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LINE.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, START THE MEETING.THE, UH, BEFORE WE PROCEED, I'M GONNA REQUEST THAT THE INTERPRETER TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION SERVICES THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR THIS EVENING'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THOSE INSTRUCTIONS IN SPANISH.
AS A REMINDER, IF WE COULD PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES OR ANY OTHER DEVICES IN THE CHAMBER ALL OF A SUDDEN WE DON'T HAVE TO GET UP AND START DANCING TO YOUR PHONE.
UM, WE HAVE A, UH, A AB 24 49 REQUEST TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY BY A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE'VE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH OF A NEED TO PARTICIPATE REMOTE, UH, REMOTELY.
FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENTS OF AB 24 49, WE MUST FIRST CONFIRM THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
AND WE DO HAVE FOUR MEMBERS AT THE DAAS.
UM, COUNCILMAN BUSH IS PRESENT VIA ZOOM.
COUNCILMAN BUSH, PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND FIRST CONFIRM THAT YOU CAN BE HEARD AND SEEN AND THAT YOU CAN HEAR AND SEE THE DAIS.
PROVIDE A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO THE NEED TO APPEAR REMOTELY.
SO LAST WEEK I TESTED POSITIVE FOR, UH, COVID.
AND SO TOM, UH, TOMORROW IS, UH, TODAY'S MY LAST DAY STILL OF QUARANTINE.
SO I'VE RECOVERED, BUT STILL, YEAH.
SO THEN YOU WOULD BE, UH, CLAIMING YOUR ABSENCE UNDER JUST CAUSE, CORRECT.
AND, UH, THEN WOULD, IF WE COULD HAVE THE, UM, LET ME GO DOWN THROUGH, UH, COUNCILMAN BUSH.
IS THERE ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OF AGE PRESENT AT THE REMOTE LOCATION WITH YOU? YES.
AND DOWNSTAIRS, THOUGH NOT IN MY ROOM.
UM, THE, UH, UH, CITY CLERK, UH, COULD YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THE NUMBER OF TIMES THIS COUNCIL MEMBER HAS APPEARED REMOTELY FOR WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR? UH, YES, FOR THE AB 2, 4, 4 9.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER TIME UNDER THE, UH, TELECONFERENCED UNDER THE BROWN ACT.
UH, WITH THAT, AT THIS TIME, THIS, UH, THE CITY CLERK WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE TO ACCEPT THE VIRTUAL AS ASSISTANT, UH, ATTENDANCE DUE TO JUST CAUSE REASON.
AT THIS POINT, WE ARE GONNA NOW BEGIN THE ACTUAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND, UH, A LIVE WEBCAST.
THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND A 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 ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
IN PERSON IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE SALMON COLORED SPEAKER SLIPS, WHICH YOU'LL FIND AT THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER, AND GET THOSE OVER TO OUR CITY CLERK DESK, UH, VIA 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 COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
WITH THAT, COULD WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA PRESENT, VICE MAYOR IMANI.
AT THIS POINT, UH, IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION.
AND, UH, MAYOR IMANI, WHAT YOU PLEASE? READY, BEGIN.
I HAVE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS,
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ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.LORD, WE WANNA INVITE YOUR WISDOM, YOUR PRESENCE, INTO THIS COUNCIL MEETING THIS EVENING.
WE WANT TO JUST BRING TOGETHER THE MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, LEADERS OF THE CITY, AND JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD DIRECT THIS MEETING.
AND ALL THAT'S SAID AND DONE, THAT THERE WOULD BE A COHESIVENESS OF COLLABORATION, OF WORKING TOGETHER TO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS, WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE 9 1 9 5 0.
MAYBE NOT WHAT'S THE EASIEST OR THE CHEAPEST, BUT WHAT'S THE BEST.
WE ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AS THEY'RE OUT PROTECTING THIS GREAT CITY AND WATCH OVER THEM AND ALL THOSE THAT CALLED THE 9 1 9 5 OH THEIR HOME PLACE OF WORSHIP, PLACE OF BUSINESS.
WE WANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE OFFICIALS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW ARE ELECTED TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THEIR BEHALF.
SO MAY THERE JUST BE A DIVINE PRESENCE OF UNITY, OF HARMONY AS WE JUST PUT THIS MEETING TOGETHER TONIGHT.
AND WE SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT JESUS NAME.
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WE ARE NOW HERE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS OR MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, GIVE EACH PERSON, UH, THREE MINUTES ON THESE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A, A HUGE NUMBER ON THE SPEAKERS ON PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT.
SO I WILL CALL YOU UP AND THEN I'LL ALSO CALL THE PERSON BEHIND YOU SO YOU CAN ALREADY COME UP AND BE READY, READY TO SPEAK.
SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, TED GODSHAW TO BE FOLLOWED BY GREGORY MARTINEZ.
I'M AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CRITIC TONIGHT.
MR. RODRIGUEZ AND MR. BUSH SOMETIMES HAVE SAID THAT CRITICS OF THIS COUNCIL DON'T SPREAD THE CRITICISM AROUND, BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DO THAT.
POLICY 1 0 4 CALLS OUT THAT YOU CAN LIMIT PUBLIC SPEAKING WHEN YOU HAVE 10 SPEAKERS OR MORE.
AND YOU DID TWO MEETINGS AGO, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE 10 SPEAKERS AND YOU LIMITED ME TO ONE MINUTE.
I DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING IN THAT NIGHT.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU FOLLOW THE POLICY.
SECONDLY, COUNCIL POLICY ALLOWS FOR A PUBLIC PERSON TO HOLD A CONSENT ITEM OUT FOR CLARIFICATION.
AND I DID THAT LAST MEETING AND THE QUESTIONS I ASKED WERE NOT ANSWERED AT THE MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THEM A WEEK LATER, MS. MOLINA.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT YOU CORRECT THAT AND FOLLOW THAT POLICY AS WELL.
WHEN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC'S CALLING OUT MORE EYES ON THE PROJECTS, LAWSUITS, CHECKS, DECISIONS IS BETTER.
MS. YAMANI, THANK YOU FOR SAYING YOUR WORDS.
LAST MEETING ABOUT NEEDING MORE CLARIFICATION ON THE, ON THE WARRANT REGISTERS.
THE, THE LIST OF CHECKS ARE OFTEN VAGUE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY ON.
I ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION ABOUT A $17,000 CHECK AND I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER.
THIS BRINGS ME TO MS. YUI AND MR. BUSH.
MR. BUSH HAS TRAVELED TO ALBUQUERQUE FOR THE CRUISING CONFERENCE AND TO PORTLAND AND OFFICE SUPPLIES FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
AND MS. YUI SPENDING FOR MEETINGS APPEAR TO BELONG UNDER THEIR $100,000 LINE ITEM.
BUT IN REGISTER NUMBER THREE, TONIGHT, IT'S LISTED UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
IT'S HARD FOR US TO TRACK WHEN THE SPENDING ISN'T IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
DO WE HAVE TO DO SLEUTHING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU'RE SPENDING THE MONEY? THE COUNCIL CATEGORY APPEARS IN WARRANT NUMBER FOUR TONIGHT IN THE AGENDA.
AND THE TRIPS ARE IN THERE TOO, THE HOTELS, BUT THEY'RE ALL LATER UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE EXPENDITURES AGAIN.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THIS.
YOU SHOULD FIX THESE ACCOUNTINGS BEFORE YOU APPROVE THEM TONIGHT.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, I THINK YOU STARTED ALL THIS.
WHEN YOU PUSH THROUGH THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD CALLED THE SLUSH FUND, I'VE STARTED TO TAKE A LONGER VIEW OF THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT YOU GAVE EACH OTHER.
SO ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS IS WITH MATH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TIMES FOUR OF YOU IS 400,000 A YEAR TIMES YOUR FOUR YEAR TERM TURNS INTO $1.6 MILLION.
I DON'T THINK THE SPENDING IS PRUDENT.
I THINK YOU SHOULD PAY FOR TRIPS YOURSELF.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BUDGET DOWNFALL, UH, SHORTFALL THIS YEAR.
WE, UH, HAD GREGORY MARTINEZ COME FORWARD AND BE FOLLOWED BY
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MATTIAS GARCIA.MY NAME IS GREGORY MARTINEZ OR GREGORIO MARTINEZ.
I LIVE AT 1511 HARDING AVENUE.
UH, BETWEEN 16TH AND 15, UH, I'M HERE TO PRESENT A, A COMPLAINT AGAINST MY NEIGHBOR.
HE, UH, SEEMS TO PICK THE WEEKENDS TO HAVE HIS PARTIES AND LOUD MUSIC AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, DRINKING AND STUFF.
YOU KNOW, HE LIVES AT 1515 HARTING IN THE REAR.
THERE'S TWO HOUSES IN THAT LOT.
AND, UH, I'M JUST TIRED OF HIS, UH, PARTIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, OR SOMEBODY CAN DO ABOUT IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIM GONE EVICTED.
I KNOW IT'S HARD, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO.
UM, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY I CAN TALK TO ABOUT THE PROCESS.
WE, WE, WE HAVE YOUR INFORMATION HERE AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER, EVERYTHING.
I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO STAFF AND MAKE SURE SOMEONE CONTACTS YOU.
MATTIA GARCIA, UH, TO BE FOLLOWED BY LISA HUTCHINSON.
HELLO, MY NAME IS MATTIAS GARCIA.
I LIVE AT 2231 VAN NESS AVENUE, RIGHT BEHIND GRAIN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M HERE REGARDING THE, UM, SITUATION WITH THE FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES.
UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CANYON, THERE'S A CANYON THERE.
SO I WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA GIVE EACH OF YOU A COPY OF THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO ME AND IT SAYS, UH, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF A FINE OF $300.
UH, AND, AND IT'S A MISDEMEANOR AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF CHARGES AND, UH, OTHER FINES IF I DON'T COMPLY, OKAY.
COULD RIGHT ON THE, UH, JUST GIVE THAT TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD PROGRAM.
I HAVE A FEELING IT MAY BE A MAKE TO WORK PROGRAM FOR FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FI FEES ATTACHED TO THAT.
BUT WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU.
NOW, THIS FOLDER CONTAINS ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS I TOOK YESTERDAY OF CITY PROPERTY THAT'S NEAR THE PLACE THAT NEEDS TO BE ABATED.
AND I WANT, I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER.
THEY'RE TABS A THROUGH A THROUGH D.
THERE'RE NOT VERY MANY PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT YOU GUYS CAN ALL THUMB THROUGH THEM, OKAY? OKAY.
SO I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S IN THERE.
CAB A BETWEEN 2304 AND 2330, RACHEL AVENUE IS A LOT THAT'S OWNED BY THE CITY OF NASHVILLE.
CITY IS OVERGROWN WITH STUFF THIS HIGH.
AND YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN CARE OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND ME IF I DON'T TAKE CARE OF MINE, BUT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO FIND LE ARE LEAVING THIS, THIS TERRIBLE MESS OF A, OF A FIRE HAZARD IN PUBLIC CLEAR PUBLIC VIEW.
YET YOU HAVE SENT ME A LETTER.
YOU'LL FIND ME IF I DON'T COMPLY.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT THE CITY HASN'T DONE.
SECONDLY, TAB B IN THAT, IN THAT, ARE YOU PASSING THAT TO THEM? ARE THEY? HUH? THEY NEED TO SEE, SEE THOSE PHOTOS? HANDOUTS ARE, ARE HANDOUT HANDED OUT FOLLOWING THE MEETING.
HARBISON IS NOT A REGULAR STREET.
IT CAN'T BE USED AS IF I BUILD IN THE BACK.
I CAN'T SAY THAT THE ACCESS IS THROUGH HARON AVENUE HAS TO BE AN EASEMENT THROUGH VAN NESS AVENUE.
ANYWAY, IT'S FULL OF BAMBOO, IT'S TERRIBLE.
BUT IN TAB B OF THAT, IT SHOWS A PICTURE OF ME STANDING ON A MANHOLE COVER.
NOW THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO CLEAR 15 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THAT PIPE.
IT'S THE SEWER SEWER PIPE THAT RUNS FROM PARADISE HILLS THROUGH THAT CANYON AND IT HASN'T BEEN DONE.
AND I TALKED TO ROBERT HERANDEZ A WHILE BACK AND HE SAID IT'S TOO DIFFICULT.
THERE ARE FOUR AGENCIES OF OTHER AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT PASSES TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.
THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY, YOU SHOULD FIRE THE COP.
OKAY, MATE, WE WILL, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE RECEIVES IT.
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UH, LISA HUTCHINSON WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SUSAN KENNEDY.MY NAME IS LISA AND I'M A, UH, MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES HERE LIVE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
WE ARE VOLUNTEERS WITH UNITED SOVEREIGN AMERICANS, NOT SPOKESPEOPLE WITH WHAT GROUP WAS IT? UNITED SOVEREIGN AMERICANS.
AND YOU'LL BE GETTING A, A RESOLUTION AT THE END.
UNITED SOVEREIGN AMERICANS IS A NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION WITH THOUSANDS OF ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS IN OVER 20 STATES.
TODAY WE COME TO YOU AS CONCERNED CITIZENS SHARING ALARMING INFORMATION ABOUT OUR STATE'S VOTER ROLL DATABASE.
RESEARCH OF THE STATE VOTER DATABASE HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND CREDENTIALED DATA TEAMS. AS, UH, AN ANALYST OF THE 2022 ELECTION RESEARCHED BY THESE HIGHLY QUALIFIED DATA TEAMS USING ONLY OF OFFICIAL DATA PROVIDED BY THE CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS OFFICIALS INDICATE SERIOUS ISSUES WITH COMPLIANCE OF FEDERAL LAW.
WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC.
THE RESULTS OF THIS AFOREMENTIONED ANALYST ANALYSIS SHOWING THE VOTES, CAST, COUNTED, AND CERTIFIED MAY NOT ALL BE VALID AND ACCURATE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND UNDER THE LAW.
WE ARE NOT HERE TO CAST ANY BLAME OR ASPERSIONS ON ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL.
WE DO NOT SUGGEST ANY CANDIDATE IN ANY RACE HAVING WRONGLY WON OR LOST THEIR RACES.
NOR DO WE ADVOCATE OR FOR THE OVERTURNING OF OR RERUNNING OF ANY PAST ELECTION.
TONIGHT, WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU WITH A RESOLUTION AT THE END, DEME, UH, DEMANDING AN END TO THE INACCURACIES AND UNCERTAINTY PLAGUING OUR ELECTIONS, ALONG WITH A SUMMARY OF OUR FINDINGS AND THE LAWS THAT APPLY.
THOUGH YOU, UH, BEAR NO DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYTHING IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, WE COME TO YOU OUR CLOSEST ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR SUPPORT AND ACTION.
WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU LISTEN TO THE RESOLUTION AND TAKE THE NECESSARY, UH, SORRY, THE NECESSITY FOR VALID ELECTION.
SERIOUSLY, BY ADDING THE RESOLUTION TO YOUR NEXT MEETING AGENDA.
OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL READ THE RESOLUTION.
AND THREE PARTS IN OUR FINAL SPEAKER.
WE'LL CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION.
NEXT WE HAVE SUSAN KENNEDY BE FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE EKIN.
EAN, I THINK IS HOW YOU PRONOUNCED.
MY NAME IS SUSAN AND I'M HERE TO READ INTO THE RECORD THE FIRST PORTION OF THE USA RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION FOR A LEGALLY VALID 2024 GENERAL ELECTION.
WHEREAS IT IS A RECOGNIZED CIVIL RIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES FOR EVERY CITIZEN TO HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.
WHEREAS IT IS THE DUTY OF OUR ELECT ELECTION OFFICIALS TO GUARANTEE OUR ELECTIONS ARE ACCURATE AND FREE FROM DISTORTION OR MANIPULATION.
WHEREAS OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT ONLY WORKS WHEN THE FOLLOWING FOUR TENANTS OF AN ELECTION ARE UPHELD.
ONE, THE VOTER ROLLS MUST BE ACCURATE.
NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT 19 93, 2 VOTES COUNTED MUST BE FROM ELIGIBLE VOTERS US CONSTITUTION 14TH AMENDMENT SECTION TWO THREE.
THE NUMBER OF VOTES COUNTED MUST EQUAL THE NUMBER OF VOTERS WHO VOTED.
THERE CAN BE NO MORE THAN ONE IN 125,000 BALLOTS IN ERROR BY THE VOTING SYSTEM.
WHEREAS THE ANALYSIS OF THE CALIFORNIA 2022 GENERAL ELECTION HAS UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF MASSIVE INACCURACIES THAT APPEAR TO VIOLATE BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS, INCLUDING 5,886,198 INELIGIBLE OR UNCERTAIN REGISTRATION VIOLATIONS FOUND WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA STATE VOTER ROLL DATABASE.
2,776,939 VOTES CAST BY INELIGIBLE OR UNCERTAIN REGISTRATIONS 123,785 MORE VOTES COUNTED THAN VOTERS WHO VOTED, NO ONE KNOWS WHO CASTS THEM.
2,776,849 APPARENT VOTING VIOLATIONS IN EXCESS OF THE LEGAL STANDARD OF SYSTEM ACCURACY FOR A VALID FEDERAL ELECTION.
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SYSTEM ERRORS FOR 2022.
GENERAL ELECTION WAS 90 AGAIN, CALIFORNIA HAD APPROXIMATELY 2.8 MILLION APPARENT VOTING VIOLATIONS.
CERTIFICATION IS DEFINED BY LAW IS AN ATTESTATION
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OF ACCURACY AND COMPLIANCE.THE CERTIFICATION OF THE 2022 ELECTION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FRAUDULENT AND ILLEGAL.
OKAY, WE HAVE STEPHANIE BEACON PAYIN.
I HOPE I DIDN'T MESS THAT UP TOO MUCH.
I, AND TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, JACKIE, UH, SOLI.
I AM HERE TO READ INTO RECORD THE NEXT SECTION OF THE USA RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS THESE FINDINGS TRAMPLE LEGAL ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS OF THE VOTING SYSTEM DURING A FEDERAL ELECTION, WHEREAS THE INTENT OF THE VOTERS MUST BE KNOWN FACTUALLY BEFORE CERTIFICATION CAN BE LAWFULLY CONDUCTED.
WHEREAS THE 2022 GENERAL ELECTION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INVALID, DEPRIVING US OF GUARANTEED PROTECTION OF OUR NATURAL RIGHTS UNDER A GOVERNMENT DULY AND PROVABLY CHOSEN BY US, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, RESULTING IN INCALCULABLE DAMAGE TO OUR FAMILIES, OUR WAY OF LIFE, AND THE FABRIC OF THESE UNITED STATES.
THEREFORE, WE CALL UPON OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE PEOPLE AND THE INSURANCE OF DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY BY JOINING US IN DEMANDING A VALID 2024 GENERAL ELECTION THAT UPHOLDS THESE EXISTING LAWS AND EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES OF LAW.
NUMBER ONE, PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP IDENTITY AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIRED TO REGISTER AND VOTE NOT ANONYMOUS ATTESTATION NUMBER TWO, VOTER ROLLS CERTIFIED ACCURATE AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND CHALLENGE 30 DAYS BEFORE THE START OF EARLY VOTING VOTERS ADDED AFTER THAT DATE MUST BRING PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP IDENTITY AND ADDRESSED IN PERSON TO A QUALIFIED OFFICIAL AT EACH POLLING PLACE.
NUMBER THREE, HAND MARKED SECURED BALLOTS SIMILAR TO CURRENCY WHERE IMAGING TECHNOLOGY IS USED FOR TABULATION, THE SECURITY FEATURES MUST BE VERIFIABLE IN A BALLOT IMAGE.
NUMBER FOUR, SYSTEMS MACHINES, SECURITY MEASURES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONDUCT ARE REQUIRED TO BE COMPLIANT WITH FEDERAL LAW FOR FRAUD PREVENTION.
RE REGARDING RISK ASSESSMENT, CERTIFICATION, TESTING, AND IMPLEMENTATION.
NUMBER FIVE, ADJUDICATION MUST BE SIGNED OFF BY PARTY CANDIDATE AND TRAINED CITIZEN WITNESS AFTER BEING GIVEN FULL INEFFECTIVE OBSERVATION RIGHTS CANDIDATES, CANDIDATES AND TRAINED CITIZENS MUST BE ALLOWED IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO BALLOT, BALLOT IMAGES AND CAST VOTE RECORDS.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE AFTER THAT, BARBARA CARNAHAN.
AND I'M HERE TO READ INTO THE RECORD THE LAST SECTION OF THE USA RESOLUTION.
REGARDLESS OF ENTRY SOURCE, ELECTION, OPERATIONS AND SYSTEMS MUST MAINTAIN END-TO-END CHAIN OF CUSTODY FROM VOTER TO VOTE COUNT TO FINAL CANVAS, INCLUDING AUDITABILITY AND WITNESS TRANSFER WITH PAPER RECORDS.
NUMBER SEVEN, A NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY COMPLIANT RANDOMIZED, STATISTICALLY VALID END-TO-END AUDIT.
WITH A 95% CONFIDENCE LEVEL OF ALL ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO THE 14TH AMENDMENT, SECTION TWO MUST BE PERFORMED.
THESE AUDITS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED BY QUALIFIED INSURED AND BONDED SECURITY FORENSICS OR FINANCIAL AUDITORS, NOT PERSONNEL FROM WITHIN THE ELECTION SYSTEM.
RECONCILIATION WILL INCLUDE THE VOTE COUNT, REAL PHYSICAL BALLOTS, ADJUDICATION CAST, VOTE RECORDS, BALLOT COUNT, QUALIFIED VOTE, VOTER COUNT, CUSTODY TRANSFER, AND ALL OTHER PAPER AND ELECTRONIC ELECTION SYSTEMS, INCLUDING LOGS.
IF NUMBER EIGHT, IF THE TOTAL OF UNIQUE VA VARIANCES ABOVE IS MORE THAN 10% OF THE MARGIN OF VICTORY, A NEW ELECTION MUST BE HELD AND THE STATE FOR THOSE CANDIDATES AFFECTED UNLESS THE ISSUES CAN BE PROVABLY CORRECTED BY A MANUAL HAND RECOUNT AND A FULL REVIEW OF RECORDS.
NUMBER NINE, WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS IS NOT ALLOWED.
ONLY END-TO-END SYSTEM COMPLIANCE FROM REGISTRATION THROUGH CER CERTIFICATION CAN GUARANTEE THE INTENT OF THE PEOPLE IS ACCURATELY RECORDED, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE NATIONAL CITY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS STAND IN SUPPORT WITH THE CONCERNS AND REMEDIES PRESENTED.
HERE WE IMPLORE THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPER SUPERVISORS, CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE, FEDERAL LEGISLATORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FEDERAL
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AND STATE PROSECUTORS, JUDGES, AND BOTH CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE AND COUNTY REGISTRARS OF VOTERS TO COOPERATE AND FULFILL THESE FIRM REQUESTS OF THE PEOPLE.OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE BARBARA, AND THEN IT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY EDWARD NETTO.
HELLO, MY NAME IS BARBARA AND I'M HERE TO CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION.
WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT IS A POWERFULLY WRITTEN RESOLUTION OUTLINING, OUTLINING MASSIVE INACCURACIES IN OUR 2022 ELECTION.
FROM REGISTRATION THROUGH CERTIFICATION, THE RESOLUTION DELINEATES MEANINGFUL REMEDIES THAT WILL PROACTIVELY PROTECT THE VALIDITY OF THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION FOR ALL AMERICANS.
YOUR WRITTEN COPY CITES MANY US SUPREME COURT PRECEDENTS AND FEDERAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATES THAT SUPPORT THE NEED FOR SUCH ACTIONS.
LARGE NUMBERS OF CALIFORNIANS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF OUR ELECTIONS OFFICIAL DATA SHOW.
THESE CONCERNS ARE VALID AND THE LAW SAYS RESOLVING THEM IS ESSENTIAL IN SECURING OUR LIBERTY.
THE COST FOR NOT FIXING THE ENUMERATED PROBLEMS IS IMMEASURABLE.
AND SO WE URGE YOU TO PUT THIS RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE YOU CAN VOTE TO JOIN US IN SUPPORT OF FAIR, HONEST, AND VALID ELECTIONS.
THE UNITED SOVEREIGN AMERICANS WEBSITE SHOWCASES OUR INITIATIVES NATIONWIDE AND FUTURE, SOME EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE ELECTION VIDEOS.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THIS, UH, UNITE FOR FREEDOM.COM AND LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR GOAL TO RESTORE VALID ELECTIONS THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY.
THAT'S UNITE THE NUMBER FOUR FREEDOM.COM.
ONE MORE TIME, UNITE THE NUMBER FOUR FREEDOM.COM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, AND I'M HERE TO, UM, TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS HERE.
UM, BUT BEFORE I START, I WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION MAYBE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR AND MANAGER.
I NOTICED YOU'RE ALL LOOKING AT YOUR PHONES AND YOUR COMPUTERS WHEN PEOPLE ARE UP HERE TALKING AND MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GIVING THE PEOPLE ATTENTION WHEN THEY DESERVE IT.
SO, UH, LET ME TALK OFF, LEMME TALK HERE A LITTLE BIT HERE.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT, UM, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE CITY OF SLUSH FUND ABUSE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE WITH A SET SEVEN POSITIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THAT WE'RE ADDING THIS EVENING.
NOT TO SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THESE PEOPLE, BUT JUST THE IDEA, ARE WE GETTING, ARE WE GETTING, ARE WE GETTING OUR SERVICES? ARE WE GONNA GET OUR SERVICES THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR? IS IT GONNA BE DOCUMENTED? WHAT'S THE REASON? IN ONE CASE, WE HAVE FOUR, FOUR PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO ONE COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, TWO MONTHS BEFORE, UH, ELECTION TIME.
IS THIS AN OUTREACH THING? WHERE'S BARRY, WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU AT ON THIS? WHERE'S THE CITY MANAGER ON THIS? YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE CRITERIA? THE LAST TIME WE HAD A TURKEY GIVEAWAY, YOU KNOW, WE, THE EXCUSE FOR GIVING THE TURKEY GIVEAWAY WAS THAT THERE WAS NO CRITERIA TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.
SO ARE WE IN THE SAME POSITION THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AGO? I MEAN, WHERE'S THE, WHERE'S THE REASONING BEHIND THIS? YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB.
SPECIFICALLY BARRY, IN LOOKING AT THE CRITERIA THAT'S OVERRIDING THESE, THESE, THESE FUNDS SPECIFICALLY SAYING, IS THERE FEDERAL CRITERIA THAT SAVES THE COST, HAS TO BE REASONABLE AND ELIGIBLE.
YOU KNOW, EVEN THE FEDERAL CRITERIA THAT SAYS REASONABLE IF YOU'RE, UH, APPLYING FOR FEDERAL FUNDS SAYS IT HAS TO BE DOCUMENTED, NOT DOCUMENTED IN THE WAY THAT YOU ALL WANNA BE.
IT HAS TO BE DOCUMENTED IN A SPECIFIC WAY TO DEFINE THE PURPOSES AND THE REASON AND THE TIME.
BUT ARE YOU FOLLOWING THIS? THE UPSIDE OF THIS, AND I THINK I HOPEFULLY GOT WIND OF THIS.
MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO GET REIMBURSED FOR SOME OF THIS COST.
MAYBE WE'RE BURYING OUR HEADS IN THE SAND, ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, ABUSE TO HAPPEN AT THE EXPENSE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR GOOD THINGS.
YOU'RE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, HAD SET THIS, UH, HAS SAID A GOOD STATEMENT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
THIS COULD BE A VERY GOOD THING IF, YOU KNOW, HAD SET IT UP RIGHT.
BUT NOW, OVER THIS LAST YEAR AND A HALF, IT'S, THERE'S BEEN ABUSE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I, BARRY AND BEN, IF YOU DON'T START MANAGING THE RESOURCES HERE, WHEN WE HAVE A $7 MILLION OR $5 MILLION, UH, DEFICIT, WE'RE GONNA BE IN TROUBLE.
I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD BE AROUND AFTER THAT.
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WE COULD SPEND OUR MONEY ON BETTER THINGS THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.I WOULD JUST ASK TO PLEASE RUN THE MEETING IN ACCORDING TO NORMAL PRACTICE.
AND THAT IS NOT ALLOWING SPEAKERS TO SPEAK TO ANY STAFF HERE, ESPECIALLY IN SUCH A MANNER.
WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU, BUT IT IS NOT OKAY TO, UM, DIRECT SUCH COMMENTS TO STAFF 'CAUSE THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE AND IT REALLY GETS OUT OF HAND.
IT, THEY'RE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT WE ARE.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO PLEASE I RUN THE MEETING ACCORDINGLY.
I THINK THEY CAN MAKE COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE GO ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.
OUR FIRST ONE, MAYOR, WE HAVE ZOOM COMMENTS.
I WAS JUST, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS FUMBLING AROUND HERE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU GUYS WERE TALKING.
WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, ZOOM, UH, ZOOM CALLERS AND WE DO GINA AUSTIN.
OKAY, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT PERSON.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND AS SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION TO ANY EXPANSION OF MARIJUANA RETAILERS IN NATIONAL CITY.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PUBLIC OPINION AND SAFETY DATA, UNDERSCORE THE NEED TO RECONSIDER SUCH EXPANSIONS.
ACCORDING TO A GALLUP POLL RELEASED THIS MONTH, 54% OF OF AMERICANS NOW VIEW MARIJUANA AS HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SOCIETY.
THIS MARKS A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS WHERE OPINIONS WERE MORE EVENLY DIVIDED.
THE POLL REVEALS THAT A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIZENS NO LONGER SEE MARIJUANA AS A HARMLESS DRUG WITH 51% ACKNOWLEDGING ITS NEGATIVE EFFECT EFFECTS ON USERS.
CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY ARE ALSO INCREASINGLY VALIDATED BY RECENT STUDIES.
A 2023 REPORT HIGHLIGHTED A STAGGERING 475% INCREASE IN MARIJUANA RELATED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THAT REQUIRED EMERGENCY TREATMENT FROM 2010 TO 2021.
THIS ALARMING TREND EMPHASIZES THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE DANGERS OF INCREASED MARIJUANA AVAILABILITY.
MAY I RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THESE STATISTICS AS YOU DISCUSS ANY PLANS FOR THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY IN NATIONAL CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORRISON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M A PARENT AND A PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR, AND TODAY I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE SIGNIFICANT HARM MARIJUANA IS HAVING ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
PRODUCTS SOLD TODAY COME IN THE FORM OF CONCENTRATES AND ARE CONSUMED USING VAPE PENS.
THC LEVELS ARE UP TO 99% AND COME IN A VARIETY OF ENTICING FLAVORS THAT APPEAL TO YOUTH.
TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE AVERAGE DRIED MARIJUANA PLANT HAS THC LEVELS RANGING FROM 10 TO 25%, A FAR CRY FROM THE AMOUNT OF THC AND POP PRODUCTS.
TODAY, WITH THE RECENT BAN ON FLAVORED NICOTINE, MANY YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE SHIFTED THEIR FOCUS TO THESE ENTICING FLAVORED MARIJUANA CONCENTRATES.
THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THESE PRODUCTS ARE HAVING ON OUR YOUNG PEOPLE'S MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH IS ALARMING.
SOME OF THESE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS SUCH AS DELUSIONS, HALLUCINATIONS, AND AN INCREASE IN VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.
IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE, WE HAVE TO BETTER INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH USING THESE PRODUCTS.
OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE MANDATED EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES BE HANDED OUT WITH EACH SALE OF MARIJUANA.
CONCENTRATE THESE RESOURCES, LIST THE HEALTH WARNINGS, INCLUDING THE VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE AGE OF 25, AND HOW THEY ARE AT THE GREATEST RISK OF EXPERIENCING PERMANENT PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS AS THEIR BRAINS ARE NOT FULLY DEVELOPED.
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT START TO A PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN, EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON THE HARMS THESE PRODUCTS POSE.
AUSTIN, I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
[6.1 Proclamation - National Preparedness Month]
GET INTO OUR PROCLAMATIONS.WE HAVE OUR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, AND HERE COMES WALTER.
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I GOT A FUNNY FEELING YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE.
UH, MAYOR, MY MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CITY STAFF, UM, AS YOU KNOW, NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, UH, AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR WE HAD APPLIED FOR A CAL OES GRANT AND WE WERE AWARDED 24,000 TO, UH, GIVE SPANISH, UH, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CLASSES.
UM, AND WE DID THREE, UH, SERIES OF, OF CLASSES FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS.
UM, AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT, UM, THAT WE, UH, APPLIED AGAIN AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET ABOUT $18,750 FOR THIS YEAR.
SO I WAS GONNA, UH, INVITE, UH, HECTOR MONTANA OR OUR INSTRUCTOR, LEAD INSTRUCTOR TO, UH, COME UP HERE.
BUT HE'S GIVEN A CLASS RIGHT NOW.
SO THE CLASSES HAVE ALREADY STARTED.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, FIVE CLASSES.
UH, YOU ARE THE HELP UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.
UH, WE HAVE AER ACADEMY THAT GOES ON.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, STOP THE BLEED AND WE HAVE CPR FIRST AID.
AND THE CPR FIRST AID, IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR.
UH, THIS GO AROUND, UH, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD TO SCRATCH THE LASSO CLASS AND, AND PUT TWO OF THE, UH, UH, CPR FIRST AID, UH, CLASSES TOGETHER.
AND, UH, ON ANOTHER NOTE, UH, I HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, THROUGH THE ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON OUR REIMBURSEMENTS THROUGH CAL OES.
UH, WE ARE GETTING THROUGH THE EMERGENCY WORK, UH, THAT WAS DONE BACK IN JANUARY.
UH, WE SHOULD BE SEEING OUR FIRST CHECKS, UH, THE END OF THIS MONTH INTO NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE ON, UH, TRYING TO GET AS MUCH REIMBURSEMENT AS POSSIBLE.
BUT A LOT OF THE REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SEEKING IS GONNA BE THE PERMANENT WORK, WHICH TAKES, UH, UH, QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FIX THE SITUATIONS THAT WE, WE NEED TO HAVE FIXED.
UH, THANK YOU MR. AHDI FOR YOUR REPORT.
I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT WE ARE AGAIN, GRANTED, UH, UH, A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING THE LEAD ON THAT.
UM, THE CPR AND FIRST AID CLASSES THAT YOU JUST REFERENCED, ARE THEY BEING TAUGHT IN SPANISH OR IN ENGLISH? ALL THE CLASSES ARE BEING TAUGHT IN SPANISH RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS GRANT ALLOWS FOR THE INSTRUCTION SOLELY IN SPANISH.
IS THAT SORT OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT? THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT.
UM, BUT I COULD POSSIBLY, UH, REQUEST THAT WE CAN DO IT IN, IN ENGLISH IF WE DON'T HAVE, UH, DEMAND IN SPANISH.
I AM VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THE, THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS AIMING FOR.
I THINK THIS SERVES OUR COMMUNITY EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.
AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THIS UPDATE.
WELL, UM, HOW ABOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION? ARE THERE BASICALLY, OR MOSTLY RESIDENTS OF NATIONAL CITY? UH, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A GOOD MIX.
UM, BUT AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS, EMERGENCIES HAPPEN, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, WHEREVER YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOCATED.
SO, UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, A POLICY OF SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA ACCEPT ANYBODY THAT'S NOT NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE, UH, NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS.
BUT WE DO GET SOME THAT ARE FROM, YOU KNOW, NEARBY, YOU KNOW, PARADISE HILLS, SAN DIEGO, UM, AND EVEN CHULA VISTA.
HOW MANY DO YOU SERVE? HOW MANY PEOPLE? LIKE HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS? OH, WE, WE HAVE A MAXIMUM, UH, CAPACITY OF 32 32, UM, IN OUR, IN OUR FIRE STATION.
TRY TO NOT FORGET YOU UP THERE.
UH, ALRIGHT, WELL WITH THAT, WE RECEIVED THIS IN THE PAST AND WE GOT ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU.
[6.2 Introduction of New City Employees]
GET INTO OUR INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, AND WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.SO, EARLIER TODAY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING THREE OF OUR NEWEST POLICE RECRUITS THAT ARE GONNA BE ATTENDING THE POLICE ACADEMY.
THEY START NEXT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO GO.
UM, ALL THREE, UM, HAVE CONNECTIONS HERE WITH NASHVILLE CITY.
SO LOOKING AT YOUR SCREEN, THAT WILL START FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS JASON AND CAMPANO.
HE WORKED WITH US, HE WAS ONE OF OUR RECORDS CLERK AND HE HAD BEEN VOLUNTEERING IN THE CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME FOR FIVE YEARS.
SO, UM, HE RECENTLY TOOK A TRIP TO EUROPE AND HE DECIDED THAT THIS IS WHAT
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HE WANTED TO DO.SO WE WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM BECOME A POLICE RECRUIT.
NEXT TO HIM IS LA SO LA UM, I, I SAID EARLIER THAT HE HAD SOME EXTREMELY HIGH RECOMMENDATIONS.
HE ATTENDED SAN DIEGO STATE, HE RECEIVED A DEGREE AND HIS MOTHER IS ONE OF OUR TEACHERS AT NATIONAL CITY MEDAL FOR THE PAST 27 YEARS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT HE'S A PART OF OUR TEAM.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS ALEJANDRO OCAMPO.
AND SO ALEJANDRO ALSO HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
HE WENT TO HUMBOLDT STATE BEFORE HE WENT TO CAL STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS BEFORE HE FINISHED OFF AT SAN DIEGO STATE.
HE'S A LOCAL NATIONAL CITY KID.
HE WENT TO SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL AND HE'S BILINGUAL.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED WITH OUR TRIO AS WE SEND THEM NEXT WEEK TO THE POLICE ACADEMY.
AS I SAID EARLIER TODAY DURING THE SWEARING CEREMONY THAT WE WILL NOT SEE THEM FOR SIX MONTHS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT I'M GONNA SEE 'EM UP ON STAGE, GIVE 'EM THEIR BADGE, AND THEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THEY'LL BE OUT HERE IN TRAINING IN OUR CITY.
YOU FORGOT TO ANNOUNCE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT ALEJANDRO.
WELL, AND, AND AS I MENTIONED THIS MORNING, UM, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT MORE AND MORE MEMBERS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, ARE COMING FROM NATIONAL CITY ROOTS.
UH, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVEN HAD A SINGLE ONE THAT LIVED IN NATIONAL CITY.
ALMOST ALL WERE FROM ORANGE COUNTY OR LIVED IN ORANGE COUNTY, OR RIVERSIDE COUNTY, OR EAST COUNTY, SAN DIEGO.
AND ALMOST NOBODY LIVED HERE OR HAD REAL ROOTS IN NATIONAL CITY.
AND NOW WE'RE, NOW THAT'S BECOMING A LARGER AND LARGER PORTION OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK, I THINK IT CERTAINLY SHOWS THAT THE PRIDE AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH IT.
UH, NEXT WE GO WITH, UH, LIBRARY.
I BROUGHT MY RECRUIT WITH ME TODAY,
SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SHANE DRA SHANE COMES FROM, UH, TO US FROM ARIZONA WHERE HE SPENT SIX YEARS AS A DEDICATED MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER WHILE PURSUING HIS MASTER'S IN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN FROM, UH, NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY.
UH, SINCE EARNING HIS DEGREE, HE'S BEEN COMMITTED TO APPLYING HIS NEW SKILLS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES ALIGNED WITH CURRENT EDUCATIONAL TRENDS.
SHANE WILL BE SERVING AS OUR ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT COORDINATOR, HELPING TO EXPAND OUR LITERACY DEPARTMENT WITH NEW PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
AND HE'S GRATEFUL TO JOIN AN INCLUSIVE AND SUPPORTIVE TEAM THAT VALUES COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION, AND INFORMATION SHARING.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A DREAM, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS WHOLE CAREER TRANSITION.
UM, FOR LIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BEING AN EDUCATOR, I WAS VERY COMMITTED TO LIKE MAKING A LOT OF NEW LEARNING EXPERIENCES ACCESSIBLE AND CATCHING ON TO NEW 21ST CENTURY TRENDS LIKE ONLINE EDUCATION.
SO ONE OF MY PROJECTS I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS BRINGING SOME OF OUR IN-PERSON PROGRAMS ONLINE TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO, SO, SO YOU CAME OVER FROM ARIZONA, HUH? YES.
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BROUGHT ALL THE HEAT OVER HERE FOR THIS SUMMER.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND WHY, WHY DON'T YOU HANDLE BOTH YOUR NEW PERSON AND YOUR PROMOTIONS WHILE YOU'RE ALL HANDLE THAT ALL AT ONCE? THANK YOU, SIR.
SO I FINALLY AM FULLY STAFFED.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY AND VERY THANKFUL TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND VICE MAYOR YAMANI.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WILL NOW BECOME MORE FUNCTIONAL AND BE ABLE TO CLEAR UP ALL THOSE VACANCIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ALEXA CHAVEZ.
SHE IS STARTED WHAT, TWO WEEKS AGO? UM, SHE'S A GRADUATE FROM SAN JOSE STATE WITH A DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MANAGEMENT.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING IN THE PRIVATE HUMAN RESOURCES SECTOR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OF COURSE CONTA.
SHE WAS WORKING PART-TIME FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, UM, WORKING IN OUR
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RISK MANAGEMENT AREA, OUR WORKERS' COMP AND BENEFITS, AND DOING OUR NEW HIRE ORIENTATION.SO ALEXA AND CONTA WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO ASSIST THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
FINALLY, WE HAVE LISA, UH, ROJAS, WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
SHE HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO MANAGEMENT ANALYST TWO.
AND WE HAVE, UM, ELENA AMAYA, WHO WAS RECENTLY RECLASSED TO, UM, A RISK MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST, PUT HER IN THE APPROPRIATE POSITION FOR HER JOB DUTIES.
SO I'LL LET ALEXA BEGIN AND SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK AND THEN
YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE OTHER ONE THERE.
I, LIKE LYDIA MENTIONED, I WORKED IN THE PREVIOUS PRIVATE SECTOR FOR THREE YEARS.
I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK.
I AM EXCITED TO BE IN A DEPARTMENT THAT'S GROWING WHERE CHANGE CAN BE BETTER FOR ALL OF US AS EMPLOYEES AND FOR THE CITIZENS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UM, WORKING WITH MOST OF YOU HERE ON THE COUNCIL.
I'VE BEEN IN A PART-TIME CAPACITY FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
SO I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF NOW MOVING INTO A FULL-TIME POSITION, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, AND I WILL BE HELPING OUT THE CITY WITH A LOT OF THEIR RISK MANAGEMENT, WORKERS', COMPENSATION, UM, THOSE TYPE OF AREAS.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I'M COMING TO THE CITY WITH OVER 20 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
I REALLY ENJOY WORKING FOR, WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, I LOVE THE EMPLOYEES HERE, SO I'M HAPPY TO BE ENDING, UM, MY CAREER HERE.
NEXT WE HAVE WITH, UH, ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS.
STEVE MANGANELLI, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, TONIGHT I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE TOMA LUAN.
UH, HE COULDN'T MAKE IT DUE TO HIS WORK SCHEDULE, BUT, UH, I DO HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY ABOUT TOMAS.
SO, UM, INTERESTINGLY, HE, UH, WAS A A, HE'S A RETURNING EMPLOYEE.
HE ACTUALLY, UM, I REMEMBER WHEN WE HIRED HIM BACK IN JULY OF 2015, UH, TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
HE, UH, HE WORKED REALLY HARD.
HE HIRED ON AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER.
HE WAS LATER PROMOTED TO EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN 2020.
UH, AND THEN, UM, LAST YEAR HE ENDED UP LEAVING US FOR A POSITION WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
UM, HE THEN TOOK ANOTHER POSITION WITH LA MESA AND AS OF LAST MONTH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM BACK WORKING FOR US AT NATIONAL CITY.
UM, HE CAME BACK, UH, COMPETED FOR A POSITION AS A SENIOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.
AND, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM, YOU KNOW, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN.
AND WITH THIS NEW POSITION, HE'LL, UH, BE ABLE TO LEAD OUR CREWS IN THE FIELD AND PROVIDE SOME VALUABLE TRAINING TO OUR, OUR YOUNGER STAFF.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, UM, THAT AFTER THIS PAST YEAR WE'RE ABLE TO BRING HIM BACK AS PART OF OUR TEAM AND, UH, HE'S GONNA DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OUT THERE.
UH, NEXT WE GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
UH, FIRST GROUP IS WITH, UH, MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.
UM, SO AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, UM, IT'S TAKEN A WHILE TO GET TO THIS POSITION.
UH, IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF, UH, A YEAR AND CHANGE SINCE WE WENT THROUGH COUNCIL BUDGETS AND WE FINALLY, OUR OFFICE FINALLY HIRED, UH, UM, FOUR WONDERFUL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE FROM, UH, MY RIGHT TO LEFT.
UH, CINDY LOPEZ, UH, SHE'S PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR NONPROFITS, UH, FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, UM, HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
UH, SHE IS A NATIONAL CITY RESIDENT AND SECOND GENERATION SAN DIEGO, MOTHER OF A BEAUTIFUL KINDERGARTNER, UH, WHICH IS LOVELY.
SHE'S ALSO A, UH, LIBRARY TRUSTEE OF OUR CITY.
BEEN VERY ACTIVE HERE AS WELL.
AND A THEOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT AND GIRL SCOUT TROOP LEADER.
AND, UH, OVERALL JUST A JACK OF ALL TRADES.
HI, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, SUCH AN HONOR TO SERVE THE CITY IN THIS CAPACITY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH ALL OF YOU AND JUST MAKING OUR BELOVED TOWN EVEN A GREATER PLACE TO LIVE FOR EVERYONE.
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SO, THANK YOU.UM, WE HAVE, UH, LUIS VASQUEZ, UM, GAMMA, WHICH IS A THIRD YEAR POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR WITH THE MINOR IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION.
BY THE END OF THE SEMESTER, HE WILL RECEIVE HIS PUBLIC LAW CERTIFICATE.
UM, HE WANTS TO APPLY TO LAW SCHOOL AND BECOME A CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER.
AND, UM, HE HAS A, YOU NEED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 3.8 GPA.
AND, UM, SO HE, UH, HE'S ON HIS, HE'S THERE AND, UH, HE RECEIVES HIS WRITINGS IN DEMOCRATIC THEORY, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND STUDY OF DOMESTIC INFORMED POLICY.
UM, LUIS AND HIS FAMILY HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY FOR 20 YEARS.
UH, HE HAS GREAT, UH, LOVE FOR THE CITY AND SO WE ARE, UH, VERY LUCKY AND, UM, HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
HEY, UH, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, VICE MAYOR, I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.
UH, I REMEMBER GROWING UP LITTLE, I WOULD SEE
AND I, I PROBABLY, I PROBABLY READ TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE IN KINDERGARTEN, SO DON'T, YEAH.
THAT'S, UH, WELL, I, I REMEMBER SEEING HIM IN A CAT IN THE HAT, HAT LIKE,
AND NOW I'M JUST HERE WORKING.
I'M, I'M GLAD TO, TO BE WORKING WITH OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, HELPING THEM MAKE THE CITY BETTER.
UH, I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE GIOVANNI EZ, UH, WHICH IS A DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL WITH A BACKGROUND IN DIGITAL MARKETING, MEDIA MANAGEMENT, AND WEBSITE DESIGN.
GIOVANNI HAS IMPLEMENTED CRM SYSTEMS. YOU GOTTA LET US KNOW WHAT CRM SYSTEMS ARE THOUGH.
SO I'M NOT TWO MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, UH, CONNECTIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. THERE WE GO.
UH, HE'S VERY DETAIL ORIENTED, VERY GOOD WITH ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS, VERY CREATIVE ON PROJECTS.
SO WE ARE VERY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? MAYOR COUNCIL, VICE MAYOR ANI.
I'M REALLY THRILLED TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY, GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWCASE EVERYTHING, LIKE ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE, UM, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE ERNESTO RODRIGUEZ.
NO RELATION, JUST NAME RODRIGUEZ.
MAYBE WE'RE THIRD COUSINS OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, HE'S BEEN A MEDIA PRODUCTION FOR SIX YEARS.
HE'S SKILLED IN, UH, UH, TRANSLATING CLIENT VISIONS INTO BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS.
UM, HE'S DONE A LOT OF DIGITAL AND WEB FOCUSING ON BRANDING AND WEB DESIGN.
AND SO WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU, ERNESTO.
UH, YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU.
HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MR. MAYOR.
UM, I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT BEING PART OF THIS TEAM AND A PART OF THIS CITY AND WORKING ON PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY PROACTIVE AND BENEFIT THE, THE LOCALS.
SO, UM, UH, THREE OF OUR, UM, STAFF MEMBERS ARE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS, AND, UM, LUIS IS A MANAGEMENT INTERN, UH, HERE AT OUR OFFICE.
SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING WILLING TO BE A SERVANT FOR NATIONAL CITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY, WHICH I KNOW, UM, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT, UH, RECENTLY.
I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS, UH, VERY THRILLED TO BE ENGAGED ON THIS ISSUE, AND I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT IN A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THE HARD WORK.
WHAT? NO, WE STILL UNDER CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE'LL JUST DO, LET, LET YOU DO YOUR PERMISSION.
UM, WELL, I HAVE, UH, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT MR. ROMAN CRUZ.
THAT'S HIS, HIS, HE WORKS FOR ME AND HE DOES EVERYTHING FOR DISTRICT THREE.
THANK YOU, MR. CRUZ, FOR YOUR HELP.
NOW WE'LL DO THE PROMOTION ON FINANCE.
OH, HONORABLE, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, PHIL DAVIS, INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR, I AM PROUD TO INTRODUCE JIMENEZ TO AS THE NEWEST MEMBER TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
SHE'S BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE DIVISION, WHERE SHE'S GONNA PROVIDE EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE TO ALL DEPARTMENTS.
AND, UH, PRIOR TO WORKING IN FINANCE, SHE WORKED FOR
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THE NATIONAL CITY LIBRARY FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS AS A PART-TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT EZA IS ALSO BORN AND RAISED IN NATIONAL CITY, NOT WORKING.SHE READS, LIKES TO WALK HER TWO DOGS.
UM, I'M NOT ONE FOR TOO MANY WORDS, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SERVING THE CITY IN A NEW ROLE THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
[7.1 Safe Summer National City Teen Nights]
OUR PRESENTATIONS AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AGENDA THAT WE GET DOWN TO THE END ITEM HERE FAIRLY QUICKLY.LET'S GO WITH A, UH, UH, SAFE SUMMER, UH, NATIONAL CITY TEEN NIGHTS BIRTHDAY GIRL.
UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO BE QUICK.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS STAFF.
MY NAME IS JUANITA CAAN, RECREATION SUPERVISOR FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO PRESENT A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF THE FUND THAT WE HAD THIS PAST SUMMER WITH THE TEENS OF NATIONAL CITY.
UM, AS PUBLIC SERVANTS AND CHAMPIONS OF OUR YOUTH, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY DURING SUMMER BREAK TEENTH 12 TO 17 YEARS OLD.
WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE YOUTH 15 PLUS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM.
TYPICALLY, YOU DON'T SEE ACTIVITIES OR CAMPS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS DURING SUMMER BREAK.
AND PARENTS HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE THEM HOME TO FIND ENTERTAINMENT OF THEIR OWN.
UM, SO THEY ARE EITHER STUCK AT HOME PLAYING VIDEO GAMES ALL DAY AND NOT BEING ACTIVE OR SOCIALIZING AT ALL, OR THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR TIME OUTSIDE CREATING THEIR OWN FUN.
AND SOMETIMES THAT'S HOW THEY FIND TROUBLE OR TROUBLE FINDS THEM.
SO WE DECIDED TO OFFER A PROGRAM THAT COULD HELP KEEP YOUTH OUT OF TROUBLE AND STAY ACTIVE.
WE MET WITH NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENTING THE IDEA OF NCT NIGHTS.
NCT NIGHTS IS A PROGRAM DEDICATED FOR TEENS FOR SIX WEEKS.
WE MET TEENS EVERY FRIDAY, FOUR TO EIGHT 30 AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
EACH FRIDAY CONSISTED OF TWO HOURS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY.
AND FOR THE REMAINDER HOUR AND A HALF, UM, THEY GOT TO EXPERIENCE A POLICE ACTIVITY.
THE MAIN GOAL WAS TO EXPOSE TEENS TO OUR PARKS, OUR RECREATION CENTERS, AND THE CADET PROGRAM.
SO EVERY FRIDAY WE EITHER MET AKIMBO PARK, LAMA POOL, CAMACHO, OR MLK TEENS REALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SO MANY ACTIVITIES DURING THIS PROGRAM.
AND SOME OF THE TEAM'S FAVORITES WERE ATTENDING THE 4TH OF JULY CARNIVAL AT KIMBALL PARK, SWIMMING AT LAS PALMAS POOL.
AND OF COURSE, THE FIELD TRIPS TO MISSION BAY AND ROUND ONE PLUS A BONITA.
BUT THAT WAS A, ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDED BUBBLE SOCCER, CAPTURE THE FLAG GAME, TRUCK VOLLEYBALL, DODGE BALL, UH, KICKBALL WATER ACTIVITIES, A TEEN DANCE WITH A LIVE DJ.
AND EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT INCLUDED DELICIOUS FOOD LIKE CHICK-FIL-A ICE CREAM PASTA, ADA, S'MORES PIZZA, AND SO MUCH MORE TEENS.
ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE CADET PROGRAM AND WE'RE EXPOSED TO MULTIPLE CAREER PATHS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
TEENS LEARN ABOUT BUILDING SEARCHES.
DUI AWARENESS ENJOYED A TOUR OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A CANINE DEMONSTRATION, BUT MO MOST IPO MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ALL CREATED NEW AND STRONG BONDS WITH MULTIPLE OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE SIX WEEKS.
THE RECREATION TEAM ALSO ENGAGED THE TEENS, AND SOME OF THEM CAN, SOME OF THEM CAN'T WAIT TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM.
UM, IF THEY HAVE NOT FOUND A JOB YET, UH, THEY WILL BE APPLYING TO ONE OF OUR PART-TIME POSITIONS HERE SOON.
THE PROGRAM WAS PROMOTED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TOWARDS THE END OF SCHOOL YEAR.
AND DURING THE GRADUATIONS, AS FAMILIES ENTERED THE GALE DEAVER STADIUM, WE ALSO PROMOTED THE PROGRAM AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH BANNERS, FLYERS, EMAIL BLASTS, AND EVERY WEDNESDAY WE WOULD ANNOUNCE THE CITY, WE WOULD ANNOUNCE ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA, THE LOCATION AND THE ACTIVITY FOR THE UPCOMING FRIDAY.
DURING THE PLANNING PERIOD, WE SET A GOAL TO IMPACT AT AT LEAST 40 TEENS THIS SUMMER DURING NCT NIGHTS.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID.
THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE TO, THANKS TO THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FUNDING WAS PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS, B-B-S-C-C, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AB 1 0 9 GRAND.
A PORTION OF THIS GRANT WAS DESIGNATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO CREATE DIVE DIVERSION PROGRAMS,
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SERVICING AT RISK YOUTH.SO BEFORE I PLAY A VIDEO THAT I HAVE FOR EVERYONE HERE, UH, I DO WANNA THANK, UH, THE CHIEF OF POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ AND HIS TEAM FOR PROVIDING AMAZING EXPERIENCES FOR THE YOUTH DURING TEEN NIGHTS.
OUR RECREATION STAFF, MY PARTNER, AND CRAIG ELIANA, YOU CAN HEAR
I ALSO NEED TO THANK SOME OF OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS THAT REALLY HELPED US MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU TO THE NATIONAL CITY HOST LIONS CLUB AND CHRISTIANS AMUSEMENTS FOR SPONSORING 40 40 DAY PASSES FOR THE 4TH OF JULY CARNIVAL.
THANK YOU TO GEORGE CHAPPELLE WITH RESTORING CITIZENS.
TOGETHER, WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW ONE DECISION MAY CHANGE OUR LIVES AND TO THE NATIONAL CITY CHICK-FIL-A FOR PROVIDING 40 MEALS.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE NATIONAL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE SCHOOL BUSES, WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO TAKE THE TEENS TO MISSION BAY AND ROUND ONE.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED DURING THIS PROGRAM.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE VIDEO AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE VIDEO.
MAY I HAVE A QUESTION? OH, YES.
UH, THANK YOU JUANITA FOR THIS, UH, EXCITING PRESENTATION.
UM, THE, YOU MENTIONED THERE'S 40 PARTICIPANTS.
ARE THEY, IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THEM ALL TO BE FROM NATIONAL CITY? THERE WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
UM, WE MADE IT VERY SIMPLE FOR ANY TEEN TO JOIN US WHERE THERE WAS A QR CODE AND THEY COULD SEND IT TO THE PARENT REALLY QUICK TO SIGN THE WAIVER AND THEY CAN JUST PARTICIPATE THAT SAME NIGHT.
OUR BEST NIGHT, WHICH WAS, UH, THE BOWLING ALLEY AND THE MISSION BAY WAS 40 TEENS THAT WE TOOK WITH US.
AND, UM, WILL YOU BE REPLICATING THIS AGAIN, OR, OR YOU NEED TO GO OUT FOR FUNDING AGAIN BEFORE YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN? WE WOULD HAVE TO START SEARCHING FOR FUNDING AGAIN, UM, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT US.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, WE ALWAYS NEED, UH, THE STAFF SUPPORT.
SO AS SOON AS WE GET MORE FULL-TIME SUPERVISORS ON BOARD, WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP PUSHING THIS FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL UPDATE.
JUST WANNA ECHO THE SENTIMENT.
JUANITA, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, UM, TO MAKE THESE, UH, PROGRAMS SUCCESSFUL.
UM, I, I'VE SPOKEN TO MANY OF THE TEENS PERSONALLY AND KNOW THEY, THEY VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE PROGRAM.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING IT, MAKING IT HAPPEN.
[7.2 Update on Las Palmas Park Improvements]
ON THE LOST PALMAS PARK IMPROVEMENTS.UH, OH, HERE COMES
I KNOW THIS IS DEFINITELY TROUBLE.
CAN, UH, LEMME JUST AROUND HERE.
WELL, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR LAS PALMAS PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
UH, FIRST I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR TEAM, AND THEN I'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND, UH, WE'LL WALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG, AND THEN WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, BACK IN APRIL OF, OF THIS YEAR, WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOU TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON, UM, OUR USE OF ARPA FUNDS AND OUR REMAINING FUND BALANCE.
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AND WE ALSO WENT OVER SOME VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR, UH, A POOL SUPPORT BUILDING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AT LAS PALMAS PARK.UM, THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE TONIGHT WERE, UM, UH, SUPPORTED VERY HEAVILY, UH, BY THE, BY THE COMMUNITY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF OUTREACH DONE YEARS AGO WITH THE ARPA FUNDS WHEN THE CITY FIRST RECEIVED THEIR ALLOCATION.
SO REALLY THE GOAL WAS HOW DO WE, UM, GET AS MANY OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS DONE WITH A MUCH SMALLER BUDGET THAN WAS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
SO, UH, WE PRESENTED SOME OPTIONS TO THE COUNCIL AND, AND ULTIMATELY WE ENDED UP GOING WITH, UH, A MORE COST EFFECTIVE OPTION TO, UM, IMPLEMENT MODULAR BUILDINGS.
UM, SOME REFURBISHMENT OF THE EXISTING, UH, AND MAINTENANCE TO THE EXISTING BUILDING, REPLACING NEW PARK RESTROOMS, UM, LOOKING TO INCORPORATE A SPLASH PAD IN CHILDREN'S AREA, SHADE STRUCTURES AND, AND OTHER AMENITIES.
SO IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS, UH, WE PUT THIS TEAM TOGETHER AND TURNED AROUND, UH, FULL, FULL PLAN SETS.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, OUT TO BID FOR MOST OF THIS WORK, AND WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING OUR BID RESULTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO IT WAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE, UM, HAVE TO OBLIGATE OUR REMAINING ARPA FUNDS BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO AWARD CONTRACTS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE, UM, NAVEEN, UM, WAHI WA WAHI.
UH, HE'S WITH PLAT WHITLOW ARCHITECTS, AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN AND SPECIFICATIONS AND, AND SITING OF THE MODULAR FACILITIES.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, JIM NERI WITH NERI LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
HE WAS LEADING A TEAM FOR ALL THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS, THE RESTROOM DESIGN, SPLASH PAD DESIGN, UTILITIES, UM, AND A DA ACCESSIBILITY.
AND THEN, UM, KEEPING US ALL ON TASK IS, UH, BYRON WADE WITH PROJECT PROFESSIONALS CORPORATIONS, SUPPORTING OUR STAFF WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY CONTROL.
I ALSO WANT TO, UM, RECOGNIZE, UH, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS, MARTHA JUAREZ, AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, JOANNE MCGEE, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT TO THE PROJECT AS WELL.
SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JIM TO KIND OF, UH, GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF, OF THE PROJECT AND THE SITE PLAN.
I'M JIM NERI, THE PROJECT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
AND YOU SEE BEFORE YOU AN OVERALL SITE PLAN JUST TO ORIENT, YOU CAN SEE CAMACHO GYM, UM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
AND THEN ON THE LEFT IS THE POOL HOUSE.
AND BETWEEN IT IS REALLY THE, THE PROJECT WHICH SITS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF LAS PALMAS PARK.
AND, UH, THE, THE COMPONENTS THAT WE ARE INCLUDING IN THIS PROJECT ARE REPLACEMENTS OF THE TWO SATELLITE RESTROOMS. UH, THESE ARE THE RESTROOMS THAT ARE UP BY THE, UH, BALL FIELDS, AND THEN ONE THAT'S OVER BY THE NEW DOG PARK.
UM, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THOSE IN THEIR ENTIRETY, SO THOSE WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND BRAND NEW RESTROOMS WILL BE, UH, UH, BUILT IN THEIR PLACE.
UH, THE THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE RED, UH, INDICATE THIS FLASH PAD.
AND THEN, UM, NEXT TO THE REC POOL, WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF SHADE STRUCTURES AS WELL.
SO THERE CAN BE SHADE OUT THERE ON THE POOL DECK.
UH, THIS IS AN EXPANSION OF THE POOL DECK INTO THAT SPLASH PAD AREA.
IT'S GONNA REQUIRE A RETAINING WALL.
IT'LL ALSO, UM, REQUIRE NEW PAVING, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME LANDSCAPING AS WELL.
UM, IN ADDITION, THERE'S THE MODULARS AND THESE, UH, THE MODULARS YOU SEE THERE IN THE U-SHAPED BUILDING.
UH, THOSE, THOSE ARE OFF THE SHELF KIND OF STRUCTURES THAT NAVIN WILL SPEAK TO.
UM, BUT FIRST, LET'S TAKE A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK, UM, AT, AT WHAT THAT KIND OF, THAT HEART OF THIS PLAN IS.
AND, AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CLOSER LOOK, THE, UH, THE SPLASH PAD, UM, IS THAT CIRCULAR AREA AND HAS THE DOTS IN IT.
THAT'S SORT OF INSPIRED BY A, A LADYBUG, UH, KIND OF DESIGN.
UH, THE SQUARES, UH, AND RECTANGLES YOU SEE ARE THOSE SHADE STRUCTURES.
SOME OF THEM ARE GANGED TOGETHER TO CREATE A LARGER SHADE STRUCTURE, UH, FOR EVENTS.
UM, SOME ARE JUST OUT BY THEMSELVES SO THAT FAMILIES COULD UTILIZE THOSE OUT BY THE REC POOL.
THE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING A NEW, WHAT THE COUNTY CONSIDERS A POOL THAT'S A SPLASH PAD, IT'S CONSIDERED A POOL.
UH, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE RESTROOMS FOR THAT.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A MODULAR RESTROOM AS WELL.
THE, UM, THE, UH, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THE U-SHAPED FOR THE POOL MODULAR RESTROOMS. AND, AND BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW ENTRANCE TO THOSE,
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THOSE RESTROOMS, UH, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE NEW A DA PARKING, WHICH WILL CROSS THE STREET AND, AND TAKE OVER AN AREA THAT'S JUST PERFECT FOR THE A DA PARKING.NOW, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN SUCH A KIND OF INCREASE, LET'S SAY, IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'RE PLAYING IT VERY CAREFUL HERE AND CAUTIOUS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THESE PARENTHETIC, UM, ITEMS UNDERNEATH THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, SHAKE CANOPIES, THOSE ARE GONNA BE A, A BID ALTERNATE.
SO WE HAVE THOSE LISTED AS BID ALTERNATES.
UH, THE SPLASH PAD ITSELF IS GONNA BE A BID ALTERNATE.
IT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLAR NUMBER.
SO WE ARE, WE HAVE TO SEE WHERE THAT ACTUALLY COMES IN IN TODAY'S COSTS.
AND THEN, UM, THE, UH, SPLASH PAD MODULAR RESTROOMS WOULD GO WITH IT.
NOW, ALL OF THESE ITEMS, UH, FEED NEW STORM WATER INTO THE SYSTEM, AND THAT STORM WATER HAS TO BE TREATED.
SO THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE SOME, UM, STORMWATER TREATMENT, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT BID ALTERNATE AS WELL.
WE'LL HAVE TO SIZE IT ACCORDING TO HOW THOSE, UH, THE, HOW MUCH WATER COMES OFF OF THE, THE RESTROOM.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S THE, THOSE ARE THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. UM, NOW HERE ARE THE, THE RESTROOMS THEMSELVES.
WE'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING THESE RESTROOMS WITH STED IN MIND SO THAT IT, THEY'RE EASILY VISIBLE FROM THE EXISTING PARKING LOTS.
SO THEY, UH, A POLICE OFFICER CAN DRIVE BY, LOOK IN AND LOOK THROUGH THE MESH INTO THE, THE, THE RESTROOM, UH, LET'S CALL IT THE, THE FOYER.
UM, BUT THE RESTROOMS THEMSELVES ARE OF COURSE, PRIVATE, UH, WITHIN THAT.
BUT THEY CAN SEE INSIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, UH, NO FUNNY BUSINESS GOING ON.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MADE OUT OF STEEL.
SO THIS, THE STRUCTURE IS A STANDING STEEL ROOF THAT IS ACTUALLY WRAPS AROUND THE BACKSIDE.
AND THE COLORS THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE THE PROPOSED COLORS, THESE, UH, COMBINATIONS OF GRAYS, AND THEN A HIGHLIGHT OF RED.
UH, THERE'LL BE MAINTENANCE, UM, FACILITIES WITHIN THE RESTROOMS THEMSELVES FOR YOUR, UH, PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF.
AND THERE'LL ALSO BE, UM, ELECTRICAL ROOMS FOR, UH, THE ELECTRICAL THAT PROVIDES.
AND I TURN IT OVER TO NAVEEN, WHO WILL SPEAK TO THE MODULARS.
UH, NAVEEN WANI WITH PLAT WHITE ARCHITECTS.
SO, UM, AS JIM MENTIONED, THESE, UH, THESE, THIS HUGE SHAPE BUILDING CONSISTS OF, UH, FOUR SEPARATE MODULAR STRUCTURES TITLED AS A, B, C, AND D.
UH, WE WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM, AND WE, WE'VE LOOKED AT VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS, AND THIS TURNED OUT TO BE THE, THE MOST SUIT SUITABLE CON, UH, CONFIGURATION FOR THE POOL ACCESS.
AND, UH, COLLABORATION WITH THE, THE REST OF THE, THE FACILITY, THE MODULARS ARE, ARE LOCATED ON GRADE FOR ACCESSIBILITY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE RAMPS OR STAIRS OR THINGS LIKE THAT TO TAKE YOU UP.
WE, WE CAN, YOU CAN USE A FACILITY FAIRLY EASILY.
JIM MENTIONED IT'S GOT ACCESS FROM THE LEFT SIDE, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE FIRST MODULE I'LL TALK ABOUT MODULAR A, UM, THAT CONSISTS OF A DIRECTOR'S OFFICE AT THE VERY TOP.
AND THEN A RECEPTION MEETING AREA WHERE THERE'S A WINDOW, UH, A ROLLUP WINDOW FOR TICKET ACCESS AND, AND GREETINGS, GREETING OF, UM, YOU KNOW, POOL USERS.
UM, IN THAT BUILDING, THERE'S A SEPARATE RESTROOM AND A STORAGE SPACE, UH, TO THE WORKING MY WAY TO THE RIGHT.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UM, ANOTHER MODULAR AND, UH, SHOWN IN ORANGE, UH, MODULAR B, AND THAT WILL BE THE LIFEGUARD, UH, OFFICE AND THE SNACK SHACK.
AND THEN THE BATHROOM FACILITIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
THESE BATHROOM, THE NUMBER OF BATHROOM, UH, AND SHOWER FACILITIES HAVE BEEN CALC BASED ON, UH, THE SWIM AREA.
AND IN THIS CASE HERE WE HAVE, UH, EIGHT BATHROOM FACILITIES, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, RELATED FOR THE POOL.
AND THEN THE THREE THAT JIM MENTIONED, CLOSE TO THE, TO THE SPLASH PAD.
UH, SO THE, SO THERE'S FIVE, UH, BATHROOM AND SHOWER FACILITIES IN THE BLUE, AND THEN THREE IN THE GREEN WITH A MECHANICAL ROOM LOCATED ON THE, UH, BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.
EACH BATHROOM FACILITY WILL BE, UH, FACILITATED WITH, UH, UH, A WATER CLOSET, A SHOWER, A BABY CHANGING TABLE, AND A, A LAVATORY WILL BE NATURALLY VENTED.
UM, AND THE, THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE AND THE RECEPTION AREA AND LIFEGUARD AND SNACK SHACK WILL BE A CONDITIONED SPACES.
UM, MOVING ON TO, UH, WHAT THESE FACILITIES, UH, MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO WE'RE USING MODULAR BUILDINGS, WHICH ARE CONSTRUCTED OFFSITE AND BROUGHT ON
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SITE.WE'RE LOOKING AT USING SOME VERY DURABLE MATERIALS THAT REQUIRES LEASE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE.
UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SKINNED WITH A FIBER CEMENTITIOUS BOARD, WHICH IS USUALLY FACTORY FINISHED OR CAN BE PAINTED ON SITE.
SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PAINTING ON SITE HERE.
THEY COME PRIMED AND THEY REQUIRE VERY LOW MAINTENANCE.
THEY'RE GREAT FOR, UH, THE MOISTURE RESISTANCE AND FOR A PUBLIC FACILITY.
I'M GONNA PRESENT TWO OPTIONS, AND HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION WE'LL GET DIRECTION ON ONE OF THE TWO OPTIONS.
THIS IS, UH, WE CALL IT THE GRAIN, THE RED SCHEME.
IT MATCHES A LOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SPLASH PAD.
THIS IS THE SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL COLOR SCHEME.
UM, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING, UH, THE GRAY WOULD BE THE FIBER CEMENT BOARDS.
WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THE LIFEGUARD SECTION BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF THESE BUILDINGS.
AND THEN THE RED DOORS THAT WOULD WRAP AROUND THIS FACILITY.
UM, THE MATERIALS, OTHER THAN WHAT I MENTIONED ON THE SIDING, THERE WOULD BE ALUMINUM DOORS, UM, METAL FRAMES.
AND THEN ON THE LEFT CORNER IN THE WEST ELEVATION ARE, UH, LOCKER FACILITIES.
THE SECOND OPTION IS MORE FOR WAY FINDING.
SO ONE COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE GREEN DOOR FOR A RESTROOM OR GO TO THE, GO TO THE BLUE DOOR TO TALK TO THE DIRECTOR.
UM, AND THEN THE RED, THE RED SECTION AGAIN, IS HIGHLIGHTED HERE, UH, AS A LIFEGUARD FACILITY.
THIS IS, UM, THESE COLORS WERE, UH, WERE INSPIRED BY THE OLYMPIC RINGS, WHICH I KNOW ARE, THERE'S A LOT OF THAT HAPPENING AT, AT THIS PARK HERE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, STEVE.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, A FEW OTHER THINGS BEFORE WE OPEN UP FOR QUESTION.
UM, THERE IS, UH, THERE IS NEW FENCING THAT'S GOING IN AND, AND ONE OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL IS FOR THE SPLASH PAD AREA.
WE WANT TO MAKE THAT OPEN TO THE ENTIRE PARK.
SO THE WAY THE FENCING IS DESIGNED IS THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, ACCESS POINTS AND SECURITY POINTS, BUT THE REALITY IS THE SPLASH PAD WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE, THE OVERALL PARK.
AND THEN AS THE TEAM MENTIONED WITH, UM, THE, THE OFFICES AND THE CHECK-IN NOW MOVING TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE POOL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, REALLY NICE CONNECTIVITY TO THE PARKING LOT.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO WALK AROUND THE BACK, UH, WHICH IS KIND OF HIDDEN TO CHECK IN.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE MORE ACCESSIBLE, A DA COMPLIANT.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE REALLY EXPANDING THE DECK AREA AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVENTS, UH, NEW SNACK STATION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, BY CONTROLLING ACCESS WITH THE FENCING, UM, AND, AND KIND OF REORDERING AND EVERYTHING, UH, MORE TOWARDS THE, THE GENERAL PARKING AREA, I THINK IT'LL, IT'LL, UH, BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC.
UM, WITH THAT WE'RE AVAILABLE, UH, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, BECAUSE OF THE TIGHT TIMELINE WITH NEEDING TO GET THESE CONTRACTS AWARDED, WE ARE OUT TO BID.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS AS, UM, NAVEEN MENTIONED WE DO WANT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON IS THE COLOR SCHEME, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT AFTER WE AWARD THE CONTRACT.
COUPLE OF THINGS, STEVE, ON THE, UH, THE MODULAR, UH, BUILDING, UM, LAYOUT, THE, I'M GONNA CALL IT A U SHAPE.
ARE THOSE BATHROOMS, ARE THOSE GONNA BE THE CHANGING ROOMS? YES, THOSE ARE BOTH CHANGING ROOMS, SHOWERS AND BATHROOMS. OKAY.
UH, ANY FAMILY USE MALE OR FEMALE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE EIGHT BATHROOMS CHANGE.
THERE ALSO BE SHOWER ROOMS AND, UM, CHANGING ROOM BATHROOMS, SHOWERS ALL TOGETHER.
UH, IF WE HAVE SWIM MEETS OR ANYTHING, I'M JUST WAITING TO SEE HOW THAT ONE'S GONNA WORK OUT.
UM, UH, WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THERE AT ONE TIME.
THE, UM, THE OTHER THING IS, SO THEN WHAT USE IS THE EXISTING POOL BUILDING? WHAT USES IS, DOES IT HAVE? SO, UM, THE CENTRAL AREA, UH, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO USE FOR MEETING ROOMS. UM, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME MAINTENANCE ON THE RESTROOM AND THEN THE WINGS WHERE WE HAVE THE CHANGING AREAS IN THE, IN THE SHOWERS, THOSE WILL JUST BECOME STORAGE AREAS.
SO WE'LL BE USING THOSE FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL STORAGE.
I, I'M JUST WONDERING, I KNOW WE BROUGHT IT BEFORE, WOULD IT NOT BE BETTER, AT LEAST PARTIAL, IF NOT ENTIRELY, JUST DEMO THAT BUILDING AND SO THAT YOU HAVE A LARGER, UM OH, UH HUH REAL ESTATE, WELL, NOT ONLY REAL ESTATE, BUT YOU HAVE A LARGER, LARGER PAD THERE, UH, FOR WHETHER, IF YOU WANTED TO PUT, UM,
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YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPE OF DEALS FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE NAME OF LIKE GAZE, NOT GAZEBOS, BUT THE, UH, UM, THE POOL.UM, SHADE CAN, HUH? CAN, YEAH.
SHADE CANOPY TYPE DEALS FOR POOL DEALS TYPE AND, YOU KNOW, IT ALLOWS, SO YOU'D HAVE MORE ACTIVITIES THERE AND, UH, BECAUSE THE BUILDING REALLY DOESN'T HAVE, DOESN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF USE, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WHETHER IF YOU TAKE OUT JUST THE WINGS AND LEAVE THAT MIDDLE SECTION OR DO THE WHOLE THING DOWN.
'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE INCLUDING ALL THE STUFF THAT'S FOR THAT BUILDING, YOU'RE INCLUDING IT IN THESE MODULES.
SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF REASON.
AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST COST DRIVEN AT THIS POINT.
YOU KNOW, UH, THAT COULD CERTAINLY BE AN, A NEXT PHASE IS, IS TO DEMO.
WE CAN SEE WHERE THE BIDS COME IN, BUT, UM, THERE ARE, AGAIN, THE CENTRAL AREA IS USABLE, THE WINGS ARE USABLE FOR STORAGE.
UM, YES, I THINK IS DEFINITELY A SECOND PHASE THAT TO, TO FREE THAT UP.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT DEPENDING ON WHERE FUNDING COMES IN AND AS A FUTURE PHASE OF WORK.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, I, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A OPTION, A COLOR CHOICE OPTION.
UH, SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL, RED AND GRAY IS PART OF THE COLOR SCHEME FOR THE, UH, PARK RESTROOMS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD TO HOLD ME TO ONE, I WOULD PICK OPTION ONE JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD MATCH THE RED AND GRAY, BUT I'M OPEN TO THE MORE COLORFUL ONE, OPTION TWO.
UM, PLUS IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE
UM, MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH, UM, FIRST OF ALL SCHOOLS, I DO WANNA FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING THE MAYOR COMMENTED IS, AT ONE TIME, UH, EIGHT INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES COULD GET DRESSED AND UNDRESSED AND, YOU KNOW, INTO THEIR BATHING SUITS.
BECAUSE I WONDER HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK WHEN WE HAVE CLASSROOMS OF LIKE 32 KIDS THAT GO, YOU KNOW, OUR FIFTH, OR IS IT OUR FIFTH GRADERS OR FOURTH GRADERS THAT GO, OR THIRD GRADERS? MM-HMM.
BUT, UM, EACH OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS GO AND GET LESSONS FOR A WEEK OR TWO.
AND IF THEY ARE 32 KIDS, BUT THEY EACH CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, ONLY EIGHT CAN OCCUPY AT A TIME.
I WONDER HOW EFFICIENT MM-HMM.
SO, SO THAT, THAT GIVES ME PAUSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE TO CHANGE THAT SO THAT MORE INDIVIDUALS CAN GET DRESSED AND UNDRESSED, YOU KNOW, AT ONCE.
UM, BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT.
AND WHEN THEY DO COME TO THE POOL, THEY'RE UNDER A TIME CRUNCH, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL DAY.
I'M SURE THEY DON'T WANNA SPEND SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME WAITING FOR EVERYONE TO GET READY TO GO INTO THE POOL FOR THEIR LESSON, UM, AND THEN HEAD BACK TO THEIR SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, SO, SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD ONLY ALLOW EIGHT BECAUSE I THINK, THINK RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH THE EXISTING BUILDING IS IN ITS LAST FOOTING, UM, IT DOES PROVIDE A LOT MORE CAPACITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GET CHANGED AND GET READY TO GO IN THE WATER.
UM, AND MY OTHER QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH, YOU MENTIONED THESE ARE GOING TO BE, UM, THE DRESSING ROOMS ARE NOT GOING TO BE AIR CONDITIONED.
THEY ARE OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS.
UM, I'M SURE DO THEY PROTECT AGAINST, LIKE IF IT'S RAINING OR DOES RAIN COME IN GO? YEAH, THEY DO.
THESE HAVE MECHANICAL VENTING, SO IT DRAWS FRESH AIR IN MM-HMM.
SO WE HAVE TO JUST KEEP, MAKE SURE THE AIR'S FLOWING THROUGH.
BUT YOU ARE CLOSE, BUT THEY'RE NOT OPEN.
YEAH, BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE EXISTING ONE COMPLETELY OVER WELL THO THOSE WERE DONE PRE, UH, PRE DRONE, PRE DRONES.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION ON THE, YOU SAID THE, UH, THE BATHROOMS ARE GOING TO BE STEEL STRUCTURES.
UM, IS THAT OR THE ROOF AT LEAST, IS IS, I MEAN, IS THAT, DOES THAT MAKE THEM EXTRA HOT? I MEAN, ARE, WHAT ABOUT THE MATERIALS? ARE THEY, UM, GOING TO DRAW IN MORE HEAT? THE STEEL DOES GET HOT.
I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
UM, HOWEVER, THEIR ENTIRE FRONT ON TWO SIDES ACTUALLY OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURES IS OPEN.
SO THE MESH WILL LET UP TOP NATURAL.
NATURAL AIR FLOW THROUGH AND THEN IT'S VENTED.
AND HOW MANY RESTROOMS ARE IN EACH OF THESE UNITS? OR IS IT JUST ONE UNIT? JUST WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT VIEWS OF IT.
THERE'S, THERE'S ONE, THERE IS ONE, UH, FAMILY CHANGING AND ONE UNISEX.
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BATHROOMS PLANNED, IS THAT RIGHT? TWO BATHROOMS PLANNED.THIS IS APART FROM THE U-SHAPED POOL MODULE CLAIM? THAT'S CORRECT.
THESE ARE, YEAH, YOU CALL 'EM THE SATELLITE RESTROOMS. UHHUH
THEY ARE UP BY THE BALL FIELD AND BY THE DOG PARK.
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THOSE ARE GETTING UPDATED.
UM, BUT I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CAPACITY AND I WONDER IF, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT, TO INCREASE THAT? THOSE ARE MY ONLY, UM, POINTS.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, I JUST QUICKLY, I DO WANT TO, UM, LET JOANNE, UM, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR CHIME IN A A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I, I THINK YOU'VE BOTH HAD QUES CONCERNS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF RESTROOMS AND THE CAPACITY AND WHEN WE HAVE THESE LARGER CLASSES.
SO JOANNE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND MAYBE JUST KIND OF DISCUSSING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LOGISTICS WHEN WE HAVE THESE TYPES OF CLASSES OR MEETS AND, AND HOW, UH, THIS DESIGN, UH, WOULD HOPEFULLY STILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.
YEAH, WE TALKED A LOT WITH, UM, THE, THE CURRENT OPERATOR, UH, EXOS WHO, UH, WHEN THEY'RE HAVING THEIR SWIM MEETS, TYPICALLY THE OLDER, UH, YOUTH THAT ARE COMING THERE ARE ALREADY PREPARED IN THEIR SWIMSUITS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH OF, UH, A CAPACITY NEED THERE WHEN IT COMES TO THE YOUNGER CHILDREN.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN FORM SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THEY COULD PREPARE ONSITE AT THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST LOGISTICAL, UM, APPROACH FOR THE, THE YOUNGER, UH, YOUTH.
BUT FOR THE OLDER, THE SWIM MEETS WHERE YOU'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, OVER A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS, THEY COME READY.
UH, WE'VE TALKED TO THE OPERATORS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WELL PREPARED FOR.
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY USE THE RESTROOMS AS MUCH, UM, FOR CHANGING, UH, AS WE WOULD THINK.
UM, I HOPE THEY DO USE THE RESTROOMS AND NOT
UM, ANYWAY, WHAT WAS MY OTHER QUESTION? OH, IT SKIPPED MY HEAD.
ANYTHING ELSE? AND THEN I'LL THANK YOU ON THE SCREEN.
UM, NOT MUCH OF A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT.
UH, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING SO PERSISTENT ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, WE STARTED DISCUSSING THIS IN 20 21, 22, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND, UH, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE, UH, ARE THRILLED ABOUT THE CURRENT POOL AND ARE GOING TO BE THRILLED ABOUT THE ADDITIONS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL DIRECTED.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, UM, AND WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BEING BUILT.
I'M GONNA GO TO, UH, COUNCILMAN ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THANK YOU STAFF, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER FOR LEADING THIS.
AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO, UM, OUR ENGINE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR STEVE ELLO.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INNOVATION AND, UH, YOUR WORK ON THIS BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THE ORIGINAL POOL BUILDING WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED WOULD'VE BEEN UPWARDS OF 14 $60 MILLION A CELL WELLNESS CENTER CONCEPT.
AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS AS A CITY, WE STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING BUILDING.
SO IF WE'RE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE, ADDING SOMETHING NEW IS, IS REALLY JUST NOT, NOT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
SO REALLY EXCITED THAT WE WERE CREATIVE, PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND CAME UP WITH THIS.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF NEW AMENITIES HERE THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
UH, THE COLOR SCHEME, I'M PRETTY OPEN ABOUT.
UM, I AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA AS A SWEETWATER GRADUATE MYSELF, THE RED AND THE GRAY, THAT THAT'S THE ONE THAT I, UH, MORE GEARED TOWARDS.
AND I THINK IT'S RELEVANT TOO BECAUSE, UH, SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL HAS A SWIM TEAM AND, UH, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE USING THE FACILITY MORE AND MORE.
SO IT'D BE GREAT TO JUST HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THEME, UH, BUT OPEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST LIKE, UH, A PREFERENCE.
UH, THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP, UH, THE DEMO OF POTENTIAL, THE OTHER, UM, THE CHANGING ROOMS AND, UH, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, UH, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UH, EXTRA COST.
UH, SO I, I DON'T THINK THE THE COST IS WORTH IT IF IT CAN BE USED AS STORAGE OR USED AS, YOU KNOW, SOME SOMETHING ELSE, WHETHER IT'S ADDITIONAL, UH, CHANGE HEARING CAPACITY LIKE, UH, LIKE, UH, COUNCILOR MOLINA BROUGHT UP, UM, YOU KNOW, OR ANY OTHER USE, UH, CREATIVELY WE CAN FIND.
BUT I'D RATHER WORRY ABOUT THAT LATER BECAUSE I THINK THE PRIORITY IS GETTING THIS OUT THE DOOR BECAUSE WE'RE COMING UP ON THE DECEMBER DEADLINE.
SO, UH, I JUST HOPE STAFF CAN KEEP, UH, CHARGING BOARD AND WE CAN GET THIS OUT IN TIME.
SO WHERE ON THE ELEVATION, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK ON THE ONE WITH THE OLYMPIC COLORS, YOU'LL SEE THEM IN, THEY'RE ON THE FACE OF BUILDING D OH, FACING THE POOL.
THEY'RE THE YELLOW COLORED ONES THERE.
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THERE? UM, GREATER WHAT THEY NEED FOR CAPACITY.AND THAT'S KIND OF, WE PUT THERE, I'M NOT SURE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING 16 MM-HMM.
SO, UM, THAT'S EXPANDABLE AND THAT'S WITH THAT WE HAVE THE O OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING TOO, TO PUT MORE LOCKERS IF WE NEED 'EM.
WELL, UM, THE FIRST, FIRST POOL SITE PLAN, UM, VERY WELL THOUGHT OF, UM, CITY ENGINEER.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US.
UM, AND, UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THIS ADDITIONAL YOU, UM, FACILITY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OUR, UH, CONSTITUENTS.
UM, YOU MEAN THE, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE, THE NUMBER OF BATHROOMS AND USES.
I THINK JOAN AND I SOMETIMES ARE THERE AND WE WATCH THE OPERATORS OPERATE AND THEY REALLY ARE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN READY AND, AND READY TO, UH, PUT THEIR STUFF ON THE SIDE AND, AND, UM, ALLOW THEIR, THEIR, UM, PARENTS OR THEIR, UM, THEIR TEACHERS TO WATCH OVER, OVER THEIR STUFF.
UM, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS MODULAR THING, THESE ARE ALL PLUMB OR RIGHT, IT'S SURFACE GRADE.
WHEN YOU WALK IN AND OUT, THEY DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STEP UP INTO 'EM LIKE THE OLD BUNGALOWS WE WERE, YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WENT TO SCHOOL.
THE, UH, THE, UH, THE GARDEN OF PLAZA IS VERY NICE NOW.
UM, AND THEN THE COLOR SCHEME FOR, UM, I WOULD GO OPTION TWO.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CITY TO HAVE THAT, UM, THAT, UH, PERSONALITY.
WE ALREADY HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL.
I WANTED TO SEE THE COLORS OF OUR CITY, WHICH IS PURPLE.
UM, UM, THIS, UH, AQUA GREEN AND ORANGE, WHICH IS IN ALL OUR LOGOS.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UM, IT'S A CITY FACILITY, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL HONOR THE COLORS OF OUR LOGO.
ANYTHING ELSE? I'LL PUT MY 2 CENTS FOR THE COLORS.
I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING HIGH SCHOOL SWIM MEETS THERE.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF INTIMIDATION, SO THEREFORE IF SWEET WATER COLORS ARE THERE, UH, GEE, WOULDN'T THAT BE A SHAME? BUT ANYWAY, THAT WOULD JUST BE MY PREFERENCE, BUT, AND, UH, ANYWAY, ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR A LONG TIME SINCE.
[8. REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE GO INTO OUR REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.I'M GONNA ASK EVERYONE, LET'S KEEP THESE AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE.
UH, I HAVE NOT HAD A REGIONAL BOARD MEETING SINCE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, SO NOTHING REPORT.
YES, WE HAD, UH, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT MEETING.
IT WAS JUST A PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, SO I DON'T WANNA GO OVER THE ENTIRE AGENDA, BUT THE TWO MAIN, UH, KEY ISSUES, UH, WE DISCUSSED, UH, UPDATES TO THE PORT MOU.
SO THAT'S A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT AND THE, UM, UH, IMPORT OF SAN DIEGO.
IT'S FOCUSED ON REDUCING THE, UH, VEHICLE, UH, TRIPS.
SO A LOT OF THE TRUCK TRAFFIC AND THE POTENTIAL EMISSIONS THERE.
ALSO ADDRESSING, UH, TRANSPARENCY, UH, WITH, UH, PROJECTS PROPOSED AT THE PORT THAT, UH, COULD CAUSE EMISSIONS.
JUST LIKE THE MITSUBISHI CEMENT PLANT THAT WAS PLANNED, I THINK FOR LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE.
UM, THAT, THAT, UM, IS NO LONGER A PROPOSAL ANYMORE.
SO, SO THERE WAS A GOOD FRAMEWORK THERE.
AND THE OTHER ISSUE, UH, THAT THE AIR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT STARTED, UH, MONITORING, UH, IS THE, UH, THE ODORS FROM THE TIJUANA RIVER AND THE IMPACTS IMPERIAL BEACH IN THOSE, IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, SO THERE THEY ARE, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH IMPACTS.
IT ABSOLUTELY IS A, AS A CRISIS.
I KNOW, UM, UH, THE, THE MAYOR OF IMPERIAL BEACH, UH, APPRECIATED.
UH, YOUR, YOUR OUTREACH AND, AND SUPPORT.
I THINK ALL OF US, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT PART OF, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, UH, CLOSE TO US RIGHT? BUT I THINK STILL AS A SOUTH BAY REGION MM-HMM.
AND THOSE, THOSE JURISDICTIONAL BORDERS SHOULDN'T MATTER.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS GETTING SICK.
EVEN, UH, MAYOR PALOMA RE SHE WAS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM TWICE, UH, FROM THE IMPACTS, UH, FROM THE, THE SEWAGE AND AT, AT, UH, IT'S, UM, A CHEMICAL, UH, SULFIDE OXIDE SULFIDE.
I, I FORGOT THE CHEMICAL NAME.
DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT IT, IT'S VERY SERIOUS.
AND LUCKILY, OUR, UH, WE ALSO HAVE ON OUR BOARD A PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL.
AND, AND SHE'S A PEDIATRICIAN.
AND SHE OUTLINED ALL OF THE HEALTH, UH, POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT IT CAUSES.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH AT IMPERIAL BEACH ABOUT, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, IT'S A, A BIG HEALTH IMPACT.
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YOU.UH, SANDAG BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL MEET AGAIN, UM, SOON, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.
WE, WE DID NOT HOLD MEETINGS IN AUGUST.
UH, BUT I WILL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION THAT IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I WAS, UH, A VOLUNTEER WITH THE SAN DIEGO VOTER, UH, UH, REGISTRAR OF VOTERS.
I WAS, DURING THE ELECTION YEAR, I WENT AHEAD AND SIGNED UP TO BE A WORKER AT ONE OF THE POLL SITES HERE LOCALLY AT NATIONAL CITY.
IT WAS HARD WORK, BUT VERY REWARDING.
UM, AND I ENCOURAGE, I KNOW THAT NOW THEY ARE, UH, OPENING UP POSITIONS SO THAT FOLKS CAN COME AND BE A WORKER AT THE POLL SITES.
AND I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED, THERE IS, UM, A MINIMAL STIPEND THAT YOU GET.
SO, UM, CERTAINLY IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO THERE AND WORK AND EARN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT IS, UH, REWARDING BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING IT AND YOU'RE IN SERVICE OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND MAYOR, IF IT IS OKAY WITH YOU, UM, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION TO OUR CITY CLERK, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MS. SHELLY.
UM, MAY I, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE UP ON THE SCREEN, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, UM, CITY CLERK CHAPEL FOR YOU TO, UM, MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF OUR REGIONAL ELECTIONS? YEAH, LET'S, LET'S NOT DO THAT ON END OF THIS SECTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.
UM, SWEETWATER AUTHORITY, JUST, UH, POLICY AND MINISTERIAL, UM, UM, ISSUES, MR. MAYOR.
AND THEN, UM, WE TRAVELED TO SAN ANTONIO, UH, TEXAS, UM, TEMPERATURE'S VERY, VERY HIGH
IT WAS HOT, BUT THE CONFERENCE IS VERY EDUCATIONAL.
UM, THIS ARE, UM, HOW WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, BETTER RATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, BETTER RATES ARE BETTER SAFE AND AND AFFORDABLE WATER TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, SANNIA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, IT'S ALSO ADMINISTERIAL AND POLICY.
UM, NOT MUCH TO REPORT THERE, ALTHOUGH WE HAD A VISIT WITH THE, UH, GENERAL MANAGER AND, UM, MR. ORTEGA, WHO IS FOR THE METROPOLITAN WATER, UM, DISTRICT.
AND, UM, PLEDGED THAT, UM, SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AND THE METROPOLITAN WATER AUTHORITY CAN WORK BETTER TOGETHER MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR RATE PAYERS.
UM, THERE'S A REBATE GOING ON FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WANTING TO GET SOLAR.
UM, I WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, DISCUSS MORE ABOUT IT, BUT OUR, UM, COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL, MR. UM, LARRY IS HERE AND HE WOULD, UM, GIVE US, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, HE CAN HAVE ALL THOSE ANSWERS FOR THE, FOR THE REBATE PROGRAM, FOR, UH, FOR, FOR ALL OF US WHO WANTED TO HAVE SOLAR METRO, JPA, MR. MAYOR, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING THIS, THIS, THIS MONTH, BUT WE WILL HAVE A MEETING NEXT, NEXT MONTH.
I ALSO WAS ON THAT TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO THIS LAST WEEK.
UH, AND IT WAS DEALING WITH, UH, UH, BINATIONAL, UM, BORDER, UH, ISSUES AS FAR AS ECONOMIC AND, UH, UH, AND SO IT WAS BASICALLY HALF SPANISH, HALF IN ENGLISH.
AND, UH, SO BEING RIGHT THERE ON THE BORDER AND WE, IT WAS, UM, SOME REALLY ENLIGHTENING DIFFERENT IDEAS COMING ACROSS.
UM, BUT, UH, ON THE PLANE TRIP BACK, I GOT STUCK BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE.
AND ONE OF IT WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS VERY, VERY, VERY WELL CONNECTED.
AND SO TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO DO SOME PROJECTS HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, WHICH MIGHT BE TO THE BENEFIT OF US ALL.
UH, THE OTHER ONE WAS THE, UH, THE ASSISTANT, UM, OR WAS THE UNDERSECRETARY, UH, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA.
AND SO WE MAY BE WORKING OUT WATER EXCHANGE.
AND SO WE HAD A VERY BENEFICIAL FLIGHT BACK, UH, TRYING TO WORK OUT, WORK OUT SOME THINGS.
WITH THAT, WE WILL GO INTO THE REAL QUICK, MAYOR, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT.
I JUST WANNA, UH, ON THE WATER EXCHANGE, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
I MEAN, IF WE COULD EARN SOME REVENUE WITH THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
BUT ALSO THERE'S SEVERE WATER SHORTAGES AT TIMES IN TIJUANA.
I'VE BEEN THERE AND IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S INSANE TO HAVE THE GEOGRAPHIC THE SAME AREA AND PEOPLE NOT HAVE ACCESS TO, TO WATER IN THEIR HOMES.
SO I, I HOPE WE WOULD ALL, YOU KNOW, PUSH THAT FORWARD AND SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY BUYING WATER THROUGH OTAI WATER DISTRICT.
AND THAT OTAI IS BUYING IT FROM COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, WHICH SWEETWATER AUTHORITY, WE DON'T BUY FROM COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY 'CAUSE IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE, BUT YET THEY'RE SWAPPING IT AND PUTTING ANOTHER CHARGE ON IT AND SELLING IT TO TIJUANA.
OUR WATER IS MUCH CHEAPER AND WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER IN, IN SWEETWATER DISTRICT.
SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE TIER ONE A LOT OF MONEY, AND AT THE SAME TIME, MAKE, MAKE A PROFIT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DEAL WITH, UH, KEEPING HAVING TO RAISE RATES IN SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.
SO IT, IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT
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COULD WORK OUT VERY, VERY WELL FOR, FOR ALL OF US, UM, AS I SAY NEXT, UH, AND I SHOULD SAY ONE OTHER, ONE OTHER THING REAL QUICKLY BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS IS THAT, UH, THERE IS ON NEXT WEEK, UH, THE PORT IS GONNA BE TAKING A LOOK AT THEIR ELECTRIFICATION STATION FOR THE 18 WHEELERS.AND THEIR AGENDA IS OUT YET, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY ARE GONNA BE PUTTING IT OUT FOR ANY IR SO THEREFORE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH, UH, BOTH THE PLUSES AND MINUSES, UH, AS FAR AS IMPACTS WITH THAT.
[9. CONSENT CALENDAR]
THAT WE GO INTO CONSENT CALENDAR.THESE ARE ITEMS NINE, ONE THROUGH NINE SEVEN, AND I DO HAVE, UH, SLIPS FOR NINE FIVE AND NINE SIX.
AND WHAT IS THE COUNSEL'S REC, UM, DESIRE ON THE REST OF IT? I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 9.3.
I'D, I'M SORRY, WHAT I, OH, SORRY.
I'D LIKE TO PULL 9.5 FOR THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PULLED QUESTIONS IN DISCUSSION.
YEAH, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PULLED BY THE PUBLIC.
UM, WHAT IS YOUR DESIRE ON THE REST OF IT? MOVE TO APPROVE MR. MAYOR.
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.
SO WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL ON THAT.
[9.3 Approval for Councilmember Luz Molina and Josie Flores-Clark to attend the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce 2024 Binational Delegation to Mexico City on October 20-23, 2024.]
GO DOWN, UH, WE HAVE 9.3.UH, MS. RODRIGUEZ? THANK YOU MS. MAYOR.
I WOULD JUST LIKE, UH, STAFF TO MAYBE WALK US THROUGH THE ITEM AND EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT.
UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, THE BINATIONAL DELEGATION OF MEXICO CITY WILL PROVIDE A OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO MEET WITH KEY FEDERAL OFFICIALS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF MEXICO'S NEW FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND DIVERSE BUSINESS INDUSTRY LEADERS TO DISCUSS MAJOR ISSUES, UH, INCLUDING BORDER EFFICIENCY, WATER MANAGEMENT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, WE HAVE THE, THE, THE, THE REPORT TALKS ABOUT THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE.
THIS APPROVAL IS NEEDED BECAUSE THIS CONFERENCE IS NOT ON OUR APPROVED LIST FOR THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET POLICY AND THE COST.
UM, I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE THE COST.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA WOULD BE $1,705.
AND THEN JOSIE FLORES CLARK, THE COST WOULD BE $2,706 BECAUSE, UH, FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA, THE, UH, REGISTRATION IS ATNA COST WAIVE.
AND, UH, FOR MS. CLARK, THE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
YEAH, IT'S A REDUCED AMOUNT, THE EXPLANATION.
AND, AND, AND THERE ARE TWO OTHERS OF US THAT ARE GOING ALSO MYSELF AND, UH, MEMBER YAMANI, BUT WE ARE GOING UNDER THE AUSPICES OF COUNTY OR, UH, SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.
SO THERE, THAT'S THE REASON OUR NAMES ARE NOT ON THIS.
SO, SO THIS IS TO ATTEND A SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DELEGATION.
BUT, BUT BOTH OF YOURS, SCOTT, UM, I SUPPOSE PAID THROUGH THE WATER AUTHORITY, CORRECT? YEAH.
UM, DO THE FEES, UH, INCORPORATE EVERYTHING INCLUDING FLIGHT AND HOTEL STAYS? AND, UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YEAH.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT'S, UH, YES, IT DOES COVER THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE COSTS.
I, I WASN'T POSITIVE ON FOOD AND, YOU KNOW, MEALS, BUT I THINK IT'S, I THINK FOOD WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE FOOD.
FOOD IS COVERED THE CONFERENCE.
SO, SO I GUESS I WOULD ASK, UM, WHY SHOULD TAXPAYERS AND NATIONAL CITY SUPPORT, UM, THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE MAYOR ATTENDING, UM, A CONFERENCE IN MEXICO CITY FOR $2,700? MM-HMM.
UM, WELL, FOR ONE THING, WE HAVE ALL OF THE SOUTH BAY MAYORS ARE GOING AND MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO.
WE'RE ALL GOING, UH, MATTER OF FACT, I THINK ALL OF 'EM ARE HAVING THEIR ASSISTANCE THAT WILL BE THERE WITH THEM.
UM, JOSIE HAS BEEN, MS. CLARK HAS BEEN MY ASSISTANT FOR 17 YEARS.
I ATTEND STUFF ALL OVER THE, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, IN DIFFERENT, UM, UM, CAPACITIES.
AND NORMALLY OTHER AGENCIES, THEY SEND THEIR SAYS, I, SHE HAS NEVER BEEN ON ANYTHING AT ALL.
UH, SHE DOES ALL OF OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH ALL THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES, UH, BOTH IN BAJA AND OTHERWISE.
AND SO IT ONLY MAKES, IT ONLY MAKES TOTAL SENSE THAT SHE WOULD BE THERE ALSO.
UM, SO JUST BECAUSE OTHER CITIES DO IT AND BRING STAFF, BECAUSE WE HAVE CITIES THAT HAVE A LOT MORE MONEY THAN WE DO.
WHEN WE'RE SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY ON AN ASSISTANT TO ATTEND.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDING.
BUT I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION ALSO IS
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WHY SHOULD NATIONAL CITY TAXPAYERS, UM, APPROVE OF A COUNCIL MEMBER SPENDING $1,700 TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE TWO ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM NATIONAL CITY ATTENDING? AND I GUESS THAT IS A QUESTION FOR VICE MAYOR.I'M SORRY FOR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MOLINA.
I'M VERY INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THIS BY NATIONAL DELEGATION.
IT IS HOSTED BY SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER, UH, OF COMMERCE.
AND AS MAYOR MORRISON INDICATED, SEVERAL OF OUR KEY LEADERS IN THE REGION WILL BE ATTENDING, UH, AS THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SANDAG.
I AM INTERESTED IN MANY OF THE TOPICS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING THIS CONFERENCE.
UH, SPECIFICALLY THE OTAI MESA EAST BOARD OF ENTRY OPENING THAT WILL BE COMING ON BOARD, UM, SOON, UH, SOON PROBABLY IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THE TIMELINE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THAT IS A VERY PERTINENT ISSUE.
THAT IS A PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE AT THE SANDECK BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL BRING BACK.
THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE DURING THIS BINATIONAL DELEGATION WILL BE VALUABLE TO INFORMING A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WILL THEN CONTINUE TO HAVE AT SANDAG AS WELL.
UH, AS HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH WHO BROUGHT UP THE DISASTER THAT IS HAPPENING AT OUR, UH, REGIONAL WATERWAYS WITH, UH, THE POLLUTION THAT IS PART OF THE CLOSURE THAT IS HAPPENING IN IMPERIAL BEACH THAT IS HIGHLY CONCERNING.
SO MUCH ATTENTION IS BEING, UH, ASKED TO TAKE PART OF THAT SCENARIO.
AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE NATIONAL CITY, WE ARE NOT IMPERIAL BEACH.
THAT IS A REGIONAL PROBLEM THAT I AM VERY INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO SOLUTIONS AROUND THAT.
I UNDERSTAND MAYOR AGIRI FROM IMPERIAL BEACH WILL BE A PART OF THIS DELEGATION, AND IT WOULD BE MY HONOR TO ACCOMPANY HER, UM, AS A, UH, WITNESS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING REGIONALLY AND HELP BOLSTER THAT ARGUMENT TO, UH, THE LEADERS OF MEXICO OR, UH, IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS.
I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, SITTING ON A SANDAG BOARD AND, AND I'M AN ALTERNATE AS WELL, SERVES A PURPOSE.
UM, DID WE CONSIDER MAYBE ASKING SANDAG BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A DELEGATION VISIT? NO, I DID NOT.
I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA QUOTE SOMETHING.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO GO ADVOCATE FOR TO YOUR CONGRESS MEMBER OR ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, DO SO, BUT PAY FOR YOUR OWN WAY.
DON'T USE PUBLIC MONEY FOR THAT.
I HAVE A CLARIFICATION ON THAT POINT.
IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE, IT IS NECESSARY TO BE VERY FRUGAL WITH YOUR CHOICES FOR HOW YOU'RE GONNA SPEND THIS MONEY.
IT MIGHT BE ALLOTTED TO YOU BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL VOTED.
OKAY, YOU GET A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
BUT THERE HAS TO BE RULES, THERE HAS TO BE PROCEDURES WHICH THEN JUSTIFIES THE USE OF THAT MONEY.
THAT WAS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA ON THE JUNE 4TH MEETING WHEN DISCUSSING A COUNCIL SLASH MAYOR POLICY.
ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS CONSISTENCY.
SOME OF US, UH, MYSELF, I ASKED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS JUST TO CLARIFY THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ASKED, WE'RE TOLD THIS, AND, UM, MADE IT SEEM AS THOUGH I, I WAS JUST SEEKING FOR CLARIFICATION AND, UH, HAD OTHER INTENTIONS IN MIND.
BUT THE CLARIFICATION I WAS LOOKING FOR WAS FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS WHERE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, DELEGATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD THAT MAY HAVE GOOD POSITIVE THINGS FOR US AS COMMUNITY TO BRING BACK TO NATIONAL CITY.
AND, UM, I DO REMEMBER, UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER SAYING, HEY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OUTTA LINE.
I WAS JUST ASKING FOR CLARITY AND DIRECTION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN WE MAKE STATEMENTS LIKE THAT AND, AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT SAID, YOU CAN'T DECIDE I HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I'M GONNA USE IT TO TRAVEL UP AND DOWN SACRAMENTO AND DC OR WHATEVER.
THAT WAS A DIRECT QUOTE FROM THAT JUNE 4TH MEETING BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA.
AND THEN ON THE DIME TURN AROUND AND TRY TO SPEND $2,700 FOR THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, OR $1,700 TO ATTEND A DELEGATION MEETING, WHICH I WISH YOU ALL WOULD'VE BROUGHT UP.
AND WE WOULD'VE ADDED TO THE LIST OF AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED, UM, UM, MEETINGS AND DELEGATIONS TO TAKE PLACE.
BUT ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS CONSISTENCY.
I THINK IT'S THE PROPER THING TO DO.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A REOCCURRING THING, RIGHT? SO SAME THING HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHEN MAYOR MORRISON AND COUNCIL BERMA MORINA VOTED AGAINST THE BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE COUNCIL BUDGET.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TURN AROUND AND NOW COUNCIL MEMBER MORINA HAS A STAFFER FOR HER OFFICE, WHICH IS ALSO A PART-TIME STAFFER FOR THE CITY.
AND IT'S VERY, IT CAN BE VERY SLOPPY
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AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS, BUT WE JUST NEED CONSISTENCY.SO IF, IF I'M OKAY WITH YOU ALL ATTENDING, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE, BUT, BUT LET'S TRY TO BE CONSISTENT ABOUT ITEMS. OKAY.
AND I, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
BUT I THINK THE POINT ALSO NEEDS TO BE, UH, IT'S EASY TO GET ON THE SOAP BOX, MAKE SURE YOUR BOX IS MADE OUTTA WOOD AND NOT CARDBOARD.
'CAUSE YOU WILL FALL THROUGH IT, UH, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO STAND ON.
SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY ON THAT.
I'M NOT ASKING MY ASSISTANCE TO ATTEND A $2,700 TAXPAYER FUNDED DELEGATION.
YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR, CAN I MAKE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR? YES, GO AHEAD.
I KNOW WE WERE GONNA GET INTO THIS, BUT THANK YOU.
I WILL REMIND, UH, COUNCIL MAN RODRIGUEZ, THAT THE, BUT PRIOR TO THIS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BUDGET, IT WAS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THERE WAS A CONFERENCE BUDGET THAT WAS ALREADY ALLOWED.
AND I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN USING MY COUNCIL ALL ALLOW ALLOTMENT FOR CONFERENCES.
UM, EACH YEAR THAT I HAVE BEEN ELECTED, UH, PERHAPS NOT THE VERY FIRST YEAR THAT I WAS CITY CLERK, BUT I HAVE USED THE ALLOTMENT FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDING CONFERENCES, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS ABOUT $5,000, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.
BUT IT WAS, UH, CERTAINLY IT WAS 2000.
SO I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN USING MY CONFERENCE ALLOTMENT SO THAT I CAN EDIFY MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO BE A LEADER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I FEEL THAT I HAVE USED IT WELL, AND I SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, I AM BRINGING BACK.
AND SO I, I DON'T FEEL THAT I HAVE MISUSED THAT MONEY IN ANY WAY.
UM, IT IS, UH, ALSO, UH, IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, WHETHER THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BUDGET HAD BEEN PA PASSED OR NOT, I WOULD'VE STILL BEEN ALLOWED THIS TRAVEL BUDGET SO THAT I CAN GO TO THESE CONFERENCES.
I AM FOLLOWING OUR ESTABLISHED PROTOCOL FOR OUR COUNCIL BUDGETS.
IT WAS AGREED TO BY, UM, THE COUNCIL HERE.
ANYONE CAN GO READ THE POLICY.
I'M NOT BREAKING MY HEAD TRYING TO BEND THE RULES AND, UM, HAVE IT BE FOR MY OWN SELF-INTEREST.
AND I AM NOT TRYING TO MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE USE OF THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
I HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT I RESPECT VERY MUCH THE PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.
AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT MY USE OF THAT FUND, I AM VERY HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTION.
UH, YEAH, UNLESS THERE'S MORE DISCUSSION, I, I THINK, UH, I, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT, UH, THIS ITEM.
AND IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, IF THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN WEIGH ON THIS, I'M FINE ADDING IT TO THE REGULAR LIST BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS, UM, EVERY, EVERY YEAR.
I THINK ALL THESE QUESTIONS ARE VALID.
SO WE SHOULD ASK EACH OTHER QUESTIONS WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I DO THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE OUR ASSISTANTS GO, MY ASSISTANT CAME WITH ME TO THE ALBUQUERQUE TRIP SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT STAFF SUPPORT IS, IS KEY.
AND EQUALLY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REPORT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR PUBLIC RESOURCES.
SO YEAH, I THINK THIS IS ALL GOOD DISCUSSION.
I WOULD ALSO ASK TOO, UH, FOR IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S, UH, ATTENDING THE, UH, ALMOST EVERYONE'S ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD REQUEST, UH, AND THIS IS MORE MTS, MTS KIND OF RELATED, BUT JUST A, A REGION TOO, AND IT BENEFITS, UH, NATIONAL CITIES.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NATIONAL CITY THAT, THAT COMMUTE BACK AND FORTH TO TIJUANA, WHETHER IT'S FAMILY, WHETHER IT'S WORK, UM, OR, OR WHATNOT.
AND SO CROSS BORDER TROLLEY IS GREAT PROJECT THAT STILL IS IN THE, YOU KNOW, EARLY THROWS.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE IT'S AT.
IT'S MOSTLY, THAT'S MOSTLY A SAND DECK PROJECT, BUT I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR IT AT MTS.
AND I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO, UH, PUSH THAT TOO, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL ALSO REDUCE THE POLLUTION AT THE BORDER AND THE CONGESTION BY, BY ADDING THAT IT WOULD BE A BIG, IT TAKE MANY, MANY YEARS AND LOTS OF LOGISTICS.
BUT IF, IF YOU ALL, WHEN YOU'RE THERE, CAN ADVOCATE FOR THE CROSS-BORDER TROLLEY EXTENSION IN MEXICO, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YEAH.
UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, VERY GOOD DISCUSSION HERE.
UM, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULDN'T MAKE ANY POT SHOTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT IS GOOD AND, AND WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE SIT IN A, UH, WATER AGENCY THAT WOULD SEND US THERE TO EDUCATE US ON WATER MANAGEMENT AND, UH, WHAT, UM, MEXICO AND SAN DIEGO CAN WORK TOGETHER,
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UM, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, TO PROVIDE FOR EDUCATION, UH, ON HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UM, MAINTAIN, UM, THE WATER THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.I, I BELIEVE THAT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS ONE THING THAT I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING SINCE I SAT HERE AS A, AS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL, THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND REACH OUT AND NETWORK WITH, UM, WITH OUR FELLOW, UM, YOU KNOW, MEAN ELECTEDS OR, OR, OR, UH, LEGISLATORS BECAUSE WE NEED THEM.
YOU KNOW, MAYOR AND I WENT TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THAT WAS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE BRING THAT BACK TO SWEETWATER AUTHORITY, BUT SWEETWATER IS OUR WATER AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UM, IT'S A BINATIONAL, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY GOOD TOPICS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I BELIEVE THAT BEING CONSISTENT, NO POT SHOTS.
LET'S LOOK AT THE AGENDA, YOU KNOW, AND, AND LOOK AT HOW WE WILL REALLY, REALLY, UM, YOU, I MEAN, EDUCATE OURSELVES THERE AND BRING IT BACK TO OUR CITY AND TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD THING.
YOU KNOW, WE REACH OUT, THEY REACH BACK.
IT'S REALLY NETWORKING, YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT LIVE IN JUST SITTING ON THE DICE ALONE.
WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND REACH OUT AND EDUCATE OURSELVES AND NETWORK WITH OUR LEGISLATORS.
SO IT'S A GOOD THING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S, I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA AND MAYOR, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD INHIBITIONS OR, OR OR NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS, BUT I AM, I AM GLAD THAT YOU NOW REALIZE HOW HELPFUL IT IS FOR US TO BE GOING OUT THERE AND REACHING OUT AND HAVING HELP.
BECAUSE AS A PART-TIME COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU CAN ASK MY SISTER.
I'M A WORK DRIVER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, EVERY DAY HE'S OUT THERE IN A DISTRICT SINCE HE ONBOARDED TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO IT, IT'S REALLY VERY IMPORTANT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED THOSE S WE JUST NEED TO WORK TOGETHER FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE HAD A LONG RECORD OF BEING EXTREMELY FRUGAL IN THE CITY, UH, WHETHER IF IT'S WITH THE BUDGET WITHIN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR WITH THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND SO I WILL BE GLAD TO STAND ON THAT, THAT RECORD.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT DEAL.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF THINGS GOING ON WITH OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS BORDER, WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND THINGS ARE GOING ON IN MEXICO RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, UM, STARTERS, I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH OR I, I DO JUST ENOUGH TO INSULT PEOPLE WITH HOW BADLY I DO IT.
SO, UM, MS. CLARK DOES SPEAK, UH, PERFECT, UH, SPANISH AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND NOT ONLY SERVES MY TRANSLATOR, BUT ALSO SHE HAS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN BEING BOTH THE PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, SAN DIEGO COUNTY HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND SHE'S ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, NATIONAL LATINO WOMEN'S BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
UH, SO SHE COMES FROM THAT BUSINESS BACKGROUND, EVERYTHING ELSE, AND DEALS WITH PEOPLE IN MEXICO ALL THE TIME.
SO THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE INTERACTIONS JUST BECOME THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO BRING THAT BACK TO NATIONAL CITY.
UH, AND AS I SAY, IN ALL THE CONFERENCES THAT I ATTEND AND I'VE ATTENDED WAY MORE THAN I EVER WANNA REMEMBER, AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF FUN.
PEOPLE THINK THAT TRAVELING'S FUN IS REALLY NOT.
UH, BUT IN ALL THOSE YEARS, SHE'S NEVER, EVEN THOUGH I GO AND EVERYONE ELSE GOT THERE, SHE'S NEVER WENT.
SO THIS IS JUST A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR HER SKILL SETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I THINK OTHERWISE WOULD BE DOING A DISSERVICE TO NATIONAL CITY.
AND AS I SAY, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY FRUGAL AND BEEN VERY ABOVE BOARD WITH EVERY PENNY THAT IS, THAT IS SPENT ANYWAY, THAT I HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER.
MR. CHAIRMAN, SOME OF US WISH, I'M SORRY.
I DID, WAS THERE I COULDN'T HEAR.
UM, WAS THERE A SECOND TO MY MOTION? NONE.
NO, I, I WILL SECOND YOUR MOTION, SO I'LL, OKAY.
WHAT, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD, WOULD, DID, DID YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT ADDING THAT TO THE, FROM YEAH.
UH, THIS MEETING TO THE LIST OF, UH, AUTOMATICALLY APPROVE, SO CONFERENCES, YEAH.
SO MY, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
I'LL DROP, I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO, TO DROP THAT AND JUST APPROVE THE ITEM.
MY SECOND WAS, WAS TO THAT, TO THAT MOTION.
NOT TO, NOT TO ADDING THE ITEM.
'CAUSE IT IS, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION.
AND A SECOND, JUST ONE LAST COMMENT.
I, I, I, UM, I WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR DELEGATION VISITS.
I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, I'M MENTIONING THAT OPENLY.
IT'S GOOD TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF NATIONAL CITY, UH, UH, AROUND THE COUNTRY TO LEARN AND BRING, UH, KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT AND RESOURCES BACK TO NATIONAL CITY CONSISTENCY.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA AND MAYOR MORRISON TO THEN TURN AROUND AND BE THE FIRST ONES TO UTILIZE THIS FUNDING.
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SEEN AS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE WERE BEING BASHED OVER.THIS SEEMS A LITTLE HYPOCRITICAL, SO I, I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE AND, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK FOR CONSISTENCY MOVING FORWARD.
MAY I HAVE A MOMENT, MAYOR? OH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, THE TRAVEL MONEY, WHICH WAS BEFORE THIS POINT WAS $2,000 A YEAR.
I, WHEN I HAVE, I HAVEN'T ALWAYS USED IT, BUT WHEN I HAVE, IT HAS BEEN JUST FOR THAT.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT THING.
AND SO TO TRY TO BRING IT UP IS SOMETHING NEW.
UM, MI I WASN'T GONNA SAY THIS, BUT I HAVE TO NOW, UH, I WILL REMIND COUNCIL MANN RODRIGUEZ THAT THE QUOTE THAT HE, UH, QUOTED ME IN SAYING, UH, IN FACT HAD TO DO WITH HIS REQUEST TO ADVOCATE IN SACRAMENTO.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE SPECIFIC LOCATION.
BUT YEAH, I DID SAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO ON YOUR BEHALF, NOT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR CITY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CITY POLICY FOR HOW YOU CAN REPRESENT THE CITY.
UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA GO ON YOUR OWN AND ADVOCATE AND ESSENTIALLY LOBBY, UH, LAWMAKERS, THAT NEEDS TO BE ON YOUR DIME.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION ON THE QUOTE THAT HE'S TRYING TO MISREPRESENT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE, THAT WAS REMOVED.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS STRICKEN, RIGHT? THAT, UH, IT WILL BE ADDED, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THIS AND WE ALREADY APPROVED THAT.
SO, UM, THAT COMES BACK ON A YEARLY BASIS.
PLEASE CALL THE QUESTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, COULD WE HAVE THE, UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE? THANK YOU.
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NEXT WE GO ON TO NINE FIVE.THIS IS A COUNTY CONTRACT FOR SENIOR NUTRITION SERVICES, UH, MODIFICATION NUMBER ONE.
I AM GOING TO ASK THAT WE ONLY, WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONTRACT.
AND THE CONTRACT IS JUST FOR A MODIFICATION OF, OF, OF AN AMOUNT COMING FROM THE COUNTY.
AND SO IF WE ARE SPEAKING TO THAT, AND THAT IS WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE ALFREDO, UH, GALLEGOS ALFREDO, UH, SARAH VELA, VELA, SANDRA REJAS.
I SAW A SMALL GROUP LEAVE OUT EARLIER, AND THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN THEM.
UM, MEMBER, UH, BUSH, YOU DID ASK FOR THIS TO BE PULLED IN.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAD.
SO I HAD QUESTIONS, UH, WITH STAFF IF YOU COULD, UH, PRE GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ITEM.
BUT I ALSO HAD SOME, UH, SOME QUESTIONS AND SOME CONCERNS.
SO SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, WHO I THINK WERE HERE, HERE TONIGHT, AND SOME OF THEM THAT I, I SPOKE TO AND ENCOURAGED 'EM TO TALK TO, THEY REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE.
I REACHED OUT TO, UM, ANCHORED THEM TO REACH OUT TO COUNCIL.
SO THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE SPECIFIC OPERATIONS.
AND SO I DO THINK, SO THIS, ULTIMATELY THIS CONTRACT THAT'S BEING APPROVED IS FOR COUNTY REIMBURSEMENT, BUT IT'S ASKING FOR AN INCREASE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE A, A DISCUSSION THAT WE, UM, KNOW ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE ISSUES FROM THE PUBLIC.
I CAN READ ONE OF THE, THE COMMENTS THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO ME, BUT THERE WERE SOME, I, SO I, I DO SUPPORT THE, THE, UH, THE CONTRACT AND, AND THE REIMBURSEMENT.
BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE, UH, STAFF TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH, LIKE, HER COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UH, COFFEE BEING CUT, UH, WITH, UM, WITH, UH, STAFF BEING, UM, JUST COMPLAINTS FROM SENIORS ABOUT STAFF.
SO IF STAFF COULD PROVIDE, UM, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THIS AND THEN, UH, RESPOND TO, TO THOSE, AND I CAN READ SOME OF WHAT, UM, CONCERN WAS CONCERN IF, IF, IF WE COULD GET THOSE SUBMITTED.
AND THAT IS, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING SEPARATE.
'CAUSE THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS, IS, IS DEALING SPECIFICALLY WITH THE FINANCIAL CONTRACT AND REIMBURSEMENT OF MONEY, BUT OPERATIONS OR COMPLAINTS.
IF WE COULD GET THOSE, YOU KNOW, UH, A LIST OF WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE CONCERNS ARE, THEN I THINK THOSE CAN BE HANDLED OFF, UH, OFF AGENDA OFFSITE.
AND IF IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BACK ON AN, ON AN AGENDA, FUTURE AGENDA, WE CAN DO THAT.
IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? I, I THINK IT, I MEAN, IT COULD BE.
SO WHEN THERE'S INEFFICIENCIES IN OPERATIONS, SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SOME PERSONNEL ISSUES, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO RIGHT HERE, BUT WE CAN'T, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EMPLOYEES ON PAID LEAVE.
I KNOW THIS ISN'T, BUT WE CAN'T, ISN'T THE FIRST TIME.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS TIED BECAUSE MAYOR, I, I KNOW, BUT THAT'S NOT TIED TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
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IT, IT, SO WHAT WE'RE, THIS IS WHY IT IS TIED, MAYOR.SO WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED IS AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET.
WHAT WAS ATTACHED WAS A CONTRACT AND ALL OF THE LIST OF EXPENSES.
AND, AND THAT INCLUDES PERSONNEL COSTS.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO ENSURE, AT THE VERY LEAST, AND THIS IS WHY I'M, I'M DOING THIS, SO IT'S PUBLIC, AND SO THAT STAFF ADDRESSES THIS BECAUSE MY CONCERNS HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED PRIVATELY.
SO THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED PUBLICLY BECAUSE THERE'S BEING REQUESTED AN INCREASE IS OKAY, IS, BUT THAT'S NOT AN OVERVIEW INTO, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S ON, ON YOUR AGENDA.
BRING THOSE ITEMS. I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND.
PUT THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER, WE WILL SEE IF THEY CAN BE ADDRESSED.
IF THEY CANNOT BE ADDRESSED OFFSITE, WE WILL PUT IT, WE WILL PUT A, UH, AN UPDATE ON OPERATIONS, UH, ON, ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE PLACE TO HAVE FULL DISCUSSION THEN.
SO STAFF COULD GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS.
I, I, I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE NOT, NOT AGENDIZED.
AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY FOR THE RECORD, I DO BELIEVE IT'S CONNECTED AND I DO BELIEVE WE AS A RESPONSIBILITY, THE BUG STOPS WITH US AND COUNSEL.
SO WHEN SOMETHING ISN'T JUST LIKE, IF THERE WAS COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT OUR TREE TRIMMING NOT BEING DONE PROPERLY OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND THERE WAS A STAFF WAS ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET ITEM.
SO TO US TO GIVE OVERSIGHT, I'M NOT BEING ACCUSATORY, I'M JUST SAYING THERE, THERE'S AN, THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE.
WE JUST, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE A BETTER CONNECTION AND, BUT, BUT WE, WE CAN STILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I, I AGREE SOS TO GIVE THAT OVERVIEW THOUGH, WITH THAT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON NINE FIVE? WELL, YES, I WANT STAFF TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS, OF THIS BUDGET.
WHY? OH, JUST ON THE BUDGET ITSELF.
THE SUMMARY OF, UM, OF THE INCREASE.
WE, WE WILL GET THAT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
UM, MY NAME IS JOANNE MCGEE, ACTING COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR.
AND, UM, SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY IS A MODIFICATION TO THE COUNTY CONTRACT.
THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO HAS, UH, WE ASKED FOR AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS OR MEALS BEING SERVED TO SENIORS.
AND THE SENIOR MEALS CONSIST OF SPECIFIC, UH, NUTRIENTS.
UH, IT HAS COME UP, UM, IF I MAY, THE COFFEE IS NOT PART OF THE CONTRACT, SO THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE CITY'S BUDGET.
WHEREAS THE MEALS, THE UNITS THAT ARE, UM, ARE, THERE'S AN INVOICED REQUESTING THOSE TO BE REIMBURSED FROM THE COUNTY.
THOSE WOULD, UH, BE FOR SENIORS AGES 60 AND OLDER.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE THIS ASK IS COMING FROM.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THE COUNTY IS, UH, WILLING TO MODIFY THE ORIGINAL FOUR YEAR CONTRACT FOR IS A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF $67,320 PER TERM.
SO THAT'S FROM APRIL TO THE END OF MARCH OF 2025.
AND BECAUSE THE, THE ASK CAME IN THE TYPICAL TERM, UH, THE ASK CAME IN IN JULY, I ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND THEY GRANTED IT, AND THIS IS THE MODIFICATION TO THE CONTRACT ADDING $67,000.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS TO ACCEPT AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THE COUNTY TO GO TOWARD THE SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM, CORRECT? RIGHT.
UH, THANK YOU MS. MCGEE FOR THAT INFORMATIVE, UH, REPORT.
UH, I WONDER IS THIS INCREASE AS A RESULT OF THE INFLATION COSTS OR IS IT BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME THAT WE ARE SEEING IS I KNOW IS GREATER PERHAPS THAN ANTICIPATED? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
ARE WE DEFINITELY ARE SEEING A GROWING NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN NEED OF THIS SERVICE, UM, THAT HAS, THAT HAS EXPANDED, UH, OVER 80 PARTICIPANTS ON AVERAGE FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
UH, BUT THE INCREASE IS ACTUALLY, IT'S, UM, IT'S COMING FROM THE NUMBER OF MEALS SERVED.
SO YES, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NOT NECESSARILY THE INFLATION.
THE INFLATION, UH, IS ANOTHER, UM, BUDGETARY, UH, QUESTION THAT WE'LL BE ASKING, UH, IN A FEW MONTHS.
BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED IN THIS MODIFICATION.
UH, WHAT IS THE, UH, TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THE COUNTY REIMBURSES AS OR COVERS HERE ON A, ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS? YES.
SO IS 80% OF OUR COSTS, OR WHAT IS IT? NO, SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL, UH, REIMBURSE UP TO A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO INITIALLY WITH THE CONTRACT IS $6 AND 60 CENT, 66 CENTS PER MEAL.
AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE OF POINT 73 CENTS, UH, PER MEAL.
AND THEN THOSE INCENTIVES ARE BASED ON IF THE, UH,
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RES, IF THE, UH, PARTICIPANT LIVES IN NATIONAL CITY, IF THEY LIVE IN A RURAL AREA.UM, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT INCENTIVES PER MEAL AND, UM, THAT DOES NOT COVER THE COST OF THE MEAL.
SO WE'RE NOT BEING REIMBURSED A TOTAL COST.
WE STILL NEED TO BUDGET AND WE'VE DONE SO FOR THE COST OF MEALS AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE.
DO YOU, DO YOU OR STAFF, ANYONE HAVE THE, SO THE TOTAL COST OF THE SENIOR NUTRITION CENTER, UM, WHAT THE, UH, COUNTY REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH, UH, WHAT PERCENT DID THAT COVERS OF, OF THE TOTAL? SURE.
UM, I COULDN'T TELL YOU A PERCENTAGE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU SOME NUMBERS.
UM, ABOUT 1.2 MILLION IS OUR EXPENDITURES, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR PERSONNEL, UM, FOOD SUPPLIES, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, AND THEN OUR REVENUES.
SO OUR REVENUES WILL COME FROM THINGS LIKE THE COUNTY'S GRANT.
UM, THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS, THE TOWERS MANAGEMENT, UM, CONTRIBUTES EACH YEAR.
AND SO THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS APPROXIMATELY 1000000.1.
SO YOU, YOU DO HAVE, UM, A DEFICIT THERE IN OUR, NOT A DEFICIT, BUT A DIFFERENCE THERE.
AND WE BUDGET FOR THAT IN OUR, UM, BUDGETING OUR CITY BUDGET.
IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE SENIOR NUTRITION CENTER IS MOSTLY COVERED BY, UH, THE COUNTY, THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE PAST? NO.
IT'S COVERED BY THE COUNTY OR, OR OUTSIDE GRANTS OUTSIDE OF NATIONAL CITY? PARDON? COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? IS IS THE MAJORITY IS, IS NATIONAL, I'LL REWORD IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
IS THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, UH, PAYING FOR A MAJORITY OF THE TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE SENIOR NUTRITION CENTER? NO, THEY'RE NOT.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THE SENIOR NUTRITION CENTER PROGRAM AND OPERATIONS ARE COVERED BY, UM, OUT OUTSIDE, UH, GRANTS COUNTY, ET CETERA? CORRECT.
OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY GRANT, CORRECT? MM-HMM,
UM, SO, UH, SO THEN I I, REAL QUICK, SO THIS, AGAIN, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT, UH, SO, UM, SO THERE'S, UH, PERSONNEL ISSUES, BUT JUST FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, UH, ONE, ONE COMPLAINT IS JUST ABOUT TREATMENT.
AND SO, UM, AND THEN THE, AND THE COFFEE WAS A SEPARATE COMPLAINT I GOT.
SO THE COFFEE IS NOT COVERED BY THE COUNTY, IS THAT CORRECT? THE COFFEE IS NOT COVERED BY THE COUNTY, AND IT IS, UH, NOT PART OF THE NUTRITION SERVICE.
IT IS NOT IN THE CALCULATIONS THAT IS PART OF THE, THE SERVICES.
SO IT'S SOMETHING I CAN ADDRESS.
UH, A LEADER WAS STAFFED BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WAS, WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, UH, BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND, AND PEOPLE CAME, UH, TONIGHT.
UM, AND IF IT'S A SERVICE THAT WAS PROVIDED, JUST WANNA KNOW WHY IT WAS CUT AND JUST, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT MOVING FORWARD.
BUT, UH, WITH THAT, I, I APPRECIATE STAFF, UM, BRINGING, UH, UH, ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS AND I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO ADDRESS THESE OPERATIONAL ISSUES WITH ME.
AGAIN, I, I HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN OPINION WITH THE MAYOR ON THIS.
I THINK THAT WE AS COUNSELS, OUR, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK INTO THESE ISSUES.
AND I DO THINK THEY'RE TIED, BUT I'M, UH, GOOD WITH MOVING, UH, THIS FORWARD.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THIS ITEM.
AND I JUST ASKED STAFF TO, YEAH.
TO, TO WORK WITH US ON, ON SOME OF THESE OPERATIONAL ISSUES AND COMPLAINTS.
CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.
WE ALSO HAD A, UH, WRITTEN, UM, COMMENT ASKING FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT NINE SEVEN, AND WE WILL HAVE STAFF RESPOND TO THAT.
UM, NEXT WE GO INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THE ONE I THINK MOST PEOPLE HERE ARE WAITING ON.
DID YOU DISCUSS, UH, 9.60, YOU'RE RIGHT.
[9.6 Warrant Register #3 for the period of 7/12/24 through 7/18/24 in the amount of $915,424.88.]
SIX.WE DO HAVE, UH, A POLL ON THAT ONE.
AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AH, I LOOKED AT THE CHECK REGISTER.
I LIKE IT WHEN I LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE, UM, PAY ATTENTION AND LOOK AT THE REGISTER AND GET THE DETAILS AS FAR AS THE CHECKS, YOU KNOW, I LIKE WHEN YOU ASK THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR THESE CHECKS?
I LIKE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK, AND I LIKE THE ANSWERS THAT YOU GAVE.
THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WE SHY AWAY AND WE, WE DON'T WANT TO BURY OUR HEADS IN THE SAND FOR, YOU KNOW, WE BURY OUR HANDS IN THE HOLE.
AND WE DON'T ASK, WHAT IS THE CITIZENS GETTING OUT OF THIS? AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT
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THIS, THIS REGISTER'S DOING.SO I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMPLIMENT ON THAT.
UH, IF I HAD MY WAY, I LOOK AT THIS CHECK REGISTER, I PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN IT,
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, FOR THE WARRANT REGISTRY? 9.6.
I SECOND MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.
[10.1 Ordinance for Introduction – Unauthorized Camping or Encampments on Public Property]
INTO PUBLIC HEARING.THIS IS AN ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING OR ENCAMPMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
AND MR. GEARY, I WAS GONNA KICK IT OFF, MR. MAYOR.
UM, REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE, I REALLY DO FEEL THE CITY NEEDS TO ACT AS WE ARE MORE OVERWHELMED THAN EVER BEFORE, FROM THE IMPACT OF ENCAMPMENTS THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN NATIONAL CITY.
EVEN AS WE PUT MORE AND MORE RESOURCES FORWARD TO HELP PEOPLE, WE MUST ALSO MAINTAIN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES.
I HAVE DAILY CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS, BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
AND THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND CLEANLINESS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I'M GONNA HAVE DEPARTMENTAL STAFF, UH, DO THEIR BEST TO OUTLINE THE FINANCIAL AND PERSONNEL IMPACTS.
AND I WILL TURN THE REPORT OVER TO MR. AGUIRE, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO EXPLAIN MORE.
UH, CITY COUNCIL MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, BEFORE WE GO INTO THE, UH, LEGAL CONTEXT OF THE ORDINANCE, WE WANTED TO COVER, UH, TWO DIFFERENT AREAS.
ONE IS, UH, TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE HOMELESS SERVICES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED OVER TIME, UH, AND THEN GO INTO, UH, DETAIL AS TO HOW, UH, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UH, WORK, UH, TO DEAL WITH THE ENCAMPMENT ISSUE, WHICH, UM, HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH, UM, UH, IN THE LAST, PARTICULARLY THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL START WITH AN INTRODUCTION OF, UH, NATIONAL CITY'S EFFORTS TO ASSIST PERSONS ASSISTING A PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE, UH, ON THE HOMELESS DOES AN ANNUAL COUNT.
AND IN 2020, COUNTED 125 UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS.
UH, IN 2024, THAT NUMBER JUMPED UP TO 174.
UM, IT'S NOT DOUBLING THE POPULATION, BUT IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO 40%.
AND WE CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THOSE IMPACTS AS, UH, THAT POPULATION HAS INCREASED.
UH, SO HAS OUR, UM, EFFORTS TO FUND OUTREACH, UH, TO THE, UH, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, FROM, UH, 2016 TO 2019, UH, THE CITY FUNDED ALPHA PROJECT, IN THAT PERIOD OF, UH, THREE TO FOUR YEARS, UH, IT INVESTED $120,000 IN, UH, OUTREACH SERVICES, UH, AS THE INTENSITY, UH, OF ISSUES, UH, THAT WE DEALT WITH SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH ENCAMPMENTS.
UH, WE STARTED ADDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM, UH, STATE RESOURCES IN, UH, 2020.
UH, WE FUNDED A MULTIPLE YEAR, UH, CONTRACT WITH ALPHA FOR $430,000.
IN 2021, WE DECIDED TO DIVERSIFY THE SERVICES PROVIDED AND BROUGHT ON, UH, MCALLISTER WITH ANOTHER, UH, A SET OF, UH, STATE FUNDING, UH, AND CARRIED THAT FOR FORWARD INTO 2022.
IN, IN THE PROCESS OF DIVERSIFYING, WE FOUND THAT, UH, OTHER CITIES, UH, WERE BEING MORE AND MORE EFFECTIVE IF THEY HAD, UH, HOMELESS OUTREACH, UH, CENTRALIZED WITHIN THE CON CONTEXT OF THE CITY, BEING ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND FOLLOW UP ON, UM, ON, ON THE CASES OF, OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY WERE OUTREACHING TO.
AND SO, UH, YOU'LL HEAR LATER FROM OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH OUTREACH COORDINATOR, UH, KIANA, UH, WILLIAMSON, BUT REALLY IN, IN 2020, IN, IN 2022, WE STARTED LOOKING AT OTHER PROGRAMS AND, UH, FIGURED OUT THAT THE NEXT EVOLUTION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, TO ASSIST, UH, THE HOMELESS POPULATION WAS TO BRING IT IN-HOUSE AS THE, UM, HOME TEAM, UH, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH AND MOBILE ENGAGEMENT TEAM.
AND THAT'S REALLY WORKED OUT FOR THE BETTER.
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A BETTER SENSE OF, UH, OUR, UH, WHO IS OUT THERE AND, AND, AND BEING ABLE THEM TO CONNECT THEM NOT ONLY TO ONE SET OF RESOURCES, BUT, UH, UH, A PLETHORA OF RESOURCES THAT MAY BE OUT THERE FOR THE, FOR THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.WE'VE ALSO COMPLIMENTED THOSE SERVICES AND RAMPED UP OUR SERVICES, UH, WITH REGARDS TO HOUSING PROGRAMS. THE, UM, HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, BEGUN, UH, RECEIVING A LOT OF CALLS FOR SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS AND OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, AND THE, THE SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM, UH, HAS A WAITING LIST, UH, BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT YEARS.
AND, UM, WE WERE DEALING WITH A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT NEEDED IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE, BUT, UH, AND SO WE DECIDED TO ALLOCATE SOME OF OUR HOME FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, TOWARDS THE TBRA PROGRAM.
AND SINCE 2014, HAVE FUNDED THAT THROUGH SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES.
AND THIS GIVES US, UH, ACCESS TO FUNDS THAT CAN ACTUALLY PAY, UH, FOR HOUSING VOUCHERS FOR FAMILIES.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH, UH, SINCE 2014 ON THAT PROGRAM.
UH, IN 2023, UH, WE ACCEPTED 32, UH, EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS THROUGH THE SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM.
THAT'S, UH, $656,000 A YEAR IN SUBSIDY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS TO ASSIST 32 HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, IT'S EXPENSIVE TO PROVIDE HOUSING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO, AND WE'LL DO IT AS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND THAT ARISE.
UM, JUST LAST YEAR AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THE 94 UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, UH, KNOWN AS UNION TOWER, UM, AT THE NATIONAL CITY PARK APARTMENTS, UH, WE WORKED THROUGH THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE 24, UH, UNITS, UH, FOR VETERAN HOUSING.
AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, UH, ALSO WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH THE SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION TO ESTABLISH, UM, THE FIRST, UH, UH, HOMELESS SHELTER HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
IT WAS OPEN RECENTLY IN JULY, UH, 2024.
IT HAS THE CAPACITY, UH, CURRENTLY STAFF CAPACITY, UH, TO HOUSE 77 INDIVIDUALS THAT SERVES THE SOUTH BAY AND THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
UH, JUST RECENTLY ALSO, UH, WE APPLIED FOR A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GRANT, UH, THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
NOW IT RESIDES WITH THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUNDING, UH, GRANT APPLICATION.
AND, UH, WE DECIDED THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BE EFFECTIVE, WE NEEDED TO FOCUS ON GETTING PEOPLE OR HAVING THE RESOURCE TO PROVIDE FOR PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND SO HALF OF THE GRANT, UM, ALTHOUGH THE GRANT ONLY SPECIFIES INTERIM HOUSING, WHAT WE REALIZED IN TALKING TO DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, UH, THAT OUR OUTREACH TEAM WORKS WITH, UH, THAT WE WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIGHT OR LOWER THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM, UH, IF WE DID NOT HAVE, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING AND PERMANENT CASE MANAGEMENT TO COMPLIMENT IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOUSING FIRST, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT CASE MANAGEMENT FIRST.
SO IN THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY, WE'VE PARTNERED UP WITH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, WITH PEOPLE ASSISTING, UH, THE HOMELESS OR PATH WITH SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES, NOW KNOWN AS SBCS, FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS PROVIDING, UM, STREET MEDICINE ACTUALLY HAVING, UH, POTENTIALLY, UH, DOCTORS AND CLINICIANS OUT IN THE FIELD.
AND PART OF THIS PROGRAM WOULD ALSO INCREMENT OUR OUTREACH, UH, PROVIDE FOR, UM, UH, FOR FTES OF TRAUMA-INFORMED OFFICERS THAT WILL, WOULD BE ALLOCATED FULL TIME AS PART OF THE OUTREACH EFFORT.
UH, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO HAVE CASE MANAGERS OUT IN THE FIELD, UH, WITHOUT THE, THE SUPPORT, THE PERMANENT SUPPORT OF OUR, OUR POLICE TEAM.
SO HAVING THAT TEAM WOULD BE, UH, REALLY EFFECTIVE.
UH, SO THIS IS WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
PART OF THE, ALSO THE FACT THAT THE HOUSING SUBSIDY IS $8 MILLION RELATIVE TO THE OUTREACH AND THE INTERIM HOUSING, UH, IS THAT, UH, RENTS HAVE GONE UP QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
IN 2019, UH, OUR FAIR MARKET RENT FOR ONE BEDROOM UNDER THE SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM WAS $1,250.
THAT'S QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN RENT FOR A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT.
AND THOSE ARE THE SITUATIONS WE'RE DEALING WITH TO GET PEOPLE HOUSED, BUT WE'RE MAKING AN EFFORT TO SEEK OUT THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE POPULATION.
UH, THIS, UH, GOES OVER THE AR UH, THREE GRANT OBJECTIVES
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AND OUTCOMES WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.HOPEFULLY BY MONTHS IN WE'LL KNOW, UH, WE WOULD, UH, FOCUS ON, UM, ASSISTING 300 ENCAMPMENT RESIDENTS ON A NAME BASIS.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO A BY NAME APPROACH AND, AND, AND THIS TYPE OF, UH, OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU WORK THROUGH THE, THE, THE PEOPLE UNTIL YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO HELP THEM COMPLETELY.
AND SO, UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT PROVIDING 250 INTERIM HOUSING PLACEMENTS, UH, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, THE, UM, SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION AND 120 PLACEMENTS, WORKING WITH THE THREE OTHER AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE A LONGER TERM HOUSING SUBSIDY AND CASE MANAGEMENT ALSO.
UH, WE RECENTLY RECEIVED, UM, UH, FUNDING, UH, AND IT'LL BE ONGOING, UH, UH, FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND.
UH, SO WE HAVE 405, UH, 5,000 APPROXIMATELY THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
UH, THERE'S A, WHAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THE ERF THREE PROCESS IS THAT THERE'S REALLY A HIGH NEED FOR MEDICAL BEDS, UH, TO TREAT SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE SCATTERED SOCIAL DETOX BEDS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SOUTH BAY, UH, THE, THE, IT'S, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THEM GUARANTEED.
AND, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE PRE, UH, RECEIVING PRESCRIBED TREATMENT.
SO, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER, UH, MEDICAL DETOX BEDS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND PART OF IT IS LOOKING AT AN RFP TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
UH, WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AND OTHER AGENCIES.
THIS IS A KIND OF ALSO AN EVOLVING FIELD TO SEE, UH, HOW WE CAN PROVIDE PRIORITIZE, UH, THE TREATMENT AND LONGER TERM CASE MANAGEMENT.
NOW, WANTED TO GO THROUGH AND HIGHLIGHT, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES REALLY FROM, UM, UH, WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED AS, UH, THE HOME TEAM, UH, THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UH, NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, WE'LL START WITH KIANA WILLIAMSON WITH OUR, UH, HOME, UM, HOME TEAM.
UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, WE HAVE 116 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, SERVICE RESISTANT OUT IN THE FIELD.
AND DESPITE OUR GREATEST EFFORTS OF DILIGENTLY WORKING WITH THEM, UH, TOWARDS THEIR GOALS, THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH.
I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME TO DEDICATE, UM, BUT WE ARE DEALING WITH MANY ENCAMPMENT CONCERNS, AND THAT PREVENTS US FROM CREATING ADDITIONAL SUCCESSES.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH THOSE THAT WILL ACCEPT CONNECTION, CONNECTION TO RESOURCES, AND, UM, ARE TAKING THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS HEALING AND TRANSFORMING THEIR LIVES.
UH, THIS IS, UM, A, UH, KIND OF A SUMMARY OF METRICS FOR THE HOME TEAM.
UM, WE HAVE OF REGISTERED CLIENTS, UH, ALTHOUGH THEY DEAL WITH MUCH MORE THAN 177, WELL INTO THE TWO HUNDREDS, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DOCUMENTED THROUGH, UH, CLARITY OR THE SYSTEM, THE, UH, COUNTYWIDE SYSTEM FOR TRACKING, UM, HOMELESSNESS OUTCOMES.
UH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HOME TEAM HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF, UH, HOUSING INDIVIDUALS.
UH, AND SINCE, UH, REALLY, UH, UH, MAY OF LAST YEAR, AND I CAN'T SPEAK, AND MAYBE KIANA CAN JUST ALLUDE TO THE, WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE WITH REGARDS TO BEING ABLE TO GET SOMEONE FROM, UH, BEING HOMELESS TO BE, UH, IN A HOUSING SITUATION.
UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET 35, UH, OF THOSE PERSONS, UH, HOUSED.
UH, BUT ALSO HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER SERVICES, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SHELTER PLACEMENTS AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT, UH, INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN.
BUT THERE'S STILL A LARGE NUMBER OF, UH, BOTH SERVICE AND HOUSING RESISTANT, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE GIVEN THE NUMBER OF THE, UH, ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH OUR CHIEF ALEX HERNANDEZ.
UH, SO A PART OF THE BACKGROUND THAT I WANNA PROVIDE YOU AS FAR AS THE CALLS FOR SERVICE IS, UM, WE, WE HAVE TO, UH, WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
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THE CAD SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, CAD, COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCHING.THIS IS WHEN PEOPLE CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE CAPTURE THE CALLS OR DISPATCHERS PUT THE CALLS IN.
SO INITIALLY WE STARTED WITH THE TRITECH SYSTEM, AND WE TRANSITIONED OVER TO TYLER, AND THAT WAS IN MARCH OF 2022.
SO WE HAD TO PULL OUR CRIME ANALYST.
LAUREN HAD TO PULL THE STATS FROM TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS TO TRY TO CAPTURE THIS.
THE OTHER CHALLENGING THING WITH THIS IS THAT WE GENERALLY DON'T JUST GET CALLS ABOUT HOMELESS.
WE HAVE TO CATEGORIZE IT SOME WAY.
IT'S A DISTURBANCE, SOMEBODY RUNNING INTO THE TRAFFIC, A VANDALISM, AND IT'S WHEN THOSE OFFICERS ARRIVE ON SCENE THAT THEY LATER DISCOVER WHAT THE ACTUAL CALL IS OR WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS.
SO, TO DO THAT, WE DID, UH, IF, IF YOU COULD SEE, I THINK IT'S THE FOURTH OR FIFTH BULLET POINT DOWN THERE.
WE STARTED FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2021 TO JUST RECENTLY ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
IN THAT TIME, WE FOUND 5,327 CALLS FOR SERVICE CONTAINING THE WORD IN THE NARRATIVE, HOMELESS OR TRANSIENT.
SO THAT THAT'S WHEN THE OFFICERS ACTUALLY ARRIVE ON SCENE, THEY START TALKING TO SOMEBODY, AND THEY ESTABLISH THAT, AND THAT INFORMATION IS PUT INTO THE CAD SYSTEM.
UM, AS, UH, KEANU WAS TALKING ABOUT IN OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, THE HOME TEAM WAS OFFICIALLY STARTED WITH US AND THEIR HOUSE OVER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY CREATE SOME SELF-INITIATED CALLS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY GO OUT ON THEIR OWN, BUT THEY'RE ALSO DISPATCH.
SO THE BREAKDOWN FOR THAT IS THIS, UH, FOR THE HOME TEAM BEING DISPATCHED, WE HAVE 1,291 CALLS FOR SERVICE SINCE OCTOBER 20, 23, 1064 CALLS, SELF-INITIATED CALLS.
THIS IS WHEN KEANU GOES OUT AND SAYS, HEY, I'M, I'M GONNA BE CHECKING ON THIS INDIVIDUAL.
UM, 90 CALLS WERE OUR OFFICERS REQUESTING THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S HOMELESS.
AND 137 CALLS FOR SERVICE RELATED TO THE HOME TEAM THAT WERE DISPATCHED OUT BY OUR DISPATCHERS TO THE HOME TEAM.
SO, THE, UH, RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE, UM, IN SHORT, IT'S EVERYTHING AND ANY CATEGORY YOU COULD THINK OF FROM A DISTURBANCE TO WE'VE HAD HOMICIDES.
UM, SO WE, WE GET EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO CATEGORIZE THAT IN A BETTER WAY.
SO IN THE, UH, THREE AND A HALF YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE GENERATED 1,283 CRIME CASES.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE LISTING A, IT'S NOT A CALL FOR SERVICE, IT'S ACTUALLY A CRIME CASE THAT WE PULL, WHICH IS DIFFERENT.
THIS IS WHEN WE'RE PULLING A CASE NUMBER.
THEY WERE LISTED AS EITHER VICTIMS SUSPECTS OR WITNESSES.
AND SOMEWHERE IN THE REPORT, UH, LAUREN PULLED, UM, HOMELESS OR TRANSIENT, THAT WAS PUT IN AS NOTES BECAUSE, UH, THEY, WE DO ASK FOR AN ADDRESS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE ONE FOR US.
UH, DURING THAT SAME TIMEFRAME, THERE WAS 748 ARRESTS WHERE THAT SAME PHRASE OF HOMELESS OR TRANSIENT WAS USED IN THE POLICE REPORT.
SO, AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THE CRIME ANALYST, THE CHALLENGES THAT SHE HAD WITH THIS IS SHE LITERALLY HAD TO FISH FOR THIS INFORMATION IN THE NOTATIONS.
SHE WAS PUTTING IN CERTAIN WORDS TO TRY TO CAPTURE THE INFORMATION, BUT WE DON'T JUST HAVE A CATEGORY SPECIFICALLY FOR HOMELESS.
SHE ALSO HAD TO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH OUR WATCH COMMANDER LOGS THAT YOU GUYS GET ON THE DAILY BASIS TO FIND SOME CALLS.
AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA ROLL INTO WHAT THE FIRE CHIEF IS GONNA TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE ARSON CALLS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED HAVE BEEN STARTED BY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
UH, NOW WE'LL HAVE, UH, CHIEF POA, UM, AND TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF, UH, UH, FIRES ON ENCAMPMENTS.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE PUBLIC.
UH, CERTAINLY, UH, THE ENCAMPMENTS, UH, THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAVE REPRESENTED A CHALLENGE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
UH, FOR US, IT'S PRIMARILY IN TWO CATEGORIES.
UH, ONE THAT IS NOT LISTED IN THIS SLIDE IS CALLS FOR, UH, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
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AND FOR US TO QUANTIFY THOSE NUMBERS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THESE CALLS ARE, ARE REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO LOCATE 'EM BY IS, IS BY THE STREET ADDRESS.SO, ALTHOUGH WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME DATA ANALYSIS RIGHT NOW, I HAVE ONE OF MY CAPTAINS WORKING ON THAT.
IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, TO ORDER TO GET THOSE HARD NUMBERS.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, OUR EMS, YOUR EMS SYSTEM IS THEIR FIRST LEVEL OF CARE, UH, FOR THE, THOSE FOLKS LIVING IN, IN THE ENCAMPMENTS.
AND THE IMPACT TO OUR, OUR DAILY SERVICES, UH, IS SIGNIFICANT.
YOU KNOW, WE RUN IN THE ORDER OF, I'D SAY THREE TO EIGHT CALLS PER DAY, UH, OF THAT NATURE, UH, WHERE WE ARE CALLED TO PROVIDE OR CRUISER CALL TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO, TO THE POPULATION.
UH, UH, THE OTHER CATEGORY ARE STRUCTURE, UH, WELL FIRES.
AND, UH, JUST AS WE WERE SITTING HERE, 29, WELL, 45 MINUTES AGO, ONE OF OUR ENGINE COMPANIES RESPONDED TO A, A TRANSIT FIRE BEHIND THE ALLEY FITNESS.
SO THAT'S A DAILY OCCURRENCE FOR US.
UM, AND THEY CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM A VEGETATION FIRE, A PLAZA, BONITA, UH, THE, THE RIVERBED IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT, UH, TO COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL FIRES THAT, THAT ARE GENERATED THROUGH, UH, OR HAVE THE SOMEWHAT OF A SUSPICION NATURE.
AND USUALLY THOSE LEAD TO A, A SOMEWHAT OF THIS, OF THIS CATEGORY.
UM, AND I, AGAIN, AS I JUST MENTIONED, WE, WE CAN RANGE FROM A SINGLE UNIT RESPONSE TO, TO A FULL FIRST ALARM.
YOU'LL SEE A SLIDE AND, UH, THAT SHOWS, UH, WE HAD MULTIPLE FIRES THAT START A STAND THAT, THAT REQUIRED MULTIPLE ALARM, UH, RESOURCES, WHICH IS FIVE ENGINE COMPANIES, TWO TRUCK COMPANIES, TWO BATTALION CHIEFS, UM, AND AN AMBULANCE.
SO UPWARDS OF 25 FOLKS RESPONDING TO THAT.
UH, THE, THE, THE EFFECTS OF THESE FIRES ARE NUMEROUS.
THEY, THEY PRIMARILY ARE LOCATED ALONG THE FREEWAY, UH, RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THEY DISRUPT TRAFFIC, UH, NOT ONLY ON ON THE FREEWAYS, BUT ALSO ON THE SURFACE STREETS.
UH, THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE AWAY FROM OUR, OUR RESOURCES.
THEY COST TIME AND MONEY AS, AS WE ARE FOCUSED ON, ON, ON JUST THAT ISSUE, UH, AND THE AFTERMATH.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, CARLOS.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GIVING YOU IT SAMPLES OF, OF WHAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTER OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, THE START US STAND AT THE BOTTOM THERE.
THAT WAS A MULTIPLE FIRES, I BELIEVE WE RESPONDED TO THAT LOCATION SIX TIMES ON ALL THE FIRES AT, AT THE START, US.
UH, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE SUSPICIOUS IN NATURE, IT'S, IT'S FAIR TO ASSUME, OR, OR, UH, WERE GUIDED TO UN UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE STARTED BY TRANSIENT FIRES WITHIN THAT LOCATION.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AUGUST 20, UH, 20, 20 19, WE HAD A VEHICLE FIRE AS A RESULT OF A SUSPICIOUS FIRE, UH, DOWN BY THE, THE PORT DISTRICT.
36 VEHICLES WERE LOST AT THAT FIRE WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, SO REALLY YOUR UNITS ARE RESPONDING MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY ON ALL TYPES OF INCIDENTS.
AND, UH, AS, AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, IT IS A, A DRAW ON RESOURCES, AND IT DOES COST TIME AND MONEY FOR YOUR, OUR DEPARTMENT TO FOCUS ON THAT.
UH, THE LAST ONE THAT IS, UH, MENTIONED ABOVE IS, UH, THERE WAS A FIRE ABOUT A YEAR AGO OVER HERE BY, I THINK IT WAS VISIBLE FROM CITY HALL.
SO THERE WAS A LARGE FIRE, LARGE EN ENCAMPMENT UNDERNEATH THE CIVIC CENTER.
AND, UH, UNDERPASS, UH, I THINK YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT, 'CAUSE I I THINK MOST OF YOU SAW THAT.
SO CERTAINLY IT IS, UH, IT IS AN ISSUE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NOW WE HAVE STEVE MANGANELLO WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, TO SPEAK ON THE IMPACTS OF ENCAMPMENTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND IS EXPERIENCED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREWS ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UH, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT ENCAMPMENTS IN PUBLIC SPACES HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE ROUTINELY HAVING TO REMOVE MATTRESSES, SHOPPING CARTS, OTHER LARGE DEBRIS FROM OUR STORM DRAIN CULVERTS.
UM, WHEN THESE GO UNCHECKED, THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING.
UH, OUR, OUR CREWS OFTEN ENCOUNTER HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND OTHER BIOHAZARDOUS WASTES.
IT, IT, UH, VERY WORRIED FOR OUR WORKERS.
UM, NOT TO VERY RECENTLY, WE ACTUALLY FOUND SOME OF THIS, UH, HYPODERMIC NEEDLES IN, UM, PARADISE CREEK AT KIMBALL PARK.
AND OUR, OUR CREWS WERE THERE TO, WITH THEIR PPES
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HAVING TO CLEAN THAT.THESE ARE THINGS WE COME ACROSS EVERY WEEK.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF DEBRIS EVENTUALLY MAKES ITS WAY INTO OUR WATERWAYS.
UM, AND NOTABLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ONE OR TWO LOCATIONS, IT'S IN OUR PARKS, IT'S IN OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. UM, YOU KNOW, THE DEBRIS GENERATES FROM THESE ENCAMPMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST IMPACTS FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS IS IT DIVERTS OUR RESOURCES.
I HEARD YOU HEARD CHIEF MORA MENTION THAT FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE ARE PROBABLY SPENDING ALMOST 25% OF OUR WORK WEEK ADDRESSING ENCAMPMENTS AND THE WASTE AND DEBRIS THAT'S GENERATED THAT, UH, DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR SEWER CREWS, OUR STREETS CREWS, AND OUR PARKS CREWS.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO OUR RESIDENTS TO EFFECTIVELY MAINTAIN OUR ROADS, UM, OUR, OUR SEWER SYSTEM, OUR DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OUR PARKS, AND MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT.
AND WE'VE JUST INCLUDED, UM, SOME ESTIMATES JUST FROM, FROM THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, IT IS A, A MAJOR IMPACT TO RESOURCES AND COSTS.
AND, AND AGAIN, UM, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, UM, IMPACTS.
UH, NOW WE'LL HAVE, UH, ASHLYN LUTZ, OUR DEPUTY CI, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, COVER THE LEGAL CONTEXT FOR THE ENCAMPMENT.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
UH, I'M GONNA PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE LAW REGARDING HOMELESSNESS.
UH, PRIOR TO THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION.
IN THE GRANTS PASS CASE, WHICH I'LL DISCUSS MORE IN A MOMENT, UH, THERE WAS THE MARTIN V.
CITY OF BOISE CASE, AND THE JOHNSON V CITY OF GRANTS PASS NINTH CIRCUIT COURT DECISION, UM, THAT CONTROLLED WHAT WAS LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE, UM, FOR ENCAMPMENT ORDINANCES.
UM, IN THE MARTIN V CITY OF BOISE CASE, THE COURT FOUND THAT CRIMINALIZING THE ACT OF SLEEPING OUTSIDE WHERE NO SHELTER SPACE IS AVAILABLE, WAS A VIOLATION OF THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT, OR THE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT CLAUSE.
AS A RESULT, ORDINANCES THAT COMPLETELY PROHIBITED THE ACT OF SLEEPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL HAD NO OTHER OPTION WAS DEEMED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
UM, IT PROVIDED LIMITATIONS ON HOW MUNICIPALITIES COULD REGULATE SLEEPING IN PUBLIC, BUT IT DID NOT AMOUNT TO A TOTAL BAN ON THE CITY'S RIGHT TO REGULATE.
UH, CITIES WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO IMPOSE REASONABLE TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER RESTRICTIONS EVEN ON INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE UNSHELTERED.
AND THEN IN THE JOHNSON V CITY OF GRANTS PASS CASE, THE THE NINTH CIRCUIT FURTHER UPHELD AND EXPANDED ITS DECISION IN THE BOISE CASE BY DETERMINING THAT THE PROHIBITION OF SLEEPING ACCESSORIES, CARDBOARDS BLANKETS AND PILLOWS, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT OF SLEEPING IN PUBLIC, UM, WAS CON UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
SO THE CITY OF GRANTS PASS APPEALED THAT DECISION TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
UM, IN THE END OF JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED ITS RULING THAT OVERTURNED THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DECISION BY RULING THAT THE ENFORCEMENT OF GENERALLY APPLICABLE LAWS REGULATING CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT PROHIBITED BY THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT.
SO THE RULE FROM THE MARTIN CASE, WHICH WAS EXPANDED BY THE JOHNSON CASE, IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE.
UH, SO JURISDICTIONS ARE NOW ALLOWED TO ENFORCE LAWS REGULATING CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, UM, AND SHELTER BED AVAILABILITY IS NO LONGER REQUIRED.
FOLLOWING THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION OF GOVERNOR NEWSOM ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER ONE DASH 24, WHICH PROVIDED THAT STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNOR'S AUTHORITY ARE DIRECTED TO ADOPT POLICIES THAT INCLUDE SITE ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER AN ENCAMPMENT POSES AN IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF AN IMMINENT THREAT IS PRESENT, PROVIDE AS MUCH ADVANCED NOTICE TO VACATE AS REASONABLE WHEN NO IMMINENT THREAT IS PRESENT.
POST NOTICE TO VACATE AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO REMOVAL AND CONTACT SERVICE PROVIDERS TO REQUEST OUTREACH SERVICES FOR THOSE RESIDING IN THE ENCAMPMENTS AND TO COLLECT LABEL AND STORE FOR AT LEAST 60 DAYS THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY COLLECTED AT THE REMOVAL SITE THAT DOES NOT POSE A HEALTH OR SAFETY HAZARD.
ADDITIONALLY, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ENCOURAGED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADOPT POLICIES CONSISTENT WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, AND TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
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TO REMOVE ENCAMPMENTS FROM PUBLIC SPACES.UM, AS WE KNOW, UM, AN ARTICLE CAME OUT WHERE THE GOVERNOR HAD SAID THAT HE COULD, WOULD CUT FUNDING POSSIBLY TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT DO NOT, UM, FOLLOW THIS ORDER.
SO CURRENTLY THE CITY HAS ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY NUMBER 10 DASH FOUR THAT ADDRESSES THE ABATEMENT OF ILLEGAL ENCAMPMENTS.
UH, THIS CITY POLICY PROVIDES ACTUALLY ADDITIONAL TIME, UM, THAN WHAT IS SUGGESTED IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER.
THE POLICY REQUIRES AT LEAST 72 HOURS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE NEED TO VACATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT IS COLLECTED IS TO BE STORED FOR 90 DAYS.
UM, WE FIND THAT THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY, AND IF THE PROPOSED ENCAMPMENT ORDINANCE THAT I'LL DISCUSS MORE IN A SECOND, UM, IS ADOPTED THE CITY WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER.
SO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS INTENDED TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL PEOPLE IN NATIONAL CITY.
UH, THE ORDINANCE WOULD MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO CAMP IN OR UPON ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY.
UH, IF AN ENCAMPMENT IMPOSES IMMEDIATE THREAT OR UNREASONABLE RISK TO ANY PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL OR TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY, THE ORDINANCE WILL BE ENFORCEABLE AT ALL TIMES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE ORDINANCE WOULD MAKE IT UNLAWFUL AT ANY TIME FOR ANY PERSON TO CAMP, OR TO HAVE UNAUTHORIZED ENCAMPMENTS WITHIN TWO BLOCKS OF SCHOOLS IN ANY WATERWAY OR NATURAL AREA, ABUTTING A WATERWAY, AND WITHIN ANY TRANSIT HUB ON ANY TROLLEY PLATFORM OR ALONG ANY TROLLEY TRACKS.
UH, SO ATTORNEY SCHULTZ AND MYSELF, UM, WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, WE ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR ANY CLARIFYING, UH, QUESTIONS THAT STAFF CAN ANSWER BEFORE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE GO TO PUBLIC, UH, TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK BECAUSE I'VE GOT A FUNNY FEELING ON OUR QUESTIONS.
YOU'RE GONNA FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF COMMENTS.
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE, UH, SOMEONE ON ZOOM, IF WE CAN PICK THAT ONE UP.
CAN YOU TURN UP THAT VOLUME A LITTLE BIT? TURN IT LOUDER WITH AS HIGH AS IT'LL GO.
ARE YOU ON A SPEAKER PHONE? YES.
COULD YOU GO OFF A SPEAKER AND GO TO HANDHELD IF I'LL PAUSE.
IS THIS, I'M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU TOO.
LET, LET'S TAKE THE, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
YOU WANNA TRY TO MAYBE SO WE CAN GET A BETTER RECEPTION THERE.
MAYBE TRY, UH, ANOTHER CALL BACK TO HER AND WE'LL PICK HER UP AT THE END ON THE SPEAKERS.
ALRIGHT, LET'S, LET'S DO THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A BETTER RECEPTION.
UH, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AND, UH, ACTUALLY, I, A TOTAL OF SIX LOOKS LIKE, UM, LARRY, UH, EMERSON TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, THOMAS REICH.
UH, LARRY EMERSON, RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY, AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE ATTENDED THESE LONG MEETINGS, BUT MORE POWER TO, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF ENERGY TO SURVIVE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A SHORT ONE, BUT ANYWAY, GO FOR
I, UM, YOU LOOK AT MY HAIR, MAYBE YOU RECOGNIZE I'VE BEEN SWIMMING IN LAS PALM POOL TODAY.
AND, UH, DEFINITELY IF YOU HAVEN'T SWAM THERE RECENTLY, GO THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
UH, SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER, UH, FOR NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS, THOSE PROGRAMS. OKAY.
I, I, I APPRECIATE, BUT COULD WE, COULD WE GET ONTO THE SUBJECT? OH, I'M, I WAS GONNA GET RIGHT ONTO THIS.
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ELSE.THEY WANT TO HAVE A CLEAN CITY WITHOUT A TRASH DUMP.
AND IN RECENT YEARS, THERE'S BEEN TOO MUCH OF IT.
BEFORE COVID, I USED TO WALK DOWN FROM MANCHESTER DOWN TO GET A NEWSPAPER AT SEVEN 11, AND THERE WAS SO MUCH TRASH.
I STARTED PICKING IT UP WHEN THE HOMELESS WOULD COME TO ME AND ASK FOR SOME DONATION.
I OFFERED THEM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP ME CLEAN UP? I'LL BUY YOU A BREAKFAST OR A LUNCH.
AND THOSE WHO VOLUNTEERED, I APPRECIATED IT.
WE DID SOME WORK TOGETHER AND I BOUGHT 'EM A MEAL.
SO I EMPATHIZE WITH THEIR NEED, UH, JUST LIKE I THINK MOST OF US DO, BUT WE, WE DON'T WANT, UM, THESE ENCAMPMENTS THAT CREATE TRASH AND, AND, AND END DANGER.
AND, UM, THE EVERY, UH, TUESDAY, THE PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CITY HAS BEEN GOING AROUND THE, THE CITY CLEANING UP THE MAJOR AREAS, AND ONE OF THOSE THAT IT'S AT PLAZA WHERE WE HAVE THE CANAL THERE.
AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GO DOWN THERE ON TUESDAYS WHEN I COULD AT LEAST, MAYBE 50% OF THE TIME SINCE I STARTED.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR SCHEDULING THOSE THINGS.
AND I WISH MORE, UH, UH, RESIDENTS WOULD GO DOWN AND HELP AND WORK WITH THEM, BECAUSE YOU GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE, SEE WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
AND, UM, AND APPRECIATE MY FATHER WAS IN THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS DURING THE DEPRESSION.
THE COMMUNITIES OFFERED THEM, YOU KNOW, JOBS, WAYS TO HAVE, UH, FOOD AND LIVING.
AND I THINK I, I KNOW THERE'S THE SAN DIEGO, UH, RE RESCUE MISSION.
I'VE BEEN TO THEIR FACILITIES TWICE.
BUT I HOPE THAT WE CAN OFFER THE HOMELESS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO LIKE CC, C AND CLEAN UP THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE IT BEAUTIFY RATHER THAN DESTROY IT AND MAKE IT TRASHY.
SO PLEASE CONTINUE THAT EFFORT.
AND I, I AM IN FAVOR OF THESE, UH, ENCAMPMENT, UH, CODE AND LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK ON THINGS TOGETHER.
THOMAS REICH TO BE FOLLOWED BY SUSAN MEYER.
UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE PUBLIC WORKS, THE FIRE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW THEY, DO THEY, ARE THEY FOR THIS ORDINANCE OR NOT? ARE THEY, THEY SAID IT AFFECT 'EM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE FOR IT, OR I DON'T THINK IT'S A, I DON'T THINK IT'S A, A GOOD SOLUTION, BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THEY'RE FOR IT, BECAUSE YOU GET ALL THESE, YOU GET ALL THESE EXPLANATIONS, BUT IT'S AN ORDINANCE.
IT SAYS YOU'RE GONNA UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING IT IN PUBLIC PROPERTY, PUBLIC THAT'S AFFECTS THEM.
THE THING I, MY MY THING IS, UH, IF THEY CLEANING IT UP, IF THEY CLEAN IT UP, AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
IF THEY DON'T CLEAN IT UP, PUT 'EM IN JAIL BECAUSE THEY'RE CRUM PEOPLE.
AND I MEAN, SOME OF THEM ARE RUMMY PEOPLE.
SUSAN MEYER TO BE FOLLOWED BY GREG BAY.
UM, I COME TO YOU NEARLY 39 WEEKS PREGNANT, BY THE WAY,
BUT THIS IS A TOPIC THAT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT, SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I WANTED TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS THAT I AM PART OF DISTRICT DISTRICT THREE.
I'M A RESIDENT PROPERTY OWNER.
UM, I'VE DEALT WITH ONGOING ISSUES WITH THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
UM, WE HAVE STATE PROPERTY RIGHT ABOVE, UM, WHERE OUR CONDO COMPLEX IS.
UM, IT GREATLY AFFECTS US BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THEY ENC CAMPING IN THAT SPACE, BUT WE HAVE WANDERERS IN THE EARLY AM RECENTLY, TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD SOMEONE KNOCK ON OUR BEDROOM WINDOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
UM, WE'VE, I'VE HAD TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR LIKE, FIRES.
THERE'S A RANDOM GRILL ON, YOU KNOW, ON THAT HILLSIDE.
THERE, UM, HAS BEEN ISSUES WITH THEM BREAKING OUR FENCING.
I SET MY STUFF UP AT FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT TO PUT A PRO, A PRIVATE PROPERTY SIGN RIGHT THERE,
UM, SO I'VE DONE, I'VE, I'VE DONE MY DUE DILIGENCE AS A MM-HMM.
UM, THE THREE OPTIONS THAT I HAVE AT THIS POINT, AND, YOU KNOW, EITHER ONE, I JUST DEAL WITH IT AND LIVE WITH IT.
UM, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE MY SAFETY, UM, FOR MYSELF, MY FAMILY, MY CHILD IS AT STAKE.
UM, TWO, I, YOU KNOW, BRING MY THOUGHTS LIKE I AM DOING TODAY TO YOU.
UM, OR THREE, I REGRETTABLY WOULD SELL MY PROPERTY AND MOVE OUT OF
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NATIONAL CITY TO AN AREA WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE HOMELESSSO, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T WANNA DO BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY NICE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I JUST BRING THESE ISSUES FORWARD.
I WANT TO SAY THAT I DO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
UM, HOWEVER, MY TWO QUESTIONS ARE, HOW DOES THIS ORDINANCE, UM, AFFECT OR WOULD AFFECT TOWARDS STATE PROPERTY? UM, I KNOW THAT CALTRANS RECENTLY, THEY LOST THEIR FUNDING.
THEY, THEIR FUNDING HAS KIND OF DIMINISHED FROM THE STATE.
HOW IS THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, UM, HELPING CALTRANS, UM, CLEAN UP SPACES, NOT ONLY WITH HAVING THE INFLUX OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
MY CONCERN WOULD BE WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
WOULD THEY GO TO STATE PROPERTY? UM, AND, UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS, BUT WILL WE DO TO ADDRESS, UM, THE STATE PROPERTY BEING AFFECTED? UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL SAFE.
I DON'T GO OUT LATE AT NIGHT ANYMORE.
I MEAN, I'M OFF ON MATERNITY LEAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT I COME, I COME HOME FROM WORK AND I DON'T WANNA GO OUT AT NIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHO'S OUT THERE.
UM, ESPECIALLY WITH ME SEEING ALL MY CAMERAS, THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WANDERING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
UH, GREG BAY TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, EDWARD NETTO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL STAFF GREG BAY, GB CAPITAL HOLDINGS, P 32, MARINA HOMELESS IS A REALLY TOUGH ISSUE.
AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE POLITICS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S OPINIONS ON BOTH SIDES AND THERE'S, YOU GOTTA HAVE COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE, THAT ARE FIGHTING WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT THERE'S ALSO THE COMPASSION FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, AT PIER 32, WE'VE GOT 250 BOATS, 150 PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
RECENTLY, WE WALKED THROUGH THE MARSH AREA WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER, HOMELESS TEAM, UM, PORT OF SAN DIEGO, ASSISTANT CHIEF.
YOU KNOW, WE RAN INTO A PERSON PACKING A PISTOL ON HIS HIP.
WE RAN INTO ANOTHER PERSON, DANIEL, HE TAKES CARE OF THE CAT LADY THAT TAKES CARE OF THE 20 OR 30 FERAL CATS THAT EAT THE BIRDS IN THE MARSH.
RECENTLY, A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO, WE FILLED TWO 40 YARD DUMPSTERS WITHIN TWO HOURS.
I'M GONNA GO BACK A LITTLE BIT SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
I WAS SPEAKING WITH A GENTLEMAN THAT HE HAD ONCE USED THE SHELTER, AND I SHARED WITH HIM THAT WHEN I WAS A KID, I WAS A RUNAWAY.
I ENDED UP IN A HALFWAY HOUSE.
TWO OF MY CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED, THEIR MOTHER IS MENTALLY ILL.
I'VE BEEN TO NAMI, UM, ACTIVE PARTICIPANT.
I ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN, IN AA AND IN, UM, THAT AL-ANON, I UNDERSTAND.
AND I, AND I HAVE A TON OF COMPASSION.
I HAVE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THE RESCUE MISSION.
WHEN HOMELESS ARE ON THE PROPERTY, I INVITE THEM INTO MY OFFICE.
I HAVE PHONE CHARGERS AND I HAVE A JAR OF CANDY ON MY DESK.
AND I TELL THEM, I CAN GET YOU HELP.
YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU WANT, BUT IT'S A START.
WE CAN GET YOU PAPER READY, WE CAN GET YOU A JOB, WE CAN GET YOU STABLE.
MY DAUGHTER IS A DOCTOR AT SHARP MESA VISTA TREATMENT.
SHE PARTICULARLY LIKES THE INDIGENT POPULATION.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE.
SOMETHING'S GOTTA CHANGE, YOU KNOW, AND THE PENDULUM SWINGS TO THE RIGHT AND IT SWINGS BACK OVER TO THE LEFT.
RIGHT NOW IT'S SWUNG TO THE RIGHT.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR CHALLENGES, AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB TRYING TO RESPOND.
MY BATTING AVERAGE IN HELPING PEOPLE IS ZERO.
NOBODY HAS TAKEN ME UP ON MY OFFER.
I TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STORY.
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COMMENT.EDWARD NETTO TO BE FOLLOWED BY RANDY CASTLE SALGADO.
OH, WELL, UM, JUST WANNA MENTION MY INPUT.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ALL THE DISTRICTS, AND AS A GENTLEMAN SAID, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE COMPASSION FOR THE PEOPLE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE TO START THINKING, WHAT IS THIS GONNA, WHAT, WHAT'S THE OTHER SIDE? WHERE'S THE EXPENSE? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT, RESIDENTS THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU KNOW THEIR CONCERNS AS A LADY IN FRONT OF US
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO WALK IN THE STREETS.
YET THIS IS NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN THE TOP ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES YET.
WHEN WE DRIVE INTO NATIONAL CITY, WHAT DO WE SEE? WE SEE TRASH ON THE FREEWAY FROM THE STATE.
WE SEE PEOPLE, UH, SLEEPING ON THE STREETS.
AND WE TALK TO OUR CITY FOLKS HERE, AND THEY SAY, WELL, THAT'S A STATE PROBLEM.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE TALK TO THE STATE PEOPLE LIKE, AND THEY COME BACK AND SAY, THAT'S A, THAT'S THE, WE WE'RE TALKING TO THE CITY PEOPLE.
AND THE CITY PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD BACK FROM THE STATE.
YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU GUYS ADDRESS THAT.
YOU KNOW, UM, MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT, UM, MY NEIGHBOR, HER HOUSE WAS BROKEN INTO, UH, THERE WAS A CRAZY GUY.
WENT, GOT NAKED IN HER HOUSE, STARTED COOKING BREAKFAST.
POLICE CAME, UH, ARRESTED HIM, AND HE GOT THROWN IN JAIL.
HE'S IN THE, IN THE SERIES RIGHT NOW WHERE, UH, HE THREATENED THEM, CAME BACK.
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HE, HE MIGHT EVEN GET OUT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF WE HAD DONE WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO THIS PERSON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN THIS PROBLEM WOULD'VE NOT OCCURRED AGAIN TO MY AREA HERE.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN IOWA HARBOR SEVEN PLAZA BOULEVARD, UM, AND TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.
AND I THINK THE COST EFFECTIVENESS IS THAT WE, IF WE PUT MONEY INTO THIS IN THE LONG RUN, WE ACTUALLY SAVE OURSELVES MORE MONEY BY PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THE POLICE PUBLIC WORKS AND GETTING THESE PEOPLE, UH, DONE.
AND THE RESOURCES WERE, WERE ARE VERY, UM, NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED.
AND AGAIN, THE SLUSH FUND PRIORITIES ARE LOWER THAN THAT.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SEE WHY WE WOULD HAVE FOUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE AND WE WOULD BETTER HAVE, UH, A POLICE PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS THAN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE ENCAMPMENT BAN THROUGHOUT NATIONAL CITY.
FOR MANY YEARS NOW, WE HAVE SEEN GROWING ENCAMPMENTS WITH MULTIPLE FIRES, SUCH AS THE JUNGLE, LOCATED ACROSS FROM PLAZA BONITA, THE ENCAMPMENT THAT OCCUPIES THE STORM DRAIN BY THE CORNER OF HARON AND PLAZA, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE FIRES ALONG THE ENCAMPMENT ON THE 8 0 5 FREEWAY BY 16TH AND ONE OF THE LATEST MAJOR NATIONAL CITY FIRES, THE STARDUST HOTEL.
I'M GRATEFUL INNOCENT LIVES HAVE NOT BEEN LOST AND GRAVELY INJURED FROM ANY OF THESE FIRES TO DATE, EITHER BY THE PUBLIC OR BY OUR POLICE OR FIREFIGHTERS.
FURTHERMORE, I SUPPORT SB 43, HELPING GRAVELY DISABLED RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT SEEK OUT MENTAL OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS ON THEIR OWN DUE TO COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS.
THIS WILL HELP IN SUPPORTING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE AND BEDS AVAILABLE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH.
REOPENING THE PARADISE VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, THIS ENCAMPMENT BAND WILL HELP SET UP A POLICY FOR NATIONAL CITY AND CREATE MUCH NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE COMING SB 43 ON JANUARY 1ST, 2025, PROP ONE WILL BE ANOTHER GREAT TOOL TO HELP WITH THIS HOMELESS CRISIS WE ARE FACING IN PROVIDING HOUSING.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD POLICIES COMING AVAILABLE, AND I ENCOURAGE OUR CITY TO BE A PART OF THIS.
HOWEVER, I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE CURRENT POLICY BEING PROPOSED IN THE, IN, IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED BY GAVIN NEWSOM ON PAGE TWO 19 OF 2 48.
ITEM ONE E IS SUGGESTING TO CREATE IN THE CITY'S POLICY, THE COLLECTION, LABELING AND STORAGE FOR, AT AT LEAST 60 DAYS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY COLLECTED AT THE REMOVAL SITE.
THAT IS NOT HEALTH OR SAFETY HAZARD.
I SEE IN OUR ENCAMPMENT BAN POLICY.
IT IS NOTED THAT WE WILL TEMPORARILY COLLECT AND STORE VALUABLE ITEMS AS DESCRIBED IN THE DEFINITION ABATEMENT.
WHERE ARE THOSE STORAGE FACILITIES CURRENTLY LOCATED? I'D ADVOCATE AND SUGGEST
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A POLICY IN PLACE OF STORAGE TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE THE DIS DISBANDMENT OF THE ENCAMPMENTS.I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD, BEING UNHOUSED DOES NOT MAKE YOU A CRIMINAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR A BETTER POLICY IN THE ABATEMENT OR REMOVAL OF PERSONAL EFFECTS.
THIS NEEDS TO BE HANDLED WITH CARE AND DIGNITY.
BEING UNHOUSED IS A VERY TRAUMATIC EVENT.
FURTHERING THE TRAUMA BY REMOVAL OF PERSONAL, PERSONAL SENTIMENTAL ITEMS NEEDS TO BE HANDLED WITH COMPASSION AND EMPATHY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT SLEEPING IS NOT A CRIME AND THAT IT IS A HUMAN NEED.
I SAW BEFORE ON THE OLD POLICY, THE HOURS BETWEEN 9:00 PM AND 6:00 AM I DO NOT SEE THAT WE NEED TO REMOVE ANYBODY DURING THOSE HOURS.
I THOUGHT I HAD ANOTHER SLIP, BUT I, BUT I DON'T SEE IT.
DID I MISS ANYBODY? OKAY, LEMME JUST LET ME, OKAY.
I THOUGHT I HAD ANOTHER ONE HERE.
ALRIGHT, UM, WE GET INTO ALL OF ALL THIS FUN STUFF.
I THINK ONE OF THE, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN MENTIONED, UM, WE KNOW THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO ALREADY HAS AN ORDINANCE AND THEY FRONT US ON TWO SIDES.
WE ARE BASICALLY 7.2 SQUARE MILES OF LAND.
AND SO WE HAVE SAN DIEGO ON TWO SIDES.
WE'VE GOT CHULA VISTA ON THE THIRD SIDE, WE WON'T COUNT THE BAY.
UH, AND CHULA VISTA HAS THEIR ORDINANCE ON THEIR AGENDA NEXT TUESDAY FOR INTRODUCTION.
UH, SO GUESS WHAT HAPPENS? UH, WE JUST HAD, THERE WAS A LARGE ARTICLE THIS WEEK, UH, FROM NORTH COUNTY, AND I BELIEVE, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS CARLSBAD OR IF IT WAS, UH, SAN MARCOS.
ONE OF THE TWO WAS, HUH? CARLSBAD, WAS IT CARL? YEAH.
THEY WERE COMPLAINING THAT THE OTHER CITIES AROUND THEM HAVE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IN THE ENCAMPMENT ORDINANCE.
AND NOW GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE GETTING FLOODED WITH HOMELESS THAT ARE GOING INTO THEIR CITY BECAUSE THOSE OTHER CITIES HAVE ENCAMPMENT ORDINANCES.
I CAN IMAGINE IF CHULA VISTA GETS THERES IN PLACE AND WE'VE GOT SAN DIEGO, WHAT HAPPENS HERE? WE NORMALLY END UP WITH TWO LARGE SURGES OF HOMELESSNESS IN NASHVILLE CITY, AND THEY'RE PRETTY PREDICTABLE.
THEY'RE TWICE A YEAR AND THEY'RE HOMELESS THAT WE'RE NOT USED TO.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'LL GET SURGES OF HOMELESS.
ONE IS THE WEEK BEFORE OPENING DAY FOR THE PADRES.
THE OTHER ONE IS THE WEEK BEFORE COMIC-CON.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ALL GET CLEANED OUT OF DOWNTOWN.
THEY DO NOT PUSH 'EM NORTHWARD INTO THE MORE AFFLUENT AREAS.
THEY PUSH 'EM SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD.
AND, UH, AND SO WE GET THOSE, THOSE TWO BIG RUSHES, UH, ON A, ON A YEARLY BASIS.
SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH.
IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT STATE PROPERTY AND INDEED NOW THE GOVERNOR HAS COME OUT AND SAID, HE'S GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
OF COURSE, THERE'S GOTTA BE FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND WHEN I SEE THERE, I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE BILLS AND ALL THE NEW FUNDING THEY'RE GONNA DO FOR A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T REALLY ADDRESSING THIS ONE TOO MUCH.
UM, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE BIG FIRE THAT WAS UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, UH, HERE AT CIVIC CENTER.
THEY FINALLY GOT ALL THAT STUFF OUT THERE, AND THEY PUT A NEW TYPE FENCING IN THERE THAT IS NOT, YOU CAN'T JUST CUT THROUGH IT.
AND IT'S KEPT EVERYONE OUT OF THERE.
THEY DID A COUPLE OF UN UNDERPASSES DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.
THEY'RE OUT OF MONEY IN THAT PROGRAM.
THERE ARE, IS NO MORE FENCING MONEY AVAILABLE TO THAT TYPE FENCING.
SO THEY JUST PUT THE CHAIN LINK ONES UP THERE THAT THEY CAN GO RIGHT THROUGH.
UM, THE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WITH, IF THE STATE SAYS THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SOME THINGS, UH, THEY CLEAN UP THERE ON 8 0 5, THEY'RE BETWEEN PLAZA AND 16TH, THEY'RE DOING ALL THE CLEANUP ON, THEY HAVE LITERALLY SCRAPED THAT, CUT THE TREES, EVERYTHING OUT OF THERE.
AND, AND NOW THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT AREA.
THE AREA AT, UH, THE 54 AND THE, WHERE THE 54 AND THE FIVE COME TOGETHER, THAT WAS ALL BRUSH IN THERE AND YOU COULDN'T SEE MUCH EXCEPT FOR SOME OF THE TRASH THAT THEY KEPT PUTTING UP ON THE STREET.
THEY HAVE JUST THIS WEEK TAKEN OUT ALL THE BRUSH OUT OF THERE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE ALL THESE ENCAMPMENTS THAT YOU NEVER EVEN KNEW THEY WERE IN THERE.
AND THE, THE ENCAMPMENTS AND ALL THEIR TRASH ARE STILL SITTING THERE.
THEY JUST TOOK OUT THE, TOOK OUT THE REST OF THE STUFF, UH, GO DOWN THERE BEHIND BEST BUY AND LOOK NORTHWARD.
AND I WAS DOWN THERE YESTERDAY MORNING AND YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THAT NOW, AND YOU GO, WE NEVER, WE NEVER EVEN KNEW ALL THAT WAS THERE.
UM, AND, BUT IT'S JUST TONS AND TONS OF TRASH.
UM, WE'VE DONE SEVERAL CLEANUPS ON STATE PROPERTY.
THAT WAS NOT THE CITY DOING IT.
WE GOT VOLUNTEERS TO GO IN THERE AND WEEK AFTER WEEK WE WENT IN AND WORKED WITH THE ENCAMPMENTS AND WE CLEANED OUT JUST TRASH.
WE NEVER TOUCHED THEIR PERSONAL ITEMS. AND THE STATE, EVEN WHEN THEY DO CLEAN UP, THEY TAKE THEIR PERSONAL ITEMS, WHICH DOES NOT MEANS EVERYTHING THEY'VE GOT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN OLD BROKEN DOWN COUCHES, POOL TABLES, AND HOT WATER TANKS.
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AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING BECAUSE WE PULLED THOSE THINGS OUT OF IT.IT DOES MEAN THEY'RE PERSONAL ITEMS. IT, IT, IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR VERY PERSONAL ITEMS. IT, THEY'RE DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TAKEN AND SEPARATED.
IT DOESN'T TAKE A, A HUGE STORAGE AREA FOR ALL THAT STUFF.
AND I'M SORRY, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO AN OLD USED A HOT WATER TANK.
UM, THE, UH, BUT WE, WE DID THAT WEEK AFTER WEEK.
AND FINALLY, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I LOST MY VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE WENT BACK, IT WAS WORSE THAN IT HAD BEEN THE WEEK BEFORE WHEN WE'D TAKEN SEVERAL DUMPSTERS OUT OF THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO THE HOARDING AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WITH IT, AND, YOU KNOW, AND SO SOME SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA HAVE TO BE HUMANE.
I HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN THEY'VE LIFTED UP THEIR TENT THAT THEY JUST WERE SLEEPING IN AND THEY LIFT UP THEIR TENT.
AND I'VE GOT VIDEO WHEN I'M STANDING THERE, AND MORE THAN A DOZEN RATS RUN OUT UNDERNEATH THAT TENT.
THERE'S NOTHING HUMANE ABOUT THAT.
THERE IS NOTHING COMPASSIONATE ABOUT US HAVING PEOPLE SLEEPING AND LIVING IN THESE TYPE CONDITIONS.
I'VE SEEN THEM WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED A WHILE AGO ABOUT HAVING THEIR, UH, UH, THEIR FIRE PIT OR SOME KIND OF CONTAINER TO HAVE A FIRE IN AND HUH? GRILL A GRILL.
AND I, I, I'VE SEEN 'EM WITH THEIR GRILLS AND I'VE BEEN THERE TALKING WITH THEM AND THEY'LL LIGHT UP THEIR GRILL AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WERE USING FOR STARTERS? STYROFOAM, YES.
THEY WOULD BURN THE STYRO STYROFOAM TO LIGHT TO, TO GET THEIR FIRE GOING.
AND I MEAN, YEAH, ONCE AGAIN, NONE OF US WOULD EVER DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AROUND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS, EVERYTHING ELSE, ALL THE SAFETY HASSLES, EVERYTHING.
THERE'S NOTHING HUMANE ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF.
AND, UH, THE, UH, BUT WITHOUT, BUT WITHOUT THIS ONE THING, WE'RE GONNA GET THE HUGE, WE'RE GONNA GET PUSHED IN THE MIDDLE, UH, FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
THE OTHER THING IS, UH, WITHOUT THIS, IT'S HARD FOR US TO TELL THE STATE, YOU GOTTA DO YOUR JOB AND THEY'RE JUST GONNA COME BACK.
UH, SO THIS, THE GOVERNOR, WHETHER IF HE'S GONNA, WE GOTTA KIND OF PUSH ON HIM TO CARRY THROUGH WITH THIS.
HE SAYS, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO OUR STUFF.
AND THEY, AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME ACTION IN THE LAST MONTH.
I WILL AGREE ON THAT, AND A LOT MORE TO BE DONE.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN, THERE HAS BEEN SOME.
SO IT'S SHOWING THAT THEY'RE DOING SOME, BUT THEN WE GOTTA DO OUR PART TOO.
AND I KNOW PART OF IT, YOU, UH, THAT WAS MENTIONED A WHILE AGO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, US HELPING THE STATE ON THEIR PROPERTIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO BRING CREWS IN TO DO THAT.
SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IS THE IDEA OF CITY CREWS BEING ABLE TO DO IT.
WE GET REIMBURSEMENT STATE JUST AS WE DO WITH WHEN WE DO WITH STATE FIRES, AND IT'S MUCH CHEAPER THAT WAY, BE MUCH CHEAPER ON THE STATE IF THAT WAS DONE.
UM, BUT THE OTHER PROBLEM IS WE HAVE POLICE, WE HAVE FIRE, WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS.
WE HAVE ALL THESE THAT ARE SPENDING THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME AWAY FROM THE SERVICES THAT OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT TO BE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND SO WE ARE, WE ARE TAKING AWAY FROM OUR OWN RESIDENTS AND OUR OWN BUSINESSES CONSTANTLY TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS. UM, SOMEONE WAS MENTIONING WE HAVE THERE AT, AT THE 8 0 5 NORTH OFF RAMP ON PLAZA, YOU'VE GOT A GUY WHO'S THERE, AND IT'S RIGHT AGAINST TRAFFIC.
IT'S NOT A, NOT, UH, OUT THE WAY.
IT'S RIGHT WHERE THE CARS ARE COMING ON THE OFF RAMP, RIGHT UP AGAINST HIM.
AND HE, WE'VE BEEN ON THE STATE FOR A GOOD THREE MONTHS ON THAT GUY.
AND, UH, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S A TOTAL WRECK.
I GOT PICTURES I CAN SHOW YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOTAL WRECK.
THESE ARE THE THINGS, AND YET PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS AND THEY SAY, WELL, THAT'S NATIONAL CITY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ON STATE PROPERTY.
VERY FEW OF THESE PEOPLE ARE FROM NATIONAL CITY.
I'VE TALKED WITH THEM, I'VE BEEN IN THEIR, THEIR ENCAMPMENTS.
I'VE TALKED WITH THEM, GET TO GET TO BE FRIENDS WITH THEM.
AND I FIND MAJORITY OF 'EM AREN'T EVEN FROM THIS REGION, MUCH LESS THE STATE.
AND IT'S BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE OF, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DO BECOME COMPASSIONATE AND OVER COMPASSIONATE WHERE WE'VE SAID IT'S OKAY TO BE HOMELESS.
WE SHOULD NEVER SAY IT'S OKAY TO BE HOMELESS.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
WE'VE GOT AN EXCELLENT, UH, OUTREACH TEAM.
WE'VE GOT FACILITIES HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
WE ARE, WE'RE PROVIDING, WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEM HOUSING.
WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, UH, SHELTER.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM ALL THE, THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED.
BUT NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN FOUND, THIS WAS ANOTHER ARTICLE THAT WAS IN JUST AS LAST WEEK, THE CITIES THAT HAVE PUT IN THE ORDINANCE, THEY WOULD GO TO THOSE PEOPLE AND HIT 'EM UP TIME AFTER TIME, JUST AS OUR, OUR TEAM DOES HERE.
AND THEY WOULD REFUSE SERVICE EVERY TIME THEY PUT IN THE ORDINANCE.
THEY SAID, OKAY, WE'LL GO, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO, TO DO IT.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE LIFE, SOME PEOPLE, IT'S BEEN THE LIFE OF WHAT I CALL THE URBAN OUTDOORSMEN HAS BEEN KIND OF GLAMORIZED IN, IN OUR URBAN AREAS.
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AND, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S OKAY TO BE IN THAT, THAT POSITION.NOBODY SHOULD BE SLEEPING WITH RATS.
AND NOBODY, NOBODY SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, COOKING WITH STYROFOAM AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.
NOBODY SHOULD BE EATING JUST PURE GARBAGE, YOU KNOW.
UM, YOU GO THERE AT 8 0 5 AND AND PLAZA AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE THEY, THEY, THEY GO OVER THE DUMP.
THEY, EVEN THOUGH THE DUMPSTERS ARE LOCKED AT ALL THOSE, UH, FAST FOOD PLACES THERE, THE, THE SUBWAY, UM, THE DONUT PLACE, THE MCDONALD'S, THEY GO OVER THE TOP AND THEY'LL GET INSIDE THERE AT NIGHT AND PULL THE BAGS OUT, TAKE 'EM OUT THERE AND JUST THROW THE STUFF OUT AND THEN PICK THROUGH IT TO WHAT THEY WANT TO EAT.
AND THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE STUFF THAT'S BEEN DISCARDED INTO THE TRASH.
AND WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICE, BUT WE CAN'T DO, WE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THE ENTIRE STATE.
WE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THE ENTIRE AREA.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WE NEED TO HAVE HAVING YOU UP, MAKE SURE ALL THE CITIES ARE STEPPING UP TO THIS THING AND DOING IT TOGETHER.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE MENTAL SITUATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THAT WAS A NUMBER OF YOU BROUGHT UP.
AND WE NEED TO PUT, YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE OUR SUPERVISORS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, BUT WE NEED TO PUSH ON THEM.
THE STATE HAS PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, A METHOD TO DEAL WITH THIS CALLED CARE COURT.
AND THEY HAVE PUT IT, AND HERE LOCALLY IN OUR COUNTY, WE PUT IT DOWN ON THE LOWER LIST OF PRIORITIES.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TOO MANY OTHER PRIORITIES.
THAT SHOULD BE VERY HIGH ON THE PRIORITY LIST.
AND TO HELP, YOU KNOW, PUT THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT, THEY ARE NOT MENTALLY ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELF.
AND WE, AND SO WE NEED TO HELP THEM.
AND THE CARE COURT IS, IS A WAY THAT'S BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
BUT THOSE ARE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US, AND THIS WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK, WORK ON THOSE, TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE STATE, WITH THE COUNTY AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO START TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE GO OUT THERE AND BECOME, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT TO BE PUNITIVE.
THIS IS TO BE, THIS IS TO BE HUMANE, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GIVEN THE RESOURCES.
AND, AND I'VE TOLD, HEY, YOU, I'M SORRY.
YOU'RE TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'VE GOTTA, YOU'VE GOTTA ACCEPT SOME RESOURCES.
WE CANNOT, OUR CHILDREN CANNOT BE GOING DOWN THE STREET LOOKING AND SAYING, THAT'S OKAY.
AND YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, WE HELD OFF BEFORE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE STATE WAS GONNA DO.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE SUPREME COURT WAS GONNA DO.
YOU KNOW, OUR SHELTER HADN'T OPENED YET.
IT'S TIME FOR US TO AVAIL OURSELF FOR THAT BEFORE WE GET TO BE THE BRUNT OF EVERYTHING HERE IN THIS REGION.
AND, UH, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
SOMEBODY ASKS, YOU KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THIS, HOW THEY FEEL THIS IS A GOOD TOOL OR NOT A GOOD TOOL.
I DON'T THINK IT'D BE INAPPROPRIATE.
YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WE DON'T ASK STAFF TO MAKE THOSE KIND OF JUDGE.
BUT IS IT A TOOL THAT YOU SEE VALUE TO? I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY, ANY PROBLEM WITH US ASKING OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT, WHY ARE WE DOING IT? OKAY.
UH, YEAH, SO I, UH, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THE ORDINANCE.
I APPRECIATE STAFF FOR, SO, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
UM, I THINK STAFF RESPONDED TO OUR LAST COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, NOT JUST LEAVING IT AT THE BAN, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT SERVICES WE'RE ALREADY PROVIDING WITH, UH, HOME OUTREACH WITH THE SHELTER.
WE HAVE THE SUPREME COURT RULING.
SO A LOT, SO A LOT HAS, UH, UH, CHANGED.
AND SO, UH, I, SO I DO SUP I THINK STAFF HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF BEING REASONABLE, BEING COMPASSIONATE.
UM, I DO TAKE ISSUES HONESTLY, WITH A LOT OF THE MAYOR'S, UH, CHARACTERIZATION OF THINGS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS ANECDOTAL AND IT, THE ANECDOTES ARE IMPORTANT, BUT, UH, AND, BUT IT'S LIKE NOT ALL OF THE, THE, THE, LIKE, YOU'RE FOCUSING ON SOME OF THE WORST SITUATIONS, WHICH, WHICH ARE REALLY BAD.
WE HEARD SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, BUT IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T ADDRESS LIKE THIS ORDINANCE.
I, I DON'T THINK THIS ORDINANCE ALONE WILL ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT.
AND SO WE, AND ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ASK STAFF, UM, SO OUR POLICE AND FIRES.
SO WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE, DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE OF, UH, COST OF OVERTIME? BECAUSE I JUST WANNA BE REALISTIC WITH LIKE, OVER HERE ON THE D WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC, THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT GONNA SOLVE EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE, I, I HOPE WE ALL DON'T THINK THAT
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THIS NEW LAW IS GONNA BE PASSED NOW, ALL THE HO, ALL THE HOMELESS, ALL THE UNSHELTERED FOLKS ARE GONNA FOLLOW THE LAW ALL OF A SUDDEN.LIKE, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
SO WE NEED THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE, AND WE ALSO NEED THE MEDICAL BEDS.
SO I APPRECIATE THE BARREN STAFF BRINGING THAT UP.
AND SO I HOPE WE CAN TALK, TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND I SUPPORT US HAVING A DETOX, UH, FACILITY.
BUT, UM, BRING, BRINGING IT BACK TO STAFF.
UM, WHAT'S THE, UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, I'LL START WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, UH, BEN, DO WE HAVE, SO ONCE WE PASS THE ORDINANCE, ARE WE GOING TO, IS THIS GONNA HAVE A, A BUDGET IMPACT OR DO WE HAVE THE CURRENT RESOURCES RIGHT NOW FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THIS? THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL FOR THE DISCUSSION.
AND THE QUESTION, THE, THE CIVIL ANSWER IS NO.
THE, THIS ORDINANCE WILL NOT CREATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCE OR RESOURCES.
SO LET'S MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR.
UM, BUT IT WILL, IT WILL, UM, IT WILL BENEFIT US AS WE ADDRESS SOME ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE DANGEROUS, THAT MEET NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
SO I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S ALSO SOMETHING, UH, OF A COMMUNITY PRIDE HERE.
I I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO RAISE A COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND PRIDE, UM, ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
AND I THINK THESE, THIS ORDINANCE WILL, WILL HELP IN THAT REGARD.
SO, BUT NO, TO BE CLEAR, IT WILL NOT, UH, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT, WILL NOT, UM, UH, BE ADDITIONAL BUDGET EXPENDITURES OR RESOURCES.
HOWEVER, AS CARLOS OUTLINED IN HIS, UM, REPORT, WE ARE APPLYING FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL GET THAT.
AND THOSE DO COME FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE.
BUT LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, WE'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX AT THIS POINT.
SO NO INCREASE IN, IN FUNDING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
AND THEN, UM, WHERE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, YEAH, WHERE ARE WE, UM, UH, PUTTING ALL OF THE, UM, WHEN WE CLEAR THE ENCAMPMENTS, THE PERSONAL BELONGINGS, WHERE EXACTLY ARE WE STORING THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, UH, SOMEONE CAN HELP ME, BUT WE DO HAVE STORAGE.
WE DO HAVE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, STAFF, AT LEAST, WE DEFINITELY DO HAVE STORAGE, AND WE'RE VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE COLLECT ALL PERSONAL EFFECTS.
IN FACT, WE, UH, ALLOW THE STORAGE FOR UP TO 90 DAYS.
SO I KNOW THAT THE, I APPRECIATE THAT EXTRA, YEAH.
SO WE'RE, UH, GENEROUS, BUT WE MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT ANY PERSONAL ITEMS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THEN MY, MY FINAL QUESTION, AGAIN, I SUPPORT THIS ON CHANGES ON LANGUAGE, BUT, UM, FOR THE, FOR MOVING FORWARD, UH, FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH.
SO, UH, THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS I SEE WITH HOMELESS AND WHAT I HEAR ON THE STREETS, AND WE, WE'VE HAD OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, UM, UH, TALK ABOUT THIS HERE IN THIS MEETING.
UM, SO THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH, THE ONES THAT ARE TRIPPED OUT ON DRUGS ARE JUST BEYOND, LIKE, THEY, THEY, THEY CAN'T EVEN TAKE CARE OF THEIR, SO TO THE MAYOR'S POINT TOO, THEY CAN'T EVEN TAKE CARE OF THEIRSELVES.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN LIKE CONSCIOUS, A LOT OF THEM.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT SUPPORTING, UM, CHANGES LIKE FOR CONSERVATORSHIP? I THINK THAT WAS, UM, AN ISSUE IS KIND OF THE CONSERVATORSHIP LAW SO THAT, UM, OUR POLICE CAN TAKE FOLKS OFF THE STREET AND ESSENTIALLY FORCE, UM, SOME OF THE WORST CASES INTO REHAB.
UM, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING, UM, THE RFP TIMELINE? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BRING ACTUAL DETOX FACILITIES HERE IN THE CITY? YEAH, SO IN THE NEXT QUARTER, WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE RULES AROUND THE, UH, OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND.
I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT GRASP OF IT AND WE CAN, UH, MOVE FORWARD ON GETTING, UM, AN RFP STRUCTURED.
IT'S, THIS IS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY EARLY IN THE EVOLUTION AS TO HOW WE, THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, UH, IS, IS JUST NOT, IT'S, IT'S NOT THERE.
IT'S, IT'S NOT AT THE CAPACITY NEEDS TO BE TO HELP PEOPLE AND MEET 'EM WHERE THEY'RE AT.
IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT'S THE CASE.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF RED TAPE TO GET PEOPLE ADEQUATELY TREATED WITH THE CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE WITH EVERYONE.
UH, THAT PLAYS A ROLE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE, UM, THAT, UH, PEOPLE IN THE FIELD, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY TRY THEIR BEST GIVEN THE TYPE OF RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
BUT AGAIN, LOOKING AT, UH, THE LACK OF CLINICAL, UH, DETOX BEDS JUST AS A START, LET ALONE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES AND CONSERVATORSHIPS AND OTHER, AND OTHER, UH, PROCESSES THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT.
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UH, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ACTION TO FULLY FUG THESE VENTURES.SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO SEE WHAT BEST PRACTICES EXIST.
BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT'S YET TO BE REALLY HAD.
SO I'M DONE WITH MY QUESTIONS AND I, I APPRECIATE STAFF AGAIN AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR COMING AND SHARING, UH, FOR, FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF OUR TOP THIS, IT'S A CRISIS AND IT'S OUR TOP, IF NOT THE TOP CONCERN IN THE HOUSING CRISIS OVERALL.
AND IT'S A COM VERY COMPLEX ISSUE.
UM, SO WE ARE TAKING ACTION AND I FINALLY WANNA THANK, UH, CITY STAFF FOR THEY ACTION THEY HAD TAKEN.
AND, UH, JUST, JUST LAST WEEK, THERE WAS, UM, A LOT OF TRASH AND ENCAMPMENT ISSUES RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CENTRAL ELEMENTARY THAT, UH, UM, MM-HMM,
AND SO, UM, I, UM, I HAD A, A CALL, ACTUALLY A MEETING WITH A, A STEVE GAN AND STEVE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING YOUR STAFF GET DIRECTLY ON IT, EVEN THOUGH I THINK THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN AN ISSUE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT WAS SCHOOL PROPERTY, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY THE ATTITUDE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT MOVING FORWARD, WE AS A CITY TAKE, NOT THAT POINTING THE FINGERS, OH, THIS IS CALTRANS PROBLEM, THIS IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROBLEM.
LIKE, LET'S SAY, BECAUSE OF THE RESIDENTS DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, THEY JUST NEED IT ADDRESSED.
SO I'D LIKE US TO TAKE THE APPROACH OF, UH, LIKE, LIKE YOU ALL DID ON STAFF, IS, UM, IS A ADDRESSING IT.
AND THEN LET'S HAVE A FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, CALTRANS, OR WHATEVER AGENCY OR PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S A BALANCE, BEING MINDFUL OF OUR RESOURCES, BUT LET'S, LET'S TRY TO ADDRESS IT FIRST AND THEN, UM, AND THEN ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR WHATNOT.
REAL QUICKLY, UH, JUST TO COMMENT AND THEN WE GOTTA DO SOME HOUSEKEEPING.
UM, PROBABLY THE TWO BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD THE MOST COMPLAINTS ABOUT IN THIS, I WOULD SAY THE LAST YEAR IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN THE HOMELESS.
AND THE ONLY ONE WAS THE STREET PROSTITUTION.
UH, AND SO WE TOOK SOME CONCERTED EFFORTS ON THE STREET, PROSTITUTION.
WE DIDN'T ADD ANY EXTRA FUNDING, WE PUT A LOT OF EXTRA OVERTIME WITH POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS, EVERYTHING ELSE ON THAT TO TRY TO GET THAT CORRECTED.
UH, WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FUNDING PART OF THAT LATER BECAUSE WE SAW IT WAS A PRIORITY.
AND, UH, AND SO I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY GOING THE SAME THING AS WE SEE THIS BEING A PRIORITY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND THE MONEY TO DEAL WITH IT.
UH, WE DO STILL HAVE ONE SPEAKER, SHE'S BACK ON NOW.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET HER BACK ON.
AND THEN I NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WANTED TO LET HER NOW, NOW THAT WE GOT HER BACK ON, IF SHE CAN SPEAK.
SHE'S NOT THERE, MAYOR, SHE'S NOT THERE.
SHELLY HAS HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH HER AUDIO, BUT NO, THE SPEAKER IS NOT ON ZOOM.
ALRIGHT, THEN WITH THAT, UH, WE DO NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE INITIAL.
SO JUST TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS JUST TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE NOT ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS STAGE.
UH, THE, UH, SO WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
NOW, UH, MEMBER MOLINA, I THINK YOUR HAND, I SAW IT NEXT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. UH, DIRECTOR CARLOS AGUIRE FOR, UH, THE BRIEFING THAT WE HAD, UM, LAST WEEK REGARDING THIS ITEM AND THIS TOPIC.
UH, I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IT AND ALL OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
UH, BOTH OUR CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE COME OUT TO SHARE THE HARDSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE ENDURED.
IT, IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR THAT, UM, THIS ISN'T A SOLUTION FOR HOMELESSNESS, HOWEVER, IT IS A TOOL THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED FOR, UM, FOR THEIR CITY TO ADDRESS THE REAL PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS THAT REQUIRE ACTION.
AND IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF ACTION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE BY THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY TO DATE ALL OF THE DATA THAT WE SAW TODAY ON THOSE SLIDES DURING THE PRESENTATION, UM, REALLY DO SPEAK TO THE EFFORT THAT OUR SMALL CITY HAS DONE WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US.
AND WHAT I APPRECIATE MOST IS, BACK WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS TOPIC IN APRIL, UH, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A CALL FROM SEVERAL FOLKS UP HERE ASKING FOR, UM, HELP FOR THIS COMMUNITY, RIGHT? A A COMPASSIONATE APPROACH.
AND IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT THAT IS EXACTLY, UH, WHAT THIS CITY HAS DONE.
IT HAS TAKEN A COMPASSIONATE APPROACH TO TRY AND HELP, UH, AND ALLEVIATE THIS SITUATION, NOT ONLY FOR THE, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE STREET AND HOMELESS AND ARE SUFFERING, BUT ALSO,
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UH, TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS AS WELL.UM, IT IS CLEAR THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE.
UH, THIS IS A, UH, THERE IS A NEED FOR OUR CITY TO PUT THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE, UM, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, UH, BUT ALSO BECAUSE, UH, THE SURROUNDING CITIES, UH, IN OUR REGION WILL TAKE SIMILAR MEASURE AND THEN THAT WOULD LEAVE NATIONAL CITY VULNERABLE.
UM, IF WE WEREN'T, UH, PUTTING THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
UM, AGAIN, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER CLEARLY STATES THAT WE WOULD PUT FEDERAL OR, UH, STATE FUNDING AT RISK IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS TYPE OF MEASURE IN PLACE.
AND SO IT IS NECESSARY, UM, AS ELECTED LEADERS, WE CAN'T AVOID ADOPTING THIS ORDINANCE.
IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE TO DO SO.
I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I DO EXPECT TO SEE THIS TOOL NARROWLY APPLIED AGAIN.
UH, LET'S NOT FORGET THE COMPASSIONATE APPROACH THAT WE HAVE TO DATE.
UM, AND, AND NOW THAT WE DO HAVE THIS TOOL, LET'S NOT, UH, FORGET THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE.
WE'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REQUEST, UM, ADDITIONAL DATA AS WE SAW TONIGHT, THE NUMBERS THAT REALLY DOES SPEAK TO WHAT WE ARE DOING TO HELP.
UM, THE MS. KIANA, I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND YOUR MEM UH, YOUR PARTNER'S HELP IN, UH, A PART OF THE HOME TEAM.
UM, IT IT, WHEN I WAS REMINDED THAT THE HOME TEAM HAS BEEN IN PLACE JUST SINCE OCTOBER LAST YEAR, UM, BUT THEN TO SEE THE, THE, THE DATA, UM, AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR PARTNER HAVE PUT TOWARDS THIS ISSUE, IT IS, IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS DONE IN LESS THAN A YEAR.
AND STILL THIS PROBLEM HAS JUST GROWN, RIGHT? UM, SO, SO I DO, I DO AGREE WITH, UM, DIRECTOR AGIRI.
WE ARE A CITY OF ACTION THAT IS DOING AS MUCH AS IT CAN WITH VERY LIMITED RESOURCES.
AND OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE SIGNIFICANT, BUT IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, PUSHING A BOULDER UP A HILL, UM, WE MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND CHAMPION OUR HOME TEAM, UH, THE TEMPORARY HOUSING VOUCHERS AND MORE PROGRAMS THAT ARE MAKING A REAL IMPACT.
AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CALL ON THE STATE, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THIS $15.5 MILLION GRANT, UM, THAT THE STATE THAT WE'RE ASKING OF THE STATE TO HELP US, UM, SO THAT WE CAN DO, UM, WE CAN GET MORE FUNDING, UH, AND SUPPORT THE TRUE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL HELP US MINIMIZE HOMELESSNESS.
I DISAGREE WITH, UM, THE OPINION THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS ARE OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY WANNA BE OUT THERE, OR, OR MOST PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT ON THE STREETS ARE OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY WANNA BE HOMELESS.
UM, I, I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S MORE LIKELY THEY'RE OUT THERE BECAUSE OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBLEM.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THERE, THERE'S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE CAN'T ACT IN A VACUUM AND EXPECT RESULTS.
UM, WHILE WE ARE TAKING THE STEP, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, AND FINALLY, I DO AGREE WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, OUR, UH, MR. CARLOS AGIRI, MR. BEN MARTINEZ, AND THEN OF COURSE WITH MR. CARLOS AGIRI THAT, UM, WE HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN A HUMANE APPROACH.
AND I HOPE THAT THIS APPROACH IS CON, CONTINUES TO BE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE UNDER WHICH WE OPERATE, UM, WHILE WE ARE PUTTING THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
UM, THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.
UM, UH, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NO ONE CITY HAS A GRASP ON.
A LOT OF CITIES ARE TRYING TO ACT, UH, OUR STATE IS TRYING TO ACT.
UH, IT REALLY IS A, A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM.
WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT'S DEALING WITH THIS, BUT I DO THINK MULTIPLE THINGS CAN BE TRUE.
I THINK, UH, HOMELESS PEOPLE NEED HOMES.
I ALSO THINK THAT RESIDENTS DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE, UM, AT OUR SCHOOLS WHEN WE'RE DROPPING OFF, OUR KIDS NEED TO FEEL SAFE, THAT OUR KIDS ARE SAFE IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT, THAT THEY'RE IN, UM, THAT OUR PARKS ARE SAFE, THAT OUR HOMES ARE SAFE.
WE'RE NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS AND WE DESERVE IT.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT MOST HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT A THREAT OR A DANGER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I'VE MADE, I'VE MET MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THEIR CARS.
THEY MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS, AND THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT OUT, TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK.
THEY'RE TRYING, THEY'RE TRYING.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO CHARACTERIZE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS ENTIRE POPULATION AS, AS JUST ONE GROUP.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT
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TO HIGHLIGHT.UM, I ALSO LIKE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT, UM, THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY.
THIS IS JUST A TOOL THAT WE WILL BE UTILIZING AND USING.
UM, I DO BELIEVE IT'S OUR JOB TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALSO HELP HOUSE, UM, HOUSELESS INDIVIDUALS.
UH, I'VE PERSONALLY HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS WHO VISIT ELON PARK, UH, WHO VISIT KIMBALL PARK, WHO VISIT PARADISE CREEK ON A REGULAR BASIS AND DON'T FEEL SAFE EITHER FOR THEMSELVES OR THEIR KIDS, BECAUSE THERE ARE MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS THERE.
IT'S NOT OKAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE EXPERIENCING THAT AND OUR RESIDENTS TO BE EXPERIENCING THAT.
AND IT'S NOT OKAY TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT ARE IN SUCH NEED FOR HELP AND NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT.
SO, I DO THINK MULTIPLE THINGS CAN BE TRUE.
UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE RESCUE MISSION FACILITY, UH, FOR OPENING.
THIS HAS BEEN A PLAN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
UH, THEY FINALLY OPENED UP AND SOON ENOUGH WE HAD A WAIT LIST OF, UM, CORRECT ME ON THE NUMBER, BUT IT WAS LIKE OVER 40, I THINK IT WAS 42 FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS FROM NATIONAL CITY WHO WANTED HELP.
AND SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH PARTNERS LIKE THE RESCUE MISSION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, THAT ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, STAFF FOR DOING A QUICK KIND OF RESEARCH ON THIS, ON THE RENT PRICES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM.
UM, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SHOW THE SLIDE ON RENT, UM, BUT IT DEMONSTRATED THAT IN 2019, UH, THE MARKET VALUE FOR A ONE BEDROOM WAS $1,250.
IS THE SLED COMING UP? SHALL IS IT POSSIBLE TO PULL UP TO POWERPOINT? OH, THANK YOU.
AND NOW, IN 2024, A ONE BEDROOM IS 1,740, AND THAT'S JUST A ONE BEDROOM.
IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO JUST MAKE ENDS MEET.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE HOLISTICALLY.
UM, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INITIATIVE IN 2018 FOR NATIONAL CITY TO HAVE RENT CONTROL.
UM, IT UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT PASS, AND IT WAS, UH, UH, OUTSPENT 10 TO ONE BY, UH, BIG CORPORATE, UM, UH, LANDLORDS.
AND IF THAT WOULD'VE BEEN IN EFFECT, THE 5% INCREASE FROM 2019 UNTIL NOW WOULD'VE MEANT $150 DECREASE IN RENT PRICES FROM MARKET VALUE.
NOW 1740, UM, TO 1593, IF THAT WENT UP 5% YEAR TO YEAR, TO YEAR TO YEAR, $150 MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE JUST MAKING ENDS MEET MONTH TO MONTH.
SO, AND THIS IS JUST FOR ONE BEDROOM.
THIS IS NOT LOOKING AT TWO BEDROOMS AND THREE BEDROOMS, WHICH ARE EXCESSIVELY MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE.
UM, UH, ULTIMATELY I FEEL THAT, UM, WE MUST PROHIBIT DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS FROM BEING OUT IN PUBLIC SPACES TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
HOUSELESS INDIVIDUALS DESERVE HOMES.
SO THANK YOU FOR RESCUE MISSION.
DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORKING WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNER.
UM, I FEEL WE NEED TO CONTROL OUR RENT PRICES.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A, A MOBILE HOME RENT CONTROL ORDINANCE THAT'S EXPIRING THIS DECEMBER, WHICH WE ACTUALLY, UH, THRUSTED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO BECAUSE RENTS WERE INCREASING 30% FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
GUESS WHO WERE THE PRIMARY INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN IMPACTED SENIORS ON FIXED INCOME IF WE WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED THAT KIND OF LAW, WHERE WOULD THEY BE OUT ON THE STREET? AND THEN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING OF HOMELESS NUMBERS.
SO I THINK, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, UM, TO THINK ABOUT.
UH, I DO THINK WE NEED TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I KNOW THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT PARKING, UM, ALWAYS BEING AN ISSUE IN OUR VERY DENSE CITY.
BUT ULTIMATELY WE NEED TO BUILD MORE HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND ALSO BUILD MORE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH, UH, THE CURRENT RENTAL MARKET, UM, UH, AND THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S, IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY MARKET RATE, EXCEEDINGLY EXPENSIVE, AND IT CONTINUES TO INCREASE THE PRICE OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE.
I THINK IT'S A PART OF A BROADER SOLUTION TO HELP ADDRESS OUR HOUSING CRISIS, UM, AND OUR HOMELESS CRISIS.
UH, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK TO GET IT TO THIS POINT.
I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR A LOT OF THESE OTHER ISSUES AND LOOK AT HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, UH, HOLISTICALLY.
UM, EDUCATING US WITH REGARDS TO THIS ORDINANCE.
I THANK OUR CHIEF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UM, UM, CARLOS, STEVE, AND OF COURSE
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OUR CITY MANAGER AND, AND OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER WHO'S ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, VERY PATIENT IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS.UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVE OR I RECEIVE DURING THIS TIME OF EDUCATING MYSELF WITH REGARDS TO, TO, TO THIS, UM, ORDINANCE, UM, COUNCIL, COUNCIL LAN, AND OUR COUNCIL BARRY, UM, WHO'S BEEN VERY PATIENT IN, IN, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, INCLUDING THAT, NOT, NOT FORGETTING THE HEART, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, FOR, FOR ALL PEOPLE REALLY, IT IS OUR FIDUCIARY TO FOLLOW THE LAW, BUT AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE A TOOL FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR JOBS IN ORDER FOR US TO PROTECT THE LIFE, THE HEALTH, AND THE SAFETY OF ALL PEOPLE, AND THE SENSITIVE PUBLIC LANDS WITHIN OUR CITY.
UM, JUST REAL QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, THE HOMELESS SITUATION IS A COMPLEX ISSUE.
THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS ARE OUT THERE BECAUSE OF MENTAL, UH, SITUATIONS.
WE HAVE SOME BECAUSE OF DRUG SITUATION OR ALCOHOL.
WE HAVE SOME BECAUSE OF DIVORCE OR, YOU KNOW, THEY LOSE THEIR JOB.
WE HAVE, UH, SOME BECAUSE OF HOUSING, UH, COST.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S, I MEAN, THERE IS, AND THEN SOME PEOPLE, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO BE OUT THERE.
YOU GO OUT TO THE JUNGLE, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE 20, 20 YEARS AND MORE.
AND IT'S BECOME A WAY OF LIFE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND THEY ALL HAVE TO BE APPROACHED DIFFERENTLY.
AND, UH, HOUSING IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM.
BUT OF COURSE, NATIONAL CITY HAS THE LOWEST RENTS OF ANY CITY IN THIS COUNTY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE LOWEST SELLING PRICES ON, ON HOUSES OF ANY CITY IN THIS COUNTY, BY FAR.
THE ONES JUST CAME OUT AND I, WE WERE THE LOWEST.
AND THE NEXT ONE ABOVE IT WAS THE VERY NEXT CITY WAS LIKE $200,000 MORE PER HOUSE, THE NATIONAL CITY AS FAR AS SELLING PRICES.
SO, I MEAN, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY AT THOSE LEVELS AND WE'VE GOTTA FIND MORE WAYS TO DO THINGS.
AND WE CAN'T JUST, IT'S, YOU KNOW, HOUSING IS GONNA BE DIFFICULT.
UH, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING, I THINK GREAT WORK WITH OUR, OUR OUTREACH TEAM GETTING HOUSING IN FOR PEOPLE.
BUT IT IS, WITHOUT HUGE, HUGE, HUGE SUBSIDIES.
AND THEN WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A PERSON WHO DOES NOT HAVE JOB, DOES NOT HAVE SKILLS, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO GET 'EM OFF THE STREET, AND THEN YOU GOT ANOTHER FAMILY THAT'S RIGHT ON THE VERGE OF GOING OUT, AND YET YOU'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING FOR THIS PERSON AND NOT, NOT FOR THESE.
AND SO THERE, THERE'S HUGE BALANCING ACTS GOING ON, UH, WITH OUR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW.
BUT THIS, AS I SAY, IS A TOOL, BUT IT'S A TOOL IF WE USE IT IN A COMPASSIONATE WAY.
AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO NUDGE PEOPLE TO HELP MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
AND THEN OTHERS, AND I SAY IT WAS MENTIONED WHILE AGO ABOUT THE CONSERVATORSHIP, THAT'S PART OF CARE COURT.
AND THAT'S, BUT THAT CARE COURT'S GOTTA BE SET UP SO WE CAN, THOSE CONSERVATIVE SHIPS CAN BE DONE.
WE CAN'T JUST ARBITRARILY DO IT.
AND THAT'S ON THE, THE COUNTIES HAVE TO HAVE TO BE THE ONE DOING IT.
AND THEY HAVE KICKED THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS HERE, BUT THIS WILL PUT US INTO, I'M GONNA CALL IT THAT, UH, ON THAT GAME BOARD TO PLAY WITH ALL THESE OTHER, UH, ENTITIES TO TRY TO TRY TO COME TO A GOOD, A GOOD RESOLUTION.
UH, NOT SIMPLE, BUT IT IS, UH, IT IS SOMETHING THAT AS YOU WERE, AS YOU HAD MENTIONED A WHILE AGO, THERE, DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CHOICE.
WE HAVE TO DO IT AT THIS STAGE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO SEE HOW WE IMPLEMENT IT IN SUCH A WAYS THAT WE GET TO GOOD RESULTS.
AND, UM, AND WE DO THIS IN A HUMANE WAY.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE INTRODUCE, INTRODUCE THIS.
AND THIS IS FOR INTRODUCTION ONLY.
WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK FOR ADOPTION.
SO THIS IS NOT ADOPTION TONIGHT.
UH, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A, A TWO STAGE PROCESS.
UH, 'CAUSE IT IS AN ORDINANCE.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR INTRODUCTION.
MR. MR. CHAIRMAN, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.
THIS IS ALMOST THE COMPLETE DEAL.
[12. ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT]
WE HAVE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORTS.UM, OUR, UH, STAFF IS HOSTING A, UH, COMMUNITY WORKSHOP AND INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE MOBILE HOME RENT CONTROL ORDINANCE, WHICH IS EXPIRING IN DECEMBER.
I MENTIONED IT EARLIER IN MY COMMENTS.
THIS RENT CONTROL ORDINANCE IS EXPIRING, UM, WHEN WE DID NOT HAVE IT.
UH, INDIVIDUALS WERE FACINGS A 30% INCREASED RENT TO RENT, UH, RENT, UH, MONTH TO MONTH, UM, AT ONE OF OUR MOBILE HOMES.
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AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION, UH, NEXT MONDAY, UH, OVER AT THE, UH, LIBRARY.UM, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS INVITED, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INVITED, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION ON HOW SOME OF THESE POLICIES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN, UH, OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION.
UH, A COUPLE OF EVENTS COMING UP.
SO THIS SATURDAY, UH, THE SEVENTH AT 10:00 AM I BELIEVE IS THE, AT KIMBALL PARK IS THE END OF END OF SUMMER, UH, CAR SHOW THAT'S HOSTED BY, UH, THE COUNTY LOW RIDER COALITION.
UH, PROBABLY END NO COUNTY LOW RIDER, UH, ASSOCIATION.
SO I THINK THAT'S FROM 10 TO FIVE, I BELIEVE.
SO THAT'S BEEN HELD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THEY DO A CRUISE AND PRETTY BIG GATHERING AT KIMBALL PARK.
SO HOPE FOLKS WILL COME TO THAT.
THAT'S THE SATURDAY NEXT WEEK.
I SEE THAT WE HAVE A PEPPER PARK GROUND BAKING BREAKING CEREMONY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, UM, AT 10:00 AM SO WE HAVE THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, OT NC, WHICH, UH, OUR FORMER REPORT COMMISSIONER VALDERRAMA BROUGHT UP, UH, AT THE, AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
BUT SATURDAY THE 14TH AT FROM 10 TO FIVE AT CAA.
THIS
AND MAYOR, I SEE YOU MAKING, DID YOU HAVE A CLARIFICATION ON DATES THERE? NO, I WAS JUST MOTIONING OUT TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ARE WE DOING A NINE 11 CEREMONY? YES, SIR.
WE'RE DOING NINE 11 CEREMONY ON, UH, NINE 11.
AND YOU'RE ALL, YOU ALL WELCOME TO COME BY FOR BREAKFAST AND, UH, BE PART OF THE CEREMONY.
IS THAT AT 7:00 AM EXCUSE ME? NORMALLY IT'S 8:00 AM WHAT TIME IS THAT? 8:00 AM AND THERE A LITTLE DETAILS TO COME OUT SHORTLY BEFORE THE WE'LL SEND IT OUT IN A DAY OR SO.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO MOTION HIM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS SO WE, WE WOULDN'T FORGET IT TONIGHT.
NO, I, I APPRECIATE THAT, MAYOR.
UM, AND I THINK IT DOES START AT 10, RIGHT? THE, THE CAR SHOW, BECAUSE THE FLYER DIDN'T HAVE A TIME, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS 10:00 AM YEAH, YEAH.
YEAH, IT'S NORMALLY 10 AND THEY, AND THE AWARDS ARE AT THREE O'CLOCK.
LOTS OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.
UM, I, I WANNA DO, I, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR HR DIRECTOR, MS. LYDIA HERNANDEZ.
I AM VERY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF, SHE'S NO LONGER HERE.
SHE, UH, I'M SURE SHE WENT HOME.
UM, BUT, UH, I, I DO APPRECIATE HEARING THE UPDATES ON THE HR DEPARTMENT.
UH, I'M EXCITED TO SEE, UM, GOOD THINGS OUT OF, UH, HR.
I KNOW THAT, UH, FOR SOME TIME, UH, POSITIONS WEREN'T BEING FILLED OR WHATEVER, BUT NOW WE ARE ON BETTER FOOTING.
AND, AND FOR THAT, I DO ALSO THINK OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. BEN MARTINEZ, I KNOW HE WAS UNDER, UM, A LOT OF PRESSURE TO GET OUR HR DEPARTMENT IN, IN, UM, SHIP SHAPE.
UM, I WANNA WELCOME BACK MR. STEVE MANGANELLO.
WE, I KNOW THAT YOU WERE OFF FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE BACK AND HEALTHY WITH US.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF MS. CHAPEL'S MICROPHONE IS WORKING, BUT I WAS GONNA HAVE HER PROVIDE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF OUR ELECTIONS.
CAN WE TRY THAT? MR. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.
UM, AS FAR AS OUR ELECTIONS, OUR ELECTIONS, WE CONSOLIDATE WITH THE COUNTY, UH, THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTER OF VOTERS.
AND SO ALL OF THE ELECTION PROCESS IS DONE BY THEM.
UM, THEY CERTIFY THE ELECTION AND THEN THEY PROVIDE US A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE BRING TO COUNCIL, UM, TO BASICALLY ADOPT BY RESOLUTION.
AND, UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL PROCESS AS FAR AS BALLOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, AND I DO KNOW THE, THE, THE COUNTY OR THE, UM, SAN DIEGO REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, UH, DOES HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS HAPPENS.
THEY, IN FACT, INVITE FOLKS TO GO AND VIEW THE DRY RUN, SORT OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, DRESS REHEARSAL FOR IT.
SO, UM, UH, I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN OUR LOCAL AND COUNTY AND STATE AND, UM, NATIONAL ELECTIONS.
UM, GETTING OFF OF THAT, UH, I DO INVITE THOSE THAT ARE OPEN TO HAVE, UM, TO VACCINES.
I DO INVITE YOU TO UP, UH, YOU KNOW, REBOOST YOUR COVID-19, UH, VACCINATION, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DO.
I KNOW I HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER AND ALSO, UM, FROM REPORTS, UM, FROM UCSD, I HAVE HEARD THAT COVID IS ON THE RISE.
THANKFULLY, IT APPEARS TO BE A, UH, VARIANT THAT ISN'T AS VER OR NOT VIRULENT, BUT NOT AS IMPACTFUL, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR BODY AS, AS, UM, WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE PANDEMIC STARTED.
BUT PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU'RE OPEN TO VACCINATIONS, PLEASE GET VACCINATED
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AGAIN.UM, WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UM, MR. HECTOR WESO AND, UM, AND MS. WILLIAMSON.
UM, MR. RONNIE SERANO, UM, WHEN WE DID THE, UH, WALKTHROUGH ON THOSE PARADISE CREEK, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I COMMEND THOSE TWO.
THEY KNOW THEM, THEY TALK TO THEM.
UM, AND SO JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, MY, MR. CRUZ AND I WERE THERE WITH THEM, UH, LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WE'D SEEN IT.
I'D SEEN IT WITH MY OWN TWO EYES, HOW WE CAN AT LEAST PROVIDE THEM HELP.
UM, SPEAKING OF PARADISE, UM, PARADISE CREEK.
ON PARADISE VALLEY, YOU KNOW, I WENT THERE TOO.
I ASKED PERMISSION FROM OUR, UM, UM, CITY ENGINEER.
UM, MR. CRUZ AND I WERE THERE.
WE TOOK PICTURES AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UPDATE, YOU KNOW, MY CONSTITUENTS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE OUR CITY MANAGER PLEASE, TO PLEASE FOLLOW THROUGH ON MR. MATTIAS FIRE PREVENTION, UM, CONCERN ABOUT, UM, THE AREA ON VAN NUYS.
UM, AND SEE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HOW WE CAN, UM, SEE OR MITIGATE ANY FIRE THAT WILL, THAT WILL START FROM WHAT HE WAS REPORTING TO US.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE, UM, MR. MANAGER, CITY MANAGER TO, UH, PIGGYBACK ON OUR COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH, UM, REPORT ON THE NUTRITION CENTER.
UM, I WOULD LIKE A, I WOULD LIKE TO BE INFORMED ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE WEEKLY REPORT THAT YOU PROVIDE TO A CITY MANAGER.
DOES, DOES THAT GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC OR JUST TO US? THAT'S JUST CITY HALL EMPLOYEES.
THOSE ARE GOOD REPORTS THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS SHOULD KNOW THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE SERVICES THAT WE DO.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM THAT IS NOT, UM, SENSITIVE.
UM, 'CAUSE OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S LOOKING AT ME
UM, THE NEXT ONE CITY MANAGER IS, UM, FURLOUGH DAYS ARE COMING UP.
WE DON'T WANNA EXPERIENCE WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PLAN FROM YOU ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO MITIGATE, CATCHING UP WHEN WE COME BACK, UM, DURING THOSE TWO WEEKS.
I KNOW IT'S STILL, UM, DECEMBER, BUT THAT'S CREEPING UP FAST.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PLAN FROM YOU ON HOW WE CAN MITIGATE THOSE, THE PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS THAT WE HAD EXPERIENCED FROM LAST YEAR.
WE DON'T WANNA BE CATCHING UP ON TRASH, ON AND ON, ON ANY OTHER SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE OUR, OUR, UM, CONSTITUENTS.
AND THEN, UM, THE NEXT THING IS, UM, UM, SEPTEMBER 14.
UM, THANK YOU TO OUR CITY LIBRARIAN AND OUR CITY MANAGER AND, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER THERE FOR HELPING US.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, PROVIDE THIS, UM, EDUCATION ON LANGUAGE AND CULTURE FOR THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SEPTEMBER 14, PHIL, UM, CREATOR'S CONFERENCE.
NO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THIS, UM, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, GRACIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN PAID FOR BY THE ORGANIZERS, UM, WITH THE SUPPORT OF, OF COURSE, OUR STAFF HERE BECAUSE IT IS FOR OUR, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I THINK WE'LL, UH, AT THAT POINT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE, UH, MEETING AFTER WE HAVE THE, UH,
[13. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]
CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT.WE HAD, UH, ONE CLOSED SESSION INVOLVING THREE MATTERS, UH, REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION AND THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION.
WITH THAT, THERE WAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF ACTIVITIES OVER THE NEXT, NEXT FEW WEEKS INVOLVING NATIONAL CITY, THE, AND THE PARKS AND FIRE STATION, AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF.
UM, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.