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COULD WE PLEASE BEGIN BY TAKING ROLL? LET THE RECORD SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY IS ABSENT.
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY ABSENT AT THIS TIME.
ANNOUNCEMENT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS SERVING AS BOTH THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL AND THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
AND WITH THAT, IF WE COULD ALL PLEASE RISE AND MR. BLACKBURN WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NEXT IS THE MINUTES.MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES RECITED BY THE MAYOR.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE MINUTES PASS FOUR WITH MR. NORBY ABSENT, SO FOUR IN SUPPORT.
[PRESENTATIONS]
NEXT WE MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS, A RECOGNITION OF PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.AND IT'S I LIKE TO INVITE MICHAEL UP TO THE PODIUM.
AND JUST I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION.
AND THEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, I APPRECIATE IT.
BUT THIS IS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH HERE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
WHEREAS THE PARKS, CARLSBAD PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PROMOTES QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH THE PREMIUM PARKS AND FACILITIES, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PERMITS AND OFFERS A VARIETY OF SPORTS, ARTS, SCIENCE CLASSES, PROGRAMS, AND OVER 200 YOUTH CAMPS APPEALING TO A WIDE RANGE OF AGE AND FRIENDLY INTERESTS AND ABILITIES.
WHEREAS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PROVIDES OVER 35,000 MEALS ANNUALLY TO CARLSBAD SENIORS AS PART OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM IN THE SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS THE STEWARD OF MORE THAN 1000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES AND OVERSEES OVER 51 MILES OF TRAILS PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
WHEREAS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN ADVANCING SEVERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS, INCLUDING VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK AND OFF LEASH DOG AREA IN BOTH POINSETTIA COMMUNITY PARK AND VILLAGE H SOUTH OPEN SPACE AND A COMMUNITY GARDEN AT STAGECOACH COMMUNITY PARK.
THEREFORE, I'M AT HALL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MIKE LUNA. I'M CHAIR OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.
I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION NOW FOR SIX YEARS, SO I'VE SEEN A LOT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THOSE TIME WITH OUR PARKS AND REC PROGRAMS. BUT IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZED PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH HERE IN CARLSBAD.
I BELIEVE CARLSBAD RESIDENTS RECOGNIZE THE TREMENDOUS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF THEIR HEALTH, AND WHEN THEY VISIT THE PARKS AND WHEN THEY TAKE PART IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, THEY ALSO KNOW THE NUMBER ONE THING THEY CAN DO TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH IS TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE, AND USING PARKS AND TRAILS IS ALSO A GREAT WAY TO SOCIALIZE AND CONNECT WITH FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND YOUR NEIGHBORS.
RECENTLY, THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT OPENED THE TALAVERA HILLS COMMUNITY PARK GATEWAY.
THEY ALSO ARE OPENING THE POINSETTIA COMMUNITY DOG PARK AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
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I KNOW I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT WITH MY DOG.THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO PLANNING ON A LOW PLUNGE EVENT AT ALGA NORTE COMMUNITY PARK ON JULY 23RD.
SO OUR STAFF HAS BEEN PRETTY BUSY.
SO IN ENDING. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, OUR COMMUNITY, TO EXPLORE CARLSBAD, PARKS AND RECREATION, EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO OFFER PLAYGROUNDS, TRAILS, REC CENTERS, SPORTS LEAGUES, SUMMER CAMPS.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT COME TO MIND.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CHALLENGE CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE THE UNDISCOVERED ROLES OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT LIKE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH PROGRAMS KNOWN AS STEM SENIOR PROGRAMS, INNOVATIVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES, COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS, OUTDOOR EDUCATION, AND EVEN BEACH AND TREE MAINTENANCE TO NAME A FEW.
THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU, MR. LUNA. [APPLAUSE] MOVING ON.
RECOGNITION OF DONATION FROM THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY IN SUZANNE SMITHSON, DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS, AND ROBBIE ADAMS, OUTGOING PRESIDENT, AND SUZANNE HAYSEK, OUR INCOMING PRESIDENT.
HELLO. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I ONLY HAVE ONE OF MY FRIENDS.
COME ON UP, ROBBIE. ONLY ONE OF MY FRIENDS.
WE WANTED TO EXCUSE SUZANNE HECSIK FOR COMING FROM COMING.
SHE'S ACTUALLY CELEBRATING AN ANNIVERSARY TONIGHT.
SO WE HAVE OUR PRESIDENT, ROBBIE ADAMS WITH US.
YEAR AFTER YEAR, FOR DECADES, THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME AND TALENTS AND EARN MONEY TO FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF DONATING THAT MONEY TO THE CARLSBAD CITY LIBRARY.
THEIR DONATIONS ALLOW THE LIBRARY TO GO FROM BEING A GREAT LIBRARY TO BEING AN AMAZING LIBRARY AND A GREAT ASSET FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE FRIENDS PAY FOR THINGS LIKE OUR CARLSBAD READS TOGETHER, AUTHOR VISITS, REWARDS AND INCENTIVES FOR OUR SUMMER READING ADVENTURE.
YOU STILL HAVE A FEW WEEKS LEFT OF SUMMER TO EARN SOME OF THOSE, AND THEY EVEN PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THINGS LIKE OUR FILAMENT FOR THE 3D PRINTERS IN OUR EXPLORATION HUB, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO USE AND LEARN THAT.
THE DONATION IS A LITTLE LESS THAN IN RECENT YEARS.
BUT THAT IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE FRIENDS ABILITY TO DONATE MORE.
QUITE THE OPPOSITE. THEY'RE WILLING TO DONATE MORE MONEY.
THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVE US PRETTY MUCH AS MUCH AS WE ASK FOR, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY DONATE.
WE DO GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ROBBIE ADAMS NOW.
THINK. WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT IT IS OUR PURPOSE AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO HELP IN WHATEVER SMALL WAY THAT WE CAN TO TO ASSIST THE LIBRARY IN PROVIDING SUCH WONDERFUL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO OUR CARLSBAD COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE HAD, LIKE SUZANNE SAID, IT'S BEEN AN UP AND DOWN YEAR.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE STORES OPEN AGAIN.
AND THEN WE FINALLY GOT COLE OPEN IN DECEMBER.
BUT WE HAVE GOT BOTH STORES OPEN DOVES GOING FULL STEAM AHEAD.
COLE IS ONLY OPEN FOUR DAYS A WEEK, TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYONE WHO WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THIS AND TO BE ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, YOU CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE.
I THINK WE MAY BE OUT OF [INAUDIBLE], BUT I WILL GET SOME MORE THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME MORE HELP IN THE STORES.
THINK SHE CAN ALWAYS USE A LITTLE EXTRA HELP.
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OK MOVING ALONG.REPORT OUT ON CLOSED SESSION IN TONIGHT.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE IT'S UNANIMOUS AND THAT WAS A 4-1 VOTE BECAUSE MR. NORBY WAS NOT PRESENT IN TONIGHT'S MEETING TO APPOINT MISS CINDY MCMAHON AS THE NEXT CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. [APPLAUSE] THE APPOINTMENT WILL BE CONFIRMED AND HER CONTRACT APPROVED BY A RESOLUTION IN OPEN SESSION OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ON THE OF THE MEETING ON JULY 26. A PRESS RELEASE SHOULD FOLLOW SHORTLY, AND WE JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, AND I'D LIKE TO BE THE FIRST TO CONGRATULATE YOU IN YOUR NEW POSITION AND YOUR NEW ROLE.
WELCOME ABOARD. SO, COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA, DO YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF WORDS TO SAY? YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SAY WELCOME.
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SELECTED AS OUR NEW CITY ATTORNEY.
WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU BE FINALIZED AS OUR AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
DR. BHAT-PATEL. YES, FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS, MISS MCMAHON.
I THINK WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND THRILLED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKING ON THIS NEW ROLE.
AND WE KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORK AND YOU LOVE YOUR JOB.
IT'S SO APPARENT AND REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT TOGETHER.
CONGRATULATIONS. AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
SURE. YOU DON'T EVER GIVE THE ATTORNEY OF MIND, LITERALLY.
IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST A FEW WORDS.
AND I WILL DO MY VERY, VERY BEST TO FURTHER THE LEGACY OF OUR CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY AND HER STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE THAT SHE SET FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
[APPLAUSE] SO AGAIN, I WILL BE MOVING ITEM 16 UP IN FRONT OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
THE BROWN ACT ALLOWS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON AN ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA.PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT.
ALL OTHER NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT SO NO ACTION CAN OCCUR ON THESE ITEMS. WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON NON AGENDA? YES, MAYOR. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS GLENN BERNARD, FOLLOWED BY MARY LUCID.
IN THE SUNDAY UNION-TRIBUNE, THERE IS A HEADLINE CALLED THE DILEMMA OF A SHRINKING POLICE FORCE.
AND THEN THERE WAS A DRAWING OF A POLICE OFFICER WRITING THESE WORDS ON A SHEET OF PAPER.
OVERSTRESSED. UNDERAPPRECIATED.
NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE DEFUND THE POLICE MOVEMENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE ANARCHISTS, SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA THAT ARE CAUSING THIS. AND THIS IS ALSO VERY SIMILAR TO MILITARY BASE CLOSURES AND THE FACT THAT THE MILITARY IS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER TO COME IN THE WORST MOMENT OF A MILITARY BASE CLOSING.
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PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES THOUGHT THAT THAT MEANT, OH, IN A WEEK THEY'RE GOING TO BE GONE.AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE WORLD TRADE CENTER WAS BOMBED FROM BELOW.
FIVE YEARS LATER, WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED LAST PERSON WAS GONE, THAT'S WHEN THEY STRUCK FROM THE AIR.
SO THIS THING ABOUT WEAKENING AMERICA, IT REALLY STINKS.
ONE TIME, ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO, I JOINED THE AMERICAN LEGION.
ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THAT, I WITHDREW MY MEMBERSHIP FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION.
A WEEK OR TWO AGO, I GOT A TERRIFIC INVITATION, AND I'VE NEVER JOINED ANYTHING.
I RESPECT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY SAY IF YOU WANT TO OWN A WEAPON, LEARN HOW TO USE IT AND LEARN THE LAWS PERTAINING TO OWNING A WEAPON. AS A PERSON THAT'S A RETIRED TEACHER WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE.
I APPRECIATE THIS GROUP SAYING LEARN, LEARN, LEARN.
BUT I WAS SCARED BECAUSE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE.
THE LEFTIES ARE SUING THE GUN MANUFACTURERS BECAUSE A TINY NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO OWN ASSAULT RIFLES ARE USING THEM IN A VERY BAD WAY. SO I, I WOULD LOVE TO BE A MEMBER, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE SUED.
AND HOW DOES THIS PLAY OUT AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UVALDE, TEXAS? THE COPS DON'T WANT TO GET FIRED UPON, SUED OR FIRED, SO THEY DID NOTHING.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY LUCID, FOLLOWED BY TIM MORGAN.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MARY LUCID AND I'M FROM OCEANSIDE AND I'M A LONG TIME SENIOR ACTIVIST.
AND I WISH I COULD SAY THAT PARK AND REC IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB OF SERVING SENIORS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DO NOT WANT TO UNIFY REQUESTS FROM SENIORS.
THEY HAVE THEIR DESIRES AND THEIR STANDARDS, AND THEY DON'T LISTEN TO SENIORS.
AND IN FACT, THEY'RE TAKING AWAY FROM SENIORS.
OH, AND BY THE WAY, THEY TOOK AWAY THE 4TH OF JULY BARBECUE AND GOT RID OF THE BARBECUE THING.
BUT I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY WORKERS HERE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A 4TH OF JULY BARBECUE PICNIC, BUT THE SENIORS DIDN'T GET THAT AND THEY ARE CHANGING THINGS, NOT FOR THE BETTER. SO AGE FRIENDLY MEANS THAT WE SHOULD ALL GET ALONG SOMEHOW.
AND YOU THINK WITH AGE AND EXPERIENCE.
AND A DESIGNATION AS AN AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY THAT NO SENIOR WOULD BE RESTRICTED FROM TALKING TO STAFF, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE LIKE ME.
WHO HAS NEVER HAD THE POLICE CALLED ON ME.
BUT I AM BANNED FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.
THAT'S DETRIMENTAL TO HAVING A PLEASANT, AGE FRIENDLY SENIOR CENTER, IF YOU CAN'T DISAGREE.
EVEN IF YOU RUFFLE FEATHERS, THEN WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? YOU CAN'T STAND PEOPLE TALKING AND FINDING OUT THINGS AND SAYING, HEY, WHY DID YOU SELL THIS OR THAT OR GIVE IT AWAY OR FIND A USE FOR IT? WHY DON'T YOU SHOW MOVIES? WHY DON'T YOU VET? I WISH TO GOD WE HAD A LIBRARY SENIOR FOUNDATION THAT WAS AS INVOLVED..
MS. LUCID, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS US, PLEASE.
IF AS THE LIBRARY IS BECAUSE THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB FOR EVERYBODY.
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AND BY THE WAY.THE COMPUTERS THERE ARE NO LONGER SERVICED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO MAYBE THE IT DEPARTMENT, SINCE THEY'RE CHARGING, SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT.
THANK YOU, TIM MORGAN, FOLLOWED BY AARON SUCRE.
LAST WEEK, ON JULY 5TH, SEVEN DAYS AGO, THE TRAFFIC IMMOBILITY COMMISSION PLACED THIS PROJECT ON THEIR OFFICIAL AGENDA ITEM TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT AND PROVIDE INPUT TO STAFF PLACING THE HYBRID TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND THE PROJECT ON THE AGENDA WAS GREAT BECAUSE FOR 50 MINUTES THE CITY STAFF, TRAFFIC COMMISSION, AND THE PEOPLE OF CARLSBAD ALL WORKED TOGETHER AS ONE TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT AND DISCUSS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS. AT THE END OF DISCUSSING THE AGENDA ITEM, THERE WAS A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF.
TO EXPEDITE A RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM ON TAMARACK AVENUE FROM SKYLINE TO ADAMS, INCLUDING TAKING A SECOND LOOK AT THE BALL OUTS, WHICH IS THE CURB EXTENSION AND THE HAWK SIGNAL ON THE CORNER OF VALLEY AND TAMARACK.
THE APPLAUSE THE WHOLE CROWD WENT WAS CHEERED.
THEY VOTED AND THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
EVERYONE I INVITE OUT TO THE SITE SEES HOW DANGEROUS THIS PROJECT IS AND DOES NOT THINK IT'S THE RIGHT SOLUTION AND WANTS TO FIND ALTERNATIVES FROM FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE LOCAL CROSSING GUARDS, THE LOCAL RESIDENTS FROM THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION, MOBILITY MEMBERS TO DRIVERS OF LARGE VEHICLES.
EVERY ONE OF THESE GROUPS WANTS TO SEE STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE.
LOOK, I COME HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK, MONTH AFTER MONTH NOW, BECAUSE I SEE HOW DAILY, HOW, HOW I SEE DAILY, HOW THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT PUTS OUR DRIVERS, BIKERS AND PEDESTRIANS IN DANGER FROM THE LARGE POLL LIMITING THE VIEW NOW TO THE BLACK CURVE BEING TORN UP, WHICH THEY JUST PUT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THERE'S SCHOOL BUSSES THAT DO THAT.
THERE'S CHILDREN ON THESE SCHOOL BUSSES.
WE, THE COMMUNITY, ARE ASKING STAFF TO RESPOND BACK TO ME.
MR. CHADWICK. T L MORGAN 20 @ GMAIL.COM.
TL MORGAN 20 @ GMAIL.COM AS TO WHEN STAFF WHEN THEY WILL BE TAKING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION TO FIND ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION FOR THE CORNER OF TAMARACK AND VALLEY.
WE, THE COMMUNITY ARE ASKING CITY COUNCIL.
TO ACT AND TO ADD THIS AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
THANK YOU. ERIN ZUCKER, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE].
HI, AARON SUCRE FROM SOUTH CARLSBAD.
AND I WANTED TO START BY THANKING YOU FOR THE ATTENTION GIVEN SO FAR TO THE PROPOSAL I MENTIONED LAST TIME WE WERE DISCUSSING ABOUT THE SECURITY WITH OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND TOPIC IN TODAY'S DAY AND TIMES.
I'VE NOW SPOKEN WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, NUMEROUS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO HAVE EITHER POLICE OFFICERS OR SECURITY OFFICERS AT OUR SCHOOLS TO HELP PROTECT THE CHILDREN AT ALL OF THE 16 PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CARLSBAD.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO HELP SEE THAT THROUGH.
I'M HERE. I'M OFFERING MY SUPPORT.
I'VE EMAILED IN TO MULTIPLE OF ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO HELP.
MY UNDERSTANDING SO FAR IS THAT IT REALLY DOES START WITH THE THE CITY COUNCIL EITHER CREATING A FUNDING PROGRAM FROM THE CITY OR IN COOPERATION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE POLICE.
AND SO I, I DON'T FEEL I HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS OR ALL THE SOLUTIONS.
I'M SIMPLY LOOKING FOR A WAY TO HARDEN OUR SCHOOLS AS A TARGET SO WE CAN PREVENT SITUATIONS LIKE THE UVALDE SITUATION AT OUR CARLSBAD SCHOOLS, PREVENT SITUATIONS LIKE THE KELLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN WAY WORSE.
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THIS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY, THE PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE TEACHERS AND THE COMMUNITY.SO AGAIN, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS INITIATIVE, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND SOME RESOLUTION BY THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR OR EARLY IN THE SCHOOL YEAR THIS YEAR. THANKS.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL KRIKORIAN.
I'M A HOMEOWNER IN LOS PLAYAS.
I'M GOING TO COMMENT ON REPUBLIC SERVICES.
LAST WEEK, REPUBLIC SERVICES DID NOT PICK UP THE LANDFILL CANS FOR THREE DAYS.
NOT JUST ON MY STREET, BUT IN THE ALLEYS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.
THAT SUPERVISOR ALSO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.
I YESTERDAY DECIDED I WOULD CALL THE CORPORATE OFFICE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, KNOWING THAT I REPUBLIC SERVICES, THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC HERE.
AND I ENDED UP TALKING TO ANOTHER EXECUTIVE THAT DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE CARLSBAD TAKEOVER, SO TO SPEAK.
NOW, I SHOULD SAY I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT IN MY OPINION, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND OR REPUBLIC SERVICES IS POSSIBLY IN BREACH OF CONTRACT FOR THE FOLLOWING.
AND I'VE GONE THROUGH WITH BRIEFLY THROUGH THE 75 PAGE CONTRACT, ARTICLE 4.3.
PAGE 13 OF 75, NOT PROVIDING A WEEKLY DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE.
THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IF IT'S ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.
LUCKILY, THEY WERE ON TIME AND EVERYTHING WENT WELL TODAY.
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CONTINUE, BUT WITHOUT WEEKLY SERVICE, THE INSECTS IN THOSE CANS WILL BREED.
THEY CALL IT THE FLY CYCLE, AND THAT'S JUST NOT A GOOD THING TO HAVE FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
THE OTHER NUMBER TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PART OF THIS CONTRACT, PAGE 15, SAYS THAT EDUCATING RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES AS TO THE NEW STATE LAW REQUIRING FOOD SCRAPS TO BE PLACED IN ORGANIC WASTE IN THIS GREEN, CUTE LITTLE GREEN COMPOST CAN.
I HAVE DONE NOT DONE A COMPLETE STUDY, BUT THE MANAGER, LISA, AT THE STARBUCKS ON TAMARACK SAYS ALL THE CANS WERE JUST DUMPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT WITH MOTOR VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS AND CUSTOMERS STANDING THERE AND JUST LEFT.
NO ONE TOLD THEM WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
OH, GOOD. OKAY. SO THIS LADY RIGHT OVER HERE.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
[16. LIBRARY COURTYARD NAMING OPPORTUNITY]
OKAY. THEN MOVING ON TO ITEM 16, WHICH IS THE LIBRARY COURTYARD NAMING OPPORTUNITY.AND IT'S TONIGHT IT'S ON THE AGENDA TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE HONORARY NAMING OF THE COURTYARD AT THE CARLSBAD CITY LIBRARY ON DOVE LANE IS THE ANN KULCHIN AND COURTYARD AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE HONORARY NAMING WITH ANN KULCHIN FAMILY. AND SO I'M REALLY GOING TO START OFF BY SAYING A FEW WORDS AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.
BUT AND THEN I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS.
THAT'S CORRECT. WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS.
SO TONIGHT WE ARE HONORED THIS EVENING TO WELCOME ANN CULTURE AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS PLACE WHERE SHE SPENT 32, 32.
AND WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEART.
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AND HER BEING SUCH A MENTOR, I THINK, TO NOT ONLY MYSELF TO, BUT TO MANY OTHERS.IT MIGHT BE CALLED A ROSE STAND.
ANN STARTED HER CAREER AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER AT PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE IN FLORIDA AND THEN AS A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE FOR A COUNTY SUPERVISOR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE CITY OF SARATOGA.
THEN RUMOR HAS IT THAT WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS MOVING TO CARLSBAD WITH HER HUSBAND, DAVID IN 1978, SHE THOUGHT IT WAS CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO, AS ANN AND DAVE BECAME VERY INVOLVED IN THE NEW COMMUNITY AND WAS ENCOURAGED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL IN 1980.
THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT TIME IN CARLSBAD.
BY THE MID-EIGHTIES, GROWTH HAD BECOME A VERY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE, MUCH MORE THAN EVEN TODAY.
AND MANY IN THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO STOP GROWTH ALTOGETHER.
IN FACT, SHE WAS A KEY VOTE TO MAKE THAT PLAN A REALITY.
BECAUSE OF THAT, AS CARLSBAD GREW FROM A POPULATION OF 35,000, WHEN SHE FIRST TOOK OFFICE TO OVER 107,000 WHEN SHE RETIRED. CARLSBAD WAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED AS AN ENVIABLE QUALITY OF LIFE IN STRONG ECONOMY CITY.
HERE ARE A FEW OF THE MANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS ANN HAS MADE TO OUR CITY.
WHEN YOU ENJOY A WALK ALONG OUR BEAUTIFUL SEAWALL, YOU HAVE ANN CARLSON TO THANK FOR THAT.
SHE WAS ON THE FOREFRONT OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
WHEN YOU ENJOY OUR LOCAL BEACHES, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT ANN WAS A TIRELESS SUPPORTER OF THE REGIONAL COASTLINE SERVING ON THE SANDAG SHORELINE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE AND ON THE BOARD OF ENCINA WASTEWATER AUTHORITY FOR MANY YEARS, MAKING SURE WE ALWAYS HAD SAND ON OUR BEACHES AND CLEAN WATER IN OUR OCEANS. SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT PRESERVING OUR CONNECTION TO NATURE, AND SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND DAVE COULD OFTEN BE FOUND ENJOYING CARLSBAD'S OPEN SPACES AND WALKING THE MANY TRAILS.
DURING HER 32 YEARS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, ANN'S LEADERSHIP EXTENDED FAR AND WIDE, INCLUDING BEING MAYOR PRO TEM FOR 12 YEARS IN CEDAR WASTEWATER AUTHORITY BOARD MEMBER AND PAST CHAIR.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY PASS BOARD MEMBER.
NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS PAST CHAIR SANDLIN SANDAG SHORELINE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEMBER AND PAST CHAIR. BUENA VISTA LAGOON JOINT POWERS COMMITTEE.
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES OF THE SAN DIEGO DIVISION, PAST PRESIDENT.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, PAST DIRECTOR.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO ASK ANN WHAT PROJECT STANDS OUT THE MOST, IT WOULD BE DOVE LIBRARY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.
ANN'S INVOLVEMENT WAS A TRUE LABOR OF LOVE.
SHE SERVED ON THE LAND SELECTION COMMITTEE.
THE SELECTION COMMITTEE OF THE ARCHITECT AND THE COMMITTEES OF ARTISTS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.
THANKS TO HER VISION, HER HARD WORK.
DOVE LIBRARY IS TRULY A CULTURAL ARTS CENTER OF THE CITY.
I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE FITTING TRIBUTE TO HONOR AND CULTURE IN THE IN DOVE LIBRARY AND ALL THESE YEARS OF HER GENERATION TO I'M SORRY LET ME DO THAT AGAIN.
I CANNOT THINK OF A MORE FITTING TRIBUTE THAN TO HONOR AND CULTURE AS PEOPLE ENTER DOVE LIBRARY, AS THESE YEARS LATER, AS THESE YEARS LATER, AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
SO THE 48 COMING INTO THE LIBRARY WILL BE NAMED IN YOUR HONOR.
THANK YOU. AND FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE HERE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
AND THIS IS TRULY A MUCH STRONGER CITY BECAUSE OF YOUR INVOLVEMENT.
AND SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? WELL, I HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE I NEED TO MAKE IT AT THIS POINT.
WELL, I WAS I WAS TOLD TO MAKE THE START IT.
SO WITH THAT, IF WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
YES, MAYOR, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS GLEN BERNARD, FOLLOWED BY JULIE NYGAARD.
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SPEAKING OF SEAWALL.WHERE SOMEBODY DROVE HIS MOTORCYCLE INTO ME.
MAN OF STEEL. HE ENDED UP BLOODIED.
AND ANYWAY, SPEAKING OF THE SEA WALL.
WHO PAID FOR THE SEAWALL? I WOULD REALLY LIKE IT IF THERE WAS A SIGN THERE, BRONZE SIGN THAT SAID BEGUN IN 1980.
OPENED UP IN 1987, PAID FOR BY CARLSBAD TAXPAYERS.
SO THERE'S THERE IS ALREADY ON THAT SEAWALL A BRONZE $30,000 PLAQUE.
WITH THE NAMES OF ANN KULCHIN AND OTHERS, INSTEAD OF SAYING PAID FOR BY CARLSBAD TAXPAYERS AND LIKEWISE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND WHEN I GO IN THERE, I DO GENUFLECT AT THAT $30,000 PLAQUE.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, AT THAT DOVE LIBRARY, YOU GO IN, YOU ENTER THE BUILDING, TAKE TWO STEPS IN, AND THERE'S ANOTHER BRONZE PLAQUE TWO FEET FROM THE COURTYARD THAT NEEDS TO BE NAMED.
ANN KULCHIN, HER NAME IS ALREADY THERE ON A $30,000 BRONZE PLAQUE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAS TO CONTINUE LIKE THIS.
HERE ARE SOME LEGITIMATE NAMES THAT I THINK IT'S COOL TO SEE ON BUILDINGS.
DISNEY, FORD, CONRAD PREBYS, RADY, ELI BROAD.
JESUS CHRIST AND VINCENT PRICE.
VINCENT PRICE MUSEUM AT THE CAMPUS OF EAST L.A.
COLLEGE. HE PAID FOR THE MUSEUM AND HE PAID FOR ALL THE ARTWORK IN THERE.
A VERY COOL THING IS THAT DESAL PLANT WITH THE NAME BUD LOUIS ON IT.
IT'S A PRIVATE BUILDING. THEY CHOSE TO PUT HIS NAME UP THERE.
BUD LEWIS IN 1998 ENCOUNTERED SOMEBODY RUNNING FOR MAYOR, ONE OF SIX OPPONENTS TO BUD LEWIS.
THIS GUY, WE WE WERE IN A SEVERE DROUGHT IN 1998.
AND I KEPT WAITING FOR SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE TO SAY WE SHOULD STOP BUILDING RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE.
RETIRED MARINE WITH A REAL ESTATE LICENSE SAYS NO MORE RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE FOR AT LEAST UNTIL UNLESS OR UNTIL WE CAN GO FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS WITHOUT A DROUGHT.
BUT LEWIS GOT THE IDEA THEN AND THERE THAT A DESALINATION PLANT WOULD BE THE CURE.
HE FOUGHT HARD FOR IT JUST BECAUSE HE WAS A GOOD LISTENER.
WE NEED MORE LEADERS LIKE THAT.
MAYOR HALL I THINK YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD MAYOR IN THE FASHION OF BUDD LEWIS.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIE NYGAARD, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE SALDANA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM 16.
ANN HAS HELPED CREATE AN AMAZING CITY.
FOR THREE DECADES, SHE HELPED TO STEER OUR CARLSBAD VISION.
SHE'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHY CARLSBAD IS A WELL PLANNED, WELL MANAGED AND WELL FINANCED CITY.
HER DEEP DEVOTION TO CREATE THE DOVE LIBRARY IS WELL KNOWN.
I WANT TO SHARE MY WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT FOR PASSAGE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.
THERE IS NO ONE WHO'S MORE DESERVING.
THANK YOU. LESLIE KULCHIN SALDANA, FOLLOWED BY MARK PACKARD.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND DISTINGUISHED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS LESLIE KULCHIN SALDANA, THE PROUD DAUGHTER OF ANN AND DAVE KULCHIN.
I RESIDE AT 7424 CIRCULAR SEQUOIA IN CARLSBAD.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THIS AFTERNOON TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 16, NAMING THE COURTYARD AND ENTRANCE TO THE CARLSBAD CITY LIBRARY ON DOVE LANE IN HONOR OF MY MOTHER, ANN KULCHIN. THANKS TO FOR KINDLY MOVING UP THE AGENDA ITEM.
MOM SERVED THE CITY FOR MORE THAN HALF MY LIFE AND SHE WAS ALWAYS ALL IN.
SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT SHE WAS ALL IN FOR DOVE LIBRARY.
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SHE SAT ON EVERY COMMITTEE, AS THE MAYOR HAD POINTED OUT, AND SHE REALLY, TRULY CALLED IT HER LIBRARY BECAUSE SHE WAS SO INVESTED IN IT.TODAY IS AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR OUR FAMILY.
IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF MY FATHER'S PASSING.
DAD WAS MOM'S BIGGEST SUPPORTER, SO HOW FITTING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE VOTING ON THIS MUCH DESERVED RECOGNITION TODAY OF ALL DAYS? SO WHILE THE DOVE LIBRARY WAS A SPECIAL PROJECT AMONG MANY IN MOM'S LEGACY, IT REALLY WASN'T UNTIL 2020 WHEN THE LIBRARY TRULY BECAME A LIFELINE FOR HER.
AS SHE TOLD ME JUST THIS MORNING.
I DON'T LIKE THINGS LIKE THIS.
I ENJOY LEADING THE CHARGE TO CELEBRATE OTHERS.
IT'S OUR HOPE THAT FROM THE DOCUMENTATION YOU'VE RECEIVED, FROM THE ELOQUENT REQUESTS FROM MY BROTHER AND THE FIVE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS WHO WROTE LETTERS IN SUPPORT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF SUCH A GESTURE FOR SUCH A REMARKABLE WOMAN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
WE'RE SINCERELY GRATEFUL FOR STAFF'S GUIDANCE.
AND ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK PACKARD, FOLLOWED BY TIM STRIPE.
IF YOU'D ALL STAND IN SO WE CAN SHOW SUPPORT ALL OF OUR ROTARIANS THAT ARE HERE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO COME TONIGHT.
WE JUST YESTERDAY WE INFORMED THEM.
BUT THESE ARE SOME OTHER OTHER FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE IN SUPPORT.
AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORTING VOTE.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TIM STRIPE.
GOOD EVENING. MAYOR HALL, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TONIGHT REGARDING THIS AGENDA ITEM.
RECENTLY, I BECAME AWARE THAT THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION IN THE CITY TO HAVE ANN KULCHIN RECOGNIZED BY NAMING THE COURTYARD AT THE DOVE LIBRARY IN HER HONOR. I BELIEVE THAT ANN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IS NOTEWORTHY OF SUCH AN HONOR AND STARTED HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER AS A SCHOOLTEACHER AND HOLDS LITERACY AS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE CORE OF WHO SHE IS.
ANN WAS MOST INSTRUMENTAL IN WANTING A LIBRARY IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY TO SERVE THOSE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND SENIOR CITIZENS. FROM THE INITIAL CONCEPT OF A SELF LIBRARY, OF WHICH I TALKED TO ANN ABOUT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO ITS COMPLETION AND DEDICATION AND PROVIDED STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AS TO WHERE IT WOULD BE ITS DESIGN AND LOOK, AND EXPANDING ITS VISION TO INCLUDE BEING A CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I WOULD BE REMISS BEING FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IF I DID NOT STOP AND RECOGNIZE ANN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY FROM THE FIRST TIME THAT I TALKED WITH ANN.
SHE CONVINCED US TO HEADQUARTER OUR COMPANY, GRAND PACIFIC RESORTS IN CARLSBAD.
AND SHE ALWAYS ASKED ME ABOUT THAT.
LOOKING BACK OVER THE YEARS, IT WAS SOME OF THE BEST ADVICE THAT I HAVE EVER RECEIVED.
ANN WAS A FRIEND OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
BUT SHE WAS ALWAYS FAIR AND BALANCED IN HER APPROACH, DESIRING TO HAVE HARMONY BETWEEN THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE NEEDS OF BUSINESS. AND CERTAINLY SHE KNEW FIRSTHAND THAT TO HAVE A GROWING COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDED A QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS RESIDENTS, THERE MUST ALSO BE A STRONG,
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VIBRANT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN THAT COMMUNITY.AS WE ALL LOOK BACK FOR THE 32 YEARS THAT ANN SERVED ON THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL, THOSE YEARS WERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE CITY GREW AND BECAME WHAT IT IS TODAY.
WE ARE A REMARKABLE CITY AND A LOT OF OUR SUCCESS WAS THE FORESIGHT AND LEADERSHIP OF WHICH N WAS A KEY STAKEHOLDER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I WOULD URGE THE CITY TO CONSIDER NAMING THE COURTYARD AT THE DOVE LIBRARY IN HONOR OF ANN KULCHIN.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY, MR. BLACKBURN. JUST A COMMENT.
OK COMMENTS. LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN CARLSBAD.
I DON'T HAVE THE HONOR OF KNOWING MISS KULCHIN PERSONALLY.
I KNOW THAT SHE'S REFERRED TO SOMETIMES AS THE LA COSTA LADY AND I LIVE IN LA COSTA AND REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH IS LA COSTA AREA, SOUTH CARLSBAD, ALONG THE ENCINITAS BORDER, MUCH OF WHICH IS LA COSTA.
I THINK THAT THIS HONOR OF NAMING THE COURTYARD FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS WORKED SO HARD TO CREATE A CENTER, A HUB FOR THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST OF READING, BUT OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAMING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LIBRARY THAT MS..
SMITHSON HAS OVERSEEN IN OUR CITY IS A VERY IMPORTANT HONOR, AND I THINK THAT IT'S RESERVED FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S DONE A REALLY WONDERFUL JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT CAME TO BEING.
IT BECAME REAL FROM A VISION TO SOMETHING REAL.
SO I'M HONORED TO SUPPORT THIS AND HONORED TO SUPPORT MS. DR. BHAT-PATEL.
HATS OFF FOR DOING IT FOR 32 YEARS AND OBVIOUSLY DOING AMAZING THINGS WITHIN OUR CITY.
DOVE LIBRARY HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.
I WAS A KID WHEN IT WAS BEING BUILT.
IT WAS THE LIBRARY USED TO BE THAT THRIFT STORE NEXT TO THE SUSHI PLACE.
THAT WAS WHERE MY BROTHER AND I INITIALLY STARTED GOING AND THEN KNOWING THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ADDITION ADDED ON THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, THAT YOU WERE AN INSTRUMENTAL PART OF IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS OF COURSE DESERVING OF NAMING, BUT ALSO JUST IN GENERAL, ANY OF ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE ARE JUST OBVIOUSLY AN INSPIRATION TO MANY FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND I THINK ESPECIALLY TO WOMEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY EXCITING, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS NAMED IN YOUR HONOR.
THANK YOU. MR. BLACKBURN. SUZANNE, COULD I ASK YOU TO MOVE TO THAT SEAT SO I CAN SEE ANN'S FACE TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT TAKING THIS TOO FAR AND WE'LL PUT ME IN MY PLACE IF I GET OUT OF HAND HERE. BUT AND THE EVERYBODY'S TALKING SO HIGHLY OF YOU, AND I JUST GOT TO KEEP THE EGO IN CHECK.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WHO ANN REALLY IS.
WHEN I WAS A POLICE SERGEANT WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT, I WOULD GET A CALL AT 9:00 AT NIGHT FROM THE POLICE CHIEF CALLING ME FROM HOME, AND KULKIN CALLED AND SAID, THERE'S A CAR DOUBLE PARKED ON HER STREET.
I WOULD GET CALLED TO GO OUT THERE AND PERSONALLY TAKE CARE OF THIS.
I THOUGHT, MY GOODNESS, WHO IS THIS AND COLTON THAT THE CHIEF IS CALLING ME LIKE THIS? WELL, FAST FORWARD.
I GET TO BE ELECTED TO BE ON CITY COUNCIL AND I GET TO WORK WITH ANN.
WELL, ANN IS JUST A NORMAL PERSON.
I GOT TO GO INTO HER OFFICE ONCE IN A WHILE.
YOU GOT LIPSTICK ON YOUR TEETH.
I TALKED TO HER ABOUT HOW TO DO PUBLIC SPEAKING.
SHE SAYS, SPEAK FROM THE HEART.
SO I WENT BACK AND I TOLD ANN.
I SAID, IT'S KIND OF BACKFIRED.
I COULDN'T SAY THE WORD LITERACY.
SO ANN IS JUST AS HUMAN AS THE REST OF US.
I DON'T CARE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THIS HUMAN IS A WONDERFUL WOMAN WHO WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE CARLSBAD SO GREAT THAT IF I HAD MY WAY, WE WOULD RENAME CARLSBAD, NOT JUST A LIBRARY ENTRANCE.
SO ANN I JUST WANT TO SAY SIMPLY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATION.
AND WE'RE PROUD TO DO WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO.
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AND ALSO WE ALWAYS REMEMBER DAVE ALSO.I MEAN, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS COMMUNITY ALSO.
SO YOU WERE TRULY, TRULY A TEAM.
SO WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, MAY I ASK A FAVOR? I WOULD, SINCE I DIDN'T GET TO DO THE PRESENTATION I HAVE, IF I COULD SCROLL THROUGH AND YOU COULD SEE SOME WONDERFUL PICTURES OF HER IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY AT THE GROUNDBREAKING. I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT FOR YOU.
I WILL SKIP THE WORDS AND LET YOU JUST ENJOY THE PHOTOS.
THIS IS WHEN SHE WAS SWORN IN HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBER.
THIS IS LAST WEEK WHEN HER CHILDREN TOLD HER ABOUT THIS.
THIS WAS A SURPRISE UNTIL LAST WEEK FOR MISS KULCHIN.
THIS IS HER SPEAKING AT THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE DOVE LIBRARY IN 1997.
AND THE ACTUAL GROUND BREAKING THERE.
AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE LIBRARY ON DOVE LANE WAS OPENED, THE LIBRARY JUST UPSTAIRS ON CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE WAS RENAMED THE GEORGINA COLE LIBRARY AFTER OUR FIRST DIRECTOR.
SO THAT IS THAT THAT GRAND OPENING IN, IN THE YEAR 2000 ON THE RIGHT.
AND THERE'S THE COURTYARD, AN EXAMPLE OF SIGNAGE AND THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHOW THOSE PICTURES.
SO, ANN, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? I'VE LOST TRACK ANN. OH, NO, I GET IT.
THANKS. ANN I REMEMBER PLAYING HIDE AND GO SEEK WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD.
I THINK WE HAD ONE OF THE FIRST FAMILIES THAT HAD TRIPLETS IN TOWN.
AND THIS TRIPLET WAS WHEN HE WAS BORN.
THIS IS CAMERON. THANKS, CAMERON.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I LEARNED THREE THINGS IN POLITICS.
ONE, BE THERE AND I WAS ALWAYS THERE.
BE SHORT AND I'M GOING TO BE SHORT.
I REALLY MISS MY CARLSBAD FAMILY.
WE TALK ABOUT THAT. AND YOU WERE MY FAMILY FOR 32 AND A HALF YEARS.
AND I LOVED EVERY EVERY MOMENT OF IT.
I WAS I WAS THERE FOR EVERYTHING.
AND THEN WE HAD COVID 19 COME AND THEN DAVID PASSED AND THAT HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND FOR 68 YEARS.
SO IT WAS A LONG, LONG TIME TOGETHER.
OH, HOW NICE OF YOU NOT TO PUT THE TIMER ON.
I KIND OF. OH, OH, I'VE JUST GOTTEN STARTED EVERYBODY JUST GOTTEN STARTED.
KEITH, YOU TELL STORIES ON ME.
I'M GOING TO TELL STORIES ON YOU.
MS. KULCHIN, YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES.
KEITH AND I TOOK OUR BRIEFINGS TOGETHER, AND I HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S HERE.
HERE THIS EVENING, MARILYN STARK.
AND KEITH KEPT COMING AND WHISPERING IN MY EAR.
AND FINALLY MARILYN SAID TO ME, WHAT IS HE SAYING TO YOU, ANN? WHO IS THAT? AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'S KEITH BLACKBURN, AND HE'S ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, WHAT IS HE SAYING? COME BACK, COME BACK.
I'M SO PLEASED WITH THIS RECOGNITION.
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AND THIS WAS IN SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA.AND SHE WALKED HER PRECINCT, AS WE USED TO DO IN THOSE DAYS, FOR THE LIBRARY THERE.
AND THEY THEY HAVE A LOVELY LIBRARY, NOT NOT AS LOVELY AS AS WE HAVE HERE.
SUSAN, YOU WERE VERY KIND ABOUT YOU.
I KNOW YOU DID A PRESENTATION TO CALL MY DAUGHTER AND YOU SAID WE'RE LOOKING FOR PICTURES.
AND OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PICTURES, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER, BUT YOU TOOK ME ON A TOUR.
I THINK I WAS AT A MEETING OR SOMETHING AND I SAID, OH, I MISSED THE TOUR OF THE COLE LIBRARY WHEN YOU DID THE RENOVATIONS AND YOU SAID, OH, THAT'S OKAY, COME ON, I'LL GIVE YOU A PRIVATE TOUR. SO I'VE ALWAYS REMEMBERED THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT.
KEITH, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY.
ANYWAY, I'LL. I'LL LET YOU GO.
SO THE THIRD ONE WAS TO BE THERE.
I STILL MISS MY CARLSBAD FAMILY.
AS LESLIE SAID, THIS IS THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HIS PASSING.
WHEN WE DO PUT THE PRESENTATION UP TO THE COURTYARD, YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO COME.
PLEASE. I HEAR THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ALCOHOL ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
AND GLEN BERNARD, I KNEW YOU'D BE HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING THIS LITTLE OLD LADY.
THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY MONTH, SO BE KIND TO A LITTLE OLD LADIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE 90.
SO, MR. BLACKBURN, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? I GOT SO WRAPPED UP IN THAT I FORGOT ABOUT THE MOTION MOVE.
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16.
AND IT PASSES FOUR UNANIMOUSLY WITH MR. NORBY BEING ABSENT.
AND WE'LL TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK RIGHT NOW AND BE BACK AT, LET'S SAY, JUST 6:05.
CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH TEN.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON ITEM TEN, RAY PEARSON.OKAY. SO DO WE WANT TO DO ONE THROUGH NINE AND THEN WE'LL DO ITEM TEN ON ITS OWN? SURE. JUST TO CONFIRM, YOU SAID MR. PEARSON IS GOING TO SPEAK ON NUMBER TEN, MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH NINE.
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[10. ACCEPTANCE OF RESCUE WATERCRAFT DONATION]
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER TEN.ACCEPTANCE OF A RESCUE WATERCRAFT DONATION AND MR. PIERSON, YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
COME ON UP, PLEASE. MAYOR HALL, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF ON BEHALF OF THE CARLSBAD FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION BOARD.
WE HAVE ONE OF OUR MEMBERS HERE, IF SHE COULD STAND.
IN 2021, BEACH ATTENDANCE WAS CLOSE TO 800,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED OUR BEACHES AND THERE WAS 362 RESCUES BY OUR LIFEGUARD SERVICE.
WE ALSO WANTED TO THANK NATE PIERSON STILL HERE.
AND BY THE WAY, THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP TO RAY PIERSON.
NATE AND I ARE NOT COUSINS OR ANYTHING.
AND ALSO THE LIFEGUARD SERVICE, I THINK THERE IS.
YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING, FOR BEING.
NATE HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE SUPERSTAR LIAISON BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION AND THE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SUPERVISOR DESMOND FOR THE GRANT TO MAKE THIS DONATION POSSIBLE.
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GO TO CARLSBADFDF.ORG.THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT, CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER TEN.
AGAIN, IT'S UNANIMOUS WITH THOSE ON THE DAIS AND NOTING THAT MR. NORBY IS ABSENT.
[11. FY 2022-23 FINAL ENGINEER’S REPORT AND ANNUAL LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS WITHIN STREET LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT NO. 1]
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WITH THAT, MR. CHADWICK, YOU WANT TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. IN MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR FINANCE MANAGER, JASON ROSATO, AND OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, ROXANNE MEISTER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM ROXANNE MULMEISTER, THE CITY'S ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
AND TONIGHT I HAVE WITH ME JASON ROSADO, OUR FINANCE MANAGER.
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JASON.
THANK YOU, ROXANNE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION, A PUBLIC HEARING WILL NEED TO BE CONDUCTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT AND SET ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23.
ASSESSMENTS FOR EACH ZONE IN DISTRICT ONE ARE COLLECTED ANNUALLY FROM PROPERTY OWNERS.
ALL THREE ZONES RECEIVE CONTRIBUTION FROM DISTRICT NUMBER TWO AS WELL.
THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT FOR WORK THAT IS DONE.
THOSE CHARGED THROUGH DISTRICT ONE, BUT ATTRIBUTABLE TO DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
THE ASSESSMENT EXCUSE ME? THE ASSESSMENT FOR AN AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY PARCEL, WHICH BENEFITS FROM ALL THREE IMPROVEMENT ZONES IN DISTRICT NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN $70.44 FOR THE LAST 26 FISCAL YEARS, AND IT'S PROPOSED TO REMAIN THE SAME FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 223.
THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
OKAY, THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS.
ANY QUESTIONS THEN? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? REMOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.
AND AGAIN, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, NOTING COUNCIL MEMBER NORBY'S ABSENCE.
[12. FY 2022-23 FINAL ENGINEER’S REPORT AND ANNUAL LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS WITHIN STREET LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT NO. 2]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 12, 2022-23 FINAL ENGINEERING REPORT ON ANNUAL LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS WITHIN STREET AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.MR. CHADWICK AND THE SAME STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING.
THANK YOU, SIR. THIS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR AT THE COUNCIL MEETING AGAIN ON MAY 24, 2022.
COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT APPROVED THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND SET TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING.
AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT AND SET THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS ASSESSMENTS FOR DISTRICT NUMBER TWO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND 23.
DISTRICT NUMBER TWO WAS FORMED IN 2003 FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT COSTS OF STREET LIGHTING, STREET TREES AND MEDIAN LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THOSE AREAS.
THERE ARE 16 BENEFIT DEVELOPMENT ZONES LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
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THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON DISTRICT TWO.I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME BEFORE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12.
AGAIN, THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, NOTING MR. NORBY'S, ABSENCE.
[13. AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY’S DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM]
MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.YES, SIR. AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR SENIOR PLANNER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF AND APPROVING THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION'S SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS TO THE CITY'S DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE.
AND AT THAT TIME THE COUNCIL UPDATED THE DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW ALLOWS THE CITY TO APPROVE DENSITY INCREASES, RESIDENTIAL DENSITY INCREASES FOR PROJECTS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE IS PART OF THE CITY'S LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM, AND ANY AMENDMENT TO THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM REQUIRES APPROVAL BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION. THE CITY SUBMITTED THEIR DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE UPDATE TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, AND DURING THE COMMISSION'S REVIEW OF THE CITY'S APPLICATION, THEY RECEIVED A COMMENT LETTER FROM THE PUBLIC THAT IDENTIFIED A CONCERN WITH ONE PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT STATED THAT A DENSITY BONUS PROJECT MUST COMPLY WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, THE COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVED THE CITY'S DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE UPDATE WITH A SUGGESTED MODIFICATION THAT CLARIFIED THAT INCENTIVES, CONCESSIONS AND WAIVERS COULD BE PERMITTED, PROVIDED THE DENSITY BONUS PROJECT COMPLIES WITH THE COASTAL RESOURCE PROTECTION AND PUBLIC ACCESS REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.
NOW THE COASTAL COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF THE CITY'S ORDINANCE WILL NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE COMMISSION CERTIFIES THAT THE CITY HAS ACCEPTED THE SUGGESTED MODIFICATION. THEREFORE, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE COASTAL COMMISSION'S SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
OKAY, THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
MOVE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13.
I'M SORRY. DO I NEED TO TITLE IT? TITLE? OH, TITLE THE ORDNANCE.
THANK YOU. I AM ONCE AGAIN GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION'S RESOLUTION OF CERTIFICATION, INCLUDING SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS FOR LCPA 2020-005 AND APPROVING THE ASSOCIATED SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.YEAH. LET'S DO IT. LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET THE LETTER OF THE LAW HERE.
MOVING REDUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13.
AND IT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY, NOTING, NOTING MR. NORBY'S ABSENCE.
[14. AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY’S ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGULATIONS]
MOVING ON ITEM 14 AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGULATIONS.IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THE SAME STAFF, SO THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING AGAIN.
THIS ITEM IS SIMILAR TO THE LAST.
IT'S A REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF AND APPROVING THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION'S SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS TO THE CITY'S ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ORDINANCE.
THE DWELLING UNIT LAW REQUIRES THAT THE CITY ALLOW ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN THE CITY.
AND IT ALSO IDENTIFIES LIMITATIONS ON HOW THE CITY CAN REGULATE THEM, SUCH AS SIZE OF THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, LOCATION OF THE UNIT AND PARKING.
THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ORDINANCE IS PART OF THE CITY'S LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.
WE SUBMITTED THE ORDINANCE UPDATE TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER OF 2020 AND DURING THEIR REVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE THEY IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ORDINANCE IS NOT ONLY CONSISTENT WITH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT LAW, BUT ALSO THE STATE'S COASTAL ACT.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATION RECOMMENDED RELATES TO PARKING.
THE STATE'S ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT LAW STATES THAT IF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF PARKING ON A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SUCH AS THROUGH CONVERTING AN EXISTING GARAGE TO AN ACCESSORY UNIT, THAT THAT PARKING NEED NOT BE REPLACED ON SITE.
THE STATE LAW ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT LAW ALSO STATES THAT IT IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE THE COASTAL ACT REQUIREMENTS, AND THE COASTAL ACT REQUIRES THAT PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE COAST BE PROTECTED.
AND IF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WERE TO ELIMINATE PARKING IN SOME AREAS OF THE COASTAL ZONE, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT PARKING FOR VISITORS. THEREFORE, A SUGGESTED MODIFICATION IS PROPOSED THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT PARKING BE REPLACED.
BE REPLACED IF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WERE TO, SAY, CONVERT A GARAGE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COASTAL ZONE, AS YOU SEE ON THE ON THE SCREEN, THE GREEN AREA, THAT PARKING WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED.
THESE AREAS ARE EAST OF THE RAILROAD, ALONG THE COAST LINE, AND THEN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY, ALSO WEST OF INTERSTATE FIVE, BETWEEN [INAUDIBLE] LAGOON.
ALSO, A MODIFICATION WOULD DELETE REFERENCES TO OTHER CITY CODES OR SECTIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.
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TO ENSURE THAT COASTAL RESOURCES ARE PROTECTED AND PUBLIC ACCESS REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLIED WITH.AND ALSO THE MODIFICATIONS WOULD REMOVE A REFERENCE THAT STATES THAT STATE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT LAW PREVAILS IF THERE IS A CONFLICT WITH THE CITY'S ORDINANCE.
THE COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVED THE CITY'S ORDINANCE IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR WITH THE SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS THAT I SUMMARIZED AND THEY ARE ALSO DESCRIBED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S REPORT.
THEREFORE, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF AND APPROVING THE SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BLACKBURN.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
RIGHT. AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PARKING.
SO IF THERE'S A CUL DE SAC, FOR INSTANCE, AND IT ISN'T PART OF THAT SPECIFIED COASTAL ZONE PARKING ISSUE, IT'S JUST A REGULAR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE COASTAL ZONE AND SAY A CUL DE SAC WHERE PARKING IS PRETTY TOUGH.
IS THAT ACCURATE? IF A ADU WERE TO CONVERT THE GARAGE OF AN EXISTING HOME, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO REPLACE THAT PARKING.
BUT THERE ARE SOME PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR ADUS DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF ADU THAT'S PROPOSED.
WE HAVE THE DISCRETION TO ADD, SAY LIKE AT THE END OF A CUL DE SAC, FOR INSTANCE.
WE DO FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF ADUS, CERTAIN TYPES OF ADUS THAT ARE ATTACHED OR JUNIOR ADUS WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REQUIRE THAT, BUT DETACHED AND LARGER, WE ARE ABLE TO REQUIRE THAT OFF STREET PARKING.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA.
YES. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.
DO WE HAVE A PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GO IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO BUILD AN ADU TO FIND OUT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED, INCLUDING THIS NEW AND UPDATED LAW OR INFORMATION IN GENERAL? YES, WE HAVE A WEBSITE DIRECTLY ON ADUS AS WELL AS A LINK TO THAT FOR OUR INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW AND MAKE THAT UP TO DATE AS ALONG WITH ANY OTHER CHANGES IN LAWS.
PERFECT. I WAS PRETTY SURE WE WERE ON THE BALL WITH THAT.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT IS OR HOW DID THEY FIND THAT? YOU JUST GO TO CARLSBAD GOV AND THEY LOOK UP ADUS? YEAH, THEY'RE JUST LOOKING UP ADUS OR LOOKING AT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THERE'S A LINK ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAGE.
CAN WE TITLE THE ORDINANCE? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION'S RESOLUTION OF CERTIFICATION, INCLUDING SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS FOR LCPA 2020-006 AND APPROVING THE ASSOCIATED SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.
I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT I DO GET CALLS FROM PUBLIC WHO ARE NOT THRILLED ABOUT THE STATE OVERRIDING OUR ABILITY FOR HOAS TO SAY NO ADUS. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH THAT THAT I AGREE.
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I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT THE STATE'S OVERRIDING THE THE RULES THAT OUR CITY WANTS TO PUT IN PLACE OR INDIVIDUAL HOAS HAVE IN PLACE.BUT WITH THAT SAID, I UNDERSTAND I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CHOICE IN THE MATTER.
SO WITH THAT SAID, MOVE INTRODUCTION TO THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED IN AGENDA NUMBER 14.
AGAIN. THIS ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, NOTING THAT COMMISSIONER NORBYS ABSENCE.
WE JUST WANTED TO THANK THE PRESENTERS.
YOU GUYS DID GREAT. THANK YOU.
[15. CONSIDER THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACCEPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN MONITORING REPORT]
REPORT. MR. CHADWICK, YOU WANT TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION IS OUR CITY PLANNER, ERIC LARDY, AND OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND MOBILITY MANAGER NATHAN SCHMIDT.JOINING ME IS NATHAN SCHMIDT WHO WILL GO OVER COMPONENTS RELATED TO STREET FACILITIES.
THE PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED CONCURRENT WITH CITY'S GROWTH.
RECENT STATE LAWS HAVE CHANGED THE NATURE OF THIS REPORT AND THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN, SPECIFICALLY RECENT STATE LEGISLATION THAT WAS ENACTED TO ADDRESS THE STATE'S HOUSING CRISIS. AMONG OTHER THINGS, SB 166 AND SB 330 SETS LIMITS ON LOCAL AGENCIES BY PROHIBITING BOTH RESIDENTIAL GROWTH MORATORIUMS AND RESIDENTIAL GROWTH CAPS.
ON APRIL 6TH, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED TWO RESOLUTIONS CHANGING THE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN AND SETTING LIMITS ON THE MORE ON THE UNIT CAPS AND MORATORIUM PROVISIONS.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO NATHAN.
THE FIRST IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS TO DETERMINE THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES TO BE DEFICIENT PURSUANT TO CITY MUNICIPAL CODE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT MEET THE VEHICULAR LEVEL OF SERVICE LOS COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S CIRCULATION PERFORMANCE STANDARD IN THE CITY WIDE FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND THOSE ARE FOR THE FACILITIES FIRST EASTBOUND AVIARA PARKWAY BETWEEN MANZANITA STREET AND EL CAMINO REAL AND SECOND WESTBOUND AVIARA PARKWAY BETWEEN EL CAMINO REAL AND MANZANITA STREET.
THE NEXT RESOLUTION IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO DETERMINE THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES TO BE BUILT OUT AND EXEMPT FROM THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERAL PLAN MOBILITY ELEMENT POLICY 3-P.9 AND CIFP CIRCULATION PERFORMANCE STANDARD, INCLUDING EASTBOUND AVIARA PARKWAY BETWEEN MANZANITA STREET AND EL CAMINO REAL AND WESTBOUND AVAIARA PARKWAY BETWEEN EL CAMINO REAL AND MANZANITA STREET.
SO SINCE 1988, THE CITY HAS BEEN CONDUCTING ANNUAL MONITORING OF OUR TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS CITYWIDE THROUGH OUR ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT THAT INCLUDES COLLECTING NEW TRAFFIC COUNTS AND ANALYZING ROADWAY OPERATING CONDITIONS.
THE FINDINGS OF THIS YEAR'S REPORT ARE SUMMARIZED IN THIS ITEM AND PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TODAY.
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D OR BETTER FOR ALL MODES OF TRAVEL AND EXCLUDING LOS EXEMPT STREETS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.SO FOR THIS YEAR'S REPORT, WE'VE ANALYZED ALL OF THE ROADWAYS THAT REQUIRE VEHICLE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE DONE THAT.
SO THAT INCLUDES 78 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THOSE ARE 78 ESSENTIALLY DATA COLLECTION POINTS THAT WE ANALYZED AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S REPORT, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS, IT'S BASED UPON THE HIGHEST PEAK HOUR DIRECTIONAL VOLUME.
SO WE HAVE AN AM AND PM PEAK AND THOSE WERE TAKEN FROM THREE DAY COUNTS.
SO THE HIGHEST PEAK DURING THE AM AND THE PEAK HOUR WAS BASED ON THOSE THREE DAY COUNTS AND THEY WERE CONDUCTED IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER OF NOVEMBER AND NOVEMBER OF 2020, ON A TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WHILE SCHOOL WAS IN SESSION.
FIRSTLY, 9 DEFICIENT FACILITIES WERE IDENTIFIED ON OUR ARTERIAL STREETS.
ALL OF THOSE WERE PREVIOUSLY EXEMPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXEMPT ON THE ARTERIAL CONNECTORS 2 DEFICIENT FACILITIES WERE IDENTIFIED. THESE WERE NEW DEFICIENCIES.
THESE WERE ESSENTIALLY NEW STREETS THAT WERE ANALYZED.
SO THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY EXEMPTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
ON THE INDUSTRIAL STREETS, NO DEFICIENT FACILITIES WERE IDENTIFIED.
THEY'RE JUST IN EACH DIRECTION.
SO IT'S EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND OF AVIARA PARKWAY BETWEEN MANZANITA STREET TO EL CAMINO REAL.
THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS YOU GRAPHICALLY THAT LOCATION OF THOSE TWO DEFICIENT FACILITIES.
IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE YELLOW DASHED LINES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, LEVEL OF SERVICE F AND LEVEL OF SERVICE ON SOME OF THE ADJOINING ROADWAY SEGMENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY ALL CONNECT TOGETHER THERE.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE DEFICIENCY IS DUE TO THE CLOSELY SPACED INTERSECTION TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT MANZANITA STREET AND EL CAMINO REAL. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET BETWEEN THESE TWO SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS.
SO ONE OF THE PRIMARY LIMITATIONS ON THIS SEGMENT WAS BECAUSE THE SIGNALS ARE SO CLOSELY SPACED, VEHICLES CAN'T GET UP TO AN ACCEPTABLE SPEED TO PRODUCE AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS, BECAUSE IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A DEFICIENT SEGMENT, STAFF EVALUATED BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD IMPROVE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AT THIS DEFICIENT SEGMENT.
THIS SLIDE HERE SUMMARIZES THOSE WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING FIRST TO PROVIDE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS AT ALL LEGS OF THE INTERSECTION THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE PRESENCE OF PEDESTRIANS CROSSING EACH LEG OF THAT INTERSECTION THERE.
AND THEN ALSO TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL HIGH VISIBILITY STRIPING FOR THE BIKE LANES.
ONE EXAMPLE THERE, WHICH IS CALLED OUT IS THE DASHED GREEN STRIPING AND THAT WOULD BE AT THE WESTBOUND RECEIVING LANE OF AVIARA PARKWAY TO HELP BICYCLES GET THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION A LITTLE BETTER.
AS YOU CAN SEE NOW, THERE'S A GAP IN THE BIKE LANE THERE.
SO PROVIDING ADDITIONAL GREEN STRIPING IN THAT AREA JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE PRESENCE OF BIKES.
AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION WAS TO LOOK AT REDUCING DOWN THE WIDTH OF SOME OF THE TRAVEL LANES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WIDTH FOR THE BIKE LANES THROUGH THIS THIS DEFICIENT SEGMENT.
THOSE EACH OF THOSE CRITERIA ARE OUTLINED HERE.
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NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE NINE CORE VALUES OF THE CARLSBAD COMMUNITY VISION OR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WOULD RESULT IN UNACCEPTABLE IMPACTS TO THE COMMUNITY VALUES OR GENERAL PLAN POLICIES. OR.SO IN THE CASE OF THE DEFICIENT SEGMENTS OF AVIARA PARKWAY BETWEEN MANZANITA STREET AND EL CAMINO, REAL STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT WIDENING AVIARA PARKWAY TO THREE LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN THESE STREETS WOULD REQUIRE THE ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY AND WOULD NOT IMPROVE VEHICLE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
AS NOTED ABOVE, THE STREET SEGMENT IS CONGESTED, IS CONGESTED PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THOSE CLOSELY SPACED INTERSECTIONS THAT LIMIT THE VEHICLE SPEEDS AND CAPACITY AND NOT DUE TO THE LACK OF ADDITIONAL VEHICLE TRAVEL LANES.
THEREFORE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN POLICY, THE ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY IS NOT FEASIBLE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT ADDRESS THIS DEFICIENCY ALSO. AND FURTHERMORE, IN KEEPING WITH GENERAL PLAN POLICY 3P.9 B AND C, THE CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE ROADWAYS LEADS TO SECONDARY IMPACTS TO ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, SUCH AS PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCESS THROUGH THIS AREA.
NEXT SLIDE. SO ONCE EXEMPTED, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS SEGMENT? THIS IS OUTLINED IN GENERAL PLAN MOBILITY ELEMENT POLICY 3-P.11, WHICH REQUIRES ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WOULD ADD VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TO THESE DEFICIENT STREET FACILITIES THAT ARE DETERMINED TO BE EXEMPT FROM TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS.
AND SECONDLY, TO IMPLEMENT WHAT WE CALL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT OR TSM.
AND THESE ARE STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL COORDINATION AND IMPROVE TRANSIT SERVICE.
SO ALTERNATIVE WAYS THAN ADDING ADDITIONAL VEHICLE LANES.
THIS ITEM WAS REVIEWED BY THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION ON JUNE SIX, 2022, AND THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION SUPPORTED STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO DETERMINE THAT THE TWO STREET FACILITIES ARE DEFICIENT AND EXEMPT FROM THE VEHICLE LEVEL SERVICE STANDARD.
ALSO, THE COMMISSION DID VOTE TO APPOINT VICE CHAIR LINKE AND HE WILL BE HERE TO DISCUSS THE NEED FOR THE INCLUSION OF MULTIMODAL LEVEL SERVICE MONITORING IN THE ANNUAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN MONITORING REPORT, AND COMMISSIONER LINKE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE COMMENTS AFTER STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
SO WITH THAT AND IN SUMMARY, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2021 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN MONITORING REPORT, AND TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DETERMINING TO STRIP FACILITIES AS DEFICIENT AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION DETERMINING TO STREET TO STREET FACILITIES BUILT OUT AND EXEMPT FROM THE VEHICULAR LEVEL OF SERVICE PERFORMANCE STANDARD.
AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS MAYOR.
AND MR. LINKE, HE WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS OUR COMMISSION'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE MULTIMODAL LEVEL OF SERVICE SYSTEM AND TO SEEK DIRECTION FROM YOU. TECHNICALLY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO TECHNICALLY, MMLOS INCLUDES ALL FOUR MODES OF TRAVEL, BUT FOR SIMPLICITY IN THIS PRESENTATION, I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AND TRANSIT MODES WHICH ARE GRADED ON A SCALE OF EIGHT THROUGH F.
SO AS BACKGROUND BEFORE 2015, ONLY VEHICLE FACILITIES WERE PART OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
AND THE PASSAGES ON THIS SLIDE ARE FROM THE MOBILITY ELEMENT, FROM THE CITYWIDE FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS PLAN AND STAFF PRESENTATIONS INDICATING HOW THE MMLOS SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE APPLIED TO GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
AND THAT INCLUDES USING IT TO BOTH EVALUATE THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND FOR ANNUAL CITY MONITORING LIKE THE PORT OR THE REPORT THAT YOU'RE REVIEWING THIS EVENING. THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE STANDARD IN THIS CASE IS TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM GRADE OF DX FOR EACH OF THE PRIORITIZED MODES ON EACH STREET THAT'S
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PRIORITIZED FOR THAT MODE.FOR EXAMPLE, NO MMLOS MONITORING, INCLUDING TONIGHT'S REPORT, HAS APPEARED IN ANY OF THE SIX ANNUAL GMP MONITORING REPORTS TO COUNCIL SINCE THAT REQUIREMENT WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2015. THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW EACH REPORT HAS ADDRESSED THE ABSENCE OF MMLOS MONITORING AND JUST I WON'T GO OVER EVERYTHING HERE.
BUT JUST BRIEFLY, THE FIRST TWO REPORTS SAID THAT THE MMLOS METHODS WERE STILL BEING DEVELOPED AND THAT MONITORING WOULD BEGIN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WHILE THE THIRD ONE PROMISED THAT A LIST OF NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE REPORTED SEPARATELY TO COUNCIL LATER THAT YEAR.
NONE OF THESE THINGS EVER HAPPENED, AND THEN THE LAST THREE YEARS, INCLUDING THIS YEAR, HAVE INDICATED THAT THE MMLOS METHODS NEED FURTHER REFINEMENT, WHICH WOULD BE DONE IN COORDINATION AND COORDINATION WITH OUR COMMISSION, AND THAT THE RESULTS WOULD BE REPORTED SEPARATELY BY THE END OF THE CURRENT YEAR.
BUT IN EACH CASE, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED EITHER.
OKAY, BEYOND THE FACT THAT THE MOSQUE HAS NOT YET BEEN MONITORED SINCE 2015, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME STATEMENTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT SHOW WHAT I WOULD VIEW AS AN EROSION OF ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE 2018-19 MONITORING REPORT, STAFF INTERPRETED COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLANS TDM PROGRAM AS SUFFICIENT TO ASSIGN A TRANSIT LEVEL OF SERVICE D CITYWIDE, EFFECTIVELY EXEMPTING THE ENTIRE CITY FROM HAVING TO DO ANY TRANSIT UPGRADES TO REACH THAT LEVEL, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE TDM PROGRAM REALLY DOES NOTHING TO IMPROVE TRANSIT CONDITIONS.
I THINK THAT SINCE BEEN RESCINDED ALSO THAT YEAR, THE REPORT BEGAN TAKING THE STANCE THAT THE CITY NEVER REALLY INTENDED TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM MMLOS D STANDARD FOR ANY ALREADY DEVELOPED PORTION OF THE CITY ONLY UNDEVELOPED PARTS.
AND BECAUSE THE CITY HAS LARGELY BUILT OUT THIS NEW OPINION, WOULD MAKE MOS LARGELY IRRELEVANT.
SO OUR COMMISSION HAS HAD THE REVIEW OF THE MMLOS METHODS ON OUR WORKPLAN FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
I THINK SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2019, WE FORMED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH STAFF ON THAT, AND THE GOAL WAS TO FINISH THAT UP QUICKLY AND GET THE RESULTS OUT THAT SAME, THAT FIRST YEAR. BUT WE'RE NOW PUSHING THREE YEARS AND THE I WOULD SAY THE GOALPOSTS KEEP GETTING MOVED AROUND.
AND THEN EVEN MORE RECENTLY, WE'VE BEEN HEARING THAT NOT ONLY WAS IT NEVER THE CITY'S INTENT TO MAINTAIN MMLOS D AS PART OF MONITORING, BUT THAT MAY ALSO NOT BE PLAUSIBLE TO USE MMLOS TO ASSESS THE IMPACTS OF INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE ANY IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES WOULD BE CONSIDERED PREEXISTING AND A NEXUS CAN'T BE ESTABLISHED FOR THAT.
AGAIN, THIS IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF HOW THE SYSTEM WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED.
AND I RAISED THESE CONCERNS BACK IN 2015 BEFORE THE SYSTEM EVEN WAS ADOPTED.
AND I'VE BEEN ASKING, ALONG WITH THE COMMISSION FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, TO GET A PRESENTATION AND ANSWERS TO THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS TO HELP US GUIDE OUR COMMISSION ON HOW WE CAN HELP IMPLEMENT THE MOBILITY ELEMENT.
THEY INCLUDE SAFETY LIGHTING FOR ALL ALL THREE MODES.
BUT WE ALWAYS SEEM TO END BACK ON SQUARE ONE WHERE BASICALLY COMPLETING ANY MISSING SIDEWALK SEGMENTS AND MAYBE PUTTING A BENCH NEXT TO A TRAFFIC STOP ARE REALLY THE ONLY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE FELT WE CAN BE MADE AND EXCEPTIONS ARE MADE EVEN IN THOSE CASES.
AND OUR COMMISSION STAFF HAS ALSO WORKED VERY HARD TO DEVELOP A DEVELOPING THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES A LONG LIST OF THESE TYPES OF MULTIMODAL PROJECTS. AND I THINK THAT WAS RECEIVED POSITIVELY BY THE COUNCIL.
BUT STAFF HAS LIMITED BANDWIDTH AND FUNDING FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND CAN ONLY DO A FEW YEARS.
SO TO CONCLUDE, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS GET TOGETHER AND DECIDE WHAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO ON MMLOS AND THEN PRESENT THAT TO OUR COMMISSION TO HELP DETERMINE WHAT THE CITY IS WILLING TO DO TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM AND THEN MONITOR AND REPORT THE RESULTS
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AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CREATE AN ACCESS TO CONDITION DEVELOPMENT TO AS PART OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT TO DO IT.AND ONE OF THE TOPICS IS THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR GROWTH MANAGEMENT FOR CIRCULATION.
SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A TRANSPARENT DISCUSSION ON IT AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND HOPE THAT OR THE WISH OF THE COMMISSION IS TO SORT OF GET THIS GOING, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS NOW AND EACH YEAR WE SAY, WELL, NEXT YEAR WE'LL DO IT.
I THINK BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE IS MEETING ON THIS, WE NEED TO DECIDE, CAN WE DO THIS? WAS IT WAS IT EVER PLAUSIBLE? AND MOVE FORWARD, MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU. LET'S START OFF WITH JUST QUESTIONS FROM MR. LINKE. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE DAIS WANTS TO ASK MR. LINKE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.
CAN YOU REMIND US HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION AND HOW LONG THE AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE MMLOS? SO I JOINED THE COMMISSION IN MARCH OF 2019.
I THINK IT WENT ON OUR WORK PLAN FOR NOVEMBER OF 2019 AND WE MET SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
WE'VE HAD FOUR MEETINGS. THE AD HOC COMMITTEES HAD FOUR MEETINGS WITH CITY STAFF.
I MEAN, WE HAD GOOD, I THINK, A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRANSPORTATION STAFF AND DEVELOPED SOME GOOD WHAT I THOUGHT WERE GOOD MMLOS METHODS TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
SO THEN WE WENT BACK TO SQUARE ONE AT OUR LAST MEETING A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY I WANTED TO GET THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION TO LET'S TRY TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD, EITHER WE CAN DO IT OR WE CAN'T DO IT.
GREAT. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT THE COMMISSION BEHIND YOU TODAY.
THEY APPOINTED YOU TO COME SPEAK TO US.
AND WAS IT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE MMLOS KIND OF THE LACK OF PROGRESS ON GETTING THE DATA AROUND THE MMLOS? YEAH. SO AT OUR MEETING WE ALL SUPPORTED THE EXEMPTIONS FOR THE VEHICLE.
IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE RATHER INCONSEQUENTIAL THOUGH.
I COULD PROBABLY GO ON FOR AN HOUR ON THAT TOPIC TOO, WHICH I WON'T.
BUT THEN I MADE A SEPARATE MOTION TO SAY LET'S LET'S GIVE SOME VISIBILITY TO THE LACK OF MMLOS.
THIS IS TOO MANY YEARS IN A ROW.
AND THEN WE VOTED ON THAT SEPARATELY.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, IT DOES, BECAUSE THE ITEM BEFORE US TONIGHT SPECIFICALLY DOES CALL OUT THE EXEMPTION OF THIS STRETCH.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU WERE HERE AT THE REQUEST OF YOUR TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION TO TALK TO US ABOUT FINDING SOME WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON. MMLOS RIGHT.
I THINK ONE OF THE PORTIONS OF WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING TONIGHT IS THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT MONITORING REPORT IN TOTAL, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL FACILITIES. PART OF IT WAS THE EXEMPTIONS OF FOR THE VEHICLE.
SO I THINK THE COMMISSION'S VIEW IS THAT PART OF THIS REPORT SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE AND TRANSIT LEVEL OF SERVICE AS WELL. SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, MR. SCHMIDT SHOWED A SLIDE SAYING THAT THERE IN THE CIRCULATION PORTION, THERE ARE ONLY TWO DEFICIENCIES, AND THAT WAS THE TWO VEHICLE DEFICIENCIES.
BUT DEPENDING ON HOW YOU INTERPRET OUR MMLOS POINT SYSTEM, YOU COULD SAY THAT THERE ARE DEFICIENCIES IN PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE AND TRANSIT ALL ACROSS THE CITY, HUNDREDS OF DEFICIENCIES.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CONUNDRUMS WE'RE IN, IS THAT IF WE DEFINE AS AN MMLOS SYSTEM THAT WOULD HAVE NEW PROJECTS HAVE TO FUND THEM, THAT MEANS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A LOWER THAN D RATING.
BUT THEN THEY WOULD THEY WOULD SHOW UP IN YOUR REPORTS AS ALL DEFICIENCIES, UNLIKE VEHICLE LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHICH AS YOU ADD MORE AND MORE TRAFFIC, A DEVELOPMENT CAN CAUSE A DEGRADATION OF LEVEL OF SERVICE TO C OR D OR E, BUT WITH PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AND TRANSIT, IT'S AMENITY.
SO WHAT IS THE QUALITY? IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY USERS THERE ARE.
AND I ALSO DID NOTE THE KIND OF BIKE LANE SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR STRETCH.
SO I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME ALLUSION TO THAT AS WELL IN THE PRESENTATION.
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I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ANY OTHER, DOCTOR? JUST ONE, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY THE ASK THAT YOU ALL HAVE MAYBE IN ONE SENTENCE, IF POSSIBLE, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING OF US.
THE ASK IS TO I GUESS IT WOULD BE TO DIRECT STAFF TO DIRECT THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS.
I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE'S JUST NOT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND YOUR LEGAL STAFF GET TOGETHER AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPLEMENT AN MMLOS SYSTEM AND THEN BRING THAT ITEM TO OUR COMMISSION TO TELL US WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND WHAT IS WHAT WAS WILLING TO DO.
AND THEN WE CAN HELP GUIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH OUR SUGGESTIONS BASED ON THAT.
THANK YOU. NOW I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFYING QUESTION.
WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THANK YOU.
YEAH, I WOULD, I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING AT THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION MEETING WHEN THE SAME CONVERSATION WAS HAD ABOUT THE MMLOS AND MR. LINKE WAS DIRECTED TO COME AND SPEAK TO COUNCIL.
WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION DURING THAT COMMISSION MEETING BY YOU ALL ABOUT THIS COMING AND SPEAKING ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? I GUESS AS FAR AS STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, WE DO SEE THIS AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR WORKPLAN TO UPDATE OUR METHODOLOGY FOR MULTIMODAL LEVEL OF SERVICE.
IT IS A CHALLENGE, AS COMMISSIONER LINKE DID ALLUDE TO, AND REALLY LOOKING TO HARMONIZE THE WANTS OF THE DEVELOPERS AS WE ANALYZE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, HOW THAT HOW WE CAN BALANCE THAT WITH GMP MONITORING AND THEN ALSO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION TO BUILD GOOD MULTIMODAL PROJECTS.
SO, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT BETWEEN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF INTERNAL COORDINATION THAT'S THAT'S NEEDED AS WELL.
GREAT. THANK YOU. I DID READ THROUGH THE STAFF REPORT.
IN THE STAFF REPORT, THERE'S THE MINUTES FROM THAT MEETING AND THERE WAS A MENTION HERE THAT TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR FRANK SAID THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THE MMLOS ITEM UPDATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THEY ARE TRYING TO DO THIS WITHIN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.
SO THAT THAT IS THAT'S AS FAR AS I KNOW, THAT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.
BUT IT'S NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS PARTICULAR MOTION AND AGENDA ITEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT ONLY THE VEHICLE SECTION.
THAT'S RIGHT. BUT THAT ONE BIKE AREA, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BIKE LANE THAT WAS IN THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND WERE THERE ANY PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING? YES, WE WERE SUGGESTING TO INSTALL HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS AT THAT AT THE INTERSECTION.
YEAH, I SAW THAT SLIDE AND I COULDN'T TELL.
IT LOOKED LIKE THOSE LINES ARE THE EXISTING LINES.
YES, THOSE ARE THE EXISTING LINES.
SO SO THE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALK, WOULD THEY BE LIKE BRIGHT YELLOW OR WHAT IS THAT? THEY WOULD BE WHITE. SOME WE CALL IT CONTINENTAL CROSSWALK STRIPING.
SO IT WOULD BE THE THICK HORIZONTAL BARS VERSUS THE BARS THAT YOU SEE.
NOW, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY DO IS JUST MAKE THE CROSSWALKS MUCH MORE VISIBLE WITH STRIPING, WITH ROADWAY STRIPING, SO VEHICLES WILL KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AT THAT INTERSECTION.
OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY CONNECTION TO THIS AREA WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE JUST A BLOCK AWAY OF OUR AVIARA OAKS ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE MY MY DAUGHTER WENT TO AVIARA OAKS MIDDLE AND WE LIVED WE DROVE THROUGH AND WALKED AND HAVE BIKED THROUGH THAT THAT AREA ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL.
I WONDERED IF THERE'S ANY CONNECTION TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IN THAT AREA.
I MEAN, IT IS A LOCATION WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE WALKING TO SCHOOL.
SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO TO HELP WITH THAT SAFE FOR TO SCHOOL THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT AS PART OF A SEPARATE PROJECT WHERE WE WOULD LOOK AT THE ENTIRE KIND OF WALKING AREA TO THAT SCHOOL SITE.
SO THIS WOULD JUST BE ONE PORTION OF THAT ROUTE TO THE SCHOOL SITE.
BUT LATER ON WE COULD LOOK AT IT GREATER SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
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SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO EXEMPT THAT FROM OUR CURRENT STANDARDS.TO IS THAT ARE THEIR FUTURE PLANS TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES SOME SOME BEYOND THE CROSSWALK MORE VISIBLE CROSSWALK AND THE CHANGES TO THE BIKE LANE.
ARE THERE ANY FUTURE PLANS TO INCLUDE THIS AREA AS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL? SAY FOR US THE SCHOOL IS IDENTIFIED IN OUR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR FIRST SCHOOL ON OUR SAY FOR US TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON A PILOT PROGRAM WITH HOPE ELEMENTARY AND WE HOPE TO USE THAT AS A MODEL.
WE COULD WORK WITH OTHER SCHOOLS.
SO FOR FOUR IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE WOULD USE THAT PROGRAM AS A WAY TO GET OTHER SCHOOLS TO JOIN UP AND WE COULD DEVELOP PLANS IN THIS AREA AS WELL. WELL THIS AREA IS OUTSIDE, THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT.
BUT MY DAUGHTER DID ATTEND MIDDLE SCHOOL AVIONICS MIDDLE.
AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE TRAFFIC AND THE SWARMS OF FAMILIES AND KIDS COMING OUT OF THOSE SCHOOLS AT CERTAIN TIME, IN AND OUT OF THOSE SCHOOLS AT CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THIS FOR AN AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY VERY VISIBLE WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT MAY BE ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE SEEING THE THE POOR LOS SCORE IN THIS AREA.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO EXEMPT IT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE IN BEING PART OF THE SANDAG BOARD IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR PROMISES OF 25 YEARS AGO ON THE REGIONAL HIGHWAYS, BOTH ON HIGHWAY FIVE AND HIGHWAY 78.
AND DO WE DO ANY KIND OF TESTING? DO THEY DO ANY KIND OF TESTING OR TO DECIDE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC NOW IS BEING CROSSED THROUGH VERSUS TAKING THE REGIONAL HIGHWAYS. DO WE MONITOR THAT? WE HAVE NOT MONITORED THAT SPECIFICALLY, AND THAT'S NOT MONITORED AS PART OF THE GMP REPORT.
LOOKS LIKE MR. FRANK MAY HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT.
YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
NO. CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A MONITORING PROGRAM TO CHECK THE CUT THREE TRAFFIC.
THAT DOES RESULT AS AS A FACTOR OF THE CONGESTION ON I-5 AND THE 78 CORRIDORS.
WE DO BRING UP THIS ISSUE WITH OUR CALTRANS PARTNERS AND SANDAG PARTNERS.
SO WHEN THERE IS CONGESTION POINTS LIKE AT I-5 AND 78, THAT DOES AFFECT THE COMMUTER TRAFFIC AND WE DO SEE HIGHER LEVELS OF COMMUTER TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH OUR CITY STREETS.
SO SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON AND WE'VE ASKED THEM IF THERE WERE STUDIES IN RELATION TO THEIR DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO REQUEST TO STUDY THAT ISSUE. SO IT'S A GOOD POINT.
AND I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK AS A CITY WE WANT ABOVE AND BEYOND TRYING TO DESIGN A CIRCULATION SYSTEM, MAYBE NOT TO THE DETAIL THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO TODAY, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE PRIOR ENGINEERING TEAMS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH THAT USED TO REQUIRE THE MAXIMUM WHEN IT COMES TO ROAD WIDTHS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS IS, IS WE THOUGHT WE WERE PART OF A REGIONAL PLAN ALSO.
SO WHEN WE'VE INVESTED BILLIONS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR ROADWAYS, WE EXPECTED THAT THE MAJOR INTERSTATES WOULD BE ABLE TO BE BUILT TO THE CAPACITY THAT WAS ONCE, ONCE ENVISIONED.
AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
AT LEAST I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT ADDS TO THE FRUSTRATION OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW.
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BUT THAT IN A COMBINATION WITH FAR MORE TRAFFIC THAN WHAT I THINK WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED IS IS REALLY ADDING TO OUR CHALLENGES.SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT AND MAKE THAT STATEMENT.
DR. YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
THANK YOU, SIR. YES, ACTUALLY, ONE QUESTION AND THEN I CAN MAKE MY STATEMENT.
THE QUESTION WAS JUST AROUND THE I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN.
AND JUST CURIOUS WITH REGARDS TO I KNOW COMMISSIONER LINKE ALSO MENTIONED MULTIMODAL LEVELS OF SERVICE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT PER SE IN TERMS OF ANY SORT OF ACTION AROUND THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THE SNP WOULD BE COMING BEFORE US AT ANY POINT AND IF THAT WOULD BE A PROPER TIME TO THEN DISCUSS THE MMLOS IN A WAY TO POTENTIALLY PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT.
YES. AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS TOM FRANK, THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER.
AND TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF MMLOS IN REGARDS TO OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT MONITORING PLAN, WE I HEARD A QUESTION EARLIER INTO HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ISSUE AND CONTEXT QUESTIONS AND TO HELP WITH THE CONTEXT, IN 2015, WHEN THE CITY UPDATED ITS GENERAL PLAN AND ITS MOBILITY ELEMENT, IT DID ADOPT A VERY PROGRESSIVE APPROACH ON ON MULTIMODAL LEVEL OF SERVICE MONITORING AND STANDARDS.
AND SO WITH THAT, MOST CITIES AROUND THE STATE, THEY ACTUALLY WERE LOOKING TO THE THE MPO OF THE AREA THAT WOULD BE SANDAG TO ESTABLISH SUCH A STANDARD THAT WASN'T DONE.
THE CITY AT THE TIME ELECTED TO DO PUT FORWARD THE MMLOS STANDARDS IN OUR MOBILITY ELEMENT.
AND SO WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES WORKING ON THIS SUBJECT.
IT'S A VERY NEW CONCEPT, A VERY NEW PROGRAM.
WE TRIED TO APPLY IT, WE REALIZED SOME CHALLENGES WITH IT.
SO IN SUMMARY, I THOUGHT HIS RECOMMENDATION WHERE WE NEED TO HARMONIZE THE LANGUAGE IS SPOT ON.
OUR DEPARTMENT NOW IS TAKING THE LEAD WITH THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, AND OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE SURE OR TO DO OUR ABILITY TO CONDITION DEVELOPMENT FOR THEIR FAIR SHARE.
IT'S NOT AN EASY ASK, BUT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST.
AND THE COMMISSION IS A BIG PART OF THAT EFFORT.
SO HOPEFULLY IT HELPS WITH THE CONTEXT.
SO I THINK THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
AND THEN IN REGARDS TO THE SUSTAINABILITY QUESTION THAT IS COMING TO A REPORT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I BELIEVE ON THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH, IT WILL BE A PART OF MY SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT.
GREAT. THANK YOU. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WILL HAVE A FEW MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THIS AND JUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST MAYBE HEAR MORE FEEDBACK AROUND IT AND HARMONIZE ON SOME TERMINOLOGY AND JUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOPEFULLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE MAYBE CONFUSION THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON WITH REGARDS TO THAT.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST THE OTHER COMMENTS I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, I COMPLETELY AGREE.
I WENT TO SCHOOL AT AVIARA AND AND I KNOW JUST FROM DRIVING IT OBVIOUSLY PAST THAT TIME THAT IT IS AN AREA THAT HAS BECOME A LOT MORE CONGESTED.
I DO UNDERSTAND WHY IT NEEDS TO BE EXEMPT, OF COURSE, ADDING ANY SORT OF WAYS THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT FOLKS THAT ARE TAKING OTHER TYPES OF TRANSIT OUTSIDE OF THEIR VEHICLES, WHETHER IT'S WALKING, CYCLING THAT WE'RE MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT, I KNOW, TO OUR CITY AND OF COURSE, TO MYSELF AS WELL.
AND I THINK DEFINITELY THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE WALKING, BIKING TO SCHOOL AND OF COURSE WITH E-BIKES, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THAT CORRIDOR.
AND OF COURSE, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION.
IF YOU'RE READY. I MOVE ADOPTION OF ALL THREE RESOLUTIONS CONTAINED AN AGENDA ITEM 15.
[02:00:01]
SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.AND AGAIN, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, NOTING THAT MR. NORBY IS ABSENT.
[17. CONSIDERATION OF REFUNDING OF OUTSTANDING BONDS FOR REASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2012-1]
FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE HERE.SO WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 17, THE CONSIDERATION OF REFUND OF OUTSTANDING BONDS FOR ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 2012-1. MR. CHADWICK, INTRODUCTIONS AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, ZACK KORACH.
THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ZACH KORACH, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A CONSIDERATION OF REFUNDING OUTSTANDING BONDS FOR REASSESSMENT DISTRICT NUMBERED 2012-1 THIS EVENING WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE BACKGROUND ON THE REASSESSMENT DISTRICT, WILL BE REVIEWING THE REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
AND FINALLY, WE'LL BE CONCLUDING WITH THE NEXT STEPS REGARDING BOND ISSUANCE.
THE SECOND, TO ADOPT THE REASSESSMENT REPORT AND CONFIRM AN ORDER THE REASSESSMENT.
NOW AS TO THE BACKGROUND HERE, WE HAVE A MAP OF THE RE-ASSESSMENT DISTRICT.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT IS TWO SEPARATE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
IN 2012, THE BONDS WERE REFINANCED FOR PURPOSES OF REDUCING THE ASSESSMENTS ON PARCEL OWNERS, AND THE DISTRICT AT THAT TIME WAS ALSO COMBINED TO FORM THE REASSESSMENT DISTRICT. 2012-1.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING OR ESTIMATING AT THIS TIME APPROXIMATELY $165 IN ANNUAL SAVINGS ACROSS THE 2143 PARCELS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THE BONDS RECEIVED RECENTLY AN A RATING FROM S&P STANDARD & POOR'S, AND THEY WILL BE INSURED BY BUILD AMERICA MUTUAL, ALSO COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS BAM AND WILL BE PROVIDING A 50% RESERVE FUND SURETY.
NOW CONTINUING ON WITH THE ESTIMATED SAVINGS BASED ON CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, IT IS ANTICIPATED OR ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY $1.1 MILLION IN NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS WILL BE ACHIEVED, WHICH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT WILL TRANSLATE TO APPROXIMATELY $165 IN ANNUAL SAVINGS TO THE 2143 PARCELS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT WILL BE BEGINNING THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 22-23.
NOW, I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THESE FIGURES ARE ESTIMATES AND IT WILL BE A BIT FLUID.
AS FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS PURSUANT TO CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING THE THREE RESOLUTIONS, STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY'S FINANCING TEAM, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE POSTING OF THE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT, THE SELLING OF THE REFUNDING BONDS IN MID-JULY, CLOSING THE TRANSACTION IN EARLY AUGUST, AND FINALLY AND ULTIMATELY PAYING OFF THE OUTSTANDING BONDS IN SEPTEMBER LATER IN THE FALL.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE MEMBERS FROM OUR FINANCING TEAM THAT CAN HELP ASSIST AS WELL.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS MAYOR.
QUESTIONS ON THIS, MOTION? OH, I'M SORRY. COMMENT? SURE. NOT A QUESTION.
JUST A COMMENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR IDENTIFYING THIS AND FOR FINDING SAVINGS FOR US.
I KNOW THAT IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES, A LOT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND PEOPLE IN GENERAL HAVE TOLD ME THAT WHEN INTEREST RATES DROP, THEY REFIED, THEY REFINANCE THEIR HOMES AND JUST KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE OUT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE IN THE MARKET AND MAKING SMART FINANCIAL DECISIONS IS SO IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE A WHAT DO THEY CALL IT, CRACKERJACK TEAM, REALLY AMAZING FINANCE TEAM.
I'M SUPER IMPRESSED AND HAPPY AND VERY, VERY GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS.
MOVE ADOPTION OF ALL THREE RESOLUTIONS CONTAINED AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17.
[02:05:03]
SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT IT WAS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT WITH NOTING THAT MR. NORBY IS ABSENT.[18. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION]
NEXT, MOVING ON TO MERRILL.APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION IN BOTH THESE NEXT TWO AGENDA ITEMS. AGAIN, THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE WE'RE GETTING THAT ARE WANTING TO BE PART OF THIS ARE JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
AND SO TONIGHT FOR THE HOUSING COMMISSION..
MAYOR WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS? OH WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS? YES. YES.
MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE] GOOD EVENING, MAYORS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE STAFF INVITED ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TODAY AND I ENJOYED THE LIBRARY PRESENTATION BECAUSE MISS ANN AND WAS MY FIRST MEETING.
AND SO MY FIRST PRIORITY WAS JUST TO BE HERE AND TO SHOW UP, TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I WOULD ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME.
I FIRST WAS INTRODUCED TO CARLSBAD IN 1980.
I GRADUATED FROM TULANE UNIVERSITY AND ACTUALLY I GREW UP IN CONNECTICUT AND WANTED TO GO TO DARTMOUTH, GOT ACCEPTED AT COLGATE, BUT STARTED PRE-MED AT LOYOLA IN NEW ORLEANS.
BECAUSE THE FLIGHT FROM MY PARENTS.
NO. HOW SHOULD I PUT THIS BRIEFLY? MY SISTER WAS TEN YEARS OLDER.
HER BOYFRIEND WAS DRAFTED TO VIETNAM.
I WAS 15 AND THE WAR HADN'T ENDED.
BUT SO I FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL IN THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF GUATEMALA IN 76 WHEN THERE WAS A 7.8 EARTHQUAKE. I GOT TO WITNESS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, ALMOST A MILLION PEOPLE HOMELESS.
SO I'VE SEEN THE WELL TO DO LIFE AND I'VE ALSO SEEN HAVING TO START HOUSING FROM SCRATCH.
PERSONALLY, I'VE EXPERIENCED UPS AND DOWNS IN MY OWN LIFE AND I'VE ENJOYED MY TIME IN CALIFORNIA.
I STARTED IN 1980 AFTER TULANE.
INSTEAD OF GOING BACKPACKING THROUGH EUROPE, I DECIDED TO RIDE A BICYCLE.
AND SO WE DIPPED THE BACK WHEEL AND MOONLIGHT BEACH WENT TO COLORADO AND TO FLORIDA.
AND I'VE BEEN CONSIDERING CARLSBAD HOME SINCE ABOUT 2011.
MY [INAUDIBLE] IS HOW I GO BY.
OF COURSE IT'S A GREEK DERIVATIVE.
THERE'S A RUSSIAN VERSION OF IT THAT OWNS THE ALKALINE CARLSBAD WATERS.
SO THERE'S SOME SORT OF FAMILY CONNECTION THERE.
BUT I HAVE SEEN LAND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MY FAMILY IN LOW INCOME HOUSING IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
I WORKED WITH HARRISON ABRAMOWITZ AND HARRISON NEW YORK CITY ON THE UNITED NATIONS.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRIEF INTRODUCTION, SIR.
AND WITH THAT, MICHAEL, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE YOU FOR THE POSITION.
LET THE RECORD SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MR. NORBY STILL ABSENT.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 19, THE SENIOR COMMISSION.
[19. MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE SENIOR COMMISSION]
AND AGAIN, THIS WAS REALLY TOUGH.SHE WAS BACK THERE A SECOND AGO.
OKAY. WELL, WITH THAT, THEN I WOULD NOMINATE SHELLY SANDER SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE. LET THE RECORD SHOW THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MR. NORBY ABSENT.
[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]
WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S IT.[02:10:03]
WE GO ON TO.THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT, I BELIEVE, RIGHT? I AM 19. WITH THAT GOING ON TO FINAL COMMENTS AND WE'LL START WITH YOU, DR.
ALL RIGHT. I WAS JUST KEEPING YOU GUYS ON YOUR TOES.
ALL RIGHT. SO I HOPE THOSE OF YOU THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAD A RESTFUL 4TH OF JULY.
SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA AND I LAST WEEK GOT TO WELCOME OUR CONGRESSMAN AT THE HOPEFULLY SOON VETERANS PARK. I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE HAS ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR FUNDS FOR FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND THEN THE NEW VILLAGE ARTS OPENING WAS ON THE SEVENTH, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING.
AND THEN TGIF, OF COURSE, I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTRODUCE THE BAND.
THERE IT WAS. IT'S ALWAYS THE ENERGY IS AMAZING.
AND THERE WERE QUITE A FEW FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, ESPECIALLY YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, THE MAYOR AND I DID, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DIVE REALLY DEEP INTO CONVERSATION SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE PUT TOGETHER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WE WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDED A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES AND I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL.
YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE CITY WEBSITE, BUT THERE WERE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES THAT THE MAYOR AND I WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK ON, WHICH WILL BE FILLED IN WITH AN ACTION PLAN AND HOPEFULLY THEN WE'LL BE PRESENTED TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AFTER WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT.
THE OTHER PIECE OF IT WAS JUST LEARNING FROM OUR ECONOMIC SECTOR A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND CVA, WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE THAT CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE BUSINESS INDUSTRY.
AND SO THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE PLAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON, WHETHER IT'S TALENT PIPELINE AND WORKING ON ADDRESSING THAT FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR JUST HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN OTHER AVENUES, WHETHER THAT'S MOBILITY OR HOUSING, ETC.? SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT DURING THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE NCTDS NEXT WEEK AND THEN I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE THE SANDAG JOINT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING ON FRIDAY.
I DO THEM BY PHONE EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
AND I ALWAYS SAY, LIKE, PLAN EARLY.
CALL ME THE THURSDAY BEFORE EVERY SINGLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON I'M AVAILABLE, AND IF I'M ALREADY ON THE LINE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, I WILL CALL PEOPLE BACK SO THEY JUST HAVE TO LEAVE ME A MESSAGE. SO OFFICE HOURS FOR ME ARE THURSDAY.
ALL THE INFORMATION'S ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
I KNOW OTHERS HAVE OFFICE HOURS AND WAYS TO REACH THEM AS WELL.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, MOST LIKELY NEXT MONTH, I THINK.
THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE IS KIND OF THE BIGGER ONE.
LET ME JUST MOVE THAT TO SAY BRIEFLY.
CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE JUST CELEBRATED ONE YEAR OF BEING IN OPERATION.
AND A YEAR AGO IN JUNE, WE LAUNCHED CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE AND IT STARTED PROVIDING THE SERVICES FOR ALL OF CARLSBAD AS WELL AS THE OTHER CITIES IN OUR JPA.
WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL. WE ARE SAVING CUSTOMERS MONEY AND WE HAVE CLEANER, GREENER ENERGY SOURCES.
[02:15:02]
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED.WE ALSO ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME OTHER CITIES TO THE JPA AND THE JPA IS GROWING.
IN FACT, ONCE ALL THE DEALS GET SIGNED, IT LOOKS LIKE BY THIS TIME IN ABOUT A YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATES IN THE NUMBER SEVEN, SEVENTH LARGEST IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR WORK ON THAT.
AND LASTLY, THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE COUNCIL MET THIS MORNING.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES, AND I JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT TO THE COUNCIL.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE BROWN ACT.
WE BROUGHT THAT TO THE COUNCIL TO ADD TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM THAT WE WANTED MORE FLEXIBILITY USING THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS PROVEN ITSELF TO BE WORKABLE FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
BUT SOMEHOW DURING THE THE PROCESS, GOING THROUGH COMMITTEES AND HAVING DIFFERENT PEOPLE SAY WHAT THEY WANTED TO ADD TO THE BILL, THE BILLS, THERE WERE THERE WERE TWO OR THREE OF THEM. THESE BILLS BECAME KIND OF FRANKENSTEIN'S.
SO WE ARE NOT SUPPORTING THEM.
WE'RE NEUTRAL NOW ON THOSE BILLS.
LIKE IF THEY WE WERE ALMOST IN A POSE, IF THEY FORCED US TO DO THINGS LIKE TRANSLATE ALL OF OUR MEETINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY ONLINE WHILE HAVING THEM, YOU KNOW, IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, YOU KNOW, THEY SEEMED LIKE ONEROUS ADDITIONS.
SO WE THOSE THINGS WERE REMOVED.
SO THEY TOOK THEM OUT OR EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHO HAS TO ABIDE BY THE BROWN ACT.
AND THEY TOOK THOSE THINGS OUT.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THOSE BILLS GOT THERE, GOT TO THAT POINT.
THE TWO BILLS THAT THE CITY IS SPONSORING, THE LIFEGUARD BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW OCEAN LIFEGUARDS TO BE ABLE TO MORE EASILY TRANSITION TO CITY POOL LIFEGUARDS, THAT ONE'S IN SUSPENSE AND APPROPRIATION BECAUSE OF OF A POTENTIAL COST.
BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL STILL GET PUSHED THROUGH BECAUSE WE ARE CONTRACT LOBBYISTS THAT WE WORK WITH ARE PUSHING BACK ON THE ESTIMATE FOR THE COST OF THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS A RESCUE VESSEL, OCEAN LIFESAVING RESCUE VESSEL, BILL, THAT THAT ONE IS STILL MOVING AHEAD.
AND THAT ONE WOULD NOT IT WOULD IT WOULD SAY IT WOULD NOT IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE THAT AN OCEAN SAY LIFESAVING OCEAN RESCUE VESSEL GOT IT WOULD NOT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE FIVE MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE TO SAVE A LIFE, SOMEBODY'S DROWNING, YOU NEED TO GO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN FIVE MILES AN HOUR ON YOUR LIFE RESCUE VESSEL. SO ANYWAY, THOSE TWO BILLS ARE MOVING FORWARD.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL GET THERE.
SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED AND AGAIN, I'M AVAILABLE DURING MY OFFICE HOURS FOR THE PUBLIC, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THOSE BILLS, WHY THEY'RE GOOD OR BAD, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. I LOVE THAT STUFF.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS AND OUR LOCAL AUTHORITY IN CARLSBAD BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY SEEING OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT THAT WANT TO TELL US WHAT TO DO OUTSIDE OF THEIR AUTHORITY AND ENCROACHING ON OUR AUTHORITY.
SO I'M VERY PROTECTIVE OF OUR CITY AND I THINK THAT WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND THAT IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOURISH. COULD YOU JUST TOUCH BRIEFLY AND THEN I'LL FINISH ON ON THE ONE THAT THE COUNTY IS TRYING TO PUT FORWARD ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO ISSUE A MEMO.
AND I THINK IN THE MEMO WE'RE GOING TO ELABORATE ON ALL OF THOSE REASONS WHY IT DOESN'T WORK FOR US.
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BLACKBURN. AND JUST TO CONTINUE ON.SANDAG WAS ASKED TO SUPPORT THAT BILL, AND IT BECAME A VERY LIVELY CONVERSATION THERE ALSO.
THE COUNTY REALLY HAS IT WITHIN ITS OWN RIGHT TO DO IT THROUGH A JPA.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION THERE.
AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A SPLIT VOTE ON THAT.
IT DID CARRY, BUT IT WAS LIKE A TEN EIGHT VOTE.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE ALWAYS THESE POSITIVE BILLS.
BUT THEN THERE'S OTHERS THAT WERE ASKING, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? AND THERE'S SOME OF THOSE AROUND ENERGY ALSO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
AND WHEN THEY'RE SOME OF THEM ARE EXTREMELY COMPLEX.
THURSDAY, JULY 14TH, FROM 2 TO 4 P.M., YOU MIGHT FIND MORE THAN TWO OF US AT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT PROMOTION CEREMONY, AND THAT WILL BE AT THE SAFETY TRAINING CENTER, 5750 ORION STREET.
ALSO TUESDAY, JULY 26TH, AT 3 P.M., WILL BE THE 2021 CARLSBAD CITIZEN OF THE YEAR CEREMONY.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 1200 CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE.
CITY MANAGER. ANY ANY COMMENTS? ONLY COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR APPOINTING A CAPTAIN OF OUR TEAM HERE.
AND I ALSO AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH MR. CHADWICK. THANK YOU.
AND I THINK YOU WERE JUST PROMOTED TO CO-CAPTAIN TOO, BY THE WAY.
SO YOU ALREADY GOT YOUR SECOND PROMOTION.
CONGRATULATIONS. AND THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU. OKAY, WITH THAT, WE STAND ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.