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[CALL TO ORDER]
COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY OF OCTOBER 19TH, 2026 AT 6:02 PM TO ORDER.A LIVE WEBCAST OF THIS MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT HTTPS://NATIONALCITYCA.GOV/WEBCAST.
THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S WEBSITE INFORM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
FIRST, BY EMAIL AT PLCPUBCOMMENT@NATIONALCITYCA.GOV NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.
SECOND, VIA ZOOM BY PRE-REGIS- PRE-REGISTERING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING AT HTTPS://WWWNATIONALCITYCA.GOV/PUBLICCOMMENT.
THIRD, THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE COMMENTS IN PERSON AT THE MEETING.
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS APPROPRIATE PRIOR TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
I REQUEST THE HOUSING ADVISORY SECRETARY NOW PROCEED WITH ROLL CALL.
VICE CHAIR CASTLE SALGADO IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER VALENZUELA? HERE.
WE WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS OR MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
UNDER STATE LAW, WE CANNOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ITEMS REQUIRING HOUSING ADVISORY ACTION.
THESE ITEMS WILL BE BROUGHT BACK ON A SUBSEQUENT AGENDA UNLESS THEY ARE OF A DEMONSTRATED EMERGENCY OR URGENT NATURE.
MADAM SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? NO, CHAIR.
WE WILL NOW BEGIN CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEMS ON, UH, TONIGHT'S HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA.
ITEM ONE IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR HOUSING COMMITTEE OF OCTOBER 19TH, 2026.
THAT IS THIS, THE AGENDA FOR THIS VERY MEETING.
WE STILL NEED TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
YES, WE'LL BACK UP AND, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, GOGI WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SAYS, "ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL." THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY.
[1. Approval of the Agenda for the Meeting on October 19, 2026]
IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF OCTOBER 19TH, 2026.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA? UH, WE...
IF NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AC - UH, ACCEPT THE, UM, UH, AGENDA AND A SECOND.
IT'S JUST COMMITTEE MEMBER TORRES, COMMITTEE MEMBER KOSTERLISKI, AND COM - UH, CO- COMMISSIONER FULLER QUINONES WHO CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION, BUT YOU, THEY CAN VOTE.
SO WITH MOTIONS, WE'LL DO HAND VOTES.
UM, I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH ALL OF THEM, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THEY CAN MAKE MOTIONS, BUT IT HAS TO BE VERBAL INSTEAD OF ELECTRONIC.
LIKE I SAID, I'LL DO MY BEST TO KEEP AN EYE.
UM, BUT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY QUICK ON THAT PAD.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER KOSTERLITSKY AND A SECOND BY, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER GOGI TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
IS THIS GONNA BE BY HAND OR ELECTRONICALLY? EVERYBODY CAN VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
SO WE WILL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
AND MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE DECLARE THE RESULT OF THE VOTE.
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I APOLOGIZE.WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RUN THAT ONE BACK BECAUSE, UM, I HAVE TO UPDATE, UH, VICE CHAIR CASTLE.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE AGAIN? CORRECT.
GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO CLEAR THIS DISPLAY.
NOW, MADAM SECRETARY, COULD YOU PLEASE DECLARE THE RESULT OF THE VOTE? I WILL HAVE COMMISSIONER GOGI, AND THEN LET'S DO THAT MOTION ONE MORE TIME.
IS IT RESCUED? YOU WANT ME TO READ IT? ONE SECOND.
COMMISSIONER GOGI, MAY YOU PRESS YOUR PAD? I, I TRIED.
AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE CAN VOTE.
UH, COMMISSIONER QUINONES? I'M SORRY.
MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONERS.
[2. Approval of Minutes from the Meeting of February 2, 2026]
ITEM TWO ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 2ND, 2026.IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL SECOND IT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER VALENZUELA AND A SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER KOSTERLITSKY TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
AND WE WILL NOW VOTE ELECTRONICALLY AGAIN.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE DECLARE THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE.
SEVEN YESES AND, UM, COMMISSIONER FULLER QUIONES EPSTEIN.
[3. SDSU National City Brownfields Project Updated]
MOVE TO PRESENTATIONS.UM, ITEM THREE IS THE SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY NATIONAL CITY BROWNFIELD'S PROJECT UPDATE.
WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES, LADIES? UH, JESSICA BARLOW, MADISON SWAIN.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING.
UM, WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, ON BROWNFIELDS HERE IN THE NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE SORT OF TAKING THIS PRESENTATION TO AS MANY DIFFERENT VENUES AS WE CAN.
WE'LL ALSO BE PRESENTING TO CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, UM, JUST TO, TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO, UM, ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND WE THOUGH WE MIGHT START FIRST, UM, SINCE WE HAVEN'T PRESENTED TO THIS GROUP YET, UM, UH, WHAT BROWNFIELDS ARE.
UM, THESE ARE PARCELS OF LAND PROPERTIES THAT ARE, UM, THAT OFTEN SIT VACANT FOR A WHILE BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER CONTAMINATED OR PERCEIVED TO BE CONTAMINATED DUE TO PRIOR USE.
UM, AND, UM, THIS COULD BE, UH, AUTO BODY SHOP, IT COULD BE A DRY CLEANER HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING, UM, ANY KIND OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.
AND THESE, UM, TYPES OF PROPERTIES TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE IN FACT CONTAMINATED OR NOT, UM, OFTEN SOME KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT HAS TO BE DONE TO DETERMINE SITE CONDITIONS.
AND, UM, WE AT SDSU RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AS WELL AS THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY-WIDE BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT IN NATIONAL CITY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, AS WELL AS SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, UH, WHO HAVE SERVED ON OUR BROWNFIELD ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO REPRESENTATIVES FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION, UM, FROM URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, FROM THE COUNTY, UM, AND THE CHAMBER.
UM, OH, NO, NOT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UM, UM, THE, UM, SOUTH COUNTY ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, AND, UM, THE, THE TWO GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED, THEY WERE FOR, UM, IDENTIFYING BROWNFIELD SITES, GOING THROUGH PRIORITIZATION, UM, AC - UH, ACTIVITIES FOR THE BROWNFIELD
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SITES, CONDUCTING ACTUAL SITE ASSESSMENTS, UM, WITH A PROFESSIONAL EN - UM, ENGINEER, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, PLANNING FOR REUSE AND PLANNING FOR CLEANUP OF THESE SITES.BUT THE, THE FUNDS DID NOT SUPPORT, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SUPPORT ANY KIND OF REMEDIATION OR CLEANUP ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY OR ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT WOULD BE SORT OF THE NEXT PHASE OF THESE TYPES OF GRANTS FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR CLEANUP.
UM, SO, BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN CONVERSATION AND WORKING WITH, UM, CITY STAFF REGARDING FOLLOW ON CLEANING, CLEANUP FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND OUR, MAKE, WE'LL MAKE OUR, UM, OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.
UM, SO THIS IS A, A KIND OF SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, SINCE WE GOT FUNDING BACK IN 2022.
AND WE ARE IN OUR LAST YEAR OF FUNDING WITH THE EPA.
WE'VE ALREADY FINISHED OUT THE FUNDING WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL.
SO VERY FIRST STEP WAS TO COMPILE A LIST OF BROWNFIELDS IN NATIONAL CITY, UM, BASED ON E- EXISTING DATABASES AS WELL AS, UM, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBER KNOWLEDGE AND RESIDENT EXPERTISE.
AND THEN WE, UM, PLUG THESE INTO USING A MAPPING SOFTWARE, UH, GEO - G - UH, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SOFTWARE.
AND THEN WE, BASED ON THAT INVENTORY, WORKED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DEVELOP SITE PRIORITIZATION CRI- CRITERIA.
SO BASICALLY LOOKING AT WHAT, UM, SITES, WHAT THE CHARACTERISTICS ARE OF THE DIFFERENT SITES THAT ARE POTENTIAL BROWNFIELDS, UM, AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR THOSE SITES.
SO ARE THEY POTENTIAL SITES FOR GREEN SPACE OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR, UH, COMMUNITY GARDEN OR, UM, SOME OTHER TYPE OF ACTIVITY? HOW, ARE THEY CLOSE TO TRANSIT? ARE THEY CLOSE TO SCHOOLS? UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THIS, THIS WAS, AGAIN, BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE'LL SH - WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU HOW WE DID THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, BASED ON THE WORK THAT LEADING UP TO THAT, WE THEN, UM, CONDUCTED PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS.
UM, AND WHEN I SAY WE, WE, UH, HIRED A CONSULTANT TO DO THAT, UM, AND TO ACTUALLY E- EVALUATE, UM, S- SPECIFIC SITES IN THE COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE IF THEY HAD CONTAMINATION AND, AND THE EXTENT OF THAT.
AND THEN WE'VE DONE ADDITIONAL REUSE PLANNING, UM, FOR FUTURE SITE USES, UM, FOR THESE PROPERTIES, M - SEVERAL OF THESE PROPERTIES IN QUESTION.
AND, AND SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH.
OH, AND, AND I, UH, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE REALLY PRIORITIZED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, UM, FOR THIS WORK.
SO WE'VE HELD A LOT OF EVENTS, WE'VE SHOWN UP TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES, UM, WE'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, USED COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE TO GUIDE THIS WORK AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES TO, TO GUIDE THIS WORK, AND WE, WE'VE AIMED TO DO THAT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY OF THIS WORK.
SO WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY COMPLETED THEN, UM, SO WE STARTED WITH, UM, A KICKOFF EVENT.
THAT WAS IN MARCH OF 2023, UM, WHERE WE PROVIDED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH AN OVERVIEW TO WHAT BROWNFIELDS ARE.
THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UM, S - NOMINATE SITES IN THE COMMUNITY BASED ON THAT DEFINITION THAT WE PROVIDED TO DETERMINE, TO, TO NOMINATE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED THAT SITE ON OUR INVENTORY, UM, AND, UM, AND THERE WAS ALSO A LOT OF EXCHANGE OF JUST QUESTIONS AND WHAT IS THE GR - WHAT DO THE GRANTS DO, WHAT CAN THEY SUPPORT, WHAT CAN'T THEY SUPPORT, AND, AND SUPPORTING, YOU KNOW, MORE, LIKE, UM, EDUCATION ABOUT BROWNFIELDS, BUT US ALSO BEING EDUCATED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, DURING THE KICKOFF EVENT, I MENTIONED THIS, THERE WAS A SITE IDEN - UM, NOMINATION, UM, ACTIVITY.
SO WE HAD THESE BIG MAPS AROUND THE ROOM AND PEOPLE COULD PUT, UM, STICKERS UP ON THE MAPS.
UM, BUT WE ALSO CREATED, FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T BE THERE OR FOR THOSE WHO THOUGH OF A PLACE, UM, AFTER THE FACT, WE CREATED AN ONLINE SITE NOMINATION FORM THAT WAS HELD, UM, MADE OPEN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS FOLLOWING THAT EVENT IN MARCH.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID A WALKING TOUR OF THE CITY'S WEST SIDE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ADDING ON ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT, THAT FOLKS WERE IDENTIFYING, UM, PARTICULARLY ON THE WEST SIDE.
AND IN, IN ADDITION TO COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE, WE ALSO, UM, INCLUDED IN OUR INVENTORY OF, OF POTENTIAL BROWNFIELDS, UM, DATA FROM THE US EPA'S, UM, PROGRAM CALLED E - UH, CLEANUPS IN MY COMMUNITY.
SO THESE ARE, UM, KN- KNOWN SITES THAT HAVE HAD, HAVE BEEN TOUCHED IN SOME WAY BY EPA FUNDING.
UM, AND SO THEY ARE, UM, AGAIN, IT'S POTENTIAL BROWNFIELDS IN NATIONAL CITY.
AND THEN WE ALSO USE THE CITY'S AMORTIZATION LIST.
UM, THESE WOULD BE THE, UM, PROPERTIES THAT HAVE NON-CONFORMING USE, UM, UH, ON, BEING ON THE WEST SIDE IN PARTICULAR.
AND TAKING ALL OF THAT DATA TOGETHER, WE WERE ABLE TO
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IDENTIFY, UM, UH, AN INVENTORY OF BROWNFIELDS, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN THE ACRE, THE US EPA'S, UM, INVENTORY OF, OF CL - FROM CLEANUPS IN MY COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY NOMINATED SITES, AS WELL AS THE AMORTIZATION LIST.THERE'S ONLY OVERLAP, UM, OF N - OF ONE PROPERTY ACROSS ALL THREE, AND THEN A- ANOTHER PROPERTY BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED AND THE ACRE SITE, US EPA SITE, AND SEVEN BETWEEN THE, UM, ACRE SITE AND THE AMORTIZATION LIST.
SO THAT COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL BROWNFIELDS, UH, OR OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO TH- THIS IS A MAP OF THE COMBINED SITES IN THE, UM, NATIONAL CITY COMMUNITY.
THIS, UM, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE PUBLICLY ON OUR WEBSITE, AND WE HAVE ALSO SHARED IT WITH CITY STAFF.
UM, HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU DIRECTLY, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY, IF YOU WANNA ACCESS IT, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
UM, YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCENTRATED AREAS IN THE WEST SIDE, UM, THAT HAVE POTENTIAL BROWNFIELDS, UM, AND SO THAT, UM, IT IS NOT A SURPRISE THAT WE WERE DOING A, A WALKING TOUR OF THAT AREA, UM, TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THEM.
IS THIS WHERE I TURNED? OKAY, YEAH.
I'M GONNA LET MADDIE TAKE OVER FROM HERE.
UH, SO AFTER THE INVENTORY WAS, UH, COMPLETED, WE HELD A SECOND COMMUNITY EVENT WHERE WE INVITED FOLKS TO COME SEE THE MAP OF THE, THE SITES THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED, VERIFY THAT WE SORT OF GOT THE STORY RIGHT AND THAT THE PLACES FOLKS FELT WERE BROWNFIELDS WERE INDEED INCLUDED.
UM, AND THEN WE ASKED FOLKS TO PROVIDE US WITH CRITERIA THEY THOUGH WERE IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PRIORITIZE THESE SITES FOR ASSESSMENT AND REUSE WORK, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, OF COURSE, SOMEDAY, SOMEHOW WE'RE GOING TO
UM, SO THROUGH THAT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, TOLD US WHAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE MOST IMPORTANT, WHAT TYPES OF SITES, WHAT TYPES OF FUTURE USE, UM, WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
AND SORT OF THE CRITERIA THAT ROSE TO THE TOP, I THINK NO SURPRISE FOR THIS COMMITTEE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR HOUSING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR SORT OF GENERAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT, THINGS LIKE, UH, COMMUNITY SPACES, PARK SPACES, THAT SORT OF THING.
UH, SO WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, WE WENT BACK TO OUR LIST OF SITES AND SORT OF DUG UP THE DATA ON EACH INDIVIDUAL SITE TO SEE HOW IT WAS MEETING THESE, UH, IDENTIFIED CRITERIA.
AND SO FOR EVERY SITE, UH, THIS IS SORT OF AN EXAMPLE, UH, WE PULL DOWN ITS AREA, WE FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S ADJACENT TO, UH, WHAT ITS CAL ENVIRO SCREEN SCORE IS, UM, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS RELATED TO HOW IT COULD BE REUSED.
AND THEN, UH, AFTER THAT, UH, WE HAD ANOTHER COMMUNITY EVENT
SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SITE? WHAT DO YOU DREAM FOR THIS PLACE? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THIS SITE? UM, AND, AND WE HAD IMAGES OF EVERY SITE TO SORT OF ELICIT THESE RESPONSES FROM FOLKS.
UM, SO I'LL SORT OF SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT HERE.
UM, WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THE, THE GRANTS, THE FUNDERS REQUIRED THAT WE IDENTIFY SOME PRE-SELECTED SITES AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION TO SORT OF PROVE THAT WE WERE READY AND ABLE TO, TO GET BUSY ON THIS WORK AS SOON AS WE WERE AWARDED FUNDING.
AND SO THESE SITES WERE IDENTIFIED WITH CITY STAFF.
UH, THESE ARE FOUR CITY-OWNED SITES.
SOME OF THEM MIGHT LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.
UM, AND THESE WERE SITES THAT WE PRE-IDENTIFIED AS SITES THAT WE WERE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO DO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND REUSE PLANNING ON.
UM, AND WE'RE STILL CONTINUING WORK ON, UH, THREE OF THESE SITES, THE FORMER EDUCATION CENTER, THE STEAMED BEAN AND THE AVENUE PARCEL.
UM, WE'VE WRAPPED UP WORK ON THE WELDING SHOP, UM, AND I THINK WE HEARD LAST WEEK THAT CONSTRUCTION HAS ACTUALLY STARTED THERE, SO THAT'S FANTASTIC.
UH, YOU'VE HEARD US SORT OF TALK ABOUT REUSE PLANNING.
UH, WHAT IT MEANS FOR US IN ADDITION TO HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY THEIR VISIONS FOR HOW THESE SITES WILL BE REUSED IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN DIEGO TIJUANA URBAN LAND INSTITUTE.
UM, WE CONDUCTED TWO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PANELS.
THESE ARE PANELS WHERE ULI GATHERS THEIR TEAM OF EXPERTS IN ARCHITECTURE, REAL ESTATE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, TO SORT OF PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AND LOOK AT THESE SITES FOR WHAT THEY COULD BE USED AS AT THE, IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THESE ARE REALLY FASCINATING DOCUMENTS.
UM, THE, THE ITEM YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT IS, UM, LOOKING AT THE FOUR PRESELECTED SITES I MENTIONED, AND THEN THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS LOOKING AT THE GREEN CORRIDOR PROJECT OR THE SITE, IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT, UH, WORK.
UM, AND THEN YOU'VE HEARD US MENTION PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS.
IF FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE, PHASE
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ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS ARE SORT OF A DESK LEVEL REVIEW OF POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION ISSUES AT A SITE.SO THEY GO INTO HISTORIC, UH, FIRE INSURANCE MAPS, THEY LOOK AT PAST BUILDING PERMITS AND THAT SORT OF THING TO DETERMINE, HEY, DO WE THINK THAT THERE'S A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT THERE COULD BE CONTAMINATION HERE? PENDING THE RESULTS OF A PHASE ONE, YOU CAN THEN PROCEED TO A PHASE TWO, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU ACTUALLY SEND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS OUT TO THE SITE TO COLLECT, UM, SOIL AND SOMETIMES GROUNDWATER SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS FOR SPECIFIC CONTAMINANTS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO HERE WE LIST THE, THE SITES WHERE WE CONDUCTED THESE TWO TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS.
SO THAT'S WRAPPING UP ALL THE WORK WE'VE DONE ON THE, THE TWO GRANTS WE HAD RELATED TO COMMUNITY-WIDE ASSESSMENT OF BROWNFIELDS IN SAN DIEGO.
I THINK WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT I WILL JUST PIVOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT SORT OF WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT.
UM, THE, THE BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT WORK WE HOPE WILL CONTINUE.
WE'VE AMASSED THIS TREMENDOUS, UH, DATABASE OF BROWNFIELDS, AND SO WE HOPE THAT THERE'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO DO ASSESSMENT TYPE WORK, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO POTENTIALLY CONTINUE IN THIS PARTNERSHIP.
UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE EPA FOR A BROWNFIELDS JOB TRAINING PROGRAM, UM, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR.
THIS IS A, UM, EPA-FUNDED GRANT PROGRAM THAT WILL TRAIN 100 PARTICIPANTS OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
THE PROGRAM IS NOT FIVE YEARS, BUT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE COHORTS OVER THAT TIME.
UM, AND OUR GOALS ARE A 90% COMPLETION RATE WITH 80% OF FOLKS PLACED INTO ENVIRONMENTAL JOBS WITH AN AVERAGE STARTING WAGE OF $22 PER HOUR.
SO THE GOAL HERE IS REALLY, UM, WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITIES LIKE NATIONAL CITY HAVE BEEN HEAVILY BURDENED BY THE IMPACTS OF BROWNFIELDS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO POSITION RESIDENTS IN THESE COMMUNITIES, UM, FOR, TO BENEFIT FROM CLEANUP AND REUSE EFFORTS IN A REAL TANGIBLE WAY THROUGH, THROUGH NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, THIS WILL BE A 12-WEEK PROGRAM.
WE'RE STARTING OUR FIRST COHORT IN JANUARY, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, AND WE DO HAVE, UM, SCHOLARSHIPS AND STIPENDS TO HELP PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO OUR ASK OF YOU TONIGHT IS IF YOU ARE CONNECTED WITH ANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN OUR BROWNFIELDS JOB TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE TERMING BREW, BROWNFIELD REUSE AND ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE, PLEASE SEND THEM OUR WAY.
UM, WE WOULD LOVE FOLKS FROM NATIONAL CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.
AND SIMILARLY, IF YOU HAVE CONNECTIONS TO LOCAL EMPLOYERS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL OR MAYBE SITE CONSTRUCTION SPACE, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET CONNECTED TO THOSE FOLKS TOO, TO START, UM, PAIRING OUR BREW PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WITH THOSE, UH, LONGER TERM CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I'LL STOP THERE AND JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
HERE'S HOW TO GET AHOLD OF US.
UM, THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE US, I'M SURE.
THANKS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
UM, ARE THERE QUESTIONS? YEAH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE AT THE END OF THE GRANT, UM, THE FIRST PHASE OR, OF THE GRANT.
SO WHAT WAS THE TOTAL, WHAT WAS THE GRANT AMOUNT FOR THESE LAST FOUR YEARS, OR WHAT WAS THE SIZE OF IT? I CAN ACTUALLY GO BACK AND GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBERS.
SO 500,000 FROM THE EPA AND ALMOST 300,000 FROM THE DTSC.
UM, AND SO WAS THIS ALL NATIONAL CITY SPECIFIC OR DID YOU HAVE OTHER...
OKAY, JUST NATIONAL CITY SPECIFIC.
AND THEN, UH, WHICH CONSULTANT DID YOU USE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL? NSAFE.
AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THE CITY BEFORE.
WE DID A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS TO PROCURE THAT CONTRACTOR, AND THEY SCORED VERY HIGHLY BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERIENCE WORKING HERE IN NATIONAL CITY SPECIFICALLY.
AND THEN THE ONE THING I DIDN'T HEAR, I HEARD YOUR NAMES, BUT, UM, WHAT ARE YOUR ROLES AT SAN DIEGO STATE OR YOUR DEPARTMENT? OH, SORRY.
WE SHOULD HAVE DONE SOME INTRODUCTIONS
I'M AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CITY PLANNING AT SDSU, AND I ALSO SERVE AS THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, WE CO-LEAD THAT CENTER AND THE, THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TONIGHT ARE, ARE HOUSED IN THE CENTER.
AND I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
JESSICA BARLOW, AND I'M A PROFESSOR IN THE GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT AND, UM, AND RUN THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE.
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR THE NEXT PHASE.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THE PRE...
ARE YOU IN THE GRANT PROCESS NOW? HAS IT BEEN AWARDED OR IS NOT, IS, IS IT KIND OF IN QUE - UP IN QUESTION OR, OR WHAT'S - FOR CLEANUP? MM-HMM.
UM, ACTUALLY, SO WE WOULD LOVE TO, BUT, UM, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR CLEANUP GRANTS FOR PROPERTIES WE DON'T OWN.
UM, SO WITH ASSESSMENT GRANTS, LIKE WHAT WE HAD, WE CAN APPLY AS AN, AS AN, EVEN IF WE ARE NOT PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT, UM, SO FOR ANY, FOR EXAMPLE, ANY CITY-OWNED PROPERTY - YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO
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APPLY.AND, AND THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE ISSUE IS WE'RE STILL, UM, KIND OF WRAPPING UP AND DOING SOME, UM, COLLABORATION OVERSIGHT WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL, AND WE NEED THAT TO WRAP UP BEFORE WE CAN GO INTO THE CLEANUP.
SO THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN, THE FOUR PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT ARE THE CITIES, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE THE PROPONENT OF ANY GRANTS FOR THE NEXT PHASE? UNLESS THE CITY SELLS THEM, AND THEN IT WOULD BE THE, UM, THE NEW OWNER.
FIRST, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, AND I HAVE SEEN YOU OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, ARE, ARE WE GONNA, UM, GET A COPY OF THIS, UH, PRESENTATION? OR CAN WE? I THINK THE CITY ALREADY HAS IT.
IT'S JUST, UM, WE PUBLISHED IT, OR THEY HAD IT POSTED TODAY.
OH, NO, NOT ON, ON THE WEBSITE.
IT WAS JUST, IT WAS ADDED TODAY IN OUR POWERPOINTS.
BUT WE CAN GO, ONCE WE'RE DONE, WE'LL SEND IT OUT NE - UH, TOMORROW.
WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE OR, OR DIRECT YOU TO ANY OTHER RESOURCES THAT, UM, WE HAVE.
THANK YOU LADIES VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
[4. Housing Authority FY 26-27 Goals & Objectives]
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM FOUR, AND IT'S THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FISCAL YEAR 2627.GOOD EVENING, HOUSING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
ANGELI DE PALMA, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WITH THE NATIONAL CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, 27.
UH, EACH DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY PUTS THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES EVERY YEAR IN THE CITY'S BUDGET DOCUMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY REVIEW OURS.
UM, SO WHAT YOU HAVE UP HERE IS OUR, UM, ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
I WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO JUST, UM, REVIEW OUR, UM...
WE ARE A DIVISION UNDERNEATH THE UMBRELLA OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO UNDER THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THERE ARE TWO SUBDIVISIONS.
THERE IS THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM, UM, AND WE ARE, UM, ONE OF SIX HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN THE COUNTY.
UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, OR IS, UM, OUR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM, OR SECTION EIGHT AS IT'S COMMONLY KNOWN, IS, UM, RUN BY ANOTHER PROGRAM MANAGER.
SHE'S NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT, UM, I'M GONNA BE REVIEWING, UM, MY SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHICH ARE, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMS, UH, REAL ESTATE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT AND, UM, CPD GRANTS AND PROGRAMS. SO WITH THAT, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, UM, FOR REGARDING PERFOR - UH, PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND RESOURCE GROWTH.
UH, SO ON THAT, UM, OUR PRIORITY IS TO CONTINUE DELIVERING HIGH PERFORMANCE, UH, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WHILE EXPANDING RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO NATIONAL CITY.
UH, OUR FOCUS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO PROTECT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE WHILE LEVERAGING EXISTING RESOURCE, RESOURCES AND DIVERSIFYING FUNDING TO EXPAND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.
UH, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, REALLY? IT'S, UH, WE, SO WE HAVE SOME CORE PROGRAMS. I MENTIONED OUR SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM, OUR, UH, BUT WE DO ACTUALLY, UM...
SO BESIDES OUR SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS, WE HAVE, UH, PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS LIKE THE ONE AT, UH, KIMBALL TOWERS.
WE HAVE EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS.
AND THEN UNDER THE PLANNING, UH, COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO, WE HAVE, UM, SOME BLOCK GRANTS, WHICH YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF BEFORE.
UM, SO CDBG, HOME, HOMEARP, THOSE ARE OUR LAR- LARGER GRANTS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER GRANTS LISTED UNDERNEATH THERE AS WELL AS SOME VOUCHER PROGRAMS. UM, THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER FUNDING, UM, COMPETITIVE FUNDING IN OUR PIPELINE.
UH, WE HAD SCSU TALK ABOUT, UH, THE EPA BROWNFIELDS GRANTS.
UH, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY GRANTS THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY STAFF WOULD APPLY FOR.
WE ALSO APPLY FOR HCD GRANTS, SANDAG GRANTS, AND CALTRANS GRANTS, AS WELL AS OTHER HUD OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, SO, UH, TYPICALLY WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGEN - NC, UM,
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FUNDING, UH, WILL COME THROUGH, UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND WE'LL ADMINISTER THAT FUNDING.WE'VE ALSO, UH, RECENTLY APPLIED FOR AN ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION GRANT THAT IS PENDING AN AWARD.
AND I'LL BE GETTING, UH, INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, SO OTHER, UH, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, UH, WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND STRATEGIC, UH, REAL ESTATE GOALS.
SO ANOTHER PRIORITY, UH, FOR US IS TO ADVANCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND HOUSING PRESERVATION.
A MAJOR MILESTONE WE HAVE COMING UP IS THE COMPLETION OF UNION TOWER APARTMENTS, WHICH IS, UH, 94 AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING BETWEEN 30 AND 60% AMI.
SO CURRENTLY, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM ON THE CONVERSION TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND THE RIBBON CUTTING IS ACTUALLY, UH, SET FOR NOVEMBER 10TH.
UH, I HAVE, UH, NOT MADE, UH, THE CORRECTION TO THE SLIDE, BUT WE DO HAVE A DATE SET FOR THAT.
I HAVE ON THE SLIDE ALSO THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE IMPLEMENT THE CITY'S LONG RANGE, UH, MANAGE - UH, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH PLANNING ON THAT.
SO AGAIN, UNDERNEATH IT, WE ARE, UH, UNDERNEATH THE COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SO, UH, THAT WORKS, UH, OUT WELL.
WE'RE WORKING ON A BUNCH OF APPRAISALS RIGHT NOW FOR OUR PROPERTY.
UM, UH, THE GOAL OF THE CITY MANAGER IS REALLY TO, UM, WORK, UH, ON A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UH, WE ARE, UH, AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE MANAGE THE CITY'S PROPERTIES.
SO WE ARE, UH, SEEKING, UM, TO WORK ON, UH, THE APPRAISALS, UH, COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES, AND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO STANDARDIZE THINGS GOING FORWARD TO MAKE OUR JOB A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE, UM, ALSO ARE LOOKING AT, UH, LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY, UH, FOR OUR, UM, CITY O - UH, FOR OUR, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO AS YOU MAY KNOW OR BE AWARE OF, WE DO HAVE, UH, SIX CITY-OWNED SITES THAT HAVE BEEN UP, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S PART OF OUR OWN NATIONAL CITY PROPOSALS, UH, THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL.
WE, UH, WENT TO COUNCIL ON MAY 29TH.
UH, THEY REQUESTED FURTHER ANALYSIS ON SOME OF THE PROPOSALS.
WE'VE, UM, BEEN CONDUCTING THAT WITH THE DEVELOPERS.
UH, WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED NOW, UM, AND WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF WRAP THAT UP THEN TO BE, UH, TO, TO COME BACK BEFORE THE PUBLIC, UH, AT ANOTHER MEETING TO, UM, SEE HOW THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
UH, ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THAT PROJECT ON ALL OF THOSE SITES ARE ONLINE.
UH, THEN I GUESS JUST TO KIND OF WRAP UP THIS SLIDE, WE DO HAVE, UM, WE ALSO HANDLE, UM, DENSITY BONUS AGREEMENTS, UH, SUBORDINATIONS AND, UM, ANY RE-SYNDICATION OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UH, WE ARE, UM, A GOAL OF OURS IS TO REALLY PROVIDE, UM, SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL FOCUS AND SUPPORT WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING STABILITY.
UH, SO, UH, LIKE, IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT MEANS, IT, IT MEANS, UH, MORE OUTREACH, MORE, UH, JUST A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, FOR, UM, UH, OUR, LIKE, THAT, YOU KNOW, POPULATION.
UM, SO IT, IT, THERE'S, UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, OF HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE'VE CREATED A, A WEBPAGE, UH, FOR RESIDENTS, FOR BUSINESSES, FOR PEOPLE WHO, UM, MAY BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UH, WE'RE, WE INTEND TO GROW THAT PAGE.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR THAT.
IT'S, UH, IT, IT'S A DIFFICULT, UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO, UM, MANAGE OR, UM, KIND OF GET THROUGH, BUT, UH, WE
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NEED A LOT OF, OF RESOURCES FOR IT.UM, BUT WE, I HAVE SOME NOTES HERE.
THERE, FOR THE STREET LEVEL RESPONSE, WE DO HAVE TWO FULL-TIME OUTREACH WORKERS.
WE'VE SOUGHT, UM, I MENTIONED A ERF GRANT.
UM, THAT GRANT WILL, UM, HELP BRING FUNDING TO, UM, TO THE FIVE FREEWAY, UM, BUT ALSO ONE STREET IN FROM THE FIVE FREEWAY.
WE'LL FIND OUT IF WE RECEIVE THAT GRANT TO OUR CITY.
IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP, UM, THAT, UH, TO APPLY FOR THAT GRANT, IT WAS THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, AND CITY OF CHULA VISTA.
UH, WE APPLIED FOR, I THINK IT WAS, UM, OVER $7 MILLION, BUT AN, AN ADDITIONAL, LIKE, FOUR, $4 MILLION WAS LEVERAGED.
UH, PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT AMOUNT, UM, OF, OF, LIKE, COUNTY AND, UH, OTHER RESOURCES.
BUT, UM, THAT, THAT WILL HELP OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION ALONG THE FIVE FREEWAY, AND IT'LL ALSO ASSIST, UM, THOSE PEOPLE, UH, ONE STREET AND FROM, UM, THE FIVE.
SO, UM, THAT WILL HELP REDUCE, UH, THE UNSHELTERED COMING INTO OUR BUSINESSES AND, AND, UM, HOUSEHOLDS.
UH, SO IT WILL RELIEVE SOME OF THE WORK THAT OUR TWO FULL-TIME, UH, EMPLOYEES ARE DOING.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SOME OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS THAT WE'LL BE PROGRAMMING ALONG WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, MCALLISTER INSTITUTE, THE SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION TO KIND OF DO MORE AND, UH, TAKING PART IN SOME MEETINGS, UH, BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, UH, DIFFICULT, UH, ISSUE TO, TO WORK THROUGH.
SO, UH, THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE FOR THIS, UM, PRESENTATION, BUT I DID WANNA GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I, I DID AT THE START OF THE YEAR, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REVIEW ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, UH, AND I HOPE TO GET TO THIS SOONER.
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THAT, IT DOES LEAD ME INTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BUT I HAVE TO ASK OUR SECRETARY IF THERE'S A PROTOCOL.UM, MS. PALMA, WE DO HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE YOU MOVE ON.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I GUESS, I GUESS IT WOULD BE MORE OF A, I GUESS, FEEDBACK BECAUSE THIS WAS GREAT, IT WAS THOROUGH.
UM, BUT HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE NEW MEMBERS ON THIS HOUSING BOARD, RIGHT? AND SO WHILE I KNOW, UNDERSTAND IT'S AN OVERVIEW, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TEAM FOR THE PRE - NEXT YEAR'S PRESENTATION OR WHATEVER.
TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE ARE THINGS BEING PRESENTED TO THE POLICYMAKERS, THEY GET A LOT MORE DETAIL, THEY'RE GOING INTO THE NITTY-GRITTY.
UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, UM, WHEN TEAMS ARE PRESENTED THINGS, I WORKED FOR A UTILITY FOR MANY YEARS, SO I KNOW THAT IT'S, YOU GET COMFORTABLE SPEAKING IN, UM, ACRONYMS AND EXPECT THAT EVERYBODY IS SPEAKING AT YOUR LEVEL.
BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE, LIKE, PERHAPS, LIKE, A GLOSSARY OF TERMS OR - UH-HUH.
BASIC OVERVIEW ON THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE, EVEN JUST, LIKE, WHAT, WHAT THE GRANT WAS FOR HCD OR SOME - YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, SOMETHING.
AND I DON'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU DO WORK NOW, BUT I THINK IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD ASSUME, LIKE, A LOT OF TIMES COUNCIL HAS TO PROVIDE A GLOSSARY OF TERMS WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT A CONTRACT OR THEY'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE NEW, UM, MEMBERS COMING ALONG.
AND JUST AS A REFRESH, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY FEEDBACK ON, UM, THIS, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY THOROUGH - THAT GREAT FEEDBACK.
BUT IT WAS VERY, LIKE, POLICYMAKER LEVEL OR INSIDE BASEBALL THAT YOU GUYS GET.
BUT I THINK FOR SOME OF US, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS A REFRESH - YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UM, SO AT THE, UH, SEPTEMBER 19TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE, UM, WE, UH, THE, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, TOOK SOME TIME TO, UM, GO OVER OUR PREPAREDNESS PLAN, UH, FOR, UM, THE CITY.
SO WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE, UH, SOME LESSON...
WE TALKED ABOUT LESSONS LEARNED FROM 2024 AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THIS UPCOMING WINTER.
SO, UM, AND SO THE END OF 20, UM, THE END OF THIS YEAR, THEN LEADING INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE, UH, THIS STORM SEASON IS GONNA BE WORSE THAN IT WAS IN 2024.
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WANT TO, UM, GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE TO RESIDENTS TO PREPARE.UM, SO I REALLY FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME TO THE BOARD AND, UM, JUST GIVE THIS PRESENTATION AGAIN IN HOPES THAT, UM, YOU'LL TAKE THIS MESSAGE BACK TO, UH, YOUR FAMILIES AND YOUR NEIGHBORS AND, UH, THAT YOU WILL PREPARE.
AND JUST THE MORE INFORMED WE ARE, UH, THE BETTER, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PREPARE AND HELP OTHERS PREPARE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, UH, I, THESE ARE JUST MY SLIDES.
UM, YOU CAN GO ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UM, IF YOU GO UNDER, UH, NATIONALCITYCA.GOV/WEBCAST, YOU LOOK FOR THE, UM, I THINK IT, IT WAS THE, OH, YEAH, SEPTEMBER 19TH AGAIN, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU COULD PULL UP THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION ON, UM, WHAT EACH DEPARTMENT TALKED ABOUT, UH, ON HOW TO PREPARE, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION WHAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS DOING, UM, AND, UH, MAYBE IF YOU COULD ALSO GET INVOLVED AND, BUT TO LET YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS CONDUCTING SOME OUTREACH AND CLEANUP EFFORTS AHEAD OF THE STORM.
SO, UH, WE ARE DOING SOME CLEANUP ACTIVITIES, UM, WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
WE'RE CALLING VOLUNTEERS, UH, TO ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH, UH, THESE CLEANUP EFFORTS AND ALSO HELP OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND SPECIAL NEEDS RESIDENTS.
UM, AND SO IF YOU WANNA VOLUNTEER, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.
UH, IF YOU WANNA ORGANIZE A GROUP, UM, WE HAVE, I HAVE FUNDING THROUGH A GRANT THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO SOME THINGS.
AND, UM, ALSO PARTNERING WITH SDSU AND, UH, THE SAGE FACULTY THAT WAS HERE PRESENTING EARLIER TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, JUST KIND OF DO MORE.
UM, SD VOAD, SO SAN DIEGO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER, UH, THEY HAD A HUGE PART IN PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT, UH, TO, UM, UH, DURING THE 2024 STORMS. UH, THEY WERE WITH OUR RESIDENTS WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, NEEDED ASSISTANCE FROM DAY ONE, UM, AND FOR REALLY JUST THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UM, SO I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE A TESTAMENT TO THAT.
UM, AND JUST PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I KNOW I, UH, LET EVERYONE AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE WERE ON CALLS WITH, UH, CITY OF SAN DIEGO, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, AND FEMA EVERY SINGLE WEEK
UM, BUT REALLY, IT'S A, IT'S A COMMUNITY.
WE ALL NEED TO JUST COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, LIKE IT STARTS NOW.
AND SO IT'S REALLY, THIS IS, I HOPE, A CALL TO ACTION.
AND, UM, CAN'T PREPARE TOO EARLY.
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BEING TOO PREPARED.
SO, UM, BUT I'VE ALREADY STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SDVOAD.
UM, BUT I HOPE TO START GETTING THINGS IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN, UM, FACILITATE, UM, WE CAN GET AGREEMENTS IN PLACE AND SO THAT WE CAN GET HELP FASTER TO, UH, TO PEOPLE.
UM, SO, UM, AND MAYBE IF, YOU KNOW, I CAN WORK WITH OTHER, UH, CITIES AND WE, UH, START, WE EXCHANGE, LIKE, SOME PLANS, SOME BEST PRACTICES.
UM, WE PIGGYBACK ON AGREEMENTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, I TALKED ABOUT WHAT OUR HOUSING PRIORITIES ARE.
UH, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE PREPARING FOR A STORM, IT'S LIKE, UM, AND THESE DISASTERS, IT'S THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
UM, OUR OTHER WORK DOESN'T STOP.
UM, NONE OF THAT STOPS, BUT IT'S LIKE, WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR WORKLOAD EASIER, LIKE, PIGGYBACK ON AGREEMENTS, UM, WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER, WE, WE WANNA DO THAT.
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UM, WE ARE PREPARING, UM, SOME RELOCATION PLANS.THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RELOCATION.
UH, SO, BUT THAT MEANS WORKING WITH OUR FIELD STAFF.
SO CODE ENFORCEMENT, OUR, UM, OUR HOME, UH, OUR STAFF THAT WORKS WITH OUR, UH, ON HOUSE POPULATION, FIRE, POLICE, AND THEN, UH, ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, RISK, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, FINANCE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALSO, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND TOO MUCH, HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES? UM, ONE WAY THAT WE CAN IS THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS.
IT IS THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, LIKE, FIGURING OUT A PLAN TO KNOCK OUT THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, UM, BUT WITH THAT, I WANNA JUST MAKE EVERYONE AWARE IF YOU AREN'T ALREADY, WE DO HAVE A PAGE DEDICATED TO, UM, EL NINO PREPARATION.
IT IS A WEBPAGE, SO IT'S NATIONALCITYCA.GOV/BSTORMREADY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO CAPITALIZE IT.
UM, IT COULD BE LOWERCASE, UPPERCASE.
UM, BUT IT IS, UH, AN ENGLISH, SPANISH, ENTAGALIC.
UH, ALL OF OUR OUTREACH MATERIAL WILL BE IN THOSE THREE LANGUAGES.
UM, AND SO WE DO HAVE AN UPCOMING, UM, SANDBAG EVENT COMING UP FOR NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS ONLY.
UM, AND THAT IS OCTOBER 24TH FROM 100 TO 2PM.
YOU, UH, PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO SHOW THEIR ID.
UH, ALL OF THE, UM, CITIES ARE PREPARING FOR EL NINO.
UH, SO THEY'RE ALL PUTTING OUT THIS INFORMATION.
THEY WILL HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.
UH, SO, UM, BUT WE JUST, WE HAVE TO LIMIT IT TO NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS FOR, FOR THIS ONE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA WRAP IT UP BECAUSE I'VE TAKEN TOO LONG.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WE HAVE ONE QUESTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER KOSTERLITSKY.
UM, I AM ON THE CERT TEAM, COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM FOR NATIONAL CITY, AND I'M A DUTY OFFICER FOR AMERICAN RED CROSS.
AND I'M GOING TO TRAININGS WITH BOTH OF THEM THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH DOING THE SAME THING THAT YOU'RE DOING.
HAVE YOU, HAVE, ARE YOU GUYS IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER AND SHARING INFORMATION? SO, UH, WALTER AMITY IS OUR, UM, EMERGENCY SERVICES MAN - UH, MANAGER WHO OVERSEES THE CERT TEAM.
UH, WE ARE ALL IN COMMUNICATION.
UM, SO I SIT ON THE CITY'S EMERGENCY SERVICES TEAM.
UH, WE ALL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO...
UH, BUT WE ALL HAVE, LIKE, KIND OF OUR DIFFERENT ROLES AND MAKING SURE WE GET THIS, UM, INFORMATION OUT AND, UH, UM - WHAT ABOUT AMERICAN RED CROSS? UM, SO, UM, THAT IS A, UH...
HE, HE'S IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WILL BE A SHELTER THAT WILL OPEN UP, UM, AT A CERTAIN POINT, UM, THAT, UH, LIKE, WALTER HAS, LIKE, THAT, THAT TRIGGER WHEN THE SHELTER WILL OPEN UP.
IN 2024, THE SHELTER DIDN'T OPEN UP FOR, LIKE, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS, LIKE, A COUPLE OF DAYS.
WITHIN HOURS, I HAD TO, UM, I HAD TO SHELTER PEOPLE.
I THINK IT WAS, LIKE, WITHIN A FEW HOURS I HAD TO SHELTER, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, IT MAY HAVE BEEN, LIKE, 48 FAMILIES.
I WAS GETTING CALLS FROM FIRE AND POLICE.
SO, UM, UH, WE, WE ARE, LIKE, JUST TRYING TO PLAN BETTER.
UM, SO, BUT WALTER HAS THAT DIRECT CONTACT BECAUSE THAT'S HIS ROLE.
UM, SO WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB AT IDENTIFYING, LIKE, OUR, OUR WEAK POINTS FROM, FROM 2024.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING TRAINING, UH, THE ENTIRE YEAR, UM, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, PREPARE FOR NEXT TIME BECAUSE WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING, UM, BUT IT'S LIKE WE CAN NEVER PREPARE ENOUGH.
OKAY, UM, COMMISSIONER QUINONES? YES, HI.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE SANDBAGS.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS THAT ARE SENIOR AND THEY DON'T
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HAVE A TRUCK, BUT THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT IF THEY HAD ANY VOLUNTEERS THAT COULD DELIVER THE SANDBAGS TO THEIR HOMES, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A WAY OF GETTING THEM, AND THEY'RE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO GO OUT THERE AND PICK THEM UP AND TAKE THEM TO THEIR HOMES.SO IS THERE ANYBODY, ANY VOLUNTEERS THAT CAN HELP DO THAT? AND IF SO, WHO DO WE CALL? UH, I THINK THAT'S, UH, UM, YOU'VE JUST IDENTIFIED SOMETHING, A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT, UH, THEIR INFORMATION.
UM, MAYBE WE COULD ORGANIZE SOME VOLUNTEERS.
UH, WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST GET THEIR NAMES, THEIR, UH, ADDRESS, GET SOME VOLUNTEERS TO, UM - OKAY.
DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL YOU? UM, UH, WHAT I COULD DO IS, UM, GET INFORMATION, UM, FROM OUR SECRETARY - OKAY.
UH, SO THAT IT'S, UH, KINDA ORDERLY AND, UH, WE COULD ORGANIZE THIS BECAUSE I THINK THERE WOULD BE MORE THAN, YOU KNOW - OKAY.
IT WOULD MAYBE BE A COLLECTION LIST, AND I CAN'T HAVE ALL THE CALLS COMING TO ME.
AND FEEL FREE TO SEND ME AN EMAIL TOMORROW, AND I' TAKE, I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
SO, AND THEN MAYBE IF THERE'S SOMEONE ON THE BOARD THAT COULD VOLUNTEER TO COLLECT NAMES OR, OR SOMETHING, BUT, LIKE, THAT'S JUST, LIKE, AN IDEA.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRED - PRESENTATION.
I SAW IT ON LAST TUESDAY, TOO.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE CONCERNS BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES.
SO, THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY WAS NIL, NOTHING.
UM, WE DIDN'T STAY IN THE CITY-SPONSORED HOUSING THAT WAS ALLOWED, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND WE WEREN'T INCLUDED IN ANYTHING FROM THE CITY.
I WENT TO THE CITY, I ASKED THEM, "HOW CAN I GET ON THIS LIST OF, FOR FOOD?" "WELL, YOU DON'T NEED IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN OUR PLACE.
"AND I WAS PRETTY MUCH TOLD THAT.
SO, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS MOVING FORWARD WHERE THAT IT WOULD BE NO, MORE INCLUSIVE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS, WHETHER THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HOUSING YOU OFFER OR IF THEY NEED SOMETHING ELSE? HOW DO YOU, HOW ARE YOU GONNA REACH US WHO ARE NOT STAYING WHERE YOU PUT EVERYBODY? WOW.
AND, UM, I'M COMING HERE, UM, AND TRYING TO SPREAD THE WORD MORE.
I WANNA USE YOU AS, UM, AS, YOU KNOW, I WANT YOU TO HELP ME TO COMMUNICATE THIS, UM, AND IN USING COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND, AND HELP, AND, AND COMING TO YOU, UM, UH, I'M, I'M ASKING, CAN YOU HELP ME SPREAD THE WORD? UM, WE, UH, I THINK IT, IT'S A, LIKE, WHEN I SAID COMING TOGETHER, IT'S A, IT'S A, A TEA - LIKE, WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER DURING THIS TIME, UM, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
UM, AND I THINK COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT AND WE WILL, WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION PLAN.
WE HAVE A PIO THIS YEAR, UH, THIS TIME AROUND, AND WE HAVE LEARNED FROM OUR MISTAKES AND, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, OUR OVERSIGHT, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED.
NOW, MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE YES, 24 WAS A BIG ONE AND IT'S TAKEN US TWO YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLAY FOR THE NEXT ONE.
WELL, WE JUST HAD THE TROPICAL STORM.
IS THIS GONNA BE IN PLACE MOVING FORWARD FOR EVERY STORM? SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE PREPARED.
I KNOW EL NINO, EL NINO'S COMING, BUT, LIKE, WE WEREN'T PREPARED THIS LAST ONE AT ALL.
UM, WE ASKED FOR BAGS, THERE'S NO SAND AVAILABLE, THERE WAS NOTHING.
SO I'M JUST SAYING, ARE WE GONNA BE READY FOR ALL THE STORMS OR JUST EL NINO? SO I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER.
I THINK WE, WE HAVE A EL NINO PREP EVENT, UH, COMING UP, UM, WITH THE SANDBAGS.
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I CAN ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW.WELL, WHAT I'M THINKING IS - YEAH.
MOVING FORWARD THAT WHAT THE CITY IS PREPARED, YOU KNOW, SAY ANOTHER X, Y, Z STORM'S COMING UP AND WE'LL BE RI - WE'LL HA - WE HAVE THE MECHANISM TO MOVE FORWARD THEN.
ARE WE GONNA BE - WE WOULD, WE ARE CERTAINLY MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY MORE AWARE NOW SINCE THE LAST TIME, UH, OF THESE TYPES OF EVENTS AND OUR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED, WHETHER THAT BE PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE, FIRE, UH, HOUSING AND, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALL HYPER AWARE OF, OF THESE SITUATIONS.
AND EACH TIME SOMETHING UNFORTUNATE HAPPENS, WE GET BETTER AT DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND OUR RESOURCES GET MORE, UH, WE GET MORE RESOURCES COMPILED.
SO DEFINITELY WITH REGARD TO PROTECTING HOMES, UH, CITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO FORTH, WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING A LOT MORE ATTENTION TO THAT MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TEAM TOGETHER NOW THAT WILL, AND WE ALL WORK VERY CLOSELY, OF COURSE, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
BUT ALL OF THESE COMMENTS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA BRING THAT TO THE GROUP TO HAVE A SORT OF A TASK FORCE.
I KNOW THAT WALTER AMADY, OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGER, IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET FUNDING ON BOARD FOR, FOR ALL OF THESE EVENTUALITIES, AND WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS WITH OUR SAFETY ELEMENT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, THE COUNCIL IS, IS LOOKING TO DO A PREEMPTIVE DECLARATION SO THAT WE CAN, UH, SO THAT WE CAN COMPETE OR GET FUNDS RIGHT AWAY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO, TO WAIT FOR THEM.
SO, UM, WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE'S GONNA BRING, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BE PAYING A LOT MORE ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, WE PAY ATTENTION TO TIDES ALL THE TIME, THE HIGH TIDES, THE EMER - BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, UH, DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DEALS WITH.
WE HAVE A HOMELESS POPULATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE STAYS SAFE AS WELL, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THEY'LL BE IN THAT DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH CAN CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS. SO, UH, IN ANSWER TO YOUR, TO YOUR QUESTION, WE ARE, WE ARE HOPING TO, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE FRONT OF MIND.
WE'RE NOT GONNA FORGET ABOUT THIS TYPE OF SITUATION.
UH, UH, COMMISSIONER FULLER-QUINONES.
UH, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING, AND I KNOW WALTER HAS GOT A LOT, UH, GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, SO FROM THE 2024 FLOODS, THERE WAS A GROUP FORMED HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
IT'S CALLED THE SOUTH BAY RESPONSE TEAM.
IT'S A COALITION OF VARIOUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, MUNDO GARDENS, OLIVEWOOD GARDENS, UH, VISION CULTURE, AND, UM, JUST A NUMBER OF OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.
THEY HAVE REACTIVATED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND ARE WORKING ON A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, ONE OF WHICH HAPPENS TO BE, UH, HELP FOR SENIORS WITH SANDBAGS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION.
UH, WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE IN THAT ONE OF THE, UH, KEY PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOUTH BAY RESPONSE TEAM IS ANDREW BENEZ, WHO IS ALSO ON VOAD.
SO, UM, HE'S PROVIDING THAT KIND OF BRIDGE BETWEEN WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN NATIONAL CITY WITH THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS AND, UH, THEN WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL, UH, THROUGH VOAD.
SO THINGS LIKE SAND, UH, I KNOW THERE'S, LIKE, A BARGE, UH, OUT THERE THAT'S ABOUT READY TO BRING IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF SAND THAT WILL BE READY, NOT JUST FOR THE UPCOMING 24TH EVENT, BUT FOR FUTURE EVENTS.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, WALTER AND, UH, SUPPORTING SOME OF HIS APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING.
UM, I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE GRANT F - UH, FUNDING APPLICATION THAT WENT IN ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND THAT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO, UH, RAMP UP, UH, GO FORWARD, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, RESILIENCE CENTER, UH, ACTIVITIES, UM, HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
SO, UH, GOING TO THE, YOU KNOW, BEYOND EL NINO, IF WE DO, IN FACT, GET THAT FUNDING, UH, WHICH THE, THE APPLICATION, UH, DECISION, UH, THIS IS STATE OF CALIFORNIA MONEY, UH, CRC MONEY.
THE DECISION ON THAT WILL BE MADE IN MARCH.
S - FUNDING WILL DISTRIBUTE IN JUNE IF WE'RE SELECTED.
UM, SO IT PRO - THAT FUNDING WON'T HELP FOR THIS WINTER, BUT CERTAINLY FOR GO FORWARD EMERGENCY RESPONSE, IF WE DO GET THAT KIND OF FUNDING, WE'LL BE MUCH BETTER PREPARED, UH, GOING FORWARD.
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UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION HERE, CITY STAFF, AND SOUTH BAY RESPONSE TEAM.I'M VERY ACTIVE IN THAT GROUP.
I WANNA PIGGYBACK ON, UH, COMMISSIONER GOGI'S, UM, COMMENTS, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE AND SEVERAL OF HER NEIGHBORS WERE DEEPLY IMPACTED.
UM, I MEAN, THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, A JOKE.
AND SO TO TALK ABOUT HER COMMENT ABOUT THAT THE TROPICAL STORM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT WASN'T AS IMPACTFUL IN OUR AREA AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
UM, HER PERCEPTION OF A LACK OF PREPARATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OR LACK OF RESOURCES BRINGS CONCERN AS FAR AS THAT IF WE'RE ONLY LIKE PLANNING EVENT TO EVENT, SAY EL NIN - EL NINO, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE'RE HIT WITH AN EARTHQUAKE? HAT HAPPENS? LIKE WHAT IS LIKE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT MORE INFORMATION FROM YOU RIGHT NOW THAN I THINK I FELT, YOU KNOW, I, I FELT MORE CONFIDENT IN WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME THAN WHAT I FELT FROM THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I THINK FOR ME, UM, MR. AMADY SOUNDS LIKE HE IS, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT HIS HANDS FULL, THAT'S GREAT.
UM, PERHAPS IN, IN, IN TRYING TO REASSURE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE DEEPLY IMPACTED AND THOSE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, THAT WE, UM, ADDRESS IT NOT AS AN EVENT BY EVENT BASIS, BUT THAT WE HAVE A PLAN THAT IS SCALABLE AND THAT IS GOING TO BE USED ON A REGULAR BASIS, I GUESS IS WHAT I, LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE YOU WERE SAYING.
AND, UM, FROM A HOUSING PERSPECTIVE, AT LEAST FROM OUR ROLE HERE ON THE BOARD, WE CAN HELP YOU IF WE KNOW, IF YOU WANT US TO GO OUT AND IF WE KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO IF WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE REGULAR SANDBAGS, AND IF IT'S THE THING THAT THERE'S NO FUNDING, THEN WE CAN GO TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER.
SO I FEEL, I F - SO - E- EXCUSE ME.
I FEEL THAT, I, I FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, THE PRESENTATION WAS GOOD.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE THE CONDUIT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO BE TO, UM, HAVE THE, I GUESS, UM, THE CONFIDENCE THAT THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, WHETHER IT BE ON THE WEBSITE OR THE PARTNERS THAT ARE THERE THAT YOU WANT US TO USE.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT IN ADVANCE.
THE ONLY THING THAT I'M NOT CLEAR ABOUT IS THE SANDBAG EVENTS BECAUSE I DON'T, UH, ORGANIZE THOSE.
THOSE ARE ORGANIZED BY WALTER.
UM, ANY OF THE MATERIAL THAT IS ON THE WEBSITE, UM, THOSE ARE PUT ON, THAT'S PUT ON BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
UH, THAT'S WHY I WAS UNCLEAR ABOUT IT.
ANYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO RELOCATION PLANS AND WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I COULD SPEAK ON.
UM, ANY COORDINATION WITH THAT, UM, UH, THAT, THOSE ARE THINGS I CAN CONFIDENTLY SPEAK ON AND PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION ON.
UM, BUT IF, LIKE, I, THERE WAS ANY, ANYTHING THAT SOUNDED, UM, WHERE I WAS UNCLEAR, IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I MANAGE.
I WILL SAY THAT WE DO HAVE AN, AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS COMMAND HERE AT THE CITY, AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY PREPARING FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, BUT WE DO HAVE A COMMAND STRUCTURE.
ALL OF THE DIRECTORS, ALL OF THE EXECUTIVES, AND SOME OF THE MANAGERIAL STAFF ARE ALL, UH, EITHER PRIMARY OR SECONDARY FOLKS ON THAT.
WE DO OUT OF SEVERAL ONSITE TRAININGS EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE ONE MAJOR EVENT TRAINING EVERY YEAR, AT LEAST, WHETHER THAT, AND THAT COULD BE AN EARTHQUAKE OR A PLANE CRASH OR A FLOOD OR ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.
AND MOSTLY IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE, THE FRAMEWORK AVAILABLE AND HOW WE ALL KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
SO WE ARE DOING A LOT OF THAT WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.
UM, I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL GREAT QUESTIONS, BY THE WAY.
I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WALTER'S KIND OF THE UNSUNG HERO HERE, AND I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IS FOR A, A PRESENTATION EITHER TO THE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND HE DOES COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT TIMES, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT HE DOES AND WHAT OUR RESOURCES ARE.
YOU KNOW, WE TRY NOT TO TELL EVERYONE WHAT WE'RE DOING ALL THE TIME WITH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA SPOOK PEOPLE, BUT WE'RE DOING, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
OBVIOUSLY, EVERYTHING IS FRONT OF MIND, UH, RIGHT NOW.
AND IF WE'RE, AND IF WE'RE BEING ASKED OR EXPECTED OR LIKE, OR DESIRE THAT, UM, THAT OUR POSITION, WHETHER IT BE PLANNING COMMISSIONER OR HOUSING AUTHORITY TO BE A VOICE OR TO HELP YOU, YOU GET THE WORD OUT, THAT, THAT'S GREAT.
I JUST TH - FEEL LIKE I JUST NEED, FOR ME PERSONALLY, WOULD NEED MORE INFORMATION AND STARTING, YOU KNOW, THE NEW YEAR AT OUR FIRST MEETING TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING WOULD BE GREAT.
MINE IS COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO THE STORM.
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GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO ANGELINA, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WATCHED, UM, ABC CHANNEL 10, UM, BUT THEY DID DO A SEGMENT ON THE, ONE OF THE, UH, PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS, UH, VETERANS THAT IS NOW LIVING IN UNION TOWER.SO I DID WANNA, UH, YOU KNOW, SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES FOR HELPING HOUSE 24 VETERANS THERE.
UH, I WANTED TO ADD ONTO THIS.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ANYMORE, WE HAVE TWO SEASONS, FIRE SEASON AND STORM SEASON.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S COMING OUT TO ALMOST.
UM, WE HAVE THE STORMS RIGHT AFTER THE FIRES, IT SEEMS, AND SO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR ALL OF THAT.
IT'S NOT ONLY INSTITUTIONAL PREPARATION, BUT IT'S ALSO INDIVIDUAL PREPARATION.
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO HAVE A, UH, GO BAG IN CASE YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE.
YOU ALSO NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S RELATIVELY NEW ON THE SCENE, WHICH IS A GET HOME BAG.
WHAT IF YOU'RE OUT 10 MILES FROM HOME, UH, MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE HITS, THE ROADS ARE OUT, AND YOU'RE FORCED TO WALK HOME? A GET HOME BAG IS SOMETHING YOU KEEP IN YOUR CAR.
UH, YOU'VE GOT FOOD, WATER, MAYBE HIKING BOOTS, CHANGE OF CLOTHES IN THAT.
YOU GRAB IT AND YOU WALK HOME.
IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT ISN'T EVEN ON FEMA'S WEBSITE.
UM, ALSO, UM, I WANT TO PLUG CERT TRAINING.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE CERT TRAINING, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CONTACT WALTER, SIGN UP FOR IT.
IT DESCRIBES THE WHOLE ICS STRUCTURE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOWN TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
IN A BIG DISASTER, A LOCALITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO HANDLE IT BY ITSELF.
THERE'S THE COUNTY E - UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER BESIDES THE ONE THAT WOULD BE SET UP HERE IN, IN NATIONAL CITY IF WE HAD A BIG EMERGENCY, THAT WOULD FEED INTO THE STATE, THAT WOULD FEED INTO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH FEMA.
UH, THERE'S A WHOLE BIG STRUCTURE THERE.
THE CITY CAN GET REIMBURSED FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THINGS THAT, THAT THEY DO, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN A BIG DISASTER OF ANY KIND.
UM, LASTLY, I WANT TO PLUG HAM RADIOS.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I GOT MY HAM RADIO LICENSE.
THAT'S MY LITTLE HOBBY RIGHT NOW.
IT IS THE ONE FORM OF COMMUNICATION THAT WILL NOT GO DOWN IN A BIG EMERGENCY.
INTERNET WILL FAIL, EVENTUALLY CELL PHONES WILL FAIL, LANDLINES ARE A THING OF THE PAST.
HAM RADIOS OR EVEN SOME OF THE OTHER SIMPLER FORMS, GMRS, UH, THOSE KIND OF FORMS OF RADIO WILL HELP ENHANCE, UM, COMMUNICATIONS.
COMMUNICATIONS IS GONNA BE KEY IN ANY KIND OF MAJOR DISASTER THAT, UM, WE WOULD SUFFER HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
UH, IT WOULDN'T BE JUST NATIONAL CITY, BE CHULA VISTA, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, THE COUNTY, LA MESA, EL CAJON, WHEREVER IT MIGHT BE, I- IF IT'S THAT BIG OF A, OF AN EVENT.
SO, UM, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS ALSO BE PREPARED, UH, TO SHELTER IN PLACE AT YOUR HOME.
ACCORDING TO FEMA, THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE, I THINK, 72 HOURS.
IT'S PROBABLY BETTER THAT YOU HAVE A WEEK WORTH OF FOOD AND WATER IN CASE ALL POWER GOES OUT AND YOU DON'T HAVE, UH, ANY, UM, WATER COMING OUT OF YOUR TAP.
YOU CAN GET SOMETHING CALLED A WATER BOB.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU PUT IN YOUR BATHTUB AND YOU FILL IT UP WITH WATER.
AND IT KEEPS THE, AND IT'S, IT'LL BE RELATIVELY SAFE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
YOU CAN USE THAT TO FLUSH TOILETS OR TO DRINK AFTER BOILING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND YOU'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED GALLONS THERE POSSIBLY IF YOU HAVE TWO BATHTUBS, WATER BOB.
THEY'RE INEXPENSIVE AND YOU CAN GET THEM ON AMAZON.
UM, SO THAT'S SORT OF MY, UH, LITTLE PREACHY THING THERE FOR EVERYBODY AS WELL.
UM, IN ADDITION, MY LAST THING IS, UH, ON YOUR CELL PHONE, WHICHEVER KIND OF CELL PHONE YOU HAVE, WHETHER IT'S LG, IPHONE, WHATEVER, WHOEVER YOUR CARRIER IS, DOWNLOAD APPS.
MYSHAKE, UM, WHICH REMINDS ME JUST ON THE 15TH WAS THE, THE GREAT CALIFORNIA SHAKEOUT, WHICH HAS ACTUALLY GONE WORLDWIDE.
UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED IN THAT, THE NEXT ONE NEXT OCTOBER, UH, LOOK FOR IT.
IT'S ALWAYS ON, UH, 10-15, UNLESS IT'S A WEEKEND, I THINK.
UM, UH, BUT PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, SIMPLY CALLED EARTHQUAKE SINCE WE ARE SO SUSCEPTIBLE TO EARTHQUAKES HERE.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE CALLED AWARE CA.
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THERE'S ALERT SAN DIEGO.AND THEN THERE'S ONE FOR THE RED CROSS SIMPLY CALLED EMERGENCY.
THERE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THEM BECAUSE, UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WILDFIRES, FLOODS, HOPEFULLY NO EARTHQUAKES, BUT WE HAVE TO ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND ALONG WITH A MYRIAD OF OTHER THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
SO HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, UM, ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
[6. Approval of 2027 Meeting Dates]
OTHER BUSINESS.ADOPTION OF THE 2027, UM, MEETING DATES.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? IF NOT, UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION BY A COMMITTEE MEMBER AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ADOPTION OF THE 2027 MEETING DATES.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER QUINONES AND A SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER VALENZUELA TO APPROVE ADOPTION OF 2027 MEETING DATES.
WE WILL NOW VOTE ELECTRONICALLY, PLEASE.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.
MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONERS PRESENT.
[STAFF REPORTS ]
WE'RE GOING TO STAFF REPORTS.I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT EXCEPT IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND SERVING THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AGAIN.
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL TOGETHER AS A COMMISSIONER AND WELCOME TO OUR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UH, MANAGER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER VALENZUELA.
I GUESS THIS WAS A PLACE TO MAKE MY SHOUT OUT FROM EARLIER, BUT JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT AND JUST WELCOME TO OUR NEW, UH, MEMBERS.
COMMITTEE MEMBER QUINONES? NOTHING AT THIS TIME.
COMMITTEE MEMBER GOGI? NOTHING AT THIS TIME.
UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER, MEMBER CYNTHIA FULLER-QUINONES.
UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER KO- KOSTERLITSKY.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WELL WISHES AND NOTHING TO REPORT.
BESIDES MY JUMPING ON MY LITTLE SOAPBOX THERE ABOUT ALL THE EMERGENCY PREP, UH, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO OUT AND VOTE.
UM, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY, SO PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE, UH, ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 3RD.
UH, WITH THAT, THE SPECIAL HOUSING ADVISORY MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED UNTIL THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF FEBRUARY 1ST, 2027 AT 6:00 PM.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER.