[00:00:09] CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. [CALL TO ORDER] COULD THE CLERK PLEASE TAKE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. HERE. PRO TEM BLACKBURN. PRESENT. MAYOR HALL. HERE. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. MOVING ON TO THE INVOCATION OR NOT, THE INVOCATION THE PLEDGE MR. BLACKBURN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] MINUTES OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. THE MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 7TH. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. SECOND. ANY CORRECTIONS? CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT MINUTES PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, THE BROWN ACT ALLOWS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO [PUBLIC COMMENT] COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS, NOT ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING 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 OTHER ACTION CAN OCCUR ON THESE ITEMS. DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON NON AGENDA? 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 YOU CALL YOUR NAME OR LAST THREE 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 ENDING WITH NINE, NINE NINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. HELLO, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK AND STAFF, THIS IS CHARLES [INAUDIBLE], CARLSBAD RESIDENT. THE OTHER DAY, MY WIFE WAS STOPPED BY A PARK RANGER AS SHE WALKED OUR LEASHED PUPPY AROUND OUR PARK. SHE WAS INFORMED THAT NO DOGS ARE ALLOWED AT CARLSBAD PARK'S LEASHED OR OTHERWISE. APPARENTLY ACCOMPANYING YOUR DOG ON THE SIDEWALK AROUND THE PERIMETER OF A CITY PARK COULD EARN YOU HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN FINES. RATHER THAN OUTLAW ALL DOGS AT OUR TAXPAYER FUNDED PARKS, PERHAPS OUR LEADERS MIGHT REVISE THE ORDINANCES TO REFLECT THE REAL CONCERNS DOG WASTE AND UNLEASHED DOGS. PLEASE CONSIDER INSTALLING DOG WASTE STATIONS AND THEN ADOPT A ZERO TOLERANCE APPROACH IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRULY SUBSTANTIAL FINES FOR VIOLATORS OF THESE REAL AND HAZARDOUS ISSUES. DON'T USE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL PROVERBIAL STICK. ON THE COUNTLESS RESIDENTS WHO VISIT OUR PARKS WITH THEIR LEASHED CANINE FAMILY MEMBERS, OUTLAWING PEOPLE FROM SIMPLY WALKING THEIR DOGS AT OUR PARKS IS A HEAVY HANDED OVERREACH THAT SURELY DOES NOT COMPLIMENT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FOCUS ENFORCEMENT BETTER THAN THAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UPCOMING DOG PARK AT POINSETTIA PARK. HAVE A NICE DAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER ENDS WITH THREE, NINE, SIX. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? HELLO, MAYOR HALL AND THE CITY COUNCIL WITH ALL THE MONEY THAT'S BEING SPENT ON THE HOMELESS PROJECT. WHY IS THE HOMELESS PROBLEM GETTING WORSE? THE POLICE ARE MORE LIKELY TO PROTECT THE HOMELESS INSTEAD OF RESIDENTS WHO PAY THEIR SALARY. IS IT COMPLACENCY ON YOUR PART, OR DO YOU LACK THE ABILITY TO MAKE UNBIASED DECISIONS? MAYOR HALL MR. BLACKBURN MS. PATEL AND MS. ACOSTA, DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE GOOD AT YOUR JOB? ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE UNBIASED DECISIONS FOR THE CITY? [00:05:03] DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON WITH THE HOMELESS SITUATION? WE ARE BEING INVADED EVERY DAY. THESE PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE VIOLENT BECAUSE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO. MY FRIEND WAS STALKED BY A HOMELESS PERSON AND HE EXPOSED HIMSELF SEVERAL TIMES TO HER. SHE HAD TO GET A RESTRAINING ORDER. I WILL EMAIL YOU THIS DISGUSTING PICTURE. SERIOUSLY, I WILL. THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE FORCING US TO LIVE LIKE BECAUSE OF YOUR INABILITY TO LEAVE A 15-YEAR OLD KID WAS STALKED BY A HOMELESS PERSON WHO ENTERED A PRIVATE GATED COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO STOP THE KIDS. THE COPS DID NOTHING AND LEFT THE HOMELESS GUY THERE TO BASICALLY HARASS SOMEBODY ELSE. THE KID'S RIGHTS WERE FORGOTTEN. YOU ALL NEED TO WAKE UP AND DO YOUR JOB. PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH EACH ONE OF YOU. IT'S TIME FOR ALL OF YOU TO STEP DOWN AND LET OTHERS WHO LOVE THEIR COMMUNITY TO TAKE OVER. I AM INVITING ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A DRIVE AND WALK AROUND CARLSBAD VILLAGE. WE WILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, AND AFTER ALL, YOU WORK FOR US AND THE COMMUNITY, I WILL BE CALLING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOU SO WE CAN FIND AN APPROPRIATE TIME. I WANT THIS DONE IN THE NEXT WEEK BECAUSE THINGS ARE GETTING A LOT WORSE HERE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS HERE., OK, THANK YOU. WITH THAT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT ITEMS ONE AND TWO. [CONSENT CALENDAR] DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? [INAUDIBLE] CALLS FOR SPEAKERS. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. IF YOU'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 THREE DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE AND CLEARLY STATE WHICH ITEM YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO BEFORE THE START OF YOUR COMMENT. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS. YOU WILL BE MUTED ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED. ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, MAYOR. OKAY DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL AN ITEM? MOTION, PLEASE. WE WILL APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, NUMBER ONE AND TWO. [INAUDIBLE] PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO-TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM ONE AND TWO, PASS UNANIMOUSLY MOVING ON TO ORDINANCES FOR [3. ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD] INTRODUCTION. ITEM THREE ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTERS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. MR. CHADWICK, YOU WANT TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS? YES, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY OR JOINTLY, IT'S OUR POLICE CAPTAIN, CHRIS [INAUDIBLE], ALONG WITH OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, ALLEGRA FROST. LADIES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR HALL AND COUNCILMAN, GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN. OK. CAN EVERYONE SEE MY SCREEN? PERFECT. SO TODAY WE WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE INTRODUCTION OF A MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITING THE ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW, STATISTICS, CHALLENGES WITH THE CRIME TREND, RECENT WORK TO COMBAT THE TREND. THE PURPOSE OF THE INTRODUCTION AND OPTIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. I'D LIKE TO START WITH WHAT A CATALYTIC CONVERTER ACTUALLY IS. CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ARE A KEY COMPONENT OF A GAS POWERED [INAUDIBLE], A GAS POWERED CARS EMISSION SYSTEM, WHICH REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF HARMFUL POLLUTION GOING OUT OF THE TAILPIPE. SO WHY ARE THESE BEING STOLEN? THESE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS CONTAIN EXPENSIVE PRECIOUS METALS, INCLUDING PLATINUM, PALLADIUM AND RHODIUM. RHODIUM CURRENTLY COSTS OVER ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER OUNCE. AS THE PRICE OF THESE METALS HAS INCREASED, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, SO HAS THE INCENTIVE FOR THIEVES TO STEAL CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND SELL THEM TO OTHERS THAT CAN EXTRACT THE METALS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE VICTIMS, THE CURRENT AVERAGE COST OF REPLACING ONE OF THESE AND REPAIRING THE DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLE IS TYPICALLY OVER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE REPAIR MUST BE DONE IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT IS ILLEGAL TO DRIVE A VEHICLE [00:10:02] WITHOUT A CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND DOING SO ALSO MAKES THE CONSTANT DEAFENING SOUND DUE TO THE DAMAGE EXHAUST SYSTEM, WHICH IS USUALLY HOW SOMEONE DISCOVERS THAT THEIRS HAS BEEN STOLEN. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE STATISTICS HERE THAT CARLSBAD, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTY, IS AFFECTED BY THIS TREND. IF I MAY DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BOX THAT STATE'S COUNTY RUNNING STATS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE 2020 TOTAL NUMBER OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS STOLEN IN [INAUDIBLE] COUNTY, IT WAS THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE AND THEN THE TOTAL FOR 2021 SKYROCKETED TO OVER 2200. WITH LOSSES ACCOUNTING FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE ONLY THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED. WE BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE VICTIMS THAT NEVER FILED A CRIME REPORT AND JUST SIMPLY WENT AND GOT THEIR CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSURANCE CRIME BUREAU, THERE HAS BEEN A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE IN CLAIMS FILED FOR STOLEN CATALYTIC CONVERTERS SINCE 2018. SO THE CHALLENGE IS CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS ARE CHALLENGING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO INVESTIGATE BECAUSE OF A LACK OF ANY IDENTIFYING SERIAL NUMBERS OR MARKERS ON EACH UNIT. IT IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO PROSECUTE A SUSPECT WITHOUT AN IDENTIFIED VICTIM. SO RECENT WORK BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN A LEADING ROLE IN COMBATING THIS INCREASE IN CATALYTIC CONVERTERS THEFTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. OUR DEPARTMENT'S CRIME ANALYST, AS WELL AS OUR PROPERTY CRIMES DETECTIVES, CREATED A COUNTY WIDE WORKING GROUP ON THE ISSUE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITHIN THE COUNTY. UNIFORMED AND NON-UNIFORMED OFFICERS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED IN AREAS WHERE CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DETER ADDITIONAL THEFTS AND UNDERTAKE PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT. THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER HAS CREATED MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RISK OF THESE THEFTS AND STEPS THAT THEY CAN TAKE TO PROTECT THEIR VEHICLES. DETECTIVES HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH A1 AUTO CARE IN THE VILLAGE, WHICH IS LOCATED ON TYLER STREET AND ON NOVEMBER 6TH OF LAST YEAR, COLLABORATED WITH US TO HOLD AN EVENT WHERE MOTORISTS ARE ABLE TO BRING THEIR VEHICLES IN AND FOR FREE, GET THEIR VEHICLES IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ENGRAVED ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SO THAT IF IT DOES GET STOLEN, WE ARE ABLE TO TRACK THEM DOWN. AT THIS EVENT, APPROXIMATELY 50 COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOWED UP AND TOOK PART IN THE FREE EVENT, AND OTHERS WERE ABLE TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS FOR FUTURE DATES. IN THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WE ARE NOTING THAT OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT [INAUDIBLE] COUNTY ARE NOW FOLLOWING SUIT WITH EVENTS SIMILAR TO THIS. WE'VE ALSO HAD OUR SENIOR VOLUNTEERS PASS OUT OVER TWO HUNDRED FLIERS TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO EDUCATE VEHICLE OWNERS ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT THEIR VEHICLES. SO THE PURPOSE. STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE PRESENTING THIS ORDINANCE TO YOU TODAY WILL PROVIDE THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH AN ADDITIONAL TOOL TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND DETER THIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THIS ORDINANCE WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A DETACHED CATALYTIC CONVERTER PROSECUTABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR. THROUGH OUR VERY OWN CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, EVEN WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE AN IDENTIFIED VICTIM, THIS IS A PROACTIVE EFFORT ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO CREATE ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENRY. AND CARLSBAD WOULD BE THE FIRST CITY IN THE [INAUDIBLE] COUNTY TO HAVE SUCH AN ORDINANCE. THE OPTIONS BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE ONE. ADOPT ORDINANCE TITLE EIGHT, CHAPTER EIGHT POINT TWO EIGHT. THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDED TO ADD SECTION EIGHT POINT TWO EIGHT POINT ZERO SIX ZERO OR DO NOT ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AND MAKE NO CHANGES. BEFORE I MOVE INTO QUESTIONS, I DO WANT TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SPECIFICALLY DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY [INAUDIBLE] FROST. WITHOUT THE RESEARCH IN THE EFFORT PUT INTO THIS COLLABORATIVE PROCESS BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THIS PROACTIVE EFFORT WOULD NOT BE BEFORE YOU TODAY. SO THANK YOU. WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE COUNCIL. THANK YOU, VERY GOOD REPORT. DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE 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 THREE 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 NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, MAYOR. [00:15:03] ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS THEN. MS. [INAUDIBLE], YOU WANT TO TITLE THE ORDINANCE. THANK YOU, I WILL. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE AND CHAPTER EIGHT POINT TO EIGHT BY ADDING SECTION EIGHT POINT TWO EIGHT POINT SIX UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CATALYTIC OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. MOVE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. 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. ITEM THREE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR. THE ANNUAL CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION REVIEW. [4. ANNUAL CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION REVIEW] MR. CHADWICK, YOU WANT TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS. AND I'LL BE TACKLING THIS ONE. SO THIS ITEM IS ANNUAL AND IT'S PRESENTED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL EACH YEAR IN JANUARY. IT ALLOWS CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW THEIR COMPENSATION FOR 2022 AND TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE FOR COUNCIL TO EITHER DO ONE OF TWO THINGS ONE. ADJUST CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION BY THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE [INAUDIBLE] REGIONAL CPI FOR 2021 AND NOVEMBER WAS A 6.6 PERCENT OR TO WAIVE AN ADJUSTMENT TO CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION FOR 2022. NOW ON THAT, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT AND I'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND. COUNCIL DID WAVE IN 2021 IN THE LAST INCREASE WAS MAY 7TH OF 2015. NOW, IF YOU RECALL, THE WAY WE GOT HERE IS BACK ON NOVEMBER 3RD 2020 VOTERS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD DID APPROVE MEASURE G, WHICH IS NOW FOUND IN TITLE TWO, CHAPTER TWO POINT ZERO FOUR AND SPECIFICALLY SECTION TWO POINT ZERO FOUR POINT ZERO ONE ZERO EIGHT IN THE CARLSBAD MUNI CODE. SO AGAIN, JUST AS I MENTIONED, CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS CANNOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT ESTABLISHED BY THE [INAUDIBLE] REGIONAL CPI, AND IT PROHIBITS COUNCIL FROM ENACTING A RETROACTIVE INCREASES FOR YEARS IN WHICH COUNCIL WAIVE THE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT. STAFF HAVE DRAFTED TWO ORDINANCES FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION FOR BOTH OPTIONS. THE FIRST ORDINANCE WOULD ADJUST CITY COUNCIL'S COMPENSATION BY THE PERCENTAGE, AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, AND THE SECOND WOULD WAIVE THE ADJUSTMENT TO CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION FOR 2022. NOW I DID WANT TO MENTION BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT AS WE WERE GOING OVER THIS IN THE STAFF REPORT, WHERE IN THE FISCAL CONSIDERATIONS IT DOES LIST THAT , I'LL READ THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. IT SAYS THE FULL FISCAL IMPACT CONSIDERING BENEFITS ADDITIONS TO COMPENSATION IS APPROXIMATELY 4600. THAT SHOULD HAVE SAID FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, MEANING COVERING THE TIME PERIOD FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE. AND AGAIN, THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD FACTOR THIS IS YOU WOULD TAKE IT IS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS INCREASE FOR EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO YOU TIMES THAT BY FIVE, WHICH GETS YOU SIX SEVENTY FIVE, THEN TIMES THAT BY 12, WHICH WOULD GET YOU ABOUT EIGHTY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. BUT THEN WHEN YOU FACTOR IN FRINGE, THAT TAKES YOU TO ROUGHLY ABOUT NINE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. SO THE FULL FISCAL IMPACT FOR A FULL FISCAL YEAR WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY NINE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. SO I DID WANT TO JUST STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD AND STAFF ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR 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 THREE 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 ENDING WITH ONE ONE NINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. WILL THE SPEAKER ENDING WITH ONE ONE NINE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. THAT IS THE ONLY SPEAKER MAYOR. OH, IT LOOKS LIKE. HI. HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. [00:20:01] HI, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AS FAR AS AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE, I'M A CARLSBAD RESIDENT, I'VE LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 10 YEARS. MA'AM, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MA'AM, BUT I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THE ITEM BEING CURRENTLY DISCUSSED IS ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS DEALING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION. I APOLOGIZE. MY QUESTION OR COMMENT IS FOR THE NEXT ITEM. NO WORRIES. UNDERSTOOD. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, MAYOR. QUESTIONS OF STAFF? MS. [INAUDIBLE], YOU WANT TO TITLE THE ORDINANCE. I NEED A DECISION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT WHICH ORDINANCE YOU'D LIKE TO ADOPT OR INTRODUCE. MR. BLACKBURN, LEAD US OFF. WELL, LET ME JUST LET ME START OFF WITH A COMMENT. WE AS A COUNCIL ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH GIVING OURSELVES COST OF LIVING INCREASES AND WE'VE BEEN SAYING NO SINCE 2015. THIRTEEN YEARS AGO, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE COUNCIL, I WAS A SUPPORTER OF SAYING NO BECAUSE WE WEREN'T GIVEN OUR EMPLOYEES PAY RAISES, AND I SAID I WOULD NOT ACCEPT A PAY RAISE AS LONG AS OUR EMPLOYEES WERE NOT GETTING PAY RAISES. LATER, WHEN THE ECONOMY GOT BETTER, EMPLOYEES GOT PAY RAISES AND COUNCIL GOT COST OF LIVING COMPENSATION INCREASES. SINCE 2015, COUNCIL HAS SAID NO TO ALL OF THE PAY INCREASES. AND NOW THAT COST OF LIVING IS GETTING HIGHER, THE EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING COST OF LIVING PAY INCREASES. I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO SAY YES TO A PAY RAISE FOR OURSELVES, BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO SAY NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO FUTURE COUNCILS EITHER. AND I'LL TELL YOU A FUNNY STORY. A HANDFUL OF YEARS AGO, THEN A COUNCIL MEMBER, MARK PACKARD, FIGURED UP HIS HOURS, FIGURED UP HIS PAY AND SAID THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GETTING PAID LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE WHEN YOU FIGURE OUT HOW MANY HOURS THEY'RE WORKING. SO I UNDERSTAND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO VOTE OURSELVES A PAY RAISE, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR I THINK IT'S CHOICE NUMBER ONE FOR THE CPI INCREASE FOR COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OK. ANY DISCUSSION? MR. NORBY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I WANT TO JUST KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE CITIZENS FOR PUTTING THE FRAMEWORK AROUND ANY COUNCIL. WE REALLY HAVE TWO CHOICES. ONE IS TO NOT DO IT OR ONE IS TO DO THE CPI. AND I THINK FOR ME, THE DECISION IS REALLY SIMPLE AND THAT IS THAT I'VE OFTEN SAID, I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD COUNCIL AS IT LOOKS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND AS A COMMUNITY LOOKS IN, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS ON THE COUNCIL, PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR LIFE. AND FOR ME, I THINK I'D RATHER HAVE A SITUATION WHERE IF WE CONTINUE TO NOT DENY PAY RAISES AND COST OF LIVING INCREASES, I THINK YOU'RE JUST MAKING IT MAYBE THE SUBSECTION OF PEOPLE WHO CAN SERVE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER BECOME SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER. WHEREAS IF WE KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING, THE SUBSECTION OF PEOPLE WHO CAN SERVE BECOMES LARGER AND LARGER AND LARGER. AND FOR THAT REASON, I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. YES, THANK YOU. I WANTED TO TO CHIME IN AFTER HEARING THE MAYOR PRO TEM COMMENTS ABOUT HAVING SEEN THE HISTORY OF THE PAY INCREASES OR THE LACK OF PAY INCREASES OVER THE YEARS. AND YOU KNOW, REALLY, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT AN INFLATIONARY INCREASE. THIS IS A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, NOT A NOT A RAISE FOR ANY ANYTHING ELSE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST THE COST OF LIVING, AND I'M FINE WITH THAT. I ALSO FEEL THE THE DISCOMFORT WITH BEING SOMEBODY WHO'S A PUBLIC SERVANT AND I KNOW THAT I MAKE A LOT OF SACRIFICES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS JOB. AND NOT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAN'T DO IT AND VERY WELL QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE NOT TO DO IT BECAUSE OF THE SMALL STIPEND THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS RECEIVE, AND I HEAR THAT ALL OVER THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AND ALL OVER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TOO. SO PROUD TO BE HERE TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT, AND I THINK THAT A COST OF LIVING INCREASE IS IN ORDER. THANKS. OK. CALL THE QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. WE GOT A TIMELY ORDINANCE, I'M SORRY, MS. [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. OK. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA. ADJUSTING CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION BY THE AMOUNT ESTABLISHED BY THE [00:25:04] [INAUDIBLE] REGIONAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. OK, GO AHEAD AND CALL THE QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN. AYE. MAYOR HALL. AYE. SO THIS ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE NO ADOPT ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION. PUBLIC HEARINGS? NONE. WE MOVE ON NEXT TO DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY MANAGER REPORTS. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UPDATE ON THE TRANSITION OF THE CITY'S FRANCHISE AGREEMENT FOR [5. UPDATE ON THE TRANSITION OF THE CITY’S FRANCHISE AGREEMENT FOR SOLID WASTE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS SERVICES] SOLID WASTE RECYCLING AND ORGANIC SERVICES. SO WITH THAT MR. CHADWICK, YOU WANT TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS? GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. AND KICKING OFF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, MR. JAMIE WOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JAMIE WOOD AND I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY'S NEW FRANCHISE WASTE HAULER REPUBLIC SERVICES. JUST TO SOME BACKGROUND, THE CITY'S CURRENT FRANCHISE HAULER CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR. IN PREPARATION FOR THIS, AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL STATE REGULATIONS, INCLUDING NEW ORGANICS RECYCLING HALLS. CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED STAFF ON JUNE 16, 2020 TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR RECYCLING ORGANICS AND SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND ORGANIC MATERIALS PROCESSING SERVICES. THE CITY RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS FOR THIS NEW CONTRACT ONE FROM REPUBLIC PUBLIC SERVICES AND ONE FROM [INAUDIBLE] DISPOSAL ON APRIL 6, 2021. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES AS THE NEW CITY FRANCHISE HAULER. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT, STAFF BEGAN WORKING WITH REPUBLIC TO DEVELOP A TRANSITION PLAN THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED PRIOR TO THE JULY 1, 2022 EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS TRANSITION INCLUDES THE PROCUREMENT OF NEEDED EQUIPMENT BY REPUBLIC, AS WELL AS THE DISTRIBUTION OF NEW BINS AND CARTS. OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND MANY OTHER TASKS. REPUBLIC IS HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE A STATUS ON THIS TRANSITION AND TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JIM [INAUDIBLE] AND MIKE [INAUDIBLE] FROM REPUBLIC SERVICES TO PROVIDE THIS UPDATE. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK AND STAFF, I AM MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE], PART OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE TEAM FROM REPUBLIC SERVICES, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY. REPUBLIC IS HONORED AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD BEING SELECTED AS AS YOUR TEAM AND A PARTNER FOR YOU WITH YOU AND TO WORK WITH YOUR COMMUNITY IN ACHIEVING YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS LIKE CLIMATE ACTION PLANS THAT YOU HAVE IMPLEMENTING SENATE BILL THIRTEEN EIGHTY THREE AND BEING YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE SOLUTIONS PROVIDER. AS A FORMER CITY MANAGER, I'M PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO CONCERNS AND ISSUES THAT A MAYOR, A COUNCIL MEMBER, A COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER OR A RESIDENT MAY HAVE ABOUT ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES. SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE TRANSITION PLAN AND THE OPERATIONAL UPDATE, I WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD AND SEEN IN THE LOCAL MEDIA LATELY. FIRST REPUBLIC SERVICES IS A LARGE NATIONAL COMPANY, AND EVERY ONE OF OUR CONTRACTS AROUND THE COUNTRY IS DIFFERENT. THESE CONTRACTS HAVE DIFFERENT. THEY'RE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AROUND COMMUNITY NEEDS. THE RECENT WORK STOPPAGE WAS TRIGGERED AND ESCALATED BY ONE OF OUR LABOR BARGAINING UNITS IN THE SOUTH SAN DIEGO REGION. AND TO BE CLEAR, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS THEIR OWN BARGAINING UNIT AND IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE MARKET IN CHULA VISTA, SAN DIEGO OR THE COUNTY. THE WORK STOPPAGE WAS UNFORTUNATE AND AN ANOMALY FOR REPUBLIC SERVICES. TYPICALLY, OUR NEGOTIATIONS GET RESOLVED WITHOUT A WORK STOPPAGE. IN THIS CASE, THE SIZE OF THE WORKFORCE WAS TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY EMPLOYEES IN THE SAN DIEGO CHULA VISTA REGION, AND THIS BECAME A CHALLENGE TO BACKFILL AS WE TYPICALLY BRING IN DRIVERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. BUT MANY OF THE DRIVERS WE WERE SEEKING FOR HAD COVID. LIKE ALL BUSINESSES, COVID HAS IMPACTED OUR NATIONAL WORKFORCE. OVERALL, THERE'S VERY LITTLE HISTORY ON THE WORK STOPPAGES IN SAN DIEGO MARKET, BUT THEY'VE HAPPENED FROM TIME TO TIME. WITH NO SIGNIFICANT OR LONG TERM EFFECT. ON OUR CUSTOMERS OPERATIONS. MOST IMPORTANTLY TO YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT REPUBLIC [00:30:04] SERVICES HAS CONTINGENCY PLANS TO HANDLE WORK STOPPAGES AND NATURAL DISASTERS. IT WORK STOPPAGE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY SINCE YOUR CONTRACT WILL HAVE AROUND 30 TO 40 DRIVERS. WE HAVE A TEAM OF DRIVERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT SUPPORT EMERGENCY ISSUES AND WILL SUPPORT YOUR CITY TO ENSURE THAT THE TRASH AND THE RECYCLING IS BEING PICKED UP. WE ARE ON TRACK FOR A FULL RECOVERY IN CHULA VISTA. THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND PARTS OF THAT, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, WE HAVE RESUMED REGULAR COLLECTION SERVICES AND HAVE SUPPORTED THE CLEANUP WITH RECOVERY DRIVERS. WE PLANNED TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTING SENATE BILL 1380 STARTING IN FEBRUARY. IN ADDITION, REPUBLIC SERVICES CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES ARE CURRENTLY WORKING DIRECTLY WITH IMPACTED CUSTOMERS TO ADDRESS THEIR INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. WE HAVE A STRONG, PROVEN RECORD OF DELIVERING EXEMPLARY CUSTOMER SERVICE AROUND THE UNITED STATES UNDER MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT CARLSBAD COMMUNITY IS VERY ENGAGED AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THE COMING MONTHS. I ASSURE YOU, THROUGHOUT THE PAST MONTH, OUR PROGRESS ON THE CARLSBAD TRANSITION HAS CONTINUED AT FULL STRENGTH AND ON TARGET. WE ARE FOCUSING ON BUSINESS WASTE ASSESSMENTS. WE'RE SECURING EQUIPMENT AND WE'RE HIRING EMPLOYEES. WE VALUE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JIM [INAUDIBLE], OUR GENERAL MANAGER FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. JIM. THANK YOU, MIKE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, IF IT'S OK, I'D LIKE TO SHARE MY SCREEN RIGHT NOW AND TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSITION. IS THAT VISIBLE? EXCELLENT. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO. TO BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO COVER AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT. MY NAME IS JIM [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY BUSINESS UNIT. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN REPUBLIC PARLANCE AS A BUSINESS UNIT IS A LOCAL DIVISION OF REPUBLIC SERVICES AND THE GENERAL MANAGER IS THE FUNCTIONAL LEADER OF THAT BUSINESS. SO WITHIN OUR BUSINESS UNIT, VARIOUS FUNCTIONAL AND SPECIALIZED MANAGERS DEPARTMENT HEADS WILL ROLL UP TO ME. SO IN MANY WAYS I WILL BE YOUR MAIN LOCAL OPERATIONAL POINT OF CONTACT. AN ADDITIONAL NOTE JUST TO REALLY KIND OF CALL OUT. WE DO HAVE VARIOUS MEMBERS OF OUR AREA AND HEADQUARTERS TEAM SUPPORTING THIS CONTRACT. AT LATEST COUNT, IT WAS MORE THAN 50 DIFFERENT REPUBLIC SERVICES EMPLOYEES WORKING IN SOME CAPACITY OR ANOTHER ON THE CARLSBAD TRANSITION. I'D LIKE TO TALK NOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TRANSITION. MIKE AND JAMIE BOTH MENTIONED THAT THE ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THE RFP PROCESS WAS COMING INTO COMPLIANCE WITH SB 1383 AND WHERE WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF CHANGES TO SERVICES IS REALLY AROUND THE ADDITION OF FOOD WASTE IN THE ORGANICS AND GREEN WASTE PROCESSING THAT'S CURRENTLY DONE IN THE CITY, AS WAS DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THE RFP AND CONTRACT PROCESS. THE ORGANICS MATERIAL WILL BE PROCESSED AT OUR [INAUDIBLE] LANDFILL, WHICH THE COMPOST FACILITY THERE IS ACTUALLY CALIFORNIA'S FIRST FULLY SOLAR POWERED COMPOST FACILITY. ADDITIONALLY, ON A FINAL NOTE, AROUND ORGANICS IS REALLY THAT WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS ACTUALLY NAMED BY THE NATIONAL WASTE AND RECYCLING ASSOCIATION, THE ORGANICS RECYCLER OF THE YEAR IN 2020, IN RECOGNITION OF OUR INVESTMENT AND ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND ORGANICS. IN TERMS OF THAT BEING THE BIG CHANGE, SO BEYOND ORGANICS AND FOOD WASTE RECYCLING, OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE MANY OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED AND THOSE WILL BE FAMILIAR TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY WEEKLY COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE RECYCLING AND NOW FOOD WASTE ADDED TO THEIR GREEN WASTE. IN ADDITION TO AUXILIARY SERVICES, THINGS LIKE SHREDDING EVENTS, BULKY ITEM PICKUP AND THE CONTINUED SERVICE OF BATTERIES IF THEY ARE BAGGED AND ON TOP OF THE RECYCLING PART. I'D LIKE TO TOUCH PRETTY QUICKLY AT A HIGH LEVEL ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND THEN GET INTO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON SUBSEQUENT SLIDES. BUT UP TILL NOW, THE WHAT'S REALLY TAKING PLACE TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN THE ORDERING OF TRUCKS AND OTHER ASSETS, SUCH AS CONTAINERS AND RESIDENTIAL CARTS. YOU'VE IDENTIFIED KEY STAFFING NEEDS AND BEGUN FILLING THOSE POSITIONS. WHAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT AS IT RELATES TO STAFFING AND FILLING KEY POSITIONS IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS VERY MORNING TO MEET WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT CARLSBAD DRIVERS AT THE [INAUDIBLE], THE SHARED LOCATION THAT WE HAVE AT THE PALOMAR TRANSFER STATION AND MANY, MANY OF THEM LET US KNOW IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS ARE THEY [00:35:04] VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO STAYING ON AND CONTINUING TO SERVICE THEIR CARLSBAD CUSTOMERS. IT WAS A TERRIFIC MEETING. IT WAS OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE GROUP AND WE'RE LOOKING VERY MUCH FORWARD TO CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND BRINGING ON AS MANY FAMILIAR FACES AS POSSIBLE TO CONTINUE SERVICING YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY. IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING NEXT, CONTINUED COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING IN LOCKSTEP WITH CITY STAFF. JAMIE [INAUDIBLE] AND ALYSSA, YOU'LL BEGIN TO SEE NEWSLETTERS COMING THROUGH AND AS WELL AS SERVICE GUIDES IN THE MONTH OF MAY AND THE LEAD UP TO BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ROLLOUT OF THIS CONTRACT. IN TERMS OF THE MOVEMENT OF CONTAINERS, YOU'LL BEGIN TO SEE RESIDENTIAL CARTS MOVING AND BEING EXCHANGED IN SPRING OF 2022. AND ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, YOU WILL SEE THOSE EXCHANGES ON A SLIGHTLY TIGHTER TIMELINE IN MAY AND JUNE LEADING UP TO THE JULY ONE GO LIVE. ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF ASSETS THAT WILL BE MOVING. THAT SAID, THE TWO HAULERS INVOLVED IN THIS TRANSITION ARE THE TWO BIGGEST AND MOST EXPERIENCED IN THE INDUSTRY. THESE SORT OF TRANSITIONS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE IN WASTE MANAGEMENT WORK ON, TOGETHER WITH SOME DEGREE OF REGULARITY, SO WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. I DO WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT WE ARE UTILIZING THESE SAME THIRD PARTY VENDORS TO UNDERTAKE BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONTAINER MOVEMENTS. SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOU IS THERE WILL NOT BE ONE COMPANY TRYING TO DELIVER WHILE ANOTHER COMPANY IS LATE TO REMOVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO COORDINATE THAT DANCE. WE'RE USING ONE VENDOR THAT WAY. THEY CAN ARRIVE ON SITE, REMOVE OLD CONTAINERS AND DELIVER NEW. I MENTIONED EARLIER THE THE ACQUISITION OR THE PURCHASE OF THE ASSETS REQUIRED AND MOST OF THE ASSETS REQUIRED AT THIS POINT. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY PURCHASED AND WE ARE BEGINNING AND PREPARING TO TAKE RECEIPT OF 39 COLLECTION VEHICLES, SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND RESIDENTIAL PARTS AND MORE THAN TWELVE HUNDRED COMMERCIAL CONTAINERS ON THE CART AND COMMERCIAL CONTAINER FRONT. THAT IS THE BEGINNING. THAT'S ORDER ONE OF THREE ORDERS THAT WE'LL BE PLACING AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE TRANSITION. ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE TRANSITION AND SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO GO ON IS THE HIRING OF TWO MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM, OUR CARLSBAD DEDICATED RECYCLING COORDINATORS. THEY'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY CONDUCTING CUSTOMER VISITS AND WASTE STREAM AUDITS. WE'RE HAVING SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS AROUND SB 1383 AND HOW IT'S GOING TO ENABLE US TO DIVERT EVEN MORE MATERIAL OUT OF LANDFILLS AND CONVERT THEM INTO REUSABLE PRODUCTS. OUR DEDICATED CARLSBAD RECYCLING COORDINATORS ARE ACTUALLY NORTH COUNTY LOCALS, NORTH COUNTY RESIDENTS, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM ON THE TEAM. THEY'LL BE LEADING EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS, ANNUAL VISITS WITH COMMERCIAL GENERATORS AND ALSO PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND HANDLING, RECYCLING AND DIVERSION RELATED INQUIRIES AS THEY COME IN. TO CLOSE OUT, I WANTED TO USE ONE OF ONE OF REPUBLIC'S MOTTOS, WHICH IS WE ARE COMMITTED TO SERVE AND COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY OF CARLSBAD. WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE BUILDING ON THE RELATIONSHIP THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR YEARS THROUGH THE PALOMAR TRANSFER STATION. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE SERVICING THE CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. SOME OF OUR CURRENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, IS WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE NORTH COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, KIDS FOR PEACE, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO EARTH DAY AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE TO BECOME YOUR DEDICATED HAULER. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE CERTAINLY VERY EXCITED TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS OF MORE LOCAL HIRES, IN ADDITION TO NOT JUST OUR RECYCLING COORDINATORS, BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, CONTINUED MEETINGS WITH DRIVERS AND TECHNICIANS WHO GET THE TRUCKS RUNNING AND GET THEM OUT THE GATE EVERY DAY TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO YOU. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY COMMITMENT TO THIS SMOOTH TRANSITION AND TO THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OF CARLSBAD AS THEIR NEW PROVIDER. I WANT TO CLOSE BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EQUALLY, I WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP THUS FAR. JAMIE [INAUDIBLE] AND ALYSSA HAVE BEEN TERRIFIC TO WORK WITH, AND VERY MUCH DO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BUILD ON THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. WITH THAT SAID, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSITION AND LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. OK. MR. WOOD, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION? NO, SIR, THAT'S IT. OK, THEN DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? I'LL CALL FOR SPEAKERS. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE 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 THREE DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS. [00:40:02] 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 ZERO ZERO. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. MAYOR, STAFF AND COUNCIL, I AM REQUESTING OUR CITY ATTORNEY, [INAUDIBLE] AND OUR CITY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES JAMES WOODS TO REVISIT THE CONTRACT TO SEE IF REPUBLIC AND OUR REPRESENTATIVE PATEL AND SCHUMACHER BREACHED ANY PART OF THE TERMINATION CLAUSE OR VIOLATED POLICY VOTING FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES CONTRACT. MS. [INAUDIBLE] PLEASE VISIT THE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE FOUR NINE FIVE SIX POINT FIVE A. AS AN ALPHA AND THE DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST WITH OUR CITY, THAT WOULD POSSIBLY ALLOW THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO WITHDRAW OR SEVER RELATIONS WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES. I'M REQUESTING YOU REPORT BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING TO DISCUSS MY CONCERN. DID REPUBLIC SERVICES MEET, TRY TO MISLEAD, DECEIVE OR PROMISE COUNCIL MEMBERS [INAUDIBLE] PATEL, WHO ADMIT TO MEETING THE TEAMSTERS TERESA ACOSTA, WHO DENIES ANY MEETING WITH TEAMSTERS, AND CORI SCHUMACHER, WHO CLAIMED NOTHING TO DISCLOSE, QUOTE UNQUOTE IN THE MARCH 11TH MEETING WITH TEAMSTERS FOR THEM TO FAVOR THE REPUBLIC CONTRACT OVER [INAUDIBLE]. ACCORDING TO THE APRIL 6, 2021, MEETING, PUBLIC DISCLOSURES WERE MADE BY REPRESENTATIVE PATEL THAT SHE MET WITH TEAMSTERS. SHE WAS ALSO. SHE WAS ALSO DISCLOSED IN A STAFF PRESENTATION THAT A MEETING WAS HELD WITH TEAMSTERS ON MARCH 11, 2021 UNDER STAFFED POLICY. IS THIS CONSIDERED A QUID PRO QUO FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AREA PRESENT [INAUDIBLE] THAT CLAIMED THAT REPUBLIC SERVICES, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WERE WORKING TOWARD ELECTRIFICATION OF THEIR VEHICLE. HE HAD SPECIFICALLY SAID REPUBLIC IS WORKING ON ELECTRIC TRUCKS DURING THE APRIL 6 PRESENTATION AT THE COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE THE VOTE. MR. CHADWICK, WHAT KIND OF TRUCKS ARE YOU PURCHASING? HOW MANY OF THEM ARE ELECTRICAL REFUSE TRASH TRUCKS? ARE THESE ELECTRIC REFUSE TRUCKS SPECIFIC TO SERVING CARLSBAD? AND IF SO, HOW MUCH ARE THEY COSTING THE CITIZENS? TODAY, THERE IS NO ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT ELECTRIC TRASH TRUCKS. NO ELECTRICAL TRUCKS WILL BE USED IN CARLSBAD, ACCORDING TO MR. JAMIE WOODS. THERE ARE NO ELECTRIC ELECTRIC FLEETS MR. NORBY. THIS PRESENTATION WAS VERY CONFUSING AND AT THE LEAST MISLEADING TO THE COUNCIL AND PUBLIC. SO MR. CHADWICK AT THE MEETING, YOU MENTIONED THAT TRUCKS NEEDED TO BE ORDERED IF WE WERE GOING TO MEET THE JULY 1ST, 2022 START DATE. ARE WE ON TRACK TO MAKE THIS DEADLINE? AND AGAIN, WHAT TYPES OF TRUCKS OR VEHICLES ARE BEING PURCHASED? MANY OF US KNOW OR WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO CARLSBAD. SHOULD WE BE CONFRONTED WITH THE CHULA VISTA SAN DIEGO SCENARIO? I'M REQUESTING DISCLOSURES OF THE COST OF THESE VEHICLES AND THE TYPE OF VEHICLES BEING PURCHASED BY THE NEAR FUTURE MEETING. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS WRIGHT? CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL AND MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. I'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN WITH MEMBERS, STAFF FROM THIS CITY AS WELL AS STAFF FROM OTHER CITIES, AND I CAME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WITH THIS CITY, THE HFNH WAS THE BIDDING COORDINATOR FOR THIS RFP PROCESS. I'VE I'VE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS AND LEARNED TONIGHT THAT APPARENTLY THE BID WAS OPENED ON JUNE 16 2020. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER IN THE NATION, WAS 15 MINUTES LATE AND BRINGING THEIR BID PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS. BUT THE WASTE MANAGEMENT WAS INTERESTED IN PROVIDING SERVICE. THEY WASTE MANAGEMENT APPARENTLY IS REMOVING THEMSELVES FROM CALIFORNIA, ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD WISH TO STAY WITH WITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. AND I ALSO BECAME AWARE THAT THERE IS AN OUT CLAUSE WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THE PROVIDED THAT WE DON'T START SERVICES, AND I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO LOOK INTO THE [00:45:02] OUT CLAUSE BROUGHT BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED WE CAN DO. WE'D LIKE TO BE BRING BACK THE CONTRACT. WE'D LIKE TO REOPEN THE BIDDING SYSTEM SO THAT THE WASTE MANAGEMENT CAN ACTUALLY SUBMIT THEIR BID. IF NOT, I WAS APPALLED TO READ THE LETTER FROM THE CITY OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, WHO MENTIONED IN HER LETTER THAT EVEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAD NO TELEPHONE NUMBER TO CONTACT THE REPUBLIC SERVICES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR ISSUE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY OVER A MONTH LONG OF WITHOUT BEING WITHOUT SERVICE. IT'S APPALLING. IT'S IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY. IT'S HYGIENE. I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER LOOKING AT THIS CONTRACT AND REVOKING IT FROM REPUBLIC. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER ENDS WITH FIVE TWO ONE. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? WELL, THE SPEAKER AT FIVE TWO ONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT SPEAKER, THE NEXT SPEAKER ENDS WITH THREE, NINE, SIX. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? YES, THIS IS GOING TO BE SHORT AND SWEET, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PUT MY PROPOSAL TOWARDS ACOSTA, BHAT-PATEL, AND SCHUMACHER IF SHE WAS HERE. BUT I THINK YOU WERE SELF-SERVING MAKING THE DECISION TO HIRE AND CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC. I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF FOR DOING SOMETHING JUST SELF-SERVING. I'M DONE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER ENDS WITH FIVE TWO ONE. CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? WILL THE SPEAKER ENDING WITH FIVE TWO ONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. SPEAKER, FIVE TWO ONE, YOU ARE IN MUTED. HI, MY NAME IS KAREN, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE IN CARLSBAD FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS AND I HAVE I'M JUST CALLING FOR SOMETHING VERY, VERY LIGHT. I HAD HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT FREE MULCH. THAT WAS A REPUBLIC SERVICES MIGHT BE PROVIDING AND YEAH, I WOULD BE THE FIRST OF [INAUDIBLE] AND I KNOW A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS WOULD TOO. IF THAT'S IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY AND IF THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE COMPONENTS, I'M ALL FOR IT. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE BECOMING MORE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUS THESE DAYS. THEY'RE STARTING TO DO THEIR OWN COMPOSTING, GROWING THEIR OWN VEGETABLES. AND I JUST THINK THAT THE FREE MULCH IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN RECEIVING. AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT REPUBLIC SERVICES. SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS. JUST THAT'S ABOUT IT. JUST THAT I PUT IN MY TWO CENTS. THANK YOU. THAT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, MAYOR. OK. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST IN IN ANY OF THE RESPONSES TO WHAT SOME OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE SAID? REPUBLIC, DO YOU WISH TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS? [00:50:03] YOUR CHOICE. MR. MAYOR, JUST ON THE TOPIC OF THE FREE MULCH, AND THAT WAS IN MY PREPARED REMARKS, I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING THAT ONE, BUT THE CALLER IS CORRECT. THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE FREE MULCH GIVEAWAYS AND AS DISCUSSED IN THE RFP AND CONTRACT MEETINGS WITH [INAUDIBLE], REPUBLIC IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE CITY ON ANY WHAT WE MIGHT CALL EXCESS MULCH BEYOND THEIR NEEDS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THAT IN THE HANDS OF THE RESIDENTS WHO WANT IT. OK. OK. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR OF COUNCIL? MR. BLACKBURN. MY FIRST QUESTION IS OF, JIM, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS. YOU TALKED ABOUT THERE'S GOING TO BE THIRTY NINE NEW TRUCKS. IS THAT ADDED TO YOUR YOUR TOTAL FLEET OR THOSE THIRTY NINE NEW TRUCKS GOING TO BE CARL'S BEDS TRUCKS? SORRY. I'LL MAKE SURE I'M NOT ON MUTE. THOSE ARE CARLSBAD DEDICATED TRUCKS. THOSE ARE ALL RUN ON, RUN ON COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS. OK, THANK YOU. AND YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO ABSORB AS MANY WASTE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES AS POSSIBLE. DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND GO TO REPUBLIC? NOT AT THIS POINT, SIR. THIS IS OUR VERY FIRST MEETING WITH THE GROUP. WASTE MANAGEMENT HAD SOME ITEMS THEY WANTED TO WORK THROUGH WITH THEIR EXISTING WORKFORCE, SO WE RESPECTFULLY SAT TIGHT. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THAT GROUP THIS MORNING, WHICH WAS A GREAT MEETING. WE'LL BE HIRING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 40 DRIVERS FOR CARLSBAD. OK, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, JIM. AND MIKE. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO FROM YOUR PRESENTATION. PLEASE EXCUSE ME, I'M GOING TO BE BLUNT. I DON'T MEAN TO BE RUDE. I'M JUST GOING TO BE BLUNT. WE'RE GETTING AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS, OF COURSE, FROM PEOPLE WHO WATCH THE NEWS AND ARE WATCHING WHAT WENT ON IN CHULA VISTA AND SOUTH SAN DIEGO. AND SOME OF THE HARD QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED OF US ARE, WHAT ARE YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO SUPPORTED REPUBLIC? WE DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT IN THE RAIN. AND SO ONE OF YOUR STATEMENTS WAS THAT REPUBLIC HAS A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THIS KIND OF THING. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT CONTINGENCY PLAN IN CHULA VISTA AND SOUTH SAN DIEGO? COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKBURN, WHAT HAPPENED IN CHULA VISTA WAS A EXTENUATING STRIKE AND WORK STOPPAGE. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED, AND IT WAS AN ANOMALY. YOU KNOW, WE WHAT WAS DIFFERENT THERE IS THAT WE WENT THROUGH WE HAD A TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY DRIVER WORKFORCE ISSUE. AND WHAT WE WERE FINDING WAS THAT WE HAD THE PERFECT STORM, OBVIOUSLY, FOR THE COVID. WE WERE LOOKING TO FOR DRIVERS THAT FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO COME AND HELP US ASSIST WITH THAT. BUT IN THE CASE OF THE WORK STOPPAGE HERE, WHAT I ALLUDED TO EARLIER TOO WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SMALLER BUSINESS UNIT HERE IN CARLSBAD. AND SO WE'RE ONLY TALKING 30 TO 40 DRIVERS HERE. AND SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE THAT. WORK CREW IN PLACE AND READY TO DO THE PICKUPS SHOULD ANYTHING HAPPEN. IT HELPED ME BECAUSE OF COURSE, I'M NOT AN EXPERT AT THIS AND I DIDN'T LOOK OVER THE CONTRACT WORD FOR WORD BEFORE I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT PERFECT STORM HAPPENS IN CARLSBAD? DO YOU PICK UP THE TAB FOR OUR CITY MANAGER TO SCRAMBLE AND HIRE OUTSIDE VENDORS TO PICK UP OUR TRASH IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO PICK UP THE TRASH? COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTHOUGH UNLIKELY, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE QUESTION IS COMING FROM. I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY STAFF FOR THE RESPONSE ON THAT SITUATION AS WELL, BUT WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE THE. WE HAVE FULLY MITIGATED AND OUR RELIEF CREWS ARE IN PLACE. WE DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING AT ALL, AND THAT'S WHY I SAID UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN. OK. AND IF I COULD. AMY, DO YOU HAVE THE PROVISION, I THINK THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS REFERRING TO ABOUT A WORK STOPPAGE. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, MR. WOOD, YEAH, I WILL TELL THE COUNCIL I DON'T WANT TO OPINE ON ANOTHER CITY'S LEGAL AFFAIRS. OUR CONTRACT PROVISIONS ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES THAT WE'RE IN CHULA VISTA. WE DON'T HAVE AN UNEQUIVOCAL AND CLEAR DEFINITION OF UNCONTROLLABLE CIRCUMSTANCES TO INCLUDE WORK STOPPAGE. OUR LANGUAGE IS MUCH MORE NUANCED AND DOES INCLUDE A CONTINUING BURDEN ON REPUBLIC TO [00:55:01] PROVIDE SERVICE EVEN WHERE THERE'S A VARIATION IN SCHEDULES. SO WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME LANGUAGE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME BARGAINING GROUP. OK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWERS, I APPRECIATE IT. THE OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF MR. NORBY GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF TOUCH ON ONE POINT, OBVIOUSLY, IN MY PARTICULAR CASE, THAT VOTE HAPPENED LAST YEAR. I WASN'T ON THE COUNCIL. I WENT BACK AND WATCH THAT AGENDA ITEM AND I DID HEAR A CONVERSATION ABOUT KIND OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY WITH ELECTRIC TRUCKS THAT CAUSED ME TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET. AND I THINK THAT YOU DO HAVE SOME DEMO OR SOME DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS GOING ON IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE YOU'RE DEMOING ELECTRIC TRASH TRUCKS RIGHT NOW. IS THAT TRUE? IS THAT HAPPENING YET? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY, THAT IS CORRECT. WE DO HAVE DEMO AND PROTOTYPE TRUCKS ON THE STREET. WE HAVE ONE SUCH TRUCK IN NORTH CAROLINA AND FORGIVE ME, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC NORTH CAROLINA MARKET THAT IS RUNNING ON A REGULAR BASIS. JOG MY MEMORY. HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA IS WHERE OUR PROTOTYPE HAS BEEN OUT THERE AND HAS BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL. BUT I THINK, AS ANYBODY PROBABLY KNOWS, THE IT'S A LONG TERM FLEET SOLUTION FOR A FOR AN APPLICATION SUCH AS OURS RUNNING 11, POTENTIALLY 11 HOURS A DAY AND RUNNING A COMPLICATED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OFF OF THAT ELECTRIC BATTERY. WHAT COMES WITH THE ELECTRIC BATTERY TO POWER SUCH A LARGE VEHICLE BECOMES EVEN MORE WEIGHT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, BUT WE'RE EXCITED BY THE EARLY PROTOTYPES. OK, AND I JUST KIND OF GO BACK TO SOME RECENT COUNCIL MEETINGS HERE AND SOME PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD SOME PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE WITH WITH MEDIUM DUTY AND HEAVY DUTY TRUCK ELECTRIC CHARGING WITH [INAUDIBLE] PUTTING THEM IN. AND I THINK OUR REGION KIND OF NOT SPECIFIC TO CARLSBAD, BUT OUR REGION HERE IN SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN ON THE TIP OF THE SPEAR FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADOPTION AS WELL AS SOLAR PV. AND SHOULD AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENT ITSELF TO CARLSBAD. AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A SMALL UNIT OF 30 OR 35 TRUCKS COMPARED TO YOUR LARGER ONES, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IS SEEING THAT TECHNOLOGY AND DEMOING THAT TECHNOLOGY [INAUDIBLE]. NOTED AND MESSAGE RECEIVED, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. ANYTHING ELSE MR. NORBY? NO. UM, YOU KNOW, MR. BLACKBURN MADE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I'D JUST LIKE TO FOLLOW ON SOME OF HIS QUESTIONING. WHEN YOU DEFINE THE BARGAINING GROUP, IT'S HOW MANY MEMBERS IN THE BARGAINING GROUP. SO AND I'M GOING TO I WANT TO BE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT, THE BARGAINING GROUP THAT WILL BE SERVICING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD WILL CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY 40 DRIVERS, AND I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR TECHNICIANS. SO WE'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE WITH ANY AUXILIARY STAFF WE'D BE LOOKING AT. 45 TO 50 MEMBERS. OK, SO IT'S SO THAT BARGAINING GROUP IS UNIQUE UNDER THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND WHEN WOULD THAT BARGAINING GROUPS LABOR NEGOTIATION BE UP? WHAT IS THE START DATE OR END DATE? OR IT'S OCTOBER 20 OCTOBER OF 2023, SIR. OKAY. UM, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS MADE ABOUT VEHICLES IN THE CITY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME CLARITY TO CITY OF CARLSBAD IS NOT PURCHASING ANY VEHICLES, IS IT NOT? WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT PURCHASING ANY WASTE VEHICLES NOW, SO THAT'S ENTIRELY ON REPUBLIC. CORRECT. AND THE VEHICLES THEY'RE PURCHASING WILL BE POWERED WITH NATURAL GAS. THAT'S CORRECT. OK. SOMEONE ALSO MENTIONED THAT AN EARLY OUT CLAUSE MS. [INAUDIBLE]. I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. COULD YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? EXCUSE ME, [INAUDIBLE] MYSELF. THE CONTRACT IS VERY COMPLEX WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WE CAN DO AND NOT DO, AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTED AGREEMENT, WE ALSO HAVE TIMING ISSUES AND ORGANICS COMPLIANCE ISSUES, ET CETERA. SO WHILE THE CLAUSE IS THERE, MAYBE A CLAUSE AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, I CAN ASK ONE OF OUR STAFF TO PULL IT UP, BUT IT DOESN'T ACT ALONE, IS WHAT [01:00:01] I'M TRYING TO SAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN ENTERED INTO BY THE CITY. OK. AND THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. ANYONE ELSE HAVE COMMENTS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. YEAH, THANK YOU. I JUST ONLY HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. AND THIS WAS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF JUST CONFUSION AND A BIT OF A RUMOR MILL, I THINK. AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE LAWS HAVING CHANGED SB 1383, THEY CAME ALONG AND CHANGED ORGANICS WASTE RECYCLING AND IS REQUIRING ALL CITIES TO MAKE THIS BIG CHANGE. SOME CITIES ALREADY DID IT ON THEIR OWN BEFORE THE STATE LEGISLATION PASSED. BUT I'M JUST I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR OUTREACH PLAN BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE STATUS UPDATE. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO VACUUM OF INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN RUMORS SWIRL AND, YOU KNOW, GROW A LIFE OF THEIR OWN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING SUFFICIENT STRONG OUTREACH SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT REPUBLIC SERVICES IS DOING. SO MAYBE YOU COULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT YOU HAD AND PUT THAT UP AND EXPLAIN JUST ONE MORE TIME WITH THE TIMELINE IS FOR GOING OUT TO THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PUBLIC. LET ME. LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN HERE, JUST ONE MOMENT I HAD TAKEN IT DOWN. LET'S SEE HERE. AND. WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK, OK. IS THAT VISIBLE? GREAT, THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. BEEN A DIFFICULTY THERE, SO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PORTION IS OBVIOUSLY VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT EFFORTS BEING SPEARHEADED BY OUR FULL TIME AND DEDICATED RECYCLING COORDINATOR. SO THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEGUN VISITING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND DOING WASTE STREAM ASSESSMENTS AND AUDITS TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERT A BIT MORE OF EITHER THE OUT OF THEIR SOLID WASTE CONTAINER IF THEY'RE FULLY UTILIZING OR CALL IT REALIZING THEY'RE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS THAT CAN BE DIVERTED OUT OF THAT SOLID WASTE STREAM. AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE, WHICH IS NEW FOR MOST OF THESE BUSINESSES, IS THE FOOD WASTE AND THE ORGANICS. THE ADDITION OF THAT LINE OF SERVICE, AS YOU KNOW, SB THIRTEEN EIGHTY THREE REQUIRES THAT EITHER THERE BE A COLLECTION COMPANY, RIGHT, WHICH WOULD REPRESENT OR THAT BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WHO PRODUCE FOOD WASTE THEN HAVE A METHOD BY WHICH THEY EITHER ARE EITHER DONATING OR DIVERTING AND RECYCLING THAT MATERIAL. SO SUBSEQUENT TO THOSE VISITS, JENNA AND AMANDA AND MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM WILL BE DRAFTING UP SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WANT AND REALLY LAYING OUT WHAT ADHERENCE TO SB THIRTEEN EIGHTY THREE LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM BASED ON AN ON SITE VISIT. THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THOSE VISITS TO BE DONE. THESE TWO ARE DOING THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM. I BELIEVE THERE'S A LAST CHECK WITH 629 VISITS TO MAKE. WE BEGAN IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND WE'RE CONTINUING ON. THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT PERFORMING VERY MANY SURVEYS THIS WEEK. IN FACT, THEY ARE FOCUSING ON SOME OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE WORK TO GET THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OUT TO CUSTOMERS AND BE SURE THAT WE ARE LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE THERE. AS FOR YOUR MULTIFAMILY AND YOUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS, THEY'LL BE RECEIVING A NUMBER OF NEWSLETTERS AND COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE GUIDES AHEAD OF THE TRANSITION TO JUST UPDATE EVERYONE. AGAIN, THERE'S NOT DRAMATIC CHANGES IN TERMS OF WHAT COLOR CARD ACCEPTS WHAT MATERIAL. HOWEVER, WE WILL BE RUNNING DOWN ALL OF THOSE DETAILS. TO BE SURE, IT IS CLEAR WHERE THE GRAY, BLUE, AND GREEN CONTAINERS GO. WHAT MATERIALS GO IN? WHAT DO NOT. AND ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE FOOD WASTE ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT GO ABOUT GETTING ONE OF THE KITCHEN CADDIES, I THINK HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED DURING SOME OF THIS PROCESS, WHERE RESIDENTS CAN STORE SOME OF THEIR FOOD SCRAPS IN THE HOUSE, POTENTIALLY IN THEIR FREEZER, AND MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO GET IT OUT TO THAT GREEN WASTE ORGANICS AND FOOD WASTE CONTAINER. SO THERE'S A ROBUST COMMUNICATION PLAN IN PLACE. RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS LEADERS SHOULD START SEEING THOSE COMMUNICATIONS RELATIVELY SOON AS WE START TO HIT 90 60 DAYS, 30 DAYS OUT. WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE MESSAGING FREQUENTLY, BUT ALSO IN THE LEAD UP TO [01:05:05] THE TRANSITION SO AS NOT TO LET THAT INFORMATION BECOME STALE. GREAT, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION, I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT TIMELINE AND PARTICULARLY FOR RESIDENTS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE START WITH BUSINESSES, THEY'RE BIGGER. THEY HAVE A LOT OF WASTE AND AND MATERIALS TO DIVERT. BUT I THINK IT'S THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE MOST THAT ARE CONCERNED AND HAVE QUESTIONS SO THAT OUTREACH CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. BUT I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A PLAN. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, DR. BHAT-PATEL? YES. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED AS WELL. SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERNS AROUND SERVICE INTERRUPTION AND NOT BEING ABLE TO COMMENCE ON JULY 1ST. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THIS. BUT JUST TO REITERATE THAT POINT, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE RAMP UP PROCESS AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE OVER ON JULY 1ST AND ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO START AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING RIGHT ON THAT DAY. SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. FOR SURE. AND AT THIS POINT, I MEAN TO STATE A FAIRLY CLEARLY, WE DON'T HAVE CONCERNS AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF THOSE TRUCKS THAT I MENTIONED, THE CONTAINERS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER OR AROUND THE THE STAFFING OF THE DRIVER AND TECHNICIAN. THOSE MOST CRUCIAL POSITIONS VERY ENCOURAGED. I WILL SAY BY THAT INITIAL MEETING WITH SOME WASTE MANAGEMENT STAFF THIS MORNING, EXCEPTIONALLY SO THEY'RE THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVICING THIS COMMUNITY. THEY LOVE WHERE THEY WORK AND THEY REALLY, REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS REALLY NEAT TO HEAR. IT WAS KIND OF I WAS EXPECTING IT, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO CONFIRM NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT AS IT RELATES TO AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG LOGISTICAL LIFT, IF YOU WILL, THE MOVEMENT OF ALL OF THESE ASSETS AND ROLLING THESE TRUCKS OUT ON DAY ONE. SO WE'RE WE'RE FULLY CONFIDENT IN THAT PLAN. WE'RE FULLY CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO BRING OVER DRIVERS THAT YOU KNOW AND HAVE HAVE GROWN TO APPRECIATE OVER THE YEARS. I GUESS WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST ASSURE YOU THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS TRANSITION PLAN, THEY'VE BEEN INVALUABLE PARTNERS AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNICATION PIECE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY KNOW THEY KNOW THE CITY, THEY KNOW THE RESIDENTS AND THEY KNOW THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE. SO IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH THEM SO FAR, LEANING ON THEM AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST IN MANY WAYS, FOLLOW THEIR LEAD SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNICATION PIECE TO RESIDENTS AND LET US DO WHAT WE DO BEST ON THE LOGISTICS AND HAULING SIDE. GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OK. YEAH, I DID CHECK THE CONTRACT, AND WHILE I CAN'T FIND THE LANGUAGE THAT ECHOES THE SPEAKERS, THE CITY DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT FOR DEFAULT OF PERFORMANCE. THERE'S OVER 20 BASES FOR DECLARING A PERFORMANCE DEFAULT, BUT REMEMBER, IT REQUIRES THEY ALSO HAVE AN ABILITY TO CURE AND IT'S PERFORMANCE BASED. SO THUS FAR WE HAVEN'T HAD PERFORMANCE OTHER THAN OUTREACH AND CERTAINLY NO OCCASION TO EVEN CONSIDER THOSE PROVISIONS IN THE CONTRACT, BUT THEY ARE THERE IN THE EVENT WE NEED THEM. OK. AND JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. AND I THINK YOU SAY DID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT EACH OF THESE CONTRACTS FROM CITY TO CITY ARE SOME SOMEWHAT UNIQUE ONTO THE CITY IN WHICH THEY'RE THERE IN. I DO KNOW OUR DIFFERS FROM SOME OF THE OTHER EXISTING CONTRACTS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS OUR EXACT LANGUAGE. ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS? EVERYBODY'S SHAKING THEIR HEAD, NO. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND FILED THIS REPORT AND UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE A OR ACTION. OK. I SEE NO HANDS RAISED, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES WELL OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. OK, GIVE ME. NEXT IS ITEM SIX. [6. SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT] IS A SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR SENIOR ENGINEER, NESTOR MANGOHIG AND ALSO OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, TOM FRANK, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU, SIR, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. MAYOR, PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE PRESENTING OUR SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT. ALSO PRESENTING WITH ME TODAY I HAVE OUR SENIOR ENGINEER FROM OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION, MR. NESTOR MANGOHIG, WHO MANAGES OUR CITY'S TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM. [01:10:02] WE ALSO HAVE CHAIR PEREZ OF THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION WITH US TODAY, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION'S COMMENTS FOLLOWING OUR REPORT. FOLLOWING THE CHAIR'S PRESENTATION, WE ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NEXT, PLEASE. THE RECOMMENDED ACTION FOR TODAY IS TO RECEIVE THE REPORT, AND THE FOCUS IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S SIX MONTHS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SIX MONTHS GOALS. WE WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE STATUS OF THE CITY'S TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM AND AS MENTIONED, CHAIR PEREZ WILL PROVIDE THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION REPORT. SO WE'LL KICK OFF THE PRESENTATION WITH OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM, SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT MR. MANGOHIG IS PRESENTING THE CITY COUNCIL. LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM. MR. MANGOHIG JOINED OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR. I HAVE KNOWN MR. NESTOR MANGOHIG FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS, AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY AN OUTSTANDING TRAFFIC ENGINEER. JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS PRIOR TO JOINING CARLSBAD MR. MANGOHIG, SPENT THREE YEARS WITH THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, 12 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF ENCINITAS AND EIGHT YEARS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WORKING IN THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION CONSULTING FIELD. HE IS A STATE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN BOTH CIVIL AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, AND HE'S ALSO CERTIFIED AS A PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ENGINEER. SO WITH NO FURTHER ADO, I TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO MR MANGOHIG. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR FRANK, AND GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL, I WILL BE PROVIDING A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM AND WE'LL FOCUS ON COMMUNICATIONS, SIGNAL OPERATIONS AND OTHER SIGNAL RELATED PROJECTS. I WANT TO START WITH A BRIEF BACKGROUND TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS MADE NOTABLE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND CURRENTLY HAS A ROBUST TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM. WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED A DEDICATED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, UPGRADED OUR CENTRAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL SOFTWARE AND RECENTLY UPGRADED OUR SIGNALS TO A MODERN CONTROLLER CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING STATUS EVERY ONE TENTH OF A SECOND. I'LL BEGIN THIS PRESENTATION WITH THE DISCUSSION OF COMMUNICATIONS, THIS EXHIBIT HERE SHOWS AN ARCHITECTURE MAP OF THE CURRENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. IT CAN BE A DAUNTING EXHIBIT, SO I'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT SO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OUR SYSTEM OPERATES AND HOW WE'RE IMPROVING IT WITH OUR FIBER PROJECTS. SO EACH NOTE ON THIS EXHIBIT IS A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE SIGNALS IN THE CITY, OF WHICH ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN ARE CONNECTED AND OUR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND EACH INDIVIDUAL SIGNAL IS PART OF A LARGER SIGNAL GROUP. AND THESE SIGNAL GROUPS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN HERE. THIS SHOWS A CLOSE UP OF A SIGNAL GROUP, SINCE IT'S HARD TO SEE SOME OF THE DETAIL ON THE LARGER IMAGE, BUT AS SHOWN IN THIS EXHIBIT, ALL SIGNALS IN A GROUP ARE CONNECTED EITHER THROUGH COPPER OR THROUGH RADIO. AND THEY ALL LEAD BACK TO A PARTICULAR INTERSECTION. SO IN THIS CASE, THE LEAD BACK TO YOUR RANCHO SANTA FE AND LA ACOSTA, AND WE REFERRED TO THIS LOCATION AS THE BACKHAUL LOCATION FOR THIS SIGNAL GROUP. SO EACH INTERSECTION HERE THAT'S SHOWN IN YELLOW IS THE BACK HALL LOCATION FOR ITS PARTICULAR GROUP. AND THIS IS WHERE DATA FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP IS SENT WIRELESSLY BACK TO OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, WHICH I'LL REFER TO AS OUR TMC. SO WE HAVE ONE SIGNAL GROUP THAT'S NEAR OUR TMC THAT'S LOCATED IN FARADAY THAT HAS GOOD DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT TO THE FARADAY BUILDING FROM THE BACK HALL LOCATION, AND THAT'S THE APPEAR IN THE UPPER LEFT FOR SIGNALS. WE HAVE THREE GROUPS THAT NEED TO TRANSMIT TO A REPEATER LOCATED AT THE CROSSINGS GOLF COURSE BECAUSE THERE IS NO DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT TO FARADAY AND IT'S JUST AS A NOTE, THE REPEATER AT THE CROSSINGS IS LOCATED ON THE ACTUAL GOLF COURSE. IT'S ON HOLE NUMBER FOUR AND IT'S PUTTING RING. SO FROM THERE, DATA IS SENT TO THE TMC. WE HAVE SEVEN GROUPS THAT TRANSMIT TO A REPEATER AT AVIARA PARK, THEN TO THE CROSSINGS REPEATER, THEN TO THE TMC. SO THIS WIRELESS NETWORKS SERVE THE CITY WELL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HOWEVER, WITH THE CITY'S TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLLER UPGRADE, THE OLD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK IS NOT ABLE TO TRANSMIT ALL THE DATA THAT THE NEW CONTROLLERS WOULD LIKE TO TRANSMIT. AND SO UPGRADES ARE NECESSARY. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE CITY HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED ITS FIBER BACKBONE, WRAPPING UP WITH THE FARADAY FACILITY, WITH ALL FACILITIES NOW ON FIBER, FOCUS HAS SHIFTED TO UPGRADING HISTORICALLY STANDALONE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INCLUDING TRAFFIC. THREE FIBER CABINETS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE FIELD, AND THESE ARE [01:15:04] SHOWN IN ORANGE. THERE'S ONE IN THE VILLAGE AT CARLSBAD IN CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE, ONE IN THE CITY CENTER AT PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD IN EL CAMINO REAL AND ONE IN THE LA ACOSTA AREA IN RANCHO SANTA FE AND LA ACOSTA. AND ONCE THE IP RECONFIGURATIONS ARE COMPLETE FOR THESE CONTROLLERS AND DEVICES AND THESE SIGNAL GROUPS, DATA WILL BE TRANSMITTED FROM THE NEW BACKHAUL LOCATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE TMC ON HIGH SPEED FIBER, RATHER THAN RELYING ON PASSING THROUGH ONE OR TWO LIMITED CAPACITY WIRELESS NETWORKS FOR WIRELESS REPEATERS, EXCUSE ME. AND THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THESE THREE, THESE THREE FIBER CABINETS WILL BRING BACK THE MAJORITY OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE CITY. AND WE ALSO HAVE FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO. IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE ON FIBER WHEN COMPLETE, AND IT WILL HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE ADJACENT SIGNAL AT EL CAMINO REAL AND ARENDELLE. AND THIS SIGNAL GROUP WILL THEN COME BACK DIRECTLY ON FIBER RATHER THAN PASSING THROUGH THE TWO WIRELESS REPEATERS. AND THERE'S FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE, LOCATED UP THE STREET FROM CANNON AND WIND TRAIL. IT'S CURRENTLY ON FIBER AND REPRESENTS A POTENTIAL PROJECT WITH SOME CONNECTION CONSTRAINTS. IF THIS DOES BECOME A VIABLE PROJECT AND THIS COULD ALLOW FOR THAT LARGE SIGNAL GROUP AT THE TOP THERE TO BE SPLIT INTO TWO SMALLER GROUPS, WITH EACH GROUP COMING BACK TO THE TMC DIRECTLY ON FIBER RATHER THAN PASSING THROUGH THE CROSSINGS WIRELESS REPEATER. IN ADDITION, BOTH OF OUR EXISTING WIRELESS REPEATERS WILL BE UPGRADED WITH EQUIPMENT MORE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR NEW SYSTEMS. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL BRING WITH IT SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY INCREASES WITH THE UPGRADE OF THE AVIARA PARK REPEATER. THE WIRELESS BRIDGE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO CONNECT TO A FACILITY AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PARK, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ON FIBER. DATA FROM THE PARK WILL THEN BE TRANSMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE TMT ON FIBER RATHER THAN PASSING THROUGH THE WIRELESS GOLF COURSE REPEATER AT THE CROSSINGS. AND WITH THE UPDATE OF THE CROSSINGS GOLF COURSE REPEATER, THE DEVICE WILL BE MOVED OFF THE ACTUAL GOLF COURSE AND TO THE CLUBHOUSE ROOF IN THE REPEATER WILL NO LONGER RELY ON SOLAR POWER ONCE MOVED TO THE CLUBHOUSE. SO IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, ITN TRAFFIC STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING INDIVIDUAL SIGNALS OR GROUPS OF SIGNALS BACK TO THE TMC ON FIBER, AND THAT COULD INVOLVE REROUTING AND OR REDEFINING SIGNAL GROUPS. AND NOW ONTO OPERATIONS. SO PRIOR TO THE HOLIDAY, SANDAG INDICATED THAT TRAFFIC VOLUMES ON SOME REGIONAL FREEWAY FREEWAY FACILITIES WERE APPROACHING PRE-COVID LEVELS. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE CURRENT COVID RESPONSE MAY KEEP TRAFFIC VOLUME SLIGHTLY LOWERED, SINCE MORE TELECOMMUTING SEEMS TO BE OCCURRING IN SOME COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS TRANSITION BETWEEN DISTANCE LEARNING. BASED ON RECENT DATA COLLECTED, OUR LOCAL ROADWAYS ARE NOT YET BACK TO PRE-COVID LEVELS. THIS HAS GIVEN STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP UPDATED TIMING PLANS. FOR COORDINATED CORRIDORS, WE ARE SHORTENING HISTORICALLY LONG CYCLE LENGTHS AND SIMPLIFYING PHASING WHEN POSSIBLE. WE'VE ALREADY DEVELOPED A DEVELOPED UPDATED TIMING PLANS FOR MOST OF EL CAMINO REAL AND PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE REMAINING COORDINATED SIGNALS. FOR ALL SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS, WHETHER COORDINATED OR NOT, STAFF IS VERIFYING THAT WE ARE CURRENT WITH STATE AND NATIONAL GUIDANCE ON TIMINGS, INCLUDING YELLOW AND PEDESTRIAN CLEARANCES AND UPDATING AS NECESSARY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT STAFF NOW HAS IN-HOUSE CAPABILITIES TO PERFORM SIGNAL TIMING, SOFTWARE ANALYZES AND MODIFY AND DOWNLOAD TIMING THROUGH OUR CENTRAL SYSTEM. WHEREAS THE CITY RECENTLY RELIED ON OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS TO DO THE MAJORITY OF THAT WORK. STAFF IS ALSO ACTIVELY WORKING ON A NUMBER OF OTHER SIGNAL RELATED PROJECTS. WE HAVE REESTABLISHED ACCESS TO OUR VEHICLE TRAVEL TIME SYSTEM AND ARE WORKING WITH OUR VENDOR TO RESET UNITS IN THE FIELD AND CONTINUE DATA COLLECTION. WE ARE CONFIGURING OUR CENTRAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM TO REESTABLISH OR TO ESTABLISH FIXED COUNT STATIONS SO AS TO COLLECT DATA A YEAR ROUND. WE ARE WORKING ON SEVERAL SIGNAL MODIFICATIONS TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND SAFETY. WE ARE IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS THAT ARE IN NEED OF LEFT TURN POCKET EXTENSIONS, AND WE ARE COORDINATING WITH CALTRANS TO MAINTAIN CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN CITY AND CALTRANS SIGNALS SINCE CALTRANS HAS RECENTLY CONFIRMED UPGRADE PLANS TO THEIR OUTDATED CENTRAL SIGNAL SYSTEM AND OUTDATED SIGNAL CONTROLLERS. SO I REALIZE THIS WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION SUMMARIZED IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, SO AS TOM, DIRECTOR FRANK HAD MENTIONED, WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. AND AT THIS POINT, I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION BACK OVER TO DIRECTOR FRANK. TOM, DID YOU HAVE SOME [01:20:10] MORE? AND YES, I DID, SIR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MANGOHIG. IN ADDITION TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM, ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT THE TRAFFIC DIVISION SIX MONTHS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS CAN BE SEEN ON PAGES FOUR THRU SIX OF THE OF THE STAFF REPORT. THE GROUP CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE OTHER DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY RELATED TO ALL TRAFFIC OPERATIONS. A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS IS THAT THEY CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING THE RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC COMING PROGRAM AND THEY'RE UNDERTAKING REVISIONS TO THE PROGRAM IN COORDINATION WITH OUR TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION. SO MOVING ON TO THE TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERING AND ASSET MANAGEMENT DIVISION, THE DIVISION'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS LIST IS VERY DEEP. YOU CAN REVIEW THE DETAILED LIST COVERING COVERED IN PAGES ONE THROUGH THREE OF THE STAFF REPORT AND THE MORE DETAILED PROJECT STATUS UPDATE PROVIDED AS EXHIBIT ONE. TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE NUMBER OF CAPITAL PROJECTS BEING MANAGED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, I HAVE PROVIDED THE SCREENSHOT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS DASHBOARD THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT OUR CITY'S WEBSITE. THIS SHOWS THE CURRENT FIFTY ONE PROJECTS OUT OF A TOTAL OF 288 CAPITAL PROJECTS BEING MANAGED BY OUR DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS 52 PERCENT. THE BULK OF THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING MANAGED BY THIS DIVISION, WHICH IS EYE OPENING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE DIVISION HAS VERY INTERESTING BUT A CHALLENGING WORKLOAD. INSTEAD OF REVIEWING ALL OF THE 151 PROJECTS TODAY, I ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO CHECK OUT THE INNOVATIVE CAPITAL PROJECTS DASHBOARD, THE STAFF REPORT AND THE PROJECT STATUS UPDATE PROVIDED ON EXHIBIT ONE. WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE WELL INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, AND THE FIRST IS PHASE ONE OF THE EL CAMINO REAL AND CANNON ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PROJECT MANAGER BRANDON MYLES AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, INCLUDING STEVE DIDIER OF OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM. THIS IS A PRECURSOR PROJECT TO THE PHASE TWO PROJECT, WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL JUST AWARDED UNDER CONSENT ITEM NUMBER TWO. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE BRIDGE ABUTMENTS ARE POURED, THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ABUTMENT ARE POURED. THE K RAIL ALONG EL CAMINO REAL HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE TRAFFIC CONTROL IS NOW LIMITED TO JUST WORKING HOURS, WHICH WILL GREATLY HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT. THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE INSTALLATION IS TARGETED TO BEGIN TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT MONTH, AND THAT UTILITY UNDERGROUNDING IS TARGETED FOR COMPLETION THIS SPRING LATER THIS SPRING. I WAS OUT AT THE PROJECT SITE AT SEVEN A.M. ON NEW YEAR'S MORNING, SO I KNOW PRETTY BORING NEW YEAR'S EVE GOT IT, BUT I WAS PLEASANTLY SHOCKED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE OUT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE RIDING IN THE AREA. I WAS STANDING NEAR THE NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PONDERING THE FORTHCOMING YEAR, AND I GOT A CHANCE TO BREATHE. I'M JUST STANDING THERE, I TOOK IN THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND CAN IMAGINE WHAT A WONDERFUL VIEWING AREA OF RIPARIAN LIFE THAT NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WILL OFFER. SO LET'S MOVE DOWN TO THE SOUTH A BIT, AND THIS IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF EL CAMINO REAL AND COLLEGE BOULEVARD. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TRUE APPLICATION OF GREEN PAINT IN CRITICAL TRANSITION AREAS. THE MORE MORE GREEN PAINT WILL BE COMING ON FORTHCOMING ROAD PROJECTS. THIS SLIDE SHOW IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE USERS BIKE RIDER ENJOYING THE NEW GREEN PAINT IN THE TRANSITION ZONES HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON EL CAMINO REAL. UM, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE VARIOUS PROJECTS WE'RE CURRENTLY DESIGNING ALONG EL CAMINO REAL, INCLUDING THE TWO MENTIONED THAT WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE THREE PROJECTS TO HELP WITH THE CONGESTION AND MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE EL CAMINO REAL CORRIDOR. PLEASE NOTE, THE SCHEMATIC DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FORTHCOMING OVERLAY PROJECTS. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF OUR AMAZING COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT TEAM WHO LAUNCHED THE CARLSBAD BOULEVARD EXTENSION STUDY WEB PAGE. PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE LISTED FOR THE PROJECT INFORMATION. THE PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY. WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM TO THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION LATER THIS YEAR. [01:25:01] NOW, MOVING ON TO THE STREET AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION, THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS ARE LISTED ON PAGES THREE AND FOUR. BUT I THOUGHT IT'D BE MORE INTERESTING TO SEE THE TYPES OF UNIQUE DAY TO DAY TASKS AND PROJECTS THIS GROUP HANDLES IN ADDITION TO THEIR REGULAR PROGRAM. AND THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT SHOWS A STORM CLEANUP ON DECEMBER 14. THIS IS OVER THE LAST SIX MONTH PERIOD, SO I'LL THROW IN SOME DATES ON THURSDAY AND POTHOLE REPAIR ON SOUTHBOUND EL CAMINO REAL APPROACHING ACOSTA AVENUE ON DECEMBER 6TH. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT SHOWS [INAUDIBLE] THAT WERE REPAINTED ON JEFFERSON STREET AND THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS A CONCRETE CLEANUP ON BARCELONA AND RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD BOTH IN NOVEMBER. AND THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT SHOWS OUR TEAM INSTALLING FIFTY FIVE SIGNS PLACED ON AVENIDA ENCINAS, AND THIS IS TO HELP, OF COURSE, OUR POLICE TO ENFORCE A NEW OVERNIGHT PARKING RESTRICTIONS. THE PROJECT ON THE RIGHT IS MORE PAVEMENT REPAIR ON CIELO PLACE. THESE BOTH OCCURRED IN AUGUST. SO HERE'S MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF THE PRESENTATION, AND I CALL THIS APPLE CLEAN UP ON AISLE NINE. THIS IS ACTUALLY ON POINSETTIA LANE AND NEAR PASEO DEL NORTE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. AND THE ACTUAL ONE ONCE CLEANED UP THE APPLES FILL THE BED OF THE DUTY TRUCK. SO NOW MOVING ON TO OUR PLANNING AND MOBILITY DIVISION, THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS LISTED ARE ON PAGES SIX AND SEVEN OF THE STAFF REPORT. AGAIN, THIS DIVISION HAS ALL THE HOT-BUTTON ISSUES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION'S WORK PLAN AND ARE CONTINUALLY ON THEIR AGENDAS. THIS LIST ALSO INCLUDES THE TDM PROGRAM, WHICH WAS REINTRODUCED TO THE TRACK MOBILITY COMMISSION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND WE'RE PLANNING TO BRING BACK TO THE COMMISSION LATER THIS SPRING, PROPOSED PLAN REVISIONS. SO IN OUR MOBILITY PLANNING EFFORTS, WE REGULARLY MONITOR MOBILITY TRENDS TO HELP US PIVOT AND ADJUST OUR MOBILITY PROGRAMS ACCORDINGLY. THIS GRAPH ON THE LEFT IS FROM SANDAG AND ADDRESSES THE 2020 COMMUTER TRENDS. I BELIEVE I SHOW THIS TO YOU IN THE PAST. BUT NOT SURPRISINGLY, AS AS MR. MANGOHIG MENTIONED, HIGHWAY TRAVEL TIMES WERE DOWN, MEANING CONGESTION WAS DOWN AND TRANSIT WAS GREATLY DOWN 60 PERCENT AND THEN BIKE RIDING. THE GOOD NEWS IS BIKE RIDING WENT UP DRAMATICALLY. NEARLY 40 PERCENT AT 73 PERCENT, THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT. NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT JUST COMPLETED THEIR 2021 ANNUAL TRANSIT OPERATION PERFORMANCE REPORT, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE LOW TRANSIT RIDERSHIP CONTINUES THROUGH THE LAST YEAR. FOR 2021, THE OVERALL TRANSIT RIDERSHIP WAS DOWN 50 PERCENT FROM THEIR PROJECT GOAL, AND THE COASTER PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE ON THE RIGHT, WAS DOWN TO 15 PERCENT OF THEIR BUDGET GOAL. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE PUBLIC TRANSIT IS STILL WAY DOWN, AND NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT IS STUDYING WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ADDRESS THEIR CHANGED USER TRENDS. SO CONSIDERING THESE TRENDS, STAFF IS CONTINUALLY COORDINATING WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AT SANDAG AND NCTD TO REVIEW THE REGIONAL AND LOCAL IMPACTS TO THESE CHANGING DYNAMICS. AS YOU KNOW, LAST MONTH, SANDAG ADOPTED THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE REGIONAL PLAN. THIS IS A 30 YEAR PLAN EXTENDING OUT TO 2050. THE PLAN HAS MAJOR INFLUENCE ON ALL ASPECTS OF OUR CITY'S GENERAL PLAN AND STAFF HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR FRIENDS AT SANDAG ON THE PLAN AND SUGGESTIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD. OH, EXCUSE ME. CONSIDERING THESE REGIONAL PLANS HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON MOBILITY WITHIN THE CITY, I AM PLANNING TO BRING TWO ITEMS TO THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. THE FIRST ITEM WILL BE ON THEIR FEBRUARY AGENDA AND IT WILL BE A WORKSHOP ON MOBILITY IN CARLSBAD. LOOKING AT ALL ASPECTS OF MOBILITY, PRESENT PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, WE'LL DO A DEEP DIVE IN MOBILITY TOPICS DISCUSSED MOBILITY TRENDS AND HOW TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. THE SECOND ITEM TARGETED FOR MARCH WILL BE A PRESENTATION ON THE SANDAG REGIONAL PLAN TO REVIEW THE CONTENT, AND WE WILL INVITE SANDAG AND NCTD PARTNERS TO THE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT DISCUSSION. SO SPEAKING OF BIG PROJECTS, CAN I TELL YOU HOW ABSOLUTELY EXCITED I AM THAT OUR PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT HAVE LAUNCHED THE [01:30:02] PROJECT WEBSITE FOR THE SOUTH CARLSBAD COASTLINE PROJECT? WE'RE UNDERWAY WITH OUR EARLY TASK OF MEETING WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT. THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS AMAZING PROJECT, BUT HONESTLY, OUR COMMUNICATION TEAM SAYS IT MUCH BETTER THAN I DO. SO PLEASE GO VISIT THE WEB PAGE FOR ALL THE GREAT INFORMATION POSTED. SO LASTLY, I WANT TO GIVE A TON OF THANKS TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO BE ON THE COMMISSION AND FURTHER MOBILITY IN CARLSBAD. WE ENJOY WORKING WITH THE CHAIR AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ON THESE ITEMS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE OUR PORTION OF THE REPORT AND TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO CHAIR BRANDON PEREZ FOR HIS REPORT. DIRECTOR FRANK, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M LOUD AND CLEAR. YOU ARE. THANK YOU. AGAIN THANK YOU DIRECTOR FRANK, THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION. MAYOR HALL, PRO TEM MAYOR BLACKBURN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DR. BHAT-PATEL, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA AND COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. THANK YOU AGAIN. MY NAME IS CHAIRMAN BRANDON PEREZ OF THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO REPORT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL, THE STATE OF THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION. I JUST WANTED TO ACTUALLY STARTED OFF BY COMMENDING DIRECTOR FRANK AND THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT AND STAFF FOR THEIR GREAT PUBLIC WORK IN THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE AND THEIR COMMITMENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. BETWEEN THE TRAFFIC DIVISION, THE ENGINEERING DIVISION, MAINTENANCE, PLANNING AND MOBILITY DIVISION, THIS TEAM IS REALLY HAVE DONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND REPORTS AND ANYTHING THAT WE NEED FOR THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION FOR OUR MEETINGS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE TRAFFIC DIVISION FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY MEETINGS. AND IT WASN'T FOR THEIR GREAT INPUT ON UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON IN REGARDS TO INCIDENTS, TRAFFIC. WE WERE JUST IT'S JUST A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE FROM FROM THE POLICE OFFICERS AND FROM THE HEAD LIEUTENANTS AND THE TEAM. SO I THINK JUST FROM THIS, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT WITH THIS GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE THIS TEAM THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE JUST REALLY BUILDING A STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD, THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL. AND FOR US, IT REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT FOR US IN THAT, WE'RE AS A COMMISSIONER FOR THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY, YOU KNOW, STUDYING ALL THE MATTERS CONCERNING TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, REVIEWING STAFF STUDIES, PROVIDING A PUBLIC FORUM TO REVIEW COMMENTS FROM THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING MEASURES THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROMOTE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS A KEY THING FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS AND APPOINTED MEMBERS FOR THE CITY. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF THE COMMISSION. WE'VE WELCOMED NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS TO THE COMMISSION IN THE PAST MONTH AND ALSO TO. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR THE APPOINTMENTS AND ALSO TOO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CURRENT COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK DURING OUR TRANSITION AND VACANCIES THAT WE'VE HAD. AND WITH THIS, WITH THIS GROUP THAT WE HAVE THE COMMISSION, IT'S A GREAT PANEL OF COMMISSIONERS WITH THIS GREAT WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEADERSHIP IN THE AREAS OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, AH SCHOOL, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, REACH RESEARCH AND DESIGN. ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT SYMBIOSIS OR WORKING TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THESE PROCESSES THAT WERE GOING THROUGH AND PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT AFFECT PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. BUT YOU KNOW, JUST FOR ME, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND GIVE A COUPLE OF LITTLE TALKING POINTS ARE HIGH LEVELS OF WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS DONE AND IN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STAFF AND YOURSELF, THE CITY COUNCIL. I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT WE'VE REALLY PRIDED OURSELVES ON IS WORKING ON THE SUSTAINABILITY AND MOBILITY PLAN FOR THIS. IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT OUTREACH OF COMMUNITY INPUT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND ALSO STAKEHOLDER WORKING GROUPS. AND WITH THIS, WE'VE WORKED ON TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, AND ALSO TO CREATING A SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOLS AND TO PARKS. AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY COMMEND ON IS THE SAFER UP TO SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH, WITH THE SCHOOLS, WITH THE CITY. I THINK ONE GOOD EXAMPLE THAT WE'VE HAD WAS THE COMMUNITY OVER IN TALAVERA HILLS, WHERE [01:35:01] HOPE ELEMENTARY AND THE NEW PROJECT, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRESERVE. THE PRESERVE IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISLAND OF CARLSBAD AND FOR KIDS TO GET TO TO HELP ELEMENTARY WHERE THEY WHERE THEY GO TO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO AROUND AND THROUGH ANOTHER CITY AND UP A HILL AND THROUGH. BUT BECAUSE OF THIS SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOLS WE'VE IDENTIFIED, WE WERE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A LITTLE TRAIL THAT WOULD CONNECT THE PRESERVE OVER TO HELP ELEMENTARY AND INSTEAD OF TAKING A MILE WALK. IT'S NOW MAYBE A HALF A MILE WALK OR EVEN LESS THAN THAT. SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT PROJECT THAT WE'VE DONE AND AND EVERYTHING HAS LED THE ROUTE FROM THE CITY AND STAFF AND THE COMMISSION AND THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. ALSO TOO, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT LIVABLE STREETS, WE'VE TOUCHED ON AREAS OF MULTIMODAL LEVELS OF SERVICE, EVALUATING AUTO, TRANSIT, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MODES, AND ALSO FOR WALKING PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, WIDENING AND CROSSWALK ADDITIONS, ADA IMPROVEMENTS, BEACH ACCESS REPAIRS, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT AND ALSO TOO BICYCLING. I THINK THIS IS A BIG DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF E-BIKES INTO THE CITY AND HOW BICYCLE SAFETY IS A KEY TOPIC FOR MAKING SURE THAT OUR RIDERS ARE UNDERSTANDING HOW THESE E-BIKES WORKS, AS THESE ARE ALL THAT DIFFERENT FROM BACK IN THE DAYS OF ME PEDALING UP A HILL JUST BY MANUAL CRANKS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I THINK WITH THE HELP OF A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE SPECIALIZED IN BICYCLING, WE'VE HAD A GREAT PROGRAM WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO WITH WITH THE BICYCLE COALITION ON PROMOTING BICYCLE SAFETY AND AWARENESS. SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT. AND ALSO TO ON THE LEVEL OF STREETS IS TRANSIT THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC CALMING, SPEED REDUCTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE HEAR FROM FROM THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE AND ALSO TO CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO SPEEDING IN SCHOOLS OR OVER BY ON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD. SO WE DO TAKE A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS AND LISTENING TO WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. AND IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP IN UNDERSTANDING THE TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC AND UNDERSTANDING TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY OF WHAT GOES ON WITH SPEEDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND ALSO TOO, JUST MOVING ON IS ALSO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POLICE AND THE TRAFFIC DIVISION. JUST A REALLY GREAT BUNCH OF PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE THAT I REALLY HAVE HAD A GREAT FORTUNE TO WORK WITH, PROVIDING PEDESTRIAN AND ALSO TRAFFIC INCIDENTS, THINGS FROM SCHOOL SAFETY TO DUI CHECKPOINTS TO ENFORCEMENT. THEY'VE JUST PROVIDED A GREAT WEALTH OF INFORMATION WHEN THEY'RE PRESENTING FOR ANYTHING THAT THAT IS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. AND JUST A COUPLE OF MORE ITEMS IS LIKE WE'VE WORKED ON IS GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN, THINGS LIKE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AS DIRECTOR FRANCIS TALKED ABOUT COLLEGE BOULEVARD, THE EXTENSION OF ALSO TRAFFIC WIDENING ON ECR, EL CAMINO REAL AND ALSO TO THE PICTURES THAT DIRECTOR FRANK SHOWED THE GREEN STRIPING OR THE BIKE TRAILS. THERE'S BEEN REALLY A KEY AREA OF UNDERSTANDING AND PRESENTING THE INFORMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ACTUALLY TO SEE THESE THESE PROCESSES OR THINGS MOVE FORWARD, AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE AS THAT PICTURE DIRECTOR FRIENDS SHOWED OF ACTUAL BICYCLISTS RIDING THEIR BIKES, BUT ALSO HEARING FROM CYCLISTS AND THE COALITION SAYING HEY, WE FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE RIDING ON ECR WITH THESE, THESE BIKE TRAILS AND THESE GREEN LANES. AND JUST A COUPLE OF MORE, AGAIN, JUST LISTENING IN WITH PARKING, LISTENING TO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ON THEIR SPECIAL PARKING SITUATIONS AND ISSUES AND ALSO OVERNIGHT PARKING, I THINK THAT WAS A BIG THING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. BUT AGAIN, LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS AND PRESENTING, STAFF PRESENTING THE INFORMATION AND WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN A HAS DONE A LOT FOR FOR THE PARKING, FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING AND ALSO PARKING WITHIN THE CITY. AND I THINK FINALLY, FOR ME, IT'S THE NEW THINGS THAT WE SEE IS THE INNOVATION FOR IN TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY AND ALSO TRANSPORTATION SIGNAL MANAGEMENT, I THINK AS MR. [01:40:01] MANGOHIG PRESENTED WITH THIS GREAT PRESENTATION ON ALL OF THESE NEW INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING TRAFFIC, MOBILITY, TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH. AND FOR US, THAT'S A GREAT THING THAT WE GET TO HAVE THIS DATA PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION AND WE CAN UNDERSTAND AND KIND OF GIVE THAT THAT RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH REGARDS TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND ANYTHING THAT IMPEDES OR AFFECTS TRAFFIC. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST REALLY BRINGING IT DOWN TO THE WIRE. WE'VE DONE A LOT AND WE'VE HAD GREAT DISCUSSIONS, GREAT DEBATES. BUT AGAIN, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OF CITY STAFF, THE CITY COUNCIL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO TO MORE IMPORTANT, THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR PARTICIPATING WITH THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION MEETING. IF IT'S NOT FOR THE VOICES OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WOULDN'T HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING FULLY OF THE CITY. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE CAN STILL PARTICIPATE OR JOIN IN ON THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY. THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE COMMENTS. AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CONCLUDE MY MY REPORT. CHAIR PEREZ, THAT WAS OUTSTANDING. I MEAN, THAT YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THAT. COULD YOU ADD WHEN YOUR MEETINGS ARE DURING THE MONTH AND HOW TO TUNE IN OR WHAT TIME TO TUNE IN? YEAH, SO THAT THE OUR TRAFFIC MOBILITY MEETINGS ARE USUALLY THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH AND DUE TO COVID AND OUR RESTRICTIONS RIGHT NOW, WE ARE DOING THIS VIA ZOOM. SO ALL THE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD WEBSITE. AND IF WE GO INTO COMMITTEE AND COMMISSIONS LINK, THEY WILL HAVE ALL OF THE LINKS FOR THE COMMISSIONS AND TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY WILL BE IN THERE. IF I MAY, SIR, THE NEXT MEETING IS FEBRUARY 7TH AT THREE P.M. OKAY, AGAIN, VERY WELL DONE. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? ROLL CALL FOR SPEAKERS. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER SIX 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 THREE 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 NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS MAYOR, OK, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF. MR. NORBY, WAS THAT A HAND? YEAH, I PULLED IT DOWN RAPIDLY. I PULLED IT DOWN RAPIDLY, I HAVE COMMENTS WITH NO QUESTIONS. OK. COMMENTS MR. OH, I'M SORRY. MR. BLACKBURN, QUESTION? YES, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HIGH SPEED FIBER, AND ONCE THAT'S IN PLACE, IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO PASS THROUGH THE WIRELESS AND THE REPEATERS, AND IT'LL MAKE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY A LOT MORE EFFICIENT. BUT YOU DIDN'T GIVE US AN ETA ON WHEN THAT WILL BE DONE. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THAT TO ALL BE IN PLACE? MR. MANGOHIG WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIELD THAT QUESTION OR? YES, I WAS JUST FINDING MY MUTE BUTTON. WE WE ARE WORKING ON THAT NOW ACTIVELY WITH IT IN THE FIRST SIGNAL GROUP IN RANCHO SANTA FE AND ACOSTA. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THE THE ALL THE SIGNALS CONNECTED TO THOSE THREE FIBER CABINETS COMPLETE BY OUR NEXT SEMIANNUAL UPDATE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO YOU. WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA SINCE A LOT OF THE EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA IS IS IN IT DEALING WITH NETWORKS, WHICH IS IN GATEWAYS AND PROGRAMING THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY IN PLACE. SO I THINK AS THE NEXT WEEKS GO ON, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR IS HAVING DONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK BY THE NEXT ANNUAL SEMIANNUAL UPDATE THAT THEY'RE COMPLETE. AND THEN FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO BRINGS BACK A GROUP AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT MAY HAPPEN ALONG THE WAY. THESE ARE ALL WHAT I WILL CONSIDER NEAR-TERM. SO THIS FISCAL YEAR AND CONTINUING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THE ONES THAT I IDENTIFIED COMPLETE. OK MR., NESTOR, YOU'RE IN A VERY ENVIED POSITION. SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS, THE COUNCIL HAS [01:45:05] ALWAYS MADE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY A PRIORITY AND HAS NEVER CUT BACK ON ANY OF ITS BUDGETING. AND IT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECT THAT GOT NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK OR ANYBODY WHO WAS CONCERNED WITH IT. EVERYBODY WANTS OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY TO BE THE BEST IT CAN BE. IT AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO PLEASE TAKE IT AND RUN. PLEASE DO A GOOD JOB AND PLEASE DO IT QUICKLY. WILL DO SIR. THERE ARE QUESTIONS? I'M JUST TO FOLLOW ALONG A MR. BLACKBURN QUESTION ON SIGNALIZATION WITH CALTRANS IN OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR LIGHTS WERE ON I-5 AND 78, WHEN DO YOU SEE THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF ALL THAT TAKING PLACE? WELL, FOR NOW, WE HAVE CORRIDORS LIKE EL CAMINO REAL. THEY ARE SYNCHRONIZED, BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES WE WERE HAVING WITH THEM IS THAT WE UPGRADED TO OUR NEW TWENTY SEVENTY CONTROLLERS WHILE THEY REMAINED BACK ON THEIR 170 CONTROLLERS. AND SO THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THOSE TWO TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGIES INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER. SO WE HAVEN'T CHANGED OUT ONE SEVENTIES THERE, AND WE'RE STILL ON A SYNCHRONIZATION PLAN WITH CALTRANS NOW THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AN UPGRADE PLAN TO TWENTY SEVENTIES BOTH THOSE CONTROLLERS HAVE BETTER CAPABILITIES. ONCE THEY HAVE THAT IN PLACE, WE CAN EXPLORE, I THINK, SNAP YOUR PLANS FOR ALL THE CORRIDORS WHERE THEY UPGRADE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO BECAUSE THERE'S JUST CERTAIN LIMITATIONS TO THOSE OLD CONTROLLERS. BUT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED A, LIKE I SAID, A SINGLE SOFTWARE STARTING WITH THE I-5 PROJECT. THEY THEY EITHER IMPLEMENTED OR WILL ALSO IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON POINSETTIA AND SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS WHERE YOU MIGHT SEE EQUIPMENT OUT THERE ALREADY FOLLOWING WITH THE EL CAMINO REAL SHORTLY THEREAFTER. SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT. BUT WE'VE WE'VE NEVER RELINQUISHED ANY SORT OF COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TWO, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE REMAINED WITH OUR OLDER TECHNOLOGY TO MATCH THEM UNTIL THEY DO THEIR UPGRADES. BUT ONCE THEY DO UPGRADE, THINGS WILL GET BETTER OUT THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF. SO HOW IS OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP THEN WITH OCEANSIDE VISTA SAN MARCOS IN ENCINITAS AND THEIR SIGNALIZATION AND HOW THAT COORDINATES WITH OURS? IS IT? IS THERE ANY KIND OF COLLABORATION GOING ON THERE? IN FACT, THERE IS. I HAVE CONTACTS AT EACH OF THE CITIES. I WAS WITH ENCINITAS FOR 12 YEARS AND I'M IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THEM. WITH SAN MARCOS. I HAVE A PERSON IN THE SIGNAL GROUP AS WELL AS OCEANSIDE. AND YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT EACH OTHER'S CYCLE OR CYCLE LENGTHS. MAKE SURE THAT THINGS MATCH UP ON EITHER SIDE OF A CALTRANS FACILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, OR ON THE BORDER. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND THAT'S YOU'LL START TO NOTICE THAT I THINK SOON AS THINGS IMPROVE THAT WE START TO IMPLEMENT THINGS WITH THESE NEW CONTROLLERS, WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CERTAIN FEATURES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PROGRAMED YET, BECAUSE WHEN WE DID OUR BIG CHANGEOVER, WE JUST MOVED THE PLANS OVER FROM THE OLD CONTROLLER TO THE NEW CONTROLLERS WITHOUT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MANY OF THOSE FEATURES. THAT, ALONG WITH THE BEING ABLE TO BRING MORE DATA BACK, HAS FIBER COMES ONLINE AND CONTROLLERS ARE ABLE TO BRING BACK MORE INFORMATION. WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE EVEN MORE OF THOSE FEATURES AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS A SIGNAL GROUP. AND I KNOW MR. BLACKBURN IS GOING TO WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT HOW DO YOU DEFINE SOON? IN TERMS OF THE CONTROLLERS COMING. WELL, AGAIN, COLLABORATION AND MAKING THINGS KIND OF WORK IS THAT ONE YEAR OR TWO YEAR? NO, LIKE I LIKE I'D MENTIONED FOR THE FOR THE INTEGRATION OF CALTRANS OR I'M SORRY, THE FIBER PROJECTS, I THINK THOSE ARE HAPPENING BY END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR OR EARLY NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S OUR THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR AS THOSE COME ON BOARD. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT LONG FOR ALL OF THEM. THEY'RE COMING PIECEMEAL ON BOARD. SO WE'RE BRINGING BACK SIGNAL GROUPS AT A TIME. SO THOSE GREEN, THOSE GREEN OUTLINES THAT I SHOWED YOU, WE HAVE 11 SIGNAL GROUPS. THE BIG ONE COMING BACK FIRST WILL BE RANCHO SANTA FE AND LA COSTA. THAT WILL BE SOONER THAN LATER. AND WHAT IT IS DOING IS THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR PROCEDURES BASED ON THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT SINCE SINCE AT LEAST INITIALLY WE'RE NOW INTERFACING WITH THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE OUT THERE. SO THEY'RE JUST DEVELOPING PROCEDURES FOR TALKING TO THE SWICTH, WHICH REQUIRES THIS. TALKING TO THE VIDEO REQUIRES THIS. AND THE HARDEST PART IS ALWAYS GETTING THROUGH THE FIRST GROUP AND WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT WON'T BE THE END OF FISCAL YEAR. THAT'LL BE SOONER. AND THEN ONCE THAT COMES ALONG, THEN THERE'LL BE A GOOD PROCEDURE IN PLACE TO KNOCK OUT THE REST OF THEM. OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS THE FIRST THING. I THINK MR. BLACKBURN REQUESTED WHEN HE WAS ELECTED WAS TO START WORKING ON SIGNALIZATION. SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GETTING REAL CLOSE TO TO GETTING TO GETTING THIS [01:50:01] COMPLETED. OK, FINAL COMMENTS! MR. NORBY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT ONE STATISTIC CAUGHT ME, I THINK IT'S IT WAS LIKE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE OUT OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE ALREADY IN A CAMERA BASED SYSTEM INSTEAD OF THE WIRE BASED SYSTEM AND ARE ON THE SYSTEM, WHICH WAS JUST GREAT TO HEAR. I WANT TO START MY COMMENTS BY THANKING THE CHAIR OF OUR TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION, MR. PEREZ, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION WAS OUTSTANDING. I WANT TO THANK YOUR COMMISSIONERS AS WELL THAT WORK ON THAT. CLEARLY YOU ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE, YOU ARE PASSIONATE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STORIES TO TELL FUTURE GENERATIONS AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I'LL PROBABLY GET TIRED OF HEARING IT IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU GO ON, BUT EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON THAT YOU'RE PART OF DURING YOUR TENURE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, I HAVE WORKED IN THIS FIELD FOR PROBABLY 20 25 YEARS. AND WHEN YOU MR. FRANK WAS DIRECTOR, FRANK WAS KIND OF GIVING HIS PRESENTATION OF A NEW SIDEWALK AND A NEW OVERLOOK AND THAT YOU CAN BREATHE. AND WHEN YOU, I GUESS, MAYBE PUT SOMETHING IN A NEW SIDEWALK OR A NEW OVERLOOK, A NEW MEDIUM, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE A NEW STREETSCAPE, A NEW UNDER CROSS. YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC COMES OUT AND TAKES A LOOK AT IT AND SAYS, WELL, THE LANDSCAPING IS BEAUTIFUL AND I REALLY LIKE THE BENCH AND THE SIGNAGE IS GREAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WALKING WITH AN ENGINEER, THAT'S SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF PUTTING THEM SOMETHING IN PLACE. IT'S GOING TO LAST FOR MANY DECADES AND OVER A CENTURY IN SOME CASES THAT YOU JUST CREATE. YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE USING THAT SIDEWALK AND CHILDREN THAT ARE GOING TO USE THAT SIDEWALK AND MAYBE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S FIBER OR A STORM DRAIN OR SOMETHING BELOW THE ROAD THAT NOBODY CAN SEE THAT PERHAPS DIDN'T FUNCTION VERY WELL BEFORE. AND YOU KNOW THAT THE TOILETS WILL FLUSH FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS. THAT'S REALLY, REALLY EXCITING STUFF AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY BOTH AT THE COUNTY AND IN THREE CITIES IN SAN DIEGO TO GO INTO THAT CONTROL ROOM WHERE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING REAL TIME. IT'S SOMETHING TO SEE, AND I THINK THAT MAYBE OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT CAN WORK WITH OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM TO GET IN THERE WITH SOME CAMERAS THAT ACTUALLY SHOW THE CITIZENS WHAT GO ON, WHAT GOES ON IN REAL TIME IN TERMS OF MANAGING OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SO AGAIN, JUST OUTSTANDING REPORT ON ALL PARTIES HERE. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MANY OF YOU FOR A LOT OF YEARS. AND YOU KNOW, CARLSBAD IS BLESSED TO HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. AND AS OUR MAYOR PRO TEM MR. BLACKBURN SAID THAT THE UNITY OF VOICES AT THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL TO GIVE YOU THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED, ESPECIALLY WITH TRAFFIC TO GO FORWARD. I REALLY, REALLY THIS IS THE FIRST I THINK I'VE HAD A A A CHAIR, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS PRESENT AT THE MEETING. I LIKE THAT VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT MORE FROM OUR OTHER COMMISSIONERS AS WE GO FORWARD. AND ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT. WE'VE HAD TWO OR THREE DOING IT, BUT I DO LIKE THAT VERY MUCH SO. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES. OK. TELL ME. SORRY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. DR BHAT-PATEL. SURE, THANK YOU. JUST A VERY SHORT COMMENT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, OF COURSE, TO OUR CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION AS WELL. IT WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW. YOU ALL ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL BRING FORWARD. IT ALLOWS FOR US TO MAKE MORE WELL-INFORMED DECISIONS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL ARE VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ON THAT FRONT AND OF COURSE, TO OUR STAFF. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY, SO I'M ALWAYS REALLY GLAD TO SEE THIS REPORT COME FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK IT ALLOWS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE GREAT TRANSPORTATION, GREAT ROADS AND [01:55:01] ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. OK. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA. HEY, THANK YOU, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE AN ECHO CHAMBER, BUT I HAVE TO THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO OUR COMMISSION AND THE CHAIR FOR BEING HERE MAKING THAT EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND ALSO TO OUR STAFF. I HAVE TO SAY TO MR. MANGOHIG, WHEN YOU PUT UP THAT SLIDE WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SIGNALS AND THE GROUPINGS, IT WAS A FIRST A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT THANK YOU FOR STILL CONFUSING. BUT THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE LINES AROUND AND SHOWING US THAT THERE WERE GROUPS AND ZEROING IN AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN HOW THAT ALL WORKS THEN AND RELATES BACK TO THE ANTENNAS RELATED TO THE ANTENNA. AS I WAS TAKING A COUPLE OF NOTES BECAUSE IT IS SO EXCITING THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY AS IT EMERGES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE WHEN IT COMES TO NOT JUST THIS, NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION, BUT IN GENERAL PUBLIC WORKS LIKE WE DO. MS. GOMEZ, I KNOW, DOES AN AMAZING JOB AS A AS A LEADER IN OUR CITY, ENSURING THAT WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVEN IN THE WAY THAT WE INTERFACE WITH THE PUBLIC USING THE APP SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SAY, HEY, THERE'S A POTHOLE OVER HERE, THERE'S A SIGNAL OUT OVER HERE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CONNECT BACK TO OUR OUR CITY STAFF AND LET US KNOW REAL TIME WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE. SO ONE OTHER GREAT THING I REALLY APPRECIATED MR. FRANK'S PICTURES AND THE LEVITY THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THIS VERY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT JOB. BUT I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE, I KNOW WHENEVER THERE'S A DISASTER OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS LIKE THE FLOODING OR FIRE THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE, THAT YOU'RE ON THE SCENE, YOU'RE ALWAYS IN IT, YOU'RE ALWAYS IN THE COMMUNITY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THINGS IMMEDIATELY AND RIGHT AWAY. SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER GREAT THING THAT WE APPRECIATE ABOUT THE STAFF. THE OTHER PART WAS THE SUSTAINABILITY. YOU KNOW, I WAS IN A MEETING ON SATURDAY, VIRTUAL MEETING ON SATURDAY WHERE A COLLEAGUE FROM A DIFFERENT CITY COUNCIL AND A DIFFERENT PART OF THE STATE. I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE AREN'T RELATED. I WAS LIKE WHAT, I DID A DOUBLE TAKE BECAUSE I THOUGHT, WE ARE AMAZING. I EVEN WROTE IN THE CHAT IT WAS LIKE OUR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN IS REALLY A GREAT FUSION THAT EXPLAINS HOW THOSE THINGS ARE RELATED AND HOW WE CAN BE MORE SUSTAINABLE, GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND HAVING THE ROUTES LIKE THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SO THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK OR BIKE OR EASILY GET TO THEIR DESTINATION. AND I LOVE THAT WE'RE ALWAYS FORWARD THINKING WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. AS FOR THE CAMERAS IN THE TRAFFIC CONTROL ROOM THAT MR. NORBY, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY MENTIONED, I LOVE THAT IDEA, AND I DO HAVE TO SAY WHEN I DID THE CITIZEN'S ACADEMY IN PERSON IN MANY YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS TWENTY FIFTEEN, I LOVED THAT WE HAD LIKE A MINI TASTE OF WHAT THAT WAS. IT WAS IN FAIR DAY IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND THEY JUST BROUGHT A BUNCH OF SCREENS OUT AND THEY KIND OF SHOWED US SOME LIVE TRAFFIC FEEDS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY COOL. SO I DO THINK THAT AS WE GO BACK TO HAVING THOSE CARLSBAD CITIZEN ACADEMY SESSIONS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY SEES ALL OF THE GREAT WORK BEING DONE BY OUR OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR REALLY EXCELLENT WORK FOR THIS DETAILED REPORT, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM. ALWAYS. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANKS. OK, MR. BLACKBURN. [INAUDIBLE] PLEASE TAKE BACK TO EVERYONE WHO WORKS ON THIS AND LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE IT. IT'S TOO DIFFICULT FOR US TO THANK EVERY ONE OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF YOUR JOB. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE THAT NOBODY WANTS TO RIDE WITH ME WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH OTHER CITIES BECAUSE I'M BITCHING ABOUT THEIR TRAFFIC SIGNALS THE ENTIRE WAY. BUT THEN WHEN I GET INTO CARLSBAD, MOST OF THE TIME I'M ABLE TO TELL MY PASSENGER, SEE LOOK HOW MUCH BETTER CARLSBAD IS THAN OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES. SO FOR HEARING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK CLOSER WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES TO KEEP THAT TRAFFIC FLOW GOING? TO ME, THAT'S HUGE BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS DON'T JUST STAY IN CARLSBAD, WE DRIVE INTO THE NEIGHBORING CITIES AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK. I'VE BEEN REFERRED TO AS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL NAZI IN THE PAST. ANY TIME I SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANY OF OUR SIGNALS, EVEN IF IT'S MINOR PROBLEMS, I'M CONSTANTLY CALLING YOU AND YOU GUYS ARE GETTING ON IT IMMEDIATELY, AND I'M EXCITED, ECSTATIC THAT WE GET THOSE THINGS FIXED SO QUICKLY. AND I'M GOING TO USE THE SMALL EXAMPLE THAT I'VE USED MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. I SAW A POTHOLE ON MY WAY TO WORK AND GOT TO WORK, FORGOT TO TELL ANYBODY ABOUT IT. THE NEXT DAY I DROVE ON THAT ROAD AND IT REMINDED ME, OOPS, I FORGOT TO TELL SOMEBODY ABOUT THAT POTHOLE. IT WAS ALREADY FILLED. I NEVER EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. SO PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. AS MUCH AS WE CAN SAY WE HAVE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. WE ARE LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF WHERE OTHER CITIES ARE, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK OUR GUYS DOING. THANK YOU. AND I'M NOT GOING TO I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT EVERYTHING MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, BUT I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE NOTEWORTHY IS WHEN WE THINK OF OUR AIR TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY, IT'S NOT JUST LIKE MR., BLACKBURN SAID. IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. IT REALLY IS THE REGION. AND WHEN SOME OF OUR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURES, SUCH AS I-5 AND SEVENTY EIGHT, AREN'T BEING BUILT TO TO THE NEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, WE AS CITIES START TO GET THE IMPACT ON EL CAMINO AND PALOMAR AND RANCHO SANTA FE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO CUT THROUGH. AND SO WHAT WE DO WITHIN THE CITIES OR EVEN MUCH, MUCH MORE CRITICAL THAN AND [02:00:02] THEN WHAT IT SHOULD BE, I WILL SAY IT THAT WAY. THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO MAKE MY COLLEAGUES AWARE OF IS IN THE PAST, WE USED TO EVERY AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS AND THROUGH OUR COURT ORDERS. TODAY, THE METRIC IS VEHICLES, MILES, TRAVEL. AND JUST TO MAKE CHAIR PEREZ, YOU AWARE IN THIS LATEST UPDATE AT SANDAG, WHEN THEY WERE PUTTING 3000 UNITS IN AND AROUND THE AIRPORT, UP AROUND THE SHERATON IN THE WEST END AND ON DEDICATED OPEN SPACE THAT THROWS OFF OUR METRICS WHEN IT COMES TO VEHICLES MILES TRAVELED. AND SO I APPLAUD MR. FRANK AND HOW HE TRIES TO KEEP A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH SANDAG. BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S CHALLENGING, AND WE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT AS WE'RE AS WE'RE WORKING IN OUR MOBILITY AND TO TRY AND KEEP THAT AS POSITIVE AS POSSIBLE. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES OUT THERE. BUT I WILL SAY THIS TONIGHT, THIS WAS A GREAT REPORT FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING. THERE'S OVER 20 PAGES OF DETAIL ON MOBILITY IN THIS REPORT. AND SO IT JUST GIVES YOU SOME IDEA OF NOT ONLY WHAT OUR STAFF IS DOING, BUT WHAT YOUR YOUR COMMITTEE IS DOING. CHAIR PEREZ AND WE REALLY THANK YOU. THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, AS YOU SAID, CHAIR, THAT IT'S THE COMMUNITY IN THAT CONVERSATION AND RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE IN TRYING TO MAKE AND LISTEN TO THEIR NEEDS AND MAKE THAT A REALITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. SO I THINK THAT IS JUST A REPORT TONIGHT. SO THERE'S THERE'S NO ACTION ON THIS. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM SEVEN, MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE PARKS AND RECS [7. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION] COMMISSION. SO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO CONFERENCE SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? 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 THREE 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 AND PRESS STAR NINE NOW. WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS ROBERT H. WINSTON, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. THANK YOU, MAYOR HALL FOR SELECTING ME AS A FINALIST TO JOIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ROBERT WINSTON AND I HAVE LIVED IN CARLSBAD FOR 26 YEARS. I RESIDE IN DISTRICT THREE. THE MISSION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE UNDERSERVED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES IN THE COMMUNITY. THESE ARE GOALS THAT I BELIEVE ARE VITAL FOR A THRIVING AND HEALTHY CITY. THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT SERVES THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS CRITICAL FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE UNDERSERVED MEMBERS OF THE CITY. FOR MANY, THE PARKS, TRAILS AND PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT ARE THE ONLY RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE. I'VE SPENT THE LAST 30 YEARS IN VOLUNTEER POSITIONS THAT HELP PROMOTE WELLNESS GOALS. I HAVE PASSIONATELY PROMOTED AND PURSUED A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, AND I'VE SEEN THE BENEFITS TO MYSELF, MY FAMILY AND OTHERS WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECREATE, ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE IN THE NATURAL WORLD. I HAVE BOTH A PASSION FOR THIS MISSION AND THE PREVIOUS BOARD EXPERIENCES THAT WILL HELP ME SERVE AS AN EFFECTIVE MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION. I HOPE TO SERVE THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND ITS RESIDENTS IF GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY. I PROMISE YOU ALL, I WILL WORK TIRELESSLY, DILIGENTLY AND WITH HONOR FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ABRAHAM KAPLAN. CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I'VE BEEN SITTING THROUGH THE ENTIRE MEETING AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS GROUP IS AMAZING AND WE SHOULD BE ALWAYS BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR CITY. I AM A [INAUDIBLE] MEMBER. I'VE BEEN ADMITTED TO THE ACOSTA CITIZENSHIP ACADEMY AND I HAVE A PASSION FOR SERVING THIS GREAT CITY. MY WIFE AND I TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND WALK TO THE YARD IN NORTE PARK. [02:05:06] WE LIVE JUST HALF A MILE FROM IT. WE USE THE DOG PARK. WE USE THE TRAILS SURROUNDING US, INCLUDING SOME TRAILS THAT ARE POTENTIAL. AND WHAT I SEE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE OUR GOOD WORK IN PARKS AND RECREATION, IN ALL THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO ALL THE COMMUNITY, TO ALL OF THE CITIZENSHIP. AND I THINK I WOULD BE GLAD TO BE INVOLVED IN ADVANCING MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE UNDERSERVED, FOR ALL THE CITIZENS IN RECREATING THROUGH THIS ENTIRE CITY AND IN A QUITE FRANKLY, DEVELOPING NEW PARK OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAIL OPPORTUNITIES AS NEEDED AS WE GROW THIS GREAT CITY TO MEET ALL THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE NOMINATED. I APPRECIATE IT, MATT, FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO TWO OF OUR WONDERFUL COUNCIL FOLKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO ALL THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO CONTINUE THEN AS A COMMISSIONER TO WORK WITH THE CITY, A CITY MANAGER AND ALL THE WONDERFUL FOLKS. AND CONTINUE TO SERVE INSERT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS THERE. OK, WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, I MEAN, NOT ONLY THE TWO TONIGHT THAT I HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU, BUT ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS IN MY POSITION AND I'M SURE IN YOURS ALSO, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO PICK PEOPLE TO BE ON THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, IT IS SO TOUGH BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE WITH SUCH GOOD HEARTS WHO JUST WANT TO DONATE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. SO I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO'VE APPLIED. I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP. KEEP YOUR NAME COMING FORWARD. IF WE IF I CAN'T TAKE YOU TONIGHT, HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT A REALITY. SO TONIGHT, AND BELIEVE ME, THIS WAS A TOUGH ONE, BUT I'M GOING TO NOMINATE MR. WINSTON FOR FOR THIS POSITION. SECOND. CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL, AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN, AYE. MAYOR HALL, AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, GOING ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS. [COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS] WHO WANTS TO START OFF TONIGHT? HOW ABOUT YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, DO YOU WANT TO START TONIGHT? SURE, I'LL I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS VERY BRIEF. I WANTED TO BRIEFLY SHARE WITH YOU THAT I ATTENDED THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING LAST WEEK AND ALSO THE RISING STAR AWARDS THIS MORNING. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RISING STAR AWARDS IS, THAT'S A PROGRAM IN WHICH STUDENTS ARE SELECTED BASED ON THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AND GIVEN AN AWARD BY THE CHAMBER AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY THEY ARE KIND OF FINALISTS TO RECEIVE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. IT WAS I CONNECTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL. SHE TOLD ME SHE HAD BEEN TO ONE BEFORE. SHE SAID IT COULD BE A TEARJERKER AND IT DEFINITELY WAS EMOTIONAL. THE STUDENTS ATTEND WITH THEIR COUNSELORS AND THEIR PRINCIPALS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND WONDERFUL THINGS ARE SAID ABOUT THEM AND SOME OF THESE. THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE OVERCOME AMAZING OBSTACLES IN THEIR LIVES, FROM SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS TO ALL KINDS OF OTHER OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH. AND THEY'RE THEY'RE PRETTY YOUNG, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I'M SO PROUD OF BEING THE LIAISON TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BECAUSE I GET TO LEARN ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AND BE A PART OF CONGRATULATING THEM AS AS PART OF THE CITY. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I'M WORKING ON THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE HASN'T MET YET THIS YEAR, AND WE WILL BE MEETING ON THE 8TH, FEBRUARY 8TH. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. TOMORROW MORNING, WE'VE GOT THE ENCINO WASTEWATER AUTHORITY MEETING, SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKBURN AND I HAD A PREEXISTING CONFLICT WITH THE NEXT CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE MEETING, SO I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL IS FILLING IN FOR ME AS THE ALTERNATE ON THAT ONE. I WAS SO SORRY THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THAT ONE. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE LIST JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE MY UPDATES ON THOSE. THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES SAN DIEGO DIVISION MEETING IS NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 14TH VALENTINE'S DAY, SO WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S STILL GOING IS STILL PLANNED TO BE [02:10:36] IN PERSON. KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN THE WORLD WITH COVID, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S PLANNED TO BE IN PERSON, SO I WILL BE THERE. EVERYTHING'S ON THE CALENDAR AND SET AND READY TO GO. THAT'S MY UPDATE AND THANKS FOR A GREAT WEEK AND I WILL SEE YOU AT THE VARIOUS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES ON THOSE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. BHAT-PATEL. SURE, THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, BRIEFLY, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, IT IS GOING TO BE VIRTUAL, WE ARE JUST SO SINCE I'M ON OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THE DIVISION, FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, WE ARE ACTUALLY CONTINUING WITH VIRTUAL PROGRAMING FOR NEXT MONTH, AT THE VERY LEAST, AND THEN WE'LL RECONSIDER FOR MARCH, WE HAD HAD MANY REQUESTS FROM MANY OF THE MEMBER CITIES TO MAINTAIN THAT. SO YES, AND THAT WAS JUST DECIDED THIS MORNING. SO THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT WITH EVERYONE. AND THEN WITH REGARDS TO ANY OTHER MEETINGS, OF COURSE, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA MENTIONED, I'LL BE FILLING IN FOR CEA. I DO HAVE A ANOTHER LEAGUE POLICY MEETING COMING UP NEXT WEEK FOR OUR POLICY COMMITTEE. SO THAT'LL BE HAPPENING. AS THE MTD VICE CHAIR, I WILL BE SITTING ON THE SANDAG TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE BOARD MEETINGS. SO YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE FEEDBACK ON, AND OF COURSE, I'LL BE COMING BACK AND SHARING ANYTHING THAT I CAN FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY MENTION SOME FEEDBACK I THINK SOMEBODY MIGHT BE. WE GOT SOMEBODY WITH A LIVE LINE, YEAH, THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST JUST BRIEFLY WANTED TO SAY THAT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S ALMOST THE END OF JANUARY. IT'S FLOWN BY, AND I KNOW NEXT WEEK FOLKS WILL BE CELEBRATING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR. AND SO JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR TO THOSE THAT ARE CELEBRATING AND OTHERWISE HAVE A GREAT REST YOUR WEEK. OK, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT, I'M JUST REMINDED AND I'M CONSTANTLY REMINDED, I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW GREAT OUR CITIZENS ARE AND HOW THEY STEP UP AND OFFER THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS TO SERVE IN GROWTH MANAGEMENT, THE SUCCESSOR DOCUMENT OR 2.0, AS WELL AS THE BARRIO VILLAGE KIND OF DESIGN STANDARDS. AND WE'LL HAVE SOME COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS THERE. AND I'M JUST REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IT'S GREAT. I THINK WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WE'RE HEARING FROM FOLKS AND THEIR LOVE FOR CARLSBAD, PASSION FOR CARLSBAD AND THEIR SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S IN A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION OR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION, OR A NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION OR YOUTH SPORTS, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. AND IT REALLY IS THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND EVERY EVERY TIME, I'M JUST AMAZED AT HOW HOW GREAT OUR CITIZENRY IS. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY OFTEN CONTACT US AND THEY WILL DRAW TO OUR ATTENTION, AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM OR CONCERN THAT THEY HAVE, BUT THAT'LL EQUALLY CONTACT US AND SAY, HEY, I SAW THIS MUCH IMPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IT'S IT'S IT'S JUST GREAT. I LOOK FORWARD. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH AND THEN ONE QUARTERLY ASSIGNMENT COMING UP. I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTAKING IN THOSE AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. [02:15:02] THANK YOU. MR. BLACKBURN. NOTHING, THANK YOU. OK, WELL, SANDAG IS THIS FRIDAY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IS THIS THURSDAY, SO STAY TUNED. BUT I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT COMING UP ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH AT 8:30 IS THE MITCHELL THORPE WARRIOR SPIRIT 5K RUN WALK AND FAMILY FESTIVAL. SO MY GUESS IS YOU'RE GOING TO PROBABLY SEE FOUR OR FIVE OF US AT THAT EVENT. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS BEFORE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU BACK AGAIN. AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY LISTENING TONIGHT WHO HAS NOT PARTICIPATED IN THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S HOW WE ALL COME TOGETHER IN RECOGNITION OF THE THORPE FOUNDATION. SO THAT AGAIN IS FEBRUARY 5TH AT 8:30 A.M. AT THE POINSETTIA PARK, THE POINSETTIA PARK OFF OF HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD. SO WITH THAT MR. CHADWICK DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOTHING TO REPORT SIR. MS. BREWER. NOTHING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY CLERK, DID I GET IT RIGHT? NOTHING AT THIS TIME? OK, WITH THAT, THEN WE DO STAND ADJOURNED AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR A WONDERFUL EVENING. OH, DR. BHAT-PATEL, YOU WERE JUST WAVING, JUST WAVING GOODBYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.