Feb 17, 2026 City Council

COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.

THE FOLLOWING WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN SPANISH VO VIA ZOOM.

AND THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, IF WE COULD PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES, RE THE DEVICES HERE IN THE CHAMBERS, BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AND, UH, WITH THAT CALL, THE MEETING TO ORDER AND A LIVE WEBCAST.

THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING VIA ZOOM, VIEWING THE SPANISH VERSION OF THE MEETING, INTERPRETER INSTRUCTIONS WILL APPEAR IN THE CHAT BOX AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.

FOR THOSE WHO PREFER TO SIT IN THE CHAMBER, HEADSETS ARE AVAILABLE, PROVIDE LIVE SPANISH TRANSLATION, PLEASE SEE THE CITY CLERK TO CHECK OUT A HEADSET.

UH, THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S WEBSITE INFORMS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, EITHER IN PERSON FILLING OUT ONE OF THESE SALMON COLORED SLIPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER AND GETTING THOSE OVER TO OUR CITY CLERK'S DESK VIA ZOOM BY PRE-REGISTERING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, NO LATER THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING OR EMAILING NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.

AND ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED AS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.

IF THAT, CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI.

PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH HERE.

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE, UH, PLEDGE.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE LEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION.

AND, UH, MEMBER YAMANI, WOULD YOU LEAD US, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR, PLEASE STAND.

OOPS.

ALL READY.

BEGIN BY ALLEGIANCE TO THE GLIDE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

OOPS, I'M GOOFING.

GOOD EVENING.

IT'S MY JOY TO PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY, AND I APPRECIATE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING HERE TONIGHT TO PRAY IN PERSON.

PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE PRAY.

FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR OUR DEDICATED MAYOR AND HIS COUNCIL.

THEY WORK SO HARD FOR THE CITY THAT WE ALL LOVE.

I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GIVE IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNCIL, THAT THEY MAY WORK TOGETHER AND SEEK YOUR WILL FOR OUR CITY AS THEY MAKE PLANS AND CARRY OUT THE WISHES OF OUR PEOPLE.

I JUST PRAY THAT THEY WILL HEAR FROM YOU, FATHER, AND KNOW YOUR PLAN.

WE GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN NATIONAL CITY AND BEING PART OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON HERE.

WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM TONIGHT AND IN THE DAYS TO COME.

AND FOR THAT WE GIVE YOU PRAISE, HONOR AND GLORY IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

MAY BE SEATED

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AT THIS POINT.

COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GONNA LET YOU KNOW THAT TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE ADJOURNING OUR MEETING, UH, IN HONOR AND LOVING MEMORY OF FIREFIGHTER MIKE MEJIA.

AND, UH, HE SERVED HERE WITHIN OUR CITY FROM OCTOBER OF 2000 TO THIS MONTH, FEBRUARY OF 2026, FAITHFULLY SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITH COURAGE, DEDICATION, AND HONOR.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, ADJOURNING TONIGHT.

I DON'T THINK HE HAS ANY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE HERE.

LET, I, SORRY TO SAY, BUT HIS FIREFIGHTER FAMILY IS, ARE HERE.

AND SO IF SOME OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP TO ACCEPT

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THIS AND COULD GET THIS TO HIS FAMILY, WE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE.

I WAS GONNA PREPARE MYSELF FOR THIS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT OR, OR LATER.

UM, MICHAEL MEANT A GREAT DEAL TO THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WELL BEYOND FIREFIGHTERS.

UH, HE HAD A WAY OF, OF IMPACTING A ROOM AND LEAVING AN INDELIBLE MEMORY ON EVERYONE HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY MAYOR COUNCIL, ALL OF THE STAFF FOR THE OUTPOURING OF SPORT THAT HAS COME OUR WAY.

THERE HASN'T BEEN A MOMENT WHERE WE FELT ALONE OR UNSUPPORTED FROM THE FIRST MOMENT THAT WE WERE NOTIFIED HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL ALL THE WAY TO HIS LAST.

AND CONTINUING TO TODAY.

THE TEAM HERE HAS BEEN, UH, REMARKABLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS, UH, EMPLOYEES, SERVANTS OF THE PUBLIC HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, WE JUST ASK TO BE SAFE, VALUED, AND HEARD.

AND, UH, THE WAY YOU HAVE RESPONDED TO THIS INCIDENT HAS JUST SOLIDIFIED HOW I FEEL ABOUT SERVING HERE IN, IN OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND I THINK, UM, EMPLOYEES ALL AROUND.

WE DON'T JUST SAY WE'RE A FAMILY, WE ARE A FAMILY, AND WE MAY NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING.

WE HAVE OUR OWN POLITICAL DIFFERENCES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, NONE OF THAT MATTERS.

IT MATTERS THAT WE GO HOME SAFE TO OUR FAMILY, AND WHEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WE ENSURE THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF.

SO THANK YOU FOR HONORING MIKE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AS WE ASSIST HIS FAMILY INTO THE FUTURE.

I WOULD ASK, ASK THIS MOMENT, AND IF WE COULD JUST HAVE A MOMENT OF, OF, UH, OF SILENCE PLEASE.

BUT IT WAS THE DIAGRAM THAT I HAD PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PORT IN DECEMBER OF 2014.

IT HAS BEEN BEYOND RARE IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY THAT WE'VE LOST A PERSON ON DUTY WHILE, WHILE IN EMPLOYMENT.

THAT JUST REALLY HAS, HAS BEEN A VERY RARE THING.

AND, UH, AND SO ANYWAY, SO WE GO FROM THE POINT OF, OF THAT ONE, WE'RE BOTH HONORING AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT THE SADNESS OF LOSING HIM TO SOMETHING THAT IS POSITIVE.

UM, TODAY SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL HAPPENED.

UH, WE WERE BEFORE THE, UH, SAN DIEGO PORT COMMISSION, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AS A CITY FOR DECADES TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING TO HAPPEN NEAR OUR WATERFRONT.

YOU KNOW, WE DID, IT WAS A BIG PUSH TO GET THE MARINA IN.

THAT WAS A HUGE PUSH, BUT NOW TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL.

AND WE'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE WORK ON IT.

AND, AND I THINK OF THE, UM, OUR PORT COMMISSIONERS AND YOU HAVE TO GO BACK.

I MEAN, WE STARTED SPECIFICALLY ON A PROJECT LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, THE BALANCE PLAN BACK WITH JEFF VANDEVEER, UH, FOR YEARS, UH, DUKEY VALDERRAMA, UH, SANDY RAJO, AND NOW WE, UH, WITH GIL UNAP, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS JUST BEEN, UH, WORK WITH, HAS WENT BEYOND DECADES TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN THERE.

UM, THE, WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF STAFF.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY.

I THINK WE HAD THE, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF IDEAS THAT WERE, THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.

AND DURING THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS AND GOING INTO THE PAST 2010, A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS KEPT GOING TO THE, UM, TO THE COMMISSION.

AND IT WAS MENTIONED BY THE COMMISSIONERS TODAY, AND THEY ALL JUST ONE AFTER ANOTHER.

THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG.

IT WAS, EVERYTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT.

PEOPLE SAID, NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT.

WE CAN'T DO THIS.

AND IT, NOTHING HAPPENED ON IT.

UM, TODAY, IT, TODAY AT THE PLANNING AT THE, UH, PORT COMMISSION MEETING, THEY PUT UP ON THEIR SCREEN A PICTURE OF A DIAGRAM OF THE PLAN.

AND THEN I GOT UP TO SPEAK AND I HELD UP THAT EXACT SAME DIAGRAM,

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IT'S THE EXACT SAME DIAGRAM THAT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND NOW BY THE PORT COMMISSION.

AND, UH, THE, UH, AND YET WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MANY PEOPLE.

I THINK THE ONLY PEOPLE LEFT ON STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS, UH, I THINK POSSIBLY MARTIN, I THINK YOU WERE AROUND FROM, FROM THIS, FROM 2014 THAT WAS ACTUALLY WORKING ON IT.

AND I THINK JOSIE AND MYSELF, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.

UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME AND GONE ALL CONTRIBUTING.

HUH, HUH.

FOR THE WORK THAT HAS GONE ON, UM, OF COURSE TO, UH, THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO STAFF, BUT ALSO NATIONAL CITY STAFF AND ALL OF THE COLLABORATION WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION, UM, AND JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

BUT HE DIDN'T, DIDN'T WORK ON THE BALANCE PLAN.

NO, YEAH, HE WAS, HE WAS, YEAH, THERE WAS A FEW EMPLOYEES, BUT THAT, BUT NOTHING, NOTHING DEALING WITH THE, WITH THE PORK COMMISSION ON THIS ONE, BUT THOSE THAT DEALT WITH THE PORK COMMISSION ON THIS ONE, UM, AND YET IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.

NOT ONLY WHEN WE WENT BEFORE THE COASTAL COMMISSION BACK IN DECEMBER, BUT NOW TODAY, GOING BEFORE THE PORT COMMISSION AND THEM UNANIMOUSLY SAYING YES.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE PUSHED FOR WAS THE IDEA OF THE IDEA OF, OKAY, THIS IS THE PLAN, BUT NOW IT'S GOTTA BE IMPLEMENTED.

SO WE GOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE, NOT ONLY TO APPROVE THE PLAN, BUT TO ALSO COME BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WITH TIMELINE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND, UH, BECAUSE I SAY THIS IS EVERYBODY WAS IN A AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD, WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE.

YOU DON'T GO BEFORE A LARGE PROJECT, BEFORE A GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION AND SAY, HERE'S A PLAN WITHOUT HAVING A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE SAYING, WE'RE AGAINST THAT.

BUT WHEN WE WENT BEFORE THEM IN 2016 WITH THE INITIAL PLAN, THE FIRST TIME WE WAS ACTUALLY, BEFORE THE PORT COMMISSION ITSELF, THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT VENUES.

AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM GOT GOT UP AND SAID, THIS IS THE PLAN.

THIS IS RIGHT.

THIS IS, WE'RE BACK, WE'RE BEHIND THIS.

AND THE COMMISSION ALL SAID, THIS IS A MIRACLE.

IT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT YET IT STILL TOOK ANOTHER 10 YEARS FOR US TO FINALLY GET IT APPROVED AT THAT POINT.

SO THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE GONNA BE THERE NOW FOR EXPANSIONS OF PEPPER PARK, UH, FOR US TO HAVE MORE, UH, MORE LAND USE DOWN IN THAT AREA.

AND CURRENTLY WHERE A LOT OF CARS ARE PARKED ACROSS FROM THE MARINA, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, VISITOR AND, UH, RESIDENT, UH, FACILITIES THERE ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER.

AND, UH, AS SAY IT'S GONNA TAKE DOWN NEXT FEW YEARS TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN, BUT WE WENT THROUGH A HUGE LEAP ON THIS THING AND, UH, UM, AS SAY IT'S, AND TO HEAR THE COMMISSIONERS RAVE UP THERE WITH SOMETHING BEYOND BELIEF.

I MEAN, THAT WAS, WE DON'T GET THE PORT COMMISSIONERS RAVING ABOUT NATIONAL CITY TOO OFTEN, BUT THEY WERE RAVING TODAY.

AND, UH, UM, AND WE HAD OUR COMMISSIONER FROM, AND NOT JUST THE NATIONAL CITY COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER FROM IMPERIAL BEACH, UH, YEAH, DAN MALCOLM.

HE JUST WENT ON AND ON AND HE SAID, YEAH, HE REMEMBERED SEEING THAT EXACT SAME DRAWING THAT I HELD UP TODAY.

AND IT WAS THE ORIGINAL DRAWING ON A POSTER BOARD OF ALL THINGS.

AND, UH, AND HE SAID THAT HE REMEMBERED WHEN THE CEO AT THAT TIME CALLED HIM INTO THE OFFICE AND SAID, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS.

HE SAYS, YEAH, I'VE SEEN PLANS BEFORE.

SHE GOES, YEAH, BUT THIS WAS, THIS IS THE MAYOR'S PLAN AND IT'S GONNA WORK.

THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT'S GONNA WORK 10 YEARS LATER, WE FIND, WE FIND YOU'RE THERE NOW.

SO IT TOOK A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, PULLING ON THIS THING AND, YOU KNOW, STEVE AND MARTHA I KNOW HAVE, HAVE WORKED LIKE CRAZY ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT.

OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, EVERYONE WORKING ON THIS THING, DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PUTTING THEIR INPUT ALL TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.

BUT NATIONAL CITY IS GONNA BE MUCH BETTER NOW AND HAVE A MUCH BETTER FOOTING BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF THE DECISION THAT HAPPENED TODAY.

AND, UH, SO, UH, AS I SAID, PEOPLE KEPT, KEPT SAYING, IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.

IT HAPPENED TODAY.

AND NOW THEY'RE SAYING THE NEXT THING IS NOW COMES THE MONEY.

AND, UH, SO, AND I KNOW, UH, OUR VICE MAYOR, SHE, UH, UH, TESTIFIED TODAY ALSO THERE.

AND, UH, IT WAS INTERESTING.

IT WAS ONE OF THE SHORTEST FOR A LARGE PROJECT.

IT WAS ONE OF THE SHORTEST PUBLIC HEARINGS I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN.

AND BEFORE THAT PORT COMMISSION, UH, I'LL JUST ADD MY 2 CENTS, IT, UM, I, I PARTICIPATED REMOTELY, BUT, UH, I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR.

IT WAS, UM, IT REALLY FELT FULFILLING TO HEAR SO MUCH PRAISE

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UH, IT, IT FELT SO FULFILLING TO HEAR, UM, NOTHING BUT POSITIVE REMARKS, UH, ABOUT A PROJECT THAT IS CENTRAL TO NATIONAL CITY.

UH, OF COURSE IT WILL BENEFIT NATIONAL CITY AND THE REGION AT LARGE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO GET ALL OF THAT POSITIVITY FELT VERY GOOD.

SO TODAY WAS A FANTASTIC DAY AT THE PORT, UM, WITH, UH, BETWEEN THE PORT AND NATIONAL CITY RELATIONS.

THANK YOU, MARCUS.

JUST, JUST ECHO ALL THAT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR, UH, THEIR WORK.

AND, UM, I ALSO, I THINK, UM, MARTHA, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, UM, UM, DIFFERENT, UH, BUT THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE AGREEMENT, SO THAT'S ABOUT OUR REVENUES, UM, AND, UH, OUR REIMBURSEMENTS FOR OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE FROM THE PORT.

AND SO LOOK, A HUGE, HUGE, AMAZING VICTORY, UM, TODAY.

UM, AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

IT'S PASSED THROUGH WAY TOO MANY HANDS.

AND THE REALITY THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW IS A BIG PART OF WHY NATIONAL CITY IS SUCH AN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY IS BECAUSE ONE OF OUR BEST, MOST EFFECTIVE RESOURCES, WHICH IS OUR WATERFRONT, IS TAKEN UP BY, UM, STATE LANDS.

IT'S TAKEN UP BY THE PORT DISPROPORTIONATELY.

THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS, UH, TOO MUCH A SAY IN WHAT GOES ON IN OUR LAND USES.

AND FOR DECADES THEY'VE BEEN DUMPING INDUSTRIAL USES ON OUR WATERFRONT.

WE GENERATE MORE REVENUE PER CAPITA OUT OF ALL THE PORT CITIES, CORONADO, SAN DIEGO, UH, CHULA VISTA, IMPERIAL BEACH, NATIONAL CITY GENERATES THE MOST REVENUE PER CAPITA.

SO WE'RE IN A STRONG PLACE AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE UNITED AND, UM, ASSERTIVE MOVING FORWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT, THAT THIS IS FUNDED AND THAT THIS KEEPS HAPPENING.

SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO CONTINUE TO STAFF SUPPORT.

AND I THINK THERE'S A MUCH MORE, UM, AWARENESS OF THE PORT'S, UH, KIND OF ROLE IN THIS FROM A POLITICAL OR SYSTEMIC STANDPOINT.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE, A BETTER IMPROVED, UH, TRANSPARENCY IN HOW THEY OPERATE AND, UM, US WORKING WITH OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

SO, BUT, UH, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THE, THE DECADES OF, UM, INJUSTICE.

SO, BUT THIS IS A HUGE STEP AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LET UP, UH, AND STOP THE ACCOUNTABILITY.

THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS THERE.

SO, UH, BUT LET'S JUST KEEP UP THE PROGRESS.

THANK YOU GUYS.

AND, UH, AND A LOT OF PRAISE WAS THROWN ON OUR, OUR CURRENT PORT COMMISSIONER ALSO FOR GETTING IT OVER THAT, GETTING THAT LAST FIVE YARDS.

UH, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN HAVE THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS, THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY START RIGHT DOWN ON, ON OTHER END OF THE FIELD AND THEY MARCH ALL THE WAY UP THAT FIELD AND FIGHT FOR EVERY YARD.

BUT THAT PERSON THAT CARRIES IT OVER THAT LAST YARD THAT GETS THE TOUCHDOWN IS THE ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THE ONE THAT EVERYONE COMES AND PATS 'EM ON THE BACK.

AND, UH, UH, BUT MCGILL DESERVED THAT TODAY.

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, MR, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING THAT, BRING THAT UP.

'CAUSE MR. MAYOR, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN.

I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA COMMENT ON, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FIREFIGHTERS OKAY, THANK YOU.

BUT I, I REALLY DO COMMEND THE EFFORTS, UH, AT THE PORT.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO CARRY THE WORK AND, UM, UH, IT'S SUCH A TRAGIC EVENT FOR OUR CITY TO GO THROUGH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GO THROUGH, FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO GO THROUGH.

UM, I KNOW ALL EMPLOYEES KNOW, BUT MAYBE A LOT OF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW.

THEY LITERALLY SPEND WEEKS TOGETHER AND, UH, ON THEIR TRIPS TO FIGHT FIRES AROUND CALIFORNIA.

THEY SPENT, THEY SPENT MONTHS SOMETIMES AT A TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND DOING GREAT PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND, AND MIKE, I VIVIDLY REMEMBER, 'CAUSE MIKE WOULD ALWAYS SIGN UP FOR EVERYTHING.

HE, UH, HE WOULD COME TO VOLUNTEER FOR THINGS IN THE CITY.

HE WOULD ALWAYS BE ACTIVE.

HE IS, HE WAS FULL OF LIFE.

AND, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, I TAKE, UH, FROM HIM AND, AND, UH, SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL ASPIRE TO, THE REALIZATION THAT TOMORROW IS NOT PROMISED AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HUG OUR KIDS AND OUR LOVED ONES AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO IT WAS HEARTBREAKING TO EXPERIENCE THAT.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, LIVE, LIVE AS, AS MIKE REALLY WOULD, WHICH IS REALLY LOVING LIFE AND HEARING THE STORIES, UH, WERE HILARIOUS BY THE WAY, UH, THE STORIES MIKE HAS AND SOME OF THE COWORKERS HAVE HILARIOUS, BUT REALLY SOMETHING TO ASPIRE.

SO MIKE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP IN ANY WAY.

NOW GO INTO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.

ABSOLUTELY.

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'LL

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AND I DO NOT

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HAVE ANY SPEAKER SLIPS, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON ZOOM, SO WE BRING THOSE FORWARD AND WE EACH HAVE, UH, TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU BARBARA GORDON.

JUDY STR, GOOD EVENING, NATIONAL CITY, AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR, UH, YOUR SUCCESS WITH THE PORT.

THAT'S A LONG TIME COMING.

ALSO, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME NEWS REGARDING FEBRUARY BEING AMERICAN HEART MONTH.

THE COUNTY KICKED OFF A CAMPAIGN LAST WEEK AND SENT OUT A NEWS RELEASE REMINDING US HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAINTAIN GOOD HEART HEALTH.

AND POINTED OUT THAT IN THIS COUNTY HEART DISEASE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH, CLAIMING ALMOST 5,000 LIVES LAST YEAR.

THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT SO MANY TIMES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE GOES UNNOTICED BECAUSE IT'S NOT CHECKED.

AND THAT WE SHOULD ALL USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK OUR BLOOD PRESSURE.

DR.

T AS WE CALL HIM THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, PUT OUT SOME INFORMATION REGARDING HOW BEST TO PROTECT OUR HEART.

THE ONE THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND PROBABLY TO THIS CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A TOBACCO RETAILER'S LICENSE, IS TO QUIT SMOKING AND VAPING.

AMERICAN HEART SAID, AND I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS, TO REMIND US THAT CANNABIS USE, ESPECIALLY THAT THAT INVOLVES THC POSES A SIGNIFICANT HEART HEALTH, INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF HEART ATTACK, STROKE, AND HEART FAILURE, EVEN IN YOUNG, HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS BY ACCELERATING HEART RATE AND CAUSING STROKE AND HEART FAILURE.

SO, A GOOD REMINDER TO ALL OF US AS WE FACE THE REST OF THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, TO TREAT OUR HEART WITH RESPECT, TO LET GO OF OUR SMOKING AND VAPING HABITS AND TRY TO AVOID SECONDHAND SMOKE AND VAPE IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE.

AND I ALSO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PORT.

AND WITH THAT AND OUR TOURIST INDUSTRY IN MIND, I WANTED TO SHARE, UM, SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

THIS PAST WEEK, THE NEW YORK TIMES WANTS A STRONG ADVOCATE OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION HAS NOW ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AMERICA HAS QUOTE, A SIGNIFICANT POP PROBLEM AND THE OUTCOMES OF LEGALIZATION HAVE BEEN, QUOTE, WORSE THAN EXPECTED.

THE TIMES REASSESSMENT REFLECTS WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH DATA HAVE SHOWN FOR YEARS.

AND MANY ONE-TIME PROPONENTS NOW ACKNOWLEDGE CANNABIS RELATED ER VISITS HAVE INCREASED, PARTICULARLY AMONG YOUNG ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS.

POISON CONTROL CALLS FOR CANNABIS EXPOSURES AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE RISEN SHARPLY AND ADDICTION RATES ARE UP.

NATIONAL DATA SHOW ROUGHLY ONE IN THREE PAST YEAR CANNABIS USERS MEET ADDICTION CRITERIA.

THC POTENCY HAS BEEN ENGINEERED FROM 1.5% IN THE NATURAL PLANT TO A STAGGERING 30% NOW IN RAW WEED.

AND UP TO 99% IN CONCENTRATES RESEARCH LINKS THAT HIGH POTENCY WITH ELEVATED RISKS OF PSYCHOSIS, ADDICTION, ANXIETY, AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT.

WE ARE SEEING MOUNTING PUBLIC COSTS AS WELL, INCREASES IN CANNABIS RELATED DUIS, WORKPLACE IMPAIRMENT AND RISING TREATMENT ADMISSIONS LINKED TO HIGH POTENCY PRODUCTS.

SO I CAME TO RAISE THESE POINTS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AND TO URGE YOU TO PLEASE GROUND FUTURE MARIJUANA POLICY IN SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT HAS CONVINCED MAJOR MEDIA TO DO AN ABOUT PHASE EVEN ADMITTING THAT COMMERCIALIZATION OF MARIJUANA HAS VARIOUS RE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES AND HAS NOT TURNED OUT WELL.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

UM, GOOD EVENING.

UM, FEBRUARY IS ALL ABOUT LOVE.

AND IN TODAY'S WORLD, WE COULD USE A LOT MORE LOVE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH HEALTH EDUCATOR, I TOO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE FEBRUARY AS HEART HEALTH MONTH.

WE ALL NEED TO TAKE OUR HEART HEALTH SERIOUSLY AS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IS THE MOST COMMON UNDERLYING CONDITION IDENTIFIED.

AS YOU HEARD FROM THE EARLIER SPEAKER, IT TELLS US RESEARCH THAT SMOKING IS THE MAJOR CAUSE OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART DISEASE, AND STROKE.

BUT DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT SMOKING MARIJUANA IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SAME PROBLEMS? A HARVARD RESEARCH REVIEW PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY FOUND THAT PEOPLE WHO SMOKE MARIJUANA FACE A HIGHER RISK

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OF DYING, OF COMPLICATIONS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE THAN THOSE MARIJUANA NON-USERS.

MOST PEOPLE WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE KNOWN AS HYPERTENSION, DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO SYMPTOMS OR WARNING SIGNS.

AND IT HAS EARNED THE NICKNAME OF SILENCE.

KILLER HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IS PREVENTABLE WITH EXERCISE, DIET, AND NO SMOKING OF ANY KIND, MARIJUANA OR TOBACCO.

THE MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH POLICY MAKERS LIKE YOU NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IN COMMUNICATING WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE HEALTH RISK OF SMOKING, TOBACCO AND MARIJUANA.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

BECKY.

WRAP.

IT IS, IT IS IS ALL REPORTED OUT.

BECKY RAP MADISON RAP.

HI.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M A MOTHER OF YOUNG CHILDREN, UNLIKE MANY PARENTS.

WHEN I BUCKLE MY KIDS INTO THE CAR, I ASSUME THAT THE ROAD AROUND US IS REASONABLY SAFE, BUT THE SCIENCE ON CANNABIS IMPAIRED DRIVING IS ON THE RISE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS.

A MAJOR REVIEW PUBLISHED THIS MONTH IN THE JOURNAL OF CURRENT ADDICTION REPORTS EXAMINED THE MOST RECENT RESEARCH ON HOW CANNABIS AFFECTS DRIVING.

THE FINDINGS WERE CONCLUSIVE THAT CANNABIS PRODUCTS CONTAINING THC IMPAIR DRIVING PERFORMANCE.

THIS IS BASED ON CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES CONDUCTED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THE REVIEW FOUND THAT IMPAIRMENT OCCURS QUICKLY, MOST STRONGLY WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR AFTER USE, BUT CAN ALSO LAST UP TO FOUR TO FIVE HOURS AFTER INHALATION.

DURING THAT TIME, DRIVERS SHOW REDUCED REACTION TIME, IMPAIRED ATTENTION, AND POORER LANE CONTROL SKILLS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO PREVENTING CRASHES.

WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MOST CONCERNING WAS HOW PARTICIPANTS IN THESE STUDIES OFTEN FELT READY AND WILLING TO DRIVE SHORTLY AFTER USING CANNABIS, DESPITE OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE THAT THEIR DRIVING ABILITY WAS IMPAIRED.

IN OTHER WORDS, PEOPLE DON'T RELIABLY PERCEIVE WHEN THEY'RE UNSAFE TO DRIVE, THE RISKS INCREASE FURTHER.

WHEN CANNABIS IS COMBINED WITH ALCOHOL.

THE REVIEW FOUND ADDITIVE EFFECTS, MEANING THE IMPAIRMENT IS WORSE THAN EITHER SUBSTANCE USED ALONE.

THIS COMBINATION SIGNIFICANTLY AMPLIFIES DANGER ON THE ROAD AS ACCESS TO THESE HIGH POTENCY CANNABIS PRODUCTS EXPANDS.

OUR POLICIES MUST KEEP PACE WITH THE SCIENCE PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER DRIVERS, REQUIRES A SYSTEM TO MEASURE IMPAIRMENT LEVELS FROM CANNABIS USE, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY DOESN'T EXIST YET.

SO I THOUGHT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING YOU GUYS COULD LOOK INTO FOR OUR ROAD SAFETY.

BECKY WRAP.

MULTI-UNIT, SMOKE-FREE ORDINANCE IS A STEP YOU CAN TAKE TO REDUCE HEART DISEASE RISK, PROTECT VULNERABLE RESIDENTS, AND PROMOTE HEALTHY HEALTH EQUITY.

UM, THIS IS BECKY RAP.

AND, UH, TODAY I'M HERE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT FEBRUARY IS HEART HEALTH MONTH AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON PREVENTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, WHICH IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN OUR COUNTRY.

ONE OF THE MOST PREVENTABLE CONTRIBUTORS TO HEART DISEASE IS EXPOSURE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE.

SURGEON GENERAL HAS BEEN CLEAR, THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE.

EVEN BRIEF EXPOSURE CAN DAMAGE BLOOD VESSELS, INCREASE INFLAMMATION AND RAISE, RAISE THE RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE IN EFFORTS OF PREVENTION ARE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER ADOPTING AN INCLUSIVE CITYWIDE MULTI-UNIT HOUSING SMOKE-FREE ORDINANCE.

NATIONAL CITY HAS PREVIOUSLY EXPLORED SMOKE-FREE HOUSING POLICIES, BUT EFFORTS IN PAST YEARS DID NOT RESULT IN A COMPREHENSIVE ORDINANCE.

IT WAS IN 2014, OVER 10 YEARS AGO WHEN A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT WAS PRESENTED.

SO IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTING COMMON SENSE PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITIES.

A CONSISTENT COMMUNITY-WIDE STANDARD WOULD ENSURE THAT CLEAN AIR IS NOT DEPENDENT ON ZIP CODES.

A LANDLORD OR INCOME LEVEL, EVERYONE DESERVES TO BREATHE SMOKE-FREE AIR IN THEIR OWN HOME.

THE ORDINANCE SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE BOTH TOBACCO AND MARIJUANA SMOKE.

BOTH PRODUCTS PRODUCE FINE PARTICULATE MATTER AND TOXINS THAT HARM THE HEALTH, THE HEART AND THE LUNGS.

SMOKE IS SMOKE AND IT SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME.

IT'S TIME NATIONAL CITY TAKE ACTION AND FOLLOW NEIGHBORING CITIES.

RECOGNIZING THAT SMOKE-FREE MULTI-UNIT HOUSING IS A MAINSTREAM PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION THAT MUST BE IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED.

PART HEALTH MONTH IS A REMINDER THAT PREVENTION WORKS.

A CITYWIDE

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INTO OUR PROCLAMATION AND WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION TONIGHT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMENTS.

OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH THAT, UM, WE NEXT GO

[6.1 Proclamation - Black History Month]

IT'S ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH BASICALLY BEGAN AS FAR AS A CONCEPT BACK IN 1926 AS BLACK HISTORY WEAK.

AND THEN IN, UH, 1974, PRESIDENT GERALD FORD EXPANDED IT OUT TO A MONTH.

AND BASICALLY TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, THAT, UH, THAT BLACKS HAD HAD BROUGHT BEFORE OUR, WITHIN OUR COUNTRY AND WITHIN THE WORLD, WE'RE NOT REALLY BEING ACCOM.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WEREN'T REALLY BEING REWARDED, WEREN'T REALLY BEING RECOGNIZED.

AND SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE BLACK COMMUNITY WAS INVOLVED WITHIN ALL OF OUR ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO EACH YEAR WE, WE PICK OUT, WE PICK INDIVIDUALS THAT FROM DIFFERENT ASPECTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT REFLECT WHAT THAT ORIGINAL ATTENTION WAS.

UM, TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THREE INDIVIDUALS AND I'M GONNA CALL ONE UP.

AND THAT IS, UH, DONNIE TAYLOR.

DONNIE, COME ON UP THROUGH THE CHAIR.

JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION, SINCE WE ONLY HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION IN THE AGENDA, MAY I MOVE TO, UM, TO CONFIRM THE OTHER TWO THAT YOU ARE, UM, PROCLAIMING? SO THEN IT CAN BE RECORDED? THEY WILL BE, YES.

BUT THANK YOU.

BUT IT'S NOT IN THE AGENDA, SO I WANTED TO INCLUDE IT.

SO THEN I'M MOVING FOR IT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA, SO THEN IT, IT CAN BE OFFICIALLY RECORDED.

SO I, I, I SO MOVE.

UM, YEAH, WELL, WE'LL PUT IT INTO THE RECORD RIGHT NOW.

THE SAME ONES THAT YOU SIGNED.

SO, UH, THE, UH, OKAY.

AND DONNIE, I KNOW THERE'S TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

I KNOW ONE, ONLY ONE OF 'EM IS HERE WITH YOU, BUT I'M GONNA LET YOU INTRODUCE THOSE.

AND FOR, FOR SPECIAL REASON.

BUT, UH, I'M, I'M GONNA READ, I'M GONNA READ DONNIE'S AND THEN I'M GONNA LET YOU INTRODUCE, INTRODUCE THE OTHER TWO HERE.

DONNIE IS A LIFELONG NATIONAL CITY NATIVE AND OWNER OF MUST BE MAGIC DETAILING IS A RESPECTED COMMUNITY LEADER AND ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE UNITED LOW RIDER COALITION.

THE FIRST BLACK MEMBER OF THE CROWD CLUB, UH, CAR CLUB, AND A PROUD MEMBER OF LOW RIDER COMMUNITY WHOSE WORK BRIDGE IS CULTURES AND GENERATIONS.

DONNY IS DEDICATED DECADES OF SERVICE TO NATIONAL CITY THROUGH ORGANIZING AND SUPPORTING FUNDRAISERS, CAR SHOWS, POLITICAL AND CIVIC EVENTS, YOUTH CENTERED, UH, INITIATIVES INCLUDING SIXTH GRADE CAMP FUNDRAISERS, BACKPACK DRIVES, BLOOD DONATIONS, UH, CAR SHOWS, UH, SUICIDE AWARENESS EVENTS, TOY DRIVES, HEALTH AND WELLNESS OUTREACH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

CO-FOUNDER ALSO OF THE BLACK LOW RIDERS ASSOCIATION, UH, CREATED JUNETEENTH CAR SHOWS SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS KIDS FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL AND GARDENS OF INNOCENCE, UH, HELPED CREATE BLACK LOW RIDERS, UH, TO MAJORITY, UH, I'M SORRY, TO MAJOR CULTURAL EVENTS INCLUDING CHICANO PARK DAY AND HAS CONSISTENTLY PROMOTED PEACE, UNITY, AND RESPECT ACROSS COMMUNITIES WITHOUT DIVISION OR COLOR LINES.

AND SO FOR THAT, WE ARE GONNA, WE'RE PROCLAIMING IT FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BUT IN HONOR OF, UH, DONNIE TAYLOR, BUT ALSO TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

AND I'M GONNA LET YOU INTRODUCE 'EM.

BUT, UH, DAJA TAYLOR AND DESTINY TAYLOR.

AND I KNOW, I KNOW ONE OF 'EM IS HERE WITH YOU.

THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, WE, MY FAMILY AND I, THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, DASIA.

THIS IS ONE OF THE TWINS, MY OTHER DAUGHTER, DESTINY.

SHE COULD NOT MAKE IT THIS EVENING.

SO, BUT WE ARE ACCEPTING THIS IN HER HONOR.

AND, UM, I'M JUST A PROUD DAD THAT, YOU KNOW, MY, MY GIRLS WANTED TO FOLLOW IN MY FOOTSTEPS AND, UH, DO GREAT THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, WE DEFINITELY LOVE, LOVE NATIONAL CITY.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I'M, I'M BORN.

I WAS BORN HERE.

AND, UM, AND I'VE NEVER LEFT.

IT'S ALWAYS, UH, IN MY HEART.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND ALSO, UH, CONDOLENCES TO YOUR FALLEN

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COMRADE.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, GOD GIVES ME THE ASSIGNMENTS AND I JUST CARRY 'EM OUT.

AND SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO ALWAYS GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

I HAVE MY FRIENDS HERE THAT SUPPORTING, UH, THAT SUPPORTS, UH, SUPPORTS US AND SUPPORTS ME AND JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT I DO.

UM, SO I'M THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, I'M JUST HONORED THAT YOU GUYS RECOGNIZED MY FAMILY, ME AND MY FAMILY.

WE JUST, WE JUST REALLY ARE REALLY, UH, TOUCHED BY THIS.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, ALL YOU GUYS, ESPECIALLY JOSIE, TOO.

JOSIE.

SHE, WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR WAY BEFORE THEY WERE BORN, SO , YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, YOU KNOW, WE GO WAY BACK AND MARY, YOU KNOW, WE GO WAY BACK AS WELL.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST VERY THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL TO BE STANDING HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING A PROCLAMATION FOR THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUT OF THE KINDNESS OF OUR PARTNER.

WE DON'T ASK FOR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO IT LIKE YOU SAID, IN THE KINDNESS OF OUR HEARTS.

AND, UH, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE BACK AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME TO LEAVE A LEGACY TO MY DAUGHTERS, TO MY GIRLS, UM, WE JUST TRYING TO BE A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO, TO DO THE SAME.

HI.

UM, YEAH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IS DO FOR NATIONAL CITY AND THEN, UM, AND MORE AND WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING, AND BRINGING US TOGETHER AND GIVING US OPPORTUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER WITH THE LOW RIDERS AND SHOW THE POSITIVE SIDE OF IT.

UM, AND YEAH.

AND BEING, HAVING MY DAD AROUND AND IT'S LIKE, I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM.

AND I'M, I'M VERY THANKFUL AND VERY PROUD THAT GOD GAVE ME THE DAD THAT I DO HAVE AND THAT AND YEAH.

AND THEN HE'S SHOWING US HOW TO GIVE BACK AND WHAT IT IS.

AND IT'S, IT'S SOME KIND OF, UM, LIKE GRATIFICATION THAT, LIKE, YOU, YOU SEE EVERYBODY HAPPY, YOU SEE EVERYONE'S SMILE, AND THAT'S WHAT WARMS MY HEART IS LIKE BEING ABLE TO SEE EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD TIME AND SMILE AND EVERYTHING.

BEFORE WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE GONNA, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS.

I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, MEMBER BUSH DOES.

IN THE, IN THE NINETIES, HIP HOP, WEST COAST HIP HOP ARTISTS, SNOOP DOGG, DR.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO DONNIE DEJA TO DESTINY TOO.

HOPEFULLY SHE'S LISTENING AND JUST, UH, YOUR WHOLE FAMILY.

AND, UH, THANK YOU, UH, TO THE MAYOR FOR, UH, YOU ACCEPTING, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION, UM, FOR THIS, UH, RECOGNITION FOR, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

AND, AND THANK YOU JOSIE, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO WORK ON THIS.

I KNOW YOU'VE KNOWN THEM A LONG TIME, SO I APPRECIATE THAT RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT.

UM, YOU KNOW, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I DON'T WANT TO, UH, GO INTO EVERYTHING THAT THE MAYOR SAID ABOUT IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, WE, WE DO WANNA HONOR THOSE THAT HAVE HELPED OUR BLACK COMMUNITY.

WE MIGHT BE SMALL, BUT WE STILL EXIST.

AND WE'VE AL WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN PRESIDENT IN NATIONAL CITY, AND I THINK THAT OFTEN IS IGNORED OR ISN'T, UM, RECOGNIZED.

SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

AND THESE INDIVIDUALS HERE HAVE ABSOLUTELY EMPOWERED THE BLACK COMMUNITY HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.

AND DONNA, YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH LIKE THE SCHOOLS WITH THE YOUTH, WITH MENTORING, RAISING MONEY, UM, STARTING THE BLACK LOW RIDERS ASSOCIATION, THAT WAS HUGE.

YOU WERE A FOUNDING MEMBER.

UM, BUT REALLY IT WAS LIKE WHERE WE GOT CONNECTED, YOU AND, AND YOUR FAMILY WAS THE MOVEMENT TO REPEAL THE NO CRUISING ORDINANCE, WHICH, UM, OUR, OUR, UH, DISCRIMINATORY BAN ON CRUISING THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR DECADES AND FIGHTING ALL OF THAT NEGATIVE STIGMA, UM, THAT THAT TOOK HEART, THAT TOOK GRIT AND GUT AND, AND PERSISTENCE FROM YOU GUYS.

YOU GUYS WERE THERE FROM THE VERY GET GO.

AND THE THING I'M SO PROUD ABOUT YOUR GUYS' WORK IS THAT STARTED A STATEWIDE MOVEMENT.

SO IT WASN'T EVEN JUST NATIONAL CITY THAT GREW INTO A STATEWIDE MOVEMENT, AND YOU GUYS WERE THERE FROM THE VERY, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

AND, UM, AND, UH, I THINK IT'S PART OF YOUR GUYS' ADVOCACY FOR JUST LOW RIDER CULTURE.

IT'S WHO WE ARE.

IT'S PART OF OUR IDENTITY IN NATIONAL CITY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SOMETIMES FORGET THAT LOW RIDING, YES, IT'S, IT'S, UM, A LOT OF IT IS, UH, LATINO.

IT'S CHICANO, BUT, UM, BUT IT IS ALSO A BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICANS.

THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THE LOW WRITING COMMUNITY.

IF YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT EVEN THE MUSIC THAT'S INFLUENCED A LOT, MOST OF THAT, THOSE ARE BLACK ARTISTS IN THERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT,

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DRE, UM, THEY BROUGHT LOW WRITING TO A WHOLE NEW, NEW EXPOSURE AND LEVEL THROUGH MUSIC VIDEOS.

AND SO JUST ALL OF THAT, UM, IS, IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE.

AND I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES THAT HONESTLY, YOU'RE, BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE VERY HUMBLE.

SO I THINK, UH, A LOT OF TIMES YOU GUYS DON'T GET THE RECOGNITION THAT YOU DESERVE FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO LET THIS BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS OFFICIALLY, TO THANK YOU GUYS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR EVERYTHING, UH, YOU'VE DONE AND FOR, UH, SHARING YOUR STORY.

AND, UM, YEAH.

AND I JUST, I WISH YOU GUYS THE, THE BEST SUCCESS IN, IN MOVING FORWARD.

SHOUT OUT TO POPEYE TOO, MY MAN.

POPEYE .

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, SAY A FEW WORDS.

UH, JUST, UH, THIS IS LONG OVERDUE.

UH, WE HAVEN'T SEEN EACH OTHER IN A LONG TIME.

THAT'S TRUE.

BUT YOU ALL HAVE CONTINUED TO DO THE WORK, AND YOU'VE DONE IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS OUTTA THE GOODNESS OF YOUR HEART.

AND SO I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES.

UH, THIS IS A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR ME, FOLKS LIKE YOU THAT HAVE SUCH A GOOD OPEN HEART AND WANNA JUST SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, WE, WE CAN'T HAVE ENOUGH OF, OF YOU ALL.

AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOR BUILDING SO MANY BRIDGES.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

I KNOW THAT BRINGS JOY, UM, IN YOUR EYES AND THAT'S CONSTANTLY WHERE YOU'RE, WHERE YOU'RE WORKING TO TOWARDS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

YOU JUST ABOUT, OKAY.

YEP.

AND LET ME JUST SAY CLARIFICATION.

WHAT WE'RE PROCLAIMING IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, RIGHT? AND WHAT WE DIDN'T, WE'VE ADDED THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACCEPTING IT.

AND, BUT THE PROCLAMATION IS ACTUALLY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

AND SO, AND WE PROUDLY ACCEPT AND ALL BLACK PEOPLE, WE'LL COME NO COLOR LINES.

PEACE AND UNITY.

NO COLOR LINES, GUYS.

THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

YOURS ONE.

YOUR SISTER'S ONE'S YOURS.

I, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU'LL STAND IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM, SO YOU, SO YOU'RE THE BLOCKING YOU OUT THERE AND YOU GUYS SQUEEZE ON IN HERE.

COME ON, COME ON OVER.

COME ON OVER.

OH, THANK YOU EVERYONE.

YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME.

YOU DON'T NEED, NO, WE'RE GONNA GO ON, UH, ITEM 5.9 0.1 FIREFIGHTERS RIGHT NOW.

I'M GONNA TAKE AN ITEM OUT OF ORDER.

UH, NEXT

[9.1 San Diego Regional Fire Foundation Grant]

UM, 9.1, WHICH IS ON THE FIREFIGHTER.

I KNOW THEY HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT'S ON THE CLOCK, SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THAT ONE UP.

9.1.

THIS IS THE FIRE FOUNDATION.

AND SO, AND COME ON UP.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND CITY STAFF.

WALTER AMITY, MERCY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE GRANT THAT WE WERE RECENTLY AWARDED FROM THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL FIRE FOUNDATION.

AND I WANTED TO START OUT BY, OKAY, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S, IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1989, SO OVER 37 PLUS YEARS, IT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTING ABOUT OVER $7 MILLION THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

UM, I MIGHT BE CORRECTED SINCE THE MEMBERS ARE HERE TO, TO, UH, PRESENT.

UM, BUT, UH, OVER THOSE, THOSE YEARS WE HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH THE FOUNDATION, UM, AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT COMING OUT AND TRYING TO SEE WHAT GAPS WE HAVE FUNDING WISE AND PRIORITIZE THOSE GAPS AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO GET THAT FUNDING.

AND THIS GRANT IN PARTICULAR, UM, FOR ME IS A HUGE, UM, BENEFIT SINCE I AM IN CHARGE OF THE EOC.

AND THEY WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH FUNDING, UH, TO TOUCH THE EOC THAT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN ABOUT 10 YEARS, WHICH SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT HAS

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ACTUALLY, UH, REACHED ITS END OF USE LIFE AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, UPGRADING SOME OF THE WIRING AND SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT IN THERE.

SO WHEN YOU GO IN THERE, YOU, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.

UH, WE'RE DOWN A, A, A LARGE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT THAT, UH, REALLY WE'RE LUCKY.

WE HAVEN'T HAD AN EARTHQUAKE OR, OR ANY OTHER MAJOR INCIDENT.

UM, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY GONNA PUT US BACK IN PLAY.

UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE GETTING EIGHT PORTABLE RADIOS.

UH, IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE SEND OUR FIREFIGHTERS OUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

SO THESE VHF RADIOS WILL BE USED TO, UH, COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES, UH, FAIRLY SEAMLESSLY.

AND ONE OF THE BIG ONES FOR ME IS, UH, STARLINK COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES.

'CAUSE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HAPPENS, UH, AFTER A MAJOR INCIDENT LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE IS COMMUNICATIONS WILL MOST LIKELY, UH, FAIL.

AND THEN HAVING STARLINK, UH, WITH OUR GENERATORS KICKING IN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT COMMUNICATION.

SO WHY THIS PARTNERSHIP IS IMPORTANT? UM, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE FOUNDATION.

THE 2020 WAS THE LAST, UH, GRANT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM 'EM IN 2020 WAS COVID.

UM, NOT VERY MANY AGENCIES HAD MONEY FOR COVID, UH, RESPONSE.

AND THE FOUNDATION CAME THROUGH FOR US.

UH, THEY WERE PROVIDING PPE, UH, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, UH, CLEANING SUPPLIES AND SO FORTH.

UM, AND THEN THEY, SHORTLY AFTER, THEY GAVE US, UH, SOME MORE MONEY FOR, UM, PORTABLE RADIOS BACK THEN ALSO.

BUT FOR THIS GRANT, UM, THIS IS MORE A COMMUNICATIONS GRANT, LIKE I SAID, FOR EARTHQUAKE HAPPENS, UM, THAT WE NORMALLY WILL HAVE SOME TYPE OF FAILURE IN COMMUNICATIONS.

BUT HOPEFULLY WITH THIS GRANT STARLINK AND THE, UH, THE, UH, EQUIPMENT IN THE EOC BEING ENHANCED AND, AND IMPROVED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR, OUR COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND ALSO OUR NEIGHBORING, UH, JURISDICTIONS SO THAT WE CAN GET RESOURCES ROLLING, UH, TOWARDS NATIONAL CITY.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UH, CHIEF MOORE TO GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SERGIO MORO FIRE CHIEF.

AND MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WALTER COVER ARE EXTREMELY TRUE.

A COUPLE YEARS AGO DURING THE RAINSTORM THAT WE HAD IN JANUARY, WE REALLY TOOK NOTE IN HOW OUTDATED THAT EQUIPMENT WAS.

AND GOING BACK ABOUT THREE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FOUNDATION TO TRY TO UPDATE OUR, OUR EOC AND NOT AFFECT THE GENERAL FUND.

AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE SUCCEEDED IN, UH, FINALLY MAKING THIS HAPPEN FOR US.

UM, CERTAINLY IN A LOCAL EMERGENCY, IT'LL BE A BENEFIT TO US, BUT MORE SO IN A REGIONAL INCIDENT SUCH AS AN EARTHQUAKE WHERE THE ENTIRE COUNTY OR THE ENTIRE REGION WILL BE AFFECTED.

AND HAVING SEAMLESS COMMUNICATION AND THE ABILITY TO COORDINATE WITH STATEWIDE RESOURCES KEY TO THE, TO A, UH, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN, IN OUR RESPONSE.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS CALL UP, UH, TWO OF OUR, UH, JOAN JONES, OUR, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL FOUNDATION, AND FRANK ALT, WHO IS THE BOARD CHAIR, AND THEY'D HAVE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH US.

THIS PARTNERSHIP GOES BACK TO 2020.

I THINK MR. ALT WILL SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THE FOUNDATION.

THANK YOU FIRE CHIEF.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED NOT ONLY TO ANNOUNCE THE FACT THAT WE ARE CONTRIBUTING $74,000 FOR THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED, BUT IT DOES BRING TO TOTAL ABOUT 150,000.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, THE CITY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

NOT ONLY THE COVID AND THE RADIOS THEY TALKED ABOUT, BUT EXTRICATION EQUIPMENT, UH, WAS ABOUT $31,000 AND FOR THREE, UH, THERMAL IMAGING, UH, CAMERAS FOR THEIR, UH, EACH OF THEIR MAIN, UH, UNITS.

SO WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CURRENT GRANT PROGRAM.

UH, GRANTS ARE, REQUESTS ARE DUE TO US IN MID-MARCH, AND I'M ASSUMING THE CHIEF IS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING ON MY PLATE TO TAKE A LOOK AT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AS ARE ALL THE OTHER CITIES AND, UH, FIRE DISTRICTS WITHIN THE COUNTY.

WE DO SERVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

STARTED BY HELPING THE SMALL VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENTS THAT EXISTED BACK IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES, AND THEN REALLY THEY WENT ON UNTIL AFTER, UH, OH SEVEN, AFTER THE, UH, WITCH CREEK FIRE.

AND WE FORMED THE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT AFTER THAT.

SO, UH, JOAN JONES, MYSELF ARE BOTH VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE.

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AND, UH, I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO ADD TO THAT CHIEF.

WELL, THANK YOU.

NO, JOHN, YOUR WORDS NO.

WANNA DO A COUPLE PHOTOS, THAT'D BE GREAT IF YOU JUST A COUPLE PHOTOS.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND, UH, LET ME SHARE, WALTER HAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE.

HE'D LIKE TO HAVE OUR NEW EQUIPMENT IN PLACE AND READY FOR THE COUNTY EXERCISE, WHICH WAS APRIL, APRIL 15TH.

SO WE'RE GONNA TRY, UH, NO OVERTIME.

WALTER, SORRY, , HE ALREADY WORKS ALL THE TIME.

WALTER'S ALL RIGHT.

UH, BUT WE'LL SHARE THAT INFORMATION AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT DATE.

AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A, UH, A PRESS RELEASE.

THIS IS A GREAT VICTORY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO UPGRADE THAT EQUIPMENT THAT WE WILL NEED IN A REGIONAL CAPACITY AND A LOCAL ONE AS WELL.

NOW, IF YOU WERE FOR THE PHOTO, IF YOU WERE JUST HOLDING UP A NICE BIG, YOU KNOW, CHECK WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY KIND OF NICE.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE, BUT THE TAPE OKAY.

I GOT IT.

AND VICE MAYOR MOLINA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION CHIEF, AND, UH, MR. WALTER RAMY.

THANK YOU FOR OUR VISITORS, MS. JOAN, UH, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MS. JOAN JONES, AND OUR, UH, THE GENTLEMAN AS WELL.

THANK YOU TO THE, UH, SAN DIEGO REGIONAL FIRE FOUNDATION FOR THIS AMAZING GIFT THAT YOU'RE GIVING.

UH, THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND OUR GRANT RIDERS.

UH, WALTER, I THINK YOU WERE THE BIGGEST PART IN THAT.

THE, THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RESOURCES HERE AT THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, UH, ARE SUCH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY TAKE GOOD CARE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SLIM RESOURCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

AND THEN TO HAVE, UH, FOUNDATIONS SUCH AS THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL FIRE FOUNDATION HELP US FILL IN THOSE GAPS IS, IS REALLY, IS SUCH A NECESSITY.

AND, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

SO, I'M, I'M BEYOND, UH, BEYOND GRATITUDE.

UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND SPENDING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH US, AND WE WILL DO GOOD WITH, WITH THE, THE GRANT THAT YOU'RE GIVING US AND, AND ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE.

AND, UH, YEAH.

WALTER, UM, TIME TO WRITE ANOTHER GRANT.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE GRANT PERIOD IS UP AGAIN.

HE'S ALREADY ON IT.

OH, MAYOR.

UM, I BELIEVE YOU NEED A, THIS IS A ITEM THAT REQUIRES A YES, ABSOLUTELY.

UH, LET'S SEE.

I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION PER STAFF, UM, RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM 9.1 SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THOSE ARE PUSHED IN.

SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION.

WE GET INTO REGIONAL BOARDS AND THE COMMITTEE REPORTS, AND I'LL START DOWN HERE ON MY LEFT.

OKAY, WE'LL GET BACK TO THE AGENDA.

NOW WE GO INTO REGIONAL BOARD.

MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, APOLOGIES, APOLOGIES.

UH, I'D BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION OUR IT DEPARTMENT.

UH, SO RON AND JOHN SOER HAVE BEEN ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT DONE.

AND MY APOLOGIES TO, TO RON AND STAFF FOR NOT SAYING THAT EARLIER.

BUT YEAH, I WOULD FEEL BAD IF I DIDN'T.

THANK, UH, BOTH RON AND CERTAINLY JOHN.

HE WAS, UH, VERY, VERY INSTRU IN THIS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YEAH, HE, YEAH, HE JUST FIGURED OUT THOSE WIRES MIGHT GET CROSSED THERE IN THE COMMUNICATION ROOM, SO HE BETTER, BETTER MAKE SURE HE GETS ON THE GOOD SIDE.

[7. REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]

NOTHING REPORT, MS. MAYOR.

UM, FULFILLS ALL THIS MISSION OF STATEMENT OF OUR, OF OUR ORGANIZATION, OF PROVIDING SAFE AND RELIABLE WATER AT THE MOST AFFORDABLE RATE.

AND, UH, MR. MONEY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UM, UH, FOR, UH, METRO JP METRO WASTEWATER, JPA, UH, NOTHING TO REPORT FOR, UM, SAN DIEGO, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO, COMMUNITY POWER, NOTHING TO REPORT FOR SWEETWATER AUTHORITY MAYOR, WE HAVE GOOD NEWS TO OUR RATE PAYERS.

UH, SWEETWATER AUTHORITY LEADS ALL WATER AGENCIES WITH LOWEST, WITH LOWEST RATES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

SWEETWATER AUTHORITY CUSTOMERS NOW PAY THE LOWEST RATES, WATER RATES AMONG ALL WATER AGENCIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

CAREFUL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF SWEETWATER AUTHORITY HAS ACTIVELY PURSUED OUTSIDE FUNDING ALSO TO OFFSET INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS IN FEDERAL BUDGETS OF 24, 20 AND 26.

THE AGENCY SECURED 967,000 AND 1 MILLION THOUSAND RESPECTIVELY THROUGH US REPRESENTATIVE JUAN VARGAS COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS AND 1.5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS DOESN'T, UM, HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR COLLEAGUES, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM SOUTH BAY WATER AND, UM, MY, MY MAYOR, UM, SITTING IN THE BOARD FOR THE, UH, WATER AUTHORITY, UM, THAT REALLY,

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SO, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE.

THANK YOU FOR MY COLLEAGUE.

THANK YOU FOR CONGRESSMAN JUAN VARGAS FOR, UH, HIS, HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, TO MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE TAKE CARE OF OUR, UM, UM, FACILITIES IN ORDER FOR US TO GIVE A, UH, SAFE AND RELIABLE WATER.

UH, FOR METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, UH, THIS, UH, FEBRUARY MEETING, UH, THE BIG ITEM THERE WAS WE MOVED TO DELAY OUR PENSION DEBT, UM, PAYOFF FROM 2038 TO 2045.

IN THE LONG TERM, THAT'S A NEGATIVE, BUT IN THE, IN THE SHORT RUN, UM, IT ASSISTS MTS BECAUSE WE'RE FACING A REALLY LARGE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, I THINK OVER A HUNDRED, UH, MILLION.

SO THIS MOVE WILL SAVE 5 MILLION, UH, PER YEAR, AND THAT'S TO AVOID SERVICE CUTS.

SO, UM, UH, SO THAT WAS THE BIG TICKET ITEM THERE.

AND FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT, UM, I DID AS PLANNED STEP DOWN AS CHAIR OF A PCD.

SO THIS IS MY SECOND TIME GOING AS CHAIR AND LEADING THE AGENCY.

SO PROUD THAT DR.

ANNE-MARIE BIRKBECK GARCIA, WHO ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY WAS FROM, IS FROM NATIONAL CITY, AND SHE SITS AS OUR PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATE ON THE BOARD.

SO SHE'S NOW MOVED INTO THAT ROLE AS, UH, AS CHAIR.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR IS OUR, THE PAIR PROGRAM IN NATIONAL CITY, AB 6 1 17 COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE AIR, UH, FILTERS DISTRIBUTED, UH, THAT, THAT WAS DELAYED LAST YEAR.

SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE PUT THAT ON TRACK.

AND THEN THE APRIL BOARD MEETING, THE POSITIONS FOR VICE CHAIR PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE MILITARY WORKING GROUP, UH, WILL BE UP, UH, AS WELL AS A CON, UH, A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, INDIRECT SOURCE RULE.

AND THAT'S COMING UP.

AND THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, SANDAG BOARD OF DIRECTORS MET, UH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, AND WE HAD A, UH, THE BEGINNINGS OF A DISCUSSION ON MANAGED LANES.

UM, IT, THE ITEM ITSELF IS CALLED MANAGED LANES 1 0 1.

AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE 8 0 5 AND THE I FIVE, UM, UH, IN THE FUTURE, UH, HERE IN THE SOUTH BAY.

I, I DON'T, THERE ARE, THERE ARE MAPS IN MY MIND.

I I CAN'T TELL YOU RIGHT NOW EXACTLY WHERE, UM, POTENTIAL EXPRESS LANES WILL, WILL COME INTO PLAY, BUT I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THIS IS AN ONGOING DISCUSSION.

IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE DISCUSSION.

MANAGED LANES ARE SPECIAL HIGHWAY LANES DESIGNED TO MOVE PEOPLE IN GOODS FOR MORE EFFICIENCY, UM, BY ADJUSTING THE ACCESS BASED ON FACTORS SUCH AS VEHICLE OCCUPANCY, TYPE OF VEHICLE, TIME OF DAY DIRECTION, UM, TOLLING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, HOV LANES, HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.

THOSE ARE, UH, A TYPE OF MANAGED LANES.

ALSO TOLL ROADS, TOLL LANES.

UM, SO AGAIN, THE DISCUSSION IS BEGINNING FOR HOW WE IMPLEMENT MANAGED LANES ON THE I FIVE AND THE 8 0 5 AND, UM, WHAT KEY CONSIDERATIONS WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING AS A BOARD, AS WE LAY OUT THE FRAMEWORK AND WE STUDY WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND WHAT IS BEST.

THE NEXT STEPS OVER THE COMING MONTHS IS, UH, ALONGSIDE SAND X STAFF.

WE WILL COVER VARIOUS TOPICS ON THIS PROJECT.

UM, AGAIN, UH, DEVELOPING THIS APPLICATION TO APPROVE THE CONVERSION OF THE I FIVE AND 8 0 5, UM, EXISTING HOV LANES EXISTING, UM, HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES, UH, TO EXPRESS LANES, UH, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, UH, TO SHARE WITH ME OR IF YOU WANT TO, UH, HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS OF THE SORT, I'M SURE THIS WILL BE A TOPIC THAT WE DISCUSS AT MY NEXT TOWN HALL AND I'M AVAILABLE SAND ACT STAFF IS AVAILABLE.

CERTAINLY, UH, KNOW THAT THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

MORE TRAFFIC IN THE LONG RUN.

UH, MAYOR, IF I MAY? YES, UH, UM, UH, VICE MAYOR, DO YOU KNOW IF, UM, AS PART OF THE, THE MANAGED LANES, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR SOME TIME, BUT UM, I'VE BEEN, UH, GET GOTTEN AN UPDATE JUST FROM THE RECENT PLAN.

UM, DO YOU KNOW IF, AS PART OF THE MANAGED LANES ON THE I FIVE AND I 8 0 5, ARE THEY CONSIDERING WIDENING OR HAVE THEY NOT MADE THAT DECISION YET? OH, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION, UH, MR. BUSH, BECAUSE NO, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE WIDENING THE FREEWAY IN ANY WAY.

THIS, UM, WOULD REQUIRE USING THE EXISTING LANES AND, UH, MAXIMIZING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE USE OF THE EXISTING LANES.

SO IT WOULDN'T REQUIRE BUILDING OUT THE FREEWAY OR ADDING LANES IN A WAY THAT REQUIRES CONSTRUCTION.

SO I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT.

OKAY, AWESOME.

NO, BECAUSE, UH, I'M FIERCELY AND I'M ALWAYS BEEN FIERCELY OPPOSED TO WIDENING.

IT'S INDUCED DEMAND.

ALL IT DOES IS CREATE

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IT'S A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY.

UH, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

SO, UM, AND I'M, I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO THE, THE MANAGE LANE CONCEPT IN, IN TOOL ROAD, SO DEFINITELY LIKE TO LEARN MORE AND JUST SEE WHAT THE, UM, INVESTMENT IS.

AND THEN I WOULD JUST, UM, ASK IF, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE, UM, UH, A PLANNING STAFF KIND OF, THAT ARE FOLLOWING THAT ASSIGNED TO THAT ROLE.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN STAY ENGAGED, UH, OUR OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE, UH, COMMENTS AS AS WELL.

BUT, UH, APPRECIATE THAT.

AND AS MORE, UH, DISCUSSION COMES UP, I I WILL REPORT BACK.

UH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.

REPORT SINCE THE LAST MEETING I DID.

I WAS BACK IN WASHINGTON DC UH, REPRESENTING SANDAG, UM, AT THEIR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL COUNCILS.

AND AS THEIR THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THAT ORGANIZATION, I SIT ON THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARD.

SO WE HAD, UH, NOT ONLY OUR BUSINESS MEETINGS, UM, BUT ALSO WE WERE HEARING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND FROM CONGRESS, UH, A LOT OF THEM COMING AND DISCUSSING A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES WITH US AND KIND OF AS BEST AS THEY COULD LOOK INTO THEIR CRYSTAL BALLS WITH WHAT ALL IS GOING ON BACK THERE RIGHT NOW, LET US KNOW KIND OF, UH, A CONCEPT OF WHAT MIGHT BE IN FRONT OF US.

AND, UH, BOTH SOME OF THE PLUSES AND MINUSES, UH, DIDN'T DO AS MUCH WORK UP ON CAPITOL HILL, UH, VISITORS, UH, VISITING AS, AS NORMALLY DO.

AND THE REASON IS, WE WERE THERE DURING THE GREAT ICE OUT AND WASHINGTON DC THERE WAS NO SNOW, THERE WAS JUST ICE EVERYWHERE AND IT WAS RATHER HARD TO GET AROUND, LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY.

UH, BUT STILL, STILL GET INTO OUR, NOT ONLY OUR LOCAL DELEGATION, BUT ALSO THE, UH, UH, BOTH OUR SENATOR'S OFFICES FROM, UH, FROM CALIFORNIA AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS.

BUT, UH, BUT IT DID LIMIT US, UH, ON SOME THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO AND COULD NOT DO DURING THAT TIME.

I'VE NEVER, NEVER SEEN IT.

I'VE BEEN BACK THERE WITH SOME HEAVY SNOWFALLS, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN BACK THERE WHEN IT WAS ICED OUT LIKE THAT.

AND, UH, IT LOOKED LIKE BEAUTIFUL SNOW FROM A DISTANCE TILL YOU REALIZE THAT WAS ROCK HARD ICE EVERYWHERE AND, UH, SLIPPERY AND NICE LITTLE MESS.

UH, ALSO THEN THIS LAST WEEK I WAS UP IN, UM, UP IN THE STATE CAPITAL OF SACRAMENTO.

AND THIS WAS FOR THE WATER AGENCY ON, UM, DESALINIZATION.

UH, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, WE DO HAVE A DESAL PLANT HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.

UH, IT'S DOWN NEXT TO FOOD FOR LESS.

IT IS A GROUNDWATER DESAL, UH, CAPABILITIES UP TO 10 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.

AND, UH, UM, AND THE INTERESTING THING WAS THERE WAS A NUMBER OF THE AGENCIES UP THERE WERE VERY, VERY PROUD OF MAKING GREAT PRESENTATIONS.

HOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING GROUNDWATER DESAL, AND, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW QUITE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ALL THE PROBLEMS THEY'RE GONNA RUN INTO AND 'CAUSE IT'S ALL NEW TO THEM AND ON AND ON IT GOES.

AND EVERYONE WAS LOOKING AT US AND GOING, WHY AREN'T YOU GUYS MADE IN THE PRESENTATION? BECAUSE YOU HAD GROUNDWATER DESAL IN 1999 AND HAD BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF US HEARING FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GO, GOING TO DO IT, AND THEY'RE NOT TOO SURE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA GET INTO, BUT, UH, UM, BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S PART OF THAT PORTFOLIO OF GETTING, UM, GETTING SAFE, RELIABLE WATER.

AND THAT IS ALSO THE CHEAPEST WATER IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

UH, BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU THINK WE'LL WANNA JUST GET MORE WATER OVER THE COLORADO RIVER.

COLORADO RIVER WATER COSTS US MORE THAN WE CAN DO GROUNDWATER DESAL HERE AND BUYING IT FROM COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IS TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE.

THEY'RE GETTING UP TO CLOSE TO ABOUT 300, I MEAN $3,000 AN ACRE FOOT.

AND JUST A FEW YEARS AGO IT WAS DOWN TO A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS AN ACRE FOOT AND NOW IT'S UP TO 3000.

IT'S PROBABLY GONNA GO UPWARD EVEN MORE, MORE SO.

SO WE TRY AS BEST AS POSSIBLE TO NOT BUY, UH, WATER FROM COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, EVEN THOUGH I SIT ON THE BOARD AT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THAT COMMERCIAL? YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ONLY A CUSTOMER, BUT I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY.

WELL, I MAY BE ON THE BOARD, BUT I DON'T WANNA BE A CUSTOMER.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE, AND IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.

ANYWAY.

UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE REPORTS ON REGIONAL BOARDS AND COUNCIL.

NEXT WE GO TO CONSENT

[8. CONSENT CALENDAR]

CALENDAR.

THIS IS EIGHT ONE THROUGH EIGHT NINE.

WE, UM, HAVE A REQUEST, UH, FOR PULLING OF EIGHT, SIX.

ANYONE WANT ANYTHING, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR.

ANYTHING ELSE? I, I, I JUST HAD, I DIDN'T WANNA PULL IT, BUT I HAD, UH, COMMENTS ON THE BEER AND WINE LICENSE AND I JUST LOST MY GENERAL THAT'S, THAT'S EIGHT FIVE.

WELL, I DIDN'T WANNA PULL IT, BUT YEAH.

OH, OKAY.

SO IT WAS BEING PULLED ALREADY.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, SO, YOU KNOW, MORE DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.

UM, SO UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, CAN WE HAVE A, UH, A VOTE ON THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? VOTE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

OKAY, SO THIS IS EIGHT ONE THROUGH EIGHT NINE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EIGHT FIVE AND EIGHT SIX.

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ALRIGHT, NEXT WE

[8.5 Notice of Decision - Planning Commission Approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for On-Site Beer and Wine Sales at a New Restaurant to be Located at 21 West 7th Street.]

GO TO EIGHT FIVE.

THIS IS A NOTICE DECISION PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, FOR ON SALE BEER AND WINE AT A NEW RESTAURANT TO BE LOCATED AT 21 WEST SEVENTH STREET.

AND, UM, REMEMBER IVANNI, I THINK.

UM, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE REPORT FROM, UH, STAFF.

UM, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU, I'M AN IC THE APPLICANT HERE, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKED, THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR A, UH, A, B, C LICENSE OR A BEER AND WINE LICENSE, AND I DON'T SEE A BUILDING THERE YET.

I KNOW THAT THE, UM, THE GRADING IS, UH, GOING ON, UM, AND THERE'S, UH, CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING, BUT I SEE THAT IT'S STOPPED AS WELL.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED THAT REPORT FOR A A BC AS, AS WE ALL KNOW HERE IN OUR CITY, THAT PART OF THE CITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO CLEAN UP.

UM, AND SO I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE APPLICANT IS AWARE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT THERE IS THE COMMITMENT TO BUILD BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF APPLICANTS THAT SAYS, OH, WE'RE GONNA BUILD, WE'RE GONNA BUILD.

AND THEN THEY GET ALL THE UP UPSET, THE, THE PERMITS AND LICENSES TO UPSELL THE PROP OR THE PROPERTY.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT APPLICANT WILL HAVE THAT COMMITMENT TO BUILD AND TO BE A RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS IN THAT AREA OF OUR CITY.

ALRIGHT, LET ME, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET ME MAKE A MOTION THAT SINCE TONIGHT, THE ONLY THINGS BEFORE US TONIGHT IS EITHER TO ACCEPT THE NOTICE OF DECISION, UH, OR DENY IT OR HOLD IT OVER A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HOLD THIS OVER FOR A PUBLIC HEARING SO IT CAN BE DISCUSSED.

I SECOND MAYOR.

AND IF, LET ME ASK BEFORE WE VOTE ON THAT, WHEN WOULD BE THE EARLIEST THAT THAT COULD BE DONE? UH, WE COULD DO IT AT THE, UM, THE 18TH, THE MARCH 18TH.

WHAT CAN, OKAY.

IS IT MARCH 18TH OR IS IT 17TH? SORRY.

YEAH, 'CAUSE WE NEED TIME FOR THE NOTICING.

NO, NO, NO PROBLEM.

MM-HMM .

I, YEAH, WHEN YOU SAID 18TH, I THINK, I THINK IT WAS 17TH.

SORRY.

YEAH, BECAUSE FEBRUARY'S GOT THE SAME DATES.

AND JUST JUST SO I'M CLEAR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI, SO WHAT, WHAT SPECIFICALLY WERE, WERE YOU LOOKING FOR THEM TO PRESENT ABOUT? OR WAS IT JUST A GENERAL KIND OF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT? YEAH, I, GENERAL OVERVIEW.

I WANT THE BUSINESS THERE.

DON'T GET ME WRONG.

THE BUSINESS IS HERE.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED.

IT J IT JUST TONIGHT WE REALLY CAN'T DISCUSS THE ITEM.

'CAUSE IT'S ONLY ON AS A NOTICE OF DECISION.

SO TO DISCUSS IT, WE BASICALLY HAVE TO BRING IT BACK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT'S JUST THE, THE LEGAL WAY, WHICH WE HAVE TO GO ABOUT DOING IT.

SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE, OH, I, I HAVE, UH, COMMENTS.

SO, AND THIS IS FOR OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY.

SO IN OUR BRIEFING, UH, WE HAD DISCUSSED, UM, SO I WAS FINE.

I, I SPOKE TO THE APPLICANT, UH, AND THEY WERE FINE, JUST IF, IF WE, SO WE'RE GONNA HOLD IT OVER FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

BUT, UM, THEY WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE WITH THE PROCESS.

THEY WERE OPEN TO A DISCUSSION ABOUT EXPANDED HOURS BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT RESTRICTS TO 11.

SO, UM, IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE OPEN TO EXPANDED HOURS, LIKE MAYBE UP UNTIL 2:00 AM AND ALSO LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.

SO IF WE'RE GONNA HOLD IT OVER, WHAT IS THE PROCESS? CAN WE, AND INCLUDE AT LEAST A DISCUSSION OF THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH, SHE WOULD BE HELD OVER FOR ALL PUBLIC HEARING, INCLUDING COMMENTS ON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ARISEN AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION ITEM.

SO, IN OTHER WORDS, ANYTHING THAT CHANGES, CHANGES WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT DISCUSSION AND ANY POTENTIAL NOTICE OF DECISION THAT'S MADE, THEN.

WELL, UM, BECAUSE I JUST, UM, WANTED TO, UH, MARTIN, I'M SORRY.

DID YOU, DID YOU EVER LIGHT ON, DID YOU WANNA CHIME IN AND SAY ANYTHING? NO, I THINK THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.

I JUST HAVE, I DID HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE INTRODUCING A NEW PART OF THE PROJECT, WHICH THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIDN'T SEE.

BUT, UH, AS FAR AS THE HOURS, NO PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL.

SO THEN THE PART, SO EXPANDED HOURS, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAW, BUT THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IS WHAT THAT PART WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE TO GO BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION, IS THAT CORRECT? I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

CAN I HEAR THAT QUESTION AGAIN? SORRY.

OH, YES.

UH, SO, UH, THE PART OF THE EXPANDED HOURS THAT WAS ALREADY UNDER PART, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PART WOULDN'T GO BACK, BUT THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT WASN'T PART OF, UH, THAT.

AND SO I THINK WHAT MARTIN IS SAYING IS THAT PART WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

IT, IT WOULD DEPEND IF THE, IF THE ORIGINAL PLANNING COMMISSION WAS FOR THE TIME BEYOND WHAT IS NOW IN THIS NOTICE

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OF DECISION.

WELL, I THINK HE'S ASKING ABOUT ON THE WHY, WHY MUSIC WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK LIVE.

MUSIC WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK.

ANY ENTERTAINMENT WOULD GO BACK.

THAT'D BE A SEPARATE CUPA SEPARATE CUP.

SEVEN SEVEN 17TH OF MARCH 17TH.

SO WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT, UH, MOVING FORWARD, AGAIN, I DISCUSSED THIS IN THE, UM, BRIEFING.

SO THIS IS GONNA COME BACK, BUT I DO, THIS IS ALSO A REVENUE, UH, QUESTION.

SO HAVING EXPANDED HOURS, UM, UH, I WANT TO AT LEAST LOOK AT IT FOR THE REVENUE PART OF IT, UM, AND FOR ACTIVATING THE STREETS AND ALL THAT.

SO, UM, I THINK WE'VE BEEN OVERLY RESTRICTIVE.

SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE OF THAT, THAT CONVERSATION.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T WANT TO DELAY THIS PROJECT ANYMORE THAN IT'S ALREADY BEEN DELAYED.

SO JUST WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THAT AND THEN BEING MORE OPEN TO FUTURE APPLICATIONS MOVING FORWARD.

BUT OTHERWISE, I'LL, UH, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THE MOTION OF MOVING THIS TO THE 18TH OR I GUESS 17TH.

SECOND MEETING IN MARCH? CORRECT.

UM, OKAY.

UH, WITH THAT WE DO HAVE, I'M SORRY, I MADE THE MOTION SO I DIDN'T PUSH DOWN THAT ONE.

AND THEN .

THERE YOU GO.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO YOU, NO OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.

THIS IS TO HOLD IT OVER FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THAT'LL BE BROUGHT BACK ON THE, ON THE 17TH OF MARCH.

THE TEMPORARY USE PERMIT, KIMBALL PARKS, UH, SPRING CARNIVAL, HOSTED BY, UH, PAUL MAYER, UH, SHOWS AT CAMPBELL PARK FROM THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH THROUGH SUNDAY, UH, THE 19TH.

WITH THAT THEN, UH, WE GO TO EIGHT SIX.

THIS IS

[8.6 Temporary Use Permit - Kimball Park Spring Carnival hosted by Paul Maurer Shows at Kimball Park from Thursday, April 16, 2026, through Sunday, April 19, 2026, with No Waiver of Fees.]

AND WITH NO WAIVER OF FEES.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY STAFF REPORT ON THIS? NO, THERE'S NO STAFF REPORT.

THIS IS A RETURNING EVENT.

THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS WHAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MAREN AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL.

UH, MY NAME IS TOM BROWN.

UM, MY FAMILY AND I OWN CHRISTIAN AMUSEMENTS.

MY WIFE STACY, UH, COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, WE'RE A FOURTH GENERATION CARNIVAL COMPANY THAT HAS PROVIDED, UH, THE 4TH OF JULY, UH, HOST LIONS CLUB CARNIVAL FOR, UH, 60 YEARS HERE IN THE PARK.

UM, IN 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A TOP FOR ANOTHER CARNIVAL COMPANY TO HOLD AN EVENT AT KIMBALL PARK.

JUST TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO, UH, OUR 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION THAT YEAR, OUR EVENT REVENUE DROPPED 25%.

UH, IN 2025, THE SAME SITUATION OCCURRED AGAIN, AND THAT WAS DOWN JUST UNDER 50%.

WOW.

AS A BUSINESS OWNER, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS CONCERN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, THE NATIONAL CITY HOST LIONS CLUB DEPENDS ON THIS EVENT TO FUND MEANINGFUL WORK THEY DO THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, MONEY TO HELP A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE.

WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO DENY THE PROPOSED TWO P THIS CARNIVAL PLAN IN APRIL.

WHICH ONE, WHICH ONE, ONCE AGAIN WOULD PROCEED AND DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR LONGSTANDING FOURTH JULY EVENT IN KIM PARK.

JUST BEING A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DEVASTATING.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

I HOPE YOU, UH, REALLY LOOK AT THIS.

WE'VE BEEN DEVASTATED, UH, EACH NIGHT.

MAY MAYOR, MAY I, UH, GO AHEAD.

JUST TO CLARIFY.

SO IT'S TO, AND APOLOGIES, BRIAN AND I REACH OUT TO ME SO I DIDN'T GET TO CONTEXT YOU, BRIAN, ABOUT THIS.

SO, JUST SO I'M CLEAR, SO YOU GUYS ARE ASKING US TO DENY THIS TO YOU, P UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT IT, UM, AFFECTS YOUR EVENT.

IS THAT BASICALLY WHAT I'M HEARING IT ALREADY? YEAH, IT ALREADY HAS.

IT'S ONLY HAPPENED FOR TWO YEARS.

THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD YEAR.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE BRIAN CLAPPER, EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, BRIAN CLAPPER, OF COURSE 1 1 3 NORTH BELMONT, UH, AND PRESIDENT OF THE LIONS AND CHAIR FOR THE CARNIVAL OVER THE LAST, UH, ABOUT 20 YEARS.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS CARNIVAL IS APPROACHING US PRETTY FAST, OUR CARNIVAL, AND IT'S GONNA BE OUR 80TH YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS WITH CHRISTIANSEN AMUSEMENTS, LIKE HE SAID, FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

UM, WE ARE A NONPROFIT.

EVERYTHING THAT WE MAKE GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE SUPPORT THINGS LIKE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, SWEETWATER BOYS AND GIRLS, SPORTS, BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS, REST WRESTLING TOURNAMENTS, UH, TRACK AND FIELD, ANYTHING AT SWEETWATER WHERE THEY NEED HELP.

WE TRY TO SUPPORT 'EM AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

IN THE LAST TWO YEARS,

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AND AT THE END OF THE CARNIVAL, UH, CHRISTIANSEN AMUSEMENTS, WE MAKE A PROFIT OFF, A PERCENTAGE OFF OF TICKETS SOLD, AND THAT, THAT TURNS INTO OUR PROFIT ALONG WITH OUR BOOTHS.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY GIVE US A, A RE A REPORT OF, OF WHAT THEY MADE.

AND SO THAT THAT MONEY THAT WE GET GOES 100% RIGHT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE VERY SELDOM TURN ANYBODY DOWN FOR FUNDS, WHATEVER WE CAN AFFORD.

BUT IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT NOW WHERE AFTER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN DEVASTATED.

LAST YEAR WE MADE 50% LESS THAN NORMAL.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S APPROACHING.

AND, AND WE, WE ALSO, UM, DO THINGS LIKE WE WORKING WITH THE KIWANIS WITH WHERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN, IN, IN HEAVY DISCUSSION WITH WALMART AND OTHER EYE CLINICS.

'CAUSE UH, AS YOU KNOW, ONE SITE WAS A BIG THING HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND IT'S DEVASTATING THAT SOME OF THE KIDS THAT CAN'T AFFORD, SOME OF THE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE CITY CAN'T AFFORD GLASSES.

WELL, WE, WE ARE REAL CLOSE TO MAKING A, A DEAL WITH A WALMART ON BEING ABLE TO GET EXAMS AND GLASSES, BUT WE NEED TO FUND THIS.

AND SO WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE KIWANIS, WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD TO, TO MAKE THIS, AND WITH THIS, UH, LOSS THE LAST TWO YEARS, IT'S, IT'S BECOMING A REAL, REAL, REAL TOUGH TIME.

AND WE ALSO DO UNIFORMS FOR THE CHILDREN THAT DON'T HAVE GOOD UNIFORMS. WE DO THE UNIFORM PANTRY WITH KIWANIS.

AND ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT, UM, WE, WE'D LIKE TO, WE'D LIKE TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW WE COULD MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND WITH THIS CARNIVAL HAPPENING SO SOON, IT, IT, IT, I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY AFFECTING OUR PROFITS.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR WORKING TOGETHER WITH US, UH, AND, AND, AND MAKING THINGS EASIER.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

WE APPRE OKAY.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

MY SUGGESTION, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THAT INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL THE MIDDLE OF JUNE TO START PROMOTING THE, THE CARNIVAL THIS YEAR, YOU START PROMOTING IT NOW AND PROMOTING IT AS, YOU KNOW, THE ONE AND ONLY ORIGINAL NATIONAL CITY, YOU KNOW, FOURTH JULY CARNIVAL AND THE FIREWORKS ARE GONNA BE ON THE FOURTH, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GET THAT BACK IN THE MINDSET.

SOMETHING GOOD? YEAH.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS ITEM TO COME BACK, UH, AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, UH, PROPER, UH, PLACEMENT OF A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM WOULD BE, BUT WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO DISCUSS, UH, DISCUSS IT FURTHER.

CAN WE DISCUSS THIS ITEM? NOW? WE CAN.

I, I DO BELIEVE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE FOR OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM TO BE IN TOUCH WITH SOME OF THE APPLICANTS THAT I THINK COULD BE A FRUITFUL CONVERSATION.

I HAVE QUESTIONS TOO.

MY, MY ONLY, MY ONLY CONCERN IS IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FAIRLY QUICK WITH THESE TIMELINES BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, YOU, IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE OF APRIL MM-HMM .

AND SO IF WE WAIT TOO LATE INTO MARCH , I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD THAT YOU CAN TURN THAT AROUND THEN.

UH, SO I WOULD, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT JUST FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S FOR AGAINST THIS, BUT I'M JUST SAYING FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY COULD MAKE A DECISION POSSIBLE IF IT WENT BEYOND THIS NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, THE 3RD OF MARCH AT THE LATEST.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S TIGHT.

BUT DO WE, DO WE THINK THAT'S ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE A MEETING AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL? I, I BELIEVE SO.

I COULD WORK WITH SHELLY SO I COULD CONTACT THE ORGANIZER AND, AND HAVE A DISCUSSION.

UH, WE, WE DID HAVE A, AN ORIGINAL DISCUSSION ABOUT POLICY 1 0 2, UH, SINCE THIS IS A FOR-PROFIT, UH, CARNIVAL, SO WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

MM-HMM .

YEAH, BECAUSE JUST, JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW, WE DO NOT CHARGE, PEOPLE MAKE MONEY OFF OF EVENTS LIKE THIS.

THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK, AND SO THE PUBLIC CAN USE IT.

RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN, UM, NON-PROFIT CHARITY GROUPS AS OPPOSED TO A A FOR-PROFIT GROUP.

BUT WE ONLY CHARGE 'EM FOR OUR, THE, THE CITY EXPENSES, DIRECT, UH, EXPENSES.

SO POLICE, THE FIRE PUBLIC WORKS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY PUT INTO IT, WE WOULD CHARGE, WE CHARGE THEM.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE, WE'RE NOT IN THIS THING TO MAKE MONEY.

AND, UH, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS.

THE OTHER THING, LET ME, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT SCENARIO.

I KNOW THAT YOUR DEALS HAVE BEEN DOWN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

BEFORE THAT WE, WE WENT THROUGH COVI AND SO WE DID NOT HAVE THE CARNIVAL.

WE COME BACK OUT OF COVID AND ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR JULY 4TH AND THERE WAS NO FIREWORKS.

AND WE WENT THROUGH THAT FOR LIKE THREE YEARS.

AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THE FIREWORKS BACK IN THE SCHEDULE OF JULY 4TH.

AND

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BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST JULY 4TH, YOU COULD NOT, IN THE EVENING, YOU COULDN'T MOVE.

I MEAN, IT WAS A MOSH PIT IN THAT, THAT PARK, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST SOLID THOUSANDS AND UPON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, UH, THE LAST TWO COUPLE YEARS, UH, IT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE OTHER, LIKE ONE OF THE, LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST NIGHTS, THERE WASN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO FIREWORKS.

AND SO PEOPLE HAVE KIND OF GOT BACK INTO THAT MINDSET.

SO I THINK YOU REALLY NEED TO WORK ON THAT MINDSET AS, AS MUCH AS NO MATTER WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS, WITH THIS SITUATION.

OTHERWISE, YOU'RE GONNA STILL END UP WITH, I THINK, A LESSER AMOUNT THIS YEAR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT USED TO YOU HAVING THE FIREWORKS ON THE FOURTH AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO, BUT IF YOU WAIT TILL THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS TO START PROMOTING, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE WAY TOO LATE.

I THINK YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT INNOVATIVE.

MAYBE NOT USE THE EXACT SAME POSTER THAT BEEN USING FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND JUST CHANGING THE DATE.

UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ADVERTISING TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHATEVER ELSE.

AND, UH, BUT I SAY JUST MY THOUGHT, BUT, BUT I, THERE NO FIREWORKS AVAILABLE FOR THE PORT THE LAST THREE YEARS.

WELL, I KNOW THAT, BUT, AND SO PEOPLE DIDN'T COME.

THAT WAS WHAT I'M SAYING.

THEY WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND SO WHEN WE NEED TO LET 'EM KNOW THAT THEY, THIS YEAR IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE FOURTH.

AND SO JUST MY THOUGHT ON THAT.

SO QUESTION, I JUST, UH, UH, NEED CLARITY ON, UM, WHAT WE'RE BRINGING THIS LACK FOR.

LIKE, SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED? YEAH.

ACCORDING TO OUR COUNCIL POLICY 8 0 2, UM, ON PUBLIC SPACES, THERE IS ACTUALLY A DIFFERENCE ON HOW WE TREAT FOR AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT UTILIZE PUBLIC SPACES.

AND THE APPLICATION BEFORE US NOW IS A FOR-PROFIT, UM, BUSINESS THAT IS UTILIZING OUR, OUR PARK, YET WE'RE TREATING THEM EXACTLY THE SAME AS A LONG, LONGSTANDING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

AND IT OFTENTIMES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE CITY PUTTING IT TOGETHER, BUT IT REALLY IS OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS.

SO I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK, UH, EVEN OUR POLICY STATES THAT THEY ARE NOT THE SAME.

SO I, I WOULD LIKE OUR CITY MANAGEMENT OR MANAGEMENT TO MAYBE HAVE A CONVERSATION AND, AND MAKE THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS TRYING TO MAKE REVENUE OFF OF OUR PUBLIC SPACE.

AND, AND, AND I JUST DON'T THINK BRINGING THEM THE SAME AS THE NONPROFIT THAT WE'VE HAD A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP.

UM, IS, IS FAIR.

UNDERST NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

NOW, UH, JUST, UH, FOR STAFF, SO THIS, UH, ITEM OR THIS, UH, CARNIVAL WITH PAUL, WITH APPLICANT PAUL, UH, MAUER.

SO THIS WAS APPROVED BEFORE, RIGHT? A COUPLE YEARS? YES.

AND SO IT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR THE LAST, YEAH.

SO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? YES.

SO MARTIN, DID YOU YES, IT WAS, IT IS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THIS IS THE THIRD ONE.

DID THE 8 0 2, DID THIS, UH, CONCERN NOT COME UP THEN? UH, I DON'T RECALL.

I DON'T THINK I WAS DEALING WITH IT BACK THEN, BUT I, NOT THAT I REMEMBER, NO.

I'M, I'M TEXTING WITH RONNIE DOES.

SO, UM, ONLY REASON IS 'CAUSE IF WE ALREADY APPROVED IT, AND THEN NOW WE'RE NOT, THAT'S, IT'S JUST THERE'S A CONSISTENCY THING, A QUESTION I HAVE, BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF JUST IF, IF, UM, REGARDLESS OF THE PAST, IF MOVING FORWARD, IF THIS IS INCONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICIES, THEN I'M OPEN TO THAT.

UM, AND I, AND I HEAR YOU, UM, BRIAN, ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE LYONS CLUB ABOUT THE COMPETITION.

MY OPINION, THAT IS NOT OUR ROLE THOUGH, TO BE DECIDING WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH, UH, USERS OF OUR SPACES ARE COMPETING WITH OTHERS.

SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.

BUT ON THIS, UH, POLICY, IF THERE'S INCONSISTENCY WITH THE POLICIES, UM, I'M OPEN TO THAT.

BUT I JUST, IF STAFF AND BRINGING THIS BACK, WHICH I THINK HAS TO BE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING SO SOON MM-HMM .

BUT IF YOU COULD ALSO RESEARCH ON IF THIS WAS LOOKED AT, UM, BY STAFF, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN TERMS OF THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE 8 0 2 POLICY.

THROUGH THE CHAIR.

IT WAS DIFFERENT ICE THEN ICE RIGHT NOW ARE EAGLE EYES.

BUT I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE HISTORY AND SPECIFICALLY THE REASON WHY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING OUR POLICIES.

WELL, IF I'M HEARING RIGHT HERE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE THIS REFERRED TO STAFF, BUT BROUGHT BACK ON MARCH THE THIRD, WHICH HAS A REALLY TIGHT TURNAROUND MOVE, MR.

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MAYOR.

WELL, SHOULD WE, UM, SECOND, DO YOU WANT AMEND THE MOTION TO SAY THE NEXT AVAILABLE COUNCIL MEETING IF YOU GO BEYOND MARCH 3RD? YOU, I, I DON'T THINK FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S THAT CLOSE TO THESE DATES.

UNDERSTOOD.

NO SUPPORT.

YEAH, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

SO NEED TO STATE THE MOTION OR ARE YOU GOOD? WE HAVE A MOTION BY YAMANI, SECOND, SECOND, AND A SECOND BY RODRIGUEZ.

THIS IS TO HAVE STAFF HAVE A CONVERSATION BOTH AT THE STAFF LEVEL, BUT THEN ALSO WITH THE APPLICANT, AND, UH, AND THEN BRING BACK A REPORT TO US.

AND SO THAT, THAT CAN BE, UH, UH, WE MAKE A DECISION ON THE, ON THE THIRD.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UM, SO YOU, NO OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, WE ALREADY TOOK CARE OF 9.1.

[Items 9.2 & 10]

NEXT WE GO INTO 9.2.

AND THIS IS THE 2026 STRATEGIC PLAN PRESENTATION.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, COUNCIL, COMMUNITY AND STAFF.

SO TONIGHT, UH, WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND AN OVERVIEW TO OUR EXISTING STRATEGIC PLAN.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY HIGHLIGHTED A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT STARTED IN 2020 AND RAN THROUGH 2025.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THE SEVENTH STRATEGIC PLANS FOCUS AREAS ARE BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT GATHERED THROUGH PUBLIC SURVEYS CONDUCTED IN 2019, RESIDENTS WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON 10 POTENTIAL FOCUS AREAS.

THE SEVEN SHOWN HERE, RECEIVED THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF SUPPORT AND WE'RE PRIORITIZED ACCORDINGLY.

THE BALANCE BUDGET, UH, THE COMMUNICATION, OUTREACH, HEALTH ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PARKS, RECREATION AND LIBRARY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION CHOICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, SO EACH OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE SEVEN DIFFERENT AREAS, AS YOU CAN SEE THEM UP THERE, THEY HAD FOUR OVERARCHING GOALS.

EACH OF THESE GOALS IS SUPPORTED BY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES AND DEPARTMENT TASKS THAT WERE INCORPORATED INTO AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, IN 2023, COUNCIL MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THE WORKSHOP TO ESTABLISH CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

UH, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS SUBSEQUENTLY SUPPORTED DEVELOPED WORK PLANS THAT INTEGRATED TASKS SUPPORTING THEIR RESPECTIVE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THERE WE GO.

UH, DEPARTMENTS ARE CURRENTLY PRIORITIZING KEY INITIATIVES AND WILL HIGHLIGHT RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS TIED TO THOSE EFFORTS.

SO TONIGHT, EACH DIRECTOR IS HERE TO PRESENT THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND HOW THEY ARE SUPPORTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

I'M GONNA START WITH STEVE , .

I DO HAVE THE CLICKER.

THANKS ALEX.

OF COURSE.

A CLEAN NATIONAL CITY BY PICKING UP DEBRIS, CLEANING STORM DRAINS, AND PERFORMING, PERFORMING WEED ABATEMENT ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

UM, THE ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN SUPPORTING ALL SEVEN OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOCUS AREAS, MOST NOTABLY, BY PROVIDING MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, TRANSPORTATION CHOICES, AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

IN THE FALL OF 2023, OUR DEPARTMENT ADOPTED THE CORE GOAL SUMMARIZED ON THIS SLIDE, TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THE FOLLOWING ACCOMPLISHMENTS TIED DIRECTLY TO ACHIEVING OUR CORE GOALS.

ON THE PUBLIC WORK SIDE, WE IMPLEMENTED CROSS TRAINING TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

WE'VE RESTRUCTURED OUR USER FEES AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES TO MOVE TOWARDS A FULL COST RECOVERY MODEL FOR SERVICES PROVIDED.

WE'VE MODIFIED OUR PROCEDURES, UM, PROCESSES AND PROTOCOLS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS AND REVIEW TIMES FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PERMITTING.

OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS, WE'VE DELIVERED OVER $25 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND LASTLY, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES TO SUPPORT

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THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST, UH, ONE TO TWO YEARS.

SORRY, I'M STUCK BETWEEN TWO MICROPHONES HERE.

UM, MIKE PACHECO, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND HERE ARE OUR GOALS.

COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

WE ARE LOOKING TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY, UM, WHICH WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE THE SERVICE GAPS EXIST AND WHAT PRIORITIES MATTER MOST TO THE RESIDENTS.

UM, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING TO DO A VALUATION OF OUR PROGRAMS AND POLICY FEES AND POLICIES AND THAT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALIGN WITH THIS, UH, COMMUNITY NEEDS.

UM, WE WANT TO ALSO ENHANCE CONTRACTS AND, AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WOULD HELP US MANAGE AND BUILD UPON EXISTING AGREEMENTS, LEASES, AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL REALLY ENHANCE THE PROGRAMMING AND SERVICE DELIVERY TO RESIDENTS.

AND WE ALSO THINK THIS IS REALLY GONNA HELP ACTIVATE THE PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS, UM, AND JUST MAXIMIZE THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

AND THEN WITH ALL THIS, IT NEEDS TO COME WITH OUR TEAM DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE GOT A ROBUST TEAM AND WE JUST NEED TO START, YOU KNOW, HELPING KIND OF STRENGTHEN OUR DEPARTMENT, STANDARDIZE AND TRAININGS.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THIS YEAR.

WE OPENED OUR, UM, NEW KIMBALL SENIOR CENTER IN JULY, AND WE'VE BEEN INTRODUCING NEW CITY RUN PROGRAMS BEFORE THEY WERE RUN, UM, BY CLUBS ONLY.

UM, WE'VE ALSO CONSISTENTLY MET THE HIGH DEMAND FOR SENIOR CONGREGATE MEALS AND PROVIDED WELFARE CHECKS AND MEALS TO HOME BROWN SENIORS.

AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN OFFERING NEW RECREATION PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

WITH THAT, I'LL HAND OVER TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

THANKS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC MARTIN READER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

UH, HERE TO TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.

SO WITH THE REGARD TO STAFFING AND ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH, WE ARE HOPING TO RESTORE SERVICE LEVELS BY ACTIVELY FILLING CRITICAL, UH, VACANCIES, EXPANDING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY, ENHANCING FIELD PRESENCE, UH, THROUGH NEW INSPECTORS.

UH, WE HAVE ACTIVE INITIATIVES AND REGULATORY GOALS RELATED TO OPERA.

OPERA, OH MY GOD, OPERATIONALIZE.

I DID NOT WRITE THAT.

OPERATIONALIZE RECENTLY ADOPTED ORDINANCES.

OBVIOUSLY WE'VE ADOPTED SEVERAL ORDINANCES THIS LAST YEAR, EXPANDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES BY EVALUATING THE, THE ROLE OF THE CITY, POTENTIALLY AS A DEVELOPER.

UH, STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I BEG YOUR PARDON.

COMPLIANCE COMMUNITY COMPLIANCE.

UH, WEST SIDE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.

UH, MODERNIZING PUBLIC FACING SERVICES.

MAXIMIZING GRANT UTILIZATION, WHICH WAS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON LATELY.

ENHANCING, UH, DEPARTMENT ALIGNMENT, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO MAKE THAT MORE, UH, MORE OR YES, SMOOTHER, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TRAINING THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY DOING FOR OUR, UH, BUILDING OFFICIALS, OUR A SCP, OUR, UH, PCA 32, ET CETERA.

AS FAR AS THE, UH, SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE, WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY HOUSING AUTHORITY IN SECTION EIGHT, YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT THEM.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK, ESPECIALLY SECTION EIGHT.

THEY'VE ADMINISTERED 1,312 HOUSING VOUCHERS WHILE MAINTAINING A 98% LEASING RATE.

WE HAVE, UH, UH, VULNERABLE, VULNERABLE POPULATION SUPPORT.

75% OF OF THE, UH, RECIPIENTS ARE ELDERLY OR DISABLED.

WE, OF COURSE, HAVE ALSO HAD THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUCCESS WITH THE KIMBALL HIGHLAND APARTMENTS, WHERE WE LEASED UP 145 UNITS AND EXECUTED A 65 YEAR LEASE FOR THE SENIOR CENTER.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE MOST WAS JUST OUR HOME TEAM.

ALL OF OUR WORKS, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB AT OUR HOMELESS FOLKS THIS LAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY, UH, THEY'VE DONE CALTRANS COORDINATION, MAINTAINING ONGOING COLLABORATIONS WITH CALTRANS TO FACILITATE AND COORDINATE REGULAR CLEANUP EFFORTS.

PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS.

WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED 28 LONG-TERM HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SOME OF THOSE FOLKS HAVE BEEN HOMELESS SINCE THEY STARTED WORKING HERE 22 YEARS AGO.

SPECIALIZED CLIENT ASSISTANCE, COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATED SERVICE REFERRALS, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SUPPORT.

AND I'LL HAND THAT OVER TO FIRE.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

BRIAN KREPPS, DIVISION CHIEF NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR DEPARTMENT'S KEY PRIORITIES AND INITIATIVES WE ARE ADVANCING TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC SAFETY IN NATIONAL CITY.

OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS THE GROUND EMERGENCY TRANSPORT SYSTEM.

IT WILL ENHANCE EMS SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

IT CREATES A PIPELINE TO HIRE FROM WITHIN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

IT GIVES US A GREATER CONTROL OVER EMS OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY AND NATIONAL CITY.

AND IMPORTANTLY, IT SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S LONG-TERM GROWTH AT NO COST TO THE CITY.

THIS PROGRAM POSITIONS US TO DELIVER BETTER SERVICE WHILE BUILDING A STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OUR SECOND PRIORITY IS

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FUNDING OPTIONS FOR FIRE STATION 33.

THE SQUAD CONCEPT IN THE, UH, NORTHEAST AREA OF THE CITY WAS ALWAYS INTENDED AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE TO ADDRESS A CLEAR SERVICE GAP BEYOND, UH, BASED ON FIVE YEARS OF CALL, VOLUME DATA IS EVIDENT THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS A PERMANENT FACILITY STAFFED WITH THE FIRE ENGINE.

WE'RE EXPLORING A DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, WHICH HAS POTENTIAL TO FUND APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THAT PROJECT COST.

THIRD PRIORITY COST RECOVERY AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

UH, AS YOU SAW EARLIER, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY MANAGER WHO HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING AT ACQUIRING GRANTS, UH, INCLUDING THE RECENT EOC UPGRADE.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO PURSUE GRANTS FOR STAFFING, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE EVALUATING NEW COST RECOVERY MECHANISMS, MECHANISMS, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN EMS FEE FOR SERVICE TO HELP ENSURE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY.

OUR FOURTH PRIORITY STATEWIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM.

WE ARE WORKING TO STRENGTHEN OUR STATEWIDE DEPLOYMENT CAPABILITIES.

WE ARE TRAINING OUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS SO THEY CAN DEPLOY TO STATEWIDE EMERGENCIES.

THIS NOT ONLY SUPPORTS THE STATE, BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO OUR COST RECOVERY STRATEGY.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE EXPLORING A RETIRED ANNUITANT PROGRAM.

THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO DEPLOY RETIRED FIREFIGHTERS AS THOUSAND HOUR EMPLOYEES TO STATEWIDE INCIDENTS.

THESE DEPLOYMENTS ARE FULLY REIMBURSED BY THE STATE, AND THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR MANAGING THE PROGRAM.

OUR LAST AND FINAL PRIORITY IS COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY EDUCATION.

WE HAVE RECENTLY ONBOARDED TWO NEW FIRE INSPECTORS AND ARE BEING TRAINED TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION MISSION THROUGHOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THESE INSPECTORS WILL VISIT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY TO TEACH FIRE SAFETY AND CPR TO OUR YOUTH.

THIS INVESTMENT EDUCATION HELPS PREVENT EMERGENCIES BEFORE THEY HAPPEN AND STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS.

NOPE.

HOW DO YOU GO BACK? OH.

UM, TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE PAST YEAR, I'M JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT THREE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.

OUR ISO CLASS ONE DESIGNATION.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO OUR STAFF, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE, WITHIN THE CITY.

UH, THE GRANTS WE RECEIVED THAT OFFSET GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, YOU SEE A LONG LIST OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT WE'VE, WE'VE RECEIVED.

AND LASTLY, OUR, OUR WORK COLLABORATING WITH THE, UH, SDSU SAGE PROJECT FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS.

IN CLOSING, EACH OF THESE INITIATIVES MOVES US TOWARD A MORE MODERN, EFFICIENT AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE WHILE BEING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF CITY RESOURCES.

TO KIND OF, TO ENSURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE ARE ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

MY NAME IS CHRIS SULLIVAN, CAPTAIN WITH THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE, ACTUALLY, A FEW OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANS AND HOW WE INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE OVERALL CITY STRATEGIC PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

UH, 20 25, 22 NEW HIRES.

THIS INCLUDES SWORN AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF, UH, WORKING TOWARDS A SIX MONTH PATROL SCHEDULE.

IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE HAVE SCHEDULED INSTEAD OF BUILT OUT A YEAR, IT'S BUILT OUT SIX MONTHS, UH, EXPANDING OFFICER WELLNESS.

WE HAVE A WELLNESS GRANT.

WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING HARD TO WORK WITH OUR EMPLOYEES TO ENHANCE THE WELLNESS OF OUR STAFF.

MOVING INTO THE TRAINING AND SUCCESSION PLANNING, WE HAVE A CONTINUED FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING AS WE PROGRESS INTO THE FUTURE.

OUR GOAL REMAINS FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDING THE BEST AND HIGH QUALITY TRAINING THAT WE CAN AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT.

WE ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTING ASSIGNMENTS, ENHANCING THE ABILITIES OF OUR DEPARTMENT MEMBERS IN ALL AREAS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ROLES AS WELL AS PROVIDE A GLIMPSE OF FUTURE LEADERSHIP AS WE PROGRESS.

UH, FACILITY UPGRADES.

OBVIOUSLY, OUR DEPARTMENT IS OVER 30 YEARS OLD AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED THE PAST FEW YEARS TO TRY TO KEEP IT GOING, UH, FOR COST SAVING MEASURES, BUT HAVING A NEW POLICE RANGE.

UH, THE MILLION CYCLE GATES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET INSTALLED ARE OUR DEFENSIVE TACTICS ROOM THAT WE RECENTLY DID FOR MORE ENHANCED TRAINING AND OUR LEGACY COMMITTEE.

UH, THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT OUR DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN OUR DEPARTMENT, THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE DONE TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE LEGACY OF THE NASHVILLE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND SOME PENDING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.

UH, IT'S ACTUALLY STARTING, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK, IS THE LONG ANTICIPATED INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION REMODEL.

UH, OUR SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

UH, THIS, THIS ONE, HOW WE WRAP THIS UP WITH THE OVERALL CITY STRATEGIC GOAL, BUT CRIME REDUCTION, OPERATIONAL READINESS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.

THOSE ARE PILLARS THAT WE REALLY STRIVE

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BUT CRIME REDUCTION, LARGE SCALE OPERATIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR PROSTITUTIONAL RELATED ACTIVITIES.

UH, JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTED NUMBERS.

OVER THE LAST YEAR, 2025, WE'VE HAD 26 HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE RELATED EVENTS, OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS DETAILS IN OUR, OUR GANG ENFORCEMENT TEAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PATROL TEAMS IN ORDER TO KIND OF, UH, COMBAT THIS, THIS, UH, CRIME THAT WE HAVE.

ADDITIONAL DEPLOYMENT OF OFFICERS IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS TO DETER CRIMES, USING DATA TO FOCUS ON SPECIFIC AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND UTILIZING RESOURCES SUCH AS SATURATION PATROLS, TRAFFIC SPEED TRAILERS, THE SKY WATCH TOWER, UH, AND OTHER RESOURCES.

WE ALSO UTILIZE INTELLIGENCE BASED DEPLOYMENT OF OUR RESOURCES THROUGH OUR CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT.

SO USING CRIME ANALYSIS, ANALYSIS AND ANALYTICS TO EFFECTIVELY, EFFECTIVELY DEPLOY SOME OF THE RESOURCES.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT FOR, UH, THE AMOUNT OF CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT WE HAD FOR 20 25, 60 3,745, THAT'S HOW MANY CALLS THAT THE OFFICERS HAVE RESPONDED TO.

MOVING TO OPERATIONAL READINESS, WE WANNA DEVELOP OUR OFFICERS.

WE PROVIDE TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EACH RANK, PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL UNIT TRAINING, SUCH AS THE SWAT TEAM RANGE, CNT, PEER SUPPORT, AND MANY OTHERS.

OUR WATCH COMMANDER VEHICLES WE'RE BUILDING OUT, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING OUT TWO NEW SUVS TO BETTER SUIT LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS FOR OUR WATCH COMMANDERS AND OUR EMPLOYEES AND, AND GATHERING OUR RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, OBVIOUSLY THE MDCS AND THE NEW COMPUTERS THAT WE JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED, THE SOFTWARE AND THE HARDWARE INTEGRATION.

FINALLY, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.

WE LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM CONSISTING OF TWO OFFICERS.

UH, THE OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BUSINESSES AND VISITORS.

UH, THE ADDITION OF THE SECOND PERC CLINICIAN.

SO WE NOW HAVE TWO PER CLINICIANS THAT COVER ADDITIONAL SHIFTS AND PROVIDE MORE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, VOLUNTEER SERVICES, RSVP AND THE CADET PROGRAM.

WE'RE CREATING A PIPELINE FOR OUR FUTURE, UH, EMPLOYEES, AND WE'RE KEEPING OUR EMPLOYEES ENGAGED AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN I'LL, I'LL END WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOOTPRINT.

WE WE'RE UTILIZING SOCIAL MEDIA TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, BUT TO ALSO ENGAGE WITH THEM.

SO THIS IS HOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REALLY TRYING TO ENVELOP THE CORE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THE CITY HAS PRESENTED.

AND THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UM, THESE ARE THE GOALS THE LIBRARY CAME UP WITH.

I'M SORRY, LEMME INTRODUCE MYSELF.

I GOT CONFUSED 'CAUSE YOU GAVE ME THIS AND I PUT ON THE RIGHT SLIDE.

AND SO, UH, I'M, UH, DANIEL GI.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES.

UM, SO THE GOALS THAT WE CAME UP WITH WERE BASED ON SOME OF YOUR STRATEGIC GOALS THAT YOU ALREADY HAD FOR THE LIBRARY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

UM, AND THESE ARE GOALS THAT THE LIBRARY EMBRACES ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INCLUSION, UH, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, PRESERVING OUR LOCAL ARCHIVES.

UM, AND OUR NEWEST ONE IS OUR NEW ILS SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE COMING ON BOARD SOON.

SO THE LIBRARY'S KNOWN FOR BEING AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT.

WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

UH, SO FOR US, WE REALLY TRIED TO EXPAND OUR CULTURAL PROGRAMMING THIS YEAR AND ADDED ADDITIONAL, UM, NEW ITEMS LIKE HIGHLIGHTING PRIDE MONTH, LOOKING AT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND THEN OF COURSE OUR FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH THAT WE CELEBRATED, UH, JUST THIS LAST, UH, SEPTEMBER, WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

AND THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT THE LIBRARY.

UM, WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED OUR COLLECTION OFFERINGS.

SO WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF NEW TITLES THAT BETTER REFLECT THE COMMUNITY INTERESTS AND THE DIVERSITY SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE COMING INTO THE BUILDING, YOU ARE SEEING YOURSELF IN THE BOOKS THAT YOU'RE READING.

AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART.

UH, AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE'VE REALLY EXPANDED OUR OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME GOING TO THE SCHOOLS, GOING TO EVENTS, UM, BEING A FACE SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST THE LIBRARY IN THE BUILDING, WE'RE YOUR COMMUNITY LIBRARY, WE'RE HERE UCS, YOU KNOW, US.

UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN TRYING TO DO, AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW A WHOLE NEW SET OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE ALSO LOOK AT NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE LIBRARY.

WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO UPGRADE OURSELVES, MAKE US A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

UM, SO THIS YEAR WE'RE ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS, LIKE WE HAVE A NEW LASER CUTTER, UM, WHICH WE VIEW FOR SEVERAL PROGRAMMING.

IT'S A GREAT NEW TOOL THAT WE'VE

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ADDED.

WE'RE ALSO, UM, ADDING CODING AND 3D PRINTING CLASSES FOR NOT JUST THE KIDS, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

UM, WHICH OFFERS, UH, PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THOSE TOOLS AT HOME, AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THEM AND USE THEM.

AND THEY COULD BE FOR THEIR CREATIVE HOBBIES OR FOR, UM, LEARNING NEW, UM, TECHNOLOGY FOR JOBS.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR TOOL LIBRARY, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY POPULAR.

UM, PEOPLE HAVE REALLY EMBRACED IT.

IT WAS, UH, HIGHLIGHTED.

UM, WE HAD A COUPLE OF ARTICLES OUT AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY HAPPY.

IT'S BEEN A REALLY WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE LIBRARY, WHICH WAS AT NO COST TO US, WHICH IS EVEN BETTER.

AND THEN, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE, UH, THINGS MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO RESERVE THINGS ONLINE AND HAVE PEOPLE COME IN AND PICK THINGS UP DURING THEIR TIMES THAT THEY CAN VISIT US.

WE DON'T WANNA RESTRICT, UM, THE USE OF THE 3D PRINTER.

WE WANNA HAVE PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO COME IN, SIGN UP, AND USE THOSE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE WONDERFUL ADDITIONS.

UH, OUR OTHER HIGHLIGHT IS OUR PRESERVING OUR LOCAL ARCHIVES.

IF YOU'VE VISITED THE LIBRARY, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LOCAL HISTORY ROOM.

UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH SDSU AND CALIFORNIA REVEAL TO DO A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF THE COLLECTION, TO HAVE IT ALL DIGITIZED AND THEN BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO HAVE IT AVAILABLE ON OUR ONLINE ARCHIVES OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH OPENS IT UP, NOT JUST TO OBVIOUSLY US HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA.

UM, WE DO GET A LOT OF REQUESTS ABOUT NATIONAL CITY HISTORY AND NEWS, AND WE LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE ALL OF THOSE ITEMS AS WE MOVE FORWARD SO THAT THOSE PHOTOS, THOSE ARTICLES ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO HAVE AND TO ACCESS.

WE'VE ALSO INCREASED OUR ACCESS TO THE LOCAL HISTORY ROOM AND TO ALL THE RESOURCES IT OFFERS, EXPANDING THE HOURS.

WE HAVE A WHOLE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM NOW WHO COME.

WE HAVE SIX INTERNS WHO COME AND WORK IN THE LOCAL HISTORY ROOM, AND THEY GET THE EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING ABOUT ARCHIVAL STUDIES, BUT ALSO THEY BENEFIT US.

AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL WAY OF GETTING ALL THESE MATERIALS SAVED FOR US TO USE LATER.

AND OUR FINAL THING IS OUR NEW ILS SYSTEM.

SO THAT WILL BE COMING ON BOARD IN AUGUST.

AUGUST 11TH IS THE DATE.

BUT IT'S AN, UH, ONLINE SYSTEM.

SO WE WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO TAKE THE LIBRARY OUT, SO WE CAN GO TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL.

WE CAN RESERVE BOOKS FOR THE KIDS, WE CAN CREATE LIBRARY CARDS.

WE CAN BE IN THE PARK AT AN EVENT AND HELP THEM OUT.

WE CAN ROAM WITH AN IPAD AND HELP PEOPLE DIRECTLY IN THE STACK.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR US.

THEY HAVE MORE ACCESS TO THESE MATERIALS AT WHILE AT HOME.

SO IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL, UM, WAY TO MOVE THE LIBRARY FORWARD.

UM, AND SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS, UH, SUPPORTED US IN THAT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S IT FOR THE LIBRARY.

OH, MAYOR.

OOPS.

THE TALENT ACQUISITION AND RETENTION STREAMLINES THE RECRUITMENT PROCESSES, EXPANDS INTERNSHIP AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS, AND ENHANCES ONBOARDING AND ATTRACTS TO RETAIN HIGH PERFORMING WORKFORCE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT HONOR.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND STAFF, THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IS, HAS RESTRUCTURED ITS INTERNAL OPERATIONS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, WORKFORCE DEMANDS, AND EVOLVING AGENCY TRANSIT.

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, THE REORGANIZATION, SUPPORTS A MORE AGILE DATA DRIVEN AND SERVICE ORIENTED HR MODEL THAT, UM, STRENGTHENS BOTH INTERNAL CAPACITY AND CITYWIDE SUPPORT.

SO WE FOCUSED ON FIVE PRIORITIES, THE, UH, WORKFORCE PLANNING, CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION, EQUITY, TALENT ACQUISITION AND RETENTION, POLICY MODERNIZATION AND COMPLIANCE, AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THE STRENGTH AND POSITIONS MANAGEMENT AND WORKFORCE ANALYTICS THROUGH INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, MUNI AND NEO GOV TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN ALIGNMENT WITH OPERATIONAL NEEDS, UH, WAS OUR FOCUS WITH WORKFORCE PLANNING.

THE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION EQUITY IS TO COMPLETE A CITYWIDE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY TO PROMOTE INTERNAL ALIGNMENT, MARKING COMPETITIVE AND EQUI AND, AND EQUITABLE PAY PRACTICES.

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WITH OUR POLICY MODERNIZATION AND COMPLIANCE, WE UPDATE OUR, UH, IT'S, OUR FOCUS IS TO UPDATE OUR CIVIL SERVICE RULES, HR POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO REFLECT A MORE CURRENT EMPLOYMENT LAWS AND ENSURE CONSISTENCY IN MITIGATE ORGANIZATIONAL RISK.

AND OUR LAST FOCUS POINT WAS EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT TO ADVANCE OUR WELLNESS RECOGNITION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE A MORE COLLABORATIVE, STRENGTHEN OUR MORALE, AND REINFORCE THE CITY'S VALUES AND SERVICES AND EXCELLENCE.

OVERALL, OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS, UH, PAST FISCAL YEAR WAS TO COMPLETE NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR MANAGEMENT AND FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.

ON A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, WE HOSTED A 300, UH, WE HOSTED OUR CITY BENEFITS FAIRS AND LUNCHEON.

AND, UH, WITH ATTENDANCE OF 300 EMPLOYEES, WE FILLED 44 POSITIONS AGENCY-WIDE, INCLUDING A NOTABLE RECRUITMENT OF THREE DIRECTOR POSITIONS, CLOSED 66 CLAIMS IN RISK MANAGEMENT, AND COMPLETED FIVE RECLASSIFICATION STUDIES.

LOOKING AHEAD WE'RE, UM, LOOKING TO IMPROVE OUR, IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND COMPLIANCE BY REINFORCING OUR CONSISTENT RECRUITMENT PRACTICES AND CONTINUING TO EVALUATE OUR CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURES AND MODELS, AND THEN ADDRESS EMPLOYEE RELATION MATTERS IN A TIMELY MANNER, UH, WITH INVESTIGATION, BUT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AS OUR FOCUS.

AND THEN FINALLY, BUT NOT LEAST, OBVIOUSLY, IS TO, UH, LAUNCH OUR MUNI HRS SYSTEM IN COLLABORATION WITH PAYROLL.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

COUNSEL, UM, PUBLIC AND CITY STAFF.

MY NAME IS RACHEL BARRERA, REPRESENTING YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS ACTING FINANCE MAN, UH, DIRECTOR.

UM, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS THAT WOULD MAKE US SUCCESSFUL TO ATTAIN THE INTENT OF THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT WOULD BE FINALIZING PROJECTS, EXISTING PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE, UH, ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, LABOR NEGOTIATIONS AND AUDITS.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTIVATING THE PROJECT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED OF IN MUNI PHASE ONE.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP POLICIES AND UPDATE THEM AND INCLUDE TRAINING IN FUTURE PROJECTS FOR CITY STAFF.

ITEMS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AS PART OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN FINANCE INCLUDE THE COMPLETED AUDITS ISSUED FOR THE 2024 FINAL AUDIT.

THAT WAS A LONG AND DRAWN OUT PROCESS DUE TO THE MIGRATION OF EDEN SOFTWARE AND MUNI IN CONJUNCTION.

DURING THE MID-YEAR, UM, FISCAL YEAR CHANGE, WE ALSO HAD A PUBLISHED FI, UH, BUDGET DOCUMENT PRODUCED BY OUR BUDGET MANAGER.

WE ALSO HAD FINALIZED AND COLLABORATED LABOR NEGOTIATIONS PUT INTO PLACE.

IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAD THE 2025 FEE STUDY, WHICH WAS NOT COMPLETED FOR MANY, SEVERAL YEARS, BUT HAS NOW BEEN PUT INTO PLACE AND IS ACTIVE.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAD IN FINANCE WAS THE MUNI ERP PHASE ONE THAT HAPPENED IN APRIL OF 2024, WHICH IT WENT LIVE.

IF ANY OF US HAVE EVER BEEN IN A IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT IT TAKES TIME, COMMITMENT, TRUST, PLANNING, UH, TRAINING, DEDICATION, AND SUPPORT.

IT WAS NOT EASY TO GET US OUT OF EDEN INTO MUNI, BUT WITH THE DEDICATION OF YOUR FINANCE TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, PURCHASING YOUR ACCOUNTANTS, AND YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, YOU NOW HAVE A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS AND ARE NOW YOUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.

THEY HAVE PROVIDED THE TIME AND THE SOLUTIONS AND THE RESOLUTIONS FOR YOUR CITY STAFF WHO'VE BEEN TRAINED TO PROCESS THEIR

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DAILY TIME AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE NEW SYSTEM.

WITH THAT, THEY FACILITATED TRAINING REFRESHERS AND CITYWIDE UNI USERS WERE CREATING.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU NOW HAVE A ROBUST SYSTEM THAT HAS A GREAT ARCHIVING AREA WHERE RESEARCH CAN BE CONDUCTED, INCLUDING EFFICIENCY ORGANIZATION AND BEING PAPERLESS.

AP HAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THEIR AC A CH SYSTEM, WHICH WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE IN EDEN.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT YOU HAVE APPROXIMATELY 230 VENDORS WHO AREN'T A CH AND DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR PAPER CHECKS TO BE PROCESSED THROUGH THE MAIL.

THIS IS A GREAT MOVEMENT FOR THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE ANTIQUATED SYSTEM OF EDEN MUNICIPAL ALLOW US TO BE A PART OF AN EVOLVING, UH, AREA OF TECHNOLOGY.

LOOKING AHEAD, 2025 AUDITS ARE CURRENTLY BEING PREPARED.

THIS INCLUDES THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCE REPORT.

WE'RE HOPING TO ISSUE THAT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

THE 2027 BUDGET PROCESS IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS THROUGH OUR BUDGET MANAGER WITH THE COLLABORATION OF HR AND PAYROLL.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MUNI ERP PHASE TWO LAUNCHED.

PRESENTLY, WE ARE PREPARING TO GO LIVE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

PROJECT ACCOUNTING, SALARY AND BENEFIT PROJECTIONS WILL BE ABLE TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS NEW MUSE ERP SYSTEM, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE THROUGH GRANTS AND PROJECT ACCOUNTING SUCCESSFULLY.

IN ADDITION, WE'LL STILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW POLICIES AND UPDATES AND CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND IMPLEMENT EFFICIENT PROCEDURES.

TRAININGS WILL BE OFFERED TO OUR STAFF BECAUSE LAWS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING AND REGULATIONS ARE CONSTANTLY MOVING, AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS FINANCE TO UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS TO MAKE US AS THE FACE OF THE CITY VALUABLE.

AGENTS AND MYSELF AS THE PROGRAM MANAGER AND AGENT.

UM, PAUL? YEAH, PAUL'S GONNA, DID YOU WANT? HMM.

YOU GOTTA GO BACK A COUPLE THERE.

GOTTA GO BACK.

COUPLE BUDGET WORKSHOPS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, PAUL VALDEZ, BUDGET MANAGER.

UH, THIS HERE IS A TENTATIVE BUDGET SCHEDULE, UH, WHICH RACHEL MA, UH, MENTIONED IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.

WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OUR BASELINE BUDGET, AND I'M MEETING WITH, UH, CHIEF CITY MANAGER HERNANDEZ HERE.

SO WE CAN DEVELOP A, UH, A PLAN AND A FORMAT AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THAT IN AN INFORMATIVE MATTER.

AND THAT WILL HAPPEN APRIL 7TH, THE FIRST OF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS.

UM, AND ALL OF YOU UP HERE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS BEFORE, SO THAT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS.

AND THEN, UM, BY JUNE 16TH, WE'LL HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF COUNCIL'S INPUT, INCORPORATED THAT INTO THE BUDGET, AND, UH, PRESENT A PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ADOPTION.

OKAY, UH, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, CITY STAFF, THE PUBLIC, SHELLY CHAPEL, YOUR CITY CLERK.

UH, THIS UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PRIORITIES OVER THE, THE PAST YEAR.

FIRST, UH, THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS PROCESSED 956 PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUESTS, UH, MAKING THIS THE BUSIEST YEAR ON RECORD.

DESPITE THE VOLUME STAFF HAS CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT TO MEET STATUTORY DEADLINES AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.

NEXT, OUR PUBLIC, OUR PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITY, EXCUSE ME.

UH, THE FACILITY HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL FOR 19 MONTHS AND HAS CONTINUED TO SEE STRONG REGIONAL DEMAND.

IN 2025, WE PROCESSED 1,982 PASSPORT APPLICATIONS GENERATING OVER $50,000 IN NET GENERAL FUND REVENUE.

WE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE, COMPLETED OUR FEDERAL RECERTIFICATION FOR THIS YEAR, UH, WITH FOUR PASSPORT

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WE RECEIVED 587 VOLUNTARY CUSTOMER SURVEYS, WHICH SHOWED THE MAJORITY OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE NOT NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS AND DO NOT WORK IN NATIONAL CITY DEMONSTRATING THE FACILITY'S REGIONAL REACH FISCAL YEAR.

TO DATE, THE FACILITY HAS GENERATED, UH, $53,735, AND AFTER EXPENSES AND TWO PART-TIME POSITIONS, WE ARE AT A NET REVENUE OF $12,210 WITH FIVE MONTHS REMAINING IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

BASED ON THE CURRENT DEMAND, WE ANTICIPATE CONTRIBUTING AN ADDITIONAL $20,000 OR MORE TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

WE ARE CURRENTLY BOOKED THREE WEEKS OUT WITH INCREASED DEMAND EXPECTED FOR SPRING AND SUMMER TRAVEL.

IN SUPPORT OF THE, IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, WE SUCCESSFULLY PREPARED AND EXECUTED 51 CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND AGENDA PACKETS.

WE COMPLETED AN ANNUAL CITY, UH, COUNCIL POLICY UPDATE, REVISING AND ADOPTING 10 POLICIES.

WE'VE ALSO MANAGED THE FPPC COMPLIANCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 FILERS, TRANSITIONING TO E AN E-FILE SYSTEM FROM OUR NET FILE SYSTEM.

OUR NEXT, YEAH, NET FILE SYSTEM, , WHICH WAS, UH, WHICH HAS IMPROVED OUR EFFICIENCY AND THE USER EXPERIENCE AS THE CITY CLERK, THE FPPC FILING OFFICER AND ELECTIONS OFFICER.

I CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND IMPLEMENT NEW AND EVOLVING LEGISLATION IMPACTING, UH, OPEN MEETINGS, PUBLIC RECORDS AND ETHICS COMPLIANCE.

WE ALSO OVERSEE 10 BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS, MANAGING RECRUITMENT APPOINTMENTS, ONBOARDING AND TRAINING FOR 53 MEMBERS.

FINALLY, IN STAFFING AND SYSTEMS, WE CREATED AND FILLED THE, UH, RECORDS PROGRAM SPECIALIST POSITION UNDER THE SUCCESS SUCCESSION PLAN AND PROVIDED CITY STAFF TRAINING ON SYSTEMS PROCEDURES FOR ESCRIBE LASER FEE NEXT REQUEST, AND, UH, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION LIAISON RESPONSIBILITIES.

LOOKING AHEAD, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO IMPLEMENT SB 7 0 7 REQUIREMENTS, BUILDING ON OUR EXISTING TELECONFERENCING, OUR TRANSLATIONS AND PUBLIC ACCESS PRACTICES THAT ALREADY EXCEED MANY OF THE STATE STANDARDS.

WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE EXPANDING, UH, ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND ONLINE ACCESS TO REDUCE FUTURE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, UH, WHILE MAINTAIN OUR COMPLIANCE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.

THANK YOU, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL OF FELLOW STAFF, RICHARD ROMERO, CITY ATTORNEY, AND I'LL BE PRESENTING THIS SLIDE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE AN INTERNAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT, SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR GOALS AND FO FOCUS AREAS ARE TO WORK WITH AND HELP OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.

UM, THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF OUR GOALS AND FOCUS AREAS FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN, INCLUDING CODE ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, LABOR NEGOTIATION, LITIGATION, INCLUDING THE FLOOD CASES AND CANNABIS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.

WITH THOSE GOALS AND FOCUS AREAS IN MIND, UM, WE HAVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE'VE ACHIEVED.

AGAIN, MOSTLY WHEN WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

UM, THE FIRST BULLET POINT ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE ABOUT DEPARTMENTS WORKING TOGETHER BECAUSE CODE ENFORCEMENT INVOLVES NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, JUST A NUMBER, DEPARTMENTS BUILDING.

SO SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THOSE AREAS INCLUDE, UM, SEVERAL MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT, PERMIT REVOCATION AND DENIALS INVOLVING ILLICIT ACTIVITY, UM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PERMIT CONDITIONS, UM, A NUMBER OF CODE CASES INCLUDING SOME, UM, DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THAT INVOLVED ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY THAT AFFECT THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WE HAVE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT JUST YEARS AND YEARS OF STORAGE AND ACCUMULATION THAT WERE REMEDIATED AND THE, THE BELONGINGS WERE REMOVED, UM, SHUT DOWN, UM, AN UNLICENSED BUSINESS ON THE WEST SIDE FOLLOWING SOME RESIDENT COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UM, SOME CONSUMER ISSUES.

UM, AS SHELLY MENTIONED, UH, THERE'S BEEN AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF PRAS OVER THE PAST YEARS, SO WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH, UM, PRAS, WHICH I THINK IS EVERY DEPARTMENT NOW, AND TO HAVE WORKED

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ON ASSISTING IN THE PROCESS AND THE EFFORTS TO STREAMLINE, STREAMLINE THE RESPONSES.

UM, THIRD BULLET POINT, I'LL PUT A LITTLE ASTERISK FROM THAT.

WE'VE REACHED LABOR AGREEMENTS WITH TWO OF THE THREE GROUPS AND ARE FINALIZING THE THIRD GROUP.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

OUR DEPARTMENT OVERSEES ALL CITY LITIGATION, UH, INCLUDING ALL THE LITIGATION FROM THE HISTORIC, UH, JANUARY, 2024 FLOODS AND, UH, CHALLENGES TO OUR CANNABIS PROCESS.

UH, ONE OF WHICH CASES HAS BEEN RESOLVED ON, UH, MORE OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRONT.

UH, OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, WE'VE FINALIZED THE PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS TO ENABLE THE CARMAX PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH IS VERY CUTTING FOR THE CITY.

AND, UM, JUST IN GENERAL, UM, WE WORK WITH ALL DEPARTMENTS TO IMPROVE OUR WORKFLOWS, PROCESSES, AND PREPARE STANDARD FORMS TO BEST UTILIZE OUR LIMITED STAFF RESOURCES.

SO NEXT WE HAVE THREE SLIDES FROM THE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH RON FROM IT, WORK OUR WAY OVER TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WRAP IT UP WITH PIO WORK.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF IN PUBLIC.

I'M RON WILLIAMS, IT MANAGER, AND, UM, WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY ARE THE IT PRIORITIES THAT SUPPORT THE ACTUAL STRATEGIC PLAN.

UM, WE HAVE THIS, THE ONGOING MODERNIZATION OF CORE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY UPGRADING AND UPDATING, UM, DATA STORAGE, UH, DATA DISTRIBUTION, UM, DEVICES LIKE NETWORK SWITCHES AND ROUTERS, AND, UM, APPLICATIONS.

WE, UM, ARE ENHANCING NETWORK PERFORMANCE AND CONNECTIVITY, UH, BECAUSE UPTIME IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR US BECAUSE WHEN THINGS ARE UP, YOU GUYS CAN DO YOUR JOBS AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY.

UM, THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION SYSTEMS, UH, WE ACTUALLY DO A LOT OF WORK IN THE BACKEND TO TRY TO INTEGRATE THINGS LIKE TEAMS WITH, WITH YOUR, UM, EMAIL TO MAKE COLLABORATION, UH, MUCH EASIER.

UH, WE HAVE A PROJECT COMING UP IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE TO REPLACE A LOT OF THE, UH, MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES, UM, THAT ARE USED BY STAFF TO DO SCANS AND EMAIL DOCUMENTS TO THEMSELVES TO, UM, MAKE THEM THEIR JOBS, UM, MUCH EASIER.

UH, WE LOOK AT STRENGTHENING THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY TO DO THAT IS, UM, WE'VE INSTALLED VARIOUS, UH, CAMERAS ACROSS THE CITY IN VARIOUS CITY FACILITIES AND PARKS.

AND, UM, THESE DEVICES ACT AS FORCE MULTIPLIERS FOR THE ACTUAL, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY, THEY CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.

AND WHEN CRIMES DO HAPPEN, THEY HAVE THE ACTUAL, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE TO GO BACK TO LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AND HELP THEIR WITH THEIR CASES.

UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, ENHANCEMENT OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS AND MOBILITY, WHICH SIMPLY IS JUST UPGRADING MOBILE DEVICES SUCH AS CELL PHONES, LAPTOPS, AND, UM, IPADS.

SOME OF THE IT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY, ACTUALLY, WE'VE DEPLOYED NEW ENTERPRISE FILE AND DATA STORAGE, UM, SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS THE ACTUAL, UH, THE, THE, THE, UM, HOSTING OF DATA ACROSS THE CITY.

UM, WE'VE DEPLOYED, UH, ADVANCED CCTV VIDEO SERVER WITH NEW, UM, ANALYTICS.

WE'VE INSTALLED ADDITIONAL CCT TV CAMERAS ACROSS THE VARIOUS, UH, PARKS, THREE PARKS IN NASHVILLE CITY AND, UM, CITY FACILITIES.

WE'VE, UH, UPGRADED THE NETWORK DISTRIBUTION SWITCHES AT, UM, THE PD AND, AND CITY HALL.

YOU DON'T REALLY NOTICE THOSE, BUT, UM, THEY'RE VERY INTEGRAL INTO YOU BEING ABLE TO CONNECT AND ACCESS YOUR DATA.

UH, WE'VE INSTALLED CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM WITH AV EQUIPMENT AND WE'VE, UH, UPGRADED LAPTOPS AND MOBILE DEVICES TO SUPPORT REMOTE WORK AND, UH, FIELD OPERATIONS.

WE'RE ADVANCING REVENUE MODERNIZATION TOOLS INCLUDING GROSS RECEIPTS, TAX ANALYSIS, AND RELATED FISCAL STRATEGIES TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON LIMITED REVENUE SOURCES AND STRENGTHEN LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS PEDRO GARCIA, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, THREE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

UH, OH, WAIT, WHAT HAPPEN? THERE WE GO.

UM, SO ANYWAYS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, VICE MAYOR, PUBLIC STAFF, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ITS CURRENT, UH, PRIORITIES AND SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO START OFF WITH BY SAYING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE CITY'S LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR FISCAL STABILITY.

OUR FOCUS IS NOT JUST ATTRACTING BUSINESSES, BUT BUILDING A RESILIENT LOCAL ECONOMY THROUGH DIVERSIFICATION, ASSET ACTIVATION, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS THAT GENERATE SUSTAINABLE REVENUE AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.

SOME OF OUR KEY PRIORITIES ARE REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION.

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CITY ASSET ACTIVATION, WE'RE SHIFTING TOWARD A MORE STRATEGIC BUSINESS-MINDED APPROACH TO CITY OWNED ASSETS BY EVALUATING INTERIM USES, REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAN CONVERT UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES INTO REVENUE GENERATING OR COMMUNITY SERVING ASSETS.

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WERE, UH, ALSO OUR APPROACH PRIORITIZES TARGETED PARTNERSHIPS WITH REGIONAL AGENCIES, DEVELOPERS, AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS TO LEVERAGE EXTERNAL EXPERTISE, CAPITAL AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNAVAILABLE IF THE CITY ACTED ALONE.

AND WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION RATHER THAN JUST FOCUSING ON ISOLATED PROJECTS.

WE'RE IMPLEMENTING CORRIDOR LEVEL STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE ENTIRE BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND CREATE ENVIRONMENTS THAT SUPPORT BUSINESS RETENTION, EXPANSION, AND LONG-TERM PRIVATE INVESTMENT.

THE GOAL IS TO POSITION THE CITY FOR LONG-TERM ECONOMIC RESILIENCE, WHILE IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS, AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE BUSINESSES CAN SUCCEED.

SOME RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE ADVANCING GROSS RECEIPTS, TAX AND REVENUE MODERNIZATION EFFORTS, POSITION POSITIONING BAY MARINA PARCELS FOR INTERIM USE AND REDEVELOPMENT, STRENGTHENING THE PORT AND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, AND IMPROVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND SYSTEMS. THAT'S IT FOR ME.

STEPHANIE THEAS, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY STAFF, AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

I'LL BE COVERING OUR PIO PRIORITIES.

THE FIRST ONE HERE IS IMPROVING OUR CITY WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATING WITH IT TO ADDRESS A NEW WEBSITE CONTRACT.

NEXT IS PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL STREAM OF COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC BY RELAUNCHING THE NAT CITY NEWS ONLINE NEWSLETTER.

UH, PROJECTED FOR THIS SUMMER STANDARDIZING OUR BRAND GUIDE AND CITY COLLATERAL, MEANING FLYERS, BROCHURES, GRAPHICS, INCORPORATING OUR CITY LOGO, OFFICIAL COLORS, AND KEY MESSAGING, HIGHLIGHTING CITY SUPPORTED PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, LOCAL RESOURCES AND INITIATIVES, AND IMPROVING OVERALL INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND UPDATING POLICIES RELATED TO COMMUNICATIONS.

SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THUS FAR, WE HAVE RESUMED ISSUING PRESS RELEASES.

UM, SOMETHING THE CITY HAS NOT DONE CONSISTENTLY SINCE ABOUT 2020.

UM, THIS HAS ALLOWED US TO PROACTIVELY SHARE POSITIVE NEWS WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND LOCAL MEDIA.

RECENT RELEASES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE NATIONAL CITY BALANCE PLAN APPROVAL FROM THE COASTAL COMMISSION, THE KIMBALL HOLIDAY GRANT AWARD, AND AN UPCOMING RELEASE ON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH WAKELAND HOUSING ANNOUNCING THE UNION TOWER APARTMENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

NEXT IS RELAUNCHING THE TWITTER APPLICATION AND CITY NEWS AREA OF OUR WEBSITE.

SO I'VE OFFICIALLY STARTED TO INCORPORATE, UH, TWITTER BACK INTO OUR REALM OF SOCIAL PLATFORMS. WE HAVE OVER 3000 FOLLOWERS ON THERE, SO MAKING SURE THAT THOSE FOLLOWERS ARE INFORMED AND ENGAGED.

I'VE ALSO REVITALIZED THE CITY NEWS SECTION ON THE HOMEPAGE TO SERVE SORT OF AS A CENTRALIZED HUB, UH, OF NEWS SUCH AS REOPENING THE LES ALMAS POOL.

WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EVENT, HIGHLIGHTED GRANT AWARDS, MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTING OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UH, SUCH AS PRESS RELEASES BY SWEETWATER AUTHORITY, UH, LA MATA HEALTH CLINIC, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS TO MAKE SURE, UH, OUR RESIDENTS ARE FORMED ABOUT INTERNAL CITY EVENTS AND OUR PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS.

NEXT IS CENTRALIZED SOCIAL MEDIA ROLES, AND IN TURN, INCREASING CITY ONLINE VISIBILITY AND SOCIAL MEDIA GROWTH.

SO IN OCTOBER OF 2025, OUR CITY HAD 18,500 FOLLOWERS ACROSS OUR PLATFORMS OF FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND INSTAGRAM.

TODAY, WE'VE GROWN TO 19,360.

UM, WE'VE ACHIEVED ALL OF THAT ENTIRELY ORGANICALLY, SO NO AD MONIES HAVE BEEN SPENT.

INSTAGRAM HAS SEEN, UM, PARTICULARLY STRONG MOMENTUM GROWING ABOUT 12% IN JUST FIVE MONTHS.

THIS GROWTH STEMS FROM STRATEGIC IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS REINTRODUCING OUR CITY'S

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BRAND GUIDE, MODERNIZING AND ELEVATING THE GRAPHIC DESIGN STANDARDS, IMPLEMENTING A STRUCTURED CONTENT MANAGEMENT CALENDAR TO ENSURE CONSISTENT AND STRATEGIC POSTING, SCHEDULING ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.

AND, UM, EDUCATING STAFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA BEST, BEST PRACTICES, WHICH IS A WORKSHOP THAT I PUT ON, UM, IN DECEMBER FOR CITY STAFF.

SO, JUST TO WRAP IT UP, THE NEXT STEPS ARE PARTNERING WITH IT TO REVAMP OUR CITY WEBSITE, FOCUSING ON IMPROVED MOBILE ACCESSIBILITY, UH, STREAMLINE THE NAVIGATION AND OVERALL EFFICIENCY, AND THEN RELAUNCHING THAT NAT CITY NEWSLETTER TO FURTHER ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, KEEPING THEM INFORMED ON THE CITY'S CONTINUED GROWTH AND MOMENTUM.

UH, THANK YOU STEPHANIE.

I, I WANNA THANK ALL THE DIRECTORS AND THEIR STAFF FOR ALL THE COLLABORATION AND DEDICATION IN IMPLEMENTING THESE PLANS THAT YOU GUYS JUST, UH, HEARD ABOUT.

WE HAVE BUILT A STRONG FOUNDATION TO GUIDE OUR DEPARTMENT EFFORTS THIS YEAR.

OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE ADVANCING THESE ESTABLISHED PRIORITIES AS WE PREPARE TO DEVELOP A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN IN EARLY 2027.

UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO UTILIZE THIS WORKING PLAN THAT YOU GUYS, UH, JUST WITNESS TO, UH, KEEP IT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND THEN START NEW COMING INTO 2027.

SO AT THIS POINT, UM, ANY OF YOUR DIRECTORS THAT ARE HERE TODAY ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE IN THIS PRESENTATION.

UM, MEMBER BUSH, YES, THANK YOU STAFF TO ALL THE, ALL THE WORK.

AND, UH, THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, SO I APPRECIATE THE RECAP.

WHAT, UM, KIND, UM, CHIEF CITY MANAGER, WHAT INPUT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US? BECAUSE THIS WAS A LOT, SO JUST TO KIND OF BOIL IT DOWN, LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU SEEKING FROM, FROM US ON THIS? SO, THE SEEK IS, IS TO FIRST IS INFORMATIONAL, TO PROVIDE YOU A RECAP OF HOW WE ARE, UH, REINFORCING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND TO EXTEND THIS UNTIL MAY, MAYBE DECEMBER OR JANUARY MM-HMM .

WHEN, UH, WHEN THINGS MAY CHANGE AROUND HERE.

GOT IT.

CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, INCLUDING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TONIGHT ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP AND, UM, JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN GENERAL, I REALLY LOVE THAT IDEA OF, UM, OF BRINGING, UM, OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY, ACTUALLY BUILDING HOUSING AND ACTUALLY, AND THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT TOO RIGHT NOW.

WELL, SO I, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, TO EXTEND IT INTO DECEMBER.

UM, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO I'LL MAKE SECOND THAT MOTION.

UM, AND THEN JUST, UH, OVERALL COMMENTS, UH, GOD, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE ALL OF THE DIRECTORS, ALL OF THE WORK.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN, UH, CHANGES, UH, WITH PERSONNEL AND LEADERSHIP, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I BELIEVE IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

AND ACTUALLY, TO BE HONEST, I BELIEVE IN EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE ORGANIZATION RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK WITH LEADERSHIP CHANGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING, FOR EMPOWERING SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG, AND, UM, I THINK DESERVE A CHANCE TO BE PROMOTED OR TO TAKE INITIATIVE AND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I GET PROVIDE YOUR, YOUR IDEAS FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND, UM, AND JUST NEW EFFICIENCIES.

LIKE, I'LL JUST, I'M JUST GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, LIKE, RACHEL, LIKE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ROLE.

I KNOW IT'S ACTING, BUT I, I DON'T VIEW YOU AS ACTING.

I VIEW YOU AS LIKE YOU'RE AT THIS POINT FOR ME, YOU'RE PERMANENT, AND I WANT TO HEAR YOUR IDEAS, UH, BASED ON ALL OF YOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT EVEN WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

LIKE WHAT IDEAS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE.

AND I KNOW THAT WASN'T PART OF THIS.

I JUST WANNA VOCALIZE THAT AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE JUST EXTENDING IT TO DECEMBER, I, I WANT ALL OF YOU ALL TO FEEL EMPOWERED TO BE ABLE TO PROPOSE NEW IDEAS IF THERE'S INEFFICIENCIES WE NEED TO, UH, CORRECT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO DO THAT.

UM, AND OVERALL, I THINK, UH, WE, UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS, IS REVENUE, UH, GENERATION OPPORTUNITIES.

AND I, I SAW THAT ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRONT, THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU PEDO FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.

UH, DEFINITELY WANNA SEE AN UPDATE ON THAT WHEN THAT COMES BACK.

AND JUST OTHER REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.

I KNOW WE HAD A BID IN THE WORKS, WE HAD A CHAMBER PARTNERSHIPS.

SO WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THAT.

I THINK, UM, IN, IN FIRE SERVICES WE HAVE, UH, UH, GOD, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TO GO OVER, LIKE WE HAVE BRINGING AMBULANCE IN HOUSE, UM, AND, UM, FEES.

SO THERE, THERE'S JUST, THERE'S A LOT ACROSS THE BOARD.

UM, ANOTHER SHOUT OUT, UM, I'LL GIVE ON THE HOUSING FRONT, UH, UNDER, UH, MARTIN'S GROUP.

I LOVED THAT, UM, YOU GUYS BROUGHT IT UP IN ONE OF OUR, UH, BRIEFINGS, THE CONCEPT OF OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY AS DEVELOPERS.

AND GIVEN ALL THE

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SO, UM, SO YEAH, I, THERE'S A LOT TO GO INTO, UM, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE ALL STAFF'S, UH, UH, WORK ON THIS AND DEFINITELY WANNA KEEP MOVING THIS FORWARD.

SO, GREAT JOB.

REALLY APPRECIATE, A LOT OF TIMES STRATEGIC PLANS ARE LIST OF VERBIAGE AND DON'T REALLY SAY A LOT.

UH, THANK YOU TO STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.

UM, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKFORCE SOME TIME, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO RECEIVE IT.

UH, EVERY PIECE OF THIS UPDATE IS, UM, ALIGNS WELL WITH WHAT MY EXPECTATIONS ARE.

UM, A QUICK QUESTION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE SEVEN FOCUS AREAS, THEY'RE NUMBERED ONE THROUGH SEVEN.

IS THAT IN ANY TYPE OF PRIORITY, UM, CHIEF OR IS IT JUST, I I DON'T THINK THEY ARE BECAUSE, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY WAS AT THE, AT THE VERY END, PUBLIC SAFETY.

AM I SAFETY? AM RIGHT, STEPHANIE? WELL, LET'S, LET'S BUMP THAT ONE UP A LITTLE BIT.

THE, THE REASON I ASK ABOUT THE NUMBERING IS, UM, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THE ONE THAT I AM HAPPY TO SEE, ALMOST AT THE VERY TOP, IT'S NUMBER TWO, IT'S COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH.

AND I THINK EVERY SINGLE, UM, PERSON THAT SPOKE SPOKE ABOUT OUTREACH AND SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO, RIGHT? WE ARE HERE TO RUN A CITY, AND THE CITY IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE AND, AND WE NEED TO SERVE THOSE PEOPLE.

UM, BUT, BUT THE ONE PIECE THAT I WANT TO, UM, BRING IMPORTANCE TO IS COMMUNICATION INTERNALLY.

I, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE WITH, UM, COMMUNICATION, UH, AMONGST, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OURSELVES WITH THE, WITH EACH OTHER.

UM, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PIECES OF THE PRESENTATION WAS FROM OUR PIO MISS STEPHANIE.

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR MONTHS, AND, UM, I KNOW I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU, UH, SINCE NOVEMBER, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS, THIS, UM, IDEA TO SIT AND, AND COMMUNICATE AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT POLICIES YOU NEED SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ON FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THE PIO DEPARTMENT WAS, YOU KNOW, NON-EXISTENT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO THE, THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED FOR, UH, COMMUNICATION ARE, ARE SO ESSENTIAL.

AND I'M, I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR YOU SAY THINGS LIKE, THERE WAS A STAFF SOCIAL MEDIA BEST PRACTICES TRAINING.

UM, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.

I, I THINK IF YOU CAN EXTEND THAT, NOT JUST TO STAFF, BUT YOU KNOW, ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL, UM, I THINK THE COMMUNICATION, UM, IS, IS VERY NECESSARY.

UH, ESPECIALLY, I MEAN, SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL, I'M IN MY FOURTH YEAR, NOTHING HAS BEEN CONSISTENT EXCEPT FOR CHANGE.

EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE.

AND SO, UM, THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT THAT CHANGE, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT I WANNA, YOU KNOW, I WANNA TACKLE.

AND, UH, HAVING SEEN YOUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT YOUR PLAN IS, IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL ALONGSIDE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE'S IDEAS, WITH, UM, THE STRATEGY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR HOW WE WILL CONTINUE BEING A, A, A SUCCESSFUL CITY.

NOW, THAT IS THE LAST PIECE I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS, UM, DESPITE ALL OF THE CHANGE AND DESPITE I I'M GONNA CALL IT TURMOIL.

DESPITE THE TURMOIL THAT WE HAVE UNDERGONE, WE CONTINUE TO BE A SUCCESSFUL CITY.

YOU KNOW, NATIONAL CITY IS DOING RIGHT, AS BEST AS IT CAN, IS DOING RIGHT BY ITS PEOPLE, BY ITS EMPLOYEES.

UM, AND I WANNA JUST LET YOU KNOW, UM, I OFTEN GIVE OUR DIRECTORS AND OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, WHOEVER HAPPENS TO BE IN THAT SEAT RIGHT NOW, IT'S OUR CITY, UH, UH, OUR, UM, POLICE CHIEF.

UM, BUT I ALWAYS GIVE A LOT OF, UM, UH, PROPS, A LOT OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU.

BUT I WANT THIS MESSAGE TO GO OUT THAT I RECOGNIZE THE FOLKS THAT WORK IN YOUR TEAMS, RIGHT? UM, THE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T THE DIRECTORS, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP EVERY SINGLE DAY AND DO THE JOB AND MAINTAIN, UM, THE CITY WITH SUCH LIMITED RESOURCES AND SUCH MOVING PIECES.

UM, IT REALLY AMAZES ME THAT THE WORK IS DONE AND IT IS DONE FOR THE CITY THAT WE LOVE, OUR NATIONAL CITY.

AND I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I COMPLETELY APPRECIATE THAT OF YOU, AND I WANNA KEEP, KEEP BEING IN THAT, IN THAT MOMENTUM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I, I

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THESE WERE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THINGS, GOALS, THINGS ACTUALLY TO HAPPEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, MANY OF 'EM WITH TIMELINES, EVERYTHING ELSE, AND THEY WERE DONE IN AMAZINGLY PLAIN ENGLISH.

SO EVEN WE COULD UNDERSTAND IT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UM, I, I DIDN'T SEE ANY ALPHABET SOUP IN THERE OR ANYTHING ELSE ALONG THAT LINE.

SO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS GREAT.

UH, I LOVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECT PLAIN ENGLISH FORM OF IT, AND IT ACTUALLY DEALS WITH WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVE DONE, WHAT WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO DO.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND GIVES, GIVES THAT, THAT, UM, MUCH MORE OF A SENSE OF CERTAINTY INSTEAD OF JUST AMBIGUITY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, NICE FUZZY FEELINGS AND, UH, UH, WHICH WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE FUZZY FEELINGS.

WE, WE NEED, WE NEED THE ACTION.

AND, UH, UH, SO YEAH, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER.

AND, UH, SO I COMMEND ALL THE STAFF THAT WORKED ON IN EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THANK YOU.

'CAUSE I THINK, I THINK IT WAS AN EXCELLENT REPORT, MAYOR, WITH THAT, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YES.

GO AHEAD.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTORS AND MANAGERS FOR THIS REPORT.

UM, IT'S, UH, EXCITING TO SEE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT, UM, IN THE, UH, IN THE LEAN, UM, UM, TIME THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT, UM, WITH THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, THROUGH OUR CHIEF, THERE'S THAT WHIP.

UM, I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN FOR YOU, FOR YOU TO REFLECT AND LOOK AT THE SEVEN STRATEGIC FOCUS BECAUSE, UM, WE KNOW WITH LOOKING AT THIS, UM, I WOULD SAY THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS OUR BUDGET AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SECOND ONE IS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

I THINK THIS CAN BE REARRANGED TO THE, TO THE PRIORITY OF IT.

AND, UM, LOOKING AT THE, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE REPORTS, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK CITY MANAGER IF I CAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SIT DOWN WITH, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE IS FINANCE.

UM, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START EARLY IN OUR BUDGET STUDY.

THE BUDGET STUDY THAT WILL COME IN APRIL FOR MAY IS TOO LATE.

I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND, UM, QUESTIONS THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH REGARDS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UM, THE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW SAID THERE WAS ONE TIME I HAD TO CALL OUR LIBRARIAN BECAUSE OUR, OUR DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY, BECAUSE HEY, WE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY SAID THAT WE, UH, CUT ON HOURS.

I SAID, NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

WE EVEN ADDED, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UM, UH, PROGRAMS. AND SO THESE ARE THE THINGS, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE HAVE TO PUT OUT THERE, BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW SHOULD KNOW THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE ARE, UM, THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND WE CONTINUE TO DO.

SO.

UM, I, I APPRECIATE THIS REPORT.

UM, IT'S, IT'S WITH YOUR BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS.

I KNOW SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ON HOW YOU CAN PRESENT IT, AND THEN THINK OF HOW YOU WILL PURSUE AND ACCOMPLISH THE NEXT STEPS.

AND I WANNA BE A PART OF THAT.

I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES HERE WOULD WANNA BE A PART.

I, I, I APPRECIATE THE PAPER, BUT I WANT MY FINGER IN IT.

WORKING CLOSER WITH ONE ANOTHER.

OKAY, WITH THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND COMES UP YOU, NO OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE.

ALRIGHT, MOTION PASSES.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, STAFF REPORTS? UH, NO.

UH, MAYOR, I JUST WANNA THANK ALL THE DIRECTORS.

THIS WAS, UH, THIS WAS A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, INTERDEPENDENCE THAT WE SEE.

YOU KNOW, I GOTTA THANK STEVE.

I GOTTA THANK MARTHA, UH, FOR A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT ONE THING I PICKED UP ON, WE ALL WORK VERY CLOSE TOGETHER.

AND, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA'S POINT, COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA START UP A COUPLE OF LEADERSHIP CLASSES AND TEAM BUILDING FOR THIS EXECUTIVE TEAM TO WORK EVEN CLOSER WITH ONE ANOTHER.

THE OTHER PART THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE USED TO MEET BIWEEKLY, AND MAYBE THEY DON'T LIKE ME FOR DOING THIS, BUT WE'RE MEETING WEEKLY NOW, AND A LOT OF IT IS COMMUNICATION AND

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AND THE OTHER PART IS THAT I'M ASKING ESTHER TO SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT WE TALK ABOUT WITH ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, TO BE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY FOR ME.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

SO I AM HONORED TO BE UP HERE AND REPRESENT ALL OF YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR ENTRUSTING ME IN THIS POSITION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND IS THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? THAT'S IT.

REMEMBER MIKE ALWAYS FOR WHO HE WAS AS A, AS A PERSON, A FATHER, A HUSBAND, A FIREFIGHTER, AND JUST A FRIEND TO, TO MANY, MANY OF US.

I, I BELIEVE YOU HAD THE, UH, YOU WANTED THE FIRE CHIEF TO SAY SOMETHING ALSO AS PART OF THAT.

OH, YEAH.

SO, UH, SIT HERE HAS GOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR US, ESPECIALLY FOR US AS EMPLOYEES.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL, I'LL STAND FOR THIS ONE, AND APOLOGIES FOR THE UNORTHODOX WAY TO END THIS MEETING, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T A PLAYBOOK FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND REALLY HEAR THE ENTIRE CITY.

UH, THE LOSS OF MIKE IS, HITS US IN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO APOLOGIES FOR THAT.

BUT I WANTED TO ECHO SOME OF, UH, JEREMY'S COMMENTS, RIGHT? UH, THE SUPPORT THAT I HAVE GOTTEN, THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN NOT ONLY INTERNALLY FROM ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HERE IN THE CITY, UH, HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

UH, AND ALSO FROM THE REGIONAL APPROACH.

UH, JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, WE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION ON THE DATE FOR MIKE'S SERVICE, WHICH, UH, THERE'LL BE A FORMAL INVITATION COMING, INVITING ALL OF YOU AND ALL OUR, ALL, ALL OF OUR CITY FAMILY, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL CITY FAMILY.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE MARCH 4TH.

UH, THAT, UH, INVITATION WILL BE BECOME, ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.

ONCE WE FINALIZE THE ACTUAL TIMING OF THE EVENTS.

UM, WE BROUGHT AN INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM IN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 18 FOLKS ASSISTING US IN ORCHESTRATING THIS EVENT FOR MIKE TO REALLY DO HIM PROUD, HIS FAMILY PROUD, AND THEN US AS THE DEPARTMENT AND AS A CITY.

UM, SO THOSE DETAILS WILL BE COMING OUT.

I WILL MEET DIRECTLY WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND SHARE WITH HIM SOME OF THE NUANCES AS OF HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK, UM, HERE IN THE CITY FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND CERTAINLY ALL THE, ALL OUR DEPARTMENT MEMBERS.

BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING TO THIS POINT.

SOME OF YOU ATTENDED, UH, WHEN WE MOVED MIKE FROM THE HOSPITAL TO, UH, TO THE MORGAN FROM OUR, OUR PD BROTHERS.

OMAR, REALLY, OMAR HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

AND WITH THE WAY THAT HE ORCHESTRATED, I THINK 18 CHP OFFICERS, THE HELICOPTER, MULTIPLE VEHICLES, THEY SHUT DOWN THE FREEWAY FOR US.

THE I FIVE WAS AND THE 8 0 5 AND THE 52.

SO OMAR AND, UH, AND DEREK AND THE PD STAFF DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

ALSO, I WANTED TO POINT OUT, UH, ALICIA AND HR, WHAT THEY DID FOR MIKE'S FAMILY AT THE, AT, AT A AT A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IS GONNA HAVE A BENEFIT FOR THOSE TWO YOUNG GIRLS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

WHAT THEY DID IN THE 48 HOUR PERIOD, IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

SO, ALICIA, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THEN STEPHANIE OVER THERE, STEPHANIE'S BEEN TO ALL OUR PLANNING MEETINGS AND SHE'S DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF SHARING THE INFORMATION AS WE COLLABORATE AND, UH, COORDINATE WITH, WITH WHAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY A REGIONAL EVENT.

THIS IS A FIRST FOR US IN OUR 138 YEAR HISTORY.

AND THERE'S A PLAYBOOK, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, BUT NOT FOR EVERY DAY.

UM, SO VERY DIFFICULT TIME, AND ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE.

AND, AND THERE'S ONE LESS PERSON I'D LIKE TO CALL OUT BECAUSE HE WEARS MANY HATS IN THIS CITY, AND THAT'S, UH, JEREMY DAY, AND HE HAS THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB AS THE FAMILY LIAISON.

SO, UM, YEAH, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU, AND WE COULDN'T DO IT TOGETHER.

UH, AND WHEN WE SAY WE'RE A FAMILY, WHICH WE ALWAYS DO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MEAN THAT.

AND WE KNOW THAT YOU, UH, SUPPORT US, YOU BELIEVE IN US, AND YOU TRULY HONOR US AS THE DEPARTMENT AND TREAT US WAS FAMILY.

SO, THANK YOU, UH, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, UH, FROM MY, OUR ENTIRE STAFF AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE WELCOME AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE ALL OF YOU AT, AT MIKE'S EVENT.

IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'LL MAKE HIM VERY PROUD, HIS FAMILY, VERY PROUD.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, MIKE WAS A BIG PERSON.

HE WAS VERY INTO THE HISTORY AND TRADITION.

SO THE FIRE SERVICE, ONE OF THE HONOR, ONE OF OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE HONOR GARDEN, WE'RE GONNA DO IT RIGHT, SO HE CAN LOOK DOWN ABOVE US AND, AND, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT TO HIS STANDARD, TO OUR STANDARD, AND CERTAINLY TO HIS FAMILY STANDARD.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE SUPPORT, THANK YOU TO REALLY THE ENTIRE CITY WHO, WHO HAS HAVE A REACHED OUT IN SOME, IN SOME FORM OR FASHION TO OFFER SUP OFFER SUPPORT, CONDOLENCES, AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS.

WE'RE NOT GONNA FORGET, MIKE, WE'RE NOT GONNA MOVE ON.

WE'RE JUST GONNA CARRY ON.

AND

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SO THANKS AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, AND WE'LL BE SHARING INFORMATION HERE SHORTLY.

WITH THAT, WE GET INTO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT AND WE HAVE ITEM 11 ONE.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

ALRIGHT,

[11. ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT]

THIS IS IN CONSIDERATION THE CREATION OF A HOME OWNERSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE.

UH, OUR FUTURE IS HOME OWNERSHIP.

SO I'M GONNA TURN THAT OVER TO THE, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, WE WERE BRIEFED, UM, UM, EARLIER THAT, UM, IT SHOULD BE AN AD HOC WITH YOUR APPOINTMENT MAYOR.

SO THEN, UH, WE DON'T, UH, VIOLATE ANY, UM, BROWN ACT.

AND SO WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO, UM, UM, HAVE A COMMUNICATION WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE GOING AFTER.

UM, THIS IS JUST, UM, TO REQUEST MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO, UM, UH, OR MAYOR TO, UM, DO AN AD HOC SO THEN WE CAN, UM, PERFORM THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THE REQUEST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND THE SPIRIT OF THIS IS TO HAVE A KIND OF COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION, NOT A SORT OF FORMAL COUNCIL MEETING WHERE PEOPLE COME IN AND MM-HMM .

SPEAK PUBLICLY.

THE INTENT IS TO HAVE A FREE FLOWING CONVERSATION WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, THAT ARE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO BUILD HOME OWNERSHIP.

AND SO AN AD HOC WOULD PRESENT ITSELF, UH, FOR A BETTER FORMAT.

UM, SO WE WOULD, UM, UH, RESPECTFULLY ASK THE MAYOR TO, TO, TO, UH, BE OPEN TO GOING .

YEAH, I, UM, WILL SUPPORT THIS.

SO WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, THE MAYOR TO, UM, APPOINT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ANI.

OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE THE APPOINTMENT, BUT ANYWAY, BUT I'M SORRY.

YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL DO THE AD HOC, YES, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE, THE SUBSTANCE OF, OF WHAT THEY'RE, THEIR, THEY'RE PROPOSING.

OH YEAH, I WAS GONNA GET TO THAT.

UM, SO, UH, I, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS', UM, FUTURE WORK, WORK ON THAT.

I WOULD, UH, SUGGEST, SO WE HAVE A HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN, I FEEL LIKE, UM, UNDERUTILIZED EVEN SINCE I, I WAS APPOINTED THERE.

AND I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE, UH, THEM.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT.

AND THEN SPECIFICALLY ON HOME OWNERSHIP, IF YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION DEFECT INSURANCE LAW, AND HOW THAT IMPACT, I THINK, IN MY OPINION, THAT'S THE BIGGEST FACTOR.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT'S STATE LAW.

AND I STILL THINK IT'S WORTH, EVEN IF WE HAVE OUR OWN LOBBYIST OR WE AS A CITY, UH, ONCE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE FINDINGS OR SOMETHING, IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LOBBY FOR STATE LAW CHANGES OR SOMETHING.

'CAUSE I, I DO THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST IMPEDIMENT TO, UH, BUILDING CONDOMINIUMS AND TOWN HOMES IS THE CONSTRUCTION DEFECT INSURANCE.

SO, UM, BUT YEAH, I'M, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO HEARING MORE 'CAUSE IT'S, IT IS A, A BIG ISSUE.

WE ONLY HAVE WHAT 70% ARE RENTERS, SO IT CREATES A LOT OF INSTABILITY.

SO I SUPPORT THIS.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT HAS BEEN DEFINED OR IF, UM, IT'S KNOWN AT THIS DATE.

YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, I DO SUPPORT EXPANDING EQUITABLE PATHWAYS TO HOME OWNERSHIP, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR WORKING FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY PRICED OUT.

I APPRECIATE BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

UM, AND I AM HOPEFUL THIS, THIS WORK CAN COMPLIMENT THE HOUSING SUMMIT THAT COUNCIL AGREED TO LAST YEAR.

I KNOW DETAILS ON THE HOUSING SUMMIT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I HAD PROPOSED, WAS PUT ON THE BACK BURNER, UM, BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING CHANGES WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, POSITION.

AND, AND I AM INTERESTED, I CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN HOLDING A HOUSING SUMMIT, UH, WHICH AGAIN, IS A, UM, A FORUM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FIVE OF US AS, UH, DECISION MAKERS TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UM, AND IT NEEDS TO BE IN A FORM OF A SUMMIT OR SOME TYPE OF IZED MEETING, UH, SO THAT WE ARE NOT VIOLATING BROWN ACT RULES.

WELL, THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, I THINK WOULD WORK WELL IN COMPLEMENTING THAT HOUSING SUMMIT.

SO, I, I JUST WANNA REMIND FOLKS THAT THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT I HAD PROPOSED MONTHS AGO AND I AM STILL INTERESTED IN, IN COMPLETING.

UM, BUT THIS, UH, PROPOSAL OR THIS, THIS, UH, IDEA HERE, UM, SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD ONE.

UM, AND AS WE CONSIDER FORMING THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE INTENDED SCOPE, UH, THE EXPECTED DELIVERABLES SO THAT WE ARE ALIGNED IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING COMES OUT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHAT SUCCESS WILL LOOK LIKE.

UH,

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IT'S, IT'S TO BE DEFINED.

I'M, I'M NOT CLEAR THERE YET.

UM, BECAUSE IT IS, UM, UH, THIS IS IDENTIFIED AS A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.

UM, SOME CLARITY AROUND ANTICIPATED STAFF TIME WOULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THIS FITS WITH CURRENT PRIORITIES.

AGAIN, WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW LEAN WE ARE.

UM, I'M ALWAYS VERY COGNIZANT OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, EXTRA WORK WE ARE ASKING STAFF TO DO.

SO I, I WANNA BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

I ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE STRUCTURE SUPPORTS STRONG GOVERNANCE.

HOW WILL THE SUBCOMMITTEE INTERFACE WITH STAFF, PARTICULARLY AROUND COORDINATION AND DIRECTION, UM, DOES THE SUBCOMMITTEE GIVE DIRECTION TO, UM, STAFF AND, AND, AND, AND SUCH? I, I WANNA UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE FUNCTIONS ARE, UH, PER STRONG GOVERNANCE.

UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW OUTREACH TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WOULD TAKE PLACE.

I WANNA BE VERY CAREFUL WITH HOW WE TAKE THAT APPROACH, UH, HOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS WOULD BE STRUCTURED.

UM, AGAIN, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA BE POTEN, WE GOTTA KEEP IN MIND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT MAY ARISE.

UM, AND I BRING UP FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP, INEVITABLY WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP LOANS, RIGHT? THAT, THAT WE MAY END UP WANTING TO FACILITATE OR, OR SOMEHOW.

SO AGAIN, WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT THIS SUBCOMMITTEE IS INTENDING TO DO, THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PART OF THE SCOPE THAT'S INTENDED, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.

AND FINALLY, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE AND REPORTING FRAMEWORK, UM, EXCUSE ME.

UM, HOW IS THIS GOING TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE KEEP IT FOCUSED AND ACCOUNTABLE? I AM OPEN TO EXPLORING THIS SUBCOMMITTEE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW IT DEVELOPS, HOPEFULLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOUSING SUMMIT.

UH, AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.

YEAH, I THINK THE, THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT THE HOUSING I THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND THE, AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS, WE DON'T WORK IN A VACUUM.

I MEAN, IT'S, THE HOUSING ISSUE IS A PARTICULARLY A WEST COAST ISSUE, UH, IN PARTICULAR IN, IN WITH, WITH OUR SITUATION.

UM, AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AT A LOCAL LEVEL HAVE BEEN DETERRED BY WHAT HAS COME OUT OF SACRAMENTO.

UH, BOTH THROUGH REGULATION, UH, THROUGH INACTION ON SUCH THINGS AS THE DESIGN DEFECT, UH, REGULATIONS, THINGS ALONG THIS LINE, AND THEN UPON REGULATIONS THAT ARE PUT UPON US WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.

UH, WE DID HAVE SOME VERY ACTIVE, UH, HOME PROGRAMS, UH, WHEN WE HAD REDEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE HAD A 20% SET ASIDE, WHICH GAVE US FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT WITH, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAMS, THINGS ALONG THIS LINE THAT GOT TAKEN AWAY.

AND THEN THE STATE SAYS, WE WANT TO DO MORE THERE.

THAT WAS LIKE 15 YEARS AGO.

EXACTLY.

AND WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT? WELL BE, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES WE HAD THEN.

AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS IS IT HAS GOTTEN OUT OF, OUT OF CONTROL FOR THE, UH, FOR THE NORMAL FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO BUY, UH, PURCHASE HOMES.

THE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE HAVE TO FIND, WE HAVE TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE CREATIVE BECAUSE THOSE TOOLS ARE NO LONGER THERE.

AND SO FIND OUT OTHER TOOLS OR FIND OUT TOOLS THAT WE CAN, SHALL WE SAY REUSE.

UM, ONE POSSIBLE ONE, ONE THAT WE USED BEFORE WAS THE CONCEPT OF ON MORTGAGE INSURANCE.

BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU GET MORG, WHEN YOU GET A MORTGAGE, YOU HAVE TO BUY MORTGAGE INSURANCE.

AND THAT IS TACKED ONTO YOUR MONTHLY, MONTHLY PAYMENT.

AND IT'S A NICE BIG CHUNK THAT GOES ON YOUR MONTHLY PAYMENT EVERY YEAR FOR WHATEVER, 40 YEARS, WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA DO YOUR MORTGAGE FOR.

ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE DID WAS WE WERE BUYING THEIR, THEIR MORTGAGE INSURANCE IN ADVANCE.

IT'S MUCH, MUCH CHEAPER BY BUYING IT IN BULK UPFRONT, AND THEREFORE THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENT WAS LESS, THEREFORE THEY COULD QUALIFY EASIER TO MAKE THAT LOAN TO GET IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AND HAVE AS MUCH DISPOSABLE INCOME BECAUSE THE MORTGAGE, UH, INSURANCE WAS PAID.

UH, AND THEN OF COURSE THERE WAS REQUIREMENTS PUT UPON THAT THAT HAD TO STAY AS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR THEM TO QUALIFY FOR THAT.

SO THEY JUST DIDN'T TURN IT INTO A RENTAL AND GET A CHEAPER PRICE.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT TAKE A LOOK AT THAT POSSIBLY, AND I'M NOT TOO SURE IN THE, WITH THE NEW REGULATIONS, WHAT IF SOME PORTION OF HOME FUNDS MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO USE, THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH MONEY LEFT IN HOME FUNDS, BUT FOR A PROGRAM LIKE THAT

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MIGHT HAVE A, AN INCREMENTAL DIFFERENCE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE.

UM, BUT I SAY THE THING WE DON'T WANNA DO IS PUT OUT A BUNCH OF VERBIAGE AND PEOPLE THINK THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AND THEN WE'RE NOT.

AND MAKING SURE WHAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND TO BE AFFORDABLE.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WHAT, WHAT IS AFFORDABLE TO ME? AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND, BUT WE HAVE TO REALIZE WHAT IT STILL HAS TO, IT STILL HAS TO MAKE THE PAY THE BILLS AND IT STILL HAS TO BE ABLE TO BE BUILDABLE.

IT STILL HAS TO BE ABLE TO BE PURCHASABLE.

AND THEN YOU ALSO GOTTA TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, YOU GOTTA TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, WHAT LAND IS AVAILABLE AND VERY LITTLE LAND IS AVAILABLE TO US AS A CITY.

WE DO HAVE SOME, AND, UH, BUT ONCE AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING OUT PROPER INFORMATION.

WE DON'T LOOK AT THAT LAND AND SAY, THIS IS HOW MUCH BY CODE YOU CAN BUILD PER ACRE ON THAT LAND.

WELL, THAT NEVER HAPPENS.

IT ALWAYS ENDS UP BEING LESS BECAUSE, AND SO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NUMBERS, NUMBERS ARE RIGHT.

MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE PUT FORWARD IS SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUAL AND NOT, NOT JUST DANGLING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SO THEY FEEL AS IF NOW THEY, WE, WE PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER THEM ONCE, ONCE WE GET 'EM THINKING THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR 'EM.

UM, SO, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT, I THINK THE SUGGESTIONS THAT, UH, MEMBER MOLINA BROUGHT UP WAS REALLY GOOD.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, UH, THE COMMITTEE, I THINK THEIR FIRST ACTION BEFORE THEY MEET WITH ANYONE IS COME UP WITH THOSE, THAT CRITERIA THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT IS THE SCOPE, WHAT IS, AND BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND SO THAT WE CAN KINDA SEE WHAT, WHICH DIRECTION THAT'S GONNA GO AND HOW THAT WOULD FIT IN AS I AGREE WITH LIKE A HOUSING SUMMIT.

AND, UM, AND SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING, MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ALL INTEGRATED TOGETHER.

UH, UNDERSTOOD.

SO NOTED ALL YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO, UM, START WITH.

IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A, UH, TEMPLATE THAT WE CAN GO, UH, FORWARD AND BE AND HAVE A SUCCESSFUL, YOU KNOW, METRICS ON THIS PROJECT.

UM, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS AD HOC, THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL APPOINT AND BE APPROVED, WILL BE OFFICIAL AND WE CAN GO OUT AND MAKE SURE AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND I CAN SIT DOWN AND, AND LOOK AT ALL THIS, UM, THIS, THESE QUESTIONS AND HAVE ANSWERS TO THEM AND, AND SO AND SO, UM, WE CAN ADDRESS THEM ACCORDINGLY.

UM, I WOULD FIRST ASK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE WE'RE SAYING GET YOUR SCOPE TOGETHER AND ALL THAT.

BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, WORK WITH THE, UH, CITY MANAGER OFFICE TO BRING THAT BACK ON COUNCIL MEETING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE SEE WHAT THE SCOPE IS, WHAT, WHAT THE NATURE OF IT IS, AND THEN, THEN YOU CAN START, THEN THERE'D BE A GREAT TIME TO START THE OUTREACH.

I'M A LITTLE, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED, MR. MAYOR , I THINK THE AD HOC WOULD, I MEAN UNDER THE 1 0 5 REQUESTS WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY EXPLORE HOW TO BUILD HOME OWNERSHIP MM-HMM .

RIGHT? SO, SO, WELL THAT WOULD BE LISTED IN YOUR SCOPE.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE TO BUILD HOME OWNERSHIP.

BUT YEAH, BUT IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR DURATION? WHAT IS YOUR SCOPE? MM-HMM .

OVERALL AND YOUR SCOPE IS, OKAY, THAT'S YOUR IN DETERMINATION.

WHAT, WHAT IS GONNA BE THE SCOPE OF THE MEETING? IN OTHER WORDS, HOW, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE UMBRELLA THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, IF I MAY OR MAY, JUST SO I CAN, UM, UNDERSTAND MAYOR.

SO, UM, ARE YOU SUGGESTING, SO THEN APPOINTING THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THEN AT A CERTAIN TIME THAT THEY BRING THAT BACK, SO AT THE END OF MARCH OR IN APRIL, IS THAT WHAT IS BEING ASKED? WAIT AS, AS SOON AS THEY CAN.

AND UH, THEN, UH, I THINK THE POINTS THAT, UH, MEMBER MOLINA BROUGHT UP WERE VERY GOOD.

UH, AND SO THEREFORE THERE'S SOME STRUCTURE TO IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, MAYOR, IS TO PUT THE STRUCTURE, BUT WITHOUT BEING AN AD HOC, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.

WE DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING NOT OFFICIAL.

THAT'S IT.

THE AD HOC WOULD BE PUT TOGETHER.

BUT THEN THE AD HOC WOULD REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR SCOPE IS.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND YOU KNOW, WHAT UMBRELLA THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK WE UNDERSTOOD.

I DO BELIEVE, I DO BELIEVE THE INTENT OF THE AD HOC IS TO INEVITABLY BRING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL ONCE WE HAVE A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS AND FOR THE COUNCIL TO DIGEST, DISCUSS AND WHETHER, YOU KNOW, DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS.

YOU ALL BROUGHT A WHOLE BUNCH OF 'EM.

I WAS TAKING DOWN THE NOTES.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ASPECTS TO CONSTRUCTION.

THERE'S A LOT OF ASPECTS TO CONSTRUCTION OF HOME OWNERSHIP, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT MODEL THAN RENTAL.

SO BEFORE GETTING INTO KIND OF THE WEEDS OF ALL THIS, UM, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE POINTS.

OR NOT WE MOVE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD OR MODIFY SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT ALL WITH THE INTENT TO BUILD HOME OWNERSHIP.

BUT, BUT, BUT I DO THINK IT IS THE INTENT OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO BRING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ONCE WE SPEAK WITH, UH, EXPERTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS AND, AND THEN WE COULD DISCUSS THOROUGHLY WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WHETHER

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WELL, PART OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT THERE IS WHAT WOULD BE THE SCOPE, BUT THAT I THINK WHAT YOU NEED TO PUT DOWN IN THE VERBIAGE SAYING HERE IS WHAT OUR SCOPE IS, HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AS A COMMITTEE.

THAT'S NOT SAYING THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT HERE'S HOW WE'RE GONNA ADVANCE AS A COMMITTEE SUGGESTION, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE, SORRY, I, I JUST A SUGGESTION 'CAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS ARE SAYING THE SAME THING.

I HOPE SO.

MAYBE IN MARCH, SORT OF , SO MAYBE IF IN MARCH, AT THE END OF MARCH, THE COMMITTEE CAN REPORT BACK WHAT THAT SCOPE IS IN ANSWERING SOME OF THE MAYOR AND COUNT AND VICE MAYOR'S, UH, QUESTIONS.

AND THEN AFTER THAT YOU GUYS MAYBE HAVE A DATE, UM, WHEN YOU GUYS CAN BRING BACK SOME OF THE, UH, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON YOUR GUYS' FINDINGS.

I MEAN, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT OR WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, JOSE, IN TERMS OF YOUR TIMING? I, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION AD HOC, DOES THAT WORK? YES.

AND THEN BRINGS THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.

BUT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE SUGGESTION, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS TO HAVE AN OUTLINE OF THINGS TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL AND THEN, AND THEN, AND THEN DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT TO WORK ON THEM.

I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT WE WERE DIDN'T BE OKAY.

DIDN'T, THAT'S NOT WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

TO WORK ON ISSUES.

NO.

AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TYPICALLY DOES WORK ON ISSUES AND THEN BRING THEM TO COUNCIL.

NO, IT, IT, A SCOPE IS SAYING THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON.

IT'S NOT SAYING WHAT THE WORK IS, BUT WHAT WE ARE GONNA WORK ON.

AND, BUT WHAT, BUT WHY WOULD WE, WHY WOULD WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND DECIDE WHAT TO WORK ON IF THE PURPOSE IS TO BUILD HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES? UM, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

WHY NOT JUST ALLOW THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO WORK ON IT, TO WORK ON IT AND THEN BRING RECOMMENDATIONS BACK, UM, AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

YEP.

AND THEN HAVE THE COUNSEL KIND OF DISCUSS IT.

LET, OKAY, LET ME SEE IF I CAN DIFFERENT, DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A REASONABLE THING? DIFFERENT? I'M GONNA ASK, UH, SINCE SHE BROUGHT UP SOME OF THE ISSUES, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MEMBER MOLINA, IF YOU CAN MAYBE SAY IT A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WHAT I AM OR WHATEVER YOU WANT.

WHATEVER YOU WERE LOOKING AT.

SO I, UM, I AM INTERESTED IN FORMING THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE.

I'M NOT SAYING LET'S NOT FORM THE COMMITTEE.

RIGHT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S GOING TO DO THAT IS EXPLAINED BEYOND THE SENTENCE OF BUILDING HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THAT MEANS.

AND, AND SO THAT, THAT'S THE BASIS OF MY QUESTIONS WERE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND IF, IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, JOSE, IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE MORE EXCEPT YOU AS THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ARE GONNA COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS MONTHS DOWN THE LINE.

WELL, THAT'S NOT ADDRESSING ANY OF THE CONCERNS OR THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE REGARDING THE WORK THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS GOING TO DO, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR.

I THINK THAT THE AD HOC WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ONCE WE SIT DOWN WITH THANK YOU, UM, WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AND MYSELF AND, UM, EXPERTS IN THE, IN THE INDUSTRY.

SO THEN WE CAN GIVE YOU A SCOPE THAT IS REALLY TARGETED TO THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE MAYOR WAS TRYING TO GET AT.

BECAUSE I THINK HEARING THE LEAP FROM BUILDING HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO THEN MONTHS DOWN THE LINE COMING TO US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ISN'T WHAT WE WANTED OR THE, UM, MESSAGE WE WANTED TO GET ACROSS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE DITAS YOU GOT IT.

WE, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OUTLINE FOR ALL OF US TO WORK TOWARDS THE SUCCESS.

AND THEN MY OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS INVOLVING ALL OF US IN THIS CONVERSATION, THAT'S ALWAYS MY MANTRA, RIGHT? VIA OF US THE HOUSING SUMMIT THAT I HAD PROPOSED MM-HMM .

UM, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD ALIGN PERFECTLY.

OH, THANK YOU.

AND, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP, COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, AND TO REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 30 TO 35% HOMEOWNERS IN THE CITY, AND IT IS, IT IS, UM, 40 YEARS AGO IT WAS ACTUALLY RE REVERSED.

SO WE HAD 65 TO 70% HOMEOWNERS.

AND, AND, UM, THE DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES IN A COMMUNITY IS, IS SUBSTANTIAL.

AND, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HASN'T WORKED TO BUILD HOME OWNERSHIP.

SO THE LAST DECADE WE'VE BUILT A THOUSAND UNITS, BUT ONLY 18 OF THEM HAVE BEEN FOR SALE.

SO ALLOWING THE PRIVATE MARKET AND UPZONING TRANSIT CORRIDORS IS NOT GONNA, I MEAN, IF WE CONTINUE GOING DOWN THIS PATH, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA DO IT.

BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED ALL THIS RIGHT, TO AT GREAT LENGTH.

AND SO I, I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD WITH A DISCUSSION AND BRINGING BACK, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AND, UH, AN OUTLINE AND, AND RECOMMENDATIONS QUESTIONS AND SPEAKING WITH EXPERTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS, THERE'S A LOT OF ASPECTS TO DEVELOPMENT.

UM, SO I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING VERY

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GOOD DISCUSSIONS.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, I WILL, UM, APPOINT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF, UM, COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ AND YAMANI, UH, TO WORK ON THIS TO BRING BACK TO US, UH, UH, UH, SCOPE, I WANNA CALL IT A SCOPE PAPER OR WHATEVER YOU'RE SAYING.

HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BEYOND JUST THE WORDS OF, YOU KNOW, BUILD MORE HOUSES, GET A WHITE PAPER MAYOR.

IT'S BASICALLY A, IT'S BASICALLY A SIMPLE, SIMPLE WHITE, WHITE PAPER.

GET WHITE PAPER, BELIEVE ME.

AND, UH, UH, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN INTEGRATE IT IN WITH, I THINK THE, THE SUMMIT WHICH WE'D ALREADY ALL AGREED TO HAVE ONE, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, THE HOUSING SUMMIT.

AND THAT WAY WE KNOW HOW TO INTEGRATE IT WITH THAT.

WE KNOW WHAT PER WHAT DIRECTION YOU GUYS ARE GOING.

AND THEN AS A STAFF KNOWS HOW, HOW TO, I THINK WORK WITH YOU BETTER KNOW AND WE'LL KNOW WHERE, UM, WHERE THE DIRECTIONS THAT WE'RE ALL GOING.

UH, WITH THAT, UM, I'LL MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT AND, AND, UH, UH, FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

SO WILL THAT BE VOTED MAYOR? UH, NO.

IF WE VOTE ON IT, THEN IT BECOMES A, A, A STANDING COMMITTEE AND OKAY, THEN YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR CLARIFICATION.

MM-HMM .

UM, WITH THAT, UM, LET'S SEE.

WE NEXT GET INTO, UH, WE STILL HAVE OUR, OUR, NO NOT YOU YET.

OH, OH NO, WE STILL HAVE COUNSEL COMMENTS, SO THEY GET TO MAKE HAVE THEIR COMMENTS FIRST, RIGHT? YEAH, I'M SORRY.

NO WAY.

I, I KNOW IT.

I KNOW YOU GET GETTING ANTSY OVER HERE.

ALRIGHT, SO I'LL START DOWN HERE ON MY LEFT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY, ATTORNEY SKINNER.

IS IT AS GOOD AS YOU HAD HOPED? BETTER .

WAY BETTER.

FANTASTIC.

LIKE A WHOLE COASTER.

IT'S ALL OF US.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST FULL MEETING WITH US.

UH, AND I REALLY WANTED TO THANK MUNDO GARDENS, THE URBAN COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING, UH, MS. FULLER QUINONE HERE THAT WENT, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND, UH, FOR A COMMUNITY CLEANUP ATUM, WHICH IS A GATHERING PLACE, UM, OVER BY DIVISION AND PALM.

IT IS A PROJECT WHICH COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME TO ESSENTIALLY RECOM RECONNECT COMMUNITIES.

IT'S A FREEWAY UNDERPASS THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS SERVED AS A DUMPING GROUND FOR DECADES.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TRY TO MAKE THAT INTO A PARK AN OPEN SPACE.

AND SO VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONTINUATION.

AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT AND, AND DID, UH, CLEANUPS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND, UH, ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL, UH, SOCCER TEAM.

THEY WON THEIR PLAYOFF GAME TODAY, ONE ZERO, UH, AT IMPERIAL HIGH SCHOOL, SO ONTO THE SECOND ROUND.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE PLAYING OLYMPIAN HIGH SCHOOL THIS THURSDAY.

SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO CHECKING OUT.

RIGHT.

HONORING, UH, THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AGAIN.

UM, AND THEN, UM, IT'S A HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE ASIAN AMERICANS IN, UH, OUR CITY, UM, YEAR OF THE FIRE HORSE, SO THE MUSTANG, LET'S GO GET IT .

UM, SO THANK YOU MAYOR.

THAT'S, THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

NOTHING REPORT ON MINE.

UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

UH, HAPPY OR, UH, IN OBSERVANCE TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH AS WELL.

UM, UH, I WANNA HONOR THAT AND, UH, I JUST WANNA MENTION THE SWEETWATER TEAM, SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.

UM, I CALL IT THE DEBATE TEAM, BUT I FORGET THE ACTUAL MOCK TRIAL.

OH, MOCK THE MOCK TRIAL TEAM.

UM, THEY HAD A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND, UM, I WANNA FORMALLY ASK, UM, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THEM, UH, HOPEFULLY THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH, SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT, UM, ALL GOOD THINGS FOR SWEETWATER HIGH STUDENTS, UM, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT COMING UP.

YEAH, THAT WAS THE CASE OF, UH, DAISY DUCK, UH, DIVORCING DONALD DUCK, WASN'T IT? ? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

ONE OF THOSE, YES.

BASKETBALL TEAM IS, I THINK THEY HAD A GAME TONIGHT, ONE OF THEIR PLAYOFF GAMES FOR CIF AND SO THEY'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS AND SO, UH, A LITTLE, LITTLE EXCITEMENT ON THE, ON THE COURT.

OH, CAN I SAY ONE LAST QUESTION? YEAH, ONE LAST POINT.

UM, UM, WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND, AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ALL THIS AND ALL THAT AND HIGHLIGHTING EVERYBODY'S, UM, UH, EFFORTS AND ALL OF THAT, I FAILED TO MENTION THE FUNNIEST PIECE, WHICH WAS PDS, UM, UH, VALENTINE'S DAY, UH, POST THAT WENT OUT, UH, WAS SUPER FUNNY IF YOU DIDN'T SEE IT, IT'S SUPER APPROPRIATE, SO I LOVE IT.

IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY FUNNY.

SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I SAW IT AND I ALMOST REPOSTED.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T REPOST IT, BUT IT WAS FUNNY IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.

ALRIGHT, UH, YEAH, UH, COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE DO HAVE A CITYWIDE CLEANUP THIS SATURDAY AND OVER AT EL TOON PARK AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM EIGHT TO 12.

HUH? LAS PALM OR LAS PALM? LAS PALM, I'M SORRY.

LAS PALM PARK.

AND, UH, THEREBY, UH, UH, IN FRONT OF A CAMACHO GYM.

YES, YES.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

LEMME GET MY PARKS MIXED UP THERE FOR A MOMENT.

AND UH, UM, SO THAT ONE, AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SWEETWATER AND THE TEAMS, I KNOW THAT THEIR, UH, BOYS

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SO ANYWAY, OUR FUTURE OLYMPIANS ARE GOING FOR IT.

AND, UH, UH, WITH THAT, I THINK NOW, FINALLY, FINALLY SHOULD BE WAITING ALL EVENING FOR THIS PATIENCE.

ALRIGHT,

[12. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]

AND I'LL HAVE OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY GO AHEAD AND REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.

UH, THE COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION FROM 5 0 6 TO 6 0 4.

ALL MY COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT AND THE COUNCIL TOOK NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS.

ALL THIS, WAIT FOR THAT.

I KNOW , BUT I HAVE ONE OTHER THING.

I HAVE ONE OTHER THING THAT IS NOT THE CLOSED SESSION REPORT.

ITEM 9.1 HAD A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN THE FUNDING NAMES.

SO RATHER THAN READ THEM ALL OUT HERE, WE WILL PROVIDE THEM TO THE CITY CLERK AND ASK THAT SHE INCLUDE THE CORRECTED, UH, FUND NUMBERS IN THE MINUTES AND THAT'S IT.

YEAH, I HEARD 75,000, I HEARD 74,000 AND I WAS GONNA LOOK FOR IT, SEE IF WE GET A HIGHER BID.

BUT ANYWAY, .

OKAY, .