IT'S 3:00 PM, AND COULD WE START BY THE CLERK PLEASE TAKING ROLE.
[CALL TO ORDER]
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YES, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY.HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
AND BEFORE WE DO THE INVOCATION, I NEED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS SERVING AS A CARLSBAD PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY ON CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
WITH THAT MR. BLACKBURN LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG.
WITH THAT, MS. BREWER A REPORT OUT ON CLOSED SESSION.
WE HAVE NO REPORTABLE ACTION FROM ANY CLOSED SESSION TODAY.
OK WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THE MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING HELD OCTOBER 12.MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 2ND.
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 16.
MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES [INAUDIBLE] CITED BY THE MAYOR.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, AYE.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE MINUTES PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, A PROCLAMATION OF RECOGNITION OF PARKS AND
[PRESENTATIONS]
RECREATION COMMISSIONER MATT SIMONS.I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER MR. NORBY, PLEASE DO THE HONORS.
MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE, I AM NOT PREPARED TO READ THAT PROCLAMATION IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO CAN DO SO IN MY PLACE, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
OK, I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF IT.
CITY CLERK, DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT? I DO.
ONE MOMENT FOR ME TO PULL IT UP, PLEASE.
WHILE, YOU'RE PULLING IT UP, I JUST LIKE TO SAY TO MATT, THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOU CONTINUING TO SERVE IN SOME MANNER IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.
THANKS, MAYOR HALL, I APPRECIATE IT.
WHILE WE'RE WAITING, I'LL JUST ADD, HE'S JUST ONE MORE IN A LONG LINE OF FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
MS. MCMINN, I HAVE IT, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
DIRECTOR LANCASTER, BECAUSE I DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE THE ACTUAL PROCLAMATION, I JUST HAVE THE MEMO.
COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY, IF YOU'D LIKE, I'D SHARE MY SCREEN, YOU CAN READ IT.
[LAUGHTER] CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN, SIR.
COULD YOU MAKE IT A LITTLE LARGER, KYLE? YES, SIR.
OVER AND OVER, FIRST OF ALL, MATT, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THIS IN MY INBOX AND I'VE BEEN HAVING MIC ISSUES ALL DAY.
BUT IT'S MY PLEASURE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION FOR MATT SIMON'S PARKS AND RECREATION, OR COMMISSION, WHERE AT MATT SIMON-- WHEREAS WHAT MATT SIMON SERVED FOR 10 YEARS IS THE CARLSBAD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION WITH DEDICATION AND DISTINCTION.
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AND WHEREAS DURING MATT'S TENURE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDED ADOPTION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S 2015 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THE 2015 MASTER PLAN STRATEGY ACTIONS PLAN.AND WHEREAS DURING MATT'S TENURE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION DEVELOPED A MISSION STATEMENT AND ANNUAL GOALS AND TASKS.
AND WHEREAS DURING MATT'S TENURE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF MULTIPLE PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS INCLUDING ALGA NORTE COMMUNITY PARK, PINE AVENUE COMMUNITY CENTER AND GARDENS, OCEAN STREET PARK ACCESS ENHANCEMENTS, LEO CARRILLO RANCH STABLE RESTORATION AND CHICKEN COOP RECONSTRUCTION, [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNITY PARK PHASE TWO IMPROVEMENTS, POINSETTIA COMMUNITY PARK, PHASE THREE AND PHASE FOUR IMPROVEMENTS CALAVERA HILLS COMMUNITY PARK GATEWAY AND BUENA VISTA RESERVOIR PARK.
AND WHEREAS DURING MATT'S TENURE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REVIEWED NUMEROUS RECREATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING YOUTH AND ADULT SPORTS, ENRICHMENT INSTRUCTIONS, CAMPS, AQUATIC PRESCHOOL TEAMS, INTERGENERATIONAL SENIORS NUTRITION, COMMUNITY GARDENS AND LAGOONS.
AND WHEREAS DURING MATT'S TENURE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: EXTRAVAGANZA, PIRATE PLUNGE, PUMPKIN PLUNGE, SUPERHERO OBSTACLE RACE, HOT RODS AND COOL TREATS, TRIATHLON, SNORES AND S'MORES, FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, FESTIVAL OF LANTERNS DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, HOLIDAY AT THE RANCHO, ARBOR DAY AND TRAILS MAINTENANCE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I PETER NORBY, COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY RECOGNIZE MATT SIMONS FOR HIS TEN YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SERVICE ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND WISH TO COMMEND HIM FOR THE EXEMPLARY SPIRIT HE HAS EXHIBITED IN CARRYING OUT HIS DUTIES.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS CONTINUED ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE CARLSBAD COMMUNITY.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
MATT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YEAH, NO, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR ENTRUSTING YOUR TRUST IN ME TO JOIN THE COMMISSION 10 YEARS AGO ACTUALLY WAS 11, AND I'VE ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT OF IT.
I WAS THE CHAIRMAN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND JUST ENJOYED BEING UP ON THE COUNCIL AND ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE INVOLVED WITH.
IT WAS GREAT TO BE PART OF THAT AND I DIDN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE PARKS AND RECS.
AND SO JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH THOSE DUTIES.
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
THANK YOU, MATT.SO WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS TONIGHT ON PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU ARE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU ARE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OR LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU WILL BE MUTED ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED.
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
YES, MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER.
OK, LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THIS THEN.
THE BROWN ACT ALLOWS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO COMMENT ON ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA.
PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING BY SUBMITTING COMMENTS AS PROVIDED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS AGENDA.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE COMMENTS AS REQUESTED, UP TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
ALL OTHER NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT.
NO ACTION CAN OCCUR ON THESE ITEMS. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
THE FIRST SPEAKER AT ONE SIX EIGHT ONE.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
MAYOR MATT HALL AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS KATIE TAYLOR CALLING.
AT THE NOVEMBER 2ND COUNCIL MEETING, I CALLED IN TO SPEAK ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER, BHAT-PATEL AND ACOSTA'S PARTICIPATION AT A CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING ON OCTOBER 26.
I MENTIONED A KEY TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THE ASSOCIATED TEACHING MATERIALS.
I SAID THE PEOPLE CALLING IN WERE VOICING THEIR CONCERNS AND OPPOSITION TO THE TEACHING OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY, ALSO KNOWN AS DIVERSITY ETHNIC INCLUSION, ETHNIC STUDIES, ET CETERA.
I MENTIONED THESE VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL TITLES TO DEMONSTRATE THE EUPHEMISMS COMMONLY USED TO HIDE THE UNDERLYING AGENDA OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, I WAS CRITICAL OF BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER, BHAT-PATEL AND ACOSTA FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE DIVISIVE TEACHING MATERIALS.
AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT NIGHT.
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COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.SHE SAID SHE NEVER BROUGHT UP CRITICAL RACE THEORY AT THE JOINT MEETING WITH CARLSBAD SCHOOL BOARD.
COUNCILMAN BHAT-PATEL EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO CALL UPON JASON HABER, CARLSBAD'S, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, TO CONFIRM SHE NEVER BROUGHT CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
ODD SHE WAS COMPELLED TO CLEAR HER NAME IN THIS MANNER.
I NEVER SAID COUNCILMAN BHAT-PATEL BROUGHT UP CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
I SAID SHE GAVE HER APPROVAL OF THE TEACHING MATERIAL.
THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT CONTINUOUSLY HIDES BEHIND LANGUAGE TO CONCEAL THEIR AGENDA.
THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT NEVER ACKNOWLEDGES CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS BEING TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS.
HOWEVER, CLOAKED IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY INCLUSION, THEY ARE ALL ON BOARD JUST LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL.
IN MY OPINION, COUNCILMAN BHAT-PATEL MAY BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL EDUCATION ON WHAT IS IN THE CARLSBAD UNIFIED DISTRICT MATERIALS.
TO ASSIST HER IN HER UNDERSTANDING THE DIVISIVENESS, BIGOTRY AND RACISM.
I FORWARDED THE ANALYSIS PREPARED BY CALIFORNIANS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.
CALIFORNIANS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO EXPOSING THE TEACHING OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY THROUGHOUT THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL SYSTEM.
I SUGGEST BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL, AND ACOSTA READ THE ANALYSIS FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CUFD TEACHING MATERIALS.
IN CLOSING, WHILE COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL, [INAUDIBLE] SHE NEVER BROUGHT UP CRITICAL RACE THEORY, SHE ALSO NEVER SAID SHE DISAPPROVED OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
SHE WANTS TO WIPE HER HANDS CLEAN, BY JUST NOT-- BY SAYING SHE'S NOT BRING IT UP.
COUNCILMAN BHAT-PATEL MADE A CLASSIC PROGRESSIVE LEFT MOVE, AND SHE FAILED.
SHE CANNOT HIDE BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF LANGUAGE TO SPEAK, SINCE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT MY PUBLIC COMMENTS WHEN I HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.
COUNCILMAN BHAT-PATEL DO YOU DENOUNCE THE TEACHING OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY? I WILL, LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ANSWER AND THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR TIME.
OK, THEN LET'S MOVE ON FROM PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
[INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT, I BELIEVE.DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL AN ITEM? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.
YES, I'D LIKE TO POOL NUMBER FOUR AND NUMBER FIVE.
ANYONE ELSE? OK, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE OTHER SIX? MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT.
COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY.
LET THE RECORDS SHOW THAT THOSE ITEMS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, SO THE FIRST
[4. APPROVAL OF 2022-2026 PRESERVE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND AGREEMENT WITH CENTER FOR NATURAL LANDS MANAGEMENT FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVES]
ONE WAS NUMBER FOUR.COUNCIL MEMBER, YES, THANK YOU, AND THIS ONE IS ABOUT THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO TO TWENTY TWENTY SIX PRESERVE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND AGREEMENT WITH CENTER FOR NATURAL LANDS MANAGEMENT FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVES AND FOR THIS ONE, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF REALLY EXCELLENT STAFF WORK THAT IS IN LINE WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES, OUR CARLSBAD VALUES FOR OPEN SPACE AND PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC LANDS AND SUSTAINABILITY AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.
IT WAS SO EXTENSIVE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO IN THE PUBLIC WHO HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH IT HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAINTENANCE OF THOSE PLANTS.
IT WAS VERY, VERY DETAILED AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK STAFF FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR THIS HARD WORK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS BE IMPLEMENTED.
THAT WAS ALL I WANTED TO DO FOR NUMBER FOUR.
AND THEN GO AHEAD AND DO NUMBER FIVE.
CAN WE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CONSENT ITEMS, PLEASE? YES, I'M SORRY.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU ARE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU ARE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OR LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE AND CLEARLY STATE WHICH ITEM YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO BEFORE THE START OF YOUR COMMENT.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU WILL BE MUTED ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED.
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS TAMARA DICKSON.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
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YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.THIS IS CONCERNING FACE TO FACE COUNCIL MEETINGS AGAIN, OCEANSIDE, VISTA AND ENCINITAS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAVE FULLY BEEN VACCINATED.
THE DATA SHOWS THAT A PRIOR CASE OF COVID 19 OFFERS JUST AS MUCH IMMUNITY AS VACCINATIONS.
COVID 19 IS NOT A RISK WHEN RECOVERED CASES AND THE PERCENTAGES OF VACCINES ARE COMBINED.
ARE YOUR WOKE POLITICAL AGENDAS DISCREDITING SCIENCE AND IMPOSING MANDATES TO FIT YOUR AGENDA? CRITICAL LEGAL THEORY CLAIMS THAT LAW HAVE NO RATIONAL BASIS, BUT SIMPLY REFLECT POWER INEQUITIES, INCLUSION FOR EVERYONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, WHETHER THEY ARE BLACK, WHITE OR BROWN, SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON MEETINGS.
TO IGNORE OUR REQUESTS FOR -PUBLIC MEETINGS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. THAT YOU HAVE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG FOR TOO LONG.
IT'S TIME YOU STOP USING COVID AS A MEANS TO KEEP THE CITIZENS OUT OF YOUR MEETINGS AND INCLUDE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
AND CAN I ASK WHICH ITEM YOU WERE SPEAKING TO, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MARY.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT ITEM WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT UNRELATED TO AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THEREFORE THOSE COMMENTS WERE HEARD IN ERROR.
WE SHOULD HAVE CONTINUED THEM TILL THE END OF THE MEETING.
MY APOLOGIES TO ALL OF YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC.
NEXT TIME WE'LL CONFIRM THAT IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM.
ANYONE ELSE? NO OTHER SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
[5. PURCHASE OF 89 GOLF CARTS AND SIX ANCILLARY CARTS FROM EZGO]
OK, THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM FIVE.IT'S PURCHASED 89 GOLF CARTS AND SIX [INAUDIBLE] CARTS FROM.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT WE HAD HAD A BIGGER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CROSSINGS, THE GOLF COURSE AND IT WAS RELATED TO AN AGENDA ITEM WE HAD IN A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, I THINK WAS IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THIS GOLF COURSE, GOLF CART PROGRAM WAS ALSO IN THAT AGENDA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
DID WE ALREADY APPROVE THIS PURCHASE IN A PRELIMINARY FASHION IN A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING? NO, MA'AM, YOU DID NOT APPROVE THE PURCHASE, YOU APPROVE THE CARRY FORWARD OF FUNDING FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 THROUGH 2021 AND 22, SO THAT WE COULD PURCHASE THE GOLF CARTS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THAT WAS A CARRY FORWARD OF SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON FEBRUARY TWENTY EIGHTH OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
SO IT WAS JUST SIMPLY A TRANSFER TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE PREPARED IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS PURCHASE.
THANK YOU, MR. LANCASTER, AND THEN WHERE DID THE FUNDING COME FROM FOR THIS? AS STRICTLY FROM THE GOLF COURSE FUNDS.
THIS IS NOT A GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.
WAS THIS FROM THE GENERAL FUND? SO IT IS NOT FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
WITH THAT SAID, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS FOR THOSE REASONS.
MR. BLACKBURN, [INAUDIBLE] MAKE A MOTION ON ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL HAS HER HAND RAISED AS WELL.
I'M SORRY, DR? YEAH, NO WORRIES.
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COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA FOR BRINGING THAT UP.I ACTUALLY HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS DURING MY BRIEFING AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR THE PUBLIC THAT-- SPECIFICALLY AROUND WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE US BRINGING THAT UP AND JUST LETTING FOLKS KNOW WHERE
[9. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10.40, SECTION 10.40.180(D)(6) TO ALLOW ENFORCEMENT OF THE CITY’S BAN ON OVERNIGHT PARKING OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES DURING A DECLARED EMERGENCY]
THAT'S COMING FROM AND WHY IT'S BEING ALLOCATED AS SUCH.YEAH, I'LL-- WITH THAT INFORMATION I'LL ALSO BE SUPPORTIVE.
MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT, CALENDAR ITEMS, NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE.
ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON FOR ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION.
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10.40 SECTION OF 10.40.180(D)(G) TO ALLOW ENFORCEMENT OF THE CITY'S BAN ON OVERNIGHT PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES DURING A DECLARED EMERGENCY.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU MR. CHADWICK TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS.
THANK YOU, SIR, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ALLEGRA FROST, ALONG WITH LIEUTENANT STEVE THOMAS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MYSELF AND DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ALLEGRA FROST WILL BE PRESENTING A PROPOSAL TO AMEND CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE 10.40.180(D)(6) TO ALLOW ENFORCEMENT OF THE CITY'S BAN ON OVERNIGHT PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES DURING A DECLARED EMERGENCY.
AND DOES EVERYBODY SEE MY POWERPOINT? YES.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL BE AN OVERVIEW, PURPOSE, CURRENT MUNICIPAL CODE OPTIONS AND FISCAL ANALYSIS.
THE OVERVIEW THE CITY HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES ON CITY STREETS BETWEEN 2:00 A.M.
IS A VIOLATION OF CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.40.180 PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES.
THE COMPLAINTS LARGELY FOCUS ON RVS ON RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES.
THE PURPOSE IS TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE TO GIVE THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, WHICH IS THE CITY MANAGER, THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHETHER TO SUSPEND OR ENFORCE CITY LAWS ON THE OVERNIGHT PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES DURING A DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY.
CURRENT MUNICIPAL CODE READS "NO PERSON SHALL STOP, STAND, PARK OR LEAVE STANDING ANY OVERSIZE VEHICLE ON ANY PUBLIC HIGHWAY, STREET OR CITY PARKING LOT, ANY TIME BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2:00 A.M.
THE PROHIBITIONS PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY THE PARKING OF ANY OVERSIZE VEHICLES DURING THE PENDENCY OF ANY STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED TO EXIST WITHIN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, OR GOVERNOR." WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH TWO OPTIONS, OPTION ONE WOULD BE TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS TEN POINT FOUR ZERO POINT ONE EIGHT ZERO PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES D6 TO GIVE THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO THE PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES.
THE PROS FOR THIS OPTION WOULD BE WOULD ENABLE THE CITY TO ADDRESS A COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS RELATED TO THE PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES DURING THE NIGHT DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND ALSO CONTINUOUS ENFORCEMENT OF CITY PARKING REGULATIONS TEND TO RESULT IN GREATER COMPLIANCE.
THE CONS WOULD BE MAY RESULT IN REDUCED OPTIONS FOR THE LEGAL PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES DURING THE NIGHT DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.
OPTION TWO MAKE NO AMENDMENT TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE PROS WILL NOT LIMIT THE PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES DURING THE NIGHT DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND THE CONS WOULD BE PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES DURING THE NIGHT CANNOT BE ENFORCED DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.
FISCAL ANALYSIS, THE EXISTING FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO BUDGET FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND CITY CLERK'S OFFICE INCLUDE SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR THE COST OF AMENDING THE REFERENCED CODE PROVISIONS.
THIS PROPOSAL WAS TAKEN TO PRESENT IT TO THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2021, AND THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED AMENDING THIS SECTION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION, STAFF RECOMMENDS OPTION ONE.
AMENDING CARLSBAD, MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 10.40, SECTIONS 10.40.180D6 TO ALLOW ENFORCEMENT OF THE CITY'S BAN ON OVERNIGHT PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES DURING A DECLARED EMERGENCY.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ALLEGRA FROST AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
OK WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU ARE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU ARE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
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WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OR LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU WILL BE MUTED ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED.
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
THE FIRST SPEAKER AT ONE SIX EIGHT ONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, THIS IS KATIE TAYLOR AGAIN, MAYOR MAYOR HALL AND COUNCIL MEMBER, OH MY GOSH.
TAKE BACK OUR STREETS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE LIVING IN CARLSBAD.
I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE OPTION ONE, AND LET'S MAKE CARLSBAD BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
FABULOUS, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THEIR THANKSGIVING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
PLEASE SUPPORT OPTION ONE AND SUPPORT THE CPD REQUEST TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TEN POINT FOUR ZERO POINT ONE EIGHT ZERO PARKING OVERSIZED VEHICLES TO GIVE THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MR. CHADWICK, WHO SERVICES THE AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO THE PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES.
THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
OK, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? YES.
FIRST OF ALL, I DO SUPPORT NUMBER ONE BECAUSE I HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF CALLS FROM BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, AND I DO FEEL AS THOUGH MY JOB IS TO PROTECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS PARKED IN A MOTOR HOME OVERNIGHT, AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND JUST SAID, WELL, WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GO? I CAN'T JUST DISAPPEAR.
SO WHEN WE RUN ACROSS THAT WHERE OUR POLICE OFFICERS TELLING THESE PEOPLE THEY CAN GO.
WE WOULD TELL THEM THAT THERE'S THE CAMPGROUNDS THAT THEY CAN GO TO AT NIGHT OR ANY CAMPGROUND OR RV PARKING LOT THAT ALLOWS FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING, JUST NOT ON CITY STREETS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT SEEING ANY OF THE QUESTIONS.
MS. BREWER, COULD YOU TITLE THE ORDINANCE? THANK YOU.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER TEN POINT FOUR TO ZERO SECTION TEN POINT FOUR ZERO POINT ONE EIGHT ZERO REGARDING THE PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES.
MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER NINE.
SECOND, AND MAYOR, IF I MAY JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO MENTION SIMILARLY, I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE, WHETHER IT'S EMAILS, CALLS FROM RESIDENTS OR FROM BUSINESSES.
AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS COMING FORWARD.
I THINK THIS WILL REALLY HELP OUT.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE FROM LITERALLY ALMOST ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
MR. NORBY, YEAH, ENTITLING I DIDN'T HEAR EITHER OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO IN THE DESCRIPTION.
MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS FOR OPTION ONE.
MR. BLACKBURN, I'M SORRY, EVERYBODY FROZE FOR ABOUT FIVE SECONDS, IS IT MY TURN TO MAKE A COMMENT? IT IS FOR OPTION ONE.
THIS TIME, CORRECT? THANK YOU.
I MOVE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, OPTION ONE, AND I'M SO SORRY MY COMPUTER FREEZES FOR ABOUT FIVE OR SIX SECONDS EVERY NOW AND THEN.
[INAUDIBLE], AND MS. ACOSTA, YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN.
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I THINK WE'VE ALL GOTTEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT.WE'VE GOTTEN EMAILS AND CALLS FROM FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE KIND OF OVERUSE OF THIS AREA.
EVERYBODY JUST FLOCKING TO THIS AREA TO PARK THEIR OVERSIZE VEHICLES.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN KIND OF ABUSED-- THIS POOR AREA.
OK WITH THAT, CAN WE PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY? AYE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL? AYE.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE NO ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTIONS, NO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON
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TO DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY MANAGER REPORTS.NEXT UP IS ITEM 10 AGE FRIENDLY CARLSBAD ACTIONS PLAN.
SO MR. CHADWICK COULD YOU PLEASE MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS? CERTAINLY, SIR, AND JOINING US FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, MR. DAVID GRAHAM, ALONG WITH OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST JOE STEWART.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US PRESENT THIS TO YOU TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST OF THESE PLANS IN NORTH COUNTY AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT BASED UPON CITY COUNCIL ACTION PREVIOUSLY.
SO SPEAKING OF THE AGE FRIENDLY CARLSBAD ACTION PLAN TONIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE ABILITY TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AGE FRIENDLY CARLSBAD ACTION PLAN.
WHAT IS THAT? WELL, BACK IN 2019, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SUBMISSION OF A LETTER OF COMMITMENT TO THE AARP TO JOIN THEIR NETWORK OF AGE FRIENDLY STATES AND COMMUNITIES THAT KICKED OFF A PROCESS OF DEVELOPING AN ACTION PLAN WHICH COMPLETES YOUR JOINING OF THAT NETWORK.
AND THIS HAS GONE THROUGH SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INPUT, INCLUDING THE CARLSBAD SENIOR COMMISSION, WHO IN MARCH APPROVED SUPPORT FOR THE ENTIRE INITIATIVE AND THE ADOPTION OF THIS ACTION PLAN AS A PART OF THEIR ONGOING WORK PLAN.
WHAT IS THIS PLAN AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WELL, IT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AARP, BUT ALSO WE WERE THE ONLY CITY IN NORTH COUNTY, ONE OF VERY FEW CITIES IN THE REGION TO RECEIVE A GRANT TO FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN, WHICH FUNDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM CIRCULATE SAN DIEGO.
AND THIS WILL BE THE VERY FIRST AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN IN NORTH COUNTY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NETWORK OF OTHERS WHO HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE THIS IN THE REGION, THERE AREN'T THAT MANY.
THE COUNTY, SAN DIEGO STATE, HAVE BOTH DONE PLANS.
THERE ARE THREE OTHER CITIES IN THE REGION WHO HAVE COMPLETED AND APPROVED THEIR PLANS.
THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THEIR PLAN AND THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, SHOULD YOU APPROVE IT TONIGHT, WILL JOIN THIS GROUP OF FOLKS WHO HAVE FOCUSED ON AN ACTION PLAN TO SUPPORT ALL AGES, INCLUDING A FOCUS ON OUR OLDER ADULTS.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN WHEN IT COMES TO WHY AARP IS INVOLVED IN THIS? WELL, IN SOME GLOBAL WORK THAT AARP HAS DONE.
THEY'VE IDENTIFIED REALLY EIGHT DOMAINS OF LIVABILITY.
THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO AS IT RELATES TO LIVING OUR DAILY LIVES.
ONE WOULD CALL THIS QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND OF THOSE EIGHT DOMAINS OF LIVABILITY, THEY BELIEVE THAT THOSE CAN BE SOMETHING THAT A LOCAL COMMUNITY CAN COMMIT TO ONE OR MORE OF THOSE AND DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO THE GRANT LED US TO BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR POLICIES AND PROGRAMS IN EXISTENCE, WHICH STARTED BACK IN MAY OF 2020.
THEN A COMMUNITY SURVEY WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL, LEADING TO THE FINAL ACTION PLAN THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
AND I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE DETAILS OF SOME OF THOSE ACTIONS.
SO THE COMMUNITY SURVEY WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE ENTIRE REGION.
OVER SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THE VIRTUAL SURVEY.
YOU COULD ALSO DO IT IN PERSON OR THROUGH PAPER VERSIONS OF THIS.
IT WAS AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
AND THIS WAS REALLY ASKING WHAT OF THESE DOMAINS OF LIVABILITY? DO YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT? THAT ENDED UP LEADING TO THE NEXT STEP.
NOW, THIS TERRIBLE LITTLE THING CALLED COVID HIT US RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH MEANT THAT WE COULDN'T DO A LOT OF IN-PERSON WORK, ALTHOUGH WE STILL WERE ENGAGING WITH PHYSICAL SURVEYS WHERE WE COULD.
THIS LED US TO HAVING TO USE SOME INNOVATIVE TOOLS, INCLUDING SOCIAL PINPOINTS IDEAS WALL, AND THIS IS LITERALLY LIKE THAT SORT OF STICKY NOTE EXERCISE THAT YOU COULD DO.
BUT VIRTUAL SO RESIDENTS, NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVED, COULD TELL US WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY BELIEVED WERE IMPORTANT FOR LIVABILITY IN CARLSBAD.
AND WHAT DOES AGE FRIENDLINESS MEAN TO THEM? IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT ANYBODY PROVIDING INPUT.
IT WAS WHERE DO YOU LIVE? WHAT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE OF INPUT AS WELL? AND WE USED ANOTHER VERY INNOVATIVE TOOL THAT, THROUGH SOCIAL PINPOINT, ALLOWED US TO GET DOWN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL CONCERNS AND OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH AGE FRIENDLINESS, BUT NOT JUST THOSE WHO ARE OLDER ADULTS.
THIS ENTIRE EFFORT HAS REALLY TAKEN THE IDEA THAT IF YOU STARE THROUGH A LENS OF THINGS THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE OF OLDER ADULTS, YOU'RE DOING GOOD FOR ALL AGES AND THAT REALLY IS WHAT THIS INITIATIVE HAS BEEN ABOUT.
FROM THERE, AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, WE BEGAN
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CONVENING COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS WHICH DID HAVE TO HAPPEN VIRTUALLY.BUT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND LEADERS WHO WERE ENGAGED.
WE ALSO BROUGHT IN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO PUSHED OUT THIS INFORMATION TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MEMBERSHIPS.
SO THE CVA, [INAUDIBLE] CARLSBAD AS WELL AS THE CHAMBER.
ALL WERE INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT.
WE ALSO HAD INTERACTIVE AND LIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND POLLING.
THAT LED TO THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN, WHICH WENT THROUGH ANOTHER ROUND OF VETTING THROUGH COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE AND AN ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS.
BECAUSE IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL TO SEE WHAT THE FEASIBILITY OF THESE THINGS ARE AND THAT CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL WORK REALLY TAKING TOGETHER ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT CARLSBAD IS DOING IN THIS SPACE AND A VISION OF WHAT THE FUTURE COULD BE IS WHAT LED TO THE PLAN THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
WE WENT THROUGH THIS ACTION PLANNING SESSIONS IN WHICH THERE WAS BOTH INTERACTIVE ABILITY TO DO THINGS, VIRTUALLY PRESENTING TO OTHER COMMISSIONS AND THEN SEEING HOW WE COULD USE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CITY STAFF TO SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO? BUT WHAT IS THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE AND THAT IS THE PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU.
ULTIMATELY, OF THOSE EIGHT DOMAINS OF LIVABILITY, THERE WERE SIX OF THEM THAT SEEM TO BE MOST KEY FOR FOCUS FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
AND THOSE ARE OUTDOOR SPACES AND BUILDINGS, SOCIAL AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION, HOUSING, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, MOBILITY AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
LET'S GO THROUGH THOSE JUST REAL QUICKLY.
FIRST, OUTDOOR SPACES AND BUILDINGS HERE, IT'S REALLY ABOUT A GOAL OF PROVIDING WELL-MAINTAINED AND SAFE PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF ANY AGE ACROSS ALL CITY OWNED FACILITIES AND EVEN BEYOND.
AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OBJECTIVES UNDERNEATH THIS WHICH ARE ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE BE MORE AWARE AND MORE COMFORTABLE IN OUTDOOR SPACES AND BUILDINGS, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT THE CITY OWNS.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT SOCIAL AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION, AND WE THINK ABOUT THE GOALS HERE ABOUT HOW CAN WE EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL PARTICIPATION OF ALL AGES.
YES, A FOCUS ON OLDER ADULTS, BUT ALL AGES ARE WHAT WE ARE ABOUT.
WE ARE ABOUT INCLUSIVITY AND BY DOING SO, WE WANT TO IN GOAL TWO BUILD CAPACITY FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, VOLUNTEERISM AND EMPLOYMENT.
AREAS THAT CARLSBAD HAS BEEN QUITE STRONG IN.
BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND HOUSING, WHICH IS ALWAYS A PERSNICKETY PROBLEM IN THIS PARTICULAR CITY.
SO IN THE HOUSING AREA, OUR GOALS HERE WERE REGARDING PROVIDING SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO AGE IN PLACE COMFORTABLY.
WE CONSISTENTLY HEARD THAT PEOPLE MAY WANT TO DOWNSIZE, THEY MAY WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT THEY WANT TO STAY IN CARLSBAD.
AND SO OUR POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES SHOULD FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SO.
AND THIS CITY COUNCIL IS GOING THROUGH A NUMBER OF EFFORTS TO DO THAT EXACT SAME THING.
BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT PRESERVING AND GROWING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK IN THE CITY AND EXPANDING ALTERNATIVE LIVING OPTIONS, THINGS THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST YEAR AND BEYOND HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN DOING.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE SAW THIS REALLY AS A KEY FOCAL POINT, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S BEYOND JUST ABOUT HEALTH AND KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE FROM THINGS LIKE DISEASE.
IT'S ABOUT WELLNESS AND YOUR LONG TERM-- YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE LONG TERM LONGEVITY.
AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE GOALS WERE ABOUT HOW DO WE, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT A HEALTH PROVIDER, REVIEW THE CURRENT HEALTH CONDITIONS FOR OUR POPULATIONS TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT WE COULD PERHAPS IMPROVE OR FOCUS AREAS AS WELL.
WHAT SORT OF HEALTH RELATED PROGRAMS AND THE SENIOR CENTER IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF DO A GREAT JOB AT THIS AND DID QUITE A BIT VIRTUALLY AS WELL DURING THE PANDEMIC.
HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE PLACES WHERE THE CITY CAN FILL IN THE GAPS TO SUPPORT HEALTH AND WELLNESS, THAT WE ARE DOING SO AND ALSO PARTICIPATING WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, OTHER HEALTH PROVIDERS AND THE LIKE? MOBILITY.
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A FOCUS OF THIS CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS OLDER ADULTS, BUT ALL GENERATIONS.
AND HERE WE-- THE GOAL IS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BECOME INVOLVED IN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE CONSISTENTLY SEEN NEW AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THIS IDEA OF WALKING, BIKING, ADDITIONAL MOBILITY OPTIONS BEYOND JUST THE SINGLE OCCUPANT CAR.
HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT IN GOAL NUMBER FIVE POINT TWO PROVIDES SAFE MOBILITY OPTIONS WITHIN THE CITY FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES? AND FINALLY, DO PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT WHAT IS OCCURRING, WHAT OPTIONS THEY HAVE? BECAUSE THAT SORT OF KNOWLEDGE IS POWER? YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU KNOW.
FINALLY, COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, THOUGH, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO HOW WE LIVE, THAT HUMAN ASPECT COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT AND IT IS A HIGHLIGHT OF THIS PARTICULAR ACTION PLAN.
SO IN COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, THERE ARE SEVERAL GOALS HERE, INCLUDING INCREASING AWARENESS AROUND THE IMPACTS OF AGE AND DISABILITY AND ISOLATION, NOT JUST FOR
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THOSE AFFECTED BY THAT, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S ALSO THE ADULT CHILDREN THAT IN MANY WAYS ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR OLDER ADULT PARENTS OR THOSE WHO ARE YOUNGER BEING CONNECTED TO THEIR GRANDPARENTS AND GREAT GRANDPARENTS.THESE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND AWARENESS ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
AWARENESS ABOUT RESPECT AND INCLUSION TOPICS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR AN AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY LIKE CARLSBAD HAS BEEN AND CAN CONTINUE TO GROW INTO.
IT'S ABOUT INCREASING SOCIAL CONNECTIONS AND REDUCING SOCIAL ISOLATION, AN ISSUE THAT WE SAW HIGHLIGHTED DEFINITELY DURING THE PANDEMIC.
INCREASING PUBLIC VISIBILITY AND ACCESS TO THE THINGS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN EXISTENCE.
THAT GREATER AWARENESS AND THROUGH COMMUNICATION, WHERE WE CAN TAP PEOPLE INTO RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP THEM HAVE THAT FEELING OF CONNECTION WITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
AND THEN, THOUGH IT'S NOT AN END IN OF ITSELF, HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE THE USE AND IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE CITY? WE SAW HOW WE COULD DO THAT WHEN PEOPLE HAD TO BE ISOLATED AND COULD NOT BE IN PERSON.
WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS, SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH HERE ARE QUITE PLEASED WITH WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY AND PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL KICKED THIS OFF BACK IN 2019.
BOB PRATH, WHO'S THE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ADVISORY TEAM MEMBER FOR THE AARP HERE IN CALIFORNIA, BASICALLY SAID OUR TEAM KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK AND KATIE RAST FROM THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION HAS REALLY BEEN APPRECIATIVE AND IN ADDITION PROVIDED MORE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTING THINGS THAT ARE UNDER THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY LAID OUT WHILE WE WERE DOING THE PLANNING PROCESS, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
SO SPEAKING OF WHICH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT ONE PARTICULAR AREA, WHICH IS MOVE CARLSBAD, WHICH WE'VE JUST COMPLETED BASED UPON A $50000 GRANT TO CIRCULATE SAN DIEGO FROM THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION IN IMPLEMENTING TO RAISE AWARENESS AROUND MOBILITY.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOE STEWART.
MOVE CARLSBAD WAS A TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON ADULTS AGES 45, AND OVER.
THE EDUCATION PROGRAM HAD TWO MEDIUMS OF FOCUS.
FIRST WAS A DIGITAL AND PRINT MATERIAL CAMPAIGN.
THE DIGITAL MATERIALS CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION IN CARLSBAD.
THEY WERE HOSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND SHARED ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND [INAUDIBLE] NEWSLETTERS.
THE PRINT BROCHURES CONTAIN INFORMATION ON ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED AT THE CITY'S SENIOR CENTER, CITY LIBRARIES AND OTHER CARLSBAD COMMUNITY CENTERS.
THE SECOND ELEMENT WAS A SERIES OF MOVE CARLSBAD WORKSHOPS.
THESE TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION WORKSHOPS INCLUDED INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS AND DEMONSTRATIONS FROM LOCAL EXPERTS.
TOPICS INCLUDED HOW TO USE RIDESHARE AND PUBLIC TRANSIT, AS WELL AS TIPS FOR BIKING AND WALKING, SAFETY AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION IN CARLSBAD.
BUT HERE'S THE MOVE CARLSBAD, BY THE NUMBERS, WE HELD FOUR WORKSHOPS WHICH WERE ATTENDED BY OVER ONE HUNDRED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE RECORDED THESE WORKSHOPS AND MADE THEM AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON THE CITY'S AGE FRIENDLY CARLSBAD WEBSITE AND THEN HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY VIEWS OF THE WORKSHOP RECORDINGS.
WE ALSO SAW A LOT OF SUCCESS IN DIGITAL CAMPAIGN.
OVER NINETEEN THOUSAND SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS.
IN OUR PRINT MAILERS MADE IT TO OVER SIX THOUSAND CARLSBAD HOUSEHOLDS.
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS.
SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WELL, THE NEXT STEPS ARE SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ACTION PLAN TONIGHT, WE WOULD CONVENE A AGE FRIENDLY WORKING GROUP PRIMARILY MADE UP OF OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.
WE WOULD ENGAGE WITH DEPARTMENTS AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THE AARP AND THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION.
SHOULD WE BE APPROVED, WE GO FROM THAT YELLOW COLOR TO GREEN COLOR AND WE'LL HAVE AN APPROVED ACTION PLAN.
AND THEN FINALLY CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE AARP NETWORK OF AGE FRIENDLY STATES AND COMMUNITIES.
ULTIMATELY, WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE CREATED A CENTRALIZED PLAN AND VEHICLE BY WHICH THE AMAZING WORK THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS DONE CAN CONTINUE TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
WE CAN SET NEW GOALS AND FOUNDATIONS FOR THE WORK THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AGE FRIENDLINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY IS ONE WITH A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WHO MAY BE MOVING TOWARDS A GRAYING POPULATION, IF YOU WILL, AND A HIGHER POPULATION OF OLDER ADULTS.
[INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE FOCUSED ON THIS AS AN AREA THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE ACTION PLAN AND BEYOND.
AND SO WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THE RECOMMENDED ACTION, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AGE FRIENDLY CARLSBAD ACTION PLAN.
THANK YOU, DAVID, AND THANK YOU, MR. STEWART.
THAT WAS VERY WELL DONE, SO WITH THAT CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU ARE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU ARE JOINING US
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BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND.WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OR LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU WILL BE MUTED ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED.
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
A PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. GRAHAM, I WAS LISTENING TO YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD WHO WANTED TO STAY IN THEIR HOME CONTINUE-- THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE WORKING AS LONG AS THEY COULD.
THIS ACTION PLAN SOUNDS GREAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW YOU'RE EDUCATING YOUR SENIORS AND MAKING THEM KNOWLEDGEABLE OF MANY ISSUES.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO NUMBERS IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT I WOULD HIGHLY, HIGHLY SUGGEST OUR COUNCIL TAKE A LOOK AT BECAUSE THERE ARE EIGHTY THREE PERCENT OF REPORTED ANNUAL INCOMES OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF OUR CARLSBAD CITIZENS WHO POLLED IN THIS-- WHO POLLED IN THESE QUESTIONS.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, LIKE 60 PERCENT OF THESE MADE OVER $100000.
AND A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ALSO WHO-- EIGHTY SEVEN PERCENT OWNED THEIR HOMES AND HAD NO INTENTION OF LEAVING THEIR HOMES.
SO WHEN YOU'RE INTRODUCING AND EDUCATING THEM AND TELLING THEM THERE'S AVAILABILITIES, LOW INCOME HOUSING ABILITIES, HUD SERVICES, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, AS CARLSBAD, A SENIOR POPULATION, WE'RE VERY LUCKY AND PROSPEROUS CITIZEN OR COMMUNITY.
I SHOULD SAY THIS AGE FRIENDLY ACTION-- CARLSBAD ACTION PLANS A DOCUMENT THAT COMPILES COMMUNITY INPUT AND DISCLOSES VERY PERSONAL PRIVATE INFORMATION OF CITIZENS PARTICIPATING IN THE POLLS.
AND IT'S KIND OF DISTURBING TO ME BECAUSE, FOR INSTANCE, AN EXAMPLE, NINETY EIGHT PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK THIS POLL DEPEND ON THEIR CARS, AND IN THIS PROGRAM, YOU'RE PUSHING E-BIKES, WALKING.
BUT YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN WITHIN THREE YEARS, AND I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.
SO I-- BEFORE YOU START OKAYING THIS PLAN, THIS ACTION PLAN, CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE RECONSIDER LOOKING AT THIS AGAIN BEFORE YOU VOTE IT IN.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT WILL HELP CREATE A MORE VIBRANT, LIVABLE AND AGE FRIENDLY CITY WHERE RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES CAN LIVE AND THRIVE.
BUT ACCORDING TO WHOSE STANDARDS, THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMARA DICKSON.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
I GUESS I'M HAVING TROUBLES FIGURING OUT WHEN I'M SUPPOSED TO SPEAK, SO I WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AND SPEAK INCORRECTLY, SO I WILL BE CALLING BACK LATER.
THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
QUESTIONS [INAUDIBLE] STAFF, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DR. BHAT-PATEL.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING I ASKED DURING BRIEFINGS AS WELL.
JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON THIS, AS WELL AS CVA AND VISIT CARLSBAD.
OF COURSE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AGE FRIENDLY, I KNOW WE'RE GENERALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE QUITE A FEW VISITORS AND SO JUST WANTED TO CHECK IN ABOUT THAT AND THEN JUST THINKING ABOUT IT FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, HOW THAT BENEFITS IN THAT REGARD AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL.
SO ALL THREE OF OUR BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, THE CVA, THE CHAMBER AND VISIT CARLSBAD, DISTRIBUTED THE ACTION PLAN AND WERE INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT.
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN RAMPING UP THEIR EFFORTS AS WELL IN SUPPORTING AGING-- AND AS IT RELATES TO TOURISM.
THIS IS REALLY AN ALL AGES PLAN, SO THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE BY USING THE LENS OF OLDER ADULTS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT ALL AGES.
AND SO WHEN WE CREATE THE WORKING GROUP, SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS TONIGHT? WE WOULD ALSO ENSURE THAT THOSE THREE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, AS KEY
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STAKEHOLDERS, WOULD BE INVOLVED IN OUR IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS.AND THEN, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING PLANNED OUT FOR ALL GENERATIONS, SO IT'S MORE OF AN INTERGENERATIONAL PLAN SO THAT AS FOLKS DO AGE, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO AGE IN AN AGE FRIENDLY CITY IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
PLUS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR EVEN OLDER ADULT PARENTS AND SUCH.
AND SO THIS HAS TO BE INTERGENERATION.
IT HAS TO BE AN ALL AGES PLAN, WHICH IS A PART OF WHAT IS INCLUDED HERE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, MR. GRAHAM.
WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS? OR ARE YOU, MR. GRAHAM, KIND OF GOING TO BE THE ONE THE STEWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS? OR IS THE CITY MANAGER OR IS THERE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO'S TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THIS? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.
SO ULTIMATELY, THE CITY MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE BY SUPPORTING A WORKING GROUP THAT IS CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL.
MY TEAM WILL BE INVOLVED IN PUTTING THAT GROUP TOGETHER, SCHEDULING THE REGULAR MEETINGS, REACHING OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS.
SO MY DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT FOR IT.
PLUS, WE'LL BE PROVIDING REPORTS BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO'S ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT AND THAT WE GET REGULAR REPORTS BACK, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
WE DO HAVE A GROWING NUMBER OF MATURING RESIDENTS.
I'M TRYING TO STAY PC, BUT I THINK WE ALL KNOW IF WE'RE GROWING OLD THAT WE CAN CALL OURSELVES GETTING OLD.
BUT ALONG WITH GETTING OLD, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS ABOUT STAYING-- I THINK HE FROZE.
[LAUGHTER] I'M SORRY, DID I BREAK-- DID I CUT OUT AGAIN? YES, HE DID, SIR.
WHERE DID I LEAVE OFF? SO I DON'T REPEAT MYSELF? JUST AFTER YOUR JOKE ABOUT US CALLING, CALLING EACH OTHER GETTING OLD.
OK, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT STAYING HOME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO TO A FACILITY WHERE THEY COULD GET BETTER CARE.
A LOT OF RESIDENTS RELY ON THEIR SPOUSE TO HELP THEM WITH TRANSPORTATION OR COOKING, AND THEN THEY END UP LOSING THEIR SPOUSE AND THEY'RE STUCK.
MY OTHER LIFE WAS THAT OF A COP AND ONE OF THE POLICE-- THE POLICE OFFICER JOBS IS ONE OF THE WORST.
ONE OF THE MOST HORRIBLE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO OUT TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE AND TELL THEM THEY CAN'T DRIVE ANYMORE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR LICENSE OR RECOMMEND DMV, TAKE THEIR LICENSE AWAY.
THIS HAPPENS MORE AND MORE, AND IT'S NECESSARY MORE AND MORE.
SO I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION IN THIS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE STAYING AT HOME AS THEY GROW OLDER AND NEED THAT TRANSPORTATION DON'T HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY COULD GET TO THE GROCERY STORE OR TO THE DOCTOR OR WHEREVER THEY NEED TO BE.
SO I DO WANT TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND THAT WAS A BIG AREA THAT WE HEARD FROM MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE INVOLVED, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THIS.
THIS IS THE DATA REGARDING HOW THE CITY OF CARLSBAD MATCHES UP AS IT'S THE GROWTH OF OLDER ADULTS 50 PLUS.
AND THOSE RESIDENTS WERE ONCE SAYING THAT MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION ABSOLUTELY MATTER, SO YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IN YOUR POINT.
THAT IS WHAT WE WERE HEARING FROM MANY OF THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE SURVEYS, THE COMMUNITY GROUPS, ET CETERA.
AND AS YOU HEARD, MOVE CARLSBAD WAS A EARLY PROGRAM THAT WAS FUNDED BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH AN OVERWHELMING IMPACT, AND AREA OF CONCERN FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WITH THAT, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE THAT IS FOCUSED ON THROUGH THIS EFFORT.
THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT.
IF THERE IS NO OTHER COMMENTS MR. BLACKBURN YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.
MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10.
COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY, AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL, AYE.
MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN AYE, MAYOR HALL, AYE.
[11. REQUEST FROM CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION FOR $1.5 MILLION DOLLAR LOAN FROM THE HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR WEST OAKS APARTMENTS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT]
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ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS LOAN FROM THE HOUSING AND TRUST FUND FOR WEST OAKS APARTMENTS, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT AND MR. CHADWICK.COULD YOU MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, SIR.
IN MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY AS OUR HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DIRECTOR MS. MANDY MILLS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN HERE.
DO YOU SEE THAT POWERPOINT, OK? YES.
SO THIS AFTERNOON'S ITEM IS TWOFOLD.
AS CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, IT CONSIDERS A REQUEST FROM CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORP.
FOR A ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS LOAN FROM THE CITY'S HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR THE WEST OAKS AFFORDABLE APARTMENT PROJECT.
AND IT ALSO PROVES THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT FOR THE OVERALL WEST OAKS MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.
TODAY, I'LL PRESENT SOME BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS WALK YOU THROUGH THE SUBSIDY ANALYSIS THAT'S LED TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THE APPLICANT AND MASTER DEVELOPER ARE ALSO PRESENT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, TO GET YOU A LITTLE BIT ORIENTATION, THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD AND IT'S EAST OF COLLEGE BOULEVARD.
THE COMMUNITY WILL CONSIST OF A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO APARTMENT UNITS, OF WHICH FORTY TWO WILL BE PART OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PROJECT WITH A ZONE CHANGE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
IT WAS INITIALLY ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL, SO IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT, INTEGRAL COMMUNITIES.
THE MASTER DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO SET ASIDE TWENTY TWO PERCENT OF THE PROJECT FOR BELOW MARKET RATE RENTS ON THE PROPERTY FOR LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
THE AFFORDABLE UNITS WILL BE COMPLETELY INTEGRATED ON THE SITE.
SO THIS GIVES YOU A BETTER IDEA OF THE INTEGRATION OF THE UNITS, SO HERE'S A VISUAL OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE AFFORDABLE TWO BUILDINGS TOWARDS THE WEST SIDE WILL LOOK JUST LIKE THE OTHER BUILDINGS, AND WE'LL HAVE THE SAME PARKING AND ACCESS TO THE SAME AMENITIES.
SO THE MASTER DEVELOPER HAS SELECTED CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION AS THEIR PARTNER FOR THE AFFORDABLE COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT.
AND AS MENTIONED, THESE THE AFFORDABLE PROJECT WILL BE THESE TWO BUILDINGS, AND THE AFFORDABLE UNITS WILL BE SEPARATELY OWNED AND MANAGED BY CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION.
THE AFFORDABLE PROJECT DOES CONSIST OF FORTY ONE UNITS PLUS MANAGERS UNITS, SO IT'S FORTY TWO UNITS IN TOTAL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE THREE STORY BUILDINGS.
THERE'S ALSO COMMUNITY SPACE AND SERVICES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SITE, AND THE RESIDENTS CAN ALSO UTILIZE THE OPEN SPACE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT.
THE PROJECTS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THIRTY SEVEN LOW INCOME UNITS AND FOR EXTREMELY LOW INCOME UNITS, AND THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS ENABLING THE PROJECT TO EXCEED THAT REQUIREMENT.
SO IT'S GOING TO ALLOW FOR SOME DEEPER AFFORDABILITY.
THE PROPOSED RENT LEVELS ARE SHOWN HERE.
THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE FIVE UNITS FOR EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, FIVE VERY LOW INCOME AND THIRTY ONE FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AT THE 60 AND 70 PERCENT LEVEL.
THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WILL ENABLE THE PROJECT TO EXCEED THAT INITIAL REQUIREMENT, ALLOWING FOR DEEPER AFFORDABILITY, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RENTS WILL RANGE BASED ON THE BEDROOM SIZE, SO ALL THE WAY FROM SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT ABOUT TO A LITTLE BIT OVER TWO THOUSAND FOR THE HIGHER THREE BEDROOM UNITS AT THE LOW INCOME LEVEL.
THE CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION INTENDS TO SECURE A BOND ALLOCATION AND TAX CREDITS TO FINANCE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT COST.
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVENESS FOR BOND AND TAX CREDIT FINANCING, CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION IS REQUESTING A ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS LOAN FROM THE CITY'S HOUSING TRUST FUND.
THE SLIDE HERE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED SOURCES OF FUNDS TO DEVELOP THE PROJECT AND THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS YOU SEE HERE ARE FINANCED THROUGH TAX CREDITS AND A SENIOR LOAN.
THE MASTER DEVELOPER WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE LAND DEDICATION AND WE'LL DEFER A PORTION OF THE OFF SITE AND ON SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION WILL ALSO DEFER A PORTION OF THEIR DEVELOPER FEE.
THE CITY LOAN OF ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A RESIDUAL RECEIPTS LOAN FROM THE CITY'S HOUSING TRUST FUND, RESIDUAL RECEIPTS LOAN IS
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PAID OVER TIME OUT OF NET PROCEEDS OF THE PROJECT, SO THE BORROWER IS REQUIRED TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON THE LOAN IF RENTS ARE SUFFICIENT TO PAY ALL THE OPERATING EXPENSES, INCLUDING MANAGEMENT FEES AND THEN ANY DEBT ON THE SENIOR MORTGAGE.SO, AS MENTIONED, THE AFFORDABLE DEVELOPER WOULD BE CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION, WHO WOULD CONSTRUCT, OWN AND OPERATE THE AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS.
CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE WESTERN STATES, OWNING AND MANAGING AFFORDABLE UNITS, MOSTLY IN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, AND THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT A STRANGER TO CARLSBAD.
THEY ALREADY ARE A VETERAN HERE.
THEY HAVE FOUR PROJECTS FOR A NUMBER OF UNITS, AND OF WHICH TWO ARE PICTURED HERE.
AND ALL PROJECTS THAT THEY OWN IN CARLSBAD ARE WELL-MAINTAINED AND WELL RECEIVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO LAST YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL DID ADOPT CITY COUNCIL POLICY 90, WHICH PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF HOUSING TRUST FUND MONEY, INCLUDING CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTS.
CITY STAFF DID REVIEW THE PROPOSAL AND FOUND IT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH CITY COUNCIL POLICY 90.
AND A DETAILED ANALYSIS IS PROVIDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE STAFF REPORT.
AS MENTIONED, THE AFFORDABLE [INAUDIBLE] IS PROPOSED TO SATISFY THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING OBLIGATION FOR THE OVERALL WEST OAKS MASTER PLAN PROJECT.
AND SO THE INCLUSIONARY REQUIREMENTS ARE NORMALLY MEMORIALIZED IN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT AS A CONDITION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL.
SO THE AFFORDABLE PROJECT WILL HAVE A REGULATORY AGREEMENT RECORDED AGAINST THE SITE OUTLINING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROJECT.
ONCE THE AFFORDABLE PROJECT IS OCCUPIED, THEN THAT REGULATORY AGREEMENT BECOMES THE IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT AND THAT ORIGINAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT IS THEN RELEASED.
SO IF THE CITY COUNCIL DOES APPROVE THE FUNDING REQUEST TODAY, THE DEVELOPER WILL SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR TAX CREDIT AND BOND ALLOCATION IN THE SPRING AND THEN, IF APPROVED, WE WOULD BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION EXECUTING ALL THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND HOPEFULLY THEY COULD ANTICIPATE LOAN CLOSING AND CONSTRUCTION IN SUMMER OF TWENTY TWO.
SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS LOAN FROM THE HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST OAKS AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS AND APPROVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT FOR THE OVERALL COMMUNITY.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF PRESENTATION, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THE MASTER DEVELOPER INTEGRAL COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS THE AFFORDABLE DEVELOPER CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION, ARE ON THE LINE AVAILABLE TO MAYBE SAY A FEW WORDS OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT FIRST BEFORE TAKING ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC OR FROM THE CITY COUNCIL? YES.
IF WE COULD LET THE-- WE'LL LET THE DEVELOPERS SPEAK FIRST, PLEASE.
WE HAVE, I THINK, MAYBE GIL MILTENBERGER WILL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HALF OF INTEGRAL.
GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, HONORABLE, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GIL MILTENBERGER.
WITHIN A [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNITIES.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MS. MILLS FOR HER GREAT PRESENTATION, GREAT OVERVIEW AND A LOT OF DETAIL ON ALL THE BENEFITS.
IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT WE WERE BEFORE YOU FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE JUST TWO POINTS.
ONE IS THAT THE PROJECT IS IN A HIGH RESOURCE AREA THAT IS DEFINED BY THE CALIFORNIA FAIR HOUSING TASK FORCE, DUE IN PART BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE NUMEROUS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO THE SUPPORTING POSITIVE ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR FAMILY.
AND SECONDLY IS THAT WE ARE ADVANCING THE PROJECTS, ENGINEERING AND SUCH TO BE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND NEXT YEAR.
AND I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MEET THIS NEED FOR WORKFORCE AND ALSO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PROPOSED WITH THIS PROJECT.
WITH TODAY'S APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WOULD HELP US MEET THAT GOAL IN ADVANCING THE PROJECT, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE REQUEST COUNCIL APPROVE THE TWO RESOLUTIONS BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
ALSO, [INAUDIBLE] WITH INTERGRAL AND ALSO CHERI HOFFMAN FROM CHELSEA ARE HERE AND WE'RE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS?
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YES, MAYOR.AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU ARE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU ARE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OR LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU WILL BE MUTED ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED.
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS AT ONE SIX, EIGHT ONE.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
YES, THIS IS KATIE TAYLOR AGAIN.
AND MY QUESTION IS, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ADULTS AND OR CHILDREN CAN LIVE IN A ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF ASSIGNED PARKING SPACES FOR A ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM UNIT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF VISITOR PARKING SPACES ALLOTTED.
AND IN THESE RENTAL UNITS CAN NON-RELATED ADULTS.
CARMICHAEL? PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? YES, GO AHEAD.
COUNCIL AND MAYOR, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE HOUSING TRUST AND AFFORDABILITY PLAN OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY UNITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDED AND I'M ASSUMING GOING TO BE ADDED TO OFFSET OUR [INAUDIBLE] NUMBERS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
BUT ALSO, I WANT TO KNOW IS-- WHAT IS-- IS THERE GOING TO BE OTHER PROJECTS THAT COME AND THAT WILL BE REQUESTING FUNDING FROM THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND HOW MANY OTHER AND IF WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS, THEN WILL THAT BE LIMITING THOSE PROJECTS DOWN THE ROAD? I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION IN THE PRESENTATION.
AND OR IS THERE A LARGER OVERVIEW FOR THAT HOUSING TRUST FUND? SO WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
THAT JUST ANSWER-- YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE JUST MY QUESTIONS FOR TODAY.
THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF HAS THE INFORMATION.
TONIGHT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE LOAN PROGRAM, THE PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED QUITE SOME-- FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE PARKING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAV THAT KIND OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE TONIGHT.
I CAN TRY TO ANSWER A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS.
THEN I MIGHT CALL UPON MR. MILTENBERGER OR MR. [INAUDIBLE] TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO ANSWER SOME OF THE PARKING QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY IN THE REGULATORY GRANT WOULD BE TWO PERSONS PER BEDROOM.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A MINIMUM EXPECTATION OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIVE IN IT AND THEN THERE'S A MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY AS WELL.
THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT UNRELATED PERSONS IN THE HOUSEHOLD, SO WE DON'T DEFINED WHAT CONSTITUTES A HOUSEHOLD.
IF IT'S-- IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A HOUSEHOLD AND YOU MEET THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS, THEN YOU CAN BE ON THE LEASE.
SO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ON THE LEASE IS A DIFFERENT STORY, SO CONSIDERED LIKE GUESTS.
SO THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT GUESTS CAN STAY IS A REGULATED BY THE AGREEMENT AS WELL.
AND THEN ANOTHER SPEAKER ASKED ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS KIND OF REQUESTS-- LIKE THAT MIGHT BE IN THE PIPELINE, DOWN THE ROAD REQUESTING MONEY AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE JULY.
I THINK THIS IS ALREADY MY THIRD OR FOURTH TIME COMING TO YOU FOR A REQUEST FROM THE HOUSING TRUST FUND.
AND AT THIS POINT, THIS WOULD CONCLUDE ANYTHING THAT I HAVE KIND OF IN THE PIPELINE COMING FORWARD.
RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AS WE MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
THE BALANCE OF THE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS ALMOST $10 MILLION.
SO WITH THIS ONE POINT FIVE, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD TAKE THAT DOWN TO A LITTLE LESS THAN EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
BUT THE BALANCE OF THAT CHANGES ON A REGULAR BASIS, OBVIOUSLY, SO THERE ARE ADDITIONS TO THAT HOUSING TRUST FUND ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT COULD BE THROUGH EITHER INCLUSIONARY HOUSING IN LIEU-FEES THAT CAN BE FROM LOAN REPAYMENTS FROM OTHER PROJECTS.
A VARIETY OF SOURCES LIKE THAT SOMETIMES CREDIT PURCHASES, WHICH THERE'S A
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CREDIT PURCHASE COMING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY.SO PROJECTS LIKE THAT WOULD MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND.
SO THE BALANCE IS KIND OF CHANGING ALL THE TIME.
AND WITH THAT, DID INTEGRAL WANNA OR CHELSEA WANT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PARKING? THIS IS THIS IS GIL FROM INTEGRAL MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I DID LOOK UP REAL QUICK FROM THE STAFF REPORT WHEN THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE 83 PARKING SPACES ALLOCATED TO THE 42 UNITS, WHICH IS JUST APPROXIMATELY, YOU KNOW, TWO PER UNIT.
I DIDN'T-- I WAS TRYING TO WRITE QUICKLY, SO I DIDN'T GET THE REST OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT I DID FIND THAT INFORMATION OUT.
AND DOES THAT INCLUDE GUEST PARKING? YES.
SO I THINK THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS FROM THE SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU FOR-- JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, WE'RE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS WHEN WE FIRST GET THE AGENDA, WE GET A BRIEFING.
AND DURING THE BRIEFING, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS IS A LOAN AND THIS IS A LOAN THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET PAID BACK.
IT'S NOT A LOAN WE FORGIVE SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD AND THAT WE GET PAID BACK EITHER THROUGH TIME FROM PAYMENTS OR WHEN THE PROJECT REFINANCES, THEN WE GET REIMBURSED.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS HESITANT ABOUT AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS IS BECAUSE I'M GUESSING OTHER PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT EITHER.
AND THAT WOULD BE THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S FOR THE LOWER INCOME PROJECTS, WE DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY FORGIVE THE LOAN SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE IS THAT-- THAT'S ALL CORRECT, ISN'T IT? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THESE ARE LOW INTEREST LOANS, SO THEY ARE RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY, SO THEY DO ACCRUE INTEREST FROM DAY ONE AND THEY ARE WHAT'S CONSIDERED AS A SUBORDINATE LOAN.
SO THERE IS A SENIOR LOAN IN FRONT OF US AND THAT'S GENERALLY THROUGH A COMMERCIAL LENDER.
AND SO THOSE WOULD BE REPAID FIRST.
AND SO A RESIDUAL RECEIPT LOAN MEANS ONCE THERE ARE ENOUGH PROCEEDS IN THE PROJECT TO NOT ONLY PAY BACK THAT FIRST MORTGAGE AND ALL OPERATING EXPENSES, THEN ANY OTHER NET PROCEEDS COME TO THE LOAN REPAYMENT TO THE CITY.
SO GENERALLY, THE FIRST-- KEEP IN MIND, THESE ARE 55 YEAR RESTRICTIONS.
SO IN, SAY, THE FIRST 10 YEARS, IT'S COMMON THAT WE WOULD NOT SEE REPAYMENT YET.
BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT ENTIRE 10 YEARS INTEREST IS STILL ACCRUING.
SO OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT, THEN YOU'LL START SEEING PAYMENTS BEING MADE BECAUSE ENOUGH OF THE SENIOR DEBT HAS BEEN PAID OFF AND THEN THE NET PROCEEDS START TO GROW.
AND SO THEN THAT CITY'S LOAN GETS REPAID A LITTLE BIT MORE.
OFTENTIMES, WITH PROJECTS, YOU'LL SEE A REFINANCE SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 15 YEAR MARK.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEN OFTENTIMES OUR LOAN GETS PAID OFF AND NEW FINANCING STRUCTURE GETS PUT IN PLACE.
SO THEN WE'VE MADE WHOLE, INCLUDING THE INTEREST THAT WAS ACCRUED AT THAT POINT.
SEEING, NONE CAN WE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE MR. BLACKBURN.
COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY, OH, MR. NORBY, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DON'T SEE IT ON MY SCREEN, SO SORRY.
I WAS WAVING MY HAND JUST TO COMMENT.
I'M GOING TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
I THINK CARLSBAD IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH ITS INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PROGRAM AS WELL AS ITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM.
BUT A COMMENT THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE AND I'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE ON HOUSING ISSUES IS THAT WE ARE IN OUR KIND OF HOUSING EFFORTS ROUGHLY 90 PERCENT RENTAL AND 10 PERCENT OWNERSHIP .
IN CARLSBAD DECADES AGO AT A FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND THAT DOES NOT EXIST AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
IT'S KIND OF DOWN AT THE COUNTY LEVEL WITH COUNTY RULES NOW.
AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A LOW OR VERY LOW INCOME GROUP, BUT ANYTHING THAT I THINK MY COLLEAGUES OR I CERTAINLY HAVE AN INTEREST OF DOING SOMETHING TO HELP FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS IN CARLSBAD REALIZING THAT THEY WOULD BE MORE OF A MEDIUM INCOME OR HIGHER INCOME, BUT TO HELP PEOPLE GET ON THE HOUSING LADDER IN CARLSBAD.
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IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE.MOVE ADOPTION OF BOTH RESOLUTIONS CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.
COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY, AYE COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.
COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL, AYE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM 12 HOMELESS QUARTERLY UPDATE, JULY 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH.
[12. HOMELESS QUARTERLY UPDATE JULY 1 – SEPT. 30, 2021]
MR. CHADWICK COULD YOU PLEASE MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS? YES SIR.MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR HOMELESS AND HOUSING SERVICES DIRECTOR MANDY MILLS.
OUR SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER HOLLY NELSON AND CAPTAIN CHRISTIE CALDERWOOD, LADIES.
CAN YOU SEE THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION? YES.
OK, SO TODAY WE WILL BE PRESENTING OUR FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT ON THE CITY COUNCIL GOAL TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN CARLSBAD.
PRESENTING WITH ME TODAY ARE HOLLY NELSON FROM THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND CAPTAIN CHRISTY CALDERWOOD FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS OUR FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT, AND WE'LL COVER THE JULY 1 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH PERIOD.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE GOAL SOLUTIONS AND THE ABILITY TO MEASURE SUCCESS IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE BASED ON ACTIONS IN JUST THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND BASED ON DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.
WE ARE GOING-- WE PLAN ON UPDATING YOU ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR.
THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO YOUR STAFF REPORT DETAILS THE MEASURABLE PROGRESS MADE IN THE CITY'S EFFORT DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO.
THE OVERALL GOAL OF REDUCING HOMELESSNESS IN CARLSBAD BY 50 PERCENT.
DETAILS ON THE WORK PLAN'S IMPLEMENTATION OUTCOMES AND OTHER METRICS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT REPORT.
THE ABILITY TO MEASURE SUCCESS AGAINST THE COUNCIL GOAL IS VERY COMPLEX.
STAFF WILL GO OVER A NUMBER OF INDICATORS FROM VARIOUS DATA SOURCES TO GIVE THE WHOLE PICTURE OF ACTIVITY TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUCCESS AGAINST THE GOAL.
AS THIS IS OUR FIRST REPORT, WE REALLY DO HOPE TO RECEIVE COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON THINGS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IN FUTURE REPORTS AS WELL.
WE'VE ALSO PRESENTED A RESOLUTION IN YOUR STAFF REPORT THAT AMENDS THE FISCAL YEAR WORK PLAN BASED ON CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION THAT WE DID RECEIVE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HOLLY NELSON TO START THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MANDY, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO BACK IN MARCH, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED REDUCING HOMELESSNESS AS ONE OF ITS TOP GOALS.
THE GOAL, IN FACT, WAS TO REDUCE THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION AMONG THOSE WHO WANT HELP BY 50 PERCENT WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
YOU GUYS CREATED THIS GOAL BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO CREATE MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY TO THE COMMUNITY ON AN ISSUE THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND TO HAVE STAFF COME BACK AND PRESENT QUARTERLY UPDATES ON OUR PROGRESS.
THIS ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MONITOR AND ALSO EVALUATE OUR EFFECTIVENESS IN THE CITY'S INITIATIVES AND DISCUSS CONCERNS AND ALSO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.
AND TO DO THIS, THERE IS NO SINGLE COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT.
WE ARE GOING TO BE USING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TOOLS AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT NOTHING IS PERFECT.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY, LIKE MANNY HAD MENTIONED, WE'RE OPEN TO FEEDBACK, BUT THE THREE DATA TOOLS THAT WE WILL BE USING IS THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND HELP APP.
COUNT IS AN ANNUAL COUNT THAT IS FACILITATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT DONE HERE IN CARLSBAD.
IT KIND OF PROVIDES-- IT PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BOTH WHO ARE UNSHELTERED AND THOSE WHO ARE SHELTERED.
THE COUNT IS DONE TYPICALLY IN THE LATER PART OF JANUARY, AND THE RESULTS ARE PUBLISHED IN LATE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER.
IT'S HELPFUL FOR US AS CITY STAFF AND ALSO AS A NATION TO LOOK AT TRENDS FROM YEAR
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TO YEAR TO KIND OF SEE WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.ALSO, THE NEXT THING WITH THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, THIS DATABASE RECORDS AND ANALYZES CLIENT DATA SERVICES AND HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
IT ALLOWS CITY STAFF AND CONTRACTORS TO SHARE INFORMATION BRIDGE PEOPLE TO HOUSING INVENTORY AND REALLY TRACK THE NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS BEING SERVED IN CARLSBAD.
IT PROVIDES REAL TIME DATA AND ALLOWS US TO MONITOR THE INFLOW AND OUTFLOW OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOMELESS SYSTEM OF CARE.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS DATA ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
IT ALSO IS A REQUIREMENT FOR MANY FUNDING SOURCES THROUGH THE COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM TO DIVERSIFY OUR FUNDING STREAMS. AND LASTLY, THE HELP APP, THIS IS AN INTERNAL APP THAT WAS CREATED BY OUR CITY'S GIS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CONTACTS THAT ARE MADE WITHIN THE FIELD BY OFFICERS FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE KNOW THAT OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM DOES A WONDERFUL JOB TAKING CARE OF THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER INTERACTIONS THAT HAPPEN AFTER HOURS AND SO TO CAPTURE THAT VALUABLE DATA.
ALL OFFICERS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE UTILIZING THIS APP, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DESIGN CUSTOMIZABLE QUESTIONS AND DATA FIELDS SO THAT WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO GET SPECIFIC GRANULAR DATA.
AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE PRESENTED IN NEXT QUARTER'S DATA SET.
AGAIN, WE DO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN PLACE.
THE CITY HAS DEVELOPED ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IN THE REGION.
THIS PLAN BUILDS OFF THE PREVIOUS 2017 HOMELESS RESPONSE PLAN.
THE GOAL IS REALLY TO LOOK AT THE NEEDS BEST PRACTICE IN THE LITERATURE, IN THE FIELD AND REALLY KIND OF LOOKING AT ALL DIFFERENT DOMAINS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OUTREACH, WE'RE LOOKING AT QUALITY OF LIFE, WE'RE LOOKING AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE'RE LOOKING AT SANITATION, ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS AND SO REALLY LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CONTINUUM OF NEEDS RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO WITH THE APPROVED WORK PLAN RELATED TO THIS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT IN THE PAST QUARTER THAT ALL TASKS ARE ON TRACK AND THAT ALL OF DEADLINES HAVE BEEN MET IN THE EIGHT DIFFERENT GOALS.
LOOKING AT A DEEPER DOVE AT THE BUDGET DURING THE FIRST QUARTER, THE CITY HAS EXPENDED APPROXIMATELY $600000 TO IMPLEMENT THE WORK PLAN.
TAKING A DEEPER DIVE INTO THOSE NUMBERS, YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF THE FUNDING IS AROUND HIGH PRIORITIES AROUND THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM, WHICH HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE PART OF THE CITY'S PLAN.
ALSO WITH INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES, THE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT ARE GOING OUT AND CONDUCTING THE OUTREACH.
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH IS PROVIDING RAPID REHOUSING DOLLARS AND ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS EXIT THE STREETS, AS WELL AS OUR DEPARTMENT SALARIES AND URBAN CORE, WHERE THEY'RE HELPING WITH ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS AND THE PORTABLE TOILETS AND HAND-WASHING STATIONS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
NOW, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE PAST QUARTER FROM JULY 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE OUTCOMES REFLECT THE COMBINED WORK OF ALL CITY STAFF AND CONTRACTORS SERVING THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY IN CARLSBAD.
HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS.
AND SO IN THE LAST QUARTER, THE TEAMS SERVED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE UNDUPLICATE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION 16 PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, SO THAT'S WHETHER THAT'S THEIR OWN APARTMENT OR A ROOM FOR RENT [INAUDIBLE] WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
REUNIFICATION SUPPORTED TWENTY EIGHT PEOPLE GETTING INTO A SHELTER PLACEMENT THAT WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF MOTEL VOUCHER, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, WHETHER IT'S AN EMERGENCY SHELTER.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED CALLS FOR SERVICE RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS AND AVERAGED ABOUT ONE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP PER MONTH TO ADDRESS THE NEED.
AND IN ADDITION TO WANTING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE DESIRE FOR THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF HOMELESSNESS ON THE
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COMMUNITY.AND SO IN THE LAST QUARTER, THERE WAS NEW ORDINANCES ARE PASSED RELATED TO QUALITY OF LIFE, UPDATING PUBLIC CAMPING, FIRES AND COOKING, THE STORAGE OF BELONGINGS.
AGGRESSIVE SOLICITATION, ALCOHOL USE IN CITY PARKS.
AND THIS WENT INTO EFFECT NOVEMBER 11TH.
WE WILL BE REPORTING AN UPDATE ON THAT NEXT QUARTER.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN POSITIVE BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THESE ORDINANCES.
AGAIN, THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT IS NEW IS THE EMERGENCY VOUCHER.
THE SHORT TERM PROGRAM, THIS WAS THE LIMITED STAY PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 28TH.
THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED AND IS TAKING INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
CURRENTLY, WE ARE GATHERING DATA AND WE WILL REPORT ON THAT IN OUR NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE.
AND YOU ALSO ISSUED A NEW ANIMAL CONTRACT WITH SEEING, A HUMANE SOCIETY.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE RUN INTO WITH HOMELESS SERVICES AS THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET INTO SERVICES, WHETHER THAT'S EMERGENCY SHELTER OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS. BUT OFTENTIMES CAN'T GET IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PET AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTATION, WHETHER THAT'S AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT LETTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS A RESPONSE TO THAT.
IT'S A SHORT TERM EMERGENCY BOARDING CONTRACT WHERE ANIMALS CAN STAY UP TO 14 DAYS THROUGH ONE OF THE [INAUDIBLE] HUMANE SOCIETY SHELTERS.
IN ADDITION, THEY CAN RECEIVE ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES AS NEEDED.
AND THE GOAL IS OBVIOUSLY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PERSON AND THE PET TO STAY TOGETHER.
BUT WHEN THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE, THIS IS A GREAT ALTERNATIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DATA IN THE LAST QUARTER, SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT JULY 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH.
LOOKING AT COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, THIS WAS A ONE TIME FUNDING THAT WAS RECEIVED BY THE STATE.
THIS IS RAPID REHOUSING FUNDS, SO THIS REALLY SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HERE IN CARLSBAD WITH A DEPOSIT, SEVERAL MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER KIND OF NEEDS TO HELP STABILIZE THE HOUSEHOLDS.
SO IN THE LAST QUARTER, WE, THE AGENCY HAS BEEN ABLE TO PLACE IN SUPPORT OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR, SEVEN PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BRIDGE EIGHT PEOPLE INTO HIGHER LEVEL RESOURCES.
SO THIS MAY BE IN THE FORM OF A HIGHER LEVEL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM OR A SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, OR AGAIN, RECOGNIZING THAT MAYBE RAPID REHOUSING THIS LEVEL MAY NOT BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE.
AND SO MAYBE LOOKING AT PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
WE HAD 36 NEW PARTICIPANTS ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM IN THE LAST QUARTER AND AS PART OF THE WORK PLAN, COUNCIL DID APPROVE TO CONTINUE THIS CONTRACT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
AND SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS BACK IN JANUARY FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TO EXECUTE THE FULL CONTRACT.
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES.
THESE ARE THE TWO FULL TIME SOCIAL WORKERS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE FIELD WITH OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.
AGAIN, FROM JULY 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, THE TEAM SERVED TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
ON AVERAGE, THE TEAM SEES ABOUT A HUNDRED AND ONE HUNDRED AND TEN CONTACTS PER MONTH.
IN THE LAST QUARTER, THEY BRIDGED 19 PEOPLE INTO EMERGENCY SHELTER AND NINE PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, AND THEY REFERRED THIRTY TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS AND OTHER HEALTH RELATED PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S TO A DOCTOR OR TO A COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, HOMELESSNESS IS NOT JUST IN A BUBBLE, WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL, SUPPORTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER CITIES AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE REALLY WORK TOGETHER VERY COLLABORATIVELY TO REALLY COLLECTIVELY AND REGIONALLY ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT THAT WE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH IN THE REGION.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LOVE TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO CAPTAIN CALDERWOOD.
AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR HALL AND RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT POLICE SERVICE, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM IS ACTIVE IN THE CITY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK IN ORDER TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS CALLS THAT COME INTO THE DISPATCHER [INAUDIBLE].
RELATED TO THOSE THAT ARE UNSHELTERED, BUT ALSO IN AN EFFORT TO PROACTIVELY MEET WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO OFFER SERVICES.
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WITHIN THIS QUARTER THE TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE RELATED TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WAS ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO.THIS ACCOUNTS FOR NINE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT OFFICERS RESPONDED TO WITHIN THE CITY FOR JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER.
DURING THIS QUARTER, SIXTY SIX PERCENT, OF PERSONS CONSIDERED UNSHELTERED THAT WERE CONTACTED BY THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM ACCEPTED SERVICE AND THIRTY FOUR PERCENT REFUSED OR DECLINED.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT [INAUDIBLE] CAN RANGE FROM A MEETING WITH THE CLINICIAN TO A HYGIENE KIT ALL THE WAY UP TO SHELTER, DETOX, REHAB AND DAY LABOR PROGRAMS. JUST OVER SIX PERCENT OF THE 66 PERCENT ACCEPTED SERVICES WERE CLASSIFIED AS SOMETHING TANGIBLE, SUCH AS A BUS PASS, LUNCH OR GIFT CARD, WHILE JUST OVER FOUR PERCENT OF THE SIXTY SIX PERCENT WAS CONSIDERED EMERGENCY [INAUDIBLE].
DURING THE MONTHS OF [INAUDIBLE] AUGUST SEPTEMBER.
IF I MAY BRIEFLY DELVE INTO THE [INAUDIBLE] OF THE [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] IS THE CRUX OF FUTURE [INAUDIBLE].
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH HOUSING AND SERVICES, HAS BEEN FEARLESSLY WORKING TO [INAUDIBLE] STUDY, REVIEW DATA RELATED TO EXCESSES, AS NOTED IN THE SLIDE.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT SOURCES WHERE DATA IS GATHERED, WHICH INCLUDE THE COUNTY'S HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, WHICH HOLLY MENTIONED.
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES, AS WELL AS DATA FROM ADDITIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.
BRINGING ALL OF THIS DATA TOGETHER IS THE GOAL SO THAT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF QUARTERLY UPDATES.
COUNCIL HAS DETAILED ACCURATE DATA TO BASE THEIR DECISIONS.
AS STATED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE MULTIPLE DATA TRACKING TOOLS, AND IN THE NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE COVERING OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, YOU WILL SEE A MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION DRILLING DOWN INTO THE ACCEPTED SERVICES AND DATA FROM THE HEALTH APP.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE A PRECURSOR AS TO WHAT HELP ACTUALLY IS.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS IMPLEMENTED A NEW TECHNOLOGY APP CALLED HELP, WHICH STANDS FOR HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT, LEADING TO PROGRESS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE [INAUDIBLE] DEPARTMENT.
THIS APPLICATION WAS BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO DOCUMENT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT DATA RELATED TO HOMELESS CONTACTS.
THE DATA INCLUDES WHEN, WHERE AND HOW [INAUDIBLE] PERSONS ARE BEING CONTACTED WITHIN THE CITY, WHAT SERVICES THEY'RE BEING OFFERED, WHETHER THEY ACCEPT OR DECLINE THOSE SERVICES, AND THE ULTIMATE DISPOSITION OF CONTACT.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS BRAND NEW [INAUDIBLE] THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE DURING THE REPORTING OF THIS FIRST QUARTER DUE TO SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT IT IS UP AND RUNNING AND WILL ASSIST INTO STATISTICAL DATA [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE OTHER [INAUDIBLE] INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR FUTURE QUARTERLY UPDATES.
WE KNOW THIS DATA WILL ASSIST IN ROLLING DOWN THE FINITE DETAILS OF EACH UNSHELTERED PERSON CASE AND [INAUDIBLE] TO THEIR CONTACTS [INAUDIBLE] REPORTING OUT ON THE [INAUDIBLE] SERVICE, BE THE [INAUDIBLE] TEAM AS WELL AS THE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUAL'S RESPONSE TO THE OFFERING.
THE INTENTION IS TO CAPTURE DATA THROUGH ALL OF THESE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HAVE AN ACCURATE ANALYSIS WHICH WILL FURTHER ASSIST IN REACHING COUNCIL'S GOAL OF REDUCING THE HOMELESS UNSHELTERED AMONG THOSE THAT WANT HELP BY 50 PERCENT WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
AS STATED BEFORE IN THE PRESENTATION, THIS PARTICULAR UPDATE IS ON THE FIRST QUARTER.
WHILE THE NEW QUALITY OF LIFE MUNICIPAL CODES DID NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE SECOND QUARTER, AND THERE WILL BE A FULL [IAUDIBLE] REPORT IN THE NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE WITH [INAUDIBLE].
I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE MUNICIPAL CODES, [INAUDIBLE] AS THIS RELATES TO THIS CURRENT SLIDE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE.
THE QUALITY OF LIFE MUNICIPAL CODES GOING INTO EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 11TH HAVE GIVEN [INAUBDIBLE] DEPARTMENT A FEW WEEKS TO OBSERVE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN BEHAVIOR, SPECIFICALLY IN THE VILLAGE RELATED TO DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITY BY HOMELESS PERSONS.
SINCE ENFORCEMENT STARTED JUST A MONTH AGO, SO FAR, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT INCREASED ENFORCEMENT IS HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO SERVICES.
ON THE CONTRARY, THERE APPEARS TO BE A CORRELATION BETWEEN INCREASED ENFORCEMENT AND INCREASED ACCEPTANCE OF MEANINGFUL [INAUDIBLE].
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SPIKE WE OBSERVED IN THE EXTENSIVE IS [INAUBIBLE] OF REHAB OR THOSE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION.
WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF ENFORCEMENT, FIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CHRONICALLY RESISTANT TO SERVICE AND THE SOURCE OF MULTIPLE CALLS FOR SERVICE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE WILLINGLY RAISED THEIR HAND TO REQUEST MEANINGFUL ASSISTANCE.
WE HAD 10 PEOPLE ACCEPT SOME FORM OF SHELTER IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE MUNI CODES
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GOING INTO EFFECT IN COMPARISON TO THE TWO WEEKS LEADING UP TO ENFORCEMENT WHERE WE HAD HALF THAT NUMBER.IN THE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE MUNI CODES GOING INTO EFFECT, WE HAD NOT A SINGLE PERSON ACCEPT THE OFFER OF GOING TO REHAB OR WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF ENFORCEMENT, WE HAD FOUR PEOPLE EXCEPT REHAB SERVICES.
ADDITIONALLY, OFFICERS WROTE TWO CITATIONS TO UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS FOR MUNICIPAL CODES THE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION, WHERE IN COMPARISON, 40 CITES WERE WRITTEN IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS AFTER IMPLEMENTATION.
IN SHORT, THE RECENT ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEWLY ENACTED QUALITY OF LIFE MUNICIPAL CODES ADOPTED BY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 12TH IS RESULTING IN MOTIVATION FOR PROGRESS FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY WHO HAVE RESISTED ASSISTANCE IN THE PAST.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S [INAUDIBLE] TEAM AND THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK IN THIS FIRST QUARTER TO ASSIST AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE MEANINGFUL SERVICES TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF CARLSBAD RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND VISITORS.
WHILE THIS IS A SMALL SNAPSHOT OF THE IMPACT, THE SECOND QUARTERLY REPORT EARLY NEXT YEAR WILL HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE AS TO THE MUNI CODES, THE EMERGENCY PILOT HOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ACCEPTED SERVICES.
EACH QUARTER, WE'D LIKE TO RELAY A SUCCESS STORY OR TWO OF A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL IN ORDER TO GIVE A SMALL SNAPSHOT INTO THE POSITIVE IMPACT BEING MADE BY [INAUDIBLE] AND HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
WE HAVE CHANGED THE NAME OF THE HOMELESS PERSON FOR PRIVACY PURPOSES.
JUDY, AS WE'LL CALL HER IN THIS SITUATION, WAS INVOLVED IN A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND NINE CALLS FOR SERVICE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST THIS YEAR.
MANY OF THESE CALLS TO POLICE REGARDING JUDY WERE FROM BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE VILLAGE AS WELL AS RESIDENTS.
OVER THE COURSE OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE, JUDY HAD BEEN TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AND MENTAL HEALTH [INAUDIBLE].
A TOTAL OF 11 TIMES AFTER EACH OF THESE HOLDS, SHE WAS RETURNED TO THE VILLAGE AREA AND CONTINUED HER DISRUPTIVE AND ERRATIC BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR JUDY WAS EXHIBITING INCLUDED FREQUENTLY SCREAMING AT PEOPLE, HARASSING DINERS, AT VARIOUS EATING ESTABLISHMENTS, TAKING PROPERTY FROM BUSINESSES, TRESPASSING AND DEFECATING IN PUBLIC.
THE [INAUDIBLE] TEAM AND SOCIAL WORKERS MET WITH JUDY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS TO OFFER HER RESOURCES AND EVALUATE HER MENTAL STATUS.
COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH WAS OVERLOADED WITH A BACKLOG OF CASES SIMILAR TO JUDY'S, AND THERE WAS A SHUTDOWN OF THE LONG TERM PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS DUE TO COVID 19, CAUSING HER TO BE RELEASED.
OFTEN THE SAME DAY SHE WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL.
SO WHAT WORKED WITH JUDY? WHAT DID WORK WITH JUDY TO OVERCOME THESE BARRIERS DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME WITHIN A PANDEMIC WAS HAVING A TEAM DEDICATED TO DILIGENTLY FOLLOWING UP WITH JUDY TO GET HER THE HELP SHE NEEDED.
THE [INAUDIBLE] TEAM'S PRIMARY GOAL IS TO GET JUDY MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE WANDERING THE STREETS IN THE VILLAGE WITH THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS CREATED BY [INAUDIBLE] SOCIAL WORKERS.
THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE PD, A HOSPITAL THAT ACCEPTS MENTAL HEALTH HOLDS, WAS CONTACTED AND [INAUDIBLE] WAS ULTIMATELY ABLE TO TAKE JUDY TO A FACILITY FOR A LONG TERM HOLD.
JUDY IS NOW BEING PLACED UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP.
WHILE THIS IS NOT A CLASSIC CASE OF A HOMELESS PERSON BEING PLACED INTO A HOME PER SAY OR GETTING A JOB, JUDY IS NOW IN A SAFE PLACE AND DOES NOT REQUIRE POLICE SERVICES.
JUDY IS NOT CREATING DISTURBANCES IN THE VILLAGE OR IN JEOPARDY OF BEING VICTIMIZED DUE TO HER MENTAL HEALTH STATUS OR BEING HOMELESS.
THE TIME SPENT WITH JUDY OVER MANY, MANY MONTHS BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOCIAL WORKERS PROVED TO BE EFFECTIVE IN GETTING JUDY OFF THE STREETS AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS IN THE VILLAGE.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT BACK TO HOLLY TO GO OVER ADDITIONAL SUCCESS STORIES.
THANK YOU, CAPTAIN CALDERWOOD.
NOW I'D LIKE TO TELL THE STORY OF BRYCE.
GROWING UP IN CARLSBAD, BRYCE NEVER IMAGINED HE WOULD BE HOMELESS.
BUT AFTER A WORKPLACE INJURY LEFT HIM PERMANENTLY DISABLED, HE BOUNCED AROUND FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS UNTIL HE EVENTUALLY RAN OUT OF MONEY AND FELL INTO HOMELESSNESS.
BRYCE LIVED ON THE STREETS FOR 13 YEARS, AND HE STARTED WORKING WITH A HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM IN 2018.
HE WORKED FOR THE TEAM FOR MANY YEARS, AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT HE FINALLY WAS PLACED IN PERMANENT HOUSING THIS FALL IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
SO WHAT WORKED? THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM WORKED WITH BRYCE ON AND OFF FOR YEARS.
IT'S HARD TO FIND HOUSING, BUT BECAUSE HE TRUSTED OUR TEAM, BRYCE EVENTUALLY WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT HELP SIGNING UP FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS, PROVIDING HIM A SMALL BUT STEADY INCOME OF LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH TO HELP WITH HIS BASIC
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NEEDS.THESE [IADUIBLE] STARTED ARE TO MONITOR BRYCE'S POSITION ON THE SECTION EIGHT RENTAL ASSISTANCE LIST AND ONCE A VOUCHER BECAME AVAILABLE, THE CITY'S HOUSING NAVIGATOR HELPED BRYCE OBTAIN CRITICAL DOCUMENTS, SEARCH FOR APARTMENTS AND FILL OUT RENTAL APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE CITY'S CONTRACT THROUGH COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER.
PRICE GOT HELP WITH THE SECURITY DEPOSIT, FIRST MONTH'S RENT AND FURNITURE, SO NOW HE DOESN'T HAVE TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR WITH HIS LEAKY AIR MATTRESS.
NOW HE LIVES IN HIS FIRST APARTMENT IN 13 YEARS, AND HE CONTINUES TO MEET REGULARLY WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTERS, CASE MANAGER FOR LONG TERM HOUSING STABILIZATION AND SUPPORT AS HE ADAPTS TO HIS NEW LIFE.
AND HE FREQUENTLY COMES BY OUR OFFICES AT HARDING TO SAY HI, AND HE KNOWS THAT JESSICA, OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR AND I ARE ALWAYS HERE TO SUPPORT HIM IF HE RUNS INTO ANY PITFALLS OR ISSUES.
AND SO HE'S REALLY DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE RESOURCES THE CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO OFFER HIM.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE REPORT, AS I MENTIONED, WE ALSO DID HAVE AN AMENDED WORK PLAN FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.
SO AS YOU RECALL, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, THE CITY COUNCIL DID DIRECT STAFF TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE WORK PLAN THAT DID INCLUDE THE THE NEW LIMITED STAY HOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
IT INCLUDED WORK WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT THE EXPANSION OF LA POSADA AND AS WELL AS LOOK AT PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PROJECT HOMEKEY FUNDS.
SO THE ATTACHMENT TO YOUR STAFF REPORT INCLUDE THE AMENDMENTS, AND THEY REFLECT THESE CHANGES.
SO THAT SUMMARIZED THE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AS WE'VE MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL DATA SOURCES AVAILABLE TO US IN THE FUTURE, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE WILL EXPAND OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
AND AS THIS IS OUR FIRST REPORT OUT, WE HOPE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO INFORM OUR FUTURE REPORTS.
AND AGAIN, AS MENTIONED, THE RESOLUTION AMENDS THE WORK PLAN AND THAT IS CONSIDERED IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR STAFF PRESENTATION, BUT I AM SURE THERE'S QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER FOR YOU AND THERE'S PROBABLY PUBLIC INPUT AS WELL.
OK, WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU ARE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU ARE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OR LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU WILL BE MUTED ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED.
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
IS AT ONE, SIX, EIGHT ONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
MAYOR HALL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS KATIE TAYLOR AGAIN.
HOW MANY PICTURES OF HOMELESS PEOPLE PUSHING SHOPPING CARTS OVER DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD NEED TO BE SENT INTO THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE SOMEONE FINALLY TAKES ACTION? CARLSBAD DESPERATELY NEEDS A SHOPPING CART ORDINANCE.
THE ORDINANCE SHOULD NOT FURTHER VICTIMIZED THE RETAIL OWNERS OF THE SHOPPING CARTS.
THESE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE ALREADY THE VICTIMS OF THEFT.
WHERE'S THE LEADERSHIP ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE? JUST TODAY, A GROUP OF HOMELESS WITH PACKED SHOPPING CARTS WERE SEEN BY THE CORNER OF OAK AND ROOSEVELT WALKING IN THE STREET.
HOW IS THIS ACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NEXT TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS? IF YOU CANNOT STOP THE HOMELESS FROM MURDER, SEXUAL ASSAULT, THEFT AND ARSON, MAYBE YOU CAN DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE SHOPPING CART ORDINANCE FIRST AND FOREMOST, PERSONS WITH SHOPPING CART TO BE CITED FOR THEFT.
THE CARTS ARE STOLEN PROPERTY IF THE NAME OF THE SHOPPING CART BUSINESS OWNER HAS BEEN DEFACED OR REMOVED, AND AN ADDITIONAL FINE FOR INTENTIONAL DESTRUCTION OF STOLEN PROPERTY.
MINIMUM FIVE HUNDRED IF DEFACED SHOPPING CART.
NINE HUNDRED AND SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ORDINANCE.
NO SHOPPING CARTS MAY BE USED ON PUBLIC STREETS OR ON PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.
SHOPPING CART USE RESTRICTED TO THE RETAIL BUSINESS LOCATION IN ADDITION TO A FINE.
ANYONE ILLEGALLY USING A SHOPPING CART WILL HAVE THE CART IMMEDIATELY CONFISCATED IF THE INDIVIDUAL CANNOT CARRY ALL THEIR PERSONAL ITEMS. THOSE ITEMS WILL ALSO BE CONFISCATED AND AVAILABLE TO RECLAIM WITHIN 30 DAYS.
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AFTER 30 DAYS, THE PERSONAL PROPERTY WILL BE THROWN AWAY.[INAUDIBLE] IS SPENDING AND WASTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE HOMELESS PROBLEM, AT LEAST CARLSBAD SHOULD ENACT A SHOPPING CART ORDINANCE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND VISITORS STOP ENABLING THE HOMELESS, THEIR CRIMES AND THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR BELOVED CARLSBAD.
OUR NEXT CALLER IS AT 2121, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR HALL AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS CHRISTINE DAVIS, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION.
OUR PURPOSE IS TO LEAD THE CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT OF CARLSBAD VILLAGE BY PROMOTING AND ENHANCING ITS BUSINESS, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY VITALITY.
I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT OUR DOWNTOWN IS GETTING HEALTHIER DAY BY DAY AS IT CONTINUES IN ITS RIGOROUS, POST-2020 RECOVERY EFFORTS.
WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT THINGS ARE DEFINITELY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
TO THAT END, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON HOW WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM ON SPECIFIC INCIDENTS RECENTLY, AS WELL AS IN GENERAL WITH THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT AS THEY ENFORCE THE NEW MUNICIPAL CODES, HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED OUR BUSINESS CLIMATE.
ONE SITUATION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN TOUCHED ON BY CAPT.
CALDERWOOD DESERVES TO BE HIGHLIGHTED.
THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH GREAT COMPASSION BUT ALSO STRATEGIC PLANNING.
ONE HOMELESS WOMAN WAS RECENTLY PROVIDED THE HELP SHE NEEDED AND IN THE PROCESS HER REMOVAL FROM THE VILLAGE ELIMINATED AN INCREDIBLE DISTRACTION DOWNTOWN.
THIS PERSON UNFORTUNATELY CAUSED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE BUSINESSES AND CREATED A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN THE VILLAGE FOR MONTHS.
HER DISRUPTIVE AND EVEN THREATENING BEHAVIOR WAS THE RESULT OF WELL OVER 100 HUNDRED CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE TO NON-EMERGENCY POLICE IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
THE [INAUDIBLE] TEAM, HOWEVER, AND CARLSBAD POLICE STAFF LISTENED INTENTLY TO THE CONCERNED BUSINESSES AND THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION.
AND WHILE THERE WAS NO EASY SOLUTION, INITIALLY, THEY CONTINUED TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AND FINALLY FOUND A SOLUTION THAT BENEFITTED EVERYONE, AND IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK.
WE APPRECIATE THEIR TENACITY ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
IT REALLY DID MAKE A VERY POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THE VILLAGE REGARDING THE HOMELESS ISSUE AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE DOWNTOWN.
BUT THESE EFFORTS, ALONG WITH OTHER EFFORTS THAT I'M AWARE OF GOING FORWARD, GIVES US HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND KEEP IMPROVING THE SITUATION.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE DEVOTING THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO THE HOMELESS ISSUE AND TO THE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THEM WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS.
THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION REMAINS AVAILABLE TO HELP IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
OUR NEXT CALLER IS T CARMICHAEL.
PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE TO UNMUTE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? YES, WE CAN GO AHEAD.
MAYOR HALL, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND TO STAFF FOR THE REPORT TODAY.
BUT WE'RE NOW IN DECEMBER, SO.
I DON'T WANT TO SOUND CRITICAL, BUT IF YOU WANT OUR INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, I WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT THIS REPORT WOULD HAVE COME TO US TO THE COMMUNITY SOONER SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU OUR FEEDBACK.
A COUPLE OF THINGS WHEN I READ THIS.
THE PUBLIC MEETING WAS LIMITED.
THEY WERE SMALL GROUP SETTINGS, BUT WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO NOT RETURN.
SO AS WE GOT MORE INPUT FROM THE MEETING AND MAYBE MORE TIME, WE WERE ASKED TO NOT COME BACK BECAUSE-- TO ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE.
ALSO, THE SECOND PIECE WAS INTERFACED CONTRACT.
IT DIDN'T INDICATE THEY'RE NOW IN CHARGE OF OUTREACH AND ALSO THE SOCIAL WORKERS, BUT IT DID NOT INDICATE WHAT THE COST OF THEIR CONTRACT WAS, NOR WAS THERE A TOTAL ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS THAT'S BEING SPENT.
I KIND OF LIKE TO SEE THAT KIND OF IN A SPREADSHEET, TO BE REAL HONEST.
AND YOU'RE ALSO NOT ONLY FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, BUT FOR US TO BE ABLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE YOU THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, THEN WE NEED TO HAVE THAT AS WELL.
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ALSO, THE INDICATION I WANT TO THANK CAPTAIN CALDERWOOD FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE ADDITION OF THE HELP APP THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING.I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO PROVE TO BE REALLY BENEFICIAL.
BUT ALSO WHAT WASN'T INDICATED WAS THE CALLS FOR HELP.
SO THERE WASN'T AN INDICATION IT WAS POLICE CALLS, BUT IT WASN'T THE HELP.
SO WHAT I MEAN BY HELP IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMING WITH THE AMBO SERVICES IN A MEDICAL BREAKDOWN.
THOSE NUMBERS WERE NOT INDICATED IN THE REPORT AS WELL.
THE LAST THING WAS THE HOUSING OF THE CITIZEN, AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT IF THEY'RE GIVEN SECTION EIGHT HOUSING, WHICH PUTS THEM INTO REGULAR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'RE GIVING THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE PUT INTO SECTION EIGHT, THE TREATMENT AND THE TOOLS FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO TOOLS AND TREATMENT IS REALLY, REALLY A SUCCESS MEASURABLE ITEMS. SO I HOPE THAT THAT'S BEING DONE AS WELL.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT REPORT IN JANUARY.
THAT'S ALL OUR SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
QUESTIONS OF STAFF? MR. BLACKBURN, YOU GO FIRST.
UM, THIS ONE'S JUST MORE OF AN INPUT.
CAPTAIN CALDERWOOD, WHEN YOU PROVIDED THE SLIDE THAT TALKED ABOUT SIXTY SIX PERCENT OF THE HOMELESS CONTACTED ACCEPTED SERVICES, AND I KNOW THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION ON THIS.
SO JUST-- WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS IT BROKEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEBODY WHO'S ACCEPTED SERVICES VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO ACCEPTED A HYGIENE KIT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BROKEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO WHAT THE MORE IMPORTANT-- NOT THAT I'M SAYING THAT HYGIENE KITS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT JUST HANDING THEM A HYGIENE KIT IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THEM ACCEPTING THE SERVICES AND MAYBE SEEKING COUNSELING, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN REGARDING THE SPEAKER WHO ASKED ABOUT THE SHOPPING CART ORDINANCE, SHE'S ASKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST, AND I DID ASK OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU CAN SHARE WITH US WHY WE DON'T HAVE A MUNICIPAL CODE SHOPPING CART LAW AND THOSE ARE MY ONLY INPUT.
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER, CAPTAIN CALDERWOOD, DO YOU HAVE OR CAN YOU BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE SHOPPING CART ORDINANCE? YES SIR.
THE REASON THAT WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
YES, SIR, THERE IS CURRENTLY A BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE THAT MAKES IT A MISDEMEANOR TO BE IN POSSESSION OR HAVE TAKEN A SHOPPING CART.
AND IT'S A BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE THAT WE CAN USE AS POLICE, AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CITE PEOPLE.
LIKE I SAID, IT MAKES IT A MISDEMEANOR.
SO THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK TO OUR [INAUDIBLE] TEAM AND OUR OFFICERS ABOUT ENFORCING.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY HEARD IT AS A COMPLAINT, BUT I CAN SEE THAT IT IS A HOT TOPIC WITH THIS PARTICULAR RESIDENT SPEAKING ABOUT IT.
THEN LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.
THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL REPORT, I'M SO PLEASED WITH ALL THE DATA AND THE CHARTS AND ALL THE INFORMATION, AND ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE EXTRAS LIKE THE CASE STUDIES AND THE SHARING SUCCESS STORIES.
I THOUGHT THAT REALLY ADDED A LOT OF CONTEXT TO THE FOLKS WE'RE WORKING WITH.
YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE, THE DATA IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT NUMBERS AND BUDGET, BUT WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A ROUGH PATCH OR MAYBE A LONG TERM ROUGH PATCH.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT TO TO HEAR THIS REPORT.
I JUST IN READING AND LISTENING.
IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT WE WERE SO EXCITED WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE COUNTY'S PROGRAM, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE COUNTY BECAUSE REMEMBER THEY WERE GOING TO DO LIKE THEIR ROVING NORTH COUNTY TEAM.
AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I ONE OF THE THINGS I READ, BUT I MISUNDERSTOOD.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD CLARIFY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE COUNTY AND THEIR NORTH COUNTY HOMELESS RESPONSE ENDEAVOR.
YEAH, I CAN TAKE THAT, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
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COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.SO THE COUNTY, WE'VE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS WITH THEM REGULARLY AS WELL AS WITH SO THERE'S TWO PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S ADDITIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS.
ONE IS THROUGH THE NORTH COUNTY PILOT PROGRAM AND THE OTHER ONE IS THROUGH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONTRACT.
SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS IN THE ROOM AND TALK ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE WORKING HERE WITH IN CARLSBAD AND REALLY TALK ABOUT A REFERRAL PROCESS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM REGULARLY AND THEY ARE DEPLOYED IN THE FIELD.
SO WE HAVE ONE COUNTY WORKER WHO'S HERE FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND THEN WE HAVE A HALF A PERSON THAT'S BEING SHARED WITH SOME OF THE OTHER COASTAL CITIES.
BUT THE COUNTY, NORTH COUNTY PILOT WORKER IS GOING OUT WITH OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM AND ENGAGING WITH THEM, AS WELL AS OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT FOR SOME OF OUR MORE HIGHER ACUITY CASES.
AGAIN, FOR OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CASES, MAKING SURE THEY GET BRIDGED TO THOSE COUNTY SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, WHICH WE'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS SUCH A NEED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS IN HERE, BUT I JUST WASN'T QUITE SURE WHICH ONE WAS THE NORTH COUNTY PILOT PROGRAM THAT I HAD HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT.
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF FANFARE ABOUT IT COMING OUT, AND WE WERE SO EXCITED.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM AND IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION.
OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST-- I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR WORK AND AND GLAD THAT THE CITY IS TAKING THIS COMPASSIONATE APPROACH WITH ALSO THE ENFORCEMENT AND ADDRESSING THE QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS.
SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR WORK.
I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO START OFF, MY PRINCIPAL COMMENT WOULD BE ONE OF GRATITUDE TO ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.
IT IS NOT AN EASY ISSUE TO DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF THE VARIOUS, I GUESS, POINT OF VIEWS THAT COME AT OUR STAFF.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION TO DEAL WITH.
IT'S HARD TO KIND OF DEVELOP METRICS WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH HUMANS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF ART BASED PERSON.
IT'S REALLY EASY TO JUDGE MATH AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO JUDGE ART.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS KIND OF MORE TOWARDS THE ART BASED VERSUS THE THE MATH BASED.
BUT WE ARE-- I'M ALSO VERY, VERY HAPPY TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT CAN FLEX AND THROW RESOURCES AT THIS.
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A COMMUNITY IS OVER AND ABOVE WHAT MOST COMMUNITIES OR ALL COMMUNITIES ARE DOING AND OUR PEERS.
I'M REALLY HAPPY AND SATISFIED-- BEYOND SATISFIED.
OF WHAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND WE CONTINUE TO ADD DATA POINTS TO THIS, AND WE CONTINUE TO ADD PROGRAMS TO THIS-- SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING, AND I'M SURE THIS WILL BECOME MORE DIALED IN IN TERMS OF THE QUARTERLY REPORTS AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND AGAIN, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE COUNCIL BEFORE I WAS HERE, THE COUNCIL ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, TAKING IT ON, MAKING IT A HIGH PRIORITY AND THEN DEVELOPING A GOAL AND MULTIPLE GOALS REGARDING THE HOMELESS.
BUT NOW INTO SOME OF MY COMMENTS IS THAT I THINK THAT AS WE GO FORWARD IN THE NEXT FEW QUARTERLY REPORTS AND PERHAPS NOT THIS YEAR'S GOAL SETTING, BUT BUT NEXT YEAR'S GOAL SETTING, WE CAN REFINE THAT GOAL TO PUT SOME MORE MEASURABLES IN THERE OR SOME MORE STATISTICS IN THERE FOR US TO ANALYZE IN DETERMINING WHAT SUCCESS IS OR IF WE'RE MOVING THE BALL FORWARD.
I JUST THINK THE GOAL OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S 50 PERCENT OF READILY ACHIEVABLE OR FOR THOSE WHO WANT HELP, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SOFT AROUND THE EDGES.
AND I'D LIKE TO AGAIN, AS WE GO FORWARD IN FUTURE GOAL SETTINGS IS TO DEFINE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH SOME STATISTICS IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
IN THE PARTNER SLIDE THAT MS. NELSON SHOWED.
I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE ALL THE PARTNERS THAT WERE ON THERE, BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT [INUDIBLE] ASSOCIATION IN THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO HELP HOMELESS.
AND SO IF THEY'RE NOT ON THE SLIDE, THEY NEED TO BE ON THE SLIDE.
AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM AND TAKE INPUT FROM THEM.
BUT THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PARTNER IN THIS.
AND SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE AGENCIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AND ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AND OUR CITIZENRY AND OUR
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PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT ARE WORKING ON IT, IT IS PRETTY INSPIRING TO SEE.AND AT THIS EARLY STAGE, VERY EARLY STAGE, I THINK WE'RE MAKING SOME HEADWAY AND BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL.
YOU KNOW, I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENTS, MOST OF US ARE AND I WOULD DRIVE DOWN, BUT AFTER I'M ON COUNCIL, MY EYES ARE PURPOSEFUL.
SO WHEN I'M DOWNTOWN NOW, I'M REALLY LOOKING AND I'M REALLY KIND OF EVALUATING PERSONALLY WHAT I'M SEEING AND I CAN SEE AN IMPROVEMENT.
I CAN SEE ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT OF AN IMPROVEMENT IN DOWNTOWN IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
AND IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE OR IF IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THE HOLIDAY MONTHS OR WHATEVER.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK I'LL END MY COMMENTS AND JUST VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS GOOD JOB AND GRATITUDE TO ALL.
I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, EITHER.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE MOVED ON TO COMMENTS.
I'D LOVE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS AS WELL.
WITH REGARDS TO THIS ITEM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A TOPIC THAT HAS CONTINUED TO BE A PRIORITY FOR OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.
AND SO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW IT'S A LANDSCAPE THAT'S DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.
AND I THINK LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY ALSO MENTIONED IT IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF WORKING WITH A LOT OF VARYING VIEWPOINTS AND TRYING TO COME TO COMMON GROUND AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
AND I THINK JUST OVERALL APPRECIATE THAT WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL THAT WE'VE HAD THE ABILITY TO COME TO A CONSENSUS AND MOVE FORWARD IN A IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES THAT BALANCE OF COMPASSION AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT QUALITY OF LIFE THAT FOLKS ARE ASKING FOR.
SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY PROUD OF IS THAT CARLSBAD HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THIS PARTICULAR REGARD WITH REGARDS TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE HOMELESS RESPONSE PLAN.
WE HAVE A HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY IS THAT I MENTIONED THIS DURING BRIEFINGS IS THAT OUR TEAM WAS THE REASON WHY THAT PILOT FOR SOCIAL WORKERS ACTUALLY CAME ABOUT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT OUR TEAM ADVOCATED FOR WITH OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT FINALLY CAME ABOUT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM FOR ADVOCATING AND DOING WHAT WE COULD TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENED.
AND THAT WAS AGAIN WHEN WE WERE DOING THAT NORTH COUNTY ACTION PLANNING GROUP.
I REMEMBER THE MAYOR AND MYSELF WERE SITTING ON THAT AND WE HAD OUR TEAM ADVOCATING WHICH WAS AWESOME.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT THAT THROUGH BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
A CASELOAD FOR ANY SOCIAL WORKER OF TWO HUNDRED PLUS PEOPLE IS A LOT.
AND SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING MORE OF THAT INTO OUR TEAM AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL AGENCIES BECAUSE HOMELESSNESS ISN'T GOING TO JUST BE A CARLSBAD SPECIFIC ISSUE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A REGIONAL ISSUE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS ON.
SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO SEE.
AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY ALSO ALLUDED TO IT THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND AGAIN, JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PRIORITIZING WHICH WE HAVE LA POSADA AND ENSURING THAT WOMEN AND CHILDREN WILL ALSO BE SERVED BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN A GAP FOR US FOR MANY YEARS AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MOVE FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM AND APPLAUD OUR TEAM'S EFFORTS BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT AND IT IS A VERY DYNAMIC TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PASSED IN SEPTEMBER.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN THE PAST, WE APPROVED A PROJECT ON HARDING STREET THAT WAS ABOUT 50 [INAUDIBLE], FORTY NINE FIFTIES [INAUDIBLE] THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY LOW INCOME VETERAN HOUSING.
AND AS I DRIVE DOWN INTERSTATE FIVE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING ALMOST TO THE POINT OF COMPLETION ON THAT PROJECT.
ARE WE PROACTIVELY LOOKING AT THAT? SO WHEN THE DOORS ARE OPEN, WE PERHAPS HAVE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN GET IN THERE VERY EARLY ON.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MAYOR HALL.
SO THE PROJECT REFERRING TO IS WINDSOR POINT, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S COMING ALONG QUITE NICELY.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE MOVING IN AT THE END OF JANUARY AND WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY-- OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR HAS BEEN WORKING WITH GETTING FOLKS ON THE LIST FOR THAT.
SO THE PROJECT IS KIND OF SPLIT INTO TWO.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF UNITS WHERE FOLKS WILL BE ACTUALLY REFERRED TO UNITS
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THROUGH THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.AND SO OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR IS WORKING TO GETTING PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS IN CARLSBAD, GETTING THEM ON THAT LIST SO THAT THEY CAN BE MATCHED TO THOSE UNITS.
AND THEN THE OTHER HALF OF THE UNITS ARE JUST GENERAL WAITING LIST, AND THOSE CARLSBAD RESIDENTS WOULD BE GETTING A PRIORITY.
SO HALF THE UNITS BEING IN CARLSBAD IS A PRIORITY, AND THEN FOR HALF, IT'S THIS GENERAL COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, SO OUR STAFF IS WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON THE LIST AND SO THAT THEY CAN BE ONE OF THOSE FIRST FEW RESIDENTS COMING IN, IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
AND I KNOW IT-- WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS AND PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS, AND I THINK MS. BREWER WAS TRYING TO DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD PRIORITY RIGHTS TO AS MANY UNITS AS WHAT WE COULD GET.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE WHEN THE PROJECT IS DONE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ONE OTHER THING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IS WE MOVE FORWARD AND I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO EVERYTHING.
THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID JOB WELL DONE.
IT'S STEP BY STEP AND I THINK WE PUT THE RIGHT AT LEAST SOME OF THE RIGHT PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO REALLY FINALLY START TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SO I THANK THE WHOLE TEAM FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO IS THERE A RESOLUTION THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE ON THIS TONIGHT? IF SO, MR. BLACKBURN.
MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12.
COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY, AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL, AYE.
MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN AYE MAYOR HALL.
SO ITEM 13-- OR ITEM 12 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO APPOINTMENT OF THREE MEMBERS TO THE SENIOR COMMISSION.
[13. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF THREE MEMBERS TO THE SENIOR COMMISSION]
ALL I WANT TO SAY IS I CAN'T THANK THE COMMUNITY ENOUGH.THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS THAT I HAVE TO DO, AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR APPOINTMENTS.
WE HAVE SO MANY GOOD HEARTED PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANT TO STEP FORWARD AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I MEAN, IT IS NOT EASY TO TRY AND PICK AND CHOOSE THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS.
AND ALL I CAN SAY IS IS IF I-- IF WE DON'T PICK YOUR NAME TONIGHT, PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP.
SO STARTING NEXT YEAR, WE NEED TO MAKE-- EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE ON A BOARD OR A COMMISSION NEEDS TO GET IN THEIR APPLICATION OR REAPPLY.
SO I INVITE YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT.
SO TONIGHT WITH THE SENIOR COMMISSION, I'M GOING TO START OFF-- EXCUSE ME MAYOR HALL AND WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? THAT'S RIGHT.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 13 TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU ARE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU ARE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OR LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU WILL BE MUTED ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED.
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
OK, SO WE DO HAVE SIX NAMES I PUT FORWARD.
WHAT I WANT TO TRY AND DO AS WE DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY FROM-- I'M SORRY, MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE.
SOMEONE JUST DID RAISE THEIR HAND.
SPEAKER AT FOUR NINE SIX ONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
I AM VERY SORRY I PREMATURELY WAS-- I WAS TRYING TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 12.
AND I KIND OF MISSED THAT ONE, SO I GUESS I'LL JUST WAIT UNTIL THE END.
SO WITH THAT, I HAVE BRADLEY MCREYNOLDS FROM DISTRICT ONE.
I HAVE MARCIA GARCIA FROM DISTRICT TWO, AND I GOT NELSON ROSS FROM DISTRICT THREE
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WOULD BE MY CHOICES.MAYOR, THESE DON'T NEED A SECOND, BUT WOULD YOU PREFER A SECOND JUST [INAUDIBLE].
AYE AND THANK YOU TO ALL WHO OFFERED TO SERVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL.
MAYORY PRO TEM BLACKBURN, AYE, MAYOR HALL.
SO I PASSED THIS UNANIMOUSLY GOING ON TO TWO MEMBERS FOR THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY
[14. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE TRAFFIC & MOBILITY COMMISSION]
COMMISSION.I WOULD PUT FORTH DIANNE PREW AND DOMINIC PETERSON, DIANNE'S FROM DISTRICT TWO AND DOMINIC IS FROM DISTRICT THREE AND MAYOR.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 14 TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU ARE USING THE THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU ARE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OR LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU WILL BE MUTED ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED.
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
OK, SO I WOULD AGAIN, DIANE PREW AND DOMINIC PETERSON DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT THREE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL, AYE.
MOVING ON TO WE HAVE ONE LAST SPEAKER, I THINK, UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT OR WANTED TO
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
SPEAK.YES, LET ME CALL TO SEE IF THEY'RE STILL HERE.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 12 TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU ARE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU ARE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OR LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU WILL BE MUTED ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED.
ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW.
OUR SPEAKER AT FOUR NINE SIX ONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.
I'VE BEEN WAITING AROUND, SORRY.
ANTHONY [INAUDIBLE], A 25 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE WONDERFUL CITY OF CARLSBAD, I CALLED IN TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 12.
KELLY NELSON AND MANDY MILLS PRESENTATION.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH.
FIRST, HOLLY NELSON HAS HELD MEETINGS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT THEY'VE BEEN LIMITED, AND WE, THE PEOPLE FIND THAT THE LIMITS PUT ON THOSE MEETINGS LIKE FIVE, SIX, SEVEN EIGHT PEOPLE ARE JUST-- IT DOESN'T WORK FOR US.
SO WE WANT TO REQUEST THAT THOSE LIMITS ARE INCREASED SO THAT YOU COULD GET MORE VALUABLE FEEDBACK.
SECOND, READING THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEM, THE NUMBER ONE GOAL IS THE 50 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT HELP BEING REDUCED, SO OR FINDING PLACEMENT WELL.
THE PROBLEM IS IN THE AGENDA PACKET, THERE IS A HUGE HEDGE ON WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF PEOPLE WANTING HELP.
I MEAN, IF YOU CAN'T TELL US WHAT THE GOAL IS, THEN WHY DO YOU HAVE IT? OKAY.
UH, TOP LINE NUMBERS HELPFUL-- GIVES US SOME GUIDANCE.
WE HAVE TOP LINE NUMBERS, BUT 500 PLUS POLICE CALLS IN THREE MONTHS FOR HOMELESS.
YEAH, IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE BUDGET FOR THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM, BUT IT'S COMING OUT OF ANOTHER BUDGET.
SO IF I DO SOME QUICK MATH AND SAY THAT EACH POLICE CALL IS $1000 AND YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 500 PLUS CALLS, THAT'S OVER $500000 THAT WE'RE SPENDING IN HOMELESS
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RESPONSE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.SO YOU GIVE US THE TOP LINE NUMBERS.
I WILL DO FOIA REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS TO DRILL DOWN ON THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THE DETAILS BEHIND THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT SOMEONE IS IN A ROUGH PATCH.
REALLY? ARE YOU IN A BUBBLE? ARE YOU ON A DIFFERENT PLANET? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HOMELESS FOR 12 YEARS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORTABLE BUBBLE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND WALK THE RAIL TRAIL WHERE YOU HAVE TO WALK THROUGH PUKE, PISS, URINE, SHIT AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE THE PEOPLE.
[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]
MR. NORBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? THANK YOU, MAYOR.I THINK I'LL KEEP THIS VERY, VERY SHORT.
I'M A 40 YEAR RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IN A FEW DAYS TO ATTEND AN EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION EVENT IN PERSON WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND SO AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, OF COURSE, I'M GOING TO SAY THANK YOU, BUT IT'S REALLY GREAT TO DO THAT.
I KIND OF WISH MAYBE WE COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE MOST OF OUR CITIZENS ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME EVENT WHERE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND COULD COME AND SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A GREAT PLACE.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOAL SETTING PROCESS WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK THAT WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED TRUST AND WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER.
OUR VOTES ARE ALL OVER THE MAP.
THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, WHICH I REALLY LIKE AS A NEW COUNCIL PERSON, I FEEL THE ABSOLUTE ABILITY TO SAY MY PIECE AND VOTE THE WAY I WANT TO VOTE BASED UPON WHAT I'M FEELING, WHICH I THINK IS JUST ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
IT'S EXCITING TO BE IN DECEMBER.
IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR AND IT'S A HOLIDAY TIME.
I WENT AND GOT MY BOOSTER SHOT THIS MORNING AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET THEIR COVID 19 VACCINE OR BOOSTER SHOT.
I GOT IT AT VONS IN LA COSTA AND WAS ABLE TO WALK OVER RIGHT AFTERWARDS AND ATTEND THE OPENING OF THE GOLDEN ONE CREDIT UNION IN THAT COMPLEX WITH THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING TO SEE CONTINUED GROWTH IN ACOSTA AND IN LA COSTA TOWN SQUARE.
THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT NEWS OUT THERE AND I AM ALSO VERY EXCITED TO ATTEND THE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION EVENT BECAUSE OUR STAFF WORKS SO HARD AND WE ALL KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE A THANKLESS JOB WHEN YOU'RE DOING PUBLIC SERVICE.
IT FEELS LIKE SOMETIMES THERE ARE A LOT OF-- THERE'S A LOT OF NEGATIVITY AND PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
WHEN YOU SPEAK AND IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO FEEL THE POSITIVITY, THANKING EACH OTHER FOR OUR HARD WORK AND WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE, AND ESPECIALLY AS ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES SERVING AS A VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE IN DECEMBER, AT THE END OF ONE YEAR OF HAVING SERVED ON THE COUNCIL WITH THREE YEARS OF THIS TERM LEFT.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE HOLIDAY EVENTS COMING UP AND CONTINUING TO CELEBRATE OUR HARD WORK THIS YEAR.
NO COMMENTS TONIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9TH AT SEVEN A.M.
AS WAS STATED JUST A MOMENT AGO, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HOLIDAY BREAKFAST AND SERVICE AWARD CEREMONY AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE OMNI LA COSTA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9TH AT 2:00 P.M.
WILL BE THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ANNUAL POLICE AWARDS CEREMONY, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY CENTER AND THAT'S 5750 ORION ST.
AND THEN MONDAY, AS WAS STATED EARLIER IS THE CITY CARLSBAD COUNCIL GOAL SETTING STRATEGY PLANNING SESSION, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE VIRTUAL BEGINNING AT 9:00 A.M.
AND TODAY'S REALLY A VERY SPECIAL DAY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
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AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE IN PEARL HARBOR DAY, EVEN THOUGH TODAY'S MEETING IS VIRTUAL.I'M SURE MANY OF YOU SAW THE FLAG AT HALF STAFF TODAY IN HONOR OF THOSE PEOPLE AND REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AT PEARL HARBOR.
THERE WAS A TOTAL OF TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND THREE MEMBERS, BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIANS WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER SEVEN, 1941.
ANOTHER ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE ATTACK, WHICH DESTROYED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT AIRCRAFT AND PERMANENTLY SANK THE U.S.
I DIDN'T WANT THIS DAY TO END WITHOUT PERSONALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO DID MAKE THAT ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE'LL ALL REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE DONE THAT WITH THAT MR. CHADWICK.
ANY COMMENTS? [INAUDIBLE] VERY BRIEFLY AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, SIR.
[CITY MANAGER COMMENTS]
ONE THING THERE ARE THREE THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION.I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE HOLIDAY AT THE RANCH AND JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR INCREDIBLE PARK AND REC AND SPECIAL EVENT STAFF WHO PUT THAT EVENT ON.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT AND AGAIN, JUST A CREDIT TO THIS ORGANIZATION AND JUST SUCH A FANTASTIC VENUE.
THERE ARE A FEW CITY ITEMS THAT I WANT TO SHARE, BOTH RELATED TO PARK AND REC.
FIRST, WE HAVE DECIDED TO HOLD TWO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC WORKSHOPS FOR THE PARK AND REC MASTER PLAN UPDATE, WHICH INITIALLY STARTED IN EARLY 2020 BUT WAS PUT ON HOLD DUE TO COVID 19.
WE KNOW A LOT HAS CHANGED AS A RESULT OF COVID, SO WE BASICALLY JUST WANT TO CHECK IN WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THEIR PRIORITIES AND OR NEEDS FOR PARK AND REC HAVE CHANGED AS WELL.
THE MASTER PLAN IS LIKE A PLAYBOOK OF PRIORITIES THAT PROPOSES TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR PARK AND REC FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
ONE STAFF PREPARES THE UPDATE.
THEY WILL BE PRESENTING IT THE FULL CITY COUNCIL SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
THE TWO WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, AGAIN FROM SIX TO SEVEN P.M.
THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS THIS EVENING IS-- REGISTRATION STARTS TOMORROW FOR WINTER RECREATION CLASSES.
OUR PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT STAFF HAVE BROUGHT MANY OF THE COMMUNITY'S FAVORITE ACTIVITIES AND ADDED SOME NEW ONES TO TRY.
CLASSES FOR BABIES ARE ALL THE WAY UP TO OUR OLDER POPULATION AND TAKE PLACE AT COMMUNITY CENTERS ALL OVER THE CITY, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT THE OFFERINGS AND SIGN UP AND PLEASE KNOW THAT OUR STAFF ARE MONITORING ALL RECOMMENDED COVID 19 PRECAUTIONS AND PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES.
MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT OUR WEBSITE AND IN CONCLUSION.
THE EVENT THAT WE ARE HOLDING FOR THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION EVENT.
COVID PROTOCOLS WILL BE TAKING PLACE.
EMPLOYEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL BE OCCURRING WITH THAT.
THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR TONIGHT, SIR.
EVERYONE BE SAFE AND ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS.
WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.