[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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I'D LIKE TO, UH, LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER LIVE.
WEBCAST OF THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
NOTICE AGENDA OF THE, UH, AND THE INFORMATION OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S WEBSITE INFORMS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
UH, IN PERSON IN THE COUNCIL MEETING BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE CAMP, UH, SALMON COLORED SLIPS, SPEAKER SLIPS, OR EMAILING NO LATER THAN ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING.
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE CITY CLERK.
CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, IF WE COULD STAND, HAVE THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE.
REMEMBER, RODRIGUEZ, COULD YOU LEAN US PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FROM WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE GIRL.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT]
UH, WE NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.WE WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THIS AGENDA.
SINCE IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING, IT CAN ONLY BE TO THE AGENDA ITEM ITSELF.
AND, UH, UH, AND HAVE WE HAD, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS HERE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM ALSO FOR THIS? SO, MAYOR, WE DID HAVE A PERSON, UM, REGISTER ASHLEY MORRISON, BUT I ALSO SAW A SPEAKER SLIP FOR IN PERSON, SO I'M NOT SURE IF SHE IS HERE.
YOU HAVE ALICIA, PROBABLY ASHLEY FOR ZOOM.
ASHLEY ASHLEY IS GONNA BE ON ONLINE.
SO WE HAVE ASHLEY AND THEN ALICIA.
AND, UM, ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS FOR A ONE HOUR MEETING, SO WE'RE GONNA BE ELIMINATED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, LET'S GO TO THE, UH, THE ONE ON ZOOM FIRST.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS ASHLEY MORRISON AND I'M A RESIDENT OF LINCOLN ACRES, CALIFORNIA.
I'M SHOWING UP WITH PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT HOW NATIONAL CITY CHOOSES TO CARRY OUT ITS BUSINESS WHILE I LIVE IN LINCOLN ACRES.
PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON MY STREET IS IN NATIONAL CITY, SO ANY DECISIONS THAT NATIONAL CITY MAKES AS APPLIES TO THAT TRACT OF LAND IS GOING TO DIRECTLY AFFECT ME, MY FAMILY, AND MY NEIGHBORS.
IT WOULD SEEM THAT NATIONAL CITY STAFF MAY BE LACKING IN TRANSPARENCY AND HONOR.
A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAS REQUESTED CERTAIN PUBLIC RECORDS AND THE CITY HAS GIVEN THEM THE RUNAROUND WITH FAILURE TO DELIVER THE RE THE REQUESTED RECORDS WITHIN THE TIME ALLOTTED BY LAW, AND EVEN AT TIMES FAILED TO COMMUNICATE ON FOLLOW UP TO THE REQUESTS.
I'M ASKING YOU, MAYOR MORRISON, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA, COUNCIL MEMBER YA, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, TO PROVE TO US THAT NATIONAL CITY PRIORITIZES THE INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS BEFORE THE INTERESTS OF GREEDY DEVELOPERS BY DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO COMPLY WITH THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AND RELEASE THE REQUESTED DOCUMENTATION.
YOU'LL BE SHOWCASING THAT NATIONAL CITY CAN CONDUCT ITSELF ETHICALLY AND WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY.
THE PUBLIC DESERVES ANSWERS AND WE WILL NOT ACCEPT SECRECY AND CORRUPTION.
PLEASE RELEASE OUR PUBLIC RECORDS.
ARE THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? NO, SIR.
NOW WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM.
WE'LL START OUT WITH MICHAEL AGUIRE TO BE FOLLOWED BY FRANCISCO RIVERA TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, LANKA.
AND I, I KNOW MANY OF YOU, SO I, I THINK I CAN GET AWAY WITH SAYING THAT THE CALIFORNIA STATE CONSTITUTION ARTICLE ONE SECTION THREE CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEES THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS PUBLIC RECORDS.
AND THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AS THE SAME.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A SITUATION, UH, WHERE WE'RE SEEKING PUBLIC RECORDS RELATED TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS BALANCE IS, DOES THE INTEREST IN CONCEALMENT OUTWEIGH THE INTEREST IN
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DISCLOSURE? AND THE REASON THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU THESE REPORTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS TO TRY TO MAKE THE CASE TO YOU THAT THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF CLEAN 100% DISCLOSURE ABOUT HOW A PARTICULAR PROJECT CAME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WAS SO IRREGULAR THAT IT WAS REJECTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON A, BASED ON A FINDING THAT IT WAS A NUISANCE.THAT'S WHY WE GIVE THAT TO YOU.
IT'S BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO BE IN A POSITION TO WEIGH, ARE WE JUST HERE TO ASK ABOUT, UH, RANDOM DOCUMENTS OR IS THERE A POINT AT WHAT WE'RE DRIVING AT? SO, UM, I VERY MUCH WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IN SPECIFICS TO THE LITIGATION THAT WE'VE TOLD YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, THAT YOU HAVE AN OPEN, UH, ENDED PERIOD TO RESPONSE.
THERE'S NO NEED TO GET INTO A BIG, UH, RESPONSE BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEED TO IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO THE LITIGATION.
AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING WE CAN DO IS TO GO TO A MEDIATOR AND, AND HELP HAVE THE MEDIATOR HELP US REACH AN INFORMAL, UH, AGREEMENT ABOUT THE RECORDS.
UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF RECORDS, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE PUT THOSE RECORDS TOGETHER SO YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE READING THE RECORDS AND WE'RE TRYING TO USE THOSE RECORDS, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, PUT ON, UH, THE BEST CASE.
FRANCISCO RIVERA, UH, FOLLOWED BY MALIKA POLANCO, FOLLOWED BY LUISA MCCARTHY.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LAWSUIT THAT HAS BEEN FILED BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE AVAILABLE PUBLIC RECORDS THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR AND RELEASE THOSE PUBLIC RECORDS.
MY NAME IS FRANCISCO RIVERA AND I'M A LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER AND A LICENSED TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND I HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE SINCE THE 1980S WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, SMALL SITE DEVELOPMENT TO SUBDIVISIONS CONSISTING OF THOUSANDS OF UNITS.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OVER HEALTH, TRAFFIC, CONGESTION, NOISE, AND SAFETY THAT WERE RAISED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD MUCH TO DISCUSS AND EACH ONE RAISED QUESTIONS AND ISSUES OVER THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
THE SITE PLAN PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULD NOT WORK WITHIN YOUR LAND USE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE PROJECT AS PRESENTED NEEDED MANY VARIANCES FOR IT TO PROCEED.
THE APPROXIMATELY 2000 DAILY INCREASE IN TRAFFIC CREATED ON THAT SITE CREATES A NUISANCE FOR THE LONG ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY FOR A MIXED USE PROJECT.
THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT WAS SEVERELY UNDERREPRESENTED WHILE THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT WAS OVERWHELMED THE SITE.
MALIKA POLANCO, FOLLOWED BY LUISA MCCARTHY TO BE FOLLOWED BY MARIA SEVERSON.
MAYOR, UH, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, AFTER MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS STUDYING THIS PROJECT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT GOT AS FAR AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITHOUT ANYONE PUTTING A BREAK TO IT, IT'S VERY CONCERNING.
UH, I AM NOW LISTENING TO OUR ATTORNEY AND TO OUR PROFESSIONAL CIVIL AND TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AS WELL AS LAND USE ATTORNEYS TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT GOT THIS FAR.
THIS PROJECT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN PUSHED AS, AS HARD AS IT DID ON THE, ON THE STAFF OF NATIONAL CITY.
AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, THE PROJECT WAS VERY, VERY MUCH AN ONION PROJECT.
THEY ASKED FOR QUA SEVEN SEPARATE REQUEST, DISCRETIONARY REQUEST AS, AS WELL AS THREE DIFFERENT VARIANCES BECAUSE THEY WERE PUT TRYING TO PUT 30 POUND BAGS OF POTATOES IN A THREE POUND BAG.
NOW, AT FIRST I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED.
I WAS LIKE A DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS.
I DID CALL THE CITY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROJECT WAS ABOUT, AND I WAS TOLD TO MEET UP WITH THE DEVELOPER TO OPPOSE THE PROJECT.
WE WERE OFFERED GAS LIQUOR DISCOUNTS, ASSIGN TRAFFIC LIGHT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
WE TURNED THE OFFER DOWN BECAUSE AFTER LISTENING TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT, IT WAS VERY, IT WAS A VERY BAD ONION OF A PROJECT.
AND I AM CONCERNED THAT IF WE WERE TO BE, UH, THAT IF WE WERE OFFERED SOMETHING OF VALUE, THEN SOMEONE ELSE COULD HAVE BEEN OFFERED SOMETHING OF VALUE IN EXCHANGE TO PUSH THE PROJECT FORWARD.
AND I WANT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
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AND THE MAYOR TO PLEASE HELP US GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PROJECT.WE WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS PROJECT GOT PUSHED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DENIED, IT WAS AND CONSIDERED A NUISANCE.
THE PROJECT WAS CONTINUED FORWARD.
LOUISA MCCARTHY, FOLLOWED BY MARIA SEVERSON, BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, ALICIA MORRISON.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE LAWSUIT ON THE PROJECT SEEKING ALL PERTINENT PUBLIC RECORDS TO BE RELEASED.
YOU MAY SAY, OH, WELL, WE'VE ALREADY RELEASED SOME PUBLIC RECORDS, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM OR RELEASED IN ITS ENTIRETY.
THERE ARE STILL SOME BLANKS TO BE FILLED.
I ENTERED A PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING ON DECEMBER 2ND WITH MINIMAL INFORMATION, HOWEVER, NOW WITH A LEGENDARY ATTORNEY KNOWN FOR BEING, BEING THERE FOR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE AND A MUCH RESPECTED PROFESSIONAL LICENSED ENGINEER WITH PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION AND PROJECT REVIEW EXPERIENCE BY OUR SIDE, NOT JUST A LITTLE EXPERIENCE, BUT 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE.
PLUS, WITH THAT SAID, I NOW UNDERSTAND THE REAL IMPACT OF SUCH PROJECT.
I WONDER HOW IN THE WORLD DID ANYONE THINK THIS WAS OKAY TO BE PLACED IN A RESIDENTIAL QUIET COMMUNITY? IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT.
WE WANT IT TO MAKE SENSE AND FIND OUT THE REAL TRUTH SO IT FITS IN YOUR HANDS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OUT IN THE OPEN AND CLEAR FOR TRANSPARENCY.
THEN IT WILL BE A REFLECTION OF YOUR INTEGRITY FOR THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS.
MARIA SEVERSON, FOLLOWED BY ALICIA MORRISON TO BE FOLLOWED BY DOLE MORRISON.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM HERE TO DISCUSS THE LAWSUIT AND TO ASK THAT YOU TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT AND COMPLY WITH THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AND THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION ART AS, UM, MY PARTNER MIKE, A GEARY SAID, ARTICLE ONE SECTION THREE OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION WAS PUT IN THERE AND AMENDED BY A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT'S RECORDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN.
THAT INCLUDES EMAILS, TEXTS, PHONE RECORDS, AND WHATNOT.
THOSE HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR, THOSE LARGELY HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED.
WHEN LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT THAT'S BEING PUT, UH, ON THIS RESIDENTIAL STREET.
IT MADE IT, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR DECISION MAKING AFTER THE COMMISSION REJECTED IT AS BEING A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
THIS IS IN AN AREA WHERE SOMEONE WAS RECENTLY KILLED.
SO HOW IS IT THAT THIS PROJECT, AFTER THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD, UH, OPINED THAT IT MAY NEED A CQA REVIEW, THAT IT WENT FORWARD WITHOUT A SECRET REVIEW WHEN IT WAS TOLD WEEK AFTER WEEK, MONTH AFTER MONTH THAT THESE SUBMISSIONS WERE INCOMPLETE OR THAT THEY WERE, UH, THE, THE SITE PLAN HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED, QUOTE, STILL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE NOT BEING MET INCOMPLETE SUBMITTAL, TIME AFTER TIME.
HOW DID IT GO FROM THAT TO COMING BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION? IT'S THE RECORDS THAT ARE REQUESTED THAT WILL SHOW HOW EXACTLY THAT HAPPENED AND THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW.
UH, ALICIA MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY DOLE DOYLE MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY ERNESTO QUEDA.
EACH OF YOU, EACH OF YOU HAVE TAKEN AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE PUBLIC THAT YOU SERVE.
IT IS THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST TO GAIN ACCESS TO THOSE RECORDS.
DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND RELEASED ALL RECORDS.
DOYLE MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY ERNESTO QUEDA, FOLLOWED BY, UM, HELEN CHISHOLM.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE IN REGARDS TO THE LAWSUIT ABOUT THE PUBLIC RECORDS, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW ALL OF THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF THAT WORKS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ASK SOMEBODY FOR SOMETHING AND IT'S LEGALLY REQUIRED THAT THOSE RECORDS SHOULD
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BE GIVEN.AND IF THOSE RECORDS AREN'T GIVEN, IT MAKES ME AS A RESIDENT, AS A COMMU IN THE COMMUNITY AND ADJACENT TO NATIONAL CITY WONDER WHY THOSE RECORDS.
NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T, THAT THEY, THAT THEY WEREN'T, UM, ALL GIVEN, BUT WHY WEREN'T THEY GIVEN? AND IT MAKES ME AS A, AS A RESIDENT LOOKING AT THE, THE NATIONAL CITY AND THE RELEASE OF THOSE RECORDS, IT, IT MAKES ME CURIOUS WHAT THE CONCERN IS, WHY THEY AREN'T RELEASING THOSE RECORDS IN A TIMELY FASHION.
AND ONE MIGHT EVEN MAKE A JUMP AND SAY THE REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT GONNA RELEASE THOSE RECORDS IS BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING FROM THE, THE PEOPLE.
AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE CASE HERE.
I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO MOVE FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S THE LAWSUIT OR WHETHER IT'S MEDIATION, TO AVOID A LAWSUIT, TO JUST GET THE RECORDS RELEASED SO THAT TRANSPARENT CAN, TRANSPARENCY CAN BE PROVEN.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME IN, IN, UM, LETTING ME COME UP HERE AND SPEAK ON THIS.
AND I HOPE THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE FIND THAT'S, UM, UNDER THE TABLE.
I HOPE EVERYTHING IS ABOVE BOARDS.
BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND, AND PROVE THAT FOR ITSELF.
UH, ERNESTO ESQUEDA, FOLLOWED BY, UH, HELEN CHISHOLM.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MY NAME IS ERNESTO ESQUELA.
I'M THE MANAGER OF SEVEN 11, LOCATED ON SWEETWATER ROAD IN NATIONAL CITY.
ALSO A MEMBER OF, UM, NEIGHBORS UNITED.
UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE LAWSUIT THAT'S, UM, BEEN FILED AGAINST THE CITY.
UM, THE CITY HAS BEEN ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES TO RELEASE THE RECORDS, AND DESPITE THE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO RELEASE THE RECORDS, THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED THEM.
UM, SO THIS, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE POSSIBLE CORRUPTION OF THIS IS IN QUESTION.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU RELEASE THE RECORDS.
IF THERE IS NO CORRUPTION, JUST RELEASE THE RECORDS.
YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S NOTHING TO HIDE OR RELEASE THE RECORDS, YOU KNOW, UM, ALSO THERE'S NO REASON FOR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO GO TOWARDS THIS LAWSUIT.
YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST GET THE RECORDS OPEN OUT IN THE OPEN AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS PROJECT AT ALL AS A BUSINESS THAT'S GONNA BE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
I I FIND THAT UNETHICAL, YOU KNOW, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME KIND OF NOTICE PROVIDED TO US.
THE ONLY WAY WE FOUND OUT WAS ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
SO, AND THAT WAS ADDRESSED AT THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.
IT WAS ADDRESSED AT THE BOTH CITY PLANNING COMMISSIONS.
UM, AND WE NEVER GOT AN ANSWER OF WHY WE DIDN'T GET NOTIFIED OR WHERE THE LETTERS WENT TO THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE NOTIFIED OF.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ASK YOU PLEASE TO RELEASE THE RECORDS.
YOU KNOW, DON'T WASTE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS AS FAR AS THE LAWSUIT AND DO THE RIGHT THING BY THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO THE BUSINESS MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS HELEN CHISHOLM AND I AM A, CURRENTLY AN EMPLOYEE AT THE SEVEN 11 PREVIOUS TO BE AN EMPLOYEE THERE.
I WORKED FOR CORPORATE FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, AS PART OF MY TRAINING AND WHATEVER, UH, I LIVED IN LAS VEGAS FOR 10 YEARS BEFORE RELOCATING DOWN HERE TO SAN DIEGO.
UH, I BECAME A MEMBER OF THE ETHICS COMMISSION FOR THE STATE OF NEVADA.
AND BASICALLY WHAT WE DID, ANY COMPLAINTS THAT CAME INTO THE ETHICS COMMISSION WOULD BE EXAMINED BY THE COMMISSION AND A DECISION WOULD BE MADE AS IF IT SHOULD GO FORWARD WITH THE LAWSUIT OR WHATEVER THE PERSON WAS ASKING FOR.
UM, WHEN I BECAME AWARE OF THIS PROJECT, UH, MY CENSUS WENT UP AGAIN.
IT WAS LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG? FIRST OF ALL, FOR US NOT TO 70 11 NOT TO BE GIVEN NOTICE OF THIS PROJECT, WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE.
ONCE I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, UH, I WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO FIND OUT WHY WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED.
UH, 'CAUSE I HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY BEEN TOLD BY SOMEONE WHO WAS SUPPOSEDLY PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TO BE NOTIFIED.
I SAID, WE'RE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE DON'T NEED TO BE NOTIFIED? AND THEN AS I GET MORE AND MORE INFORMATION, I FIND OUT THAT NONE OF THE BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA WERE NOTIFIED.
UH, ANY OF THE, UM, ANY OF THE, UH, UH, TENANTS WHO HAD ADDRESSES THAT WERE, WERE RELATED TO A BUSINESS, WERE NOT NOTIFIED.
SO SOMETHING STRANGE IS GOING ON HERE.
SO I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND TO PUT MY MIND AT EASE BECAUSE STILL TO THIS DAY, I HAVE NOT FOUND OUT WHY 70 11 WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS.
I KNOW WHEN WE'VE TRIED TO OPEN STORES PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO DO.
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STORE IN A CERTAIN AREA AND THEY WERE A BUSINESS WAS OPENING UP, WE WERE CERTAINLY NOTIFIED IN, IN EVERY INSTANCE.SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED.
AND LIKE I SAID, EVEN TO THIS DAY, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, UM, A SATISFACTORY ANSWER AS TO WHY WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED.
[5. CLOSED SESSION]
ARE NOW GONNA BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION.WE HAVE ONE ITEM FOR CLOSED SESSION THIS AFTERNOON.
I WILL TURN TO OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY.
THE ITEM THAT WE HAVE ON FORECLOSED SESSION IS A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION.
THE NAME OF THE CASE IS POLANCO VERSUS CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
WITH THAT WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
WE WILL RETURN AFTERWARDS AND, UH, THE, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE ITEM AT A CLOSED SESSION AT THE END OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE, UH, MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
UH, LIKE TO HAVE A SOLE SILENT ROLL CALL WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE DAAS.
UH, WE ARE COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND, UH, WE WILL BE REPORTING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
WE ARE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS JUST SO WE CAN GET OUR STUFF TOGETHER TO START THE REGULAR MEETING.