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SO WITH THAT, BEFORE WE DO GET STARTED, IF WE COULD ASK FOR THE INTERPRETER, UM, TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION SERVICES THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR THIS EVENING'S MEETING.
UH, THE FOLLOWING WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING GUESTS.
UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, IF WE COULD PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES OR ANY OTHER DEVICES IN THE CHAMBER, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER A LIVE WEBCAST OF THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.IF YOU'RE WATCHING VIA, UH, ZOOM, VIEWING THE SPANISH VERSION OF THE MEETING, INTERPRETER INSTRUCTIONS WILL APPEAR IN THE CHAT BOX AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.
FOR THOSE WHO REFER TO SIT IN THE CHAMBER, HEADSETS ARE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE LIVE SPANISH TRANSLATION, PLEASE SEE THE, UH, CITY CLERK'S, UH, DESK, AND, UH, TO CHECK OUT A HEADSETS.
THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S WEBSITE INFORM 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, EITHER IN PERSON, UH, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE SALMON COLORED SLIPS HERE AT THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER.
AND PLEASE GET THOSE OVER JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OVER TO OUR, UH, CLERK'S DESK OR VIA ZOOM BY PRE-REGISTERING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, NO LATER THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING, OR BY EMAILING NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND ALL, UH, EXCUSE ME, ALL WRITTEN, UH, COMMENTS RECEIVED OR DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
WITH THAT, IF WE COULD HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
MAY I HAVE A QUORUM? THANK YOU.
CAN WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION.
UH, MEMBER BUSH, WOULD YOU LEAVE THIS, PLEASE? RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
ALL MORRISON COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY PRESENT, THIS IS REVEREND DR.
KAMILLA LEAD, PASTOR CITY CHURCH HERE IN NASHVILLE CITY.
YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER, YOUR LORD.
WE THANK YOU FOR THESE WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL DAYS YOU HAVE GIVEN US.
AND WE PRAY TODAY THAT YOU GUIDE ALL OF THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MAYOR AND EVERYBODY PRESENT, AND ALL THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED TODAY WILL BE WITH SINCERITY FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD OF EVERYONE THAT YOU WOULD BE GLORIFIED, AND THE DESIRE OF GOOD AMONGST US HERE IN THIS CITY FOR YOUR GLORY.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, I PRAY.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT]
UH, WE'LL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND WE'LL GIVE EACH PERSON, UH, TWO MINUTES ON THAT.AND, UH, WITH THAT I WILL CALL, UH, THREE PEOPLE AT A TIME.
AND, UH, SO WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALL, PLEASE COME OUT INTO THE, INTO THE OPEN AREA, AND THAT WAY IT'LL BE SAVE TIME BETWEEN PEOPLE.
UH, CESAR, JAVIER AND PAHA JAVIER, BE FOLLOWED BY TED GODSHAW.
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GOOD EVENING.I AM PURITA JAVIER, SENIOR WITH EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITION.
WE ARE WITH YOU TO SHARE LESSONS LEARNED FOR FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
BOUNDED CITY, SAN DIEGO BY DISTRICT NINE OR POOR UNDER LEADERSHIP OF CONSULAR SEAN RIVERA AND COUNCIL LORD.
UM, UM, THIS IS HENRY FOSTER, RESPECTIVELY.
UM, GEORGE GRAPHIC POLITICAL BOUNDARIES LIKE OURS AT WEST BANK OF CHOICE CREEK REPRESENT DISADVANTAGED VANTAGE COMMUNITY.
PER OBSERVATION, ONE WITNESS IS THE DEVASTATING OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT ON SHELTER, MOBILITY, TRANSPORTATION, ROADS, STREETS, AMONGST OTHER SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE AT LEAST EIGHT CONCERNS.
ONE IS THE LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF CERAMICS MANUFACTURING WITH KILN FACILITY POISONING THE AIR WE BREATHE.
SINCE 1997, UH, CESAR JAVIER, FOLLOWED BY TED GODSHAW, BE FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA FO, UH, FULLER ES.
THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR MORRISON, MY CLASSMATES IN, UH, SANDAG.
WE ARE HERE CONSISTENTLY, PASSIVELY, IF ONLY TO REMIND AND EDUCATE AND INFORM.
WE WOULD SAY PARTLY YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE IN OUR MYSTERY BECAUSE COUNCILOR BOOTH IS, HAS VOLUNTEERED OR PERHAPS COMMITTED TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT, A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BOARD, A THINKER ALONG WITH THEN COUNCILOR RIVERA AND THE MAYOR.
THE MAYOR IS THE FOUNDER OF TAKING OUT A PCD FROM THE COUNTY WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE REGIONWIDE, ENSURING CLEAN AIR FOR EVERYONE.
BUT OUR EXPECTATION A HUNDRED PERCENT IS FAILING BECAUSE HE FAVORED, IF I MAY SAY, BUSINESSES, RATHER THAN HELP OF SAN DIES.
WE ARE WITNESS SINCE 2022 WHEN WE ACCIDENTALLY VISITED THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT OFFICE IN ESSA.
AND WE FOUND OUT THAT THESE ARE THE APTORS ONE, UH, I FORGOT THEIR NAMES, BUT THE ORIGINAL MR. UH, ANYWAY,
WE SHOWED YOU THE CERAMIC SCALE, WHICH THE A PCD HAS SENT.
DON'T YOU RESPECT SCIENCE? DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND SCIENCE? IT DESTROYS THE RESPIRA RESPIRATORY GLAND.
AND WHAT DID YOU DO? THEY JUST ERASED THE FEW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT IN THIS CERAMICS.
OKAY, TED GOTCH, FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA FULLER QUINONE, FOLLOWED BY EDWIN NETO, TED GOTCH HERE TONIGHT I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE BROKEN COMMITMENTS THAT YOU HAVE MADE LATELY.
FIRST, FOR 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A COMMUNITY HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL
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PLANNER POSITION.THIS POSITION WAS NEVER FILLED, NEVER TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY ANYONE HERE.
AND NOW YOU DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE IT AS A VACANCY JUST GONE A BROKEN COMMITMENT.
SECOND, AND ABOUT THE SAME YEAR, YOU TOOK AWAY ARPA FUNDING FROM THE PARADISE CREEK EDUCATIONAL PARK HABITAT AND BATHROOM PROJECT OVER OUR OBJECTIONS.
YOU SAID YOU WOULD FUND IT IN THE NEXT YEAR IN THE GENERAL FUND IN 2025, AND YOU DID NOT DO THAT.
MY THIRD EXAMPLE OF BREAKING COMMITMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS MR. BUSH'S ACTIONS AT THE COUNTYWIDE A PCD OR THE AIR QUALITY CONTROL DISTRICT.
MR. BUSH WAS NOT APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR OR THE COUNCIL.
HE DID NOT RUN FOR THE POSITION.
AND YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT AT THE MAY 14TH, A PCD MEETING, MR. BUSH KILLED A COMPROMISE MOTION MADE BY COUNTY SUPERVISOR AGIRI TO HAVE THEIR STAFF COMPLETE A FOUR YEAR STUDY PROCESS WITH A DRAFT RULE TO CONTROL EMISSIONS FROM WAREHOUSE TRUCKS.
MR. BUSH VOTED AGAINST A COMPROMISE THAT WOULD'VE INCLUDED INCENTIVES INSTEAD SUGGESTING THAT MORE AIR FILTERS WOULD MAKE THIS POLLUTION PROBLEM SOMEHOW BETTER FOR RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY AND IN THE SOUTH COUNTY.
WITH PUBLIC TESTIMONY, STANDING AT TWO TO ONE IN FAVOR OF NEW CONTROLS, MR. BUSH STOOD WITH PROBE BUSINESS BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY VOTED FIVE TO FOUR TO KILL THE COMPROMISE.
WITH THIS ACTION, MR. BUSH DID HARM TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND NOW I THINK THIS COUNCIL SHOULD DO TWO THINGS.
FIRST, THANK MRS. AGUIRE FOR, WITH AN EMAIL FOR HER SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS OF NATIONAL CITY IN THE SOUTH BAY.
SECOND, ASK MRS. AGUIRE TO REMOVE MR. BUSH FROM THE A PCD BOARD AND REQUEST A NEW MEMBER FOR SOUTH COUNTY.
PLEASE START ADDRESSING THE OTHER COMMITMENTS THAT LIE BROKEN ON YOUR DESKS.
UH, CYNTHIA FULLER
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL HERE TONIGHT.
UH, YOU KNOW ME, CYNTHIA, CYNTHIA FULLER QUINONES.
I'M HERE SPEAKING AS A NATIONAL CITY RESIDENT WHO, LIKE MANY OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IS FEELING COMPELLED TO SPEAK UP ABOUT OUR REPRESENTATION ON THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD.
AND YET ANOTHER MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS, UH, ADDRESSING TERRIBLE AIR POLLUTION.
HERE AT THE MAY 14TH, A PCD BOARD MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH CAST A DECIDING VOTE AGAINST BEGINNING, INDIRECT SOURCE ROLE, UH, MAKING, UH, SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS LONG ASKED FOR.
HIS WAS THE FIFTH VOTE, UH, AND A FIVE FOUR DECISION THAT STOPPED PROGRESS ON REDUCING THE TRUCK POLLUTION THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE DISTRICT ONE.
WHAT'S ESPECIALLY CONCERNING IS THAT AS A VOTE WENT AGAINST CLEAR COMMUNITY INPUT AT THE A PCD MEETING, PUBLIC TESTIMONY WAS MORE THAN TWO TO ONE IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE INDIRECT SOURCE RULE, PROCESS, RESIDENTS, ADVOCATES, AND FAMILIES WHO LIVE WITH HEALTH IMPACTS EVERY DAY.
PEOPLE LIKE ME WITH COPD AND UH, CHRONIC ASTHMA, WE SPOKE UP AND YET OUR VOICES WERE NOT REFLECTED IN HIS VOTE.
INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING A CONCRETE STEP TOWARDS REDUCING EMISSIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BUSH PROPOSED AIR FILTERS FOR WHICH FUNDING IS LIMITED AT BEST AND WHICH DO NOTHING TO ADDRESS, UH, TO REDUCE THE DIESEL TRUCKS DRIVING THROUGH OUR STREETS AND POLLUTING THE AIR WE BREATHE, OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CLEAR.
WE NEED REAL SOLUTIONS THAT PREVENT POLLUTION, NOT JUST MEASURES THAT HELP US COPE WITH IT.
WHEN A SOLUTION EXISTS AND THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN, OUR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND US.
SO I URGE THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH'S ACTIONS AT THE S-B-A-P-C-D, UH, THANK SUPERVISOR PALOMA AGIRI FOR SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES AND CONSIDER WHETHER OUR CITY IS BEING FULLY, UH, REPRESENTED AT, REPRESENTED IN THESE CRITICAL REGIONAL DECISIONS.
EDWARDO TO BE FOLLOWED BY LILIANA ARMA.
I'M HERE TO, UH, ASK ONCE AGAIN AND I'VE ASKED MANY TIMES THE FI THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 AUDIT REPORT.
LAST TIME I MENTIONED IT, SOMEBODY SAID THAT IT'S GONNA BE, IT WAS DUE ON MARCH 31ST AND SOMEBODY SAID THEY'RE GONNA CALL UP AND ASK THE AUDITORS.
NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO THE SITTING POINT WE'VE BEEN ASKING AND ASKING AND ASKING, THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP A CITIZEN FROM ASK.
CALLING UP THE AUDITORS AND, AND TELLING THEM, WHERE ARE YOU WITH THIS? IT'S, I PAY FOR THAT.
BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AUDIT REPORT THAT REFLECTS, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE YEARS OF DEFICITS, UH, ALL THE THINGS I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, AND IT'S ONE THAT HAS AN AUDIT FINDING THAT'S BEEN REPEATED.
HALF PUT IN FINANCIAL SYSTEM, NOT ANY BAD REFLECTION ON, ON FISCAL STAFF, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST HAVEN'T GIVEN ENOUGH
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PRIORITY TO.AND IT'S EXACTLY THE THING YOU NEED RIGHT NOW TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR BUDGET QUESTIONS.
SO I DON'T SEE WHY THIS IS NOT A PRIORITY, WHY YOU'RE NOT ASKING ABOUT IT.
AND WHERE, AND IF YOU DO HAVE SOME IDEA OF THE AUDIT REPORT, CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THE FINDINGS ARE RIGHT NOW, EVEN BEFORE IT'S ISSUED, AND TELL US WHAT THE STATUS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS.
HAVE YOU GOT A MANAGEMENT LETTER? ARE YOU WORKING ON THE RESPONSE ALREADY? YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT'S UNDERSTATED.
AND I THINK, AGAIN, IT'S PART OF YOUR GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS THAT YOU HAVE IN, IN THE COUNCIL.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE AND IT CLEARLY DEFINES WHAT IT IS, HOW CAN YOU ACTUALLY MAKE PROGRESS ON THESE THINGS? SO THAT'S, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING SOME DISCLOSURE ON WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT.
IF I CAN HAVE HIS 25 SECONDS, I'D APPRECIATE IT,
I'M HERE TONIGHT AS THE COMMANDER ELECT OF AMERICAN LEGION LARRY E. BENNETT, POST 2 55 IN NATIONAL CITY.
I WANT TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.
HOW ARE WE HONORING THE VETERANS WHO LIVE HERE IN NATIONAL CITY? NATIONAL CITY IS HOME TO HUNDREDS OF VETERANS, FAMILIES AND VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES.
YET WE DO NOT HAVE A CITY SPONSORED MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, NOR A VETERAN'S DAY CELEBRATION DEDICATED TO RECOGNIZING THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE.
WHEN DO, WHEN VETERANS DO NOT SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN OUR CITY EVENTS? WE FEEL FORGOTTEN.
SO MANY PROCLAMATIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED YET.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME ONE WAS ISSUED TO A VETERAN? JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THEIR SERVICE? THE CITY PARTNERS WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THE ANNUAL SALUTE TO NAVY LUNCHEON.
WHY NOT ALSO PARTNER WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 2, 5, 5, AND OTHER VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS FOR VETERAN FOCUSED EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. AS I STEP INTO MY NEW ROLE AS COMMANDER, I'M COMMITTED TO BUILDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND BRINGING AWARENESS TO VETERAN ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SUPPORTING VETERANS IS NOT JUST HONORING THE PAST.
IT'S ABOUT INVESTING IN LEADERS WHO CONTINUE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE CITY'S WALL OF HONOR HAS NOT HAD AN ACTIVE PROCESS FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO PURCHASE PLAQUES FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I CAN'T EVEN PURCHASE A PLAQUE FOR MYSELF OR ANYBODY ELSE.
IT TELLS VETERANS THAT THEIR SERVICE IS VALUED AND REMEMBERED.
TONIGHT, I ASK FOR ACTION TOGETHER.
I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ALL TO MAKE NATIONAL CITY THE MOST FRIENDLY, THE MOST MILITARY FRIENDLY CITY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
NOT JUST IN WORDS, BUT THROUGH ACTIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, VISIBLE SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO SERVE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MARCUS FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING OUR EVENTS AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OF OUR EVENTS AS WELL.
CAN WE NOW HAVE ON, UH, ON ZOOM? SURE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TONIGHT I WANTED TO RAISE SOME AWARENESS ABOUT MARIJUANA USE AND RESPIRATORY HEALTH, ESPECIALLY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH ASTHMA.
AS A MOTHER OF A CHILD RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH ASTHMA, I WAS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THIS INFORMATION AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS KNOWN BECAUSE AS MARIJUANA USE CONTINUES TO RISE, IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE UNDERSTAND ITS POTENTIAL HEALTH IMPACTS.
ASTHMA IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES AFFECTING MILLIONS OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
YET SURPRISINGLY LITTLE RESEARCH HAS EXAMINED HOW INHALING MARIJUANA AFFECTS ASTHMA OUTCOMES.
A RECENT NATIONAL STUDY ANALYZED DATA FROM 4,000 ADULTS WITH ASTHMA AND FOUND THAT INHALING MARIJUANA, WHETHER BY SMOKING VAPING OR BOTH, WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF EXPERIENCING AN ASTHMA ATTACK WITHIN ONE YEAR.
THESE FINDINGS HIGHLIGHT A CLEAR ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INHALED MARIJUANA USE AND INCREASED ASTHMA RISK.
THE SENSITIVITIES, PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA HAVE SHOULD OPEN THE WINDOW FOR US TO SEE THAT THESE INHALED PRODUCTS ARE ACTUALLY DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE.
ON SOME LEVEL, IT IS NOT SAFE TO BE BREATHING IN THESE TOXIC CHEMICALS.
SO WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THEM TO BE SOLD? FOUR CITIES IN CALIFORNIA NOW HAVE BANS ON ALL TOBACCO SALES, SO IT'S NOT A HUGE LEAP TO EXPECT THAT ALL OF THESE HARMFUL PRODUCTS COULD BE BANNED.
AS POLICYMAKERS, YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS
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RECEIVE ACCURATE HEALTH INFORMATION.PUBLIC EDUCATION, WARNING LABELS, AND CONTINUED RESEARCH ARE ESSENTIAL SO THAT INDIVIDUALS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH ASTHMA, CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH.
GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR MORRISON.
I WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN MY AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE WE PROVIDE MENTORING TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THAT MENTORING IS DONE BY TEENS.
WE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SOME RESEARCH THAT WAS, UH, JUST CAME OUT IN THE JOURNAL OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS REGARDING THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PARENTS THAT ARE PARENTING CHILDREN ACTIVELY WHO ARE USING MARIJUANA.
THAT RATE IS NOW AT ONE FOR EVERY 12 PARENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS TRIPLE WHAT IT WAS JUST 12 YEARS AGO.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE EFFECT THAT IT HAS ON CHILDREN TO BE PARENTED BY THOSE WHO BE MIGHT BE INATTENTIVE OR UNABLE TO GIVE THEM THE CARE THEY NEEDED.
THE STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF THIS SITUATION HAVE BEEN STUDIED AND THE CONCERN THEY HAVE FOR RISK OF NEGLECT AND THE HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWING CHILDREN ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE ARE DRAMATIC AND TRAGIC, WE THINK.
BUT A PARTICULAR CONCERN TO US IS THAT POPULATION OF PARENTS THAT SEEM TO BE USING, AND THEY ARE YOUNGER PARENTS AND LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND PARENTS WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE AND PERHAPS UNMARRIED PARENTS AS WELL.
SO WE THINK AS A CITY, WE WOULD WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE DEMONSTRATE TO PARENTS WHEREVER THEY ARE, THEIR ROLE IN PROTECTING CHILDREN AND THAT THE ROLE MARIJUANA PLAYS IN MAKING THEM LESS THAN AVAILABLE TO THEIR CHILDREN.
SO I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE A NEW LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY DOES IN THE WAY OF BILLBOARDS AND PERMITTING, AND REMEMBER THAT IT IS NORMALIZING AND COMMERCIALIZING A PRODUCT THAT DAMAGES FAMILIES.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS BECKY RAPP AND I COME AS I'M VERY CONCERNED REGARDING THE ILLEGAL PRODUCTS, UM, BEING SOLD AT OUR LOCAL TOBACCO AND SMOKE SHOPS.
STORES ARE BLATANTLY SELLING FLAVORED TOBACCO CRE PRODUCTS AND INTOXICATING HEMP PRODUCTS THAT APPEAL TO YOU AND OFTEN VIOLATE STATE AND LOCAL LAWS.
NEARBY CITIES ARE INCREASING ENFORCEMENT AND ISSUING MAJOR PENALTIES.
RECENTLY, A SMOKE SHOP IN ENCINITAS RECEIVED A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FINE, UM, AND THE OWNER PAID IT.
WHY IS OUR CITY NOT TAKING THE SAME AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT APPROACH? WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT BUDGET AND, AND RAISING, UM, AND COLLECTING MORE FUNDING FOR ALL OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE WE NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, STRONG ENFORCEMENT WOULD DO TWO THINGS, PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, AS WELL AS GENERATE REVENUE THROUGH FINES, PENALTIES, PERMIT ACTIONS, AND PRODUCT CONFISCATION.
UM, PLEASE SEND THE MESSAGE THAT NATIONAL CITY WILL NOT TOLERATE BUSINESSES PROFITING FROM ILLEGAL AND DANGEROUS SALES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE BLATANT SIGNS OUT OF THE WINDOWS ADVERTISING THESE, THESE PRODUCTS.
TERRY KELLEY? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
I JUST STEPPED OUT FOR ONE SECOND.
NATIONAL CITY, CITY COUNCIL MAYOR MORRISON, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE ADOPTION OF A COMPREHENSIVE TOBACCO RETAILERS LICENSURE PROGRAM ORDINANCE.
AS A PARENT, I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS TO REDUCE TOBACCO PRODUCT SALES TO THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 21.
PLEASE DO THE SAME FOR MARIJUANA PRODUCTS THAT YOUNG ADULTS FIND SO ATTRACTIVE AND AVAILABLE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT SMOKING AND VAPING ARE LEADING CAUSES OF PREVENTABLE DEATH, DISEASE AND DISABILITY WORLDWIDE.
BOTH MARIJUANA AND TOBACCO DELIVER TOXIC CHEMICALS THAT CAUSE SEVERE RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR DAMAGE.
THESE CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS ARE DISSOLVED IN PARTICLES THAT CAN BE EASILY INHALED DEEP INTO LUNGS.
DUE TO THEIR VERY SMALL SIZE, THE CHEMICALS SHOULD NEVER BE INHALED BY CHILDREN AND RAPIDLY GROWING TEENS, OLDER PERSONS.
THOSE WITH HEALTH DEFICIENCIES ON WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT OR NURSING REGARDING ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, PLEASE REMOVE
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UNAUTHORIZED TOBACCO AND MARIJUANA PRODUCTS FROM THE SHELVES LIKE ILLEGAL FLAVORED TOBACCO AND MARIJUANA PRODUCTS, AND PROSECUTE THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO SELL THEM.THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS THAT AFFIRM YOUR COMMITMENT TO HEALTHY AND SAFE RESIDENTS HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
I'M PEGGY WALKER, PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR FOR CONSIDERABLE TIME.
NOW, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS HAVE WARNED THAT SMOKED AND INGESTED DISPENSARY MARIJUANA PRODUCTS HAVE NO MEDICAL BENEFIT YET.
UNSUBSTANTIATED, MISLEADING HEALTH CLAIMS BY THE INDUSTRY PERSIST.
THIS ISSUE WILL NOW BE ADDRESSED IN FEDERAL COURT.
A NEW CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ACCUSES THREE MAJOR CANNABIS COMPANIES OF SYSTEMATICALLY ADVERTISING THEIR PRODUCTS AS MEDICINE.
WHILE KNOWING THE SCIENCE DOES NOT SUPPORT THOSE CLAIMS. IN ANOTHER LAWSUIT, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS BEING SUED BY A COALITION, INCLUDING DOCTORS ALLEGING FAILURE TO CONSIDER MARIJUANA'S WELL-DOCUMENTED HEALTH RISKS IN RESCHEDULING.
I BRING THIS HERE TO URGE AWARENESS OF MOUNTING LAWSUITS ALLEGING THAT UNVERIFIED HEALTH CLAIMS OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS HAVE CAUSED HARM, ESPECIALLY WHEN EXCESSIVE POTENCY IS INVOLVED.
AND THESE LAWSUITS ALLEGE USE CAN EVEN WORSEN HEALTH CONDITIONS.
YOU'LL FIND IF YOU CHECK THAT PRODUCT SOLD AS MEDICAL IN DISPENSARIES.
AND YES, CONSUMPTION LOUNGES GENERALLY ARE THE SAME AS THOSE SOLD AS RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA.
PROFITEERS HAVE DECEIVED THE PUBLIC WITH FALSE THERAPEUTIC CLAIMS FOR TOO LONG.
IN THE WORST CON, SINCE BIG TOBACCO EFFORTS TO HOLD A INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABLE, SUGGESTS IT WOULD SERVE PUBLIC HEALTH TO ONE CODIFY PROHIBITION OF THE SALE AND MARKETING OF MARIJUANA PRODUCTS AS QUOTE, MEDICAL, AND TWO TO ENACT POTENCY CAPS.
I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THOSE POLICY STEPS OR TO SUPPORT THEM AT A STATE LEVEL.
AND MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH THAT, THEN, UH, WE GO INTO
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OUR RECOGNITION AND WE HAVE OUR INTRODUCTION OF NEW HIRES AND PROMOTIONS ON CITY EMPLOYEES.SO WE CAN START OFF FIRST, HOW ABOUT WITH THE, UH, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY.
I'M A CAPTAIN WITH THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CHANCE KNIGHT.
CHANCE KNIGHT JOINED THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2025.
UH, HE WAS ORIGINALLY HIRED AS AN IT ANALYST.
UH, HIS KNOWLEDGE OF IT SYSTEMS HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO THE DEPARTMENT, NOT ONLY TO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT TO THE CITY AS WELL.
HIS IMPRESSIVE EXPERIENCE IN HIS ABILITIES.
HE WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO SENIOR IT ANALYST.
UH, CHANCE HAS A GREAT PERSONALITY.
HE WORKS GREAT WITH EVERYBODY.
UH, HE'S ALSO AN EXTREMELY TALENTED MUSICIAN.
HE PLAYS BOTH THE CLARINET AND THE SAXOPHONE.
AND HE ALSO TAUGHT PRIVATE LESSONS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
HE LOVES ANIMALS AND WOULD LOVE TO VOLUNTEER AT A LOCAL SHELTER IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF CHANCE, OUR SENIOR IT ANALYST AND WE WELCOME TO OUR NATIONAL CITY FAMILY.
UH, NEXT WE GO OVER TO ENGINEERING
WE HAVE A LIVE ONE FROM OUR DEPARTMENT TODAY,
I KNOW, RIGHT? UH, WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.
I'M THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.
AND TONIGHT IT'S MY TRUE JOY TO ANNOUNCE THIS PROMOTION IN THE ENGINEERING DIVISION OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
JASON JASMINE FIRST JOINED THE CITY IN 2017 AS AN UNPAID VOLUNTEER, WHICH HE DID FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS LATER.
HE CAME BACK IN 2022 AS A PART-TIME STUDENT WORKER.
AND, UH, WHILE HE CONTINUED TO GO TO SCHOOL, UH, A YEAR LATER, HE JOINED US AS A FULL-TIME PERMANENT EMPLOYEE IN 2023.
AND HAS SERVED ON OUR TEAM AS AN ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
AND DURING THIS TIME, JASON WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD.
HE WAS DOING DOUBLE DUTY AS HE COMPLETED HIS BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM SDSU, WHICH HE COMPLETED JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
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CONGRATULATE HIM ON THATAND, AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, HE ALSO PASSED THE EIT EXAM, THE ENGINEER AND TRAINING EXAM WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING.
HE'S AN EXEMPLARY TEAM MEMBER WHO PROVIDES EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, UH, IN ANY ROLE REGARDLESS OF THE TITLE.
THE CITY'S INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A COMMITTED EMPLOYEE HERE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING JASON AND HIS PROMOTION TO JUNIOR ENGINEER SYBIL.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR, UH, THE, THE, UH, GRATITUDE.
UM, I CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING AND ASSISTING, UH, THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITHIN THE CONFINES OF MY POSITION.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SERGIO MORA FIRE CHIEF, AND IT IS MY SINCERE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE JODY AND SPIRIT.
UH, JODY PIERCE IS OUR NEW EMS COORDINATOR.
UM, THIS IS A NEW POSITION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND JODY'S ROLE WILL BE TO ASSIST IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN OUR EFFORTS TO ENHANCE OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JODY WILL ALSO PLAY AN INTEGRAL PART IN BE A KEY MEMBER OF OUR STAFF AS WE DEVELOP OUR OWN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM.
JODI HAS OVER 32 YEARS IN CARING FOR PEOPLE IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE.
UH, MS. PIERCE RETIRED FROM THE SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, SHE POUR HER ENERGY INTO HELPING THE EMS DIVISION GROW THROUGH MAJOR CHANGES AND INTO STRENGTHENING THE CITY, THE CITY'S MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
JODI HAS ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF LEADING AND SUPPORTING MANY INCREDIBLE TEAMS AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS, UH, EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE, EMS LOGISTICS, STAR PARAMEDICS, PROJECT HEARTBEAT, COMMUNITY HEALTH, UH, THE PARAMEDIC PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO FIELD TRAINING MEDICAL DIRECTORS AND AMBULANCE TRANSPORT AGREEMENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS JODI IS MOST PROUD OF IS HELPING TO EXPAND HOW THE CITY CAN SHOW UP FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED.
AND SHE WANT WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS BY GROWING COMMUNITY HEALTH EFFORTS, SUPPORTING ALTERNATE DESTINATION TRANSPORT AND IMPROVING EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH.
I'VE KNOWN JODI FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND THEN WE KNOW JODI AS SOMEONE WHO LISTENS, BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND KEEPS THE FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS MOST PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS THAT HELP CREWS DO THEIR BEST WORK AND HELP PATIENTS GET THE RIGHT CARE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
AS MENTIONED, SHE WAS THE DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
SO SHE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO OUR RANKS AS WE STRIVE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEDICAL SERVICES DELIVERY SYSTEM, UH, TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO OUR VISITORS.
WE ARE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE JODI JOIN OUR RANKS AND LOOK FORWARD TO HER MANY CONTRIBUTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND AS MENTIONED, JODY COMES WITH A, A GREAT, GREAT AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE AND, AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND I WILL BRING HER AROUND TO MEET, MEET ALL OF YOU IN PERSON HERE SHORTLY.
OKAY, NEXT, I'M GONNA LOOK TO OUR, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER TO, UH, INTRODUCE THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC STAFF.
UH, TONIGHT I'M VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OUR INTERIM HR, OUR INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, REX SANDERS.
HE, HE GREW UP IN, IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTO SPORTS, THEY PRETTY BIG TIME.
FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL.
BUT REX, UH, BY THE TIME HE WAS DONE GROWING UP IN A COLLEGE TOWN, UH, HE WANTED, HE WANTED A CHANGE OF PACE AND, AND NEW EXPERIENCES.
SO HE MOVED TO THE WEST COAST, CAME TO CALIFORNIA, UH, FINISHED HIS SCHOOLING, FOUND HIS WAY INTO THE HR WORLD, AND, UH, REALLY HAD, UM, BUT THE BULK OF HIS CAREER WORKING FOR A, A REGIONAL CALIFORNIA PUBLIC AGENCY WHERE HE STARTED REALLY AT THE GROUND LEVEL AS A TECHNICIAN AND WORKED HIS WAY ALL THE WAY UP TO AN HR DIRECTOR.
AND ULTIMATELY, UH, AN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR, UH, MADE A CAREER OF IT, UM, DECIDED TO, UH, MOVE TO SAN THE SAN DIEGO REGION AND, AND CO-FOUNDED A CONSULTING FIRM WHERE HE CONTINUES WITH HIS PARTNER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PUBLIC AGENCIES WITH ALL THINGS HUMAN RESOURCES RELATED.
UH, HE, HE ALSO SERVES AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATION, SAN DIEGO CHAPTER.
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RESUME, UH, SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.HE COMES WITH THE WEALTH OF, OF EXPERIENCE.
BUT, UH, WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT REX IS JUST HIS, HIS THOUGHTFUL APPROACH IN NATURE.
UM, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
UM, HE WAS REFERRED TO US FROM, FROM A COLLEAGUE, AND WE INITIALLY, WE INSTANTLY HIT IT OFF AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY WANT TO TAKE 'EM TO MEET, UM, THE TEAM AT, AT, AT HR.
AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TRANSITION IN LEADERSHIP WITH OUR HR STAFF.
AND WE SET UP A MEET AND GREET AND, UM, GAVE OUR STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW REX AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
THEY HAD LUNCH, I CAME BACK AND IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
THEY REALLY WANTED HIM TO COME ON BOARD RIGHT AWAY.
AND I JUST SENSE, UH, AN IMMEDIATE CALMING, UH, FOR THE STAFF FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND HE'S REALLY COMING IN AND FILLING A CRITICAL ROLE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, GETTING TO KNOW REX MORE, WORKING TOGETHER ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND, AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT HE BRINGS TO OUR ORGANIZATION.
REX, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND, UM, CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE COMING MONTHS.
YOU WANT, YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? REX
LOOKS LIKE I,
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEVE, FOR THE WARM WELCOME.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY AT THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY WHO I HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT I STILL NEED TO MEET AND, AND CONNECT WITH, HAS JUST BEEN SO WELCOMING AND WARM TO ME COMING IN.
GET, GET SETTLED, ESPECIALLY THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM WHO YOU MENTIONED.
STEVE IS, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, THE FOLKS WHO JUST KEEP ME INSPIRED TO KEEP COMING BACK EVERY DAY AND WORKING HARD FOR THE CITY.
SEVERAL OF 'EM ARE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, UH, HR STAFF TO SUPPORT
UM, IT IS MY PLEASURE AND, UH, AN HONOR TO SERVE THIS CITY, ITS STAFF AND ITS RESIDENTS.
UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, STEVE AND EVERYONE HERE.
[7.1. EDCO Update 2026]
WE GO INTO PRESENTATIONS.UH, SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED EDCO WASTE AND RECYCLING.
AND AS ALWAYS, I'M HERE WITH STEVE SOUTH, OUR CEO.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE JUST HERE TO PROVIDE YOU A, AN UPDATE AND OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF I CAN GET THIS RIGHT, RIGHT.
I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, RATE INCREASE AND THE RATE INCREASE FOR STANDARD RESIDENTIAL SERVICE.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, UH, WENT UP A DOLLAR ONE OR 3.65%.
UM, AND I WANTED TO MENTION THAT THESE RATES WERE PART OF A FIVE YEAR, TWO 18 ALREADY APPROVED IN 2023, AND THEN WILL BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2026.
SO, UM, IN ADDITION, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT EDCO OFFERS A 20% DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS, UM, AT 2282.
AND AS WELL AS WE ALSO OFFER SILVER BAGS AT THE CHAMBER, UM, FOR THOSE THAT PRODUCE SMALL AMOUNTS OF REFUGE AND RECYCLING AT A, AT A LARGE DISCOUNT.
SO, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AS YOU CAN SEE THE CHART THERE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES UP THERE AND, UM, EDCO CONTINUES TO PROVIDE THE LOWEST RATE, UM, IN THE REGION.
SO, ALL RIGHT, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, SO EVERY YEAR WE HAVE FOUR, THREE, UH, FOUR FREE, BULKY ITEM CURBSIDE COLLECTIONS.
UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE FREE SHREDDING, UH, E-WASTE AND MULCH.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE OVER 700,000 POUNDS HAULED AWAY FROM THE NUMEROUS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS THAT, UH, WE'VE ALL PARTNERED WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON.
UM, AND COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THEIR, THEIR PARTNERSHIP, UM, AS WELL AS COUNCIL.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UH, UM, AMOUNT ALL THE WAY.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT, UH, WE HAVE 49%, UH, OVER A 49% DIVERSION RATE, SO
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NEARLY HALF OF THAT WAS RECYCLED.SO AS YOU KNOW, WE DON'T OWN ANY LANDFILLS, SO WE'RE REALLY INCENTIVIZED, UM, TO RECYCLE.
AND THEN I WANTED TO POINT OUT OUR PUBLIC CONTAINERS THAT YOU SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, IN TOTAL WE DONATED 75 OF THOSE.
AND THEN MORE RECENTLY WITH THE PARTNERSHIP PUBLIC WORKS, WE'RE ALSO REFURBISHING ANY OF THOSE THAT NEED, UH, TO BE REFINISHED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UM, ARE WELL, UM, PRESENTED IN THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT SB 1383 FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW.
UM, SB UH, 1383 WENT INTO LAW IN 2016 AND WE BUSILY WENT TO WORK, UM, WITH STAFF TO, TO ROLL OUT ORGANICS TO MAKE SURE THAT'S DIVERTED FROM THE LANDFILL.
AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, THAT THOSE ORGANICS, UM, IN OUR ANAEROBIC DIGESTER, UM, ARE TURNED INTO RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, RIGHT.
AND THEY'RE POWERING OUR TRUCKS.
SO, UH, FROM AN EMISSION STANDPOINT, UM, VERY, VERY CLEAN.
UM, AND THAT, UH, NATIONAL CITY WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BE AT 100% COMPLIANCE ON SB 13 83 3 STREAM.
AND THEN THAT'S CONTINUOUS WORK FROM OUR REPS AND, UH, PUBLIC WORK STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO TALK, UM, A LITTLE ABOUT OUR ENHANCED PUBLIC EDUCATION.
UM, AS PART OF A STATE MANDATE OF SB 1383, EDCO HAS DEVELOPED A MULTI-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PROGRAM.
UM, WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, MULTIPLE LAYERS, MAILERS, AND, UH, WE'VE DEVELOPED A VAST VIDEO LIBRARY, UM, OVER MANY YEARS THAT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS FOR OUR REPS IS TO GO OUT AND, AND VISIT, UH, DINING OR FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY RECYCLING, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT SIGNAGE, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT CONTAINERS, UM, AND THAT THEY MEET THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS OF AB 8 27.
UM, SO WE'RE BUSILY WORKING, UM, DOING, DOING THAT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
SUCH A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
AND STEVE, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND VISITING US.
IT, IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP THAT NATIONAL CITY HAS WITH EDCO.
UM, I ALWAYS REMEMBER THE VISIT THAT I HAD TO VISIT THE DIGESTER.
UM, I, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANOTHER VISIT.
AND, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, I DO, YOU DO OFFER VISITS TO VISIT THAT LOCATION.
I, I KNOW THAT AT THE TIME THAT I VISITED, IT WAS SEVERAL WEEKS, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER UPDATE TO THE, THE SITUATION WITH THE DIGESTER.
I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS COMING ON BOARD.
AND WE OFFER TOURS ANYTIME ANYBODY WANTS TO TOUR THERE.
UM, IT'S VERY INTERESTING AND EDUCATIONAL.
UM, AND, UH, SO WE CAN SET THAT UP.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE HAD TWO ADDITIONAL CHAMBERS TO THE ENTER DIGESTER.
WE ALSO GOT A GRANT FROM THE STATE THAT'S HELPING US WITH THAT.
SO ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE AND MORE TONS WITHIN THE DIGESTER PRODUCING MORE GAS AND, UH, HELPING THE CITY REACH ITS GOALS FOR USB 1383.
WELL, I'LL BOOK ANOTHER TOUR 'CAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT AND, AND SEE THE NEW UPDATES.
UH, I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY INTERESTED IN ALL OF THAT.
ALL OF THE SCIENCE IS EXPLAINED.
IT IS A LITTLE SMELLY, BUT YOU KNOW, MY BACKGROUND IS IN FERMENTATION, SO I DIDN'T MIND THE SMELLS AT ALL.
MINE TWO, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING
THANK YOU CARL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
WE JUST LIKE TO, UM, EXTEND AGAIN THE, THE, THE, UM, THANKS, THANKS TO YOU AND ED ECHO.
AND I SEE OUR CEO THERE HIDING ALL, ALWAYS VERY HUMBLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, DURING OUR CLEANUP, NOT ONLY DO WE SEE ALL OF YOU THERE, BUT WE SEE THE CEO ALSO, UH, LIFTING A FINGER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS CLEAN FROM ALL THOSE, UM, THE, THE THINGS THAT WE, WE COLLECT.
I KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE JUNE 20, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, UM, CLEANUP DAY AGAIN.
AND I THOUGHT I'D JUST QUICKLY MENTION THAT.
UM, IT'S JUST A PUBLIC, UH, IT'S A REAL PLEASURE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS WITH MARTHA AND STEVE AND THE WHOLE GROUP.
UM, AND WE'RE ALL OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY WORKING SIDE BY SIDE, BUT MOST RECENTLY WE HAD PUBLIC WORKS APPRECIATION WEEK AND SO WE KINDA SPONSORED A LITTLE
'CAUSE TYPICALLY WE'RE OUT THERE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE AT CLEANUPS.
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SOME TIME THERE.AND, UH, JUST GOTTA SAY THAT ENTIRE TEAM WAS A PLEASURE TO BE AROUND AND YOU COULD TELL THEY REALLY TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO IN OUR CITY AND THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
I STILL REMEMBER, UM, YOU ALL ARE AVAILABLE WHENEVER WE NEED TO HAVE A CLEANUP OR WHENEVER THERE'S A DISASTER THAT HITS OUR CITY AS IT DID A FEW YEARS AGO, IS SOMETHING THAT I CERTAINLY REMEMBER AND KEEP CLOSE TO MY HEART AND REALLY THANK YOU AND YOUR EMPLOYEES FOR COMING OUT AND CONTINUING TO ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO BETTER, WE'RE AVAILABLE.
WELL, UH, MEMBER BUSH IS GONNA TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO BETTER NOW.
YEAH, I, UM, DON'T HAVE MUCH, UH, TO ADD BEYOND MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE LEVEL YOU PROVIDE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE CHAOS THAT SOME OF YOUR COMPETITORS REPUBLIC, I THINK AS A COMPETITOR AND JUST LIKE HOW THE LABOR DISPUTES THEY HAVE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I HEAR A LOT, WHAT I CARE ABOUT A LOT IS WORKERS AND HOW A COMPANY TREATS THEIR WORKERS AND EVER NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS FROM YOUR, YOUR WORKFORCE ABOUT YOU ALL.
AND THEN ESPECIALLY THE, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS YOU GUYS DO QUARTERLY, THE THE CLEANUPS.
I THINK THAT HELPS NOT JUST CLEAN UP, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR RESIDENTS USE ADVANTAGE, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND IT, IT JUST, IT JUST REALLY HELPS.
SO I REALLY AM SATISFIED WITH THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
I DON'T HAVE, AND YEAH, THE MIRROR'S, RIGHT? I'M NOT AFRAID TO GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK.
AND SO, UM, I I HONESTLY, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY, LIKE, I THINK YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB AND I'M OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IF THERE'S IN THE FUTURE, NOT FOR TONIGHT 'CAUSE NOT IZE, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING CREATIVE THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN PARTNER ON TO, THAT'S A WIN-WIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO HEARING WHAT MORE CREATIVE THINGS THAT, THAT WE COULD BE DOING TO, TO PARTNER.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
AND IF, UH, THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE, YOU THINK WE COULD DO BETTER? UM, ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, WE'RE AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME.
UM, STEVE ALWAYS SAYS 7 24 AND HE MEANS IT, WELL SOMETIMES EVEN BEYOND THAT POINT.
UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE ENJOYED THROUGH THE DECADES WORKING WITH EDCO AND, AND THROUGH OUR SOLID, UH, UH, REGIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND, AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
AND, UH, BUT AS I SAY, EVERYONE'S GOT NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT EDCO AND, UH, AND I AGREE.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME, UM, AND WHETHER IF IT IS A TRASH SITUATION OR IF IT'S A COMMUNITY PROJECT, WHETHER IF IT'S ROOFING A HOUSE ON STEVE YES.
AND, UH, UH, OR A FLOOD
BUT, UH, YEAH, HE'LL HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIS STORY ABOUT ROOFING A HOUSE ONE OF THESE DAYS.
HE'S BACK THERE SHAKING HIS HEAD LIKE, NO, I WON'T.
UH, BUT, UH, UH, BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE BIO DIGESTERS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GO, OKAY, IT SOUNDS REALLY NICE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE FOUR STANDALONE CONTAINERS, UH, HALF A MILLION GALLONS A PIECE.
AND SO ALL OF YOUR YARD WASTE OR YOUR FOOD WASTE, YOU KNOW, YOU WONDER WHERE ALL THAT STUFF GOES.
IT GOES INTO THOSE THINGS AND THEY GO UP THERE TO ESCONDIDO TO THEIR PLANT UP THERE, AND, UH, THEN YOU FILL IT WITH ENZYMES AND BY THE TIME IT GETS DONE, IT'S GOT A WHOLE LOT OF METHANE GAS, WHICH IS WHAT YOU USE TO, TO RUN YOUR TRUCKS.
AND THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT
BUT, UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S A GREAT WAY OF, OF RECYCLING AND, UH, AND, AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, UH, TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING USEFUL.
SO ONCE AGAIN, YOU GUYS, AND, AND BELIEVE ME, I, BECAUSE I GO TO MOST OF THE TRADE SHOWS, THE, UH, UH, THE TRASH TRADE SHOWS AROUND AND EDCO IS THE ENVY OF, OF SO MANY BECAUSE YOU'RE, WE'RE BASED, WE'RE USED TO THESE HUGE CORPORATIONS AND EDCO IS THE LARGEST FAMILY OWNED TRASH COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND SO IT'S DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE ONES THAT'S TRADED ON THE, UH, ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE OR SOMETHING ELSE, AND IS VERY PERSONAL.
AND AS, UH, MEMBER BUSH SAYS, UH, YOUR EMPLOYEES CONSTANTLY RAVE ABOUT WORKING FOR EDCO.
AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING GOOD TO SAY IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
AND, AND, UH, HAVE TO GIVE, UH, CREDIT TO OUR EMPLOYEES TOO.
JUST ABSOLUTE PLEASURE WORKING WITH THEM.
[7.2. Building Together Mural Reveal]
GO ON TO, UH, 7.2.THIS IS BUILDING TOGETHER MURAL REVEAL.
AND WHO IS GONNA KICK THIS ONE OFF? WELL, I GUESS WE'RE JUST GOING TO BRING UP THE CREW.
JUST IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND LET'S GO WITH IT.
GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR US OUT TONIGHT.
UM, WE'RE THE VISION CULTURE FOUNDATION, UH, BASED RIGHT HERE IN NATIONAL CITY ON HIGHLAND AVENUE.
UM, WE DO ART, ART THERAPY, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, RESOURCES.
UM, WE DO A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ALL OUR PROGRAMMING'S FREE.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO BRING TONIGHT TO YOUR, UH,
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ATTENTION.THERE'S A, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NATIONAL CITY.
I'LL KEEP IT AS BRIEF AS I CAN.
SO ON MAY 2ND, UM, WE DID A PARTY WITH YOU GUYS.
UM, WE, IT WAS A BUILDING TOGETHER.
IT'S UP IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER WHERE THIS SLIDE, UM, IT'S AT THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING ON 18TH AND WILSON.
UM, THAT'S SOME OTHER STUFF WE'VE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY REAL FAST.
THAT'S UNDER, UH, MA, WHICH IS, UH, ON DIVISION IN PALM ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND THEN, UM, THERE'S A FEW OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL.
UH, THANKS SPEAKING TO EDCO AGAIN.
WE WERE ABLE TO FINISH THE 18TH STREET BRIDGE ON THE EAST SIDE AS WELL, UM, THAT MURAL.
UM, SO ANYWAY, WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS FOR OVER 40 YEARS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC CORRIDOR, AND IT'S RIGHT BY NASH, RIGHT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING ON 18TH AND WILSON.
SO FOR OVER 40 YEARS, THAT CORRIDOR HAS COST THE CITY MONEY THROUGH REPEATED GRAFFITI ABATEMENT.
UM, WE'RE BRINGING AN EVENT THAT'S NEVER COME TO THIS CITY BEFORE.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 30 PLUS YEARS.
THEY'VE DONE OVER 400 EVENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IT'S AN INTER IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL ART EVENT.
AND IT'S FINALLY COMING TO SAN DIEGO.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO, TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AGAIN.
UM, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERMANENTLY TRANSFORM THE SPACE ON 18TH AND WILSON INTO INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PUBLIC ART DESTINATION AT ALMOST NO COST TO THE CITY.
AND WE SAY ALMOST NO COST BECAUSE IT, IT WOULD BE THE SAME AS WE DID ON THE SECOND.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS RECALL, BUT ALL WE DID WAS SHUT DOWN A COUPLE STREETS AND HAD DETOUR SIGNS.
WE DIDN'T, WE, THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL COST.
UM, SO LIKE I WAS SAYING ABOUT MEETING A STYLES, IT'S A GLOBAL PUBLIC ART MOVEMENT.
UM, IT'S A WORLD RECOGNIZED STREET ART PLATFORM, UM, ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
IT'LL HELP ESTABLISH NATIONAL CITY AS AN INSTANT GLOBAL CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND INTERNATIONAL.
AND IT BRINGS AN INTERNATIONAL ARTISTIC EXCHANGE AND IT'LL BECOME A WORLD RENOWNED MURAL MOVEMENT FOR THE CITY.
UM, THE, THE EVENT ITSELF, LIKE I SAID, OVER 30 YEARS OF HISTORY, 400 PLUS EVENTS, UM, BRINGS THE BEST ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE PLANET.
UM, AND IT'LL, IT'LL, IT'LL LEAVE PERMANENT LARGE SCALE PUBLIC MURALS IN THAT AREA.
AND IT, IT'LL ATTRACT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TOURISM ACTIVATION.
UM, NATIONAL CITY ALREADY HAS THE CULTURE HERE.
WE'RE NOT IMPORTING CULTURE INTO THE CITY.
IT'S JUST AMPLIFY, AMPLIFYING WHAT WHAT ALREADY EXISTS HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
NATIONAL CITY HAS DEEP ROOTS, DEEP ROOTS IN HIP HOP, MURALISM, LOW RIDER CULTURE AND STREET ART.
UM, WE'RE A VERY TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY.
A A VERY DIVERSE WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY.
OUR LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE AN EXISTING PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
WE DON'T HAVE AN, UH, AN AN ART DISTRICT YET, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.
THERE'S A STRONG YOUTH ARTS ECOSYSTEM.
UM, AND THE LOCATION, IT'S, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL CITY'S BEACHFRONT PROPERTY RIGHT HERE.
VERY STRATEGIC LOCATION IN SOUTH BAY AND SAN DIEGO REGION.
UM, FOR DECADES, THE CITY HAS, HAS REPEATEDLY PAINTED OVER VANDALIZED WALLS, REMOVED GRAFF, SPENT MONEY REMOVING GRAFFITI, SPENT MONEY LATE ON LABOR, ON, ON COVERING UP THIS PAINT, SPENT MAINTENANCE FUNDS.
AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN A REPEATED CYCLE ENDLESSLY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
UM, BUT MEETING A STYLISTS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERRUPT THAT.
UM, IT'S LARGE SCALE RESPECTED MURALS.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO VANDALIZE THINGS THAT ARE RESPECTED, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S PAINTED FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT, THAT ARE VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE ART COMMUNITY.
IT WILL DRAMATICALLY REDUCE TAGGING.
IT WILL CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP AND OWNERSHIP.
IT WILL DISCOURAGE VANDALISM AND IT WILL REDUCE THOSE REOCCURRING ABATEMENT COSTS.
IT'LL SAVE THE, THE CITY TONS OF MONEY.
WE DID A STUDY A WHILE BACK AND IT, IT COSTS THE CITY OVER 30 GRAND EVERY COUPLE MONTHS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? JUST IN GRAFFITI ABATEMENT ALONE.
UM, SO AGAIN, THE CHEAPEST GRAFFITI ABATEMENT STRATEGY IS CREATING SPACES.
PEOPLE NO LONGER WANT TO VANDALIZE.
AND HOW DO YOU DO THAT? YOU ACTIVATE IT WITH ART AND VIBRANT, BEAUTIFUL MURALS.
THIS IS THE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
WILSON AND MCKINLEY ARE THE, ARE THE, THE SIDES.
SO, SO IT'S ALL THAT AREA DOWN UNDER THERE.
IT'S RIGHT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING.
THAT'S THAT BUILDING IN THE TOP, TOP CORNER.
UM, THE EVENT THAT WE'RE HOPING TO, TO DO IS ON SUNDAY, JULY 19TH.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE NEED FROM THE CITY IS, IS TO CLOSE THE STREET.
THE SAME THING THAT WE DID BEFORE.
AND AS IF YOU LOOK AT THESE PICTURES, YOU CAN SEE ALL THAT BUFF PAINT ALL OVER IT.
JAMES AND HIS CREW, THIS IS, IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW THIS, IT'S THE MAN RIGHT HERE.
THIS WOULD IMMEDIATELY ACTIVATE THE SPACE.
IT WOULD KIND OF DEFACTO START LIKE AN ART DISTRICT, YOU
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KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OVERNIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE THESE ARTISTS COME AND, AND THE REASON WHY IT WON'T COST THE CITY ANY, ANY MONEY IS BECAUSE THESE ARTISTS COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THEY BRING THEIR OWN PAINT.THEY BRING THEIR OWN, THEY, THEY, THEY GET THEIR OWN LADDERS.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CREWS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN HELPERS.
THEY GET IN ONE DAY AND THEY GET OUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S, THERE'S A THEME.
AND THIS YEAR IT'S COMIC-CON THEME.
SO THE AREA THAT THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO THIS WOULD BE ALL, UM, LIKE, LIKE, UH, CARTOONS.
IT WOULD BE LIKE BETTY BOOP AND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? JUST THINK OF ANY KIND OF CARTOON, ANY ERA THAT THOSE ARE THE THEMES.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S ALL THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE IF IT WAS JUST ACTIVATED WITH COLOR, JUST LIKE THAT ONE PHOTO WHERE YOU COULD SEE OUR LITTLE MURAL UP THERE.
UM, IT WOULD CHANGE IT OVERNIGHT.
THIS IS THE PARTY THAT WE DID ON MAY 2ND.
THESE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOS FROM IT.
WE KNOW YOU GUYS WERE BUSY DOING CITY INTERVIEWS AND STUFF LIKE THAT MM-HMM
BUT WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN.
'CAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT DAY.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN AND, UH, THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY NO INCIDENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS JUST A A, A REALLY FUN DAY.
UM, AND WE JUST WANNA DO THE SAME THING ON JULY 19TH IS JUST ACTIVATE THAT SPACE.
LET THE ARTISTS COME IN, THESE INTERNATIONAL WORLD RE RENOWNED ARTISTS WITH THEIR GUIDELINES AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO PAINT AND THEN, AND THEN GET OUT.
SO I'LL, I'LL I'M ALMOST DONE GUYS.
SO THE BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC SPACES, IT IMPROVES COMMUNITY WELLNESS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT IT, ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY INVESTING IN BEAUTIFUL SPACES RECOGNIZES THAT OUR PHYSICAL SURROUNDINGS DEEPLY DICTATE OUR INNER, OUR WELLBEING.
IT'S, IT CREATES A SENSE OF BELONGING.
CURATED PUBLIC AREAS IN, UH, INVITE DIVERSE RESIDENTS TO STEP OUTTA ISOLATION, GATHER COLLECTIVELY AND FORM DEEP SOCIAL CONNECTIONS.
IT'S ALSO A SENSE OF IDENTITY.
PUBLIC ART AND THOUGHTFUL DESIGN.
REFLECT AND HONOR, REFLECT AND HONOR A COMMUNITY'S UNIQUE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND ROOTS.
UM, PUBLIC ART REDUCES VISUAL BLIGHT INCREASES NA, NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE CREATES SAFER FEELING.
ENVIRONMENTS ENCOURAGES WALKING AND GATHERING.
AND, UM, BY GATHERING WE MEAN THAT THAT AREA COULD THEN BE ACTIVATED FOR STREET FESTIVALS, FARMER'S MARKETS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT SUPPORTS YOUTH EXPRESSION AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.
AND IT PO IT WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY'S EMOTIONAL WELLBEING.
'CAUSE PEOPLE DESERVE TO SEE BEAUTY WHERE THEY LIVE.
UM, UH, YEAH, WE ALREADY SAID THAT.
SO HERE'S WHAT NATIONAL CITY GETS, IS THIS ARTWORK CAN EITHER REMAIN AS EITHER A PERMANENT PUBLIC ASSET OR IT ALSO OPENS THE DOOR TO ACTIVATE THIS SPACE IN ORDER FOR NATIONAL CITY TO HOST QUARTERLY YEARLY ART FESTIVALS.
SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP THESE INTER NATIONAL MURALS FOREVER.
IT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, INTERCHANGED ALL THE TIME USING ARTISTS FROM THE AREA, FROM THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, THESE ARE, LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE LARGE SCALE MURALS.
SO OVERNIGHT IT WOULD GET INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION.
IT WOULD BEAUTIFY THE INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THERE THAT, THAT GETS TAGGED ON EVERY DAY.
UM, INSPIRES THE YOUTH THAT SEE THAT IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
IT'LL ATTRACT TOURISM AND VISITORS FOR SURE.
BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS A, THIS, THIS EVENT'S BEEN GOING ON OVER 30 YEARS INTERNATIONALLY.
UM, IT'LL BRING POSITIVE MEDIA ATTENTION, COMMUNITY ACTIVATION, REDUCE VANDALISM, AND IT LEAVES A CULTURAL LEGACY.
UM, I THINK YOU GUYS GET, JUST LIKE, HAVE YOU GUYS EVER HEARD OF ART BASEL IN, IN MIAMI? IT'S A HUGE FESTIVAL THEY DO EVERY YEAR.
AND THEY ACTIVATE ALL THE SOUTH BEACH AND IT, IT WOULD BASICALLY, ESSENTIALLY TURN NATIONAL CITY INTO THAT OVERNIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THAT'S REALLY IT.
I ALREADY KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS.
THE ARTISTS DONATE AND VOLUNTEER THEIR, THEIR LABOR.
THEY DO IT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'LL ORGANIZE ALL THE LOGISTICS JUST LIKE WE DID FOR THE LAST PARTY.
AND ALL WE NEED FROM YOU GUYS IS JUST TO SUPPORT THE, SUPPORT THE PARTY ON THAT DAY, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY GUYS, THANK YOU GUYS VISION, CULTURE FOR STEPPING UP AND HELPING OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR GOING ON 20 YEARS AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE DOING NEW IN OUR CITY TO BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEP IT SAFE AND, AND PUT COLOR INTO IT.
I MEAN, IF YOU'VE GONE TO THAT STREET ON 18TH AND 19TH STREET BY YOURSELF AT NIGHT, GOOD LUCK.
BUT IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO KEEP IT SAFE MM-HMM
AND THE ONE THING THAT, UH, RJ AND I WERE DOING THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, PROJECT ON THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, WE, WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT LIKE WE SEEN ELDERLY.
WE SEE YOUNG KIDS WALKING THROUGH THERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, NOT A CERTAIN TIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AND ALL THE ELEMENTS AROUND THERE MAN IS JUST PRETTY SCARY.
WE'VE SEEN SOME STUFF AS WE'RE WORKING.
WE SEE SOME CRAZY STUFF DOWN THERE AT NIGHT.
SO IT, TO US, TO BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE IN THE RIGHT STEP OF DOING THIS.
THESE GUYS, THIS IS THE ANSWER.
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ANSWER THAT WHAT I'M DOING.IT'S A BAD BECAUSE IT IS A CAT AND MOUSE CHASE.
I'LL BUFFET IT THREE HOURS LATER AND HIT AGAIN.
AND WE'RE LOSING MONEY, WE'RE LOSING THE BATTLE.
AND THESE GUYS ARE STEPPING UP AND, UH, BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
NOT JUST DO THAT, BUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND WORKING WITH OUR YOUTH.
HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, NOT JUST THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, BUT ALSO THE, THE ELDERLY ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY TEACH GRAFFITI ART TO BE ELDERLY.
THAT TELLS YOU THERE'S NO BOUNDARY OR AGE OF THE ART WHO NOT CONSIDERING LOOKING AT IT AS A BAD THING ANYMORE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IS TO DO BETTER THINGS.
'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE PAST, GUESS WHAT? WE GOTTA FIND DIFFERENT AVENUES.
GO OUTSIDE THE BOX, COLLABORATE WITH THESE YOUNG MEN, WITH YOUNG MINDS AND GREAT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE, BUT THEY'RE HERE.
FOR THE OLD, WHY COULD THEY TAKE PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY? I JUST GOTTA THANK THEM.
I WANNA ADD ALSO YOUNG WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO THAT GROUP, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY ON, ON B, MY NAME IS JESSICA MARIE BANYA.
I'M A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER.
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
I JUST WANNA SAY WE HAVE SO MUCH GRATITUDE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LOW RIDER, UH, CULTURE MOVEMENT, IT'S, I MEAN EVEN, LET'S GO BACK TO EVEN LIKE THE ELECTIONS.
MY DAUGHTER, SHE'S NOW 14 AND SHE WAS A PART OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED LIKE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND WE'RE HERE STILL WORKING TOGETHER.
I JUST WANNA ADD THAT I KNOW WE SAID, UM, COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL LIKE PUNCH WORDS THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE KNOW TO USE.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO OUR MAYOR AND TO CITY COUNCIL JUST FOR BEING IN COLLABORATION.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE COLLABORATORS IN THIS WORK IN REALLY JUST LOVING OUR PEOPLE, LOVING OUR COMMUNITY, LOVING OUR YOUTH, LOVING OUR ELDERLY, AND JUST SEEING THE POWER THAT WE HAVE WITHIN.
WE, WE HAD A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION THANK YOU RJ FOR THIS AND FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THIS IS, UH, SUICIDE PREVENTION.
THIS IS MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND WELLBEING.
THESE ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD DO THAT IS BY CONTINUING THIS COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AND WE'RE IT, WE'RE HERE, YOU KNOW, I, I LIKE WAKE UP EVERY DAY.
LIKE, OH, OUR FRIENDS, OUR PEOPLE, OUR COLLEAGUES, OUR CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS OR? WELL, WELL BEFORE WE DO, LET ME JUST FIND OUT WHO ALL IS SPEAKING BECAUSE I GOT A BUNCH OF SPEAKER SLIPS HERE AND I WANT TO SEE IF YOU'RE THE ONES UP HERE.
SO DO WE HAVE, UH, GAZELLE, GISELLE, OR SHE'S BACK THERE? SHE'S GOT SEPARATELY.
HOW ABOUT LARRY? OKAY, SO LARRY'S RIGHT THERE.
SO WE KNOW WHO ALL, WHO ALL WE HAD THERE.
UM, SO IF ANY OF YOU WHO I JUST SAID WHO WANT TO ALSO SPEAK WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK CHANCE TO DO THAT ALSO.
I'M A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND ARTIST.
UM, MY FAMILY HAS LIVED A LONG TIME IN NATIONAL CITY.
UM, FOR DECADES, THESE WALLS HAVE TOLD A STORY OF NEGLECT, MAINTAIN MAINTENANCE, AND ERASURE.
EVERY LAYER OF PAINT COVERING GRAFFITI HAS BEEN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE A PROBLEM WITHOUT ADDRESSING ITS ROOT.
AND TONIGHT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL A DIFFERENT STORY.
UH, MEETING OF STYLES IS NOT SIMPLY AN ART EVENT.
IT'S AN ACT OF TRANSFORMATION.
IT IS THE BELIEF THAT THE PLACES WE PASS EVERY DAY SHOULD REFLECT THE BEAUTY, CREATIVITY, AND HUMANITY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
IT IS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WALLS CAN DO MORE THAN DIVIDE SPACES.
THEY CAN CARRY OUR HISTORY, OUR STRUGGLES, OUR DREAMS, AND OUR COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION.
NATIONAL CITY DOES NOT NEED CULTURE IMPORTED INTO IT.
IT LIVES IN OUR FAMILIES, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR YOUTH, OUR ARTISTS, OUR LOW RIDER TRADITIONS, OUR MURALS, AND OUR STREETS.
UM, WHAT MEETING OF STYLES OFFERS IS A PLATFORM TO HONOR THAT CULTURE AND TO PLACE IT ON A GLOBAL STAGE.
UM, IMAGINE STEPPING OFF THE TROLLEY AND BEING GREETED NOT BY GREAT CONCRETE, BUT BY STORIES.
IMAGINE YOUNG PEOPLE SEEING ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, PAINTING ALONGSIDE LOCAL CREATIVES AND REALIZING THAT THEIR
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OWN VOICE, THEIR OWN VISION, BELONGS IN THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.UM, PUBLIC ART DOES SOMETHING POWERFUL.
IT REMINDS PEOPLE THAT THEY MATTER.
IT TELLS RESIDENTS THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS WORTHY OF CARE, WORTHY OF BEAUTY, AND WORTHY OF INVESTMENT.
40 YEARS FROM NOW, NO ONE WILL REMEMBER HOW MANY GALLONS OF PAINTS WERE USED TO COVER THESE WALLS, BUT THEY MAY REMEMBER THE MOMENT.
NATIONAL CITY CHOSE CREATIVITY OVER MAINTENANCE, POSSIBILITY OVER LIMITATION, AND COMMUNITY OVER NEGLECT.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST MURALS.
THIS IS A DECLARATION THAT NATIONAL CITY BELIEVES BEAUTY BELONGS TO EVERYONE.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS PARTNERSHIP.
UM, I WAS INVITED HERE ONE TIME TO WATCH MY FRIEND CARLOS DO A PAINTING OF ARMANDO REGATTA.
I'M LIKE, WHO'S THIS GUY? AND HE, YOU KNOW, I NEVER GOT TO MEET HIM.
AND HE TOLD ME, HEY, WELL, YOU KNOW, HE PASSED AWAY.
BUT ONE OF HIS, UH, VISIONS WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? HE WANTED TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY.
AND I'M LIKE, MAN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S COOL, MAN.
HE, YOU KNOW, HE PASSED AWAY AND HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? UM, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD CARRY THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT A REALITY, NOT JUST LET IT, LET IT DIE.
I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S, YOU KNOW, I'M DOWN WITH THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND I EXPLORED THAT LITTLE AREA WHERE THEY'RE DOING THE PAINTING THAT'S LIKE, IT'S PROBABLY THE LONELIEST PART OF NASHVILLE CITY,
AND I'M LIKE, MAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY, UH, IT'S PRETTY DEAD OVER THERE,
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I GO TO OTHER COMMUNITIES, I ALWAYS COMPARE, YOU KNOW, UH, NASHVILLE CITY HAS THAT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY I DO THAT, BUT
AND, UM, AND I'M LIKE, MAN, WE DON'T HAVE AN ART DISTRICT HERE.
YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW? UM, I GO TO, UH, NORTH PARK, THEY HAVE A NICE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, AND IT, THEY JUST CREATED IT.
AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT HERE? MM-HMM
SO, UM, I HOPE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD START SOMETHING AND, AND IT'S NOT GONNA COST ANYBODY.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ARTISTS ALREADY IN NATIONAL CITY THAT, THAT WANNA DO SOMETHING FOR THEIR CITY AND HOPEFULLY MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SHE'S GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M HERE WITH LOGAN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, OR LOGAN HEIGHTS, CDC.
AND I'M REALLY HERE TO VOUCH FOR THESE ARTISTS AND THIS EVENT, THE MEETING OF STYLES.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF THESE ARTISTS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW, ON A VARIETY OF MURALS IN THE LOGAN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY THAT HAVE DONE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THAT HAVE STOPPED GRAFFITI AND TAGGING IN ON PUBLIC WALLS THAT HAVE INCREASED, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY PRIDE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND REALLY REFLECTED THE CULTURE AND THE STORIES OF THE COMMUNITY AND CREATED PLACEMAKING.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THESE ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE TRYING TO DO HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
UM, THE MEETING OF STYLES EVENT IS A TRULY AMAZING COLLECTION OF ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COMING TOGETHER TO BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR STREETS AND SPACES.
AND, UH, FOR LOGAN HEIGHTS, CDC, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE SOME, SOME WALL SPACE FOR THESE ARTISTS TO PUT THEIR ART.
AND IT HAS TOTALLY TRANSFORMED THE SPACE.
PEOPLE LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES IN FRONT OF IT.
IT JUST TRANSFORMS A SPACE AND REALLY GIVES FOLKS A SENSE OF PRIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND SO, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AGAIN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE ARTISTS WHO ARE DONATING THEIR TIME AND, UM, THEY JUST NEED, THEY JUST NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO DO THAT.
SO I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE.
MY NAME IS CARLOS DANIEL ES, ALSO KNOWN AS DEN LOCK.
I'M, I HAVE MURALS FROM CHULA VISTA TO OCEANSIDE, OVER 30 PIECES AT MURALS IN CHICANO PARK IN, UH, BALD PARK.
I'M ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BAR LAW AND PLANNING COMMITTEE.
I'M A MURAL ADVISOR FOR THE LOVE CITY HEIGHTS COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS I'M OVER THERE HELPING AND FIXING MURALS.
AND, UM, I JUST, I WANTED TO COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, TO HELP, TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT US WITH THIS, BECAUSE EVENTS LIKE THIS CREATE ARTISTS LIKE ME, YOU KNOW, CREATE PEOPLE THAT BECOME SUCCESSFUL AND FOLLOW THE DREAMS, YOU KNOW? AND, AND I'M A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, AND I WANT TO COME HERE AND
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KEEP THAT GOING.YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ARTISTS CAME AND HE PLANTED A SEED BY PAINTING A MURAL WITH ME AT 15 YEARS OLD.
AND THAT DEVELOPED TO WHAT I AM NOW.
SO EVENTS LIKE THIS CAN CREATE MORE LIKE THIS FOR ALL OF US.
HE PAINTED ARMANDO, HE PAINTED ARMANDO'S PORTRAIT.
HI, UH, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I'M GEORGE.
I'M ONE OF THE ARTISTS HERE, AND WE'VE CONTRIBUTED A LOT OF ART HERE.
AND, UM, I ACTUALLY LOVE THESE THINGS.
WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THESE, WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO DO THESE THINGS.
UH, AND JUST TO, JUST TO BE VERY CONCISE ABOUT THIS, I THINK IF YOU CONSIDER THE CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION AND THE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT SAVINGS, AND IT'S BASICALLY FOR THE COST OF SOME CONES, WE COULD PROBABLY COME WITH THE CONES TOO.
THIS IS A LAYUP, THIS IS AN EASY ONE.
THIS IS, THIS IS A LOT FOR NOTHING.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I STRONGLY CONSIDER, UH, I WANT YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER THIS AND, AND SUPPORT US IN THIS.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I AM A VOLUNTEER FOR THE VISION CULTURE FOUNDATION AND A MURALIST AS WELL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THAT CULTURE OF BELONGING HERE FOR NATIONAL CITY.
AND I THINK THAT COMES WITH CARE AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH ARTS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THAT SUPPORT WE CAN BEAUTIFY THE CITY.
I MAKE THAT COMMUTE EVERY MORNING AND WHEN I SEE THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, I ALWAYS TELL, LIKE EVERYONE, LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I TELL MY COWORKERS ABOUT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES THEIR COMMUTE BETTER.
'CAUSE IT'S SOMETHING FOR THEM TO LOOK AT.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS OPPORTUNITY AND SUPPORT THIS CLASS.
ALRIGHT, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE WORKERS? JILL AND RAMIREZ? THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT WAS BASICALLY ALL OF 'EM THAT WE HAD THERE.
UM, OKAY, LET ME, UH, LET ME JUST MAKE A COUPLE QUICK OBSERVATIONS AND AS A, THE WORK YOU GUYS, DON IS GREAT.
ONE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH IT, IT'S GETTING LOST WITH ALL THAT GRAFFITI THAT'S ON THE REST OF THOSE WALLS.
YOU DRIVE DOWN THROUGH THERE, IT'S, YOUR WORK IS, GETS KINDA LOST IN THE MIDDLE 'CAUSE IT'S GORGEOUS WORK, BUT ALL THAT OTHER GARBAGE THAT'S UP THERE.
AND SO I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER WITH MTS, THAT AS WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS, GETTING, GETTING THAT CLEANED OFF AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN SAY, HEY, NO, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
'CAUSE YOU, WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS GREAT WORK.
UH, ANOTHER THING IS, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WE STARTED TO DEAL WITH WHENEVER WE WERE DOING, UH, PROJECTS IN THE CITY AND PEOPLE WERE BUILDING STUFF THAT WE HAD TO HAVE THEM ADD A ELEMENT OF ART TO IT.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE THERE'S BEEN ART PIECES HAVE BEEN PUT TO, UH, THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.
ONE OF 'EM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DONE THAT THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH ON WAS SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE.
'CAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PUT SOMETHING OUT ON THE CORNER, UH, WHEN THEY BUILT THAT.
'CAUSE THE CITY PUT $20 MILLION INTO THAT COLLEGE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PUT SOMETHING OUT ON THE CORNER OF EIGHTH AND NATIONAL.
THE OTHER THING THEY WERE DOING, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO FINISH THE PARKING STRUCTURE INSTEAD OF IT JUST BEING A CINDER BLOCK.
AND, UH, COULD YOU IMAGINE THE MURAL YOU COULD DO THERE AROUND EDUCATION, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD BE SEEN FROM THE FREEWAY.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, UH, BUT ANYWAY, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOME EXPANSION RIGHT NOW IN, IN TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEVERAGE WITH THEM.
AND, UH, SO THAT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE GONNA GONNA GO DOWN, DOWN THE LINES HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE SPEAKERS, THE ARTISTS HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU RJ AND THE VISION, CULTURE FOUNDATION FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
IT ESPECIALLY BRINGS A LOT OF COMMUNITY PRIDE.
UM, AND I GO BY, UH, THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, I THINK I HEARD ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAY, IT'S SUCH A LONELY AREA.
IT'S ON, IN THE WEST SIDE OF NATIONAL CITY, AND I GO TO CHURCH AT ST.
AND EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY, I DO SEE THAT MURAL, UH, AND, UH, ARMANDO VERA EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY.
AND IT DOES, IT FILLS MY HEART WITH PRIDE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE, THE, THE, JUST THE REMINDER.
YOU KNOW, IT IS A PIECE OF PRIDE, UH, IN NATIONAL CITY.
SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND I DO WANNA GIVE A, A VERY GOOD SHOUT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUE HERE, MARCUS BUSH.
UH, HIS, UM, ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS PROJECT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING HAS BEEN, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS I
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THINK THAT IT EXISTS.AND I KNOW THAT HIS WORK TOWARDS, UH, GETTING CALTRANS INVOLVED IN MTS AND, AND JUST ALL OF THE RED TAPE THAT HAS TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, TO WORK WITH.
UM, I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MARCUS AND ALL OF THE ARTISTS THAT HAVE COME OUT HERE TO REPRESENT.
WELL, THANK YOU LUIS, AS A TEAM EFFORT.
SO, UH, THANK YOU LUIS FOR THAT.
AND SO WANNA THANK JUST EVERYONE, VISION, CULTURE FOUNDATION.
I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT TO MY COUNCIL REP, UH, DANIEL GONZALEZ, WHO'S, UH, UH, REALLY WORKED ON THIS.
LIKE, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT HIM, SO I KNOW HE IS LISTENING.
SO SHOUT OUT TO HIM, ESPECIALLY ON THIS UPCOMING EVENT.
HE'S WORKING ON THE PERMITS AND WITH OUR CITY STAFF.
SO I THINK THIS COMING TO COUNCIL IN TWO WEEKS, THE, UH, UH, TUP, UM, UH, FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, BUT REALLY, UM, I WANT TO THANK HIM BECAUSE, UH, THIS WAS AN INITIATIVE EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, NOT IN, UH, THIS IS LUCY'S DISTRICT, UM, NOT MINE.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO BECAUSE IT BENEFITS US CITYWIDE.
AND YOU GUYS JUST TOUCHED ON IT, THE BUDGET.
UH, THERE'S A BETTER WAY MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THINGS.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE ON THIS.
UM, AND THE OTHER MAJOR PERSON OF THIS IS JAMES.
KIM, A HUGE, UH, SHOUT OUT TO HIM.
SO THANK YOU, JAMES, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN A GRAFFITI TECH FOR, AND WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR 17, 20, SO ALMOST 20 YEARS, RIGHT? ALMOST 20 YEARS.
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE COURAGE AND THE BRAVERY.
UM, JUST WHEN WE WERE, ME AND DANIEL WERE, WERE TALKING AND GOING DOWNSTAIRS AND JUST SEEING HOW ARE THINGS GOING.
AND YOU HAD THE BRAVERY TO JUST TELL US AND GIVE ME, AND GIVE US CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK.
THIS IS THE, WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR MANY YEARS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THAT 24TH STREET CORRIDOR.
I'LL GO OUT THERE, I'LL PAINT OVER IT, AND WITHIN 24 HOURS AT TIMES IT'S TAGGED UP AGAIN.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA GO A LOT FASTER.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE, OH, TWO MONTHS, I COULD GET THIS DONE.
IT'S THE LABOR OF LOVE, I THINK, FOR ALL OF US.
AND IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE DAIS, OUR CITY STAFF, OUR ACTIVE CITY MANAGER AND HIS TEAM FOR, UM, APPROVING THIS AND BEING FLEXIBLE AND INNOVATIVE WITH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, LOGISTICAL, UH, CHALLENGES LIKE THE, THE CRANE THING AND JUST, JUST ALL OF THAT.
AND, AND, BUT THE CRUX OF THIS IDEA, AND IT ALSO CAME FROM OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER, ARMANDO VERA.
SO IT'S JUST, ALL OF THIS IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.
AND IT'S HONESTLY, FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S ONE OF THE, THE BEST PROJECTS OR THE BEST THINGS I FEEL LIKE I I'VE DONE HERE ON CITY COUNCIL OTHER THAN THE, THE LOW RIDER THING.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, WE, 'CAUSE WE HAVE BUDGET, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT STUFF THAT I'M, I'M PROUD THAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, BUT THIS IS JUST LIKE TRANSFORMATIONAL AND IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THIS, THIS, UM, UH, OPPORTUNITY, UM, COMING UP NEXT MONTH.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE THE STARS ARE ALIGNING AND THIS IS LIKE FREE ART.
AND I HOPE THAT WE, AS A CITY OR CHAMBER, I HOPE THAT THOSE ARTISTS THAT ARE COMING, THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY IN OUR HOTELS AND SPEND MONEY HERE AND DO LITTLE SIDE EVENTS HERE AND THINGS THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, BRING THAT ATTENTION.
I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, IF WE HAVE INITIATIVES THAT STAFF HAVE INITIATIVE, THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, WHETHER IT'S OUR PARKS, OUR LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAVE A, AS A CITY HAS, HAS TO, UM, REALLY GROW AND EXPAND ON THIS.
SO, UM, AND I REALLY THINK VISION, CULTURE, UM, YOU GUYS, YOUR VOLUNTEERS, YOUR STAFF, EVERYONE REALLY APPRECIATE.
JUST, YOU'RE ONE OF THE BEST NONPROFITS IN THE COUNTY, UM, AND ONE OF THE BEST PROFITS IN, UH, NATIONAL STATE.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT NONPROFITS.
I, I I JUST, BUT WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, FOR OUR YOUTH, UM, FOR TEACHING AND BEING A, A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST SPACE, I, I WANT OUR PARTNERSHIP TO, UH, CONTINUE TO GROW AND JUST WHAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AND HOW, UH, YOU DO YOUR EVENTS AND YOU'RE WORKING ON THE MAUM, UH, PROJECT AS WELL.
AND, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ'S DISTRICT.
AND SO I JUST, I JUST THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AND I WANT, UM, CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, THE MAY 2ND EVENT, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
AND, AND WE DID LIKE THAT WE WERE, WE WERE COMING OFF OF LIKE A EIGHT HOUR LIKE MARATHON ON INTERVIEWS.
SO WE, LIKE WE JUST SAID, WE WERE BEHIND ON EVENTS, SO NOT ALL OF US COULD MAKE IT.
UM, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS, FOR THIS POTENTIAL EVENT.
UM, A COUPLE THINGS JUST FOR CITY STAFF, I WOULD ASK THE CITY MANAGER.
I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW, UNLESS YOU OR YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE ONE.
BUT FOR THIS FUTURE, UM, FOR THIS MEETING OF STYLES EVENT IN THIS TWO P ON JULY 17TH, I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, LONG TERM A, UM, A, A PROJECT, UM, A BIKE, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PREVIOUS BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSIONS ON CITY COUNCIL ABOUT DESIGN AND ALL THAT.
SO, UM, I, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT IF YOUR STAFF COULD CHECK INTO JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S NO, UM, LIKE CONFLICTS OR ANYTHING THAT WAS PREDETERMINED, UM,
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UH, WITH THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE CALTRANS PERMITS THAT CALTRANS HAS BEEN GREAT, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.UM, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I THINK THIS, THIS FITS LIKE PERFECTLY AND EVEN IS ENHANCED AND I THINK IMPROVED WHAT KIND OF WE HAD CONCEPTUALLY.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS CONSISTENT BECAUSE THERE'S NO KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT, UM, IF, UH, YOU, YOUR STAFF CAN LOOK INTO, UH, THIS OR HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, UM, OR FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN.
UM, AND THEN, UM, JUST RESPONSE TO, UH, THE, UH, MAYOR AND AGREE WITH WHAT HE SAID, UM, ABOUT THE OTHER BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THOSE OTHER BUILDINGS.
SO THIS FIRST PHASE WAS THE, UH, CATALYST AND IT WAS THE EASIEST TO IMPLEMENT BECAUSE IT'S LAND AND A BUILDING THAT WE AT THE CITY CONTROL.
SO NOW THE NEXT PHASE AND CHALLENGES WILL BE DRAFTING MOUS.
I'M LOOKING AT YOU, CITY ATTORNEY, MOUS AND, UH, LEGAL WORK.
UH, BECAUSE THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS, UM, THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT IS TAGGED AND THEY DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU, JAMES, IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS YOU LIKE TOLD THEM, YOU JUST LAID IT OUT LIKE IT IS, LIKE, HEY, THIS IS US AS PUBLIC SUBSIDIZING YOUR PRIVATE OPERATIONS IN YOUR GRAFFITI AND IT NEEDS TO STOP.
AND SO WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM.
BUT THOSE ARE THE NEXT PHASES OF THIS.
AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A SET BUDGET OR ANYTHING FOR IT.
SO THIS IS A FUTURE WORK THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO TO, FOR THAT TO IMPLEMENT.
AND YOU GUYS PROVIDED US SOME CONCEPTS.
SO THERE'S MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I WILL SAY WE DO HAVE THE MONEY FOR A PROJECT LIKE THAT.
IT COULD COME OUT OF OUR ECONOMIC CONTINGENCY RESERVE THAT, UH, THE UNSPENT FUNDS FROM LAST YEAR.
SO WE COULD TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITY, I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S IDEA OF THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE BECAUSE THAT GARAGE THAT'S, IT'S PROMINENT AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT WAS PART OF, UH, MOU THAT THEY, THE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH ON.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY 'CAUSE THAT'S AN UGLY PARKING GARAGE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AN ENTRANCE TO THE CITY AND WE JUST NEED TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF OUR, OUR CITY'S IMAGE.
UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T CARE WHEN PEOPLE CALL IT NASTY CITY.
I REALLY DON'T BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT PERSONALLY I DON'T CARE THAT ARE COMING HERE, RIGHT? LIKE, SO, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SHED SOME OF THE NEGATIVITY AND, AND THE UGLINESS AT THE SAME TIME, OR AT LEAST LIKE, REDEFINE IT AND TRANSFORM IT.
UM, AND EMBRACE LIKE KINDA WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, EM, EMBRACE OUR, OUR URBAN CULTURE AND EMBRACE LIKE OUR, OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE STEREOTYPED AND LIKE GRAFFITI ARE THE, THE GRAFFITI, THE MURALS.
LIKE, THERE'S A BIGGER, DEEPER CULTURAL STORY THAT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL TO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY I LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
I, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I, I THINK WE CAN REALLY GET THIS DONE.
THIS IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOO, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
OH, LAST THING, LAST THING, JAMES, ON, ON, UH, JUST ON JAMES, IF YOU CONTINUE TO TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF AND COORDINATE, UM, UH, ON THIS AND IN PARTICULARLY FOR LIKE IN THE, UH, BUDGET LONGER TERM, NOT, NOT FOR LIKE THIS PARTICULAR DISCUSSION, BUT AT LEAST LIKE FOR THE NEXT, UH, FEW WEEKS.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A CITY EMPLOYEE THAT ISN'T IN A MANAGER AND LEADER POSITION.
I HAVE NOT SEEN AN EMPLOYEE DO THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT YOU DID IN FRONT OF THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A BIG SHOUT AT AND THANK YOU.
'CAUSE THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOU.
I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES AND REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE EFFORT OF ALL VOLUNTEERS, UH, STAFF, UH, VISION CULTURE FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS OTHER NONPROFITS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEADING THE EFFORT AND DANIEL AS WELL FOR HELPING MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I MEAN, I KNOW, I KNOW WE ALL, UM, KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE.
ART IS, UH, IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR HISTORY, OF OUR COLLECTIVE HISTORY.
AND, AND IT IS, UM, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT AND DEMONSTRATE THAT AT EVERY PHASE OF OUR CITY AND ANYWHERE WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND SO THERE'S SO MANY BEAUTIFUL MURALS, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE AND SO MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO YOU CERTAINLY HAVE MY SUPPORT AND THAT OF OUR COUNCIL OFFICE ON, ON, UH, PARTNERING WITH, WITH CONTINUING TO EXPAND MURAL SPACE WITHIN OUR CITY AND WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE IN ORDER TO DISPLAY OUR HISTORY AND NOT ALLOW OUR HISTORY TO BE WRITTEN BY OTHERS.
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP.
UM, VISION, CULTURE FOUNDATION.
I'M AWED BY THE, BY THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, YOU HAVE A BIG SUPPORT HERE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE GO INTO HERE.
SORRY, CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM? IS THAT OKAY? UH, IF WE CAN GET 'EM ALL BACK UP HERE.
CAN YOU GUYS, DO YOU GUYS MIND ALL COMING BACK UP SO WE CAN GET A PICTURE? OH, SURE.
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ON.STAY ON THAT SIDE OF THE PODIUM OR OTHERWISE ON THIS, ON THIS SIDE.
OH, A COUPLE EXTRA TROUBLE MAKERS IN THERE.
YO, I WAS WAITING FOR THE THREAT
OH, JUST REALLY QUICK GUYS, THAT THE MIC CULTURE, MIKE.
OH, VISION CULTURE JUST CAME UP WITH THE GREAT IDEA.
UH, I KNOW THE PASSING OF MIKE MEJIA.
I'VE BEEN WORKING AND TALKING TO THE FIRE GUYS HERE AND THAT'S SOMETHING, THEY CAME OUTTA HEART.
THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? ANYTHING FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY'D BE MORE GLAD TO PUT A MURAL SOMEWHERE IN NASHVILLE CITY OF HONOR OF MIKE BIA.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO AND, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE AS THAT.
AND JAMES, SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING, LAST THING I FORGOT TO TELL YOU, UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION, UM, ON BUDGET AND WHAT, UM, THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT IS AND KIND OF THE, UH, IMPROVED, UH, COST ESTIMATION FOR THIS.
SO THIS IS, UH, FOR YOU, JAMES.
SO IF WE CAN GET THAT, AND ACTUALLY I'LL SAY IT MR. EDT THOUGH.
AND SO, UM, AND I'M SURE HE DOESN'T MIND JUST THAT, UH, THAT I DISCLOSED THAT.
SO IF WE CAN GET, UH, SOME OF THE NUMBERS, I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE AN ESTIMATE AND, UM, AND I THINK IT JUST, UH, NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, REFINEMENT.
AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TALK TO MR. NIETO FOR SOME OF THE DETAILS HE WAS WORKING ON.
BUT THE, THIS, WE DID DO HIGH LEVEL ANALYSIS AND THIS WAS PROVEN, THIS CONCEPT TO SAVE MONEY.
SO I JUST, UH, BUT GETTING THOSE NUMBERS I THINK IS, IS GOOD.
UM, BEFORE WE GO INTO CONSENT COUNT, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, REGIONAL BOARDS
[8. REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS (Limited to Five (5) Minutes each)]
AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.SO A REPORT ON AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT, AND ALSO WANTED TO, UH, RESPOND TO THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, WHICH I APPRECIATE.
SO I WANT TO THANK, UH, MR. OCK AND, UH, MS. QUINONE, AND ESPECIALLY, PARTICULARLY MS. QUINONE BECAUSE, UH, MS. QUINONE, YOU DID COME TO OUR EPC BOARD MEETINGS AND YOU'VE BEEN, UH, UH, AN ADVOCATE ABOUT OUR DELAYED, UH, PAIR PROGRAM AND ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UM, ENGAGEMENT DESPITE SOME OF MY, UH, DISAGREEMENTS ON POLICY, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO, UH, SORT OF GIVE HIGH LEVEL UPDATE ON.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS ON THE DAIS AND OUTSIDE.
UM, SO THE, UM, INDIRECT SOURCE RULE WAS, UH, AN ITEM THAT I'VE UPDATED KEPT OUR, UH, COUNCIL UPDATED ON IT.
UH, ABSOLUTELY WAS A DIFFICULT, UH, DECISION AND TOUGH FOR ALL OF US.
BUT I WANT TO DO, UH, POINT OUT SOME THINGS, NOT JUST, UH, FROM THE STAFF REPORT, BUT ALSO, UM, IN THE RESPONSE TO THE, UH, THE EMAIL THAT YOU ALL SENT.
UM, BECAUSE THERE IS SOME FACTS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE STATED IN AND CORRECTED.
UM, SO, UH, IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE EMAIL, SO ONE OF, SO, UH, IT WAS THE MAY 14TH, UH, UH, UH, BOARD AGENDA MEETING, UH, WHERE WE TOOK UP THE INDIRECT SOURCE ROLE.
AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, I THINK THIS LETTER, UH, UH, MRS. IS, UM, AND IT, AND IT STATES AT THE BOARD MEETING THAT I VOTED AGAINST A MOTION INTRODUCED BY FELLOW BOARD MEMBER, DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, OLO MERE, ACTUALLY DO THINK FOR THE RECORD, IT WAS INTRODUCED BY, UM, OUR CHAIR, BERKELEY GARCIA.
UM, BUT, UM, BUT A GIRE WAS, UH, SUPPORTIVE DIRECTING A-P-C-D-A-P-C-D STAFF TO DO, TO BEGIN DRAFTING AN INDIRECT SOURCE RULE.
THIS RULE HAS BEEN STUDIED BY EPCD STAFF FOR FOUR YEARS AND WOULD BE A FIRST STEP IN A NEW PROGRAM TO LIMIT EMISSIONS FROM TRUCKS AT WAREHOUSES.
NOW, THE, NOW THE KEY PART THAT, THAT, THAT STATEMENT THAT THAT EMAIL MISSES IS THAT IT WAS THE STAFF, OUR A PCD STAFF THAT RECOMMENDED AGAINST MOVING FORWARD WITH AN INDIRECT SOURCE RULE.
SO, UM, PART OF, UH, WELL, PART OF IT, I I WILL SAY FOR OUR A PCD STAFF, THEY ARE THE MOST, UM, UH, I THINK PROGRESSIVE PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UH, STAFF OF ANY, UH, PUBLIC AGENCY STAFF IN THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE ON PROTECTING HEALTH, ON GETTING DATA RESEARCH.
SO THEY'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS FOR FOUR YEARS, AND IN THIS STAFF REPORT IN THE RESEARCH, UH, THEY, THEY'RE BASED ON THEIR RESEARCH, THIS WAS NOT THE BEST ROUTE TO GO IN, IN DIRECT SOURCE RULE.
AND THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY THAT I'LL READ SOME OF THESE HERE.
SO THE, UH, PART OF THIS WAS HERE, LET ME GET MY NOTES AND READ DIRECTLY FROM
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THE REPORT.SORRY GUYS, I LOST WHERE I WAS ON THE REPORT, SO I'M PULLING THIS BACK UP ON MY LAPTOP.
SO THE VOTE WAS, UH, FIVE FOUR.
IT WAS, UH, A MEMBER GLORIA BAILEY, KOVAL, BOARD MEMBER, MEMBER FITZGERALD AND MYSELF IN SUPPORT OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH INCENTIVES AND NOT TO KILL THE RULE, BUT TO DELAY IT.
AND THE DELAY WAS DUE TO THE LEGAL RISK WAS DUE TO THE, AND I'LL READ IT RIGHT HERE.
THE ESTIMATED EMISSION REDUCTIONS FROM A POTENTIAL WAREHOUSE ISR IN SAN DIEGO ARE PROJECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE REDUCTIONS ANTICIPATED FROM OTHER RULEMAKING.
SO IT WAS THE COST, AND, AND THERE'S A WHOLE, UH, SET OF BULLET POINTS.
UH, I DON'T WANNA, UH, READ, UM, AND JUST IN SAKE OF, UH, PUBLIC TIME.
BUT IT WAS THE COST EFFECTIVENESS, THE COMPLIANCE COST, UH, THE FACT THAT THE EMISSION REDUCTIONS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS.
SO STAFF RESEARCHED THIS, AND AFTER THE RESEARCH THEY DID, THIS RULE WAS NOT DETERMINED TO BE EFFECTIVE.
AND STAFF IS AN INDEPENDENT BODY INDUSTRY, OF COURSE, DID SUPPORT THAT.
BUT INDUSTRIES, UM, THEIR POSITION BESIDES, YOU KNOW, THE FACTS, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT INDUSTRY.
I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND THE DECADES OF, UH, POLLUTION OF, UH, HEALTH IMPACTS THAT WE'VE HAD.
BUT THIS WASN'T THE BEST APPROACH, IN MY OPINION.
THIS RULE HAS BEEN OVERTURNED IN OTHER AREAS.
THIS RULE HAS BEEN OVERTURNED IN OTHER AREAS.
SO THERE'S A LEGAL RISK, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL COURTS AND HOW THEY'RE MADE UP.
SO SPENDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND THEN IT WOULD BE TWO TO THREE YEARS TO ACTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTED.
AND YES, THERE WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH I APPRECIATE ALL THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, UH, UH, IN FAVOR OF A RULE.
BUT WHAT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ALL SAID IS, WE NEED ACTION.
SO I'M NOT GONNA PROMISE THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE TWO TO THREE YEARS MAYBE IN THE MAKING THAT'S EXPENSIVE AND THAT OUR STAFF IS TELLING US IS NOT THE MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACH OR TOOL.
SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S, UH, GONNA BE KILLED FOREVER.
I OFFERED SOME IDEAS OF SOLUTIONS THAT CAN HAPPEN TO, UM, NOT TODAY, UH, BUT THAT CAN HAPPEN VERY SHORT TERM AS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS BASED ON WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING.
IT'S OUR PAIR PROGRAM, IT'S OUR AIR FILTER.
AND WHAT I WASN'T GOING TO DO WAS, UH, AND I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDED, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE TIJUANA SEWAGE RIVER CRISIS, RECOMMENDED THAT WE ON THE BOARD, THAT WE NOT PUSH THEM INTO, UH, CREATING A NEW PROGRAM, UM, ADDRESSING THIS BECAUSE IT, UH, IT IS A WATER QUALITY ISSUE.
THEY ARGUED IT NOT AN AIR QUALITY ISSUE, BUT WE STILL DID WHAT I, I THINK WAS ALL RIGHT.
AND WE, UH, DIRECTED STAFF AGAINST THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO STILL PURSUE THIS.
AND THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO GETTING SOLUTIONS TO THE TIJUANA RIVER, UH, SEWAGE CRISIS AND GETTING AIR FILTERS TO THOSE PEOPLE.
BUT I DISCLOSED IT IN THIS, UH, PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING NEGATIVELY IMPACTFUL TO NATIONAL CITY.
WE ENDED UP SPREADING OUR RESOURCES TO THIN AT A PCD.
SO THE PAIR PROGRAM, UH, WHICH WAS FOR AIR MONITORS AND AIR FILTERS TO BE DISTRIBUTED HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, GOT DELAYED AND HAS BEEN DELAYED FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND THE STAFF DID REPORT THAT.
PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE WE STARTED A NEW PROGRAM.
SO, UH, NATIONAL CITY'S ALREADY, UH, BEEN DELAYED IN SOME OF WHAT I THINK THE RESOURCES, THE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
SO I'M NOT GONNA JUST, YOU KNOW, RULES MAKE US FEEL GOOD REGULATIONS.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD FOR, UM, UH, FOR DOING PRESS RELEASES AND SAYING, OH YEAH, WE DID SOMETHING, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS WAS GOING TO DO, UM, WHAT IT, WHAT WE, WHAT WE HOPE TO DO.
AND IN FACT, THE STAFF ANALYSIS DID SAY THAT IF THIS RULE EVEN DID SURVIVE LEGAL CHALLENGE, EVEN AFTER ALL THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND ON IT, THEY WOULD AVERAGE AN ESTIMATED, UM, SIX, UH, SIX PEOPLE.
THEIR HEALTH WOULD IMPROVE SIX PER YEAR.
AND NOT JUST IN NATIONAL CITY, BUT IN WHAT'S CALLED THE PORT SIDE COMMUNITIES.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER DATA IN THE REPORT.
THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES, AND I'M OPEN TO CHANGING MY POSITION ON THIS.
SO I WOULD, UM, BE DEFINITELY OPEN TO, UH, PLANNING, UH, COMMISSION, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, HAVING EPCD, UH, UH, COME, COME HERE.
UM, BUT I AM INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING NOW AND DOING SOMETHING WITH, UH, AIR FILTERS AND GETTING OUR AIR MONITORS, UH, ON TRACK.
SO THIS ISN'T OVER, BUT, AND I ENCOURAGE, UH, CONTINUED DISCUSSION, BUT JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE AN, UH, COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ABOUT THAT, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN YEAH.
MOVE, UH, MOVE, UH, FORWARD MORE.
LAST THING I'LL SAY ON THE EMAIL, THIS REFERENCES,
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UH, AGUIRE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES.THIS LETTER AGUIRE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT SUPPORTED THIS.
SO THERE'S MORE IF, IF THE, IF THE GOLDIE ASK IN THIS EMAIL IS TO HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL THINK, THINK A PCD, THEN WE SHOULD THINK IF, IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S DECISION, THEN WE SHOULD THINK MORE THAN JUST ONE SUPERVISOR.
WE, WE SHOULD THANK EVERYONE IF THAT'S THE ROLE, IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTED TO DO.
SO THAT'S MY UPDATES FOR AP PCD.
I WILL BE ATTENDING THE SANDAG AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING THIS FRIDAY.
THOSE ARE ALL THE UPDATES I HAVE.
UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, UH, A COUPLE THINGS.
WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR, UH, RISA AND TAKING A LOOK AT, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, UH, NATIONAL CITY WILL CONTINUE TO GET OUR, UH, THERE'S AN EXTRA AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE GET THAT THE OTHER CITIES DON'T GET FOR THE SIMPLE REASON.
WHEN WE FORMED RISA, UM, OUR RATES WERE THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTY, SO EDCO WOULDN'T GO ANY LOWER.
BUT WHAT THEY DID DO, THEY DROPPED THE NORTH COUNTY RATES DOWN, SO WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING DIRECTLY OUT OF IT.
SO AS A RESULT, THE OTHER CITIES PAY US AN AMOUNT OF MONEY, SO WE GET PAID BECAUSE WE HELPED GET THEIR RATES LOWER.
AND SO THAT IS, UH, CONTINUING.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE TIMES WE GET NEW BOARD MEMBERS, THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY OUR CITY, THESE ARE ONES FROM NORTH COUNTY, AND THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY OUR CITY IS GETTING A REBATE ON STUFF.
AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO 'EM THE REASON YOUR RATES ARE SO LOWER IS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE, WE PUT INTO THIS PROJECT.
THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE TURNING OVER THE TREASURER, UM, UH, NATIONAL CITY HAS BEEN THE TREASURER FOR RISK FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND NOW IS ANOTHER CITY'S TURN.
SO, UM, AND WE HAD BEEN PAID EACH YEAR TO, FOR THE COST THAT IT COST US TO DO BOTH THE, UH, UH, THE TREASURY WORK AND ALSO ON THE AUDIT.
AND SO, UM, UH, SO, BUT I SAY, BUT IT'S ANOTHER CITY'S TURN NOW FOR DOING ON THAT ONE.
UH, ONE OTHER THING IS WE HAD THE PLANNING MEETING OF, OF, UH, SANDAG THIS LAST WEEK.
AND, UH, THE DISCUSSION WAS ON HOUSING THE ARENA NUMBERS AND, UH, LET'S JUST SAY LIVELY DISCUSSION.
AND, AND IT WAS, IT WAS INTERESTING, UM, DIFFERENT CITIES, VIEWPOINTS AND SOME PEOPLE, SOME CITIES THAT HAVE ALMOST NO ARENA NUMBERS, WHICH IS THE HOUSING, UH, NUMBERS THAT, THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CITIES.
AND, UH, THEY WERE JUST CRYING THE BLUES.
YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH THEY WERE JUST CRYING THE BLUES.
AND THEN WHEN WE MENTIONED WHAT OUR NUMBERS WERE, THEY, THEY SHUT UP.
BUT, UH, SO IT'S, UH, UM, ANYWAY, BUT THAT, THAT'S THE DEBATE THAT'S GONNA BE GOING ON HEAVIER IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS WE ENTER INTO THE NEXT EIGHT YEAR CYCLE.
UH, THAT'S THE ONLY TWO THINGS THAT I HAVE TO REPORT AT THIS, AT THIS TIME.
[9. CONSENT CALENDAR]
TO CONSENT CALENDARS.UH, THIS IS NINE ONE THROUGH NINE 16.
I HAVE REQUEST TO PULL, UH, ITEM 7, 8, 11, 15, AND 16.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST TO PULL ITEM NINE 10 AND NINE 12, PLEASE.
YOU SAID 9 10, 9 10 AND NINE 12.
ANYTHING ELSE? JUST COMMENT ON NINE, 9.9, MAYOR.
I, AND I HAVE, UM, A, UH, MOTION FOR 9.6, A DIFFERENT ONE.
SO, OR JUST, JUST SOME ADDITION.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? NOW? I HAVE AN ADDITION, A MOTION I WANNA MAKE FOR 9.6.
DO YOU WANT BOTH? JUST I CAN PULL IT.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, THEN WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CALENDAR.
WE HAVE A MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CALENDAR.
[9.6 2025 Annual Military Equipment Use Report.]
UH, NINE SIX.THIS IS THE ANNUAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE REPORT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, WAS IT? OH, NO, NO, I'M SORRY.
SO MY, AND I ASKED THIS IN BRIEFING, SO I WASN'T SURE IF WE HAD AN ANSWER YET, BUT IF NOT, THAT'S OKAY.
SO, UM, UH, THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE DIRECTED THIS, UH, TO GO TO THE, UM, CPRC, WHICH THEY DID, THEY REVIEWED IT.
SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR PRESENTING THAT.
MY PROBLEM WAS THAT THERE WAS NOT, IN TERMS OF THEIR ATTACHMENTS, ONLY THE POWERPOINT
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WAS INCLUDED.NONE OF THE BACKGROUND ATTACHMENTS THAT WE WERE, UM, PROVIDED, UM, ON THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE LIST OF THE WEAPONS AND THE STAFF REPORT AND ALL OUT OF THAT.
SO, UH, MY QUESTION WAS WHY THAT WASN'T, UH, INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE ORIGINAL, LIKE, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED THERE? THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH, CHRIS SULLIVAN, UH, CAPTAIN ONCE AGAIN.
SO WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO PRESENT TO THE CPRC, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD DONE.
AND OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO, UH, PRESENT TO COUNSEL ON THE FIRST GO ROUND.
SO WE CAN DO THAT PROVIDED US MORE, UH, ENGAGEMENT INTO, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THE CPRC.
THE REASON THAT WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION IS TO TRY TO PRESENT TO THEM, ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE ALL OF THE MATERIALS IN THE, IN THE BOOK TO THEM, INTO THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, SO THEN I, SO THEN STAFF JUST MADE A DECISION NOT TO JUST, THEY, UH, TO ABBREVIATE IS, IS THAT WHY, TO ABBREVIATE WHAT WAS GIVEN TO THE CPRC? UM, WHAT WAS GIVEN ALREADY PROVIDED TO CITY COUNCIL? WHEN WE PRESENT IN THE MANNER OF LIKE A, A, OF A POWERPOINT, IF YOU'RE ASKING WHY, OR IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM THE ENTIRE REPORT ITSELF AT THAT TIME? YES, WE CAN DO THAT.
WELL, THAT, YES, AND THAT TECHNICALLY WASN'T MY QUESTION.
MY QUESTION WAS WHY THEY WEREN'T PROVIDED THE FULL REPORT AND INFORMATION THAT WE AND COUNSEL WAS GIVEN WERE GIVEN, I BELIEVE AT THAT TIME IT WAS TRYING TO GET TO THAT PRESENTATION TO THEM, AND WE JUST PROVIDED THEM THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION, WHICH IS A MODIFIED VERSION, WHICH HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE REPORT, JUST NOT THE EXTENDED VERSION OF IT.
UM, WELL, I JUST, I MEAN, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.
THEY, UM, THEY HAD THEIR INPUT, UM, AND, UH, I DID LISTEN TO, UH, THAT MEETING AND TALK TO SOME, UH, TO OUR CITY STAFF ABOUT SOME OF THE WAYS I THINK THE COMMISSION COULD, UM, I GUESS BE MORE PRODUCTIVE IN TONE AND JUST IT BE A LITTLE MORE PRODUCTIVE AND LESS, UH, MAYBE ACCUSATORY, WHICH I'M, YOU KNOW, COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
BUT IN THE FUTURE, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, OUR ANYTHING THAT OUR, UM, OVERSIGHT BOARDS, OUR, OUR, OUR CITIZENS COMMITTEES, I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, OPENNESS, AND GETTING THAT AS, AS ADVANCED AND POSSIBLE.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS WAS JUST KIND OF AN OVERSIGHT, AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, I, I WOULD LIKE, UM, AND THIS, UH, THIS HAS COME UP BEFORE LAST YEAR, SO, SO MOVING FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE OUR CPRC, OR FOR THAT MATTER, ANY COMMISSION THAT IS REVIEWING SOMETHING TO GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND ALL THE MATERIALS, UH, THE BACKGROUND BECAUSE IT IS PUBLIC, AND THEN IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MIGHT, IT WILL RESULT IN A LITTLE MORE WORK ON OUR PART IN THE CITY, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BUILD MORE TRUST AND THEN ALLOW A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BACK AND FORTH AND FOR US TO MAKE, UM, IMPROVED, UH, DECISION MAKING ON, ON THE BUDGET EARLIER SO THAT WE ALL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MAKE DECISIONS, OKAY? UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE MILITARY GRADE EQUIPMENT, DO WE NEED THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT IS EXPENSIVE AT THE, IS THERE A CHEAPER WAY TO DO THIS TO ACHIEVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY GOALS THAT WE NEED? AND THEN YOU ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, HEY, THIS IS A SCENARIO WHERE WE NEED THIS AND THIS IS THE RISK ANALYSIS AND ALL THAT.
SO THAT'S LIKE FOR ME JUST TO BETTER EXPLAIN WHAT THE INTENT OF THAT WOULD BE.
I, UH, AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM AND WOULD, UH, DIRECT STAFF TO WHEN THIS ITEM COMES UP BEFORE, BEFORE IT'S, UH, UH, BEFORE IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL, THAT IT GOES TO THE FULL CPRC WITH THE FULL AVAILABLE INFORMATION, UM, SO THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE COMMENTS AND POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATION OR THOUGHTS ON THAT TO, TO US.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY EMOTION, APPROVE THIS ITEM AND HAVE IT IN THE FUTURE.
COME BACK TO COUNCIL, COME NEXT YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT AND NEXT YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT WHENEVER IT COMES BACK NEXT TIME, WHENEVER THIS RELATED ITEM HAS GOT IT.
BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS COME IN MIDYEAR, BUT I THINK WE'VE HAD BUDGET MEETINGS ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS.
SO IF IT COMES UP BEFORE THEN, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE BEFORE THEN, SO, OKAY.
SO AS IT RELATES TO THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT REPORT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, CORRECT.
AS IT RELATES TO THE MILITARY GRADE EQUIPMENT? YES.
SO, SO THIS, UH, MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED.
UM, AND, AND SO YOU'RE FINE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TODAY? YES, TODAY'S FINE.
AND, AND I DO AGREE, UH, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF INFORMATION, UH, I APPRECIATE INFORMATION, I APPRECIATE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
AND BECAUSE ALL OF THE INFORMATION HAD ALREADY COME TO CITY COUNCIL,
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IT WAS PUBLISHED ON OUR CITY WEBSITE, UH, I DO AGREE THAT IT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FULLY PRESENTED TO THE CPRC.UM, AND I DO AGREE THAT, UH, WE SHOULD UTILIZE OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT WANNA DO THE WORK, LET THEM DO THE WORK.
SO I DO AGREE WITH, UM, PRESENTING THEM WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE.
AND I'M IN, UH, UH, SUPPORT OF THE MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SEE, NO MORE DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
ALRIGHT, NEXT, WE'LL GO TO NINE SEVEN.
[9.7 CTCAC Regulatory Agreement Execution and Amendment to Kimball Highland Ground Lease and Promissory Note]
UH, THIS IS THE REGULATORY AGREEMENT EXECUTION AND AMENDMENT TO THE KIMBALL HIGHLAND GROUND LEAVES AND PROMISSORY NOTE.WHEN I HEARD THE WORD KIMBALL, IT CAME TO MY MIND.
THAT'S FOR THE SENIORS, CAME TO MY MIND, THE VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN PLANNING SHELTERING.
BUT THIS ITEM IS ALL ABOUT LEASE AND HOW MUCH OUR EXPECTATION HERE, YOUR HONOR, IS THAT IT WOULD HELP US IN OUR REVENUE, IN SUPPORT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S MY LINE OF THINKING, UH, SIR.
AND I HOPE THIS WOULD ADD TO THE REVENUE THAT IS BEING PLANNED NOW THROUGH SANDAG ABOUT HOUSING, WHETHER IT IS 1000 OR MILLION, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, PARTICULARLY COPING UP WITH THE HIGH RISE OF EVERYTHING.
SIR, WE WELCOME THIS, PARTICULARLY IF IT HELPS INVEST IN SHELTERING WITHIN MIND FOR THE SENIORS.
I COMMENTED IN SANDAG THAT HOW MUCH 6.8, LESS OR MORE IF THE PLANNERS ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE, SHELTER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND I HOPE THIS IS A LESSON, IF ONLY TO REALIZE THAT THERE OUGHT TO BE SHELTERED FOR EVERYONE.
THAT'S THE ONLY SPEAKER I HAVE.
WHAT IS THE COUNCIL PLEASURE CHAIR COMMENT ON 9.7.
SOMEBODY WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION FIRST BEFORE I MAKE A COMMENT, A MOVE TO SUPPORT 9.7.
I'LL SECOND THE MOTION COMMENT.
I HAVE A, UH, UH, LONG CONVERSATION WITH, UH, EXECUTIVE STAFF AT, UH, MY BRIEFING, AND I HAVE SOME, UM, REQUEST TO THE CITY MANAGER WITH REGARDS TO MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT ON RECORD.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND.
SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
[9.8 Notice of Completion for the Bicycle Wayfinding Signage Project CIP 19-25.]
TO NINE EIGHTH.THIS IS A NOTICE OF COMPLETION ON THE BICYCLE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE PROJECT.
AND SO THIS IS JUST SAYING THAT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
MR. THOMAS REICH, AND THEN MR. CESAR JAVIER, UH, THIS PROJECT IS FOR SIGNS $439,000 FOR SIGNS FOR THAT SAY WHERE THE BIKE PATH IS.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE POINT I'M MAKING.
AND THIS IS ALL, THIS $439,000 IS GOING TO THE GOOD SIGN AND GRAPHICS COMPANY AT 2010, SOUTH FIVE SUSAN STREET, SANTA ALLEY, CALIFORNIA.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE GOOD CUSTOMERS OF NATIONAL CITY, I'M SURE.
BUT, UH, THIS IS, UH, WELL, THE BIKE PATH FOR PEOPLE,
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IT, HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES, DOES INCLUDE, DOES MERE MORRISON YOUR WIFE, DO YOU USE THE BIKE PATH A LOT? OH YEAH.AND YEAH, THERE'S A SIGN RIGHT OUT HO RIGHT OUTSIDE HERE IN FRONT FROM GO TO THE BIKE PATH.
ALRIGHT, UH, MR. UH, CESAR JAVIER.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS BIKE, UH, ISSUE OR PROBLEM AT SANDAG.
I SAY PROBLEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE BIKE LANES, SIGNAGES, ET CETERA, ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED AS FAR AS STANDARD IS CONCERNED.
EVERY COMMUNITY HAS ITS OWN VERSION.
OTHERS ARE NOT JUST PAINT, BUT SOMETHING SOLID THAT IT IS PRONE TO ACCIDENTS.
COME TO OUR CITY, GO AROUND OUR CITY, OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVEN'T GONE MUCH IN OUR AREA EXCEPT THE MAJOR ROUTES AND WE SEE A CLEAN, NICE PAINTED LANE.
THIS IS A LESSON, SIR, THAT ONCE IN MY MIND, JUST LIKE AN EXPERIMENT, THIS IS STAGES EXPERIMENT.
WHY? BECAUSE DMB HAS ALREADY TAUGHT RIDERS, INCLUDING, UH, CARS THAT HEY, LET'S SHARE THE ROAD SO WE KNOW EVEN WITHOUT THOSE LANES, THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR SIDE WINDOWS, ET CETERA, TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE.
NOW, FOR SOME REASON, SANDBERG APPROVED THESE PROJECTS.
I HOPE THIS WILL NOT BE PERMANENT, SIR.
THAT'S THE NEXT CYCLE PROBABLY OF WE JUST PUT A NICE PAINT COSTING 10% OF THE COST ONLY JUST TO SAVE MONEY.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE FOR 9.8.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? THE APPROVE.
THIS IS JUST A NOTICE OF COMPLETION, UH, SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, UH, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION APPROVE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH ABSENT.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE GO TO NINE 10.
THIS IS NOTICE DECISION PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE-THROUGH EDITION TO AN EXISTING RESTAURANT THAT'S KARINA'S MEXICAN SEAFOOD, LOCATED AT 1705 HIGHLAND AVENUE.
AND, UM, CHAIR, I BELIEVE THAT MR. RODRIGUEZ PULLED THAT
[9.9 Notice of Completion for the Granger Avenue Storm Drain Project, CIP No. 25 05.]
SHE'S GOT A QUESTION ABOUT IT.MR. MAYOR, 9.9, I HAVE A COMMENT ON 9.90, YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON 9.9.
UM, JUST WANTED TO, UM, COMMEND OUR ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS FOR COMPLETING THIS PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS THE, UH, THE PROJECT, UM, IS TO INCREASE THE SYSTEM CAPACITY OF OUR, UM, OF THIS, UM, OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE TO, UM, THINK OUR, OUR ENGINEER AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, FITS THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS TO SERVE OUR PEOPLE.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND ENGINEERING.
[9.10 Notice of Decision – Planning Commission Approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a Drive-Through Addition to an Existing Restaurant (Karina’s Mexican Seafood) Located at 1705 Highland Avenue.]
NOW WE GO TO, UH, NINE 10, WHICH IS THE NOTICE OF DECISION PLANNING COMMISSION.WE NEED TO, WE ALREADY DID THAT WAS, THAT WAS, WE DID THAT, UH, ON THE REMAINING.
UM, JUST AS A, UH, THIS IS REGARDING THE, UH, DRIVE-THROUGH THAT IS BEING PROPOSED THROUGH CARINAS OVER ON HIGHLAND, UH, AVENUE.
UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
WAS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN PROVIDED IN ANTICIPATION OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO WORK WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP? UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY WOULD BE, UM, THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING WITH EXISTING LANDSCAPING AND THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MAINTAINED AND WE WILL WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING.
UH, BUT WITH REGARD TO LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS FOR A DRIVE THROUGH WHICH THERE ARE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THE, UH, DRIVE THROUGH LANE GOES INTO THE PROPERTY AROUND AND BACK OUT AGAIN, IT WOULDN'T BE, UH, IT WOULDN'T BE, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED, SO IT WOULD JUST BE WHATEVER LANDSCAPING THEY HAVE THAT WOULD, THAT WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WOULD NEED TO BE MAINTAINED.
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VERY FOND MEMORIES OF CARINAS.IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY.
UM, I, I WOULD HAVE, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS CONSISTENTLY OVER THE LAST THREE DRIVE-THROUGH APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD A PRETTY CONSISTENT PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO OUR LANDSCAPING.
AND I THINK WE SET VERY STRICT STANDARDS WHEN IT CAME TO, TO LANDSCAPING WITH IN AND OUT.
AND WE CONTINUE THAT, UH, WITH, UM, GOD, WHAT IS THE COFFEE PLACE CALLED? DUTCH BROTHERS DUTCH BROS AS WELL.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND HAVE THOSE SAME STRICT GUIDELINES WHEN IT COMES TO PLANTING TREES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE MORE MATURE TREES, AS WE WOULD ASSUME THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE CARBON EMISSIONS THROUGH, UH, VEHICLES WAITING IN THE DRIVE THROUGH LOCATION.
WE WILL WORK WITH THE APPLICATION TO YOUR BUILDING.
DO YOU NEED THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION OR SIMPLY A, A DIRECTION WOULD SUFFICE? UH, I THINK, WELL, DIRECTION IS FINE FOR US.
WHAT I WOULD, WHAT I WOULD SAY WITHOUT GOING TOO FAR INTO THIS PROJECT, BUT UH, AS IT'S JUST A NOTICE OF DECISION, NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, IS AGAIN, THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE LAND USE CODE FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE THROUGH INCLUDE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS WHEN THE DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW OR THE DRIVE AISLE IS BETWEEN THE DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW AND THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IN WHICH CASE WE REQUIRE AT LEAST THREE FEET HIGH LANDSCAPING, 10 FEET WIDE, ET CETERA.
IN THIS CASE, THE LOCATION OF THE DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW ON THE BUILDING WOULD NOT, UH, WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT BETWEEN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE DRIVE THROUGH.
SO, BUT HOWEVER, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WILL ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR POLICY OF, OF UH, MAKING SURE THAT ANY REQUIRED LANDSCAPING, WHICHEVER WAS SIGNIFICANT WHEN IT WAS BUILT, IS MAINTAINED AS A PART OF OUR NORMAL BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.
BUT, BUT TO KEEP IN LINE WITH THE PREVIOUS APPLICANTS AS WELL WHEN IT CAME TO, UM, UH, TREE PLANTINGS AROUND THE PROPERTY, IF, IF I COULD THAT THE PREVIOUS ONES WERE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND SO THIS ONE IS NOT, THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT THEY'RE JUST ADDING THE DRIVE THROUGH ON.
BUT WITH ADDING A DRIVE THROUGH MEANS THAT WE HAVE FURTHER CARBON EMISSIONS AND THAT'S WHY IT'S COMING TO COUNCIL IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A DRIVE THROUGH.
IT'S, IT'S THE ENGINEERING ON IT THAT THEY'RE QUOTE COMING BEFORE US.
IS THAT NOT CORRECT? I BEG, PARDON ME? IT'S THE ENGINEERING AND THAT'S THE REASON IT'S COMING BEFORE US.
THE ENGINEERING OF THE DRIVE THROUGH, UH, THAT'S PART OF IT.
THERE ARE ARE A HANDFUL OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE CEP THAT WERE ALL ANALYZED ON THE STAFF REPORT THAT WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ONE IS THE TURNING RADIUS, WHICH, UH, IS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY ENGINEER, WHICH THE PROJECT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
UH, THERE IS THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT IF THE DRIVE THROUGH MM-HMM
AISLE IS BETWEEN THE WINDOW AND THE DOESN'T RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE IN, IN THIS ONE.
UH, AND THERE ARE ALSO GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT NOISE, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL NUISANCE IF THERE ARE OTHER, UM, IF THERE ARE HOUSES NEARBY FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, AND THEN WE DID BASE ALL OF THAT ON THE FACT THAT WHAT CORINAS WOULD BE REOPENING AND, UH, OPERATING A DRIVE THROUGH.
AND WE DO HAVE CONDITIONS IN THERE IF IT MORPHS INTO SOMETHING MORE INTENSIVE THAT WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK LATER AND LOOK AT TRAFFIC AGAIN.
UM, JUST TO FINISH OFF MY THOUGHT, WITH THE LANDSCAPING, OBVIOUSLY WE WERE TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, WE WERE BUILDING NEW, UM, NEW CONSTRUCTION AND IT WAS, THERE WAS, IT DEFINITELY, UH, REQUIRED THE 10 FOOT LANDSCAPING AND OBVIOUSLY NEXT TO, UH, THE FREEWAY ON RAMP.
BUT WITH WITHIN AND OUT THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, LANDSCAPING AREA AND, YOU KNOW, JUST A GENERAL, A PROBLEM IN GENERAL AND THAT WAS INTENDED TO, TO OFFSET THAT.
SO WHILE WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE LANDSCAPING, IF WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S TOO BIG IN THIS LOCATION, IT'S GONNA BE ALL IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESS ON HIGHLAND AVENUE, WHICH, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY, UH, IT DOESN'T REALLY FACTOR INTO THE DRIVE THROUGH DISCUSSION IN THIS CASE.
HOWEVER, WE WILL ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, MATURE LANDSCAPING IS, IS REMAINS IN PLACE AFTER, UH, THE, UH, BUILDING PERMIT IS, IS APPROVED.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD WANT TO BE, UH, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT EXPANSION OF DRIVE-THROUGH LOCATIONS WITHOUT MORE MATURE FOLIAGE AND TREES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT I, I, I, I UNDERSTAND AND I, UH, I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO.
AND THAT ALSO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FUTURE DISCUSSION ON POLICY AND, AND CHANGING THE CODE TO MAKE, MAYBE MAKE THAT CHANGE BASED ON THE POTENTIAL FOR EMISSIONS INCREASE.
I KNOW WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE IN AND OUT YES.
UM, AND, AND IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO REVISE A POLICY AND, AND, UH, BE MORE SPECIFIC WHEN IT COMES TO NEW APPLICANTS.
UH, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM NINE POINT TEN NINE.
QUESTION MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE, UM, WOULD YOU BE VERY KIND TO PLEASE STATE
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FOR THE RECORD, UM, WHY TRAFFIC STUDY WAS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT? UH, ABSOLUTELY THROUGH THE CHAIR.UH, MADAM MIA, AS WE JUST, WE UH, TALKED ABOUT IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT, THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING AND UH, WE DO LOOK AT, WELL THERE WAS A, A FOCUS TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, ACTUALLY I DON'T EVEN THINK WE DID A FOCUS TRAFFIC STUDY, DID WE? ON THIS ONE? WE DID, YES.
SO IT WAS A VERY, IT WAS A MINOR TRAFFIC STUDY AND IT DETERMINED THAT WITH THE PASS BY TRIPS WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING AND THE EXISTING TRIPS THAT WERE BE GENERATED BY THIS RESTAURANT, THAT THERE WASN'T AN INCREASE ENOUGH TO REQUIRE A FULL TRAFFIC STUDY AND THEREFORE ANY MITIGATION MEASURES.
BUT IF I COULD, BUT IF THE USE CHANGES TO A DIFFERENT TYPE, USE A HEAVIER USE, THEN WE COULD, RIGHT? YES.
THE STAFF REPORT DID DISCUSS THAT AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF IT MORPHED INTO A STARBUCKS, SHALL WE SAY SURE.
AND MEGA COFFEE JOINT, THEN WE WOULD RE-LOOK AT THAT.
THIS IS TO, UH, ACCEPT THE NOTICE OF DECISION.
UM, NOTHING ELSE, PLEASE VOTE.
[9.11 Projects to Receive Funding Pursuant to SB1 from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account through the Local Streets and Roads Funding Program.]
UH, NINE 11.THERE'S PROJECTS TO RECEIVE FUNDING PURSUANT TO SB ONE FROM THE ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION ACCOUNT THROUGH THE LOCAL STREETS AND ROADS FUNDING PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, UH, SAYS CESAR JAVIER.
WE LEARNED IT FROM SANDAG THAT THEY HAVE, UH, ALLOCATED, UH, 1.68 BILLION FOR THE CITY'S IMPROVEMENTS, MAINTENANCE, REHABILITATION OF ROAD CITIES ROAD, VERY SPECIFIC.
AND, UH, 50% OF THIS IS DEDICATED FOR SUCH PROGRAM.
WE WELCOME THIS, SIR, AND LET'S GRAB THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE OTHER CITIES MIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUJITSU THIS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.
I COMMENTED, UH, HEAVY ENOUGH BECAUSE THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, I HOPE IT'LL NOT HAPPEN HERE, THAT OUR STREETS, AFTER A YEAR OR TWO, THE, THE ROADS ARE ALREADY CRACKING.
AND WE NOTICED THAT THERE IS ONLY THIS THIN ADHESIVE
I MEAN, AND SO ONE TIME I ASKED THE SUPERVISOR, SIR, MR. SUPERVISOR, HOW MANY YEARS WOULD THIS LAST? THE NEWLY PAVED ROAD? OH, MR. JAVIER, 10 YEARS.
WHY IS IT THAT THE FINE AGGREGATES ONE FOUR INCH DIAMETER AGGREGATE ON THE SURFACE? I MEAN, IT SHOULD NOT BE, IT SHOULD BE THE ASPHALT PAYMENT.
RIGHT, SIR? CONS, PLANNER BUS.
THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN NATIONAL CITY.
SIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
UH, THAT'S THE ONLY SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE ON THAT ITEM.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MOTION, UH, MR. CHAIR.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
[9.12 Investment Report for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2025.]
ITEM NINE 12.THIS IS THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS MR. RODRIGUEZ.
JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION REGARDING THE INVESTMENT REPORT.
UM, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH, UH, CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH THE, UM, THE REPORT, PLEASE? LEMME TRY TO PULL IT UP.
SPECIFICALLY THE AMOUNT THAT WAS, OH, THERE, IT'S, UM, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN FUNDING FROM, UH,
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THE LAFE FUND.UM, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH, UM, THAT REDUCTION IN FUNDING? OF COURSE.
UM, MAYOR, COUNSEL, UH, MY NAME IS RACHEL BARRERA, REPRESENTING YOUR, UH, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, ACTING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF LA, UM, THAT IS OUR MORE LIQUID, UH, LIQUID ACCOUNT WHERE IF WE NEED ANY AMOUNTS TO COVER ANY OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR PERSONNEL OR FOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, WE USE THIS ACCOUNT TO REPLENISH OUR CASH ACCOUNT TO ENSURE CHECKS DON'T, UM, GET RETURNED FROM THE VENDORS.
AND IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT, UM, AS OF QUARTER ENDING 12 31, 20 25, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT WAS, IT WENT DOWN TO 14,000,486.
IS THAT THE ONE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? CORRECT.
I SEE, UH, 14,000,517, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, FIVE 17.
UM, SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENING.
UH, WE HAD, UH, BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, PROCESSED THROUGH PERSONNEL, UM, INCLUDING THE PAYROLL AND THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.
SO IN THOSE COMBINATIONS, UM, OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH CASH BALANCE IN OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT AND TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE WILL TURN TO LAFE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH, UM, DIFFICULTY WITH DRAWING FROM THAT ACCOUNT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO COVER THESE CHECKS THAT WE PRODUCE.
AND SO, UM, COMBINED IN THE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANDLER, UM, AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, 40 MILLION COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, 41, THE LAFE ACCOUNT, 14 FIVE AND NEIGHBORHOOD NATIONAL BANK AT 2 MILLION.
WITH A SUM OF 98 MILLION IN AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, CORRECT? YEAH.
AND THE, UM, REDUCTION IN, UM, FUNDING AMOUNT AND THE LAFE FUND, UH, ARE WE EXPECTING ANY REDUCTION IN THAT FUND OVER THE NEXT YEAR AS A RESULT OF OUR UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE EXPECTED TO DECREASE? SO THAT IS ALL DEPENDENT.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE, UM, BECAUSE WE DO RELY ON TAX REVENUE TO COME IN AND THEN OF COURSE WE'VE MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES THE REVENUE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PURSUE.
AND SO, UM, AND JUST TO, TO KIND OF CLARIFY SOME OF THIS STUFF.
SO IT'S 98 MILLIONS IN TOTAL INVESTMENTS AND, AND THAT MONEY COMES FROM OUR RESERVE BALANCES.
WHERE DOES THAT MONEY? IT'S A COMBINATION OF OUR RESERVES.
SO OUR CASH BALANCES ARE SPREAD OUT THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS TO GET THE HIGHEST YIELD.
AND OF COURSE, UH, WE TRY TO, UM, AVOID TOUCHING THE OTHER ONES, WHICH ARE CHANDLER IN THE COUNTY POOL.
UM, WHICH IS WHY WE, WE ACTUALLY USE LATHE AS OUR REVOLVING ACCOUNT AS NEEDED.
AND UM, LASTLY, UM, SO THE 98 MILLION IN COMPARISON TO OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET, YEAR TO YEAR, HOW MUCH IS IT? UM, I, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME.
I'LL HAVE TO, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
YEAH, I GUESS WE'RE GOING OVER THE, UM, WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT YEAH, THE BALANCE, UH, THE BUDGET WORKSHOP DOCUMENT, RIGHT? I I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE EIGHTIES.
BUT AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT, UH, THAT WAS DERIVED OFF OF THE LAST QUARTER OF 3 31 20 26.
BUT IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT CONSIDERING THE RESERVE BALANCE IN THE INVESTMENT AMOUNT, UM, IT IS, IT IS AT ABOUT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR YEARLY OPERATING FUND.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD DEEP BRIEFINGS ON OUR, UM, INVESTMENTS AND INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.
AND I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THE FIRST ONE NEXT JUNE, EIGHTH WEEK.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATED.
ARE, ARE ALL THE, THE FUNDS THAT ARE IN THAT FROM RESERVE, ARE THOSE ALL GENERAL FUND UH, RESERVES? THAT IS CORRECT.
WE HAVE, UM, A NUMBER OF THINGS SITTING THERE.
WE HAVE THE, UM, LET ME
WE HAVE ALL OF THE FIVE, UH, DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR GASB 54 THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THAT AMOUNT.
ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED RESTRICTED.
AND DO WE HAVE CONTROLS ON SOME OF THOSE ASSIGNED ONES AS FAR AS LIQUIDITY OR US, WHAT WE CAN USE 'EM FOR OR WHAT WE CAN'T.
IF THEY ARE RESTRICTED, IT WILL SAY IN THE, UH, COMPLIANCE AND THE AGREEMENTS.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO READ INTO THOSE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE ABLE TO TOUCH THEM.
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ALRIGHT.SO WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE ON, UH, NINE 12? THIS IS THE INVESTMENT REPORT.
I'D LIKE TO ADOPT ITEM NINE 12.
MOTION TO APPROVE A UNANIMOUSLY PLEA.
[Items 9.15 & 9.16]
15.THIS IS A WARRANT REGISTRY AND I'M GONNA NINE 15 AND NINE 16.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE 'EM TOGETHER.
AND THEN MR. YTO, I'M JUST GONNA REVIEW SOME OF THE BIG ITEMS FOR, FOR, FOR REGISTER.
UH, DICK MILLER INCORPORATED THE TOY AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS, 160 THOU $116,000.
DICK MEYER, DICK MILLER, EAST, EAST SIDE 1 0 5 GREENBELT, 100, 100,000 SOUTHWEST SIGNAL FOR INTERSECTION, 61,000 CITY ATTORNEY LEGAL SERVICES TOOK 300 AND I MEAN THREE 33,000 CITY MANAGER JS AND SONS CATERING FOR EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCH, $5,300.
UH, ANSWER GRANT VILLA, $13,000.
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL, WO ARTS WORKSHOP, $30,000 MOTOROLAS, UH, FIRE MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS RADIO BATTERIES, $2,000.
UH, EC PIPELINE STORE UPSIZING 515,000.
OKAY, I'M FOR
INVESTIGATIONS CAPACITY 194,000 EXUS INCORPORATED PERSONNEL STAFFING, 58,000.
UH, EDWARDO, UM, I, I'M JUST COMING UP.
I ALWAYS COME UP IN THIS AREA, UM, ASKING IN THIS WARRANT REGISTER, WHY DON'T YOU PUT THE DATE OF THE INVOICE FINDING IN THE PAST THAT THESE INVOICES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED WAY LATE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE DATE.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR END COMES AROUND AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, THESE MIRACULOUS INVOICES THAT HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING FOR MONTHS COME IN AND YOU START ASKING, WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT? SO THAT'S AN AUDIT ADJUSTMENT THAT PEOPLE NEED TO LOOK AT.
WHY ARE INVOICES LATE? WHY IS THERE A SURPRISE? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN COMING FOR MONTHS TO ASK IF THAT COULD BE PUT IN THERE AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
THAT IS ITEMS NINE 15 AND NINE 16 WARRANT REGISTRIES.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT.
WARRANTS, UM, NINE POINT 15 CHAIR.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER WAITING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS OUTTA CONSENT CALENDAR.
[10.1 Public Hearing and Adoption of a Resolution Accepting the City of National City Sewer Tax Roll Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Report.]
PUBLIC HEARINGS.FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION RESOLUTION.
ACCEPTING THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY'S, UH, CITY SEWER TAX ROLL, FISCAL YEAR 26 27 REPORT, UH, STAFF.
UM, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY.
MARTA JUAREZ, ACTING DIRECTOR FOR ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, TONIGHT WE HAVE THIS ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, SOMETHING WE BRING TO YOU EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY JUST SEEKING ACCEPTANCE OF THE SEWER TAX ROLE FOR FISCAL
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YEAR TWO TH 20 26 27, UH, WHICH WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY FOR INCLUSION ON THE OF THE CITY SEWER SERVICE CHARGES ON PROPERTY TAX BILLS.UM, THIS OPENS, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND UPON AUTHORIZATION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND THIS TO THE COUNTY, UM, OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR SPECIFIC INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE ON THIS.
UM, WITH THAT, SEEING ON THAT, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SWEETWATER COMING FROM, UH, SWEETWATER AUTHORITY USED BY MAN GOES TO THE SEWER.
WES, AT AN APPOINTED TIME WILL BE PUMPED OUT BY A MOBILE TRUCK.
AND THAT MOBILE TRUCK NOW WILL BRING IT TO WHERE TREATMENT PLANT, OF COURSE.
AND A PCD INVESTIGATE, OH, THERE IS AN EMISSION, A NEIGHBORHOOD SAYS.
AND A PCD GOES THERE, INVESTIGATE.
THERE IS A LEAK, THERE IS A, UH, EMISSION FROM THE TREATMENT PLANT SPECIALISTS COME AND GO.
WHY? BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG BUSINESS THROUGHOUT THE TRAVEL OF THAT SEA OR SEWED COSTS BECAUSE OF THAT SERVICE RENDERED.
MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE TO INCREASE OR TAX THE ALREADY TAX RESIDENT WHEN THE WATER, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE, IF POSSIBLE, CHIP? WHAT DOES IT MEAN NOW, COUNCILOR BUSER ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF WATER AND YET WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE COLLECTING.
THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE.
IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THIS IS TO, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE, UH, BASICALLY A THREE PART THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS, ACCEPTING THE, UH, THE REPORT AND THEN ALSO DIRECTING OUR CITY CLERK TO FILE A REPORT WITH THE COUNTY, UH, AUDITOR AND CONTROLLER.
AND ALSO DIRECTING OUR CITY ENGINEER TO SUBMIT A CERTIFICATION OF THE SEWER SERVICE CHARGES TO THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AUDITOR AND CONTROLLER.
MOTION CAN THREE MOTIONS OR CAN ALL BE IN ONE MOTION.
IT CAN ALL BE IN ONE, BUT YEAH.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
AND SEEING NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PREVIEW A UNANIMOUSLY MR. MAY I HAVE POINT OF CLARIFICATION? DOES THAT, DOES THIS COME BACK TO US AGAIN FOR SECOND READING OR NO MORE? UH, NO, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT THE TYPE THAT DOES.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT, IT IS NOT AN ORDINANCE.
[10.2 Public Hearing – Local Public Employee’s Vacant Positions – Assembly Bill No. 2561.]
NEXT WE GO TO TEN TWO.THIS IS THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LOCAL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES VACANT POSITIONS.
THAT'S THROUGH ASSEMBLY BILL, UH, 25 61.
UM, ANY STAFF REPORT ON THIS? YES.
UH, MR. MAYOR, AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO, UM, INTRODUCE THIS ITEM, UH, WHO, THIS ITEM WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY, UH, HALEY LUSHER, ONE OF OUR HR ANALYSTS,
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FIRE.SO THANK YOU HAILEY, FOR BEING HERE.
THIS, UH, TONIGHT IS A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON LOCAL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES VACANT POSITIONS PURSUANT TO AB 2 5 6 1.
THIS IS A REPORT THAT WE PROVIDE EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS TO HIGHLIGHT THE AGENCY'S VACANCIES AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO, UH, IMPROVE VACANCY RATES.
SO, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HALEY.
HE'S BEEN WAITING ALL EVENING FOR THIS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE HR DEPARTMENT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF AB 25 61.
OH, SO WHAT IS AB 25 61? SO, AS A REMINDER FROM LAST YEAR'S PRESENTATION, LET'S REVISIT THE LEGISLATION INTENT BEHIND AB 25 61.
THE LEGISLATURE RECOGNIZED THAT JOB VACANCIES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARE A WIDESPREAD AND ONGOING CHALLENGE.
HIGH VACANCY RATES CAN INCREASE WORKLOADS FOR EXISTING STAFF, CONTRIBUTE TO BURNOUT AND TURNOVER, AND ULTI ULTIMATELY AFFECT AGENCY'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS AND WORKFORCE STABILITY.
AS WE MOVE INTO THIS YEAR'S UPDATE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS CONTEXT IN MIND AS THESE CONCERNS CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER AB 25 61.
AS A RESULT OF THE FINDINGS I MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2025, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE NOW REQUIRED TO ONE PRESENT VACANCY DATA AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AS A PUBLIC HEARING AT LEAST ONCE PER FISCAL YEAR.
THIS INCLUDES JOB OPENINGS, CANDIDATE ACTIVITY, ELIGIBILITY LISTS, AND RETENTION EFFORTS.
AND THE HEARING MUST TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE BUDGET IS APPROVED.
UM, AND NUMBER TWO, BARGAINING UNIONS MUST BE NOTIFIED AND IF THEY CHOOSE, SO MAY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS MATTER.
SO, TO QUICKLY GO OVER THE STATUS OF OUR VACANCIES, AS OF MAY 12TH, WE'VE OPENED 49 RECRUITMENTS SINCE THE START OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AS A RESULT OF OUR ACTIVE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFULLY FILLED 64 FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
THAT SAID, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 40 FULL-TIME VACANCIES.
SO HERE ON THIS SIDE, WE HAVE THE VACANCIES BROKEN DOWN BY BARGAINING UNION.
UM, WE CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 376 CAREER FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
OF THAT TOTAL FOUR 40 POSITIONS ARE VACANT AS OF MAY 12TH.
IN REGARDS TO OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE CITY IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS.
FIRST, UM, THE COUNCIL APPROVED SALARY INCREASES ACROSS ALL EMPLOYEE GROUPS TO HELP MAINTAIN COMPETI COMPETITIVENESS IN THE LABOR MARKET.
UM, IN ADDITION, REQUISITION APPROVAL WORKFLOWS IN NEO GOV WERE STREAMLINED TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE DELAYS IN THE HIRING PROCESS, HELPING DEPARTMENTS MOVE MORE QUICKLY WHEN FILLING VACANCIES.
AND FINALLY, INTERNALLY WITHIN HR, WE REORGANIZED OUR RECRUITMENT RESPONSIBILITIES TO PROVIDE MORE FOCUS SUPPORT TO DEPARTMENTS AND STRENGTHEN OVERALL RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.
SO THANK YOU AND REX AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON THIS
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND I SHOULD SAY OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, JEREMY DAY, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CITY FIREFIGHTERS.
UM, VERY OFTEN WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC ABOUT NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING NEGATIVE, BUT TO CALL LIGHT TO SOMETHING TO CAUSE A CHANGE.
UM, BUT TODAY I WANT TO BE POSITIVE IN THAT IF YOU LOOK THE REPORT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A 2%, UH, VACANCY RATE.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE POSITION, WHICH IS A FIRE CAPTAIN, WHICH WE HAVE INTERVIEWS FOR TOMORROW.
UH, THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE HR DEPARTMENT WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE STAFF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CONTINUING AND ONGOING RECRUITMENTS.
AND INTERNALLY WE ARE CONSISTENTLY WORKING ON OUR CULTURE AND OUR WORKLOAD TO ENSURE WE RETAIN FOLKS.
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THAN YOU CAN RECRUIT THEM, THAT'S A PROBLEM.AND IF YOU'RE NOT DOING THE RECRUITMENTS, THEN YOU CAN'T FILL THE POSITIONS.
NOW, WHEN, WHEN THIS ASSEMBLY BILL WAS WRITTEN, IT WAS, IT FOCUSES ON UNIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE A VOICE, BECAUSE WE'RE A COLLECTIVE GROUP.
THE HR DEPARTMENT HAS HAD FOUR HR DIRECTORS IN FIVE YEARS.
THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS A EVOLVING DOOR IN THE LEADERSHIP POSITION OF THAT DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE CITY IN GENERAL.
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED ON ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST ON THE BARGAINING UNITS.
WE CAN'T CORRECTLY SUPPORT OUR MEMBERS WITHOUT LEADERSHIP LOOKING FOR REVENUES, DEVELOPING BALANCED BUDGETS, AND ENSURING THAT OUR MEMBERS ARE SUPPORTED.
SO I JUST USE THIS ITEM TO HIGHLIGHT RETENTION IS A CITYWIDE ISSUE AND WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON EVERYONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH THAT.
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO CHAIR SECOND.
UM, UH, THIS IS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
NOW, I GOT IN TURN TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE IN THIS CASE, OUR OBLIGATIONS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO VOTE ON.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
SO, AS LONG AS WE JUST HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING ITSELF, WE DID IT.
[11.1 Consideration of a Resolution Adopting a Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027]
WE GET INTO STAFF REPORTS.YOU GUYS GOT ANYTHING TO REPORT ON TONIGHT? JUST A LITTLE ITEM CRUNCH.
ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO OUR BUDGET MANAGER, PAUL VALEZ, TO PRESENT YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
UM, UPON, UH, COMPLETION OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL OFFER A FEW CLOSING REMARKS AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR, FOR QUESTIONS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORRISON, VICE MAYOR MOLINA, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
TONIGHT, STAFF PRESENTS THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND I'LL ALSO PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. FIRST, I'LL BE GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S BUDGET, PROCESS, AND CALENDAR.
NEXT ARE SOME INFORMATIONAL SLIDES THAT ADDRESS REQUESTS FROM COUNCIL AT THE MAY 18TH WORKSHOP.
I'LL RECAP THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET REDUCTIONS FROM THAT WORKSHOP, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER REDUCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
FINALLY, I'LL SHOW THE ESTIMATED IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET ON THE GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
THE CITY'S CURRENT BUDGET PROCESS WAS BRIEFLY REVIEWED AT THE MAY 18TH WORKSHOP, BUT I WANTED TO GO OVER IT AGAIN AND GIVE AN IDEA OF THE TIMEFRAME OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
SO, BEGINNING IN DECEMBER, FINANCE BEGINS TO GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION TO DEVELOP NON-DISCRETIONARY BUDGETS.
THIS INCLUDES EXTRACTING INFORMA EMPLOYEE INFORMATION FROM THE PAYROLL SYSTEM, CREATING SALARY TABLES THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, COLLECTING INFORMATION ON NEW CALPERS RATES, HEALTHCARE AND INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASES AND DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULES.
ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THE CITY MEETS WITH OUR SALES TAX CONSULTANT TO DISCUSS THEIR UPDATED PROJECTIONS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
WE REVIEW VALUATION REPORTS FOR THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AND ANALYZE
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RECENT ACTUALS, AS WELL AS OTHER ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR THE CITY'S OTHER GENERAL REVENUES.IN JANUARY, THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM IS OPENED UP TO THE DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY BEGIN ENTERING BUDGET DETAIL FOR THEIR DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNTS.
THESE ACCOUNTS ARE ZERO BASED AND INCLUDE CONTRACTS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AND OTHER MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ACCOUNTS.
ALL EXPENDITURES ENTERED DURING THIS PART OF THE PROCESS ARE FOR MAINTAINING CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS ONLY, AND DO NOT INCLUDE ANY SERVICE LEVEL ENHANCEMENTS.
DEPARTMENTS ALSO ENTER THEIR ESTIMATED PROGRAM REVENUES AT THIS TIME, A SEPARATE BUT CONCURRENT PROCESS ALLOWS DEPARTMENTS TO SUBMIT ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS FOR ITEMS SUCH AS ADDITIONAL STAFF OR OTHER SERVICE LEVEL INCREASES.
THESE ARE REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED INDEPENDENT OF THE BASELINE BUDGET PROCESS IN MARCH AND APRIL.
EACH DEPARTMENT MEETS WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE TO DISCUSS THEIR BASELINE BUDGET AND PRESENT INFORMATION ABOUT DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.
THE COUNCIL ARE REVIEWED LINE BY LINE TO ENSURE THAT ONLY ITEMS MAINTAINED IN CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS ARE INCLUDED IN THE BASELINE.
THESE MEETINGS SOMETIMES REQUIRE ONE OR MORE FOLLOW UP MEETINGS.
ANY ENHANCEMENT ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY MANAGER FOR ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S PRIORITIES, AS WELL AS FOR AVAILABLE FUNDING DUE TO THE, DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED BUDGET DEFICIT.
THERE ARE NO GENERAL FUND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PROPOSED BUDGET.
ON MAY 4TH, A WORKSHOP WAS HELD TO REVIEW THE CITY'S PRELIMINARY BUDGET AS WELL AS THE ESTIMATED IMPACT ON THE CITY'S UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE ON MAY 18TH.
A SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP WAS HELD TO FOLLOW UP ON ITEMS DIS DISCUSSED ON MAY 4TH, AS WELL AS TO PRESENT A SERIES OF STAFF RECOMMENDED BUDGET REDUCTIONS AIMED AT REDUCING THE ESTIMATED BUDGET DEFICIT.
THAT BRINGS US TO TODAY, JUNE 2ND.
IN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS RECOMMENDED ON MAY 18TH, STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE YOU TODAY.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCESS, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT A BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BY JUNE 30TH.
ONCE THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED, DRAFTING OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET DOCUMENT BEGINS IN ADDITION TO THE SCHEDULES AND DETAIL REPORTS INCLUDED IN THE PROPO PROPOSED VERSION THAT YOU HAVE, UH, THE ADOPTED DOCUMENT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE SECTIONS, INCLUDING INFORMATION ABOUT NATIONAL CITY BUDGET, MESSAGE AND HIGHLIGHTS, DEPARTMENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, AS WELL AS PERFORMANCE METRICS.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ADDRESS COUNCIL REQUESTS THAT CAME UP DURING THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP.
A REQUEST WAS MADE BY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES BY CATEGORY FOR THE COLUMNS SHOWN HERE, FISCAL YEAR 2024, ACTUALS FISCAL YEAR 2025, UNAUDITED ACTUALS, YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS THROUGH MARCH 31ST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, WHICH WERE PRESENTED AS PART OF THE THIRD QUARTER REPORT ON APRIL 21ST.
THE NEXT COLUMN, UH, IS MADE UP OF THOSE SAME YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS THROUGH MARCH 31ST, PLUS PROJECTED ACTIVITY FOR THE REMAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR 26.
THESE WERE ALSO PRESENTED AT THE APRIL 21ST COUNCIL MEETING.
AND FINALLY, THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH YOU'LL SEE AGAIN IN THE UPCOMING SLIDE.
HERE ARE THOSE SAME COLUMNS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, AS WELL AS THE CHANGE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PRELIMINARY TO THE 27 PROPOSED BUDGET, WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
HERE'S A LIST OF THE 383 FTE AUTHORIZED POSITION IN THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET.
THE SLIDE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND INCLUDES AND DOES INCLUDE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FROZEN IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE OF ONE FTE FROM THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET DUE TO A CRITICAL NEED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND HOUSING.
THIS HAS NO IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND AS THE POSITION IS 100% FUNDED BY HOUSING FUNDS.
AT THE LAST COUNCIL WORKSHOP, COUNCIL REQUESTED AN UPDATED SNAPSHOT OF GENERAL FUND VACANCIES ALONG WITH THEIR ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST.
THE LIST ON THESE TWO PAGES ALIGNS WITH THE VACANT POSITION REPORT SUBMITTED BY HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
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I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE, ONCE AGAIN, THAT VACANCIES ARE CONTINUALLY CHANGING AND THIS REPORT WOULD LIKELY LOOK DIFFERENT IF REGENERATED NEXT WEEK.I'VE MADE A NOTE OF THE POSITIONS ON THE LIST THAT ARE ALREADY FROZEN IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THIS WAS DONE TO INDICATE THAT NO FURTHER SAVINGS COULD BE REALIZED BY FREEZING THESE POSITIONS.
ALSO, AT THE LAST WORKSHOP, COUNSEL REQUESTED TO SEE THE IMPACT OF RECENTLY APPROVED COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS ON FISCAL YEAR 2027.
I'VE BROKEN OUT THIS INFORMATION BY GROUP AS WELL AS GENERAL FUND VERSUS OTHER FUNDS.
I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE POA ADJUSTMENTS ALREADY WENT INTO EFFECT IN MAY, BUT ARE INCLUDED HERE TO SHOW THE VALUE OF THE INCREASES IN FISCAL YEAR 2027.
THE REDUCTIONS ON THIS SLIDE WERE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED AT THE MAY 18TH WORKSHOP AS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY HAVE NOW BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET YOU ARE SEEING, UH, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO THE REDUCTIONS LISTED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE REDUCTIONS LISTED BELOW WERE IDENTIFIED AND ALSO INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL REDUCTION OF VEHICLE REPLACEMENT CHARGES, 337,000 REDUCTION OF LEGAL SERVICES AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OF 60,000, REALLOCATION OF UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY DEBT SERVICE ON PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS, AND GENERAL LIABILITY COSTS, 80,000 AND A 40,000 REDUCTION OF OVERTIME, GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES, AND HOURLY WAGES IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THE SLIDE SHOWS THE CHANGE IN REVENUES FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PRELIMINARY BUDGET PRESENTED ON MAY 18TH TO THE BUDGET BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT.
THERE WEREN'T SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ON THE REVENUE SIDE.
THE $73,000 INCREASE YOU SEE HERE ARE FOR UTILITY REIMBURSEMENTS AND THE NEW GOLF COURSE AGREEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
HERE WE SEE THE RESULT OF THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT WE SAW EARLIER.
THE $900,000 IN PERSONNEL SERVICES IS FROM, UH, A REDUCTION FROM THE FROZEN POSITION AND THE GENERAL FUND $560,000 REDUCTION IN M AND O, PRIMARILY FROM CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, $468,000 FROM VEHICLE REPLACEMENT CHARGE REDUCTIONS AND A 1.5 MILLION REDUCTION IN TRANSFER OUT.
IF WE DRILL DOWN INTO THAT 1.5 MILLION REDUCTION IN TRANSFER OUT, $1 MILLION WAS FROM ELIMINATING NEW GENERAL FUND CIP FUNDING, $280,000 FROM, UH, NUTRITION CENTER ADJUSTMENTS AND $170,000 FROM LIBRARY ADJUSTMENTS.
SO WHEN THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PRELIMINARY BUDGET WAS PRESENTED, THERE WAS A $16.1 MILLION DEFICIT AFTER MAKING THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET REDUCTIONS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET NOW SHOWS A $12.7 MILLION DEFICIT.
THE SLIDE SHOWS THE IMPACT OF PROJECTED DEFICIT ON THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
THE FIRST THREE LINES OF EACH COLUMN ARE IDENTICAL.
THE ESTIMATED THE ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 WAS 23.4 MILLION.
THIS WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BACK IN DECEMBER.
IF WE THEN SUBTRACT THE FISCAL YEAR 26 PROJECTED DEFICIT OF 10.3 MILLION, THAT LEAVES AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 13.1 MILLION GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 27.
LOOKING FIRST AT THE PRELIMINARY COLUMN THAT WAS PRESENTED ON MAY 18TH DEFICIT OF 16.1 MILLION WOULD COMPLETELY EXHAUST THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AND LEAVE AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION DEFICIT TO COVER.
NOW, OVER TO THE NEXT COLUMN, TO THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THE DEFICIT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 12.7 MILLION, LEAVING AN ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF $500,000 AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2027.
IN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED, STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE ACTIONS THAT CAN MITIGATE THE CITY'S STRUCTURAL DEFICIT,
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NOT ONLY ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, BUT ON THE REVENUE SIDE AS WELL.COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION AT THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP TO CONTINUE EXPLORING THE REVENUE REVENUE INITIATIVES LISTED HERE, WHICH ARE ALREADY IN VARIOUS STAGES OF THE PROCESS.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER.
I I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PAUL, FOR THE HEAVY LIFT AND JUST THE DEDICATION AND GETTING US TO THIS POINT, KEEPING US ON SCHEDULES, COLLABORATION WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW THERE, THERE WAS A LOT HERE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PUBLIC FOR, FOR THEIR COMMENTS AND, AND FEEDBACK AND OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR, YOU KNOW, THEIR SUPPORT, THEIR DIRECTION AND THEIR GUIDANCE TO THIS POINT.
UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHERE WE WERE, UM, ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CREDIT GOES TO CITY STAFF.
UH, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, WORKING WITH THEIR STAFF TO, TO COME UP WITH A VERY STRATEGIC AND THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO PRESENTING ROUGHLY THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN, IN SAVINGS OR BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY GOOD FIRST STEP, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, IF WE ARE GOING TO GET THE CITY, UM, ON A PATH TO, TO FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, UM, WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE STAFF, WITH THE COUNCIL, WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO MAKE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS OVER THE NEXT SIX TO 12 MONTHS.
UM, SO IN THAT VEIN, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS ONE, UM, LOOKING TO THE COUNCIL TO, TO ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.
AND THEN STARTING IN AUGUST, UH, WE WERE PLANNING ON SCHEDULING A SERIES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOPS WITH EMPHASIS ON GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING.
UH, WHICH ESSENTIALLY WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE AT ALL THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS WE OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY, GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE COSTS, THE BENEFITS, AND WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE TO RIGHT SIZE, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO TO FIT OUR BUDGETS IN ADDITION TO CONTINUING TO, UH, ADVANCE THESE REVENUE INITIATIVES BOTH IN THE NEAR TERM AND LONG TERM.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN OVER TO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AT THIS POINT, ANY QUESTIONS TOWARDS THE STAFF? OKAY.
YEAH, SO, UM, THANK YOU STAFF FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND, UM, APPRECIATE, UM, THE RESPONSE AND, UM, TO OUR, UH, LAST ACTION, UH, WHICH WAS UPDATING THE PRESENTATION AND, AND SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND JUST THE, UM, FOCUSING ON MORE OF THE ACTUALS INSTEAD OF JUST THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS YEAR BUDGET.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT PAUL AND CITY MANAGER AND STAFF FOR, UM, FOR HEARING US AND ADJUSTING.
UM, APPRECIATE US GETTING THE FULL BUDGET BOOK.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MOVE FORWARD, UM, A LOT SOONER.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, I THINK MORE CONSISTENTLY, UM, REVIEW, KEEP TRACK OF, FOLLOW THROUGH ON, UH, MID-YEAR REPORTS, A LOOK TO THIS, TO UPDATING THIS, UM, BECAUSE THERE, UM, WAS EVEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT I ASKED FOR THAT I, UH, I DIDN'T GET SOME OF THE LINE ITEM INFO THAT IS ACTUALLY OF, OF REFLECTED ON HERE.
AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY EXPECTING ANSWERS TONIGHT FOR EACH ONE, BUT THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT MOVING FORWARD, WE, WE HAVE TO GET THIS, UM, WE HAVE TO GET THIS INFORMATION EARLIER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO, UH, DIGEST IT.
I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK OVER THIS BUDGET BOOK OVER THE WEEKEND, SO I ONLY STARTED DOING IT YESTERDAY.
SO THAT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW THIS THICK BOOK.
AND THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS, AND THIS IS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION, A LOT OF, UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO FOLLOW UP ON.
UM, AND JUST OVERALL, WE JUST NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY IN THIS ORGANIZATION.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE REALLY NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY.
WE NEED TO BE GETTING MORE OF THE INFORMATION EARLY ON, NEED MORE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND I THINK WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THAT.
SO I, I SEE SOME PROGRESS HERE, BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL, UH, WORK TO DO.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE, UM, I KNOW CITY MANAGER, YOU SAID THAT, UM, YOU, YOU GAVE DIRECTION TO THE DIRECTORS TO ENGAGE EMPLOYEES, UM, AT ALL LEVEL BECAUSE I WOULD, IDEALLY, FOR ME,
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I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, ALL, EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE ASKED ABOUT THIS, ENGAGED ON THE BUDGET, UH, FOR IDEAS FOR, UH, NOT JUST ON OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE OF IT, BUT OUR REVENUE SIDE OF IT, GETTING THEIR IDEAS, THE, THE, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, THE FOLKS, UM, THAT ARE IN ENTRY LEVEL THAT, UM, DO SOME OF THIS DAY-TO-DAY WORK.AND I, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF EMPLOYEES WHO REPORTED TO ME THAT THAT WASN'T DONE.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I THINK WE REALLY DO NEED TO, UM, BE AN ORGANIZATION THAT, THAT ENGAGES MORE OF THE EMPLOYEES AND, UH, DOESN'T JUST GO FROM THE TOP DOWN, INCLUDING US, TOP DOWN, BUT REALLY, UH, BOTTOM UP.
SO JUST THINGS I THINK THAT, UM, THAT WE SHOULD WORK TOWARDS THAT I, THAT THEY THINK WE ARE, UM, ON THIS BUDGET BOOK.
UM, THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE UNDERCOUNTING OUR REVENUES.
AND I'M GONNA GIVE SOME EXAMPLES AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL START WITH PAGE 58 OF THE BUDGET BOOK.
AND I'M LOOKING AT CODE 3,300, AND THAT'S OUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I ASKED OUR, UH, STAFF ABOUT.
SO, UM, CITY MANAGER, UH, UH, UM, PAUL BRITTANY STAFF, CAN YOU GO OVER A HIGH LEVEL, UM, AND WHATEVER DETAIL YOU CAN PROVIDE, THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS I SEE HERE THAT I HAVE IS, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 3.4 MILLION, UM, FROM FY 25 IS OUR UNAUDITED.
ACTUALS IS WHAT WE RECEIVED IN OUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
THE FY 26 ADOPTED BUDGET, THE CYCLE WE'RE CURRENTLY IN IS ONLY 1.2 MILLION.
I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT THE ACTUALS ARE, UM, SO FAR ON THAT OR HOW THAT NUMBER FACTORS INTO, UM, THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WE WERE GIVEN.
BUT I DON'T, I THINK THAT NUMBER'S UNDER COUNTED BASED ON WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET AND BONDS.
AND THERE'S A LOT, I DON'T KNOW, UM, NOT AN EXPERT IN THAT, BUT, UM, BUT THE STOCK MARKET DOES DRIVE A LOT OF OUR INVESTMENTS.
AND FROM THIS TO GO DOWN SO MUCH AT 1.2 MILLION, I LIKE, I I JUST SAY, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACT ACCURATELY REFLECTING THAT.
SO COULD, COULD YOU, UH, STAFF, UH, TALK ABOUT THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND MAYBE WHAT THE ACTUALS ARE FOR THAT? LET, LET'S SEE WHAT, GET SOMETHING FROM THEM.
WELL, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT FOR INVESTMENT EARNINGS, THEY CAN BE VERY VOLATILE AND, AND HARD TO PREDICT.
SO IF YOU WERE TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, EVEN FURTHER BACK THAN THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE, YOU, YOU'LL SEE SOME YEARS WHERE WE DIDN'T, THERE WERE NO INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
UH, SO WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS, UH, COUNT ON THOSE REVENUES ON A YEAR WHERE THEY DON'T COME IN.
UH, SO FOR THE BUDGET, WE TEND TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH, UH, WITH THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
HOWEVER, FOR FY 26, WE HAVE SOME ACTUALS FOR THAT.
SO WHAT ARE THE, TO DATE ACTUALS THAT WE HAVE, THAT STAFF HAS FOR CODE 3,300? SO WHAT ARE THE DATE ACTUALS? SO I'M TALKING ABOUT JULY OF 2025 TO MARCH 31ST, UM, ALMOST APRIL OF 2026.
WHAT IS THAT NUMBER? THE ACTUALS SO FAR? I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT NUMBER.
SO IF WE CAN FIND THAT OUT, UH, PLEASE.
UH, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THAT SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE BUILT INTO THIS, THE WAY I SEE IT, UNLESS THOSE REVENUES ARE TIED UP SOME WAY.
SO I JUST NEED MORE CLARIFICATION.
I THINK WE NEED MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
UM, 33 1 4, UM, UH, RENTAL LAND, UM, IS THERE, IS THE RENTAL LAND, SO I SEE 988,000 AND THEN 900,000 FOR THE YEAR AFTER THAT.
UM, I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I THINK I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT IS AN AREA, UM, THAT I THINK WE CAN GET MORE REVENUE POTENTIAL THIS YEAR IN THE WORKSHOP.
UH, THE WORKSHOPS WE DO IS THE RENTAL LAND.
UM, 3, 3, 1 7 IS THE RENTAL LAS PALMAS GOLF COURSE.
SO I SEE THE ACTUALS, OR EXCUSE ME, THE ADOPTED FY 26 WAS 143,000.
BUT AGAIN, UM, THE ACTUAL, I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS REFLECTED OF THE ACTUALS BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS YEAR WAS 217,000, SO I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE THAT THAT WOULD'VE DROPPED SO MUCH.
UM, AND THEN THEY SEE THE NEXT YEAR, UM, FOR THE PROPOSED FY 27 BUDGET IS 269,000.
SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT 269,000 NUMBER THAT I SEE, CODE 33 1 7, PAGE 58, THAT WAS UPDATED THEN.
CORRECT? UM, BECAUSE I, I, I THINK WE, UM, HAD UPDATED AS, AS YOU, I THINK YOU SAID EARLIER THAT WE UPDATED THE GOLF COURSE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE JUST RENEWED THEIR, THEIR LEASE WITH, UM, WITH NEW TERMS AGE 58, 100 GENERAL FUNDS.
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FUND REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE DETAIL.AND I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT WAS THE OBJECT ACCOUNT NUMBER? SURE.
SO, UH, SO THE KEY AREAS THAT I'VE ASKED ABOUT SO FAR ARE 3,300, UM, 33 14, AND 33 17 IS THE LOS PALMAS GOLF COURSE.
THAT, THAT NUMBER 33 17 WOULD REFLECT THE, UH, THE NEW AGREEMENT.
SO THE TWO, SO THE FY 27, THE 269,000 THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE NEW AGREEMENT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO HAS THE 143, SO THEN IS THAT 143,000 NUMBER ACCURATE? CURRENTLY? IS THAT BASED ON OUR ACTUALS? NO, IT IS NOT.
THE 1 43 IS WHAT WAS IN THE FY 26 ADOPTED BUDGET.
SO AGAIN, IF WE CAN CHECK THAT, THAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
AND JUST ONE LINE ITEM WHERE I'M CONCERNED THAT LIKE ALL OF THIS IS STARTING TO ADD UP, ALL OF THESE LINE ITEMS ARE STARTING TO ADD UP THAT I'M SEEING THAT I DON'T HAVE DETAILS FOR.
AND SO I'M WORRIED THAT WE'RE UNDER COUNTING REVENUE.
UM, I I, I'M OKAY WITH BEING CONSERVATIVE ON SOME OF THE ESTIMATES, BUT NOW WE HAVE UPDATED DATA ON THIS.
SO THE ACTUALS FOR THESE LINE ITEMS IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
UM, 3, 4 69 OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENTS.
I SEE THAT IN, UM, UH, FY 25, THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS IS 1,492,000 155, AND OUR FY 26 BUDGETED IS 660,000.
SO THAT'S, UM, I, I THINK ON THIS, I, I THINK THAT NUMBER, I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT I, THAT THAT SHOULD BE, THAT SHOULD BE U UPDATED, I THINK BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE ACTUALS.
I THINK WE ALREADY RECEIVED THE ACTUALS THAT WEIGH OVER THAT, THAT EXCEED THAT.
SO I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT BASING IT OFF THE, THE NEW BUDGET OFF OF THE, THE ACTUALS OR THAT THIS NUMBER ISN'T UPDATED.
YEAH, I CAN, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
THE, UH, REIMBURSE OVERTIME IS PRIMARILY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND SO THERE'S REALLY NO WAY OF PREDICTING HOW MUCH THEY'RE GONNA BE CALLED OUT TO FIRES OUTSIDE OF THE AREA.
AND, UM, ALSO AS THAT REVENUE WOULD INCREASE, YOU'D HAVE A CORRESPONDING INCREASE ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE AS WELL.
SO IT WOULD NET OUT, WOULD NET OUT TO A ZERO.
I, I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL STEP HERE, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS AS FAR AS IT GOT, UM, ON THIS, BUT 35 41 PLAN REVIEW FIRE SYSTEMS, THE ACTUALS FOR FY 25, 110,000, WE BUDGETED 65,000 AND WE BUDGET AGAIN FOR FY 27, 60 5,000.
SO AGAIN, I JUST, UM, CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UM, JUST UNDERSTATING THE REVENUES AND HOW THAT'S FEEDING INTO, UM, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO, UM, THERE, I THINK THERE'S STILL MORE TO, TO LOOK AT HERE, BUT I, I JUST WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE, UM, THESE DIFFERENT LINE ITEM CODES, WHICH DEPARTMENTS IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH, AND, UM, ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR, FOR SAVINGS ON THIS.
LIKE, AND I DIDN'T REALLY GET TO CODE MUCH OVER THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, BUT ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, I CODE 72 36 WATER, THE AUDITED ACTUALS, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS FOR FY 25 FOR WATER COSTS.
OUR ADOPTED BUDGET HAS OUR, UM, WATER COST OF 275,000.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THAT INFO ON WHAT OUR WATER EXPENDITURES ARE.
AND SO WE MIGHT BE OVERSTATING THE EXPENDITURES ON WATER HERE BASED ON WHAT I SEE ON THE ACTUALS FOR THE PAST.
SO IT'S, THESE ARE JUST, I THINK SOME, SOME THINGS THAT, AGAIN, I, UM, COULD, COULD BE WRONG ON THIS IN TERMS OF LIKE, MAYBE, MAYBE WE AREN'T OVERSTATING.
MAYBE THIS IS ACCURATE, BUT I, I JUST THINK, UM, THAT, THAT THIS IS A LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AND, AND DIVE INTO OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IN THE MOMENT.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE SPEAKERS, I'LL CALL HIM UP AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE MR. THOMAS RECH AND THEN, UH, EDWARD NETTO.
YEAH, DON'T FORGET YOUR CHECKBOOK.
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ALL RIGHT.THE POINT I WENT UP, I LOST A PIECE OF PAPER, BUT IT SAYS THERE'S A, OH, HERE IT IS.
THE EXPENDITURES ARE 150 3009, 997,047, THE DEFICIT OF 13 MILLION 872, 567.
NOW, THE QUESTION I HAVE, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH IN THE GENERAL FUND TO COVER THIS YEAR AND HOW MANY YEARS CAN THEY RECOVER IT? SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING.
SO BUNCH OF DIRECTORS CAN SAY, ENOUGH, WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BANK THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BANK NEXT YEAR.
EDWARD NETTO, I GOT, I WAS PREPARED TO BLAST YOU GUYS
UH, COULD I, COULD YOU CHANGE IT TO THE SLIDE IF POSSIBLE? I COULD HAVE SOMEBODY CHANGE IT TO THE SLIDE FOR THE TALK ABOUT THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES STUFF THAT DRIVES ME NUTS.
HOPEFULLY CAN BE A LITTLE TIME HERE.
UM, ONE MORE, THE, THE SLIDES THAT HAVE EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE.
HEY, UH, THEY WERE GETTING CLOSE.
COULD YOU, COULD YOU RESTART HIS TIME, MAYOR? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, I MEAN, IF, IF THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD JUST LIKE IT TO BE CONSISTENT.
IT'S VERY UNUSUAL TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTER TO, UH, DIRECT OUR STAFF TO BRING UP INDIVIDUAL SLIDES, BUT JUST LET'S TRY TO BE CONSISTENT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT DIVIDUAL AND COMMUN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MIKE
GO TO THE EXPENDITURE SLIDE, WHICH DOING THE SLIDES.
I LOOK AT THIS, I'M SAYING, WHERE'S THE DEFICIT AUDIT UNAUDITED FIGURE? SEE THAT? YOU'D SEE THE DIFFERENCE THERE.
YET ON THE OTHER SLIDE, WE HAVE UNAUDITED FI.
UH, WE, WE START OFF WITH THE AUDITED FIGURES AND WE HAVE PROJECTED DEFICITS THAT COME DOWN TO THE $2.9 MILLION.
THIS IS UNAUDITED, I KEEP SAYING WHERE OUR AUDITED 2025 FIGURES.
SO WE KNOW WHAT YOU KEEP ASKING ABOUT THE ACTUALS.
ALL THESE ACTUALS WOULD BE THERE IF YOU HAD THAT AUDIT REPORT.
AM I GETTING, ARE YOU GUYS GETTING CATCHING ONTO THIS? YOU SORT OF LOOK AT IT AND HAVE A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS? SO, YOU KNOW, ON THE ONE HAND I LOOK AT THIS, I SAY, WELL, GOOD GRIEF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE ON AUDITED FIGURES.
AND THEN I SEE ANOTHER SLIDE THAT SAYS, WE'RE OFF, YOU KNOW, 12 MILLION, UH, $10 MILLION, 2000, 26, 20, UH, 25.
WE DON'T HAVE THE AUDITED FIGURES.
I MEAN, LOOKING AT IT IN, IN THE OVERALL LEVEL, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS A LITTLE CONFUSING.
YOU GETTING INTO THE DETAIL LEVEL MAKES IT EVEN MORE CONFUSING BECAUSE I CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT ACTUALS FOR WHAT YEAR AND THEN COMPARING THEM TO WHAT THE BUDGET YEARS ARE.
I JUST LIKE TO HEAR IT BE CONSISTENT AND HOPEFULLY, UH, MAKE SENSE OF WHAT'S SEEN IT ON THE, UM, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE HIGH LEVEL SIDE.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAIL SIDE, UH, THAT'S MY COM COMMENT.
BACK TO THE MATTER AT HAND AND MEMBER YAMANI.
UM, SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR CITY MANAGER FOR LEADING, UM, TO PROVIDE US THIS REPORT.
I AM, UM, I, I APPRECIATE, UM, HOW DIRECTORS HAVE STREAMLINED
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SOME OF YOUR, UH, DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT AND YOU SEE PROJECTED NUMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE AN AUDITED FOR 24 AND 25, YOU KNOW, MEAN EVEN IF IT'S AN AUDITED, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE, WE WILL SEE THE CORRECT, THE, THE RIGHT NUMBERS CLOSE TO THOSE NUMBERS.
AND THIS 26 YOU'LL ALREADY SEE.
THERE'S ALSO PROJECTED, AS OF YOU, I MEAN, TO, TO UH, COMPLETE OUR, UM, FISCAL YEAR.
BUT YOU CAN ALREADY SEE, UM, AS OF THE LAST QUARTER OF 26, UM, THERE'S THE, UH, UNAUDITED ACTUALS AND YOU ADDED A PROJECTED.
SO THESE ARE PROJECTED NUMBERS, AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO PROJECT 2027.
UM, WHAT WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR, UM, UM, MEA, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE, THE, THE PERSONNEL, UM, UM, DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO, TO HAVE TO, UH, PROVIDE TO OUR WORKFORCE, NOT ONLY TO OUR WORKFORCE, BUT FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT, IT, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, RIGHT? FOR US TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF AND FOR THE STAFF TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE PLEDGE TO SERVE.
SO, UM, THESE NUMBERS ARE ALL PROJECTED, UM, COME WITH THE REVENUE, UM, PROGRAM THAT THE STAFF HAD BROUGHT BEFORE US.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MEAN WE WILL GET TO THE CLOSEST NUMBERS.
AGAIN, THESE ARE GOOD INITIATIVES THAT WE, THAT WE CAN WORK ON.
AND I ASKED CITY MANAGER, I WANTED 12 MONTHS.
I WANTED ZERO TO 12 MONTHS, AND THEN REPORT AT THE FIRST QUARTER OF A FISCAL YEAR 27.
SO OF COURSE WE HAVE TO PROJECT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAVE DEBT SERVICE, WE HAVE ALL THIS, UM, YOU NOMINE, UM, EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE TO FULFILL.
UM, SO, UM, I, I, I AM, UM, YOU NOMAN, I IN THE, UH, IN THE REVENUE INITIATIVE THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED CITY MANAGER, UM, AS, AS WE HAVE, UM, UM, DONE OUR, UM, OUR, UH, BRIEFING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I ASKED FOR TWO THINGS, RIGHT? FOCUSED ON TWO THINGS.
OUR, UM, MSA WITH PORT TO BE CONSISTENT IN THE PEOPLE WHO SIT IN THAT ROOM, IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THAT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE CONFIDENCE AND THEN THE, THE CONS, THE CONSISTENCY OF THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, AND THE, THE STAFF BETWEEN THE STAFF OF THE CITY AND THE STAFF OF THE PORT.
SO, SO THEN IT'LL BE CLEARER AND THE, THEY WILL HAVE MORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY, THEY WILL HAVE MORE ANSWERS TO THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED TO THEM.
AND, UM, THE OTHER ONE THAT I HAVE, UM, ADDED IS TO LOOK INTO THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR, UM, ALL THE, THE, UM, UM, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE, UM, HOMES THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE PROVIDE FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
I, I THINK THOSE ARE, IT, IT IS ALREADY HERE.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROVIDING THEM SERVICE.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THOSE ARE FASTER FOR US TO RECOUP COST RECOVERY THAT WE CALL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, PD GO THERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I REQUESTED FOR JUST A, UH, AN INITIAL REPORT FROM THE CHIEF AND I RECEIVE A REPORT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, AND I ASK, CAN WE MONETIZE THAT? SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN, UM, RECOVER BASED ON YOU, I MEAN, THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WILL, I THINK I, I BELIEVE THAT I CAN WORK WITH THIS BUDGET THAT YOU ALL HAVE PRESENTED.
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT, AND THERE ARE PROJECTIONS AND PROJECTIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE.
THOSE ARE NUMBERS, RIGHT? UM, HOWEVER, WITH THE REVENUE THAT WE ARE PROJECTING TO, THAT WILL COME TO THE, YOU KNOW, COME WITHIN, UM, THE CITY.
UH, THERE ARE LOTS OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE NOW BEING LOOKED AT BEING REVISITED.
AND SO, UH, WE CAN RECOUP SOME, UH, COST RECOVERY THERE.
UM, I THINK I, I HAVE A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER WITH OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND, UM, SHE UNDERSTANDS, UM, WITH THE, WITH HER TEAM, UH, IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WHAT WE NEED TO STREAMLINE MORE, UM, AND, AND THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE THOSE NUMBERS TO BE TIGHTER.
SO, UM, I, I, I THINK I WILL, UH, SUPPORT THIS, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF US MOVING FORWARD.
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BE ASKED THE FIVE RESPONSIBLE PARTY, UH, ON THIS DAES TO BE MORE DILIGENT IN HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECTIONS THAT THEY ARE PRESENTING TO US TODAY.THANK YOU SO MUCH TO, UH, UH, FOR COMMUNITY FOR REACHING OUT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR WORKING ON IT AND HAVING ADDITIONAL BUDGET DISCUSSIONS WITH ME AND PROVIDING ME, UH, NUMEROUS, UM, UH, BRIEFINGS AND, AND DISCUSSIONS.
UM, AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
I LOOK VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING OUR STAFF AND OUR, UH, TOUCHING BASE WITH OUR CITY MANAGER ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ANTICIPATE ON NOT JUST PROJECTED REVENUES, BUT EXPENDITURES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP AS EXPENDITURES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD OF US.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX REFORM, UH, ABOUT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE APPLICABLE SOON ENOUGH, AND ABOUT, UH, DIGITAL BILLBOARD EXPANSION, AS WELL AS OTHER REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
THE ONLY, UM, ISSUE, AND I THINK THIS IS NO SURPRISE, I WILL CONTINUE TO BRING UP, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A DISCUSSION OR A, UM, UPDATE ABOUT OUR, UH, UH, INVESTMENT REPORTS, WHICH ARE, UH, NEARLY, UH, 98 MILLION OR SO AS OF LAST DECEMBER.
AND I KNOW THOSE ARE FLUCTUATING AT ALL TIMES.
BUT, UM, SO I, I'M CONSTANTLY JUGGLING BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A BALANCED BUDGET YEAR TO YEAR SO THAT OUR RESERVES ARE HEALTHY, AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THE RESERVES ARE INDEED HEALTHY, RIGHT? SO WE MUST MAINTAIN THOSE RESERVES.
UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, UH, LOOK OUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN TIMES OF NEED.
UM, A PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR THAT HAS TO SERVE THAT PURPOSE HAS BEEN THE NUTRITION CENTER.
SO I HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL AND OUTSPOKEN ABOUT, UM, STOPPING THE REDUCTION OF THE MEAL CAPS FROM TWO 50 TO TWO 200 THAT WOULD COST THE CITY $235,000.
UM, I'M ESSENTIALLY, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO ADOPTING THE BUDGET EXCEPT FOR THAT PORTION OF IT, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE BUDGET STAYS THE SAME AS IT IS NOW, AND IT IS NOT REDUCED BY 235,000.
THANK YOU TO STAFF, UH, FOR ALL OF THE WORK.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE, UH, ARRIVED AT THE BUDGET, RIGHT? SO, UM, PAUL, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE 14.
UM, THE PROJECTED DEFICIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT IS A POSITIVE THING.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WHAT WE HAD, UH, A PRELIMINARY DEFICIT OF 16.13 MILLION NOW HAS BEEN REDUCED, WHICH IS GOOD.
IT'S STILL A BIG DEFICIT, BUT IT DID GET REDUCED FROM 16.13 MILLION TO 12.65 MILLION.
SO THAT, THAT BIG DECREASE IS VERY HELPFUL.
THAT IS ALL BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT STAFF WERE WILLING TO MAKE.
UH, MY, MY QUESTION DOES HAVE TO DO THAT DEFICIT, THE 12.6 MILLION OF THAT, GOING BACK TO SLIDE NINE, UH, THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE APPROVED DUE TO THE BARGAINING THAT WE DID WITH OUR, UH, LABOR GROUPS, UM, AND THEN ALSO CONFIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE.
UM, THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR 27 EQUAL TWO POINT NEARLY FIVE, 2.5 MILLION, UM, WHAT IS THE REST OF THAT DEFICIT IS MADE UP OF? I KNOW PART OF IT IS THE PENSION OBLIGATION, RIGHT? WELL, WELL, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE 2.5 MILLION IS FOR, FOR ALL FUNDS.
THE GENERAL FUND PORTION IS JUST, UH, THE 1.9, ALMOST 2 MILLION YOU SEE THERE.
UH, THE REST OF IT IS THE INCREASE IN THE UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY.
UH, THERE WAS A VERY LARGE INCREASE IN GENERAL LIABILITY, WHICH SHOWS UP AS PART OF PERSONNEL SERVICES.
UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO, THOSE ARE THE TWO OTHER DRIVING FACTORS IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, THE PENSION GENERAL LIABILITY 2.5 FOR THE COLA ADJUSTMENTS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT MADE UP THE, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
AND I COULD PROVIDE MORE DETAILS, JUST THOUGHT I REMEMBER SEEING IT IN IN THE PAST.
YEAH, THERE WAS A SLIDE IN SOME OF OUR WORKSHOPS.
IT JUST WASN'T IN THIS SLIDE DECK.
UH, BUT I DID WANNA POINT OUT, UM,
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UH, WE REMAIN A VERY LEAN ORGANIZATION.YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF, UM, JUST A LOT THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.
WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THAT IT'S GONNA COME UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
SO, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, WORKING HARD.
AND I, I'M SO HAPPY DURING THE BRIEFING THAT I HAD WITH, UM, ALL OF THE DIRECTORS AND THEN OUR, UM, UH, CITY MANAGER, MR. STEVE MAG TO HEAR THAT WE ARE PREPARING FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
FISCAL YEAR 28, AS EARLY AS AUGUST, UM, IS GOING TO BE SUCH AN IMPORTANT TASK BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE, IT IS GONNA BE QUITE THE CHORE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DIFFICULT BUDGET, BUT, UM, I'M GLAD THAT, UM, WE ARE GONNA MAKE IT WORK ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THAT.
IF, IF I COULD, UH, A COUPLE THINGS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT WE'RE, WHAT I HEARD THE CITY MANAGER SAY THAT WE WOULD BE, START LOOKING IN AUGUST IS STILL THE 27TH BUDGET, NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING TO NEXT YEAR, THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT SAYING THAT THIS BUDGET IS STILL NEEDS, NEEDS WORKED ON, RIGHT? SO THAT THIS GETS US THROUGH THE, THE STATE REQUIREMENT AND EVERYTHING.
BUT THEN IN AUGUST, WE GOT RIGHT BACK INTO THIS BUDGET.
UH, UH, THE OTHER THING IS, IF I COULD, THE ONE OTHER DEAL IS IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK ON THAT SAME PAGE THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT, THE, THE DEFICIT AT FOR 26 WAS OVER $10 MILLION THAT CARRIES OVER.
THAT'S 'CAUSE THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE STILL THE SAME.
AND THEN YOU GET THE OTHER $2 MILLION IN JUST A LOAN FOR THE, UH, UM, FOR THE COAL LOAN THAT TAKES YOU UP TO THE 12, 12 MILLION RIGHT THERE BY ITSELF.
AND SO IT'S, UH, UM, SO YEAH, SO THEN THAT 12 MILLION WILL CARRY ON OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR UNLESS WE DO SOME CHANGES.
UH, SO, OH, APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL, UM, INFORMATION, UM, ON, UH, THIS SLIDE.
AND WE DID, UM, HAVE A DISCUSSION AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL ABOUT POTENTIALLY, I'M LOOKING AT FREEZING SOME OF THESE SALARY GROUPS.
SO REALLY THE ONLY ONES ARE MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE.
AND SO I WANTED TO DISCLOSE, I DID HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH, IN MY BRIEFING ON STAFF, UM, A ABOUT THAT AND THE CONCEPT OF HOLDING OR, OR FREEZING, UM, THE INCREASES FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR BECAUSE WE WOULD GET A SAVINGS FROM THAT.
SO, AND WHAT WAS, UH, TOLD TO ME THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DIRECTORS THAT THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY IMPACT MORALE AND, UM, AND JUST, UM, SOME OF THE, UH, JUST THEIR, THEIR, THEIR KIND OF, THEIR WORKLOAD IS ALREADY KIND OF EXPANDED.
AND SO I HEAR THAT AND I STILL DO WANT TO SEE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY, MORE KIND OF GOALS, METRICS, AND I THINK SOME OF THAT WILL COME WHEN WE GET A NEW CITY MANAGER IN.
AND AS THE DIRECTORS HAVE COMPLAINED, UM, TO ME AND TO OTHERS AT COUNCIL BEFORE THAT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHAOS IN THE ORGANIZATION.
AND AS I'VE SAID, I TAKE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I I I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, UH, BROUGHT THIS UP, THE NUTRITION CENTER, LIKE I WANT, I, I WANT US TO BALANCE AS AN ORGANIZATION, CUTTING FOOD TO OUR SENIORS AND THEN INCREASES FOR SOME OF THE HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEES.
LIKE, THOSE ARE JUST BALANCES, THEY'RE REALITIES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT.
LIKE THE, ALL THE BUDGET IS ABOUT OUR CHOICES.
IT'S ABOUT, I MEAN, I DID ASK FOR INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR ANNUITANTS AND, UM, UH, PROPOSING LOOKING AT EARLY RETIREMENTS TO SAVE MONEY.
SO WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING MUCH OF THAT TONIGHT.
I, I THINK IF WE WERE IN A BETTER POSITION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
SO I JUST SAY THAT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE REALLY NEED TOM MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE CREATIVE AND TOUGH DECISIONS.
LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING, UM, SOME OF THE, IN, IN MY BRIEFING WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, INCREASING FEES FOR SOME OF OUR, UM, UH, RESIDENT COMMUNITY, UM, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES LIKE THE POOL AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO LIKE I, I'M OPEN TO THOSE THINGS TO INCREASING EVEN SOME OF THE USER FEES THAT ARE REALLY, UM, THAT I THINK ARE, ARE REALLY LOW.
MAYBE TOO LOW, BUT WANNA SEE THAT.
ANOTHER THING I FORGOT TO, UM, BRING UP IS ON PART-TIME, THE PART-TIME, UH, SALARIES AND, AND PERSONNEL, IT'S, IT'S STILL HARD TO SEE WHERE THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK AND PARTICULAR, UH, PARTICULARLY IT'S, UM, STAFFING LEVELS BY FUND PAGE 25, AND THEN THE STAFFING LEVELS BY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS
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PAGE 35.I, I AM, I'M JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES ARE REFLECTED IN HERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE FTE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, UM, AS PART OF THIS NUMBER.
AND IF THEY ARE, THEN I THINK THEY SHOULD BE BROKEN OUT.
SO IT'S MORE CLEAR TO US, LIKE WHAT PART, HOW MANY PART-TIMERS WE HAVE VERSUS THE FULL-TIMERS, ET CETERA.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE STAFFING REPORTS THAT YOU SEE WITH THE FTE COUNT, THOSE REPRESENT PERMANENT BENEFITED EMPLOYEES OR POSITIONS, FTE.
NOW, YOUR HOURLY NON BENEFITTED EMPLOYEES, THOSE ARE BUDGETED AS A LUMP SUM IN EACH DEPARTMENT.
OR DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE HOURLY EMPLOYEES UNDER OBJECT CODE, I THINK 6 0 0 5.
SO THOSE ARE JUST BUDGETED AS A, AS A LUMP SUM DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT DEPARTMENTS MANAGE TO THAT BUDGET, UH, REGARDLESS OF WHAT, UH, HOURLY POSITIONS THEY'RE USING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, UH, SUPPLEMENT THEIR PERMANENT STAFF.
WELL, WELL LUMP SUM, IT'S, IT'S HARD FOR US TO GLEAN FROM THAT.
HOW MANY PERSONNEL, WHAT IS THEIR RATE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, UM, HOURS KIND OF, THEY'RE WORKING OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S SEASONAL.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, SERVICES, SOME OF IT'S AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO ALL THAT, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE MORE BROKEN OUT, UM, IN HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S, UH, NOT CLEAR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE.
UM, ONE THING I'M GONNA GO BACK AND IF I CAN ASK MR. CHENKO, IN YOUR REPORT THAT YOU GAVE TO US A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, UH, CONCERNING THE NUTRITION CENTER, THE UNDERSTANDING I HAD FROM THAT IS THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA BE CUTTING, UH, FOOD AMOUNTS OR THE NUMBER OF FOOD TO OUR SENIOR, UH, RESIDENTS, BUT THAT WE WERE GONNA LIMIT THE NUMBER.
AND SO NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS WOULD GET THE FIRST GROUPING OF THAT.
AND THEN IT'S JUST THE IDEA OF US PROVIDING FOOD FOR ALL THE OTHER CITIES TOO, I THINK WAS, AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? UH, YES SIR.
UM, A COUPLE MONTHS BACK, UM, WE HAD TO, UM, DO A RESERVATION SYSTEM PER THE COUNTY.
UM, THEY SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE NORM AND ALL THE OTHER NUTRITION CENTERS, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE COOKING, LIKE ON THE SPOT, WE WERE JUST PROVIDING AS MANY AS MEALS AS WE COULD FOR THE DAY.
OTHER NUTRITION CENTERS BRING THEIR FOOD IN, SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A, A RESERVATION SYSTEM, CERTAIN COUNT, BUT THE COUNTY SAID THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE INSECURITY OF SENIORS JUST SHOWING UP, NOT KNOWING IF THEY WERE GONNA GET A MEAL FOR THE DAY AND THEY'D GET THERE REALLY EARLY.
SO THIS, THIS RESERVATION SYSTEM WAS A LONG TIME COMING MM-HMM
UM, AND SO WE, WE FOUND A GOOD, UH, NUMBER WAS, UM, 250, UM, BECAUSE THAT, THAT SEEMED TO BE LIKE WHAT WE WERE KIND OF AVERAGING.
UM, BUT NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF NOTICED THAT IT, THE RESERVATION SYSTEM WAS GREAT BECAUSE, UH, I THINK JUST GETTING SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL OF, OF TRYING TO PRIORITIZE RESIDENTS.
'CAUSE A LOT OF NON-RESIDENTS WERE COMING AND THEN THE RESIDENTS WOULD GET THERE AND THEN WE'D BE, WE'D BE OUTTA FOOD.
UM, SO NOW WE'VE GIVEN THEM PRIORITY RES, UM, RESERVATIONS AND SO NOW WE'VE KIND OF NOTICED A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, RESIDENTS COMING 'CAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN GET IN.
SO NOW WE'RE REALLY CONFIDENT THAT 150 IS WHAT WE'RE PRETTY SOLID ON AVERAGING.
SO WE THOUGHT IF WE HAD SOME ROOM TO GROW, MAYBE 200 COULD BE WHAT WE COULD GET UP TO.
UM, AND IF, IF THAT NUMBER SEEMS TO GO UP EVEN MORE BECAUSE IT JUST KEEPS GETTING MORE SUCCESSFUL, I THINK WE COULD COME BACK TO THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IF WE WANTED TO, TO BUMP IT UP AGAIN.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF CONSERVATIVE NUMBER BY SAYING WE, YOU KNOW, UM, CAN GET TO 2 35 TO, TO SERVE 200 SENIORS.
WE'RE THINKING JUST BECAUSE WE SEE FOOD COSTS THAT JUST KEEP GOING UP.
UM, SO WE THINK 200 WOULD BE A, A GOOD NUMBER AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE COUNTY WOULD HELP US WITH, WITH GETTING THE OTHER NON-RESIDENTS TO THE NEARBY NUTRITION CENTERS, UM, SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, TURNING ANYONE AWAY AT ALL.
YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE GOT BEFORE US IS A LOT OF WORK HAS WENT IN BY A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TRY TO GET US TO THIS POINT IS IT'S NOT, IT'S ALWAYS EASIER TO ADD TO A BUDGET THAN IT IS TO TAKE AWAY FROM A BUDGET.
UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME, UNTIL WE DO A DEEPER DIVE, I WOULD NOT BE FOR ADDING ANYTHING TO WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO US AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME.
UM, BUT THEN WE CAN COME BACK IN AUGUST, UH, IF WE DO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, COME BACK IN AUGUST AND START WORK ON THIS DOCUMENT AGAIN, BOTH ON THE EXPENDITURE AND ALSO ON THE REVENUE SIDE, AND, UH, TO SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF MAGIC WE CAN WE START WORKING.
'CAUSE WE GOT TO, OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SURVIVE THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, HE'S NOT HERE ANYMORE,
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BUT, UH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, HE ASKED THE QUESTION, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR THIS YEAR? YEAH, WE GOT ENOUGH FOR THIS YEAR, UH, NEXT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR STARTS TO BE MAJOR PROBLEM IF WE DON'T ADDRESS IT NOW.AND, UH, SO I THINK THAT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK STILL AHEAD OF US, EVEN IF WE APPROVE THIS AND THIS UP TO THE STATE AND SAYS, HERE'S OUR BUDGET.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK ON THIS BUDGET THAT WE NEED TO DO DURING THIS, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTION, UM, MAYBE JUAN, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, DURING OUR, UM, BRIEFING WITH CITY MANAGER, HE REALLY, UM, COMMITTED TO A, UH, COMPREHENSIVE REVISITING MM-HMM
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I HAD, UM, POINTED OUT TO HIM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE, UH, OVERTIME OF, UH, 3.1 AND HE SAID HE'S GONNA REALLY LOOK INTO THAT.
SO THEN OUR FOOD FOR OUR SENIORS IN COMMUNITY SERVICES, UM, WILL NOT BE, UM, INFRINGED OR WILL NOT, UM, BE SACRIFICED.
UM, SO I, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS HERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, CITY MANAGER WILL HAND HOLD, UM, THE, WHOEVER IS INCOMING OR ONBOARDING CITY MANAGER TO REVISIT ALL THIS AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HAVE A, A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK, UM, AFTER, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS, UM, DARK, DARK MONTH THAT WE HAVE.
UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.
UM, SOMETIMES WE, WE, I MEAN THE BUDGET IS A LIVING DOCUMENT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 80 MILLION PLUS DOLLARS, RIGHT? SO TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF NOW TALKING ABOUT $235,000 IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, IT'S NOT A INSURMOUNTABLE AMOUNT, RIGHT? AND, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.
UM, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT AND, UM, I, I KNOW I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP PUBLICLY, BUT I'VE ALSO BROUGHT THIS UP ON, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF.
I MEAN, WE FAILED TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FOR THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO FUND THE PROGRAM.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THEN TO CUT THE PROGRAM OR PARTS OF IT.
AND WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED SALARIES TO OUR HIGHEST PAID INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CITY.
AND SO I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK THROUGH WHERE WE ARE PLACING OUR PRIORITIES.
AND AGAIN, $235,000 WILL NOT MAKE OR BREAK US.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE COUNTY PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR NEEDY INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND YEAH, SOME MIGHT LIVE ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THE CITY, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I THINK, UM, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A MATTER OF PRIORITY AND I THINK THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A, UM, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ONGOING EFFORT TO TRY TO, UH, REDUCE THE PROGRAM, NOT JUST THE FUNDING, BUT TO PRIVATIZE IT.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THAT.
AND SO I, I, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S KIND OF A, IT STRIKES A, UM, UH, A NERVE WITH ME, UH, SEEN AS WE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE SAME SERVICES, YET THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT THAT, AND, AND IT IS DEEPLY FRUSTRATING TO SAY THE LEAST.
AND SO, UM, I MEAN, JUST BY TWO COMMENTS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE READY TO MAKE A MOTION AT SOME POINT, BUT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY OTHER COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JUST THAT I SHARE THAT FRUSTRATION, ESPECIALLY ON THE, I, YOU KNOW, STAFF EX EXPLAIN WHY WE DIDN'T APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND IT'S PSYCH THAT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE MOVING FORWARD.
WE SHOULDN'T LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE.
LET'S JUST, UM, BE BETTER NOT POINTING THE FINGERS.
WITH THAT THEN, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I WILL MAKE AN MOTION.
UH, MOVE TO, UM, APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT MORE IN AUGUST, SO MOVE TO APPROVE.
AND A SECOND IS THE PERSON, THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, WILLING TO, UM, UH, REMOVE THE, UM, $235,000, UH, SUGGESTED REDUCTION FOR THE MEAL PROGRAM FROM TWO 50 TO 200 FOR RIGHT NOW? YES, I'M WILLING TO DO THAT.
I'M SORRY, WHAT NOW? REMOVING THE, THE MEAL REDUCTION FOR THE SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM.
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AND A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.UH, RODRIGUEZ, IF YOU COULD PUSH PRESS THE SECOND BUTTON AND THERE A SECOND.
UM, SPEAKING TO THE MOTION, I WILL SPEAK AGAINST IT.
I KNOW WE CAN START CHERRY PICKING AND I KNOW IT'S ELECTION TIME AND IT'S GREAT TO STAND UP FOR THIS THING.
UM, BUT I THINK STAFF HAS WORKED HARD TO DO THIS.
IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO SAY IT'S JUST $235,000 WHEN IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY.
UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE NOT TAKING AWAY FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HERE.
I MEAN, WE COULD DO A LOT OF PROGRAMS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY, BUT THAT'S, WE, WE EITHER HAVE THE OBLIGATION EVEN MORE SO WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO THAT.
SO I WOULD SPEAK AGAINST THAT MOTION AND I WOULD MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE, UM, THIS PROPOSAL AS, AS ACCEPT MOTION.
NO, THAT WAS NO, WE JUST MADE THE FIRST MOTION THAT MOTION CAN DO THE MOTION AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT, UH, THIS BUDGET AS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND TO BE REVISITED, UH, AFTER THE, UH, JULY BREAK.
MAY HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.
THIS IS ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
MOTION FAILS BY THREE TO TWO VOTE.
WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
THIS IS TO ADD $235,000 TO THE BUDGET AND THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US.
IT'S NOT TO ADD 235,000, BUT, OKAY.
WELL THAT'S, IT'S TO THE, WHAT WAS PROPOSED.
IT HAS TWO FIVE AND, AND I'M ALSO OPEN TO LOOKING AT 235,000 WHERE WE CAN CUT, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
LIKE WHICH IS A VALID CONCERN.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT PRIORITIES.
I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, AND I KNOW THESE ARE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I'VE SAID IT FROM THE GET GO WEIGHING PRIORITIES.
I, THEY, I THINK WE HAVE AS AN ORGANIZATION MADE MISTAKES AND IT IS TWO 35,000.
I'M OPEN TO FURTHER CUTS LATER, BUT I MEAN, FOR ME, I'M JUST MAKING A STATEMENT THAT I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE BETTER AND I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, YEAH, I JUST THINK WE CAN, UH, DO BETTER.
WE'RE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
HOW DO WE, COULD YOU DO YOUR, UH, FIRST AND SECOND? OKAY.
SO THE MOTION MAKER AND THE SECOND WOULD HAVE TO OKAY.
SO THAT IS BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH I SAY IS TO TAKE THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WE ADD BACK IN 235,000 BUCKS AND ALSO ADD THAT I'LL, YOUR POINT IS VALID ABOUT ADDING THE 235,000.
SO AT THE NEXT, UH, MEETING I CAN MM-HMM
UH, ALSO SUGGEST, UM, CUTS TO BALANCE OFF, UM, THAT, UM, ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE.
MOTION APPROVED BY FOUR TO ONE VOTE WITH MAYOR MORRISON.
WITH THAT, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER STAFF REPORTS? OKAY.
[13. ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT]
WE GO TO COUNCIL REPORTS.WE START DOWN HERE ON MY LEFT.
UM, JUST, JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, STAFF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, FOR BEING SO ENGAGED.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A VERY TUMULTUOUS FEW MONTHS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR STICKING IT THROUGH.
WE HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE DIFFICULT MEETINGS MM-HMM
AT THE END OF THE MONTH, BUT, UH, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU, CITY MANAGER.
UH, YEAH, I'M GRATEFUL TO STAFF.
I ALSO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES.
I THINK WE'VE WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND WE'VE IMPROVED AND YES, THERE'S BEEN CHAOS AND THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE POLITICS, BUT I REALLY THINK WE HAVE DONE A MUCH BETTER JOB.
AND I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO HEIDI BECAUSE HEIDI, AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY, I DO REALLY FROM MY HEART BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE REALLY MADE AN EXTRA EFFORT ON THAT AND KIND OF WEIGHING SOME OF OUR PERSONALITIES.
SO, AND JUST BOUNCING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
WE'RE, WE CAN BE FEISTY, BUT IT'S 'CAUSE WE CARE BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT DO THE BEST.
SO I DO THINK THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE'RE, WE TALK, WE'RE CREATIVE, WE'VE JUST WORKED BETTER AND I, THERE'S CLOSE SESSION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GUYS COULD SEE OUR CLOSE SESSION.
I THINK OUR CLOSE SESSION'S BEEN EVEN MORE BETTER AND IT'S REALLY HELPED.
SO APPRECIATE EVERYONE AND JUST US WORKING MORE COHESIVELY IN THE ORGANIZATION AND ON THIS DIOCESE A TEAM.
I WANNA GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATES AT SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL THIS FRIDAY.
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THERE WILL BE TWO GRADUATIONS AT 3:00 PM AND AT 6:00 PM AND UM, THERE WILL BE THREE VALEDICTORIANS FROM SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL.THEY ARE KENNETH SAGOON, BRIAN RIVERA AND SOL LOPEZ.
AND, UH, THERE ARE THREE LOPEZ.
THREE VALEDICTORIANS, UH, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T OUTDO EACH OTHER AT THE END.
UH, PRINCIPAL LAURA, UM, YOU KNOW, FINALLY CALLED AND SAID, OKAY, YOU GUYS CAN'T DO EACH OTHER, OUTDO EACH OTHER.
UH, THEY REACHED, UH, 4.4 0.66 GPA.
UM, AND UH, ONE OF THOSE THREE IS MY, MY KID.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.
YOU GUYS DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TREMENDOUS EMOTIONS FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS, SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SOME GRACE HERE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THREE ARE VERY GOOD FRIENDS.
UH, OF ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ALL THREE GOT INTO, THEY ARE ALL GONNA STAY HOME AND GO TO UCSD.
SO I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT THEM.
NATIONAL CITY WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED IN LA JOLLA AND I'M JUST SO VERY PROUD.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THREE OF THEM.
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA BE AT THE GRADUATION ON FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME, GIVE ME GRACE BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BE AN EMOTIONAL MESS.
WELL, I WILL NOT BE AN EMOTIONAL MESS.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, UH, DO YOU WANT TO THANK STAFF? I MEAN, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF, A LOT OF WORK HERE.
WE'VE JUST GOT A LOT MORE WORK TO DO ON, ON GETTING A HANDLE ON, ON THE BUDGET AND ON THE SPENDING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE AND, UH, TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GO AND BE REALISTIC IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS AND JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYONE'S PUT INTO THIS.
[14. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]
WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT ON OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO, UH, DISCLOSE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.UM, TONIGHT OR TODAY, THE COUNCIL DID MEET IN CLOSED SESSION FROM FOUR 10 UH, PM TO 5:41 PM COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH JOINED US AT FOUR 14 AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CLOSED SESSION.
UM, UH, THE COUNSEL TOOK NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS TONIGHT.
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED TILL THE 16TH.