[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:08] . CITY COUNCIL IS SERVING AS THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND NEXT, WILL GO TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MR. BLACKBURN. IF YOU COULD LEAD US. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG. SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT TO AUGUST 17TH AND THAT IS FOR CHUCK HUNTER. NEXT WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BROWN ACT ALLOWS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM NOT ON [PUBLIC COMMENT] THE AGENDA. PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT. IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT, A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES IS PROVIDED SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE COMMENTS AS REQUESTED UP TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. ALL OTHER COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT. NO ACTIONS CAN OCCUR ON THESE ITEMS. WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HOWEVER, WE ASK THAT YOU REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING DURING THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE MEETING, STARTING WITH NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS WILL HELP MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND THAT THIS CHAMBER IS A PLACE WHERE ALL POINTS OF VIEW ARE WELCOMED AND RESPECTED, AND WITH THAT IF WE COULD GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. NOEL B. FOLLOWED BY P. COCHET [INAUDIBLE] AND CHARLES L. COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. I NEVER ANTICIPATED SPEAKING BEFORE THIS BODY AGAIN, BUT I'D LIKE TO TONIGHT. LOOK, I DON'T WANT TO REHASH A BUNCH OF PAST STUFF. WE ALL KNEW I WAS NAMED IN A RATHER INTERESTING LEGAL ACTION BY SOMEBODY WHO IS NO LONGER IN THIS ROOM. I HAVE NO INTEREST IN REHASHING THAT, EXCEPT TO SAY THERE'S A COUPLE PEOPLE IN HERE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT THEIR OATHS OF OFFICE THEN INCLUDE UPHOLDING A CONSTITUTION THAT RATIFIES BILL OF RIGHTS. I THINK THERE WERE SOME EPIC FAILURES AND THEY HAVE [INAUDIBLE]. I ALSO THINK THERE WAS SOME EPIC FAILURES, SOME PEOPLE AS HUMANS TALKING TO THEIR FRIEND AND MAYBE GETTING HER TO UPHOLD THAT ACTION BEFORE IT COST ALL THE PAIN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, HERSELF INCLUDED. I'M VERY UPSET STILL ALWAYS WILL BE TO THINK THAT I'M JUST A HUMAN PERSON THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] ON SOCIAL MEDIA EVERY DAY, AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THEY REALLY LIKE TO BASH ME ARE HERE THAT HAS NO FEELINGS, NO COMPASSION, WHOSE LIFE HAS NO VALUE. NO, I'M NOT [INAUDIBLE]. I HAVE LEFT CARLSBAD, BUT CARLSBAD HASN'T LEFT ME. I HAD TWO PEOPLE UP HERE, ONE OF WHICH CALLED ME A PARASITE, THE OTHER ONE WENT [INAUDIBLE] THAT I'M A DANGER TO YOU, PRIYA. YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT? OR YOU TERESA? OR MY CO-DEFENDANTS. FORGIVE ME. I SEEM TO RECALL IN AN ARTICLE IN VOICE OF SAN DIEGO WHERE SOMEBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH STALKING A QUID PRO QUO HARASSMENT, AND NOBODY SEEMED TO CARE. I ALSO REMEMBER AN INSTANCE NOT LONG AGO WHEN SOMEBODY IN THIS BODY WAS BULLIED TO DEATH BY MEMBERS OF MY FORMER POLITICAL PARTY FOR A NONPARTISAN VOTE IN THIS COUNCIL ABOUT THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT. YEAH, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS HYPOCRISY OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS IS EPIC. I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH IT. ANOTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR IS HOW WE HAD A CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. WELL, IF YOU ALL PULLED THE 460S, I SEE PEOPLE DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DIPPING TO PAY LEGAL FEES FOR SOMEBODY ON THE 460. SO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT ALL YOU WANT ABOUT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. YOU ALL FOUND A LOOPHOLE FINALLY. [00:05:02] IS HE A HUMAN BEING? MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN THREATENED. THE REASON I'M HERE AND THE REASON WHY I'M [INAUDIBLE] UPSET SOMETHING HAPPENED TODAY I FINALLY FIND CREDIBLE. AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY IN TOWN TO KNOW YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THREATS, YOU WANT TO BE REAL SCARED. WELL, WHY DOESN'T SOMEBODY HAD THE DECENCY TO PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL US? WE GOT A TALE TO TELL. THANK YOU. P. COCHET [INAUDIBLE]? DEAR CITY COUNCIL. I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD DISTRICT ONE. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP REGRET BEING THE WITNESS OF EXTREME VIOLENT PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST CORI SCHUMACHER ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HERE DURING THE LAST CITY COUNCIL, LIES AND SLANDER. IT IS UGLY, DISGUSTING AND NOT THE SPIRIT OF CARLSBAD THAT I KNOW WE MAY HAVE POLICY DISAGREEMENTS, BUT WE SHOULD NOT RECOURSE TO INSULTS AND VULGARITIES. THE REALITY IS THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, NOW INGESTED BY ITS FAR RIGHT FRINGE, IS TRYING BY ALL MEANS TO TAKE OVER KEY POSITIONS IN THE COUNTY. LED BY MR. CARL DEMAIO, HOPING THAT HAVING ELECTIONS OUTSIDE THE NORMAL TERM WILL GIVE THEM BACK POWER. WE, THE PEOPLE ELECTED CORI SCHUMACHER. MRS. TAYLOR, WHO TALKED HERE AND CALLED HERSELF THIS WAY, IS NOT WE THE PEOPLE. SHE DOES NOT REPRESENT ME AND NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT ONE. AT A TIME WHEN OUR VERY DEMOCRACY IS BEING ASSAULTED BY THESE SAME REPUBLICAN PARTY. WITH ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE, AND I DON'T MEAN FIGURATIVELY, WE MUST REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE HAVE INSTITUTIONS TO ELECT PEOPLE FAIRLY, AT LEAST IN CALIFORNIA YET. THE NUMBER OF PROGRESS CORI COULD BRING ABOUT ARE TOO MANY TO SPELL OUT HERE, THE MOST EVIDENT AS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, INDEPENDENT OF PRIVATE INTERESTS, HER HONESTY, TRANSPARENCY, THE QUALITY OF LIFE SHE HAS AT HEART FOR HER CONSTITUENCY, A VISION OF MODERNITY FOR CARLSBAD. BY THE WAY, SHE WAS ENDORSED BY THE CARLSBAD POLICE AT THE LAST ELECTION. PORTRAYING HER AS BEING ANTIPOLICE IS ABSURD AND ANOTHER LIE. YOU, MRS. TAYLOR, DISPARAGED CALIFORNIA WITH HOMELESSNESS, MAKING IT A POLITICAL ARGUMENT. YOU FORGET TO SAY THAT SAN DIEGO HAD A REPUBLICAN MAYOR UNTIL LAST DECEMBER. YOU SHOULD GO AND SEE THESE RED PARADISES NAMED ARKANSAS, WEST VIRGINIA AND MISSISSIPPI. CALIFORNIA MUST PAY A LOT FOR THEM. CORI WAS A FULL TIME AND VERY HARD WORKER FOR CARLSBAD, AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB. WE THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED HER IN A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM, ARE THANKFUL FOR HER SERVICE, AND WE WISH WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHARLES L. FOLLOWED BY ANGELA DERBY AND HANNAH KATZ. MY NAME IS CHARLES L., AND I NO LONGER HAVE TO PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. THIS IS MY NINTH TIME SPEAKING BEFORE YOU, BUT THIS IS MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IN PERSON. I WOULD HAVE SPOKEN AT YOUR JULY 13TH MEETING, BUT RATHER THAN PREPARE REMARKS TO CITY COUNCIL, I SPENT MY TIME AND ATTENTION CREATING A SPEECH FOR MY WIFE'S 50TH BIRTHDAY. A CHOICE BETWEEN MY SPOUSE AND A CITY COUNCIL MEETING REALLY ISN'T MUCH OF A CHOICE AT ALL NOW, IS IT? BESIDES, YOU HAD PLENTY OF OTHER SPEAKERS OF THAT DAY. BUT NOW I'M LIVE AND IN PERSON. ISN'T THIS BETTER, SO MUCH BETTER? YOU SEE, WHEN A PERSON SMILES AT YOU, YOU SMILE BACK, IT'S HUMAN NATURE, YOU MAKE A CONNECTION, CALL IT OUR SHARED HUMANITY. SIMILARLY, WHEN A GROUP OF FOLKS SIT IN FRONT OF YOU WHO VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE WITH YOUR POSITION, YOU CAN FEEL THAT, TOO, IT'S PALPABLE. IN MY OPINION, THE VOTE THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL SIX WOULD HAVE GONE VERY DIFFERENTLY HAD IT BEEN IN PERSON AND NOT ON ZOOM. I PRESUME THAT THE NEXT SITE 13 RELATED VOTE WILL BE DIFFERENT, TOO. LET'S HOPE SO ANYWAY. [00:10:01] RECENTLY I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE CITY WITH THE SUBJECT LINE HOUSING PLAN APPROVED AND NEXT STEPS. IT WAS AN INTERESTING READ, BUT DID YOU CATCH THE ERROR IN IT? IT READ: CITY STAFF ARE DEVELOPING TWO MAPS THAT ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS BASED ON INPUT GATHERED IN 2020 FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE HOUSING ELEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ACCORDING TO MY FAMILY, MY NEIGHBORS AND OVER A THOUSAND OTHER RESIDENT VOTERS WHO SIGNED OUR PETITION, THERE WAS NO INPUT GATHERED IN 2020 FROM THE PUBLIC. WE ONLY LEARNED OF POTENTIAL REZONING IN JANUARY AFTER SOMEONE TAPED A NOTE TO OUR COMMUNITY CLUSTER MAILBOX. IMAGINE OUR SURPRISE. TWO MONTHS EARLIER, WE INVESTED OUR LIFE SAVINGS IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ONLY NOW DO WE FIND OUT THAT HUNDREDS OF APARTMENTS MIGHT BE BUILT RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR FENCE. THE SELLER BACK IN OCTOBER, HE DIDN'T DISCLOSE THIS POSSIBILITY. HOW COULD HE? YOU CAN'T REALLY DISCLOSE SOMETHING THAT NO ONE INFORMED YOU OF. OUR REALTOR DIDN'T KNOW. OUR NEIGHBORS DIDN'T KNOW. AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING BACK THEN EITHER. I HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME SCHUMACHER OR BHAT-PATEL. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE MAYOR WAS OR EVEN WHAT DISTRICT WE LIVED IN. YES, I WAS NEW AND I KNEW NOTHING. BUT THAT VERY SAME JANUARY DAY, I CREATED A FOLDER IN MY MACBOOK CALLED FIGHTING CARLSBAD. DO YOU THINK WE MOVED HERE IN THE HOPES OF FIGHTING CARLSBAD? DO YOU THINK I WANT TO BE HERE AND NOT AT MY DAUGHTER'S GOALKEEPER TRAINING THIS VERY MINUTE? NO, I DO NOT, NOR DO I WANT TO ESCALATE HARD FEELINGS. I'M NOT A THE SKY IS FALLING. THROW THE BUMS OUT. RECALL EVERYONE, SCORCHED EARTH, UNLEASH THE KRAKEN SORT OF FELLOW. I DON'T EVER WANT TO USE THE WEBSITES I RESERVED BACK IN APRIL. ANYONE BHAT PATEL DOTCOM, ANYONE BHAT-PATEL DOT COM, ANYONE BHAT MISSPELLED PATEL DOTCOM. I STILL BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN GUIDE THE SHIP AND CORRECT THAT MISTAKE FROM APRIL 6TH. SIMPLY KEEP SITE THIRTEEN OFF BOTH THOSE MAPS; GIVE US PEACE. I'VE SHOWN A WILLINGNESS TO DEDICATE TREMENDOUS TIME AND ENERGY ON THIS ISSUE AND I DON'T WANNA SPEND ANY MORE. I'D RATHER JUST LOOK OVER AT YOU AND SMILE. ANGELA DERBY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF. I SENT YOU AN EMAIL WITH LINKS TO SOME VIDEOS POSTED BY AN OBVIOUSLY UNSTABLE INDIVIDUAL. THIS PERSON HAS MADE A SERIES OF THESE DISTURBING VIDEOS. I HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT EMAIL. ANOTHER PERSON POSTED ON FACEBOOK HOW HE WANTED TO RECALL ANTHONY, NOEL, AND LARRY, FROM THE HUMAN RACE AND WANTED PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THIS. THE LAST WEEK, THAT WOMAN, BARBARA CAMPBELL, SAID ALL THOSE DISRESPECTFUL THINGS AND TRIED TO ENTICE UNWARRANTED FEAR FROM YOU TWO, PRIYA AND TERESA. ALL THESE LIES BEING TOLD ABOUT THESE MEN ARE HURTFUL AND ARE CAUSING HARM. I BELIEVE THE FACT THAT COUNCIL HASN'T ADDRESSED THE WRONG THAT CORI DID BY PUBLICLY STATING AS MUCH ISN'T HELPING MATTERS AND IT'S ACTUALLY MAKING THINGS WORSE. LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE MEN. THEY'RE GOOD AND KIND MEN WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT CARLSBAD AND ITS POLITICS. THEY ALL REACHED OUT TO ME WHEN MY MOM PASSED. THEY CALLED ME AND BEGGED ME NOT TO GO ALONE WHEN I WAS PLANNING ON MEETING SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY. ANTHONY, HELP ME, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS DID. BUT ABOVE AND BEYOND, WHEN I WAS TRYING TO RAISE MONEY TO GET MY MOTHER WHO WAS DYING TO JOHN HOPKINS IN BALTIMORE, HE CALLS ME WHEN HE KNOWS I'M FEELING DOWN. AND HE EVEN REACHED OUT TO CORI TO LET HER KNOW THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING PERSONAL AGAINST HER AS SHOWN IN THE EMAIL I SENT YOU. HE DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER A LITTLE CRITTER THAT DECIDED TO MAKE HIS YARD A HOME FOR HERSELF AND HER BABIES. ANTHONY IS ONE OF THE KIND OF PEOPLE I KNOW. HE'S A STAND UP GUY AND A SOLID MEMBER OF CARLSBAD AND DOESN'T DESERVE THE MEAN, DISRESPECTFUL AND UNTRUE ACCUSATIONS THAT ARE BEING SPREAD ABOUT HIM. YOU AS COUNCIL ARE FAILING AT PROTECTING YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY IGNORING WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM. AND YOU ALLOWED OUR COUNCIL MEMBER TO ATTACK THEM AND HER SUPPORTERS ARE CONTINUING TO ATTACK THEM. I THINK YOU OWE IT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO SPEAK UP AND SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. YES, CORI RECEIVED SOME HORRIBLE EMAILS, BUT IT WASN'T BY EITHER OF THOSE MEN. THEY ARE BEING ACCUSED OF STALKING HER, BREAKING INTO HER CAR, GOING TO HER HOUSE AND SCREAMING AT HER. CORI WILL NEVER COME FORWARD TO CORRECT THESE ACCUSATIONS. IT'S LIKE SHE WANTS THEM TO CONTINUE TO ATTACK THEM. IT'S UP TO YOU TO SPEAK UP AND LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WHAT SHE DID WAS WRONG. AND HOPEFULLY THESE PEOPLE WILL STOP ATTACKING ANTHONY NOEL AND LARRY. PLEASE STOP PRETENDING THAT NONE OF THIS HAPPENED. MANY PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOU AND OFFERED TO TELL YOU WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. THEY'RE WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND TRY AND STOP THESE ATTACKS. PEOPLE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. THANK YOU. HANNAH KATZ. ALL RIGHT. [00:15:07] HI THERE, MY NAME IS HANNAH KATZ, I'M 18 YEARS OLD AND I'M A RECENT GRADUATE OF SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO SHARE A WAY TO UNITE CARLSBAD NOW. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE A DREAM TO HONOR 50000 PEOPLE WITH THE RIBBON THAT I'M WEARING ABOVE MY HEART TODAY. I WENT THROUGH ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND I HEARD FROM SO MANY STUDENTS, SO MANY CHILDREN, THAT THEY FELT LEFT OUT, THEY FELT ALONE, THEY FELT SAD. THEY FELT LIKE THEY DIDN'T MATTER. THEY FELT LIKE THEY DIDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THEY FELT DEPRESSED. THEY FELT SUICIDAL. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD ALREADY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BEFORE BETWEEN THE AGES 10 AND 24 SUICIDE IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH. AND WE NEED TO DO OUR PART TO CHANGE THAT. THIS BLUE RIBBON CAN DO THAT AND SO MUCH MORE, IT UNITES PEOPLE, IT SPREADS POSITIVITY, IT CAN LEAD TO BETTER ACADEMICS IN SCHOOLS AND LEADS TO BETTER HOME LIVES, AND IT LEADS TO HEALTHIER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND LEADS TO HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENTS IN HOME SCHOOL AND WORKPLACES. NOW I WANT TO MAKE CARLSBAD THE VERY FIRST BLUE RIBBON CITY IN THE WORLD, AND I KNOW WE CAN DO IT. AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR GUYS' HELP. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO OUR PRELAUNCH FOR THIS PROJECT. CARLSBAD BEING THE VERY FIRST BLUE RIBBON CITY IN THE WORLD. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ON AUGUST 18TH AT GELATO LOVE IN CARLSBAD BETWEEN THREE AND SIX P.M. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE BLUE RIBBON SHARING STORIES OF HOW MANY TIMES IT'S SAVED LIVES AND HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE SPREAD POSITIVITY, MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. CHEERING PEOPLE ON FOR THEIR DREAMS. ALL THAT. AND NOT TO MENTION WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TASTE TESTING THE VERY FIRST BLUE RIBBON GELATO FLAVOR. SO, YOU KNOW, IF NOTHING ELSE, GO EAT SOME GELATO. AND TO END THIS OFF, I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THIS RIBBON IS ALL ABOUT. SO IN MY HAND, I HAVE A BLUE RIBBON THAT SAYS WHO I AM MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND I WANT TO HONOR ALL OF YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WITH ONE, BECAUSE YOU DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YOU BEING UP HERE TODAY, LISTENING TO WHAT EVERYONE HAS TO STAY AND DOING YOUR PART TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD AND YOUR COMMUNITY IS SO BEAUTIFUL. IT'S INSPIRING AND IT'S ADMIRABLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND YOU EACH MAKE A DIFFERENCE. DO YOU ACCEPT MY GIFT? OK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, GUYS. I'M SORRY, MISS KATZ, I DIDN'T QUITE, WHEN WAS THIS AND WHERE WAS THIS AT AGAIN? YEAH, AUGUST 18TH AT GELATO LOVE IN CARLSBAD, THE GELATO PLACE IN THE VILLAGE, THREE TO SIX PM. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. OK. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX, DOES ANYONE WISH TO [CONSENT CALENDAR] PULL ANYTHING? MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION, ITEM SEVEN, ORDINANCE NUMBER CS-398, [7. ORDINANCE NO. CS-398 AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.40.046 TO RESTRICT OVERNIGHT PARKING ON AVENIDA ENCINAS] AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.40.046 TO RESTRICT OVERNIGHT PARKING ON AVENIDA ENCINAS. MS. BREWER. THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO THINGS TO SAY, MAYOR. NUMBER ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN IN OUR PRIOR CLOSED SESSION EARLIER TODAY. AND NUMBER TWO IS I'LL TITLE THE ORDINANCE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 10.40.046 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH NO PARKING ZONES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF PORTIONS OF AVENIDA ENCINAS, MACADAMIA DRIVE AND, RAINTREE DRIVE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11:00 P.M. AND FIVE A.M.. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEM NUMBER 8, 2021 HAZARDOUS REDUCTION COST REPORTS. [8. 2021 HAZARD REDUCTION COST REPORT] AND DOES ANYONE NEED TO MAKE DISCLOSURES? SEEING NONE, I WILL LET MR. CHADWICK, YOU WANT TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS? GREAT. AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR FIRE PREVENTION SPECIALIST, MEDI MALDONADO. BEFORE SHE BEGINS, THOUGH, SORRY, MEDI, I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT ONE [00:20:01] MORE TIME. BUT MEDI IS THE LUCKY RECIPIENT OF THE FIRE PREVENTION SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR AS RECOGNIZED BY HER PEER IN THE REGION. SO WITH THAT SAID, MEDI, THE FLOOR IS ALL YOURS. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO CLOSE OUT OUR HAZARD REDUCTION SEASON FOR THE YEAR BY REQUESTING THAT YOU ADOPT A RESOLUTION. THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO RECOVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABATEMENT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF NOXIOUS WEEDS. THIS DECLARATION WILL ALLOW THE CITY CLERK TO REQUEST THAT THE COUNTY ASSESSOR PLACE A LEAN ON THE THREE PARCELS AFFECTED SO THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AND REAL COSTS CAN BE RECOVERED THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL. WE REQUEST THAT YOU OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT SO THAT ANY PARCEL OWNERS MAY BE HEARD WHO WOULD LIKE TO CONTEST THE CHARGES AGAINST THE PROPERTY AND SO THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. IF NO PROPERTY OWNERS CONTEST THESE CHARGES, WE ASK THAT YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, THESE CHARGES WILL REMAIN AS THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION? MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA NUMBER EIGHT. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WELL DONE, VERY WELL DONE. OK, MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE, A PROPOSED FOUR UNIT RESIDENTIAL AIRSPACE [9. A PROPOSED FOUR-UNIT RESIDENTIAL AIR-SPACE CONDOMINIUM PROJECT LOCATED AT 635 PINE AVENUE] CONDOMINIUM PROJECT LOCATED AT 635 PINE AVENUE. AND I NEED TO STEP DOWN. I OWN PROPERTY IN THE NOTICED AREA. SO WITH THAT MR. BLACKBURN, IT'S YOURS. CITY MANAGER, WILL YOU MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS, PLEASE. CERTAINLY, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR CITY PLANNER, DON NEU, ALONG WITH OUR ASSOCIATE PLANNER, ESTEBAN DANNA. GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS A SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND A TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP FOR A NEW FOUR UNIT CONDOMINIUM LOCATED AT 635 PINE AVENUE. THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF INTERSTATE FIVE AND EAST OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. IT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ROOSEVELT STREET AND PINE AVENUE. IT IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO THE PROJECT PROPOSES THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR ATTACHED THREE STOREY CONDOMINIUM UNITS, VEHICULAR ACCESS IS PROPOSED TO BE PROVIDED VIA THE ROOSEVELT STREET ALLEY. EACH HOME INCLUDES AN ATTACHED TWO CAR GARAGE. THIS RENDERING SHOWS THE BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF ROOSEVELT STREET AND PINE AVENUE WITH ROOSEVELT STREET ON THE RIGHT AND PINE AVENUE ON THE LEFT. THE PROJECT PROPOSES CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WITH SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN ELEMENTS. THIS RENDERING SHOWS THE BUILDING ALONG THE PINE AVENUE FRONTAGE. THE BUILDING IS FINISHED WITH SEVERAL COMPLIMENTARY MATERIALS, WHICH INCLUDE STUCCO, STONE VENEER, WROUGHT IRON AND WROUGHT IRON BALCONY RAILINGS. THE NEXT RENDERING SHOWS THE BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF PINE AVENUE AND AT THE ROOSEVELT STREET ALLEY WITH THE ALLEY SEEN TOWARDS THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE IMAGE, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO ALL FOUR UNITS IS PROVIDED VIA THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK ALONG PINE AVENUE. AND FINALLY, THIS RENDERING SHOWS THE BUILDING ALONG THE INTERIOR SIDE WITH ROOSEVELT STREET ALLEY RUNNING ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE IMAGE. THE PRIVATE TWO CAR GARAGES ARE ACCESSED FROM THE DRIVE AISLE, WHICH RUNS PARALLEL [00:25:06] TO PINE AVENUE. ON MAY 19TH OF THIS YEAR, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DELIBERATED AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO. RESIDENTS WERE DULY NOTIFIED AND NO PUBLIC COMMENTS OR CONCERNS WERE RAISED PRIOR TO OR AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND TENTATIVE PARCEL MAPS, AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, I'LL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. OH, I'M SORRY. OK, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD REMIND US, WHAT ARE THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED FOR THE AREA? THANK YOU. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL OUT FOR A FIRM TO ASSIST US WITH THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE VILLAGE AREA. I BELIEVE THE RESPONSE PERIODS IN EARLY AUGUST FOR THOSE TO BE SUBMITTED AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT. AND THEN WE WILL ULTIMATELY BRING A PROPOSED AGREEMENT TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOU TO APPROVE AND SELECT THE FINAL CONTRACTOR. SO AUGUST IS WHEN THE RFP GOES OUT? NO, THE RFP IS OUT NOW. SO I THINK THEY'RE DUE FROM THE INTERESTED FIRMS. SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AT THE EARLIEST FOR THE COUNCIL TO SEE THE ITEM. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BECAUSE THE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I THAT I HEAR IS ABOUT LACK OF KIND OF A COHESIVE LOOK. SO THIS WOULD ADDRESS THAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS FOR SOME TIME. SO THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? OK, IT'S THE TIME WE'RE ALL OPEN, PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SAY ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY, SEEING NO ONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEVELOPER TO BE HEARD IF HE WOULD LIKE, NO OBLIGATION. IS THE DEVELOPER HERE? DAMIAN [INAUDIBLE], ARCHITECTURE REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENTATION THAT'S NECESSARY. WE THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD STUFF WAS DONE A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK I CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT IN THIS AREA WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD HAVE MORE COHESIVENESS AND A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK. THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE D1 REPRESENTATIVE HERE AS WELL. BUT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO STAFF FOR WORKING SO WELL WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BEING ALWAYS WILLING TO WORK WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. ALSO, THE PLANNING COMMISSION PASSED THIS WITH A SEVEN ZERO. SO THAT SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD. SO I'M REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. DR. BHAT-PATEL. NO THANKS. AND MY QUICK COMMENT IS, I AGREE WITH MR. ACOSTA, WE DO HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT THAT CONSISTENCY THROUGH ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS. BUT AFTER LOOKING AT THIS, I HOPE THAT WHEN WE DO FIND A CONSISTENCY THAT IT LOOKS SIMILAR TO YOUR PROJECT. I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. AND WITH THAT CALL FOR A VOTE, PLEASE. SO, YEAH. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION, AND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME BACK ON TRACK. SECOND. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE CAN INVITE THE MAYOR BACK. OK. [10. SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT] ITEM 10, SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT. MR. CHADWICK YOU WANT TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS? YES, SIR. AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, MR. TOM FRANK. SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHADWICK, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO-TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO BE PRESENTING THE SIXTH SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION [00:30:01] REPORT. HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION CHAIR MONA GOCAN, WHO WILL PROVIDE HER COMMENTS FOLLOWING MY REPORT. FOLLOWING THE CHAIR'S COMMENTS, WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE ORIGIN OF THE REPORT. IN 2018, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO REPORT BACK TWICE A YEAR ON THE PROGRESS OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES. OUR LAST REPORT WAS IN JANUARY, AND WE HAVE A SIMILAR FORMAT FOR THIS REPORT, WHICH WAS ALSO PRESENTED THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION ON JUNE 7TH OF THIS YEAR. THE FOCUS OF THIS REPORT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE LAST REPORT, AND THAT'S TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S SIX MONTHS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE SIX MONTH GOALS. SO JUST AGAIN, JUST PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF OUR DEPARTMENT, THERE'S FOUR DIVISIONS, INCLUDING THE TRAFFIC DIVISION PLANNING, A MOBILITY DIVISION, THE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING DIVISION AND THE ENGINEERING ASSET MANAGEMENT DIVISION, AND LASTLY, THE STREET AND STORM DRAIN MAINTENANCE DIVISION. I KNOW YOU ALL SAW THE WELCOMING EMAIL THAT I DISTRIBUTED WELCOMING [INAUDIBLE] AS OUR NEW SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER WHO STARTED IN APRIL. BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE A NEW TEAM MANAGING OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM UNDER MR. JOHN KIM'S TRAFFIC DIVISION. IN ADDITION TO MR. M, WE HAVE JIM MELTON, WHO JOINED OUR TEAM AND HE'S THE TRAFFIC SYSTEMS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST. THESE TWO ARE THE DOERS THAT WILL REALLY MAKE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM THE BEST IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. AND OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE BEST TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM IN THE STATE. I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE WE HAVE A LONG, EXCITING LIST OF PROJECTS WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON, OUR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING DIVISION IS DOWN THREE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SEEMS TO HAVE A REALLY HIGH DEMAND FOR EXPERIENCED CIVIL ENGINEERS AT THIS TIME. OF COURSE, OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY IS TO RECRUIT HIGH QUALITY, EXCELLENT EMPLOYEES TO FILL THE POSITIONS. TO HELP WITH OUR CURRENT WORKLOAD PEAKS WE'VE TAPPED OR ASKED OUR AS NEEDED CONSULTANTS FOR AS NEEDED PROJECT MANAGERS TO HELP WITH OUR PEAK WORKLOADS AND SOME OF OUR EXPEDITED PROJECTS. SO NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SIX MONTHS GOALS [INAUDIBLE] THIS REPORT, I'M GOING TO START WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND ASSET MANAGEMENT DIVISION, BECAUSE IN THE PAST AND AS YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, EXHIBIT ONE SHOWS THE LONG LIST OF PROJECTS ARE WORKING ON A NORMALLY. I DON'T GIVE THEM MUCH RECOGNITION, SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THEM THIS TIME. YEAH, SO AS I MENTIONED AND THE STAFF REPORT, THERE IS A REALLY DETAILED LIST OF THEIR PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND STATUS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS IN EXHIBIT A AND I DID WANT TO FIRST START OFF WITH A HIGHLIGHT ON COLLEGE BOULEVARD EXTENSION. ON THAT PROJECT, THE CONSULTANT HAS BEEN SELECTED. WE'RE NEGOTIATING FOR THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING DESIGN AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, WHICH IS TARGETED FOR THE LATER PART OF SUMMER OR FOR ALL OF THIS YEAR. SO HERE'S THE FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT AND CELEBRATION RECENTLY, AND THIS IS OUR POINSETTIA LANE, THIS WAS OUR FIRST RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY THAT WE HAD SINCE THE COVID GATHERING GUIDELINES WERE REVISED. AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE, ALONG WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION AND ALL THE OTHER ATTENDEES. IT'S A GREAT PROJECT THAT IMPROVES MOBILITY THROUGHOUT CARLSBAD. THE SECOND PROJECT, WHICH IS RECENTLY COMPLETED IS AND THIS PROJECT WILL GREATLY HELP THE CONGESTION NEAR THE PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD FIVE INTERCHANGE, AND THIS IS THE PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD, PASEO DEL NORTE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH WERE COMPLETED WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, I BELIEVE, IN MAY. THIS SLIDE SHOWS A NEW DEDICATED RIGHT TURN. THE PROJECT ALSO LENGTHENED THE LEFT TURN POCKETS FOR PASEO DEL NORTE AND INSTALLED RIGHT TURN OVERLAP SIGNALS FOR THE EAST TO SOUTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND TO WESTBOUND MOVEMENTS. BUT MOST INTERESTING OF ALL, THE PICTURE SHOWS OR PROVES THAT THERE ARE OTHER BICYCLISTS ON PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD BESIDES OUR VERY OWN FEARLESS TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSIONER, PETER P. THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING THE CONSTRUCTION OF EL CAMINO REAL AND CANNON ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PHASE ONE PROJECT. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT SHOWS NORTHBOUND LANES IN THE BEGINNING OF THE DEMO PHASE AND SHOWS THE UTILITY LINES THAT WILL SOON BE UNDERGROUND. [00:35:02] THIS ALSO IS A SIDE OF THE STREET WHICH WILL RECEIVE THE NEW SEPARATED PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS THE BRIDGE BEING WIDENED ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN COMPLETING ADDITIONAL NORTHBOUND THROUGH TRAVELING AND IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR APPROVAL OF THE PLANS AND AUTHORIZATION TO BID NEXT MONTH. THIS PROJECT IS IN CONSTRUCTION AS WELL, AND IT'S REMOVING THE SEPARATED MEDIAN OR SOMETIMES CALLED THE PORK CHOP, AND IT WILL TIGHTEN UP THE INTERSECTION AND MAKE IT MORE ADA ACCESSIBLE. THE PROJECT IS TARGETED FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AND HERE'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROJECT, HERE'S A DRAINAGE PROJECT WHICH IS CONSTRUCTING BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, SOIL FILTRATION FACILITIES TO CAPTURE AND TREAT FIRE TRUCK WASH PRIOR TO ENTERING THE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM. AND THIS PROJECT WAS INITIATED TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGIONAL MUNICIPAL WATER PERMIT. THE CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED IN MAY. SO ON THIS SLIDE, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE PROJECTS IN DETAIL JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, BUT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE OTHER SEGMENTS ALONG EL CAMINO REAL AND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO ADDRESS CONGESTION AND ALSO IMPLEMENT MULTIMODAL LEVEL OF SERVICE TRAVEL. SO AN EL CAMINO REAL, YOU'LL SEE IN THAT COLUMN WE ADDRESS CANNON ROAD AND COLLEGE BOULEVARD, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THIS SEGMENT SHOWN ON THE SCREEN AND ALL BUT ONE OF THESE, WHICH I ALREADY COVERED ON COLLEGE BOULEVARD, ACTUALLY INCREASES OR PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL THREE TRAVELING BUFFORD BIKE LANES AND ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK ON THOSE SEGMENTS. ON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD, AGAIN, THOSE ARE THREE REALLY EXCITING, COMPLEX AND INVOLVED PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT. AND THE PAGE NUMBERS REFERENCED ARE A REFERENCE TO EXHIBIT ONE. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MORE DETAILS, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE PROJECTS FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION. SO MOVING ON TO OUR STREET AND STORM DRAIN MAINTENANCE DIVISION, THIS DIVISION IS LED BY MANAGER MICHAEL O'BRIAN AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING STREETS AND STORM DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL KINDS OF MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES RELATED TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. THE GROUP IS A WORKHORSE DIVISION WITH A GREAT CAN DO ATTITUDE. THEIR WORK PROGRAM INVOLVES A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES. BUT NO MATTER HOW HARD THE TASK, THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO DO IT WITH A GREAT ATTITUDE AND QUALITY WORK. THIS IS A PICTURE ON YOUR LEFT OF DYLAN STANKOVIC AND SPEAKS TO THE ATTITUDE OF THE MAINTENANCE DIVISION THAT THEY BRING TO EVERY JOB. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT AS A RECENT LEVELING COURSE COMPLETED ON FUERTE STREET. HERE ARE THE STORM DRAIN. TEAM MEMBERS IN ACTION. THE LEFT IS [INAUDIBLE] SMITH, RETRIEVING ITEMS THAT HAD FALLEN INTO THE STORM DRAIN INLET. AND ON THE RIGHT IS A PICTURE OF OUR TEAM ON CITY'S WATERSHED PROTECTION AND SHOWING ACTUALLY IT'S OUR STORM DRAIN TEAM DANNY GOCAN AND DIMITRI JOHNSON DEMONSTRATING TO THE FIFTH GRADERS AT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY THE BENEFITS OF CLEANING THE STORM DRAINS AND KEEPING POLLUTANTS OUT OF THE AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON. HERE'S A PICTURE I REALLY ENJOYED CAPTURING OR ACTUALLY I DIDN'T CAPTURE, I JUST PUT ON THAT SLIDE, BUT THIS ISSUE, THIS GRAFFITI WAS REPORTED BY VICE CHAIR OF OUR TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION, BRANDON PEREZ, USING OUR NEW CITY WEB BASED APPLICATION, CARLSBAD CONNECT. OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM WAS ON IT WITHIN VERY QUICKLY, AND THEY CALLED OUR TEAM, OUR PARTNER IN CLEANING UP GRAFFITI URBAN CORE. AND THE ITEM WAS ADDRESSED WITHIN 24 HOURS. SO THE MESSAGE IS USE THE APP WHEN YOU SEE GRAFFITI. WE LOVE ALL KINDS OF FEEDBACK, LIKE GRAFFITI AND ANYTHING YOU SEE [INAUDIBLE] INFRASTRUCTURE AND SPECIFICALLY ISSUES WITH OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM. HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF OUR TEAM IN ACTION, THIS IS CLEANING THE SAND ALONG THE INSIDE LANE ALONG CARLSBAD BOULEVARD, AND YOU'LL SEE THE TEAM OUT THERE SHORTLY MOVING SAND IN THE PARKING AREA TO HELP MAINTAIN THE PARKING IN CONCERT WITH STATE PARKS. MOVING ON TO THE TRAFFIC DIVISION, WHICH IS LED BY OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, MR. JOHN KIM, THE TRAFFIC DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM, RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND ALL THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, SIGNING AND STRIPING AND LANE CONFIGURATIONS. THE DIVISION TEAM IS IS DEFINITELY FOCUSED ON COLLABORATION AND HELPING ALL OF OUR [00:40:01] DEPARTMENT WITH ALL OF THE OTHER PROJECT NEEDS. ALL OF THEIR KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS ARE LISTED IN THE REPORT. BUT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THEIR KEY PROGRAMS. SO HERE'S PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL OR TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM. AND ON THE LEFT IS VERY POPULAR SPEED HUMPS. IN THE MIDDLE IS CURB EXTENSIONS ON, I BELIEVE, THAT'S MIMOSA AND THEN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS A TRAFFIC CIRCLE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS ON HILLSIDE. HERE IS A SLIDE JUST SHOWING THE LOCATIONS OF THE STREETS WITH TRAFFIC COMING MEASURES COMPLETED. THE BLUE SHOWS THE COMPLETED STREETS AND THE YELLOW SHOWS THE ONES IN PROGRESS. I MIGHT HAVE TO CUT THIS PRESENTATION SHORT, SO. (COUGHING) EXCUSE ME, I DON'T HAVE A COLD, I JUST HAVE A DRY THROAT. SO I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT EFFORTS TO CONNECT OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM TO OUR NEW FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY THE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR. AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY TURN IT OVER TO PAUSE GOMEZ NOW TO FINISH MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I'M JUST GIVING HIM A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK. I'M PAZ GOMEZ, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR PUBLIC WORKS. AND THIS IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH I.T. DEPARTMENT ON FIBER OPTIC THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND SO THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WILL BE CONNECTING SOME OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS. AND SO THIS WILL BE COMING UP THIS SUMMER. NEXT UP, WE HAVE BEEN WE USED TO CALL IT ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM, HOWEVER, IT IS OUR COORDINATED SIGNAL CORRIDORS. IT HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS AND THERE ARE THREE MORE COORDINATED CORRIDORS THAT HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE REPORTING OUT ON THE FINAL REPORT SOON. AND THIS IS AN AWESOME PICTURE OF RANCHO SANTA FE OR HMM, ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE CAMINO JUNIPERO, I BELIEVE, IS THE LOCATION AND WE HAD UTILIZE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM HERE. WE'RE ALSO REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE LOCAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN, WHICH IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE CITYWIDE SYSTEMIC COLLISION ANALYSIS. AND OUR CONSULTANT IS WORKING ON THAT PLAN AS WE SPEAK. ALSO, AT CAMINO DE LOS COCHES AND LA COSTA AVENUE, THERE ARE SOME MOBILITY CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AND IT IS IN OUR CURRENT CIP AND THE PLANNING INCLUDES INTERSECTION CONTROL EVALUATIONS AND LANE REALIGNMENT TO BEST SERVE OUR MULTIMODAL LEVEL OF SERVICE. AND SO WE ARE CONDUCTING THE STUDY AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE COMPLETED IN 2023. OK, HAVE YOU CAUGHT YOUR VOICE YET? YEAH, I GAINED MY COMPOSURE. I THINK THIS IS A REACTION TO WEARING TIES. I HAVEN'T BEEN WEARING TIES FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. MR. FRANK, I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL. I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE. [CHUCKLING] I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT DISRUPTION. AND THANK YOU, MS. GOMEZ. I'M SO MOVING ON TO OUR PLANNING AND MOBILITY DIVISION. THIS WON'T TAKE TOO LONG. THIS DIVISION IS LED BY NATHAN SCHMIDT, WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. AND NATHAN WILL BE COVERING THE ISSUES MAINLY COVERED IN MY PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS A PART OF THEIR TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION FY22 WORKPLAN. HERE'S A RECENT A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND THAT'S A SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN WHICH COUNCIL ADOPTED EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND AGAIN, HERE'S THE HOT BUTTON ISSUES THAT THE DIVISION IS ADDRESSING THAT NATHAN WILL COVER IN MORE DETAIL IN HIS PRESENTATION. HERE'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WHICH HE'S LEADING UP, THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT THAT WE RECENTLY HAD TAKEN THE LEAD, IT WAS PREVIOUSLY BEING MANAGED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS. AND NOW WE'RE WORKING IN CONCERT WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ADDRESS THIS PROGRAM. AND YOU'LL SEE MORE OF OF THIS PROGRAM AND HE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN HIS PRESENTATION. LASTLY, I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ARE WORKING GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION. WE REALLY ENJOY OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS. [00:45:01] IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT AND FOR THEM AND THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON PROJECTS. THEY'VE ESTABLISHED AD HOC WORKING COMMITTEES AND ARE REALLY ADDRESSING DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMS WHICH WE'RE UPDATING IN THE GUIDELINES. AND LASTLY, TO CELEBRATE THE WINS ALONG WITH COUNCIL, THEY GO TO THE RIBBON CUTTINGS, AND YOU'LL SEE CHAIR GOCAN ON YOUR RIGHT, THE SCREEN AT POINSETTIA LANE. AND AS I MENTIONED, YOU'LL HEAR FROM NATHAN SCHMIDT ON THE WORK PLAN ON YOUR NEXT ITEM. SO THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR THIS REPORT IS TO RECEIVE THE REPORT AND TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND TO PROVIDE DIRECTION AS APPROPRIATE. AND NOW I WILL TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO CHAIR GOCAN. HELLO, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT IT'S MUCH BETTER TO SEE EVERYONE'S SMILING FACES IN PERSON. AND THANK YOU, MS. GOMEZ. SHE ALWAYS STEPS IN TO HELP US ALL THE TIME IN OUR MEETING. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. I WAS NOT AT THE MEETING IN JUNE WHEN THEY PRESENTED THIS AND VICE CHAIR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TO REPRESENT US, BUT HE COULDN'T. SO I STEPPED IN. BUT I MADE SURE THAT BEFORE I DID THAT, I WATCHED THE MEETING TO REPRESENT ALL THE COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND EVERYONE, INCLUDING MR. LINKY, THAT SOMETIMES GIVES US A HARD TIME WITH STAFF. HE REALLY APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE CREATED AND THE GREAT TEAM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. AND MY TERM AS A CHAIR, MY SECOND YEAR AS CHAIR IS COMING UP. AND IT'S PERFECT TIMING FOR THIS. SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THIS GREAT TWO YEARS. IT WAS AN HONOR TO LEAD THE TEAM AND WE CAME FROM FIVE TO SEVEN COMMISSIONERS. I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE APPOINTING NEW COMMISSIONERS AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU TAKE IN CONSIDERATION WE NEED MORE SCHOOL AGE WORKING PARENTS IN OUR COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND COUNCIL, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION IN THE CITY. AND WE ALSO NEED A VARIETY. WE'RE SEVEN COMMISSIONERS AND I'M THE ONLY FEMALE. SO, I THINK WE ALL NEED MORE VARIETY, AGE, BACKGROUNDS, ANYTHING THAT CAN BRING VALUE TO THE COMMISSIONS AND THE CITY. SO WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU SO MUCH, STAFF AND COUNCIL AND I WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE NEXT ONE TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND YOU'RE FINISHED, TOM? YES, THAT'S THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. SPEAKERS? NO SPEAKERS. QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. COMMENTS? TERESA OR COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. SURE. I'LL GO FIRST. I WANT TO THANK STAFF AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU. I'M SO GLAD THAT OUR CHAIR OF OUR COMMISSION WAS HERE TO REPRESENT IT, BUT I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK. WHEN SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN CAME BEFORE US AND WE SAW HOW HARD IT WAS TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, THESE DISPARATE PLANS ALL HAD GREAT IDEAS, BUT TO BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN AND THEN TO FIND FUNDING FOR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PUT IT IN THE PLAN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THESE THINGS DONE ON TIME AND RESPONDING TO THE COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME. I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. I SAY WE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL PART OF THE TEAM. BUT IN CARLSBAD, YOU KNOW, HAVING PEOPLE STEP UP AND GIVE COMMENT AND HAVING THE STAFF BE RESPONSIVE. AND LISTEN, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO LISTEN. WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS AND WE POKE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND OR WE NEED IT EXPLAINED AGAIN HOW THIS WORKS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. I'M SUPER GRATEFUL TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE. THANKS. DOCTOR. THANK YOU. YEAH, I WOULD DEFINITELY ECHO THE COMMENTS. AND ALSO JUST WANT TO ADD THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE ENTIRE STAFF REPORT, YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT EVERYONE WAS WORKING ON AND HOW EXTENSIVE OF THE LIST IT IS IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DID, ESPECIALLY DURING A PANDEMIC AND STILL GETTING THINGS DONE. SO REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. THANK YOU. MR. BLACKBURN. ECHO WHAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER SAID. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND DOING A LOT OF WORK. BUT ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I'M PROBABLY ONE OF YOUR MOST CRITICAL RESIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY, I THINK I'M STARTING TO LEARN TO TAKE IT [00:50:02] FOR GRANTED THAT WE HAVE SUCH GOOD SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY AND COORDINATION. AND I KNOW IT'S GETTING BETTER WITH TIME. AND AS WE GET THE FIBER OPTICS LAID AND OUR SIGNALS CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, IT'LL GET EVEN BETTER. BUT SOMETIMES IT TAKES ME TO DRIVE THROUGH OTHER CITIES AND THEN COME BACK TO CARLSBAD TO REALIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE STRIDES WE'VE MADE IN THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY AND KEEPING OUR TRAFFIC FLOWING. AND I SAY IT EVERY TIME, BUT THERE'S NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING THAN SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND LOOKING AROUND. AND THERE'S NOT ANOTHER CAR COMING AND YOU JUST SIT AND SIT. I'M STARTING TO SEE THAT IMPROVE GREATLY IN CARLSBAD. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AS OUR TECHNOLOGY GETS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AND I TOO, I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO READ THE REPORT, EACH ONE OF THOSE DOTS IS A BULLET POINT. THERE'S FIVE AND A HALF PAGES OF BULLET POINTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME. SO BELIEVE ME, THAT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED, THAT AS A LOT OF WORK AND A REAL TEAM EFFORT. SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE. JOB WELL DONE. SO WITH THAT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DIRECTION, SO WE'RE DONE WITH THIS ITEM. SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. [11. TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-22] ELEVEN TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 2022. MR. CHADWICK. YES, SIR AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, MR. TOM FRANK, AS WELL AS OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MOBILITY MANAGER, NATHAN SCHMIDT. GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU, MR. CHADWICK, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I AM NATHAN SCHMIDT, THE TRANSPORTATION, PLANNING AND MOBILITY MANAGER, AND ALSO THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION. SO FOR THIS ITEM THIS EVENING, THIS IS THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 THROUGH 22. RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ITEM IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022. SO TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF BACKGROUND AND SOME UNDERSTANDING OF THE PURPOSE OF THE WORK PLAN. SO FIRST, THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE COMMISSION INTENDS TO UNDERTAKE THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR. THE PURPOSE OF THE WORK PLAN IS SET FORTH BY CITY COUNCIL. THE PLAN IS IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE INCREASED DIALOG BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMISSION IS WORKING IN LINE WITH THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES. THE WORK PLAN BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A PRODUCT OF THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND THE COMMISSION BASED UPON FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL. SO AS PART OF THIS ITEM, STAFF IN THE COMMISSION WOULD WELCOME ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK OR DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE IN REGARDS TO THE PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE WORK PLAN. SO FOR THE COMMISSION REVIEW IN MAY AND JUNE OF 2021, THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION WORKED WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP THE PROPOSED WORK PLAN BEFORE YOU TODAY. IN JUNE OF 2021 AT THEIR MEETING, THE COMMISSION VOTED TO APPROVE THE DRAFT WORK PLAN WITH A VOTE OF FOUR IN SUPPORT ONE AGAINST AND TWO ABSENT. BEFORE WE DOVE INTO THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO READ THROUGH THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION'S MISSION STATEMENT ON THIS STATEMENT IS INTENDED TO DEFINE THE COMMISSION'S OVERARCHING GOALS AND THE DIRECTION THAT THE COMMISSION IS LOOKING TO ACHIEVE. SO THAT STATEMENT IS THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION IS COMMITTED TO ENHANCING SAFE MOBILITY FOR THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS BY USING DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING AND A FORWARD LOOKING APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATION. WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND DO THE RIGHT THING THE RIGHT WAY. SO THE WORKPLAN PLAN ITSELF CONSISTS OF THREE PRIMARY GOALS, EACH OF THESE GOALS ARE THEN FURTHER DEFINED WITH MORE DETAILED SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS THAT INCLUDES OBJECTIVES, PROGRAMS, POLICIES, PROJECTS. A NEW ELEMENT THIS YEAR THAT THE COMMISSION INCLUDED IN THE PLAN IS A CLEARLY DEFINED SCHEDULE FOR EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS DEFINED IN THE OBJECTIVES. SO WITH THAT, THE FIRST GOAL OF THE WORK PLAN IS TO REVIEW STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND PROVIDE INPUT ON DATA, BEST PRACTICES AND PUBLIC INPUT. SO PROGRAMS AND OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THIS GOAL WERE TO FIRST REVIEW OF MOBILITY POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND REPORTS, TOP PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSION [00:55:06] WERE TO FIRST UPDATE THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS GUIDELINES, UPDATE THE CITY'S TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE PROGRAM AND REVIEW OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS. THIS GOAL WAS BY FAR THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL. THIS HAS THE MOST AMOUNT OF OBJECTIVES. SO A FEW ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS CALL INCLUDE THE COMPLETION OF THE CITY'S FIRST LOCAL ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN, REVIEW OF THE CITY'S CITYWIDE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, TDM PROGRAM AND VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED GUIDELINES, AS WELL AS THE CONTINUED ROLLOUT OF THE RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROJECTS IN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THE SECOND GOAL IS TO FOCUS ON MOBILITY AROUND SCHOOL LOCATIONS, INCLUDING SAFETY. THIS INCLUDES A REVIEW OF MOBILITY AND SAFETY RELATED PROJECTS NEAR SCHOOL SITES, AND TO PROACTIVELY ENGAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLANNING PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AND TO RECEIVE REPORTS, MONTHLY REPORTS AT OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS FROM THE TRAFFIC DIVISION OF THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIRD GOAL OF THE WORK PLAN INCLUDES TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY, ELEMENTS OF THIS INCLUDE PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO ENHANCE PUBLIC INPUT RELATED TO MOBILITY ISSUES AND TO WORK WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO ENSURE VIDEO RECORDINGS ARE PROVIDED ON RECORD FOR ALL TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION MEETINGS. WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 21-22. AND WE ALSO HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING CHAIR MONA GOCAN FROM THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON THE COMMISSION'S BEHALF. I'M BACK. SO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT TOOK US WEEKS TO COME UP WITH EVERY WORD ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAD, ESPECIALLY IN THE MISSION STATEMENT. WE KEPT CHANGING THIS WORD, THIS WORD. NO, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE THE RIGHT WAY. RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. MY COMMENTS, AGAIN, I WAS NOT AT THE MEETING, SO I REVIEWED THE VIDEO TO SEE WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS WERE FEELING AND COMMENTING. I KNOW ALL OF YOU RECEIVED COMMISSIONER LINKY'S COMMENT. HE HAS CONCERN AND IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AGREE WITH HIM, TOO. I KNOW STAFF IS BUSY AND I KNOW THEY HAVE SO MUCH ON THEIR PLATE. THE TIF WAS DONE IN 2008 AND WE ARE LOSING A LOT OF FUNDING. SO, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION. IF IT'S ANY WAY. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW MY FEELING IS AS MUCH AS COMMISSIONER LINKY'S AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS DID SUPPORT THE PLAN AND AGAIN, WE CAME UP WITH EVERY WORD AND WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO KEEP IT AND VERY PROUD OF IT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, STAFF, AND THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OK, QUESTIONS OF STAFF. MR. BLACKBURN, QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE AND UNDERSTANDING, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS OVER THE YEARS MORE THAN ONCE TO SET THE FEE. SO, I'M NOT SURE, MS. BREWER, IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE OF HOW THAT TAKES PLACE, AND THEN IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS AN ESCALATOR BUILT INTO THE FEE, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT ALSO, AND WHY IT DOES TAKE TIME TO WORK THROUGH THIS. OK, I'LL ANSWER THE LEGAL STRUCTURE OF IT AND I MAY HAVE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE ENGINEERS FOR THE REST. THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE IS CURRENTLY ESTABLISHED FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. PURSUANT TO OUR MUNICIPAL CODE, IT DOES HAVE A TWO PERCENT PER YEAR ESCALATOR THAT'S BUILT INTO IT, THAT SHOULD OCCUR AS AN ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT. SO IT DOES KEEP UP TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. CITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE THEIR OWN AUTHORIZATION FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE TEND TO JOIN THE SANDAG MODEL, AND THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR CARLSBAD. I CERTAINLY COULDN'T ANSWER THE ANALYSIS ABOUT WHICH WAY WE WOULD BE BETTER. WE ESTABLISHED OURS QUITE A WHILE AGO. SO THOSE ARE SORT OF THE TWO METHODS OR METHODOLOGIES. BOTH METHODS PROBABLY NEED TO BE UPDATED ABOUT THIS TIME, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. BUT THERE IS SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY AND NEW LEGAL REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF COMING UP WITH NEW METHODOLOGIES FOR HOW WE CALCULATE THAT. SO I'LL ALLOW THE ENGINEERS TO ADDRESS THAT PORTION. YES, JUST TO ADD TO WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, SO THE UPDATE PROCESS WOULD BE A VERY SUBSTANTIAL UPDATE. SINCE 2008, THE WORLD HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT IN TERMS OF CEQA REQUIREMENTS, IN TERMS OF HOW WE EVALUATE AND MONITOR TRAFFIC IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. [01:00:03] SO WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS SUCH AS OUR MULTIMODAL LEVEL OF SERVICE AND DETERMINE HOW TO APPLY THAT TO TIF PROGRAM UPDATE, AS WELL AS DOING EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS RECOMMENDED IN THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOME DETAILED COST ESTIMATES TO SEE WHERE WE STAND IN TERMS OF OUR TOTAL PROJECT COSTS CITYWIDE. AND IT WOULD REQUIRE EXTENSIVE LEGAL REVIEW AS PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL. SO HELP ME JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER UNDERSTAND WE USED TO TALK ABOUT AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS, IS THAT GOING TO BE PART OF THE CONSIDERATION GOING FORWARD? OR ARE WE GOING TO SWITCH TO VEHICLES MILES TRAVELED? EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. WE WOULD LIKELY NEED TO SWITCH TO SOME VMT VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED BASED THRESHOLD TO DETERMINE THE IMPACTS OF THE TIF PROGRAM. SO WHEN YOU SAY LIKELY, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO, YOU THINK? YES. SO I MEAN, WHEN I'M AT SANDAG, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT NOW IS VEHICLES MILES TRAVELED VERSUS AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS. SO I KNOW GROWTH MANAGEMENT WAS BASED OFF OF AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS, BUT TODAY THERE'S A NEW METHODOLOGY. SO THAT WILL BE TAKEN INTO THE STUDY. SO, OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK. READY FOR THE MOTION? YES, PLEASE. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU. WELL DONE. MOVING ON, ITEM 12, FISCAL YEAR 2021 2022 INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN. [12. FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN] MAYOR, IF YOU COULD, I JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ON OUR BROADCAST THROUGH AT&T AND WE MAY NEED TO REBOOT THE SYSTEM. SO IF WE COULD TAKE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE BREAK TO TRY AND GET THINGS BACK ONLINE. OK, SO IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK. WE'LL BE BACK AT 10 AFTER 7:00. PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, JOINING US IS OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR, ROBERT T, AND OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, MS. LAURA ROCHA. FOLKS. YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO-TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S NICE TO BE BACK HERE WITH EVERYBODY TONIGHT. I AM VERY EXCITED TONIGHT BECAUSE WE FINALLY HAVE FILLED OUR INTERNAL AUDIT MANAGER POSITION. WE DID HAVE AN EXTENSIVE RECRUITMENT. THE POSITION WAS VACANT FOR OVER SIX MONTHS. BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE ROBERT T. JOIN OUR TEAM HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. HE HAS HAD SEVERAL YEARS IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AS AN INTERNAL AUDITOR AND AS CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR BOTH PALOMAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS WELL AS NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT. SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ROBERT HERE AND HE WAS OFTEN RUNNING WITH PUTTING TOGETHER A INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 22. SO HE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THAT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, AS WELL AS GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON SOME PRIOR AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO ROBERT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LAURA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO-TEM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING. AS LAURA REFERENCED, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 21-22 INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN AND ALSO PROVIDE AN UPDATE REGARDING SEVERAL OPEN INTERNAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS. THE FISCAL YEAR 21-22 AUDIT PLAN IS COMPRISED OF SIX ENGAGEMENT'S, SIX AUDIT ENGAGEMENTS. OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS FOUR OUR CARRYOVER ENGAGEMENTS FROM FISCAL YEAR 21 AND TWO ARE NEW ENGAGEMENTS FOR THIS YEAR. SO ALL TOGETHER, THAT MAKES UP THE SIX AUDIT ENGAGEMENTS THAT I'M GOING TO BRIEF YOU ON HERE THIS EVENING. ALSO, IN ADDITION TO INTRODUCING THOSE ENGAGEMENTS, I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY OBJECTIVES OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS, THOSE AUDITS. AND THEN AFTER THAT, I'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON OPEN INTERNAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAD ONE AUDIT IN EACH OF THE FISCAL YEAR, 20 AND 21, THAT STILL HAVE OPEN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH A STATUS UPDATE ON. NOW, THE FIRST ARE FOUR CARRYOVER ENGAGEMENTS FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR. THE FIRST IS A CODE ENFORCEMENT AUDIT. BEFORE I GET INTO THESE, I WANT TO STATE THAT FOR ALL THESE ENGAGEMENTS, I'LL BE THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT, CARRYING OUT THE AUDITS AND THE ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX AUDIT, WHICH WE'LL GET TO NEXT. BUT WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AUDIT, WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS [01:05:05] WHETHER THE DIVISION HAS RELIABLE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TEAM HAS THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO EFFECTIVELY CARRY OUT THEIR ROLES. WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE WHETHER A SELECTION IN THE CASE FILES FROM THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS ADHERE TO APPLICABLE GUIDELINES JUST AND THAT'S JUST AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF, YOU KNOW, CARRYING OUT THE PROGRAM, ADHERING TO OUR GUIDELINES THAT WE SET FOR OURSELVES. AND THEN THE THIRD OBJECTIVE IS TO ASSESS WHETHER THE CITY USES DATA AND METRICS AND PROVIDES THAT INFORMATION TO MANAGEMENT FOR DECISION MAKING AND WHETHER STAFFING DECISIONS, POLICY DECISIONS, ETC.. WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE WHETHER THAT DATA IS BEING BEING PROVIDED. THE SECOND ENGAGEMENT IS A TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX EVALUATION. WHAT THIS IS, IS WE ENGAGE WITH AN EXTERNAL CPA FIRM. EXTERNAL CPA FIRM WILL BE THE LEAD ON THIS ENGAGEMENT. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GO OUT AND EVALUATE HOTELS WITHIN THE CITY. THERE'S JUST UNDER 50 HOTELS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY'S BORDERS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX RETURNS AND ALSO WITH REMITTING THE TAXES TO THE CITY. AND SO THIS CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN IS THE CPA FIRM. AND WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY GO OUT AND EVALUATE EACH OF THOSE HOTELS RECORDS. WHAT WE'LL HAVE THEM DO IS WE'LL HAVE THEM LOOK BACK THREE YEARS. SO THE MOST RECENT THREE YEARS OF TIME, CLA, CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN WILL REACH BACK AND AUDIT THOSE RECORDS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN ORDER. AND AT THE END OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS WITH EACH OF THOSE HOTEL PROPERTIES, THEY'LL PROVIDE US WITH A REPORT FOR EACH HOTEL AND USUALLY WINDS UP WITH THE TRUE UP. EITHER, YOU KNOW, THE HOTEL IS DEAD ON, HAS PAID EXACTLY THE RIGHT TAXES OR THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS. EITHER WE OWE THEM A CREDIT OR THEY OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS ADDITIONAL TAXES. AND SO THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE OF THAT ENGAGEMENT AND THE ENGAGEMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR AUDIT PLAN IS THE SECOND SET OF 12 HOTEL PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND SO WITHIN A FOUR YEAR TIMEFRAME, WE WILL HAVE LOOKED AT ALL THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY'S AREA. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL START OVER. WE'LL START GOING BACK TO THAT PROCESS AGAIN. SO YOU'LL SEE THIS ENGAGEMENT COME BACK EACH YEAR. SO THE NEXT ENGAGEMENT IS THE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM AUDIT. AND ESSENTIALLY WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE WHETHER OUR PROCESS IS EFFECTIVE AND HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY FOLLOWED BY STAFF. LASTLY, THE LAST CARRYOVER ENGAGEMENT IS THE AUDIT OF THE VICE NARCOTICS [INAUDIBLE] FUND. AND IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE FUND WAS MANAGED AND ACCOUNTED FOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH WITH ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES. AND NEXT ARE THE TWO NEW AUDIT ENGAGEMENTS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 22 AUDIT PLAN. FIRST ENGAGEMENT IS A RISK ASSESSMENT. WE'RE PROPOSING A CITYWIDE INTERNAL AUDIT RISK ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY PROGRAMS WITH AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF RISK AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. SO WHAT THIS DOES IS WE CARRY OUT A RISK ASSESSMENT. WE HAVE A RISK SURVEY TOOL THAT WILL SHARE WITH STAFF LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE CITY, GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANSWERS IN THE SURVEY. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE WOULD USE THAT DATA TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS AND JUST USE THAT TO KIND OF IDENTIFY FURTHER IDENTIFY PROGRAMS THAT HAVE GREATER INHERENT RISK, GREATER OPERATIONAL RISK. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TO SAY SOMETHING IS BEING DONE WRONG. I THINK RISK CARRIES A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION SOMETIMES. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT CASH, CASH HANDLING VERSUS CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS, CASH HAS MORE INHERENT RISKS THAN THE CREDIT CARD PROGRAM. SO IT'S KIND OF AN EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF RISK AND HELPS US PLAN THE NEXT INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN. SO ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT RISK ASSESSMENT, WE'LL USE THAT DATA TO FORMULATE OUR FY 22-23 INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. THEN LASTLY, AS A FRAUD AND ETHICS HOTLINE EVALUATION, THAT'S THE SIXTH OF THE ENGAGEMENTS, THE OBJECTIVE IS TO EVALUATE THE BENEFITS OF A DEDICATED FRAUD AND ETHICS HOTLINE AND REPORTING PROCESS. WE'LL EVALUATE THE OPTIONS, WILL PRESENT THOSE FINDINGS TO THIS BODY AND PROVIDE YOU WITH OPTIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A STATUS UPDATE OF OUR OPEN INTERNAL AUDIT [01:10:01] RECOMMENDATIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 2019 20, WE HAVE THE CROSSINGS GOLF COURSE AUDIT AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 WE HAD THE CITY CREDIT CARD PROGRAM AUDIT. EACH OF THESE HAS ONE OR MORE OPEN INTERNAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO I WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A BRIEF STATUS UPDATE OF WHERE THOSE ARE. WITH REGARDS TO THE CROSSING GOLF COURSE, AUDIT, THERE'S ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S OPEN FOR THIS PARTICULAR AUDIT, AND THAT IS IN REGARDS TO THE ACCOUNTING TREATMENT, THE ACCOUNTING TREATMENT OF AN ADVANCE FROM THE CITY TO THE GOLF COURSE ENTERPRISE FUND AND FINANCE STAFF WILL BE BACK IN THE FALL TO PRESENT TO YOU THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS. SO YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE THEM IN THE FALL. AND THEN SECONDLY, THE SECOND ENGAGEMENT FROM FY21 IS THE CITY'S CREDIT CARD PROGRAM AUDIT. THE RESULTS OF THIS WERE JUST PRESENTED TO YOU THIS PAST MARCH. WE ORIGINALLY HAD EIGHT AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS. STAFF IS WORKING TO CLOSE THE REST OF THOSE OUT. THERE'S ONLY THREE REMAINING. THE FINANCE STAFF IS WORKING ON DRAFTING AN ANNUAL CITYWIDE COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE TAXABILITY OF EMPLOYEE GIFTS AND AWARDS. DURING THAT AUDIT, THE CREDIT CARD PROGRAM, THERE WERE, I BELIEVE, ONE OR TWO INSTANCES WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THE CREDIT CARDS WERE USED FOR PURCHASING OR BUYING REWARDS FOR STAFF. AND SO THE AUDITORS RECOMMENDATION WAS TO COMMUNICATE TO STAFF AND TO CARDHOLDERS THAT IF YOU WERE TO GIFT'S A GIFT CARD, SOMETHING WITH IMMEDIATE CASH VALUE, THAT WOULD BE TAXABLE WITH REGARDS TO THE IRS. SO THEY JUST WANT TO SEND OUT A LETTER, A COMMUNICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO SURPRISES WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, TAX FILINGS. I DON'T THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING OFTEN AT ALL, JUST TO PLAY IT ON THE SAFE SIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU USE THAT CARD FOR RECOGNITION, THAT IT'S BEST NOT TO BUY ITEMS WITH AN IMMEDIATE CASH VALUE. BUT IF, SAY, THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, STAFF WOULD UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS. AND THEN THE SECOND AUDIT RECOMMENDATION IS TO UPDATE TRAVEL GUIDELINES TO ADHERE TO FEDERAL LODGING RATES, AND THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS ADHERING TO, YOU KNOW, REASONABLE, REASONABLE AND NECESSARY RATES, IRS GUIDELINES AROUND THE REIMBURSEMENT LEVEL OR THE LEVELS OF THE AMOUNTS OF REIMBURSEMENTS FOR LODGING. IF WE ADHERE TO LODGING RATES ESTABLISHED BY BY THE IRS OR BY THE GSA, THEN THAT WILL ENSURE THAT WE REMAIN COMPLIANT AND WE ARE REIMBURSING REASONABLE RATES. WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE STAR HOTELS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE OVER THE RATE LIMITS. THE LAST ITEM IS FINANCE IS WORKING ON UPDATING THE TRAVEL PROCEDURES TO TRACK UNUSED TRAVEL CREDITS THAT ORIGINATED WITH CITY FUNDED TRAVEL. SO, I THINK THIS IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE PANDEMIC. WHEN STAFF BOOK TRAVEL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THEY HAD TRAVEL PLANS, PANDEMIC HIT, TRAVEL PLANS WERE CANCELED. AND AT FIRST THE TRAVEL COMPANIES, AIRLINES DIDN'T REFUND THOSE ITEMS. THEN LATER ON IN THE PANDEMIC, THEY DID. AND SO WE HAD STAFF WITH CREDITS, TRAVEL CREDITS. AND SO THIS IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION BY MY PREDECESSOR TO FINANCE, TO UPDATE PROCEDURES SO WE CAN TRACK THOSE TRAVEL EXPENDITURES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ENSURE THAT THE CITY GETS BENEFIT FROM THOSE REFUNDS IF THERE ARE ANY REFUNDS IN THE FUTURE. SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TONIGHT THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 21-22 INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN. AND THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. QUESTIONS? OK, SEE, NO QUESTIONS, FINAL COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE WITH AUDITING AS A MEMBER OF A NONPROFIT BOARD. I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS WORK IS. I ALSO RUN A BUSINESS AND I HAVE A BUSINESS BACKGROUND. AND I JUST KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE MIND OUR PS AND QS AND THAT WE COMMUNICATE VERY CLEARLY TO THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THINGS ARE [01:15:05] MOVING ALONG SMOOTHLY AND VERY, VERY TRANSPARENTLY. WE SHINE SOME SUNSHINE ON SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE NOW AND THAT WE HAVE HAD MANY OTHER AUDITS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE DEDICATED TO THIS POSITION. I ALSO THINK THAT HAVING THIS KIND OF PRESENTATION WHERE WE TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN ALL OF OUR ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS STRENGTHENS TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO I'M REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'M SO HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MOTION? A QUICK COMMENT ON IT THOUGH. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. YOU DON'T GET THE KIND OF RECOGNITION AS SOME OF THE OTHER PRESENTERS WITH NEW ROADWAY CONFIGURATIONS AND BETTER TRAFFIC SIGNALS. YOU'RE KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES AND YOU DON'T GET MUCH ACCOLADES FOR IT. SO I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR ACCOLADES NOW. WE HAVE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR TAXPAYERS, AND YOUR JOB IS TO BE SURE THAT IT'S DONE RIGHT AND THAT YOU PROTECT OUR REPUTATION AND YOU MAKE SURE THAT PERCEPTION AND THAT LEVEL OF TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY IS THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12. SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OK, MOVING ON TO ITEM 13 APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE [13. APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. 1 VACANCY] VACANCY. MR. CHADWICK, IF YOU COULD MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS. CERTAINLY JOINING` US WILL BE OUR CITY CLERK SERVICES MANAGER, FAVI MEDINA, OUR LEGISLATIVE AND CONSTITUENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, SHEILA COBIAN, AND ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY CINDY MCMAHON, LADIES. THANK YOU, MR. CHADWICK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD JULY 20TH, THE CITY COUNCIL DECLARED THE EXISTENCE OF A CITY COUNCIL VACANCY FOR DISTRICT ONE. AT THAT MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO GAVE DIRECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY BY APPOINTING A SUCCESSOR WHO WILL SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM OF THE FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION CALLED FOR AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS THAT WOULD INCLUDE ONE ON ONE APPLICANT INTERVIEWS TO BE SCHEDULED BY THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, A FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANTS, AT AN UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ASK THE APPLICANT QUESTIONS. EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WILL SELECT FIVE FINALISTS TO BE VOTED ON TO FILL THE VACANT DISTRICT ONE SEAT. THE APPLICANT RECEIVING THE MAJORITY OF VOTES, WILL BE APPOINTED TO FILL THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM, WHICH ENDS IN NOVEMBER 2022 AND A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION ILLUSTRATING THE APPLICANT'S DECISION MAKING PROCESSES SHALL BE ASKED OF EACH APPLICANT. THE FOLLOWING IS A TIMELINE PROPOSED BY STAFF BASED OFF OF THESE REQUIREMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE. THE STAFF PROPOSED THIS TIMELINE, INCLUDING AN APPLICATION PERIOD FROM JULY 28TH, AS OF TOMORROW THROUGH AUGUST 11TH, EACH APPLICATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND PUBLIC IN THE ORDER RECEIVED AFTER THE VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. THE NEXT WOULD BE THE INTERVIEW PERIOD, WHICH WOULD BE HELD AUGUST 12 THROUGH AUGUST 23, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL SET UP INTERVIEWS WITH THE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. AUGUST 24TH AT FOUR P.M. IS WHEN WE WOULD HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE APPLICANTS WILL BE GIVEN FIVE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND RESPOND TO CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS. APPOINTMENT MADE OF CONSENSUS IS REACHED AT THIS POINT, BUT IF NOT, WE ALSO HAVE A SEPTEMBER 2ND, 5:00 P.M. SPECIAL MEETING, IF NECESSARY, TO CONCLUDE THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. TO FINALIZE THE APPLICATION PROCESS, STAFF REQUESTS DIRECTION ON THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS, THERE ARE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. MAYOR HALL PROPOSED TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH AS A COUNCIL PERSON IF APPOINTED? THE SECOND, PLEASE GIVE EXAMPLES OF USING COLLABORATION TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL PROPOSED THE FOLLOWING QUESTION. WHAT ARE THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW DO YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS THEM? THE LAST QUESTION PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA IS A LOCAL RESIDENT BUSINESS OWNER IN YOUR DISTRICT, HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION SEEKING APPROVAL FOR A GAS STATION WITH A CONVENIENCE STORE AS PART OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USERS. THE GAS STATION IS AN ALLOWABLE USE, SUBJECT TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. [01:20:05] SEVERAL RESIDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE GAS STATIONS, TRAFFIC, HEALTH AND SAFETY, LAND USE AND ESTHETIC IMPACTS. ANALYSIS HAVE CONCLUDED THE GAS STATION WOULD NOT CREATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS IN THESE AREAS OF CONCERNS. HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT MAKING A DECISION ON THE LOCAL RESIDENTS BUSINESS OWNERS APPLICATION? MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN DID NOT SUBMIT A QUESTION FOR CONSIDERATION, STAFF ARE SEEKING THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON WHETHER TO INCLUDE ANY OF THE ABOVE QUESTIONS ON THE APPLICATION OR INSTEAD TO HAVE THEM BE ASKED IN PERSON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE MEETING WHERE THE APPLICANTS WILL GIVE THEIR FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATIONS. ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER WOULD BE THE FORM 700 DURING THE ELECTION PROCESS. POTENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO FILE A FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM SEVEN HUNDRED WITH THEIR CANDIDATE PAPERWORK. DURING THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, APPLICANTS ARE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW TO FILE THIS FORM, AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRED THIS STEP IN THE PAST. HOWEVER, FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ALSO CONSIDER REQUIRING APPLICANTS TO FILE A FORM 700 AT THE SAME TIME THEY FILE THEIR APPLICATIONS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO BY MINUTE MOTION, APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND PROCEDURES FOR THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF AS NECESSARY, AND ALSO APPROVE ADJUSTING THE AUGUST 24, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BEGIN AT FOUR P.M. AND TO BE HELD IN PERSON AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OK, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? FIRST SPEAKER IS MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE]. FOLLOWED BY J. SINCLAIR. WELCOME BACK, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK AND CITY MANAGER. GOOD TO BE BACK. I'VE READ THE STAFF REPORT. AND THE TIME PERIODS JULY, AUGUST AND THE PROCEDURES, ET CETERA, AND LET ME MAKE ONE COMMENT, WE'RE MOVING FROM AN ELECTORAL TO A SELECTORAL PROCESS HERE AND GIVEN CALIFORNIA'S LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH REGARD TO THE CREATION OF DISTRICTS. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, HOW DO THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES SERVE THE VOTERS IN DISTRICT ONE? AND I'M THINKING OF. VOTERS HAVING THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS, WHAT'S REALLY TAKING PLACE, ALL VOTERS. IT'S GOT TO BE TRANSPARENT, BUT I THINK IT ALSO HAS TO BE EASY TO UNDERSTAND I THINK IT HAS TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE VOTERS AND ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS INFORMATION SUFFICIENT TO REACH DECISIONS. SO I BELIEVE THAT'S IMPORTANT AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S TAKING PLACE. I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME UNDERSTANDING ONE ON ONE APPLICANT INTERVIEWS ARE I DON'T HAVE A CLUE. I LIKE FOR ME, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY IS TAKING PLACE WHEN YOU HAVE ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS AND THE TIME THE PLACE IS THERE, VIDEO, WHATEVER. NOW, I DO HAVE A SOLUTION TO GETTING MORE ELECTORAL ELEMENT INTO THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. AND THAT IS I DON'T THINK THE APPLICATION PROCESS LEADS TO THE GENERATION OF ISSUES THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO MAKE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS. PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION AND SEE SOME VOTER INVOLVEMENT. NOW, HOW DO YOU DO THAT WHEN IT'S A SELECTION PROCESS? WELL, I PROPOSE THAT THE SEPTEMBER TWO MEETING IS THE IDEAL TIME FOR DISTRICT ONE VOTERS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON ISSUES GERMANE TO DISTRICT ONE. YOU WILL HAVE ALREADY HAD YOUR INTERVIEWS. YOU WILL HAVE ALREADY DONE YOUR FIVE MINUTE QUESTIONS. YOU WILL HAVE ALREADY HAD ANSWERS, QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC JUST DIRECTLY TO YOU, BUT I THINK ON SEPTEMBER TWO, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN [01:25:02] GIVE THE CANDIDATES A GREATER PERSPECTIVE IF THEY ALLOW SOME VOTERS TO COME UP. SO, YOU WILL HAVE ALREADY--AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. J. SINCLAIR, FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH BANKS. HI'M J. SINCLAIR. I'M A CARLSBAD RESIDENT, SPECIFICALLY A RESIDENT OF D1. MANY D1 RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR REPRESENTATION ON COUNCIL AND HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS WITH INTEREST. IN ORDER FOR D1 TO FEEL LIKE THE APPOINTEE TRULY REPRESENTS US? THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS NEEDS TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT. HAVING APPLICANTS MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS PRIVATELY SMACKS OF SECRECY. AND IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT. WHEN WE HAVE A D1 RESIDENT MAKING YOUTUBE VIDEOS ABOUT THE COUNCIL AND QUID PRO QUO, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PROCESS IS ABOVE BOARD AND VISIBLE. THERE MUST NOT EVEN BE THE SUGGESTION OF THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE FOR THE COUNCIL IS A WHOLE TO INTERVIEW THE APPLICANTS DURING A COUNCIL MEETING IS ALREADY PLANNED, BUT TO PERMIT EACH COUNCIL PERSON TO SUPPLY THREE QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANT ANSWERED. EACH APPLICANT COULD ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN FRONT OF THE FULL COUNCIL AND ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROCESS. THERE MAY BE OTHER WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, BUT IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THE PROCESS BE SEEN AS FAIR AND TRANSPARENT. OVER A YEAR'S LEFT IN THE TERM OF THE D1 COUNCIL SEAT AND MANY IMPORTANT VOTES WILL COME UP, INCLUDING THE VOTES FOR THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN. THIS MUST BE DONE RIGHT. NO ONE FROM THIS COUNCIL SHOULD BE CONDUCTING PRIVATE ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS FOR THE D1 COUNCIL POSITION. THANK YOU. ELIZABETH BANKS. FOLLOWED BY TJ CHILDS AND HOPE NELSON. I LIVE IN D1, AND LIKE MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS WILL BE FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL MEMBER REPLACEMENT PROCESS VERY CLOSELY, BUT I WAS SHOCKED AT LAST MEETING TO HEAR MATT HALL TURN TOWARDS CITY MANAGER AND ATTORNEY AND ANNOUNCE THAT HE WILL INTERVIEW CANDIDATES IN PRIVATE AND OF ANY LENGTH. AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE ATTORNEY AND THE MANAGER, WITH THEIR EYES DOWNWARD, MUMBLED, YES, IS MATT HALL MAYOR OR IS THE KING OF CARLSBAD? FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, D1 HAS BEEN KEPT IN THE LOOP OF CITY BUSINESS. CORI SENT OUT LETTERS, HELD TOWN HALLS, ANSWERED HER PHONE. NOW IT SEEMS HALL WANTS TO SLITHER THE CITY BACK INTO BUSINESS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. TRANSPARENCY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE, AND HALL DOES NOT CONSIDER D1 RESIDENTS AS CITIZENS THAT MATTER. SO I'M ON THE ALERT THAT THIS PROCESS WILL NOT BE FAIR AND HELPFUL FOR D1. I'M HOPING SECRECY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE PROCESS AND I AM RELYING ON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE VERY VIGILANT AND TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT PROCESS TRANSPARENT BECAUSE BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, YOU REPRESENT ALL OF CARLSBAD AND THAT INCLUDES D1. T.J. CHILDS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT ON ROOSEVELT AND PINE, THERE IS A FIRE HYDRANT THERE WITH NO RED CURVE, AND IT'S BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES. SO HERE WE ARE ABOUT TO PUT A DEVELOPMENT WITH A STOP SIGN [INAUDIBLE] DEVELOPMENT WITH A FIRE HYDRANT AND NO RED CURVES. I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW--I'M JUST BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE--I UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT WAS A DIFFERENT ITEM--THAT'S OK, I JUST WANTED TO GET IT ON THE RECORD. OK, I WANT TO GO TO THIS ONE SO NO ONE CAN SAY THEY WEREN'T MADE AWARE THAT IT'S THERE. I AGREE WITH TRANSPARENCY, I THINK WE OPEN OURSELVES TO LEGAL LIABILITIES AND LEGAL CHALLENGES IF WE HAVE ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW. IN THE PAST, PARTICULARLY WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE'S BEEN UNILATERAL APPOINTMENTS AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO HOLD THEIR TERM LONGER THAN TWO YEARS, AS STATED IN THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE. I ALSO FEEL THAT LAST MEETING THEY MADE A POINT ABOUT SAYING IF THE PERSON [01:30:06] WAS APPOINTED AND THEN THE CHANGE WAS MADE, SAYING THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO ADHERE TO THAT YEAR'S STANDARD BEFORE MOVING ON, THEY THEMSELVES COULD BE UNDER THAT NEW REGULATION, I FEEL, TO MAKE IT MORE FAIR, MORE TRANSPARENT. IF YOU ARE APPOINTED UNDER THESE REGULATIONS, YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THOSE REGULATIONS WHILE YOU HOLD THE APPOINTMENT, AND IF SUBSEQUENT TO YOUR APPOINTMENT WE MAKE THE CHANGES, THAT IS FOR THE NEXT MEMBER. BUT THE CITIZENS WERE THINKING THIS, AND I THINK IT ALSO DETERMINES WHO APPLIES AND I THINK IT'S UNFAIR THAT WE HAVE CONSTRAINTS AND THEN THEY'RE CHANGED WHILE THEY'RE IN OFFICE. I ALSO WANT TO SUGGEST THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE WHO LEGALLY, THEY CAN'T REQUEST TO MAKE THEM SAY WHERE THEY LIVE, THAT CERTAIN GROUPS AND CERTAIN PEOPLE DO NOT LIVE HERE, DO NOT LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, DO NOT LIVE IN CARLSBAD. AND EVERYBODY'S TESTIMONY SHOULD BE HEARD AND CONSIDERED, BUT THEY SHOULD THEIR TESTIMONY SHOULD HAVE LESSER IMPACT THAN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN D1. AND I WANT ALSO TO SUPPORT J'S RECOMMENDATION OF IN ADDITION, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE THE PUBLIC SUBMIT SOME QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE EVERYBODY. I WENT TO A TOWN HALL FOR MIKE LEVIN. THEY HAD EVERYBODY SUBMIT A QUESTION PRIOR TO THE TOWN HALL AND THEY LITERALLY PUT QUESTIONS OUT. SO EVERYBODY HAD A FAIR CHANCE. NOBODY WAS GIVEN AN ADVANTAGE. SO MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE THE CITIZENS HAVE A PERIOD OF WHICH THEY COULD SUBMIT AND THEY WOULD JUST RANDOMLY DRAW THE QUESTION. SO THERE'S CITIZEN INPUT AS WELL. THANK YOU. HOPE, NELSON. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF. I HAD SO MUCH FUN LAST WEEK WITH ARNIE COHEN AND [INAUDIBLE] GREEN, THAT I THOUGHT I'D GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY TONIGHT. THE FACT IS, I AM APPALLED. LET ME BE CLEAR IN THIS PROCESS, YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE DAIS ARE A CITY GOVERNMENT COUNCIL INTERVIEWING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE VOTERS OF DISTRICT ONE. YOU ARE NOT A PRIVATE CORPORATION HIRING AN EMPLOYEE FOR A PROCESS. THE LAST PRESENTER DREW COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL. MR. BLACKBURN, YOU TALKED ABOUT PERCEPTION AND LEVEL OF TRUST. MS. ACOSTA, YOU MENTIONED TRANSPARENCY. IN DOING YOUR JOB, YOU MUST MAKE THE PROCESS RESPECTFUL OF THE VOTERS, LEAVING NO POSSIBILITY FOR IMPROPRIETY OR THE IMPLICATION OF IMPROPRIETY. GUESS WHAT THAT MEANS? THERE MUST BE NO ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS ALLOWED. NOT FOR MAYOR HALL, NOT FOR PRIYA BHAT-PATEL, NOT FOR KEITH BLACKBURN AND NOT FOR TERESA ACOSTA. THE PROCESS NEEDS TO BE VOID OF YOUR BIAS OR YOUR SPECIFIC AGENDAS OR YOUR LIKES OR YOUR DISLIKES. APPLICANTS SHOULD BE OFFERED A TOTALLY RESPECTABLE PROCESS WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE INTEGRITY OF THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL. THERE IS IN EXCESS OF HALF A MILLION BUCKS SITTING IN LIMBO WITH THE HOPE THAT YOU CAN DO YOUR JOB APPROPRIATELY. BY THE WAY, BASED ON YOUR DECISION LAST WEEK, IT APPEARS THAT THE COUNCIL AND I ALSO AGREE. SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GO TWO FOR TWO. I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. OK, COMING BACK TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. DR. BHAT-PATEL. YES, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO QUICKLY. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WAS WITH REGARDS TO AND THIS MIGHT BE MAYBE A QUESTION FOR STAFF AND THEN ALSO A QUESTION FOR MY COLLEAGUES. ONE THING THAT I FEEL WOULD BE HELPFUL IS THE SUBMISSION OF A RESUME AS WELL. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADD TO THIS? YES, WE COULD MAKE THAT A REQUIREMENT ON THE APPLICATION. OK, GREAT. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE QUESTIONS THAT EACH OF US PRESENTED, SOME OF THOSE COULD BE ADDED ON TO THE PAPER APPLICATION. AND THEN IF THERE'S ONE THAT WE LIKE, WE COULD USE THAT AS MAYBE AN IN-PERSON QUESTION AS WELL. OK. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR QUESTIONS, I JUST HAVE COMMENTS, THANKS, OK. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ASK THE QUESTION OF THE ATTORNEY JUST TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, IF I COULD. IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE PROCESS OF CHANGE AND I'M ASSUMING CHANGE TO WHETHER A [01:35:08] PERSON COULD RUN IN THE FOLLOWING ELECTION IF THAT CHANGE COULD TAKE PLACE AFTER THE PERSON WAS APPOINTED, BUT BEFORE THE ELECTION OF 2022. MS. BREWER, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT PLACE? THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY MECHANISM BY WHICH WE CAN PREVENT A CITY COUNCIL FROM CHANGING ITS LAWS AND MUNICIPAL CODE, JUST AS IT HAS DONE IN THE PAST. SO OTHER THAN THE PERSONS AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY WERE HIRED, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN BIND THEM OR MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR THE COUNCIL TO CHANGE ITS OWN LAWS. SO IF THAT WAS TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL, AS A POSSIBILITY, COULD THE NEW PERSON, THE APPOINTED PERSON, BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION? ABSENT ANY FACTUAL SITUATION, BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BUT OF COURSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS, SO I CAN'T ANALYZE THAT. BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD FIND IT TO BE AN APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY, WHICH IS BASED ON COMMUNITY PERCEPTION. AND THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE THEY CAME IN UNDER ONE SET OF CONDITIONS AND WOULD TRY TO CHANGE THOSE CONDITIONS. AND I CAN SEE WHY THAT MIGHT CAUSE ALARM FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITY MEMBERS. OK, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL UNDERSTANDING WHAT CAN AND CANNOT HAPPEN. DOES THE CLERK HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT? OK. BLACKBURN? IN CONVERSATIONS, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THE NEW MEMBER COULD NOT VOTE ON THAT DECISION BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE A DIRECT INFLUENCE ON THEIR FINANCIAL FUTURE. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO THEN BE ELECTED TO A PAID JOB AND THAT WOULD POSSIBLY CREATE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL COULD MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT WOULDN'T THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT ABSENT THE VOTE OF THE APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBER, ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE BASING THAT ON THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT, THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT, OF EXCLUDES FROM THE DEFINITION OF INCOME MONEY FROM A GOVERNMENT AGENCY? OK, THANK YOU. OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. YES, THANK YOU. I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD INSTEAD OF ASKING THE PERSON TO SUBMIT THEIR RESUME OR BIOGRAPHY, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE RESUMES, THEY MAY USE A PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY DEPENDING ON THEIR AGE AND HOW THEY WHAT KIND OF FIELD THEY WORK IN, ET CETERA. AND THEN I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD ADD AND THIS IS SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL TO DISCUSS A QUESTION ALONG THE LINES OF THIS, THE LAST COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S ANSWER SOMETHING. MAYBE IT'S A BOX OR MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION. DO YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE MUNICIPAL CODE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU ARE APPOINTED SO THAT WE GET THAT IN WRITING FROM THEM, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONS BY WHICH THEY ARE APPOINTED AND AREN'T TRYING TO GAME THE SYSTEM? AND THEN I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT TOPIC THAT KEPT COMING UP ABOUT THE PRIVATE INTERVIEWS AND ASK WHETHER WHETHER THERE IS A LEGAL ISSUE WITH US HAVING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS INTERVIEWS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A PERCEPTION ISSUE BECAUSE I HEARD IT NOT JUST TONIGHT, BUT SINCE OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, SEVERAL PEOPLE CONTACTED ME TO SAY THAT IT SEEMS WRONG. IT SEEMED NOT TRANSPARENT. BUT I ALSO WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY LEGAL ISSUE WITH US HAVING THOSE ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS IN PRIVATE. SO LONG AS THERE'S NO CONVERSATION BETWEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THAT THOSE INTERVIEWS ARE LAWFUL INTERVIEWS AND THERE'S NO INAPPROPRIATE QUESTIONS, THERE'S NO EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, THERE'S NOTHING UNLAWFUL ABOUT IT. OK, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AS THE APPLICATIONS COME IN, YOU'LL FIND THAT SOME OF YOU KNOW THE APPLICANTS, SOME OF YOU DON'T. SO ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT WOULD BE THAT IF THERE ARE APPLICANTS THAT YOU HAVEN'T MET BEFORE, THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET TO KNOW THEM, ET CETERA. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT LOOK AT IT THE OPPOSITE AS A LEVELING OF THE PLAYING FIELD. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ALL THE APPLICANTS. I DON'T KNOW. OK. YEAH. I MEAN, WHEN WE HAD OUR LAST CONVERSATION AROUND THIS, I WAS NOT REALLY IN FAVOR OF DOING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS INTERVIEWS, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE WE WANTED TO ALL AT [01:40:05] LEAST I AGREED THAT IF ONE OF US WAS GOING TO BE HAVING THOSE INTERVIEWS, THAT WE SHOULD ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE INTERVIEWS. AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS A REAL INTEREST FROM SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES TO HAVE THAT INTERVIEW. BUT IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE PRIVATE INTERVIEWS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT IN D1 ABOUT FEELING LIKE THEY REALLY ARE NOT HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE HERE AND THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND FOR THEM, THAT MEANS DOING EVERYTHING IN THE PUBLIC EYE. SO I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF DOING THE ONE ON ONE PRIVATE INTERVIEWS ANYMORE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO I'M NOT SURE HOW TO, CAN I MAKE A MINUTE MOTION THAT WE NOT DO THAT OR...OK. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONDUCT ALL OF OUR QUESTIONING AND INTERVIEWS IN THE PUBLIC EYE AT THE SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETINGS. I'LL SECOND. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION? CALL THE QUESTION. OK, PASSES 3-1. OK, ANYTHING ELSE? I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK FROM YOU ABOUT ADDING THAT QUESTION, DO YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE MUNICIPAL CODE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH OR BY WHICH YOU ARE APPOINTED? I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. SAY THAT ONCE MORE, PLEASE. ADDING A QUESTION TO THE APPLICATION, DO YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE MUNICIPAL CODE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU WERE APPOINTED? AGREE. MS. BLACKBURN. [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE ASKING MY OPINION ON THAT. THAT'S FINE WITH ME. DOCTOR. YEAH, I'M FINE WITH IT, TOO. OK. DR. BHAT-PATEL, YOU ASKED SOME QUESTIONS, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ASKED ALSO. MR. BLACKBURN, DR. BHAT-PATEL'S QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY, I WAS TAKING NOTES, YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE WRITTEN? NO, DR. BHAT-PATEL ASKED TO HAVE OTHER ISSUES CONSIDERED, AND I SAID I WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH HER ISSUES. AND SO--OH, THE RESUME AND BIOGRAPHY. YES. YES, I'M FINE WITH THAT. OK, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL'S COMMENT ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO ADD IN THE QUESTIONS. DO WE MAKE WE MAKE THAT DECISION NOW BECAUSE I WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD OF THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT WE SUGGESTED, I WOULD SAY THAT THE QUESTIONS BY MAYOR HALL AND THE QUESTION-YES, THANK YOU--BY COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL THAT WE SHOULD ADD TO THE WRITTEN APPLICATION AND THEN THE HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION BE ASKED LIVE. AND I'D LOVE TO SECOND IT BECAUSE I HAVE A NOTE TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST NOW SAID. OK, WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, OK. DOCTOR. AND THEN SO, YEAH, THOSE WERE MY NOTES AS WELL, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM UP AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING MOTION ON THE APPLICANT INTERVIEWS AND STRIKING THAT THE OTHER COMPONENT I ACTUALLY PERSONALLY FEEL THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM IS REALLY THAT WILL ALLOW TO INCREASE OUR TRANSPARENCY. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE INCORPORATE THAT. MY NOTES HERE SAY I WOULD BE REALLY OPEN TO THIS AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL BE AS WELL. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY FEEL SHOULD BE PART OF IT. WHEN FOLKS ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, THEY'RE FILLING IT OUT ANYWAYS. THIS INDIVIDUAL, WHEN THEY'RE APPOINTED, THEY WOULD BE FILLING IT OUT ANYWAYS. SO THIS ALLOWS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR INTERESTS ARE AHEAD OF TIME. SO I WOULD PERSONALLY MAKE A MOTION TO INCORPORATE THAT. SECOND. DO WE NEED TO MOTION ON ALL THESE, OR CAN WE JUST AGREE TO THEM AND THEN MAKE A FINAL MOTION WITH ALL OF THESE SUBSECTIONS? OK, WE'LL VOTE ON IT. PLEASE VOTE. BARBARA, YOU'RE MIC'S NOT ON ALSO. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND I'LL ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN, WOULD IT BE EASIER JUST THROUGH OUR CONVERSATION IF WHEN I MAKE THE MOTION, THAT I INCLUDE ALL OF THESE THINGS SO IT'S JUST ONE BIG MOTION? [01:45:04] WOULD THAT BE PREFERABLE? SO LONG AS WE GET DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ON EACH ITEM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, AT THE END, REVISIT THE LANGUAGE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME LANGUAGE ON THE AGENDA THAT ADDRESSES IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ADD A SENTENCE AT THE END, IT'LL SUFFICE. ANY OTHERS? I WOULD LOVE TO ASK MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FORM 700 AND MAYBE KIND OF WHY IT EXISTS. THANK YOU. SO ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S PRIMARY ANTI-CORRUPTION LAWS IS KNOWN AS THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT AND THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT IS REGULATED BY THE FPPC, THE FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMITTEE, AND THEY PUT FORWARD THE REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. AND IT'S BASICALLY A FOLLOW THE MONEY STATUTE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE DISCLOSE OUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS SO WE KNOW THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS THAT ARE INFORMING THE VOTERS--EXCUSE ME, THE VOTES OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS. SO IT'S REALLY A TRANSPARENCY DOCUMENT. AND THE PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THE INTERESTS THAT BACK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE SERVING THEM. DOES THAT HELP? THAT DOES HELP BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TRAINING AND FILE THEM. IT'S JUST MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION MAY NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE FORM 700. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ANYONE APPLYING FOR THIS TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT IS AND WHY IT EXISTS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. SO I ALSO SUPPORT HAVING THE APPLICANTS FILE A FORM 700. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? COUNCIL MEMBER, BHAT-PATEL, JUST SECONDED THAT? I DIDN'T HEAR A SECOND. OH, THAT WAS MY MOTION. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA SECONDED. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE GET ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WHAT I MEANT TO SAY. SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND THAT NIGHT, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE FIVE MINUTES TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION. IF I HAVE FIVE QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK EACH PERSON APPLYING, I STILL HAVE THAT RIGHT TO DO THAT. MAYBE 10. I THINK IT'S UP TO US TO DETERMINE HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHAT I'M HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS OFF CAMERA. IF YOU HAD A 15 MINUTE INTERVIEW, I COULD ASK 5, 10, 15 QUESTIONS. AND WHEN YOU GO 5, 10, 15 QUESTIONS TIMES FOUR ON CAMERA, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE TALKING 20 MINUTES TO A HALF AN HOUR PER EACH PERSON. YEAH. AND SO IT'S LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD SOMETHING TO SHARE. SO AT THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE STANDARDIZATION OF QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL'S GOING TO ASK. SO AS OPPOSED TO BEING ABLE TO ASK SPONTANEOUS, EXTEMPORANEOUS QUESTIONS, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WERE HAVING THOSE QUESTION SCREENED NOT ONLY BY EARLY SUBMITTAL FOR CONTENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE APPROPRIATE TO BE ASKING IN A PUBLIC SETTING. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THE SERIOUSNESS OF SERIOUSNESS OF THIS POSITION. AND IF THEY ONLY ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO REALLY KNOW SOMEBODY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE UNKNOWN TO YOU. SO GIVING THEM THE FAIRNESS OF THE DOUBT, IF YOU CAN'T DOVE INTO SOME DEEPER QUESTIONS, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A CHECK THE BOX SITUATION. AND AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION, I MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THIS PERSON AT ALL. AND YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME TO VOTE ON THEM. SO THAT'S NOT GIVING EVERYBODY A FAIR SHOT IF YOU WILL AT THE POSITION. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO DO ANYTHING OFF CAMERA, ON CAMERA. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW EACH APPLICANT IN THE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE I WISH TO KNOW BEFORE I VOTE ON THEM. YOU WANT TO START? SURE, I AGREE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW FOLKS, I THINK WE ALL WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW THE APPLICANTS. THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE HERE, AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER, I'M ASSUMING, I MEAN, WE'RE STARTING AT 4:00 P.M., RIGHT? WE DON'T KNOW YET HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. AND OF COURSE, IF EACH OF US ARE GOING TO ASK HOWEVER MANY QUESTIONS, ET CETERA, IT COULD [01:50:01] GO FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND SO SEPTEMBER 2ND IS THE ONLY OTHER TIME THAT WE'VE DECIDED THAT WE CAN INCLUDE A FOLLOW UP MEETING, OR IS THERE ARE THERE OTHER TIMES IN BETWEEN THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY CONTINUE IF WE NEED TO? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER. CURRENTLY, WE'VE BLOCKED OUT TUESDAY THE 24TH, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE HOLDS ON CALENDARS FOR WEDNESDAY THE 25TH, THURSDAY THE 26TH, AS WELL AS THURSDAY THE 2ND. SO WE HAVE PUT AGAIN PLACEHOLDERS THERE IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL TIME. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE POTENTIALLY COULD DO IS END UP MODIFYING THE TIME FRAME AS WELL. SO I DO WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE, THOUGH, THAT THINK OF IT IS AS A FORMAL JOB INTERVIEW, BECAUSE THIS IS EFFECTIVELY WHAT'S OCCURRING IN THE PUBLIC'S EYE. SO TYPICALLY A BEST PRACTICE FROM AN H.R. PERSPECTIVE, YOU STANDARDIZE YOUR QUESTIONS, YOU ALLOW IN A PUBLIC SETTING. NOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL INTERVIEWS OCCUR IN A PUBLIC SETTING. BUT THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE INDIVIDUAL TYPICALLY IS ELECTED FOR THIS POSITION. SO THAT'S WHY, AGAIN, FROM A BEST PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE, IT DOES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO HAVE A STANDARDIZED QUESTION AND ANSWER FORMAT IN THE EVENT THAT WHEN THEY ASK OR RESPOND TO THAT STANDARDIZED QUESTION, YOU MAY HAVE TO ASK WELL COULD YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND OR TO TRY AND GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT WILL BE A STANDARDIZED PRACTICE, OR AT LEAST IT SHOULD BE. SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION, IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE OR WHAT WE COULD DO IS I LOOK AT ARE THERE ANY OTHER STANDARDIZED QUESTIONS THAT WE COULD ALSO INSERT OR POSSIBLY SUGGEST TO COUNCIL AS PUT IN THE HOPPER FOR THE INTERVIEW PROCESS? YOUR THOUGHTS? SURE, I'D BE OPEN TO HAVING THAT DISCUSSION NOW, IF YOU ALL ARE IN TERMS OF WHAT TYPES OF QUESTIONS WE WOULD POTENTIALLY ASK DURING THAT PROCESS IF WE WERE TO BE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE GOING TO I COMPLETELY AGREE, MAKING SURE WE HAVE A STANDARD QUESTION FROM EACH OF US TO ENSURE THAT IT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUALS COMING BEFORE US WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO I'M OPEN TO THAT. I THINK MAKING SURE THAT I KNOW, MAYOR, YOU WANT TO GET INTO DEPTH WITH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK. SO I THINK IT'LL ALLOW FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH EVERYONE. SO I'M NOT PREPARED TO COME UP WITH FIVE QUESTIONS TONIGHT. ALL I'M SAYING IS THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE STANDING AT THAT PODIUM THAT WE NEED TO GIVE A FAIR SHOT TO THAT I MAY HAVE NEVER MET THEM BEFORE. AND TO JUDGE A PERSON EVEN ON FIVE QUESTIONS, I'VE STILL PROBABLY WON'T KNOW THAT PERSON. SO WHEN YOU CAN GET INTO A CONVERSATION WITH A LITTLE BIT OF DEPTH, YOU GET TO UNDERSTAND WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO UNDERSTAND A WHOLE LOT ABOUT A PERSON, LIKE INTERVIEWING A PERSON, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO INTERVIEW SOMEBODY FOR A HIGH LEVEL POSITION IN YOUR COMPANY FOR ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS THAT JUST ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO BE FAIR TO ALL THAT'S GOING TO COME TO THAT PODIUM THAT WE ALL GET THE OPPORTUNITY. AND THE SAME WITH YOU. THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME THERE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONVINCE YOURSELF. AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO IT WITH ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS, SO. DOCTOR? SURE, THANK YOU. SO, THIS MIGHT BE A PROCEDURAL QUESTION FOR YOU ALL IN TERMS OF PROVIDING I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WE COULD PROVIDE SOME MORE QUESTIONS THAT WE POTENTIALLY WANTED TO COME UP WITH. IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT TONIGHT, THEN WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF WOULD IT BE SIMILAR TO WHEN YOU ALL ASKED US WHAT WAS OUR PREFERRED QUESTION, WE WOULD SUBMIT THEM TO YOU ALL AND THEN THOSE WOULD BE AGGREGATED AND PRESENTED AT THE NEXT MEETING. OR WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? IT POTENTIALLY COULD, BUT AGAIN, THOSE QUESTIONS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THE PACKET BECAUSE OUR INTENT IS TO TRY AND GET THAT PACKAGE OUT TOMORROW MORNING. SO THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY IN PUBLIC TO END UP HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE, I THINK OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE 17TH OF AUGUST. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA YOUR THOUGHTS? YEAH, I THINK THAT WE COULD WE WOULD STILL GET THE APPLICATION OUT TOMORROW BECAUSE THESE QUESTIONS WOULDN'T BE ON THE APPLICATION. [01:55:01] THESE WOULD BE OUR VERBAL QUESTIONS. I THINK WE COULD STILL DO IT. I THINK IT STILL FITS WITHIN THE TIMELINE TO HAVE IT SO THAT WE COULD ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I HEAR WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING. AND STILL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO KNOW SOMEBODY DEEPLY FROM EITHER WAY, EVEN IF WE HAD DONE A PRIVATE INTERVIEW, YOU WON'T KNOW ANYONE DEEPLY FROM. WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE WRITTEN ANSWERS. WE'RE GOING HAVE THEIR RESUME/BIO. YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE SURE I DON'T KNOW THAT FROM THE WRITTEN DOCUMENTS THAT THEY ARE WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS AND HEAR HOW THEY THINK THROUGH THE LOGIC QUESTION AND HOW THEY SAY WE ASKED THEM, WHAT DRIVES YOU TO APPLY FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, AND TO HEAR THEIR ANSWER AND THEIR PASSION AND THEIR DELIVERY AND WHAT THEY THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF WHY THEY WANT TO BE HERE. SO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT SOME GREAT THINGS FROM THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. BUT IT IS A TOUGH ONE. IT'S NOT LIKE AN EXTENSIVE FOUR SERIES INTERVIEW FOR A CORPORATE HIGH LEVEL POSITION. AND YET THE POSITIONS ARE THAT WEIGHTY, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS VERY SERIOUS. SO I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN IN THE CONFINES OF THE LAW. DOCTOR, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ARE WE DOING FINAL COMMENTS OR JUST COMMENTS IN GENERAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE? COMMENTS IN GENERAL? OK, SO OVERALL COMMENTS JUST WANT TO WANT TO SAY THAT DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THIS BROUGHT BEFORE US IN TERMS OF THE VERBAL QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER. I THINK WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH VARIETY AMONG THE FOUR OF US TO BE ABLE TO COVER QUITE A BIT OF DEPTH SINCE, AND WE CAN DECIDE ON HOW MANY WE EACH WANT TO SUBMIT. I THINK WE'LL EACH HAVE, I'M SURE, DIFFERENT ONES THAT WE WILL END UP SUBMITTING, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS WE CAN ASK EACH APPLICANT. I THINK WE WILL WANT TO COME UP WITH IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A TIME FRAME THAT WE WANT THEM TO ANSWER IT IN OR IF WE'RE ALLOWING ENDLESS TIME FOR EACH ANSWER, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER. AND THEN, GIVEN ALL, OF COURSE, WE WERE ABLE TO GO THROUGH, I REALLY APPRECIATE, BY THE WAY, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA I KNOW I HAD BROUGHT UP THE HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION AND YOU DELIVERED ON IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND MAKING THAT PART OF THE PROCESS. AND THEN I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM INCORPORATED INTO THIS AS WELL. JUST BRINGING MORE TRANSPARENCY TO THIS WHOLE PROCESS. I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE FOR DISTRICT ONE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. AND SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE A TRUSTFUL AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED AND THAT EVERYONE FEELS THAT WE'RE DOING SO IN A WAY THAT BRINGS THEM ALONG. MR. BLACKBURN. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY FOOLPROOF SYSTEM, WHETHER SPEAKING TO THEM IN OFFICE FOR 15 MINUTES, LISTENING TO PEOPLE HERE, I THINK IT'S UP TO INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE. I WILL SAY THAT I DO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF I'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME AND I'VE SAT ON INTERVIEW BOARDS FOR HIRING PEOPLE HERE. AND WHEN I'VE DONE THAT, I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE QUESTIONS I WILL ASK. I DON'T EVEN GET TO HAVE ANY SAY IN IT, BUT I DON'T CARE WHAT THE QUESTION IS. I CARE WHAT THE ANSWER IS AND HOW THEY HANDLE THE ANSWER. SO I'M OK WITH DOING THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS HERE. I'M EVEN OK WITH SOMEBODY ELSE WRITING THE QUESTIONS AND THEM BEING JUST VERY BASIC, EASY QUESTIONS. I'M NOT TRYING TO STUMP ANYBODY. I JUST WANT TO HEAR HOW THEY HANDLED THE PRESENTATION. SO I'M OK WITH GOING ALONG WITH JUST EVEN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE DAIS. BUT I'M VERY, VERY ADAMANT THAT THERE BE A TIME LIMIT. SOMETIMES WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH EXPERIENCE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THAT MICROPHONE AND WE GOT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A STOP FOR THAT. SO WHATEVER THE ARBITRARY NUMBER IS FOR TIME LIMIT, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A TIME LIMIT. I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF MAYOR HALL AND COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL'S QUESTIONS, BE A WRITTEN ANSWER ON THE APPLICATION. AND I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA QUESTION, THAT ACTUALLY IS A DIFFICULT ONE. I EVEN TRIED TO THINK ABOUT AN ANSWER MYSELF AND I COULDN'T AND I HAD A HARD TIME. SO I THINK IT'D BE VERY ENLIGHTENING TO HEAR THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT GOES ON BEHIND THAT. IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, THAT'S FINE. IF WE WANT TO STOP THERE, I'M COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH THAT. [02:00:02] THAT'S MY INPUT. OK. DOCTOR? JUST ONE MORE THING, WITH REGARDS TO THE DURATION OF ANSWERS, ARE WE THINKING, ONE OR TWO MINUTES PER QUESTION? I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE DOING A FIVE MINUTE PITCH IN THAT FIVE MINUTES, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM OUR LAST CONVERSATION, THEY'RE ALSO ANSWERING THAT HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. SO THEY'RE DOING THEIR BIO. THEY'RE DOING THE HYPOTHETICAL IN THE FIVE MINUTES. WE ASK THE QUESTION, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE WANT TO KEEP IT SHORT, GENERALLY PEOPLE WILL SAY DO IT IN A MINUTE, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD SAY A MINUTE IS GOOD. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE QUESTIONS, AT LEAST THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, A TEN MINUTE RESPONSE FROM EACH PERSON. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, CAN YOU ANSWER THE LAST QUESTION IN A MINUTE? CAN YOU DO WHAT? ANSWER THAT LAST QUESTION IN A MINUTE. THEY CAN THEY CAN USE AS MUCH TIME BECAUSE THEY HAVE FIVE MINUTES. THEY COULD DO ONE MINUTE BY FOUR MINUTES HYPOTHETICAL. THEY GET TO USE THEIR DISCRETION ON HOW THEY WANT TO ANSWER. AND I'LL ARGUE THAT, YES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SOMEBODY CAN FORM THEIR THOUGHTS AND RELAY IT WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND NOT TO JUST STAND UP THERE AND STUTTER AND HAMMER AND REPEAT THEMSELVES. WELL, THE FACT THAT THEY KNOW THE QUESTION THAT MAKES IT--MAKES IT A BIG BENEFIT AS WELL. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. YES, THANK YOU, I AGREE WITH THE TIME LIMIT HAVING A SET TIME LIMIT. I WAS THINKING TWO MINUTES, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR OR FIVE QUESTIONS, ONE MINUTE IS SUFFICIENT, I THINK, IN ORDER TO FIT EVERYONE IN. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. AND WE DID SAVE ALL THIS TIME JUST IN CASE WE GOT A LOT. AND I DO THINK WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS. I WANTED TO HEARKEN BACK TO ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT ISSUES THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT HAVING MORE D1 PARTICIPATION. AND I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD ASK THE PUBLIC TO SUGGEST QUESTIONS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE DEADLINE WOULD BE FOR US TO SUBMIT THOSE COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS. BUT MAYBE IF WE JUST PUT OUT AN OPEN INVITE, THEY CAN EMAIL COUNCIL AT CARLSBADCA.GOV AND WE CAN PICK FROM MAYBE SOME SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FROM D1 RESIDENTS. AND THAT WAY THEY MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE TIED INTO THE PROCESS. AND WE'LL JUST PICK THE QUESTIONS FROM THAT POOL THAT WE THAT WE EACH WANT TO ASK. WHAT WOULD THE DEADLINE BE FOR US TO SUBMIT THOSE QUESTIONS TO STAFF? I'M GOING TO DEFER TO SHEILA ABOUT WHAT DO YOU THINK A REASONABLE DEADLINE WOULD BE FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I WOULD SAY AUGUST 17TH. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT INTERVIEW PERIOD, THEY COULD SUBMIT QUESTIONS BETWEEN JULY 28TH AND AUGUST 17TH. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THE QUESTIONS VETTED BY STAFF AND JUST GIVEN TO YOU TO ASK, OR DO YOU WANT TO VOTE ON WHICH ONES YOU'RE GOING TO ASK? BECAUSE THAT WOULD CHANGE. I AM PROBABLY IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKBURN THAT I WOULD LEAVE IT TO STAFF AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, WE SOLICIT THE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY FROM D1 AND INVITE THEM TO PROVIDE QUESTIONS. AND THEN WE COULD GET A RANGE OF QUESTIONS THAT STAFF COULD PICK OUT FOR US AND THEN GIVE US TO ASK. COULD I SUGGEST AN ADJUSTMENT TO THAT? THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW THE RULES ON HOW QUESTIONS HAVE TO BE PRESENTED RATHER THAN THE RESIDENTS SUBMITTING QUESTIONS. HOW ABOUT TOPICS THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE ADDRESSED IN A QUESTION AND THEN LET OUR STAFF PUT TOGETHER THE QUESTION THAT THEN THAT WILL MEET THE HR REQUIREMENTS? WOULD THAT BE SATISFACTORY? I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE STAFF EDIT THE QUESTIONS OR TURN A TOPIC INTO A QUESTION. EITHER WAY. JUST ASK THE PUBLIC FOR WHAT'S IMPORTANT TOPICS. SO ARE THESE D1 RESIDENTS SUBMITTING THE QUESTIONS? YES. AND REALLY TO ADDRESS THE POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT D1 RESIDENTS NOT FEELING LIKE THEY WERE NOT A PART OF THE PROCESS. OK, DOCTOR. SO DEFINITELY OPEN TO THAT, THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT ONLY D1 RESIDENTS ARE SUBMITTING THOSE QUESTIONS OR TOPICS? AND THEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM. SHEILA, ANY SUGGESTIONS? I'M NOT SURE THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO WANT TO GIVE THEIR DATE OF BIRTH IN THEIR [02:05:01] ADDRESS SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY THAT THEIR DISTRICT 1. BUT THAT WOULD BE HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT VERIFYING. I CAN SEE ANOTHER INHERENT PROBLEM WITH IT THAT I'M SURE WE CAN WORK THROUGH, BUT YOU MIGHT GET A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS. AND THEN WHEN WE GO THROUGH THEM AND WE PICK THE TOP FEW OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY, YOU ASKED FOR MY INPUT, I GAVE IT TO YOU, AND THEN THAT WASN'T ONE OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED, SO I WAS IGNORED. I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE WE HAVE TO JUST STUMBLE THROUGH. NOT TO MENTION IF WE WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. YEAH, I THINK THE IDEA WAS REALLY TO ENGAGE D1 RESIDENTS IN THE PROCESS, AND I HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR THAT IT SEEMED LIKE THAT CHOICE WAS REALLY LEFT TO THE FOUR OF US WITHOUT ENOUGH INPUT FROM THEM. SO I THINK IF WE ASK I MEAN, WE COULD ASK AND SEE WHAT THEY SUBMIT. THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS. AND IF THE VARIETY IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH, MAYBE WE PICK FOUR OF THEIRS OR THREE OF THEIRS AND ONE OTHER TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT VARIETY OF QUESTIONS. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF WAYS TO INCORPORATE THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR SEATS, AND I KNOW THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN SHAFTED A LITTLE BIT. AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO BRING THEM ALONG WITH US AND I'M HAPPY TO NOODLE THROUGH AND THINK THROUGH SOME OF THESE COMPLICATIONS RIGHT HERE ON THE DAIS WITH YOU. IF IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. WELL, THE COUNTER TO THAT IS WE'VE BEEN ELECTED. IT'S OUR DUTY TO PICK SOMEONE. AND IT SHOULD BE REALLY QUESTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO SATISFY US, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THAT'S MY THOUGHT. IF YOU WANT THE PUBLIC TO, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND QUESTIONS AND YOU ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY, IF I'M INTERVIEWING SOMEBODY, I WANT TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE. AND I'VE GOT TO ASK X AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS TO DO THAT. OTHERWISE, I'M NOT GIVING THEM A FAIR SHOT, BECAUSE IF I DON'T KNOW THEM 100 PERCENT WHEN I GET DONE WITH IT, THEN IT'S A QUESTION MARK. AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASK SOMEBODY TO STEP ONTO THIS DAIS IF I HAVE QUESTION MARKS IN WHO I THINK THEY ARE OR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND, YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER HAND, ALTHOUGH WE WERE ALL ELECTED, WE WEREN'T ELECTED BY D1. I MEAN, YOU'RE AT LARGE OFFICE, BUT THE REST OF US WERE ELECTED BY OTHER DISTRICTS. AND IT'S THE D1 PEOPLE THAT NEED THAT REPRESENTATIVE. THEY NEED SOMEONE FROM THEIR AREA THAT KNOWS THEIR INTERESTS, THAT UNDERSTANDS THE ISSUES OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND BEING IN D4, SO FAR AWAY PHYSICALLY, I KNOW THAT THE ISSUES ARE REALLY DIFFERENT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY PART OF THE CITY THAN D1. SO THAT'S WHY I'M REALLY INTERESTED. BUT, IF IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE IS A COMPROMISE HERE, WHICH IS THAT I CAN SOLICIT THOSE. AND THAT'LL BE MY QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS DON'T AGREE. I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE, IS THIS MANAGEABLE BECAUSE IT COULD TAKE ON A BIGGER LIFE THAN WE ANTICIPATE. SO I'LL TURN TO STAFF. WHAT IF WE ASK, D1 RESIDENTS WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS. THE ONES THAT OUR STAFF SEES A TREND IN, THEN YOU'LL FORM A QUESTION AROUND THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC AND WORK WITH H.R., THE ATTORNEYS OFFICE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUESTION IS WORDED APPROPRIATELY AND THAT WE TAKE MAYBE THE TOP THREE TOPICS OR THE ISSUES THAT THE RESIDENTS BRING UP MOST OFTEN. WOULD THAT BE A REASONABLE WAY TO DO IT AND BE MORE MANAGEABLE? AND RATHER THAN STAFF, WHY DON'T WE DO IT? THEY'LL SUBMIT THE QUESTIONS. WE CAN LOOK AT THEM AND THE ONES WE FEEL THAT HAVE VALUE. AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE, YOU KNOW, PICK THROUGH. BUT I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE CHARGED TO VOTE THIS PERSON IN. AND IF A QUESTION I THINK NEEDS TO BE ASKED, IF I CAN ASK IT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL SLIGHTED AND I THINK YOU WOULD, TOO. IF THERE WAS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT YOU FELT YOU SHOULD ASK EACH PERSON, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT OR MORE. DOCTOR. SO PERHAPS THIS IS JUST, AGAIN, TRYING TO FIND A IN BETWEEN. I LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKBURN SUGGESTION ON HOW WE COULD HAVE FOLKS SUBMIT A TOPIC AND THEN HAVE STUFF COME UP WITH THE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF SUBMITTING WHO TO SUBMIT TO. WOULD OUR CITY CLERK BE OPEN TO POTENTIALLY RECEIVING THE SUBMITTALS AND THEN HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO THEN PROVIDE US WITH WHAT THE TALLY WOULD BE FOR WHATEVER THOSE TOPICS ARE? W COULD JUST HAVE THEM SENT INTO THE CLERK INTERNET EMAIL BOX AND WE'LL COMPILE [02:10:05] A SPREADSHEET OF TOPICS AND THEN WE COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH THE SPREADSHEET. WOULD WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN WE WOULD DISCUSS THE TOPICS AND THEN EACH OF US DECIDE HOW WHAT'S THE DYNAMIC THERE WITH THAT IDEA? I THINK [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS USE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION, YOU WOULD NEED TO BRING THAT INTO THE PUBLIC. SO IT WOULD BE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING WHERE YOU WOULD DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS. SO YOU JUST DO A LAYOUT OF THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION. WAS THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. THE SECOND MOST POPULAR ISSUE WAS THIS AND THEN WE JUST DECIDE WHICH ISSUES WE WANT? WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BACK FOR THE MEETING ON THE 17TH SO WE'D HAVE THAT INFORMATION. SO OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD SHORTEN THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE TO GET THEIR TOPICS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. THE DUE DATE WITH THAT WOULD LIKELY BE TUESDAY, AUGUST 10TH. WE'D PROBABLY SUBMIT THE DEADLINE AT WE'LL SAY FIVE O'CLOCK BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET THE PACKETS OUT FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE'LL HAVE THE LISTING FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. I'M WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH ALL OF THIS, BUT JUST MY GENERAL LIFE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY VERY HARD TO SATISFY EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS SO CUMBERSOME THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO WORK THROUGH. AND I THINK THAT IT'S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD THERE. SO WE'RE BACK TO US ASKING THE QUESTIONS? JUST ASKING. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. YEAH, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN AND I SEE THAT IT'S CUMBERSOME AND THAT IT'S EXTRA STEPS BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH IT SINCE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GIVE THE ACTUAL POWER OF THE VOTE TO D1 BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE AND OUR TIMELINE WOULD BE SHORTENED. WE ALL VOTED TO DO THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND TO REALLY INCORPORATE DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS IN THE PROCESS. I THINK WE SHOULD BEND OVER BACKWARDS, EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT PUTTING US OUT OF OUR WAY BECAUSE IT'S IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY AND HELPING THE VOTERS OF DISTRICT ONE HELP CHOOSE THEIR PERSON, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT THROUGH AN ACTUAL ELECTION. THEY'RE NOT GETTING THAT UNTIL NOVEMBER 2022. THIS IS A LITTLE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM. SO I'M ALL FOR IT. AND I THINK THAT THE MAYOR'S IDEA OF HAVING THESE EXTRA QUESTIONS IS GREAT. AND THIS IS JUST THE WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET D1 RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS, SUBMIT THEM BY AUGUST 10, FIVE P.M. AND WE'LL PUT THAT REQUEST OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN D1 AND ASK THEM TO CONFIRM THAT THEY'RE D1 RESIDENTS. I GUESS THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN HONOR SYSTEM THERE, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST. AND THAT WAY AT LEAST, WE'VE DONE SOMETHING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE LISTENING, WE'RE INCORPORATING THE FEEDBACK AND INPUT OF DISTRICT ONE. DOCTOR. I'M OPEN TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, SO NO MORE COMMENTS, THANKS. MR. BLACKBURN. WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ALL TALKED ABOUT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK RESIDENTS TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS, JUST TOPICS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM. YOU WILL COMPILE THOSE, BRING THEM BACK TO US, AND THEN WE WILL DECIDE WHICH WHICH TOPICS QUESTIONS WILL BE BROUGHT BACK. IS THAT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT? OK. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, THOUGH, WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO BE VERIFYING THAT THEY ARE DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS AND ASKING FOR THAT INFORMATION, OR IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THE HONOR SYSTEM AND ASSUME THAT THEY ARE IN DISTRICT ONE. I'VE BEEN A COP FOR A LONG TIME. I DON'T TRUST ANYBODY. [CHUCKLING] LET'S HAVE SOME TYPE OF VERIFICATION, EVEN IF IT'S JUST THEM TELLING US THEIR ADDRESS, AND THEN WE CAN JUST CONFIRM IT THAT WAY. I DON'T SEE WE'RE GOING TO SEND PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY REALLY LIVE THERE. STAFF, ARE YOU CLEAR? I'M SORRY I WAS WRITING WHILE YOU GUYS WERE TALKING, SO I STILL HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT I BELIEVE YOU'VE DECIDED BUT HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN VOTED ON. SO IF I COULD JUST RUN THROUGH THOSE AND I HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA'S ADDED LANGUAGE TO THE APPLICATION. SO THE ITEMS I HAVE THAT YOU SEEM TO HAVE SOME CONSENSUS ON BUT HAVE NOT VOTED ON ARE THAT WE ADD A RESUME OR BIOGRAPHY REQUIREMENT. [02:15:02] THAT WE ADD SOME LANGUAGE TO THE AND THIS IS WHERE I HAVE A PROPOSAL THAT WE ADD SOME LANGUAGE TO THE APPLICATION THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE EXISTING MUNI CODE PROVISIONS. STAFF PROPOSAL ON THAT WOULD BE ON PAGE 5 OF 10, WHICH IS THE FIRST PAGE OF EXHIBIT ONE OF THE APPLICATION. THERE IS AT THE BOTTOM THE SECOND BOX FROM THE BOTTOM AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT STATEMENT CURRENTLY READS, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF APPOINTED TO FILL THE DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL SEAT FOR THE TERM ENDING NOVEMBER 2ND, 2022, I WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR THAT SEAT IN THE NOVEMBER 2022 ELECTION PER CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE, SECTION 2.04.110. STAFF PROPOSES ADDING THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL SENTENCE TO THAT BOX. I FURTHER AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE SECTION AS IT EXISTS AT THE TIME OF MY APPOINTMENT. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS JUST THAT I HAVE, THAT'S NOT BEING VOTED ON YET IS THE, UM, THE TOPIC ISSUE THAT YOU JUST DISCUSSED, HAVING DISTRICT 1 RESIDENTS SUBMIT TOPICS BY AUGUST 10TH TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR COMPILATION AND DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL ON THE AUGUST 17TH MEETING. SO MR. BLACKBURN YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? YEAH, AND A QUICK QUESTION. HOW WILL WE NOTIFY DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS? NOT VERY MANY DISTRICT RESIDENTS ARE WATCHING THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW. HOW ARE THEY GOING TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT THESE ALL WITHIN, WHAT, TWO WEEKS? WE'RE GOING TO AGGRESSIVELY TAKE A PUSH OUT THROUGH WHATEVER LIST THAT WE POTENTIALLY HAVE SPECIFIC TO DISTRICT ONE AND OR WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUSH THAT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN ALSO POST ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. OK, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S MY MOTION AND HELP ME THROUGH THIS IF I MISSED ANYTHING. JUST QUOTE WHAT SHE SAID. OK, IS THAT OK TO JUST SAY WHAT CINDY JUST SAID? OK, MY MOTION IS WHAT CINDY MCMAHON JUST SAID. [CHUCKLING] IT'S STAFF'S LIST OF THREE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE DO NEED A MODIFICATION TO THE LANGUAGE WHERE IT SAYS, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF APPOINTED TO FILL THE DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL SEAT FOR THE TERM ENDING NOVEMBER 2ND. THE ELECTION OCCURS NOVEMBER 2ND. THE TERM DOESN'T END NOVEMBER 2ND. OH, OK, SO IT'LL BE NOVEMBER, WHATEVER. DECEMBER '22. YEAH. AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT DATE. YOU CAN GUESS AT IT. YEAH, OK. STAFF WOULD PROPOSE THAT IT JUST SAY TERM ENDING WITH THE NOVEMBER 2ND, 2022 ELECTION. OK, ATTORNEY MCMAHON, WILL YOU PLEASE REPEAT ALL OF YOUR, AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT'S MY MOTION. ALL RIGHT. SO THE OUTSTANDING ITEMS WERE TO ADD A RESUME OR BIOGRAPHY REQUIREMENT TO THE APPLICATION, TO EDIT THE LANGUAGE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF EXHIBIT ONE, TO ADDRESS THE ELECTION ISSUE AND TO REQUIRE THE ABIDING BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE IN EXISTENCE AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM WOULD BE TO SOLICIT TOPICS FROM DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS FOR INCLUSION IN THE QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANTS. AND THOSE WOULD BE DUE AUGUST 10TH AND WOULD BE COMPILED AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE AUGUST 17TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. THAT'S MY MOTION. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OK, ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO ADDRESS ON THIS ITEM? OK, I SEE SHEILA SHAKING HER HEAD NO. I SEE OVERTIME IN YOUR FUTURE. [CHUCKLING] OK, FINAL COMMENTS. AND JUST A NOT AS A FINAL COMMENT, SIR, BUT ON THE LAST AGENDA ITEM FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE OF WHEN IT WILL BE ABLE TO POST THIS OR PUSH THIS OUT, SHEILA, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WITH YOU. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE APPLICATION OUT BY 10:00 TOMORROW MORNING. PERFECT. OK. AND THAT'S HOW AMAZING THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS. OK, FINAL COMMENTS. [COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS] COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. YES, THANK YOU. I WANT TO ECHO THAT LAST SENTIMENT OF HOW AMAZING OUR STAFF IS, NOT JUST THE CITY CLERK AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT REALLY TODAY, TONIGHT, WE HEARD SO MUCH [02:20:01] ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION, PLANNING AND ENGINEERING, ALL THESE OTHER TEAMS THAT DO SUCH AMAZING WORK. I LEARNED TODAY ABOUT AN AWARD THAT OUR CITY IS RECEIVING THAT ACTUALLY THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT IS RECEIVING THAT WILL BE ACTUALLY PRESENTED IN THE FALL. BUT IT'S REALLY RELATED TO OUR RECYCLING OF OUR WATER. AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND OUR STAFF FOR ALL THE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMING THAT WE DO. AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD. I'M ALSO REALLY PROUD THAT WE GOT THROUGH THIS TOUGH DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS DISTRICT ONE VACANCY IS SO IMPORTANT. AND IT'S I HOPE THAT WE MADE IT CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT THAT WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, THAT WE WANT TO BE FAIR. WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT. WE'RE ON BOARD, WE'RE LISTENING TO YOU. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS POSITION FILLED AND AVOID A VERY COSTLY SPECIAL ELECTION. WE WANT TO DO IT IN A FAIR WAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TUNING IN AND PAYING ATTENTION. AND WE HOPE THAT LOTS OF GREAT APPLICANTS APPLY. THANKS. DR. BHAT-PATEL. SURE. THANK YOU. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND TO OUR VILLAGE FAIR THIS PAST WEEKEND AND JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR TEAM THAT WAS OUT THERE KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. SO PLEASE DO PROVIDE FEEDBACK DURING THIS WHOLE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE'RE DOING. IT DEFINITELY IS FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL NEED TO SHARE, WANT TO SHARE, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICE IS BEING HEARD DURING. THANKS. MR. BLACKBURN? I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE, I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROCESS, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING A NEW MEMBER TO THE COUNCIL. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OK. I JUST WANT TO ECHO ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS TONIGHT, HANNAH KATZ. AND I WAS ABLE TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, A BETTER PART OF OVER AN HOUR WITH HER YESTERDAY AND A VERY, VERY DYNAMIC YOUNG WOMAN WHO I'M SURE IS GOING TO GO QUITE FAR. AND I THINK HER MESSAGE TONIGHT WAS SO SPOT ON ABOUT HOW TO BRING COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ECHO THAT ON AUGUST 18TH FROM THREE TO SIX AT GELATO LOVE HERE IN CARLSBAD, AND THAT'S AT 300 CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE. YOU KNOW, I SURE HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD TURN OUT FOR THAT. AND LET'S TRY AND BRING US ALL BACK INTO THE FAMILY AS ONE. SO WITH THAT MR. CHADWICK? NOTHING. MS. BREWER? NOTHING, THANK YOU. CITY CLERK. NOTHING, THANK YOU, MAYOR. OK, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE TONIGHT'S MEETING IN SOMEONE WHO HAS PASSED AWAY RECENTLY, RICHARD NORMAN AND THE NORMAN FAMILY HAS BEEN PART OF DISTRICT ONE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. I MEAN, PROBABLY OVER 60 YEARS THE FAMILY'S BEEN THERE AND WE LOST RICHARD HERE IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO. AND I'D JUST LIKE HE GAVE SO MUCH IN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO THIS COMMUNITY. SO I'D LIKE TO CLOSE TONIGHT'S MEETING IN HIS HONOR. THANK YOU, WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.