May 17, 2022 City Council Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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CALL TONIGHT'S MEETING TO ORDER.

AND COULD THE CLERK PLEASE TAKE ROLL? ALL FIVE MEMBERS ARE HERE AND PLEASE RISE AND MR. BLACKBURN WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING HELD APRIL 19 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING HELD MAY TEN.

MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES RECITED BY THE MAYOR.

SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. AND THE MINUTES PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS.

[PRESENTATIONS]

IT'S NOT OFTEN WHEN WE GET A FAMILY MEMBER WHO'S BACK IN TOWN THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO HONOR.

AND THE PACKARD FAMILY, YOU KNOW, WE START THINKING ABOUT RON AND ALL THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.

WE REALLY GO BACK DECADES IN CARLSBAD AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND TONIGHT, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM RON PACKARD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE WHO DON'T KNOW RON, WHO'S BEEN HERE SINCE REALLY CLEAR BACK INTO THE SIXTIES WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO SCHOOL BOARD AND HE WAS ON SCHOOL BOARD FROM 64, 1964 TO 1976 WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL.

AND THEN IN 1978, HE WAS ELECTED MAYOR TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD UNTIL 1982 AND THEN BECAME VERY EXCITING. RON RAN FOR US CONGRESS.

AND HE LOST IN THE PRIMARY BY 92 VOTES.

BUT HE DIDN'T GIVE UP.

NEITHER DID THE COMMUNITY.

AND I CAN REMEMBER ALL OF US AT THAT TIME THE SUPPORT IN THIS COMMUNITY.

HE WAS ONE OF A VERY FEW PEOPLE EVER ELECTED TO CONGRESS BY A WRITE IN VOTE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING FOR RON, FOR YOU TO BE PROUD OF AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY AND FOR WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN US FOR THESE MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO ALSO, WHEN YOU THINK BACK TO THOSE TIMES TOO, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES BACK IN THE 80S WAS ALSO GROWTH.

AND YOU WERE REALLY AT THE FOREFRONT WHEN WE THINK OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT, I THINK YOU WERE THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY STARTED THE CONVERSATION BACK IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE, PLEASE COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

WE'RE SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

[APPLAUSE] I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY. I'M PROUD OF EACH ONE OF YOU, ESPECIALLY YOU WHO ARE SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, AND ESPECIALLY THE MAYOR WHO HAS SERVED SO LONG.

PUBLIC SERVICE IS A REMARKABLE THING TO DO, I BELIEVE.

I, LIKE MATT SAID, I SHOULD SAY, MR. MAYOR, I HONOR YOU AS THE MAYOR.

I DID SERVE FOR 18 YEARS.

YES, 18 YEARS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT HERE IN CARLSBAD.

ALL OF IT HERE IN CARLSBAD.

AND THEN I WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS, AS THE MAYOR SAID, WITHOUT MY NAME ON THE BALLOT.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA.

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT TO ANYBODY.

BUT IT WAS A UNIQUE SITUATION.

AND THE ONE THAT DID ULTIMATELY WIN THE PRIMARY WAS REALLY NOT A GOOD PERSON.

AND AS A RESULT, THERE WAS AN OUTCRY FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO RUN.

AND THE ONLY WAY I COULD RUN IS WITHOUT MY NAME ON THE BALLOT, BECAUSE I HAD I WAS A CANDIDATE IN THE PRIMARY.

AND THEN I SERVED 18 YEARS IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT WAS A RARE PRIVILEGE AS WELL.

I DID HAVE SOME, SOME INFLUENCE IN MAKING CARLSBAD WHAT IT IS TODAY.

TO ME, CARLSBAD IS NOW ONE OF THE PREMIER CITIES OF THE STATE, ONE OF THE BEST CITIES OF THE STATE.

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AND WE DETERMINED THAT CARLSBAD HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN ITS DEVELOPMENT.

IT WAS A CITY WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED TO OFFICE IN CARLSBAD, WHERE THE BULK OF THE REVENUE FOR CARLSBAD CAME FROM PROPERTY TAXES AND THE BULK OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES CAME FROM THE GAS AND ELECTRIC PLANT.

IN FACT, 52% OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT CAME INTO THE CITY CAME FROM THE GAS AND ELECTRIC PLANT WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO CITY GOVERNMENT.

AND THEN THE STATE PASSED A PROPOSITION CALLED PROPOSITION 13.

SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER IT.

IT'S WHERE THE STATE REQUIRED THAT ALL PROPERTY TAXES WAS EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE VARIOUS CITIES AND COUNTIES OF THE STATE.

AND IT LITERALLY GUTTED THE [INAUDIBLE] TO CARLSBAD.

AND SO IN OUR RETREAT, WE DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD DIVIDE OUR REVENUES INTO FOUR CATEGORIES, FOUR FUNDAMENTAL CATEGORIES.

PROPERTY TAX BEING ONE OF THEM, AND SALES TAX BE ANOTHER, WHICH WE HAD VIRTUALLY NO SALES TAX IN THE CITY AT THE TIME.

AND TOT TAXES TRANSIT OCCUPANCY TAX WHICH WAS FROM REVENUES FROM THE RENTAL OF HOTELS AND MOTEL ROOMS AND THEN FINES AND FEES AND OTHER WAYS OF RAISING MONEY.

AND WE DETERMINED THAT WE WANTED TO DIVIDE THOSE REVENUE BASES INTO THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES.

VIRTUALLY, WE HAD NONE OF THEM.

ALL WE HAD IS PROPERTY TAXES.

AND THEN WE DID SOME INCENTIVES.

I MET WITH THE WITH THE OWNERS OF THE VARIOUS AUTO AGENCIES IN OCEANSIDE.

ALMOST ALL OF THE AUTO AGENCIES AT THAT TIME WERE IN OCEANSIDE.

AND WE DETERMINE IF WE HELP THEM TO DEVELOP CAR COUNTRY.

AND AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO CAR COUNTRY IN ALL OF THE ALL OF THE UNITED STATES.

IT WAS THE FIRST AUTO MALL IN THE COUNTRY.

THERE WAS NONE. IT WAS A NEW CONCEPT.

AND WE TOLD THE AUTO OWNERS THAT WE WOULD PUT IN THE THE CURB, GUTTER AND SIDEWALK AT OUR EXPENSIVE CITY EXPENSE IF THEY CAME TO CARLSBAD AS A AS AN AUTO KIND OF AN AUTO COUNTRY.

THEY AGREED. LOOK WHAT COUNTRY BECAME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE 28 OR 29.

THE AGENCY'S OUT THERE AND EVERY CAR THAT'S SOLD IN IN CAR COUNTRY, THERE'S SOME REVENUE THAT COMES INTO THE CITY.

IT REALLY LITERALLY CHANGED THE SALES TAXES IN THE CITY.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT BLESSING TO THE CITY.

WE ALSO MET WITH THE SOME OF THE MAJOR STORES MAKE COMPANY PANEL OPINIONS AND. THEY WERE THEY WANTED TO SETTLE IN OCEANSIDE.

AND WHEN WE MET WITH HIM, WE OFFERED TO PAY AS A CITY FOR THE PARKING AREA IN CAR COUNTRY, I MEAN, IN THE CITY REGIONAL MALL.

AND THEY AGREED TO COME TO CARLSBAD BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND AGAIN, THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE REVENUES OR SALES TAX.

WE ALSO IMPROVED THE THE BEACH AREA OF CARLSBAD AND PUT A WINDING SIDEWALK ON THE UPPER BLUFF AND A WINDING SIDEWALK DOWN ON THE ON THE ON THE WATER EDGE.

AND THAT WAS INCENTIVES FOR MAJOR HOTELS TO COME TO CARLSBAD.

THAT WAS A HUGE INCREASE OF TOT TAX.

THEN WE JUST DECIDED

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AND WE DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD DEVELOP EACH QUADRANT BASICALLY WITH EQUAL FACILITIES SUCH AS PARKS, RECREATION, POLICE, FIRE AND OTHER OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES.

WHEN WE WERE DONE, IT IT WAS AMAZING.

WE THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE QUITE A PERIOD OF TIME FOR IT TO THOSE THOSE BALANCED REVENUES TO COME TO CARLSBAD.

BUT IT HAPPENED A LOT FASTER THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD.

AND AS A RESULT, CARLSBAD WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP WHAT WE CALL A WHAT WAS IT CALLED? ANYWAY, IT WAS A OPERATIONAL BUDGET.

AND THEN WE ALSO DEVELOPED A A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.

AND BEFORE LONG, WE HAD A MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET WHICH ALLOWED THE CITY TO PUT IN PUBLIC AGENCIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES.

VERY FEW CITIES AT THE TIME HAD A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, BUT CARLSBAD HAD ONE THAT WAS ALMOST EQUAL TO ITS OPERATIONAL BUDGET.

SO IT WAS JUST A REMARKABLE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE REVENUE SYSTEM FOR CARLSBAD.

AS A RESULT, CARLSBAD HAS REALLY DEVELOPED INTO A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, LIKE I SAY, ONE OF THE PREMIER CITIES OF THE STATE.

AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

IT CONTINUED TO THAT WONDERFUL SERVICE TO BUILD CARLSBAD AS A PREMIER CITY.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PRIVILEGE I HAD OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD FOR A LONG TIME.

AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU, WHICH HAS BEEN WILLING TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND SERVE IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

IT'S A WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE.

YOU OUGHT TO ENJOY IT. I HOPE YOU REALLY DO LOVE WHAT YOU DO.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS CITY.

IT'S A MARVELOUS PLACE TO LIVE.

IT'S A MARVELOUS PLACE TO, I ONLY MOVED OUT OF THE CITY BECAUSE OF FAMILY.

MY SONS ALL LIVED HERE IN CARLSBAD, AND MY DAUGHTERS ALL LIVED UP IN UTAH.

AND AFTER SERVING HERE IN CARLSBAD FOR 62 YEARS WITH MY SONS, THE DAUGHTER SAID, YOU GOT TO MOVE UP AND BE WITH US.

AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WE LANDED IT.

WE OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY NEVER LEFT CARLSBAD.

AND I CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WHAT YOU DO.

I COMPLIMENT THE CITY ON ITS GREAT PROGRESS.

I'M PROUD TO BE BACK AMONG YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

AND THANK YOU, RON. [APPLAUSE] SURE. BY ALL MEANS.

I JUST. I CAN'T RESIST MAKING A QUICK COMMENT, RON.

I, WHEN I TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY TO YOUNG FOLKS, I TALKED ABOUT MY JOB AS A CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBER.

I COMPARE IT TO GRANDPA WORKED FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AND HE BUILT UP A HOUSE AND A SAVINGS.

AND THEN I INHERITED IT.

AND IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT I TAKE CARE OF THAT INHERITANCE SO I CAN PASS IT TO MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

SO IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU, BUD LEWIS, MATT, OTHERS WHO I LOOK AT YOU GUYS AS THE GRANDPARENTS WHO TOOK MANY, MANY YEARS DEVELOPING THIS CITY AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE INHERITED SOMETHING THIS GREAT AND IT'S AND WE AND WE DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND WE'LL PASS IT ON TO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, MUCH LIKE YOU DID TO US.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OKAY.

MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS.

THE FIRST ONE UP IS A PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MR. NORBY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO ASK PAZ GOMEZ UP TO THE MIC, WHO'S OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

AND BEFORE I READ THIS PROCLAMATION, I JUST HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR CITIZENS GET REALLY EXCITED WHEN THERE'S A NEW PARK OPENING AND WE SEE THE NEW FLOWERS, THE NEW BENCHES, THE NEW TREES OR STREETSCAPE OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

AND OF COURSE, WE GET EXCITED ABOUT THAT, TOO.

BUT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MAYBE BUILDING STREETS OR STORM DRAINS OR SEWERS OR, YOU KNOW, GAS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WE WE REALLY GET EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THE ROAD.

AND WE REALLY GET EXCITED ABOUT WE LIVE IN A CITY WITH NO POTHOLES.

AND SO WHEN WE ATTEND EVENTS, WE'RE KIND OF NOT LOOKING AT THE SAME THINGS THAT THE REST OF THE CITIZENS ARE LOOKING AT.

AND I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRAW AN EQUIVALENCY HERE, MAYBE WITH A SPORTS TEAM, BUT WE'RE NOT THE STAR FOOTBALL PLAYERS OR THE THE ONES WHO GET ALL THE PRESS AND THE ONES WHO DO ALL THE RIBBON CUTTINGS.

BUT WE'LL WE'LL WIN THE GAME FOR YOU, WHETHER IT'S AN OFFENSIVE LINE OR A DEFENSIVE LINE, AND PROTECT WHAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED.

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IT IS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF CARLSBAD.

AND WHEREAS, THE PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND. WHEREAS, THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL PUBLIC WEEK IS READY AND RESILIENT, HIGHLIGHTING THE ABILITY OF THESE PUBLIC WORKS SUPERHEROES TO PERFORM REGULAR DUTIES, BE READY AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE, TO REACT AS FIRST RESPONDERS DURING NATURAL DISASTERS, AND TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED IN THE FIELD.

NOW, THEREFORE, I COUNCIL MEMBER PETER NORBY, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 15TH THROUGH THE 21ST 2022 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK HERE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NORBY, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS PAZ GOMEZ.

I'M THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND IT IS TRULY MY HONOR TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS SUPERHEROES.

THEY REALLY, TRULY ARE.

THEY'RE UNSUNG HEROES WHO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF WHETHER IT'S A TRAFFIC SIGNALS OR WHATEVER, ROAD REPAIRS DUE TO DESIGN, TO ENGINEERING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR HABITAT, OUR WATER, MAKING SURE IT'S FLOWING AND EVERYTHING ELSE ACROSS THE BOARD.

I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TEAM, INCLUDING VICKI QUORUM, WHO'S OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR, TOM FRANK, WHO IS OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER. JAMIE WOOD, WHO IS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.

JOHN MASSOFF, WHO MANAGES OUR FLEET AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, AND BOB TAJ, WHO MANAGES OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR.

AND OF COURSE, OUR AMAZING PUBLIC WORK SUPERHEROES WHO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS IN RECOGNITION OF GREEN BUSINESS NETWORK, AND I'M GOING TO LET COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA DO THIS ONE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO INVITE KATIE HENRIK UP TO THE PODIUM SO THAT I CAN READ THIS PROCLAMATION.

AND BEFORE I DO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW EXCITED I AM THAT THE CITY HAS EMBARKED ON THIS PROGRAM AND THAT IT'S THRIVING AND MORE AND MORE BUSINESSES ARE JOINING IT.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION, AND THROUGH THAT YOU'LL LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE COMMENTS FROM MS..

HENDRICK, TOO. THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF CARLSBAD RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING AND PRESERVING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND PROMOTING A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT.

AND. WHEREAS, IN 2019, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CITY'S INCLUSION IN THE CALIFORNIA GREEN BUSINESS NETWORK AND LAUNCHED THE CARLSBAD GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM TO FURTHER THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

AND WHEREAS, THE CARLSBAD GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM ENCOURAGES BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE THROUGH PRACTICES THAT ACHIEVE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION, WASTE DIVERSION, STORMWATER PROTECTION, WATER CONSERVATION AND WHEREAS, SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE CARLSBAD GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM, TEN BUSINESSES HAVE COMPLETED THE NECESSARY STEPS TO BECOME FULLY CERTIFIED, AND SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THESE STEPS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, STRAIGHT TALK SOLAR COMPANY, OLD SCHOOL SHAVE ICE, HOUR AT THE AGUA LAGOON FOUNDATION, LIVING DESIGN INTERIORS.

MICROSCOPE WORLD, ACTIVATE, CAL SCENTS, MARCI BROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIRTUAL WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS LLC AS CERTIFIED GREEN BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND ENCOURAGE ALL CARLSBAD BUSINESSES TO JOIN THE CARLSBAD GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM AND ALSO BECOME CERTIFIED GREEN BUSINESSES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS KATIE HENDRICK.

I'M A SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE CITY, AND I ALSO MANAGE THE CARLSBAD GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM.

IF OUR GREEN BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE AND COULD STAND UP, PLEASE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I BELIEVE IN PERSON TONIGHT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM LIVING DESIGN INTERIORS, THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, VIRTUAL WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS, ACTIVATE, CAL

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ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE RECOGNIZED GREEN BUSINESSES TONIGHT, I APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE CARLSBAD GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM.

EACH BUSINESS HAS MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO ENGAGE IN SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES SUCH AS CONSERVING WATER, ENERGY AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES.

THEY'RE JOINING A STATEWIDE NETWORK OF OVER 4000 GREEN BUSINESSES THAT SEE INCREASED EFFICIENCY AND A REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND ARE HELPING SUPPORT THE CITY'S CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.

THE CARLSBAD GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM IS A FREE PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE THROUGH A STREAMLINED CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

WE HAVE A DEDICATED CONTRACTOR WHO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE BUSINESSES TO WALK THEM THROUGH THE STEPS NEEDED TO BECOME CERTIFIED.

AND EACH BUSINESS TYPE HAS DIFFERENT STEPS TAILORED TO THEIR SIZE AND INDUSTRY.

THERE ARE ALSO REBATES AVAILABLE TO OFFSET COSTS RELATED TO CERTIFICATION, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE BUSINESSES IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CERTIFIED AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO GROW THE PROGRAM.

FOR ANY BUSINESSES INTERESTED IN GETTING CERTIFIED, PLEASE HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE AT GREENBUSINESSCA.ORG\CITYOFCARLSBAD AND ONCE AGAIN ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE CERTIFIED AND GREEN BUSINESSES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

[APPLAUSE] AND NEXT, THE PROCLAMATION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS HERITAGE MONTH.

AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK ASK DR.

BHAT PATEL TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE NANCY, IS IT [INAUDIBLE] YES BERK, SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

I APOLOGIZE FOR ALMOST BUTCHERING YOUR MIDDLE OF YOUR LAST NAME.

SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE CELEBRATING A PI HERITAGE MONTH.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW FOLKS IN OUR STAFF THAT IDENTIFY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OF COURSE IN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO JUST REALLY GLAD TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THIS.

AND THIS MONTH IS CELEBRATED TO HONOR THE HISTORY, THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND JUST ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE AMERICAN HISTORY IN TERMS OF ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION.

SO WHEREAS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE IN THE UNITED STATES WAS CELEBRATED BEGINNING IN 1978 AND WAS MADE INTO A MONTH LONG EVENT IN 1992, SEEKING TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF RESIDENTS FROM ASIA, INDIA AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.

AND WHEREAS, FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MEN AND WOMEN HAVE MADE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL AREAS OF LIFE, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, ARTS AND SCIENCES, MEDICINE, EDUCATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THE MILITARY.

AND. WHEREAS, ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES HAVE SHARED THEIR RICH CULTURE AND TRADITIONS WHILE REPRESENTING THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADVOCACY. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IS COMMITTED TO CELEBRATING THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUSION, ENSURING WE ARE EQUITABLE AND WELCOMING TO ALL PEOPLE, AND TO COMMEMORATE THE ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS, SACRIFICES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS HAVE MADE.

THEREFORE, I COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2022 AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

AND WITH THAT. GO AHEAD, NANCY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL.

AND GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS NANCY BURKE.

I USE SHE/HER PRONOUNS AND I AM THE SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

I AM HONORED TO RECEIVE THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER PROCLAMATION.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN AFFIRMATION AND REMEMBRANCE OF THE ENDURING, IMPACTFUL PRESENCE AND ACTIONS OF ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AS A FILIPINO-AMERICAN, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE STORIES AKIN TO MY OWN PATERNAL GRANDFATHER'S LIFE, WHO WITNESSED BOTH WORLD WARS, SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY, TOILED IN THE FIELDS OF SUGARCANE PLANTATIONS IN HAWAII, AND WHO MADE A TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE TO CROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN, EVENTUALLY CARVING A PATH THAT HELPED TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY.

THE PROCLAMATION IS A CALL FOR RECOGNIZING ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES.

LEADERS AND PIONEERS WHOSE ACHIEVEMENTS DURING TIMES OF SOCIAL OPPOSITION HAVE SPANNED THE BUILDING OF INFRASTRUCTURES, THE HARVESTING OF FRUITS AND PRODUCE THROUGH STRENUOUS PHYSICAL LABOR, WORKING IN THE CANNERIES ON AGRICULTURAL LAND, AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ARTS, ATHLETICS, MANAGING THEIR OWN BUSINESSES, CONTRIBUTING TO SCIENCE, LITERATURE, OR PUSHING FOR SOCIAL EQUITY AND REPRESENTATION ACROSS COMMUNITIES.

MAY THE PROCLAMATION SERVE AS A REMINDER OF ELEVATING AND APPRECIATING THE HIDDEN, DIVERSE STORIES OF EVERYDAY ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER PEOPLE WHOSE

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AND ON BEHALF OF THE DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION COMMITTEE AND THE STEERING MEMBERS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION.

[APPLAUSE] OKAY.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING BY PROVIDING COMMENTS AS PROVIDED UNDER THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS AGENDA.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE COMMENTS AS REQUESTED UP TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

ALL OTHER 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 THIS 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. WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS TONIGHT? YES, MAYOR. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS TIM MORGAN, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA WOLTER.

BUT FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS OPEN FORUM.

I THINK IT'S GREAT. I'M A RESIDENT OF OLD CARLSBAD.

I GOT MY WIFE HERE, KRISTY.

SO HELP SUPPORT ME.

AND THEN MY SON WHO'S GOING TO HOLD UP THE SLIDES TO THE CROWD.

JUST HOLD UP. IN FRONT OF ALL YOUR MEN, MR. MAYOR, AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I'M HERE TO DISCUSS.

WHEN I'M GOING TO SPEAK FAST, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO REPEAT MYSELF, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE WELL WORTH IT.

YOU'LL SEE. SO MY NAME IS TIM MORGAN.

I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT'S GOING UP IN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OUR WITH ALL DRIVEWAYS ON THE CORNER OF TAMARACK AND VALLEY.

ON JULY 28TH, ON JULY 28, 2020, A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WAS APPROVED TO PUT ON THE INTERSECTION OF TAMARACK AND VALLEY. IT WAS APPROVED TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF SAFETY, SPEEDING AND VISIBILITY.

WE THE NEIGHBORS.

I HAVE A SIGNED PETITION AND IT'S GROWING.

AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A SIDEBAR.

I COMMEND EVERYONE FOR HAVING TO DO IT.

IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING.

I'M SURE YOU GUYS DID IT, BUT IT'S WELL WORTH IT IN THE END FOR YOU GUYS.

I HOPE IT'S WELL WORTH IT IN THE END FOR US.

FOR ME. SO ADDRESS SAFETY, SPEEDING AND INVISIBILITY.

IT'S ACTUALLY A REAL DANGER, THIS TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO OUR BIKERS, PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN SLIDE ONE, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS APPROVED.

RIGHT. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE, THE RESIDENTS, ALL OF THEM AROUND, HAD A SIGN SAYING WE DO NOT WANT THIS.

NO ONE KNEW IT WAS GOING IN LIKE THAT.

AND EVERYONE IS VERY UPSET OVER THAT.

IT WAS AN EXAMPLE WAS GIVEN ON MISSION CENTER AROUND AND CHULA VISTA ALL COMMERCIAL AREAS NO DRIVEWAYS, WE ALL HAVE DRIVEWAYS.

IT'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA CHULA VISTA MISSION CENTER ARE ALSO ALL TWO WAY STREETS AS YOU CAN.

SO IT ADDRESSES SAFETY.

IT'S A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN.

THE TRAFFIC GUARD COMMENTS, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS.

IT SHOULD BE A STOP SIGN.

IT SHOULD BE THIS. I CAN'T DO MY JOB.

YOU CAN SEE IN SLIDE THREE, THERE'S A VEHICLE BLOCKING THE CROSSWALK WHERE SHE CANNOT PUT KIDS ACROSS THERE.

IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD THERE.

IN SLIDE FOUR, ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSS BLOCK IN THE CROSSWALK JUST TO SEE OVER SO AROUND THE POLE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN SLIDE FIVE, YOU CAN SEE THE POLE. THERE'S TWO SLIDES.

THE POLE IS IN PICTURE ONE.

IN PICTURE TWO, THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.

YOU CAN'T SEE THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.

WHEN YOU'RE MAKING A WESTBOUND LEFT HAND TURN, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

SLIDE SIX, YOU CAN SEE THE VIEW THAT POLE THE SIGNAL IS BLOCKING DRIVER'S VIEW.

WE I LIVE ON THE CORNER.

I SEE IT EVERY DAY.

IT'S VERY CONCERNING.

AND YOU CAN SEE YOU HAVE TO MOVE OUT INTO THE BIKE LANE JUST TO MAKE A TURN.

THE EASTBOUND, YOU'RE GOING EASTBOUND.

CARS ARE COMING EASTBOUND.

BOOM, IT'S A COLLISION WAITING TO HAPPEN.

SLIDE EIGHT, THAT'S A POLE TO VIOLATING OF THE CODE.

I'M SURE THAT'S GOING TO GO DOWN WHEN THAT WHEN THAT POLE GOES DOWN TO REPLACE, WE JUST WANTED TO STAY DOWN ON SLIDE SIX IS WHERE I GET EMOTIONAL.

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THIS IS CHULA VISTA.

SIX, HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE I GOT 6 SECONDS, 10 SECONDS, AND THEY RUN AND THEY GO, RIGHT.

SO I HAVE 13 SECONDS.

I HOPE I HAVE MORE TIME SPEEDING.

IT DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T.

THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL DOESN'T. SO SPEEDING DOWN AN ALWAYS STOP SIGN WILL THE POLE BLOCKS THE VISIBILITY OF TRAFFIC OF BIKERS, PEDESTRIANS IN SLIDE 12 AND SLIDE 13, YOU COULD SEE THE POLES, RIGHT? SO AND THEN HERE'S THE CROSSING GUARD.

YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE CROSSING GUARD.

AND SLIDE 14, AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO PAZ GOMEZ AFTERWARDS, SHE PERHAPS CAN HELP YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

MAYOR, IF I MAY, I KNOW THAT WE WE DON'T COMMENT ON PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT I KNOW THAT WE CAN REFER TO STAFF AND DIRECT STAFF.

AND IT IS JUST MAYBE A PERSONAL COMMENT, VISUALLY VERY ABRUPT.

AND I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO BE BRIEFED ON HOW WE GOT THERE TO THAT SOLUTION AND WHERE WE CAN GO FROM HERE AND WHAT WE CAN DO.

SO AS KIND OF A DISTRICT ONE REP AND A PERSON WHO'S LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A LONG TIME, I HAVE CONCERNS.

AND SO I THINK ON MY END I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE BRIEFED FULLY ON THE ISSUE AND THEN DISCUSS MAYBE FUTURE.

AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO MY GENTLEMAN ON MY RIGHT.

I'M SURE HE'LL GET YOU THE BRIEFING THAT YOU NEED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST COMMENT AND MAKE MY COMMENT TO STAFF.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISIA WALTER, FOLLOWED BY MIKE BORRELLO.

HI, I'M MY NAME IS CHRISIA WALTER.

I'M A BORN AND RAISED CALIFORNIAN.

I SENT YOU AND AS WELL AS COPIED THE COUNTY CLERK ALL A LETTER YESTERDAY WITH A LINK TO AN AFFIDAVIT.

AFFIDAVIT PROVIDING TESTIMONY THAT ELECTION MACHINES ACROSS THE NATION ARE COMPROMISED AND PROVIDING US WITH A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION.

AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, ANY AND ALL ELECTION FRAUD EVIDENCE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BY ANY AND ALL ELECTION OFFICIALS THAT ARE MADE AWARE OF IT.

AT A BARE MINIMUM, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF CITY COUNCIL, COUNTY AND STATE OFFICIALS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPELLING ELECTION FRAUD AND TO FULLY PURSUE THE EVIDENCE.

I TRUST THE AUTHOR OF THIS AFFIDAVIT WHO FILED IT UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, AND I BELIEVE THAT ELECTION FRAUD OCCURRED.

I'M ASKING YOU TO FIND THE COURAGE TO GO ON RECORD EITHER STATING THAT THE AFFIDAVIT ISN'T TRUE OR THAT WHAT IS ON THE AFFIDAVIT IS EVIDENCE OF ELECTION FRAUD.

AND TO START LOOKING AT YOUR LOCAL CITY ELECTION SITES TO ENSURE FAIR AND FREE ELECTIONS TO ALL LEGAL VOTERS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE BORRELLO, FOLLOWED BY GLENN BERNARD.

THANKS, CHRISIA. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT CHRISIA TODAY.

AND I GUESS ELECTIONS HAVE TO DO WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE.

SO CLERKS SHOULD LISTEN UP ON THIS.

SO I ALSO BELIEVE THAT TRUTHFUL EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD ELECTION FRAUD.

THE AFFIDAVIT MENTIONED STARTS ON PAGE 31 OF THE LINK DOCUMENT SHOWN IN THE LETTER WAS SENT TO YOU IN THE EMAIL.

IT'S AN EXHIBIT D OF FEEHAN VERSUS WISCONSIN ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL.

SO WE ARE AT WAR, NOT WITH UKRAINE, BUT ONE BETWEEN A FREE PEOPLE AND AN OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT.

OUR SITUATION IS DIRE.

ROME IS BURNING AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON PLASTIC BOTTLES AND BALLOONS WHEN AMERICAN LIBERTY IS AT STAKE.

IT SHOULD BE ON THE AGENDA, ELECTIONS.

THE AFFIDAVIT AUTHOR, A TRUSTED FRIEND, SUBMITTED HER TESTIMONY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY.

SHE'S AN EX-NAVY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AND ONCE MATERIALLY PARTICIPATED IN COVERT OPERATIONS TO MANIPULATE FOREIGN ELECTIONS.

BUT THE SAME MACHINES HAVE BEEN TURNED AGAINST AMERICA TO CONTROL AMERICAN ELECTION OUTCOMES.

GO TO THAT DOCUMENT AND LOOK AT IT.

EITHER THIS COUNCIL IS CLUELESS, AWARE, BUT CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE FACTS.

OR ARE A PARTNER AND BENEFACTOR OF THE CRIMES.

THERE ARE POLITICIANS THAT ARE ALIGNED THAT WAY.

WE ASKED FOR RECOMPENSE.

STEP UP OR RESIGN.

THESE TIMES REQUIRE STRONG LEADERSHIP TO FACE HARD TRUTHS, NOT TRIVIAL MATTERS.

THE WAR MUST BE FOUGHT WITH PEN, VOICE AND LAWSUIT, OR ELSE SUFFER ONE OF BULLETS AND BLOODSHED.

MORE ARE AWAKENING TO THE TRUTH THAT THEIR VOTE DOES NOT COUNT.

ALL IT TAKES IS ONE TO LIGHT THE FUSE, BUT NOT IF LEADERSHIP CAN FIRST DEFUSE THE SITUATION.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS TO PASS AN ORDINANCE TO IMMEDIATELY DISALLOW THE USE OF ANY TYPE OF ELECTION MACHINE WITHIN CITY LIMITS.

SEND LETTERS TO SHIRLEE WEBER AND CYNTHIA PAEZ TO NOTIFY THEM OF CARLSBAD'S POSITION AND REQUEST THAT THEY CONDUCT A FULL FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE MACHINES.

SHOULD CALL THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND ASK FOR CERTIFICATION OF THE MACHINES.

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WE CAN NO LONGER DEPEND ON COUNTY, STATE, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE COURTS FOR DIRECTION.

INDIVIDUALS AND CITIES NEED TO ACT NOW.

SO WE'VE KNOWN THIS PERSON IN OHIO FOR MANY YEARS NOW, AND WE BOTH TRUST HER VERY MUCH.

SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.

AND YOU GOT TO GO TO THAT DOCUMENT.

YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT IT AND READ IT.

IT'S AN AFFIDAVIT AND EXHIBIT B OF A LAWSUIT THAT STARTED, I BELIEVE, IN WISCONSIN.

BUT NOW IT'S LIKE IN COLORADO BECAUSE JUDICIAL THREW IT OUT.

WE CAN'T REALLY TRUST A LOT OF OUR GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE HAVE TO DO THIS BOTTOM UP.

OUR CITIES AND INDIVIDUALS AND THE CITIES HAVE TO GET ACTIVE IN THE ELECTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FAIR.

WE SHOULD BE GOING BACK TO PAPER NOW UNTIL WE CAN VERIFY THAT THESE MACHINES ARE LEGITIMATE.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GLEN BARNARD, FOLLOWED BY MARK PACKARD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR YOUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14 LAST WEEK.

FLAG POLICY.

I HAVE SOME SPECIFICS, I WANT TO GET IN ON THAT.

TO START WITH FLAG ETIQUETTE.

DOZEN YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL GAME A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE.

CARLSBAD HIGH PLAYED THE FLAG SALUTE, AND EVERYBODY STOOD UP EXCEPT THIS ONE GUY WHO WAS NEAR ME FROM THE VISITING TEAM.

IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ABOUT 35, 36, ALL LOUNGED OUT, ARMS BACK IN THE EMPTY SEAT BEHIND HIM, LEGS OUT.

NOT ABOUT TO STAND FOR THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.

AND WHEN IT GOT DONE, I WENT UP AND SAID TO HIM, YOU KNOW, CAMP PENDLETON IS REALLY CLOSE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST ONE MARINE WHO'S GOING TO SAY SOMETHING TO YOU ABOUT HOW YOU JUST SAT THERE DURING THE THE ALLEGIANCE.

AND HE SAID, OH, IS THAT IS THAT MARINE YOU? AND I SAID. WOULD THAT MARINE BE YOU? AND I SAID, WELL, YOU HAVE A FIRM GRASP OF THE OBVIOUS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S NOT SITTING.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO SIT DOWN ANYMORE.

HE NEEDS TO FACE ME.

SO HE THREW THE FIRST PUNCH, HIS ONLY PUNCH.

AND IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE, GIVE ME 30 SECONDS AFTER I GET BACK TO YOUR CONCERNS, MR. MAYOR. SO THERE WAS A DELIGHTFUL COINCIDENCE LAST WEEK BECAUSE YOU SAID FLAG POLICY 72 HOURS AFTER YOU BROUGHT THIS UP, BILL MAHER AND IT'S CONTINUING TO RUN THIS WEEK.

HE SHOWED 106 GOOFY FLAGS THAT EXIST IN AMERICA WITH 106 GOOFY NAMES.

AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT SOME OF THESE GOOFBALL OUTFITS.

WELL, THEY PROBABLY FIGURE THAT WITH DEMOCRATS, THEY'LL SAY THAT THEY'RE IN THEIR OPPRESSED GROUP, GIVE US MONEY.

THEN THEY'LL COME AROUND TO CITIES LIKE CARLSBAD AND THEY'LL SAY SOMETHING LIKE, WE WANT OUR FLAG UP.

UP YOUR POLE THERE.

AND THEY'LL SUE US IF WE DON'T RUN THEIR FLAG UP THE POLE.

NOW, IF EVER THERE WAS A PLACE.

IF EVER THERE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE.

THAT MAYBE MAYBE THEY WOULD SUGGEST PUT THE FLAG, THE MARINE CORPS FLAG ON THE POLE ON NOVEMBER 10TH AND ONLY NOVEMBER 10TH.

BIG DEAL. BUT I WOULDN'T WANT THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD SET A BAD PRECEDENT.

YOU PUT THEM IF YOU DID PUT THE MARINE CORPS FLAG ON THE POLE ON NOVEMBER 10TH, THAT WOULD OPEN UP THE DOOR TO THESE 106 WHACK JOBS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED LAST FRIDAY NIGHT BY BILL MAHER.

I HAVE SAID THAT IF YOU MISS RUSH LIMBAUGH, START WATCHING BILL MAHER BECAUSE HE IS NOW EXTREMELY PRACTICAL, LIKE RUSH ALWAYS WAS.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK PACKARD.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU.

AFTER MY UNCLE'S COMMENTS AND A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY LESSON ABOUT HOW CARLSBAD GOT TO WHERE IT IS.

I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

CARLSBAD WAS WISE ENOUGH EARLY ON TO INVEST SOME OF ITS OWN RESOURCES IN MAKING CARLSBAD A GREAT COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REAP THE DIVIDENDS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME NOW.

NEXT WEEK, YOU'VE GOT YOU AS A COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING ON YOUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET STAFF IS GOING TO BE

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AND I'D LIKE TO PUT IN A PLUG TODAY AND ASK FOR YOU TO BE THINKING ABOUT AS YOU PREPARE.

I'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK TO PREPARE AND PLAN FOR THE RAILROAD TRENCHING PROJECT.

THIS IS WHEN I WAS BACK WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO.

THIS BECAME A WAS DECIDED BY A UNANIMOUS COUNCIL VOTE AND THE STAFF TO SUPPORT TRENCHING OUR RAILROAD THROUGH CARLSBAD DOWNTOWN AS PART OF THE DOUBLE TRACKING PROJECT OF THE STATE PROJECT.

AND IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING SUPPORTED PROJECT BY THE COUNCIL AND STAFF.

BUT WE NEED TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO ASK FOR, IS THAT WE THAT YOU AS A COUNCIL DECIDE TO COMMIT RESOURCES TO MAKING THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

THE STATE IS GOING TO BE DOING ITS DOUBLE TRACKING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF CARLSBAD IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS IS THE INFORMATION I'VE BEEN GIVEN.

AND SO WE NEED TO PREPARE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND GET ALL THE INFORMATION, ALL THE PRELIMINARY STEPS DONE SO THAT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL WILL WILL COMBINE TO BRING THEIR RESOURCES TO BEAR ALSO.

AND AS WE AS THE DOUBLE TRACKING IS DONE, THEN WE CAN WE CAN PUT THE RAILROAD IN A TRENCH AND THE CARLSBAD WILL BENEFIT FOR THE LONG HAUL FROM THE WISE INVESTMENT.

AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT AS YOU AS YOU DO YOUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET NEXT WEEK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO THAT'S OUR 15 MINUTES.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

OK PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION.

[4. ORDINANCE NO. CS-423 – PLASTIC BOTTLED BEVERAGE REDUCTION, ORDINANCE NO. CS-424 – PLASTIC BAG BAN, AND ORDINANCE NO. CS-425 - INTENTIONAL RELEASE OF BALLOONS PROHIBITION]

I'LL TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME.

THE FIRST IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE SIX OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD CHAPTER 6.22, PLASTIC BOTTLED BEVERAGE REDUCTION.

MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE.

MAYOR, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

FOR THE RECORD, THERE WAS NO CONSENT CALENDAR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I'M SORRY. ONCE AGAIN, I KEEP WANTING TO MOVE TOO QUICK.

AND WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

OKAY, PLEASE CALL THEM.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS GLENN BERNARD, FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE] CONTINUING WHAT I WAS JUST SPEAKING ON, THOUGH.

IF THOSE GOOFBALL OUTFITS SHOW UP AND PUT THEIR FLAGS UP, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF SOME PATRIOTIC MARINES JUST START TAKING THOSE THINGS DOWN THERE DOWN THE POLE. TOPIC FOUR.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE BANNED BALLOONS.

THERE'S JUST NO REASON FOR THOSE THINGS TO CLUTTER THE ENVIRONMENT AND DUE TO WILDLIFE WHAT THEY DO.

VERY VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF THAT.

BOTTLE, EXTRA PAYMENT TO DRINK WATER AND TAX ON BUYING GROCERIES.

LET'S START WITH THE PAINT.

GO TO HOME DEPOT, GO TO LOWE'S, GO TO THE DENAULT'S, BUY SOME PAINT.

YOU PAY SALES TAX.

THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. THEY WANT MORE MONEY AND THEY MAKE UP SOME GIBBERISH TO JUSTIFY EXTRA CHARGES ON PAINT.

LIKEWISE, LUMBER SALES TAX ISN'T ENOUGH ON LUMBER.

THEY COME UP WITH SOME GOOFY PHRASE.

AND YOU PAY MORE MONEY.

FOR LUMBER BECAUSE SALES TAX ISN'T ENOUGH.

AND WE'VE BEEN PAYING SOMETHING CALLED CR-V, WHICH SOME PEOPLE SAY, OH, SEE, YOU KNOW, IT'S TAX ON BOTTLED WATER.

BUT SO ANYWAY, YOU WANT TO RICH PEOPLE BUY PAINT AND LUMBER BECAUSE THEY OWN HOMES AND ONLY RICH PEOPLE OWN HOMES.

SO OF COURSE THEY SHOULD PAY MORE THAN SALES TAX ON WHAT THEY BUY.

LIKEWISE, ONLY RICH PEOPLE, LIKE ONLY RICH PEOPLE, OWN AUTOMOBILES.

SO BUY TIRES, PAY THE SALES TAX AND PAY MORE TAX.

SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE, ABOUT MAKING IT MORE COSTLY TO BUY WATER AND GROCERIES IS WRONG.

THOUGH THOSE EXTRA FEES ARE DOING NOTHING TO CLEAN UP THE ENVIRONMENT.

BANNING THE BALLOONS IS A GREAT THING.

WHAT DOES A BALLOON HAVE IN COMMON WITH WANTING TO DRINK WATER OR BUY GROCERIES? SO I HAD A FRIEND IN VIRGINIA.

SHE'S ALWAYS TELLING ME ABOUT TAXES IN CALIFORNIA.

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AND I SAID, WELL, WE HAVE PROP 13.

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT IN VIRGINIA AND YOU GUYS HAVE A GROCERY TAX IN VIRGINIA AND WE DON'T.

WELL, NOW WE KIND OF DO.

SO IF YOU CAN IF GO AHEAD AND PASS YOUR LEGISLATION ON THE BALLOONS AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER THE EXTRA FEES ON BUYING GROCERIES AND WATER.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY HUDSON LANGLEY.

MY NAME IS FARZAN. I'M A LOCAL RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER.

I'M ONE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PASSIONATE ABOUT ELIMINATING PLASTIC WASTE.

AND TODAY I'M PROUD TO LIVE IN CARLSBAD.

I'M GIVING KUDOS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT.

AND I BELIEVE CHANGE IS CREATED WHEN THERE'S KNOWLEDGE.

AND BEING IN THIS INDUSTRY, I'VE COME ACROSS SOME HORRIFIC STATS AND FACTS.

480 BILLION PLASTIC BOTTLES ARE USED WORLDWIDE EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AND 91% OF THOSE ARE NEVER RECYCLED.

IT TAKES OVER A THOUSAND YEARS FOR THAT WATER BOTTLE OR PLASTIC BAG THAT YOU USE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO DECOMPOSE.

AND IT NEVER REALLY DECOMPOSES.

WHAT I COULD TELL YOU IS THAT THIS TEN CENT FEE ON BAGS IS NOT A BAN.

IT JUST FORCES US TO BRING THICKER, MORE WASTEFUL PLASTIC BAGS INTO OUR HOMES.

AND SURVEYS SHOW THAT THEY DO NOT GET REUSED.

THERE'S OVER 100 MILLION MARINE ANIMALS THAT ARE ESTIMATED TO DIE FROM PLASTIC WASTE EVERY YEAR.

AND THAT'S WHY STATES LIKE NEW JERSEY JUST IMPLEMENTED REAL STRINGENT PLASTIC BAG BANS.

YOU CAN'T EVEN BUY A SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAG OR A SINGLE USE PAPER BAG.

AND DID PEOPLE WHINE AH, COMPLAIN ABOUT IT? NO. WE SAW COMMUNITIES AND STORES GETTING BEHIND IT AND PEOPLE JUST ADOPTED IT.

AND IF NEW JERSEY CAN TAKE THAT KIND OF ACTION, SO CAN WE.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BUILD A LEGACY FOR OUR CITY AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS LEADERS IN THE PLASTIC FREE MOVEMENT.

NOW, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN OVER A YEAR OR MULTIPLE YEARS.

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE THAT CHANGE NOW AND IMPLEMENT IT, MAKE US PROUD AND PUT US ON NATIONAL STAGE.

AND FOR THOSE THAT SAY THAT THEY NEED TIME FOR BUSINESSES TO ADJUST, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHOW THEM THE STUDY FROM THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM THAT STATES THAT A GARBAGE TRUCK FULL OF PLASTIC ENTERS OUR OCEAN EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO MAKE THIS GRADUAL TRANSITION.

I CHALLENGE YOU TO TAKE THIS AMAZING INITIATIVE YOU'VE STARTED EVEN FURTHER AND CREATE A REAL BAG ON PLASTIC BAGS AND WATER BOTTLES IN RETAILERS.

THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THIS, AND COMPANIES LIKE COKE AND PEPSI WILL ADJUST.

IF YOU TRULY CARE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, THIS INITIATIVE HAS TO EXPAND INTO RETAIL BUSINESSES.

THANK YOU. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO READ MORE ABOUT CARLSBAD'S INITIATIVE IN THE NATIONAL NEWS.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HUDSON LANGLEY, FOLLOWED BY JESSIE LANGLEY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS HUDSON AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY FOR TAKING A BIG STEP FORWARD TO MAKING AN IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT.

I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IT EVEN BIGGER TO GO INTO RETAIL.

THIS WILL IMPACT GENERATIONS TO COME.

AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS A COMMUNITY AND A PLACE.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOU.

THAT WAS VERY WELL SAID.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSE LANGLEY.

MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TOPIC UP.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CAN REALLY BE A LEADER WITH.

NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO BE STEWARDS OF THIS GREAT OCEAN, BUT WE ALSO ARE REPRESENTATIVES AS WE HAVE MANY VISITORS AND TOURISTS THAT COME FOR THIS EXACT REASON. THE STATISTICS AROUND PLASTIC THAT IS THROUGHOUT THE WATER IS ARE STAGGERING.

WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT WE LOOK AT CREATING A ROADMAP AND THIS BEING A FIRST OF SEVERAL STEPS.

I KNOW THERE'S SOME DISINFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT THERE IN THE MEDIA AS FAR AS WHAT THIS ACTUALLY CONSISTS OF.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE AS TO WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT STEPS ARE.

BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THIS FIRST STEP AND CONTINUE TO LOOK HOW THIS CAN BE A ROADMAP WHERE WE CONTINUE TO BE LEADERS NOT ONLY IN THE STATE BUT IN THE COUNTRY, BUT AS WELL AS IN THE WORLD.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS MAYOR OK.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RETITLE THE FIRST ORDINANCE?

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CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE SIX OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD CHAPTER 6.22, PLASTIC BOTTLED BEVERAGE REDUCTION.

REMOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE READ BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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.

ADD CHAPTER 6.24, PLASTIC BAG BAN.

MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE RECITED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MISS BREWER, THANK YOU.

THIS IS THE FINAL ORDINANCE.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE SIX OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD CHAPTER 6.26 INTENTIONAL RELEASE OF BALLOONS PROHIBITION MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE RECITED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MOVING ON TO DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY.

JUST BRIEFLY, MAY I MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TO THE FOLKS THAT CAME OUT TO SPEAK TODAY.

I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY TIMES OR THE LAST OF MANY TIMES THAT WE'VE HEARD THIS IN THE FIRST, YES, DEFINITELY.

I THINK, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO DISCUSS THIS AND JUST THE ROADMAP OF WHAT SUSTAINABILITY LOOKS LIKE HERE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT AND MAKE SURE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN PREVIOUSLY, THAT I THINK THIS IS AN ONGOING DISCUSSION AND I KNOW OUR COUNCIL DEFINITELY TAKES SUSTAINABILITY SERIOUSLY.

THANK YOU. OK.

[5. FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN ANNUAL REPORT AND FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN]

AND MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR CITY PLANNER DON NEU, DON.

THANK YOU, MR. CHADWICK. AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OOPS. HOW DO WE GET TO THE END HERE? SEC. I DID WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.

I'M JOINED THIS EVENING BY VICE CHAIRPERSON OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ALICIA LAFFERTY.

SO SHE'S HERE TO ASSIST WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

SO OUR ITEM THIS EVENING, IT'S A PRESENTATION ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S PAST PERFORMANCE WITH THE PRIOR YEAR'S WORK PLAN AS WELL AS THE WORKPLAN FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

AS YOU'RE PROBABLY WELL AWARE, THE MUNICIPAL CODE WAS REVISED IN 2018 AND AS PART OF THAT CODE REVISION THERE WERE UNIFORM POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ADOPTED THAT REQUIRED EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THEIR PREVIOUS YEAR'S WORKPLAN, AS WELL AS A WORKPLAN FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE NEW YEAR.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THEIR DUTIES ARE VERY WELL DEFINED IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

WE HAVE THREE CHAPTERS OF THE CODE THAT SPECIFIES SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS DELEGATED OR TO TAKE AN ACTION ON OR TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON ONE OF THESE ITEMS TO YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO PROVISIONS IN STATE LAW THAT FURTHER DEFINED SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE COMMISSION.

SO FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE HAVE IT KIND OF DIVIDED INTO A TABLE WHERE YOU SEE THE ITEM FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S WORKPLAN, THE STATUS OF THE ITEM, AND THOSE ARE DIVIDED UP BY CATEGORY.

AND THEN AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICE, THERE IS A COLUMN TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT INDICATES THE TIMING OF THE ITEM AND EXACTLY WHERE IT IS IF IT'S BEEN COMPLETED OR IF IT'S ONGOING.

SO FOR THE NEW WORK PLAN, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF CODE AND PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE CONSIDERING DURING THE YEAR.

THERE'S ALSO IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCE CHANGES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE WORK ON THE DIFFERENT SITES.

THERE IS AN ITEM FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND UPDATES ON DIFFERENT CHANGES TO THE LAW.

AND THEN AS YOU'LL NOTE IN THERE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS THAT PLANNING COMMISSIONERS SERVE ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES.

SOME SPECIAL COMMITTEES THAT WERE RECENTLY APPOINTED, SUCH AS THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE AND THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE

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AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME TWO OTHER SECTIONS, ONE BEING PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND THEN CITY CAPITAL FACILITY PROJECTS.

AND YOU'RE ONLY SEEING A SMALL NUMBER OF ITEMS FOR THOSE TWO CATEGORIES ON THE WORK PLAN.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE COMMISSION GETS ALL KINDS OF APPLICATIONS DURING THE YEAR TO CONSIDER.

MANY OF THEM AREN'T LARGE IN SCALE.

SO WHAT WE TRIED TO PULL OUT WERE SOME OF THE LONGER TERM ONES THAT WE HAD AT LEAST A ROUGH IDEA THAT IT MIGHT COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND SO FOR FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S ACTION, THEY DID MEET ON APRIL SIX.

THERE WAS A PRETTY LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WORKPLAN.

THERE WAS SOME CONCERN EXPRESSED ON THE PART OF SOME COMMISSIONERS THAT MAYBE IT WAS TOO AMBITIOUS, THAT THERE WERE SOME THINGS ON THERE THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. SO THERE WAS AN ADJUSTMENT MADE TO THEIR RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WORK PLAN THAT DEALT WITH KIND OF THE QUALIFIERS AROUND THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM THAT GOT QUITE A BIT OF ATTENTION WAS THE COMMISSION'S INTEREST IN A WORKSHOP AND HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT SELECTING TOPICS FOR IT AND ARRANGING FOR THAT.

BUT IN THE END, THE COMMISSION DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE WORK PLAN AND THE ANNUAL REPORT.

SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ACCEPT THE WORK PLAN ANNUAL REPORT AND APPROVE THE WORKPLAN.

AND AS I MENTIONED, VICE CHAIRPERSON ALICIA LAFFERTY IS ALSO HERE.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. OKAY, SPEAKERS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.

QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

I ACTUALLY JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM VICE CHAIR LAFFERTY TO SEE IF SHE HAD ANYTHING TO ADD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR, WE NEED YOU TO GET RIGHT INTO THE MIC.

SORRY, I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT I'M NOT.

IT'S ALL VERY NEW STILL, YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK TO TO BEING IN PERSON AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS.

AND SO, YEAH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID DISCUSS AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING TOPIC HERE IN THE COUNCIL WAS THE MILLS ACT TO SEE IF THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR WORK PLAN.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S STILL UNDER STAFF DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE NOT AT THAT STAGE YET.

SO THAT HOPEFULLY WILL COME IN A FUTURE WORK PLAN.

SO THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF MY CONCERNS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS A PRE 1990 LIST THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A LIST OF HISTORICALLY APPROVED BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

AND RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE 93 REPEAL, WE HAVE NONE.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE WE EVEN IMPLEMENT MILLS ACT.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE THING THAT IT MAY OR MAY NOT BRIDGE OVER TOO MUCH WITH THE STAFF, BUT THE THE STAFF IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE STAFF IN THE LIBRARY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO PUT THAT PROGRAM TOGETHER TO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S COMING TO COUNCIL.

KNOW, I. I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE, BUT I KNOW THERE IS A DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT'S UNDER REVIEW FOR THE MILLS ACT EFFORT AND SO THAT WILL BE COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT THAT WOULD BE IT.

THANK YOU. GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING AND FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THE COMMISSION.

THANKS. OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE SOME. ARE WE STILL GOING TO.

IS IT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES WHERE WE HAVE THE TRAINING ONCE A YEAR? YES, MAYOR. SO THERE IS THE LEAGUE OF CITIES TRAINING ANNUALLY.

IN FACT, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER LAFFERTY DID ATTEND THE LAST ONE.

AND THEN THE LEAGUE IS OFFERING IN JUNE I SHOULD SAY IT'S RELATED TO THE LEAGUE, THE INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, A PLANNING COMMISSIONER TRAINING IN SAN DIEGO. OKAY.

IS THAT MANDATORY OR VOLUNTEER? IT'S VOLUNTARY.

OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO MAYBE DISCUSS IS AS BEING A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

IN SOME ASPECTS, IT HAS MORE COMPLEXITY THAN EVEN BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DETAIL THAT WE HAVE AROUND GROWTH MANAGEMENT OR FACILITIES PLANS OR ZONE PLANS, AND HAVING TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THAT DELVES TOGETHER.

AND I PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, NOT TO MENTION WHAT YOU LEARN AT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, BUT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE JOB EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS, SOME SORT OF MANDATORY TRAINING.

SO BECAUSE I'M STILL LEARNING ABOUT GROWTH MANAGEMENT, SO FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S NEVER HAD ANY AWARENESS TO THIS TO TRY AND GET UP TO SPEED ON THAT, I THINK THAT'S TO ME IS VERY IMPORTANT.

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AND SO I THINK PROPER TRAINING, IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THAT.

SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR OTHERS IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS ON THAT.

BUT MR. NORBY.

THANK YOU MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO, I GUESS, INSERT SOME COMMENTS HERE.

AS AN EIGHT YEAR COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO PLANNING COMMISSIONER AND KNOWING WHAT THE ROLE OF A PLANNING COMMISSION DOES NOT GRANTED, THAT'S I THINK THAT'S OVER A MILLION PEOPLE, LIKE 1,000,002 IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA.

BUT YOU ARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

I KNOW THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL.

A LOT OF IT ENDS WITH YOU.

SOME OF IT ENDS UP HERE DEPENDING UPON AN APPEAL PROCESS OR WHAT HAVE YOU OR THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROJECT.

BUT I'M JUST SO APPRECIATIVE OF OUR SYSTEM, AND I SAY IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND ALL THE COMMITTEES AND ALL THE CITIZENS VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE MAJOR TIME OUT OF THEIR MONTH, MAJOR TIME OUT OF THEIR MONTH, PROBABLY.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MEET MONTHLY OR BIWEEKLY.

I GUESS IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE FLOW, WHAT'S GOING ON, AS WELL AS COMMITTEE MEETINGS, STAFF BRIEFINGS, EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE GIFT THAT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS GIVE TO THIS CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

WE HAVE AMAZING PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

BUT OUR SYSTEM PUTS I OFTEN SAY THIS AS LAYPEOPLE OR PEOPLE WHO ACCESS THE CODE.

IT'S PART OF THEIR PROFESSION.

AND WE PUT THIS LAYER ON TOP AND WE'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT LAYER ON TOP OF STAFF AS WELL.

AND IT'S A GREAT A GREAT SYSTEM.

AND SO JUST THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR DOING THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU DO.

COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

I JUST WANTED TO ALSO CALL OUT THAT THE INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS A NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONER'S HANDBOOK.

YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT. IT'S A BRAND NEW ONE.

THEY'VE UPDATED IT THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS.

AND YOU MAY KNOW I SIT ON THE BOARD AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF THE INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SO I LOVE THAT YOU CALLED THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE WONDERFUL, NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT GROUP THAT DOES GREAT WORK WITH CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ALL OVER THE STATE.

SO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER. DR. BHAT-PATEL.

YES, THANK YOU.

AND JUST TO RESPOND TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION, I FEEL LIKE ANY SORT OF TRAINING IS ALWAYS HELPFUL.

IT ALWAYS ALLOWS FOR US TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

AND SO TO ME, I'D BE, OF COURSE, OPEN TO DISCUSSING.

AND I THINK I WOULD I WOULD LEAVE IT UP TO THE PURVIEW OF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AS WELL.

BUT ALSO, I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.

MAYBE AFTER WE'VE WE'VE FINISHED JUST TO HEAR WHAT YOU ALL WOULD WOULD FEEL.

BUT I DO THINK THAT JUST THE TRAINING ASPECT IS SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT YOU ALL ARE DEALING WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT, VERY DIFFICULT ISSUES THAT ARE UP AND COMING.

AND I DO THINK THAT JUST TO HAVE THAT OTHER TOOL UNDER YOUR TOOL IS ALWAYS HELPFUL.

SO AND OTHER THAN THAT, I'M SURE I WON'T GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SERVING.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK AND IT IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING YEAR.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

MR. BLACKBURN.

NOTHING, BUT I AM READY TO MAKE THE MOTION.

OKAY. STAFF DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THE TRAINING ASPECT OF THINGS? YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS? WE'VE NOT PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THIS FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE.

HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT THAT WE WERE TO MAKE THE TRAINING MANDATORY, WE WOULD NEED TO DO IT LIKELY PROSPECTIVE.

WE'D ALSO NEED TO PROBABLY BRING IT FORWARD FOR THE BULLETIN.

AND IN THE EVENT THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MANDATORY, WE WOULD NEED THAT DIRECTION TO COME FROM COUNCIL.

WELL, PERHAPS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ARE DONE.

YOU NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

TO ME, I WAS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO OR 28 YEARS.

I GUESS I'M LOSING TRACK OF TIME, BUT AND I UNDERSTAND HOW COMPLEX IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME.

I CAN'T BEGIN TO IMAGINE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY AND TO LAYER ON STATE GOVERNMENT AND NOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND IN ORDER TO MAKE BE PART OF YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT CHANGES EVERY YEAR.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU.

I KNOW THE TIME AND THE ENERGY THAT TAKES TO DO WHAT YOU DO.

AND I MEAN, AS A BODY, WE'VE EMPOWERED THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO REALLY DO THE LION'S SHARE OF THE WORK OF PLANNING.

AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE PROPER TOOLS AND THE PROPER TRAINING, I THINK IT BEHOOVES US TO TO MAKE THAT MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

SO WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND PERHAPS IT CAN COME BACK LATER? DOCTOR, YOU WANTED TO.

I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT I SAW YOUR HAND UP AND GET MAYBE SOME GET SOME RESPONSE THERE.

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IT WAS ALMOST MANDATORY.

JUST YOU JUST WENT.

SO AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE NUMEROUS CLASSES UP THERE THAT YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO.

SO GO AHEAD.

MR. BLACKBURN MOVE.

ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. AND ITEM FIVE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[6. ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2021-22]

MR. CHADWICK, GREAT THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS PRESENTATION GIVEN BY OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, ROXANNE MUHLMEISTER, AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, MATT SANFORD.

THANK YOU, SCOTT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MATT SANFORD.

I'M THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY.

SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL COVER AN ECONOMIC UPDATE AND A FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR Q, EXCUSE ME, THE THIRD QUARTER OF FY 2021 AND 2022, WHICH WAS JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF THIS YEAR, IT WILL COVER MACRO TRENDS AS WELL AS LOCAL IMPACT.

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE EVOLVING, WHILE COVID 19 IS CAUSING FEWER DISRUPTIONS, OTHER GLOBAL DISRUPTIONS ARE IMPACTING BUSINESSES LOCALLY.

THESE INCLUDE CONTINUED SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, RISING COSTS AND DIFFICULTY FINDING WORKERS.

STAFF HAVE CONTINUED TO MONITOR THESE FLUCTUATIONS TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE IN ADDRESSING BUSINESS CONCERNS.

GLOBALLY. LOCKDOWNS IN CHINA, ESPECIALLY IN THE SHENZHEN AND SHANGHAI REGIONS, HAVE LED TO GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES FOR A MULTITUDE OF PRODUCTS AND COMPONENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE GLOBAL BACKORDER ON MICROCHIPS IS NOW MORE THAN EIGHT MONTHS, DELAYING HIGH TECH PRODUCTS FROM AUTOMOBILES TO MEDICAL DEVICES.

COSTS ARE RISING.

INFLATION IS AT ITS HIGHEST RATE IN 40 YEARS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL DRIVERS OF INFLATION, INCLUDING SOME OF THE GLOBAL DISRUPTIONS DISCUSSED.

IN SAN DIEGO, PRICES ARE UP 7.9% FOR THE YEAR, 5.6% LESS FOOD AND ENERGY, WHICH ARE MORE VOLATILE.

THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS TAKING ACTION TO COUNTER INFLATION, STEADILY INCREASING INTEREST RATES, 0.5% RATE INCREASE JUST IN MAY AND PROJECTED TO CONTINUE TO RAISE INTEREST RATES.

THEY WILL ALSO THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL ALSO BEGIN TO REDUCE THE TREASURY BONDS HELD IN THEIR ASSET PORTFOLIO.

CARLSBAD'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 3.1% IN MARCH, WHICH WAS JUST 0.2% ABOVE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

HOWEVER, CURRENTLY THERE ARE 1.9 OPEN JOBS FOR EVERY UNEMPLOYED WORKER NATIONALLY.

BUSINESSES ARE HAVING CHALLENGES RETAINING WORKERS AND THERE IS PRESSURE TO INCREASE WAGES WHICH CAN FURTHER INFLATE PRICES AND COST.

REAL GDP FOR NATIONALLY EXCUSE ME, DECREASED AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 1.4% IN THE FIRST QUARTER QUARTER OF 2022, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 6.9% IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2021.

IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THERE WAS A RESURGENCE OF COVID 19 CASES FROM THE OMICRON VARIANT AND DECREASES IN GOVERNMENT PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.

LOCALLY, MOST INDUSTRIES HAVE RECOVERED.

HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL SOME ROOM TO GO IN TOURISM, ESPECIALLY GROUP TRAVEL AND EVENTS.

CASES ARE BEGINNING TO RISE IN THE COUNTY, BUT THE IMPACT ON BUSINESSES AND OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HAS BEEN MINIMAL SO FAR AND HAS REMAINED STABLE.

CARLSBAD'S INNOVATION ECONOMY CONTINUES TO LEAD ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE CITY.

JUST AS AS A REMINDER, OUR ECONOMY HERE IN CARLSBAD GREW BY APPROXIMATELY $1 BILLION BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021.

AND WE WANTED TO SHOW THE TOP FIVE INDUSTRY EXPANSIONS AND CONTRACTIONS THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THAT GROWTH.

IT IS NOTABLE THAT COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO, INDUSTRY CONTRACTIONS WERE MUCH SMALLER IN 2021.

AND OF THE 95 INDUSTRY CLUSTERS, ONLY NINE EXPERIENCED ANY CONTRACTION AT ALL.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR THREE LARGEST EXPANSIONS WERE MORE THAN $150 MILLION IN GROWTH EACH, WHILE OUR LARGEST CONTRACTIONS WERE ALL LESS THAN THREE AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS AND CONTRACTIONS ARE NORMAL IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.

NEW JOB POSTINGS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN CARLSBAD, LED BY OPENINGS IN MANUFACTURING, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL POSITIONS.

THE AVERAGE POSTED SALARY FOR POSTED JOBS WAS $44,200, AN INCREASE OF A LITTLE MORE THAN $2,600 SINCE THE LAST QUARTER, INDICATING THERE MAY BE

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NOTABLY OF JOBS POSTED, 45% DID NOT INDICATE ANY EXPERIENCE WAS REQUIRED AND 68% INDICATED AN EDUCATION REQUIREMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL GED OR LESS. THE CARLSBAD INDUSTRIAL VACANCY RATE CONTINUED TO FALL LAST QUARTER, NOW AT 2.9% VACANCY.

THIS IS CREATING PRESSURE IN THE INDUSTRIAL MARKET.

OFFICE VACANCIES CONTINUE TO DROP SLIGHTLY.

THE PANDEMIC LEFT UNCERTAINTY IN THE OFFICE MARKET.

BUT BROKERS WE HAVE SPOKEN TO DO NOT SEEM TO BE CONCERNED.

RETAIL RATES REMAIN ELEVATED COMPARED TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, BUT THEY SHOWED SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT LAST QUARTER.

AVERAGE MARKET RENTS PER SQUARE FOOT PER YEAR ALSO BEGAN OR ALSO CONTINUED TO CLIMB AND ARE NOW AT $43.55 FOR RETAIL.

$36.95 FOR OFFICE.

INDUSTRIAL SPACE, WHICH CONSISTENTLY CLIMBED DURING THE PANDEMIC, IS NOW AT $19.24 PER SQUARE FOOT ON AVERAGE.

AND THOSE ARE ANNUAL RATES.

HOME VALUES IN CARLSBAD, ALONG WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CONTINUE TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY, WITH MEDIAN HOME PRICES IN THE CITY NOW AT $1.44 MILLION IN MARCH, A GAIN OF 3.7% OVER THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

THIS VALUE IS SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AND ONLY INDICATES THE MIDDLE PRICE TIER OF HOMES.

CARLSBAD HOME VALUES HAVE RISEN 28 AND A HALF PERCENT OVER THE LAST YEAR.

THE CONTINUED RISE IN HOME VALUES CAN BE PARTIALLY ATTRIBUTED TO CONSTRAINED SUPPLY AND STRONG DEMAND STILL IN THE REGION.

HOTEL OCCUPANCY IN JANUARY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN IN JANUARY 2019 LEVELS.

HOWEVER, OCCUPANCY ROSE SHARPLY OVER THE QUARTER, WITH MARCH OCCUPANCY AT 75 AND A HALF PERCENT, WHICH NEARLY MATCHED MARCH 2019 OCCUPANCY LEVELS.

THE BASELINE COMPARISON IS 2019, WHICH IS THE GRAY LINE ON THESE CHARTS AS IT REPRESENTS NORMAL CONDITIONS.

TOURISM LEADERS ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY TRAVEL COULD CONTINUE TO RISE AND BE AT NORMAL LEVELS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 2810 BUSINESS LICENSES ISSUED LAST QUARTER, INCLUDING 156 NON RESIDENTIAL, 757 RESIDENTIAL AND 897 OUTSIDE THE CITY LICENSES.

THIS REPRESENTS THE STRONGEST QUARTER FOR BUSINESS LICENSES ISSUED SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH, PERMIT ACTIVITY REMAINED THE SAME FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMITS AND INCREASED FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS.

THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL PERMITS ISSUED WAS 1139, AN INCREASE OF 148 OVER THE LAST QUARTER.

COMMERCIAL PERMITS ISSUED WERE 117, WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAST QUARTER.

THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED HAS BEEN GENERALLY INCREASING OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

SO KEY TAKEAWAYS ARE CARLSBAD ECONOMY REMAINS IN A STRONG POSITION.

HOWEVER, GLOBAL PRESSURES LIKE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND RISING COSTS ARE HAVING AN IMPACT IN OUR WARNING SIGN OF POTENTIAL INSTABILITY.

WORKFORCE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN ENTRY LEVEL AND LOW SKILLED FIELDS, ARE HAMPERING SOME BUSINESS GROWTH.

STAFF ARE CONTINUING TO KEEP OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES AND PUBLISH THE QUARTERLY ECONOMIC SCAN, WHICH PROVIDES FURTHER CONTEXT.

AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR ROXANNE WOHL TO GIVE THE FINANCIAL UPDATE.

THANK YOU, MATT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE TO THE FINANCIAL UPDATE SECTION OF OUR REPORT TONIGHT.

AND THIS COVERS THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CITY GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR TO DATE THROUGH MARCH 31ST OF 2022, WHICH IS THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.

I'LL ALSO BRIEFLY TOUCH UPON THE WATER, WASTEWATER AND GOLF COURSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

SO DIVING RIGHT INTO THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THIS CHART SHOWS THE CURRENT YEAR TO DATE REVENUES IN BLUE, WHICH IS THE THIRD COLUMN IN EACH SECTION THE SAME PERIOD YEAR TO DATE, QUARTER THREE OF LAST FISCAL YEAR IS IN ORANGE AND THE EXPECTED YEAR TO DATE REVENUE IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS THE SECOND COLUMN, THE GREEN COLUMN.

THE SEGMENTS ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN REPRESENT THE MAJOR REVENUE COMPONENTS OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, AND THE UPCOMING SLIDES WILL LOOK AT EACH OF THESE COMPONENTS IN GREATER DETAIL. BUT IN GENERAL, LOOKING AT THE CITY'S REVENUES COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR, BY LOOKING AT THAT THIRD BAR OF THE FIRST BAR OF EACH CATEGORY, TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX OR TOT AND SALES TAX STAND OUT AS HAVING LARGE INCREASES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

AND THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES ARE OUTPERFORMING WHEN COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN LOOKING AT THE DATA FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR THROUGH MARCH OF 2021, THE CITY, COUNTY AND STATE WERE IN THE BEGINNING PHASES OF REOPENING AFTER COVID 19.

SO THIS TABLE IS REALLY JUST A NUMERIC REPRESENTATION OF THE BAR CHART.

WE JUST SAW THE BLUE AND THE ORANGE BAR CHART BARS FROM THE PREVIOUS CHART.

THEY COMPARE THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR THE NINE MONTHS OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR VERSUS THE SAME PERIOD IN LAST FISCAL YEAR.

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AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY INCREASES IN TOT TAX, SALES TAX AND OTHER CATEGORIES ARE MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.

SO THIS NEXT SLIDE LOOKS SIMILAR, BUT IT IS COMPARING THE EXPECTED REVENUES FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF OUR FISCAL YEAR IN THAT FIRST COLUMN COMPARED TO THE ACTUAL REVENUES FOR THE SAME PERIOD.

A QUICK EXPLANATION ABOUT THE EXPECTED COLUMN.

THIS REPRESENTS THE BUDGETED REVENUE FOR THE FULL YEAR OF FISCAL YEAR 2122, MULTIPLIED BY THE PROPORTION THAT THE CITY RECEIVED DURING THE SAME PERIOD IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, THE CITIES RECEIVED MORE REVENUES AND EXPECTED FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR BY A TOTAL OF 25.8 MILLION.

THIS INCREASE IS DRIVEN BY THE LARGE VARIANCE IN TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX AND SALES TAX REVENUES.

SO GOING INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE THE CITY'S LARGEST GENERAL FUND REVENUE SOURCES, THE TOP IS THE PROPERTY TAX.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE COLLECTED IN DECEMBER AND APRIL OF EACH YEAR.

ASSET VALUES ARE THE BIGGEST DRIVER OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, AND ACCORDING TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, ASSESSED VALUES IN CARLSBAD DID INCREASE BY 3.14% THIS FISCAL YEAR.

THAT INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS DUE TO INCREASED VALUES.

OH, TO DATE, WE'VE RECEIVED 48.6 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, WHICH IS 1.6 MILLION INCREASE FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

AND THEN OUR NEXT SOURCE, OUR SECOND LARGEST GENERAL FUND REVENUE SOURCES.

SALES TAX.

FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR 2022, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED 39 MILLION IN SALES TAX REVENUE, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 9 MILLION OR 29% OVER LAST FISCAL YEAR. THE MAJORITY OF REVENUES RECEIVED TO DATE ARE FROM THE SECOND THROUGH FOURTH CALENDAR QUARTERS OF 2021 AND A PORTION OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022. A KEY GAINS WE'RE SEEING IN AUTOMOBILE DEALERS, JEWELRY AND LUGGAGE STORES, CLOTHING AND DEPARTMENT STORES.

SO OUR THIRD LARGEST GENERAL FUND REVENUE SOURCE IS OUR TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX OR TOT.

REVENUES TO DATE REPRESENT A CO TWO COLLECTED BY HOTELS FOR STAYS BETWEEN JUNE OF LAST YEAR THROUGH FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.

FISCAL DATE. FISCAL YEAR TO DATE, REVENUES ARE 22.2 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 13.7 MILLION WHEN COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

THIS LARGE VARIANCE BETWEEN PRIOR AND THIS YEAR IS A DIRECT RESULT OF HIGHER AVERAGE DAILY RATES AND HIGHER OCCUPANCY RATES DUE TO THE RELEASE OF PENT UP DEMAND FROM COVID 19 RELATED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.

THE AVERAGE OCCUPANCY DURING THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAS BEEN 63%, COMPARED TO 43% FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

THE CITY DOES COLLECT SOME OTHER TAXES.

BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES.

TAXES ARE AT 4.9 MILLION THIS FISCAL YEAR TO DATE, 20% HIGHER THAN DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

OUR FRANCHISE TAXES ARE DOWN SLIGHTLY AT 2% WHEN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WITH 2.3 MILLION RECEIVED TO DATE.

THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PAID CABLE TV SERVICES.

TRANSFER TAXES ON REAL PROPERTY SALES RECEIVED TO DATE IS AT 1.5 MILLION, WHICH IS 30% HIGHER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO A HIGHER NUMBER OF PROPERTY SALES IN CARLSBAD.

AND THEN INCOME FROM PROPERTY INVESTMENTS IS DOWN BY 10% THIS YEAR OR $436,000 WHEN COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR.

THE TREASURER'S PORTFOLIO CONTINUES TO SEE DECLINING YIELDS, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE MARKET.

THE FOCUS ON THE TREASURER'S PORTFOLIO WILL CONTINUE TO BE SAFETY OF CITY ASSETS FIRST FOLLOWED BY LIQUIDITY AND THEN RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

INTEREST INCOME IS ALSO DOWN THIS FISCAL YEAR WHEN COMPARED TO LAST BECAUSE LAST YEAR THE CITY DID RECEIVE $750,000 IN INTEREST INCOME ON AN OUTSTANDING ADVANCE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CITY'S FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

THIS ADVANCE HAS NOW BEEN PAID IN FULL, SO THERE IS NO INTEREST RECEIVED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THE DECREASE IN THIS CATEGORY IS OFFSET BY AN INCREASE IN INCOME FROM PROPERTY RENTALS, WHICH HAS INCREASED BY 48% WHEN COMPARED TO THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.

THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RECREATION RELATED RENTALS, WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING SINCE THE CITY SERVICES WERE CLOSED FOR PARTIAL PART OF THE YEAR IN THE PRIOR YEAR DUE TO THE COVID 19 RESTRICTIONS.

SO OTHER REVENUES IN THE CITY ARE GENERATED FROM AMBULANCE FEES, RECREATIONAL REVENUES, DEVELOPMENT FEES AND REVENUES FROM OTHER INTER-GOVERNMENTAL SOURCES.

THESE REVENUES ARE DOWN 1% WHEN COMPARED TO THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, BUT THIS DECREASE IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IN THE PRIOR YEAR THE CITY RECEIVED SOME COVID 19 CARES ACT

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SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO EXPENDITURES.

THIS CHART SHOWS THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES FOR THE FULL FISCAL YEAR.

IN THE FIRST COLUMN IN ORANGE, THE GREEN OR MIDDLE BAR SHOWS THE LAST YEAR'S EXPENDITURES ENCUMBRANCES FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THAT FISCAL YEAR, AND THIS YEAR'S EXPENDITURES ENCUMBRANCES THROUGH THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS FISCAL YEAR ARE SHOWN IN BLUE.

THE PERSONNEL COST IS HIGHER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR INCLUDES A LARGE CALPERS DISCRETIONARY PAYMENT APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS PAST SEPTEMBER.

THE ADOPTED BUDGET ALSO APPROVED 23 NEW FULL TIME POSITIONS, 20 OF WHICH WERE DIRECTLY RELATED TO COUNCIL GOALS.

THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BAR IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR, WHICH IS TRACKING IT JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW THE FULL YEAR'S EXPECTED EXPENDITURES RATE.

AND THE TRANSFERS OUT BAR IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AT THIS POINT IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

IF WE COMPARE THIS TO LAST YEAR DUE TO TWO COUNCIL APPROVED TRANSFERS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CITY'S CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS.

THIS YEAR, THE FUNDS PREVIOUSLY HELD IN THE INNOVATION BUDGET OF THE GENERAL FUND WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY'S NEW TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PROGRAM FUND, AND THAT WAS JUST UNDER 11 MILLION.

AND SECOND, THE SURPLUS FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021 WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AND THAT WAS JUST UNDER A $1,000,000.

SO THIS SLIDE IS A NUMERIC REPRESENTATION OF THE LAST BAR CHART WE JUST SAW.

IT SHOWS THE DATE WE HAVE SPENT A 71% OF OUR PERSONNEL BUDGET, WHICH IS THAT FIRST LINE ON THE CHART.

AND THE NEXT DAY, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

WE HAVE SPENT 70% OF OUR BUDGET TO DATE THESE TWO CATEGORIES EXCUSE ME.

THESE TWO CATEGORIES COMPRISE 87% OF OUR OVERALL WORKING BUDGET.

SO THIS NEXT CHART LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS CHART, BUT IT'S REALLY TAKING THE AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURES AND OPEN ENCUMBRANCES TO DATE AND BREAKS THOSE OUT TO SHOW WHAT OUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES TODAY ARE.

SEPARATE FROM THE OPEN ENCUMBRANCES.

SO HERE WE SEE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN THE FIRST COLUMN, FOLLOWED BY THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WE HAVE INCURRED THROUGH THE END OF MARCH OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

WHICH IS THE $146.9 MILLION TOTAL THERE.

AND THEN THE OPEN PO COLUMN SHOWS 16.2 MILLION THAT IS CURRENTLY OPEN ON PURCHASE ORDERS.

THIS AMOUNT IS NOT CONSIDERED SPENT AT THIS POINT, BUT RATHER SET ASIDE FOR OUR OPEN COMMITMENTS.

THESE TWO AMOUNTS TOGETHER TOTALED 163.1 MILLION, WHICH WAS SHOWN AS THE TOTAL EXPENSE YEAR TO DATE ON THE PRIOR SLIDE.

SO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET WAS ADOPTED AT 184.6 MILLION THIS FISCAL YEAR.

THE WORKING BUDGET, WHICH IS THE ADOPTED BUDGET PLUS OPEN PURCHASE ORDERS AT JUNE 30TH THAT ROLLED INTO THE FISCAL YEAR PLUS ANY APPROVED CARRY FORWARDS FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR IS 222.6 MILLION.

THE AVAILABLE BUDGET REMAINING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR IS 59.4 MILLION OR 27%.

THIS NUMBER TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL EXPENDITURES YEAR TO DATE THROUGH MARCH OF THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS ALL OPEN PURCHASE ORDER COMMITMENTS.

SO MOVING ON TO SOME OF OUR OTHER FUNDS WITH WE HAVE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

AND WITH THE REOPENING AND EXPANSION OF THE ECONOMY, WE'VE SEEN INCREASES IN BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES IN BOTH WATER AND WASTEWATER FUNDS FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND THEN OUR GOLF COURSE CONTINUES TO PERFORM STRONGLY WITH NET OPERATING INCOME THROUGH MARCH OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, 830,000 HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.

DEMAND FOR GOLF HAS DECLINED VERY SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, AND LAST YEAR WAS A HIGHER ACTIVITY NUMBER DUE TO THE COVID RESTRICTIONS AND PEOPLE TURNING TO OUTDOOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES AROUND THIS ROUND'S FISCAL YEAR TO DATE.

LAST YEAR CAME IN AT ABOUT JUST UNDER 50 OR 58,800 COMPARED TO THIS YEAR'S, WHICH IS AT 57,900, WHICH IS A REDUCTION OF 1.5%. BUT THE DEMAND FOR GOLF CONTINUES AND WE STILL ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE SALES THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.

THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS PUBLISHED REPORTS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, WHICH I LIST I'VE LISTED HERE, AND WE WILL RETURN TO A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING WITH A FISCAL YEAR END UPDATE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR REPORT AND WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

VERY WELL DONE.

SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.

QUESTIONS? WE'LL START WITH YOU, DR.

THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ONE, I'LL START OFF WITH MISS MULHMEISTER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD SHARED WAS WITH REGARDS TO HOW MUCH WE HAVE LEFT OVER FOR THE LAST QUARTER.

[01:25:06]

IS THAT ACCURATE? OF THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD ADOPTED? WE CAN TAKE A LOOK.

THAT SOUNDS VERY.

OKAY. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT THREE SLIDES BACK IF WE WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.

GO BACK TO.

OKAY. YES.

SO IT WAS A LITTLE OVER, I THINK I SAW THE 27% AND JOTTED OUT 57, BUT IT'S 59.4 MILLION.

THANK YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER QUICK QUESTION.

THIS IS JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY.

THIS IS FOR MR. SANFORD.

I NOTICED ON THE I THINK IT WAS THE AVERAGE DAILY OCCUPANCY FOR HOTELS, NEWPORT WAS A LOT HIGHER THAN MANY OF THE OTHERS. I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO IF THEY'VE SHARED ANYTHING FROM THE INDUSTRY AS TO WHY.

NEWPORT BEACH DOES HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT MIX OF HOTELS THAT HAS BEEN BETTER SUITED DURING THE PANDEMIC, MUCH MORE FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL TRAVEL THAN WE HAVE HERE IN CARLSBAD. AND IS THAT GENERALLY SOMETHING JUST A TREND WE SEE ALL THE TIME? SO IT'S NOT AN OFF LIKE QUARTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? RIGHT, GENERALLY, NEWPORT BEACH DOES HAVE HIGHER OCCUPANCY.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER NORBY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I MUST SAY THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE SLIDES WERE RATHER OMINOUS IN TERMS OF ALL THE HEADWINDS WERE FACING.

AND I JUST THINK, BOY, I JUST YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD A PANDEMIC LIKE WE'VE DEALT WITH FOR OVER 100 YEARS.

AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH UKRAINE AND THEN GASOLINE AND SUPPLY CRUNCH IS MAYBE THE LARGEST SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

AND SO WE ARE WE ARE BEING HIT CERTAINLY IN THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT.

AND SO WE'VE JUST BEEN HIT WITH SOME SOME MASSIVE CHANGES THAT WE'VE NEVER DEALT WITH, YOU KNOW, IN 50 YEARS OR 100 YEARS.

AND I LOOK AT THE SLIDE, I THINK WAS THE FOR THE GDP, THE REAL GDP GROWTH AND THE DOWNWARD AND UPWARD CHARTS ARE JUST MASSIVE IN TERMS OF THE BARS AND AND WHAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH AS A CITY.

SO I JUST AS I VIEW THIS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS IS RIGHT.

AND SO AND I'M JUST GOING TO STICK WITH GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

WORKING FUND HAS KIND OF TRANSVERSE THROUGH THE YEARS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PAST YEARS AND PRIOR YEARS.

BUT IN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET RIGHT NOW, WE ARE TRACKING AFTER THE THIRD QUARTER $25.8 MILLION AHEAD OF WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ON BUDGET, IS THAT CORRECT? I KNOW YOU USE IT.

YOU DON'T USE THE TERMINOLOGY THREE QUARTERS OF OUR BUDGET, BUT YOU SAY EXPECTED.

DO YOU MEAN? ARE YOU LOOKING AT REVENUES? THE REVENUE I'M LOOKING ON THE REVENUE SIDE FIRST.

AND ON THE REVENUE SIDE, MAYBE YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE BECAUSE YOU DON'T USE THREE QUARTERS OF OUR BUDGET, BUT I THINK YOU USE SOMETHING LIKE ACCEPTED OR EXPECTED REVENUE AND THEN THE ACTUAL REVENUE IS $25.8 MILLION.

WELL, YEAH, IF WE GO BACK TO REVENUE AND THAT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE OUR IT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID THE BUDGET LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE STILL IN A VERY DELICATE STATE AND I KNOW OUR TOT EXPECTATIONS.

IT WAS HARD TO KNOW WHAT TO.

OF COURSE. SO THAT'S REALLY THE AREA THAT'S GONE NOT EXPECTED, BUT YEAH.

THAT'S THE SLIDE THAT I'M REFERRING TO.

SO THE EXPECTED WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT AFTER THREE QUARTERS.

AND THEN WHAT WE WHAT ACTUALLY CAME IN IS $25.8 MILLION HIGHER.

WE ARE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

WE'RE PROBABLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER, ALMOST, RIGHT, HALFWAY THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER.

AND, YOU KNOW, NOTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED.

I THINK ON THE TREND LINE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MAJOR ISSUES IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS HERE.

AND SO I'M RELATIVELY OPTIMISTIC OF THAT QUARTER AS WELL.

NOW, JUST SHIFTING TO THE EXPENSE LINE, WE HAD A BALANCED BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

AGAIN, JUST GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

YES, WE HAD A BALANCED BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND OUR TREND LINE ON OUR BUDGET IS RIGHT WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 75% IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS AND WE HAVE 25% OF SPEND TO GO.

YES. SO WE'RE TRACKING WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ON OUR EXPENSE LINE, ON OUR BUDGET.

AND WE WERE WE ARE AS A CITY WAY OVER.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY, WOW, JUST WOW.

IT'S THIS CITY. WOW.

THAT THAT WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION.

AND THEN THANK YOU TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

[01:30:03]

BUT WE'RE NOT MONEY GENERATORS TYPICALLY.

I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW PROPERTIES THAT WE GET REVENUE ON AND A FEW FEES THAT WE CHARGE.

BUT OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE, I THINK THE THE SKY IS INCREDIBLY BRIGHT IN THE FUTURE AS WE START SEEING SOME OF THESE HIGHER APPRECIATIONS COME IN AS PROPERTIES TRANSFER, WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING 2%, WHICH IS THE ANNUAL RAISE THAT YOU CAN GET UNDER PROP 13 PLUS ANY TRANSACTIONS WHERE WE HAVE A PROP 13 DELTA, YOU KNOW, AN ASSESSED VALUE NEW, THAT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN LAST.

SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TEN OR 15 YEARS TO WORK THROUGH AND IT'LL BE VERY FAVORABLE.

AND PROPERTY TAX, OUR SALES TAX IS AMAZING WAY UP OVER WHAT WE THOUGHT.

AND SO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND LARGE BUSINESSES THAT THEY'VE RESPONDED TO THE ADAPTED I GUESS IMPROVISED FIGURED OUT WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO HAS JUST BEEN AMAZING. AND OUR TOT OF COURSE, WHAT A PUNCH THEY TOOK IN TERMS OF TOT AND THE HOTELS AND THE INDUSTRY AND THEN THAT INDUSTRY COMING BACK.

BUT IT'S A GREAT STORY.

I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THEM.

I THINK I'M HARD PRESSED TO, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND I'M JUST BALLPARKING A $30 MILLION BUDGET EXPENSE, YOU KNOW, SURPLUS, IF YOU WILL.

AND I KNOW LAST YEAR WE WERE 15.5 MILLION ROUGHLY IN SURPLUS AND WE USE SOME OF THAT FOR OUR PENSION LIABILITIES.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.

THEY'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY GREAT UP AT CALPERS.

AND THEN WE PUT SOME TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY AND SOME, AND OTHER ACORNS AND THE THE OAK TREE, SO TO SPEAK.

BUT WE IT'S OKAY.

WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE HERE SPEND THIS, DO THIS, START THIS PROGRAM.

PLEASE DO THIS. AND WE HEAR BE CAREFUL.

YOU KNOW, DEFICIT SPENDING, WE'RE IN THE RED LINES ARE GOING TO CROSS.

BE CAREFUL AND THAT'S FAIR.

THAT'S THE KIND OF GIVE AND TAKE OF A COMMUNITY.

BUT FROM MY 20%, I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE OUR CITY STAFF IN TERMS OF THEIR ADMINISTRATION, OF THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE WELL WITHIN WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE.

AND WE'VE SURPASSED ON THE INCOME AND WE'VE MAINTAINED IT INCLUDES ALL OF THE HIRES THAT WE ADDED LAST YEAR.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BUDGET PROCESS COMING UP.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN NEVER SEE THE FUTURE AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE ON GUARD FOR A VERY GOOD REASON.

BUT THIS IS THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY HEALTHY CITY.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME OUT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT THERE.

ARE WE OVERSPENDING OVER HIRING? AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WERE IN A MORE GENEROUS PERS TO THE CURRENT PENSION PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT IS SOMEWHAT LESS GENEROUS OR EASY FOR CITIES TO HANDLE, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP US OUT IN THE FUTURE, TOO.

SO JUST BRAVO TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. THANK YOU FOR A GREAT REPORT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

YES, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

AND I ALSO WAS VERY IMPRESSED AND ACTUALLY SURPRISED BY SOME OF THE THE MACRO, JUST THE STATISTICS I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT IN THE IN THE NEWS AND AND THEN SEEING THAT TRANSLATED HERE TO CARLSBAD, THE BIGGEST THING WAS LAST WEEK, THE MAYOR THE GOVERNOR CAME OUT WITH THE MAY REVISE OVER THIS THE PAST FEW DAYS.

AND WE'VE WE'VE LEARNED THAT THE STATE BUDGET HAS A HUGE SURPLUS $97 BILLION SURPLUS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS.

THAT I WAS WORKING ON LAST WEEK AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF CARLSBAD AT THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES.

CAL CITY LEADER SUMMIT.

I WAS ASKING FOR THE UNFUNDED MANDATES THAT CITIES HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ACTUALLY GET FUNDED BECAUSE FOR SO MANY YEARS THE STATE HAS BEEN REQUIRING CITIES TO DO THINGS AND WITHHOLDING THE MONEY AND NOT HELPING FUND THOSE THINGS.

AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A LEGAL TERM, THE UNFUNDED MANDATES, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FUND THOSE THINGS.

BUT NOW THAT THE STATE HAS A SURPLUS, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE STATE WILL FULFILL ITS OBLIGATION AND SEND THAT MONEY TO CITIES.

AND THAT WILL MEAN MORE FOR US TO TO FUND SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE'VE UNDERTAKEN.

SO IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION.

AT THE SAME TIME, I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY I HEAR FROM ARE ARE HURTING.

THEY'RE GOING TO GROCERY STORES AND ORDERING FOOD FROM RESTAURANTS.

AND PEOPLE HAVE STICKER SHOCK WITH THE PRICES OF THINGS OUT THERE.

SO WE'RE IN THIS WEIRD PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A HOME.

WHAT DID THAT SLIDE SAY? $1.44 MILLION IS THE MEDIAN HOME PRICE IN CARLSBAD RIGHT NOW.

PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AND YET THEY WORK HERE AND THEY'RE DRIVING HERE.

SO IT'S KIND OF THIS ODD DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE REVENUES COMING IN FROM TOURISTS AND SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES DOING REALLY WELL BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THIS WONDERFUL

[01:35:08]

AND IN THOSE THREE AREAS, PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, AND IN TOT, WE'RE OUR MAIN THREE SOURCES OF REVENUE.

WE'RE DOING WE'RE DOING VERY WELL.

AND YET THE AVERAGE PERSON IN CARLSBAD IS SAYING, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY FINANCIAL WELL-BEING, MY INVESTMENTS AND BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT CONFLICT AND THOSE DYNAMICS AND THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE'RE MAKING OUR DECISIONS AND REALIZE THAT THIS BIG BOOM THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IS CYCLICAL.

RIGHT. AND WE'VE SEEN IT MANY TIMES BEFORE, AT LEAST ADULTS AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME, HAVE SEEN INVESTMENTS AND STOCK MARKET GO UP AND DOWN, REAL ESTATE BOOMS AND BUSTS AND AND SAME FOR DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING TECHNOLOGY.

SO JUST BEING REALLY MINDFUL OF WHEN WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD YEAR AND NOT NOT MAKING EXPENDITURES THAT ARE ONGOING AND PERMANENT BUT, BUT BEING VERY CAREFUL.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNOR WAS TALKING ABOUT AS WELL, IS NOT CREATING WHOLE NEW PROGRAMS AND ADDING WHOLE NEW DEPARTMENTS AND INSTEAD DOING SOME SHORT TERM EXPENDITURE.

SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.

AND IN TERMS OF PAYING BACK DEBT, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK LITTLE QUESTION FOR YOU.

FOR THE GOLF COURSE.

I HEARD THAT MENTION THAT THE GOLF COURSE IS DOING BETTER THAN EVER.

AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING BACK SOME OF THE LOAN MONEY TO THE CITY A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

THAT'S GOOD. THAT COULD BE A CONVERSATION WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING TO COUNCIL.

WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW FISCAL YEARS IS THEY'VE BEEN DOING WELL ENOUGH TO COVER THEIR OPERATING EXPENSES AND PAY FOR SOME ONGOING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE GOLF COURSE.

AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT, TOO, BECAUSE THE GOLF COURSE IS NOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 15 YEARS OLD, AROUND THERE.

I THINK WE'RE GETTING THERE AND THINGS ARE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.

SO AND THERE'S NOT A LOT SET ASIDE FOR THAT, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE GOLF COURSE.

SO I THINK THAT'S A LARGER CONVERSATION WITH WHAT THEIR ONGOING NEEDS ARE FOR CAPITAL.

AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION LOAN DEBT.

THAT WAS. THAT WAS.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S STILL IT'S NOT ON OUR BOOKS, BUT IT'S STILL YOU KNOW, WE STILL ARE TRACKING THAT AND RECORDING THAT IN OUR IN OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE NOTES THAT THAT IT IS STILL THERE.

YEAH. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF TRIGGER, LIKE WHEN LIKE IS THERE A NUMBER WHEN THEY'RE DOING SO WELL AND YET THEY'VE GOT THIS DEBT THAT'S BEEN FORGIVEN AND POSTPONED FOR SUCH A LONG TIME? ARE THEY GOING TO BE PAYING IT BACK ANY FASTER NOW THAT THEY'RE DOING BETTER THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEEN? I THINK WE COULD COME BACK WITH A LARGER, LIKE I SAID, A LARGER CONVERSATION AROUND THEIR THEIR FUTURE CAPITAL NEEDS.

I THINK THAT THAT COULD COME INTO PLAY WITH THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE THAT MONEY WOULD HOPEFULLY COME FROM THE GOLF COURSE AND NOT THE CITY. BUT I THINK IT'S A LARGER CONVERSATION.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION.

OKAY. DR. BHAT-PATEL? YES. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THIS, AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE SOME AWESOME RESULTS IN TERMS OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTING IN.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, I ECHOED THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING THINGS.

MR. BLACKBURN. THANK YOU.

OKAY. AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EITHER, REALLY.

IT WAS VERY GOOD REPORT AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

SO WE'RE HERE JUST TO RECEIVE THE REPORT.

I DON'T THINK ANY ACTION IS NECESSARY.

SO WITH THAT STAFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENT? OKAY. WELL THEN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS STAFF IS ASKING THAT TO BE RETURNED AT A LATER DATE.

[7. 2022 EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS]

SHE EXPERIENCED A DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND THEREFORE SHE WAS ASKING THAT THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED.

THEREFORE, WE WILL RETURN BACK ONCE THE SITUATION IS RESOLVED ITSELF BY THE CONSULTANT.

OK. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS.

[8. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION TO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE]

CONFIRMATION OF AN APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION TO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THE NAME IS JAMIE JACOBS.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

[01:40:01]

THANK YOU. I WISH YOU'D BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PUSHY.

YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING, I HAVE ONE SIDE OVER HERE SAYING, MAN, YOU'RE TAKING TOO LONG.

AND THEN I HAVE SAY THE OTHER SIDE SAYING, PROCEDURE, PROCEDURE.

SO, OKAY, I GUESS WE'RE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING.

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS (Part 1 of 2)]

JUST BRIEFLY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT LAST WEEK WAS NURSES WEEK, SO I KNOW WE HAVE A NURSE ON OUR STAFF AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.

SO THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEPING US SAFE.

OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, AN UPDATE ON SOMETHING.

I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT TO A HALF HOUR, IF YOU COULD.

OH, NO, JUST ONE MINUTE.

THE CAL CITIES CITY LEADERS SUMMIT THAT I MENTIONED WAS WAS REALLY PRODUCTIVE AND HELPFUL.

AND WE MET WITH I MET WITH A GROUP OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN STATE LEGISLATORS AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THEN ATTENDED EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS AS WELL AND EXCHANGED INFORMATION WITH CITIES ALL OVER THE STATE.

SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY PRODUCTIVE.

I WAS GLAD I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND THEN I'M JUST CALLING UP MY CALENDAR TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN LET THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE UPCOMING MEETINGS.

I KNOW THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS ITS BOARD MEETING TOMORROW THAT I'LL BE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY.

ENCINITAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS AN ECO LITERACY SHOWCASE, AND YOU KNOW THAT IN DISTRICT FOUR, THAT'S ONE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT OVERLAPS WITH MY DISTRICT AND WITH DISTRICT THREE. AND THE THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE HAS A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING.

THAT'S THEY THEY STREAM THEIR MEETINGS LIVE ON YOUTUBE.

IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO WATCH THAT, THAT'S THURSDAY AT 2 P.M.

AND THEN I WILL BE ATTENDING THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE C BAD AWARDS LUNCHEON ON FRIDAY.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, AT LEAST THAT I'LL BE ATTENDING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. NORBY. I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND THE PUBLIC I HAVE OFFICE HOURS ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, AND THEY CAN GO ON MY CITY COUNCIL WEB PAGE AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE A PHONE CALL OR A MEET IN PERSON.

AND HAPPY TO MEET.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS?

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

VERY SHORT, VERY POSITIVE.

HI, I'M SUSAN REYNOLDS.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME SPEAK AT THE VERY END OF THE EVENING.

IT'S REALLY NICE.

I HAVE A SMALL REQUEST.

I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I READ THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN'T VOTE ON IT.

BUT MAYBE I'M ASKING ABOUT HAVING THE POINSETTIA PARK DOG PARK NAMED IN MY NEIGHBOR'S HONOR BECAUSE THEY DID ALL THE WORK TO HAVE THE PARK CREATED. I'M PROPOSING THAT THEY NAME IT THE SHAGGY DOG PARK TO HONOR RICK AND MARY LEBLANC, WHO HAVE LIVED IN HARBOR POINT FOR OVER 34 YEARS.

THEY HAD NO CHILDREN, SO THEY DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO ANIMALS.

AND THEY BOTH WORKED AT THE CARLSBAD SHELTER, AND THEY ADOPTED TWO REALLY INCAPACITATED DOGS THAT THEY HAD FOR MANY YEARS.

BUT BOTH DOGS DIED IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS.

RICK IS AN 82 YEAR OLD AIR FORCE VETERAN WHO FLEW FIGHTER JETS IN THE VIETNAM WAR.

HE IS CURRENTLY ON HOSPICE IN HIS HOME FOR TERMINAL LUNG CANCER.

I REMEMBER IN 2006 WHEN THEY NAMED THE PARK FOR ANN LEROUX AND IT WAS OFF OF EL CAMINO REAL.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT RICK AND MARY, SINCE THEY MADE SIMILAR EFFORTS TO CREATE THE DOG PARK, THEY NINE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS ACTUALLY AN ARTICLE IN THE UNION-TRIBUNE.

AND KEITH, YOU'RE QUOTED THREE TIMES AS MAKING MANY COMMENTS THAT WERE POSITIVELY SUPPORTED THE DOG PARK AT POINSETTIA.

AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF SHAGGY HERE, AND THEY WANT TO NAME IT FOR SHAGGY.

AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT.

BUT THERE, THROUGH THEIR EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS, THEY COLLECTED OVER 600 SIGNATURES NINE YEARS AGO.

THEY ATTENDED MEETINGS.

THEY HAD A PARK DESIGNATED AN RVR, AND THEY GOT IT MOVED TO POINSETTIA, AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE SOCCER FIELD.

THEY GOT IT MOVED TO THE FRONT OF THE PARK.

SO IT'S ONLY COMING TO FRUITION MAYBE IN SEPTEMBER BECAUSE OF RICK AND MARY LEBLANC.

AND THEY ARE INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL, HEARTFELT, GREAT PEOPLE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE TO HAVE IT REFERRED TO THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CONSIDERATION TO NAME IT, THE SHAGGY DOG PARK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I'VE ENJOYED COMING TO MY FIRST CARLSBAD MEETING AFTER 18 YEARS.

THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME.

YES. THE GUY WAVING HIS ARM IS KYLE LANCASTER.

THERE'S A PROCESS FOR NAMING PARKS AND HE'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS (Part 2 of 2)]

[01:45:03]

THERE IS AN ITEM EIGHT A THIS PAST MEETING THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY TO BRING US UP TO DATE ON THE MULTI-MODAL HUBS.

THE PACKET WAS NOT GREAT DETAIL IN THE PRESENTATION.

I THINK COMPARED TO WHAT WE USED TO RECEIVE IN THE PAST REALLY LACKED DETAIL IN NUMBERS.

AND I WILL SAY THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL SPEAKERS THAT SPOKE OUT ON THIS.

ALSO, THE FACT THAT THE CONVERSATION SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND ONE OF THE HUBS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.

I KNOW IN THE PAST NORTH COUNTY HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT OUTSPOKEN BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF I THINK THE MONEY'S BEING SPENT IN NORTH COUNTY.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR SOME FROM EAST COUNTY NOW, WE ACTUALLY HEARD FROM SOUTH COUNTY AS STARTING TO HAVE CONCERNS ALSO NOT TO MENTION SOLANA BEACH AND DEL MAR. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

ALSO, AS IS COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA SAID THIS FRIDAY, YOU MIGHT FIND MORE THAN THREE OF US, MAY 20TH, BETWEEN 11 AND 2 P.M.

AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SEA BAT AWARDS LUNCHEON, AND THAT WILL BE AT THE WESTIN HERE IN CARLSBAD, THE WESTIN CARLSBAD RESORT AND SPA.

AND THAT'S 5488 GRAND PACIFIC DRIVE.

AND THEN MR. CHADWICK CITY MANAGER COMMENTS.

[CITY MANAGER COMMENTS]

MS. BREWER. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL ON THE 23RD WE WILL BE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING FOR AN UPDATE ON THE NEGOTIATIONS TO RELOCATE THE [INAUDIBLE] SERVICE YARD.

[CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS]

NOTHING, THANK YOU.

OKAY, WITH THAT, WE STAND ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.