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ALRIGHT, WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
AND GET STARTED.AND SO BEFORE WE PROCEED, I'M GONNA REQUEST THE INTERPRETER, TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION SERVICES THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR THIS UNIQUE'S MEETING.
UM, THE FOLLOWING WILL BE INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKERS.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WILL WE PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES OR DEVICES IN THE CHAMBER? OTHERWISE, HALFWAY DURING A PRESENTATION, WE HAVE TO BREAK INTO A LITTLE DANCE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE, WE DON'T WANT TO DO ALL THAT.
UM, A LIVE WEBCAST OF THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY'S WEBSITE INFORM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, EITHER IN PERSON, UH, AT, UH, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE SALMON COLORED SLIPS.
AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BACK AND GET THOSE OVER TO OUR, UH, CLERK'S DESK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UH, BY ZOOM, BY PRE-REGISTERED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING, OR BY EMAILING NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
WITH THAT, COULD WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? GOOD EVENING.
COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA PRESENT.
MAYOR MORRISON PRESENT AND WE'LL, UH, NOTE THAT VICE MAYOR YAMANI IS ABSENT.
ALRIGHT, COULD WE PLEASE, UM, WITH THAT, COULD WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION? AND, UH, WOULD, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, BUSH, PLEASE LEAD US RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THIS MOMENT TO BE TOGETHER IN ONE MIND, IN ONE ACCORD, WE ASK LORD GOD, TO BLESS THE MAYOR AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE.
LORD GOD, WE ASK YOU BLE YOU BLESSED THE FIRST RESPONDERS, THE POLICE ENFORCEMENTS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES.
WE ALSO ASK YOU LORD GOD, THAT YOU BLESS THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THIS CITY.
AND LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU BRING HARMONY AND YOU BRING UNITY WITHIN THIS CONVERSATION THAT WERE ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE IN YOUR HANDS.
OH, COULD YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND YOUR CHURCH? PASTOR RUBEN.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT]
THAT, UH, WE'LL NOW GO INTO THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.THESE ARE FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND UH, IF WE COULD TAKE THE, UH, UH, THOSE THAT ARE IN ZOOM, WE TAKE THOSE FIRST SO I DON'T FORGET 'EM.
PEGGY WALKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.
AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATE, I CAME TO SHARE A REPORT WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR MARIJUANA POLICY, BOTH CITY, STATE, AND NATIONWIDE.
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES WARNS IN A REPORT RELEASED JUST AS THURSDAY THAT PRIORITIZING MARIJUANA SALES AND TAX REVENUE OVER PERSONAL WELLBEING HAS PUT PUBLIC HEALTH AT RISK, ESPECIALLY THAT OF VIEWS.
I URGE YOU AS POLICYMAKERS TO REVIEW THE NAS REPORT BY LEADING US SCIENTISTS ON THE IMPACT OF CANNABIS.
THE REPORT SAID THERE'S URGENT NEED FOR A COORDINATED PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO EDUCATE PARENTS,
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CHILDREN, AND OTHERS ABOUT THE RISKS OF INCREASINGLY HIGHLY POTENT THC, THE PROLIFERATION AND VARIETY OF HIGH POTENCY PRODUCTS AND ILLEGAL MARKETING PRACTICES TARGETING YOUTH.THE REPORT WARNED THAT RAPID INCREASES IN POTENCY HAVE LEFT THE PUBLIC UNAWARE OF MARIJUANA'S HEALTH RISKS, PARTICULARLY TO YOUNG PEOPLE, PREGNANT WOMEN AND SENIORS.
IF FURTHER CALLED FOR RESEARCH TO ADDRESS UNSUBSTANTIATED MEDICAL CLAIMS MADE ABOUT MARIJUANA THAT HAVE NO SCIENTIFIC BACKING, BETTER ENFORCEMENT OF, OF MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENTS AND LAWS REQUIRING TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION THAT ADDRESS THE EFFECTS OF CANNABIS ON HUMANS, PREVENTION OF SALES TO MINORS AND WARNINGS ABOUT MARIJUANA IMPAIRED DRIVING.
FOR ANYONE SELLING MARIJUANA, I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO MAKE SUCH TRAINING A REQUIREMENT FOR MARIJUANA LOUNGE WORKERS OR ANYONE WHO MAY SELL CANNABIS IN NATIONAL CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
YESTERDAY WE RECOGNIZED NATIONAL RECOVERY DAY.
THIS IS A DAY THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE AND HOPE OF MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS RECOVERING FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
IT'S A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE PROGRESS THAT IS MADE EVERY DAY, NOT JUST BY THOSE IN RECOVERY, BUT BY FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND PROFESSIONALS WHO SUPPORT THEM.
HOWEVER, FOR THOSE RECOVERING FROM MARIJUANA USE DISORDER, THE JOURNEY CAN BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT.
THE NORMALIZATION OF MARIJUANA USE IN OUR SOCIETY HAS MADE IT MORE CHALLENGING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SEEK HELP AND STAY IN RECOVERY.
MARIJUANA IS OFTEN PORTRAYED AS HARMLESS, BUT RESEARCH SHOWS IT CAN BE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE.
THE WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF MARIJUANA MAKES IT HARDER FOR INDIVIDUALS TO RECOGNIZE THE HARMFUL IMPACT IT CAN HAVE ON THEIR LIVES AND HOW HARD IT IS TO QUIT.
THE NORMALIZATION OF MARIJUANA USE CAN UNDERMINE RECOVERY EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY AS THOSE IN RECOVERY MAY STRUGGLE TO AVOID TRIGGERS IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE MARIJUANA USE IS VERY COMMON, THIS MAKES THEIR JOURNEY TO SOBRIETY EVEN MORE COMPLEX.
MANY FACE CRAVINGS, WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS AND SOCIAL PRESSORS THAT CAN DERAIL THEIR PROGRESS ALL WHILE FEELING ISOLATED DUE TO THE MISCONCEPTION THAT IT'S JUST MARIJUANA.
TO BREAK DOWN THESE BARRIERS, WE MUST FOSTER A CULTURE OF COMPASSION USING INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE AND OFFERING SUPPORT WITHOUT JUDGMENT.
AS THIS IS DONE, WE WILL NOT ONLY CONTINUE TO SEE SUCCESS STORIES IN RECOVERY, BUT ALSO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY PERSON KNOWS THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGEMENT THAT THEY NEED.
AND HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO AN IMPORTANT STUDY THAT EXAMINES THE EFFECTS OF CANNABIS ON DRIVING PERFORMANCE AN IMPORTANT MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
A STUDY FOUND IN A RECENT ISSUE OF TRAFFIC INJURY PREVENTION INVOLVED 53 PARTICIPANTS WITH A HISTORY OF THC CANNABIS USE.
THEY COMPLETED DRIVING SIMULATIONS UNDER THREE CONDITIONS, A PLACEBO 6%, THC, AND 10% THC.
THE BOTTOM LINE FROM THIS STUDY IS THAT DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS IS DANGEROUS WHEN USING CANNABIS PARTICIPANTS SHOWED A MARKED INCREASE IN LANE POSITION VARIABILITY, ESSENTIALLY HOW WELL THEY STAYED IN THEIR LANE.
THE EFFECT SIZE WAS COMPARABLE TO THAT OBSERVED WITH ALCOHOL AT THE LEGAL LIMIT.
THIS IS CRUCIAL AS IT INDICATES THAT CANNABIS CAN IMPAIR DRIVING TO A DEGREE THAT IS SIMILAR TO ALCOHOL DRIVERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS DISPLAYED MORE CAUTIOUS BEHAVIOR, MAINTAINING LOWER SPEEDS.
HOWEVER, THIS CAUTIOUSNESS DID NOT TRANSLATE TO SAFER DRIVING OVERALL.
AS THE STUDY RECORDED INCREASED LANE DEPARTURES AND LONGER PERIODS SPENT DRIVING BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT, MY GRANDPA ONCE GOT PULLED OVER AND GOT A TICKET FOR DRIVING TOO SLOWLY.
HE WAS NOT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANYTHING.
HE WAS JUST OLD AND HAD DEMENTIA AND WASN'T A GOOD DRIVER ANYMORE.
BUT THE POINT IS THAT DRIVING TOO SLOWLY CAN BE JUST AS DANGEROUS AS DRIVING TOO FAST.
CANNABIS DRIVERS DEMONSTRATED A HIGHER RATE OF DRIVING ERRORS THAN ALCOHOL DRIVERS.
AS WE CONSIDER POTENTIAL POLICIES AROUND CANNABIS USE IN OUR CITY.
THESE FINDINGS UNDERSCORE THE NEED FOR ROBUST PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES.
EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS IS ESSENTIAL.
ADDITIONALLY, WE MAY NEED TO EXPLORE FURTHER RESEARCH AND PERHAPS EVEN LOCAL ORDINANCES TO ENSURE OUR ROADS REMAIN SAFE FOR ALL.
IN CONCLUSION, LET'S COMMIT TO PRIORITIZING PUBLIC SAFETY BY BEING INFORMED AND PROACTIVE.
CARRIE ANN SCULLY ZO TERRY ANN SKELLY.
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CITY, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR MORRISON.I'M A PARENT OF THREE ADULT SONS THAT I WORK IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE RECENT AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, ALSO A MA MEETING WHERE THEY VOTED TO ADOPT SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS OF IMPORTANCE TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
ONE RESOLUTION READ AND I QUOTE, MARKETING FOR CANNABIS FOR ALL A HAS BECOME EXCESSIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DANGERS AND HORNS OF CANNABIS, ESPECIALLY AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS LIKE YOUNG ADULTS AND PREGNANT WOMEN.
WOMEN IS INADEQUATE, ESPECIALLY AMID THE STORM, A PRO CANNABIS MARKETING FROM THAT INDUSTRY.
AND QUOTE, AN IMPORTANT SUGGESTION THAT COULD LIMIT THE STORM OF PRO CANNABIS MARKETING FROM THAT INDUSTRY WOULD BE TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE CITY'S PROHIBITION AGAINST THE ADVERTISING, PROMOTION AND SALE OF MARIJUANA NEAR LOCATIONS FREQUENTED BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
PARENTS WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT MARIJUANA IS SMOKED AND VAPE, AND THESE ARE PRODUCTS WE WOULD LIKE RESTRICTED FROM INFLUENCING YOUNG PEOPLE.
ALSO, HIGHWAY FIVE RUN THROUGH NATIONAL CITY AND HAS LARGE BILLBOARDS TOUTING MARIJUANA.
THE RESOLUTION I QUOTED FROM THE A MA IS MEANT TO SAVE LIVES AND PARENTS FEEL THAT OUR CITY COULD DO MORE TO SAFEGUARD ITS USE THROUGH THE ELIMINATION OF BILLBOARDS.
AT A VERY MINIMUM, IT'S AN UPSTREAM SOLUTION TO AVOID A DOWNSTREAM PROBLEM THAT COMPROMISES A PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY CONCERNS THIS EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORRISON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M A PARENT AND A PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR CONCERNED REGARDING THE MISCONCEPTIONS SURROUNDING VAPING.
MANY PEOPLE FEEL VAPING IS A SAFER ALTERNATIVE TO SMOKING TOBACCO.
THIS FALLACY IS WHAT THE INDUSTRY WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE IN EFFORTS TO HOOK INDIVIDUALS DESPERATELY TRYING TO QUIT A VERY ADDICTIVE HABIT.
A RECENT STUDY, THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE OF ITS KIND, PUBLISHED BY EXCERPT, UM, EXPERTS FROM THE KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DISCOVERED THAT YOUNG ADULTS WHO VAPED HAD THE SAME GENETIC MUTATIONS AND CELLS IN THEIR MOUTHS AS THOSE FOUND IN CIGARETTE SMOKERS.
THESE MUTATIONS IN CELLS ARE WHAT LEAD TO CANCER AND OTHER DISEASES.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ONE IN 10 ADULTS VAPE FIVE POINTS AND NEARLY 1 MILLION OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES ARE NOT AS SAFE AS PEOPLE CLAIM THEY ARE.
E-LIQUID IS FILLED WITH TOXINS, CARCINOGENS, AND A WIDE RANGE OF TOXIC CHEMICALS.
SIMILARLY, MARIJUANA PRODUCTS HAVE BECOME POPULAR FOR VAPING.
E-LIQUID SYNTHETICALLY DERIVED FROM THE MARIJUANA PLANT ALSO CONTAINS THESE SAME TOXIC CHEMICALS AND CARCINOGENS.
I RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE STATE'S EFFORT IN BANNING THE SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO CURB THE DESIRE OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO VAPE.
I SUGGEST THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER FURTHERING THOSE PROTECTIONS BY IMPLEMENTING A SIMILAR BAN ON FLAVORED MARIJUANA PRODUCTS.
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE REGARDING THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT PRODUCT A PERSON CHOOSES TO VAPE.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMENTS ON ZOOM.
UH, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS FROM THE AUDIENCE, UH, ROB UMANA.
SO THE BENDOR VERSUS NATIONAL SEA CASE CAME UP AT THE LAST MEETING AND THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, POLICE SETTLEMENTS AREN'T IN THE MISSION OF GUILT, BUT LET'S BE MORE TRANSPARENT IN ORDER TO GET THE SETTLEMENT.
THE PLAINTIFFS, THE PLAINTIFFS HAVE TO DISMISS THE HAVE TO DISMISS THE CASE.
NOW, MULTIPLE LAWSUITS AND SETTLEMENTS POINT TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S A SYSTEMIC ISSUE GOING ON.
THE PATTERN OF SETTLEMENTS SUGGEST THEY ARE A SIGN OF REPEATED MISCONDUCT.
EVERY PERSON AFFECTED BY NCPD IS A MINORITY AND SOME OF THEM SUFFER FROM MENTAL ILLNESS.
IN TOTAL, THERE HAVE BEEN $2.1 MILLION SPENT IN RECENT SETTLEMENTS, 1.1 0.5 MILLION FOR JESUS FLORES VERSUS NATIONAL CITY, 300,000 FOR MCNEIL VERSUS NATIONAL CITY, 350,000 FOR BANDARA VERSUS NATIONAL CITY AND 3000 FOR RAYMOND SANDOVAL VERSUS
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NATIONAL CITY.THAT AMOUNT IS NOT COUNTING LAWYER FEES.
AND THERE'S CURRENTLY OTHER CASES STILL LITIGATION.
ONE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO TRIAL.
ASHLEY CUMMINS VERSUS NATIONAL CITY AND EX OFFICER WHO SW FOR DISCRIMINATION IN A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS ALL WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS, IN ALL CASES HAVE THE SAME ISSUES.
POLICE BRUTALITY, MISCONDUCT, NEGLIGENCE, AND DISCRIMINATION.
THE SAD PART IS THAT ALL OF THESE FAMILIES ARE LOW INCOME, SO THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SETTLE DESPITE THE MINUSCULE AMOUNT.
ERROL MCNEIL, TONY WILSON AND BRIAN ARMANDA DIED.
ALL THREE OF THEM WERE MENTALLY ILL.
INSTEAD OF BEING KILLED, THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT FELT THEM.
NOW I ASK ALL OF YOU, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO FIGHT AND STAND UP AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY? THE REPEATED ABUSE OF AUTHORITY FROM NCPD IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.
UH, I GOT SOME TRADING CARDS A WHILE AGO EXCEPT MARCUS.
DON'T WORRY, THEY'RE ALL JOKERS.
ALL RIGHT, FIRST TO ANSWER EDWARD NEDA'S QUESTION AT THE SEPTEMBER 3RD MEETING.
JUST REAL QUICK, YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE FARTHER BACK FROM THE MICROPHONE, OTHERWISE IT'S GONNA, I THINK HIT PRETTY HARSH.
TO ANSWER EDWARD NEO'S QUESTION AT THE SEPTEMBER 3RD MEETING, ANYONE CAN USE NEXT REQUEST TO REQUEST ANY COUNCIL MEMBER'S TEXT MESSAGES SENT ON ANY DATE AND TIME, AS LONG AS THEY'RE SENT FROM A PUBLICLY REIMBURSED PHONE AT THAT SAME MEETING.
JOSE DIDN'T LIKE ANYONE MENTIONING STAFF BY NAME.
AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING, RON, IT WAS VERY IRONIC THAT YOU GAVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR CONSTITUTION WEEK.
WHEN ONLY MINUTES LATER, YOU TRAMPLED ALL OVER IT.
SAN DIEGO CITY ATTORNEY MARA ELLIOT'S FIRST AMENDMENT OVERVIEW SAYS, DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, PEOPLE COULD SAY HORRIBLE THINGS ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND OTHERS FROM THE CASE.
IN RAY KAY, THE VERY POSSIBILITY OF ADVERSE REACTION MAY AID IN THE CORRECTION OF EVILS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE ESCAPE.
OPPOSITION FREE SPEECH MAY INDEED BEST SERVE ITS HIGH PURPOSE WHEN IT INDUCES A CONDITION OF UNREST, CREATES DISSATISFACTION WITH CONDITIONS AS THEY ARE OR EVEN STIRS PEOPLE TO ANGER.
SPEECH IS OFTEN PROVOCATIVE AND CHALLENGING.
IT MAY STRIKE IT PREJUDICE AND PRECONCEPTIONS AND HAVE PROFOUND UNSETTLING EFFECTS AS IT PRESSES FOR ACCEPTANCE OF AN IDEA.
SO MY POINT IS, ALL SPEAKERS ARE PROTECTED BY LAW TO MENTION ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND TO SPEAK FREELY IN THE MANNER AND LANGUAGE THAT THEY CHOOSE.
ANYTHING ELSE IS DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS, WHICH IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE.
IN THE CITY OF SURPRISE, ARIZONA MAYOR SKIP PAUL HAD A WOMAN ARRESTED TO SIMPLY QUESTION THE PAY RAISE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
NOW THAT CITY'S FACING A LAWSUIT FOR VIOLATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT LOCALLY.
THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS SEVERAL LAWSUITS FOR VIOLATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
THE COUNTY HAS A LAWSUIT FOR VIOLATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
THERE'S A PATTERN, JOSE AND RON, YOU BOTH BETTER LEARN THE ACTUAL LAW RATHER THAN YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS AND WISHES AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.
OR THIS CITY WILL FACE LITIGATION TWO AND LOSE.
YOU QUESTION PEOPLE'S QUESTIONING OF THE VALIDITY OF ELECTIONS.
YOUR OWN QUESTION WAS NOT SPECIFIC TO LOCAL, STATE, OR NATIONAL.
I'VE SPOKEN TO THE COUNTY REGISTERED VOTERS AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF FILLING ME WITH DOUBT.
NO PERSON CAN DIRECTLY VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
YOU CAN WRITE IN THEIR MICKEY MOUSE AND THE SAME PERSON IS GONNA BE SELECTED AS PRESIDENT BY THE ELECTORS, NOT YOU.
FROM ARTICLE TWO, SECTION TWO OF THE CONSTITUTION FOR UNITED STATES AMERICA.
QUOTE, EACH STATE SHALL APPOINT ELECTORS.
THE ELECTORS SHALL VOTE FOR TWO PERSONS, AND THEY SHALL MAKE A LIST OF ALL THE PERSONS VOTED FOR.
THE PERSON HAVING THE GREATEST NUMBER OF VOTES SHALL BE THE PRESIDENT.
IF NO PERSON OF A MAJORITY, THEN FROM THE FIVE HIGHEST ON THE LIST, THE HOUSE SHALL CHOOSE THE PRESIDENT.
NO ONE HAS TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BUT THE SOLUTION, VOTE LOCAL BECAUSE IT DOES MATTER.
AND LEARN OUR REAL LAW, THE CONSTITUTION AND DEFENDANT ON BEHALF OF EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN, EVERYWHERE.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND EVERY AMENDMENT WITH THAT ONE.
WHAT? PERFECT TIMING, RIGHT AT THREE MINUTES.
UH, THAT'S ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR TONIGHT ON, UH, UM, ON OUR, UH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND NOW WE GO INTO PROCLAMATIONS
[6.1 Proclamation - Fire Prevention Week 5]
AND RECOGNITION.OUR FIRST ONE IS A PROCLAMATION ON FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
AND I DO BELIEVE, THERE WE GO.
AND AND YOU GOT SOMEONE TO HAVE YOUR BACK, RIGHT?
AND THEN YOU, UH, UH, I THINK YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION.
MAYOR VICE, WELL, NOT, NOT THE VICE MAYOR OF CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I'M GONNA LET, UH, OUR DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL DO THE, THE
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HONORS TONIGHT AS, UH, REALLY BOB IS GREATLY RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, THE NEXT PREPARATION FOR OUR FIRE PREPAREDNESS MONTH.SO, WITH THAT, BOB, TAKE IT AWAY.
CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE THE PROCLAMATION? I DO NOT.
YOU HAVE THE PRO I HAVE THE PROCLAMATION PRO.
DID YOU WANNA READ IT OR YOU WANT THE DISPLAY FIRST? UH, LET, LET'S HEAR THE PRESENTATION FIRST.
SO I THINK THAT WILL GIVE YOU A LOT.
WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, OUR FIRE INSPECTORS COME UP AND THEN DO THE, THE, THE TRAINER FOR US.
AND THEY'VE BROUGHT IN TONIGHT, THEY BROUGHT IN OUR, UH, UHOH, OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINER.
JUST LET EVERYONE KNOW THERE'S NO SMOKING ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING.
ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALL CITY STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY.
I AM ONE OF THE FIRE INSPECTORS NATIONAL CITY.
OCTOBER IS A SPECIAL MONTH FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE.
WE, DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE SPREAD AWARENESS FOR FIRE SAFETY.
AND OCTOBER 6TH THROUGH OCTOBER 12TH IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
A BRIEF HISTORY ON WHY OCTOBER IS DEEMED FIRE PREVENTION MONTH FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE.
IN OCTOBER OF 1871, THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE CAME ABOUT.
A FIRE BROKE OUT AFTER A COW TIPPED OVER A LAMP AND CAUSED A FIRE AT THE O'LEARY BARN, WHICH SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY.
THE FIRE BROKE OUT FOR A WEEK, WHICH SADLY CAUSED A LOT OF, UH, HUNDREDS OF, UH, DEATHS.
THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE CHANGED THE WAY FIRE DEPARTMENTS APPROACH FIRE SAFETY DURING FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
NA UH, FIRE DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE HOST OPEN HOUSES IN NATIONAL CITY.
WE WILL HOST OUR OPEN HOUSE ON A, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH FROM 1:00 PM TO 4:00 PM AT FIRE STATION 34, LOCATED AT 16TH STREET AND D AVENUE.
JACOB GUZMAN AND I WILL DO A DEMONSTRATION ON HOW TO PUT OUT A FIRE USING OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION FIRE EXTINGUISHER SYSTEM.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALL CITY STAFF AND THE PUBLIC.
I'M ONE OF THE NEWEST FIRE INSPECTORS HERE AT NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, TODAY, LIKE MY PARTNER JOE SAID, WE'RE GONNA BE DEMONSTRATING HOW TO PUT OUT A FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE USING OUR BULL EX SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HERE FOR THE CITY.
UH, THIS SYSTEM WE USE IN A LOT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHICH WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HERE AT NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ALONG WITH THAT, WE ALSO HAVE OUR TRAINING FIRE EXTINGUISHER HERE, AND I'M GONNA GRAB THAT FOR YOU REAL QUICK.
SO THIS IS OUR TRAINING FIRE EXTINGUISHER HERE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S EXACT, ALMOST EXACTLY IDENTICAL TO A REAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
NOW FOR OUR DEMONSTRATION TODAY, WE'RE GONNA BE USING PASS.
SO FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE LIKE TO UTILIZE THIS ACRONYM FOR WHENEVER WE'RE TEACHING HOW TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
THE FIRST LETTER OF THE ACRONYM IS GONNA BE PULLING THE PIN OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
SO WE BEGIN WITH PULLING THE PIN, JUST LIKE SO.
UM, FROM THERE, AFTER PULLING THE PIN, WE USE THE NEXT LETTER, WHICH IS AIM.
SO WE'RE GONNA AIM OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER STRAIGHT AT THE BASE OF THE FIRE.
THE REASON WHY WE AIM THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER STRAIGHT AT THE BASE OF THE FIRE IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE HEAT IS GENERATED AND WHERE THE FUEL IS ALSO BURNING.
THE NEXT TWO LETTERS S WE'RE GONNA SQUEEZE THE HANDLE.
AFTER WE SQUEEZE THE HANDLE, WE'RE THEN GONNA SWEEP AT THE BASE OF THE FIRE.
AND JUST LIKE THAT, IT'S THAT EASY PUTTING OUT A FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
NOW I'M GONNA HAVE MY PARTNER HERE, JOE, DEMONSTRATE HOW TO PUT OUT A FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WITH OUR SIMULATED FIRE SYSTEM HERE TODAY.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND HAND THIS TO JOE NOW FOR OUR, FOR OUR SYSTEM HERE TODAY AND FOR OUR SIMULATION, JOE'S GONNA WALK INTO A ROOM AND FROM THERE HE'S
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GONNA SEE FLAMES IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.THE FIRST THING JOE'S GONNA WANT TO DO IS HE'S GONNA WANT TO GRAB THE NEAREST FIRE EXTINGUISHER HERE IN THE BUILDING OR IN THE ROOM.
USUALLY ALWAYS 75 FEET OF DISTANCE YOU'LL FIND A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
SO HE'LL GO AHEAD, HE'LL PICK UP THAT FIRE EXTINGUISHER, HE'LL GO AHEAD AND UTILIZE PASS.
HE'LL PULL THE PIN OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
HE'LL THEN HE'LL THEN AIM AT THE BASE OF THE FIRE AND THEN HE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND SIDE TO SIDE UNTIL THE FIRE IS EX.
AND JUST LIKE THAT, IT'S THAT EASY.
GO AHEAD AND GIVE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
BUT ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR MAYOR, WHENEVER YOU GUYS LIKE TO GIVE IT A TRY, PUTTING ON A FIRE WITH A FIRE SCENE.
MARCUS, I THINK, I THINK YOU SHOULD DO IT.
DEUS IS, SHE'S GETTING READY TO GET OUT OF RECEIPT THIS BEFORE YOU DID THIS BEFORE.
I SWEAR I DID IT BEFORE ALREADY.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND HAVE YOU STAND NEXT TO JOE.
GONNA INSTRUCT YOU FROM THERE.
GO AHEAD AND UTILIZE THE PASS.
NOW WOULD ANY, UH, CITY STAFF WOULD PUBLIC? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO GIVE IT A TRY? UH OH, HERE WE GO.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL HAVE HIM STAND RIGHT HERE AS WELL.
YOU GONNA GO AHEAD AND STRETCH REAL? GO AHEAD AND GRAB FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
UTILIZE, PASS THE BASE OF THE FIRE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR DEMONSTRATION FOR TODAY.
WE JUST HAVE A FEW CLOSING REMARKS ABOUT OUR OPEN HOUSE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, AGAIN, I AM INVITING EVERYONE TO THE NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH FROM 1:00 PM TO 4:00 PM AT FIRE STATION 34, WHICH IS LOCATED ON 16TH AND D.
WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER SYSTEM FOR, FOR PRACTICE REASONS.
WE WILL HAVE C-P-R-A-E-D INFORMATION, SMOKE ALARM INFORMATION.
WE WILL HAVE EXHIBITIONS AND WE WILL HAVE FUN ACTIVITIES.
ALL OF OUR OPEN HOUSE INFORMATION IS ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AT WWW.NATIONALCITYCA.GOV.
COME BY, INTERACT WITH THE LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCY EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNELS.
ALRIGHT, THANK AND WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION SIGNED BY THE COUNCIL AND, UH, DECLARING IT FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
AND I THINK, I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE PROBABLY ONE OF THE, THE BEST INVESTMENTS WE COULD MAKE FOR YOUR MONEY IS TO GET FRESH BATTERIES FOR THOSE FIRE, UM, UM, DETECTORS AND, UH, SMOKE DETECTORS IN, IN HOUSES.
I, I'VE BEEN IN A NUMBER OF HOUSES AND THEY'RE SITTING THERE.
YOU CAN TELL THAT BATTERY'S BEEN DEAD FOR A LONG TIME.
IT DOESN'T DO A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD AT THAT STAGE.
BUT ANYWAY, WE DO WANT TO PRESENT THAT TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WELL, I KNOW IF WE ARE PLAYING THAT GAME, I GOT A
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BATCH FOR ALEX HERE SOMEWHERE, I THINK.CHIEF, I, I DO WANT TO ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR CITY, OUR CITIZENS, AND OUR BUSINESSES.
UH, FIRE PREVENTION IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE HOLD TRUE IN OUR HEART.
AND, UH, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, FUN ACTIVITY HERE.
SPEED AND GUZMAN, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL JOKING ASIDE AND, AND THE FUN ACTIVITIES ASIDE, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR ALL OF US TO KNOW, IS HOW TO PUT OUT A FIRE USING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT DEMONSTRATION.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO DO WANNA COMMEND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE IN NATIONAL CITY WHO, UH, I KNOW HAS PARTICIPATED.
A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE PARTICIPATED ACROSS ALL OF OUR STATE WITH SOME OF THE EMERGENCY FIRES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
AND ALSO, OF COURSE, UM, THE MEMBERS FROM THE SAN DIEGO FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT, UH, WERE HEADED OVER TO FLORIDA.
AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THEY, UH, THERE WAS SOME INJURIES, BUT, UM, WE CARE A LOT ABOUT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO YOUR HOME.
UH, I CERTAINLY HOPE TO BE THERE, UH, AND LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT HOW TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, STAFF AS WELL AS, UH, RESIDENTS OF NASHVILLE CITY.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK PUBLIC EDUCATION IS SUPER HUGE, RIGHT? ALL OF US REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN WE MET A POLICE OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER, POST OFFICE, YOU KNOW, A POSTMAN, UH, POST, UH, POSTAL CARRIER.
ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, WE PROVIDE AN IMPACT TO ALL OF US.
AND SO PUBLIC EDUCATION IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
IT'S ABOUT PREVENTION, IT'S ABOUT WORKING WITH THE KIDS, IT'S ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR SENIORS.
UH, IT'S ABOUT WORKING WITH KIDS THAT ARE AT RISK, UH, AND GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT KIDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOURS TRULY, UH, CAN TRULY DO THIS, RIGHT? SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE THAT AND TO MODEL THOSE THINGS.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR, OUR, UH, SENIORS, UH, IN OUR KIMBALL, UH, AND MORGAN TOWERS AS WELL AS SUMMER CREST.
UM, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE, UH, THOSE SENIORS THAT ARE ALWAYS WILLING AND HAVING GREAT QUESTIONS AND WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT DO YOU DO IN CASE OF A FIRE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I HAVE A SMOKE ALARM GOING OFF INSIDE OF MY RESIDENCE? OR A CHILD THAT HAS A PROPENSITY TO, TO MAYBE PLAY WITH FIRE AND GET CAUGHT DOING THAT? WE HAVE A FIRE PROGRAM, IT'S A JUVENILE FIRE CENTER PROGRAM THAT WE ARE KIND OF RESPONDING BACK TO.
WE HAD, UM, SOME MEETINGS HERE, UH, EARLIER IN THE, UH, IN THE MONTH WITH THE NATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE'VE, UH, MENTIONED TO THEM THAT WE ARE REINTRODUCING THAT BACK TO THE SCHOOL AGAIN TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE ON THE, ON, ON THAT, THAT PREVENTION PIECE, RIGHT? UH, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE AS WE ALWAYS HAVE, UM, TO SEE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, SEEING ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS EVERY YEAR DOING AN INSPECTION, MAKING SURE THAT WE ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, UM, THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR ALL OF OUR FACULTY AND STAFF.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, THE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT WE HAD WHEN I WAS PART OF THAT, UH, WE ARE REINTRODUCING AGAIN, BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE ARE, UH, OBSERVED AND WE'RE LOUD AND CLEAR, AND THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE, UM, FROM OUR DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE, UH, THE CHILDREN AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR SENIORS, WHICH ARE, ARE MOST AT RISK.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND ALLOWING US TO DO THIS PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, I WILL SHARE ONE LAST COMMENT, MR. MAYOR, YOU ARE CORRECT.
UH, TIME IS COMING UP SHORTLY, RIGHT? TIME CHANGE.
PROBABLY THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THIS TIME CHANGE THAT WE STILL DO IS IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER TO CHANGE OUR BATTERIES.
THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
[6.2 Introduction of New City Employees ]
GET INTO INTRODUCTION OF NEW CITY EMPLOYEES AND UH, I'M GONNA START OFF WITH THE FIRST ONE AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR THIS FIRST ONE, UNLESS LYDIA WANTED TO INTRODUCE BRUCE, BUT I'M READY.UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE HIRE OF MR. BRUCE FOLTZ.
UH, BRUCE, COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM.
BRUCE IS OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR.
UM, BRUCE IS A LICENSED CPA WITH OVER 22 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING 20 YEARS WORKING IN GOVERNMENT FUND ACCOUNTING AND 13 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR FOUR, UH, SEPARATE, UH, MUNICIPALITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN GO ON AND ON HERE.
BUT, UH, FINANCE, AS A FINANCE DIRECTOR,
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HE HAS SUPERVISED ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, PURCHASING, TREASURY GRANT MANAGEMENT, UTILITY BUILDING, BILLING, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.HIS POSITION WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE CITY'S $275 MILLION OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET WHILE HE WAS EMPLOYED AS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR OF HIS LAST POSITION WITH THE CITY OF EL MONTE.
UM, HIS OFFICIAL START DATE IS TODAY.
I THINK YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH HIM, BUT I, I THINK, UH, BRUCE IS GONNA BE THE RIGHT FIT FOR OUR ORGANIZATION IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, GETTING TO KNOW YOU BETTER AND, UH, WORKING WITH YOU.
AND SO, FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS I HAVE BEEN WORKING UP IN LA COUNTY.
MY FAMILY IS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, SO NOW IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO WORK AND, AND LIVE HERE AT THE SAME TIME.
NEXT WE HAVE FROM HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, WHO'S TAKING, OKAY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO HAY LUER.
SHE COMES TO THE CITY WITH A STRONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
SHE EARNED HER BA IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES WITH A MINOR IN SPANISH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
AFTER GRADUATING, SHE MOVED TO SPAIN WHERE SHE SPENT TWO YEARS TEACHING ENGLISH.
SHE THEN JOINED PEACE CORPS IN MOROCCO, BUT HER SERVICE WAS CUT SHORT DUE TO COVID-19, PROMPTING HER TO RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT SHE DECIDED TO PURSUE HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN, AT THE, UH, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND PRIOR TO RE UH, JOINING THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY, SHE WORKED AS A HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST ON THE RECRUITMENT TEAM FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OR FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
SO, HI MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AS A SAN DIEGO NATIVE WHO HAS LIVED KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE AND, UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WORKING FOR NATIONAL CITY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYTHING.
AND, UM, THE FINAL MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IS MICHAEL ALVARADO.
HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, UM, HE HAD A SLIGHT SCHEDULING CONFLICT.
HE'S CURRENTLY PURSUING HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT, UH, POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIS NAME AND SAY HE ALSO WISHES TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AT THE CITY.
UH, NEXT WE GO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND HERE HE COMES,
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF.
RONNIE SORIANO, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES MANAGER.
TONIGHT I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING OUR NEW CODE CONFORMANCE OFFICER ROBERTO SOTO, ALSO KNOWN AS JUNIOR.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY IN A MINUTE.
UH, HE WORKED FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO DOING CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AFTER ABOUT A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS AGO, HE JOINED OUR TEAM AS A PART-TIME CODE OFFICER, AND NOW HE'S OUR FULL-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
SO, ROBERTO AND I WERE OUT DOING AN INSPECTION, AND AS WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE, OUT OF OUR VEHICLE, WE WERE APPROACHED BY A RESIDENT AND SHE ASKED IF HE WAS MY SON
WE LOOKED AT HER, BUT SHE WAS SERIOUS
SO OF COURSE WE GOT BACK TO THE OFFICE AND YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T LET IT GO.
BUT NO, IN A YEAR AND A, A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS WORKING WITH HIM, IT'S REALLY BEEN A PLEASURE.
HE ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST A HARD WORKER.
EVERY DAY HE'S LEARNING AND GREAT TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF MY TEAM.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS THE NEW CORE CONFORMANCE OFFICER WITH THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR A YEAR AND, AND FOR MONTHS.
AND I'M JUST, I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING A LONG CAREER IN HERE.
I WORK UNDER A GREAT MANAGER, GREAT PEOPLE.
SO I'M, I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE SPACE AND HAVE, HAVE A NICE DAY.
AND, AND, AND JUNIOR, THAT, THAT NAME MAY STICK
YOU, YOU NEVER KNOW HOW YOU COME BY A NAME.
THERE WAS A YOUNG BOY THAT HAD A, HAD A DOG THAT
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WAS, THAT WOULD MEET HIM AT THE BUS STOP EVERY, HE'D TAKE HIM TO THE BUS STOP EVERY MORNING AND WE'D BE THERE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP.AND THE BUS DRIVERS DIDN'T KNOW THE KID'S NAME, BUT THEY KNEW THE DOG'S NAME.
SO THEY CALLED HIM BIG DUKE AND THEY DO CALLED THE BOY LITTLE DUKE, WHICH ENDED UP BEING JOHN WAYNE.
AND THAT'S HOW HE GOT THE NAME DUKE.
SO JUNIOR, YOU MAY BE STUCK WITH THAT FOR A WHILE.
ALRIGHT, UH, SO NEXT WE GO TO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CARLOS RE, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
UH, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE AMY ACOSTA HOUSING ASSISTANT, UM, FOR THE NATIONAL CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UH, AMY COMES WITH, UH, 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FROM BANK OF AMERICA IN CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND IN HER NOTES SHE WROTE, UH, I FOCUS ON MAINTAINING CUSTOMER SERVICE RELATIONS AND IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MY TEAM.
UH, AMY STARTED AS A TEMP FOR US IN, UH, MAY OF THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, SHE'S BEEN AMAZING WITH ALL THE OTHER HOUSING STAFF.
VERY HELPFUL THROUGHOUT AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE HER ON THE TEAM NOW, UH, AS OUR EMPLOYEE.
SO, AMY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? THANK YOU.
I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND IT HELP OUR RESIDENTS AND THANKFUL FOR BEING PART OF THIS.
UM, JUST VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, I THINK YOU HAVE A PROMOTION ALSO.
UH, I ALSO LIKE TO MAKE MENTION OF THE RECENT PROMOTION OF MARTIN REER.
UH, MARTIN HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS.
UH, STARTED AS A PLANNING TECH, THEN WORKED UP TO ASSISTANT, UH, PLANNER, PRINCIPAL PLANNER, PLANNING MANAGER.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, HE'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY.
UM, BUT HE'S, HE'S, HE'S BEEN AMAZING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND NOW HE'S TAKING ON THE ROLE AS ASSISTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
I, I, WHAT DISTINGUISHES MARTIN IS THAT HE'S EXTREMELY HANDS OFF ON, I THINK I SEE HIM MORE AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAN ON THE FIRST FLOOR BECAUSE HE IS ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS, UH, TO MAKE THINGS WORK IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS PROMOTION FOR HIM.
NEXT WE GO WITH THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT A ONE NEW HIRE AND ONE PROMOTION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE.
ONE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT I REALLY WANT TO TALK REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT HAN WHO'S UP ON YOUR SCREEN.
SO WHAT WE LIKE A LOT IN OUR ORGANIZATIONS WHEN WE GET PEOPLE COMING IN FROM COLLEGES TO VOLUNTEER.
SO SHE DID THAT AND SHE WAS WORKING OVER IN THE INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION AND WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO KEEP HER AND WE HAD AN OPEN SPOT IN THE RECORDS DIVISION.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE.
SHE TOOK A JOB AND SHE'S INTERESTED IN GROWING IN OUR ORGANIZATION.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH HER TODAY.
I ALSO HAVE OFFICER CRYSTAL ALVARADO, IF SHE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR.
WE HIRED HER BACK IN MARCH 5TH, THEN SHE WENT AWAY FOR SIX MONTHS.
UH, WE MET UP ON STAGE ON AUGUST 28TH WHEN SHE GRADUATED FROM THERE.
AND NOW SHE'S IN THE TRAINING PROGRAM.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CRYSTAL.
SHE WENT TO JOHN OTIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NATIONAL CITY MIDDLE, AND SHE'S A GRADUATE OF SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE ALSO SERVED OUR NATION IN THE ARMY AS A MILITARY POLICE OFFICER.
AND SHE'S GOT A LOT OF ATTRIBUTES.
SHE'S VERY ADAPTABLE, RELIABLE, RESILIENT, AND WILLING TO LEARN.
SO WITH THAT, I GIVE YOU CRYSTAL
ABOUT A MONTH AGO I GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY.
AND SO RIGHT NOW I'M GOING THROUGH BASE TRAINING.
I HOPE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO WISH ME ALL THE LUCK AND I'M EXCITED TO LEARN EVERY DAY.
ALRIGHT, THAT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR, UH, INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND PROMOTIONS.
[7. REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]
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ONE SPEAKER ON THAT ONE TRUTH.AND THEN WE'LL START OFF HERE AT THE LEFT AND COME ACROSS.
FIRST I WANNA SAY THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD REPORT.
UM, COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT YOU GUYS ALL GAVE, I'M PRETTY SURE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THERE WASN'T ONE.
I DID SEE THAT, UH, RELATED TO THE REPORT THAT WAS MISSING ONE OF THE OMITTED REPORTS, LOUIS WAS WEARING HER SANDAG LANYARD DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING ONE TIME.
WHY? BECAUSE IT, IT HAS, IF IT DOESN'T HAVE NO SYMBOLS ON IT SERVES NO PURPOSE, DOES NOT GET YOU UNTIL ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR IN THIS BUILDING.
UH, IF ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT OMITTED MEETING, LET ME SEE MY NOTES.
'CAUSE I TAKE NOTES ON THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIRMATION.
UH, DOES EVERYBODY KNOW THEY HAVE A TAXPAYER FUNDED COFFEE AND TEA AND HOT CHOCOLATE? YOU ALL PAY FOR IT.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT AT THE MEETING, YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON GETTING YOUR TAX DOLLARS BACK.
I CAN'T TELL ANY OF THOSE STORIES.
I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE LAST ONE.
I THINK THERE WAS A, SEE, I WRITE A LOT OF THINGS IN HERE.
NO ONE STEAL MY PHONE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD SECRETS IN HERE UNTIL I TAKE THEM OFF.
SORRY, MAYBE I DIDN'T WRITE THIS MEMORIES.
OH, NORA VARGAS ACTUALLY SHOWED UP TO A MEETING.
HOW ABOUT THAT? SHE WAS ACTUALLY THERE.
SHE'S BEEN MISSING THE MEETINGS, BUT SHE STILL GETS PAID.
SHE DOESN'T GET THE STIPEND IF SHE DOESN'T SHOW UP.
BUT SHE STILL GETS HER SUPERVISOR CHECK IF SHE DOESN'T DO ALL OF HER, UH, ASSIGNED BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT I DID SEE HER, UH, YOU GUYS REMEMBER MARCELLO RAMIREZ? HE WAS THERE.
I'M JUST GONNA TALK REAL TALK ALL POLITICAL THEATER BECAUSE THE MIRROR OF TIJUANA WAS THERE.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON NO OF VARGA SHOWED UP.
I GAVE MEXICO WHAT THEY EARNED.
UH, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST MEXICO, THEY JUST NEED TO GET THEIR SEWAGE TOGETHER.
OH MAN, I CAN'T TELL ANY OF THOSE STORIES.
THERE REALLY ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
I JUST CAN'T TELL ANY OF THE GOOD STORIES, BUT I'M SURE, I'M SURE THERE WAS A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S JUST WHEN YOU HAVE THE, A WHOLE FOUR OR FIVE HOUR DAY.
ACTUALLY I WAS THERE UNTIL 3:00 PM NOT, I GOT THERE AT EIGHT 30 AND I WAS THERE UNTIL 3:00 PM BECAUSE IT WAS TECHNICALLY TWO MEETINGS, SANDAG AND THEN BORDERS, WHICH LOSES NOT ON.
BUT I CONTINUED TO STAY AND I WAS DYING OF HUNGER.
BUT THAT'S WHERE MORE TAX DOLLARS COME INTO PLAY AND THEY'RE SANDAG SANDWICHES.
AND IF YOU'RE IN THE VIP CLUB, SOMETIMES PEOPLE THERE WILL HELP YOU OUT TO SURVIVE THAT ENTIRE DAY WITHOUT A LUNCH.
EVEN THOUGH I DID GO AND STILL PAY FOR A PIZZA AFTER THAT MEETING.
THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMITTEE REPORT.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA START DOWN HERE ON MY LEFT AND ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.
THANK YOU MR. I MAY DISAPPOINT YOU, MS. TRUTH, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.
UH, MY SANDAG MOBILITY WORKING GROUP MEETING IS NEXT THURSDAY.
YEAH, SO FOR MTS, JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, TOMORROW IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND AND IT'S, UH, FREE RIDE DAY.
SO TRANSIT IS COMPLETELY, UH, FREE.
SO IT'S DAY LONG PROMOTION, IT'S ANNUAL EVENT HOSTED BY, UH, MTS AND NCTD, NORTH NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT.
IT'S, UH, HONORING, UH, CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR DAY.
SO I THINK THERE'S A PADRE GAME.
THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON TOMORROW.
SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE TRANSIT AND, UH, JUST FAMILIAR FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH OUR, OUR, UH, TRANSIT SYSTEM.
I'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE LAST BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING FOR SANDAG.
UH, THERE WAS A BIG, UM, START TO THE MEETING WITH AN UPDATE FROM OUR NEW CEO MAR MARIO ORSO.
AND HE HAS BEEN IN THE SEAT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.
THIS IS THE FIRST, UH, QUARTER, THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF HIS TASK WITH, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING ON THIS NEW ROLE FOR SANDAG AND, AND HELPING SANDAG MOVE IN, UH, IN A DIRECTION THAT THAT IS NECESSARY.
SOME OF HIS UPDATE, INCLUDING, UH, INCLUDED, UM, A FOCUS ON FUNDAMENTALS AND HIS IDEA FOR, UH, HOW TO RESTRUCTURE THE ORGANIZATION, HOW TO GET BACK TO, UM, OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY OF, UM, POLICIES SUCH AS THE TRAVEL POLICY.
UM, OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES IS, UH, WHAT HE MENTIONED
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IS A FOCUS OF HIS.UM, HE DID SAY THE WORDS, UH, LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS, I'M SURE.
UM, TRUTH IS GONNA GET A CHUCKLE OUT OF THAT.
UM, WE DO WANT TO, UM, UH, REMEMBER THE END USER IN THE END OF, OF ALL OF THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO ALL OF THIS, UH, REGIONAL PLANNING, UH, DECISIONS MADE TODAY MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE SEEN BY, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE FOR DECADES, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, PUTTING ON THAT HAT KIND OF, UH, HAVING A CRYSTAL BALL IN FRONT OF US TO TRY AND PREDICT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT I LIKED WAS, UM, WHAT WILL BE ADEQUATE IN THE FUTURE? THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WE ARE DISCUSSING THINGS LIKE THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE RTP UH, EVERY FOUR YEARS, SANDAG IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEMONSTRATING, UH, TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HOW, WHAT THE PLAN IS REGIONALLY TO MEET, UH, TARGETS SET, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT WE HOPE IS GONNA BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE.
AND AGAIN, THAT REQUIRES US LOOKING INTO A CRYSTAL BALL, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS THE, I BROUGHT UP THE POINT, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS AGO, THE LAW, THE POLICY MAKERS 20 YEARS AGO, THAT TODAY WE ARE SEEING, UM, WHAT THEIR DECISIONS CAME TO BE.
WAS THAT ADEQUATE? IF YOU MADE THE SAME QUESTION TO THOSE FOLKS 20 YEARS AGO, WAS THEIR DECISIONS ADEQUATE FOR THE FUTURE? WHICH I'M SAYING TODAY'S THE FUTURE.
WELL, WE HAVE THE SAME QUESTION, UH, FOR US TODAY.
THOSE FOLKS TALKING ABOUT THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND, AND THE AIMS FOR HOW TO REACH TARGETS SUCH AS A 19%, UH, DECREASE IN, UM, THE, UM, THE EMISSIONS AND, AND CLIMATE CHANGE, RIGHT? AND HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT AND NOT CREATING PROBLEMS TO WORSEN OUR AIR, BUT IN FACT TO FIX IT OR TO, UH, MITIGATE THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
UM, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED ON THAT MEETING.
AND THOSE GOALS ARE ATTAINABLE PER THIS RTP.
UH, THE, THE PLAN THERE IS TO REACH THAT TARGET, WHICH CURRENTLY IS 19%.
SO WE CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
AND AGAIN, SORRY, TRUTH, WE WON'T KNOW IF THOSE DECISIONS ARE THE CORRECT ONES UNTIL 20 YEARS FROM NOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S GOTTA MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO BE ON THAT BOARD AND, UH, MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
UM, SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
THERE'S CHANGING OF THE GUARDS.
UM, NICK SERRANO IS NOW CHAIR, UM, REPRESENTING CITY OF SAN DIEGOS NOW CHAIR FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY WITH, UM, VICE CHAIR FRANK HILLIKER AND, UM, SECRETARY JOY, JOY, JOY LINES, UM, AS PER SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY SAN DIEGO REGION.
SO WELL PREPARED FOR WATER YEAR 2025 FROM OUR, UM, NEW CHAIR.
HE STARTS TODAY, OCTOBER 1ST, SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S WATER SUPPLY REMAINS STABLE AND RELIABLE TO SUPPORT OUR REGION'S PEOPLE ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
THAT'S FROM OUR, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY MAYOR FOR SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.
UM, METRO, UM, WASTEWATER JPA MY MEETINGS TOMORROW.
AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, I'LL AGREE WITH YOU ON NOTHING REPORTABLE ON SWEETWATER AUTHORITY ON, UH, UH, RISA, OUR REGIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION.
UH, THAT MEETING WILL BE THIS THURSDAY, SO WE'LL BE REPORTING ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT MEETING.
WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE OUR PORT COMMISSIONER, UH, DR.
UH, GIL
'CAUSE I KNOW HE'S GOT A PRESENTATION.
WE DO WANNA RECOGNIZE IT IN THE AUDIENCE.
WE DO HAVE THE PORT, UH, CEOR CONIGLIO.
AND WE WANT TO, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR PORT COMMISSIONER.
AND I WANNA THANK ROUNDUP FOR COMING BECAUSE, UH, SHE'S HERE TO REALLY PROVE THAT THE PORT IS HERE TO WORK WITH NATIONAL CITY AND WE LOOK FOR THE BEST FOR THE CITY.
AND, UM, SO I'M GONNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING ME REPRESENT YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN THE PORT.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY DEEP DIVE IN FOUR MONTHS.
UM, 'CAUSE NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, PROBABLY THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST CRITICAL TIME FOR AIR POLLUTION AND UM, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT ALSO A LOT OF DECISIONS ARE MADE A COUPLE YEARS AGO OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND SO I HAD TO LEARN AND GET A DEEP DRIVE BECAUSE I WAS GETTING THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT I'M SURE YOU GUYS DO.
LIKE, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WHY ARE WE FIRST, WHY ARE WE THE ONES WHO ARE, ARE DUMPED THIS PROBLEM? SO I WANNA START OFF BY JUST GIVING YOU MY PERSPECTIVE OF LOOKING AT THIS.
AND I KIND OF CAUGHT MYSELF AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING AT THE PORT.
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'CAUSE I ASKED THEM, AND AND YOU GUYS HAVE NEVER, THEY HAVE, NOBODY HAS EVER BROUGHT A CARDIOLOGIST TO THE, TO THE BOARD OF A PORT MISSION.AND SO MY QUESTION TO THEM WAS, UM, WHERE'S THE PUBLIC HEALTH STUDY? WHERE'S THE SURVEILLANCE? AND THEY'RE NOT USED TO THAT.
AND SO, UM, I JUST DO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS C THIS COMMUNITY DESIRES THAT THE POOR PERSON MAKE SURE THEY HAD A FAIR, FAIR DEAL, MAKE SURE THEY WORRY ABOUT THEIR HEALTH EQUITY, AND ALSO HAS SOMEBODY IN, IN THE POSITION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL SAFE.
AND SO I, I GLADLY DO THAT FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS.
I DO KNOW I KIND OF SUCK AT THIS READING, SO I PUT MADE SLIDES FOR YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN, I CAN DISTRACT YOU GUYS FROM
SO, UM, THE FIRST THING I JUST WANT TO COVER IS AM CS.
SO THE MARINE CLEAN ACT STRATEGY WAS ADOPTED IN 20, IN 2021.
BUT AS WE KEEP SAYING M-C-A-S-M-C-A-S, IT DOES, IT REALLY DESENSITIZES WHAT REALLY MEANS, RIGHT? WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE POLLUTION AND WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE WITH OUR INCREASING POLLUTION AND HEAT AND, UM, UH, THE WARRING.
AND SO MC A S KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY ADDS THE QUESTIONS LIKE WHY ARE WE DOING MC A S AND I WANTED TO START OFF HERE JUST SHOWING YOU, UM, WHEN I WAS AT THE BOARD BOARD, I ASKED FOR PUBLIC HEALTH DATA AND THE STUDIES, AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE YET TO ME, BUT I WAS REFERENCED TO GO BACK TO OUR WEBSITE AT THE PORT AND THEY REFERENCED THIS STUDY.
AND THIS WAS A STUDY THAT, THAT LOOKED AT THE PROBABILITY OF CANCER.
IT'S NOT THE CHANCE, IT IS NOT THE, YOUR RISK, YOU'RE NOT GETTING A 20% RISK OF CANCER.
BUT THIS STUDY SAYS THAT IF YOU LIVE IN NASHVILLE CITY ON, ON THE WEST SIDE OF NASHVILLE CITY BOULEVARD, AND YOU TAKE, AND YOU BREATHE OUR AIR FOR 30 YEARS FROM YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB FOR 30 YEARS, THERE'S A, A PROBABILITY THAT 20.6 MORE LIKELY OF CHANCE THAT THERE ARE 20, THERE'S 20 MORE CHANCES THAT SOMEONE WILL HAVE CANCER IN NASHVILLE CITY.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE WERE LIKE SMOKING A LOT OF CIGARETTES.
I'M GOING OUT TO THE BEACH WHILE IT'S SUNSCREEN, IT'S JUST IN THE AIR.
AND SO, UM, THE PORT SAW THIS NUMBER AND I GOTTA REMIND EVERYBODY THIS NUMBER.
SO I KIND OF PUT THIS NUMBER RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER THAT'S HIDDEN.
BUT BASICALLY JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS STUDY SHOWED THAT THERE'S A 20.6 CHANCE JUST BY LIVING ON THE WEST SIDE OF, OF HAVING CANCER PER MILLION.
BUT AS A DOCTOR, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT, UM, THIS ISN'T YOUR TYPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH KIND OF KIND OF WORKUP.
AND SO I WOULD DEFINITELY WAIT UNTIL I DISCUSS WITH STAFF WHAT THEY FULLY FOUND.
BUT IT, BUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING, WHY ARE WE DOING MCAS, IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS.
AND EVEN MORE SO IF YOU COMPARE BREATHING THE AIR IN NATIONAL CITY ON THE WEST SIDE TO A MORE AFFLUENT COMMUNITY LIKE CORONADO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE HAVE HEALTH EQUITY.
AND, AND THE PORT IS VERY DEDICATED TO MAKE SURE HEALTH EQUITY FOR ALL MEMBERS ON THE PORT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE, WE, UM, WE TOOK AM CS IN 2021 AND I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY, SO THEY SAW THIS NUMBER AND IT WAS BUILT ON A MODEL AND IT'S MODELS THAT THEY HAD WITH THE AIR POLLUTION DISTRICT AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEY APPLIED TO THIS MODEL, WHAT THEY PROPOSED TO DO WITH MCAS.
AND SO BY 2026, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REDUCE THE, UM, EMISSIONS OF TRUCKS TO 40 ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE, THE, THE 20 MOST HIGHLY EMISSION PRODUCING MACHINES ON IN THE CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT.
AND BY 2026, THE MODEL SHOW THAT WE REDUCE OUR PROBABILITY OF GETTING CANCER A MILLION FROM 20.6 TO 14.4.
AND IF WE FULLY DID THE MCA LONG TERM, UM, PLANNING, WE WOULD REDUCE THE, YOUR, ALL OUR RISKS FROM BREATHING AIR FOR 30 YEARS TO 11.9.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T DO, IT DOESN'T GET US TO HEALTH EQUITY, BUT IT DOES NARROW THE GAP.
AND I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
'CAUSE PEOPLE ASK LIKE, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? BUT REALLY THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE'RE AT RISK FOR GETTING HIGHER RISK OF GETTING CANCER JUST BY BREATHING.
AND I'M SURE WE CAN'T HOLD OUR BREATH LONG ENOUGH TO NOT GET THAT RISK.
SO THE OTHER, SO JUST, SO WHAT THE COURT DID IS RATHER THAN WAITING, THEY MADE A DECISION TO DO THIS, BUT I GOTTA
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EXPLAIN THEIR DECISION.SO THE PROBLEM WITH ALL THESE STUDIES IS THAT UNLIKE WATER, AIR IS INFLUENCED BY EVERYTHING AROUND US.
AND WE'VE LEARNED THIS FROM COVID, RIGHT? AIR GOES EVERYWHERE.
BUT WHAT THE PORT DOES, THEY LOOKED AT THE EMISSIONS AND ONLY THE DIESEL FUEL PARTICULATE MATTER, NOT THE TOXIC AIR CHEMICALS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THEIR, THE WORKINGS OF BRINGING IN TRADE AND DELIVERING IT TO COMPANIES AND BRING AND BRINGING TRADE BACK OUT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, UM, PIE CHART, IT SHOWS YOU THAT WE, WE CONCENTRATE A LOT ON TRUCKS, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE, UH, EMISSIONS, DIESEL PARTICULAR MATTER COMING FROM OCEAN GOING VEHICLES AND RAILWAY.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER THE RAIL, BUT WE DO HAVE OVER THE, OVER THE, UM, OCEAN GO OCEAN GOING VEHICLES.
AND WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS FOR THIS BY WHEN AND HARBOR MOON.
SO WE LOAD SLOW DOWN THE SPEED LIMIT THAT IMPROVES EMISSIONS.
AND AT THE BIRTH, WHEN BOTH ARE SITTING THERE AT THE DOCK WHEN TO DELIVER THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR TRADE, INSTEAD OF, UM, IDLING AND BURNING DIESEL, WE HAVE CHART, UM, SHORT, UH, SHORT, UM, SHORT IMAGING WHERE THEY CAN PLUG INTO THE GRID AND NOT BURN DIESEL AND POLLUTE THE AIR LOCAL TO THE MARINE TERMINAL AS, AND IF THEY, IF THESE CAR, IF THESE BOATS COULD NOT BE, UM, RETROFITTED, WE CAN ACTUALLY CAPTURE THE ADMISSION AND CLEAN IT.
BUT SO A BIG PART IS THAT, AND THE SECOND BIG PART IS THAT WE LOOKED AT THE, UM, THE EQUIPMENT, THE TRUCKS AND THE CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND CAN WE REDUCE, CAN WE GET A HUNDRED PERCENT REDUCTION TO ZERO EMISSIONS? AND SO SINCE WE ONLY LOOK AT WHAT THE PORT CREATES EMISSIONS ON THE FIRST NEAR TERM MISSION, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DO A REALLY GOOD EFFECTIVE JOB AT REDUCING THE EMISSIONS FROM OUR BOATS.
AND THE, THE PI GRID IS GETTING BIGGER FOR A RAIL, WHICH WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION.
AND UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE EFFORTS TO, UM, LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT SEEM TO BE GETTING BIGGER.
BUT ACTUALLY IT'S JUST BECAUSE THE PIE GOT BETTER, BIGGER.
BUT IF WE GO DOWN TO 2030 AND WE GET RID OF THE, THE, UM, EMISSIONS FROM TRUCKS AND FROM, UM, THE, THE CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT, AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN THE EQUIPMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OUR GOALS BECAUSE WE KNOW AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE KNOW LONG HAUL TRUCKS ARE LIMITED BY THE, UM, CHARGING STATIONS THAT GO ALONG THE WAY.
ESPECIALLY LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO LAS VEGAS OR OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND NOT ALL CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT HAS EXACTLY A ELECTRIC VERSION.
AND SO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2030 AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE COMPLETEING COMPLETE REMOVAL OF EMISSIONS FROM THOSE EQUIPMENT.
BUT WE CAN SEE OUR RISK FOR CANCER ILION DECREASE FROM 20.6 TO 11.9.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ONLY GETTING PART OF THE STORY.
'CAUSE WE KNOW HIGHWAY FIVE CREEK EMISSIONS IS NOT HERE IN THE STORY.
AND, AND, AND THE PORT IS DOING WHAT THEY CAN DO.
AND, AND WE HAVE ISSUES IN THE, IN THE, THE COMMUNITY NOW WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THEORIES THAT THE, THE COUNTY'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO MAKE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE AIR.
BUT THE PORT MADE A DECISION IN 2021 TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I'VE BEEN A DOCTOR IN NATIONAL CITY FOR 20 YEARS.
I, EVERY TIME WE TALKED ABOUT MCAS, I TOLD ALL MY FRIENDS, UM, ASTHMA IS REAL.
IT'S BECAUSE I HONESTLY SAW THAT WHENEVER THE AIR QUALITY WAS POOR, WE HAD A LOT OF PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA ATTACKS THAT LED TO HEART DISEASE AND HEART PROBLEMS. AND THIS IS A, UH, THIS IS SOME DATA I PULLED OFF OF THE WEB CREATED BY EHC.
AND THEY LOOKED AT EMISSIONS LIKE REAL WORLD DATA DE-IDENTIFIED EMISSIONS AND DISCHARGES.
AND YOU CLEARLY CAN SEE THAT IN DECEMBER OF 2022, WE HAD MORE ASTHMA ADMISSIONS THAN OTHER CITIES.
AND WE'VE ALWAYS, AT YOUR CLINICIANS HERE IN NASHVILLE CITY, WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING.
AND I REALLY COMMEND, UM, UM, THE PORT FOR DOING SOMETHING.
BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT IN 2021, THEY HAD THIS FORMULA, NOT REAL WORLD EVIDENCE, WHERE THEY LOOKED AT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO ALL YOUR ORGAN ORGANS IN YOUR BODY.
BUT THIS COULD BE BIAS DUE TO THE
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STUDY THAT WAS CREATED.BUT I, I JUST WANNA MAKE EVERYBODY KNOW, THE, THE PORT MADE A DECISION TO, TO MAKE US GO OUR MAS 'CAUSE WE SAW THE RISK FOR CANCER AND THAT WE DIDN'T DELAY.
AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT TO THE CITY AS I REVIEWED THIS DATA, THAT I ONLY SAW A PART OF THE STORY.
THE THING IS HERE IS LIKE WE, I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE AND ME, ALL MY FRIENDS, WE THINK WE, WE DON'T HAVE A RISK FOR CANCER.
BUT THE AREA IN THE PINK OF THIS GRAPH SHOW THAT THE AREAS THAT WERE STUDIED WERE NOT ONLY WEST NATIONAL CITY AND, UM, AND HIGHWAY FIVE GOES RIGHT THROUGH THAT AREA.
RIGHT? BUT THE BIGGEST AND THE MOST TRAFFIC COMES FROM 8 0 5, MAYBE DISTRICT THREE DETAILS HAS REALLY BAD RISK OF CANCER, ASTHMA.
AND THE THING IS, WE'RE RELYING ON, ON A, ON A PORT THAT ONLY HAS JURISDICTION IN, IN THE GRAY AREAS.
AND SO I REALLY WANT THE CITY TO, TO LOOK WHAT CAN WE DO TO LOOK AT OUR HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY CAUSED BY OUR ENVIRONMENT AND BY THE EQUIPMENT AND CARS THAT DRIVE THROUGH OUR CITY.
EVEN LOOK AT THE NAVY BASE, THE NAVY BASE IS THERE.
GOD KNOWS WHAT'S COMING OUR WAY WHEN THE AIR GOES THAT WAY.
AND SO THE SUMMARY IS MAS SHOULD BE DONE.
UM, WE'D BE THERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF CANCER THAN PEOPLE IN CORONADO.
UM, CAN WE GET A BETTER STUDY? I THINK YES, BUT WE NEED THE CITY TO BE INVOLVED.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH TWO OF THE TOPICS THAT PERTAIN TO NATIONAL CITY IN THE BOARD.
AND IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HECK THESE THINGS MEANT.
SO I MADE A ABBREVIATION LIST.
SO PART OF THE MOU, PART OF THE MCAS IS THAT THERE'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PORT AND THE SAN DIEGO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT.
AND SO BOTH ENTITIES HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, UM, PARTS OF THE CITY THAT THEY, THEY, THEY CONTROL JURISDICTION.
AND, BUT THEY, BUT THE POOR INITIATED MARITIME AM A S AND IT INCLUDES NATIONAL CITY TERMINAL, THE WEST SIDE ONLY, AND THE, UM, SAN DIEGO AIRPORT, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT INCLU IS DOING THE POOR COMMUNITY EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN, WHICH ALSO OVERLAPS WITH NATIONAL CITY.
SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD THING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO AGENCIES WITH, WITH RESOURCES AND FUNDING AND ACCESS.
AND SINCE BOTH TEND TO OVERLAP FOR US, FOR NATIONAL CITY, IT GIVES US A BETTER CHANCE TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS TO, TO REDUCE OUR RISK FOR THE POLLUTION THAT WE GET FROM THE PORT.
AND SO, UM, ONE EXAMPLE IS THAT, UM, THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT HAD $7 MILLION.
AND THAT ENABLED, THEY OFFERED THAT UP AT THE LAST PORT MEETING TO, UM, TO PURCHASE ELECTRIC CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRIC HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS.
AND SO WE'RE THE FIRST PORT GOING ELECTRIC.
THESE THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE NOW BECAUSE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
AND SO HAVING TWO AGENCIES WORK ON THE MONEY, WORK ON THE PROBLEM AFFORDS US THE MONEY.
UH, ONE THING THAT THE COMMUNITIES DON'T UNDERSTAND, 'CAUSE I GET QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, UH, THE BOAT, THE SHIPYARDS, UM, SHIPYARDS ARE NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE PORT, BUT OTHER, UNDER THE SAN DIEGO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT WAS JUST SAID THAT BASICALLY THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THESE TWO AGENCIES ARE GOING, WELL, WE ACCEPTED IT.
WE'RE GONNA GET AN UPDATE IN SEPTEMBER IN SPRING.
BUT I BROUGHT, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF BORING, BUT IT'S GOOD FOR US TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING OUT FOR OUR PROBLEM.
AND THAT'S, WE GET CANCER AT 20.6 CHANCE PER MILLION.
SECOND THING IS THE ZERO EMISSION DRUG.
SO WHEN I WENT OVER ALL THE AIMS OF MCAS, DID ANYBODY HEAR ABOUT A LITHIUM BATTERY STORAGE UNIT IN MAS? AND NO, WE DIDN'T.
AND WE GOTTA SEPARATE THAT BECAUSE I GET A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, WHY ARE WE DOING MAS? WHY ARE YOU PUTTING LITHIUM BATTERIES AS PART OF MA AND WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE FIRES? NO, THE THING IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONVERT DIESEL ENGINES TO ELECTRIC, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, UM, CHARGING THEM.
BUT, UM, PART OF THE PLAN THAT CAME UP BEFORE I GOT INTO THE BOARD WAS WE ACCEPTED THAT WE WOULD USE SKY CHARGER, WHICH WOULD THEN PROVIDE A 70, 70 CHARGING PORTS, WHICH ARE A LOT BIGGER THAN AT PLAZA BONITA SOLAR CARPORT CANOPIES, A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, WHICH IS INCLUDES LITHIUM BATTERIES, COMMUTE, STORE,
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TRUCK, REST, STOP, AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS.AND I WANNA ADDRESS THREE ISSUES WITH THE ZERO EMISSION IN DRUGS.
I THINK WHEN I FIRST GOT APPOINTED, UM, THE MAYOR AND I HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FIRE THAT OCCURRED AT GATEWAY.
UM, I WENT TO THE STAFF AND, AND I'M GLAD R'S HERE.
AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, OF WHEN I STARTED, IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL ABOUT FIRES, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I LOOK LIKE RADUS.
'CAUSE EVERY WEEK THERE'S A FIRE FROM LITHIUM, INCLUDING LAST WEEK THERE WAS A CAR, THERE WAS A TRUCK.
AND THE PROBLEM WITH THE FIRES THAT WE WORRY ABOUT IS THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY HARD TO CONTROL AND YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE THE AREA FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS, BUT THE TOXINS IN THE FUMES COULD BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS.
AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HEAR THAT THEY WANNA STOP MAS, IT'S NOT MCAS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT WE CAN DO AT THIS.
AND EVERYBODY HAS TO REMEMBER, THE Z TRUCK STOP DOESN'T GET BILLED TOMORROW.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS TALKING WITH THE PORT AND THE STAFF LIKE TO REALLY GIVE US A GOOD ASSESSMENT OF OUR RISK AND AS WELL TALK ABOUT MITIGATIONS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SHORTLY.
BUT I WANT TO THANK RHONDA BECAUSE RDA GAVE US AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, WHICH WE WOULD ONLY TOLERATE BEING THE FIRST PER FIRST TRUCK STOP IN THE WORLD.
SO I'M GONNA GO OVER A COUPLE MORE LATER, BUT LET ME SHOW YOU THE, THE, THE ART DRAWING OF THE, OF THE CHARGING STATION.
SO THE CHARGING STATION HAS LESS LITHIUM THAN THE GATEWAY, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE 70 TRUCKS ALL WITH LITHIUM BATTERIES THAT CAN GO UP IN FLAME AND THE WIND BLOWS OUR WAY.
AND SO THE FEAR IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
NOW, THIS IS, REMEMBER EVERYBODY, THIS IS NOT MCAS, BUT I, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY, LOOK AT THE RISKS, BENEFITS, AND ALTERNATIVES.
AND SO THERE IS THIS RISK AND WE WANTED TO PUSH THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE DO WHAT THE RISK SO WE CAN MAKE A DECISION AND NOT HAVE SOMETHING THROWN ON US, GOOD OR BAD.
IT'S OUR DECISION AS A COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UM, UM, WE'LL GET THE EIRI ASKED, UM, STAFF IF WE WOULD DELAY SKY CHARGER, SKY CHARGER AND NO, BECAUSE, WELL, IT COULD DELAY SOME.
BUT IF WE START THE PROCESS NOW FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, WHILE THERE SKY CHARGER IS TRYING TO GET PERMITS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A TWO YEAR PLAN, UM, THAT IS BEST TO START WITH THAT.
NOW FOR US AS A CITY, UM, FOR ME AS YOUR CARDIOLOGIST, I TALKED TO POLICE AND FIRE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US TO MAKE SURE, HOW CAN WE PREPARE FOR THESE FIRES THAT COULD BE REQUIRED EVACUATION FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS.
AS YOUR CARDIOLOGIST, I ALWAYS NOTICE THE DISPARITY OF TRAUMA AND BURNS IN SOUTH BAY.
WE HAD A BIG BURN, TRAUMA AND BURNING AT UCSD AND HILLCREST WHEN I TRAINED AT UCSD.
AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT WE HAD SCRIPPS HOSPITAL THAT HAD TRAUMA AND BURN.
SO IF WE WERE DYING, WE CALLED 9 1 1, YOU'RE GOING TO HILLCREST.
NOW THAT WE GOT REALLY BUSIER AND NOW THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FIRE, UM, THERE'S ONLY HILLCREST WHERE THE TRAUMA UNIT IS, AND IF THAT IS FULL AND IT WAS SMALLER THAN UCSD, IF THAT IS FULL, WE HAD TO DRIVE OUR TRAUMA VICTIMS TO LA JOLLA FURTHER NORTH.
AND SO, UM, I DID SPEAK TO THIS GUIDE CHARGER AND SEE IF WE CAN, AND RIGHT NOW, SHARK TO LEWIS, I'M ON THE FOUNDATION, IS LOOKING AT TRAUMA AS A POSSIBILITY FOR THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT UP AND BRING AND TRY TO BRING US THE SAFETY NET THAT WE REALLY NEED.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH A IR.
NOW, THE OTHER ISSUES THAT I WANT TO TALK IS CONVENIENCE STORE.
OKAY? SO, UM, PEOPLE ASKED, SO WHERE'S THE MONEY? RIGHT? AND SO CONVENIENCE STORE, UH, SKY CHARGER OWNER SAYS, CONVENIENCE STORE, STORE.
AND WE WERE LIKE KIND OF LIKE, OH YEAH, WE'RE GONNA GET TAXES ON POTATO CHIPS THAT THE DRIVER'S GONNA GO.
BUT I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE I'M SURE WHEN GASOLINE OR PATIENT WAS NEW, UM, THEY DIDN'T THINK GASOLINE THAT THE 55 CENTS A GALLON GAS WAS GONNA TURN OUT TO BE $5 A GALLON WITH $2 IN STATE TAXES.
AND I ASKED THE STAFF LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO
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BE TAXED SALES TAX ON THE CHARGING STATIONS? AND THEY SAID, WELL, IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW WE DELIVER IT.AND THEY ALSO SAID THEY HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED IT, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NOTIONS THAT PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE PORT WOULD USE OUR CHARGING STATION.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AWARE, AND I KIND OF HIT IT AND BRANDON, DON'T TELL ON ME, BUT ALSO THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT SALES TAX AND LOOK AT NOW.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME STORY THAT, OH, WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE, WE COULD GET TAXED.
AND, AND REALLY FOR US AS A CITY TO LOOK AT THAT BENEFIT THAT COULD COME UP TO THE CITY IF WE DO GO WITH SKY CHARTER.
AND THAT KIND OF GOES TO PEOPLE ALWAYS SAYING WE DON'T GET OUR FAIR SHARE.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANNA TALK YOU ABOUT IS COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
SO THERE WAS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT, UM, PACKAGE AND A MEETING AND I I REALLY WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT, UH, IT WASN'T REALLY CONVEYED TO EVERYBODY THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE MULTIPLE MEETINGS.
AND THE OWNER SKY CHARGER TALKED ME TWO HOURS BEFORE AND TOLD ME THAT ONE, HE WANTED TO PROVIDE TRADE SKILL TRAINING AND IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRIFICATION CHARGING SOLAR.
AND I PERSONALLY TOLD HIM, UM, SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL, SWEETWATER ADULT SCHOOL IS WHERE I SHOULD START IF THIS COMMUNITY HAS TO TAKE A RISK OF HAVING FIRE.
UM, I KNOW AT THE MEETING THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OTHER COLLEGES AND, UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE THERE ARE RUMORS OUT THERE, THERE'S NOTHING SET AT STONE.
AND I WASN'T HAPPY WITH THAT DISCUSSION.
AND SO ALSO IN DISCUSSION WAS, UM, SKY CHARGER IS OFFERING, OH, THE ONE THING I FORGOT.
SO THE, THE, THE, UM, ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESS PLAN OF THE SKY CHARGER CHARGING STATION, WHICH WE HAVE ONE, POSSIBLY THREE.
IT FORECASTED WITH 55 CENTS A KILOWATT HOUR OF POSSIBLY GENERATING ABOUT $180 MILLION IN REVENUE FOR SKY CHARGER IN 20 YEARS.
NOW, 55 CENT GAS PER GALLON DIDN'T LAST VERY LONG.
AND IT'S AT FIVE AND WE KNOW THAT ELECTRICITY GOES UP.
SO THERE, THAT'S THAT TAX WE SHOULD LOOK AT.
BUT PART OF THAT BENEFIT OF THAT INCREASED REVENUE IS THAT NATIONAL CITY WOULD GET A COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UH, PACKAGE.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE MEETINGS JUST LIKE WE DID.
AND, AND I ASKED MIRANDA IF WE CAN BRING BACK THE PEOPLE THAT DID IT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS JUST LIKE WE DID FOR PREP PARK.
AND I WANT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BE INVOLVED AND BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD BENEFIT FROM.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALL BREATHING THIS AIR.
AND, UM, I DO HAVE THIS ONE, ONE QUICK THING ABOUT THE, THE GROUNDBREAKING OF OUR, UM, PREP PARK, UM, REMODELING IS, UM, I CAN GO MORE DIESEL NEXT TIME.
BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT THERE WAS AN OVERSIGHT.
UM, I TALKED TO DKI D INVITE, D
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS OVERSIGHT AND SANDY
AND SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER AND GIVE HER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVITED, BUT ALSO SHE WAS THERE.
WELL, NOT FROM, I KNOW SHE WAS THERE, BUT SHE WASN'T INVITED FROM THE PORT.
UM, THE, THE MOU AND THE MCAS IS ALL ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, AIR PROTECTION BECAUSE OF OUR HIGH RISK OF CANCER.
TWO, THE SKY CHARGER, IT'S NOT MCAS, IT'S PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE RISK BENEFITS ON ALTERNATIVES.
AND THEN THREE, THIS IS A REALLY NICE PICTURE OF, I NEVER CALLED IT NATIONAL CITY MARINA DISTRICT.
I USED TO CALL IT 24TH STREET OR THE BOAT LAUNCH.
AND I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY TO PLEASE USE THE PARK, UM, GO TO OUR WEBSITE FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UH, LIMITATIONS WITH REMODELING, BUT HAVE A QUINCEANERA, HAVE A DEBUT, UM, AT THE PARK.
YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER UNGA FOR THIS EXTENSIVE REPORT.
UM, I ACTUALLY, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU WENT THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF EXPLAINING, UM, REALLY A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THE PORT IS DOING FOR HELPING, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD THESE, UM, IDEALS ABOUT CLEANER AIR AND THE, THE POSITIVE ASPECT THAT IT WILL CREATE
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FOR NATIONAL CITY.UH, THIS IS A REALLY A FANTASTIC REPORT.
UM, I FEEL YOU'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, RDA CONIGLIO FOR JOINING US TODAY.
THAT REALLY DOES SHOW, UM, THE CARE THAT YOU HAVE FOR OUR CITY.
UM, THE DETAILS RE REGARDING THE, UH, ELECTRICAL, UM, ELECTRIC CHARGING STATION FOR THE TRUCK STOPS.
UM, IT, YES, ABSOLUTELY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE A PART OF, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
UH, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT THE LIBRARY.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE BREATHING THIS AIR.
SO THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS, THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE INVITED TO THESE MEETINGS.
SO I DO LOOK FORWARD TO A LOT MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THAT REGARD.
UM, REAL QUICK, I MADE SOME NOTES ON HERE.
ALL OF THESE DETAILS, ALL THE DATA ABOUT THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF THE PAST AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THE POTENTIAL WILL BE, UH, FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE, 10 YEARS DOWN THE LINE, THAT IS VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE GOALPOSTS, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THESE, UM, LOWER CANCER RISKS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD STEP.
UM, THE, THE STUDY THAT YOU MENTIONED.
I KNOW DURING, UH, OUR MEETING LAST WEEK, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THE STUDY, THE HEALTH IMPACT STUDY, I THINK IT WAS CALLED FOR 2022.
UM, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN TAKING A MICROSCOPIC LOOK AT THE HEALTH IMPACTS, REALLY IN MY DISTRICT ON THE WEST SIDE IN DISTRICT ONE.
UM, I, I REALLY WANT TO HEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S FANTASTIC TO HAVE THIS REGIONAL STUDY ON HEALTH IMPACTS, BUT, BUT I WANNA KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NATIONAL CITY IN DISTRICT ONE.
SO, UM, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE PING MY INTEREST HERE.
UH, I'M INTERESTED IN, IN, UH, GOING OUT MAYBE AND, AND PERHAPS DOING A HEALTH STUDY OF OUR OWN, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THOSE AREAS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING, WHICH IS THE, UH, ELECTRICAL, UH, CHARGING STATION, UH, AMONGST OTHER THINGS.
UH, I KNOW THAT NATIONAL CITY HAS SUPPORTED, UM, A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY FOR THE PORT SINCE INCEPTION, REALLY SINCE 1962.
AND IT IS NOW THAT WE ARE TRULY CONSIDERING THE IMPACTS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAVE ENDURED BECAUSE OF THAT AND HOW TO TURN THE TIDE AND HOW TO REMOVE THE NE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THAT.
AND, AND, UH, UH, UM, IT'S HAPPENING.
UH, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT IT IS HAPPENING.
UNGA FOR ASKING ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
UM, AND I LOVE THAT YOU'RE CALLING YOURSELF NOT OUR PORT COMMISSIONER, BUT OUR CARDIOLOGIST
UM, THE HEALTH ASPECT HERE IS, IS LOUD AND CLEAR, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH, THANK, THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONER UNGA AND, AND THE PORT STAFF FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
SO, UH, AGAIN, UM, WITHOUT, UH, REPEATING EVERYTHING THAT, UM, THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA SAID, UH, THAT THE HEALTH THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT DATA, THAT'S A, A GREAT REMINDER FOR WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, THE HIGH RATES OF CA UH, CANCER ASTHMA.
SO APPRECIATE THAT, THAT DATA.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL, WE ARE, WE HAVE AN MOU, WHICH YOU WENT OVER WITH AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT, UH, MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE IN TERMS OF BRINGING AIR MONITORS.
UH, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, LOOK AT HOW WE CAN PARTNER MORE WITH A PCD SINCE, UH, WE DID HAVE IN OUR BUDGET EARLIER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STAFFER, BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET WORK, UH, CHEAPER IN, IN MAYBE CONTRACTING WITH A PCD BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THIS IS ABOUT AIR QUALITY, HEALTH IMPACTS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THE DATA IN-HOUSE.
AND SO WE NEED A, AND, AND THERE'S STILL A LOT WE, WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN, WHEN THERE WAS THE NAVY SHIP FIRE, UM, WE DIDN'T, I, I DON'T THINK WE HAD DRONES MONITORING ACTUALLY WHAT POLLUTANTS WERE, WERE PRESENT.
AND SO THAT'S NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT'S JUST EMERGING, BUT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE RISKS AND THE IMPACTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY ON THE SKY CHARGER, I, I THINK THAT'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THE ZERO EMISSION TRUCK STOP.
AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE, UM, ON THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND THE, UM, EDUCATION, THE TRADE SKILLS, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN MISSING HISTORICALLY IS IF WE, UM, HAVE THE BURDEN OF HAVING SUCH AN INDUSTRIALIZED WATERFRONT, I STILL DON'T FEEL THAT THOSE JOBS ARE STAYING LOCAL.
UM, SO DO, UH, IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THAT, YES, PUSH SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL PUSH, UM, SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE, THE LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, BUT I REALLY THINK SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL, STARTING AT THAT LEVEL SO THAT, UH, THE STUDENTS THERE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF CLASSES THEY HAVE TO
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TAKE TO ACCESS THESE JOBS SO THEY CAN HAVE MOTIVATION.SO IT'S NOT JUST COLLEGE, COLLEGE, UM, COLLEGE IS GREAT, BUT COLLEGE WITHOUT HAVING AN IDEA OF A CAREER PATH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT DOESN'T MOTIVATE THEM AS MUCH.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUSHING THAT PART ABOUT PARTNERING WITH SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, AND, AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
I, I BELIEVE WHEN YOU SAID WE'RE ONLY HEARING PART OF THE STORY, AND I CONCUR WITH WHAT YOU SAID, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT IN ALL PARTS OF NATIONAL CITY, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHERE THE PORT, UH, DISTRICT IS.
UM, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER PARTS OF DISTRICT TWO OR DISTRICT THREE WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF DENSITY.
THAT'S THE MOST DENSEST PART OF OUR CITY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, FOR THIS REPORT AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, MORE OF THIS REPORT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THAT HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT CAN HAPPEN.
UM, THERE WAS A, AN ASSESSMENT DONE OF, IT'S BEEN PROBABLY SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS ON ASTHMA COUNTS AND IT WAS ACCORDING TO INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AND THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION, UH, PERCENTAGE ON, UM, ASTHMA WAS NOT KIMBALL ELEMENTARY.
UH, IT WAS OVER IN DISTRICT THREE, ACTUALLY.
AND, UH, SO, AND DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, THAT'S BOUGHT MY HOUSE,
THAT HE LIVES RIGHT NEXT TO I HARVEST, BUT 8 0 5 IS PROBABLY THE REASON.
AND SO, UH, SO A NUMBER OF THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S GONNA BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND MAY HAVE A LOT OF RISK.
AND YET MOST OF THAT IS TOWARD THE TRUCKS.
AND YET, IF I SAW YOUR CHART RIGHT, THE AMOUNT OF PARTICULATES THEY'RE GIVING OUT, TRUCKS ONLY ACCOUNT FOR 7% OF IT.
8%, HUH? 8% WAS IT? EIGHT? OKAY.
BUT ANYWAY, OKAY, WE'LL TAKE EIGHT, BUT EVEN SO 8%.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING OUR, THE RESOURCES AND RISK.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, THE OTHER CITIES DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SKY CHARGER BECAUSE IT'S NOT UPWIND FOR MANY OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM IS THE UPWIND SITUATION.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE BATTERY STORAGE, WHICH THEY HAD THE PROBLEM WITH IN OTAI AND UP AT ESCONDIDO, BUT IT'S ALSO WITH ALL OF THESE TRUCKS NOW THAT ARE GONNA BE MOBILE, UH, LITHIUM CARRIERS.
AND WE JUST HAD ONE THIS WEEK THAT HAD AN ACCIDENT AT THE LA TERMINAL, AND IT SHUT DOWN LA TERMINAL, UH, BECAUSE OF IT, BECAUSE, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE FIRE, AS YOU SAY, THE BIG THING IS, IS THE TOXIC FUMES OFF OF IT.
THEY ARE EXTREMELY TO TOXIC AND, UH, AND YET WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING IT IN IMMEDIATELY UPWIND FROM OUR ENTIRE CITY, UH, THE DENSE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
THAT'S, I THINK THE PROBLEM IS NOT, DO WE WANT TO BE LOOKING AT ELECTRIFICATION, BUT WHERE DO WE, WHERE DO YOU PUT IT? AND NORMALLY, AND SKY CHARGER ITSELF, I GUESS IS WORKING ON, THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN ANOTHER ONE.
NOW, THIS IS, THAT'S THE OTHER THING.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST ONE IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO WE GET TO BE THE GUINEA PIG, UH, OF THIS.
THEY ARE PUTTING, DOING ANOTHER ONE, BUT THAT'S FOR PEPSI.
AND IT'S KIND OF ISOLATED AWAY FROM, UH, AWAY FROM POPULATION.
AND IT'S GONNA BE ONLY PEPSI TRUCKS.
SO THEY CONTROL ALL THE MAINTENANCE.
THIS IS GONNA HAVE A LOT OF INDEPENDENT CARRIERS THAT WHEN THEY GO ON AND OFF, THEY CAN'T CONTROL THE MAINTENANCE ON THOSE THINGS.
UH, SO THERE IS SOME REAL CONCERNS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I WAS AT THE MEETING THAT THEY HAD THE FIRST MEETING AND THEY DID PUSH THEIR COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
AND THEIR COMMUNITY BENEFITS WAS BASICALLY THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A COM, A CONVENIENCE STORE AT THIS STOP THAT'S GONNA SELL SNACKS AND DRINKS FOR THE TRUCK DRIVERS.
I'M NOT TOO SURE WHAT THAT DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALTHOUGH THEY SAID IT'LL BE SOME SALES TAX THERE, BUT PROBABLY LESS THAN A SEVEN 11.
UM, THE OTHER ONE WAS $150,000 A YEAR.
AND WHEN IT WAS ASKED, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THAT? BUT THEY SAID, WELL, WE CAN, WE CAN GIVE MONEY TO BA BASICALLY STARVING ARTISTS TO DO MURALS.
AND THE, AS I MENTIONED THAT NIGHT, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY THIS, THE LAST THING IS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO A FAMILY THAT IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT HAPPEN WITH THIS AND GO TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, I'M REALLY SORRY, WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOUR FAMILY? WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOUR HEALTH? EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT WE DID GET SOME MURALS, SO BE HAPPY FOR THAT.
THAT'S THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO.
AND UH, SO, UH, I AM VERY GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN AN AGREEMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, BUT I WANNA SEE US DILIGENTLY
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GO THROUGH THAT.AND I KNOW THAT WE BECAME LIKE THE FIRST, FIRST IN THE NATION TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC TUG.
WE HAVE THE FIRST NATION TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC CRANE.
I DON'T WANT TO BE US RUNNING AFTER TRYING TO BE THE FIRST IN THE NATION ON EVERYTHING AND BE THE FIRST NATION TO HAVE A MAJOR ACCIDENT.
UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CONCERN.
I MEAN, SO WE'RE FOR ELECTRIFICATION, THAT'S NOBODY'S AGAINST ELECTRIFICATION AS LONG AS WE CAN DO IT SAFELY AND PUT IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT.
AND ALSO, I DID TALK TO STAFF AND SAID, LIKE, YOU'RE CHARGING TRUCKS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHARGE ON THE RING TERMINAL.
SO WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE RISK.
'CAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS OFF, OFF TERMINAL.
AND SO, UM, WE'LL WORK WITH RDA, RIGHT? AND, AND, AND LOOK AT IT.
WE SHOULD LOOK AT ALL THE RISKS OF EVIDENCE.
THE THING IS, I'M HEARING DON'T LOOK AT IT.
LET'S JUST SAY NO, NO, WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT EVERY BIT OF IT.
AND ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MANY, HOW MANY TRUCKS THAT GO ON AND OFF THE TERMINAL ARE SHORT HAUL, HAUL TRUCKS.
AND HOW MANY OF 'EM ARE LONG HAUL TRUCKS, ELECTRIC TRUCKS CAN'T DO LONG HAUL.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, ASSESSMENT OF THE, OF THAT.
THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER FOR THE VERY THOROUGH AND EXTENSIVE REPORT.
UM, AND I ECHO ALL THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, THIS PROJECT, I WAS THERE FOR ONE OF THE SESSIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, UH, AND THIS PROJECT IS ONE THAT HAS TO BE THOROUGHLY VETTED.
SAFETY IS CERTAINLY A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, I BELIEVE THAT DAY WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST.
WE WERE GOING THROUGH ONE OF THOSE HEAT WAVES AND IT WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS.
SO IT WAS LIKE A REMINDER THAT WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO JUST PUT OUR HEADS IN THE SAND AND BELIEVE THAT WE CAN BURN FUEL FOR THE REST OF HUMAN HISTORY.
IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND SO I THINK, I THINK IT IS A DELICATE BALANCE AND WE HAVE TO WORK ALL THIS THROUGH AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO, UM, UM, UH, HAVE SAFETY IN MIND, BUT ALSO HAVE THE FUTURE IN MIND.
AND, AND ELECTRIFICATION IS CERTAINLY A BIG COMPONENT OF THAT.
AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PORT STAFF.
UM, FOR, UH, OUR COMMISSIONER, UM, AND EVERYBODY DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THE ONGOING DISCUSSION AND SEEING HOW IT PLAYS OUT.
[8. CONSENT CALENDAR]
UH, NEXT WE GO ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR.AND THOSE ARE ITEMS EIGHT ONE THROUGH EIGHT, NINE.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? MAY EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 8.7.
UH, I DO ALSO HAVE REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR EIGHT FOUR, WHICH IS ALREADY BEING PULLED HERE.
SO THE REMAINDER IS 8 1 8 2 8 5 8 6.
THAT'S FOR THE REMAINING ONES? YES, MA'AM.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CAN WE GET THE SECOND? THERE WE GO.
AND SO YOU NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
[8.3 Bayshore Bikeway - Segment 5 project, CIP 22-33, ATP Cycle 6, grant appropriation for Construction (CON) phase.]
EIGHT THREE.I HAVE, UH, BEEN BRIEF MAYOR, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THIS PROJECT IS FULLY FUNDED BECAUSE THAT WAS THE EXPLANATION THAT WAS, UH, PROVIDED TO ME.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE WANTED THAT COMMITMENT OF 310,000.
WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE ALL COVERED.
UM, AS PER MY BRIEFING EARLIER, I WANTED THAT RECORDED.
UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND, UH, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, MARTA JUAREZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, THIS ITEM 8.3 IS, UH, BROUGHT TO YOU THIS EVENING FOR APPROVAL TO APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF BAYSHORE BIKEWAY SEGMENT FIVE, WHICH IS IN THIS CASE, UM, SPECIFICALLY FROM THE A TP ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, UH, FUNDING CYCLE SIX.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, OF, UH, BACKGROUND, WHICH YOU MAY ALL BE FAMILIAR ALREADY.
UM, THIS IS A, A VERY LONGSTANDING PROJECT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS SINCE WE FIRST APPLIED FOR FUNDING.
AND WE HAVE FUNDING FROM TWO DIFFERENT CYCLES FROM A TP, FROM THE STATE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
UM, IN THIS CASE, WE ARE, UM, LOOKING TO ACCEPT THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THE $2 MILLION.
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UM, WE WILL ALSO BE BRINGING TO YOU AT A FUTURE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, UM, THE CYCLE FOR CONSTRUCTION PHASE FUNDING, WHICH WILL BE, UM, AN ADDITIONAL 5.4 MILLION.SO AT THIS POINT, UM, THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT ARE IN FLUX AS, AS WE MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, WE HAVE ALSO APPLIED FOR CONSIDERATION OF A CYCLE SEVEN, UH, A TP GRANT.
UH, AND THAT APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE A NOTIFICATION OF FINAL DECISIONS BY THE STATE IN DECEMBER.
SO AT THAT POINT, WE WILL KNOW WHAT THE COMPLETE SCOPE AND THE, WHAT THE COMPLETE FUNDING IS FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME DIFFERENT SCENARIOS IF WE ARE NOT SELECTED FOR THAT CYCLE SEVEN FUNDING, UH, WHERE WE, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THE SCOPE OF CYCLE FOUR AND CYCLE SIX SCOPE, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE FUNDING.
AND THERE IS, THERE IS SOME, SOME GAPS THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED LOCAL FUNDS FOR AND THEN OTHERS THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE IN ORDER TO COBBLE THAT TOGETHER.
UM, OUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CONSTRUCTION PHASE FUNDING, UM, GIVES US NOT ONLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT EARMARK, BUT ALSO GIVES US A BIT MORE TIME WHERE IN PROCESS OF RECEIVING AN EXTENSION SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUT THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TOGETHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON STAFF.
SO THESE ARE ESTIMATES ON COST AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WHEN IT DOES GO OUT TO BID, IT WILL BE WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS.
WE, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL TIMES ADJUSTED AND REFINED OUR ENGINEERS COST ESTIMATES.
UM, AND SO AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE PROJECTING SOME SHORTFALL FOR WHICH WE'RE STILL, UH, REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
BUT THE, WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE USED NOT ONLY ALL OF OUR INTERNAL RECENT, UH, BID INFORMATION ON, ON CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING A REGIONAL LOOK AS WELL AS COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE, INSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE BEEN HARD TO, HARD TO JUDGE LATELY.
UH, WITH THAT WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO YOU, NO MORE DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
[8.4 Notice of Decision – Planning Commission Approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a New Charter School (Integrity Charter School) to be located at 229-241 National City Blvd.]
WE GO TO 8.4.THIS IS NOTICE DECISION PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, CUP FOR THE NEW CHARTER SCHOOL, WHICH WE NOW REFER TO AS INTEGRITY CHARTER SCHOOL TO BE LOCATED AT 20, I'M SORRY, 2 29 THROUGH 2 41 NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD.
UM, I PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE THE, UM, PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT OUR DIRECTOR, UM, CARLOS AGUIRE HAD EXPLAINED TO ME.
UM, USUALLY THIS NOTICE OF CONSENT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE JUST APPROVE IT WITHOUT THE PUBLIC KNOWING.
WHY DID YOU APPROVE THAT? MOST ESPECIALLY, THIS IS ABOUT PARKING.
AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION, DIRECTOR GE.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THE, THE, THE BILL THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS IS, WE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UM, PARKING AND, AND ALL OF THAT, UM, UM, ELEMENTS THAT HOW YOU EXPLAINED IT TO ME.
CARLOS GUI, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
UM, WE DID THOROUGHLY VET OUT THE IMPACTS TO TRAFFIC OF THE NEW SCHOOL PROJECT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED THROUGH THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
AND, UM, THE IMPACTS HAVE BEEN MITIGATED WITH THE PLAN THAT'S BEING PROVIDED.
UH, THERE WILL, UH, NOT BE ANY ONSITE PARKING SPOTS, BUT THERE ARE, UM, THE, THE CHANGES BEING MADE IN THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND ADDITIONAL ANGLED PARKING, UH, TO MITIGATE THE NEED FOR PARKING, AS WELL AS 27, UH, PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED AT THEIR CURRENT LOCATION OFF OF EIGHTH AND NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD.
MR. MAYOR, A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE.
I, I I DO HAVE A SPEAKER ON THIS.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, DO WANT TO HEAR FROM THE SPEAKER, UH, MR. JOSEPH MARTINEZ.
COULD, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND MR. MAYOR JOSEPH MARTINEZ, MARTINEZ
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GRI ARCHITECTS URBAN STUDIO, AND THE LEAD ARCHITECT FOR INTEGRITY CHARTER SCHOOL.I ONLY TAKE 30 SECONDS OF YOUR TIME.
I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR STAFF AND GUIDING US THROUGH THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
AND I HEARD EARLIER THAT, UH, MR. READER WAS GETTING A PROMOTION.
UH, LIKEWISE, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WE WORKED WITH, THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
ALL THE CONSULTANTS THAT YOU ASKED US TO GET, WE FOUND THE BEST CONSULTANTS.
THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AS WELL.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE GONNA GET A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
UH, LIKEWISE THIS EVENING I HAVE HERE MR. ANDERSON, WHO IS ONE OF THE CO-DEVELOPERS OF THE PROJECT, AARON.
AND THEN I HAVE THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION OF INTEGRITY CHARTER GO JAGUARS.
AND THEN, UH, FINALLY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD, HARDER.
LOOK, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE AIR TOWER, WHICH IS NATIONAL CITY MILE OF CAR.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU AT THE DEDICATION AND RIBBON CUTTING IN 2026.
ALRIGHT, LET ME JUST SAY BEFORE YOU DO MAKE A MOTION, UH, WHEN THIS KIND OF, WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP AND WAS GONNA GO BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, KIND OF WORD GOT OUT 'CAUSE THEY HAD TO NOTIFY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE GOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WERE REALLY DOWN ON THIS BECAUSE SAID WE DIDN'T NEED ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER SCHOOL IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND IT WAS GONNA CAUSE PARKING PROBLEMS AND EXTRA TRAFFIC ON AND ON IT WENT, OKAY.
YOU KNOW, AND I TRY TO STAY OFF THOSE THINGS.
I KNOW IT'S GONNA COME BEFORE US, SO YOU CAN'T TAKE SIDES ON THIS THING.
SO I JUST, I DID FINALLY GO ON THERE AND SAY, JUST AS A POINT OF INFORMATION, UH, THIS IS REPLACING THE SCHOOL THAT'S ALREADY THERE A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING I SAID.
AND SO I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING, BUT JUST IT'S, THE SCHOOL'S ALREADY THERE.
THIS IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL.
UH, AND, UH, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE COMMENTS WENT, NO, NOBODY MAKING COMMENTS AFTER THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE'S MISUNDERSTANDINGS ON THESE THINGS AND, UH, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE, THE FULL PICTURE AND, UH, WHETHER TO MAKE A GOOD OR BAD COMMENT.
MEMBER MOLINA, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, I DO WANNA POINT OUT TOO, THE STAFF REPORTS DID ADDRESS THE PARKING SITUATION, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE EXISTING PARKING LOT ON EIGHTH AND NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD, UH, THAT IS USED BY STAFF, UH, IS STILL GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AS THIS SCHOOL MOVES OVER, UH, A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN.
AND, AND I JUST WANNA COMMENT THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS AT INTEGRITY CHARTER SCHOOL, IF THERE IS ANY OTHER, UM, NEED FOR, YOU KNOW, THE EXCITEMENT TO, TO SHOW US THE EXCITEMENT FOR THIS MOVE.
IT'S NONE OTHER THAN THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE, UH, WORKING THERE FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
SO THANK YOU TO THE ARCHITECT AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT ARE JOINING US TODAY.
UH, I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND, AND I SHOULD SAY ON ON, BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF OUR STAFF DIVERTING A LOT OF ATTENTION, WE'VE ALSO, UH, RID YOU OF A LOT OF, UH, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY AROUND YOUR SCHOOL.
AND, UH,
UM, SO WITH THAT YOU DID MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR 8.4.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, SO YOU, NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
[8.7 Approval of Expenditures for Councilmember Jose Rodriguez related to Attendance at the California Department of Education Housing Summit in Sacramento on August 14, 2024.]
GO TO 8.7.THIS IS APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURES BY COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ REFERRING TO ATTENDANCE OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HOUSING SUMMIT SACRAMENTO.
UM, IT IS
IT IS TOO EASY TO BEND THE TRUTH AND MISQUOTE SOMEONE.
UM, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN ANY OF THAT.
I AM INTERESTED IN THE HARDER ACTIONS,
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UH, OF ACTUALLY BEING RESPONSIBLE AND, UM, ACTING PER A HIGHER STANDARD THAT WE ARE CALLED TO.AND, UM, LENDING INTEGRITY AND CREDIBILITY TO THE WORK THAT WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING HERE.
UH, INSTEAD OF UNDERMINING IT, UH, AND TO OWN UP TO MISTAKES AND LEARN FROM THEM, YOU KNOW, ADHERE TO THE POLICIES.
SO NOT LONG AGO, WE DEVELOPED A POLICY FOR, UH, THE USE OF, UH, COUNCIL, UH, BUDGET FUNDS FOR TRAVEL.
THAT POLICY WAS IN PLACE IN JUNE.
UH, NOW WE ARE, UH, ASKED TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THIS, THIS EXPENDITURE FOR TRAVEL THAT DID NOT ADHERE TO THIS POLICY.
UH, AND THIS, THIS, THESE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN AFTER THE POLICY WAS PUT IN PLACE.
SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE POINT OF A POLICY THEN IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE FOLLOWING IT? THIS IS A, UH, CLEAR CUT DECISION.
THE POLICY DOES NOT ALLOW FOR TRAVEL THAT IS NOT PRE-APPROVED.
UM, THE APPROVAL IS, IT'S EITHER ON THIS LIST THAT IS WRITTEN WITHIN THIS POLICY, OR IT COMES BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
UM, IF YOU NEED A REMINDER OF HOW THAT WHOLE THING WORKS, YOU CAN, UM, CITE TWO WEEKS AGO I CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND ASKED FOR PRE-APPROVAL FOR A CONFERENCE.
UH, THAT IS HAPPENING, NOT IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S HAPPENING IN OCTOBER.
UM, AND IT WAS NOT A LIST, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T LISTED ON OUR POLICY.
AND SO I FOLLOWED THE POLICY AND SURE ENOUGH, UM, GOT APPROVAL FOR IT.
SO I, I FOLLOWED THE PROPER CHANNELS.
UH, SO THIS ITEM THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY SHOULDN'T EVEN BE BEFORE US TONIGHT.
UM, ACTUALLY, I FEEL BAD FOR STAFF, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO ENDURE THIS ARGUMENT TONIGHT.
UM, THIS, UM, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DENIED UPON SUBMISSION BECAUSE IT'S NOT FOLLOWING OUR POLICY.
THOSE ARE THE RULES THAT, THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED.
THAT THAT'S WHAT MAKES FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE KNOW HOW TO FUNCTION AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE FOLLOW A POLICY AND IT'S NOT SOME, YOU KNOW, STRANGE OBSCURE POLICY.
IT'S A POLICY THAT WE HERE, THE FIVE OF US, UH, DISCUSSED AND CREATED AND APPROVED.
UM, AND NOT TOO LONG AGO, THIS WAS JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IN JUNE.
SO, UM, UNLESS WE WANT TO MAKE IT A TOOTHLESS DOCUMENT, UH, WE NEED TO COMMIT TO FOLLOWING THE POLICY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED.
AND FOR THAT REASON, MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THIS REQUEST MOTION.
I AM, I'M JUST GONNA SPEAK TO THE MOTION ITSELF.
UM, THE, THE PROBLEM IS THIS CAME UP FOR APPROVAL, BUT I, IT CAN'T BE APPROVED.
AND AS FAR AS TO, TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE, YOU CAN'T APPROVE IT UNTIL THE ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
SINCE OUR POLICY SAYS IT HAS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND, UH, JUST AS WE DID ON THE SEPTEMBER 3RD MEETING, UM, THE PROBLEM IS THIS IS NOT A REIMBURSEMENT.
UM, THIS WAS DONE WITH A, UH, WAS PAID ALREADY WITH THE CITY CREDIT CARD, WHICH I DO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH USING THE, USING A, THE CITY CREDIT CARD FOR IT.
SO IT'S ALREADY PAID AND DOES NOT HAVE APPROVAL YET.
AND SO YOU, IT REALLY MAKES IT TOOTHLESS FOR US TO SAY YES OR NO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY BEEN PAID, UH, WITH THE CITY DEAL INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE INVOICE PROCEDURE.
SO THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH THE MOTION MAYOR.
UM, FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT.
WAS THAT DETAIL IN THE REPORT? SAY WHAT DID WE, WERE WE AWARE OF THIS? IS THAT IN THE REPORT? I DON'T THINK IT WAS IN THE REPORT ON, UH, NO.
IN FACT, IN FACT, WHEN I READ IT, NO, IT WAS NOT IN THE REPORT.
SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE DOING HERE? WHAT IS THE POINT HERE? IT IT IS A KIND OF CONTRADICTION IN ITSELF OF
AND OUR PROCEDURE SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO, UH, DO TRAVEL AND THAT THAT IS NOT ON THE LIST, THEN YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD AND JUST LIKE WAS DONE ON SEPTEMBER
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THE THIRD.AND THIS WAS DONE BACK IN AUGUST THIS YEAR, BUT ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, WE BROUGHT IT ON THE AGENDA AND IT WAS APPROVED AT THAT POINT FOR THAT EXPENDITURE.
BUT THIS ONE HERE WAS NOT, BUT IT WAS ALREADY PAID WITH A CITY CREDIT CARD THROUGH THE CHAIR.
SO THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND, CORRECT? YES.
SO THIS IS ALSO DONE IN OTHER AGENCIES.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE, UM, SHORT NOTICE TRAVEL OR EXPENSES, UM, AND IT'S UP TO US.
AND THEN THE DIRECTOR OR THE BOARD MEMBER WILL SUBMIT THE EXPENSE REPORT AND IT'S UP TO US TO APPROVE IT OR NOT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE HAPPENED, I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE HAPPENED, UM, WITHIN A SHORT NOTICE.
THE ONE THAT WE APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 23RD IS A, UH, IS A, A PROGRAM OR A CONFERENCE THAT'S, UH, PRE-SCHEDULED OR SCHEDULED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN WE, WE WERE GIVEN ENOUGH TIME TO VET ON IT.
AND THAT WAS APPROVED, UM, FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA AND EXECUTIVE SE, UH, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT JOSEPH FLOORS, CLARK.
THIS ONE, MAYBE IT'S A SHORT NOTICE.
THAT'S WHY OUR CITY MANAGER HAD, UM, EXPENSES REPORT.
IF WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THE EXPENSE, WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE ANY DRAMA ABOUT IT.
IF I COULD, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DRAMA BEING MADE ABOUT IT.
THE PROBLEM WAS, UH, THIS HAPPENED BACK IN AUGUST AND THE ONLY REASON THAT IT'S BEING BROUGHT BEFORE OUR COUNCIL AT THIS POINT WAS THAT IT WENT THROUGH OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND THEN IT'S KICKED UP.
'CAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN, IT HAD NOT BEEN APPROVED ALL THE WAY BACK FROM AUGUST.
SO, MR. MAYOR, IT'S UP TO US TO APPROVE IT.
IF IT'S NOT APPROVED, THEN HE REIMBURSES, HE PAYS THE CITY THE CREDIT CARD OF THE CITY FOR THIS AMOUNT.
I THINK THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT, RIGHT.
IN ORDER FOR US TO, THAT'S THE REASON IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
SO YOU NO MEAN, I, I THINK DID, DID I SEE HAND HERE FIRST OR NO? OKAY.
UM, FOR THE ITEM TO BE DISCUSSED, I DO THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE.
AND JUST TO KIND OF, UH, CLEAR THE RECORD.
SO I WAS INVITED, UM, BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ATTEND A HOUSING SUMMIT.
UH, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UM, STATE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, TONY THURMOND HAS A HOUSING POLICY TO BUILD OVER 2000 AFFORDABLE UNITS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UH, SORRY, 2 MILLION AFFORDABLE, 2 MILLION AFFORDABLE UNITS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, PRIMARILY FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND IT COINCIDES WITH OUR OWN POLICY TO BUILD HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ON CITY PROPERTY.
SO I WAS NOTIFIED ON AUGUST FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND, ABOUT THE, UM, EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH.
AND, UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT DURING THE TIME WE DISCUSSED THE POLICY FOR, UM, EXPENDITURES, I MENTIONED THAT THERE'S ALWAYS SHORT TIMELINES THAT COME UP.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOME THINGS THAT COME UP THAT DON'T ALLOW US TIME TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL.
SO, UH, THE EXPENDITURES, I BELIEVE TOTAL WERE 600.
LET ME LEMME PULL IT UP JUST SO I AM NOT, UM, 44 6 46 41 MM-HMM.
AND, UM, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS CARFARE AND, UM, MIGHT HAVE HAD A BURRITO IN THE AIRPORT.
SO, UM, I DO BELIEVE IT WAS AN IMPORTANT MEETING.
WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED, UM, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE.
THEY WERE ANYWHERE FROM SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, OUR OWN CARRA ATTENDED OVER ZOOM.
UM, SO THAT IT WAS A VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENT INTENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND UTILIZING PUBLIC LANDS TO DO SO.
UM, UH, SO I, I DID ASK OUR, UH, CITY, CITY MANAGER, UM, UH, FOR IT.
AND, UH, AND SO THAT'S HOW IT WAS CHARGED.
AND I WENT AHEAD AND ATTENDED THAT, UH, A WEEK AND A HALF AFTER, UH, I WAS NOTIFIED.
AND SO I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD CONFERENCE.
I DO BELIEVE I DID A, A REPORT ON IT.
AND I DO THINK IT IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
AND, AND I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S THE QUESTION ON WAS IT A, YOU KNOW, A CONFERENCE OR NOT, BUT IT STILL HAS TO COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON THE LIST.
AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S THE PART THAT GOT LEFT OFF.
AND UH, AND I'M NOT TOO SURE IF THERE WAS EVER A 1234 REPORT ON THAT.
SO I THINK, UH, THAT WAS THE OTHER THING WHICH YOU JUST KIND OF MADE JUST NOW.
UM, AND WHICH THAT'S WHY STATE LAW, WE HAVE TO DO THOSE WHENEVER ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL IS, UM,
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GOING TO A CONFERENCE OR TRAVELING AND DOES IT ON THE JURISDICTION'S DIME AND WHATEVER IT IS, WHETHER IT'S A SANDAG OR CITY OR WHATEVER IT IS.UM, SO THOSE, THOSE HAVE TO BE DONE.
THEY EITHER HAVE TO BE DONE IN WRITING OR A WRITTEN REPORT, OR THEY CAN BE DONE ORALLY AT A PUBLIC MEETING.
SO THAT WAS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A DISCONNECT.
SO WHEN IT CAME ON THE MUNI SYSTEM TO PAY FOR IT, YOU CAN'T AUTHORIZE AND THE PAYMENT IS THE PAYMENT TO THE CREDIT CARD.
ACTUALLY, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T AUTHORIZE IT WHEN THE EVENT HASN'T BEEN AUTHORIZED ACCORDING TO THE POLICY.
AND THAT JUST MEANS BRING IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, THAT EXPLANATION AND FOLLOWING THE PROCESS.
UM, BUT, UM, LIKE I SAID, REPRESENTATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, WE CANNOT LEAD BY US ALONE.
AND, UM, I THINK IF THIS IS A SHORT NOTICE AND IT IS TO OUR, UH, DECISION IF WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THIS EXPENSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU BRINGING IT TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE AGENDA, IT, IT'S JUST RIGHT.
UM, AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE, IT'S, IT'S OUT OF ORDER TO MAKE A COMMENT AND MAKE A MOTION.
SO MAYBE I'LL MAKE THAT, IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME MOVE TO APPROVE, UM, THIS, UM, THIS EXPENSE OF, UH, 8.7, SECOND OF A SECOND.
AND, UH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW AND WE NEED TO FOLLOW IT.
AND, AND INDEED SOME THINGS HAPPEN LATE.
WE'VE HAD THE SAME THING AT SWEETWATER AUTHORITY WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP LATE, BUT WE BRING IT UP AT THE NEXT MEETING AND DO THE APPROVAL OF IT.
AND SO, SO THAT IT'S ON THE RECORD AND WE MAKE OUR REPORTS OUT, SAME THING AND NONE.
AND THAT'S WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE.
AND SO, AND SO WHAT WE NEED, AND I'LL MAKE A QUOTE FROM BEFORE, IS THAT WHAT WE NEED HERE IS CONSISTENCY AND BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE IN THE TAXPAYERS IN NATIONAL CITY DESERVE IT.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS WHENEVER WE ARE DOING TRAVEL OR ANYTHING ELSE ALONG THAT LINE.
AND I, I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A, A CLOSE LOOK AT THE, THE USE OF, UM, AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT ITEM, BUT IF THE CREDIT CARDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, A CLOSE LOOK ON HOW THAT'S HOW THAT'S DONE.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, INSTEAD OF PUTTING IN AN INVOICE, WE ARE, AND THEREFORE GETTING IT APPROVED TO SPIN IT, WE JUST GO AND SPIN IT WITH THE CREDIT CARD AND THEN THE BILL COMES LATER AND THEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO APPROVE IT AFTER THE FACT.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF A BACKWARDS WAY OF DOING THINGS.
SO WAS THERE A POLICY VIOLATION? IS THAT CITY MANAGER OR CITY ATTORNEY? CAN YOU COMMENT? SO WAS OUR POLICY VIOLATED IN THIS PROCESS? ACCORDING TO THE POLICY FOR YOU TO BE, UH, REIMBURSED FOR CONFERENCES? THE CONFERENCES HAVE TO BE ON THE APPROVED LIST.
IF THEY'RE NOT ON THE APPROVED LIST, THEN THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THE, THE CONFERENCE.
SO, UM, THE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS FOR, SO THINGS DO COME UP, I THINK THAT WE AS A COUNCIL SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE ABOUT THAT.
SO THIS CONFERENCE WAS AUGUST WHEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.
JOSE, WHEN DID YOU, YOU SAID AUGUST 2ND? AUGUST 2ND.
WAS ANY OF THE COUNCIL NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT? 'CAUSE THAT WAS AUGUST 2ND.
SO WHEN WERE WE NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT? ABOUT, ABOUT THIS? UM, I DON'T THINK I NOTIFIED THE MAYOR COUNCIL ABOUT THIS.
FIR FIRST TIME I KNEW ABOUT IT WAS LAST WEEK WHEN IT SHOWED UP ON MUNI, OR WHICH IS OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.
SO, UM, BUT IT WAS BUT IT WAS YOUR CREDIT CARD, IS IT THAT PAID FOR IT, CORRECT.
SO, UM, SO MY ISSUE IS THAT WAS IN AUGUST AND NOW IT'S, UM, NOW IT'S OCTOBER.
SO, UM, AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT.
SO AGAIN, I'M OKAY WITH THE FLEXIBILITY, BUT WE HAD COUNCIL MEETINGS IN AUGUST WHERE WE COULD HAVE, UM, BROUGHT THIS UP AND IT HAVE BEEN SHORT TIME.
UH, MY QUESTION, JOSE, SO LAST, UH, MEETING THAT WE HAD, YOU VOTED AGAINST, UM, AS SENDING COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA AND, UH, RON'S, UH, UH, MAYOR MORRISON'S, UM, UH, STAFF JOSIE.
SO WHY, WHY DID YOU, LIKE I'M TRYING, I'M ALSO LOOKING FOR CONSISTENCY HERE TOO.
SO WHY DID YOU VOTE AGAINST THAT? WHY, WHY DID YOU OPPOSE THAT? YEAH, SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP.
I DID OPPOSE IT BECAUSE, UM, IT WASN'T CLEAR WHAT THE INTENT OF ATTENDING A CONFERENCE WAS THAT WAS NOT PRE-APPROVED.
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AND I THINK THAT, UM, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM THE ASSISTANT.WE DID HEAR FROM THE MAYOR ABOUT THE AS ASSIST THE ASSISTANCE'S ATTENDANCE, BUT IT WASN'T CLEAR WHAT THE INTENT OF A ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE WAS.
UM, THIS VERY CLEAR, IT'S ABOUT BUILDING HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ON PUBLIC LAND.
AND SO, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA BE NICKEL AND DIMMING THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE SHOULD BE, THEN WE SHOULD SCRUTINIZE ALL THE EXPENSES INCLUDING THIS ONE.
SO I'M OKAY WITH US VOTING EITHER WAY, BUT, UM, UH, THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I VOTED AGAINST IT.
THERE WAS NO CLARITY OR CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDANCE.
WELL, SO, UM, I MEAN, JUST THE CONTENT OF THE CONFERENCE I THINK IS LEGITIMATE.
UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER, HE BEAR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THIS.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS COME UP WHERE WE AREN'T NOTIFIED ABOUT, UM, EXPENDITURES OR IT'S, I FEEL THAT, UM, WHEN WE SET A POLICY, SOMETIMES YOU CITY MANAGER TAKE A DECISION TO JUST APPROVE THINGS.
AND, AND I'VE, I'VE SAID THIS TO YOU BEFORE, SOMETIMES I DON'T FEEL THAT I'M BEING TREATED WITH THE SAME RESPECT, NOT NECESSARILY FOR YOU, BUT EVEN, UH, STAFF PERIOD.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR DISTRICT BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, I, I REQUESTED A STAFFER AND I GOT, I GOT HURDLES AND BARRIERS PUT IN FRONT OF ME.
SO THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, CONSISTENCY.
SO JUST PLEASE BE AWARE OF THAT NEXT TIME BECAUSE I THINK THIS SHOULD HAVE CAME BEFORE US IN, IN AUGUST.
SO I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF, OF, UM, APPROVING THIS, BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE TO BE, UM, MORE, MORE CONSISTENT ON THE, ON THESE POLICIES.
I, I WILL SAY ONE THING, UM, AND THEN I'LL LET, UH, THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, I THINK SHE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SAID THAT IT WAS NOT CLEAR, I THINK IF ANYONE LISTED THE TAPE, WE WANT AG NAUSEUM ON WHY THE ATTENDANCE WITH THE, UH, SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND GOING WITH THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFFS DOWN TO MEXICO CITY FOR THIS, UH, THIS CONFERENCE.
UH, WHY IT, WHY IT SHOULD BE DONE.
AND UH, AND AFTER ALL OF THAT AG NAUSEUM THAT WE WENT IN THROUGH ON ALL THAT STUFF, THE VERY, AND, AND, UH, REMEMBER RODRIGUEZ MADE A LOT OF QUOTES.
HE MENTIONED A LOT OF QUOTES FROM OTHER PEOPLE, BUT I'M GONNA MENTION HIS VERY LAST QUOTE IN THAT MEETING.
I'M OKAY WITH YOU ALL ATTENDING.
SO, UH, BUT ANYWAY, REMEMBER IMANI, UM, THAT, UH, CONFERENCE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN I THINK IT'S, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CONFERENCE FOR US, UM, HERE IN THE SOUTH BAY REGION.
I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA HAD EXPLAINED HER POSITION AS WELL AS THE POSITION OF WHY OUR MAYOR WAS TAKING, UM, HIS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
UM, BUT THIS ONE, UM, MR. MAYOR, CAN YOU JUST PLEASE CALL IT, OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, COULD YOU PUT, THERE YOU GO.
WHO WAS THE SECOND ON THAT? COUNCIL MEMBER.
MOTION APPROVED BY FOUR TO ONE VOTE.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE WENT THROUGH THIS SO WE ALL KNOW KIND, WE ALL KNOW THE THINGS THAT WE VOTED ON AS FAR AS THE RULES FOR DOING THIS AND, YOU KNOW, AND HOW WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
AND AS I SAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE BETWEEN BOTH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND OUR CITY MANAGER, THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR, UH, CREDIT CARD POLICY, UH, WHAT, WHAT ALREADY IS ON THE BOOKS, AND, AND THEN IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY ADJUSTMENTS WITH THAT, WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS 8.8.
[8.8 Warrant Register #7 for the period of 8/9/24 through 8/15/24 in the amount of $2,564,874.14]
AND THIS IS, UH, WARRANT REGISTRY NUMBER SEVEN AND, UH, FROM THE PERIOD OF EIGHT NINE THROUGH, UH, EIGHT 15 AND ON HERE.UM, AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS, THOMAS REICH.
HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU COUNSEL? UH, MY THING IS I LEARNED HOW TO USE TO READ THE REGISTER THROUGH MR THROUGH CITY MANAGER MARTINEZ JOAN, THE LAW, THE NATIONAL CITY LIBRARY AND THE
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NATIONAL CITY LITERACY CLUB.AND I'VE READ THE REGISTER AND I'VE SEEN THE THINGS THAT, THAT DO IT, THAT ARE, UH, THAT CALLED, THAT CAME TO MY ATTENTION.
AND THE ONE WAS COUNCILMAN BUSH'S $600 FOR THE RENTAL CAR IN ALBUQUERQUE.
AND, WELL, I DUNNO THAT, THAT'S JUST THE NEXT ONE WAS THE VEGETATION REMOVAL FOR 75,000, THE SWEETWATER BIKEWAY FOR 97,000.
NOW IS THAT BIKEWAY FOR THE, IS THAT BIKEWAY, THE BY THE SWEET, BY THE SWEETWATER RIVER? IS THAT THAT, OR IS THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? IF IT IS, IT'S, I'M NOT, THAT'S IT.
AND THE OTHER THING, THE OTHER THING IS, IS THE CHARTER MEMBER AGENCY FEE FOR $80,000.
AND, AND, UH, A WARRANT REGISTER FOR 26,000 FOR CHEN RYAN ASSOCIATES FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AND THE ANOTHER ONE WAS 280,000 FOR THE GREEN GREEN BELT.
AND THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE ONLY THINGS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO 'EM, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
WE CAN, WE CAN GET A RESPONSE TO YOU.
WHAT WE CAN GET, UM, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THOSE? THE SWEETWATER BIKEWAY? I DIDN'T THAT THE 30TH STREET PROJECT, I WOULD IMAGINE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A DETAILED ANSWER.
I WAS TRYING TO TAKE NOTES AS TO WHICH ONES THEY ARE, BUT I, I'D BE HAPPY TO RESPOND.
UM, LATER I CORRECT SWEETWATER BIKEWAY.
THAT IS THE, THE PROJECT THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED ON 30TH TO SWEETWATER ROAD.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU HIS CONTACT INFORMATION.
UH, TRUTH, I DIDN'T NEED TO SPEAK ON THAT LAST ITEM.
YOU GUYS CALL EACH OTHER ENOUGH.
YOU DIDN'T NEED MY HELP,
ALWAYS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER.
ETHICS ARE REQUIRED IN ANY SPENDING, SUCH AS THIS ITEM.
BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THEIR OWN ETHICS, NATURALLY, YOU HAVE TO REEL 'EM IN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT SHOULDN'T BE NECESSARY.
IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THIS THE RIGHT THING TO DO? OR THE WRONG THING TO DO? VERY, VERY SIMPLE.
7.3 MILLION TOTAL SPENDING ON ONE WEEK FOR THE CITY.
I'M WONDERING, IS THAT SECURITY CAMERAS OR IS THAT IN HERE? IT COULD BE ANYWHERE.
THE 97,000 FOR THE SWEETWATER ROAD BIKE.
WE HOPE SOMEBODY'S GONNA ACTUALLY USE IT.
'CAUSE IF NOT, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY.
UH, WHY DOES DEUS LIKE PLANTS SO MUCH ABOUT $70 WORTH OF PLANTS FOR HER OFFICE?
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T EVEN SAY THAT WITH ANY, UH, NEGATIVITY BECAUSE MY OWN MOTHER'S A BIG FAN OF PLANTS.
MARCUS GOT GET WELL CARDS AND FLOWERS FOR ABOUT 49 BUCKS FROM THETA SUPERMARKET.
BUT A $15 CARD, REALLY? 'CAUSE I JUST BOUGHT A REALLY COOL LOCAL ARTIST MADE BIRTHDAY CARD AT A HIPSTER MEXICAN ART SHOP FOR ONLY $6.
YOU NEED TO START DISCOUNT, GET SOME DISCOUNTS.
'CAUSE 15 IS JUST WAY OVERPRICED.
AND IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE A PERSONAL EXPENSE, NOT A CITY BUSINESS EXPENSE.
NO MATTER HOW NICE A GESTURE, NOBODY ELSE BENEFITED FROM THAT CARD.
BUT ONE PERSON, MAYBE TWO MAX, THE HR INTERVIEWS ON JULY 24TH ORDERED $230 IN CHIPOTLE AND $54 IN EINSTEIN'S BAGELS.
$60 IN PLAZA DONUTS IS LISTED AS A SAN DIEGO CITY DAY MEAL.
217, EITHER BURRITOS OR FRIES FROM BROS AND FRIES.
UH, 8,245 FOR HALF THE COST OF A DETEST BANNER.
A BANNER FOR, WHAT IS THAT? TO BE LIKE THE CORRUPT SUPER MAYOR TIFFANY.
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE IT THROUGH.
AKA, IS IT BIG ENOUGH? IS IT A BIG ENOUGH BANNER TO COVER AN ENTIRE BUILDING? THAT'S THE REAL QUESTION.
AND THE BRAVE FIREFIGHTERS, THEY WENT TO THE THOMPSON FIRE AID AT CARLS JR'S.
DENNY'S IN AND OUT, ROBERTOS, BJ'S, LARSONS AND STARBUCKS.
I'M GONNA SAY THEY SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO UP THEIR EATING GAME WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
SO I'M JUST GONNA REPEAT IT AGAIN, JUST SO WE'RE ALL VERY CLEAR IN THE FUTURE.
AND NOW IN THE PRESENT AND 50 YEARS FROM NOW,
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ALL THESE NICKELS AND DIMES DO NOT BELONG TO ANY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR.AND SO WHEN YOU, BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK OF SPENDING IT, YOU GOTTA THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES LIKE AN ADULT.
UH, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE ON 8.80.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, RESPOND REALLY QUICK.
SO THE, UH, TRIP TO ALBUQUERQUE, WE'VE ADDRESSED BEFORE, BUT THAT WAS A LOWRIDER CONFERENCE.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY POLICE RELATIONS COMMISSIONER THAT ATTENDED AS WELL.
SO THAT INCLUDED RIDES FOR, UM, ALL OF THEM.
UH, AND, AND THE GAS, UM, THE, UM, THE CARD, I, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN A AL CHECK.
I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS A CARD ITSELF, BUT IT WAS A GIFT SHOP.
AND THAT WAS FOR ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO WAS, UH, ASSAULTED, UM, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
AND WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, UM, GIVEN FLOWERS, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, CARDS.
AND SO I THINK IT WAS THE FLOWER, UH, THE FLOWERS AND THE CARD, BUT THE CARD, I DON'T THINK WAS, UH, $15.
SO I COULD, I COULD DOUBLE, DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE THE SCRUTINY.
I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MONEY WE SPEND.
UM, AND, UH, WE CAN MAKE ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S VALID AND WHAT'S NOT.
I THINK, UH, SHOWING EMPLOYEES, UM, THAT WE, THAT WE LOVE THEM AND, AND WE CARE, UM, THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THAT'S A JUSTIFIABLE EXPENSE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY OPEN OTHER OPINIONS.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT HERE? I THOUGHT I SAW IT ON THEIR HAND OVER HERE.
I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THANK YOU FINANCE FOR ALL OF THE DETAIL IN THE MUNI REPORTS AND OUR WARRANT REGISTERS.
UH, WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION ON 8.8? WE ACCEPT SECOND.
OKAY, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[8.9 Warrant Register #8 for the period of 8/9/24 through 8/15/24 in the amount of $4,828,614.60]
WARRANT REGISTRY.I JUST READ THE, I READ THE, UH, ARTICLE IN THE, IN THE, UH, NO, LET'S SEE.
I READ IT IN THE, UH, PDF AND IT SAID THAT THE, IT SAID THAT THE MEDIUM PRICE, THE MEDIUM INCOME EXPECTED FOR THAT NEW TOWER WAS 121,000.
MAKING 121,000 A YEAR ARE, ARE IN NATIONAL CITY.
THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE.
YOUR, YEAH, YOUR, YOUR COMMENT THERE WAS ON NINE ONE NOT, OKAY, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THAT ONE HERE IN A MOMENT.
UH, AND I JUST SEE IF YOU PUT IN, YEAH, YOU PUT IN A SLIP FOR NINE ONE ALSO, BUT YOU PUT ONE IN FOR THE REGISTRY ON NINE, UH, 8.9.
COULD I HAVE A MOTION ON 8.9? THE WART REGISTRY MOVED TO APPROVE MR. MAYOR.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, WE ARE NOW GONNA GET INTO STAFF REPORTS, BUT BEFORE I DO WE DO THAT, I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
PADRES BRAVES PADRE'S FOUR TO NOTHING.
WE, WE DO HAVE PRIORITIES DURING OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS SOMETIMES.
[9.1 Development and Disposition Agreement with Tower 999, LLC, for a Mixed-Use Housing Project Including City-Owned Real Property Located at 921, 925, and 929 National City Blvd.]
9.1.UH, THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT DISPOSITION AGREEMENT WITH TOWER 9 9 9 FOR A MIXED USE HOUSING PROJECT, INCLUDING CITY OWED REAL ESTATE, LOCATED AT 9 21, 9 25, AND 9 29 NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD.
UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
CARLOS AGUIRE, DIRECTOR OF, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
UH, TONIGHT I WILL DO, UH, VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THIS PROJECT AT WHICH WE'VE PRESENTED BEFORE.
UM, WE DO HAVE TWO ACTION ITEMS. ONE IS FOR THE DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT IS THE, UH, APPROVAL OF A COMPENSATION AGREEMENT WITH ALL THE AFFECTED TAXED ENTITIES.
SINCE THIS WAS A, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION THAT CITY OWNED WAS A SUCCESSOR AGENCY, PARCEL OR PARCELS.
UH, ALSO AFTER THE PRESENTATION, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, WILL SAW HOLT ON OUR,
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ON WORKING ON THE CITY SIDE, OUR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT WITH COSMO TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.AND WE WILL, UH, HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE DEVELOPER, CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, REPRESENTED BY CYRUS OR OPINION.
UM, I DO HAVE, OH, WELL, I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH A PRESENTATION.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, THE CITY OWNED PARCEL SINCE, SINCE 2017.
AT ONE POINT, WE HAD AN RFP, THEN WE WORKED THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE TO DEVELOP, UH, STUDENT HOUSING ON THE SITE.
HOWEVER, UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, UH, THE FUNDING FOR STUDENT HOUSING HAS, UH, DWINDLED OVER THE YEARS.
AND SO THE COM, THE, UH, SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE COULD NOT MAKE A LONGER TERM COMMITMENT UNTIL THAT FUNDING AGAIN BECOMES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE BUDGET.
UH, IN 2020, THE DEVELOPER TOWER 9 9 9 APPROACHED THE CITY ABOUT, UM, INCLUDING THE CITY OWNED PARCELS AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
AND IN JANUARY OF 2023, WE BROUGHT TO YOU AN ENA, AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT, UH, FOR NEGOTIATIONS OF THE DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT YOU HAVE, UH, WITH IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
UM, THE PROPOSED PROJECT CONCEPT HAS NOT CHANGED.
IT IS, IT'S STILL MADE UP OF 127 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, UH, WITH, UH, NO ONSITE PARKING RETAIL COMMERCIAL OF ABOUT 9,300 SQUARE FEET, UH, WITH THREE PARKING SPACES.
THE AMENITIES INCLUDE A LAUNDRY ROOM AND LARGE CENTRAL PLAZA ON THE FOURTH FLOOR, INCLUDING A ROOFTOP TERRACE.
UH, THE DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, LAYS OUT, UM, ALL OF THE CONDITIONS TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE, UH, STAFF AND REPRESENTATION OF THAT AGREEMENT FEELS COMFORTABLE, UH, CLOSING ESCROW AND TRANSFERRING THE PROPERTY.
WE DO, WE WOULD REQUIRE A REGULATORY AGREEMENT FOR THE AFFORDABILITY OF, OF, UH, 40% OF THE UNITS, SOME WHICH ARE AT 60% A MI AND OTHERS AT 50% A MI.
UM, THE DEVELOPER DOES HAVE A DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD THROUGH JUNE 30TH TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY, THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THEY, UH, WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY AND THEY'RE, THEY WILL BE PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AS IS THE CITY MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO COVER ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL.
SO ALL OF THE COSTS WILL BE BORNE BY THE DEVELOPER FROM NOW ON.
WE EXPECT, UH, THE PROJECT TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS THE CLOSING DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 31ST.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY, UH, CAN PULL THE AGREEMENT IF, UH, WE DO, ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH, UH, THEIR PROGRESS AND OBTAINING, UH, FINANCING OR, UH, WORKING TOWARDS BUILDING, UH, PERMITS THROUGH THEIR DESIGN.
UM, AND THAT IS IT, AND WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, NO QUESTIONS FIRST.
UH, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE, UH, THOMAS REICH WHO I THINK ALREADY MADE HIS COMMENTS, AND WE CAN ATTRIBUTE THOSE TO THIS.
UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE CYRUS, UH, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF NEEDED.
UM, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CONCERNS ON THIS, AND A LOT OF IT GOES UP TO THE STATE LEVEL.
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 127 UNITS, UH, WITH ZERO PARKING, AND ALSO THEN WITH 10,000 SQUARE FOOT OF, OR YOU WERE SAYING NINE WHAT, 9,300 PLUS OR MINUS, IT SAYS, UH, OF COMMERCIAL WITH THREE PARKING SPACES.
UM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THAT THAT KIND OF, THAT WORKS IN SOME REALLY HIGHLY DEVELOPED DOWNTOWN AREAS WHERE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC, YOU HAVE, UH, A LOT OF ALREADY BUILDUP.
I'M JUST NOT TOO SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO, WHAT KIND OF AN EFFECT THAT'S GONNA HAVE IN THE DOWNTOWN WITH THE, WITH THE AMOUNT OF BUILDUP THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LOOKING OVER THE NEXT, REALIZING HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DO THESE.
UM, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE, THIS COULDN'T REALLY EVEN BE BUILT WITHIN THE NEXT, PROBABLY TAKE AT LEAST FIVE YEARS BEFORE WE'D ACTUALLY SEE IT IF EVERYTHING WENT, WENT WELL.
UM, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR CONCERN WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WHOLE IDEA OF TRANSPORTATION AND EVERYTHING,
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UH, AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IN THAT SHORT TIME PERIOD, THAT'S A REALLY QUICK EVOLUTION.UM, SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A, TO ME, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A LEGITIMATE CONCERN THAT THE COMMUNITY'S GONNA HAVE.
UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH IT AT THIS STAGE, UH, WITH WHERE WE'RE AT IN NEGOTIATIONS.
UH, OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE STUDENT HOUSING.
THE PROJECT THAT TOWER 9 9 9 IS PROPOSING, DOES THAT INCLUDE STUDENT HOUSING? IT MAY INCLUDE STUDENT HOUSING.
IF, UH, SOUTHWESTERN CO, UH, COLLEGE IS ABLE TO, UH, ONE, IF THEY, IF ONE, IF THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR STUDENT HOUSING, A SUBSIDY WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO, UH, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.
UH, SO THEY CAN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE.
HOWEVER, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE BECAUSE AT THE MOMENT, THERE IS NO FUNDING TO APPLY FOR.
UM, AND THEN I DO RECALL, UM, THIS ITEM FROM THE PAST THAT THE, THE MAJORITY OF THESE UNITS ARE ACTUALLY RATHER SMALL.
THEY'RE LIKE STUDIO SIZED UNITS, WHICH IS WHY I THOUGHT, OKAY, THAT IS IDEAL FOR STUDENT HOUSING.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT DOES COME TOGETHER GIVEN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE TYPE OF POPULATION THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, UM, WORK WITH WHAT THEY'RE GIVEN, WHICH IS NO PARKING, YOU KNOW, THE TROLLEY IS NEARBY, SO MAYBE THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE THE TROLLEY TO DESTINATIONS THEY NEED TO GO TO.
OR IF THEY ARE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, GOING ALL THE WAY TO UCSD OR HERE, JUST ACROSS THE STREET, SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE IS THERE.
SO, UM, YEAH, I, I, I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT WITH THAT FOCUS FOR STUDENT HOUSING, UM, GIVEN THOSE REASONS.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, CARLOS, ONE LAST TIME.
CAN YOU REMIND US ABOUT THE DEADLINE WHERE NATIONAL CITY IS NOT, IF NATIONAL CITY IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE FUNDING, UM, THEN NATIONAL CITY CAN SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA CONTINUE WAITING ON YOU.
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THERE? YEAH, SO THE, THE CLOSING DATE IS SET FOR DECEMBER, UH, 31ST OF 2025.
SO THAT GIVES US A YEAR AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR A MONTH OR SO.
UM, THE, UH, THEY DO HAVE A DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD.
THEY'LL BE DOING ENVIRONMENTAL WORK.
UH, I'M SURE THEY'LL NEED TO, UH, WORK ON PROJECT DESIGN IN ORDER TO MEET THAT DEADLINE.
BUT IF, UH, WE'RE NOT SATISFIED FOR THE PRO WITH THE PROGRESS, SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE BY THAT DATE, WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, COUNSEL THE DISPOSITION AGREEMENT.
WOULD THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT, LIKE TO, UH, COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING? I KNOW YOU PUT IN A SLIP, RON, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, REGARDING, UM, I GUESS I WANNA ADDRESS THE, UH, PARKING ISSUE, UM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO BEST FOR DIRECTOR CARLOS AGUIRE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT, BECAUSE IT IS, UH, THE COMFORT LEVEL THAT WE HAVE IS THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF PROJECTS UNDER BILL 29 AND SEVEN, I BELIEVE, ALLOWS US TO NOT HAVE PARKING.
HOWEVER, I WANNA GIVE YOU GUYS COMFORT BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE SAME CONCERN THAT YOU GUYS DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, AS MENTIONED HERE WITH SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE FUNDING BEING, UH, NOT AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PLAN THAT WE WERE PURSUING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WANTED, UH, WAS PULLED OUT OF US.
UM, AND IF THAT COMES BACK TO THE TABLE, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO REALLY GET BACK INTO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AGREEMENT AND DISCUSSION.
UH, HOWEVER, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE IN VERY MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS FOR PARKING ALTERNATIVES.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT IN LIBERTY TO SHARE THE DETAILS OF THOSE, UH, ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE, UH, THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS.
SO THEY'RE NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT CONCRETE YET.
AND I DON'T WANNA PRE-AMP A A CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSIONS, AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
BUT THESE ARE, IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANNA ASSURE YOU BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE.
AND AT THIS POINT, I THINK, UH, GIVEN THE TIMEFRAME, WE HAVE THE EN ENOUGH TIME, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SOLUTION FOR PARKING BY THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK, UH, TO FINALIZE, UH, THE AGREEMENT, UH, FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND.
SO, QUESTIONS FOR ANYTHING COMMENT, MR. KEVIN? YES.
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CYRUS.UM, BUT 20 17, 7 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
AND, UM, BUT I BELIEVE THE TEAM OF, UH, DIRECTOR GIRE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LOOKED INTO ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND, AND THE, THE TEAM THAT, UM, THE CONSULTANTS THAT WAS BROUGHT IN, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT TO COME TO FRUITION.
I UNDERSTAND YOU STILL HAVE A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M MEAN, I, FOR ONE PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE THAT, UM, CORNER TO REALLY LOOK, YOU KNOW, I'M IN, YOU KNOW, I'M IN A BETTER PLACE FOR YOU, FOR ME,
SO, UM, IN MY MICHAEL JACKSON VOICE
UM, BUT, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT, UM, THIS DDA WILL MAKE YOU NOW REALLY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WORK HARD TO, UM, MAKE YOUR, YOU KNOW, I'M IN YOUR DREAM TOWER 9, 9, 9, COME TO FRUITION.
I, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M IN THE, UH, HOUSING, YOU KNOW, I'M IN ART COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
I ASKED HIM EARLIER, DO YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT JUMPS HERE IN THIS DDA? AND HE SAID, NO, IT'S VERY TIGHT.
UM, WE, UM, CHECKED, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING CROSS OUR TS DOTTED OUR I'S.
AND SO NOW THAT THEY HAVE THEIR, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT, AND YOU'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD SUCCESSFULLY.
THANK YOU, MR. CYRUS, FOR, YOU KNOW, BELIEVING THAT YOU CAN STILL DO THIS.
AND, UH, WE HOPE TO SEE A BUILDING THERE SOONER.
SO ACTUALLY, UH, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE, UH, CITY STAFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED, UH, WE REALLY STARTED THIS PROCESS, UH, OCTOBER OF 2020.
SO WE'RE ENTERING TODAY, OUR FOURTH YEAR.
UM, AND THIS IS, THERE'S, THERE'S A HURDLE IN THIS PROJECT, UM, EVERY MONTH, EVERY QUARTER, UH, THAT ALWAYS FORCES US TO, UH, TO RETHINK EVERYTHING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS JOKING AROUND WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, UH, I THINK I STARTED THIS.
I HAD BLACK HAIR, SO NOW I HAVE GRAY HAIR.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO I USED TO DRINK COFFEE.
BUT, UM, BOTTOM LINE IS, UH, NO MATTER WHAT HURDLE HAS BEEN, UH, PUT UP IN FRONT OF US, UH, I THINK WE'VE DECIDED INTERNALLY THIS IS A PROJECT WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE UP ON.
UM, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY WE ALL WANNA SEE A GREAT PROJECT IN THAT, UH, IN THAT CORNER.
UH, WE HAVE HIRED, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BEST ARCHITECTS, UH, THAT WAS JUST, UH, HERE, UM, UH, JOE MARTINEZ.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE A, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A, A GREAT TEAM.
UM, YOU KNOW, STARTING IN 2020, WE WERE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS AND INVESTORS, AND PEOPLE REALLY BELIEVED IN US.
WE'VE DONE, I THINK, AN EXCELLENT JOB IN SELLING THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
AND PEOPLE ALL THE WAY TO EAST TO THE EAST COAST HAVE BELIEVED IN THIS PROJECT, HAVE BELIEVED IN THE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, AS, AS HARD AS IT IS, AND THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT AT, AT, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
UH, YOU KNOW, LET ME ASSURE YOU AGAIN, I MEAN, WE'RE, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING UP.
WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO SEE IT THROUGH.
UM, THERE'S ALWAYS CHALLENGES, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF IT.
BUT WE'LL SEE SOMETHING, WE WILL SEE A GREAT PROJECT THERE SOONER THAN LATER.
SO, RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, CYRUS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND, UM, YOUR GROUP OF INVESTORS FOR CHOOSING NATIONAL CITY.
UM, UH, DEVELOPERS USUALLY GIVE UP IN THE FIRST YEAR AND TRY TO MOVE ON TO A NEW VENTURE IF THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE.
SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR, UM, WANTING TO MAKE THIS WORK IN NATIONAL CITY SPECIFIC.
UM, I DO HAVE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME THINGS I DISAGREE WITH, UH, WHICH I'VE STATED VOCALLY MANY TIMES OVER, UM, UH, ONE OF WHICH IS THE POINT OF SALE FOR THE PUBLIC PROPERTY.
UM, AND I THINK WE PASSED THE POLICY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TO, UM, SELL OR TO STOP SELLING CITY LAND AND BUILDING HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ON, BUT WHEN WE DID PASS THAT POLICY, WE, WE MENTIONED THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AND WE WERE ALREADY IN NEGOTIATION WITH YOU.
SO IT WAS NOT PART OF THAT POLICY.
UM, ULTIMATELY, I THINK, UM, WE NEED DEVELOPERS THAT WANT, THAT UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITY, AND WANNA DEVELOP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THE TENACITY THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN, ESPECIALLY THE DISREGARD THAT YOU WERE GIVEN EARLY ON IN THIS PROCESS, UH, TO ME, SPEAKS WONDERS.
AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WANTING TO SEE THIS THROUGH.
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I STILL HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS, BUT ALL IN ALL, UH, DEVELOPERS LIKE YOU ARE THE TYPE WE NEED IN NATIONAL CITY, AND THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN US, AND THANK YOU FOR STAFF, FOR BEING SO DILIGENT IN THIS PROCESS AND HAVING A TON OF CONVERSATIONS WITH US BACK AND FORTH.UM, BUT ULTIMATELY WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEVELOP IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING BACK AT, UH, DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PAST ON PUBLIC LAND, WE ARE GETTING A LOT MORE, IF THIS PROJECT'S MOVES FORWARD, A LOT MORE AFFORDABILITY FOR US, UM, IN, IN, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BELIEVING, UM, I, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
SO, UH, THANK YOU, UH, CYRUS, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK.
AND LIKE EVERYONE SAID, THIS HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING AND REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF'S FLEXIBILITY.
AND I AGREE WITH MY, UH, COLLEAGUE JOSE HERE THAT, UH, UM, HOME, HOME OWNERSHIP AND CONDOS IS IDEAL, UM, JUST GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
UH, ALSO, IT'S A LOCATION RIGHT NEXT TO SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE, SO THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT HOUSING, WHICH WOULD MAKE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR SALE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING.
BUT, UM, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE FLEXIBILITY.
I KNOW YOU TRY TO LOOK AT THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST TRYING TO SEE IF THAT CONCEPT WOULD WORK.
UM, AND, UH, I, I, I HEAR YOU MAYOR ABOUT PARKING.
THERE'S ALWAYS, UM, GOING TO BE RESIDENT, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT PARKING.
SO, AND I, AND I KNOW, UH, THERE, THERE HOPEFULLY IS A DEAL IN THE WORKS WITH THE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE THAT HAS A BIG PARKING GARAGE.
MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER SHARED PARKING SOLUTIONS WE COULD DO.
BUT PLEASE, LET'S REMEMBER EVERYONE, THAT WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS, NOT A PARKING CRISIS, AND PARKING IS, UH, IDEAL, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT, THAT, THAT SITE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY CHALLENGED.
AND I THINK IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE PARKING, IT INCREASE THE COST AND DIRECTLY DECREASES THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ON THAT SITE.
SO, AGAIN, PARKING'S IMPORTANT, BUT WE HAVE A HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, UM, AND WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PRIORITIES.
BUT OTHERWISE, UH, I, YOU KNOW, UH, THANKS AGAIN.
AND I, I DO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
ARE WE LOOKING FOR A MOTION? UM, I, I STILL HAVE A COPY.
UM, YEAH, A A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE THING IS PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS, AND I KNOW MR. UH, MR. REICH, UH, BROUGHT UP SAID, WELL, THESE AREN'T AFFORDABLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY, UH, THE PROBLEM WE HAVE TO REALIZE IS THERE IS A COST TO BUILDING THESE THINGS, AND YOU CAN'T SELL 'EM OR RENT THEM CHEAPER THAN IT COSTS YOU TO BUILD THEM.
BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? NO ONE WILL FINANCE YOU TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THEM, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE MARKET TO JUST THROW, THROW AWAY MONEY.
AND IT WOULD BE LIKE THIS DEAL OF SAYING THAT, UH, YOU WANT SOMEONE TO GIVE YOU MONEY TO GO DOWN TO THE MILE OF CARS AND BUY A WHOLE BUNCH OF CARS AT $30,000 A PIECE, AND, BUT TO RESELL 'EM IMMEDIATELY FOR $15,000 A PIECE, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA PUT UP THE MONEY TO DO THAT.
AND SO, UNLESS THERE'S HEAVY SUBSID AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THAT THERE'S NOT THAT KIND OF MONEY OUT THERE TO DO, REALLY, THE HEAVY SUBSID STATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO, AND THE, UH, UH, THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DOWN HERE ON THE, UH, THE Y TODD, THAT 200 AND WAS IT 201 UNITS? UH, YEAH, THAT WAS SUBSIDIZED WITH $58 MILLION OF PUBLIC MONEY.
SO IT CAME OUT TO OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS PER UNIT, AND THAT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
THAT NUMBER WOULD PROBABLY BE CLOSER TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT NOW, JUST TO MAKE 'EM AFFORDABLE.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT BECOMES PART OF THE, THE REALITY.
AND SO THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO THAT IS BY, YOU KNOW, FINDING A WAY TO BUILD THEM.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS HERE IS YOU DO AWAY WITH THE PARKING.
AND BECAUSE PARKING IS EXPENSIVE, UH, TO BUILD IN, WHETHER IT'S UNDERGROUND OR SEVERAL LAYERS OF PARKING ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
AND SO BY DOING AWAY WITH THAT, YOU CAN MAKE IT SO IT IS MORE AFFORDABLE.
AND THAT'S WITH A SMALL A AS OPPOSED TO A CAPITAL A AFFORDABLE, AND, UH, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ON THAT ONE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BILL THAT BASICALLY SAYS PROJECTS LIKE THIS CAN BE BUILT WITHOUT ANY PARKING AT ALL.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE DETAILS.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THEM SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME IN SACRAMENTO, WHICH HAS THIS DOWNTOWN AREA WITH ALL KIND OF TRANSPORTATION, EVERYTHING ELSE.
WHY? BECAUSE IT'S SACRAMENTO AND THEY CAN SPEND ALL THE STATE MONEY THERE TO DO ALL THIS STUFF THERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UH, THE REST OF THE CITIES DON'T GET THAT KIND OF MONEY TO DO THAT.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO GO ENTIRELY ON THAT EXCUSE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, NOT NECESSARILY THAT YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE PARKING IN YOUR
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DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT A PART OF THE DDA WAS, WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD BRING BACK AS A PART OF THAT DDA REALISTIC PARKING SOLUTIONS, WHICH COULD BE OFFSITE, DIFFERENT DEALS, WHETHER IF IT'S AN AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE OR WHATEVER ELSE, TO PROVIDE SOME PARKING INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, WE'RE GONNA BUILD THIS AND THERE'S JUST NO PARKING THERE, YOU KNOW, BUT COME UP WITH SOME REALISTIC SOLUTIONS AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THE WORD REALISTIC BECOMES, YOU KNOW, IN THE EYE OF THE HOLDER, BUT, BUT I, I THINK WE CAN ALL USE, YOU KNOW, SOME COMMON ADULT SENSE ON THAT.AND I SEE MR. AGIRI OVER HERE.
AND, AND THE LAST TWO YEARS OF, UH, TALKING TO MR. RAP OVER THE PHONE, THE FIRST WORD OUT OF MY MOUTH IN EVERY CONVERSATION IS THE P WORD PARKING AND HAVING CONSIDERATION FOR THAT.
AND I THINK THEY'RE MAKING AN EFFORT.
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF AB 2097, WE REALLY CAN'T PUSH IT AT ALL.
SO OUR HANDS ARE ABSOLUTELY TIED.
AND WITH REGARDS TO THE AFFORDABILITY QUESTION THAT WAS HAD, REMEMBER THIS IS A MIXED INCOME PROJECT, AND THERE ARE 40% OF UNITS THAT ARE GONNA BE DEEPLY SUBSIDIZED AT 50 AND 60% OF A MI.
SO THEY'RE WELL FAR FROM, UH, WHAT IS MARKET RATE OR WHAT CAN BE GONE WITH MARKET RATE.
AND FOR INSTANCE, UH, 30 20 26 OF THE UNITS, 25 OR 26 OF THE UNITS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR, UH, FAMILIES UNDER 75,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.
SO THERE ARE ABOUT HALF OF THIS PROJECT, 40% OF IT IS AFFORDABLE, AND THEY'RE MAKING OTHER COMMITMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT, UM, WE'VE PROVIDED AS A CITY TO PROVIDE AFFORDABILITY AS WELL.
AND, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, AND THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH ON THE DEAL BETWEEN THE 60% AND, AND 50% OF A MI, THE ONE THING REALIZING IS THAT YEAH, MOST OF THOSE, EVEN AT THE 50% ARE LIKE THE $75,000, UH, CATEGORY AS FAR AS HOW MUCH INCOME YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, THAT IS NOT GONNA INVOLVE ANY HOMELESS.
SO THIS WILL NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
UH, BUT IT, BUT IT WILL ACCOMMODATE MORE MIDDLE CLASS, UH, IN, IN THIS ONE.
UH, THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS I THINK THAT CAN DO OTHER, OTHER ISSUES, BUT, UH, I, I WOULD NOT SEE THIS AS A, AN ANSWER TO HOMELESSNESS, BUT IT MAY GIVE MORE MIDDLE CLASS WHAT MAY FREE UP SOME OTHER, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE CHEAPER OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT LET'S REMEMBER NOT JUST HOMELESS ON THE STREET, BUT THE HOMELESS THAT ARE SLEEPING TWO, THREE FAMILIES TO A HOUSE YES.
SO THAT, AND I THINK IT WOULD EXACTLY.
SO, UM, I DO THINK, 'CAUSE WE ARE EXPOSED IN THIS, YOU KNOW, REALM OF, UH, AFFORDABILITY HOUSING.
AND YOU CANNOT AFFORD AN APARTMENT.
UM, SO WE DO THINK THAT, THAT THAT IS WHAT, UH, THIS PROJECT WILL DO.
BUT IF I MAY END WITH THIS, I WA YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU GUYS THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I ARRIVED IN, IN UNITED STATES IN 1988, UH, IN MARCH OF 1988.
AND THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT I ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO, THE FIRST PLACE THAT I WENT TO IS NATIONAL CITY BECAUSE MY FAMILY BROUGHT ME WHERE THE FILIPINO FOOD, UH, IS GOING TO BE.
UM, SO BACK THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES THAT CANNOT AFFORD ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU LIVE WITH YOUR RELATIVES AND FAMILY.
THIS IS WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL DO.
SO THERE IS A, THIS NOTION BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PROJECT MM-HMM.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ARE A, A PRODUCT OF MM-HMM.
'CAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD ANY HOUSING.
SO THIS IS WHAT THE PROJECT WILL DO YEAH.
FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF 36 YEARS AGO.
SO BASED ON THAT, WE REQUEST FOR YOUR HELP TO HELP US BUILD THIS PROJECT.
SO, OKAY, LET ME PUT IN A REQUEST.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE IDEA THAT YOU'D BE WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF TO BRING FORWARD SOME REALISTIC PARKING SOLUTIONS THAT, THAT YOUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT WILL IMPACT? A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT.
WE'RE JUST, UH, UH, LOOKING INTO THESE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE GONNA BE REALISTIC AND, UH, RE REALLY GONNA SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
IF WE CAN INSERT THAT, I WOULD, I WOULD CERTAINLY AGREE.
UH, MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
AND, UM, TAKING A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT OUR HOUSING, UH, GOALS AND HOUSING ELEMENT AND OUR, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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CONSTRUCTION OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.UM, MR. ARA, CAN YOU JUST REMIND US, UM, HOW MUCH FUNDING DID WE PUT INTO THE COMMUNITY HOUSING WORKS, UH, DEVELOPMENT? UM, A FEW YEARS BACK WHERE HOUSING AUTHORITY FUND, UH, THE, UH, THE HIGHLAND, THE KIMBALL HIGHLAND MASTER PLAN PROJECT FOR 165 UNITS RECEIVED A SUBSIDY OF $11.8 MILLION.
IT'S FOR A TOTAL OF 9.2 MILLION.
AND SO COLLECTIVELY TO BUILD, UM, 240 AFFORDABLE UNITS, WE HAVE, UM, SPENT APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION.
AND, UM, AND SO, SO I THINK ADDING ANOTHER 50, IS IT 50 AFFORDABLE UNITS? UH, APPROXIMATELY, IT'S 40%, APPROXIMATELY 50 OF THEM.
UM, UH, AND UTILIZING OUR PUBLIC LAND, I THINK IS A GOOD USE OF PUBLIC RESOURCE.
AND THE OTHER PIECE IS THE, THE TIME COMMITMENT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE UNION TOWER IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SIX TO EIGHT YEAR COMMITMENT TO CLOSE FROM, FROM START TO FINISH, FROM GETTING IT FINANCED TO, TO IN, IN OPERATION.
SO, UH, IF WE CAN LEVERAGE EXTERNAL EFFORTS AND PRIVATE FUNDING AND NOT USE CITY FUND, CITY OR HOUSING AUTHORITY FUNDS, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US.
AND, AND IT'S A BETTER USE OF OUR, OUR RESOURCES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, AND THANK YOU, UM, SO MUCH AGAIN TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR GROUP OF DEVELOPERS FOR, UM, CONTINUING TO BE PERSISTENT IN THIS PROJECT.
DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, SEEING ANYTHING? DO WE HAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM 9.1.
MAYOR, TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU APPROVING BOTH THE, OF THE ITEMS ON THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, ARE TWO SEPARATE, TWO RESOLUTIONS SOLUTION? UH, YES.
SO WHAT DID WE, WE DO TWO OF YES.
ADOPT THE TWO RESOLUTIONS, UM, ON ITEM 9.1.
AND WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO INCLUDE WHAT I MENTIONED ABOUT THEM WORKING WITH STAFF TO BRING FORWARD SOME REALISTIC, UH, PARKING SOLUTIONS? THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO ADD PARKING TO THEIR PROJECT.
I KNOW THEY, THEY MENTIONED EARLIER THEY WERE WORKING OUT, BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
PLEASE USE YOUR, THERE IT GOES.
[9.2 Amending City Council Policy No. 301 – Legislative and Judicial Platform for 2025]
THIS IS, UM, AMENDING CITY COUNCIL POLICY 3 0 1 LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL PLATFORM FOR 2025.WE DO THIS ON A YEARLY BASIS AND KELLY HAS GOT ONE HERE.
SO CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN HERE WITH YOU.
TANYA, ARE YOU ABLE TO BRING IT UP ON YOUR SCREEN THERE? MINE IS RESTARTING FOR SOME REASON.
SO THIS IS THE LEGISLATIVE, UM, AND JUDICIAL PLATFORM FOR 2025.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND RESIDENTS.
UH, CITY CLERK CHAPEL HERE TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL, AND JUDICIAL
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PLATFORM FOR 2025.AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
POLICY 3 0 1 POLICY 3 0 1 REQUIRES THAT AN ANNUAL REVIEW AND UPDATE BE PERFORMED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 15TH OF EACH YEAR.
THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT REVIEW, WHICH IS HERE TONIGHT AND ON OR BEFORE THE FINAL COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF, UH, THE YEAR, WHICH IS DECEMBER 10TH THIS YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL FORMALLY ADOPT THE ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE POLICIES, INCLUDING ANY CHANGES.
THE FOCUS OF THE PLATFORM IS TO URGE THE LEGISLATURE TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO DELIVER QUALITY AND COST EFFECTIVE SERVICES TO ITS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, AND PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE CITY COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO SERVE NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS BY RETAINING LOCAL DECISION MAKING EFFORTS.
HOME RULE AND FISCAL SU SU SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH ARE FOCUSED IN THE 13 SPECIFIC AREAS.
THOSE CORE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ARE HOME RULE AND, UM, LOCAL CONTROL, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, PORT RELATED LEGISLATION, ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, LAND USE PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC LIABILITY POLICIES, UH, LABOR RELATIONS AND BENEFITS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND WATER MANAGEMENT STAFF HAS COMPLETED THEIR REVIEW AND FIND THAT IT STILL REFLECTS THE CITY'S BELIEFS.
A COUPLE OF ADDITIONS ARE SUGGESTED DUE TO NEW AND REVISED LEGISLATION, UM, UNDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES SECTION.
STAFF WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE REGARDING SB 1414 SPECIFICALLY.
UH, SB 1414 APPLIES TO PENAL CODE SECTION 6 4 7 RELATING TO LEWD OR DIS DISSOLUTE CONDUCT IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE OR IN ANY PLACE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR EXPOSED TO PUBLIC VIEW IN NATIONAL CITY SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN PROSTITUTION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PORNOGRAPHY.
THE CITY SUPPORTS SB 1414 AND THE, UH, EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST THOSE WHO ATTEMPT OR ARE CONVICTED OR OF VIOLATIONS TOWARDS SOLICITATION OF MINORS, INCLUDING PROSTITUTION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PORNOGRAPHY.
UH, THIS BILL WOULD MAKE IT AN OFFENSE, MAKE THIS OFFENSE APPLICABLE ONLY TO A DEFENDANT WHO IS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
AT THE TIME OF OFFENSE, THE BILL, IF THE PERSON SOLICITED, UH, WAS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE, OR A PERSON SOLICITED WAS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENSE, AND THE PERSON SOLICITED WAS A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WOULD MAKE THE OFFENSE PUNISHABLE, UH, AS THE OFFENDER BY IMPRISONMENT IN THE COUNTY JAIL FOR NOT MORE THAN A YEAR.
AND THE FINE WOULD NOT EXCEED $10,000 OR BUY IMPRISONMENT IN THE COUNTY JAIL FOR 16 MONTHS OR TWO TO THREE YEARS.
THERE ARE OTHER, UM, PARTICULARS ON THIS BILL THAT I CAN COVER IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, FOR NOW, I WILL JUST CONTINUE AND WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO THAT.
UM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
UM, I THINK YOU WENT TOO FAR, TANYA.
UH, WE, THE CITY SUPPORTS SB UH, TWO, SB TWO.
POLICE DECERTIFICATION ACT OF 2021 WAS ESTABLISHED AS A STATEWIDE SYSTEM TO DECERTIFY OR SU SUSPEND OFFICERS WHO HAVE COMMITTED SERIOUS MISCONDUCT.
BEFORE SB TWO OFFICERS WHO WERE DISCIPLINED OR FIRED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE, UH, UH, FOR SERIOUS MISCONDUCT, DID NOT NECESSARILY LOSE THEIR POLICE CERTIFICATION, MEANING THAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE REHIRED BY ANOTHER DEPARTMENT UNDER THE NEW LAW.
ONCE AN OFFICER IS DE-CERTIFIED, THEY CAN NO LONGER BE HIRED AS A POLICE OFFICER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THEIR NAME WILL ALSO BE ADDED TO THE NATIONAL DE-CERTIFICATION INDEX, NDIA NATIONAL DATABASE THAT TRACKS DE-CERTIFIED OFFICERS ACROSS STATE LINES.
UH, ONCE A POLICE DEPARTMENT RE RECEIVES ALLEGATIONS FOR OF SERIOUS OFFICER MISCONDUCT, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT THOSE ALLEGATIONS TO THE COMMISSION ON POST, WHICH IS PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING POST WILL ASSESS THE, UH, COMPLAINT THROUGH A MULTILAYER DECERTIFICATION SYSTEM.
AND THAT INCLUDES ADVISORY BOARDS AND A NEUTRAL
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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE.IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES MADE TO THE DOCUMENT BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY CLERK WILL RETURN, UH, WITH THE FINAL ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR ADOPTION BEFORE THE FINAL MEETING IN DECEMBER.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, UH, AMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY 3 0 1 WITH THESE TWO CHANGES UNLESS CITY COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE OTHER CHANGES AS WELL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
SO THE FINAL, THE FINAL DOCUMENT OR FINAL ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WILL BE ADOPTED DECEMBER 10TH.
THAT WILL BE OUR LAST MEETING RIGHTS TO THE MANAGER.
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND THERE.
I BELIEVE YOU MAY HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM 9.20.
NOW, CAN I FORGET YOU? I'M SORRY.
YOU'LL SEE WHY I BROUGHT THIS PHOTO.
EVERYBODY CAN SEE MY PHOTO THAT I TOOK TODAY.
UH, SO WHY IS SB 1414 IMPORTANT? OKAY, THERE WE GO.
SO IT SAYS, UNDER EXISTING LAW, A PERSON WHO SOLICITS OR ENGAGES IN ANY ACT PROSTITUTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.
IF THE PERSON SOLICITED WITH A MINOR, THE OFFENSE IS OFFENSE IS PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT IN COUNTY JAIL FOR MANDATORY MINIMUM OF TWO DAYS AND NOT TO EXCEED ONE YEAR AND OR BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED 10,000.
THIS BILL WOULD INSTEAD IF THE PERSON SOLICITED WAS A MINOR, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON KNEW, MAKE THE OFFENSE PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT AND THE STATE PRISON FOR TWO, THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND A FINE NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.
SO, HAS ANYTHING CHANGED FROM AB 1414 WHERE PEDOPHILES ARE REGISTERED AS A SEX OFFENDER FOR ONLY 10 YEARS IF THEY WERE MORE THAN 10 YEARS OLDER THAN THEIR CHILD VICTIM? OR IS THAT STILL THE CASE WHEN IT USED TO BE 30 YEARS? 'CAUSE TO ME, IT ALL SOUNDS LIKE A LOW BALL COMPROMISE WITH CRIME IN FAVOR OF THE CRIMINALS STILL AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR CHILD VICTIMS. I PERSONALLY CAN'T COMPROMISE WITH ANY LEVEL OF EVIL.
IF SOMEONE WAS PROVEN IN COURT TO HAVE TARGETED A CHILD IN ANY WAY, I SUPPORT LIFETIME LABELING AS A SEX OFFENDER AND A PUNISHMENT THAT WOULD ENSURE THEY WOULD NOT BE ENJOYING THAT LIFETIME, JUST AS THEIR VICTIMS WOULD STRUGGLE TO ENJOY THEIR LIFETIME.
NOW, AS FAR AS SB TWO, I ONLY HAVE THREE ISSUES WITH IT.
ONE, SINCE IT WOULD BE POST MAKING, THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES ACTS THAT VIOLATE THE LAW AND WHO IS A REASONABLE OFFICER.
THEN I ASK WHO REALLY OVERSEES POST AND WHO SAYS THEY SUPERSEDE THE STATE AND NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS? TWO, WHAT ARE THE LEGALLY PROTECTED STATUSES REFERRED TO? BECAUSE THERE ARE A FEW CRIMINALS TRYING TO CLAIM THAT ILLEGAL MIGRANTS ARE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHEN THEY ARE NOT.
AND THREE, WHAT IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT GANG? I'M HOPING THAT'S NOT A REFERENCE TO THE LAWFUL EXISTENCE OF POSSE COMITATUS, WHICH IS WHEN A COUNTY SHERIFF ORGANIZES CITIZENS FOR AID AND SUPPRESSING LAWLESSNESS, PROTECTING PROPERTY AND PUBLIC WELFARE, OR DEFENDING THE PEOPLE.
BECAUSE IF WE HAD A SHERIFF LIKE THIS, OR ANY DEPUTIES WHO WERE IN IT JUST FOR THE JUST LAW RATHER THAN A PAYCHECK, MANY OF THE CRAZY THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WOULD'VE NEVER HAPPENED, INCLUDING THE ENABLING OF PEDOPHILIA.
THANK YOU FOR THE VERY LONG MEETING.
UH, LET, LET ME JUST REAL QUICKLY SAY, AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THIS.
THE, UH, UH, SB 1414 AND THERE WAS ALSO SB 14.
AND, UH, UH, AND SO 1414 DEALT WITH THE IDEA OF THE IDEA OF, OF PURCHASING A MINOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEX.
AND, UH, UM, THE, UH, AND SO A NUMBER OF THINGS GOT ROLLED BACK ON IT.
UM, AND BASICALLY THERE WAS SOME CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS FROM SAN FRANCISCO THAT LOBBIED HEAVILY.
AND SO THEY ROLLED BACK SOME THINGS, INCLUDING THE DEFINITION OF A MINOR.
'CAUSE MINOR WAS NO LONGER UNDER 18, NOW IT WAS 15 AND YOUNGER.
AND, UH, SO, BUT AT THE LAST MINUTE, WHAT THEY DID DO AFTER A BUNCH OF PRESSURE GOT ON THE, UH, LEGISLATURE 'CAUSE SAYING HOW STUPID WERE YOU TO CAVE IN ON THIS, THEY DID ALLOW THE OPTION
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FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS THAT THEY CAN PROSECUTE FOR A 16 OR 17-YEAR-OLD IF THEY CAN PROVE IN COURT THAT IT WAS SEX TRAFFICKING, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO PROVE.AND, UH, SO THAT WAS THAT ONE.
UH, S FOUR WAS FOR THE IDEA OF SELLING A MINOR, UH, FOR SEX.
AND, AND SO THAT MADE IT A FELONY THAT FAILED IN A COMMITTEE.
THEY GOT SO MUCH PRESSURE THAT THEY BROUGHT IT BACK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND DID PASS IT, BUT THAT THEY DID WEAKEN IT DOWN TO, ONCE AGAIN, THE DEFINITION OF A MINOR DOWN TO 15 AND UNDER.
UM, AND, UH, UH, BOTH OF THOSE WERE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR THIS LAST WEEK.
UM, SO IT'S NOT WHAT ALL THAT WE WISH FOR, BUT IT WAS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND, BUT WE STILL GOT A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, THAT'S FOR SURE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
THAT'S FOR THE OVERALL PACKAGE.
[9.3 Municipal Services Agreement Whitepaper – Port of San Diego ]
WE GO TO NINE THREE.THIS IS OUR MUNICIPAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, WHITE PAPER.
AND, UH, CAN WE TAKE A QUICK BREAK IF WE MAKE IT QUICK? SO, OH, YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITION OF QUICK
QUICK IS FIVE MINUTES OR LESS.
THAT MEANS A BATHROOM BREAK, NOT A CONVERSATION BREAK.
I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER WITH ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE DAAS AND A SILENT ROLL CALL.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, WE WILL GO INTO THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE AGREEMENT, WHITE PAPER WITH THE, UH, PORT OF SAN DIEGO AND, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE CEO, UH, R LIO BEING WITH US TONIGHT.
WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE DURING THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.
AND, UM, ALSO THANKS FOR, UH, STAYING COMMISSIONER UNGA AS WELL, LONG NIGHT.
UM, UH, I'M GONNA PASS THE BATON TO OUR SPECIAL COUNCIL, RALPH HICKS, TO, TO KICK OFF THE DISCUSSION.
MAYOR COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS, VICE MAYOR.
UM, THIS IS, IF I COULD TRY AND FRAME WHAT IS REALLY A PRETTY COMPLEX ISSUE AND BOIL IT DOWN TO JUST A, A, A POSITIVE, VERY SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S TAKING A METHODOLOGY THAT IS HIGHLY CONSTRAINED AND UNDERSTANDABLY SO, BECAUSE THERE'S A, A WHOLE BODY OF LAW THAT THE PORT CAN'T JUST GIVE GIFTS TO OTHER CITIES, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, UNLESS IT REALLY FULFILLS A PORT PURPOSE.
TONIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT DOES IN FACT JUSTIFY A PORT PURPOSE.
AND IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT AN UNCONSTRAINED VIEW.
AND, AND THAT UNCONSTRAINED VIEW IS AN ENTERPRISE VIEW, BECAUSE BEHIND EVERY FIREMAN, BEHIND EVERY POLICE OFFICER, THERE'S AN ENTERPRISE THAT ALLOWS THAT POLICE OFFICER TO ROLL UPON A SCENE IN A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION AND DEAL WITH IT.
AND THAT IS WHAT'S TRULY MISSING FROM THE, THE CURRENT MUNICIPAL SERVICE AGREEMENT.
AND I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH THAT.
SO THE CURRENT STATE, IT STARTED BACK IN JULY, 2021, AND THERE WERE TWO RESETS TO WHAT IS CALLED THE BASELINE NUMBER, IF YOU WILL.
THAT CURRENT BASELINE NUMBER IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $1.3 MILLION.
THE, THE FIRST RESET OF THAT BASELINE HAS PASSED US BY, THAT WAS IN 2022.
THE NEXT RESET IS IN JULY, 2025.
SO THIS IS, IN PREPARATION OF THAT RESET, THE BASELINE NUMBER, THERE'S AN ESCALATOR OF 3% A YEAR, BASICALLY A, A COLA ADJUSTMENT, IF YOU WILL.
UM, INCLUDED IN THE MSA IS A HIGHLY, HIGHLY STRICT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.
SO YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, FIRE ENGINEER ROLLING TO A SCENE IN A FIRE TRUCK, A POLICE OFFICER ROLLING IN HIS PATROL CAR, AND WELL, WAS
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IT FIRST ON TIDELANDS? AND, AND WAS THAT INCIDENT ON A PARCEL OF LAND THAT THE CITY ISN'T REALLY RECEIVING ANY TAX REVENUE? RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE A REIMBURSEMENT MODEL THAT'S BASED ON AN INCIDENT, HOW LONG THAT INCIDENT LASTED, AND WHAT WERE THE RESOURCES DEPLOYED TO THAT INCIDENT.BUT THAT INCIDENT HAS TO BE ON A PARCEL OF LAND WHERE THERE'S NO TAXES.
AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY A HIGHLY CONSTRAINED, UM, ANALYSIS.
SO THE 1.3 ISN'T A CHECK THAT'S WRITTEN TO THE CITY ON AN ANNUAL OR A QUARTERLY BASIS.
SO THERE'S A NO GUARANTEE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, PRINCIPALLY BASED ON RECORDS.
AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO TRACK WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AND WHAT THE RESOURCES WERE DEPLOYED, UM, TO THAT INCIDENT.
SO IT'S A VERY STRICT, IT'S A VERY HIGH STANDARD.
BUT THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES SINCE 2021.
I THINK WE'RE, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT TONIGHT WITH SKY CHARGER, AS THE COMMISSIONER ARTICULATED.
EV IS A CRITICAL, UM, IF YOU WILL, MITIGATION MEASURE TO THE TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS COMING FROM THE PORT AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
BUT WITH EVS, WE COMES A DANGER FIRES AND HIGHLY TOXIC PLUMES FROM THOSE FIRES.
SO THAT'S A CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE MARITIME, UM, CLEAN AIR STRATEGY THAT RECOGNIZED ALL OF THIS, THAT PROVIDED THE DATA.
MOST OF THE DATA THAT THE COM COMMISSIONER EXPRESSED THIS EVENING.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE A CITY VERY NEAR THE BORDER.
AND WITH THAT, AS YOU'VE READ IN THE PAPERS ON A DAILY BASIS, AND, YOU KNOW, DO AWAY WITH THE RHETORIC THAT POSES, UM, ADDITIONAL SECURITY RISK, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT IS NATIONAL CITY AND THEIR RESOURCES THAT HAVE TO RESPOND TO THOSE INCIDENTS.
OKAY? AND THAT MAY AT TIMES BE IN CONJUNCTION, UM, WITH THE HARBOR POLICE, OR IT MAY NOT, BUT OFTENTIMES IT IS JUST NATIONAL CITY AND NO OTHERS.
BUT PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE A FIRE, LIKE SAY ON THE PASTA TERMINAL, THE HARBOR POLICE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE THE ONES WHO ARE RESPONDING TO THAT INCIDENT.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN WITH THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE, AN INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS.
AND IT'S A CITY WHO IS DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS ISSUES.
AND AS I'VE SAID, FROM AN ENTERPRISE STANDPOINT, WE'RE NOT BEING FULLY REIMBURSED.
SO WHAT DOESN'T THE MSA INCLUDE? NOT WHAT DOES IT INCLUDE? I'VE EXPLAINED THAT, BUT WHAT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE, FACILITIES AREN'T INCLUDED.
TRAINING OF THE FIRE ENGINEERS, TRAINING OF THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT IS NOT INCLUDED.
UM, SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT IN GENERAL IS NOT INCLUDED.
AND WHETHER IT'S A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY DON'T OPERATE FROM EIGHT TO FIVE, THEY'RE 24 7, AND THAT STANDBY TIME IS NOT INCLUDED.
AND THEN OTHER LESS COSTLY ISSUES, BUT NONETHELESS, THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PORT ARE, UM, SEWER AND STORM WATER REPAIR, ROAD REPAIR, UM, GOING INTO THE TERMINAL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT GRAFFITI.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT IN THE CURRENT MSA.
AND THEN IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE OTHER FIVE MEMBERSHIP CITIES RECEIVE IN TERMS OF TOT REVENUE, IT'S PRETTY STARK.
SAN DIEGO, 53.6 MILLION A YEAR.
CHULA VISTA, NOT A WHOLE LOT TODAY, BUT WHEN GAYLORD GETS OUT OF THE GROUND, AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A 40 YEAR PERIOD, YOU'RE LOOKING AT NEARLY $600 MILLION.
CORONADO, CURRENTLY $4.1 MILLION A YEAR, IMPERIAL BEACH ZERO AND NATIONAL CITY
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ZERO MARITIME REVENUES GENERALLY ARE $55.7 MILLION A YEAR.OBVIOUSLY, THE NATIONAL CITY TERMINAL PLAYS A ROLE IN THAT WITH A MAJOR TENANT OF PECHA.
I DIDN'T HAVE THE MOST UP-TO-DATE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S SOMEWHERE PROBABLY NORTH OF $14 MILLION A YEAR IN, IN REVENUE.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE FIRE CHIEF, UM, TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, REAL WORLD SITUATIONS AND WHAT THEY EXPERIENCE, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY, UM, THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU CHIEF.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SERGIO MORA FIRE CHIEF, UH, NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND, AND CERTAINLY YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF INFORMATION TONIGHT IN REGARDS TO, UH, I'LL FOCUS ON THE FIRE PROBLEM THAT EXISTS ON PORT TIDELANDS.
UM, PORT TOWNS PRESENTS A VERY UNIQUE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND CHALLENGES FOR, FOR YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? WE DO NOT DELINEATE WITH A RESPONSE, WHETHER IT BE IN NATIONAL CITY OR IN PORT THOMAS PROPERTY.
WE, WE CONSIDER IT, UM, PART OF OUR, OUR RESPONSIBILITY, OUR RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE TAKE EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY.
UM, NOW WHILE THE, WHILE THE UNIFIED PORT OF SAN DIEGO DOES HAVE A FIREFIGHTING FORCE OF, OF, OF A, OF A TYPE, IT'S LIMITED TO, TO REALLY MARITIME OPERATIONS, THE DEFACTO FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT ENTIRE PARCEL OF PROPERTY IS YOUR NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, I COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH, UH, WITH, UH, MR. SSON REGARDS TO HOW THE CURRENT MSA IS STRUCTURED.
IT TAKES A LOT MORE THAN JUST AN ENGINE COMPANY TO ARRIVE ON SCENE TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THE MOST, UH, BENIGN INCIDENT, RIGHT? AN ENGINE COMPANY.
AND, UH, THAT'S ONE FIRE ENGINE WITH FOUR FIREFIGHTERS.
IT'S ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS IN CAPITAL OUTLAY TO THE CITY.
UH, SO THE, THE, THE PER CALL, UH, METHODOLOGY THAT DOESN'T REALLY CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THE ABILITY FOR JUST THAT ONE INJURY COMPANY TO ARRIVE AND MITIGATE WHATEVER TYPE OF INCIDENT, UH, THEY'RE FACING, UM, THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, TRAINING EQUIPMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COST, THE, THE COST OF, OF, OF, OF THOSE ABILITIES ARE NOT PROPERLY REFLECTED IN THE CURRENT MSA, UM, PORT TIDELANDS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SLIDE, COVERS ABOUT 6% OF, UH, THE LANDMASS OF NATIONAL CITY.
UM, UH, WE FEEL LIKE, LIKE AN INADEQUATE, UH, METHODOLOGY WOULD BE TO ABSORB 6% OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT ENCOMPASSES THE ENTERPRISE APPROACH THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, AND IT'S REALLY THE TRUE COST OF PROVIDING THAT SERVICE TO, TO THAT PARTICULAR AREA OF NATIONAL CITY.
UH, CURRENTLY WE'RE FACED WITH MANY, MANY CHALLENGES DOWN AT THE, AT, AT, AT THE PORT, UH, PORT TIDELANDS, UH, BASED ON THE, THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS THAT IS CURRENTLY, UM, DONE DOWN AT, AT THE PORT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE EV ISSUE THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT IS CERTAINLY AN EMERGENT THREAT FOR US, RIGHT? AND THAT'S, IT'S A THREAT THAT WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR TODAY, BECAUSE IF WE WAIT FOR THAT INSTANCE TO HAPPEN HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, WE ARE BEHIND THE CURVE.
UH, I THINK YOU ALL WATCH THE NEWS.
YOU'VE SEEN THAT, UH, SOME OF THE INCIDENTS THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING.
UH, THE, THE, THE BATTERY BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY IN ESCONDIDO, IT TOOK THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT DAYS TO EXTINGUISH.
AND THERE WAS RESIDENTS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THAT FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR, NOT ONLY FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT, BUT AS A CITY, HOW WE WOULD MITIGATE THAT.
AND THE EFFECTS, THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF SUCH AN INCIDENT THAT HAS HAPPENED IN OTTA MESA, HAPPENED IN ESCONDIDO, UH, THE EV THE EV THE LITHIUM ION ISSUE IS, IS, IS REAL.
UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY.
AND IN ORDER TO PROPERLY PROTECT AND ALL OF THE ASSETS THAT ARE, THAT ARE AT, UH, AT PORT TIDELANDS, WE NEED TO BE PROPERLY COMPENSATED FOR THAT AND EQUIPPED AND, UH, REALLY SUPPORT THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT IS EXPECTED.
UH, I COULD CONTINUE ON WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REALLY, THE, THE REALITY OF, UH, OF EV, RIGHT? THE, THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE PORT.
I KNOW WITH THE 2035 MANDATE THAT ALL, UH, ALL VEHICLES SELL IN CALIFORNIA NEED TO BE EITHER ELECTRIC OR OF A COMBINATION.
THAT ISSUE IS, UH, IS, IS ONLY GONNA INCREASE FOR THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY CURRENTLY, PEISHA, WHICH IS A, I I BELIEVE THE LAND, THE LARGEST LAND LEASE, UH, TENANT
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FOR PORT TIDELANDS.THEY IMPORT THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES ANNUALLY.
AND THERE ARE COUNTLESS INCIDENTS WHERE, UH, YOU HAVE VEHICLES THAT, UH, IGNITE THE BATTERIES AND IT IS A PHENOMENON, UH, TERMED THERMAL RUNAWAY THAT, UH, THERE ARE VIDEOS THAT I COULD SHOW AT SOME POINT, UH, WHICH SHOWS A, A VEHICLE COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN EIGHT TO 10 SECONDS.
THAT'S ONE VEHICLE IN EIGHT TO 10 SECONDS.
ON A GOOD DAY, IT TAKES US ABOUT FIVE TO SIX MINUTES TO ARRIVE AT PORT HIGHLANDS PROPERTY TO, TO BEGIN TO MITIGATE THAT, JUST THAT ONE TYPE OF INCIDENT.
AND BY THE TIME WE GET THERE, THAT'S GONNA BE A SIGNIFICANT LOSS TO THE PORT.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE, THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS NOT ONLY TO THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT TO YOUR RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE, UH, TENFOLD.
THESE INCIDENTS LAST FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS.
AND THOSE ARE JUST SOME, SOME BASIC EXAMPLES OF, OF REALLY THE ISSUE THAT IS ARISING AND IT'S PROJECTED TO, YOU KNOW, IMPACT US WITH A SKY, SKY CHARTER STATION AND WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING IMPORTED THROUGH, THROUGH THE PATIENT SERVICES, UM, IN NATIONAL CITY.
AGAIN, I COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH THE METHODOLOGY, UH, PRESENTED BY, UM, MR. HICKS.
AND, UH, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR POLICE CHIEF, ALEX HERNANDEZ.
SO, TO BUILD ON WHAT, UH,
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST PROVIDE YOU ONE QUICK EXAMPLE.
AND I WAS, UH, DISCUSSING THIS WITH RALPH, UH, A FEW YEARS BACK.
WE HAD A HOMICIDE THAT HAPPENED, UH, PIER 32, THAT REQUIRED OUR DETECTIVES TO RESPOND TO INCLUDE SUPERVISORS SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO INVESTIGATE THIS CASE.
IT WASN'T OUR DETECTIVES SHOWING UP FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS HANDLING IT AND THEN CALLING IT A DAY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF FOLLOW THROUGH THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN.
ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT ALSO WENT TO A CIVIL LITIGATION.
OUR DETECTIVES ARE STILL ON THE HOOK TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND DO THESE CASES.
SO, AND THE OTHER PART TO THIS WHOLE THING IS RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, WE HAVE OFFICERS RESPONDING, DRIVING VIGILANT IN THAT AREA.
IT'S A 24 HOUR A DAY OPERATION, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
OUR OFFICERS ARE ALWAYS THERE.
SO WITH THIS METHODOLOGY, REALISTICALLY, THEY NEED PREPARATION.
THEY NEED THE PROPER EQUIPMENT.
AND SIMPLY TO SAY, HEY, PER CALL IS NOT A FAIR WAY TO MEASURE THIS.
SO I THINK THAT REALLY DRIVES HOME REALLY THE MAJOR ISSUE.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT STATE OF THE MSA AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO IN THE FUTURE.
I WANT TO COVER JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE, UM, HO HOMELESS ISSUE AND, AND ASSOCIATED COSTS THERE.
YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE ARE FAIRLY MINOR, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, DRIVERS.
UM, THEY ALL IN IN, IN, IN TERMS OF WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IN THIS, THESE TYPE OF OUTREACH AND DEALING WITH THESE, THESE, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I GUESS I WOULD SAY DIFFERENT TYPE OF POLICE ISSUES AND FIRE ISSUES, ROUGHLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE NEXT SLIDE FOR, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, THERE'S SIMILAR TYPE OF ITEMS RELATED TO MAINTENANCE OF SEWER STORM DRAINS.
UM, ROAD REPAIR, WE HAVEN'T DIALED IN YET, BUT THERE'S ROAD REPAIR ISSUES.
AND THE POINT HERE IS NOT SO MUCH THE NUMBERS, BUT THE FACT THAT THE CITY ISN'T BEING REIMBURSED FOR THESE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO DO JUST AS SUMMARY.
UM, WHEN YOU TAKE, WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENTERPRISE COST BASED ON A BEAT SYSTEM OR PERCENTAGE OF LAND MASS, THE TWO PRINCIPLE DRIVERS BETWEEN POLICE AND FIRE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE OVER $8.8 MILLION
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A YEAR.THAT IS WHAT THE TRUE COST IS TO THE CITY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO A $1.3 MILLION, IF YOU GET TO THAT REIMBURSEMENT NUMBER BY A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION AND PROBABLY A LOT OF TIME ON THE CHIEF'S PART THAT THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE, YOU MIGHT GET UP TO THAT $1.3 MILLION MARK.
SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS REALLY IN SIMPLE TERMS, STARTING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE PORT.
AND, AND I'M SO GLAD RANDY'S HERE.
BRANDON AND I WORKED TOGETHER FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR BRANDON.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED PORT PRESIDENTS IN THE COUNTRY.
UM, SHE'LL NEVER ADMIT TO THAT, BUT IT'S TRUE.
UM, SO WE WANT TO START THAT DISCUSSION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT DISCUSSION HAS TO HAPPEN AT MULTIPLE LE LE LEVELS WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN AT YOUR LEVEL.
IT WILL HA HAVE TO PROBABLY INVOLVE THE STATE LANDS COMMISSION, AND IT WILL HAVE TO, UM, OCCUR AT, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF LEVEL AS WELL.
BUT WE WANT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, START THAT DIALOGUE WITH THE PORT AND CHANGE THE METHODOLOGY SO IT DOES REACH A STATE OF FAIRNESS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL END UP IN THE PRESENTATION AND WE'RE ALL HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, COUPLE OF POINTS OF JUST CLARIFICATION, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, THEY'RE NOT NUMBERED, BUT I'M GONNA THINK IT'S NUMBER ABOUT NUMBER FOUR.
WHAT THE MSA DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
SO THOSE THINGS, IT'S NOT, NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT INCLUDED AS FAR AS THE MSA, BUT IF THE PORT WAS, IF THEY WERE MAINTAINING, IF THEY WERE PROVIDING THE SERVICES TO THAT SAME AREA, THOSE THINGS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THEIR BUDGET, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN IF YOU CAN GO DOWN A COUPLE MORE SLIDES DOWN TO WHERE THE FIRE SERVICES, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING, UH, THE LITHIUM SITUATION, EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT THE NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE DOWN HERE THAT IS FOR, WHAT IS, IS THAT FOR WHAT IS CURRENT OR FOR WHAT YOU SEE IN THE FUTURE? UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WE HAVE NOT BUILT IN WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FUTURE HOLDS IN, IN REGARDS TO OUR INVOLVEMENT AND OUR ABILITY TO, TO RESPOND.
AND, UH, AND SO IN THE SAME WAY, ALL THE THINGS THAT IT TALKS ABOUT THERE AND ALSO IN THE POLICE ONE, UH, WHICH COMES OVER ON THE NEXT PAGE ABOUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE.
SO THAT ALL THOSE THINGS, IF THEY WERE DOING THEIR OWN POLICING THERE AND THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, THOSE THINGS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN A NORMAL WAY.
I JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ABSOLUTELY, MA'AM, THAT WE HAVE, HAVE THOSE THINGS TOGETHER.
UH, ANY OTHER CLARIFICATION QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC SPEAKERS? YES.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, UH, UH, MR. HICKS.
SO, UM, SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, UM, ON YOUR, UH, ANALYSIS.
UM, ARE WE CONSIDERING, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, LOOK, WE LOOKED AT I THINK THE OTHER CITIES AND, UM, THE, UM, MSA, THE, THE LANGUAGE, THE POLICY LANGUAGE FROM THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO, ARE WE CONSIDERING THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY MODEL OF REIMBURSING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY CALCULATIONS? BECAUSE IT, IT'S ANOTHER MODEL.
AND SO JUST LOOKING AT ALL THE MODELS AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALL THE, ALL THE DIFFERENT DATA, RIGHT? WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE, RIGHT? SURE.
BECAUSE, WELL, IT'S AN AIRPORT
AND, UH, I DON'T, RANDALL WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN I, BUT I, I THINK OVER THE YEARS IT'S BEEN MODIFIED HERE AND THERE, BUT I THINK ORIGINALLY IT SPELLED OUT HOW IT WOULD BE, UM, TREATED.
WELL, JUST IN TERMS OF, SO WE HAVE TEMPLATES, SO WE LOOK AT OTHER, OTHER ITEMS TOO.
SO, UM, SO, BUT I'M, I'M SATISFIED WITH THAT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE BACKGROUND DATA FOR THE REIMBURSEMENTS OF THE OTHER CITIES OF SAN DIEGO, CORONADO, CHULA VISTA, AND IMPERIAL BEACH.
SO THE CALLS TO SERVICE THE, EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO, UM, THE REIMBURSEMENTS, HAVE WE TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT? WE HAVEN'T YET.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE PLAN ON DOING, RIGHT.
PARTICULARLY WITH IMPERIAL BEACH, THAT IS ROUGHLY AROUND 5.4 MILLION A YEAR.
AND THEN, UH, DO WE, ARE WE, WITH THIS, UH, PROPOSAL, DOES IT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE HISTORIC UNDER REIMBURSEMENT FOR FIRE IN, UH, POLICE? SO IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UH, THE CUMULATIVE? UM, IT HAS NOT, IT DOES NOT.
SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IF WE'RE AT 8.8 MILLION NOW AND SAY, TAKE HOW MANY YEARS YOU WANT, BUT THAT CERTAINLY STARTED IN 2021.
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WE HAVEN'T DONE A TIME VALUE MONEY FORECAST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.UM, IT'S REALLY, AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
SO, UM, YEAH, BUT JUST, UH, WANNA SEE IF THAT, WE HAD A, A PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO I'LL SAVE THAT FOR THE LATER COMMENTS, BUT THOSE ARE THE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
LET'S GET THE, THE, THE SPEAKERS AND THEN WE'LL GO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
THAT AREN'T CLARIFICATION WISE.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, I WILL AGREE.
PROBABLY THE MOST RESPECTED CEO PRESIDENT, UH, RDA KLI AND I HAVE WORKED WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF CEOS AT THE PORT, AND, UH, I CAN DEFINITELY CONCUR WITH THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WARM WELCOME.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.
UM, AS WELL AS VERY MUCH APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, I WANNA THANK, UH, CITY MANAGER MARTINEZ FOR GIVING ME A HEADS UP THAT THIS ITEM WAS COMING, UM, SHARED THE STAFF REPORT WITH US JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE IT WAS PUBLISHED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
SO WE HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN TO ANALYZE, UM, THIS INTERESTING NEW SORT OF UNCONSTRAINED APPROACH TO, UM, THE NUMBERS AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR PROVISION OF SERVICES TO THE PORT TIDE LENS.
UM, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING VERY SUBSTANTIVE IN TERMS OF A RESPONSE, UH, TONIGHT, BUT I DID WANNA COME BEFORE YOU AND MAKE JUST, UM, TWO IMPORTANT, UM, PUT TWO IMPORTANT THINGS ON THE RECORD.
AND, UH, FIRST, UM, AND MR. HICKS ALREADY ALREADY MENTIONED THIS TO SOME DEGREE, THAT YOUR ANALYSIS IS DEFINITELY, UH, AN UNCONSTRAINED APPROACH.
SO I JUST HAVE TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, I WANNA MAKE, I WANTED TO COME HERE PERSONALLY TO ASSURE YOU THAT THE PORT STAFF IS READY AND COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOUR CITY STAFF IN GOOD FAITH TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR AND APPROPRIATE, UH, RESET OF THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR THE CRITICAL SERVICES THAT YOU, YOUR CITY PROVIDES TO PORT TIDELANDS AND, AND RECOGNIZING SOME OF THESE CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND, UM, TO FINDING SOME COMMON GROUND.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I DID IN BOTH INFORM AND INVITE YOUR, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
UH, BUT HE'S IN SINGAPORE, SO HE FOR SOME REASON COULD MAKE IT.
THEY'RE ALL OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
SO FOR SOME REASON HE COULD NOT MAKE IT.
THANK, BUT, BUT I, BUT I DID HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
UH, NEXT WE GO WITH THE JEREMY DAY.
HAD TO KEEP LOOKING TO SEE IF YOU WERE STILL BACK THERE.
I SUGGEST THAT WOULD BE BETTER.
WELL, EH, I KNOW HOW THAT GOES.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS OF NATIONAL CITY.
I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CITY FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 27 44.
I RISE THIS EVENING IN SUPPORT OF RENEGOTIATING THE CITY'S MUTUAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO.
THE CURRENT MSA IS FLAWED AT BEST IN THE MANNER IN WHICH IT'S CALCULATED.
IT DOES WORK WELL FOR ONE MEMBER CITY AND THE OTHER THREE ARE NOT CONCERNED WITH THE MSA BECAUSE THEY'RE WELL FUNDED THROUGH OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE ON PORT PROPERTY IN THEIR CITIES.
NATIONAL CITY DOES NOT ENJOY THIS BENEFIT SPECIFIC TO OUR MEMBERSHIP.
THE CURRENT MSA FAILS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE TO RESPOND TO THE VARIOUS LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS THAT COULD OCCUR WITHIN THE PORT PROPERTY AT ANY MOMENT, ANY DAY.
THE LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS IN NATIONAL CITY PORT IS, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN.
CURRENTLY, THE COST OF DAILY STAFFING, THE COST TO TRAIN AND EQUIP OUR MEMBERS FOR ONE OF THESE RESPONSES IS IN LARGE PART, BEING BORN BY THE NATIONAL CITY'S GENERAL FUND, NOT THE SAN DIEGO PORT.
FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, THE MSA IS THE ONLY FUNDING COMING FROM THE PORT TO NATIONAL CITY,
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AND IT'S 1.3 BASELINE OF WHICH A PORTION OF LESS THAN HALF IF WE REACH THAT THRESHOLD, IS COMING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.I COULD GO ON FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT THE INEQUITIES OF THE FUNDING FROM THE PORT, BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER MEETING.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE WHITE PAPER, THERE'S A FOCUS ON LITHIUM IAM BATTERY FIRES, WHICH ARE QUICKLY BECOMING COMMON CURRENTS.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE HIS PHOTOS FOR YOU TODAY.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY INCIDENTS THAT WE PREPARE FOR ON A DAILY BASIS.
EACH DAY WE HAVE 14 FIREFIGHTERS STAFFING TWO ENGINES, ONE TRUCK, ONE SQUAD, AND ONE BATTALION CHIEF THAT WILL BE RESPONDING TO THESE INCIDENTS.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S IN THAT PICTURE? YEP.
THIS FIRST PICTURE MIGHT HAPPEN.
THIS FIRST PICTURE IS THE FELICITY ACE, A CARGO SHIP CARRYING LUXURY CARS THAT SANK IN THE LIN OCEAN AFTER A FIRE.
NEARLY 4,000 VEHICLES, INCLUDING PORSCHES, BENTLEYS, LAMBORGHINIS, AUDIS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT COMES INTO OUR PORT, MANY OF THEM BEING ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THIS FIRE WAS STARTED BY A LITHIUM ION CAR BATTERY IN ONE OF THE PORSCHES, AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE FIRE SEVERITY AND DURATION.
TWO WEEKS LATER, WHILE BEING TOWED, THIS SHIP SUNK TO THE OCEAN AND IT WAS COMPLETE LOSS, ESPECIALLY TO THE FISH.
YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THIS PHOTO, THE USS BON RASHARD, WHICH WAS A DEVASTATING FIRE THAT OCCURRED IN JULY 12TH, 2020 IN THE NAVY BASE.
THIS WAS JUST TWO SLIPS AWAY FROM NATIONAL CITY PROPER IS ON THE NAVY BASE, BUT AS THE MAYOR, LIKE SAY, SMALL CITY, LARGE NAVY, UM, TWO SHIP, TWO SLIPS AWAY FROM BEING IN OUR ACTUAL CITY.
AND NOW WITH AUSTAL WORKING AT OUR PORT, THEY'RE BRINGING THOSE, THOSE SHIPS INTO OUR CITY.
AND WE GO THERE AND DO DRILLS WITH THEM NOW, BUT IT'S NOT THE NAVY RESPONDING TO THEM.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT SETTING UP COMMAND AND TRYING TO MANAGE A FIRE LIKE THIS WITH OUR RESOURCES.
IF YOU THINK WE'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE, WELL, THERE'S A PICTURE OF US THERE.
THERE'S MYSELF ON THE GANGWAY BATTALION CHIEF KREPPS.
RIGHT AFTER THIS MOMENT, WE WERE TOLD TO EVACUATE THAT SHIP.
10 MINUTES LATER, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION, WHICH WOULD'VE INJURED MANY, MANY FIREFIGHTERS.
THIS LAST PICTURE IS A FIRE IN THE PORT OF NEWARK IN JULY.
ON JULY 5TH, 2023, TWO NEW JERSEY FIREFIGHTERS DIED FIGHTING THIS FIRE, A VESSEL CARRYING MORE THAN 1200 NEW AND USED VEHICLES, 157 CUR, UH, CONTAINERS.
AND INTERESTING, NONE OF THEM WERE ELECTRIC BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ISN'T JUST ELECTRIC VEHICLES, ISN'T JUST LITHIUM ION BATTERIES.
THAT PORT IS FULL OF VARIOUS HAZARDS THAT WE PREPARE FOR EVERY DAY IN SPITE OF THE FUNDING.
WE'RE VERY PROUD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE PROTECT OUR MEMBERS WITH TRAINING AND, AND EQUIPMENT, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO, TO RESPOND, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING THIS CITY IS PUTTING FORWARD, NOT BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING THAT THE PORT IS PUTTING FORWARD.
ONCE AGAIN, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF RENEGOTIATING CURRENT MSA AND LOOK FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL PROCESS.
WE'LL BE HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, RANDY CASTLE SDO.
UM, THE WAY I SEE THIS IS IT WILL BASICALLY GIVE BEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO START NEGOTIATIONS AT 8.8 MILLION AND SOME CHANGE.
UM, FROM THERE, THE PORT WILL TRY AND POSSIBLY SHAKE US DOWN FROM THERE.
8.8 MILLION IS LOW, CONSIDERING THE RISK COMING TO OUR RESIDENCE AND OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS LIVES WITH PROPOSED ELECTRIFICATION STATION.
THE WHITE PAPER IS POORLY EXPRESSED AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT TIGHTENED UP.
MY QUESTIONS ARE THIS, HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS? AND WHAT WAS THE METHODOLOGY USED? I WOULD EXPECT A MORE THOROUGH AND AGGRESSIVE REIMBURSEMENT CALCULATION.
WHAT ARE OTHER CITY'S METHODOLOGIES ON CALCULATIONS? I LIKE THAT ONE.
AND DID WE ACCOUNT FOR THE 6% LANDMASS OF THE PORT DISTRICT INFRASTRUCTURE BEING VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER AREAS IN OUR NATIONAL CITY CALCULATION? THESE ARE NOT CLEAR.
IS THERE A PLAN TO FURTHER INCREASE THESE FUNDS IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY? OUR NATIONAL CITY FIREFIGHTERS WERE ONE OF THE FIRST ON THE SCENE IN 2020 FOR THE NAVAL SHIP FIRE.
WAS THIS CALCULATION TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THIS WHITE PAPER? IT WAS SAN DIEGO, NOT NATIONAL CITY, BUT OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ARE COMING UP.
PLEASE CONSIDER ANY INCREASED COST TO OUR CITY POLICE
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AND FIRE SERVICES.THE PORT NEEDS TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR OUR SERVICES.
WHO COMPLETED THESE CALCULATIONS? AS WE KNOW, NATIONAL CITY HAS HISTORICALLY RECEIVED DISPROPORTIONATE FUNDING AND TREATMENT FROM THE PORT, CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS WITH RELATIVES OF PORT OFFICIALS WORKING WITHIN OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION.
THIS QUESTION IS TO YOU, BEN, NATIONAL CITY LEGAL COUNSEL.
ASHLYN LUTZ IS THE DAUGHTER OF PORT COMMISSIONER AND MOORE, WHO I MIGHT ADD ALSO JUST HAPPENED TO DONATE TO COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ CAMPAIGN.
AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PORT COMMISSIONER TO DONATE TO HIS CAMPAIGN AS THE CHAIR FRANK OR TOSON DID AS WELL.
SHOULDN'T THIS BE DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC? HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT THE CALCULATIONS WERE NOT UNDULY INFLUENCED? IN CONCLUSION, NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS ARE BURDENED BY THE LACK OF BAYFRONT ACCESS FROM THE PORT AND CONSTANT POLLUTION FROM THE MARITIME.
LET'S KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN WE'RE MAKING OUR OFFER TO THE PORT.
UM, MEMBER IMANI, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS.
REMEMBER, IMANI, I THINK YOU HAD, YOU WERE NEXT.
PRIOR TO THAT, I LISTENED TO MY MAYOR ALWAYS TELLING US CONSTITUENTS THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE.
IT'S NOT FAIR, IT'S NOT RIGHT.
SOON AS I SAT HERE ON THE DIES, GOTTEN ELECTED IN 22, ABOUT MARCH OF 23, I ASKED, UM, CITY MANAGER THEN TO SHOW ME AN MSA.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE AT THAT TIME IT WAS, UM, UNSTABLE.
SO, UM, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, VERA SAT, AND HIM AND I SAT DOWN HIS OFFICE AT HIS OFFICE AND READ AT MSA.
I THEN PUSHED FROM THEN ON TO HAVE A WHITE PAPER JUST TO LOOK INTO THE UNDERLYING WHY THIS CONTRACT IS THIS WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LET'S NOT MAKE THIS POLITICAL.
UM, WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
SO THEN HE SAID, OKAY, AS SOON AS I GET, UM, AS SOON AS I GET, UM, APPOINTED AS THE PERMANENT, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
OF COURSE, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
INTERIM AT THAT POSITION, BEN MARTINEZ.
UM, ABOUT, UM, MID OF LAST YEAR, I SAID, WE NEED TO PUSH THIS.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE FOR YOU TO, TO SET A TEAM, TO CREATE A TEAM THAT WILL CREATE THIS WHITE PAPER IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A DATA THAT WE CAN START WITH IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A, UH, JUSTIFIABLE PROPOSITION, UM, AS A BUSINESS PROPOSITION TO THE PORT.
BEN MARTINEZ GOT CONFIRMED AND THEN, THEN HE, HE, UM, CREATED THIS TEAM TO CREATE ALL, TO CREATE THIS WHITE PAPER.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF HAVING, UM, A BUSINESS PROPOSITION TO THE PORT.
BOTH CHIEFS WERE THERE, THE DIRECTORS WERE THERE.
THEY, WE PUT ALL OUR HEADS TOGETHER WITH CONSULTING COUNCIL, UM, HICKS, UM, FOR THAT ONE MEETING.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS WHITE PAPER WAS CREATED.
IT MAY NOT BE PERFECT, BUT IT IS A BEGINNING OF A BUSINESS PROPOSITION TO A PARTNER THAT HAS BEEN, THAT HAS OVERLOOKED OR MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED THE, THE FAIR AND THE RIGHT, UM, BUSINESS THAT, THAT OUR MAYOR HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN EXPRESSING TO US DURING THAT TIME.
OH, YEAH, WE HAVE A PORT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A WATERFRONT.
WE HAVE A PORT, BUT WE DON'T GET SOME MONEY FROM THEM.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE A JUSTIFICATION OF A WHITE PAPER THAT'S, UH, THAT'S CREATED, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WITH THE EXPRESSION OF, UM, CEO RHONDA HERE, THAT, UM, THEY ASSURE US AND THEY ARE READY AND COMMITTED TO PROVIDE US FAIR AND RIGHT.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS, AND, AND THE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP THAT OUR CITY MANAGER HAD CREATED TO THE PORT, UM, SAN DIEGO PORT AUTHORITY, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THERE IS A FUTURE FOR US TO, UM, MAKE THIS FAIR AND RIGHT, NOT FOR JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY.
UH, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE THIS LATE.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.
UM, UH, I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM STAFF AND, UH, OUR CHIEFS, UM, REGARDING
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HOW THIS INFORMATION CAME TO BE CAME TOGETHER.UM, I'M USED TO READING OTHER TYPES OF WHITE PAPERS, UM, AND THERE, YOU KNOW, I WISH THESE, THIS ONE HAD A BIT MORE SUBSTANCE TO IT.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S THE FIRST STEP, BUT, UM, LIKE, UH, MEMBER YAMANI SAID IS IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS DATA.
UH, THERE IS NEED FOR JUSTIFICATION.
I MEAN, WE ARE ASKING TO GO FROM THIS 1.3 NUMBER, UH, TO 8.8.
I LIKE THAT DIRECTION, BUT I WANNA BE VERY STRONG IN HOW WE ARE COMMUNICATING THE NEED FOR THIS, UH, THE, THE TIMING IS ONE ASPECT.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, DURING COMMISSIONER NARANJO TIME, UM, SHE WAS THE PERSON THAT TO ME, HELPED ME UNDERSTAND HOW TO PREPARE FOR THIS MSA DISCUSSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT WAS KNOWN, THE DEADLINE TO COME TO THIS NEGOTIATION IS JULY 25.
UH, SO I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE ARE BEGINNING THE DISCUSSION NOW MANY MONTHS, UH, IN ANTICIPATION.
HOWEVER, TIMING DOES GO QUICK, RIGHT? UH, SO EVEN THOUGH IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE'RE STARTING EARLY, UM, IN FACT, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE BECAUSE A LOT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THESE MONTHS AS WE APPROACH JULY 25.
SO THIS, UH, WHITE PAPER IS A GOOD FIRST STEP.
UM, AGAIN, THERE IS, UM, OBVIOUS NEED.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN, UM, SAY NO, ACTUALLY NO, THE DOESN'T NEED, OR, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY THAT POLICE IS ASKING FOR ISN'T JUSTIFIED OR THE MONEY THAT PD, UH, OR A FIRE IS ASKING FOR.
OR EVEN THE TWO OTHER ONES THAT I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN.
THE FINAL TWO, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THESE SLIDES HERE, BUT THE FINAL TWO ASKS, UH, EACH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE PUBLIC WORKS AND THE, UM, HOMELESSNESS ISSUE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT EVIDENCE.
PERHAPS MAYBE NOT IN THIS WHITE PAPER, BECAUSE THIS IS THE WHITE PAPER WE ARE GIVEN.
BUT, UM, TO SHOW THAT, TO COME TO THE TABLE WITH THAT CONCRETE DATA INFORMATION THAT HELPS OUR ARGUMENT.
UM, SO, UH, I, I, UH, DO UNDERSTAND, MS. MIRANDA, I HEARD YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS.
THIS IS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN AGENCY THAT HAS TO FOLLOW THE LAW, RIGHT? JUST LIKE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY HAS TO FOLLOW THE LAW.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRAINTS, AND WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, I ALSO HEARD YOU SAY, MS. RDA, UH, YOUR TEAM IS COMMITTED TO APPROACH THESE NEGOTIATIONS IN A FAIR AND APPROPRIATE WAY.
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT NATIONAL CITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR, IS A FAIR AND APPROPRIATE CONSIDERATION FOR WHAT NATIONAL CITY GIVES OF ITSELF AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING BACK.
TRULY, THIS IS, UM, HELPFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE BECAUSE IT, IT DOES SHOW TO ME THE HONESTY IN, IN A LOT OF THIS AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? I LOVE THAT, UH, MR. DAY, HE STEPPED OUT, BUT JEREMY DAY SAID, UH, WE'RE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE A PROUD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND I KNOW, I KNOW THAT CHIEF HERNANDEZ WOULD SAY, WE ARE A VERY PROUD NATIONAL CITY PD DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW WHAT? ME AND MYSELF, EVERYBODY UP HERE WILL WILLINGLY SAY WE ARE A PROUD CITY.
WE ARE PROUD OF NATIONAL CITY.
AND WHAT I WANNA SAY AT THE END OF THIS IS I AM PROUD OF THE RELATIONSHIP I HAVE WITH THE PORT.
I WANNA BE PROUD OF THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED PORT DISTRICT.
AND IF THIS IS A WAY TO GET THERE AND START MENDING A LOT OF THE WRONGS FROM THE PAST, I AM WILLING TO GO AND TAKE THAT RIDE WITH YOU.
UM, I REALLY WANNA THANK OUR STAFF, UM, FOR PREPARING THIS WHITE PAPER.
I REALLY WANNA THANK, UH, MR. HICKS, UM, VICE MAYOR, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I THINK EVERYBODY HAS HAD, UM, UH, WORK ON, ON THIS AND, AND PLENTY OF MEETINGS AND ONGOING DISCUSSIONS AND CONVERSATIONS.
THANK YOU TO OUR CURRENT COMMISSIONER AND OUR PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU TO PORT STAFF BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD A, UM, HISTORICALLY WE HAVE NOT HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP, BUT THE TIDES HAVE TURNED.
AND, UM, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE, UH, DEMONSTRATES THAT, UM, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH OUR STAFF DEMONSTRATES THAT.
UM, SO I'M REALLY, UM, UH, HAPPY, UH, THAT WE ARE HEADING INTO THE RIGHT
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DIRECTION.SO WE, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS.
UM, UH, DEFINITELY WANNA SEE MORE DETAILS ON THE WHITE PAPER AS WE CONTINUE GOING FORWARD.
UH, BUT, UM, I UNDERSTAND THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD FOR THE, UH, FULL ON NEGOTIATION.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR NOW HAVING A VERY, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE POSITIVE WORK RELATIONSHIP THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
SO, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, AND PLENTY OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS, UM, NEW AND OLD, UH, HAVE A VERY SOFT SPOT FOR NATIONAL CITY AND WANT TO HELP.
AND, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT HAS NOT HISTORICALLY BEEN THE CASE AS WELL.
AND SO I'M, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR A LOT OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH US IN NATIONAL CITY.
I'LL START OFF BY, THANK YOU, BEN, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU DID SOMETHING THAT YOUR, UM, NOT YOUR, I IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR, BUT YOUR PREDECESSOR BEFORE THAT, AND REALLY ALL OF YOUR PREDECESSORS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO AND, AND HAVEN'T DONE.
SO THIS WAS VERY LONG OVERDUE.
SO THANK YOU FOR SPENDING OUR, OUR RESOURCES ON HIRING MR. HICKS.
UM, AND, AND MR. HICKS, THANK YOU FOR THAT THOROUGH REPORT, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY TECHNICAL, BUT I THINK YOU DID A REALLY EFFECTIVE JOB WITH THE POWERPOINT AND THE VISUALS, UM, REALLY EXPLAINING WHAT THE DISPARITY IS IN THE IMPACTS TO OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THAT'S WHO I REALLY ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, TONIGHT.
OUR, OUR POLICE CHIEF ALEX HERNANDEZ, OUR FIRE CHIEF, UH, ER, SERGIO, UH, MORA.
UM, AND, AND THE, THE STAFF AS WELL, THE WORKERS, JEREMY DAY, WHO SPOKE, WALTER AMEDEE, WHO WORKED ON THIS, UM, DEREK ALOT, AND I THINK, UH, RON, UH, RON FROM POLICE.
WHAT, WHAT'S HIS LAST NAME? OKAY.
SO, UH, JUST, JUST PLEASE EXTEND, UH, MY THANKS, UH, TO THEM, UH, BECAUSE ALL THAT, ALL THAT DATA COLLECTION, ALL THAT WORK, ALL THAT REVIEW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND TO BE FAIR TO THE PORT TOO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I EXPECT MOVING FORWARD THAT YOU WILL SCRUTINIZE THIS.
I THINK THAT'S YOUR JOB, TO LOOK AT IT AND TO COMB THROUGH THE DATA, THE NUMBERS, YOUR PUBLIC AGENCY AS WELL.
SO YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, UH, FOR ALL OF US.
AND I WANT YOU TO, UH, TO, TO DO THAT.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT THAT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR, OUR DIRECTLY OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, DOES HAPPEN.
BUT GETTING BACK ON THAT, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, IT, IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
UM, AND WE SEE NOW THAT WE ARE SUBSIDIZING OUR POLICE AND FIRE ARE SUBSIDIZING, THE PROOF IS RIGHT THERE AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S JUST WRONG.
WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR OUR POLICE AND, AND, AND FIRE AND SUPPORT THEM, AND I SUPPORT YOU ALL A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, SO, SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR, UM, FOR, FOR COMING, FOR SPEAKING AND FOR DOING THIS WORK.
UM, SO, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, AND IT'S IT'S BUSINESS, YES.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS POLITICS.
SO IT'S BUSINESS, BUT IT'S ALSO POLITICS, AND IT'S OUR, AND IT'S OUR PUBLIC SAFETY THAT WE ALSO NEED TO FIGHT FOR AND PROTECT.
UM, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, UM, ON THE, UM, THE TOT REVENUE, IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT.
ALSO, ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, OUR COMMISSIONER, GILL UNAD MOVING FORWARD.
I EXPECT YOU TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH OUR, UM, OUR, OUR PORT STAFF, AND DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR FORMER PORT COMMISSIONER SANDHO, WHO REALLY GOT THIS GOING.
SO I AGREE WITH, UH, MEMBER MOLINA ON THAT.
BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE ON THE TOT REVENUE, I'M TRYING THE TOURISM.
OH, SO THAT IS JUST ONE FORWARD.
I JUST WANT EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS AND OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, HERE TO LOOK AT THAT AND JUST RE REMEMBER THAT PART OR THIS, THIS PART RIGHT HERE.
WE GET NOTHING IN TOT REVENUE.
AND IF YOU CAN GO BACK IN THE NEXT SLIDE, THE ACTUALLY FORD, EXCUSE ME, THE ONE THAT SHOWS THE REVENUE FOR PECHA, UM, SORRY.
SO, 14 MILLION, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE GET ZERO OF THAT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE SOLVED OVERNIGHT.
BUT THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE PROOF IN THE PUDDING.
HOW WE ARE, ARE SUBSID AND ONE OF THE ONLY ONES TO, TO, TO SUBSIDIZE.
AND SO, AND I ASK HER POLICE AND FIRE, IF THERE'S SOME EDUCATING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I KNOW, UM, CHIEF, WHAT I WANT, REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU TOOK ME ON A TOUR OF THE PORT FACILITY, SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, AND YOU CAN SEE IT FROM A HIGH, FROM A HIGH LEVEL.
BUT YOU WERE ABLE TO GIVE ME A BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR.
AND I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HASN'T, UM, EITHER ON THIS DIOCESE STAFF, UM, TO REALLY LOOK AT THE, JUST THE, THE
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IMMENSITY OF WHAT OUR, UM, OUR FIRE AND POLICE HAVE TO COVER.SO THAT PART IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU CAN EVEN SEE IN THE CORNER THERE, THERE'S OUR BEACH.
I, I'VE BEEN TALKING THAT MORE AND MORE EVER SINCE THE CHIEF TOOK ME.
WE'RE THE ONLY CITY TO NOT HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO OUR BEACH.
BUT I KNOW, AND MS. MIRANDA, I KNOW WITH YOUR SUPPORT TOO, ONE DAY WE'LL GET THERE.
BUT OUR COMMUNITY, WE DESERVE A BEACH.
WE, WE ABSOLUTELY DESERVE THAT ACCESS.
WE'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T, YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE CORNER THAT'S JUST BEING USED TO PARK CARS ONTO.
SO THIS IS MUCH, UH, IT'S JUST SUCH A, A BIG ISSUE.
UM, BUT THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY AWESOME STEP FORWARD.
THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, IS IS YEARS IN THE MAKING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THE, THE DATA, THE METHODOLOGY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE DETAILS THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT THE STAFF REPORT WAS MISSING WAS JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE CITING THE ACTUAL, UH, PORT, UH, POLICY AND LANGUAGE, BECAUSE I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT VERBATIM.
SO JUST MOVING FORWARD, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN HAVE THAT, AND WE DO EXPECT TO MAKE EDITS ON THIS, RIGHT? THIS WHITE PAPER ISN'T JUST YEAH.
A ABSOLUTELY, I WOULD CALL IT KIND OF RELUCTANT TO SAY THIS, BUT A LIVING DOCUMENT.
UM, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT, IT'S A SHORT SNAPSHOT TO REALLY EXPOSE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, RIGHT? AND TO TAKE A LOOK AT A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE METHODOLOGY THAT HASN'T BEEN EXPLORED IN THE PAST.
AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I MAY, THERE'S ONE THING I LEFT OUT OF OUR PRESENTATION THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THE, THE MAYOR REMINDED ME OF THIS TODAY.
THIS IS NOT JUST A PORT ACT ASSET.
IT'S NOT JUST A CITY ASSET, IT'S A NATIONAL ASSET.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S A STRATEGIC RANDALL, I'LL, I'LL GET THE WORDING WRONG, BUT, UM, A STRATEGIC PORT AT ANY TIME, OUR MILITARY CAN COME OVER AND TAKE OVER THAT PORT AND HAS YES.
AND DEPLOY TANKS AND WEAPON SYSTEMS, WHEREVER THE CONFLICT IS IN THE WORLD.
AND WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED? UM, CERTAINLY HAPPENED IN BOTH PHASES OF IRAQ.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DESERT STORM, DESERT STORM, AND YEAH, I KNOW IT DEFINITELY DID, BUT I'M NOT REMEMBERING ALL THOSE EVENTS.
BUT IT HAS IN FACT HAPPENED THE 10TH AVENUE MARINE TERMINAL, THE SAME TYPE OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
BUT MY ONLY POINT THERE, IT IS TRULY A NATIONAL ASSET.
UM, SO, SO YEAH, I SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD.
I, I WOULD LIKE, UM, AND I, I CAN WAIT FOR THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO DEVELOP AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, AND SO I THINK, UH, AN, UM, AN OFFICIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE IS, UH, A PART OF THIS AND ESTABLISHED BY COUNCIL, UM, TO, TO MAKE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE THE WHITE PAPER BEFORE.
SO MOVING FORWARD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST SOMEONE ON COUNCIL ALSO GETS INPUT AND, AND SEES THAT.
SO, UM, UH, BUT I, I SUPPORT THIS.
I THINK IT'S, UM, A GREAT STEP FORWARD.
NONE OF US CAN CHANGE THE PAST, AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON A, A A LOT LONGER FROM WHEN, UH, MS. RANDA WAS HERE AND FOR MANY OF US HERE.
BUT IT'S, IT'S ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AND, AND CORRECTING A WRONG AND DOING IT WITH TRANSPARENCY AND DILIGENCE.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE.
I'M, I'M REALLY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I'LL TRY TO KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT AND THEN I'LL LET YOU MAKE MOTION.
WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO AT THAT POINT.
THE, UH, UM, A NUMBER OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, THAT WE'RE SUBSIDIZING WITH OUR POLICE AND FIRE.
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, SAN DIEGO IS, CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS SUBSIDIZING ALSO, SO IS CHULA VISTA, AND SO IS CORONADO, BUT THEY'RE GETTING A RETURN BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT THAT THE PORT HAS PUT IN THERE THAT MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR WHAT THEY'RE SUBSIDIZING.
AND SO THERE'S WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IS AT.
UH, AND SO THERE HAS BEEN ALL THAT INVESTMENT AND YOU KNOW, AND WE GET THIS DEAL OF, I KNOW WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING PROJECTS IN THE PAST, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS THING OF, WELL, WE NEED TO GET THIS RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
SO WE'D MUCH RATHER SPEND THE MONEY DOWN IN BARCA 'CAUSE WE CAN GET A BETTER RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
I USED TO WORK DOWN ON THAT BAYFRONT IN THE LATE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES.
THAT'S WHERE I WORKED, WHERE THE CONVENTION CENTER IS NOW.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS WHERE I WAS EMPLOYED FROM ANY, THERE WAS NOTHING DOWN THERE.
IT WAS THE OLD TUNA FLEET, AND THAT WAS IT.
THERE WAS NOTHING DOWN THERE TILL THE PORT STARTED MAKING INVESTMENT IN THAT AREA AND BUILT IT UP.
SO OF COURSE, IT'S A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.
IF THEY PUT ENOUGH INVESTMENT IN THAT AREA, THEN YOU GET A RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
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WELL, WE CAN'T MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN YOUR 'CAUSE IT WON'T BE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT.YOU KNOW, THAT GETS KIND OF CRAZY.
THE OTHER THING IS THEN WE ALWAYS ARE DEALING WITH PORT POLICY AND PORT RULES.
AND WE FOUND WITH ALL, UH, RESPECT, WE HAVE FOUND THOSE RULES SEEM TO CHANGE MOMENT BY MOMENT, DEPENDING ON WHO IT AFFECTS.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE MADE A PROPOSAL TO TRY TO GET WHAT I CALL CAPE CANAVERAL.
OUR, OUR SIGNS DOWN THERE, GET THOSE REPLACED AND PUT IN SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A WAY SIGNAGE FOR THE 24TH STREET, MARINE TERMINAL AND STREET SIGNAGE.
WE WERE TOLD, NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT.
'CAUSE THAT'S A FEW FEET OFF OF PORT PROPERTY AND WE CANNOT SPEND MONEY EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ADVERTISING THE TERMINAL.
AND THAT'S AGAINST OUR POLICY.
AND THEY TURNED AROUND AT THE EXACT SAME TIME ON CESAR CHAVEZ WAY, PUT UP AN OVER THE STREET STREET SIGN THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PORT IS NOWHERE NEAR A PORT PROPERTY.
IT DOESN'T EVEN MENTION THE PORT.
AND SPENT $1.2 MILLION AT THOSE IN DOLLARS FOR THAT DAY ON THAT.
AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR RULES AND THEIR POLICY WAS OKAY IN THIS WAY, BUT NO, IT WASN'T HERE.
AND, AND IT'S BEEN KIND OF ONE SIDED ON A LOT OF THAT.
AND THAT IS SOME OF THE HISTORY THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AND WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED.
BUT WE CAN LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THE PROBLEM BEING THAT WE LOOK AT THIS AS BEING JUST A PORT.
IT'S NOT A PORT, IT'S A UNIFIED PORT.
AND WE ARE, WE ARE PUT TOGETHER BY LEGISLATURE, NOT ONLY THE ORIGINAL PORT DISTRICT ACT, BUT THEN THERE WAS A SPECIAL PORT DISTRICT ACT THAT LITERALLY GOT PUT TOGETHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
BUT WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT, THAT ONE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU, MR. STEVE PEACE.
BUT, UH, THE, UH, UH, AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE IN THESE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE PORTS ALL UP AND DOWN THE COAST AND EAST COAST, THAT MONEY STAYS WITHIN THAT CITY.
AND I THINK IF YOU'LL TAKE, WE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE OTHER PORTS AND SEE HOW THOSE SERVICES ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE CITY, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE A MUCH LARGER DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE SEE HERE.
BUT I SAY, I THINK THAT'S SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO GET ALSO.
UH, AND, BUT THE PROBLEM IS WITH A UNIFIED PORT, YOU KNOW, YOUR PORT DIRECTORS ARE ALL IN THOSE OTHER CITIES.
THEY'RE ALL FROM THAT CITY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SEPARATE JURISDICTION.
AND HERE WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH FOUR OTHER CITIES AND ONE OF 'EM HAVING THREE VOTES.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S A DIFFICULT THING.
AND SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT IN THEIR CITY.
WE'VE, WE HAVEN'T GOT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE DID GET A MAJORITY OF THEM.
AND THEN THE THINGS THEY WANT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE, THOSE GO OVER TO THE OTHER CITIES.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU LOOK ON THE, UH, ON THE, THE PORT AREA, THERE IS A LOT OF CONTAINERS OUT THERE.
AND I THINK, WELL, JEREMY'S GONE, BUT WE GOT, WE GOT HIS SIDEKICK BACK THERE.
UH, THERE IS A LOT OF, A LOT OF AREAS OVER THERE ON THAT TERMINAL THAT HAVE A LOT OF TRIANGLES ON 'EM, THAT'S SAYING IT'S TOXIC, EXPLOSIVE IS ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, THAT AREA, UH, YOU MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT OVER IN CHULA VISTA OVER BY THE BOAT WORKS, AND YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT IN SAN DIEGO, BUT WE'VE GOT THE HEAVY CONCENTRATION OF IT, AND THEY GET ALL THIS EXTRA INVESTMENT THAT PUTS MONEY INTO THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THEY CAN USE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S LOOKING AT THOSE, THOSE INEQUITIES AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT? AND AS YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED THE, AND THIS DOESN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THE LITHIUM THING.
I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS THE POINT, SNAPSHOT, SNAPSHOT OF THIS MOMENT IN TIME, NOT A FUTURE DECISIONS OR FUTURE PROJECTS.
UM, AND, AND AS I SAY, THE OTHER CITIES ARE ALL IN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE, UH, UH, THE CHARGING STATION.
UM, BECAUSE QUOTE UNQUOTE, IT'S GONNA MAKE CLEANER AIR FOR THE REGION, EVEN THOUGH THE TRUCKS AS FAR AS THE POLLUTANTS WAS ONLY 7%.
BUT WE'RE GONNA DO ALL THAT TO DO, DO THAT.
AND SO THEY'RE ALL FOR IT, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT UPWIND FROM THEIR CITY.
NONE OF 'EM WAS VOLUNTEERING FOR THE, ANY OF THIS.
AND, UH, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT BECOMES, THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
SO PEOPLE DO NOT MISQUOTE NOT AGAINST ELECTRIFICATION, NOT AGAINST, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY.
I JUST DON'T WANNA BE THE GUINEA PIG.
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AND I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PLACED IN THE RIGHT PLACE UPWIND FROM A HEAVY POPULATED AREA WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS IT'S HAVING, JUST IS NOT A GOOD PRACTICAL DECISION.AND, UH, SO THERE'S, UH, I THINK A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THIS BOTH ON WHERE, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND TO SEE IF SOME OF THOSE INEQUITIES BOTH IN THE FORM OF, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT INCOME THAT CAN COME TO THE CITY WITHOUT, WITHOUT DISTURBING MARITIME.
WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE MADE, WE'VE MADE OUR AGREEMENT WITH MARITIME AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GOING AFTER YOU.
IT'S NOT LIKE A LOT OF THE CITIES UP AND DOWN THE COAST THAT ARE TRYING TO, TRYING TO CLAW BACK MARITIME.
THAT'S, WE'VE NEVER ASKED THAT.
THAT WAS THE REASON WE DID A BALANCE PLAN AND BALANCED OUT THOSE THINGS, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.
UM, AND, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE POLLUTION, A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC, A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE OTHER CITIES DIDN'T WANT.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY BRAG ABOUT, OKAY, WELL NOW HERE WE'RE GOING, GOING THIS WAY.
YOU KNOW, EVEN THE DEAL WITH, I'M SORRY, WITH DOLE AND BARRIO, LOGAN AND EHC BRAGGED LIKE CRAZY.
WE SAVED BARRIO LOGAN WHAT THEY DID.
THEY SENT ALL THE TRUCKS DOWN HERE IMMEDIATELY, WEST UPWIND FROM KIMBALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT THEN THEY CLAIM WE GOTTA SAVE THEM FROM ALL THIS DIESEL OF FUMES.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, AND SO WE GOT, WE GOT ALL THAT STUFF.
WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT SIX MONTHS AFTER IT, AFTER IT WAS SIGNED.
BUT, UM, THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF, KIND OF SOME OF THE HISTORY, YOU KNOW, I AM GLAD THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE'S A BETTER DAY COMING.
I THINK WE'VE GOT, I THINK, SOME, UH, NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PORT.
I THINK IT'S BEEN MORE POSITIVE, UH, RECENTLY THAN I'VE SEEN IT IN ALL MY YEARS.
UM, 'CAUSE I MEAN, THERE WAS TIMES WHEN WE WOULD GO DOWN THERE AND BRING UP THESE ISSUES AND I THOUGHT WE WERE, THEY WERE GONNA CALL THE COPS ON US A FEW TIMES.
AND THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A COUPLE COMMISSIONERS I THINK THAT WAS READY TO, AND, UH, UM, SO IT, UH, BUT UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANY OF THIS STUFF.
NOW I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE ACCEPTANCE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE, THERE NEEDS TO BE CHANGE, AND IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
AND WE REALIZE THAT, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A PLAN.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA LOOK TO, UH, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD A MOTION, UH, YES.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR DISTRIBUTION THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL SERVICES, WHITE PAPER TO THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, AND DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO SECURE FULL REIMBURSEMENT FUNDING FROM THE PORT FOR PROVIDING MUNICIPAL SERVICES, ALONG WITH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY COUNCIL VOTE ON OCTOBER 15TH.
WE HAVE, LEMME GET MY SCREEN BACK UP, SO I SEE.
COULD WE GET IN? THERE'S ONE WHO SECONDED.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THINK SO, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT ONE.
AND, UH, UM, WE, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T GET WRAPPED UP HERE BEFORE OUR, OUR 10, 10 30, UH, UH, CINDERELLA, UH, TIME, UM, THE, UH, WITH THAT, UH, ANY OTHER, UH, ANY OTHER STAFF REPORTS, THOSE WERE UNDER STAFF REPORTS OR, OR CITY
[10. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT]
MANAGER REPORT? YES.JUST A BRIEF COMMENT UNDER CITY MANAGER REPORT, UM, IN, IN, UH, PREPARATION OF THE FREE TRANSIT DAY WITH MTS, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREWS, UH, FOR SPENDING SOME EXTRA TIME IN, IN WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE BUS STOPS AND SOME OF THE FACILITIES TO ENCOURAGE THE, THE RIDERSHIP.
UM, AND ALSO I SENT SOME EMAILS THIS WEEK, SEVERAL ABOUT JUST SOME OF THE CLEANUP AND, UH, YEAH.
IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING WITH, UH, MINIMAL RESOURCES WE HAVE, HOW MUCH WE ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK LARRY EMERSON, UH, WHO, WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, GOT OUT THERE AND DID SOME WORK HIMSELF.
WITH, WITH THE, UH, BATTERY POWERED, UH, EQUIPMENT.
[11. ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT]
UH, COMMENTS.JUST A, A COMMENT, UM, UNITE HERE.
HOTEL WORKERS REPRESENTING THE HILTON HYATT, SORRY, THE HILTON HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS A POOR TENANT, UH, ARE STILL ON STRIKE.
AND SO IF ANY FOLKS, UM, YOU KNOW, WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND SUPPORT THE WORKERS, THEY'RE ASKING FOR PARITY.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR VERY BASIC THINGS, AN INCREASE IN QUALITY OF LIFE FROM A TENANT
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THAT HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF, UH, PUBLIC INVESTMENTS AND CONTINUE TO BE ON PUBLIC LAND.EVERYBODY SHOULD BENEFIT, UH, THE BUSINESS AND THE WORKERS.
AND, AND, UH, SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.
I THINK YOU ACTUALLY COULD, YOU KNOW, WIN AND MADE SOME, UH, TACOS, UH, FOR THE WORKERS A COUPLE TIMES.
AND THANK YOU TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA FOR, UH, FOR JOINING ME AS WELL.
AND ENCOURAGE, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER IMANI OR VICE MAYOR'S, UH, BEEN OUT OR THE MAYOR, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO JOIN AS WELL ON THAT.
UM, A COUPLE REPORTS, UH, THANK YOU TO, UH, POLICE CHIEF HERNANDEZ FOR, UM, WE, WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING NUMEROUS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS, UM, FROM A BAR CALLED THE AJA LOUNGE ON, UH, HIGHLAND, UH, NEAR 24TH STREET.
UM, SO, SO, AND I WENT AND SPOKE TO THE RESIDENTS, UH, CONFIRMED THAT, UM, AND SET UP A MEETING WITH THE OWNER, UM, AND, UH, THE NEIGHBORING BAR, UM, AT, AT THE BEER HOUSE, WHICH, UH, ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF NOISE COMPLAINTS AS WELL.
BUT REALLY WANT TO THANK, UH, CHIEF HERNANDEZ FOR SETTING THE TIME ASIDE AND, UH, FOR GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN, UH, TO THE OWNER.
AND THERE'S STILL CONCERNS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE, ARE WORKING ON THAT.
I, UM, WANT US TO GIVE OWNERS AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY DO NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND, UM, AND, UH, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR, UH, DOING THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, A COUPLE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO.
UH, MY COUNCIL REP, UH, DANIEL GONZALEZ HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY DILIGENTLY ON OUR COMMUNICATION, OUR OUTREACH.
ONE OF THOSE WAYS, UH, HAS BEEN A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER GOING OVER THE LAST, UH, MONTH OF, UM, EVENTS OF, UM, THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON THE DIOCESE, SEW, TJ SEWAGE, UH, A RIVER CRISIS REGIONAL ISSUE, UM, HOMELESSNESS, UH, JUST A VARIETY OF ISSUES.
SO WE HAVE THE NEWSLETTER THAT'S, UH, UH, COMING OUT, A MONTHLY UPDATE ON CITY ISSUES.
AND WE ALSO ARE STARTING, UH, UH, A NEW FORM OF OUTREACH AND, UH, FOR COMMUNICATION AND FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND WE'RE TRYING A PODCAST AS WELL.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU, DANIEL, FOR, FOR, THAT'S A, A DIFFERENT REAL OF COMMUNICATION.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE US, UH, AS WE, I THINK WE'RE HOPEFULLY GONNA HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS PERSON FOR THE CITY, BUT WE, IN ORDER TO ENGAGE A COMMUNITY AND, AND ESPECIALLY DIFFERENT GROUPS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF OUTREACH.
SO NEWSLETTERS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CAN GO DOOR TO DOOR AND PHONE CALL, LIKE WEBSITE POSTINGS ARE, ARE GOOD, BUT WE JUST NEED TO, UH, FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND INFORM THEM ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, AND ALSO INVITE THEM TO, TO GIVE US SCRUTINY AND, AND COMMENTS AND ALL THAT.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT.
AND AGAIN, TOMORROW IS FREE TRANSIT DAY, SO, UH, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO RIDE TRANSIT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
UH, I THINK YOUR FIRST, UH, INTERVIEWEE AND YOUR FIRST PO PODCAST WAS MAYOR MORRISON.
SO WE, AND WE DID, UH, SO THE, THE FIRST, UH, PODCAST THAT WE DID, THANK, THANK YOU.
UH, SO I WENT AHEAD AND INTERVIEWED, UH, THE, THE MAYOR, UH, MAYOR MORRISON, ALSO MAYOR PALOMA GUERRE, TO TALK ABOUT THE CRISIS.
SO, UM, AND WE WENT OVER TOPIC, THE TOPICS IN THE LAST MONTH, HOMELESSNESS UPDATES ON, UM, ON THE TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION.
AND SO A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF OTHER ISSUES.
SO YES, I APPRECIATE YOU RAKED ME OVER THE COALS.
THERE WERE NO SOFTBALLS
WELL, MAYOR MORRISON CALLED ME, HE WAS VERY PROUD OF THAT INVITATION.
I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE PODCAST.
UM, I JUST WANNA GIVE A COUPLE OF SHOUT OUTS TO, UM, OUR PARKS SUPERINTENDENT, VICTOR REBE, AND ALSO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES MANAGER, RONNIE SONO AND THEIR TEAMS. I MADE A REQUEST TO DO SOME TLC AT PARADISE CREEK EDUCATIONAL PARK.
THE BENCHES WERE, UH, COMPLETE DISASTER WITH, UH, GRAFFITI.
AND I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MR. JAMES KIM FOR CLEANING THOSE UP AND MAKING THEM LOOK BRAND NEW.
ALSO, THERE WAS A BEEHIVE, UM, THAT I UNDERSTAND WAS REMOVED.
SO, UM, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO OUR STAFF.
YOU TRULY DO MAKE THE CITY WHAT IT IS.
AND, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.
I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY, VERY PROUD OF YOU.
UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A BASEBALL SEASON STILL IN BOTTOM LUCK SAN DIEGO.
I JUST WANTED TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M MEAN GRATEFUL FOR STAFF FOR THE RAPID, RAPID RESPONSE TO, UH, UM, TO US, LIKE, UM, ME AND MR. CRUZ, WHEN WE, UM, GO VISIT OUR DISTRICT THREE, WE MAKE SURE WE TAKE PICTURES, WE SEND IT TO OUR CITY MANAGER, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND, UM, I'M TELLING YOU, THEY ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT
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THEY TAKE CARE OF IT AND THEY REALLY DO TAKE CARE OF OUR CITY, AND THEY REALLY DO CARE LIKE WE DO, UM, FOR THE CITY THAT WE, UH, SERVE OUR PEOPLE.UM, OCTOBER IS FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE OFFICE OF OUR HONORABLE CONGRESSMAN JUAN VARGAS, FOR SENDING ME A COPY OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 1504, RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2024 AS FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, AND CELEBRATING THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF FILIPINO AMERICANS AND THEIR IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES.
CONGRESSMAN VON VARGAS CO-SPONSOR THE BILL ACKNOWLEDGING THE MANY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY OUR FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY, THE 52ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, INCLUDING NATIONAL CITY.
AS WITH THE MANY WERE STATEMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION, A FEW THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, THE THIRD LARGEST ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES WITH A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 4.5 MILLION.
FILIPINO AMERICANS PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES AS NURSES, DOCTORS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
AND APPROXIMATELY ONE IN FOUR WORKING FILIPINO ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES IS A FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKER.
FILIPINO AMERICANS CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO MUSIC, DANCE, LITERATURE, EDUCATION, BUSINESS, HOSPITALITY, JOURNALISM, SPORTS, FASHION, POLITICS, GOVERNMENT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, THE FINE ARTS, AND THE OTHER FIELDS THAT ENRICH THE UNITED STATES.
THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, AS WE CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZES THE CELEBRATION OF FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH AS A TESTAMENT TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF FILIPINO AMERICANS, A TIME TO REFLECT AND REMEMBER THE MANY NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT FILIPINO AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO THE UNITED STATES.
AND A TIME TO RENEW EFFORTS TOWARDS THE RESEARCH AND EXAMINATION OF HISTORY AND CULTURE SO AS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FILIPINO AMERICANS, AND TO APPRECIATE THE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF FILIPINO AMERICANS TO THE UNITED STATES, AND URGES THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES TO OBSERVE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.
THIS MONTH, THIS MONTH OF OCTOBER, I WAS LATE, UH, COMING HERE BECAUSE I HAD TO OPEN THE SAN DIEGO FILIPINO FILM FESTIVAL AT PLA BONITA THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, HELD TODAY UNTIL THE SIXTH.
SO PLEASE ENJOY IT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALRIGHT, UM, COUPLE OF THINGS I ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, SB 1414 AND SB 14, AND HOW THAT, THOSE HAVE WENT THROUGH.
AND THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A BIT OF A BATTLE, BUT THEY, WE GOT THOSE THROUGH, UM, THE, UM, THIS LAST, UH, UH, SATURDAY, THERE WAS TWO, UH, TWO LARGE EVENTS.
ONE WAS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PHIL AND BID, AND THAT ONE, UM, THEY, UM, THEY HAD THEIR, THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA, AND THEY GAVE OUT THEIR, WHAT THEY CALL THEIR TOP HAT AWARDS.
AND SO THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND TWO OF OUR OWN ACTUALLY RECEIVED THOSE AWARDS.
ONE WAS COUNCILWOMAN LUZ MOLINA, UH, RECEIVED ONE, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS, UH, JOSIE FLORES CLARK WAS ALSO, UH, UH, WAS ALSO HONORED ON THAT.
UM, THEN, UM, MATTER OF FACT, THE SAME NIGHT THERE WAS ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT, I THINK FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS.
I WAS AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY, SO THERE WAS THAT.
THEN RUNNING UP, UH, FARTHER NORTH, THE SAN DIEGO, UH, FILIPINO AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION HAD THEIR 50TH END ANNIVERSARY.
AND, UH, SO WE GOT TO, UH, CELEBRATE WITH THEM ON THAT ONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REASON THAT FILIPINO AMERICANS MAKE GREAT NURSES BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH A GIVING SPIRIT AND A CARING AND SERVING, AND IT CARRIED CARRIES OVER INTO OUR, INTO OUR MEDICAL PROFESSION.
SO, UH, UH, THAT WAS QUITE A, QUITE A CELEBRATION.
THE OTHER ONE LAST WEEK, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT DEALT WITH HISPANIC BUSINESSES, UH, THAT GOT TOGETHER AND IT WAS A, UM, HUGE PRODUCTION.
AND CHULA VISTA DECIDED TO TRY TO OUTDO ME.
AND SO THEY DECIDED THAT THEY DID A CHULA VISTA PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING IT.
JOSIE FLORES CLARK DAY, AND SHULA VISTA, AND, UH, JUST A, YEAH, JUST A, JUST A SMITE.
AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, SO, UM, SAY SO.
BUT WE APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE, EVEN IF THEY'RE FROM CHULA VISTA, RECOGNIZE THAT WE GOT GOOD THINGS GOING ON HERE.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS ANYTHING TO REPORT.
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UH, OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE ON OCTOBER THE 15TH.