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          19TH TO ORDER, AND COULD WE PLEASE START WITH ROLL CALL? 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
YES, MAYOR. LET THE RECORD SHOW COUNCILMEMBER NORBY IS ABSENT. 
          BLACKBURN WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OUR FLAG. 
          MS. BREWER, COULD YOU REPORT OUT ON CLOSED SESSION? THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO REPORTABLE ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING. 
          OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING HELD MARCH 22ND. 
          WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. 
          LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE MINUTES PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [PRESENTATIONS]
MOVING ON TO THE MOST EXCITING PART OF TONIGHT'S MEETING IS PRESENTATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A RECOGNITION OF A DONATION FROM THE FRIENDS OF LEO CARRILLO RANCH, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH US TONIGHT PROJECT MANAGER, SPECIAL PROJECT MANAGER, MICK CALARCO AND FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF CARRILLO RANCH, AUDREY OBERMAN. 
          SO, AND BEFORE YOU START, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY TO THE FRIENDS, IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY WHEN WE STARTED DOWN THIS PATH, AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THESE MANY, MANY YEARS, AND NOT ONLY IS THIS A JEWEL IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, BUT IT'S REALLY A JEWEL OF ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE OUT THERE AND SO I JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU NOT ONLY FOR THE DONATION TONIGHT, BUT ALL THE WORK AND ENERGY AND TIME THAT'S BEEN PUT IN TO CREATE THAT WONDERFUL PLACE. 
          SO, MICK. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION, MAYOR. 
          I DO APPRECIATE IT. 
          THIS IS REALLY AN EXCITING EVENING FOR US BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, THE ROAD THAT WE'VE BEEN DOWN, GOING BACK TO 1991, THE FRIENDS OF CARRILLO RANCH WAS FORMED BY AN INTERESTED CARLSBAD RESIDENT WHO MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WONDERED WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT CANYON, DISCOVERED IT WAS GOING TO BE A PARK, AND DECIDED TO GET INVOLVED IN ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION, AND THAT IS JUST A REAL TESTAMENT TO HOW MUCH PEOPLE LOVE THEIR CITY AND THE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH GOOD WORKS AND VOLUNTEERISM IN THIS CITY. 
          SO, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AUDREY OBERMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF CARRILLO RANCH, TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT'S DONATION. 
          THANK YOU, MICK. THE FRIENDS OF CARRILLO RANCH, INC. 
          IS EXCITED AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO FURTHER ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION THROUGH THIS $19,000 DONATION TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IN SUPPORT OF THE LEO CARRILLOO RANCH HISTORIC PARK. 
          THIS DONATION IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF OUR GENEROUS FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP AND THE FRIENDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPRESENTED HERE TONIGHT BY STEVE SCHECHNER. 
          BONNIE. OH, I'M NOT SURE IF BONNIE IS HERE. 
          GARY NESSIM, RICK EVANS, [INAUDIBLE] BALL AND THEN ABSENT RICK DREYER AND JOAN KENDALL. 
          THIS DONATION WILL BE USED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO HELP FUND THE RESTORATION OF THE ORIGINAL 1930S BEDROOM SET BELONGING TO LEO AND DEEDEE CARRILLO AND TO DESIGN, DEVELOP AND INSTALL A NEW INTERPRETIVE EXHIBIT FOCUSING ON THE PRIVATE LIVES OF THE CARRILLO FAMILY. 
          NOW THAT FUNDING HAS BEEN SECURED, A STAFF AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER GROUP WILL BE FORMED TO GUIDE THE RESTORATION EXHIBIT PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INSTALLATION IN THE HACIENDA AT LEO CARRILLO RANCH. 
          THE PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR FROM START TO OPENING. 
          THE EXHIBIT WILL BENEFIT RANCH VISITORS AND THE MORE THAN 1200 FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO VISIT THE RANCH EACH YEAR FOR THE CALIFORNIA HISTORY AND ART PROGRAM. 
          IN SUPPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA HISTORY AND ART PROGRAM, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO JOIN US AT THE UPCOMING FIESTA AT THE RANCHO. 
          THIS ANNUAL FUNDRAISER IS BACK AFTER A NEARLY THREE-YEAR HIATUS AND TAKES PLACE ON SATURDAY, MAY 14. 
          EARLYBIRD TICKETS ARE $75 PER PERSON UNTIL MAY 1ST, WHEN THE PRICE INCREASES TO $100, AND THE CLERK HAS SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 
          I BELIEVE THE EVENING FEATURES A DELICIOUS SANTA MARIA STYLE BARBECUE DINNER ENTERTAINMENT AND AN EXTENSIVE SILENT AUCTION. 
          100% OF THE PROFITS FROM THIS EVENT GOES TOWARDS FUNDING THE CALIFORNIA HISTORY AND ART PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS EVERY FOURTH-GRADE CLASSROOM IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AWARD-WINNING FIELD TRIP COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE. 
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TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED ONLINE BY VISITING CARLSBAD CONNECT ORG AND SEARCHING FIESTA OR BY SCANNING THE HANDY QR CODE ON OUR FLYER, WHICH THE CLERK HAS, OR REACH OUT TO STAFF AT THE RANCH BY CALLING (442)339-5042. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS BOARD AND MEMBERSHIP, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF LEO CARRILLO RANCH HISTORIC PARK. 
          [APPLAUSE] AGAIN, THANK YOU, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN OUT TO THE RANCH, YOU'RE REALLY MISSING SOMETHING. 
          IT IS JUST A REALLY WONDERFUL PLACE, AND I WOULD ALSO JUST ASK TO INVITE YOU TO BE PART OF THEIR FUNDRAISER. 
          THAT WOULD HELP THEM ALSO. 
          SO, AND THAT'S AGAIN, IT'S AT CARLSBADCA.GOV/SPECIAL-EVENT. 
          SO, THANK YOU. NEXT, MOVING ON TO PROCLAMATION AND PRESENTATION, SHANE LYON, PARKS INSPECTOR AND REPRESENTATIVE FROM KYLE FIRE, AND IT'S FOR NATIONAL ARBOR DAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SHANE AND LYNETTE SHORT FROM CAL FIRE TO COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, AND I'LL BEGIN BY READING THE PROCLAMATION, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AS FAR AS OUR TREES. 
          SO, THE PROCLAMATION READS: IN 1872, J. 
          STERLING MORTON PROPOSED TO NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE THAT A SPECIAL DAY BE SET ASIDE FOR PLANTING OF TREES, WHEREAS THE HOLIDAY ENTITLED ARBOR DAY IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD. 
          ARBOR DAY PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT PLATFORM TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HEALTHY FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AND PEOPLE IN ECONOMIES. 
          WHEREAS TREES CAN REDUCE THE EROSION OF PRECIOUS TOP SOILS BY WIND AND WATER, CUT HEATING AND COOLING COSTS, MODERATE THE TEMPERATURE, CLEAN THE AIR, AND PRODUCE OXYGEN AND PROVIDE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE. 
          WHEREAS TREES IN OUR CITY CAN INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES, ENHANCE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS AND BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A TREE CITY USA BY THE NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION AND THE USDA FOREST SERVICE FOR THE 17TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR AND DESIRES TO CONTINUE TREE PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MATT HALL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 24TH THROUGH THE 30TH, 2022 IS ARBOR WEEK IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, SHANE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. 
          AS YOU MENTIONED, ARBOR DAY IS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMPONENT OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN MENTIONED IN THE PROCLAMATION THIS YEAR. 
          SPECIFIC EVENT AT THE LEO CARRILLO RANCH HISTORIC PARK IS ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH, FROM THE HOURS OF 8:30 A.M. 
          TO 11 A.M.. 
          RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AND CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE UNDER CITY SERVICES AND UNDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION TAB. 
          GO ABOUT HALF DOWN THE PAGE AND THERE IS THE EVENT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. 
          WE ALSO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPANTS TO ARRIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT EARLY SO THAT THEY CAN SIGN IN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET STARTED ON TIME. 
          PLEASE ALSO WEAR CLOSED-TOED SHOES AND BRING A HAT, SUNGLASSES AND SUNSCREEN IF YOU CAN. 
          AS WITH MOST DAYS IN CARLSBAD, WE EXPECT GOOD WEATHER, SO THAT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE. 
          EACH YEAR, OUR ARBOR DAY EVENT NOT ONLY ADDS TREES, BUT IT ALSO CONTINUES OUR STATUS AS A MEMBER OF TREE CITY USA AND IS ONE OF OUR EFFORTS TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE OUR URBAN FOREST CANOPY. AT THE EVENT, WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL PARTNERING AGENCIES WITH US IN SUPPORT OF OUR ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND TREE PLANTING EFFORTS. 
          CAL FIRE, WEST COAST ARBORISTS AND URBAN CORE ARE JUST A FEW. 
          AS MAYOR HALL MENTIONED EARLIER, I ALSO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO STAY AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE EVENT AND ENJOY WHAT THE PARK HAS TO OFFER. 
          IT HAS A WEALTH OF HISTORY AND IS REALLY JUST A REALLY BEAUTIFUL GROUND TO EXPLORE AND REALLY JUST ENJOY WHAT CARLSBAD HAS TO OFFER. 
          WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE LYNETTE SHORT WITH CAL FIRE, AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT TREE CITY, USA. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME OUT. 
          IT'S NICE TO BE BACK OUT IN PERSON AT EVENTS LIKE THIS AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME SUPPORT IN-PERSON, BUT A LITTLE BIT FOR THE AUDIENCE AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT TREE CITY USA IS A PROGRAM PUT ON BY THE NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION, AND IT WAS AS RECENT AS 1976, BUT THE EFFORT FOR THIS TYPE 
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OF PROGRAM ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO ALL THE WAY TO WHERE YOUR PROCLAMATION SAYS ONE PIONEER THAT HAD A VISION FOR GREENER CALIFORNIA BACK IN OR JUST FOR THE UNITED STATES IN GENERAL IN 1872 WAS KIND OF THE FIRST EFFORT TOWARDS THIS PROGRAM. 
          IT EVOLVED OVER A COURSE OF YEARS, BUT J. 
          STERLING MORTON WAS FROM THE DETROIT AREA AND MOVED TO THE NEBRASKA TERRITORY WHERE IT WAS VERY BLEAK AND NOT VERY DEVOUT OF TREES, AND SO HE AND HIS WIFE DECIDED TO PLANT A WHOLE BUNCH OF TREES AND THEY GARNERED A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT EVOLVED. THERE WAS A LOT OF EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN, BUT IN THE LATE 1800S, HE PROPOSED AT A BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING THAT THEY PROPOSE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY AND CALL IT ARBOR DAY. ARBOR'S, A LATIN TERM USED FOR TREES, AND IT EVOLVED. 
          SO, J. STERLING MORTON WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION, AND LIKE I SAID, IN 1976, THEY STARTED A PROGRAM SO THAT CITIES COULD BASICALLY SHOW THEIR COMMITMENT TOWARDS TREES. 
          SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE. 
          THERE ARE SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT CITIES HAVE TO MEET, AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT IN PRECEDENTED TIMES WHEN BUDGETS ARE CUT AND EVERYTHING, TREES ARE OFTEN--AND WE'VE SEEN OVER TIME--AN ASSET THAT IS OVERLOOKED AND THOSE BUDGETS ARE OFTEN UNDERMINED. 
          SO, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THIS CERTIFICATION, IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT. 
          18 YEARS CONSECUTIVE IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WITH CARLSBAD FOR THE TREE CITY USA CERTIFICATION. 
          SO, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR OWN DEDICATED TREE BOARD THAT'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAM IN THE CITY. 
          YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TREE ORDINANCE DEDICATED TOWARDS THE MAINTENANCE AND THE PROTECTION OF YOUR TREES. YOU HAVE TO SPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT PER CAPITA OF YOUR BUDGET ON YOUR TREE PROGRAM, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO HOLD AN ARBOR DAY OBSERVANCE, AND EVEN DURING COVID TIMES, YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO, ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION--I'M HELPING REPRESENT THE NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION--I'M VERY PLEASED TO PRESENT TO THE CITY THEIR 18TH CONSECUTIVE TREE CITY USA CERTIFICATION FOR 2021. 
          SO, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. 
          [APPLAUSE] OKAY, MOVING ON, A PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF INNOVATION DAY AND DR. 
          BHAT-PATEL WILL TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS. 
          SURE, THANK YOU, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE MS. CHRISTIE MARCELLA, COO OF CONNECT, BEFORE I START TO READ THE PROCLAMATION, AND I KNOW SO FOR INNOVATION, I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          I KNOW FOLKS WILL ALWAYS SAY CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT AND WITH INNOVATION, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO, IS SEEING THAT CHANGE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO INNOVATE HERE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. 
          SO, WITH THAT, WHEREAS THE CARLSBAD COMMUNITY IS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE REGION'S INNOVATION ECONOMY, WITH OVER 15,000 INNOVATION JOBS, GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS AND LEADING COMPANIES IN KEY INDUSTRY CLUSTERS, AND WHEREAS, THE SAN DIEGO, TIJUANA BINATIONAL MEGA REGION IS A GLOBAL INNOVATION HUB IN TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES, WITH RICH DIVERSITY FROM STARTUPS AND FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES TO WORLD RENOWNED UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, AND WHEREAS, THE REGION'S FOREMOST ORGANIZATION FOSTERING INNOVATIVE GROWTH AND STARTUP ALONG WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT CONNECT IS BRINGING TOGETHER COMPANIES, VENTURE CAPITALISTS AND PARTNERS ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES AND LEVELS TO CELEBRATE SAN DIEGO BEING AMONG THE TOP INNOVATION REGIONS OF THE WORLD AT A CELEBRATORY EVENT ON APRIL 28TH, 2022, AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IS COMMITTED TO BEING AN INNOVATIVE AS THE COMPANIES IT SERVES AND FOSTERS A VIBRANT INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM. 
          THEREFORE, I, COUNCILMEMBER PRIYA BHAT-PATEL, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 28TH, 2022, AS INNOVATION DAY IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, AND WITH THAT, MS. CHRISTIE MARCELLA. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 
          IT'S NICE TO BE BACK AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR FIRST EVER INNOVATION DAY ON APRIL 28TH AT PETCO PARK. 
          AS COUNCILMEMBER BOB PATEL STATED, SAN DIEGO'S INNOVATION ECONOMY IS THRIVING. 
          OUR COMPANIES, WHETHER LIFE SCIENCES OR TECHNOLOGY, CLEAN TECH OR ACTION SPORTS, ARE GROWING AND HUNGRY FOR TALENT. 
          THESE COMPANIES GENERATE REALLY QUALITY, HIGH PAYING JOBS, AND EACH OF THOSE JOBS CREATES NEARLY AN ADDITIONAL THREE JOBS IN OUR LOCAL AND REGIONAL INNOVATION ECONOMIES. 
          THAT'S TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND CONNECT REALLY FELT LIKE COMING OUT OF COVID, IT WAS TIME TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND TO CELEBRATE SAN DIEGO'S PLACE AMONG ONE OF THE TOP INNOVATION HUBS IN THE WORLD. 
          CARLSBAD HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN AS A WELCOME HOME TO INNOVATIVE COMPANIES, WHETHER THEY ARE STARTUPS OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE LOCATING THEIR GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS, AND IN 2021, CARLSBAD COMPANIES RAISED OVER $1,000,000,000 IN VENTURE AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL 
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ALONE. 
          SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO CARLSBAD COMPANIES. 
          CONNECT LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT CARLSBAD COMPANIES KNOWS THAT THERE IS A COLLABORATIVE, INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM THAT SERVES THE ENTIRE SAN DIEGO REGION TO MAKE SURE OUR COMPANIES CAN GROW AND THRIVE FIVE, TEN AND 30 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT PETCO PARK ON THE 28TH. 
          THANK YOU, AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          [APPLAUSE] NEXT, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, THE BROWN ACT ALLOWS ANY MEMBER OF THE 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT]
PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT. 
          MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING BY PROVIDING COMMENTS AS PROVIDED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS AGENDA. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE COMMENTS AS REQUESTED UP TO THE FIRST 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. WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HOWEVER, WE ASK YOU TO REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING DURING THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE MEETING, STARTING WITH NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THIS WILL HELP MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND THAT THIS CHAMBER IS A PLACE WHERE ALL POINTS OF VIEW ARE WELCOME AND RESPECTED. 
          SPEAKERS. YES. 
          THE FIRST SPEAKER IS ROSEMARY ESHELMAN, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN CONNOR. 
          ROSEMARY ESHELMAN 1133 CAMINO DEL SOL CIRCLE IN CARLSBAD, OVER 35-YEAR RESIDENT AND INVOLVED. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL AND THE CARLSBAD COMMUNITY. 
          I COME TO YOU THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS THE TOPIC OF A SURVEY OF HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS AND THEIR PREFERENCE BETWEEN A $0.01 SALES TAX INCREASE OR LEGALIZING MARIJUANA IN CARLSBAD AS A FUTURE REVENUE RESOURCE. 
          I'VE WORKED IN THE PREVENTION FIELD IN CARLSBAD FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. 
          IN THESE YEARS I'VE WORKED WITH MANY AGENCIES, INCLUDING CARLSBAD, PD RECREATION, CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO CONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE TO WHAT THEY LOVE SO THEY AVOID NEGATIVE DECISIONS AND INFLUENCES. 
          WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO CREATE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS SO YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BUILD CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY AS WELL AS MENTOR OTHERS. 
          WE BRING OVER 100 FAMILIES TO CITY HALL AT THE END OF OCTOBER FOR A PROCLAMATION FOR RED RIBBON WEEK TO SHOW THAT WE SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR DECISIONS TO MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES AND TO LEAD THEIR HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE LIVES. 
          MARIJUANA IS LEGAL FOR ADULTS, BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DO NOT ACCESS THC GUMMY BEARS AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND OR UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE DRUGS THERE. FRONTAL LOBE IS NOT DEVELOPED, AND THEY ARE CURIOUS. 
          THE INTERNET BRINGS ON A WHOLE NEW WILD WEST TO THIS TO THEM WHEN THEY CAN ACCESS ANYTHING. WE'RE PREDATORS AT EVERY STEP. 
          FENTANYL IS AN OVERDOSE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH IN SAN DIEGO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MENTAL HEALTH IS ON THE RISE IN YOUNG PEOPLE, AS YOU KNOW, I FEAR THAT IF WE ALLOW THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA IN CARLSBAD, WE ARE OPENING A WHOLE NEW PROBLEM FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY. I KNOW I HAVE A BUDGET I HAVE TO STICK TO EVERY MONTH IN ORDER TO PAY MY BILLS AND CANNOT REACH OUT TO ANYONE ELSE TO ASK THEM TO PAY AND GIVE ME MONEY BECAUSE I HAVE OVERSPENT. I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO THE RIGHT THING, MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR YOUTH IN CARLSBAD, AND BE SURE THAT WE THINK THIS THROUGH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          BRIAN CONNOR, FOLLOWED BY JOHN BOTTORFF. 
          MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO PREFACE MY REMARKS BY STATING, FOR WHATEVER I DON'T SEE OR KNOW ABOUT THE MIX OF CITY WORK, I AM THANKFUL FOR IT, AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK AND, AND WITHOUT A SENSE OF THANKFULNESS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD BE. I'M SIGNALING MY DETERMINATION TO ADDRESS THE LONG-STANDING PROBLEM OF CHRONIC LOW FREQUENCY NOISE, WHICH IS GENERATED BY THE POSEIDON WATER DESALINATION FACILITY. THIS IS AN OVERSIGHT BY VARIOUS REGULATORY AGENCIES THAT HAVE FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT OF LOW FREQUENCY NOISES ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION STATES THAT THESE SORTS OF NOISES CAN HAVE A NUMBER OF PHYSIOLOGICAL HEALTH IMPACTS, INCLUDING HYPERTENSION, HIGH STRESS LEVELS. 
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TONIGHT, IS HEARING LOSS, SLEEP DISTURBANCES AND OTHER HARMFUL AND DISTURBING EFFECTS. 
          THAT'S WHAT IT STATES, AND THERE'S 19 2019 EXISTING LITERATURE ASSOCIATED WITH FASTER COGNITIVE DECLINE. 
          NOW THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF HEARING ABILITIES, AND SOME PEOPLE I SPOKE TO DON'T HEAR THE NOISE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHETHER, MR. MAYOR, YOU'RE MORE OR LESS CLOSEE TO THAT FACILITY THAN I AM. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU HEAR IT AT NIGHTTIME, BUT WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE IS SORT OF LIKE A BIG WASHING MACHINE, THRUMMING, RHYTHMIC. 
          THERE ARE EIGHT PUMPS THAT ARE EXPOSED TO THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE SOUTH PART OF THAT PLANT, AND THERE'S NO SHEDDING ON THAT. 
          I JUST LISTEN TO NPR THE OTHER DAY AND IT'S STATED THAT THESE SORTS OF NOISES ARE CAPABLE OF GOING RIGHT THROUGH WALLS. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE US NAVY USES LOW FREQUENCY FREQUENCIES FOR COMMUNICATION WITH SUBMARINES FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES THROUGH WATER. 
          THESE ARE VERY PERVASIVE. 
          THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS NOW ESTIMATING THAT THESE SORTS OF NOISES MAY IN FACT CONTRIBUTE TO TWICE THE IMPACT THAT HIGHER FREQUENCY NOISES THAT WE ASSOCIATE WITH MOTORCYCLES AND AIRPLANES AND SO FORTH MAY HAVE ON THE POPULATIONS AT-LARGE, SO I'M ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE CITY NOW. 
          I'M ASKING FOR AN ASSESSMENT. 
          I'M WILLING TO PUT MY HOUSE UP AND YOU CAN PUT INSTRUMENTS IN MY HOUSE. 
          I'LL VACATE IT, AND YOU CAN MEASURE IT FOR YOURSELF. 
          THANK YOU. JOHN BOTTORFF. 
          GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. I FIRST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE WONDERFUL PROCLAMATION ABOUT ALL THE TREES GOING IN. 
          THAT'S REALLY, REALLY FANTASTIC. 
          LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I TALKED ABOUT THE DANGERS OF WOOD SMOKE, AND I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT IF YOU GUYS WOULD LOOK INTO BANNING LIKE RECREATIONAL FIRES AND THAT TYPE OF THING, WOOD SMOKE IS INCREDIBLY HARSH AND HARMFUL AND IT'S WORSE THAN CIGARETTES, AND SPEAKING OF CIGARETTES, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER BANNING SMOKING IN MULTITENANT HOUSING. THE DANGER OF SECONDHAND SMOKE IS VERY, VERY WELL KNOWN AND IT'S NOT FAIR THAT SOMEONE IN A UNIT WHO DOESN'T SMOKE IS EXPOSED TO CIGARETTE SMOKE OR OTHER TYPES OF SMOKE FROM A UNIT NEXT DOOR, PARTICULARLY WITH CHILDREN AND THEIR INCREDIBLY HIGH RATES OF ASTHMA WHEN EXPOSED TO SMOKE. 
          YOU ALSO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THIRD HAND SMOKE, WHICH IS JUST CONTACT. 
          SO, EVEN IF YOU SMOKE AND IT'S ON YOUR HANDS AND IF YOU WASH YOUR HANDS, THE NICOTINE AND OTHER RESIDUES ARE STILL THERE. 
          45 MINUTES LATER, IT COMES BACK. 
          SO, IF I SMOKE AND I TOUCH SOMETHING AND A CHILD TOUCHES THAT LATER, A TOY OR WHATEVER, THEY'RE STILL EXPOSED TO A LOT OF THE SAME DANGERS FROM SECONDHAND SMOKE. 
          SO, PLEASE CONSIDER BANNING SMOKING IN MULTITENANT HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS. 
          [CONSENT CALENDAR]
OKAY, WE THANK YOU. 
          MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL AN ITEM? SEEING NONE, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR? SECOND. 
          PLEASE VOTE. CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          MOVING ON FOR ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION. 
          [5. ORDINANCE NO. CS-420 – PHASED-IN SINGLE-USE PLASTIC FOODWARE BAN]
MS. BREWER. 
          THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE SIX OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD CHAPTER 6.20 PHASED IN SINGLE USE. PLASTIC FOOD WEAR BAN. 
          ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, JOHN BOTTORFF. 
          I JUST WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PLASTIC ORDINANCE AND ALSO WHEN I TALKED ABOUT BANNING RECREATIONAL FIRES, I MISSPOKE. 
          WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS STOPPING THE WOOD FIRE. 
          SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLASTIC ORDINANCE. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, MOTION? MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
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SECOND. 
          PLEASE VOTE. ITEM FIVE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [6. POLICE DEPARTMENT’S MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE POLICY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 481]
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE POLICY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 481, AND, MR. CHADWICK, CAN YOU MAKE THE INTRODUCTION? THANK YOU, SIR, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS LIEUTENANT REID SHIPLEY AND DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ALLEGRA FROST. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ALLEGRA FROST, AND--IF YOU KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE MIC, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE. 
          HOW IS THIS? I CAN HEAR MYSELF. 
          THAT'S MUCH BETTER. 
          I'M DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ALLEGRA FROST AND CO-PRESENTING WITH ME TONIGHT IS LIEUTENANT REID SHIPLEY. 
          SO, A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT. 
          I'LL START OFF WITH A BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT ASSEMBLY BILL 41 AND OUTLINE THE COUNCIL APPROVAL PROCESS THAT WILL BE STARTING TONIGHT, AND THEN I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO LIEUTENANT SHIPLEY TO DISCUSS THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT, USE POLICY AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO, ON SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2021, THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA SIGNED INTO LAW ASSEMBLY BILL 481, WHICH RELATES TO THE USE OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT BY ALL CALIFORNIA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THE LEGISLATION IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS WHAT THE LEGISLATURE FELT IS THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT'S USE OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THEIR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE AND ENABLE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY'S DECISION WHETHER TO USE OR ACQUIRE MILITARY EQUIPMENT. 
          THE BILL REQUIRES ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHICH HAVE MILITARY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, TO DEVELOP A MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE POLICY WHICH NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY ORDINANCE. 
          THE TERM MILITARY EQUIPMENT IS DEFINED BY STATUTE AND IT'S DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT A FEW EXAMPLES OF ITEMS WHICH FALL WITHIN THAT STATUTORY DEFINITION ARE DRONES, ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, COMMAND CONTROL VEHICLES, FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION OF 50 CALIBER OR GREATER, AS WELL AS SPECIALIZED FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION UNDER 50 CALIBER, INCLUDING ASSAULT WEAPONS. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES THINGS LIKE BEANBAGS, RUBBER BULLETS AND SPECIALTY IMPACT MUNITIONS, AS WELL AS THE LAUNCH PLATFORM. 
          HOWEVER, STANDARD ISSUED SHOTGUNS AND AMMUNITION DO NOT FALL WITHIN THE DEFINITION. 
          SO, THE POLICY NEEDS TO BE INTRODUCED TO COUNCIL BY MAY 1ST, 2022, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. IT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN 180 DAYS, AND IF THE POLICY IS NOT APPROVED BY THAT STATUTORY DEADLINE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO USE THEIR MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE OR ACQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND TELL THE COUNCIL THE POLICY IS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. 
          SO, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE START OF WHAT WILL BE AN ANNUAL PROCESS. 
          GOING FORWARD, COUNCIL WILL NEED TO REVIEW THE ORDINANCE ANNUALLY AND VOTE ON WHETHER TO RENEW IT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO PREPARE AND PUBLICLY RELEASE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT USED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, AND THEY'LL ALSO NEED TO HOLD AT LEAST ONE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING REGARDING THE REPORT. 
          SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POLICIES THAT WHAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THE POLICY. 
          THE POLICY NEEDS TO INCLUDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EACH TYPE OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT THE CITY HAS. 
          WE REFER TO THIS AS THE INVENTORY. 
          IT'S APPENDIX A TO THE POLICY, AND THE INVENTORY ITSELF COVERS THE PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZED USE FOR EACH PIECE OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS THE LEGAL AND PROCEDURAL RULES THAT GOVERN ITS USE. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES THE COST FOR EACH ITEM AND THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AND THEN LASTLY, THE POLICY PROVIDES A MECHANISM TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND FOR SUBMITTING COMPLAINTS AND QUESTIONS RELATED TO MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE BY THE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO, I WILL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER NOW TO LIEUTENANT SHIPLEY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE POLICY AND THE INVENTORY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO, WITH RESPECT TO THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT INVENTORY, WE WANTED TO CREATE A DOCUMENT THAT WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CLEAR, DETAILED INFORMATION IN A FORMAT THAT WAS UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND ALLOWS FOR OPEN ENGAGEMENT AND DIALOG, AND THIS WAS OUR COPY OF OUR 
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MILITARY EQUIPMENT INVENTORY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON OUR DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. 
          EVERY ITEM WITHIN THE INVENTORY SERVES SOME FORM OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR OFFICER SAFETY OR DE-ESCALATION PURPOSE, AND IN FACT, MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THIS INVENTORY ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S DE-ESCALATION POLICY. 
          EQUIPMENT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL TO MANAGING MANY OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE MARATHON AND THE STREET FAIR, AND MANY OF THESE ITEMS ARE DEPLOYED TO THAT TO ENSURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD ARE SAFE. 
          WE ALSO RESPOND TO LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS SUCH AS FIRES OR THE PROTESTS THAT WE REMEMBER FROM THE SUMMER OF 2020, AND THIS ALLOWS US TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY AND GATHER INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESOURCES ARE PROPERLY DEPLOYED. 
          EVERY ITEM IN THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REQUIRES SOME FORM OF ORIENTATION OR INITIAL TRAINING. MANY OF THE ITEMS INVOLVE ONGOING REFRESHER TRAINING, AND IN THE CASE OF SOME OF THEM, REGULAR CERTIFICATIONS, SUCH AS OUR LESS LETHAL PLATFORMS THAT REQUIRE ONGOING CERTIFICATION TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY DEPLOYED, AND THE OFFICERS UNDERSTAND TO USE THEM APPROPRIATELY. 
          MANY OF OUR TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, OUR UAVS OR DRONES REQUIRE FAA LICENSING BEFORE BEING PILOTED BY DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. THEY ALSO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE LEGAL EXPECTATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENT POLICIES. MANY OTHER OWN POLICIES, BUT THEY ALSO COMPLY WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, USE OF FORCE POLICY, DE-ESCALATION POLICY AND A VARIETY OF OTHERS. 
          THE INVENTORY IS DIVIDED INTO CATEGORIES. 
          JUST FOR CLARITY AND EASE OF USE FOR THE PUBLIC AS THEY REVIEW IT. 
          THE TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY PROVIDES REAL TIME INFORMATION, ENABLING US TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE PLANS IN OUR RESPONSE. 
          LESS LETHAL IS THAT CRITICAL LINCHPIN OF DE-ESCALATION RESPONSE GIVING US ALTERNATIVES TO LETHAL FORCE. THE FIREARMS ARE THOSE THAT ARE ALTERNATIVES TO THE TYPICAL PISTOLS CARRIED BY POLICE OFFICERS AND REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND REGULAR CERTIFICATION AS WELL AS OUR CHEMICAL AGENTS AND BREACHING EQUIPMENT WHICH ARE USED BY OUR SWAT TEAM AND THE VEHICLES, AND THE THREE VEHICLES IN THIS REPORT INCLUDE THE COMMAND POST AND THE DEPARTMENT'S ARMORED RESCUE VEHICLE. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, OH, SORRY, ON THE LAST SLIDE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUT OF ALL OF OUR INVENTORY AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT, ONLY 17% IS DESIGNATED OR AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE PATROL USE. 
          THOSE ARE PRIMARILY ITEMS SUCH AS OUR LESS LETHAL PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THEM TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO CRITICAL INCIDENTS IN THE FIELD. 
          MOST OF THE ITEMS ARE RESERVED FOR OUR SWAT TEAM, WHICH RECEIVES EXTRA TRAINING AND EXTRA PREPARATION FOR THE PROPER USE OF THE ITEMS AND ARE DEPLOYED ONLY IN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OR CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT THREATEN PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          IN CONCLUSION, WE'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE'RE PART OF THIS HEARING COMPLIES WITH AB 481 AND INTRODUCE THIS ORDINANCE, ADOPTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MILITARY USE EQUIPMENT POLICY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 841 AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM HERE. 
          OKAY, THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DR. 
          BHAT-PATEL? SURE, THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          JUST BRIEFLY, I KNOW THAT AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, THESE ARE ALREADY MATERIALS THAT WE HAD THAT WE WERE ALREADY UTILIZING. 
          THIS IS JUST A NEW BILL THAT ALLOWS BASICALLY IS KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN ALSO GIVING THE JURISDICTION TO THE POLICYMAKERS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH UTILIZING THE MATERIALS MOVING FORWARD, CORRECT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT'S DIFFERENT OR NEW FROM WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN USING, AND MOST OF THE ITEMS IN HERE, NOT NECESSARILY THIS COUNCIL, BUT HAVE PRESENTED BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCILS IN THE PAST TO APPROVE THEIR ADOPTION AS AN INDIVIDUAL PURCHASING ITEM. 
          SO, YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT'S UNIQUE. 
          THE PURPOSE IS TO ALLOW US FURTHER TRANSPARENCY AND INVOLVEMENT OF BOTH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR CITIZENS IN THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU, AND THEN YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THAT POSTING OF THE INFORMATION AND EVERYTHING. 
          SO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT AWARE FOR THE PUBLIC AGAIN, JUST TO SAY THAT WAS PART OF THE PROCESS AND THEN THAT YOU ALL HAD REACHED OUT TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AS WELL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT FEEDBACK WAS TAKEN. 
          SO THAT WAS IT FOR MY QUESTIONS. 
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THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, SEEING NO QUESTIONS. 
          ANY FINAL COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA. 
          YES, JUST A QUICK COMMENT. 
          JUST PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THE LAST THING THAT YOU JUST SAID, OFFICER. 
          YOU SAID THE PURPOSE OF THIS REALLY WAS TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          I LOVE THAT AND I LOVE THAT WE DID SUCH A GOOD JOB DETAILING OUR INVENTORY. 
          SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND I SUPPORT THIS, THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. DR. 
          BHAT-PATEL, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT, FINAL COMMENT? THANK YOU, I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A HEAVY LIFT TO PUT ALL OF IT TOGETHER. 
          IT'S A VERY LONG LIST IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT, AND OF COURSE, I SUPPORT THE MEASURE, THANKS. COMMISSIONER BLACKBURN COMMENT. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE A HARD JOB. 
          YOU NEED THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THE JOB EFFECTIVELY, BUT I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT, TO ME, IT'S A MISLEADING OR MISLABELED ASSEMBLY BILL CALLING IT MILITARY EQUIPMENT. 
          I WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT HAPPIER IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED JUST SPECIALIZED POLICE EQUIPMENT. IT'S POLICE EQUIPMENT. 
          IT'S NOT MILITARY EQUIPMENT, BUT THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS, AND I SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE. 
          I, TOO, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, WELL DONE. 
          WITH THAT, MS. BREWER, IF YOU WANT TO TITLE THE ORDINANCE. 
          YES, THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE POLICY. 
          MOVE INTRODUCTION TO THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. 
          SECOND. 
          PLEASE VOTE. ITEM NUMBER SIX PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [7. HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS]
MOVING ON TO HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS. MR. CHADWICK, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS? THANK YOU, SIR, AND MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS GOING TO BE OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER, ERIC LARDY. SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 
          I WILL START WITH A QUICK SUMMARY OF MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. 
          FIRST, I WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTION. 
          THEN I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE BACKGROUND OF THE PROPOSED HOUSING ELEMENT. 
          THEN I WILL SUMMARIZE THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, AND I WILL FINISH WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS. 
          THE PROPOSED ACTION INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION TO IMPLEMENT THREE HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS THROUGH AMENDMENTS TO THE CARLSBAD ZONING ORDINANCE AND BUILDING CODE. THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE REQUIRE AN ASSOCIATED LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT. FOR BACKGROUND, ON APRIL 6TH, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN UPDATE TO THE CITY'S HOUSING ELEMENT FOR THE SIXTH CYCLE TO COVER THE PERIOD FROM 2021 TO 2029. 
          SUBSEQUENTLY, ON JULY 13TH, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CERTIFIED THAT IT IS IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH STATE HOUSING ELEMENT LAW. THE HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDES GOALS, POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND OBJECTIVES. 
          GOALS ARE ARTICULATED AS END STATE CONDITIONS. 
          THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED BY POLICIES, STATEMENTS ON THE POSITION THE CITY TAKES TO IMPLEMENT THE GOAL, AND THEN THE PROGRAMS AND OBJECTIVES OUTLINE THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS THE CITY WILL TAKE TO ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICIES. 
          THERE ARE THREE HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR TO ENSURE CONTINUED COMPLIANCE OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT. 
          I WILL NOW HIGHLIGHT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 
          THE FIRST PROGRAM IS OBJECTIVE 1.6 G RELATING TO THE PROCESSING OF SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THE REQUIREMENTS AND AUTHORIZATION FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANS ARE INCLUDED IN CHAPTER 2153 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH OUTLINES THE REVIEW AUTHORITY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL DURING REVIEW OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          THE CURRENT SECTION IMPLIES THAT DURING THE REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF THESE PROJECTS, ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS COULD BE ADDED. 
          HOWEVER, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, MANY BILLS HAVE BEEN PASSED THAT MODIFY THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO IMPOSE SUBJECTIVE STANDARDS. 
          STATE LAW ESTABLISHES AND REQUIRES THAT ONLY OBJECTIVE STANDARDS APPLY. 
          OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENTS ARE DEFINED BY THESE CODES THAT INVOLVE NO PERSONAL OR SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND ARE UNIFORMLY VERIFIABLE BY REFERENCE TO AN EXTERNAL AND UNIFORM BENCHMARK AND THAT ARE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC IN BEFORE SUBMITTAL. 
          FURTHER SUBJECTIVE STANDARDS COULD NOT BE ADDED DURING A HEARING PROCESS THAT ARE NOT PUBLISHED AHEAD OF TIME OR COULD REDUCE THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT REMOVES THE LANGUAGE THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH CURRENT 
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STATE LAW AND REPLACES IT, HIGHLIGHTING THAT PROJECTS WILL BE EVALUATED BY OBJECTIVE STANDARDS THAT ARE PUBLISHED IN ADVANCE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY'S CURRENT REGULATIONS INCLUDE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS FOR SETBACKS, PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND HEIGHT. 
          DUE TO THE CURRENT LANGUAGE IN RECENT STATE LAWS, THIS PROGRAM WAS SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED IN HCD'S LETTER AS ONE THAT THEY ARE MONITORING FOR CONTINUED CERTIFICATION OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT. THE NEXT PROGRAM RELATES TO OUR DEFINITIONS OF MIXED USE. 
          THE CITY'S LAND USE AND COMMUNITY DESIGN ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN CONTAINS TABLES AND DESCRIPTIONS REGARDING ALLOWING MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONES AS A SECONDARY USE AT A MINIMUM DENSITY OF 15 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. 
          OBJECTIVE C REQUIRES THAT THE CITY UPDATE THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO DEFINE AND ALLOW BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MIXED USE ON THESE PROJECTS. 
          VERTICAL MIXED USE CAN BE DEFINED AS RESIDENTIAL BEING ALLOWED IN THE SAME BUILDING AS THE COMMERCIAL USE, TYPICALLY SHOWN AS GROUND FLOOR, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ABOVE THAT. HORIZONTAL MIXED USE CAN BE DEFINED AS SEPARATE BUILDINGS ON THE SAME SITE. 
          THIS CHANGE WOULD ONLY APPLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER ZONES AND WOULD NOT CHANGE THE INTENSITY ON THESE SITES OR RESULT IN ANY SPECIFIC PROPERTY CHANGE, BUT IT WOULD CLARIFY THAT BOTH VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL MIXED USE WOULD BE ALLOWED, AND THE LAST PROGRAM REQUIRES THE CITY EXPAND SELF-CERTIFICATION BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION AND INSPECTION OPTIONS FOR QUALIFYING PROJECTS. UPON REVIEW OF THE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN TITLE 18 OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH CONTAINS THE BUILDING CODE AND REGULATIONS, AMENDMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT FOR THE SELF-CERTIFICATION. 
          THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE IN TWO SECTIONS AND ONLY PERTAIN WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT INSPECTION WORK A PREREQUISITE TO ALLOW SELF-CERTIFICATION. 
          IT WILL NOT CHANGE WHO IS ALLOWED TO SUBMIT BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS, WHICH CAN COME FROM A VARIETY OF LICENSED DESIGN PROFESSIONALS. 
          WHILE OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS CALL OUT LICENSED ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS, THERE COULD BE OTHERS IDENTIFIED, SUCH AS ARCHITECTS THAT MEET QUALIFICATIONS FOR INSPECTIONS IN THIS PROGRAM. THE BUILDING TEAM WILL SET UP AN APPROPRIATE PRE-QUALIFICATION PROCESS TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS JUST THE FIRST OF THREE OF A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT. CITY STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMS ON SCHEDULE, MOSTLY THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
          THE LARGEST ITEM THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IS PROGRAM 1.1, WHICH IS THE HOUSING ELEMENT REZONING PROGRAM, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IMPLEMENTING. 
          THIS ITEM WAS NOTICED AND PUBLISHED IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS. 
          THE CITY PLANNER ISSUED A NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF INTENDED DECISION RELATED TO THE CEQA DETERMINATION IN FEBRUARY. 
          IN FEBRUARY, A PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT WAS ALSO PUBLISHED, AND IN MARCH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER 7441, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS AND THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT. 
          THE PROPOSED ACTION IS TO ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 21 AND AN ASSOCIATED LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT, AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO CARLSBAD BUILDING CODE ZONING ORDINANCE, IMPLEMENTING CERTAIN HOUSING PROGRAMS AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENTS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR. THEN I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          KELLY BATTEN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS KELLY BATTEN AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE--KELLY, I'LL LET YOU START OVER, BUT PULL THE MIC DOWN. 
          WE CAN. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I CAN HEAR MYSELF NOW. WOW. 
          OKAY, GOOD EVENING. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SELF-CERTIFICATION PIECE OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS. I AM REPRESENTING THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AND WE REPRESENT OUR BUILDER AND ASSOCIATED TRADE MEMBERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING HOMES FOR ALL OF US. 
          WE ARE ALL AWARE HOME PRICES ARE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH AND NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION IS FALLING FAR BEHIND THE GOALS NEEDED TO PROVIDE HOMES FOR FAMILIES. 
          ONE WAY TO HELP WITH THE HOMEBUILDING PROCESS IS TO ADOPT POLICIES THAT MAKE THE PLAN, SUBMITTAL AND APPROVAL PROCESSES MOVE QUICKER THROUGH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
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WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD THE CITY OF CARLSBAD FOR EFFORTS ALREADY MADE TO STREAMLINE THE PROJECT, SUBMITTAL TIMELINES AND PROCESSES AT A TIME WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO FILL OPEN POSITIONS AND A BACKLOG OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS. 
          THESE ARE WAYS TO HELP KEEP PROJECTS MOVING, LIKE SELF-CERTIFICATION. 
          THERE ARE MANY EXPERTS WORKING ON EACH AND EVERY PROJECT THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY. 
          ALLOWING THEM TO USE THEIR EXPERTISE TO HELP MOVE THESE PROJECTS THROUGH. 
          THE PLANNING PROCESS IS JUST ONE WAY TO HELP EASE BURDEN ON THE CITY STAFF. 
          MANY CITIES HAVE ADOPTED SELF-CERTIFICATIONS FOR ITEMS LIKE SOLAR PERMITS, POOL PERMITS, LANDSCAPING AND MANY OTHER TRADES ASSOCIATED WITH HOMEBUILDING. 
          WHILE THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE, WE ENCOURAGE THESE PROGRAMS. WHEN PROJECTS MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, COSTS DECREASE AND HOMES ARE PUT ON THE MARKET TO BE FILLED BY HARDWORKING SAN DIEGANS. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF SELF CERTIFICATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS. 
          WITH THAT, THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. 
          QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ON THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BECAUSE THIS, I THINK, TO THE COMMUNITY ON SOME OF THE MORE, LET'S SAY, CHALLENGING PROJECTS, OFTEN THERE ARE CONDITIONS ADDED AT A PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING OR EVEN PERHAPS AT A COUNCIL HEARING. 
          HOW WILL THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE THAT? THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WOULD BRING THE LANGUAGE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CURRENT LAWS THAT RESTRICT THE ABILITY TO ADD NEW CONDITIONS THAT WOULD DECREASE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF A SITE. SO, DURING THE CONVERSATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH APPLICANTS, THEY COULD AGREE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, BUT THE CURRENT STATE LAW RESTRICTS THE ABILITY TO ADD CONDITIONS DURING THE HEARING PROCESS THAT WOULD RESTRICT THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF A PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, IT WOULDN'T CHANGE WHAT'S ALLOWED TODAY. 
          OKAY, SO AT A PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, IF THEY CHOSE TO ADD A CONDITION THAT WASN'T PART OF THE CONVERSATION UNTIL THE MEETING, THAT COULD HAPPEN. 
          MAYOR, I THINK IT COULD AS LONG AS IT WASN'T REDUCING THE DENSITY. 
          I MEAN, THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS THAT THE STANDARDS THAT AN APPLICANT DESIGNS TO NEED TO BE PUBLISHED IN ADVANCE, AND WE DO HAVE A PROJECT GOING ON TO CREATE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, PARTICULARLY FOR MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE MOST OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WILL BE OF THAT FORM, BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT, I THINK IT DOES TAKE AWAY AND IT'S INTENTIONAL ON THE STATE'S PART A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DISCRETION THAT PAST PLANNING COMMISSIONS HAVE HAD PRIOR TO THIS LAW. 
          OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE OFTEN AT THE FINAL MOMENT, WE'RE TRYING TO MASSAGE THE PROJECT, IF YOU WILL, TO GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, AND I THINK PART OF THIS WILL SOMEWHAT RESTRICT US IN OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT WITH SETTING ASIDE THE DENSITY QUESTION. 
          SO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF THAT. 
          SO THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. 
          ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS? COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA. 
          YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. 
          TO FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE JUST ASKED, IT DOES SEEM LIKE THIS IS REALLY ABOUT CLARITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR ON OUR CITY POLICIES AND IN CONFORMANCE WITH WHAT THE STATE IS REQUIRING US TO DO, AND TO FOLLOW UP ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL, IT'S ABOUT EFFICIENCY. 
          CLARITY AND EFFICIENCY. 
          SO, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF ALL OF THESE CHANGES. 
          I UNDERSTAND THEM, AND I THINK WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO, WE DO NEED TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE. 
          MS. BREWER. THANK YOU, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE, TITLE 18 BUILDING CODE, TITLE 21 THE ZONING ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING CERTAIN HOUSING PROGRAMS REQUIRED UNDER THE 2021 THROUGH 2029 HOUSING ELEMENT. 
          MOVE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE AND ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION BOTH IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [8. 2022 HAZARD REDUCTION PROGRAM – ABATEMENT]
MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT HAZARDOUS REDUCTION PROGRAM AND ABATEMENT. 
          MR. CHADWICK INTRODUCTIONS. 
          YES, SIR, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR FIRE PREVENTION SPECIALIST II MEDI MALDONADO. 
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GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M BRINGING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT A STAFF REPORT FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF OUR ANNUAL HAZARD REDUCTION PROGRAM FOR ABATEMENT OF PRIVATELY OWNED SPACE. 
          BASED ON YOUR MARCH 15TH ACTION DECLARING THESE PROPERTIES AS A POTENTIAL HAZARD IN THE CITY, ALL PARCEL OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED OF THEIR PROPERTIES, MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AND THE NEED TO HAVE THEIR PARCELS CLEARED PRIOR TO MAY 15, 2022. 
          WE NOW ASK THAT YOU HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO ALLOW PARCEL OWNERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT TO THEIR POLICIES BEING INCLUDED IN OUR HAZARD REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
          WE THEN REQUEST THAT YOU ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT ALLOWS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ABATEMENT CONTRACTORS TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON ANY PARCELS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY CLEARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR STANDARDS AFTER MAY 15 DEADLINE. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. WE OPEN THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. 
          ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS. 
          SO, THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY OR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS. 
          COMMENTS. MOTION. 
          MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. 
          SECOND. 
          PLEASE VOTE. ITEM EIGHT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL DONE. 
          [9. CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ANNUAL REPORT]
MOVING ON TO DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY MANAGER REPORTS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ANNUAL REPORT, MR. CHADWICK INTRODUCTIONS. 
          YES, THANK YOU, SIR, AND MAKING A PRESENTATION TODAY AS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, JAMIE WOOD, AS WELL AS OUR SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, KATIE HENDRICK. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT, HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS KATIE HENDRICK, AND I AM THE NEW CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ADMINISTRATOR. 
          I AM PLEASED TO BE BEFORE YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME TO PRESENT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ANNUAL REPORT FOR REPORTING PERIOD FIVE AND STATUS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE. 
          THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS BEEN TAKING SUSTAINABLE ACTIONS FOR SOME TIME WITH THINGS LIKE OUR BUILDING CODE, JOINING THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE AND CREATION OF OUR HABITAT MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          TONIGHT, I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
          I'LL START WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2021. 
          THEN I'LL INFORM YOU OF THE STATUS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE AND PRESENT SOME MODELING OPTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          TO SET THE STAGE, THE CITY'S FIRST CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WAS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2015. THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, OR CAP, WAS DEVELOPED TO HELP THE CITY MEET STATE GOALS FOR REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND TO MEET THE COMMUNITY'S GOAL OF PROMOTING A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT. 
          THE CITY WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE REGION TO ADOPT A QUALIFIED CLIMATE ACTION PLAN . ON JULY 14, 2020, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED CAP AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, WHICH REVISED ITS CALCULATIONS WITH MORE CURRENT DATA. 
          AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE CAP IS ANNUAL MONITORING AND REPORTING, AND THIS PRESENTATION IS FOCUSING ON JUST THAT. 
          SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAP IN CALENDAR YEAR 2021. 
          A MAIN COMPONENT OF THE CAP IS THE CITY'S GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, WHICH IDENTIFIES THE MAJOR SOURCES AND OVERALL MAGNITUDE OF EMISSIONS IN THE CITY AT A POINT IN TIME, SPECIFICALLY, THE YEAR 2012. 
          THE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EMISSIONS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE ARE PRESENTED WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE AT THE TOP AND THE SMALLEST PERCENTAGE AT THE BOTTOM. 
          ON-ROAD TRANSPORTATION IN THE TOP ROW CONTRIBUTES THE MOST GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO THE CITY'S OVERALL INVENTORY AND ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY HALF OF THE TOTAL EMISSIONS, WHILE WASTEWATER AT THE BOTTOM ACCOUNTS FOR LESS THAN 1%. 
          THE TOTAL 2012 EMISSIONS SEEN AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE IS 977,000 METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT, AND HERE IS THE 2012 GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE PORTRAYED IN A PIE CHART, AND THE PERCENTAGES ON THIS SLIDE ARE ROUNDED UP FOR EASE OF READING. 
          ULTIMATELY, DATA IN THE 2012 INVENTORY IS USED AS A BASELINE IN THE CAP TO PROJECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INTO THE FUTURE AND SET REDUCTION TARGETS, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU NEXT. THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE CAPS 2012 BASELINE AND REDUCTION TARGETS IN THE BLUE LINE ON 
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THE TOP COMPARED TO THE EMISSIONS ACTIVITY REPORTED IN THE CITY'S MOST RECENT GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY FROM 2018 IN THE RED SHORTER LINE JUST BELOW. 
          SO, ON THE BLUE TOP LINE, STARTING ON THE FAR LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE CAP'S 2012 BASELINE OR THE TOTAL EMISSIONS THAT WAS INCLUDED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WITH THE TABLE. 
          TO THE RIGHT, THE NEXT NUMBER IS THE 2020 REDUCTION TARGET ESTABLISHED IN THE CAP, AND THEN THE FINAL NUMBER ON THE BLUE LINE TO THE FAR RIGHT IS THE 2035 REDUCTION TARGET ESTABLISHED IN THE CAP. 
          ON THE RED BOTTOM LINE, YOU CAN SEE THE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS CAPTURED IN THE CITY'S 2018 GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, WHICH SHOWED THE CITY SURPASSING ITS 2020 TARGET WITH A 4.8% REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS. 
          ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE CAP ARE ITS MEASURES, WHICH DESCRIBE WHAT ACTIONS THE CITY MUST PURSUE TO MEET ITS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGETS. 
          THESE MEASURES CAN BE GROUPED INTO FOUR STRATEGY AREAS ENERGY EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION AND WATER. 
          MEASURES IN THE CAP COVER BOTH MUNICIPAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. 
          SO, HOW ARE WE DOING AFTER THIS REPORTING PERIOD? THE CAP HAS A TOTAL OF 12 MEASURES IN 35 ACTIONS, AND EACH ACTION HAS AN IMPLEMENTATION TIME FRAME ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          AFTER INCORPORATING THE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS FROM 2021 11 ACTIONS OR 31% HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, 20 ACTIONS OR 51% ARE IN PROGRESS, AND ON SCHEDULE THREE ACTIONS OR 9% ARE IN PROGRESS AND DELAYED, AND ONE ACTION OR 3% HAS NOT BEEN STARTED. 
          FOR THOSE ACTIONS THAT ARE DELAYED. 
          THESE HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY WORKFLOW IMPACTS FROM COVID 19 OR THAT FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS DID NOT YIELD SUFFICIENT RESULTS TO PURSUE A PROJECT. 
          FOR THE ONE ACTION NOT YET STARTED, THIS REFERS TO MEASURE P-2, WHICH EXPLORES THE PURCHASE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS. 
          IF THE COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY PROGRAM IS NOT REACHING ITS 2035 GOAL, AND SINCE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE JUST LAUNCHED LAST YEAR, THAT IS WHY THAT ACTION HAS NOT YET STARTED. 
          OUT OF THOSE 12 MEASURES AND 35 ACTIONS, THERE WERE A LOT OF IMPLEMENTATION HIGHLIGHTS IN 2021. 
          TO MENTION A FEW, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN, WHICH WILL HELP TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED. 
          ALSO, IN 2021, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE LAUNCHED, AND THIS IS THE COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY PROGRAM IN CARLSBAD. 
          THE CITY CONTINUED IMPLEMENTING ITS REACH CODES, WHICH INCLUDE A SUITE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY ORDINANCES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS. 
          ALSO, OUR FLEET AND FACILITIES TEAM REPLACED 24 FLEET VEHICLES WITH HYBRID ALTERNATIVES AND LAST STAFF REPLACED OVER 50% OF INCANDESCENT AND HALOGEN LIGHT BULBS WITH LED OR SIMILARLY EFFICIENT LIGHTING AT CITY FACILITIES. 
          I'LL NOW TRANSITION AWAY FROM THE CAP ANNUAL REPORT AND INTO A DISCUSSION ON THE CAP UPDATE. WITH ALL OF THE ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTING THE CITY'S ADOPTED CAP, WE ARE ALSO UNDERWAY WITH A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THE CAP. 
          IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE CITY EXECUTED A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE ENERGY POLICY INITIATIVE CENTER OR EPIC AND ASCENT ENVIRONMENTAL. 
          THE CONSULTANT TEAM AND STAFF ARE WORKING TO EVALUATE THE CITY'S CAP AND PREPARE AN UPDATED DOCUMENT. 
          TO DATE, WE'VE REVIEWED EXISTING CAP MEASURES, ANALYZE UPDATED STATE LEGISLATION AND POLICIES, AND PREPARED A PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN. 
          WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH CITY STAFF FROM MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WHO ALL HELP TO IMPLEMENT THE EXISTING CAP. 
          WE'VE ALSO BEGUN EARLY STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH. 
          SOME EXAMPLES ARE OUTREACH FOR THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED A SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS. 
          THERE WERE TWO BREAKOUT ROOMS AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN PUBLIC WORKSHOP DEDICATED TO SUSTAINABILITY. WE RECENTLY HAD OUR EARTH DAY EVENT, AND WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING STAKEHOLDERS TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE CAP UPDATE ARE, THOUGH THIS IS STILL ONGOING. 
          COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO PROVIDE DIRECTION ON HOW TO USE THE ACTIVITY-BASED MODEL IN THE CAP UPDATE. WHAT IS THE ACTIVITY-BASED MODEL AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN? A MAJOR SOURCE OF DATA USED TO PREPARE THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY AND PROJECTIONS COMES FROM THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, OR SANDAG, THROUGH ITS TRANSPORTATION FORECASTS AND ACTIVITY-BASED MODEL OR ABM. 
          ABM SUPPORTS LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING EFFORTS SUCH AS THE CAP UPDATE. 
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ABM WAS RECENTLY UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE LAND USE GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS REFLECTED IN THE 2021 REGIONAL PLAN, AND THIS UPDATE IS KNOWN AS ABM2+. 
          SANDAG IS DELAYED IN PUBLISHING ABM2+ BUT EXPECTS TO DO SO IN THE COMING MONTHS AND ONCE PUBLISHED, ANY CUSTOMIZED REQUESTS CAN BE PREPARED IN THE ORDER THEY ARE RECEIVED, AND THESE REQUESTS COULD INCLUDE SPECIFIC GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS. 
          AS THE CAP UPDATE PROGRESSES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALIGN DATA AND MODELING USED TO FORECAST GROWTH WITHIN CARLSBAD WITH OTHER CONCURRENT CITY EFFORTS SUCH AS THE ASSUMPTIONS AND SITE ANALYZES BEING USED FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE REZONING PROGRAM. 
          WITH THAT, THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. 
          OPTION ONE WOULD DIRECT STAFF TO USE A CUSTOMIZED RUN OF ABM2+ FOR INCLUSION IN THE CAP UPDATE. THIS CUSTOMIZED RUN WOULD ALIGN WITH THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CEQA ANALYSIS PREPARED TO SUPPORT THE HOUSING ELEMENT REZONE PROGRAM WOULD UTILIZE THE MOST RECENT ABM AND WOULD YIELD SOME COST SAVINGS DUE TO LACK OF DUPLICATIVE EFFORTS BECAUSE OF THE DELAY IN SANDAG PUBLISHING ABM2+ AND THE QUEUE OF OTHER CUSTOMIZED MODELING REQUESTS. 
          OPTION ONE HAS AN ESTIMATED PROJECT DELAY OF 6 TO 9 MONTHS. 
          OPTION TWO WOULD DIRECT STAFF TO USE THE UNMODIFIED VERSION OF ABM2+ FOR INCLUSION IN THE CAP UPDATE. THIS WOULD STILL UTILIZE THE MOST RECENT ABM AND WOULD ALIGN WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS INCLUDED IN THE 2021 REGIONAL PLAN. 
          HOWEVER, THIS WOULD NOT ALIGN WITH THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CEQA ANALYSIS FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT REZONING PROGRAM. 
          IF THE CAP UPDATE WERE ADOPTED PRIOR TO THE REZONING PROGRAM, ONCE THE REZONING PROGRAM IS APPROVED, IT WOULD REQUIRE A FUTURE UPDATE TO THE CAP UPDATE TO ENSURE THAT THE DATA AND FORECASTING IS ALIGNED. 
          THAT WOULD INCLUDE ADDITIONAL COSTS AND CONTRACTING NEEDS, AS WELL AS THE INABILITY TO STREAMLINE PROJECTS THROUGH CEQA. 
          WHILE THIS UPDATE TAKES PLACE BECAUSE OF THE DELAY OF SANDAG PUBLISHING ABM2+ OPTION TWO HAS AN ESTIMATED DELAY OF 3 TO 6 MONTHS. 
          THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE CAP UPDATE ARE TO CONTINUE STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH, CONTINUE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS, ASSESS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGETS, AND THEN PREPARE CANDIDATE MEASURES TO INCLUDE IN THE CAP UPDATE. 
          THESE CANDIDATE MEASURES WOULD BE A STEP BEFORE WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT CAP UPDATE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. 
          STAFF CAN SHARE THESE CANDIDATE CAP MEASURES WITH COUNCIL FOR YOUR REVIEW AND INPUT ALONG WITH THAT OF THE PUBLIC. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ANNUAL REPORT FOR REPORTING PERIOD FIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2021 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2021. 
          STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING STAFF TO USE A CUSTOMIZED RUN OF THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT'S MOST RECENT ACTIVITY BASED MODEL TAILORED FOR CARLSBAD IN ITS UPDATE OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. VERY GOOD REPORT. 
          ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR. FIRST SPEAKER IS SUZANNE HUME. 
          HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU TO KATIE. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND EVERYONE WORKING SO HARD FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND THEIR FUTURE. 
          SO, MY COMMENTS TODAY, I'M KIND OF GENERAL AND I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING UP. 
          SO, ON OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE CLEAN EARTH FOR KIDS DOT ORG. 
          I'M THE EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR. 
          I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT. HI, I'M SUZANNE HUME. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. ANYHOW, SO WE HAVE AN ACTION PLAN, AND IT LISTS SPECIFIC THINGS THAT CITIES CAN DO AND WORK ON. 
          SO, GREAT JOB TO CARLSBAD. 
          YOU'RE A LEADER. YOU'RE DOING REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. 
          THE CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN GAVE YOUR 2020 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN SOMETHING LIKE IN THE 64 RANGE. I THINK. 
          SO, THERE'S DEFINITELY AREAS THAT CAN BE IMPROVED. 
          I THINK ENCINITAS IS LIKE HIGH EIGHTIES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT ANYWAY. 
          SO, THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL DO THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE AMAZING. YOU CARE ABOUT CHILDREN'S AIR, WHAT THEY BREATHE, THE WATER THAT THEY DRINK, AND YOU DO YOUR BEST EVERY DAY. 
          SO, MUCH RESPECT FOR THAT. 
          ANYHOW, SO ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          SO, OF COURSE, A 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT, AND WE NEED TO ACCELERATE THOSE TIMELINES. 
          SO, THE PROBLEMS ARE OBVIOUSLY STAFF NEEDS SUPPORT. 
          SO, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE SUPPORT AND YOU'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO STAFF CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TREE CANOPY. 
          I THINK IT'S 18 YEARS RUNNING, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUTH AND SOME OF 
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OUR YOUTH LIVE NEAR THE AIRPORT, AND IT IS SO NOISY IN THEIR HOMES. 
          SO, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE NEED MORE BUFFERS. 
          WE NEED BUFFERS AND MORE TREES AND GREEN SPACES. 
          SO, IT IS SO NOISY INSIDE THEIR HOMES THAT WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR VIDEO CLIPS AND YOU CAN SEE THEM CLEANEARTH4KIDS, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE IT'S SO NOISY INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE AIRPORT, AND WHEN THEY GO TO TRY TO SPEAK LIKE IN THE PARK AND THEY'RE DOING LITTLE VIDEO CLIPS ABOUT ANIMALS AND THE IMPORTANT IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE, AGAIN, YOU CAN'T HEAR IT. SO, WE REALLY NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT CHILDREN'S HEALTH, THE AIR THAT THEY BREATHE, THE NOISE, ALL OF THAT. 
          IN EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          WE KNOW THAT SAN DIEGO COUNTY GETS AN F IN OZONE AND A D IN PARTICULATE MATTER. 
          WHEN WE HAVE VISITORS ALL THE TIME, THEY'RE LIKE, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. 
          HERE IT IS, BUT FOR THOSE OF US, I HAVE A LUNG CONDITION BECAUSE I WAS POISONED BY PESTICIDES. THAT'S WHY I STARTED CLEANEARTH4KIDS, AND I'M HAPPY THAT I MADE THAT DECISION. MY POINT IS WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK THAT WE CAN DO. 
          EXCITED ABOUT GOING FOR 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY, ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIC SHUTTLES AND MANY MORE IDEAS THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMPORTANT WORK. 
          HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS. 
          OKAY, BRINGING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          QUESTIONS? WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA. 
          YEAH, I WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WITH THEIR HAND UP FIRST, BUT JUST A QUICK QUESTION AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE SLIDE THAT'S UP RIGHT NOW. 
          THE SECOND PART ABOUT DOING A CUSTOM RUN WITH SANDAG, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IN OUR REGION IF THEY HAVE A CUSTOMIZED RUN OF THE MODELING OR IF THIS IS UNIQUE. YEAH, ARE YOU ASKING SPECIFICALLY FOR CLIMATE ACTION PLANS OR--YES, FOR CAPS. 
          OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS DOING A CUSTOM RUN FOR THIS BRAND NEW ABM2+ MODEL, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY GET BACK TO YOU WITH A LIST OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE DONE SO IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S RELATIVELY COMMON PRACTICE. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I WAS REALLY THINKING OF IS IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S NONSTANDARD BECAUSE WE ARE UNIQUE OR IF IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S A KIND OF A BASIC FORMULA THAT THEY HAVE THAT DOESN'T FIT FOR EVERYBODY, AND OTHER CITIES ARE ASKING FOR THEM TO DO A CUSTOM RUN AS WELL. 
          IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE WOULD NEED SOMETHING CUSTOM IF THEY'RE JUST USING A STANDARD TEMPLATE, WE'RE NOT ALL THE SAME. 
          THANK YOU. CAN I JUST FOLLOW ALONG WITH YOUR QUESTION? BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING FOR ME FOR OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          KUDOS TO OUR STAFF. 
          THEY HAVE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD TO TRY AND GET THIS RIGHT, BUT IN PRIOR CONVERSATIONS ON THIS DAIS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 3000 UNITS THAT SANDAG PLACED IN AND AROUND THE AIRPORT ON LAND THAT PHYSICALLY UNITS CAN'T BE BUILT. 
          SO, THEY RUN THEIR MODELING OFF OF THAT. 
          IT DOESN'T MATCH OUR LAND USE. 
          SO, THE CUSTOMIZING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TO TRY TO WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR DATABASE NOW REFLECTS OUR LAND USE AND ONE OF THE THINGS OF FRUSTRATION, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH COLLABORATION OR CONVERSATION THERE WAS BETWEEN SANDAG AND INDIVIDUAL CITIES IN THE PAST. 
          IT HAS BEEN A VERY CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR. 
          SO, MAKING YOUR VEHICLES MILES TRAVELED AND ALL THIS STUFF WORK IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN THEORY. IT HAS TO ACTUALLY HIT THE ROAD OR HIT THE GROUND, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HAVING A CHALLENGE HERE, IS TO TRY AND GET THOSE TWO TO MATCH UP. 
          DID I MISSTATE THAT? NO MAYOR, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          IT'S TRYING TO MAKE IT SPECIFIC TO CARLSBAD AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE IN CARLSBAD. 
          GO AHEAD, PLEASE. 
          SO, JUST TO CONFIRM THEN DOING THAT CUSTOMIZED RUN, WE WOULD BE WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH SANDAG STAFF IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT CITIES USED TO WORK WITH SANDAG. 
          I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT ON THE SANDAG BOARD AND I HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE GO WITH THE CUSTOMIZED RUN, WE WOULD SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME, BUT WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT FITS WITH US AND WE WOULD HAVE CLOSER COLLABORATION WITH SANDAG STAFF, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, AND TO STAFF'S CREDIT, THEY TRIED TO START THE CONVERSATION IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR AND IT WASN'T UNTIL JUST RECENTLY THAT WE FINALLY DECIDED THAT WE WOULD BE ONE OF THE AND 
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I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHERS THERE MIGHT BE THAT HAVE GOT HOMES PLACED IN OPEN SPACE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTION? MR. BLACKBURN? YOU TALKED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING REACH CODES. 
          CAN YOU BRIEFLY TELL US WHAT THOSE REACH CODES ARE, THE EXAMPLES? SURE, THERE ARE REACH CODES RIGHT NOW FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR INNOVATIONS IN BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. 
          SO, THIS INCLUDES INSTALLING ALTERNATIVE WATER HEATERS, INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS ON THE BUILDINGS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES THROUGHOUT THE HOME AS THAT PROJECT IS BEING DONE, AND THEN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN FOR COMMERCIAL ONLY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS. 
          THERE IS A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE. 
          WHEN I REFER TO THE ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY, WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE REACH CODES? IF THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE A NEW PART OF THE REACH CODE. 
          I'M SORRY. IF THAT WERE TO BE ADOPTED, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO A REACH CODE, YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          ANY FINAL COMMENTS? I JUST NOTICED THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY WERE LOOKING LIKE THEY WANTED TO JUMP IN. YEAH, AND JUST TO KIND OF FURTHER THE CONVERSATION ALONG, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR UP. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, MR. MURPHY? NO, ACTUALLY, YOU GUYS COVERED IT ALL. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE ACTUALLY DOING A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THEIR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          SO, IT'S HARD TO SAY HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY DOING A CUSTOM RUN RIGHT NOW, BUT THE MAYOR WAS ABSOLUTELY ON POINT THAT THERE WERE SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT SANDAG USED IN THEIR ANALYSIS PREVIOUSLY THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH OUR CURRENT GENERAL PLAN AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT HOUSING ELEMENT SITES. 
          SO, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS COLLABORATION WITH THEM AND WORKING WITH THEM TO MODIFY THE MODEL TO PUT IN THE INPUTS THAT REFLECT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. 
          SO, THE OUTCOME OF THOSE MODEL RUNS WILL BE MORE ACCURATE. 
          FINAL COMMENTS? DOCTOR? SURE, THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND PROVIDING US WITH THIS UPDATE. 
          I JUST HAVE TO SAY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE FOR SURE . I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR. 
          SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT, AND JUST OVERALL, I THINK JUST SEEING THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS AND CONTINUING TO DO THAT WITH THE MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE WORKS IS EXEMPLARY, OF COURSE, AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY, AS SOMEONE MENTIONED, WE CAN ALWAYS CONTINUE TO DO BETTER. 
          SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS AND IF IT SOUNDS LIKE THE OPTION THAT YOU ALL HAVE RECOMMENDED WITH REGARDS TO HAVING THAT CUSTOM FIT, I MEAN, OF COURSE WE'RE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER FOLKS IN THE REGION. 
          SO THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THAT. 
          THANK YOU. YES, COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA? GREAT, THANK YOU. I ALSO AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          ALSO, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE LAST COMMENTS THAT MR. MURPHY JUST MADE. IF WE WERE THE FIRST IN THE COUNTY TO PASS A CAP IN 2015, THEN IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO GO THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND UPDATE. 
          SO, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, AND I DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT OUR CITY DOES NEED CUSTOMIZED NUMBERS. SO, I SUPPORT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S CLIMATE ACTION PLANS OUT THERE THAT HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THROWN IN, EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK, IT SEEMS LIKE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO GROW IT OR ADD TO IT OR IF WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A CLEAN AND GREEN CITY AND A CLEAN AND GREEN COMMUNITY FOR OUR PEOPLE. 
          SO, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT. 
          OKAY, MR. BLACKBURN, A MOTION. 
          MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN SUBSECTION ONE AND THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN SUBSECTION TWO OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. 
          SECOND. 
          PLEASE VOTE. THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
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MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN, ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW BUILDINGS IN CARLSBAD. 
          CITY MANAGER, INTRODUCTIONS. 
          THIS WAS A REQUEST BY ONE OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS TO BRING FORWARD THIS REQUEST. 
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THERE ARE THREE WAYS THAT AN ITEM CAN BE DOCKETED. 
          ONE IS BY MINUTE ORDER. 
          THE SECOND IS THE CITY MANAGER OR THE THIRD, FOLLOWS OUR MUNI CODE AND I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA WHO WILL PRESENT THE ITEM. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU, THIS TOPIC IS REALLY JUST FOR OUR DISCUSSION IN A PUBLIC FORUM AND FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT IT BE PUT ON THE AGENDA SO WE CAN DECIDE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN AND WE WANT TO HAVE STAFF MAYBE COME UP WITH A PLAN OR GIVE THEM ANY FURTHER DIRECTION THAT WE CAN VOTE ON IN THE FUTURE, AND THE REASON THAT I PUT IT ON THE AGENDA IS REALLY THAT I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO COMMUNITY COMMENTS ABOUT WANTING TO TAKE MORE ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, AND IT REALLY RELATES TO A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT, THE LAST AGENDA ITEM AND SOME OF THE NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT AND EVEN THE PAST COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUTH SHOW UP AND THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR CONCERN ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND WANTING TO DO MORE AS INDIVIDUALS, AS COMMUNITIES IN A VERY LOCAL WAY AND ALSO IN A BROADER WAY. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON SOME OTHER THINGS, AND AS I JUST MENTIONED, ON THE LAST AGENDA ITEM, I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. OTHER COMMUNITIES DO HAVE THINGS LIKE ZERO WASTE AND ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW BUILDINGS THAT THEY ADD INTO THEIR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AS GOALS, AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE IN THERE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW BUILDINGS IN CARLSBAD. 
          NOW, I DID INCLUDE, WITH THE REQUEST, A COUPLE OF ATTACHMENTS. 
          THOSE WERE SENT TO ME BY THE SIERRA CLUB, WHO I'VE MET WITH A COUPLE OF TIMES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS AND HOW FAR WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE THE CITY OF CARLSBAD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO HAVE THIS REACH CODE FOR THE WATER HEATERS. 
          THAT WAS THAT RELATES TO THE QUESTION THAT OUR MAYOR PRO TEM JUST ASKED ABOUT THE REACH CODES, BUT WE CAN GO FURTHER AND WE CAN GO FURTHER WITH IN A WAY THAT ENCINITAS DID HAS ALREADY PASSED THEIR ORDINANCE ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION OF JUST NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THEIR CITY. SOLANA BEACH TOOK A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TACK, AND THEY HAVE SOME ALSO SOME ELECTRIFICATION OF REMODELING BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING A LITTLE FAR. 
          I THINK THAT WE SHOULD START WITH THE ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW BUILDINGS. 
          IN THE ATTACHMENTS--I'M SURE YOU ALL TOOK A LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENTS THAT WERE IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT THEY HAD A SLIDE SHOW IN THERE, AND THEY ALSO HAD SOME SUMMARIES OF SOLANA BEACH AND ENCINITAS ORDINANCES. 
          SO, I THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME PUBLIC COMMENT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO CONTACTED ME FROM THE SIERRA CLUB, I SEE THEM WEARING THEIR T-SHIRTS. 
          I'M GUESSING THEY TURNED IN A SPEAKER CARD AND WILL PRESENT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, SO, SHALL WE GO TO SPEAKERS? THE FIRST IS A GROUP, BOB WILCOX REPRESENTING KATHERINE PARKER, LINDA DAVIS AND BARBARA DIAMOND. YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          MY NAME IS BOB WILCOX. 
          I'M A CARLSBAD RESIDENT AND VOLUNTEER WITH THE LOCAL SIERRA CLUB TEAM HERE IN CARLSBAD. 
          I'M PRESENTING THIS ON BEHALF OF THAT CARLSBAD TEAM AND SOME OF WHOM ARE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE, AND WE'RE DOING THIS IN COORDINATION WITH THE SAN DIEGO BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION COALITION. 
          SO, WE'RE ADVOCATING THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD SHOULD ENACT AN ALL ELECTRIC REACH CODE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. AS WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING, A REACH CODE ORDINANCE ALLOWS THE CITY TO REQUIRE ALL ELECTRIC NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SOONER THAN THE STATEWIDE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION WOULD REQUIRE IT. 
          THIS IS REQUIRED TO BE COST EFFECTIVE BY THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION. 
          SO, THIS IS REQUIRED TO BE AN ENERGY SAVING ORDINANCE. 
          IT CANNOT COST MONEY. 
          SO, FAR, 54 CITIES AND COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING RECENTLY ENCINITAS AND SOLANA BEACH, HAVE PASSED ELECTRIC CODES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BUILDINGS, AND THE MAIN THE PRIMARY MOTIVATION FOR DOING THIS IS TO REDUCE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          SO, IF CALIFORNIA HAS ANY HOPE OF MEETING ITS GOAL OF NET ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 2045 AND A 40% REDUCTION BY 2030, WE NEED TO STOP INSTALLING NEW FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE NOW. WE NEED TO STOP DIGGING THE HOLE. 
          THE CITY OF CARLSBAD RECENTLY DECLARED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY, WHICH INCLUDED, AT LEAST IN CONCEPT, A SUPPORT FOR THE IDEA OF BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION. 
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BURNING METHANE GAS, ALSO CALLED NATURAL GAS IN BUILDINGS, ACCOUNTS FOR SOMETHING LIKE 15% OF CALIFORNIA'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
          THAT SEEMED TO MATCH WITH KATIE'S NUMBERS FROM THE CAP UPDATE, BUT THIS 15% DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE LEAKAGE OF METHANE, WHICH SCIENTISTS BELIEVE IS A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT BECAUSE METHANE THAT LEAKS IS ABOUT 84 TIMES MORE POTENT AS A GREENHOUSE GAS THAN CARBON DIOXIDE WHEN YOU BURN IT OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD. 
          SO, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS COMPONENT, THIS GAS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUILDINGS OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE. 
          ANY NEW FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS INSTALLED NOW WILL BE A STRANDED ASSET IN THE FUTURE, SO IT WILL NOT REACH ITS END OF LIFE BEFORE IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFFLINE AND RETROFITTED FOR ALL ELECTRICS. 
          SO, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO INSTALL A BUNCH OF NEW HARDWARE WHEN YOU THEN FIVE, TEN, 15 YEARS DOWN THE LINE NEED TO TAKE IT OFFLINE WHEN IT HASN'T REACHED THE END OF ITS LIFE. 
          WE HAVE TO BUY ALL NEW ELECTRIC APPLIANCES AND THEN WE'RE LEAVING EMPTY PIPES IN THE WALLS. 
          SO, MAKING EARLY CHANGES IS CRITICAL. 
          THE LONGER WE WAIT TO MAKE THESE CHANGES, THE MORE DRAMATIC THE TRANSITION MUST BE TO MAINTAIN A STABLE CLIMATE. 
          SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS FIGURE, THIS IS A SET OF SCENARIOS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS OVER TIME THAT WOULD ALL RESULT IN A STABLE CLIMATE WHERE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ON EARTH HAS NOT INCREASED MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF DEGREES CELSIUS. 
          SO, YOU CAN SEE THAT IF WE HAD STARTED SOME TIME AROUND THE EARLY 2000, WE COULD HAVE THIS NICE, GRADUAL TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS WHERE WE SLOWLY CHANGE OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE NOW 20 YEARS FORWARD, FROM THAT IT BECOMES INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO MEET THOSE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GOALS AND TO HAVE THAT STABLE CLIMATE AND THAT ONE AND A HALF DEGREE NUMBER IS NOT ARBITRARY. 
          THAT'S THE LEVEL THAT SCIENTISTS SAY IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE DON'T REACH THESE LEVELS OF MASSIVE EXTINCTION EVENTS AND PARTS OF THE PLANET WHERE PEOPLE LIVE NOW THAT WOULD BECOME UNINHABITABLE TO PEOPLE. 
          SO WHAT DOES BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL DECARBONIZATION FRAMEWORK THAT WAS DONE RECENTLY FOR RESIDENTIAL GAS CONSUMPTION BY ITS END USE. 
          SO, YOU CAN SEE THAT A HUGE CHUNK, 80 OR 90% OF THE GAS USE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS FOR WATER HEATING AND SPACE HEATING, AND WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM COOKING POOLS AND SPAS AND CLOTHES DRYING, BUT THE KEY POINT HERE IS THAT EACH OF THESE APPLICATIONS HAS EFFICIENT, MODERN ELECTRIC APPLIANCES THAT WE CAN REPLACE OUR GAS APPLIANCES WITH. 
          WE HAVE IN PARTICULAR FOR SPACE AND WATER HEATING, THERE ARE HEAT PUMP SPACE HEATERS AND HEAT PUMP WATER HEATERS THAT EFFECTIVELY ACT LIKE A REFRIGERATOR. 
          THEY MOVE HEAT FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER AND A VERY ENERGY EFFICIENT WAY, AND THESE ARE EXTREMELY INEXPENSIVE TO OPERATE, EVEN IF THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE UP FRONT, BUT I'LL GET INTO THE COSTS A LITTLE BIT LATER. 
          SO, A STRONG POINT TO MAKE HERE IS THAT ALL ELECTRIC BUILDINGS ARE, THEY COST LESS TO BUILD IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEY COST LESS UPFRONT AND THEY ARE MORE AFFORDABLE TO OPERATE IN THE LONG TERM. SO, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT COSTS, BUT THIS WOULD ACTUALLY REDUCE COSTS ACROSS THE BOARD, BOTH UPFRONT AND OVER TIME. 
          SO GAS HOOKUPS, WHEN YOU BUILD A NEW BUILDING COST ANYWHERE BETWEEN SOMETHING LIKE 3000 AND $10,000 PER UNIT, WHEN YOU BUILD NEW CONSTRUCTION; THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PUT ALL THE PIPING IN AND EFFICIENT ELECTRIC APPLIANCES CAN COST A BIT MORE, BUT THAT ADDITIONAL COST IS MUCH LESS THAN THE GAS PIPING THAT YOU NEED TO PUT IN TO RUN THOSE GAS APPLIANCES . SO, IT SAVES MONEY ON BOTH ENDS, BOTH OPERATING AND INSTALLING THE APPLIANCES. 
          ON THE OPERATING SIDE, YOU SAVE SOMETHING BETWEEN 130 AND $540 PER YEAR COMPARED TO GAS. 
          THESE NUMBERS WERE FOUND BEFORE THE RECENT GAS RATE INCREASE. 
          SO, THOSE SAVINGS WOULD ACTUALLY GO UP WITH THE RECENT GAS PRICE INCREASES, AND NEW CONSTRUCTION IS ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE ROOFTOP SOLAR. 
          SO, THAT WILL INCREASE THE SAVINGS EVEN MORE BECAUSE YOU'RE PRODUCING SOME OF THAT ELECTRICITY ON YOUR OWN ROOFTOP. 
          ANOTHER MOTIVATION FOR DOING THIS IS THAT GAS LINES TO BUILDINGS ARE A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARD. 
          MANY OF THE FIRES FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKES ARE CAUSED BY GAS LINES IGNITING, AND GAS LEAKS ARE ALSO A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN PLACES LIKE ALISO CANYON, WHERE THEY HAD TO HAVE A LONG TERM EVACUATION AND IN EXPLOSIONS LIKE IN SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA, IN 2010, MERRIMACK VALLEY, MASSACHUSETTS 2018, AND SAN FRANCISCO IN 2019. 
          ASIDE FROM THOSE ACUTE SAFETY RISKS, IT'S A LONG TERM HEALTH RISK TO BE BURNING GAS 
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INSIDE THE HOME. 
          SO, THERE'S A LOT OF RECENT RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THAT INDOOR GAS COMBUSTION RELEASES UNHEALTHY AMOUNTS OF NITROUS OXIDES AND OTHER GASES AND PARTICULATES AND IT'S BEEN LINKED TO SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN CHILDHOOD ASTHMA RATES, AS WELL AS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND CANCER IN ADULTS. 
          SO, THIS IS ONE REASON THAT PERSONALLY I'M HOPING TO REPLACE THE GAS STOVE IN OUR HOME WITH AN ELECTRIC INDUCTION STOVE SO THAT OUR ONE YEAR OLD CAN BREATHE CLEAN AIR IN OUR HOUSE. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WORKERS WILL BE DISPLACED BY THESE POLICIES AND WE SHOULD ENSURE A JUST TRANSITION WHEN WE MAKE THIS ENERGY TRANSITION. 
          SO, THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS HAS ABOUT 500 PIPEFITTERS WORKING FOR SDG&E, AND THIS IS SKILLED WORK THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF TRAINING AND PRACTICE OVER TIME IT'S A CAREER AND IT PAYS A LIVING WAGE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THESE PEOPLE NOT TO INSTALL THESE PIPES IN THE BUILDINGS ANYMORE. 
          SO, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD SHOULD BE WORKING TO MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR RETRAINING AND CAREER TRANSITIONS. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN PROBABLY DO ON ITS OWN, AND NOR SHOULD IT, BUT THE CITY, WE SHOULD TRY TO COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES FOR FUNDS AND TRY TO MAKE THIS WORK SO THAT WE'RE BRINGING WORKERS ALONG WITH THE ENERGY TRANSITION AND NOT LEAVING THEM BEHIND, AND SO WE THINK THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD SHOULD MOVE AHEAD WITH BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          AGAIN, DELAY IS NOT GOOD FOR THE CLIMATE. 
          WE NEED TO BE DOING THIS QUICKLY. 
          SO, THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD DIRECT STAFF TO BEGIN DRAFTING A BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION ORDINANCE. WE'D LIKE TO FOLLOW THE ENCINITAS ORDINANCE AS A MODEL, INCLUDE ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND ENSURE A JUST TRANSITION FOR IMPACTED WORKERS. 
          SO, I WILL LEAVE IT WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU. THE FINAL POINT IS JUST THAT BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION, THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR HEALTH, FOR OUR FINANCES AND FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CLIMATE AND ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS, THIS IS A POSITIVE. 
          IT'S GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH. 
          THIS WILL SAVE MONEY FOR EVERYONE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE NEED TO DO THIS TO MAINTAIN A STABLE CLIMATE. ELIMINATING GAS FROM BUILDINGS IS A NECESSARY COMPONENT OF GETTING TO NET ZERO. THANK YOU. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY BATTEN. 
          GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 
          IN CASE YOU FORGOT, I'M KELLY BATTEN WITH THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. 
          THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION IS PROUD TO REPRESENT BUILDERS WHO ADHERE TO STRICT REGULATIONS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE, ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES IN AN EVER CHANGING CLIMATE. AS ADVOCATES FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP, ESPECIALLY FOR MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES, THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS AND ANY POTENTIAL PROPOSAL FOR ELECTRIC HOMES THAT GOES BEYOND CURRENT STATE REGULATIONS. 
          THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF CLEAN ENERGY STANDARDS. 
          NEW HOMES ARE MORE SUSTAINABLE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT THAN MOST HOMES BEING BUILT ACROSS THE COUNTRY DUE TO CALIFORNIA'S HIGH STANDARDS. 
          WE APPLAUD EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE, ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES. 
          WE HAVE TO CONSIDER TO CONSIDER THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. 
          THERE IS ALREADY A STRAIN ON OUR ELECTRIC GRID, THE DEMAND FOR ENERGY, WHICH IS NOW SHIFTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS THANKS TO CLEANER DAYTIME ENERGY GENERATORS LIKE WIND AND SOLAR CAUSES INCREASED DEMAND, ESPECIALLY IN THE WARM SUMMER EVENINGS. 
          HIGH DEMAND HAS LED TO HIGH ELECTRIC COSTS. 
          IN FACT, SAN DIEGO CURRENTLY HAS THE HIGHEST ELECTRICITY RATES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 
          AVAILABILITY OF ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, PRIMARILY TANKLESS WATER HEATERS. 
          TANKLESS WATER HEATERS ARE MORE EFFICIENT THAN GAS OR ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS. 
          YET TANKLESS WATER HEATERS CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET DO NOT COMPLY WITH TITLE 24 BUILDING CODES. THE WATER PUMP HEATERS THAT THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME WAS TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY COST TWICE AS MUCH AS A TANKLESS WATER HEATER, AND WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT HIGH COST OF HOMES, AND THAT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL COST PASSED ON TO BUYERS. 
          WE MUST CONSIDER CURRENT HOMES, WHICH ARE LESS ENERGY EFFICIENT THAN NEW HOMES. 
          JUST OVER 10,000 HOMES WERE BUILT IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY LAST YEAR, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE MOST ENERGY EFFICIENT IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          YET, THERE ARE 1.2 MILLION EXISTING HOMES IN THE REGION, ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF WHICH WERE BUILT BEFORE ENERGY REGULATIONS WERE ADOPTED IN CALIFORNIA. 
          FOR TRUE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS, THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON UPDATING EXISTING HOUSING STOCK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CONTINUE TO WORK WITHIN STATE REGULATIONS AND CAREFULLY CONSIDER ADOPTING CODES THAT GO BEYOND STATE STANDARDS. 
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THANK YOU, SUZANNE HUME, FOLLOWED BY JON [INAUDIBLE]. 
          HI AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SUZANNE HUME, EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF CLEANEARTH4KIDS.ORG. 
          IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS AND MOVE AHEAD WITH BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION. 
          I MEAN, IT'S REALLY A NO BRAINER. 
          IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO PUT IN THE GAS AND WE JUST NEED TO GO FORWARD WITH IT. 
          THERE'S REALLY NO REASON NOT TO. 
          I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR YOUTH WHO MET WITH ENCINITAS AND TALKED ABOUT WHY WE DIDN'T NEED EXEMPTIONS SO ANYWAY, BECAUSE REALLY THE LENS NEEDS TO BE OUR CHILDREN, THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR FUTURE. 
          SO, NATURAL GAS IS METHANE GAS. 
          SO, WE ALL KNOW THAT, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE HARMS OF THAT, AND AT THE BEGINNING, I DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT, AND SO THE YOUTH KNEW MUCH MORE, AND WE HAVE A CLIMATE CONSULTANT NAMED JIM WONG WHO HELPED THE CITY OF ENCINITAS NAVIGATE THIS. 
          HE WENT TO MIT AND BERKELEY, ETC, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE WORKING ON THESE THINGS THAT HAVE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS AND ENCINITAS WOULD NOT HAVE MOVED FORWARD IF IT WASN'T IN THE BEST INTEREST. 
          THERE WERE SO MANY ARCHITECTS THERE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT WAS GOING TO SAVE MONEY. 
          IT'S CHEAPER TO DO. 
          IT'S CHEAPER FOR PEOPLE TO BUY THE HOUSE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IN THE PIPES, AND SO AND AS FOR TRANSITION FOR WORKERS, OF COURSE, RIGHT, A LOT OF SKILLS ARE TRANSFERABLE, AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE WEIGHING IT, 500 PEOPLE, SUPER IMPORTANT THAT HAVE SKILLS THAT THEIR SKILLS CAN TRANSITION AND WE CAN HELP THEM OR AND LOOKING AT THE COST OF NOT DOING IT, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FUTURE. 
          METHANE IS A POWERFUL GREENHOUSE GAS AND WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION. 
          ALSO HURTS THE LUNGS. 
          SO, WHEN YOU SEE OUR VIDEO THAT JIM WONG MADE WITH OUR YOUTH, YOU CAN SEE THE AIR METER AND YOU CAN WATCH IT GO UP WITH PMS, PM 2.5, PM 10, ETC. 
          SO, WE HAVE THAT ON OUR WEBSITE CLEANEARTH4KIDS.ORG UNDER TEAM ONE. 
          SO, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND IT'S ALWAYS LEAKING. 
          SO, DID YOU SEE THE RECENT REPORT OF GAS LINES, THE METHANE? THEY LEAK CONSTANTLY, WHICH WAS NEWS TO ME, BUT WHEN YOU TALK TO SIDNEY, SHE IS ONE OF OUR VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH WORKING ON THESE THINGS. 
          SHE JUST HAD A GAS LEAK IN HER HOUSE. 
          IT WAS SO FRIGHTENING, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO TALK WITH HER AND OTHERS. 
          SO, DEFINITELY WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU, FROM CLEANEARTH4KIDS.ORG. 
          JOHN BOTTORFF, FOLLOWED BY NATE FAIRMAN. 
          GOOD EVENING, JOHN BOTTORFF WITH CLEANEARTH4KIDS.ORG AND I WANTED TO--FIRST OF ALL EXCELLENT PRESENTATION BY SIERRA CLUB. 
          AS SUZANNE TOUCHED ON, NATURAL GAS IS A MARKETING TERM. 
          IT'S METHANE. 
          METHANE IS A VERY POWERFUL GREENHOUSE GAS, AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE CLIMATE CHANGE, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT THE BURNING OF METHANE. 
          METHANE IS A VERY POWERFUL INDOOR AIR POLLUTANT, AND AS SUZANNE MENTIONED, STANFORD DID A RESEARCH PAPER LAST YEAR THAT EVEN WENT OFF A GAS STOVE, STILL LEAKS METHANE. 
          SO, NITROUS OXIDES FROM METHANE IS AN INDOOR AIR POLLUTION. 
          THERE IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT CHILDREN WHO GROW UP IN HOMES WITH GAS STOVES HAVE HIGHER RATES OF ASTHMA THAN KIDS WHO DO NOT. 
          SO, RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, YOU'RE GIVING MORE KIDS ASTHMA. 
          IF YOU HAVE A CHILD WITH ASTHMA OR HAVE A GRANDCHILD WITH ASTHMA, IT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO SEE A CHILD GO THROUGH AN ASTHMA ATTACK, AND THIS IS SOMETHING VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO DO IN NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          NO MORE GAS. 
          IT'S METHANE. 
          IT'S IT IS DESTRUCTIVE. 
          THEY ADD A SMELL TO METHANE. 
          WHY? BECAUSE IF IT LEAKS, IT CAN KILL YOU. 
          IT SUPPRESSES OXYGEN. 
          IT WILL KILL YOU. 
          IT CAN ALSO IT'S EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE. 
          IT'S ALSO INCREDIBLY EXPLOSIVE. 
          THE US STARTED REQUIRING THE SMELL TO BE ADDED IN 1937 WHEN A GAS LEAK BLEW UP A SCHOOL IN TEXAS, KILLING ALMOST 300 PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM CHILDREN. 
          SO WHY WOULD WE PUT SOMETHING IN A HOUSE THAT CAN KILL YOU IF IT LEAKS, AND EXPLODE? AND IT DOES HAPPEN. 
          IT HAPPENS ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS. 
          SO, FROM A JUST A PURE PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT, WHY WOULD WE HAVE NATURAL GAS, METHANE IN OUR HOMES? I PERSONALLY TRY TO AVOID THINGS THAT WILL PROBABLY KILL ME. 
          SO, I TRY TO AVOID ANYTHING TO DO WITH NATURAL GAS, AND ON TOP OF THAT THEY MENTIONED ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, WE PAY THE HIGHEST ELECTRICITY RATES. 
          SEMPRA ENERGY OWNS SDG&E AND SOCALGAS. 
          THEY HAVE A VERY VESTED INTEREST IN MAINTAINING A VERY HIGH RATE OF GAS USAGE AND ENERGY USAGE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY MAKE MONEY. 
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THEY ARE NOT A PUBLIC UTILITY. 
          THEY ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR CONSUMERS OR PEOPLE'S HEALTH. 
          SOCALGAS GOT BUSTED JUST LAST YEAR FOR USING RATEPAYER MONEY TO FUND EFFORTS TO SHUT DOWN CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION BECAUSE THAT MEANS LESS GAS, WHICH MEANS LESS MONEY FOR THEM. 
          THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN CHILDREN NOT GETTING ASTHMA. 
          THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING MONEY. 
          SO, WE NEED TO REDUCE OUR USE OF NATURAL GAS, WHICH MEANS LESS DRILLING AND A BETTER FUTURE FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. 
          NATE FAIRMAN, FOLLOWED BY JOE GABALDON. 
          GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS MAYOR HALL AND CITY STAFF. 
          MY NAME IS NATE FAIRMAN AND I'M THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF IBW LOCAL UNION 465. 
          I PROUDLY REPRESENT 2900 UNION UTILITY WORKERS IN SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTY, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 200 WHO LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. 
          MY WIFE AND I ALSO LIVE HERE IN THE CITY, AND WE'RE RAISING OUR TWO CHILDREN. 
          LUCA, WHO IS FOUR--HI, LUCA--AND LEO, WHO IS SIX MONTHS OLD. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT PROTECTING UTILITY WORKERS JOBS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. 
          I REPRESENT HUNDREDS OF SKILLED ELECTRICIANS, POWER LINEMEN AND TRANSIT WORKERS IN THE REGION. I ALSO REPRESENT ABOUT 500 SKILLED WELDERS, PIPEFITTERS AND GAS UTILITY WORKERS AS WELL, AND AS WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REACH CODES, BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION AND ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE, WE CANNOT LEAVE THE WORKERS IN THESE INDUSTRIES BEHIND AND WE CANNOT LEAVE THE WORKERS IN THESE INDUSTRIES OUT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AGAIN TONIGHT, TO REQUEST THE CITY INCLUDE UTILITY WORKERS AND BUSINESSES THAT RELY ON NATURAL GAS TO FUNCTION IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AHEAD. 
          THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE FAR FROM EASY. 
          NOT EVERY ENVIRONMENTALIST IS PRIORITIZING LABOR PROTECTIONS AND WORKER JUSTICE, AND NOT EVERY LABOR ADVOCATE IS PRIORITIZING NECESSARY AND IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MITIGATE A CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE DISASTER, BUT WE BELIEVE THE CITY SHOULD BE PROACTIVE AND HAVE THE COURAGE TO BRING ALL THESE STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER. 
          WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT NO WORKER IS LEFT BEHIND AND WE PROTECT OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR CITY RESIDENTS AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOE GABALDON. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS JOE GABALDON AND I'M SDG&E'S PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF 4600 COLLEAGUES. HI, LUCA [CHUCKLING] AT SDG&E, WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS. 
          WE SHARE THE CITY'S AMBITIONS IN REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND IMPROVING OUR AIR QUALITY, AND WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY AS WE PROCEED DOWN THE PATH TOWARD DECARBONIZATION. 
          IN LATE 2020, SDG&E ADOPTED A COMPANYWIDE SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY THAT COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING NET ZERO GHG EMISSIONS BY 2045. 
          WE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE RELEASE OF AN ECONOMYWIDE GHG STUDY CALLED THE PATH TO NET ZERO. THAT PROVIDES A ROADMAP ON HOW WE'LL GET US TO NET ZERO EMISSIONS. 
          THE STUDY FOUND THAT AN ACCELERATED ELECTRIFICATION AND EMBRACING TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS CLEAN HYDROGEN WILL BE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE REGION'S GHG REDUCTION GOALS WHILE ENSURING RELIABILITY OF THE ELECTRIC GRID. 
          ACCOMPLISHING THIS WILL REQUIRE INCREASED COLLABORATION AMONG ALL THE CITIES IN THE REGION AND THE COUNTY. 
          WE APPRECIATE THAT CITY IS EXPLORING NEW MEASURES, FOCUSING ON BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION AND ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT EFFORT. 
          WHILE WE MAKE THIS TRANSITION, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE PROTECT VULNERABLE CUSTOMER GROUPS AND MAINTAIN AFFORDABILITY, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW INCOME CUSTOMERS. 
          WE ALSO SUPPORT A JUST TRANSITION FOR AFFECTED WORKERS. 
          IN CLOSING, WE RECOGNIZE THE URGENCY TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS, AND WE SUPPORT CALIFORNIA'S CLEAN ENERGY GOALS. 
          WE ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO PARTNER WITH SDG&E AND OTHERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES IN THE AREAS OF BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, CLEAN TRANSPORTATION, GRID MODERNIZATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND AN EQUITABLE TRANSITION FOR AFFECTED WORKFORCES. 
          COLLECTIVELY, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON SOLUTIONS THAT RESULT IN MEANINGFUL GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS. 
          OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA. 
          THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE CONVERSATION ON THE DAIS FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND I'M 
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REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY WITH ALL ITS DIVERSE VIEWPOINTS SHOWING UP TODAY AND HAVING REPRESENTATIVES SPEAK, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE OTHER POLICYMAKERS HERE THINK ABOUT THESE IDEAS. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, DOCTOR, WHY DON'T YOU START? SURE, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE AND HAS SPOKEN. 
          DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, IF NOT LONGER. 
          I DO THINK THAT, OF COURSE, WE AS A CITY HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY. WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING MANY OF THE SUSTAINABILITY RELATED ISSUES, AND I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, WHETHER IT WAS DURING DECLARING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY OR JUST OTHERWISE IN TERMS OF POTENTIALLY BEING SOMETHING THAT WE'D WANT TO INCORPORATE. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW WHEN I'VE TALKED TO STAKEHOLDERS THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP, AND I'D LOVE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES SINCE WE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, AND IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IS IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I'M GLAD THAT SOME OF THE SPEAKERS BROUGHT THIS UP WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TALKING TO ALL KEY STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH SINGLE USE PLASTICS, BECAUSE I THINK, YES, WHEN WE BROUGHT THAT FORWARD, AGAIN, IT WAS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT IT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED, WE WERE GOING TO BRING THEM ALONG IN THE CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PART OF THAT PROCESS, AND SO FOR ME, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING FOLKS ALONG IN THIS CONVERSATION AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE DOING SO IN A WAY THAT IS MINDFUL AND ALSO IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME--THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE ONE BIG PIECE THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I EMPHASIZE. 
          THE OTHER PIECES, AND I KNOW WE CAN'T ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS JUST MERELY TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IT. 
          I AM INTERESTED IN HAVING MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WHETHER WE WOULD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT FROM OBVIOUSLY A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. 
          IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND IT, AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF THE CITY COUNCIL IS INTERESTED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO, BUT I WOULD WANT ANSWERS AROUND HOW MANY HOUSING UNITS THIS WOULD IMPACT AND IF IT WERE JUST FOR NEW HOUSING UNITS, I KNOW MANY OTHER ENTITIES ONCE THEY'VE PUSHED FORWARD THE NEED TO DO LOOK AT RETROFITTING IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO, FOR ME, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF WE ARE TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT BROUGHT BACK TO US LOOKING AT HOW MANY UNITS THIS WOULD IMPACT IF THERE WERE A RETROFIT IN THE FUTURE, THE OTHER PIECE WOULD BE HOW IT WOULD AFFECT AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE WORKERS, SO HOW IT WOULD AFFECT WORKERS THAT ARE PART OF OUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH SDG&E AND THE REPERCUSSIONS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF JUST THE TRANSITION TO JOBS CREATED, AND THEN OF COURSE, CAN WE LOOK AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS AND BRING FORWARD WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF CONSIDERATION? I DO HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, WHICH, AGAIN, I KNOW I CAN'T WE CAN'T ANSWER TODAY, BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING THEM FORWARD SO MY COLLEAGUES KNOW WHAT TYPES OF QUESTIONS I'M THINKING ABOUT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION, BUT DO WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO TAKE ON THE LOAD OF ALL ELECTRIC BUILDINGS? DOES IT COST MORE OR LESS? WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD, DEFINITELY, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH, AND QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ANSWERED IS THAT THIS HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES A COST SAVINGS IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. SO, I UNDERSTAND THAT ASPECT, BUT I THINK JUST MAKING SURE THAT WHAT IT COSTS MORE OR LESS FOR A DEVELOPER TO DO ALL ELECTRIC. 
          I'VE GOTTEN MIXED REVIEWS ON BOTH ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THAT IN A DATA DRIVEN FASHION, AND THEN WHAT ARE THE GHG REDUCTIONS FOR DOING ALL ELECTRIC, WHICH WE'VE SEEN IN SOME PRESENTATIONS, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT IN THAT REPORT. 
          ARE THERE FUNDS PROVIDED BY STATE AND FEDERAL TO TRANSITION TO ALL ELECTRIC? DO THOSE FUNDS HELP WITH BRIDGING THAT WAGE GAP THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT RESEARCH HAVE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ALREADY DONE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO CONSIDER? SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS WHEN I LOOK AT ELECTRIFICATION, THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR, IF NOT LONGER, WHEN FOLKS HAVE COME AND TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS AND ESPECIALLY THERE ARE MANY STAKEHOLDERS, WE HEARD FROM FOUR OF THEM, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS, IF AND WHEN WE DO DECIDE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY. 
          MR. BLACKBURN. 
          WELL, THANK YOU TO SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE SIERRA CLUB. 
          IN FACT, I SEE SOME FACES HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE TUTORING. 
          YOU'VE SPENT TIME WITH ME TRYING TO EXPLAIN AND GET ME TO UNDERSTAND IT, AND I APPRECIATE 
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THAT COMPLETELY, AND THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT WAS EXCELLENT AND THE SLIDES WE GOT WERE EXCELLENT. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S JUST ONE HALF, ONE SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE AS WELL, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN EXPOSED TO THE OTHER SIDE YET. 
          SO, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'M HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC ARE THINGS LIKE WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT THIS PIECEMEAL GOING THROUGH CITY AFTER CITY? SOME CITIES ARE GOING TO SAY YES, SOME CITIES ARE GOING TO SAY NO. 
          WHY ISN'T THIS BEING ADDRESSED AT THE STATE LEVEL? ANOTHER QUESTION WAS, DOES THE REGION HAVE THE ELECTRIC CAPACITY TO GO TO JUST ELECTRIC AND NOT GAS? THEN THE NEXT STEP, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WAS ONCE THE CAMEL GETS HIS NOSE UNDER THE TENT AND WE DO THIS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS. 
          THEN IS THE NEXT PUSH GOING TO BE TO RETROFIT AT HUGE EXPENSES TO PEOPLE WHO MAY AND MAY NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO GET RID OF ALL OF THEIR GAS APPLIANCES AND REPLACE THEM WITH ELECTRIC? LASTLY, SOME PEOPLE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE HAVING THIS DIVERSIFIED SOURCE OF POWER TO THEIR HOUSE. I TALKED TO ONE PERSON WHO HAS A POWER GENERATOR THAT IF THE ELECTRICITY GOES OUT, IT AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHES TO A POWER GENERATOR THAT'S CONTROLLED BY GAS, BECAUSE THEIR CONCERN WAS IT'S UNLIKELY THAT GAS AND ELECTRICITY WILL BOTH GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WEIGHED BACK AND FORTH, AND I NEED ANSWERS BEFORE I CAN MAKE A DECISION ON WHERE I'M GOING TO LAND WITH THIS. 
          SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HOPING THAT THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE IS THAT MAYBE FOR OUR NEXT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE, THIS COULD ALL BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT WITH ALL OF THESE ANSWERS, SO, WE CAN MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION, AND MAYBE ALSO, LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT HAVING COMMUNITY INPUT AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND WE CAN GET SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM THAT INPUT INCLUDED IN THE NEXT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, THANKS. 
          DOCTOR? JUST BRIEFLY, MAYOR, I KNOW THAT WHEN THE CAP ANNUAL UPDATE WAS GIVEN, I DID HAVE A QUESTION AROUND--THIS IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER--WHEN WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING BACK THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE? I'M GOING TO ASK, WHERE IS. 
          .. I DON'T SEE JAMIE. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU, JAMIE. JAMIE WOOD, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. 
          WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT BARRING ANY FUTURE DELAYS FROM GETTING INFORMATION FROM SANDAG EXPECTED WE WOULD BE MID SPRING TO EARLY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR 2023 WOULD BE WHEN WE WOULD BE BRINGING BACK A DRAFT CLIMATE [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S THE EXPECTATION. OKAY, THANKS. 
          MR. BLACKBURN, WERE YOU DONE WITH YOUR COMMENTS? DID YOU FINISH? SO I AGAIN WANT TO THANK, FIRST OF ALL, COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO IS HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON THIS AND WHEN I REALLY STARTED TO STUDY CLIMATE ACTION AND IT WAS ABOUT COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED AS I STARTED TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY ENERGY PROGRAM, THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX CONVERSATION AND BY LEAPING FORWARD IN ONE AREA MIGHT CAUSE DELAY AND OTHER AREAS. 
          SO, PART OF WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS I START TO RESEARCH THIS IS THIS ISN'T A CARLSBAD ISSUE. 
          THIS ISN'T A CALIFORNIA ISSUE. 
          THIS IS REALLY A NATIONAL ISSUE, AND IT'S REALLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR NATION AT THIS MOMENT. CALIFORNIA'S, I THINK, LEADING THE NATION IN THEIR ACTION PLAN. 
          SO, WHEN I SAY THAT, YOU START TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE ALL THIS WORK? TONIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE PIECE AND A PUZZLE THAT IS PROBABLY I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PIECES, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE AND AS I DO MY RESEARCH, WARP SPEED IS 25 YEARS. 
          PRACTICAL TIME IS 40 YEARS. 
          IT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 8-$13 TRILLION TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 
          SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS, THE MOST KEY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE, 
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AND TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE WHETHER IT IS ELECTRIFICATION OF A HOME, ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES OR WHATEVER, THIS IS ALL PLAYING TOGETHER SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
          SO, WHEN YOU HAVE THE CONVERSATION, WE SHOULDN'T PICK OUT ONE PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION. 
          WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE CONVERSATION, BEGINNING WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          DO WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THIS? THROUGH ALL MY RESEARCH, GUESS WHAT THE INSURANCE POLICY IS AFTER IT'S ALL DONE? IT'S NATURAL GAS. 
          SO, AFTER IT'S ALL DONE AND WE HAVE A 100% ELECTRIFIED NATION, THE INSURANCE POLICY IN CASE OF A FAILURE WILL BE NATURAL GAS AS THE BACKUP. 
          THAT'S THE RESEARCH I'VE STUDIED. 
          SO, I APPLAUD THIS. 
          I THINK THE REAL CONVERSATION FOR THIS RIGHT NOW SHOULD BE FOCUSED THROUGH OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND SHOULD BE AT A STATE LEVEL BECAUSE THE ELECTRIC GRID JUST ISN'T IN CARLSBAD, IT'S THROUGHOUT ALL THE WESTERN PART OF THE US, AND SO I'VE LIVED IN AN ALL ELECTRIC HOME. I'VE HAD A HOME WHERE I TOOK OUT THE GAS AND PUT IN THE STATE OF THE ART ELECTRIC COOKTOP BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO, I WAS OUT COOKING ON MY NATURAL GAS BARBECUE WHEN THAT SIX HOUR DOWNTIME WAS. 
          SO, IT'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST THIS ONE PIECE AND I WOULD ASK IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY DISCUSS THIS AND REALLY LOOK AT THIS. 
          IT'S NOT WHAT ANOTHER CITY MIGHT BE DOING. 
          IT'S WHAT WE AS AT LEAST A STATE, ARE GOING TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BACKUP, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, TO MAKE SURE THIS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING DOWN THE ROAD SIMULTANEOUSLY. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE LOAD THAT THE ELECTRIC CARS ARE GOING TO TAKE ON THE GRID BETWEEN NOW AND 2035 AND WHERE THE STATE IS ON THAT. 
          SO, I WOULD ASK US TO REALLY THINK THROUGH WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND NOT TALK ABOUT A PIECE, BUT TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE PIE, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO, THOSE ARE MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHTS. 
          COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND I HEAR THE MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR ABOUT THIS BEING BIGGER THAN JUST ONE PIECE. 
          IN FACT, THAT WAS MY POINT WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CAP IS SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE IN THEIR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BIGGER VISION FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE FROM THE LOCAL LEVEL, BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST RELY ON THE UN OR DC OR SACRAMENTO, BUT WE ACTUALLY EVEN INDIVIDUALLY AND BLOCK BY BLOCK AND AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A CITY, CAN TAKE ACTION. 
          IN FACT, THAT'S WHY SOME OF US HAVE SOLAR OR DRIVE HYBRIDS OR ELECTRIC CARS OR COMPOST. 
          I DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE INDIVIDUAL AGENCY OF EACH OF US TO TAKE PART IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND I THINK THAT AT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS A GREAT TOOL TO DO THAT, BUT THE WAY THAT WE DESIGNED OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN 2015 DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SINCE THEN, THINGS LIKE THE RCCA, OUR COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATOR, BECAUSE IN 2015 IT WASN'T IT DIDN'T EXIST, AND WE HAVE SINCE LAUNCHED IT, AND NOW WE'VE GOT THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE. 
          SO, THINGS CHANGE AND SOMETIMES THINGS CHANGE SLOWLY, AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING US TO DO, IS NOT RELY ON OUR PAST EXPERIENCES OR OUR OPINIONS OR THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE SEEN OR READ OR HAVE BEEN SENT TO US NECESSARILY, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL PART OF OUR WORLDVIEW, IS THINGS THAT PEOPLE SEND US OR PEOPLE WHO CONTACT US, BUT ACTUALLY TO ASK STAFF TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AND SEE IF IT'S VIABLE FOR US IN CARLSBAD, AND THEN WE CAN VOTE YES OR NO, YAY OR NAY ON THAT , BUT EVEN JUST HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, IT'S BASED ON VERY LITTLE INFORMATION, THE INFORMATION THAT I INCLUDED WITH MY REQUEST, WHICH IS IN YOUR STAFF PACKET, AND THAT'S INFORMATION THAT ENCINITAS AND SOLANA BEACH HAVE AND THE SLIDES THAT SIERRA CLUB SENT ME, THE INFORMATION WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS AND OUR OWN WORLDVIEWS, THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE HEARD, BUT WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATA TO MAKE THE REAL DECISIONS RIGHT NOW, YET, THE QUESTIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION YET ABOUT WHETHER IT WILL BE LESS EXPENSIVE OR WHETHER WE CAN HAVE A JUST TRANSITION. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM OUR STAFF, AND THAT'S WHY WE DEPEND ON OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. 
          WE ARE NOT EXPERTS IN EVERYTHING AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO BE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY TO DIRECT STAFF TO COME BACK TO US WITH THAT INFORMATION. 
          SO, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. 
          I HOPE THAT'S CLEAR. MR. 
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BLACKBURN. 
          I CAN SUPPORT THAT AS LONG AS IT'S PART OF BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE NEXT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, ALONG WITH OTHER IDEAS. 
          IT'S NOT JUST A SINGULAR IDEA. 
          I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. 
          SO, I COULD SUPPORT IT AS LONG AS IT'LL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PRESENTATION AND THE NEXT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, NOT TO PIECEMEAL AND SAY, LET'S JUST DO THIS, AND THEN WHEN SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP, WE'LL JUST DO THAT. 
          DOCTOR? SURE, THANK YOU. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS COME FORWARD AND HAVE A DISCUSSION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHETHER IT'S DURING THE CAP, IF THAT'S WHERE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MAY BE GOING OR WHATEVER BUT I DO THINK THAT FOR ME, THE BIGGEST PIECE IS MAKING SURE WE TAKE A MEASURED APPROACH AND WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS, BUT IF THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING IT FORWARD DURING THAT AND IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS MID-SPRING EARLY SUMMER--I'M JUST GOING TO LOOK BACK AT JAMIE IN THE BACK--FROM WHAT HE HAD SHARED THEN. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT WOULD WORK FOR YOU OR JUST AGAIN, BECAUSE BASED ON THE COMMENTS AND I'M ASSUMING WE WOULD NEED AT LEAST THREE OF US TO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. I THINK THE ONLY THING IF YOU'RE GOING TO GOING TO DO THIS, IT'S BIGGER THAN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. 
          IT GOES TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ELECTRICITY IS WEST OF THE ROCKIES AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A RELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO NOT ONLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT ALSO ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE WORKING IN PARALLEL WITH THIS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ENERGY LOAD. 
          SO, TO ME, IT'S WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND I HAVE SOLAR, BUT I DON'T HAVE A BATTERY BACKUP , AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT GOES BEYOND THE BATTERY BACKUP? SO IT'S GOOD TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO DO THIS LITTLE PIECE, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, IT'S REALLY THE WHOLE STATE. 
          SO THAT'S HOW I THINK WE SHOULD ADDRESS IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE A BATTERY FOR MY SOLAR PANELS, THE TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPROVED AND SO I ACTUALLY NEED A BIGGER, BETTER BATTERY SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL, BUT I THINK WE NEED THE DATA TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN INFORMED DECISION MAKING PROCESS AS A COUNCIL. 
          SO, WAS THERE ONE MORE COMMENT BEFORE--I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR AGAIN, BUT A LOT OF ALL OF US HAVE SAID ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING. 
          WE'RE NOT EXPERTS WE DON'T KNOW, BUT WE HIRE EXPERTS AND WE HAVE STAFF WHO ARE GREAT AT THIS, AND THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE TO SEE IT COME BACK WITH THE NEXT INCORPORATED INTO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION, AND THEY COULD THEN LET THEM DO ALL THIS RESEARCH, CLIMB THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS AND THEN TELL US WHETHER IT'S A GOOD IDEA, A BAD IDEA OR IF THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN THERE. 
          MR. CHADWICK, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THIS? I'M JUST LOOKING FOR THE DIRECTION. 
          SO, BASED OFF OF THE DIRECTION, THEN WHAT WE CAN DO IS I WOULD ASK IF IT'S APPROPRIATELY MOTIONED AND SECONDED, I WOULD WANT TO BRING JAMIE BACK UP JUST REAL QUICK TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS FEASIBLE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT IT IS, AND MAYBE WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH JAMIE, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT IT'S PART OF WHAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING. 
          JAMIE. THANK YOU, MR. CHADWICK. YES, THIS ACTUALLY WOULD BE A MEASURE THAT WE WOULD BE EVALUATING AS A POTENTIAL MEASURE, BECAUSE WE ARE HEARING THIS FROM PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SO, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS, WE WOULD BE BRINGING BACK AS POTENTIAL MEASURES FOR YOU TO EVALUATE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON PRIOR TO EVEN GETTING THE DRAFT DOCUMENT ITSELF, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALSO HAVE INPUT INTO WHAT GOES INTO THE CAP. 
          SO, WE WOULD BE BRINGING THAT BACK NEXT YEAR EVEN BEFORE THE FINAL DRAFT IS BROUGHT TO YOU . SO, WE COULD DO THAT. IT WOULD BE A PART OF THAT EVALUATION. 
          THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE RELIABILITY OF THE GRID IN RELATIONSHIP TO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON IN THE ELECTRICAL FIELD. 
          WE COULD TRY TO PULL TOGETHER SOME MORE BACKGROUND BEHIND SOME OF THAT WORKING WITH OTHER STAFF. IT WOULDN'T BE THE FULL EVALUATION OF THAT MEASURE BECAUSE UNTIL WE WERE DIRECTED TO FULLY GO OUT AND RESEARCH AND PUT THAT IN THE CAP, WE WOULDN'T DO ALL OF THAT WORK BECAUSE WE WOULD BE BRINGING YOU BASICALLY A MENU OF OF SEVERAL ITEMS THAT YOU COULD CHOOSE FROM, SOME OPTIONS TO LOOK AT. 
          SO, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO ALL OF THAT WORK, BUT IF WE WERE DIRECTED TO DO THAT, WE WOULD. 
          YES, MR. BLACKBURN? JAMIE, TO THE CREDIT OF THE GROUP, THE SAN DIEGO BUILDING 
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ELECTRIFICATION COALITION AND SIERRA CLUB, THEY DID TALK ABOUT THE HUMAN ELEMENT, THE WORKERS, THE DISPLACED WORKERS, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE DO THE PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT THEIR INPUT IS. 
          SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC INPUT, STAKEHOLDER INPUT, I'D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT AS WELL. SURE, SURE. 
          YES, COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA. 
          SO, I THINK I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION AND I'LL TRY TO WORD IT BROADLY ENOUGH, BUT NARROWLY ENOUGH SO THAT IT DOES CAPTURE OUR CONVERSATION. 
          SO, THE MOTION IS TO DIRECT STAFF, TO RESEARCH OPTIONS TO ADD AN ORDINANCE ADDRESSING ELECTRIFICATION IN NEW BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD TO THE NEXT DRAFT OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN 2023. 
          IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU ALL, THEN I'LL SECOND. 
          CAN I JUST ASK, JAMIE, DO YOU FEEL YOU'VE GOT ADEQUATE DIRECTION AS WELL AS THE DISCUSSION THAT HAS OCCURRED? GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. CALL THE QUESTION. 
          PLEASE VOTE. OKAY, IT PASSES THREE ONE. 
          MOVING ON. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 
          [11. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 11, THE MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON ITEM 11? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. 
          OKAY, THEN I WOULD NOMINATE APRIL FIELDS. 
          SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [12. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE ARTS COMMISSION]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 12, THE MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE ARTS COMMISSION AND I WOULD NOMINATE--THERE ARE SPEAKERS ON THIS. 
          I'M SORRY, SPEAKERS. 
          JUST ONE SPEAKER, ANGIE VERANO. 
          THANK YOU. HELLO TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. 
          I AM HERE AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION. 
          I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL WITH MY QUALIFICATIONS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND SAY THAT ONE OF MY MAIN MOTIVATIONS FOR DOING THIS IS JUST AN ABSOLUTE LOVE FOR THIS CITY, AND LISTENING TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT, IT JUST REINFORCES EVERYTHING I THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE CITY AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO HERE. 
          MY BACKGROUND IS PROFESSIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN FOR OVER 30 YEARS IN THE BAY AREA, A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE FROM LIVING IN CARLSBAD, AND I WOULD LIKE TO USE THOSE SKILLS TO WORK MORE WITH THE ARTS PART OF THE CITY. 
          I DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK WITH THE THREE PART ART AND LEO CARILLO AND ALL THE OTHER EVENTS THAT GO ON, AND I'D LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED, AND I THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING ME. 
          WE THANK YOU. 
          SO, MY NOMINATIONS WOULD BE FRANCIS CARRILLO AND ANGELA VERANO. 
          SECOND. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [13. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF THREE MEMBERS TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 13, THE MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF THREE MEMBERS TO THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION SPEAKERS. 
          THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. 
          OKAY, THEN I WOULD NOMINATE THE TWO MEMBERS THAT ARE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT, EARL LEE AND CHAD MEYER AND ALSO JAMIE LATIANO JACOBS. 
          SECOND. THAT PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]
OKAY, MOVING ON TO I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS. MOVING ON TO COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS. 
          WE'LL START WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA. 
          THANK YOU. I'LL BE BRIEF. 
          WE'RE ALL GOING TO SEE EACH OTHER TOMORROW BECAUSE WE HAVE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW, BUT TOMORROW EVENING THERE IS A CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GREEN BUSINESS EXPO AT THE FLOWER FIELDS. 
          THIS IS AN EVENT I'VE BEEN GOING TO FOR YEARS. 
          IT WAS CANCELED IN 2020, BUT THEY HAD IT LAST YEAR, AND REALLY, IT IS A WAY TO SHOWCASE THE BUSINESSES IN CARLSBAD THAT ARE WORKING ON VARIOUS GREEN INITIATIVES OR EVEN HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMPLETELY FOCUSED ON CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS. 
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SO, IT'S A REALLY EXCELLENT EVENT. 
          THEY HAVE SOME OF THE BIGGER COMPANIES LIKE VIASAT WILL COME TALK ABOUT THEIR SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND THE THINGS. 
          I REMEMBER WHEN I LEARNED THAT THEY HAD SOMEBODY DO AN AUDIT OF THEIR COFFEE MACHINES AND SNACKS AND THEY DECIDED THAT KEURIG CUPS WERE A LOT OF PLASTIC, THEY WERE GENERATING MOUNDS OF PLASTICS, SO THEY DID AWAY WITH THOSE AND WENT BACK TO GLASS COFFEE MUGS LIKE WHAT YOU USE AT HOME BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND  DOESN'T WASTE PLASTIC. SO, YOU LEARN A LOT OF THINGS AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO YOUR OWN PLACE OF BUSINESS OR HOME. 
          SO, I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO THAT IF THEY CAN, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE MEETING IS PUBLICLY TELEVISED AND IT WILL BE THIS THURSDAY. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE TWO THINGS WITH PEOPLE. 
          I'LL BE AT BOTH OF THOSE. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER BHAT-PATEL. 
          YES, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I HOPE THOSE THAT CELEBRATED PASSOVER OR EASTER THIS PAST WEEKEND HAD A GOOD TIME. 
          I GOT TO TAKE MY SON TO HIS FIRST EGG HUNT AT POINSETTIA PARK, WHICH WAS EXCITING BECAUSE I KNOW MY BROTHER AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW UP GOING TO THOSE, AND SO IT WAS FUN TO BE ABLE TO GO AND TAKE HIM AS WELL, AND THEN IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON THIS WEEK, DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT GREEN BUSINESS EXPO. 
          OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE AT THAT CIP PRIORITIZATION WORKSHOP TOMORROW, AND I KNOW CITIZENS ACADEMY GRADUATION, WHICH I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY BEEN THAT FAST, IS COMING UP, AND OF COURSE, EARTH DAY IS ON FRIDAY, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE BEEN CELEBRATING THIS ENTIRE MONTH, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT ON FRIDAY AS WELL AND THIS WEEKEND. 
          THANKS. OKAY. 
          MR. BLACKBURN. OKAY, ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR WHERE THERE MIGHT BE MORE THAN THREE OF US. 
          WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20TH, AT 9 TO 2:00 PM IS THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AT THE FARADAY CITY CENTER, 1635 FARADAY. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S 9 A.M. 
          TO 2:00 PM. 
          THURSDAY, APRIL 21ST 9:30 A.M. 
          TO 10 A.M. 
          THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR CALAVERA HILLS PARK IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THAT'S AT CALAVERA HILLS COMMUNITY PARK 2997, GLASGOW HERE IN CARLSBAD. 
          THURSDAY, APRIL 21ST, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CITIZENS ACADEMY GRADUATION. 
          THAT'S RIGHT HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS, 1200 CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE. 
          [COUGHING] EXCUSE ME. 
          TUESDAY, APRIL 26TH. 
          CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION AND HOUSING COMMISSION JOINT SPECIAL MEETING ON HOUSING LAW UPDATES. 
          THAT AGAIN WILL BE AT THE FARADAY CENTER, 1635 FARADAY. 
          WEDNESDAY, MAY 4TH, AN EVENING WITH AT THE OMNI LA COSTA RESORT AND SPA. 
          THAT'S AT THE OMNI LA COSTA RESORT AND SPA 2100 COSTA DEL MAR ROAD, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA. 
          MR. CHADWICK, ANY COMMENTS? NO, SIR, NO COMMENTS. 
          CITY ATTORNEY? NOTHING, THANK YOU. 
          CITY CLERK? NONE AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING WITH SADNESS TO LEARN THAT FORMER CARLSBAD FIGHTER MIKE MCFADDEN HAS RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 59. 
          MIKE DEDICATED 24 YEARS OF HIS FIRE SERVICE CAREER TO THE CARLSBAD FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A PARAMEDIC FIREFIGHTER IN NOVEMBER OF 1987, PROMOTING THROUGH THE RANKS OF CAPTAIN, BATTALION CHIEF AND FINALLY FIRE PREVENTION SPECIALISTS PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE INTERCEPT IN SEPTEMBER 2021. 
          THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, MIKE CONTRIBUTED IN COUNTLESS WAYS THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. 
          HE WAS TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE LIFE, HELPING PEOPLE AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. 
          WITH THIS IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING IN MIKE MCFADDEN'S HONOR AND MEMORY; HE WAS TRULY AN ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY AND HE WILL BE MISSED. 
          SO, WITH THAT, WE STAND ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.