Feb 22, 2022 City Council Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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02/22/2022, A LOT OF TWOS IN TODAY'S DATE.

I'D LIKE THE CLERK TO START OFF AND PLEASE TAKE ROLL CALL.

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

MR. BLACKBURN, DO YOU WANT TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG.

OK, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MINUTES TONIGHT.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS.

CITY ATTORNEY, MS. BREWER COULD YOU PLEASE REPORT OUT ON CLOSED SESSION? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. OK, BEFORE I GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S NOTED THAT ITEM TWO ON THE AGENDA AS CHICK-FIL-A AND IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IT HAS BEEN POSTED FOUR TIMES CERTAIN TO BE SIX O'CLOCK TONIGHT.

SO IT'S SIX P.M.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE REALIZES THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S ITEM TWO ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN BY WHICH WE HAVE TO HEAR THAT.

WITH THAT, PUBLIC COMMENT, THE BROWN ACT ALLOWS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

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 ACTION CAN OCCUR ON THESE ITEMS. SO WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY IF YOU'RE USING THE MEETING 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 IS PAIGE [INAUDIBLE].

CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M PAIGE [INAUDIBLE], A LONG TIME CARLSBAD RESIDENT.

IN 2019, CARLSBAD BECAME THE FIRST CALIFORNIA CITY TO ADOPT THE REACH CODE, A BUILDING CODE THAT GOES BEYOND WHAT THE STATE GREEN BUILDING CODES REQUIRE.

SINCE THAT TIME, OVER 50 JURISDICTIONS HAVE ADOPTED REACH CODES, AND OUR NEIGHBORS OF ENCINITAS AND SOLANA BEACH JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED THE BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION CODES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND SIGNIFICANT REMODELS RESPECTFULLY.

CARLSBAD, REACH CODES WILL SOON BE OBSOLETE AS A 2022 STATE CODES COVER OUR EXISTING ORDINANCES.

AS STATED IN THE ADOPTED CLIMATE EMERGENCY OF SEPT.

21ST, 2021, CARLSBAD COMMITTED TO QUOTE, EMERGE AS A LEADER IN GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH STRONG CAP ORDINANCES, ADDRESSING REACH CODES AND BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION, END QUOTE.

WELL, NOW IS THE TIME TO ONCE AGAIN BECOME A LEADER IN SUSTAINABILITY.

CARLSBAD NEEDS TO ADOPT STRONG BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION CODES NOT NOW, NOT WAITING FOR AN UPDATED CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, SO PLEASE COMMIT TO STARTING THE PROCESS OF MAKING OUR BUILDINGS GREENER. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER ENDS WITH SIX EIGHT ONE.

CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS KATIE TAYLOR CALLING YESTERDAY.

MY HEART BROKE BECAUSE I WATCHED THREE HOURS OF THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT DEBATE THE EMERGENCY ORDERS PLACED OVER ALL OF CANADA BY FASCIST TRUDEAU WATCHING FREE PEOPLE VOTE AWAY THEIR RIGHTS WAS APPALLING.

WATCHING THE DRACONIAN MEASURES BY THE OTTAWA POLICE AND CANADIAN MOUNTIES SEEMED LIKE A BAD SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE, BUT THEN I HAVE TO ASK, IS THIS COMING TO CARLSBAD, CARLSBAD, WHICH STILL HAS A VACCINE MANDATE FOR NEW HIRES? CARLSBAD SEEMS TO SUPPORT THE UNSUPPORTABLE BOTH NEWSOM AND BIDEN REFUSING TO LIFT EMERGENCY MANDATES, AND CARLSBAD IS IN LOCKSTEP.

NOW, CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY PUSHING THE MORE DRACONIAN VACCINE MANDATES ALL

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EVEN AS THE NEWS BROKE YESTERDAY AND MORE TODAY, THE CDC IS NOT DISCLOSING THE ADVERSE VACCINE REACTIONS.

THE INFORMATION BEING WITHHELD FROM THE PUBLIC.

I WAS IN FLORIDA A WEEK AGO.

LIFE SEEMED NORMAL AND HAPPY FOR ONE WHOLE WEEK.

I SUGGEST THIS CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER REQUEST A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH GOV.

RON DESANTIS, A LEADER WHO CARES ABOUT HIS RESIDENTS, VISITORS, HIS STATE AND HIS COUNTRY. ALL OF WHICH IS LACKING IN THE LEADERSHIP IN CARLSBAD.

LEARN FROM SOMEONE WHO'S DOING IT RIGHT, NOT THE BLUNDERING FOOLS LIKE BIDEN AND NEWSOM, WHO ARE DOING EVERYTHING WRONG, OR IF CARLSBAD LEAVES THESE UNCONSTITUTIONAL MANDATES IN PLACE, THESE UNCONSTITUTIONAL HIRING MANDATES, SHOULD WE ALL PREPARE FOR THE SAME POLICE TREATMENT WE SAW IN THE STREETS OF OTTAWA IF WE PROTEST FOR OUR FREEDOM? ASK YOURSELVES THAT; I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE ANSWERS.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RITA WILSON, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? OH, HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL'S SOUTH CARLSBAD COASTLINE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

I RECEIVED AN EMAIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT MY HEART REALLY SANK BECAUSE THAT PART OF THE COASTLINE, I THINK, IS REALLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARTS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND IN PARTICULAR, THE RENDITION THAT I SAW OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD AND ISLAND WAY.

THAT AREA THERE IS LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE COASTLINE, AND WHEN I SAW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE, I GUESS IT'S THE COUNCIL, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS REMOVING ALL OF THAT AND CUTTING GRASS OR ASTROTURF--I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS--IS LIKE, REALLY HEARTBREAKING FOR ME. NOT ONLY IS IT GOING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE HERE, INCREASE POLLUTION, LITTER TRAFFIC, BUT THAT'S JUST A REALLY GORGEOUS NATURAL AREA AND EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY THERE, NO KIDDING. I THINK I WANT TO PAINT THAT IT'S SO PRETTY WITH ALL OF THE COLORS AND THE NATURAL FLORAL FLORA AND FAUNA AND ALL OF THAT, AND AS AN EIGHTH GENERATION SAN DIEGAN AND GROWING UP HERE IN NORTH COUNTY, I'M A RESIDENT OF TERRAMAR RIGHT NOW.

I JUST AM REALLY SADDENED AT THE PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP THAT SOUTHERN PART OF OUR CITY, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, MAYOR.

OK, THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

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 ON THIS ITEM.

MR. BLACKBURN, A MOTION? MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER ONE.

PLEASE CALL ROLL.

CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM TWO AGAIN IS CHICK-FIL-A AND THAT WILL BE CONTINUED TO TIME CERTAIN AT SIX P.M.

TONIGHT. THAT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

NEXT IS DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY MANAGER REPORTS.

[3. OPENING OF THE NORTH COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER – ONE SAFE PLACE.]

YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR, AND I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO OUR POLICE CHIEF, CHIEF WILLIAMS TO HANDLE THE INTRODUCTIONS.

CHIEF. THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SUMMER STEPHAN. WE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE NORTH COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, WHICH WILL BE A FANTASTIC RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL OPEN IN A FEW MONTHS. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEFAN AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, AND I'LL NOW TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO DA STEPHAN, WHO IS BEING

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THANK YOU, CHIEF WILLIAMS, FOR THIS INTRODUCTION, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR HALL, COUNCIL MEMBERS, BOARD AND COMMUNITY.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU AND THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF CHIEF MICKEY WILLIAMS. THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A REAL FOOTPRINT AND A REAL SERVICE FOR CARLSBAD AND ITS COMMUNITIES. SO, WITH ME IS TRACY PRYOR.

SHE'S CHIEF DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND SHE IS OVERSEEING THIS PROJECT AND IS HERE WITH US AND I WANT TO THANK HER FOR THAT.

SO, ONE SAFE PLACE, THE NORTH COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, IS GOING TO BE A STATE OF THE ART CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME, AND THAT'S VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ELDER ABUSE.

IT IS GOING TO BE OPENING THIS YEAR TOWARDS THE BEGINNING THE END OF APRIL, THE BEGINNING OF MAY, AND IT IS SOMETHING A CENTER THAT WILL SERVE THE ENTIRE NORTH COUNTY.

AS SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL, MAYOR AND I KNOW I WORKED WITH THEN OFFICER BLACKBURN.

I WAS CHIEF OF THE NORTH COUNTY REGION FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE BECOMING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I NOTICED THAT THERE IS A LACK OF SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME IN THE NORTH REGION, AND THE DATA WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU WILL SHOW YOU HOW THIS TRANSLATED IN TERMS OF VIOLENCE, AND THIS CENTER IS A CENTER THAT WILL BOTH PROVIDE SERVICES AND ALSO PREVENT THE HARM AND PREVENT VICTIMS FROM REMAINING IN CYCLES OF ABUSE AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.

THIS HAS BEEN A DREAM FOR 15 YEARS, BUT WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS THREE YEARS AGO, SO THIS IS PRETTY FAST FOR GOVERNMENT WORK TO HAVE A CENTER OF THIS MAGNITUDE OPEN IN THIS TIME PERIOD.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND SHOW IT TO YOU.

ONE SAFE PLACE IS BASED IN WHAT IS EVIDENCE BASED TREATMENT OF VICTIMS. THIS IS THE TRADITIONAL PATHWAY FOR VICTIM SERVICES WHERE VICTIMS HAVE TO GO TO ALL SORTS OF PLACES AND EVENTUALLY JUST GIVE UP ON DEALING WITH THEIR TRAUMA AND WITH THE ABILITY TO EXTRACT THEMSELVES FROM CYCLES OF ABUSE.

FOR THE NORTH COUNTY, WE MAPPED OUT EVERYWHERE THAT A VICTIM WOULD HAVE TO GO TO RECEIVE SERVICES, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A DAUNTING TASK, AND WHEN VICTIMS ARE IN TRAUMA, THEY'RE JUST BARELY FUNCTIONING.

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THEIR DAY.

THEY'RE TRYING TO BE SAFE AND TO BE ABLE TO GO TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT SERVICES TO GET THE HELP THEY NEED IS ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBILITY.

SO ENTER THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER IN NORTH COUNTY THAT THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS HAD US CALL IT ONE SAFE PLACE.

EVERYTHING IS UNDER ONE ROOF.

CASE MANAGEMENT, INDIVIDUAL FAMILY THERAPY, RESTRAINING ORDERS, HOUSING NAVIGATION, WHICH WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT NO VICTIM WALKS IN AND WALKS OUT WITHOUT SHELTER, TRANSPORTATION, WORKFORCE READINESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU SEE HERE.

THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER MODEL BEGAN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

IT BEGAN WITH CASEY GWINN AND IN SAN DIEGO PROPER.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER DOWNTOWN DOES A GREAT JOB, IT IS PROHIBITIVE FOR VICTIMS IN THE NORTH COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE TO REALLY AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE SERVICES AND ALSO FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS.

IT TAKES TRAVELING TOO FAR TO GET THE VICTIMS TO SERVICES.

IT'S A WORLDWIDE MODEL AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, PRIYA BHAT-PATEL IS PART OF THIS FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER ALLIANCE AND HELPED US OBTAIN SOME GRANT FUNDING TO GO INTO THE CENTER. IT IS A WORLDWIDE BEST PRACTICE NOW, BUT SAN DIEGO IS LARGER THAN TWENTY ONE STATES. WE SERVE 3.3 MILLION PEOPLE AND THE DISTANCE AND THE NUMBER, THE POPULATION REQUIRES A REGIONALIZING MODEL, SO WE KNOW THAT IT PROMOTES ACCESS AND IT PROMOTES

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WHY DID WE PICK NORTH COUNTY? BECAUSE MY PLAN FOR REGIONALIZING INCLUDES SOUTH BAY AND EAST COUNTY AS WELL, BUT THE DATA AS TO NORTH COUNTY WAS REALLY COMPELLING.

WHILE NORTH COUNTY HAS 27 PERCENT OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORTS, IT HAS BETWEEN 42 PERCENT AND 46 PERCENT OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDES.

THAT IS VERY DISPROPORTIONATE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED WHEN I SPECIFICALLY SERVED THE NORTH COUNTY AS CHIEF, AND THAT'S WHAT SET IT IN MY MIND THAT THIS IS A NEED THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, A LIFE SAVING NEED.

WE TALK TO OUR VICTIMS AND COMMUNITY AND A 400 MEMBER SUMMIT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS ALL OF THEIR NEEDS IN THE CENTER, AND THE NUMBER ONE NEED WAS FOR A REGIONALIZED FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER AND THAT WE NEEDED MORE ACCESS AFTER HOURS SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO LOSE THEIR JOB BEING ABLE TO GET SERVICES.

SO THIS CENTER WILL OPEN TILL NINE P.M, AND WILL ALSO BE OPEN SOME HOURS ON SATURDAY.

LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL HAVE 24-7 ACCESS TO THE CENTER FOR THEIR EMERGENCY AND THEIR ABILITY TO EXTRACT VICTIMS FROM VIOLENCE.

WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S A HUGE LINK TO HOMELESSNESS WHEN THERE IS TRAUMA, THE ACES STUDY, AND EVERYTHING TELLS US THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE DRIVERS FOR HOMELESSNESS, FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN ON THE STREET AND ALSO FOR RUNAWAY YOUTH EXPERIENCING TRAUMA EXPERIENCING EARLY SEXUALIZATION IN THEIR HOMES.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A VERY STRONG LINK TO HOMELESSNESS.

WITH A HOMELESS NAVIGATOR AND THE COUNTY SERVICES AGAINST HOMELESSNESS OR [INAUDIBLE] THE HOMELESS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SITE.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 54 PARTNERS AND 30 THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON SITE.

A MAJOR PARTNER WILL BE PALOMAR HOSPITAL.

PALOMAR, FOR SOME OF YOU THAT MAY NOT KNOW IS THE CERTIFIED CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER FOR THE NORTH. JUST LIKE RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS FOR CENTRAL REGION.

SO BEFORE THIS APRIL OPENING, THE PALOMAR CENTER WAS ON 5TH STREET IN ESCONDIDO.

NOW THEY WILL MOVE WITH US AS A MAJOR PARTNER.

SO WHEN POLICE YOUR CHIEF AND HIS TEAM BRING VICTIMS TO THE CENTER, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THEIR EXAM, THEIR SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAM, THEIR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THEIR CHILD ABUSE EXAM AND CONTINUE ON TO GET ALL OF THEIR COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES IN ONE PLACE.

WE RENTED A LONG LEASE 12 YEARS HERE IN SAN MARCOS BECAUSE THAT WAS CENTRAL TO THE NORTH REGION, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE COULD AFFORD THE RENT, BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE INSIDE, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A TRUE BEAUTY AND A PLACE OF HOPE, HEALING AND JUSTICE.

FORTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A VIRTUAL TOUR THAT WILL TELL THE STORY. ONE SAFE PLACE, THE NORTH COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, WHERE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO PROVIDE HOPE, HEALING AND JUSTICE.

VICTIMS WILL WALK THROUGH OUR DOOR, GREETED BY A WELCOME AMBASSADOR AND THEN PERSONALLY ACCOMPANIED INTO OUR WELCOME HUB.

THE TOWERING PYRAMID GIVES THE IMMEDIATE SENSE OF SHELTER SAFETY WHERE TRAINED TRAUMA INFORMED PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS WILL TREAT OUR VICTIMS WITH CARE.

ADJACENT TO THE WELCOME HUB IS A CHILD WAITING ROOM EQUIPPED WITH EDUCATIONAL CONTENT FOR CHILDREN AND FUN GAMING STATIONS FOR TEENAGERS.

OFF THE LOBBY ARE PRIVATE ROOMS WHERE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SURVIVORS WORK TOGETHER, DEVELOP A CARE PLAN FOR MOVING FORWARD AFTER A RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS DONE IN A COMPASSIONATE WAY.

PALOMAR HOSPITAL'S NATIONALLY ACCREDITED CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER AND TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER WILL PROVIDE CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO'VE BEEN VICTIMIZED.

THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS HEALING.

FORENSIC INTERVIEW ROOMS ARE WHERE SURVIVORS PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT ABUSE THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GET CONNECTED TO THE MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS INSIDE ONE SAFE PLACE WHO STAND AT THE READY TO HELP.

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MANY VICTIMS WILL COME IN SEEKING A RESTRAINING ORDER FOR THOSE THAT ARE HARMING THEM, OR THEY MAY NEED OTHER LEGAL SERVICES.

A LEGAL SERVICES CLINIC WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT NEED IT.

IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO LEAVE THE COMFORT OF ONE SAFE PLACE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN COURT HEARINGS. A VIDEO CONFERENCING ROOM WILL BE AVAILABLE TO REDUCE THE SECONDARY TRAUMA THAT GOING TO A COURTHOUSE CAN HAVE FOR SOME.

VICTIMS WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT THE DRESS TO THRIVE BOUTIQUE, WHERE FOR, PERHAPS THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES, THEY CAN CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES CLOTHING THAT THEY LIKE INSTEAD OF BEING TOLD WHAT TO WEAR BY AN ABUSER.

THERE'S A CONNECTED BEAUTY SALON WHERE LOCAL HAIR STYLISTS HAVE LINED UP READY TO GIVE HAIRCUTS FOR FREE, DIGNIFYING AND LIFTING UP OUR VICTIMS AS THEY GO TO COURT, GO TO JOB INTERVIEWS OR JUST TAKE ON NEW INDEPENDENCE IN THEIR LIVES.

A STATE OF THE ART 200 PERSON TRAINING ROOM WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COLLABORATIVE AND FOR THE COMMUNITY TO RESERVE SPACE FOR CROSS TRAINING PREVENTION OR AWARENESS EVENTS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT ONSITE WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP AT ONE SAFE PLACE, AN UPSTAIRS MEZZANINE WILL BE DEDICATED TO POLICE OFFICERS AND SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES FROM ALL FOUR NORTH COUNTY AGENCIES, WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND SERVE THOSE THAT NEED THEM MOST.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PROSECUTORS, ADVOCATES, INVESTIGATORS AND OTHER TEAM MEMBERS WILL BE THERE TO COLLABORATE WITH MANY OTHER COMMUNITY BASED AGENCIES WHO HAVE STEPPED UP TO PROVIDE SAFETY COMFORT TO VICTIMS IN OUR COLLABORATIVE.

THERE WILL BE A TEACHING KITCHEN WHERE FAMILIES CAN TAKE COURSES ABOUT HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE EATING AND LEARN ABOUT NUTRITION AND SOLUTIONS FOR LONG TERM HEALTH.

THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF BREAK ROOMS FOR THE STAFF AT ONE SAFE PLACE, AS WE KNOW THE COMPASSION, FATIGUE AND VICARIOUS TRAUMA CAN BE REAL WHEN WORKING WITH SURVIVORS.

WORKOUT ROOM PROVIDE STAFF AND SURVIVORS A PLACE TO EXERCISE AND PRIORITIZE WELLNESS, AND FINALLY, THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF QUIET AND PRIVATE ROOMS FOR THERAPISTS TO PROVIDE COUNSELING OR FOR SURVIVORS JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THEMSELVES.

NON-DENOMINATIONAL FAITH ROOM, SHOULD CHOOSE THAT AS PART OF THEIR PATHWAY TOWARDS HEALING. THE DESIGN ELEMENTS OF ONE SAFE PLACE HAVE SURVIVORS IN MIND.

YOU'LL SEE NATURAL WOOD AND LIVE PLANTS TO CREATE A CALM, HEALING ATMOSPHERE.

THE MAGIC OF ONE SAFE PLACE WILL BE IN THE COLLABORATION, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS LEANING IN TOGETHER TO HELP.

WE BELIEVE THIS CENTER WILL BECOME NOT JUST A LIFELINE TO VICTIMS OF ABUSE, BUT A COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO LET OUR SURVIVORS KNOW WE'RE THERE TO PROVIDE THEM HOPE. WELCOME TO ONE SAFE PLACE, THE NORTH COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER.

AND WHILE THIS THIS LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL AS YOU SEE IT, I CAN PROMISE YOU, HAVING VISITED THE CONSTRUCTION THAT IT ACTUALLY DEFIES WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

EVERY ELEMENT HAS BEEN CREATED WITH VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS IN MIND TO THE STATE OF THE ART. IT'LL BE THE FIRST FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER THAT ALSO SERVES THE ELDERLY.

SO WE WILL HAVE APS, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES ON SITE AND DETECTIVES THAT ALSO HANDLE ABUSE AGAINST SENIORS, BECAUSE WE KNOW CARLSBAD AND MANY IN THE NORTH COUNTY COMMUNITY NEED THESE KINDS OF SERVICES.

SO EVERYTHING FROM BABIES ALL THE WAY TO SENIORS WILL BE SERVED AT THE CENTER.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMITMENT OF CHIEF MICKEY WILLIAMS. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, CHIEF WILLIAMS WAS THE LEAD DETECTIVE ON THE KELLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING CASE, WHERE I WAS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY THAT PROSECUTED THE CASE AND THAT ALSO BUILT THE SEED, SEEING THAT WHOLE SCHOOL IN TRAUMA AND NEEDING SERVICES DESPERATELY.

THIS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO INVEST IN A PLACE LIKE THIS THAT CONTINUES THE SERVICE TO THE WHOLE FAMILY AS NEEDED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT WITH THIS PROJECT.

WE WILL CALL ON YOU TO HAVE COLLABORATIONS TO INVITE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO HELP US PROVIDE CAREERS, TO PROVIDE THINGS THAT ARE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS WILL NEED.

OFTEN OUR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS ARE LEFT WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, BUT WE CANNOT LET THEM END UP ON THE STREET.

WE HAVE TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM.

SO I APPRECIATE THIS TIME, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL OPEN IT UP.

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THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE A MOTION 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 NINE NOW.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.

OK, ONCE AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS.

NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS? DR. BHAT-PATEL.

YES, THANK YOU, AND DA STEPHAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS EFFORT AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.

YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB TO START SOMETHING UP, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT KNOW PROFESSIONALLY, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS IN MY DAY JOB AND JUST HAVE BEEN A SMALL PART OF, YOU KNOW, JUST LEARNING AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDING SOME RESOURCES TO THE FOLKS FOR THE NORTH COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER.

BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL TO SEE FROM ITS INCEPTION ALL THE WAY TO NOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE KICKING OFF IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, HOW COOL IT'S BEEN TO SEE THE WORK THAT THE DA'S OFFICE HAS BEEN PUTTING IN TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING REALLY COMPREHENSIVE HERE IN NORTH COUNTY.

IT'S JUST A REALLY BEAUTIFUL, I WOULD SAY, SPACE IN TERMS OF HOW GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES CAN WORK TOGETHER EFFECTIVELY TO REALLY DO GOOD WORK AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS.

IT'S SUCH CRUCIAL WORK, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, FOLKS MAY NOT NECESSARILY KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAFFICKING ABUSE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW THAT DA STEPHAN, MANY YEARS AGO, I MAY HAVE ATTENDED A TRAFFICKING EVENT THAT YOU WERE AT AND YOU'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THIS, WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AT A SUMMIT OR YOU'RE ACTUALLY CREATING A CENTER.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS, BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE IT'S UNHEARD AND UNSEEN DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT HAPPENING, AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY THAT WE'RE LETTING FOLKS KNOW THAT THERE IS THIS ACTUAL CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE IN NORTH COUNTY IN CASE THEY ARE EXHIBITING ANY FORMS OF ABUSE OR VIOLENCE.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE, AS YOU MENTIONED AND SAID, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY, AND I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND BASED ON THE DATA THAT I KNOW I'VE SEEN, IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE LARGEST IN OUR STATE, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE I THINK OVERALL WHAT WHAT, WHAT YOU ALL WILL BE PROVIDING IN TERMS OF ALL THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, IT'S GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT YOU ALSO ARE INCLUDING A NUTRITIONAL SERVICES AS WELL, WHICH IS REALLY, I THINK, REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK WE FORGET ABOUT HOW FOLKS NEED THAT COMPONENT AS WELL. SO IT'S JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT TO INCORPORATE, AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HOW EXCITED I AM TO SEE THIS OPENING UP AND REALLY EXCITED FOR OUR TEAM.

OUR CHIEF HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS, TOO, I KNOW, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, CHIEF WILLIAMS, FOR BEING A PART OF THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALSO BE SUPPORTIVE OF AS A TEAM, SO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE REMARKS.

TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

YES, THANK YOU, I JUST WANTED TO SAY VERY BRIEFLY, THANK YOU TO OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND YOUR TEAM AND THE 53 COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT I READ ABOUT IN THE STAFF REPORT.

YOU WERE JUST GIVING THE OVERVIEW, BUT IT WAS THAT NUMBER THAT STUCK WITH ME, THE KIND OF HARD WORK THAT IT TAKES TO GET SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN SUCH DIVERSE NON-PROFITS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TOGETHER TO SOLVE COMPLEX COMMUNITY ISSUES AND TO ADDRESS THEM IS SO, SO ADMIRABLE, SO DIFFICULT, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE RIGHT THERE AND WANTING TO BE THAT PARTNER AND HELP.

SO WE'RE WITH YOU AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK, AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

YOU HIT IT ON THE NOSE.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE DOING THE SERVICE.

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VERY WELL DONE. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO YOUR GREAT CHIEF.

I GO WAY BACK WITH HIM.

THANK YOU. OK, SO THIS, I THINK, IS JUST A REPORT WE RECEIVE.

WITH THAT, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPENING.

THANK YOU, GOODNIGHT.

BYE NOW. OK, NEXT, MOVING ON TO ITEM FOR AGREEMENT WITH LANCE, SOLL &

[4. AGREEMENT WITH LANCE, SOLL & LUNGHARD, LLP FOR PROFESSIONAL AUDITING SERVICES]

MR. CHADWICK, INTRODUCTIONS.

CERTAINLY, SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND KICKING IT OFF IS GOING TO BE OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, MS. LAURA ROCHA, WHO WILL HANDLE INTRODUCTIONS OF HER STAFF.

GREAT, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM LAURA ROCHA, THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, AND THIS AFTERNOON, THE CITY'S INTERNAL AUDIT MANAGER, ROBERT THREATT AND OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR ROXANNE MUHLMEISTER WILL BE INTRODUCING ACTION FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL AUDITING SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2021 THROUGH 2022 THROUGH 2023, 24, WITH OPTIONAL TWO ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS.

SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ROBERT THREATT, WHO WILL BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, LAURA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR HALL.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON, AS LAURA INTRODUCED MYSELF AND ROXANNE MUHLMEISTER WILL PRESENT YOU WITH A RECOMMENDED ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL AUDITING SERVICES CONTRACT WITH LANCE, SOLL & LUNGHARD, AND WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ARE YOU NOT SEEING THE CHANGED SLIDE? NO.

I COULD RUN THROUGH MY NOTES.

LET ME TRY ONE MORE TIME.

THANK YOU.

THERE IT IS. GOT IT, SUPER, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, WELL TODAY'S PRESENTATION? I'M GOING TO BEGIN BY PRESENTING THE PROPOSED ACTION, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL AUDITING SERVICES CONTRACT WITH LANCE, SOLL & LUNGHARD.

FOLLOWING THAT, I'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE APPLIED DURING THE CONTRACTING PROCESS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BIDS RECEIVED AND THE EVALUATION PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOWED AS WELL, AND ONCE I PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTRACTING PROCESS, THE BID AND CONTRACTING PROCESS, I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO ROXANNE, AND ROXANNE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OVERVIEW OF THE CONTRACT.

STARTING WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK.

KEY ELEMENTS AND DELIVERABLES.

THE ANNUAL LINE ITEM. DELIVERABLES THAT ARE PRESENTED TO THE CITY BY THE CONTRACTOR, THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR EVERY YEAR.

THEN ROXANNE WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE CONTRACTOR.

THE CONTRACTOR IS WITH US TODAY, BRIAN GRUBER, AND SHE'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN TO PROVIDE INTRODUCTIONS TO THE FIRM AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE SERVICES, AND THEN LASTLY, WE'LL REVISIT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND ALSO FOR YOUR ACTION.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS AFTERNOON'S ACTION IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH LANCE, SOLL & LUNGHARD FOR PROFESSIONAL AUDITING SERVICES, FOR FISCAL YEARS 22-24 WITH AN OPTIONAL TWO YEAR EXTENSION FOR FISCAL YEARS 25 AND 26.

DURING THE CONTRACTING PROCESS, WE FOLLOWED BEST PRACTICES.

IT'S OUR GOAL TO GO OUT TO BID EVERY FIVE YEARS TO REBID THE AUDITING SERVICES TO ENSURE

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SO, IT'S REAL IMPORTANT TO GO OUT EVERY FIVE YEARS, ESPECIALLY WITH AUDITING SERVICES.

WE ALSO FOLLOW THE BEST PRACTICE OF LEAVING THE PROPOSAL OPEN FOR A FULL MONTH.

WE DID THIS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY RECEIVED NUMEROUS BIDS AND HAD A GOOD, HEALTHY NUMBER OF FIRMS TO SELECT FROM, AND THE BID EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS FORMED WITH STAFF FROM TWO DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.

THE COMMITTEE INCLUDED MYSELF FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION AND THEN FROM THE FINANCE DIVISION, WE HAD OUR FORMER FINANCE DIRECTOR, BRIAN GREEN, ROXANNE MUHLMEISTER AND KIM R, ALL THREE FROM THE FINANCE DIVISION.

IN TOTAL, WE RECEIVED EIGHT RESPONSIVE BIDS, AND ONCE WE RECEIVED THOSE BIDS, WE FOLLOWED A TWO STEP PROCESS TO EVALUATE THOSE BIDS AND TO SCORE THEM.

FIRST, WE EVALUATED THE BIDS.

EXCUSE ME. FIRST, WE EVALUATED THE BIDS BASED ON THEIR TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES, WHETHER THEY WERE RESPONSIVE, WHETHER THEY MET THE REQUEST OF THE RFP.

WE FOLLOWED UP AND VETTED THEIR REFERENCES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE A RECOMMENDED FIRM.

AND THEN WE EVALUATED THEIR BIDS FOR THE AUDITING TECHNIQUES AND PROCESSES THAT THEY PRESENTED IN THEIR BIDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRM WAS A GOOD FIT FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE CITY'S NEEDS, BOTH ON AUDITING COVERAGE AND ALSO TECHNICAL ABILITIES, AND LASTLY, THE OTHER ELEMENT THAT WE EVALUATED IN THAT FIRST ROUND OF THE PROCESS WAS TO EVALUATE THE COSTS. SO WE TOOK THE BIDS FROM THE EIGHT BIDS AND WE TOOK THEIR COSTS AND WE EVALUATED THE COST, AND WE APPLIED A SCORE, SO WE HAD A SCORE THAT WE EVALUATED AND ADDED FOR THE COST, AND WE HAD A SCORE FOR THE TECHNICAL PIECE AND WE SUMMED UP THOSE SCORES, AND THAT'S WHAT PROVIDED US WITH A RANKING OF ONE THROUGH EIGHT, AND WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THE TOP FOUR FIRMS AND WE INVITED THEM TO AN INTERVIEW ROUND, WHICH WAS THE FINAL ROUND OF THIS PROCESS, AND THEN OUT OF THAT INTERVIEW ROUND, THAT'S WHERE WE WOUND UP TODAY WITH PRESENTING BEFORE YOU THE PROPOSAL TO CONTRACT WITH LANCE, SOLL & LUNGHARD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ROXANNE AND SHE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTRACT.

THANK YOU, ROBERT. SO THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A FINANCIAL AUDIT PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR EACH YEAR.

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS AUDIT IS TO PROVIDE ASSURANCE THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CITY ARE FREE FROM MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, OUR AUDITORS ALSO ISSUED A REPORT WITH THEIR OPINION ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING.

AN ANNUAL SINGLE AUDIT IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE CITY RECEIVES OVER SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR IN FEDERAL FUNDING.

THE SINGLE AUDIT REVIEWS HOW THE CITY MANAGED SELECTED GRANTS AND ENSURES THAT APPLICABLE RULES WERE FOLLOWED.

THE CITY'S LARGEST FEDERAL PROGRAM EACH YEAR, TYPICALLY THE FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS OVER $7 MILLION PER YEAR.

THE GANN LIMIT OR APPROPRIATION LIMIT CALCULATION IS REVIEWED BY THE AUDITORS EACH YEAR, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

THE AUDITORS ALSO COMPILE AND SUBMIT OUR ANNUAL STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE REPORTS TO THE STATE. THEY REVIEW OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL SUBMISSIONS ON OUR FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO THE U.S.

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ALSO HELP US COMPILE OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

I STATED EARLIER, THIS CONTRACT WILL BE FOR AN INITIAL THREE YEAR PERIOD WITH TWO OPTIONAL ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS.

THE COST FOR THE ENTIRE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT IS FIVE HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE DOLLARS.

THE TYPICAL SCHEDULE FOR THE AUDIT WOULD BE INTERIM FIELD WORK IN COMPLETED CONDUCTED BY THE AUDITOR IN MAY OR JUNE, WITH YEAR-END FIELD WORK COMPLETED IN LATE SEPTEMBER.

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AUDIT REPORT AND MANAGEMENT LETTER WOULD TYPICALLY BE ISSUED TOWARDS THE END OF NOVEMBER EACH YEAR.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE BRIAN GRUBER, MANAGING PARTNER WITH LANCE, SOLL & LUNGHARD, WHO WILL TELL US A BIT ABOUT HIS FIRM AND WORKING WITH THE CITY.

GREAT, THANK YOU, ROXANNE, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS BRIAN GRUBER WITH LANCE, SOLL & LUNGHARD, A PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM, A REGIONAL PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM PROVIDING AUDITING SERVICES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES REALLY ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THE FIRM HAS CURRENTLY OVER WELL OVER 70 GOVERNMENTAL AUDIT CLIENTS, RANGING FROM CITIES,

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I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY, AND WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME NEIGHBORING CITIES, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH CARLSBAD.

GREAT, THANK YOU, BRIAN.

BEFORE WE MOVE TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OF US FOR OUR AUDIT FIRM HERE TODAY BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY 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 TWO 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? ANY FINAL COMMENTS? OK, MR. BLACKBURN.

MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, EVERYONE TONIGHT.

THIS IS A VERY GOOD STAFF REPORT, AND I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS RECEIVED VERY GOOD REPORTS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS GROUP AND WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR US. SO WITH THAT, CALL THE QUESTION.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANKS AGAIN, BRIAN.

[5. 2021 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN ANNUAL REPORT AND 2022 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN]

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY AS OUR HOUSING SERVICES MANAGER, MR. TODD HENDERSON.

TODD, THANKS SO MUCH, SCOTT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR HALL MAYOR, PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

HOPEFULLY, YOU CAN SEE THE SCREEN.

IT HASN'T POPPED UP YET.

OK, HERE WE GO.

YOU SEE IT? YEP.

SUPER, THANK YOU, STILL, A LITTLE BIT OF A ROOKIE AT THIS.

THIS AFTERNOON, WE'LL START OUT WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ITEM, THEN WE'LL TRANSITION TO THE 2021 REPORT OUT AND THEN THE 2022 WORK PLAN, FOLLOWED BY A REQUEST FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND A SHORT COMMENT FROM OUR 2022 HOUSING COMMISSION CHAIR JOHN NGUYEN- CLEARY.

CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRES THAT EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION DEVELOP AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ANTICIPATES UNDERTAKING IN THE COMING YEAR AND TO PROVIDE A SUBSEQUENT REPORT OF ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK PLAN IS TO ENCOURAGE INCREASED DIALOG BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMISSION IS WORKING IN LINE WITH THE PRIORITIES SET BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE 2021 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN MARCH OF 2021.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, TODAY IS THE 2021 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTED IN ATTACHMENT A OF THE STAFF REPORT AND THE DRAFT 2022 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN SHOWN IN ATTACHMENT B.

THE 2021 WORK PLAN CONSISTS OF 17 TASKS THAT SUPPORT FIVE GOALS RELATED TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION'S AUTHORIZED DUTIES.

THE HOUSING COMMISSION MET VIRTUALLY SIX TIMES IN 2021.

DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES RELATING TO THE IMPACTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, THE HOUSING COMMISSION MADE NOTABLE PROGRESS ON ITS WORK PLAN, INCLUDING FINALIZING THE WORK ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE, APPROVING THE 2021 PHA ANNUAL PLAN AND ENSURING ITS TIMELY SUBMITTED TO HUD APPROVAL OF FIVE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND IN HOUSING TRUST FUND FINANCING FOR THREE DIFFERENT NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO COMMISSIONERS TO SERVE ON CARLSBAD GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THE PROPOSED 2022 WORK PLAN FOLLOWS THE SAME FORMAT AS LAST YEAR'S PLAN AND CONTAINS THREE SECTIONS. THE MISSION STATEMENT A DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMISSION'S COMPOSITION AND GOALS

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THE HOUSING COMMISSION'S WORK PLAN, THE MISSION IS TO PROMOTE HOUSING SECURITY AND AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING LOWER INCOME FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICE NEEDS.

THE COMPOSITION OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION CONSISTS OF FIVE MEMBERS WHO ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND CONFIRMED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

MEMBERS SHALL SERVE FOUR YEAR TERMS. THE 2022 WORK PLAN GOALS, STAFF'S PROPOSING MAINTAINING THE EXISTING WORK PLAN GOALS WITH ONLY MINOR MODIFICATIONS.

THE GOALS ARE TO SUPPORT AND ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TO SUPPORT AND ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF HOUSING PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND LAWS AND TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE BROADER CARLSBAD COMMUNITY REGARDING MATTERS WHICH FALL WITHIN THE COMMISSION'S FUNCTIONS.

SO REGARDING OUR WORK PLAN TASKS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A NUMBER OF THE TASKS IN THE 2021 WORK PLAN ARE STILL IN PROCESS OR ARE ONGOING IN NATURE, STAFF SUGGESTS THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO CARRY SUCH TASKS FORWARD TO THE 2022 WORK PLAN.

ONE TIME TASKS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN 2021 HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WORK PLAN FOR 2022 AND THE PROPOSED 2022 WORK PLAN IS SHOWN, AS MENTIONED EARLIER IN ATTACHMENT B OF YOUR PACKET TONIGHT. SO NEXT STEPS, STAFF WILL NOTIFY THE HOUSING COMMISSION OF YOUR COUNCIL'S DECISION, AND IF APPROVED, THE HOUSING COMMISSION WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO IMPLEMENT THE 2022 WORK PLAN.

STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO ACCEPT THE 2021 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN ANNUAL REPORT AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE 2022 HOUSING HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN AS PRESENTED, AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR 2022 HOUSING COMMISSION CHAIR, JOHN NGUYEN-CLEARY, FOR A FEW COMMENTS, AND THERE HE IS.

THANK YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU, MR. HENDERSON, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR WORKING WITH OUR COMMISSION.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I WANT TO IN PARTICULAR THANK OUR LONG TIME SERVING COMMISSIONER, JOY EVANS, WHO RECENTLY STEPPED OFF THE COMMISSION.

SHE'S BEEN INTEGRAL TO OUR WORK FOR A LONG TIME AND IN PARTICULAR WAS OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN THE LAST CYCLE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE HER CONTRIBUTIONS AND OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT IN THE NEAR TERM.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH STAFF AND WITH COUNCIL ON A MAJOR UPDATE TO THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING AND [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM AND THE HOUSING CREDIT PURCHASE PROGRAM.

THOSE ARE ARE REALLY OUT OF DATE IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTION WE REQUEST OF DEVELOPERS TO SUPPORT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND SO THESE UPDATES WILL ALIGN THEM WITH THE CURRENT NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT.

REALLY, AS A COMMISSION, WE LOOK TO CATCH UP WITH ALL OF THE WORK OF COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS PROGRAMS. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND DURING THIS PANDEMIC, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PLAY A ROLE IN THE HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO NOW HELPING TO LOOK AT OUTCOMES AS SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE MATURING A BIT, AND AS WE HAVE COMPLETED A TRANSITION TO HOUSING AND HOMELESS PROGRAMS NOW BEING ALL IN ONE DEPARTMENT THANKS TO THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL AND YOUR REORGANIZATION, AND LASTLY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A REALLY IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

OK, WITH THAT, IS IT TIME TO ASK FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS? YES, SIR. YES, PLEASE.

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 A 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 MUTE AT ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE CONCLUDED.

ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE NOW.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.

OK, BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANYONE WAVING THEIR HAND.

ANY COMMENTS? YES, DR. BHAT-PATEL.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. NGUYEN-CLEARY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND OF COURSE, THE REST OF THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR

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IT'S REALLY COMPREHENSIVE.

IT ALLOWS FOR US TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT TASKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING MOVING FORWARD.

SO REALLY, REALLY LIKED THAT FORMAT.

IT ALLOWED FOR ME TO GET A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON, AND AGAIN, A ROADMAP FOR WHAT'S NEXT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND TO OUR STAFF FOR, OF COURSE, HELPING MOVE IT ALONG AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL THE HELP THAT WE NEED THERE.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT MOVING FORWARD, AND I THINK YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOMETHING, MR. NGUYEN-CLEARY, THAT DEFINITELY THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN AND YOU ALL SITTING ON THAT COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE REALLY INSTRUMENTAL AS WELL.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR GUIDANCE ON THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. OK, ANYONE ELSE WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT? COMMISSIONER NORBY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHAIRPERSON NGUYEN-CLEARY FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR WHOLE COMMITTEE AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE OUR CITIZENS AND OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN FRONT OF US, IT JUST REMINDS ME OF HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE SUCH GREAT CITIZENS WHO STAND UP AND WHO OFFER THEIR TIME TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY JUST CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, AND SO I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT SUCCESSOR DOCUMENT AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN TERMS OF YOUR COMMITTEE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THAT DOCUMENT, AND IT'S A PERSONAL HOPE OF MINE, AND I'LL SAY IT EVERY TIME I CAN SAY IT AS WE TRANSITION FROM PERHAPS BUILDING SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING FOR THE MOST PART, WHICH WAS MAYBE 70 OR 80 PERCENT OF OUR BUILDING INVENTORY THAT BECAME FOR SALE UNITS, AND NOW WE'RE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, I GUESS REGIONALLY ACROSS THE COUNTY, 70-80 PERCENT ATTACHED HOMES AS WELL AS IN CARLSBAD, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE, 80 OR 90 PERCENT OF THOSE ARE RENTALS, AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN BALANCE THAT OUT WITH HOME OWNERSHIP AND NOT JUST RENTALS, SO THAT ALL SECTORS OF OUR ALL INCOME SECTORS OF OUR POPULATION CAN BENEFIT AND HAVING THE ACCRUAL OF OF AN ASSET IN TERMS OF APPRECIATION OF HOUSING.

BUT WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN, AND I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH OUR CITIZENS AND WITH YOUR EFFORT.

APPRECIATE IT. OK, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

YES, THANK YOU. I HAD MY HAND UP AND IT SEEMS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE STOLEN MY THUNDER.

THEY'VE SAID ALL OF THIS PRAISE AND THIS EXCITEMENT FOR THE WORK OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR CHAIR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER WORK AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOUR WORK AND THIS AWESOME PLAN.

SO THANK YOU.

I WILL ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, AND I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A CHALLENGE YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU WITH ALL THE STATE MANDATES, THE SANDAG DIRECTION, THE COUNTY DIRECTION AND HOW THIS WORLD AND WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING, ALL THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE, AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, TO POINTS WHERE IT'S ALMOST BEING MANDATED, SOME OF THE STUFF WE HAVE TO DO.

SO, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU BEING PART OF OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE.

SO WITH THAT MR. BLACKBURN, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.

MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

SECOND. PLEASE CALL ROLL.

AGAIN, JOB VERY WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[6. HOMELESS QUARTERLY UPDATE FOR OCT. 1 THROUGH DEC. 31, 2021]

GREAT, THANK YOU SIR, AND CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUSLY OUR PREVIOUS REPORTS, IT IS A TEAM EFFORT. JOINING US IS OUR HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DIRECTOR MANDY MILLS, OUR SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, CHRIS SHILLING.

AND THEN OUR POLICE LIEUTENANT DARBIE ERNST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CITY MANAGER.

SO I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN NOW.

OK, MAKING SURE YOU CAN SEE THAT, OK? YES, MA'AM, YOU'RE NOT QUITE COME IN THROUGH LOUD ENOUGH, IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER OR MAYBE GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC.

SURE. OK, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TODAY, WE WILL BE PRESENTING OUR SECOND QUARTERLY REPORT ON THE COUNCIL GOAL TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN CARLSBAD.

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BOTH ARE NEW TO OUR TEAM, SO I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE THEM.

AS YOU KNOW, HOLLY NELSON RECENTLY LEFT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AS SHE HAD A CAREER OPPORTUNITY WITH A NEIGHBORING CITY.

SO SINCE SHE'S STILL WORKING ON HOMELESSNESS IN NORTH COUNTY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ENGAGE WITH HER ON REGIONAL ISSUES, BUT WITH THAT, WE ARE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE CHRIS SHILLING AS THE NEW SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER AND HOMELESS SERVICES.

CHRIS IS NEW TO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT NOT NEW TO HOMELESS SERVICES.

HE'S GOT PREVIOUS HOMELESS EXPERIENCE WITH NONPROFIT AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS.

WE ALSO HAVE LIEUTENANT ERNST, WHO IS NEW TO OVERSEEING THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM, BUT SHE'S NOT NEW TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SHE'S BEEN WITH THE CARLSBAD PD FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER EXPERIENCE WITH US.

AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A GOAL TO REDUCE THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS POPULATION BY 50 PERCENT OVER FIVE YEARS AND PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS FOR FIVE YEARS OR UNTIL THE GOAL IS MET.

THIS IS OUR SECOND QUARTERLY REPORT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE GOAL, AND IT COVERS THE PERIOD OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2021.

TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL, THE CITY HAS DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF INITIATIVES STRATEGICALLY DESIGNED TO MAKE BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM IMPACTS ON THE HOMELESSNESS CONCERNS IN CARLSBAD.

IN DECEMBER OF 21, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE MOST RECENT UPDATE TO THIS WORK PLAN AND THE PLAN SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES.

THE PUBLISHED QUARTERLY REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU DETAILS THE MEASURABLE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE CITY'S EFFORTS TOWARDS THE OVERALL GOAL OF REDUCING HOMELESSNESS FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER.

THE RESULTS ACROSS MOST MEASURES ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT, WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF RESULTS SHOWING STEADY PROGRESS CONTINUING TO BE MADE TOWARDS THE CITY COUNCIL GOAL, AND WE ARE ALSO BUILDING UPON PROGRESS FROM THE FIRST QUARTER AND WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW TOOLS SHOWING PROMISING RESULTS.

IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC WORK PLAN APPROVED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT ALL TASKS ARE ON TRACK AND DEADLINES ARE BEING MET.

THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, THE CITY HAS EXPENDED APPROXIMATELY $1.3 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT THE WORK PLAN. THE PIE CHART HERE SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN SPENT A HIGH PRIORITY TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE SCHOOL IS AN ACTIVE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM KNOWN AS THE HOT TEAM. THE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE HOT TEAM WORK WITH SOCIAL WORKERS FROM INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES TO HELP CONNECT FOLKS IN THE FIELD WITH APPROPRIATE SERVICES.

THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF THIRD PARTY CONTRACTS FOR PORTABLE TOILETS, ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP AND RAPID REHOUSING EFFORTS.

WITH THAT, TO GO OVER SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH THESE RESOURCES, I WILL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MR. SHILLING. THANK YOU.

NOW I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER SOME OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE PAST QUARTER FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THESE OUTCOMES REFLECT THE COMBINED WORK OF ALL CITY STAFF AND CONTRACTORS SERVING THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY IN CARLSBAD.

HERE ARE THE NUMBERS AT A GLANCE.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE TRANSITIONED 15 PEOPLE FROM HOMELESSNESS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

DURING THE QUARTER, WE HAD TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE UNDUPLICATED CONTACTS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO SECURE SHELTER PLACEMENTS FOR TWENTY NINE PEOPLE.

WE ALSO ASSISTED WITH EIGHT MOTEL VOUCHER NIGHTS OVERSAW FIFTEEN ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS AND ENGAGED IN TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THESE POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE MEMBERS WILL BE FURTHER EXPLAINED LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. DURING THE QUARTER, WE EXPENDED OUR ONE TIME FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES AND ENTERED INTO A BRIDGE CONTRACT TO CONTINUE THESE SERVICES UNTIL A NEW CONTRACT COULD BE APPROVED.

CRC, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY'S HOUSING NAVIGATOR, WERE ABLE TO PLACE 10 INDIVIDUALS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

THEY BRIDGED FIVE PEOPLE TO HIGHER LEVEL CARE AND SCREENED AND COMPLETED INTAKES FOR 17 NEW CLIENTS, ALL EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

A NEW TWO YEAR, THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PER YEAR CONTRACT WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER 2021 AND STARTED IN FEBRUARY 2022.

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THEY WERE ABLE TO BRIDGE TWENTY NINE OF THEM INTO SHELTER AND FOUR INTO PERMANENT HOUSING WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY'S HOUSING NAVIGATOR.

THIRTY FOUR PEOPLE WERE REFERRED TO PROGRAMS FOR MENTAL SUBSTANCE USE AND OTHER HEALTH CARE. THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER, SEVENTY TWO PERCENT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO WERE CONTACTED ACCEPTED SOME TYPE OF SERVICE.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE CONTINUAL ENGAGEMENT ALLOWS US TO ESTABLISH RAPPORT AND BUILD TRUST. SOMEONE MIGHT NOT BE READY OR WILLING TO ACCEPT SHELTER OR HOUSING SERVICES FROM US DURING THE FIRST FEW ENGAGEMENTS, BUT EACH INTERACTION IS HELPING US BUILD TOWARDS THE MOMENT WHEN THEY WILL BE WILLING TO WORK WITH US TOWARDS PERMANENT HOUSING OPTIONS.

THE TYPES OF SERVICES BEING PROVIDED IS ALSO A QUESTION WE HAVE RECEIVED.

THIS CHART REPRESENTS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT PEOPLE ARE ACCEPTING, WHICH INCLUDES A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES FROM PROVIDING INFORMATION TO PROVIDING REFERRALS TO PROGRAMS THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE REUNIFY WITH FAMILY FOR OTHER NATURAL SUPPORTS.

AGAIN, THIS CONTINUAL ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT IN THE PROCESS OF HELPING SOMEONE MOVE FROM EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INTO HOUSING.

NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A SUCCESS STORY FROM A CLIENT WE WORKED WITH DURING THE QUARTER, WHO WE WILL REFER TO AS THEO.

THEO HAD BEEN LIVING OUTSIDE IN CARLSBAD FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM AND THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR.

HE FOUND HIMSELF WITHOUT A HOME AFTER HE LOST HIS EMPLOYMENT.

HIS MARRIAGE ENDED AND HE HAD NOWHERE TO GO BUT OUTSIDE WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME.

HE HAD ONLY ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR FOOD.

HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP TO FIND A HOME INDOORS.

THEO DECIDED TO TAKE A CHANCE ON BUILDING TRUST WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND BEGIN APPLYING TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO LIVE.

WITH THE HELP OF A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER AND CONVERSATIONS WITH NUMEROUS LANDLORDS, THEO FOUND A PLACE TO BE HIS HOME JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

HE FEELS LIKE HE CAN FINALLY BREATHE AGAIN AND IS GLAD TO HAVE A SAFE HOME.

WHAT WORKED FOR THEO? THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM WORKED WITH THEO TO HELP PROVIDE HYGIENE ITEMS AND CONNECTED HIM TO THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR.

THE CITY'S HOMELESS SERVICES STAFF HELPED HIM APPLY FOR AND MONITOR HIS POSITION ON THE CITY'S SECTION EIGHT RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WAITING LIST.

THE CARLSBAD HOUSING AUTHORITY HAD FUNDING TO ISSUE A LIMITED NUMBER OF HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS TO THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN CARLSBAD.

THE CITY'S HOUSING NAVIGATOR HELPED THEO OBTAIN CRITICAL DOCUMENTS, FIND APARTMENTS AND FILL OUT RENTAL APPLICATIONS.

THROUGH THE CITY'S CONTRACT WITH THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, THEO GOT HELP WITH HIS SECURITY DEPOSIT, RENTAL INSURANCE AND FURNITURE.

THEO IS NOW IN PERMANENT HOUSING AND IS ADJUSTING TO LIFE INSIDE.

I WILL NOW TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO LIEUTENANT ERNST.

THANK YOU. THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM IS DEDICATED TO CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS JUST SHORT AND LONG TERM HOUSING OPTIONS, ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS WITH BENEFITS WHEN ELIGIBLE.

THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM ALSO RECOGNIZES OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMINAL ACTS COMMITTED BY INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

ON NOVEMBER 11TH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BEGAN ENFORCING THE NEWLY ADOPTED QUALITY OF LIFE MUNICIPAL CODES REGULATING CONDUCT SUCH AS UNLAWFUL CAMPING, UNLAWFUL FIRES, STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IN PUBLIC PLACES, SOLICITATION, TRESPASSING, OBSTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND ALCOHOL RELATED OFFENSES.

SINCE NOVEMBER 11TH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUED FIFTY EIGHT CITATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATIONS THIRTY ONE OF WHICH WERE THE AMENDED QUALITY OF LIFE MUNICIPAL CODES UNDER TITLE VIII. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE RECEIVED MULTIPLE CITATIONS. POLICE OFFICERS WILL CONTINUE TO USE THEIR DISCRETION TO ISSUE WARNINGS AND CITATIONS AND MAKE MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS, AS WE BELIEVE IT IS STILL IMPORTANT TO BALANCE OUTREACH WITH ENFORCEMENT.

NEXT SLIDE, THANK YOU.

THE EMERGENCY VOUCHER PROGRAM WAS APPROVED TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH TEMPORARY SHELTER WHILE WAITING TO BE BRIDGED INTO MORE PERMANENT HOUSING WHEN THERE IS NO OTHER SHORT TERM HOUSING AVAILABLE.

CANDIDATES FOR THE VOUCHER PROGRAM MUST ADHERE TO STRICT RULES AND MEET THE CRITERIA, WHICH INCLUDES THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST SOCIAL WORKERS IN DEVELOPING LONG TERM HOUSING SOLUTIONS. SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN ON OCTOBER 11TH THROUGH DEC.

31ST, FIVE HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATED IN THE EMERGENCY VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT

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WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE PROGRAM'S RECENT SUCCESS.

TO DATE, NINE MORE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE VOUCHER PROGRAM, WITH EIGHT HAVING BEEN SUCCESSFULLY BRIDGED TO SUBSTANTIAL HOUSING OPTIONS.

URBAN CORPS OF SAN DIEGO IS CONTRACTED TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND ATTACHED TO THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM FOUR DAYS A WEEK FROM 7:00 A.M.

TO 2:30 P.M.

WHILE THEY ARE IN THE CITY, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING TO KEEP THE CITY FREE OF DEBRIS RELATED TO THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BY ASSISTING IN CAMP CLEANUPS, POWER WASHING AND LITTER REMOVAL.

URBAN CORPS FOLLOWS A LITTER REMOVAL SCHEDULE DEVELOPED BY THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM BASED ON THEIR OBSERVATIONS AND CONCERNS SUBMITTED FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH DEC.

31ST URBAN CORPS ASSISTED THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM WITH THE REMOVAL OF 15 CAMPS.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT URBAN CORE AND THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LITTER REMOVAL ON STATE OWNED OR PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY.

HOWEVER, WE OFTEN COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER ENTITIES TO PROMOTE A LITTER FREE ENVIRONMENT.

ADDITIONALLY, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM HEARD THE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGARDING THE ILLEGAL USE AND ABANDONMENT OF SHOPPING CARTS ON DECEMBER 15TH, WE BEGAN AN INITIATIVE AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF URBAN CORE, WE RECOVERED AND RETURNED THIRTY SEVEN SHOPPING CARTS BY DECEMBER 31ST.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

ON OCTOBER 1ST TO DECEMBER, 31ST CALLS FOR SERVICE RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS ACCOUNTED FOR 13 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS QUARTER.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REPORTING TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE CALLS FOR SERVICE RELATED TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

YOU MAY NOTICE THE INCREASE IN CALLS FOR SERVICE FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH WERE ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO.

THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO THE CHANGE IN THE WAY THE DATA IS GATHERED.

TODAY AND MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL ALSO BE REPORTING ON OUR HOT OFFICER SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITY FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, OFFICERS SELF-INITIATED ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THE SELF-INITIATED CALLS FOR SERVICE OF THE RESULT OF WHEN AN OFFICER CONDUCTS DAILY CAMP CHECKS, CAMP CLEANUPS, FOOT PATROLS IN PARKS AND HIGH CRIME AREA, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONTACTS TRANSPORTATION OUTREACH.

FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO ONE THOUSAND TWENTY ONE CALLS FOR SERVICE GENERATED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION OUR ONGOING APPRECIATION FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT BRING THEIR CONCERNS TO OUR ATTENTION.

OUR EFFORTS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WITH YOUR COLLABORATION.

NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A RECENT SUCCESS STORY, AND WE WILL CALL THIS PERSON DANIEL. DANIEL WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CARLSBAD.

UNFORTUNATELY, THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, HE BATTLED DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION AND SUFFERED FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS.

WHEN DANIEL'S PARENTS PASSED AWAY IN THE FAMILY, HOME WAS SOLD IN APRIL 2020, DANIEL FOUND HIMSELF HOMELESS.

IN THE SAME MONTH, DANIEL WAS DETAINED FOR TRESPASSING IN A VACANT HOME.

THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM RESPONDED AND BEGAN TO HELP DANIEL.

DANIEL AND HOT REMAINED IN COMMUNICATION AS DANIEL WORKED ON HIS COMMITMENT TO RECOVERY THROUGHOUT 2020, BUT HIS PROGRESS WAS SLOW.

IN MAY 2021, DANIEL COMPLETED A SCREENING FOR HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE INTERVENTION IN JULY 2021, DANIEL WAS LINKED WITH SAN DIEGO HEALTH AND HOUSING SERVICES FOR GENERAL RELIEF.

A MONTH LATER, IN AUGUST, 2021, DANIEL WAS REFERRED TO AND ACCEPTED INTO THE GRADUATE LODGING PROGRAM.

HOT OFFICERS WHO NEVER GAVE UP ON DANIEL PERSONALLY TRANSPORTED DANIEL TO THE PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER. 2021 DUE TO DANIEL'S DETERMINATION AND HOT'S PERSISTENCE, HE ENTERED A PIVOTAL POINT IN HIS LIFE AND BEGAN TO TURN A CORNER.

HOT OFFICERS ASSISTED DANIEL WITH SECURING A JOB INTERVIEW AND TRANSPORTED HIM THERE ON THE DAY OF THE INTERVIEW.

ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T GET THE JOB, HE WAS NOT DISCOURAGED.

FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, DANIEL SLEPT ON THE STREETS OF CARLSBAD OR IN A MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT DANIEL MOVED INTO HIS OWN APARTMENT IN JANUARY 2022 AND REMAINS SOBER. IN A RECENT INTERVIEW, DANIEL SAID IT IS HARD BEING ON THE STREETS WHEN YOU'RE HIGH, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL I WAS LIVING ON THE STREETS SOBER THAT I REALIZED I WAS WASTING MY LIFE.

DANIEL WENT ON TO CREDIT MEMBER OF HOT AND SAID THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS COMEBACK.

DANIEL KNOWS THAT STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION IS DIFFICULT AND REALIZES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO HIS STUBBORN ATTITUDE WHEN HE WAS OFFERED ASSISTANCE AND DECLINED.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY EXAMPLES WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM ACTS AS MORE THAN JUST THE ENFORCERS, BUT THE GUARDIANS OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

DANIEL HAS OFFERED HIS ASSISTANCE TO HOT IN THE FUTURE WITH THOSE THEY ENCOUNTER THAT ARE SERVICE RESISTANT BASED ON ADDICTION.

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THAT SUMMARIZES ACTIONS DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT OUT ON THE NEXT QUARTER. THIS INCLUDES THE ANNUAL POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH IN THE EARLY MORNING.

THE ISSUANCE OF AN RFP FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS SPECIALIST POSITION.

ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO PROVIDE CLINICIAN SERVICES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP THEM TRANSITION LA POSADA SHELTER INTO A HOUSING FOCUSED LOW BARRIER SHELTER, AS WELL AS DEVELOP A PROCESS TO PRIORITIZE SHELTER REFERRALS FROM THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND OUR CONTRACTED PROVIDERS.

WE ALSO ARE CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH ALL THE ENTITIES PROVIDING HOMELESS SERVICES IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO ENGAGE IN CASE CONFERENCING AND BETTER COORDINATE AND DIRECT THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE BETWEEN ALL AGENCIES.

THAT CONCLUDES THE SECOND QUARTERLY REPORT ON THE COUNCIL'S GOAL TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

STAFF ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? 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 HAVE A SPEAKER.

THE FIRST SPEAKER ENDS WITH SIX, EIGHT ONE.

CAN YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR TO UNMUTE? GOOD AFTERNOON, THIS IS KATIE TAYLOR, AGAIN.

CLEARLY, CALIFORNIA HAS NO INTENTION OF SOLVING THE HOMELESS PROBLEM.

THAT IS UNLESS, OF COURSE, THE SUPER BOWL IS COMING AND INGLEWOOD FOUND A WAY TO MOVE OUT SEVERAL THOUSAND HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THEIR TRASH AND JUNK.

MAYBE SOMEBODY ON THIS TASK FORCE SHOULD CALL INGLEWOOD AND SEE WHAT ORDINANCES THEY USE.

THERE'S JUST TOO MANY COMPANIES MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY.

TOO MANY JOBS DEPEND ON HOMELESS PEOPLE EVER DEMANDING MORE MONEY WASTED FOR THE HOMELESS. IT JUST CONTINUES TO RISE AS LONG AS WE LIVE IN THE LIE: HOMELESS FIRST OVER OUR STATE AND CITY WILL CONTINUE TO WASTE MONEY, RESOURCES AND WITH INFLATION, WHICH IS BECOMING OUT OF CONTROL.

WE ALL KNOW INFLATION IS OUT OF CONTROL.

HOMELESS EXPENSES WILL GROW TO BE AN EVER LARGER PART OF THE CITY BUDGET.

ANYONE LOOKING AROUND CARLSBAD KNOWS THE HOMELESS PROBLEM ONLY GROWS, AND I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY FROM THIS TASK FORCE TO TELL ME, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THAT BUDGET CHART, WHAT WAS THE COST PER HOMELESS PERSON HELPED.

IT'S STAGGERING, AND THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN USED IN MORE PRODUCTIVE WAYS.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN NGUYEN-CLEARY.

CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? THANK YOU, AGAIN.

I JUST WANTED ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING , AND I'M CHEATING A BIT BY DOVETAILING WITH THE LAST AGENDA ITEM TO SAY AS WELL THAT AS COUNCIL KNOWS, STAFF MAKES US LOOK GOOD WHEN OUR PROGRAMS DO WELL, AND SO SPECIAL THANKS TO DIRECTOR MILLS, WHO HAS BEEN LEADING THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR MANY OF THESE INITIATIVES AND CONTINUING THEIR EVOLUTION AS WE AS WE ADDRESS THEM THROUGH COVID.

AT THE SAME TIME AS REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING HOMELESS SERVICES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO THE PD AND TO DIRECTOR MILLS AND HER DEPARTMENT.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS.

OKAY, QUESTIONS OF STAFF? ANY QUESTIONS? YES. DR. BHAT-PATEL.

OH, SURE, THANK YOU.

JUST A REALLY QUICK CLARIFICATION QUESTION.

I KNOW I SAW THAT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT WAS TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE UNDUPLICATED CONTACTS. IS THAT CORRECT? OK, AND THEN I BELIEVE IT WAS UNDER.

MAYBE IT WAS UNDER INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES, THAT PARTICULAR SLIDE WHERE IT TALKED

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SO I'M JUST CURIOUS.

I'M ASSUMING THE DISCREPANCY IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET CONTACTED BY THE SOCIAL WORKERS. THAT PARTICULAR NUMBER OF FOLKS, THE TWO, SIXTY NINE AND THE TWO TWENTY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING.

I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

YES, COUNCIL MEMBER. THAT'S CORRECT, SO NOT EVERYONE WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE SOCIAL WORKERS FROM INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES.

SOME ONLY CONTACTED THE CITY'S HOUSING NAVIGATOR, OR SOME ONLY INTERACTED WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER. SO WORKING AS A TEAM, ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES ENGAGED WITH TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, AND OF THOSE TWO HUNDRED THAT YOU MENTIONED.

TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX ENGAGED WITH INTERFAITH.

OK, GREAT. YEAH, I JUST WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL CONTEXT TO RECEIVE THAT OBVIOUSLY, LIKE ALL OF THE ENTITIES ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON PROVIDING THOSE DUPLICATED SERVICES.

SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CLARIFY THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANKS. OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? MR. BLACKBURN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I SAW YOU [INAUDIBLE] BEFORE.

YES, I DO HAVE SOME.

I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOMELESS ISSUE, AND THEY'VE ASKED ME SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT THEY'VE ASKED THAT I ASK OF OUR STAFF. ONE IS, SINCE DRUG INFLUENCE IS SUCH A BIG PART OF HOMELESSNESS, OUR HOT OFFICERS ARE TRYING TO GAIN THE CONFIDENCE AND THE TRUST OF THE HOMELESS FOLKS AND TRYING TO HELP THEM.

ARE THEY ALSO ABLE TO BRIDGE THAT OR FIND A COMPROMISE WHERE THEY'RE ALSO ENFORCING THE LAWS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH DRUG INFLUENCE IN PUBLIC PLACES OR PEOPLE WHO ARE SO UNDER THE INFLUENCE THEY CAN'T CARE FOR THEMSELVES? SURE, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO ALL OF OUR SWORN OFFICERS, NOT JUST OUR HOT TEAM MEMBERS, ARE ALL TRAINED TO CONDUCT EVALUATIONS FOR THOSE THAT APPEAR TO BE UNDER DRUG OR ALCOHOL, BUT YES, WE HAVE ALSO DONE OUR SHARE OF ENFORCEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL , AND THIS QUARTER, WE BOOKED 13 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL RELATED BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUG ALCOHOL.

ALSO, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS THE TOPIC OF CONSERVATORSHIPS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, AND PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT HOW MANY HAVE BEEN HELPED THROUGH CONSERVATORSHIPS, AND IS THAT REAL, TIME CONSUMING, VERY EXPENSIVE, AND ARE WE GOING TO EXPAND ON THAT? SO CONSERVATORSHIPS ARE A CIVIL PROCESS [INAUDIBLE] MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS AND THE COURTS. THE HOT TEAM PROVIDES THE REFERRALS AND SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, BUT WE ARE NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE CONSERVATOR.

CONSERVATORSHIP PROCESS.

SO IT'S UP TO THE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE IS QUALIFIED FOR A CONSERVATORSHIP, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT DIRECT PROCESS.

DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN SOME CONSERVATORSHIP SUCCESS STORIES IN CARLSBAD? I DO KNOW TWO.

OK, THANK YOU. EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT THAT WHEN THE CHURCHES PASS OUT FOOD OR OR SHOWERS, THAT THEIR HEART IS ABSOLUTELY IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP HOMELESS PEOPLE PRESERVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIGNITY WITH A SHOWER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN AROUND WHEN THEY'RE GIVEN SUPPLIES OR GIVEN FOOD, WHEN THE PEOPLE, THE CARING PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHARED THAT FOOD WITH THEM LEAVE, THEN THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRASH THAT GETS LEFT EITHER IN THE PARKS OR IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NEAR THE PARKS.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO GET COOPERATION FROM THE CHURCH GROUPS WHO ARE PASSING OUT FOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MESS IS CLEANED UP? HAS ANYBODY TALKED TO THEM OR CONTACTED THEM? SURE, THANK YOU. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY FROM STAFF HAS SPECIFICALLY REACHED OUT TO THOSE ENTITIES REGARDING TRASH SPECIFICALLY.

TRASH IS LARGELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S IN POSSESSION OF THE TRASH.

JUST AS SOMEONE WOULD GET FOOD FROM A CHURCH OR A CONVENIENCE STORE OR FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO THROW IT OUT.

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WE ALSO HAVEN'T DONE THAT WITH THE CHURCH, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A NEED FOR A LARGE TRASH REMOVAL DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE WEEK OR TIME PERIODS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ADD THAT TO THE LITTER REMOVAL WITH URBAN CORE.

OK, AND SOME OF THE OTHER CONCERNS PEOPLE HAVE IS SOMETIMES WHEN A HOUSE IS FOR SALE, AND I'LL JUST THROW OUT ONE EXAMPLE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME.

THERE'S ONE RIGHT ON CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE NEAR THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND BECAUSE IT'S VACANT, IT SEEMS TO BE AN ATTRACTION TO HOMELESS PEOPLE, BUT THEY ALSO LEAVE A LOT OF TRASH THERE, AND IT'S WHAT'S VISIBLE TO PEOPLE PASSING ON CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ARE WE ABLE TO GO ONTO THAT PROPERTY AND CLEAN UP THAT TRASH? OR IS IT GOING TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOMEOWNERS? YEAH, IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOMEOWNER, WE HAVE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN ENFORCE WHEN WE'RE ON THE PROPERTY, AS LONG AS THE HOMEOWNER IS WILLING TO GIVE US THE AUTHORIZATION LIKE TRESPASSING.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY ENFORCE THAT AS LONG AS THE HOMEOWNERS ARE WILLING TO COOPERATE, BUT AS FAR AS TRASH REMOVAL, THAT IS UP TO THE HOMEOWNER.

OK, AND MY FINAL QUESTION, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS, THE PUBLIC IS ASKING ME AND I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR THEM.

WHEN WE DO COME ACROSS A MAKESHIFT HOUSE--FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD--WHERE TRANSIENTS ARE LIVING IN IT.

YOU TALKED ABOUT IF IT'S ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO THEN HAVE IT CLEANED UP. SOME PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT ALONG THE NCTD RIGHT OF WAY THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS SHELTER OR ENCAMPMENTS THERE, AND WE ASK PEOPLE TO LEAVE, BUT THEN WE DON'T CLEAN UP THE ENCAMPMENT.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? SURE, SO CALTRANS AND NCTD HAVE THEIR OWN CLEANUP CREWS, WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM OFTEN BASED ON OUR OWN OBSERVATIONS AND THEN OBSERVATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO WE DO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, HOWEVER THEIR SCHEDULE WE CAN'T CONTROL, BUT THEY ARE PRETTY ACCOMMODATING, AND IF WE HAVE A NEED TO PICK SOMETHING UP, THAT'S A BIOHAZARD, WE WILL HANDLE IT OURSELVES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE COMMUNICATE WITH CALTRANS AND NCTD TO HANDLE THEIR OWN CLEANUP. ARE CALTRANS AND NCTD BEING PRETTY TIMELY IN THE CLEANUP, OR DO THEY, LIKE IS THEIR CLEANUP ONLY ONCE A MONTH KIND OF THING? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC SCHEDULE, BUT I CAN FIND OUT FOR YOU, OK? AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ANSWER. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO-TEM.

ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTIONS? OK. MR. BLACKBURN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS GOOD INFORMATION NOT ONLY FOR THOSE WHO ASKED THE QUESTION BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS AND I THINK WE ALL RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES, EMAILS, IF THERE IS A RESIDENT OR A CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY THAT SEES SOMEONE IN NEED OF HELP OR PERHAPS IS IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE BECOMING A PROBLEM TO THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO PUT THAT INTO THE SYSTEM? SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE DOWN OUR NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER AND CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S ANSWERED 24/7.

HOT TEAM MEMBERS ARE HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE THE ONES TO HANDLE THE ISSUE IF IT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED RIGHT AWAY.

WE ALSO HAVE A HOT EMAIL.

WE HAVE THE HOT PHONE NUMBER.

THERE'S VARIOUS WAYS OF GETTING HOLD OF US, BUT IF YOU START WITH THE GENERAL NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, IF OFFICERS CAN'T HANDLE IT THAT EVENING OR THAT MORNING OR THAT DAY, IT WILL CERTAINLY BE REDIRECTED TOWARDS THE HOT TEAM.

OK, ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTIONS? MR. NORBY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THANK YOU, MAYOR HALL. I DO, AND LET ME JUST THANK EVERYONE WHO'S WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.

IT'S INCREDIBLY COMPLEX, DIFFICULT AND LOTS OF COMPETING DECISIONS, I GUESS POINTS AND THOUGHTS THAT GO INTO IT WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH IT.

MY FIRST QUESTION IS ON THE VOUCHER PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING, AND I HEARD A COUPLE OF NUMBERS. ONE WAS FIVE FAMILIES, AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, I THINK, ARE THEY GOING TO ONE

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THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT HOTELS.

GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.

NO, THAT'S OK. WE TRY AND DO ONE SPECIFIC HOTEL, BUT IF THEY'RE FULL, THEN WE HAVE OTHER HOTELS THAT WILL HELP US OUT.

OK, AND HAVE THERE BEEN OTHERS? I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A LAST RESORT THAT WE'LL DO A HOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM.

SO HAVE THERE BEEN, YOU KNOW, CASES OR MANY CASES WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PLACE A PERSON WHO'S EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN A SHELTER OR SOME OTHER FACILITY THAT WE DON'T NEED TO USE THE HOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM? IS THAT MORE COMMON? YES, WE'RE ABLE TO HOUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT LA POSADA DE GUADALUPE.

THERE ARE ALSO OTHER SHORT TERM HOUSING SHELTERS THAT OUR CLINICIANS HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED.

OK, GREAT. I ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE TEAM ON THE RESPONSIVENESS AND THE ACTION ON THE SHOPPING CART ISSUE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO ME ON NUMEROUS TIMES AND IT WAS I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD ORDINANCES IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THAT, AND VISUALLY, I'VE NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE IN THE VILLAGE. I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO SEE KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES AS DEPUTY MAYOR OF BLACKBURN, TALKED ABOUT THERE ARE SOME VACANT OFFICE PARCELS ON ROOSEVELT STREET, SOME OF THE SIDE STREETS, AND SOME OF THE CALLS THAT HAVE COME TO ME IS THAT PROPERTY OWNER IS NOT KIND OF WATCHING THEIR PROPERTY, AND YOU KNOW THAT THE CAMP IS SET UP AND LEFT THERE FOR A DAY OR TWO OR THREE AND THEN THE OCCUPANT USES IT AT NIGHT.

SO AND I'M SURE THE ANSWERS ARE PROBABLY SIMILAR.

IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT WHAT CAN A PERSON DO? JUST CONTACT YOU OR CONTACT THE HOT TEAM? DO YOU REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER? WHAT'S THE, I GUESS, INFORMATION FLOW? I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT PUBLIC PROPERTY.

IT'S A PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT ARE WE TAKING THE NEXT STEP AND CONTACTING THE PROPERTY OWNER? YEAH, SO, IF ANYTHING COMES TO US OR COMES TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TRY AND GET A HOLD OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, TO TRY AND GET THEIR COOPERATION IN CLEANING UP OR AUTHORIZATION OF TRESPASSING.

IF IT COMES OUR WAY, WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO HELP US OUT.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THEN OUR OVERALL GOAL, I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST SLIDE IS TO REDUCE THE POPULATION OF THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BY 50 PERCENT OVER FIVE YEARS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE QUARTERLY UPDATES AT LEAST UNTIL WE REACH THAT GOAL OR FOR FIVE YEARS. SO HOW DO WE I GUESS WHEN I'M HEARING THESE REPORTS, THIS IS THE SECOND ONE SECOND QUARTERLY REPORT. I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING MORE METRICS TO IT, BUT HOW DO I, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW? I GUESS HOW MANY HOMELESS, OR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS WE HAVE OR STARTED WITH? AND HOW MUCH WE'RE REDUCING THAT BY? WHAT'S THE MATH ON THAT? IS IT CONTACTS? IS IT THE HOMELESS COUNT? HOW DO WE KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING TOWARDS OUR GOAL? AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION.

CAN YOU HEAR MY AUDIO OKAY? I CAN.

I WAS HAVING TROUBLE EARLIER.

SO YES, IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS THERE IS NOT ONE NUMBER THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU. SO WE TRIED TO EXPLAIN IN THE LAST QUARTERLY REPORT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPILATION OF MEASUREMENTS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS DONE ANNUALLY.

IT'S ONE NIGHT.

SO IT'S THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE UNSHELTERED ON THAT ON THAT GIVEN NIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE EXAMINING THAT AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF THE INFLOW, BASICALLY THE NET NUMBER OF HOMELESS PERSONS THAT WERE INTERACTING WITH TO GAUGE THAT, AND THAT'S WHY WE GAVE YOU THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF THE UNDUPLICATED NUMBER BECAUSE YOU'LL NOTICE IF WE JUST TOOK QUARTER ONE AND QUARTER TWO AND YOU ADDED THEM TOGETHER, THAT'S NOT REALLY.

HOW MANY HOMELESS PERSONS WERE IN CARLSBAD FOR THOSE SIX MONTHS WAS ACTUALLY LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WE WERE WORKING WITH OVER BOTH QUARTERS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING THAT AS WELL.

THE OTHER DIFFICULT PART ABOUT TRYING TO MEASURE THIS IS THOSE THAT WANT HELP PORTION OF THE GOAL. SO AS YOU CAN TELL, IT'S VERY HARD TO MEASURE THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT IT TAKES A WHILE TO GAIN THE TRUST, AND YOU COULD HEAR

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IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE THE ASSISTANCE AND ACCEPT THE SERVICES.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO CALCULATE THAT AS WELL.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAD LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PERSONS THAT WE WORKED WITH FOR THIS FIRST SIX MONTHS AND WE APPLIED JUST A SIMPLE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT ACCEPTED SERVICES, WHICH DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NECESSARILY READY FOR HOUSING, BUT IT MEANS THAT THEY ARE AT LEAST WILLING TO TALK TO OUR TEAM.

THAT WAS AROUND THE 70 PERCENT MARK.

SO IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT THAT, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE HUNDRED PERSONS OVER THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD, AND OVER THE SIX MONTH PERIOD, WE HOUSED THIRTY ONE, FOLKS.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE OVER 10 PERCENT IF YOU TRY TO APPLY THE CALCULATION THAT WAY.

I GUESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO HARD TO MAYBE PUT A FRAMEWORK AROUND THIS IN TERMS OF A NUMBER, SO WHATEVER, WHATEVER CALCULATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO USE OR COMBINATIONS OF VARIOUS FACTORS, IT JUST WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WE'RE ONLY ON OUR SECOND ONE.

SO AS WE TRY AND DEVELOP THIS, THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN BE MADE AWARE OF HOW THEY'RE PROGRESSING IN SOME FORM TO SEE IF WE'RE MAKING A DENT ON IT OR IF IT'S GETTING WORSE OR WE'RE REALLY DOING WELL, AND I KNOW THAT'S HARD TO DO, BUT I THINK IF WE HAVE A GOAL, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO EVALUATE HOW WE'RE DOING ON OUR GOAL, AND IT'S VERY HARD TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

IN FACT, I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

I MEAN, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY HOW WE'RE DOING ON OUR GOALS SIX MONTH ON A FIVE MONTH GOAL BASED UPON THE REPORT.

SO I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS EVOLVING AND CHANGING, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. CALLS FOR SERVICE.

I GUESS I'LL SAY THE NUMBER ONE COMMENT THAT I GET FROM FOLKS WHO REACH OUT TO ME, EITHER BY EMAIL OR BY PHONE OR IN PERSON, IS THIS FEELING THAT HOMELESSNESS HAS CHANGED MAYBE THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND THAT IT'S NOT THE SAME SCOUNDREL OR NOT THE SAME PERSON WHO IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DANGEROUS IN TERMS OF THE DRUGS AND THE ALCOHOL AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND THEY'RE VERY FEARFUL OF THEIR SAFETY. AND WE'VE HAD INCIDENTS IN CARLSBAD WITH OUR TRANSIENT POPULATION THAT ARE QUITE FRIGHTENING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS WELL, AND SO THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN THAT I'M HEARING IS, ARE WE IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY OR ARE WE MAKING IT SAFER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CARLSBAD AND WHO WORK IN CARLSBAD AND WHO WERE VISITING CARLSBAD? AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO WITH A METRIC THAT GOES BEYOND JUST THE NUMBER OF, I MEAN, WHAT I HEARD TODAY IS THE NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS AND OUR HOT TEAM INITIATING PHONE CALLS, AS WELL AS THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF CRIME.

I THINK IT WAS 15 PERCENT, BUT IF THERE'S SOME OTHER WAY THAT WE CAN DISPLAY OR TALK ABOUT OR AFFIRM THAT OUR EXPENDITURES AND OUR EFFORTS ON THIS ARE MAKING CARLSBAD SAFER, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE DEMONSTRATED AS WELL.

I'LL JUST FINISH MY REMARKS BY THANKING YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

IT'S SO DIFFICULT AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT WORK, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE FLEXING DURING THESE TIMES AND I JUST WANT US TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE IN THIS PROGRAM.

THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN TO THE STAFF FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, I DO HAVE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEY DOVETAIL WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN WHAT ARE WE DOING OR HOW DO WE GET MORE INVOLVED? SO I LOVE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND I KNOW IT'S WE HAD ALL THOSE TOWN HALLS IN EVERY DISTRICT, AND THEN IN THIS QUARTERLY REPORT, I SEE SOME ADDITIONAL OUTREACH, AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT KINDS OF UPCOMING OUTREACH DO WE HAVE OR WAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO STAY ENGAGED, MAYBE INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH US NOW? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO THIS COMING THURSDAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE ANNUAL POINT IN TIME COUNT, SO WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS VOLUNTEERING THAT EVENING, WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT.

WE WERE ACTUALLY THE FIRST NORTH COUNTY CITY TO MEET OUR VOLUNTEER GOALS, SO THAT'S GREAT

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SO THAT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES STAFF, AND BECAUSE OF THE TRANSITION WITH, WELL, THERE WAS THE HOLIDAYS AND THEN ALSO WITH HOLLY NELSON LEAVING AND CHRIS SCHILLING STARTING, WE DID SKIP THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THOSE PROBABLY MORE EVERY OTHER MONTH.

SO THERE WOULD BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT COMING ON THAT SOON.

WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVE EMAIL LIST, CONSTANT COMMENT LISTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR, AND SO WE REACH OUT TO THOSE FOLKS TO LET THEM KNOW WHEN THERE'S NEW INFORMATION COMING OUT. AND SO PEOPLE CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT CARLSBADCA.GOV TO SIGN UP FOR THAT.

WONDERFUL THANK YOU.

I KNOW EVEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND MY EMAIL, PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT AND SAID, WHAT DO I DO ABOUT THIS VERY SPECIFIC SITUATION? YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SAID, I'M NOT THE PERSON TO ANSWER THIS FOR YOU, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE AND I WOULD SEND THEM THE LINK AND IT WOULD BE TO OUR OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW I'VE GIVEN IT OUT AND IT HAS THE HOT TEAM NUMBER AND ONE OF THE RESPONSES I GOT WAS LIKE, THAT'S A LONG WEBSITE ADDRESS.

WE HAVE SOMETHING SHORTER, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IF YOU'RE EVER IN A PINCH, YOU CAN CALL 2-1-1 TO HELP CONNECT TO SERVICES, AND I WAS WONDERING FOR CONNECTING TO SERVICES ON 2-1-1. HOW IS IT THAT WE INTERACT WITH 2-1-1 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY ARE A PLACE THAT YOU CAN CALL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SERVICES IN THE REGION, BUT DO WE GET INFORMATION FROM THE 2-1-1 PEOPLE OR REFERRALS? AND HOW DOES THAT WORK, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY 2-1-1 NUMBER? 2-1-1 GENERALLY WOULD BE PROVIDING DIRECT REFERRALS TO PERSONS IN NEED OF THE ACTUAL SERVICE, AND SO THEY WOULD BE LINKING WITH THE AGENCIES OR THE NONPROFITS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THE AVAILABILITY.

SO THEY HAVE INFORMATION ON SHELTER BED AVAILABILITY.

THEY HAVE THAT ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO REPORT ON THAT, AND LINK PEOPLE TO THOSE.

WONDERFUL, THANK YOU, BUT THE BEST NUMBER THAT I'M HEARING NOW IS TO GIVE PEOPLE THE HOT TEAM NUMBER OR THE NON-EMERGENCY POLICE LINE NUMBER.

IS THAT RIGHT? OK, GREAT, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX ISSUES, AND I WISH IT WERE SO SIMPLE.

I WISH IT WERE SO EASY TO DO, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL ARE WORKING SO HARD AND IT TAKES A TEAM EFFORT. SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED WORK ON THIS EVEN SHORT-STAFFED. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. OK, ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? DR. BHAT-PATEL.

YES, THANK YOU, AND I, TOO, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF, I KNOW THAT MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED HOW MULTIFACETED THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE IS AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE POSITIVE FEEDBACK COMING IN FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEN ALSO JUST GOING DRIVING AROUND TOWN, WALKING AROUND TOWN AND ACTUALLY SEEING THE IMPACTS IN GENERAL.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SEE PROGRESS AND HEARING MORE UPDATES IN THE FUTURE.

THANKS. ANYONE ELSE ON FINAL COMMENTS? UM, I JUST HAVE ONE, AND I WANT TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT MR. NORBY SAID EARLIER.

I ALWAYS CALLED IT A DASHBOARD OF, YOU KNOW, DATA SO WE CAN KIND OF TRACK IT FROM QUARTER TO QUARTER, AND THEN MAYBE FROM YEAR TO YEAR AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, SO WE GET SOME SORT OF KIND OF FEEL ON THOSE NUMBERS THAT DO MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

SO WE, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS OR AS A COMMUNITY CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING EITHER FOR THE BETTER OR FOR THE WORSE.

SO, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK ON SOME SORT OF A DASHBOARD.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE 20 COLUMNS TO IT, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WITH 5 TO 10 DATA POINTS THAT WE CAN TRACK ON AN ONGOING BASIS WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ALL, AND THEN THE OTHER, I'VE HEARD ALMOST EVERY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WE TALK ABOUT HOW DO YOU GET A HOLD OF, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT PERSONNEL? IF WE ON MAYBE OUR CITY WEBSITE RIGHT ON EITHER THE FIRST OR SECOND PAGE HAD SOME WAY OF OF MAKING THAT NUMBER VERY EASY TO GET TO.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE OF IMPORTANCE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE OVERALL VISION WE WANT TO GIVE TO EVERYONE, PEOPLE LOOKING FOR DATA THAT WAS ONE PLACE THAT

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IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING HOW MANY PAGES BEFORE YOU GET TO IT.

SO THE EASIER IT WOULD BE TO HAVE THAT NUMBER, I THINK THE BETTER IT WOULD BE.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO ECHO EVERYTHING MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.

JOB WELL DONE.

I, LIKE, MR. NORBY, I'M IN THE VILLAGE ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY, IF NOT ONCE MORE, AND AS I TRAVEL AROUND, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE NUMBER IS AT BEST STAYING THE SAME, IF NOT SHRINKING, AND I HAVE STARTED TO RECEIVE POSITIVE COMMENTS TO THAT EFFECT.

SO I DO THINK WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

SO WITH THAT--MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST REAL QUICK, JUST IT'S TO ANYONE LISTENING, PLEASE GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WEB PAGE THAT IS FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED IN HERE TO INCLUDE STUDIES AND RESEARCH DEMOGRAPHICS.

COMMON QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED HOW TO GET HELP.

WHAT YOU CAN DO NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, AND THEN ALSO INCLUDED IS THE HOMELESS RESPONSE PLAN. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO UPDATE THIS, AS WELL AS THAT QUESTION AND ANSWER THAT I HAD REFERRED TO PREVIOUSLY.

A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT MARY YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT FROM A DASHBOARD PERSPECTIVE IS CONTAINED THERE. WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN BETTER PACKAGE IT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE, BUT I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO POINT PEOPLE BACK TO THE WEBSITE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION THERE.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHADWICK. THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OK, I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY HAND.

OK, THIS WAS JUST AN UPDATE, THERE'S NO MOTIONS ON ITEM SIX.

[7. TIMING OF THE BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE MONROE STREET POOL RENOVATION/REPLACEMENT PROJECT (CIP PROJECT NO. 4724)]

MR. CHADWICK IF YOU COULD MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS.

GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND DISCUSSING THIS ITEM OR MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR VERY OWN PARK AND REC DIRECTOR MR. KYLE LANCASTER, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MANAGER, ATTORNEY AND CLERK.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN.

I'LL START THE PRESENTATION.

OK, AS MENTIONED, WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS A BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE MONROE STREET POOL RENOVATION PROJECT, AND FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I WILL COVER THE MONROE STREET POOL FACILITY ITSELF AND THAT RENOVATION PROJECT BRIEFLY.

CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC FIVE YEAR PLANNING PROCESS AND THE CURRENT AVAILABILITY OF STAFF AND FUNDING RESOURCES, AS WELL AS CERTAIN OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS.

THE RECOMMENDED ACTION TODAY WILL BE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DEFERRING THE TIMING OF A PROPOSITION H BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE MONROE STREET POOL RENOVATION/REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO AN ELECTION CYCLE TO BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE.

IN REGARDS TO THE FACILITY BACKGROUND, MONROE STREET POOL FACILITY WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 1980S. IT NEEDS RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT WORK.

IT WOULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM ENERGY EFFICIENT MEASURES AND THE EXPANSION OF THE POOL, AS WELL AS THE SITE'S BUILDINGS.

ON JANUARY 26TH, 2021, JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO, CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A REPORT ON THE MONROE STREET POOL RENOVATION PROJECT.

AT THAT TIME, THE COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO PURSUE THE DESIGN CONCEPT WITH THE LARGER SCOPE AND THE LARGE ESTIMATED COST TO A MIDPOINT OF ABOUT $21 MILLION, AND THE COUNCIL ALSO DIRECTED STAFF PURSUE A BALLOT MEASURE ON THE JUNE 7TH, 2022 ELECTION.

THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN ITSELF REFERRED TO AS CONCEPT THREE.

IT IS DETAILED IN EXHIBIT THREE OF YOUR STAFF REPORT, WHICH IS THE JANUARY 2021 STAFF REPORT I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, AND PROPOSITION H DOES APPLY TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, AS PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THEREFORE, A BALLOT MEASURE WOULD BE NEEDED AND ESSENTIALLY A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE IS REQUIRED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WILL COST MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN CITY FUNDS AS DEFINED BY MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 1.24.020 SUBSECTION D.

THE PROVISIONS OF PROPOSITION H ARE FURTHER DETAILED IN EXHIBIT FOUR OF YOUR STAFF

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NOW, IN THE MEANTIME, CITY COUNCIL HAS STARTED WITH A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, IN PARTICULAR ON DECEMBER 13, 2021.

CITY COUNCIL HELD A WORKSHOP TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS OF A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE COUNCIL IDENTIFIED THEMES TO FRAMING THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.

THOSE THEMES WERE ECONOMIC VITALITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY, CHARACTER, QUALITY OF LIFE AND SAFETY AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.

IN ADDITION, CITY COUNCIL AFFIRMED SUPPORT FOR CONDUCTING A STUDY TO IDENTIFY OPTIONS FOR GENERATING NEW REVENUES SO THE CITY CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL SERVICE DELIVER ON A NUMBER OF CRITICAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND REMAIN FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE AS FUNDING SOURCES CHANGE OVER TIME.

THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED FOR THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, AND THOSE WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEY WILL HELP FINALIZE THE PLAN.

NEXT WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 16, 2022, JUST ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THAT DEADLINE, I REFERENCED A MOMENT AGO.

WE'RE GETTING BALLOT LANGUAGE TO THE REGISTER OF REGISTRAR OF VOTERS.

AT THE FOLLOWING STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOPS, COUNCIL IS TO CONSIDER INPUT RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE FEEDBACK FROM CITY STAFF AND WILL BE ASKED TO CLARIFY AND PRIORITIZE GOALS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, POSSIBLY INCLUDE A NUMBER OF THE CRITICAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO.

THOSE DECISIONS WILL INFORM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT WORK PLANS TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET.

THIS IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, STARTING WITH THE COMMUNITY VISION, MOVING TO THE RIGHT WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL GOALS AND THEN DEVELOPING WORK PLANS AND ULTIMATELY ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET.

IN REGARDS TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES.

THOSE ARE LIMITED FOR BOTH STAFFING AND FUNDING, WHICH CAN BE DEVOTED TO CIP PROJECTS.

THE RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE RESOURCES IN A HOLISTIC MANNER DURING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.

SPECIFIC TO OTHER CIP PROJECTS, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO REQUIRE EXPENDITURES OF MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN CITY FUNDS.

CERTAIN OF THOSE CIP PROJECTS MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROVISIONS OF PROPOSITION H AND WOULD THUS REQUIRE APPROVAL BY VOTERS.

A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT MAY REQUIRE A VOTE IN ORDER TO SPEND MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS OF CITY FUNDS.

FIRE STATION SEVEN RAILROAD TRACK TRENCHING COLLEGE BOULEVARD REACH FOR EXTENSION ROBERTSON RANCH COMMUNITY PARK VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS CENTER ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE ORION CENTER AND A CITY HALL/CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX.

THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THE RECOMMENDED ACTION FOR TODAY ADOPT A RESOLUTION DEFERRING THE TIMING OF A PROPOSITION H BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE MONROE STREET POOL RENOVATION REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO AN ELECTION CYCLE TO BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE.

IN REGARDS TO NEXT STEPS, SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL DEFER THE TIMING OF THE BALLOT MEASURE, STAFF WILL CONTINUE OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE MONROE STREET POOL FACILITY FOR THE PUBLIC'S USE TO THE BEST DEGREE PRACTICABLE.

WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO THE MAYOR FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, AND WILL STOP SHARING MY SCREEN NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LANCASTER. DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN 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

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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. QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY HAS HIS HAND RAISED, SIR.

YEAH, I'M TRYING TO GET MY SCREEN TO FLASH HERE.

OK, MR. NORBY, WE'LL START WITH YOU.

IS THERE A STAFF REASON WHY WE CAN'T GET AN APPROPRIATE RESOLUTION TO US ON MARCH 8TH TO DO WHAT THE COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DO ON JANUARY 26TH? WE CAN DO SO, SIR.

WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING AND WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.

THAT IS OPTION TWO IN YOUR STAFF REPORT FOR TODAY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT ACTION, STAFF CAN CERTAINLY ACCOMMODATE.

OK, THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION, AND I DO HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS, BUT I'LL DEFER TO OTHER QUESTIONS FIRST. OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

YEAH, JUST TO CLARIFY, IF WE PICKED OPTION ONE TO DEFER IT, IS THERE ANYTHING PREVENTING US FROM PUTTING IT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT? THERE IS NOT. OK, GREAT, SO IT COULD POSSIBLY STILL BE PUT ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR.

WE WOULD JUST HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP WAS IN MARCH.

MARCH 16, AND KYLE DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF THE PRESENTATION FOR TODAY, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO PRESUPPOSE THAT COUNCIL WANTED A DIFFERENT OUTCOME, AND SO WHAT WE WANTED AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS BECAUSE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS IS OCCURRING AFTER THIS ITEM.

WE WANT TO BRING THIS AT THIS MEETING NOW TO FIND OUT WHAT COUNCIL DO THEY WANT US TO GO AHEAD AND CHARGE FOR IT AND PUT THAT ON FOR THE JUNE BALLOT? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO WAIT FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING TO OCCUR? AND THEN WHAT WE COULD DO IS PUT IT ON AT A LATER DATE.

AS PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR MADE MENTION, THERE WERE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD REQUIRE A PROP H VOTE, AND AGAIN, WE HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY HAD THAT CONVERSATION, SO THAT WAS THE INTENT BEHIND THIS FOR TODAY.

GREAT, THANK YOU, I UNDERSTAND; I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? DR. BHAT-PATEL. YES, JUST IN LINE WITH THOSE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED IF IT WERE TO COME BACK TO US AFTER STRATEGIC PLANNING.

MR. CHADWICK DO YOU HAVE LIKE, OF COURSE NOT AN EXACT DATE, BUT A TIMEFRAME THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE THIS COMING BEFORE US AGAIN, JUST IN CASE WE DID DECIDE WE WANTED TO POTENTIALLY CONSIDER IT DURING THE NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME.

I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO SHEILA, BUT I BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE PLACED, AND SHEILA, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ISN'T IT 88 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION CYCLE? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

IT'S 88 DAYS PRIOR, SO IT WOULD BE IN AUGUST THAT WE'D HAVE TO IN ORDER TO GET IT ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

OK. YEAH, IT'S JUST I'M SURE WE ALL RECEIVED THE SAME COMMUNICATIONS, WE DID RECEIVE SOME EMAILS FROM FOLKS REGARDING WANTING IT TO BE CONSIDERED THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE AWARE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE DO HAVE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL CAN IF IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE AND THEN ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE ALL DECIDE TO PRIORITIZE AS A COUNCIL.

SO THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH DR.

BHAT-PATEL, WHAT SHE SAID IS THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY AND WE WERE ALL AT THE TIME WE SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THIS WORLD, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD WANT TO BE SURE OF IS IT'S GOING TO COST A HECK OF A LOT MORE TO OPERATE THE NEW FACILITY THAN WHAT THE OLD FACILITY IS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A MUCH NICER, LARGER FACILITY, AND I'M SURE THE MANPOWER QUESTION, I HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE NUMBERS, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT.

HAVING THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FUTURE PERHAPS ISN'T AS BRIGHT AS WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AGO IN OUR PROJECTIONS, SO I WOULD THINK WE'D ALL WANT TO SEE THAT TOO.

LET'S SEE.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS?

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I HAVE SEVERAL.

FIRST OF ALL THIS, THIS ACTION WAS AT A COUNCIL MEETING IN JANUARY TWENTY SIX OF LAST YEAR. IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH NO.

THREE OR OPTION THREE, AND TO PUT IT ON THE JUNE BALLOT.

SO I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE UNINTENTIONALLY, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT THIS IS A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO UNDO A VOTE OF THE FIVE COUNCIL.

IT WAS VERY CLEAR WHAT THE VOTE WAS AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR WHAT BALLOT THEY WANTED IT ON, AND I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE GO THROUGH A PROCEDURE OR COUNCIL MEMBERS ASK FOR A RECONSIDERATION OF THAT ITEM IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT PASS VOTE OR THEY WANT TO REDO THAT VOTE VERSUS STAFF BRINGING IT BACK TO US OR GOING IN THIS DIRECTION. I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE'S NO TIME IN TERMS OF WHEN THIS WILL BE BROUGHT BACK, JUST THAT A FUTURE BALLOT THAT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IT COULD BE A LONG TIME.

I'M AWARE IF THE CITIZENS DO APPROVE A MEASURE H BALLOT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE FACILITY GETS BUILT RIGHT AWAY, THAT SIMPLY GIVES US THE ABILITY TO EXPEND MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS ON THAT FACILITY, AND IN MANY CASES, IT'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE CITIZENS GIVE US THAT APPROVAL, AND SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHAT IT COSTS TO OPERATE.

I THINK WE KNOW THE DOLLARS.

I THINK WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE INFLATION AND THAT'S GOING UP.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THAT JANUARY MEETING THAT COUNCIL AND THAT VOTE KNEW THAT WE DO GOAL SETTING EVERY NOW AND THEN.

THAT COUNCIL AND THAT VOTE KNEW THAT WE HAVE COMPETING MEASURES OR COMPETING ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO FUND.

NONE OF THAT'S CHANGED.

I THINK THE ONLY CHANGE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS PERHAPS A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK ON OUR BUDGET AS WE EMERGE FROM COVID, WITH OUR REVENUE BEING BETTER THAN EXPECTED, BOTH IN TOT AS WELL AS IN RETAIL SALES.

I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT WE DISENFRANCHISE THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT JANUARY TWENTY SIX MEETING AND THAT WALKED AWAY FROM THAT MEETING KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A VOTE TO DO THAT AND WHAT THE DIRECTION WAS, AND IT WAS QUITE CLEAR.

REGARDING SEVERAL POTENTIAL.

PROP EIGHT VOTES IN THE FUTURE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

I THINK THAT WE CAN TAKE THOSE WHEN THEY COME ONE ONE AT A TIME OR ALL OR SOME SUBSET OF ALL AND PLACE THEM ON A BALLOT OF OUR ELECTION OF OUR CHOOSING EITHER NOVEMBER OR THE YEARS TO FOLLOW.

THAT DECISION HASN'T BEEN MADE, BUT IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM PUTTING MORE ON A FUTURE BALLOT. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DISTRICT ONE IN THE SENSE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF OLD STUFF LOOSELY PHRASED IN DISTRICT ONE THAT NEEDS MAINTENANCE, THAT NEEDS REPAIR AND THAT NEEDS REPLACEMENT AND THE VERY AS WE TRANSITION FROM A COMMUNITY THAT'S BUILDING AND PLACING NEW FACILITIES AND NEW AREAS OF TOWN BASED UPON POPULATION GROWTH TO A CITY THAT IS GOING TO BEHAVE MORE SUSTAINABLY WITH LESS FUTURE GROWTH, AND HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE HAVE? IT STARTS WITH MAINTAINING WHAT YOU HAVE AND KEEPING THAT IN GOOD ORDER AND IN GOOD REPAIR. BEFORE WE BUILT SOMETHING NEW IN THE FUTURE, WE ALL HAVE DESIRES FOR THAT, I DO, AND IT'S A BIG PRICE TAG IN TERMS OF THE TRENCH, BUT THE VERY TENET OF SUSTAINABILITY IS THE TAKING TAKE CARE AND TO SUSTAIN WHAT YOU HAVE.

AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING THAT WITH THE MONROE POOL.

WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THIS COUNCIL AND ONE OF MY FIRST BRIEFINGS WAS IT'S HARD TO STAFF THE POOL AND I TOTALLY GET THAT ON A LOT OF LEVELS, AND SO CERTAIN HOURS AND PROGRAMS WERE SHIFTED TO THE [INAUDIBLE] POOL, AND THEN HERE, SIX MONTHS LATER, IT'S LIKE, WELL, LET'S TAKE THE VOTING PART, THE COUNCIL VOTED FOR ON JUNE 7TH, AND LET'S TAKE THAT AWAY BECAUSE WE MAY WANT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH THAT MONEY.

THAT DOESN'T SIT RIGHT WITH ME, QUITE FRANKLY.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR FACILITIES THAT ARE IN NEED OF REPAIR OR NEED OF MAINTENANCE, OR NEED A REPLACEMENT IN DISTRICT ONE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST LEVEL SERVICE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THE OLD FACILITIES AND THAT SHOULD BE IN TERMS OF A SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICE THAT WE SUSTAIN THAT BEFORE WE GO ANYWHERE ELSE, AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS, BUT I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS

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THANK YOU. OK.

OTHER COMMENTS. MS. BREWER, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT A H VOTE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.

IT'S THE EXPANSION THAT REQUIRES THE H VOTE.

JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FOR YOU? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE MORE COMMENT TO MY COMMENTS IS THAT IF WE WANT TO GO BACK AND UNDO A LOT OF VOTES THAT THIS COUNCIL IS MADE, THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO START DOING AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE PUBLIC TO DO THAT. THANK YOU.

OK. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

THANK YOU. REALLY QUICKLY, BEFORE I MAKE MY OR ASK MY QUESTION JUST FOR COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY, I UNDERSTAND IT'S ALSO VERY FRUSTRATING FOR ME TO HEAR FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THEY WANT TO UNDO STUFF IN DISTRICT FOUR LIKE AT THE LAST MEETING, LIKE THE PARK AND RIDE LOT THAT AND THE PONTO PROPERTY, BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS MAYBE CHANGING THE LANGUAGE AROUND OPTION ONE TO INCLUDE NOVEMBER SOMEHOW PUT NOVEMBER IN THERE. MAYBE A SUGGESTION FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.

I DON'T KNOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL, YOU BROUGHT THAT UP AS WELL.

ARE YOU FINISHED? COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, BECAUSE I SEE DR.

BHAT-PATEL HAND POP UP THERE.

I MEAN, I LOVE SOME CONVERSATION AROUND IT, MAYBE TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE AND NO.

ONE TO ADD TO BE RECONSIDERED IN NOVEMBER PENDING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. HMM.

OK. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF, COUNCIL MEMBER.

DR. BHAT-PATEL. SURE, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY, FOR SHARING YOUR CONCERNS, I KNOW THAT IT, I THINK IT WAS HELPFUL TO HEAR IT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU WEREN'T ON COUNCIL, AND SO IT'S HELPFUL TO HEAR IT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS SEEN IT COME BEFORE US BEEN ACCEPTED, AND THEN OF COURSE, NOW IT'S BEING RECONSIDERED.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO HONESTLY WHAT THE REST OF OUR COUNCIL DECIDES TODAY.

I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

I DO THINK THAT BASED ON THE COST AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND JUST TALK ABOUT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED AND JUST SEE WHERE WE ALL LAND BASED ON THAT, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A CONVERSATION AMONG US AND WE CAN ALL DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO TODAY, BUT JUST FROM WHAT I'M SEEING AND IF YOU'RE ALL IF THE PUBLIC IS FOLLOWING ALONG AND YOU WILL GET PAGE THREE OF 19 FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS THERE AND THAT'S EITHER DEFERRING IT OR DIRECTING STAFF TO RETURN TO THE COUNCIL ON MARCH 8TH, AND THAT WOULD BASICALLY BE ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN MENTIONING DURING OUR CONVERSATION TODAY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE FISCAL ANALYSIS JUST BRIEFLY AND I KNOW THAT MR. LANCASTER TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING HIS PRESENTATION, BUT I'M JUST RE-HIGHLIGHTING IT BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ALREADY, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT SAYS ON JUNE 7TH, IF WE WERE TO PLACE THIS ON A BALLOT MEASURE THAT IT WOULD COST BETWEEN FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND TO EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO AND OBVIOUSLY, IF IT GETS DEFERRED, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ASSOCIATED COST WOULD BE. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS BASED ON KNOWING THAT AND SINCE WE HAD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IT IN THE PAST, HOW OPEN THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE, I MEAN, I GET THAT THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY OTHER COMPONENTS AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES, AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF STAFF WANTS TO CHIME IN WITH REGARDS TO ANY OF THAT, ANY OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP AND UPDATE ANYTHING, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET TO A CONCLUSION AND FIND ONE THAT WE ALL AGREE UPON BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF THOUGHTS THAT ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES SHARED AROUND THIS, AND IF I COULD MAKE A FEW COMMENTS IN A FIRST, I WANT TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL TO MR. NORBY AND THE JOB WELL DONE AND HOW YOU PRESENTED THIS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HASN'T

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AREAS THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON THE BALLOT THAT ARE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, AND SO WE ALWAYS LOOKED AT THEM AS INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT WE'VE ALL SUPPORTED IN THE PAST.

NOW IS THE TIME WHERE WE DO WE WANT TO JUST GO AT THEM ONE AT A TIME, BUT I THINK THE STRATEGIC PROCESS GIVES THE COMMUNITY A CHANCE TO KIND OF WEIGH IN AND SAY, HEY, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE TRY TO PUT TOO MANY ON AT ONE TIME, WE MIGHT GET A NEGATIVE RESPONSE.

SO THE OTHER COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE IS, IS YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ADEQUACY OR HOW WELL KEPT THE MONROE POOL IS, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON THE POOL. I MEAN, THE FACT IS WE WANT TO MAKE THAT POOL IS AS CLOSE TO WHAT [INAUDIBLE] IS GIVEN THE GIVEN THE RESTRAINTS ON THE SIZE OF THE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THERE, BUT OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR FEELING WAS IS TO TRY AND DUPLICATE AS MUCH OF THAT.

SO IT'S MUCH, MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT YOU SEE THERE TODAY.

SO AND AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO HAVE A GREATER COST TO OPERATE IT, BUT I, FOR ONE, I'M STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE POOL AT MONROE, BUT I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE SEEING ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE US AND LET THE NOT WHAT I PERHAPS THINK.

BUT WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY THINK IS HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THOSE AND PERHAPS HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND ALL OF THOSE SO? MAYOR, I LIKE TO JUST OFFER OH, MR. BLACKBURN I SEE.

I'LL WAIT. MR. BLACKBURN.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

NOW THAT STAFF HAS HEARD EVERYONE'S CONCERNS.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO MEET ALL THOSE CONCERNS AND STILL POSSIBLY GET THIS ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT? WHAT MAYOR IS TALKING ABOUT IS A GOOD POINT, BUT WHAT MR. NORBY BROUGHT UP IS ALSO A GOOD POINT.

IS THERE A COMPROMISE IN THERE SOMEWHERE THAT STAFF CAN REACH AND WE CAN STILL FEEL COMFORTABLE FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION? I WILL DEFER TO THE CITY MANAGER FROM PARKS AND REC STAFF, WE CAN MAKE THE DATES IN NOVEMBER. YEAH, FROM A NOVEMBER PERSPECTIVE, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN, BECAUSE THAT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR COUNSEL'S PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS AND COUNCIL, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US DIRECTION ON SOME OF THE PRIORITIZATION OF THOSE.

THERE MAY BE ONES THAT LEAPFROG OVER.

THERE MAY BE ONES BECAUSE AGAIN, COUNCIL HAS GIVEN US A SIGNIFICANT LIST, AND IF COUNCIL WANTS US TO PUT THEM ALL ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, IF THERE'S A REVENUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE BALLOT AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON NOVEMBER, BUT THAT'S ALSO WHY WE WANTED TO DO THIS CHECK IN WITH CITY COUNCIL AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY INDICATION OF WANTING TO CHANGE.

OR IF YOU WANT US TO JUST CONTINUE CONTINUING THE MISSION AND HAVE THIS [INAUDIBLE] CONSISTENT WITH COUNCIL'S PREVIOUS DIRECTION.

MAYOR'S QUESTIONS WERE PROBABLY THE MOST DETAILED, YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THOSE COULD BE ANSWERED AND THEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT HAVING IT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

I DO THINK. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ANSWER EIGHTY EIGHT DAYS IN ADVANCE.

RIGHT, AND THAT'S THE THING.

IT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY HAVING IT EIGHTY EIGHT DAYS IN ADVANCE THAT SOMETIME IN AUGUST.

THAT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT REVENUE CONSULTANT COMES BACK WITH. ALSO FINDING OUT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED IN MARCH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MARCH 16TH, WHERE COUNCIL MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA.

I DO WANT TO JUST ADD SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED, THOUGH, BECAUSE I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY, ALTHOUGH YOU WERE NOT ON COUNCIL WHEN COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY TOOK THAT POSITION BACK IN JANUARY, WHERE THEY GAVE US THE DIRECTION.

WE HAD NOT ENGAGED IN A STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORT AND A LOT OF HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.

FOR INSTANCE, CITY COUNCIL ENDED UP DECIDING TO MAKE HOMELESSNESS ONE OF THEIR TOP PRIORITIES. CITY COUNCIL ALSO DECIDED TO SIGNIFICANTLY INVEST IN OUR FIRE THROUGH THE CITY GATE STUDY, SO THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT REALLY WERE ULTIMATELY CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND THAT'S WHY WE DID WANT TO BRING THIS FORWARD FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.

THERE WAS NO INTENT TO TRY AND SUBVERT OR RUN OVER PREVIOUS COUNCIL'S DIRECTIONS.

IT WAS JUST TO CHECK IN.

COMMISSIONER NORBY, I THINK, YOUR HANDS UP.

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JUST I'M GOING TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF POINTS, ONE MR. CHADWICK JUST MADE.

WHEN I MADE MY REMARKS ABOUT SPECIFIC STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHAT I MEANT WAS THAT COUNCILS ARE AWARE THAT WE USE STRATEGIC PLANNING.

IT WASN'T. IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF, THAT EVERY YEAR OR EVERY OTHER YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS COMPETING GOALS IN THIS CITY TO DEAL WITH.

I DON'T THINK THAT KIND OF CHANGES THE DECISION THAT COUNCIL MADE THAT, OH WELL, THEY WEREN'T AWARE THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ELSE IN SPECIFIC PLANNING.

I'M SORRY, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND SPEND MORE MONEY ELSEWHERE, AND THEN TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, WE'RE REGARDING THE SITES IN TERMS OF THE ARENA NUMBERS.

WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THAT PROCESS AND WE ARE WINNOWING IT DOWN.

ADDING TO IT, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT MAPS AND BY BRINGING THOSE ITEMS UP THAT YOU MENTIONED WERE BECAUSE THAT QUADRANT IS CARRYING A LIGHTER LOAD THAN OTHER QUADRANTS, AND IT WAS IN A WAY TO BALANCE THAT, AND THAT DID NOT HAPPEN, BUT WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THAT PROCESS. WE HAVEN'T YET FINALIZED THAT PROCESS.

THAT WILL BE NEXT YEAR.

WILL THERE BE A VOTE BY THE COUNCIL TO FINALIZE THAT PROCESS? BUT ONCE THAT ONCE THAT'S FINAL ME, I'M GOING TO WALK OVER YOU, WE UNDERSTAND.

I'LL SUMMARIZE. BUT THAT WAS A DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEM.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO REDO THAT DECISION, AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, COUNCIL MADE THAT VOTE , AND IT WAS FINALIZED IN JANUARY 26TH.

THANK YOU. WELL, MR. BLACKBURN, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A STAB AT THIS? I'D LIKE TO HAVE A GOAL OF GETTING IT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A HUGE DELAY, BUT WE COULD HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING OR HAVE TO HAVE THIS AGENDA PRIOR TO THAT TO HER STAFF COULD BRING IN ALL THE ANSWERS TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTIONS AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS QUESTIONS.

SO MY MOTION WILL BE THAT THIS BE REORGANIZED WITH THE INTENT OF ANSWERING TODAY'S QUESTIONS, BUT HAVING IT DONE IN TIME FOR IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO HAVE IT ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE THAT DECISION, AND MR. CHADWICK, I UNDERSTAND THAT IS IS POSSIBLE TO DO.

YES. OK, THAT'S MY MOTION.

SECOND. OK.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUST A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, I RECOGNIZE YOU NEXT.

I'M SORRY, MS. BREWER. YOU'RE WAVING YOUR HAND.

I AM THINKING WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND I HAVE A RECOMMENDED EDIT IF THAT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION, IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT TO GO.

OTHERWISE, WE COULD BRING BACK A REVISED RESOLUTION ON CONSENT AT THE NEXT MEETING TO REFLECT THE COUNCIL'S DECISION.

IT'S YOUR CHOICE. MS. BREWER IF YOU HAVE A BETTER WAY TO WORD IT, I'M ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO THAT.

OK, ON THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE RESOLUTION, WHICH IS THE NOW THEREFORE PORTION OF THE RESOLUTION, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU CHANGE PARAGRAPH TWO TO SAY THAT THE TIMING OF PROPOSITION H, THE BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE MONROE STREET POOL RENOVATION REPLACEMENT PROJECT BE CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL IN TIME FOR PLACEMENT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

THAT'S MY MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. OK.

COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKBURN FOR THE MOTION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR. I THINK WE COULD STILL GET IT DONE THIS YEAR IF WE AGREE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PRIORITIES AND WITH OUR OUR BUDGETARY CONSTRICTIONS, I THINK WE COULD STILL GET IT DONE THIS YEAR, BUT PENDING THAT DISCUSSION.

SO I THINK THAT THE WORDING OF THIS MOTION IS KIND OF ALLUDES TO THE FACT THAT WE HOPE TO GET IT DONE THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH AND DELIBERATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION AND I SUPPORT IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? I DID MAYOR, I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE DECISION THAT THE COUNCIL MADE ON A PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION.

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MY FIRST QUESTION OF STAFF WAS IF THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED AND THE ANSWER WAS YES, THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. SO I DON'T SEE A REASON TO DELAY IT UNTIL NOVEMBER.

OTHER THAN TO MAKE SOME OTHER DECISION THAT A COUNCIL HAS ALREADY MADE, AND I DON'T SUPPORT THAT, I'LL BE VOTING NO.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'M SEEING NONE, SO WE'LL CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY.

I'M GOING TO VOTE NO, HAS THERE BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND MADE THAT I DIDN'T HEAR? YES.

I VOTE NO. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL.

AYE. MAYOR PRO-TEM BLACKBURN.

AYE. MAYOR HALL.

AYE. PASS FOUR ONE WITH MR. NORBY COMMENTS.

DULY NOTED. UM, SO IT IS FIVE FIFTEEN, AND WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN AGENDA ITEM, ITEM NUMBER TWO CHICK FIL A FOR FOUR SIX O'CLOCK.

SO MS. BREWER HELPED GUIDE ME HERE, SO WE'LL TAKE A BREAK UNTIL SIX O'CLOCK.

WE'LL RECESS UNTIL SIX P.M.

WHEN WE WILL COMMENCE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OK. WITH THAT, WE STAND RECESSED UNTIL SIX O'CLOCK.

SO WE'LL JUST CLOCK OUT OF THE MEETING AND CLOCK BACK IN I.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PUBLIC HEARING, FOR TIMES CERTAIN AT SIX P.M.,

[2. CHICK-FIL-A]

SO I'LL BE TAKING THE MOST CONSERVATIVE APPROACH AND STEPPING AWAY FROM THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM. OK.

SO I PUT YOU UP NEXT, DR.

BHAT-PATEL. SURE.

YEAH. JUST FOR EXPERT DISCLOSURES, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE APPLICANTS A FEW TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF GOSH, I THINK THE LAST FEW YEARS SINCE I HAD THE FIRST TIME WOULD BE 2019 WHEN I HAD FIRST TAKEN OFFICE ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FEBRUARY OF 2019, AND THEN AFTER THAT, AS RECENTLY AS JUST THIS PAST JANUARY.

SORRY, ACTUALLY DECEMBER OF 2021.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE APPLICANT MEETINGS THAT I'VE HAD, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'VE RECEIVED MANY COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING IT FROM JUST THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, BUT THOSE WOULD BE THE ONES REGARDING THE APPLICANT ITSELF.

COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, WOULD YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YES. YES, I DID.

THANK YOU, AND I WROTE IT DOWN.

LET ME CHECK IT UP, OK.

SO I WANTED TO DISCLOSE THAT I HAVE ATTENDED TWO PRESENTATIONS WITH THE CHICK-FIL-A TEAM ABOUT THIS PROJECT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

ONE PRESENTATION WAS MADE TO THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2020 THE MORNING AFTER I WAS ELECTED TO THIS OFFICE, SO I WAS COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT.

THE SECOND PRESENTATION WAS A 30 MINUTE MEETING I ATTENDED WITH THE PROJECT'S REPRESENTATIVES, WITH PHIL [INAUDIBLE] AND THE CHICK-FIL-A STAFF ON ZOOM ON NOVEMBER 1ST 2021 AND BOTH PRESENTATIONS HAD AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.

I ALSO RECEIVED THE COMMUNICATIONS OVER EMAIL, BUT THOSE WERE THE TWO PRESENTATIONS I ATTENDED WITH CHICK-FIL-A.

MR. NORBY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO DISCLOSE THAT I HAD ONE ZOOM MEETING WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, IT WAS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT APPLICATION AND THAT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.

OK, MR. CHADWICK, YOU WANT TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS? YES, SIR, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR ASSOCIATE PLANNER, MR. ESTEBAN DANNA.

THANK YOU.

MR. CHADWICK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

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WELL, THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW CHICK FIL A RESTAURANT.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG AVENIDA ENCINITAS AND ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF INTERSTATE FIVE AND JUST NORTH OF PALMA AIRPORT ROAD.

THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A TEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING. THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY A MIXTURE OF RESTAURANT OFFICES AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES. THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCT A NEW THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT WITH EAT-IN AND PICKUP SERVICES. A DRIVE THRU IS NOT PROPOSED.

ADDITIONALLY, VARIOUS MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE PROPOSED, WHICH ARE DESCRIBED IN THE NEXT SLIDE. THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT WILL BE LOCATED TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, WITH PARKING AND CIRCULATION RUNNING ADJACENT TO AVENIDA ENCINITAS TO DRIVER DRIVEWAYS WILL SERVE THE PROPERTY.

THE SOUTHERN DRIVEWAY IS SHOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN THERE THE PROJECT PROPOSES THE ADDITION OF A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WHICH INCLUDES A PROTECTED CROSSWALK, A WIDENED DRIVEWAY THAT WILL INCLUDE A DEDICATED WESTBOUND LEFT TURN, LANE EXITING THE SITE AND A LENGTHENED SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANE ON AVENIDA ENCINITAS.

THIS RENDERING SHOWS THE PROPOSED RESTAURANTS SOUTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS, WITH AVENIDA ENCINITAS RUNNING ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE IMAGE.

THIS RENDERING SHOWS THE PROPOSED RESTAURANTS NORTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS LOOKING EAST TOWARDS THE FREEWAY FROM AVENIDA ENCINITAS.

AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP IS REQUESTED TO CHANGE THE SIZE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM PLANNED INDUSTRIAL TO VISITOR COMMERCIAL.

THE LAND USE AMENDMENT PROVIDES CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OF THE REMAINING PROPERTIES IN THE COMMERCIAL CENTER.

AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING MAP IS REQUESTED TO CHANGE THE SITE'S ZONING DESIGNATION FROM PLANNED INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL TOURIST.

THE ZONING CHANGE WILL ALLOW FOR RESTAURANT USES BY RIGHT WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE ZONING DESIGNATIONS OF THE REMAINING PROPERTIES IN THAT COMMERCIAL CENTER.

AN AMENDMENT TO THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM, LAND USE MAP, IS REQUESTED TO CHANGE THE SITE'S LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM PLANNED INDUSTRIAL TO VISITOR COMMERCIAL.

THIS CHANGE IS REQUIRED SO THAT THE COASTAL LAND USE DESIGNATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION, AND SIMILARLY, AN AMENDMENT TO THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAMS ZONING MAP IS REQUESTED TO CHANGE THE SITE'S ZONING DESIGNATION FROM PLANT INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL TOURIST.

THIS CHANGE IS REQUIRED SO THAT THE COASTAL ZONING DESIGNATION IS CONSISTENT WITH A CITY ZONING DESIGNATIONS.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT ON DECEMBER 1ST OF 2021. AT THE HEARING, THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT AND ADDITIONALLY 18 EMAILS WERE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE HEARINGS.

SIMILARLY EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.

STAT RECEIVED ONE OPPOSITION LETTER FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO ALSO SPOKE AT THE HEARING. HE EXPRESSED TWO MAIN CONCERNS.

THE FIRST CONCERN THAT THE PROJECT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH POLICY 3-P.11 OF THE CITY'S MOBILITY ELEMENT.

CITY STAFF HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND SYSTEM.

I'M SORRY, THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND MEASURES ANALYZED AND CONDITIONED IN THE PROJECT MEET THE CITY STANDARDS AND OUR APPROPRIATE AND PROPORTIONATE FOR THE PROJECT.

NOW, THE SECOND CONCERN THAT THE PROJECT'S LOCAL MOBILITY ANALYSIS REPORT INADEQUATELY EVALUATED PEDESTRIAN MULTIMODAL LEVEL OF SERVICE BECAUSE OF THE GAP IN THE EXISTING SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE OF AVENIDA ENCINITAS, JUST NORTH OF THE PROJECT SITE.

THE PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THIS GAP THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE PROJECT SOUTHERN DRIVEWAY.

THE IMPROVEMENT IS PROPORTIONATE TO THE IMPACTS ANTICIPATED BY THE PROJECT AND COMPLIES

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THAT RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ZONING CHANGE AND RELATED LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT, AS WELL AS ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND RELATED LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT, SECRET DOCUMENTS AND VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, AS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

OK. CAN WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO 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 A SPEAKER, ALEX HAMNER.

CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? HI. LIKE YOU SAID, I'M ALEX HAMNER, I LIVE IN CARLSBAD, I WORK IN CARLSBAD, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE THIS CHICK FIL A IN THAT AREA.

YOU KNOW, CHICK-FIL-A IS A YUMMY RESTAURANT, GOT HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS AND THERE'S NOT ONE ANYWHERE NEAR THIS AREA.

THERE'S ALREADY RESTAURANTS THERE, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT AS A CHOICE, AND I KNOW I WOULD DEFINITELY BE A REGULAR THERE.

I WORK NOT FAR FROM THERE AS WELL, SO I WOULD VOTE FOR IT.

I THINK THAT'S IT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS MAYOR, BUT WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT ALSO THAT. I WAS GOING TO INVITE THEM TO SPEAK NEXT.

YEAH. CARLOS, I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE LEADING OFF, THIS IS PHIL [INAUDIBLE], I'LL BE SHARING MY SCREEN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, COUNCIL MEMBERS, PHIL, I'LL LET YOU PULL UP THE SCREEN WHEN YOU'RE READY. MY NAME IS.

OK. I SEE IT NOW.

HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME.

MY NAME IS CARLOS ARIAS AND THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR CHICK FIL A, AND FIRST OFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THE PROJECT TONIGHT.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND VERY PROUD OF WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED BEFORE YOU HERE TONIGHT. THIS HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING NOW, AND SO I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF FOR EVERYONE REALLY INVOLVED IN THE COORDINATION PROCESS UP UNTIL THIS POINT.

IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING AND SO ARE JUST A HUGE THANK YOU.

I ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, AND SO THIS ONE IS EXTRA SPECIAL FOR ME JUST TO GET TO BE A PART OF THAT AS WELL, AND SO WE'LL BE MONITORING THIS ONE VERY CLOSELY, BUT WE'LL DO AN OVERVIEW HERE AND HIGHLIGHT CERTAIN KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE OBVIOUS TO MANY IS THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR OPERATORS, THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THE STORE.

THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, PROBABLY THE CRITICAL PIECE TO OUR BUSINESS, AND THESE OPERATORS ARE HEAVILY INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE EXTREMELY INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS AND IN PARTNERING WITH EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THE YOUTH.

MY FAVORITE STORIES ARE THE ONES WHERE THEY THEY'RE JUST POURING INTO THE TEAM MEMBERS AND THEY PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AND JUST OTHER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES OR EVEN BENEFITS WHERE OPPORTUNITIES MAY HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN THERE OTHERWISE, BUT IT'S A UNIQUE BUSINESS OPERATOR MODEL BECAUSE IT THEY RUN THE BUSINESS LIKE IT'S THEIR OWN BECAUSE IT IS. EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT HAVE A CHICK FIL A LOGO ON IT, IT'S THEIR ACTUAL BUSINESS, AND SO THE OPERATORS ARE ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO LIVE IN THE AREA BECAUSE THEY'RE HIGHLY INVOLVED IN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.

IT'S NOT ONE OF THE INVESTOR PASSIVE INVESTOR OPPORTUNITIES OR BUSINESS MODELS OUT THERE WHERE YOU CAN BUY AS MANY STORES OR OPEN UP AS MANY STORES AS YOU WANT.

THAT'S NOT THIS.

WE ARE VERY JUST INTENTIONAL IN THE VETTING PROCESS.

THE VETTING PROCESS ITSELF CAN TAKE OVER AT LEAST A YEAR AND A HALF, MANY TIMES EVEN MORE SO WE JUST MAKE IT A POINT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A GREAT OPERATOR THAT REALLY REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY, AND SO THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE ONE HUNDRED NEW

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MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS, AS MENTIONED BY I THINK IT WAS ALEX, ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO NEIGHBORING CITIES FOR A CHICKEN SANDWICH, AND SO KEEPING THAT ON A LOCAL LEVEL IS, OF COURSE OF BENEFIT.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT ELEMENT OF THE BUSINESS, AND JUST ON BEHALF OF CHICK FIL A, PLEASE KNOW THAT WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BE HERE IN A PARTNER HERE WITH THE CITY AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE CITY AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO PHIL [INAUDIBLE] TO CONTINUE ON THE PRESENTATION HERE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING OUR PROJECT.

THANK YOU, CARLOS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR HALL AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND MR. CHADWICK, MR. MURPHY AND THE PLANNING STAFF.

MY NAME IS PHIL [INAUDIBLE].

I AM WITH [INAUDIBLE] PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND I WORK WITH THE CHICK-FIL-A TEAM.

WE HAVE 14 LOCATIONS IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION FOR CHICK FIL A.

AT THIS POINT, AND CARLSBAD HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR CHICK FIL A FOR SEVERAL YEARS, MANY YEARS, AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO FIND A LOCATION THAT WORKED AND MADE SENSE.

WE WE JOKINGLY SAY WE HAVE CARLSBAD SURROUNDED.

WE HAVE FACILITIES IN OCEANSIDE, SAN MARCOS AND ENCINITAS, AND WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF CUSTOMER REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE IN CARLSBAD SINCE WE OPENED THOSE STORES, AND WE SEE A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF CARLSBAD TO GET TO CHICK FIL A, AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE HERE AND WE JUST WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH OUR PROJECT.

WE'LL TRY NOT TO BE TOO REDUNDANT TO THE STAFF PRESENTATION.

THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF OUTLINING THE LOCATION.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ON RESTAURANT ROW.

IT'S A GREAT LOCATION FOR US WITH FREEWAY EXPOSURE AND NOT ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL OR OTHER SENSITIVE USES, WHICH CAN SOMETIMES BE AN ISSUE, AND IT'S CONVENIENT TO THE LOCAL BUSINESS CROWD FOR LUNCHES, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY REQUESTS.

WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR INTERACTION WITH FOLKS IN THE OFFICE PARK ACROSS AVENIDA FANCINESS.

ONE OTHER THING TO POINT OUT WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY SORT OF VARIANCE OR DEVIATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS A TRADITIONAL, AS YOU CAN SEE, FULL ZONE AND GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT WITH THE COASTAL AMENDMENT.

SO A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL ENTITLEMENT PACKAGE, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, FOR A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE, BUT WE FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO IT RIGHT.

LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF THE FEATURES.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS WILL BE A STANDALONE SIT DOWN RESTAURANT.

THERE IS NO DRIVE THROUGH PROPOSED, AND THAT IS BECAUSE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, NEW DRIVE THROUGHS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

THAT WAS A REAL CHALLENGE FOR CHICK-FIL-A AT THE BEGINNING.

THEY DO RUN ON A VERY DRIVE THRU ORIENTED BUSINESS MODEL, BUT THEY'VE HAD SUCCESS SPECIFICALLY IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER SOUTHERN STATES AND DOING STANDALONE RESTAURANTS THAT DON'T HAVE DRIVE THROUGHS, AND FRANKLY, CARLSBAD WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MARKET TO THEM, THEY DECIDED TO GO FOR IT ANYWAY.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE DOING VERY ENHANCED LANDSCAPE ALONG AVENIDA ENCINITAS AND FROM THE FREEWAY, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU A VISUAL OF IN A SECOND.

ALSO, DUE TO THE ENTITLEMENT METHOD THAT WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH HERE AND HAVING TO GO THROUGH SEQUOIA AT THE LEVEL WE DID, YOU'LL FIND THAT THERE'S ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE BUILDING AND EV CHARGING STATIONS AS REQUIRED BY YOUR CODE.

THIS SOUTHWEST VIEW SHOWS THE EXISTING CONDITION, I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS LOCATION, AND YOU CAN SEE THE AFTER RENDERING FROM THE I-5.

WE THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT ENHANCEMENT.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OFFICE BUILDING AS IT IS, BUT IT IS SOMEWHAT UNDERUTILIZED AND BUILT IN THE 70S, I BELIEVE.

SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THIS UP TO CURRENT AND PROVIDING SOME LANDSCAPING ON THAT SIDE AS WELL. OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF.

THIS IS SOMETHING CHICK-FIL-A TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY.

I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME.

WE'VE BEEN IN PROCESS FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, WHICH GAVE US A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD OUTREACH.

WE EXCEEDED POLICY 84, WHICH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS YOUR POLICY ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

WE NOT ONLY EXCEEDED IT, BUT WE DID IT DURING COVID 19, WHICH WAS AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE. WE HAD REALLY GREAT HELP FROM ARLENE [INAUDIBLE], WHO IS FAMILIAR TO ALL OF YOU ON OTHER PROJECTS.

SHE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND WE ALL WORK HARD TO DO THAT.

WE GOT TO HOST ONE COMMUNITY MEETING BEFORE COVID SET IN, WHICH WAS GREAT RIGHT ON SITE THERE. SET UP OUR TENTS AND HAVE PEOPLE COME BY.

GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND THEN WE HAD TO DO ANOTHER ONE VIRTUALLY, AND THAT WAS MORE RECENTLY TO MAKE UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TOGETHER IN PERSON

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SO IT'S A VERY BUSINESS ORIENTED AREA.

SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE ADJACENT AND WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE GEOGRAPHICALLY TARGETABLE.

WE SWITCHED TO AN ONLINE AND DIGITAL METHOD, SET UP A DEDICATED PROJECT WEBSITE, A PROJECT EMAIL ADDRESS, WHICH WE GOT A LOT OF CONTACT THROUGH PEOPLE WHO COULD ASK US DIRECTLY THEIR QUESTIONS.

WE WENT STRAIGHT ONTO SOCIAL MEDIA WITH AN AD CAMPAIGN TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT WE WERE DOING. THIS IS LARGELY UNPRECEDENTED FOR THIS COMPANY TO PAY FOR ADS TO MAKE PEOPLE INFORMED OF AN APPLICATION AT THE CITY.

WE DID PRESENT TO THE CHAMBER GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED BY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE DID DO ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH SURROUNDING BUSINESSES ON AVENIDA ENCINITAS.

SO WE CONTACTED THEM DIRECTLY.

IN ADDITION TO ALL THOSE REQUIRED OUTREACH REPORTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO FILE.

WE DID SUBMIT AN ADDENDUM THAT WALKS THROUGH MORE IN DETAIL, ALL THE THOROUGHNESS OF KIND OF WHAT WE DID AND THAT WAS EMAILED TO THE CITY LATE LAST WEEK, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT IN YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, EMAIL BOX.

THE NUMBERS WE GENERATED FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE GOT OVER ALMOST 3000 UNIQUE VISITS TO THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN DOTS ON THE MAP.

SO WE HAD A PRETTY HEALTHY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF PEOPLE VISITING THE SITE AND MORE THAN 500 REACTIONS AND MORE THAN 500 OF THEM WERE POSITIVE.

WE DID HAVE SOME NEGATIVE, BUT THE RATIO IS REALLY TELLING.

I WILL SAY I'M USED TO WORKING ON RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS AND PROJECTS PEOPLE DON'T GET QUITE AS EXCITED ABOUT. SO THESE NUMBERS WERE REALLY INSPIRING TO SEE.

324 COMMENTS THAT SUPPORTED THE PROJECT WERE SUBMITTED.

THIS WAS AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE.

AS YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO CLICK CLICK A LIKE BUTTON.

IT'S ANOTHER TO SUBMIT A COMMENT.

SO WE WERE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED.

ONE OF THE MAIN COMMENTS IN THE NEGATIVE OR KIND OF SUBSTANTIVE QUESTIONS WE GOT WAS AROUND CIRCULATION AND PARKING.

NO REAL SURPRISE.

SO I WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT IN SOMEWHAT DETAIL OF WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS WE'RE BUILDING THIS BRAND NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION. THIS IS A LARGE INVESTMENT FOR A STANDALONE RESTAURANT TO MAKE.

I HAVE NOT EVER SEEN THIS IN MY CAREER.

I GUESS IT PROBABLY HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT IT'S SIGNIFICANT, AND THE REAL REASON FOR IT NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP WITH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, BUT IT REALLY FIXES A PEDESTRIAN PROBLEM MANY TIMES BEING ON SITE OUT THERE.

WE FOUND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET IN THIS AREA, AND I WILL SAY I'M FAIRLY QUICK, BUT I WOULDN'T TAKE MY LIFE IN MY OWN HANDS RUNNING ACROSS THAT ROAD IN THE CONDITION IT'S IN. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL HAPPEN THERE. SECOND, WE HAVE THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY, WHICH DOES GET SOMEWHAT CONGESTED, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT ONLY HAS TWO LANES, ONE GOING OUT, ONE COMING IN, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADD A THIRD EXIT LANE THAT WILL HELP TO REALLY ENHANCE THAT.

ALSO, WE'LL BE ADDING A NEW EXIT ENTRANCE TO THE FAR NORTH OF THE SITE, WHICH WILL HELP TO RELIEVE PRESSURE FROM THAT TRAFFIC INTERSECTION.

WE ALSO HAVE THE FOUR EV SPACES IN THE PARKING.

WE ARE OVER PARKING JUST SLIGHTLY AT 41 SPACES.

WE DID GET QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT IS THERE GOING TO BE ENOUGH PARKING HERE? IT'S A POPULAR AREA, SO WE'RE ABLE TO RECONFIGURE THE SITE AND SQUEEZE A FEW MORE PARKING SPACES IN. THE MINIMUM IS THIRTY SEVEN AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING FORTY ONE AND FOUR OF THOSE ARE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SPACES.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE BICYCLE FACILITIES.

SO AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A A DARK PURPLE THAT IS INSIDE THE BUILDING STORAGE FACILITY FOR EMPLOYEES UP TO FOUR BICYCLES THAT EMPLOYEES CAN STORE THEIR BICYCLES INDOORS.

THE CROSSHATCH PURPLE IS FOR BIKE STANDS, WHICH CAN HOLD EIGHT BICYCLES SO PEOPLE CAN RIDE THEIR BICYCLES THERE AND STORE THEM SAFELY OUTSIDE.

WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE MADE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE TO THIS AREA WITH THE WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE MAKING WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

THE INTERSECTION IS ACTUALLY GOING TO OPERATE AT A BETTER LEVEL OF SERVICE, AND WHILE WE DON'T REALLY USE LEVEL OF SERVICE ANYMORE FOR SQUAT PURPOSES, IT'S STILL A PRETTY GOOD MEASURE OF HOW WELL IS THE ROAD FUNCTIONING, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER THAN THE WAY IT FUNCTIONS TODAY.

IN ADDITION, ESPECIALLY WITH COVID, AS WE ALL KNOW, FOOD DELIVERY IS BECOMING A MUCH MORE

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RESTAURANTS ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT.

IT DOES HAVE PARKING IMPLICATIONS.

CHICK-FIL-A IS ACTUALLY AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF ROLLING OUT NEW TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS THAT REALLY ENHANCE THE EFFICIENCY OF HOW MOBILE PICKUP HAPPENS AND REDUCING THE CONGESTION THAT CAN SOMETIMES OCCUR AT OTHER PLACES.

AS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS WITH SOLAR.

THE CURRENT BUILDING DOES NOT HAVE SOLAR ON IT.

PLUS THE FOUR EV STATIONS, AND AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE'RE PROUD TO BRING THIS MODEL OF BUSINESS TO CARLSBAD.

THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF THE OPERATOR AND CHICK FIL A.

IF YOU TALK TO YOUR COLLEAGUES IN OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE HAD CHICK-FIL-A'S, I THINK YOU'LL YOU'LL GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER ON WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY PARTNER LOCAL CHICK-FIL-A'S ARE. THE JOB CREATION NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT.

EACH BUSINESS, EACH LOCATION ENDS UP PRODUCING AROUND 100 TO 120 JOBS IN THE AREA, AND THAT REVENUE IS GOING TO STAY HERE IN CARLSBAD INSTEAD OF DRIVING AND CREATING VMT TO GO TO OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES TO GET THIS FOOD.

SO THOSE ARE THE PROJECT BENEFITS.

WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR TIME.

I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT.

WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

WE DO HAVE OUR. PROJECT TEAM ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND THE REST, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS NEEDED, THANK YOU.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO A COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT AND OR STAFF.

MR. NORBY. THANK YOU, I WANT TO FOCUS IN ON THE PARK IN HERE FOR A SECOND, AND I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED YOU REQUIRED TO HAVE 37 AND YOU HAVE FORTY ONE, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE AREA PRETTY WELL.

I KNOW A LOT OF THE BUSINESS OPERATORS ON THE OTHER SIDE, MANY OF THEM HAVE KIND OF A SHARED BIKE APPARATUS, SO THEIR EMPLOYEES DRIVE TO WORK, BUT THEN AS THEY KIND OF MOTOR AROUND THE VARIOUS AREA, THEY'RE THEY'RE USING THE BIKES PROVIDED BY THEIR EMPLOYER, AND SO THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE OVER PARK.

DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY IF THEY NEED TO CONVERT ONE OR TWO OF THEIR PARKING SPACES TO BIKE PARKING? SHOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT THE DEMAND, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE INSIDE BIKE PARKING FOR EMPLOYEES AND PARKING FOR EIGHT BIKES OUTSIDE, BUT I'M SUSPECTING IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT IN THE FUTURE.

SO DO THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY OR DOES THAT HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL? AT THIS POINT, THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS THIRTY SEVEN, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE FOUR EXTRA PARKING SPACES, SO THEY DO HAVE THAT OVER THE SURPLUS IN PARKING SO THAT IS POSSIBLE. OK, THANK YOU.

THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION.

MY SCREEN CHANGED, SO I CAN'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

I SEE EVERYBODY SHAKING THEIR HEAD, ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

THANK YOU, I ALSO AM FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF THOSE THOSE OTHER RESTAURANTS THAT I'VE FREQUENTED IN THE PAST AND I DO KNOW ABOUT THAT, THAT INTERSECTION AND RUNNING ACROSS THAT INTERSECTION.

SO I'M REALLY, REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THOSE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THIS. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE DEVELOPER FOR LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT FOR THE WHOLE AREA AND THE OTHER COMPLEX NEXT DOOR AS WELL.

THANK YOU. OK.

DR. BHAT-PATEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? NOW, I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN ACOSTA BRINGING UP THE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED TO. THANKS.

MR. NORBY. ANY FINAL COMMENTS? OK. WITH THAT MS. BREWER, CAN YOU TITLE THE ORDINANCE FOR US? YOU'RE MUTED, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. YES, I CAN.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A ZONE CHANGE, LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AND CITYWIDE ZONING MAPS ON TWO PROPERTIES APNS 2 10-170-0809 TOTALING 0.89 ACRES FROM PLANNED INDUSTRIAL PM WITH A COMMERCIAL VISITOR SERVING OVERLAY TO COMMERCIAL TOURIST WITH COMMERCIAL VISITOR AND QUALIFIED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAYS CTQ WITHIN THE MELLOW TWO SEGMENT OF THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AND LOCAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ZONE THREE.

OK. DR.

BHAT-PATEL, YOU GET TO INTRODUCE THE REST OF IT.

GREAT. JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT TO BRING IT UP HERE, BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE

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YOU WOULD NEED TO MOVE APPROVAL OF INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT I JUST TITLED, AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTIONS. OK, SO AND YES, AND MOVING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE AS RECITED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

IN THE RESOLUTIONS.

I ALREADY DID. YEAH.

SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO SECOND, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

SECOND.

OK WITH THAT. CAN WE PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL.

AYE. PRO-TEM BLACKBURN.

HE'S NOT HERE. MY APOLOGIES.

MAYOR HALL.

AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND AGAIN TO STAFF IN THE APPLICANT JOB.

WELL DONE. VERY WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. OK, MOVING ON TO FINAL COMMENTS, NORBY, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST?

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]

OK, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

YES, THANK YOU.

HAPPY TUESDAY, AND IF YOU RIDE IT OUT, IT'S TWO TWO TWO TWO.

SO FEBRUARY 2ND 2022, IT'S VERY EXCITING.

IT'S BEEN ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT MEANS ANYTHING, BUT I WANTED TO JUST MENTION BRIEFLY THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY THIS WEEK.

I THINK THAT THE MAYOR MAY MENTION THAT MORE THAN ONE OF US MAY BE AT THE PARK HYATT [INAUDIBLE] TO SEE THEIR REMODELING, BUT I KNOW THAT'S TOMORROW.

I AM ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, PARTICIPATING IN THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH IS A REALLY COOL THING TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A HANDS ON WAY TO HELP WITH THE EFFORT TO COLLECT DATA ABOUT OUR CURRENT HOMELESS IN THE COMMUNITY.

IN FACT, I PARTICIPATED IN SOMETHING WITH SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY TO COLLECT DATA ABOUT TOBACCO WASTE IN CARLSBAD THE OTHER DAY, COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL WAS THERE AS WELL MEETING WITH A PROFESSOR AND SOME STUDENTS TO LITERALLY COUNT CATALOG AND GEOTAG TOBACCO WASTE IN CARLSBAD.

SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL AND REALLY IMPORTANT TO COLLECT DATA BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE MAKE OUR BEST DECISIONS, AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION IS THAT THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE IS GOING TO BE HAVING ITS BOARD MEETING THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AND PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO TUNE IN.

IF YOU GO TO THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE.ORG.

YOU CAN WATCH IT. THERE'S A LINK THERE TO THE YOUTUBE BROADCAST.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK. THANK YOU, DR.

BHAT-PATEL. YEAH.

SO I'M GOING TO HOPE THAT I CAN MAKE IT OVER TO THE PARK HYATT, I HAVE ANOTHER COMMITMENT AT THE SAME TIME FOR MY BABY, BUT I'M HOPING THAT I CAN TRY TO MAKE IT OVER.

BUT OTHERWISE, I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE POINT IN TIME COUNT AS WELL ON THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL BE, I THINK IT'S MY SECOND TIME BECAUSE I KNOW WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO IT LAST YEAR, BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THAT AND JUST GOING OUT WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM AND JUST BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE.

OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME PERSONAL NEWS THAT LAST WEEK MY BABY TURNED ONE, SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.

I KNOW YOU ALL WERE PART OF THAT LAST YEAR, SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT YOU TURNED ONE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE ONE YEAR OLD NOW, SO.

OTHERWISE, THAT'S IT FOR ME.

THANK YOU, AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA SAID.

WEDNESDAY YOU MIGHT FIND MORE THAN TWO OF US AT THIS EVENT.

IT'S FROM FIVE TO SIX THIRTY AND EVENING WITH AT THE PARK HYATT [INAUDIBLE].

THAT'S THE PARK HYATT [INAUDIBLE] RESORT AT SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED OF YOUR RESORT DRIVE. ALSO, I'M VERY EXCITED TONIGHT TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT.

WE WILL BE TONIGHT WAS OUR LAST REGULAR SCHEDULED VIRTUAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING BEGINNING ON MARCH 1ST, THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WILL RETURN TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS. AS A REMINDER, OUR REGULAR MEETINGS WILL BEGIN AT 5:00 P.M.

IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

ALSO, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT OUR MEETINGS WILL OCCUR IN PERSON.

OF COURSE, IF SOMEONE WISHES TO SEND IN COMMENTS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, YOU CAN STILL DO SO VIA EMAIL TO THE CITY CLERK AT CLERK@CARLSBAD.GOV.

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WE DO NOT.

WE DO NOT HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO ALLOW LIVE VIRTUAL COMMENTING AT OUR MEETINGS.

LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN PATIENT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS AND HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN 350 VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE IN PERSON AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.

MR. CHADWICK. I HAD NOTHING TO REPORT.

MS. BREWER.

NOTHING THANK YOU. CITY CLERK.

NOTHING AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU.

OK, WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE.

MAYOR PRO-TEM HAS ALSO RETURNED IN CASE HE WANTS TO OFFER ANY COMMENT.

I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT HE WAS GONE FOR THE EVENING.

I'M STILL HERE, BUT I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.

THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, MR. BLACKBURN. I THOUGHT YOU SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO CHECK OUT MY MISTAKE.

NO COMMENT, OK? AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK STAFF IN THE COUNCIL JOB.

WELL DONE TONIGHT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN PERSON AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.