[City Council Special Meeting]
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EVERYONE, IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING DAY IN CARLSBAD, OR AT LEAST ON THE ON THE INTERSTATE.
SO HOPEFULLY THE FAMILY IS ALL HERE.
JUST A SECOND. MR. PIERSON'S COMING THROUGH THE DOOR AS WE SPEAK.
SO TODAY I'D LIKE TO CALL THE 2021 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD CEREMONY TO ORDER AND ASK THAT MR. BLACKBURN, START US OFF WITH A PLEDGE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE'RE ALL PRESENT.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL COME DOWN AND START THE INTRODUCTIONS.
SO TODAY IS REALLY AN EXCITING DAY.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN THE FAMILY COMES TOGETHER ONCE A YEAR.
AND FOR ME, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OF THE YEAR.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVEN BEFORE I WAS MARRIED, I ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO.
AND AS ANNE COULTON USED TO SAY, WE'RE ALL PART OF A FAMILY, WE'RE ALL FRIENDS.
AND SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE TWO PEOPLE.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO WALK BACK THROUGH TIME FOR A MINUTE.
AND KNOX, YOU KEEP ME HONEST HERE.
OKAY, SO DO WE REMEMBER BILL ATKINSON? OH, HAP WAS THE FIRST PERSON WITH HIS HAND IN THE AIR.
SO HE WAS OUR FIRST ELECTED MAYOR IN 1966.
AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE MAYORS HAVE APPOINTED OR AWARDED CITIZEN OF THE YEAR WITH THE TWO.
TONIGHT WILL BE 90 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY, 90 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.
SO AT THIS MOMENT, IF YOU'VE BEEN CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.
COULD YOU PLEASE RISE AND LET US RECOGNIZE YOU? SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO START OFF WITH A LITTLE HUMOR.
AND OFTEN WHEN I STUDY PAST MAYORS AND HOW THEY ACTED AND HOW THINGS GOT APPOINTED AND HOW THINGS GOT DONE, THERE WAS ALWAYS A QUESTION IN MY MIND.
BUT BUD TOLD ME, YOU CAN'T HAVE AN ELECTED PERSON BE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.
SO I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED HOW THAT HAPPENED.
BUD LEWIS, OF COURSE, WAS THE MAYOR AT THE TIME.
AND THERE'S USUALLY A COMMITTEE OF FIVE, INCLUDING THE MAYOR THAT PICKS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.
SO, KNOX, HOW DID BUDDY GET TO BE BUDDY AND BEV YET TO BE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR? WELL, BUT OF COURSE, WAS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND ONE TIME HE WAS RUNNING LATE.
SO THE FOUR OF US WHO WERE ON THE COMMITTEE DECIDED WE WOULD WE KNEW HE WAS IN HIS LAST TERM.
BUT WE HAD PROPOSED BUD AND BEVERLY FOR CITIZENS AT THE YEAR.
WELL, WHEN BUD ARRIVED, WE ANNOUNCED THAT THE FOUR OF US HAD AS A MAJORITY HAD ELECTED HIM.
SO, ANYWAY, WE MADE HIM CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AND I ACTUALLY BROKE DOWN IN TEARS. BUT IT WAS WELL DESERVED, AS MOST OF YOU OLD TIMERS ESPECIALLY KNOW WELL.
HE SERVED THE CITY FOR SO MANY YEARS.
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EVERYONE. SO BUD TOLD ME ABOUT THIS GUY THAT HAD A SIGN IN HIS YARD AND IT SAID, LET'S RETIRE BUD LEWIS WHILE HE CAN STILL FEED HIMSELF.SO ANYWAY IT'S TONIGHT IT'S I WANT TO INTRODUCE ALSO THOSE WHO ARE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT HELPED PICK CITIZEN OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR. AND IT'S LIKE KNOX SAID HE USED TO BE ACTUALLY ON MY COMMITTEE AT ONE POINT IN TIME WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED MAYOR.
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN FOUR OTHERS WHO'VE SERVED WITH THE STANDING MAYOR TO PICK THE RECIPIENTS.
SO TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED ME IN QUITE OFTEN.
SO IT'S REALLY OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS.
IT'S NOT JUST THE MAYOR WHO'S PICKING A FRIEND OR SOMEONE ELSE, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY OF THE 90 SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE LIST, ALMOST 60 OR 70 OF THEM I KNEW PERSONALLY AND HAVE BEEN FRIENDS OF MINE.
SO I'VE BEEN REALLY HONORED OVER THE YEARS TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK WITH SO MANY PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL OF US THAT MAKE THIS CITY WHAT IT IS TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET TO THIS POINT IN OUR LIVES.
YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON VACATION.
SO MOVING AHEAD, IF LISA, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, I WANT TO SAY A FEW KIND WORDS ABOUT YOU.
OKAY. SO UNDER LISA'S LEADERSHIP, THE FOUNDATION, THE LAGOON FOUNDATION HAS RECEIVED MANY HONORS, INCLUDING BEING NAMED THE NUMBER ONE NATURE CENTER IN CALIFORNIA BY BEST THINGS IN CALIFORNIA.
LISA SERVED 12 YEARS ON THE CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES STARTING IN 2002 WITH TWO YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. SHE CHAIRS THE BOARD AND SERVES AS THE FUND DEVELOPMENT CHAIR FOR HOSPICE OF NORTH COAST.
SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE NORTH COUNTY PHILANTHROPIC COUNCIL PROGRAMS COMMITTEE AND A MEMBER OF SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL IN OCEANSIDE AND IN CARLSBAD. NEXT PAGE.
QUARTER OF THE CARLSBAD HIGH NOON ROTARY CLUB.
AND CURRENT MEMBER OF THAT CLUB.
SHE ALSO SERVED AS CO-CHAIR FOR THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GREEN BUSINESS COMMITTEE AND WAS A FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER IN 2019.
LISA WAS NAMED WOMAN OF THE YEAR BY STATE SENATE DISTRICT 36.
LISA ATTENDED THE CARLSBAD CITIZENS ACADEMY AND HAS SERVED IN LEADERSHIP ROLES.
THE PTA AND SCHOOL SITE COUNCILS.
AND HAVE YOU EVER BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AN HOA? THAT'S WORSE THAN BEING MAYOR.
SO WITH THAT, I SALUTE YOU, LISA.
AND WITH UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO OUR WONDERFUL CITY, WE CONGRATULATE YOU AS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
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YOU USE THIS ONE. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, JEFF. AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, THE COMMITTEE.
AND I'M JUST SO HONORED AND HUMBLED TO BE HERE IN ALL OF ALL OF YOU PAST RECIPIENTS.
AND WHEN I LOOK OUT THERE AND I SEE ALL OF YOUR FACES AND I KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER, HOW MUCH WE VOLUNTEERED TOGETHER, HOW YOU STOOD BY MY SIDE, WHETHER IT WAS FOR A SWIMMING POOL OR IT WAS A PTA FUNDRAISER OR EVEN WASHING CARS SO THAT WE COULD TAKE THE WATER POLO TEAM OVER TO HUNGARY, ALL THE WAY TO THIS BEAUTIFUL FOUNDATION THAT WE ARE GROWING TOGETHER IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
THANK YOU TO MY DONORS, MY VOLUNTEERS, MY MEMBERS MAKE IT HAPPEN.
MY AMAZING COLLEAGUES STAND UP.
I LOVE THIS WOMAN NAMED ONE OF 40 UNDER 40.
HI, MOM. I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE IN TVLAND OVER THERE IN FLORIDA.
MY BROTHER, WHO IS OVER IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, ALSO GAVE ME A SHOUT OUT.
AND MY SON IS IN ITALY WITH HIS WIFE, IRIS.
SO HELLO, EVERYBODY OUT IN THE WORLD.
I CAN'T DO ANY OF THIS WORK WITHOUT ALL OF THEM.
AND WE ARE DOING SUCH GREAT WORK THERE.
AND IF NOBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO THE PACIFIC HOUSE, I SUGGEST YOU DO THAT.
IT'S AMAZING. MY HOPE IN WARRIORS.
THEY STARTED WITH ME, AND THEY'RE STILL HERE WITH ME.
ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT AGUA HEDIONDA.
MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY THERE, SPENCER OVER THERE AND MY BEAUTIFUL HUSBAND, TERRELL.
SORRY. AND LOIS, WHO I MET WHEN SPENCER WAS JUST SIX MONTHS OLD.
SHE WAS THE ONLY OTHER PERSON AT THE WHOLE PLACE THAT WASN'T IN BLACK.
WE WERE IN LA AND IT WAS EVERYBODY WAS IN BLACK EXCEPT FOR I WAS IN PASTELS.
AND SHE WAS IN RED AND WHITE AND.
SO MANY EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS.
AND MY SUPPORT TEAM FROM POLISH IMAGES IS HERE.
MY JAZZ ARE BABES AT 530 IN THE MORNING.
I EVEN SEE MIKE METZ, WHO IS ALWAYS HERE DOING ALL SORTS OF AMAZING THINGS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MIKE AND CINDY.
AND A COACH AND AN INSPIRING HUMAN.
KELLY CARDENAS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
FELLOW RECIPIENT, JEFF SIEGEL.
I WAS NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, THANKS TO YOUR NOMINATION.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DID THIS NOMINATION.
IT'S NOT HARD TO THINK ABOUT WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO VOLUNTEER IN AN AMAZING CITY LIKE THIS.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU ONE QUICK STORY ABOUT HOW GREAT THIS CITY IS, JUST IN CASE.
EVERYBODY RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU KNOW TIP TOP MEETS.
JOHN CALLED ME AND SAID, MY FLAGPOLE IS BROKEN.
AND HE SAID, OH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
HE DOESN'T LIKE TO BE ON HIGH LADDERS.
I GOT TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING.
AND HE GOES, I'M NOT SURE I COULD DO THAT.
AND ONE OF MY BOARD MEMBERS WAS THERE AND HE SAID, I HAVE A 28 FOOT LADDER, I'M ON IT.
YOU GOT THIS? I SAID, OK, BUT IT'S 50 FEET.
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WE NEED A CHERRY PICKER.SO WE START RESEARCHING CHERRY PICKERS.
$550 LATER TO HAVE A CHERRY PICKER THERE.
THIS IS NOT AN OPTION WE CAN ACTUALLY ADDRESS.
A COUPLE OF DAYS GO BY AND I'M THINKING, HOW AM I GOING TO FIX THIS THING? AND WE HAVE OUR CENTER RIGHT THERE ON CANNON ROAD.
AND AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE WENT BY AND I SAID.
I WONDER IF THE FIREMEN DO THIS SORT OF STUFF.
HEY, MAYOR, DOES THE CITY FIRE PEOPLE EVER GO OUT AND DO COMMUNITY SERVICE? AND HE GOES, I DON'T KNOW.
SO HE GOES OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HE GOES, I DON'T KNOW.
AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, THE FIREMEN ARE OUT THERE, THE POLE IS FIXED, AND WE DID IT.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU VOLUNTEER HERE AT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
AND I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLANNING OUR GALA AT AGUA HEDIONDA AND I SUGGEST YOU ALL COME BECAUSE IT'S SUPER COOL. AND THE PERSON WHO'S HEADING UP THE DECORATIONS IS NONE OTHER THAN A HOPE ELEMENTARY PTA PRESIDENT. I DIDN'T KNOW IT WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER AND SHE'S LIKE, AND ONCE WE DO THESE, I'M GOING TO REPURPOSE THEM TO THE MONSTER MASH BACK AT HOPE ELEMENTARY.
AND I WAS LIKE, YES, THIS IS FULL CIRCLE.
I LOVE IT. SO JUST REMEMBER, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THE FRIENDS OF YOUR LIFE, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT LIFT YOU UP. BUT IT ALL HAPPENS HERE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, AND I'M VERY HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY, AND I COULD NOT DO THAT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THAT MAN, TERRY RODMAN.
TERRELL AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THE SWIMMING POOL MOTIVATED MY SON TO GET BACK DOWN HERE.
AND HE IS NOW SPENCER RODMAN, HEAD COACH AT CARLSBAD HIGH SCHOOL AND HIS BEAUTIFUL GIRLFRIEND, JANIE, WHO, BY THE WAY, I GOT TO DRIVE HER DAD'S BENTLEY CONVERTIBLE HERE TODAY.
ANYWAY. I'LL TURN THE MIC OVER TO THE MAYOR.
IS THIS STILL ON? BATTERY DIED.
WHO'S RATHER NEW TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO TONIGHT IT'S MY HONOR TO ALSO RECOGNIZE JEFF AS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.
JEFF SERVED AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER FOR 14 YEARS, ACTING AS CHAIR FOR THREE OF THEM.
HE SERVED FROM 1998 TO 2006 AND THEN WAS REAPPOINTED IN 2014 FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX YEARS.
HE WAS APPOINTED BY THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL TO SERVE ON THE ENVISION CARLSBAD CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH THE CITIZEN'S KEY PLANNING, VISION AND PRINCIPLES. AND THIS WAS BACK IN 2010 AND CURRENTLY SITS ON THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL RECOMMEND ADJUSTMENTS TO ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST IMPORTANT PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
HE HAS SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND I WANT TO JUST HESITATE THERE.
I MEAN, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS ON MANY DIFFERENT BOARDS? I KNOW I HAVE HAD THE HONOR MORE THAN ONCE IN MY LIFE TO DO THAT.
AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REAL HONOR.
I MEAN, ALMOST BECOMES A FULL TIME JOB.
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AS PART OF HIS WORK WITH THE CHAMBER.JEFF CHAIRED A COMMUNITY BUSINESS EMERGENCY RESPONSE INITIATIVE THAT HELD WORKERS FOR HELD WORKSHOPS FOR CARLSBAD, SAN MARCOS, OCEANSIDE AND VISTA BUSINESSES.
JEFF IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD INAUGURAL CITIZEN'S POLICE ACADEMY AND IS A SECTOR CHIEF FOR COMMERCIAL FACILITIES FOR INFRAGARD, A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT ASSISTS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, REPORTING AND PROTECTION.
HE'S CO-FOUNDER THE READY CARLSBAD BUSINESS ALLIANCE, A JOINT PROJECT OF THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND THE CARLSBAD BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
HE IS PRESIDENT ELECT THE CARLSBAD HIGH NOON ROTARY CLUB, A BOARD MEMBER OF STEP BEYOND A CREATIVE YOUTH SERVICE ORGANIZATION BASED IN ESCONDIDO. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE IN THE NEXT GENERATION, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO RESEARCH ALL THE GOOD THAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND HE SERVES AS DEAN ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN MARCOS. JEFF ALSO HELPED THE CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ESTABLISH A TRAFFIC MITIGATION IMPROVEMENTS AT RIVER OAKS ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CITIZENS PLANNING COMMITTEE.
JEFF HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
HE TRULY APPRECIATE APPRECIATES OUR APPRECIATION.
IS THIS KARAOKE TIME THAT YOU'RE NOT SINGING? YOU WANT TO HOLD OUT THE MIC? YEAH.
OKAY. JEFF, YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? SURE. I'LL TRY TO BE SHORTER THAN LISA.
SO, MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M DEEPLY HONORED TO HAVE THIS RECOGNITION IN CARLSBAD.
AND WHY? BECAUSE THIS CITY IS SO EASY TO VOLUNTEER IN AND TO WORK AND TO CONTRIBUTE AND TO BREAK YOUR FLASH UNIT ON THE BULLETPROOF GLASS HERE.
LAURA AND I, MY WIFE, MY DAUGHTER KATE, MY SON ROBERT.
WE LIVED IN NORTHRIDGE FOR THE NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE.
AND I WAS INVOLVED IN SO MANY ACTIVITIES IN LA, THE LA JUNIOR CHAMBER, WHICH I WAS PRESIDENT, THE LA OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT, OF WHICH I WAS PRESIDENT, THE AREA CHAMBER.
AND LAURA AND I COULD NOT WAIT TO GET OUT OF LA AND TO COME DOWN TO A COMMUNITY SUCH AS CARLSBAD.
I WANTED TO LOOK AT POWAY BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS.
THE WIFE ALWAYS WINS THAT ARGUMENT.
CARLSBAD. THE THING THAT ATTRACTED US TO CARLSBAD WAS THE SCHOOLS.
AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BURBANK, AND THEY HAD THEIR OWN MUNICIPAL POLICE AND FIRE SERVICE.
AND IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE LIVING IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES.
IT WAS ALSO THE LIBRARIES AND THE SCHOOL AND THE THE PARKS AND ALL OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS CITY THAT WE NEVER HAD UP IN LA AND IT WAS A SMALL BEACH TOWN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED.
WE LOVED THE IDEA THAT WE COULD MOVE INTO A SMALL BEACH COMMUNITY.
MIKE COUSE WE SERVED ON THE ENVISION CARLSBAD COMMUNITY VISION PLAN, AND I'M SORRY, I'M KIND OF TURNING MY BACK TO OUR COUNCIL AS WELL AND MY COUNCIL PERSON HERE, BUT TRYING TO ADDRESS EVERYONE AND ENVISION CARLSBAD.
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ONE OF THE LAST MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, JIM FARLEY, WHO WAS A MEMBER, AND DAVID LLOYD FROM NRG, WHO WAS A MEMBER, AND AND ALSO JEANNIE WAS A MEMBER OF THAT.WE WANTED THAT BEACH TOWN FEELING.
AND THE DEBATE WENT ON BACK AND FORTH.
AND JIM SAID, IT'S A SMALL TOWN BECAUSE IT'S NEAR THE BEACH AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
SO THEY WERE DEBATING, BUT REALLY THEY BOTH WERE ANSWERING THE SAME QUESTION.
WE LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN WITH THESE LARGE COMMUNITY AMENITIES AND WE NEED BOTH.
AND THAT REALLY STRUCK ME AND TO PROVE MY POINT, TWO NIGHTS LATER, WE WENT TO ENCINITAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY THAT, BUT WE WENT THERE FOR DINNER.
AND WHO WAS SITTING NEXT TO US WITH JIM FARLEY AND HIS WIFE? AND I SAID, THIS PROVES IT.
AND TODAY OR YESTERDAY AFTER ROTARY, I GO TO COSTCO AND COMMISSIONER ANDERSON IN THE BACK WITH THE SUNGLASSES WAS THERE AND ERIC LODGE, TWO MEMBERS OF OUR CLUB.
NOW I KNOW WHERE HIGH NOON ROTARY GOES AFTER ROTARY AFTER OUR MEETINGS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT.
SO I'M HONORED TO TO BE PART OF IT, TO HAVE PARTICIPATED AND CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CARLSBAD.
LISA. I'M JUST HONORED TO BE WITH YOU TODAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
I WAS WATCHING YOU AND YOU STARTED TO GO.
BUT YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH, AND ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS THAT NEED NEED THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE LAGOON.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT.
SO THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE MIC OVER.
OK. I WISH TO THANK EVERYONE AND LET'S HAVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE YEAR.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES.
DO ANY OF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? PETER, START WITH YOU.
I'VE KNOWN BOTH THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR A LONG TIME AND THE REMARKS THAT WERE MADE IN TERMS OF CHRONICLING THEIR VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES, IT JUST SCRATCHES THE SURFACE.
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE DONE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE EVENTS AND JUST DAY TO DAY LIFE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, PUTTING TEAMS TOGETHER, DELIVERING SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH.
THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU'LL KEEP ON GOING.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS COMMUNITY IF YOU LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU.
AND I THINK I'LL SELFISHLY SAY WELCOME TO THE CLUB.
I JUST WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO JEFF AND LISA.
IF THERE'S EVER AN ISSUE, THE FLAG ISSUE OR ANY OTHER ISSUE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE SEE THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR OUR SKILLS AS BUSINESS PEOPLE OR AS PARENTS TO STEP IN WITH THE PTA OR OR OTHER THINGS TO STEP IN AND HELP FILL THAT NEED.
AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT'S A CARLSBAD VALUE, IS VOLUNTEERING AND HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS.
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THANK YOU. BECAUSE I KNOW SO MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THAT, CONTINUE TO DO THAT.I SEE MANY FRIENDS IN THE AUDIENCE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
THANKS. SO FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH JEFF AND LISA.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE BOTH OF YOU HERE.
I KNOW YOU'VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME DEDICATING YOUR, I GUESS, VOLUNTEER HOURS RIGHT TO THIS COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK OUR PATHS HAVE CROSSED PREVIOUSLY IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT BEING ABLE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU IN YOUR CAPACITY NOW, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND LEARN FROM BOTH OF YOU IN TERMS OF HOW YOU BOTH SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, I KNOW IT'S TO YOUR TEAM AS WELL.
SO THANKS. AND HATS OFF TO YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THAT.
AND JEFF, YOU'RE EVER ENDING KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY IS REALLY INSPIRING.
I THINK JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE IN CONVERSATION IT CAN GO ON FOR HOURS AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CITY.
IT REALLY SHOWS HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THIS CITY.
SO TO BOTH OF YOU, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
IT'S NICE THAT WE HAVE THIS RECOGNITION BECAUSE BOTH JEFF, LISA, WE'VE CROSSED PATHS SO MANY TIMES THROUGH THE YEARS IN ALL YOUR DIFFERENT ROLES. AND AFTER A WHILE, I JUST TAKE IT FOR GRANTED AND JUST FIGURE THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY DO.
BUT ONCE WE HAVE THIS RECOGNITION AND WE CAN CALL YOU UP AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S ENLIGHTENING AND IT'S NICE AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE DO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
AND AFTER A WHILE, THAT'S JUST WHO THEY ARE.
AND AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE CITIZENS OF THE YEAR AWARDS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST JEFF AND LISA.
IT'S YEAR AFTER YEAR WHEN WE CALL PEOPLE UP AND SAY ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY'VE DONE.
OH, MY GOODNESS, I COULD START RIGHT NOW AND NEVER CATCH UP TO WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR HONORING CITIZENS OF THE YEAR EACH YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING TODAY.
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE THE CEREMONIAL PART OF IT.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO STEP OUTSIDE.
AND WE WE DO HAVE REFRESHMENTS.
SO WITH THAT AGAIN, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
ALSO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.