JUST LOOK AT OUR, UM, HOUSE, NATIONAL CITY PLAN.
WE'RE ALLOWING FOR VERY DENSE DEVELOPMENT ON TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
SO I THINK WE'RE A VERY PRO DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
AND, UM, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I I, I DO BELIEVE FIRMLY THAT THE, UH, ORIGINAL SITE IS, UH, MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AS A RESULT OF THE, ITS PROXIMITY TO THE MTS SITE.
I, UM, AND, AND, AND I HEAR YOU MAYOR, UM, ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE 24TH STREET TROLLEY STATION, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.
WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT IS SQA AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF US INCREASING DENSITY TO, UM, TO THE, TO THE CITY AND TO THESE, TO THESE AREAS.
SO, UM, UH, SO YEAH, IN FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M AN MTS BOARD MEMBER.
AND SO I, AND I WAS A PLANNING CONSULTANT WITH RICK ENGINEERING, WHERE I DID DO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS IN THOSE ANALYSES.
AND SO I DON'T AGREE THAT THIS IS THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE FROM LOCATING DENSITY RIGHT NEXT TO THE TROLLEY STATION, UH, VERSUS HAVING IT FARTHER AWAY FROM THE TROLLEY STATION.
SO THAT, AND THAT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED.
WE'VE HEARD THAT, UH, FROM THE CONSULTANT TEAM, THAT THAT ANALYSIS HASN'T BEEN DONE.
SO I THINK, UH, WE QUESTIONED IT THERE.
BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER, SQUA IS MORE CONCERNED WITH PROJECT IMPACTS, SO THAT WHAT OUR DENSITY IS IMPACTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT, NOT AS MUCH, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL PRO, UM, IMPACTS TO THE PROJECT.
UM, SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE FREEWAY AS THE I FIVE, THE, THE FREEWAY IS ALREADY THERE.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE A BUILT OUT CITY AND, UH, IF WE MOVE, AND SO MY PROBLEM WITH THIS AL UH, UH, UH, THE ALTERNATIVE, THE, THE SITE, UM, IS THE PRECEDENT IN A SENSE.
SO IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH NOT ALLOWING DENSITY NEXT TO THE FREEWAY, THEN WE'RE FURTHER LIMITING OUR DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL.
IT'S ALSO INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ POINTED THIS OUT, IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AS A CITY.
WE HAVE PLACED, UM, DENSITY IN OUR DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN RIGHT NEXT TO THE FREEWAY ON ROOSEVELT.
AND IT IS, UM, THE ASIC PROJECT, FULL DISCLOSURE, UH, I'M AN EMPLOYEE AT MAC, AND THAT'S A MAC PROJECT.
I DID NOT, I RECUSED MYSELF, UH, FROM THAT VOTE.
AND THIS COUNCIL, MY COLLEAGUES ARE THE ONES THAT, UH, VOTED TO PROVE THAT PROJECT.
WE, AS A CITY, VOTED TO GIVE FUNDING FOR A PROJECT LOCATED A 400 UNIT PROJECT LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE FREEWAY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE BY SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T INCREASE DENSITY IS DIRECTLY COUNTER TO THAT.
UM, IT'S, UH, UH, AND IT'S ALSO INCONSISTENT WITH OUR OWN POLICY.
SO IF YOU ALL LOOK AT THE SUPPLEMENTAL EIR AND SPECIFICALLY THE AIR QUALITY SECTION, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY IN OUR, IN OUR JUST GENERAL PLAN POLICY TOO, POLICY, UH, HEJ 2.3, AND, AND I'LL READ IT, IT'S AVOID SITING NEW SENSITIVE LAND USES WITHIN 500 FEET FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE FREEWAY.
THIS ADDING, UH, HOUSING IS A SENSITIVE, UH, USE.
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SUCH DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTES TO SMART GROWTH, WHICH THIS DOES, OR TRANSIT ORIENTED GOALS, WHICH IT DOES, UM, IN WHICH CASE THE DEVELOPMENT SHALL INCLUDE FEASIBLE MEASURES SUCH AS SEPARATION SETBACKS, LANDSCAPING BARRIERS, VENTILATION SYSTEMS, AIR FILTERS, AND CLEANERS, AND OR OTHER EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM AIR POLLUTION.SO THAT'S ALREADY IN OUR ADOPTED POLICY THAT IT, WHEN WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO A FREEWAY, THAT THE NEXT LEVEL ANALYSIS, WHICH IS ALSO, UM, IDENTIFIED IN THE MMRP, THE MITIGATED, UM, MONITORING AND AND REPORT, IT'S, IT'S IDENTIFIED AS THOSE, AND THAT'S THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND SO, AND I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THIS BECAUSE I DON'T, IM, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE DENSITY ON THE, UM, ALTERNATIVE SITE.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE SPOT ZONING.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY.
I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY AND, AND EITHER, UM, INCREASE THE DENSITY, UH, FOR THAT SITE THROUGH A PROJECT.
UM, AS IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS, THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS FOR 27TH STREET COMING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, TO THE, THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH OUR PROCESS.
UM, OR, UH, WE COULD, UM, UH, OR, OR WE JUST INCREASE DENSITY FOR THAT, FOR THAT ENTIRE AREA ON MILE OF CARS.
BUT, BUT I, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE POCKETS OF, UM, HIGH DENSITY, UM, IN, IN RANDOM AREAS.
AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE.
UM, AND IN, IN TERMS OF SWEETWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE, AND THE, UM, USE THERE, UM, I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S POTENTIAL, UH, FOR, UH, PARTNERSHIPS.
SO MTS, WE HAVE A LEASE WITH, UM, WITH THE SWEETWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THAT BUILDING.
UH, MTS IS MOVING FORWARD WITH A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
SO MAYOR, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME, UH, POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, UM, THAT I, I'M NOT AWARE OF, BUT WE'RE NOT AT THAT PROJECT LEVEL YET WITH, UH, THE FORMER SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
UM, AND, UM, SOME DIFFICULTIES POTENTIALLY WITH, I THINK SDG E THERE'S SOME EASEMENTS, BUT ALL OF THOSE CAN BE WORKED THROUGH IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
AND I KNOW BECAUSE MTS IS DOING THAT RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH THE PALM STATION, UH, WHICH IS IN, UH, CITY OF SAN DIEGO, UH, THAT'S, THEY'RE BUILDING HOUSING RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEXT TO THE TROLLEY.
IT'S NOT JUST, UH, LOW INCOME, IT'S, IT'S ALSO MIXED INCOME.
SO I I I, I REALLY DO THINK THAT, AGAIN, I'M NOT IMPOSED TO THE INCREASE OF DENSITY ON THAT OTHER SITE.
I JUST, I REALLY STRONGLY DO NOT THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT PROCESS TO DO THAT.
AND I'M NOT EVEN CLEAR THIS IS THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE.
SO, UM, I, I, I WOULD RECOMMEND TO OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES THAT WE ADOPT, UM, THE, WHAT WAS, UH, ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AS THESE, UH, DENSITY, UM, INCREASES HA LEAVING THE DENSITY INCREASE AT THE 24TH STREET STATION, AND I THINK IT'S AT 24 DWELLING UNITS PER, PER EIGHT ACRE.
UM, AND THEN ADOPTING THE SUPPLEMENTAL EIR.
AND, AND BY THE WAY, WE DON'T, WE DO NOT, WE ARE NOT LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO ADOPT THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE.
WE CAN, UM, PROVIDE OVERRIDING STATEMENT OF CONSIDERATIONS IF WE DIRECT STAFF TO DO THAT.
SO I, I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND US, UM, UH, LEAVING THAT DENSITY ON 24TH STREET STATION AND THEN, AND WE COULD STILL WORK WITH MTS OR, UH, ANY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, SWEETWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT TO IDENTIFY A PROJECT BECAUSE WE DID THAT AT PALM, UH, PALM STATION.
WE'RE DOING IT OTHER, UH, LOCATIONS FOR MTS.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES, YES.
UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT OF MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, WE HAVE STUDIED ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US.
UM, THIS, THIS, UM, FGPU HAS BEEN, UM, BACK TO YOU.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TIME, EFFORT, AND STUDY THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AT THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I SAID THE SAME THING, BUT DIRECTOR AGUIRE SAID, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO SPOT, YOU KNOW, I'M IN DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, HE PROVIDED A, A REASON OR, OR AN EXPLANATION WHY IT'S NOT RIGHT.
UM, BUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE, THE FULLY THE, THE FULLY TO FULLY EVALUATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF PROJECTS HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S THE SENTIMENT THAT I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH, UM, OF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LET'S LOOK AT THE, THAT, UM, STUDY.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO REMOVE THIS FROM THIS, FROM THIS, UM, FTPU AND TACKLE IT SEPARATELY BECAUSE THE OTHER PARTS OF THE PROJECT, OR THE FTPU HAS BEEN STUDIED, THIS
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IS THE ONE THAT HAS CONFLICTING IDEAS AND, AND, UM, CONCERNS WITH REGARDS TO THIS.UM, UM, ESA? SO THAT'S MY QUESTION, MAYOR, IS, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LIFT FROM THIS, FROM THIS, UM, STUDY AND SEPARATE IT FROM THE PLAN? UN UN UNFORTUNATELY, IT, IT'S NOT, AND, AND THIS IS IN THE CONSTRUCT OF THE SQ ANALYSIS, AND I CAN LET STEPHANIE TALK MORE ABOUT IT.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO PRIORITIZE, UH, ONE PROJECT AREA OVER THE OTHER PROJECT AREA.
SO IT'S ONE, ONE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT ANALYSIS, BUT FOR REASONS OF THIS, OF THIS PROCESS, WE, WE CAN ONLY SELECT ONE, MR. MAYOR.
UM, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
AND AS DEVELOPMENTS COME, WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LOOK INTO IT AND SAY, OKAY, THAT'S NOT WORKING THERE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST FOR THE, THE PURPOSE OF US BECAUSE OF, UH, TIME SENSITIVE SITUATION THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO, TO, UM, MITIGATE, UM, AS POLICY MAKERS HERE.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE CAN PUT A CAVEAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BUSH, UM, WITH REGARDS TO, UM, AT LEAST, UM, PUSHING THIS FORWARD, UM, JUST SO WE CAN ALSO, UM, TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YEAH, I, I MEAN, I, SO I THINK WE SHOULD ADOPT THE EIRI JUST THINK WE SHOULD ADOPT THE EIR WITH THE DENSITY AS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AT THE 24TH STREET STATION BECAUSE OF OUR OWN POLICY.
I MEAN, I READ THE, THE, THE POLICY, SO I STILL THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.
SO MAYBE THAT SEPARATE STUDY IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE 27TH STREET AREA.
BUT IT IS, UM, IT'S, IT'S AN ISLAND OF DENSITY.
IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOTHING NEXT TO IT.
AND I DON'T THINK, I THINK THAT'S THE, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD, JUST IN MY OPINION.
LIKE, I STILL WANNA MOVE THE, THERE'S BEEN TONS OF WORK ON THIS, SO I AGREE.
I JUST THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD BASED ON OUR OWN POLICY AND BASED ON OUR OWN, UH, PAST PRACTICES OF ALLOWING DENSITY NEXT TO THE FREEWAY.
I JUST THINK WE SHOULD STAY, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THAT AND THAT.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL JUST, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION, BUT I WOULD GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY CALIFORNIA CERTIFYING THE FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM EIR, UH, WITH THE SELECTION OF THE 24TH STREET, UM, UH, PRO, THE 24TH STREET PROJECT LOCATION AND ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT A STATEMENT OF WRITING CONSIDERATIONS AND A MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY FOCUSED GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION, DID YOU WANT COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH TO, IN, TO INSERT THAT WORD, 24TH STREET? YES.
THE 24TH STREET WOULD REPLACE THE ALTERNATE ALTERNATE PROJECT LO ALTERNATE PROJECT LOCATION ALTERNATIVE, HUH? THAT'S OKAY.
WHATEVER WE NEED TO CALL IT IN CONTEXT, WE'LL CALL IT IF IT'S THE ORIGINAL PROJECT SITE, THE ORIGINAL, WHATEVER IT'S DEFINED AS.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN WITH SAYING 24TH STREET.
LEMME JUST, MAYOR, CAN I JUST GIVE ONE CLARIFICATION JUST, UM, FROM THE CONSULTANTS, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATION, UM, SUPPORTING THIS MOTION AS OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT ALTERNATIVE? YES.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE MTS PROJECT OF THE MESA AND THESE DIFFERENT ONES.
I, AT THAT TIME I WAS ON MTS AND SANDAG WHEN THAT WAS, THAT ONE WAS PUT FORWARD, IT DIDN'T TAKE OUT ANY OTHER STRUCTURES.
THEY USED THE HILLSIDE, EVERYTHING ELSE TO PUT THAT IN.
UH, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT TAKING OUT A LARGE DEVELOPMENTS TO, IF YOU WANT TO PUT HOUSING, WHICH IS GONNA MAKE IT SO EXPENSIVE, THAT IT'S GONNA BE ONE THING, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET NOWHERE NEAR THE AMOUNT OF UNITS.
AND THEY ARE GONNA BE, HAVE TO BE SUBSIDIZED SO HEAVILY, WHICH AGAIN, IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN.
PLUS WITH ALL THE ENTANGLEMENTS THAT ARE THERE ALREADY.
UM, SO A VOTE TO CONSIDER THAT MAY BE, MAY BE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS, BECAUSE THE FREEWAY AND REALIZING THE IDEA OF ISOLATED DENSITY, WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE MACK PROJECT WAS.
THAT'S ABOUT AS ISOLATED, THERE'S NOTHING, NO DENSITY AROUND THERE LIKE THAT.
THERE'S, BUT WE, BUT WE, AND, AND, BUT WE APPROVED THE DENSITY FOR THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR, THOUGH.
THERE WAS THAT WHOLE AREA THAT INCREASED DENSITY, NOT JUST A COUPLE OF PARCELS.
THAT COULD, COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN.
AND, UH, BUT IF YOU LOOK, WE'RE DOING A NUMBER OF, OF DENSITY, UH,
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IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE MILE OF CARS ITSELF, UH, COULD HAPPEN DOWN THROUGH THERE, WHICH I'M, I'M KINDA A LITTLE UNEASY ABOUT PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT DOING THAT.BUT THE, UH, UM, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT PROJECT SIZE THERE FOR MTS ISN'T THAT LARGE.
AND SO ONCE AGAIN, AS I SAID, A MOTION TO PUT THAT BE THAT BE OUR PREFERRED SITE IS A MOTION TO SAY NOTHING'S EVER GONNA HAPPEN.
AND, UH, ON THAT SITE, IT'S REALLY NOT.
THAT'S, MTS IS GONNA BUILD SOMETHING ON THAT SMALLEST SITE WITHOUT TAKING OUT THE SCHOOL, WHICH IS, I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT THERE'S A SURFACE PARKING LOT THERE.
SO YOU CAN DEVELOP ON THE SURFACE PARKING LOT.
AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE, REPLACE THE PARKING AND YOU, NOT NECESSARILY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
YOU COULD IT, BUT IT, SO YOU'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, OKAY, WAIT, LET ME TALK FOR RIGHT NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE THE PARKING BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU, YOU THINK EVERYONE'S GONNA GO ON BICYCLES AND, AND, AND THE BUS, WHICH ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN.
IT, THEY GET A LOT OF STUFF THERE NOW.
BUT AS I SAY, THAT PARKING LOT STAYS PACKED ALL THE TIME WITH CARS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A SMALL PARKING LOT TO BEGIN WITH.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LARGE AN AREA.
SO ONCE AGAIN, AS I SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PUTTING IT THERE IS BASICALLY GONNA MEAN THAT NOTHING WILL HAPPEN THERE.
OR IF IT DOES, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY SMALL BUT VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT.
UM, SO FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE GO WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT WE, UH, HAVE IN HERE.
AND THAT IS, UH, SAME MOTION EXCEPT WITH THE, THE ALTERNATIVE, UH, PROJECT LOCATION, ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE, UH, A SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE.
I'LL MAKE THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.
THAT DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE, WHO IS THE SECOND? THE SECOND WAS RODRIGUEZ.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO, UH, ONE WITH NO AND ONE ABSTAINING, SO.
WELL, ONE ABSENT, RIGHT? TECHNIC ONE PASSES.
CAN I JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? UM, I KNOW THE DEVELOP THE, UH, OWNER ISN'T HERE, BUT I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THEIR EFFORTS TO TRY TO DEVELOP OUR, IN OUR CITY.
AND SO I REMEMBER MEETING WITH ONE OF THEIR CONSULTANTS MANY MONTHS AGO AND REALLY WANNA COMMEND, BLESS YOU.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD ALSO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, THAT BECAUSE OF OUR HOUSE, NATIONAL NATIONAL CITY PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE DENSITY THERE WILL ALSO BE INCREASED ANYWAY.
OR SOME DENSITY WOULD BE YEAH.
SO, SO LET'S WAIT TILL WE GET, UM, MEMBER MOLINA IN HERE AND WE CAN GO TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT WE CAN JUST OPEN THIS ONE PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU CAN'T PAY THEM VOTE ON THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
BECAUSE I NOTICED THEY SAY CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO YEAH, THIS IS JUST A CONDUCT, A PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT FOR ALL OF THEM.
OH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, THERE SHE IS BACK.
UM, NEXT WE GO INTO A, THIS WILL BE A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING AND THESE ARE ON THE DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS.
AND SO WE WILL HAVE A PRESENT, UH, REALLY WE ALREADY WENT OVER, I GUESS THE PRESENTATION FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.
UH, SO WE CAN GO, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CLOSE AND THEN WE CAN GO, WE CAN LOOK AT EACH RESOLUTION INDIVIDUALLY.
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AND SO WITH THAT, THERE'S NO, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL, OKAY.JUST, UH, A VERY QUICK COMMENT.
UM, THIS, THE SAFETY ELEMENT WAS PRODUCED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, SO, UH, UH, PLEASE FORGIVE US FOR NOT HAVING THE MEMORY OF, OF LIKE WHERE EXACTLY THE INFORMATION FOR FLOODING MITIGATION WAS BECAUSE WE
AND WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
IT'S REALLY AN IMPRESSIVE DOCUMENT IF YOU LOOK AT IT AND THE NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS IT MAKES SPECIFICALLY ON FLOOD HAZARDS AND INUNDATION.
PAGE 30, THEY'RE EXTREMELY RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH TODAY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY CITE BECAUSE I THINK HAVING THIS KIND OF, UH, FORETHOUGHT ABOUT HOW THESE, HOW FLOODING MAY IMPACT NATIONAL CITY IS VERY POWERFUL.
IT SAYS, APPROXIMATELY 1067 HOMES, 4,047 BUSINESSES AND 79 CRITICAL FACILITIES IN NATIONAL CITY ARE LOCATED WITHIN EITHER THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN OR THE 500 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN AND ARE THEREFORE AT THE RISK OF FLOODING.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE NEED TO INTERNALIZE.
AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION LIKE THIS IN THIS DOCUMENT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE THE TIME TO REREAD IT, IT REALLY DOES INDICATE A PATH FORWARD.
AND SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, ARE VERY PERTINENT TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
AND WHEN THAT WAS WRITTEN, WE THOUGHT, WELL, A HUNDRED YEAR OR 500, NO BIG DEAL.
THEN WE JUST HIT SOMETHING THAT WAS OVER A THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD AND SO ALL SUDDEN THE REALITY WAS DIFFERENT.
SO IF THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO ADD ON THAT, UH, LET'S OPEN, UH, I HAVE A MOTION.
OR WAIT A MINUTE, I'LL JUST OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND AT THIS STAGE WE DO NOT, I DO NOT, DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER SLIPS AND YOU DON'T EITHER.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.
SO THEREFORE I'M GONNA ASK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MY GOSH, WE GOT ALL FIVE VOTES UP THERE NOW.
OKAY, SO NOW WE'LL GO DOWN THROUGH THE, UM, THE FIVE, UH, RESOLUTIONS.
UH, FIRST RESOLUTION IS RESOLUTION CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS CERTIFYING THE, I'M SORRY, THAT'S THE WRONG ONE.
UH, WE GOT ANOTHER NUMBER ONE HERE.
TWO NUMBER ONES RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND RELATED, UH, LAND USE MAP, INCLUDING MINOR TEXT AND MAP AMENDMENTS AND REPLACING THE 2011 LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY ELEMENTS AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
WELL, ANYTHING PARTICULAR ON THAT STAFF AS WE GO DOWN THROUGH THESE, I'M GONNA BE ASKING YOU THAT ON EACH ONE OF THESE.
SO JUST IN CASE, UH, NO COMMENT.
ANYTHING UP HERE IN ANY WAY WITH THAT? IT'S YOUR PLEASURE MR. MAYOR.
CAN WE CONSIDER ADOPTING ALL AT THE SAME TIME OR DO YOU WANT TO GO INDIVIDUAL? WE, WE, WE, WE PUT WE SHOULD GO ONE BY ONE.
I JUST KEEP THIS BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF A LEGAL YEAH.
AND I FIGURED WE'VE GONE OVER THIS FOR YEARS.
IT SHOULD GO FAIRLY QUICKLY UNLESS THERE'S BIG CONCERNS AND, UM, AND I THINK IT'LL BE A LOT CLEANER LEGALLY.
WHICH ONE ARE WE STARTING? ARE WE ON NUMBER ONE FOCUS PLAN OF, OF THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING? SO THIS IS THE ONE DEALING WITH THE, UH, ADOPTING THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
DID YOU MAKE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR? HUH? DID YOU PRESENT A MOTION OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION? I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF CITY NATIONAL CITY ADOPTING THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AS IT'S RELATED TO LAND USE MAP, INCLUDING THE MINOR TEXT AND MAP MAP MAP AMENDMENTS AND REPLACING THE 2011 LAND USE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY ELEMENTS AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I WANTED TO THANK STAFF AND CONSULT TEAM ON THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UH, SECTION IN, IN PARTICULAR IN ADDING, UM, THE, UH, VMT REDUCTION, UH, GOALS AND TARGETS.
THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE, BUT MAYBE IF STAFF CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, UM, I, I, I WORRY THAT, UM, THAT, UM, THE LANGUAGE, UM, IS STILL TOO LOOSE.
UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, I THINK IT SHOULD BE REQUIRING,
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UM, DEVELOPERS TO DO, YOU KNOW, THE LIST OF THE ITEMS THAT, UM, UM, BIKING, WALKING INTO ALL OF THE, UH, STRATEGIES.UM, IT, IT SAYS ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT AND I JUST THINK THAT'S, I I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, UM, LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE IF WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A CA DOCUMENT THAT DEVELOPS BENEFIT IN HOUSING, WHICH IS WHAT I WANT.
I WANT SOMETHING STREAMLINED SO THAT, UM, UH, THAT THE DEVELOPERS CAN, CAN USE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GET HOUSING PROJECTS, BUT I JUST WORRY THAT LANGUAGE IS TOO, UM, IS TOO SOFT.
SO I JUST ASK IF STAFF CAN, CAN LOOK AT THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY.
I TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE BRIEFING, BUT I'M, I'M OKAY TO JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AS IS NOW.
UM, ALL THE BACK AND FORTH WE'VE HAD WITH STAFF ABOUT PUTTING THE VMT REDUCTION GOALS AND ALL THAT.
YEAH, I, YEAH, I, 'CAUSE I, I WOULD HAVE SOME CONCERNS BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THE DOCUMENTS HERE THAT ARE, THAT WERE SET TO PRIORITIZE AND SOME THINGS MAY BE VERY LOW ON THE PRIORITY OR MAY NOT, MAY NOT BE RELEVANT OR BE SAFE OR WHATEVER ELSE.
AND SO IF WE HAVE IT IN THERE AND WE SAY THEY MUST DO IT, WELL THAT'S IN OUR DOCUMENT.
SO THEY MUST BUILD, PUT THAT IN WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND THEN, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT FARTHER DOWN.
NO, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S VALID TOO.
I, I THINK I WAS THINKING OF IT MORE LIKE, MUST DO ONE OF THESE THINGS INSTEAD OF, OH, WELL I HOPE YOU DO ONE OF THESE THINGS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S WHAT THIS DOCUMENT READS TO ME.
I HOPE YOU DEVELOPERS DO ONE OF THESE THINGS.
WELL, I, I I THINK IT'S THE IDEA THAT WE'RE TO ENCOURAGE THEM AND ENCOURAGEMENT IS, CAN BE DONE WITH A CARROT OR CAN BE DONE WITH A STICK
BUT THAT'S WHAT TO, TO LOOK INTO.
IF NOT, UH OKAY, THEY'RE ALREADY UP THERE.
GOTTA GET A, GOTTA GET A CHIPMUNK.
MOTION CARRIES A NEW CHIPMUNK FOR THAT TREADMILL IN THERE.
UH, THE SECOND ONE IS A RESOLUTION, THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS AMENDING THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND OKAY.
PLEASE VOTE, SEE NOTHING THERE.
UH, THIS IS ADOPTING THE WEST SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT AND AMENDING THE ZONE TEXT AND MAP OF THE WEST SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN.
MAY I MAKE THE MOTION AS PROPOSED AN INTRODUCTION? YEAH.
THIS IS FOR, THIS IS FOR INTRODUCTION.
SO IT WILL WE COME BACK? BECAUSE THIS IS AN ORDINANCE SECOND.
SO THE MOTION IS SECOND FOR INTRODUCTION, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WITH THAT RODRIGUEZ, THERE YOU GO.
NOW THEN WE GOT ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE, UH, FOR INTRODUCTION.
AND THIS IS FOR ADOPTING THE MUNICIPAL CODE 18.49.
OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ADOPTING 18.50 TO PROVIDE A FLOOR AREA RATIO BONUS PROGRAM ADOPTING AL, UH, ALTERNATE, OR I'M SORRY, AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER, UH, 18.29.
THE OVERLAY ZONES CREATE A MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON CERTAIN PARCELS, UH, ZONES, CL AND CS AND AMENDING CHAPTER 18 POINT 10, UNDERSTANDING THE LAND USE CODE 18 POINT 12 PERMITS AND APPLICATIONS 1822 COMMERCIAL ZONES, 1824 MIXED USE CORRIDORS AND DISTRICT ZONES.
AND 1830 SPECIFIC USE REGULATIONS.
1848 RESIDENTIAL, UH, DENSITY BONUSES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES.
AND 18 6 60 GLOSSARY AS WELL AS THE OTHER AMENDMENTS TO REVISE TITLE 18.
OH NO, MR SECOND, THIS IS FOR INTRODU.
NOW I'M GONNA, NOW MY TONGUE'S GONNA GET TIED.
I JUST WANT YOU TO READ THAT MAYOR.
WHAT'S THAT? I WANNA CLEAR IT AGAIN.
PUT YOUR FIRST AND SECOND IN, PLEASE.
WHAT IS GOING ON? MOTION AND SECOND, PUT HIM IN THERE.
YEAH, IT'S NOT THERE YET, MAYOR.
IT SAYS MAKE MOTION ON HERE, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT THERE.
I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO CALL IT
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THANK YOU.YEAH, WELL, WELL I GOTTA TELL YOU, WE DID HAVE A, A FORMER MAYOR LONG TIME AGO THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A DEAL IN OUR, IN OUR AGENDA THAT SAYS THAT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO IS THAT THEY'D BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WE HAD HIM READ THEM OUT IN AN ENTIRETY.
WE ALWAYS MADE A MOTION FOR TO READ IT BECAUSE WE JUST LOVE TO HAVE FUN WITH HIM.
BUT ANYWAY, SO YOU GUYS DON'T GET TO DO THAT.
UH, FIVE RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY APPROVING THE UPDATE TO THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
AND OKAY, NOW THIS IS THE ONE I GOTTA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.
NO, I SAID DON'T TALK TOO MUCH, BUT, BUT I THINK THIS ONE WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, UH, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, AS ANY OF THESE PROJECTS COME BEFORE US, THE LAST THING I WANNA SEE IS A MAP OF THE CITY WITH A LINE GOING DOWN A STREET SOMEWHERE.
WE NEED TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT IS GOING TO GO IN ON THAT STREET.
UH, WE, YOU KNOW, AND I I'M LOOKING OVER TO STEVE, BUT STEVE, I KNOW YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS ONE.
I DON'T WANT 30TH STREET REPEATED AND I DON'T WANNA SEE THE, THE BRIDGE, UH, ON BROADWAY, UH, REPEATED.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE NEED TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING IN.
UH, THERE'S ALSO, AS I LOOK IN THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF DUPLICATOR UH, DEALS WHERE WE GOT, WE GOT AN EAST WEST GOING ON 16TH STREET AND 18TH STREET, THE ENTIRE LENGTH, TWO BLOCK, TWO BLOCKS APART FROM EACH OTHER.
YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY STUFF ALONG THAT LINE.
UH, WE HAVE SOME STREETS RIGHT NOW THAT IT'S DANGEROUS TO DRIVE A CAR ON, LITERALLY.
UH, AND WE'RE, AND AND YET WE'VE GOT IT SET UP FOR BICYCLE PATHS COULD GO ON THERE.
AND I'M GOING, THERE'S, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE HELD LIABLE IF WE PUT A BICYCLE PATH ON THERE.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA GET PEOPLE KILLED.
I DON'T, AND THERE'S NOT ROOM ENOUGH TO PUT DEDICATED, UH, BICYCLE DEALS.
'CAUSE IF SAY IT IS BARELY ABLE TO GET TWO CARS TO GO EACH DIRECTION RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE TOTALING CARS ON A REGULAR BASIS ON THOSE STREETS WITHOUT, WITHOUT THAT.
SO, I MEAN, UM, SO I, I THINK WE GOTTA BE REAL CAREFUL.
I MEAN, IF THIS THING LOOKS REALLY NICE AND EVERYTHING, BUT AS LONG AS WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH ONES THAT CONNECT, THAT'S THE MAIN THING WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR.
AND UH, UM, BECAUSE I SAY IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE DO HAVE, I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT UP A WHILE AGO ABOUT THE ACCIDENTS WE'VE HAD WITH BICYCLES AND WITH PEDESTRIANS.
AND YET I KNOW THAT THE, WHEN THEY GO INTO THE NEWSPAPER, ITS CAR HITS BICYCLE.
AND YET WHEN WE LOOK AT THE POLICE REPORTS, THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE BEEN BICYCLE HITS CAR.
AND IT'S BEEN KIND OF, IT'S BEEN THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
IT'S CARS, BICYCLES GOING THROUGH STOP SIGNS OR GOING THROUGH RED LIGHTS.
UM, AND I'D SAY I'VE WATCHED THE POLICE REPORTS AND THAT'S WHAT THEY COME OUT, COME OUT DOING, UH, A NUMBER OF THE PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE THEY'RE WALKING OUT INTO TRAFFIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, PLAZA BOULEVARD, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER ON THERE.
PEOPLE JUST WALKING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A HUNDRED FEET FROM A, FROM A A, A LIT INTERSECTION WITH CROSSWALKS, BUT THEY WALK RIGHT OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND GET HIT.
AND, UM, SO SOME OF THAT STUFF WE CAN'T PR WE CAN'T PREVENT NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.
AND SO IT'S, UM, BUT SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET IT.
SO THE TRAFFIC GETS TO BE SO BAD THAT WE END UP WITH MORE ACCIDENTS.
AND SO I, I THINK THERE'S A BALANCE IS WHAT WE GOTTA, IS ALL I'M SAYING.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME LINES ON THE, ON THE MAP THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT 'EM AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE SOME KIND OF SENSE, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE WANNA GET LINES ON THE MAP.
AND SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S MY RANT.
MAYOR DIDN'T WANNA GO TOO LATE WITH IT.
IT SAYS HERE UPDATE TO THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
YEAH, WELL WE, WE HAD, WE HAD, WE WERE NOT HERE.
YEAH, WELL SOME OF THE INFORMATION WHEN IT CAME TO US, WE VOTED ON IT WASN'T WHAT WE SAW HAPPEN LATER ON.
AND I'LL SAY THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA BE MORE DILIGENT, YOUR HONOR.
WE ARE GONNA BE, WELL WE'RE GONNA BE MORE DILIGENT IN KNOWING, MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT INFORMATION SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
AND UH, SO WHEN WE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE.
WE'RE GONNA DO A DESTINATION ON 30TH STREET TO GET TO PLAZA BONITA WHEN WE'VE BEEN TOLD IT WAS GONNA USE THE BICYCLE PATH THAT ALREADY EXISTS AND THEN THEY END UP PUTTING THE SECOND PATH IN THERE.
WE HAVE STEVE HERE, HE'S GONNA PREVENT THAT.
BLAMING WE HAVE STEVE AND MARTHA BLAMING NOT YEAH, HIM AND MARTHA ARE GONNA, ARE GOING GUIDE US TO RIGHT TO THE PEARL GATES WITH THIS ONE.
AND UH, WE'LL WE WILL GET THERE.
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SO ANYWAY, OKAY.SO, UH, I KNOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS ITEM, BUT IT'S 10 30.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING? UH, THAT WOULD SOUND GOOD AT THIS POINT.
SECOND, YOU MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING, UH, TO COVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, I THINK DO THAT ONE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THIS IS FOR, TO EXTEND TIME CERTAIN I DIDN'T SAY TIME CERTAIN.
I JUST SAID GET UNTIL WE FINISH.
I BROUGHT A SLEEPING BAG JUST IN CASE.
OKAY, SO WE DO HAVE THE UPDATE TO THE, UH, MASTER PLAN, REALIZING A LOT OF THOSE ONES, YOU KNOW, SOME OF 'EM ARE SAYING THOSE ARE ONES ARE NEAT AND OTHER ONES IT'S CATEGORY, IT JUST TO TO BE DETERMINED, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY, THE LINES ARE THERE.
SO WE STILL GOTTA VOTE ON THOSE LATER ON.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
I, I DO, UM, WANNA CHALLENGE US, EVEN THE BIKING COMMUNITY TO BE VERY PRACTICAL WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BIKE LANES.
ULTIMATELY WE WANT NOT JUST AVID, UH, BIKE RIDERS TO UTILIZE THEM, BUT WE WANT LIKE EVERY INDIVIDUAL, RIGHT? WE WANT KIDS, WE WANT FAMILIES TO UTILIZE THEM.
AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS NOT IN OUR BUSIEST TRANSIT CORRIDORS, BUT IT DOES MEAN MAYBE LOOKING AT OTHER STREETS AND RESIDENTIAL STREETS SO IT CAN BE COMPLETELY SAFE FOR KIDS AND PARENTS TO BE RIDING AROUND OUR CITY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FOR THAT ONE? I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO YET FOR FIVE.
DID WE VOTE ON FIVE? NO, WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON FIVE YET.
NO, WE VOTED TO EXTEND THE MEETING.
SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FIVE, MOVE TO PROOF SECOND.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR FIVE, PLEASE VOTE.
OKAY, SO THAT'S THE RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE AND FOUR ARE ORDINANCES THAT WILL BE COMING BACK, UH, FOR ADOPTION.
SO THOSE WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE, WE HAVEN'T FULLY ADDRESSED THOSE YET, BUT THE REST OF 'EM WE HAVE NOW VOTED ON THE RESOLUTIONS.
SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DO ON THIS, IS THERE? NO, UH, KNOW WE DO HAVE A FORMALITY OF THE SECOND HEARING, BUT I'D LIKE TO, UH, JUST ADD THAT WE, THE PANDEMIC STARTED IN MARCH, 2020 AND THIS GENERAL PLAN STARTED IN MARCH, 2020.
I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GONNA SURVIVE THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A, A QUICK NOTE OF THE CONSULTANT TEAM.
THEY HAVE PUT THEIR BLOOD SWEAT IN TEARS INTO THIS PROCESS.
STAFF MARTIN REEDER, ANGELITA PALMA, UH, MYRA MARTINEZ, PINA MARTINEZ THAT WORKED DILIGENTLY AT THE START OF THIS PROCESS.
WE ALL, UH, INTENDED FOR THE BEST AND I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT AND A GREAT FUTURE THROUGH THIS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD SET OF SECOND HEARINGS.
[11.3 Ordinance for Adoption – Prevailing Wage Requirement for Traffic Control Workers]
GO ON TO, UH, 11.3.AND THIS IS AN ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION FOR BAILING WAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL WORKERS.
UH, WE HAD THE INTRODUCTION BEFORE, UH, AND THERE WAS THE MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE, UH, INTO THIS THAT WERE DESCRIBED BEFORE.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE NO, NO SPEAKERS.
DO I, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WELL ACTUALLY YOU, OH, THAT'S, I'LL SECOND.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SECOND IT.
THAT ONE QUESTION, CARRIE, THAT ONE GOES THROUGH.
THIS IS A, UH, COUNTY CONTRACT FOR, I'M SORRY, UH, NUTRITION SERVICES AMENDMENT 13.
ANYTHING YOU NEED TO REPORT ON THIS ONE? NOTHING TO ADD, MS. MAYOR.
COUNSEL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MOVED FOR RECOMMENDATION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
WE DON'T WANNA STARVE OUR SENIORS.
UH, WE NEED TO CLEAR THE BOARD.
UM, WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LAST ONE, BUT YOU DIDN'T VOTE TO PASS THAT ONE ON THE, UM, ON 11.3.
UH, WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE DID NOT, I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THERE'S
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SOMETHING MISSING.BUT WE DID NOT HAVE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION.
OKAY, SO THIS IS BACK ON, ON 11 THREE.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO PAST 10 30.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE? WE SECOND.
AND THIS TIME IMANI AND RODRIGUEZ GOT IT RIGHT FOR THE ORDER.
[12.1 County Contract for Nutrition Services Amendment 13]
WE GO TO THE COUNTY CONTRACT FOR NUTRITIONAL SERVICES AMENDMENT 13.WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MOVE TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THIS IS JUST MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
OKAY, WE GOT A SECOND DOWN THERE.
AND THERE, THERE WE'RE, NOW THERE'S, THAT WAS THE AMENDMENT.
THAT WAS THE, UH, WE GET OUTTA HERE.
UH, THAT WAS AMENDMENT 13, BUT NOW WE HAVE THE
[12.2 Approval of County Contract for Nutrition Services]
APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY CONTRACT FOR, UH, NUTRITION SERVICES.AND ONCE AGAIN, ANY COMMENT ON THIS? NONE.
GETTING CLOSE TO 12 TO 11, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
UM, I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM 12.2.
OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER WAITED FOR THIS PART, SO I, I THINK WE HAVE TO AT LEAST GIVE HER A MINUTE.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE EXTRA.
SAY THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE AMENDMENT AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE AMENDMENT AND THE CONTRACT.
WE'VE BEEN CONTRACTING WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO SINCE 1979, UH, FOR NUTRITION SERVICES, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS, UH, SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
JUST REALLY WANT TO COMMEND, UH, YOUR TEAM, UM, OVER THE NUTRITION CENTER.
UM, IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM, SENIORS LOVE IT.
UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENIORS FROM ALL OVER.
SENIORS AND SOME YOUNG PEOPLE LOVE IT TOO.
[12.3 Status of Storm Repairs on Rental Units Impacted by Flooding in National City]
WITH THAT, WE GO INTO STAFF REPORTS AND WE DO HAVE CARLOS, MR. CARLOS HAS ONE MORE DANCE FOR US HERE.I THINK YOU PREPARED A POWERPOINT, CARLOS.
YOU HAVE A QUICK SLIDE PRESENTATION.
SO THIS IS A STATUS REPORT ON THE RENTAL UNITS IMPACTED BY FLOODING IN NATIONAL CITY.
AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, CARLOS GARY, DIRECTOR OF, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THE LAST MEETING, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF, UM, RENTAL UNITS AND THEIR OCCUPANTS.
AND SO, UH, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF WORK DILIGENTLY TO, UM, UH, CALL AND INTERVIEW, UM, FLOOD VICTIMS, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THE COUNTY PROGRAM.
WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT A UNIVERSE OF, UH, 53, UH, HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, AND, UH, WE LEARNED A LOT FROM, FROM, UH, CALLING THEM.
WE ALSO DID SOME SITE VISITS, SPECIFICALLY AT, UH, HIGHLAND, UH, VIEW APARTMENTS, UH, AND TALKED TO THEIR NEW MANAGEMENT.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION, UH, FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE COUNTY TEMPORARY LODGING PROGRAM WAS RECENTLY EXTENDED TO MAY 11TH.
UM, THE LA THE LAST STATISTIC IS THAT THERE'S 53 HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.
UM, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE OF MAINTAINING CONTACT AND LOOKING AT FULFILLING ALL THE SOCIAL NEEDS OF, OF THE FLOOD VICTIMS. UM, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I HEAR, AND I'VE BEEN IN, IN, IN SOCIAL SERVICES FOR A WHILE AS PART OF HOUSING INTENSIVE CASE CONFERENCING.
THEY'RE BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO TRIAGE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH.
AND OF COURSE, COORDINATING WITH FEMA TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN THROUGH THE, THROUGH FEMA PROGRAMS. UM, IN OUR SURVEY OF IMPACTED HOUSEHOLDS AT HIGHLAND VIEW, THERE WERE 20 UNITS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY
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THE FLOOD ON THE FIRST FLOOR.UM, 10 OF THE HOUSEHOLDS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO RETURNING.
UH, 10, UH, OF, UH, THE OTHER HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN HOUSE HOUSED ELSEWHERE.
OF THOSE 2015 HAVE APPLIED FOR OUR SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM.
WHAT WE PROVIDED THEM, BECAUSE WE, UH, RED TAG THE BUILDING, UH, WE, UH, WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A PREFERENCE ON THE WAITING LIST.
UH, TWO HAVE ALREADY HAD VOUCHERS ISSUED.
THREE, UM, WILL BE ISSUED NEXT WEEK.
UH, THREE ARE WORKING ON THEIR DOCUMENTS FOR, UH, THE APPLICATION.
UH, THREE HAVE NOT PROVIDED, UH, RESPONSE AND FOUR WERE OVER INCOME.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM DILIGENTLY TO SEE WHAT HA UM, RESOURCES, BUT AT LEAST 10 OF THEM HAVE BEEN HOUSED.
10, UH, HOUSEHOLDS ARE, ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO RETURNING, UH, TO, UH, HIGHLAND VIEW.
UM, HAPPY HOLLOW MOBILE PARK, WHICH IS A HYBRID BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY RENT, THEY ARE RENTERS OF THE SITE, BUT THEY OWN THEIR, UH, PROPERTY.
UH, MOST OF THEM ARE, ARE GOING THROUGH THE FMA APPLICATION PROCESS.
UH, THEIR REPAIRS ARE IN PROGRESS AS THEY HAVE, UH, UH, TIME, UH, TO DO THOSE AND, AND THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.
UH, HAPPY HOLLOW IS UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF, UH, UH, THE HCD MOBILE HOME PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT A, UH, WE DO NOT ENFORCE OR, UH, OR PROVIDE PERMITS OR REGULATE, UH, UH, MOBILE HOME PARKS.
SO THEY HAVE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE STATE, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT SITE.
UM, UH, ON THE STATUS OF REPAIRS AND, AND TALKING TO, UH, PROPERTY MANAGERS SPECIFICALLY AT, UM, UH, AT, UH, HIGHLAND VIEW, UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS, AND THIS WAS ITS OVERARCHING, IS, UH, WE, WE HAVEN'T REACHED, UH, THE, THE AMBIENT MOISTURE IS STILL RELATIVELY HIGH.
AND SO THERE, THE MOISTURE LEVEL, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO START IN CONSTRUCTION WORK HAS TO BE LESS THAN 19%.
AND, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THROUGH MO MOISTURE READING AND, AND MITIGATE AGAINST, YOU KNOW, THE MUL, UH, COMING IN ISSUE, ET CETERA.
BUT, UH, IN, IN TALKING TO THE NEW MANAGEMENT THERE, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT AFTER, UM, SUBMITTING PLANS, UH, UH, A TIMELINE OF TWO TO FOUR MONTHS TO BRING THE UNITS INTO REPAIR, UH, WHICH IS A FAIR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.
UH, WE LET THEM KNOW THAT, UM, IF THEY WERE TO RE UH, PERMITS BE REQUIRED, WE WOULD HAVE AN IN-HOUSE REVIEW.
SOME OF THEM MAY BE, UH, OVER THE COUNTER.
SO, UH, WE'LL WORK WITH 'EM TO EXPEDITE AS WE, UH, POSSIBLY CAN THROUGH OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND THEY EXPLICITLY SAID THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP IN TOUCH NOW WITH THE 10 HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE WANTING TO COME BACK, UH, THAT THE UNITS BE OFFERED AT THE SAME RATE AND THE COORDINATE, UH, UH, THAT EFFORT WITH THEM.
UM, THE, UM, IF, IF THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN AFTER, UH, MAY 11TH, ONE OF THE RESOURCES THAT MAY BECOME AVAILABLE IS FEMA RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UH, IT'S A TEMPORARY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT IS, UH, GRANTED TO FEMA FOR THOSE THAT ARE HOUSING INSECURE AFTER, UH, A PERIOD OF TEMPORARY LO LODGING.
UH, TO OUR UNDERSTANDING, EXTENSIONS ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE ARE GRANTED IN A THREE MONTH, UH, PERIOD AT A TIME.
AND THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR UP TO 18 MONTHS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE SET AS PRECEDENT IN OTHER SITUATIONS, INCLUDING FLOODS IN CALIFORNIA.
SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ASK ABOUT THE FE FEMA RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND, UM, AND TO PURSUE IT THROUGH THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE WEBSITE, THROUGH THE APP, OR BY CALLING FEMA'S NUMBER.
UM, THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE.
I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, MAYOR? OH, YES.
THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.
I THINK IT IS, UM, LATE, BUT, UM, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, UH, HELP DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION IN CASE INDIVIDUALS AREN'T PLUGGED IN ANYMORE AND AREN'T LISTENING.
BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT MANY OF THE IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS HAD BEEN FEELING LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE, UH, INFORMATION, THEY HAD NO IDEA WHEN THEY MAY BE RETURNING.
BUT NOW THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED THIS, I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP THEM AT LEAST FEEL A LITTLE BIT, UM, MORE LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING.
RIGHT? SOME OF THE COMMENTS I GOT, UM, I, I PARTICIPATED AT THE ADRIAN'S WAY, UH, EVENT THAT HAPPENED THIS LAST SATURDAY, AND MANY, AND IT TOOK PLACE RIGHT THERE AT THE RAMADA INN.
AND SO I, I DID SPEAK TO MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, THANKFULLY THEY DO HAVE A, A ROOF AND A BED,
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BUT WHAT THEY REALLY WANT IS THEY WANNA GO BACK HOME, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, THAT, UH, TO ME SPEAKS VOLUMES.AND THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE SHARED WITH US HELPS US PASS ALONG SOME INFORMATION TO THEM TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE, YES, YOU WILL.
UM, I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH ALL OF THE EFFORTS TO HELP, UH, FOLKS WITH EITHER THE SECTION EIGHT HOUSING OR COMMUNICATING WITH THE LANDLORD.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS ALSO A BIG CONCERN, THAT THEY JUST WEREN'T RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM THEIR LANDLORDS.
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS REPORT, I THINK THAT'S GONNA HELP THEM FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE AT EASE.
UM, AND, AND THEN, UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER POINT I WAS GONNA MAKE.
WELL, I FORGOT MY OTHER POINT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THE HELP AND THE UPDATES.
UM, I, I THINK THIS WOULD CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS THAT WERE, UH, SAID EARLIER.
UM, I AM, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, UM, SOME HOUSEHOLDS WERE, WERE PROVIDED A PRIORITY ON SECTION EIGHT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO BE HOUSED.
UM, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE, UM, FOR US TO, TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD THAT THE, THAT THE, UM, EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE HAD, UM, WILL BE REIMBURSED AND DIRECTOR GEAR, PLEASE.
UH, YOU, I MEAN, UM, I, I WANT THAT ON RECORD.
SO, UH, WE, WE WERE INSTRUCTED THAT, UH, THE FUNDS THAT WE SPENT FOR EMERGENCY RELOCATION AS WELL, FOR OUR OWN TEMPORARY, UH, HOUSING OF, UH, THOSE IMPACTED AT HIGHLAND VIEW, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OVER $160,000 IS, UH, IS, IS, UH, DOES QUALIFY FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
AGAIN, IT'S A PROCESS, BUT, UH, WE FEEL CONFIDENT, UH, THAT WE WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR THOSE EXPENSES.
REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE EFFORT OF OUR STAFF AND, UM, ASSISTING RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN NEED, UH, FOR OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
UM, REALLY WANNA COMMEND FEMA FOR FINALLY COMING IN, UH, COUNTY ASSESSOR FOR TAX DEFERMENT ON PROPERTY OWNERS.
COUNTY ASSISTANCE FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND THE NEXT TWO.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T FOR EVERYBODY CHIPPING IN WHO, WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES IN NATIONAL CITIES.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR DOING, UM, THE DUE DILIGENCE AND STEPPING IN.
UM, A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, APARTMENT OWNERS AT 1 31 NORTH HIGHLAND.
UM, I THINK IF WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT, UH, FOLKS JUST WANNA RETURN BACK, RIGHT? AND I THINK IT'S VERY REASONABLE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO LIVE IN A HOTEL, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE ON VACATION A WEEK IS SOMETIMES PUSHING IT, BUT HOTEL LIFE IS DIFFICULT.
UM, IT, HAS THERE BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER TO HAVE A TIME, CERTAIN DATE OF RETURN? I KNOW IT'S TWO TO FOUR MONTHS OR, UH, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM PRIORITY TO RETURN AND RESPECTING THE SAME RIGHTS.
THEY, THEY WANNA RETURN TO NORMALCY AS MUCH AS, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE RESIDENTS OF THAT APARTMENT DO.
THERE ARE A LOT THAT ARE LOOKING FORWARD, JUST GOING BACK TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO THEIR, AND TO THEIR UNIT.
UM, IT'S, UM, I, I THINK THEY DON'T WANT SET EXPECTATIONS.
THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DELIVER IT.
AND IN THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD, IF YOU'RE THERE, THERE'S SO MANY CONTINGENCIES TO CONSIDER IN ANY TYPE OF PROJECT.
SO, BUT I DO THINK THAT THEY'RE STRIVING TO GET THE UNITS BACK ONLINE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND GET, GET THE RESIDENTS BACK.
AND HAVE THEY COMMITTED, UH, TO THAT IN WRITING TO, UH, PROVIDE THAT AS AN OPTION FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS TO COME BACK.
UH, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT DIRECTLY TO THE RESIDENTS.
UH, WE ARE GONNA MAKE AN EFFORT ALSO FOR THE ONES THAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED TO WITHIN THAT, UH, WITHIN THOSE 10 THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UH, DESIRING TO COME BACK TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNICATION CONTINUES.
HAVE Y'ALL BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE 10, UM, UH, HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE BEEN HOUSED THAT HAVE FOUND, YEAH.
AND, UM, 'CAUSE I'VE SPOKEN TO A FEW AND, UH, THEY MENTIONED HOW THEY WERE SPENDING ANYWHERE FROM $500 TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE IN RENT, EVEN LIVING IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE PAYING MARKET RATE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT THEY WERE PAYING.
'CAUSE THEY HAD BEEN THERE FOR 15 YEARS.
AND SO THAT, THAT MAY BE THE CASE THAT IF THEY'RE OFFERED THE SAME RENT THAT THEY HAD HERE, THAT EVEN OF THE GROUP THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN HOUSED, THEY MAY OPT TO COME BACK TO, TO WHERE THEY LIVED BEFORE.
YEAH, NO, I THINK IF THE OWNER WERE TO HAVE THAT IN WRITING AND THIS NEW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, UM, YOU KNOW, IS, IS INTENDING TO DO THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
IT'S WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR SINCE THE BEGINNING.
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YOU KNOW, AND IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO, THE DIFFICULT THING IS THEY'RE LOOKING THERE AND THEY SEE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE NO WORK IS GOING, IS HAPPENING, BUT WITH THAT MOISTURE CONTENT, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THAT MOISTURE CONTENT GETS DOWN.OTHERWISE YOU SEAL UP THOSE WALLS AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR DISASTER.
UH, AND SO IT'S, AND AND THERE'S NO ONE THAT CAN PREDICT, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER.
WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY HOT DRY WEATHER.
WE'VE HAD MORE COLD AND DAMP WEATHER.
SO IT, IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH LONGER FOR THOSE THINGS TO, UM, THOSE WALLS TO DRY OUT, UH, THE WAY YOU WANT TO.
AND IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD TO PUT LIKE HEATERS IN THERE, UH, 'CAUSE YOU DO THAT AND IT BASICALLY STEAMS 'EM.
AND SO YOU END UP WITH A WORST PROBLEM.
UM, SO YEAH, SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY CAN, CAN GO WITH THAT.
AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH CONTRACTORS.
AND HE GOES, 'CAUSE CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING EVERYWHERE AND, UH, THEY HAVE SECURED A CONTRACTOR.
THERE'S A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE LEAD TIME IN PREPARING TO, TO, YOU KNOW, UH, SUBMIT PERMITS, ET CETERA.
SO THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
AND EVEN, EVEN WHEN THEY GET THE CONTRACTOR, THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT CONTRACTOR WHEN, WHEN CAN YOU GET IN THERE TO WORK ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE, THE MOISTURE PROBLEM.
SO IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT'S LOCKED.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND YOU'RE A TENANT, IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH ALSO TO TRY TO TRY TO GET THIS BACK TO NORMAL.
BUT, UH, BUT ANYWAY, DO APPRECIATE THE, THE WORK.
AND I KNOW WE ASKED, WE ASKED YOU ALL TO KIND OF REACH OUT AND FIND OUT WHAT ALL THIS STUFF WAS, AND IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.
[13. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT]
MR. CITY MANAGER? UM, ARE WE OKAY?HAVE GP UH, WE HELD ON THROUGH COVID AND BEYOND, AND WE'RE HERE.
SO I, UH, I KNOW, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S A LOT OF WEIGHT OFF
UM, AND, UH, I ALSO WANTED TO ASK JOANNE IF SHE COULD ANNOUNCE YOU HAD A EVENT TOMORROW, MOR UH, TOMORROW AT, UH, ONE O'CLOCK? YEAH.
SO TOMORROW AT ONE O'CLOCK WE'LL BE DOING, UH, THE FIRST KICKOFF, UH, A GOAL SHOOTING OF THE GOLFERS WHERE THE KIDS FROM CASA DE SALUD WILL COME OUT AND DO THE FIRST OFFICIAL KICK SAN DIEGO, UH, OR WAVE SD WILL BE OUT TO PLAY A GAME, PICK UP GAME WITH THE KIDS.
AND I JUST HAVE SOME FUN OUT THERE IN THE COURTS AND LIKE TO INVITE COUNSEL AND THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US.
UM, BE APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 MINUTES.
BUT IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND, UH, HAVE SOME FUN.
OH, I THOUGHT I, I WAS MISTAKEN WHEN I READ THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS WHACK-A-MOLE WITH GOPHERS.
[14. ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT]
WE'LL GO TO, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS.I DO HAVE A FEW, SO I'M GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES.
BUT, UM, WANNA UPDATE FOLKS ON A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS LAWSUIT THAT WAS SETTLED THIS WEEK.
UM, IT ESSENTIALLY MAKES, UH, NEGOTIABLE, UM, UH, REALTOR FEES.
AND, UM, UH, CURRENTLY IT'S ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 6% OF SALE PRICE, WHICH IS PAID BY THE SELLING PARTY.
BUT THIS NEW RULE ESSENTIALLY STATES THAT EACH PARTY PAYS THEIR OWN PART, UM, ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO 3%.
SO THAT MEANS THE SELLER AND THE BUYER.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS, UM, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, UNCERTAINTY FOR BUYERS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE BUYERS ALREADY HAVE TO PAY FOR, UH, IF YOU'RE GETTING FHA LOAN ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO 5% DOWN, YOU GOTTA PAY CLOSING COSTS, WHICH IS ANOTHER 3%.
AND IF YOU HAVE TO PAY, UM, UH, UH, THE REALTOR ANOTHER 3%, THAT'S ANOTHER BURDEN FOR FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS OR JUST OWNERS IN PARTICULAR TO BUY ALL THE MORE REASON.
UM, I THINK OUR HOUSING MARKET IS GOING TO GET EVEN MORE DIFFICULT, UM, FOR HOME BUYERS.
AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO BUILD MORE OF IT, UM, MORE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
I THINK IT'S APPLICABLE IN LIKE TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
SO THERE'S A FACE IN PERIOD, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE MARKET, I BELIEVE.
O OTHER STATES, THE SHARED DEAL IS, IS NORMAL.
SO IT'S, IT'S A NATIONAL AGREEMENT.
I, BUT, UM, SO ANYWAY, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A LAST UPDATE.
UH, I DO ALSO WANNA REITERATE, UM, BECAUSE, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMMENTS ABOUT OUR BUDGET.
JUST LAST MONTH WE GOT AN UPDATE OF THE 20 22 23 CALENDAR BUDGET, AND IT WAS STATED THAT WE HAVE A, WE HAD A $3.5 MILLION SURPLUS FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE 23 AND 24 CALENDAR YEAR ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH IS ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.
BUT JUST TO REITERATE, WE HAVE 20% ECONOMIC CONTINGENCY RESERVE, UH, WHICH IS OUR GOAL.
WE HAVE 10% UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS OUR GOAL,
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AND WE HAVE ABOUT A 15 TO 18% SURPLUS, UM, FROM ALL OF THAT.SO JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT, YOU KNOW, FACTS DO MATTER AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
UM, ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE FANTASTIC WORK, UM, FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, SANDAG CALTRANS, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, UH, SUPERVISOR AND CHAIR NORA VARGAS, OUR OWN CITY STAFF, VICE MAYOR, IMANI MUNDO GARDENS, UH, AND ESPECIALLY JANICE RENOSO FOR APPLYING FOR A $50 MILLION CALTRAN GRANT TO, UH, UH, UH, PLAN OUT A ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT THE AREA WOULD LOOK LIKE ON PALM AVENUE AND DIVISION FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
THAT PLACE HAS JUST BEEN AN EYESORE.
AND SO TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE ONE OF THREE GRANTS IN THE STATE, UM, TO RE-ENVISION THAT SPACE AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS TO DO THE SAME IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
SO, REALLY WANNA COMMEND THE EFFORT OF EVERYBODY AND WANNA MENTION THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, JANICE DSO, UM, ALWAYS CALLS AND SAYS, YOU GUYS SHOULD APPLY FOR THIS.
AND YOU, FOR A LONG TIME, WE JUST COULDN'T GET THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE HAVE THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR OWN MA CITY MANAGER.
BEN MARTINEZ JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, WHEN THIS PRESENTED ITSELF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CARLOS FOR BEING IN THE ROOM AND BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE OF APPLYING FOR OUR GRANTS.
UM, I'M SURE I'M MISSING SOME OTHER STAFF, I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOU GUYS ARE HERE AND I REMEMBER YOU BEING IN THE ROOM.
BUT, UM, UH, THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
AND SO I, I THINK IT'S, UM, CRITICAL THAT WE LOOK AT THAT IN THE, UH, IN A HOLISTIC SENSE.
AND IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE A TEAM NOW THAT IS WILLING TO WORK HARD, PUT THE EFFORT AND ENERGY.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO APPLY FOR MANY MORE GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO, UH, BRING IN MORE RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT BETTER.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STAFF.
WE WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT GOOD POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
AND I ALSO JUST WANNA MENTION, UM, UH, UH, A CONSULTING CONTRACT THAT WAS SIGNED THIS WEEK WITH, UH, CORDERO COACHING.
IT'S A $47,000 CONTRACT BY, UH, MY COUNCIL OFFICE ALONG WITH THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
UH, THE WORK IS FOR THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
UM, IT INCLUDES SIX DIFFERENT TASKS.
UH, ONE TASK IS EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT ON MOBILE HOME PARKS AND THE RENT CONTROL ORDINANCE THAT THE MOBILE HOME PARK IS NOW EXPIRING BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE WANNA LET RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF IT.
AND SO, UM, PART OF IT IS, UH, ONE OF THE SCOPES OF WORK IS EDUCATING AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, AROUND THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE.
ANOTHER IS THE, UM, UH, TO MARKET HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IT'S TO HOST TWO TO FOUR WORKSHOPS AND OUTREACH TO FOUR TO 500 NATIONAL CITY FAMILIES, UM, AND HAVE A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS TO GET THEM READY AND PREPARED TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS IN NATIONAL CITY OR ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY, BUT HOPEFULLY NATIONAL CITY.
UM, SO THAT'S PART OF THE TASK.
ANOTHER TASK IS TO DO, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUTREACH TO HOST ONE TO THREE WORKSHOPS, UM, AND OUTREACH TO 200 PLUS INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO APPLY FOR OUR HOME OWNERSHIP, SORRY, FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, ONE OF WHICH WE HAVE NOW, UH, THROUGH THE KIMBALL HIGHLAND APARTMENTS.
AND ANOTHER ONE WILL OPEN UP NEXT YEAR THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE, UH, UNION TOWER, UH, WHICH ARE GONNA BE ANOTHER A HUNDRED UNITS.
UM, ANOTHER SCOPE OF WORK IS TO DO OUTREACH FOR THE STREET VENDOR ORDINANCE, WHICH IS COMING BACK TO US IN APRIL.
SO DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH AROUND THE ISSUE ITSELF.
ANOTHER ONE IS TO, UM, START THE CONVERSATION AND ORGANIZING AROUND NATIONAL CITY RESTAURANT WEEK TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SET UP MEETINGS, COORDINATE WITH AT LEAST 20 RESTAURANTS, UM, UH, AND, UH, REACH OUT TO AT LEAST 500 NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ENGAGE THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT OUR WONDERFUL FOOD, UH, THAT EXISTS HERE IN NATIONAL CITY IN OUR SMALL, UH, MOM AND POP RESTAURANTS.
AND LASTLY, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT THE CONSULTANT CALLED PROJECT LIGHTUP FOR NATIONAL CITY.
ESSENTIALLY, UH, DO A SCOPE OF HOW MANY LIGHTS ARE OUT, UM, HOW MANY, UM, STREET LIGHTS ARE OUT AROUND THE CITY.
WE ALWAYS GET THESE KIND OF RANDOM REQUESTS.
YOU KNOW, MY, MY LIGHT IS OUT, UH, UH, THE LIGHT, YOU KNOW, AND MY BLOCK IS OUT.
IT'S, IT'S JUST KIND OF A MISMATCH OF, UM, REQUEST.
SO, UH, PART OF IT IS TO ESSENTIALLY DO A SURVEY OF HOW MANY ARE OUT GETTING THE CLOSEST ADDRESS NEAR, UH, WHERE THE LIGHT IS OUT, AND THEN REPORTING THAT TO OUR CITY STAFF AND FOLLOW UP WITH SDG AND E TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THAT IS DONE.
SO I UNDERSTAND FOR SOME FOLKS, $47,000 SEEMS LIKE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND IT IS, WE WANNA PUT IT TO GOOD USE.
AND I THINK THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE CONTRACT THAT IS GOING TO HELP TREMENDOUSLY OUR CITY AND MAKE US BE, BE, UH, BETTER PUBLIC SERVANTS.
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JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHY WE GOT TO BE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.SO I, I INITIALLY, UH, WANTED TO HIRE A FULL-TIME INDIVIDUAL.
UM, THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE INTENT.
AND IT, LAST YEAR, LATE LAST YEAR, IT GOT VERY DIFFICULT.
I MEAN, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO, UM, UH, WHAT WAS IT, UM, CIVIL SERVICE.
AND IT WAS GONNA TAKE MANY, MANY MONTHS.
SO THEN, UM, UH, I DECIDED TO WORK WITH OUR, OUR MANAGEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOUND CORDERO COACHING, WHICH IS A CONSULTANT GROUP, AND OUTLINED THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE FOR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, MY COUNCIL OFFICE.
AND SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT THERE.
AND I'M KIND OF GLAD THAT WE DID BECAUSE WE ESSENTIALLY, UH, LAID OUT ABOUT THREE MONTHS, UM, UH, WORTH OF WORK.
AND WE WERE, UH, CONSTANTLY TALKING AND DISCUSSING ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO.
UM, AND WE DID THAT WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.
BUT I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE DID IT BECAUSE IT REALLY HONED OUR WORK FOR OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT, UM, TO THESE VERY SPECIFIC TASKS.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THIS COMMUNITY WORK, WHICH I WISH, UH, UH, I COULD DO MORE OF.
WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES BEFORE.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY A PART OF IT.
I KNOW THAT WAS A VERY, VERY LONG REPORT, AND I SAID WE WOULD KEEP IT SHORT.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT, UH,
UM, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL MEETING.
REMEMBER BUSH? OKAY, MEMBER MOLINA.
FIRST, I WANNA CONGRATULATE OUR DEPUTY, NEW DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, CITY CLERK,
UM, AND OF COURSE, UH, SHE, SHE GIVES MUCH OF THE CREDIT TO OUR CITY CLERK, UH, SHELLY CHAPEL.
I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND, AND THAT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
UH, AND LASTLY, I JUST WANNA SAY IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, UH, MY DAD WOULD HAVE TURNED A HUNDRED, UM, HE PASSED A COUP MAYBE ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.
BUT, UM, JUST WANNA SAY I AM THE PERSON THAT I AM IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF MY PARENTS, AND I WANNA SAY FEL.
UM, JUST WANTED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, CONGRATULATE OUR DEPUTY CITY CLERK, UM, THANK YOU CITY CLERK FOR ALL YOUR GUIDANCE WITH OUR COMPLIANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S VERY KIND AND GRACIOUS FOR YOU TO AT LEAST MAKE US COMPLIANT, COMPLIANT, COMPLIANT WITH, UM, WE'RE COMPLIANT TO THE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, I IN CALIFORNIA LAWS, SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO ME
UM, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO, IT'S TRUE THOUGH.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M IN COMMAND OUR CITY MANAGER FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, I, UM, YOU MEAN STOPPING THE TELECOMMUTE.
UM, I, I'VE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, MEN HAMMERING HIM WITH REGARDS TO YESTERDAY THAT, UH, WE SHOULD BE ALL HANDS ON DECK AS WE ARE ONLY FOUR 10.
SO I AM, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT CITY MANAGER BECAUSE OUR CONSTITUENTS, UM, UM, NEEDS TO BE SERVED, UM, BETTER.
UM, AGAIN, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UM, STRENGTHEN MY, MY, UH, PUSH TO, UH, LOOK INTO A STUDY, THE DIRECTOR GERE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES FEE, UM, TO RECOUP SOME FUNDING FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE.
AND, UM, I HAVE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME FUNDING FOR THE SERVICES THAT, UH, OUR POLICE AND FIRE ARE PROVIDING TO, UM, THOSE PARTICULAR, UM, LOCATIONS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, GET A REPORT OF THE LAS PALMAS POOL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UM, UPDATES THERE.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO, SUMMER IS COMING UP.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE READY TO SERVE OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG TIME, UM, FOR THIS POOL TO BE, UM, UM, UH, 100%.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL, UH, FOR ME.
UM, WE HAVE APRIL 20 DISTRICT THREE CLEAN UP.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT EARLY ON THE CALENDARS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS SO THEY CAN PREPARE TO, UH, SPRING CLEAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
ALWAYS DURING OUR, UH, CLEAN UP IN OUR CITY.
MY, MY CHIROPRACTOR APPRECIATES IT TOO.
UH, THE, UH, UH, COUPLE OF THINGS REAL QUICKLY, UH, ON THE, UH,
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THE $50 MILLION, UM, GRANT NOW THAT NOT ONLY INCLUDES THE SPOT THERE AT, AT, UH, DIVISION PALM, BUT IT'S ALSO THE OTHER SITES ON THE QUOTE UNQUOTE THE CONNECTION, WHICH IS SEVERAL SITES IN CITY OF SAN DIEGO ALSO, CORRECT? YEAH.SO IT'S JUST WANTED TO MAKE, AS LONG AS WE, NO, WE DON'T HAVE $50 MILLION TO SPEND THERE ON THAT SITE, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S UNTIL THERE'S PROJECTS, I DON'T, UH, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOR THAT ONE YET.
IT'S A PLANNING GRANT, MR. MAYOR.
BUT AS I SAY, SO YEAH, THAT'S JUST PART OF THE OVERALL PROJECTS AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, SO AS LONG AS WE'RE ON THAT ONE.
UH, THE OTHER THING I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED BACK IN LAST, I THINK IT WAS LIKE NOVEMBER WITH CITY MANAGER, UH, CONCERNING THE STREET LIGHTS WAS SINCE, AT THAT TIME OF YEAR, IT IS DARK BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK WAS BY HAVING, UH, SOME, UH, PUBLIC WORK STAFF THAT LAST HOUR OF THEIR SHIFT, ACTUALLY EACH DAY TAKE A DIFFERENT SECTION OF TOWN, YOU CAN SEE WHICH LIGHTS ARE OUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS WE'D HAVE THE WHOLE TOWN, UH, MAPPED OUT AND I KNOW, BUT NOW WE'VE GOT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL, UM, TILL WE GET OFF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME FOR THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND, UH, UM, BUT, UH, TO DEAL WITH STUFF ALONG, ALONG THAT LINE.
THE OTHER, UH, THE OTHER THING I KNOW THAT WE HAD, UH, ADRIAN'S WAY THIS LAST WEEKEND, UH, DOING THEIR PROGRAM DOWN AT THE, UM, UH, THE RAMADA AND REALLY, UH, DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
GOT ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE THERE WAS, THERE WAS A DEAL SUPPOSEDLY FOR FLOOD VICTIMS. THE PROBLEM IS THEY WERE TOLD THEY, THEY WERE GIVING OUT FREE FURNITURE AND STUFF.
PEOPLE STARTED POURING IN AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE FLOOD VICTIMS OR NOT, AND, YOU KNOW, AND OR IF THEY WERE JUST PUMPING FOR FREE STUFF.
SO, UH, THIS ONE SEEMED TO BE HANDLED MUCH BETTER SO THEY KNEW WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHICH AREAS THAT, WHERE THE FLOOD VICTIMS WERE AT, THE PEOPLE JUST SHOWED THAT THEY WERE FROM THAT AREA.
THAT GAVE THEM AN INDICATION THAT THEY WERE AN ACTUAL FLOOD VICTIM.
'CAUSE WE DON'T GIVE OUT ADDRESSES OF, OF THE VICTIMS OR WHATEVER.
BUT WE GAVE THEM THE BASICALLY LIKE THESE BLOCKS, THAT TYPE OF THING, SO THAT, UH, THAT COULD BE DONE.
AND IT SEEMED TO HAVE WENT VERY WELL, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT A LOT OF STUFF AND WITH ALL VOLUNTEERS.
AND, UH, THAT'S PART OF WHAT I THINK HE WAS MENTIONING A WHILE AGO ABOUT THE WHOLE, EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE ALL THIS STUFF HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S, UH, THAT WAS A GREAT, GREAT INDICATION OF THAT.
WE ARE ADJOURNING, TONIGHT'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF, UH, FORMER COUNCIL, UH, WOMAN, UH, ROSALIE ATE AND, UH, HER FAMILY WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, UH, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF PLANNING THINGS AND HER SERVICES ARE NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, UH, OF NEXT WEEK.
SO DID WANT TO LET EVERY MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT WITH THAT, UH, CITY
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ATTORNEY.WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO REPORT? LET ME GET MY LIST OUT.
ACTUALLY, WE HAD, UH, TWO ITEMS ON CLOSED SESSION TODAY, AND THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS.
WITH THAT, UH, WE ADJOURN THE MEETING IN THE HONOR OF COUNCILWOMAN ROSALIE SANTE, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.