[00:00:03] I'D LIKE TO BEGIN MAKING THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT. [CALL TO ORDER] OH, FIRST, WE NEED ROLL CALL, GO AHEAD. PLEASE CALL ROLL. MEMBER NORBY. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. PRESENT. MAYOR HALL. HERE. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE [ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONCURRENT MEETINGS] SERVING AS THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL AND THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER 10. AND WITH THAT MR. BLACKBURN, COULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? PLEASE JOIN ME IN A PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG. THANK YOU. MOVING ALONG, WE HAVE THE MINUTES. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 14TH. MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 14TH. [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] SECOND. PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. THE MINUTES OF THE 14TH OF DECEMBER PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT ON OUR CLOSED SESSION TODAY MS. BREWER? THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE NO REPORTABLE ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION TODAY. OK, AND THEN BEFORE WE GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, I'D LIKE TO READ THE FOLLOWING. [PUBLIC COMMENT] THAT THE BROWN ACT ALLOWS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS BY PROVIDING 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. WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? 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'RE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU'RE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OUR 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. WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS. THE FIRST SPEAKER ENDS WITH ONE SIX EIGHT ONE. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MATT HALL AND COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS KATIE TAYLOR. FOR THE COUNCIL RECORD, I PROVIDED EVENT DETAILS FROM DECEMBER 28TH, WHICH OCCURRED AT [INAUDIBLE] GATED COMMUNITY OFF [INAUDIBLE] AT 9:30 P.M. THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS EXPERIENCING A HIGH CRIME WAVE IN MAY OF 2021, COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL AND BLACKBURN HELD A SPECIAL MEETING WITH AREA RESIDENTS. ON DECEMBER 28TH, MY GRANDSON WAS STALKED BY A HOMELESS PERSON. THE SITUATION LED TO TWO 911 CALLS AND A WEAK, INADEQUATE POLICE RESPONSE. THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE TODAY IS GET IN THE MIND OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE 15 IN CARLSBAD TODAY. THE LIFE OF MY 15 YEAR OLD GRANDSON. DECEMBER 26, 2021. ABOUT A MILE FROM HIS HOME, A MAN ENTERS MISSION CHURCH ON CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE WITH A KNIFE AND RUSHED THE PULPIT. THIS IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE JACK IN THE BOX, WHERE HE GOES TO ALL THE TIME, AND THE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE HE HAD A SUMMER JOB. AUGUST 2ND, 2021, A MILE FROM HIS HOME, A WOMAN IS SHOT AND KILLED AT HOLIDAY PARK. A MAN IS WOUNDED. NOVEMBER 4TH, 2020. LISA THORNBURG STABBED TO DEATH AT [INAUDIBLE] GROVE TWO BLOCKS FROM HIS HOME. AND OF COURSE, [INAUDIBLE] MURDERED BY TWO HOMELESS TRANSIENT. MARCH 11, 2019. TWO MILES FROM HIS HOME. AND EXCUSE ME, I MEANT TO SAY LISA THORNBURG WAS STABBED AND KILLED TWO BLOCKS FROM WHERE HE LIVES. ON THE HOMELESS ISSUE, WE KEEP WARNING THE HOMELESS ARE GETTING MORE AGGRESSIVE. YET WE HEAR ALL THE EXCUSES AND NO NEW SOLUTIONS. I WONDER IF MY GRANDSON WAS A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL BEING STALKED IF THE RESPONSE IN THIS INVESTIGATION WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. I CONTACTED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REQUESTING A COPY OF THE INCIDENT REPORT. TOLD NO, MY DAUGHTER COULD GET A COPY, SO I PROVIDED HER INFORMATION SINCE PER DEBBIE [00:05:01] YOUR REPORT CANNOT BE EMAILED, CANNOT BE PICKED UP AT THE POLICE STATION BECAUSE THE STATION IS TOTALLY CLOSED AND THEY HAVE 10 DAYS TO MAIL THE REPORT. I ASK FOR THE INFORMATION HOW TO OBTAIN THE 9-1-1 CALLS PLACED BY MY GRANDSON'S FRIENDS AND MY DAUGHTER. CANNOT HAVE THOSE EITHER. I ASKED FOR THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO THE POLICE SPOKE TO. IF THAT PERSON HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY. NOPE, CANNOT GET THAT INFORMATION HAVE TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF THE HOMELESS. BOTTOM LINE PLENTY OF PROTECTION FOR A HOMELESS STALKER AND NONE FOR 15 YEAR OLD BOY. I WONDER HOW MANY POLICE INCIDENT REPORTS THEFT REPORTS DISTURBING THE PEACE AND ARRESTS INVOLVE A HOMELESS PERSON AND WHAT IS THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF CRIME AND CARLSBAD INVOLVING A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL? I BET NOT ONE MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL KNOWS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION OR HAS EVEN ASKED THE QUESTION OF CHIEF MICKEY WILLIAMS. HOW CAN YOU CONTINUE TO WASTE MILLIONS ON HOMELESS PROGRAMS WHILE CRIME IS INCREASING? NOT EVEN KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE BASIC QUESTION IN CARLSBAD WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CRIME IS COMMITTED BY THE HOMELESS? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF POLICE CALLS LEADING TO AN INCIDENT REPORT OR ARRESTS INVOLVE A HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS? WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL COST AND POLICE TIME AND RESOURCES? I'M WILLING TO BET YOU COULD BUILD AND STUFF A JAIL WITH THE SAME MONEY. IN CONCLUSION--. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN STAHL. CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? HELLO, I'M JOHN STAHL, I LIVE IN DEL MAR, AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY TO URGE YOU TO GET IN A FIGHT TO SAVE NOT ONLY A REGIONAL ASSET, BUT A NATIONAL TREASURE. NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT IS HOLDING A VOTE ON JANUARY 20TH TO APPROVE FENCING OFF THE ENTIRE UPPER BLUFF IN DEL MAR, AND ADDITIONALLY ADDING FENCING OF THE TRACK LEVEL FOR ONE POINT SEVEN MILES THAT WILL ELIMINATE BEACH AND RECREATIONAL ACCESS TO THE MILLION PLUS VISITORS THAT COME TO DEL MAR EVERY YEAR TO ENJOY THE BEACH, THE BIRDS, THE SCENIC VIEWS AND THE SUNSETS. USING NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT'S OWN DATA, ONE CAN EASILY SEE THAT THE ISSUES ARE FROM COAST BOULEVARD TO TWO TENTHS OF A MILE SOUTH OF THAT CROSSING. ANY FENCING SOUTH OF THERE IS MERELY BUREAUCRATIC OVERREACH. DRILLING TWO THOUSAND FENCE POST HOLES THAT ARE THREE FEET DEEP AND FILLED WITH CONCRETE WILL ONLY ALLOW MORE WATER INTRUSION INTO AN ALREADY FRAGILE BLUFF. THIS MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO COMMON SENSE. THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION ISSUED A LETTER TO SANDAG DATED JANUARY 5TH THAT CALLS THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT PLAN DISJOINTED AND INEFFICIENT. THE LETTER GOES ON TO SAY THAT THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT PLAN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO BOTH COASTAL ACCESS AND RECREATION. THE COMMISSION LETTER ADDS THAT NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT STABILIZATION PLAN WILL PREVENT THE NATURAL EROSION PROCESSES THAT NOURISH THE BEACHES. LASTLY, THE LETTER STATES THAT THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR FENCING WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY DISRUPT OR ELIMINATE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ON EXISTING INFORMAL ACCESS TRAILS ALONG THE BLUFFS AND DOWN ONTO THE BEACH THAT HAVE BEEN HEAVILY USED BY THE PUBLIC FOR DECADES TO TRAVERSE THE BLUFF TOP, ENJOY SCENIC COASTAL VIEWS AND ACCESS THE BEACH AND OCEAN. TOGETHER, THESE PROJECTS COULD HAVE VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO EXISTING AND HISTORIC PUBLIC ACCESS AND RECREATION. THE COASTAL COMMISSION HAS SPOKEN. WE WORKED HARD TO GET THEM TO GENERATE THAT LETTER, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT IT DID. SO I'M CALLING ON YOU TO INFLUENCE ANYONE WHO SITS ON THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT BOARD AND HAVE THEM VOTE NO ON THIS ILL CONCEIVED FENCING PLAN ON JANUARY 20TH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CAMILLA [INAUDIBLE]. CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? CAMILLA [INAUDIBLE], CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY, DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M A VERY CONCERNED CALIFORNIA CITIZEN. MY NAME IS CAMILLA [INAUDIBLE], BY THE WAY. ON JANUARY 20, NCTD WILL VOTE ON WHETHER THEY SHOULD FOREGO THE COASTAL ACT AND GO AFTER SOLE DECISION MAKING POWER OVER THE BLUFF AND BEACH OF DEL MAR AND AGAINST THE RULES OF THE COASTAL ACT AND THE WISH OF DEL MAR, INSTALL A ONE POINT SEVEN MILE LONG, ECOLOGICALLY AND GEOLOGICALLY DESTRUCTIVE FENCE. THIS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT DEL MAR. THIS IS ABOUT NCTD NOT EVER HAVING TO GO THROUGH CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION AGAIN, WHOSE MISSION IT IS TO PROTECT OUR COASTLINE. THEREFORE, THE COASTAL ACT, IF NCTD, NEVER AGAIN HAS TO NEGOTIATE WITH ANY CITY ON WHOSE LAND THE NCTD HAS LAID THE TRACKS. THERE WILL BE NO MORE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC ACCESS, NO MORE ENVIRONMENTAL OR GEOLOGICAL REPORTS. [00:10:01] THERE'LL BE NO MORE NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT HEIGHT OR PLACEMENT OF FENCES, NOR CONSTRUCTION. THEY WILL GET FREE RANGE AND I CAN GUARANTEE THAT YOUR TOWN WILL BE NEXT. PLEASE BACK UP YOUR NCTD BOARD MEMBER TO VOTE NO ON JAN. 20. NCTD SHOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME RULES AS EVERYONE ELSE AND GO THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTIONS. YESTERDAY, I SENT AN EMAIL WHERE I HAVE ATTACHED A RULING AND TRUTH TWISTING LETTER FROM NCTD TO DEL MAR, BUT THEY SAID THEY WILL PROCEED WITH THEIR DECISION TO FENCE DEL MAR. I ALSO ATTACHED A VERY CONCERNED LETTER THAT CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION SENT TO SANDAG IN REGARDS TO NCTD ACTION, PLEADING WITH THEM TO STAND UP FOR THE COASTAL ACT AS THEY REQUIRE APPLICANTS TO THE FENCING [INAUDIBLE] NCTD IS [INAUDIBLE]. I HOPE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THEM BOTH. THIS IS A VERY URGENT MATTER FOR OUR WHOLE REGION. IN MY LETTER, YESTERDAY ALSO ATTACHED A GRAPH THAT SHOWS WHERE ON THE 1.7 MILE BLUFFS STRETCH, THE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN AND WHERE A FENCE IS NEEDED, NOT ALONG THE WHOLE BLUFF. THE COASTAL ACT NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND AN INDEPENDENT GEOLOGICAL REPORT. PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR NCTD BOARD MEMBER TO VOTE NO ON JAN. 20 FOR THE SAKE OF ALL OF CALIFORNIA AND TO PROTECT THE COASTAL ACT. DON'T BE THE ONES KILLING THE COASTAL ACT AND LETTING NCTD BECOME THE DICTATORS OF OUR COAST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THE NEXT SPEAKER ENDS WITH EIGHT FOUR NINE SEVEN. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MIKE MAYER. I LIVE IN DEL MAR. ON JANUARY 20TH, NCTD WILL VOTE ON WHETHER THEY SHOULD IGNORE THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF DEL MAR AND TAKE DECISION MAKING POWER OVER THE BLUFF AND BEACHES OF DEL MAR BY INSTALLING AN ECOLOGICALLY AND GEOLOGICALLY DESTRUCTIVE FENCE. WE ARE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY. ALL OF THE TRAIN ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN COAST BOULEVARD, WHERE THE TRACK CROSSES OCEAN BOULEVARD SOUTH TO 13TH STREET. THIS AREA SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF IMPROVED SAFETY BY INSTALLING MORE SIGNAGE, TRACK LIGHTS THAT WARN OF APPROACHING TRAINS AND FENCING AT TRACK LEVEL. THERE ARE TWO BLUFFS ALONG THE DEL MAR COAST, A LOWER BLUFF AT TRACK LEVEL AND AN UPPER BLUFF THAT AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF DEL MAR IS MORTARED MORE THAN 40 FEET ABOVE THE TRACKS. FENCING ALONG THE TRACK LEVEL IN THE AREA OF ACCIDENTS MAKES SENSE, BUT NOT THE WHOLE LENGTH OF DEL MAR FENCING. THE UPPER BLUFF IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO ACCESS TO THE TRACKS, FAR BELOW IS COMPLETE OVERREACH AND CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED. IN A PERFECT WORLD, MANY YEARS AGO NCTD WOULD HAVE FORECAST A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN RAIL TRAFFIC. LOOK AT THE RATE OF BLUFF EROSION AND MOVE THE TRACKS OFF THE BLUFFS BY NOW. THERE IS SOMETHING NCTD CAN DO NOW, AND THAT'S REDUCED TRAIN SPEED WHEN GOING THROUGH THE AREA WHERE ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED. THE TRAINS RIGHT NOW REDUCE SPEED FOR CURVES. TRAINS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE SPEED FOR SAFETY IN DEL MAR UNTIL THE TRACKS CAN BE MOVED INLAND. IN ADDITION, THE UPPER BLUFF IS SANDSTONE, WHICH IS FRAGILE AND IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO EROSION BY WIND AND RAIN. DRILLING 1500 FENCE POST HOLES WILL CREATE 1500 MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EROSION. IF NCTD IS ALLOWED TO PROCEED WITH THE FENCE WITHOUT COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVAL. THE PRECEDENTS WILL BE SET. THE COASTAL COMMISSION WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE COASTLINE IN ANY MATTER INVOLVING NCTD OR POSSIBLY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. PLEASE ADVISE YOUR NCTD BOARD MEMBER TO VOTE NO ON JANUARY 20TH TO PROTECT THE MISSION AND STRENGTH OF THE COASTAL ACT SO THAT THE COASTAL COMMISSION CAN PROTECT ALL OF US THAT LIVE ON THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH-- THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. HAPPY NEW YEAR! THE NEXT SPEAKER ENDS WITH FOUR NINE SIX ONE. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. HELLO. HI, ANTHONY [INAUDIBLE], 25 YEAR TAX PAYING RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE CREATED A CARLSBAD WHERE A SENIOR FEMALE IS BRUTALLY TORTURED, STABBED 146 TIMES AND MURDERED IN HER OWN HOME AT THE HANDS OF VIOLENT TRANSIENTS. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU'VE CREATED A CARLSBAD WERE A 68 YEAR OLD MAN NEEDING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY, IS BRUTALLY KICKED IN THE HEAD [00:15:02] AND REMAINS IN A COMA AT THE HANDS OF A VIOLENT TRANSIENT. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU'VE CREATED A CARLSBAD WHERE A FEMALE HIKERS BRUTALLY STABBED IN THE THROAT AND MURDERED ON A HIKING TRAIL AT THE HANDS OF A VIOLENT TRANSIENT. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE CREATED A CARLSBAD WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE CLOSE TO BEING BURNT DOWN AT THE HANDS OF A VIOLENT TRANSIENT. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE CREATED A CARLSBAD WHERE FAMILIES, FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN CAN'T EVEN ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES WITHOUT THE LINGERING FEAR OF ANOTHER VIOLENT TRANSIENT ATTACKING THEM WITH A KNIFE. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS BHAT-PATEL AND ACOSTA CONTINUE THEIR STANCE. WE NEED TO TAKE A COMPASSIONATE APPROACH TO THE HOMELESS. GIVE THEM A HUG IN A ROOM WHILE THEY MURDER SOMEONE ELSE, RIGHT? AND THEN, ON MAY 8TH OF LAST YEAR, COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL TOLD A VERY CONCERNED GROUP OF HOMEOWNERS AT WATERS' END. WELL, WITH PROPOSITION 47, 57, AB109, MARTIN V. BOISE, THERE'S NOTHING THE COUNCIL CAN DO. TO THAT I HAVE SAID IN MY MULTIPLE CORRESPONDENCES TO COUNCIL, GET CREATIVE AND THINK OUTSIDE BOX, SINCE IT SEEMS THAT COUNCIL LACKS ANY CAPACITY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. I'M HERE TODAY TO MAKE TWO IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS. ONE, I WILL BE WORKING WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATORS ON LAWS FOR A TRANSIENT REGISTRY. ANYONE WHO'S GOING TO LIVE ON OUR STREETS OR IN OUR PARKS MUST REGISTER WITH THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. MUCH LIKE MEGAN'S LAW, YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS, BUT I WAS ONE OF FOUR ORIGINAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS WHO WORKED ON THE MEGAN'S LAW TWENTY SIX YEARS AGO WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER TWO, I HAVE BEGUN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE REGISTRY OF TRANSIENTS WITH CITIZENS KNOWING WHAT VIOLENT PREDATORS ARE AROUND. IT MAY SAVE LIVES. CHECK OUT WWW.TRANSIENTREGISTRY.COM. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW TELL ME, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO BE CREATIVE AND SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? THANK YOU. MAYOR WE ARE AT THE 15 MINUTE MARK AND WE STILL HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THEM NOW OR AT THE END? HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE THREE MORE HANDS. LET'S KEEP THEM TO THE END AND WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE TIME WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN AT FIVE O'CLOCK. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TRY AND HIT THAT. SO IF THERE'S A GAP BEFORE THAT, MAYBE WE COULD FIT THEM IN THERE. SO, I WOULD JUST ASK PEOPLE TO BE PATIENT AND LET US MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA SO WE CAN HIT THAT MARK. SO, WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH [CONSENT CALENDAR] EIGHT. ANYONE WISH TO PULL AN ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. YOU'RE ON MUTE. TRYING TO USE MY SPACE, IT DIDN'T UNMUTE ME. THANK YOU, MAYOR HALL. I DO NOT WISH TO PULL AN ITEM, BUT I DO WISH TO MAKE A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN BEFORE WE VOTE. [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR CITY STAFF, MR. NORTHRUP AND HIS TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH SDG&E AND POWER YOUR DRIVE FOR FLEETS MAKE READY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM. THIS IS NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT PROGRAM. THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF THINKING AND A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS PROGRAM. IT'S GOING TO RESULT IN BOTH LONG TERM PLANNING FOR DOZENS OF FAST CHARGERS FOR OUR CITY FLEET AND THEN IMMEDIATELY A FEW FAST CHARGERS FOR OUR CITY FLEET. AND IT IS PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE IN OUR MEDIUM DUTY AND HEAVY DUTY TRUCK SPACE. AND I'M JUST REALLY DELIGHTED TO SEE IT AND THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAS PUT INTO THAT. IT'S A BIG ITEM, AND I THOUGHT I WOULD MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AND LET OUR CITIZENS KNOW THE WORK THAT THIS GROUP DID. PUBLIC WORKS DOESN'T GET A LOT OF HURRAH IN TERMS OF RIBBON CUTTINGS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND STORM DRAINS, BUT IT'S JUST ONE I DECIDED [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. VERY WELL, SAID MR. NORBY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. THANK YOU, I'D LIKE TO CHIME IN BECAUSE I HEARTILY AGREE THAT WE NEED TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS. I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ELECTRIFYING PARTS OF OUR CITY FLEET. THIS HAS BEEN A WHILE COMING AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FUTURE. WE KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS FOR 50 PERCENT OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. [00:20:02] WE KNOW WE NEED TO WORK ON HAVING CLEANER TRANSPORTATION AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS COMING. THE STATE IS GOING TO HAVE BY 2035 ALL NEW CARS AND PASSENGER TRUCKS SOLD IN CALIFORNIA WILL BE ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES. SO, WE KNOW THAT IT'S COMING AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT FUTURE RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN. OK. MOTION MR. BLACKBURN. MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT. SECOND. PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON FOR ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION. [9. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. CS-412 – RESTRICT OVERNIGHT PARKING ON ARMADA DRIVE] ITEM NUMBER NINE. MS. BREWER, DO YOU WANT TO TITLE THE ORDINANCE AND THEN WE'LL ASK FOR SPEAKERS? I'M HAPPY TO. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THERE WERE NO SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IF THERE WERE-- I'M SORRY, YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS FOR CONSENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU'RE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU'RE 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. ONE TO THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED. ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW. WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER. NICK, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? NICK, COULD YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? THAT IS THE ONLY SPEAKER MAYOR. OK. MS. BREWER ITEM NINE. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 10.40.301 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH NO PARKING ZONES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF ARMADA DRIVE BETWEEN PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD AND LEGOLAND DRIVE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11 P.M. AND FIVE A.M. . MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. SECOND. NOW LET'S HAVE SPEAKERS. AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU'RE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU'RE 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. WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. OK. WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS, I'LL CALL THE QUESTION. PLEASE TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. SO ITEM NINE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 10 IS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT IS TIME CERTAIN. IT'S THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSED THREE YEAR RATE FOR POTABLE WATER, RECYCLED WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES. SO THAT'S A TIME CERTAIN AT FIVE O'CLOCK. SO, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON FROM THAT ITEM TO ITEM 11, WHICH IS A DEPARTMENTAL AND [11. DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETINGS OR RESUME IN-PERSON PUBLIC MEETINGS BEGINNING JAN. 15, 2022] CITY MANAGER REPORT, IS THE DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE A VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETINGS OR RESUME IN-PERSON PUBLIC MEETINGS JAN. 15. MR. CHADWICK. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS GOING TO BE OUR FIRE CHIEF, CHIEF MICHAEL CALDERWOOD, AND [INAUDIBLE] TURN IT OVER TO YOU. AND THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER CHADWICK, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS . SINCE WE LAST DISCUSSED THE TOPIC, THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA HAS MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT EXTENDING THE STATEWIDE INDOOR MASK MANDATE REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS THROUGH UNTIL AT LEAST FEBRUARY 15. THIS EXTENSION CAME OUT AFTER CALIFORNIA WITNESSED THE PREDICTED SURGE OF THE OMICRON VARIANT, ALTHOUGH OMICRON CREATED SOME EYE POPPING NUMBERS ON THE CHARTS WHEN IT COMES TO CASE RATES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS VARIANT IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE [00:25:03] SEEN WITH PREVIOUS VARIANTS. THE LESSONS LEARNED AND THE MODELS CREATED FROM OTHER REGIONS ON THE GLOBE TELL US THAT ALTHOUGH THE RAPID SURGE IS FASTER THAN ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN TO DATE, WE WILL ALSO SEE A RAPID DECREASE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PEAK. THAT PEAK, BY THE WAY, FOR CALIFORNIA, IS ANTICIPATED TO BE SOMETIME THIS WEEK. WE WILL BE WATCHING THE NUMBERS CLOSELY AND REMAIN OPTIMISTIC. I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN WITH YOU, AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IS SOME NUMBERS TAKEN FROM THE GOVERNOR'S PRESENTATION ON THE 9TH. THE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE 9TH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH THESE NUMBERS SINCE THEY HAVE THE MOST ACCURATE. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM YOU CAN SEE THE SLIDE ON THE SCREEN SHARE. YES. OK. SO, THE SURGE RATE IS NOT THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, AS PREDICTED, OMICRON IS MUCH MORE CONTAGIOUS. BUT ALSO HAS PROVEN TO BE MUCH LESS SEVERE. THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU SEE THAT CALIFORNIA'S CASE RATE AS OF JANUARY 9TH IS ROUGHLY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. HAVING A CASE RATE OF FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND. WE'RE AT NEARLY DOUBLE THE CASES, YET THE HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE AT ROUGHLY ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED. WHILE THE FACT THAT THIS VARIANT IS LESS SEVERE, WHICH IS DEFINITELY GOOD NEWS, IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A HIGHER NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK. THIS INCREASED VOLUME DOES CREATE A SURGE OF PATIENTS FOR OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. THE BOTTOM NUMBER ON THE CHART IS A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS SHOWING THIS YEAR IS ALMOST DOUBLE THAT OF LAST YEAR, WITH FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND TOTAL VISITS. THIS VOLUME, AS WELL AS OTHER STAFFING FACTORS, IS IN PART WHY WE ARE SEEING HOSPITALS THAT ARE AT OR BEYOND CAPACITY. NEVERTHELESS, IT SEEMS THAT THE FOCUS ON CASE RATES AND THE NEXUS CASE RATES HAD WITH HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATH RATES HAS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED. SO WHILE THE NUMBERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE SHOWING ACTIVE CASES IN CARLSBAD AT ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE MAY BE JARRING, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME SIGNIFICANCE AS THEY DID PRIOR TO OMICRON. BECAUSE OF THIS, MANY INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE QUESTIONING WHETHER TO CONTINUE USING CASE NUMBERS AS A METRIC FOR FUTURE DECISION MAKING. WHILE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CONSENSUS ON WHAT METRICS PUBLIC OFFICIALS WILL USE. THERE IS A GROWING NUMBER OF EXPERTS THAT BELIEVE FOCUSING ON CASE RATES DOES PROMPT UNNECESSARY FEAR AND UNSUBSTANTIATED CLOSURES. SEVERAL COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY MOVED AWAY FROM THE CASE RATE STRATEGY. INSTEAD, THEY ARE FOCUSING ON HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATH RATES. THIS IS THE SAME APPROACH USED FOR PREEXISTING VIRUSES. WHETHER THE UNITED STATES ADOPTS THIS APPROACH OR NOT WILL REMAIN TO BE SEEN, BUT IT HAS BECOME FAIRLY CLEAR THAT WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO A POINT WHERE WE WILL LEARN TO LIVE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THIS VIRUS. IN CONCLUSION, TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO HELP DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD CONTINUE VIRTUAL COUNCIL MEETINGS OR RETURN TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WHERE OTHER CITIES IN THE REGION HAVE LANDED ON THIS DISCUSSION. OUR CITY MANAGER HAS AUTHORIZED TELEWORKING TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. HIS ACTIONS ON THAT IN COMBINATION WITH A LONG STANDING INDOOR MASK POLICY PRIOR TO THE GOVERNOR'S INITIAL MANDATE IN DECEMBER HAS REALLY LEFT US IN A GOOD PLACE. WHILE WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE EVERY DAY AND ALMOST BY THE HOUR, OUR FACILITIES AND LINES OF BUSINESS REMAIN OPEN. THE CITY MANAGER INSTITUTED A COVID 19 TASK FORCE ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, AND IT IS THEIR WORK, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY TASK, THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO BE IN THE POSITION WE ARE CURRENTLY IN. WITH CONTINUED MONITORING BY OUR TASK FORCE AND MAINTAINING THE ABILITY TO PIVOT WHEN NECESSARY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT OUR FACILITY STAY OPEN, BUT WE CONTINUE WITH VIRTUAL COUNCIL MEETINGS UNTIL INTO FEBRUARY AND AT LEAST AS LONG AS THE [00:30:04] GOVERNOR'S INDOOR MASK MANDATE REMAINS IN EFFECT, WITH RECONSIDERATION BY CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IN THE FIRST PART OF FEBRUARY. THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, AND I WILL REMAIN ON SCREEN FOR DISCUSSION AND ANY POSSIBLE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CALDERWOOD. VERY WELL DONE. DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 11, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU'RE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU'RE 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. WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS. THE FIRST SPEAKER ENDS WITH EIGHT ONE ZERO ZERO. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO A MUTE? BRAVO CHIEF-- BRAVO TO THE CHIEF, THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH . DEAR MAYOR HALL, ELECTED COUNCIL CITY REPRESENTATIVES. GOOD AFTERNOON. REGARDING THIS TOPIC, HOW ABOUT WE COMPROMISE AND HOLD HYBRID COUNCIL MEETINGS BEGINNING JANUARY 15TH? WE CAN HAVE AN UNMASKED CITIZEN-- UNMASKED CITIZENS OUTSIDE IN THE COURTYARD, MASKED CITIZENS WITHIN CITY HALL WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. OR BETTER YET, WE CAN HAVE THE MEETINGS OUTSIDE IN THE COURTYARD AND FORGET ABOUT THE INDOOR MASK MANDATE ALTOGETHER. WHAT I HAVE FOUND INTERESTING ON THE CHART PROVIDED BY THE CITY REGARDING THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES FROM DECEMBER 8TH, WHICH WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE INDOOR MASK MANDATE TO PRESENT DAY. IT STARTS WITH TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT CASES AND IT JUMPS UP TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT CASES OF FOLLOWING THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE ON THE THIRD WEEK TO SEVEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN BY DECEMBER 29. THE-- BY LAST WEEK, JANUARY 5TH, THE CASES JUMPED TO OVER DOUBLE TO ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY THREE CASES IN CARLSBAD AND OUR GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAS NOW EXTENDED THE MASK MANDATE, AS EARLIER MENTIONED, TO FEBRUARY 15TH. DOES HE OR DO YOU ALL EXPECT THE NUMBER OF CASES TO INCREASE OR DECREASE AFTER SEEING LAST MONTH, NUMBERS RISE DURING THE INDOOR MASK MANDATES? COULD WE BE DOING SOMETHING WRONG? IN OTHER WORDS, THE DEFINITION IT'S LIKE IT'S INSANITY. IS IT TO DO THE SAME THING REPEATEDLY EXPECTING A DIFFERENT OUTCOME? OR DOES THIS COUNTY AND STATE WANT INCREASED NUMBERS? WHICH IS IT? CAN YOU NOT LEARN FROM OTHER STATES THAT ARE NOT HAVING AN INCREASE IN CASES? WHY ARE WE NOT COUNTING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS ANYMORE? IS THIS INFORMATION NOT SIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO THE NUMBERS OF DRUG OVERDOSES OR SUICIDES WITHIN THE COUNTY? WE'RE GOING INTO OUR THIRD YEAR WITH COVID 19 AND THE OMICRON VARIANT. WE NEED TO STOP TRYING TO END THE VIRUS AND BEGIN LEARNING TO LIVE WITH IT. THE MAJORITY OF CARLSBADIANS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, MANY NATURALLY IMMUNIZED. OR, YOU KNOW, VACCINATIONS HAVE SAVED AND PROTECTED THE LIVES OF THE ELDERLY AND HIGHLY COMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS AND HAVE PREVENTED THE MAJORITY OF VACCINATED FROM HOSPITALIZATION. DON'T FORGET SOME COMMON SENSE THERE ARE CURRENT STUDIES AND TREATMENTS AVAILABLE, SUCH AS MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES, DEATH SEVERE IVERMECTIN, HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, VITAMIN D, ZINC, QUERCETIN. THE CITY AND ITS ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO STOP USING THE COVID 19 AS AN EXCUSE AND RETURN BACK TO WORK IN PERSON AS ALL FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERY WORKING PRIVATE CITIZEN AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS ARE FORCED TO DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE NEXT SPEAKER ENDS WITH ONE SEVEN THREE TWO. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? HELLO, THIS IS KELLY [INAUDIBLE], CARLSBAD RESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. CALDERWOOD, FOR THAT GREAT REPORT. I LOVE THE NEW METRICS. IT'S THE DEATH RATE THAT WE NEED TO KNOW, NOT THE CASE RATES. SO, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT. AND I APPRECIATE, TOO, THAT THE CITY MANAGERS WEEKLY REPORT HAS BEEN SHARING INFORMATION ON COVID THAT GOES BEYOND REPORTING CASE NUMBERS AND INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THINGS LIKE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS AGAINST THE VIRUS AND TESTING SCAMS. I FOUND THIS HELPFUL AND CLOSER TO PAINTING A MORE TRUE PICTURE OF COVID. GOING FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO OFFER MORE INFORMATION ON FIGHTING THE VIRUS BECAUSE THE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER AND AN INFORMED INDIVIDUAL CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. [00:35:02] NEW STUDIES AND TREATMENTS ARE REPORTED EVERY WEEK AND CAN CALM THE FEARS OF MANY PEOPLE JUST LIKE MR. CALDERWOOD SAID. JUST THIS WEEK, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A STUDY FROM IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON THAT FOUND THAT T CELLS FROM COMMON COLDS CROSS PROTECT AGAINST INFECTION WITH COVID 19. NEW STUDIES IN THE UK AND SOUTH AFRICA INDICATE OMICRONS SPREAD HAS BEEN SO RAPID AND WIDESPREAD THAT IT WILL LEAD TO MANY PEOPLE HAVING MILD DISEASE WHILE DEVELOPING IMMUNITY TO SUBSEQUENT INFECTION BY EARLIER VARIANTS, INCLUDING DELTA, AND WILL LIKELY PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST FUTURE VARIANTS. WHILE THIS IS ALL GREAT NEWS ON COVID. THERE IS NOT GOOD NEWS ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOCKDOWNS AND MANDATES. DR. MAKARY'S RESEARCH TEAM AT JOHNS HOPKINS PARTNERED WITH FAIR HEALTH TO STUDY PEDIATRIC COVID 19 DEATHS. THEY FOUND THAT 100 PERCENT OF PEDIATRIC COVID 19 DEATHS WERE IN CHILDREN WITH A PREEXISTING CONDITION. FOR THOSE REASONS, GOOD DOCTORS WOULD NEVER, EVER CONSIDER VACCINATION OF A CHILD. DR. [INAUDIBLE] SAID. THE BOTTOM LINE IS HEALTHY CHILDREN DO NOT NEED TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID 19. MANDATORY VACCINATION IS ALSO LOSING IN THE COURTS. CARLSBAD OWN SHARON MCKEEMAN, WHO STARTED LET THEM BREATHE AND LET THEM CHOOSE TO ADVOCATE FOR MASK AND VACCINE CHOICE, AND HER LEGAL TEAM HAD A JUDGE RULE IN FAVOR OF THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINST SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR IMPLEMENTING A VACCINE MANDATE FOR STUDENTS 16 AND OLDER. SADLY, THE LOCKDOWNS AND FEAR MONGERING BY MEDIA AND TOTAL POLITICAL ELITES HAVE RESULTED IN MASSIVE SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE RATES AMONG CHILDREN AND A STAGGERINGLY HIGH DEATH RATE IN WORKING AGE PEOPLE. A CDC STUDY FOUND THAT FEMALE TEEN SUICIDE ATTEMPTS INCREASED NEARLY FIFTY ONE--. THE NEXT SPEAKER AND WITH SEVEN THREE NINE SIX. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? HELLO. GO AHEAD. HI CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. OKAY. ARE YOU GOING TO START THAT? I MUST BE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT EARLY OR LATE BECAUSE THE CLOCK ISN'T THE SAME AS MY PHONE, SO I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, THIS IS TAMARA DIXON. AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO FACE THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE NOT ANY MORE DANGEROUS AND INFECTIOUS THAN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT ARE HELD IN OCEANSIDE, VISTA, DEL MAR, ESCONDIDO, LEUCADIA, POWAY AND [INAUDIBLE]. I LOOK TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE OPEN MEETINGS AND THEY ALL ARE. SO, I DISAGREE WITH WHOEVER SAID THAT SOME OF THEM WEREN'T. I URGE YOU TO RESUME IN-PERSON MEETINGS BEGINNING JANUARY 15TH. I'M FINE WITH MEETING OUTSIDE LIKE WAS SAID BEFORE. THAT'S NO PROBLEM. MEETING WITHOUT MASKS IS PERFECTLY FINE. THE DOCTOR WHO DISCOVERED THE OMICRON VARIANT SAYS THE SYMPTOMS ARE VERY MILD AND THERE'S NO REASON FOR PANICKING. THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THE VARIANT WILL CAUSE A MORE SEVERE ILLNESS. THERE ARE POSITIVE THERAPEUTICS THAT CAN BE USED, AS WELL AS HAVING NATURAL IMMUNITY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TALKED SO FAR HAVE SAID. STOP WITH THE FEAR MONGERING AND TELLING LIES, START TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID BECAUSE EVERYTHING WILL BE REVEALED. WILL YOU CONTINUE WITH YOUR WOKE POLITICAL AGENDAS, DISCREDITING SCIENCE, IMPOSING MANDATES TO FIT YOUR AGENDA? COWARDICE IS UNBECOMING TO YOU. PLEASE OPEN YOUR COUNCIL MEETINGS TO THE PUBLIC NOW. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS MAYOR. OK. ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? MR. NORBY. [COUGH] THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, CHIEF CALDERWOOD, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE FIELD IN CARLSBAD, [00:40:01] WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH PRIMARILY A DELTA VARIANT, SO MUCH LESS CASES, BUT MORE SEVERITY. AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW WITH YOUR RESPONSES TO CITIZENS CALLS IS IT-- HAS A DECREASE IN HERE OR IS IT ABOUT THE SAME? AND I'M WITH YOU. I MEAN, I HOPE OUR EXPERTS ARE RIGHT THAT THIS IS, I'VE HEARD A CALL THAT A PIN. SHARP UP AND SHARP DOWN IN TERMS OF THE OMICRON, AND I HOPE WE SEE THAT HERE IN A FEW WEEKS OR NEXT WEEK. BUT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FIELD IN TERMS OF OUR RESPONDING TO OUR CITIZENS AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH OMICRON. YEAH, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. AND REALLY, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE FIELD MATCHES THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED TONIGHT AND FOR THE MOST PART, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE NEWS. WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW MORE CALLS FOR COVID. AND NOT NOT ONLY ARE WE HAVING QUITE A FEW MORE CALLS IN THE PUBLIC. WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE CASES OF IT IN OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR WORK STAFF. AND THAT'S FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY. WE MEET REGULARLY AND ALL OF THEM ARE REPORTING MORE CASES WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS WITH THE PARAMEDICS AND THE EMTS, THE FIREFIGHTERS, AND THEY ARE RECORDING QUITE A FEW MORE CASES WHERE THEY'RE TRANSPORTING PEOPLE WITH THE COVID 19 OMICRON VIRUS, BUT THEY ARE ALSO REPORTING MUCH LESS SEVERE SYMPTOMS. THERE WAS INDIVIDUALS THAT COULD COUNT, ON ONE HAND, HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY KNEW THAT WERE INFECTED WITH THE COVID 19 VIRUS EARLY ON. AND NOW YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FINGERS AND TOES JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO YOU ARE SEEING A MUCH MORE RAPID RATE. YOU ARE SEEING A LOT LESS SEVERE INFECTION. AND WE'RE REALLY WORKING OFF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE BEING TOLD BY THE EXPERTS AND THE DOCTORS AROUND US AT THE HOSPITALS AND OUR MEDICAL DIRECTORS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO HELP US MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL RESPONSE. AND THEY'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THINGS THAT WE-- SAME THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN SOME OF THE NEWS OUTLETS THAT THE STRATEGY IS CHANGING. THE VIRUS HAS CHANGED AND WE DON'T-- DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO STOP DOING EVERYTHING WE WERE DOING ABRUPTLY. WE SHOULD STILL BE SMART AND DO THE THINGS THAT SEEM TO MAKE SENSE, BUT ALSO TAKE OUR TIME AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT NEXT STRATEGY IS AND DO IT WISELY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MR. BLACKBURN. WE ARE WAY OVERDUE FOR SHOWING UP AND HAVING OUR MEETINGS IN PERSON. BUT WITH THAT SAID, I-- AS LONG AS WE HAVE TO WEAR MASKS, I DON'T SEE IT AS BEING MORE PERSONAL. THE REASON I SAY THAT IS MOST PEOPLE WATCH THE MEETINGS ON TELEVISION. VERY FEW PEOPLE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO WATCH THIS, WATCH OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, WATCH IT ON TELEVISION. AND I THINK THAT IT'S MORE PERSONAL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON TELEVISION TO SEE OUR ENTIRE FACE IF WE GO BACK TO THE DAIS AND SIT ON THE DAIS AND MASK OUR FACE. NOT ONLY ARE WE MASKED, BUT PEOPLE WATCHING ON TELEVISION STILL CAN'T SEE OUR FACE. EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP TO THE MEETINGS CAN'T SEE OUR FACE. SO I'M OF THE OPINION THAT THE SECOND THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALLOWS US TO BE INDOORS WITHOUT A MASK, I WOULD LIKE TO RESUME IN PERSON. BUT UNTIL THEN, I THINK IT'S NO BENEFIT TO SHOWING UP AND WEARING A MASK OVER OUR FACE DURING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION, THANK YOU, CHIEF CALDERWOOD, AND TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. I WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND TWO MEETINGS IN PERSON SINCE THE ENTIRE TIME OVER A YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PANDEMIC. AND AS ONE OF THE CALLERS SAID, AS I'VE READ IN THE NEWS AND HEARD ABOUT, WE EXPECT THAT THIS VIRUS WILL LINGER. WILL STICK AROUND AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I'M MAKING MY DECISION PURELY BASED ON THE DATA AND THAT CHART THAT WE SHOWED WITH BAR GRAPHS THAT SHOWS WHERE WE WERE IN JUNE, WHICH IS WHEN WE MADE THE DECISION TO GO BACK TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND WE HAD LOW LEVELS OF THE CASES IN CARLSBAD. AND THEN YOU COULD SEE THE NUMBER GO UP, UP, UP AND THEN SPIKE REALLY BIG OVER THE HOLIDAYS, AND RECENTLY. THAT'S WHAT I'M BASING MY DECISION ON. I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO BACK DOWN AND WHEN THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE STABLE AT A LOWER LEVEL, AS THEY WERE IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, I THINK THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE A [00:45:04] GOOD TIME TO GO BACK IN. AND I ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKBURN ABOUT NOT WEARING A MASK. IT WILL BE GREAT. BUT I ALSO KNOW WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT FINDING SOME KIND OF HYBRID IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER SINCE THEY'RE SO SMALL AND WE COULD MEET IN PERSON. AND MAYBE THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE AND WE AREN'T ABLE TO DISTANCE OUR PUBLIC WHO SHOWS UP TO THOSE MEETINGS, [INAUDIBLE] MAYBE WE HAVE THAT BIG OVERFLOW AREA OUTSIDE, AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST FOR BIG MEETINGS WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP. SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND I THINK THAT FOCUSING ON THOSE CASE RATES, THOSE NUMBERS AND THERE ARE-- ALSO DEATH RATES ARE REPORTED. I'VE SEEN THEM ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE. SO THOSE ARE OUT THERE. I KNOW THEY WEREN'T IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY, BUT THOSE ARE BEING REPORTED ON A REGULAR BASIS BY THE COUNTY AS WELL. SO JUST FOCUSING ON THOSE, I'M COMFORTABLE AND GRATEFUL FOR THE FLEXIBILITY TO MEET VIRTUALLY AND FOR THE TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES THAT POSSIBLE. THANKS. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, DR. BHAT-PATEL. SURE, THANK YOU. YEAH. SIMILARLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME FOR ALL OF US. I MEAN, OF COURSE, ALL OF US WANT TO BE BACK IN PERSON AND INTERACT WITH OUR TEAMMATES IN PERSON. HOWEVER, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND I THINK THAT THE CHIEF ALLUDED TO, MANY OF US HAVE NOW KNOWN PEOPLE THAT ARE STARTING TO GET INFECTED OR HAVE BEEN INFECTED. AND THE NUMBERS ARE DEFINITELY RISING IN TERMS OF THAT. AND SO JUST KNOWING THAT AND KNOWING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE MASKED WHILE WE'RE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO NOT POSING ANY RISK TO OUR PUBLIC OR POSING ANY RISK TO THE REST OF OUR STAFF AND TEAM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT BECAUSE OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, OF COURSE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS OF OUR TEAMMATES AS WELL. SO I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, IF-- ONCE THE DATA DOES GO DOWN, JUST LIKE WE HAD DECIDED IN JUNE, SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA SAID, WE HAD DECIDED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS THAT WE WOULD COME BACK AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CASES STARTED SPIKING AND WE HAD TO GO BACK TO VIRTUAL. I DO HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME WE SEE THIS SLOPE SLOPING UPWARDS AND HOPEFULLY SLOWLY BUT SURELY, IT'LL GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE STABLE AND WE CAN START TO SHOW BACK UP IN PERSON. BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'LL BE IMPERSONAL IF WE'RE WEARING A MASK IN PERSON. AND SO-- AND OF COURSE, IT'LL BE A CHOICE AT THAT POINT. LIKE IF ONCE THEY'VE REMOVED A MASK MANDATE, IT'S THE CHOICE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL TO DECIDE, WHETHER OR NOT, AT THAT POINT, THEY WOULD LIKE TO WEAR A MASK AT A MEETING OR NOT ONCE THEY'VE REMOVED THE MASK MANDATE. SO, ANYWAYS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I TO SUPPORT CONTINUING WITH THE VIRTUAL OPTION FOR NOW. OK. MR. BLACKBURN, YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION, MAKING THE FINDINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO HOLD VIRTUAL COUNCIL MEETINGS UNTIL FEBRUARY 10TH OF 2022. SECOND. PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. [INAUDIBLE]. I'M SORRY. [12. UPDATE ON THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE’S PLANNED BEACH SAND REPLENISHMENT AND RETENTION DEVICE PROJECT AND PROPOSED STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION] MAYOR HALL. NO. PASSES FOUR ONE. MOVING ON TO ITEM 12 UPDATE ON CITY OF OCEANSIDE'S PLAN, BEACH SAND REPLENISHMENT AND RETENTION DEVICE PROJECT AND PROPOSED STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION. MR. CHADWICK, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR PARK AND REC DIRECTOR, MR. KYLE LANCASTER, KYLE. THANK YOU, SIR. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU. I'LL START SHARING MY SCREEN NOW. AS INDICATED, THIS [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE PLAN BEACH SAND REPLENISHMENT AND RETENTION DEVICE PROJECT UPDATE. AN OVERVIEW OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION QUICKLY ON THE BACKGROUND FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT, THE OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL ACTION, [INAUDIBLE] REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RECENTLY, AND THE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT IS ANTICIPATED. AND THEN FINALLY POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS FOR STAFF BASED ON CITY COUNCIL'S ACTION. SPEAKING ABOUT ACTION, THE RECOMMENDATION IS FIRST RECEIVE A REPORT ON THIS PROJECT AND THEN SECONDLY, TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION TO CONSTRUCTING [00:50:01] DEVICES THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE NATURAL FLOW OF BEACH SAND INTO CARLSBAD. THAT BEING A MORE GENERAL STATEMENT NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THE OCEANSIDE PROJECT. REGARDS TO THE PROJECT BACKGROUND FOR OCEANSIDE. THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2019, DID DIRECT STAFF TO IDENTIFY FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT ITS COASTLINE. THE FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS WERE TO INCLUDE RE-NOURISHMENT PROJECTS OF BEACH SUITABLE SAND AND ALSO RETENTION DEVICES TO REDUCE THE LOSS OF SAND. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS IDENTIFY STRATEGIES THAT WERE ALL THREE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE, FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE REGULATORY AGENCIES. IN APRIL OF 2020, CONSULTANT GHD INITIATED AN EVALUATION OF OPTIONS TO STABILIZE AND ENHANCE THE BEACH WITHIN OCEANSIDE. A YEAR AND A FEW MONTHS LATER, GHD RETURNED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 11TH OF 2021, WITH A SAND REPLENISHMENT AND RETENTION DEVICE PROJECT FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS. I'VE INCLUDED A COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS OF SECTION TWO AS EXCERPTS IN YOUR STAFF REPORT. I WON'T READ THE ENTIRE EXCERPTS HERE, BUT I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF SECTIONS. FIRST, THE LARGER NORTH PACIFIC SWELLS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST AND WEST, DURING THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS, TRANSPORT SAND TO THE SOUTH. [INAUDIBLE], THE NET LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PATTERNS FOR OCEANSIDE ARE ACCEPTED TO BE SOUTHERN. AND FINALLY, THERE IS A GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT OCEANSIDE EXPERIENCES A NET SEDIMENT TRANSPORT TO THE SOUTH OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND CUBIC YARDS PER YEAR. IN REGARDS TO THE OVERALL PROJECT FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, GHD DID ADDRESS SEVERAL TASKS, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THEY ESTIMATED THE COST AND THE FUTURE PHASES OF THE PROJECT. THEY ALSO ENGAGED THE CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION ON A COASTAL BASELINE AND A MONITORING PLAN. [INAUDIBLE] THEY DID PERFORM NUMERICAL MODELING TO PREDICT THE MOVEMENT OF SAND. WITHIN THE ANALYSIS, FOUR RETENTION ALTERNATIVES WERE IDENTIFIED. ONE WAS MORE BEACH NOURISHMENT THAT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE SHORT TERM IN THE FACT THAT THE SAND QUALITY THAT THEY HAD MINED RECENTLY WAS OF A FINER NATURE. MORE SILT LIKE AND DID NOT [INAUDIBLE] WITHIN THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE. ALTERNATIVE TWO WAS GROINS THAT RANK THE HIGHEST OF THE ALTERNATIVES AND SPECIFICALLY ALTERNATIVE THREE WAS THE EXTENSION OF THE SAN LUIS REY GROIN. AND FINALLY, ALTERNATIVE FOUR WAS MULTIPURPOSE ARTIFICIAL REEF. ALTERNATIVES TWO, THREE AND FOUR ALSO INCLUDED A INITIAL NOURISHMENT COMPONENT TO THEM. RETENTION ALTERNATIVES IN TERMS OF GROINS SPECIFICALLY ASSUMES A CONSTRUCTION OF 4 SIX HUNDRED FOOT LONG RUBBLE MOUNTED DEVICES SPACED AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET APART. THOSE GROINS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED SHORE-PERPENDICULAR, AND THE INITIAL GROIN PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE A THREE HUNDRED CUBIC YARD SAND NOURISHMENT. THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT [INAUDIBLE] BY HALF IN FUTURE NOURISHMENT PROJECTS, WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO BE EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER. THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH PULLED FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WEBSITE, ALONG WITH A QUOTE FROM THE ARTICLE ACCOMPANYING THAT PHOTO. LINES BY DESIGN, THESE STRUCTURES ARE MEANT TO CAPTURE SAND TRANSPORTED BY THE LONG SHORE CURRENT. THIS DEPLETES THE SAND SUPPLY TO THE BEACH AREA IMMEDIATELY DOWN DRIFT OF THE STRUCTURE. THE PARTS OF THE BYPASS OPTIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE ANALYSIS. THERE WERE THREE SUCH OPTIONS, AND A BYPASS SYSTEM IS ESSENTIALLY ONE THAT WOULD TRANSPORT PUMPED SAND THROUGH UNDERGROUND PIPES TO CITY BEACHES. RECOMMENDATION OF THE ANALYSIS WAS A PILOT PROJECT CONSISTING OF GROINS AND A BYPASS SYSTEM, FOUR GROINS IN PARTICULAR, THAT SPAN FROM THE OCEANSIDE PIER TO THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON. THE GROINS WERE SAID TO BE ADAPTABLE AND REVERSIBLE BASED ON SCIENCE AFTER THEIR [00:55:04] INSTALLATION. ALSO, BASED ON THE PROJECT SUCCESS, IT WAS STATED THAT MORE GROINS MAY BE ADDED TO THE OCEANSIDE COASTLINE. THE OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO INITIATE THE RECOMMENDED PILOT PROJECTS AND BEGIN THE DESIGN, PERMITTING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE OF THE PROJECT. MAYOR SANCHEZ WAS THE LONE DISSENTING VOTE, AND SHE DID SO CONSIDERING THE PROJECT WAS UNLIKELY TO RECEIVE COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVAL IN HER OPINION, AND SHE IS A FORMER CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSIONER. OCTOBER 20TH, 2021, THE OCEANSIDE STAFF, FOLLOWING COUNCIL DIRECTION, ADVERTISED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ON THAT DESIGN, PERMITTING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE OF THE PROJECT. ON DECEMBER 7TH, [INAUDIBLE] THAT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WERE DUE. IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THEY RECEIVED ONE SUCH SUBMITTAL AND AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT FIRM HAS NOT YET BEEN EXECUTED. [INAUDIBLE] ADDITIONAL GENERAL PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR THIS PROJECT. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH PLANNED BEFORE THE GROIN LOCATIONS ARE DETERMINED. CARLSBAD AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE PROJECT'S POTENTIAL IMPACTS AT THAT TIME. ON DECEMBER 29, 2021, OCEANSIDE STAFF DID HOLD A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH CARLSBAD STAFF AND AFFIRMED THE PROJECT'S STATUS THAT I PROVIDED TODAY. THEY ALSO INDICATED IN VERY CLEAR FASHION THAT THE PROJECT IS AT EARLY PLANNING PHASES AND THERE IS A EXPRESSED INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE CARLSBAD STAFF AND THE LARGER CARLSBAD COMMUNITY ON THIS PROJECT. THAT LEADS US TO YOUR BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION. THIS LAST WEEK, THE COMMISSION RECEIVED A LIKE UPDATE ON THE OCEANSIDE PROJECT, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE SUBJECT RESOLUTION. AND EVEN MORE RECENTLY, LAST WEEK, [INAUDIBLE] SANDAG, THE SHORELINE PRESERVATION WORKING GROUP RECEIVED A CONCEPT OVERVIEW FROM OCEANSIDE STAFF ON JANUARY SIX. THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN. IT WAS SIMPLY AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT. [INAUDIBLE] NEXT STEPS. IF DIRECTED, CARLSBAD STAFF WILL SEND A LETTER TO THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE CITY MANAGER TRANSMITTING THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION. STAFF WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DESIGN, PERMITTING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS AND PROVIDE COMMENTS AS THOSE OCCASIONS BECOME AVAILABLE. THAT BRINGS US BACK TO OUR RECOMMENDED ACTION. WE'VE NOT RECEIVE THE UPDATE ON THE PROJECT, AND THE SECOND PORTION IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A GENERAL STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION TO CONSTRUCTING DEVICES THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE NATURAL FLOW OF BEACH SAND INTO CARLSBAD. STAFF IS, OF COURSE, READY AND AVAILABLE TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, INCLUDING ON THE POTENTIAL WORDING OF THAT RESOLUTION. WITH THAT, I WILL STOP SHARING MY SCREEN. THANK YOU. OKAY. CAN-- I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, SO WHY DON'T WE GO RIGHT INTO PUBLIC COMMENT NEXT, PLEASE? AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 12 TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU'RE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU'RE 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. WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN ROUSE. CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR HALL AND CARLSBAD LEADERS FOR YOUR ATTENTION THIS AFTERNOON. I'M JOHN ROUSE, THE RECENTLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE SAN MALO ASSOCIATION. MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT'S A COMMUNITY OF 83 HOMES JUST NORTH OF CARLSBAD ALONG THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON. OUR RESIDENTS FEEL VERY MUCH A PART OF BOTH OCEANSIDE AND CARLSBAD. IN MANY WAYS, THE BEACHES LIFESTYLE DREW MOST OF US TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTLINE. ONE THING ON WHICH WE ALL CAN AGREE IS THAT SAND RETENTION IS CRITICAL TO NOT JUST IN OCEANSIDE AND CARLSBAD, BUT ALL COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF THE OCEANSIDE HARBOR. [01:00:04] A SECOND ITEM UPON WHICH WE CAN ALL AGREE IS THAT WE NEED GOOD IDEAS, RESEARCH AND DIALOG TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANS FOR OUR FUTURE COASTLINE INVOLVING ALL NEIGHBORING CITIES. MAYOR SANCHEZ IS CLEARLY ON THE RECORD IN THIS REGARD, AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF OCEANSIDE, OCEANSIDE CITY MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE READY TO WORK HARD FOR A POSITIVE RESOLUTION. BY THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL PUTTING THIS PROPOSED STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION ON THE AGENDA TODAY, WE'VE ACTUALLY FAST FORWARDED TO THAT IMPORTANT DIALOG, BUT WE MUST KEEP IT GOING WITHOUT PUBLICLY FORMALIZING OPPOSITIONS THAT CAN DISCOURAGE OPEN COMMUNITY DIALOG AND UNIFIED PROGRESS FOR ALL OF OUR SAN DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS. THUS, I URGE YOU TODAY NOT TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE [INAUDIBLE]. CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? HI, I'M STEVE [INAUDIBLE]. I'M A RETIRED COLONEL AND ENGINEER AND I'VE LIVED IN OCEANSIDE FOR 26 YEARS. I'M A BEACH FRONT RESIDENT IN NORTH COAST VILLAGE AND [INAUDIBLE] THERE. PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION. IT'S VERY PREMATURE SINCE ONLY A FEASIBILITY STUDY HAS BEEN DONE AND GROINS ARE STILL ONLY ONE OPTION. THE-- AND THEY WERE PROPOSED AS A PILOT PROJECT. AND AS YOU HEARD IN THE BRIEFING, THEY CAN BE REMOVED IF A PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED IN THE DOWN DRIFT OF BEACHES SUCH AS CARLSBAD. MANY MORE STUDIES STILL NEED TO BE DONE TO EVALUATE THIS AND MODEL. GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN [INAUDIBLE]. WE HAVEN'T DONE ALL THE EFFORT, BUT YOU'RE ALREADY BEING-- RECEIVING OPPOSITION. THIS RESOLUTION DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBORLY TASK DURING THE SUMMER, OCEANSIDE BEACHES TYPICALLY GAIN SAND FROM SAND COMING FROM THE SOUTH. YES, YOU HEARD THAT ARGUMENT ABOUT THE SAND COMING FROM THE NORTH, BUT BELIEVE ME, IN ALL THE TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS, THEY STILL REALLY AREN'T SURE IF THE SAND COMES MORE FROM THE NORTH OR FROM THE SOUTH. IT GOES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. DURING THE SUMMER, WE GET A LOT OF SAND AND OUR SAND BUILDS UP. AND BY OCTOBER, WE HAVE A LOT, BUT THEN THE WINTER STORMS COME AND TAKE IT AWAY. SO BACK IN-- MANY YEARS AGO, CARLSBAD BUILT SOME JETTIES OUT THERE. I DON'T REMEMBER OCEANSIDE PASSING ANY RESOLUTIONS OPPOSING THE GROINS, YOU PUT OUT THAT COULD BE BLOCKING THE SAND FROM COMING UP TO OUR OCEANSIDE BEACHES. WOULD THAT BE A NICE NEIGHBORLY GESTURE? I DON'T THINK SO. SO ANYWAY, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSITION. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ESTHER SANCHEZ, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR HALL, MATT HALL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ESTHER SANCHEZ, MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE. HERE TO ADDRESS THIS VERY CRITICAL ISSUE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A REGIONAL PROBLEM, AND I HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MAYOR MATT HALL ON HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A REGIONAL ISSUE. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING. THE MAYORS OF THE NORTH COASTAL CITIES HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD IN AN EFFICIENT WAY AND EFFECTIVE WAY. AND I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE PLACES ON YOUR AGENDA. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE DID NOT START OFF BY WORKING TOGETHER. WHATEVER YOUR DECISION IS TODAY, TONIGHT OR THIS AFTERNOON, I ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON. LOOK HOW FAR WE'VE GOTTEN. I MEAN, RECENTLY MATT AND I SPOKE AT A HEARING TO GET $3 MILLION TOWARDS THE ENGINEERING STUDIES TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WE CAN DO, BUT WE NEED TO GET IT DONE TOGETHER. SO, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU VOTE, AND I WANTED TO ADD THAT ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS BESIDES CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER WE WOULD, AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF INVESTMENT IN TIME AND MONEY, [01:05:01] WOULD THE COASTAL COMMISSION EVEN APPROVED THIS. IT WAS ALSO MY BASIS FOR VOTING NO WAS BECAUSE OF THE IMPACTS TO CARLSBAD. THE CITY OF CARLSBAD GETS AS THE REPORT STATED AND WAS HIGHLIGHTED THIS AFTERNOON, BETWEEN 100000 AND 200000 CUBIC YARDS OF SAND AND THAT IS A HUGE, HUGE-- WOULD BE A HUGE HIT. WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THIS AND REGARDLESS AGAIN, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU VOTE, WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING TOGETHER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO. I KNOW MATT, YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT, HEY, HOW CAN THIS MECHANICAL BYPASS SYSTEM-- IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND USE? SO, THAT IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON. BUT AS TO-- UP TO 18 GROINS, THAT WAS THE PRESENTATION AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT THE REQUEST OF CITIZENS WHO NONE OF THE CITIZENS ESPECIALLY LIVING ON THE BEACH, WANTED TO BE SOUTHWARD OF THE GROINS, RIGHT? THE PILOT GROINS. FOUR OF THEM. SO STAFF WAS QUICK TO SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO ACTUALLY EXPAND UP TO 18 GROINS. SO, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE A HUGE IMPACT TO THE CITY'S. CARLSBAD AND OTHER NORTH COASTAL CITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RYAN KEIM. CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? HI, THIS IS RYAN KEIM, DEPUTY MAYOR FROM THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY TO REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROJECT IS. AND SO YOU CAN DIRECTLY HEAR FROM ME THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATING AND HAVING A REGIONAL PROJECT. AS ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT BROUGHT THIS PROJECT FORWARD. I WOULD NOT SUPPORT AND I WILL NOT SUPPORT A PROJECT THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS OUR NEIGHBORS DOWN COAST FROM US. BUT THIS PROJECT IS CRITICAL WITH OUR RECENT [INAUDIBLE] MONEY, WE DID A SURVEY, AND ASIDE FROM HOMELESSNESS, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR OUR CITIZENS. WE DON'T HAVE DRY SAND ON TWO THIRDS OF OUR BEACHES. AND SO I THINK ONE PART OF THE PROJECT THAT WAS UNDERSTATED IN THE PRESENTATION IS THE NOURISHMENT. AND OUR GOAL WITH THIS IS TO HAVE A ROBUST NOURISHMENT PROGRAM SO WE CAN REALLY GET THAT SEDIMENT AND SAND THAT'S NORTH OF THE HARBOR THAT WE SHOULD HAVE RIGHT NOW AND BRINGING THAT DOWN INTO OUR LITTORAL CELL AND BRING MORE SAND TO EVERYONE SOUTH OF US. SO THAT'S THE GOAL. AND I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A NET BONUS OF SAND FOR EVERYONE. BUT AGAIN, I MEAN, I'M HEARING SPECULATION FROM ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT 18 GROINS. WE ARE SO-- THIS IS SO PREMATURE. WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO AND OUTREACH AND COLLABORATION ABOUT THE SIZE, THE LOCATION OF ANY STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO RETAIN SAND. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS IMPORTANT TWO PRONGED APPROACH THAT'S NOT ONLY GOING TO HOLD THE SAND, BUT IT'S GOING TO REPLENISH IT. SO AGAIN, TODAY I REALLY ASKED THAT YOU HOLD OFF WITH A VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION. LET US PARTNER WITH YOU. YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT TO REACH OUT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT ONLY GOOD FOR OUR CITY, BUT IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR CITY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH ANY PROJECT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COME WITH IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAYME TIMBERLAKE. CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? YES, GO AHEAD. HELLO, MY NAME IS JAYME TIMBERLAKE, AND I'M A CARLSBAD RESIDENT. I'M ALSO A COASTAL MANAGER, AN ECOLOGIST AND A FORMER VICE CHAIR ON THE BEACH PRESERVATION COMMITTEE IN CARLSBAD. I'M OPPOSING THE OPPOSITION TO THE OCEANSIDE SAND RETENTION PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS VERY EARLY IN THE DESIGN PROCESS, AND OPPOSING THIS PROJECT AT THIS STAGE WOULD STIFLE SOME MUCH NEEDED COASTAL AND SAND MANAGEMENT IN THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE. EACH ONE OF THE PROJECT OPTIONS DISCUSSED IN THE SAND RETENTION FEASIBILITY STUDY INVOLVED ADDING SAND TO THE LONG SHORE CURRENT THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE LOCKED IN PLACE EITHER IN THE HARBOR OR ON CAMP PENDLETON. SO, INSTEAD OF OPPOSING THE PROJECT OUTRIGHT, I ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO BEGIN COORDINATING WITH THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE AND BECOME AN ACTIVE STAKEHOLDER IN THE PROJECT. THE DESIGN FOR THE GROINS IS NOT COMPLETE, NOR IS [INAUDIBLE] SAND ENRICHMENT DESIGN. AND NOW IS THE TIME TO BEGIN [INAUDIBLE] . WE'RE HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES ON THE AUDIO, IS THERE-- COLLABORATIVELY [01:10:09] COME TO A SOLUTION. [INAUDIBLE] LONG BEACH TOO. SAND IN NORTH COUNTY [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, NICK, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? GOOD AFTERNOON. AM I BEING HEARD? YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NICK RICCI. I'M A CITIZEN OF OCEANSIDE AND THE CO-FOUNDER OF A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION CALLED SAVE OCEANSIDE SAND. WE BEGAN SAVE OCEANSIDE SAND IN 2019, THREE YEARS AGO WITH THE INTENT TO ADVOCATE FOR RESTORED AND HEALTHIER, MAINTAINED OCEANSIDE BEACHES. IN OUR BOARD AND MEMBER MEETINGS, WE HAVE ALWAYS EMPHASIZED THAT WHATEVER SOLUTION TO SAND LOSS IS DECIDED UPON, IT SHOULD NOT, IT CANNOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT SAND FLOW TO THE SOUTH, TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITY, CARLSBAD. THE CURRENT PLAN OF THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE FOR SAND RETENTION IS A PILOT PROJECT. SHOULD THERE OCCUR A DISRUPTION TO SAND FLOW SOUTH, THE SAND RETENTION DEVICES WILL BE REMOVED. THE COST OF THE REMOVAL IS ALREADY FACTORED INTO THE BUDGET. THE MONEY IS THERE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO MITIGATE ANY SAND LOSS, THE AREA BETWEEN EACH GROIN WILL BE BACKFILLED, RECHARGE, RESTORED, NOURISHED ANY WORD YOU WANT TO USE THERE WITH EXTRA SAND TO MAINTAIN THE DYNAMICS OF THE SAND FLOW TO CARLSBAD. LOOK TO NEWPORT BEACH AS TO HOW OUR SYSTEM WILL WORK. CARLSBAD'S BEACHES WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE OCEANSIDE SAND. I, SOS, OCEANSIDE ARE REQUESTING THAT AT THE LEAST, POSTPONE THE VOTE ON YOUR RESOLUTION UNTIL THE ENTIRE PLAN CAN BE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL. WE ARE HOPING THIS WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF A REGIONAL SAND SOLUTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BOB ASHTON, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? HEY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR HALL AND CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL. I'M BOB ASHTON, OCEANSIDE RESIDENT AND AVID WATERMAN HERE IN THE NORTH COAST SINCE 1962, AND ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SAVE OCEANSIDE SAND. FOR ANY COASTAL CITY, A HEALTHY SANDY SHORELINE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ITS LIFEBLOOD OF THE CITY. YOU AND CARLSBAD KNOW THAT HAVING THAT NICE SANDY BEACHES IS A BIG DRAW FOR THE RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO VISIT YOUR CITY. WE KIND OF HAVE THE HARBOR BEACH NOW WHERE IT HAS SAND. I MEAN, THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY SAND WE HAVE IN OCEANSIDE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE OCEANSIDE'S SHORELINE HAS SUFFERED FOR DECADES FROM A CHRONIC LACK OF SAND DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DEL MAR BOAT BASIN AND THE OCEANSIDE HARBOR, NEITHER OF WHICH ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED. SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DEAL WITH THEM AND GET THAT SAND SOUTH, AS MANY SPEAKERS HAVE ALREADY SAID. DEVELOPING A SOUND SAND REPLENISHMENT PLAN, COUPLED WITH A WELL-ENGINEERED AND SCIENCE BACKED RETENTION SYSTEM, IS CRITICAL FOR OCEANSIDE TO RESTORE ITS SHORELINE. SOME OF THE DIALOG MISSING IN RECENT ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE UNION AND OTHER PERIODICALS ON THE RETENTION SYSTEM IS THAT A SAND RETENTION SYSTEM CAN BE DESIGNED TO MITIGATE NEGATIVE DOWN DRIFT SHORELINE IMPACT. OCEANSIDE MUST WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH ITS SISTER CITY, CARLSBAD, IN DEVELOPING A SOLUTION TO THE OCEANSIDE SHORELINE CONDITION THAT DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE CARLSBAD SHORELINE. I WOULD REQUEST YOU VOTE NO OR DEFER THE DECISION ON ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH WILL PROVIDE TIME FOR OCEANSIDE TO REACH OUT AND TEAM WITH CARLSBAD TO GENERATE A ROBUST DIALOG ON ACCEPTABLE COASTAL RETENTION AND REPLENISHMENT SOLUTION THAT MITIGATES THE DOWN DRIFT IMPACT. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OCEANSIDE AND CARLSBAD TO BE THE CATALYST IN DEVELOPING A REGIONAL SHORELINE SOLUTION THAT IS ADAPTIVE AND RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS REQUEST. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT CAULFIELD. CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? MAYOR HALL, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU THIS AFTERNOON. I LIVE A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM CARLSBAD AND SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE DOING BUSINESS AND VISITING FRIENDS. ALL MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN HAVE PARTICIPATED IN YOUR [01:15:05] WONDERFUL JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM. I PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO NEWS REGARDING CARLSBAD AND HAVE A HIGH REGARD FOR THE WAY YOU RUN YOUR CITY. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED TO READ IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO THAT YOU WERE ABOUT TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OPPOSING OCEANSIDE SAND REPLENISHMENT AND RETENTION PLAN. THE RESOLUTION APPEARS PREMATURE CONSIDERING THAT THE OCEANSIDE PLAN YOU OPPOSE HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED, THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PLAN, WHICH REQUIRES OUTREACH TO NEIGHBORING CITIES, IS PENDING AND A CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED. AT THIS STAGE, I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED CARLSBAD TO CONDUCT A CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE PLAN AS IT PROGRESSED ALONGSIDE OF OCEANSIDE AS IT PROGRESSED TOWARD FINALIZATION. IT IS LIKELY THAT OCEANSIDE'S PLAN WILL DEVELOP ASPECTS WITH BENEFICIAL APPLICATION TO CARLSBAD AND THE REGION. THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO SOLVING YOUR BEACH EROSION PROBLEMS, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. YOUR OPPOSITION APPEARS TO BE A RUSH TO JUDGMENT THAT DOES NOT REFLECT THE PROFESSIONAL AND COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT OUGHT TO EXIST BETWEEN NEIGHBORS. THE PRECIPITOUS OPPOSITION ALSO WASTES VALUABLE TIME OF BOTH CARLSBAD AND OCEANSIDE STAFF. WE SHOULD ALL OF US BE FOCUSED ON MOVING FORWARD? WITH A SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP AND MUTUAL SUPPORT TO SOLVE AN ISSUE OF PRIMARY CONCERN TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF BOTH OF OUR CITIES? I URGE YOU TO DISAPPROVE THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN TENAGLIA. CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JOHN [INAUDIBLE]. CAN YOU HEAR ME OK, BY THE WAY? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. MY NAME IS JOHN TENAGLIA. I'M A RESIDENT AT THE VERY SOUTH END OF OCEANSIDE AT ST MALO BEACH. AND BEFORE I GET TO THE ISSUE HERE ON THE SAND REPLENISHMENT RESTORATION PROGRAM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON MYSELF. I'VE SPENT THE LAST 12 YEARS AND THAT'S HOW [INAUDIBLE] MAYOR HALL. I WAS THE POINT PERSON THAT NEGOTIATED THE MASTER AGREEMENT AND THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON EIR RESTORATION PACKAGE, AND I WAS A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS. I'M ONE OF THOSE FOUR WITH MY FAMILY THAT OWNS A PORTION OF THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON WEST OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. WE DECIDED TO WORK WITH THE CITIES AND SANDAG KEITH GREER AND ED PERT AT FISH AND WILDLIFE, AS WELL AS THE FEDS TO COME TOGETHER WITH A DEAL. AND WE DID SO BECAUSE WE DECIDED, RATHER THAN RISK EMINENT DOMAIN LITIGATION. WE'D PLAY BALL AND GET THIS DONE BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES. I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE THIS TOOK 12 YEARS OF COLLABORATION AND WE DECIDED IT WAS OUR BEST INTEREST TO WORK WITH OBVIOUSLY OUR CITY, BUT ALSO YOUR CITY AS WELL. THE END RESULT IS YOU HAVE A CERTIFIED EIR AND GOING FORWARD EVENTUALLY A LAGOON RESTORATION, WHICH WILL END UP WITH TIDAL FLUSHING 38 PERCENT OF THE YEAR, WHICH WILL FLOW SAND TO THE OCEANFRONT AT THE LAGOON MOUTH AND EVENTUALLY DOWN CARLSBAD'S WAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER WHEN THE 38 PERCENT OF THE YEAR THE [INAUDIBLE] LAGOON IS NOT PASSABLE. SO I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE I'VE GOT A LONG HISTORY WORKING WITH OUR TWO CITIES, AND I FEEL THAT I CAN CERTAINLY-- I CERTAINLY AM ASKING THAT AT THIS POINT THAT YOUR COUNCIL GETS WITH US AND SAYS, LOOK, LET'S WORK WITH THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE. WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE IN THE LAGOON MATTER. LET'S DO THIS AGAIN AND THIS RESTORATION EFFORT. I ASKED RESPECTFULLY, THAT YOU CONSIDER POSTPONING OR NOT VOTING AGAINST OUR RESOLUTION AGAINST-- I'M SORRY. OUR PROPOSAL SO THAT THE TWO CITIES CAN GET TOGETHER. WE CAN WORK THROUGH THIS AS WE DID ON THE LAGOON RESTORATION AND COME TO A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR ALL WHICH WON'T HAPPEN TOMORROW OR A WEEK FROM TOMORROW. BUT I'M HOPING THIS YEAR IN 2022, WE CAN COME TO THE TABLE AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR ALL AND DOES NOT HARM CARLSBAD IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM GOING SOUTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BOB WALKER, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? YES. HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS BOB WALKER. I LIVE IN OCEANSIDE. I'M GOING TO START BY APOLOGIZING FOR THE LACK OF DIALOG BETWEEN OCEANSIDE AND CARLSBAD AS TO OCEANSIDE'S PLANS TO REBUILDING AND RETAINING BEACHES. POOR COMMUNICATION CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE FALSE INFORMATION CAN SPREAD. I SAT THROUGH A SANDAG MEETING LAST WEEK AND THIS MEETING TODAY WHERE IT'S [01:20:05] BEEN STATED, FALSELY MAY I ADD, OCEANSIDE NOW WANTS TO BUILD 18 GROINS. THE SCARY THING IS, IF SOMEONE IS NOT WELL INFORMED OF THE INFORMATION, SOMEONE MIGHT BELIEVE THIS FALSE INFORMATION. I JUST LEARNED TODAY THIS FALSE INFORMATION STARTED-- IT'S OUR MAYOR, OUR OWN MAYOR WHO STARTED THIS, WHICH I CAN'T BELIEVE. THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTING COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE WANTS TO BUILD A PILOT PROGRAM OF ONLY FOUR GROINS THAT CAN BE ALTERED OR REMOVED IF THEY LEARN IT'S CAUSING NEGATIVE EFFECTS TO DOWNDRIFT BEACHES. PLEASE DO NOT PASS THIS RESOLUTION. I ASK OCEANSIDE, CARLSBAD, ENCINITAS AND OTHER COASTAL COMMUNITIES TO CREATE AN OPEN DIALOG FOR ALL COASTAL PLANS AND ASSIST EACH OTHER IN FORTHCOMING ENDEAVORS. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELISE WEATHERALL. CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? HELLO, MY NAME IS ALEX WEATHERALL. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO PAY ATTENTION TO OCEANSIDE SAND REPLENISHMENT AND RETENTION PROJECT. I AM A RESIDENT OF OCEANSIDE, BORN AND RAISED AND AN AVID WATER WOMAN. OCEANSIDE SAND IS IN SHORT SUPPLY. OUR BEACHES ARE NARROW AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH GONE. OUR BEACH USAGE IS STILL AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. AS A YOUNG GIRL, I GREW UP SPENDING TIME IN SOUTH OCEANSIDE. BUT NOW, AS A YOUNG WOMAN, I HAVE TO TAKE MY SON DOWN TO CARLSBAD TO HAVE SAND ON THE BEACHES FOR HIM TO PLAY AT. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE, OCEANSIDE SAND SUPPLY HAS BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED BY STRUCTURES BUILT THROUGHOUT THE 20TH CENTURY. THE DAMMING OF THE LAKE HENSHAW IN 1922, THE BREAKWATER AND BOAT BASIN FOR CAMP PENDLETON IN 1940S AND THE OCEANSIDE HARBOR IN THE 1960S. COMBINED, THESE STRUCTURES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SEVERE DOWN COAST EROSION AND BEACH SAND LOSS. OUR SAND SUPPLY IS IN DECLINE AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING. SAND REPLENISHMENT IN OCEANSIDE WITHOUT RETENTION DOES NOT WORK. I'M GOING TO REPEAT THAT SAND REPLENISHMENT IN OCEANSIDE WITHOUT RETENTION DOES NOT WORK. THAT'S WHY WE ARE ALL HERE TODAY. CALIFORNIA COASTAL ENGINEERING EXPERTS AND RENOWNED COASTAL SCIENTISTS HAVE CITED THAT WHILE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND PRECAUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RETENTION SYSTEMS, THEY BASICALLY MIMIC NATURAL LITTORAL DRIFT BARRIERS AND BECOME ARTIFICIAL HEADLANDS. AS SUCH, THEY TRAP SAND AND CREATE BEACHES WHERE THEY PREVIOUSLY DID NOT EXIST TO HELP WIDEN EXISTING BEACHES. THE SAND THAT IS DRIFTING OUT IN THE OCEAN DOES NOT NECESSARILY LAND ON CARLSBAD BEACHES. IT CAN GO AS FAR SOUTH AS LA HOYA AND OUT INTO THE CANYON. SCIENTISTS HAVE STATED THAT A WELL-DESIGNED RETENTION SYSTEM WITH EFFECTIVELY INCORPORATED DOWNDRIFT MITIGATION DESIGN FEATURES ADDRESS THIS CONCERN OF NATURAL LITTORAL DRIFT FLOWING BOTH TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE NORTH. I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO READ GROINS, SAND RETENTION AND THE FUTURE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACHES, WRITTEN BY GARY GRIGGS AND OTHER RENOWNED COASTAL SCIENTISTS TO REALLY LEARN AND BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW RETENTION STRUCTURES CAN BENEFIT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR REGION AS A WHOLE. OCEANSIDE CITY OFFICIALS HAVE REPEATEDLY STATED ON THE RECORD THAT SAND REPLENISHMENT AND RETENTION PILOT PROJECTS WOULD NOT BE APPROVED IF IT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORING DOWNDRIFT CITIES. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE WILL UNDO IT. I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO TODAY ON THIS OPPOSITION. PLEASE DON'T MAKE A DECISION THAT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT GENERATIONS OF OCEANSIDE BEACH LOVERS TO COME. OUR STRETCH OF COASTLINE IS EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, AND IT IS DESERVING OF UNIQUE SOLUTIONS. IT'S TIME FOR US ALL TO COME TOGETHER TO BE CREATIVE IN OUR THINKING AND [INAUDIBLE] WITH A REGIONAL SCOPE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER ENDS WITH ONE SIX EIGHT ONE. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? [COUGH]. YES, MAYOR HALL AND COUNCIL, THIS IS KATIE TAYLOR. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT ON MAYOR SANCHEZ'S CALL TODAY. SHE HAS BECOME A CONTRARIAN WITH HER OWN CITY COUNCIL, TAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY SHE CAN TO UNDERCUT THEM. I CONSIDER HER CALLS AND HER ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE AS NOTHING MORE THAN GRANDSTANDING. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE MY WORD FOR THAT, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU CALL MAYOR PRO TEM RYAN KEIM, COUNCIL MEMBER KORI JENSEN, [01:25:01] CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ AND PETER WEISS, WHO ARE FRUSTRATED. THERE'S NO COOPERATION EVEN ON THEIR OWN CITY DOCKET WITH MAYOR SANCHEZ, MUCH LESS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. MAY I SUGGEST IN LISTENING TO THE DIFFERENT VOICES TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE TODAY THAT YOU PUT THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION ON HOLD UNTIL YOU CAN GATHER MORE INFORMATION? AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CALL THE OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE I DO THINK THEY WILL GIVE YOU STRONG COOPERATION. WE ALL CARE ABOUT THE BEACHES. WE ALL WANT BEAUTIFUL BEACHES FOR OCEANSIDE AND CARLSBAD AND OUR WHOLE COASTLINE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER ENDS WITH TWO SIX FIVE FOUR. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? HELLO, DO YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. YES, SO I'M [INAUDIBLE], I'M LIVING IN CARLSBAD AND I'M OFTEN AT THE BEACH, SO I'M INTERESTED AND SOMETHING IS JUST AMAZING. NOBODY SEEMS TO CONSIDER THE REASONS WHY WE ARE LOSING SO MUCH SAND. SEVEN YEARS AGO, I USED TO RUN ON THE BEACH. I'M A JOGGER AND I COULD RUN FROM CARLSBAD CENTER IS A PIER AND BACK AT LOW AND HIGH TIDE. NO PROBLEM. NOW, AT LOW TIDE, I CANNOT DO IT. SO, MOST OF THE SAND IN OCEANSIDE IS JUST GONE. AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN CARLSBAD. THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE SAND [INAUDIBLE] BEACH. FOR ANYBODY WHO KNOWS CARLSBAD, THE BEACH WAS VERY LARGE AND NOW AT HIGH TIDE, IT'S VERY SMALL. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY LOSING A LOT OF SAND IN CARLSBAD. SO THAT'S ONE THING. AND WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT? ONE IS OVERBUILDING. THE VISTA LAGOON IS ALMOST GONE. WE BUILT CONCRETE OVER IT. IT'S A HUGE BUSINESS CENTER. THE BUSINESS [INAUDIBLE] AND WE DID THAT ALL OVER THE COAST. SO THE NATURAL FLOW FROM INLAND CANNOT COME AND REPLENISH THE BEACH. SO, THAT'S ONE REASON. THE OTHER REASON, OF COURSE, IS GLOBAL WARMING AND THE SEA RISE. SO, ONE THING WOULD BE TO TRY TO HELP TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. AND NOW I SEE THE MAYOR OF CARLSBAD SAYING NO TO SANDAG WHEN WE JUST START BUILDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, HELPING TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS BECAUSE IN CALIFORNIA, 60 PERCENT OF THIS POLLUTION COMES FROM CARS, AND WE ARE NOT EVEN TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AT THE BEGINNING. SO WE WILL NEVER PROGRESS ON THE BEACH. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS TO SHIFT THE PROBLEM FROM OCEANSIDE TO CARLSBAD AND MAYBE TO CAUSE THAT SOUTH DOWN THE LINE. WE CAN DO THAT. THIS WILL WORK FOR SOME TIME AND BEACH REPLENISHMENT WORK FOR LIMITED TIME. WE DID THAT ON THE SITE BELONGING TO CALIFORNIA IN CARLSBAD LAST WINTER. AND WHEN YOU GO THERE, YOU SEE A QUITE A BIG CLIFF OF SAND, AND MOST OF THE SAND IS ALREADY GONE. SO THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION IF YOU DON'T SEEK LONG TERM SOLUTION. THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN KEEP A BEACH IN CARLSBAD AND IN OCEANSIDE. OCEANSIDE IS ALREADY GONE. SO AND OUR MAYOR DOESN'T EVEN SIGN ON SOME INITIATIVES. OUR MAYORS WHO WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR-- TO [INAUDIBLE] THESE TYPE OF ISSUES RELATED TO GLOBAL WARMING. EVEN IF IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW--. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAURA WALSH. CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. HI, THIS IS LAURA WALSH. I'M SURFRIDER FOUNDATION CALIFORNIA POLICY MANAGER. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR CHIMING IN AND LISTENING TO A VERY DIFFICULT BEACH PRESERVATION ISSUE. AND I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TONIGHT AND JUST SAY. YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL CAN EXPRESS A LOT OF EMPATHY FOR ALL THE OCEANSIDE RESIDENTS CALLING IN. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THEY'RE IN NEED OF SAND. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THEY'VE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN OPTIONS FOR SAND. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY SHOULD NOT BE ASKING CARLSBAD-- THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE ASKING CARLSBAD TO SIGN OFF ON A PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVES UP YOUR OWN SAND FOR A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT GROINS DO. THEY'RE A VERY OLD ENGINEERING STRATEGY. THE COASTAL COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED A GROIN FOR THE SOLE RETENTION-- SOLE PURPOSE OF SAND RETENTION EVER, AND THEY HAVEN'T APPROVED A NEW GROIN BECAUSE OF THESE [01:30:02] REGIONAL IMPACTS IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. AND WHAT THEY LAST APPROVED WAS A SMALL EXTENSION TO FORTY EIGHT FEET. THESE ARE SIX HUNDRED FOOT LONG GROINS. I DO WANT TO TALK REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT AND WHY WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT IT. YES, IT'S TRUE. IT'S A PILOT PROJECT THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING AT, BUT WE DO HAVE ON RECORD THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SPEAKING AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SPEAKING TO THE FACT THAT THIS COULD BE EXTENDED TO A 16 GROIN, GROIN FIELD. THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS BECAUSE SOUTHERN OCEANSIDE RESIDENTS REALIZE THAT IF GROINS WERE SIGHTED ONLY IN THE NORTHERN OR MIDDLE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY WOULD BE LOSING SAND. SO IT ILLUSTRATES THE DOMINO EFFECT IMPACTS THAT THIS COULD AND WOULD HAVE RIGHT OFF THE BAT. AND I DO HAVE TO SAY I THINK YOU GUYS WOULD BE DOING OCEANSIDE A FAVOR BY COMING OUT EARLY WITH THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE THEY CONTINUE TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON A PROJECT THAT WILL NOT BE APPROVED BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND WOULD OTHERWISE LEAD TO A LAWSUIT. THEY'RE ALREADY SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE DESIGN AND PLANNING, AND THEY'VE SPENT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE STUDY. AND I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY FAIR FOR CARLSBAD TO SAY THAT THEY WANT TO WORK TOWARDS REGIONAL SOLUTIONS THAT WON'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT THEM AND THE OTHER NORTH COAST CITIES. THANKS. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS MAYOR. OKAY. IF WE COULD, COULD WE JUST GO TO QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH THE COMMENTS IF I COULD TONIGHT. SO, CAN WE JUST KIND OF ASK OUR QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COMMENTS, SO WE'LL START OFF WITH DR. BHAT-PATEL. SURE, THANK YOU. YEAH, AND I KNOW LIKE MANY OF THE FOLKS MENTIONED, THIS IS A DIFFICULT TOPIC IN CONVERSATION AND SOMETHING THAT HAS COME BEFORE THE SHORELINE PRESERVATION WORKING GROUP, WHICH I SIT ON AS OF LAST WEEK. AND SO WITH THAT AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT-- THE MAYOR MENTIONED JUST QUESTIONS. SO I'LL GO INTO MY QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF COMMENTS. BUT WITH REGARDS TO JUST CLARIFICATION-- FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION IS A GENERAL STATEMENT WITH REGARDS TO ENSURING THAT ANY SORT OF PLAN THAT'S BROUGHT FORWARD FROM ANY ENTITY THAT'S GOING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT CARLSBAD IN TERMS OF SAND RETENTION OR SAND REPLENISHMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TAKING A STAND AGAINST VERSUS JUST GROINS OR WHATEVER PLAN IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE. IS THAT ACCURATE? YES, MA'AM, THAT IS CORRECT. THE RESOLUTION STARTS OFF WITH THE BACKGROUND ON THE OCEANSIDE PROJECT, BUT THE STATEMENT IS ACTUALLY MORE GENERAL TO ANY DEVICE THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE NATURAL FLOW OF BEACH SAND INTO CARLSBAD. SO THAT COULD BE GROINS, COULD BE JETTIES, COULD BE SOME OTHER STRUCTURE, AND IT COULD BE CONSTRUCTED BY ANOTHER ENTITY THAN CITY OF OCEANSIDE. SO CERTAINLY THE INTENT WAS FOR IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THE OCEANSIDE PROJECT. IF THE OCEANSIDE PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO INTERFERE WITH NATURAL FLOW [INAUDIBLE] INTO CARLSBAD, THEN ONE COULD SAY THERE SHOULDN'T BE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. OK, GREAT, THANK YOU, THAT'S THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIGGEST QUESTIONS WAS JUST MAKING SURE BECAUSE I KNOW OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION. AND SO I THINK I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR BEACHES ARE NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY ANYTHING GOING FORWARD AND THAT THIS IS JUST MAKING SURE AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT A REGIONAL SOLUTION AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE TAKING MORE OF A REGIONAL APPROACH TO THIS. AND GIVEN THAT, KIND OF TYING INTO MY NEXT QUESTION, DID WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE KEY STAKEHOLDERS OR BE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE BEFORE THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL? NO, MA'AM. WE WERE FIRST MADE AWARE OF THE PROJECT WHEN IT WENT TO COUNCIL IN REGARD TO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY PRESENTED ON AUGUST 11TH. WE HAVE SINCE HAD COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE STAFF, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER, AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WAS INADVERTENT AND NOT INCLUDING CITY OF CARLSBAD STAFF IN PREVIOUS OUTREACH EFFORTS. AND THEY WERE FULLY COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO PURSUE THE DIALOG AND INCLUDE US IN FUTURE OUTREACH EFFORTS ON THIS PROJECT. OK, GREAT. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. JUST TAKING THE QUESTIONS HERE, MR. LANCASTER, COULD YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE COST OF THAT STUDY WAS TO THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE THAT RESULTED IN THE AGENDA ITEM AT THE COUNCIL? I DO NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE, SIR. I'M SORRY. IT WAS KIND OF SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE MAKING WITH SEVERAL OPTIONS, A LOT OF [01:35:06] WORK BY A CONSULTING TEAM THAT BROUGHT IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I MEAN, IT'S NOTHING THAT WAS A TEN THOUSAND STUDY OR THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND STUDY. THERE WAS A PRICE TAG ATTACHED TO THAT STUDY THAT BROUGHT THIS TO THE OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR VOTES. AND I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE WORD INADVERTENT. IF CARLSBAD WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING ON THE COAST OR PROPOSE SOMETHING SAND ORIENTED TO EITHER REPLENISH SAND OR CAPTURE SAND OR A DEVICE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WOULDN'T OUR FIRST COURSE OF ACTION BE TO REACH OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORS OR TO WORK REGIONALLY THROUGH SANDAG? I BELIEVE WE WOULD TYPICALLY MAKE THOSE ATTEMPTS TO REACH TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES. THE OCEANSIDE STAFF ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS AN ERROR IN NOT INCLUDING CARLSBAD, BUT I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY SPECIFIC INTENT TO OMIT OUR [INAUDIBLE]. OK, THANK YOU THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. THANK YOU, AND WHAT STUCK OUT TO ME, FOLLOWS ALONG THE SAME LINE OF QUESTIONING, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE CALLERS ABOUT COLLABORATION AND BEING GOOD PARTNERS AND BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS. WHEN WERE WE REACHED OUT-- SO, THE AGENDA ITEM WAS IN AUGUST. IT WENT TO COUNCIL IN AUGUST OF 2021. WHEN DID THEY REACH OUT TO US TO INCLUDE US AS A NEIGHBOR, PARTNER, COLLABORATOR? WHEN WAS THAT? I WAS CONTACTED ON DECEMBER 28TH. DECEMBER 28TH. OK. FROM SOMETHING THAT PASSED ALREADY IN AUGUST, SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, IT REALLY INFORMS MY DECISION. THANKS. SO, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT IT DIVES WAY DOWN. I'M SORRY, MR. BLACKBURN. EXCUSE ME. GO AHEAD, SIR. OK. THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS TO THIS. EVERYTHING EVERYBODY SAID KEPT ME GOING. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. BUT THEN I AGREE WITH THIS ALSO. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THE BIG THING THAT'S OBVIOUS IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COLLABORATION, NOT JUST BETWEEN OCEANSIDE AND CARLSBAD, BUT WITH THE OTHER CITIES THAT GO SOUTH FROM US. SO, MY QUESTION TO STAFF IS, IF WE VOTE-- I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER WE SHOULD VOTE NO AND FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. AND IF WE DO THAT, DOES THAT CLOSE THE DOOR ON THIS PROJECT? OR CAN WE STILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM ON ANY IDEAS THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH THAT ALL OF THE NORTH COUNTY CITIES OR ALL THE COASTAL CITIES, I'M SORRY, CAN AGREE ON? OR WOULD IT BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO PUT THIS OFF UNTIL ANOTHER TIME WHEN WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE OTHER CITIES? I'M LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE. CERTAINLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER-- OR MAYOR PRO TEM, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND AGAIN, ALTHOUGH I CAN APPRECIATE THE REQUEST TO CONTINUE THE ITEM, COUNCIL'S ACTION ON THIS ITEM TODAY DOES NOT FORECLOSE OUR ABILITY TO DISCUSS THIS IN THE FUTURE. SIMPLY PUT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT A CONTINUANCE WOULD REALLY DO WHEN OCEANSIDE IS ISSUED AN RFP BACK IN OCTOBER AND THEN SAID ANOTHER WAY THE CAKE HAS BEEN BAKED WITHOUT STAKEHOLDER INPUT, AND HERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ABOUT CARLSBAD. AND OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE DETRIMENTALLY IMPACTED. NOW OUR OWN BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOGNIZED THIS AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO OPPOSE. SO, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR THIS ITEM TO BE HEARD TODAY, GIVEN THE COMMUNITY'S INTEREST ON THE MATTER AND SHOULD CITY COUNCIL GO WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. IT WOULD SIGNAL TO OCEANSIDE, THAT GOVERNMENT WORKS BEST WHEN IT COLLABORATES. NOT REACHING OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS AFTER THE FACT. I DID HAVE A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH OCEANSIDE CITY MANAGER LAST NIGHT AND I DO WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH OCEANSIDE IN THE FUTURE ON A MATTER OF SUCH IMPORTANCE TO BOTH THEIR COMMUNITY AND OURS AND ENCINITAS' COMMUNITY AND OTHER COASTAL CITIES. SO, A VOTE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD NOT IN ANY WAY PROHIBIT THE CITIES FROM COLLABORATING ON IDEAS IN THE FUTURE. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU. AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO FORM A WORKING GROUP AND WE COLLABORATE TOGETHER. COUNCIL CAN ALWAYS REVISIT THIS RESOLUTION AND RESCIND AT A LATER DATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. BLACKBURN. YOU ASKED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT ASKING, BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT BEEN SAID TODAY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THAT WE DON'T POINT FINGERS. [01:40:04] IS THAT OUR PRIMARY CONCERN IS HOW DO WE TAKE A HALF A STEP OR A STEP BACKWARD, FORM A COLLABORATION AND MOVE FORWARD? AND THERE IS SO MUCH DETAIL IN A LOT OF WHAT WAS SAID TODAY. IT WOULD TAKE, FOR ME, IT WOULD TAKE AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH IT POINT BY POINT. BUT WHAT I WOULD HOPE TODAY IS THAT WE SEND A MESSAGE TO OCEANSIDE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ON A WAY THAT WE CAN CREATE SAND ON THE BEACH, NOT ONLY FOR YOU, BUT FOR ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH DEL MAR, IF NEED POSSIBLE. AND I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES JUST LOOKING AT TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION THAT PERHAPS HAVEN'T BEEN EXPLORED. BUT WITH THAT SAID, I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO WHAT YOU BROUGHT BEFORE YOUR COUNCIL. PERHAPS THEY WERE THERE AND I'M JUST MISSING IT. BUT TODAY, I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR MESSAGE IS THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU. WHAT WE KNOW TODAY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAN AGREE UPON. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE CONVINCED [INAUDIBLE] FUTURE WITH SOME SORT OF COMING TOGETHER AS TO HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK. SO, I'D LIKE TO GO ON AND LISTEN TO THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES AS TO HOW WE CAN STEP BACK, HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, HOW WE CAN WORK AS ONE. MR. NORBY, I THINK YOU REACHED UP FIRST. THANK YOU, MAYOR HALL. LET ME JUST START OFF BY SAYING, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I'VE BEEN WORKING IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN CARLSBAD, IN NORTH COUNTY FOR WELL OVER 30 YEARS AND THIS MOVE OR THIS DECISION BY OCEANSIDE KIND OF RANKS AS THE MOST AMATEURISH OR THE MOST INCREDIBLE DECISION THAT I'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF WORKING, NOT WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER CITIES ON AN ISSUE WHERE HISTORICALLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COLLABORATION IN TERMS OF BEACH SAND. SO, I'M DISAPPOINTED. I'VE HEARD A LOT TODAY ABOUT, IT'S PREMATURE AND IT'S TOO EARLY, AND WORK WITH US FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, AND WE WANT TO HELP CARLSBAD. AND MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS, IT IS PREMATURE AND THE ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN, QUITE FRANKLY, IN MY OPINION, TO GET US STARTED ON THE RIGHT FOOT IS FOR THE OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL TO RESCIND THEIR AGENDA ITEM AND TO RESCIND THEIR VOTE ON THAT AGENDA ITEM. GOING IT ALONE AND PROPOSING IT BECAUSE ALL OF THE SPEAKERS TODAY WERE, WELL, WE'VE DONE IT NOW, AND SO JUST WORK WITH US. AND YEAH, I KNOW THE GROINS ARE ONLY IN OCEANSIDE, BUT EVENTUALLY WILL GET TO CARLSBAD. I CAN SEE THIS RIPPLE EFFECT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE COAST. AND IT'S NOT THE WAY IT'S DONE. SO I'M DISAPPOINTED. IT'S A REALLY, REALLY AMATEUR MOVE, AND IT SPEAKS TO SOME OF THE, MAYBE SOME OF THE DYNAMICS THAT ARE GOING ON UP THERE. I APPRECIATE, MAYOR SANCHEZ COMING HERE AND THE DEPUTY MAYOR COMING HERE AND GIVING THEIR COMMENTS. AND I REMEMBER WORKING-- WHEN I WAS WORKING ON [INAUDIBLE] WORKING WITH THEN COUNCILWOMAN SANCHEZ AND ESTABLISHING THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM IN OCEANSIDE BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD FOR OCEANSIDE, AND THAT COLLABORATION WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. THEIR MAIN STREET PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL. WE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR PRAISING OUR MAYOR AND OUR CITY FOR WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON BUENA VISTA LAGOON, AND THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL. AND THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS, I THINK, AND IT'S BEST CONDUCTED IN THAT MANNER. SO I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS ASKING THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE TO RECONSIDER THEIR DECISION AND RESCIND THAT DECISION. THAT IS THE ACTION THAT IS NEEDED TO GET US STARTED BACK TO SQUARE ONE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE IN A WAY THAT MAYOR HALL HAS SUGGESTED THAT WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER. FOR NOW, I'M IN FAVOR OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF THE MOTION. I THINK OUR CITY MANAGER SAID IT COULD ALSO BE RESCINDED IF ITEMS ON THE GROUND CHANGES. BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES CONSIDER ADDING TO THAT MOTION THAT WE INFORM SANDAG'S BEACH SHORELINE PRESERVATION AND SEND THE RESOLUTION TO THEM, AND THAT WE SEND THE RESOLUTION TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO JUST THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE. THANK YOU. DR. BHAT-PATEL. SURE, THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, WE DID HEAR THIS DURING THE SHORELINE PRESERVATION WORKING GROUP AS WELL, AND DEFINITELY THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS RAISED BY OTHER CITIES AS WELL AS OF COURSE, I WAS LISTENING IN AND HAD CONCERNS FOR CARLSBAD AS WELL. AND I THINK FOR ME AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AS WELL, THAT WE ARE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AND THAT FROM [01:45:02] THE GET GO, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. I DO-- IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FROM A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING THAT COASTAL COMMISSION WOULD LIKELY NOT APPROVE THIS PROJECT ANYWAYS. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE OTHER PIECES JUST TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A REGIONAL APPROACH AND THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER. AND I DO-- I DID HEAR BOTH MAYOR SANCHEZ AND MAYOR PRO TEM KEIM MENTIONED THAT THEY WANT TO WORK WITH US. SO, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING ALONGSIDE THEM IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT REGIONAL SOLUTION LOOKS LIKE. I DO THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO POTENTIALLY INCLUDE ALL OF THE NORTH COASTAL CITIES, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING WE BROUGHT UP AT THE SHORELINE PRESERVATION WORKING GROUP, AS KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND BE ABLE TO BE-- EITHER CREATE A SUBGROUP AT THAT SHORELINE PRESERVATION WORKING GROUP, WHICH WE HAD MENTIONED OF THE NORTH COASTAL CITY, SO THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WHAT SAND REPLENISHMENT AND SAND RETENTION WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR OUR ENTIRE REGION. SO, WE ARE COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THOUGHT TO KEEP IN MIND AND HOPEFULLY A PLAN THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ENACT AND MOVE FORWARD ON VERSUS ALL OF US KIND OF TAKING THINGS IN [INAUDIBLE]. AND I THINK THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT ISSUE WE'RE LOOKING AT IN ANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, A LOT OF THESE TEND TO BE REGIONAL ISSUES, RIGHT? AND ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO SEA LEVEL RISE, SAND REPLENISHMENT, SAND RETENTION, OUR COAST CONNECTS OUR ENTIRE STATE. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW, ESPECIALLY FOR NORTH COASTAL, YOU KNOW, NORTH COUNTY COASTAL, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THINKING OF IT FROM THAT REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE. SO, I THINK I AM DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT I DO WANT OCEANSIDE TO KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SENDING THAT MESSAGE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THAT AGAIN, THE REPRESENTATIVES TOOK TIME TO COME TO THIS MEETING TODAY, AND I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. YES, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR THE EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, LOTS OF DETAIL. SURELY THE NATURAL FLOW OF SAND IN CURRENTS ALONG OUR REGIONAL SHORELINE IS A REGIONAL ISSUE. WE'VE ALL AGREED. ALL THE BEACH CITIES IN OUR REGION HAVE SAND RETENTION AND REPLENISHMENT ISSUES, AND NO CITY SHOULD BE ACTING LIKE A LONE WOLF ON THESE ISSUES. REGIONAL ISSUES DO REQUIRE REGIONAL COLLABORATION. SO, THIS RESOLUTION IS A STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION TO OTHERS CONSTRUCTING DEVICES, AS STAFF SAID, AND IS IN OUR AGENDA PACKET CONSTRUCTING DEVICES THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE NATURAL FLOW OF SAND IN CARLSBAD. THE MESSAGE I THINK THAT WE'RE SENDING BY PASSING THE RESOLUTION IS WE WANT TO OPEN THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH OCEANSIDE AND PROBLEM SOLVE THESE ISSUES TOGETHER. SO, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. MR. BLACKBURN. WELL, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ALL WANT TO REPLENISH AND PRESERVE THE SAND ON ALL OF OUR BEACHES. SO PART OF THE MOTION I WOULD LIKE TO ADD WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY SAID. I'D ALSO LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF TO WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH OCEANSIDE AND THE OTHER COASTAL CITIES LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT IS SATISFACTORY TO ALL OF THE CITIES FOR SAND REPLENISHMENT AND RETENTION. OK, I THINK THE MESSAGES HERE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR SOME OF OUR FRUSTRATION. BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE ARE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF HARD WORK ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S PART TO MAKE THIS VIABLE. AND YOU KNOW, FOR ME, SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY THAT'S BEEN USED TODAY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. SO, AGAIN, I HAVEN'T HAD ACCESS TO THEIR REPORT. SO, I DON'T KNOW REALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GROIN AND A JETTY AND WHAT SOME OF THIS TERMINOLOGY MEANS AND THE DETAIL THAT WENT IN BEHIND IT. SO, ALL I KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY IS I WOULD LIKE TO GET US TOGETHER, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACKWARD IN ORDER TO DO THIS, BUT TO USE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY AND THE ASSETS WE ALSO HAVE BETWEEN US, THE HARBOR, AT LEAST TWO LAGOONS, THE AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON, THE BATIQUITOS LAGOON, SOON TO BE THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON. AND EVEN IF WE GO FURTHER SOUTH SAN ELIJO, WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, IS ABOUT HOW WE COULD MINE THE SAND OUT OF THOSE BAYS AND [01:50:06] BACK ONTO OUR BEACHES. SO, FOR ME, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THE THING THAT I WANT TO EXPRESS, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS PLEASE, LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER TO TRY AND MAKE BEACH PRESERVATION, SAND PRESERVATION, REALLY JOB NUMBER ONE AMONG ALL OF US ON THE COAST BECAUSE BEACHES IN THE COASTAL PRESERVATION IS IN ALL OF OUR GOALS, UP AND DOWN THE COAST IS RIGHT IN THE TOP THREE. SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT HOW STAFF HAS LAID THIS OUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE HERE TO WORK TOGETHER. SO MR. NORBY, IF I APOLOGIZE WHEN THE COUNCIL CONCLUDES ITS STATEMENTS. IF I COULD PLEASE ADDRESS THE RESOLUTION AND SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE. EXCUSE ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK YOU CALLED ON ME, BUT I'LL DEFER IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY ELSE TO SPEAK. GO AHEAD. WE CAN START WITH YOU. OK, THANK YOU. JUST IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED HERE IN TERMS OF-- I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, I THINK I AM, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR. WE DO WANT TO WORK REGIONALLY. WE WANT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON BEACH ISSUES. I BELIEVE CARLSBAD ALWAYS HAS. IT'S BEEN OUR CONDUCT IN THE PAST. AND THE CONDUCT HERE WAS THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE PASSING AN ITEM IN FRONT OF THEIR AGENDA TO WORK ON THEIR BEACH AND AVOIDING WORKING WITH ANY OF THE OTHER CITIES AND NOT ACCIDENTALLY. I SIMPLY DON'T ACCEPT THAT ON ISSUES OF SAND IN OUR COMMUNITIES WORKING TOGETHER. THAT'S MY PERSONAL COMMENT, I DON'T ACCEPT THAT. SO, IF OUR COUNCIL DESIRES TO WORK WITH OCEANSIDE COLLABORATIVELY, I WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR IT'S NOT ON THIS PROJECT. AND IF THIS PROJECT GOES FORWARD AND THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED FORWARD AND MORE STUDIES FORWARD AND MORE DESIGNS FORWARD, THAT IS NOT WORKING COLLABORATIVELY. AND SO THE ONUS, IN MY OPINION AND THE DECISION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN HERE, IS FOR OCEANSIDE TO REALLY ASK ITSELF IF IT WANTS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR CITIES AS WE DO OR IF IT WANTS TO WORK INDIVIDUALLY. AND AGAIN, I WOULD ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL TO REVISIT THIS AND RESCIND THEIR DECISION. OK. SO MR. BLACKBURN, YOU WANT TO START WITH A MOTION. YES, BUT I WANT TO CLEAR UP WITH MR. NORBY THAT THE ONLY THING WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO THE MOTION IS THAT YOU WANT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MOTION FORWARDED TO SANDAG AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION. DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE MOTION. OK, THANK YOU. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADD IS THAT WE DIRECT OUR STAFF TO WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH OCEANSIDE AND OTHER COASTAL CITIES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERN WITH ME ADDING THAT TO THE MOTION? OK. THEN MY MOTION IS THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12 WITH THE ADDITIONS OF THAT COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH OCEANSIDE AND OTHER CITIES REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND THAT THIS INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH A SANDAG AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION. COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE. I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE NOW, THEREFORE, AND BE IT RESOLVED SECTION, SENTENCE TWO. THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY DRAFTED IS A BIT AWKWARD BECAUSE IT ALMOST IMPLIES THAT WE HAVE A SEPARATE STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION THAT SHOULD BE ATTACHED WHEN IN FACT, THIS RESOLUTION IS INTENDED TO BE THE STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION. SO, THAT SECOND SENTENCE NUMBER TWO, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU MODIFY IT TO REFLECT YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. IT SHOULD SIMPLY READ THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD OPPOSES CONSTRUCTING DEVICES THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE NATURAL FLOW OF BEACH SAND INTO CARLSBAD. STRIKE OUT THAT IS HEREBY APPROVED LANGUAGE AND THE REFERENCE TO A SEPARATE STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION. I BELIEVE IT WILL SAVE US SOME CONFUSION IN THE FUTURE TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS IN FACT THE STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION. THERE IS NOT A SEPARATE ONE. SO I'D ASK THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ADD WHAT ATTORNEY BREWER JUST ADDED TO MY MOTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SECOND. MR. BARBERIO. YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF IT IS OK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, CAN THAT LANGUAGE READ INSTEAD OF WHAT SHE SAID OPPOSES THE CONSTRUCTION OF DEVICES THAT COULD INTERFERE BECAUSE WE WON'T BE THE ONES CONSTRUCTING JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE OPPOSED TO ANY [INAUDIBLE] CONSTRUCTING? THAT'S FINE. I SIMPLY WAS REFLECTING THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, BUT THAT'S FINE NOW. [01:55:01] SO. THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CITY COUNCIL OPPOSES THE CONSTRUCTION OF DEVICES THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE NATURAL FLOW OF BEACH SAND INTO CARLSBAD IS HEREBY APPROVED. [INAUDIBLE] IS HEREBY APPROVED. IT'S APPROVED UPON ADOPTION. PERFECT. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THAT ATTORNEY BREWER? I CERTAINLY AM. THANK YOU. I HOPE I HAVEN'T CONFUSED THE COUNCIL. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. SO THAT'S MY MOTION, AND I THINK IT WAS SECONDED BY DR. OKAY. THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED ON THIS, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST WISH SHE HAD A LOT MORE TIME TO GO OVER THIS IN MUCH MORE DETAIL. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. SO, WITH THAT, I'LL CALL THE QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE OTHER THING I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE JUST THOUGHT IN OUR MINDS, AND WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS IT TONIGHT, BUT IF OCEANSIDE WANTS TO FORM A WORKING GROUP, WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THAT. YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT TO USE PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES OR HOWEVER WE FEEL IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET BACK TO APPOINT A COLLABORATION AND THAT WE'RE ALL MOVING TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE WAY. AND, PROBABLY THAT SHOULD INVOLVE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS, JUST MAYBE NOT CITY. SO, WITH THAT SAID, WHAT TIME IS IT? IT LOOKS LIKE 4:57 MAYOR. SO, WHY DON'T WE TAKE A 13 MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK AT 5:10 AND WE'LL GO RIGHT BACK INTO, I BELIEVE IT IS ITEM 10 ON THE WATER AND SEWER RATES. I THOUGHT IT WAS CLEAR. OK, THEN LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 10 APPROVAL OF PROPOSED THREE YEAR RATES FOR POTABLE WATER, RECYCLED WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE. [10. APPROVAL OF PROPOSED THREE-YEAR RATES FOR POTABLE WATER, RECYCLED WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES – 1)] MR. CHADWICK. THANK YOU, SIR. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE WILL BE REQUESTING TO TAKE PUBLIC INPUT, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS. BUT MAKING THE PRESENTATION WILL BE OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR MS. VICKI QUIRAM AND OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST SHOSHANA AGUILAR. LADIES? GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT YOU ARE GOING TO BE HEARING COMMENTS AND CONCERNS OF THE PUBLIC AND THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH YOU FOR ABOUT A YEAR. NOW YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF INFORMATION, SEEN A LOT OF DATA, AND I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SHOSHANA AGUILAR TO DO THE PRESENTATION, AND I WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AFTER. OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN, OK? [INAUDIBLE] OK, WONDERFUL. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CMWD BOARD, I WILL JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO IT. SO, THERE ARE TWO PROPOSED ACTIONS TONIGHT TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT A CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION APPROVING THREE YEAR RATES FOR WASTE WATER SERVICES AND TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT A CMWD RESOLUTION FOR THREE YEAR RATES FOR POTABLE WATER AND RECYCLED WATER SERVICES. SO THIS PRESENTATION COVERS THESE THREE SERVICES WATER, RECYCLED WATER AND WASTEWATER, WHICH ARE MOSTLY UNDERGROUND AND OPERATE 24 HOURS A DAY. EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS PROVIDES A CRITICAL SERVICE TO CARLSBAD RESIDENTS. AND RATE INCREASES ARE NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE. SO, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE NOW. WE HAVE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND THE BOARD A NUMBER OF TIMES ON THE STATUS OF OUR FUNDS, MOST RECENTLY IN NOVEMBER WHEN YOU VOTED TO SET TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING. SINCE THEN, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH, INCLUDING MAILING OUT NOTICES TO ABOUT TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS. SO PHYSICAL MAILERS AND MORE OUTREACH I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER AND TODAY WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS GOVERNED BY CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 218, SO THE FIRST STEP TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SETTING TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING, THEN WE NOTIFY CUSTOMERS AT LEAST FORTY FIVE DAYS BEFORE TODAY'S DATE. WE'RE HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH PROP 218. THERE IS A PROTEST PROCESS I WANT TO BRIEFLY GO OVER. RESIDENTS CAN SUBMIT THEIR CONCERNS IN WRITING TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ANY TIME [02:00:05] BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF CUSTOMERS PROVIDE WRITTEN PROTESTS, THEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE RATES. I DO WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ABOUT WHY WE ARE REQUESTING THESE INCREASES. THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT OPERATES AND MAINTAINS OVER TWO POINT ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE. MOST OF IT IS UNDERGROUND. IT INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF MILES OF PIPELINE, THOUSANDS OF VALVES AND FIRE HYDRANTS, 12 WATER RESERVOIRS, 11 WASTEWATER LIFT STATIONS AND WET WELLS. AND THIS $2.1 BILLION VALUATION DOES NOT EVEN INCLUDE THE CARLSBAD WATER RECYCLING FACILITY AND THE WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS THAT WE PARTNER WITH. ALL OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS AGING. TRADITIONALLY, WE HAVE HAD SOME OF THE LOWEST RATES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY, BUT LOWEST RATES ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN YOU WANT REALLY RELIABLE UTILITY SERVICE. THERE ARE ALSO INCREASES TO COSTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, SUCH AS INCREASES FROM THE ENCINA WASTEWATER AUTHORITY TO CONTINUALLY TO INVEST IN THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES THAT THEY OPERATE FOR US AND THE INCREASING COST TO PURCHASE WATER FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY, WHICH WE THEN DELIVER TO CARLSBAD RESIDENTS. OUR CITY IS ABOUT 70 YEARS OLD, BUT THE EXPECTED LIFESPAN FOR WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IS CLOSER TO 30 TO 50 YEARS. WE NEED TO ALWAYS INVEST IN MAINTAINING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF WATER MAIN BREAKS AND SEWER SPILLS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING THE SAME INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THAT YOU SEE IN THE REST OF THE ECONOMY. THESE PERCENTAGE INCREASES ARE REAL INCREASES THAT WE ARE SEEING ON INVOICES FOR THE COMMODITIES THAT WE FREQUENTLY BUY. WELL, I DID MENTION WE'VE HAD SOME OF THE LOWEST RATES IN THE REGION. THIS CHART HERE IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WATER BILLS. OUR CURRENT AVERAGE FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WATER IS SEVENTY ONE DOLLARS AND THIRTY THREE CENTS A MONTH. THE AVERAGE FOR THE WHOLE REGION IS ABOUT NINETY DOLLARS. EVEN WITH THREE YEARS OF PROPOSED INCREASES, WE WOULD STAY BELOW THE REGIONAL AVERAGE. THIS CHART DOESN'T EVEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OTHER CITIES AND AGENCIES THAT ARE ALSO CONSIDERING INCREASES. I HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. THIS CHART SHOWS THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WASTEWATER BILL FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR LEFT, CARLSBAD HAS BEEN THE VERY LOWEST. THE ORANGE TIP IS SIX DOLLARS AND FORTY ONE CENTS IS OUR PROPOSED INCREASE FOR THE FIRST YEAR. EVEN WITH THREE YEARS OF INCREASES, WE WOULD REMAIN BELOW THE REGIONAL AVERAGE. SO THE CURRENT MONTHLY AVERAGE FOR THE REGION IS FIFTY FOUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY TWO CENTS. THE GREEN TIPS YOU SEE ON SOME OF THESE LINES IN THIS CHART REPRESENT ACTUAL OR PROPOSED RATE INCREASES FOR NEIGHBORING AGENCIES. SO THE REGIONAL AVERAGE COST IS GOING UP BECAUSE THE PRESSURES ON OUR BUDGET ARE NOT UNIQUE. I'D NOW LIKE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WATER IN PARTICULAR. THIS CHART SHOWS IN THE GREEN LINE IS OUR WATER SALES REVENUE AGAINST THE BLUE BARS OF OUR EXPENSES. WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT THE DARK BLUE SECTION OF THE BAR IS THE COST TO BUY WATER FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY. THAT'S THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR BUDGET AND WE NEED TO INCREASE RATES TO KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF WATER. INDEED, THIS IS THE COST PER ACRE FOOT FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY THAT WE PAY. AND IT HAS ACTUALLY TRIPLED SINCE 2006. THIS TABLE HERE SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE PROPOSED INCREASE COULD-- HOW IT COULD IMPACT A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER. SO RIGHT NOW, THE AVERAGE IS, ON THE FAR LEFT, IS SEVENTY ONE DOLLARS AND THIRTY THREE CENTS A MONTH. AFTER THREE YEARS OF INCREASES, IT WOULD ONLY GO UP TO $73.89. SO JUST A COUPLE OF DOLLARS FOR POTABLE WATER. THE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS REALLY VARY A LOT, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS TABLE. SO, I PUT TOGETHER JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE VARIATION AND THE IMPACT OF OUR PROPOSED INCREASES. SO, THIS WOULD BE A MONTHLY AVERAGE WATER BILL FOR A GYM, A STANDALONE RESTAURANT AND A LARGE HOTEL RESORT. I NOW WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WASTEWATER. THIS CHART SHOWS OUR WASTEWATER REVENUE AS A GREEN LINE AGAINST THE BLUE BARS OF EXPENSES, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR REVENUE HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH EXPENSES. ACTUALLY, WE DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE RATE INCREASE FOR FOUR YEARS FROM 2016 TO 2019. THE AVERAGE INCREASE OVER TIME IS ONE PERCENT PER YEAR, BUT AGAIN, COSTS ARE GOING UP AND A LOT OF THOSE COSTS ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT THAT WE SHARE. SO THIS TABLE SHOWS HOW THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASES WOULD IMPACT A SINGLE FAMILY [02:05:03] RESIDENTIAL HOME ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE. OUR CURRENT FLAT RATE IS $29.52, AND IN THREE YEARS IT COULD GO UP TO $51.74 PER MONTH, WHICH IS STILL LOWER THAN THE REGIONAL AVERAGE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SAME EXAMPLES FOR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, BUT ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF VARIATION. SO A GYM, A RESTAURANT, AND A RESORT. WITH THEIR STARTING BILL, WHAT THE MONTHLY INCREASE WOULD BE AND THE TOTAL PROPOSED DIFFERENCE OF THE MONTHLY INCREASE AT THE END OF THE THREE YEARS OF THE PROPOSED RATES. FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT RECYCLED WATER. RECYCLED WATER IS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN POTABLE IRRIGATION RATES. IT REPRESENTS A LOCAL DROUGHT PROOF SUPPLY. HOWEVER, RECYCLED WATER ALSO EXPERIENCES THE SAME PRESSURES FOR PRICE INCREASES AS OUR OTHER UTILITIES. ELECTRICITY COSTS ARE RISING. WE USE ELECTRICITY TO PUMP RECYCLED WATER WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. AND AGAIN, THE SAME INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AFFECT OUR RECYCLED WATER. RECYCLED WATER CUSTOMERS REALLY VARY KIND OF THE SAME AS COMMERCIAL. SO, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MONTHLY BILL FOR A RECYCLED WATER CUSTOMER WITH A ONE AND A HALF INCH DIAMETER METER USING THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY UNITS OF WATER IN A SUMMER MONTHS. THE INCREASES ARE PRETTY MODEST. FINALLY, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE OUTREACH WE HAVE DONE, [INAUDIBLE] BRIEFLY GO OVER THAT . WE DID MAIL OUT TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND INFORMATIONAL MAILERS TO OUR CUSTOMERS. WE PUT TOGETHER A WEBINAR FOR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR PARTNERING WITH US ON THE WEBINAR AND ON THE OUTREACH AROUND THE WEBINAR AND OTHER WAYS THAT CUSTOMERS CAN LEARN ABOUT THE INCREASES. SO, WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, A DEDICATED INFORMATIONAL WEB PAGE, AND WE ACTUALLY MADE DIRECT PHONE CALLS TO OUR LARGEST CUSTOMERS. FINALLY, WE NOTICED TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING IN THE NEWSPAPER. SO, TO CONCLUDE, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE PROPOSED ACTIONS TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ADOPT A CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION AND A CMWD RESOLUTION APPROVING THREE YEAR RATES FOR POTABLE WATER, RECYCLED WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OK, CAN WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW AND TAKE ANY INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY? AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 10 TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU'RE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU'RE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME OR LOST 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 OR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED. ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, MAYOR. WOW. OK, WELL, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS. WAIT, I'M SORRY, WE DID HAVE ONE PERSON JUST RAISED THEIR HAND, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR WILL THE CALLER AT EIGHT ONE ZERO ZERO, PLEASE UNMUTE. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING, I SHOULD SAY THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN. I'M KIND OF PERTURBED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN WATER PRICES FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. THERE WERE QUITE A FEW OPPOSITION OR CITIZENS THAT WERE OPPOSED TO THE THESE PRICE HIKES. I WAS JUST WONDERING, WITH ALL THE INCREASING HIGH DENSITY HOUSING THAT'S BEING BUILT, HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THE WATER IN OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE? ARE THEY GOING TO BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE WATER PRICES? OR ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING FOR THAT FOR ALL THE NEW BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS AND HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUT UP IN THE NEXT SEVEN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. WE'RE VERY CLOSE. I THINK NEXT COUPLE TWO THREE, FOUR YEARS FROM NOW. ARE THEY NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COST OF, YOU KNOW, SHIPPING THE WATER INTO CARLSBAD? CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON THAT? [02:10:02] THANKS. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS. OK, WITH THAT, THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO BACK TO ASKING QUESTIONS AND IF WE COULD START OFF, WHY DON'T WE ANSWER THE PERSON FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO ASKED THAT QUESTION, PLEASE? OK, I WILL SAY THIS, THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY THAT WE DO IS VERY DETAILED AND VERY CAREFUL ABOUT ALLOCATING COSTS EXACTLY TO THOSE THAT USE THE SERVICES. AND SO EVERYONE THAT USES WATER SERVICES PAYS THEIR FAIR AND EQUITABLE SHARE FOR THE WATER THAT THEY USE. WHEN WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, THE DEVELOPERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOOKING INTO OUR SYSTEM AND BUILDING ANY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IT TAKES TO GET TO THE TO THE MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND THE MULTIFAMILY UNITS OR THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, IF THERE'S JUST ONE METER THAT GOES INTO THE APARTMENT BUILDING, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF WATER FOR THE WATER THEY USE. COULD YOU JUST TAKE A MOMENT, REALLY, WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT WATER, THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS, SO PEOPLE KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS. THERE'S THE PRICE FOR THE METER IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN THERE'S THE PRICE FOR THE COMMODITY. SO, IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT. OK, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT WATER RATES FOR CERTAIN, IN CERTAIN CASES, ACTUALLY OUR RESIDENTIAL WATER RATES ARE FIXED COST. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WATER RATES FOR MOST OF OUR OTHER CUSTOMERS, THERE IS A COST FOR THE SIZE OF METER THAT YOU HAVE THAT COVERS ALL OF THE BASIC COSTS FOR THAT CATEGORY OF CUSTOMER THAT ARE FIXED COSTS. AND THEN THAT COST THEN IS-- YOU PAY AN EXTRA COST PER UNIT OF WATER THAT YOU USE. AND SO THE MORE WATER YOU USE, THE MORE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY. IT IS IN TIERS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, IF YOU USE BETWEEN ONE AND 10 UNITS OF WATER, WHICH REALLY MOST PEOPLE CAN GET BY WITH AT RESIDENCE, THEN YOU'LL BE AT A LOWER RATE PER UNIT THAN YOU WILL BE IF YOU ARE USING A HIGHER NUMBER OF UNITS. OK, GOING BACK TO THE COUNCIL, DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. NORBY. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO THANKS STAFF FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION AND THE WORK THAT GOT US TO WHERE WE ARE AND THESE DECISIONS CAN BE CONTENTIOUS AT TIMES AND I JUST THINK IT'S BEEN GREAT WORK. BUT THERE'S ONE AREA THAT I WANT TO ASK STAFF AND I THINK IT WAS IN WASTEWATER, IF YOU COULD PULL THAT SLIDE UP. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY INCREASES FOR FOUR YEARS, I THINK, FROM 16 TO 19. THAT'S THE SLIDE. ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, I NOTICED THAT THE THREE YEAR HIT IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL HIT. I THINK I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SLIDE FOLLOWING THAT. SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE-- CLEARLY WE DIDN'T RAISE ANY RATES FOR FOUR YEARS AND WE KIND OF GOT BEHIND THE CURVE THERE, OBVIOUSLY, AND NOW WE'RE RAISING RATES. AND YES, THAT'S THE SLIDE. SO YOU CAN SEE, I THINK, IN THE RESTAURANT OR THE RESORT STARTS OFF WITH 1083 TODAY, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, INCREASES 745 DOLLARS, OR 3400 DOLLARS FOR THE RESORT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY MATH IS, BUT IT'S LIKE, MAYBE SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OR SO OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS. SO, WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION TO KIND OF SOFTENING THAT, MAYBE OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME OR A THREE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME? DID STAFF CONSIDER THAT? WE DID CONSIDER THAT. WE ARE-- I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN THE CASE OF WASTEWATER, OUR RATES HAVE BEEN SO LOW AND KEPT SO LOW OVER THE YEARS THAT WE ARE REALLY BEHIND. AND IN ORDER FOR US TO KEEP OUR WASTEWATER SERVICE RUNNING, WE HAVE GOT TO DO THESE INCREASES IN THREE YEARS OR WE WILL BE WAY BEHIND. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE THE SERVICES THAT WE GIVE AND WOULD PROBABLY BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE WOULD BE AT MUCH MORE RISK FOR SEWER OVERFLOWS AND PROBLEMS IN OUR SEWER SYSTEM. AND YOU WILL NOTE THAT YES, WE'RE WAY FAR BEHIND. OUR RATES HAVE BEEN SO LOW THAT EVEN WITH THE INCREASES, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE, THESE LARGE INCREASES, AS YOU SAY, WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE BELOW THAT AVERAGE WHERE THE WASTEWATER PEOPLE ARE NOW AND WE ARE HEARING FROM OTHER WASTEWATER DISTRICTS THAT THEY TOO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE THOSE RATES. AND IT'S A SHAME, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHAME. BUT [02:15:03] MATERIAL PRICES AND INFLATIONARY COSTS AND EVERYTHING WE'RE NOT, AND I GET THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO GO UP, BUT IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO RECOVER FROM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HOLDING RATES SO LOW ALONE. WE'RE TRYING TO RECOVER IN A YEAR OR TWO OR THREE WHERE PERHAPS A KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, A SOFTER LANDING OVER FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF THREE YEARS. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM OUR HOTELIERS, SOME OF OUR HOTELIERS AND SOME OF OUR RESTAURANTS. WAS THIS AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR THEM OR IF IT WASN'T, THEN IT'S NOT AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR ME? WELL, WE DID, AGAIN CALL OUR TOP CUSTOMERS, MANY OF WHICH ARE THESE HOTELS AND PLACES LIKE LEGOLAND AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DID GET ONE PROTEST LETTER FROM ONE OF THE GOLF COURSES, AND WE TALKED TO THE PERSON THAT WROTE THE LETTER. AND WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, HIS CONCERN WAS ABOUT RECYCLED WATER MORE THAN THE WASTEWATER BILL BECAUSE THEY USE A LOT OF RECYCLED WATER AND OBVIOUSLY TO KEEP THE GOLF COURSES GOING. THAT'S THEIR-- IT'S THEIR LARGEST OPERATING EXPENSE. AND SO HIS CONCERNED ABOUT RECYCLED WATER WAS THAT THE COST CONTINUE TO GO UP. AND HIS CONCERN WAS, IS IT GOING TO BE VIABLE FOR US TO USE RECYCLED WATER ON OUR GOLF COURSES, AS WELL AS THE CITY TO USE IT IN LANDSCAPED AREAS? BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE THAT OUR RECYCLED WATER SYSTEM, BEING ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST IN THE COUNTY, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL SPEAKERS] PEOPLE MIGHT STOP USING IT. YEAH, NO, I APPRECIATE. I GUESS, IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ISN'T BROADLY CONCERNED IN OUR RESTAURANT OR HOTEL INDUSTRY. AND AGAIN, I JUST, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE-- I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WHEN THIS GOES, THE REST OF THE CITIES OR AGENCIES REPORT IN AND THEY GO THROUGH THEIR RATE STRUCTURES AT CARLSBAD WILL EMERGE MAYBE EVEN BETTER THAN WE WERE BEFORE IT ALL GOT STARTED WITH OUR INCREASES. SO THANK YOU. OK. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO COMMENT? NOT SEEING ANYONE. MR. BLACKBURN. MOVE ADOPTION OF BOTH RESOLUTIONS CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10. SECOND. PLEASE CALL ROLL. MAYOR, BEFORE I DO, MAY I READ A SCRIPT REGARDING THE WATER RATES? SURE. THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF TWENTY SIX WRITTEN PROTEST LETTERS FROM CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD. THESE TWENTY SIX LETTERS INCLUDED A VARIATION OF WHICH RATES WERE BEING PROTESTED AND ARE AS FOLLOWS. TO ACHIEVE MAJORITY PROTESTS FOR POTABLE WATER, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WOULD NEED TO HAVE RECEIVED FOURTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THREE WRITTEN PROTEST LETTERS. WE RECEIVED TWENTY ONE. TO RECEIVE MAJORITY PROTESTS FOR RECYCLED WATER, WE WOULD NEED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX WRITTEN PROTEST LETTERS. WE RECEIVED 15. TO ACHIEVE MAJORITY PROTESTS FOR WASTEWATER, WE WOULD NEED TO RECEIVE TWELVE THOUSAND FIFTY FOUR WRITTEN PROTEST LETTERS. WE RECEIVED TWENTY TWO. I WILL NOW CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND AGAIN TO STAFF. VERY WELL DONE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY THAT GOES INTO ALL THESE RATE STRUCTURES, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND THE DATA THAT YOU GIVE TO US. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OK, MOVING ON TO ITEM 13, THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND LEGISLATIVE [13. 2022 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM UPDATE – 1)] PROGRAM UPDATE AND MR. CHADWICK, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS. YES SIR, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, IS OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR MR. JASON HABER. JASON? MR. CHADWICK, AND GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, LET'S SEE, HAS THREE PROPOSED ACTIONS. FIRST, TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD 2022 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM. SECOND, WE'RE SEEKING DIRECTION AND FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO STAFF TO ADVOCATE FOR TWO CITY SPONSORED LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AND TO SEEK FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR A VARIETY OF A CITY PRIORITY PROJECTS. FINALLY, WE'LL RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM SHARON GONSALVES, OUR LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT AT RUNNING PUBLIC POLICY GROUP ON STATE LEGISLATIVE AND BUDGET ACTIVITY ONGOING, AS WELL AS A LOOK BACK AT THE ADVOCACY WORK THAT WAS CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK TO PRIORITIZE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE WORK IN THE COMING YEAR. AS IT RELATES TO THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM APPROVAL AND REALLY THE [02:20:01] CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL PROGRAM, TWO POLICY DOCUMENTS REALLY GUIDE THAT WORK. THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 39 AND A RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2019 THAT LAYS OUT THE DUTIES OF THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE. ALL OF THESE ITEMS REALLY REPRESENT THE CULMINATION OF SEVERAL HOURS, MANY HOURS OF WORK ON BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE. THOSE DOCUMENTS PROVIDE FIRST, THAT THE CITY ADOPTS A LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM WHICH LAYS OUT THE POSITION STATEMENTS THAT GUIDES OUR ADVOCACY WORK ON STATE, FEDERAL AND REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. THE DOCUMENTS PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE IS TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE PLATFORM AND THEN RECOMMEND FOR CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION AND APPROVAL ANY CHANGES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS NEEDED. AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, STAFF AND OUR LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANTS MEET WITH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY TO GET THEIR INPUT AND UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH ON A LEGISLATIVE LEVEL AND TRY AND INCORPORATE NEW STATEMENTS INTO THE PLATFORM TO HELP US AND PREPARE US TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS QUICKLY AS THEY ARISE IN THE COMING YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF THIS YEAR WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR NEW DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION MANAGER IS TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT THROUGH THE LENS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND SO MANY OF THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES THAT YOU SEE INCORPORATE THAT PERSPECTIVE. SO, THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED THE DOCUMENT AND IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS FOR THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM. I DO NEED TO MENTION THAT WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF TWO CORRECTIONS TO THE DOCUMENT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. THERE ARE A FEW TYPOS, I THINK, ON PAGE ONE AND PAGE TWO. IT OCCURS IN FOUR PLACES, I BELIEVE. FIRST IN THE CONTENT SECTION AND THEN LATER ON PAGE TWO, WHERE EACH OF THESE ITEMS ARE MENTIONED INDIVIDUALLY, WE PUT A REFERENCE TO 2021 WHEN WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT TO 2022 AS IT RELATES TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND THE PLATFORM POSITION STATEMENTS. SO, I DO WANT TO MENTION QUICKLY IN TERMS OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. THESE ARE THE SAME PRIORITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR. THEY INCLUDE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, ECONOMIC RELIEF AND RECOVERY, ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION MORE BROADLY, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS ISSUES, MOBILITY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY. AND SO MANY OF THE UPDATED AND ADDED COMMENTS OR POSITION STATEMENTS THAT YOU SEE IN THE PLATFORM RELATE TO THESE AREAS. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO STOP MY SHARE. QUICKLY, I WANT TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU HAVE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PLATFORM AS IT'S PRESENTED IN THE ATTACHMENT TO THE RESOLUTION. IF YOU DO, WE CAN GO THROUGH THE DOCUMENT PAGE BY PAGE AND ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE RELATED TO CERTAIN POSITION STATEMENTS. OTHERWISE, WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND THE PLATFORM AS IT'S PROPOSED BY STAFF, AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE. WOULD ALSO EXTEND AN OPPORTUNITY IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS MAYOR HALL OR COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO ADD RELATIVE TO THE PLATFORM AT THIS TIME. LET'S START OFF WITH YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH OUR COLLEAGUES, I KNOW WE'VE GIVEN SMALL UPDATES IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE WAS A HOT BILL, BUT WE'VE BEEN REALLY ACTIVE AND BUSY ALL YEAR. WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS. AND AS MR. HABER MENTIONED, I LOVED THAT, NOT ONLY DID WE WORK WELL WITH OUR LOBBYING FIRM, BUT WE COORDINATED WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ON THE BILLS SUBJECT MATTER. SO IF IT WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY BILL OR A TRANSPORTATION BILL THROUGH MR. HABER, WE COORDINATED WITH THE DIFFERENT STAFF DEPARTMENTS. SO I FOUND THAT TO BE A REALLY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. AND I FEEL LIKE OUR DISCUSSIONS AND OUR ADVOCACY WERE DONE AS A TEAM REPRESENTING, YOU KNOW, CARLSBAD BASED ON THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM THAT WE APPROVED LAST YEAR. A LOT OF THE CHANGES AND UPDATES WERE REALLY MODERNIZING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE BEING RELEVANT TO THE HOT ISSUES OF THE DAY. AND OF COURSE, SUSTAINABILITY AND DEI AND TECHNOLOGY ARE AMONGST THOSE. YOU CAN SEE IN THE RED LINE VERSION THAT'S IN THE AGENDA PACKET, THE THINGS THAT WE SPECIFICALLY WORKED ON BUILDING OFF OF THE GREAT WORK OF THE PREVIOUS YEARS WHEN THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE WORKING ON THOSE COMMITTEES. I KNOW DR. BHAT-PATEL WAS ON THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE BEFORE, SO WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD OFF OF THOSE BUILDING BLOCKS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A REALLY REFINED LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM THAT REFLECTED WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY. [02:25:01] WE DEFINITELY FOUGHT OVER LEGISLATION AT OTHER LEVELS, AND BY THAT, I MEAN INTERFERING WITH OUR LOCAL AUTHORITY AS A CITY, A CITY GOVERNMENT AND IN SOME AREAS, AS I'M SURE YOU'VE READ ABOUT IN THE NEWSPAPER AND HEARD ABOUT LIKE SB NINE, WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITY ARE HEARD AT HIGHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. BUT I WAS ALSO VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE ATTENDANCE AND THE PRESENTATIONS FROM ALL OF THE OTHER LEGISLATIVE OFFICES. SO WE HEARD FROM CONGRESSMAN MIKE LEVIN AND HIS REPRESENTATIVE AT PRETTY MUCH EVERY MEETING HE WAS THERE ONCE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION, BUT HIS STAFF WERE THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE. AND ALSO FROM STATE SENATOR PAT BATES AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER TASHA BOERNER HORVATH. SO THEY WERE THERE IN PERSON. AT ONE POINT, EACH LEGISLATOR WAS THERE. IN ONE MEETING, I THINK THEY ALL SHOWED UP AND THAT WAS REALLY COOL. BUT HEARING FROM THE STAFF, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO MR. HABER AND TO THE LOBBYISTS FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE BRIEFED AND WE COULD BE HEARD ON THESE ISSUES. SO WE DID A LOT OF SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION AND A LOT OF WORK ON THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AS WELL. SO I HOPE THAT YOU LIKE IT AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK US QUESTIONS AS WELL. AND I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA SAID, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, ESPECIALLY ON THE PLATFORM AND DIGGING INTO THAT. WE WENT THROUGH THAT IN GREAT DETAIL AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT YOU PUT IN THAT DIDN'T GO UNNOTICED. AND ALSO TO MR. HABER FOR ALL THE WORK HE'S DONE. AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS A REAL COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN ALL THE LEGISLATORS AND OUR LOBBYISTS. I ALWAYS FELT VERY COMFORTABLE AND VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO. SO THANK YOU. QUESTIONS COMMENTS ON THE PLATFORM? DR. BHAT-PATEL, NO QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS. JUST LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA MENTIONED, WHEN I SERVED ON IT, I REMEMBER IT'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF WORK MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE DIVING INTO IT AND JUST REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATED ALL THE UPDATES THAT YOU ALL MADE TO THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM. I THINK THEY WILL DEFINITELY HELP US CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE BEST MANNER AND JUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF TAKING POSITION STATEMENTS AND PUSHING THEM FORWARD. AND WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT WE SERVE ON OR IF IT'S WORKING WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES. THIS IS LIKE THE DOCUMENT THAT REALLY HELPS US MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MOVE THOSE TYPES OF STATEMENTS FORWARD AND SO REALLY GLAD THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD IT ON UP. I KNOW WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY PROVIDED MORE CLARITY, ESPECIALLY FOR FOR STAFF, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING IT'S A POLICY DOCUMENT, RIGHT? SO IT ALLOWS FOR STAFF TO THEN TAKE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE PROVIDED AND THEN MOVE THAT ALONG. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS AGAIN FOR THE HARD WORK ON IT AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANKS. OK. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THEN CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE PLATFORM? MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13 WITH THE ADDITION OF THE MINOR CORRECTIONS SUGGESTED BY MR. HABER. SECOND. PLEASE CALL ROLL. MAY I CALL ON THE SPEAKERS FIRST MAYOR? I'M SORRY, YES, YES, YES, PLEASE. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 13 TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. IF YOU'RE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU'RE 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. THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. I WILL CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. [INAUDIBLE] PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MR. HABER. SO I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN AGAIN. THE SECOND PART OF TODAY'S RECOMMENDED ACTION GOES TO GAINING COUNCIL FEEDBACK AND [02:30:01] DIRECTION TO PURSUE STATE BUDGET REQUESTS, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. AS IT RELATES TO THE STATE BUDGET REQUESTS, THE GOVERNOR DID PREVIEW HIS BUDGET YESTERDAY, AND YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THAT WHEN MS. GONSALVES MAKES HER PRESENTATION. BUT EACH YEAR THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO ENGAGE OUR LEGISLATORS AND HAVE THEM ON OUR BEHALF, REQUESTS STATE FUNDING, BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS, TO ADDRESS NEEDS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT AND NEEDS WITHIN OUR CITY. AND SO AGAIN, THROUGH MEETINGS WITH CITY DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES, STAFF AND DISCUSSION WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A HANDFUL OF PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF FUNDING AND WHICH APPEAR TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH STATE PRIORITIES. WE'VE IDENTIFIED A HANDFUL OF PROJECTS THAT REALLY REPRESENT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT TO RAISE THESE ISSUES AND NEEDS WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND FIND ALIGNMENT IN TERMS OF THEIR PRIORITIES AS WELL. SO. THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, ARE IN A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS IN TERMS OF BEING FUNDED OR READY TO IMPLEMENT OR BEING MORE CONCEPTUAL. THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE RAILROAD TRENCH PROJECT, THE COASTLINE PARK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, EL CAMINO REAL WIDENING PROJECTS. WE HAVE TWO SEGMENTS OF EL CAMINO REAL AT JACK'S BAR AND ARENAL IN THE LA COSTA AREA AND CLOSER TO THE CANNON AREA THAT ARE IN NEED OF ADDING A THIRD LANE. FIRE STATION SEVEN, WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO BE LOCATED WEST OF THE FIVE IN FUTURE TIME. HOMELESS SERVICE PROGRAMS LOOKING FOR POTENTIAL REIMBURSEMENT OR ASSISTANCE WITH FUNDING THOSE PROGRAMS. THE NOTION OF A REGIONAL BEACH SAND REPLENISHMENT PROJECT, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED EXTENSIVELY IN YOUR PRIOR ITEM TONIGHT. THE NOTION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS SYNCHRONIZATION ADJACENT TO INTERSTATE FIVE RUNNING THROUGH THE CITY AND THEN FINALLY LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE TO SEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK. SO. I'LL GO RIGHT INTO THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AS WELL, AND WE CAN GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE BUDGET PROPOSALS AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ONCE I CONCLUDE. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED TWO NEEDS FROM A LEGISLATIVE STANDPOINT THAT BOTH RELATE TO BEACH LIFEGUARDS. THE FIRST IS THE CITY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A WORKER SHORTAGE IN TERMS OF PROVIDING LIFEGUARDS TO SERVICE CITY POOLS. AND ONE BARRIER TO SATISFYING THAT SHORTAGE IS THAT STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT LIFEGUARDS AT CITY POOLS BE CERTIFIED BY ONE OF TWO MECHANISMS, EITHER THROUGH THE RED CROSS OR THROUGH THE YMCA. THE CITY HAS A BEACH LIFEGUARD PROGRAM, HOWEVER OUR BEACH LIFEGUARDS ARE CERTIFIED THROUGH AN AGENCY CALLED THE UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD LANGUAGE TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE THAT WOULD PROVIDE THAT LIFEGUARDS CERTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION CAN ALSO PERFORM SERVICES OF PUBLIC POOLS. THE SECOND WOULD CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO OPERATING CITY OWNED OCEAN RESCUE VESSELS THAT IS IN THE HARBORS AND NAVIGATION CODE. THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON OPERATING PERSONAL WATERCRAFT CLOSE TO BATHERS AND BEACHES THAT ARE FREQUENTED BY BATHERS, LIMITING SPEEDS TO LOWER THAN FIVE MILES PER HOUR. UNLESS THOSE VEHICLES ARE OWNED AND OPERATED RELATIVE TO PUBLIC SAFETY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUTFITTED WITH CERTAIN MARKERS THAT IDENTIFY THEM AS SUCH. AND SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME LANGUAGE CHANGES THAT WOULD CLARIFY THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND EXEMPT CITY LIFEGUARDS FROM THOSE LIMITATIONS, ALLOWING THEM AND ENABLING THEM TO USE PERSONAL WATERCRAFT TO EFFECTIVELY PROTECT OUR BEACHES. AND SO I WILL STOP MY SHARE THERE AND AGAIN OPEN IT FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THOSE BUDGET REQUEST PROPOSALS, AS WELL AS OUR LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK OR DIRECTION FOR US. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. THANK YOU. I WAS KIND OF WAITING TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD ONE FIRST. I DIDN'T. AND I'LL MAKE THIS BRIEF. [02:35:01] WE DO KNOW THAT THE STATE HAS A SURPLUS OF FUNDING, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AVAILABLE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS REALLY JUST GETTING READY LIKE KIND OF LISTING THESE OUT, MAKING SURE THAT THE COUNCIL ALL FELT LIKE THESE WERE PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD GO AFTER FUNDING FOR BECAUSE THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE. WE JUST NEED TO BE MORE READY TO GO FOR THEM. AND IN SOME CASES YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY SHOVEL READY. YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO GO TO GET THE FUNDING. SO, THIS IS KIND OF WHY WE WANTED TO BRING THIS LIST TO YOU. AND AS FOR THE TWO LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS, THEY'RE THE BEST KIND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT VANITY PROJECTS LIKE THEY'RE ACTUAL EFFICIENCY TOOLS KNOW WE CAN CLARIFY LEGISLATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING BETTER TOGETHER AS A GOVERNMENT AND A COMMUNITY. SO, IT WAS JUST REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE THESE BUBBLE UP FROM PEOPLE HAVING EXPERIENCE AS A LIFEGUARD THAT WASN'T ABLE TO WORK AT THE CITY. BUT THERE ARE LIFEGUARDS CERTIFIED WITH LIKE AS A BEACH LIFEGUARD WITH ALL THIS EXTRA TRAINING. YOU KNOW, I THINK SHARKS AND RIPTIDES AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT THERE, THAT JUST SEEMED LIKE A SHOO IN THAT WE COULD JUST CLARIFY LEGISLATION AND SEE IF WE COULD GET THAT INTO THE LAW SO THAT WE COULD BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR CERTIFICATION FOR LIFEGUARDS. SO I HOPE THOSE MAKE SENSE AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM. BUT I DO THINK THAT THOSE ARE THE BEST KINDS OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ARE ONES THAT ARE CLEANUPS AND REALLY CLARIFY THE LAW TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT. OK. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS. DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THIS AT THIS TIME, JASON? MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO PURSUE THE FUNDING REQUESTS AND LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WOULD BE APPRECIATED, I THINK. MR. BLACKBURN. MOVE APPROVAL TO DIRECT STAFF TO ADVOCATE FOR TWO CITY SPONSORED STATE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AND FUNDING. SECOND. IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH MS. BREWER? OK, PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. SO THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. YES, JASON. PLEASE CONTINUE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YES, I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE MS. SHARON GONSALVES WITH THE RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP AT THIS POINT. WE ENGAGED RPPG JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM AND THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE OVER THE PAST YEAR TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY LEGISLATION RELATING AND IMPACTING TO THE CITY AND ADDRESSING THOSE AND ADVOCATING ON THE CITY'S BEHALF RELATED TO THOSE. SO MS. GONSALVES, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALL YOUR HELP OVER THE LAST YEAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPORT. OF COURSE. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, SHARON GONSALVES, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR THE RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE BEFORE THE WHOLE COUNCIL THIS EVENING. LET ME GO AHEAD AND JUST SHARE MY SCREEN. OH, GREAT. SO. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, TRY TO KEEP IT FAIRLY BRIEF. I KNOW IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET IS THE END OF YOUR REPORT THAT WE DID PROVIDE THE CITY BASED, WHICH REALLY KIND OF OUTLINES ALL THE ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK ON VARIOUS BILLS, AS WELL AS THINGS THAT HAPPENED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. SO LAST WEEK, ON JANUARY 3RD, THE LEGISLATURE RECONVENED AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, MUCH LIKE THE ITEM THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER THIS EVENING BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COVID SURGES, THE LEGISLATURE IS NO DIFFERENT. WE HAD TWENTY SIX MEMBERS OUT ON THURSDAY'S SESSION, BARELY BEING ABLE TO MAKE A QUORUM AND ACTUALLY GET ANY BUSINESS DONE. SO RIGHT OUT THE GATE, THEY'VE BEEN IMPACTED DUE TO COVID. AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE NOTICED IN THIS, YOU KNOW, BARELY WEEK THAT WE'VE BEEN BACK IS WITH REDISTRICTING AND THE MAPS BEING FINALIZED. AS OF FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY, WE'RE AT 15 MEMBERS WHO HAVE DECIDED NOT TO SEEK REELECTION, EITHER RESIGNING AND TAKING ANOTHER JOB OR JUST LOOKING TO MOVE ON AND SERVE ELSEWHERE. AND AS MR. HABER MENTIONED YESTERDAY, THE GOVERNOR DID SUBMIT HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL TO THE LEGISLATURE. I WILL PROVIDE MORE FEEDBACK ON THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, BUT WE [02:40:02] WILL ALSO BE PUTTING TOGETHER A SUMMARY OF THE BUDGET PROPOSAL AND TRY TO IDENTIFY CARLSBAD SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE THROUGH BUDGET FUNDING. SO THE LAST DAY FOR EACH HOUSE TO BE ABLE TO PASS BILLS THAT THEY HAD INTRODUCED IN 2021 WILL BE THE END OF THIS MONTH. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, THAT'S A STATUTORY DEADLINE, SO THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET IT. BUT THERE ARE SOME TALKS ABOUT POSSIBLY GOING ON A 14 DAY HIATUS IN ORDER TO LET THESE COVID NUMBERS DROP. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT DATE IS IMPACTED IF THEY ACTUALLY DO DECIDE TO TAKE SUCH A HIATUS. FEBRUARY 18TH WILL BE THE LAST DAY FOR ANY NEW BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED. JUST THIS PAST WEEK, WE'VE SEEN 50 NEW BILLS BE INTRODUCED, MOSTLY IN SMALL FORM. SO BY FEBRUARY 18TH, WE CAN EXPECT THAT TO BE WELL OVER 1000, I'M SURE. AND THEN MARCH THROUGH JUNE IS WHEN WE'LL BE REALLY ENGAGED IN POLICY AND FISCAL COMMITTEES, AND BY JUNE 15TH, THE LEGISLATURE WILL HAVE TO PASS THEIR 2022-23 FISCAL BUDGET. SO THAT'LL BE-- THAT'S THE FIRST HALF OF OUR YEAR. I WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE YOU BRIEFLY WITH A RECAP ON 2021. LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA HAD MENTIONED LAST YEAR, WE HAD AN UNPRECEDENTED BUDGET SURPLUS, WHICH REALLY ALLOWED FOR A LOT OF IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEMS TO BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THE RESPONSE TO COVID AND HOW THAT IMPACTED THE ECONOMY, HOW THAT IMPACTED SCHOOLS, HOW THAT IMPACTED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND IT ALLOWED FOR, YOU KNOW, THINGS SUCH AS GOLDEN STATE STIMULUS TRYING TO REALLY LIKE VAMP UP VACCINATIONS AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE REOPEN SCHOOLS AGAIN. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY NO SECRET. HOUSING WAS A HUGE PRIORITY LAST YEAR. GOOD OR BAD, OVER 30 BILLS WERE SIGNED TO ADDRESS HOUSING, PRODUCTION AND HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING SB NINE, WHICH CHANGES SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. WE SAW SOME OTHER BILLS IN THAT REALM, BUT NOT JUST WITH, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, BUT ALSO THEY REALLY BEEFED UP THEIR EFFORTS ON ENFORCEMENT BY EXPANDING THEIR HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY UNIT THROUGH HCD, AS WELL AS GIVING DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE AG AUTHORITY THROUGH THE HOUSING STRIKE FORCE TO REALLY GO AFTER MEETING YOUR HOUSING NUMBERS. A HUGE PRIORITY OF THIS GOVERNOR SINCE HE REALLY TOOK OFFICE, HAS BEEN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE, AND WE SAW INVESTMENTS AND BILLS HAVING TO ADDRESS WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND PREVENTION, SEA LEVEL RISE AS WELL AS TRANSITIONING OVER TO CLEAN ENERGY. AND THEN FINALLY, REALLY STEMMING FROM A PRIORITY THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IN 2020 WAS REFORMS TO PUBLIC SAFETY. SO WE SAW SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT BILLS IN THE FORM OF SB TWO, WHICH HAD TO DO WITH THE USE OF FORCE. SB 16, HAVING TO DO WITH THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO POLICE RECORDS, AS WELL AS ACCESS, YOU KNOW, FURTHERING EDUCATION FOR AND INCREASING THE MINIMUM AGE QUALIFICATIONS FOR POLICE OFFICERS. SO LIKE I'VE MENTIONED IN OUR END OF THE YEAR REPORT, THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL. BUT REALLY, THOSE ARE KIND OF JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST YEAR. GOING INTO THIS YEAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING ANOTHER BUDGET SURPLUS, NOT TO THE TUNE OF $75 MILLION, BUT OUR ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT FORTY FIVE BILLION DOLLARS. AND REALLY, THE WAY THAT THE BUDGET PRESENTATION WAS BROKEN UP YESTERDAY WAS INTO FIVE CATEGORIES WHEN FIGHTING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, COMBATING CLIMATE CRISIS REALLY FOCUSED ON HOMELESSNESS AND TACKLING THE COST OF LIVING IN THAT REALLY, I FEEL LIKE IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR KITCHEN SINK CATEGORY BECAUSE EVERYTHING FROM HEALTH CARE TO EDUCATION AND HOUSING FALL IN THERE AND THEN ALSO KEEPING OUR STREETS SAFE. SO PRIOR TO ACTUALLY ANNOUNCING HIS BUDGET YESTERDAY, THE GOVERNOR OVER THE WEEKEND HAD ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION REQUEST IN ORDER TO REALLY BOLSTER TESTING, WORK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS, SUPPORT FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS SURGE, IMPROVE STATE OPERATIONS AND REALLY LIKE TARGET THOSE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND INCREASED CONTACT TRACING. BUT THE OVERALL COVID PACKAGE THAT HE IS REQUESTING WOULD BE TWO POINT SEVEN. SO COMBATING THE CLIMATE CRISIS WAS REALLY STEMMED THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE BUDGET, [02:45:01] EVERYTHING FROM HOUSING TO TRANSPORTATION TO WILDFIRE EFFORTS, INVESTMENTS WITH NEW FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT, CREATING A NEW OFFICE OF WILDFIRE TECHNOLOGY IS ONE OF HIS PROPOSALS THROUGH THIS BUDGET. $110 MILLION FOR REGIONAL INVESTMENTS SPECIFICALLY FOR WILDFIRE. ANOTHER THING THAT HE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS EMERGENCY RESPONSE, STRENGTHENING ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPACITIES, AS WELL AS A NEW SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER. AND THEN FIVE HUNDRED MILLION FOR IMMEDIATE DROUGHT RESPONSE. SO WHILE WE DID HAVE A FEW STORMS THIS PAST FEW WEEKS, THERE'S STILL WILDFIRE CONCERNS, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL IN A DROUGHT. AND THEN ALSO, I WOULD MENTION THAT WHILE NOT ON THE SLIDE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT A CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENT PLAN. SO HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM LOCALLY FOR THE STATE. I MEAN, WE HEARD IT TODAY, THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSES A $14 BILLION HOMELESSNESS PLAN. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE TWO YEAR PLAN THAT HE HAD LAID OUT IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. AND, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS FOR PROJECT HOMEKEY AND PROJECT ROOMKEY. $2 BILLION IN FLEXIBLE AID TO ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN THE BEST WAYS THAT THEY SEE FIT. AND THEN ONE THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP IN OUR SUBCOMMITTEE WAS THAT THE GOVERNOR ACTUALLY DID SPECIFICALLY LAY OUT THAT HE WANTS TO SEE REFORMS IN REGARDS TO CONSERVATORSHIPS. AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW CLOSELY AND SEE HOW IT ACTUALLY PLAYS OUT AND WHAT KIND OF REFORMS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS, WHATEVER THEY'RE LOOKING AT, CAN BE HELPFUL AND A USEFUL TOOL. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED WAS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING TO CLEAR OUT EXISTING ENCAMPMENTS. THERE WAS A GRANT PROGRAM THAT WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER. WE SEE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING GOING TO THAT GRANT PROGRAM FOR FUTURE EFFORTS. SO TACKLING THE COST OF LIVING. THERE'S GOING TO BE A REAL FOCUS ON HEALTH CARE, THE ONE BILL THAT'S REALLY KIND OF MADE SOME NOISE SINCE IT WAS INTRODUCED WAS AB FOURTEEN HUNDRED, WHICH IS A UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE BILL. IT'S ACTUALLY BEING HEARD IN ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW. THE GOVERNOR DID OUTLINE THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE TO SEE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, AS WELL AS FOCUSING ON CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. HE REALLY TIED IT TO COVID AND THE EFFECTS THAT THAT'S HAD ON MENTAL HEALTH AMONG STUDENTS AND THEN MEDI-CAL REFORMS, WHICH WOULD BE DONE THROUGH FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALAIM PROGRAM TO REALLY TARGET THOSE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOUSING OVER THE YEARS. WE'VE TALKED-- IT'S ALWAYS TOP OF MIND. YESTERDAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE REALLY FOCUSED ON INFILL AND DENSITY HOUSING, WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, TRYING TO FOCUS ON DOWNTOWNS RATHER THAN URBAN SPRAWL. AND THEN. FIGURING OUT WHAT FURTHER RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND THEN SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC WORKFORCE. A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE TIED TO, YOU KNOW, MOVING TOWARDS A CLIMATE FRIENDLY WORKFORCE, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX INCENTIVES THAT WILL SPUR THE ECONOMY. HE DID SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED PAYING DOWN UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DEBT AS WELL AS ADDING INVESTMENTS INTO EXISTING GROUND PROGRAMS AND LOAN GUARANTEES FOR BUSINESSES. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF ALL THE HIGH PROFILE GRAB AND GO RETAIL THEFTS THAT HAD OCCURRED DURING THE HOLIDAYS, ACTUALLY BACK IN DECEMBER, THE GOVERNOR HAD STATED THAT HE HAD ACTUALLY PUT THIS PROPOSAL FORTH, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, AS WELL AS FOR LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE RETAIL THEFT PROSECUTION TEAMS. AND THEN HE'S LOOKING TO CREATE THE LARGEST GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM AND EFFORTS TO INTERCEPT DRUGS AT THE BORDER. SO THESE KEY PRIORITIES REALLY OUTLINE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF FUNDING PRIORITIES, BUT THEY OFTEN HAVE TO BE PARTNERED WITH POLICY CHANGES. [02:50:03] SO WE'LL SEE A LOT OF LEGISLATION IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. AND THEN ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T MENTION OR I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR, BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED WAS ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S ACTUAL BUDGET PROPOSAL. HE DID SAY THAT HE IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE ON AN EXTENSION OF THE COVID 19 SUPPLEMENTAL PAID SICK LEAVE. SO THAT EXPIRED LAST YEAR, AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING LIKE WE'RE BACK IN MARCH OF 2020. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON POSSIBLY DOING ANOTHER EXTENSION OF THAT. BUT WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? THERE WAS SURE A LOT IN THAT REPORT. SURE A LOT IN THAT REPORT. SO, OK, JASON? [INAUDIBLE] VERY MUCH MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE TO ADVOCATE ON THE CITY'S BEHALF AND ADVANCE THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND OUR BUDGET REQUESTS AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE REALLY QUICKLY ALL OF THE ASSISTANCE THAT WE GET FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE GET GREAT SUPPORT FROM THEM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH RPPG IN THE COMING YEAR OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. OK. THANK YOU, JASON. JOB, WELL DONE. [14. DISTRICT 1 APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE] OK, MOVING ON TO ITEM 14 DISTRICT ONE APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND I THINK THIS ONE IS UP TO YOU, MR. NORBY. THANK YOU. MAYOR HALL, I'D LIKE TO PUT FORWARD THE NAME OF JOHN MAY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR MEMBERSHIP TO THAT COMMITTEE. SECOND. PLEASE CALL ROLL. MAYOR, BEFORE WE CALL ROLL, I SEE THAT THERE IS A SPEAKER. OH, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE]. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 14 TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU'RE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU'RE 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 [INAUDIBLE] 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. WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER, THE CALLER ENDING WITH FOUR NINE SIX ONE. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M SPEAKING TO THE CORRECT AGENDA ITEM. I WAS CALLING IN ON THE RESPONSE TO MR. HABER AND MS. GONSALVES' PRESENTATION. IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE TIME OR SHOULD I WAIT? THE ITEM HAS PASSED. MAYOR, WOULD YOU? BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE YOU CALLED FOR SPEAKERS, BUT I MAY HAVE BEEN. I MAY HAVE MISSPOKEN, SO. I BELIEVE WE DID RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING, DID WE NOT? YES. OKAY. YEAH, IF YOU WANT-- IF YOU'D LIKE, I MEAN, LET US GET THROUGH THESE TWO ITEMS AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOURS AT THE FINAL-- AT THE VERY END. SURE. MAYOR, THANK YOU. I'LL WAIT. THANKS. OKAY. WE HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS, MAYOR. OK. PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [15. REORGANIZATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEMPORE, REGIONAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS – 1)] MOVING ON TO ITEM FIFTEEN, WHICH IS THE REORGANIZATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE ELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM REGIONAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. SO BEFORE WE START, DO WE WANT TO HAVE ANY PUBLIC INPUT AT THIS TIME? [INAUDIBLE] CALL FOR SPEAKERS. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 15 TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU'RE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU'RE JOINING US BY PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND. WHEN YOU CALL YOUR NAME OR LOST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS [02:55:02] STAR SIX TWO ON MUTE. 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. WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER, THE CALLER ENDING WITH ONE SIX EIGHT ONE. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? YES, THIS IS KATIE TAYLOR FOR TEAM CARLSBAD REGARDING 15 THREE, APPOINTING SOMEONE TO THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO PRIYA BHAT-PATEL APPOINTMENT TO REPRESENT CARLSBAD AT NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT. DISTRICT ONE IS THE MOST HIGHLY IMPACTED AREA BY THE DECISIONS AND COOPERATION INVOLVING NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT. OUR TEAM CARLSBAD HAS AN EXCELLENT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH TRACY FOSTER AND HER TEAM AT NCTD DUE TO OUR SOLID WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT. WE SOLVED HOMELESS PROBLEMS AT ROTARY PARK AND THE TRAIN STATION. THE AREA IS NOW CLEANER AND MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL HAS SHOWN NO INTEREST IN THE ISSUES EFFECTING DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD . SHE HAS NEVER SHOWN ANY INTEREST IN THE SAFETY AND CLEANLINESS OF DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA IS EQUALLY A BAD CHOICE FOR NCTD. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA CONSIDERED BANNING PLASTIC STRAWS AND FORKS FROM CARLSBAD RESTAURANTS A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THE SAFETY OF DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD. BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER, BHAT-PATEL AND ACOSTA ARE WEAK ON PUBLIC SAFETY. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO NCTD IS A HUGE MISTAKE. IT IS CRITICAL THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BE STRONG ON PUBLIC SAFETY TO BE THE NCTD REPRESENTATIVE. I SUGGEST COUNCIL MEMBER KEITH BLACKBURN BE APPOINTED TO THE NCTD COMMITTEE OF PRIMARY. MATT HALL AS THE ALTERNATE. ONCE DISTRICT ONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY IN NOVEMBER 2022 TO SELECT THEIR NEW PERMANENT DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, THE ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER BE ASSIGNED PRIMARY TO NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT AND KEITH BLACKBURN TO THEN BECOME THE ALTERNATE. OCEANSIDE COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ IS THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT REPRESENTATIVE FOR OCEANSIDE. HE IS A VERY STRONG COMMUNITY LEADER ON SAFETY. IN A TIME WHEN CRIME IS INCREASING, WE NEED PROVEN LEADERSHIP TO WORK WITH THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT. THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF TEAM CARLSBAD MAKING A DIFFERENCE. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, MAYOR. OK, SO BEFORE I START WITH MY BELIEFS OR MY THOUGHTS ON WHO WOULD BE BEST IN THESE POSITIONS, DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT? OR QUESTION? OK. SEEING-- MAYOR HALL. YES. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE ASKING US TO COMMENT OR QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE THE CITY CLERK HAS KIND OF GIVEN ME A DIRECTION ON HOW TO GO THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, POSITION BY POSITION. BUT BEFORE I GOT STARTED, I WANT TO WELCOME ANY KIND OF THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, DESIRES. I HAVE PLENTY TO SAY ON ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH IT ONE BY ONE, I THINK THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE THE MOST EFFICIENT. AND THEN WE COULD JUST WEIGH IN AND VOTE ON EACH ONE. OK. ANYONE ELSE? OK. THE FIRST IS THE POSITION OF MAYOR PRO TEM, AND I WOULD NOMINATE MR. BLACKBURN. I HEAR HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, SO I'D LIKE TO SECOND IT. ANY COMMENT? OK. PLEASE CALL THE QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL AYE. OK, SECOND IS SANDAG. SO AGAIN, I WOULD PUT MYSELF, DR. BHAT-PATEL AND MR. BLACKBURN. SECOND. YES, MS. ACOSTA OR COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LAST YEAR, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IT WAS ALL KIND OF FAST PACED AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO WEIGH IN ON THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND I HAVE OBSERVED AND PARTICIPATED IN MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND OF COURSE, READ IN THE NEWS ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. I'VE BUILT REALLY EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIPS EVEN IN THIS PANDEMIC TIME WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND BASED ON THE 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE WORKING ON LEGISLATIVE ISSUES AND REGIONAL ISSUES. [03:00:02] I THINK I WOULD BE ALSO A REALLY GOOD CHOICE FOR SANDAG, SO I'D LIKE TO PUT MYSELF FORWARD AS AN OPTION FOR A PRIMARY FOR SANDAG. SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT I'M SUGGESTING. OK. AND I DON'T HEAR A SECOND. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? DR. BHAT-PATEL. SURE. YES, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO INDICATE I'VE BEEN AN ALTERNATE FOR A FEW YEARS AND DEFINITELY AM ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN WANTING TO SERVE IN THIS PARTICULAR CAPACITY. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE SERVED AS AN ALTERNATE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, OF COURSE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF CARLSBAD AND DOING WHAT'S BEST AS WE THINK ABOUT CLIMATE STABILIZATION AND TRANSIT SOLUTIONS. SO JUST WANTED TO THROW MYSELF INTO THE RUNNING AS WELL. I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS OF IMPORTANCE TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND THE ENTIRE REGION. SO JUST WANTED TO, IN CASE FOLKS ARE INTERESTED, I'D BE HAPPY TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY AS WELL. I SECOND THAT. I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL WOULD ALSO BE A REALLY GOOD REPRESENTATIVE AS OUR PRIMARY. OK. CALL THE QUESTION. AND TO CLARIFY CITY ATTORNEY AM I CALLING FOR THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR-- YES. CORRECT THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION GOES FIRST. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. NO. MAYOR HALL. NO. CALL THE QUESTION ON THE PRIMARY OR THE FIRST A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. NO COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. MOVING ON NEXT TO NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT, I WOULD PUT FORWARD, AND I DON'T KNOW, MR. NORBY IF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION OR NOT. DO YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO BE ON THIS BOARD? THANK YOU, MAYOR HALL, I HAVE EXPRESSED MY INTEREST TO YOU TO-- GIVEN HOW I CAME ON TO THIS COUNCIL IN AN UNELECTED POSITION AND THE FACT THAT I'LL BE LEAVING THIS COUNCIL IN ABOUT 11 MONTHS AND THE RAMP THAT'S NECESSARY, I THINK I WOULD PREFER NOT TO. ON TERMS OF NTCD JUST BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO ITEMS. OK, THANK YOU. WITH THAT, THEN I WOULD PUT FORWARD DR. BHAT-PATEL AS THE PRIMARY AND COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA IS THE ALTERNATE. SECOND. PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, WE HAVE ONE POSITION HERE. IS THAT CORRECT? AT THIS TIME? YES. AND THAT IS MY POSITION OR MR. [INAUDIBLE] POSITION. THAT IS YOUR POSITION. OK, I PUT MY NAME FORWARD FOR COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY. SECOND. OK. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, THANK YOU, I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, I WENT FOR THIS POSITION LAST YEAR. I'M VERY INTERESTED IN WATER ISSUES. THERE'S AN OLD SAYING WHISKEY'S FOR DRINKING WATER IS FOR FIGHTING. WATER ISSUES ARE SO IMPORTANT, LIKE MAYOR HALL DRINKING WATER. JUST NOW WE ALL NEED IT. [LAUGHTER] OUR BODIES ARE PRIMARILY MADE OF WATER AND WE LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, A DROUGHT PRONE AREA. SO I DO KNOW THAT WATER ISSUES ARE SO IMPORTANT. I'VE GONE THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY ACADEMY. I PAY ATTENTION TO WATER ISSUES. I READ A LOT ABOUT WATER AND I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP FORWARD ON THIS POSITION. SO THAT IS MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT I'M PROPOSING IS FOR ME TO BE THE PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE ON SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY. OK. I DON'T HEAR A SECOND. SO CAN WE CALL THE QUESTION ON THEIR FIRST MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER NOBRY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. [INAUDIBLE] PASSES FOR ONE. NEXT IS THE CEA JPA AND I WOULD PUT FORWARD DR. [03:05:07] BHAT-PATEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. SECOND. OK, PLEASE CALL THE QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. OH, THERE'S A HAND UP, SO I WANT TO KIND OF-- I'M SORRY. DR. BHAT-PATEL. YEAH, I JUST I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK REALLY BRIEFLY. I KNOW I HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BE THE VICE CHAIR OF CEA AND BE THE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY THE REPRESENTATIVE. BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT SEEMS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA HAS INDICATED INTEREST IN A COUPLE OTHER THINGS AND HASN'T RECEIVED THEM, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING FAIR. SO IF I KNOW SHE WAS INTERESTED IN CEA LAST YEAR, SO COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CEA, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE YOUR ALTERNATE AND YOU COULD BE THE PRIMARY THIS YEAR. YES, I WOULD BE DELIGHTED IF THAT'S YOUR SUBSTITUTE A MOTION. THEN I SECOND THAT. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO PASS ALONG THE BATON. SO. [LAUGHTER] OK. ANY CONVERSATION? CALL THE QUESTION ON THE SUBSTITUTE. COUNCIL MEMBER NOBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. OH, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE GO INTO REGIONAL COMMITTEES. THE FIRST IS THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON JPC. AND I WOULD-- MR. NORBY AGAIN. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU BECAUSE THIS BORDERS YOUR DISTRICT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THIS FOR A YEAR. MAYOR MY [INAUDIBLE] TO YOU STAND, BUT I DO WANT TO CARRY A LOAD. I DON'T WANT TO BE WITHOUT COMMITTEES. AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT IF THERE IS ANY OTHER COUNCIL PERSON THAT IS DYING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM. OTHERWISE I WILL ACCEPT THAT. OK. IT WAS MYSELF AND MR. BLACKBURN IN THE PAST, DOES ANYBODY WISH TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME? OK. MR. BLACKBURN, ARE YOU OK WITH BEING ON THIS COMMITTEE? YES. I'LL SECOND BOTH OF THOSE. OK, AND MR. NORBY AGAIN, IF YOU'RE NOT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND BE ON THE COMMITTEE ALSO THEN IF YOU DON'T-- I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOME OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY AROUND DISTRICT 1. MAYOR, I THOUGHT I WAS SECOND THING THAT-- PEDER? YES, I'VE SAID THAT I WOULD DO IT UNLESS-- OKAY, THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD. I MISUNDERSTOOD. I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEE THE ALTERNATE UNLESS YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PLANS MAYOR. I'M SORRY, PEDER. CALL THE QUESTION THEN. MAYOR, THE WAY THE RESOLUTION IS DRAFTED IS WE HAVE A SINGLE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE ENTIRE SLATE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO? OK, SO I'LL GO THROUGH-- OK, I CAN DO IT THAT WAY. THAT MAKES IT EASIER. SO NEXT IS THE BUENA VISTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LIAISON. MS. ACOSTA, YOU'VE BEEN ON IT IN THE PAST. DOES ANYONE WISH TO BE ON THAT? SECOND. WELL, THERE'S TWO OPENINGS, SO I JUST WANT TO DR. [INAUDBLE] DID YOU WANT TO BE ON THAT? YEAH, I DON'T MIND BEING ON THERE AS WELL. OK. UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE ALREADY WANTED TO BE THE ALTERNATE. I DON'T MIND. I'VE BEEN ON IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON IT, THAT'S FINE WITH ME. THE ENCINA JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY. IT'S BEEN MR. BLACKBURN AND COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. WE GOOD WITH THAT. [INAUDIBLE] ACOSTA? [INAUDIBLE]. NO, I WASN'T ON ENCINA JOINT POWERS. I WAS ON ENCINA WASTEWATER. [INAUDIBLE]. I'M SORRY. TO VERIFY IT, MAYOR, THEY'RE BOTH KIND OF ONE IN THE SAME ONCE WE GET ELECTED, IT'S FOR BOTH. BUT MS. ACOSTA WAS NICE ENOUGH TO BE THE ALTERNATE WHEN CORI SCHUMACHER RESIGNED. YES, IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING THAT ONE. SO ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? YES, UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO BE THERE, BUT THIS TIME WE SHOULD CLARIFY THE MISTAKE. SO, THE LITTLE ERROR THAT WE MADE IS WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS AND AN ALTERNATE. AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN AFTER CORI-- COUNCIL MEMBER SCHUMACHER RESIGNED, WE KEPT KEITH AND A VACANCY AND I WAS THE ALTERNATE AND THAT ACTUALLY PROHIBITED US FROM HAVING ME VOTE ON SOME THINGS. [03:10:01] SO, WE SHOULD CLARIFY. SO, NOW YOU'RE A PRIMARY. [INAUDIBLE] OR SECOND, I THINK KEITH IS FIRST THAN ME. THEY'RE CO-PRIMARY. OK, SO I'LL BE A PRIMARY AND THEN WE'VE GOT A VACANCY THEN FOR ALTERNATES. WE CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE ELSE FOR THAT. OK. MAYOR, YOU'RE MUTED. STILL MUTED SIR? [INAUDIBLE]. COMPUTER'S GETTING WARM. I WAS SAYING MR. NORBY, YOU GET TO BE THE ALTERNATE IN THAT POSITION. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE ENCINA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SO AGAIN, IT WOULD BE-- IT SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC BLACKBURN AND ACOSTA. YES, BLACKBURN AND ACOSTA. AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE HAVE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA AND THE ALTERNATE WAS DR. BHAT-PATEL. AND THEN THE JOINT DISPATCH AUTHORITY WAS COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, AND THE ALTERNATE WAS DR. BHAT-PATEL. MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] ON THAT ONE. SURE. AND I'M GOING TO TURN TO TERESA AND ASK FOR HELP WITH THIS. I THINK THAT THE REASON I GOT OFF OF THE JOINT DISPATCH WAS BECAUSE THE MAIN ENCINA WASTEWATER MEETINGS CONFLICTED WITH JOINT DISPATCH MEETINGS. NOW, UNLESS THEY'VE CHANGED AND I'M NOT AWARE OF IT, I THINK THAT, THAT MIGHT CREATE AN ISSUE. YEAH, I'LL PROBABLY HAVE A SCHEDULING CONFLICT AS WELL. SO, IF I'M GOING TO BE ONE OF THE PRIMARIES ON ENCINA WASTEWATER, WE SHOULD PICK SOMEONE ELSE TO BE ON NORTH COUNTY DISPATCH. [INAUDIBLE] MR. NORBY, YOU WIN THE HONORS. HAPPY TO SERVE. AND THEN NORTH COUNTY HOMELESS ACTION COMMITTEE, THAT WAS MYSELF AND DR. BHAT-PATEL. THE CITY LEDGE COMMITTEE. MAYOR, IF I MAY, CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE, WE DIDN'T GO OVER THAT ONE. DID I SKIP THAT ONE? YES. THAT'S DR. BHAT-PATEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. YES. AND THEN THE LEDGE COMMITTEE. THAT'S MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. MAYOR, IF YOU COULD JUST HOLD UP ONE MOMENT. THIS RESOLUTION COVERS YOUR REGIONAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE RESOLUTION FOR YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT MS. MEDINA, BUT I AM MISSING AN ALTERNATE FOR THE NORTH COUNTY DISPATCH JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY ALTERNATE. DID YOU NAME ONE? AND I MISSED IT, DID YOU-- THAT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. HE'S [INAUDIBLE] THE PRIMARY. WE'LL NEED AN ALTERNATE BEHIND NORBY. OK, THEN IT WOULD BE DR. BHAT-PATEL. OK? YOU GOT THAT OK NOW MS. BREWER? I THINK THAT I HAVE THAT AND I THINK, FAVIOLA, DID YOU GET EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ME STRAIGHT. SO, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I BELIEVE. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE GO ON TO SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THAT'S MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AND THEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE IS MYSELF AND DR. BHAT-PATEL. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO BE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE? OK, WE'VE SEEN NO ONE, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, SO MR. BLACKBURN, IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND I BELIEVE WE'RE ON THE FINAL [INAUDIBLE]. [03:15:01] OH, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. SORRY. JUST ONE MORE THING ON THE LAST ITEM, I WAS LOOKING AT THE GRID ON ITEM 15 THAT HAS THE REGIONAL ASSIGNMENTS AND, FROM LAST YEAR, AND THERE WERE UNDER THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES SAN DIEGO COUNTY DIVISION, THERE WERE SOME POLICY COMMITTEES THAT WERE LISTED THERE, AND I KNOW THAT DR. BHAT-PATEL IS REMAINING ON THE COMMITTEE, THAT SHE WAS ON TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS AND IS THE VICE CHAIR. AND I WAS SELECTED BY THE COUNTY DIVISION TO BE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE. SO IT'S VERY EXCITING. THEY MEET JUST FOUR TIMES A YEAR VIRTUALLY, SO THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] REALLY WELL INTO MY SCHEDULE. BUT I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE UPDATED AS WELL. OK. DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? OK. VERY WELL. SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT TAKES US TO THE END OF THE MEETING AND DOWN TO FINAL COMMENTS AND MR. NORBY, DO YOU WANT TO START WITH FINAL COMMENTS? MAYOR, I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME REMAINING SPEAKERS. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. YES, YES. AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE [PUBLIC COMMENT] YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU'RE USING THE MEETING LINK TO LOG IN OR IF YOU'RE 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. THE FIRST SPEAKER ENDS WITH FOUR NINE SIX ONE. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. YEAH. ANTHONY [INAUDIBLE]. A 25 YEAR TAX PAYING RESIDENT OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF CARLSBAD. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF THE SLIDES PRESENTED BY MR. HABER AND MS. GONSALVES, AND IT HAD TO DO WITH ONE OF THE PRIORITIES OF GUNS OFF THE STREETS. I HOPE THAT YOU, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I FEEL LIKE I SOMETIMES IN CARLSBAD, I'M IN CHINA. YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY STRIPPED ME AS A COUNCIL OF MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. BASED ON THE ACTIONS OF COUNCIL MEMBER FORMER, THE QUITTER, CORI, THE QUITTER SCHUMACHER. HER ACTIONS STRIPPED ME OF MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY MY SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS. THAT'S VERY DISTURBING TO ME. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST END THIS MEETING AGAIN WITH A QUESTION. HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT RHETORICAL. AND WHEN YOU'RE ALL GOING THROUGH THE COUNCIL ROUNDUP PATTING YOURSELVES ON THE BACK, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PROTECT US COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE IT'S GETTING PRETTY VIOLENT OUT THERE? SO YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I'VE TOLD YOU WHAT I'M DOING. WWW.TRANSIENTREGISTRY.COM. THANK YOU. OK, FINAL COMMENTS, MR. NORBY. MAYOR, OH, I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT WE FINISHED THEM ALL EARLIER. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. THE NEXT CALLER ENDS WITH EIGHT ONE ZERO ZERO. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN, DEAR MAYOR MATT AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES, AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF CARLSBAD AND FUTURE CUSTOMER OF REPUBLIC TRASH SERVICES. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THE CITY STAFF AND MANAGER REVIEW, REVISIT AND CONSIDER RESCINDING THE PUBLIC SERVICE TRASH CONTRACT WITH CARLSBAD AND COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE TRASH CONTRACT OPTION. I WOULD LIKE FOR MR. CHADWICK AND OUR CITY STAFF TO RECONSIDER THE CONTRACT AGAIN TO SEE IF REPUBLIC WAS CHOSEN IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS. A RECAP ON APRIL SIX AGAINST THE CARLSBAD STAFF RECOMMENDATION, COUNCIL MEMBERS BHAT-PATEL AND TERESA ACOSTA AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CORI SCHUMACHER SOLD OUT CARLSBAD RESIDENTS BY VOTING TO AWARD A HUGE TRASH AND RECYCLING CONTRACT TO REPUBLIC SERVICES INSTEAD OF EDCO. REPUBLIC SERVICES DID NOT OFFER THE BEST PLAN COSTS OR SUPERIOR DISPOSAL METHODS. [03:20:07] WHAT THEY OFFERED WAS THE LURE OF UNION SUPPORT FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS. AFTER HIRING AN EXPENSIVE CONSULTANT WHO SIDED WITH EDCO ALONG WITH STAFF, BOTH MAYOR MAYOR HALL AND KEITH BLACKBURN VOTED AGAINST REPUBLIC SERVICES. WHEN ACOSTA, BHAT-PATEL AND SCHUMACHER MADE IT CLEAR THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE FOR REPUBLIC. MAYOR HALL WAS ABLE TO INCLUDE THE VOTE TO HAVE REPUBLIC COMMIT TO NO FURTHER COST TO THE CITY FOR BUYBACKS AND STORAGE. AND WHY DID THIS TRIO OF COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE FOR REPUBLIC SERVICES? BECAUSE, AS ACOSTA SAID QUOTE, IT'S ABOUT PICKING THE ONE MOST CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH OUR VALUES, UNQUOTE. DURING THAT DISCUSSION, WORKERS FOR REPUBLIC CALLED IN TO THE MEETING, PROCLAIMING HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THEIR JOBS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. ANYONE COULD SEE RIGHT THROUGH THAT UNION STUNT. NOW, REPUBLIC HAS SHOWN THEIR TRUE COLORS AND WHAT THEY REALLY OFFER. AND DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, PUBLIC TRASH WORKERS WENT TO STRIKE ARE ON STRIKE IN CHULA VISTA AND PARTS OF SAN DIEGO. THE STRIKE IS NOW IN ITS FOURTH WEEK AND THE TRASH CONTINUES TO ACCUMULATE. NEWS ABOUT THE STRIKE IS DAILY ON KUSI AND OTHER OUTLETS AND PEOPLE ARE FED UP. THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER, BHAT-PATEL AND ACOSTA VOTING THEIR UNION VALUES, CARLSBAD CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THE SAME POTENTIAL INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE. REPUBLIC SERVICES ALSO WENT ON STRIKE IN HUNTINGTON BEACH ON 12/09/2021, WHERE THE CITY FOUGHT BACK, THREATENING FINES AND COSTS TO REPUBLIC, AND THE STRIKE WAS SETTLED IN A WEEK. AND BASED ON REPUBLIC MISINFORMATION AND MISLEADING COMMENTS WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE CARLSBAD TRASH CONTRACT, I ENCOURAGE THE CITY MANAGER TO INVESTIGATE CANCELING REPUBLIC SERVICE AND BRING DISCUSSION ON ALTERNATIVE TRASH CONTRACTS OPTIONS BACK TO THE TABLE. COUNCILMAN--. OUR NEXT SPEAKER ENDS WITH SEVEN THREE NINE SIX. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? YES. HI, ARE YOU GUYS STILL AWAKE? [LAUGHTER] YEAH? OK. IT KIND OF DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. OK. THIS IS TAMARA DIXON, AND I HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ABOUT THE HOMELESS. THE INFLUX OF HOMELESS, MOVING TO CARLSBAD IS REALLY GETTING OUT OF CONTROL, AND I THINK IT'S MOSTLY THANKS TO YOU GUYS, THE CITY COUNCIL. ON JANUARY 10, 2019, THE HOUSING COMMISSION AGENDA FOR THE CARLSBAD HOMELESS RESPONSE PLAN RECOMMENDED THAT NO ACTION BE TAKEN. THE HOMELESS HAD ALREADY STARTED TO COME TO CARLSBAD WHEN THAT RECOMMENDED-- REALLY, MATT, IS THAT RIGHT? WHEN THE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE WHEN COVID HIT THE CITY, CITY COUNCIL DECIDED ON THREE PRIORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2021. HOMELESSNESS WAS ONE OF THEM. CITY COUNCIL GAVE A BUDGET OF ONE TIME $6.8 MILLION FROM THE RESERVE FUND, IN WHICH ONLY FIVE NINETY NINE THOUSAND HAVE BEEN SPENT TO DATE. THE REMAINING FUND IS SIX MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, IN WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REQUIRE FEWER RESOURCES. WHAT IS THE MONEY BEING USED FOR AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SOURCES YOU PLAN TO USE? I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT AS MORE AND MORE HOMELESS ARE MOVING TO CARLSBAD. THERE HAVE BEEN VIOLENT INCIDENTS WHICH ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. A HOMELESS MAN STALKED AND HARASSED A 15 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS IN A GATED COMMUNITY WHEN A CAR EXITED THE MAIN GATE. THE HOMELESS MAN ENTERED AND CONTINUED TO STALK AND HARASS THE BOY. POLICE WERE CALLED, BUT THEY DID NOT TAKE HIM IN TO A SHELTER OR THE STATION. THEY LEFT HIM ON THE STREET TO STALK AND POSSIBLY HARM SOMEONE ELSE. A 68 YEAR OLD MAN WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS, SUFFERING FROM HEAD INJURIES AND IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THOSE ARE JUST TWO OF MANY OTHER INSTANCES. ANY HOMELESS PERSON INVOLVED IN A CRIME AND IS ARRESTED MUST HAVE THEIR CRIMINAL [03:25:05] HISTORY AVAILABLE TO THE VICTIM AND PUBLIC. SEVENTY FOUR PERCENT OF CARLSBAD CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOMELESS PROBLEM. ARE YOU CONCERNED AND DO YOU CARE WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIX THAT? I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO--. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, MAYOR. OK, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT AND THEN GOING ON TO FINAL [COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS] COMMENTS MR. NORBY. MAYOR HALL, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR GIVING ME SOME COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. KIND OF GNAWING AT ME THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS THAT I'M NOT CARRYING MY LOAD. AND I ALSO JUST TAKE NOTE OF DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED, I THINK EVERYBODY GOT HEARD . ON SOME OF THE ITEMS. I WISH WE COULD PUT TWO OR THREE PEOPLE ON THERE THAT WANT IT TO BE ON THERE. AND THOSE ARE TOUGH CHOICES AND I WON'T GET INTO THE REASONS WHY, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE THAT, APPRECIATE OUR CITIZENS FOR BEING INVOLVED AND CONTACTING US. I'VE HAD SOME WONDERFUL COFFEES, PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, THE LAST THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT. AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITIZENS WHO JUST KIND OF VOLUNTEER FOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, AND I GOT TO APPOINT ONE TODAY, BUT [INAUDIBLE] WERE FOUR THAT I WAS KIND OF TAKING A LOOK AT AND ALL JUST WONDERFUL PEOPLE. AND WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES WITH VARIOUS COMMITTEES THAT ARE COMING UP. I THINK IN MY DISTRICT, I THINK I HAVE FIVE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE BARRIO VILLAGE KIND OF BUILDING ISSUE COMING UP. SO PLEASE STAY INVOLVED. PLEASE GET INVOLVED. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. YES, THANK YOU. THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING BACK AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR, SO I WANTED TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR AND ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY. BECAUSE OF THE FIVE OF US, THREE OF US HAD A BIRTHDAY OVER THE HOLIDAYS. IT WASN'T ME. IT WASN'T COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. SO NOW YOU KNOW WHO THOSE FOLKS WERE. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THIS NEXT YEAR, LAYING OUT KIND OF THE SENTIMENTS AND INTENTIONS FOR WORKING TOGETHER. I JUST HAVE THREE QUICK POINTS, ONE POSITIVITY, I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE MANNER, EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE. AND I THINK THAT WE SHOWED THAT TODAY AND WE OFTEN DO. I AM REALLY PLEASED WITH THE WAY THAT THIS COUNCIL WORKS, EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE ON POINTS. THE SECOND POINT IS TEAMWORK, SO IT RELATES VERY MUCH TO THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM REMEMBERING THAT WE'RE ALL HERE TO SERVE THE CARLSBAD COMMUNITY AND THAT WE'VE GOT THIS GREAT STAFF LIKE REALLY AMAZING EXPERTS, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. AND I KNOW WE DON'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH AND I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR COMMUNICATING THAT MESSAGE BACK TO THE STAFF BECAUSE WE DO RELY ON THEM AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR EFFORTS. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS PUBLIC SERVICE IS REALLY BEING FOCUSED ON SERVICE AS THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE, THE REASON THAT WE ARE IN THESE POSTS. AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET THAT, THAT IS WHY WE RAN FOR OFFICE, WHY WE'RE SERVING AND GIVE SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL THE TIME. AND WE DO THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE LOVE IT. WE LOVE CARLSBAD AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT THE BEST PLACE IT CAN POSSIBLY BE. AND THEN JUST TO THAT NOTE REALLY QUICKLY. DISTRICT FOUR HAS SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. THE BEACON COMPLEX, WHICH USED TO BE ACOSTA TOWN SQUARE AND DIFFERENT FROM ACOSTA TOWN CENTER. HOPE I GOT THOSE RIGHT, BUT IT'S RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF EL CAMINO REAL AND LA COSTA AVENUE, AND IT'S WHERE EQUINOX IS AND THE TESLA SUPERCHARGER. YOU MAY KNOW THAT FOR MANY YEARS NOW, AT LEAST FIVE YEARS THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. THEY'VE BEEN VACANT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE COMPLEX. THERE'S A COUPLE OF TENANTS THAT HAVE STAYED IN LIKE WHAT ACOSTA WINE COMPANY HAS BEEN IN THERE, BUT NOW IT'S FILLING UP AGAIN. THEY'VE REMODELED IT AND SHAKE SHACK JUST HAD ITS SOFT OPENING. YESTERDAY, I WAS ABLE TO GO BY AND I KNOW THEY'RE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW THAT I THINK A COUPLE OF US ARE GOING TO GO TO. SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING FOR MY DISTRICT. THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR AND LARGEST RETAIL CENTERS IN DISTRICT FOUR. AND THEN THE OTHER EXCITING THING THAT'S HAPPENING THIS YEAR THAT I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT BECAUSE I SEE IT IS FIRE STATION TWO. FIRE STATION TWO IS THE ONLY FIRE STATION IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND IT'S RIGHT ON EL CAMINO REAL AND ARENAL. IT'S RIGHT ON THE CORNER AND EVERY TIME I GO BY, I SEE THAT THE STEEL FRAMING GO UP FOR THAT AND WE EXPECT THAT IT WILL OPEN-- IT WILL BE UP AND RUNNING BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THAT, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO MADE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. THAT'S IT. HAVE A GREAT WEEK. YES, DR. BHAT-PATEL, SURE. [03:30:02] YEAH, THANK YOU, AND YES, WE'RE BACK AT IT FIRST MEETING, SO I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON THIS WEEK AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, I'M SURE WE CAN TOUCH BASE OFFLINE, BUT THERE IS A CEA MEETING THIS THURSDAY AT 2:00. SO JUST AS A HEADS UP IN CASE, AND THEN THERE ARE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ACTUALLY FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES THAT ARE STARTING UP THIS WEEK AS WELL. SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT THIS THURSDAY. AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS VIRTUAL, SO VIRTUALLY. AND THEN THIS WEEKEND IS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WEEKEND. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND HONOR THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN THE CARLSBAD MARATHON THIS SUNDAY. SO, IF YOU ARE AROUND AND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COME BY AND SAY, HELLO, MY HUSBAND AND I WILL BE RUNNING. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, NOTHING ELSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OK. MR. BLACKBURN, NOTHING THANK YOU. OK, AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ALSO EXCEPT TO ANNOUNCE THAT YOU WILL NOT FIND MORE THAN TWO OF US AT ANY LOCATION IN THE NEXT WEEK. AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST THANK MR. CHADWICK AND ATTORNEY BREWER FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TONIGHT. STAFF DID A REMARKABLE GOOD JOB AND I JUST THANK YOU AND EVERYONE WHO IS PART OF THE PRESENTATION. GOOD JOB. VERY WELL DONE. MR. CHADWICK NOTHING ASIDE JUST TO COMMEND OUR INCREDIBLE AND AMAZING STAFF [CITY MANAGER COMMENTS] BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. SO THANK YOU. MS. BREWER. NOTHING THANK YOU. HAPPY TO BE BACK. AND CITY CLERK, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO KEEP ME ON TRACK. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NONE AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU. OK WITH THAT, WE STAND ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.