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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
GET OUR MEETING STARTED AND BEFORE WE, UH, PROCEED, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE INTERPRETER.TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION SERVICES THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR THIS EVENING CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS IN SPANISH, AND I WILL BE BACK WITH INSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH.
INTERPRETATION IS BEING PROVIDED, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU, UH, THAT FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING AUDIENCE, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS IN SPANISH, THOSE WILL BE INTERPRETED CONSECUTIVELY.
UH, FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKERS AFTER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THERE WILL BE AN INTERPRETATION ICON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ZOOM SCREEN THAT CAN BE CLICKED ON TO SELECT SPANISH AS THEIR LANGUAGE.
AS A REMINDER, PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES OR ANY OTHER DEVICES IN THE CHAMBER.
WITH THAT, I CAN CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, LIVE WEBCAST OF THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY'S WEBSITE INFORMS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
ONE, UH, IN PERSON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS BY SUBMITTING A SALMON COVER, UH, COLORED, UH, SPEAKER SLIP.
AND THOSE ARE AT THE BACK OF THE, UH, AUDIENCE HERE BY ZOOM, BY PRE-REGISTERING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, NO LATER THAN FOUR 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'S WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
WITH THAT, WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH AND COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA ARE ABSENT.
UH, WITH THAT, WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND I'M NOT SURE, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE TONIGHT FOR THE INVOCATION LOCATION? OH, OKAY.
UH, WITH THAT, UM, I'LL ASK MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, THE PLEASURE.
PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ARE ALL YOU.
IF YOU MAY, GOD, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH COME BEFORE YOU TO ASK YOUR GRACE, YOUR BLESSINGS, AND THAT THIS MEETING MAY INDEED BE FOR THE WELLBEING OF THIS CITY, FOR THE WELLBEING OF EVERYBODY PARTICIPATING AND THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING DONE AND SAID, LORD, MAY BE THAT CITIZENS OF THIS CITY MAY KNOW THAT YOUR HAND OF BLESSING AND PROTECTION AND WELLBEING AND PROSPER MAY BE UPON THEM.
IT IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY.
THE, UM, COUPLE OF THINGS WE DO HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH IS ABSENT TONIGHT.
HIS, UH, SON HAD, UH, SURGERY JUST A SHORT, UM, LITTLE EARLIER TODAY, AND HE'S WITH HIS SON RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND, UH, THEN WE ALSO HAVE MEMBER MOLINA.
SHE IS ACTUALLY ON VACATION, BUT SHE'S DOWN IN MEXICO AND CANNOT GET A VIDEO COVERAGE.
SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, SO THEY ARE BOTH EXCUSED FROM THIS EVENING'S MEETING.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT]
UM, WE'LL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WITH THAT, UH, DO WE HAVE, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON ZOOM.YES, MAYOR, WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON ZOOM.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORRISON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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I AM A CONCERNED RESIDENT AND PARENT REGARDING THE INCREASE IN POP PRODUCTS THAT ARE BEING SOLD IN OUR CITY.I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A RECENT ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE LA TIMES YESTERDAY TITLED, HOW DIRTY IS YOUR WEED? A JOINT INVESTIGATION BY THE TIMES AND CANNABIS INDUSTRY NEWSLETTER WEED WEEK FOUND THAT MOST POT PRODUCTS SOLD IN PERMITTED POT SHOPS ARE NOT SAFE.
THE TIMES AND WEED WEEK PURCHASED DOZENS OF MARIJUANA PRODUCTS FROM RETAIL STORES AND TESTED THEM AT PRIVATE LAPS.
OUT OF 42 PRODUCTS TESTED 25 HAD CONCENTRATIONS OF PESTICIDES ABOVE EITHER STATE ALLOWED LEVELS OR CURRENT FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR TOBACCO TESTING SHOWED THAT VAPES FROM FIVE POPULAR BRANDS HAD LEVELS OF PESTICIDES ABOVE FEDERAL RISK THRESHOLDS FOR HARM FROM A SINGLE EXPOSURE ASSET BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
THE, THE CONTAMINANTS INCLUDE CHEMICALS TIED TO CANCER, LIVER FAILURE, THYROID DISEASE, AND GENETIC AND NEUROLOGIC HARM TO USERS AND UNBORN CHILDREN.
ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE, MANY STATE REGULATORS ARE SILENT ON THE ISSUE, AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL HAS YET TO PROPOSE NEW ORDINANCES REGULATING THE INDUSTRY.
THE REGULATIONS THEY DO HAVE IN PLACE ARE LEFT UP TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO MANAGE AND ENFORCE.
I ASK THIS COUNCIL HOW THE CITY PLANS TO HOLD THE PERMITTED POT SHOPS IN OUR CITY, INCLUDING THE SOON TO OPEN CONSUMPTION LOUNGE, ACCOUNTABLE AND FREE FROM SELLING PRODUCTS THAT TEST POSITIVE FOR PESTICIDES FAR ABOVE STATE ALLOWED LEVELS.
AS A HEALTH ADVOCATE, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SANDAG 2023 JUVENILE ARRESTEE DRUG USE REPORTED IN THE NEWLY RELEASED CJ BULLETIN.
THIS IS A SELF-REPORTED BY JUVENILES WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
LIKE PRIOR YEARS, MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL WERE THE MOST FREQUENTLY TRIED SUBSTANCES, UM, AMONG INTERVIEWED YOUTH FOLLOWED BY TOBACCO.
MARIJUANA CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST POPULAR DRUG USED YOUTH WHO WERE ASKED ABOUT RECENT DRUG USE.
MARIJUANA SHOWED THE GREATEST PERCENTAGE OF RECENT USE WITH 81% USED WITHIN THE PAST 30 DAYS.
WE ASK HOW BAD, UH, WE, WHEN ASKED HOW BAD THEY THOUGHT DIFFERENT DRUGS WERE FOR THEM, MARIJUANA SHOWED 6% OF THOSE WHO HAD USED MARIJUANA BEFORE PERCEIVED IT AS ONLY 6% RECEIVED IT AS HARMFUL.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE EASE OF ACCESS TO CERTAIN SUBSTANCES, 100% OF RESPONDENTS DESCRIBED MARIJUANA AS VERY EASY OR EASY TO OBTAIN YOUTH PERCEPTION OF MARIJUANA AS EASIER TO OBTAIN THAN BOTH TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL.
THIS REPORT UNDERSCORES THE WIDESPREAD MARKETING, ACCESSIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF MARIJUANA COMPARED TO OTHER DRUGS.
THIS SHOULD BE A WAKE UP CALL TO EVERYONE, PARENTS AND POLICY MAKERS.
I URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE SCIENCE REGARDING THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA USE, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE RISK OF POLICIES YOU ADVOCATE FOR ARE PUTTING PROFITS OVER PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND SAFETY.
AND MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE, UM, COMMENTS ON ZOOM.
UM, WE WILL NOW GET, UH, OUR GENERAL COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
FIRST, WE HAVE, UH, FLOYD JONES TO BE FOLLOWED BY ALFREDO TO BE FOLLOWED BY JEFFREY SCHROCK.
I, YOU HAVE TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH NATIONALLY, AND WE HAVE THE JUNE TEAM, BUT I SEE ASIAN HERITAGE SIGNED.
I WAS SAYING IF WE COULD GET A AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
BE FOLLOWED BY JEFFREY SCHROCK TO BE FOLLOWED BY EDWARD RANO.
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TRYING TO GET THEM OVER HERE.UM, I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE HELP THAT WE RECEIVED ON, UM, THE TROUBLE THAT WE WERE ONGOING.
AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO MY FAMILY.
UH, JEFFREY SCHROCK TO BE FOLLOWED BY EDWIN NETTO TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHARMAINE ESNO.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF AND NATIONAL RESIDENTS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO START BY SAYING, I HOPE WE HAVE A REAL FUN, SAFE PATRIOTIC, YOU KNOW, FUN LIVING.
I REALLY HOPE EVERYTHING GOES WELL AND IT'S JUST GOOD FUN FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE A LONG LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT KINDA MONEY WE HAVE IN OUR PROPERTIES THROUGH SALES TAX RESERVE FUNDS.
IF WE HAVE MORE THAN $25 MILLION IN RESERVE FUNDS, WHICH I, WHICH I'VE BEEN TOLD WE HAVE, UM, IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR US TO, TO WAIT TO PAY $6.8 MILLION IN DEBT IF WE HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK TO PAY FOR IT.
WHY, WHY KEEP PAYING INTEREST RATES TO THE BANKS IF, IF, IF THERE'S MONEY IN THE BANK TO PAY OFF OUR DEBTS? WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? I MEAN, IT, IT ONLY MAKES LOGICAL SENSE.
THE BANKS LOVE IT WHEN WE JUST KEEP PROLONGING THE DEBT MONTH AFTER MONTH, YEAR AFTER YEAR.
THEY LIKE IT THAT WAY 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY GET THEIR INTEREST PAYMENTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO SIT AND SAY WE HAVE 6.8 MILLION IN DEBT, BUT YET WE HAVE 25 MILLION PLUS IN RESERVE FUNDS.
IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T ALL ADD UP.
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME SOMETHING.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE DIDN'T TAKE OUT A LOAN OR ANYTHING.
WHAT IT IS, OUR BUDGET SHOWS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN WE TAKE IN THIS YEAR FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS BECAUSE OF INFLATION.
RIGHT? WELL, FOR A LOT OF THINGS, BUT YES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GET ON OUR LAWMAKERS ABOUT HOW WE GET OUR GASOLINE.
BUYING GASOLINE FROM THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT IS THEY LOVE THAT THEY MAKE BILLION DOLLAR RECORD HIGH PROFITS.
WE PAY RECORD HIGH PRICES FOR GAS.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE FUNDING TERRORISM.
'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE IRANIANS ARE DEEPLY EMBEDDED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR.
LET'S JUST BE HONEST ABOUT IT.
AND IT SUCKS THAT IT'S LIKE THAT.
BUT YEAH, WHEN YOU FILL UP YOUR GASOLINE TANK, YOU'RE BASICALLY FUNDING TERRORISM, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, IT SUCKS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S, IT'S A BAD HABIT.
THIS COUNTRY'S GOTTA STOP DOING, BORROWING MONEY FROM THE CHINESE AND THEN TURNING AROUND BUYING OVERPRICED, WHAT I CALL HATE OIL.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS GOOD FOR HOLIDAY AND, UH, EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD EVENING.
SO LET'S JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE PURCHASE OUR OIL.
LET'S BE MORE ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
UH, EDWARD NETO TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHARMAINE ESNO TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, JOSEPH CRAWFORD.
UM, I'M HERE ON, ON BEHALF OF THE ALL THE NEIGHBORS AT THE PLAZA BOULEVARD AND, UH, AND HARON, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEKEND WE DID A TREMENDOUS PLANTING IN THE CITY PROPERTY AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, A LOT OF CITY WORKERS, AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE, UH, TO BE A PART OF A TEAM.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PLANNING EFFORTS.
I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT, A LOT OF, I NEVER, I HAVEN'T WORKED THAT HARD FOR, FOR, FOR MANY DAYS, FOR YEARS.
I, I SAW EVERYBODY IN THE CITY HERE HELPING.
I SAW ALEX, I SAW, UH, CARLOS, I SAW, UH, UH, UH, MARTHA, UH, PULLING THE MM-HMM,
YOU KNOW, I SAW, UM, EVERYONE.
BEN WAS OUT THERE SWEATING AND IT FELT GOOD TO BE PART OF THE TEAM.
AND I REALLY, WE, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT DITAS, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
I JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S MEANS A LOT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T COME.
UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS STARTED A LONG TIME AGO.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S WHY I FIRST CAME TO THE CITY
AND, UM, BUT THIS IS WHERE I STARTED.
MAYBE THIS IS WHERE I SHOULD STOP, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T
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KNOW.BUT, UH, BUT, UM, I WANTED TO TELL, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON WHO IS NOT HERE, THAT THERE ARE THINGS TOO, IS MONA RIOS.
SHE, SHE'LL HELP, UH, LOOK AT THAT AREA AND SAID, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW? UM, ANYWAY, IT'S DONE AND I HOPE, BUT IT'S NOT OVER AND WE STILL NEED TO WORK ON IT.
HOPE YOU GUYS COULD THINK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
CHARMAINE ESNO TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH CRAWFORD.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
MY NAME IS CHARMAINE ESNO AND I AM A RESIDENT OF WEST CHULA VISTA, LIKE THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF NATIONAL CITY.
I'M ALSO A SWEETWATER AUTHORITY RATE PAYER.
TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A FELLOW RATE PAYER AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF SAVE SWEETWATER RESERVOIR.
WE HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED FLOATING SOLAR FARM THAT SWEETWATER AUTHORITY PLANS TO INSTALL ON OUR DRINKING WATER SUPPLY.
TRANSPARENCY IS ESSENTIAL FOR PUBLIC TRUST, YET SWEETWATER AUTHORITY HAS SIGNIFICANTLY MISLED US.
INITIALLY, WE WERE TOLD THIS WOULD BE A 3.75 MEGAWATT PROJECT COVERING 9.5 ACRES.
HOWEVER, THROUGH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, WE DISCOVERED THAT COUNCIL MEMBER AND SWEETWATER AUTHORITY DIRECTOR YAMANI LOBBIED IN SACRAMENTO WITH THE FLYER I GAVE YOU, STATING THE PLAN IS FOR 80 MEGAWATTS SPANNING ALMOST 200 ACRES.
THIS IS NOT A MINOR DETAIL, BUT A MONUMENTAL DIFFERENCE THAT RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY AND HONESTY OF THIS PROJECT.
AND THOSE ADVOCATING FOR IT RATE PAYERS DESERVE CLEAR, ACCURATE, AND TIMELY INFORMATION ABOUT SIGNIFICANT UNDERTAKINGS.
THIS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IS UNACCEPTABLE AND UNDERMINES THE TRUST IN THE SWEETWATER AUTHORITY AND ITS GOVERNING BOARD.
MAYOR MORRISON, I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO THIS PROJECT AND YOUR NO VOTE IN SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTING, ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS, I URGE YOU TO BECOME INFORMED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND TO SPEAK UP THE RESIDENTS.
UM, FLOATING SOLAR WILL NOT BE GOOD FOR THE LONG-TERM PROTECTION OF YOUR AND MY WATER, OUR DRINKING WATER.
THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF NATIONAL CITY DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AND HOW THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE POSITIONED IN THIS PROJECT.
UH, NEXT WE HAD, UH, JOSEPH CRAWFORD.
UH, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND PUBLIC.
A YEAR AGO, ALMOST TO THIS DATE, A PROCLAMATION WAS MADE AND SIGNED FOR JUNE 10TH.
COINCIDENTALLY, I CAME BEFORE THE BODY TO MAKE TWO REQUESTS.
I HAVEN'T GIVEN THOSE TOOLS BY MR. MORRISON, MR. AGAR, AND THE PARK AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO EARN THE POSITIVE RESULTS OF MY REQUEST.
MR. MORRISON'S OFFICE, MR. PAOLO, MR. CARLOS GERRY'S HOUSING AUTHORITY, THEY ALLOW ME TO EARN THIS POSITIVE RESULT IN WHICH I CAME HERE TO THANK THIS BODY.
RETALIATION, VINDICTIVE BEHAVIOR, RACIAL STRIFE, DISCRIMINATION, DENIAL OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, STILL SHADOWS MY PATH, BUT I CONTINUE TO BE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL CITY.
IT GOES WITHOUT SEEING REALLY THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.
HOWEVER, I FOUND THE GLADNESS,
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JOY, COURAGE THROUGH WE CAN THE, TO GO FORWARD, THE POWER CRANE WHO WAS OVER MY BALCONY BEHIND THE MORGAN TOWER AND KIMBER TOWER PROJECT, DISTRIBUTING WHAT THE MEN NEED BELOW THE HORIZONTAL.WE HAVE THE POWER AND WE HAVE THE TOOLS.
WE CAN BECOME A ROLE MODEL FOR SURROUNDING ANNEXES.
I THINK EACH OF YOU FOR A BRAND NEW SHOW, THE PREVAILING WINDS OF THE THIRD QUARTER, FIRE, WATER, AND WIND, RAIN WILL PREVAIL US INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER, WHICH WE PROMISE TO BE VERY CHAOTIC, BUT TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WELL, NOT SO MUCH HAND IN HAND, BUT THROUGH MIND POWER AND COLLABORATION.
AND MR. CRAWFORD, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE UH, JUNETEENTH FLAG WILL BE FLYING CITY HALL TOMORROW.
AND, UH, AND THEN ALSO FOR MR. JONES, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD PROCLAIMED NOW, I THINK IT WAS LAST MONTH, WAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH HERE IN NASHVILLE CITY.
UH, WITH THAT, THAT IS ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, UH, WE NEXT GO INTO PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS, UH, THE PROCLAMATION FOR ALZHEIMER'S AND BRAIN AWARENESS MONTH.
UH, THEY, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, SO THAT WILL BE DELIVERED TO THEM.
[6.2 Employee of the Quarter - Officer Sabrina Barajas]
UH, FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER CHIEF, COME UP HERE WITH YOUR BLISTERED HANDS.SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SABRINA.
HE IS GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE CASE THAT GOT HER THIS RECOGNITION.
SABRINA'S BEEN WITH US FOR THREE YEARS.
SABRINA'S BEING JOINED BY HER MOTHER, ROSIE.
SHE WAS AN EMPLOYEE AT THE CITY.
SHE WORKED OVER IN THE FINANCE DIVISION.
I ACTUALLY HAVE HER BEAT BY A, A FEW MONTHS.
SHE STARTED IN 1997, SO I HAVE HER BEAT BY A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AS WELL AS, UH, SABRINA'S GRANDMOTHER IS HERE AS WELL.
SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO JOHN SO HE COULD TALK ABOUT THE WRITEUP THAT HE DID.
UM, BEFORE I DO THAT, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE TIMELINESS OF THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW THE NEWS THIS MORNING, BUT FOX REPORTED ON A DA'S CASE INVOLVING THIS.
AND THE TITLE THAT THE DA PUT IS DA WARRANTS OF PURSE SNATCHERS TARGETING ELDERLY PEOPLE.
I THINK THE SUSPECTS MADE THE MISTAKE OF COMING INTO NATIONAL CITY, AND THAT'S WHY THEY WERE ARRESTED.
I'M, UH, SABRINA'S DIRECT SUPERVISOR.
HANG ON, I GOTTA PUT THESE ON.
THIS IS THE, UH, WRITEUP THAT I DID FOR HER.
UH, RECENTLY ON APRIL 28TH, 2024, OFFICER SABRINA BRAHAS DOCUMENTED A CASE OF A PURSE SNATCHING AT SEAFOOD CITY RIGHT HERE IN ON PLAZA.
THE VICTIM WAS AN 89-YEAR-OLD FILIPINO WOMAN WHO HAD PUT HER PURSE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OF HER CAR WHILE SHE WAS LOADING GROCERIES.
WHEN THE VICTIM GOT INTO HER DRIVER'S SEAT, HER PASSENGER DOOR WAS OPENED, AND A HEAVYSET WOMAN GRABBED THE VICTIM'S PURSE, A TUG OF WAR AND SUIT OVER THE PURSE, WHICH THE VICTIM ULTIMATELY LOST.
OFFICER BRAHAS NOTICED THE MODUS OPERANDI OF THE SUSPECT.
THE SUSPECT VEHICLE DESCRIPTION AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE VICTIM MATCHED TWO OF THE CASES SHE HAD ALREADY TAKEN EARLIER IN THE MONTH.
SHE RESEARCHED THE INCIDENTS AND DETERMINED THAT THREE OTHER OFFICERS ON DIFFERENT SHIFTS HAD DOCUMENTED NEAR IDENTICAL CASES AT THE SAME LOCATION.
OFFICER BRAHAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT SAN DIEGO POLICE HAD SENT OUT AN ALL COUNTY BULLETIN IN FEBRUARY WITH A SIMILAR CRIME, A SIMILAR SUSPECT DESCRIPTION AND VEHICLE DESCRIPTION.
THE SUSPECTS WERE CASING PARKING LOTS AND TARGETING ELDERLY WOMEN FOR THEIR PURSES.
OFFICER BRAHAS BROUGHT THIS INFORMATION TO DETECTIVE GONZALEZ, WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN INVESTIGATING SOME OF THE PRIOR THEFTS.
DETECTIVE GONZALEZ CONDUCTED SURVEILLANCE IN THE SEAFOOD PARKING LOT THAT SAME WEEK, UH, ARMED WITH THE NEW INFORMATION THAT, UH, OFFICER BRAHAS PROVIDED.
AND AT THIS TIME, IT WASN'T KNOWN THAT IT WAS A SERIES OR THAT IT WAS AN ORGANIZED GROUP OF PEOPLE TARGETING, UH, ELDERLY FEMALES.
UH, DETECTIVE GONZALEZ THAT SAME DAY EVENTUALLY FOUND A VEHICLE MATCHING THE SUSPECT VEHICLE OCCUPIED BY A FEMALE, MATCHING THE SUSPECT, SUSPECT DESCRIPTION, ACTING AND DRIVING IN A WAY CONSISTENT WITH CASING FOR NEW VICTIMS. UH, DETECTIVE GONZALEZ THEN COORDINATED WITH OTHER DETECTIVES AND PATROL OFFICERS
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TO INVESTIGATE, CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP AND DO ADDITIONAL SURVEILLANCE.EVENTUALLY, THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE ARRESTED AND EVIDENCE OF THE ROBBERIES WAS RECOVERED.
OFFICER GONZALEZ WORKED WITH DETECTIVES FROM THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE AND CONNECT THE SERIES OF CRIMES.
BECAUSE OF OFFICER BARAJAS DEDICATION TO THE HIGHEST QUALITY POLICE WORK AND DETECTIVE GONZALEZ'S, UH, INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS, THEY WERE ABLE TO PREVENT ANOTHER ELDERLY WOMAN FROM BEING VICTIMIZED, SOLVING AND ENDING AN ODIOUS ROBBERY SERIES.
AND SHE SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THAT.
I TALKED TO DETECTIVE GONZALEZ RECENTLY AND HE SAID THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT THE NATIONAL CITY CASES WITH ALL THE SAN DIEGO CASES, IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTS, AND, UH, GO FORWARD WITH PROSECUTION.
AND I DON'T THINK THE JURIES ARE GOING TO CARE VERY MUCH FOR SUSPECTS THAT ARE TARGETING OLD WOMEN IN PARKING LOTS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER SABRINA FOR PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER AND STOPPING THIS ROBBERY SERIES.
SHE IS AN ASSET TO THIS CITY AND THIS CITY IS LUCKY TO HAVE HER AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE HER AS ONE OF MY OFFICERS.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S YOUR TURN SPEECH ON THE PHONE.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
I WANNA THANK MY SERGEANT, THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND CHIEF FERNANDEZ FOR ALLOWING ME THE GREAT HONOR OF RECEIVING THIS AWARD.
IT WILL NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SERGEANT DOHERTY AND AMAZING WORK FROM DETECTIVE GONZALEZ FOR APPREHENDING THE SUSPECTS RESPONSIBLE FOR VICTIMIZING NUMEROUS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WANNA THANK MY MENTORS CORPORAL LOPEZ AND CORPORAL MARIA.
I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THIS AWARD TODAY WITH MY FAMILY AND LOVED ONES WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT MY CAREER.
WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, THE CERTIFICATE DENOTING DOING THAT, AND THEN ALSO HAVE YOU AS THE EMPLOYEE OF QUARTER.
BACK HERE OR UP HERE? UH, EITHER WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT.
THAT'S NORMALLY BETTER RIGHT THERE.
[7.1 EDCO Presentation]
NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET TRASHY HERE.NOW WE GOT A PRESENTATION FROM EDCO.
MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR OF SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT, CEO OF FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED EDCO.
UNFORTUNATELY, A NUMBER OF OUR OTHER TEAM MEMBERS, UH, WERE OUT AND UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO YOU'RE STUCK WITH
UH, ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE BEFORE YOU THOUGH, SO HAVE A RELATIVELY BRIEF UPDATE.
UM, START OFF WITH, UH, SOME HOUSEKEEPING BUSINESS.
UH, THERE IS A, UH, RESIDENTIAL RATE ADJUSTMENT GOING INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST, 2024, UH, THAT WE'LL BE PROVIDING SOME NOTICING FOR, UH, THAT IS BASICALLY A COMBINATION OF CPI AND THE RIS.
UH, AND SO BASIC RESIDENTIAL SERVICE RATES WILL BE GOING UP A DOLLAR 54 A MONTH.
THE SENIOR RATE WILL BE GOING UP A DOLLAR 24 A MONTH, AND
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SILVER BAGS WILL BE GOING UP 19 CENTS A MONTH.UM, SILVER BAGS, YOU MAY RECALL ARE A VERY UNIQUE PROGRAM TO NATIONAL CITY.
UH, WE ACTUALLY SELL, UH, SILVER BAGS THROUGH THE CHAMBER OFFICE FOR QUALIFYING SENIORS.
AND THEN WE PROVIDE, UH, AND THEN AS FILLED SENIORS ARE ABLE TO PUT THEM OUT, THEY PURCHASE 'EM EITHER IN A ROLL OR ONE AT A TIME.
AND THEN WE PROVIDE THE RECYCLING AND THE, UH, ORGANICS AT, AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE.
THE BASIC SENIOR RATE PROVIDES A 20% DISCOUNT FOR AGES, UH, 60 AND UP, NO INCOME REQUIREMENT.
AND WE DO AN ANNUAL NOTIFICATION ON THAT, UH, IN OUR APRIL BILLING TO, UH, TRY AND SIGN UP NEW MEMBERS.
SO EVEN WITH THE RATE ADJUSTMENT, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, UH, RATES, NATIONAL CITY WILL STILL HAVE THE LOWEST RESIDENTIAL RATE, AND A NUMBER OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE STILL TO BE ADJUSTED.
BUT, UH, THE BASIC SERVICE INCLUDES A 95 GALLON FOR TRASH, UH, A 65 GALLON RECYCLING CART, AND ADDITIONAL ARE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE AND A 95 GALLON FOR ORGANICS.
AND UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL ARE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE, AND BOTH THROUGH OUR OFFICE AND ONLINE.
I MIGHT ADD, GOING BACK TO, UH, OBVIOUSLY I'M UNABLE TO WORK, UH, I MIGHT ALSO ADD THAT THIS WAS PART OF THE FIVE-YEAR PROP TWO 18 PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
UH, PROP TWO 18, UM, LEAGUE OF CITIES CARRIED A BILL THAT ALLOWS FOR A FIVE YEAR NOTICING PROVISION, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITY EMBARKED ON LAST YEAR.
IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE BASIC ELEMENTS THAT I DESCRIBED FOR SERVICE, WE ALSO OFFER FOUR FREE BULKY ITEM COLLECTIONS PER YEAR FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
TWO FREE RESIDENTIAL COUPONS, UH, TWO FREE SHREDDING, UH, EVENTS, E-WASTE AND MULCH EVENTS PER YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO WE DO NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS IN EACH DISTRICT ALL YEAR LONG.
WE COORDINATE, UH, THROUGH BOTH THE COUNCIL OFFICES AND THE CITY ITSELF, UH, TO SET THOSE UP AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY COMMUNICATED.
AND AS I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS, WE USUALLY HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPONSE.
UH, AND, UH, IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY IS REPLACING OVER 30 OF THE BUS STOP CANS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'VE BEEN DELAYED ON ORDER, UM, AND WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE THEM AT THIS POINT, BUT AT THIS, UH, WE NOW BELIEVE THEY'LL PROBABLY BE AT THE END OF AUGUST, WILL WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE, REPLACE THE, UH, MANUAL CANS WITH THE AUTOMATED CANS THAT YOU'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE BALANCE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, UH, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO MENTION SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID WITH REGARDS TO THE, UH, FLOOD RESPONSE.
UM, IT'S, UH, REALLY NOT WHAT WE DO IS TALK ABOUT OURSELVES, BUT, UM, WE, UH, DID PROVIDE OVER 70 ROLL OFF LOADS OF MATERIAL, OVER 250 BULKY ITEMS. UM, WE ALSO PUT OUT, UH, A NUMBER OF TEMPORARY THREE YARD BINS, UH, REMOVED OVER 500,000 POUNDS OF DEBRIS.
UH, WE ALSO TOOK TEAMS OUT BOTH IN TERMS OF TRUCKS AND BOBCATS.
BOBCATS ARE SMALL SKID-STEERS LOADER TYPE THAT WERE ABLE TO MOVE, UH, THROUGH TIGHTER CORNERS AND, AND WITH THE GRAPPLE ALARM MOVE, THINGS LIKE YOU SEE ON THE, ON THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE, COUCHES AND OTHER MATERIALS RATHER EASILY.
UM, AND JUST DID THAT BECAUSE WE'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE NOT, THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
UH, AND, UH, WE WERE, UH, WE CERTAINLY WERE HONORED TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
I KNOW THAT COUNCIL WAS VERY ACTIVE AND, UH, THE CITY WAS VERY ACTIVE AND VERY RESPONSIVE.
AND I THINK AS YOU HEARD TONIGHT, PEOPLE STILL REMAIN VERY APPRECIATIVE OF, OF WHAT HAPPENED, UH, IN TERMS OF RESPONSE.
OBVIOUSLY A TRAGEDY, BUT THE WAY IT WAS NAVIGATED WAS, UM, VERY ADMIRABLE BY THE CITY.
SO THAT IS A BRIEF SNAPSHOT AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING FROM THE COUNCIL? OKAY.
DO YOU REMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? UM, NOT A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT.
UM, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS AND RESPONSE TO THE FLOODS OF THIS YEAR.
UM, WHEN JANUARY 22ND HIT, I CALLED YOU PERSONALLY LATE THAT NIGHT, AND THE FOLLOWING MORNING YOU GUYS SHOWED UP WITH A HEAVY CREW THE ENTIRE DAY, AND THAT CONTINUED FOR WEEKS.
AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HELP.
AND, UH, YOUR, YOUR GUYS ARE SALT OF THE EARTH.
UM, THEY WERE JUST THERE WILLING TO HELP WITH A GOOD,
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POSITIVE ATTITUDE.AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR PROVIDING REALLY GOOD LEADERSHIP IN A TIME OF NEED FOR OUR NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS.
THIS, UM, STEVE, I'M SORRY, MR. SOUTH
YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE, UH, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO ON SATURDAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT IS, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND THAT INCLUDED THE, UH, PAPER SHREDDING, THE E-WASTE AND THE MALTS GIVEAWAY.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE REALLY, UM, A PART OF, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THIS GROWTH AND THIS ALL THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE, WE WANTED TO HAPPEN TO OUR CITY, BEAUTIFICATION THE CLEANLINESS, UM, AND, AND YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU MAKE SURE THAT ED ECHO'S PART OF IT.
YEAH, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL STEVE AND I, WE'VE WORKED ON THIS FOR A WHILE
EDCO IS A, IS A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS, WHICH MOST ARE TRASH NOW.
WHEN I WENT AND I FIRST GOT INVOLVED, THERE WAS SO MANY TRASH COMPANIES AND ALL DIFFERENT SIZES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT, NOW THEY BASICALLY HAVE BECOME JUST BIG CORPORATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND JUST A HANDFUL OF THEM.
AND, BUT AS I SAY WITH EDCO, EDCO IS A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND CONTINUES TO BE THAT, THAT THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE SAME TIME DOESN'T ACT LIKE A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS LIKE YOU NORMALLY THINK OF.
UH, I MEAN WITH THE MOST MODERN EQUIPMENT.
UM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE ALONG THIS LINE, UM, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW IT, YOUR, UH, YOUR YARD WASTE AND YOUR FOOD WASTE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THOSE GO INTO A BIO DIGESTER OR TWO OF THEM ACTUALLY.
YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN TWO OTHERS BEING BUILT UP IN ESCONDIDO, UM, THAT CONVERT ALL THAT INTO METHANE.
AND THEN THAT'S WHAT GOES INTO THEIR TRUCKS.
THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THEIR TRUCKS AROUND AND, UH, IS BASICALLY OFF OF YOUR YARD WASTE AND FOOD WASTE.
UH, SO IT DOES GET DUMPED INTO THE LANDFILL.
UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S, UH, INSTEAD OF USING A LOT OF GAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE DRIVING AROUND, UM, BUT AS I SAY, THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT ARE COMING DOWN AND STUFF THAT, UH, SOMETIMES DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, SENSE SUCH AS ELECTRIFICATION OF A, OF A TRASH TRUCK WITH ALL THE HYDRAULICS, WHICH IS NOT TERRIBLY PRACTICAL, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE LOOKING NOT ONLY THEY'RE CURRENTLY USING THEIR METHANE OFF OF THE BIO DIGESTERS, BUT THEN ALSO I KNOW LOOKING AT HYDROGEN, OTHER, OTHER, UM, VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO STILL MAKE SURE THEY PROVIDE THE, THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED.
UM, AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, CORPORATIONS DON'T ACT LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SAW.
ALL THAT STUFF HAPPEN WITH THE FLOODS.
THEY DON'T STEP UP ALL TOO OFTEN ON STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY DIDN'T CHARGE ANYTHING FOR THAT.
THEY JUST WENT OUT AND THEY DID IT AS A COMPANY.
UM, AND I SAY WE ARE TRULY BLESSED AND, UH, THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE TO SAY WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU.
I KNOW WE HAVE AN UNUSUAL CONTRACT WITH YOU WITH THE EVERGREEN CONTRACT, BUT WE WOULDN'T DO THAT WITH A CORPORATION.
BUT WITH EDCO, IT, IT'S MADE A LOT OF SENSE AND, UH, LET IT CONTINUE TO GO AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
UH, MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN TAKE ONE MORE MINUTE OF TIME.
UH, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE DON COEL MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT IS THIS FRIDAY FOR, UH, BENEFITING THE NATIONAL CITY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.
UH, IN OUR 23RD YEAR, WE'VE RAISED, UH, OVER $2 MILLION, UH, FOR THE CLUBS.
AND, UH, THAT ORIGINALLY BEGAN WITH, UH, LONGTIME, UH, LEGEND, UH, SWEETWATER LEGEND, AND THEN TRANSITIONED TO, UH, UM, COACH AL AND THEN HIS DAUGHTER CARRIED THE, UH, HAS CARRIED THE TORCH.
AND SO BENEFITING THE CHILDREN OF NATIONAL CITY.
WE STILL HAVE A FEW SLOTS AVAILABLE AT STEEL CANYON, SO ANYBODY THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED, NATIONAL CITY YOUTH.ORG.
[8. REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]
GO INTO REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.JUST A REALLY, UH, BRIEF REPORT ON THURSDAY, JUNE 13TH AT THE SANDAG UH, MOBILITY WORKING GROUP MEETING, UM, WE HEARD A PRESENTATION ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF PASSENGER COUNTING PROGRAM DASHBOARD.
IT ESSENTIALLY IS A PROGRAM THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE, UH, WHERE PEOPLE GET ON, UH, TRANSIT, PUBLIC TRANSIT, AND WHERE THEY GET OFF.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY USER FRIENDLY AND IT'S GONNA BE, UH, INTENDED TO HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AND DATA POSSIBLE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MORE MTS ROUTES, UH, AND FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN OUR PUBLIC
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TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT SMART GROWTH AND INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
UH, SO SANDAG IS ROLLING OUT A $35 MILLION FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR SMART PROJECTS THAT WILL BE BASED, UH, DEPENDING ON, UH, PLANNING.
UH, SO HOW MANY PRO HOUSING POLICIES AND SMART GROWTH POLICIES AN INDIVIDUAL CITY HAS CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, RE YOU KNOW, INVESTMENT INTO REGIONAL TRANSIT AND TIDE TO REGIONAL TRANSIT, AS WELL AS CLIMATE ACTION PLANS, UM, WITH THE GOAL TO REDUCE GHG EM EMISSIONS.
SO, UM, YEAH, ALL THOSE WERE, WERE VERY GOOD, INSIGHTFUL, UM, PRESENTATIONS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, UH, APPLYING FOR SOME OF THOSE $35 MILLION GRANTS SO WE CAN RECEIVE THEM, UH, IN OUR CITY.
THAT WILL HELP FOR CONTINUED GROWTH.
UM, FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEK, WE HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING AT SANDAG AS WELL, AND THEY WILL BE ROLLING OUT THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL, UM, UH, REGIONAL STATISTICS ON CRIMES.
AND, UH, LAST YEAR THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 134,000 CRIMES COUNTYWIDE.
UH, 58% WERE AGAINST PROPERTY, 24% WERE AGAINST PERSONS, 18% AGAINST SOCIETY.
UM, WHICH I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
BUT, UH, OVERALL THERE WAS A REDUCTION FROM THE YEAR PRIOR.
SO 2% LESS AGAINST PERSONS, 7% LESS AGAINST PROPERTY, AND 3% LESS AGAINST SOCIETY.
UH, BUT COINCIDENTALLY, PROSTITUTION AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CRIMES WERE SOME OF THE HIGHEST INCREASES REGIONWIDE.
SO, UM, IT DOES OUTLINE THAT, UH, CRIME IS DOWN REGIONALLY, BUT THERE ARE SPIKES AND, UH, AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON.
QUICK ONE FROM SWEETWATER AUTHORITY, UM, SWEETWATER AUTHORITY APPROVED 63.8 MILLION BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 2025.
PRIORITIZING SERVICE, RELIABILITY AND LOCAL WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. MAYOR.
UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, UH, YEAH, A COUPLE THINGS FROM SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO QUITE WELL ON OUR WATER SUPPLY, UM, LOVELAND RESERVOIR, WHICH IS THE ONE UP CLOSER TO ALPINE, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF OUR SYSTEM.
IT IS RIGHT AT RIGHT AT THE LIP.
SO IT IS AT FULL CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND, UH, THERE IS STILL SOME RUNOFF CONTINUING TO GO INTO IT AND IT'S REPLACING WHAT LITTLE EVAPORATION THERE IS.
SO IT'S STAYING RIGHT, RIGHT AT THE LIP, RIGHT AT, AT THIS MOMENT, UH, SWEETWATER RESERVOIR IS AT ABOUT 75%, WHICH IS OF COURSE IS THE LARGER RESERVOIR.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE DOING QUITE WELL AND, UH, SHOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, ACCEPT UNLESS WHEN THERE IS, UH, REASONS TO, UH, WHAT THEY CALL AN ALGAE BLOOM OR SOMETHING.
AND WE HAD ONE HERE ABOUT A WEEK AGO WHERE WE HAD TO BUY SOME WATER FROM COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
WE TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM BUYING ANY OUTSIDE WATER 'CAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE WHEN, WHEN WE CAN PROVIDE OUR OWN WATER HERE BETWEEN SWEET WATER AUTHORITY, OUR DESAL PLANT, UH, DOWN HERE OFF OF, UH, 30TH STREET, AND ALSO OUR WELLS AT EL TOON.
UM, AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE THE LOWEST RATES IN THE, IN THE COUNTY ALSO, UM, ON USING THOSE.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT CHARMAINE BROUGHT UP EARLIER, I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THIS, THIS PROPOSED PROJECT FOR PUTTING SOLAR PANELS ON, ON SWEETWATER RESERVOIR.
AND THERE'S, WELL, SOME PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S ELECTRIFICATION, BUT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF US THAT ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS BESIDES JUST ELECTRIFICATION.
AND THAT'S THE SAFETY OF THE WATER.
IT'S HADN'T BEEN DONE ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE ONLY TIME THAT THEY PUT IT ON TOP OF WATER IS IN SEWER PONDS, WASTEWATER PONDS, THEY PUT IT IN THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT DOES NOT, CERTAINLY NO ONE'S GONNA BE DRINKING THAT WATER, UH, IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT THAT'S BEEN DONE ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO, UH, SO THERE'S SOME REAL CONCERNS ON THAT ONE.
UM, THEN THE OTHER THING, ONE OTHER DEAL IS WE DID HAVE THE, UH, PORT COMMISSION MEETING TODAY.
UH, VICE MAYOR, MYSELF AND THE CITY MANAGER ATTENDED ALONG WITH THE FIRST MEETING OF OUR NEW PORT COMMISSIONER.
AND, UH, THEY WERE, HAD TWO ITEMS ON THERE FOR NATIONAL CITY.
ONE WAS THE, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, THE PEPPER PARK PHASE ONE CONTRACT.
AND, UH, SO THEY DID ISSUE THE CONTRACT.
UH, ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA COST ABOUT $5 MILLION FOR THE FIRST PHASE, AND THEIR LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID CAME IN AT SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THEY FULLY FUNDED THAT ONE.
NOW, THEY DID GET A BID, CAME IN CHEAPER, SOMEONE PUT IN A BID FOR $700,000, AND THEN THEY ASKED FOR IT TO BE WITHDRAWN.
THEY SAID THEY'D MADE A MISTAKE, I HOPE TO SHOUT THEY WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF.
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AND, UH, AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, UH, SO THAT ONE WAS ISSUED, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN START THE WORK ON PEPPER PARK.
THE OTHER ONE WAS THEIR BUDGET.
AND, UH, AS FAR AS FOR THE ENTIRE PORT, AND I THINK I CAN HONESTLY SAY 80 TO 90% OF THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET WAS ABOUT NATIONAL CITY.
AND SO, UM, SO THEY LOOKING AT THEIR FUNDING NOT ONLY FOR THIS YEAR, BUT FOR THE INCOMING YEARS TO FINISH OFF THE BALANCE PLAN.
ALSO WHAT THEY CALL THEIR M UM, THEIR MITIGATION, UM, UM, IMPACT FEES, UH, THAT IT WAS INCREASED.
IT STARTED AT 1% OF THEIR, OF THE INCOME LEVEL OFF THE, UH, TERMINALS.
NOW THEY, THEY MOVED IT THIS YEAR UP TO 4%.
SO THERE'S MORE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR OFFSITE MITIGATION.
AND, UM, THEN ANOTHER ONE WAS, IS THAT WE HAVE THE LAST PART OF THE BAY SHORE BIKE PATH FOR THE ENTIRE BAY TO BE DONE IS THE SECTION BETWEEN, BASICALLY BETWEEN CIVIC CENTER DRIVE AND THE MARINA.
THAT'S THE LAST PIECE TO BE FINISHED.
AND SO THEY DID DEDICATE TODAY THAT THEY WOULD PUT UP $2 MILLION SO TO, THAT WE COULD USE AS OUR SHARE TO PUT IN FOR A GRANT.
AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE MATCHING FUNDS TO, TO RECEIVE THE GRANTS.
AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE KICKING IN OUT OF THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, A, UH, $2 MILLION, UH, SO THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR THAT GRANT AND, UH, TO TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, SO ANYWAY, IT WAS A GOOD DAY AT THE PORT AND UH, UH, OUR COMMISSIONER DID A, DID A GOOD JOB, UH, ON HIS FIRST DAY.
AND, UH, UH, AND AS I SAY, NATIONAL CITY WAS KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE PORK COMMISSION MEETING TODAY.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WOULD BE MY REPORT ON THAT ONE.
[9. CONSENT CALENDAR]
CONSENT CALENDAR, AND THOSE ARE ITEMS NINE ONE THROUGH NINE 18.AND I DO HAVE A REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC TO PULL ITEM NINE SEVEN.
AND YES MA'AM, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 9.3, 9.5 AND NINE POINT 12 PLEASE.
9 3 9 5 AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? NINE 12.
UH, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, COULD I GET A MOTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE HIT YOUR, THERE YOU GO AND SEE.
OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
[9.3 Agreement with West Coast Arborists, Inc. for Specialized Urban Forestry Maintenance Services]
PULL UP, UH, NINE THREE.UH, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH WEST COAST ARBORIST FOR SPECIALIZED URBAN FORESTRY MA UH, MAINTENANCE SERVICES.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO GO OVER THE, UH, PROPOSED AGREEMENT, UM, AND THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, BROUGHT BEFORE US.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, MANAGEMENT STAFF IS ALL OUT ILL TODAY, SO WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN TO COVER FOR THEM.
WE HAVE LUCA ZELLO HERE STRAIGHT FROM ITALY.
THANKS FOR COMING, LUCA, BUT I'LL KICK IT OFF.
UM, THE, THE WEST COAST ARBORIST CONTRACT IS A SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT FOR TREE TRIMMING AND MAINTENANCE IN RELATION, WE, WE, THE CITY DOES HAVE ITS OWN, UH, TREE TRIMMING CREW.
THE, THE, UH, THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR DID AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL TRUCK AND CREW.
UM, THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN SECURED YET.
UM, SO, AND WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO.
SO THIS WEST COAST ARBORIST CONTRACT, UM, UH, ONE THAT WE PIGGYBACKED ON BEHALF OF, UH, A, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF NORCO, UH, WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE OUR, YOU KNOW, UH, TREE MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY, UM, FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
THIS IS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF 270,000.
SO, UH, DEPENDING ON WHEN THE NEW, UH, THE ADDITIONAL CREW COMES ON BOARD AND HOW WE, YOU KNOW, GET THEM MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL HAVE THIS CONTRACT, UM, IN PLACE FOR, UM, AS NEEDED.
GREAT NOTES NOTE, SIMPLY WANTED TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE, UH, NEED FOR US TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR TREE TRIMMING CREWS.
THIS IS A ONGOING DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD ON THE COUNCIL FOR YEARS NOW.
THROUGH LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE DID ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP WITH OUR TREE TRIMMING CREW.
AND AS OF LAST YEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE NOW, BUT LAST
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YEAR WHEN, UM, THE QUESTIONS WERE BROUGHT UP, WE WERE ABOUT, UH, A YEAR BEHIND SCHEDULE, UM, WHICH IS, UH, WE HAVE A GRID SYSTEM WHERE WE TRIM OUR TREES ALL AROUND OUR CITY AND WE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND.AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL OR SEND MESSAGES AND ASK FOR PUBLIC TREES TO BE TRIMMED.
AND SO, UM, I'M GLAD THIS IS MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UM, UH, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THE SERVICES IN HOUSE AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES POSSIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM 9.3.
OKAY, SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE GO ON TO, UH,
[9.5 Exclusive Negotiating Agreement Amendment No. 4 with Tower 999, LLC for the Disposition of City-Owned Real Property located at 921, 925, and 929 National City Boulevard]
NINE FIVE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR WITH TOWER 9 9 9 LLC FOR DISPOSITION OF CITY OWNED REAL PROPERTY.LOCATED AT 9 21, 9 25, AND 9 29 NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD.
THANK YOU, MR. I WOULD JUST LIKE STAFF TO GO OVER THE PROPOSAL.
UH, THIS HAS ALSO BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED FOR YEARS.
UH, IT IS PERTAINING TO THE TWO PARCELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OWNED BY OUR MUNICIPALITY OVER ON NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD AND TRYING TO COME WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH OWNERS OF TOWER 9 9 9 TO HAVE A BIGGER PROJECT.
SO CAN WE JUST KIND OF GO OVER THE PROPOSAL AND WHAT'S BEFORE US? SO THANK YOU MAYOR.
THIS ITEM IS TO, TO, JUST TO EXPLAIN THIS ITEM IS JUST A, UH, A SIMPLE EXTENSION.
UM, UH, CARLOS AVE HAS BEEN OUR LEAD NEGOTIATOR, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND I THINK THE AGREEMENT EXTENDS TO OCTOBER.
UM, SO I'LL HAVE HIM GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF IT, BUT, UH, WE REALLY SEE THIS AS EITHER WE MAKE A DEAL OR MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
AS, AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN EXTENDED MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO CARLOS, UH, IS ASKING FOR THIS LAST, UM, EXTENSION, UM, TO TRY TO TRY TO SEAL THE DEAL.
BUT CARLOS, PLEASE GIVE THE DETAILS OF THE WHERE YOU'RE AT.
CITY MANAGER MARTINEZ, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS AGAR, DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW ON THIS PROJECT.
IT, IT'S, UH, PROPOSED 127 UNIT, UH, PROJECT WITH ABOUT 9,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE AT, UH, 9 2 1 9 2 5 9 2 9, AND 9 9 9 NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD.
WE OWN, UH, THE THREE PARCELS, UH, AT 9 2 1 9 2 5 AND 9 2 9.
AS A SUCCESSOR AGENCY, THE OWNER OF THE TROPHY LOUNGE AT 9 9 9 NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD APPROACHED THE CITY, UH, TO UNDERGO THIS ENDEAVOR TO MAXIMIZE THE, UM, UH, THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT COULD BE BUILT ON THE SITE.
AT THAT TIME, WE, UH, HAD A, UH, ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE TO, UH, PROVIDE FOR, UH, STUDENT HOUSING.
UM, AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WITH STATE FUNDING, UH, BEING DRAWN BACK FROM, UH, STUDENT HOUSING FUNDING, UH, SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE WAS NOT ABLE TO COMMIT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE DEVELOPER, UH, TO LOOK AT A FINANCING PLAN.
AND ONE OF THE PIECES THAT HAS COME UP BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS IS A PROJECT WHICH WOULD PROVIDE 40% OF THE UNITS AFFORDABLE TO 60%, UH, A MI AND BELOW THE FINANCING DOES REQUIRE A LOT MORE DILIGENCE.
AND SO WE WORK, WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE FOR A DISPOSITION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IT WAS NOT, UH, ACCEPTABLE FOR THE FINANCING SOURCES.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AN OPTION AGREEMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO, TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
WE DON'T SEE THIS, UH, GOING, UM, MORE THAN, UH, A, UH, WE SEE THIS, WE SEE, UH, OCTOBER AS THE, UM, TIME WHEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME WITH, UH, AN AGREEMENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THE PROJECT.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, CYRUS NAN WITH TOWER 9 9 9, THE DEVELOPMENT GROUP TO ANSWER ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I REALLY WANT TO COMMENCE STAFF AND, UH, CYRUS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT GROUP FOR CONTINUING TO WANT TO INVEST IN NATIONAL CITY.
UH, I KNOW THAT OUR PREVIOUS, UM, MANAGEMENT WASN'T AS ATTENTIVE AS MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, TO ALLOW AND FOSTER DEVELOPMENT, UM, ESPECIALLY IN OUR TRANSIT CORRIDOR
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ON NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD.SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR WORKING SO DILIGENTLY, UH, TO TRY TO MAKE THIS PENCIL OUT.
UM, I THINK ON MY PART, I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, COME TO FRUITION AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST EXTENSION TO DO.
UM, IS THE PROPOSAL STILL THE SAME, UH, OR AT LEAST THE DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSAL STILL THE SAME.
AND THAT WAS, CAN YOU GO OVER IT AGAIN? UM, IT WAS A HUNDRED UNITS, SEVEN, A PERCENTAGE OF THEM AFFORDABLE, CORRECT.
FIRST FLOOR, UM, COMMERCIAL SPACE, 9,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THREE, YES, THAT WOULD BE THE PROGRAM FOR THE PROJECT.
WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABILITY ON THE, UH, ALL OF THE UNITS WOULD BE THAT RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE, THEY HAVE SOME THAT ARE, THEY'RE RESTRICTING FOR OTHER FINANCING SOURCES, BUT, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THE CITY, IT'S, UH, 40% OF THE UNITS, APPROXIMATELY 51 UNITS UNDER 60% A MI, WHICH, UH, FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS A GOOD INVESTMENT BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE HAVE TO PUT IN A SUBSIDY OF ANYWHERE BETWEEN, UH, A HUNDRED AND 120,000 PER UNIT.
IN THIS INSTANCE, WE ARE CONCEDING TO MOST OF THE SALES PRICE AND WE'VE GOTTEN ALL OF THE, UH, TAXING ENTITIES TO AGREE ON A WAIVER OF THE SALES PRICE DOWN TO $50,000 FROM THE APPRAISED VALUE TO $15,000 BECAUSE OF THE, UH, PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY.
AND, UM, IS THE PROPOSED, UM, UH, UH, MIXED USE, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE STILL, UH, CABS OR ONE OF THOSE KIND OF STORES.
I CAN LET, UH, CYRUS TALK MORE ABOUT THE, UH, WHAT, UH, COMMERCIAL USES THEY HAVE LINED UP.
UH, BUT THE FIRST, THE PREFERRED, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT WOULD BE, UH, CVS TYPE PHARMACY OR, UH, UH, COMMUNITY SERVING, UH, UH, RETAIL SPACE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO JOIN YOU HERE AND THANK YOU CARLOS, FOR WORKING THROUGH US WITH THIS.
IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN FOUR YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA SEE THIS PROJECT THROUGH.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE MY BEST ANSWER WOULD BE, UH, THAT TYPE OF USE, WHETHER IT'S A GROCER OR A PHARMACY THAT WE'RE AIMING FOR, CLEARLY WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING FOR ALL TYPES OF USES FOR THE COMMERCIAL USE, BUT WE ARE AIMING FOR A GROCER PHARMACY BECAUSE WHAT IT'S, WHAT WE THINK, UH, AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD THAT IS NEEDED IN THE PART OF NATIONAL CITY.
SO WE'RE PRETTY FOCUSED ON THAT.
UM, AND BY THE WAY, I'VE WALKED THE AREA AND SPOKEN TO NEIGHBORS AND THE THOUGHT OF CVS OR ONE OF THOSE STORES GOING, UH, UP AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, PEOPLE GENERALLY LOVE RIGHT? THAT'S WALKING DISTANCE IN A VERY DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THIS OFFLINE, BUT UH, I DO MAYBE WANT YOU TO CONSIDER, UM, SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT, UM, LIKE A CARD CHECK NEUTRALITY AGREEMENT WITH A POTENTIAL OPERATOR AT THE COMMERCIAL SITE, UM, THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY, UM, UH, ALLOW ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, THE WORKERS TO UNIONIZE WITHOUT ANY RETRIBUTION.
UM, IT'S, UM, SEEN AS THIS IS A PUBLIC PROPERTY.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER.
AND I KNOW WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT OFFLINE.
UM, I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I'M VERY INTERESTED IN.
HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
NOW, AS I REMEMBER YOUR PROJECT, IT WAS LIKE 127 UNITS, 27 UNITS PARENTAL JUST ALMOST 10,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR, JUST UNDER 10,000 SQUARE FOOT UNITS.
AND, UH, UH, AND ABOUT AS SAY, UM, 40, UH, 40% OF THE UNITS WERE, WOULD BE AFFORDABLE AT 60% OR ABOVE OR LESS A MI 60% AND 50% A MI AND, UH, BUT ALSO THREE PARKING SPACES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY TECHNICALLY OUR WHOLE ENTIRE PROJECT IS ALL AFFORDABLE BECAUSE THERE'S THE A REQUIREMENT AND THEN WE HAVE A LENDER'S REQUIREMENT AS WELL, SO, OKAY.
WELL SEE WHAT, SEE WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING? WELL, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
AND WE ARE NOT WAITING UNTIL OCTOBER FOR THE EXTENSION AND YEAH.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA WAIT FOR THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK? YES.
WE WILL BE BACK HERE IN AUGUST WHEN YOU GUYS GET BACK.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ADOPT ITEM 9.5.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CYRUS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
GUYS COULD PUNCH IN YOUR, THERE WE GO.
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GO.OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND PLEASE VOTE.
[9.7 Ratification of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the County of San Diego for Housing Assistance Funding related to the January 22, 2024 flood.]
HAVE, UH, 9.7, THIS RATIFICATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AN MOA WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUNDING RELATED TO THE JANUARY 22ND 24 FLOOD.AND I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS ON THIS.
FIRST WE HAVE ANGELICA, AND THEN WE HAVE RUBEN VILLA.
UM, MY NAME IS ANGELICA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY.
SINCE THE FLOODING, IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR EVERYBODY, FOR US, UM, GOING HOTEL, TWO HOTEL, UM, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE WORK TO SLEEP.
SO I'M HERE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING US.
THE PAST DAYS IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE KNOWING THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A PLACE TO SLEEP 'CAUSE OUR APARTMENTS ARE NOT READY YET.
SO I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND TO HELP US.
AND THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR BEING WITH, FOR US HELPING US SINCE DAY ONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR NEXT WE HAD, UH, RUBEN VILLA.
I, I WOULD WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY FOR HAVING HELPED US WITH THE SITUATION THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
UH, WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF STRESS AND A LOT OF ISSUES AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE SUPPORT.
UM, IN PARTICULAR, UH, I WANTED TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOSE RODRIGUEZ, WHO WAS OUT THERE, UH, COMING BACK AND FORTH WHEN THE FLOOD HAPPENED, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, WE COULD BE HELPED OUT.
AND WE'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY, UH, LIVING IN NATIONAL CITY, UH, IN PART THANKS TO ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
SO, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, UH, MR. MAYOR? I WOULD JUST LIKE THE STAFF TO KIND OF GO OVER THE, UH, PROPOSAL, UH, BEFORE US.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, CARLOS GUERE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, CITY NATIONAL CITY.
UH, THIS ITEM APPROVES A, A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT THAT, UH, WE SIGN WE ALREADY SIGNED TO MOVE FORWARD ON, UM, PENDING YOUR APPROVAL WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
UH, THE COUNTY PROVIDED, UH, TEMPORARY, UH, LODGING FOR FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE JANUARY 22ND, UH, FLOOD ENDING.
UH, THEY HAD, UH, AN EXTENSION OF IT THROUGH JAN THROUGH JUNE 21ST, UH, MARKING THE FIVE MONTHS FROM THE FLOOD IN JANUARY 22ND.
UM, WE HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH THE COUNTY.
UH, WE HAVE 31 FAMILIES THAT AS OF, UH, JUNE 1ST, WE'RE STILL IN, UH, TEMPORARY LODGING.
AND SO AS A WAY TO TRANSITION THEM FROM, UH, THE, UH, TEMPORARY LODGING PROGRAM, THE, UH, COUNTY PROVIDED FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $362,727, UH, FOR THE CITY TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE FAMILIES.
IMPACTED THOSE 30, SPECIFICALLY
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THE 31 FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN LODGING.UH, THE, WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HAVE ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE UP TO, UH, 9,300 IN FUNDING TO MEET, UH, UNDUPLICATED NEEDS OF THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO THEY WILL BE FULLY ASSESSED TO LOOK AT WHATEVER THEY STILL HAVE PENDING.
UH, THERE ARE SOME FAMILIES THAT STILL NEED TO REMAIN, UH, IN, UM, TEMPORARY LODGING WHILE THEY'RE, UH, UNITS ARE COMPLETED OR THEY FIND A PERMANENT, UH, HOUSING, UH, SITUATION.
WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO ASSIST ALL 31 FAMILIES IN FULLY TRANSITIONING AND BELIEVE THAT, UH, THIS FUNDING WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT FOR ALL 31 HOUSEHOLDS.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE APARTMENTS AT HIGHLAND VIEW ARE ALMOST COMPLETE.
THEY'RE ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF TO TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM FULL COMPLETION.
WE WILL, UH, BE, UH, APPROVING THEIR PERMITS AS A, UH, AS A COMPLETE SO WE CAN FACILITATE FAMILIES, UH, GOING BACK TO THEIR UNITS, UH, WHICH HAVE BEEN, UM, FULLY, UH, REHABILITATED, UH, UH, AND, AND SHOULD BE READY TO GO WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYTHING, UM, NO QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS.
AND, UH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR STAFF.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT WORKED SO DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY, UH, HAD ASSISTANCE IN THE TIME OF NEED.
AND, UH, UM, SINCE DAY ONE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, TEMPORARY LODGING, UM, UH, THE SAME DAY OF THE FLOOD.
AND, UH, THAT IS GOVERNMENT BEING IN ACTION.
AND, UH, NOT TO SAY THAT OUR RESPONSE WAS PERFECT, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS EXCEPTIONAL FOR WHAT WE COULD DO.
AND THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE WORK AHEAD OF US.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO THANK, UH, THANK STAFF, THANK ED ECHO, THANK OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR, NORA VARGAS, THAT TOOK THE LEAD ON THIS AND MADE SURE THAT THERE WAS AN EVICTION MORATORIUM AND THAT THERE WAS FUNDING AVAILABLE, UH, FOR OUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, REALLY WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS.
WITHOUT YOUR VOICE, UM, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING IN A MOMENT OF SEVERE STRESS IN YOUR, IN YOUR LIFE TO STEP UP.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM 9.7 SECOND.
LEMME JUST SAY, YEAH, I KNOW WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT, UM, ISLAND VIEW AND HAPPY HOLLOW, BUT, BUT REALIZING WE HAD THIS GOING ON IN ALL OF IT, ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF NATIONAL CITY AND THERE WAS PEOPLE REACHING OUT AND WORKING ACROSS THE BOARD IN ALL DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND, UH, SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PEOPLE, BUT THEY WERE OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WHETHER IF IT WAS, WHETHER, IF IT WAS DOWN, UH, THERE AT EAST EIGHTH STREET, WHETHER IF IT WAS THERE ON NINTH STREET, UH, IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS, UH, THIRD AVENUE HAD ALL KIND OF FLOODING.
UH, I HAD ONE HOUSE THAT WAS OVER SEVEN FEET.
IT WAS UNDER SEVEN FEET OF WATER ABOVE, ABOVE YOU.
IT WAS ABOVE YOUR HEAD, AND YOU COULD SEE THE WATERMARKS.
I MEAN, SO THIS, THERE WAS PEOPLE WORKING IN ALL DIFFERENT AREAS AND THIS TOOK AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY PULLING TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
NOBODY, NOBODY COULD HAVE PREDICTED IT.
AND SAY, WE WERE TOLD THE NIGHT BEFORE UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN UP TO, AND WE GOT OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN FOUR HOURS AND JUST, THERE WAS NO WAY IT COULD BE HANDLED.
AND, UH, BUT A COMMUNITY PULLED TOGETHER AND, UH, GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY AND EVERYONE ELSE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FAMILIES COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF, UH, AS, YOU KNOW, AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
I, I JUST WANTED, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR NOTING STAFF'S WORK.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT OUR HOUSING TEAM, EVERYONE HAS PULLED TOGETHER, UH, ANGELITA PALMA, NANCY OLI HAS BEEN AMAZING WITH BEING
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CONNECTED WITH THEM ALMOST TWICE A WEEK.KEEPING THE FAMILIES INFORMED, BRINGING OTHER, UH, RESOURCES.
WE'VE ALL KIND OF JUST, UH, BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ALL THE RESOURCES TO, TO KEEP THESE FAMILIES MOVING FORWARD.
AND WE WILL NOT, UH, FINISH UNTIL EVERYONE'S BACK IN THEIR HOME.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MO MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE.
[9.12 Side Letter Agreement between the City of National City and the National City Municipal Employees’ Association exclusively represented by SEIU.]
NINE 12.THIS IS A SIDE LATER AG AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY AND THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENTED BY SCIU.
THIS IS THE LAST ITEM PULLED, I PROMISE
I GUESS, I GUESS IT WON'T BE MAYBE EIGHT, BUT, UH, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR STAFF MAYBE A LITTLE PAST THAT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR STAFF, UH, UH, UH, JUST, UH, LET US KNOW ABOUT THE ITEM BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WAS A KIND OF PRIVATE DISCUSSION AND CLOSED SESSION JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS.
WHO'S GONNA COVER THAT ONE? MAYBE CITY MANAGER OR, UH, LYDIA.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COVER THAT? I THINK SHE, OF COURSE, WE, WE DON'T GET TO HEAR FROM LYDIA.
MAYOR MORRISON, VICE MAYOR IMANI, AND COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.
UM, SO THIS ITEM IS A SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND SEIU AND THE, UM, MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2024.
AB 1484 OR ASSEMBLY BILL 1484 ALLOWED FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES TO BECOME PART OF ANY ASSOCIATION.
UM, IN MARCH 22ND, I RECEIVED FORMAL NOTIFICATION OR A REQUEST FROM THE SEIU THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE OUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT, UM, THEY FELT HAD SIMILAR POSITIONS TO THOSE FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
SO WE HAD PREVIOUSLY PART-TIME LIBRARIANS, UM, SO THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT SIMILAR JOB AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.
BUT THEN THEY ALSO INCLUDED IN THE RECREATION, UH, AIDS AND THOSE OTHER POSITIONS.
SO WE MET SEVERAL TIMES TO DISCUSS THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT THEY WERE REQUESTING AS AN ASSOCIATION TO INCLUDE THESE PEOPLE OR THESE EMPLOYEES.
AND SO THESE EMPLOYEES, UH, WE AGREED UPON THE LISTING OF PEOPLE AND EMPLOYEES AND POSITIONS AND DETERMINED THAT AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOT GOING TO ASK, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ASK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS. THEY JUST WANTED TO SEE REPRESENTATION FOR THESE EMPLOYEES FOR THE FUTURE.
THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY WILL, UH, ASK FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS DURING NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO START IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, SO THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT TO THE CITY.
UH, THEY REQUESTED THAT WE HAVE A MEETING FOR THESE NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WILL BECOME PART OF THE ASSOCIATION.
UM, AND I FEEL THAT THIS WOULD BE A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE.
AND WITH THE SEIU AND THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION THERE TO HELP THEM ALSO.
AND AS CLARIFICATION, HOW MANY SCIE 2 21 MEMBERS, UH, DO WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY? DO WE KNOW? UM, I DID NOT GET THE TOTAL NUMBER.
THIS WOULD AFFECT THE, UM, ABOUT 65 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE UNDER THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION.
SO, SO WE HAVE ABOUT A, I'D SAY APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 125 TO 150 TOTAL THAT ARE PART OF SCI.
THIS WOULD BE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 65, WHICH ARE PART-TIMERS DOING THE SAME WORK.
BUT THEY ARE NOW BEING ABLE TO BE PART OF THE UNION AND BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATING TEAM.
ANY ITEMS THAT GO TO THEM IN THE FUTURE WOULD HAVE TO BE VOTED ON AND THESE EMPLOYEES WOULD BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'LL BE ASKING FOR IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE WILL SEE.
UM, NO, I, I, I, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, UM, LET'S SEE.
GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND THE PROPONENTS OF THE BILL, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD BILL.
UM, AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE PROMPTED TO DO THIS AS A CITY, I FIND IT IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE COLLECTED, BE PART OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT, AND BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE FOR THEIR WAGES AND BENEFITS.
UH, SO THEY HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES TO STAY HERE AND CREATE A CAREER HERE.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY, ALTHOUGH WE WERE PROMPTED TO DO THIS BY THE STATE AND THE STATE BILL, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A VERY GOOD ONE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HADN'T DONE IT IN THE PAST,
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HONESTLY, OR PROPOSED IT IN THE PAST.BUT, UH, I'M GRATEFUL THAT MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES WILL BE COVERED BY A COLLECTIVE, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THIS IS A, UH, ITEM FOR THE, UH, M-E-A-I-I DON'T SEE THEM HERE.
WERE THEY INFORMED? YES, THEY WERE.
AND I DID REQUEST THAT THEY SHOW, UH, JUST TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH US, BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
SO THIS BASICALLY PUTS US IN LINE WITH STATE LAWS, IS BASICALLY WHAT IT'S DOING, CORRECT? IT DOES, YES.
UM, WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST ORGANIZATIONS.
I DID SOME RESEARCH AND I DID NOT FIND ANY OTHERS THAT HAVE BROUGHT IT FORWARD YET.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD, UM, ACTUAL CONTRACTS OR MOUS WITH PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
SO SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING, THEY INCLUDED THESE, THEY REQUESTED THE INCLUSION.
I'M SURE AS OTHER AGENCIES AS THEIR CONTRACTS COME UP, THEY PROBABLY WILL BE BROUGHT UP AT THAT POINT.
UH, WITH THAT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A, DID WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ONE YET? NO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE SECOND MAYOR.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE.
ALRIGHT, UH, THAT FINISHES OFF THOSE, WE GO INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[10.1 Public Hearing and adoption of a Resolution accepting the National City Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Tax Roll Sewer Services Fees Report.]
UM, OUR FIRST ONE IS 10.1 PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE NATIONAL CITY FISCAL YEAR 24 25 TAX ROLL SEWER SERVICES FEES REPORT.UH, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MY NAME IS, UH, LUCA, ASSOCIATE ENGINEER OF THE ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE, UH, CARMEN KASSNER FROM HONDURA THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION FOR THE SEWER TAX ROLL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF PUBLIC, UM, I'M FILLING IN FOR MARTHA AND STEVE THIS EVENING.
I PREPARED THIS TAX ROLL AND SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DOCUMENTS, UM, THAT'S BEING PRESENTED FOR YOU TODAY.
SO TONIGHT WE NEED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24 25 SEWER TAX ROLL.
THE SEWER RATES WERE ADOPTED ON JUNE 6TH, 2023 THROUGH ORDINANCE 20 23, 25, 21.
SO LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE, ABLE TO EXTEND YOUR RATES, YOUR SEWER RATES FOR TWO YEARS FLAT WITH NO INCREASE.
WE'D HAD A SERIES OF INCREASES BEFORE THAT AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO EXTEND YOUR RATES FLAT.
UM, WHAT THAT MEANS THOUGH, FOR IS THAT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, THEIR BILLS DID NOT GO UP AT ALL.
COMMERCIAL RATES ARE BILLED ON THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE OF FLOW THAT THEY DELIVER.
SO THEIR RATES WILL FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON THE ACTUAL WATER USE AND SEWAGE THAT THEY GENERATE.
BUT IN GENERAL, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, THOSE RATES, THE RATES THAT THEY WERE BILLED AT REMAIN THE SAME.
THIS YEAR'S TAX ROLL WAS A LITTLE OVER $12.3 MILLION THAT WILL GO ON THE TAXES.
WE'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 THAT WILL BE HAND BUILT THROUGH TO GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
UM, THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THAT BILL IS OVER 2.9 MILLION.
UM, MULTIFAMILY SINGLE FAMILY AND MOBILE HOMES ARE ABOUT THE 9.4 MILLION.
SO VAST MAJORITY OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, THERE ARE NONE.
UM, WITH THAT I WILL REQUEST A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND PLEASE VOTE ON CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN THIS IS, THIS IS ONE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT SPIKING, UH, WITH THE SEWER 'CAUSE WE ARE KIND OF UNDER THE, UH, UNDER THE THUMB OF METRO, WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
AND, UH, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THEIR, UH, PURE WATER PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO IN SAN DIEGO, WHICH IS GONNA BE TAKING THE SEWER WATER AND TREATING IT AND THEN PUTTING IT BACK IN THE RESERVOIRS AND IT WILL BECOME DRINKING WATER AGAIN.
AND, UH, WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THAT MOST OF OUR WATER THAT COMES FROM THE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, EVERYTHING COMES FROM THE COLORADO RIVER.
AND IT HAS AN INTAKE ABOVE, RIGHT
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ABOVE YUMA.NORTH OF THAT, UPSTREAM FROM THAT, THERE ARE 241 DIFFERENT SEWER SYSTEMS THAT DUMP INTO THE COLORADO RIVER.
WE'VE BEEN TREATING SEWER WATER FOREVER.
AND SO, BUT WHAT, WHAT THE PURE WATER SYSTEM WILL DO IS THAT WE WERE REACHING CAPACITY OUT AT POINT LOMA AT THE TREATMENT PLANT AND TO, TO, TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THE, THE CAPACITY.
IT WAS GONNA BE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO REDO, UH, A FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO TREAT IT.
BUT BY LOWERING THE AMOUNT OF SEWAGE THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA GO THERE, 'CAUSE WE'RE CAPTURING THE WATER OUT AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE PURE WATER DEAL, IT EXTENDS THE LIFE THERE.
AND SO THAT IS GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP US KEEP THESE, THESE RATES CONTINUALLY LOW.
AND JUST LIKE WITH THE, UH, TRASH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRASH RATES EARLIER.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE WATER RATES IN THE PAST, HOW NATIONAL CITY HAS THE LOWEST RATES.
OUR SEWER RATES ARE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM, ALSO AT THE LOWEST RATES IN THE COUNTY.
SO, UM, UM, BUT AS I SAY, AND SO WITH THE PURE WATER SYSTEM GOING IN OVER IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, THAT IS ACTUALLY GONNA END UP HELPING US IN THE LONG RUN.
ALTHOUGH CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS STILL DOING SOME FINAGLING WITH THAT ONE.
BUT, UM, BUT ANYWAY, UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO GOOD WORK AND KEEPING THESE RATES SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO RAISE THEM WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING UP, BUT SEWER RATES ARE NOT.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, REMEMBER MONEY, I SIT IN THE METRO WASTE WATER AND THIS GARMENT IS THERE ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN GIVING ME GUIDANCE, BUT, UH, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, MAYOR MM-HMM,
SAN DIEGO IS, UH, LEADING THIS, UM, THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS UH, WA THIS WATER WASTE, UM, RATES.
UM, AND WE ARE A MINUSCULE PART, BUT OF COURSE WE'RE STILL IMPACTED.
AND I THINK, UM, OUR, UM, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN GIVING ME GUIDANCE, REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB, JUST LIKE WHAT YOU SAID.
UM, WE HAVE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE DO HAVE A, UM, UH, ADOPTION FOR A RESOLUTION.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? THIS IS BASICALLY TO NOT RAISE THE RATES.
I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM 10.1.
MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, WITH THAT, AS SOON AS I SEE YOU GUYS PUNCH IN, YOUR NAMES ON THERE.
DID YOU HIT THAT ONE YET? YES, WE GOT THAT ALREADY.
[10.2 Public Hearing and Adoption of an Ordinance Repealing and Replacing Chapter 15.10 of the National City Municipal Code, and Adopting the International Property Maintenance Code by Reference.]
TO 10.2.THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING CHAPTER 15 POINT 10 OF THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE BY REFERENCE.
AND I KNOW THIS, WE'VE HAD A REPORT ON THIS ALREADY, BUT ANYTHING MR. HUY? UH, NO.
WE HAVE NO FURTHER INFORMATION.
WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, INCLUDING, UH, BRIAN HADLEY.
OUR, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE ALREADY HAD THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS.
THIS IS FOR THE ADOPTION OF THIS NOW.
SO, UH, WITH THAT WE'D OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO, THERE ARE NONE.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE VOTE.
COULD WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE ADOPTION PLEASE? MOTION TO ADOPT MR. CHAIRMAN.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
STILL NOT SHOWING UP ON MY BOARD, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
AND NOW I DID MOTION APPROVED.
[10.3 Zoning Map Amendment to Implement the Focused General Plan Update.]
A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE FOCUS, GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.AND, UH, WITH THAT WE WOULD, UH, ANYTHING NEW ON THAT ONE, MR. GEARY? WE DON'T NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
BUT HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE SUCH.
THIS HAS BEEN BEFORE US A COUPLE TIMES ALREADY NOW.
AND SO NOW IS TIME FOR ADOPTION.
UM, I WOULD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS? NO, THERE ARE NONE.
COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION TO CLOSE MR. CHAIRMAN? RIGHT.
AND WE'LL GET A SECOND DOWN HERE.
IT'S A WHOLE LOT EASIER WITH ONLY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT OUT WHO'S MAKING MOTION AND WHO'S MAKING SECOND? IT WORKS OUT GOOD.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR ANYTHING OR YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON, BUT OKAY.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA COMMENT? SURE.
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JUST WANT TO THANK AND COMMENCE STAFF.THIS IS THE FINAL, UM, PROCESS TO, TO END THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, THIS IS THE END.
HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN WORKING ON THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN FOR THIS CYCLE? LONGER THAN THE PANDEMIC? ABOUT TWICE AS LONG.
SINCE, UH, WE INITIATED THIS PROCESS IN MARCH OF 2020, UH, WITH THE, UH, HOUSING ELEMENT, UH, WE'VE TOUCHED, UH, SIX DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE GENERAL PLAN, UH, INCLUDING ADOPTION OF A NEW ZONING, UH, MAP AND THE HOUSE, NATIONAL CITY PROGRAM.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S QUITE A, A GIRTH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR ALL THEIR PATIENTS THROUGH THE PRO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF DOCUMENTS TO REVIEW, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR THEIR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND THEIR PATIENTS AND TO ALL THE STAFF THAT WORKED ON THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
IT, IT, IT HAS BEEN QUITE A RIDE, BUT WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE DONE.
UH, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THE DILIGENT WORK.
THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA BE, I THINK, VERY GOOD TO NOT JUST MEET OUR HOUSING, UM, ALLOCATION GOALS, BUT TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF HOUSING THAT NATIONAL CITY NEEDS.
UM, UH, I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING MORE HOUSING RELATED ITEMS WITH ADUS AND, UH, A HOST OF OTHER THINGS, BUT, UH, REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE EFFORT OF STAFF AND GETTING, GETTING US THROUGH THE END OF THIS PROCESS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION? I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT.
IF YOU COULD DO IT AGAIN, PLEASE.
CAN YOU DO YOUR MOTION IN A SECOND?
I WENT, UH, I WILL SAY AFTER HAVING BEEN THROUGH MANY OF THESE GENERAL PLAN, UH, EXERCISE THROUGH THE YEAR, THIS IS THE END OF THE BEGINNING.
SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE GO TO, UH, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
I AM NONE MAYOR, UH, AND COUNCIL.
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UH, START DOWN HERE.I'M GONNA MAKE THIS VERY BRIEF.
I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF THE RESCUE MISSION.
UH, THEIR STAFF, THEIR DONORS, THEIR VOLUNTEERS.
UM, THIS WEEK THEY WILL BE OPENING UP A NAVIGATION FACILITY HERE IN NATIONAL CITY OVER ON EUCLID IN 32ND AND 24TH.
UM, WHERE'D I GET 30 SECONDS? I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S SOMEWHERE OUT THERE CLOSE TO, UM, BUT, UH, BUT IT'S GONNA BE ACCOMMODATING FOR 162 INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, UH, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
AND SO I REALLY WANNA COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF THAT ORGANIZATION.
THEY ASKED, UM, THE ONLY THING THEY ASKED FOR US WERE PERMITS AND SUPPORT.
AND, UM, I KNOW WHEN THE CONVERSATION CAME UP, THERE WERE OVER 500 INDIVIDUALS IN NATIONAL CITY THAT SIGNED A PETITION THAT SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT IT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANTS ONE OF THESE CENTERS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, BUT, BUT WE NEED, BUT WE ALSO ADMIT THAT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE OR ONE OF THE HIGHEST ISSUES, UM, IS THE HIGH RATE OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO GO WHILE WE FIND PERMANENT HOUSING FOR THEM.
AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS FINALLY GONNA OPEN UP.
UM, RESCUE MISSION IS A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION.
UH, A PART OF THEIR, UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST GETTING PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, OFF THE STREET AND PLACING THEM IN PERMANENT HOUSING.
UH, THEY ALSO, UH, TRY TO GET THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL, THROUGH FAITH.
AND, UH, FOR ME THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO GET PERMANENT HOUSING AND, AND STAY ON THAT, ON THAT TRACK.
I THINK WE ALL WANT THEM TO SUCCEED AND DO WELL.
AND, UH, SO I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED AND, UH, REALLY WANNA COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF MY, UH, COLLEAGUES, MY PREVIOUS COLLEAGUES THAT VOTED ON THIS ITEM, THE MAYOR, WHICH WAS, WERE YOU MAYOR OR COUNCIL BACK THEN? BY THE COUNCIL BACK THEN? THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND ALSO FOR THE CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME OUT TO, UH, TO VOLUNTEER AND HELP IN THE COMMUNITY BUILD, UM, YOU KNOW, PROJECT, THE WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT ON PLAZA AND HARDISON.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UH, ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM THAT THE
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL HERE HAD APPROVED FOR THIS YEAR.AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UM, EVERYBODY CAME OUT TO HELP.
UM, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE.
OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CHIEF KREPPS WAS THERE.
UH, CARLOS CHIEF, UM, ALEX, YOU WERE THERE TOO.
YOU KNOW, I'M AND MI MITCH BEACH ALMOST THERE TOO.
RANDY, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE.
MR. NIETO, HE WAS REALLY CARRYING THE, THE WHEELBARROW AND HE SAID, UM, HE WAS REALLY THERE.
WERE VERY HAPPY THAT IT'S CLEAN NOW.
IT'S THE, IT'S THE PART OF MAINTAINING IT, UH, AND SUSTAINING IT.
AND I THINK THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE AND PUBLIC WORKS, UM, STEVE AND MARTHA, WHO REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THAT, OF, OF THIS PROJECT AND, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, MAYOR, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT THE LOBBYING THING, UM, THAT THIS, UM, PEOPLE CAME MM-HMM.
UM, WE, I SAY WE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ME.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER, UM, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE GENERAL MANAGER WHO WENT TO, UM, SACRAMENTO TO REPORT TO THE, TO THE, UH, LEGISLATORS OF THE, UM, OF THE UPDATES OF THE, UH, PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE SUPPORTED.
UM, SO I I, I, THERE WAS NO LOBBYING FOR FUNDS FOR THE, FOR THE, UM, FLOATING SOLAR.
UM, I DO NOT APPRECIATE, UM, BEING CALLED OUT, UH, BY PEOPLE WITH PURE ENTITLEMENT AND DISREGARD, UH, FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, THIS FLOATING SOLAR IS UNDER, UM, REVIEW OR UNDER STUDY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT MR. MAYOR MM-HMM,
UM, IT IS UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
UM, WE CALL FOR BOLD SOLUTIONS.
MAYBE THIS IS ONE, MAYBE NOT, WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE IT'S STILL A STUDY, BUT WE CANNOT STICK OUR HEADS IN THE SUN AND, AND PRETEND THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT REAL.
UM, YEAH, A COUPLE OF THINGS INDEED.
THE, UH, WE DID HAVE, UH, OH, AND WE GOT OUR, OUR CITY TREASURER BACK OUT THERE ALSO.
OKAY, WE'LL LET YOU COME UP IN JUST A MOMENT.
THE, UH, ONE WAS THE, THE PROJECT OUT ON PLAZA THERE NEXT TO HARON ON SATURDAY.
IT WAS A GREAT PROJECT GETTING, GETTING THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE BACK SOMETIME AT SOME POINT.
WE HAD, I THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE THERE WERE KIND OF BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER.
AND, UH, BUT IT WAS, UH, UH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF WORK.
AND UH, UM, AND I DO HAVE TO COME IN MARTHA, SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, OR HER BOSS IS HERE, UH, BECAUSE SHE GRABBED ONE OF THE WHEELBARROWS.
AND SO EVERYONE, SO THEY PUT A LOAD IN IT, THEN THEY DOUBLED THE LOAD ON IT AND TO WHERE IT WAS OVERFLOWING AND SHE WAS GAME AND SHE WENT WITH IT ANYWAY.
AND, UH, SO, UH, UH, BUT AS I SAY, IT WAS JUST A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND IT WAS BEING DONE.
UM, AND ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS AN AREA THAT THE, THE HOMELESS WERE TAKING OVER AND WE'RE JUST BASICALLY TRASHING AND TRASHING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING NICE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT SOMETHING THAT CANNOT EASILY BE, BE TRASHED AND MISUSED.
UM, AND, AND TALKING ABOUT THAT, UH, CALTRANS HAS BEEN STEPPING UP AND HAS STARTED DOING CLEANUP PROJECTS AGAIN HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
UH, THEY CLEANED UP THE FREEWAY THERE AT, UH, SEVENTH, UH, AND ROOSEVELT, THERE'RE BEHIND THE JACK IN THE BOX ALONG THE FREEWAY.
ALTHOUGH WE DROVE DOWN THROUGH THEIR DAY, WE SAW SOMEONE STARTING TO MOVE BACK IN.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A WHACK-A-MOLE TYPE SITUATION.
UH, THEY CLEANED UP DOWN THERE AT 16TH STREET, UM, AT THE 8 0 5 WHERE WE HAD THE SWAT ACTION THIS LAST WEEK.
BUT THEY'RE, UH, THEY JUST CLEANED THAT ONE UP, UH, UNDERNEATH, UH, CIVIC CENTER HERE AT THE FIVE.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, PUTTING IN A NEW FENCING THAT IS NOT THE REGULAR CHAIN LINK FENCE, SUPPOSEDLY IMPENETRABLE TYPE FENCE.
SO WE WILL SEE, SO IT CAN GUARD OFF THEIR PROPERTY.
BUT I NOTICED A GUY THAT'S GOT PROBABLY, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT PROBABLY EVERY, I'M GONNA CALL THEM MISPLACED BICYCLES IN THE CITY.
HE'S GOT THE PARTS OF 'EM THERE, UH, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND HE'S GOT, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS GUY.
UH, BUT THEY ARE, THEY ARE PUTTING UH, UH, NEW TYPE FENCING IN THEIR AREAS NOW.
AND, UH, SO THAT HAS BEEN A, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT.
UM, AND SO THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STARTING TO WORK AND, AND STARTING TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE AREAS.
THEY LOST THEIR CONTRACTOR BEFORE BECAUSE THE CONTRACTORS BASICALLY JUST WALKED AWAY AND SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THIS ANYMORE.
SO THEY HAD TO GET NEW CONTRACTORS TO, TO DO THE WORK.
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OF US HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO DO CLEANUPS IN SOME OF THESE CAMPS.AND IT IS FILTHY TO SAY AND NOT THE WAY THAT ANY PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE.
UM, THE, UH, THE OTHER ONE IS TOMORROW THEY DO HAVE THE OPENING, UH, FOR THE RESCUE MISSION, UH, DOWN AT 24TH.
AND, UH, THE, UH, GREAT THING ABOUT THAT ONE IS THAT IT, THIS IS GONNA BE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT THE HELP.
SO FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUT THERE HOMELESS, THERE ARE SOME I KNOW THAT ARE PSYCHOTIC OR WHATEVER, AND THEY NEED VERY SPECIAL TREATMENT AND THE COUNTY NEEDS TO GET OFF OF ITS DUFF AND PROVIDE IT, THEY GET THE MONEY FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
AND SO THEY NEED TO, I THINK, BE PROVIDING MORE, MORE SERVICES IN THAT AREA.
UH, AND THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LEGITIMATELY ON THE STREET THAT DON'T WANT TO BE THERE.
THOSE IS WHAT THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE FOR.
NOW, THERE'S GONNA STILL BE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, EVEN IF YOU TAKE CARE OF BOTH OF THOSE, THERE'S STILL A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE LEFT OUT ON THE STREET THAT ARE MORE, AND YOU HATE TO SEE THIS, I'LL PROBABLY BE ACCUSED OF SOMETHING TERRIBLE FOR SAYING ARE MORE THE, I WILL, I'LL CALL 'EM ONE.
YOU'VE GOT THE PSYCHOTIC AND YOU KNOW, AND VERY HEAVILY DRUG ADDICTED.
YOU HAVE THE OTHERS WHO ARE THERE FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, CIRCUMSTANCES IN LIFE.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SOME OTHERS THAT ARE JUST PLAIN IRRESPONSIBLE.
AND I REFER TO 'EM AS THE URBAN OUTDOORSMAN AND A COUPLE OF OTHER TERMS. AND WE NEED TO TELL THEM, HEY, YOU NEED TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE AND BECOME A RESPONSIBLE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT UNTIL WE PROVIDE A SERVICE, LIKE IT'S GONNA BE PROVIDED BY THE, UH, UH, RESCUE MISSION, THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO DO.
AND IT'S HARD TO, TO TELL ONE FROM THE OTHER.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A, UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THERE.
THEY HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS, UH, OTHER FACILITIES, TWO OTHER FACILITIES, ONE IN DOWNTOWN AND ONE IN OCEANSIDE.
THE ONE IN DOWNTOWN IS ON THE NORTH END OF DOWN, UH, DOWNTOWN.
AND THEIR FACILITIES ARE PHENOMENAL.
YOU WOULD NEV YOU COULD GO BY THEIR FACILITY ALL DAY LONG AND YOU NEVER KNOW IT WAS A HOMELESS FACILITY, UNLIKE FATHER JOE'S AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER AREAS, I'M SORRY, YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT.
AND THEY, THEIR RECIDIVISM RATE IS CLOSE TO ZERO.
AND THESE PROGRAMS, LIKE THE, THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE GOING OPENING UP TOMORROW IS BASICALLY FOR UP TO 30 DAYS.
AND THAT GETS THEM INTO PEOPLE, GETS 'EM EVALUATED, GETS 'EM CLEANED UP EVERYTHING ELSE, AND THEN GETS 'EM INTO LONGER TERM PROGRAMS. SO WHEN THEY COME OUT, THEY COME OUT WITH JOBS, WITH HOUSING, WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, WITH THEIR FINANCES TOGETHER, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF AND BACK ON THEIR FEET.
AND THEY'VE, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU DON'T FIND 'EM GOING BACK OUT ON THE STREETS AND THE RECIDIVISM RATE SO LOW.
AND ONE OF THE OTHER GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT, UNLIKE ALMOST ALL THE OTHER HOMELESS PROGRAMS, DOESN'T TAKE ONE PENNY OF GOVERNMENT MONEY.
IF THEY CAN BE THAT SUCCESSFUL AND, UH, AND NOT HAVE TO RELY UPON GOVERNMENT, MAYBE THAT OUGHT TO TEACH US A LESSON.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, SO ANYWAY, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPENING TOMORROW AND, UM, COMING UP.
AND THEN I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE OUR, OUR, UH, NEW BUSINESS OUT IN PLAZA, BENITA, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT THING AGAIN? THE ROUND ONE.
AND, AND I WAS MAKING INQUIRIES, INQUIRIES, INQUIRIES TODAY.
AND, UH, I, WE DON'T HAVE A DATE.
IT'S, IT'S COMING ANY DAY NOW THOUGH, SO ANY DAY NOW, MAYOR.
YEAH, I KNOW THEY THROW OUT A NOTICE ABOUT FOR THIS SATURDAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT I, I GONNA CHECK IN THE MORNING TO FIND OUT.
THEY DON'T HAVE FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROVAL THOUGH, AMONGST OTHER THINGS.
WELL THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS ROUND ONE OF A 10 ROUND BOUT.
AND, UH, BUT WE WILL, UH, UH, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S SOON TO BE OPENING UP AND THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, QUITE, QUITE A FACILITY.
SO, UH, A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN NASHVILLE CITY.
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IS WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING FOR SEVEN WEEKS,
AND, UH, SO AS WE GO ON OUR, OUR, UH, JULY BREAK AND, UH, UM, SUMMER BREAK AND IT ALLOWS STAFF TO GET CAUGHT UP AFTER BUDGETING AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET CAUGHT UP ON, ON SO MANY THINGS.
AND I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE, UH, WITH AN AGENDA FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY TREASURER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE TERM RECIDIVISM IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE USE OF THAT FACILITY THAT'S USUALLY USED FOR OTHER, OTHER THINGS.
UM, I WANTED TO BRING UP THE ISSUE OF THE, THE FLOODING.
UM, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT A, UM, THERE'S A, UM, AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 16TH AND NATIONAL, ACROSS MY OLD OSCARS TO THE WEST, UH, IT'S A AUTO REPAIR FACILITY OWNED BY, UH, MR. WYNN VIETNAMESE GENTLEMAN WHO PASSED AWAY AND THEY'RE CLOSING THE BUSINESS.
I WAS ASKED TO GO HELP A FRIEND TO, TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND I TALKED TO THE BICYCLE OWNER, A BICYCLE SHOP OWNER NEXT DOOR, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE RAINS HIT, WE HAD 10 INCHES OF WATER IN THE STORE.
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MM-HMM.AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE, UH, THE, THE AUTO SHOP, 'CAUSE WE COULDN'T GET IN 'CAUSE THEY HAD CLOSED IT.
THE FRONT SHOWS THE 10 INCHES OF INUNDATION.
AS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI POINTED OUT, CLIMATE CHANGE IS WITH US.
ONE THING THAT I'VE NOTICED IN MY YEARS OF CONSULTING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SOME AGENCIES, INSTEAD OF FIGHTING EACH TIME THESE THINGS HAPPEN AND WE AS, AS WE KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE MORE AND MORE APPARENT, UM, THE C SAN DIEGO BOUGHT OUT THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THESE CLAIMS ON, ON THESE KINDS OF ISSUES.
UM, UH, AND AS IT WAS POINTED OUT BY, UH, MS. RINCON, I APPARENTLY MADE A STATEMENT ON THE, ON THE VIDEO YEARS AGO THAT THIS, THIS PROC THIS PROBLEM WITH PARADISE CREEK COMING INTO OUR CITY AT EIGHTH AND WELL PLAZA AND EIGHTH IN THAT AREA, UH, IT'S GONNA FLOOD, IT'S GONNA HIT PEOPLE.
AND SOME SAY IT'S BECAUSE THE GREAT WAS CLOSED OR WHATEVER.
BUT THOSE KINDS OF SITUATIONS, WE AS A CITY, ALTHOUGH RIGHT NOW WE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, THE FUTURE, THE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, IT'S GONNA KEEP HAPPENING.
AND THERE MAY BE A PROCESS TO OBTAIN THOSE PROPERTIES.
'CAUSE THEY'RE IN THE FLOODPLAIN, THEY'RE IN THE DRAINAGE, THEY'RE IN AN AREA THAT'S GONNA BE A HUMID WETLAND AREA THAT YOU HAVE TO GET PERMITS TO SCREW AROUND WITH IT ANYWAY, TO, TO BUY THOSE PEOPLE OUT, NOT AS A CONDEMNATION, BUT OFFER THEM A WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS PROCESS.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CAVEAT MTOR, I GUESS THERE'RE BUT A PROPERTY IN ORDER TO GET THEM OUT.
SO WE SAVE OURSELVES THESE HASSLES AND THAT THE GRIEF THESE PEOPLE HAVE, I MEAN THERE'S, THERE'S FLOOD FLOODPLAIN MAPS THAT SHOW THAT CLEARLY THESE PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET FLOODED.
SO IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
'CAUSE THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, THAT'S HOW THEY, THEY HANDLED, OF COURSE THEY'RE BANKRUPT, OF COURSE, BUT THAT'S NOT, NOT BECAUSE OF THAT
UH, THE SECOND THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT WAS, UH, CONCURRENCE.
UH, WHEN I CAME IN THE COUNCIL, I HAD THESE LITTLE THINGS I THOUGHT WE COULD, I COULD DO.
AND, UH, I GOT SLAPPED DOWN BECAUSE THEY, THEY, WE DIDN'T ALL AGREE ON THINGS.
AND WHEN I WAS IN MTDB, UH, I WAS ON THERE EIGHT YEARS I THINK.
AND WHEN THINGS CAME UP, I TRIED TO GO WITH THE COUNCIL AND SAY, WHAT'S HAPPENING BEFORE THE VOTE CAME IN, UH, THE VOTE ON SWEETWATER AUTHORITY IS KIND OF EMBARRASSING.
WE GOT ONE FOR, AND ONE AGAINST THIS, UH, THIS SOLAR, SOLAR SITUATION I WOULD HOPE.
AND, AND, AND GOING UP TO SACRAMENTO AND LOBBYING, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD REVIEW THESE ITEMS, EVEN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.
WE DID IT WITH THE PORT COMMISSIONER.
CALL US AND REVIEW THAT ISSUE IN THE PUBLIC SO THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE AN INPUT.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HEARD AT THE PORT COMMISSION.
LET US, GIVE US, LET US GIVE INPUT.
SHE WENT OFF WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION.
SHE WAS ABLE TO HELP ON THOSE GUYS AND THAT SHE WASN'T WORKING WITH THE PORT PEOPLE FOR THE PORT PROJECT.
SHE REPRESENTS THE, UH, NATIONAL CITY IN THE PORT, NOT EHC.
SO TRY TO WORK SOME WAY TO COMMUNICATE YOUR DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENTS SO THAT YOU COULD REPRESENT THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND NOT YOUR OWN ISSUES.
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OUR CITY ATTORNEY REPORT.THERE WERE TWO ITEMS ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM WAS A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
THE CASE WAS BANDARI VERSUS CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION ON THAT ONE.
THE SECOND ITEM INVOLVED A WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM.
THE CLAIMANT WAS MICHAEL SHANAHAN.
AND THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION ON THAT MATTER EITHER.
WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF OUR AGENDA AND WE WILL BE ADJOURNING TO OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULE MEETING, WHICH IS ON AUGUST THE SIXTH.