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LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.BEFORE WE PROCEED, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE INTERPRETER TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION SERVICES THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR THIS EVENING'S MEETING.
THE FOLLOWING WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ANY SPANISH SPEAKERS.
UH, AS A REMINDER, IF WE COULD PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES OR ANY OTHER DEVICES IN THE COUNCILOR CHAMBERS, THAT'D BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER LIVE.
WEBCAST OF THE CITY OR THE OF THE CITY'S MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING VIA, UH, LIVE VIA ZOOM, VIEWING THE SPANISH VERSION OF THE MEETING, INTERPRETER INSTRUCTIONS WILL APPEAR IN THE CHAT BOX AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.
FOR THOSE WHO REFER TO SIT IN THE AUDIENCE, HEADSETS ARE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE LIVE SPANISH TRANSLATION, PLEASE SEE THE CITY 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, EITHER IN PERSON, UM, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER BY SUBMITTING A SALMON COLORED REQUEST TO ENTER COMMENT Q SLIP AND GET THAT OVER TO OUR, UM, CITY CLERK'S DESK RIGHT AWAY VIA ZOOM BY REGISTERING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND RAISING A HAND DURING THE ITEM TO COMMENT, OR BY EMAILING NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED OUR DISTRIBUTED CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
AND WITH THAT, COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI.
ALRIGHT, COULD WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION AND, UH, UH, MEMBER MO? YES, I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
WE ASK, OH GOD, THAT YOU BLESS THIS MEETING, THE CIVIC LEADERS OF THE CITY, OF NATIONAL CITY MEETING TONIGHT TO DISCUSS BUSINESS THAT WILL AFFECT THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES OF NATIONAL CITY.
HELP THEM TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS.
BE WITH ALL OF US THIS EVENING, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT PRIVILEGE.
WE ASK ALL OF THIS IN JESUS' NAME.
AS A, UH, MATTER OF BUSINESS, UH, THE FALL ON MY ITEM IS GONNA BE PULLED, WILL NOT BE HEARD OR DISCUSSED, UH, UM, DURING OUR INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS EVENING.
UH, THE, THE FOLLOWING ITEM WILL BE CONTINUED TO A SPECIAL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND AT 5:00 PM THIS IS THE ITEM 11.1, THE AGREEMENTS FOR TOWING AND IMPOUND SERVICES.
SO 11.1 WILL NOT BE HEARD THIS EVENING.
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WITH THAT, WE WILL BE GOING INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS.AND I TAKE IT WE HAVE SOME SLIPS AND SOME ZOOM.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TODAY I WANTED TO COME ADDRESS YOU AND SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS,
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AS A COMMUNITY, WE OFTEN FOCUS OUR RESOURCES ON RESPONDING TO PROBLEMS AFTER THEY HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED.TREATING PEOPLE IN THE ER, RESPONDING TO OVERDOSES, ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH CRISES, OR HELPING FAMILIES RECOVER AFTER A CHILD HAS BEEN HARMED.
AND THESE SERVICES ARE SO IMPORTANT, BUT THERE IS A CASE TO BE MADE THAT PREVENTION COULD STOP SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, PREVENTION IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT.
THEIR BRAINS AND DECISION MAKING SKILLS ARE STILL DEVELOPING.
AND EARLY EXPOSURE TO SUBSTANCES CAN HAVE CONSEQUENCES THAT EXTEND INTO ADULTHOOD.
EVERY CHILD WHO AVOIDS SUBSTANCE USE IS A CHILD WHO MAY AVOID ADDICTION IMPAIRED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, OR OTHER PREVENTABLE HARMS PREVENTION ALSO MAKES ECONOMIC SENSE.
IT IS FAR BETTER TO INVEST IN EDUCATION, HEALTHY ACTIVITIES, STRONG FAMILIES, YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND CLEAR MESSAGING BEFORE A PROBLEM DEVELOPS, THEN TO PAY THE MUCH HIGHER COST OF TREATMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE LEADER, I ASK THE CITY TO THINK ABOUT PREVENTION AS AN INVESTMENT.
AND ANY PREVENTION NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED ACROSS EVERY POLICY DECISION.
WE SHOULD ASK, WILL THIS POLICY REDUCE RISK FOR OUR CHILDREN OR INCREASE THEIR EXPOSURE TO IT? WILL IT STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES OR MAKE HARMFUL BEHAVIORS EASIER TO NORMALIZE? OF COURSE, WE CANNOT PREVENT EVERY PROBLEM, BUT WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS THAT GIVE OUR CHILDREN THE BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE TO GROW UP HEALTHY, RESILIENT, AND FREE FROM SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE.
MAYOR MORRISON, VICE MAYOR MOLINA, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER SCHULTZ.
THIS IS SOPHIE SYLVERE REPRESENTING THE PATIENT GROUP.
I CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON AS I DID NOT HAVE CHILDCARE THIS EVENING.
UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE RECENT ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BUSINESS ADVISORY GROUP TO ADDRESS THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX.
AND I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT WORKING WATERFRONT BUSINESSES WILL BE REPRESENTED BY SHARON CLOUD.
I'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE BOTH BEFORE AND SINCE THE GROUP'S FORMATION, AND I APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT ON THIS ISSUE.
I'M ALSO HOPEFUL THAT THE BUSINESS ADVISORY GROUP WILL PROVIDE A WAY FOR INTERESTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO OBSERVE ITS DISCUSSIONS, EVEN IF THEY DON'T HOLD A FORMAL SEAT.
UM, AND MANY OF US HAVE INVESTED SIGNIFICANT TIME AND EFFORT IN DISCUSSING THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
AND WE VALUE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMAIN INFORMED AND INVOLVED.
UH, OUR COMPANY HAS BEEN PART OF NATIONAL CITY FOR NEARLY 37 YEARS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY AS A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
THAT CONCLUDES THE ZOOM COMMENTS.
THANK ANGEL MARCUS, FOLLOWED BY TED GODSHAW, FOLLOWED BY ANITA BRINKLEY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I SERVE AS A PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.
FOR 49 YEARS, SWEETWATER AUTHORITY HAS BEEN PROVIDING SAFE, RELIABLE WATER TO NATIONAL CITY WEST CHULA VISTA, AND BONITA.
WE'RE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE AUTHORITY HAS THE LOWEST WATER RATES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
THIS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH SOUND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN A TIRELESS PURSUIT OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING.
EVERY DOLLAR WE COLLECT, WE REINVEST BACK INTO OUR SYSTEM.
RECENTLY, WE BROKE GROUND ON THE SWEETWATER RESERVOIR AERATION DE STRATIFICATION SYSTEM THAT WILL IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY WE PROVIDE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I ALSO WANT TO INVITE YOU AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO JOIN OUR COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST FROM 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM AT OUR REYNOLDS DESALINATION FACILITY.
FINALLY, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT SWEETWATER AUTHORITY CONTINUES TO GROW THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN OUR WATER AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM.
THE WATER AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED BY OUR GOVERNING BOARD IN 2024 AND ASSIST CUSTOMERS WHO ARE FACING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, PAYING THEIR WATER BILL TO QUALIFY, CUSTOMERS MUST BE ENROLLED IN THE SDG E CARE PROGRAM OR MEET INCOME REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT OF $30 EVERY TWO MONTHS OR $40 EVERY TWO MONTHS FOR SENIORS AGE 65 AND OLDER.
AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE ABOUT 1,167 CUSTOMERS BENEFITING FROM THIS PROGRAM.
PLEASE HELP US IN LETTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW THAT THIS VITAL PROGRAM, THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND, UM, EXISTS HERE AT SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.
TED GODSHAW, FOLLOWED BY ANITA BRINKLEY, FOLLOWED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HEAD GOTCHU HERE.
THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT NATIONAL CITY GOVERNMENT IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, MORE THAN
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USUAL, MR. SCHULZE, ONE ARTICLE NOTED THAT THE TWO INCUMBENTS RUNNING FOR MAYOR HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES SEEN AT THE END OF LAST MEETING.BUT THE ARTICLE STATED THAT THE TWO HAVE ACTUALLY QUITE OFTEN WORKED TOGETHER ON SOME OF THE MOST DAMAGING PROPOSALS OF THE LAST TWO DECADES.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE.
FIRST, MR. BUSH AND RODRIGUEZ VOTED TOGETHER TO RAISE THEIR SALARIES BY 30% AND BUDGETED THEMSELVES $100,000 EACH YEAR.
THEY TRIED TO START A CHARTER CITY WITH PRIMARIES TO EASE THEIR PATHS TO REELECTION.
BOTH MR. BUSH AND RODRIGUEZ VOTED TO GIVE STAFF AND THE LABOR GROUPS BIG WAGE INCREASES.
THEY BOTH SPENT DOWN OUR SAVINGS RESERVES.
THEY WORKED TOGETHER TO PASS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AND NOW A BUSINESS LICENSE TAX AND MAYBE NEXT, A SALES TAX INCREASE.
TOGETHER, THEY MADE TERRIBLE HIRING DECISIONS AND ARE NOW TRYING TO BLAME MR. MARTINEZ AND OTHERS FOR THE FINANCIAL MESS THEY CREATED.
THEY CAN BOTH BE FACTUALLY RUDE OR USE BULLYING.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN RUDE TO ME PERSONALLY, BUT IT WAS REPORTED HERE THAT YOU THREATENED MY COUNSEL PERSON'S COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT IF SHE DIDN'T VOTE YOUR WAY.
MR. BUSH, YOU HAVE TRIED TO USE YOUR POSITION OF POWER TO SHOUT DOWN THE AUDIENCE WHO YOU DISAGREED WITH, EVEN WHILE NOT, WHILE NOT EVEN CHAIRING THE MEETING, WE, WE HEARD YOU ACTUALLY CURSE FROM THE DAAS ABOUT YOUR LOW SALARY.
MAYBE THAT WAS AN EMOTIONAL SLIP.
YOU DISMISSED ME AND CALLED ME A DEROGATORY NAME IN THE CHAMBER COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
LASTLY, THESE TWO INCUMBENTS SET UP THE DI THE ELECTIONS SO THAT MY COUNCIL PERSON, DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT THREE CANNOT RUN FOR MAYOR UNLESS THEY GIVE UP THEIR SEAT.
THEY SET IT UP THAT WAY, AND NOW THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.
THEY'RE KEEPING THEIR SEAT AND THEY'RE RUNNING FOR MAYOR.
THEY'RE IN EFFECT, DISENFRANCHISING THE PEOPLE THAT SIT IN THOSE SEATS TO RUN FOR MAYOR.
AND THEY'RE DISENFRANCHISING VOTERS.
YOUR COMMENT OF THOSE, OF THOSE DISTRICTS FROM HAVING A COUNCIL PERSON REPRESENT THEM.
ANITA BRINKLEY, FOLLOWED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FOLLOWED BY RANDY CASTLE SDO, COUNCIL MAYOR.
UM, YOU HAVE MY NAME ANITA BRINKLEY, AND I'M HERE TO, UH, A BIT LATE.
BUT, UM, I HAD THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT COME OUT AND CLEAN UP BRICK ROW BECAUSE I LIVE AT BRICK ROW 9 34.
AND WHEN THEY DID, THEY DID AN EXTREMELY, UM, AWESOME JOB.
THE STREET LOOKED BEAUTIFUL, THEY SWEPT IT.
UM, EVERY TWO WEEKS I SEE THE, THE CITY COMES OUT AND CLEANS UP IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM.
IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, BUT ACROSS THE STREET WHERE WE LIVE ON BRICK ROW, IT'S MESSY.
AND FROM WHAT I HEAR FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS THAT THE POLICY IS THAT, UM, UH, THEY GAVE ME A PETITION TO HAVE SIGNED AND, UH, THEY HAVE TO HAVE 60% OF THE OWNERS WANTING THE STREET SWEPT.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, 50% OF THE OWNERSHIP BELONGS TO MIL, UM, POLAN, UH, MIKA POLANCO.
AND SHE'S UNWILLING TO SIGN THE PETITION.
SO I THINK THE POLICY SHOULD NOT APPLY TO BRICK ROAD BECAUSE IT IS HISTORICAL SITE.
WE STILL HAVE MANY VISITORS WALK BY.
I SEE THEM WHEN I'M OUTSIDE AND THEY ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT BRICK ROW.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT THAT POLICY, I UNDERSTAND IT, IT APPLIES TO THE CITY AND ALL THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT IT SHOULD APPLY TO BRICK ROW.
I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE SWEPT, EVEN IF IT IS ONCE A MONTH COME OUT, SEND THE SWEEPER OUT.
I'VE TALKED TO ALL THE, UM, TENANTS THERE, UH, AND OWNERS, AND THEY ARE WILLING MORE THAN WILLING TO MOVE THEIR CAR.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THEY SAY THEY DON'T DO IT ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S PARKING, BUT HEY, THEY'RE NOT, THEY ARE WILLING, EXCUSE ME, TO MOVE THEIR CARS TO HAVE THE STREETS SWEPT.
AND, UM, A LOT OF THE CARS DON'T EVEN LIVE THERE.
ANYWAY, WE HAVE AN INFLUX RIGHT NOW OF PEOPLE FROM BAY TOWERS PARKING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT FROM BRICK RAIL.
SO HOPEFULLY THE POLICY COULD BE THANK YOU.
I CAN TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT THE POLICY.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FOLLOWED BY RANDY CASTLE SDO, FOLLOWED BY SHARON BERNIE CLOUD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MORRISON, VICE MAYOR MOLINA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER.
MY NAME IS KAREN ZAKAR MCMANUS AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NA CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE REGARDING THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX INITIATIVE TO SHARE AND TO SHARE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BEHALF OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
AS PROMISED, THE NATIONAL CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL
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BUSINESSES TO HELP IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THE CITY'S EXISTING TAX DEFICIT.THE CHAMBER FORMED A BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS LEADERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO FINDING CONSTRUCTIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGE.
OUR COMMITTEE HAS MET AT THE CHAMBER MORE THAN 10 TIMES TO REVIEW THE CITY'S FINANCIAL SITUATION AND DEVELOP AND, AND COMPILE A FORMULA AND RECOMMENDATION THAT WE BELIEVE CAN PROVIDE MEANINGFUL OPTIONS FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK WITH THE CITY.
AS THE CITY MANAGER DEVELOPS THE CITY BUSINESS TAX ADVISORY AD HOC COMMITTEE, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL CARRY FORWARD THE IDEAS, RECOMMENDATIONS, POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS, DEVELOPED THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS AND BRING THEM TO THAT PROCESS.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES COMMUNITY IS ESSENTIAL.
AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGE WITH SUPPORTING A STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN NATIONAL CITY.
I WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY REGARDING THE PROGRESS, AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITY STAFF, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THIS IMPORTANT PROCESS.
THANK YOU, YOU, RANDY CASTLE SALGADO, SHARON BERNIE CLOWARD, FOLLOWED BY SOPHIA RELL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M EXCITED AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE BUSINESS LICENSED TAX REFORM AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF PROCESS THAT WE NEED.
BRINGING TOGETHER LOCAL BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, LABOR, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER AND DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIG INTO THE NUMBERS AND UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFERENT PROPOSALS WOULD AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY FIND COMMON GROUND.
WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT NATIONAL CITY HAS SERIOUS FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
I'M READY TO ROLL UP MY SLEEVES, ASK QUESTIONS, LISTENS TO ALL SIDES, AND HELP WORK TOWARDS A SOLUTION THAT IS FAIR AND SUSTAINABLE AND MAKES SENSE FOR NATIONAL CITY.
UM, THERE IS A SECOND PART TO THIS.
I DO ALSO WANT TO BRING SOMETHING UP THAT IS SEPARATE AND I THINK DESERVES SOME PROACTIVE ATTENTION, E-BIKES AND ELECTRIC SCOOTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
RECENTLY, A YOUNG MAN WAS HIT IN A CAR VERY CLOSE TO MY HOME, AND I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR CLOSE CALLS AND EXPERIENCES WITH MORE KIDS AND FAMILIES USING E-BIKES AND SCOOTERS.
I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE US EDUCATE NOW THAN WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A TRAGEDY.
CHULA VISTA IS PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES ON E-BIKE SAFETY EDUCATION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HELP BRING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO NATIONAL CITY.
AS A RESIDENT, I'M WILLING TO SPONSOR AND HELP ORGANIZE AN E-BIKE AND SCOOTER SAFETY CLASS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND HOPEFULLY WITH ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE MAYOR, LET'S TEACH OUR YOUNG RIDERS AND THEIR PARENTS THE RULES OF THE ROAD TO HELMET, SAFETY, VISIBILITY, SAFE SPEEDS, AND HOW TO SHARE OUR STREETS RESPONSIBLY.
PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND I WOULD GENUINELY LOVE TO HELP, UM, PUT THIS TOGETHER.
THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN BE PROACTIVE ABOUT BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.
THANK YOU, SHARON BERNIE CLOUD, FOLLOWED BY SOPHIA TERRELL, FOLLOWED BY REGINA HERA.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS SHARON CLOUD AND I REPRESENT THE SAN DIEGO WORKING WATERFRONT, WHICH IS ABOUT 800 BUSINESSES ON OUR WATERFRONT.
I JUST WANTED TO COME UP HERE TODAY TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME ON THE BUSINESS TAX LICENSE, TAX REFORM, A DISCUSSION, AND, UM, I WILL DEFINITELY GIVE MY COMMITMENT TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE HAVE BEEN MEETING, I HAVE DRIVEN FROM POINT LOMA TO NATIONAL CITY TO YOUR FINE CITY.
MANY TIMES WE HAVE BEEN PROACTIVELY WORKING ON THIS ONE THING THAT WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON.
THE BUSINESSES AND ALL OF YOU AND THE RESIDENTS.
WE WANNA SEE NATIONAL CITY SUCCEED, SO YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, THERE'LL BE THREE THINGS I'M GONNA REQUEST AND I WANTED DOUG TO HEAR THIS, SO THERE'S NO SURPRISES FOR OUR FIRST MEETING, AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS, BUT I DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE YOU WILL CONSIDER ALLOWING THE CHAMBER TO PARTICIPATE AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER.
THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN HOSTING US FOR THE MEETINGS.
IN FACT, THEY EVEN HAVE A PLACE THAT CAN HOST US FOR THESE AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE.
I HAVE SAT ON A LOT OF AD HOC COMMITTEES WITH THE PORT FOR YEARS, AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING FOUR TO SIX MONTHS, I'VE WATCHED PEOPLE WHERE THEY'VE GOTTEN ILL, SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THEIR FAMILY, SOME REASON WHY IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AT ALL THAT THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE.
THAT'S WHY I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE ALTERNATES.
AND THE LAST THING, UM, THAT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY IS THAT YOU HAVE A ROOM LARGE ENOUGH TO HAVE OBSERVERS.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
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YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE.SOPHIA TERRELL, FOLLOWED BY REGINA.
REGINA HENRI, FOLLOWED BY EDWARD NIETO.
NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ON, IT'S ON.
I AM PART OF THE LOW RIDER COMMUNITY.
UM, I RECENTLY SUBMITTED FOR A PERMIT OR A TUP PERMIT TO HAVE, UH, AN EVENT TO BRING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO PAY SOME FEES.
I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH OF THOSE FEES WERE GONNA BE ASKED OF ME.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, IT DOES TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WHICH IS TRYING TO HELP THESE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCES THAT ARE VERY, VERY LIMITED ON FUNDING.
UM,
UM, MY EVENT IS CALLED BREAKING CYCLES ONLY.
I KNOW THAT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOESN'T JUST AFFECT WOMEN, IT AFFECTS MEN, IT AFFECTS CHILDREN.
AND A LOT OF THE TIMES THESE CHILDREN ARE OVERLOOKED BECAUSE OF THEIR MOTHERS OR THEIR FATHERS, WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S GOING ON.
AND WE DON'T REALIZE THE EFFECT THAT IT ACTUALLY HAS ON THESE CHILDREN.
HAD I KNOWN OF ALL OF THESE RESOURCES WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH IT, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN STUCK IN A 15 YEAR MARRIAGE.
SO I ASK IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU GUYS CAN HELP, UM, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
REGINA HENRI, FOLLOWED BY EDWARD NIETO.
UM, JUST A COMMENT TO OUR CITY MANAGER TO POLICE CONNECT WITH, UH, MS. SOPHIA, UH, TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, WORK WITH HER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS EVENT DOES HAPPEN.
REAL QUICK, CAN I, I SECOND THAT.
ALRIGHT, SERGEANT MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE, UM, NATIONAL CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS REGINA HEINRICH AND I AM A UNITED STATES MARINE.
AND I'VE LIVED IN NATIONAL CITY FOR 40 YEARS.
I'VE ASKED, I'VE ASKED FOR FAIR DOCUMENTARY VIEW OF THE UNPERMITTED HOUSES HOUSE AT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE TWO MONTHS AGO.
AND THE ADDRESS IS 1742 EAST 10TH STREET AND INCLUDING THE RADIUS THAT ALL THE OTHER STUFF, THE HOT WATER TANKS AND THE OVER A LARGE FENCE.
AND I'M ALSO ASKING FOR THE CITY TO IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW CAMERAS DIRECTED TOWARDS MY HOUSE.
THERE'S A CAMERA DIRECTED IN MY HOUSE IN MY DRIVEWAY, AND I DON'T CARE FOR THAT.
AND, UM, I'VE ALSO TALKED TO THE CODE INSPECTOR ALICE CORDOVO.
I STARTED TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THE 23RD OF JULY, AND HE HASN'T GOTTEN TO ME WITH ANYTHING.
HE TOLD ME, WELL, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO TELL ME ANYTHING.
NO, THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING IF YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I WOULDN'T BE CALLING HERE OR COMING TO COUNCIL MEETING UNLESS I'M CONCERNED.
I HAVE REPORTED, UM, I'VE ASKED THE COURT REPORT, I ASKED AND REPORT, AND TO GIVE ME ALL THE INFORMATION ON PERMITS AND SO FORTH.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION ON ANY MATTERS RIGHT NOW.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW I WAS A SERGEANT, DID YOU? I KNOW AT THE TIME.
UM, NEED A REGULAR BUDGET UPDATE.
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PLEASE ADD THIS TO THE N AGENDA, ACCURATE AND TIMELY COM COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM TO THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS.TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IDENTIFIES NO SIGNIFICANT IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE URGENCY OF THE NATIONAL CITY BUDGET CRISIS.
FISCAL SOLVENCY DISCUSSIONS DOMINATE THE LAST MEETING, BUT I'M SURPRISED THAT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO PROGRESS UPDATE IN SCHEDULE FOR THIS MEETING.
WE'RE APPROACHING THE END OF THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, AND IT LOOKS FOR A DISASTROUS YEAR YET, I THINK YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAVE SOMETHING SCHEDULED ABOUT AI, UH, PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING APPROACH, WHICH IS MAYBE SOMETIME IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
MAYBE YOU'RE GONNA TAKE ACTION IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
THE
I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE ELEVATED AND BE PART OF YOUR NORMAL, UH, BUDGET.
AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS YOU COULD BE DOING WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE AI ACTION.
YOU COULD BE ASKING ABOUT THE 24 25 AUDIT REPORT, STRENGTHENING THE, UH, SPENDING AND RECORD, UH, RECORD KEEPING POLICIES THAT ARE OUTDATED.
AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
STOP UNNECESSARY DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.
ADOPT A PROPER COST RECOVERY POLICY.
ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITIES FOR RESULT FOR FOR THE RESULTS.
I HOPE THE CITY EXPLAINS THE SCOPE AND TIMELINES OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS FOR THIS NEW BUSINESS LICENSING TAX PROPOSAL.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS SCOPE IS GONNA BE.
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, I I I THINK THAT BASED ON THE DISCUSSION BEFORE, THERE'S A LOT OF, LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR THE SCOPING, NOT WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND EXPLAIN THIS TO THE PUBLIC INSTEAD OF DOING A LAST MINUTE RUSH WHERE WE'RE EVERYBODY'S ASKING QUESTIONS AT LAST MINUTE PER REPORT, THE PROGRESS AS IT'S BEEN MADE, INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL LAST MINUTE MINUTE.
AND ONE WRITTEN COMMENT WAS RECEIVED FROM BARBARA GORDON AND MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
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GO ON TO, UH, OUR PROCLAMATIONS.OUR FIRST ONE IS EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.
CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
VANESSA'S WORKING HER WAY OVER HERE VERY SLOWLY,
SO AS SHE WALKS OVER, I'LL, I'LL START TALKING ABOUT HER A LITTLE.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER OF VANESSA CASTRO.
SO VANESSA BEGAN HER CAREER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BACK IN MARCH OF 1999 AS A VOLUNTEER IN THE PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE UNIT.
SHE WAS LATER HIRED AS A PART-TIME POLICE SERVICE OFFICER.
AND IN MAY OF 2001, SHE BECAME A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE WITH US AT THE PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE AS A SPECIALIST.
SO FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS, VANESSA SERVED IN THE PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE UNIT, A POSITION REQUIRING EXTRAORDINARY TRUST, INTEGRITY, ORGANIZATION AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTAKE, PRESERVATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND SAFEKEEPING OF EVIDENCE, INCLUDING FIREARMS, NARCOTICS, LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY, AND OTHER PROPERTY.
IN JANUARY OF 2025, VANESSA EMBRACED A NEW CHALLENGE WHEN SHE TRANSITIONED OVER TO OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION AS A COORDINATOR.
IN THIS POSITION, SHE MANAGES TRAFFIC WINDOW, SHE ASSISTS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTLY WITH TOW COMPANIES, MAINTAINS IMPORTANT VEHICLE RECORDS.
VANESSA DIDN'T JUST SIMPLY STEP INTO THIS ROLE, SHE IMMEDIATELY LOOKED FOR WAYS TO MAKE IT BETTER.
SHE IMPLEMENTED ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS TO STREAMLINE PAYMENTS FROM TOW COMPANIES, DEVELOPED THE TRACKING SYSTEM TO IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND MANAGEMENT OF TOW VEHICLES AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE TOW CONTRACT COMMITTEE ALL THE GOALS, MAKING THE TRAFFIC DIVISION MORE EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIVE.
WHAT MAKES VANESSA TRULY DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION, HOWEVER, GOES BEYOND THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
IT IS THE WAY THAT SHE TREATS PEOPLE.
VANESSA INTERACTS WITH THE PUBLIC EVERY SINGLE DAY, BOTH IN PERSON AND OVER THE PHONE, AND SHE CONSISTENTLY DOES SO WITH PATIENCE, PROFESSIONALISM, AND THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
SHE REPRESENTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH COMPASSION AND RESPECT FOR THE COMMUNITY SHE SERVES.
HER COWORKERS FEEL THE SAME WAY.
THEY DESCRIBE VANESSA AS DEDICATED, HARDWORKING, HELPFUL, DEPENDABLE, AND SOMEBODY THAT THEY ENJOY WORKING WITH.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR POSITIVE SPIRIT,
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AND THE MANY YEARS OF SERVICE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THIS COMMUNITY.SO, IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE YOU AS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.
I'M HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU.
OH, AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS HERE FOR YOU.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOUR DESK.
NOW, SEE, HE PUT HIS, I I WENT TO A LOT OF TROUBLE, NOT PUT MY FINGERPRINTS ON IT.
AND THEN YOU WENT RIGHT FOR IT.
HEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? GOT THIS.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA START SAYING, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WELL, CHIEF, DON'T GO TOO FAR
[6.2 Introduction of New Hires and Promotions of City Employees]
WE HAVE SOME, UH, PROMOTIONS AND, UH, I THINK JUST A FEW OF 'EM REORDERS HERE.UH, SO RECENTLY WE WENT THROUGH A PROMOTIONAL PROCESS AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE THREE INDIVIDUALS ON THE LEFT.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION ALSO TO DIRECTOR MIKE PACHECO.
THAT WAS A PART OF THE PROCESS, UH, IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
SO, DAN SCANNER WAS PROMOTED FROM CORPORAL TO SERGEANT.
UH, HE WAS HIRED BACK IN JANUARY 15TH, 2015.
AND HE WAS PROMOTED SEPTEMBER 1ST.
UM, MOST RECENTLY HE WAS IN THE DETECTIVE BAY.
IN FACT, HE'S WRAPPING UP HIS WORK ON A, ON A HOMICIDE BEFORE HE GOES OUT TO PATROL.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE WAS A CANINE HANDLER.
UH, HE WAS HIRED BACK IN MAY OF 2018.
UM, HE HAS WORKED AS AN SRO, HE'S BEEN A PART OF THE HONOR GUARD.
HE'S BEEN A PART OF THE DEFENSIVE TACTICS, OUR SWAT TEAM AND MOLES CURRENTLY, I THINK THAT YOU SAW HIM WHEN HE SHOWED UP HERE AFTER HE WON HIS BATTLE OF THE BADGES FIGHT.
AND ALSO ANOTHER ONE, UH, A FAVORITE ONE OF MINE IS HE'S A ONE OF OUR RUNNERS FROM THE BAKER TO VEGAS TEAM
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST OF COURSE, IS MIGUEL ANO.
SO MIGUEL, UH, SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE TRAFFIC DIVISION.
UM, CURRENTLY HE'S WORKING DAY SHIFT AND HE WAS HIRED BACK IN, UH, DECEMBER OF 2013.
THE THREE INDIVIDUALS TO THE RIGHT, UM, THEY WENT TO THE POLICE ACADEMY IN JANUARY.
SO THEY JUST CAME OUT OF THE ACADEMY.
AND CURRENTLY ALL THREE ARE IN TRAINING.
SO ERNESTO GUZMAN, HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING SWING SHIFT CARINA TECH.
SHE DOESN'T LIKE GOING BY SANDRA.
SO KARINA, UH, USED TO BE ONE OF OUR DISPATCHERS.
AND THEN SHE MADE THE JUMP OVER TO THE, AS A POLICE OFFICER.
AND SHE'S WORKING CURRENTLY WORKING DAY SHIFT FOR US.
AND RICARDO CASTILLO IS CURRENTLY WORKING GRAVEYARDS, HOWEVER, HE'S, UH, A MARINE, SO HE'S DOING HIS WEEKEND DUTY.
SO THOSE ARE THE SIX INDIVIDUALS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ONE OTHER HR SOMEONE HAVE ANYONE ON THAT ONE? ALRIGHT, WELL WE WILL DEAL WITH THAT NEXT TIME, HUH? WE'LL HONOR THE NEXT TIME.
I STARTED SAY WE WILL HOLD THAT OVER TO NEXT TIME TO OUR NEXT, NEXT TIME WE DO OUR RECOGNITION RECOGNITIONS.
GET THAT OUT IN, IN A MOMENT HERE.
ALRIGHT, THAT IS, UH, WELL WE HAVE THAT, WE DO HAVE
[6.3 Proclamation for National Food Service Worker Day]
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A PROCLAMATION.AND THIS IS FOR THE NATIONAL FOOD SERVICE WORKERS DAY.
WE GOT MIKE OVER HERE THAT'S GONNA JUMP ON THIS ONE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
MIKE PACHECO, COMMITTEE SERVICES DIRECTOR.
UM, BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR, UH, NUTRITION PROGRAM MANAGER TO COME UP AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE NUTRITION CENTER'S BEEN OPERATING, UH, SINCE 1978.
UM, WE OFFER A CONSISTENT SPACE TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS.
THE PROGRAM SERVE THIS CRITICAL BUFFER AGAINST ISOLATION AND DEPRESSION AMONG LOCAL SENIORS WHILE HELP HELPING THEM MAINTAIN INDEPENDENT LIVING.
I THINK WE REALLY SAW THIS DURING COVID.
I, UH, WHERE THIS WASN'T A RESOURCE THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR SENIORS.
A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE NUTRITION PROGRAMS WERE, WERE CLOSED.
AND I WILL, I WILL SAY, UM, NOT ONLY IS THE, THE FOOD JUST SO POPULAR THAT WE, WE REALLY HAVE TO LIKE, HAVE RESERVATIONS EVERY DAY.
IT'S LIKE A RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE.
UM, WHAT JOSE HAS DONE WITH HIS TEAM, UM, HAS, HAS BEEN LIKE NO OTHER, NO OTHER PROGRAM WHERE IT'S SUCH A FUN ENVIRONMENT.
UM, IT'S A REALLY, UH, GREAT COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA PUT, UH, JOSE ON THE SPOT, BUT I KNOW HE MENTIONED THAT, UH, THEY WERE I THINK FILMING THIS MORNING OR THIS WEEK BEHIND THE SCENES.
YEAH, TOMORROW HE'S GONNA BE DOING SOME BEHIND THE SCENES.
UH, SO YOU GET TO SEE A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT HAPPENS AND WE'LL POST IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE JOSE UP TO, UH, UM, TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE PROCLAMATION.
DID YOU, YOU NOT GONNA HAVE JOSE SAY ANYTHING? COME ON.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN THE MOUTH.
UH, WELL FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK YOU ALL.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, UH, GENERAL CITY MANAGER, UH, MIKE, UH, UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF.
HONESTLY, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, UH, DO THE WORK.
THEY TAKE A, A LOT OF PRIDE ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, NATIONAL CITY IS REALLY CLOSING THEIR HEARTS, HONESTLY.
UH, EVERY, ANYTIME YOU TAKE A A MINUTE TO TALK TO THEM, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S ALWAYS NATIONAL CITY, NATIONAL CITY, NATIONAL CITY, WHICH IS, I THINK THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
UH, SO ON BEHALF OF THEM, UH, I'LL BE HONORED TO TAKE ON, UH, THIS, UH, RECOGNITION.
GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING THERE FOR YOU.
[7. REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]
WE GO INTO OUR REGIONAL BOARDS AND ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS.I'LL START OVER HERE ON MY LEFT.
UM, OUR, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER REPORTED ALREADY FOR SWEETWATER, MR. MAYOR.
AND, UM, UH, SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER NOR PORTABLE ITEM AND METRO WATER.
I DO HAVE A VERY GOOD UPDATE FROM SANDAG.
UH, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THIS WHOLE ROAD IN, UH, THE SOUTH BAY.
UM, THIS IS A TOLL ROAD THAT WAS PURCHASED BY SANDAG, UM, IN 2007.
AND REAL QUICK LITTLE, UH, QUESTION FOR YOU.
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK 10 MILES OF A FREEWAY COSTS? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, SANDAG PURCHASED THIS, IT WAS OUT OF BANKRUPTCY IN 2011, I THINK I SAID 2007.
UM, 2007 IS WHEN IT OPENED IN 2011.
IT GOT PURCHASED BY SANDAG FOR $341 MILLION.
THIS WAS THROUGH TIA AND TRANSNET LOANS.
THE LOANS WERE REFINANCED IN 2017.
UM, AND I HAVE A LOT OF DATA ON HERE.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE SO FOCUSED ON THE SR 1 25 IS THERE IS A BIG INTEREST IN REMOVING THE TOLL ROAD, UH, THE TOLL FEES, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY FREEWAY IN THE SOUTH BAY, REALLY IN THE COUNTY THAT, UH, IS STRICTLY TOLL BASED.
SO THERE IS PLANS, THERE IS PLANS, THE BONDS ARE GONNA BE CALLABLE IN JULY, 2017.
AND THEN THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS
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TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO BEGIN PAYING OFF THE REST OF THE BONDS.UM, FOR THE BOND HISTORY, THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS 194 MILLION.
UH, THE BALANCE OWED TODAY IS 153 MILLION.
UM, AND THE BREAK EVEN POINT, UH, IS SCHEDULED FOR 2029.
AT THAT POINT, AFTER THE LOANS AND THE BONDS ARE PAID, THERE IS A NEED TO BRING THE STATE OF REPAIR OF THIS FACILITY, OF THIS FREEWAY UP TO, UH, CALIFORNIA STANDARDS.
UH, BECAUSE, UH, THE END POINT IS TO TRANSFER THE ROAD, NOT UNDERSTAND A OWNERSHIP, BUT TO TRANSFER TO CALTRAN, RETURN IT TO THE STATE.
UM, THE, THE, UH, PLAN IS TO COVER THE DEBT, BUILD UP THE FACILITY, THE ROAD, UM, TO STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND TRANSFER BACK TO THE STATE IN 2037.
THAT WOULD BE, GIVE OR TAKE TWO YEARS.
I UNDERSTOOD IT COULD BE AS EARLY AS 33 OR 35, BUT IT, THAT IS THE POINT WHERE THE TOLLS FROM THE SR 1 25 WOULD BE ABLE TO BE LIFTED.
SO AS OF NOW, THAT IS THE UPDATE FOR THE, UM, SR 1 25.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE HAD SUCH A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON THIS LAST FRIDAY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE SOUTH BAY RESIDENTS THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE TO PAY A TOLL ROAD, UH, A TOLL TO, TO FOR THIS FREEWAY? SO THAT'S THE UPDATE.
OH, CAN I ADD ONE LAST POSITIVE? ONE OF THE VERY POSITIVE POINTS AFTER THIS ENTIRE DISCUSSION, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS SAND EGG'S ABILITY TO PAY OFF 25 YEAR BONDS IN 11 YEARS.
SO, ALTHOUGH THESE ARE GIGANTIC NUMBERS AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION TO, UM, LIFTING THE TOLLS IN 2037, IT IS STILL AN AGGRESSIVE PLAN BECAUSE WE ARE, OR SANDAG IS ON TRACK, UH, QUITE FASTER THAN, UM, THE 25 YEAR MARK TO PAY OFF THE LOANS.
UM, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT AND, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE ON SANDAG, BUT IN FACT, ALMOST NONE OF 'EM WERE AROUND WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
AND SO THEY ALL WONDER WHY, YOU KNOW, WHY THAT ONE HAD TO BE PAID FOR.
AND THERE WAS REASONS OTHERWISE IT WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE STARTED UNTIL ABOUT 20 40, 20 45.
AND, UH, BUT THE OTHER THING IS PART OF THE REASON, PART OF THE WAY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO AFFORD IT WAS THEY HAD TO PUT UP SOME UPFRONT MONEY.
AND WHERE DID THEY GET THAT MONEY FROM? HAVE YOU'VE SEEN ALL THE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS ON THE 8 0 5 THAT'S GOING ALL THROUGH CHULA VISTA UP TO THE, UP TO THE 54? WELL, IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO FROM THE 54 ON UP TO THE 94, WHICH BEING THROUGH NATIONAL CITY IN, IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO, THAT MONEY WAS TAKEN TO PUT SO THAT THEY COULD BUY THE 1 25.
AND THAT MONEY NEEDS TO BE PUT BACK IN AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS MADE BEFORE, BEFORE WE TAKE THE PATROL OFF ALSO.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ON THAT ONE.
UM, THERE'S A, UM, ONLY THING I'VE GOT TO REPORT IS, UH, BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, I WILL BE ATTENDING THE, UM, UH, RISA MEETING, AND WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING IT UP IN ESCONDIDO, UM, THIS TIME.
AND THAT'S THE REGIONAL SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY.
AND THAT WILL BE MY LAST MEETING, UH, REPRESENTING AT, UH, I, I CHAIR, UH, RISA AND, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, 33 YEARS ON THAT BOARD.
AND, UH, SO THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL BE MY LAST ONE THAT'LL BE COMING UP HERE IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
SO IT'LL BE, BE AN INTERESTING MEETING TO SAY THE LEAST.
AND I'VE MISSED ONE MEETING IN 30 OVER 33 YEARS.
AND THAT WAS WHEN I THINK I WAS BACK IN DC AND THOSE DAYS YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO ZOOM IN.
[8.1 Appointments: City Boards, Commissions, and Committees – City Council Interview and Appointment for the Civil Service Commission, Planning Commission, and the Housing Advisory Committee.]
WE GO ON INTO INTERVIEWS AND APPOINTMENTS, AND WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, INTERVIEWS AND APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE.WE TRADITIONALLY DO THOSE IN SEPTEMBER AND IN MARCH.
AND, UH, UM, WE NEED TO ON 8.1.
THOSE, UH, I'M GONNA ASK FOR OUR CITY CLERK TO GIVE US SOME LITTLE BIT OF INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POLICY ON HOW, HOW WE DO THESE.
AND EACH ONE, THESE AND THE MAYORAL ONES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF AND PUBLIC SHELLEY CHAPPEL, YOUR CITY CLERK THIS EVENING.
WE WILL HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, 8.1 AND 8.2 REGARDING APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES.
THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
THE FIRST GROUP OF APPOINTMENTS ARE THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS AND WILL BE CONDUCTED AS AN INTERVIEW BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER, A PUBLIC, UH, EXCUSE ME, PLANNING COMMISSIONER AND HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR THE CURRENT VACANCIES.
THE PROCESS IS OUTLINED IN CITY COUNCIL.
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1 0 7 AS FOLLOWS.THE MAYOR WILL INTRODUCE THE APPLICANT.
THE APPLICANT IS GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO MAKE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK A QUESTION OF EACH APPLICANT.
UM, QUESTIONS MUST BE THE SAME FOR EACH APPLICANT.
TOTAL TIME FOR EACH APPLICANT IS FIVE MINUTES WITH TIME ALLOWED FOR CLARIFICATION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NOT TO EXCEED 10 MINUTES TOTAL PER APPLICANT.
UH, FOLLOWING THE INTERVIEWS, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WILL DISTRIBUTE A SLIP FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO VOTE AND RETURN TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK, WHO WILL THEN READ THE SLIPS INTO THE RECORD TO INCLUDE THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S NAME AND VOTE.
VOTES WILL BE TALLIED AND AN APPOINTMENT MADE.
UH, THE FIRST INTERVIEW IS THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND IS TO FILL A FULL TERM DUE TO THE RESIGNATION OF WELLINGTON CLA.
THIS TERM WILL END SEPTEMBER 30TH, UH, 2029.
THE COUNSEL HAS ONE APPLICANT TO INTERVIEW FEIN JIMENEZ.
OR YOU CAN FOREGO THE INTERVIEW AND A POINT.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE CAN HAVE FEMEN GO, COME FORWARD AND KIND OF A GIVE ABOUT A TWO MINUTE INTRODUCTION ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY, WHY YOU SHOULD BE, UH, GOING FOR THIS POSITION.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD TO CHECK IN WITH THE CITY CLERK, BUT I APOLOGIZE IF I DIDN'T CHECK IN WITH YOU.
GOOD EVENING, UH, TO THE MAYOR AND EVERYBODY ELSE HERE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, POLICE, EVERYBODY ELSE.
UM, UH, I SUBMITTED MY NAME FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NATIONAL CITY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
I'M INTERESTED IN SERVING BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE STRONG LOCAL AND GOVERNMENT.
DEPENDS NOT ONLY ON THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO ON FAIR, TRANSPARENT AND CONSISTENT PRACTICES FOR THE EMPLOYEES WHO CARRY OUT THOSE SERVICES EVERY DAY.
MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND HAS GIVEN ME EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PROFESSIONALISM, CONFIDENTIALITY, FAIRNESS, COMMUNICATION, AND SOUND JUDGMENT ARE ESSENTIAL.
I SPENT MORE THAN 15 YEARS WORKING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, INCLUDING SERVING AS A MEDICAL ASSISTANT AND A HOSPITAL CORPSMAN.
IN THESE ROLES, I WORK CLOSELY WITH MEDICAL PROVIDERS, TRAINED AND SUPPORTED OTHER PERSONNEL, AND SERVED AS A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER.
THESE EXPERIENCES TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF LIST LISTENING, CAREFULLY TREATING INDIVIDUALS WITH DIGNITY, FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES, AND MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON FACTS RATHER THAN ASSUMPTIONS.
MY TRANSITION INTO EDUCATION HAS STRENGTHENED ME, STRENGTHENED THOSE VALUES.
AS A EDUCATOR, I HAVE LEARNED THAT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS ARE STRONGEST WHEN PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY WILL BE HEARD AND TREATED FAIR.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE REP RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCING THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH THE POLICIES AND STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY AN INSTITUTION.
IF APPOINTED TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, I WOULD APPROACH EACH MATTER WITH AN OPEN MIND AND A COMMITMENT TO IMPARTIALITY DUE PROCESS AND THE MERIT PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
WHEN REVIEWING PERSONNEL MATTERS OR HEARING AN APPEAL, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE FACTS, APPLICABLE RULES AND PERSPECTIVES OF THOSE INVOLVED BEFORE REACHING A CONCLUSION.
I WOULD ALSO BRING A PERSPECTIVE SHAPE BY YEARS OF WORKING DIRECTLY WITH DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY, EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE.
UM, FIRM, IF I COULD ASK, UH, IN LOOKING OVER YOUR, YOUR RESUME AND EVERYTHING, WHAT EXPERTISE OR WHAT OPPORTUNITIES HAVE YOU HAD IN DEALING WITH, UM, EMPLOYEES? LIKE EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS OR OVERSIGHT, UH, OF EMPLOYEES AND, UH, SO THEREFORE, AND THEN, OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD DEAL ESPECIALLY WITHIN, IN GOVERNMENTAL BOUNDS? UM, I HAVE VERY LIMITED EXPERIENCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT I, UM, I WORK MOSTLY IN THE MEDICAL FIELD MM-HMM
UM, HOWEVER, I, UH, DID, UH, A LOT OF MY, UH, TRAINING AND A LOT OF MY, UH, KNOWLEDGE, UH, WHEN I WAS STUDYING FOR MY PARALEGAL DEGREE, UM, I WAS ABLE TO DO SMALL CLAIMS, UH, UH, HELP WITH SMALL CLAIMS, UH, FILING AND, UM, BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH, UM, WITH ANY, ANY CASES THAT THE, THE ATTORNEY HAD TO DO WITH, UM, EMPLOYEE, UM, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UH, LABOR, UM, MALPRACTICE OR, UH, UH, IF, UH, A PERSON WAS PUTTING A CASE FOR, UM, JUST PERSONAL INJURY.
UM, THAT'S AS FAR AS MY KNOWLEDGE OR MY EXPERIENCE GOES.
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AM, UH, I DO KNOW THAT FROM MY END, UM, I AM ADVOCATING FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE.SO IF, UH, PUBLIC SERVANT IS NOT HAVING THEIR NEEDS MET OR IF APPEALING A DECISION, I WOULD, UM, TAKE A LOOK ANALYTICALLY AND BASED ON THE FACTS, NOT ON ASSUMPTIONS.
SO YOU WANNA HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? OKAY.
THANK YOU MR. FEMINE FOR, UH, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
UH, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO EXAMINE THE MEETING DATES AND HOW OFTEN THIS COMMISSION MEETS? DO YOU FORESEE HAVING ANY CONFLICT WITH ATTENDING THE MEETINGS? UM, I KNOW THE, IT'S A VOLUNTEER POSITION.
UH, BUT I KNOW THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION DOES HAVE A LOT OF HOMEWORK, A LOT OF PAPERWORK THAT THEY REVIEW.
IT'S, AND, UH, NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET QUORUM BECAUSE MEMBERS ARE NOT ATTENDING THE MEETINGS IS PROBLEMATIC.
SO HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO EXAMINE YOUR AVAILABILITY FOR THE TIMES WHEN THIS COMMISSION MEETS? I HAVEN'T AT TIMES, BUT, UM, LET ME JUST SPEAK ABOUT, UM, WHAT I AM DOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'M, RIGHT NOW I'M PART OF THE, UM, NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD BOND OVER CITIZENS BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHICH I ATTEND.
UM, AND IT WORKS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.
UM, SO I'M ABLE TO, UH, BALANCE THAT WITH THE CO THE COMMITTEE ITSELF.
SO I DO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T MATTER THE WORKLOAD, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE UPS, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT AS MUCH.
UM, THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE WHO PAY THEIR TAXES.
THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING.
AND I KNOW FOR THIS COMMISSION, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING FOR THEM, OR SORRY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, PUBLIC SERVANTS TO BE HEARD, TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
SO WE HAVE ONE PERSON, SO WE WANT, YES.
SO I, UH, THANK YOU MR. JIMENEZ FOR, UM, APPLYING CIVIL SERVICE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST COMMISSION I SERVED ON HERE AT THE CITY.
UM, AND SO THERE'S, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS AND THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR ME, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON IT, BUT JUST SAY, I WANT TO, UH, SUPPORT YOU, NOT ONLY ARE THE ONLY APPLICANT, I'VE SEEN YOU INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY I DO THINK THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP ON THE BOARD.
WE'VE RECEIVED SOME PRESENTATIONS IN THE PAST, UM, AND I THINK IT IS UNDERUTILIZED AND GIVEN, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITIES DEALING WITH PERSONNEL ISSUES.
UH, AND SO MUCH OF OUR BUDGET IS ULTIMATELY PERSONNEL ISSUES.
SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK WITH THE EXISTING BOARD OF COMMISSION, OUR, UM, UH, OUR, OUR ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT, THAT'S WHAT THESE COMMISSIONS ARE FOR, IS FOR CITIZEN OVERSIGHT OF OUR GOVERNMENT BODY.
AND SO, YEAH, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THAT, ASK THAT YOU HOLD EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE, UM, AND THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN THE MEETINGS.
'CAUSE LIKE, UH, VICE MAYOR MOLINAS SAID, WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH QUORUM AND ATTENDANCE, SO WE JUST, UH, ENCOURAGE YOUR, UH, LEADERSHIP INVOLVEMENT AND, UH, OVERSIGHT ON THE ISSUES.
UM, I, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY.
UM, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WE INCLUDING IN OUR COMMITTEE AT THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD, UM, WHERE THERE, THERE HAS BEEN ISSUES OF ABSENTEEISM.
UM, BUT, UH, ON MY END, I'VE BEEN THERE EVERY MEETING.
UM, UH, SO I, I I AM COMMITTED TO BE THERE PRESENT.
UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEY.
UM, I AM ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UM,
UM, I'M ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW DOING A MASTER'S PROGRAM AT SCSU, WHICH IS AWESOME.
SO I, YEAH, IF, IF I GET TO WORK WITH YOU, THAT'D BE PRETTY AWESOME.
UH, EITHER ONE OF YOU TWO WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION, MUCH OF A QUESTION, MORE LIKE A COMMENT.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UH, WHAT IS THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE? THERE'S, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON, UH, APPLYING FOR SEAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, SEE NO OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH MOTION APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
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ALRIGHT, SO NEXT WE GO TO, OKAY.THE NEXT APPOINTMENT WILL BE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND IS DUE TO THE RESIGNATION OF RICARDO SANCHEZ AND IS A PARTIAL TERM THAT WILL END SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2028.
THE COUNSEL HAS TWO APPLICANTS TO INTERVIEW STACEY JACKSON AND CYNTHIA FULLER EZ.
CYNTHIA IS CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
UH, PLEASE CONDUCT THE INTERVIEW AT THE CONCLUSION, PLACE YOUR NAME AND VOTE ON THE SLIP PROVIDED BY THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK, AND SHE WILL READ THAT INTO THE RECORD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL, CALL UP STACEY JACKSON FIRST.
LET'S DO, THAT'S TAKE HIM IN ORDER.
SO, STACEY JACKSON, GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
I'VE LIVED IN NATIONAL CITY FOR THREE YEARS AND I'VE LIVED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR MOST OF MY LIFE.
I'VE LIVED IN SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE MUNICIPALITIES.
SO I'VE SEEN THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH OF THESE SETTINGS.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING AS A REALTOR FOR NINE YEARS, WHICH HAS TAKEN ME ALL OVER THE COUNTY TO SEE SPECIAL ASPECTS OF MANY MUNICIPALITIES FROM ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE, ALL THE WAY UP TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
I STUDIED IN THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY, WHICH DEVELOPED ME INTO A CRITICAL THINKER, UH, FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABILITY AND AN ANALYTICAL THINKER.
I WOULD ALSO DESCRIBE MYSELF AS A FUTURE ORIENTED PERSON WHO LIKES TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE.
I THINK THAT THESE QUALIFICATIONS WILL BENEFIT THE NATIONAL CITY PLANNING COMMISSION BY WAY OF FRESH IDEAS TO MAKE NATIONAL CITY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PROSPER.
IN THIS CASE, WE'VE GOT TWO APPLICANTS, SO WE QUESTIONS KIND OF NEED TO BE THE SAME FOR BOTH OF THEM.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR INTEREST IN SERVING NATIONAL CITY.
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO EXAMINE WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS OCCUR? HOW OFTEN THEY OCCUR? AND DO YOU FORESEE, UM, ANY TYPE OF CONFLICT IN ATTENDING THE MEETINGS? AGAIN, THE QUESTION, UH, PERTAINS TO ISSUES WITH QUORUM.
THESE ARE HIGHLY IMPORTANT MEETINGS AND IF MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE DON'T ATTEND AND THE MEETING HAS TO BE CANCELED, IT'S, IT'S QUITE, UH, UNFORTUNATE.
SO, UM, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO, TO VIEW THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR? YES.
TWICE A MONTH, IF I'M CORRECT.
AND, AND YOU DON'T FORESEE ANY CONFLICTS, THAT'S FINE.
ANYONE HAVE ANY, HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
AND NEXT WE CALL UP, UH, CYNTHIA FULLER.
YOU KNOW ME, CYNTHIA FULLER QUINONES.
I AM CURRENTLY, UH, SERVING AS MENTIONED AS A, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, SAFETY COMMISSIONER.
AND I AM, UH, FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN CHAIR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY.
I'VE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE.
I DO THINK I HAVE A LOT OF VALUE TO BRING, HOWEVER, TO THE, UH, TRA UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, PRIMARILY MY, UH, ACTIVISM, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY HERE.
I'VE LIVED IN NATIONAL CITY FOR, UH, NINE, ALMOST 10 YEARS NOW.
AND THROUGHOUT THAT TIME HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE AS PART OF, UM, OLIVE WOOD GARDENS, MUNDO GARDENS HEALTHY CO TOROS COALITION.
UM, I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, BEEN ACTIVE WITH THE PORT, BEEN ACTIVE ON A PCD, THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT, UH, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE, UH, ISSUES, THE HEALTH IMPACTS THAT HAVE, UM, BEEN OF GREAT CONCERN TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I SEE THAT THE, YOU KNOW, LAND USE IS CERTAINLY A REALLY IMPORTANT WAY TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THOSE HEALTH IMPACTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND I THINK AS A, A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, I COULD, UH, BRING THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR CONSIDERATIONS, UH, TO THE DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE THERE.
YOU, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN NATIONAL CITY KNOW YOU WELL, YOU HAVE SERVED NATIONAL CITY FOR A LONG TIME.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONFLICTS WITH ATTENDING THE MEETINGS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION? I DO NOT.
BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT, YOUR HONOR.
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ALRIGHT.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO NOW WE WILL BE HAVING SLIPS, UM, PASSED OUT.
THE SLIPS HAVE BOTH NAMES ON THERE.
EACH PERSON WILL SELECT ONE INDIVIDUAL.
THEY PRINT THEIR NAME AND SIGN THE BALLOT.
WE FOLD 'EM OVER AND THEN THEY'LL GO OVER TO OUR, UH, CITY CLERK'S DESK.
COUNCIL MEMBER YA UH, ONE VOTE FOR STACY JACKSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, VOTE FOR CYNTHIA FULLER ES MAYOR MORRISON.
STACEY JACKSON, VICE MAYOR MOLINA, CYNTHIA FULLER ES COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH, CYNTHIA FULLER ES.
SO MAJORITY VOTE GOES FOR CYNTHIA FULLER QUINONE.
THE NEXT APPOINTMENT WILL BE FOR THE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
EXCUSE ME, MARY JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
YEAH, I I WAS STOPPING HER ALREADY 'CAUSE WE HAD ONE HERE AND THEN WE'LL GET THE ONE THERE.
I JUST, UM, SO, UH, FIRST OFF, WANTED TO, UH, THANK MS. JACKSON FOR APPLYING.
I REALLY THOUGHT, UH, WHERE, WHERE'D SHE GO? OH, OKAY.
SO, UM, YEAH, JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP APPLYING.
I LOOKED AT YOUR RESUME, APPRECIATE YOU COMING, INTERVIEWING.
SO IT WASN'T ALL, UH, AGAINST YOU.
SO I JUST, UM, AND THERE'S OTHER BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS TOO THAT I HOPE YOU DO APPLY FOR AND BE INVOLVED.
UH, DID WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, OUR NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONER, MISS, UH, CYNTHIA, UH, FULLER ES AND, UH, CYNTHIA, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN APPLYING FOR A WHILE, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING, UH, PERSISTENT AND FOR SERVING ON OUR, UM, UH, OUR TRAFFIC AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
AND I THINK YOU SERVED ON THE SENIOR AND PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE AS WELL, MAYBE, OR, UH, WELL, SO YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED AND, OKAY.
WELL, YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED AND I SEE YOU INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND ADVOCATING.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, YOU AND I, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
YOU'RE VERY TRANSPARENT AND OPEN AND FAIR WITH EVERYONE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR SKILLSET ON OUR PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, REALLY WANT TO, UH, THANK, UH, BOTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS FOR APPLYING.
IT'S ALWAYS, UH, GOOD TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEING WILLING TO SERVE IN OUR BOARDS.
UM, REALLY WANNA THANK YOU MS. JACKSON FOR STEPPING UP.
I'VE SEEN YOU IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES AND I WANNA ENCOURAGE THAT GOING FORWARD.
OFTENTIMES INDIVIDUALS, UH, APPLY MULTIPLE TIMES TO SERVE ON COMMITTEES.
AND I THINK, UH, NONE OTHER THAN OUR OWN, UH, FULLER QUINONE, MS. QUINONE IS A TESTAMENT OF THAT ALWAYS WILLING TO SERVE IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, UH, WERE NOT SELECTED LAST TIME PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT NOW YOU ARE.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE IN OUR PLANNING COMMISSION.
MEMBER YAMANI, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION DISCIPLINE IS URBAN PLANNING, UM, CS AND LAND USE.
THAT'S WHY I HAD TO VOTE FOR MS. STACY.
UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, MA'AM, TO PLEASE CONTINUE, UM, WITH YOUR SERVICE.
I THINK, UM, THE, THE, UM, POSITION OF MS UH, UM, CYNTHIA FULLER QUINONE, NOW THAT SHE, I, I SEE HERE THAT SHE SITS IN TRAFFIC SAFETY.
SO THAT WILL, THAT WILL NOW HAVE ANOTHER VACANCY.
SO THERE WILL, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, LEFT FOR, UH, FOR OTHERS TO CONSIDER.
THANK YOU MS. FULLER AND THANK YOU MS. STACY.
NEXT APPOINTMENT WILL BE FOR THE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS SEAT IS OPEN DUE TO THE END OF TERM FOR MYRA VALDES WHO DID NOT, UH, CHOOSE TO BE CONS RECONSIDERED FOR THE APPOINTMENT.
YOU HAVE TWO APPLICANTS, JOSE TORRES JR.
AND I HAVE HO UH, MR. TORRES, UH, VIA ZOOM.
SO WHY DON'T, WOULD YOU LIKE TO,
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WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND BRING HIM ON UP.UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THERE IN PERSON.
I'M ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW IT'S STUCK ON THE FIVE FREEWAY HEADING SOUTH
UM, I'M INTERESTED IN, UH, SERVING AS, UH, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CITY'S HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
'CAUSE I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING OUR COMMUNITY ADDRESS ITS HOUSING NEEDS THROUGH, UH, PRACTICAL BALANCE AND FORWARD THINKING SOLUTIONS.
UH, FOR ME, UH, FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, I'VE WORKED IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY AND FOR THE PAST DECADE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH MORTGAGE LENDING.
AND THIS EXPERIENCE, I BELIEVE, HAS GIVEN ME FIRSTHAND INSIGHT INTO THE CHALLENGES OUR RESIDENTS FACE WHEN SEEKING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FINANCING, HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND PRESERVING OUR HOUSING STABILITY.
NAVIGATING THROUGH THIS INCREASED COMPLEX HOUSING MARKET.
I UNDERSTAND HOW HOUSING POLICY POSITIONS, UH, AFFECT FAMILIES, RENTERS, HOMEOWNERS, DEVELOPERS, AND LOCAL BUSINESSES ALIKE.
UH, IN ADDITION, I ALSO SERVE ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHERE I COLLABORATE WITH BUSINESS LEADERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT SUPPORT ECONOMIC VITALITY, UH, FOR THE LONG TERM SUCCESS OF OUR CITY.
UH, THROUGH THIS ROLE, I HAVE DEVELOPED A STRONG APPRECIATION FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW THOUGHTFUL PLANNING, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POLICIES THAT CREATE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WHILE MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, MY INTEREST IN SUPPORTING THESE EFFORTS, UH, TO EXPAND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS ON ALL INCOME LEVELS TO PRESERVE, UH, THE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IMPROVE OUR PERMITTING PROCESS AS WELL, ENCOURAGE A REASON RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHEN INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
AND BELIEVE THESE PRIORITIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO ENSURING THAT NASHVILLE CITY BECOMES A VIBRANT, MORE INCLUSIVE, ECONOMICALLY STRONG COMMUNITY FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS WILL CONSIDER ME FOR THIS POSITION.
UM, ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS OF MR. TORRES? ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU MR. TORRES, UH, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO NATIONAL CITY.
I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM FOR WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED.
IF I CAN ASK YOU MY QUESTION, UM, YES.
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE HELD, HOW OFTEN THEY ARE HELD, AND DO YOU FORESEE CONFLICTS IN ATTENDING THE MEETING? UH, NOT AT ALL.
LUCKILY, MY WIFE'S THE ONE DRIVING AND I'M NOT, UH,
SO I WASN'T ALREADY HAD PRIOR ENGAGEMENT, BUT, UH, I'VE, UH, MADE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND, UM, COMMISSIONS THAT I'VE BEEN ON, ALWAYS ATTENDED THEM, UM, AND HAVE REVIEWED THE SCHEDULE, WHICH I HAVE A VERY FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE TYPICALLY THAT I CAN MAKE, UH, MOST, UH, MOST OR ALL OF, UH, THE, UH, THE EVENTS.
UM, YEAH, I, IT, IT'S DIFFERENT WITH BEING ON ZOOM, UM, BUT I THINK WE WOULD ALL RECOGNIZE YOUR FACE, YOU KNOW, YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CHAMBER AND, AND ALSO, UH, CHAIR OF THE, UH, SALUTE TO THE NAVY AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE.
SO, UH, BUT IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE JUST HEARING A VOICE.
I, I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO BE THEIR LIFE.
UH, NEXT WE GO ON TO, UH, I DON'T WANNA MESS UP THAT FIRST NAME.
IS IT FARRELL OR FARRELL? UH, RODRIGUEZ.
UM, OBVIOUSLY MY NAME IS FERRELL RODRIGUEZ.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY FOR THE LAST, OVER THE LAST DECADE.
UM, AS YOU CAN TELL, I SEEM TO BE ON THE YOUNGER SIDE HERE IN MY TWENTIES, BUT NONETHELESS, I DON'T SEE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT AGE SHOULD BE A FACTOR IN THIS.
I MEAN, I HAVE GROWN UP IN NATIONAL CITY.
I HAVE SEEN THE CITY CHANGE OVER THE LAST DECADE, HAVE SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING ACROSS THE CITY.
AND I HAVE A KEEN AWARENESS OF THE STATE OF OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AS WELL, SEEING THE STATE OF THE UNFORTUNATE, UM, LACK OF HOUSING FOR MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY.
AND AT MY AGE, FACING THE, FACING THE OPTION OF TRYING TO MOVE OUT.
THE DIFFICULTY IN THAT, THE DIFFICULTY IN APPLYING THE DIFF IT'S, IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT PROCESS FOR SURE, WHICH I FIND TO BE A FIRSTHAND BENEFIT IN THIS POSITION RIGHT HERE, THAT I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO
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LEV, UH, TO LEVER INTO, INTO SEEING ACTIONABLE CHANGE FOR MY CITY HERE, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, TO PROVIDE FOR PE, OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS FROM THE NATIONAL CITY, OR FUTURE RESIDENTS AS WELL.I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE YOUTH, LOOKING AT PEOPLE MYSELF.
OKAY, WELL, I'M GONNA LET YOU ASK YOUR YES.
QUESTION THAT YOU, UH, THANK YOU MR. FARRELL.
TO, TO HAVE SOMEBODY, UM, YOUNG AS YOURSELF,
SO, MY QUESTION OF COURSE IS HAVE YOU REVIEWED WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED? DO YOU FORESEE CONFLICTS IN ATTENDING THE MEETINGS? UM, FROM THE WEBSITE, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE FEBRUARY, APRIL, AUGUST, THEN OCTOBER.
BUT I DON'T EXPECT ANY DIFFICULTY IN, I MEAN, WORKING MY SCHEDULE, MY PRIORITY HERE WOULD BE LIKE TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS, AS YOU GUYS HAVE ALL HIGHLIGHTED, THE DIFFICULTY IN HAVING QUORUM TO COME TO HAVE ACTION, ACTION DELIVERED FROM THESE, AND THAT, THAT IS MY GOAL.
UH, AND CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I NOTICED YOU, IF NOT, GO AHEAD.
I GUESS I NOTICED, UH, YOU'VE APPLIED TO OTHER COMMISSIONS AS WELL.
SO I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR INTEREST IN, UH, SERVING YOUR CITY.
AND I DO, UH, HOPE IF IT, IF THIS IS NOT THE COMMISSION YOU GET ON, UM, HOPEFULLY ONE OF THE OTHER ONES WILL ALSO BE SATISFACTORY TO YOU.
AND I, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
UM, WITH THAT, WE ONCE AGAIN PASS OUT SOME SLIPS.
VICE MAYOR MOLINA, JOSE TORRES, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH, JOSE TORRES, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.
PHARRELL RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI, PHARRELL RODRIGUEZ, MAYOR MORRISON, JOSE TORRES.
SO MAJORITY VOTE FOR JOSE TORRES.
UH, WOULD YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR, KEEP, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE ROAD.
I KNOW, BUT SORRY, I EVEN MORE, EVEN MORE SO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, YES.
NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
UM, I, I ACCIDENTALLY UNMUTE, SO SORRY.
AND HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS ALL SOON IN PERSON.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN, YOU'RE ALREADY VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN OUR CITY AND I WANTED TO, UM, GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO A YOUNG PERSON WHO CAME FORWARD AND HAD THE COURAGE TO DO IT.
UM, SO THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ.
I, UH, I HOPE YOU WILL NOT STOP, UM, MAKING OR, OR, UH, GIVING COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY.
UH, JUST REALLY WANNA THANK, UH, MR. TORRES.
I KNOW HE'S BEEN, UH, ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING UP AND WILLING TO SERVE.
AND, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THE WILLINGNESS TO APPLY.
UM, I, I WISH YOU LUCK AND, AND REALLY HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER OTHER POSITIONS AS WELL TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR CITY.
FIRST OFF, I REALLY WANTED TO THANK MR. RODRIGUEZ FOR APPLYING.
SO SIMILAR TO, I TOLD THE LAST APPLICANT, YOU'RE QUALIFIED IN, UM, AGE.
I MEAN, TECHNICALLY WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO EVEN TALK ABOUT AGE, BUT, UM, IT'S, WE DON'T WANNA BE DISCRIMINATORY, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSE CITY AND WE DEFINITELY NEED, UH, MORE, UH, THE NEWER GENERATION
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AND, AND YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, AND LIVED EXPERIENCE, YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE IN NATIONAL CITY.SO I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT.
AND SO PLEASE KEEP APPLYING AND PLEASE BE OPEN TO SOME OF OUR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
AND YOU HEARD EAR EARLIER, UH, MS. UH, FULLER ES, SHE HAD TO GO A COUPLE OF ROUNDS.
AND SO IT'S JUST A COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF QUALIFIED FOLKS.
SO JUST, I JUST ASK THAT YOU DON'T GIVE UP AND, UH, WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, MR. TORRES, UH, I SUPPORTED YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR EXPERIENCE AND FAMILIARITY AND JUST KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT, UH, THE CITY.
GOD, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO I'M TALKING TO.
I'M LIKE TALKING TO THE ETHERS.
UM, BUT SO JUST WANNA SAY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD, UH, YOU WORKING WITH THE CITY.
ALRIGHT, UH, THAT COMPLETES 8.1, WHICH IS THE, UH, COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.
[8.2 Appointments: City Boards, Commissions, and Committees – Mayoral Appointments to the Board of Library Trustees; Parks, Recreation & Senior Citizens’ Advisory Committee; Public Art Committee; and the Traffic Safety Committee.]
8.2, WHICH ARE THE MERRILL APPOINTMENTS.AND FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE FOR THE, UH, BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES, THERE ARE ACTUALLY FOUR SEATS AVAILABLE.
UH, TWO SEATS THAT ARE, ARE, THAT WOULD, UH, EXPIRE ON, UH, SEPTEMBER THE 30TH OF 27, 1 THAT WOULD EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER, UH, 29.
AND THEN ONE SEAT, WHICH IS AN ALTERNATE POSITION FOR SEPTEMBER OF 29.
SO, UH, THEREFORE, AND WE ONLY HAVE TWO APPLICANTS.
SO I AM, UH, I WILL NOMINATE FOR THE SEAT THAT EXPIRES IN 2029, UH, MARGARET GODSHAW.
AND FOR ONE OF THOSE SEATS THAT EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER OF 27, UH, FARRELL RODRIGUEZ.
SO, OOPS, I SUPPOSED TO MAKE A MOTION, AREN'T THERE, PLEASE? YES.
SEEING NO DISCUSSION, UH, PLEASE VOTE.
FOR PARKS RECREATION SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE HAVE TWO SEATS THAT ARE THROUGH, UH, SEPTEMBER OF 29, 1 SEAT, UH, THROUGH MARCH OF 29.
BUT WE ONLY HAVE ONE APPLICANT, AND THAT'S, UH, MARIA AMMAN.
AND SO I WOULD BE, UM, GOING AHEAD AND NOMINATING HER FOR THE, UH, ONE OF THOSE SEATS FOR SEPTEMBER OF 2029.
SECOND, THE MOTION DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
UH, PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE ONE SEAT THAT'S AVAILABLE, BUT, UM, AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE APPLICANT AND WE JUST APPOINTED HIM UP TO, UH, UM, BOARD OF, UH, LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
UM, MUCH MORE NEEDED THERE RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH QUORUM 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT SO MANY VACANCIES, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
NOW I GOT A QUESTION OF THE CITY CLERK SINCE WE JUST OPENED UP WITH ANOTHER VACANCY.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THAT ONE TONIGHT OR DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT AT A SEPARATE TIME? UH, WE HAVE NOT, OH, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT TONIGHT BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE NOT.
YEAH, SO IN THAT CASE, WE HAVEN'T NOTICED THAT VACANCY.
SO THERE IS ONE SEAT AVAILABLE ALREADY ON TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND THAT SEAT IS, UH, GOES THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2029.
AND I WOULD, UH, NOMINATE, UH, CAROLYN CAR CORNELIA.
UH, I WANT TO DISCLOSE THAT I'M GONNA VOTE AGAINST, UH, THIS MOTION.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T SUPPORT CAROLYN.
IT'S, I, I THINK, UH, ALEJANDRO GUERRA IS, UH, MORE, UH, QUALIFIED FOR THIS PARTICULAR SEAT, KNOWN HIM FOR YEARS.
UM, HE, UH, IS A BIKE ADVOCATE AND IS, UH, BEEN FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF OUR STREET INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, BIKING, WALKING.
I THINK HIS EXPERIENCE WOULD BE A GOOD FIT.
SO, UH, NOTHING AGAINST, UH, CAROLYN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO DISCLOSE THAT.
WELL, LEMME JUST SAY THE REASON WHY I, I LOOKED AT, UH, CAROLYN, 'CAUSE SHE'S ALSO A CIVIL ENGINEER, UH, WORKS FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
AND, UH, UH, SHE HAS HER BS CIVIL ENGINEERING AND AN MS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING THAT SHE'S WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, A LOT OF, UH, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ALREADY THERE.
AND SO, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS KIND WHAT I WAS ALSO AGREED.
WHEN I WAS B DOING A LITTLE BALANCING THERE, I HAD, THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO GO WITH.
UH, WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION.
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ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.MOTION APPROVED BY FOUR TO ONE VOTE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH VOTING.
WITH THAT, THEN, UM, WE GO INTO CONSENT
[9. CONSENT CALENDAR]
CALENDAR.THIS IS ITEMS NINE, ONE THROUGH NINE NINE.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, REQUEST TO PULL ANY ITEMS? YES.
I MISS UP IN THAT, BUT ANYWAY, I'LL COME UP WITH THAT IN A MOMENT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
SO THAT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR MINUS 9.267 AND EIGHT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[9.2 Community Resilience Center Grant Application Submission Authorization]
IS TO, UH, APPROVE, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH PRECISION CONCRETE CUTTING.UH, FOR CON, UH, FOR CITYWIDE SIDEWALK INSPECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE.
AND WHO DID WE HAVE? THAT WAS CYNTHIA FULLER QUINONEZ FOLLOWED BY THOMAS WRIGHT.
I MAY HAVE LOOKED AT, I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE GRANT.
I WAS LOOKING, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG AGENDA HERE.
I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG THERE.
SO I WANTED TO EXPRESS VERY STRONG SUPPORT FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE, OF THIS GRANT TO SECURE FUNDING THAT WOULD AS PRESENTLY PROPOSED, ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THE KIMBALL MLK COMMUNITY, UH, RESILIENCE CAMPUS FOR STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
THIS GRANT PRESENTS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ESSENTIAL ACTION ADDRESSING, UH, IMPORTANT PAST EMERGENCY LESSONS LEARNED AND LIMITATIONS ENDURED, ESPECIALLY DURING THE EXTENDED RECOVERY FROM OUR JANUARY, 2024 FLOODS.
I SAY THIS WITH THE ADVANTAGE OF EXPERIENCE FEEDING FAMILIES IMPACTED THEN FOR MONTHS, UH, AFTER THE DISASTER, THIS AFTER RUNNING OTHER EMERGENCY FEEDING OPERATIONS OVER NEARLY 20 YEARS IN SAN DIEGO.
UH, GOING BACK TO THE 2007 WILDFIRE WILDFIRES WHEN SO MANY FAMILIES WERE EVACUATED TO QUALCOMM.
KEY WITH FUNDING FROM THIS GRANT WOULD BE EXPANDED DISASTER RESILIENT FOOD STORAGE AND MLK KITCHEN ACTIVATION FOR EMERGENCY MEALS, POTENTIALLY LEVERAGING THE EXPERIENCE OF VALUED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OLIVE WOOD GARDENS, UH, AND LEARNING CENTER AND BUNO GARDENS, BOTH OF WHICH WERE VERY ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY FEEDING OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC AND DURING THE, UH, 2024 FLOODS.
IN ANY CASE, I HOPE, PURSUIT OF THE GRANT, UH, IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS THOSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
MY YIELD INCREASED MLK KITCHEN ACTIVATION, UH, FOR NUTRITION PROGRAMS CURRENTLY HAMPERED BY KITCHEN CONSTRAINTS.
HOPEFULLY THE APPLICATION WILL RESULT IN AN AWARD.
THOMAS RE FOLLOWED BY WENDY EGAN.
UH, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, THIS GRANT IS FOR $10 MILLION, AND IT WAS WRITTEN BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND IT'S GONNA AFFECT $10 MILLION IS GONNA BE GO INTO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING CENTER AND THE, UH, KIMBALL APARTMENTS.
SO, STATE, IF THE STATE HAS THIS MONEY, WELL, I GUESS WE SHOULD TAKE IT.
IF, IF I COULD, WHILE SHE'S COMING UP, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IT IS FOR, THERE'S A GRANT HERE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE TO 10 MILLION, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA ASK FOR THE 10 MILLION.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WILL GET, SO DON'T, SO DON'T COUNT THE MONEY YET.
SO I'M HERE TO SHARE THAT I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, UH, ENHANCEMENT GRANT.
I HAD IT ON MY PHONE, BUT IT WAS DYING
UM, BECAUSE I, I, I WAS SPEAKING WITH, UH, MR. WALTER ABOUT BEING A PART OF THAT GRANT AS WELL.
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UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY PROVIDING SENSORY ART AND PLAY AND ADAPTIVE RECREATION, FITNESS AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.I'M ALSO EXCITED TO SHARE THAT INCLUSIVE KIDS NETWORK.
RECENTLY RECEIVED OPERATIONS GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL.
UM, WE'RE A GROWING NON-PROFIT AND LIKE EVERY INVESTMENT HELPS US STRENGTHEN OUR PROGRAMS AND CONTINUE TO BUILD.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOCATION
UM, HAVING A PERMANENT ACCESSIBLE SENSORY FRIENDLY SPACE WOULD MEAN SO MUCH MORE THAN SIMPLY HAVING A BUILDING TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS. IT WOULD GIVE NEURODIVERSE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES A PLACE TO PARTICIPATE, LEARN, AND BUILD FRIENDSHIPS, REGULATE WHEN THEY BECOME OVERWHELMED, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.
I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO SEE A DEDICATED SENSORY ROOM INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW FACILITY, A QUIET AND SUPPORTED SPACE, UH, IN INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO BECOME OVERWHELMED IN A TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND THIS COULD SERVE AS WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCY SHELTER IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE A, A SAFE SPACE FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE ON THE NEURO NEURODIVERSE THAT REQUIRE A SAFE SPACE TO, TO REGULATE.
AND, UM, BEFORE I CLOSE, I ALSO WANTED TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU ALL TO THE HOPE IN MOTION GALA, OCTOBER 22ND, ABBY'S IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR C LEADERS, PARTNERS, AND FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS TO COME TOGETHER ALL IN ONE ROOM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, TO BRING INCLUSION, TO BRING COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL TOGETHER THERE.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
LOOK, I WAS LOOKING AT AN EARLIER DRAFT OF THE, OF OUR AGENDA.
IT'S GOT ONE NUMBER OFF, SO I WAS WONDERING SOMETHING SOME OF DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT WHEN BOTH, BOTH OF THE WARRANTS HADN'T BEEN PULLED.
I KNEW SOMETHING HAD TO BE OFF.
YES, MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.
I SO PORT THE ITEM AND THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS FOR, UH, COMING OUT.
AND THEN I JUST, UH, MS. WENDY, THANK YOU, UH, FOR, UH, COMING OUT AND ALWAYS BEING PERSISTENT, UM, ABOUT YOUR NON-PROFIT AND THE WORK YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, I SEE YOU OUT HERE, I KNOW YOU'RE A NATIONAL CITY RESIDENT TOO, AND JUST WANTED TO, UH, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, EVEN THOUGH THIS ISN'T, UH, DIRECTLY, UH, RELATED TO THIS ITEM, BUT IT'S INDIRECTLY BECAUSE THIS GRANT SUPPORTS THESE KINDA, UH, ACTIVITIES.
BUT, UM, MS. EGAN HAS COME BEFORE US, UH, UH, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEETINGS BEFORE ABOUT THE NEED FOR SPACE AND SERVING OUR, UM, OUR, OUR CITIZENS.
AND I KNOW ACTUALLY OUR LIBRARY, UH, THERE'S A PROGRAM, UM, EVERY, EVERY MONTH I THINK, UM, THEY FOCUS ON, UH, NEURODIVERGENT, UM, AND, AND SPECIAL NEEDS, UH, COMMUNITY AND POPULATION.
SO I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE.
BUT THE SPACE ISSUE, UM, UH, THEY SHARED WITH ME THAT THEY'RE USING, UM, I THINK IT'S THE ARTS CENTER, WHICH ARTS WE LEASE FOR ZERO, BUT THEN ARTS SUB LEASEES.
SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS, IF YOU CAN JUST HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, I JUST WANT THINGS TO BE FAIR AND, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF THAT.
SO IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO, FOR PROFIT, UM, NONPROFITS AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS TO, TO WORK THINGS OUT OR JUST AT LEAST COMMUNICATE, IF, UM, IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THAT, I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
[9.6 Investment Report for the Quarter Ending June 30, 2026.]
NEXT, WE IN 9.6, THIS IS THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026.RODRIGUEZ'S, UH, COMMENTS KEEP COMING UP ABOUT COMPARING THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, WHEN HE DOES THAT, IMPLIED THE CONTEXT IMPLIED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE THE GENERAL FUND DEFICIT COULD BE COVERED BY THE RESTRICTED FUND.
SO HE KEPT, HE'S MENTIONED THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES.
HE LOOKS A LITTLE PUZZLED, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
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I GUESS HE MIGHT NOT EVEN REMEMBER.HE SOME SAID THAT, BUT THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP IN THE LAST MEETING WAS, COULD THE YIELD OF THE RESTRICTED FUND BE TRANSFERRED TO COVER THE GENERAL FUND? COULD YOU TALK INTO THE MIC? COULD THE YIELD, WHEN YOU TURN TO THE SIDE, YOU CAN'T HEAR YOU.
COULD THE YIELD OF THE RESTRICTED FUND BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE GENERAL FUND? I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED AT THE LAST MEETING, AND I DIDN'T GET A CLEAR ANSWER.
UM, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER SAID, WELL, WE MIGHT LOOK INTO IT, BUT I WASN'T CLEAR IF THAT'S WHAT THE INTENT WAS TO DO.
ARE WE USING OUR, IS THE INTENT TO USE RESTRICTED FUNDS, THE YIELD OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDS TO COVER SOME OF OUR DEFICIT? THAT'S THE QUESTION.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY NOT DEALING WITH THE INVESTMENT REPORT.
WELL, WELL, THE THING IS THE COMPARE, THE COMPARISON WAS WITH THE, YOU CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
WELL THE QUESTION IS THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO VERSUS THE GENERAL FUND.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE? THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
THIS, AT THIS MOMENT, IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND AT THAT TIME, IF THERE'S A FOLLOW UP, YOU CAN HAVE THAT FOLLOW UP.
AT THE MOMENT THE QUESTION GETS ASKED DIFFERENTLY.
OKAY, MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MOVE TO APPROVE.
NOW WE COME UP ON THE WARRANT REGISTERS.
[Items 9.7 & 9.8]
AND 9.8 ARE THOMAS REICH.HEY, UH, THIS IS WARRANT REGISTER THREE, WHICH IS, THIS IS BECAUSE THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, THEY START EVERY YEAR.
THE TREK PIPELINE SEWER SIZING PROJECT 386,000.
THE GRIFFITH COMPANY BAYSHORE PARKWAY, SEGMENT 685,000.
THE CITY OF SAN DAO, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH.
THE PAYROLL WAS 1,726,000, UH, SWANK MOTION PICTURES.
THE GOAT MOVIE WAS $785 NATIONAL ELECTRIC COMPANY ARTS WORKSHOP, $12,000 LEY HORN HORNE NATIONAL, UH, NATIONAL CITY SUSTAINABILITY MOBILITY FUND, $50,000 FINANCE, WOODRUFF AND SMART 32,000, UH, EFT PAYMENTS, INNER WEST CONSULTING DEPUTY BUILDING SERVICES FOR MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY $75,000.
THE GARLAND COMPANY ROOFING FOR MARTIN MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER, 167,000 PRISM EXCESS WORKERS' COMPENSATION PREMIUM 394,000 EXCESS LIABILITY PROGRAM, 146,000.
DICK MILLER FOR TOW AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, BLOCK MODELER LAS PALMAS MODELER BUILDINGS 37,000 CHIN RYAN ASSOCIATES, THE BAYSHORE PARKWAY, $33,000 AND $122,000 FOR, FOR THE 24TH STREET TROLLEY CENTER.
AND ONE WRITTEN COMMENT WAS RECEIVED ON 9.8 FROM TED GOTCH.
AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, THAT, SO WE CAN TAKE NINE, SEVEN AND NINE EIGHT TOGETHER.
THESE ARE FOR THE, UH, WARRANT REGISTERS.
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HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION APPROVED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH ABSENT.
[10.1 Ordinance for Introduction – Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment per Metropolitan Sewerage System Administrative Agreement No. 1.]
WE GO INTO, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, 10.1, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION, INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER PRETREATMENT FOR METROPOLITAN SEWER SYSTEM ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE.
I'M GONNA LOOK OVER HERE TO STAFF.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.
I'M THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEER.
AND THIS EVENING I AM JOINED BY OUR EXTENSION OF STAFF CONSULTANT CARMEN KASNER FROM OUR DURA, WHO IS OUR EXPERT ON SEWER, ALL THINGS SEWER AND WASTEWATER, AND SOME FOG AS WELL.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, UM, ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THAT.
WE DO HAVE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION JUST TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM, WHICH IS, UM, AN ORDINANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION.
IT'S THE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER PRETREATMENT PER THE METROPOLITAN SEWAGE SYSTEM.
ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT, NUMBER ONE.
UM, YOU MAY RECALL THEN ON AUGUST 4TH, YOU AUTHORIZED THE REVISED SARAH, THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND RESTATED, UH, REGIONAL WASTEWATER DISPOSAL AGREEMENT.
UM, AND WITH THAT WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE, WHICH REQUIRED US TO EFFECTIVELY CONFORM OUR MUNICIPAL CODE THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE, UH, REVISION.
SO, UM, I'LL JUST GO VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THIS.
I THINK I ALREADY SAID MOST OF THIS ALREADY.
AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TREATS ALL THE WASTEWATER THAT THAT'S COLLECTED THROUGHOUT NATIONAL CITY, WITHIN OUR SEWER SYSTEM.
AND, UM, CURRENTLY THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO MANAGES, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER PRE-TREATMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALSO, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER, UH, PERMITTING PROCESS.
UH, BUT THAT, BUT NATIONAL CITY HAS TO BILL ALL THE CUSTOMERS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A TRICKY PROCESS THAT WE'VE HAD FOREVER.
UM, WE, WE DO THAT THROUGH HAND BILLS AND WE HAVE, UH, I THINK THAT KENNETH, NEARLY 30 OR SO, 17, 17, I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE 17.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SEND OUT BILLS TO ALL OF THOSE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE CONSIDERED INDUSTRIAL, UM, WASTEWATER PERMITS.
AND SO WITH THE NEW AGREEMENT, UH, THE DUTY OF BILLING IS SHIFTED OVER TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
THEY ALREADY DO EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THE PROGRAM.
SO THIS ORDINANCE REVISION IS REALLY NEEDED IN ORDER TO MATCH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S ORDINANCE UNDER THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
BUT DO WANT TO, UH, CLARIFY THAT NATIONAL CITY MAINTAINS ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FOG PROGRAM, FATS, OILS IN GREECE WITHIN ITS SYSTEM.
UM, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY.
UH, AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER DISCHARGES, UH, INCLUDE THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES IN CASE THERE'S ANY, UM, CONFUSION AROUND THAT.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST THE HEAVIER TYPES OF USERS WHERE THE, THE SEWAGE, THE EFFLUENT THAT THEY DISCHARGE INTO OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM INCLUDES ADDITIONAL CHEMICALS, METALS, UM, OTHER, OTHER TYPES OF MATTER THAT'S NOT NORMALLY AFFECT THE TREATMENT.
THAT COULD AFFECT THE TREATMENT PROCESS, IS REALLY WHAT DRIVES THAT.
UM, SO THIS IS A LIST OF THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
THIS LIST IS REGULARLY UPDATED BY CITY OF SAN DIEGO, EPA, ET CETERA.
SO THIS IS JUST EXAMPLES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE ON THAT.
AND IT WOULD NOT BE A SEWER ITEM IF WE DIDN'T TAKE 10 SECONDS TO REMIND EVERYONE.
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT AS WE OPERATE THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM, THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT THE PIPES AND WE WANNA REMIND EVERYONE TO COOL IT, SCRAPE IT, AND GREEN CARD IT.
THAT FATS, OILS AND GREASE NEVER BELONG DOWN THE DRAIN.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UM, YOU HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE THIS ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED.
WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THOMAS REICH? EXCUSE ME.
I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT, I READ THE, I READ IT AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CHANGE, BUT WHEN, WHEN SAN DIEGO STORAGE AUTHORITY LOOKED POINT, UH, BILLS FOR, IN INSPECTING THE
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COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, INSPECTING THE COMMERCIAL STAFF LIMITS INSTEAD OF THE CITY BILLING THEM, THEY WILL BILL, THEY WILL, THEY WILL BILL THE CORPORATIONS THEMSELVES.DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? ONE WRITTEN COMMENT FROM TED GODSHAW AND NO.
THAT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JUAREZ FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
AND THANK YOU TO OUR, UH, ADJUNCT, UH, STAFF MEMBER
UM, THE QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE NUMBER, YOU SAID 17.
WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER THAT YOU MENTIONED? OH, OKAY.
THERE'S CURRENTLY 17 BUSINESSES, BUT WE ARE REVIEWING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT SOME OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ALSO HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT.
SO THAT, SO I THINK I DID HEAR CORRECTLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRIAL USERS, BUT THAT INCLUDES, SO CURRENTLY THAT INCLUDES LIKE CAR WASHES, SOME OF THE AUTUMN SHOPS, UM, LABS, UM, SOME OF OUR MANUFACTURING.
AND SO WE'RE DOING SOME FURTHER REVIEW ON, 'CAUSE WE THINK THERE'S PROBABLY MORE INDUSTRIAL USERS.
MY IDEA WAS 17 SOUNDS REALLY SMALL.
BUT CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW WE WILL IDENTIFY THE CORRECT NUMBER? YEAH, SO WE WILL START BY, I'VE, I'VE ALREADY STARTED GOING THROUGH THE BUSINESS LICENSE LIST FOR THE SIC CODES THAT MAY APPLY.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ACTUAL, UM, THERE'S SOME OTHER CONSTRAINTS THAT THEY, THEY MAY AND MAY NOT APPLY.
SO YOU MAY DO, UM, IN FACT, I DID AN INSPECTION A COUPLE YEARS AGO AT A SOMEONE WHO USED TO USE SAND TO CUT METAL.
AND SO THEY USED TO, IN THE SAND HAVE A PROCESS THAT ENDED UP IN THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM AND THEY WERE THERE FOR AN INDUSTRIAL USER.
'CAUSE IT WAS TOO MUCH SEDIMENT IN THE SEWER SYSTEM.
AND NOW WITH LASERS, THEY DON'T NEED TO.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THINGS WE HAVE.
IT'S NOT JUST AUTOMATICALLY EVERY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT.
IT HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER THE MATERIALS CAN GET INTO THE WASTE SYSTEM.
LIKE CAR WASHES ARE REALLY PARTICULARLY, UM, 'CAUSE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEMS OILS THAT COME OFF THE CARS DURING THE CAR WASHES.
AND MOST OF 'EM TREAT IT, SOME OF IT ON SITE ALREADY.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE PART OF THIS IS, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO DO EXTRA TREATMENT UPFRONT.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE PRE-TREATMENT PEOPLE OF THE 17 ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO DO EXTRA TREATMENT UPFRONT.
NOT EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO DO IT THAT EXTRA TREATMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.
UM, I, I DO ALSO WANNA ASK ABOUT SHIFTING THE MANAGEMENT AND BILLING OF THE INDUSTRIAL USERS TO NOW THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
UH, IT SORT OF SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S GONNA ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAS TO DO IS, AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? YEAH, BASICALLY.
'CAUSE CURRENTLY ONCE A YEAR WE BILL 'EM AND THE CITY'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT.
AND THESE ARE BILLED MONTHLY OR ANNUALLY? NO, IT'S AN ANNUAL BILL AND IT VARIES ON HOW MUCH WASTE WATER YOU GENERATE.
UH, AND, UM, I LOVE THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE WE ARE, WE DO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FACILITIES, OUR SER UH, SEWER LINES.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
I LIKE, JUST QUESTION ON, IT'S NOT AS LARGE A SCALE AS SOME OF THESE LARGER BUSINESSES, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF NEW, UH, RELATIVELY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES IS THESE POPUP, UM, FOOD VENDORS.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME CASES TO WHERE, UH, WE HAVE OUR, THOSE, UH, UH, THOSE LARGE, UH, TRASH CANS THAT WE HAVE, THE ONES THAT ARE WEIGHTED AND AT THE END OF THE WEEKEND THERE'S BEEN ALL KIND OF TRASH PUT.
BUT THEN ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S THE END OF THE WEEKEND.
SO THEY TAKE ALL THEIR GREASE AND THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THOSE BIG PLASTIC BAGS AND THEY SET 'EM UP ON THE TOP OF IT THEN AND IT GETS EXTREMELY TOP HEAVY.
'CAUSE THAT'S EXTREMELY HEAVY.
AND ANYONE TOUCHES ONE OF THOSE BIG, EVEN THOSE WEIGHTED TRASH, THEY'RE TIPPING OVER.
AND THEN WE'RE GETTING GREASE ALL OVER INTO THE STORM DRAINS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY REAL REGULATION GOING ON WITH THE, UH, WITH SOME OF THE STREET VENDORS.
UH, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, I I I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT LEVEL THAT THEY DO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SAY IS A, UH, YOU KNOW, A POLLUTER AS FAR AS NOT, OR ONE THAT'S NOT.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR GREASE, IF THAT'S WHAT'S DRIPPING OUT, THEY'RE PUTTING IN THEIR TRASH, NOT DOWN THE DRAIN.
SO WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE SEWER SYSTEM AND FOG, UH, VIOLATIONS, REGULATORY ISSUES WITH THAT.
AND, UM, THEN IT BECOMES POTENTIALLY A CONCERN THAT IF IT IS ACTUALLY FLOWING DOWN AND WASHING DOWN INTO A STORM DRAIN RIGHT.
UM, BUT I THINK, UM, I'M GONNA, I'M LOOKING AT MY COLLEAGUE HERE, MARTIN.
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UM, I I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT GRAY MAYBE AT THE, AT THE BOUNDARY OF MORE OF A CODE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE MM-HMMPILING UP OF DEBRIS AND TRASH ON THE SIDEWALK AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND ADDRESSING THAT.
BECAUSE EDCO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS EDCO WILL ONLY COLLECT BINS WITH'S WITHIN THE BINS.
THEY WON'T COLLECT BAGS THAT ARE ON TOP OR NEXT TO ET CETERA.
SO, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT FROM A MODE OF MORE OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTER, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP AND CHECK IN WITH PEOPLE ON THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S, ANOTHER THING IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE, UH, IF YOU HAVE VENDORS THAT ARE DOING PREPARING FOOD, THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CONNECTED WITH A BUSINESS THAT HAS A KITCHEN AND THEREFORE HAS THE GREASE TRAPS AND HAS GREASE COLLECTION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THAT IS ALSO A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION.
THE MICRO ENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN ENTER, UM MM-HMM
AND SO THAT'S BETWEEN, WE, WE HAVE THREE BUSINESSES BETWEEN AND HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO IT'S A COUNTY, UH, THAT'S THE COUNTY THAT ISSUES THOSE PERMITS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY MORE GUIDANCE ON THE REQUIREMENT FOR PROPER KITCHEN AND SO ON.
YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE.
'CAUSE THERE ARE GENERALLY REQUIREMENTS FOR HOW THEY GET RID OF THE TRASH OR IF WHATEVER THEY'RE DUMPING.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE.
UH, THANK YOU STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT FOR THE PRESENTATION.
LOVE HOW ENTHUSIASTIC AND EXCITED YOU GET ON THIS.
UM, BUT MY QUESTION WAS HOW THESE ORDINANCE, I DID ASK THIS IN THE BRIEFING WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI, HOW, UM, IF THERE WAS EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE COMMERCIAL KITCHENS THAT WE DO HAVE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT THIS, UM, THIS, THIS NEW, UM, UPDATE WOULD IMPACT.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE THAT YET? SO THIS REALLY DOESN'T CHANGE TOO MUCH OF THE PROCESS OTHER THAN THE CITY IS, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS GONNA BE BILLING.
SO BASICALLY WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IS THERE'S A FORM THEY FILL OUT FOR THIS.
IT'S A CITY OF SAN DIEGO APPLICATION THAT WILL DETERMINE WHAT, IF ANY KIND OF TREATMENT IS REQUIRED.
AND FROM THERE THEN IT WILL DECIDE WHAT TYPE.
SO REALLY IT WOULDN'T AFFECT ANY OF OUR NO.
THANKING, UM, IF I CAN ADD JUST FOR CLARITY, SO IN THE PROCESS OF OUR, AGAIN, OUR COLLABORATING DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT? THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT RECEIVES A PERMIT, UM, APPLICATION, RIGHT.
WHICH MAY INCLUDE A KITCHEN OR SOME UPGRADES.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHEN IT ROUTES THROUGH THE ENGINEERING DIVISION, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING SHOULD REQUIRE AN UPGRADE OR SOMETHING THAT COULD IMPACT THEIR WASTEWATER.
UM, WHETHER IT'S A GREASE CONTROL DEVICE OR, UM, GREASE TRAP, ET CETERA.
AND, AND ALSO THAT IS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO THEN IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S A NEW POTENTIAL PERMITEE.
AND WE NOW, THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THE ORDINANCE AND THE REGULATORY AGREEMENT REVISIONS, WE ACTUALLY DO, THE CITY DOES HAVE THE DUTY TO REPORT TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
HERE'S ANOTHER POTENTIAL NEW USE THAT COULD REQUIRE A PERMIT.
AND SO WE KIND OF REFER THEM OVER.
SO THAT IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO, UM, IMPROVE ON, BUT ALSO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND, AND, AND IS EFFECTIVE FOR THAT COMMUNICATION WITH SAN DIEGO.
YEAH, THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN THE FAT SOILS AND GREASE VERSUS THE INDUSTRIAL, RIGHT.
THE, THE METALS AND SUCH LIKE THAT.
SO YES, FAT SOILS AND GREASE THAT'S STILL WITHIN THE CITY TO HAVE TO DO GREASE TRAPS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
BUT A BUSINESS THAT WOULD REQUIRE PRE-TREATMENT, UM, IT'S, THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS IT CAN BE HANDLED DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE MANUFACTURING OR CAR WASHING.
THERE'S A LOT OF STANDARD TREATMENT PACKAGINGS OUT THERE THAT CAN DO IT FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO APPLY FOR AS PART OF YOUR PROJECT.
IS THERE NOTHING ELSE? COULD WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVE SECOND.
AND SECOND, THIS IS JUST TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU PUSH YOUR BUTTONS, PLEASE.
MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AS, UM, UH, RECOMMENDED BY STAFF SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[10.2 Public Hearing – Amendment of Chapter 10.70 (Police Regulated Businesses) and 10.79 (Massage Establishments) of the National City Municipal Code related to Massage Establishments.]
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ON TO, UH, 10.2.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER, UH, 10 POINT, UH, 70 POLICE REGULATED BUSINESSES.
AND 70, UH, I'M SORRY, 10.79 MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC MARTIN READER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS A ORDINANCE FOR AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 10 OF THE CODE, AS YOU STATED IN THE TITLE.
AND THIS IS AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY.
AND THE REASON WHY THEY ASKED US TO MAKE THESE CHANGES IS BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER ARE INVOLVED IN MASSAGE, UH, PERMITTING.
THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DONE BY, UH, THE CALIFORNIA MASSAGE MASSAGE TECHNICIANS.
IT'S CAM TECH IS, IS WHAT THE ABBREVIATION IS.
AND, UH, AS A RESULT, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THOSE, UH, REQUIREMENTS INVOLVING ANY COUNTY HEALTH INSPECTORS DOING ANY FORM OF, UH, INSPECTIONS REMOVED FROM OUR CODE.
UH, SO IT, IT REALLY, ALL THIS IS GONNA DO IS REMOVE ONE, UH, ONE STEP IN THE PROCESS FOR APPLICANTS.
THE MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE STILL GOING TO BE, UH, REGULATED APPROPRIATELY AND BY THE CITY.
SO THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS, 10 POINT 70, WHICH IS THE POLICE REGULATED BUSINESSES.
AND THERE'S TWO REFERENCES TO HEALTH OFFICER OR THREE REFERENCES.
TWO HEALTH OFFICER OR HEALTH REGULATIONS.
AND THEN 10 79, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS SPECIFIC TO OUR MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT, UH, PERMITS.
AND THAT IS ANYTHING TO DO WITH A HEALTH OFFICER OR AN INSPECTION.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER, UM, RANDOM COMMENTS RELATED TO A DISINFECTANT APPROVED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SO FORTH.
BUT SEEING AS THEY WILL NO LONGER BE DOING THOSE INSPECTIONS OR HAVE ANY REGULATIONS, WE WOULD NEED TO REMOVE THOSE FROM THE CODE.
SO THAT'S ABOUT THE EXTENT OF IT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE PERMITTING SYSTEM INTERNALLY OR FOR OUR, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS.
AT THIS POINT I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, THERE ARE NONE.
I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I HAVE QUESTIONS, HUH? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. READER.
UH, HOW MANY OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS, UH, ARE LICENSED RIGHT NOW IN CITY OF NATIONAL CITY? YOU KNOW WHAT? ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, IT'S LESS THAN, IT'S LESS THAN 10.
LESS THAN, AND THEN, UM, LESS THAN 10.
SO, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY INSPECTION WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED.
UM, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED CITY STAFF STILL DOES, OR INSPECTIONS.
THERE'S INSPECTIONS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE CAMPEX CERTIFICATION, WHICH IS A STATE CERTIFICATION AND WE ARE ALSO INVOLVED.
DOES THIS MEAN ADDITIONAL WORK NOW FOR CITY STAFF? NO.
NO, IT'S EXACTLY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IT TAKES ONE STEP AWAY FROM THE APPLICATION OR THE APPLICANT'S PERSPECTIVE.
WITH THAT, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION A SECOND.
SEE NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
[11.1 Agreements for Towing and Impound Services.]
WE GO ON TO OUR STAFF REPORTS.UH, THAT, THAT ITEM, WHICH WAS THE AGREEMENT ON TOWING AND IMPOUND SERVICES, WILL BE HELD ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT AT FIVE O'CLOCK AND, AND PART OF A SPECIAL MEETING.
[11.2 Downtown National City Community Benefit Improvement District Feasibility Study and Direction on Next Steps.]
SO WE WILL GO ON TO 11.2.THIS IS THE DOWNTOWN NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY BENEFIT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FEASIBILITY STUDY, AND DIRECTION ON NEXT STEPS.
MY NAME IS PEDRO GARCIA, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY BEFORE YOU.
TONIGHT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM NEW CITY AMERICA TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
THERE WAS A STUDY DONE, UH, A FEW YEARS BACK ON THIS THROUGH SOME FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH DISTRICT ONE OF THE COUNTY, THROUGH THEN NORA VARGAS OFFICES, EXCUSE ME, NORA VARGAS'S OFFICE.
UM, SO HERE TODAY IS CEO, PRESIDENT OF NEW CITY AMERICA, MARCO LARI TO MAKE HIS PRESENTATION.
UH, AGAIN, JUST THE INTENT TONIGHT ON THIS ITEM IS JUST TO RECEIVE
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THE PRESENTATION.COUNSEL DOESN'T NEED TO MAKE A MOTION OR A DECISION ON ANYTHING TODAY.
UH, BUT THE INTENT IS TO HOPEFULLY GET SOMEWHAT OF A TEMPERATURE ON IT, UH, AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO CONTINUE ON THIS, UH, PROJECT.
SO I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MARCO.
MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD SEEING YOU ALL.
I JUST WANTED TO, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD ON TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, ONE OF YOUR SISTER CITIES, EL CAJON JUST APPROVED A RENEWAL OF THEIR DISTRICT TODAY, UH, WITH A TWO TO ONE VOTE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO DOWNTOWN WILL BE MOVING FORWARD, UM, TO DO A LOT OF MORE EXCITING THINGS.
A LITTLE BIT WHAT OF BACKGROUND? I'M A NATIVE SAN DIEGO.
I DID A PROPERTY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT HERE AND, UH, NATIONAL CITY, I THINK IT WAS 2000 OR EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.
MR. MAYOR, UM, KRISTA WAS THE CITY MANAGER AND NICK AND ZZA WAS THE MAYOR.
AND, UH, IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY PASSED.
IT WAS NOT RENEWED BY, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AT THAT POINT.
I WAS THE, UM, CONSULTANT THAT CREATED THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT WAS RUN AT BY LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
BUT VERY BRIEFLY, IN SUMMER OF 2024, NORA VARGAS GAVE, UH, A GRANT THROUGH THE SOUTH COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO DO A STUDY OF A PROPERTY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FOR DOWNTOWN.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPERTY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES OVER AND ABOVE WHAT THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S CURRENTLY PROVIDING.
CITIES USUALLY DO CURB TO CURB, SO THEY DEAL WITH THE STREETS, THEY DON'T DEAL WITH CURB TO PROPERTY LINE.
PEOPLE DON'T WALK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, THEY WALK ON THE SIDEWALKS.
SO IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT THE SIDEWALKS BECOME ATTRACTIVE, EXCITING, CLEAN, WELL LANDSCAPED, ET CETERA.
WE BEGAN TO WORK IN THE FALL OF 2024 AFTER THE GRANT WAS AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH SOUTH COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
AND WE DID A STUDY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY WOULD WANT.
THE UM, IDEA WAS THAT WE WOULD BE UNITING TWO THINGS.
AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT PEDRO HAD PUT FORWARD IS THAT WE WERE, YOU'RE A GENERAL LAW CITY.
SO AS A GENERAL LAW CITY, YOU HAVE LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN DO IN TERMS OF AN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT.
UH, YOU CAN USE THE PROPERTY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU FORM IT FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEN YOU STOP, YOU REFORM IT FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU REFORM IT FOR 10 YEARS AND REFORM IT FOR 10 YEARS.
UM, I, THAT'S BASICALLY A FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT FOR CONSULTANTS.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT MY INTEREST IS HERE.
MY INTEREST IS TO DO LONG-TERM STABILITY, LONG-TERM GROWTH IN NATIONAL CITY.
YOU GUYS ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY PERFECT IN THE CITY OF SAN COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, ACCESS TO THE BORDER, ACCESS TO THE WATER.
YOU HAVE MANY, MANY ASSETS, BUT I THINK THE WORLD DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THOSE WAY OF BACKGROUND.
I'VE MANAGED ITALY SINCE FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, KNOW A LOT ABOUT ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY MANAGING DOWNTOWN CHULA VISTA, DOWNTOWN EL CAJON AND, UH, THE BALLPARK DISTRICT AROUND PETCO PARK.
AND WHAT WE CAME UP WITH BY YOUR CITY MANAGER AT THAT POINT, WORKING WITH PEDRO ALSO, WAS THAT WE WOULD TRY TO DO TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISTRICT.
ONE WOULD BE UNDER THE 1972 ACT CALLED THE LANDSCAPING ENLIGHTENED DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR CLEANING, PAINTING ON GRAFFITI DECORATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IT DOESN'T DO MARKETING PROMOTION OR ANY SECURITY.
SO AT THAT POINT, THE PROPERTY, THE, UM, PARKING DISTRICT WAS GOING FORWARD.
AND AT THAT POINT WE DECIDED THAT, UH, MAYBE WE CAN MIX THE TWO OF THEM SO THEY COULD EXIST.
AS LONG AS THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE CITY WANTED IT TO EXIST, IT WOULDN'T HAVE A FIVE YEAR TERM.
'CAUSE YOU'RE A GENERAL LAW CITY, YOU CAN'T WRITE YOUR OWN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT LAWS.
AND THEN I WAS SCHEDULED TO GIVE A, UH, A PRESENTATION IN THE SPRING OF 2025, AND I WAS GONNA ZOOM IN FROM THE EAST COAST AND I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS A SPECIAL MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL, AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF YOUR CITY MANAGER.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AT THAT POINT.
AND, UM, SO EVERYTHING WENT OUT THE WINDOW JUST TOTALLY STOPPED.
SO I HAD THEN REESTABLISHED A RELATIONSHIP WITH PEDRO IN THE SUMMER OF 2025 AND SAID, WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO? WE HAVE ALL THE INVESTIGATION, WE HAVE THE DATA, WE HAVE THE MAP, WE DID THE SURVEY, BUT WE'RE JUST STUCK AT THIS POINT.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO FORWARD.
SO THEN YOU WENT THROUGH A COUPLE DIFFERENT CITY MANAGERS, AND THEN I MET WITH, UM, DOUG A FEW WEEKS AGO AND, UM, MAYBE A MONTH AGO OR SO, WE WENT OVER THIS WHOLE IDEA AND THE PLAN.
WE REALIZED THAT IN EVERY CITY THAT I WORK IN, WE FORMED OVER 101 DISTRICTS, 102 AS OF TODAY.
SO I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA ON HOW THIS WORKS.
EVERY CITY I WORK WITH IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS
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IN A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN REALLY DO IT BECAUSE OF PROP 13 IS YOU CAN ONLY REALLY INCREASE REVENUES THROUGH UTILITY TAXES, HOTEL TAXES, OR SALES TAXES.
I ALSO DID THE MILE OF CARS BID IN ABOUT 1990S.
AND THAT WAS TO PROMOTE, PROMOTE THE MILE OF CARS THAT PEOPLE WOULD SPEND THEIR MONEY IN NATIONAL CITY.
SO WHERE WE ARE NOW AFTER MEETING WITH THEIR CURRENT CITY MANAGER IS WE, WE, UH, BROUGHT THE IDEA FORWARD AND WHAT WE'RE SEEKING IS THAT THE COUNCIL, NOBODY'S EXEMPT IN THESE DISTRICTS.
THE TWO LARGEST PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AS WELL AS SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE.
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE HAS BEEN VERY ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
THEY ALSO WANT TO, AS YOU KNOW, GROW THEIR CAMPUS HERE, WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT COLLEGE TOWN.
AND YOU, I THINK YOU HAVE RE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT TOO.
SO WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU JUST AN UPDATE.
THE SURVEY'S BEEN DONE, WE KNOW WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THE PARKING DISTRICT IS, AND IF YOU ARE GONNA HAVE A PARKING DISTRICT FOR DOWNTOWN, THEN WE WOULD ASK THAT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS MAYBE BE SPLIT.
SO MARKETING PROMOTION EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THIS COULD BE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE PARKING DISTRICT REVENUES AND THE CLEANING BEAUTIFICATION DECORATIONS.
ALL THAT COULD BE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE LANDSCAPING LIGHTING DISTRICT, WHICH MEANS YOU WOULDN'T LAST FIVE YEARS, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD REALLY GO INTO THE FUTURE AS A DISTRICT THAT HAS SUSTAINABLE REVENUES.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE SUSTAINABLE REVENUES, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN DOWNTOWN NATIONAL CITY.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
I THINK, UH, PEDRO HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.
THE, THE REPORT THAT I WROTE IS IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, IT TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
WE FIGURED OUT AN OPTION THROUGH THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $550,000 PER YEAR.
THAT WOULD BE PAID FOR BY THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIED AREA.
AND THEN COUPLED WITH THAT WOULD BE THE PARKING METER REVENUES, WHICH COULD BE USED TO ENHANCE DOWNTOWN, UH, PARTICULARLY ON THE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
SO, UM, PEDRO, DID YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE OR JUST THAT'S KIND OF, WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES.
UM, DO I HAVE CONTROL OVER THE SLIDES AT ALL? CAN YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE? THIS IS THE MAP THAT WE LOOKED AT.
IT WAS UP TO ABOUT AUNT EMMA'S.
AND WE ALSO KNOW, I THINK A CHARTER SCHOOL IS GOING ON ACROSS THE STREET ON THE NORTH END OF, UM, NA, NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD.
GOES, UH, EAST AND WEST ON EIGHTH.
BASICALLY IT GOES TO THE FREEWAY ON EIGHTH, AND THEN I THINK IT'S UP TO D STREET IF I CAN.
AND THEN WE GO ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH, UH, DOWN TO, UM, STREET.
ALL THOSE PROPERTIES IN THERE WOULD BE ASSESSED AND ALL OF THEM ASSESSED THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY TAX, UH, BILLS OR SOUTHWESTERN AND, AND CITY OF NATIONAL CITY WOULD ACTUALLY DO THEIR OWN PAYMENTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET TAXED.
LIKE, UM, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS, ALL THAT MONEY WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $550,000.
THE DATA IS, WE LOOK AT BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE, LOT SIZE AND, AND LINEAR FRONTAGE.
EACH OF THOSE HAS ITS OWN ASSESSMENT.
A BUILDING ASSESSMENT, A LOT SIZE ASSESSMENT AND LINEAR FRONTAGE ASSESSMENT, WHICH YOU DO IS YOU COMBINE ALL THOSE THREE ASSESSMENTS AND YOU GET ONE WEIGHT.
SO THE CITY UNDER THIS PLAN THAT WE HAD UNDER WHAT YOU CALLED OPTION THREE, I THINK THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT $60,000 A YEAR.
THE THE IDEA IS THAT THE CITY JUST DOESN'T PUT OUT MONEY, BUT WHAT THE CITY DOES IS YOU ACTIVATE THE DOWNTOWN, YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE GREATEST ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE IN THE ENTIRE CITY WITHIN THE ONE SQUARE MILE OF DOWNTOWN.
IT'S NOT REALLY ACTIVATED LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE.
THE HOTELS HAVE TO BE UPGRADED A LITTLE BIT.
YOU NEED TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE.
GAYLORD'S KILLING IT RIGHT NOW.
AND THE COMPRESSION FROM GAYLORD AS WELL AS THE CONVENTION CENTER WILL MAKE YOU A GREAT PLACE FOR FUTURE CONVENTIONS.
SO, UH, THE CITY'S OBLIGATION WOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 60.
I THINK SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE IS AROUND 25,000.
ANDREW MALLICK WAS ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF IT, AND HE'S AROUND 20,000 AT LEAST FROM ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT STUDIES AND WE'RE READY TO GO.
WHAT WE'D HAVE TO DO AT THIS POINT, UH, IF THE CITY MANAGER WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WE WOULD WRITE UP A MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLAN.
WE'D HAVE TO GET AN ASSESSMENT ENGINEER'S REPORT.
WE'D HAVE TO DO, DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF, IF WE WERE DOING A COM COMBINATION PARKING AND METER DISTRICT AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT, THEN, UH, THAT'S HOW WE WOULD PROCEED.
THAT DOESN'T HAVE A PETITION REQUIREMENT.
WE WOULD STILL DO A PETITION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS AREA.
NOT ALL, BUT A GOOD SIGNIFICANT, UH, AMOUNT OF THEM.
THEN AT THAT POINT, THERE IS A 45, UH, 45 DAY BALLOTING PROCESS WHERE ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON THIS PRI WHETHER SOMEONE SUPPORTS OR OPPOSES A DISTRICT.
EVERYBODY WOULD GET A BALLOT AND THEN THEY HAVE THOSE 45 DAYS.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID IN EL CAJON TODAY.
THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS VOTED BY A, A MARGIN OF TWO TO
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ONE TO KEEP THE DISTRICT GOING AND THEY'RE GONNA GO FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, OH, NEXT SLIDE IF WE HAVE ONE.
THIS IS THE WAY THAT THE SURVEY SHOWED THE GREEN OR THE SUPPORTIVE, THE BLUE OR CITY PROPERTIES, THE RED WHERE THE PEOPLE DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT.
SO BASED UPON MY EXPERIENCE IN DOING THIS, I TRIED TO GET AN AVERAGE OF 30% OF THE, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS BY LINEAR FRONTAGE LAST SIZE AND BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT DID NOT INCLUDE THE CITY.
THAT WAS JUST THE PEOPLE THAT SAID, YES, WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
AND THEN THE THREE TOP RESPONSES.
THIS IS MORE REALLY DEAL, UH, DEALING WITH THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT PROPERTY OWNER FUNDED PARKING MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT HAD TO DO WITH, UH, THE PARKING METERS.
IF, IF THOSE REVENUES WERE FORTHCOMING, THAT WAS THE GREATEST RESPONSE.
WOULD YOU SUPPORT PROPERTY OWNER FUNDING, PLANNING TREES, MAINTENANCE OF TREES, FLOWERS, HANGING PLANT TO BEAUTIFY IT? THEY GOT 29 RESPONSES AND YOU CAN SEE THE PEOPLE THAT SAID, HAD NO RESPONSES OR NO OPINION.
AND THEN THE THIRD WOULD BE, UH, PUBLIC DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SPACES.
YOU HAVE A GREAT MICROCLIMATE.
I MEAN, WE WENT THROUGH 105 DEGREE WEATHER IN EAST COUNTY LAST, NOW IT'S BACK TO THE SEVENTIES, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT I THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE, WHAT WERE, THIS WAS THE PRIORITIES.
WE DIDN'T ASK ABOUT EVENTS BECAUSE AT THAT POINT WE'RE LOOKING IN THE LANDSCAPING, THE LANDING DISTRICT.
I THINK THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE CITY COUNCIL OR MAYOR MIGHT HAVE.
AND THE ONES THAT WOULD BE MAKING THE DECISION ON THIS ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO IT'S NOT THE TENANTS, IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THAT'S UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
I DON'T REGULATE THAT EXACTLY.
AND IT'S A WEIGHTED VOTE, WHICH MEANS THAT EACH DOLLAR YOU PAY IN IS A VOTE.
AND UNDER THIS SCENARIO THERE'S ABOUT 550,000 VOTES.
UH, MARCO, I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR LAST NAME.
UM, THE WAY YOU'VE EXPLAINED THIS TO ME IS BEAUTIFULLY EXPLAINED.
UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT FIRST I WANNA SAY THIS IS VERY EXCITING AND I THINK THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IN NATIONAL CITY.
UM, A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT I GET FROM BUSINESSES THAT I'VE BEEN, UM, IN CONTACT WITH IS, YEAH, WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE STREETS.
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE AND, UM, HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UM, ACTIVATION THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO NATIONAL CITY.
RIGHT? AND, AND I THINK, UM, MARKET ON EIGHTH IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF, UM, SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS STARTED SORT OF THIS WAVE.
UH, JUST YESTERDAY I WAS SPEAKING WITH, UH, MEMBERS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FILIPINO, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE TELLING ME THAT THEY ARE GONNA GO AND TAKE IT UP UPON THEMSELVES TO GO CLEAN ONE OF THE STREETS PERTAINING TO SOME OF THEIR BUSINESSES.
UM, BUT NOW THAT I HAVE THIS INFORMATION, I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR.
SO THE ONE QUESTION I, WELL, I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL TRY TO MAKE 'EM QUICK.
ONE, DOES THIS INCLUDE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS ON THE STREETS? SPECIAL LIGHTING? USUALLY THERE'S TWO TYPES.
THERE'S PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING AND COBRA LIGHTING.
THE COBRAS ARE THE ONES THAT COME OUT.
AND THAT'S USUALLY GENERAL FUN.
IF YOU GO TO SAN DIEGO, ALL THE SPECIAL LIGHTING, THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING, THE UH, PROPERTY OWNERS PAY FOR THE ENERGY IN THOSE LIGHTS.
THEY DON'T PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE LIGHT, BUT THEY DO PAY FOR THE ENERGY IN THOSE LIGHTS.
BECAUSE I GET THAT A LOT THAT WE NEED BETTER LIGHTING IN NATIONAL CITY.
UM, DOES, WOULD THIS PROGRAM OR THIS, UM, ASSOCIATION, WOULD IT HELP? UM, I GET A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM FOLKS THAT WANNA HAVE EVENTS IN THE CITY.
AND JUST EARLIER TODAY WE HAD A COMMENTER SAY, YOU KNOW, GETTING, UH, AN EVENT THAT HELPS THE COMMUNITY.
UM, HAVING THE FUNDING FOR THAT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
DOES THIS COVER, WOULD THIS ALLEVIATE MAYBE SOME OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HURDLE? YES.
UH, WHEN WE DID THE, IF YOU WENT TO THE WORLD CUP WHEN MEXICO WAS PLAYING IN CHULA VISTA, THERE WERE 50,000 PEOPLE THERE.
THAT WAS DONE IN COOPERATION WITH THAT DISTRICT AND IT'S DISTRICT MANAGEMENT, WHICH MY SON DOMINIC RUNS AND THE CITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TRASH, BUT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS CLEAN IT UP.
SO THE NEXT MORNING HE SHOWED UP AND IT LOOKED LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.
AND THE COST FOR THE CLEANUP WAS THE, WAS BORN, THE BORN BY THE BURNED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE THE VENUE WAS IN, WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT DISTRICT.
UM, MY FINAL QUESTION, I GUESS HAS TO DO WITH, I MEAN, THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US SINCE 2024.
UM, WHERE I LIKE NATIONAL CITY, I'VE ALWAYS LIKED NATIONAL CITY.
SO DO I, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION HAS TO DO, SO THE NEXT STEPS, YOU AND YOUR COMPANY, NEW CITY AMERICA WILL BE A PART OF THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS.
WE WOULD HAVE TO WRITE THIS MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLAN THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE SERVICES AND THE COSTS OR THE, AND THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE SERVICES AND THE COST TO EACH PROPERTY OWNER.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE YET
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TO DO, IS THAT ALREADY COVERED BY THE GRANT? FROM 2024? WE DID THE INVESTIGATION.THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS LIKE PRINTINGS, POSTAGE, I'M WILLING TO DO EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE ASSESSMENT ENGINEER'S, $3,500.
AND THEN THERE'S THE BALLOTING PROCESS.
SO IT'S MORE MATERIALS THAN IT IS ANYTHING I, I KNOW ALREADY WHAT TO DO, UH, ON THIS PROCESS.
BUT IT'S JUST MOVING IT FORWARD.
AND WHAT WOULD BE YOUR BALLPARK FIGURE? MAYBE $15,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO DO THE POSTAGE, THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND THE PRODUCTION ON THAT.
AND TO GET US TO THE VOTE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WILL IMPLEMENT THIS ASSOCIATION OR NOT.
THAT WOULD COVER THAT YOU SAID HOW MUCH? 15 1 5 AND FINAL POINT TIMELINE.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THIS WILL TAKE? WE'RE READY TO GO WHENEVER THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER DECIDE THAT THEY WANNA PROCEED WITH THIS.
THANK YOU MR. LARI FOR COMING YOUR WORK ON THIS.
AND THANK YOU, PEDRO, FOR BEING THAT, UM, CONSISTENCY.
UM, WITH, WITH THIS, UM, WITH THIS PROJECT.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A FEW STOPS AND STARTS.
I DO SEE THIS AS ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL.
UM, AS VICE MAYOR MOLINA SAID, THERE'S, I, I'VE HEARD CONSTITUENT COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT AREA AND, YOU KNOW, TRASH AND THAT IS THE HEART, KIND OF THE HISTORIC AND, AND JUST THE PHYSICAL IN A WAY, HEART OF, OF NATIONAL CITY.
AND SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THAT BECAUSE, UM, THE TOURISTS THAT DO COME TO NATIONAL CITY, THERE ARE TOUR AND VISITORS THAT COME TO NATIONAL CITY, COME IN THAT AREA.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS, ONE OF MY GOALS FOR THIS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WANTS ESTABLISHED WOULD BE TO ULTIMATELY GENERATE MORE REVENUE, MORE BUSINESS WORKING WITH, UH, THE NATIONAL CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT WE CAN TO PROMOTE ARTS CULTURE EVENTS, UH, IN NATIONAL CITY.
SO MY HOPE IS THAT THIS WOULD BE REVENUE GENERATING POTENTIAL.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS OR FIGURES FOR WHAT THAT POTENTIAL COULD BE IN TERMS OF OUR OWN BUDGET? YEAH.
THE OPTION THAT WE LOOKED AT, UH, THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE $60,000 A YEAR.
THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, AT LEAST FROM LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING, NOT INCLUDING PARKING METER REVENUES, IS ROUGHLY $550,000 A YEAR.
I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, DON'T DO THIS IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA GENERATE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE AN IMPACT.
SO WE THINK THAT WITH A HALF A MILLION AND SOME PARKING MEDIA REVENUES, MAYBE UP TO 700,000 A YEAR, YOU CAN CLEARLY MAKE AN IMPACT.
AND WHAT, BUT WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WOULD THAT ULTIMATELY BE? YEAH, THE SIDEWALK SWEEPING, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS WITHIN DOWNTOWN, WORKING WITH PD AND THE CITY TO REALLY CHANGE ROOSEVELT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, ENCOURAGING NEW DEVELOPMENT HERE.
EVERY NEW BUILDING SQUARE FOOT THAT WOULD OCCUR IN DOWNTOWN WOULD ADD TO THE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT.
SO IF A PARKING LOT BECOMES A HIGH RISE BUILDING, THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WHOLE ASSESSMENT FOR THAT BUILDING AND FOR THAT PARCEL.
I JUST, I HONESTLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DETAIL, AND PARTICULARLY ON THE REVENUE, UH, SIDE OF IT, WHAT THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SALES TAX REVENUE.
I KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT ISN'T A PERFECT SCIENCE, BUT I THINK THAT GETTING SOME ESTIMATION, SO, SO WE KNOW 'CAUSE WE WOULD BE PAYING MORE INTO THIS, BUT I THINK THE CONCEPT IS GREAT.
SO, UM, YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
IS THERE POTENTIAL, AND I ASKED THIS IN OUR STAFF BRIEFING, IS THERE POTENTIAL TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES OF, UH, THIS AREA? BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO LIVES IN BRICK ROW AND BRICK ROW.
UM, I, I TOLD STAFF EARLIER, SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE HELL BECAUSE IT'S LIKE THERE'S TRASH EVERYWHERE.
THE TREES HAVE BEEN DYING, THE LIGHTS WERE CUT OFF.
AND THAT REALLY IS LIKE ONE OF THE FOCAL POINTS OF NATIONAL CITY.
AND AS I LOOKED AT THE MAP, THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRICT.
SO WE DIDN'T DO IT PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY WERE CONSIDERED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
BUT WHAT I WOULD DO IS MEET WITH, UH, PEDRO AND I COULD MEET WITH THEM AND SAY, LOOK, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA GET SERVICES YOU'RE NOT CURRENTLY GETTING.
IT'S GOING TO, THE FEE IS GONNA BE NOMINAL, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE THERE.
'CAUSE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BLOCK.
AND THAT BRICK ROW IS ONE OF OUR FOCAL POINTS IN THE, IN THE CITY.
AND WE USED TO DO A LOT MORE EVENTS LIKE TASTE OF NATIONAL CITY AND OTHER, OTHER, UH, ACTIVITIES THERE.
AND SO I, I THINK THERE'S THE REVENUE GENERATION POTENTIAL WITH, UM, WITH EVENTS AND, AND, UM, AND JUST ACTIVITIES LIKE THAT.
AND YES, WE DID HEAR EARLIER ABOUT, UH, ONE OF OUR, ANOTHER CONSTITUENT, UM, HAVING CONCERNS WITH THE FEES.
AND SO THAT'S HOPEFULLY SOMETHING THAT THIS, UM, BUSINESS DISTRICT COULD, UH, HELP, UH, ACCOMMODATE OR MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE REDUCE OUR OWN CITY PERMIT FEES OR KIND OF LEVEL THEM OUT.
BECAUSE ACTIVITIES LIKE THIS, WE ALSO HAVE A NIGHT MARKET A COUPLE BLOCKS DOWN AT THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE SQUARE THAT SEEMS TO
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BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL.SO, BUT IF I'VE HEARD THAT THE FEES, IF OUR CITY FEES ARE TOO MUCH AND WE'RE PROHIBITING KIND OF THIS INTERACTION, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE HURTING OURSELVES.
SO YES, THE WHOLE POINT IS TO ACTIVATE ALL OF DOWNTOWN, WHETHER IT'S IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, BEAUTIFICATION EVENTS, SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL OF THAT, THE TOTALITY OF THAT.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, AGAIN, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF, I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS MOVING FORWARD.
I DO HAVE SOME JUST, UM, SOME MORE TECHNICAL ASPECTS ABOUT THE IMPACTS TO A BUDGET AND, AND PROCESS.
UH, I WOULD JUST MAKE A PITCH THAT, UH, FOR THIS, THAT, UM, I, I KNOW YOU'VE DONE WORK IN, IN SHULA VISTA, OTHER AREAS IN NATIONAL CITY.
WE HAVE SUCH A, A UNIQUE, UH, IDENTITY CULTURE AND HISTORY.
UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WITH, UH, OUR LOW RIDER COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
UM, AND, UH, JUST OUR, OUR HISTORY WITH OUR, UM, UH, KIND OF INDUSTRIAL RAIL RAILROAD, UH, ASPECT.
UM, SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT, OUR MEXICAN, OUR FILIPINO, SO THERE, THERE'S SO MUCH DIFFERENT, UH, CULTURAL ASPECTS OF NATIONAL CITY OR ART AND, AND MURALS.
SO IF YOU CAN REALLY, UM, JUST FOCUS ON, IF YOU ALL CAN HIGHLIGHT THOSE AREAS OF NATIONAL CITY OR OUR HISTORY AND OUR CULTURE, THAT, THAT PROMOTE THAT TOURISM OR THAT, UM, THAT IDENTITY, I THINK THAT'S REALLY, UH, UNIQUE AND, AND, AND HELPFUL AND MAKE, AND HELPS SEPARATE US.
LIKE, I DON'T LIKE THE NOTION THAT, OH, LET'S BE ANOTHER NORTH PARK, OR LET'S BE ANOTHER THIRD AVENUE.
LIKE WE DON'T NEED TO BE TOTALLY, YES.
LIKE WE HAVE OUR OWN UNIQUE IDENTITY AND SPIRIT TO CAPTURE.
IT'S, AND THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT YOU WOULD DO, YOU WOULD BUILD BASICALLY A SOCIAL AND A, UH, ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASED UPON THE FACT THAT DOWNTOWN'S BEING MANAGED BY BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA SEE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED.
AND WE ALWAYS SET UP BOARDS AS 5 0 1 C THREES.
AND THEN LAST THING I'LL SAY ON THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PART, THE, THE LANDSCAPING.
I THINK THE, THE LANDSCAPING IS REALLY NEEDED.
IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD IN SOME AREAS OF EIGHTH STREET.
AND ALSO EVEN LOOKING AT, I THINK MUSIC SHOULD BE MORE A PART OF OUR CULTURE AND IDENTITY.
AND I'VE SEEN CITIES AT DIFFERENT SMALL TOWNS LIKE PUT SPEAKERS IN DIFFERENT PARTS AND THEY'LL, SO IT'S MUSIC THAT PLAYS LIKE MORE CHRISTMAS THEME MUSIC ON, UM, IN CHRISTMAS, UH, TIME.
SO HOLIDAY MUSIC OR, UH, MAYBE IT'S MORE OLDIES, WHICH I REALLY FEEL LIKE, LIKE IS NATIONAL CITY MUSIC AS OLDIES, AND MAYBE THAT'S PLAYING ON A PARTICULAR DAY.
SO, SO THAT'S JUST, JUST MUSIC AND JUST THINKING BROADLY ABOUT THINGS THAT CAPTURE OUR, LIKE I SAID, OUR CULTURE AND IDENTITY.
I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHAT WAS GOOD IN THE SIXTIES AND THE SEVENTIES AND THE EIGHTIES.
SO YES, YOU KINDA LOOK LIKE ART LEBO TOO.
UM, UH, HAD A BRIEFING AND I HAD, I KNOW THIS IS A PRESENTATION, UM, CONCEPT THAT HAS BEEN, UM, TESTED, UM, BEFORE.
SEE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, PATTY FINNEGAN, UM, WHO HEADED YOU WERE OUR, UM, CONSULTANT TOO.
BUT I HAD, UM, REQUESTED OUR CITY MANAGER TO, UM, PRESENT, UH, IN THE CONTINUATION OF, OF THIS, UM, PROGRAM TO, UM, PRESENT A LIKE A FINANCIAL, UH, FORECAST, UH, THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY, UM, THE FEASIBILITY TO YOU.
I MEAN THE CITY TO THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS AND TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
UM, I THINK A PRO FORMA MOVING FORWARD WOULD BE, WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE.
I'D SEEN SOME, UM, SOME, UM, LINEAGE HERE.
LIKE HOW MUCH ARE THE BUSINESSES OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR THESE 30 PARCELS GOING TO BE ASSESSED? AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UM, CITY MANAGER, UM, AS WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION EARLIER.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, WORKING ON THIS.
THANK YOU FOR STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
AND WE'VE HAD THIS ONGOING DISCUSSION FOR A LONG TIME NOW.
AND, UM, I, UM, UH, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THE NEED TO INVOLVE THE INDIVIDUAL OWNERS IN ONGOING DISCUSSIONS AND, UM, I, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE TOTAL BUY-IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN FOR THEIR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES OR THEIR ONGOING BUSINESS THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT'S PART OF THE PURPOSE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME INDIVIDUAL OWNERS THAT ARE NOT IN SUPPORT.
SO, UH, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYBODY'S BUY-IN AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT IS SELDOM TO HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON ANY ISSUE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TRY BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS A PART OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY.
WE'VE UP ZONED IT TREMENDOUSLY, AND I THINK INVESTMENT IS CRITICAL, NOT JUST BY THOSE INDIVIDUAL
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BUSINESSES, SO BY OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.SO, UH, THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD FOR THIS TO GET OFF THE GROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN OUR DENSEST WHAT WILL BE OUR DENSEST PART OF THE CITY.
UM, YEAH, NO, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, HAVEN'T WE? NOW? YEAH.
I THINK YOU AND I WERE A LOT YOUNGER THEN, BUT, UH, YEAH.
UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER ASPECTS THAT, AND YOU BROUGHT UP, YOU BROUGHT UP A COUPLE TIMES JUST ALLUDED TO, AND THAT WAS THE IDEA OF THE PARKING METERS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I STILL REMEMBER PROBABLY ABOUT 20, 24 YEARS AGO, UH, ONE OF THE CAMPAIGNS AND WE, ONE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT WAS RUNNING FOR I THINK COUNCIL, UH, HIS, HIS BIGGEST DEAL WAS HE WAS GONNA GET RID OF ALL THE PARKING METERS IN NATIONAL CITY.
THE PROBLEM IS WE'VE NEVER HAD PARKING METERS AND, UH, UM, BUT DOWNTOWN NOW IS STARTING TO DENSIFY.
AND, AND SO PARKING IS BECOMING A BIG ISSUE DOWN THERE.
AND, AND IT'S, IT'S HURTING A LOT OF BUSINESSES 'CAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO PARK.
THE EMPLOYEES MIGHT PARK ON THAT SPACE ALL DAY LONG THAT YEAH, YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES PARKING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESS FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.
THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE LIKE, UH, WE DO HAVE THE NEW, UH, OH, APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT IS IN IT AND THEY HAVE PARKING, BUT IT DOES, IT'S NOT INCLUDING THE RENT.
SO THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING.
SO INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR PARKING, THEY'RE PARKING OUT ON THE STREET AND JUST, AND JUST STORING OUT ON THE STREET.
AND SO, UH, SO I THINK WHAT THE PARKING METERS, ONE THING IT WOULD HELP TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF THAT MONEY COULD BE BACK IN U USED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT.
BUT THE OTHER THING WE WOULD DO IS FREE UP A LOT OF PARKING.
AND, UH, WHICH IS DRASTICALLY NEEDED IN THE DOWNTOWN.
YOU, YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE A PARKING PROBLEM.
HOWEVER, IF YOU MANAGE IT PROPERLY, THEN IT, IT BECOMES BENEFIT TO EVERYBODY.
AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT IT WAS IN THE MIDWEST IN THE 1930S THAT PEOPLE SAID, WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING TO MANAGE PARKING.
AND THAT'S WHERE PARKING METERS CAME FROM.
IS BECAUSE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, EMPLOYEES WERE PARKING THERE ALL DAY LONG TYING UP THE PARKING PEOPLE COULDN'T GET TO THE STORES.
I DON'T THINK AS, UH, UH, PARKING METERS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD BE, BE AFRAID OF IN THE LEAST.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD EMBRACE AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS THEY'RE, THEY'RE USED.
RIGHT? WE, WE DON'T WANT A BALBOA PARK THING AGAIN,
AND, UH, BUT YEAH, BUT, BUT I THINK THERE'S A, I THINK THERE'S A GOOD PLAN TO THIS.
SO LET ME ASK, UH, CITY MANAGER, IS THERE ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD COMMENTS HERE.
THERE'S NOT REALLY A, A VOTE TO BE DONE ON THIS OR ANYTHING, BUT, UH, ARE YOU NEED ANY OTHER INPUT OR ANYTHING FROM THE COUNCIL? NO, I, I THINK, UH, THE ONLY THING WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING FOR THIS EVENING IS THE COUNCIL DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, IS THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION? WE CAN GET IT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION TO JUST ASKING THE CITY MANAGER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
HE'S STILL GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK AS WE, UH, WHEN, WHEN THEY GET ALL THE DETAILS, EVERYTHING ELSE TOGETHER.
AND, UH, BUT AT LEAST, UH, GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND THE STAFF TIME AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
UH, MAYOR, I MAKE THAT MOTION.
MOTION BEFORE YOU, I'M SORRY, BEFORE YOU PROCEED WITH THE MOTION, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT THERE IS A WRITTEN COMMENT FROM TED OCK.
AND THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE, THE ITEM.
SO WE HAD A MOTION AND I HEAR A SECOND.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? UM, I THOUGHT THAT WE ARE GOING TO, UM, SEE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
HOW MUCH WOULD BE THE COST ON THE CITY'S PART ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ONE BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISION? THIS GETS THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT TO US.
THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A FUTURE MEETING THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO BRING THAT FORWARD.
BUT THERE WILL BE TIME THAT WILL BE, UH, USED IN THIS ONE CITY MANAGER.
MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
THERE'S STAFF TIME IN STUDYING THIS AND MOVING FORWARD, WHAT'S THE ECONOMIC IMPACT? IT SAYS HERE NONE, BUT OF COURSE THERE WILL BE.
WELL, YEAH, MOSTLY IT'S GONNA BE PEDRO AND MY TIME INVOLVED WITH THIS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE TWO OF US AND, AND OF COURSE, UM, MARCO WILL BE DOING THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK.
AND THEN, YEAH, THEN ALL THAT, ALL THAT'S STILL GOTTA COME BACK TO US.
AND SO THIS DOES NOT SAY THAT THE, THIS PUTS THE PROJECT IN MOTION.
IT JUST SAYS, LET'S GET, LET'S GET THE WORK DONE SO WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT, RIGHT? YES.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO YOU, NO OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS BECOMES REALLY EXCITING PROJECT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
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UH,[11.3 Resolution authorizing an Inter-Fund Loan from the Sewer Fund to the Ambulance Transport Services Enterprise Fund in an Amount Not to Exceed $6,500,00 for the Implementation of an In-House Ambulance Transport Program.]
NEXT WE GET, UH, TO 11.3.THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHOR AUTHORIZING AN INTER FUND LOAN FROM THE SEWER FUND TO THE AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICES ENTERPRISE FUND IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIX AND A HALF MILLION.
UM, THERE'S AN EXTRA ZERO MISSING ON THERE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
UM, UH, FOR THE, UM, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IN-HOUSE AMBULANCE TRANSPORT PROGRAM.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
BRIAN KREPPS, ACTING FIRE CHIEF.
UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE, UH, TOWN CHIEF JEREMY DAY, WHO'S GONNA BE GIVING YOU THE STAFF REPORTS TONIGHT.
JEREMY'S DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON THIS PROJECT, AND, UH, HE'S DEFINITELY WITH WITHOUT QUESTION OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
TONIGHT WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED INTERFUND LOAN FROM THE SEWER SERVICE FUND TO THE AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICES ENTERPRISE FUND TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S IN-HOUSE AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICES PROGRAM.
AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, STAFF HAS PER PROVIDED SEVERAL UPDATES REGARDING A TS DEVELOPMENT.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT REPRESENTS THE PROPOSED FUNDING STRATEGY NECESSARY TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM.
IMPLEMENTATION OF AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICES IS OCCURRING IN PHASES.
WE ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON COMPLETING PHASE ONE, WHICH INCLUDES STARTUP FINANCING AND FOUNDATIONAL AGREEMENTS, WHILE PORTIONS OF THE SUBSEQUENT PHASES CONTINUE TO ADVANCE CONCURRENTLY, THE REMAINING PHASES INCLUDE STAFFING AND CLASSIFICATION DEVELOPMENT, FLEET AND EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT, BILLING AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, AND ULTIMATELY TRAINING, SYSTEM TESTING AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVATION.
PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION HAS FOCUSED ON TWO PARALLEL EFFORTS, DEVELOPING A FINANCIAL STRATEGY AND ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATIONAL AGREEMENTS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT FUTURE OPERATIONS.
SINCE OUR MAY UPDATE, FINANCING ALTERNATIVES HAVE BEEN EVALUATED, A REVENUE SUPPORTED REPAYMENT STRUCTURE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, AND THE PROPOSED INTERFUND FINANCING STRATEGY IS NOW BEFORE COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION.
ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE, THE A MR SERVICE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2027, ENSURING CONTINUITY OF AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICES WHILE THE A TS PROGRAM IS IMPLEMENTED.
STAFF ALSO CONTINUES TO WORK ON EMS BILLING AND COLLECTION SERVICES, AND IS ANTICIPATED TO RETURN TO COUNCIL LATER THIS FALL WITH A RECOMMENDED AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED DURING OUR MAY 19 COUNCIL UPDATE.
THE ESTIMATED STARTUP FUNDING NEED FOR AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICES REMAINS BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY SIX AND $6.5 MILLION OF THAT AMOUNT.
APPROXIMATELY 3.5 TO $4 MILLION IS IN, IS ANTICIPATED DURING FISCAL YEAR 26 27, AND INCLUDES STARTUP INVESTMENTS SUCH AS AMBULANCES, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, RECRUITMENT TRAINING, AND WORKING CAPITAL.
AN ADDITIONAL 2.5 MILLION IS ANTICIPATED DURING FISCAL YEAR 27 28 TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDE OPERATIONAL FUNDING WHILE TRANSPORT REVENUES ARE BEING ESTABLISHED AND STABILIZED.
THESE PROJECTED FUND NEEDS FORM THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSED LOAN AUTHORIZATION.
DURING THE MAY 19 COUNCIL UPDATES, STAFF PRESENTED BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FINANCING ALTERNATIVES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE A TS PROGRAM.
FOLLOWING THAT DISCUSSION, COUNCIL DIRECTED FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNAL FINANCING APPROACH.
THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS AN ENTER FUND LOAN FROM THE SEWER SERVICE FUND TO THE A TS ENTERPRISE FUND IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6.5 MILLION.
THIS APPROACH PROVIDES THE FLEXIBILITY NEEDED DURING STARTUP, AVOIDS HIGHER EXTERNAL BORROWING COSTS, AND MAINTAINS LOCAL CONTROL OVER FUNDING AND REPAYMENT TERMS. THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE PROPOSED LOAN STRUCTURE REFLECTED IN THE RESOLUTION BEFORE COUNCIL.
THE SEWER FUND WOULD SERVE AS THE FUNDING SOURCE, THE A TS ENTERPRISE FUND AS THE BORROWING FUND.
AND THE PROPOSED AUTHORIZATION IS NOT TO EXCEED 6.5 MILLION TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY DURING IMPLEMENTATION AND STARTUP OPERATIONS FUNDS WOULD BE ADVANCED ONLY AS NEEDED THROUGHOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND DURING THE FIRST 12 MONTHS OF A TS OPERATIONS.
THIS APPROACH ALLOWS THE PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH OPERATIONS GENERATE REVENUE AND ACHIEVE FINANCIAL STABILITY BEFORE REPAYMENT BEGINS.
INTEREST WILL ACCRUE ONLY ON FUNDS, ACTUALLY ADVANCED NOT ON THE FULL AUTHORIZED AMOUNT, AND WILL BE CALCULATED QUARTERLY USING THE INTEREST RATE EARNED THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN THE LA AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE DRAW PERIOD, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WILL DETERMINE
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THE TOTAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ADVANCED, THE TOTAL ACCRUED, BUT UNPAID INTEREST AND THE FINAL OUTSTANDING LOAN BALANCE.USING THOSE ACTUAL FIGURES, FINANCE WILL THEN PREPARE A FINAL AMATEURIZATION SCHEDULE AND THE LOAN WILL BE REPAID OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD.
USING A TS NET REVENUES COUNSEL MAY AUTHORIZE ACCELERATED REPAYMENT AT ANY TIME WITHOUT PENALTY.
IMPORTANTLY, NO GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION IS ANTICIPATED.
AS PART OF DEVELOPING THE PROPOSED FINANCIAL STRUCTURE.
STAFF COLLABORATED WITH FINANCE, ENGINEERING, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO EVALUATE THE USE OF THE SEWER FUND AS A BORROWING SOURCE OR AS A FUNDING SOURCE.
THAT REVIEW CONFIRMED THAT SUFFICIENT RESERVES ARE AVAILABLE TO PREVENT, TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY FINANCING WITHOUT IMPACTING PLANNED SEWER OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, OR CURRENT PROGRAMMED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THE PROPOSED LOAN IS STRUCTURED AS A TEMPORARY INTERFUND LOAN, NOT A PAR PERMANENT TRANSFER.
THE A TS ENTERPRISE IS REQUIRED TO REPAY ALL PRINCIPLE AND ACCRUED INTEREST, AND THE SEWER FUND WILL EARN THE SAME RETURN IT WOULD HAVE EARNED HAD THE FUNDS REMAINED INVESTED.
APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION TONIGHT ALLOWS THE CITY TO FORMALLY ESTABLISH AND CAPITALIZE THE A TS ENTERPRISE FUND.
AS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE, THE ENTERPRISE FUND WILL PROVIDE A DEDICATED FUNDING STRUCTURE WITH TRANSPARENT FINANCIAL REPORTING AND OPERATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT ALSO ALLOWS AMBULANCE TRANSPORT REVENUES GENERATED, GENERATED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO BE CAPTURED AND REINVESTED DIRECTLY INTO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONS.
THE ENTERPRISE FUND STRUCTURE PROVIDES GREATER VISIBILITY INTO PROGRAM PERFORMANCE, OPERATIONAL COST, AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO CREATE A REVENUE SUPPORTED SERVICE MODEL THAT HELPS OFFSET FIRE DEPARTMENT EMS COSTS AND REDUCE LONG-TERM GENERAL FUND EXPOSURE TO EMS RELATED EXPENDITURES.
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FALL 2026 AND INTO 2027 THIS FALL.
EFFORTS WILL FOCUS ON AMBULANCE PROCUREMENT, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SUPPORTING SYSTEMS AND EMS CLASSIFICATIONS IN LATE 2026, EARLY 27.
WORK WILL CONTINUE ON EMS, BILLING AND COLLECTION SERVICES, OPERATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND COORDINATION WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY EMS AND REGIONAL TRANSPORT PART PROVIDERS.
RECRUITMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 2027, FOLLOWED BY ONBOARDING, TRAINING, TESTING, AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER.
THE OVERALL SCHEDULE REMAINS ON TRACK WITH OPERATIONAL ACTIVATION TARGETED FOR SEPTEMBER OF 2027.
TONIGHT, STAFF IS REQUESTING ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN ENTER FUND LOAN FROM THE SEWER SERVICE FUND TO THE AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICES ENTERPRISE FUND IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 6.5 MILLION.
APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION PROVIDES THE FINANCIAL FOUNDATION NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT LOCALLY CONTROLLED REVENUE SUPPORTED AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SYSTEM THAT STRENGTHENS EMS AND SUPPORTS THE CITY'S LONG-TERM FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I, UH, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND THE PROGRESS THAT THIS HAS MADE AND THIS HAS A POSITIVE, UH, BUDGET ASPECT AND THE DEFICIT WE, WE HAVE.
SO I, I THINK THIS IS A WORTHY IN INVESTMENT, UM, AND ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITING ONE, JUST BRINGING THESE SERVICES IN HOUSE, SO APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN DONE HERE.
UM, I NOTICED IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO I THINK ONE OF THE LAST, UH, TWO SLIDES.
THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK, I WROTE DOWN, AND IT KIND OF ANSWERS THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED SOME MORE DETAIL.
UM, UH, MY QUESTION WAS, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF FUTURE JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM OUTREACH, LOCAL JOBS, ESPECIALLY LIKE A PROGRAM WITH SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL SO THAT WE CAN, UM, GET THE STUDENTS OR, UM, CLASS OF 2026 THAT JUST GRADUATED KIND OF IN, IN LINE FOR THIS.
LIKE, WHAT'S OUR GOAL? WHAT'S OUR, OUR HIRE? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE MUCH DETAILS ON THAT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SINCE YEAH, WE'RE STARTING, UH, THE EMPLOYEES IN TRAININGS IN MARCH, 2027.
THEN WE HAVE A ROBUST, UM, LOCAL, UH, TARGETED, UH, OUTREACH IN HIRE.
THAT IS, UH, ONE OF, UH, VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN.
TONIGHT'S MEETING WAS SOLELY FO FOCUSED ON THE FUNDING.
IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT TO, TO GET, I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR HOURS
UM, BUT WE ARE GONNA, WE PLAN TO FOCUS ON, UH, SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL AND SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE, UM, POTENTIALLY WITH BRINGING BACK ONE OF OUR RETIREES
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TO, TO RESTART A PROGRAM THAT USED TO BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.UM, AS WE GET TOWARDS, THROUGH THESE FIRST FOUNDATIONAL STEPS TO REALLY THEN BE ABLE TO COMMIT TO PROGRAMS LIKE THAT, WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH MORE.
SO IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TONIGHT, WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATED DATE TO START THAT OUTREACH? SO THOSE ARE IN, I COULDN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT DATE.
SO IF YOU HAVE MARCH 20, 27, BE EARLY.
SO LIKE JANUARY, 2027 THAT OUTREACH WAS START.
WELL, I WOULD ENCOURAGE, 'CAUSE IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE IN OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS, RIGHT? THE ONE OF THE MAIN BENEFITS OF AN AMBULANCE PROGRAM IS YOU CAN ENTER INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND A SEMESTER COURSE AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE TO GET YOUR EMT.
UM, SO IT REALLY IS A, A BENEFIT FOR THE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BECOME A PART OF OUR FAMILY.
UM, SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT OUTREACH, SO THAT'S AWESOME.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO START THAT OUTREACH SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BECAUSE, UH, IF IT TAKES, I MEAN, SIX MONTHS IS NOT BAD FOR THAT KIND OF, UH, CREDENTIALING AND, AND TRAINING.
AND SO YEAH, I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE TO START THOSE CONVERSATIONS EARLY.
I THINK IT'S SUSAN MATHEO, WHO'S THE COMMUNITY PERSON AT SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL THAT CAN, UH, COORDINATE WITH AT LEAST GETTING STUFF ON THE CALENDAR.
THEY'RE STARTING TO DO MORE JOB FAIRS.
SO JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL, UH, TO DO THAT AND, AND ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THAT OR THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO REACH OUT TO US, UH, THAT ALREADY CAN IDENTIFY A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LEAN INTO, WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
UH, JEREMY, UM, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SEWER FUND.
UM, ARE THESE ARE RESERVES? ARE THEY RESERVES? I'M GONNA TURN TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER STEVE MANGEN, FOR THE EXPERT ADVICE OR EXPERT ANSWER ON THIS.
WELL, THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
UH, WE HAVE, AS JEREMY MENTIONED, WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FINANCE, UH, DIRECTOR, AND, UM, YES, WE, WE DO HAVE, UM, A VERY STABLE RESERVE, UH, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE THIS TRANSFER, UM, AND SET US UP, UH, TO BE PAID BACK WITH INTEREST OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD.
AS, AS JEREMY MENTIONED, UH, THAT WILL COME FROM OUR RESERVES AND IT, IT WILL NOT IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE OUR PREVENTATIVE, UH, MAINTENANCE ON OUR SEWER SYSTEM.
UM, IT, IT WILL ALSO ALLOW US, UH, TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR SEWER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND ALSO CONTINUE TO MAKE PAYMENT TO CITY OF SAN DIEGO METRO FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND TREATMENT OF OUR, OUR SEWAGE.
THAT ACTUALLY, UH, GIVES ME A LOT OF CONFIDENCE HERE.
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE SEWER RESERVE FUND RIGHT NOW? SO OUR, OUR SEWER FUND BALANCE IS APPROXIMATELY $29 MILLION.
AND THIS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 6 MILLION FOR, FOR THE AMBULANCE PROGRAM NOT TO EXCEED 6.5.
AND THAT'S OVER TWO FISCAL PERIODS.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE RESERVE IS FOR, I WOULD IMAGINE SOME TYPE OF CATASTROPHIC EVENT THAT SEWERS REQUIRE MEGA INFRASTRUCTURE REDO.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE FIVE SEPARATE, UM, SEWER FUND RESERVES.
UH, YOU HAVE A COUNCIL POLICY THAT, UH, DOCUMENTS, UM, OR DICTATES, UH, HOW THOSE ARE CALCULATED AND WHAT THEY'RE FOR.
BUT THAT IS, THAT IS ONE OF 'EM IS, IS FOR CATASTROPHIC EVENTS.
UH, I BELIEVE THE, UM, THE ESTIMATES THAT I RECEIVED FROM OUR, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND SHE CAN CLARIFY IS, UM, OUR MINIMUM THRESHOLD ACROSS ALL FIVE OF THOSE RESERVES BASED ON THE CITY'S CURRENT BUDGET.
UH, WE SHOULD BE CARRYING ROUGHLY ABOUT, UH, 12 TO $13 MILLION IN RESERVES.
UH, AS, AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE ABOUT 29 MILLION CURRENTLY.
SO WE'RE WELL ABOVE OUR, OUR, OUR MINIMUM THRESHOLD.
OH, DON'T SAY THAT TOO LOUDLY.
UM, YES, MS. UH, MS. AND, UH, I, I WOULD JUST CLARIFY, WHEN YOU DO PROJECT OUT OUR CIP NEEDS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THAT 29 MILLION IS GOING TO BE DRAWN DOWN UPON FAIRLY QUICKLY.
SO THAT HAS ALL BEEN TAKEN TO AN ACCOUNT.
UH, WHEN, WHEN REVIEWING THIS PROPOSAL.
UH, GOOD EVENING VICE MAYOR, UH, RACHEL BARRERA, UM, ACTING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE FIVE AREAS OF THE SEWER RESERVE SO IT'S CLEAR, UH, CLEAR WHAT WE'RE, UM, SAVING THOSE FUNDS FOR IN RESERVE, UM, BALANCES.
UH, THAT INCLUDES A SERVICE FUND OPERATIONS
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THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE METRO CASHFLOW RESERVE, THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT RESERVES, CAPITAL EXPANSION, AND THE, UH, EMERGENCY FUND RESERVE AS STATED BY, UM, UH, STEVE.UM, I WAS GONNA ASK WHY THE SEWER FUND, BUT I THINK IT, YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED IT, IT MAKES SENSE WHY.
UM, AND I DO BELIEVE IN THE AMBULANCE PROGRAM.
I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RETURN ON THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY POSITIVE.
THE, THE PAYMENT BACK TO THE SEWER FUND, UH, WITHIN THIS 10 YEAR PERIOD IS SOLID.
ASK A QUICK QUESTION ON THE, UH, THE, THE MONEY IN THAT FUND.
WHERE DID IT COME FROM? SO THE, THIS, THESE, THE, THE MONEY IS FROM THE SEWER FEES, UM, THAT ARE FEES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED AND FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THOSE ARE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN CHARGED TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES FOR SEWER SERVICE.
SO THEY CAN'T BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
NOW WE'RE JUST, WE'RE BORROWING OFF OF THEM AND PAYING IT BACK, BUT WE COULDN'T TRANSFER THAT MONEY OUT AND START USING IT FOR ONGOING, SHALL WE SAY, ONGOING CITY EXPENSES OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE.
SO, JUST SO PEOPLE JUST REALIZE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S KIND OF LOCKED DOWN.
NOW, WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS EXCEPT ON A SMALLER SCALE IN THE PAST, AND IT WAS ALSO WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, BUT WE WERE IN NEED OF AN, A FIRE ENGINE.
AND, UH, SO INSTEAD OF GOING OUT AND BORROWING MONEY FROM A BANK, UH, BUT WE TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT THE INTEREST RATE WOULD BE, THAT IF WE HAD TO DO THAT, AND INSTEAD WE BORROWED IT FROM THE SEWER FUND AND THEN WE PAID IT BACK INTO THE SEWER FUND WITH THAT SAME INTEREST THAT WE WOULD GET, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY ON THE OUTSIDE.
SO IT, UH, UH, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
BUT STILL AT THE SAME TIME, I, WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE FUND THERE, REALIZING THAT FUND HAS COME FROM THE PAYMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE PAID FOR SEWER SERVICE.
AND I, I, I THINK YOU BRING UP A, A VERY IMPORTANT POINT IN, IN THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HIGHLIGHT IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THIS ISN'T A USE OF THE FUNDS, THIS IS JUST A LOAN AND IT WILL BE REPAID ABSOLUTELY.
AS IF THE FUNDS HAD NEVER MOVED, RIGHT? YES.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY AND DILIGENTLY STUDIED.
I AM GLAD THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FIND WAYS CREATIVELY AND IN A MORE PRACTICAL WAY TO USE THE FUNDS WITHIN AND MAKE THAT MONEY MAKE MORE MONEY FOR US.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THIS PROGRAM THAT WE ARE CREATING HERE RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING THAT WILL ALSO BE GENERATING REVENUE FOR OUR CITY AND BORROWING FROM OUR OWN MONIES, CREATIVE WAY, AND THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY TO DO IT.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DILIGENCE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M EXCITED FOR THIS TO COME TO FRUITION NOW.
AND, AND THIS WILL ALSO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE, UH, UH, HARD COSTS ON OUR GENERAL FUND.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR WORKING ON THIS ITEM.
UM, I BELIEVE YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? I THINK YOU CAN, IF YOU ARE, IF YOU PUT A, UH, REQUEST TO SPEAK.
ISN'T THERE OTHER WAYS YOU'RE WELCOME TO GET REVENUE FOR THE AMBULANCE? OKAY.
YOU HAVE TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC.
IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD AND SPEAK INTO THE I'M GINA HEINRICH.
UM, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, ISN'T THERE OTHER WAYS YOU'RE GETTING REVENUE FOR THE AMBULANCE SERVICE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND SO FORTH? THEY WILL BE, BUT YOU GOTTA, YOU GOT THE STARTUP COST.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO BUY THE AMBULANCES AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND THEN DURING THE FIRST PART RUNNING THEM UNTIL YOU START GETTING THE REVENUE IN.
SO THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE, WE'RE STARTING OUR OWN AMBULANCE BUILD THE BUSINESS, BUT THEY HAVE ONE IN NATIONAL CITY.
HERE'S, HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE.
A MR CURRENTLY HAS A CONTRACT.
AND THE WAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND, UH, PAYS BACK, LIKE IN MEDI-CAL, MEDICARE PAYS BACK IN THAT THEY ONLY PAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR, FOR THAT.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE COST FOR THOSE COMPANIES IS WAY BEYOND WHAT THEY GET PAID.
SO THEY'RE CHARGING THE CITIES.
IF YOU'RE IN A MUNICIPAL SERVICE, THEY'RE CHARGING US THE DIFFERENCE, AND THAT'S SKYROCKETING.
BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT IF YOU'RE PAYING IT NOT TO A PRIVATE COMPANY, BUT YOU'RE PAYING IT, PAYING IT TO A MUNICIPALITY,
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IT'S A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAT THEY PAY BACK ON.SO IF WE DO OUR OWN SERVICE, WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY TO PAY THIS BACK.
IF WE CONTINUE TO GO, LIKE WITH A MR, WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THEM.
AND SO IT THAT IT, IT, IT, THE WHOLE DEAL OF HOW THE PAYMENTS ARE MADE HAVE CHANGED.
AND, AND SO CITIES ARE GETTING, ARE GETTING OUT OF THE CONTRACT BUSINESS ON AMBULANCE SERVICE.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA BANKRUPT CITIES.
I'VE BEEN IN NATIONAL CITY FOR 40 YEARS AND I KNOW THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD AN AMBULANCE SERVICE.
AND THEY GET THE MONEY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO THEY GO TO VISIT US.
YOU KNOW, WELL, MEDICARE OR TRICARE OR WHOEVER'S PAYING, BUT THEY ONLY, BUT, BUT THEY ONLY IF IT COSTS THIS MUCH, THEY'RE ONLY GETTING THIS MUCH MONEY.
THE CITY HAS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.
BUT NOW THIS OTHER WAY, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BE THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GONNA PAY SO MUCH MORE IF IT'S TO A MUNICIPAL SERVICE MM-HMM
AND THAT MAKES IT SO IT'S, SO, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T COST, IT DOESN'T COST THE PEOPLE IN NATIONAL CITY SO MUCH MONEY.
I, I, I THINK TO, I THINK WHAT IT IS BEING POINTED OUT IS THAT, UH, YES, THERE ARE REVENUES AND, AND IT'S RECEIVED THROUGH BILLS, RIGHT? THROUGH MEDICARE, MEDI-CAL PRIVATE INSURANCE AND COMMERCIAL PRIVATE PAY AND COMMERCIAL INSURANCE.
UH, CURRENTLY THAT PROCESS IS BEING PERFORMED BY A MR, WHO WE CONTRACT WITH TO PROVIDE AMBULANCE SERVICE.
THIS IS BASICALLY RENTING A HOME VERSUS OWNING A HOME.
WE'RE CURRENTLY RENTING THE SERVICE, AND WE CAN'T CONTROL THE COST OR THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WITHOUT NEGOTIATING A WHOLE NEW CONTRACT.
BY BRINGING IT IN HOUSE, WE NOW OWN OUR HOME AND WE CAN CONTROL HOW THE SYSTEM IS DEVELOPED, IMPLEMENTED WHAT WE BILL.
UM, IT JUST GIVES US MUCH GREATER FINANCIAL SECURITY MOVING FORWARD, AND IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND.
MAYOR, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
DID WE, WAS THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES, THERE ARE.
HOW WAS, UM, HOW HAS THIS WORKED IN OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE THEIR SERVICES IN-HOUSE? SO THE CITIES, UH, DIRECTLY TO OUR NORTH AND SOUTH CHULA VISTA AND SAN DIEGO HAVE BOTH DONE THIS PROCESS, AND THEY'RE, UM, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UH, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN YOU SAY VERY SUCCESSFUL? UM, THEIR COST RECOVERY IS EXCEEDING THEIR EXPENSES AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ENHANCE THEIR SERVICES.
WHY IS THAT? WELL, PRIVATE COMPANIES ARE IN IT FOR PROFIT, AND SOME OF THEM, UH, HAVE THREE LEVELS OF PROFIT THAT NEED TO COME IN AND BE DISTRIBUTED TO THEIR HIGHER LEVELS.
WE ARE IN THIS FOR DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY SERVICE, AND SO THERE'S A, A DIFFERENCE IN THE MOTIVE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING NEFARIOUS.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE VERSUS PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND, UM, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE, UH, INTERNAL HIRES AND THE ABILITY TO DIRECTLY MANAGE THE SYSTEM? SO, UM, FOR INSTANCE, WE ARE IN A CURRENT, WE ARE IN A HIRING PROCESS FOR FIREFIGHTERS.
UH, WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE WHERE THERE WERE ROUGHLY, UH, 20 POTENTIAL HIRES THAT CAME IN AND DID A WALKTHROUGH OF OUR STATION.
AND WE INTRODUCED THEM TO OURSELVES, TO OUR, TO OUR PERSONNEL.
WE'RE GONNA HIRE THREE TO FIVE OF THOSE FIREFIGHTERS.
THAT'S JUST THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
UM, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TRULY WANNA WORK IN NATIONAL CITY AND BE A PART OF WHAT WE REPRESENT, WE'RE GONNA BRING ON THIS AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICES.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER 18, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL NINE PARAMEDICS AND NINE EMTS.
UM, TYPICALLY IN THE FIRE SURGEONS, IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER, YOU TYPICALLY START IN BECOMING AN EMT OR A PARAMEDIC AND WORKING ON AN AMBULANCE.
WE'LL NOW HAVE THAT ABILITY IN-HOUSE TO DEVELOP, TO INSTILL OUR CULTURE AND, UH, EVALUATE THOSE FOLKS BEFORE WE BRING THEM OVER TO THE FIRESIDE.
AND, UM, WE'RE LIVING IN VERY UNCERTAIN TIMES POLITICALLY, ESPECIALLY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.
WHAT DO IT, WHAT DO CUTS TO OUR MEDICAL SYSTEM MEAN YEAH.
TO THE FUTURE OF THIS PROGRAM? SO WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING, UM, THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO THE SYSTEM.
ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE STARTING NOW VERSUS IF WE HAD STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO, IS WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THOSE CHANGES ON THE HORIZON AND BUILD OUR SYSTEM TO MATCH THE EXPECTED COST RECOVERY WHILE ENSURING THAT WE'RE DELIVERING THE PROPER LEVEL OF SERVICE.
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A BENEFIT TO HAVING IT IN HOUSE.IF WE WERE IN A SITUATION LIKE OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH, THEY'RE LEASING UNIT HOURS IN AN AMBULANCE MM-HMM
AND THEY'RE IN A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION, WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY BY, IN A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL BE ASKING TO BUY FIVE AMBULANCES, THREE AMBULANCES WILL BE IN SERVICE 24 HOURS A DAY.
WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SURGE, UH, FOR CAPACITY OR REDUCE AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT'S SLOWER TO IMPACT OUR OVERALL FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY BASED ON THESE CHANGES THAT WE SEE IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UM, LASTLY, HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN IN THE MAKING? OOH,
UH, UH, YOU'LL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW.
IN, IN, UH, 1978, IT WENT TO THE VOTERS TO BRING PARAMEDIC SERVICES IN-HOUSE AT AN EXPENSE TO THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, NO, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. RA, MR. FRANK RAHI TALKED TO ME ABOUT THIS BACK IN 2016, SO I UNDERSTAND IT'S LONG OVERDUE.
SOME OF OUR, UH, REGIONAL PARTNERS HAVE ALREADY MOVED DOWN THIS DIRECTION.
THERE IS A LOT MORE, UH, UM, THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY WE RUN A SUSTAINABLE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT ACTUALLY GENERATES REVENUE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
AND SO I AM, UM, VERY THANKFUL FOR, FOR ALL OF THE EFFORTS OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT IN CARRYING THIS ITEM FORWARD.
APPARENTLY SINCE 1970, WHAT WAS IT, 1978? 1978, THE VOTERS SAID 1978, YOU SHOULD DO THIS.
SO I'M GLAD WE'RE FINALLY HERE.
UM, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ONGOING WORK.
AND I DO THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE UTILIZE OUR RESERVE FUNDS WISELY AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE UTILIZE THEM IN A WAY IN WHICH WE'RE ACTUALLY INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE, UH, DEPARTMENTS, INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS, INVESTING IN OUR EMPLOYEES, INVESTING IN A SERVICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO INEVITABLY MAKE BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OUR RESERVES SHOULD BE UTILIZED FOR.
SO I, I COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF, UH, THE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO THE EFFORTS OF FINANCE TO FIND WAYS, FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE THIS WORK.
UM, I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN
OF COURSE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SEWER FUND FOR AGES.
UM, SO, SO VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.
AND KIND OF ON A BROADER LEVEL, I DO THINK THAT, UM, UM, HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE BEST HEALTHCARE POSSIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN TIMES OF NEED IS CRITICAL.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING THE SERVICES IN HOUSE, HAVE GOOD CONTROL OVER IT, SO THAT WHENEVER THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, WE HAVE PERSONNEL THAT WE PERSONALLY, UM, UH, MANAGE AND HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IS IMPERATIVE.
AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS VOTE AND FINALLY GETTING TO THIS MOMENT AND PROUD, UH, THE DAY WHERE WE ACTUALLY WILL BE OPENING UP AS THEY ARE OUR, UH, INTERNAL SERVICES.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, EDWARD NIETO, FOLLOWED BY THOMAS REICH.
I THINK IT WAS GREAT PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO, UM, THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLANNED AND UNPLANNED, UM, BUDGETING OF RESERVES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLANNED EFFORT IN INVESTMENT, NOT ABOUT AN EXTRAORDINARY LAST MINUTE UNDECIDED USE OF, SO THE COMPLIMENTS GO TO THE PLANNING OF THE, OF THE EFFORT.
I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER, YOU KNOW, BE PESSIMISTIC OR, OR CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE CONCERNS REGARDING THE SEWER FUND.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO, THE USE IS GONNA AFFECT OUR RATES, MAYBE OUR POSSIBLE, UM, OBLIGATIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE OBLIGATIONS.
I HOPE, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, I, SOME ICE POPPED UP WHEN THEY SAID, WELL, THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE IN OUR RESERVES, BUT THIS IS HOW MUCH IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT? THAT'S NOT FREE MONEY TO BE USED TO USE FOR ANY EXTRAORDINARY PURPOSE TO BE USED FOR OPERATING PURPOSES.
WE HAVE TO PUT CONSTRAINTS AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CONSTRAINTS RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK INTO POSSIBLY A POL A POLICY ON
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THE USE OF ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THIS EXTRAORDINARY LOANS.SO IT DOESN'T BECOME AN, UH, A REGULAR THING THAT WE COULD USE EXTRAORDINARY MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF THE SEWER FUND, OR NOW THE, UH, AMBULANCE SERVICE SORT TO FUND, UH, OPERATING GENERAL FUND MONIES, UH, OBLIGATIONS.
WE DON'T WANNA HAVE STICKY FINGERS IN THESE RESERVES.
THOMAS RECH, UH, FROM WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, IT SAID $855,000 A YEAR FOR SERVICE, FOR THE SERVICE.
SO THAT MEANS REVENUE HAS TO BE AT LEAST $855,000 PLUS THE OPERATIONS.
THAT'S JUST THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE.
AND A WRITTEN COMMENT FROM TED GOTCH, WHERE'S RECEIVED? AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
RIGHT? SO THAT IS ALL THAT WE, UH, HAVE ON THAT ITEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING CONCERNING PRESENTATION BEING DONE? WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? WELL, TO THAT SECOND, DO YOU USE YOUR BUTTONS? THANK YOU.
SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY.
I, I WANT TO JUST, UH, IF I COULD TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TRUST THAT YOU HAVE IN FAITH.
YOU HAVE IN, IN OUR ABILITY TO, TO BUILD A PROGRAM SUCH AS THIS.
BUT WE COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT WITHOUT THE COLLABORATION FROM MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
THE CITY MANAGER, THE, UH, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, FINANCE, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES, UM, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, MOST IMPORTANTLY,
EVERYONE HAS HAD A HAND IN THIS.
WHEN WE FIRST SET OUT TO DO THIS, IT WAS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S IDEA TO BRING AMBULANCES IN HOUSE.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS, UH, MAIN GOALS WE HAD, I DIDN'T HAVE THIS TERM THEN, BUT WAS CREATE RAVING FANS AND CREATE A TEAM.
AND WE HAVE NOW FORMULATED THAT INTO WHERE THIS ISN'T THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S PLAN, THIS IS THE CITY'S PLAN.
AND WE'LL BE EXCITED TO COME BACK TO YOU IN FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS AS EACH DEPARTMENT IS BRINGING THEIR PORTION OF THE PLAN FORWARD FOR APPROVAL.
[12. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT]
NEXT WE GO INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.I HAVE A FEW THINGS, UM, I DON'T WANNA SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS TONIGHT ABOUT FINANCIAL REPORTING.
UM, WE, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, SEPTEMBER 30TH WILL BE THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, SO THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER, WE WILL DO BE DOING A QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT, UM, FOR Q1 OF FISCAL YEAR 27.
UH, WE WILL ALSO BE BRINGING FORWARD, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UM, UH, PRESENTATION AND, UH, REPORT ON OUR INVESTMENTS, UH, SO THAT, UH, COUNCIL CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS, UM, OUR RESERVES, HOW WE INVEST RESERVE FUNDS, UM, AND POLICY DECISIONS AROUND THAT.
UM, WORD GOT OUT QUICK ON THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX REFORM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I ACTUALLY JUST SENT INVITATIONS OUT YESTERDAY.
I HAVEN'T EVEN RECEIVED CONFIRMATION FROM EVERYONE
SO, UM, FOR THOSE OF, UH, THAT, THAT ATTENDED AND, AND, UH, EXPRESSED APPRECIATION, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, UM, AGREEING TO VOLUNTEER.
AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL HAVE A FIRST KICKOFF MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.
UH, BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE ON A POLL FOR THE FIRST MEETING.
UM, NEXT ITEM I HAVE, NEXT WEDNESDAY THE 23RD THROUGH THE FRIDAY THE 25TH.
I WILL BE ATTENDING THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ANAHEIM AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, THEN ON FIRST FRIDAY IN OCTOBER, EDIT HERE, WHAT DATE WAS THAT? FIRST FRIDAY, WHICH IS OCTOBER 2ND.
UM, I WILL BE HOSTING, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE FIRST FRIDAY COFFEE WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT WILL BE HERE IN CITY
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HALL IN THE LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM FROM 8:00 AM TO 10:00 AM.UM, I DECIDED I HAD TO DO THIS BECAUSE WHEN FIRST COUPLE DAYS I WAS HERE, I WENT IN TO MAKE COFFEE AND ESTHER KICKED ME OUT AND SAID I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE COFFEE
SO I DECIDED I HAD TO HAVE MY, HAD YOU TASTED YOUR COFFEE, I HAD TO HAVE MY OWN EVENT SO I COULD MAKE MY OWN COFFEE
SO, NO, ESTHER'S VERY PROTECTIVE OF THE COFFEE
SHE MAY NOT LET YOU MAKE IT NOW.
UH, THE LAST ITEM I HAVE, UM, A LITTLE, WELL QUITE BITTERSWEET HERE.
UM, YESTERDAY, UM, STEVE MANGANELLO CAME TO ME AND SAID THAT HE HAD ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH ANOTHER CITY.
UM, STEVE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY HERE FOR 17 YEARS.
I HAVE TO SAY, DURING MY FIRST THREE MONTHS HERE, HE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT SUPPORTIVE, UM, DOING EVERYTHING HE COULD TO HELP ME BE SUCCESSFUL.
UM, I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW HIM ON A PERSONAL LEVEL AND, AND TO WORK WITH HIM.
UM, THE CONTRIBUTIONS HE'S MADE TO THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ARE, ARE ENDLESS.
UM, SO THANK YOU STEVE, AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.
UM, DOUG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S, UH, BEEN VERY EMOTIONAL LAST, UH, WEEK OR SO FOR ME, PARTICULARLY TODAY.
UM, THIS CITY'S BEEN MY SECOND FAMILY FOR MOST OF MY CAREER.
I'VE, IT'S TRULY BEEN AN HONOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST THE RELATIONSHIPS I'VE MADE AND THE FRIENDSHIPS OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S TRULY BEEN AN HONOR AND, UH, I HAVE NO DOUBT WITH, WITH DOUG HERE, UM, AS OUR NEW LEADER AND THE AMAZING TEAM YOU HAVE, UH, THE DEDICATED STAFF, UM, NATIONAL CITY WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
AND I'LL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR ALL OF YOU.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.
MAYOR, ARE WE ALLOWED TO ASK FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, UH, ON THE CITY MANAGER REPORT SOME CLARIFICATION ITEMS? OR IS THAT, SHOULD WE SAVE THAT FOR OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL? I DON'T KNOW.
WHATEVER, UP TO THE CITY MANAGER.
I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS.
SO, UH, JUST ON THE, UH, FOLLOW UP AND I'LL WAIT TO ALL MY COMMENTS.
UH, FOR OUR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR STEVE, I'LL, I'LL WAIT FOR THAT TOWARDS THE END.
BUT, UM, ON THE, UH, BUDGET REPORT, SO THE, UH, THE BUDGET REPORT, UH, SO I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THE QUARTERLY REPORT IS COMING BACK.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE FIRST OR SECOND, THAT'S GONNA BE THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER.
SECOND MEETING OCTOBER, BECAUSE, UH, SEPTEMBER 30 30TH IS THE CLOSING OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
SO STAFF WILL NEED SOME TIME TO CLOSE EVERYTHING AND THEN PREPARE THOSE REPORTS.
SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR GETTING BACK ON TRACK WITH THOSE QUARTERLY UPDATES.
I I SHOULD ADD, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE QUARTERLY, WE'LL, WHERE FINANCE WILL ACTUALLY DO, UM, A REPORT AND PRESENTATION EACH MONTH THEREAFTER, WE WILL INCLUDE THE MONTHLY REVENUE EXPENDITURE REPORTS FOR THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AGENDA PACKETS FOR YOU.
AND, UM, THAT WILL INCLUDE, UH, Q1 ACTUALS FOR FY 27.
AND THEN, UH, WILL THAT ALSO INCLUDE FY 26 ACTUALS AND THE FY 25? THE COMPLETED? UM, THE AUDITED, I FORGET IF IT'S THE CAF R OR JUST FOR THE COMPLETE REPORTS FOR THE YEAR.
I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S CALLED A CR ANYMORE, BUT, UH, SO IT'S THE ACT FOR NOW.
THEY KEEP CHANGING THE ACRONYM.
UH, SO WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE 2026, BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE AUDIT FOR 2026.
SO THERE ARE STILL CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE GENERAL LEDGER, BUT, UM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS IN THE GL SIDE FOR 2026.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'LL REALLY HELP US KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THIS CURRENT FY 27.
AND THEN MY, UH, FINAL QUESTION, UM, AND THERE'S BEEN GREAT PROGRESS ON THE BUSINESS LICENSE, EX BUSINESS ADVISORY, SO THANK YOU DOUG, FOR
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YOUR WORK ON THAT.UH, WHAT IS THE, SO THE MAKEUP OF THE STRUCTURE, WAS THERE, UM, A CAP ON THE AMOUNT OF PARTICIPANTS, OR I DID, UH, GET SOME QUESTIONS OR SOME OF THE BUSINESSES ON THIS SETUP, UH, QUESTIONS IF, UM, IF THERE'S A CAP AND THEN IF, UH, SOME OF THE BUSINESSES I KNOW PEISHA REACH OUT TO ME, UH, TO SEE IF THEY COULD AT LEAST PARTICIPATE AND BE IN THE, IN THE ROOM FOR THE CONVERSATION.
SO WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, SO, UM, THE, THE WAY THIS WAS ESTABLISHED, THE CITY COUNCIL SET THIS UP AS, AS, UM, AN AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT, UM, WHICH BY ITS NATURE, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T INCLUDE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, IT IS NOT, UH, SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT.
HOWEVER, UM, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND OBSERVE.
UM, IT WON'T BE LIKE A COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND STUFF.
THESE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER, UH, THEIR TIME.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE MEETINGS FLOWING AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO OBSERVE THE, UH, SIZE OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE'VE LIMITED IT TO 12 PEOPLE.
UM, IF IT GETS MUCH LARGER THAN THAT, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO BE EFFICIENT AND AND EFFECTIVE.
SO BASED ON THE COUNCIL DIRECTION I RECEIVED, UM, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTATION FROM EACH OF THE BUSINESS CATEGORIES AND WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT EXCEPT FOR THE CONTRACTOR CATEGORY, I WASN'T ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY CONTRACTORS.
SO, UH, THAT'S ONE AREA WHERE WE DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION.
UM, DOUG, BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THE BALANCE BETWEEN IF YOU HAVE A COMMITTEE, LIKE WE WANNA BE INCLUSIVE, BUT IF WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT'S TOO BIG, IT JUST BECOMES HARD TO, UH, MANAGE AND THEN FIND LOCATION, SO.
I DO APPRECIATE AND I THINK, UH, WE, WE REALLY SHOULD PUSH THE TRANSPARENCY.
SO, UH, HAVING THEM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND COORDINATING WITH THE, UH, CHAMBER ON WHAT THE NOTICING AND ALL THAT LOOKS LIKE.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT, LIKE YOU SAID, A, A BROWN ACT COMMITTEE, UM, BUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THAT IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND TRANSPARENT.
SO I THINK WE'RE ON THE, ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION THERE.
ALRIGHT THEN WITH THAT WE GO ON
[13.1 Policy No. 105 Request to Add an Item to a Future Agenda]
TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORT.BEFORE WE GET INTO INDIVIDUAL REPORTS, WE HAVE 13.1, WHICH IS A POLICY 1 0 5 REQUEST TO ADD AN ITEM TO A FUTURE AGENDA.
AND THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH BY, UH, COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ.
SO COULD YOU JUST GIVE US THE ENCAPSULATED VERSION OF WHAT, WHAT IT IS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
YEAH, IT ESSENTIALLY IS ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE PLACING AN ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, TO PLACE THE BUSINESS LICENSE FEE AS WAS DISCUSSED AND PROPOSED, UM, ON THE MARCH, 2028, UH, ELECTION.
AND THAT IS THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED ELECTION, UH, AS STATED IN THE, UM, 1 0 5 REQUEST.
A SPECIAL ELECTION NOT ONLY IS MORE COSTLY TO THE CITY, IT DISENFRANCHISES VOTERS BECAUSE VOTER TURNOUT IS MUCH, MUCH LOWER DURING SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
AND IT IS ONLY FAIR TO ALLOW, UM, A SIZEABLE PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY VOTE.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I'VE PLACED A 1 0 5 REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION.
DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS? YES, WE DO.
DO WE MAKE A MOTION OR ALLOW SPEAKERS FIRST? NORMALLY WE SPEAKERS FIRST SPEAKERS, YEAH.
RANDY CASTLE SALGADO, FOLLOWED BY SHERRY GOGI, FOLLOWED BY EDWARD NIETO.
GRANDSTANDING MEANS ACTING OR SPEAKING IN A FLASHY, SHOWY WAY JUST TO GET ATTENTION AND IMPRESS AN AUDIENCE RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON REAL OR IMPORTANT ISSUES.
EXAMPLES IN POLITICS, A POLITICIAN CALLING ALOUD TELEVISED PRESS CONFERENCE TO ATTACK ARRIVAL INSTEAD OF WORKING ON A REAL LAW.
THIS IS A QUICK GO GOOGLE SEARCH OF THE DEFINITION.
I HAVE TO ASK, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AGAIN? THIS COUNCIL JUST VOTED ON THE DIRECTION FOR THE BUSINESS LICENSE, TAX REFORM, AND AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS JUST CREATED AND WE WERE INVITED TO SERVE ON THAT.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN HELD OUR FIRST MEETING YET.
YET HERE WE ARE ALREADY BEING ASKED TO BRING OPTION ONE BACK.
WHY THERE IS NO EMERGENCY TONIGHT.
THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME BEFORE A MEASURE CAN BE PUT ON THE MARCH, 2028 BALLOT ELECTION AND NEED TO BE FINALIZED.
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LET THE COMMITTEE DO THE WORK YOU CREATED IT TO DO.LET BUSINESSES, LABOR RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS SIT DOWN TOGETHER, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, NEGOTIATE AND BRING BACK SOMETHING BETTER.
I SAW THE CAMERAS OUTSIDE TONIGHT.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN HAPPENING, BUT THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL DAIS, NOT A CAMPAIGN STAGE.
WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER PRESS CONFERENCE.
WE NEED A SUSTAINABLE TAX POLICY.
STOP GRANDSTANDING, STOP CAMPAIGNING FROM THE DAIS AND PLEASE STOP WASTING EVERYBODY'S TIME RE-LITIGATING A DECISION YOU JUST MADE BEFORE THE PROCESS YOU EVEN CREATED IN THE FIRST MEETING.
I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REJECT THE 1 0 5 AND THE NEXT CAMPAIGN SOCIAL MEDIA REEL THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
LET THE AD HOC DO WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO.
SHERRY GOGI, FOLLOWED BY EDWARD NIETO.
SORRY IT'S KIND OF LATE FOR ME.
STARTED MY DAY AT FIVE THIS MORNING.
ANYWAY, I'M ALMOST THE SAME, UM, FROM OF MINE.
I WAS OUTSIDE TODAY WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING ON THE CAMERA AND YOU MADE REFERENCE TO THE 70% OF OUR RESIDENTS BACKING THIS BUSINESS TAX.
THAT 70% OF 500 PEOPLE THAT YOU GUYS DID A SURVEY ON, NOT A RESIDENTS THAT WAS 500 PEOPLE, WHICH I'VE TALKED TO ABOUT 2000.
SO NO, OUR RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM, THEY DON'T KNOW.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE STOP IMPLYING THAT THERE'S 70% OF OUR RESIDENTS.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT, AND YOU KNOW IT, I KNOW YOU'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND YOU WANT YOUR TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS.
BUT WHEN YOU SAY THAT BUSINESS TAX IS NOT GONNA AFFECT OUR RESIDENTS OR THE SMALL BUSINESSES, IT'S ONLY OUT OF OUT TOWN CORPORATIONS, THAT'S ALSO MISLEADING BECAUSE I LIVE HERE.
I KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU TRY TO PASS THAT ONE.
THE FIRST OPTION, WE HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
WE'RE WORKING ON THIS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, VOLUNTEERING OUR TIME FOR FOUR MONTHS, AND WE'VE COME UP WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING TO THE CITY MANAGER AND, AND LET THEM WORK THIS OUT.
THERE'S NO REASON TO PUT THIS IN ANYTHING ON A BALLOT THIS YEAR FOR AN ELECTION IN 2028.
WORK WITH THE CITY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS OUR CITY.
AND THAT'S COMING FROM THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES.
WE ALL KNOW WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, BUT WE'RE ALL HERE TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO IT.
UM, TWO OTHER TWO SPEAKERS SAID WHAT I WANT TO SEE VERY, VERY WELL.
THE TWO OTHER SPEAKERS SAID IT, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
UM, AND I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE COMING TO A CONCLUSION BEFORE THE WORK'S ACTUALLY DONE.
BUT IT'S NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HIS OTHER EFFORTS DO THE SAME WAY.
HE COMES TO A CONCLUSION WITHOUT DOING, BREAKING IT DOWN BY ANALYSIS.
THAT'S THE WAY HE GOVERNS AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED.
I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION FROM EVERYBODY'S ROLES.
I'M SURPRISED ACTUALLY CITY MANAGEMENT HASN'T STEPPED UP AND BROKEN THIS DOWN AND WEIGHED IN ON THIS PROPO ON THIS REQUEST.
IT SHOULD BE THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE WASTING TIME, WE'RE WASTING EFFORT AND YOU'RE GETTING BLAMED FOR IT.
YOU'RE GETTING THE HEAT FOR IT.
MAYOR, MAYOR, CAN WE PLEASE ASK ANY PUBLIC SPEAKER TO NOT REFER TO INDIVIDUAL, UM, STAFF MEMBERS HERE? I THINK IT'S VERY DISRESPECTFUL.
WE'VE GONE DOWN THIS PATH IN YEARS PAST.
PLEASE, I WOULD ASK YOU TO NOT DO THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, THERE ARE NONE.
CAN I MAKE A CLARIFICATION? YES, PLEASE.
SO THIS IS A COUNCIL POLICY THAT IS IN WRITING.
THE 1 0 5 POLICY WITH THE POLICY STATES IS ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL CAN SUBMIT A 1 0 5 REQUEST.
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ON THE TUESDAY BEFORE THE PACKET GOES OUT.THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER THEN REVIEW IT TO DETERMINE TWO THINGS.
IS IT A REGULAR MEETING TOPIC OR IS IT A CLOSED SESSION TOPIC? IF IT'S CLOSED SESSION, IT GOES ON A CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM.
AND IF IT'S REGULAR, IT GOES ON THE REGULAR MEETING.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE, TO PUT SOMETHING ON A FUTURE BALLOT.
IF THE COUNCIL TONIGHT DECIDES YEP.
THEY WANT TO, THEY WANT TO PUT IT ON THE FUTURE BALLOT, THEN STAFF TIME WILL BE SPENT TO REVIEW IT AND PROVIDE SOME ANALYSIS.
SO WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION NOW.
DID WE DISCUSS, DO WE DISCUSS, MAYOR? I THOUGHT IT'S JUST A YES OR NO.
WELL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAVE, UH, DISCUSSION FORM A MOTION, WHATEVER.
YOU CAN DISCUSS THE APPLICATION.
YOU CAN'T DISCUSS THE TOPIC ITSELF.
IN OTHER WORDS, AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE RELATED TO THE VALIDITY OF THE CROSS THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED OTHERWISE, THE OPTION NOW IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT BY MOTION THIS WILL BE HEARD AT A FUTURE MEETING IE THE NEXT MEETING OR ANOTHER ONE BY, BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COUNCIL.
SO WE DID A 1 0 5 LAST TIME, RIGHT? A SEPARATE 1 0 5 ON SOMETHING ELSE.
THE, THE THING THERE WE DIDN'T DISCUSS, WE JUST SAID YES, CORRECT OR NO, THAT IT CAN BE INCLUDED IN AN AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AND TO EXPLAIN FURTHER, UM, WHAT DOUG WAS EXPLAINING.
THE CITY MANAGER WAS EXPLAINING IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS SOLELY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE PLACED ON AN AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE WON'T BE HAVING THAT SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
SO ARE YOU GONNA PUT A MOTION, I MAKE A MOTION TO PLACE, UM, POLICY 1 0 5 REQUEST ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
UM, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, CORRECT, MA'AM? I, WELL, I I CAN DISCUSS THE APPLICATION ITSELF BECAUSE I, I, I THOUGHT THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? I THINK THE DISCUSSION IS WHEN WE ARE HAVING IT IN THE AGENDA ALREADY.
THE REASON FOR THE APPLICATION THAT I CAN SPEAK TO THE APPLICATION IS SAYING THIS IS AN URGENCY ITEM.
THERE IS NO URGENCY FOR PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE 28TH BALLOT.
AND SO TO SAY THAT THIS HAS TO GO ON THE OCTOBER 6TH BALLOT, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT AN ITEM THAT IS AN URGENT ITEM, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE.
YOU WANT TO SUPERSEDE A PROCESS.
SO THIS IS NOT AN URGENCY ITEM.
AND SO I, SO I, I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH IT, SO, OH, OKAY.
SO NOW THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IT, I THINK THIS WILL WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER'S DOING, BECAUSE OUR CONCERN THEN IS LIKE, IT'S TOO SOON, RIGHT? IT WAS TOO SOON.
THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, THERE'S NO STUDY.
SO NOW WE WILL HAVE THAT TIME TO DISCUSS IT FOR YOU AND FURTHER, SO THEN WE CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER'S DOING, CORRECT? WELL, NO, BECAUSE WE'VE SET A, WE'VE SET SOMETHING ALREADY IN PLACE AND NOW WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, WE'VE GOTTA NOW HURRY THIS THING UP IN OCTOBER, GEE, RIGHT BEFORE ELECTION, WE ALREADY HAD THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
SO I'M, I WILL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE DO NOT BRING THIS FORWARD.
THE SIX SAY AND, AND THAT GIVE US STILL PLENTY OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND 28.
IF WHAT A, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE BRINGS FORTH DOESN'T WORK, IT DOESN'T SAY, THEN WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO PUT THIS ON THE 28 BALLOT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
CAN, I'LL SECOND THE SUBSTITUTE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST A YES OR NO, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO I, I'M MAKING A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR NO, SO IT'S JUST A VOTE FOR NO SECOND.
SECOND ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
AND THEN, UH, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO ASK A QUESTION? IS YOUR QUESTION OFF? IS QUESTION PROCEDURAL OR SUBSTANTIVE? I THINK IT'S PROCEDURAL BECAUSE WE ALREADY VOTED ON THIS.
THERE WAS, THIS WAS ALREADY DISCUSSED AND WE ARE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW TO LOOK AT 2027
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OR 2028.SO PROCESS WISE, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSE OF THIS.
AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ TO EXPLAIN WHAT HIS GOAL IS WITH THIS, BECAUSE I AM CONFUSED ABOUT IT.
AND IT DOES FEEL VERY, VERY POLITICAL.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION MADE AND THERE'S TOO MUCH DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A THAT'S FINE.
IF I'M WITH THAT FORWARD ONTO END, THE NEXT AGENDA WE'RE DISCUSSING, WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR BASICALLY A NO ON THIS, AS OPPOSED, SO ROBERT'S RULE SAID WE CAN DISCUSS ON THE MOTION AND THE SECOND, CORRECT? YES.
UH, WE DON'T ACTUALLY USE ROBERT'S RULES.
HEIDI, COULD YOU, HEIDI, I'M SORRY.
COULD YOU RULE, USE YOUR MIC EVEN IT'S ROSENBERG, LET THE CITY ATTORNEY, THERE IS A MOTION CLEAR THINGS HERE WE CAN DISCUSS.
SO IN TERMS OF THE MOTION ITSELF, IT'S YES OR NO WITHOUT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
UH, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING
IN A FUTURE, CORRECT? IN A FUTURE.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE OCTOBER.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE NOVEMBER DOESN'T NEED TO BE DECEMBER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN ITEM, CORRECT? YES.
OH, POLICY 1 0 5 DOES NOT CONTAIN AN URGENCY CLAUSE OR REQUIREMENT.
IT IS FOR MATTERS IN DUE COURSE AS WELL AS URGENT MATTERS.
IT JUST SAYS IT HAS TO BE, CAN WE VOTE, VOTE YES OR NO FOR THIS ITEM TO BE IN THE AGENDA IN A FUTURE MEETINGS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO WHERE'S THE URGENCY? I DON'T SEE THAT HERE.
I, I GUESS I'M, I'M CONFUSED FOR THE PROCEDURE, YOUR SECTION FORM OF HIS REPORT, IT SAYS URGENT.
I'M, I'M CON I'M CONFUSED FOR THE PROCEDURE ITSELF.
A YES ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION MEANS NO, THIS WOULD NOT BE, BE MOVING FORWARD.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE TWO MOTIONS, THE COMPETING MOTIONS, THE MOTION AND THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME RESULT.
RIGHT? SO THE ESSENCE OF THE MOTIONS, WHETHER IT'S THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR THE OTHER ONE IS AN UP OR DOWN VOTE, YES OR NO TO HEAR THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING, IT'S THE SAME.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW THE MOTION, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO VOTE NO.
IF YOU VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY, YOU'RE VOTING NOT TO HAVE THE ITEM HEARD, RIGHT? IF YOU VOTE NEGATIVELY OR NO, YOU'RE VOTING TO HAVE THE ITEM HEARD.
BUT COUNSEL, YOU SAID NEXT AGENDA.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE NEXT THANK YOU.
IT CAN BE A MEETING DETERMINED BETWEEN THE CITY, UH, YES.
BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND, AND YOURSELF, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE REPORT BACK NEEDS TO BE.
PROCEDURALLY, DID THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST, IF THAT PASSES AND THAT GOES, AND THEN IF NOT, THEN WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
CORRECT? I'M LOOKING AT OUR SIN CLERK.
I AM LOOKING AT THE POLICY AND, UM, IT DOES SAY THAT AT THE MEETING WHERE THE INITIAL WRITTEN REQUEST IS HEARD, DISCUSSION SHOULD BE LIMITED TO WHETHER THE ITEM SHOULD BE ADDED TO AN AGENDA AND THE DATE, NOT THE MERIT OF THE ITEM.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ ASKED FOR IT TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT MEETING.
WHAT I UNDERSTOOD HIS MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.
SO THE DATE HE SELECTED IS OCTOBER 6TH, CORRECT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE VOTE ON THAT FIRST, AND THEN WE, IF WE HAVE TO, WE COME BACK TO THE OTHER ONE.
SO WITH THAT, A, UH, A YES VOTE HERE ON THIS ONE MEANS THAT WE DON'T GO FORWARD.
AND THEN IF THAT FAILS, THEN WE GO THE OTHER WAY.
MOTION APPROVED BY THREE TO TWO VOTE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER YAM AND RODRIGUEZ VOTING.
SO NEXT WE GO TO CONTINUE WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORTS.
I'LL START DOWN HERE ON MY LEFT.
UM, I REALLY WANNA THANK A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT, STAFF THAT HELP PUT TOGETHER A HOME OWNERSHIP WORKSHOP THIS PAST WEEKEND.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENT, UH, GOOD TURNOUT.
A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, UH, SAW IT BEING A, A VERY USEFUL TOOL TO GET, GET READY AND PREPARE TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS IN THE CITY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO MORE OF THAT.
WE NEED TO EXPAND HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS.
SO, UH, THANK YOU TO STAFF TO HELP PUT THAT TOGETHER.
UM, AND, UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS AND, AND SO SOME, SOME OF THIS I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF BRING FORTH AT SOME POINT,
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THE, THE COST OF A SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPENSIVE.AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE ARE CONSIDERING WHAT TO DO GOING FORWARD.
AND, UH, POLLING, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH, WE REALIZE THAT POLLING IS USUALLY CONDUCTED BETWEEN 500 AND A THOUSAND PEOPLE.
AND SO, UM, SOMETIME IT'S MORE SCIENTIFIC, DEPENDING ON THE SAMPLE SIZE, BUT IT IS THE WAY SCIENTIFIC POLLS WORK.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO PUT THAT.
UM, AND, AND WE DO NEED TO TAKE ACTION, AND I KNOW WE WERE TAKING ACTIONS ALREADY.
UH, THANK YOU DOUG, FOR THE LEADERSHIP IN CONDUCTING A 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE YEAR PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A STABLE CITY IN YEARS TO COME.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE ACTION IN THE, UM, SOON SOONEST TIME POSSIBLE.
UM, IT'LL BE OUR FINAL, UH, SATURDAY FOR OUR, UM, FREE CLINICS FOR OUR JUNIOR TENNIS PROGRAM AND OUR, UH, PICKLE BEGINNERS PICKLEBALL PROGRAM AT EL TOON.
OH, UM, I WAS JUST GETTING OVER MY TENNIS ELBOW TOO.
UM, COME VISIT ON SATURDAY MORNING FROM EIGHT TO 10.
UM, THANK YOU TO PUBLIC WORKS, WHO'S ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF OUR PARKS.
UM, MOISE OF COURSE, IS ALWAYS THERE, UM, TAKES CARE OF EL TOON PARK BECAUSE OF OUR PLAYGROUND.
SO, SO, UM, FULL OF KIDS, YOU, I MEAN, THERE'S ZUMBA THERE.
NOW THE BASKETBALL COURT IS GONNA BE, UM, AVAILABLE FOR THE BASKETBALL PLAYERS.
UM, SO WE INVITE YOU, IT'S THE FINAL SATURDAY, UM, FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. AND WE TAKE A BREAK AND THEN MAYBE WE GO BACK AGAIN FOR THOSE FREE LESSONS.
UH, NOTHING TO REPORT, BUT I DID WANNA CONGRATULATE MR. STEVE MAG.
SO STEVE, IT'S, UH, DEFINITELY BITTERSWEET AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, I WORKED, UH, WITH YOU UNDER PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER WHEN, UH, AND SO GLAD THAT I APPRECIATE, UH, ARMANDO REST IN PEACES, YOU KNOW, UH, BROUGHT YOU BACK AND THAT CAME AT A REALLY CRITICAL TIME.
SO I REALLY SAD TO SEE YOU GO, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK OVER THIS LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE IN GOOD HANDS WITH, UH, UM, THE, THE TRANSITION WITH MARTHA WHO'S VERY CAPABLE.
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR, YOUR WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME ON SANDAG.
UM, YOUR, YOU'VE HELPED ME BE SUCCESSFUL.
UH, ONE OF MY BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS BECAUSE YOU HELPED ME WITH, WITH WHAT WE HAD TO DO AT SANDECK, SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
UH, THESE ARE REALLY ROUGH TIMES AND HAVING YOU HERE IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS, UH, OF, OF THIS TIME AND, AND I'M GONNA BE A MESS.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, CITY MANAGER DOUG SCHULTZ FOR SETTING IN MOTION THE PLAN THAT, UH, WE OR THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL HAS, UH, DIRECTED YOU TO DO, WHICH IS TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP US THROUGH THESE ROUGH TIMES.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE THAT YOU GAVE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE STEPPING UP AND KEEPING THEIR WORD AS THEY DID, UM, AUGUST 6TH.
SO, UM, I, I HAVE A LOT OF HOPE, UH, I HAVE A LOT OF POSITIVITY THAT WE ARE PROCEEDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND DESPITE OTHER ATTEMPTS.
TO LET YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT KIND OF GO ON BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, SOMETIMES UP HERE, THE, UM, EARLIER I LEANED OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND AS WE WERE GETTING DOWN TOWARD THE END, AND WE ALL HAVE BRIEFINGS DURING THE, DURING THE DAY AT THE SAME DAY AS COUNCIL MEETING EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT STEVE WAS GONNA BE LEAVING, AND SO IT WAS STAYED THEN, YOU KNOW, WELL, LET'S NOT SAY ANYTHING TONIGHT, UH, BECAUSE HE'S GONNA TALK, HE'S GONNA GONNA BREAK IT TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TOMORROW.
AND, AND SO I, I, AND SO I WASN'T IN ON ALL THE BRIEFING, SO I ASKED HER, I SAID, DID YOU GUYS MENTION THAT TO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? AND SHE GOES, NO, WE FORGOT.
SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT'S THE REASON I WENT OVER AND STARTED TALKING TO PEOPLE.
DON'T SAY ANYTHING AND WE FINISH.
AND, AND THE MOMENT WE FINISHED, DOUG, BOOM, OUT IT COMES.
AND THAT LAST NOTE,
SO THAT'S, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA HERE THROUGH, THROUGH THE EIGHTH.
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THAT'S NOT A REGULAR MEETING.I WAS ASSUMING YOU WERE GONNA BE IN ANOTHER MEETING.
BUT YEAH, BUT THAT'S THE REASON WE JUST GONNA APPEAR WHISPERING.
AND HE SAYS, HEY, LOOK AT US LIKE WE'RE CRAZY
ANYWAY, JUST ONE LITTLE THINGS THAT HAPPEN UP HERE.
SOMETIMES WE, I KNOW IT EXACTLY.
WE WERE BEHAVING STEEP AND UH, DOUG WASN'T, WHAT CAN I SAY? OKAY.
UH, ANOTHER THING IS WE GOT A REAL CAUSE TO CELEBRATE THIS WEEK.
FOR ALL YOU RED DEVILS, IT'S HOMECOMING THIS, UH, THIS FRIDAY.
AND LAST COUPLE, LAST COUPLE GAMES HAVEN'T BEEN REAL GOOD.
HOPEFULLY THE GAME WILL BE BETTER THIS TIME.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, GREAT, A GREAT TIME TO COME OUT FOR HOMECOMING.
I HAVE THE EVERYTHING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FIREWORKS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CROWD THERE.
SOME OF US SEE IF WE CAN STILL FIT INTO OUR LETTERMAN JACKETS.
I MEAN, IT, IT, IT, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, SO THAT
SO, UM, GREAT TIME TO, GREAT TIME TO BE A, A RED DEVIL AND UH, TO BE A NATIONAL CITY IN WHATEVER, HOWEVER WE CALL THAT.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M GONNA THANK YOU.
[14. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]
I'M GONNA GO OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND HAVE HER GIVE OUT A REPORT AT A CLOSED SESSION.TODAY THE COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION FROM 5:10 PM TO 5:53 PM AT THE START OF THE SESSION, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT AT 5:27 PM MAYOR MORRISON AND COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ LEFT THE CLOSED SESSION AT 5:50 PM THE MAYOR RETURNED, UM, AND THE COUNCIL TOOK NO REPORTABLE ACTION TODAY.
AND WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT FOR A ONE, ONE ITEM BEING THE, UH, TOWING CONTRACT.
AND, UH, AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING ON, UM, OCTOBER THE SIXTH.
AND SO, GOODNIGHT EVERYONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED.