* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] ALL RIGHT, IF WE CAN [1. CALL TO ORDER] GET EVERYBODY IN THE SEATS AND EVERYTHING, WE WILL GET STARTED HERE. UH, ONE ANNOUNCEMENT UP AT THE FRONT, ITEM 11 ONE, UH, WAS PULLED BY STAFF, SO THAT WILL NOT BE HEARD TONIGHT FOR DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT IT, YOU CAN DO THAT DURING PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATION. MAKE SURE AND GET YOUR SLIPS OVER. AND, UH, UH, SO I SAY SINCE IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, IT WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED BY THE COUNCIL AND, BUT, BUT YOU CAN MAKE COMMENTS ON IT SINCE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA UNDER PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. BUT AS IF YOU WANNA DO THAT, MAKE SURE AND GET YOUR, YOUR SLIPS OVER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DO YOU WANNA IDENTIFY, HUH? OTHER THAN 11 ONE, DO YOU WANNA SAY YOUR ISSUES LEFT? OH, OKAY. YEAH, IT IS. YEAH. YEAH. 11 ONE IN CASE JUST SAYING WE SHOULD GIVE THE NAME ON IT. THAT IS THE, UH, UH, THE BUSINESS LICENSE, UH, UH, TAX MEASURE. SO, ANYWAY, THAT, UH, THAT IS THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN PULLED. IT WILL BE COME BACK ON. OUR AGENDA STAFF IS, IS LOOKING TO BRING IT BACK ON OUR AGENDA ON OUR MEETING OF JUNE THE 30TH. SO WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING THREE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS THIS, THIS MONTH INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL TWO. SO, WITH THAT, UH, IF WE COULD HAVE AN EXPLANATION FROM INTERPRETER TO GET US KICKED OFF HERE. RIGHT. THANK YOU. IF YOU'RE, UH, UH, WITH THAT, WE COULD PLEASE SILENCE ALL, ALL CELL PHONES OR ANY OTHER DEVICES IN THE CHAMBER, PLEASE. CERTAINLY WOULD BE. APPRECIATE THAT. AND WITH THAT, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A, UH, WE'RE GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER A LIVE WEBCAST. THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. IF YOU'RE WATCHING VIA LIVE, 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 PREFER TO SIT IN THE CHAMBER, HEADSETS ARE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE LIVE SPANISH TRANSLATION, PLEASE SEE THE CITY, UH, CLERK'S DESK TO CHECK OUT A HEADSET. THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY'S WEBSITE INFORMS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. IN PERSON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER BY SUBMITTING A SALMON COLORED SPEAKER SLIP OR BY ZOOM, BY PREREGISTERING, NO LATER THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING, OR BY EMAILING NO MORE THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING. AND ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE. WITH THAT, IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANI PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH HERE. VICE MAYOR MOLINA. PRESENT. MAYOR MORRISON. UH, PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY. COULD WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION? UM, REMEMBER BUSH, WOULD YOU PLEASE READY, BEGIN FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, NATION UNDER GOD, AN INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, JUSTICE, FOR WE HAVE THE PASTOR HERE, THERE HE IS. LET US BOW OUR HEADS. FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, FOR YOUR MERCY, FOR YOUR GRACE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED ON CALVARY FOR ALL OF US IN THIS CITY. FATHER, WE PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR A SPIRIT OF UNITY TO COME UPON US. LORD, YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT IF WE WERE TO UNITE NOTHING, NOTHING CAN STOP US. AND SO I PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR OUR MAYOR WHO LEADS THIS CITY. I PRAY FOR EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER. I PRAY FOR THE STAFF. I PRAY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I PRAY FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE A LOVE FOR THIS CITY, THAT THEY WOULD BIND TOGETHER AND WITH THE LOVE THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE. WE WOULD LEAD THIS CITY, LORD, THAT CHURCHES, COMMUNITIES, [00:05:01] BUSINESSES WE WOULD ALL UNITE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ENDEAVORING TO LIVE A PEACEFUL LIFE. YOU ARE THE PRINCE OF PEACE. THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU IN ALL THE EARTH. AND YOU SAID, WITHOUT YOU, WE CAN DO NOTHING. SO WE HUMBLY BOW DOWN BEFORE YOUR PRESENCE, RECOGNIZING YOU AS THE LORD OF GLORY AND AS THE GOD OF THIS EARTH. AND FATHER, WE PRAY YOUR GRACE, YOUR WISDOM, AND YOUR SPIRIT TO BE WITH US SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE A PEACEFUL LIFE IN THE WONDERFUL AND GLORIOUS NAME OF JESUS. WE GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOR, ALL THE PRAISE. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE BE SEATED. OKAY, [5. PUBLIC COMMENT (Part 1 of 2)] WE'RE NOW GONNA BE GOING INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND, AND THESE ARE ON AREAS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. AND SO IF YOU'RE, IF IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM, YOU NEED TO SAVE IT OVER TO THAT POINT. WE DO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS. WE'RE GONNA GIVE EACH SPEAKER TWO MINUTES. PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING LASTS FOR 30 MINUTES. THOSE THAT CONT IF WE HAVE SPEAKERS, WHICH I GOT A FUNNY FEELING, LOOK AT THAT SIZE OF THE STACK WE'RE GOING TO, THEY WILL GO TO THE END OF THE MEETING. UM, I DO NOT ANTICIPATE US HAVING A LONG MEETING BESIDES GETTING OUT OF, OUT OF THIS. BUT, UH, BUT YOU NEVER CAN TELL WITH THAT. UH, I WILL BE CALLING UP, CALL UP THREE PEOPLE AT A TIME. UH, IF YOU ARE IN, YOU KNOW, IN ONE OF THE ROWS, PLEASE COME OUT, STAND HERE IN THE MIDDLE SO THAT WHEN IT COMES YOUR TURN, IT'LL, IT'LL GO A LOT FASTER. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED OUT THERE, PLEASE COME ON INTO THE CHAMBER AS SOON AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALL, NAME CALLED WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO THREE. I'LL NAME THREE AT A TIME. FIRST WE HAVE, UH, CRYSTAL CRUZ, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL THOMAS, FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER. B BALL. YES, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CRYSTAL CRUZ. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF ILW LOCAL 29. WE'RE NOT BUSINESS OWNERS. WE'RE THE WORKERS. WE LIVE AND WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY. SOME OF US ARE SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION. AND I, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WE ARE NOT GONNA STAND BY WHILE PEOPLE COME TO OUR HALL AND TELL US THEY'RE ABOUT LABOR, AND THEN TURN AROUND AND TRY TO TAKE THE TAX, THE INDUSTRY THAT WE WORK FOR OUT OF EXISTENCE. I'M HERE WITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF LOCAL 29, BUT OUR UNION REACHES FROM HERE TO TACOMA, WASHINGTON. OUR UNION WAS BUILT ON THE BACKS OF LABOR THROUGH BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS AND LIVES LOST. SO TELL ME, ARE YOU WILLING TO BLEED FOR YOUR CAUSE? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE WILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT MICHAEL THOMAS, FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER BALD, FOLLOWED BY JEREMY DAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME'S MICHAEL THOMAS. I'M THE BUSINESS AGENT FOR LW LOCAL 29 HERE IN NATIONAL CITY. I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE A FEW NAMES. WE HAVE LUNA'S, WE HAVE THE TORRES, WE HAVE THE GARCIAS, WE HAVE THE MONTOYA'S. WE HAVE SEVERAL GENERATIONAL WORKERS THAT WORK ON THIS WATERFRONT AND WHO ARE RESIDENTS HERE IN NATIONAL CITY. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU GUYS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES SITTING IN FRONT OF ME, CAN COME TO US, ASK US FOR THAT SUPPORT AND PUT ALL THAT LABOR OUT. WE HAVE OVER 900 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE EMPLOYED HERE IN NATIONAL CITY OVER AT 24TH STREET TERMINAL. WE ALSO, DURING THE TIMES WHEN WE HAD, DURING THE RECESSION, DURING COVID, WE WORKED, WE LOST PEOPLE DURING COVID AND WE BROUGHT THOSE SUPPLIES IN. WE'RE ALSO THE MAIN LIFELINE BETWEEN HERE AND HAWAII. WE DID A HUGE FEMA PROJECT. WE HAD BIG FIRES. THE RESIDENTS HERE IN NATIONAL CITY BROUGHT IN GOODS, AND WE PUT 'EM IN CONTAINERS AND SHIPPED THEM OVER TO ALL THOSE FAMILIES IN NEED IN GOOD FAITH. AND THEN WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO PUT BACK ONTO THE BUSINESS OWNERS HERE. WE'RE GOING ELECTRIFICATION. YOU, MR. MORRISON. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN AT THOSE MEETINGS. MM-HMM . SO YOU'RE ON TOP OF THAT. THEN YOU WANT TO DO TAXES. YOU WANNA CUT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE FOR THIS CITY AND NATIONAL CITY. AND IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SO IF YOU AND THIS [00:10:01] COUNCIL IN GOOD FAITH CAN LOOK AT ME AND THINK ABOUT THE 900 PEOPLE YOU MAY AFFECT, LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN ON THAT PILLOW EVERY NIGHT. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'RE NOT JUST AFFECTING THEM HERE. YOU'RE ALSO AFFECTING THE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JENNIFER BALL FOLLOWED BY JEREMY DAY, FOLLOWED BY PENNY FINNEGAN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, DID YOU SAY, MY NAME IS JENNIFER BALL? I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF BALL AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MILE OF CARS ASSOCIATION. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN OPERATING A BUSINESS ON THE MILE FOR OVER 57 YEARS. I'M A THIRD GENERATION BUSINESS OWNER, AND I'M HERE TODAY REGARDING PROPOSED BUSINESS LICENSE TAX THAT WAS RECENTLY REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. OVER THE PAST WEEK. I'VE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS AND SPOKEN WITH BUSINESS OWNERS THROUGHOUT NATIONAL CITY, AND I'M SPEAKING ON NOT ONLY ON BEHALF OF MY BUSINESS AND THE MILE, BUT ON BEHALF OF THOSE BUSINESS AS WELL, WHO HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL. OUR CONCERNS ARE CENTERED ON THREE KEY ISSUES. FIRST, A GROSS RECEIPTS TAX IS NOT AN ACCURATE MEASURE OF A BUSINESS'S FINANCIAL SUCCESS. GROSS RECEIPTS REFLECT REVENUE, NOT PROFITABILITY. THEY DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE SUBSTANTIAL COSTS BUSINESSES INCUR TO OPERATE, EMPLOY LOCAL RESIDENTS, INVEST IN THEIR FACILITIES AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. SECOND, THIS TYPE OF TAX WILL IMPACT NATIONAL CITY'S COMPETITIVENESS. BUSINESS BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS HAVE CHOICES. ADDITIONAL COSTS PLACED ON BUSINESSES WILL DISCOURAGE FUTURE INVESTMENT, MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES TO THE CITY, AND ENCOURAGE CONSUMERS TO SPEND DOLLARS IN NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES LIKE CHULA VISTA AND LEMON GROVE. AND I GUARANTEE YOU, THEY WILL. LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE ALREADY NAVIGATING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL PRESSURES, INCLUDING INCREASED COSTS, INSURANCE PREMIUMS, UTILITIES REGULATIONS. ADDING ANOTHER LAYER OF EXPENSE WOULD ONLY CREATE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT ALL AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVES WE THOROUGHLY EXPLORED BEFORE CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL TAXES. WE BELIEVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT EVERYONE. WE WOULD WELCOME A CREATION OF A BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. WE WELCOME A COLLABORATOR PROCESS. WE SHARE THE SAME STRONG OBJECTIVE OF VIBRANT, STRONG, AND THRIVING NATIONAL CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, JEREMY DAY. SEE HIM AT THE MOMENT. UH, PATTY FINNEGAN, FOLLOWED BY KAREN MCMANUS, FOLLOWED BY JOEL TAAL. HI FOLKS. I'M PATTY FINNEGAN. I OWN NITA FRANK'S ICE CREAM HERE IN DOWNTOWN. OF COURSE, I KNOW MOST OF YOU, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LOT FROM THE BUSINESSES. I CANNOT SAY I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS EITHER. UM, BUT WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY GOTTEN TOGETHER A GROUP OF FOLKS WE'VE MET WITH EACH ONE OF YOU. AND WE WOULD ONE, LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME BECAUSE I REALLY THINK THAT WE HAVE ALL MADE GOOD POINTS. YOU'VE MADE GOOD POINTS BACK. SO IT'S JUST MY HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE BUSINESSES, AVAIL YOURSELVES TO THIS, AND LET US HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS, BECAUSE NO ONE IS MORE INVESTED IN NATIONAL CITY THAN YOUR BUSINESS OWNERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, KAREN MCMANUS. WE FOLLOWED BY JOEL AL, FOLLOWED BY JEREMY DAY. I SEE HIM BACK THERE NOW. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KAREN ZAKAR MCMANUS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NA CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. ON BEHALF OF THE NA CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR ITS LONG LASTING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER. TOGETHER, WE HAVE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT, AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY AS THE VOICE OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO OUR MEMBERS REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUSINESS LICENSE TAX CHANGES. AFTER HEARING THEIR FEEDBACK, WE FEEL IT IMPORTANT TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT THIS PROPOSAL WILL HAVE ON OUR BUSINESSES. PARTICULARLY WITH SMALL BUSINESSES ALREADY FACING CRISIS, THE CHAMBER STANDS WITH THEIR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S NEED TO, UM, TO ADDRESS, UH, FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THE CITY TO WORK WITH US TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT MEETS THE NEEDS WITHOUT PLACING ADDITIONAL BURDENS ON THE BUSINESSES THAT FUEL OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. OUR CONCERN, OUR CONCERN IS SIMPLE. IF A BALANCED SOLUTION CANNOT BE FOUND, SOME BUSINESSES MAY CHOOSE TO INVEST ELSEWHERE OR LEAVE NASHVILLE CITY ALTOGETHER, THAT WOULD UNDERMINE THE PROGRESS. WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY WORKED TOGETHER SO HARD, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO PARTNERING WITH THE CITY AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO FIND A PATH FORWARD TO THAT SUPPORTS BOTH ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF NASHVILLE CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING ME OUT. THANK YOU. JOEL TABBA, FOLLOWED BY JEREMY DAY, FOLLOWED BY SCOTT, UH, NER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF. UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ALL OF US IN YOUR TIME HERE. [00:15:01] UM, I'M AGAINST THE CITY, UM, TAX, THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BRING ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES INTO NATIONAL CITY. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN IN NATIONAL CITY FOR OVER 60 YEARS. I MEAN, WE FEEL WE ARE IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, AND IN DOING SO, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS TOGETHER. AND THIS TAX SEEMS VERY ONE-SIDED AND THAT WE DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR. WE NEED TO DO A DEEP DIVE, NOT JUST ON, UM, TAXING THE COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESSES, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE THAN THAT. WE NEED TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE EXPENSES OF THE CITY AND HAVE A MUCH LARGER APPROACH INTO CUTTING THE DEFICIT AND BEING ABLE TO FUND PUBLIC SAFETY, BECAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. UM, THERE'S SOME BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE SPURRED ON, YOU KNOW, HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, AS YOU KNOW, THAT I, MY FAMILY AND I STARTED MARKET ON EIGHTH. THAT'S A CATALYST FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND IN DOING SO, I'M NOT SURE IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS, IF THIS TAX WAS PROPOSED. I'M NOT SURE IF OTHER BUSINESSES WOULD BE ABLE TO COME INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A, THERE'S A BANK BUILDING THAT'S NEWLY THAT'S GONNA OPEN IN THE COMMUNITY ON EIGHTH STREET. I TALKED TO THEM AND THEY SAID THREE YEARS AGO, IF THIS TAX WAS PROPOSED, THEY WOULD THINK TWICE ABOUT HAVE, ABOUT OPENING A NATIONAL CITY. SO THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A VERY DIFFICULT TASK TO BRING IN AND COMPETE WITH THE GAYLORD IN CHULA VISTA, THIRD AVENUE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THEN ONE LAST COMMENT ON HOUSING. HOUSING IS ALREADY STRESSED. AND IN ORDER TO DO SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO PASS THIS TAX ONTO THE, TO THE RESIDENTS. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WE WANT TO CREATE FAIR AND VALUABLE, UM, RATES FOR RENT FOR OUR TENANTS. AND THAT'S GONNA BE HARD TO DO THAT. SO PLEASE THINK TWICE AND THINK HARD ABOUT THE CITY TAX. AND WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A, A SOLUTION IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP COME TOGETHER FOR THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU JEREMY DAY SCOTT, UH, CARPENTER. AND THEN, UH, ALICIA MENDOZA, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JEREMY DAY, NATIONAL CITY FIREFIGHTERS PRESIDENT. UH, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX REFORM. WE NEED TO LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE LEDGER. THE ORIGINAL BUDGET THAT WAS PROPOSED HAD A $16 MILLION STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS THE ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE MUST LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE LEDGER. WE ARE DOING OUR PART IN THE CITY IN REDUCING EXPENSES AND RIGHT SIZING SERVICES, BUT WE ALSO NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PUBLIC AND BUSINESSES IN ORDER TO PROPERLY FUND THE CITY. I HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR MEETING ON THE 30TH. I'LL RETURN TO THE MIC. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SCOTT. AND THEN, UH, ALICIA MENDOZA, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE CHING, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COUNSEL. MY NAME IS SCOTT NER. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE EXECUTIVE MANAGER FOR MONTESSY NISSAN HERE IN NATIONAL CITY. MM-HMM . UH, THE FAMILY I WORK FOR HAS BEEN ON THIS MILE FOR 44 YEARS. UH, 1982, THEY PURCHASED THIS, UH, DEALERSHIP. AND, UH, WE HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTING EXTENSIVELY IN THE AREA OF SALES TAX, IN THE AREA OF PROPERTY TAXES. IN FACT, I HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER TELL ME THAT THE MILE OF CARS IS THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE CITY. THAT WE ARE ALREADY CONTRIBUTING A GREAT AMOUNT. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT ANOTHER WAY TO HELP IN THIS SITUATION. THE CITY FINDS ITSELF INTO, HOWEVER, THE RATES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED ARE GONNA BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO OUR BUSINESS. UM, WE WANNA BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. WE'RE NOT JUST OUT HERE JUST WANTING TO TAKE, WE GIVE TO THIS COMMUNITY. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO CURB FUTURE GROWTH. THIS TYPE OF A TAX ON BUSINESS WILL STOP PEOPLE FROM COMING INTO THE CITY. WE WOULD BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITY FROM A SALES TAX STANDPOINT ON TOP OF THE, UH, THE TAX, ON THE BUSINESS LICENSE, WHO WOULD COME TO THE CITY AND START A NEW BUSINESS. WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE BUSINESS FRIENDLY. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS CITY CONTINUE AS A BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY. UM, WE DO NOT WANNA BE OPPOSED TO THE CITY ON THIS TYPE OF THING. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY IN MANY CASES, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT. SO MY HOPE IS TO URGE YOU TO, UH, NO VOTE ON THIS. AT LEAST LET'S RE-LOOK AT ANOTHER WAY TO DO THIS. THAT'S MY HOPE THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UH, ALICIA MENDOZA. GEORGE CH AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S RAMONA GOMEZ. I CAN'T, THERE'S A COUPLE LETTERS MISSING THERE. SOMETHING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. OKAY. HELLO. CAN YOU GET CLOSER TO, OH YEAH, SURE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS ALICIA MENDOZA, AND I CAME HERE TO [00:20:01] REPRESENT MY SMALL BUSINESS AT GO PRODUCE AND FOREIGN PALM STREET. MM-HMM . AND I JUST WANT TO CAME IN AGAINST THIS PROPOSED DECISION BECAUSE WE REALLY MAKE IT WITH THE TAXES WE PAY ALREADY, SO WE CANNOT BE ABLE TO PAY THE 10%. WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT? INCREASE. SO PLEASE JUST CONSIDER THE SMALL BUSINESSES TOO, BECAUSE WE BEGINNING WITH VERY LITTLE, BUT WE WANNA STILL KEEP IT. SO THAT'S WHY WE CAME HERE. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK, THANK YOU. UM, YES, WE HAD GEORGE CHIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. OH, SORRY. AND AS I SAY, I'M NOT TOO SURE. LOOKS LIKE ROM. IT LOOKS LIKE AN OA, BUT I CAN'T BE SURE ON THAT GOMEZ. SO, AND THEN AFTER THAT, SOPHIE SYLVESTRI. AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS GEORGE SHING WITH THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST ASSOCIATION REALTORS. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, YOUR STAFF AND, AND YOURSELVES FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'VE INVESTED IN SPEAKING TO THE BUSINESSES SO FAR. WE HOPE TO HAVE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS AS THE THE DAYS MOVE FORWARD AND AS JUNE 30TH COMES UP, UH, PSAR OPPOSES, UH, INCREASES IN BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES AND, UH, RENTAL UNITS. UH, THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT HOW COMMISSIONS WOULD BE IMPACTED. REALTORS, REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, UH, ARE, ARE LICENSED TO SELL, UH, THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. UH, THE, THE TAXES IN OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES, UH, ARE NOT AS HIGH AS THEY WOULD BE POTENTIALLY UNDER THIS TAX. UH, THEY'D BE TAXED AT A HIGHER RATE HERE IN NATIONAL CITY. UH, PUT PUTTING THE ONES WHO'VE DECIDED TO HEADQUARTER NATIONAL CITY POTENTIALLY AT A DISADVANTAGE. UH, THERE'S ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR FOR DOUBLE TAXATION BECAUSE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, ARE EMPLOYED AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, OR NOT EMPLOYED, SORRY, THERE ARE, THEY OPERATE AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. WHEREAS THE, AS THE BROKERS ARE BUSINESSES, THEY, THE AGENTS THEMSELVES CAN ALSO BE CONSIDERED BUSINESSES. AND THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR DOUBLE TAXATION ON THE COMMISSIONS THAT THEY WOULD EARN. UM, SO WE, WE CONTINUE TO URGE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS AND ADDITIONAL RESEARCH INTO EVERYTHING AND ALL THE IMPACTS THAT THIS WOULD HAVE AND THE POTENTIAL DISADVANTAGES TO THOSE WHO'VE DECIDED TO HEADQUARTER LOCALLY IN NATIONAL CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NEXT WE HAVE, UH, SOPHIE SYLVESTRI FOLLOWED BY, UH, SHARON CLOUD, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY MATT. I DON'T WANNA MESS UP YOUR LAST NAME. IT STARTS WITH THE DAN. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SOPHIE SYLVESTRI WITH PEISHA REPRESENTING THE TERMINAL OPERATOR AND STEVEDORE OF THE NATIONAL CITY MARINE TERMINAL. WE'VE BEEN IN NATIONAL CITY FOR 36 YEARS. I FIRST WANNA THANK STAFF FOR FIELDING MANY QUESTIONS OVER THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF. AND I WANNA THANK, UH, YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR PICKING UP THE PHONE WHEN WE CALLED. THANK YOU FOR OFFERING TO MEET, FOR INVITING US HERE TO MEET. UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I KNOW WE'RE ALL BUSY PEOPLE, SO THANK YOU AGAIN, UM, FOR, FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR BE OP BEING OPEN TO LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS. IF YOU DIDN'T NOTICE ALREADY, PEISHA IS A UNION EMPLOYER. UH, ABOUT 75% OF OUR WORKERS THAT COME TO THE TERMINAL ARE, UH, SOUTH BAY RESIDENTS, OVER 500 ILW AND 250 TEAMSTERS CALLED THE NATIONAL CITY MARINE TERMINAL. THEIR PLACE OF WORK, UM, TOP LINE REVENUE TAX, ESPECIALLY ONE WITH A 10 X INCREASE CAN HURT BUSINESSES PRETTY BADLY. UM, IT HAS NO CONSIDERATION FOR BUSINESS EXPENSES, AS WE'VE HEARD. IT HAS A CASCADING EFFECT ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN AS GOODS THROUGH MOVE THROUGH. UM, SO THIS ONE DEFINITELY GOT OUR ATTENTION. , YOU HAVE A BIG CROWD HERE. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, PASTA'S MASSIVE PAYROLL REALLY REPRESENTS A DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE WORKFORCE. AND AS A MAJOR EMPLOYER, TAKING MONEY OFF THE TOP, UH, MAKES US LESS COMPETITIVE. UM, SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU CONSIDER THIS TAX. UM, NOT IN THIS MEETING, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS IN PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, I'LL JUST END MY COMMENTS BY SAYING WE RECOGNIZE YOU HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER WHO IS VERY CAPABLE. LET'S GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET. TAKE SOME TIME TO EVALUATE, MAKE ADDITIONAL TWEAKS. UM, I ECHO WHAT MILE OF CARS SAID, PLEASE CALL ON ME IF I CAN BE A PART OF A BUSINESS ADVOCACY GROUP. UM, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. UM, SHARON CLAW, FOLLOWED BY MATT, FOLLOWED BY RANDY CASTLE SALGADO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MORRISON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M SHARON CLOWER, PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO WORKING WATERFRONT, AND WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OUT IN THE LOBBY. I REPRESENT OVER 800 WORKING WATERFRONT BUSINESSES. UM, I WANNA THANK EACH OF YOU BECAUSE I'VE SPENT SOME TIME, A LOT OF TIMES SINCE I GOT BACK TO MONTANA AND WHEN I WAS IN MONTANA ON THIS TAX ISSUE. FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING IT OFF THE AGENDA TONIGHT. JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS. THIS TYPE OF TAX IS THE WORST THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO BUSINESSES, LARGE AND SMALL. [00:25:01] IT'S ALSO BAD FOR CONSUMERS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THIS TYPE OF TAX MULTIPLIES ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN. SO IT'S NOT A ONE-TIME LOW AMOUNT TAX. BASICALLY, IT ADDS WITH EXPONENTIAL IMPACT. FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T ADJUST THEIR PRICING, THEY WILL LIKELY BE FORCED TO REDUCE THEIR WORKFORCE IMPACTING HARDWORKING FAMILIES. MOST OF M WHO LIVE IN YOUR CITY, WHEN YOU GUYS WORKED ON YOUR BUDGET, YOU KIND OF DOWNPLAYED THE DEFICIT. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WHAT HAPPENED IS, OH MY GOD, THE SKY'S FALLING. POLICE SOME FIRE. AND, AND EVERYTHING'S HAPPENING QUICKLY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO GET THINGS DONE. WE WANNA HELP YOU. SO WE RECOMMEND, RATHER THAN CONSIDERING THE TAX SCHEME LATER THIS MONTH, THAT THE CITY ALLOW THE NEW CITY MANAGER TO DO HIS DUE DILIGENCE. I WANNA SEE THIS GUY SUCCEED AND I WANNA WORK WITH HIM. THE NEW CITY MANAGER CAN GET THE FACTS, WHICH ARE VERY MUCH IN DISPUTE. THE CITY SHOULD BE SPENDING AN EFFORT ON LOBBYING A WAY TO CAPTURE YOUR LOCAL TAXES THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TAX INCREMENT. A SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO WORK WITH OTHER CITIES AND LOBBY FOR THAT THROUGHOUT SACRAMENTO. YOU GUYS USED TO HAVE A GREAT REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HERE, AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. THAT'S JUST ONE OF ONE SUGGESTIONS. I ALSO SUGGESTED MAYBE YOU BRING STREETING BACK HERE TO THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF NATIONAL CITY. IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL IN SAN DIEGO THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO PUT IT AWAY BECAUSE THE BUSINESSES WERE THRIVING. BUT MAYBE LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AS WELL. WE'RE EAGER TO HELP YOU AND WE UNDERSTAND YOUR DEFICIT, BUT I WANNA THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MATT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, MATT, UH, RANDY CASTLE SATO, UH, TED GODSHAW. GREAT. UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR SEEING US TODAY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ON BEHALF OF ALL MY BUSINESS COLLEAGUES, I HOPE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE LOVE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL IN THIS, IN THIS CITY. THEY DO A FABULOUS JOB. UH, THEY'RE AMAZING. I LOVE THEM. UM, WE'RE REALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT A BUDGETARY PROBLEM. AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO ACCESS ONE OF YOUR BEST RESOURCES IN SOLVING THIS VERY DIFFICULT BUDGETARY PROBLEM, WHICH IS MANY OF THE BUSINESS PEOPLE HERE IN THIS ROOM ARRAY BEFORE YOU TODAY, WHO ARE BRIGHT MINDED PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOOD IDEAS ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WHO HAVE BEEN DRAWN TO NATIONAL CITY AS I HAVE BEEN DRAWN TO NATIONAL CITY TO INVEST OUR CAPITAL HERE. BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, THIS CITY HAS ALWAYS EXPRESSED A VERY BUSINESS POSITIVE VISION FOR THE FUTURE. IT'S CERTAINLY WHAT DREW ME TO INVEST HERE SOME YEARS AGO. AND SECONDLY, YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY, VERY OPEN TO INTERACTING AND COLLABORATING AND WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND, AND I LOVE THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT DREW ME HERE. UM, I SIMPLY DO WANNA REMIND ALL OF YOU THAT NOT ALL OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS HERE IN NASHVILLE CITY ARE BIG CORPORATIONS OR, OR, OR, OR LARGE ENTERPRISES. SOME OF THEM, LIKE MYSELF, ARE VERY SMALL TIME OPERATORS THAT HAVE JUST MAYBE A FEW PROPERTIES, A FEW COMMERCIAL, UH, LOCATIONS. AND FRANKLY, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, I'VE HAD TO LOWER MY RENTS FOR MOST OF MY RESIDENTIAL TENANTS AND MOST OF MY COMMERCIAL TENANTS BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE ARE GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME. AND I THINK WE'RE HEADED FOR TOUGH TIMES AHEAD. OTHERS MAY DISAGREE WITH ME, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGH INFLATION. WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL OF SOME RECESSIONARY PRESSURES IN THE FUTURE. THESE THINGS HIT NASHVILLE CITY HARD. THEY HIT US HERE BEFORE A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, PLEASE, AND, AND PLEASE DO LOOK TO US FOR COLLABORATION IN SOLVING THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME BRIGHT MINDED PEOPLE HERE. WE'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RANDY CASTLE. SO GADO, UH, TED GODSHAW, FOLLOWED BY MIKE MONTOYA. MAYOR COUNCIL NATIONAL CITY HAS A SPENDING PROBLEM AND A STRUCTURAL BUDGET PROBLEM. WHAT I HAVE NOT HEARD IS WHY TAXPAYERS AND BUSINESSES SHOULD BE ASKED TO ABSORB A NEW TAX BEFORE THE CITY HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT EVERY OTHER OPTION HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED. THE PROPOSED GROSS RECEIPTS TAX IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING BECAUSE IT TAXES REVENUE, NOT PROFIT. BUSINESSES PAY THIS TAX WHETHER THEY MAKE MONEY OR NOT. AND WHEN GOVERNMENT TAXES GROSS REVENUE, THOSE COSTS DON'T DISAPPEAR. THEY TRICKLE DOWN. RESIDENTS NEED TO THINK OF THESE AS BUSINESSES AS TAX COLLECTORS. AND IF WE'RE BEING HONEST, THE CITY'S OWN ANALYSIS RAISES QUESTIONS. THE PRESENTATION ASSUMES BUSINESSES WILL SIMPLY STAY PUT, ABSORB THE TAX, AND CONTINUE OPERATING EXACTLY AS THEY DO TODAY. THAT IS NOT HOW MARKETS WORK. REAL ESTATE OFFICES, PROFESSIONAL FIRMS AND OTHER MOBILE BUSINESSES CAN RELOCATE ACROSS THE CITY BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT WHILE CONTINUING TO SERVE NATIONAL CITY CUSTOMERS. HOW DOES THE CITY PROPOSE TO POLICE AND ENFORCE COMPLIANCE? THE CITY'S PROPOSAL PLACES REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS AND PROPERTY RENTAL BUSINESSES, AND THE HIGHEST TAX [00:30:01] CATEGORY AT POINT 30%. WHILE AUTO DEALERS, THE INDUSTRY REPEATEDLY HIGHLIGHTED AS THE LEADER OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY IN THE PRESENTATION WOULD JUST PAY 10% POINT 10%. I HAVE NOT HEARD A CLEAR EXPLANATION FOR WHY ONE INDUSTRY SHOULD BE TAXED AT THREE TIMES THE RATE OF ANOTHER. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEGAL EXPOSURE. THIS CREATES MANY REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS CONDUCT BUSINESS ACROSS MULTIPLE CITIES. CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES BUSINESS TAXES TO BE FAIRLY APPORTIONED BASED ON WHERE THE ACTIVITY OCCURS. YET THIS PROPOSAL APPEARS TO LACK A CLEAR APPORTIONMENT METHODOLOGY CREATING POTENTIAL LIABILITY RELATED TO DOUBLE TAXATION AND COMPLIANCE WITHIN STATE LAW. BEFORE THIS MOVES FORWARD, I URGE COUNSEL TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. NATIONAL CITY HAS A BUDGET PROBLEM, BUT BEFORE ASKING BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS FOR MORE MONEY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SOLVING THE RIGHT PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT POLICY, NOT, NOT IDEOLOGIES THAT MAKE THINGS WORSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT WE'LL GO WITH TED GODSHAW, FOLLOWED BY MIKE MONTOYA, FOLLOWED BY SHERRY GOGI. SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME COUNCIL HISTORY. 2005 VOTERS TURNED DOWN THE ATTEMPT TO RAISE OUR SALES TAX. OVER 6,000 VOTES WERE CAST. 2006 CITY COUNCIL TRIED AGAIN WITH PROP D IN IT PASSED PUBLIC. UM, SAFETY CUTS WERE PART OF THE CAMPAIGN PUT ON THERE WAS A $6.7 MILLION, UH, DEFICIT THAT YEAR. BUDGET SHORTFALL. AND NATIONAL CITY THEN STARTED THE HIGHEST SALES TAX IN THE COUNTY. PROP M WAS TO REPEAL IT IN 2008. IT FAILED. IT WAS REJECTED. THE SALES TAX WAS INTENDED TO BE REDUCED IN 2016, BUT IN 2014, YOU PUT ON A MEASURE TO EXTEND IT FOR 20 YEARS. AND YOU DID THAT DURING THIS PERIOD. EXPENDITURES GREW ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. 2024. YOU TRIED TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAXES THROUGH THE BALLOT AND THAT WAS DEFEATED. SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WHEN YOU DON'T CONTROL OVER SPENDING AND YOU JUST START SPENDING YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND YOUR RESERVES, I THINK YOU'VE MISSED ONE IMPORTANT PIECE OF DATA IN YOUR BUDGET REPORTS. THIS SHOWS YOUR SALES TAX AND IT SHOWS A VERY FLAT BLUE LINE, IN FACT, DECREASING IN SOME YEARS. LOOK CLOSELY AT THAT SALES TAX. THAT IS ACTUALLY THE SALES REPRESENTATION. YOU HAVEN'T GROWN YOUR BUSINESSES IN NATIONAL CITY. YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO BRING IN BUSINESSES. THIS SHOWS IT. NATIONAL CITY REMAINS ONE OF THE COUNTY'S POOREST CITIES. OUR RESIDENTS STRUGGLE DAILY WITH THE COST OF LIVING. ASK EACH OTHER. HAVE YOU WORKED HARD TO IMPROVE THE INCOMES OF NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS? HAVE YOU HELPED THE POOR? THINK FOR A MINUTE. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO BRING IN A BUSINESS? AND IF YOU TRY TO PUT A TAX ON BUSINESSES OR A SALES TAX INCREASE, THEN DON'T DELUDE YOURSELVES TO THINK. YOU MUST KNOW THAT THE SERVICE TAX YOU'RE GONNA PUT ON AN AUTO MECHANIC OR A BARBER ELECTRICIAN, UPHOLSTERY SHOP WILL ALL BE PASSED TO THE CONSUMER. ALL TAXES ARE ULTIMATELY PAID BY THE CONSUMER. AND THEN YOU WILL BE ONCE AGAIN TAXING THE POOR IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU MIKE. MIKE MONTOYA TO BE FOLLOWED BY SHERRY GOGI. HELLO, MAYOR. YOU ALL KNOW ME. I'M A RETIRED LONGSHOREMAN. A LOT OF MY FORMER COWORKERS ARE HERE. AND YEAH, IT'S A VERY THING THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I REMEMBER IS WHEN YOU GUYS GAVE YOURSELF FOR YOUR DISTRICTS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT OF THE BLUE. I DON'T REMEMBER AS A CITIZEN VOTING FOR THAT. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS THAT WERE SPOKEN UP HERE. YOU GUYS GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YOU CAN'T JUST CHASE BUSINESSES AWAY. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER ONE SITUATION AT THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO FOR A BIG CEMENT PROJECT COMING IN FROM MITSUBISHI. IT GOT CHASED AWAY. ALL BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. PEOPLE, THERE'S NO SUCH THING IN CASE YOU GUYS DON'T READ YOUR BIBLE. THERE IS NO CLIMATE CHANGE. BUT I GUARANTEE YOU ONE THING, IT'S A MONEY MAKER. HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE LEAVING CALIFORNIA, OREGON, NEW YORK, ET CETERA. THEY'RE CHASING THEM AWAY BECAUSE OF IDEOLOGIES, BECAUSE OF POLITICS. WE'RE A GOOD CITY. PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROUD. WE'RE WE'RE AMAZING PEOPLE. I JUST LOVE THIS PLACE. I BOUGHT A HOME HERE. I'M UP TO 14 GRANDKIDS NOW, INCLUDING THREE GREAT ONES. SO YEAH, I'M VERY HAPPY HERE. BUT YOU GUYS GOTTA FIX THIS. YOU REALLY DO. 'CAUSE THAT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO. YOU HAD $20 MILLION IN RESERVES. YOU HAD THAT. WHAT'S HAPPENED? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DID GIVE ALL YOUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY THE FIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY WORKERS ARE RAISED, THEY DESERVE IT. THEY GOTTA LIVE TOO. MM-HMM . LIKE THEY USED TO TELL US WHEN OUR DISPATCH, IT SAYS TODAY EVERYBODY EATS. 'CAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF WORK. THAT'S HOW IT GOES. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. UP SHERRY GOGI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF AND EVERYBODY ELSE. I WAS PLANNING ON COMING TONIGHT BEFORE ALL THIS HAPPENED. SO I HAVE TO COME IN WITH A PERSONAL THING REAL QUICK. WE ALL KNOW WE LOST OUR HOME IN THE [00:35:01] FLOOD IN 24. WELL, WE ALL ALMOST LOST A NEIGHBOR'S HOME YESTERDAY OR THIS WEEK BECAUSE WHEN YOU REMOVED OUR TREES, YOU REMOVED OUR SAFETY NET. THERE WAS A CAR COMING DOWN FROM SPRING VALLEY ON ROAD RIGHT OFF THE SIDE, RIGHT INTO MY NEIGHBOR'S FENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SO PLEASE CITY, LOOK AT OUR CORNER. WE NEED GUARDRAILS OR WE NEED OUR TREES BACK. 'CAUSE WE'RE OPEN GAME COMING DOWN FROM PARADISE VALLEY ROAD AND WE'RE ALREADY AFRAID OF LIVING IN SOMETIMES WITH OUR FLOOD. BUT NOW WE HAVE THAT. SO PLEASE PUT THAT ONTO SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT. I'D APPRECIATE THAT. NOW ON THE OTHER, UH, BUSINESS PROPOSAL HERE I AM IN OPPOSITION AS IT IS WRITTEN, TRYING TO GO IT IN HERE REAL FAST AND HAVING US GO WITH IT. LOOK AT INTERNALLY, WE HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER CONSULT PER PERSON FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT'S BEEN SPENT. NOBODY KNOWS HOW. THAT'S 2 MILLION RIGHT NOW THAT CONTINUES. MAYBE WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT INTERNALLY, CORRECT THIS WITHOUT HURTING ALL OUR BUSINESSES. AND I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID. LET'S PUT A BUSINESS, UH, ADVOCACY GROUP TOGETHER AND GO WITH YOU GUYS AND, AND TAKE OUR TIME AND DO THIS. RIGHT, NOT JUST 70 IN REAL FAST. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT IS A, WE'RE AT THE END OF THE 30 MINUTES. WE'RE ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE, UH, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO WE WILL BE PICKING UP THE REMAINDER AT THE END. UH, WE GONNA TRY TO, TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS, THIS MEETING AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. AND, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET, GET TO THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, WE NOW GO ON TO [6.1 LGBTQ+ Pride Month] OUR NEXT ITEMS AND THEY ARE, UM, OUR PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR, LEMME GET IT. WAY TOO MUCH STUFF HERE ON THE DESK MAIL. YEAH. FOR OUR, UM, LGBTQ PLUS PRIDE MONTH. AND TO ACCEPT THAT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES IS GONNA BE COMING FORWARD. THESE IN. INTRODUCE YOURSELF. UM, I'M MAYOR COUNCIL, STAFF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. UM, MY NAME IS RADO. MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE AND AYA, AND I AM THE RECREATION SUPERVISOR AT THE KIMBALL SENIOR CENTER. UM, I DID WANT TO GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PROFOUND HONOR. UM, I DO WANNA ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR MY COMMUNITY WITH THE DEEP GRATITUDE THAT EVERYONE, OR FOR EVERYONE WHO MADE IT AS POSSIBLE, I MADE NOTES 'CAUSE I GET NERVOUS, BUT I LOST MY SPOT . UM, SO RECOGNIZING THAT LGBTQ PLUS PRIDE MONTH ISN'T JUST ABOUT A DATE ON THE CALENDAR. UM, IT'S ABOUT VISIBILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR STAFF. SEEING OURSELVES REFLECTED IN THE HALL TODAY MEANS EVERYTHING. IT VALIDATES OUR STORIES, CELEBRATES OUR EFFORTS, AND REMINDS US THAT THIS IS TRULY A PLACE WHERE WE ALL BELONG, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CURRENT MOMENT. SEEING THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION AND FOR STANDING WITH US THIS PRIDE MONTH. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR WHEN WE DO THIS, WE HAVE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS COME FORWARD TO ACCEPT IT. WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME REGIONAL LEADERS, WE'VE HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ACTIVISTS. WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE ONE OF OUR OWN EMPLOYEES THIS TIME AND, AND, UH, TO KEEP THAT, UH, KEEP THAT MOVING AROUND. SO I WANNA, YEAH, IT WAS A PLEASURE. IT'S A PLEASURE FOR, FOR ME TO BE HERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. WELL, I'D COME FORWARD. WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THAT PROCLAMATION. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. I JUST WAS LIKE, I WAS LOOKING IN FRONT OF CAMERA. OKAY. I KNOW. ME TOO. WHAT CAMERA? YEAH. ALRIGHT. YES. UH, AND IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, WE DO FLY THE, UH, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. WE DO FLY, FLY THE, UH, PRIDE FLAG. AND, UH, NOW THIS FRIDAY FOR ONE DAY IT WILL COME DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S JUNETEENTH. WE ALSO FLY IT FOR THAT. SO FOR ONE, AND THERE'S ONLY ROOM FOR ONE MORE ADDITIONAL FLAG UP THERE. SO WE WILL, UH, AND THEN, THEN THE PRIDE FLAG WILL GO UP FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH. MARY, CAN WE GET A PICTURE? HUH? SURE. OH, OKAY. I CAME BACK. OH, FRONT YOU [00:40:01] BROUGHT YOUR CAMERAMAN WITH YOU. OKAY. MY DIRECTOR . ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, [6.2 Employee of the Quarter - Corporal Anthony Carlomagno] NEXT WE GO TO A EMPLOYEE OF THE, UH, QUARTER AND, UH, CHIEF, IS HE READY? I BELIEVE HE'S READY. HE IS READY. HE'S COMING IN. BOTH OF 'EM ARE READY. I, THERE WE GO. LO LOKI NORMALLY TAKES THE SHOW. SO I, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING THE, UH, EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER. SO THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S VERY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE CORPORAL ANTHONY CARLO MONGO AS THE CITY'S EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER. BACK IN JANUARY, DISPATCH RECEIVED A CALL OF A MALE ENGAGE IN INDECENT EXPOSURE TOWARD FEMALES. A FEMALE SOCIAL WORKER WHO WAS SITTING IN A PARKED VEHICLE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, A SECOND CALLER REPORTED THAT THE SAME SUSPECT DESCRIPTION HAD ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AND WAS COMMITTING A SIMILAR CRIMINAL ACT AGAINST ANOTHER FEMALE CORPORAL. ANTHONY CARLO MONGO RESPONDED PROMPTLY TO THE SCENE AND DETAINED THE SUSPECT BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE. RECOGNIZING THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION. CORPORAL CARLO MONGO INITIATED A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION ALONG WITH CORPORAL TECH. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE SUSPECT HAD UNLAWFULLY ENTERED THE HOME WHILE THE VICTIM WAS ASLEEP. THE VICTIM AWOKE TO THE SUSPECT, FINDING THE SUSPECT STANDING OVER HER AND COMMITTING SEXUAL EXPLICIT ACTS. FEARING FOR HER LIFE. THE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE, BUT WAS FORCIBLY RE UH, RESTRAINED BY THE SUSPECT. AFTER A BRIEF STRUGGLE, THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO BREAK FREE AND SEEK POLICE ASSISTANCE. THE SUSPECT FLED THE SCENE, BUT WAS APPREHENDED SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AFTER CORPORAL CARLO MONGO ARRESTED THE SUSPECT. AFTER BOTH VICTIMS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS HAVING COMMIT THE SEXUAL EXPLICIT CRIMES TOWARD THEM. CORPORAL CARLO MONGO USED A LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASE TO DETERMINE THAT THE SUSPECT HAD A LENGTHY HISTORY OF SEXUAL OFFENSES AND WAS ALSO A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER WHO WAS OUTTA COMPLIANCE. CORPORAL CU MONGO ELICITED A PARTIAL CONFESSION FROM THE SUSPECT WHO ADMITTED TO EXPOSING HIMSELF TO THE SOCIAL WORKER AND UNLAWFULLY ENTERING ANOTHER FEMALE'S RESIDENCE. CORPORAL CU MONGO'S COMMITMENT TO THIS CASE EXTENDED BEYOND THE SUSPECT'S ARREST. HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DRAFT AND SECURE SEARCH WARRANTS FOR THE SUSPECT'S, CELL PHONES, SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. HE DEVOTED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO ANALYZE DIGITAL EVIDENCE, PREPARE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS, AND CONDUCT FOLLOW-UP INQUIRIES TO BUILD A STRONGER PROSECUTION CASE. THE SUSPECT REMAINS IN CUSTODY AND FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES WITH POTENTIAL PENALTIES, INCLUDING LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE CORPORAL KALI MONGO AS AN EXEMPLARY EXAMPLE OF THE WORK THAT HE DID. IN THIS CASE, HIS ACTIONS REFLECT THE EXCEPTIONAL DEGREE OF PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, AND PERSEVERANCE TO SECURING JUSTICE FOR BOTH VICTIMS. THANK YOU. YEAH, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT, BUT, UH, MAYOR, CHIEF, UH, COUNCIL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. BEING SELECTED FOR THIS IS HUMBLING. I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT CITY EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO BE SELECTED FOR. THAT STANDS OUT TO ME, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU GUYS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND, UH, WELL WAIT ONE MOMENT 'CAUSE WE NEED, WE NEED HIM UP HERE. 'CAUSE HE GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING FOR HIS PICTURE. CORPORAL, CORPORAL, I DON'T THINK HE HEARD YOU. I DON'T THINK HE HEARD OF ME. I'LL GO AROUND THIS WAY. WHAT THE AWARD CORPORAL YOUR WORD. CORPORAL. CORPORAL. OH YEAH. LITTLE DETAIL. DETAIL. SOMEONE BRING THE DOG UP. SOMEONE BRING IT. YEAH, WE'RE, SO HE GETS BACK TO BRING THE YEAH. YEAH. BUT YOU MIGHT WANT THAT FOR THE PICTURE. OKAY. [00:45:01] WE'LL GO THAT. AND THEN HE ALSO HAS THAT. USE YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP. OH, I JUST WANNA GET THE DOG FOR A SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY, NO PROBLEM. NO NOKI RIGHT THERE. PERFECT. YEP. WE ON THERE. THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. . CAN'T TAKE HIM ANYWHERE. [7.1 Port of San Diego Presentation - Tidelands Avenue Electric Truck Hub Project and Environmental Impact Report ] ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE GET INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS. OUR FIRST ONE IS THE, UH, PORT OF, OF SAN DIEGO PRESENTATION ON THE TIDELANDS AVENUE ELECTRIC TRUCK HUB PROJECT. AND SO HERE THEY COME. HELLO, ALL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. I'M, I'M SORRY, NOT COMMISSIONERS COUNCIL MEMBER. YOU CAN TELL I'M USED TO SPEAKING IN FRONT OF OUR BOARD ALL THE TIME. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOB NELSON AND I SERVE AS THE PORTS CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER. I'M JOINED BY PETER EKER, UH, WHO HAS BEEN OUR LEAD STAFF ON THE EIR. HE'LL SPEAK RIGHT AFTER ME. UM, AS WELL AS PHIL GIBBONS AND RYAN DONALD FROM OUR TEAM ARE HERE AS WELL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. UM, BEFORE PETER JUMPS INTO THE TECHNICAL DETAILS, I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND CONTEXT ON HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY. IN 2019, THE PORT DOUBLED DOWN ON OUR CLEAN AIR INITIATIVES WITH THE MARITIME CLEAN AIR STRATEGY. WE HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVELY ADDING ELECTRIC ON TERMINAL EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING ELECTRIC CRANES. WE HAVE ADDED SHORE POWER AT NATIONAL CITY, THE FIRST FOR OF ITS KIND FOR RORO IN THE COUNTRY. UM, WE HAVE, UH, WORKED WITH OUR TENANTS ON WATER VESSELS LIKE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ELECTRIC TRUCK TUGS. AND ALL TOGETHER WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER FUNDING OVER $225 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN SPENT OR WILL BE SPENT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS ON CLEAN AIR STRATEGY ON THIS CLEAN AIR STRATEGY. THE MCAS ALSO INCLUDED AGGRESSIVE GOALS AROUND ELECTRIC TRUCKS BY 2030, A BENEFIT NOT ONLY TO THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONAL CITY, BUT BARRIO LOGAN AS WELL. IN ORDER TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES, WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT, THAT WE NEEDED TO NOT ONLY BRING, UM, NEW TRUCKS ONLINE TO REPLACE THE DIESEL TRUCKS, BUT ALSO PROVIDE THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THESE TRUCKS WOULD REQUIRE. PETER WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE HISTORY OF HOW THIS SITE WAS CHOSEN. AND I WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT. PROPONENT SKY CHARGERS CAME TO US WITH AN INNOVATIVE PROPOSAL TO NOT ONLY BUILD THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO TO BRING TRUCKS TO DRIVERS. THEY, WITH SOME HELP FROM US, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, BRING IN STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. ADDITIONALLY, BOTH THE PORT AND SKY CHARGERS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY IN BOTH NATIONAL CITY AND BIO LOGAN. WE HAVE HAD MORE THAN THE PORT HAS HAD MORE THAN TWO DOZEN MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS GROUPS, AND SKY CHARGES HAS TRIPLED THAT NUMBER, HAVING OVER 70 MEETINGS. UM, AND I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THIS DIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS ALSO A BIG STEP. UH, I WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO THINK OF ANOTHER TIME WHEN WE CAME TO YOU WITH AN EIR, UH, TO SEEK YOUR INPUT IN A PUBLIC MEETING. AND SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A, A NEW THING FOR US, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING FOR US. AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO SOLICIT YOUR IDEAS, YOUR THOUGHTS. UM, PETER AND PETER AND I ARE HERE TO PRESENT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT, UM, I'M GONNA JUMP TO THE NEXT SLIDE. JUST AS WE TALK ABOUT, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SLIDES UP. UH, JUST AS WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE PROJECT, JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF AN EIR, WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE PROJECT GOAL AND CONTEXT. THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS, UH, REDUCING TRUCKING RELATED EMISSIONS FROM MARITIME GOODS MOVEMENT, ALIGNED WITH REGIONAL AND STATE GOALS. WE'VE GONE THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS. THE DRAFT, IEIR ASSESSED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS UNDER CQA AND HAVE FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS OR REQUIRED MITIGATION. UM, THE PROJECT BENEFITS, THE PROJECT AIMS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION, IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE MARITIME GOODS MOVEMENT. AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO PETER, AND HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT HERE WE WILL HAVE THE SLIDE PRESENTATION. UH, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, SO THAT'S OKAY. WE'LL ROLL WITH IT. DID YOU GUYS SUBMIT ONE? YES. OKAY. THIS ONE. [00:50:10] OKAY. WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS PETER EKER. I'M A PRINCIPAL PLANNER HERE AT THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO. UH, THANKS FOR GEN IZING US FOR A FEW MINUTES HERE ON YOUR, UH, EVENINGS MEETING. MICROPHONE. MICROPHONE. SORRY. UH, I'M SORRY, PETER TO INTERRUPT. UM, YES, SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MAYOR. MM-HMM . UM, BUT WE DO HAVE IN OUR AGENDA PACKET, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT BE WHAT YOU ARE PRESENTING TODAY. I WAS GONNA BE SPEAKING TO. YEAH. SO, YES, AND I DUNNO IF THAT'S GONNA HELP STAFF BRING IT UP INTO THE SLIDE, POWERPOINT OR THE SLIDE DECK. BUT THAT'S JUST FYI. THE PRESENTATION IS IN OUR AGENDA PACK. MM-HMM . I'M GONNA START ON SLIDE THREE IF YOU'D LIKE TO FLIP ALONG. SO WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY. UM, THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, THE TIDELANDS AVENUE ELECTRIC TRUCK HUB, IT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED. UM, THIS PROJECT, IF IT WAS, IF IT GETS APPROVED, WOULD BE CHARGING UP TO 70 TRUCKS. SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE'LL HAVE ONSITE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND STORING THAT ENERGY ONSITE WITH BATTERIES. UH, WE WILL OVERCOME THE EARLY ADOPTER COST BARRIERS BY HAVING A TRUCKING AS A SERVICE PROGRAM. UH, THIS IS GONNA HELP THOSE INDEPENDENT TRUCKERS AND THOSE SMALL FLEETS GET INTO TRUCK OWNERSHIP. THESE ELECTRIC TRUCKS ARE QUITE EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU COMPARE THEM TO A DIESEL TRUCK. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OTHER SITE AMENITIES THERE THAT ARE VERY TYPICAL OF A STATION. AND SO NOW WE WOULD FLIP SLIDES. NEXT SLIDE FOUR. UM, SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER FOUR YEARS NOW. WE STARTED THIS A WHILE BACK. THE, REALLY, THE BIG KICKOFF WAS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION IN MAY OF 2022. WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT PROCESS. WHAT ABOUT THE, THE MARKET INTEREST IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS? SOME OF THE PRACTICAL CONSTRAINTS IN TRYING TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE A PROJECT LIKE THIS. WE ALSO HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT TRUCKS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR VERY, A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE ISSUES. AND ALL THAT REALLY, UH, LED US TO UNDERSTAND THE CRITERIA THAT WE NEEDED TO USE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GONNA LOCATE IT. AND THERE'S FIVE CRITERIA THAT WE USED. THE FIRST ONE'S PRETTY BASIC. IT'S LAND USE. OF COURSE, THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL LAND USE. WE WANT TO PUT IT WITH OTHER INDUSTRIAL LAND USES. UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IN GOOD PROXIMITY TO BOTH OF THE MARINE CARGO TERMINALS, BOTH THE MARINE CARGO TERMINALS. THE, THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT IS TO REALLY REPLACE THOSE TRUCKS THAT ARE SERVICING THOSE CARGO TERMINALS TODAY WITH THE ELECTRIC TRUCKS TOMORROW. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THOSE TERMINALS. ALSO, TRUCK ROUTES. WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT IN A, IN A LOCATION WHERE SOMEBODY MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO NOT USE THE TRUCK ROUTE, CUT THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD, GO SOMEWHERE. THIS LIKE IN THAT. SO WE WANTED TO BE VERY CLOSE TO THE TERMINALS AND THE TRUCK ROUTE. GO TO SLIDE FOUR, THAT'D BE EXCELLENT. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, OH, ANOTHER ONE IS AVAILABILITY OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY. MOST OF OUR INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES ARE UNDER LONG-TERM LEASES. AND SO WE CAN'T REALLY BREAK THOSE LEASES. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE BUSINESSES, THEY'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS AND DECISIONS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE FOR A WHILE. SO WE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE EITHER VACANT OR UNDER A SHORT TERM REAL ESTATE AGREEMENT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE LANDED. AND THEN LAST LEASE SIZE, SIZE DOES MATTER. WE DO NEED TO HAVE A PROJECT THAT CAN OFFER SO MANY, UM, AMENITIES THERE AND CHARGING OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT CAN BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. IT'S A BUSINESS, IT CAN OPERATE. WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT, WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT, YOU KNOW, A CHARGER HERE, ONE CHARGER THERE, TWO CHARGERS HERE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE. VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. VERY DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP. SO WE REALLY WANT IT IN ONE SITE, ONE LOCATION THAT WE CAN MANAGE IT, CONTROL IT, AND LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. GUESS, AND THIS IS FOR ME. UM, SO THE NEXT PART THEN WAS THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT WE ISSUED IN APRIL OF 2023. UM, THAT PROCESS RESULTED IN OUR SELECTING OF THE SITE OF 19TH AND HIGHLANDS AVENUE, AND THEN SKY CHARGERS, LLC AS THE PROJECT PROPONENT. AND HERE'S THE LOCATION. IT'S JUST OUT OF SOUTH OF THE PORT OPERATION CENTER, JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF 19TH AND HIGHLANDS AVENUE. THAT MAP WITH THE COLORED STREETS ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THERE. THOSE ARE NATIONAL CITY DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTES. SO YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LEAVE NORTH FROM THE FACILITY, YOU'RE ON THE TRUCK ROUTE. YOU LEAVE SOUTH FROM THE FACILITY, YOU ARE ON THE TRUCK ROUTE GETTING TO THAT REGIONAL FREEWAY NETWORK. SO JOB HIT IT FOR A LITTLE BIT. BUT WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE? WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THE POLLUTION FROM HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS. WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH. WE WANT TO BE A SAFE AND EFFICIENT, UH, PORT. WE WANT TO BE A SAFE AND EFFICIENT MARITIME OPERATION. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND YOU FOLKS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE PROJECT. WHEN WE WERE KICKING THIS THING OFF, WE HAD SOME LARGE FIRES AT SOME BATTERY OR, UH, BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY HERE IN, UH, SAN, IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THOSE ARE VERY, VERY LARGE FACILITIES, A HUNDRED MEGAWATT BATTERY STORAGE KIND OF TYPE STUFF. WE'RE LESS THAN THREE MEGAWATTS, SO VERY DIFFERENT IN SIZE. BUT WE TAKE THOSE, THOSE CONCERNS VERY SERIOUSLY. WE DO NOT [00:55:01] WANT TO INVEST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THIS FACILITY TO HAVE IT GO UP IN FLAMES THAT THAT'S, NOBODY'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, BENEFIT FROM THAT. SO WE DID TWO THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, WE CAME UP WITH A HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. THAT HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN LOOKS AT EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO UPFRONT IN THE DESIGN. UH, THE BEST DESIGNS, THE BEST LAYOUT, THE BEST INSTALLATION BY PROFESSIONALS. ALL THESE VARIOUS ASPECTS THAT WE CAN DO. YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE FAIL SAFE SYSTEMS? WHAT ARE THE MONITORING, WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF A TEMPERATURE HITS A CERTAIN DEGREE AND THEN SHUTS DOWN. SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT IN THE SAFEST MANNER THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN SO THAT WE NEVER HAVE AN EMERGENCY THERE. BUT WE NEVER SAY NEVER. SO WE DID COME UP WITH AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN, AND THAT IS GONNA GUIDE FOLKS THAT THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO WHAT'S THE PRACTICAL ELEMENTS OF WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WHEN THEY GET THERE, IF THERE IS SUCH AN EMERGENCY. THIS PLAN HAS BEEN A, UH, REVIEWED BY HARBOR POLICE. THE PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THE PORT OF SAN, UH, SAN DIEGO. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO SHARED IT AND GIVEN IT TO, UH, UH, NATIONAL CITY FIRE. UH, THE INITIAL INPUT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THEM IS THAT WE ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION RIGHT NOW. THESE PLANS ARE BOTH DRAFT. WE ARE WAITING TO FINALIZE THOSE AS PART OF A CONDITION OF APPROVAL, UH, SHOULD THE PROJECT BE APPROVED. AND SO WE'RE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK WITH NATIONAL CITY FIRE TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, ENGAGE ANY KIND OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE AND READY AND SAFE TO KNOWS WHAT TO DO, SHOULD THERE BE AN EMERGENCY. AGAIN, WE'VE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN UPFRONT WITH THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN TO PRECLUDE THAT FOREVER HAPPENING. BUT YOU NEVER SAY NEVER. SO WE'RE PREPARED IN CASE THAT HAPPENS. JUST LASTLY, ANOTHER PART OF THE PROJECT IS, AGAIN, THAT SOLAR POWER. YOU KNOW, THAT IS, THAT IS ELECTRICITY THAT WE CAN GET. WE DON'T HAVE TO GET IT ON THE GRID. MANY OF US REMEMBER THE BROWNOUTS AND THE BLACKOUTS THAT WE USED TO HAVE A FEW YEARS AGO. WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE, THANKFULLY FOR A WHILE. WE DON'T EVER WANT THOSE TO HAPPEN. UH, IF, IF IT DOES, WE'RE GONNA BE READY. WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CHARGE THESE TRUCKS. WE GOTTA KEEP THAT CARGO MOVING. SO IT DOES OFFER US A LEVEL OF RESILIENCY IN CASE THE, SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THE GRID. IT ALSO LOWERS OUR COSTS. THIS ENERGY IS NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS IT COMES OFF THE GRID. SO WE DO GET TO REDUCE OUR COSTS. HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OPERATING, UH, BENEFIT THERE ON THIS PROJECT. SO IN, EVEN WITH ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE IMPACTS. THEY HAVE IMPACTS FROM CONSTRUCTION OR FROM OPERATION. UM, THIS PROJECT DOES NOT. UM, WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE HEARD THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS. WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'LL LOOK AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. AND THAT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. THAT'S WHAT WE PREPARED. WE STARTED AS THESE REPORTS DO WITH INITIAL STUDY, WE LOOKED AT ALL 21 RESOURCE AREAS, ANSWERED THE VARIOUS QUESTIONS, CAME UP WITH AN, AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD TO DO FURTHER RESEARCH. THESE SIX SUBJECT AREAS ARE THE ONES THAT WERE FURTHER RESEARCHED, UM, AND ANALYZED IN THAT DOCUMENT. LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT FOR ANY OF THE IMPACTS AND NO MITIGATION IS REQUIRED. THIS, UH, COMES TO BE AS PART OF, UH, SCOPING MEETINGS. UH, SOME OF YOU ATTENDED OUR SCOPING MEETINGS IN NATIONAL CITY AT THE LIBRARY. WE ALSO HAD A SECOND, UH, MEETING, UH, VIRTUALLY ONLINE TO MAXIMIZE PEOPLE'S OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. WE RELEASED THE DRAFT EIR IN THE END OF JANUARY. WE, WE WENT OUT TO THREE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT DOCUMENT, HOW, HOW THEY CAN GET AHOLD OF IT, WHAT THEIR, WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO COMMENT ON IT. WE EVEN WENT A LITTLE OLD SCHOOL. MOST PEOPLE JUST POST THESE NOW ONLINE. WE PRINTED THE COPIES OUT. WE PUT ONE IN THE NATIONAL CITY LIBRARY. WE PUT ONE IN LOGAN HEIGHTS LIBRARY THAT WAS ON THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THE NOTICES. SO WE'RE TRYING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION AND CAN PROVIDE THEIR INPUT. SO THERE WERE SOME ISSUES RAISED DURING THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. AND ONE IS, YOU KNOW, THE AGENCY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND, AND WHAT DID WE DO IN THAT? AND I'LL TELL YOU, BEFORE CEQ EVEN STARTED, I WENT BACK TO THE RECORD. I COUNTED 27 DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT STAFF ATTENDED. SOME OF THOSE WERE COUNCIL MEETINGS HERE, TALKING TO FOLKS ABOUT THE PROJECT. WHERE COULD THE PROJECT GO? WHAT COULD IT BE? WHAT COULD IT LOOK LIKE? HOW COULD IT FUNCTION? ALL OF THESE KIND OF TYPE THINGS. AGAIN, WE HAD TWO SCOPING MEETINGS. WE HAD THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE EIR. THESE ARE ALL ABOVE AND BEYOND ACTIONS FROM WHAT CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT REQUIRES. IT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE MOU IS ASKING US TO DO THAT WE SIGNED RECENTLY WITH, UH, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT. OF COURSE, FIRE RISK. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS RAISED. WE HAVE THAT HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN, NOISE AND TRAFFIC WERE LOOKED AT. WE HAVE NO IMPACTS ON NOISE OR TRAFFIC. AND AGAIN, THIS EIR IS A VERY FOCUSED EIR. IT'S ONE OF THE MORE FOCUSED EIRS I'VE EVER WORKED ON MYSELF. UM, BUT IT'S REALLY DRIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY INTEREST AND THOSE ISSUES THAT WERE, ARE PERTINENT TO THIS PROJECT. THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS TO THIS PROJECT. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST ONE IS CLEANER AIR. WE WANT TO HAVE CLEANER AIR. WE WANNA HAVE LESS NOISE. WE'RE GONNA REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES WITH THAT, UH, SOLAR PV STORAGE, ENERGY STORAGE. WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH. WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WELL WITHOUT [01:00:01] CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS, WITHOUT OPERATIONAL IMPACTS. UM, THIS PROJECT IS ALSO, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN AIR QUALITY PLANS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SAN DIEGO. THE COMMUNITY EMISSION REDUCTION PLAN, THE MARITIME CLEAN AIR STRATEGY. AND THEN ALSO, I ALWAYS FORGET IT, THE CALIFORNIA SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT ACTION PLAN. YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY PLANARY THING TO SAY WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH PLANS, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU KNOW, THESE ARE COMMUNITY DRIVEN AIR QUALITY PLANS. THEY WERE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT THE ACTIONS WERE THAT THEY WANT TO SEE US TAKE. TWO ACTIONS THAT ARE REALLY CALLED OUT IN BOTH THOSE PLANS ARE GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AND DEPLOY THESE TRUCKS. THIS PROJECT CAN DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT COMBINED WITH ANOTHER PROGRAM, THE TRUCKING AS A SERVICE PROGRAM TO, AGAIN, HELP GET THOSE EARLY ADOPTERS OVER THAT HUMP OF THE INITIAL COST TO OWN A TRUCK. THE BOARD OF PORT COMMISSIONERS ARE SCHEDULED TO, UH, CONSIDER THIS PROJECT FOR APPROVAL AT OUR MEETING IN, UH, MIDDLE OF JULY. UH, IF THEY APPROVE THE PROJECT, THEY WOULD BE CERTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND ISSUING A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. SO THIS PROJECT IS FOLLOWING THROUGH, UH, ON THE COMMITMENTS THAT THE PORT HAS MADE TO THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS AIR POLLUTION FROM HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS. AGAIN, WE'RE INSTALLING INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE THE TRUCKING AS A SERVICE PROGRAM. WE'RE GONNA REDUCE AIR POLLUTION, WE'RE GONNA REDUCE NOISE POLLUTION. WE'RE GONNA FULFILL OUR PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY TO BE A MODERN, SAFE, AND EFFICIENT SEAPORT. AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING, AND, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, MEMBERS. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. PETER. UM, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS NEEDED. UM, WHO IS THAT GOING? WHO GIVES THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT? SO IT'S A, IT'S CALLED A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, BUT IT HAS CONDITIONS AND THAT WOULD BE ISSUED TO SKY CHARGERS LLC FROM THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO FROM THE PORT. OKAY. YES. IT'S, SO THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY DOESN'T NEED TO ISSUE A PERMIT, NOT A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, BUT WE WILL, THE SKY CHARGERS WILL BE COMING TO THE CITY FOR BUILDING PERMITS. FOR BUILDING PERMITS, YES. SO WHEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? UH, TYPICALLY AFTER WE ACT, IF WE APPROVED IT, THEN THEY WOULD BE APPLYING. UM, I THINK THEY'RE VERY ANXIOUS TO GET GOING, SO THEY MAY HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY SUBMITTED THOSE PLANS. GOT IT. UM, WE'D LOVE IT IF YOU'D ACCEPT THOSE PLANS. START REVIEWING THEM. . WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, MID-JULY, THE PORT OF, UH, SAN DIEGO WILL BE ISSUING A COASTAL APPROVAL. WHAT DID YOU CALL THAT? IT'S A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. IF THEY APPROVE THE PROJECT, IT WILL BE A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. IT IS NON APPEALABLE. UM, SO IT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY COASTAL COMMISSION INVOLVEMENT PER SE. OH, OKAY. UM, IF, IF THEY WANTED TO BE INVOLVED, IT'D BE LIKE ANY OTHER PUBLIC AGENCY. SO THAT ESSENTIALLY GIVES SKY CHARGER THE GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDING YES. CERTIFY THE EIR AS ADEQUATE AND, AND THOROUGHLY ANALYZE ALL THE ISSUES. AND THEN THE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT WOULD BE ISSUED TO THEM. THEY HAVE TO FULFILL THOSE CONDITIONS. AND THEN AT THE STAFF LEVEL, ONCE WE FEEL THAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE FULFILLED, THEY GET A PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT. AND JOE WANTS TO, ONE OTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO ADD TO ALL OF THIS, 'CAUSE PETER IS TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE AND THE, AND OBVIOUSLY GETTING THE IR, THE CDP, WE STILL HAVE TO FINALIZE THE LEASE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH SKY CHARGERS. UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT, THOSE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AS PART OF THAT, THAT'S A SEPARATE TRACK THAT'S GOING ON CONCURRENTLY. UM, THAT PROBABLY WON'T BE COMING TO THE BOARD IN JULY. UM, THAT MAY BE TRAILING A LITTLE BIT. SO THEY CANNOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL THEY HAVE BOTH OF THOSE THINGS DONE. THE E-I-R-C-D-P BEING DONE FROM KIND OF THE TECHNICAL SIDE, AND THEN THE LEASE NEGOTIATIONS, UH, AND THOSE PIECES DONE. UH, AND ANY KIND OF REQUIREMENTS THAT COME WITH THAT LEASE, THAT WILL BE ON A SEPARATE TRACK, BUT THAT'S WITH OUR REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT. MM-HMM . GOOD. UM, I, I DO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE HAD AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE SKY CHARGER PROJECT. UM, AND I DO APPRECIATE, UM, ALL OF THAT, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, EVEN THOUGH THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ISN'T ACTUALLY, UM, GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS, THIS, THESE PERMITS, RIGHT. THE BUILDING PERMITS WILL EVENTUALLY BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE A PART OF, BUT I DO APPRECIATE BEING AT THE TABLE FOR THAT. RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU HAVE COME TO US, I KNOW AT, AT MY TOWN HALLS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WHERE SKY CHARGER HAS BEEN, UM, WILLING TO ANSWER A THOUSAND QUESTIONS. SO I I DO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION AGAIN BECAUSE IT, IT DOES OFTEN FEEL LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, YOU'RE COMING HERE AND INVOLVING NATIONAL CITY. WELL, WHAT DOES NATIONAL CITY HAVE TO DO HERE, ? UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION. UM, MOST RECENTLY, SKY CHARGER HAS BEEN KIND TO ANSWER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE HAD. HOW DOES THIS PROJECT COMPARE, LIKE YOU SAID, PETER, IN SIZE TO, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, DID HAVE, UM, TRAGIC RESULTS LIKE THE, UM, ESCONDIDO, UH, I SKIPPED THE SLIDE. THERE WAS THE ESCONDIDO FIRE AND THEN THE OTAI MESA FIRE. THEY ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS, [01:05:01] UM, IN, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME TECHNICAL TERMS IN HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE SO WILLING TO SHARE. I CAN TELL THAT THEY WANT TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS, IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT. I CAN TELL THE PORT WANTS TO BE A PARTNER WITH US, SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS OF THIS IS STILL A PIECE THAT I NEED CLARITY ON JOB. YOU AND I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THIS. UM, BUT UM, AGAIN, I DO FEEL LIKE NATIONAL CITY IS CERTAINLY, UH, BEING INVOLVED HERE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS BEFORE I GO TO THE PUBLIC? OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC THEN. UM, AND THEN, UH, THE GENTLEMAN WILL PROBABLY BE CALLING YOU BACK UP AFTER, AFTER THE PUBLIC. OKAY. UM, FIRST WE GO WITH, UH, GLORIA SLES, MONTSERRAT HERNANDEZ, AND ALICIA SANCHEZ. GOOD. A GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M HAPPY I MADE IT TONIGHT. WITH ALL MY FRIENDS FROM THE SENIOR CITIZENS, THEY'RE VERY HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE HERE. OKAY. WEAN RE IS GLORIA, NATIONAL CITY, UCSD. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. ONE . OKAY. WE CAN, WE HAVE 700, UH, EIGHT, SEVEN SIGNATURES. NOW WE HAVE 800. THANK YOU. NEXT WE, UH, UH, CAN WE HAVE TRANSLATION PLEASE? THE, UM, UH, RESEARCH IN ALZHEIMER AND I'VE BEEN AN ACTIVIST FOR MANY YEARS, A COMMUNITY ON NATIONAL CITY, ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS THAT ARE SENIORS THAT LEAVE AT THE KIMBALL TOWERS ARE INTERESTED ON THE CITY'S GOVERNMENTS SHOWING COMMITMENT OF CREATING A KIOSK AS A PLACE FOR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DANCES, PRESENTATIONS, ET CETERA. WE THINK, AND WE ARE SURE THAT THESE WOULD BE A BENEFIT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE A KIA CENTER FOR OUR YEARLY EVENTS AS A VOLUNTEER ON A PROGRAM IN UCCI, ER THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, MENTAL ILLNESSES SUCH AS ANXIETY, ALZHEIMER'S, DIMENSION, DEPRESSION, AND ISOLATION. GOING OUT TO, TO A PLACE SUCH AS THE ONE I'M TELLING YOU ABOUT, WOULD GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY THESE PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR ROOMS. SENIOR, UH, SENIORS ALSO SUFFER FROM PHYSICAL DEFICIENCY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT, UM, EXERCISE REGULARLY. THIS WOULD BE A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD ALSO DO THIS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF, [01:10:01] UH, GETTING TO KNOW RADO, DIRECTOR OF THE NEW, UH, NATIONAL CITY SENIOR CENTER. AND SHE EXPLAINED TO US ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE. AND THEY'RE ALL REALLY GOOD, UNFORTUNATELY. UH, IT MEANS GOING OUT FROM ONE ROOM TO ANOTHER. WE NEED TO BREATHE FRESH AIR AND GET INVOLVED WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND KNOW I ENJOY THE DIFFERENT TRADITIONS FROM MEXICO, PHIL, THE PHILIPPINES, AND AMERICA IN GENERAL. AND, UM, WE WOULD BE A GREAT TEAM AT THIS KIOSK. THE FIRST TIME THAT MY PARTNERS AND I CAME BEFORE YOU A MONTH AGO, WE HAVE 70 SIGNATURES, AND NOW WE HAVE EIGHT. WE HAD 70 SIGNATURES. NOW WE HAVE 800. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE SKY CHARGER PROJECT. SO ANY DISCUSSION HAS TO BE CONCERNING THE PORT'S REPORT ON THE SKY CHARGER PROJECT. ALRIGHT. JUST SO WE UNDER UNDERSTAND. OKAY. PLEASE TRANSLATION PLEASE OF EHC. AND THIS COMMITTEE HAS WORKED OVER FIVE YEARS TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY IN POOR COMMUNITIES SUCH AS NATIONAL CITY AND BARRIER LOGAN. WE CREATED A DOCUMENT CALLED ERP WHERE WE HAVE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT, SUCH AS MONITORING AIR QUALITY, EVEN THOUGH NATIONAL CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE MONITORS, BUT ALSO ALSO PURIFIERS, UH, HAVE, HAVE BEEN, UH, GIVEN AT THESE PORT COMMUNITIES. BUT THIS HELP IS NOT ENOUGH TO MITIGATE THE POLLUTION BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE PROBLEM, UM, HAS TO DO WITH ALL THESE DIESEL TRUCKS GOING BY OUR COMMUNITIES. MOST OF THESE TRUCKS ARE PART OF THE BUSINESSES AT THE PORT, AND WE HAVE A GOAL ON, UM, WHICH IS ELECTRIFYING THESE TRUCKS BY 2030. THAT IS WHY AS PART OF THE 86 1 COMMITTEE, I SUPPORT THE SKY CHARGER PROJECT BECAUSE WE NEED THESE ELECTRIC TRUCKS TO HAVE A PLACE TO CHARGE THEIR TRUCKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE HAVE ALICIA SANCHEZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY BRIAN GONZALEZ. [01:15:15] OKAY. WE HAVE THE INTERPRETATION, PLEASE. EXCUSE ME. WAIT FOR THE INTERPRETATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM A RESIDENT, UH, NATIONAL CITY FROM MOTO AT EHC AND PART OF THE AB 6 1 7 COMMITTEE. AND I AGREE WITH THIS PROJECT, THE SKY CHARGERS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE IN THAILAND AVENUE. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED HERE, NATIONAL CITY, BECAUSE IT WOULD HELP REDUCE POLLUTION. THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BRING BENEFITS TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO WORK WITH UNION, UH, WORKFORCE, AND IT'S GOING TO COORDINATE WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES IN NATIONAL CITY. THERE ARE MANY DIESEL TRUCKS THAT COME FROM THE PORT AND POLLUTE OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO HELP REPLACE THESE DIESEL TRUCKS TO ELECTRIC TRUCKS. AND THAT'S WHY I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT. SO PLEASE HELP US, UH, MAKE THIS A REALITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY. NOW, UM, BRIAN GONZALEZ, FOLLOWED BY CORY SCHUMACHER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION. SARAH KIO, THANK YOU. TRANSLATION, PLEASE. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BRIAN. I AM FROM DISTRICT TWO. I DID NOT PREPARE A FORMAL INTRODUCTION. I'M TALKING FROM MY HEART AND FOLLOWING SOME NOTES THAT I PREPARED. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THANK THE MAYOR SINCE I WAS A KID. HE HAS BEEN A PART OF MANY OF MY PERSONAL EVENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, AND I THANK HIM FOR THAT. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING WITH THEM AND WITH COMPANIES AND INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR A CLEANER AIR FOR COMMUNITIES SUCH AS NATIONAL CITY AND BAR LOGAN. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT NOT ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, BUT WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THE POWER OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION. WHEN WE UNITE, WE HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT WE CAN GENERATE REAL CHANGES IN OUR CITY. I KNOW THAT WE ALL CAN. UH, WE ALL FELT THIS POWER A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN WE TALKED [01:20:01] ABOUT THE STATION, A FUEL, UH, TRANSFERENCE. I AM HERE WITH A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE TODAY. AND, UM, WE ARE HERE TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO HELP ELECTRIFY OUR CITY TO COME, UH, NEAR TO, UH, HEALTHIER FUTURE. WE NEED TO FEEL THIS PLACE AGAIN SO THAT WE KNOW THE KIND OF THE, UH, THE KIND OF CITY THAT WE WANT TO BUILD. I'M TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER WHEN WE COULD ALL BE WORKING TOGETHER. WHO CAN I CONNECT WITH? I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS. IF, IF, IF, IF YOU DON'T WORK WITH US, THEN WHO DO YOU WORK WITH? ALRIGHT. UH, CORY SCHUMACHER, FOLLOWED BY, UH, JOMAN, UH, VARGAS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS CORY SCHUMACHER. I AM THE POLICY DIRECTOR OF IBEW 5 6 9, REPRESENTING OVER 3,700 UNION ELECTRICIANS AND SOUND TECHNICIANS IN SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES. UM, 400 OF WHOM LIVE IN THE PORT DISTRICT AND A HUNDRED WHO LIVE RIGHT HERE IN NATIONAL CITY. THE TIDELANDS AVENUE ELECTRICAL TRUCK HUB WILL NOT ONLY BRING REGIONAL AIR QUALITY RELIEF TO THE REGION, IT WILL CREATE NEW JOBS AND BRING TAX BASE TO THE ECONOMY. THIS PROJECT WILL BE BUILT, UH, UNDER A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT THAT PUTS NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS TO WORK CLOSE TO HOME AT A TIME OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. AND WE HEARD, UH, IN CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TAX BASE EARLIER TODAY, UM, EARLIER THIS EVENING. UM, THIS COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT WILL KEEP VALUABLE DOLLARS IN OUR COMMUNITIES ALLOWING THOSE DOLLARS TO BENEFIT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE CITY'S TAX BASE. BECAUSE THE PROJECT WILL BE BUILT UNDER A CBA, IT WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS INTERESTED IN APPRENTICESHIPS AND CAREERS IN THE TRADES. APPRENTICESHIPS START WITH THE JOB AND LEAD TO QUALITY MIDDLE CLASS CAREERS AND DIGNITY FOR OUR FAMILIES. WE URGE YOU TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO SUPPORT THIS WONDERFUL PROJECT FOR THE DIRECT BENEFITS IT'LL BRING TO THE WORKING PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY, THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU, UH, JASMINE. AND THEN WE'VE GOT, UH, ALICIA MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY DOYLE MORRISON. MY NAME IS JASMINE VARGAS, AIR QUALITY AND CLEAN PORTS CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO THIS DISCUSSION OF WHAT I BELIEVE IS A PROJECT THAT SHOWS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU DO THINGS RIGHT. WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT WILL CUT DIESEL POLLUTION AT THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO. WE SEE A PROJECT THAT IS SET TO BE BUILT BY UNION LABOR, AND WE SEE A PROJECT THAT RESPONDS TO THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A PATH FOR COMMUNITY INPUT AND HOW BENEFITS ARE DEPLOYED. ULTIMATELY, THIS PROJECT MAKES IT EASIER TO ACCESS ELECTRIC TRUCKS AND CHARGING, AND EVEN MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO AFFORD AND BUY AN ELECTRIC TRUCK. THE DRAFT EIR AS IT IS BEING REVIEWED ALSO ADDRESS POTENTIAL ISSUES AS THE PORT SHARED. AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE PORT STAFF, ESPECIALLY SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE FOR THEIR EFFORTS. THE AMBITIOUS THAT THEY SHARE IN THEIR VISION TO ELECTRIFY THE PORT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY THIS CITY COUNCIL. THE THAILAND'S AVENUE ELECTRIC TRUCK HUB IS PART OF THAT VISION, AND WE SEE TIME AND INTENTION THAT HAS BEEN PUT, UH, BEEN PART OF DEVELOPING THE PROJECT AND ADDRESSING ANY POTENTIAL CONCERNS THAT WE TR THAT AND WE TRUST THAT SKY CHARGER WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS ANY FUTURE COMMUNITY ISSUES BECAUSE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO ENGAGING COMMUNITY SO FAR AND CREATING THESE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AND I WOULD ADD IT WILL BE HELPFUL IN FUTURE DELIBERATIONS AT THE PORT, ESPECIALLY FOR COMMISSIONER UNGA WHO REPRESENTS NATIONAL CITY. UH, IF THIS BO, UH, CITY COUNCIL WERE TO DECIDE TO EXPRESS THEIR OWN SUPPORT FOR THE THAILANDS AVENUE ELECTRIC TRUCK HUB. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE, UH, DOYLE MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY, I'M SORRY, ALICIA MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY DOYLE MORRISON. LET'S GET THAT IN THE RIGHT ORDER. AND, UH, . AND THEN, UH, CYNTHIA FULLER. UH, KON, GOOD EVENING. SEVERE INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION PLAGUES THIS CITY FIFTH IN THE NATION. I SUPPORT THE SKY CHARGERS, UH, PROJECT COMING HERE, AND I ESPECIALLY, UH, SUPPORT IT IF IT WILL BE BUILT AND MAINTAINED BY, UH, IBEW 5, 6 9 WORKERS. THE IMPORTANT THING TOO IS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL AND THERE'S ELECTRIC BUSES ALREADY DRIVING ON CITY STREETS, UH, ELECTRIC CARS. YOU SEE THEM MORE AND MORE. AND THE WAY OUR, OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY IS GOING, UH, SHIPPING IS GOING TO [01:25:01] BE, UH, ELECTRIFIED AS WELL. SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS. UH, IT'LL HELP WITH YOUR AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS AND, UM, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOYLE MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA FULLER. QUINONES FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA MARQUEZ. UH, GOOD EVENING. DOYLE MORRISON. 42 YEAR MEMBER OF IBEW 22 YEAR INSTRUCTOR AT THE IN, UH, ELECTRICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE, OR E-T-I-I-B-E-W IS A DRIVING, IS DRIVING CLEANER, GREENER ECONOMY IN NORTH AMERICA. IBEW CONTINUES TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING BATTER, BATTERY MANUFACTURING, STORAGE, AND SOLAR. IBW LOCAL UNION 5 6 9 REPRESENTS 3,700, UH, SKILLED AND HIGHLY TRAINED UNION ELECTRICIANS AND POWER PROFESSIONALS IN SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES. IBW 5 69 ALSO OPERATES THE LARGEST ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES, THE THIRD LARGEST SUCH APPRENTICESHIP IN CALIFORNIA. WE ARE THE TRAINING. WE ARE TRAINING THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GREEN WORKFORCE ENERGY, UH, SYSTEM AND MICROGRID TRAIN, MICROGRID TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION, OR EA TAC IS THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION IN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS NATIONALLY. UH, EEM SAM TAC WAS DEVELOPED BY A TEAM LED BY, UH, PENN STATE UNIVERSITY THAT INCLUDED THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, NFPA, THE ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE EPRI, THE IBEW, THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL TRACTORS ASSOCIATION, AND THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY STANDARDS, NEIS. UM, THIS PROJECT, UH, THE PROJECT TO UTILIZE THE AMERICAN AND NATIONAL STANDARD INSTITUTE OR ANSI FOR THE APPROVAL PROCESS. THIS PROJECT IS BENEFICIAL TO FURTHERING THE GOALS OF REDUCING POLLUTION AND IN AND AROUND NATIONAL CITY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND ALL HERE TONIGHT. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA FULLER CANONA, AND I'M SPEAKING NOW AS A MEMBER OF THE HEALTH EQUAL TOTOS COALITION. FIRST, I WANT TO EXPRESS CLEAR SUPPORT FOR THE TIDELANDS, UH, AVENUE ELECTRONIC TRUCK TRUCK HUB PROJECT. THIS IS THE KIND OF MODERNIZATION NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE LONG SOUGHT AND DESERVED CLEANER OPERATIONS, REDUCED DIESEL EXPOSURE, AND IT'S A SIGNAL THAT THE PORT AND THE CITY ARE FINALLY MOVING INTO THE 20TH CENTURY, 21ST CENTURY. THE COMMITMENT FROM SKY CHARGER TO BRING COMMUNITY HEALTH BENEFITS BUILD WITH UNION LABOR, AND COORDINATE WITH NATIONAL CITY EMERGENCY SERVICES. AND THE COMMUNITY SHOWS THAT THEY INTEND FOR THIS PROJECT TO WELL SERVE OUR BEST INTERESTS. SECOND, AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THE REALITY THAT THIS PROJECT IS A SMALL FRACTION OF THE MUCH GREATER INVESTMENT IN THAILAND'S TRANSFORMATION. ALL OF US SO URGENTLY NEED TO FIX THE FULL EXTENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC HARMS WE ARE EXPERIENCING. FOR DECADES, NATIONAL CITY HAS CARRIED A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE REGION'S INDUSTRIAL BURDEN WITH FAR TOO LITTLE ECONOMIC GAIN. WHILE BEING THE ONLY PORT COMMUNITY COMPLETELY DENIED HARBOR ACCESS, WE HAVE CLOSE TO A HUNDRED ACRES OF HEAT, GE HEAT GENERATING POLLUTION AT EXACERBATING ASPHALT DEDICATED TO OUTDATED MODES OF OPERATION. THE RESULT OF TOO LITTLE INVESTMENT AND VERTICAL LOGISTICS, ELECTRIC, SHORT RAIL AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH PORT WITH TENANTS SIMILAR TO PCIA, ARE KNOWN TO UTILIZE FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT. THE EL UH, ELECTRIC TRUCK HUB PROJECT, LIKE THE BALANCE PLAN IS A GOOD START, BUT IT CANNOT BE THE FINISH LINE. NATIONAL CITY DESERVES A COMPREHENSIVE AGGRESSIVE TRANSFORMATION OF IT, OF ITS THAI LANDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU. CHRISTINA MARQUEZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY SERENA. IS IT PEKA? I LOOK IT IS. GO AHEAD. HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA AS INFORMATIONAL ITEM. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY, UM, AS THIS WILL HELP REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE THE, ARE BREATHING THE WORST AIR IN THE US. SO, UM, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT. I DON'T WANNA REPEAT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS ALREADY SAID. HOWEVER, UH, YOU KNOW, AS THE ELECTRICIANS THAT HAVE BUILT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FIRST ALL ELECTRIC TUGBOAT, WE DID THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ALL ELECTRIC CRANES. WE'VE DONE, UM, EV CHARGING STATIONS, WE'VE DONE THE, THE, THE SHORE POWER FOR THE CRUISE SHIPS. UH, WE'D LIKE TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD [01:30:01] IN HELPING THE PORT GET TO THEIR GOALS. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE SER THERE'S SERENA. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M SERENA PELCO WITH CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN, WHERE WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS AN AFFORDABLE A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN AND RELIABLE ENERGY FUTURE. TODAY WE'RE HERE TO SHARE OUR IMMENSE SUPPORT FOR THE TIDELANDS AVENUE PROJECT AND THE MUCH NEEDED BENEFITS THAT IT BRINGS TO NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITIES. AS NATIONAL CITY FACES THE HARMFUL IMPACTS OF DIESEL POLLUTION FROM PORT TRAFFIC EVERY DAY, THIS PROJECT DELIVERS ON SOLUTIONS WITH COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND UNION WORK OPPORTUNITIES FRONT AND CENTER THROUGH THIS PROJECT. AND BY ELECTRIFYING THE PORT, THE OVERWHELMING DIESEL POLLUTION FROM TRUCKS MOVING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AND INCREASE ACCESS TO CLEAN AIR AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AND BY USING UNION LABOR AND COORDINATING WITH NATIONAL CITY EMERGENCY SERVICES, THE PROJECT IS PRIORITIZING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, SAFETY, AND REDUCING POLLUTION. WE REALLY SEE THAT THESE ARE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE NEED TO SHOW WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN WE PRIORITIZE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES WITH IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY TO TRANSFORM THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR REGION TO SAFELY MEET OUR NEEDS IN BETTER AND CLEANER WAYS. AND WE REALLY SEE THIS PROJECT AS WHAT'S POSSIBLE, NOT JUST FOR OUR REGION, BUT ACROSS THE STATE. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT FOR THE PORT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE SKY CHARGER PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE LAST OF THOSE SPEAKERS. WE DO HAVE, I BELIEVE, A VIDEO FROM OUR, UH, COURT COMMISSIONER. GET THAT UP. AND FOR THE RECORD, WE JUST HAD ONE WRITTEN COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. CORRECT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORRISON, VICE MAYOR MOLINA COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE NATIONAL CITY COMMITTEE, PLEASE EXCUSE ME, PARTICIPATION VIA THIS RECORDING. AS I AM CURRENTLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY, AS NATIONAL CITY'S APPOINTING ME TO THE BOARD OF PORK COMMISSIONS, I OFFERED THESE COMMENTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WHEN I WAS APPOINTED AS NATIONAL CITY'S PORK COMMISSIONER, I HEARD MY COMMUNITY LOUD AND CLEAR. WE WANT A VOICE ON THE PORK COMMISSION THAT'S GOING TO FIGHT FOR NATIONAL CITY. AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT WHO HAS SPENT MY ENTIRE CARDIOLOGY CAREER SERVING NATIONAL CITY, NOTHING MATTERS MORE TO ME THAN THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF EVERYONE WHO LIVES, WORKS, AND SPENDS TIME IN OUR BE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE HARDEST DECISIONS MANY OF MY PATIENTS HAVE EVER FACED WAS WHETHER TO PURSUE NEW SURGERIES WITH RISKS SUCH AS A HEART TRANSPLANT WITH AN ARTIFICIAL HEART TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER. AND THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD MAKE THAT DECISION WITH ME WAS BY CAREFULLY WEIGHING ALL THE RISKS, BENEFITS, AND ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE TO THEM. IT CAN TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND RESOURCES, BUT WHAT MATTERS MOST TO ME IS THAT PATIENTS FEEL INFORMED AND TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR CHOICES, I WANT THEM TO HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR OPTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT FEEL RIGHT FOR THEM. THAT IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SHARE THIS MESSAGE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. AT ITS CORE, THE TIDELANDS AVENUE ELECTRIC TRUCK HUB PROJECT INTRODUCED TO A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT CARRIES RISKS, BUT IT ALSO REPRESENTS A MEANINGFUL EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE LONGSTANDING HEALTH IMPACT OF HEAVY INDUSTRY IMPACTS THAT MANY OF US IN NATIONAL CITY HAVE LIVED WITH FOR DECADES AND HAVE ALWAYS FELT WE'RE SIMPLY DUMBED ON US. IT'S A PROBLEM TOO BIG TO IGNORE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT A 2019 HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT FOUND NATIONAL CITY HAD THE HIGHEST MAXIMUM CANCER RISK OF ENDING CITY AROUND THE BAY, 28.6 PER MILLION SIMPLY FROM LIVING AND BREATHING IN NASHVILLE CITY. MANY OF US DON'T RECALL EVER HAVING A UNIFORM SAY, WHEN MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL USES TOOK OVER OUR WATERFRONT. AND WE CERTAINLY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS THAT DECADES OF HEAVY INDUSTRY WOULD HAVE ON OUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING. THE PORT'S MARITIME CLEAN AIR STRATEGY IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE OUR AIR QUALITY AND SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR MAJOR INVESTMENTS AND ELECTRIFICATION AND ZERO EMISSION PROJECTS ALONG OUR WATERFRONT. THIS PROJECT IS AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN HELPING THE PORT ADVANCE ITS ZERO EMISSIONS GOALS, AND JUST AS SIMPLE AS A CELL PHONE BATTERY DIES WHEN IT CAN'T BE RECHARGED, ELECTRIC TRUCKS CAN STOP WORKING WITHOUT RELIABLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. MY CONCERN IS THAT WITHOUT A DEPENDABLE WAY TO CHARGE THESE VEHICLES, WE MAY BE FORCED TO BRING DIESEL TRUCKS BACK ON LINE, JEOPARDIZING THE PROJECTED REDUCTION IN OUR MAXIMUM CANCER RISK FROM 20.6 TO 11.9 BY 2030. I HEARD YOU ALL ASK WHY US FIRST? AND THE HONEST TRUTH IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MOST TO LIVES. I ALSO HEARD MY COMMUNITY EXPRESS THAT THEY WERE TIRED OF DECISIONS BEING MADE WITHOUT THEIR INPUT IN [01:35:01] RESPONSE. OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO HAS CONDUCTED THE HIGHEST LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, EXAMINE THEIR QUALITY TRAFFIC, NOISE, SAFETY, AND FIRE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEMS. THIS LEVEL OF ANALYSIS GOES WELL BEYOND WHAT IS TYPICALLY REQUIRED FOR A PRODUCT OF THIS KIND, AND I WOULD NOT STAND FOR ANYTHING LESS. WE THEN BROUGHT THIS EIR INTO AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORT SUPPORTED BY BOTH A PORT OF SAN DIEGO AND SKY CHARTER TO ENSURE RESIDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, ASK QUESTIONS, AND BE HEARD. SINCE THE OUTREACH BEGAN IN 2022, THE PORT HAS TAKEN PART IN 27 MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS. SKY CHARGER HAS DONE THEIR OUTREACH AS WELL, TAKING PART IN NEARLY 70 MEETINGS AROUND NATIONAL CITY AND TALKING TO DOZENS MORE C MEMBERS AT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. RESIDENTS IN ALL CORNERS OF NATIONAL CITY HAVE LEARNED ABOUT AND WEIGH IN ON THIS PROJECT AS HAVE C REPRESENTATIVES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE LUMPIA CLUB, HEALTHY CULTURA, SG THREE 50 COMMON ACTION CAMPAIGN, AS WELL AS FATHER EMMETT AT ST. ANTHONY'S WITH A CATHOLIC DIOCESE. THE COMMUNITY'S ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS HAS RESULTED IN A PROJECT THAT GIVES ALL OF US AT NATIONAL CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND OUR RISKS, BENEFITS, AND ALTERNATIVES TO A PROJECT LIKE TIDELANDS AVENUE ELECTRIC TRUCK HUB. TODAY, THE MOST IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDER THAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM IS YOU, MY CITY COUNCIL. YOUR DECISION TODAY WILL BE A CRITICAL PIECE OF INFORMATION FOR ME AS I MAKE MY FINAL DECISION ON THIS PROJECT. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR INPUT AND PORT STAFF AND THAT SKY CHART ROUTINE ARE THERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. RIGHT. UM, LEMME JUST SAY, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE RECORD, WE'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS TODAY. THIS IS JUST A PRESENTATION AND SO THERE'S NO, UH, NO VOTE OR ANYTHING ON A PRESENTATION. UM, LET ME, IF WE COULD HAVE THE, UH, TWO PRESENTERS BACK UP. I KNOW. JOB. YEP. BOTH THERE. BACK UP. JUST, UM, IF ASK A COUPLE THINGS. OKAY. NOW, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS HERE. UH, AND I THINK ONE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. THE OTHER ONE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN IGNORED. UH, ONE IS BE IS THAT YOU'VE GOT THE BATTERY STORAGE THERE AND THE CHARGING. THE OTHER ONE IS THE TRUCKS. AND WE TALK ABOUT THE BATTERY STORAGE AND THE SAFETY OF IT, AND ALL ON THAT LINE. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE TRUCKS. SO NOW ARE THE TRUCKS, ARE THEY GONNA BE MAIN, ARE THEY, UH, GONNA BE RAN BY THE PORT AND MAINTAINED BY THE PORT OR WHAT? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO THE, THE TRUCKS THAT ARE IN THE TRUCKING AS A SERVICE PROGRAM WILL BE MANAGED AS PART OF THE PROJECT. SO THAT WOULD BE A SKY CHARGER MAINTAINED TRUCK PART OF THAT TRUCK THAT, THAT PROGRAM IS, YOU LEASE IT, YOU GET IT CHARGED, YOU GET IT MAINTAINED, AND YOU HAVE IT PARKED IN THAT FACILITY. MM-HMM . OKAY. THE, THE DOCUMENT ALSO DID LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT THE FIRE WITH THE BATTERY INJURY STORAGE, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TRUCKS THAT ARE ON SITE? AND THAT'S ANOTHER POSSIBILITY. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A LOT OF FAIL SAFE SYSTEMS TO WHERE THE TRUCK CHARGING THE, THE, THE SENSORS BACK AND FORTH, IT WOULD PRECLUDE IT FROM EVER HAPPENING. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, RIGHT? YEAH. SO NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS IN CASE THE WORST DOES HAPPEN. OKAY. SO, AND, AND YOU MENTIONED JUST SOMETHING JUST NOW WHEN THEY'RE ON SITE. YES. NOW A COUPLE THINGS. NOW MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE TRUCK ITSELF, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THEIR CARGO AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT THE TRUCK ITSELF IS INCREASED BY WEIGHT IN WEIGHT BY ONE THIRD. JUST TO COVER THE, THE BATTERIES, IT IS HEAVIER THAN A DIESEL TRUCK. OH, YEAH, EXACTLY HOW MUCH? I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE TRUCK, RIGHT? SO, SO THESE ARE BASICALLY MOBILE LITHIUM POWER BANK. SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR POWER BANK THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING YOUR BATTERY STORAGE WITH, BUT EACH TRUCK BECOMES BASICALLY A MOBILE, UH, BATTERY, A LITHIUM POWER BANK. IT HAS LITHIUM BATTERIES. OKAY. NOW, BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'D BE RESPONSIBLE IF SOMETHING HAPPENED ON SITE. IF THAT TRUCK IS EITHER COMING IN OR LEAVING AND THEY'RE A BLOCK AWAY, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT IF THAT ONE GETS INTO AN ACCIDENT OR ELECTRICAL FIRE OR SOMETHING ELSE? WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT? UH, YOU KNOW, I I I THINK WHETHER IT'S ELECTRIC TRUCK, DIESEL TRUCK, IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT ON THE ROADWAYS, IT GOES TO THE FIRST RESPONDER OF THAT JURISDICTION. SO IF IT'S IN NATIONAL CITY, WELL, NO, I PRESUME THAT'S NATIONAL CITY. NO, I'M SAYING HE'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCIDENT ITSELF. UH, YOU KNOW, THAT BECOMES PART OF THE QUESTION. I THINK HE JUST ANSWERED THAT. RIGHT. WHICH IS THE FIRST RESPONDER, WHICH IN THIS CASE, UH, DEPENDING IF IT'S WITHIN NO, THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEALING WITH IT. YES. BUT WHO'S, WHO IS RESPONSIBILITY IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN MY CAR LEAVES MY HOUSE AND A BLOCK AWAY, I HAVE AN ACCIDENT, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT CAR. OH YEAH. I THINK IT WOULD BE THE TRUCK DRIVER OR, OR WOULD HOLD THE INSURANCE. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE JUST LIKE YOUR, YOUR CAR [01:40:01] OR ANYBODY ELSE'S CAR, RIGHT? CORRECT. I MEAN OKAY. JUST GET THAT, GET THAT OUT. UH, YEAH, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KINDA EASY TO SAY, BUT THE DEAL IS YOU'RE PROVIDING A DEAL THAT'S GONNA BRING ALL OF THOSE, UH, MOBILE, LITHIUM POWER BANKS ALL INTO ONE LOCATION. AND IF WE COULD BRING THAT SLIDE FIVE UP, CAN YOU STILL BRING THAT ONE UP? WHICH WAS THE LOCATION, UH, PROJECT LOCATION, AND IT WAS SLIDE FIVE, I THINK, IN THOSE, IN THAT SERIES. UM, BUT SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BRING IN, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE AND YOU SET UP TO 70 SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING CHARGED UP TO, YEAH. UH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE 18 WHEELERS. SO WE HAVE A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF 'EM ALL IN ONE AREA. UM, AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS ON ONE OF THEM, WHETHER IF IT'S RIGHT ON YOUR SITE OR A BLOCK AWAY, UH, THERE IT IS. OKAY. SO WHERE THE STAR IS AT, THAT IS WHAT THE LOCATION OF THIS THING WOULD BE. THE WIND DIRECTION GOES DIRECTLY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. SO ALL OF THE, THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, THE WEST SIDE, AND ALL THE REST OF 'EM ARE GONNA BE JUST DOWNWIND OF THIS. SO WHETHER IF IT'S ACTUALLY ON YOUR PROPERTY OR A BLOCK AWAY AND YOU HAVE THAT MANY OF 'EM COMING TOGETHER, AND ANOTHER DEAL IS, WELL, THEY'RE ON THE STREET ALREADY. THEY'RE ALREADY ALREADY HAVE THESE TRUCKS OUT THERE, BUT YOU DON'T PUT 'EM ALL IN ONE SPOT. AND SO THIS IS GONNA BE THE CONCENTRATION SPOT. ANY ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENS THERE, THEN YOU GOT INTERSTATE FIVE IMMEDIATELY ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY. INTERSTATE FIVE WOULD HAVE TO BE EVACUATED. THEN WE HAVE TO START EVACUATING THE WEST SIDE AND THEN FOLLOWING DOWN THE CITY. 'CAUSE THESE THINGS ARE NOT EASILY PUT OUT AND THEIR FUMES ARE MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THAN DIESEL. I'M MUCH ARGUING FOR DIESEL. I THINK WE ALL WANT ELECTRIFICATION. MY QUESTION IS, AND THAT'S THE REASON I THINK THE PRESENTATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT, QUOTE UNQUOTE THE BENEFITS TO THE REGION AND THAT IT'S GONNA BE BETTER AIR QUALITY FOR THE REGION. WELL, THE REST OF THE REGION DOESN'T WANT THIS IN THEIR, IN THEIR LOCALITY. UH, YOU KNOW, AND SO NATIONAL CITY GETS IT, AND IT WILL BE, IF THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE REST OF THE REGION THAT'S GONNA DEAL WITH IT. IT'S GONNA BE THE PEOPLE IN NATIONAL CITY. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A MUCH WORSE HEALTH PROBLEM EVEN THAN THE DIESEL, AS BAD AS DIESEL CAN BE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, SO I THINK THIS HAS BEEN, THAT'S BEEN MY PROBLEM, IS THAT THIS THING HAS BEEN KIND OF RATHER SANITIZED, UH, BOTH IN THE PRESENTATIONS, UH, AND IN THE EIR, UM, TO TRY TO DEAL WITH, MAKE IT EVERYTHING THAT ONLY SAY, HEY, HERE'S, HERE'S ALL OF THESE NICE THINGS. IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S BEING BUILT BY THE, BY THE UNIONS, BY IBW AND WHETHER IF IT'S BUILT THERE OR BUILT SOMEWHERE ELSE, MY PROBLEM IS THE LOCATION. AND YOU KNOW, AND AS YOU SAY, WE EVEN MADE MENTION AT THE VERY BEGINNING, THIS IS A, HOW DID YOU PUT IT? NEW, THE NEW TECHNOLOGY. YEAH. IT IS SOMETHING NEW AND WE'RE STILL EXPERIMENTING WITH IT. I JUST HATE TO SEE THE PEOPLE ON THE WEST SIDE IN PARTICULAR, AND THEN THE REST OF OUR CITY BEING PART OF THAT EXPERIMENT. UM, WHEN, AND THIS CAN BE LOCATED SOMEWHERE, SOMEPLACE ELSE THAT DOES NOT DIRECTLY UPWIND FROM A HEAVILY, UH, INHABITED COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE THE DENSE, DENSE, COMMUNITY DENSE CITY OF THE COUNTY, AND ALL OF THAT IS DOWNWIND OF WHERE THIS FACILITY WOULD BE AT. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT WE CAN, UH, THAT WE CAN REPLACE A LOT OF THOSE DIESEL TRUCKS. IF YOU GO DOWN ON THE TIDALS AVENUE AND YOU STAND THERE ANY TIME OF DAY, IT, IT IS HARD TO HEAR YOURSELF THINK FOR THE DOLE TRUCKS GOING ONE WAY AND THEN COMING RIGHT BACK, BACK AND FORTH. THOSE DIESEL DOLE TRUCKS ONE AFTER ANOTHER AFTER ANOTHER. IT IS JUST CONSTANT, IT'S CONSTANT STREAM OF THEM. THE ONLY THING IS THOSE ORIGINALLY DIDN'T GO THERE. THEY WENT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE 10TH AVENUE TERMINAL AND THERE WAS A DEAL CUT BETWEEN THE PORT AND HATE TO SAY IT, BUT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION TO MOVE 'EM ALL DOWN HERE TO NATIONAL CITY. AND THEN SO THEY COME DOWN AND GO RIGHT BACK, BACK UP AGAIN. YOU KNOW? SO WE KEEP INHERITING THE THINGS THAT, THAT DIDN'T WANT BORROWED, LIGON DIDN'T WANT THE DIESEL TRUCKS THERE, SO THEY ALL CAME DOWN AND THEY WERE ALL DOWN IN NATIONAL CITY WITHOUT EVER TALKING TO US. AND NOW THIS, WE'RE GONNA PUT HERE THAT'S GONNA SAY, GONNA BE DIRECTLY UPWIND OF OUR CITY. AND ALL IT'S GONNA TAKE IS ONE TRUCK HAVE AN ACCIDENT. AND AS YOU SAY, IF IT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY OFF YOUR PROPERTY, IF THEY DRIVE OUT THE DRIVEWAY AND RUN INTO SOMETHING AND WE END UP WITH AN ACCIDENT, YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH IF YOU'RE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU HAVE A SWIMMING POOL AND YOU ALLOW IT TO BECOME STAGNANT AND MOSQUITOES AND EVERYTHING, AND PEOPLE AROUND THERE ALL GET SICK FROM MOSQUITO DISEASES, YOU GO, WELL WAIT A MINUTE. THAT'S, IT'S THE MOSQUITO'S FAULT BECAUSE IT'S OFF MY PROPERTY. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CONCERN. THAT'S THE PART THAT HAS NOT BEEN LOOKED AT IN THIS THING. AND, AND [01:45:01] I THINK EVERYONE WANTS THE CLEAN AIR. WE WANT ALL OF THAT. WE WANT THE ELECTRIFICATION. BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO NOT JUST LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE, ALL THE GOOD PARTS, BUT WE NEED TO REALISTICALLY LOOK, LOOK AT WHAT CAN BE THE NEGATIVES. I DON'T, I DO NOT WANT THE PEOPLE ON THE WEST SIDE TO COME BACK TO US IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN 10, 15, 20 YEARS AND SAY, WHY WEREN'T WE TOLD THIS? AS LONG AS WE'RE TOLD THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, THEN THAT'S FINE. BUT I THINK THE WHOLE STORY NEEDS TO BE TOLD. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY CONCERNS ON THAT. I, UH, MOLINA, YOU HAD HAD YOUR HAND, PETER, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I WAS JUST GONNA CLARIFY THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT DID ANALYZE THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE BATTERIES TO BE ON FIRE AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS WOULD BE. THEY WERE FOUND TO BE NO IMPACT ON THAT. I WOULD ALSO SAY, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THE ANALYSIS SAID. . UH, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WE ARE ALSO, THE PORT OF SAN, SAN DIEGO WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, UH, NAVY SHIP FIRE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THE BON RASHARD, BUT THE PORT STEPPED UP. WE HAD VOUCHERS FOR PEOPLE IN HOTELS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T OUR RESPONSIBILITY EITHER. BUT AS A COMMUNITY, WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE TRY TO ADDRESS ISSUES AS THEY COME AT US. SO, MAYOR SURE, GO AHEAD. UM, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN, SO I DON'T KNOW IF, I DON'T WANNA MONOPOLIZE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY ELSE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, BUT I DO WANT TO OFFER A COUNTERPOINT TO THE COMMENTS YOU JUST MADE, MAYOR, BECAUSE, UM, I, I HAVE HEARD THOSE COMMENTS MADE BEFORE, AND, UM, A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT I HAVE HAD RELATE A LOT TO SOME OF THAT, UM, CONCERN AND REALLY FEAR, UM, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION BECAUSE I DID RECEIVE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ALSO FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM, VERY SPECIFIC POINTED QUESTIONS, UH, DURING MY TOWN HALLS. I KNOW, PETER, YOU WERE THERE. UM, AND I DO FEEL A LEVEL OF, UM, MAYBE, I DUNNO, A LEVEL OF SATISFACTION IS NOT THE WORD, BUT A LEVEL OF, UM, I'M OKAY MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT, IT IS ADDRESSED WITH INFORMATION SUCH AS WHAT I'M GONNA READ RIGHT NOW. AND I, I DIDN'T, I FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MS. CODY. I SEE HER BACK THERE. WELCOME BACK, MS. CODY. I SEE MS. RITA BACK THERE AND SEVERAL OF THE INDIVIDUALS FROM SKY CHARGER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, YOU DID PROVIDE ME VERY, VERY GOOD SOLID INFORMATION, AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS HELPFUL, MAYBE COUNTERING SOME OF THIS NARRATIVE THAT I'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS INFORMATION REALLY, UM, IS HELPFUL. UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF A BATTERY INSIDE ONE OF THESE TRUCKS THAT IS OUT ON, UH, ONE OF THE TRUCK ROUTES IN NATIONAL CITY, IF SOMETHING WERE TO GO WRONG, THE BATTERIES ARE ENCLOSED IN STRONG PURPOSE BUILT SAFETY ENCLOSURES. THE ONSITE BATTERIES ARE STORED, UH, INSIDE HEAVY SEALED, UH, ENCLOSURES DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO CONTAIN HEAT PRESSURE SMOKE. IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, THE BOXES ARE ENGINEERED SO THAT ANYTHING HAPPENING INSIDE STAYS INSIDE THE TRUCKS THEMSELVES AS THEY ARE MOVING ON THE ROADS. THOSE ALSO HAVE THE TYPE OF ENGINEERING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS ALL OF THESE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE. SO, UM, WHETHER THEY ARE ON SITE AT THE FACILITY OR THEY ARE ON THE ROAD, THERE IS TECHNOLOGY THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING TO COUNTER THIS IDEA THAT IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO EVACUATE THE FIVE OR SOMETHING, WHATEVER IT IS, MAYOR, THAT, THAT YOU SAY THIS SCENARIO THAT YOU PAINT AND PICK PEOPLE'S MINDS, I AM NOT INTERESTED IN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, MAINTAINING THAT TYPE OF, UM, MISINFORMATION, I'M SORRY, MAYOR, BUT IT, IT DOES FEEL MISINFORMATION BECAUSE I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND RECEIVING THE INFORMATION. AND SO NOW I AM HERE LETTING THAT INFORMATION. HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT TAKES HOLD AND THE MISINFORMATION, YOU KNOW, IS, IS NO LONGER BEING DISSEMINATED BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DEBUNKED. SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY HERE. THE, THE LAST PIECE I WANNA MENTION IS I DO WANNA THANK, UM, ALL OF THE FOLKS FROM THE, FROM LABOR, UH, THAT DID COME UP AND PROVIDED THEIR ANSWERS OR THEIR COMMENTS, BECAUSE THAT IS ACTUALLY ANOTHER POINT, UM, THAT GAVE ME A LOT OF, UH, CONFIDENCE. THAT'S THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR. NOT SATISFACTION, BUT CONFIDENCE. UM, TRAINED LABOR, UH, TRAINED LABOR TEAMS, UH, ARE BUILDING THIS PROJECT AND THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE HIGHEST SAFETY AND QUALITY STANDARDS. TRAINED LABOR, TRAINED UNION LABOR AND CERTIFIED ELECTRICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE CONSTRUCTING THIS HUB. THEY WILL FOLLOW THE MOST RIGOROUS CONSTRUCTION CODES AND STANDARDS IN THE COUNTRY. THIS ENSURES EVERY COMPONENT IS INSTALLED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SAFETY AND QUALITY. SAFETY IS BUILT [01:50:01] INTO THE PROJECT FROM THE GROUND UP. BEYOND THE CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, CLEAN AIR ON THE WEST SIDE, SAFETY, THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT HAVE BEEN, HAS BEEN THE SECOND TOPIC, OR PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ALONG, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AIR, THE POLLUTED AIR PEOPLE BREATHE ON THE WEST SIDE, UM, THAT I HEAR THE MOST ABOUT. SO I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE THESE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN COVERED AS BEST AS THEY CAN, BOTH BY THE PORT STAFF AND BY THE SKY CHARGER PERSONNEL. SO AGAIN, I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THIS PROJECT. I DO HAVE, UM, A LEVEL OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUES LIKE YOU, YOU MENTIONED PETER, THE BONUM MACHARD FIRE, RIGHT? THAT THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? A WARSHIP WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO EXPLODE OFF OUR COAST, BUT IT DID. AND SADLY, IT AFFECTED OUR COMMUNITY. THANKFULLY, WE MOVED ALL OF THE RESOURCES WE HAD AT HAND. THE PORT DID WHAT THEY COULD, OUR EMERGENCY TEAMS DID WHAT WE COULD, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER TO DO WHAT WE COULD TO FIX THAT PROBLEM. UM, HOPEFULLY NOTHING HAPPENS HERE. SO I'M NOT SAYING I AM 100% CERTAIN THAT THIS WILL BE THE SAFEST, MOST PERFECT PROJECT, AND NOTHING BAD WILL EVER HAPPEN. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I'M GOING TO SAY THAT. WHAT I WILL SAY IS I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE SAFETY STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO ME ARE IN PLACE. AND I FEEL A GOOD DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT THIS WILL BE A GOOD PROJECT FOR, FOR THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY IN THE LONG RUN. I DO BELIEVE IN THE GOALS OF THE MCAS AND THE FACT THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT IN THE FORM OF LESS POLLUTION IN THE AIR, THAT THE WEST SIDE WILL NOT BE BREATHING BECAUSE THE DIESEL TRUCKS WILL BE REMOVED AND WON'T BE DRIVING ON THOSE STREETS. I DO BELIEVE IN THAT, AND FOR THAT REASON, I DO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND I DO ENCOURAGE OUR PORT COMMISSIONER TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. YES, I, UM, I ALSO SUPPORT THE PROJECT, GIVEN EVERYTHING I HEARD, AND WE REALLY WANT TO THANK, UH, THE PORT, THE STAFF, THE OUTREACH TEAM, SO MS. CODY HOVAN AND ALL, ALL OF, UH, YOUR TEAM. UM, I DO THINK THERE WAS REALLY EXTENSIVE OUTREACH HERE, SO I THANK YOU, UH, IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT WAS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW. SO YOU GUYS WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT WAS, UM, SUFFICIENT. UM, IT WAS FACTUAL. UH, I DO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH HER MAYOR. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS SANITIZED. UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME VALID CONCERNS ABOUT FIRE HAZARD AND SAFETY, AND I THINK THE REPORT DOES, UM, AND THE WORK THAT THE STAFF DOES, UH, HAS DONE INCLUDING OUTREACH TO OUR FIRE, UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. I, I REALLY THINK IT'S BEEN GOOD. SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I, UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE, ON COUNCIL, I KNOW THIS IS PRESENT, THIS WAS LISTED AS A PRESENTATION ITEM. IT WAS MY FULL EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULD HAVE A RECOMMENDATION. I WILL BE MAKING A MOTION THAT WE, UM, RECOMMEND TO, UH, THE, UM, TO THE PORT AND OUR, OUR PORT COMMISSIONER THAT WE SUPPORT, UH, THE PROJECT. UM, AND, UH, MOVING FORWARD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ANY, UM, OF THESE, UH, TYPE OF PROJECTS, EVEN IF IT'S ON THE PORT, EVEN IF TECHNICALLY AND LEGALLY THE, UH, PORT IS THE LAND USE AUTHORITY, WE SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN IT. AND IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES, INCLUDING CHULA VISTA, CORONADO, THEY'VE, UH, MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT PORT LEASES. UM, AND SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION SO THAT YOU CAN OF, YOU GUYS CAN OFFICIALLY GET, UH, OUR INPUT. I WOULD REQUEST, AND I'LL MAKE THIS AS PART OF A MOTION, UH, EVENTUALLY I WOULD REQUEST YOU GUYS, UH, COME BACK TO US ON THE SPECIFICS ABOUT THE, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT, BECAUSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT SHOULD PRIMARILY, UM, THAT SHOULD BE DEVELOPED FROM OUR INPUT OF THE JURISDICTION IN THE CITY. SO HOPEFULLY YOU ALL ARE OPEN, OPEN TO THAT SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UH, IN TERMS OF THE LOCAL JOBS PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR, UH, LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL, UM, ANY OTHER, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, MITIGATION MEASURES TO, UH, CLEAN THE, THE WEST SIDE, WHETHER IT'S TREE PLANTING, AIR FILTERS, REROUTING TRUCK TRAFFIC, UM, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ET CETERA. UM, BUT I, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A, UH, IS THE LOCATION, IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING NEW. INNOVATIVE, YES, THERE'S SAFETY RISKS, BUT I THINK THE, UM, THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE DRAWBACKS. UM, AND, AND SO I DO, UH, SUPPORT THE PROJECT. THANK YOU ALL. UM, AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, TO, UH, SUPPORT THE PROJECT OR, UH, UH, GIVE AN INDICATION TO [01:55:01] THE PORT THAT WE SUR, UH, SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND OUR PORT COMMISSIONER. AND I WOULD REQUEST THAT PORT STAFF BRING BACK THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UH, TO EITHER PLAN COMMISSION OR THE, UH, AND OR THE CITY, UH, COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN, UH, DISCUSS AND LOOK AT KIND OF WHAT THE PROPOSED, UH, COMMITTEE BENEFITS ARE. UM, BECAUSE THIS WAS ON FOR A PRESENTATION AS WE DISCUSSED. THERE'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN ASK FOR IT TO COME BACK AND THEN DO THE RECOMMENDATION AND MOTION THEN, WHICH I THINK YOU SORT OF JUST DID MM-HMM . BUT THAT, IF YOU CAN HOLD THAT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME THAT THEY COME BACK, WHEN THEY COME BACK WITH THOSE ANSWERS, WHAT'S THE RISK OF, SO WHAT'S THE RISK OF US? SURE. SAY, SAY, UM, THIS, THIS JUST RELATES TO THE BROWN ACT AND HOW THIS MATTER WAS NOTICED, AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S INPUT, IT'S NOTICED AS A PRESENTATION WITHOUT ANY ACTION ITEM BEING TAKEN ON IT TONIGHT. MM-HMM . SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT. TYPICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY UNDER THE BROWN ACT TO REALLY DISCUSS IT FURTHER. IE MAKING THE MOTION, BUT YOU CAN HAVE IT BROUGHT BACK BECAUSE YOU JUST ASK THEM TO DO THAT, AND THEN SAME MOTION WHEN IT'S BACK. GOT IT. WELL, SO MY DIRECTION OR MY REQUEST IS STAFF, ANYTIME THIS IS COMING FORWARD, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, TAKE SOME KIND OF ACTION ACTION LIKE A STAFF REPORT. YES, IT NEEDS TO BE A STAFF REPORT. IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON. UM, EVEN IF IT'S NOT, LIKE I SAID, IF IT'S, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TECHNICAL AUTHORITY, IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT FOR THE RECORD AND FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE, UH, FORMAL ACTION. SO, YEAH. THANK YOU MEMBERS. ANYTHING ELSE? GO AHEAD, MR. BY YOU. ROCK PAPER. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR COMING OUT FOR WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. IT'S BEEN HOW LONG? THREE YEARS. FOUR YEARS. FOUR YEARS. UM, AND THANK YOU FOR COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT AND FOR BEING HERE, UH, FOR THE GROUP OF INVESTORS THAT BELIEVE IN, UH, RELATIVELY NEW TECHNOLOGY. BUT, UH, BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A MINUTE. SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, UM, THE PROJECT ITSELF. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, OF THE PROJECT, CAN YOU, UH, MAYBE, UM, ELABORATE ON THE, UH, UH, WORKFORCE THAT WILL BE BUILDING THE PROJECT ITSELF? I THINK I'M GONNA ASK IF SOMEBODY FROM SKY CHARGER WOULD COME UP AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION. UH, THEY'RE CLOSER TO IT THAN WE ARE, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM RESPOND. , UH, ANDY KY, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SKY CHARGER. QUESTION IS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION. SO THE, THE CONSTRUCTION IS CIVIL, ELECTRICAL. UM, THERE IS A CONVENIENCE STORE. SO MOST, IT'S MOSTLY GONNA BE, SORRY, IT'S MOSTLY GONNA BE, UH, ELECTRICAL CIVIL PLUMBING, UM, WILL BE THE TRADES WE'RE WE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO USING UNION LABOR THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT SO THEY HAVE THE PROPER CERTIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO BUILD THIS, UM, THE SITES AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROJECT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND, UM, WHAT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PIECE FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF? SO, UM, I WILL TAKE THAT JUST FOR NOW, UM, BECAUSE I CAN'T SAY THAT WE CAN SPEAK A LOT TO IT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL UNDER, UH, WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THEM ON IT. UH, CERTAINLY WE'RE SEEKING INPUT FROM YOU ALL ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THERE. UM, THERE ARE STILL SOME LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO ANSWER. UM, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT IT, AND I'VE MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO RUN THINGS ON OCCASION BY STATE LANDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING WITHIN THE, THE LANE THAT WE HAVE TO. UM, AND SO OUR LEGAL TEAM IS TALKING WITH STATE LANDS LEGAL TEAM AS WE DRAFT THAT AGREEMENT. UM, SO THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN, UM, YOU ALL ARE LUCKY IN SOME WAYS, AND I, I MEAN THAT IN A SERIOUS WAY. USUALLY WHEN WE DO A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT, WE DO IT AS A, A ONE-TIME COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE SAW WITH AUSTAL, RIGHT? WHICH WAS A ONE-TIME COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT THAT'S A LOT EASIER TO NEGOTIATE. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS AN ANNUAL, UM, COMMUNITY BENEFITS PIECE. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ONGOING. AND SO THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL LEGAL DUE DILIGENCE THAT WE NEED TO DO WITH, UH, OUR OVERSIGHT AGENCY STATE LANDS, WHO WEIGHS IN ON HOW, WHETHER, WHETHER WE'RE SPENDING OUR FUNDS APPROPRIATELY, UM, ON THIS PROJECT. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE ISSUES. I THINK THAT THEY CAN BE WORKED THROUGH, UM, IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS, UH, NATIONAL CITY. THERE MAY BE SOME ALSO BENEFIT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR BARRIO LOGAN, BECAUSE THERE ARE PORT SIDE COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK THAT YOU ALL WOULD PROBABLY BE TOO UPSET IF BARRIO LOGAN ALSO BENEFITS A LITTLE BIT FROM THIS. UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE INITIALLY HEARING FROM STATE LANDS. BUT THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE WORKED THROUGH, WHICH IS WHY THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PIECE IS TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER. YEAH, NO. DO I HAVE A COMMENT? SURE. WHEN WE, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED OUR, UH, RES, OUR RFP RESPONSE, UM, WE HAD [02:00:01] PUT IN A, THE, THE RFP, I BELIEVE REQUESTED A COMMUNITY BENEFITS PIECE, BUT IT WAS NOT, IT WAS, IT WAS NOT, IT WAS UP TO US TO DECIDE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. UM, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY RESPONDED AND, AND WE RESPONDED AND THEN HAD TO REVISE IT AND GO BACK, WE WENT IN FRONT OF THE, THE COMMISSION, THE PORT COMMISSION TWICE, RIGHT? THE, OUR ORIGINAL, OUR, OUR ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS A ONE-TIME PAYMENT. AND WE WOULD ALSO, UM, HAVE A JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM DURING CONSTRUCTION, AND WE WOULD ENGAGE LOCAL ARTISTS. WHEN WE, WHEN WE HEARD BACK FROM THE, FROM THE COMMUNITY BETWEEN THE FIRST TIME WE SUBMITTED AND THE SECOND TIME WE SUBMITTED, WE HEARD WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, A MORE ONGOING COMMITMENT, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE PROPOSED A, A, AN ANNUAL, UM, AN ANNUAL AMOUNT TO BE GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY. IT, OUR INTENTION WAS TO GIVE IT TO THE, OUR INTENTION IS THAT THAT MONEY, UH, WOULD GO EXCLUSIVELY TO THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY TO THE CAUSES THAT OUR NATIONAL CITY. BUT AS, AS, UH, JOB SAID, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UM, THE WILLINGNESS AS A BUSINESS TO, TO THINK OF NATIONAL CITY AS A COMMUNITY, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE DEALS THAT WE'VE HAD HISTORICALLY, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS GROWTH AND THE BEST POSSIBLE LAND THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY AND THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ITSELF. AND SO, I'M, I'M REALLY, UH, THANKFUL AND HAPPY, UH, WITH COMMUNITY, WITH THE BUSINESSES, WITH THE PORT, TO BE WILLING TO CHANGE THAT DYNAMIC. AND, AND HOPEFULLY THAT IS ONE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE, UH, FOR FUTURE TENANTS IN THE CITY, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY AS OTHER CITIES DO, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE PART OF THE PORT JURISDICTION TO GENERATE REVENUE FROM THE BUSINESSES THAT COME TO OUR PORT, RIGHT? OUR COLLECTIVE PORT. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR WORKING ON THAT. UM, OVERALL, I, I'M VERY, UM, APPRECIATIVE IN GENERAL OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP, ALTHOUGH, UM, I WILL HAVE TO CORRECT A FEW THINGS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY NEW TECHNOLOGY. IT'S JUST A TECHNOLOGY THAT IS IN A GRANDER SCALE INTENDED TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT OCCUR AT OUR PORT. UM, THE, UH, SAFETY CONCERNS ON THE UNION WORKFORCE AND THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT THEY HAVE. UM, UH, MANY OF US, I, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, HAVE FULL FAITH IN OUR IBW MEMBERS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK, UM, DILIGENTLY AND APPROPRIATELY FOR DECADES TO COME. AND, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WE, UM, BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND YOU ALL CONTINUE TO WORK IN THIS, FOR THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND OUR, UM, COMMUNITY AT EHC WANTED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, IS BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE POOREST AIR QUALITIES IN THE STATE. AND UPON ANALYZING WHY WE HAVE THAT, IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A BUNCH OF EMISSIONS, DIESEL EMISSIONS, INCLUDING FROM TUGBOATS, FROM, UH, UH, CRANES, FROM RAIL, UM, AND FROM DIESEL TRUCKS. AND SO TO MITIGATE THAT, THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY REASONABLE PROJECT, UM, IN ORDER TO, TO MAKE OUR AIR QUALITY BETTER. I THINK OUR CONSTITUENTS DESERVE IT, AND IT IS A WAY TO LOOK FORWARD FOR OUR CITY. UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THIS. UH, ALTHOUGH WE CAN'T REALLY VOTE ON THE MATTER AT THIS SPEC SPECIFIC TIME, I CERTAINLY CONVEY MY SUPPORT FOR THIS AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE OF THESE, UM, SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BUSINESSES THAT COME INTO THE CITY AND THE CITY ITSELF AND MOVE INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE ELECTRIFICATION IS, UH, IN OUR VEHICLE FLEET IS PART OF OUR FUTURE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, MAYOR, THANK YOU. UM, JOB. THANK YOU, PETER. THANK YOU. UM, UH, MR. SKY CHARGER, UM, FOR , FOR BEING HERE, , UM, AND, AND, UH, CONSULTANTS, UM, PEOPLE THAT WORK BEHIND THIS PROJECT. I AM, UH, I UNDERSTAND IT'S BEEN ALMOST FOUR YEARS WHEN, SINCE WE STARTED AT THE LIBRARY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S, UH, NOW HERE, UM, AND I AM, UM, THANKFUL FOR OUR COMMISSIONER FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, UM, WE, HE WANTED TO LISTEN TO US, ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE PORT JURISDICTION, THAT HE WAS THOUGHTFUL ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU PRESENT THIS BEFORE, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS AT THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO WILL VOTE ON IT. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I BELIEVE THAT, THAT AS A PARTNER, UM, SAN DIEGO, OH, PORT OF SAN DIEGO, UM, WHO'S A VERY RESPONSIBLE AGENCY, UM, THAT, UM, YOU WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND, UM, TO, UM, [02:05:01] WITH ALL YOUR CONSULTANTS THAT ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, EXPERTS AND EXPERIENCED, UM, TO LOOK AT ALL THE ELEMENTS, UM, OF THE SAFETY, UM, OF THEIR, UM, US OF YOUR MEMBER AGENCY, WHICH IS NATIONAL CITY. I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE, UM, ISOLATED CHALLENGES THAT WE MAY ENCOUNTER, BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WITH YOUR DILIGENCE, UM, AND THE DILIGENCE OF THE OPERATOR, UH, THE SKY CHARGER, UM, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, MITIGATE THOSE, UM, THOSE, UM, CHALLENGES OR THOSE INCIDENTS OR, OR ACCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE, YES, WE HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN, BUT WITH ALL YOUR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IN, IN RUNNING THE SAME BUSINESS, UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, YOU ALSO LOOKED INTO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF YOUR SISTER CITY. UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M IN THE, UM, I, I, I AM GLAD THAT, UM, WE, WE CAN SEE THE, THAT THIS PROJECT WILL COME TO FRUITION. SO CONGRATULATIONS. UM, I HOPE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, WILL, ARE LISTENING TO US THAT, UH, WE ARE SUPPORTING, I AM SUPPORTING THE PROJECT BASED ON THE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, BEEN DILIGENTLY AND THOUGHTFULLY PRESENTED, UM, TO ALL OF US, NOT JUST TO US, BUT TO THE, TO THE, UM, TO THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, MOST ESPECIALLY, UM, IN THE DISTRICT WHERE THE LOCATION IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DILIGENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ME ASK, I ASKED THE CHIEF, UH, UH, FIRE CHIEF A QUESTION, UM, WITH THE FACI, UH, GENTLEMEN, STAY UP FOR JUST A MOMENT. UH, WITH A FACILITY LIKE THIS, IS THIS GOING TO INCREASE ANYTHING AS FAR AS YOUR NEED IN THE LONG TERM FOR EITHER EQUIPMENT, MANPOWER OR ANYTHING ELSE? OR, OR FOR ANY KIND OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH WITHIN, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY? YES. AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS, SINCE YOU'RE THE, BE THE ONE THAT WOULD BE SERVICING, YOU KNOW, UH, IN CASE OF INCIDENT OR ANYTHING ALONG THAT LINE? UH, YES. YES. BUT MR. MAYOR, SURGEON OR FIRE CHIEF, NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, AS I SIT HERE LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION, UM, AND SOME OF THE POINTS BROUGHT FORTH, RIGHT? SO AS, UH, AS WE LOOK AT THE PROJECT, THAT ITSELF, RIGHT? I, I, WE SEE THREE SEPARATE SOURCES OF A CHALLENGE TO US, CORRECT? THE FACILITY ITSELF WITH A BATTERY BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, OR THE BEST. AND I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN DISHES WITH THAT TECHNOLOGY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS HERE IN THE COUNTY, AS MENTIONED BY OUR VICE MAYOR. UH, THAT'S ONE COMPONENT THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT FROM THE FIRE RESPONSE SIDE. UH, ANOTHER WOULD BE, UM, THE ACTUAL CONCENTRATION OF ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES WITHIN THE FACILITY. AND I THINK, UH, HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT LITHIUM ION RUNAWAY BATTERY ISSUES, UH, EXPAND RAPIDLY. SO THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LOOKING AT ONE TO 70 STALLS AND THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF ONE TRUCK LEADING TO MULTIPLE. AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, THE, AS AS A MAYOR MENTIONED ONE, STILL TRUCKS LEAVE THE SITE. NOW YOU HAVE A VEHICLE TRAVELING ON A CITY ROADWAY THAT, AGAIN, COULD POSSESS THAT HAZARD. SO AS WE LOOK AT, UH, THE, THE ISSUE OR THE POSSIBILITY OF A LITHIUM ION BATTERY, UM, INCIDENT, AND IN, IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE LIKE TO SAY THAT HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY FOR US. AND I'LL REPEAT THAT. HOPE IT'S NOT A STRATEGY. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE CANNOT HOPE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS. SO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED. SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT THE MAYOR POSES, CERTAINLY EQUIPMENT, UH, WOULD NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE STANDARD TO COMBAT SUCH AN INCIDENT, AS WELL AS THE, THE TRAINING REQUIRED ALONG WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND THE TYPE OF INCIDENT, AND CERTAINLY THE PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO, TO, TO FIGHT A, A, UH, A FIRE OF THAT MAGNITUDE. AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT, HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY IN OUR, IN OUR INDUSTRY AND, AND IN OUR PROFESSION. WE ALWAYS PLAN FOR THE WORST AND THEN WORK BACKWARDS FROM THAT. SO IT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING YES, SIR, THAT IT, IT, IT WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON ALL OF THE ABOVE EQUIPMENT TRAINING AND PERSONNEL AND HOW WE WOULD PREPARE OUR DEPARTMENT TO COMBAT SUCH A INCIDENT WHERE IT TO HAPPEN ON PORK PROPERTY. AND I THINK AS WE ARE ALL AWARE, UH, WE ARE THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO, CERTAINLY PORT TIDELANDS AS THEY HAVE VERY LIMITED, UH, LAND BASED FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITIES. SO YES, SIR, THE ANSWER IS YES TO ALL, ALL, ALL OF THOSE. OKAY. MY, YOU KNOW, MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT IS, AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT NO INCIDENT WOULD EVER HAPPEN, SO NO ONE'S LOOKING FOR AN INCIDENT TO HAPPEN. AND THAT'S FOR SURE. BUT WHETHER, IF ONE DID HAPPEN IN FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, 50 YEARS FROM NOW, EACH AND EVERY YEAR BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. AND THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY WOULD HAVE TO BE PAYING FOR THAT. SO, AND, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, [02:10:01] THE PORT WITH ITS DEAL OF, OF BASICALLY INCIDENT RATE, UM, I'M GONNA CALL IT REIMBURSEMENT, IT'S BASICALLY, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE'LL REIMBURSE YOU FOR THAT INCIDENT. BUT THAT'S LIKE PAYING FOR A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, BUT ONLY PAYING FOR IT IF YOU, IF YOU, WHEN YOU DIE, UM, YOU KNOW, SO IN THE MEANTIME, PEOPLE IN NATIONAL CITY ARE GONNA BE FOOTING THE BILL, UH, TO BE A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY FOR AN ADDITIONAL, UM, SITUATION. AND THE, UH, AND INDEED NO ONE EXPECTS THESE THINGS. AND I, AND, AND THE STUFF WITHIN THE EIRI WENT THROUGH IT ALSO, THE STUFF THAT'S GIVEN OUT IS GIVEN, THE INFORMATION IS GIVEN BY THE PROPONENTS AND THE MANUFACTURERS. SO THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THEIR BEST FOOT FAIR FORWARD. AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD ONE PRODUCT THAT WAS PUT OUT AS SOMETHING THAT WAS SAFE AND RELIABLE FOR YOUR FAMILY, IT WAS CALLED THE PINTO UNTIL THE, THE GAS TANK STARTED EXPLODING. UH, YOU KNOW, SO NAME, HUH? WHAT IS IT? FORD PINTO. AND SO, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE MANUFACTURERS ARE ALWAYS GONNA SAY THEIR PRODUCT, THERE'S NOTHING GONNA HAPPEN. IT'S ALWAYS SAFE. AND I'M ONLY SAYING THAT FROM THIS, FROM THIS, THIS, THE SITUATION THAT IN THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE IR IT IS BASICALLY ALL PRESENTING ALL THE POSITIVES. AND, AND THERE'S ALWAYS RISK. AND AS LONG AS PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE RISKS ARE AND WE PRESENT THAT, THEN WE, WE ARE DOING OUR JOB OF SAYING, HERE'S ALL OF THE FACTS, NOT JUST, NOT JUST A ONE-SIDED PRESENTATION. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONCERN I HAVE. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT BRINGING UP A CONCERN ABOUT THE IBEW AND THERE'S CERTIFICATION, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY BRINGING UP ANY CONCERN ON THAT. THEY DO, THEY DO. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN TO DO GREAT WORK. AND SO, UH, UH, THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. UH, BUT AS I SAY, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING HONEST WITH OUR RESIDENTS ON EVERYTHING, NOT JUST, NOT JUST A ONE-SIDED PRESENTATION. ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR. MAYOR? YES. YEAH, I JUST HAVE, UH, BEFORE YOU GUYS GO, I HAVE A COUPLE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. OKAY. PETER, PETER MANN. OKAY. JOE, YOU'RE BACK UP. CAN YOU CLARIFY WHEN, UH, WHEN YOU ANTICIPATE GOING TO THE BOARD OF PORT COMMISSIONERS FOR CERTIFICATION OF THE EIR AND THE APPROVAL OF THE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT? JULY 14TH. OKAY. SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING LEFT AT THE SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 30TH. I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY, I HEARD MEMBER BUSH SEEKING COUNSEL TO COME BACK WITH THE REPORT. YES. SO THAT REPORT, JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PORTION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S NOT GONNA BE FOR A FEW MONTHS BECAUSE FIRST YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE EIR PROCESS AND THEN EVEN, RIGHT? YEAH, WE'RE, AND NORMALLY SOMETIMES WE BRING THEM TOGETHER. IN THIS CASE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE S WE'VE SEPARATED THEM, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING OUT THAT, THAT PIECE OF IT. SO YOU'RE, YOU ARE RIGHT. IT'S GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE WHILE LONGER ON WHAT, WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE? UH, IS IT TWO OR THREE MONTHS? I WOULD GUESS TWO MONTHS PROBABLY WOULD BE THE TIMELINE ON THAT. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT WAS MY OTHER POINT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. WE WANT 'EM TO, WE'LL COORDINATE WITH THE PORT WITH A PORT STAFF ON A STAFF REPORT THAT'S FOCUSED ON THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PORTION. WE APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. AND NOT TO MAKE YOU JEALOUS, IT'S, PART OF IT IS WE, WE ONLY MEET ONCE A MONTH . SURE. NO, UNDERSTAND. I WISH THAT YOU WERE IN THAT SAME BOAT. BUT, UH, SO THE EARLIEST, IF WE DON'T TAKE IT UP IN JULY IN TERMS OF THE LEASE, IT WOULD BE AUGUST, MIDDLE OF AUGUST WOULD BE WHEN WE, SO, SO, YEAH, SO, SO IF OUR STAFF, UM, THE, OUR APPROPRIATE STAFF'S WORKING ON THIS ISSUE, CAN, UM, PLANNING, I IMAGINE COULD, UM, BE PROACTIVE AND REACH OUT. SO IN THE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME FOR THIS TO COME BACK. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THROUGH THE CHAIR. YES. THEN THAT WOULD BE TOO LATE TO SUPPORT, UH, TO, UM, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN SUPPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE COMMISSIONER, OUR COMMISSIONER, NO, BUT HE HEARS US AT LEAST. SO I THINK HE KNOW. NO, I, I I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT OUR CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO WRITING THAT LETTER TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH CITY MANAGER IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO, TO, UM, YOU, I MEAN A SUPPORT LETTER, SUPPORT A LETTER FROM THE CITY MANAGER. I WOULD, YEAH, I WOULD. SO DO WE NEED, IF THAT'S A MOTION, I'LL SECOND IT. SO ARE WE COMING BACK TO THERE'S NO MOTION. IT, IT'S A DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN PROVIDE DIRECTION LIKE THAT. I THINK THE DIRECTION WOULD'VE TO BE, IF YOU WANNA DO THAT, IS TO BRING THAT AS AN ITEM ON THE NEXT AGENDA, WHICH WOULD BE ON THE 30TH. THAT'S CORRECT. SO IT'S WAIT TO BE ON THE YEAH. YEAH, THAT, YEAH. YEAH. SO, AND I WOULD SUPPORT US GIVING THAT FORMAL DIRECTION ON THE 30TH IS CITY MANAGER. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? I, I WANT TO CLARIFY. WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING? DO YOU WANT A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY [02:15:01] ON, UH, ON THIS PROJECT OF, OF JUST SAYING THEY SUPPORT WHAT, UH, THE, THE COUNCIL, UH, MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL, WHATEVER WOULD BE THE VOTE TO SUPPORT THE, THE ITEM THAT WOULD BE BEFORE THE PORT ON THE, UH, 14TH. UH, OKAY. AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? YES. SO SUPPORT LETTER. YEAH, WE'VE DONE THEM, DONE LOTS OF SUPPORT LETTERS BEFORE. SO THAT'S, YEAH. BUT WE CAN HELP WITH THAT. THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [7.2 San Diego Rescue Mission – South County Lighthouse Shelter Report on Programming and Outcomes.] OKAY, NEXT WE GO TO A, A PRESENTATION. THIS IS ON SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION. AND THEN AFTER THAT, I'M HOPEFUL IT'S GONNA GO REAL QUICK. . GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND STAFF, DO I WAIT FOR HIM? DOES HE NEED TO? ALRIGHT. OKAY, GUYS, GOOD, GOOD ATTENTION TO THE SPEAKERS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND STAFF, ANGELITA PALMA, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WITH THE NATIONAL CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY. THIS EVENING, PAUL ARMSTRONG, CHIEF OF STAFF WITH THE SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE SOUTH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE, NATIONAL CITY'S FIRST PERMANENT HOUSE EMERGENCY HOUSING SHELTER. OUR CITY'S HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATOR CANNOT BE PRESENT THIS EVENING, BUT WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HER EXP EXPERIENCE WITH THE SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION HAS BEEN POSITIVE, AND SHE, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DO HER JOB WITHOUT THEM, GIVEN THE CITY'S LIMITED RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION. THE SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION HAS REALLY STEPPED UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDED CRITICAL RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR, UH, PATHWAYS TO STABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OFF TO, UM, PAUL, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU. I JUST ALSO INTRODUCED A COUPLE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, UH, CARLA VENEGAS, HE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH AND A RESIDENT HERE OF NATIONAL CITY. UH, AND THEN, UH, MARIO MONTOYA, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF OUR SOUTH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE. AND SO FIRST WE DO HAVE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, SO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ON JUNE 20TH, IT WILL HAVE BEEN TWO YEARS THAT WE OPENED UP AND PREMIER MORRISON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND BUSH. THANK YOU GUYS. YOU ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY CITY COUNCILS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY THAT UNANIMOUSLY GIVE US A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPEN UP A SHELTER. NOT TOO MANY CITIES WANNA JUMP BEHIND THAT . UH, BUT WHEN YOU, YOU GUYS DID, AND WE PROMISED TO BE, UH, GOOD NEIGHBORS AND GOOD PARTNERS IN IT'S, UH, SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO SAY THAT, THAT, UH, WE THINK WE CAN CHECK BOTH THOSE BOXES. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOUR TEAM, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN IMPACT IN, IN THE SOUTH BAY. UH, JUST REAL QUICK, I THINK, DID I GET THAT RIGHT? I, I LOOK AT THAT. ALRIGHT, THERE WE GO. I AM SMARTER THAN THE CONTROLLER FOR A MINUTE. UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, WHAT OUR, OUR SOUTH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE IS, IS A PART OF A STRUCTURE, A SYSTEM THAT WE'RE BUILDING ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY. WHEN WE OPENED UP IN TWO YEARS AGO, WE ALSO HAD A LIGHTHOUSE UP IN OCEANSIDE. WE SINCE HAVE TRANSITIONED FROM THERE, BUT WE'LL BE OPENING UP ANOTHER NORTH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE AND ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVELY LOOKING IN EAST COUNTY, BOTH IN THE NORTH, THE EAST AND THE SOUTH. WE DESIGNATED THOSE LOCATIONS BASED ON SHELTER NEED. SO AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THERE'S JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SHELTER BEDS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT CRUCIAL ELEMENTS FOR SOMEONE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IS TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GET OUT OF THE ELEMENTS AND TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP MEALS AND START TO FIGURE OUT THEIR NEXT STEP FORWARD. SO WE INTENTIONALLY HAVE DEVELOPED A PLAN TO BUILD OUR LIGHTHOUSES IN AREAS WHERE WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A GREAT SHELTER NEED. UH, AND THESE LIGHTHOUSES ARE REALLY, THEY ARE OUR TRIAGE SPOT. SO EVERYONE LOVES THE GOOD REMEMBERS, THE GOOD OLD SHOW MASH. MAYBE SOME OF US, SOME OF THE YOUNGER FOLKS MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT THAT IS. UH, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE GOOGLE MOBILE. MOBILE, MOBILE ARMY, UH, SURGICAL HOSPITAL. THERE YOU GO. YEAH, YOU GO RIGHT? YEAH. SO LOOK AT THAT. YEAH, NO, UH, ANYWAY, UH, IT REALLY IS THAT IDEA OF A TRIAGE. HEY, LET'S BRING THEM IN. UH, THAT'S NOT THEIR LANDING, THAT'S NOT THEIR FOREVER HOME. IT'S A LANDING SPOT. SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY GO NEXT. AND SO BY THE, THE FANCY TECHNICAL DEFINITION IS LOW BARRIER, WHERE WE TRY AND REMOVE AS MANY BARRIERS AS POSSIBLE TO GET THEM IN THERE. UH, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A DRUG TEST TO COME IN. UH, THEY CAN BRING THEIR PETS. UH, WE DO TRY AND MEET THEM WHERE [02:20:01] THEY'RE AT SO THAT WE CAN THEN, AGAIN, HELP THEM ADDRESS THEIR SITUATION. NOW, IT IS PART OF A LARGER SYSTEM. WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE, WE, THAT'S ALL WORKS TOGETHER. SO FOR US, WE ARE INVOLVED IN STREET OUTREACH WHERE WE MEET PEOPLE ON THE STREET, UH, AND WE ENJOY WORKING WITH YOUR, YOUR OUTREACH TEAM BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THE MAGIC BEGINS. THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT ON THE STREET WHERE WE'RE CONNECTED WITH SOMEONE AND HELP THEM TAKE THEIR NEXT STEP FORWARD. THEN OF COURSE, WE BRING THEM TO THE LIGHTHOUSE WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO TRIAGE THEIR SITUATION AND HELP THEM KIND OF TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO NEXT. FOR SOME, THEY WILL COME DOWN TO OUR YEAR LONG PROGRAM, WHICH IS KNOWN AS MISSION ACADEMY, WHICH IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, WHERE, UH, WHERE IT IS, WE ARE A FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION. SO WHEN WE MEET PEOPLE ON THE STREET IN OUTREACH OR AT THE LIGHTHOUSE, NO EXPECTATION TO, FOR ANY OF THE, THE FAITH ELEMENTS. BUT WHEN YOU COME TO MISSION ACADEMY, IT'S BECAUSE YOU CHOSE, YOU SAID, HEY, ACTUALLY BEING A PART OF A FAITH-BASED PROGRAM WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME, FOR MY LONG-TERM WELLBEING. AND SO WE HAVE OUR FAITH-BASED MISSION ACADEMY, WHICH WE CELEBRATE WITH GRADUATIONS TWICE A YEAR. AND THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ALUMNI PROGRAM OF OVER 400 MEMBERS. WE'RE ABLE TO JUST STAY IN CON CONTACT WITH AND CONNECTED. AND REALLY THE BEST PEOPLE TO IMPACT, UH, AND HAVE AN, AND MAKE AN INFLUENCE ON SOMEONE LIVING ON THE STREET IS SOMEONE WHO'S COME OFF THE STREET. AND SO OUR ALUMNI, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO OUT THERE AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND TURN AROUND AND ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE STILL ON THE STREET THAT THERE IS HOPE AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OFF THE STREET. BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS REALLY LIKE IS NUMBERS GROW MORE, PLEASE, . ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THE TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN YOUR CITY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE OVER 1700 PEOPLE. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET 621 OF THOSE PEOPLE ON A PATH TOWARDS ENDING THEIR HOMELESSNESS. 189 CAME DOWN TO MISSION ACADEMY. THEY ENROLLED IN OUR MISSION ACADEMY PROGRAM, UH, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 82 WERE ABLE TO END THEIR HOMELESSNESS RIGHT OUT OF THE LIGHTHOUSE. SO, UH, THAT, THAT MEANT THEY MOVED FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, UH, AND WERE ABLE TO END THEIR, END THEIR HOMELESSNESS. SO, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, AND THE IMPACT THAT WE HAD. NOW, THAT'S NOT ALL. WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TEST RUN SOMETHING HERE. AND WE DID THIS BACK IN JANUARY THROUGH JANUARY 20TH, THROUGH MARCH 2ND, UH, CASH FOR TRASHER. WE ACTUALLY TOOK SOME OF THEM, THE GUESTS. SO THOSE WHO ARE AT OUR LIGHTHOUSE, WE REFER TO 'EM AS GUESTS. AND WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THEM OUT AND WE TOOK THEM ON HALF DAY WORK PROJECTS WHERE THEY WERE PAID. AND SO WE ACTUALLY GAVE THEM A VISA GIFT CARD, UH, $20 AN HOUR TO HELP DO CLEANUP PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY. UH, AND WHAT THAT WAS, IS A VERY INTENTIONAL TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM BE ABLE TO, TO JUST START TO GET BACK INTO WORK, START TO GET, UH, SOME PRODUCTIVITY, AND ALSO GET SOME PRACTICAL CASH IN THEIR POCKET TO BE ABLE TO START TO MEET SOME OF THE, THEIR BASIC NEEDS. UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, WE HAD 14 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED. 10 OF THEM WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A REGULARLY PARTICIPATED IN IT. AND YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY WAS CONNECTED TO HOUSING. UH, THROUGH THAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD SEVEN OF THEM GET JOB INTERVIEWS. THEY ACTUALLY WERE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN JOB INTERVIEWS, UH, ALL 10 WHO STAYED ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING. WE GOT THEM DOCUMENT READY. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE NOW AT A PLACE WHERE ONCE A HOUSING OPPORTUNITY OPENS UP, THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP. AGAIN, ONE OF THE GREAT STORIES, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STORIES THERE, IS THAT THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD CHRONIC PTSD HAD BEEN UNWILLING TO ENGAGE WITH, UH, UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, UH, BUT REALLY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE. WELL, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, YOU HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN MORE ACTIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, WAS ABLE TO GET HIM CONNECTED TO THOSE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. AND NOW HE'S ACTUALLY GETTING MORE AND MORE STABILIZED AND REALLY HAS A PATH FORWARD. SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH YOUR CITY STAFF AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE CALTRANS, UH, COMMUNITY CLEANUP AND EMPLOYMENT PATHWAY GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU GUYS ARE REVIEWING. WE MAY BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM, UH, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU GUYS ACTUALLY, A MORE, UH, INTENTIONAL PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THAT CALTRAN GRANT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS IMPACT AND BE ABLE TO TAKE GUESTS, GET THEM PAID TO DO WORK AROUND THE CITY TO MAKE YOUR CITY A BETTER CLEANER PLACE. BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS FOR THOSE GUESTS, IT'S JUST, IT'S INVIGORATING FOR THEM. IT GIVES 'EM HOPE AND IT GETS THEM HEADING ON A PATH TOWARDS SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND JUST, UH, 'CAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE, UH, THE RESCUE MISSION IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A STORY. SO I DO BELIEVE, DO WE HAVE THE VIDEO? THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE VIDEO. YOU WOULD BE CRYING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT WAS THAT POWERFUL OF A VIDEO. I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. WE'LL JUST KEEP, YEAH. SO, OKAY. I THINK, UH, THE VIDEO MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN, IT WAS INITIALLY EMBEDDED, BUT I KNOW IT'S LATE AND WE ARE NOT EVEN THE LAST [02:25:01] ITEM ON YOUR GUYS' AGENDA. , TRUST ME, THE VIDEO WAS THAT POWERFUL THOUGH. WIPE THE TEAR. AND THEN WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. WELL, THANK YOU. UH, I'M GONNA STEP IN SINCE, UH, MAYOR STEPPED OUT. UM, QUESTIONS FROM THE DAAS OR DO WE HAVE PUBLIC MARCUS? YEAH, SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. UM, SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION, YOUR STAFF. I SEE, UH, CARLA AND, UM, AND, UH, BRIAN HERE. SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE WORK YOU DO. UM, AND I DO LIVE, UH, RIGHT, UH, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE SHELTER. SO, UM, SO I SEE THE GUESTS, SEE THE, I SEE THE RESIDENTS. I'VE SEEN, UH, THERE'VE BEEN ISSUES, UH, WITH TRASH AND NOISE, BUT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU SENDING YOUR STAFF IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO CLEAN UP AND THEN YOUR, YOUR GUESTS AS WELL. SO OVERALL, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. I REALLY, UM, APPRECIATE THE, THE PILOT, UM, THAT YOU ALL, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH TRYING IT OUT ON THE CASH FOR TRASH. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I, THAT WE DID HAVE SOME INITIAL CITY STAFF MEETINGS. UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS GOING TO BE, UM, A GRANT IS IN PROCESS. AND ACTUALLY I'LL PUT THAT OUT TO OUR STAFF. AND I THINK THAT WAS MISS, UH, ANGELITA PALMA THAT WAS WORKING ON THAT. SO, REAL QUICK, UH, ANGELITA, COULD YOU, UH, GIVE US A STATUS UPDATE ON THE POTENTIAL OF, OF THAT PROGRAM? SO AGAIN, THIS IS A, A PROGRAM THAT POTENTIALLY USING SOME OF OUR CITY FUNDS TOO, TO PARTNER, TO CLEAN UP SOME OF OUR AREAS, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE AREAS AROUND THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS. THERE'S STILL SOME DETAILS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S ACTUAL ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, THE ISSUE AREAS AROUND, UH, THE CITY THAT WE'VE ALL SEEN WITH, UM, HEAVY TRASH AND THEN UTILIZING SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, UH, THAT ARE STRUGGLING ECONOMICALLY AND GIVING THEM THIS INCENTIVE, I THINK IS A WIN-WIN FOR THE CITY AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO, ANGELITA, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE STATUS, UH, UPDATE ON, ON THAT, UH, GRANT? UH, SURE. SO JUST BRIEFLY, WE, UH, DID RECEIVE THE GRANTS, UH, THE CALTRANS, UH, CLEAN CALIFORNIA REVITALIZATION, UH, GRANT. UH, AN OBJECTIVE OF THE GRANT IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION, UH, AND SOME OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE SIGNED ON AND AGREED TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY. WE'LL BE WORKING ALONG, UH, WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS PUBLIC WORKS TO, UM, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, UM, LEVERAGE THIS GRANT FUNDING TO DO MORE IN THE CITY AND REALLY, UM, KIND OF CLEAN UP THE AREA. SO, UH, WE'LL BRING MORE DETAILS TO THE COUNCIL AND, UM, WORK ON THAT GRANTS AGREEMENT. AWESOME. THANK YOU, ANGELITA. AND DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S, THAT WOULD COME IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN, SO, I, I EVEN BALLPARK, I'M THINKING, UM, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON A TIMELINE. WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING TODAY, UH, ON THE GRANT AGREEMENT. OKAY, AWESOME. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, SO, SO, SO YEAH, JUST, UM, IN JUST YOUR EVENTS, WHAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY, I, I'VE SENT OVER, UH, FOLKS, UH, UH, NATIONAL CITY FOLKS THERE. SO YOU GUYS DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB. I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL SAY THE, AND I SPOKE TO, UH, DONNIE ABOUT THIS. SO THE CONCERN I DO HAVE, AND I READ ABOUT THIS IN THE PAPER, IS THE CITY OF EL CAJON HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RESCUE MISSION ABOUT THEM SENDING SOME OF THEIR, UH, HOMELESS HERE. SO I CAN TALK MORE. I'M, I'M NOT HERE TO, UM, I MEAN, WHATEVER DETAILS HIGH LEVEL YOU GUYS CAN, UH, PROVIDE, I THINK THAT'S A DEEPER, UH, CONVERSATION WITH, UH, SOME OF YOUR LEADERSHIP BECAUSE, UH, WHEN THE SHELTER WAS, UH, PROPOSED, UH, IT REALLY IS FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL CITY, OUR RESIDENTS. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT HOMELESSNESS KNOWS NO JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES. SO THERE'S, UH, THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF THAT, RIGHT? THAT WHERE FOLKS MOVE AROUND THAT WE, WE, WE SHOULD KIND OF BE HUMANE TO AND RESPECT AND SHELTERS. LIKE WHEN, WHEN A SHELTER'S CROWDED, LIKE WE ALWAYS SEND, LIKE, THERE'S MOVEMENT, RIGHT? UM, BUT RECENTLY THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS SIGNED A PARTNERSHIP FOR BEDS. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY, WELL THAT'S DIDN'T COME BACK TO US REALLY FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE'RE ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND IT'S SO BIG. BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE CITY OF EL CAJON DOING THAT. AND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. I NOTICED ON THE MAP THERE, SO THERE'S A LIGHTHOUSE IN NORTH COUNTY, A LIGHTHOUSE IN SOUTH COUNTY, NOT ONE IN EAST COUNTY. YEAH. AND SO JUST HEARING AND READING ABOUT THE CITY OF EL CAJON, IT FELT VERY MUCH LIKE, WE DO NOT WANT A SHELTER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SO WE WILL SEND OUR HOMELESS TO ANOTHER CITY, IS WHAT IT REALLY FELT LIKE. AND, UM, SO I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THAT. I HAVE CONCERNS WITH, OKAY, IS THE CITY OF EL CAJON GONNA BE GIVING, UH, THE CITY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THAT POTENTIAL IMPACT FOR THEM IF, UH, YEAH, UH, DOING THAT, LET, IF I MAY JUST, UH, FINISH MY THOUGHT, THOUGHT ANGELITA. SO, SO I JUST, I HAVE CONCERNS, UM, THAT I WANT, UM, UH, A ADDRESSED, UH, THAT I DON'T MIND, UM, UH, [02:30:01] PRESENTING TO THEM. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY OF EL CAJON WOULD LIKE IT IF WE AT THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH ANY OF THEIR LOCAL NONPROFITS TO BE SITTING, LIKE, I THINK THERE WOULD BE CONCERNS. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE A RESPECT THING. BUT I'M, I'M OPEN TO IT. I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS. SO, I'M SORRY, ANGELITA, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION. UH, SO, UM, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S, UM, RESERVATION OF BEDS, UH, WAS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL, UM, AS AN ITEM. SO I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER, A COUNCIL MEMO ON THAT, UH, JUST FOR, UM, AND PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION. AND, UH, WE DO, UH, THE SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION LIGHTHOUSE, UH, SHELTER IS A REGIONAL SHELTER, BUT, UM, AS, UH, PAUL WILL MENTION AND MAYBE, UH, THE PRESENTATION DID COVER, UH, NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS ARE PRIORITIZED. UM, SO ANYTIME OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATOR BRINGS AN UNSHELTERED PERSON OR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, SOMEONE FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES BRING SOMEONE TO THE SHELTER, THEY ARE TAKEN, UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS ARE PRIORITIZED. SO, UM, THEY, THEY COME FIRST. SO, UH, THE SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION IS OUR PARTNER. THEY'RE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND AS, UH, THE PRESENTATION COVERED, THEY ARE OPENING UP THESE, UM, THESE, UH, LIGHTHOUSE SHELTERS AROUND THE COUNTY. SO, UM, AND AT THE JURISDICTIONS, WE ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER AND WE WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING TO, UM, SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND SOLVE HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, UH, HOMELESSNESS KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES. RIGHT. I, I JUST ONE POINT TO THAT, UH, ANGELA, SO THANK YOU. AND I AGREE WITH, UH, EVERYTHING YOU SAID AT ONE POINT ON THE PRIORITIZATION. SO THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES I'VE SENT PEOPLE AND IT'S BEEN BOOKED, AND THEY WERE FROM NATIONAL CITY. SO I'M JUST SAYING THINGS SLIP BY THE CRACKS AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE, ARE BUSY, BUT, SO THE MORE THAT WE PRIORITIZE OR NOT PRIORITIZE IT, IT'S UM, THE MORE THAT THERE'S AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS, WHILE, AGAIN, I'M OPEN TO THAT, BUT IT ALMOST INEVITABLY CREATES THIS SQUEEZE. AND I'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED WHERE THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT I'VE SENT THAT, WHERE THIS HAS BEEN AT, AT CAPACITY NOW TO RESCUE MISSION'S CREDIT. SO THEY HAVE, THEY, THEY, UM, HELPED ME TO REFER, UM, THOSE, UM, UH, THOSE TWO FAMILIES TO OTHER, UH, SHELTERS. UM, BUT UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST A CONSTRAINT TO, TO THINK ABOUT. YEAH. YEAH. AND, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANNA OPEN UP AN EAST COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE. AND ALSO DO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, AND WE, WE DID NATIONAL OR THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION DID COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. UH, AND THEN, AND WITH THAT, DON'T FORGET, AND EL CAJON IS E-C-T-L-C, EAST COUNTY TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER, AND ACTUALLY AMONG SHELTERS THERE IS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. SO I CAN TELL YOU, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS WHO'VE GONE TO E-C-T-L-C BECAUSE THAT WAS THE RIGHT FIT. AND SO THERE IS A, OUR OUTREACH TEAM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE LIGHTHOUSE IS OUR REFERRAL ONLY IS WE WANNA WORK WITH OUTREACH WORKERS BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ABOUT FINDING THE RIGHT SHELTER LOCATION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S IN FRONT OF US. AND SO WE DO, WE ARE PLACING PEOPLE ACROSS, UH, THE REGION BASED OFF OF THEIR NEEDS AND WHAT THE BEST SHELTER LOCATION IS. BUT HAPPY TO ALWAYS CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS. 'CAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT THIS IS A, WE'RE GONNA BE A REGIONAL FACILITY AND WE WILL WORK WITH YOU GUYS AND MAINTAIN AND WORK AS WE WORK WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS. SO, THANK YOU. AND OVERALL, JUST FOR MY COMMENTS, CONCLUDING OVERALL, FANTASTIC JOB, THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAFF WHILE YOU'RE WORKING AND YOUR GUYS, SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN A VALUABLE ASSET TO NATIONAL CITY, SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A, A HUGE SUPPORTER OF YOUR, YOUR ORGANIZATION AND OF THE FACILITY THAT YOU, UH, YOU RUN. UM, AND WHEN THE SAN DIEGO THING CAME UP, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID BRING IT BEFORE COUNCIL AND IT, THERE WAS REALIZATION WAS, I MEAN, IT'S RIGHT AGAINST PARADISE HILLS, AND THIS WAS, WE ALWAYS KNEW THIS WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST A NATIONAL CITY FACILITY. IT WAS, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A RE SUB-REGIONAL FACILITY HERE FOR THE, UH, FOR OUR AREA. AND SO THAT INCLUDE LIKE PARADISE HILLS, EVERYTHING ELSE ON THAT LINE, YOU WERE ALREADY GETTING PEOPLE FROM THERE. CITY OF SAN DIEGO NEEDED A CHECK MARK TO SAY, WE PROVIDED THIS MANY BEDS. I MEAN, WE ALL KNEW THAT, THAT THEY WERE ALREADY BEING PROVIDED FOR 'EM, BUT THEY NEEDED A CHECK MARK. AND, AND SO THEY PAID SO THAT THEY WOULD LOOK, LOOK BETTER ON THEIR, THEIR NUMBERS. I, LET'S JUST BE HONEST ABOUT IT, OKAY. UM, AND, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE HAD TO EXPLAIN THAT TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THAT CAME UP AND IT WAS IN THE PAPER, GOT A LITTLE BLINDSIDED WHEN THIS CAUGHT IT IN THE PAPER, AND WITHOUT TALKING TO US KIND OF AHEAD OF TIME, WE WANNA BE PARTNERS AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN WE'RE KIND OF HAVING TO EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE [02:35:01] IT REALLY DOESN'T LOOK REAL GOOD. AND I'LL READ THE ONE SENTENCE OUTTA HERE. AFTER CONNECTING WITH OUTREACH WORKERS, UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS IN EL CAJON, WE'LL BE SENT TO THE SOUTH COUNTY SHELTER. WAIT A MINUTE, EL CAJONS NOT IN SOUTH COUNTY. YOU KNOW, IT'S SO, IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, SO ONCE AGAIN, SO WE'RE KIND OF CAUGHT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT THEN WHERE IF YOU, IF YOU'D APPROACHED US FIRST, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW, THEN IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US TO DEAL WITH THESE TYPE OF ISSUES AND, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER PICTURE OF OF HOW TO, HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS STUFF. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I JUST SAID, I MEAN, THE WHOLE THING WITH SHELTERS IS SENSITIVE. THIS IS A CITY THAT GAVE YOU UNANIMOUS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND BECAUSE WE DO APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO, AND WE REALIZE THE QUALITY OF IT, IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF OTHER, I WON'T MENTION ANY NAMES FATHER JOE SHELTERS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU GUYS DO A QUALITY WORK AND, AND, AND PUT OUT A QUALITY PRODUCT. UM, AND AS I SAY, UM, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, BUT WE WOULD JUST ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THESE THINGS, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR US TO READ 'EM IN THE PAPER. IT'S A WHOLE LOT BETTER IF YOU COME TO US TALK AND THEN IT'S, IT'S ALL GOOD, BUT THAT WAY WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE YOU FOR THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND SO THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON OVERSIGHT ON OUR PART. I WILL TELL YOU, THE NUMBER OF BEDS IS VERY SMALL. OH YEAH. SO THEY, I'M SURE THEY ONLY ARE PAYING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, SO THAT DOESN'T, I SAW THAT A LOT. 200,000, TWO YEAR. BUT IT IS APPROPRIATE, IS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO HAVE BROUGHT THAT TO YOU. SO I APOLOGIZE. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK YOUR 30 DAY, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN THE 30 DAY FACILITIES, THERE NEEDS TO BE ONE IN EAST COUNTY, BUT YOU KNOW, SO YOU GOT ONE IN NORTH COUNTY. THERE ARE HOMELESS THERE, THERE'S HOMELESS IN, IN HERE IN SOUTH COUNTY, THERE ARE EAST COUNTY, BUT THE ONE AREA WHERE WE, THERE'S THE MOST HOMELESS, YOU DON'T HAVE A 30 DAY SHELTER, AND THAT'S DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO. AND SO ANYWAY, WHAT WE, YOU, YOU CAN TALK TO TODD ABOUT THAT ONE, BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL, WE'LL WE, WE'LL, WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. UH, MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, JUST REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU DO. ALTHOUGH I AM NOT THERE AS OFTEN AS I SHOULD, UH, TO VOLUNTEER AND TO SUPPORT. UM, I REALLY WANNA COMMEND THE EFFORTS AND I HAVE ALSO CALLED IN AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SPOKEN TO CARLA AND, UH, BEEN ABLE TO HELP SOME INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. SO THANK YOU ALL, YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU DO. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'RE THROUGH ALL OF THAT, UH, [8. REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS (Limited to Five (5) Minutes each)] REGIONAL BOARDS AND, UH, COM COMMITTEES. LET'S GET THROUGH THAT REAL QUICK, AND THEN WE GET INTO CONSENT CALENDAR. I'LL START DOWN HERE ON MY LEFT. NOTHING TO REPORT. OKAY. UH, OH, ANOTHER ONE. . UM, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, UH, FOR, UM, METRO JPA, OUR MEETING IS NEXT WEEK FOR SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER. IT'LL BE IN TWO WEEKS. AND THEN FOR SWEETWATER AUTHORITY, UM, WE HAD THE WORKFORCE VIOLENCE PREVENTION TRAINING, UM, REQUIRED BY SENATE BILL 5 5 3. WE ALSO HAD CELEBRATED, UH, AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE, HELPING 1000 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH OUR WATER AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM. UM, WE, UH, THROUGH THIS WATER AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM, QUALIFYING CUSTOMERS RECEIVE A 30 BIMONTHLY CREDIT WHILE QUALIFYING SENIORS RECEIVE A 40 BIMONTHLY CREDIT. THESE BENEFITS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP MAKE AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MORE. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE TO REPORT, UM, FROM SWEETWATER AUTHORITY, UM, SWEETWATER AUTHORITY, IT, UM, APPROVED A 65.6 MILLION BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 27, WITH NO RATE INCREASE FOR CUSTOMERS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. RIGHT? I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE GONNA LEAVE THAT PART OUT. NO, I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD. IT'S IMPORTANT. OKAY. UH, DOWN HERE. AM I RIGHT? UH, YES. UH, WE HAD, UH, LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT MEETING. WE APPROVED THE FINAL BUDGET. WE ALSO RECEIVED, UH, SOME REALLY HELPFUL AIR QUALITY, UH, REPORTS, INCLUDING ON OUR, UH, AIR TOXICS HOTSPOTS PROGRAM, IN WHICH $1.2 MILLION IN VIOLATIONS IN FEES HAVE BEEN, UH, COLLECTED. SO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT HAS BEEN, UH, BETTER AT THAT, UM, UH, RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. UH, I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND SEE HER IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COMMISSIONER, UH, FROM OUR TRAFFIC AND SAFETY, UH, UH, COMMISSION, UM, AND RESIDENT, UH, CYNTHIA, UH, QUINONE FULLER, WHO, WHO CAME TO SPEAK ABOUT, UH, ESPECIALLY OUR AIR QUALITY MONITORS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, DELAYED. SO WE DID GET AN UPDATE, UH, IN THAT. AND HOPEFULLY, UH, IN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS IS WHEN THEY'LL BE ONLINE. THERE'S SOME, UH, SO ONE OF THE AIR MONITORS IS, IS ON OUR CITY LAND, AND THERE'S BEEN, UH, SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH SDG E THERE. SO AP CD IS, UH, STAFF IS WORKING THROUGH THAT. BUT, UM, PART OF WHY THE PROGRAM HAS [02:40:01] BEEN DELAYED IS JUST STRETCHED THEN ON PRIORITIES. SO WE'RE TRYING TO RESHIFT, UH, IT TO THERE THAT, BECAUSE THE AIR QUALITY MONITORS, UM, AIR MONITORS ARE IMPORTANT. UM, AND LET'S SEE. AND THEN FOR, THAT'S FOR E-P-C-D-M-T-S, WE HAD A SPECIAL, UH, WORKSHOP, UH, THIS PAST THURSDAY. UH, WE DID MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, A FAIR INCREASE. UM, HOWEVER, WE DID APPROVE, UH, A FREEZE PROGRAM FOR SOME OF OUR, UH, VULNERABLE RIDERS. AND, UH, THAT WILL, UM, IT, IT PROPOSES TO, FOR THOSE WRITERS WHO ARE ON, UH, CALFRESH OR MEDI-CAL, UM, AND THEY CAN SHOW, UH, PROOF TO MTS, THEN THEIR FARES WILL BE FROZEN. SO THAT WAS OUR, UH, BOARD, UM, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER, OR ACTUALLY DIRECTOR, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAWNI RIVERA, I APPRECIATE, UH, HIM AND HIS STAFF FOR, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER THAT CREATIVE IDEA. UM, SO THAT WILL, UM, OFFER SOME RELIEF TO THE FAIR INCREASES, BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S GOING UP RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE REALLY SENSITIVE ABOUT FAIR INCREASES, BUT WE ALSO HAVEN'T RAISED FAIRES IN FOR LIKE, SOMETHING LIKE 10, 10 YEARS OR SO. SO, UM, SO, UH, THAT IS MY REPORT FOR MTS AND A PCD. THANK YOU, MAYOR SANDAG. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MET LAST FRIDAY. WE HAD, UM, A NUMBER OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, UH, ONE OF WHICH WAS CYCLE 12, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, UH, AMENDED REQUEST. THIS WAS TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED AMENDMENT FOR THE MTS PARATRANSIT VEHICLE PROCUREMENT PROJECT. ALSO, WE REVIEWED THE, UM, FY 25 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND OTHER FINANCE AND, UH, COMPLIANCE MATTERS, ALL OF WHICH IS HELPING, UM, SANDAG GET ON TRACK WITH A LOT OF THE, UM, PAST AUDITS, UM, FINDINGS, AND, UM, GET US ON BETTER FOOTING. UH, WE ARE ON TRACK WITH ALL OF THAT. WE WILL MEET AGAIN, NOT THIS FRIDAY, BUT THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY, UH, AND I WILL REPORT BACK. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, I DID, UH, WE DID HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING, A BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE REGIONAL SALT WASTE ASSOCIATION, UH, THAT I CHAIR. AND, UH, UM, BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE AND ACTUALLY DO SOME INCREASES ON STUFF COMING BACK TO THE CITIES. UM, WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE MONEY BACK TO THE CITIES. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A, WE ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY. IT'S A TERRIBLE THING FOR GOVERNMENT TO DO. WE ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY AND WE SEND IT BACK TO THE CITIES. SO, UM, THAT WILL BE ACTUALLY A, A SMALL INCREASE FOR THIS, THIS YEAR. UM, OTHER THING IS I DID REPRESENT SANDAG AT THE, AT THEIR NATIONAL CONFERENCE THIS LAST WEEK. AND, UH, IT WAS IN TULSA, SO IT WAS NOTHING INCITING, BELIEVE ME. UM, BUT, UH, IT, UH, UH, AND IT WAS ALSO THERE FOR THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, AND I'LL BE REPORTING BACK TO THEM ON THE INCIDENTS OF THAT. WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THAT. SO WE GO INTO [9. CONSENT CALENDAR] CONSENT CALENDARS. I DO HAVE REQUESTS TO PULL ITEM 9, 3, 7, 10, AND 11. ANYONE'S GOT ANYTHING ELSE? OH, OKAY. I'M GETTING THE AGENDA. UM, I WANTED TO PULL, I HAD QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE INVESTMENT, UH, REPORT. IS THAT BEING PULLED? IS THAT ON THE LIST TO BE PULLED? I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT NUMBERS, SORRY. GOING BACK ON MY, UH, 9.9. YEAH, THAT'S 9.9. OKAY. I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYONE? SO THAT WOULD LEAVE 9 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, AND EIGHT. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I BEAT YOU, . SORRY. PRESS THE BUTTON. OKAY. AS SOON AS IT COMES UP, IT'S NINE O'CLOCK. THIS IS OUR FIRST VOTE OF THE NIGHT. OKAY. MOTION. PROVE UNANIMOUS, SIR. ALRIGHT, UH, [9.3 Purchase of a Tractor Loader for Engineering & Public Works Parks Division] WE GO TO NINE THREE. THIS IS THE PURCHASE OF A TRACTOR LOADER FOR ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS. AND WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, ALICIA AND DOYLE MORRISON, AND I PUT THAT IN THE RIGHT ORDER THIS TIME. YOU GOT IT. . OKAY. UH, GOOD EVENING. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS, BUT I, MY SUPPORT COMES WITH A REQUEST, UH, THROUGH A PRA WITH CALTRANS. UM, THERE WAS A 1974 MOU THAT THE CITY IS TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND PROVIDE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. SO UNDER THE 8 0 5 FREEWAY WHERE SWEETWATER ROAD IS, THERE'S SO MUCH EROSION COMING FROM THE WATERSHED, AND THAT IS A WATERSHED SENSITIVE AREA. SO, UH, WITH THE PURCHASE OF THIS, [02:45:01] I'M REQUESTING THAT CITY MANAGER FORWARD TO THE NEXT CITY MANAGER OR ENGINEERING THAT THEY GET THOSE, ALL THAT EROSION FILLED IN, GET IT PACKED. AND, UH, BECAUSE THE HOMELESS GO IN THERE, THEY PUT THEIR TRASH IN WHERE IT'S ALL ERODED AWAY. SOME OF THOSE CREVICES ARE ABOUT FOUR FEET DEEP, AND THEN IT ERODES OUT ONTO THE SIDEWALK. THERE'S, UH, THE SIDEWALK IS LIFTING, WHICH IS CREATING A TRIP HAZARD. SO THAT'S MY, MY SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM, . OKAY. THANK YOU. DOYLE MORRISON. UH, JUST CAN I JUST, UH, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE SPECIFIC LOCATION? WHICH STREET? UNDER 8 0 5. IT'S ON SWEETWATER ROAD. OKAY. AND IN THE, IN THE 1974 MOU AND THE DRAWINGS, WHERE IT IS, IT'S, IT'S THE OFF RAMP COMING AROUND TO SWEETWATER ROAD. IT'S ON THE NATIONAL CITY SIDE, BECAUSE I DID ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH CALTRANS, AND THEY CAME BACK AND THEY SAID, OH, THAT'S NATIONAL CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY ACCORDING TO THE 1974 MOU. SO THEN I PUT A PRA FOR THE MOU, AND I GOT ALL THE PLANS, THE DRAWINGS, THE AGREEMENT, IT WAS PRE 8 0 5. SO, BUT YES, WITH THE TRACTOR, TAKE A LOOK. YEAH, FIX, FIX THE EROSION. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE, WE'LL FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU, MAN. HOW, HOW DO I FOLLOW THAT? SO, UM, CAREFULLY. YES, MA'AM. VERY GOOD JOB. SO I ALSO AM, UH, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, WITH THIS ITEM, UM, BUT I ALSO HAVE, UH, A LITTLE REQUEST. AND THAT LITTLE REQUEST IS THAT WILL THIS TRACTOR FIT IN BETWEEN THE BIKE LANES AND THE SIDEWALK TO GET THE DIRT THAT ERODES OUT AND GOES INTO THE CONVEYANCE SYSTEM, INTO THE RIVER? I KNOW IF I DID THAT AT MY HOUSE, I WOULD BE SCOLDED AND I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEANUP. RIGHT. SO FIRST OF ALL, I GUESS WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IS IT NATIONAL CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY OR IS IT DIVERTED FROM CALTRANS? BUT IF YOU GUYS COULD, OR IF ENGINEERING COULD WORK ON, ON MAKING SURE THAT IS, UM, APPROPRIATELY HANDLED BY WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT NOW. AND THEN MY OTHER REQUEST IS, UM, I NOTICED THAT THE, THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH AND I THINK IT HAS TO BE PICKED UP MANUALLY. OR DO WE HAVE A BIKE LANE? I KNOW THERE'S MORE BIKE LANES IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A BIKE LANE SWEEPER THAT CAN DO THAT? AND ARE THEY IN A ROUTE TO, TO GO THROUGH THAT AREA? THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, OKAY. THAT IS NINE THREE. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? THIS IS FOR APPROVAL, MR. CHAIR. OKAY. SECOND. HAVE MOTIONS AND SECONDS. THERE WE GO. UM, SEAT MORE DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, THAT WAS THAT ONE. [9.7 Support for the Plaza Boulevard and Paradise Valley Road Pedestrian and Bicycle Connections Project and Submission of an Application for the Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 8.] WE NOW HAVE NINE SEVEN. THIS IS SUPPORT FOR PLAZA BOULEVARD AND PARADISE VALLEY ROAD PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CONNECTION PROJECTS AND SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. MR. NIETO, I SAW HIM HERE. THERE HE IS. OKAY. UH, I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME HERE, BUT, UM, NOW I'D LIKE TO REFRESH MY MEMORY. THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS CAME FROM AN ARGUMENT THAT, SAY THAT AGAIN. I CAN'T, I, I BELIEVE THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS PROJECT CAME FROM AN ARGUMENT WHERE WE WERE ARGUING AMONGST THE DIFFERENT CITIES ON GETTING A BIGGER ALLOCATION FROM. IS THAT CORRECT? COULD YOU REFRESH THAT PART OF MY MEMORY? I DON'T BELIEVE THIS WAS IT. THIS WAS NOT THE SMART GROWTH INCENTIVE PROGRAM, MR. MANGANELLO? I DON'T THINK SO. YEAH. THIS, THIS IS, UM, THIS IS A GRANT APPLICATION FOR, UH, CYCLE EIGHT OF THE, UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. SO THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE A, A NEW APPLICATION FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM GRANT FUNDS. YEAH. THANK YOU, ED. THAT OKAY. THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROGRAM FROM THE ALL OF WHAT IS TRANSNET. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GET THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THAT ONE. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE ON NINE SEVEN? MOTION FOR APPROVE, MAYOR? SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MR. MAY. YES. THANK YOU TO, UM, MR. ELLO OR ELLO FOR, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, AT THE TABLE AND, UH, REQUESTING FOR THOSE GRANTS, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR THE [02:50:01] CITY. THANK YOU TO OUR, UH, ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. UH, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. [9.9 Investment Report for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2026.] NEXT WE COME WITH 9.9. THIS IS THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDING, UH, MARCH 31ST. UH, MEMBER BUSH. UH, YEAH, SO, UH, RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON STAFF, BUT, UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE REPORT. IT'S COMPREHENSIVE, BUT WHAT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME IS WHERE THE CONNECTION OR THE TIE IN, SO I SEE IS PARTICULARLY TABLE FOUR, THE TOTALS. UM, AND THESE ARE QUARTERLY FOR OUR INVESTMENTS. UM, SO THIS INCLUDES CHANDLER COUNTY, SAN DIEGO, UM, LEAF, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD NATIONAL BANK, UH, TOTALS FOR MARCH 31ST, UM, 2026. I SEE 724,000. SO IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME, UM, IF THESE FALL INTO FROM OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. SO I'M REALLY TRYING HARDER AND I THINK ALL OF US, UM, AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, YI'S HELP, UH, WORKING THROUGH THIS UNDERSTANDING. WE REALLY NEED TO TIE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGETS, UM, OUR REVENUES AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT REVENUE AMOUNTS. BECAUSE IN OUR ADOPTED, UM, FY 27 BUDGET, WE WERE BASING OUR FY 26, THE INFORMATION IN THERE WAS INFORMATION FROM THE ADOPTED BUDGET IN FY 26. I MEAN, THAT INFORMATION IS OLD. IT'S FROM LAST YEAR, UH, MAY OR JUNE. AND SO, UH, MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE OUR ACTUALS FOR FY 26 SPECIFICALLY FOR IN THE ACCOUNTING? IT'S CODE 3,300. IT'S OUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS. AND HOW DOES THAT TIE INTO THIS REPORT? OKAY. UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, RACHEL BARRERA, UM, ACTING FINANCE DIRECTOR. UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, CURRENTLY AS OF, UM, FISCAL YEAR 26TH, THE GENERAL FUND INVESTMENT EARNINGS, WE BUDGETED 1.2 MILLION AND HAVE BOOKED 1.4 MILLION YEAR TO DATE. AWESOME. THAT'S GOOD NEWS, BECAUSE THAT'S SO YEAR TO DATE, IS THAT FROM JULY, OR EXCUSE ME? YES. JULY 1ST, 2025 TO MARCH 31ST, 2026 TO PRESENT TIME, CORRECT. YEAR TO DATE MAR MARCH 31ST WAS THE MO IT WAS THE MOST RECENT. CORRECT. OKAY, GREAT. SO I DON'T THINK THAT I KNOW OF THOSE ACTUALS THAT I REMEMBER IN THE BEST OF MY, UH, RECOLLECTION THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN OUR REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS. AT LEAST I, I DIDN'T SEE IT CLEARLY, UH, MARKED OUT. I THINK WE COME BACK TO THAT, UH, BUDGET DISCUSSION, UM, IN AUGUST. SO THANK YOU, UH, MS. BARRERA FOR PROVIDING THAT. UM, AND IF IN FUTURE REPORTS, IF THAT CAN, IF THERE CAN BE MORE CLOSELY, UM, TIE IN THERE. SO MAYBE ANOTHER TABLE WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, BECAUSE I SEE IT HERE, UM, THE TOTALS FOR MARCH 31ST, 2020 6, 700, 20 4,000. SO THAT'S, THAT'S USEFUL INFO. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I'M JUST NOT SEEING WHERE THAT GOES INTO OUR 3,300 ACCOUNT, OR I SAW ON HERE 33 0 2, WHICH IS THE, UH, GAINS OR LOSSES. YES. UM, SO IS, UH, SO DOES, DOES THIS FALL INTO THOSE TWO ACCOUNTS? I CAN EXPLAIN SOME, UH, THOSE TWO OBJECT CODES. SO DURING THE YEAR, WE POST ALL OF THE, UM, INVESTMENT EARNINGS, UM, IN 33, UH HUNDRED, AND THEN IN 33 0 2, THAT IS ACTUALLY USED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WHEN WE'RE CLOSING THE YEAR, THIS IS WHERE WE RECOGNIZE OUR UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES BASED ON THE REPORTS FROM THE INVESTMENT, UM, MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. IS THAT THIS, THIS REPORT, UH, WELL, THAT REPORT DOESN'T REFLECT THE 33 0 2 YET. GOT IT. WE HAVEN'T CLOSED SIX 30, UH, 2026. OKAY. WELL, IF YOU CAN KEEP US INFORMED ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE FROM WHAT I KNOW FROM OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS UNDER COUNTED REVENUE, THIS INVESTMENTS. 'CAUSE IF WE LOOK AT THE ACTUALS FROM FY 25, IT WAS THE ACTUALS WERE 3.4 MILLION. AND GIVEN THE INCREASE IN THE STOCK MARKET SINCE THEN, YEAH, IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT THERE WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, SO I UNDERSTAND THE ACTUALS SO FAR HAVE BEEN 1.4 MILLION, WHICH IS GOOD. THAT EXCEEDS WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR REVENUE WAS FOR THAT TIME, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN DONE WITH THE YEAR. RIGHT. BUT IT'S, UH, WE'RE UNDER, I I FOR THAT PARTICULAR THING, AS MUCH AS WE WANNA BE CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR BUDGET AND OUR EXPENSES, WE'RE UNDERCOUNTING REVENUE IN AREAS. AND, UM, THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT, UM, I WORRY WE'RE UNDERCOUNTING A BIT, BUT, UM, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD THAT I JUST WANT US TO, UM, JUST GET MORE, MORE CLARITY ON. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS. YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY CIRCLE BACK ON IT IN AUGUST WHEN WE LOOK OVER THE NUMBERS AGAIN. UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I DO WANNA POINT OUT IS WE DO RELY ON THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANIES TO PROVIDE US WITH REPORTS TIMELY. SO DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THOSE INVE INVESTMENT REPORTS, THAT'S WHERE YOUR GL REFLECT WHAT'S BEEN POSTED. GREAT. OKAY. SO [02:55:01] YEAH, WHEN WE GET THOSE UPDATES, BUT, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR, UM, OUR BUDGETING EXERCISES, I WANT US TO FOCUS MORE ON THE ACTUALS INSTEAD OF THE COMPARISONS TO, UM, THE, THE ADOPTED BUDGET. SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO KIND OF, UH, UPDATE THAT MOVING FORWARD, BUT ADD, ADD THAT CATEGORY. OKAY. YES. BUT GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND I, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. OKAY. MOTION FOR 9.9. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. AND PLEASE, PLEASE PUT YOUR BUTTONS IN. THANK FOR YOUR, THERE WE GO. WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND. UH, PLEASE VOTE. COUNCILOR BUSH. MOTION APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE, [Items 9.10 & 9.11] UH, WARRANT REGISTRIES NUMBER 10 AND 11. MR. THOMAS RE YOU'VE BEEN WAITING ALL EVENING FOR THIS. SO HERE'S YOUR TIME. THESE ARE THE ONES OF INTEREST THAT I'VE FOUND. AND IN WARRANT REGISTER, 45 WINTER CHEVROLET. TWO CHEVY TAHOES FOR THE NCBD 125,000. THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, 125,000 FOR AM FOR ANIMAL CARE FACILITY. ARCO BUSINESS CITY FLEET, 64,000 FOR GAS. THE CITY ATTORNEY, 18,000. THE COMMUNITY SERVICE. SANCHEZ MAYO, LESTER BASKET, SPRING BASKETBALL TERM 3,300. ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS. LAS PALM MAINTENANCE, 15,000 FIRE MISS CALIFORNIA SILL, X PLUS FOAM FIVE GALLONS, 2040 $9. UH, HOUSING. KAISER, MARS ASSOCIATES CONSULTING SERVICES FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. $3,900. PLANNING IT FOR PLANNING DECKARD TECHNOLOGIES, DATA AND, AND ANALYST ANALYTIC 20,600. FOR SECTION EIGHT, HE PAYMENT, UH, 1,460,000 FOR WARRANT REGISTER. 46. THE GRIFFIN COMPANY, BAYSHORE PARKWAY. 328,000. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO FIRE AND EMERGENCY DISPATCH. 139,000 CITY MANAGER, HEADLINER HUNTER, LIGHTER BUSINESS TAX ORDINANCE, 22,500. THAT'S WHAT, OKAY. CSA COUNTY FAIR HOUSING. TENANT. TENANT, LANDLORD SERVICE. 12,000, I THINK I GOT THAT WRONG. CONS. UH, RGS CONSULTING SERVICE, 8,400 VERSA TERM PUBLIC. SAF, SPIDER TECHNOLOGY FOR THE POLICE. $10,400. CIRCUIT TRANSIT, 29,912. THEY DON'T SERVICE ME TOO WELL. THEN CURTIS ROPES, $2,600. FIRE FOR 20 FIRE FOR FIRE OPERATIONS. $2,600 FOR THE ROPES. UH, HUMAN RESOURCES HORT CASSIDY, 9,500, I THINK. TRANS TRANS TRANS LAND TRANSLATION, $1,200. UH, ENGINE LINK, PUBLIC WORKS WORKS PLAN FOR FATS, OIL GREASE INSPECTIONS. $9,300 ITT ST. TRAFFIC AND COURT ONCALL PROJECT CAMERA INSTALLS, 19,000. THANK YOU. RIGHT, THANK YOU. NOW THEN, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE FOR NINE 10 AND NINE 11? MOVE FORWARD APPROVAL, MR. CHAIR. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT WE GET INTO, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. FIRST ONE IS PUBLIC HEARING. MAYOR, WOULD WE, UH, BE ABLE, UH, UH, JUST TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK, UH, BEFORE WE START THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS, OR I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FEELS. IT'S ALREADY NINE O'CLOCK, SO THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. FIVE MINUTE BREAK. IT 5, 5 5 IS PERFECT. YEAH. IF WE, WE DON'T GO OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE. WE FIVE WAS PLENTY TO GET THINGS DONE. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. FIVE MINUTES. IT'S FIVE MINUTES, RIGHT? WE CAN TALK. THEY LEFT. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YEAH. ALRIGHT. OKAY. WE GOT, UH, [03:00:02] ALRIGHT. WE HAVE, UH, CALL THE, UH, MEETING BACK TO ORDER. WE HAVE, UH, MAJORITY OF THE BOARD, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RODRIGUEZ AT THE DIOCESE. AND HERE, HERE HE COMES. OKAY, GREAT. SO WE HAVE ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. [10.1 Public Hearing: Establishing Residential Parking Permit District “O” on the 2000 Block of E Avenue.] ITEM 10, ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ESTABLISHING A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT, DISTRICT DESIGNATED AS O ON THE 12, UH, 2000 BLOCK OF E AVENUE, UH, STAFF. ANY, ANY REPORT ON THIS? YES. UH, VERY, VERY BRIEF ONE. YEP. UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY. UM, THIS IS JUST TO, UM, PRESENT A VERY BRIEF SUMMARY OF A, UH, RESIDENTIAL PARKING DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED AND WE'VE COMPLETED THE PROCESS, UH, PER OUR POLICY. SEVEN 10, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING, UH, DISTRICT CREATION, AND, UM, JUST V OH, I DON'T HAVE THE, UM, CLICKER. THERE WE GO. I WAS CLICKING ON MY LAPTOP. OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT CONNECTED . UM, SO, UM, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, SO THIS, UH, PURPOSE PARKING DISTRICT BOUNDARY IS SHOWN ON THE MAP IN THE SCREEN HERE. IT'S EFFECTIVELY JUST, UH, IN THE FRONTAGE OF 14 RESIDENCES. IT'S A CUL-DE-SAC THAT'S LOCATED ON OH, THANK YOU. THAT'S LOCATED ON E AVENUE, UH, NEAR 20TH STREET. AND, UM, JUST TO RECAP, THE PROCESS WE'VE UNDERGONE IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICY. THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED, UM, AS REQUIRED PER THE POLICY BY THE RESIDENTS DIRECTLY IMPACTED, UH, IN THIS VICINITY. AND THEY SUBMITTED A REQUEST, IT WAS, UH, VETTED AND REVIEWED THROUGH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON MAY 13TH. AND, UM, WE PROVIDED THE REQUIRED NOTICING PUBLIC HEARING, AND HERE WE ARE THIS EVENING, REQUESTING YOUR REVIEW AND PUBLIC INPUT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, CYNTHIA KONAS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, AND ALL HERE TONIGHT I'M SPEAKING NOW, CYNTHIA FULLER QUINONES, WEARING MY TRAFFIC SAFETY, UH, COMMISSIONER HAT. UM, SERVING AS A NATIONAL CITY, UH, TRAFFIC AND SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIR, TOGETHER WITH OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I VOTED IN FAVOR OF ESTABLISHING BOTH OF THE NEW PERMIT PARKING DISTRICTS AND REMAIN IN FAVOR TODAY. HOWEVER, AS THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS THESE DISTRICTS, I ENCOURAGE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF OBJECTIONS RAISED, UH, BY SOME CITY RESIDENTS, UH, EXPERIENCING SEVERE PARKING CHALLENGES, MOST BEING RENTERS IN NEARBY APARTMENT BUILDINGS. A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF AND RESPONSE TO THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE IS RECOMMENDED, INCLUDING A MOTION DIRECTING RESPONSIBLE CITY STAFF TO REVISIT CURRENT PARKING AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AS A STEP TOWARDS CHARTING A CLEAR TRANSITION PATH BETWEEN TODAY'S CAR DEPENDENCE AND FUTURE, UH, PARKING DEMAND REDUCTION GOALS. UM, CERTAINLY THE STATE HAS LARGELY LIMITED OUR LOCAL ABILITY TO MANDATE PARKING THROUGH, LIKE IN NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ET CETERA, THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 2 0 9 7. UH, THEY PROHIBIT PUBLIC AGENCIES, UH, AND CITIES FROM ENFORCING A MINIMUM AUTOMOBILE BILL, PARKING REQUIREMENTS ON MOST RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS LOCATED WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS OF A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP. THIS IS MOST OF OUR, MOST OF OUR DEVELOPMENT IF WE LOOK AT THE TRANSIT STOPS. SO WE CAN'T REALLY MANDATE PARKING. HOWEVER, AS, UH, MARTIN BREEDER HAS COMMENTED AND SOME OF THE REVIEW THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, ONLINE DEMAND MANAGEMENT AND TIERED FEES IS A GREAT DISCUSSION FOR US TO BE HAVING. SO, PLEASE, AS YOU CONSIDER THIS, UH, APPROVING THESE, UH, PARKING DISTRICTS, UH, ALSO CONSIDER, UH, DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO HAVE MORE CONSIDERATION OF WHAT WE CAN DO IN FUTURE TO HELP ADDRESS CONFLICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. COMMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALSO, MS. THOMAS RECH, UH, PARKING IS A PROBLEM IN NATIONAL CITY, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO, WHEN MY APARTMENT HAD PROBLEMS. BUT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THAT [03:05:01] THESE PARKING PERMITS ARE GONNA BE HANDED DOWN, CAN BE INHERITED, THAT YOU, THEY SHOULD, YOU COULD PUT 'EM UP FOR SALE, PUT 'EM UP FOR BID, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S SUCH A QUANTITY THAT CAN BE BOUGHT OR SOLD. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU JUST, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING. THIS IS VERY, YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THIS, UH, PARKING SPACE IS LIKE A FAMILY FOR EVERYONE IN THAT, IN THAT, UH, LET JUST SAY THAT. THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVE? YEAH, I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND, SECOND. OKAY. AND FOR THE RECORD, WE HAD SOME WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. HUH? WE HAD WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM FOR THE RECORD. YES. OKAY. UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, COMMENT, MR. CHAIR. OKAY. THIS IS JUST A CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW. OH, YES. SORRY. OKAY. UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND, PLEASE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. NOW WE CAN GET TO THE COMMENT. YES, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, UM, CITY MANAGER, UM, HAD BRIEFED ME DURING MY BRIEFING TIME ABOUT THIS POINT, UM, IN 10.1, 10.2. AND, UM, I, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND CITY MANAGER OF THE COMMENT THAT WE HAVE AND THE, UH, DIRECTIONS THAT WE WANTED TO SEE, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THIS, UM, PARKING DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YOUR HONOR. YEAH, AND I THINK THAT THE MORE THAT WE HAVE BOTH RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY WITH DENSITY AND WITH, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, THAT BY STATE LAW HAS LITTLE OR NO PARKING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE AND MORE OF THESE ISSUES AND, UH, FOR THE EXISTING, UH, FACILITIES AND HOMES, UH, THAT ARE IN AREAS. SO WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE MORE AND MORE NEEDS FOR, FOR PARKING DISTRICTS AND SUCH. UH, BECAUSE THE STATE REQUIREMENTS ARE BASED ON THAT. THESE NEW FACILITIES, THESE NEW HOUSES ARE GONNA USE PUBLIC TRANSIT, BUT THEN THEIR CARS PARKED ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO IT'S YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. AND WITH SOME OF THE NEW TRENDS, UM, WITH CITY PLANNING, ESPECIALLY IN INNER CITIES, INCLUDING, UH, WHOLESALING, WHERE YOU DIVIDE OFF LOCAL, UH, A PERSON'S RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO SELL OFF SECTIONS OF, OF THAT, AND JUST SO YOU CAN PUT A HOUSE ON IT FOR, AND SO YOU CAN, UH, UH, SELL OFF PIECES WITH NO PARKING IS GOING TO, IS GONNA MAKE IT MUCH, MUCH WORSE AS THOSE, UH, UM, DIFFERENT CONCEPTS ARE PUSHED DOWN ON US. SO, UM, ANYWAY, SO YEAH, WE'LL SEE THIS. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THIS ON THE NEXT ITEM ALSO. UM, SO WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE ON, UH, 10.1? MOVE FOR APPROVAL, MR. CHAIR. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. DO YOU KNOW THE DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE. MOTION APPROVE. UNANIMOUSLY [10.2 Public Hearing: Establishing Residential Parking Permit District “P” on the West Side of the 1400 Block of F Avenue.] WE GO TO 10.2. THIS IS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON ESTABLISHING A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT, UH, PERMIT DISTRICT P ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE 1400 BLOCK OF F AVENUE AND STAFF. YES, THE FORMALITY, I THINK I FORGOT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF EARLIER. , ACTING DIRECTOR FOR ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS, MARTHA JUAREZ. UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS AGAIN IS ANOTHER REQUEST FOR A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT, DISTRICT P TO BE ESTABLISHED PER OUR POLICY SEVEN 10. AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S A SMALLER AREA, IT'S ONE BLOCK, IT'S JUST THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET ON SPECIFICALLY, UH, EXCUSE ME, I CAN'T READ MY OWN WRITING, UH, SPECIFICALLY ON F AVENUE. AND THIS ONE ONLY IMPACTS, UH, THE FRONTAGE OF FIVE RESIDENCES. AGAIN, THIS WENT THROUGH THE, UM, THE PROPER PROTOCOL AND, UM, WENT THROUGH TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON MAY 13TH. UH, THE RESIDENTS HAD RE PUT IN THEIR PETITION TO REQUEST THIS. THERE WAS A U UNANIMOUS, UM, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS. AND, UM, I, I WILL NOTE IN THIS CASE, AS WITH THE OTHERS, THERE'S ALSO SOME, UM, MULTI-FAMILY DENSER, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY ACROSS AND NEARBY, INCLUDING SOME NEWER DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT SEEMS TO BE THE THEME. UM, AND AGAIN, WE FOLLOWED PROPER NOTICING, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, PROCESS HERE. AND, UH, JUST READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY, THANK YOU. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE ONE PERSON, UH, ARIEL MARINO. THERE IS GOOD EVENING. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY. OH MY GOSH, YES. , UH, FIRST TIME AT ONE OF THESE. SO EYEOPENER AND IT'S, IT'S [03:10:01] AMAZING. BUT ANYWAYS, , UH, IT'S, I MEAN, EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN, I'M LIKE, JUST THE WAY IT'S HELD AND HOW EVERYONE HAD THEIR 2 CENTS. AND YOU ALLOW. GREAT, GREAT. I'VE ALWAYS SEEN THESE ON TV. I'VE NEVER BEEN PART OF ONE. BUT NOW, ANYWAYS, UH, YES. SO I, I TRULY APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME. I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THAT HOME SINCE I WAS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD. YOU KNOW, TOOK IT FROM MY PARENTS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT ALL THAT. NEVER HAD ISSUES WITH PARKING. NOW THE CLINIC OPENED UP. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PARKING , BUT NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES USE IT. DON'T KNOW WHY. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THREE STORIES OF PARKING. I'VE ASKED MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES. WHY DON'T YOU, IT'S SCARY DOWN THERE. IT'S NOT WELL LIT. I'VE GONE DOWN THERE LIT JUST LIKE THIS. A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE, UH, APARTMENTS AS WELL. I GET THAT WE ALL NEED PARKING. TWO OR THREE FAMILIES PER ONE UNIT. MAYBE THERE'S, LIKE, I'VE SEEN THREE PEOPLE COME OUT. THEY GO TO THREE DIFFERENT CARS AND YOU KNOW, THEY ALL KNOW EACH OTHER. . I'VE HAD MANY VEHICLES ENCROACH ON OUR, NOT ONLY ON MY PERSONAL PARKING, BUT THE GENTLEMAN BACK THERE AS WELL. I'VE HAD, ONE NIGHT I CAME HOME, I COULDN'T EVEN PARK BECAUSE A CAR JUST DECIDED TO PARK RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY. SO I I I, I STAYED TILL FOUR IN THE MORNING TRYING TO SEE IF SOMEONE CAN COME, YOU KNOW, PD. THEY WON'T COME. 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S BUSY AND I GET IT. IT'S LOW, LOW ON THE TOTEM POLE. ALL I'M ASKING IS JUST, JUST PLEASE, PLEASE, LET'S PUSH THIS THROUGH FOR ME. UH, NOT ONLY FOR ME, FOR THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS. WE WERE UP IN ARMS WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT WAS COMING UP. WE PROBABLY DIDN'T GO TO THE MEETING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DIDN'T, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ON OUR BED. BUT, UM, YEAH, THERE'S JUST, IT'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF IT, HEADACHE, A LOT OF SITUATION FOR US. SO, UM, AGAIN, IF YOU COULD HELP US WITH THAT, WE'D TRULY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, WITH THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE. COULD WE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMENT, MR. CHAIR. WELL, OH, SORRY. IS THIS YOUR FIRST MEETING? ? UH, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION SHOULD APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. NOW WE CAN MAKE COMMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AGAIN, AT 10.2, SAME, UM, DIRECTION TO CITY MANAGER THAT HE CAN PASS ON TO THE ONBOARDING. UM, AS YOU SAID, MR. MAYOR, THIS WILL BECOME VERY POPULAR AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY MANAGER'S LOOKING INTO COST RECOVERY FOR IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, I DID HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE, UH, CLINIC TWO WEEKS, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. UM, AND YOU KNOW, PART OF THE ISSUE IS WHEN YOU COME TO THE FRONT OF THEIR CLINIC, IT'S A CUL-DE-SAC AND THERE'S NO PARKING THERE. AND SO THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO THE PARKING, AND THEY DO HAVE A MULTIPLE STRUCTURE PARKING, YOU GOTTA GO SEVERAL BLOCKS AROUND AND THEN GET INTO THE PARKING. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO THE FIRST LEVEL OF PARKING, IT'S FOR ELECTRIC CHARGING AND THERE'S SOME HANDICAP SPOTS, AND YOU'VE ONLY GOT MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE EIGHT REGULAR PARKING SPOTS THERE. THE REST OF IT IS IN THE LOWER LEVELS, BUT THERE'S A BIG SIGN THERE THAT SAYS LOWER LEVELS EMPLOYEES ONLY. AND, UH, UH, PLUS THEN THERE'S THE VEHICLE ELEVATOR THAT THEY'RE ALL SCARED OF EVERYTHING ELSE. SO, ANYWAY, AND THEN WITH THE, UH, THE PACE PROGRAM OPENING UP THIS MONTH, IT'S GONNA ACCELERATE, UH, ALL OF THAT. SO, UH, ANYWAY, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK ON WHAT THEY CAN DO AND ALSO OPEN UP MORE OF THAT LOWER PARKING FOR, UH, FOR PEOPLE AND TRY TO GET MORE PEOPLE AROUND THERE. BUT, UM, IT IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION. AND, AND I KNOW THE NEIGHBORS OVER THERE HAVE BEEN SCREAMING, UH, THOSE FIVE, THOSE FIVE HOUSES HAVE NOT BEEN VERY QUIET, UH, IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. SO, UH, WITH THAT, WHAT IS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO OKAY. UH, MAKE A COMMENT REALLY QUICK. THANK, UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND FOR DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE IN APPLYING FOR A PARKING DISTRICT. THE EXACT REASON THAT THERE'S A PROCESS IN OUR CITY FOR THIS TO OCCUR IS BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE A SEVERE ISSUE WITH PARKING. AND WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT OVER AT SAN A CTO HEALTH, UH, WHICH IS A CLINIC THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS, IT HAS CREATED, UM, UH, UNREASONABLE IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I, I REALLY WANNA COMMEND STAFF. UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR, IT LOOKS LIKE A MONTH AGO, UM, UH, MR. ALOT HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SAN AEDO HEALTH AS WELL, AND THEY ARE, UH, FOLLOWING UP WITH THEIR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY PARK IN THE ASSIGNED PARKING SPOTS WITH THE PARKING STRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT THERE. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, AND MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND ALSO IF SUNNY CTO HEALTH AND, UM, THE KIMBALL HIGHLAND APARTMENTS WERE BUILT WITH ADEQUATE PARKING, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE USED ADEQUATELY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, COUNCIL? [03:15:01] I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT. OKAY. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. UH, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY, GO FORTH AND PARK. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THERE'LL BE A PROCESS TO GETTING THAT NOTICE OUT ON THE DEAL TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL AND EVERYTHING, AND ENGINEERING WILL BE WORKING ON THAT. ALRIGHT, NEXT WE GO ON TO, UH, TEN FOUR, OR, I'M SORRY. NO, NO, [10.3 Public Hearing and Resolution Confirming the Assessment and Ordering the Levy for the Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 (Mile of Cars) for Fiscal Year 2026-27.] I'M SORRY. WE'VE GOT TEN THREE. WE DO HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION CONFIRMING ASSESSMENT ORDERING OF, UH, OF LEVY FOR THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THE MILE OF CARS. UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE NO SPEAKERS, DO I? OKAY. NO SPEAKERS. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS. I'LL ASK FOR, UH, IF WE CAN FOR PUBLIC HEARING. HUH? PUBLIC HEARING, YEAH. FOR THE MILE OF CARS, UH, ASSESSMENT. OH, UH, THEIR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT. OKAY. OKAY. UH, SO, UM, WITH THAT WE WILL, UH, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVE MR. CHAIR. SECOND. ALRIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. THIS IS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, PLEASE VOTE. THIS IS A YEAR YEARLY THING WE HAVE TO HAVE TO DO ON A YEARLY BASIS, SO IT'S PRETTY PERFUNCTIONARY, BUT, SO MOVE, MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UNANIM. SECOND. WAIT A MINUTE. THEY HAD TO CLEAR IT. NOW YOU CAN PUT IT, THERE YOU GO. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. UH, PLEASE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI. OH, SORRY. THANK YOU. MOTION APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT, [10.4 Public Hearing on the Recovery of Weed Abatement Costs] NEXT WE GO TO TEN FOUR. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RECOVERY, UH, WEED ABATEMENT COST. AND, UH, SO STAFF, UH, HE'S BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ALL DAY, ALL DAY, ALL YEAR. ALL GOOD. EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL RESIDENTS. MY NAME'S EDDIE SANCHEZ. I'M THE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE 2006 SUITE ABATEMENT HEARING INFORMATION, WHICH REFLECTS ACTIVITY DURING THE 2025 CALENDAR YEAR. SO, JUST MAKE SURE YOU GUYS NOTE THAT IT'S 2025 CALENDAR YEAR FROM JANUARY 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST. UM, AS A BRIEF OVERVIEW, PROPERTIES ENTER THE WEED ABATEMENT PROCESS IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. THE FIRST WAY IS REFERRALS FROM FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES, WHICH IS OUR THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR. FPS PROVIDES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH A LIST OF POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. ONCE RECEIVED, WE PHYSICALLY VERIFY ALL REPORTED VIOLATIONS. IF A PROPERTY IS CONFIRMED BY MYSELF TO BE IN VIOLATION, WE AUTHORIZE FPS TO ISSUE A FORMAL NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. UH, THE SECOND WAY THAT, UH, SECOND WAY THAT IT GETS ISSUED IS VIA CITIZEN COMPLAINTS. COMPLAINTS CAN BE RECEIVED VIA C UH, CCL FIX, UH, VIA EMAIL TELEPHONES, UH, OR IN-PERSON VISITS TO OUR OFFICE. UH, ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE, WE PHYSICALLY VERIFY EACH COMPLAINT. AND IF CONFIRMED, UH, THE PROPERTY IS REPORTED. FPS FOR OFFICIAL, UH, NOTICE. SO THE NOTICE TIMELINE, THE FIRST NOTICE PROVIDES THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH 30 DAYS TO COMPLY. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THESE NOTICES CONTAIN INFORMATION IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND TAGAL FOR THOSE, UH, NEEDING ASSISTANCE IN THOSE LANGUAGES. IF THE VIOLATION IS NOT CORRECTED WITHIN THE 30, THE INITIAL 30 DAY PERIOD, UM, FPS POSTS A NOTICE TO ABATE THE HAZARD, WHICH PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL 10 DAY COMPLIANCE PERIOD DURING THAT TIME. FPS UTILIZES CURRENT COUNTY RECORDS TO VERIFY OWNERSHIP INFORMATION AND CERTIFY LETTERS ARE SENT TO PROPERTY OWNER OF RECORD. AFTER A 10 DAY PERIOD, A REINSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY FPS. IF THE HAZARD HAS BEEN ABATED, AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE IS ASSESSED. IF THE HAZARD REMAINS, I MEET WITH FPS ON SITE, AND A WORK AUTHORIZATION IS SIGNED BY MYSELF FOR FORCED ABATEMENT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT DURING THIS NOTICING PROCESS, EXTENSIONS MAY BE GRANTED BY FPS WHEN APPROPRIATE, WHICH THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD AT. AT THE, ON YOUR NOTICE OR ON THE NOTICE, THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER. IF A RESIDENCE NEEDS MORE TIME, THEY'RE ABLE TO CALL THEM AND GIVE 'EM AN EXTENSION IF NEEDED. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU GUYS A YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISON. SO, IN 2024, THERE WERE 756 PROPERTIES THAT RECEIVED NOTICES. UH, 376 WERE VOLUNTARILY ABATED BY THE OWNERSHIP. 69 REQUIRED AGENCY ABATEMENT. AND 24 PROPERTIES [03:20:01] WERE SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING LAST YEAR WITH THE ONE PROPERTY REMOVED DUE TO PAYMENT PER, UH, PRIOR TO THE HEARING. AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE TWO, UH, I'M SORRY, 420 PROPERTIES THAT RECEIVE NOTICES. UH, THIS RE THIS REDUCTION IS LARGELY ATTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASED COMPLIANCE FROM PROPERTY OWNERS AND ONGOING EDUCATION EFFORTS THAT WE ARE DOING. 170 WERE VOLUNTARILY ABATED. UH, 27 WERE AGENCY ABATED. AND 18 PROPERTIES WERE SCHEDULED FOR THE HEARING. UM, HOWEVER, SIX UH, PROPERTIES WERE REMOVED DURING, UH, WERE REMOVED, UH, DUE TO PAYMENT PRIOR TO THE HEARING. SO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS 11 CASES. FIVE OF THE 11 PROPERTIES ARE OWNED BY INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES, UH, LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, NATIONAL CITY. UH, THREE OF THE PROPERTIES HAVE REQUIRED ABATEMENT MORE THAN ONCE. UH, SIX OF THE 11 ARE VACANT, LOTS AND FOUR ARE OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, AND ONE IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. UH, LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT THIS PROGRAM IS A COST NEUTRAL FOR THE CITY. UH, THE CITY DOES NOT GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE, FROM THE PROGRAM, NOR DOES IT INCUR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABATEMENT PROCESS. UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT APPRECIATES THE CORPORATION WITH, UH, BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO VOLUNTARILY ABATE THE HAZARDOUS VEGETATION TO HELP KEEP NATIONAL CITY SAFE, BEAUTIFUL, AND RESILIENT AGAINST WILDFIRES. UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND I ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES, MICHAEL KO HERE. UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM NAAS. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE REPORT? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL EDDIE SANCHEZ. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE INCREASED COMPLIANCE. UM, THAT'S GREAT NEWS. UM, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, EFFORTS IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? CORRECT. SO WE HIRED TWO NEW INSPECTORS, UH, IN JANUARY, JANUARY 20TH WAS OUR START DATE. SO WHAT WE DO, IF, SO YOU SEE A PROPERTY HERE THAT'S, UH, OPERATIONS OMAHA. IT'S A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. SO IF WE GET A COMPLAINT FROM A CITIZEN OR VC CLICK FIX, WHAT WE, WHAT WE DO IN, IN COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION IS WE MAKE CONTACT, UH, WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP. UM, SINCE WE HAVE THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH BUSINESSES, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL ENTER THE BUSINESS AND, AND, AND ADVISE THEM. THERE'S, THERE'S AN ISSUE OUTSIDE THAT WE ABANDONMENT, FOR EXAMPLE. RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'LL, THEY'LL ADDRESS IT IMMEDIATELY. UM, AND WITH PROPERTY OWNERSHIP FOR RESIDENTIALS, 'CAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO INSPECT, UH, RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT HAVE THREE OR MORE UNITS, UH, WE NOW MAKE IT A, AN IN A NOTICE ON OUR INSPECTION. SO IF WE'RE DOING A, AN, AN APARTMENT INSPECTION, WE WRITE IT ON OUR INSPECTION TO ADDRESS THE WEED ABATEMENT. SO IT DOESN'T GO THIS FAR INTO THE, THE, THE, THE ABATEMENT PROCESS. SO WITH MORE PERSONNEL, WE'RE ABLE TO GET MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING FACE TO FACE SO THAT WE DON'T BRING 700 AND, WHAT WAS IT? 756? UH, WE'LL HAVE 420 THAT ARE RECEIVING NOTICES, RIGHT? SO I, I FEEL THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE BEING SEEN VIA THE NUMBERS. YEAH. WELL DONE. WELL, I THANK YOU. I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THAT RESULT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE NUMBERS DECREASE EVEN FURTHER AS WE KEEP GOING. UH, I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FANTASTIC WAY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? UH, CORRECT. EDUCATING THEM IN, IN LETTING FOLKS KNOW, GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS, HELPING THEM EARLY ON, LIKE YOU SAID BEFORE, IT GETS ESCALATED TO SOMETHING THAT IS JUST, UH, IT JUST GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER OF A ISSUE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. VERY HAPPY WITH THE, THE PROGRESS AND, AND, UH, APPLAUD YOU IN ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS, YOU AND YOUR TEAM'S EFFORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOTHING ELSE. I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS STAGE. UH, THOMAS REICH, OH, NO. HAD THIS LAST YEAR, AND I'M SAYING THIS, I, WEEDS ARE NATURAL GROWTH, SO I'M IN FAVOR OF NATURAL GROWTH. BUT THE OTHER THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T DO COMPLY WITH THIS, OR IF YOU DO COMPLY WITH THIS AFTER THE 60 DAY NOTICE, IT'S $450. SO IF YOU CORRECT IT, IF YOU CORRECT IT, AND YOU HAVE THE THREE NOTICES, BUT THEN IF, THEN IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING, THEY WILL DO IT. THEY WILL DO IT. AND THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. AND IT'S $20,000. THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID IN THE THING. SO YEAH. 450 BUCKS IF YOU DON'T COMPLY [03:25:01] MM-HMM . SO, THANK YOU. OKAY. AND YEAH. AND WEEDS ARE VERY NATURAL AND DRY. WEEDS ARE VERY NATURALLY FIRE PRODUCERS. , I, I, I LIKE TO ADDRESS REAL QUICK THAT THE, THE 20,000 IS ACTUALLY, UH, 11 PARCELS. IT'S A HOLE. RIGHT? . UM, AND, AND UNDERSTOOD TO TO, TO THE, THE GENTLEMAN, THE RESIDENT'S, UM, COMMENT IS THAT IF, IF, IF THEY DO, ONCE THEY RECEIVE A NOTICE AND THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES AATE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT CHARGED A FEE. MM-HMM . SO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. AND, AND IT IS A MIXED, THE $20,362 AND 38 CENTS, IT'S OVER 11 PARCELS. ALRIGHT. UH, HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT. GET IT IN THERE. THERE WE GO. AND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? GO MAYOR. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. UM, I HAD A VERY GOOD BRIEFING WITH, UH, CHIEF DREW AND, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL EDDIE SANCHEZ. THANK YOU FOR THE EDUCATION. UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UM, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE, THE SAFETY, UM, CLEANLINESS OF OUR CITY. BUT HERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT I HAD, UM, ASKED OUR CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO COST RECOVERY, BECAUSE YOU SAID IT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY COST OF DOING THIS SERVICE, BUT YOU SAID IT TO ME EARLIER, THAT YOU HAVE TIME IN MAKING SURE THAT FPS YOU KNOW, TAKES CARE OF THE, OF THESE, UH, OF THIS ADMINISTRATION AND, AND, UH, OPERATION OF THIS, OF THIS, UM, UM, PROJECT OR PROGRAM. SO, UM, WHEN, UM, WHEN YOU BRIEFED ME WITH THAT, I HAD TO TALK TO OUR CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S COST RECOVERY ON THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU, YOU HAVE TIME AND EFFORT THAT, UM, YOU GO TO THIS PROPERTIES TO, TO CHECK IT AND THEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADMIN IS, UM, TAKEN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IS ADDRESSED PROPERLY. SO, I, THIS AGAIN, IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT I HAVE REQUESTED CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO. COST RECOVERY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALRIGHT. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? I MAKE A MOTION. I MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. THERE WE GO. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THIS IS TO, UH, APPROVE AND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION SHOULD APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT, THAT ENDS UP WITH ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE NOW GO DOWN INTO STAFF REPORTS. 11 ONE WAS PULLED, WE GO TO 11 [11.2 City Manager Employment Agreement] TWO. THIS IS THE CITY MANAGER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. MAYOR, THE, UH, AND SO I WILL, SORRY, I WAS GONNA SEE IF, UH, CITY MANAGER WANTED TO HAVE ANY REMARKS BEFORE I READ OUT THE ORAL SUMMARY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, UH, MY COLLEAGUES AND, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, I AM PRESENTING, UH, NUMBER 11, TWO AGENDA ITEM FOR THE CITY MANAGER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. UM, ASKING, UH, OR RECOMMENDING TONIGHT THAT YOU ADOPT A RESOLUTION ENTITLED RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING DOUG SCHULZE AS THE CITY MANAGER AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND DOUG SCHULZE, EFFECTIVE JUNE 17TH, 2026. UM, AND THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE SALARY AND OTHER COMPENSATION UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT TO BE RECEIVED BY THE CITY MANAGER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXECUTIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE, UH, REQUIRED UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 3D THREE CITY MANAGER CONTRACT WILL BE EFFECTIVE JUNE 17TH, 2026, FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS ENDING JUNE 16TH, 2029, UNLESS SOONER TERMINATED BY THE EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYEE. THE AGREEMENT SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE RENEWED ON ITS ANNIVERSARY DATE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, UNLESS NOTICE IS GIVEN AT LEAST THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE, THE AMOUNT OF $300,000 ANNUAL SALARY WITH AUTOMATIC AMENDMENTS TO REFLECT SALARY ADJUSTMENTS PROVIDED OR REQUIRED BY THE CITY'S COMPENSATION POLICIES FOR THE EXECUTIVE CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES. FURTHER ANNUAL COMPENSATION CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN AND THE CITY MAY REVIEW AND ADJUST SALARY DURING THE AGREEMENT TERM. A CAFETERIA HEALTH BENEFIT OF $1,200 PER MONTH TO USE FOR EMPLOYER PROVIDED HEALTH, DENTAL, VISION, AND OTHER AVAILABLE INSURANCE PROGRAMS. [03:30:01] CITY PAID TERM LIFE INSURANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 CITY PAID LONG TERM DISABILITY COVERAGE, EITHER A CITY FURNISHED VEHICLE FOR OFFICIAL DUTIES AND COMMUTING WITH CITY PAID MAINTENANCE, FUEL AND INSURANCE, OR A $750 A MONTH VEHICLE ALLOWANCE, ACCREDIT OF 40 ACCRUED SICK LEAVE HOURS AND 40 ACCRUED VACATION LEAVE HOURS. IN ADDITION, THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO ACCRUE AND USE SICK LEAVE AND VACATION LEAVE AT THE HIGHEST RATE PROVIDED OR AVAILABLE TO EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEE LIFE INSURANCE, EQUIVALENT TO THE EMPLOYEE'S ANNUAL GROSS SALARY, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $250,000 ENROLLMENT INTO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM. AND THE CITY WILL MAKE ALL APPROPRIATE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE EMPLOYER SHARE OF CONTRIBUTIONS DURING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT. THE OPTION TO ENTER INTO A SEPARATE SIX MONTH LEASE FOR THE CITY OWNED KIMBALL HOUSE APARTMENT AT 9 2 1 A AVENUE, NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, 9 1 9 5 0. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE READING, THE ORAL SUMMARY REPORT OUTLINING THE SALARY AND OTHER COMPENSATION OF THE CITY MANAGER. ALRIGHT, UH, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS ON THIS. OH, LET'S HEAR FROM THEM FIRST BEFORE WE GO. THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN. AND, UH, HE'S, HE'S, HE'S LAUGHING. . . OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, JEREMY DAY, WE FOLLOWED BY EDWARD NETTO. UH, CYNTHIA , STILL BACK THERE. AND THEN, UH, KAREN OR CARLA, OR CARLA WAS HE, I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW KAREN FOR SOME REASON. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, ACTING CITY MANAGER, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF PUBLIC JEREMY DAY, PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY FIREFIGHTERS. UM, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE AND WELCOME. YOU HAVEN'T VOTED YET, BUT I HAVE A FEELING, UH, DOUG SCHULTZ TO THE FAMILY. UH, WE HAVE A LONG, UH, STANDING TRADITION WITH, UH, GOOD LABOR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. WE, UH, SHOW THEM OUT IN PUBLIC CONSTANTLY AS WE FOLLOW EACH OTHER AROUND. AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT RELATIONSHIP. UH, I WANT TO THANK STEVE AND MANY OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN FILLING IN ROLES, IN ACTING POSITIONS. AND I ENCOURAGE, UH, YOU ALL AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A PRETTY PERMANENT CITY MANAGER THAT CAN BEGIN TO FILL THE ACTING ROLES THAT ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY. HAVING PERMANENT CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP IN THESE ROLES WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADDRESS THE BUDGET ISSUES ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THIS IS, I BELIEVE, THE 10TH TRANSITION IN THE CITY OF MANAGER'S OFFICE IN FOUR YEARS. NOT THE 10TH PERSON, JUST THE 10TH TRANSITION. AND THAT JUST CAUSES, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY TURMOIL, BUT YOU'RE HAVING TO RE-EXPLAIN, REINTRODUCE, CATCH THEM UP. THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THESE DECISIONS BEFORE THEY OFFER THEIR SUPPORT. AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR HIS ARRIVAL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING GREATER STABILITY ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. AND, UH, I'LL JUST FINISH WITH, UH, WE HAVE, I GET TO FILL TWO ROLES. I GET TO INTERACT WITH, UH, THE DIRECTORS. AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A VERY, VERY STRONG DEDICATED, COMMITTED TEAM, NOT JUST TO THE CITY, BUT TO EACH OTHER. AND, UH, I KNOW THERE IS SOME CHANGE SOMETIMES WHEN CITY MANAGERS COME IN. I WOULD ENCOURAGE HIM TO DO A DEEP EVALUATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING ALL OF THESE FOLKS IN THE, IN THE SEATS THAT THEY WANT TO BE IN. THANK YOU. EDWARDO. FOLLOWED BY, UH, CYNTHIA, AND THEN CARLA. SEE, I WANTED TO FIRST, UH, THANK, UH, STEVE AND ALEX. UH, THERE'S BEEN, UH, TURBULENT TIMES GOING BY FROM THE CITIZEN'S PERSPECTIVE. YOU KNOW, THEY DID THE BEST THEY COULD WITH WHAT WE HAD. UH, I'M WELCOMING FROM A CITIZEN'S PERSPECTIVE. WE JUST HEARD JEREMY, JEREMY TALK ABOUT, UH, FROM THE WORKERS IN THE UNION, BUT FROM THE CITIZEN'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED HELP . SO, UM, THIS PERCEPTION OF HAVING SOME STABILIZATION, STABILIZATION AND KEEPING THE PRIORITY OF THE CITIZENS AT THE HEAD AND LET THE SHIPS FALL WHERE THEY HAVE TO FALL IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER. SO, WHAT I WANNA ASK IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, I WELCOME MR. CHELSEA ABOARD, AND I WANTED TO TELL HIM, PLEASE KEEP FOCUSED AND KEEP THE, UM, PUBLIC RESTORING PUBLIC TRUST IN THIS POSITION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, CITIES CAN HAVE A PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD FOR A LONG, LONG TIME ABOUT WHAT [03:35:01] YOU'RE ALL DOING UP HERE. SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD WANT TO SAY. ALRIGHT, UH, CYNTHIA AND THEN CARLA AGAIN. GOOD EVENING. AND NOW I'M WEARING MY HAT AS A RESIDENT AND CONCERNED RESIDENT. UM, AS YOU LIKELY KNOW FROM BRITAIN, COMMENTS I HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED, I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO MAKE TONIGHT'S CITY MANAGER DECISION MORE ABOUT HOW TO BEST GAIN STABILITY, BUILD CAPACITY, AND STRENGTHEN GOVERNANCE IN THESE INCREASINGLY TURBULENT TIMES. NOT ABOUT HIRING DOUG SCHULTZ NOR ANY OTHER EXTERNAL APPLICANT. RIGHT NOW, THE CITY IS FACING A MORE THAN $12 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT AND SERVICES ARE ALREADY UNDER PRESSURE AS THEY HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN PAST CITY MANAGER TURNOVER, CONTINUING BUDGET ISSUES. THE COMING OF AI IMPACTS TO MANY CITY OPERATIONS AND SO MUCH MORE. THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR DISRUPTION, IT'S THE TIME FOR CONTINUITY. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING PERSONAL. IN MY ROLE AS TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER AND THROUGH MY COMMUNITY WORK ADDRESSING LOCAL ISSUES, I'VE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO INTERACT WITH OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, STEVE, UM, MANGAN MAN. AND, UH, HE MAY NOT SEEK THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT I'VE COME TO REALLY APPRECIATE HIS STRENGTHS. HE UNDERSTANDS THE CITY, HE KNOWS HOW THINGS WORK. HE BRINGS CONSISTENCY THAT'S EXTREMELY VALUABLE RIGHT NOW, WITH THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS IN SUPPORTING RESOURCES, PERHAPS HE CAN BE CONVINCED TO SERVE AS CITY MANAGER FOR A WHILE LONGER. PROMOTING FROM WITHIN MEANS LESS DISRUPTION, STRONGER MORALE AND LEADERSHIP THAT'S PROVEN. SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF DOUG SCHULTZ AND INSTEAD CONSIDER EXTENDING OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER'S TERM, ALONG WITH ADDING THE GOVERNANCE INVESTMENTS OUR CITY, SO CLEARLY NEEDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CARLA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, MY NAME IS CARLA PALATE. I'M THE PRESIDENT FOR THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES HERE IN NATIONAL CITY. IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD FOR US TO GET HERE. UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US OUR UNION, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE PROCESS. WE READ, I READ, UM, MR. SCHULTZ, UM, EXPERIENCE, OH, CERTIFICATIONS. AND WE THINK THAT HE'S GONNA BE A GREAT ASSET FOR THE CITY. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THE PROCESS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY THROUGH ALL OF IT. BUT I ALSO WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THANK STEVE. I'VE KNOWN STEVE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, YOU KNOW, 16, 17 YEARS. HE'S AN AMAZING, UM, CITY ENGINEER. AND FOR HIM TO TAKE TIME TO BE AN ACTING CITY MANAGER, IT WAS HARD. ALSO, ALEX, YOU KNOW, HE, I, WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIM. HE MET WITH OUR STAFF A FEW TIMES. HE MET WITH ME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THEY ARE SO LIMITED IN TIME, WE CAN ONLY PUT BAND-AIDS ON THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO STITCHES. MARTHA ALSO MET WITH OUR MEMBERS, AND, UM, THEY REALLY GAVE US SENSE OF SUPPORT OF, UM, THEY'RE HERE TO HELP AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I'M ALSO GLAD THAT WE HAVE A PERMANENT, UM, CITY MANAGER. HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER AND WE CAN JUST GET STABILITY FOR OUR MEMBERS, FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR RESIDENTS, FOR OUR BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, AND FOR YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS ALSO NEED THAT. . THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE. YOUR PLEASURE. THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN. FULL APPROVAL, MR. MAYOR. SECOND, I HAVE COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, UH, DID YOU SAY YOU HAVE COMMENTS? YES. OKAY. YES. SO, UM, SO THANK YOU TO, UH, TO STEVE, TO ALEX, TO SCOTT IN THIS LAST, UH, YEAR, UM, THAT WE'VE, UH, BEEN, UH, FOR YOUR GUYS' SERVICE IN THOSE, UH, ACTING ROLES. SO, UM, IT HAS BEEN A BIT, UH, TUMULTUOUS, RIGHT? UM, BUT APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS' WORK AND, UM, AND YOUR DEDICATION. SO I WANNA START OFF WITH THAT. UH, WANNA WELCOME MR. SCHULZE. UM, I, I JUST, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF US FEEL THE SAME WAY. IT'S BEEN A LONG, UH, PROCESS, A [03:40:01] LONG JOURNEY, AND ULTIMATELY I THINK IT'S BEEN, UH, UH, WORTH IT. UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE TIME. I GOTTA SPEND A WITH YOU AND MEETING, UH, YOUR WIFE LISA, ALONG WITH, UH, A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, YAMANI LAST WEEK. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I, I JUST, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S IT'S TIME. IT'S TIME TO HAVE, UH, STABLE, UH, LEADERSHIP AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SOME OF THE, UH, UH, RESPONSES, UH, THE COMMENTS, UM, THAT, UM, UH, UM, MISS, UH, CYNTHIA, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I HEAR SOME OF YOUR, UM, ON THE WRITTEN COMMENTS, SOME OF THE CONCERNS, UM, AND, AND WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IN THIS PAST PROCESS, IT WAS VERY INCLUSIVE OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TEAM. WE'VE INCLUDED OUR, UH, A UNION LEADERS FOR INPUT SO THAT THERE COULD BE, UM, UH, OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES ALSO GET A SAY IN THIS. AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH UNANIMOUS ACROSS THE BOARD THAT THIS WAS OUR, OUR BEST CANDIDATE. SO IT'S NOT JUST OUR COUNCILS, UH, AND, UH, WERE STRONG OR HAVE, HAVE BEEN STRONG IN THE COMMENTS, UH, PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTING THIS, UH, DIRECTION, BUT EVEN, UH, WITH OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. UM, AND I COULD SAY JUST TO, TO EVERYONE HERE, WE'VE, WE'VE ABSOLUTELY HAD CHALLENGES AMONG, UH, WITH, WITH LEADERSHIP EVEN, UM, WITH THIS, IN THIS, ON THIS DAIS, WE'VE HAD, UH, SOME STRONG DISAGREEMENTS, UH, BETWEEN US, AMONGST COUNCIL. AND I DO REALLY BELIEVE THAT EACH OF US HAS WORKED HARD BOTH, UH, BEHIND THE SCENES AND, AND PUBLIC TO, UH, DO BETTER AMONGST OURSELVES AS, UM, AND TRY TO BE MORE TACTFUL AND WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM. I FEEL IT. I SEE IT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE US ALL ON THIS DIOCESE TO CONTINUE THAT PATH. ELECTIONS ARE GONNA BE ELECTIONS, POLITICS ARE GONNA BE POLITICS. BUT AT THE END, END OF THE DAY, UM, WE'RE BEST AS MUCH UNIFIED AS POSSIBLE. UM, AND I, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A, A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT THAT. WE'VE BEEN DOING BETTER. UM, I, I WILL SAY, UH, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE STILL WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, IN MY OPINION, IS THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. AND THAT GOES FROM THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL, UM, JUST ALL THE WAY ORGANIZATION WIDE, AND IT NEEDS TO IMPROVE. AND THAT'S, UH, THE BIGGEST THING I WOULD ASK, UH, MR. SCHULZE AS YOU COME IN, IS TO IMPROVE THAT. BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WITH OUR BUDGET AND SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS IN THE PROCESS. AND YOU SEE HOW THAT SPILLS OUT IN KIND OF SOME RUSHED DECISIONS. SO, AND WE NEED TO BE MORE HONEST AMONGST EACH OTHER, UM, ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THOSE FAILURES. UM, IT'S OKAY, I ACCEPT MY RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOME OF THOSE FAILURES AS WELL, BUT I NEED THE DIRECTORS. I NEED THE MANAGERS, THE EMPLOYEES, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, ALL OF US. IF WE'RE GONNA GROW AND BE BETTER AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO OURSELVES TOO. AND SO, AND I'VE SEEN IMPROVEMENT, UM, AND I THINK WITH THIS, AND THEN UPCOMING, UH, CITY ATTORNEY AGREEMENT, I THINK THAT'S, UH, HAPPENING. SO, UH, WANNA WELCOME YOU AGAIN, MR. SCHULZE. I'M REALLY EXCITED, UH, TO, UH, TO, UM, FOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND IT'S, IT'S GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE TIME AND I WANT YOU OBVIOUSLY TO LEARN THE CULTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO MAKE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS. AND THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY CONFLICTS AND WE MIGHT DO THINGS ONE WAY, BUT I WANT US ALL, AND I EXPECT US ALL TO BE OPEN TO SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT, THAT YOU WANT TO SEE. AND JUST, UH, WORKING WITH US ALL, ALL OF US TOGETHER, UH, MORE COHESIVELY, UH, AS A TEAM. SO, AND NOT JUST WITH US, BUT EVEN ENGAGING MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS WITH OUR BUSINESSES. SO WE'RE NOT ALL OPERATING SO MUCH IN SILOS THAT WE'RE JUST LIKE WORKING TOGETHER ON THINGS LIKE YOU SEE, LIKE THIS BUSINESS LICENSE TAX ON OUR REVENUES ON, WE CAN MAKE FURTHER, UH, CUTS IN, UH, IN THIS CITY, UH, TOO WITHOUT, UH, COMPLETELY IMPACTING SERVICES. SO REALLY EXCITED FOR YOU TO COME IN AND JUST CONTINUING THIS, UH, NEW DIRECTION WITH OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR PATIENCE. I KNOW YOUR FAMILY WAS HERE EARLIER AND, AND, UM, SADLY THEY'RE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I, I'M SURE THAT THEY, THEY, THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE. UM, AND I'M, WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF IT, RIGHT? WE HAVEN'T YET TAKEN THE VOTE, BUT I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT ON THIS ONE. UM, I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, JEREMY AND CARLA FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AND, AND I DO WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS INTERVIEW AROUND, UM, FOR, FOR CITY MANAGER DID INCLUDE THE MUNICIPAL OR THE, THE, THE LABOR UNION'S, UH, REPRESENTATIVES. AND I, AND I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MEMBER BUSH BECAUSE IT WAS HIS INSISTENCE. UM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, HAD A BUY-IN ON THAT, BUT IT WAS REALLY YOUR INSISTENCE ON INVOLVING THAT ASPECT OF THE ORGANIZATION THROUGHOUT THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, AND IT TRULY DID BRING A, UM, WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THERE. SO I DO WANNA GIVE OUT THAT, SHOUT OUT TO YOU, MARCUS, AND, UM, THE QUALITIES THAT YOU EXPRESSED, I WANNA ADD ONE THAT'S VERY KEY THAT HAS BEEN MISSING. AND WE, WE REALLY DO WANNA FOCUS ON MR. SCH SCHULZE, AND THAT WOULD BE ELEVATING THE COMMUNICATION, UM, UH, EFFORTS, UH, AT THE CITY. AND [03:45:01] THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANNA SEE. UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS, UM, BUT BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, I FORGET WHO SAID IT, I THINK IT WAS CARLA. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO COMMUNICATE BETTER. WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO MAKE MORE MEETINGS, BUT WE'RE SO SHORT STAFFED AND, AND EVERYBODY'S WEARING DOUBLE, DOUBLE DUTY HATS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE SPENDING THE TIME TAKING CARE OF, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND, AND TAKING THE TIME TO BETTER COMMUNICATE, UH, KEEPING EVERYBODY OUT OF THE SILOS AND, AND COMMUNICATING AND KNOWING EVERYTHING AS BEST AS WE CAN. I THINK THAT IS, WOULD BE MY ASK. SO, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, REALLY WANNA COMMEND THE EFFORT OF, UH, A LOT OF STAFF THAT, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR AND CHANGE HAVE STEPPED UP IN SERVING MULTIPLE ROLES. AND, UM, UH, IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY. I KNOW YOU ALL RUN YOUR INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND THEN WE ASKED FOR YOU TO STEP UP AT A TIME THAT WAS CRITICAL IN OUR CITY. AND, UH, I THINK, I THINK IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY. UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, UNTIL I ACTUALLY BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER, I REALIZED THE DIFFICULTY THAT THE CITY MANAGEMENT, UM, THE CITY MANAGER IN PARTICULAR IN THAT ROLE, HOW DIFFICULT IT'S TO MANAGE THE CITY, TO MANAGE STAFF, TO THINK OF THE FUTURE, TO CONSTANTLY BE WORKING. AND I KNOW I, YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF FIVE UP HERE, AND WE SEND A TON OF REQUESTS YOUR WAY. AND SO REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF JUST STAYING AFLOAT AND WORKING, UM, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP. AND, UH, MR. SCHULTZE, SORRY WE DIDN'T HAVE YOUR FAMILY HERE, BUT, UH, UM, ARE YOU, ARE YOU SURE WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET? , ARE YOU CERTAIN? ALL RIGHT. YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. ONE THUMBS UP, ONE THUMBS UP. OKAY. YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOUR FAMILY HERE. AND, UH, STAYING HERE AT, AT, UM, UH, IN OUR OWN BUILDING IS, IS, UH, IS GONNA BE GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND FOR YOUR FAMILY AS WELL. SO WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND I MEAN, THE FACT THAT YOUR FAMILY IS HERE, I THINK IS AN INDICATION OF YOU BEING ALL IN. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL CERTAINLY EMBRACE. SO WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I MUST IF, UH, I MAY ASK MR. SHUL TO PLEASE COME FORWARD, SIR, PLEASE, SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOU, SIR. , LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. DOUGLAS SCHULZE. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. OKAY. WELL, OKAY. SHALL WE TAKE THE MOTION? WELL, WELL, LET ME SAY SOMETHING FIRST. CAN, CAN WE, CAN WE CALL THE QUESTION MR. MAYOR? WELL, HERE, JUST A MOMENT. WE DIDN'T LET RON SPEAK OF BEER SPEAK EITHER. UH, YEAH, IT'S A, UH, IT HAS BEEN A UNUSUAL YEAR, ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF IN, IN DEALING WITH ALL THE, UH, THE TURMOIL AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND JUST ALL THE UNCERTAINTY AND, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. AND I, I AGREE VERY MUCH, UH, WITH WHAT WAS SAID IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PERSONALITIES RUNNING THROUGH THAT, THAT CHAIR AND EVERYTHING MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT AND HAVE THE LACK OF CONTINUITY, THE LACK OF CONSISTENCY, UM, AND THE LACK OF ORDER AFTER A WHILE, BECAUSE AS I SAY, IT JUST GOES IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THIS, THIS MOMENT IN TIME, UH, TO BRING SOMEONE ON. AND AS I HAVE MENTIONED, AND I GUESS I GOT QUOTED IN TODAY'S PAPER, UH, THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY WITH CITY MANAGERS. UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, THE CITY MANAGER HAD BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS, IT WASN'T THAT UNUSUAL THING FOR A CITY MANAGER TO BE IN A CITY FOR 20 YEARS AND MORE. UM, NOW ONE, TWO YEARS. I MEAN, IT HAS CHANGED. AND THE SAME THING'S HAPPENING WITH CITY ATTORNEYS NOW, WHAT CAN I SAY? THAT USED TO BE A ONE THAT WAS A LONG, LONG TIME. AND, AND YET WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, DOUG'S, UM, YOU KNOW, HIS BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND HE HAS, HE HAS BEEN ONE THAT EVEN DURING THIS TIME WHEN, YOU KNOW, FASTLY CHANGING CITY MANAGERS, HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE IN CITIES FOR A GOOD LONG, UH, PERIOD OF TIME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN YEAR PERIOD, WHICH IS, AND YOU KNOW, YOU SAID THAT 10, 15 YEARS AGO, THAT WOULDN'T SOUND THAT GOOD IN TODAY'S WORLD. THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY DOGGONE GOOD. AND, UH, AND HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD WHILE HE'S DOING THAT. SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO THIS DAY. AND SO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE VOTE, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY? NOPE. OKAY. , YOU DONE KNOW. OKAY. I'LL WAIT UNTIL AFTER YOU, OKAY. OKAY. HE KNOWS THE PROTOCOL. MR. MAY. [03:50:01] ALRIGHT. SO WHO WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION? IT WAS MADE? NO, NO ONE'S MADE ONE YET. CAN, CAN YOU MAKE, CAN YOU PUSH YOUR BUTTON AGAIN? THANK YOU. OKAY. ANI MADE ONE. WHO WANTS A SECOND? BUSH? OKAY. BUSH, YOU GOT THE SECOND. OKAY. AND, UH, SO WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE. DO YOU MOTION UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY OF THE NATIONAL CITY, I'M TRULY HONORED AND HUMBLED BY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS YOUR NEXT CITY MANAGER. I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK MAYOR MORRISON AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME AND FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH THIS IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TRUST YOU'VE PLACED IN ME, AND I APPROACH THE ROLE WITH A SENSE OF COMMITMENT, RESPECT, AND PURPOSE TO THE DEDICATED EMPLOYEES OF NATIONAL CITY. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND PROFESSIONALISM. CITY STAFF ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS ORGANIZATION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE EACH OF YOU. TOGETHER WE WILL FOCUS ON DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY, EFFECTIVE SERVICES THAT EXCEED THE NEEDS AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS. I VALUE TEAMWORK AND I BELIEVE THE BEST RESULTS HAPPEN WHEN WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND WORK TOWARDS SHARED GOALS. I WANNA EXPRESS MY COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY TO BE ACCESSIBLE, TRANSPARENT, AND RESPONSIVE. PUBLIC SERVICE IS ABOUT EARNING TRUST EVERY DAY, AND THAT BEGINS WITH CLEAR COMMUNICATION, HONEST COLLABORATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RESULTS. I WILL WORK HARD TO ENSURE NATIONAL CITY CONTINUES MOVING FORWARD IN A WAY THAT REFLECTS COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND STRENGTHENS CONFIDENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS CRITICAL TO GOOD GOVERNANCE. WE SAW THAT HERE TONIGHT. UH, I WOULD URGE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONTINUE TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN YOUR GOVERNMENT, PARTICIPATE IN OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT, SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, CONCERNS, AND IDEAS. TOGETHER WE CAN ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT STRONG LEADERSHIP MEANS LISTENING CAREFULLY, BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS, AND MAKING DECISIONS WITH INTEGRITY AND INTENTION. MY PROMISE IS TO BRING A STEADY COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO THIS ROLE AND TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY TO ADVANCE THE CITY'S GOALS AND DELIVER MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES. THE ATHENIAN OATH WAS AN ANCIENT OATH ASSOCIATED WITH ATHENIAN CITIZENSHIP AND CIVIC DUTY IN MODERN USAGE. IT'S OFTEN REMEMBERED AS A PLEDGE TO SERVE THE CITY, HONESTLY, OBEY THE LAWS, DEFEND THE COMMON GOOD, AND LEAVE THE COMMUNITY GREATER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN IT WAS RECEIVED. I'D LIKE TO READ THE OATH 'CAUSE I THINK IT GIVES YOU MORE CONTEXT. WE'LL NEVER BRING DISGRACE ON THIS OUR CITY BY AN ACT OF DISHONESTY OR COWARDICE. WE WILL FIGHT FOR THE IDEALS AND SACRED THINGS OF THE CITY, BOTH ALONE AND WITH MANY. WE WILL REVERE AND OBEY THE CITY'S LAWS, AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO INCITE A LIKE, REVERENCE AND RESPECT IN THOSE ABOVE US WHO ARE PRONE TO NULL THEM OR SET THEM AT NOT. WE WILL STRIVE UNCEASINGLY TO QUICKEN THE PUBLIC SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY. THUS, IN ALL THESE WAYS, WE WILL TRANSMIT THE CITY NOT ONLY, NOT LESS, BUT GREATER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN IT WAS TRANSMITTED TO US. FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE LISA, AND MY FAMILY WHO'VE NOT ONLY STOOD BY ME THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, BUT HAVE BEEN MY BIGGEST CHEERLEADERS, KEEPING ME GROUNDED, MOTIVATED, AND ALWAYS STRIVING TO BE BETTER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW FROM SOME, SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE TO THE NEXT ONE, . OH, UH, [11.3 City Attorney Employment Agreement] I GUESS WE HAVE TO DO IT. THIS CITY ATTORNEY EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. LET'S, LET'S, LET'S DO THAT ONE. I'M, I'M HAPPY TO, UM, THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT ON AGENDA 11.3, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO ASK [03:55:01] THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ENTITLED RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING HEIDI SKINNER AS CITY ATTORNEY, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND HEIDI SKINNER, EFFECTIVE JUNE 17TH, 2026. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE SALARY AND OTHER COMPENSATION UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT TO BE RECEIVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXECUTIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE, UM, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 3D THREE, CITY ATTORNEY CONTRACT EFFECTIVE JUNE 17TH, 2026, FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS ENDING JUNE 16TH, 2029, UNLESS SOONER TERMINATED BY THE EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYEE, AND INCLUDES A COMPENSATION BENEFITS REOPENER IF MANAGERS OR EXECUTIVES RECEIVE INCREASES. AND IT ALSO PROVIDES ANNUAL CPI BASED SALARY CONSIDERATION BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2027, A SALARY, AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $265,000 WITH AN ANNUAL INCREASE OF 4% AFTER YEARS ONE AND TWO, UPON SATISFACTORY ANNUAL EVALUATIONS, A CAFETERIA HEALTH BENEFIT OF $1,200 PER MONTH TO USE FOR EMPLOYER PROVIDED HEALTH, DENTAL, VISION, AND OTHER AVAILABLE INSURANCE PROGRAMS. $750 PER MONTH FOR VEHICLE ALLOWANCE, $7,500 ANNUAL CITY CONTRIBUTION TO A DEFERRED COMPENSATION RETIREMENT ACCOUNT, A CREDIT OF 40 ACCRUED SICK LEAVE HOURS AND 40 ACCRUED VACATION LEAVE HOURS. IN ADDITION, THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO ACCRUE AND USE SICK LEAVE AND VACATION LEAVE AT THE HIGHEST RATE PROVIDED OR AVAILABLE TO EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES CITY PAID TERM LIFE INSURANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 ENROLLMENT INTO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM. AND THE CITY WILL MAKE AN ALL APPROPRIATE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE EMPLOYER SHARE OF CONTRIBUTIONS DURING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT. UH, AND LASTLY, CITY PAID LONG-TERM DISABILITY COVERAGE. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ORAL SUMMARY, UH, OUTLINING THE SALARY AND OTHER COMPENSATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MOVE FOR ADOPTION. MR. MAYOR SECOND. I SECOND. OH, SORRY. WELL, I GUESS WE GOT IT. WE'RE STUCK WITH YOU DO. SORRY. OKAY. DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? UH, YES. UM, SO WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY SAID THIS BEFORE, HEIDI, BUT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR NOW. IS, HAS IT BEEN 6, 3, 4, NOT FOUR SIX. WE'RE FOUR AND A HALF. FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS. SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR WORK. I MEAN, NOT JUST, UM, YOUR, UM, GOD, I WANNA SAY COMPETENCY, BUT THERE'S JUST A BETTER, BUT REALLY JUST, UM, YOUR EXPERIENCE. OH, GEN YOU KNOW, GENIUS. I THAT'S, THAT'S WRONG. HUMBLENESS, HUMBLENESS, , I, YOUR HUMILITY. I, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY, UM, ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, UH, WITH, UM, OUR BODY, WHICH GOES A LITTLE BIT BEYOND YOUR OFFICIAL DUTIES, IS THE ABILITY TO KIND OF LISTEN TO US, KNOW US, AND THEN BRING US TOGETHER ON ISSUES. AND SOMETIMES, LIKE A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN IN, IN CLO UH, CLOSED SESSION CLO UH, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. BUT YOU'VE REALLY BEEN EFFECTIVE IN THAT. AND JUST WITH LEADING WITH HEART AND WITH YOUR SOUL. AND THAT'S OFTEN AT TIMES, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY WRITTEN IN THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE THAT YOU BRING TO THE ORGANIZATION. AND THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AND MORE TRANSPARENCY, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING FOR YEARS ABOUT AND IS JUST, IT'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO, UM, AND I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT PARTNER AND, UM, AND, AND MR. SO SCHULZE AND JUST, UM, AND JUST THE STAFF IN GENERAL, I THINK WE'RE ALL MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YOU'VE BEEN A BIG PART IN HELPING US TO GET THERE. SO, UH, THANK YOU HEIDI. IT'S, THIS IS MORE A FORMALITY 'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING SO EFFECTIVELY WITH US IN THE LAST, UH, IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND, UH, AND JUST EVERYTHING YOU BRING TO THE TABLE. THANK YOU. UM, YEAH, HEIDI, GOD, WE'RE DOING THIS NOW. I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A DONE DEAL FOREVER AGO. UM, OUT OF ALL OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT YOU, I MEAN, THERE'S A THOUSAND THINGS SO IMPRESSIVE ABOUT YOU. MY, ONE OF THE MOST FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT YOU IS HOW QUICKLY AND IMPRESSIVELY YOU FIT IN. I THINK YOU FIT IN LIKE ON MINUTE NUMBER ONE. SO, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, HEIDI. SO WELCOME. I MEAN, LONG OVERDUE. WELCOME. YOU, YOU FEELS LIKE I, YOU WERE WELCOME AGAIN. MINUTE NUMBER ONE. SO THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND. ANYTHING GOT HERE, I JUST WANT TO, UM, THANK YOU HEIDI. YOU CERTAINLY HAVE A BUNDLE OF ENERGY AND, UH, SEEN AS, UH, YOUR PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT IS VERY SMALL. UM, YOU DEFINITELY PUNCH ABOVE YOUR WEIGHT. AND SO I, I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND YOUR EFFORTS AND JUST HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING IT. IT FEELS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR, BUT IT'S BEEN ONLY A FEW MONTHS. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, AND, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO. THANK YOU FOR HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR BEING GOOFY AS WELL. . UM, BUT REALLY, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE. [04:00:01] UM, YOU, I MEAN THAT, UM, HELPS US A LOT, UM, TAKE CARE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND OUR FIDUCIARY, UM, TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING US. THANK YOU. WELL, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, UH, A LOT OF CITIES ARE CITY ATTORNEYS, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF, THEY DO A LOT OF OVERSIGHT OVER THE COUNCIL AND, UH, KIND OF CHECKING TO KINDA KEEP US ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW. AND SO A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, CITY OFFICIALS LIKE TO KEEP THEIR CITY ATTORNEY IN THE DARK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT SHE IS A NATURAL 'CAUSE SHE STAYS IN THE DARK ALL THE TIME. SHE ALWAYS HAS HER LIGHTS OFF IN HER OFFICE. SHE WORKS IN THE DARK . SO, SO YOU, FAIR POINT, FAIR POINT. FAIR, FAIR POINT. ANYWAY, DISTRACT TO SAY THE ELECTRICITY. YEAH. YOU'RE DOING MY PART TO SAVE MONEY, SAVE ELECTRICITY. THERE YOU GO. UH, UH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I'LL LET ECHO EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS AND INDEED SHE HAS FIT IN VERY WELL. I THINK SHE'S, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A, A GOOD FIT WITH OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. UM, AND AS I SAY, UH, I, I PERSONALLY LIKE QUIRKY, UM, PERSONALITIES. I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE QUIRKY, GOOFY. SHE IS, SHE IS. NO WAY. AND, UH, BUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I, I THINK IT, IT DOES WELL, UH, IT DOES WELL A LOT OF TIMES WITHIN A WORKING ENVIRONMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A, A GOOD BLEND. SO, GEE, AFTER FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS, FINALLY, WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALRIGHT. YOU HAVEN'T VOTED YET. I KNOW IT, YOU NOTICE, YOU NOTICE THAT. OKAY, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION TO PROVE UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT, SAY ANYTHING. THANK YOU ALL. I LOVE BEING HERE. I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY. I THINK THIS IS SUCH A FABULOUS COMMUNITY, UM, WONDERFUL PEOPLE, AND I'M LOOKING ACROSS THE TEAM HERE. YEAH, Y'ALL ARE GREAT. THE COUNCIL'S GREAT. YOU ARE ALL GREAT. I CAN'T WAIT TO WORK WITH YOU, DOUG. I'M EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE. THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT. I WOULD WEAR SHADES, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY WITH ME. . THANK YOU. . WE WENT UP. I, I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA TAKE THE FIFTH, BUT ANYWAY. [5. PUBLIC COMMENT (Part 2 of 2)] ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT PART, WE GOTTA GET BACK INTO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS. I GOT ANOTHER STACK HERE. WE'LL SEE HOW MANY OF 'EM HAVE LASTED HERE WITH US? FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE LILIANA ARMENTA. I KNOW, I SAW SEE HER BACK THERE. AND AFTER THAT WE HAVE JILL MILLIGAN. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE YET. AND THEN EDWARD NETTO. SORRY. GETTING SLEEPY HERE TOO. OKAY, . GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER AND STAFF. I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A NATIONAL CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD MEMBER AND SOMEONE WHO DEEPLY CARES ABOUT OUR VETERANS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY. FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I'VE BEEN HELPING ORGANIZE OUR FIRST EVER VETERANS BUSINESS MIXER TO ATTRACT VETERAN ENTREPRENEURS AND ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL CITY. THAT'S WHY I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROPOSED BUSINESS LICENSE TAX INCREASE. IF WE MAKE NATIONAL CITY MORE EXPENSIVE TO DO BUSINESS IN, THEN WE RISK MAKING NATIONAL CITY LESS ATTRACTIVE TO DO BUSINESS IN. I WANT OUR CITY TO THRIVE. I WANT MORE BUSINESSES OPENING THEIR DOORS, CREATING JOBS, AND INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS PROPOSAL. WE'RE BEING TOLD THIS TAX INCREASE CAN GENERATE NEARLY 10 TIMES THE CURRENT REVENUE, YET THE MONEY WOULD GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO BE SPENT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WHAT IS THE DEDICATED PURPOSE OF THESE FUNDS? HOW CAN I ENCOURAGE VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS TO COME TO NATIONAL CITY WHEN THEY FACE SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT THAT ONE HIGHER BUSINESS LICENSE FEES. THE IMPACT IS REAL. EVERY BUSINESS THAT CHOOSES NOT TO INVEST HERE MEANS FEWER JOBS, FEWER OPPORTUNITIES, AND LESS ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR OUR CITY. IF ADDITIONAL REVENUE IS TRULY NEEDED, THEN LET'S WORK TOGETHER, BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, SHOW US THE NEED, SHOW THE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLAN AND CONSIDER A COMMUNITY BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS CAN HELP BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION. NATIONAL CITY SUCCESS SHOULDN'T BE MEASURED BY HOW MUCH WE COLLECT FROM BUSINESSES, BUT HOW, BUT BY HOW MANY BUSINESSES CHOOSE TO INVEST, GROW, AND STAY HERE IN NATIONAL CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, JILL MILLIGAN. [04:05:01] ED NIETO FOLLOWED BY AND IT SAYS ALICIA, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ALICIA MORRISON. OKAY. UM, , I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. KEEP MENTIONING THIS. YOU CAN'T FIX A PROBLEM IF YOU REFUSE TO IDENTIFY. ITS CAUSE THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE TAX INITIATIVE IS TO GET US OUT OF THIS $12 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT. THERE'S LEAK, YOU KNOW, BUT BEFORE ASKING THIS, BEFORE ASKING THE VOTERS FOR MORE MONEY, THE COUNCIL HASN'T EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS $12 MILLION. YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY NEED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DECISIONS THAT CAN, THAT GOT US INTO THIS PRO PROBLEM. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I I ALWAYS ASK, DID YOU KNOW WHAT THE REVENUE SOURCES WERE FOR THE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU MADE BEFORE YOU VOTED FOR THIS? THIS IS WHAT PUT US IN THIS POSI POSITION AND THIS, THAT WAS A MISTAKE. I'M NOT REFUTING THAT THE CITY EMPLOYEES DESERVE PAY. I'M JUST SAYING THAT AT THE TIME THAT YOU MADE THAT DECISION, YOU DIDN'T IDENTIFY WHAT THE, WHAT THE REVENUES WERE. THAT'S A MISTAKE. THAT'S A BUDGETARY CONTROL. THAT'S IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BUDGET COMMITTEE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT. YOU CAN'T BE MAKING COMMITMENTS BEFORE YOU EVEN KNOW YOU HAVE THE MONEY. AND I'M SURPRISED THAT'S NOT ONE WHERE YOU LOOK AT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO CUT. THAT'S WHERE YOU LOOK AT YOURSELVES AND SAY, WHAT WAS I THINKING WHEN I DID THAT? OKAY, I CAN GO ON AND ON LIKE THIS, BUT I'M NOT, OKAY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE JUST COME AND TO TALK TO YOU GUYS. AND SOMETIMES I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU UNDERSTAND. BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE NOW FORCED. NOW YOU'RE GONNA IN PUT IN THE POSITION, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF MAKING THESE TOUGH DECISIONS NOW. THANK YOU. ALICIA MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY DOYLE MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY, UH, MICHAEL LEG. GOOD EVENING, SEVERE INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION, THE FIFTH IN THE NATION, ELEVATED CRIME RATES, A HIGH COST OF LIVING, A VERY VISIBLE HOMELESS POPULATION, NEGLECTED ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THOSE ARE JUST, UH, IMMEDIATE ONES THAT COME TO MIND WHEN LOOKING AT THE QUALITIES OF LIFE I SEE IN NATIONAL CITY. YOU AS ELECTED LEADERS NEED TO BE WORKING EVERY DAY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS. NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION TO A PRIVATE ATTORNEY WHO'S PREPARING A CLAIM AGAINST THIS CITY. SO AFTER READING THE PRA 2 5 6 5 8, I NOW QUESTION YOUR BIOGRAPHY. COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA, IT STATES SUPPORTING EXPANDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. BUT WHEN MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC ASKED TO RESTORE 0.78 ACRES PARCEL TO RESIDENTIAL ZONING TO ALLOW FOR MORE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE A TAKING, CHANGING IT TO RESIDENTIAL WOULD NOT BE A TAKING, IT WOULD BE EXPANDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, SOMETHING YOU SUPPORT OR RS ONE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES STOOD ON A VACANT LOT AS SWEETWATER AND ORANGE. THEY WERE PART OF AN EXISTING, UH, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. YOU WERE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE YOU SWORE AN OATH. YOU ARE DISTRICT ONE REPRESENTATIVE. YOU SHOULD NOT BE WORKING TO ASSIST A PRIVATE ATTORNEY WHO IS PREPARING A CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY YOU REPRESENT. TAX DOLLARS SHOULD NOT BE SPENT ON PERSONAL CLAIMS. THANK YOU. DOYLE MORRISON, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL AGIRI, FOLLOWED BY MARIA SEVERSON. HELLO, NATIONAL CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME'S DOYLE MORRISON AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SWEETWATER ROAD IN ORANGE STREET. SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE MEETING ON JUNE 17TH, 2025 AND RESTORING THE ZONING BACK TO RESIDENTIAL. THIS DAIS SAID THAT THAT WOULD BE A TAKING AND DEVALUE THE PROPERTY. IN FACT, THIS DAIS CHANGED IT FROM RESIDENTIAL TO MAJOR MIXED USE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS ACTION FOR THAT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BY YOUR OWN STANDARDS WAS A TAKING, LOWERING THE PROPERTY VALUES OF RESIDENTS IN THE ADJACENT LINCOLN ACRES IN THE UNINCORPORATED SAN DIEGO COUNTY. SO I GUESS THAT BRINGS UP THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. WHERE DOES THIS DIET D INVEST? ITS LOYALTIES WITH THE RESIDENTS OF MORE THAN SIX GENERATIONS OR WITH DONATING DEVELOPERS. I QUESTION WHETHER YOUR DECISIONS ARE MADE FOR YOUR PERSONAL GAME. WE, THE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING AND I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. I TURNED IN A SALMON SLIP. I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO GIVE THE SALMON SLIP. AND I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT I WASN'T THE LAST PERSON CALLED TONIGHT. BUT IF THE PERSON COULD STACK 'EM ON TOP OF EACH [04:10:01] OTHER AND THEN TURN IT OVER, I THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTER PROCESS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT GOT HERE EARLY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE MICHAEL AGUIRE, FOLLOWED BY MARIA SEVERSON, FOLLOWED BY PAUL WADOWSKI. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT A TAKING ONLY OCCURS IF IT RESULTS IN A DIMINUTION OF VALUE CLOSE TO ZERO. IF YOU RESTORE THE 0.78 ACRES TO RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY, IT WILL STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT COMMERCIAL VALUE. I HAVE GIVEN A LETTER HERE WE PROVIDED TO YOU BEFORE IT GOES THROUGH AND DISCUSSES THE, KATE SAW THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS. THEY'RE NOT RESIDENTS OF NATIONAL CITY, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO YOU DID THIS FOR MAYOR ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF NATIONAL CITY EITHER. THE PEOPLE THAT YOU DID THIS FOR ARE HOPING TO MAKE A VERY SIGNIFICANT PROFIT, WHICH YOU KNOW, BUT THE IMPACT OF PUTTING THIS HIGH DENSITY PROJECT AT SWEETWATER AND UH, ORANGE, IT HAS A IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE CEMETERY. THEY ARE WITHIN WHAT'S CALLED THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. THAT IS HOW THE TRANS, THAT'S HOW THIS PROPERTY GOT ANNEXED INTO NATIONAL CITY TO BEGIN WITH A SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. UH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED OWN PROPERTY AND NATIONAL CITY, THEY HAVE MUCH CLOSER CONNECTION, UH, OR HISTORICAL CONNECTION THAN JUST SOME OUTSIDE PERSON. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IS DON'T ADHERE TO WHAT YOU DID BEFORE, WHICH WAS TO HAVE A SHAM MEETING YOUR CITY ATTORNEY AT THE TIME, AND YOUR PLANNING PEOPLE TOLD YOU YOU NEEDED TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE MORE CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS A TAKING MARY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TOOK, YOU HAD YOUR DEPOSITION TAKEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MARIA JEFFERSON, FOLLOWED BY PAUL WADOWSKI, FOLLOWED BY, UH, LANKO. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. I LIKE THE WAY WHEN CERTAIN PEOPLE CAME IN AND YOU PUT THE PINK SLIPS. 'CAUSE I WAS WATCHING ON THE SCREEN OUTSIDE HOW YOU MOVED IT SO THAT WE WERE IN THE BACK. SO THAT'S GREAT, REALLY TREATING THE PUBLIC FAIRLY. YOU HAD YOUR DEPOSITION TAKEN. I HAVE A COPY OF THIS FOR ALL OF YOU, AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU WILL EACH LOOK AT THIS. UH, MS. SKINNER, CONGRATULATIONS. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU'RE GOING TO INVESTIGATE WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DUTY TO REPRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL AND NOT JUST THE MAYOR. AND MS. MOLINA, AN ATTORNEY NAMED DAN GILLIAN. MS. THE MAYOR WAS ASKED, DO YOU KNOW HIM? HE SAID YES. AND HE SAYS, DAN GILLIAN'S YOUR ATTORNEY TOO. YES. DAN GILLIAN WAS YOUR ATTORNEY BEFORE HE FILED THE CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY. YES, HE TOOK THE PENALTY OATH OF PENALTY OF PERJURY. THEN WE HAD LOU MOLINA'S DEPOSITION, AND THERE SHE GAVE UP RECORDS THAT SHOWED THAT JUST BEFORE YOUR, WE'LL JUST CALL HER YOUR ASSISTANT TO BE GENEROUS. SHE THAT HAD A CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY AND YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA HELPED HER. HERE IS DOCUMENTATION THAT SHOWS THAT HE ASKED FOR YOUR NOTES SO HE CAN PUT IT TOGETHER AS PART OF THE CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY THAT YOU ARE SWORN TO PROTECT AND TO REPRESENT. YOU ARE SWORN TO PROTECT AND REPRESENT THE CITY. YET THE TWO OF YOU, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, HAVE INDICATED THAT YOU HELPED GIVE INFORMATION TO BRING A CLAIM DAYS LATER AGAINST THE CITY THAT YOU ARE SWORN TO DEFEND. WAIT TILL THE NEWS MEDIA GETS AHOLD OF THIS. YOU INDICATED THAT YOU RECEIVED A PHONE CALL AND YOU GAVE HIM YOUR PERSONAL TEXTS. HERE ARE THE ACTUAL WHERE HE SAYS, I'D LIKE THIS IN PREPARATION OF THE CLAIM. AND, UH, I UTILIZED IT IN YOUR STATEMENT. TO DO THE CLAIM SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES AND INVESTIGATED. THIS IS NO JOKE, IT'S UNLAWFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. UH, PAUL BOBOWSKI, UH, MICKEL POLANCO. LOUISA MCCARTHY. SHE, YES. OH, SHE GOES. [04:15:04] GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UH, I WANNA CONGRATULATE SHUL AND SKINNER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE SCHULZE HIGHLIGHTED WAS OBEYING THE CITY'S LOSS. AND I HOPE THAT IN, UH, THE REMAINING OF THIS YEAR, THIS WILL HAPPEN. AND WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO CORRECT THE RECORD. FIRST, RESTORING THE 78TH PARCEL AT SWEETWATER AND ORANGE IS NOT A TAKING, AS MR. AGIRI UH, POINTED IT OUT HERE, A PROFIT WOULD STILL BE OBTAINED IN THAT PROPERTY. YET ON THE JUNE 17TH, 2025, MAYOR Y FALSELY SAID IT WOULD BE A TAKING EVEN AFTER YOU WERE TOLD BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND STAFF THAT MORE ANALYSIS NEEDED TO BE MADE. SECOND, WE NOW HAVE TEXT MESSAGES AND EMAILS SHOWING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LIZ MOLINA AND YOU RON, WERE WORKING WITH THAT ATTORNEY THAT, UH, WAS YOUR PERSONAL ATTORNEY ON A CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY. WE SHOULD BE PROTECTING THE CITY, NOT DESTROYING THE CITY BY OUR SWORN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND URAN. AND YOU SHOULD BE VERY ASHAMED OF YOURSELF FOR DOING THAT. LET ME REPEAT THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA HELPED THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY FOR THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT TO PREPARE A CLAIM AGAINST NATIONAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA EMAILED THE ATTORNEY ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, AUGUST 22ND, AUGUST 26TH, SEPTEMBER THE SECOND, AND SEPTEMBER THE FIFTH ON 2025. AND YOU WEREN'T ONLY EMAILING HIM, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA, YOU ARE ALSO CALLING HIM TOO. BE WARN THE, THE CIRCLE OF JUSTICE IS CLOSING IN ON THOSE WHO ARE DESTROYING THE CITY, GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL CITY. AS JUSTICE BRANDY SAID, SUNLIGHT IS SAID TO BE THE BEST OF DISINFECTANTS. THE MORE INFORMATION BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC, THE MORE WE CAN EXPOSE THE DE DEEP CORRUPT CORRUPTION THAT'S GOING ON HERE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND TO DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. LUISA MCCARTHY, FOLLOWED BY, UH, CARLA, FOLLOWED BY RITA CLEMENT. WE HAVE COME TO THESE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR YEARS NOW TO CONFRONT THE LIES AND EVASIONS THAT HAVE CLOUDED NATIONAL CITY FOR TOO LONG. THE STAKES ARE TOO HIGH FOR SILENCE, AND THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY DESERVE NOTHING LESS THAN FULL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. SO LET'S ADDRESS THE FACTS. THERE IS NO BASIS FOR DECLARING A 0.78 ACRE PROPERTY AT SOUTH SWEETWATER AND ORANGE A TAKING. IF THE CHANGES, IF IT CHANGES TO RESIDENTIAL ZONING, DESPITE THIS, AND DESPITE THE CITY STAFF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY SAYING MORE ANALYSIS WAS NEEDED, YOU SHUT IT DOWN TO AVOID AN UNCOMFORTABLE FACT. FACT. EQUALLY DISTURBING IS THAT WHILE WE AT LA VISTA HAVE REPEATEDLY EXTENDED RESPECT AND GOODWILL TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU WERE TEXTING AND EMAILING THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT'S PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO BRING A CLAIM AGAINST THE VERY CITY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT. I HAVE YOUR SECRET TEXTS RIGHT HERE IN COLOR, AND I'LL PUT 'EM IN THE POLITICS SO EVERYBODY ELSE CAN READ 'EM. TO THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH LEADERSHIP, YOUR DUTY IS TO THE PEOPLE, NOT TO ANY PRIVATE INTERESTS. THE TRUST BOTH TO US AT LA VISTA AND TO THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY UNDERMINED BY MEMBERS OF THIS DAIS. LET ME BE CLEAR, THE TIDE IS TURNING AND YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I'VE SPENT MANY YEARS IN WORKING IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE YOU LEARN TO RECOGNIZE HUMAN BEHAVIOR WHILE UNDER PRESSURE. I'VE WORKED IN THE CITY JAIL AND THE PRISON, AND THERE'S A CERTAIN ATMOSPHERE THAT BECOMES FAMILIAR. YOU CAN SENSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE AFRAID, WHEN ACCOUNTABILITY IS COMING, WHEN THE TRUTH IS UNCOMFORTABLE. WHAT I RECOGNIZE TODAY IS THE SMELL OF FEAR THAT COMES WITH PEOPLE KNOW THEIR ACTIONS ARE BEING QUESTIONED AND THE PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, CARLA FOLLOWED BY RITA CLEMENT, FOLLOWED BY YVETTE. BARB , I BELIEVE IT IS. OH, I'M SORRY. SHE SAID SHE DOES NEED TO SPEAK. SORRY. IT WAS MARK OFF DIFFERENT. HELLO AGAIN. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS CARLA PALATE, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AND I'VE BEEN A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE FOR THE CITY FOR 24 YEARS NOW. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX REFORM THAT WAS MOVED FOR THE JUNE 30TH AGENDA. [04:20:01] AS UNION MEMBERS, WE BELIEVE THAT STRONG COMMUNITIES ARE BILLED THROUGH INVESTMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE THAT FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES DEPEND ON EVERY DAY. FOR TOO LONG, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO MORE WITH LESS CAUSE CONTINUE TO RISE, WHILE REVENUE STRUGGLE TO KEEP PACE WITH THE GROWING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, RESULTING IN DEFERRING MAINTENANCE, AGING, INFRA INFRASTRUCTURE, STAFFING SHORTAGES, AND INCREASED DEMANDS PLAYS ON OUR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. THIS BUSINESS LICENSE TAX REFORM REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE LARGE BUSINESSES PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE BASED ON THEIR SALES TAX WHILE HAVING A VERY LOW IMPACT TO SMALL BUSINESSES. IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT MISINFORMATION IS BEING SPREAD TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BUSINESSES WHEN OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE FOR LOOKING OUT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES. ME PERSONALLY, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY MANY IDEAS ON PROPOSALS OF REVENUE THAT COULD HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT TOWARDS OUR CITY. BUT IN THIS CASE, STAFF HAD WORKED COUNTLESS HOURS TO ASSURE WE HAVE A PLAN TO POSITION THE CITY TO PREVENT FUTURE DIFFICULT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, RATHER THAN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ONCE WE GET THERE, OTHER CITIES ALREADY HAVE THIS REFORM IN PLACE. WHY ARE WE SO HESITANT TO MOVE, MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BENEFIT TO MANY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. OH, THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, RITA CLEMENT, YVETTE BARTO, UH, HENRY NELSON, UH, LESLIE DE LA TORE IRMA HERNANDEZ OR ABRAM GARCIA? I LOST ALL OF THOSE. OKAY. UNLESS ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE, PATTY. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK. WE'RE NOT MISSING ANY OF THOSE. ALRIGHT. UM, WITH THAT, THAT IS ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND THEN, BUT WE, I KNOW, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME ZOOM. I THINK SO, YES. OVER THERE. WHICHEVER. OKAY. UH, BECKY WRAP? YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BECKY WRAP AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE THIS COUNCIL TO PUBLICLY OPPOSE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 2 6 9 7, WHICH WOULD ALLOW MARIJUANA STOREFRONTS TO OPERATE, DRIVE THROUGH SALES. IF THIS BILL BECOMES LAW, IT WILL FUR FURTHER NORMALIZE AND COMMERCIALIZE MARIJUANA USE, INCREASE CONVENIENCE AND ACCESSIBILITY AND RAISE SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, INCLUDING IMPAIRED DRIVING. BUT ONE OF THE MOST TROUBLING ASPECTS OF THE LEGISLATION IS WHAT IT FAILS TO ADDRESS. NO SAFEGUARDS REGARDING CHILDREN BEING PRESENT IN VEHICLES DURING MARIJUANA PURCHASES. AN ADULT COULD DRIVE THROUGH A POT SHOP WITH CHILDREN SITTING IN THE BACKSEAT WHILE PURCHASING HIGH POTENT THC PRODUCTS. THERE ARE NO PROTECTIONS, NO RESTRICTIONS, AND NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE MESSAGE THIS SENDS TO YOUNG PEOPLE. WE CONTINUE HEARING FROM PUBLIC EX PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS ABOUT RISING YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, ACCIDENTAL POISONINGS, CANNABIS USE DISORDER, AND THE NORMALIZATION OF DRUG USE AMONG CHILDREN AND TEENS. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DATA HAS SHOWN DRAMATIC INCREASES IN CANNABIS RELATED PEDIATRIC EXPOSURES AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS CONTINUE TO WARN ABOUT THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH TODAY'S HIGHLY POTENT CANNABIS PRODUCTS. YET SACRAMENTO IS CONSIDERING A POLICY THAT TREATS MARIJUANA LIKE A FAST FOOD ITEM OR A CUP OF COFFEE THAT SEEMS CONTRADICTORY AT A TIME WHEN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PREVENTION PROGRAMS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES. SO I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO VOICE OPPOSITION TO A B 2 6, 9 7 AND ASK OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO REJECT THIS BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BARBARA GORDON. UM, THANK YOU. UM, GOOD EVENING. UH, WITH SUMMER HERE, TRIPLE A REMINDS US THAT THE 100 DEADLIEST THE DEADLIEST DAYS FOR TEEN DRIVERS ARE [04:25:01] BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY, WHEN TEENS ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET IN A CAR CRASH FOR REASONS RANGING FROM DISTRACTIONS TO ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE, ESPECIALLY DURING SUMMER ACTIVITIES. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY UM, ADMINISTRATION SAYS TEEN DRIVERS AGES 15 TO 18 WERE INVOLVED IN CRASHES THAT KILLED 202,320 PEOPLE. IN 2024 ALONE, DRIVERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL ARE MORE LIKELY TO SPEED, TAKE RISK, AND MAKE CORE DECISIONS INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF CRASHES, INJURY AND FATALITIES. WHILE THE UH, EFFECTS DIFFERENT FROM ALCOHOL MARIJUANA IMPAIRMENT CAN STILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE DRIVING PERFORMANCES AND INCREASE CAR CRASHES, THE IMPACT EXTENDS BEYOND THE DRIVER. IMPAIRED DRIVERS CAN LEAD TO SEVERE INJURY, LOSS OF LIFE TRAUMA FOR VICTIMS AND FAMILIES. HEALTHCARE COSTS ARE, ARE GO INCREASE AND THE STRAIN ON EMERGENCY SERVICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES PREVENTING IMPAIRED DRIVING IS A PUBLIC SAFETY PRIORITY. EDUCATION ENFORCEMENT, SAFE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS EFFORTS CAN HELP REDUCE IMPAIRED DRIVING INCIDENTS AND PROTECT EVERYONE WHO USES THE ROADS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. EVEN SMALL IMPROVEMENTS IN PREVENTION CAN SAVE LIVES AND REDUCE THE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES OF ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA RELATED CRASHES. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. THANK YOU MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, WE HAVE, UH, [12. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT] CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. I MIGHT AS WELL JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. OKAY. UM, MY LAST TIME SITTING UP HERE, , TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. SO I, I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. UM, WE HAD A, A LOT GOING ON IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. UH, A LOT OF IMPORTANT ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO, TO GET PRESENTED AND, AND DECISIONS MADE. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME AND, AND YOUR SUPPORT. UM, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT WAS, IT WAS CHALLENGING, BUT, UH, REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS GREAT GETTING TO KNOW YOU ALL, UM, CLOSER ON A PERSONAL LEVEL AND A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, I ALSO WANT TO REALLY JUST STATE HOW PROUD, PROUD I AM OF OUR STAFF. UM, IT JUST BEING IN THIS POSITION, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO WORK EVEN MORE CLOSELY WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT ALSO WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE, WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLY DEDICATED, UM, GROUP OF EMPLOYEES AT THIS CITY THAT GENUINELY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. THEY SHOW UP AT WORK, THEY DON'T COMPLAIN. THEY TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT THEY DO, AND THEY REALLY GIVE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE COURTEOUS AND, UH, PROFESSIONAL. AND, UH, I WAS VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO, TO LEAD THIS TEAM FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND LASTLY, AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, UM, I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, DOUG SCHULTZ, UM, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO OUR NATIONAL CITY FAMILY. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AND YOU HAVE OUR FULL SUPPORT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE, UH, HELPING US THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES AND, AND HELPING, UM, HELPING OUR ORGANIZATION CONTINUE TO WORK WELL AS A TEAM AND, AND, UH, DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU WITH THAT. UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYBODY, AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. ALRIGHT, WE [13. ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT] WILL, UH, NOW GO TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, REPORTS START DOWN HERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, STEVE, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND, UH, AND FOR ALEX FOR STEPPING UP. UM, AT TIMES I KNOW IT'S BEEN VERY CHALLENGING AND, UH, MAYBE IT WAS GOOD TO BE EXPOSED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THE CRAZY THINGS OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO DEAL WITH. SO, UH, SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP. AND, UH, I REALLY ALSO WANNA COMMEND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT OVER THE LAST, IT FEELS LIKE AGES NOW, BUT MAYBE A COUPLE WEEKS, TWO DAYS, UH, WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS AND ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, UH, A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF IF SOMETHING MOVES FORWARD, WHAT THIS IMPACTS, UH, OUR BUSINESSES AND HOW IT IMPACTS OUR BUSINESSES. [04:30:01] AND SO IN ANY CASE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE ONGOING DIALOGUE WITH OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UH, SMALL AND LARGE, AND, UH, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR COMMUNITY'S BEHALF. UM, THAT BEING SAID, I'M ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER AND SO IS MY WIFE. AND SO I DO UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AND, UM, SO I, I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO ONGOING DIALOGUE, NOT JUST FOR THIS NOVEMBER, BUT ONGOING IN THE FUTURE. AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ADMITTEDLY HAS BEEN MISSING FROM THIS COUNCIL THAT I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING CONTINUING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, STEVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING UP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS, YOUR PATIENCE, MOST ESPECIALLY FROM ME. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M IN THOSE REQUESTS OF REPORTS AND THOSE INFORMATION THAT I, UM, I NEEDED IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND PROPERLY TO MY CONSTITUENTS. UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE GUIDANCE AS WELL, OF COURSE WITH THE HELP OF OUR COUNCIL HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR HELP. UM, CHIEF ALEX, THANK YOU ALSO FOR, UM, YOU NUMB AND, UH, BEING THERE, SITTING THERE AS OUR CITY MANAGER. I KNOW I AM A HANDFUL SOMETIMES, UM, ASKING FOR THOSE QUESTIONS, UM, DIGGING FOR THOSE ANSWERS, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN BE. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M AN HONEST AND TRUTHFUL TO THE PEOPLE I PLEDGE TO SERVE. UM, I AM WELCOMING AND CONGRATULATIONS MR. SCHULZE. UM, DOUG, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, SIR. UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU ARE GONNA BE BRINGING FORTH TO THIS ORGANIZATION AND, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, MOVING US TO THE NEXT LEVEL. UM, THIS IS, UH, A TIME WHERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT, UM, IN OFFICE, UH, THIS IS MY THREE YEARS AND A HALF IN THE TWO YEARS OF A REVOLVING DOOR OF LEADERSHIP, BUT WE MADE IT HAPPEN. WE DID WHAT WE COULD WITH WHAT WE GOT, AND I THINK THAT MADE US STRONGER, UM, AS LEADERS AND POLICY MAKERS OF THIS ORGANIZATION WITH THE PEOPLE HERE BEFORE US, UM, THE DIRECTORS WITH THE, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE ACTING, UM, CITY MANAGERS. AND, UH, I AM EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, WE ARE THE GST TEAM. LET'S GET S**T DONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU CITY MANAGER, STEVE. UM, YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST PRINCIPLED MEN I KNOW AT, UH, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF YOU, UM, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE AT THAT SEAT. AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOING ANYWHERE, RIGHT? YOU, YOU'RE STILL GONNA BE ON STAFF AND WE CAN STILL REACH OUT TO YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY, UH, AND YOUR PATIENTS WITH US. AND, UM, I'M SO VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY THIS FRIDAY, WE WILL BE RAISING THE JUNETEENTH FLAG, UH, IN HONOR OF JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY. UH, SO I DEFINITELY WANTED TO, UH, GIVE IT A SHOUT OUT. UM, AND I DO NEED TO MAKE A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE COMMENTARY SAID JUST EARLIER, LUISA AND MIKA, I WILL NOT PLAY YOUR GAME. I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR. THE INFORMATION I PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO MULTIPLE PRAS AND THE DEPOSITION THAT WAS REFERENCED THAT I, UM, I HAD UNDERGONE THIS THIS PAST MONTH, UM, IS AVAILABLE. UH, THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION FOR THEMSELVES, TO SEE THE FACTS THAT I STATED AND ALSO SEE THE STORY THAT WAS STITCHED TOGETHER, UM, BY SOME OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT. I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR. I HAVE BEEN HONEST. THANK YOU. WELL, INDEED WANNA, YOU KNOW, THANK STAFF THAT HAS REALLY PULLED TOGETHER DURING THIS LAST, MUST IT BEEN ABOUT 15, 16 MONTHS. UH, AND WITH ALL, ALL THE SITUATIONS THAT WE, WE WENT THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A GREAT TEAM HERE. WE REALLY DO. WE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, WE SOMETIMES WE CANNOT SHOW APPRECIATION ENOUGH AND, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING SOMETIMES WHEN YOU CAN, UH, GET A GROUP TOGETHER LIKE THIS. A LOT OF TIMES IT TAKES A, YOU KNOW, A REALLY STRONG CITY MANAGER TO KEEP A GROUP AND WE'VE BEEN IN A TURMOIL TYPE SITUATION AND YET EVERYONE HAS HAD THAT LOYALTY AND HAS HAD THAT PERSEVERANCE AND WANTED TO DO THE BEST JOB. AND IT SHOWS [04:35:02] AND PEOPLE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT AND YOU ARE APPRECIATED. UM, AND SO WE EXPECT EVEN, EVEN BETTER THINGS NOW. UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, UH, YOU KNOW, IF SOME, UH, A PERSON COMES INTO A JOB AND SAY, YOU GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL TO FILL, NO, YOU JUST GOT A BIG JOB TO FILL , YOU KNOW, AND, UH, UH, BUT TOGETHER WORKING, NOT YOU BY YOURSELF, BUT US ALL WORKING TOGETHER, UH, WE, WE, WE CAN MAKE BIG THINGS HAPPEN AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. UM, SO ON THAT ONE, UH, OH, WHAT I HAD TO STEAL THE LAST WORD. THERE'S STILL ONE PERSON THAT I FAILED TO RECOGNIZE AND THAT'S OUR NEW CITY ATTORNEY, UM, HEIDI, THAT YOUR GUIDANCE IN, IN WORKING WITH YOU HAS BEEN AMAZING. YOU, YOU, WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. UM, ALL THE STAFF, UH, WE, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME ON BOARD PERMANENTLY AND CONTINUE TO HELP US ALL. UM, THANK YOU. UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING TOGETHER INTO THE FUTURE. WELL, WELL THAT, AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET ALONG WITH HER VERY WELL, UNLESS YOU'RE A DODGER FAN, BUT THAT'S, WE WANT, WE WON'T NO. . WHY DID YOU DO THAT? HAD TO DO THAT, BUT, OKAY. ONE OTHER THING I WA WAS WANTING TO SAY IS THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I HEARD A FEW COMMENTS MADE TONIGHT ABOUT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, THERE'S TRASH HERE OR THERE, THERE'S STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE PICKED UP HERE THIS SATURDAY. WE'VE GOT OUR CITY CLEANUP DAY, AND WE HAVE DUMPSTERS ARE GONNA BE AT THE, UH, UH, AT THE LIBRARY FROM EIGHT O'CLOCK TILL NOON. AND THOSE THAT ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT TRASH, IT'S CALLED GET OUT THERE WITH YOUR VEHICLE OR WHATEVER, PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT ON OVER THERE IS THE BEST WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND, UH, SO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IT, IT'S EASY TO TALK AND IT'S EASY TO COMPLAIN. UH, BUT THE BEST WAY, BEST WAY TO CLEAN UP A NEIGHBORHOOD IS BY DOING IT YOURSELF. AND, UH, AND, AND WE CAN DO IT AND TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THAT'S COMING UP THIS, THIS SATURDAY. UH, WITH THAT, I WANT HEAR THIS VAST REPORT YOU'RE GONNA GIVE. SEE IF YOU REALLY EARN YOUR KEEP NOW I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT. OKAY? OKAY. ALRIGHT. WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED TO OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE ON THE 30TH, OKAY? YES. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.