Dec 03, 2024 City Council

WITH THAT, I'D ALSO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES OR ANY OTHER DEVICES IN THE CHAMBER SO WE ALL START GETTING UP AND DANCING TO WHATEVER MUSIC YOUR RINGTONE IS.

COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.

WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER A LIVE WEBCAST.

A MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY'S WEBSITE INFORMS 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.

ONE IS IN PERSON IN THE CHAMBERS BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE SLIPS OVER TO OUR CITY CLERK, UH, EITHER BY ZOOM, UH, PRE-REGISTERING AT LEAST ONE HOUR BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING, OR BY EMAILING NO LATER THAN ONE HOUR BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING.

ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF, UH, IF THEY ARE RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.

WITH THAT, IF WE COULD HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH HERE.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA.

CAN WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION.

AND, UH, UH, MEMBER IVANNI, COULD YOU READ US PLEASE? PLEASE STAND.

READY.

BEGIN ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

SEE, AND BOBBY DOMINGUEZ, IS HE THERE SOMEWHERE? I WAS TOLD HE WOULD BE HERE.

NOT, NOT SEEING HIM.

UH, PRESENTATION, WHICH IS OUR PRESENTATION OF THE 2025 STORMWATER CALENDAR.

YOU CAN ALL BE SEATED.

WITH THAT, UH, WE WOULD NOR NORMALLY NOW GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER AND, UH, INSTEAD I'M GONNA GO DOWN TO OUR,

[7.1 Presentation of 2025 Storm Water Calendar]

AND LET'S, THERE SHE IS.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THOSE JOINING US TONIGHT.

I'M EVELYN MOLINA, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THE ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

I'M A LITTLE ELZA GONZALEZ, OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR OUR DEPARTMENT IS ASSISTING ME TONIGHT.

I'M SO EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL STORMWATER CALENDAR, OUR CONTEST PROGRAM, AND THE WINNER FOR THIS YEAR'S 2025 CALENDAR.

LAST SCHOOL YEAR, LOCAL THIRD GRADE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE CONTEST WITH A THEME.

BY KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN, WE CAN KEEP OUR CREEKS, BAY, AND OCEAN CLEAN.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTEST IS TO PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WHILE EDUCATING CHILDREN ON HOW TO PROTECT OUR WATER WASTE THROUGH ARTWORK.

THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS IN CLASSROOMS ASKED STUDENTS TO SUBMIT ORIGINAL DRAWINGS TO OUR ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHERE A STAFF COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND CHOSE ARTWORK FROM 16 STUDENTS TO BE IN THE 2025 CALENDAR.

WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WINNERS AND PRESENT THEM WITH CERTIFICATE, CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION, AND A GIFT CARD FROM WALMART.

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RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE EDCO FOR THEIR GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP AND THESE GIFT CARDS WERE PURCHASED WITH THEIR KIND DONATION.

I ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THEM FOLLOWING PEOPLE FOR THEIR SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SUPERINTENDENT LEANNE BRADY.

BOARD MEMBERS, MS. ALO, MS. CASTANERA, MS. GATES, MS. RA, MS. MENTO, NSD STAFF MEMBERS CATHERINE ESE AND SARAH AL PANDO.

AND THANK YOU MS. HAYES WITH KIMBALL SCHOOL FOR THE SUPPORT.

WITH THE INTEGRATION OF THE CONSCIOUS INTO THE THIRD GRADE CURRICULUM, WE ALSO APPRECIATE ALL THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND ASSOCIATED STAFF AND TEACHERS.

WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT, THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.

BEFORE WE GET TO THE WINNERS, A FEW NOTES TO BE AWARE OF CALENDARS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ECHO, AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY.

ALSO, SOME OF THE ARTWORK SUBMITTED FOR THE 2025 CALENDAR IN WHICH DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE CALENDAR, WILL BE ON DISPLAY HERE AT CITY HALL FOR OUR VISITORS TO ENJOY STARTING NEXT YEAR.

AS MAYOR MORRISON ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS, THEIR WINNING ARTWORK WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREENS.

PLEASE, STUDENTS COME UP AND SHAKE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER'S HANDS AND THEN WAIT TO TAKE A GROUP PICTURE ON HERE TO THE RIGHT.

MAYOR MORRISON, WILL YOU PLEASE DO THE HONORS TO INTRODUCE AND AWARD THESE INCREDIBLE STUDENT ARTISTS, WHICH MAKE UP THE 2025 WATER CALENDAR.

STERN WATER CALENDAR.

SORRY.

UH, JUST TO ADD AS WELL, NATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A SUSTAINABLE DISTRICT AS RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

I DO BELIEVE THESE ARE, THAT'S, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE WE GOT SOME KIND OF ORDER HERE TO THESE THINGS.

I CAN SEARCH SOME FOR YOU.

THAT'S SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.

YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK THESE ARE THE LAST HALF.

THIS MUST BE DECEMBER AND I, I THINK THEY JUST FLIPPED ONE DEAL HERE.

ONE SECOND.

AND THIS ONE CALENDAR PAGE WINNER AND I THINK THEN WE GO TO JANUARY.

I THINK WE GOT 'EM IN ORDER NOW.

AND, OKAY, THEY'RE IN ORDER FOR THIS LIST? YES.

I THINK THIS ONE, THIS ONE GETS SWITCHED.

WE'RE GONNA TRY THIS NOW.

IN SOME CASES I MAY ONLY GIVE THE FIRST NAME AND THE SCHOOL.

'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA BUTCHER SOME OF THESE NAMES.

AND, UH, UH, I BELIEVE LIAM FROM EL TOON, WE HERE NOW YOU CAN COME RIGHT OVER HERE.

NOW HIS IS ACTUALLY THE COVER PHOTO, SO YEAH.

, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND YOU GET, YOU GOT ONLY A CERTIFICATE, BUT YOU GET $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE.

YOU WANNA SAY RIGHT DOWN THROUGH THERE? WE GOT THE CUP.

PENELOPE.

NEXT FROM, AND ALSO FROM ELTO Y WE HAVE PENELOPE.

PENELOPE HERE.

CONGRAT.

THERE THEY GO.

AND YOU GOT ONLY A CERTIFICATE, BUT YOU ALSO GET A $30 GIFT CERTIFICATE.

WE GOT TWO DIFFERENT SPELLINGS HERE.

I'M GONNA GO WITH THIS ONE.

NEXT FROM, UH, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE, UH, MIA, NICOLE, THERE'S THAT.

AND YOU GET A $30 GIFT CERTIFICATE

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FROM EL TOON.

WE HAVE, UH, SCARLET JUMP STARTED SILENT WAY TO GO.

AND THERE'S YOUR CERTIFICATE.

AND HERE YOU ARE.

AND FROM OLIVE WOOD, WE HAVE LARISSA.

HEY, FROM PALMER WAY, WE HAVE MIA.

FIND OUT WHERE THAT ONE'S AT.

THOSE ALL SEEM TO BE IN ORDER, BUT THAT THIS ONE'S OUT.

ONE MOMENT.

WE'RE HUNTING FOR SOMEONE HERE.

UH OH.

WE MAY BE MISSING A CERTIFICATE.

IS THIS ? YEAH.

DO YOU HAVE ONE THERE? NO, I DON'T HAVE ONE.

I THAT'S OKAY.

I HAVE ONE.

I, OKAY.

WE'LL GO WITH THAT ONE.

UH, WE HAVE WITH, UH, FROM RANCHO.

WE HAVE KEILA HERE.

CONGRAT AND KEILA.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.

WE'LL GET THAT OVER TO YOUR SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS, MISS ADRIANA.

AND FROM EL TOON, WE HAVE MONTS ALL CONGRATULATIONS.

AND NEXT FROM RANCHO DEONE, WE HAVE ADRIANA.

WAY TO GO.

AND THOSE YOU GET TO KEEP GOOD.

ADRIANA, AUDREY.

AND FROM PALMER WAY, WE HAVE AUDREY.

WE'LL JUST SAVE THAT FOR HER.

AND WE NEXT WE HAVE FROM EL TOON, WE HAVE, UH, ETHAN, THERE'S GO.

THERE YOU ARE.

IT'S GOING TO PARIS WITH YOUR PRIZE.

AND ANOTHER ONE HERE FROM RANCHO NAONE.

UH, ANNA.

ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

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AND THERE YOU ARE.

AND, AND FROM EL TOON, WE COME UP WITH DIEGO.

MR. PEREZ, THERE YOU ARE.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FROM PALMER WAY, WE HAVE MOLINA.

THAT WAS RANCH.

HERE YOU GO.

AND DO WE HAVE ONE OF THE TEACHERS OR PRINCIPAL, ANYTHING FROM RANCHO ? HUH? YOU DO? OKAY.

WOULD YOU MIND TAKING THIS ONE FOR, FOR VICTORIA? OKAY.

HAVE, HAVE HIM RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE, IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM.

I'M LIKE, YOU'RE DROPPING MONEY.

WANT ABOVE IN FRONT HERE? YEAH.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY, THEY GET LOST BEHIND THIS.

WE'RE GONNA LINE UP THIS WAY SO YOUR PARENTS CAN TAKE PICTURES THIS WAY.

THIS WAY.

AND WE DO HAVE ONE FOR, UH, KILA.

WE WILL GET, WE WILL GET YOU A, UH, CERTIFICATE.

WE'LL HAVE YOU COME OVER HERE AND STAND RIGHT HERE.

SURE.

WHY NOT? NOT HERE'S ONE.

WE'RE RIGHT HERE.

PICTURES RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S GREAT.

BIG SMILE.

AND COULD WE ASK FOR THE, UH, ANY BOARD MEMBERS? I SEE AT LEAST ONE BOARD MEMBER AND, UH, AND YEAH.

AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO GO BACK.

YOU WANT TO DO THAT? OKAY.

CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? OKAY.

NATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOLKS, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP A LANE OPEN FOR THE FIRE.

THE FIRE LANE MUST BE OPEN, SO IF YOU'RE IN HERE, THERE ARE NO MORE SEATS.

WE'LL HAVE TO EITHER TAKE SEATS THAT ARE VACANT OR GO OVER TO THE OVERFLOW.

THANKS DR.

VIC.

THAT'S, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HONORING THE KIDS.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT FOR THE CALENDARS.

ALL THE STUDENTS.

I JUST WANNA SAY ONE MORE TIME.

CONGRATULATIONS.

WELL DONE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

WE'LL GIVE EVERYONE JUST A MOMENT TO, UH, MOVE ON OUT SO WE CAN KEEP GOING.

WE NOW GO INTO PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATION AND WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ON, UH, ON ZOOM.

PLEASE TRY TO CLEAR OUT ON IT BACK INTO THE HALLWAY.

YOU SEE THOSE PEOPLE EVERY DAY.

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ALRIGHT, PAPERWORK ALL HERE REAL QUICK.

WE ARE, UH,

[5. PUBLIC COMMENT]

SO WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THEM FIRST.

WE DO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS THIS EVENING, SO I'M GONNA PUT A LIMIT OF TWO MINUTES.

I'M A PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATE AND IN LIGHT OF NATIONAL IMPAIRED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH THIS DECEMBER, I WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THE ILL EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA USE ARE WELL KNOWN, SPACED OUT BEHAVIOR, IMPAIRED JUDGMENT, CLOUDED SENSES, A DISTORTED SENSE OF TIME, SLOW REACTION, AND COGNITIVE DECLINE.

WE DON'T WANT THOSE UNDER MARIJUANA TO INFLUENCE DRIVING OUR ROADS.

WITH THIS IN MIND, I URGE THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT NON-USERS RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED AS MUCH AS THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO GET HIGH ON MARIJUANA AND DRIVE.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WITH A MARIJUANA LOUNGE LOOMING ON THE HORIZON HERE.

NON-USERS SHOULD NOT BE PUT AT RISK BY THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO DRIVE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

ONE CONCERN IS THAT WHILE TESTS FOR ALCOHOL IMPAIRED DRIVING ARE PRETTY MUCH STANDARDIZED, THOSE FOR TESTING MARIJUANA ARE NOT.

AND I WONDER HOW THE CITY IS ADDRESSING THIS.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT UNLIKE WITH ALCOHOL, BLOOD LEVEL OF CANNABIS IS NOT DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO IMPAIRMENT LEVEL.

SOMETIMES DETERMINING MARIJUANA IMPAIRMENT IS CONDUCTED BY OFFICERS VIA STEP-BY-STEP EVALUATIONS.

BUT THAT CAN BE A COMPLICATED PROCESS AND THE DEGREE OF INTOXICATION IS OFTEN UP TO AN OFFICER'S PERSONAL EVALUATION.

AS SUCH, I URGE YOU TO ENSURE A HIGH DEGREE OF TRAINING FOR THOSE DOING THIS JOB.

AND I WONDER ALSO IF THERE WILL BE TRAINING FOR CANNABIS WORKERS TO DETERMINE WHEN SOMEONE HAS OVER IMBIBED MARIJUANA.

AGAIN, IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT DRIVER SAFETY CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THESE CONCERNS.

THANK YOU, TERRY ANN SKELLY.

GOOD EVENING, NATIONAL CITY, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR MORRISON.

MY NAME IS TERRY ANN SCALY.

I'M A PARENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR.

LAST WEEK, SURGEON GENERAL REPORT ENTITLED, ELIMINATING TOBACCO RELATED DISEASE AND DEATH RESEARCHERS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES HAVE ADDED THEIR THOUGHTS TO THIS REPORT HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

STAN GLANCED FACULTY MEMBER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN THE DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY, STATED IN A QUOTE, ALLOWING CANNABIS USE INDOORS LIKE YOU WOULD FIND IN A MARIJUANA LOUNGE, WILL UNDERMINE THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE OVER THE DECADES TO PROTECT PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE EMPLOYED IN JOBS IN HOSPITALITIES IN THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR FROM EXPOSURE TO SECONDHAND TOBACCO SMOKE.

AND THIS CONTRIBUTES TO HEALTH DISPARITIES.

HE CONTINUES AND I QUOTE, PROTECTING OUR POPULATIONS FROM EXPOSURE TO SECONDHAND TOBACCO SMOKE, INCLUDING EXPOSURE TO CANNABIS.

SMOKE IN ALL INDOOR SETTINGS SHOULD REMAIN A PRIORITY.

A WORD WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REVIEW CONCLUDED THAT EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT CANNABIS SMOKE IS A CARCINOGEN.

CALIFORNIA ADDED CANNABIS SMOKE TO ITS LIST OF CARCINOGENS

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AS REQUIRED UNDER CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65, CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARD ASSESSMENT STUDIES SUGGEST THAT MANY OF THESE SAME CONSTITUENTS OF TOBACCO SMOKE ARE PRESENT IN CANNABIS SMOKE.

NOW WOULD BE THE BEST TIME FOR OUR CITY TO CONSIDER AN EMERGENCY BAN OF MARIJUANA AND TOBACCO SMOKING AND VAPING IN THE WORKPLACE AND RECONSIDER THE PERMITTING OF MARIJUANA LOUNGES.

LET'S KEEP NATIONAL CITY SMOKE FREE AND VAPE FREE.

JUST LIKE THE KIDS PRESENTATION, THEY WANT CLEAN PARKS.

WE WANT SMOKE FREE AND VAPE FREE CITIES.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY CONCERN.

THANK YOU MEGAN STEWART.

RETAILER LICENSE FOR NATIONAL CITY DUE TO THE NEED TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR YOUTH WITHIN SOUTH BAY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS WITH YOUTH, I'M HERE TO HIGHLIGHT THE URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF MARIJUANA AND THE STRIKING PARALLELS WITH THE TACTICS OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, BOTH OF WHICH CONTINUE TO TARGET CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

RECENT RESEARCH FROM UC SAN DIEGO REVEALED A SHOCKING DISREGARD FOR LAWS MEANT TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM FLAVORED TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS.

DESPITE FEDERAL AND LOCAL REGULATIONS, MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF ONLINE RETAILERS SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED FLAVORED VAPING PRODUCTS.

EVEN IN CITIES LIKE NATIONAL CITY WHERE THESE SALES ARE EXPLICITLY BANNED.

EQUALLY ALARMING, 93% OF THESE DELIVERIES BYPASS THE REQUIRED AGE VERIFICATION PROCESS.

THIS FAILURE IS NO ACCIDENT.

TOBACCO COMPANIES HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF USING A PALING FLAVORS, ATTRACTIVE PACKAGING AND ONLINE PLATFORMS TO HOOK YOUNG PEOPLE.

THEY'RE NOT JUST SELLING PRODUCTS, THEY'RE PURPOSEFULLY ENCOURAGING AND BANKING ON LIFELONG ADDICTIONS.

WE'RE SEEING MARIJUANA COMPANIES MIMIC THESE PREDATORY PRACTICES USING EDIBLES FLAVORED PRODUCTS AND ADVERTISING TACTICS THAT APPEAL DIRECTLY TO KIDS.

THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR.

ENFORCEMENT ALONE CANNOT COUNTERACT THE STRATEGIES OF INDUSTRIES THAT PROFIT FROM ADDICTION.

WE NEED STRONGER OVERSIGHT, BETTER PROTECTIONS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO RECONSIDER THE EXPANSION OF MARIJUANA COMMERCIALIZATION IN OUR CITY.

THE PARALLELS WITH THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY ARE TOO OBVIOUS TO IGNORE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME.

THANK YOU, BECKY.

WRAP.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORRISON AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS BECKY RAPP.

I'M A PARENT AND A PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR HERE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT DECEMBER IS NATIONAL IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH WITH THANKSGIVING WEEK BEHIND US AND THE CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS END, THE HOLIDAY SEASON QUICKLY APPROACHING, RESIDENTS MUST TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION WHEN DRIVING PRESIDENT BIDEN RELEASED A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THAT TOO MANY FAMILIES KNOW THE PAIN OF LOSING A LOVED ONE TO DRUNK OR DRUG IMPAIRED TRAFFIC CRASHES.

EACH YEAR, MORE THAN 10,000 AMERICANS LOSE THEIR LIVES IN THESE PREVENTABLE CRASHES.

AND IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT DRIVERS ONLY DRIVE SOBER TO KEEP THE ROADS SAFE.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF KELLY MARTINEZ STATED THAT SO FAR IN 2024, NEARLY 900 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR IMPAIRED DRIVING.

A DUI DOESN'T MEAN JUST BOOZE.

PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS AND MARIJUANA CAN ALSO IMPAIR DRIVING ABILITIES.

A RECENT STUDY PUBLISHED IN JAMA LOOKED AT MARIJUANA INVOLVEMENT IN EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS FOR TRAFFIC INJURIES.

THE STUDY FINDS THAT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD DOCUMENTED MARIJUANA IN THEIR SYSTEM AND WERE INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC RELATED EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, 49.5% OF THEM WERE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND 21% OF THEM WERE ADMITTED, ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.

IN COMPARISON, ONLY 6% OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A GENERAL TRAFFIC IN INJURY VISIT TRAFFIC INJURY VISITS, EXCUSE ME, GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND ONLY 1.8% GO TO THE ICU.

THIS SHOWS DRIVING HIGH ON MARIJUANA AS YOU'RE 20 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WHEN INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC CRASH.

THOSE WHO SELL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS MUST BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

PLEASE CONSIDER A POLICY MANDATING DUI PREVENTION INFORMATION PRESENTED AT POINT OF PURCHASE SALES AT LOCAL MARIJUANA RETAILERS.

MY NAME IS ARMANDO SEPULVEDA II.

I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SOUTH BAY AND AM CURRENTLY WORKING AS A PREVENTION SPECIALIST FOR SAY, SAN DIEGO.

I STUDIED POLITICAL SCIENCE AT SDSU, UH, TO POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY.

AND AS A PREVENTION SPECIALIST, I WORK IN PREVENTION WITH YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND LEAD OUR REGULATORY EFFORTS WITH SMOKE SHOPS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

I SPEAK TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CREATION OF A TOBACCO

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ACCORDING TO THE CAL CALIFORNIA TOBACCO ASSESSMENT TOOL FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 81% OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN NATIONAL CITY, OR 13 OUT OF THE 16 ARE LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A, OF A TOBACCO RETAILER.

A STUDY ON ADOLESCENT USE AND COUSE OF TOBACCO AND CANNABIS IN CALIFORNIA, UH, SHOWS THAT, UM, SMOKE SHOPS NEAR YOUTH SENSITIVE SPACES INCREASES YOUTH ACCESS TO SAID PRODUCTS.

THE SAN DIEGO SMOKE-FREE PROJECT CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF TOBACCO RETAILERS IN NATIONAL CITY, WHICH INCLUDED 34 CONVENIENCE STORES OR GAS STATION SLASH MINI MARTS, 12 LIQUOR STORES AND FOUR SMOKE SHOPS.

THEY FOUND THAT NEARLY 18% OF THE AFOREMENTIONED STORES SOLD TOBACCO TO AN UNDERAGE INVESTIGATOR WITHOUT CHECKING FOR ID, 26% OF THE STORES FAILED TO CHECK ID FOR OF THE UNDERAGE INVESTIGATOR, INCLUDING IN 44% OF THE UNDERAGE SALES THAT OCCURRED IN THIS INVESTIGATION.

FURTHER HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE TRL WITHIN THE CITY.

I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROTECT YOUTH FROM THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, ADVOCATING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE TRL PROGRAM AND TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR YOUTH.

VAPE VAPING ONLY CONTINUES TO RISE AS AN EPIDEMIC AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND NOT ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG SOUTH BAY RESIDENTS IN REGARDS TO RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AND ADDICTION.

AS SOMEONE WITH ON THE GROUND EXPERIENCE RELATING TO SMOKE SHOPS, I CAN ATTEST THAT SOME OF THEM ARE SELLING PRODUCTS SUCH AS HALLUC, ENERGETIC GUMMIES, INTOXICATING HEMP FLAVORED TOBACCO, AND MORE ITEMS WHICH SHOULD BE CUT AWAY FROM OUR YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

I THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AND FOR PRIORITIZING THE HEALTH OF OUR YOUTH IN NATIONAL CITY.

BARBARA GARDEN.

UM, GOOD EVENING.

UM, AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, I AM HERE TONIGHT TO URGE THE CITY TO ENACT LOCAL CONTROLS ON MARIJUANA PACKAGING OF HIGH POTENCY THC PRODUCTS.

WE NEED WARNING LABELS AND BETTER CONTROL OVER THIRD PARTY DELIVERIES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PURCHASING MARIJUANA.

PROP 64 WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT KIDS FROM ADDICTIVE MARIJUANA PRODUCTS.

HOWEVER, THE DATA FROM THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND CORONER SHOWS THAT PROTECTION HAS FAILED.

OUR KIDS AT SEVERAL RECENT COMMUNITY FORMS, SAN DIEGO DOCTORS NATALIE LOB OF RADY'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND ER DOCTOR RON LEFF SHARED WHAT THEY SEE EVERY DAY REGARDING THE HARMS OF MARIJUANA TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS.

THEY POINT TO A HUGE INCREASE IN HOSPITAL AND ER ADMISSIONS DUE TO MARIJUANA USE.

BOTH DOCTORS CONCLUDED THAT A HIGHER 90% CONCENTRATION OF THC PRODUCTS IS LIKELY BEHIND THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

THE INCREASE IN PSYCHOSIS EPISODES ARE DUE TO MARIJUANA USE AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE PRODUCTS.

THE FASTEST GROWING AGE GROUP USING MARIJUANA ARE FEMALES 11 TO 13 YEAR OLDS.

THE CORONER REPORTS MARIJUANA IS THE NUMBER ONE DRUG ASSOCIATED WITH SUICIDE IN THOSE UNDER 25.

AGAIN, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY THAT THE CITY AND ACTS LOCAL CONTROL OF MARIJUANA, PACKAGING OF HIGH THC PRODUCTS.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

AND MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZOOM COMMENTS.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE TWO WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM MARY BADER AND PAUL WAKI.

WE WILL NOW GO TO AUDIENCE SPEAKERS AND I'M GONNA CALL UP THREE PEOPLE AT A TIME.

SO WHEN I CALL FIRST PERSON TO BE UP AT THE MIC, THE NEXT TWO BE IN THE AISLE.

THAT WAY IT'LL GO, GO NICE AND QUICK THAT WAY.

DUE TO PERSISTENT HARASSMENT AND DECEPTION, I WAS MANIPULATED INTO SIGNING DOCUMENTS WITHOUT TRUE DISCLOSURE OF THE CONTRACTS.

UM, ROSEANNE RODRIGUEZ, JO CHAA DOMINGUEZ, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE BRIAN ANGEL RODRIGUEZ.

HI, MY NAME IS ROSEANNE JOSO AND I'M HERE TO VOICE THAT I'M A VICTIM OF FRAUD LINK CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CANNABIS COMPANY ELEMENT SEVEN AND THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ILLEGALLY USING MY SIGNATURES FOR PROFITABLE GAIN.

IN EARLY 2022, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE APPROACHED IN OUR PLACE OF WORK, UNSOLICITED BY GREG MORENO MORENO CLAIMED TO BE AN OWNER OF HOLISTIC MARIJUANA CLINIC FOR VETERANS.

HE STATED THAT IN ORDER FOR HIM TO OPERATE IN THE CITY, THAT IT WAS REQUIRED BY NATIONAL CITY TO GIVE BACK 1% TO A LOCAL NATIVE MORENO KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENTED THE NATURE OF, OF HIS AGREEMENT, CLAIMING IT WAS FOR CHARITY IN COMPLIANCE WITH CITY REGULATIONS.

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LATER DISCOVERING I WAS LISTED AS 51% OWNER.

I NEVER HAD COMMUNICATION WITH ELEMENT SEVEN OWNERS, BOBBY DEVITO, JOSH BLACK, NOR WITH ANY CITY OFFICIALS FOR A MEETING OF THE MINES DURING ANY APPLICATION PHASES TO CONFIRM ANY CONTRACT, AUTHENTICITY AND OR UNDERSTANDING OF NOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO VETO LEADING ME TO CONCLUDE THAT MY SIGNATURES WERE OBTAINED BY PREMEDITATED CORRUPTION.

MY SIGNATURES ARE VOID.

MY SIGNATURES WERE PROSTITUTED TO OUTSIDE HIGH PROFILE MONEY, THIRSTY CRIMINALS WITH INTENTION TO OPERATE A MILLION DOLLAR CANNABIS STOREFRONT BY PROFITEERING ON MY NAME.

MY SIGNATURES WERE SET, WERE SOLD OUT BY THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY FOR A FINANCIAL LUER.

I CALLED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND AN INVESTIGATION FOR THE EXTREME NEGLIGENCE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE LICENSING PROCESS.

THERE IS A BLACK HOLE IN YOUR APPLICATION POLICY.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE.

THIS IS MISAPPROPRIATION OF IDENTITY.

CITY COUNCIL HAS SEATED HIGHLY EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS WHERE THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.

I HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED BY A SHADY BUSINESS DEAL, WHICH HAS CAUSED ME SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.

AND I AM VERY UPSET THAT THIS, THE CITY COUNCIL'S UNJUSTIFIABLE NEGLIGENCE, ALONG WITH ELEMENT SEVEN, HAS VIOLATED MY PEACE AND A RIGHT TO PUBLICITY.

PLEASE, THIS IS INTENTIONAL, NOT ACCIDENTAL.

THIS IS A WHITE COLLAR CRIME.

THIS IS UNJUST AND VERY SHAMEFUL THAT YOU SIT THERE PENCIL PUSHING, DEALING WITH MAFIAS, WITH DIPLOMAS, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

YOU JUST WORE AN O TO PROTECT.

YOU'RE NOT PROTECTING ME.

I JUST WANNA SAY YOU HAVE YOU GUYS HAVE MOTHERS, SISTERS, WIVES, PERHAPS EVEN DAUGHTERS.

WOULD YOU STAND SILENT IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN TO THEM, OR WOULD YOU STAND UP FOR THE TRUTH? IF YOUR WISDOM GLEANS AS BRIGHT AS YOUR DEGREES, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT YOU DID WAS WRONG.

AND YOU'LL FIX THIS IMMEDIATELY.

WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE DARK WILL ALWAYS BE REVEALED IN THE LIGHT.

NEXT, WE HAVE BRIAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY DUKEY VALDERRAMA TO BE FOLLOWED BY BILL NOEL.

GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.

A UM, I REMEMBER AT ONE TIME IN POINT, REPUTATION WAS HIGHLY ESTEEMED AMONGST ANYBODY HERE BACK EARLY IN THE 19 HUNDREDS, EVEN THE FOREFATHERS OF THIS NATION, RIGHT? MY RESPECT FOR YOU HAS BEEN TAINTED.

I'M A FIRM BELIEVER OF SECOND CHANCES, BUT I'M UPSET, DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED HAPPENED UNDER YOUR WATCH.

BUT WE WANT ANSWERS.

WE DON'T WANT OKAYS.

I DON'T HAVE TO BE BABIED INTO UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.

QUESTIONS.

MY WIFE SPENT CALCULUS OF WEEKS, HOURS AT NIGHT FIGURING IT OUT, ME DOUBTING, SAYING, OH, YOU'RE JUST OVERTHINKING STUFF.

BUT NOW IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO LIGHT.

THERE'S TRUTH TO BE TOLD, AND I DON'T NEED YOU GUYS HIDING BEHIND YOUR CONFIDENCE TO ESCAPE A REAL CONSEQUENCE.

THIS IS DISTURBING AND THIS IS UPSETTING.

AS A NATIONAL CITY NATIVE FROM THE CITY, I ASKED YOU, RON MORRISON TO STEP UP AND AND FIGURE IT OUT.

IT'S NOT MY JOB.

YOU'RE HELD, YOU'RE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

I EXPECT YOU GUYS TO FIGURE IT OUT AND START DOING WHAT YOU GUYS NEED TO DO, PERIOD.

IF IT'S FRAUDULENT, IT'S FRAUDULENT.

CALL IT WHAT IT IS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO WEAR MASK AND HIDE BEHIND OUR SEATS.

HIDE BEHIND THE CONFIDENCE TO ESCAPE THIS TRUE CON CONSEQUENCE FOR WHATEVER ACTIONS TOOK PLACE.

AND THEY ARE FRAUDULENT.

AND I DON'T LIKE MY WIFE TO BE UPSET.

I'M A HUSBAND.

AND IF ANYTHING'S REASONABLE, BE REASONABLE.

I HOPE YOU GUYS DO THINK ABOUT IT AND TAKE CARE OF IT BECAUSE WE WILL PUSH THE ISSUE.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN WHERE AN EXISTING ORGANIZATION WOULD COME INTO A COMMUNITY LIKE NATIONAL CITY FINANCE, AN ORGANIZATION 100% OUT OF THEIR POCKET, AND GIVE A LOCAL OWNER LIKE ROSE, 51% CONTROL OF, OF THAT COMPANY.

UH, DO RA FOLLOWED BY BILL NOEL TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, MAUI GARCIA.

YEAH, MY NAME IS DUKEY VALVAR.

I'M A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY.

UM, IN MY PROFESSIONAL, UH, CAREER, I OWN FIVE COMPANIES.

I'VE HAD OVER 200 EMPLOYEES.

I'VE DONE OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF WORK.

AND SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS BACKGROUND AS FAR AS HOW A BUSINESS SHOULD OPERATE IN MY ENTIRE BUSINESS CAREER.

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THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.

SO ROSE ROSE'S, I, I'VE MET WITH HER, SHE HASN'T WORKED SINCE JUNE BECAUSE OF, OF WHAT HAS THE PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN PUT UPON HER BY ELEMENT SEVEN.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE INDICATING THAT THERE'S FRAUD GOING ON.

YES, SHE DID SIGN SOME DOCUMENTS, BUT THEY TOLD HER THEY WERE GIVING HER 1% INTEREST OF THE COMPANY.

AND 1500 PERC $1,500 A MONTH.

THAT'S FAR FROM THE, THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THIS CITY.

THIS CITY IDENTIFIED ROSE AS A 51% OWNER WITH A 51% OWNERSHIP.

THAT MEANS YOU CONTROL THE BUSINESS.

WHEN I MET WITH ROSE, SHE INDICATED THAT SHE HAS NEVER MET WITH A CITY REPRESENTATIVE TO VERIFY HER 51% OWNERSHIP INTEREST, NOT TILL SHE MET WITH THE MAYOR.

JUST LAST WEEK, I, IN I, I SAID, LET'S MEET WITH THE MAYOR BECAUSE SHE SAYS, HEY, I'M READING ALL THESE DOCUMENTS AND IT SAYS I HAVE 51% OWNERSHIP INTEREST, BUT THEY'RE TELLING ME I HAVE ONE.

EVERY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT YOU HAVE HAS INDICATED THAT THESE NEW COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING IN ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOCAL OWNER CONTROLLING 51% OWNERSHIP INTEREST.

THE SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THIS SITUATION IS NONE OF THESE 51% OWNERSHIP INTERESTS HAVE EVER BEEN VET VETTED BY THE CITY STAFF.

IF THE CITY STAFF HAD VETTED ROLES, THEY WOULD'VE FOUND OUT THAT NO, SHE, SHE, SHE WOULD'VE HEARD THEIR POSITION, HER POSITION, THAT THEY WERE ONLY GIVEN HER 1% INTEREST.

SO MY POSITION IS THE CITY NEEDS TO LOOK HARD AT THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN WITH A LOCAL OWNER.

DO THESE PEOPLE REALLY OWN 51% OF THE BUSINESS? IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THEN OUR CITY HAS BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE BY BIG MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE EXPENSE OF OUR CITIZENS, OUR CITIZENS.

THAT IS, I FEEL FOR THIS YOUNG LADY.

SHE'S, SHE'S TOLD ME SHE'S LOST HER HAIR.

SHE CAN'T WORK BECAUSE THE CITY NEVER VETTED HER.

OKAY, PLEASE, PLEASE SUMMARIZE.

AND THERE'S INTERNAL FIGHTING.

SO ALL I ASK IS, PLEASE, BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE LOCAL COMMUNITY, 51% OWNERS, YOU VET THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE TRUE.

51% OWNERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU BILL NOEL TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, MAUI GARCIA TO BE FOLLOWED BY SHERRY GOGI.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

MY NAME IS BILL NOEL, UH, BORN AND RAISED IN NATIONAL CITY.

FAMILY'S BEEN HERE FOR OVER 70 YEARS, AND I'VE ALSO BEEN A CANNABIS OPERATOR AROUND THE, AROUND THE STATE HAVING ON MANY LICENSES.

I QUIT DOING LICENSES.

I QUIT APPLYING FOR 'EM BECAUSE THEY WERE IN EVERY CITY.

THERE WAS CORRUPTION, THERE WAS MANIPULATION.

IT WAS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

IT WASN'T UNTIL NATIONAL CITY SOMEONE APPROACHED ME.

I WON'T SAY WHO ASKED ME TO GET INVOLVED.

I WON'T.

THEY, I READ THE, THE, UH, LOCAL OWNER AGREEMENT AND IT SAID WHAT THEY WERE OFFERING WOULD'VE MADE ME SIGN THAT FRAUDULENTLY.

I TURNED IT DOWN INSTEAD THOUGH, BECAUSE I LIKED WHAT WAS WRITTEN.

I BELIEVED THE CITY WAS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

I PARTNERED WITH DUKEY, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A LONG-TERM FRIEND OF MINE, AS WELL AS A EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBER.

AND WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, A BUNCH OF THINGS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO ROSE, WHICH I KNOW THOSE OPERATORS, IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO ROSE.

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT GOT APPLICATIONS PASSED.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LOCAL OWNER.

NOT FOR WHAT I JUST GAVE THE CITY CLERK TO PASS TO YOU GUYS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ONE THAT FITS THE RULES THAT APPLY IN THAT SHEET.

A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I ASKED YOU TO SLOW THE PROCESS, INTERVIEW THESE PEOPLE, TALK TO 'EM, GOT VOTED DOWN, DIDN'T DO IT THEN EITHER.

STILL NO VERIFICATION.

THAT'S TAKEN PLACE.

NOW YOU'VE GOT CITIZENS BEING HARASSED BECAUSE THEIR BUSINESS FELL APART AND PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING WHAT THEY WANT.

SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAVEN'T FALLEN APART, BUT TRUST ME, THEY STILL DON'T HAVE LOCAL OWNERSHIP

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TAKING MY MONEY.

YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN THE MONEY, YOU'VE PROCESSED THE APPLICATIONS.

YOU HAVEN'T DONE WHAT'S LISTED ON THAT SHEET THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO THAT THE STAFF WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.

INTERVIEW PEOPLE, VALIDATE THE OWNERSHIP AND KNOW YOUR OWNERS.

DO YOU KNOW YOUR LOCAL OWNERS? PLEASE SUMMARIZE.

AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO, I'LL READ ONE LAST THING.

IT'LL JUST TAKE ME A SECOND.

THE NOTICE THAT WAS GIVEN SAYS THIS NOTICE IS TO CLARIFY THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE QUALIFICATION FOR LOCAL OWNERSHIP BY ESTABLISHING THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS TO MITIGATE AGAINST POTENTIAL PREDATORY PRACTICES.

YOU WROTE THAT IN YOUR AFFIDAVIT AND THEN YOU DIDN'T PROTECT THE PEOPLE AGAINST THE PREDATORY PRACTICES.

UM, MORY GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY SHERRY GOGI TO BE FOLLOWED BY EDWARD NETTO.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, I KNOW MOST OF YOU ON THE CITY COUNCIL HERE, AND I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR ALL OF YOU AS HUMAN BEINGS, AS PEOPLE, AS FRIENDS, AND AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

BUT I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF MY COUSIN ROSE.

UM, I, I REALLY HOPE YOU GUYS DO THE RIGHT THING, OKAY? PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE HER, PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER VICTIMS ARE OUT THERE.

THEY JUST HAVEN'T COME FORWARD.

AND, UH, LET'S PUT A STOP TO THIS.

OKAY? LET'S CLEAR THINGS UP AND LET'S TRY TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE MY COUSIN WHO ARE BEING VICTIMIZED.

OKAY? THANK YOU.

UH, SHERRY GOGI TO BE FOLLOWED BY EDO, TO BE FOLLOWED BY BRIAN CLAPPER IN AMERICAN DONATO.

GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.

TWO MINUTES OF QUICK TIME TO GET THROUGH WHAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

FIRST OFF, UH, ADRIAN'S RAISED HAVING A BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER AT THE AMERICAN NEEDS ON SATURDAY.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME.

PLEASE DO.

IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT BREAKFAST, SO WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.

SECOND, UM, RANGE OF COMING PEOPLE I'M BRINGING BACK UP TO MY FLOOD.

WE ARE FLOODED OUTTA OUR HOME ON JANUARY 22ND.

WE OFFICIALLY FINISHED OUR HOME ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 10 MONTHS OF LIVING IN TURMOIL.

WE'VE BEEN DISPLACED AND GONE THROUGH THIS.

YOU HAVE HIRED THE SAME CONTRACTORS TO WORK ON THE DITCH UP THE STREET FROM WHERE WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING THEY DID.

I'VE BEEN GOING ANYWHERE.

THEY'RE DOING IT.

GREAT.

ANOTHER GRATE.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT'S NOT GONNA FLOOD? ENGINEERING IS WRONG ON THIS.

PLEASE HELP US PROTECT OUR HOME.

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS NOW THE WATER'S COMING ON THE STREET, IT WILL BYPASS ALL THAT AND COME INTO THE STREET RIGHT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY WAY ONE WAY TO GO IS DOWNHILL AND WE'RE THERE, THERE'S FIVE RESIDENTS IN THERE.

WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO THIS AGAIN.

THERE'S NO WAY.

I'M ASKING YOU PLEASE, FOR TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN ASKING YOU, LOOK, TAKE THE GRATE OUT.

THE GRATE DOES NOT WORK.

IT WILL NOT WORK.

IT'S BEEN UP SINCE THE FLOOD, BUT THE MINUTE SOMETHING COMES THROUGH, IT'S GONNA BLOCK BECAUSE IT STILL BLOCKS IN THE TOP.

GO OVER THERE YOURSELF.

SEE IT, IT DOESN'T WORK.

TAKE IT OFF.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME THEY CAN TAKE IT OFF.

THEY HAVE SOME WELDING EQUIPMENT, WHATEVER.

PLEASE GET THE CITY WORK ON THAT.

TAKE IT OFF.

NOBODY HAS DONE NOTHING BUT CUT WEEDS IN THE LAST YEAR.

PLEASE SUMMARIZE.

MANAGEMENT, CITY MANAGEMENT.

THANK YOU GARY.

UH, EDWARD NTO TO BE FOLLOWED BY BRIAN CLAPPER AND AMERICA DONATO.

YOU HAD TWO BIG ISSUES, BOMBS.

I HOPE YOU GUYS TAKE CARE OF IT.

BUT HERE, I'M, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'S, IT WAS A GOOD THING.

IT'S AN UNMODIFIED.

IT ACTUALLY HAS REVENUE EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES.

GOOD THING AGAIN.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

BUT HERE'S THE THING, IT'S LATE AND YOU, IT CAN'T BE LATE.

AGAIN, THIS IS INFORMATION THAT YOU USE ON A TIMELY AND ACCURATE MANNER.

THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT YOU DEPEND ON.

AND, YOU KNOW, I NOTICED THAT THE NEW FINANCE MANAGER SAID, IS IT GONNA, YOU ASKED HIM IF IT COULD, IS GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN? HE SAID, YES, IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA DIG FOR THE UNDERLYING REASONS WHY IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.

DID YOU PROVIDE ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR THIS? GIVE THEM A HAND.

YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT PRI TOP PRIORITY, YOU SHOULD MAKE IT TOP PRIORITY BECAUSE THE FINANCES ARE THE BLOOD OF WHAT, HOW YOU GET THINGS DONE AND YOU'RE NOT DOING IT.

AND IT'S BAD

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BRIAN CLAPPER AND AMERICAN DONATO, FOLLOWED BY MELISSA ARAGON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORRISON.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

WE'RE HERE FROM THE NATIONAL CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WE'VE GIVEN YOU GUYS ALL A FLYER ABOUT OUR EVENT THAT'S COMING UP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

WE'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE.

IT'S OUR FIRST ANNUAL EVENT.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE SINGING SOME VENDORS.

SANTA WILL BE THERE FOR PICTURES.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.

IT'S OUR FIRST ONE AND WE HOPE TO DO THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.

I'M TAKING PICTURES RIGHT NOW, MAKING SURE LOOKING FOR, BUT WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE FROM THREE TO EIGHT.

YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION.

PLEASE HELP US SHARE AND GET THE KIDS THAT WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OF SANTA AND THERE'LL BE A LOT OF SINGING AND LIKE I SAID, FOOD.

SO WE'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE Y'ALL COME THERE.

OKAY? OKAY.

LOOKS LIKE SANTA'S BEEN WORKING ON HIS BEARD.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE RADO AND TAMALES TOO.

OH, THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY.

I, I WASN'T GONNA COME, BUT NOW I AM.

LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, MELISSA GON BE FOLLOWED BY TRUTH TO BE FOLLOWED BY RON POWELL.

HI, UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COME CLOSER TO THE MIC.

UH, SO TODAY WHAT BRINGS ME IN IS A, A HUGE CONCERN FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION.

I THINK IT'S BEEN WELL OVERLOOKED FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND IT'S GETTING WORSE AND WORSE EVERY DAY.

UM, I TRY TO GO OUT AND DO MY PART AS A CITIZEN AS, UH, THE BIBLE SAYS, AND I HATE TO BRING RELIGION INTO IT.

YOU MUST LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.

WE ARE FAILING TO DO THAT.

UM, EACH ONE OF US CAN DO A SMALL PART IN HELPING TO ALLEVIATE THIS ISSUE, BUT, UM, I SEE IT A HUGE FAIL IN THE WORKS, AND IT'S JUST SO SAD.

UM, WE HAVE TONS OF RESOURCES HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.

I'M AWARE OF THE ALPHA PROJECT.

THEY OFFER A VOUCHER PROGRAM TO HELP THEM GET IDS.

UM, BUT IN DOING SO, YOU ALSO NEED A MAILING ADDRESS.

UM, THE MAIL, THE POST OFFICE HAS A PS FORM 10 93 THAT VERY LITTLE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS ARE AWARE OF.

BUT THE RIGMAROLE OF THE WHOLE PROCESS IS SO CONFUSING.

THERE'S NO OUTREACH TEAM AND FORMING THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT THIS IS HOW THEY CAN GO ABOUT GETTING THEIR IDENTIFICATION IN ORDER TO SIGN UP FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE GREATLY NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE LAS THOMAS PARK, UM, SHOWERS THAT COULD BE, THEY COULD HAVE A VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR THAT TO SHOWER AND CLEAN UP.

UM, YOU COULD HAND OUT TRASH BAGS.

I MEAN, THE TRASH IS JUST ACCUMULATING IN SPADES.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WHEN I GO OUT AND HELP THEM, THEY ASK FOR TRASH BAGS.

THEY WANT TO CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES.

UM, THEY'RE BEING RAN AROUND BY THE TRAFFIC COPS BACK AND FORTH, LIKE NOMADS.

THEY CAN BARELY CARRY WHAT THEY CAN CARRY.

AND HALF THE TIME WHAT YOU GIVE THEM, THEY LOSE.

PLEASE SUMMARIZE.

OKAY, IN ADDITION, BUS TOKENS, WATER ACCESSIBILITY, AND MAYBE A NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD PANTRY.

UM, WOULD BE SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO TAKE INTO, UM, ACCOUNT.

THEY'RE A USELESS ORGANIZATION.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE TRUTH FOLLOWED BY RON POWELL, FOLLOWED BY SANDY SCHULER.

ALL RIGHT, MARCUS, I APPRECIATE YOUR INNOVATIVE OUTREACH EFFORTS.

I'VE SEEN THE NEWSLETTER AND LISTENED TO THE PODCAST, AND I ACTUALLY KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS.

SO CONGRATS ON THAT.

I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED GETTING SOME CITY PORT HISTORY FROM ALL OF YOU.

UM, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT NATIONAL CITY AND IMPERIAL BEACH SHOULD ALLY TOGETHER ON PORT ISSUES BECAUSE BASED ON ALL OF THE INFORMATION I'VE LEARNED, IT SEEMS NEITHER CITY IS GETTING THE SAME BENEFITS AS THE OTHER MEMBER CITIES.

AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION VOLUNTEER QUESTION, CORRUPTION WITHIN AND ONE EASY ANSWER.

THEY'VE GOTTEN FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY.

AND SPEAKING OF THAT FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE TONIGHT'S AGENDA REFERENCE DAY CASE, I WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT IT WAS A DIFFERENT NORRA VARGAS WHO SUED THE CITY AND GOT THOUSANDS IN SETTLEMENT MONEY.

I ASKED THAT SANDAG AND NORRA SEEMED TO TELL THE TRUTH ON THAT ONE.

GOOD FOR HER.

LAST MEETING, JOSE BROUGHT UP THE CALIFORNIA FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION.

MANY FIND THEM TO BE HIGHLY BIASED AND CORRUPT IN THEIR DECISIONS.

I WOULD NEVER REFERENCE THEM.

I'VE SEEN MUCH CORRUPTION IN MY ALMOST

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THREE YEARS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

NOWHERE WORSE THAN AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

I'VE SEEN POLITICAL PUPPETS FALL AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE IN PUBLIC OFFICE WITH AN INFLATED SENSE OF SELF IMPORTANCE.

SOMETIMES IT COMES TO THE FORM OF QUESTIONABLE SPENDING, ARROGANCE, PARANOIA, AND ENTOURAGE CENSORSHIP, IGNORED EMAILS, OR OPEN DISRESPECT OF PEOPLE WHO TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO SPEAK.

ALL OF THIS MISBEHAVIOR MUST BE ADDRESSED EVERYWHERE, EVERY TIME.

AND GOOD PEOPLE MUST STEP UP AND CHANGE THINGS.

AND THAT'S WHY I ACTUALLY WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY WHO COME TO THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE I ACTUALLY THINK THEY'RE SOME OF THE MOST INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY WHO ARE WILLING TO DIG DEEPER ON ALL THE ISSUES.

AND WITH ONLY 15 SECONDS TO GET THIS IN THE EIGHTH STREET TROLLEY STATION, YOU NEED A BETTER PATHWAY TO IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME INVESTMENTS, SOME ART, SOME SIGNS FIX, SOME OF THE SIDEWALK ISSUES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A BEACON STREETLIGHT OR A STOPLIGHT AT THE FREEWAY ENTRANCE THAT YOU CROSS.

WALKING FROM EIGHTH.

RON POWELL, FOLLOWED BY SANDY SCHULER, FOLLOWED BY, UH, LOUISA MCCARTHY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORRISON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND THE RESIDENTS OF NATIONAL CITY IS REALLY GREAT TURNOUT.

TONIGHT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 11TH, THE PORT WILL HOLD ITS FIFTH ANNUAL SOUTH BAY CELEBRATION AT THE AQUATIC CENTER RIGHT ACROSS FROM PEPPER PARK FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM NOW, THIS IS A FREE EVENT, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL THE KIDS OUT TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS EVENT IS REALLY FOR THE KIDS.

SO WE WANNA HAVE A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND ENJOY, AND IT'S FREE OF CHARGE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THESE KIND OF EVENTS, ALL PEOPLE HAVE TO DO IS SHOW UP AND ENJOY IT.

SO WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO WHEN THEY GET THERE? THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE PHOTOS WITH SANTA.

THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET FREE FOOD, FREE DRINKS, SOFT DRINKS, NO HARD DRINKS, SOFT DRINKS.

AND THERE'LL BE DRAWINGS FOR GIFT CERTIFICATES FROM BYTA SUPERMARKET.

THERE'LL BE FREE GIVEAWAYS LIKE SCARVES, T-SHIRTS, AND KETTLE CORN.

ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS SHOW UP.

AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DRIVE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A FREE SHUTTLE FROM THE LIBRARY OVER TO THE AQUATIC CENTER.

UH, THAT WILL OPERATE THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THIS IS GOING ON.

AND I'VE INVITED ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME.

I HOPE Y'ALL GUYS ALL CAN COME.

AND, UH, THANK YOU CHIEF.

AGAIN, THIS IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING FUN FOR THE COMMUNITY TO THANK THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

UH, HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND AGAIN, PLEASE COME OUT TO OUR EVENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OH, I'VE GOT FLYERS OUT FRONT JUST LIKE THIS.

THEY'RE RIGHT OUTSIDE ON THE TABLE, SO THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU RON.

SANDY SCHULER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, LOUISA MCCARTHY TO BE FOLLOWED BY MIKA POLANCO, MY FAVORITE MAYOR, HOW YOU DOING? WE'RE DOING GOOD.

UM, WHAT DID WE SEE TODAY IN THE SLIDES? DID YOU NOTICE THE CHILDREN WHO DID TRADITION OF NATIONAL CITY, THE GREEN GRASS, AND HOW BEAUTIFUL AND CLEANING UP AND IT, IT WAS REALLY AMAZING.

AND IF YOU WERE HERE YESTERDAY, WHAT DID WE LEARN? WE LEARNED ABOUT PRIDE.

WE LEARNED ABOUT PASSION, AND WE LEARNED ABOUT PERSEVERANCE OF A SMALL COMMUNITY KNOWN AS LA VISTA, OR KNOWN AS, UM, LINCOLN ACRES, WHERE THE, UM, UM, DEBATE IS GOING ON ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE PROPERTY WHERE THEY WANNA PUT A LIQUOR STORE AND THEY WANNA PUT A, UH, UH, A CAR WASH AND THEY WANNA PUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING.

ITS ITS OWN CITY IN NEXT TO A CITY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SCARED ME THE MOST WHEN WE WERE LISTENING TO ROBERT ZHAR WAS THAT HE WANTED TO DO WHAT WAS CALLED COMPETITION.

HE USED THE WORD COMPETITION.

AND IF YOU LISTEN TO THAT, UM, IN YESTERDAY'S HEARING, I DON'T THINK NATIONAL CITY IS ABOUT COMPETITION.

IT'S ABOUT TRADITION, YOU KNOW, TRADITION, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

AND, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT TRADITION, WE SEE, I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS, LOOK AT THE SIGN BEHIND YOU, MAYOR 1887.

THINK ABOUT THE MORTUARY 1868, AND TO SIT HERE AND DISRUPT THAT WHOLE AREA BECAUSE

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OF ONE PERSON.

SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THAT.

AND WHAT WE LEARNED YESTERDAY WAS THE STRENGTH OF THIS INCREDIBLE SMALL COMMUNITY, BUT IT WAS A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.

SO I'M ASKING YOU TO BE SO KIND AND WATCH YESTERDAY'S PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE, UM, COMMISSIONERS AND STUFF.

IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY AMAZING.

AND, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY TO ROBERT ZHAR, IF YOU WANT COMPETITION, PICK ON SOMEBODY YOUR OWN SIZE, GO AFTER MIKE TYSON.

BUT PLEASE DON'T GO AFTER THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY.

BIG TRUCKS PUTTING A DIESEL INTO THAT GAS STATION, PUTTING, UM, UH, THE CAR WASHES GOING IN THERE, THE DRIVE THROUGH OF THAT RESTAURANT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, THE, UH, RENTAL, UH, FAMILIES THAT ARE GONNA LIVE THERE.

AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL.

UH, MY NAME IS LISA MCCARTHY, REPRESENTING LA VISTA MEMORIAL PARK.

UH, YESTERDAY I ALSO ATTENDED THAT PUBLIC HEARING IN THIS VERY ROOM, WE TALKED ABOUT A PROPOSAL TO BUILD A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

OUR CONCERNS FOCUSED ON AIR POLLUTION, NOISE AND SAFETY.

THIS, UH, PROPOSAL IS TO BE ON ORANGE STREET AND SWEETWATER ROAD, THAT VERY NARROW LITTLE TINY STREET.

THERE WAS A HUGE PRESENCE OF RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AS YOUNG AS THE YOUNG LITTLE ONES THAT WERE HERE TODAY.

UH, SHE WAS A TINY LITTLE ONE AND SPOKE ABOUT HER CONCERNS FOR SAFETY AND HER FAMILY AND GENERATIONS OF FAMILY MEMBERS WERE HERE.

IT WAS LOVELY.

IT WAS DEFINITELY SPECIAL BECAUSE IT WAS A KIND REMINDER OF HOW WHEN YOU OCCUPY THAT SEAT THAT YOU'RE SITTING IN, YOU HAVE BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE.

AND OF COURSE, YOU LOOK INTO THE BETTERMENT OF ALL RIGHT, IN THIS CASE, YESTERDAY WAS A HUGE PRESENTATION OF HOW THE COMMISSION CARED ABOUT ITS PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.

SO, WITH THAT SAID, MY ONLY, UH, REASON TO BE HERE IS TO CONGRATULATE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

A SPECIAL WARM THANK YOU TO MS. FOREMAN WHO TOOK THE LEAD.

BUT NONETHELESS, IT WAS, UM, A BEAUTIFUL WITNESS OF HOW THE COMMISSION DID THE RIGHT THING.

SO IT MIGHT POP UP LATER, LATER DOWN THE LINE, BECAUSE I'M SURE THE DEVELOPER IS NOT HAPPY TODAY AND MAY COME BACK, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY OKAY TO LOOK AT THE PROS AND THE CONS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND THEN .

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, MY NAME IS MIKAELA POLANCO.

I'M THE OWNER OF LA VISTA CEMETERY.

I PURCHASED A CEMETERY IN 2005.

I DID A LOT OF HISTORY, UH, RESEARCH ON LA VISTA WITH THE NATIONAL CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE NATIONAL CITY, UH, HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS, UM, HELPING US WITH OPPOSING THIS PROJECT.

AND THE REASON WE ARE OPPOSING THE PROJECT IS BECAUSE ORANGE STREET IS A VERY, VERY NARROW STREET.

AND, UH, CURRENTLY IT'S ABOUT 25 FEET.

UM, AND THEY ANNEXED, UH, THE, UH, THOSE FOUR, UH, LOTS ON THE CORNER ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SEVEN 11 TO NATIONAL CITY.

THEY WANNA, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO WHITEN THAT STREET, BUT ONLY ABOUT, UM, A PORTION OF THE WAY INTO THAT ORANGE STREET.

BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENS FROM ORANGE ALL THE WAY TO LA VISTA, IT'S CONTINUES TO BE NARROW BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE COUNTY.

NOW, THE COUNTY WASN'T NOTIFIED OF ANY OF THESE, NEITHER WAS I.

UH, SO I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THESE UNTIL THIS WEEK BECAUSE ONE OF THE, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS ACTUALLY CAME IN TO DO A MARKER.

AND THEN THEY GAVE ME A, UM, A FLYER, UH, TELLING ME THAT THIS WAS GOING ON.

I WAS QUITE UPSET BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS A FRIEND OF, UH, RON'S AND A, A FRIEND OF JOSIE'S.

BUT , I, I WAS BLINDSIDED BY THE FACT THAT NEITHER ONE OF THEM TOLD ME.

AND THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS LAID TO REST THERE.

UH, SO DOES DKI.

SO DOES THE UNAP FAMILY.

A LOT OF, UH, UH, FAMILIES THAT LIVE HERE IN NATIONAL CITY HAVE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS LATE TO REST THERE AT LA VISTA.

NOW EACH PROCESSION AVERAGES ANYWHERE FROM 50 CARS TO 150, SOMETIMES 500 CARS IF IT'S A LARGE, UH, UH, FUNERAL PROCESSION.

THE PROBLEM WITH SUCH, UH, SERVICES, IF, IF YOU HAVE 300 TO 500 BURIALS OR FUNERAL SERVICES A YEAR, DO THE NUMBER.

WE HAVE OVER 50, A HUNDRED THOUSAND CARS ALREADY GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE CEMETERY.

AND NOW IMAGINE THOSE

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AND THEN ANY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT MIGHT GO VISIT THEM.

PLEASE WRAP UP, PLEASE.

THE, THE PARKING IS GONNA BE A DISASTER.

SO MY CONCERN IS NOISE.

MY CONCERN IS TRAFFIC.

MY CONCERN IS SAFETY.

MY CON MY CONCERN IS THE ALCOHOL AND MY CONCERN IS ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT IS GONNA DO TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING, UM, THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

OKAY, COOL.

UM, NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.

MY NAME IS IDON LAZARUS ABUNDEZ, AND I'M A 12TH GRADE STUDENT OF THE SWEETWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

A PROUD MEMBER OF SAN DIEGO YOUTH ADVOCATES.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A NECESSITY FOR VAPING AND NICOTINE TO STOP AMONG OUR YOUTH, HAVING SEEN AN EPIDEMIC ON THE HORIZON.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL, I WITNESS STUDENTS STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION, SOME VAPE IN BATHROOMS, OTHERS VAPE ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL.

AND DESPITE KNOWING THE RISKS WITH THEIR BIG, BOLD FONT, PACKAGING THESE PRODUCTS, ACCESSIBILITY AND ENTICING FLAVORS SUCH AS WATERMELON OR STRAWBERRY, HAVE TRAPPED MANY OF MY PEERS IN AN ADDICTIVE CYCLE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS GOES UNENFORCED AT MANY SCHOOLS.

NICOTINE HAS PROFOUND NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON DEVELOPING BRAINS.

ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

NICOTINE CHANGES THE WAY YOUR BRAIN DEVELOPS DIMINISHING MEMORY, CONCENTRATION, AND MOOD REGULATIONS.

STUDIES ALSO SHOW THAT VAPING INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF TRADITION OF TRANSITIONING TO TRADITIONAL CIGARETTES, A GATEWAY TO LIFELONG ADDICTION AND SHORTENED LIFESPAN.

LOCALLY, NEARLY 31.4% OF YOUTH IN NATIONAL CITY REPORT HAVING TRIED VAPING AND OF THE STORE SELLING IT, ONLY ONE SMOKE SHOP IN THE ENTIRETY OF NATIONAL CITY HAD A SIGN STATING THAT IT WAS 21 AND ABOVE.

THIS EPIDEMIC HITS CLOSE TO HOME.

I'VE SEEN FRIENDS PRIORITIZE VAPING OVER SCHOOL, SPORTS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS ALONG WITH FRIENDS OF FRIENDS BEING SENT TO JUVENILE PRISON.

IT'S HEART WRENCHING TO SEE HOW ADDICTION CHANGES THEIR BEHAVIOR, CREATES CONFLICT AT HOME, AND EVEN JEOPARDIZES THEIR FUTURE.

THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE PROGRAM, YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

TODAY, TRL PROGRAMS HOLD RETAILERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ILLEGAL SALES TO MINORS BY IMPOSING REGULATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT.

PROTECTING OUR AND FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM NICOTINE ADDICTION SHOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER WE DO NOT FINISHES PUBLIC COMMENT.

THERE WE GO.

INTO OUR INTRODUCTION OF NEW CITY EMPLOYEES AND, UH, LET'S SEE.

THAT FINISHES PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, NEXT WE GO

[6.1 Introduction of New City Employees]

FIRST WE HAVE LIBRARIAN WHO'S GONNA BE DOING THAT.

THERE SHE IS.

ALRIGHT, WELL I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THIS IS OUR BRAND NEW CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN, KIM STINSON.

SO KIM HOLDS A BACHELOR'S AND A MASTER'S IN HISTORY AS WELL AS A MASTER'S IN LIBRARY SCIENCE.

UH, SHE JOINED THE NASHVILLE CITY TEAM THREE YEARS AGO AS A PART-TIME LIBRARIAN, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER AS OUR FULL-TIME LIBRARIAN NOW.

UH, SHE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS.

UH, SHE'S DEDICATED TO FOSTERING THE LOVE OF, UH, LEARNING IN CHILDREN.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER.

SHE WAS PART-TIME AND NOW SHE'S FULL-TIME AND SHE'S PART OF OUR TEAM.

AND SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE SOMEBODY FROM WITHIN.

SO THIS IS KIM.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HOW EXCITED AND GRATEFUL I AM FOR THIS CHANCE TO BETTER SERVE MY COMMUNITY.

UH, THANKS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE LIEUTENANT, UH, SPRINGER HERE.

UH, HE IS NOT HERE, BUT, UM, HE'S VERY HAPPY THAT HE GOT PROMOTED, GOT PROMOTED.

LIEUTENANT AND, UH, UH, LIEUTENANT AND HEAD PHOTOGRAPHER, RIGHT? YES.

HE'S OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT PHOTOGRAPHER AS WELL.

UH, NEXT WE GO OVER TO ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.

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THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

STEVE MANGANELLI, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, THIS EVENING I'M PLEASED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THREE OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR WELL-DESERVED PROMOTIONS, UH, DO THEIR WORK SCHEDULES.

THEY'RE UNABLE TO BE HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON EACH OF THEM.

UH, FIRST WE HAVE JAMES BEECHER.

JAMES BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY AND NATIONAL CITY IN JULY, 2005 AS A RECREATION AIDE.

HIS DEDICATION AND HARD WORK LED TO A TRANSFER TO THE PUBLIC WORKS PARKS DIVISION AS A SEASONAL PARK AIDE.

OVER THE YEARS, JAMES HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED HIS VALUE TO THE TEAM, EARNING PROMOTIONS TO PARK CARETAKER, SENIOR PARK CARETAKER, TREE TRIMMER, AND NOW PARK EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.

THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE WITH THE PARKS DIVISION, JAMES HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY TO WORK UNDER PRESSURE, A WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT SPECIAL PROJECTS, AND PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL EVENTS, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

HIS STRONG WORK ETHIC, KINDNESS, AND PROFESSIONALISM HAVE EARNED HIM THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF HIS COLLEAGUES.

WITH HIS TRANSITION TO PARK EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, JAMES' LOYALTY, DEDICATION, AND PASSION FOR HIS WORK WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR PARKS DIVISION EVEN BETTER.

NEXT WE HAVE DAVID GALLEGOS.

DAVID BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER WITH THE NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN 2018.

HE HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS TO HONE HIS SKILLS, WHICH INCLUDE EARNING HIS CLASS A LICENSE TO OPERATE HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND OBTAINING THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SEWER SERVICE COMPANIES, INCLUDING PIPELINE ASSESSMENT, CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, LATERAL ASSESSMENT, CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, AND MANHOLE ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL OTHER CREDENTIALS, DAVID CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE A STRONG WORK ETHIC AND EXEMPLIFIES BEING A TEAM PLAYER.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR DAVID TO FURTHER EXPAND HIS SKILLSET AS AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE ESTEBAN ROJAS BAN JOINED NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC WORKS AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER IN APRIL OF 2022.

HE BRINGS 22 YEARS OF EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN CONCRETE FINISHING AND FORM SETTING.

HE ALSO HAS EXPERTISE, UM, INCLUDING 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ASPHALT REPAIR AND FIVE YEARS IN THERMOPLASTIC ROAD MARKING AND STRIPING.

SINCE JOINING OUR TEAM, HE HAS EARNED HIS CLASS A LICENSE TO OPERATE HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND OBTAIN NUMEROUS CERTIFICATIONS.

STAUN HAS BEEN A HUGE ASSET TO OUR STREETS AND WASTEWATER DIVISION.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS CONTINUED SUCCESS AS AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, NEXT WE GO INTO

[8. REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]

REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.

I'LL START DOWN HERE ON THE, MY FAR LEFT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

NOTHING TO REPORT.

WE DO HAVE A, UH, SANDAG MOBILITY WORKING GROUP MEETING NEXT THURSDAY.

AND, UH, REMEMBER BUSH? NOTHING.

UH, THE SANDAG BOARD OF DIRECTORS MET, UH, NOVEMBER 22ND.

WE, UM, UH, SPOKE ABOUT, UM, TYPICAL THINGS THAT WE SPEAK ABOUT AT SANDAG, INCLUDING THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE OTAI, MESA EAST, UH, BOARD OF ENTRY.

WE ACTUALLY GOT A VERY CLEAR, UH, EXPLANATION FOR SOME OF THE DELAY THAT IS HAPPENING.

I KNOW THAT I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT HERE.

I WON'T REPEAT A LOT OF IT.

UM, THERE IS A NEED FOR A BINATIONAL APPROACH, UH, STRENGTH AND COORDINATION AND, UH, PLANNING FOR, UH, TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES AND, AND THAT IS ACTIVELY HAPPENING.

UM, WE ALSO, LET'S SEE.

UM, MY NOTES ARE A LITTLE MESSY, BUT, UM, WE WILL BE MEETING AGAIN, UH, THIS COMING FRIDAY.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO ATTEND.

AND AS WELL ALL OF THE MEETINGS ARE ON YOUTUBE.

UH, SO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE MEETINGS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD, UM, WITH REGARDS TO ESTABLISHING THE VOTE AND REPRESENTATIVE ENTITLEMENTS OF EACH MEMBER AGENCY EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, METRO, UM, WASTEWATER, JPA.

UM, OUR MEETING IS TOMORROW, MR. MAYOR, UM, FOR SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER.

OUR MEETING IS ON THE 12TH FOR, UH, SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.

UH, THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT THERE, MR. MAYOR, UH, FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.

UM, UM, ONE THAT, UH, IMPACTS OUR CITY, UM, IN A TINY BIT IS THE VOTER VOTE ENTITLEMENT RESOLUTION FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025.

THIS HAS BEEN ADOPTED, UM,

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SO OUR REPRESENTATION DID NOT CHANGE.

UH, COUPLE OF THINGS ON SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.

WE WILL BE, UH, MATTER OF FACT, AFTER THIS MEETING, UH, OVER THE, I GOT A TWO AND A HALF HOUR DRIVE UP TO DESERT, UH, SPRINGS AND OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER ASSOCIATIONS.

UM, THE, UH, ALSO COMING UP ON, I'M GETTING, I'M LOOKING AT MY DATES HERE.

UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

ONE WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER THIS WEEK, AND I HADN'T BEEN ANNOUNCED YET.

UH, ONE THAT JUST CAME OUT IS ON, UH, SATURDAY THE 14TH.

THAT MORNING OF THE NINE O'CLOCK, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT THE, UH, PUTTING, UH, SOLAR PANELS ON THE SWEETWATER RIVER, ACTUALLY, OR SWEETWATER DAM.

DECEMBER 14TH.

HUH? DECEMBER, OR WHAT DID I SAY? OKAY.

YEAH, JUST DECEMBER 14TH, 9:00 AM AND SO THESE ARE FLOATING SOLAR PANELS ON THE RESERVOIR, AND THAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED, AND IT'S, UH, UH, SOMETHING KIND OF NEW AND DIFFERENT.

AND, UH, SO, UH, SOMETHING FOR US ALL TO BE, BE INFORMED ABOUT, UH, THAT ONE COMING UP NOW, SAY THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER THIS WEEK.

ANOTHER, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING, INFORMATIONAL MEETING WITH, YES.

I, I, I'M SORRY.

I DID HAVE UPDATES.

I FORGOT ABOUT MY NOTES.

UM, YES.

SO, UH, ON NOVEMBER 21ST AND 22ND, I ATTENDED THE HIGH AMBITION, UH, CLIMATE COLLECTIVE, UH, PORTS FALL CONVENING AND WORKSHOP.

IT WAS HOSTED BY THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO.

UM, IT WAS MY FIRST TIME BEING, UH, AT THE FERRY BUILDING AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO.

SO, LEARNED A LOT.

IT WAS A GREAT, UM, EXPERIENCE, UM, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND LEARN FROM THE PORT LEADERS ACROSS, UH, FROM THE US AS FAR AS BARCELONA.

SO THERE WAS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO.

UH, OUR COMMISSIONER, GIL UNGA WAS PRESENT, SO I APPRECIATE HIM BEING THERE.

PORT OF LA, PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, PORT OF OAKLAND, SEATTLE, EVEN, UH, WALLA WALLA IN US COAST GUARD.

SO THEY REALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, ENERGY RESILIENCY ON, UM, SOLUTIONS, INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CRISIS, UM, UH, SHIPPING, WHICH IS RELEVANT FOR, UH, OUR PORT AND, UM, SUSTAINABLE FUELS LIKE EVEN AMMONIA AND THE PLUSES AND, AND MINUSES OF, OF, UM, THAT, THAT KIND OF FUELS AND POWER LEASES.

SO IT'S, UH, REALLY HELPFUL AND I'M, I'M GLAD THAT OUR, OUR COMMISSIONER WAS THERE TO GET, TO GET TO HEAR AND SHARE EXPERIENCES FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS.

AND THEN, UM, FOR, IN MY ROLE AT, UH, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT, UM, WE ARE, UH, FOCUSING AND PRIORITIZING RESPONSE TO THE SEWAGE, UH, CRISIS.

UH, WE'VE INSTALLED, UH, AIR MONITORING, UH, SYSTEMS, UH, THAT ARE GEARED, UH, TOWARDS THE, THE ODORS, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND POTENTIAL, UH, HEALTH IMPACTS THERE.

UM, AND IT WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE LA TIMES AND QUOTED AN ARTICLE DATED, UM, UH, NOVEMBER 27TH.

UH, WE'RE PUSHING, UH, GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO DECLARE, UM, AN, AN EMERGENCY.

SO I DID, UH, MAKE COMMENTS, UM, ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND SO WE CONTINUED TO, AND I'VE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, PURSUING A SUPERFUND SITE, UH, ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP, UM, ADDRESS THIS REGIONAL CRISIS.

AND I DID APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER.

I DID TOUR THE, UM, THEIR, UH, THE, THE TREATMENT FACILITY ON THE US SIDE OF IT.

SO THAT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU CITY MANAGER FOR, UH, JOINING ME ON THAT.

AND, UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO REPORT.

WITH THAT, WE GO ON TO ITEM NINE, WHICH IS OUR INTERVIEWS AND APPOINTMENTS.

UM,

[9.1 Appointments: City Boards, Commissions and Committees – City Council Appointment to the Port Commission.]

WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, AND THIS IS THE COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TO THE COURT COMMISSION.

AND WE HAVE ONE, UH, APPLICANT THAT IS BEFORE US, AND THAT IS, UH, GIL ANTHONY UNGA.

AND, UH, GIL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS YOU NOTICE I'VE SAID A FEW .

THE AIR QUALITY SO THAT EVERYBODY IN NATIONAL CITY HAS EQUITY AND QUALITY OF GOOD AIR AS THOSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAY.

WELL, UM, MAYOR MORRISON AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR, UM, LETTING ME VOLUNTEER AND CONTINUE MY WORK AT THE PORT.

UM, GROWING UP HERE, MY WHOLE LIFE IN NATIONAL CITY, I HEARD THIS CROWD FIVE MONTHS AGO LAST WEEK ON VIDEO.

WE CARE ABOUT HEALTH EQUITY AND WE CARE ABOUT A FAIR SHARE.

MEN OF US FEEL LIKE WE DIDN'T GET THAT FAIR SHARE.

AND SO THAT HAS BEEN MY MISSION FOR YOU GUYS AT, AT THE PORT.

AND I, I THINK EVERYBODY FOR SAYING GOOD WORDS ABOUT ME.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK FORWARD.

AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND THE NEXT YEAR.

THE FIRST ISSUE I WANTED TO ADDRESS IS THE MCAS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW I'M STEADFAST FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS AND IMPROVING

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SECOND, IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T NOTICED, WE HIRED A NEW CEO AND THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT FOR US IN OUR MSA NEGOTIATIONS.

WE HIRED NOT ONLY THE, THE MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATE, WE ALSO HIRED A CANDIDATE.

I THINK THAT WILL GIVE US A FAIR NEGOTIATION, AND MY ROLE WOULD BE TO WORK WITH HIM AND OUR OUTGOING CEO RANDA.

AND WE'LL GO AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A FAIR A THIS TIME.

AND LASTLY, THE BALANCE PLAN.

THE ONLY WAY FOR US REALLY TO SEE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF BALANCE PLAN.

AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME HOLDUPS.

AND SO I'LL BE HIRING A, HIRING A, A CONSULTANT ON THE PORT SIDE SO I CAN MAKE SURE ON MY END THAT I CAN SUPPORT YOUR, YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WERE NEVER GIVEN BEFORE WITH OUR PORT.

BUT REALLY, I REALLY WANT TO LOOK FORWARD AND I REALLY NOW WANT TO MOVE, MOVE FORWARD.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND, UH, BEING WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS TASK.

JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS A VOLUNTEER POSITION, UH, AND IT IS A LOT OF WORK.

SO I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

UH, WHAT YOU HAVE SUMMARIZED TODAY FOR US IS EXACTLY RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE COMING YEARS, UH, WORKING WITH THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO, UH, AND BEING A PARTNER IN ALL OF THOSE, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE WANT TO SEE TOGETHER.

UM, MY QUESTION FOR YOU, DR.

UNGA, IS CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE FORMED, UH, WITH YOUR FELLOW PORT COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF? UM, THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I AM VERY INTERESTED IN, UH, HEALING FROM SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST YEAR.

AND I WANT A GOOD POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PORT MOVING FORWARD.

SO, UM, WALKING INTO THE SITUATION WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE RELATIONSHIP WAS, WAS REALLY, UM, WAS TROUBLED.

BUT, UM, I'VE BEEN A CARDIOLOGIST AND CARDIOLOGISTS ARE NOT VERY GOOD PEOPLE, NICE PEOPLE.

AND SO I FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH CARDIOLOGISTS, .

AND SO THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE'RE BUILDING, THAT WE ARE BUILDING, IT'S NOT BUILT.

IT'S REALLY THERE TO HELP SOLIDIFY OUR GOALS.

'CAUSE IT'S A GAME OF FOUR.

YOU HAVE FOUR VOTES, YOU'LL GET YOUR BALANCED FUND, YOU HAVE FOUR VOTES, YOU'LL GET YOUR MS AGREEMENT.

BUT I START FROM ZERO.

BUT I THINK THAT MY EXPERIENCE, UM, IN BUSINESS WITH MY, AS WELL AS MY EXPERIENCE AS A CARDIOLOGIST, HAS REALLY HELPED ME TO DO THAT FOR YOU.

NOW, I DO NEED SOMETHING FROM YOU GUYS IN RETURN, AND THAT IS, I NEED YOUR SUPPORT.

AND I NEED THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY COME OUT TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY, UH, NEXT WEEK SO THAT PEOPLE SO PEOPLE WOULD SEE THAT, UM, WE DO CARE ABOUT THE CITY.

BUT HONESTLY, THE THING IS, LIKE I COME FROM A BIG FILIPINO FAMILY, AND GETTING ALONG IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAD TO LEARN.

AND MY EFFORT REALLY IS TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

SO I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS WHAT YOU GUYS NEED.

ANYTHING ELSE WE DO? OKAY.

GO AHEAD.

YES.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, DR.

UM, I THINK YOUR WORDS RIGHT NOW OF BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP MOVING FORWARD AND, UM, CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OUR FAIR SHARE AS A CITY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SEE THE FIVE OF US AS YOUR SUPPORT.

WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, AND, UH, THANK YOU.

CARDIOLOGIST AND STILL SERVING THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY WITH KNOWLEDGE AND A DEGREE UNDER HIS BELT, AND HAVING THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT HE HAS HERE IN NATIONAL CITY IS IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU GIL.

UM, RANDY CASTLE TO BE FOLLOWED BY TRUTH, TO BE FOLLOWED BY EDWIN NETTO, COUNSEL MAYOR.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I AM COMING OUT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF DR.

OUR PORT, OUR PORT COMMISSIONER, DR.

GIL ANTHONY UNGA.

UM, GIL GREW UP HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, AND HE HAD THE OPTION TO LEAVE, AND HE WENT AWAY TO COLLEGE.

HE WENT AND HE GOT HIS CARDIOLOGIST DEGREE.

AND WHAT DID HE DO? HE CAME BACK TO NATIONAL CITY TO SERVE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT HE KNEW WERE UNDERSERVED.

SO I THINK TO CONTINUE HIS SERVICE AS A RETIRED

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I AM COMING OUT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF HIS, UH, RE RE REELECTION, RE RENEWAL.

UH, TRUTH FOLLOWED BY EDWARDO, FOLLOWED BY LILIANA ARMA.

ALL RIGHT.

SORRY TO SAY I DO NOT SUPPORT APPOINTING GUILD TO REPRESENT THE CITY AS PORT COMMISSIONER.

IF I WAS LYING, I'M NOT, I JUST KIDDING.

I DO SUPPORT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY REASON NOT TO KEEP 'EM ON.

I WAS LISTENING CLOSELY.

I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

AND THEN I EVEN DID SOME LAST MINUTE RESEARCH.

I'M LIKE, JUST, JUST LET ME DOUBLE CHECK.

TRIPLE CHECK.

NOPE.

AND SO, JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT MARCUS HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID, QUOTE, THE VACANCY WAS CAUSED BY ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE MEETING OF TUESDAY, MAY 7TH, 2024, TO REMOVE SANDY NANO AS PORT COMMISSIONER PER CITY COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 1 0 7.

THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REAPPOINT WITHOUT CONSIDERING OTHER APPLICANTS.

SO JUST SO THE NAYSAYERS UNDERSTAND AND HAVE NO EXCUSES WHY THEY CAN'T POTENTIALLY HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON THIS DECISION.

UH, EDO FOLLOWED BY LILIANA ARMENTO, FOLLOWED BY DEBBIE SB.

I HAD WRITTEN ALMOST THE WHOLE PAGE OF SUPPORT FOR GUILD, BUT I THINK CALLED THE PEOPLE WHO'VE TALKED BEFORE AND HAVE SAID, THIS IS A GOOD CANDIDATE.

THIS IS THE BEST CANDIDATE, THIS IS THE BEST CANDIDATE WE'VE EVER HAD EVEN CONSIDERED.

THIS IS A CANDIDATE WHO'S BEEN VETTED AND, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST GOTTA TELL YOU THAT, UM, IT'S JUST A GOOD THING FOR NATIONAL CITY.

UH, WE CAN'T HAVE A HIGHER QUALITY CANDIDATE THAN THIS IS SO, SO MUCH FOR MY WHOLE PAGE.

LILIANA ARMENTA, FOLLOWED BY DEBBIE ESPY.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, STAFF.

I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF DR.

UH, I DO NOT KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, BUT I'VE SEEN HIM AROUND, AND I, I'VE BEEN READING UP ON HIM.

AND WHAT, UM, PROPELLED FOR ME TO BE HERE IS, UM, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THAT.

I'M A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE, UM, PORTSIDE COMMUNITY ACADEMY.

SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I LEARNED A LOT.

I LEARNED, UM, SO MUCH THAT THE PORT DOES.

BUT THEN WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING I LEARNED? WHAT NATIONAL CITY DOES NOT HAVE? MM-HMM.

I LEARNED WHAT WE NEED.

AND FROM THOSE CLASSES, AND READING HIS BACKGROUND AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, UH, AS A MOTHER, AS A RESIDENT, I THINK THAT, UM, HIS DIVERSE BACKGROUND, UH, BEING PART OF THE PORT COMMISSION IS WHAT WE NEED.

HE ASKS QUESTIONS, AND NOT ONLY DOES HE ASK QUESTIONS, BUT HE ASKS ON THAT GIVES US ACTION.

SO, THANK YOU.

I'M, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY YOU CONSIDER HIS REAPPOINTMENT.

DEBBIE, ESP.

P GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

DEBBIE ESP.

PI AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ASIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.

WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTS OVER 33,000 BUSINESSES, ASIAN BUSINESSES ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

UM, A GOOD PORTION, UH, WE HAVE HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, MOSTLY FILIPINO AMERICAN OWNED.

UM, BUT I WANTED TO, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT A LETTER HAD BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE ASIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SUPPORTING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF, UM, DR.

GAB.

HE HAS BEEN A PILLAR, AN EXEMPLARY, UM, PERSON, AND A GOOD COMMUNICATOR FOR THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AT THE PORT, AS WELL AS IN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.

AND SO, I SEE NO OTHER REASON WHY, UH, WE WOULD NOT, UM, SUPPORT OR WHY YOU WOULD NOT SUPPORT, UM, REAPPOINTING HIM.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

OF YOU PERSONALLY AND CONSIDER YOU MY FRIEND.

AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS THE MOST HONORABLE ADI DECASTRO.

THE ONLY TIME YOU'LL EVER HEAR ME SAY THAT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

NO, .

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

UM, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT DR.

GIL UNGA FOR PORT COMMISSION FOR AS A PORT COMMISSIONER.

UM, AND I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN PRETTY INVOLVED WITH NATIONAL CITY, HAVING BEEN RAISED HERE AND INVOLVED IN OTHER THINGS.

I KNOW ALL

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UM, THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY WAS VERY PROUD OF, OF HAVING A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY APPOINTED TO THE PORT COMMISSION.

UM, AND I SAY THAT AS THE HONORARY COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE THAN JUST ABOUT THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT'S ABOUT HAVING DIVERSITY AND HAVING SOMEBODY WHO'S INDEPENDENT SUPPORT COMMISSION THAT WILL SUPPORT NATIONAL CITY.

BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I NO LONGER LIVE HERE, I STILL LOVE THIS CITY.

THIS IS LIKE A SECOND HOME TO ME.

UM, ONE THING I WANT TO ILLUSTRATE IS HOW HE CAN OPEN DOORS IS, UM, TOMORROW MY TEAM IN LOS ANGELES, THE LOS ANGELES CONSULATE GENERAL, AND I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE PORT COMMISSION TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN PROMOTE BY NATIONAL TRADE BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AND SPECIFICALLY NATIONAL CITY.

SO I THINK THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW HAVING SOMEBODY LIKE HIM OPENS DOORS.

AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I, I HAVE NEVER HAD BEFORE, UM, IN MY ROLE AS THE, AS THE CONS.

SO I, I WOULD JUST URGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER REAPPOINTING HIM, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS AS EVIDENCE THAT HE CAN WORK WITH PEOPLE.

I'VE KNOWN GIL FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME EARLIER THAT WE DIDN'T LIKE EACH OTHER .

AND, AND NOW WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

UM, AND I URGE FOR HIS REAPPOINTMENT.

UM, AND, UH, WE ALSO HAD, UH, WRITTEN COMMENTS, UH, FROM, UH, PAUL WADOWSKI AND TED GODSHAW IN SUPPORT.

UH, SO WITH THAT, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? YES, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT DR.

GIL UNGA TO, UH, A FOUR YEAR TERM FOR AS OUR NATIONAL CITY, UH, PORT COMMISSIONER TO SAN DIEGO PORT.

I SECOND THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

HAVE, UM, SOME OF THE AMENITIES OTHER COMMUNITY HAS, WHETHER IT'S, UH, PARKS, UH, SOME OF OUR FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE, WE HAVE THIS RESOURCE, UH, WHICH IS VERY PRECIOUS.

COMMENTS.

UH, SO, UH, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME AND SPOKE, UH, IN FAVOR OF OUR COMMISSIONER.

UH, THANK YOU, UH, DR.

UNGA FOR YOUR SACRIFICE, YOUR, YOUR WORK.

YOU'VE BEEN INCREDIBLE.

YOU'VE BEEN HARDWORKING, UH, YOU WERE THROWN INTO THIS AND YOU JUST HIT THE GROUND, UH, RUNNING AND PICKED UP WHERE, UH, COMMISSIONER NARANJO, UH, LEFT OFF.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WHEN THIS PROCESS STARTED.

AND HONESTLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WAS PUSHING MY FRIEND AIDA, AIDA CASTANEDA, WHO'S, WHO'S BEEN IN NATIONAL CITY AND WHO'S, WHO'S ALSO VERY WELL QUALIFIED.

SHE DROPPED OUT.

AND SO WHEN I MET WITH YOU, I WASN'T EXPECTING TO, UH, TO SUPPORT YOU.

AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED, NOT JUST BY, LIKE THE FOLKS HERE SAID, YOUR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND.

AND, UM, AND YOU COMING BACK TO NOT JUST YOUR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, BUT YOU COMING BACK TO NATIONAL CITY, YOUR HEART, YOUR PASSION, YOUR DRIVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

AND IT SHOWS UP IN YOUR WORK WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN PRESSURED BY THE PORT, BY OTHER MONEYED INTERESTS THAT TAKE FROM NATIONAL CITY AND HAVE TAKEN FROM NATIONAL CITY FOR DECADES.

AND IT TAKES A STRONG PERSON TO STAND UP AND ENDURE AND, AND STILL FIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HAVING TACKED AND BALANCING RELATIONSHIPS.

UM, AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE JUST ALL, ALL YOUR HEART THAT YOU PUT INTO IT.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB, UH, KEEPING FORWARD WITH THAT.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, AT THE PORT.

IT'S BEEN A YEAR OF, UH, TURMOIL.

AND I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO RON IN THE, UH, RON IN THE AUDIENCE TOO.

'CAUSE HE IS A PORT STAFFER, SO IT'S NOT PERSONAL.

WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE STAFFERS LIKE HIM.

HE'S BEEN INCREDIBLE FOR, UH, NATIONAL CITY IN, IN HELPING US.

BUT THE SYSTEM ITSELF HAS DRAINED NATIONAL CITY.

AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW THAT WE, IN NATIONAL CITY, WE JUST DID THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE, UM, AGREEMENT STUDY ON OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE, EVEN OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORKS.

WE SUBSIDIZE PORT PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS TO THE TUNE OF AN ESTIMATED 8 MILLION.

SO, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF PARK SPACE, THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RECREATION, WE'RE THE ONLY CITY WITHOUT A BEACH.

UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE FIVE CITIES, YOU LOOK AT CORONADO, IMPERIAL BEACH, SAN DIEGO, CHULA VISTA, WE GET THE LEASE BACK AND WE GET THE MO, WE GET THE MOST, UH, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, THE MOST POLLUTION, SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF ASTHMA AND CANCER.

AND THAT IS NOT BY ACCIDENT, THAT WAS BY DESIGN.

IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR DECADES.

THERE'S A LOT OF US WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THAT, INCLUDING, UH, MAYOR MORRISON AND I, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, UM, ON HAVING THESE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS.

AND THE PORT HAS HISTORICALLY PLAYED DIVIDE AND CONQUER AMONGST OUR COUNCIL, AMONGST OUR COMMUNITY, AMONGST DIFFERENT, UM, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER IT'S LABOR OR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS.

AND SO I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT THAT IS GONNA STOP.

I WANT ALL OF US AS A COMMUNITY, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO UNITE FROM CITY STAFF, OUR, UH, US ON, ON THE DAIS.

UM, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO GET OUR FAIR SHARE BECAUSE AT THE END OF OF THE DAY, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHY WE'RE AN UNDER-RESOURCED CITY, WHY WE DON'T

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IT'S THE WATER AND IT'S THE, IT'S THE BAY.

AND WE ARE GETTING DR.

DRAINED.

WE AREN'T GETTING REVENUE.

WE HAVE PCIA, WHICH WE SUPPORT OUR INDUSTRY.

WE SUPPORT, UM, THE AUTO, AUTO IMPORTING.

WE SUPPORT PCIA.

THEY GENERATE AN ESTIMATED 14 MILLION.

WE GET ZERO IN REVENUE FROM THAT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT.

SO IT'S TIME FOR US TO STAND UP AS A COMMUNITY AND CALL THAT OUT.

AND I THINK WITH GIL, UH, WITH DR.

UN'S HELP WITH, UH, UNITED COUNCIL AND UNITED CITY STAFF THAT THIS YEAR WE CAN GET OUR FAIR SHARE.

SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMMUNITY, FOR COMING OUT.

UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU, DR.

UNGA, FOR STEPPING UP.

I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING YEAR FOR YOU AS WELL.

UH, AND THANK YOU FOR PORT STAFF FOR BEING HERE AND BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE, UH, AT ALL TIMES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR HAVING A BETTER DIALOGUE AND COMMUNICATION.

UM, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND WORDS, DR.

UM, I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD IN HELPING NATIONAL CITY GET OUR FAIR SHARE.

AND SO I THINK, UH, THE MAJORITY OF US ARE, UH, ALL OF US ARE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT OF THAT.

SO I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO, TO START WORKING TOGETHER, UM, MORE AND COLLABORATIVELY AND TO GET THINGS DONE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS.

WE DESERVE IT.

OKAY, CHAIRMAN.

UM, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH DR.

UNGA AT THE BINATIONAL TRIP IN MEXICO.

AND AS NEW AS HE IS IN THAT, UM, IN THE, IN THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE WERE IN, I'D SEEN HOW HE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, UM, CREATED OR DEVELOPED THOSE RELATIONSHIP.

THEY, HE, HE KNOWS SOME OF 'EM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BEING IN, IN ALL THE OTHER, UM, ELECTEDS AND LEADERSHIP IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, PLUS THE, UH, BINATIONAL LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE, UM, MET IN, IN MEXICO.

I HAD SEEN HOW HE INTERACTED WITH THEM, HOW HE REALLY PROMOTED OUR CITY.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WAS PULLING HIM LEFT AND RIGHT TO TO TAKE PICTURES WITH, UM, THOSE LEADERS.

AND, AND I BELIEVE, UH, WITH HIS, UM, EFFORT TO CONTINUE THAT, UH, BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, WITH THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO REPRESENT US EFFECTIVELY.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT IS THE, UH, THAT IS THE TASK FOR DR.

BUT YET, BUT THEN AGAIN, I SAY THAT YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THIS DA TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A VOICE THERE THAT IS LOUD, IF NOT LOUDER.

WITH THAT, I AM GONNA ASK THAT THE CLERK, UH, CALL THE ROLE.

COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.

AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA? YES.

VICE MAYOR AMANI.

AYE.

MAYOR MORRISON? AYE.

YEAH, FOR SOME REASON THEY ASK FOR ROLL CALL.

UM, MOTION PASSES.

UH, WITH THAT WE GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR.

WITH THAT, WE GO TO, UH, YES.

[10. CONSENT CALENDAR]

UH, I DO HAVE REQUEST ALREADY FOR THE POLL ITEM TEN THREE, TEN SIX.

TRUTH.

WERE YOU WANTING, UH, TEN EIGHT PULLED STRONGLY? NO.

YOU JUST, YOU JUST SHOWED YOUR, UM, VIEWPOINT ON, OKAY.

UH, 10 11, 10 21, AND 22.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE MR. MAYOR PULLING, UH, 10.4 PLEASE.

TEN FOUR.

SEEING NONE, OTHERS? CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVED, MR. MAYOR.

PLEASE USE YOUR BUTTONS.

NO PROBLEM.

WE'RE BACK ON THEM NOW.

YOU'RE GOING, YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECORD.

WE CAN GET THE MOTION.

SECOND IN HERE.

NOW WE'LL GET THE SECOND.

IT WON'T LET ME, DOESN'T LIKE YOU.

WE'LL TRY IT ONE MORE TIME HERE.

WELL, THAT'S GOING RIGHT TO THE VOTE NOW.

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SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE WANTING TO MAKE COMMENT ON TEN SIX.

YEAH, THAT ONE IS PULLED.

UM, OKAY.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE VOTE.

THAT'S FOR THOSE ITEMS. OKAY.

NOW LET'S GO TO

[10.3 Acceptance of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Award of $40,000 to the National City Police Department to Perform Operations Sponsored by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s Minor Decoy/Shoulder Tap Grant Project.]

TEN THREE.

AND DOESN'T PULL THAT ONE.

DUNNO WHERE IT WENT, HUH? NO.

TEN THREE JUST HAD VERBAL COMMENT.

HUH? TEN THREE HAD VERBAL COMMENT ON ONLY.

OH, THAT, THAT'S THE REASON.

THAT'S RIGHT.

PEGGY WALKER.