Nov 19, 2024 City Council

THE FOLLOWING WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN SPANISH FOR OUR SOON PARTICIPANTS, AND WE WILL START THIS.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AS A REMINDER, PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES OR ANY OTHER DEVICES IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

AND, UH, PRIOR TO ROLL CALL, I NEED TO MAKE A STATEMENT HERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD OF THIS MEETING AND IT SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 3.

AND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA IS ON A BUSINESS TRIP LOCATED IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA IS PARTICIPATING BY ZOOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT.

UH, THE TELECONFERENCE LOCATION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, UH, IN THE NOTICE AND AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING.

CITY, UH, CLERK CHAPEL.

PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL AFTER WHICH I WILL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA TO RECOGNIZE ME IN ORDER TO CONFIRM CERTAIN MATTERS FOR THE RECORD.

COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH HERE.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA PRESENT VICE MAYOR YAMANI.

UH, I'D NOW LIKE TO REQUEST THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA, CAN YOU HEAR ME WELL? YES, I CAN.

UM, WERE YOU ABLE TO HEAR OUR PROCEEDINGS AS THE, UH, AT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE MEETING? YES, I DID.

UH, DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING? YES, I DO.

HAVE YOU POSTED THE AGENDA AT THE LOCATION WHERE YOU ARE? YES, I DID.

IS YOUR LOCATION REASONABLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC SUCH THAT ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC COULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS TELECONFERENCE FROM YOUR LOCATION IF HE OR SHE WISHED TO DO SO? YES.

IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THERE WITH YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS MEETING OR OTHERWISE ADDRESS ANY AGENDA ITEM FOR THIS MEETING? NOT PRESENTLY.

IS YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION ON A SECURE VPN AND NOT A PUBLIC NETWORK? YES, IT IS.

UH, I WOULD NOW LIKE TO ASK THAT ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE AT THIS TIME IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE, UH, TO CLEARLY HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA.

HEARING NO COMMENT, THE RECORD SHALL REFLECT THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS INDICATE THAT, UH, THEY ARE ABLE TO HEAR COUNCILMAN MOLINA CLEARLY.

UM, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADVISE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY CLERK THAT ANY VOTES TAKEN DURING THE TELECONFERENCE PORTION OF THIS MEETING MUST BE TAKEN BY ROLL CALL VOTE ONLY.

SO WITH THAT CALL, THE MEETING TO ORDER AND A LIVE WEBCAST OF THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S WEBSITE.

AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM A NUMBER OF WAYS, EITHER IN PERSON BY SUBMITTING A SALMON COLORED SPEAKER SLIP, UH, OR BY EMAILING NO LATER THAN ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING.

ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE, UH, RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.

WITH THAT, IF WE COULD, UH, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND DO WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY HERE THIS EVENING? YES.

UH, THAT AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE, UH, INVOCATION, UH, ANI, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAVE US? I HAVE LED 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.

GRANT CLARITY TO THIS MEETING.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY AT THIS MOMENT TO ASK YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR WISDOM FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

MAY YOUR WORDS BE THOUGHTFUL, OUR HEARTS BE OPEN, OUR DECISIONS ALIGNED WITH YOUR WILL.

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LORD, I ASK, DID YOU BLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR, THE STAFF, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS OF NATIONAL CITY? WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE PUT IT ON IN YOUR HANDS, IN JESUS' NAME AND WE ALL SAY AMEN.

PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF.

MY NAME IS PASTOR RUBEN.

I'M WITH FRUIT OF THE VINE CHURCH.

[6.1 Latina Equal Pay Day]

GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, I AM GOING TO, UH, BRING ONE THING OUT OF ORDER.

I'LL BRING THE, UH, PROCLAMATION AND SO WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT.

UH, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR LATINA EQUAL PAYDAY.

AND, UH, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME RECIPIENTS, UH, I THINK HERE.

AND SO COME FORWARD.

AND AS THAT WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION IF YOU GUYS WILL, WILL SAY SOMETHING CONCERNING IT AND YOUR CAUSE.

MIC.

UP TO THE MIC THERE? YES.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS CLAUDIA REMPEL.

I'M THE BOARD CHAIR OF MANA DE SAN DIEGO.

THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

WE BELIEVE IN EMPOWERING LATINAS AT EVERY STAGE OF THEIR LIFE, AND PART IS THAT, PART OF THAT IS ADVOCACY WORK AND, AND, UM, MAKING SURE WE HAVE A VOICE FOR THE UNDERSERVED.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SORRY.

HI, MY NAME IS, UH, FERNANDA OLA.

I AM A STAFF MEMBER FOR MANAL DE SAN DIEGO.

AND I ALSO WANT THE THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING THE, OOH, THE HARD WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IN ORDER TO, UM, HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE IF OUR COMMUNITY THRIVES, ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES WILL ALSO THRIVE.

HI, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH ALONSO.

UM, I AM VICE CHAIR AND SECRETARY OF MANA.

SO WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

UM, I GREW UP IN THE SOUTH BAY AND I KNOW HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO GIRLS AND, YOU KNOW, TO FIND AN ORGANIZATION THAT ACTUALLY GIVES THEM THE PATH TO MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T COMPARE AND WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM AND IN THE FUTURE THAT THEY CAN GIVE US.

SO THANK YOU.

WE, UH, DO WANT TO GET INTO PUBLIC COMMENT AND, UM, LET'S START WITH, LET'S START WITH OUR ZOOMERS.

UM, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, WE HAVE A LARGE AGENDA TONIGHT AND, UH, AND WE HAVE ALSO HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF SPEAKERS.

AND SO I'M GONNA BE, UH, LIMITING IT TO TWO MINUTES, UH, PER INDIVIDUAL.

SO KIND OF BE THINKING OUT ALREADY YOUR WHAT, WHATEVER IT IS THAT, UH, YOU'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, UH, TO TRY TO LIMIT YOURSELF INTO THAT TIME PERIOD.

WITH THAT,

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORRISON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BECKY RAPP AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, A RECENT STUDY PUBLISHED THIS MONTH IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY.

THE STUDY POINTS OUT THAT THE DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN PERMITTING MARIJUANA BUSINESSES IN A CITY IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO THE INCREASE IN YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT CONSUMPTION.

THE META-ANALYSIS FOUND THAT CITIES WHERE MARIJUANA WAS PERMITTED TO BE SOLD HAD A DIRECT CORRELATION TO INCREASE MARIJUANA CONSUMPTION AMONG YOUTH SHOWING A 13% INCREASE IN PAST MONTH USE.

AMONG THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND 17.

THE STUDY NOTED THAT THIS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MARIJUANA USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IS VERY ALARMING.

NEURODEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE CONTINUES INTO THE EARLY TWENTIES AND MAY BE DISRUPTED BY CHRONIC MARIJUANA USE.

I QUOTE, SMALL CHANGES IN THE PREVALENCE OF CANNABIS USE CAN HAVE LARGE IMPACTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR THIS POPULATION.

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THE STUDY ALSO SUPPORTS SAM'S OR SMART APPROACHES TO MARIJUANA'S POSITION ARGUING.

LEGISLATORS MUST ENSURE THAT LAWS PROMOTING LEGALIZATIONS STRONGLY CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL ADVERSE PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES OVER THE BENEFITS FROM PERMISSIVENESS TOWARDS THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF MARIJUANA, AND STRENGTHEN THE MARIJUANA USE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT EFFORTS FOR YOUTH TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES.

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IT'S CRITICAL TO ACT NOW AND NOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE REGARDING THIS YOUNG GENERATION AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION AND EDUCATION HAVE TO BECOME A PRIORITY IN ENDING THE OBNOXIOUS ADVERTISING AND MARKETING THE INDUSTRY IS PERMITTED TO USE IN OUR CITY.

THANK YOU, PEGGY WALKER.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR, I CAME TONIGHT TO NOTE THAT THURSDAY IS GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT DAY.

THIS DAY IS A REMINDER OF THE HAZARDS OF TOBACCO USE AND THAT QUITTING ISN'T EASY, BUT CAN BE LIFESAVING.

THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY STATES THAT ALTHOUGH RATES HAVE DECLINED, CIGARETTE SMOKING REMAINS THE MOST PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF SERIOUS ILLNESS AND DEATH, SMOKING AND SECONDHAND SMOKE CAUSE MORE THAN 480,000 DEATHS YEARLY INCREASE THE RISK OF AT LEAST 12 DIFFERENT CANCERS AND CAUSE THREE OF EVERY 10 CANCER DEATHS IN LINE WITH GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SMOKE-FREE HOUSING ENVIRONMENTS IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR POPULATIONS MOST LIKELY TO LIVE IN MULTI-UNIT HOUSING.

THESE POPULATIONS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE EXPOSED TO SECONDHAND THIRD HAND SMOKE, AND THEY ALSO TEND TO FACE HIGHER BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE.

THAT INCLUDES THOSE THAT LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS, CERTAIN ETHNIC POPULATIONS, LGBT Q1 MILITARY AND THE HOMELESS AMONG OTHERS.

TO ENSURE HEALTH EQUITY FOR ALL.

I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SMOKE-FREE, VAPE FREE MUH REGULATIONS BECAUSE WHERE YOU LIVE SHOULDN'T MAKE YOU SICK.

THE US SURGEON GENERAL RELEASED A REPORT JUST TODAY THAT STATES THAT COMPREHENSIVE SMOKE-FREE LAWS REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND INEQUITIES.

I HOPE THAT YOU'LL ADDRESS THIS WITH SMOKE-FREE MUH POLICY AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING THESE CONCERNS.

HELLO, THIS IS KELLY MCCORMICK.

KELLY MCCORMICK.

I'M A PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR AND I WAS CALLING TO, UH, RAISE YOUR AWARENESS THAT NOVEMBER IS LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

AND I KNOW THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER JUST SPOKE ABOUT THE GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT, WHICH IS ANOTHER TERRIFIC EVENT THAT DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE, THE DEATH TOLL AND THE COST IN, UM, HEALTH AND PUBLIC MONEY AND PEOPLE'S PRIVATE HEALTHCARE COSTS, UM, THAT MAKE SMOKING AND TOBACCO USE EXPENSIVE.

AND, AND, UM, THERE ARE, SHE LISTED MANY REASONS THAT TOBACCO IS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING PEOPLE IN POOR COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS SUCH AS L-G-B-T-Q-I-A AND THE FACT THAT LUNG CANCER IS THE THIRD MOST COMMON CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND THAT, UM, IN ADDITION, SMOKERS ARE 15 TO 30 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP LUNG CANCER COMPARED TO NON-SMOKERS.

IN ADDITION, SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE INCREASES LUNG CANCER RISK BY 20 TO 30% IN NON-SMOKERS.

SO FOR THOSE REASONS AND MANY MORE, I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER, UM, AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE ALL MULTI-UNIT HOUSING PROPERTIES SMOKE FREE INSIDE AND OUT, AND TO HAVE, UM, SMOKE FREE PUBLIC PLACES POLICIES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS.

THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT AD-LIB BECAUSE PEGGY, EVEN THOUGH I HAD SAID PREVIOUSLY WHAT I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, SHE TOOK MANY OF MY POINTS IN HER SPEECH , I'M SORRY, BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T READ WHAT I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, SO THAT'S WHY I AD-LIB AND I DUNNO WHO SHE'S TALKING TO.

KELLY MCCORMICK.

OKAY, JUDY STRANG.

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GOOD EVENING.

NATIONAL CITY, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR MORRISON.

I THINK THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAD CALLED SOMEONE NAMED MEGAN STEWART BEFORE ME.

DID WE LOSE HER? I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE HER PLACE.

IF SHE'S WAITING TO SPEAK, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR COMMENT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I CAME TODAY TO READ TO YOU SOME INFORMATION FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY COALITION, UH, TOBACCO FREE, REGARDING THEIR CONCERN ABOUT ALLOWING CANNABIS CONSUMPTION LOUNGES HERE IN OUR COUNTY, AND PARTICULARLY IN YOUR CITY AS THEY POINT OUT, NO PERSON SHOULD HAVE TO BREATHE SECONDHAND MARIJUANA SMOKE AT WORK, OF COURSE, SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE, UH, BREATHE IT WHERE THEY LIVE AND LEARN AND SHOP AS WELL.

SECONDHAND MARIJUANA SMOKE CONTAINS HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND FIND PARTICULATES THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE IN TOBACCO SMOKE.

IN FACT, SOMETIMES ARE THOSE SAME CHEMICALS AND THEY REMIND US THAT SMOKE IS SMOKE AND MARIJUANA SMOKE IS A FORM OF INDOOR AIR POOL, UH, POLLUTIONS.

AND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROTECT EVERYONE, EMPLOYEES AND THOSE WHO MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY THE ODOR AS IT LEAVES THEIR WORKPLACE.

AND THEY'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE ISSUES REGARDING MARIJUANA IMPAIRED DRIVING AS PEOPLE WOULD LEAVE THE MARIJUANA LOUNGE AND WHETHER THEY'LL THAT MARIJUANA LOUNGE MIGHT BE NEAR YOUTH SENSITIVE AREAS.

THEY REMIND US THAT THIS OPEN LETTER IS SIGNED BY AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION, AND I'M SORRY, UH, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR PROJECT, AND THE CENTER FOR TOBACCO AND ENVIRONMENT, AND ALSO SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, THIRD HAND SMOKE CENTER, AND MANY OTHERS.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE THIS CONCERN AND THEIR CONCERN IN THEIR, ON THEIR BEHALF.

MEGAN STEWART.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

THANK YOU, BARBARA GORDON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MEGAN STEWART, AND AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS WITH YOUTH, I'M HERE TO URGE, CAUTION AND FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF STRICTER LOCAL CONTROLS ON MARIJUANA PRODUCTS.

IN LIGHT OF THE GOVERNOR'S STATEWIDE BAN ON HEMP, THIS DECISIVE ACTION ALONG WITH FEDERAL GRANTS BEING AWARDED TO STUDY THE HARMS OF HEMP, HIGHLIGHT THE GROWING CONCERNS OVER UNREGULATED AND DANGEROUS PRODUCTS INFILTRATING OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE URGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ACT.

THE RECENT CONFISCATION OF HEMP PRODUCTS FROM RETAILERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA UNDERSCORES A TROUBLING REALITY.

THESE PRODUCTS WERE OFTEN MARKETED AS HARMLESS, BUT IN TRUTH POSE SIGNIFICANT RISKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT MANY HEMP DERIVED PRODUCTS SUCH AS VAPES AND EDIBLES FREQUENTLY EXCEED LEGAL THC LIMITS MAKING THEM INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM MARIJUANA.

THESE PRODUCTS ARE OFTEN MISLABELED, UNTESTED, AND TARGETED AT YOUNG PEOPLE WITH FLAVORS AND PACKAGING DESIGNED TO ATTRACT MINERS.

WITH HEMP NOW BANNED STATEWIDE, OUR FOCUS MUST SHIFT TO ENSURING MARIJUANA PRODUCTS DON'T FOLLOW THE SAME PATH OF UNREGULATED PROLIFERATION.

AS DELTA EIGHT THC AND OTHER SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA PRODUCTS BECOME MORE PREVALENT, WE MUST DOUBLE DOWN ON ENFORCING ACCURATE LABELING, RIGOROUS SAFETY STANDARDS AND RESTRICTIONS TO KEEP THESE PRODUCTS OUT OF THE HANDS OF OUR YOUTH, NATIONAL CITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

WE MUST ADOPT POLICIES THAT PRIORITIZE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS, ENSURING THAT OUR CITY ISN'T A HAVEN FOR DANGEROUS, MISLEADING PRODUCTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

UM, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

I AM THE ADULT ADVISOR FOR AN HISPANIC YOUTH GROUP THAT ALL ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL.

I WANT TO REMIND THE, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL THAT E-CIGARETTE REMAINS A CONCERN AMONG OUR YOUTH.

AS THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR HAS BEGUN, IT'S A PERFECT TIME FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER A TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE ORDINANCE AS IT CAN PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN REDUCING TEEN TOBACCO USE THROUGH SEVERAL MECHANISMS. DATA SHOWS THAT 60% OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACQUIRE THEIR E-CIGARETTES THROUGH SOCIAL SOURCES, FOLLOWED BY 43% OF THE SOCIAL, SO THEY RE, EXCUSE ME,

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FOLLOWED BY 43% OF RETAIL SOURCES.

A STRONG REGULATORY FRAMEWORK WILL HELP ENSURE RETAILERS COMPLY WITH THE LAW, PROHIBITING THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO MINORS THAT INCLUDE REGULAR INSPECTIONS AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION.

REDUCING THE NUMBER OF TOBACCO RETAILERS IN COMMUNITIES CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OVERALL AVAILABILITY OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

FEWER OUTLETS CAN MAKE IT HARDER FOR TEENS TO FIND PLACES TO BUY TOBACCO SETTING STANDARDS AND ENFORCING RULES THROUGH A TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE CAN EFFECTIVELY CURB THE ILLEGAL SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO MINORS AND REDUCE THEIR USE.

I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE NAME ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

RILEY STEINLE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS RILEY AND I AM A GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO AND NOW A PREVENTION SPECIALIST AT A LOCAL NONPROFIT.

I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW YOUTH VAPING HAD THE EPIDEMIC HAS TAKEN A HOLD ON OUR COMMUNITIES.

AS A HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE, I WATCHED JUULS BECOME A STATUS SYMBOL WITH STUDENTS SWAPPING FLAVORS LIKE MINT, MANGO, AND CUCUMBER IN SCHOOL BATHROOMS, WHICH FORCED TEACHERS TO ACT AS BATHROOM MONITORS WHILE CIGARETTES WERE SEEN AS GROSS DUE TO EARLY EDUCATION ON THEIR DANGERS.

WE WEREN'T WARNED ABOUT THE RISKS OF BRIGHTLY COLORED KID FRIENDLY VAPES MARKETED AS SAFER ALTERNATIVES BY COLLEGE.

NEARLY ALL MY PEERS WERE USING FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS, MANY ADDICTED.

AFTER EXPERIMENTING IN HIGH SCHOOL, LOCAL RETAILERS OFTEN FACILITATED THIS SELLING TO TEENS DESPITE OBVIOUS FAKE IDS.

NOW, AS A PREVENTION SPECIALIST WORKING WITH YOUTH ACROSS SAN DIEGO, I SEE THESE ISSUES PERSIST.

STUDENTS AVOID BATHROOMS OVER RAMPANT VAPING.

CAMPUS BROWNS ARE LITTERED WITH TOBACCO WASTE AND THOSE ADDICTED FIND WAYS TO ACCESS THESE PRODUCTS OR CONTINUE TO ACCESS THEM.

SCHOOLS ARE FORCED TO RE REASSIGN STAFF TO PATROL BATHROOMS, TACKLING WHAT HAS BECOME A FULL BLOWN PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

THIS HIGHLIGHTS A CRITICAL PROBLEM WITHOUT STRONGER TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSING REGULATIONS, IT IS FAR TOO EASY FOR UNDERAGE INDIVIDUALS TO PURCHASE HARMFUL PRODUCTS.

TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSING IS A PROVEN STRATEGY FOR HOLDING RETAILERS ACCOUNTABLE BY REQUIRING EVERY RETAILER TO OBTAIN A AND MAINTAIN A LICENSE.

AND BY ENFORCING PENALTIES LIKE FINES OR LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR VIOLATIONS, COMMUNITIES CAN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE YOUTH ACCESS TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

MY EXPERIENCE, MY STUDENTS EXPERIENCES AND THOSE OF MY PEERS IS A STARK REMINDER OF HOW YOUTH ADDICTION THRIVES WHEN ACCESS TO HARMFUL PRODUCTS GOES UNCHECKED.

COMPREHENSIVE TRL POLICIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ADDRESS FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR ESSENTIAL TOOLS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

OH, THANK YOU.

IN OUR CITY'S PUBLIC PLACES.

TERRY ANN SKELLY.

GOOD EVENING, NATIONAL CITY, CITY COUNCIL MAYOR MORRISON.

MY NAME IS TERRY ANN SKELLY.

I'M A PARENT OF THREE ADULT SONS WHO IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MARIJUANA, SECONDHAND SMOKE THAT WE FIND IN OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND SOMETIMES IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES.

THIS IS AN UNWELCOME INTRUSION.

WE WANT TO HAVE CLEAN AIR WHERE WE LIVE, WHERE WE WORK, AND WHERE WE PLAY.

MY RESEARCH FOUND THAT IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 10% OF THE POPULATION HAS A VERY STRONG ALLERGIC REACTION TO MARIJUANA SMELL.

THIS IS MORE THAN AN ANNOYANCE, IT'S A PAINFUL HEALTH HAZARD.

AND FOR COUNTLESS OTHERS, IT'S UNDOUBTEDLY, EXCUSE ME, UNDOUBTEDLY A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE NUISANCE.

AND IT CAN HAVE DRAMATIC EFFECTS ON EVERYONE'S HEALTH.

AMERICAN HEART RECENTLY PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE STATING, AND I QUOTE, SMOKING AND INHALING MARIJUANA HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HEART, MUSCLE DYSFUNCTION, CHEST PAIN, HEART ATTACKS, HEART RHYTHM DISTURBANCES, SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH, AND OTHER SERIOUS CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS.

MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT CANNABIS SMOKE CONTAINS COMPONENTS THE SAME AS OR SIMILAR TO TOBACCO.

SMOKE, SMOKING, AND INHALING CANNABIS HAS BEEN SHOWN TO INCREASE THE CONCENTRATION OF POISONOUS CARBON MONOXIDE AND TAR IN THE BLOOD.

NOW WOULD BE THE BEST TIME FOR OUR CITY TO CONSIDER A BAN OF PUBLIC MARIJUANA AND TOBACCO SMOKING AND VAPING

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IMAGINE IT WOULD TACKLE BOTH CLEAN AIR AND GOOD HEALTH AT THE SAME TIME.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY CONCERNS THIS EVENING.

U GSI ALANIS.

HI, MY NAME IS YOHEI ESE.

I LIVE IN THE SOUTH BAY AREA AND I'M A PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATE.

I WORK AT LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN, UH, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AND I DO PRESENTATIONS ON HEALTHY HABITS AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF A 2D USAGE.

TODAY I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR A TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE PROGRAM IN NATIONAL CITY TO ENSURE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS ARE PROTECTED FROM THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.

UM, THE INDUSTRY COMMONLY USES FLAVORED PRODUCTS AND MARKETING TO ENGAGE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.

AND THROUGH MY WORK IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED TO LEARN HOW MUCH THESE YOUNG KIDS KNOW AS YOUNG AS LIKE SECOND AND THIRD GRADE.

THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT VAPING.

HOW IN E-CIGARETTE WORKS, ITS COMPONENTS, ALL THE FLAVORS AND SMELLS AND NEW TOBACCO PRODUCTS ARE SO NORMALIZED THAT MANY KIDS THINK THAT VAPING IS SAFE, NOT HARMFUL TO THEIR HEALTH.

AND THE SAME GOES TO MY FRIENDS WHO ARE ALSO YOUNG ADULTS.

UM, I'VE WITNESSED FRIENDS TRANSITIONING FROM SMOKING TO VAPING AND FROM VAPING TO NICOTINE POUCHES STATING THAT ONE PRODUCT IS SAFER THAN THE OTHER AND NOT REALIZING THEIR ADDICTION.

UM, SO YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM INDUSTRIES THAT THEIR ONLY INTEREST IS TO REALLY MAKE MONEY.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS TONIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE PROGRAM IN NATIONAL CITY.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZOOM COMMENTS.

NOW WE'LL GO TO IN-PERSON COMMENTS.

WE FIRST START OFF AND I'M, I'M GONNA NAME OFF THREE PEOPLE AT A TIME.

SO, UH, ONCE YOUR NAME IS LISTED, PLEASE COME OUT INTO THE, UH, UH, INTO THE CORRIDOR THERE.

SO IT MAKES IT A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO GET UP TO THE, UH, TO THE MICROPHONE.

AND THAT WAY WE WILL GO A LOT FASTER.

UH, FIRST IS KAREN MCMANUS, FOLLOWED BY JEFFREY SCHROCK TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOY O.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS GONNA BE A FIRST THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU.

THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE MAY TIME BAND REVIEW.

THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED.

WE HAD A VETERAN CEREMONY LAST, I THINK IT WAS TWO WEEKENDS AGO.

THE, THE, THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS TREMENDOUS.

WE DIDN'T EXPECT MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE.

I WOULD SAY WE PROBABLY HAD CLOSE TO 200.

I WANNA THANK THE CITY FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND IT WAS REALLY CONFIRMED THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS.

ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN FROM THE AMERICAN LEGIONS WAS 95 YEARS OLD.

HE WAS PROUD TO BE THERE, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE FOUND OUT HE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY.

95 YEARS OLD.

YOU KNOW, I'M, UH, VERY HAPPY TO SEE PROP 36 PASSED.

SO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE HEARING FROM ME IS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS.

WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO THANK OUR VETERANS AND WE HAVE TO THANK THOSE THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE SUPPORTED THEM.

THAT'S THE FIRST ONE.

AND NUMBER TWO, THANK YOU FROM THE CITY, THE NAAR CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO, UM, LISTEN TO OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND TO LISTEN TO YOU.

SO WHAT I WILL BE DOING IS I WILL BE MEETING WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO HEAR FROM YOU, HEAR WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE, AND TOGETHER WE'LL MAKE THE CITY AND THE NATIONAL CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE A BETTER PLACE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

JEFFREY SCHROCK TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOY O TO BE FOLLOWED BY MANUEL ANDRATI.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

COUNCIL STAFF, NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS.

HAPPY HOLIDAY STALL.

I HOPE OUR, ALL OUR PEOPLE HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

UH, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE BOTH OF OUR COUNSELORS FOR GETTING REELECTED.

MARCUS, IT WAS FUN WORKING WITH YOU.

I ENJOYED IT.

JOSE, YOU DID A GOOD JOB IN YOUR CAMPAIGN TOO.

UH, I REALLY ENJOYED SPEAKING TO THE VOTERS, UH, LISTENING TO THEIR, THEIR PROBLEMS AND TRYING TO OFFER THEM SOLUTIONS.

UH, IT WAS FUN.

I I LIKE CAMPAIGNING AND LIKE I SAID, YOU WERE GONNA WIN AND YOU WON.

SO YOU GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE PROUD OF.

I THINK WE, AS A PART OF YOUR TEAM, I'M PROUD OF BEING A PART OF YOUR TEAM.

I HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING IT, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.

UH, THE ELECTION FOR ME WAS PRETTY GOOD.

I MEAN, I REALLY CAN'T COMPLAIN.

I MEAN, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN FULL CONTROL.

I MEAN, THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE THAT, WHAT CAN I SAY? YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD A HISTORICAL NIGHT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOOD THINGS TO COME.

EVERYBODY CAN APPRECIATE LOWER GAS PRICES AND LOWER GROCERY COSTS AND PRICES ACROSS THE BOARD JUST BEING LOWER.

I'M THINKING CALIFORNIANS CAN ADJUST TO THAT.

SO LET'S GIVE PRESIDENT TRUMP A CHANCE BEFORE WE JUST PASS PERSECUTION ON HIM AND PASS JUDGMENT BONHAM.

LET'S GIVE HIM ABOUT A YEAR IN OFFICE TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO.

I THINK WE'RE ALL GONNA BE VERY SURPRISED.

AND, UH,

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GLAD THAT OUR CHIEF, THANK YOU CHIEF FOR, UH, FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON PROP 36.

I SEEN YOU ON THE 10 O'CLOCK EVENING NEWS WITH OTHER, UH, POLICE OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY.

AND I'M, I'M PROUD TO SEE THAT YOU SUPPORTED THAT.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

APPRECIATE IT.

THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD DEAL.

HE, HE SHOWED LEADERSHIP AND THAT WAS ON THE 10 O'CLOCK FOX NEWS, EVEN NEWS.

SO LET'S ALL BE HAPPY AND LOOK FORWARD TO BETTER DAYS TO COME.

'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA CLEAN UP OUR STREETS AND LET POLICE OFFICERS BE POLICE OFFICERS AGAIN.

THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE, FOLKS.

THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

SO LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

JOY O FOLLOWED BY, UH, MANUEL ANDRETTI.

AND THEN, UH, JOHN DALE REGA.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

I JUST HAD AN IDEA.

I STOPPED BY YOUR OFFICE YESTERDAY AND THEY SAID I SHOULD SHOW UP AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND PROPOSE IT.

UM, I'M ENVISIONING A TASK FORCE CALLED SOUTH BAY, UH, TASK FORCE OMEGA THAT WOULD SOUTH BAY TASK FORCE OMEGA.

REMEMBER IN STAR TREK THERE WAS TA TASK FORCE OMEGA.

THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY ABOUT, UH, SELLING TO KIDS, BUT IT'S ALSO A PROBLEM OF, UH, FAIR COMPETITION.

IT WAS A PROTECTIVE FORCE FENDING OFF THE BOARD.

WELL, WE HAVE A GROWING SMALL SITUATION WHERE BEFORE IT GETS, UH, BIGGER ON THE BORDER OF NATIONAL CITY AND CHULA VISTA, WHERE THAT BEST BUY IS AT 34TH, 35TH STREET.

IT NOW SAYS NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD THERE, BUT IT ALWAYS USED TO SAY BROADWAY.

SO, BUT BOTH CITIES, IT ENTAILS BOTH OF THEM.

UM, THEY CLEANED UP ACROSS THE STREET AND MEDICAL CENTER OPENED.

THEY DUMPED ALL THE STUFF FROM THERE ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROADS.

AND I UNDERSTAND TAKES CARE OF MM-HMM.

SO, AND EVERYBODY SAYS, WELL, THIS IS THIS AND THIS IS THAT.

HOW ABOUT IF WE CAME UP WITH A TASK FORCE AND NATIONAL CITY, THE WAY CALLED SOUTH BAY TASK FORCE OMEGA, WHICH WOULD ENTAIL THE NAVY BASE, THE PORT AUTHORITY, UH, CALTRANS, NATIONAL CITY, CHULA VISTA MAYORS AND THEIR STAFF, WHOEVER THEY CHOOSE TO BRING ALONG, UH, THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF BOTH CITIES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD VOLUNTEER.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND HAVING FUN, ACTUALLY LIKE A BIG POW WOW.

PEOPLE WHO LAUGH TOGETHER CAN REALLY WORK WELL TOGETHER RATHER THAN POINTING FINGERS AND THINGS AND TO COME UP WITH AN OUT OF THE BOX SOLUTION.

AND I SEE A LOT OF DUMPING GOING ON.

IT'S NOT JUST A HOMELESS SITUATION.

PEOPLE ARE BRINGING THEIR STUFF, DUMPING IT BEHIND THE BUSINESSES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

SO WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS AT SOME POINT.

OKAY? OKAY.

JUST THANK YOU THAT IDEA.

MANUEL ANDRE, UH, JOHN DALE NORIEGA AND SHERRY GOGI.

ALRIGHT, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, MY NAME IS MANUEL ANDRE.

I'M A REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE NATIONAL CITY COALITION FOR BETTER HEALTH AND A SENIOR, UH, SPECIAL PREVENTIONS PREVENTION SPECIALIST WITH SAY, SAN DIEGO SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET ME SPEAK.

UH, THE NATIONAL CITY COALITION FOR BETTER HEALTH IS PARTNERING WITH, UH, THE SEAWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS, UH, AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION, CANCER ASSOCIATION, HEART ASSOCIATION CLINICS, NONPROFITS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY PROMOTOR COALITION, UH, THE UCSZ, UH, MORRIS CANCER COLLABORATIVE, UH, CENTER AND OTHER YOUTH, UM, OTHER YOUTH PROVIDERS.

UH, THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE ACUTE E-CIGARETTE YOUTH EPIDEMIC AT LOCAL SCHOOLS AND THE ILLEGAL TOBACCO CELLS, AS YOU KNOW.

UM, WE MET WITH SOME OF YOU AND SHARED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADVOCATE FOR A TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE PROGRAM, UM, UH, AND THANK ESPECIALLY, UH, MRS. DIAZ CONS, MEIDA ED MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH AND COUNCIL MEMBER, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, FOR THEIR INTEREST IN HELPING TO CHAMPIONING THESE ORDINANCE.

UM, I, UH, ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR, UH, MORRIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MOLINA FOR MEETING WITH US.

UM, AS OF TODAY, 230 CITIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS, UH, THIS PROGRAM TO PROTECT YOUTH, UH, TO STOP ILLEGAL TOBACCO CELLS TO ENSURE THAT, UH, TOBACCO RETAILERS FOLLOW THE STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL LAWS.

SADLY, UH, AROUND 20% OF TOBACCO RETAILERS HERE IN NATIONAL CITY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW.

KUDOS TO THOSE TOBACCO RETAILERS WHO, UH, ARE, UH, FOLLOWING THE LAW AND BEING RESPONSIBLE, UH, TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

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THERE'S CURRENTLY A COUPLE OF LAWSUITS, UH, HERE TO A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES IN NATIONAL CITY BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE.

YOU'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE WHEN YOU'RE SELLING ILLEGAL PRODUCTS TO ILLEGALLY TO KIDS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO THAT.

UM, I WANNA SHARE SOME OTHER INFORMATION.

WHAT I'LL, I'LL SEND IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WE HAVE, UH, JOHN DALE NORIEGA TO BE FOLLOWED BY SHERRY GOGI TO BE FOLLOWED BY TED GODSHAW.

HI.

GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL AND MAYOR.

MY NAME IS JOHN.

I'M HERE TODAY AS A PROUD RANGER GRIFFIN, AS A PROUD TWO HIGH RED DEVIL, AND AS A PROUD BOSS, PALM GATOR.

UH, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE AND THE BLESSING OF LIVING IN NATIONAL CITY FOR ABOUT 23 YARD, 23 YEARS NOW.

I CONSIDER PLACE MY HOME.

UM, AND LIKE A LOT OF FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, MY FAMILY GROWING UP HAD TO SHARE ONE CAR.

SO MY BROTHER AND I WOULD WALK THIS CLASS, YOU KNOW, FIVE FOOT.

WE WOULD WALK HOME, FIVE FOOT.

AND THAT WAS SOME OF THE FONDEST MEMORIES THAT I'VE HAD.

UM, HOWEVER, I'VE ALSO COME TO NOTICE THAT, YOU KNOW, ON MY WAY HOME, ON MY WAY TO SCHOOL, THERE WERE A TON OF TOBACCO RETAILERS.

AND EVEN SO, EVEN MORE SO, THERE WAS A TON OF ADVERTISEMENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ENTICED YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

UM, I GRADUATED FROM SHAI AND I'M KIND OF DATING MYSELF A BIT, BUT I GRADUATED IN 2014.

BUT BACK THEN, YOU KNOW, THE OBVIOUS DRUG OF CHOICE WAS NICOTINE.

WE HAD THESE SUPER BIG AND BULKY, UM, VAPING PRODUCTS, AND YOU HAD TO BE INTENTIONAL.

IF YOU WANTED TO GET A RE REFILL, YOU NEEDED AN E-LIQUID, YOU NEEDED TO PUT IN YOUR CARTRIDGE.

KIDS.

NOWADAYS THEY ARE USING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT VAPING PRODUCTS AND THESE VAPING PRODUCTS, THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BE INCONSPICUOUS, MEANING THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY, BUT SUPER EASY TO HIDE.

A LOT OF THESE PRODUCTS MIMIC, UM, SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

THEY ENTICE YOUNG PEOPLE BY HAVING, YOU KNOW, SOME VIDEO GAME OPTIONS.

AND, UM, TO JUST THINK ABOUT HOW THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY HAS BEEN THE TARGET FOR TARGETING MARGINALIZED, UNDERSERVED AND COMMUNITIES OF COLORS, UH, COMMUNITIES SUCH AS THAT OF NATIONAL CITY.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR NATIONAL CITY TO CONSIDER A TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE.

UM, AS THE LAST SPEAKER MENTIONED EARLIER, A TRL WOULD BE, UM, HOLDING RETAILERS WHO BREAK THE LAW ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH FINES AND VIOLATIONS.

I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE TALKATIVE ENFORCEMENT, BUT THE BEAUTIFUL PART ABOUT A TRL IS THAT THE ANNUAL FEE THAT, UM, RETAILERS, UH, PAY ANNUALLY IS GONNA COVER THE COST OF ENFORCEMENT.

I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI BUSH AND JOSE RODRIGUEZ FOR BEING SUCH A CHAMPION FOR, UM, NATIONAL CITY YOUTH.

THANK YOU YOU, SHERRY GOGI, TO BE FOLLOWED BY TED GODSHAW TO BE FOLLOWED BY TRUTH BE BEING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF.

I HAVE TWO THINGS TO GO OVER, SO I'M GIVE 'EM REAL QUICK.

FIRST OFF, THE RANGES ARE COMING.

YOU KNOW, I'M HERE FOR THE SAME THING.

THAT GRATE IS STILL THERE.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING SOME THINGS UP THE STREET FROM US AND THE THE CHANNEL UP THERE.

BUT WE REALLY NEED TO GET THAT GRATE REMOVED.

I CANNOT AFFORD TO REBUILD MY HOUSE A THIRD TIME, SO PLEASE PUT THIS ON THE GENDER.

WHATEVER IT TAKES, WE NEED TO DO THAT.

UM, AND ALSO MY LIGHT HAS BEEN OUT FOR SIX MONTHS.

WE'VE GONE TO THE CONNECT THING.

IT'S REALLY DARK OUT THERE.

I HAVE NO FENCE.

I HAVE NO NOTHING.

PLEASE SOMEBODY CITY PLEASE, SOMEBODY TO FIX OUR LIGHT.

NEXT THING, WE HAVE A NEW BUSINESS IN NATIONAL CITY AND BEING ON THE CHAMBER, I LOVE THE BUSINESSES.

WE HAVE AN IN AND OUT ON PLAZA.

WE HAVE ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR YEARS.

IT'S A PRODUCE STORE.

MY FRIEND WAS GONNA BE HERE TONIGHT.

HE COULDN'T.

HE'S THE OWNER OF THAT BUILDING.

THAT PRODUCE STORE IS FAILING BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL NOT ALLOW HIS CLIENTS OR CUSTOMERS TO GO INTO THAT PARKING LOT WHEN HIS EMPLOYEES TRIED TO OPEN SOME PATHWAYS.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING SO PEOPLE CAN VISIT THAT STORE AS THEY USED TO, 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T GET IN.

AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO WORK ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OR SOME LINES OR SOMETHING THERE.

PLEASE, WE NEED TO SUPPORT ALL OUR BUSINESSES, THE BIG ONES, AND THE SMALL MOM, MOM AND POP BUSINESSES.

SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

THE FIRST WEEK WAS GREAT 'CAUSE YOU GUYS HAD THINGS LINED UP IN CONES AND EVERYTHING, BUT THERE'S NOTHING ELSE NOW AND NOBODY CAN GET INTO THAT PRODUCE STORE.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO PUT THAT ON THERE.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE TED GODSHAW, FOLLOWED BY TRUTH, FOLLOWED BY, UH, ALICIA MORRISON.

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NO RELATIONSHIP.

WELL, YOU'VE CERTAINLY HUNG A LOT, A WHOLE LOT OF LAUNDRY ON THE LINE FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

IT'S A VERY FULL AND COMPLEX AGENDA.

I'VE CO I'VE COMMENTED ON 12 ITEMS IN AN EMAIL TO YOU.

I HOPE YOU'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO READ 'EM.

WHEN I PARTICIPATE IN THE BUSINESSES OF THE CITY, OF NATIONAL CITY, I WORK UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE DIOCESE AND IN THE STAFF CHAIRS ARE OPERATING WITH INTEGRITY.

THERE ARE SOME ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA THAT BRING ME TO QUESTION THAT ASSUMPTION.

FIRST, RESIST ANY OUTSIDE PRESSURE TO CHANGE THE PORT COMMISSIONER AT THIS TIME, I'M SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THERE ARE TWO MODIFICATIONS TO THE LIST OF THE FINAL ARPA APPROPRIATIONS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN DISCUSSED THROUGH THE MEETINGS IN 22, 23, 21, 22, 23, AND AS RECENT AS APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

COULD YOU PLEASE ASK THE CITY ENGINEER, WHEN WILL THE SPEED INDICATOR SIGNS WORK AGAIN, THEY WERE PAID FOR WITH THE STATE GRANT, WITH THE CONDITION THAT THEY WORK AND HELP SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.

SOME HAVE NOT WORKED WELL SINCE THEY WERE INSTALLED.

ASKED THE CITY MANAGER AND POLICE CHIEF, WHEN WILL YOU ADD MORE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY MOTORCYCLE COPS TO SLOW OUR STREETS DOWN? COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR RECORD IN ACTION FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND SEE IF YOU HAVE MADE OUR STREETS SAFER? FINALLY, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL POSITIONS IN NATIONAL CITY ARE NON-PARTISAN.

WE MAY ALL BE DEMOCRATS, I DOUBT IT, BUT THE LOCAL OFFICES HAVE BEEN NON-PARTISAN.

WE MAY HAVE POSITIONS THAT REFLECT OUR PARTY AFFILIATION, BUT HERE IN THIS CHAMBER, WE MUST HAVE VIEWS THAT EXPRESS OUR LOCAL NEEDS AND SOLUTIONS.

WITH SOME OF YOU, IT IS CLEAR WHEN YOU VOTED WITH THE PREVIOUS MAYOR THAT YOU DID NOT WANNA LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF CAMPAIGN MONEY FROM ORGANIZATIONS.

POLITICIANS HERE HAVE COVETED ENDORSEMENTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES.

YOU ALL NEED TO SHOW INTEGRITY HERE.

WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE PUBLIC'S BUSINESS.

IT IS RECOGNIZED WHEN YOU DO AND WHEN YOU DO NOT.

YOU NEED TO NOT SPREAD LIES, MAKE BEHIND THE SCENE DEALS, OR USE SLUSH FUNDS TO REWARD ASSOCIATES.

NEXT, WE HAVE TRUTH TO BE FOLLOWED BY ALICIA MORRISON TO BE FOLLOWED BY DOYLE MORRISON.

HEY THERE.

I TOLD NORA PLAYED THIS SEWAGE CLIP IN EVERY CITY IN THE SOUTH BAY.

SO I'M JUST KEEPING MY PROMISE.

NO, WE'RE TELLING OUR COMMUNITIES THAT IT'S SAFE, IT SMELLS HORRIBLE, BUT IT'S SAFE.

IT IS SAFE.

OKAY, DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVERYONE SHOULD NOW SIDE WITH SUPERVISOR TARA LOS REEMER IN THE SUPERVISOR SQUABBLE? I ASK BECAUSE MARCUS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH TARA ON AN EPA SUPERFUND SITE DESIGNATION.

HERE'S WHY THAT'S A BAD IDEA.

UH, A SUPERFUND COULD ONLY BE APPROVED WITH NEWUMS PERMISSION, YET HE WON'T EVEN SIGN OFF ON A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

WITH AN EPA SUPERFUND, MEXICO WOULD NOT BE HELD FINANCIALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANYTHING.

THE AFFECTED CITIES WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT CLEANUP AND RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO MOVE FOR THAT CLEANUP.

BUT THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR AN INVOLUNTARY LAND ACQUISITION OR SITE REUSE SLASH REDEVELOPMENT AS IN THE EPA CAN DECIDE THAT IT'S NO LONGER HEALTHY FOR HOMES.

THERE'S EVEN AN EPA DOCUMENT ENTITLED THE USE OF PERMANENT RELOCATIONS AS PART OF SUPERFUND REMEDIAL ACTIONS.

UH, HOW COULD THE EPA EVEN FIX THIS ISSUE WHEN THEY HAVE A VERY LONG HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL FAILURES? IN 2001, THE EPA TOLD EVERYBODY THAT THE ASBESTOS RIDDEN CANCER CAUSING WORLD TRAITS IN OUR TOWERS.

DUST WAS SAFE TO BREATHE AND THEN EVERYBODY GOT CANCER.

AND FROM THE EPAS AT BORDER 2025, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, QUOTE, GOAL ONE, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH EMISSION STANDARDS BY 2025, AT LEAST 50% COMPLIANCE TO TWO OR MORE MEXICAN STATES REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM FREIGHT.

GOAL TWO, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY TREATMENT WORKS ON THE TIJUANA RIVER, REDUCE DISCHARGES OF UNTREATED WASTEWATER, REDUCE TRASH.

GOAL THREE, REDUCE ILLEGAL DUMPING, PROMOTE A HIGH LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THROUGH COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT.

END QUOTE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE EPA FELT EVERY GOAL AND OBJECTIVE.

SINCE THE 1980S.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1,340 SUPERFUND SITES SITTING UNTOUCHED.

SO REAL CHANGE IS GONNA COME FROM SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER LIKE SANCTIONING MEXICO.

BUT ON THE POSITIVE, UH, HAPPY EARLY THANKSGIVING 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO BE GRATEFUL FOR ANDRE AND KATHY AND PRIVATE DONUT, FOR EXAMPLE.

ACCIDENTS, ONE REQUIRING EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE OTHER JUST, UH, DESTROY THE CENTER DIVIDE SIGNAL THAT HAS YET BEEN TO THAT HAS YET BEEN REPLACED.

THANK YOU, UH, ALICIA MORRISON TO BE FOLLOWED BY DOYLE MORRISON TO BE FOLLOWED BY ED RUNO LAST NIGHT.

ADVISED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO COME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING TO MAKE MY REQUEST FOR AN UPDATED SURVEY TO BE PERFORMED AND STUDIED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ORANGE STREET AND SWEETWATER ROAD.

I FEEL THIS IS BADLY NEEDED SINCE THE NEW BIKE PATH AND CROSSWALK SIGNAL HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, RESIDING IN THAT AREA, I, UH, SEE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WORSENING FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SINCE THE INSTALLATION, SADLY, THERE HAS BEEN ONE FATALITY, GOD REST HIS SOUL, TWO MAJOR

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DOYLE MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY EDWARD YTO.

HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TONIGHT.

I WAS ALSO AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, MEETING LAST NIGHT, AND I TALKED ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AND THE BIKE LANE AND HOW IT HAS LOWERED THE QUALITY OF LIVES OF NOT ONLY THE COMMUTERS THAT ARE TRAVELING DOWN SWEETWATER ROAD, BUT THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE AND THE BUSINESSES AND THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE IN THE BIKE LANE OR WALKING DOWN THAT STREET.

UM, GREAT INTENTIONS BY MAKING IT SAFER FOR, FOR BICYCLISTS AND, AND PEDESTRIANS ALIKE, UH, TO CROSS SWEETWATER ROAD.

BUT THAT SOLUTION HAS NOT WORKED.

UM, LIKE THE LAST SPEAKER HAD SAID, MY LOVELY WIFE, THERE WAS A DEATH DOWN THERE.

GOD REST HIS SOUL THAT, UM, THERE HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF ACCIDENTS THERE.

SHE TALKED ABOUT THOSE.

ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE, UH, TWO HOUSES UP FROM ME, UM, THEY GOT A FLAT TIRE BECAUSE THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, AFTER THE ACCIDENTS DIDN'T CLEAN UP.

ANY OF THE DEBRIS WE'RE FORCED TO GET INTO THE TURN LANE WHERE ALL THE DEBRIS WAS AND, AND THEN WAIT FOR TRAFFIC.

UM, BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC, UH, BACKUPS.

WE SOMETIMES CAN'T EVEN GET ACROSS SWEETWATER ROAD BECAUSE PEOPLE, EVEN IF THERE IS SOMEONE WALKING ACROSS THE CROSSWALK AND THE LIGHTS HAPPEN TO BE WORKING, UM, PEOPLE JUST BLOW RIGHT THROUGH THE LIGHTS.

SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS AREN'T EVEN ON.

PEOPLE WILL STOP TO TRY TO LET YOU OVER, UH, TO LET YOU THROUGH.

BUT THE SECOND LANE ON SWEETWATER ROAD IS TRAFFIC THAT IS, THAT IS TRAVELING AND THEY DON'T STOP.

AND SO IT'S JUST CONFUSION.

THAT WHOLE, UH, BIKE LANE AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK HAS CAUSED NOTHING BUT CONFUSION FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

IT'S, I THINK, THE ONE OF A, ONE OF A KIND IN NATIONAL CITY, AND IT DOESN'T WORK WITH THAT.

I'LL ALSO WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY TALK ON TONIGHT'S 11.4, UM, BRIEFLY THAT I DON'T, I'M, I OPPOSE THAT.

ANY CHANGES ON THAT UNTIL THE BIKE LANE FOR YOUR COMMENT, COMMENT, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IS FIXED.

THANK YOU, .

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO ISSUES.

UH, ONE IS A QUESTION I'VE ASKED, UH, DURING THE ELECTION TIME, THE, UM, THE CANDIDATES, I ASKED HIM WHAT PLANS WERE FOR THE POSSESSIVE PREPAREDNESS THAT, YOU KNOW, OCCURRED BACK IN, UH, OUR RAIN AND THAT SHERRY GOT AFFECTED WITH.

AND DURING THE, UH, INTERVIEWS, YOU KNOW, I SAID, WE'RE TALKING, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING.

THE CITY'S GONNA BE TALKING TO THE COUNTY.

BUT YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING WHERE ARE WE DOING? IS ANYBODY DOING IT? YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE PLAN IF SOMEBODY COMES FORTH LIKE THEY DID AT THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST, LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED, AND THEY'RE ASKING THE MAYOR TO PROVIDE 'EM WITH, UH, HOUSING, UM, ASSISTANCE WHEN THEY SHOULD BE GOING TO THIS COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING SHOULD BE PRE-THOUGHT ABOUT.

SO WE HAVE A PLAN AND WE CAN INSTANTANEOUSLY GIVE THAT INFORMATION.

SO I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COMES FORTH AND HAS A PLAN AND COMMUNICATES THAT BEFORE THIS N NEXT CATASTROPHE HAPPENS.

THAT'S, THAT'S ONE QUESTION.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS A 40% RESERVE THAT, UH, RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED AS, AS DY MONEY.

YOU KNOW, I'VE ASKED, UM, UH, TO TALK TO BEN.

I'VE ASKED TO TALK TO PHIL, THE DAVIS, THE FINANCE MANAGER, AND ABOUT THIS, AND WHERE IS THAT IDENTIFIED? AND I CAN'T GET A REAL GOOD ANSWER.

IT'S ONLY INTO DATE.

I TALKED TO, UH, TO BRUCE.

HE GAVE ME A SOMEWHAT OF AN ANSWER, BUT IT'S NOT A COMPLETE ANSWER.

I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING WHETHER THE, THE 40% WAS BASED ON 2023 INFORMATION, HOARDING MONEY.

WE'RE HERE IN, YOU KNOW, IN NOVEMBER OF 2024.

YOU KNOW, SO THAT REFERENCE OF 40% IS, IS, IS, IS HARD TO FIND.

YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THAT? SHOW US THE CALCULATION RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT A FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT HASN'T BEEN COMPILED.

YOU'RE HAVING ACCOUNTING PROBLEMS. SO I CAN'T SEE WHERE THAT 40% COMES WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE AN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THAT GIVES YOU TIMELY INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU BE MAKING DECISIONS ON WHETHER WE SHOULD BE SPENDING MONEY OR NOT SPENDING MONEY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE ACCURATE AND TIMELY ACCOUNTING INFORMATION.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CHERRY PICK THESE NUMBERS, NUMBERS, YOUR COMMENT, BUT YOU GOTTA FACE UP TO REALITY.

WE GET INTO OUR INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES.

THAT, UH, CONCLUDES WITH OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND, UH, NEXT

[6.2 Introduction of New City Employees ]

AND

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SO WE HAVE, I'M TRYING TO SEE WHO WOULD HAVE REPRESENTING THE, UH, LIBRARY.

THERE SHE IS, HEIDI.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

UM, SO I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING OUR BRAND NEW TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARY.

AND THIS IS CARL ATKINS.

CARL COMES TO US FROM SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

WE WORKED IN OUR THEIR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS WING.

HE ALSO WORKED IN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES SINCE 2006 WITH A FOCUS ON PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL PREVENTION AND PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT PRESERVATION.

THANK YOU, CARL.

SEE, THIS IS WHY I HAVE CARL .

UM, CONCURRENTLY.

CARL WORKS WITH THE PROVINCE OF CALIFORNIA, DIGITALLY PRESERVING RARE PRE AMERICA, FRANCIS FRANCISCAN MANUSCRIPTS, MEMORABILIA AND BOOKS, AS WELL AS SERVING AS ADVISOR ON DIGITAL PROJECT AT FRANCISCAN MONASTERIES IN ITALY AND FRANCE.

UH, PROUD OF ALL THIS, CARL WORKED IN ACADEMIC ARCHIVES IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ROLES.

UH, CARL LIVES JUST NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE IN ALLIED GARDENS.

HE HAS A 7-YEAR-OLD SON, A 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, AND HIS WIFE MARTHA, WHO'S A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO.

OUTSIDE OF WORK, CARL, UH, RESEARCHES RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AND VOLUNTEERS WITH REWIRING AMERICA TO HELP SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSEHOLDS TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE CARL ON BOARD.

SO CARL, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? UM, HAPPY TO BE HERE.

UH, NICE MEET TO EVERYBODY.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME OLD HISTORY OF ASHEVILLE CITY, COME OVER AND SEE ME UP IN, UH, THE ARCHIVES AND I GOT THE KEYS TO ALL THE NEAT STUFF.

SO , THAT GOES FOR ANYBODY HERE.

PUBLIC.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CARL.

THANK YOU GUYS.

UM, NEXT WE HAVE ENGINEER DEPARTMENT.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, FRANCISCO IS UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT DUE TO HIS WORK SCHEDULE, BUT I WILL PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION.

UH, FRANCISCO, WHO IS A US ARMY VETERAN OF EIGHT YEARS IS ALSO A FATHER OF TWO BOYS, AGES NINE AND 12.

WHILE IN THE ARMY, HE SERVED AS A WHEELED VEHICLE MECHANIC, IN ADDITION TO COMPLETING A FULL TOUR IN AFGHANISTAN.

AFTER HIS SERVICE, FRANCISCO SERVED AS A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR FOR THE NAVY, WHERE HE WORKED ON THEIR TRAINING VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.

HE LATER WORKED FOR THE BISHOP'S SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PART OF THEIR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE TEAM.

FRANCISCO LEFT THE DISTRICT TO FOLLOW HIS PASSION AS A MECHANIC AND WENT TO WORK FOR INLAND KENWORTH BEFORE JOINING NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC WORKS AS AN EQUIPMENT MECHANIC.

TWO ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2024, HE HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF OUR TEAM.

ALRIGHT, UH, THEN ON PROMOTIONS, WE WILL, YOU ALSO HAVE ONE THERE WITH, UH, ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, SURE.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE ANDREW.

UH, AGAIN, HE CAN'T BE HERE BECAUSE OF HIS, UH, WORK SCHEDULE, BUT ANDREW, UH, JOINED OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AS A CUSTODIAN IN NOVEMBER, 2023.

FROM THE BEGINNING, ANDREW WAS EAGER, EAGER TO WORK WITH OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE STAFF TO SUPPORT PROJECTS AND EVENT SETUPS AROUND THE CITY.

HE HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AND WORKS WELL WITH OTHERS, WHICH HAS TRANSLATED VERY WELL DURING HIS TRANSITION FROM CUSTODIAN TO PARK CARETAKER, WHICH HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS, ANDREW HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED, UM, AND EXCEPTIONAL WORK ETHIC AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

HE READILY VOLUNTEERS FOR SPEC SPECIAL PROJECTS, MAKING HIM A VALUABLE ASSET TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PARKS DIVISION.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING ANDREW WITH MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AND EXPAND HIS SKILLSET IN THE YEARS TO COME.

ALRIGHT, UH, PLEASE, CHIEF MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I DO HAVE THE OFFICER HERE, PRESENT.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR, OUR NEWEST PROMOTED CORPORAL ANTHONY CARLA MONGO.

IF YOU NOTICE HE'S WEARING HIS GEAR BECAUSE HE'S A CANINE HANDLER.

SO HIS PARTNER IS NOT HERE.

LOKI LOKI IS, HE'S OUR SENIOR HANDLER, LOKI'S, ABOUT SIX, SEVEN YEARS OLD.

WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE HIS ACTUAL BIRTHDATE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT THEY FUDGE THE NUMBERS.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONLY FEMALES THAT LIED ABOUT THE RACE.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ANTHONY.

HE GREW UP IN THE EAST COUNTY.

HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER FOR FIVE YEARS OVER IN BRAWLEY BEFORE WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO GET HIM OUT HERE.

SOME OF HIS ASSIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN PATROL WHERE HE'S AT NOW.

OBVIOUSLY, HE'S A CANINE HANDLER.

EVEN AFTER THE PROMOTION, I JUST SAW THE NEED FOR HIM TO CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH

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HIS PARTNER.

UM, SO WE KEPT HIM AS A CANINE HANDLER.

HE'S BEEN A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.

HE'S A PART OF THE CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM.

HE'S ALSO A PART OF THE MOBILE FIELD FORCE AND OUR PEER SUPPORT TEAM.

HE'S GOT TWO LITTLE ONES AT HOME.

AND, UH, THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR ANTHONY.

I'LL GIVE HIM THE MIC HERE.

WELL CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR PROMOTING ME.

UM, IT'S REALLY HUMBLING TO KNOW THAT YOU RESPECT ME AND TRUST ME TO FILL THAT ROLE OF CORPORAL, UM, FOR THE COUNCIL.

UM, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.

I'M JUST VERY HAPPY TO GET THIS PROMOTION.

UM, I DID COME FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT AND WHEN I CAME HERE, UH, I SAW THE, UH, LEADERS AND ALL THE CORPORALS THAT WERE MENTORING ME AND, UH, THEY REALLY TOOK ME UNDER THEIR WING.

UM, TAUGHT ME A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY.

UM, AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR ROLES, THEY'RE BECOMING SERGEANTS OR IN OTHER SPOTS, UM, I'M EXCITED TO FILL THAT SPOT AS CORPORAL AND, UH, KIND OF PAY IT FORWARD TO THE NEWER OFFICERS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN CITY MANAGER.

UH, DANNY, COULD YOU COME FORWARD? DANNY, UH, DANNY GEO IS A DEDICATED EO GIA THAT'S THE ONE.

IS A DEDICATED LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL WHO DE, WHO DISCOVERED HER PASSION FOR LIBRARIES EARLY IN LIFE.

WITH 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND OVER A DECADE OF PROGRESSIVE EXPERTISE IN LIBRARY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES.

SHE HAS COMMITTED HERSELF TO ENRICHING PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH HER, UM, LITERATURE AND RESOURCES.

PRIOR TO HER CURRENT ROLE, DANNY HONED HER SKILLS AT THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEMS EXCELLING BOTH AS A YOUTH AND SCHOOL SERVICES LIBRARIAN AND AS BRANCH MANAGER AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.

UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY I ASKED DANNY TO HOLD DOWN THE FORT.

SHE DID MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

SHE PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE PART OF OUR OWN NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY WHERE SHE WAS HIRED AS A PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN.

AND THEN SHE QUICKLY STEPPED INTO THE ROLE OF, UH, ACTING CITY LIBRARIAN.

SO, UM, I HAD, I DID NOT HESITATE AFTER, UM, COMPLETING THE INTERVIEWS, UM, AND SEEING THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE FOLKS AND THE PEOPLE INTERESTED.

WE HAD A VERY GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THIS LIBRARY, BUT I FELT, UH, DANNY, UM, WAS THE BEST CHOICE.

THAT'S WHY SHE'S HERE TONIGHT.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, DANNY, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.

WELL, I THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME CONTINUE TO SERVE.

NASHVILLE CITY HAS BEEN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE THESE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WAS , THAT WAS HER SHORT NOVEL PRESENTATION OF A LIBRARY OF SPEECH .

WE GET INTO PRESENTATION AND WE DO HAVE A, UH, COMMUNITY CALENDAR PRESENTATION.

I LIKE THAT.

ALRIGHT, THAT, UH, THAT IS ALL THAT WE HAVE ON THOSE.

[7.1 Community Calendar]

MR. CITY MANAGER? YES.

THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

UM, RATHER THAN TRY TO DESCRIBE THIS, MY, OUR MYSELF, UM, UM, I'M GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UH, UH, PRINCIPAL OF THE COMPANY.

HIS NAME IS HAS HE'LL BE JOINING US, UH, VIA ZOOM HERE.

UM, AND HE WILL DESCRIBE THIS COMMUNITY CALENDAR.

IS THAT TEED UP AND READY TO GO, SHELLY? YES.

IT'S, SO, UH, I'LL, I'LL INTRODUCE, UH, AGAIN, MR. UM, MR. HELI.

ASAF IS HIS FIRST NAME.

UM, BUT THIS IS A, I CALL IT A C COMMUNITY CALENDAR APP.

UM, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS WORTH CONSIDERATION AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD, UH, BE A, A HUGE IMPROVEMENT OVER KIND OF OUR CURRENT STATIC CALENDAR THAT WE USE.

THIS THING COULD THIS, UH, APP, THIS PROGRAM COULD INVITE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO, UH, SORT OF ENJOY AN INCLUSIVE CALENDAR.

UH, SMALL BUSINESSES COULD, UH, MARKET THEMSELVES ON THIS CALENDAR AND THIS APP, UM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS COULD DO OUTREACH ON THIS, THIS CALENDAR, THIS APP.

THE CITY OF COURSE, COULD, UM, U USE UTILIZE THE APP JUST AS WE DO WITH OUR WEBSITE, BUT THIS WOULD BE A MUCH SUPERIOR PRODUCT.

AND AGAIN, I COULD TALK ABOUT IT.

I SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND LET HIM TALK ABOUT IT.

'CAUSE HE SOUNDS WAY BETTER THAN ME.

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, GILA, COULD YOU, MR. GILA, COULD

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YOU PLEASE, UH, UH, GIVE US YOUR PRESENTATION? AND THEN AFTER HIS CON, I WANTED RON WILLIAMS JUST TO GIVE US A FEW MINUTES, OUR IT MANAGER, UH, ABOUT HIS THOUGHTS AND HIS, UH, ON THE PROGRAM.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

BEN, DO I HAVE AN OPTION TO SHARE MY SCREEN ON, ON MY END? YES, YOU DO.

OKAY, PERFECT.

LET ME SEE.

AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT BUTTON? YES.

LATER.

HE SHOULD.

I, UM, HE IS.

IT'S PROMOTED TO A PANELIST.

ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE IT? THERE HE IS, YES.

HELLO.

HELLO EVERYONE.

UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

MY NAME IS ASAF HAYLE, I'M ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE COMPANY AND THE, THE CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER.

SO, UM, JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT, ABOUT THE COMPANY WHERE THE COMPANY'S NAMED WITH, IT'S A LOCAL COMMUNITY CALENDAR THAT WE SELL TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GLOBALLY.

SO IT'S, UH, BEEN IN, IN THE MARKET THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED IN OVER 80 CITIES.

I'LL SHOW A A A QUICK PRESENTATION OF WHAT THE PLATFORM LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE SOME, UH, SOME QUESTIONS.

SO JUST REALLY A QUICK OVERVIEW.

THE, THE IDEA OVER HERE, OR, OR THE CHALLENGE THE PLATFORM IS HERE TO SOLVE IS THE FACT THAT RESIDENTS ARE UNAWARE OF LOCAL EVENTS, LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES, ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS. AND REALLY, IT'S NOT THE CITY'S FAULT.

UH, IT'S A GLOBAL ISSUE.

EVERY CITY AROUND THE WORLD, IF YOU AS A RESIDENT WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THE WEEKEND OR WHAT ARE THE LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S, IT'S A MESS.

THERE ARE TOO MANY PLATFORMS OUT THERE, TOO MANY WEBSITES.

AND REALLY WHAT WE'VE CREATED IS A CENTRALIZED COMMUNITY CALENDAR WHERE THE IDEA IS THAT ALL THE LOCAL EVENTS AND THE LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES COME INTO ONE CENTRALIZED PLACE, WHICH BASICALLY REPLACES THE CALENDAR COMPONENT IN THE CITY.

JUST A, A, A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.

SO THE IDEA OVER HERE IS THAT FROM THE RESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE, THEY HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT VIEWS THEY CAN NAVIGATE BETWEEN.

SO THIS IS THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR VIEW WHERE RESIDENTS CAN CLICK ON DIFFERENT DATE AND TIME OR THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES TO COME AND SEE THE LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES.

THE SECOND VIEW WOULD BE THIS GRID VIEW, WHICH IS THIS ONE OVER HERE.

SO JUST A BIT OF LIKE A SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, UH, UH, PRESENTATION OF WHAT THE, THE LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES LOOK LIKE.

AND THE IDEA OVER HERE IS THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND GO AND SIGN UP.

THE MOST EXCITING ONE IS THE ONE WE'RE SEEING OVER HERE.

SO THERE'S A CONVERSATIONAL SMART SEARCH COMPONENT.

SO, UH, UM, I, I'M SURE MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE FAMILIAR WITH CHAT GPT.

SO BASICALLY, RESIDENT IN CONVERSATIONAL LANGUAGE CAN TYPE WHATEVER THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN NATIONAL CITY.

AND THE, THE AI IS BASICALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO COME AND BRING OVER THOSE SOLUTIONS.

SO IN THIS CASE, I'M LOOKING FOR SOME LIVE MUSIC EVENTS FOR ME AND MY PARTNER.

AND BASICALLY IT'S GONNA POP UP ALL THE LIVE MUSIC EVENTS IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

ONCE A RESIDENT FINDS AN EVENT THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.

THE IDEA OVER HERE IS THAT THEY CAN READ MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT ITSELF, CLICK ON REGISTER OR PERHAPS RSVP.

UM, IN THIS CASE IT'S BASICALLY OPENING A DIGITAL FORM WHERE THE CITY CAN ASK MORE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS SPECIFIC EVENT.

OR MAYBE IN GENERAL THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN TICKETS.

AND KEEP IN MIND IT'S GONNA TRIGGER AN AUTOMATED TEXT FROM THE CITY'S COMMUNICATION ASSISTANT.

SO THIS HAPPENS BOTH ON EMAIL AND AT SMS, IT REACHES OUT PERSONALIZED TO THE RESIDENTS IN THIS CASE.

HELLO JIM.

I'M WITH THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE.

THANK YOU FOR SENDING UP FOR THIS EVENT.

AND HERE ARE THE TICKETS.

UM, ONE LAST NOTE OVER HERE, JUST TO KEEP IN MIND, EVERYTHING I JUST SHOWED YOU IS COMPATIBLE ON, ON MOBILE.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE USER EXPERIENCE OF RESIDENTS NAVIGATING BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT LOCAL EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FROM THEIR SMARTPHONES.

AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A PRESENTATION I'D LOVE TO HEAR IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR, OR QUESTIONS WE COULD HAVE.

RON, UM, RON, COULD YOU, UH, DO THE FINAL SLIDE OF THE PRESENTATION? DO YOU WANT ME TO SHARE THE, THE PRESENTATION, RON? YES, PLEASE.

THE LAST, THE LAST TWO SLIDES.

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SO WITH ASAF, UH, PRESENTED TO YOU IS THE FRONT END OF THE, UH, CALENDAR.

AND WHAT WE IN IT LOOK AT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND THE FRONT END.

WE LOOK AT THE, UH, PRIVACY, SECURITY AND THE COMPLIANCE, UM, COMPONENTS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WITH, UM, INVEST A LOT IN, UM, THE SECURITY, PRIVACY AND COMPLIANCE.

SO THEY, THEY, THEY DO ANNUAL, UM, PENETRATION TESTING.

AND ONE THING FOR ME THAT'S IMPORTANT IS WHEN THEY HOST, 'CAUSE THIS IS REMOTELY HOSTED, THEY HOST ON THE PLATFORM THAT IS ABSOLUTELY, UM, RESILIENT.

SO THEY'RE HOSTING WITH AWS, WHICH, UM, HAS ABOUT 24, UM, 2.4 MILLION, UM, CUSTOMERS ACROSS THE WORLD.

SO THEY'RE PROBABLY THE TOP, UM, HOSTING PLATFORM, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.

AND ONE OF THE, UM, UM, ONE OF THE PROTECTION, UM, SYSTEMS THAT THEY USE FOR THE, UM, DISTRIBUTED DENIAL IS SERVICE IS, UH, CLOUDFLARE, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE LEADING, UH, DDOS PROTECTION COMPANY.

THEY HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT 24 MILLION WEBSITES THAT THEY PROTECT.

UM, THEY, THEY UTILIZE ANTI-SPAM COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR THIS SERVICE, THEY DON'T WANNA BE GETTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF, UH, UH, SPAM.

WE GET ENOUGH OF THAT IN OUR DAILY LIFE.

THE, UH, 10 DLC COMPLIANCE IS 10 DIGIT LONG CODE, WHICH IS AN ACTUAL SMS COMPLIANCE THAT'S UTILIZED FOR COMPANIES THAT USE TEXT MESSAGING TO REPLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOUR BANK, YOU MIGHT LOG INTO YOUR BANK AND YOU'LL GET A TEXT MESSAGE, UM, ASKING YOU, UM, OR ARE SAYING THAT, HEY, UM, YOU, YOU, YOU TRIED TO LOG IN.

WHAT'S YOUR CODE? SO THEY USE SMS TO DO THAT.

SO WHEN A COMPANY USES 10 DLC IS IN WITHIN 10 DLC COMPLIANCE, THAT, THAT'S A, UH, ANOTHER LAYER OF SECURITY.

AND OF COURSE, A DA COMPLIANCE.

WE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

SO THEY'RE USING THE W CAG, UM, 2.1, WHICH IS GREAT.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

SLIDE PLEASE.

AND, UM, ONE THING THAT REALLY WAS, UH, INTERESTING TO ME WAS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE, UH, EUROPEAN UNION'S, GDPR, WHICH IS THE, UM, GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION.

THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T, U DOESN'T UTILIZE THAT, BUT WHAT IT IS, IS, IS AN EXTREMELY, UM, STRINGENT PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION SET OF RULES THAT, UH, COMPANIES MUST ABIDE BY.

AND IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY, UH, FIND, UM, THEY COULD BE FINED UP TO, I THINK IT'S 4% OF THEIR GLOBAL REVENUE.

SO, UH, COMPANIES TEND TO, TO ADHERE TO THAT STUFF IN THE EU.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T USUALLY HEAR A LOT OF, UM, DATA BREACHES IN THE EU.

THEY HAPPEN.

BUT, UM, THE, THE, THESE FOLKS HAVE REAL STRICT DATA PROTECTION STANDARDS THERE.

AND THE REST OF THESE, THE ISO, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDS, AND THEY, THEY, UH, ARE ACROSS SEVERAL, UM, DIFFERENT, UH, TYPES OF, UM, BUSINESSES, UH, HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING, UM, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

SO THESE ARE EXPERTS THAT SET STANDARDS ACROSS THE WORLD, AND THEN THEY CREATE THESE CERTIFICATIONS.

AND THEN A LOT OF COMPANIES, THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY'LL TELL YOU IF A COMPANY HAS DONE THE WORK IN ORDER TO, UM, MAINTAIN THEIR INFORMATION SYSTEMS, UM, MANAGEMENT, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE THE ISO 27 0 0 1 AND WHAT, WHAT, AND THE REST OF THESE.

BUT, UM, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, UM, I, I LIKE THE FACT THAT THESE, UM, FOLKS AT, WITH, UM, HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PRIVACY, SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE ARE, ARE, UM, A TOP PRIORITY.

SO, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, RON.

UM, HASSAF, IF YOU COULD JUST QUICKLY COMMENT ON THE BACKGROUND DATA.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING AS WELL.

THE BACKGROUND DATA THAT, THAT IS, THAT CAN BE LEARNED IF, IF THE, IF THIS APPLICATION IS IN PROCESS FOR, LET'S SAY SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, THE, THE INFORMATION THAT, UH, THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY CAN LEARN, TALKING ABOUT THE ANALYTICS AND INDIVIDUAL LOSERS, THE ANALYTICS.

THE ANALYTICS.

RON HASSAL, COULD YOU JUST QUICKLY COMMENT ON THAT? YEAH, THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, SO REALLY THE, THE IDEA OVER HERE IS THAT THE CITY HAS ACCESS TO THE BACKEND.

TO SEE PERCENTAGE WISE OUT OF YOUR DATABASE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN MUSIC CONCERTS, IN FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS, ET CETERA.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S ONLY CITY STAFF THAT HAVE ACCESS OR, OR CITY ADMINS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS.

UH, THERE ARE A FEW INTERESTING DATA POINTS OVER HERE THAT, THAT, THAT WE SEE THE CITIES USE THE MOST.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THE TRENDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH TYPES OF EVENTS ARE WORKING, UH, UH, UH, BASED ON THE DIFFERENT MONTHS, YOU CAN SEE INFORMATION REGARDING WHAT ARE THE MICRO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE USING THE PLATFORM.

SO HOW MANY SPANISH SPEAKERS, VETERANS, REALLY TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SERVING THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

AND TO UNDERSTAND WHICH COMMUNITIES ARE ENJOYING THE DIFFERENT SERVICES.

THE PREFERRED CATEGORIES IS ANOTHER BIG ONE.

SO REALLY JUST TO BE ABLE

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AND THEN THE LAST ONE WOULD BE OVER HERE REGARDING THE LOCATION.

SO THIS IS ALSO A BIG ONE.

UH, WE SEE A LOT OF CITIES THAT WORK WITH US WANNA DIVIDE THAT, THAT THE DATABASE, BASICALLY BASED ON THE GEOGRAPHY.

SO RESIDENTS CAN GET NOTIFICATIONS OR UPDATES REGARDING COMMUNITY EVENTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT WITHIN THEIR OWN LOCATION.

AND THEN MAYBE JUST TO, TO, TO WRAP THIS UP, THESE UNIQUE DATA POINTS, THE IDEA OVER HERE IS REALLY THAT THE CITY COULD UTILIZE THEM TO, TO USE THE FOLLOWING USE CASES.

SO THE THREE MAIN THINGS WE SEE OVER HERE IS FIRST ONE, INVITING A MICRO COMMUNITY TO A RELEVANT EVENT.

THIS IS THE YOUNG PARENTS EXAMPLE OVER HERE ON THE LEFT.

SO THE USE CASE IS, THERE'S A C THERE'S A KIDS FESTIVAL, AND THE CITY DECIDES TO SEND A DIRECT INVITATION TO ALL THE YOUNG PARENTS.

AGAIN, THIS COULD HAPPEN IN SMS AND EMAIL.

SO BASICALLY A BIT AS A MARKETING TOOL TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

THE SECOND USE CASE IS REGARDING THE GEOGRAPHY.

SO IF YOU HAVE A ROADBLOCK, OR IF YOU HAVE, I DUNNO, SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND YOU WANT ONLY TO THOSE RESIDENTS TO GIVE THEM AN UPDATE, YOU COULD EITHER EASILY USE THE COMMUNICATION ASSISTANT FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND THE THIRD ONE WOULD BE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO AN EVENT, YOU CAN JUST SEND THEM A INVITATION REMINDER.

YOU CAN SEND THEM AN UPDATE OR PERHAPS A CANCELLATION.

SO THESE ARE THE THREE MOST USE CASES THAT WE SEE CITIES USE, ACTUALLY, ONCE THEY HAVE THAT BACKEND AND ANALYTICS IN PLACE, REALLY TO BE ABLE TO, TO STRENGTHEN THE, THE COMMUNICATION, UH, UH, BASED ON THE INFORMATION AND WHAT RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY, UH, UM, LOOKING FOR.

SO THAT'S, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE BACKEND AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU RON AND ASAF FOR, FOR, FOR HELPING WITH THIS PRESENTATION.

I THINK IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE PRODUCT.

AND, UM, I'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU ASAF, ON, ON SOME OF THE, THE DETAILS OF A POTENTIAL AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES AND, AND WITH THE IDEA OF POSSIBLY, UH, BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AT A FUTURE MEETING.

WHAT, IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION, WHAT KIND OF, UH, FILTERS ARE THERE ON THIS AS FAR AS WHAT GOES ON THIS SITE AND WHAT DOES NOT? UH, BECAUSE IT WOULD, I, I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD APPEAR AS IF THIS IS A CITY SITE, THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.

AND SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME EVENTS THAT THE CITY WOULD NOT BE, YOU KNOW, UH, WOULD NOT BE GOING ALONG WITH, OR THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE WANTING TO ADVERTISE, SHALL WE SAY, AN EVENT THAT'S NOT PERMITTED, YOU KNOW, AND ON THERE, BUT PEOPLE ARE GONNA ASSUME IT IS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO HOW, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE FILTERING AGENT? I'LL LET YOU HEAR OFF.

WE GO ON TO REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS, AND ALSO OUR, UH, AB UH, 1234 REPORTS.

SO, SO THE CITY QUESTION.

SO THE CITY HAS FULL CONTROL OF WHAT'S PUBLISHED OR, AND WHAT'S POSTED ON THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR.

AND THE, THE, THE BEST PRACTICE IS THAT, FIRST OF ALL, THE CITY WILL HAVE A POLICY.

WE HAVE A TEMPLATE THAT WE PROVIDE AS A PART OF THE SERVICE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T KNOW, NO POLITICS, NO ABUSIVE CONTENT, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GONNA BE IN THAT POLICY.

AND THEN KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE ALSO A PLAYBOOK ON HOW TO ROLL THIS OUT.

SO, ON DAY ONE, YOU'RE GONNA START BY ONLY BRINGING ALL THE LOCAL EVENTS FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN TRUSTED PARTNERS WOULD BE PROBABLY THE SECOND BABY STEP, WHICH WOULD BE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, UH, AND PERHAPS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH.

AND SLOWLY YOU CAN EXPAND THIS TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.

BUT THEN AGAIN, IT, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE AND BASICALLY RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO, SORRY, THE LOCAL BUSINESSES OR THE LOCAL PARTNERS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO CLICK ON THIS PLUS BUTTON.

IT OPENS UP A FORM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TRY AND PUBLISH EVENTS ON THE CALENDAR WITH THE CITY BEING THE MONITOR, UM, SORRY, MONITORING THE EVENTS AND, AND BASICALLY DECIDING WHAT'S GONNA BE APPROVED AND WHAT'S NOT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO IT, IT, IT DOESN'T COME WITH, WITHOUT SOME WORK AND TIME INVESTMENT, BUT I, I THINK THE REWARDS COULD BE, COULD BE, COULD, COULD, YOU KNOW, BE VERY, UH, BENEFICIAL.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE THIS DIALOGUE.

UH, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT COME BACK TO US IF IT, IF IT'S PERCEIVED TO, TO BE WARRANTED.

[8. REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS ]

UM, SO I WILL WE HAVE ANYTHING LOOK DOWN HERE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

JUST A REALLY BRIEF, UM, I ENDED UP, UH, CHAIRING THE

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SANDAG MOBILITY WORKING GROUP MEETING LAST THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH.

AMONG THE ITEMS TO DISCUSS WERE THE PURPLE LINE, UH, CONSIDERATIONS.

I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT ESSENTIALLY IS A, UH, NEW TROLLEY LINE, PROPOSED TROLLEY LINE FROM SAN CIRO, UH, PASSING THROUGH NATIONAL CITY ALL THE WAY THROUGH SORRENTO MESA.

AND SO, UH, IT'S DURING THE EARLY PHASES OF, UH, PLANNING, UH, SOME OF US WERE HOPING THAT MEASURE GPA SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND PARTNERING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

BUT WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE, UH, TO FIND AVENUES FOR FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT SEEN AS WE DO NEED BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE REGION.

EVERY BUSH? YES, WE HAD AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT MEETING.

UH, MAIN THING THAT WAS, UH, DISCUSSED, THERE WAS AN EXTENSION IN THE ADDITIONAL PURCHASE OF, UH, AIR FILTERS FOR THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY.

SO THAT WAS BIG.

AND WE ALSO HAD OUR MTS MEETING.

UH, THERE WAS, UH, MAIN ITEM, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON THE, UH, OPERATIONS BUDGET, UH, STATUS, STATUS REPORT, AND THEN THE, UM, AND THEN THE AUDIT FOR 2024 AND SOME OF THE UPCOMING, UH, FISCAL CHALLENGES WE HAVE.

UH, MEMBER ANI, UM, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.

UM, UM, JUST ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, UM, CLEANUP THERE FOR, UM, CONTRACTS AND STUFF.

UM, WASTE WATER, UH, METRO WASTE WATER, LOOKING AT, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE, UM, PURE WATER, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.

UM, IT'S OPERATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL, UM, UM, ADMIN AND FINANCE WORK AS WELL, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO, UH, WATER RATES.

UH, MEMBER MOLINA.

UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MUTED.

I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ON THE OTAY MESA EAST BORDER CROSSING THAT SANDAG IS DOING A LOT OF PLANNING FOR.

UH, THIS IS A, A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WHILE WE WERE AT THE BINATIONAL DELEGATION IN, UM, CITY OF, UH, MEXICO CITY.

THIS WAS OCTOBER 21ST.

UM, THE DISCUSSION WAS LED BY, UH, SECRETARY TOKS OMI SHAKIN, UH, CALIFORNIA DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, MARIO ORSO, CEO OF SANDAG, AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR FOR FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN MEXICO.

UH, THIS GENTLEMAN WAS CARLOS ARTURO JIMENEZ LOPEZ.

THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE DISCUSSIONS SPOKE TO THE POWER OF THE BORDER REGION.

A LOT OF FEDERAL PARTNERS AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ARE INVOLVED HERE.

UM, WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE IS 2.4 MILES OF ROAD 17 MILES OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE, THREE INTERCHANGES, SEVEN BRIDGES.

UM, THE CHALLENGE IS IN BUILDING THE VERTICAL STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE A PART, UH, WILL BE THE PORT OF ENTRY.

THE INSPECTION FACILITY IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS, AND THE US IS COMMITTED TO COMPLETING THE PROJECT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

FINANCING HAS BEEN READY FOR TWO TO THREE YEARS ALREADY.

UM, WE JUST NEED THE GREEN LIGHTS FROM THE FEDERAL AGENCIES, UM, AND EVERYONE TO AGREE TO, UH, THE FINAL WORK HERE TO GET IT, UH, IMPLEMENTED.

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, CBP, UH, THEIR MAIN ISSUE IS THE STAFFING.

THEY DON'T WANT TO REDIRECT STAFF FROM THE SANGO BORDER CROSSING OR THE OTAI MESA BORDER CROSSING.

SO THEIR ASK OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT IS TO COME.

THIS IS A HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED PROJECT.

THE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE, IT IS STILL BEING BUILT.

UH, THE BENEFITS WILL BE DYNAMIC TOLLING, NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTIONS, HIGH TECH COMMUNICATIONS, AND THEN THE ABILITY TO PROCURE, UH, DATA FOR DATA SCIENCE.

THE OTTA MESA EAST BORDER CROSSING REQUIRES A BINATIONAL AGREEMENT FOR THE REVENUE SHARING, UH, PIECE OF THE WORK.

UM, THE US NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.

MEXICO IS WAITING FOR THE US MEXICO HA SPOKE.

UH, THE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM MEXICO SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE OR THE ACHIEVEMENTS MADE THUS FAR ON THE MEXICAN SIDE.

UM, AND, UM, FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TRADING RELATIONSHIP THAT MUST BE MAINTAINED.

THIS BORDER REGION REPRESENTS $250 BILLION IN COMMERCE.

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MEXICO IS THE NUMBER ONE TRADING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE US.

THIS EXCEEDS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA BY 30 TO $40 BILLION.

IT WAS FASCINATING TO LEARN THIS, UM, AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE GATHERING THAT WE HAD, UH, BEING ABLE TO BE IN THE, IN THE SAME ROOM WITH MANY OF THE LEADERS IN THE FOREFRONTS

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OF THIS PROJECT.

AND I WAS HAPPY TO REPRESENT NATIONAL CITY AT THIS BINATIONAL DELEGATION.

THAT WE GO INTO, UH, ITEM NINE, WHICH IS INTERVIEWS AND APPOINTMENTS.

AND I HAVE NOTHING, UH, TO REPORT.

SO WITH THAT, UH, WITH

[9.1 Appointments: City Boards, Commissions and Committees – Mayoral Appointment to the Traffic Safety Committee.]

FIRST WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSION.

THIS IS THE MERRILL APPOINTMENT TO THE, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

AND WE HAVE ONE VACANCY, AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON, UM, WHO IS, UH, ATO, UH, GUZMAN G.

AND, UH, HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING AND HE'S LOOKING FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, APPOINT HIM FOR A FULL TERM SECOND.

WE NEED TO DO CALL, ROLL CALL, DON'T WE? YES.

THIS IS, UH, APPROVAL, UH, OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO REAPPOINT INCUMBENT TO THE PORT COMMISSIONER POSITION FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM.

[9.2 Approval of the City Council to Reappoint Incumbent to the Port Commissioner Position for a 4-Year Term.]

IS THERE ANY STAFF REC, UH, STAFF, UH, REPORT ON THIS? I CAN GIVE YOU A REPORT IF YOU'D LIKE.

OR THE CITY MANAGER WOULD LIKE TO REPORT.

I GOT PASSED OFF TO YOU THERE.

UH, ON JUNE 13TH OF THIS YEAR, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED GIL ANTHONY YUNG GOB AS PORT COMMISSIONER TO FULFILL THE REMAINING SIX MONTHS OF A TERM.

UH, THE VACANCY WAS CAUSED BY THE ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE MEETING OF TUESDAY, MAY NINE, OR MAY 7TH, EXCUSE ME, TO REMOVE SANDY NARANJO AS PORT COMMISSIONER.

THE END OF THE TERM FOR THIS POSITION IS DECEMBER OF, UH, 2024.

AS WE NEAR THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, THE TWO CA COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT ARE, UH, SCHEDULED, THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT THIS ONE AND THE ONE ON DECEMBER 3RD, IT IS PERTINENT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION ON HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THIS APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEAR TERM ENDING DECEMBER, 2028.

CITY COUNCIL POLICY, UH, 1 0 7 ALLOWS, UM, FOR UNEXPIRED TERMS, IF AN INCUMBENT APPOINTEE WAS APPOINTED TO FILL AN UNEXPIRED TERM OF THE APPOINTEE, UH, SERVES FOR LESS THAN ONE YEAR.

IN THAT POSITION, THE COUNCIL MAY REAPPOINT THE INCUMBENT WITHOUT CONSIDERING OTHER APPLICATIONS.

UM, STAFF IS LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, APPOINT THE INCUMBENT OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS FOR A VACANCY.

ALRIGHT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY CLARIFICATION ON THAT BEFORE WE GO TO SPEAKERS? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO SPEAKERS.

UM, MAYOR, BEFORE WE GO TO SPEAKERS, MAY I, UH, ADD ONE THING? WE HAVE, UM, 12 WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT.

SO IF I CAN NAME THEM REAL QUICK AND JUST GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY.

YOU WANNA DO THAT? UH, WE HAD ALMA GO GOMEZ, LAURA CLARA TODO, ESPERANZA GALLANT, MARTHA QUINTA, UH, PIERRE GOMEZ, RAQUEL QUIN QUIN, UH, ROSA GONZALEZ.

SAW SPEAR SPARE VAZQUEZ, DEBBIE SKAR ESPEY, UH, BEVERLY LES, UH, DY CASTRO AND TED GOT SHOT.

AND, AND ALL, ALL 12 SPOKE IN FAVOR, I NOTICED AS I READ THROUGH 'EM.

UH, SO LET'S, LET'S START WITH, UH, HOPEFULLY I SAY THIS RIGHT TO SANG WEAVER AND BE FOLLOWED BY RANDY CASTLE SALGADO TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOANNE FIELDS.

SO DO WE HAVE, IS IT TO SANG? I SAW HIS, UH, SLIP THAT WAS IN FAVOR, BUT NO COMMENT.

OH, I, I SEE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

I JUST SAW A NOTE HERE.

SAYS, I WISH TO REGISTER MY POSITION IN FAVOR, BUT I DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

NATIONAL CITY AS A LONG TIME RESIDENT AND IN HIS CARDIOLOGIST.

SO WE GO TO, UM, RANDY CASTLE.

SO GOTTO TO FOLLOWED BY JOANNE FIELDS TO BE FOLLOWED BY PAUL WADOWSKI.

HELLO, MAYOR COUNCIL.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS NEXT FOUR YEARS WITH THE PORT IS GONNA BE PIVOTAL AND, UH, WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO STAND UP FOR NATIONAL CITY.

AND WE ALSO NEED SOMEBODY, UH, THAT I BELIEVE IS DIVERSE AND NOT NECESSARILY FITS THE ACTUAL BILL OF WHAT A PORT COMMISSIONER WOULD SEEM TO FIT.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT GIL ANTHONY FITS THAT.

SO I WOULD SPEAK OUT IN SUPPORT OF, OF GIL.

UM, AND AS A CARDIOLOGIST, I BELIEVE THAT HE HAS THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS HERE OF

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UM, HE ALSO IS VERY AWARE OF THE IMPACTS THAT THE POLLUTION HAS ON, UM, THE RESIDENTS HERE, THE CANCER, THE ASTHMA.

AND I THINK GOING INTO THESE NEXT FOUR YEARS, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER.

JOANNE FIELDS TO BE FOLLOWED BY PAUL WADOWSKI TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, ALEXANDER FERNANDEZ.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

UH, MY NAME IS JOANNE FIELDS AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO, UH, FOLLOW THE POLICY THAT WAS JUST READ THAT, UH, DR.

ILL, UM, GIL WAS APPOINTED IN JUNE.

HE FALLS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES WITHIN THE YEAR AND THAT YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD, WHICH WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE IT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR WHEN, UH, SANDY NARANJO WAS REMOVED FROM THE COMMISSION.

THERE WAS AN OPEN PROCESS.

THERE WAS AN, UH, UH, APPOINTEE THAT WAS UNANIMOUS AFTER THE SECOND ROUND THAT HE SHOULD BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE.

AND WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS, HE HAS A NUMBER OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND, UM, WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR NATIONAL CITY.

HE HAS DEEP ROOTS IN NATIONAL CITY, BEING A CARDIOLOGIST, BEING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, HE KNOWS THE IMPACTS OF, UM, POLLUTION AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, IMPACTS.

LIKE, UM, THE LITHIUM STORAGE.

WE SHOULD HAVE A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF IF THERE IS A FIRE AT THE STORAGE OR ON A TRUCK TO WORK WITH FIRST RESPONDERS THAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH TO WORK WITH SHARP CHULA VISTA THAT IS, UM, MOVING TOWARDS AND HOPEFULLY WILL OPEN A TRAUMA CENTER FOR THE SOUTH BAY.

WE NEED AN ADVOCATE LIKE THAT.

HE'S A STRONG ENTREPRENEUR SUCCESS, VERY SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR THAT KNOWS AI, THAT KNOWS HOW TO BRING BIG BUSINESS, HAS THE CONNECTIONS TO OPEN ANOTHER MARKET INTERNATIONAL, UH, TRADE WITH THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES THAT WE HAVE NOT SOUGHT OUT, UM, ACTIVELY.

SO BRINGING MORE COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL CITY.

SO PLEASE DO NOT WASTE TIME.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

LET'S CONTINUE THE PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD FOR NATIONAL CITY AND THE SOUTH BAY.

AND LET'S VOTE FOR HIM TONIGHT.

AND, UM, AFFIRM AND CONFIRM ANOTHER FOUR YEARS FOR DR.

GIL ONGA.

THANK YOU PAUL WADOWSKI, AND BE FOLLOWED BY ALEXANDER FERNANDEZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY EDWARD NIETO.

HELLO AGAIN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF.

UM, I, I SUPPORT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DR.

GILGA BECAUSE HIS EXPERTISE IN LEADERSHIP, UNIMPEDED BY OUTSIDE PREDATORY INTERESTS, IS VITAL FOR ADVANCING NATIONAL CITY'S INTERESTS WITHIN THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO.

LEMME REMIND YOU THAT PUBLIC SENTIMENT WAS CLEAR WHEN IT CAME TIME TO CHOOSE A REPLACEMENT FOR SANDY.

AND TO, DESPITE THAT, SOME OF YOU VOTED FOR NICK AND ZZA WITHOUT VALID EXPLANATION, BY THE WAY.

AND ANYBODY PAYING ATTENTION CAN CONNECT THOSE DOTS.

NOW THE SHARKS ARE CIRCLING AGAIN.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION WHO I VOLUNTEER WITH BY THE WAY, UH, WHEN SANDY WAS DRIVEN OUT, WAS ODDLY NEUTRAL IN ITS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND THE LETTER THAT HAD JUST SENT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IS SIMILARLY NEUTRAL.

YOU KNOW, ALMOST AS IF THE ORGANIZATION'S FUNDING IS DEPENDENT UPON HAVING SOME KIND OF BOX CHECKING ROLE IN THIS PROCESS.

I HOPE THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE LIVING IN THERE.

IT'S SIMPLE.

THE PUSH TO OPEN THE PROCESS UP AGAIN, IS BEING DRIVEN BY THE SAME FORCES THAT ORCHESTRATED SANDY'S REMOVAL.

DR.

UNGA NOT PLAYING THEIR GAME HAS BECOME THE NEXT TARGET.

REAPPOINTING, DR.

UN GAB ENSURES THAT NATIONAL CITY CONTINUES TO HAVE A STRONG VOICE IN POOR DECISIONS, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR CITY'S GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.

NOW I AGREE WITH JOANNA.

LET'S JUST DO IT NOW.

I KNOW, AND I KNOW PORT COMMISSIONERS FROM PORT AMI.

UH, ALEXANDER FERNANDEZ BE FOLLOWED BY EDWARDO.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, MY NAME IS ALEXANDER FERNANDEZ AND I AM A LONGSHOREMAN.

I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO.

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YOU'VE MET THEM BEFORE.

UH, YOU KNOW, PORT COMMISSIONERS FROM MAYBE SAN FRANCISCO.

UH, I KNOW PORT COMMISSIONERS FROM SEATTLE, ALASKA.

UM, WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE THERE? AH, GEEZ, SAMOA.

I KNOW PORT COMMISSIONERS EVEN FROM PERTH, AUSTRALIA.

IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO CAN GET THE JOB DONE AND GET WORLD TRADE GOING, I'M ALREADY THERE AND I'M ONLY 35 YEARS OLD.

THE PORT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

MY GRANDPA CAME INTO THE PORT IN THE FIFTIES.

UH, BEFORE THAT MY GREAT-GRANDPA WAS IN THE NAVY, UH, FILIPINO, BY THE WAY.

MY GREAT-GRANDPA.

UH, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I CAN GET THE JOB DONE.

I KNOW THAT THE PORT IS AN IMPORTANT ASSET TO SAN DIEGO.

I'M PART OF THE LIONS CLUB.

AND WHAT I DID FOR THE LIONS CLUB IS I INTRODUCED 75 STUDENTS AT SUI HIGH TO MARITIME.

THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THEIR BACKYARD WAS FILLED WITH GOOD PAYING MIDDLE CLASS JOBS AT SUI HIGH.

AND THIS WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND I WAS PROUD OF IT.

I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I'M A LIONS CLUB MEMBER AS WELL, AND DOING STUFF IN NATIONAL CITY.

FOR NATIONAL CITY.

LIKE I SAID, I'M PART OF THE PARKS AND RECS.

I MAKE DECISIONS AND DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO FOR NATIONAL CITY.

I DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO FOR THE PORT.

SO I'M ALREADY INTERCONNECTED WITH BOTH NATIONAL CITY, THE PORT AND PORTS FAR OUT THERE.

THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES MEANS A LOT TO ME.

THE PORT OF AMI IS OUR SISTER PORT UP IN VENTURA COUNTY.

I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT PORT COMMISSIONER AND HE CAME ON MY BEHALF LAST TIME.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS FOR A FAIR SHOT.

EVERYBODY DESERVES A CHANCE TO RUN.

EVERYBODY DESERVES TO HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO BE HEARD, AND THAT IS DEMOCRACY.

YOU CAN'T GO AHEAD AND POINT SOME, UH, APPOINT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW.

AND, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO KNOCK HIM.

I'M VERY PROUD OF, OF, OF THE MEDICAL FIELD.

MY WIFE IS A REGISTERED NURSE.

PLEASE, PLEASE CONCLUDE.

UH, ED RO KEN, I HAVE TWO MINUTES.

LET'S GO.

UM, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO REAPPOINT DR.

GGA, WHICH IS THE BEST INTEREST IN THE RESIDENTS OF NATIONAL CITY.

SINCE THIS APPOINTMENT, DR.

ANUP HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB, PARTICULARLY IN ADVOCATING FOR THE NATIONAL CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, SUCH THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR THE PORT, UH, TRUCK ELECTRIFICATION, THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

NATIONAL CITY NEEDS SOMEONE WHO HAS THE DEPTH AND EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO DEAL WITH THESE, THESE AREAS.

HAVING ONE OF OUR OWN AND NATIONAL IN THE PORT OF COMMISSION IS THE VALUABLE, LET'S HAVE A PORT THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF US, NOT JUST SPECIAL INTEREST.

I WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL OF THE EVENTS THAT GOT US HERE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE WERE DRIVEN BY OUTSIDE INTEREST.

THIS INCLUDES THE UNJUSTLY REMOVAL OF, UH, COMMISSIONER SANDY RAUL.

JUST AS WHAT'S ABOUT TO APPOINT AHEAD OF, UH, PORT COMMISSION, JUST AS SHE WAS HEAD OF THE POINT COMMISSION, THE POLITICAL POLITICAL CHANGE CONSIDERATION FOR NICK AND ZZA WHO DIDN'T EVEN LIVE IN NASHVILLE CITY.

IT'S MIND BLOWING THAT WE ACT ACTUALLY HAD TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOTED FOR HIM.

WE ALL KNOW HE WAS ALOED BY TWO MEMBERS WHO RECEIVED CAMP, SUPPORTED BY THE, THE TWO MEMBERS WHO RECEIVED, UH, MONEY FROM THE, FROM HIM.

FACTS ARE THAT THEY TRIED TO HIDE JUST IN THIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

RODRIGUEZ TOOK CAMPAIGN CASH FROM THE PORT INTEREST, INCLUDING FROM SEVERAL PORT COMMISSIONERS AND LABOR GROUPS, AND ACTIVELY WORKED AGAINST NATURAL CITY'S INTEREST.

BUT, UH, DEFLECT.

HE OFTEN DEFLECTS.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT CASH CAME WITH STRINGS.

WHAT, WHAT DO THEY GET IN RETURN? WHAT DOES HE GET IN RETURN? AVOID ANOTHER CIRCUS OF DISAPPOINTMENT LIKE WE HAD LAST NIGHT IN THIS, IN THIS VENTING, PLEASE APPOINT DR.

UNAP TO THE PORT COMMISSION, WHO IS A PROVEN, UH, COMMISSION, UH, LEADER WHO IS WELL QUALIFIED FOR THIS IMPORTANT POSITION AND BRINGS A UNIQUE AND PROFESSIONAL AND MUCH NEEDED VOCAL VOICE TO REP, REPRESENT NATIONAL CENTERS.

DO THE RIGHT THING.

ALRIGHT, THAT IS ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS.

AND AT THIS POINT, AND I SAY WE DID HAVE THE 12, 12 WRITTEN, UH, ONES ALSO THAT ARE IN OUR RECORD, I THINK.

I THINK THEY'RE, EVERYONE HAS THOSE AT, AT THE, UH, UH, AT THEIR DESK.

UM, SEE, HEARING, WERE YOU LOOKING TO SAY SOMETHING? I SAW YOUR FINGER.

GO UP THE LEGS AS IF YOU'RE GETTING READY.

HIT YOUR BUTTON.

JUST GETTING PREPARED.

WHEN WE DID THIS APPOINTMENT IN, UH, OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER, JUNE, WASN'T IT? UM, MAY OR MAY, JULY.

UM, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM,

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MAY, UH, SOMETIME IT WAS MAY, UH, MAY THANK YOU CLERK.

EXCUSE ME, TOO.

WE SAID THAT IT WAS STATED THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT, APPOINT SOMEONE THAT WILL FINISH THE TERM AND THEN WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR APPLICATIONS SO EVERYBODY CAN, CAN APPLY FOR THIS POSITION.

SO I THINK WE GOTTA WALK THE TOP, UM, MEMBER BUSH, UH, YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH DR.

GIL UN GAB, UH, FOR A FULL FOUR YEAR TERM.

AND I WILL, I SECOND THAT MOTION.

WE HAD A MOTION.

WE HAD, DID I HEAR A SECOND FROM THE, FROM THE SCREEN? YES.

I SECOND.

I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING UP THERE.

IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CLAP, SO I COULDN'T, COULDN'T BE SURE.

UH, MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, JUST AS A CLARIFYING QUESTION, UH, BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER HAVING THE CONVERSATION OF OPENING UP THE PROCESS, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW, HAVE A MORE ROBUST PROCESS, AND NOW WE'RE SAYING, NO, LET'S JUST APPOINT E EVEN IF THE INTENT WOULD BE TO APPOINT THE SAME PERSON.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING, OF ACTUALLY SELECTING SOMEBODY WHO WE FEEL IS VALUABLE FOR THE CITY, EVEN IF THAT PERSON IS STILL DR.

I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, WE, WE REQUIRE MOST INDIVIDUALS FOR MOST OTHER POSITIONS TO COME AND RE-INTERVIEW.

FOR PLANNING FOR A BUNCH OF OTHER, WHY WOULD WE NOT DO THAT? FOR DR.

UNGA? SEEN AS IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS, UH, FOR US AS A CITY.

I, SO EVEN IF I THINK THE DECISION IS THE SAME, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PROCESS AND AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION AND ASK, UH, QUESTIONS TO THE INDIVIDUAL, UM, UH, SEEN AS WE WOULD BE THEN SELECTING A PERSON FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

AND I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND WE NORMALLY DO THAT FOR PROCESSES WHEN THEY HAVE FULFILLED A TERM AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS IN OUR, OUR, UH, POLICY DOES ALLOW FOR, UH, THE CONCEPT THAT IF A PERSON'S BEEN BEEN IN LESS THAN A YEAR, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS LESS THAN SIX MONTHS, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A SELECTION PROCESS.

SO WHY START IT OVER AGAIN? UM, IF IT WAS A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, IF IT WAS MORE THAN A, UH, AND OUTTA A FOUR YEAR TERM, IF IT'D BEEN MORE THAN TWO YEARS, WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED A FULL TERM, THEN THAT WOULD BE, WE WOULD BE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A QUESTION OF THIS.

BUT SINCE WE JUST WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UH, AND WE'VE ONLY BASICALLY BEEN WHAT? JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.

WE'VE ONLY BEEN, UH, LESS THAN FIVE MONTHS AT THIS STAGE.

UH, THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE RULE IS IN THERE, THAT THAT'S THE ONE EXCEPTION THAT WE CAN DO FOR THIS.

SO, UM, MR. MAYOR, YES.

SO WHEN WE LIKE IT, WE, WE DO EXEMPTIONS.

WE JUST WANNA DO THE PROCESS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO.

WHEN DO WE APPOINTED, UM, DR.

UNGA? SO LET US NOT DEVIATE TO THE WORDS THAT WE HAD SAID HERE FROM THE DYES, BECAUSE THAT IS INTEGRITY.

EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HE'S STILL GOING TO BE APPOINTED.

WE STILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE THERE ARE MEMBERS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE WANTING TO, TO, TO MAYBE APPLY.

AND SO WHEN OPENING THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE SAID WE ARE GONNA DO, LET'S TAKE CARE OF THAT.

MR. MAYOR.

AND, UM, SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH DR.

HE'S REPRESENTED AND FOUGHT FOR NATIONAL CITY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

HE'S HAD OVERWHELMING COMMUNITY SUPPORT FROM NATIONAL.

AND THIS IS SUPPORT ACTUALLY INTERNALLY FROM NATIONAL CITY.

OVERWHELMING SUPPORT.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW WHAT GOES ON WITH THE PORT.

WE KNOW HOW OPPRESSED WE ARE AND HOW MUCH THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, AND WE NEED SOMEONE WHO'S GONNA CONTINUE TO FIGHT.

SO, NO, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME TO OPEN THE PROCESS BACK UP UNLESS YOU TWO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH DR.

SAY IT.

I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE.

I THINK HE'S EFFECTIVELY REPRESENTED.

I THINK THIS IS A PROCESS WITH INTEGRITY.

YOU HAVE VICE MEMANI.

AT LEAST, I MEAN, THE VOTE HAS TO HAPPEN.

BUT FOR, FOR ME, FOR MY VOICE, I DON'T WANT TO OPEN THE PROCESS AGAIN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I THINK HE'S THE BEST CHOICE.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD AN OPENING AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN IN THIS SITUATION.

HAD YOU NOT KICKED OUT SANDY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO WE'RE HERE.

YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED, YOU GOT HER OUT.

SO WE HAVE DR.

GI AND GAVIN.

THIS IS, THIS IS AS PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH.

SO I'M NOT INTERESTED IN REOPENING AND, AND GOING OVER IT AGAIN.

LET'S KEEP WHAT WE HAVE WITH, WITH DR.

OUR EIR AND THE ADVOCACY ON THE, UM, ON GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE FOR THE, UM, FOR THE MSA.

HE HAS A LOT OF MOMENTUM ALREADY AND HAS ACCOMPLISHED A LOT FOR NATIONAL CITY, INCLUDING

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SO LET'S, LET'S KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT NO POT SHOTS PLEASE.

BECAUSE WE ALL VOTED FOR THAT.

SO, OH, I DIDN'T VOTE FOR NO, I DID NOT VOTE TO REMOTE SANDY.

NO, WE DID NOT.

IT WAS CARRIED.

IT WAS CARRIED THAT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING THOUGH IS THAT YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED AND WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION.

HAD, HAD YOU GUYS NOT VOTED THAT I DID NOT GET WHAT I WANTED.

YOU VOTED, YOU VOTED TO REMOVE.

IT'S, IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY.

I 1% TIME I HAVE DIALOGUE.

IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY, MARCUS.

I DISAGREE, BUT, ALRIGHT.

UH, I'M GONNA ASK, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE NOT PUSHING OUR BUTTONS FOR ALSO FOR THE MOTION AND EVERYTHING, SO YOU GOT THE MOTION AND SECOND? I DO.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.

MOTION WAS BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH, AND SECOND WAS COUNCIL MEMBER LINA.

WELL, LAST COMMENT.

WOULD THERE BE AN EVEN CONSIDERATION TO HAVE DR.

UNG UP COME AND, AND INTERVIEW WITH US NEXT COUNCIL MEETING? WELL, THIS, THIS WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK FOR THE ACTUAL APPOINTMENT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SO HE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK.

HE WOULD BE HERE FOR THAT.

HE'S, I KNOW HE'S OUT OF TOWN, UH, RIGHT NOW, BUT HE, SO THIS, WE WOULD NOT, BY VOTING THIS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S REAPPOINTED TONIGHT.

IT WOULD COME BACK ON THE THIRD FOR APPOINTMENT SO HE COULD START THE PROCESS FOR APPOINTMENT.

AND I GUESS WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M ASKING IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW DR.

UNGA WITH THE PUBLIC AND BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE PROCESS.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WE SAID WE WOULD DO EARLIER.

, I REMEMBER HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH MANY OF US.

SO THAT'S WHAT I AM PROPOSING.

JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DR.

COME IN HERE.

HE'S GONNA BE HERE ON INTERVIEW.

HE'LL BE HERE ON THE THIRD, BUT BEFORE WE START THE PROCESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

WELL THE NEXT, THE NEXT DATE IS THE THIRD.

WHAT I'M ASKING IS FOR DR.

UNG UP TO BE HERE AND INTERVIEW THAT.

AND I THINK HE WILL BE HERE ON THE THIRD.

THAT'S NO, BUT WHAT WE'RE MO WHAT WE'RE MOVING ON TODAY IS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO REAPPOINT HIM.

WELL, WHAT I AM SAYING IS WE SHOULD HAVE THAT INTERVIEW BEFORE THE REAPPOINTMENT PROCESS IF I COULD.

TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS PROCESS, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH TAKING, UH, TAKING APPLICATIONS, UH, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND GOING THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS, UH, WITH THE INTENTION OF APPOINTING DR.

UNAD.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE APPOINTMENT TONIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND.

BUT STARTING THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, BECAUSE WE ARE CLOSING UP THE PROCESS OF ANYBODY ELSE INTERVIEWING.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS I'M NOT EVEN OPPOSED TO DR.

UNGA BEING OUR COMMISSIONER.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE SHOULD AT LEAST GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING HIM AS THE PUBLIC.

WELL, AND HE, AND HE WILL BE BE HERE ON THE THIRD AND YOU CAN ASK HIM QUESTIONS, BUT NO, BUT, BUT VOTING ON THIS MOTION THEN MEANS THE PROCESS IS CLOSED.

ALL I'M ASKING IS TO HAVE THE PUBLIC WEIGH IN, UM, AND ASK A PUBLIC QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR MOST IMPORTANT, UH, APPOINTMENT IN THE CITY.

THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.

AND THE DEAL IS, AND THEN I'M GONNA END IT WITH THIS, THE DEAL IS IF HE DOES NOT GET THE VOTES ON THE THIRD, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT BACK OUT FOR APPLICATION.

THAT'S NOT ALL RIGHT.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW IS ESSENTIALLY CLOSING THE PROCESS.

AND, AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY INTERVIEW THE INDIVIDUAL BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PROCESS.

AND YOU SAID THAT.

SO AT THIS POINT I'M GONNA CALL, UH, LET'S SEE, THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

AND SO, UH, LOOK FOR THE ROLL CALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ NAY.

OKAY, SO, SO THIS WILL COME BACK TO US ON THE THIRD FOR APPOINTMENT.

10 16, 10 19, 10 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 AND 41.

NOW THEN, UH,

[10. CONSENT CALENDAR]

NEXT WE MOVE ON.

OKAY, NOW WE GO ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR.

THIS IS ITEMS 10, ONE THROUGH 10.

GOSH, LEMME SEE HOW FAR THAT THING GOES.

10 41.

SO TEN ONE THROUGH 10 41.

I DO HAVE REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR TO PULL.

AND WE DID HAVE SOME WRITTEN COMMENT AS WELL FOR 10.4 FROM TED.

GOT SHOT.

10 POINT 12.

10 POINT 14, 10.27.

10.28, 10.30 FROM TED GOTCHU.

10 POINT FIRST ONE WAS 10 POINT 16, 10 POINT 19, 10.3 6 37 38 39 40.

UM, SO I'VE GOT THESE, I GOTTA MARK 'EM OFF HERE MYSELF HERE REAL QUICK.

WE GET 'EM RIGHT HERE.

[01:45:03]

AND I BELIEVE 41 AND 41.

LEMME DOUBLE CHECK THAT.

EXCUSE ME, MR. MAYOR? YES.

CAN I PULL ITEM? UH, YEP.

LET, LET ME JUST GET THESE MARKED AND THEN WE'LL DO THAT.

THEN WE DO INDIVIDUAL.

YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

PULL ITEM 10 POINT, UH, 1 8, 10 POINT 18.

CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SO, MOVE, MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? AYE.

WHO, WHO WAS IT THE SECONDED SECOND MOTION? I.

THE SECOND.

LEMME MAKE SURE I GET THAT.

OR THE, AYE THE WAY IT WAS SAID, I COULDN'T DISTINGUISH WHICH ONE YOUR VOICE WAS.

UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE, UH, CALENDAR, UH, THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

UM, WE HAVE ROLL CALL THE CITY.

UH, QUESTION, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER, I DON'T NEED TO PULL IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER A NO VOTE FOR 10 POINT 20 AND 10 POINT 21.

SO CAN I, HOW, HOW IS THE BEST PROCESS TO DO THAT SET? WE WOULD NEED TO PULL THOSE AND HAVE THEM SET A SEPARATE VOTE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANNA DO? YES.

BECAUSE I WANNA VOTE NO ON 20 AND 21.

SORRY, I THOUGHT WE COULD JUST OKAY.

LIKE DO IT ALL ONE ON THAT.

SO THE, UH, REMAINDER OF THE CALENDAR, UH, DO WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE YES.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA.

AND SO THAT PASSES WITH THAT WE GO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, IT'LL

[10.8 Amendments and Additions to the City of National City’s Schedule of Job Classifications and the Management and Confidential Positions Salary Schedule.]

BE 10.8.

THERE'S AMENDMENT ADDITIONS TO THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY'S SCHEDULE OF JOB CLASSIFICATIONS MANAGEMENT AND CONFIDENTIAL POSITION POSITIONS, SALARY SCHEDULE, UM, MEMBER .

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

UM, I REQUESTED TO PULL THAT, UM, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO OUR, UM, CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS.

AND, UH, TO YOU MAYOR IN, UH, LOU, UH, IN, WITH REGARDS TO US, UM, WITH, UM, THIS, UH, NEGOTIATING PROCESS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR WORK STAFF.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TO PAUSE ON THIS, UM, ON THIS, UM, ON THIS REQUEST TO AMEND AND TO, UH, TO RECLASS AND, UH, AND, UH, TO RECLASS JOB CLASSIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT AND CONFIDENTIAL POSITION, SALARY SCHEDULE.

WE, I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE THAT SECOND.

UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND.

I'M GONNA SPEAK AGAINST THE MOTION.

AND I, ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE POINTS IN THERE IS THAT UPDATING JOB CLASSIFICATIONS IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THAT ROLES ACCURATELY REFLECT CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND SKILLS.

SO THIS IS TAKING A LOOK AT, UH, REWORDING SOME OF THE, THE CLASSIFICATIONS.

IT'S ALSO THEN TAKING A LOOK AT, UH, WHERE PEOPLE ARE WORKING OUTTA CLASSIFICATION.

SO THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE ANY WITH NEGOTIATIONS.

SO I THINK THOSE ARE STILL CORRECT.

IT IMPACTS SALARY SCHEDULE, MAYOR, THAT'S WHAT IT IMPACTS.

SALARY SCHEDULE.

WHEN YOU RE CLASS, THEIR CLASSIFICATION FOR SALARY WILL ALSO INCREASE.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT A PAUSE ON THAT FOR NOW UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR WORKFORCE.

I DON'T SEE HOW THE TWO ARE RELATED, BUT ANYWAYS, SO I WILL, IT IT IMPACTS OUR BOTTOM LINE, MAYOR.

OPERATIONS HOW WE SHOULD PUT A PAUSE ON SOME OF THESE, UH, HIRINGS.

WELL, A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT, WE'LL DO THAT.

BUT I WILL, UH, SO I'M GONNA BE SPEAKING AGAINST THE MOTION, UH, HANG, UM, UH, MAYOR .

Y YES.

SO I, UM, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS OF, UH, VICE MAYOR YAMANI.

WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS, THESE POSITIONS, NONE OF THESE, UH, POSITIONS ARE, UM, THAT, THAT I SEE HAVE, ARE, ARE PART OF WHAT WE'RE BARGAINING.

UM, I, I, OVERALL, I I THINK, UH, VICE MAYOR, YOU, YOU HAD EXPRESSED TO ME LAST WEEK JUST OVERALL IN OUR

[01:50:01]

UM, SO, SO I GET THAT.

OVERALL, MY ISSUE IS THIS HAS GONE THROUGH CIVIL SERVICE TWICE ALREADY.

UM, THERE'S ALREADY, UH, THESE DON'T HAVE, UH, ANY ANYTHING TIED TO OUR, UH, DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS.

I WILL SAY ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE CRITICISMS I HAD, AND I LET STAFF KNOW ABOUT THIS, UM, THAT, UH, IT, IT'S NOT CLEAR ON ONE OF THE POSITIONS, UM, IS, UH, FOR THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT MM-HMM.

AT RECLASSIFYING.

SO THAT'S FINE.

BUT THAT IS GOING TO RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN YOUR, UH, MAYORAL BUDGET.

SO THAT'S, I I THINK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROPERLY AND TRANSPARENTLY REFLECTED IN THE REPORT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CRITICISM FROM OUR, OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGETS.

AND SO HOW IT'S PRESENTED HERE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SEEING REALLY THE SAME FOLKS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, HEAPS CRITICISM ON US FOR, UH, BUDGET THERE HAVE BEEN SILENT ON THIS, BUT WHATEVER, THAT, THAT IS WHAT IT IS.

BUT HAVING SAID ALL THAT, UM, I, I DO PROPOSE THIS HAS BEEN IN WORKS FOR, FOR A WHILE.

I DO HEAR THE CONCERNS OF OUR VICE MAYOR, BUT, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD AND, AND I DO WANT IT TO BE FAIR BECAUSE, SO THIS IS DEALING WITH, UH, THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT POSITION.

AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD WITH OUR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THEIR SALARIES.

SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT PART OF THE AGENDA, BUT I WOULD MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AND TO HAVE STAFF BRING BACK IN JANUARY ALL OF THE COUNCIL REP, UH, POSITIONS, UH, AND, AND HAVING A DISCUSSION ON, UH, WHAT OUR, UM, ON, ON WHAT OVERALL OUR, UH, COUNCIL AND MAYOR BUDGETS SHOULD HAVE IN TERMS OF OUR POSITIONS.

I THINK THAT NEEDS ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION.

SO THAT'S MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM, BUT FOR STAFF TO COME BACK IN JANUARY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON OUR COUNCIL REP POSITIONS AS WELL.

ALRIGHT, POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

AND CLASSIFICATIONS.

WHEN WILL THIS TAKE EFFECT, MR. CITY MANAGER? UM, I'M GONNA LOOK AT MY FINANCE DIRECTOR OR LYDIA.

WHEN WOULD THE, WHEN YOU SAY TAKE EFFECT, THE, UH, WHEN YOU RECLASS THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF US NEGOTIATING, THIS IS UNDER MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, WHEN DOES THIS TAKE EFFECT? IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED, IT WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT PAY PERIOD.

SO THAT IS NEXT MONTH ABOUT THE FIRST OF THE MONTH, OCTOBER, I MEAN, UH, DECEMBER 5TH.

UH, YES.

THE NEXT, UH, PAY PERIOD IS DECEMBER 3RD.

DECEMBER 3RD.

AND WHAT'S THE INCREASE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MR. CITY MANAGER? WHAT'S THE ECONOMIC IMPACT? I'M NOT SURE.

I DON'T HAVE THAT, UH, VICE MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE.

SO THE INCREASE TO THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO BE CHANGED TO MANAGEMENT ANALYST THREE WOULD BE $23,649 AND 28 CENTS.

AND THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN TO A SENIOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ANALYST WOULD BE $29,260 AND 43 CENTS EACH? YES, THAT'S FOR THAT ONE.

HOW MUCH IS THAT? WHAT'S THE TOTAL, THE TOTAL ON THAT? UM, HOLD ON, LET ME PULL OUT MY CALCULATOR.

THAT'S FOR ONE MONTH, CORRECT? NO.

OR ANNUAL.

SO THE TOTAL COST WOULD BE $52,909 AND 71 CENTS.

AND THAT WOULD TAKE US THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

WHAT POS WHAT ARE THE SIX POSITIONS AGAIN? UH, THE ADDITION OF THE POSITIONS OR THE RECLASSIFICATION THERE? 30.

WHAT POSITIONS ARE GONNA BE RECLASSIFIED? IT'S ONLY TWO POSITIONS.

UHHUH, THAT WOULD BE THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN TO SENIOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ANALYST IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR BEING CHANGED TO THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST THREE FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

THAT THEY BE PUT TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

AND THOSE, THOSE POSITIONS WERE ANALYZED AND STUDIED AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR, UH, WHAT THEIR WORK WAS AND THEIR COMPARED TO THE POSITION.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

THEY WERE BOTH, UH, REVIEWED BY HR AND THEN THEY WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND THEY APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS

[01:55:01]

SO SO EXECUTIVE POSITION FOR THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST TWO, DID YOU SAY THREE.

THREE.

AND AT THE CITY.

AT THE MAYOR.

AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE? CORRECT.

SO THERE'S ONLY TWO OF THEM.

WHAT'S GONNA BE ANALYZED? WELL, THE, THE ANALYST I, I'M JUST ASKING.

I, I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT MAY BE A STUPID QUESTION, BUT I'M LOOKING AT NUMBERS.

SO WE'VE WE'RE, WE'VE REVIEWED THE INFORMATION FOR THE CHANGE IN DUTIES AND RECENTLY, OR IT HAS BEEN SEEN THAT HER POSITION HAD HER SHIFT IN THE POSITION TO MORE HIGH LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.

AND SHE'S NOW DOING ANALYTICAL WORK WHERE SHE IS EVALUATING PROGRAMS, UM, AND POLICIES, ADDITIONS POLICIES.

WE, WE EVALUATE POLICIES AS THE POLICY MAKERS.

NO, WE DECISION, WE MAKE DECISIONS ON POLICIES.

SHE, WELL, THE EXECUTIVE POSITIONS DON'T EVALUATE POLICIES.

MAYOR, WE SURE THEY DO.

WE EVALUATE AS POLICY MAKERS, WE ARE THE ONES THAT EVALUATE THOSE, THOSE POLICIES.

SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING.

SO THE IMPACT IS 52,000, DID YOU SAY FOR A YEAR FOR SIX POSITIONS? NO, THIS IS JUST FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THOSE TWO POSITIONS.

50 2K FOR RECLASS OF TWO POSITIONS.

AND WHAT DID YOU SAY? SIX EXISTING JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.

WE HAVE REVIEWED THOSE JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.

THERE WAS NO INCREASE IN THOSE SALARIES.

UHHUH, THEY WERE CHANGED THE JOB DUTIES AND THE EDUCATIONAL RE REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE POSITIONS TO ALLOW OTHER EMPLOYEES TO PROMOTE INTO THOSE POSITIONS WHERE THEY MAY NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS.

SO FOUR WITH NO ECONOMIC IMPACT, TWO AT 50 2K FOR A YEAR? CORRECT.

AND, AND SOME OF THESE POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY VACANT AT THIS POINT.

SO THIS IS WHEN YOU SAY SOME, ANY OF THE FOUR ARE VACANT? THE MANAGE, SOME OF THE MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS ONE, TWO, AND THREE ARE VACANT AT THIS TIME.

I SEE.

BUT THIS IS JUST FOR FUTURE PLANNING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, MR. MAYOR, I'M, I'M GOING TO SECOND THE MOTION.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME.

WE IMMEDIATELY GOT IN DISCUSSION BEFORE YOU HAD ANYONE HAD CHANCES.

SO I'M GOING TO SECOND THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

MR. RODRIGUEZ.

I REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION LAST TIME WE RECLASSIFIED THAT WE WOULD DO IT ONCE A YEAR AND WE WOULD OVERSEE A BUNCH OF POSITIONS THAT WE WERE RECLASSIFYING BECAUSE DOING IT IN KIND OF, UM, SCATTERED PIECEMEAL FORMAT WAS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST WAY FOR US TO LOOK AT OUR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING.

SO I STILL, I I MENTIONED THAT BACK THEN.

I'M MENTIONING IT AGAIN, WHY SOME GET PRIORITIZED AND OTHERS NOT, I THINK IS UP FOR DEBATE, TO SAY THE LEAST.

I THINK THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, WE WERE IN DESPERATE NEED OF, UH, UH, A VERY SOUGHT AFTER AND IMPORTANT POSITION WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.

THAT HAS PROVEN TO BRING IN A LOT TO OUR ORGANIZATION.

BUT, UM, TO SAY THAT THIS WILL BRING A LOT OF ADDITIONAL, UH, EXPERTISE TO OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK MAY BE DEBATABLE.

AND SO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE INFO TECHNICIAN POSITION MODIFICATION WOULD COST APPRO APPROXIMATELY $29,000 TO RECLASSIFY THE POSITION? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND IS IT CURRENTLY VACANT OR IS IT THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN IS FILLED? UM, THE HIGHER LEVEL ANALYST POSITION IS VACANT, SO THAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT ON THE BUDGET.

TO NEGOTIATE WITH ALL OF OUR THREE BARGAINING UNITS DURING THE SAME TIME.

AND THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR POSITION, IS THAT FILLED? YES, AT THIS TIME IT IS.

WHO'S IT FILLED BY? UH, JOSIE FLORES CLARK.

SO A INCREASE TO MANAGEMENT ANALYST THREE WOULD THEN CREATE AN INCREASE OF $23,000 IN BASE SALARY FOR THAT PERSON? CORRECT.

I THINK I'M A LITTLE DUMBFOUNDED BY THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING FISCALLY PRUDENT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGHLIGHTING $6,000 WORTH OF TURKEYS, $23,000 SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO GIVE AWAY A LOT OF TURKEYS TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY THAT I THINK WOULD BE BETTER SPENT.

BUT THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS.

I DO THINK WE NEED A PROCESS OF NOT PIECEMEALING THIS AND DOING IT ONCE A YEAR, WHICH IS WHY I MENTIONED THAT, MENTIONED IT LAST TIME.

I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THAT AGAIN AND CONSIDER EVERYBODY AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST PIECEMEAL WHO WE WANT TO GET, GIVE RAISES TO, WHO WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE A LITTLE FAVORITISM TOO.

I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION.

THAT IS WHY WE CHANGED OUR PLANS

[02:00:02]

WE'RE DOING BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

WHY? BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE A FISCAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE AND HOW MUCH WE CAN PROVIDE OUR, UH, EMPLOYEES.

BUT AGAIN, DOING PIECEMEAL FOR CLEAR POLITICAL CALCULATIONS, I THINK IS VERY UNSIGHTLY.

AND SO I WILL BE VOTING NO ON MR. MAYOR.

WELL WAIT A MINUTE.

I'M GONNA TALK NOW.

YOU BOTH HAD A CHANCE.

UM, THERE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY THIS IS AN AWFUL LOT OF TURKEY.

WELL, THAT'S MIGHT BE AN AWFUL LOT OF ANOTHER ANIMAL LIKE A BULL.

BUT, UH, THE, UH, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE, WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE IDEA OF GIVING PEOPLE RAISES WHAT WE'RE DOING, LOOKING PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING OUT OF CLASSIFICATION.

WE JUST DID A NUMBER OF THESE CLASSIFICATIONS.

WHAT WAS THE LAST MONTH, WASN'T IT? AND, AND, UH, UH, AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER ROUND OF THOSE.

AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF EVALUATION AND FOR HR TO GO THROUGH AND DO THE EVALUATION OF A PERSON AND CHECKING WHAT JOB THEY'RE DOING AND ARE THEY IN CLASSIFICATION OR OUT OF CLASSIFICATION IS MANY TIMES A LENGTHY PROCESS.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA GAIN ANYTHING MORE.

WELL, OTHER THAN WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE JUST TELLING A PERSON, NO, WE WANT YOU TO, HERE'S A JOB FOR YOU TO DO, BUT WE'RE GONNA PAY YOU UNDER WHAT YOUR JOB CALLS FOR.

UH, THAT MAKES, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WANNA START TALKING ABOUT INEQUITY AND ALL THESE OTHER NICE THINGS.

THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY, REALLY GET DOWN TO.

UH, AND AS SAY, I WILL, YOU KNOW, TESTIFY VERY MUCH TOWARD, UH, I LOOK AT WHAT IS DONE HERE IN THIS CITY AND WHAT IS DONE IN OTHER CITIES AND OTHER CITIES, I'VE GOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR, I HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR OUR, OUR MAYOR IN, UH, UH, OH, IMPERIAL BEACH.

MAYOR PALOMA GOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR THAT LADY.

SHE'S A PART-TIME MAYOR IN A CONTRACT CITY.

SHE HAS THREE FULL-TIME PEOPLE WORKING FOR HER OFFICE.

WE'VE GOTTEN AWAY WITH HAVING ONE PERSON HERE AND WHO HAS A LONG-TERM EXPERIENCE, I THINK IS SENIOR PERSON IN THE COUNTY INTO THAT POSITION THAT EVERYBODY ELSE LOOKS UP TO.

AND YET WE'RE STILL SAYING, OKAY, BUT WE WANT YOU TO WORK OUT A CLASSIFICATION THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.

AND YOU WANNA START TALKING ABOUT EQUITY AND ALL THESE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THAT.

SO ANYWAY, STILL MAYOR, SO I'M GONNA, UH, UH, STICK WITH MY SECOND.

YEAH, I, I UNDERSTAND MAYOR, I'M, I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH THE RECLASSIFICATION.

I'M JUST REQUESTING FOR IT TO PAUSE BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN OUR SENSITIVE SITUATION RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THESE PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW JOSIE, I KNOW SHE WORKS HARD.

I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE RECLASS TO MANAGEMENT POSITION, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE MANAGING ANALYST, UM, WHAT ARE WE ANALYZING? BUT THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR CALL.

AND I CANNOT QUESTION THAT WITH REGARDS TO IT.

SENIOR TECH, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE RONNIE, RON, MR. WILLIAMS NEEDED THAT, THAT POSITION.

SO THE, IT MAY BE, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UM, A TIME TO RE THAT, IT'S TIME TO RECLASSIFY, BUT I'M JUST ASKING FOR IT TO BE PAUSED UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT WE REVISIT OUR, UM, NEGOTIATIONS IN FEBRUARY.

SO THEN WHEN WE'RE ASKING OUR WORKFORCE TO HAVE SOME SACRIFICES, IT SHOULD START FROM US.

SO THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING RECLASSIFIED.

I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, I MEAN US TO BE CONSIDERATE FROM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN TO SHOW OUR WORKFORCE THAT WE TOO ARE MAKING SACRIFICES.

THAT'S IT.

MR. MAYOR, I THINK IS, YOU'RE NOT ASKING US TO MAKE SACRIFICES.

YOU'RE ASKING WORKERS TO MAKE SACRIFICES.

SO ANYWAY, WE DO HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND THAT IS TO ACCEPT, UH, THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

AND THEN JUST, UH, FOR MY LAST PART, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENTS FROM OUR VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RODRIGUEZ, A ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CONSISTENCY AND NOT HAVING IT, UH, PIECEMEAL.

SO I THINK THAT'S IDEAL.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND MM-HMM, , I KNOW IN MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION, IT'S KIND OF ADDING TO THAT.

BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS ISSUE, MAYOR, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY TOO, THAT'S, THAT GOES FOR OUR COUNCIL REPS, RIGHT? WHO ALL OF THEM ARE WORKING OUTTA CLASSIFICATION AND A SIMILAR, SO THAT'S WHY I DO WANNA BRING THE DISCUSSION AND COURAGE TO MY COLLEAGUES TO BRING THE DISCUSSION.

'CAUSE THAT'S OUR COUNCIL REPS AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING OUT OF CLASSIFICATION.

AND THAT IS NOT A CURRENT BARGAINING I ISSUE RIGHT NOW.

SO, UH, YEAH, THAT'S THE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON, UH, WITH A, UM, MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

AND THAT IS TO TAKE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

WE HAVE ROLL CALL.

I HAVE, EXCUSE ME, MR. I JUST WANNA, I HAVE MORE, ONE MORE CLARIFYING QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE CURRENT SALARY OF THE EXECUTIVE FOR POSITION?

[02:05:01]

LET ME PULL THAT UP.

I'M SORRY.

I JUST KNOW THE INCREASE.

I'LL HAVE TO SEE IF THAT INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO ME ON THE ATTACHMENTS.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, UH, ATTACHMENT C.

THAT'S JUST THE BASE SALARY.

I CAN, I CAN GET BASE IT OFF OF BASE SALARY ONLY.

, I DO NOT HAVE THE TOTAL ON THE BENEFITS PORTION.

SO CURRENTLY SHE IS IN THE CONFIDENTIAL UNIT AND THE TOP SALARY ON THAT ONE POSITION IS, UH, 80 2004 11.

AND BUT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE BENEFITS.

THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE BENEFITS, NO.

SO THIS WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF 23,000 TO A SALARY.

SO IT'D BE WELL OVER A HUNDRED THAT, THAT IS SALARY AND BENEFITS.

AND I WOULD, AND I WOULD JUST SAY TO THAT, I'M NOT TOO SURE OF ANYONE WHO'S DOING THAT JOB IN ANY OTHER CITY THAT'S MAKING THAT LOW.

BUT ANYWAY, UH, ANYTHING NEAR THAT.

SO WITH THAT, COULD WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ NAY.

ALRIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON.

OUR NEXT ONE WAS APPROVE.

WHAT NOW? THAT'S JUST IT.

YEAH, THAT'S IT.

OUR NEXT ONE WAS,

[10.16 Awarding a Contract to Endelos Construction, LLC, for the Police Department Generator and Electrical Upgrades Project, CIP No. 20-04.]

UH, 10 16.

AND THAT'S AWARDING A CONTRACT TO INDELS CONSTRUCTION, LLC FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, GENERATOR AND ELECTRICAL UPGRADES.

AND THAT WAS PULLED BY A THOMAS REICH, IS HE? YEAH, THERE HE IS.

THOMAS, MR. REICH, YOU PULL, YOU PULLED 10 16, WHICH IS THE AWARDING A CONTRACT ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERATOR AND ELECTRICAL UPGRADES.

AND LET ME JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD, THAT BUILDING IS 32 YEARS OLD.

THAT BUILDING WAS OUTSIDE.

WELL, SEEING THAT THIS POLICE GENERATOR COST 1 MILLION 422, 400 20,808 AND $88, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I THINK IT'S RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE SINCE WE GOT THE TWO POOLS FIXED.

THE PARKS FIXED.

AND THIS MONEY CAME FROM THE COVID-19 THING.

IS THAT RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT, THAT'S WHERE I THINK I SAW IT CAME FROM.

SO I THINK IT'S RELATIVELY, IT'S, IT'S JUST, UH, A MILLION AND YOU SPEND 800,000 ON THE, ON THE POOLS AND ALL THOSE ON THE PUBLIC.

IT'S JUST, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYTHING'S GOING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, LIKE A POLICE STATE WITH A SOLO STAY.

UH, WERE YOU WANTING TO MAKE ANY COMMENT ONTO THAT? UH, I, I DO KNOW SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE, WERE PULLED, UH, INVOLVED THE USE OF ARPA FUNDS.

SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO JUST PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AS TO WHY, UM, THE FOUR PROJECTS THAT, UM, WERE, UH, BEING PROPOSED FOR USE OF ARPA FUND BALANCE, UM, WERE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND HOW THEY TIE TO THESE CONTRACTS.

IF, IF YOU WANT, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

YEP, YEP.

'CAUSE IT'S GONNA COME UP ON A NUMBER OF CONTRACTS.

SURE.

WE MIGHT AS WELL GET ONE, ONE EXPLANATION UP FRONT.

ONE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERATOR PROJECT.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

STEVE MANGANELLO, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS UH, BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WE PROVIDE A REPORT AND PRESENTATION, UH, TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL ON THE HISTORY AND STATUS OF NATIONAL CITY'S ARPA FUND.

AND WE ALSO PROPOSED A SPENDING PLAN FOR, UH, THE REMAINING UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.

UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL OF THESE CONTRACTS, INVOLVES, UM, ESTABLISHING A RPA FUND APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE REMAINING FUND BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 5.4 MILLION.

UH, THIS MONEY WOULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FUNDING TO AWARD SEVERAL OF THE CONTRACTS, INCLUDING THE

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UH, THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS, KIMBALL PARK LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AND LAS PALM PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

THOSE PROJECTS WERE PART OF THE, UM, FUNDING PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN APRIL.

WE HAVE ALSO RECOMMENDED, UH, SOME OF THAT, UH, ARPA FUNDS BEING, UH, ASSIGNED TO EL TOAN PARK IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS ALSO ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT TO COVER A GAP IN CONSTRUCTION FUNDING.

AND THE ITEM THAT IS, IS CURRENTLY, UH, UNDER DISCUSSION THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERATOR PROJECT.

THE REASON WE ARE RECOMMENDING ARPA FUNDING FOR THAT $1.4 MILLION PROJECT IS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO MEET ITS, UM, OBLIGATION DEADLINE, UH, FOR REMAINING ARPA FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

NOW THAT THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERATOR PROJECT, IT WILL COMPLETE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRICAL UPGRADES TO SUPPORT INSTALLATION OF A NEW STANDBY GENERATOR SYSTEM AND OTHER CRITICAL EQUIPMENT.

UH, THAT PROJECT WAS INITIALLY TO BE FUNDED WITH APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND.

SO OUR PLAN IS TO SET ASIDE, UM, THE 1.4 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND SAVINGS TO COVER THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER WORK THAT MAY BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARPA PROJECTS AND CONTRACTS THAT ARE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

UH, IT'S IT'S NOTE, UH, I WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO USE ARPA FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE SINCE ANY POTENTIAL CHANGE ORDER WORK WOULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER THE DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, A RPA FUNDING OBLIGATION DEADLINE.

UH, AND THAT'S THE REASON, UH, WE'VE SELECTED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT, IT'S READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION AND IT FREES UP 1.4 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND THAT ALLOWS US TO COVER, UH, ANY UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS, UH, AND COSTS THAT COME UP DURING CONSTRUCTION.

SO THAT PROVIDES A LITTLE CONTEXT AS TO WHY THAT PROJECT IN PARTICULAR WAS SELECTED AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO USE, UH, THAT GENERAL FUND COST SAVINGS FOR.

AND NORMALLY, AS WITH CONTRACTS, UH, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, WE NORMALLY PUT ABOUT 15 TO 20% CONTINGENCY FUND KNOWING THAT CHANGES DO HAPPEN.

AND, UH, BUT WE CAN'T IN THIS CASE BECAUSE UNTIL THAT CHANGE HAPPENS, WE CAN'T OBLIGATE IT.

AND THAT ARPA FUNDS MONEY HAS TO BE, UH, HAS TO BE OBLIGATED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND THOSE PROJECTS AREN'T GONNA BE IN CONSTRUCTION IN TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE CHANGE ORDERS.

SO THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, MR. REICH IS STILL GONNA BE THERE FOR THOSE PROJECTS, THOSE PARK PROJECTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT THIS WAY WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO USE THOSE FUNDS AND NOT LOSE THEM.

UM, WITH THAT, WE HAVE ITEM, UH, 10 16.

WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, MAYOR? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

UH, CAN WE HAVE, SEE NO, NO DISCUSSION.

UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE.

A CONTRACT FOR MARTIN, UM, MARIETTA, SAN DIEGO AGGREGATES, UH, GENERAL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS FOR FYI 1415 PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECTS.

NEXT WE GO TO 10 18, AWARDING

[10.18 Awarding a Contract to Martin Marietta San Diego Aggregates LLC dba ATP General Engineering Contractors for the FY24 and FY25 Pavement Rehabilitation Project, CIP NO. 23-15.]

AND I, NOT TOO SURE WHO WAS THAT, MR. RUGS.

OUR, UH, GAS TAX FUND ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF OUR, UH, TRANSNET FUNDING, UH, FOR PAVEMENT, UM, STREET RESURFACING PROJECTS.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEVE.

UM, THIS IS ONE OF MANY PROJECTS, UH, THAT WILL BE AWARDED TODAY.

UH, IF COUNCIL APPROVES, UH, JUST WANTED TO HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, WOULD BE AWARDING APPROXIMATELY $5.7 MILLION TO A TP GENERAL ENGINEERING, UH, TO IM, UH, TO CONSTRUCT OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 AND 25 CITYWIDE PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

UM, THE NICE PART ABOUT, UH, THIS YEAR'S PROJECT IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UM, SEVERAL ROADWAYS WITH, UH, IN, IN THE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE CITY THROUGHOUT ALL FOUR DISTRICTS TO TRY TO ESTABLISH SOME EQUITY.

UM, AND WE ALSO BASED, UH, THE SELECTION OF THOSE ROADS ON THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INSPECTIONS, REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LOT MORE RESIDENTIAL STREETS, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DONE IN QUITE SOME TIME IN ADDITION TO SOME OF OUR MAJOR STREETS AS WELL.

UM, THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS PRIMARILY

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GREAT.

AND WAS THIS PROJECT COVERED BY OUR PLA AGREEMENT? YES, IT WAS.

SO THIS WILL BE, UH, IF AWARDED TONIGHT WOULD BE OUR, UM, I GUESS THIRD CONTRACT IN ADDITION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERATOR PROJECT THAT WOULD BE AWARDED UNDER OUR, UH, THE CITY AND NATIONAL CITY'S PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROJECT.

UM, IT IS AT THE FRONT OF MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES ISSUES, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR STREETS.

UM, AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING ON THIS, STEVE.

I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN THE MAKING FOR A LONG TIME AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF BUDGET CYCLES THAT WE DECIDED TO PUT A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY INTO THIS.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS FINALLY HERE.

AND I THINK, UH, I COULD JUST REAL QUICKLY A CLARIFICATION.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING ON ALL OF THIS, SO OUR TIME PERIOD FOR THIS, THIS GOING ON IN OUR CITY.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

DEPENDING ON WEATHER, BUT STILL, YEAH.

I MEAN, THE CONTRACTOR SHOULD BE MOBILIZING IN JANUARY CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN FEBRUARY AND HOPEFULLY WRAPPING UP BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.

SO WITH THAT, WHAT IS THE, UH, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? I MAKE A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM, UM, OH, WHAT IS IT? 10 18 SECOND? YES.

10 18.

CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.

10 19 AWARDING A CONTRACT TO METRO CELL CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED FOR THE EIGHTH STREET MOBILITY HUB FOR THE FRANK, UH, SHUTTLE PROJECT.

UM, NEXT WE HAVE ITEM

[10.19 Awarding a Contract to Metrocell Construction, Inc., for the 8th St. Mobility Hub for the FRANC NEV Shuttle project, CIP No. 22-25.]

AND THIS IS ONCE AGAIN IS, UH, MR. REICH, MS. WRIGHT, WHICH, WHICH ONE IS THIS? THIS IS THE, UH, UH, THIS IS THE MOBILITY HUB FOR THE FRANK SHUTTLE PROJECT.

THE CONSTRUCTION 10 19 10 19.

IS THIS 10 19? YES.

UH, THIS IS, UH, FRANK.

UH, THEY'RE PUTTING UP SOME, PUTTING UP SOME SOLAR PANELS OR A FOR RECHARGING STATION.

FRANK GETS $25,000, GETS $25,000 A MONTH.

$24,000 A MONTH.

AND THAT'S, UH, AND I CAN'T EVER GET SOME SERVICE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING.

WELL, AND HOPEFULLY THROUGH THIS WE'LL ADD A THIRD, WE'RE GONNA ADD A THIRD FRANK, HOPEFULLY, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WHICH WILL HELP, HELP SPEED UP THAT SERVICE.

AND, AND BELIEVE ME, IF YOU REQUEST SERVICE AT THE TIME THAT SCHOOL LETS IN OR SCHOOL LETS OUT.

UH, GOOD LUCK.

UH, 'CAUSE UH, OKAY.

UH, WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A, UH, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? WHAT'S YOUR PLAN? I MOVE TO APPROVE, MAYOR.

UH, DO WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.

UM, NEXT WE GO

[10.20 Eighteenth Amendment to an Option to Purchase Agreement with the County of San Diego for the Purchase of an Open Space Easement. (Parking Authority)]

TO 20.

AND, UH, ITEM 20 18TH AMENDMENT, THE OPTION TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT, THE COUNTY FOR THE PURCHASE OPEN SPACE EASEMENT.

THIS IS THROUGH THE PARKING AUTHORITY, UH, MEMBER BUSH.

I WANTED TO, UH, REGISTER A NO VOTE ON THIS PROJECT.

UH, I HAVE CONCERNS THAT I JUST WANNA BE CONSISTENT WITH MY CONCERN IN THE PAST, WHICH IT, IT'S, UM, IT KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF TOUGH FOR ME 'CAUSE I DO REALIZE THAT, UM, THIS IS MORE, UH, REVENUE FOR US, BUT I, I'VE HAD CONCERNS THAT THIS HAS BEEN HELD OFF.

I, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP EXTENDING, EXTENDING, AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR LAST PIECES OF, OF OPEN SPACE.

AND I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S A HIGHER, BETTER USE, LIKE HIGH, HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OR SOME SOMETHING ELSE.

SO THAT'S, I JUST WANNA BE CONSISTENT AND JUST REGISTER A NO VOTE.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? THIS IS THE, UH, QUOTE UNQUOTE CARMAX SITE.

WELL TO APPROVE MR. CHAIRMAN, I SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? NO.

11TH AMENDMENT, THE OPTION TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH CARMAX.

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[10.21 Eleventh Amendment to an Option to Purchase Agreement with CarMax. (Parking Authority) ]

UM, MEMBER BUSH.

SAME, SAME ISSUE, JUST WE KEEP EXTENDING IT.

AND THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE A WHILE AGO, SO SAME ISSUE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND COMMENT.

YES, MR. CARLOS AGAR HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND NOW WE'RE IN ESCROW.

SO I THINK HE WAS A TEENAGER WHEN HE STARTED ON THIS ESCROW.

SO, SO I, I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK, MR. GARY.

I, I, I, IF I COULD, I THINK A LOT OF THE PROBLEM THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH DEVELOPING THE SITE IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DRY CREEK ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS PROPERTY.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN A GETTING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES TO GET APPROVAL SO THAT THEY COULD DO THEIR CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN WHAT HAS CAUSED A PROBLEM.

BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME RECENT BREAKTHROUGHS.

HOPEFULLY THIS, THIS WILL FI FINALLY GET DONE.

AND AFTER ALL THIS TIME, UH, OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

COULD WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? NO.

HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE ALL WARRANTS AND, UH, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 AND 41.

[Items 10.36- 10.41]

SO I'M GOING TO, UH, UH, THOMAS REICH, UH, FOR 36.

THREE SIX.

WE ARE GONNA GET THROUGH THESE, I THINK PRETTY QUICKLY HERE.

36, UH, THREE SIX.

I I JUST NOTICED SOMETHING THAT THE FOUR DO WORK.

MED COUGH.

I THINK THEY'RE LEGAL.

THEY, THEY'RE GETTING 7800, 70 $800 ON THIS, ON WARREN 11 AND THE OTHER WARREN 11.

AND THOSE LIBRARY SECURITY IS 5,659 A MONTH.

UH, ONE OF IT OF COURSE IS WITH CRIME ANALYSIS THAT HAS TO BE DONE, UH, THROUGH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE OTHER ONE'S, SECURITY IS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR SECURITY GUARDS AT THE, AT THE LIBRARY.

AND, UH, OKAY.

UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN WE GO THROUGH KIND OF THE QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER ON ALL OF THESE, ON THE WARRANTS AND DO 'EM ALL AT ONCE? THAT'D BE, IS THERE A PROBLEM? OKAY.

I'M GONNA CALL UP TRUTH NOW FOR, SHE'S GOT ON, UH, 37, 38, 40 AND 41.

LAST TIME I SPOKE, I ACTUALLY FORGOT TO LOOK UP AT LOOSE, SO I'M GONNA TRY AND LOOK AT THE SCREEN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

OH, LOOK, THERE SHE IS.

UH, I WISH I WAS IN TEXAS.

ITEM 10.37.

DITAS BOUGHT $71 IN SNACKS AND JOSE'S SNACKS WERE $177.

AND SO POLITICALLY CALCULATING THE NUMBERS, THAT'S A $106 DIFFERENCE, WHERE A TON OF ETHICALLY QUESTIONABLE TURKEYS COULD HAVE BEEN PURCHASED.

UH, SO I'M LETTING IT BREATHE.

THERE YOU GO.

ICE FOR WATER DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING.

SO YOU GUYS SEE HOW THEY DRINK THAT COLD WATER? IT USED TO HAVE ICE IN IT WHEN WE STARTED, IT WOULD COST $3 AND 35 CENTS.

THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

SECURITY GUYS AT $87 AND 90 CENTS AN HOUR? SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE IN THIS CITY TO CONSIDER? THAT'S WHERE THE WHOLE COUNTY'S MONEY IS GOING EVERY MONTH.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.

ITEM 10.38 $19 FOR, UH, CARTO DEROS BOOK.

AND THAT'S, I JUST THOUGHT IT SOUNDED DELICIOUS.

UH, THERE WAS $19 FOR HOW WE'RE EFFING UP THE PLANET BOOK.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT KIND OF SOUNDED A LITTLE BIT VULGAR, LIKE FEAR MONGERING PROPAGANDA.

I HOPE THAT'S NOT FOR CHILDREN.

ITEM 10.40, THERE'S $54 IN BUSINESS CARDS FOR MARCUS, AND I'M JUST SO GLAD HE GOT SOME MORE OF THESE.

HOWEVER, THERE'S STILL AN EQUITY BECAUSE TURKEY JOSE'S ASSISTANCE ALONE GOT $110 WORTH OF BUSINESS CARS.

LOOK AT THAT.

ALRIGHT, ITEM 10.41 $700 FOR PUMPKINS AND FOOD FOR A POLICE EVENT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT PUMPKINS AND FOOD ARE ACTUALLY THE SAME THING IF WE'RE BEING TECHNICAL.

AND THERE'S ALSO A TOTAL OF $13,174 AMONGST THESE VARIOUS WARRANTS BECAUSE SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS APPARENTLY SUED THE CITY FOR COLLISION AND INJURY.

SO I'M JUST HAVE TO ASK, DID A CITY TRASH TRUCK HIT THE TAXPAYER FUNDED $3,000 A MONTH.

SUV SHE CURRENTLY RENTS.

AND IS THIS MONEY GOING TO HELP FUND THE THREE TAXPAYER FUNDED PERSONAL PARANOID

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THAT HIT OFF OF A NUMBER OF THOSE.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE OTHER ONE.

UH, MR. REICH, NUMBER 39.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO THANK YOU.

38, 39.

I'LL, I'LL PASS YOUR HONOR.

, HE'S GONNA PASS.

OKAY, IN THAT CASE, COULD I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEMS 36 10 36 THROUGH 10 41, WHICH IS ALL THE WARRANTS.

I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THE ITEMS, THE REST OF THE CONSENT ITEMS. SECOND.

CAN WE HAVE THE, UH, ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.

VICE MAYOR ANI AYE.

AND MAYOR MORRISON.

OKAY, WE'RE GETTING DOWN THERE NOW THROUGH ALL THAT STUFF.

OKAY, NOW WE GET INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

MAYOR, MAYOR, DID YOU VOTE? SAY YES.

UH, UH, NOW WE GET INTO

[11.1 Conditional Use Permit for the Sale of Beer, Wine, and Distilled Spirits (ABC Type-21) at an Existing Grocery Store (Manolo Farmers Market) located at 303 Highland Avenue.]

OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE 11.1.

WE HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR SALE, SALE OF BEER, WINE, AND DE SELL TOIL SPIRITS AND A B, C TYPE 21 AT THE EXISTING GROCERY STORE, MAN, UH, UH, FARMER'S MARKET, LOCATED AT 3 0 3, UH, HIGHLAND AVENUE.

DO WE HAVE STAFF REPORT ON THAT ONE? GOOD EVENING.

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

UH, MY NAME IS DAVID WELCH WITH THE PLANNING DIVISION.

UH, THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF BEER, WINE, AND DISTILLED SPIRITS.

WE ALSO HAVE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF ALCOHOL RELATED USES, BUT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO GROCERY STORES.

AT AN EXISTING GROCERY STORE, MANOLA FARMER'S MARKET, WHICH IS AT 3 0 3 HIGHLAND AVENUE.

UM, ON OCTOBER 7TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WITH ONE ADDITIONAL CONDITION RELATED TO, UH, REQUIRING THE USE OF ELECTRONIC VERIFICATION FOR AGE.

UM, AT THAT MEETING, UH, SIX COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

UH, THERE WERE ALSO OTHERS, SUPPOSE THAT DID NOT SPEAK.

UM, HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE SITE.

IT'S A SMALLER, MEDIUM SIZED GROCERY STORE OFF OF HIGHLAND, AND I BELIEVE IT'S FIFTH, UM, WITH THE RED OUTLINED AREA THERE.

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SITE, AND THEN THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING WITH THE ENTRANCES TO THE, THE MARKET.

SO THE MARKET LIES ON A 3.35 ACRE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

IT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHLAND AVENUE BETWEEN SECOND AND FOURTH.

IT'S A 27,000 SQUARE FOOT GROCERY STORE WITH PARKING.

UH, THE ZONING IS A MINOR MIXED USE CORRIDOR.

THE SURROUNDING AREAS MIX OF BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES.

WITH THE COMMERCIAL USES, MAINLY ALONG HIGHLAND AVENUE.

THE STORE HAS AN EXISTING CUP FOR BEER AND WINE SALES SINCE 1990.

THEY ALSO HAD ADDITIONAL HOURS ADDED IN 2000.

SO THIS IS A FURTHER MODIFICATION TO ADD DISTILLED SPIRITS.

UM, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO UPGRADE THEIR A BC LICENSE TO BE ABLE TO SELL DIS DISTILLED SPIRITS.

UM, THEY'VE HAD THEIR LICENSE SINCE 1990 FOR THE BEER AND WINE.

THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE FROM SEVEN TO 10:00 PM DAILY.

UH, PREVIOUSLY THEY WERE APPROVED TO SELL ALCOHOL TILL 11:00 PM SO THEY'VE ACTUALLY DECREASED THAT.

UM, ON THEIR FLOOR PLAN, THEY INDICATE THEY HAVE ABOUT, UM, 408 SQUARE FEET DEDICATED TO THE SALES OF BEER AND WINE, AND THE DISTILLED SPIRITS WOULD BE LOCATED BEHIND A SALES COUNTER.

UH, 64 SQUARE FEET, RELATIVELY SMALL AREA.

HERE'S THE FLOOR PLAN.

UH, THE TOP OF THE FLOOR PLAN IS FACING HIGHLAND.

UH, THAT'S MAINLY JUST AN EXIT.

THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS ACTUALLY FACING THE PARKING AREA TO THE SOUTH, UH, WHERE, UM, THE, WHERE I SAID DISTILLED SPIRITS ON THE IMAGE THAT'S, UH, KIND OF RIGHT NEXT TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE THERE.

UM, THERE IS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO KEEP THAT IN A LOCKED CABINET, UM, TO DEAL WITH ANY SECURITY CONCERNS.

AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE OTHER AREAS OF THE STORE WHERE ALCOHOL IS DISPLAYED.

SO, UH, OUR MISS OUR CODE, UH, ALLOWS FOR ALCOHOL SALES FOR OFFSITE CONSUMPTION IN THIS ZONE WITH AN APPROVED CUP.

THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE SALE OF ALCOHOL, UH, WHICH MEAN, WHICH INCLUDE AN EXPANDING MAILING FOR PUBLIC NOTICE OF 660 FEET.

SO 737 TOTAL OC OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS NEARBY RECEIVED LETTERS ABOUT THE PUBLIC NOTICE.

UH, THE APPLICANT WAS REQUIRED TO HOST A COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH WAS DONE ON JULY 8TH OF THIS YEAR.

UM, AND THEN

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UM, THE AREA IN WHICH IT'S LOCATED SINCE IT'S TRACKED, UH, 1 18 0 2, THERE'S CURRENTLY FIVE OFF SALE LICENSES.

UM, THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON THE A BC WEBSITE SINCE THE STAFF REPORT WAS WRITTEN, WHICH ADDED ONE MORE.

UH, FOUR ARE RECOMMENDED BY A BC, UH, APPLICANT HAS ALREADY WON, SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL ALCOHOL LICENSES BEING ADDED HERE.

UM, AND THEN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL WOULD SAY THAT THE, UM, LICENSEE HAS TO ADHERE TO CITY COUNCIL POLICY 7 0 7, WHICH IS ADDRESSED.

SO COMMENTS RECEIVED.

UH, AT THE TIME WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED, UH, WE RE RECEIVED OUR RISK ASSESSMENT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS GIVEN 11 POINTS, WHICH, WHICH IS A LOW RISK INDICATOR.

UM, THESE ARE BASED ON THE TYPE OF BUSINESS HOURS OF OPERATION, CONCENTRATION OF LICENSES.

UH, WE ALSO RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC STRATEGIES.

UM, AND THEN SIGNS PROHIBITING OPEN CONTAINERS ON THE, EXCUSE ME PREMISES.

THESE WERE ALL INCORPORATED INTO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

UH, WE ALSO ADDED THE UPDATED CONDITION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE BUSINESS TO HAVE, UH, ELECTRONIC AGE VERIFICATION EQUIPMENT.

UM, AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO CITY COUNCIL POLICY 7 0 7, WHICH INCLUDE HOURS OF OPERATION, UH, AND THAT THE ALCOHOL CELLS REMAIN ACCESSORY TO THE MAIN USE OF, UH, THE GROCERY STORE.

UM, SOME SPECIFIC CONDITIONS TO THIS APPLICATION.

UH, WE ARE ALSO MAINTAINING THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FROM THE ORIGINAL COP BACK IN 2000.

UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE COMMENTS WE GOT FROM IPS.

AND THEN, AS I ALSO MENTIONED, THE DISTILLED SPIRITS ARE CONDITIONED TO BE, REMAIN TO REMAIN IN A LOCKABLE CABINET BEHIND A SALES COUNTER.

ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S THAT FLOOR PLAN.

UM, IN SUMMARY, UH, ALCOHOL SALES FOR OFFSITE CONSUMPTION ISN'T A CON A CONDITIONALLY ALLOWED USE IN THE ZONE.

UH, THEY WOULD REMAIN ACCESSORY TO THE GROCERY STORE AT THIS SITE IN AN ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL AREA.

UH, INCLUSION OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL WITH COUNCIL POLICY 7 0 7 AS WELL AS THE OTHERS DISCUSSED, UH, WOULD ALLEVIATE CONCERNS THAT COULD BE RELATED TO AREA IMPACTS.

UM, FINALLY, THE OPTIONS HERE TONIGHT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL ARE TO FIND THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT AND APPROVE THE CUP BASED ON FINDINGS LIST LISTED IN THE DRAFT RESOLUTION OR FINDINGS DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL, OR FIND THE PROJECT NON-EXEMPT FROM CQA AND OR DENY THE CUP, UH, BASED ON FINDINGS LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION OR DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL OR CONTINUE THE ITEM FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ITEM.

THERE'S NO ENTERTAINMENT.

IS THERE ANY CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.

CLARIFICATION QUESTION.

UM, MR. BUSH? UH, YES.

JUST ON, UM, ON POLICE, I, I, THERE'S A RISK ASSESSMENT, BUT I WANTED TO ASK OUR POLICE IF THIS STORE HAD ANY, UM, ISSUES IN GENERAL BECAUSE SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION COMMITTEE WERE, UH, CONCERN WITH YOUTH ACCESS.

SO WERE THERE, UH, ABNORMAL CALLS OF SERVICE OR ISSUES HERE IN THE PAST? CAN YOU GUYS SPEAK ABOUT THAT BEYOND THE, UH, POLICE ASSESSMENT RISK ASSESSMENT? AS FAR, AS FAR AS I'M FAMILIAR, NO.

THIS IS MORE OF A MARKET AND IT'S, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH IT.

AND, UH, THE RATING HERE FOR THE CRIME IS, UH, RATED AT MEDIUM.

THAT'S PRI PROBABLY PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF HIGHLAND AVENUE THAT WE HAVE THERE, WHICH IS A PRETTY BUSY AREA OF OUR TOWN.

SO THAT WAS THE ASSESSMENT THAT WAS MADE AS FAR AS CALLS FOR SERVICE, IT WAS AVERAGE.

UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT WE RESPOND ROUTINELY OVER THERE FOR EVEN SHOPLIFTERS.

SO, UH, THE ONLY, THE ONLY ISSUE WAS THE PROXIMITY TO ANOTHER, THERE'S AN ALCOHOL BUSINESS ACROSS THE STREET NEXT TO A CAR WASH.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY ISSUE CONCERN.

GOT IT.

UM, JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION QUESTION.

THIS IS FOR OFFSITE CONSUMPTION ONLY, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THE APPLICANT THERE WOULD BE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT THERE WOULD BE NO CONSUMPTION IN THE PARKING AREA OR ANY ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE SITE.

SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE STORE, BUT PARKING LOT ALSO.

RIGHT? UM, YES.

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UM, WITH THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE DO HAVE, UH, TWO SPEAKERS, UH, ALEXANDER FERNANDEZ.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, YET AGAIN, MY NAME IS ALEXANDER FERNANDEZ.

, UH, I'M IN OPPOSITION OF THIS, UH, JUST DUE TO THE FACT THAT I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO ALCOHOL OF THAT NATURE.

UM, IT DOES SCARE ME.

IT SCARES MY WIFE, UH, JUST BEING A BLOCK AWAY FROM, UH, THIS ESTABLISHMENT.

UM, I DO SHOP THERE.

I LOVE THE STORE TO DEATH.

I, I GO THERE.

I, I LOVE GETTING THE TACOS.

I LOVE EATING.

IT'S GREAT.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HARD ALCOHOL, UM, I'M VERY, VERY CAUTIOUS WITH THAT.

UM, IT, IT, IT DOES SCARE ME A LOT.

UM, AND BECAUSE I'VE HAD DRUNKS, UH, COME TO, UH, MY PROPERTY AND I HAD TO CHASE 'EM OUT BEFORE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COULD LEAD TO THAT.

UM, LIKE I SAID YESTERDAY, UH, WHEN I DEALT WITH, UM, ANOTHER ESTABLISHMENT, I STATED THAT, UM, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, IT COULD BE A MATTER OF WHEN.

UH, AND I DON'T WANNA SEE NOBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE, UH, TROUBLE WHEN IT COMES TO HARD ALCOHOL AND PEOPLE DRINKING OUT ON THE STREETS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN A BROWN BAG OR WHATNOT.

'CAUSE IT COULD AFFECT, UH, ME, IT COULD AFFECT MY WIFE, IT COULD AFFECT CHILDREN AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT COULD AFFECT FAMILIES.

SO, UH, THAT'S WHY I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT.

UH, NEXT IS, UH, RANDY CASTLE SALGADO , COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.

UM, AS A RESIDENT, I HAVE COME TO SPEAK OUT IN OPPOSITION OF THE A BC TYPE 21 LICENSE TO SELL DISTILLED SPIRITS BEING PROVIDED TO MANOLO MARKETPLACE.

WHY A FARMER'S MARKET NEEDS TO SELL LIQUOR ON TOP OF THEIR ALREADY BEER AND WINE LICENSE OF 34 YEARS PRIOR IS QUESTIONABLE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS FOR THIS, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AND REVIEW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

ONE, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS COMING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT OF MANOLO AND HIGHLAND AND FOURTH IN THE LAST YEAR BETWEEN HIGHLAND AND PALM.

THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST SIX MAJOR ACCIDENTS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS THAT I CAN REVIEW OFFHAND.

I HAVE PICTURES I CAN SHOW YOU, INCLUDING THE BEER BOTTLES LAYING ON THE FLOOR IN THE STREET.

THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND CONCERN FOR CITIZENS WALKING, RIDING THEIR BIKES THROUGH THE BIKE LANES AS WELL AS DRIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES.

TWO, THERE IS A LIQUOR STORE LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.

LA CASA LIQUOR THAT SELLS LIQUOR ALREADY.

THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER LIQUOR STORE LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF PALM AND FOURTH, AND YET ANOTHER LIQUOR STORE LOADED, LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF EIGHTH AND HIGHLAND WILSON'S LIQUOR.

WE DO NOT NEED TO OVERSATURATE THE AREA WITH LIQUOR STORES.

NOT ONLY WILL THIS PROVIDE MORE ACCESS TO ALCOHOL, BUT IT WOULD HURT SMALL BUSINESSES ESTABLISHED ALREADY IN THE AREA.

THREE.

AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE.

IT WOULD BE A CONCERN WITH THE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS LOCATED DIRECTLY IN THE PARKING LOT FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN, BUY ALCOHOL, AND CONSUME IT OUTSIDE WITH THEIR FOOD THEY ARE EATING.

WHO IS GOING TO ENFORCE THIS OR POLICE THIS IN THE PARKING LOT? I ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH THE PLANNING COMMISSION VIDEO WITH THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORS, AND BUSINESSES STANDING UP IN OPPOSITION TO THE LIQUOR PERMIT.

AND AS A CONDITION, IF YOU STILL ARE WANTING TO APPROVE THE ALCOHOL, I WOULD KINDLY REQUEST THAT YOU LIMIT THE SIZE OF THE ALCOHOL AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE.

I WOULD REQUEST ABSOLUTELY NO BROWN BAGS, NO SHOTS, AND NO FLAK SIZE.

I WOULD REQUEST LEADER SIZE OR LARGER ONLY, AND THAT LIQUOR TO BE LOCKED UP IN, IN, IN, IN A CASE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY AND RESIDENCE AS A POINT OF C CLARIFICATION.

COMMISSIONER, UH, UM, I SEE HERE, IS THIS ACCURATE ON THE, UH, OCTOBER 7TH MEETING, UH, THAT, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU AND SANCHEZ RECUSED? YOU RECUSED YOURSELF? I DID RECUSE MYSELF AS A COMMISSIONER.

I'M SPEAKING OUT AS A RESIDENT AND WITHIN LIVE LIVING WITHIN 500 GOT IT.

FEET OF THIS, OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT.

UNDERSTOOD.

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THE REASON FOR RECU.

UH, THAT IS ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE.

UH, COULD WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, COULD WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH?

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UM, NOW WE CAN DELIBERATE ON THAT.

I THINK THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE, UH, FOOD TRUCK SALES OUTSIDE AND KINDA ONE OF THE REASONS I ASKED A QUESTION A WHILE AGO ABOUT THE, UH, UH, OFFSITE, UH, USE ONLY, SO THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR CUP IF THERE IS DRINKING OUT IN THEIR PARKING LOT, INCLUDING AT THE FOOD TRUCKS, CORRECT? YEAH.

BASED ON THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION QUESTION.

SO I THINK THAT THAT COULD HELP EASE SOMEWHAT THE, SOME OF THE CONCERNS.

AND OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS AN ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM WITH THAT.

BUT, UH, BUT, UH, AS SAY, BUT, UH, BUT THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE ONE, ONE AVENUE ON THAT.

UM, ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR ANYTHING FROM THE YES.

YOU KNOW, I, I JUST SAY I WAS, I I JUST WANNA DISCLOSE I WAS, UM, UH, COM LOBBIED COMMUNICATED WITH, UH, WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS AND THE INCLUDING I THINK, UM, OWNERS OR, UH, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OWNERS.

AND, UH, SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS SEEM TO BE, UM, ALMOST LIKE ECONOMIC, LIKE, UH, STIFLE LIKE DENYING THIS BECAUSE IT CREATES COMPETITION WITH LA CASA.

AND I JUST WANT TO DISCLOSE THAT WAS SOME OF THE JUSTIFICATION THAT I HEARD.

UM, AND EVEN SOME OF, UH, I SEE SOME OF THE WRITTEN COMMENT, LIKE, ONE IS A COMMENT IS THE OWNER OF LA CASA LIQUOR.

UM, AND LIKE I I TOLD THEM THAT IS NOT OUR ROLE AS, AS GOVERNMENT IS TO WEIGH IN ABOUT, UM, COMPETITION, LIKE CHOOSING ONE STORE, UH, OVER ANOTHER.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT SEEMS TO SOME OF THE CONCERN HERE IN THIS COMMENT IS, UM, FROM A LIQUOR STORE, OPPOSING LIQUOR, BUT THEY SELL LIQUOR.

AND I, I JUST, THAT, THAT FEELS VERY DISINGENUOUS TO ME A BIT.

AND THAT'S JUST NOT OUR ROLE IS TO LIMIT COMPETITION.

SO JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I, I, I APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS OF, OF YOUTH, UM, AND, AND PREVENTING ACCESS.

SO I DO THINK THE ADDITIONAL THE, UH, STAFF, UM, THE, THIS, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO, TO KEEP IT LOCKED AND KEEP IT, UM, A AWAY, UH, BEHIND THE COUNTER.

I, I DO THINK THAT WAS, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD MOVE TO TO, TO RESTRICT THAT.

SO I DO HEAR THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS THAT SPOKE TONIGHT, AND I DO THINK THAT'S A, A ADDRESSING THAT.

BUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMICS, I JUST FEEL IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR PLACE TO FOR IN TERMS OF COMPETITION TO LIMIT THAT.

SO, UM, AND, AND HEARING FROM OUR, THERE, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT INCIDENTS, BUT AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR POLICE, THERE WEREN'T, UH, ANY, UH, UNUSUAL CALLS OF SERVICE.

AND ON THE RISK ASSESSMENT, IT SEEMS LOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, I, UM, I'M COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE STACK, A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? I SECOND THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

AND A COMMENT, OR IF THE DISTRICT, DO I HAVE A QUESTION? WE'LL SECOND IT, I SECOND THE MOTION IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

YOU, AND THEN, THEN WE'LL HAVE, UH, YOU MOLINA I WANT FIRST MS. COUNCILMAN.

UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST FULL DISCLOSURE, I, UH, I KNOW MR. CHRIS DLO, THE OWNER OF MANOLOS MM-HMM.

, UM, WHO'S BEEN A LONG TIME BUSINESS, UM, CORPORATE CITIZEN HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.

I WILL, UM, ASK OUR CHIEF TO LOOK INTO THOSE INCIDENTS IF THERE ARE.

UM, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO REPORT THAT.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M IN AS, AS A, UH, A RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE CITIZEN, UM, IN OUR CITY FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME.

I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M IN, I, I CAN, UM, SEE HOW HE, UM, HE IS VERY PROUD OF HIS ESTABLISHMENT.

UM, AND, UM, IF THERE WERE ANY, UM, UM, DEVIATION OR ANY, ANY, UM, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS, UM, NON-COMPLIANCE THAT MR. DLOW, UM, HAS DONE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'VE NEVER SITTING AS A, UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONER BEFORE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY OF THAT.

AND, AND I DON'T SEE THAT IN, IN THIS REPORT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST BEING A, UH, A LONG TIME IN GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN OF THE CITY, OF NATIONAL CITY, I WOULD, I WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, MEAN SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION, MR. CHAIRMAN.

BUSINESS PEOPLE HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.

UM, YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, ALSO KNOW CHRIS DLOW, UH, WITH THAT BUSINESS.

AND I ALSO KNOW SAL WITH ACROSS THE STREET, UH, BOTH LONGTIME

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UM, AND OF COURSE THAT, THAT BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.

AND IT WASN'T, THAT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO, SAFEWAY.

IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO.

IT WAS SAFEWAY.

SAFEWAY, YEP.

IT WAS THE OLD SAFEWAY.

AND, UH, SO, UH, IT WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF CHANGES, UH, THROUGH THE YEARS AND WAS EVEN CONSIDERED TO BE AT THE POLICE STATION AT ONE TIME.

AND, UH, YEAH, SO IT, UH, UM, THE, UH, BUT NOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE GOT, IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SHOTS, UH, GLASS OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE LITTLE SHOTS OF, OF ALCOHOL THINGS ON THAT LINE.

NOW THERE'S MENTION IN HERE ABOUT THEIR CONCENTRATIONS AND EVERYTHING AND SAYING, BECAUSE IT ALREADY HAS A CUP AND IT KEEPS TALKING ABOUT BEER AND, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE ANYTHING ON THE ALCOHOL, WHICH NORMALLY WHEN WE DO THE ALCOHOL PERMIT, THERE'S ALSO THE, THE LIMITATIONS ON WHAT COULD, WHAT CAN BE.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE, UH, UH, THE, THE POCKET BOTTLES, UH, THINGS ALONG THAT LINE, THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, INDIVIDUAL SHOT, UH, BOTTLES.

AND YET THAT'S NOT MENTIONED.

THE ONLY THING IS TALKING ABOUT THE SIZE OF BEER, WHICH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALREADY PERMITTED FOR, UH, WAS IS THERE SOMETHING I'M MISSING IN HERE? UM, YEAH.

IT MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY OVER IN THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN THE CUP THAT WAS PASSED IN 2000.

SO WE'RE KEEPING THOSE FROM THE PRIOR, UM, APPLICATION THAT WAS APPROVED.

SO THOSE CONDITIONS ALREADY EXISTED.

SO IN THAT PRIOR ONE, IT ALSO ADDRESSED DISTILLED SPIRITS AND NOT ONLY BEER AND WINE, UM, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, UM, BUT IT, IT DEALT WITH ALCOHOL BOTTLE SIZES.

STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE USED IN PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS.

WELL, I'M JUST WONDERING BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS ONLY FOR BEER AND WINE.

AND THE ONLY THINGS THAT ARE MENTIONED HERE ABOUT BEER AND WINE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN'T SELL INDIVIDUAL CANS, THINGS ALONG THAT LINE.

UH, AND SO, UH, AND IT TALKS ABOUT WINE BOTTLES, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO ABOUT THE 750 MILLILITERS.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WAS IN, THAT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS ONE, WAS THERE ALSO LIMITATIONS ON DISTILLED BEERS? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT, NOT THE BEER AND WINE.

CORRECT? UM, I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY WHAT IT SAID, BEER OR WINE.

UH, I DON'T, IT SHOULDN'T NOT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN THAT WAY TO JUST SAY BEER AND WINE.

'CAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF ALCOHOL.

UM, BUT IF WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL, WE COULD POTENTIALLY ADD ANOTHER CONDITION TO REITERATE THAT.

AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE SINCE THAT'S WHAT'S BEING ASKED FOR HERE, IS THAT WE WOULD DO ALSO THE CONDITIONS THAT THERE ARE STANDARD CONDITIONS FOR DISTILLED SPIRITS, UH, UH, TYPES AND SIZES ALSO.

SO IT'D BE CONSISTENT WHAT WE HAVE WITH OTHER GROCERY STORES OR WHATEVER, HUH? YEAH, IT'S BASICALLY UNDER CONCENTRATION AND EVERYTHING HERE ON PAGE, UH, BASICALLY NINE 80, RIGHT AT THE VERY TOP OF THE PAGE.

BUT IT ONLY TALKS ABOUT ALL THE BEER AND WINE STUFF, WHICH WAS ON THE, UH, PREVIOUS ONE.

AND SO THAT WE GET AWAY FROM THE INDIVIDUAL LITTLE SHOT BOTTLES.

AND, UH, ALSO THE POCKET, UH, POCKET BOTTLES, I DUNNO WHAT ELSE YOU CALL 'EM, BUT, UH, UH, WHICH ARE THE ONES WHICH CAUSE A LOT MORE PROBLEMS THAN THE ONES THAT YOU NORMALLY ARE GONNA TAKE HOME FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, HOME CONSUMPTION TYPE OF THING.

SO, UH, SO YEAH, I, I WOULD ASK THAT WOULDN'T THAT, WE WOULD CONSIDER ADDING THAT IN SO THAT, THAT, THAT COULD BE ADDED IN AT THE TIME IF WE DECIDE TO APPROVE THIS.

UH, OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MAYOR? UM, I HAD A COMMENT.

YOU DID, UH, ASK THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK, WHICH DEALT WITH THE VOLUME MM-HMM.

OF THE, UM, HARD LIQUOR.

UH, SO I, I JUST DIDN'T CATCH WHETHER THE MOTION WOULD AGREE WITH YOUR SUGGESTION TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL CONDITION.

RELATES BACK TO THAT, TO DISTILLED SPIRITS.

SO, LET'S SEE.

WERE YOU THE MAKER OF THE MOTION? I'M SORRY, WERE YOU THE SECOND I'M FORGETTING NOW, WHICH I, I WAS, CAN YOU REPEAT THE, WHAT WOULD THE AMENDMENT BE? WELL, THAT WE WOULD USE OUR STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE FOR, YOU KNOW, DISTILLED SPIRITS CS, UH, IF IT'S NOT ALREADY IN THERE, THAT WE WOULD JUST CONTAIN THAT ALSO.

SO IT'D BE THE SAME CONSISTENT THING WE HAVE WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER CS FOR DISTILLED SPIRITS.

YES, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

IF THE SECOND, HOW DOES THAT CHANGE WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED RIGHT NOW? I DON'T THINK IT, WELL, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE ONLY THING IT TALKS ABOUT, LIKE FOR SIZE OF BOTTLES OR ANYTHING ELSE IS FOR BEER AND WINE, WHICH IS, WHAT'S THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT PERMIT.

THAT'S, ANYWAY, ANYWAY, WHAT WE'RE PUTTING ON NOW IS DISTILLED SPIRITS.

AND YET I DON'T SEE IN HERE, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT, THAT

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AND SO, BECAUSE NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE LITTLE SHOT ONES, LIKE WHAT WE CALL AIR, YOU KNOW, UH, AIRLINE BOTTLES AND, UH, THE, UH, UH, ALSO THE POCKET FLAPS, NORMALLY WE SAY OUT, YOU KNOW, NO ON THOSE.

SO YOU, YOU GET, YOU CAN GET FULL BOTTLES OR WHATEVER AND, AND, UH, UH, SO IF YOU WANNA HAVE ONE THAT'S YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR HOUSE BAR OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE.

AND I WOULD JUST ASK FOR CLARITY FROM STAFF, IF THAT'S OKAY.

SURE.

SO THE, THE MAYOR'S CONCERN IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY 7 0 7 RESTRICTS THE SIZES OF BOTTLES FOR ALCOHOL SALES.

THAT CONDITION OF APPROVAL IS IN COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 22,000 FROM THE LAST TIME THIS PARTICULAR ALCOHOL, UH, LICENSE WAS UPDATED WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

UM, I BELIEVE THE ONLY REAL CONDITION ON THAT WOULD BE, DID THAT CONDITION REFER TO JUST BEER AND WINE, OR WAS DISTILLED SPIRITS TALKED ABOUT AT THAT TIME? AND SINCE IT DID NOT INCLUDE DISTILLED SPIRITS IN THAT APPLICATION, THERE COULD BE SOME, UH, IT COULD BE A LITTLE VAGUE AS FAR AS WHAT IT WOULD APPLY TO.

SO, UM, WE COULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION THAT WOULD BE VERY CLEAR AND REITERATE, DISTILLED SPIRITS ARE INCLUDED IN THE, UH, VOLUME LIMITATIONS.

AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE INTENT, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE IN WRITING.

YEAH, SURE.

SO WE HAVE A AGREEMENT FROM MOTION SECOND.

UM, MEMBER MOLINA, DID YOU HAVE MORE? NO, THAT'S ALL.

UH, I, I THINK YOU, YOU'RE HAPPY.

I, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UM, THANK THE APPLICANTS.

I KNOW THAT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MANOLOS AND, UH, UH, UH, THE DAO FAMILY HAS HAD A LONG, UH, POSITIVE HISTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND MOST RECENTLY, AS A RESULT OF OUR FOOD VENDOR ORDINANCE AS EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT HAS BECOME A FANTASTIC PLACE TO GET TOGETHER, GRAB SOME FOOD AND HANG OUT.

AND, UM, ANYTIME YOU STOP BY THERE, UM, AT LEAST THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, IT, IT IS FULL OF PEOPLE JUST ENJOYING OUR WONDERFUL WEATHER AND EATING SOME GREAT FOOD.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF, UM, UH, OUR, OUR, I THINK, UH, ENVIRONMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AROUND FOOD.

UH, WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE HAVE ROLL CALLS.

PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER, UH, 18.29 OF THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD REGULATIONS FOR THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE.

AND VICE MAYOR IMANI.

IT'S KINDA ROUGH TONIGHT.

WE GOT SO MUCH MATERIAL WE GOT, THEY'RE IN TWO BOOKS, SO I'M HAVING, WE'RE IN THE SECOND BOOK RIGHT NOW, BUT THE AGENDA'S IN THE FIRST BOOK, SO I HAVE TO KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH HERE.

UM, SO NEXT WE GO INTO, UM, THE NEXT

[11.2 Amendment of Chapter 18.29 of the National City Municipal Code to Add Regulations for the Mixed-Use Overlay Zone]

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE DECIDED TO BRING BACK.

AND, UH, SO WITH THAT, I DON'T THINK WE, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THIS, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY NEED FOR A STAFF REPORT ON THIS.

I THINK SO.

UH, WITH THAT, WE TO APPROVE MR. CHAIR.

UH, WELL WE HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SIR.

AND WE SECOND DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS.

UH, SO, UH, SO COULD WE, UH, COULD WE HAVE A, WE DID HAVE ONE WRITTEN COMMENT FROM TED GOT SHOT.

AND, UH, YEAH.

HE MADE MENTION ON THOSE IN A WHOLE SERIES FOR BOTH.

11 2, 12 1 AND 1214 EARLIER.

AND, UH, UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU.

MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

UM, WITH THAT THEN, DO WE HAVE A, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 11.2 SECOND.

A MOTION AND A SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.

VICE MAYOR YAMANI? YES.

MAYOR MORRISON.

UH, AYE.

MOTION PASSES.

CITY CLERK'S GONNA BE SAYING OUR NAMES AND HER SLEEP TONIGHT.

NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, THIS AMENDMENT TO THE 2024 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROGRAM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE RTP AND UM, STAFF.

NOW THEN, UH, UH,

[11.3 Amendment to the 2024 Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP).]

YOU WANNA MAKE A REAL QUICK? SURE.

THANKS MAYOR STEVE MANGENELLE, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE TRANSNET LOCAL STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OF PROJECTS FOR NATIONAL CITY TO TRANSFER $500,000

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IN LOCAL TRANSNET FUNDS FROM OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT TO OUR STREET RESURFACING PROJECT.

THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST TO TRANSFER FUNDS IS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON OUR, UH, STREET RESURFACING PROJECT RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

AND OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADE PROJECT WILL NOT LIKELY START CONSTRUCTION UNTIL SOMETIME OVER THE SUMMER.

AT THAT POINT, WE WILL HAVE OUR NEW, UH, ALLOCATION OF TRANSNET FUNDS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO, UH, IT'S PRUDENT TO MAKE THE TRANSFER SO THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE PAVEMENT JOB, WHICH AGAIN, IS STARTING AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

ALRIGHT, UH, WITH THAT WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ONE.

SO COULD WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? HOPE TO CLOSE MR. CHAIR.

CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.

COULD WE NOW HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON 11.3? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

I SECOND.

DO WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.

VICE MAYOR YAMANI.

MAYOR MORRISON.

ALRIGHT, MAYOR MORRISON.

UH, AYE.

THAT PASSES.

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, FOLKS.

UH, 11.4,

[11.4 Introduction and First Reading of the Ordinance Establishing Speed Limits Based on Engineering and Traffic Surveys]

THIS INTRODUCTION.

FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS AND, UH, BASED ON THE ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC, UH, SURVEYS.

AND, UM, ANY QUICK COMMENT ON THIS ONE BEFORE WE GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING? UH, YES, MAYOR.

SO THIS, THIS IS SPECIFIC TO, UH, THE PORTIONS OF SWEETWATER ROAD BETWEEN I 8 0 5 GOING EAST TO, UM, PLAZA BONITA ROAD.

AND CURRENTLY, WHAT, WHAT IS THE SPEED LIMIT? IT'S CURRENTLY POSTED AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.

AND WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE IT? UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO LOWER TO 40 MILES PER HOUR.

SO IT'LL LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT.

UM, WITH THAT, UM, LIKE TO, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, ALICIA MORRISON, NO RELATION AND, UH, MAKING ME, I'M SORRY, WHAT? WHAT WAS IT? I SAID THE SAME GOD MADE YOU MAKE ME.

OH, OKAY.

RELATION.

WE'LL TAKE THAT PART.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO OPPOSE THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO POST SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ON SWEETWATER ROAD UNTIL A NEW AND MORE ACCURATE SURVEY CAN CON, CAN REFLECT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS ALONG SWEETWATER ROAD AND ORANGE STREET BECAUSE OF THE NEW ADDITIONS OF THE CROSSWALK SIGNAL AND THE BIKE LANE CURBS.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT LAST SURVEY WAS DONE, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS DONE PRIOR TO THOSE INSTALLATIONS AND THAT HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED SINCE THOSE INSTALLATIONS.

AND I THINK IN ORDER TO HAVE A MORE ACCURATE STUDY ON THE SURVEY BEFORE SIGNS ARE BEING POSTED SHOULD BE DONE.

YOU DO REALIZE THAT THIS POSTING WOULD LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT THERE? NOT, NOT INCREASE IT.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S POSTED AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

WELL, AND THIS WILL TAKE IT TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT IF IT SHOULD BE A LOWER SPEED LIMIT THAN 40, DON'T YOU THINK THAT IT, A SURVEY SHOULD BE DONE TO REFLECT THAT OR POSSIBLY EVEN A STOPLIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST SURVEY WAS DONE, BUT I KNOW IT WAS DONE PRIOR TO THAT INSTALLATION.

LET ME ASK, WHEN, WHEN WAS THE SURVEY DONE? SO, SO THE DATA THAT WE'RE RELYING ON WAS DONE, UH, IT WAS COLLECTED APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO.

BEFORE ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS WERE FINISHED.

, SINCE WE'RE RELYING ON THAT DATA, WHICH IS BASED ON EXISTING CONDITIONS AT THE TIME, UM, OUR, OUR DECISIONS ARE TO ARE, ARE BASED ON THAT DATA, UH, YES, WE COULD, UM, FOREGO THIS AND COLLECT NEW DATA.

THE RISK OF THAT IS THAT IF SPEEDS HAVE HAPPENED TO GONE UP, UM, THE SEGMENT MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR A REDUCTION.

SO THERE, THERE'S ALSO, AS THE RESIDENT MENTIONED, IF WE WERE TO COLLECT NEW DATA, MAYBE THE SPEEDS CAN GO, UM, LOWER THAN 40 MILES PER HOUR.

UM, THE REASON WE, WE BROUGHT THIS, UH, TO YOUR TENSION AT THIS TIME IS 'CAUSE AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RECENT ACCIDENTS.

CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE AND ASSEMBLY BILL 43.

, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE AN EXISTING CERTIFIED SURVEY TO LOWER THE SPEEDS CONSISTENT WITH CALIF

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UM, UH, MY CONCERN IS DELAYING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT TODAY.

WE CAN ALWAYS COME, GO BACK IN THE FUTURE AND DO A NEW SURVEY.

AND BASED ON THAT NEW SURVEY, UM, RECOMMEND CHANGES TO FURTHER REDUCE OR HOPEFULLY NOT PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE NEED TO INCREASE.

AS I REQUESTED THAT SURVEY IN THE OPEN PUBLIC SPEAKING BEFORE THE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.

UM, LET ME JUST SAY THAT WE DON'T GET, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO BY STATE REGULATIONS ON HOW THESE SPEED LIMITS ARE SET AND WE DON'T, DON'T GET TO PICK OUT A NUMBER.

UH, WE DON'T GET THAT MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT.

AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WE CAN LOWER IT AND THEN AS I SAY, IF THERE'S SOME JUSTIFICATION TO DO MORE IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD JUMP ALL OVER IT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

UH, AND I, THE ONE OTHER THING, 'CAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UH, AND I FORGET NOW IF IT WAS YOUR HUSBAND THAT BROUGHT IT UP, I KNOW HE'S THE NEXT SPEAKER.

UH, SOMETHING ABOUT MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE, UH, MOTORCYCLE ENFORCEMENT OR SOMETHING.

SOMEONE, SOMEONE BROUGHT THAT UP EARLIER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE VOTED ON EARLIER WAS A GRANT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE MOTORCYCLE, UH, UH, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND UH, AND SPEED ENFORCEMENT.

SO, UM, YEAH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN ON THAT, BUT, UM, AND I SAY THIS IS A CHANCE FOR US TO LOWER IT AND AS SAY, UM, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IF CARS CONTINUE TO SPEED UP MORE AND MORE THERE, THEN THE NUMBERS WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW IF WE DID A STUDY THAT WE'D HAVE TO INCREASE THE SPEED LIMIT.

WELL I THINK THE SPEED LIMITS RIGHT NOW ARE, ARE, ARE KIND OF BUMPER TO BUMPER.

BECAUSE OF THAT SIGNAL.

I LIVE IN THAT AREA.

SO IT'S, IT IS BUMPER TO BUMPER.

SOMETIMES YOU'RE TALKING BECAUSE OF THE WALKING SIGNAL.

THE UH, UH, YEAH.

THE ONE THAT WAS DESTROYED IN THE LAST ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED MM-HMM.

THAT HASN'T BEEN REPLACED.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, DARRELL DOYLE, DOYLE MORRISON.

GOD, ONE OF MY COUSINS AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HIS NAME.

DOYLE MORRISON.

AND BEFORE I SPEAK ON THIS COMMENT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION THAT WHEN YOU GUYS HAD ITEM SEVEN ON THE AGENDA, THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR THAT WAS LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES.

UH, WE HAD 20 MINUTES OF SPEAKING ON THAT.

YET THE RESIDENTS THAT COME UP AND, UH, TRY TO SPEAK TO GET THEIR POINT ACROSS GET ONLY TWO MINUTES AND I WAS CUT SHORT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF I COULD HAVE 15 OR 20 SECONDS OF MY TIME BACK FROM THAT, UH, EARLIER.

AND, UH, WELL, WE, WE'LL WE WON'T COUNT ANY THE TIME YOU JUST USED, UH, ANYTHING.

SO YOU, YOU GOT A FULL TWO MINUTES.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK OF IS, UH, EARLIER THAT I GOT CUT SHORT WAS THAT THE, UM, PROPERTY AT ORANGE AND, UM, SWEETWATER ROAD WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, I, MY UNCLE USED TO, UM, HAVE A BUSINESS ON THAT PROPERTY.

AND ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS AS A LITTLE KID IS WHEN THE TRUCKS WOULD COME IN, I WOULD GET TO GO OVER AND FUEL THE TRUCKS WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO THE, TO THE YARD.

AND SO THEIR, ON THAT PROPERTY WAS A, UM, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK AND A DISPENSER.

AND YET THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS TRYING TO GET A, UM, A VARIANCE ON THE, UM, CEQA, UH, TO BYPASS THAT.

AND I DON'T FEEL THAT THAT, THAT IS, UH, A GOOD USE, UH, OF THAT PROPERTY TO NOT HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY LOOK AT THAT FOR A PROPOSED GAS STATION.

TO PUT A SPEED BUMP, YOU NEED TO PUT SOMETHING TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN.

ALSO, IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, TO THE, UH, SPEED LIMITS, THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE BIKE LANES AND THE CROSSWALK IS NOT A SOLUTION, IT'S ONLY A PROBLEM.

AND I DON'T THINK THE ADDITION OF MORE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS AT THIS POINT UNTIL THOSE OTHER ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, UM, IS, IS A VALID SOLUTION EITHER CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW AT 45 MILES AN HOUR, PEOPLE DRIVE 60 MILES AN HOUR ON THERE.

YOU GUYS HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'M SURE THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S A PROBLEM AREA.

UM, THEY CAN PROBABLY JUST POST SOMEONE OVER THERE IF IT WASN'T A SPEED, SPEED TRAP AND GIVE PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT.

SO LOWERING IT TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WOULD BE A GREAT APPEASEMENT FOR SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GO, WELL LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN DONE, BUT THEY'RE STILL GONNA DRIVE 60 MILES AN HOUR DOWN THAT STREET, EVEN IF THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 40 OR 35.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN THERE, YOU NEED

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OTHER THAN THAT, MAYBE A TRAFFIC LIGHT.

UM, WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE.

NOW CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ON, ON ITEM 11.4, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? OKAY.

AND, AND JUST A, A FOLLOW UP COMMENT, I APPRECIATE MR. AND MS. MORRISON.

UH, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT.

UM, JUST ON THE ISSUE OF THE, OF, OF THE BIKE LANES AND SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THERE.

SO WE HEARD SOME SIMILAR ISSUES, UH, DOWN THE STREET ON SWEETWATER ROAD AND THE STOCKMAN, UH, AREA.

AND I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO STEVE MANGANELLO OUR, UM, OUR, OUR CITY ENGINEER BECAUSE THE STAFF ACTED QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY, UM, THE ISSUE WAS THE, UM, THE CONCRETE BARRIER BLOCKING, UH, ONE OF THE TURN LANES AND ALSO THE NO TURN ON RED SIGNS.

SO THEIR STAFF, UH, HEARD THE RESIDENT COMPLAINTS AND FOUND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT.

SO THEY DID DO SOME LANE CONFIGURATIONS THERE.

SO THAT WAS ON STOCKMAN SWEETWATER ROAD.

SO I THINK THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE RECENT ACCIDENT, WHAT WHAT OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS OR CHANGES.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT.

I JUST WANNA SAY, BUT FOR THE SPEED LIMIT, UM, I'VE, I'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE RESIDENTS OF, UH, OF FOLKS SPEEDING.

SO I, I DO REALLY THINK THAT THE LOWER SPEED LIMIT, I, I KNOW WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE PEOPLE THAT ARE VIOLATING IT, BUT THERE'S SOME STUDIES WE'VE SEEN THAT SHOWS THAT FOR EVERY FIVE MILE PER HOUR REDUCTION IN SPEED LIMIT, IT REDUCES, UH, THE SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS AND ACTUALLY DOES SAVE LIVES.

SO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO PRIORITIZE, UH, SAFETY AND EVEN IN THE CROSSWALK, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO HEAR THOSE ISSUES WITH DESIGN, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE THE ISSUE IS, UH, A LOT OF THE ISSUE IS THE SPEEDING AND, AND THE, THE, THE SAFETY THERE.

SO I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I HEAR YOUR GUYS' ISSUES AND I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET YOUR, GET YOUR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW UP WITH OUR CITY ENGINEER TO SEE HOW WE CAN TRY TO WORK THAT.

SO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT.

WHERE OH, WHERE CAN WE COLLECT, UH, IF YOU, YES, UH, DANIEL GONZALEZ, HE'S MY COUNCIL REP OVER THERE, SO IF YOU GUYS CAN GIVE YOUR INFORMATION, HE CAN GIVE YOU MY CARD AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, OUR CITY ENGINEER AS WELL SO THAT WE COULD SEE, YOU CAN'T, CAN'T MAKE PROMISES FROM THE DIOCESE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ALL NEED.

BUT WE CAN PROMISE THAT WE CAN AT LEAST TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND TRY TO ADDRESS IT.

SO, OKAY.

UM, OKAY.

YOU HAD COMMENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH SAID IT.

JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COUPLE FOR COMING DOWN AND UH, THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH'S DIS DISTRICT AND HE IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, EXPRESSED HERE.

AND OUR, UM, CITY ENGINEER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR REALLY WORKS VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE .

YOU DO? ALRIGHT.

UH, ALRIGHT.

SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL ON 11.4.

FULL CALL PLEASE.

WE GO ON TO STAFF REPORTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA.

[12.1 City of National City Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023]

12 ONE.

THIS IS THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING, UH, JUNE 30TH, UH, 2023.

GOOD EVENING, MAYORS CITY COUNCIL.

UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANDREW ROTH FROM THE P**N GROUP.

OUR AUDITORS WILL BE PRESENTING, UM, THIS PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT.

AND ALSO THE AUDIT RESULTS.

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

UM, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE AUDIT, UH, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FISCAL FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, UH, 2023.

SO SOMETIMES WE'RE GONNA GO OVER SOME REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS, UH, UNDER THE AUDITING STANDARDS.

UH, SO AUDIT RESPONSIBILITIES IS GONNA BE MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS THE AUDITORS.

AN OVERVIEW, A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT'S, KIND OF LIKE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW,

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SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH SOME REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS.

UM, SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO, THROUGH THE ING STANDARDS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE.

AND IN THIS CASE, THAT WOULD BE THE, THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, AND WE, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE ARE INDEPENDENCE, UH, UH, THAT WE ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE CITY, UH, AND SUBSTANCE AND INFORM, UH, AND ALL RELATIVE, RELATIVE REQUIREMENTS REQUIRING REGARDING INDEPENDENCE.

UH, WE'LL COMMUNICATE THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.

UH, SO YOU LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UH, THE, THE MAIN NOTE, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET A GOOD IDEA, KIND OF, OF LIKE HOW THE CITY'S PUT TOGETHER, THE DIFFERENT POLICIES AND JUST GENERAL INFORMATION, YOU GO TO NOTE ONE TO KIND OF GET LIKE A REALLY GOOD OVERVIEW.

UM, AND YOU'LL NOTE IN NOTE ONE IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

THIS YEAR THEY DID THAT, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, END OF JUNE 30TH, 2023, UH, THE CITY IMPLEMENTED GA UH, THE GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS BOARD, THAT'S GS B STATEMENT NUMBER 96.

UH, SUBSCRIPT SUBSCRIPTION BASED IT ARRANGEMENTS ALSO KNOWN AS AVITAS.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME LAST YEAR WHERE THEY IMPLEMENTED LEASES.

AND THIS YEAR IT'S, UH, THE AVITAS, UM, AND THAT REALLY RELATES TO SPECIFICALLY, UM, IT'S THOSE KIND OF, IT'S THOSE, UH, IN THE CLOUD SERVICES OR WITH, UH, WITH IT PROVIDERS WHERE, UH, WHERE THINGS ARE, WE'RE GOING TOWARDS THESE DAYS.

SO THAT IS KIND OF, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO LEASES.

IT'S JUST ON THE LESS, THE LESSEE SIDE.

SO THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES, UH, AS A PART OF THE PREPARATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

UH, THE, THE MANAGEMENT DOES MAKE SIGN, UH, CERTAIN ESTIMATES, UH, IN THE PREPARATION OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

SOME OF THESE ESTIMATES INCLUDE THE FAIR VALUE ON INVESTMENTS, UH, THE DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION ON CAPITAL ASSETS, AS WELL AS, UH, RIGHT TO USE LEASE ASSETS AND, UH, SUBSCRIPTION ASSETS.

ALSO THE, THE NET PENSION LIABILITY ACTUARIAL ACTUARIAL INPUTS, AS WELL AS THE OPEP LIABILITY ACTUARIAL INPUTS.

UM, SO NEXT WE WILL GO OVER SOME OF THE SENSITIVE DISCLOSURES.

SO, AS I STATED THAT NOTE ONE, THAT REPORTING ENTITY AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNT POLICIES IS A PRETTY BIG NOTE.

KIND OF JUST GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING.

THE LEASE RECEIVABLE NOTE, THAT'S NOTE THREE.

UH, WE JUST ARE RE HIGHLIGHTING IT 'CAUSE WE HAD NOTED IT LAST YEAR 'CAUSE IT WAS A NEW NOTE LAST YEAR DUE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GADSBY 87.

UH, NOTE FOUR LOANS RECEIVABLE NOTE 11 AND 12 ARE GONNA BE YOUR PENSION OPEP NOTES BECAUSE THESE ARE LARGE LIABILITIES, UM, AND INTO THE FUTURE THAT, UH, THESE ARE VERY, UM, IMPORTANT NOTES TO NOTE.

UM, NOTE 13, THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES, ANY KIND OF LIKE CONTINGENT LIABILITIES OR COMMITMENTS CONSTRUCTION AND OTHERWISE THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.

UM, ALSO NOTE 14.

THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR CLASSIFICATION OF FUND BALANCES.

ALSO NOTE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED UNDER GASB 54.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL HAVE YOUR NONS SPENDABLE RESTRICTED, ASSIGNED, COMMITTED AND UNASSIGNED.

AND INITIAL NOTE THAT NOTE 14 DOES SPELL OUT THE CITY'S RESERVE POLICIES AND BALANCES FOR THEIR PENSION AND OPEP SEC SECTION ONE 15 TRUST, AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC CONTINGENCY RESERVE AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE RESERVE.

WE ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, DURING THE AUDIT, THERE WERE NO UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS REPORTED.

AND ALSO THAT, UM, CON CONSTELLATION WITH OTHER ACCOUNTANTS, UM, IS KIND OF LIKE AUDITOR SHOPPING OR GOING TO KIND OF GET OTHER OPINIONS AND GOING WITH THE MOST FAVORABLE MANAGEMENT INFORMED US THAT, AND TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THERE WERE NO CONSULTATIONS WITH OTHER ACCOUNTS REGARDING AUDITING AND OTHER MATTERS.

WE ALSO WANT TO, WHAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMUNICATE THAT WE ENCOUNTER NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES DEALING WITH MANAGEMENT, AND ALSO THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTING TREATMENTS OR AUDIT PROCEDURES PERFORMED.

ALSO, WE DID NOT COME ACROSS ANY INSTANCES WHERE THE TRANSACTIONS OCCURRED THAT DID NOT HAVE AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE.

SO, AUDIT RESPONSIBILITIES, AS I STATED BEFORE, THIS IS GONNA RELATE TO BOTH THE AUDITEE THAT WOULD BE THE, THE CITY AND THE MANAGEMENT AND THE AUDITOR, WHICH IS, UH, US AND, UH, OUR FIRM.

THE MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES, MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO PRESENT THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALSO KNOWN AS US GA, TO ADOPT SOUND ACCOUNTING POLICIES.

MANAGEMENT'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN INTERNAL CONTROLS OR FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE AMOUNTS AND DISCLOSURES AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

AND MANAGEMENT'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE TO PREVENT AND DETECT FRAUD.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE, THESE WOULD BE THE AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES,

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OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO FORM AND EX AND EXPRESS AN OPINION ABOUT WHETHER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY MANAGEMENT WITH BOARD OVERSIGHT ARE PRESENTED FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL SPECS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.

GENERALLY ACCEPTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE TO PLAN AND PERFORM THE AUDIT TO PAYING REA REASONABLE ASSUR ASSURANCE, NOT ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE ABOUT WHETHER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS.

AND WE'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE TO CONSIDER THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OR FINANCIAL REPORTING SUCH CONSIDERATIONS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS OR FINANCIAL REPORTING.

WE'RE SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF PERMITING OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES AND NOT TO PROVIDE ASSURANCE CONCERNING SUCH INTERNAL CONTROLS.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

UH, SO AT THE END OF JUNE 30TH, 2023, UH, THE ASSETS OF THE, THE GOVERNMENT WIDE OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT OVERALL WAS A A $387 MILLION.

ABOUT A $22 MILLION INCREASE.

UM, THIS COMES FROM AN INCREASE IN CASH AND INVESTMENTS, BUT ABOUT 13 MILLION IN CAPITAL ASSETS, WHICH WOULD BE KIND OF YOUR PROPERTY PLAN EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THAT INCREASED BY 8 MILLION.

UM, SO YOUR DEFERRED OUTFLOWS RESOURCES DECREASED, UM, ABOUT 60 MILLION.

UH, THE, THE SPECIFICS ON THAT, UM, WAS, WAS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO OR, SO THE DEFERRED INFLOWS IN 2022, UH, RELATED TO WERE SIGNIFICANT DUE TO THE 20 21, 20 22.

SO THE, THE ASIDE FROM ASAL ASSUMPTIONS AND PENSION AND OPEP, THE OTHER BIG PIECE IS GONNA BE YOUR CONTRIBUTION AFTER MEASUREMENT DATE.

SO YOUR MEASUREMENT DATE FOR AS OF 2020 JUNE 30TH, 2022 WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, JUNE 30TH, 2021.

SO ALL PAYMENTS INTO THE PENSION WHEN 2022, UM, WOULD BE INCLUDED IN DEFERRED OUTFLOWS.

SO THE 2021 PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS THAT WERE, UH, USED AS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS AFTER MEASUREMENT DATE WERE LIKE ONE TIME KIND OF PAYMENT.

SO YOU SAW DECREASED TO ABOUT 36 MILLION.

UH, THE LIABILITIES, UM, FELL 31 MILLION, UM, MAINLY FROM THE NET NET PENSION LIABILITY FALLING FROM 77 MILLION TO 45 MILLION.

IT'S, AND WITH THAT, UM, SO IN ESSENCE IT GOES INTO DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES 22, AND THEN 23, IT ACTUALLY HITS THAT NET PENSION LIABILITY.

AND, AND YOU SEE A DECREASE FOR THAT.

UH, DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES FELL 24 MILLION, UM, AS DEFER AS PENSION RELATED DEFERRED INFLOWS FELL FROM, UH, 28 MILLION TO 4 MILLION.

UM, AND THAT SPECIFICALLY, I THINK A BIG PIECE OF THAT IS, UH, RELATES TO THE CALPERS, LIKE RETURN ON INVESTMENTS DURING THE COVID ERA.

AND LIKE AFTER COVID, THEY, IT REALLY BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH ON, UM, THE INVESTMENTS EARNED VERSUS THE PROJECTED INVESTMENTS.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, AMORTIZED OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

BUT YOU, I THINK YOU, OVER THE, THE THREE YEAR PERIOD AFTER COVID PENSION SAW LIKE A LOT OF, OF FLUCTUATION, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL GET BACK DOWN TO NORMAL, BUT THAT IT DID, THAT DID FALL DEFERRED INFLOWS.

UM, THE CITY'S, UH, TOTAL NET NET POSITION, UH, INCREASED ABOUT $15 MILLION, MAINLY IN THE NET INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS AND RESTRICTED PORTIONS.

UM, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO ONTO THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES.

UM, SO THE STATEMENT I JUST ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT IN THOSE EXPENSES, WE ARE RECORDING ALL THOSE OPEP AND PENSION ITEMS, WHICH REALLY AREN'T LIKE BUDGETED ITEMS. SO WHEN WE GO TO THE GENERAL FUNDING, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

UH, IT WILL KIND OF TELL A BETTER STORY THAN WHEN YOU SEE THIS.

'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT AREN'T ACTUALLY DECIDED SPECIFICALLY BY MANAGING MORE, MORE BY COUNSELORS IN THE BOARD.

SO, BUT YOU'LL NOTE THAT EXPENSES INCREASED $9 MILLION.

UM, AND I BELIEVE IN THIS, THE MAIN, UH, FUNCTION ON THAT WAS GONNA BE PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO THAT COULD BE SOME PENSION COSTS AND SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER ITEMS. SO, UM, TOTAL PROGRAM REVENUES.

SO PROGRAM REVENUES, UH, ARE GONNA BE THOSE REVENUES THAT CAN BE DIRECTLY, UH, ELIGIBLE TO LIKE, SAY AN EXPENDITURE.

SO LIKE A GRANT, YOU HAVE EXPENDITURES THAT CREATE THE GRANT OR YOU HAVE CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

UM, AND PROGRAM REVENUES ARE KIND OF THOSE, THE NON-GENERAL REVENUES.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT PROGRAM REVENUES DID INCREASE AT $13 MILLION, UH, FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

THAT COULD RELATE TO SOME OF THE, THE ARPA FUNDING, UH, AND OTHER ITEMS. SO TAXES IS GONNA BE YOUR GENERAL, UH, REVENUE, AND THAT'S GONNA BE INCLUDING YOUR PROPERTY TAX, YOUR SALES TAX, TOT TAX, FRANCHISE FEES, U UTILITY USERS FEES, ET CETERA.

UH, SO THAT DID, THAT STAYED PRETTY, PRETTY STATIC.

SO, UM, THOSE PROGRAM REVENUES HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE, I THINK YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL ON THOSE PROGRAM REVENUES.

THAT'S WHY, UM, KIND OF TRYING TO LIKE WITH, UH, ANY KIND OF

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FEE INCREASES OR APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THOSE GENERAL REVENUES ARE, CAN BE MORE STATIC, BUT YOU HAVE MORE ABILITY TO AFFECT THE PROGRAM REVENUE.

SO ALSO THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS.

UH, THE PRIOR YEAR, THE CITY AS WELL AS PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER CITY IN 2022 SAW LARGE INVESTMENT LOSS.

UM, SO OVERALL IT WAS ABOUT FOUR, $4.3 MILLION SWING RIGHT THERE.

SO IT WAS ABOUT A GAIN OF $1.3 MILLION.

UM, I STATED IN THE PRIOR SLIDE JUST NOTING THAT THE NET PENSION, I MEAN NET POSITION DID INCREASE ABOUT 15.7 MILLION.

NOW, NOW WE GET INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THE GENERAL FUND REALLY DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THOSE ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS.

THIS IS REALLY KIND OF YOUR, THE BREAD AND BUTTER.

THIS IS KIND OF WHAT YOU BUDGET THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE.

SO IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE ASSETS INCREASE BY 4.6 MILLION.

THAT'S MAINLY IN CASH AND INVESTMENTS AND AMOUNTS DUE FROM OTHER FUNDS.

UH, LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INFLOWS WERE PRETTY SIMILAR LAST YEAR, GOING INTO FUND BALANCE.

UH, SO YOUR, IT SEEMS LIKE, SO IN THE NONS SPENDABLE, THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR LAND OUT RESALE INVENTORY.

AND PREPAID STAYED ABOUT PRETTY STATIC AT ABOUT $4 MILLION.

UM, THE RESTRICTED, UH, FUND BALANCE IS GONNA BE ANY KIND OF, UH, FUND BALANCE THAT'S RESTRICTED BY THIRD PARTIES OR ENABLING AT LEGISLATION.

UM, THAT DID INCREASE SLIGHTLY TO NOT ABOUT $10 MILLION.

SO THAT IN THAT RESTRICTED BALANCE YOU HAVE ABOUT 6.3 MILLION AND, UH, PENSION SECTION ONE 15 THRUST AND, UH, 3.1 MILLION.

AND THE EP SECTION ONE 15 THRUST.

UH, SO YOU'RE COMMITTED GOING ON TO YOUR COMMITTED FUND BALANCE.

UH, THAT'S PRETTY STATIC 'CAUSE THERE WASN'T A, THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE, UM, IN THE ECONOMIC CONTINGENCY OF 12.8 MILLION IN THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE RESERVE OF, UH, 2.8 MILLION.

UH, YOU'RE ASSIGNED A FUND BALANCE.

THAT'S GONNA BE A FUND BALANCE THAT CAN BE ASSIGNED BY, UH, THE, THE, THE LEVEL OF, THE LEVEL OF AUTHORITY THAT'S ASSIGNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THAT TYPICALLY IS GONNA BE YOUR CITY MANAGER.

UH, SO YOUR ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE INCREASE ABOUT 1.2 MILLION TO, TO 9.6 MILLION, WHICH IN PARTS OF THAT INCLUDE 4.3 MILLION OF ACCRUED, UH, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, 2.9 MILLION FOR GENERAL SERVICES, 1.6 FOR TRANSPORTATION.

AND THEN, SO YOUR FINAL FUND BALANCE CATEGORY, THIS CAN BE UNASSIGNED, WHICH PRETTY MUCH JUST MEANS IT'S NOT ANY OTHER CATEGORY.

UM, SO SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL THIS KIND OF LIKE YOUR RAINY DAY FUND.

UM, YOU GUYS DO ALSO HAVE THAT ECONOMIC CONTINGENCY.

BUT, UM, IT IS GOOD THAT UNASSIGNED REALLY IS JUST, UH, IT'S A GOOD BALANCE.

AND IT, IT DID INCREASE ABOUT 3.5 MILLION, WHICH IS, UH, GOOD.

SO OVERALL FUND BALANCE INCREASED FOR 5.3 MILLION.

UH, BUT THAT UNASSIGNED DID NOT HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON.

IT INCREASED AT 3.6 ABOUT, ON NEXT SLIDE, SO THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR GENERAL FUND.

IT'S GONNA BE YOUR MAIN, THE MAIN FUND OF THE CITY.

THIS IS GONNA BE, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE, UH, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THIS IS THE ONE, THIS IS THE MAIN, UH, FUND THAT'S BUDGETED.

SO, UH, YOU'LL NOTE THE CHANGES IN REVENUES OF, UH, $4.2 MILLION INCREASE.

THAT IS MAINLY AT ATTRIBUTED TO AN INCREASE IN THE USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY OF 2.8 MILLION.

THAT WAS THAT, UH, INVESTMENT INCOME SWING FROM LOSS TO GAIN FROM PRIOR TO CURRENT YEAR.

AND ALSO THE TAXES, UH, IN THE REVENUES IN GENERAL FUND DID INCREASE IN ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS AS WELL.

UM, AS FAR YEARS WERE EXPENDITURES, SOME OF THE, THE AREAS, UH, THE EXPENDITURES DID INCREASE ABOUT $7.4 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, AND THAT IS REALLY THE, THE MAIN, IT'S PUBLIC, PUBLIC GENERAL, GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSES WERE THE MAIN, UH, FUNCTIONS THAT HAD THAT INCREASE.

AND, UH, THEN TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL OUTLAYED EXPENDITURES SAW MINOR INCREASES AS WELL, BUT NOT AS LARGE AS, UH, THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS ABOUT $5 MILLION INCREASE WHEN COMBINED.

UH, SO THAT THE TOTAL CHANGE IN, UM, FUND BALANCE, UH, WAS ABOUT $5.3 MILLION AS OPPOSED TO 6.2.

SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT IS THE ACTIVITY OF THE GENERAL FUND.

SO YOUR AUDIT RESULTS, SO THE OPINIONS, UH, ISSUED ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON THE OPINION UNITS OF THE CITY.

UH, WERE UNMODIFIED OPINIONS.

WE, UH, WERE ISSUED ON ALL OPINION UNITS.

SO THIS IS KNOWN AS A CLEAN OPINION.

THIS IS KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE A SUCCESS, IT'S A SUCCESSFUL AUDIT.

SO IT, AND WHAT THIS STATES IS THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ALL MATERIAL SPECS.

THE ACCOUNTING POLICIES HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY APPLIED.

ESTIMATES USED ARE REASONABLE, AND DISCLOSURES ARE

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PROPERLY REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ONTO OTHER AUDIT RESULTS.

UM, SO THE AUDIT FINDINGS, THERE WAS, I BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE FINDING FOR, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, I BELIEVE THAT WAS DOWN FROM, THERE WAS FOUR FINDINGS IN THE PRIOR YEAR, AND ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS A REPEAT FINDING.

AND THE FINDING RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, THE, THE OMB UM, UNIFORM GUIDANCE.

SO IT'S GONNA BE YOUR SINGLE AUDIT THAT'S GONNA BE ALL FEDERAL MONEY THAT DOES REQUIRE A FISCAL AUDIT OF A, OF AN ENTITY THAT TO OCCUR, UM, TO OCCUR, UH, WITHIN NINE MONTHS.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE MY MARCH 31ST.

AND I BELIEVE THE REPORT WAS ISSUED CLOSER TO OCTOBER.

SO, UM, THAT, UH, THAT WAS THE ONE FINDING THAT, UH, THAT THERE WAS.

SO IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS MAINLY ON THE DELAYS IN IT.

YOU CAN SEE THE FINDING DELAYS IN THE YEAR END PROCESSING, CLOSING PROCEDURES.

BUT, UM, SO THAT IS NO, BUT IT WAS A CLEAN OPINION.

SO ALTHOUGH LATE YOU GOT A CLEAN OPINION ON ALL THE OPINIONS, UH, THE RESULTS, UM, SOME OF THESE WE ALREADY COMMUNICATED IN THE, THE, THE COMMUNICATION BASED ON FROM THE AUDITING STANDARDS IS INCLUDE, UH, THERE WAS NO DISAGREEANCES MANAGEMENT.

UH, WELL, TO ALSO NOTING THE RESULT THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT EFFICIENCY IDENTIFIED THAT WE DISCUSSED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

UM, AND THERE WAS ALSO, WE ALSO, THERE WERE NO FINDINGS NOTED AS IT RELATES AS RELATED TO THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S FEDERAL GRANT ACTIVITIES.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE LIKE THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT, THE, THE FEDERAL MAJOR FEDERAL AWARDS.

AND ALSO, UH, THERE WERE NO INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES OR FRAUD OR FRAUD WASTE OR ABUSE NOTED AS PART OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES.

AND THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION FOR THE EVENING.

AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THIS, UH, JEREMY DAY.

IS HE STILL OUT IN THE AUDIENCE OR ANYTHING? NO, BUT I'M SORRY, MAYOR MORRISON.

UH, JEREMY DAY HAD TO STEP OUT.

HE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY.

ASK ME TO LET YOU KNOW.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, EDWARD NIETO, I AM GLAD YOU GOT A UNMODIFIED OPINION.

THAT'S A GOOD THING.

UM, IT'S ABOUT, IT'S 2023.

SO WE'RE HERE NOVEMBER, 2024.

THERE'S A DELAY.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHY THERE WAS A DE DELAY IN THE UNDERLYING CAUSES.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT THE EFFECTS OF THE DELAY ARE.

THIS, WHAT WERE WE, UM, DELAYING APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING, UM, OF, UH, GRANTS.

WHAT'S THE EFFECT OF THIS? THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR.

I DIDN'T SEE ENOUGH IN THE EXPLANATION OF TELLING US HOW DOES THE RESERVE IS BURIED IN THE COMMITTED FUND BALANCE.

SOME OF IT'S BURIED IN THE, UM, UNASSIGNED FINE BILL.

I DON'T, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE THE EXPLANATION OF THAT.

I NOTED THAT THE 2023, UH, 22 FINANCIAL STATEMENT NOTE HAS A BUDGETARY CONTROL PARAGRAPH.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS, IF THAT'S IN THIS SINGLE AUDIT REPORT, OR MAYBE IT'S IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT, BUT THEY TALK ABOUT THE BUDGETARY CONTROLS OF HAVING QUARTERLY ACTUAL TO BUDGET COMPARISONS.

WHEN HAVE WE HAD A ACTUAL TO BUDGET COMPARISON? I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE MAYBE IN MARCH.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT AWARDS FOR GOOD FINANCIAL REPORTING AND THEY ENDED IN 2022.

WE'RE NOT GONNA GET A GOOD AWARD FOR GOOD FI FINANCIAL REPORTING THIS YEAR, OR 23 OR 24.

YOU GOTTA DIG INTO THIS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE UNDER UNDERLYING CAUSES.

YOU'VE WASTED A LOT OF TIME.

YOU WASTE A LOT OF EFFORT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT TALKING ABOUT WASTE IN 2020 23.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WASTE IN 2024.

YOU KNOW, ARE THE COSTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND WE HAD A CONTROVERSY, ARE THEY SUBJECT TO AUDIT FOR THIS YEAR? MAYBE NOT.

HAVE WE AUDITED THE, UH, THE OVERHEAD, THE ALLOCATION OVERHEAD? IS THAT PART OF THE SCOPE OF THESE AUDITS? THERE'S A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO DIG INTO.

WHERE'S THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT? HOW COME IT'S NOT ISSUED AT THE SAME TIME? THOSE ARE THE FINDINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, TELL US THE DIRT OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE.

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WHAT IS COUNSEL'S PLEASURE OR, UM, SIR? YES.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE SECOND TO THE LAST SLIDE PLEASE.

SECOND, I'LL GET THIRD.

AND THERE'S ONE THIRD TO THE LAST, THE ONE THAT SAYS FINDING YES.

YOUR FINDINGS.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT CAME FROM THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT.

SO, SO I THINK IT'S BEEN, IT'S ISSUED.

THAT'S WHY WE ALSO SAID THERE WAS NO FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS.

THIS ONE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

YEAH, YEAH.

WERE YOU, DID YOU ALSO AUDIT SWEETWATER AUTHORITY? WERE YOU THE ONE THAT WE TALKED TO? UM, THAT I BELIEVE THAT'S, UH, COLEY DELANEY.

BUT IT'S THE SAME COMPANY.

WE'RE BOTH THE PARTNERS IN SAN DIEGO.

WE WORK TOGETHER.

COULD UH, COULD YOU SPEAK IN YOUR MIC A HARD TIME? OH, SORRY.

MAY.

I, I WAS JUST, 'CAUSE THE, THE NAME OF IS FAMILIAR.

OH, OKAY.

AND SO I ASK IF THEY'RE THE SAME ORGANIZATION, BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT EFFECT, THE TIMINGS ARE ON, SIR.

CAN YOU GIVE US, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT EFFECT THAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE? UH, THE EFFECT OF SUBMITTING THE YES.

THE FINANCIALS LATE.

UM, IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM, IT COULD BE I ANY KIND OF, IT COULD BE BOND COMPLIANCE POTENTIALLY.

UM, BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO SUBMIT BOND CONTINUED COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT A FISCAL AUDIT.

BUT, UM, THAT, AND THEN ALSO KIND OF GRANT FUNDING, IF TYPICALLY THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP.

BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, FROM EITHER THE, UM, FROM ALL CITIES THAT I'D SAY MOST OF THEM WERE, I'D SAY ABOUT HALF OF MINE WERE PRETTY MUCH ON THE BORDER, WE'RE STILL COVID AFFECTED.

SO, UH, AND THEY PUSHED LIKE TWO BIG ACCOUNTING IMPLEMENTATIONS LIKE THOSE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO YOU'RE NOT, EVERYONE ISN'T IN THE, THE SAME, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S KIND OF IN THE SAME, TRYING TO CATCH UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO I THINK IT'S, EVEN THOUGH IT'S EVERY, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE'S BEEN LATE, THEN THE GOAL IS TO LIKE LOOK FORWARD, KIND OF HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE KIND OF LIKE DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING UP TO DATE AND KIND OF GETTING OUR FINANCE ISSUED A LITTLE EARLIER IF POSSIBLE.

BUT, UM, SO I THINK JUST, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT'S, THAT'S ISSUED LATE.

I THINK A DECENT AMOUNT OF MINE ISSUED BECAUSE IT'S, EVERYONE'S STILL FEELING A LITTLE OF THE COVID EFFECT FROM RATING WISE.

SIR, WHAT'S UP RATING WISE? UM, I'M NOT A BOND SPECIALIST AND SO I COULD NOT GIVE YOU A, I COULD NOT GIVE YOU ANY KIND OF, UH, ANY KIND OF ANSWER ON THAT.

I'D HAVE TO THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYTHING ELSE? MAYOR BUSH? YEAH.

QUESTION TO STAFF.

UM, WHY, WHY WAS, WHAT CAUSED THE DELAY IN THE FINANCIAL REPORTING AND THEN THE DEFICIENCY YOU'RE PAID? THE PRIMARY REASON THE AUDIT WAS DELAYED WAS DUE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE.

SO IT TOOK SIGNIFICANT TIME AWAY FROM STAFF LEARNING THE NEW SOFTWARE AND GETTING IT IMPLEMENTED.

AND WE'RE STILL IN, IN THE PROCESS.

WE HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED ALL MODULES YET OF THAT SOFTWARE.

SO, ARE WE HAVING ANY CURRENT, SO THAT WAS FOR THE 2023 AUDIT, BUT ARE, ARE WE STILL HAVING DELAYS FOR THE 2024 COMING UP, WHICH I KNOW IT CAN'T EVEN BE DONE YET 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT EVEN DONE WITH 2024.

BUT HOW ARE OUR DELAYS LOOKING NOW? 2024 WILL ALSO BE A DELAY, HOPEFULLY NOT NEARLY AS LONG.

UM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG, HOW LONG WAS THE DELAY? WELL, 23 IDEALLY WOULD'VE BEEN FINISHED AROUND DECEMBER OF 23.

SO IT IS, YOU KNOW, 11 MONTHS BEHIND THE SCHEDULE.

SO THE 24 WILL HOPEFULLY ONLY BE ABOUT SIX MONTHS BEHIND THE SCHEDULE.

GOT IT.

AND, AND THIS WAS, A LOT OF IT WAS BECAUSE OF GOING OVER FROM THE EDEN SYSTEM TO THE MUNI SYSTEM? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.

YEAH, WHICH WAS, OKAY, MR. MAYOR AS WELL AS TURNOVERS, AS WELL AS TURNOVERS FOR STAFF.

YEAH, SURE.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE REQUESTED A, UH, MEDIA REPORT ALSO THAT'S GONNA COME.

UM, SO AT LEAST WE HAVE AN IDEA OF, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHERE WE ARE AT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS JUST LIKE, UM, OUR AUDITOR SAID, UM, UM, SO WE JUST HAVE TO GET AT IT.

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WHAT, UH, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ACCEPT AND FILE THE REPORTS.

MOTION.

ACCEPT MR. CHAIR.

UH, COULD WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.

VICE MAYOR IMANI.

OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

I, I'VE GOTTA STOP HERE.

LET'S SEE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WE DID DO THE, UH, TWO SPEAKERS ON THIS ONE, DIDN'T WE? YES.

WE GO TO, UH, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

WANNA MAKE SURE I HADN'T LEFT OFF SOMETHING? GO AHEAD, CONTINUE.

AYE, VICE MAYOR YAMANI.

TRY TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THESE ONES TONIGHT HERE.

UH, NEXT

[13. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT]

I HAVE NONE, UH, MR. MAYOR, ONLY TO SAY THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, EACH KIND OF TAKE THEIR TURN TO SHINE TONIGHT WAS DEFINITELY THE STEVE MELLO MANGANELLO SHOW.

I MEAN, WHAT HE, WHAT HE PULLED OFF WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS IS AMAZING.

SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS TEAM, AND AGAIN, I'M SOMEONE THAT BEEN IN, WORKED FOR MANY CITIES, SO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET A BETTER TEAM OVERALL.

WE'RE BLESSED WITH THIS TEAM.

I'M BLESSED AS CITY MANAGER, BUT IT'S AN AMAZING TEAM AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM.

WE GO ON TO A ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVE TONIGHT FOR ALL THAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED.

GREAT.

OKAY, NEXT

[14. ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT ]

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS A POLICY 1 0 5 REQUEST.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PUT ON THE AGENDA.

THIS IS TO, UH, TO ASK FOR SOMETHING TO BE PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

SO WE REALLY CAN'T BE IN DISCUSSION OF IT TONIGHT, BUT JUST IF, UH, WE WANNA PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF, UH, I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP IN, IN, OVER THIS LAST COUPLE YEAR PERIOD.

AND, UH, UM, BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN LEGALLY ADDRESS 'EM OR BRING 'EM OUT IN PUBLIC AND TRY TO, UH, AS SAY, UH, ADDRESS 'EM, TALK ABOUT 'EM, UH, THIS IS THE ONLY LEGAL WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT.

UH, SO THEREFORE I PUT IT FORWARD, UH, SO THAT THIS COULD BE BROUGHT ON TO THE DECEMBER 3RD MEETING.

AND THEN THERE, THEREFORE, THEN THE ISSUES COULD BE DISCUSSED.

UH, THERE WOULD BE A FULL REPORT WOULD BE, UH, WOULD BE IN THE AGENDA.

AND, AND AS SAY, THEN WE CAN DISCUSS DETAILS ON IT AT THAT POINT.

SO, UM, IF THESE ARE AREAS THAT YOU'VE HAD ANY CONCERNS ON, UH, AND HAVE QUESTIONS ON, THEN THAT WOULD BE YOUR REASON TO VOTE FOR IT.

IF YOU DO NOT, THEN THAT WOULD BE A REASON NOT TO VOTE FOR IT, UH, TO BE PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

SO, WITH THAT, UM, MR. CHAIR, YES.

UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS HOW WE PUT POLICY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, REQUESTS INTO THE AGENDA, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT DECEMBER 3RD, WE ONLY HAVE TWO MORE MEETINGS FOR THE YEAR.

UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE, I PROBLEM YOU ASKING FOR THIS, IT'S JUST THAT I THINK THE TIME THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST, I, I DON'T AGREE WITH IT.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S A REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AND WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, VOTE ON IT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, TO, TO, TO, UM, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ALL HAVE, AS YOU SAID, MAYBE WE CAN MOVE THAT DATE TO, UH, THE, THE FIRST MEETING OF JANUARY SO WE CAN, UH, TAKE CARE LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE FORM THAT WHAT DO WE GET, THE, WHAT DO WE GET, THE FORECAST THAT WE GET FROM OUR CITY MANAGER.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OUR AGENDA ITEMS ARE ALREADY FULL FOR THE NEXT TWO MEETING.

OUR SPECIAL MEETING DECEMBER 10TH IS OUR INSTALLATION OF THE TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, FORTUNATE TO WIN THE ELECTION.

SO MAYBE MOVING IT PAST THESE TWO MEETINGS TO THE FIRST MEETING OF JANUARY.

SO THEN WHOEVER WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTIONS WILL BE GATHERING THOSE TIMES.

SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, MR. MAYOR? THERE'S NEVER A GOOD TIME TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND SO I THINK THE LONGER YOU DRAG IT OUT, NOW THAT WE'VE HAD TO PUT A RE PUT A REQUEST, I'M SORRY, TO PUT A, UH, THAT NOW THAT WE'VE HAD TO PUT A REQUEST ON THE, UH, UH, AGENDA, IT JUST DRAGS IT OUT THAT MUCH MORE.

AND, AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW REALLY

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WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSION DISCUSSING.

SO I THINK THE, UH, SOONER WE, UH, IF YOU WANNA CALL, KIND OF RIP THE BANDAID OFF THE BETTER AND DEAL WITH IT AND GET IT, GET IT DEALT WITH, GET IT OUT IN THE OPEN.

UH, AND UH, IS THIS A MOTION TO CSU? NO, THIS IS A MOTION JUST TO PUT, AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THIS TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IS DO IT AS A CENSURE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO DO A CENSURE, BUT THAT JUST GIVES YOU ONE OF, ONE OF YOUR DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.

OPPORTUNITIES TO DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SLAP ON THE HAND OR THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF CENSURE, WHATEVER.

BUT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO USE SUCH STRONG WORD MOTION TO CENSURE? YEAH.

WHY CAN'T WE SAY, CAN WE PUT THIS AS A POLICY REQUEST TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, GET ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS, UH, OR CONDUCT A REPORT INSTEAD OF THAT MOTION OF CENSURE.

IT'S JUST TOO HARSH, MAYOR.

WELL, BUT THAT , THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE YOUR LIMITS OF WHAT YOU COULD DO.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THAT, THEN WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER MEETING.

AND SO WHY, WHY TRY TO DRAG SOMETHING OUT, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR? YES.

COUNCIL, IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD TO USE? THE LANGUAGE TO USE? UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, UH, THE REQUEST THAT HE'S MAKING.

MOTION TO CENSURE.

YES, I AGREE WITH THAT WORD HERE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES.

OBVIOUSLY THIS MADE IT ON THE AGENDA.

, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, DID YOU WORK WITH SOMEBODY ON THE COUNCIL TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA? NOT DIRECTLY, NO.

YOU DIDN'T DISCUSS IT WITH ANYBODY? I DID HAVE DISCUSSION WITH, UH, UH OH, YOU DID? OR YOU DID BUSH, SO YOU DID I HAD DISCUSSION WITH HIM, YEAH.

BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY WORK ON IT WITH HIM TO DO THIS.

JUST, JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.

UM, QUESTION MR. MAYOR.

THERE A AGENCY IN CHARGE OF CAMPAIGN REGULATIONS, WHOLE STATE, I MEAN, WE ALL SHOULD KNOW WE'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

UM, I, I JUST DON'T LIKE THAT WORD.

MOTION TO SENSE YOUR, DID YOU EVEN SPEAK TO THE PERSON CONCERNED THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, INSTEAD OF ANOTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, DID YOU HAVE THE, THE CHANCE TO AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER OR WITH HIM BEFORE PUTTING THIS MOTION OF CENSURE? WELL, WE'VE HAD, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT'S BEEN OUT IN THE PUBLIC, AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THIS, AND IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GOING ANYWHERE.

AND SO THAT WAS THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC INCIDENT.

ALL TOO OFTEN, ALL TOO OFTEN WITH THESE TYPE OF THINGS, IT'S SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC.

THIS IS OVER WHAT I, AS I PUT HERE A PATTERN.

AND I SAY, THAT WOULD ALL BE BROUGHT OUT IN, IN A REPORT, AND THEN, THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT.

IF EVERYONE THINKS, WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE AT A LESSER DEGREE, OR THAT THERE'S A WAY TO, TO DEAL WITH THIS, OTHERWISE, THEN YOU GO THAT WAY.

BUT THIS, THIS GIVES YOUR LIMITS ON WHAT YOU CAN DO.

AND THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT COUNCILS CAN DO WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A COUNCIL, WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER, WITH A MAYOR OR WHATEVER ELSE.

THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT WE CAN DO.

THIS IS THE LIMIT.

THIS IS BASICALLY ABOUT THE ONLY THING YOU CAN REALLY DO.

SO, MR. MAYOR, HAVE YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ WITH REGARDS TO ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE? HAVE YOU HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM? I'VE HAD IT IN THE PAST.

I HAVE NOT HAD IT IN RECENT DAYS.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I CAN RECOMMEND FIRST BEFORE WE GO TO THIS MOTION OF CENSURE? WELL, I THINK THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN PUBLIC.

IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SO I, I WILL STICK WITH MY MOTION AND, AND I WILL BE BRINGING, AND AS A REQUEST, I'M BRINGING THIS AS A MOTION BEFORE US.

YEAH, I'LL SPEAK.

SO, UM, WHEN THIS CAME ON THE AGENDA, THAT'S WHEN I TALKED TO MAYOR RON MORRISON ABOUT IT.

AND I DO HAVE CONCERNS, JOSE, I HAVE CONCERNS THAT I WANT DISCUSSED.

I THINK, UH, THE MAYOR HAS CONCERNS.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS A TIME AND PLACE TO GET OVER EVERY SINGLE ONE, BUT FROM A HIGH LEVEL, UH, VIOLATION OR POTENTIAL CODE OF MISCONDUCT, THERE WAS A COMPLAINT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ABOUT SOME CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES.

SO THAT'S AT LEAST ONE OF THEM.

BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER ISSUES TOO THAT I HAVE, THAT I HAVE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT PRIVATELY AND THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS.

I'M NOT, I, MY MIND ISN'T MADE UP ON ACCENTURE, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY ISSUES THAT I HAVE THAT I THINK WE SHOULD DISCUSS.

AND WHEN I TALK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT IT, THE ONLY MECHANISM IS A PUBLIC FORUM.

SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.

SO, JUST REALLY QUICK AS A QUESTION, UM, SEEING AS AT LEAST WHAT I'VE READ IN NEWSPAPERS, UM, ONE OF THE, YEAH.

NEWSPAPERS, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

IS THAT, UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES HAS BEEN THE CAMPAIGN.

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IS THERE ONE, IS THAT THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY FOR THE, IT IS NOT THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY FOR FINANCIAL.

THERE IS, UH, FOR ANYTHING, YEAH, FOR ANY VIOLATIONS CAMPAIGN RELATED, THERE'S A CAMPAIGN, A SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION AND ENTITY AT THE STATE.

TRUE OR NOT TRUE? THERE IS, IT'S IF YOU HAVE CAMPAIGN VIOLATION QUESTIONS, IS THERE A REASON THAT PARTICULAR AGENCY HAS NOT, UH, REACHED OUT OR YOU HAVE NOT FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT THERE AND INSTEAD DECIDE TO USE CITY PUBLIC RESOURCES TO DO THIS? OKAY.

WELL, COUPLE OF THINGS.

I THINK THAT IS ONLY ONE OF MANY ISSUES.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY DEAL WITH BREAKING THE LAW, BUT IT DEALS WITH CONDUCT AND THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE.

NOW THE DIFFERENCE IS ANY CAMPAIGN RELATED ISSUES NEED TO GO TO A CAMPAIGN OFFICE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT WE ALL KNOW AND RECOGNIZE.

THAT'S CALLED THE FPPC.

IF ANYBODY HAS AN ISSUE WITH CAMPAIGN RELATED ISSUES, THERE IS THE STATE AGENCY IN CHARGE OF THAT.

THIS IS GROSSLY UTILIZING CITY RESOURCES FOR YOUR POLITICAL GAIN AT THIS MOMENT.

WELL, AND, AND THAT IS A SHAME, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO BE A REOCCURRING THEME THROUGHOUT YOUR 30 YEAR TENURE THAT'S INCREDIBLY UNFORTUNATE TO UTILIZE CITY RESOURCES IN THIS MANNER OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

WELL, AND I'M GONNA JUMP IN HERE, UM, AND I'M GONNA ASK, WE CAN GO ON AND ON TONIGHT AND FOR THIS TIT AND TAT BACK AND FORTH, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, JOSE, DIRECTLY TO YOU AND YOUR FACE FOR ME, IT'S NOT POLITICAL FOR ME.

I HAVE CONCERNS THAT I WOULD LIKE ADDRESS.

AND FOR ME, ONE OF THE MECHANISMS THAT WE POTENTIALLY DO IS AEN.

THAT'S ACCOUNTABILITY.

NOW, I'M NOT, MA, MY MIND ISN'T MADE UP ON THAT.

I'M OPEN TO HEARING FROM YOU.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT POLITICAL, I HAVE SUPPORTED YOU IN THE LAST TWO ELECTION CYCLES.

I'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER, I'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF YOUR CAMPAIGN.

SO THE POLITICAL THING TO DO WOULD'VE BEEN WHAT WE DID A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT CAME UP WITH, UH, WITH THE BUDGET AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A VIOLATION OF THE POLICY.

AND WE DIDN'T, AND FOR ME, I DIDN'T, EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS WRONG AND YOU VIOLATED THE POLICY, BECAUSE IT WAS SO CLOSE TO THE ELECTION, I, I DIDN'T, WE DID NOT VOTE TO, TO REJECT THOSE FUNDS.

THAT'S ONE OF OTHER ISSUES THAT I DO WANT US TO TALK ABOUT.

AND THE ONLY WAY TO TALK ABOUT IT, I MEAN, YEAH, IDEALLY FOR ME, I'D RATHER TALK ABOUT THIS IN CLOSED SESSION, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE, WHAT WE ARE ADVISED LEGALLY WE COULD DO.

IF THERE IS A LEGAL MECHANISM THAT WE COULD DO THAT, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

BUT SO FOR ME, THAT'S, I I, THAT'S WHY I DO WANT THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I WANT US TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.

I HAVE CONCERNS, I HAVE CONCERNS THAT I VOICED TO YOU PRIVATELY.

AND SO THE ONLY OTHER WAY TO DO IT IS THIS WAY.

SO THE ONLY CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION CYCLE AND POST-ELECTION WAS ONE WE HAD LAST WEEK THAT OVERWHELMINGLY FOCUSED ON THE PORT AND HOW UPSET AND BITTER YOU STILL WERE OF US REMOVING MAYOR.

MAYOR, I FOLLOW THE QUESTION.

SO THE QUESTION, SO NO, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING IT NOT POLITICAL, AND IT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE INCREDIBLY BITTER OF THE DECISION THAT I MADE ALONG WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO MOVE DOWN THIS DIRECTION.

OKAY? THAT'S NOT THE ONLY ISSUE.

JOSE, AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE.

MENTIONED ONE ISSUE, AND THEN YOU CHANGE IT TO ANOTHER I, ME, ANOTHER ISSUE, AND THEN YOU CHANGE IT TO ANOTHER, DISCUSS, YOU CONTINUE TO CHANGE THE ISSUES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

OKAY? YEAH.

IT, WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS AND I'M GONNA CALL PUBLIC, PUBLIC, PUBLIC.

MR. MAYOR, I'M ENTITLED TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

THE ELECTION IS OVER, GUYS.

OKAY, IT'S OVER.

WE WON BY OVER 73% OF THE VOTE OVER, AND YOU PROBABLY SPEND 80% OF THE MONEY IN THAT CAMPAIGN OVER.

THAT'S NOT THE POINT HERE TONIGHT.

THERE IS WORK TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS YOU HAVEN'T MENTIONED ONCE THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE NEED TO BUILD MORE HOMES FOR SALE.

WE NEED, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE EXTREME HOUSING COSTS.

OKAY? INSTEAD OF SPENDING WASTING RESOURCES AND TIMES DOING THIS, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS COMPLETELY POLITICAL MOTIVATION, OKAY? SO JUST STOP PLAYING GAMES AS USUAL AND GET TO WORK.

OKAY? IT'S TIME TO GET TO WORK.

THE ELECTION IS OVER.

BE.

BEFORE WE GO ANY MORE DEFLECTION, I'M GONNA GET, UH, I'M GONNA ASK FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THIS ONE.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, ED NIETO TO BE FOLLOWED BY JULIANA EVERY TIME.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? SHE'S MAKING A COMMENT ABOUT ME.

OH, OKAY.

UH, SO JULIANA, UH, ESON, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M CLOSE ON THAT ONE.

I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE ABUSE.

YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE ONLY COME ONCE AND THEY MAKE A COMMENT.

I'VE MADE MY VOICE VOCAL OVER THIS

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PAST TWO YEARS.

BUT I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE RIGHT NOW, IN SPEAKING, THE UNDERLYING CAUSE IS ETHIC PROBLEMS. WE TALKED ABOUT ETHICS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW REPORTS TO WHO? BEN'S CONFUSED.

HE'S REPORTING TO RODRIGUEZ.

OR DOES HE POINT TO THE, THE COUNCIL? THAT'S AN ETHIC PROBLEM.

IF IT TAKES WHAT YOUR ACTION YOU'RE GONNA DO TO VOICE THOSE CONCERNS AND FLUSH 'EM OUT, IT'S A GOOD THING.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT SO YOU CAN GO FORWARD.

UH, JULIANA ANNISON.

HELLO, MY NAME IS JULIANA.

I'M A NINTH GRADER, CURRENTLY ATTENDING E THREE CIVIC HIGH.

I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT HOW COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ ACTIONS HAVE AFFECTED ME EVER SINCE THE EMAIL CAME OUT, ME AND MY MOM HAVE BEEN EXTRA HESITANT, HESITANT TO EVEN STEP OUTSIDE OUR HOUSE.

OUR NEIGHBORS RESPECT OUR POLITICAL BELIEFS AND DON'T INTERVENE.

BUT NOW I FEEL THREATENED AND NERVOUS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT EMAIL WENT OUT TO, BUT I KNOW IT WAS MULTIPLE PEOPLE.

NOW, ME AND MY MOM DUNNO, WHO COULD IMPOSE A THREAT TO US.

MY MOM HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT NICE TO COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ.

SO I WAS KIND OF CONFUSED WHEN HE SENT OUT THAT EMAIL, KNOWING IT WAS ME AND MY MOM'S HOUSE TALKING NEGATIVE ON HER POLITICAL BELIEFS SAYING, NO TRUMPSTERS IN OUR BACKYARD.

I GREW UP HERE AND THAT MADE ME FEEL SO UNWELCOMED.

AND NOW I'M SCARED OF WHO MIGHT NOT LIKE US OR TREAT US DIFFERENT.

MY MOM HAS HAD THOSE FLAGS UP FOR A LONG TIME.

AND IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER THAT EMAIL WENT OUT WHEN I WOULD LITERALLY JUST BE TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND PEOPLE WOULD YELL DEROGATORY WORDS ABOUT OR AT ME ABOUT TRUMP.

I, UH, WHAT'S IT CALLED? I SEE ON THE NEWS A LOT OF DIVISION BETWEEN THE COUNTRY, BUT NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THAT.

IN MY OWN COMMUNITY, ME AND MY MOM ARE VERY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO BULLY US LIKE THAT AND SINGLING US OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S IT.

OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, RANDY CASTLE SALGADO MAYOR, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? YES.

UM, THIS IS A 1 0 5 REQUEST.

THE ONLY ISSUE IS WHETHER THIS MOTION GETS PUT ON THE AGENDA.

THIS IS NOT A TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE MERITS OR NON-MS OR ARGUE ABOUT WHETHER IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG.

THE ONLY QUESTION BEFORE US TODAY, AND THE ONLY QUESTION YOU SHOULD BE ADDRESSING IS WHETHER THE ITEM SHOULD BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY, GO.

YOU GOT IT.

RECENTLY WE SAW A DEPLORABLE ACT FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO CHOSE TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL CONTAINING PICTURES OF RESIDENTS HOMES, BROADCASTING PRIVATE IMAGES TO THE ENTIRE CITY WITHOUT THESE RESIDENTS CONSENT OR REGARD FOR CONSEQUENCES.

PLEASE NOTE NONE OF THESE PICTURES WERE OF MY PERSONAL RESIDENCE AS I LEFT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 2017, WHICH RODRIGUEZ WAS COMPLETELY AWARE OF.

THIS RECKLESS ACT DOES MORE THAN JUST VIOLATE PRIVACY.

IT TEARS AT THE TRUST IN OUR COMMUNITY, FOSTERING A CLIMATE OF HATEMONGERING FEAR AND DIVISION IN WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF A NONPARTISAN POSITION.

THIS IS NOT HOW A LEADER SHOULD TREAT THE PEOPLE THEY ARE MEANT TO SERVE AND PROTECT.

COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ HAS SHOWN A DISTURBING WILLINGNESS TO PUT PERSONAL AGENDAS ABOVE THE COLLECTIVE GOOD FOR OUR CITY, EXPLOITING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STIRRING UP RESENTMENT AMONG NEIGHBORS.

IS THIS THE TONE WE WANT TO SET FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS? A CITY WHERE PRIVACY AND DEMOCRACY IS DISREGARDED, WHERE ELECTED OFFICIALS USE THEIR POWER TO DIVIDE RATHER THAN UNITE.

IN ADDITION TO THIS INCIDENT, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER QUESTIONABLE ETHIC VIOLATIONS OUT OF COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, INCLUDING THE USE OF CITY MONEY AND CONTRACTS PAID TO HIS PREVIOUS AND CURRENT CAMPAIGN STAFF.

THIS AGAIN, SHOWS A LACK OF ETHICAL INTEGRITY ON THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S PART TO ALLOW THIS WITH HIS HIRING OF CAMPAIGN STAFF.

MOONLIGHTING AS COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ IS NOT ONE, TWO, OR THREE, BUT FOUR PERSONAL ASSISTANCE.

I URGE YOU TO ASK YOURSELVES THIS VITAL QUESTION.

WOULD YOU HAVE MADE THE SAME DECISIONS AS COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ? OR WOULD YOU HAVE EXERCISED GREATER CAUTION AND INTEGRITY? IF YOUR ANSWER IS NO, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND UPHOLD THE STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP OUR CITY DESERVES.

UH, LAST SPEAKER, LILIANA, UH, ARMA.

THAT'S REAL FUNNY, HUH?

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OKAY, JEFFREY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M HERE, UH, IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION OF CENSURE OF COUNCILMAN JOSE RODRIGUEZ.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS VERY LATE.

IT'S ALMOST 11 O'CLOCK.

AND MY 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER HAS BEEN SITTING HERE SINCE FIVE 30, SO SHE CAN SPEAK.

I DID NOT MOVE TO NATIONAL CITY TO LIVE IN FEAR, TO LIVE BEING BULLIED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER TO LIVE TO BE CENSURED.

I'M A 20 YEAR, UH, NAVY VETERAN.

I FOUGHT FOR EVERYBODY'S FREEDOM AND THAT FREEDOM IS TO, FOR ME, TO SPEAK AND TO SHOW WHOEVER I DECIDE TO SHOW POLITICAL AFFILIATION.

AND MY PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NATIONAL CITY.

THAT EMAIL NO TRUMPERS IN OUR BACKYARD.

I AM IN YOUR BACKYARD, COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ.

AND THAT STATEMENT THAT YOU SAID, NOBODY THAT SUPPORTS TRUMP SHOULD MAKE ANY DECISIONS IN NATIONAL CITY.

GUESS WHAT? I AM A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? ARE YOU GONNA BULLY ME? ARE YOU GONNA FEAR MONGERING? ARE YOU GONNA HATE MONGERING? BECAUSE THAT IS ALL I FEEL COMING FROM YOU THAT IS SUPPOSED TO SIT THERE AND SHOW US INTEGRITY.

AND NOW YOU INSTILL FEAR IN MY FAMILY.

YOU ATTACK MY HOME.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ANY FAITH IN YOU? AND IS THAT GONNA SPREAD TO ANY OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? I DON'T KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO I CAN TRUST BECAUSE OF SO MUCH BACKING THAT YOU HAVE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF NATIONAL CITY.

SO I PLEAD TO YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PLEASE KEEP THIS, UM, MOTION ONTO THE DECEMBER 3RD, UH, COUNCIL.

UM, CITY CLERK, DID WE GET A SECOND TO THE, THE MOTION? NO, WE DID NOT.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? A SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND EXCUSE.

MR. MAYOR, CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING? UH, ONE LAST THING, ONE QUICK SECOND.

YOU KNOW, I FIND A IRONY IN PEOPLE THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF MASS DEPORTATION HAVE TRUMP FLAGS ALL OVER THEIR HOME NOW ACTING LIKE THE VICTIMS. NOBODY'S A VICTIM HERE.

ALRIGHT? WE'RE NOT MR. CHAIRMAN.

ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

ARE YOU BEING DEPORTED? OKAY.

NO, PLEASE, NO TALKING OUTTA THE AUDIENCE.

UM, CAN I MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? YOU KNOW, I MEAN TO JUST CHANGE THAT WORD.

MOTION OF CENSURE TO, UM, TO, TO, UM, UM, LANGUAGE.

'CAUSE THAT'S TOO, THAT'S TOO HARSH, MR. MAY, IT'S TOO, IT IT LIMIT, IT LIMITS OUR, OUR DISCUSSION THEN.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, MOTION OF CENSURE.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU DO A, UH, QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO ACTIONS, BUT THE, THAT IS, THAT IS ONE OF THE ACTIONS YOU CAN DO.

AND SO IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.

YOU CAN DO SOMETHING LESS, BUT THAT LIMITS OTHERWISE.

SO, NO, I, I COULD NOT, I WOULD NOT, I MEAN, YOU CAN MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, BUT I WOULD NOT AGREE WITH IT.

TO, TO, UM, CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE OF THAT MOTION OF CENSURE TO, UH, QUESTION ACTIONS OF COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.

SO THEN THAT WORD IS NOT THERE.

THAT, I DON'T MIND YOU PUTTING THIS, BUT I, IT IS JUST THAT THE, THE WORDS, MR. MAYOR, SOMETIMES YOU DO SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO QUESTIONABLE, BUT WE NEVER USE THAT AMONGST EACH OTHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT MOTION OF CSU, I, I'M ONLY HERE 23 MONTHS AND I, I DON'T LIKE THIS BETWEEN, YOU CAN ASK HIM A QUESTION.

MAYBE WE CAN DO, UM, UH, A QUESTION.

UM, REPORT TO QUESTION OF ACTIONS.

DO, DO YOU HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? THAT'S MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE TO, UH, QUESTION OF ACTIONS.

INSTEAD OF MOTION OF CENSURE.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND A SECOND.

I WILL SPEAK AGAINST THE MOTION.

UH, 'CAUSE I SAY IT DOES LIMIT IN ALL WE'D HAVE TO DO, EVEN IF WE DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.

AND YOU'VE GOTTA GO TO ANOTHER MEETING.

IT WAS DRAGGED THIS THING OUT.

AND SO, AS I SAY, IN MY OPINION, WE NEED TO, UH, RIP THE BANDAID OFF AND DEAL WITH IT AS BEST WE CAN, AND THEN TRY TO MOVE ON SO WE CAN'T, SO WE CAN GET DOWN TO BUSINESS WITH

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THAT.

WE DO HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

UH, OKAY.

WE HAVE, UH, A ROLL CALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? NO.

AYE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA? NO.

VICE MAYOR YAMANI.

MAYOR MORRISON? NO.

SO WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

DO WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ NA.

VICE MAYOR.

ANI.

NAY.

CAREFUL WHAT WE ASK GUYS.

UH, WITH THAT THEN WE GO ON TO THE, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS AND WE'LL START DOWN HERE ON OUR, ON OUR LEFT.

THANK YOU, MS. MAYOR.

THE WORK CONTINUES.

WE NEED TO ACTUALLY WORK.

SO, UH, I'VE BEEN HOU HOSTING THIS COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

OUR NEXT ONE IS TOMORROW HERE AT THE NATIONAL CITY LIBRARY.

UM, IT IS, UH, AT 6:00 PM EVERYBODY'S WELCOME.

THE COMMUNITY IS WELCOME TO COME.

UH, WE HAVE HAD A SERIES OF ISSUES, UH, WITH SHORT-TERM RENTAL POLICIES, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE OVER 200 OF THEM AROUND OUR CITY.

UM, AND SO, UH, THERE'S THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.

UH, WE ARE DONATING TURKEYS.

SO REALLY WANNA THANK ALL THE SUPPORTERS DONORS.

WE'RE DONATING OVER 300 TURKEYS THIS SATURDAY.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME AND ATTEND.

UH, IT'S BEEN ORGANIZED BY THE TEMPLE IN MAN IN MINISTRY OF JERUSALEM THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 12.

BRING YOUR BAG, WE'LL GIVE YOU A TURKEY, WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME HAM AND MAYBE SOME BACON MASHED POTATO.

THAT'LL BE GOOD.

UM, AND LASTLY, REALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE FANTASTIC WORK OF OUR CITY STAFF.

UH, $18 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS WE'RE AWARDED TODAY THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR MANY YEARS, SOME IN SHORT TIME, BUT REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE EFFORT OF OUR STAFF TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

WE WERE REALLY UNDER THE, A TIMELINE TO MAKE SURE THIS HAPPENS.

UH, 5.4 MILLION OF THAT MONEY CAME FROM ARPA FUNDS, WHICH WAS THE, UM, UH, UM, WHAT DOES ARPA STAND FOR? AMERICAN RESCUE RESCUE PLAN.

YEAH, YEAH.

THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UH, PASSED UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

AND 4.5 MILLION CAME FROM PROP 68, STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRANT FUNDING TO REDO OUR ALTOON PARK.

SO A LOT OF VERY GOOD WORK, UH, ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

MEMBER BUSH.

UH, YES, A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UH, SO, UH, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY COUNCILOR, UH, DANIEL GONZALEZ, WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON OUTREACH.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE EVERY MONTH, WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER.

UM, SO THAT ONE, THE ONE FOR OCTOBER CAME OUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

UH, SO THAT'S GIVING UPDATE ON COMMUNITY EVENTS.

UM, SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD ON THE DAIS HERE.

UH, ANOTHER OUTREACH, UH, THAT HE STARTED IS ACTUALLY DOING A PODCAST AND IT'S, UH, CALLED THE LOCAL VOICE POLICY AND PROGRESS WITH, UH, MARCUS BUSH.

AND THAT'S MONTHLY.

WHAT THAT IS, IS EXPANDING SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS, I'M SORRY.

OH, EVERY, EVERY TWO WEEKS.

SO WE TRY TO DO IT EVERY TWO WEEKS.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT IN, IN A FEW WEEKS, UM, JUST WITH THE ELECTION AND EVERYTHING.

BUT, UH, FOR, FOR THIS, WE DON'T REALLY GET INTO, DON'T EVEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET INTO ALL THE DISCUSSIONS THAT, UH, IN DEPTH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HEAR ON THE DAIS.

AND SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

THE FIRST, UH, UH, THE, THE FIRST, UH, PODCAST WE HAD, UM, THAT HAD SOME ISSUES WITH AUDIOS, WE'RE STILL WORKING, UH, THROUGH THOSE ISSUES.

BUT WE HAD MAYOR PALOMA GUERRE.

WE ALSO HAD MAYOR MORRISON TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, SEWAGE CRISIS.

UH, THE LAST TIME WE HAD, UM, ONE OF THE, OUR NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS THAT'S IN LINCOLN ACRES COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WITHIN, UH, DISTRICT FOUR, NATIONAL CITY.

IT'S KIND, UH, DISTRICT FOUR SURROUNDING ITS COUNTY ISLAND.

UH, THAT'S, UH, TERRY DIJE TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF LINCOLN ACRES NATIONAL CITY, REALLY, SOUTH BAY.

SO THIS NEXT ONE, I ACTUALLY DO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE PORT, AND I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE PORT MSA, HOW WE DON'T GET OUR FAIR SHARE, KIND OF THE COMPLICATED HISTORY SINCE THE FORT PORT'S FOUNDING IN 1962.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST TO BE, YOU KNOW, ADVERSARIES OF THE PORT, BECAUSE WE, WE, WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT WE DO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WHEN WE AS A CITY AREN'T GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE.

AND SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE TO HAVE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS AND BE STRONG ABOUT WHERE WE STAND AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET THE RESOURCES THAT OUR CITY DESERVES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, OUR STAFF.

SO, UH, TAKE OUT, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

AND, UM, ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO STAFF FOR ALL YOUR WORK, UM, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC, UH, WORKS.

AND, AND BEN FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY CLEANUP, UH, IN, IN DISTRICT FOUR AT LAS PALMAS PARK.

SO THAT WAS A SUCCESS.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS' HARD WORK AND HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THOSE CLEANUPS.

GO WITH, UH, MEMBER MOLINA.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT REALLY, IT'S NOT, UH, RESTRICTED TO DISTRICT ONE, BUT THE TOPICS DO RELATE TO DISTRICT ONE.

THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR STAYING SO LATE.

UM, I WANNA INVITE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY IS WELCOME TO ATTEND MY NEXT TOWN HALL FOR DISTRICT ONE.

UM,

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UH, AND, UM, EVERYONE IS WELCOME NEXT TUESDAY AT 6:00 PM AT CASA DE SAUD.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR CITY CLERK, MS. CHAPEL.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FOURTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.

UH, THANK YOU, MR. MR. MAYOR.

UM, WOULD LIKE DISTRICT THREE, UM, IS HAVING A THANKSGIVING, UM, GIVEAWAYS AND, UH, HEALTH AND WELLNESS CHECK, UM, ON THE 23RD SATURDAY FROM TWO TO FIVE AT, UH, ELON ON EUCLID SIDE.

UM, I ALSO, UM, EVERYBODY'S INVITED, UM, TO COME AND, UH, SHARE THE, THE GIVEAWAYS THAT DISTRICT THREE HAS, UH, UM, IS PREPARING FOR, UH, FOR EVERYONE.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT MY, UH, MY, UH, COMMENT TO OUR CITY MANAGER.

I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT I GET THE BRIEFING ON THAT COMMENT ABOUT THAT GREAT REMOVAL.

UM, I THINK THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT AND THAT LIGHT THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING UP.

UM, CAN I GET A BRIEFING ON THAT? WHAT, WHAT, UM, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE THERE? I KNOW I'VE BEEN, UM, EMAILING OUR, OUR, UH, CITY ENGINEER.

UM, ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A BRIEFING ON THAT SECURITY GUARD THAT WAS, UH, FOR LIBRARY.

WHAT'S THE IMPACT THERE? I, I LIKE TO GET THAT.

I LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTRACT, MR. CITY MANAGER.

UM, WHY DO WE HAVE SECURITY GUARD IF WE HAVE A, UH, PD THAT'S FULL SERVICE? UM, AND THEN, UM, FOLLOWING UP ON THE REPORT ON SALARY SCHEDULE, MR. CITY MANAGER, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT SO THEN WE CAN, I CAN, UH, LOOK AT IT AND, AND COMPARE IT WITH THE, WITH THE REPORTS THAT I'M RECEIVING.

UM, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, I'M GOING TO LOOK OVER HERE FOR OUR, UH, REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.

UM, THIS WEEK ALSO, WE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE CELEBRATING IS, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL CITY WAS THE, UH, AS THE, HAS THE ORIGINAL CAR PARK FOR THE UNITED STATES, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MILE OF CARS.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE USED TO BE A TIME WHEN, UH, CITIES THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A CAR DEALERSHIP OR TWO, AND THEY WERE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN.

'CAUSE THAT WAS NOT REALLY A DESIRABLE THING TO HAVE IN THE CITY.

SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE IT BACK OUT KIND OF IN THE OUTSKIRTS.

UM, AND THEN WE HAD A CRAZY MAYOR HERE THAT DECIDED WHY NOT PUT ALL THE CAR DEALERSHIPS TOGETHER AND THEY END UP CALLING IT THE MILE OF CARS.

UH, NOW EVERY CITY GOES AFTER CAR PARKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR CITY.

UH, 'CAUSE THEY END UP BEING A HUGE REVENUE GENERATOR.

AND, UH, SO THEY ARE HAVING THEIR 70TH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK.

SO 70 YEARS, UH, OF THE MILE OF CARS.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHERE I TRAVEL, I NORMALLY HEAR, UH, HEAR FROM PEOPLE.

WHEN YOU RUN INTO PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN IN NATIONAL CITY IN A LONG TIME, THEY ASK ABOUT TWO THINGS.

IS THE MILE OF CAR IS STILL THERE? AND IS THE PUSSYCAT THEATER STILL THERE? SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE, BUT THE MILE OF NORMALLY, NORMALLY IS ALWAYS THE FIRST THING THEY ASK ABOUT.

SO, UH, THAT IS, UH, THAT IS THIS WEEK.

UH, NEXT, UH, NEXT WEEK I KNOW WE'LL BE DOING OUR, UH, 16TH, UH, YEAR OUT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF THE, UH, UH, TURKEY GIVEAWAYS.

WE DO, UH, WE DO A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT, UH, THESE FAMILIES ARE ALL PRESELECTED, UH, NOT BY OUR OFFICE, BUT BY THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, THE SCHOOLS, NAVAL BASE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SENIOR CENTER, THINGS ALONG THIS LINE.

UM, AND SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING THOSE AGAIN, UH, THIS YEAR.

AND THAT COMES OUT, UH, THAT'LL BE NEXT WEEK.

SO, UH, 16 YEARS OF DOING THAT.

STARTED OUT WITH ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NOW WE DO ALL THE, ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE JUNIOR HIGHS HIGH SCHOOL, THE COLLEGE, UM, THE, UH, OH, NAVAL BASE, THE SENIOR CENTER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

UH, SO AS I ENJOY DOING THAT, THAT'S ALL DONE WITH DONATIONS.

SO WITH THAT,

[15. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]

WE HAD A CLOSED SESSION.

IT WOULD INVOLVED, UH, ONE AGENDA.

IDA INVOLVING, UH, LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH ALL THREE BARGAINING UNITS.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL DID GIVE INSTRUCTION TO ITS, UH, NEGOTIATORS.

THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT.

WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL DECEMBER THE THIRD.

THANK YOU MA'AM.