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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
GO AHEAD AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THE MEETING STARTED HERE.SORRY ABOUT RUNNING LATE, BUT WE WERE IN A LONG CLOSED SESSION WITH THAT.
UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UH, BEFORE WE PROCEED, I, I REQUEST THAT THE INTERPRETER TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION SERVICES THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR THIS EVENING CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU MAYOR.
WITH THAT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A REMINDER IF WE COULD PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES OR ANY OTHER DEVICES IN THE, UH, CHAMBER, PLEASE.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND I, UH, LIVE WEBCAST.
A MEETING MAY BE, UH, VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING LIVE VIA ZOOM, UH, 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'S, UH, DESK, UH, CHECK OUT A HEADSET.
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, UH, AGENDA ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, EITHER IN PERSON, IN THE, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE SALMON COLORED SLIPS.
THEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE AT THE BACK OF THE CHAMBERS 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.
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
WITH THAT, CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE'LL NOTE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH IS ABSENT.
COULD WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? STAY STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION.
AND, UH, MEMBER YAMANI, WOULD YOU LEAD US, PLEASE? THANK YOU.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE THOUGHT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY OF JUSTICE CRAWL.
GOOD EVENING, PASTOR EDDIE DUIS, UH, PRESIDENT NATIONAL CITY CLERGY ASSOCIATION.
HONORED TO BRING THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING.
GRACIOUS LORD, WE'RE THANKFUL.
ONE MORE TIME AS THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING TAKES EFFECT, WE PRAY.
LORD, THAT YOUR SPIRIT OF HUMILITY, LORD, YOUR SPIRIT OF WISDOM, YOUR SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING, WE JUST INFILTRATE THIS BUILDING TONIGHT, REMINDING ALL THOSE THAT ARE AT THE DIOCESE TODAY, THAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS HAVE PUT THEIR FAITH AND TRUST IN THEM TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEST FOR THIS CITY.
WE ASK A BLESSING UPON THEM, UPON THE MEETING, UPON ALL OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE OUT PROTECTING AND WATCHING OVER THE 9 1 9 5 0, ALL THOSE THAT ARE EMPLOYED, ALL THOSE WHO RESIDE HERE, WORSHIP OR EVEN WORK HERE.
WE'RE GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL LORD FOR THE PEACE TRANQUILITY YOU BROUGHT US THIS EVENING.
AND WE ASK A SPECIAL BLESSING AROUND OUR WORLD TONIGHT, LORD, AS CHAOS, IF YOU WILL, IS ABOUNDING, BUT MUCH MORE YOUR GRACE AND LOVE, THAT THERE WOULD BE PEACE AND HARMONY AS EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS A RIGHT AND TO LIVE PEACEFULLY AND HONORABLY.
IN FACT, YOUR WORD SAYS TO, TO TRUST IN YOU TO ALL OUR HEARTS, AND NOT TO LEAN TOWARD UNDERSTANDING, BUT ON ALL OUR WAYS, ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND YOU WOULD DIRECT OUR PAST, DIRECT THIS MEETING.
TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED IN JESUS NAME.
TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE ADJOURNING OUR
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MEETING, UH, THE MEETING OF MARCH THE THIRD OF 2026 IN HONOR OF SADIE GONZALEZ.UH, SADIE PASSED THIS LAST WEEK.
SADIE AND HER HUSBAND DAVID, UH, HAD BEEN LONGSTANDING, LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF THE WEST SIDE.
UH, AND I CAN REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN, BACK INTO THE, UH, 1980S, UH, WE HAD THINGS COME UP AND WE WERE WORKING ON ISSUES ON THE WEST SIDE AND WE WERE TRYING TO GET BACK, UH, HOMEOWNER'S RIGHTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND I CAN STILL REMEMBER HER HUSBAND, UH, DAVID, SAYING, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE WEST, WEST SIDE, I'LL TAKE CARE OF THE WEST SIDE.
UH, AND UH, HE WAS THE KIND OF GUY, THAT'S JUST WHAT HE DID.
HE WAS OUT THERE AND, UH, THEY WERE ALWAYS, UH, IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO GO ON, WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT BLOCK OR WHAT WAS GONNA GO ON, ESPECIALLY ON THAT BLOCK.
YOU TALK TO SADIE AND, UH, UH, UH, GREATLY MISSED.
I KNOW SHE HAS SOME FAMILY MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT.
UH, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
WELL, I, I'LL TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND VERY LONG, YOU HAVE ANY UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH RESPECT THAT WE HAD FOR YOUR, UH, BOTH YOUR MOM AND DAD AND GRANDPARENTS? UM, I MEAN, UH, JUST AN AMAZING COUPLE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, WE LOST DAVID QUITE SOME TIME AGO, BUT, UH, NOW THIS LAST WEEK WITH SADIE AND THE CITY NEEDS MORE SAFETY, GONZALEZ.
I MEAN, THAT JUST, I MEAN, UH, THAT WAS, THAT'S QUITE A LADY AND SHE, SHE'S LEFT A LOT OF MEMORIES FOR, FOR ALL OF US.
AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AS I SAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND THERE'S A SMALL TOKEN OF THAT, UH, FOR YOUR FAMILY.
UM, ON BEHALF OF THE GONZALEZ FAMILY, UM, MY, I I THINK YOU, YOU HIT IT PRETTY SPOT ON.
MY, MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY GRANDFATHER BOTH, UM, WERE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF BEING A PART OF NATIONAL CITY.
THEY'VE, MY GRANDMOTHER HAD ROOTS HERE SINCE SHE WAS A KID, SO, UH, GOING BACK TO THE LATE THIRTIES IN NATIONAL CITY.
SO OUR, OUR ROOTS ARE HEAVILY INTO NATIONAL CITY AND WE HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO, UM, HONOR AND DO OUR PART IN THE COMMUNITY AS AS THEY WOULD WANT.
OH, YOU, IF YOU'LL STAND IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM, IF YOU STAND BEHIND IT, THE PODIUM BLOCKS OUT.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT (Part 1 of 2)]
UM, INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS.AND THESE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND WE DO HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS.
WE'RE GONNA LIMIT IT TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
AND WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH MARCO ESPINOZA.
SECOND BE FOLLOWED BY BRIAN CLAPPER TO BE FOLLOWED BY LM.
UM, WELCOME TO 6:00 PM UM, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT TO BE SNARKY.
UM, I AM HERE BECAUSE MY, UH, I FOUND ON ANCESTRY D.COM, UH, DID A LITTLE SPIT TEST, WHATEVER.
AND, UM, MY MOM'S GREAT GRANDPARENT, NO, HER GRANDPARENTS CAME FROM MEXICO TO NATIONAL CITY IN 1880S ISH.
UM, I FORGOT WHAT I EXACTLY I FOUND ON ONLINE.
UH, BUT ANYWAYS, UM, MY BIOLOGICAL GRANDFATHER FROM MY MOM'S SIDE, HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN.
UM, BUT HE WAS BORN IN 1920 HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
UM, AND THERE'S A POINT THAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE LADY SADIE, HOW WHEN SHE SAID SHE HAD IT, SHE HAD IT.
AND FROM WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED TO ME ABOUT MY
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MOM'S DAD, HE WAS KINDA LIKE THAT TOO.SO, UM, NEVER MET HIM, BUT, UH, UH, HE DID, UM, THE MILITARY DURING WORLD TWO.
ANYWAYS, I DID NOT KNOW I WAS GONNA CRY THIS MUCH TONIGHT.
UM, UH, BUT WHY NOT? IT'S GOOD.
UM, HE, THEY LIVED AT, HE GREW UP IN A HOUSE THAT HE, I'M PRETTY SURE HE PAID FOR THE RENT FOR, FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, HE WAS JUST THIS HAPPY PERSON AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.
UM, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR DAD, ELIAS.
ANYWAYS, UM, THERE'S ONLY LIKE ONE OR TWO REFERENCES I SAW OF THEM, BUT THEY LIVED AT 7 25 20 SECOND STREET AT, ON GOOGLE MESS.
IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE LIVED THERE, BUT COURSE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WENT BY YESTERDAY.
UM, I DECIDED COME HERE TO BE A DEBBIE DOWNER, BUT I REALLY, AGAIN, TO SAY HI AND TO SAY THANK YOU.
'CAUSE WITHOUT THAT LONG OF HIM, BYE.
BYEBYE ANGEL WOULDN'T BE ME HERE NOW.
UH, BRIAN CLAPPER TO BE FOLLOWED BY LM TO BE FOLLOWED BY MP.
UH, MAYOR MORRIS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANTED TO COME AGAIN AND, AND REMIND YOU ABOUT OUR CARNIVAL AND TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT BRIEFING ABOUT IT.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR CARNIVAL THIS YEAR, DATES ARE JULY ONE THROUGH FIVE WITH THE FIREWORKS, UM, GONNA BE HAPPENING ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
AND WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THE CARNIVAL.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO, TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING BACK OUR, OUR MISS NATIONAL CITY CONTEST.
AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE REAL EXCITED AND WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BE ADVERTISING A LOT.
AND I REALLY WANT TO SEE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS DOWN THERE AND SPEND A WHOLE DAY WITH US.
THERE'S FIVE OF YOU, WE HAVE FIVE DAYS, SO PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THAT BOOTH THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY HAS IT, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL THE CONSTITUENTS BE ABLE TO TALK TO MR. RODRIGUEZ, MS. YAMANI, MS. MOLINA, OR MR. MORRISON AND MR. BUSH SO THAT THEY CAN ALL BE CONNECTED WITH THEM.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A BETTER PARTNER.
AND I'VE ALREADY MET WITH MISS COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO REALLY DOING THINGS TOGETHER AND REALLY, TRULY BEING PARTNERS ALL THE WAY AND DO A NICE CARNIVAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE.
RIGHT, WE GO, LM TO BE FOLLOWED BY MP, TO BE FOLLOWED BY PIETA.
JAVIER, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'M HERE TO AWARD RON MORRISON, THE MOD AWARD, THE MAN OF DISEMPOWERMENT.
TODAY, WOMEN WILL BE RECOGNIZED.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND CELEBRATE THEM BECAUSE AGAIN, I KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
IF THE WOMEN'S OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNERS WERE IN NATIONAL CITY, THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT YOUR INVITATION FROM YOUR HISTORY OF DISEMPOWERING WOMEN.
YOU SHOW UP AND SUPPORT BULLIES LIKE JOSIE FLORES CLARK, WHO ALTHOUGH ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND THOSE ACCUSED ACCUSATIONS HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED BY A THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATOR, REMAINS YOUR ASSISTANT AND FREQUENT PLUS ONE AND YOUR BABY SHEEP, WHO USES HIS STATURE TO TRY TO INTIMIDATE WOMEN WHO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT LIKE ME.
IT'S LIKE BEING IN THE LAND OF OZ HERE, RON.
YOU DON'T CARE FOR NATIONAL CITY.
YOU DON'T CARE FOR THE PEOPLE.
YOU CARE ABOUT THE POWER AND THE MONEY.
MARCUS, MARCUS HAS NO BRAIN 'CAUSE HE'S FRIGHTED WITH ALL THE DOPE THAT HE DOES AND LOOSE, YOU LACK THE COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND JOSIE, SHE'S THE WICKED WITCH OF NATIONAL CITY, GETS PAID TO BULLY, GETS PROMOTED WITHOUT MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, SHOWS UP TO EVENTS AND HUSTLES FOR MONEY.
SHE CLAIMS SHE LOVES HER NEPHEW WHO DIED.
WHAT SHE LOVES IS THE MONEY SHE WANTS TO CLAIM FROM HIS ESTATE.
SHE LIED TO US LA VISTA MEMORIAL PARK AND SAID SHE HAD LOST ALL CONTACT WITH HIS FAMILY.
WELL, HER HEARING DATE IS FOR PROBATE, IS APRIL 22ND AT TWO 30.
EACH WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO HOSTS A BELOVED COOL WOMEN CELEBRATION, WHICH HONORS EXEMPLARY WOMEN WHOSE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES MAKE THEM EXTRAORDINARY ROLE MODELS.
AND I STAND STRONG HERE WEARING THE SAME OUTFIT
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WHEN I RECEIVE MY COOL WOMEN.THANK YOU MP TO BE FOLLOWED BY RETA JAVIER TO BE FOLLOWED BY SAMAR JAVIER, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE GLOATING ABOUT, UH, SHOWING UP FOR PAUL WSS, UM, YOUR NEW BABY SHEEP AT, UH, THE CHULA VISTA COURT.
UH, RON, UM, YOU SURE KNOW HOW TO PROTECT BULLIES, BUT, UH, HERE YOU ARE NOT BEING EFFECTIVE OR EFFICIENT RUNNING A CITY.
I'M HERE FOR THE 50TH PLUS TIME ASKING FOR RECORDS.
IN 2013, YOU WERE THE MAYOR AND YOU WERE SUED BY COMMUNITY YOUTH ATHLETIC CENTER VIOLATING THE PRA, WHICH YOU WERE FOUND GUILTY, AND I'M VERY CONFUSED.
THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT DATES THAT YOU AND JOSIE WERE COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEVELOPERS IN SUPPOSEDLY HELPING THEM, BUT YOU WERE INTERFERING AND YOU WERE HELPING THEM GET THIS PROJECT THROUGH APRIL 22ND, 2024.
THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS WERE SENT TO YOU.
MAY 31ST, 2024, AN INCOMPLETE LETTER WITH ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS WERE SENT TO YOU.
AND AUGUST 15TH, 2024, THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT FORWARDED YOU AN EMAIL WITH MORE PROBLEMS. NOTHING WAS RECEIVED FROM US ON THOSE EMAILS ON OCTOBER 28TH, THE MAYOR'S AS ASSISTANT SEND THE PLANNING DIVISION CORRESPONDENCE STATING THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR THREE VARIANCES.
NO ONE, NO ONE KNOWS WHY THE CQ WAS, WAS EXEMPT.
IT WAS EXEMPT BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A SMALL PROJECT.
YEAH, WE NEEDED THREE VARIANCES BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A BIG PROJECT.
HOW ABOUT THAT? ANYWAYS, UM, TRACK RECORD OF NOT SUBMITTING PRAS, PLEASE SUBMIT PRAS.
JAVIER CEZAR, JAVIER, AND THEN EDWARD NETTO.
I AM PITA JAVIER, SHARING OUR STORY WITH MY HUSBAND BY YOUR HUSBAND,
WHAT WILL I SAY? NOVEMBER 7TH, 2022.
DEAR CESAR, THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO MY OFFICE REGARDING YOUR CONTINUED CONCERNS OVER THE AIR QUALITY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE BE WHAT'S THIS RI RI NEXT TO YOUR RESIDENCE WITH? REACH OUT TO THE CITY'S CODE ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENT OR DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTIES AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT WHO FOUND NO VIOLATIONS OF ENTIRE AND QUALITY STANDARDS OR CITY CODE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING POLICY CHANGES AND INVITE YOU TO CONTACT OUR DIRECTOR OF POLICY, BRENDA DANTON, DISCIPLINE.
IN FACT, THE COUNTY HAS DESIGNATED ME AS A CAREGIVER EFFECTIVE JUNE, 2025.
WHY? THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD HELP US.
FOR FIVE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN VOICING THIS ISSUE,
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COMMUNITY ISSUE, COMMUNITY CONCERN ON PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE, SAFETY, FIVE YEARS AND ACTED.OUR MISSION HERE IS TO SEE IN PERSON THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT ABSENTEE, SORRY, THE SAME AS COUNCILOR RIVERA AND THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
UNJUST, UNFAIR, YOU KNOW, A PCD WAS TAKEN INDEPENDENT FROM THE COUNTY TO SERVE MAYOR GLORIA'S INTENT.
VERY SIMPLE CLEAN AIR FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT'S NOT, THEY HAVE FIVE TASKS AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING LOGICAL, REASONABLE.
YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO WAN RIVER POLLUTION CRISIS 1993, SIR MADAM, THEY ONLY TOOK READINGS JULY OF 2024.
THEY COULD NOT TREAT THE TOXIC OR IDENTIFY THE TOXIC THAT IS COMING FROM NEXTDOOR CERAMICS MANUFACTURING.
WE WERE BREATHING POISON GAS, 1997 AND 2012 WHEN I WAS GIVEN THE DIVINE INTERVENTION TO TAKE CARE OF MY WIFE.
SECOND, PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WE DO NOT WANT OUR FILIPINO FLAG WITH THE US FLAG A MONOPOLY OF BRAVERY OF DEISM.
NOT ONLY FILIPINO FLAG FLYING THERE IF ONLY TWO.
ED EDWARD, UH, NIETO, FOLLOWED BY LILIANA ARMENTA, FOLLOWED BY RAQUEL ED, I BELIEVE IT IS.
UM, AT MY LAST, UH, MEETING, THE GENERAL COMMENT, I, I RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATEMENT MADE BY BRUCE FOLTZ, THE FORMER, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE POOR, THAT THE PRIOR FI FINANCIAL REPORTING PRACTICE WAS TO OVER ENCUMBER FUNDS.
RECOGNIZING WHAT I MEANT IS RECOGNIZING MULTIPLE YEARS OFUM IN THE FIRST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE KNEW THAT THE MONEY WOULD NOT ACTUALLY BE SPENT TILL SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL THAT BUILDING UP A STASH, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN MAKE A BUDGET AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS LATER, UH, DURING THE YEAR OR ARTIFICIALLY INFLATING ENCUMBRANCES.
AT A MINIMUM, IT DISTORTS A TRANSPARENCY.
UH, AT WORSE, IT MISREPRESENTS AVAILABLE BALANCES AND DELAYS THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF CITY'S TRUE FINANCIAL POSITIONS.
AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THE COUNCIL MEMBER DITA ANI STATED, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DID NOT ASK MANY QUESTIONS PUBLICLY, BUT THEY ASKED DETAILED QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEHIND CLOSED DOORS BEFORE THE MEETING.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE COUNCILS WOULD BE READILY READ, ALREADY UNDERSTAND THE FULL SIGNIFICANCE OF MR. OL'S STATEMENT FROM, BUT FROM THAT, WHAT I'VE OBSERVED, THE NESS OF THE ADMISSION DID NOT REALLY SEEM TO REGISTER TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT STATEMENT SHIFTS RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE STAFF AND SUGGEST ANSWERS, UH, THAT, UH, ALREADY EXIST TO MANY OF THE FISCAL QUESTIONS RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN RAISING FOR MONTHS.
IF THE COUNCIL HAS THOSE ANSWERS, WHY ARE THEY NOT BEING CLEARER AND SHARING THAT IN PUBLIC? WHY DON'T WE HAVE TIMELY AND TRANSPARENT FINANCIAL IMPORTANCE? WHY ARE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AND, AND FUND BALANCE NOT BEING CLEARLY EXPLAINED IN REAL TIME? AND WHAT AND HOW DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE CONFIDENCE AND OVERSIGHT OF THE CRITICAL FINANCIAL PRACTICE ARE ONLY CLARIFIED AFTER THE FACTS? I'VE HEARD COUNCIL MEMBERS SIDE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE PROJECTIVE, UH, PROJECT, UH, BUDGET PROJECTS ARE WRONG BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN SALARY SAVINGS SUBSEQUENT DUE TO UNFILLED OR DELAYED, UH, FILLED AND, AND WERE FLUSHED WITH MONEY.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THAT THE FISCAL REPORTING THAT'S, THAT'S SAYING THAT FISCAL CLARITY REPORTING AND, AND THEY PURPOSELY RELY ON THOSE FLAWS TO JUSTIFY INCORRECT SPENDING PATTERNS.
LILIANA ARMA, FOLLOWED BY RAQUEL ALMAN AND THEN FOLLOWED BY ALE.
PRIMERA AGE IS CATCHING UP TO ME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF.
I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH A SIMPLE MESSAGE.
DURING THIS CONFLICT WITH IRAN, WE MUST STAND UNITED IN SUPPORT OF OUR MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES.
UNLESS YOU HAVE WORN THE UNIFORM, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE EMOTIONS, THE MENTAL INTENSITY, AND THE PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF TRAINING AND PUTTING IT INTO ACTION TO
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COMPLETE THE MISSION.OUR SERVICE MEMBERS DO NOT PAUSE TO DEBATE POLITICS.
THEY STEP FORWARD WITH COURAGE, DISCIPLINE, AND DUTY WHILE THEY SERVE THEIR FAMILIES.
HERE AT HOME, MILITARY FAMILIES CARRY THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, THE CONSTANT WORRY AND THE QUIET FEAR THAT COMES WITH LOVING SOMEONE IN UNIFORM.
TODAY, 95 YEARS AGO, ON MARCH 3RD, 1931, THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER OFFICIALLY BECAME THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE UNITED STATES.
A SONG THAT WAS BORN DURING THE WAR THAT BECAME A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN RESILIENCE AND UNITY.
AND THAT MESSAGE MATTERS TODAY MORE THAN EVER BECAUSE SUPPORT FOR OUR MILITARY SHOULD NEVER BE POLITICAL.
WHETHER SOMEONE FEELS PRO-WAR OR ANTI-WAR SHOULD NOT DIVIDE US.
WHAT MATTERS IS THAT WE STAND BEHIND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO VOLUNTEER TO DEFEND THIS NATION.
SO I ASK OUR COMMUNITY, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE SERVING OR WHO IS A MILITARY SPOUSE OR EVEN A VETERAN, CHECK ON THEM.
BRING A SMILE OR A LISTENING EAR, OR JUST SAY A PRAYER OR SEND THEM TO AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 5 5.
WE VETERANS HELP VETERANS AND FAMILIES HELP FAMILIES.
LET'S STAND UNITED BEHIND OUR SERVICE MEMBERS AND PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY, THEIR SWIFT RETURN HOME ONCE THE MISSION IS COMPLETE.
BECAUSE FREEDOM IS NOT PROTECTED BY OPINIONS, IT IS PROTECTED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN WILLING TO STAND WATCH FOR THIS NATION.
UH, RAQUEL, BE FOLLOWED BY ALI, A LI AND MS. RA.
COULD WE HAVE THE, UH, TRANSLATION PLEASE? GLADLY.
COULD COULD YOU TURN THE VOLUME UP JUST A LITTLE BIT? UM, DOES IT HELP IF I SPEAK UP? OKAY.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT CALLED SOMO.
THIS, WE'RE ALL MIGRANTS, AND EVERY YEAR WE HOST A CULTURAL EVENT.
THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH YEAR WE'RE HOSTING IT.
UH, WE USUALLY HOST IT IN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA.
AND NOW WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT HERE AT KIMBALL PARK NATIONAL CITY, BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT IT IS TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY TO BE MORE PRESENT IN NATIONAL CITY.
HOWEVER, WE CAN'T DO THIS EVENT WITHOUT YOUR HELP, WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.
SO WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR THAT SUPPORT.
WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO THE CITY, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK WEEK BEFORE LAST.
WE TRIED TO HAVE A MEETING, UH, WITH YOU, UH, UH, MAYOR, BUT I, I KNOW YOU WERE OUT.
BUT, UH, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN OUR RESPONSE BACK AFTER THAT.
AND WE TRULY WANT TO HAVE THE EVENT HOSTED HERE AT KIMBALL PARK.
IT'S SAN DIEGO WITH CORDON MORLIN SAN DIEGO WITH THE HEART OF MORES, UH, HOSTED BY OUR ORGANIZATION.
AGAIN, WE'VE DONE IT SUCCESSFULLY IN CHULA VISTA FOR FOUR YEARS, AND WE NOW WANT IT TO BE A SUCCESS IN NATIONAL CITY.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE EVENT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WHILE OUR PEOPLE FEEL UNSAFE AND, UM, THREATENED BY THE ACTIVITIES, UH, BY ICE, WE FEEL THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE CAN COUNT ON THE POLICE AND CALLING AND CALL THEM WHENEVER WE NEED WITHOUT FEARING THAT ICE WILL COME PICK US
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UP.SO AGAIN, I'D LOVE TO GET THAT APPOINTMENT IN PLACE SO THAT I CAN BRING THAT GREAT EVENT THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR HERE TO YOUR CITY.
CAN WE JUST GET A TRANSLATION ON THAT? BUT THEN I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO STOP IT IN ENGLISH.
I WAS JUST LETTING HER KNOW THAT HER TIME WAS UP.
SO WE BRING A LIVE BAND FROM MODELOS.
WE ALSO BRING FOOD FROM MODELOS, AND WE BRING HANDCRAFTS AND, AND ARTISANS FROM THERE.
CAN I JUST SAY A FEW WORDS? SO WE ALSO HAVE A MURAL LIST THAT IS WILLING TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHATEVER, UH, WHILE YOU WANT THE NATIONAL CITY.
NEXT WE HAD, WAS IT ALI, A LI RA FOLLOWED BY MS. PANERA.
WE HAVE TRANSLATION FOR THAT, PLEASE.
MY FIRST QUESTION, RESPECTFULLY IS WHERE ARE THE RECORDS? MAYOR, YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT HIDING ANYTHING.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE CERTAIN RECORDS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN REQUESTED ARE NOT BEING DISCLOSED ON THEIR PRA REQUEST, FOR EXAMPLE, COMMUNICATIONS FROM APRIL 22ND, 2024, BETWEEN CITY OFFICIALS AND DEVELOPERS REGARDING A SPECIFIC PROJECT WHICH, UH, WAS DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER, THE MAYOR, AND THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT, RELATED TO THE INCOMPLETE LATER LETTER FROM MAY 29TH, 2024, AND INCOMPLETE LETTER DATED AUGUST 22ND, 2024, AND THE PUBLIC NUISANCE LETTER DATED OCTOBER 9TH, 2024.
AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO A MEETING ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2024, BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER, THE CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR, AND THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT, AS WELL AS, UH, CERTAIN TEXT MESSAGES AND APPOINTMENTS THAT WERE ENTERED INTO THE CALENDAR FOR, UH, THOSE SPECIFIC MEETINGS.
IT IS OF NO SURPRISE THAT UNDER THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP, NATIONAL
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CITY HAS BECOME KNOWN AS A CITY THAT, UH, MANIPULATES, UH, AND EVADES THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, WHICH IS PART OF ARTICLE ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S CONSTITUTION.GIVEN THE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO ACCESS ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE PEOPLE'S AFFAIRS, AND WHO ARE THE PEOPLE, WE ARE THE PEOPLE, AND WE WILL NOT TOLERATE SECRECY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACCUSATION AGAINST JOSIE FLORES CLARK? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME VERY MUCH.
LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE IN MY GROUP.
HERE'S ONE OF THE MANY PROPAGATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN AVIS MEMORIAL FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
THAT LOS MARTO, THEY HOLD NO VALUE.
IT IS MEANINGLESS WITH THE CORRUPT SIGNATURES AND THE NO INTENTIONS.
WE HAVE DOMINICA, DOMINICA, D-O-M-E-N-I-C-A.
AND I'M SORRY, YOUR NAME DOMINICA.
UM, CLASSES, FITNESS, UM, OKAY.
I AM DOMINIC PATRIZIO, AND I AM THE FOUNDER OF AN NGO CALLED UNITED, HELPING WITH OUR HEARTS.
AND WE ARE HOSTING AN EVENT AND WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THE EVENT WILL BE ON APRIL 23RD, AND WE'RE HOSTING IT TOGETHER WITH ES.
WE ARE ALL MIGRANTS CELEBRATING, UH, CHILDREN'S DAY AT CITY CELEBRATED IN MEXICO.
OUR ORGANIZATION HELPS THE ELDERLY CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON HELPING, UH, MOTHERS WHO HAVE, UH, CHILDREN WITH, UH, SPECIAL NEEDS PR PROVIDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS FOR THESE MOTHERS.
WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO HELP.
UH, WE, UH, RAISE FUNDS THROUGH FITNESS CLASSES, BUT, UH, WE NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
WE'VE ALREADY, UH, GATHERED SOME HELP FOR THIS EVENT, AGAIN ON APRIL 23RD, AND WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR ANY FINANCIAL SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN DONATE TO THESE CHILDREN.
WE ALREADY HAVE SOME TOYS THAT WE'VE COLLECTED, SOME CANDY, AND SO ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT YOU MAY PROVIDE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
ARE, ARE YOU ROSA? YES, I'M OKAY.
CAN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE? PLEASE? GO OVER THE MICROPHONE.
SO I'LL PICK, PICK UP YOUR VOICE.
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OKAY.I AM ROSA ROJO, AND I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF ES.
WE'RE ALL MIGRANTS AND A, UH, EVERYONE HELPING TOGETHER WITH OUR HEARTS.
AND I'M HERE TO ASK FOR THAT SAME SUPPORT.
UH, WHATEVER YOU CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
NEXT WE HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE MARTHA, LIKE YOU A MARTHA.
WASN'T TOO SURE ABOUT THAT LAST LETTER.
UM, WHERE ARE THE RECORDS? UH, YOU CLAIM YOU ARE NOT HIDING ANYTHING, AND YET YOU ARE STILL HIDING THE RECORDS.
RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 22ND, 2024, BETWEEN CITY OFFICIALS AND DEVELOPERS REGARDING A SINGLE PROJECT KNOWN AS THE NUISANCE PROJECT.
COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER, THE MAYOR, AND THE ASSISTANT, RELATING TO THE MAY 29, UH, 2024 INCOMPLETE LETTER, THE AUGUST 6TH, 2024 INCOMPLETE LETTER IN OCTOBER 9TH, 2024.
NO INSTANCE LETTER COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO AN OCTOBER 23RD, 2024 MEETING BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER, CITY MANAGER, CITY MAYOR, AND MAYOR.
TEXT MESSAGES ON THE CELL PHONES OF THE CITY MANAGER, CITY MAYOR AND MAYOR'S ASSISTANT CITY ISSUE, PERSONAL CELL PHONES AND CALENDAR ENTRIES FOR THE SPECIFIED MEETINGS.
IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT UNDER, UNDER RON MORRISON'S LEADERSHIP, NATIONAL CITY HAS A TRACK RECORD OF VIOLATING THE PRO PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, AND THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE ONE, SECTION THREE, GIVE THE PUBLIC THE RIGHT TO SEE ANY COMMUNICATIONS THAT PERTAIN TO THE CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES.
AND WE WILL NOT TOLERATE SECRECY AND CORRECTION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
YOU ARE, YOU CANNOT BE ABOVE THE LAW.
AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH A SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST JOSEPH FOREST CLARK.
UH, WE ARE NOW AT THE 30 MINUTE MARK, AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS ON ZOOM.
THEY WILL CARRY OVER TO THE END OF THE MEETING.
UM, LET ME JUST SAY, I'LL BE GOOD.
THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS MADE OF THAT WERE OF A PERSONNEL NATURE, NOT PERSONAL, BUT PERSONNEL NATURE.
AND I'M SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THOSE, WE CANNOT MAKE COMMENTS ON THOSE.
WE CANNOT SAY WHETHER IF THERE WAS ANYTHING RIGHT OR IF THE PERSON WAS JUST BLOWING SMOKE OR WHATEVER ELSE.
WE CAN'T MAKE COMMENTS ON THOSE.
[6.1 Proclamation - Feeding San Diego Day]
WITH THAT, WE WILL GO ON NEXT TO PROCLAMATIONS.OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS FOR FEEDING SAN DIEGO AND SEE IF WE'VE GOT REPRESENTATIVE FROM FEEDING SAN DIEGO HERE.
IF WE DO OR NOT, THEY'RE OUTSIDE.
IF THEY DO NOT, WE WILL GO ON AND MAKE SURE WE PRESENT THAT TO THEM.
OTHERWISE, WE ALSO HAVE ONE FOR, UH, CHAMPIONS WEEK FOR MEALS ON WHEELS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
SO WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT ONE.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, UM, IT, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES, I MEAN, SOME, SOME GREAT STUFF OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, BETWEEN MEALS ON WHEELS AND OF COURSE OUR OWN, UH, UH, WITH OUR CENTER HERE AT THE NUTRITION CENTER AND EVERYTHING, I MEAN, WE DO A HUGE AMOUNT OF SERVICE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT SENIORS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE HOUSE BOUND, UH, THAT THEY ARE GETTING PROPER NUTRITION, THAT THEY ARE GETTING, UH, GETTING GOOD FOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND YOU GUYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB.
AND THAT, AND I KNOW I'VE, I'VE RIDDEN WITH YOUR PEOPLE MANY TIMES, AND WHEN THEY GO TO THE DOOR, THOSE PEOPLE KNOW EXACT, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S ALREADY A RELATIONSHIP, THE FRIENDSHIP AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES EVEN BEYOND THE FOOD.
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I THINK THEY GET AS MUCH NUTRITION OUT OF THE FRIENDSHIP AS THEY DO THE FOOD.MAYOR, MY NAME IS BRENT WAKEFIELD, THAT I'M PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MEALS ON WHEELS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 66 YEARS.
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY FOR FOOD, BUT THEY'RE STARVING FOR HUMAN CONNECTION.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, ALL OF THE ELECTEDS THAT SHOW UP DURING CHAMPIONS WEEK TO VISIT THE SENIORS, BUT ALSO MAKE THEM SEEN AND HEARD BECAUSE THEY'RE HOME BOUND.
NOBODY EVER SEES OR HEARS WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
AND SO YOU SHOWING UP AND, AND THIS PROCLAMATION MEANS A LOT.
AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, FEEDING SAN DIEGO ALSO GET THAT WE'LL GET TO THEM.
[6.3 Proclamation - Women's History Month Honoring Candelaria "Candy" Cuevas, Connie Cepeda, Jovita Arellano, Lizzette Amaya, Lorna de los Santos, Mona Liza, Nancy Estolano, Nayeli Macias, Roula Alraheb, Shirley Ferrill, Susan de los Santos]
WE HAVE KIND OF A SPECIAL TIME, AND THAT THIS MONTH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY MARCH WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND HONORING TRAILBLAZING WOMEN WHOSE LEADERSHIP, COURAGE, AND DEDICATION HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR NATION AND ENRICHED OUR COMMUNITIES.
TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE 10 EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN FROM NATIONAL CITY WHOSE WORK EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF THIS MONTH.
EACH HAS MADE A LASTING IMPACT, WHETHER THROUGH BUSINESS, PHILANTHROPY, HEALTHCARE, COMMUNITY SERVICE, OR CULTURAL, UH, PRESERVATION, THEY EMPOWER OTHERS.
CHAMPION EQUITY, INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND STRENGTHEN THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FABRIC OF OUR CITY.
THEIR LEADERSHIP REMINDS US THAT WHEN WOMEN LEAD WITH VISION, COMPASSION, AND INTEGRITY, AND ENTIRE COMMUNITIES THRIVE, IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE AND CELEBRATE THESE REMARKABLE WOMEN AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE MADE TO NATIONAL CITY.
AND I'M GONNA CALL UPON THE VICE MAYOR TO NAME EACH ONE AND A SHORT, UH, MESSAGE ABOUT EACH ONE.
AND AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP AND THEN WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE LINE YOU UP HERE IN THE FRONT.
MAY I HAVE CANARIA CANDY CUEVAS COME FORWARD.
CANDY IS RECOGNIZED FOR HER IMPACTFUL LEADERSHIP IN NON-PROFIT AND HEALTHCARE PHILANTHROPY, EXPANDING ACCESS TO CULTURALLY RESPONSIBLE CARE, WHILE DEDICATING OVER A DECADE OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO STRENGTHENING YOUTH PROGRAMS AND THE NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY.
SHE IS HONORED FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND PHILANTHROPY, ADVANCING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, AND ECONOMIC EQUITY, WHILE INSPIRING OTHERS THROUGH HER DEDICATED SERVICE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT.
NEXT, PLEASE WELCOME HOVITA ANO HOVITA.
HOVITA IS VERY POPULAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
SHE IS RECOGNIZED FOR HER INSPIRING LEADERSHIP IN PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE, EMPOWERING WOMEN AND YOUTH, AND CONNECTING FAMILIES TO VITAL RESOURCES WHILE STRENGTHENING UNITY AND OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT NATIONAL CITY.
ALSO, LIZETTE AMAYA LIZETTE IS HONORED FOR HER RESILIENCE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT IN BUILDING THE HOMIES CAFE AND DELI INTO AN AWARD-WINNING COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE, INSPIRING OTHERS THROUGH HER PERSEVERANCE, LEADERSHIP, AND DEDICATION TO NATIONAL CITY.
PLEASE GO TO THE HOMIE'S CAFE.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. LORNA DE LOS SANTOS.
LORNA IS RECOGNIZED FOR HER COLLABORATIVE AND COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY, SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS AND VETERANS, AND BUILDING INCLUSIVE AGE-FRIENDLY INITIATIVES THAT STRENGTHEN THE WELLBEING OF NATIONAL CITIES, DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
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MONA IS HONORED FOR EMPOWERING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGH AWARD-WINNING STORYTELLING THAT PROMOTES EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, CULTURAL PRIDE, AND INTENTIONAL KINDNESS IN NATIONAL CITY AND BEYOND.I WANNA SHAKE YOUR HAND FOR SURE.
MISS NANCY IS HONORED FOR HER DECADES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP, GROWING A SUCCESSFUL LEATHER MANUFACTURING BUSINESS WHILE CHAMPION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVING THE RICH HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF NATIONAL CITY.
MS. NAI PALOS MACIAS IS RECOGNIZED FOR HER COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP IN EXPANDING HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR SENIORS THROUGH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, AND PROMOTING COMMUNITY WELLBEING WITH RESILIENCE AND HEART.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. SHIRLEY FARRELL.
MS. SHIRLEY FARRELL IS HONORED FOR HER LIFETIME OF MILITARY SERVICE AND DECADES OF UNWAVERING CIVIC LEADERSHIP, CHAMPION VETERANS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHILE FAITHFULLY SERVING THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY.
AND LASTLY ON THIS LIST IS MS. SUSAN DE LOS SANTOS.
MS. SUSAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AS PUBLISHER OF THE FILIPINO PRESS, PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESSES CELEBRATING FILIPINO HERITAGE AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THROUGH JOURNALISM AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN NATIONAL CITY.
THESE WOMEN ARE JUST A SAMPLE OF THE AMAZING WOMEN OF NATIONAL CITY.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN HONORING THESE WOMEN.
I'M SURE MAYOR, IF ANY OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANY COMMENTS.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO APPROACH THE MIC.
THAT'S A DANGEROUS THING TO SAY.
WELL, UH, MAYOR RON MORRISON AND THE ENTIRE STAFF, AND JOSIE, I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS, UM, RECOGNITION.
UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
YES, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF CHIEF
JOSIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, SELECTING ME FOR THIS.
IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR AND I WOULDN'T BE THE PERSON I I WOULD BE TODAY WITHOUT MY UNITED LOW RIDER COALITION MEMBERS WHO ARE IN THE BACK
MAYOR MORRISON, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.
I'M A CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR, MORE THAN 40 BOOKS.
AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, MY BOOK, MAMA, I LOVE YOU, RECEIVED THE MOM'S CHOICE AWARD.
ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO DURING THE 2020 PANDEMIC, I WAS SIMPLY A MOM.
ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO DURING THE 2020 PANDEMIC, I WAS SIMPLY A MOM TRYING TO COMFORT MY CHILD.
DURING A TIME THAT WAS UNPREDICTABLE, MY THOUGHTS TURNED INTO WRITING, AND THAT WRITING BECAME MY FIRST BOOK.
I NEVER IMAGINED IT WOULD GROW INTO OVER 40 BOOKS, REACHING FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, AND THERAPISTS WORLDWIDE.
I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE ALONGSIDE WITH ALL THE OTHER HONOREES AND TO MY FELLOW HONOREES.
YOU, YOU GUYS ARE ALL MAKING A BEAUTIFUL IMPACT IN NATIONAL CITY, AND I CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS AS WELL.
IN THIS CHAOTIC WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY.
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WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE KINDNESS.I HOPE MY BOOKS SPREAD AWARENESS TO THE KIDS OF THE NEXT, NEXT GENERATION, SHOWING THEM THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
MY WORK IS CENTERED ON EMOTIONAL LITERACY AND HELPING CHILDREN EMBRACE THEIR UNIQUENESS.
I BELIEVE WHEN CHILDREN LEARN TO UNDERSTAND THEIR FEELINGS AND VALUE, WHO THEY ARE, THEY GROW INTO THE COMPASSIONATE ADULTS OUR WORLD NEEDS.
THIS AWARD IS NOT JUST FOR ME, IT'S FOR ALL OF US, FOR THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BELIEVING IN ME AND FOR BELIEVING IN THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, MAYOR MORRISON AND THE COUNCIL FOR THIS AMAZING RECOGNITION.
I AM PROUDLY REPRESENTING SAN CIRO HEALTH.
AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE, UH, NATIONAL CITY.
AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT IT'S BEAUTIFYING.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WOMEN HERE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AMONG SUCH DISTINGUISHED WOMEN.
THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ARE HAVING A WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THE 14TH, STARTING AT ONE O'CLOCK.
I'M JUST GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH 'CAUSE MY MOM SURE.
UM, THIS SPECIAL, UM, UM,
UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS AWARD AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OTHER HONOREES.
AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE ON MARCH 14TH.
WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN NATIONAL CITY AT MOM.
THIS IS, UM, WE'RE ALSO HAVING, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEPAN SUMMER AS OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT.
AS I SAID, AS A FOLLOW UP ON HER INVITATION, THE EVENT IS GONNA BE AT THE, UH, MASONIC LODGE AT THE NATIONAL CITY.
YOU, THAT PART, IT'S FROM NINE TO ONE.
SO EVERYONE'S INVITED, MEN, WOMEN INTERGENERATIONAL EVENT.
THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE WHAT IT IS.
AND, UH, ALSO THANK YOU MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR WARD AND I FOR YOU AND ALSO THE WOMEN, UH, TO ACTUALLY, UH, ENCOURAGE, UH, EMPOWERMENT AND INSPIRATION THAT WE, THE ROLE MODEL FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THAT ONLY THE KIDS, BUT THE WOMEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE.
AND I JUST WANNA, I'M SO PROUD TO BE SHARING THIS ONE WITH, UM, AN AMAZING WOMANS AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, MY FAMILY, MY HUSBAND, MY DAUGHTERS FOR ME HERE, MY SISTER.
AND, UM, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY LIKE, THANK YOU.
JUST FOLLOW YOUR HEART, BE PROUD, AND JUST BE YOURSELF.
THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILMAN, AND CITY MANAGER.
UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS AWARD.
JANICE MAGNO PROBABLY HAS A DRAWER FULL OF THEM.
UH, BUT THIS IS MY FIRST AND, UH, I AM REALLY PROUD TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL SEA HISTORIC SOCIETY, AND OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS SAVING GRANGER HALL.
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THANK YOU, MR. MS. LORD.MAYOR, IF I CAN MAKE JUST A FEW, ONE SEC, ONE MOMENT WHILE THEY'RE STILL HERE.
I, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT THERE IS ONE PERSON WHO SPENDS SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME LIFTING UP WOMEN OF ALL AGES AND ALL BACKGROUNDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SHE WAS JUST NAMED AS THE SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNALS TOP 500 INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
AND THAT'S MISS JOSIE FLORES CLARK, AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT MADE ALL THIS POSSIBLE.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PRIDE IN THIS ROOM AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT, THAT WANNA, UH, YOU KNOW, HUG EACH OTHER.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO, BUT I DO WANNA JUST THANK
THIS IS, THIS IS PRETTY SPECIAL AND I KNOW WE WE'RE SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF TIME
I, I'VE BEEN FEELING A LITTLE BIT DOWN SINCE THE START OF THE WEEK.
I'M SURE MANY PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD KIND OF SUCKS A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT IS JUST IMPORTANT TO FEEL, UM, THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH OTHER AND, AND I THINK THIS IS PRETTY SPECIAL.
I THANK MS. LILIANA FOR HER COMMENTS EARLIER AT THE START OF THE MEETING.
AND, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THIS IS A PIECE OF PAPER AND TO SOME PEOPLE IT IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER AND IT COULD JUST BE JUST TORN UP IN, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF A MEETING TO MAKE WHATEVER STATEMENT YOU WANNA MAKE.
BUT SOME OTHER PEOPLE DO TREASURE IT.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I ESPECIALLY FEEL PROUD OF FOLKS THAT HONOR NATIONAL CITY WITH THEIR TIME AND THEIR DEDICATION AND THEIR SERVICE.
AND THAT IS NOT MEANINGLESS AND THAT IS VERY MEANINGFUL.
[6.4 Introduction of New Hires and Promotions of City Employees]
NEXT WE GO ON TO MY ONE FLIPPED OVER IN THE RIGHT WAY.AH, I WAS OFF BY ONE, ONE TAB, UH, INTO OUR NEW EMPLOYEES AND OUR PROMOTIONS, UH, FIRST, UH, LIBRARY.
ALRIGHT, SO TONIGHT IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO EDUARDO SANTOS.
HE IS OUR BRAND NEW CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR.
ED GREW UP RIGHT HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
HE WENT TO LINCOLN ACRES ELEMENTARY, GRANGER JUNIOR HIGH, AND GRADUATED FROM SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, BEFORE EARNING HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.
ED BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 2012 AS A LIBRARY AIDE IN THE CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT.
HE WAS REPORTED TO LIBRARY ASSISTANT IN 2016, AND MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS LIBRARY TECHNICIAN BEGINNING IN 2021.
THIS YEAR, ED IS CELEBRATING 14 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UH, IN ADDITION TO HIS TIME WITH US, HE'S ALSO WORKED IN CHULA VISTA AS WELL AS SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, ED HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONALISM, LEADERSHIP, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
HE UNDERSTANDS OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE HE'S PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HE APPROACHES EVERY INTERACTION WITH KINDNESS, PATIENCE, AND GENUINE CARE.
HE'S DEPENDABLE, KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND ALWAYS WILLING TO STEP IN WHENEVER NEEDED QUALITIES THAT MAKE HIM IN A VALUABLE MEMBER TO OUR LIBRARY TEAM.
OUTSIDE OF WORK,
HE ENJOYS SPORTS, READING SCI-FI BOOKS AND PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.
WE ARE TRULY FORTUNATE TO HAVE ED STEP INTO OUR FULL-TIME ROLE AS CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR.
HIS PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY MAKE HIM AN OUTSTANDING LEADER AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON OUR TEAM.
I'M SO THANKFUL AND JUST BLESSED TO BE IN THIS NEW ROLE.
I WANT TO THANK MS. DANNY AND MY COLLEAGUES AT THE LIBRARY FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
AS I STEP INTO THIS POSITION, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY PREDECESSOR, MS. MARIA MARILLO, WHO I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU GUYS KNOW.
UM, SHE TOOK A CHANCE ON ME 14 YEARS AGO AND HIRED, HIRED ME IN MY FIRST LIBRARY JOB AND SHE REALLY CHANGED THE COURSE OF MY LIFE.
SO I, IT WOULD BE REMISS FOR ME NOT TO THANK HER AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE SERVICE THAT SHE HAS PROVIDED FOR THE CITY
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FOR 30, 39 YEARS, I BELIEVE.AND I TOLD HER WHEN I ACCEPTED THIS POSITION, I WAS LIKE, IF I CAN ACHIEVE HALF OF WHAT YOU ACHIEVED IN YOUR TIME AS CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR, I WOULD'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY OF NATIONAL CITY, AND I INVITE EVERYBODY HERE TO COME DOWN TO THE LIBRARY.
WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, SO THANK YOU.
DO WE? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, SO OFFICER CALDERONE AND OFFICER, UH, OSORIO, THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT.
THEY, UH, RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM THE POLICE ACADEMY AND ARE OUT, UH, IN FIELD TRAINING.
UM, BOTH, UH, PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE MILITARY.
UH, SO THEY BOTH HAVE MILITARY BACKGROUNDS AND DECIDED TO, UH, SERVE HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
NOW WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE 'EM, SO THANK YOU.
AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES? YEAH.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, STAFF COUNCIL, PUBLIC, EVERYONE.
UH, MARTIN REEDER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW, UH, PARKING REGULATIONS OFFICER LEONARDO MARQUEZ.
UH, LEONARDO IS A LOS ANGELES NATIVE WHO BRINGS OVER 22 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE TO OUR TEAM.
HE SPENT 17 OF THOSE YEARS WITH THE CITY OF PICO RIVERA AND HAS ALSO SERVED THE COMMUNITIES OF LAKEWOOD, LINWOOD, AND SAND DIMAS.
HE JOINS US WITH HIS PC 32 AND CODE ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATIONS, AND HE HAS ALREADY BOUGHT A VERY POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO THIS DEPARTMENT.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, LEONARDO IS A LONG TIME HORSEBACK RIDER.
HE'S OWNED FIVE HORSES OVER THE YEARS AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPLORING THE TRAILS HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE HIM WITH US HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
ALRIGHT, UM, WE HAVE ONE MORE, AND THAT IS OUT OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? AND, UH,
YOUR SECOND MEETING, SECOND, SECOND MEETING, SHE GOT TO BE ON MM-HMM
AND, UH, ANYWAY, AND SHE HASN'T RAN AWAY SCREAMING YET, SO IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
AND, UH, BUT ANYWAY, HEIDI SKINNER, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF YOU OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, HELPING HEALTHY.
[6.2 Proclamation - Champions Week for Meals on Wheels San Diego County]
UP, UH, MARCO, I KNOW YOU PUT DOWN, YOU WANNA SPEAK ON, BASICALLY YOU LISTED FOR ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS, SO I'LL CALL YOU UP NOW SO YOU CAN REALLY FAST.UM, UH, NOTHING TO 6.1 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WENT FOR THAT 6.2.
UM, IT'S MORE THAN JUST TAKING MEALS TO PEOPLE.
IT'S, IT'S MORE OR MORE THAN JUST RUSHING AROUND TO MAKE SURE YOU GET AS MANY MEALS OUT TO MANY AS PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
NO, IT'S ABOUT SPENDING THAT TIME WITH THEM, WITH, UH, WITH SOMEONE WHO OTHERWISE DOESN'T SEE ANYBODY THROUGHOUT THEIR DAY.
UM, SO AS MUCH AS THE MEAL MIGHT BE GREAT, IT'S THAT TIME.
SO, UH, THANK YOU TO THEM FOR THAT WORK.
UM, AND NUMBER 6.3, UM, ALONG WITH THE WOMEN, UM, UH, AND 6.4, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO LIBRARY, UM, PROMOTION.
UM, THEY ARE ESSENTIAL PARKS AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PERSON, UH, FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO'S IN ACTIVE TRAINING.
[7. REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]
WE GO TO, UH, REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.AND I'LL START DOWN HERE ON MY LEFT.
UM, SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER RECEIVED THE MOST DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD, UM, IN RECOGNITION OF COMMUNITY POWER'S COMMITMENT TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY.
THE PUBLIC AGENCY RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISH THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
UM, IT WAS RECOGNIZED OR THE ORGANIZATION OR THE AGENCY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR ITS CLARITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND COMPREHENSIVENESS BUDGETS THAT RECEIVED THE AWARD MUST EFFECTIVELY SERVE AS POLICY DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL PLANS, OPERATION GUIDES, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES.
I DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTABLE ITEM FOR METRO, UM, WASTEWATER, JPA FOR SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE OUR PROGRAM, WATER AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM FOR OUR, UH, RATE PAYERS HERE IN NATIONAL CITY AND THE SOUTH BAY TO, UM, TO, UH, APPLY FOR THIS, UH,
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FOR THIS, UH, HELP.UM, IT IS, UH, IT'S AN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WAS CREATED IN 24, AIMED AT HELPING CUSTOMERS FACING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, PAYING THEIR WATER BILLS, UM, NATIONAL OR SWEETWATER AUTHORITY, UM, SERVICE AREAS CONSIDERED HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
UM, ALTHOUGH THE BOARD HAS, UH, THE COMMIT REMAIN COMMIT COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SAFE, RELIABLE WATER TO EVERYONE AT THE MOST AFFORDABLE RATE FOR, UM, QUALIFYING UM, APPLICATIONS, PLEASE CALL OUR SWEETWATER, UM, AUTHORITY AGENCY AT 6 1 9 4 2 0 1 4 1 3.
AND AM I RIGHT? THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, SANDAG BOARD OF DIRECTORS MET ON FEBRUARY, UH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH.
UH, AMONGST THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS A APPROVAL OF A TOLLING BACK OFFICE SYSTEM, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND PROJECT BUDGET AMENDMENT.
THIS IS WITH THE SERVICES FOR, UM, OR WITH TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR AGENCIES, TCA AS THE BA BACK OFFICE SYSTEM FOR TOLLING SERVICES, UH, BOTH ON THE I 15 AND STATE ROUTE.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT OPERATOR FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE.
AND, UM, THERE WAS AN APPROVAL FOR A, UH, APPROVAL FOR, UM, OPENING A CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR FLEXIBLE FLEET PILOT GRANT PROGRAM.
AND THIS IS A, UM, IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL OF THE RELEASE OF THIS PILOT GRANT PROGRAM, CALL FOR PROJECTS.
AND THE STAFF REPORT INCLUDES ALL THE DETAILS ON THAT PROJECT.
UH, THERE WAS A COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY MEETING LAST WEEK.
I DID MISS IT BECAUSE I WAS AT A WATER, UH, AGENCY MEETING UP IN DESERT HOT SPRINGS LAST WEEK AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEY DON'T ALLOW, COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY DOESN'T, YOU DON'T HAVE ALTERNATES AND YOU CAN'T ZOOM IN ON IT.
SO IF YOU MISS IT, YOU MISS IT.
UM, SO NOTHING TO REPORT OUT ON THAT ONE.
UM, THE, UH, I WILL REPORT THAT HOT DE HOT SPRINGS WAS 97 DEGREES WHEN I WAS THERE, BUT THEY SAID IT WAS DRY HEAT, WHICH IS THE SAME THING YOU TELL THE TURKEY BEFORE YOU PUT HIM IN THE OVEN.
SO ANYWAY, BEYOND THAT WE WILL, UH, UH, THAT'S
[8. CONSENT CALENDAR]
ALL THAT WE HAVE REPORTS ON THAT WE GO ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR.THESE ARE ITEMS EIGHT ONE THROUGH EIGHT SIX.
AND UM, I'VE GOT REQUESTS TO PULL.
SO WE MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT ONES PULLED.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO 8 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 6.
AND THAT'S ALL OF 'EM EXCEPT FOR EIGHT ONE, WHICH JUST SAYS WE DON'T HAVE TO READ, READ 'EM OUT IN FULL.
SO,
I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE THAT.
[Items 8.2 & 8.4 - 8.6]
REICH, COME ON UP.IT'S, I THINK IT'S FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.
WAIT, WELL I GOT YOU DOWN HERE FOR 2, 4, 6.
THE ONES YOU GOT WRITTEN, WRITTEN DOWN AND I SHOULD HAVE HAD FIVE IN THERE.
WELL, SOMEONES PULL ABOUT FIVE TOO, SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO ON FIVE ALSO.
ALRIGHT, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE AWARD FOR THE ROOFING ON THE MARTIN MARTIN LUTHER KING BUILDING FOR 400 439, 530 9,000.
THIS IS THE SAME CONTRACTOR WHO DID THE LIBRARY AND THE FIREHOUSE.
AND THIS IS DONE BY A, BY A BY THE, THE GARLAND COMPANY AT 3,800
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EAST FIRST, EAST 91ST STREET IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.NOW, THE THING THAT I'D LIKE, I'M JUST POINTING THIS OUT.
THE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THIS IS, THIS IS APPARENTLY A WORD BY THE CALIFORNIA MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE.
NOW THESE, THESE QUALIFICATIONS, THEY CAN'T HAVE ANY.
THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH RUSSIA'S SANCTIONS.
IRAN, IRAN SANCTIONS, AND THREE CONTRACTORS.
ONE HAS THREE CONTRACTORS BID, ONE HAS TO BE, ONE HAS ONE HAS TO BE A SMALL CONTRACTOR AND THE OTHER ONE POSSIBLY A DISABLED BUSINESS.
SO THE GARLAND COMPANY IN CLEVELAND, OHIO IS COMPLAINING, IS COMPLYING WITH THESE.
DID YOU WANT TO TALK ON THE YEAH.
ON THOSE OTHER TWO WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE.
I'M JUST GOING THROUGH THE, I'M GOING THROUGH THE, UH, WHAT THEY PUT.
COX, VERIZON, UH, 10,600 ARCO BUSINESS SOLUTIONS FOR FUEL, 36,000.
UH, CITY ATTORNEY LEGAL SERVICES, 20,000 WEST COAST AR AARA, 10,300 A RGS, 10,900 A PHARAOH POLICE FOR THE PHARAOH SCANNER, 16,000 WEST COAST ARBOR AND EIGHT FIVE FOR 30,000.
AND NEW FISCUS TREES, 76,000 ALL STAR FIRE EQUIPMENT LION, UH, OLY BUSING SUSPENDERS.
I DON'T THINK I GOT THAT ONE RIGHT.
OUR IN WARM REGISTERED RG NOBLE PAVEMENT REHABIL REHABILITATION 190, 148,000 SBS, UH, 50,000 EXXON FLEET BASIC TWO YEAR 55,000.
OH, I'VE ONLY GOT, UH, I'VE ONLY GOT SECONDS TO GO.
I DIDN'T GET TO ALL OF 'EM THAT I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T GET TO ALL OF 'EM.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT ON THAT ITEM.
I WILL RESTART IT WHEN YOU GO TO THE NEXT.
YOU DO YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT I WILL RESTART YOUR TIME WHEN YOU TALK.
DID YOU, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON 8.6? WHAT? UH, I JUST GOT ONE ON 8.6.
I DIDN'T, I JUST SAW THE LINE GO UP HERE.
WELL, THE BIG THING, THE BIG THINGS ARE THE SUN ROAD, SUN AUTO INTERCEPTORS, UH, UH, ONE 170,277,000.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 500,000 SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
ALRIGHT, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT ON THE ONE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT WASN'T THE ONE, THE FIRST ONE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ROOFING.
THAT'S JUST FOR THE MATERIALS.
AND THEN MR. JAVIER, WE'LL GET TO YOU.
UM, THE INFORMATION TO ME SEEMS INCOMPLETE.
IT DOESN'T TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PROGRAM PERTAINS TO.
IF IT'S THE SLASH FUND, IT'S NOT THE OTHER THING THAT'S MISSING.
IT DOESN'T TELL YOU THE DATE THAT THE EXPENDITURE, THE INVOICE DATE OF THE EXPENDITURE.
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THAT TOLD US THAT THE DATES WERE LONG AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE CAUSE OF, OF DELAYING SOME OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTS WE HAD.SO IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE COUNCIL TO MONITOR THIS AND SEE THE, THE INVOICES, NOT THE DATES OF THE CHECKS, BUT THE DATES OF THE INVOICES TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN CLOSE THE BOOKS ON TIME SO YOU CAN HAVE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
I JUST FIND IT AMAZING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE 2025 FINANCIAL STATEMENT YET.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW THOSE FIGURES FROM THE START ARE ANY GOOD? REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE HAD THAT APPROPRIATION THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE YEAR ENDED.
REMEMBER THAT ONE WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND THAT HAD TO, THE FUNDS HAD TO BE MOVED FROM ONE FUND TO THE OTHER AFTER THE YEAR END CLOSE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TYPE OF STUFF THAT TRANSPARENCY, YOU GUYS GOTTA WAKE UP AND START ASKING QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF MAKING POLITICAL, UH, RANDOM TALKS THAT HAVE NO EFFECT.
AND THAT'S WHAT GETS ME A LITTLE MAD ABOUT YOU GUYS.
UM, ACTUALLY THAT'S ONE OF MY THINGS I WANNA TALK ABOUT HERE.
WHERE IS THE 2024 SINGLE AUDIT REPORT? YOU HAD IT DELIVERED.
THERE WAS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE AND I THINK THEY WEREN'T SIGNIFICANT AND I FOUND THAT SURPRISING.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED THE AUDITORS MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES.
HOW COME THE GENERAL FUNDS AREN'T COVERED IN THAT, IN, IN THAT SINGLE AUDIT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
I KNOW THAT, BUT YOU SHOULD ASK FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE SCOPE OF THAT AUDIT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU.
UH, MR. JAVIER, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT DOWN NINE THREE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A NINE ON HERE.
DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE?
AGAIN, MY HEART BLEEDS WHEN MY NEIGHBOR IS IN PAIN.
AND SO WE ARE HERE TO SEEK HELP.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP, NOT TO COMPETE MM-HMM
BUT RATHER TO STRENGTHEN THE FIRST PILLAR OF OUR PREAMBLE, WHICH IS WORK TOGETHER FORM A PERFECT UNION.
AS A NEIGHBOR, WE ARE DUTY BOUND TO HELP YOU AND HELP US.
THAT'S OUR FIRST MISSION COMING OVER HERE, WHICH I WAS NOT ABLE TO ELABORATE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS ATTEMPT FOR TRANSPARENCY.
BUT I AM CONCERNED MOSTLY ON 9.2.
OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THAT ONE LATER.
THE ONES ON EIGHT AND I'LL CALL YOU UP FOR 9.2 LATER.
UH, IS THIS NOT PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, SIR? NINE TWO IS NOT ONLY THE, ONLY THE ONES UNDER EIGHT ARE CONSENT CALENDAR, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WE, WE, WE'LL, WHEN WE GET TO NINE TWO, I'LL CALL YOU UP.
I THINK NOW THAT IS ALL THAT WE HAD UNDER THE CONSENT ITEM.
SO THAT IS, UH, EIGHT TWO THROUGH EIGHT SIX.
MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. ALRIGHT.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
PLEASE HIT YOUR, UH, UH, YOUR BUTTONS.
SO NO OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION APPROVED BY THREE TO ONE VOTE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ VOTING NO.
IS THAT AN ERROR? I HAVE A, YES.
GETTING TO BE CONTRARY DOWN THERE.
[9.1 Investment Transactions for the Month Ended November 30, 2025.]
UM, NINE ONE, WE GET INTO, UH, STAFF REPORTS.NOW NINE ONE IS THE INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS FOR THE MONTH ENDING, UH, NOVEMBER, UH, 30TH, 2025.
AND I HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON THAT ONE.
UM, AND THIS ONE IS JUST AN INVESTMENT REPORT, SO IT CAN BE, UH, ACCEPT AND FILE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AND
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FILE THE INVESTMENT REPORT.[9.2 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the City of National City and the National City Police Officers’ Association (NCPOA)]
WE GET TO NINE TWO.AND UH, THIS ONE'S A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
I'LL LOOK OVER TO OUR HR DIRECTOR.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT ON THIS ONE? YEAH, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A REPORT OUT.
UH, FIRST, UM, WERE WE PULLING IT? I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT EXCEPT FOR OKAY.
WE WILL GO TO, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
UH, FIRST WE HAVE, UH, SINCE OUR JAVIER TO BE FOLLOWED BY THOMAS REICH TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, EDWARD NORTON OR NETTO.
YOU DON'T GET, YOU DON'T GET HIS KIND OF MONEY.
PEOPLE RISKING THEIR LIVES TO BRING ABOUT PEACE WITHOUT PEACE, NO DEVELOPMENT.
WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE ONLY 1 MILLION, ONE SOMETHING.
IT'S NOT ABOUT FUNDING, BUT TRUST.
WE HAVE TO TRUST OUR LAW ENFORCERS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES PROTECTING US.
OUR POLITICIANS, NO OFFENSE MAN, SAYS, MA'AM, WHEN YOU COMMIT A MISTAKE IN A DECISION, FOR INSTANCE, CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, CLEAN FOOD, CLEAN AND SAFE COMMUNITY ARE THE BASIC ONES.
IF YOU FAIL IN THIS, I WILL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE.
WE RECOMMENDED TO THE WATER AUTHORITY AS A REGION, THERE SHOULD BE A FAIR LEVEL OF COST PER GALLON.
AND AS A NEIGHBOR, AS ONE REGION, WE SHOULD ALSO EXERT EFFORT.
HEY, HOW COULD WE HELP DISTRICT A OF CITY, OF SAN DIEGO? HEY, HOW COULD WE HELP IMPERIAL CITY AS FAR AS PUBLIC SAFETY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THAT'S DECLARED BY, UH, MADAM BURGAS BEFORE HE STEPPED DOWN.
AND WHAT IS OUR MAYOR DOING? AND JUST SMILING AT THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT.
I'M SORRY, BUT THAT IS A BURDEN NOW FOR OUR LAW ENFORCERS TO BRING PEACE OF THE SIKH AND DIE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THOMAS REICH TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, ED NIETO.
I JUST, MY QUESTION WAS ALREADY ANSWERED BY THE POLICE OFFICERS.
THE CAPTAIN, THE ANNUAL, THE DUES FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ARE AROUND $70, BETWEEN 70 AND $80 A PAY PERIOD.
WHICH IS 26 PAY PERIODS, 52 WEEKS IN A YEAR.
AND THAT COMES TO ABOUT $1,500, $1,500, UH, A YEAR.
THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO POINT OUT.
THIS IS ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S.
MOU FIRST, I WANNA JUST SAY THE POLICE ARE THE FINEST AND DIRT DESERVE COMPENSATION.
MY COMMENTS BETTER NOT BE DISTORTED AS
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NOT SUPPORTING THE POLICE BECAUSE I WANT TO SUPPORT THE POLICE.MY ISSUE IS HOW THE CITY IS COMMUNICATING THE FISCAL DECISIONS NOW THAT IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED THAT THE COUNCIL GRILLS STAFF FOR INFORMATION.
IT'S JUST NOT, JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE ANSWERS HAVE NOT BEEN COMMUNICATED OF HOW WE STAND WHEN WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
THAT THE COUNCIL HAVE THE CITY FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE AN UNASSIGNED APPROPRIATION TO COVER THE ENCUMBRANCES BEFORE THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED.
YOU KNOW, WE, LIKE, WE, UM, ARE WE, ARE THE RESERVES GONNA BE FUNDED? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS' DISCUSSIONS ARE, BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK YOU'RE GONNA DIP, DIP INTO RESERVES TO FUND THIS STUFF.
YOU HAVEN'T EXPLAINED WHAT THE FINANCIAL POSITION IS RIGHT NOW, AND YOU GET INTO A $1.1 MILLION ENCUMBRANCE AND YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT BEFOREHAND.
I THINK IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IF YOU'RE COMMITTING THE RESERVES BEFORE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO, UM, TO EXPLAIN IT, I THINK THAT'S DISTORTION OF, OF, OR NOT TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC INFORMATION.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO COME, UH, COME UP WITH THAT.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY WERE, THEY WERE EVEN IDENTIFIED, TALKED ABOUT OR DEALING WITH ANY OF THE FISCAL CONDITIONS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, MARCO ESPINOZA.
UM, I, FORGIVE ME, UH, I NEED TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FROM YOU ALL.
UM, 'CAUSE I'M A GOVERNMENT GEEK NERD, BUT I'M WAY BEHIND ON THE BAR ON LEARNING IT.
UM, UH, MOST PEOPLE WHO TAKE POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS WOULD'VE GONE TO SCHOOL IN THEIR TWENTIES AND BEEN AROUND THIS AND LEARNED IT, HOW IT OPERATES, WHATEVER.
AND SO, UM, GETTING TO SPEND TIME AROUND CHAMBERS LIKE THIS, UM, IN TOWN, UM, UH, IS VERY EXCITING FOR ME.
AGAIN, NERD LEVEL,
WHERE AM I FROM? ANYWAYS, UM, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, UH, 9.1 WAS PASSED, 9.2, UH, STAFF HAD NOTHING TO SAY ON IT.
AND THEN WE WENT TO A PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN I BELIEVE IT WAS A VOTE THAT HAPPENED ON IT.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I PERCEIVED, BUT I, ANYWAYS, UM, AND THEN I'M WAITING FOR, UH, 9.3.
FOR THIS, FOR THIS WONDERFUL EVENING EVEN.
THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, IS TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? AND WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
YEAH, THEY COME UP ON THE BOARD, NOT SEEING ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR PD AND CPD.
I KNOW THAT YOU, YOU ARE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LOOKING AFTER THE CITY, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY.
IT WASN'T IN OUR, UM, UH, CONTROL, BUT WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REQUESTS ARE MADE, ARE MADE AND ACCEPTED.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, EXTEND THIS OUR, OUR CHIEF THANK YOU CHIEF FOR EVEN IF YOU ARE A CITY MANAGER RIGHT NOW, THAT THEY CAPTAIN DEREK, CAPTAIN AND CAPTAIN SULI ARE TWO RIGHT HAND AND LEFT HAND THERE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, MAKING THEM PATIENT IN WAITING FOR THIS, UM, FOR THIS CONTRACT.
NOW THEY ARE LEGITIMATE AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT ANYMORE.
AND WE TOOK CARE OF THE REQUESTS THAT THEY HAVE, UM, REQUESTED TO US.
ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, MR. MAYOR.
UM, I REALLY WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUE.
THIS IS ULTIMATELY THE CULMINATION OF OUR BARGAINING WITH ALL OF OUR THREE UNITS, WHICH HAS TAKEN A VERY LONG TIME.
UH, BUT IN A SPAN OF A FEW YEARS, I'M PROUD THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO GET EVERYBODY TO THE MEDIAN IN OUR CITY.
AND I THINK THAT ACTUALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES ON HOW WE TREAT OUR EMPLOYEES, WHAT WE EXPECT OUT OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND I THINK FOR THE SERVICE THAT OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES.
AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE EFFORTS WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY DONE AND FEEL CONFIDENT THAT, UH, OUR FINANCES WILL BE OKAY GOING FORWARD, BUT ULTIMATELY, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR GETTING THIS TOWARDS THE FINISH LINE.
LEMME JUST SAY THAT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IN THIS DAY AND TIME OF, IN OUR AGE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT TIMES TO BE A POLICE OFFICER IN, IN FOR, IN MANY WAYS.
AND, UH, I, I CAN GLADLY SAY THAT I WILL STACK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT UP AGAINST ANY DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE.
UH, WE GOT A FINE GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN AND, UH,
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UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEY DESERVE OUR SUPPORT.AND SOMETIMES THAT'S HARD TO DO WITHIN THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE COMPENSATED ACCORDINGLY.
UM, BECAUSE I SAY THEY ARE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, AND IN MOST CITIES LIKE OURS, I, THE POLICE BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE BUDGET.
AND IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY BETWEEN THAT AND FIRE, THEY ARE THE MAIN, UH, MAIN FUNCTIONS OF A CITY.
AND, UH, SO ONCE AGAIN, I SAY IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A HARD BITE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN OVER A MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE BUDGET, UH, FOR THAT ONE DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'S OVER THREE YEARS, HUH? IT'S OVER THREE YEARS.
AND THAT'S OVER THREE YEARS? YES.
NOTHING ELSE? OR DO WE HAVE, DID WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT ONE? I THOUGHT WE DID, BUT DONE.
WE DID, DID WE, DID WE ALREADY BELIEVE IN THAT ONE? OKAY.
YOU GUYS TALKED AFTERWARDS? MM-HMM
[9.3 Acting City Manager Compensation]
WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE THINGS QUICKLY.THIS IS THE ACTING CITY MANAGER COMPENSATION.
APPROVE A TEMPORARY, UH, BASE SALARY INCREASE, UH, $12,429 BIWEEKLY FOR THE CHIEF OF, UH, POLICE ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ.
EQUAL TO 15% ABOVE HIS CURRENT SALARY RATE WHILE SERVING AS ACTING CITY MANAGER.
AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AS OF TODAY.
I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS ON THIS.
AND, UH, FIRST WE HAVE, UH, UH, MARCO.
UM, UH, I ALMOST WISH I HAD GONE, UM, AFTER SOMEONE ELSE JUST TO UNDERSTAND.
UH, WELL, I MEAN, I CAN READ IT.
UM, BUT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, BUT I WOULD'VE UNDERSTOOD PERHAPS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I'M TOTALLY OBVIOUSLY AN OUTSIDER HERE.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME COMING HERE.
UH, I AM TRYING TO MAKE MY ROUNDS TO, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS HERE, UH, IN THE SOUTH BAY.
UM, AND THIS ONE'S AN IMPORTANT ONE ON THE LIST.
ANYWAYS, UM, UH, CHIEF OF POLICE WEARS THE SECOND HAT.
UM, I, WHY I MAKE AN ACCUSATION.
BUT WAIT, NOT BEING AN ACCUSATION
I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
AND HE'S GREAT FOR THE JOB, UH, IN THE CURRENT ROLE AS IN THE ACTING OR WHATEVER.
I GUESS THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS, I WOULD HOPE TO SOME DEGREE THERE IS A RECUSAL, UH, TEMPORARY, UM, OH, WHAT IS IT? WHEN THE PRESIDENT GIVES UP A, A TEMPORARY AUTHORITY, UH, AND GIVES IT TO THE VICE PRESIDENT WHEN HE IS UNDER SURGERY.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HOPEFULLY IS GOING ON IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CONSIDERING THAT, UH, THE HAT THAT HAT YOU HOLD ANYWAYS.
UM, UM, HOPE EVERYTHING'S JUST KOSHER.
BUT WHEN, YOU KNOW, A CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, IS GETTING A SECOND INCOME, IT, YOU KNOW, ONE JUST WANTS TO ASK.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES, UH, SOMETHING MAY BE OBVIOUS IN A ROOM AND NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING.
AND WE GET TO WRONG PLACES WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
UM, BUT, UH, SO I HAVE DECIDED TO BE, UH, FOR BETTER WORDS, THE PERSON WHO AT LEAST ASKS THE QUESTION IF NO ONE ELSE DOES, UM, SOMETIMES THAT HELPS.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, LUISA MCCARTHY BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, MICKEL.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT 12,000, HELLO? UH, UH, LUISA, YOU CHANGED YOUR HAIR
MR. RE, SINCE YOU'RE UP THERE.
I JUST WANT POINT OUT THAT $12,429 FOR, FOR 26 PAY PERIODS IS 3,000 $24,000.
AND I'M SURE YOU MAYOR MORRISON GETS PSYCHIC INCOME OF $200,000.
UH, LOUISA MCCARTHY FOLLOWED BY MICKEL POLANCO, AND LORI DID THOMAS RIKE.
OKAY, WELL, THAT'S A PRETTY PENNY FOR A CITY THAT'S GOING BANKRUPT BOTH MORALLY AND FINANCIALLY.
HAVE WE FORGOTTEN THE $10 MILLION LAWSUIT? WHAT WILL YOU DO DIFFERENTLY? ALEX HERNANDEZ, WHAT IS THE STATUS FOR JOSIE'S SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINT? HAS JUSTICE BEEN MADE FOR MRS. DELGADO? HAVE WE ALL FORGOTTEN THE SLAP THAT SHE GAVE THE CITY EMPLOYEE IN THE BUTTOCKS, FOLLOWED BY INAPPROPRIATE AND UNCOMFORTABLE COMMENTS REFERRING TO HER ANATOMY DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR.
THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TERMINATION.
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HAS JOSIE NOT BEEN TERMINATED? THE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING AND WANT ANSWERS.WE LOST THE PRIOR CITY ATTORNEY.
THE CITY MANAGER AND THE HR REPRESENTATIVE THAT WAS SITTING OVER HERE ALL WANTED TO HOLD HER ACCOUNTABLE.
WHAT HAPPENED? WORD ON THIS STREET YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A LEAP TO CHULA VISTA.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT RIGHT IN THIS LITTLE CITY WITH THE OBVIOUS CORRUPTION BY THE HANDS OF RON, YOU WON'T STAND A CHANCE ANYWHERE ELSE, AND YOUR REPUTATION WILL FOLLOW.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO? DO YOU PLAN TO TAKE A STANCE LIKE YOU SWORE YOU'RE GETTING EXTRA MONEY, YOU'RE DOUBLE DIPPING, WHICH YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD BECAUSE THAT'S THE ROLE THAT YOU'RE TAKING.
HOWEVER, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FROM ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT, PRIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ANOTHER? I DO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BIG RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THIS CITY BECAUSE IT SO DESPERATELY NEEDS SOMEONE TO STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
UM, ALEX, I ALSO WANNA KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH, UH, THE JOSEPH FLORES CLARK, UH, CLARK SEXUAL HARASSMENT, UH, IS IT BEING PUT UNDER THE RUG? UM, HAS JUSTICE BEEN DONE AT ALL? I KNOW WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY, TAXPAYERS MONEY ON DOING THIS INVESTIGATION.
UM, DOES THE CITY WANT TO NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE SHE WILL APPEAL? MAYBE, UH, THE TERMINATION IS EVERYTHING ON HOLD BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S AFRAID THAT SHE MIGHT APPEAL THIS.
THIS IS ON A COMPENSATION IT ISSUE.
SO IT, IF YOU COULD STICK TO THE ISSUE, IT IS COMPENSATION THAT THE MA THE, UH, MAYOR IS GONNA BE GETTING THE, THE NEXT, UH, CITY INTERIM MAYOR IS GONNA BE GETTING 24,000.
AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT HE'S GONNA DO ABOUT RUNNING THE CITY.
IT'S, HE'S THE, YOU'RE OUTTA ORDER MAYOR.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, AND, UH, NO, THE COMPENSATION HAS A LOT TO DO WITH HOW MR. ALEX HERNANDEZ IS GONNA BE RUNNING THE CITY.
AND THE TAXPAYERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW HOW AND WHY THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, AND NOBODY'S BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
THE, THE, THE CITY'S PUBLIC CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHERE THE TAX PAYERS MONEY GO.
I PAY TAX DOLLARS HERE, PROPERTY TAXES.
I SPEND A LOT OF SALES TAX MONEY HERE.
I'VE BEEN A CONTRIBUTOR TO NATIONAL CITY FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE OPERATING THE CITY.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT I'M ASKING THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO.
WHY ARE YOU RI UH, HIDING EVERYTHING UNDER THE RUG? WHY ARE YOU PROTECTING JOSIE FLORES CLARK? WHY IS SHE ABOVE THE LAW ABOVE EVERYBODY ELSE? WHY SO WHY, WHY ARE PEOPLE SO AFRAID OF IT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
NOW THEN THE ITEM ON HERE IS, AND IT'S NOT A DOUBLE-DIPPING.
WHAT IT IS, IS THE POLICE CHIEF'S SALARY IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
CITY MANAGER'S SALARY IS QUITE A BIT MORE.
HE IS TEMPORARILY STEPPING IN, UH, AS THE CITY MANAGER.
SO THEREFORE HE'S ENTITLED TO HAVE A DIFFERENTIAL PAY THAT WOULD BRING HIM CLOSER TO WHAT WOULD BE THE CITY MANAGER'S PAY.
BUT HE DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT DOUBLE DIPPING IN ANYONE WHO UNDERSTANDS ANYTHING ABOUT, UH, BUSINESS OR EMPLOYEES WOULD KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT DOUBLE DIPPING.
UM, THAT'S WHEN YOU GET TWO CHECKS.
THIS IS NOT THAT, BUT THIS IS JUST COMPENSATING HIM FOR THE ADDITIONAL RULE HE'S TAKING ON.
AND I WILL SAY, UH, IN HIS DEFENSE THAT HE HAS BEEN DOING THE KIND OF HOURS THAT HE'S BEEN PUTTING IN AND EVERYTHING HE'S DOING NOT ONLY THE CITY MANAGER'S JOB, BUT HE'S DOING A WHOLE LOT, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW HE IS GOT A COUPLE CAPTAINS THAT ARE DOING SOME EXTRA DUTY, THAT'S FOR SURE.
BUT HE'S DOING A WHOLE LOT OF THE, THE POLICE CHIEF'S JOB ALSO AT THE SAME TIME AND IS CAUSING FOR A LOT OF HOURS.
AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE HAD AS CITY MANAGER FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, AND WE WENT THROUGH A FEW, UH, MOST DAYS, HIS CAR'S HERE BEFORE MINE.
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A LOT OF TIMES HIS CAR IS STILL HERE.UH, SO HE'S PUTTING IN A TON OF HOURS AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THINGS DONE HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
SO, UH, AND SO IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT WE COMPENSATE A PERSON IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE WORKING INTO THAT POSITION AND BASICALLY BY LAW, WE HAVE TO.
SO WITH THAT, OKAY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, I JUST WANNA OFFER, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT, UH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT COMMENT.
UM, AND, AND I WANNA EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO OUR POLICE CHIEF.
UM, MR. HERNANDEZ, HE GRACIOUSLY HAS, UH, STEPPED INTO THE ROLE OF ACTING CITY MANAGER BECAUSE THIS CITY COUNCIL ASKED HIM TO FILL IN THAT GAP.
THIS CITY IS, UH, OPENLY RECRUITING FOR A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER.
UM, IN THE TIME FOR THE TIME BEING.
UM, ALEX HERNANDEZ IS GRACIOUSLY FILLING IN, UM, JUST AS HIS TWO CAPTAINS ARE, UH, BEING VERY PATIENT WITH US, UH, AS WE ARE, UM, PROCEEDING WITH THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER.
AND THEY ARE FILLING IN FOR HIM AT IN PD.
SO, UH, I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TIME WHERE EVERYTHING REALIGNS BACK TO.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ROLES, UH, AND EVERYBODY HAS ONE SINGLE ROLE RATHER THAN WEARING MULTIPLE HATS, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, EVERYBODY IS BEING VERY PATIENT, UM, GRACIOUSLY OFFERING THEIR SERVICES WHERE THEY CAN.
UM, I KNOW OTHER FOLKS AT OUR CITY HAVE ALSO FILLED IN THE GAPS.
I KNOW, UM, OUR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, MR. STEVE MANGANELLO, HAS ALSO, UH, STEPPED INTO THE ROLE FOR FILLING IN AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR ACTING CITY MANAGER AT TIMES.
MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE WORN MULTIPLE HATS.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY WE DO IT HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HELP AND EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF OUR POLICE CHIEF ALEX HERNANDEZ OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
IT'S HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR A POLICE CHIEF TO STEP INTO SUCH A ROLE.
I ACTUALLY HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS EVER, SO IT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL.
UM, BUT IT IS APPARENT THAT WITHIN OUR CITY, HE IS VERY RESPECTED BY, BY HIS PEERS.
UM, IT IS ALSO NO SECRET THAT OUR CITY HAS GONE THROUGH A VERY TUMULTUOUS YEAR, AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TURNOVER AND A LOT OF CHANGES THAT EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE SETTLED DOWN.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO STEER THE SHIP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS RUN ACCORDINGLY, LIKE OUR CONSTITUENTS DESERVE.
AND SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE SUBJECTS.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE STEPPED UP TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT LEADERSHIP.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, BUT WE CANNOT SIMPLY IGNORE THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST.
AND WE CANNOT IGNORE WHAT THE LAST YEAR HAS DONE TO OUR CITY, WHICH HAS BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO SAY THE LEAST MANY THINGS THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO A YEAR AGO HAVE BEEN ON HOLD NINE MONTHS AGO ON HOLD.
AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, RESIDENTS ASK FOR ANSWERS AND DESERVE THEM BECAUSE ULTIMATELY OUR RESIDENTS, OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR BUSINESSES DESERVE TO HAVE GOOD SERVICES.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR US AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THEM IN MIND ALL THE TIME.
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE DECISIONS, THEY'RE DONE.
SO IN A MANNER IN WHICH WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY THINKING OF THEM, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY OUR CITY THRIVING MEANS EVERY, EVERY ONE OF OUR POSITION, POSITIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THRIVE.
AND THAT MEANS THAT LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT MUCH BETTER.
SO WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY HAVE THAT IN MIND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING UP, AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING OUR COMMUTER.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I A THE MOTION? DO WE DO A MOTION? OKAY.
NOW YOU GOT THE LIGHTS ON THERE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT (Part 2 of 2)]
PICK UP THOSE, UH, PICK UP THE ZOOMS. OKAY.HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
UM, I'M HERE JUST AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER CONCERNED ABOUT ONE OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN, IN NATIONAL CITY, WHICH IS THE RISE OF USE IN INHALANTS, INCLUDING NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS WHIPPETS.
THESE PRODUCTS ARE INEXPENSIVE, WIDELY AVAILABLE, AND OFTEN PERCEIVED BY TEENS AS HARMLESS
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BECAUSE, OH, SORRY.BECAUSE THEY'RE SOLD LEGALLY FOR CULINARY PURPOSES, BUT WHEN THEY'RE MISUSED, INHALING NITROUS OXIDE CAN DEPRIVE THE BRAIN OF OXYGEN IN SECONDS.
THAT CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, SEIZURES, TRAUMATIC FALLS, AND IN SOME CASES, SUDDEN DEATH.
REPEATED USE CARRIES LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS HAVE DOCUMENTED NERVE DAMAGE, SPINAL CORD INJURY, B12 DEPLETION, COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, DEPRESSION, AND PSYCHOSIS, ALL LINKED TO HEAVY NITROUS OXIDE EXPOSURE.
BECAUSE IT ACTS SO QUICKLY ON THE BRAIN, IT CAN ALSO BE PSYCHOLOGICALLY REINFORCING FOR ADOLESCENTS WHOSE BRAINS ARE STILL DEVELOPING.
WHAT MAKES THIS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING IS HOW ACCESSIBLE THESE PRODUCTS ARE IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'RE SOLD IN SMOKE SHOPS ALONGSIDE OTHER INTOXICATING SUBSTANCES.
WE ARE NORMALIZING RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS THAT CLUSTER MIND ALTERING PRODUCTS TOGETHER, AND OUR YOUTH ARE PAYING ATTENTION.
AS A CITY, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND EQUITY.
AND PREVENTING YOUTH ACCESS TO HARMFUL INHALANTS FITS SQUARELY WITHIN THOSE GOALS.
I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO EXAMINE ENFORCEMENT RETAILER EDUCATION AND WHETHER ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS ARE NEEDED TO LIMIT YOUTH ACCESS AND REDUCE BULK SALES THAT CLEARLY SIGNAL MISUSE.
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES INTO THE MID TWENTIES, SO THESE DECISIONS WE MAKE ABOUT RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTIONS MATTER.
OKAY, MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMENTS ON ZOOM CITY MANAGER'S
[10. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT]
REPORT.I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT HAVE SINCE GONE
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE, UH, ALL THE SUPPORT YOU GUYS HAVE PROVIDED ME.
AND WELL, LET ME JUST SAY WHAT, YOU'RE THERE.
JUST AN UNDERSTANDING THE REASON THAT, THAT THE, THAT THE COMPENSATION WAS ON THERE ABOUT THE POLICE CHIEF TONIGHT IS BECAUSE NORMALLY IF THE CITY MANAGER IS DOING IT TO DEPARTMENT HEADS, IT'S, IT'S DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY.
BUT THE LAW SAYS THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY MANAGERS, WHICH IS IN THIS CASE, THE COUNCIL HAS TO DO IT, THEN IT HAS TO GO ON THE AGENDA.
AND SO IT'S, THAT WOULD ONLY BASICALLY FALL UNDER THE ASPECTS OF THE, UH, CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AND SO, BUT IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE IN ACTING POSITIONS, DEPARTMENTS, UH, THAT IS DONE INTERNALLY AND IT DOES NOT GO ON THE AGENDA.
BUT THAT'S THE REASON THIS, THIS WAS, UH, DONE, HAD TO BE DONE DIFFERENTLY.
SO I JUST DIDN'T WANNA BRING THAT UP WITH THAT.
[11. ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT]
UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT, LET ME START DOWN HERE.UH, I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF, UH, TREE SAN DIEGO.
UM, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING HARD TO PLANT MORE TREES AROUND OUR CITY.
UM, TODAY WE VISITED ANTO PARK, WHICH IS ALMOST COMPLETE, UM, AT LEAST THE PLAYGROUND PORTION WHERE THEY PLANTED SIX ADDITIONAL LARGE, UH, TREES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE, UH, CANOPY WHERE THE BENCHES ARE.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS AND REALLY WANNA BE THANKFUL ALONG WITH OUR CITY STAFF.
UM, THAT IS, UH, I BELIEVE TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM THE PARK BEING OPEN.
TRIED TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, STEVE.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS BACK AND FORTH.
THINK THE PLAYGROUND'S GETTING CLOSER.
UM, AND ALSO WANNA MAKE A ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE ADOPT A FRUIT TREAT PROGRAM, WHICH WE'VE PARTNERED WITH TREE SAN DIEGO.
WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE A HUNDRED FRUIT TREES THAT ARE FREE FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO PICK UP.
UH, THE EVENT WILL BE THIS SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM AT THE MANOLOS, UH, FOODLAND PARKING LOT.
SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO STOP BY, UH, YOU CAN SIGN UP ONLINE OR JUST STOP BY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HUNDRED FRUIT TREES, UM, ALL FOR FREE.
UH, COFFEE WITH ME, UH, WITH ANYBODY AT THE MCDONALD'S ON PLAZA AND DISTRICT THREE.
UM, I JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT TODAY I FOUND OUT, UM, THAT MRS. MITCHELL, WHO GAIL MITCHELL, WHO IS A, WAS A TEACHER.
SHE WAS MY DANCE TEACHER AT SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL.
I DID RECEIVE NEWS THAT, OF HER PASSING.
UM, AND SHE, UH, SHE WAS MORE THAN A TEACHER.
SHE WAS A WOMAN WHO BUILT THE FOUNDATION OF, UM, THE, THE DANCE STUDIO AT SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL.
THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF IS NAMED AFTER, UH, MRS. GALE MITCHELL AND HER INFLUENCE SHAPED GENERATIONS.
UM, I STILL REMEMBER THE ROOM.
I REMEMBER SHE HAD PICTURES OF EVERY SINGLE CLASS
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THAT SHE TAUGHT, UH, ALONG THE WALLS OF THE DANCE STUDIO.AND SHE JUST, SHE TOUCHED EVERY SINGLE PERSON, UM, THAT, THAT SHE MENTORED.
SO, UM, IT IS AN HONOR TO, UM, REMEMBER HER.
SHE LOVED EVERYBODY VERY DEEPLY.
UH, AND, UH, MRS. MITCHELL, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, UM, YOUR LEGACY LIVES ON, YOU'RE WELL REMEMBERED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND NATIONAL CITY AND, UH, REST BEAUTIFULLY.
WE WILL DEFINITELY, UH, REMEMBER HER AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, JUST REAL QUICKLY, UM, COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, ONE IS IN TWO WEEKS, SO IT'D BE RIGHT AFTER OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, TWO WEEKS FROM THURSDAY, WE WILL BE HAVING THE RIBBON CUTTING ON PEPPER PARK, WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR THE LAST YEAR DURING ALL THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO, UM, GONNA HAVE THE NEW, UH, UM, PIRATE SHIP.
SO I'M, EVERYONE SHOW UP WITH YOUR SWORDS AND YOUR, YOU KNOW, SOME BRIDGE.
YEAH, LITTLE PIRATE HATS, EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE, UH, THE PIRATE SHIP, UH, PLAYGROUND GOING IN.
UH, THERE'S ALSO THE, UH, SPLASH PAD, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST, NOT ONLY THE FIRST SPLASH PAD IN NATIONAL CITY, BUT THE FIRST IN FOR THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO.
AND SO THAT WILL BE GOING IN A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PHASE.
SECOND PHASE NOW IS WHAT WE JUST GOT APPROVAL OF JUST, WAS IT TWO WEEKS AGO? WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS BETWEEN COASTAL COMMISSION AND THEN THE PORT COMMISSION.
UH, THAT WILL BE THE EXPANSION OF PEPPER PARK AND, AND STARTING THE WORK DOWN THERE.
BUT, UH, BUT THIS LONG YEAR, LONG CONSTRUCTION WILL FINALLY BE OVER, UH, AT THAT POINT, UM, ON THIS FIRST PHASE.
AND WE CAN OPEN THAT UP AGAIN.
THE, UH, OTHER THING IS, LET ME JUST SAY, I KNOW IT'S EASY TO CRITICIZE AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT IS PROBABLY RIGHT NOW, AND I'VE, I'VE GOT A STATE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE FILLING IN, IN A LOT OF POSITIONS RIGHT NOW AND THAT AREN'T THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS.
AND I'VE GOTTA SAY THAT PARTICULARLY OVER THIS LAST YEAR, OUR CITY IS MORE RESPONSIVE AND GIVING BETTER SERVICE RIGHT NOW WITH PEOPLE.
I HATE TO SAY WHO'S NOT, IT'S, THEY'RE OUTTA THEIR FIELDS, BUT THEY'RE BEING, THEY'RE WORKING OVERTIME TO MAKE, GET CAUGHT UP WITH SO MANY THINGS THAT WERE NOT, WEREN'T GETTING AS MUCH ATTENTION THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
AND, UH, SO I'VE GOTTA REALLY GOTTA APP PRAISE OUR STAFF.
UH, THEY AS SAY THE ATTENTIVENESS AS HAS BEEN GREAT AND THE WORK OUT IN THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU, I WISH WE COULD KEEP YOU IN THOSE POSITIONS, BUT YOU WON'T LET US.
SO I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANY MORE ON THAT.
UM, THE, UH, OTHER THING YOU'RE REALLY, YOU'RE REALLY WANTING TO, SHE'S GETTING READY TO LEAVE.
AND, UH, UM, ONE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY IS THAT ONCE AGAIN UNDER COMMENTS UP AT THE DAIS, PEOPLE GET TO SAY ANY AND EVERYTHING.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE TRUE, DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING ELSE, IT JUST MEANS THEY GET TO SAY IT.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT.
[12. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]
TURN IT OVER TO CITY ATTORNEY.I THINK YOU GOT A BIG REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL MET TODAY IN CLOSED SESSION FROM 4 0 9 TO 6:12 PM UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH WAS ABSENT.
ALL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT.
THE COUNCIL HEARD ALL ITEMS, UM, ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA AND TOOK NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS.
WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE ADJOURNED TO OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE ON THE 17TH.