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TO ORDER AND PLEASE TAKE A ROLL.
[CALL TO ORDER]
THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND LET'S START WITH THE PLEDGE.MR. NORBY, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? THANK YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE, FACE THE FLAG AND JOIN ME IN SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES MOVE.APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES DATED AUGUST 16, 2022, AND THE MINUTES DATED AUGUST 16, 2022.
SECOND ONE IS THE REGULAR MEETING? SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.
THANK YOU, AND NEXT IS PRESENTATIONS.
[PRESENTATIONS]
COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA, WILL YOU PLEASE DO THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECOGNITION OF CONSTITUTION WEEK? YES, IT'S MY PLEASURE.I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JACKIE [INAUDIBLE] TO THE PODIUM WHILE I READ THE PROCLAMATION.
JACKIE IS THE REGION OF THE SANTA MARGARITA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND I WILL PROCEED TO READ THE PROCLAMATION, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL.
THIS IS A PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD FOR CONSTITUTION WEEK SEPTEMBER 17 TO 23, 2022, AND IT READS WHEREAS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE GUARDIAN OF OUR LIBERTIES AND BOTTLES, EMBODIES THE PRINCIPLES OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT IN A REPUBLIC DEDICATED TO RULE BY LAW AND WHEREAS, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022, MARKS THE 235TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE 1787 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, AND WHEREAS, IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO ACCORD OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THIS MAGNIFICENT DOCUMENT, ITS MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY, AND TO THE PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS WHICH WILL COMMEMORATE IT, AND WHEREAS, PUBLIC LAW 915 GUARANTEES THE ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK.
NOW, THEREFORE, I COUNCILMEMBER TERESA ACOSTA ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17 TO 23, 2022, AS CONSTITUTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE], AND NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
AMERICA'S MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO THE TENACITY OF AMERICANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY TO MAINTAIN THEIR LIBERTIES, FREEDOMS AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS. CONSTITUTION WEEK IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY DURING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23 TO COMMEMORATE ITS HISTORY, IMPORTANCE AND BRING ATTENTION TO HOW WELL IT STILL SERVES US TODAY.
IN 1929, DAR CONSTITUTION HALL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WAS BUILT IN TRIBUTE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND IN IN 1955, THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PETITIONED CONGRESS TO SET ASIDE SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD ANNUALLY TO BE DEDICATED TO THE CELEBRATION OF OBSERVANCE OF OUR GREAT CONSTITUTION.
THE AIMS OF CONSTITUTION WEEK ARE TO EMPHASIZE TO EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROTECTING AND DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION TO INFORM OUR CITIZENS THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS THE BASIS FOR OUR AMERICA'S GREAT HERITAGE AND THE FOUNDATION OF OUR WAY OF LIFE, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF HISTORICAL EVENTS THAT LED TO THE FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION IN SEPTEMBER 1787 , AND ADDITIONALLY, BELLS ACROSS AMERICA IS ALSO AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE SIGNING OF THE CONSTITUTION.
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SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1787.SO PLEASE JOIN THE CELEBRATION RING BELLS ON SEPTEMBER 17TH FOR ONE MINUTE AT 4 P.M.
EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME OR 1 P.M.
PACIFIC TIME TO HERALD THE BEGINNING OF THE COMMEMORATIVE WEEK.
YES, THANK YOU, AND TO THE PODIUM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND INVITE MISS KIM YOUNG, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND BEFORE I HAND IT OFF TO YOU FOR SOME WORDS I'D LIKE TO SHARE, I'M SURE WE'VE HAD VARIOUS TYPES OF DISASTERS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, WHETHER IT'S WILDFIRE, EARTHQUAKE, OTHER, AND IT'S REALLY I'M REALLY GRATEFUL WE'RE IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD WITH THE LEADERSHIP, OF COURSE, OF OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR, BUT OF COURSE, WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS WHO KEEP US SAFE IN ANY SORT OF CIRCUMSTANCE, AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ OUR PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THIS YEAR, CARLSBAD CITIZENS AND CALIFORNIAN RESIDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS DISASTERS RANGING FROM THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC TO MAJOR EARTHQUAKES AND DEVASTATING WILDLAND FIRES, RESULTING IN DAMAGES COSTING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND WHEREAS, CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES AGAIN CONTINUE TO ENGAGE NUMEROUS LARGE SCALE AND DEVASTATING WILDFIRES ACROSS THE STATE THIS YEAR, AND WHEREAS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS THAT HEIGHTEN THE IMPORTANCE OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, AND WHEREAS, SHOULD UNSAFE SPARK PRODUCING OR FIRE PRACTICES BE WITNESSED DURING HOT, HIGH WIND DAYS, WE ASK RESIDENTS TO REPORT SUCH PRACTICES TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS ARE TAKEN TO MITIGATE THE HAZARD, AND WHEREAS, THE LOSS OF LIFE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND ECONOMIC LOSS CAN BE GREATLY REDUCED IF APPROPRIATE. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MEASURES ARE TAKEN BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER A MAJOR EMERGENCY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I COUNCILMEMBER PRIYA BHAT-PATEL, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2022 AS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND WITH THAT.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND GOOD EVENING.
I'M KIM YOUNG. I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND WHAT THAT MEANS HERE IN CARLSBAD.
SO THE PURPOSE OF NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IS TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES THAT CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME, AND IT'S IMPORTANT WE RECOGNIZE THE NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH EACH SEPTEMBER BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS THREATS AND HAZARDS THAT TO CARLSBAD AND TO OUR REGION, FOR EXAMPLE, WILDLAND FIRE, FLOOD, EARTHQUAKE, CYBER ATTACKS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S NOT JUST IN SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT JUST IN SEPTEMBER THAT WE FOCUS ON AND RECOGNIZE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
WHEN I SAY WE, IT'S THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF CARLSBAD.
WE HAVE ALL COMMITTED TO THIS YEAR LONG, CONTINUOUS EFFORT OF PREPAREDNESS, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, CARLSBAD, WE'RE COMPREHENSIVELY PREPARED FOR THE HIGHEST LEVEL THREATS AND HAZARDS THAT WE MAY FACE AS A CITY OR AS A REGION.
SO ALLOW ME NOW TO ILLUSTRATE A FEW CAPABILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT DEMONSTRATE OUR PREPAREDNESS AND STARTING WITH THE NUMEROUS CITYWIDE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS TO INCLUDE OUR RIGOROUS TRAINING AND EXERCISE PROGRAM AN INTEGRATED PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM ARE EXHAUSTIVE EMERGENCY PLANNING EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AND, OF COURSE, OUR CITY'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER BUT ALSO WE HAVE NUMEROUS PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS THAT NOT ONLY STRENGTHEN, BUT THEY ENHANCE OUR PREPAREDNESS. EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE OUR CARLSBAD CERT TEAMS PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AS WELL AS COLLABORATION WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS, AND THEN FINALLY, AS EVIDENT HERE TONIGHT, THE SUPPORT OF CITY HALL, INCLUDING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY STAFF, THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION THAT CONTRIBUTES TO OUR OVERALL PREPAREDNESS, AND SO THESE AMONG MANY OTHER FACTORS, THIS CONTRIBUTES TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS HERE IN CARLSBAD.
SO IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CITY OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN ISSUING THIS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH PROCLAMATION. IT'S CERTAINLY A WORTHY EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE THIS EVERY YEAR, AND IT DEMONSTRATES CARLSBAD'S CONTINUOUS
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DEDICATION TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
I WAS ASKED TO READ THE FOLLOWING.THE BROWN ACT ALLOWS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEMS. 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.
NO ACTION CAN OCCUR ON THESE ITEMS. WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS WILL HELP MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND THAT THIS CHAMBER IS A PLACE WHERE ALL POINTS OF VIEW ARE WELCOMED AND RESPECTED, AND PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. YES, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MARY LUCID, FOLLOWED BY TYLER QUARRY.
CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT SENIORS.
I AM COMING FROM VISTA SENIOR CENTER WHERE THEY ARE NOW SERVING SALAD PER CHARLIE BRAND OF THE COUNTY, BUT NOT IN CARLSBAD.
IT SEEMS THAT IN CARLSBAD, EVERY TIME THERE'S A CHANGE OF SENIOR CENTER MANAGERS, THERE'S NO OVERSIGHT AS TO CONTINUITY AND BUILDING UP, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING UP GAMES, BUILDING UP ATTENDANCE.
KARAOKE IS POPULAR WITH SENIORS, BUT NOBODY AT THE CARLSBAD SENIOR CENTER IS CONCERNED ABOUT ANYTHING BUT MONEY. THEY EVEN CHARGE $5 FOR SENIORS TO PAINT A ROCK.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SCOTT CHADWICK, ACCORDING TO HIS SALARY IN THE 300,000S.
WE HAVE A CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER AND WE HAVE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS WHO DO NOT REQUEST A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ANALYZE WITH NO PREJUDICE WHATSOEVER.
WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED? WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE AND WHY WE DON'T HAVE CONTINUITY AND I CAN'T SEE THE CLOCK.
SO TELL ME WHEN I HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT.
OH, THERE IT IS, OKAY, I CAN NOW SEE THE CLOCK.
THANK YOU. IN ANY CASE, I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL ONCE MORE.
I'VE LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY TIMES TO REQUEST A 3 TO $5000 FEASIBILITY STUDY TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY EVALUATE THE SENIOR CENTER BECAUSE IT HAS GONE TO H-E-L-L VERY MUCH SO.
UNDER THE PARK AND REC MANAGEMENT.
HALF THE PEOPLE ARE NOT COMING BACK.
IT'S NOT A WARM, WELCOMING PLACE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANY MONEY BUYING SALAD.
WHO DOESN'T WANT SENIORS TO HAVE SALAD? BUT THEY ALWAYS HAVE AN EXCUSE WHY THEY CANNOT DO SOMETHING.
WHERE IS THE MANAGEMENT? SCOTT CHADWICK, YOU'RE THE CITY MANAGER.
SO I REALIZE YOU HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS RUNNING FOR ELECTION OR BUSY WITH THINGS, BUT IF YOU CAN'T [INAUDIBLE] AND TAKE CARE OF SENIORS WHO ARE 20% OF THE POPULATION AND BUILD UP THE SENIOR CENTER OR EVEN DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL RECTIFY THAT SO I DON'T HAVE TO.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TYLER QUARRY.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
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TODAY, I SEEK TO SPEAK TO THE IMMENSE NEED FOR SAFE PARKING AREAS WITHIN OUR CITY AND THE WORK YOU ALL CAN DO.TO ADEQUATELY MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE HOUSING INSECURE, AND SO IT HAS BEEN WITH GREAT DISMAY TO SEE THAT RATHER THAN EXPANDING OVERNIGHT PARKING OPTIONS FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT.
FURTHERMORE, I'M AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION REGARDING A SAFE PARKING PROGRAM IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, MEANING THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ALREADY BE ON THE MINDS OF MANY OF YOU.
TO CONTINUE, THE CITY MUST TAKE ACTIONS ACTION AS PUT FORTH BY SAID PRESENTATION TO QUOTE AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OR MAKE A SHELTER CRISIS DECLARATION TO ALLOW A SAFE PARKING LOT PROGRAM.
THOSE WHO SPEAK ABOUT THE CRIME THAT WILL INEVITABLY COME FROM A SAFE PARKING PROGRAM ARE USING BAD FAITH ARGUMENTATION THAT MAY, IN SOME CASES, COME FROM A PLACE OF IGNORANCE AND MISUNDERSTANDING.
A REPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOWS THAT SAFE PARKING PROGRAMS, MANY WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CAN BE INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE AND SAFE WAYS TO MAKE SURE OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS CAN HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
SAFE PARKING IS NOWHERE NEAR A PERFECT SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE OF HOUSING AND SECURITY, BUT IT IS A CONCRETE STEP YOU ALL CAN TAKE TODAY OR NOT NECESSARILY TODAY, BUT TO ACTUALLY MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT DETER OH SORRY.
WILL THERE BE INEVITABLE BACKLASH TO A PROGRAM LIKE THIS? UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS ALMOST CERTAIN, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT DETER ANY ONE OF YOU FOR MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION FOR ALL OF US IN CARLSBAD PUTTING THE LIVES OF THE UNHOUSED AS A REAL PRIORITY.
HUMAN BEINGS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND THRIVE IN A SAFE SPACE, ONE WHICH IS NOT CONSTANTLY UNDER THREAT, AND YOU ALL NEED TO ACT NOW TO HELP TAKE A FIRST STEP TOWARDS LENDING A HAND TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU. NEXT IS CONSENT CALENDAR.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
DO I HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS, AND MISS ACOSTA, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES. THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING.I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF ON CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AND THE REASON IS THAT T-MOBILE IS A CLIENT OF MY COMPANY.
OKAY, ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? OKAY, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH SEVEN, NOTING COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA'S ABSTENTION ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
VOTE, PLEASE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MAYOR ABSENT AND COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA ABSTAINING FROM ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[8. AMEND THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 10.40.302 TO RESTRICT OVERNIGHTPARKING ON SURFSIDE LANE AND ISLAND WAY]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CITY MANAGER.AMEND THE CARLSBAD MUNI CODE BY ADDING SECTION 10.40.302 TO RESTRICT OVERNIGHT PARKING ON SURFSIDE LANE AND ISLAND WAY , AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I THINK I ACCIDENTALLY SAID ITEM NUMBER SEVEN; THIS IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
DURING THIS [INAUDIBLE], WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE OVERVIEW, THE RECOMMENDED ACTION, CURRENT MUNICIPAL CODE, COMMUNITY CONCERNS, CALLS FOR SERVICE OPTIONS AND THEN THE FISCAL ANALYSIS. THE CITY HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS REGARDING VEHICLES AND MOTORHOMES PARKING OVERNIGHT FOR EXTENDED PERIODS ON SURFSIDE LANE AND ISLAND WAY.
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RVS. THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS AMEND THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE 10.40.30 TO RESTRICT OVERNIGHT PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF SURFSIDE LANE NORTH OF ISLAND WAY AND BOTH SIDES OF ISLAND WAY EAST OF SURFSIDE LANE.PARKING MAY BE RESTRICTED FROM 11:00 PM TO 5 A.M..
CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO MUNICIPAL CODES RESTRICTING OVERNIGHT PARKING ON SURFSIDE LANE OR ISLAND WAY.
ON JUNE 30TH THIS YEAR, THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC DIVISION HOSTED A MEETING WITH RESIDENTS OF THE AREA AND STAFF FROM SEAPOINT RESORT MANAGEMENT.
ALL SUPPORTED RESTRICTING OVERNIGHT PARKING ON SURFSIDE LANE AND ISLAND WAY.
THE DATA WAS PRESENTED TO THE MOBILITY TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION ON AUGUST 18TH.
THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDED OPTION ONE AND THEREFORE AN ORDINANCE REFLECTING OPTION ONE AND THE CORRESPONDING RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. HERE'S A QUICK OVERVIEW FOR THE CALLS FOR SERVICE RECEIVED BY THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT BETWEEN JUNE 1ST, 2021, AND JUNE 30TH OF 2022.
THERE WERE 61 EVENTS THAT ARE DOCUMENTED IN OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM.
WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE, THE PROS WOULD BE TO REDUCE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS BY ELIMINATING OVERNIGHT PARKING IN THE AREA OF CONCERN, WHICH WOULD LIKELY REDUCE LITTERING AND ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THE AREA AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF RESTRICTING PARKING IN THIS MANNER MAY INCREASE SIMILAR PARKING ISSUES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.
THE TOTAL FISCAL ANALYSIS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNS AND POLES REQUIRED TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO PARK IN THE AREA WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $9,600 AND IT WOULD REQUIRE 32 SIGNS. THIS IS PER TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE RESTRICTING OVERNIGHT PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF SURFSIDE LANE, NORTH OF ISLAND WAY AND BOTH SIDES OF ISLAND WAY EAST OF SURFSIDE LANE BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND 5 A.M..
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TITLE IT FIRST? OH, YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 10.40.302 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH NO PARKING ZONES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF SURFSIDE LANE, NORTH OF ISLAND WAY, AND BOTH SIDES OF ISLAND WAY EAST OF CARLSBAD BOULEVARD, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11:00 PM AND 5 A.M.. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER BHAT-PATEL MADE THE SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, CITY MANAGER, PLEASE.
[9. 2022 ZONING ORDINANCE CLEANUP - VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODEAND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM]
YES, SIR. NEXT UP, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS THE 2022 ZONING ORDINANCE CLEANUP, IT'S VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR CITY PLANNER, ERIC LARDY, AND JOINING HIM IS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, JEFF MURPHY. GOOD EVENING, WE'RE PRESENTING THE 2022 ZONING ORDINANCE UP, WHICH IS A NEW RECURRING WORK PROGRAM ITEM IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.IT IS A FAIRLY COMPLETE PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THREE HOUSING PROGRAMS, AMENDMENTS TO THE CARLSBAD ZONING ORDINANCE, GRADING AND DRAINAGE ORDINANCE AND BUSINESS AND LICENSES REGULATIONS AND IS A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT.
ANY ERRORS, AMBIGUITIES OR INCONSISTENCIES ADD CLARIFICATIONS OR NEW MINOR REQUIREMENTS.
IT IS THE INTENT THAT THIS WILL OCCUR EVERY 1 TO 2 YEARS.
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ADDING EXEMPTIONS TO GRADING PERMITS FOR POOLS AND BASEMENTS, AMENDING OUR REGULATIONS FOR CHILD DAYCARE HOMES TO BRING OUR REGULATIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, AND UPDATING THE DATE WHERE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS ARE ABLE TO BE EXTENDED UNTIL.THERE WAS A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM, PUBLIC NOTICE.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT PACKAGE.
THE PROPOSED ACTION IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE TWO ORDINANCES AMENDING THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE, FIRST TITLE FIVE FOR BUSINESS LICENSES, AND THEN SECOND FOR TITLE 15 AND TITLE 21, THE GRADING AND ZONING ORDINANCES AS WHICH INCLUDES A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
OKAY, THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YOU GUYS ARE MAKING THIS WAY TOO EASY.
ANY COMMENTS? THEN I'LL MOVE THE INTRODUCTION BOTH ORDINANCES CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, AND MAYOR PRO TEM MAY I TITLE THOSE, PLEASE? I'M SORRY? MAY I TITLE THOSE, PLEASE? THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ME HONEST.
IT'S OKAY FOR THE FIRST ORDINANCE.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA.
ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE.
TITLE FIVE BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW RELATED TO CHILD DAYCARE HOMES , AND THE SECOND ORDINANCE, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA.
ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 15 GRADING AND DRAINAGE ORDINANCE AND TITLE 21 ZONING ORDINANCE TO COMPLETE VARIOUS MISCELLANEOUS CLEANUP AMENDMENTS TO THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE AMENDMENTS ALSO INCLUDE A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TEN, CITY MANAGER.
[10. CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT’S PREPARATION AND RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS]
MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.ITEM NUMBER TEN IS THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PREPARATION AND RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR POLICE CHIEF, MICKEY WILLIAMS, ALONG WITH POLICE LIEUTENANT REID SHIPLEY.
WE'RE ALSO AWARE THAT THERE'S BEEN INCIDENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THAT HAS CAUSED SOME TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT'S RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS , AND OUR INTENTION IS THROUGH THIS THOROUGH PRESENTATION TO RELAY THE SERIOUSNESS AT WHICH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN OUR DUTY TO BE PREPARED IN THE EVENT THAT A RESPONSE TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENT IS NECESSARY.
I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MY PARTNER, LIEUTENANT SHIPLEY, TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION.
SO AGAIN, OUR OBJECTIVE TODAY IS MERELY TO RELATE ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE, AS WELL AS OUR INTEGRATION AND COLLABORATION WITHIN OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO ALL WE HAVE TODAY IS FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THIS RECOMMENDATION OF US PRESENTING THIS REPORT.
FOR CLARITY SAKE, WE'RE GOING TO USE THE TERM ACTIVE SHOOTER THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION , BUT IN REALITY, THE TERM DOESN'T EXCLUSIVELY APPLY TO EVENTS INVOLVING FIREARMS. SO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER CAN BE ANY ARMED PERSON WHO HAS USED DEADLY FORCE AND CONTINUES TO USE THAT FORCE AGAINST IN AN UNRESTRICTED FASHION AGAINST OTHER VICTIMS. THE DEPARTMENT TAKES A MULTIFACETED APPROACH INTO OUR PREPARATION AND OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO THESE INCIDENTS.
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THE TRAINING THAT OFFICERS RECEIVE, THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US TO RESPOND TO THESE INCIDENTS, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AND THOSE COLLABORATIVE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.WHEN RESPONDING TO A SIGNIFICANT VIOLENT ATTACK.
WHILE A VERY COMPLICATED EVENT.
STOPPING THE KILLING BRINGS WITH IT THE VERY CLEAR AND VERY PRECISE EXPECTATION THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR OFFICERS WILL BE PREPARED TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY AND RAPIDLY TO THE LOCATION OF VIOLENCE, TO INTERVENE AND TO STOP THE ACTIONS THAT ARE CREATING MORE VICTIMS. THIS CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR OUR OFFICERS BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPECTED SOMETIMES TO BYPASS VICTIMS BECAUSE THE QUICKER AND MORE EFFECTIVELY THAT WE CAN INTERVENE, THE MORE LIVES THAT WE CAN SAVE AND THE QUICKER THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN INJURED.
THESE INCIDENTS ARE NOT RESOLVED UNTIL OUR OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY INTERVENE AND STOP.
STOP THE KILLING AND WHATEVER MEANS THAT REQUIRES.
SO ONCE OUR SHOOTER IS NO LONGER ABLE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL VICTIMS OR WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO SO WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO STOP THE SHOOTER, THE DEPARTMENT CAN TRANSITION AND BEGIN IMMEDIATELY WORKING TO PROVIDE AID AND CARE FOR THOSE VICTIMS. THE INITIAL RESPONSE IS TO SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL VICTIMS AND PROVIDE IMMEDIATE LIFESAVING INTERVENTION AND TO USE THAT INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US TO AUGMENT THOSE EFFORTS.
IN ADDITION TO OUR PHILOSOPHY OF STOP THE KILLING AND STOP THE DYING, DEPARTMENT HAS A POLICY THAT VERY CLEARLY EXPECTS OUR OFFICERS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND I WANT TO SAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS REINFORCED WITH TRAINING.
IT'S REINFORCED WITH THE CONSTANT EXPECTATIONS OF OUR PERSONNEL THAT EVEN INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR CONFIGURATION, UNDERSTAND THAT AS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO THESE ENVIRONMENTS AND PROVIDE AID.
THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PERSONNEL TO RESPOND TO THESE INCIDENTS IS CRITICAL.
ALL PERSONNEL ARE ALL SWORN PERSONNEL WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT UNDERGO REGULAR, ONGOING TRAINING.
THIS TRAINING IS ALWAYS INCLUDE DYNAMIC DECISION MAKING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS DE-ESCALATION PRINCIPLES, AND THAT'S INTERWOVEN WITH ALL OF OUR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY. THESE SKILL SETS ARE BENEFICIAL FOR US ON A DAILY OPERATIONAL PLATFORM, BUT ALSO TRANSLATE DIRECTLY INTO CRITICAL INCIDENTS IN ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE CONDUCT REGULAR ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING.
THIS TRAINING IS SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO RESPONDING TO THESE TYPE OF INCIDENTS.
WE TRAIN AT A VARIETY OF PLACES, INCLUDING COMMUNITY LOCATIONS THAT SIMULATE APARTMENT OR APARTMENT OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES, BUT ALSO WE'VE TRAINED AT SCHOOLS LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL, HOPE ELEMENTARY, AND MOST RECENTLY AT AVIARA OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE TRAINING FOCUSED ON MINDSET AND THE EXPECTATION OF RESPONSE.
IT FOCUSED ON OUR RAPID DEPLOYMENT AND THE ABILITY FOR THESE OFFICERS TO IMMEDIATELY INTERVENE.
WE SPENT SOME TIME FOCUSING ON BREACHING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO ALLOW THE ABSENCE OF KEYS OR OTHER MEANS OF GETTING INTO A LOCATION TO SLOW DOWN OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE AID AND TO INTERVENE IN THESE INCIDENTS.
WE ALSO WORK THROUGH MEDICAL AID, AND THIS HAS BEEN A BIG TRANSITION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE WITHIN THESE INCIDENTS, IS TRAINING OFFICERS TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE LIFESAVING INTERVENTION FOR TRAUMATIC INJURIES AND ALLOWING OUR PERSONNEL TO NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO ARRIVE ON SCENE BEFORE WE PROVIDE THAT INTERVENTION , AND WHEN DONE WELL, THAT CAN THAT CAN DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SAVING LIVES.
WE ALSO WORKED ON OUR INTEGRATION WITH CARLSBAD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RESCUE TASK FORCE WAS DEVELOPED SO THAT FIRE PERSONNEL CAN RESPOND INTO A DANGEROUS AREA WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT AND IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE AID, EVEN IN A SCENARIO WHERE A SUSPECT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY YET.
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENT FOR FIRE AND POLICE COLLABORATION, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRAINED IN OUR MOST RECENT ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING, INCLUDING HAVING THE ON DUTY FIRE PERSONNEL THAT WERE WORKING, RESPOND IN THEIR ENGINE STOP, GET OUT, DON THEIR PROTECTIVE GEAR AND RESPOND WITH US TO DYNAMIC SCENARIOS.
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AS WE SEND OUR OFFICERS INTO THESE CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS.THE DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED WITH CITY COUNCILS ASSISTANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THESE INCIDENTS FOR OUR STOP THE KILLING MISSION. EVERY OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT HAS EQUIPPED WITH A PATROL RIFLE, AS WELL AS BALLISTIC EXTRA ARMOR AS WELL AS HELMETS, AND THIS IS TO ENABLE THEM TO DEAL WITH THE HAZARDS THAT THEY'RE FACING AND TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY WITH RESPECT TO OUR MISSION TO STOP THE DYING.
EVERY OFFICER IN THE FIELD CARRIES WITH THEM AN INDIVIDUAL TOURNIQUET, AND THE VEHICLES ALSO CARRY A TRAUMA BAGS THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL LIFE SAVING AND TRAUMATIC INJURY CARE EQUIPMENT. IN ADDITION TO THESE, WE HAVE BREACHING EQUIPMENT, SPECIALIZED BREACHING EQUIPMENT, ARMORED RESCUE VEHICLES, AND A WHOLE SLEW OF ADDITIONAL VALUABLE EQUIPMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO RESPOND TO THESE INCIDENTS.
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO CARRY ON THIS MISSION.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS AN ONGOING RUN, HIDE, FIGHT TRAINING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC PLACES OF BUSINESS, PLACES OF WORSHIP AS WELL AS SCHOOLS, AND WE'VE CONDUCTED MANY, MANY OF THESE TRAININGS.
THAT TRAINING IS, LIKE I SAID, UNIVERSALLY AVAILABLE, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO DEVELOP A VIDEO PRESENTATION TO MAKE IT MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT MANY PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE TRAINING VENUES.
WE ALSO CONDUCT SITE SURVEYS, AND THESE SITE SURVEYS EXTEND TO SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PLACES OF WORSHIP, AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY LOCATIONS AND BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY, AND THEY SERVE TWO FOLD TO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE SECURITY OF A LOCATION, BUT ALSO ALLOW US TO GATHER INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE ON HOW TO EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO THOSE LOCATIONS AND THOSE SITE SURVEYS OCCUR BOTH AT PRIVATE AND CITY VENUES.
THE CITY HOSTS A VARIETY OF LARGE SCALE PUBLIC EVENTS WITHIN WITHIN ALL AREAS OF OUR CITY THAT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THE STREET FAIR AS WELL AS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS. EVERY PUBLIC EVENT IS REVIEWED BY A DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT, AND THOSE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANTS CREATE ACTION PLANS, EVENT ACTION PLANS THAT INCLUDE BOTH THE DEPARTMENT'S VISION AND GOALS AND ASSIGNED OBJECTIVES, AS WELL AS CONTINGENCY PLANS SHOULD SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT HAPPEN.
SO THEY'RE NOT THERE NECESSARILY DOING TRAFFIC CONTROL OR SOME OF THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.
THEY ARE THERE SOLELY TO RESPOND TO AN EVENT LIKE THIS AND PROVIDE AID WHEN NECESSARY.
WE WILL ALSO OFTEN INTEGRATE CARLSBAD FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL BEFORE THE EVENT EVEN OCCURS SO THAT THEY ARE ON SCENE AS WELL TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR US FOR A VARIETY OF RESPONSES. WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR PARTNERS, BOTH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WITHIN THE CITY.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESCUE TASK FORCE HAS BEEN FOUNDATIONAL FOR OUR PLANNED RESPONSE TO THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS, AND WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH BODY ARMOR AND HELMETS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE OFFICERS WEAR SO THAT THEY ARE BETTER PROTECTED RESPONDING, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED OUR OFFICERS WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE INJURIES.
WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH THE SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES WITHIN CARLSBAD.
WE PRESENTED LAST NIGHT AT THE CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE, AND I SPOKE WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENTS TO CONTINUE THIS RELATIONSHIP AND TO CONTINUE MOVING IN A DIRECTION WHERE WE CAN ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO AUGMENT THAT RELATIONSHIP AND OUR RESPONSE TO CAMPUSES.
ONE FURTHER THING TO DISCUSS AS FAR AS OUR PREPARATION IS SCHOOL THREAT PROTOCOLS.
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THREATS WITHIN WITHIN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.THE DEPARTMENT TAKES EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL THREAT SERIOUSLY.
WE RUN THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROTOCOL, REGARDLESS OF HOW INSIGNIFICANT IT MAY SEEM.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF APPROACHES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HANDLE IT WELL AND THAT THERE'S REDUNDANCY TO ENSURE THAT WHEN OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF RETURN TO CAMPUS, THEY CAN DO SO WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THEY CAN LEARN IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
WITH THAT, WE'D LIKE TO OFFER OUR APPRECIATION TO THIS COUNCIL.
THE INVESTMENT IN TRAINING OF OUR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO THESE INCIDENTS IS SECOND TO NONE IN MY AWARENESS, AND I'M GREATLY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN A CITY WHERE WE CAN DO THAT, AND WE'D LIKE TO JUST PRESENT THIS TO BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC IN HOPES THAT IT HELPS TO INFORM THEM OF THEIR DEPARTMENT'S PREPAREDNESS.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.
I'LL JUST OFFER SOME COMMENTS.
FIRST OF ALL, APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND GALS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND AS I WAS BRIEFED ON THIS SUBJECT, I WAS JUST REALLY THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE CURRENT EVENTS OR SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST MAYBE DECADE IN CARLSBAD, AND THE PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME WAS YOUR 80 SOME ODD PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU'VE DONE IN 3400 PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN PART OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS, AS WELL AS THE EFFORT TO GET IT ON VIDEO.
SO IT'S EASILY ACCESSED BECAUSE AS I YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEARD THAT, I WAS REALLY YEAH, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW HOW THESE INCIDENTS ARE GOING TO ROLL OUT, BASICALLY, AND MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH IT ARE BEFORE THE POLICE OFFICER GETS THERE.
RIGHT. SO IT WOULD BE A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE, CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE, A NEIGHBOR, SOMEBODY IN A BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, AND THAT TRAINING THAT GOES ON WITH OUR COMMUNITY IS SO, SO IMPORTANT. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND EMPHASIZE THAT.
DR. BHAT-PATEL, PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTION.
YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I KNOW I GOT A SNEAK PREVIEW YESTERDAY DURING OUR CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE MEETING AND I KNOW I'VE RECEIVED QUITE A FEW INQUIRIES DURING THE SUMMER, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION PRESENTED FOR THE PUBLIC.
I'M SURE A LOT OF FOLKS HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS AND JUST HAVING THIS FORUM TO HAVE THAT IS GREAT.
SO A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST WHEN YOU WERE PRESENTING.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, DO WE AND I'M ASSUMING THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE WORK WITH LIKE FOR INSTANCE, OUR PRESCHOOLS, MONTESSORI, ARMY-NAVY ACADEMY, PACIFIC RIDGE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T FALL WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT THEY STILL ARE SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR CITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT FOR THE RECORD AS WELL.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, PART OF THE SITE SURVEY IS WORKING WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION CENTER.
SO IT'S SORT OF COMMONLY KNOWN AS LIKE JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE, AND THEY ASSIST WITH SOME OF SOME OF THESE RENDERINGS OF SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AFTER SCHOOLS ARE UPDATED.
FOR EXAMPLE, ST PATRICK CHURCH WENT THROUGH A SIGNIFICANT REMODEL SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
WE RECENTLY HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THEIR DIRECTOR TO CONFIRM THAT, YES, IN FACT, THOSE NEW UPDATES WERE CAPTURED AND THAT WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT OUR SURVEYS ARE UP TO DATE.
SO THAT'S A PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH FOR PACIFIC RIDGE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ONE THAT WE STILL NEED TO ACCOMPLISH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY AN AREA THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN AS WELL.
GREAT. THANK YOU, AND I KNOW I JUST WANTED TO ALSO CONFIRM YOU HAD MENTIONED YESTERDAY AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP FOR TODAY THAT YOU DO WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS, FOR INSTANCE, WITH THEIR STAFF.
SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO IS TO GET THEM TRAINED AND UP TO SPEED ON JUST WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO COOPERATE WITH OBVIOUSLY, YOU ALSO THAT, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, YOU'RE ACHIEVING THOSE TARGETS OF ENSURING THAT THERE'S AS MINIMAL DISASTER AS POSSIBLE.
THE INVESTMENT IN SCHOOLS, IN RESPONSE TO IN OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND PERSONNEL, IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO THE HEART OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS DEPARTMENT, PARTIALLY DUE TO OUR EXPERIENCE AS AN ORGANIZATION, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT, AND SPECIFICALLY WITHIN A SCHOOL
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ENVIRONMENT, ARE ATTEMPTS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON TO ENSURE THAT OFFICERS HAVE BETTER ACCESS AND QUICKER ACCESS TO THE SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS MORE READILY ACCESSIBLE ADDITIONAL LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT, AND THEN ALSO WE'RE DEVELOPING A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, AND THE CORE OF THAT IS ESSENTIALLY TO PROVIDE US WITH AS MUCH REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT RATHER THAN SEARCHING THROUGH THE SCHOOL, WE CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THE LOCATION OF INJURED PARTIES AND PROVIDE THAT LIFE SAVING AID AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
GO AHEAD AND FINISH UP WITH YOUR COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA.
I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS, ESPECIALLY AS WE WERE SEEING THINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, A LOT OF FOLKS DEFINITELY INDICATED WANTING TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I KNOW I PERSONALLY HAD REACHED OUT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND I KNOW I HAD SAT DOWN WITH THE CHIEF TO JUST LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND I'M JUST, AGAIN, VERY THANKFUL THAT WE COULD HAVE THIS PLATFORM FOR FOLKS TO JUST LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I HOPE THAT IF NEEDED, WE CAN THINK ABOUT MORE WAYS TO JUST HAVE THAT OPEN DIALOG WITH FOLKS.
BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST THE NOT KNOWING WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER, I'M SURE, IS UNSETTLING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT YOUR CHILD IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION, AND SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A SCHOOL AGE CHILD.
AND SO REALLY, REALLY THANKFUL FOR, OBVIOUSLY, THE LEADERSHIP OF YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IN CHECK TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND , AND GOD FORBID THAT EVER HAPPENED, BUT REALLY, REALLY, YOU KNOW, GLAD THAT WE HAVE YOU ALL AT THE HELM.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO PILE ON MY APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR FORESIGHT AND YOUR PROACTIVE APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO PREPARING OUR SCHOOLS, AND EVEN I KNOW IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SCHOOL CHILDREN WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS IN SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, DOING THE DRILLS, THE LOCKDOWN DRILLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, OTHER EMERGENCIES AS WELL, EARTHQUAKE AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE, AND IT'S SAD THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ACTIVE SHOOTERS AS A POSSIBILITY IN ANY ANY PUBLIC SPACE OR ANY SPACE THAT WE CONSIDER SAFE, BUT WE DO.
BECAUSE, LIKE COUNCILMEMBER BHAT-PATEL, I ALSO SAT ON THE CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE AND I WAS THERE YESTERDAY TO HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION ALONG WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS, AND I KNOW THAT THE COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT HARD WORK.
I'LL ECHO WHAT THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS SAID.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE FROM THE WAY WE ARE PREPARED.
LOOKING BACK 20 YEARS AGO, THE SITE SURVEYS THE EQUIPMENT, THE PRE-PLANNING, THE TRAINING.
OUR POLICE ARE SO MUCH MORE PREPARED TO HANDLE THESE THINGS AND MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS ARE SAFE.
ALL I CAN DO IS KEEP SAYING THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THAT WAS JUST A PRESENTATION.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY VOTES ON THIS.
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YES, SIR AND MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY, FIRST UP IS GOING TO BE OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, JASON HABER, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE UPDATE AND WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BARBARA BOSWELL.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM CITY COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS ITEM IS TO PROVIDE AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE, THE COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDING SERVICE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE CUSTOMERS IN CARLSBAD SINCE JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
AS MR. CHADWICK SAID, I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY BARBARA BOSWELL, THE CEO OF THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE, AND I WILL HAND IT OFF TO YOU MS. BOSWELL FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN AND CITY COUNCIL.
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HIGHLIGHT THOSE IN THE PRESENTATION.SO AS JASON MENTIONED, WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY IN JUNE 2022.
WE HAVE OUR BASE PRODUCT, WHICH IS FROM A MINIMUM OF 50% RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.
CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO OPT UP TO 100% RENEWABLE OVER THE COURSE OF THAT YEAR.
WE DID REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY OVER 50% AND WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SAVING CUSTOMERS NEARLY $2 MILLION WITH OUR RATES THAT WERE JUST SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN SDG&E. OUR CUSTOMERS WITH ROOFTOP SOLAR AND WHOSE SYSTEMS GENERATED MORE ELECTRICITY THAN THEY USED OVER THE COURSE OF THE 12 MONTHS, EARNED A HIGHER NET SURPLUS COMPENSATION FOR THAT EXCESS GENERATION COMPARED TO SDG&E AND FOR MOST CUSTOMERS IT WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE FOR THAT PERIOD.
WE'RE GROWING, AND THE END OF 2021, THE CITIES OF ESCONDIDO AND SOME MARCOS JOINED CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE, AND WE WILL BEGIN SERVING THOSE CUSTOMERS IN APRIL OF 2023. MOST RECENTLY, THE CITIES OF OCEANSIDE AND VISTA ALSO JOINED CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE, AND WE WILL BEGIN SERVING THOSE CUSTOMERS IN APRIL OF 2024.
WE WILL BE INCREASING FROM THE CURRENT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 ACCOUNTS TO OVER 270,000 AND INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY THAT WE SERVE FROM 650 GIGAWATT HOURS TO 2,500 GIGAWATT HOURS.
THIS CHART JUST GRAPHICALLY DEPICTS OUR GROWTH.
THE ORANGE BAR IS THE REPRESENTS CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE.
THE FIRST SECOND ORANGE BAR TO THE RIGHT IS AFTER OUR APRIL 2023 EXPANSION, AND THEN THE FAR RIGHT ORANGE BAR IS WHERE WE WILL END UP IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CCAS IN THE STATE.
DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
WE OUR RESULTS WERE BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED IN OUR BUDGET.
THE FIRST COLUMN OF NUMBERS IS THE ADOPTED BUDGET FROM THE BOARD.
WE HAD ANTICIPATED GENERATING $57.3 MILLION IN REVENUES EXPENDITURES OF $61.1 MILLION WITH NET RESULTS OF A $-3.8 MILLION, WHICH IS NOT WHICH IS VERY TYPICAL OF A NEW COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY PROGRAM JUST STARTING OUT.
WE WERE DID HAVE A LOAN FROM JPMORGAN THAT HELPED TO FILL THE GAP FOR THAT FIRST YEAR.
OUR ACTUAL RESULTS WERE BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED.
REVENUES WERE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED.
WE ALSO BECAUSE WE HAD MORE SALES.
OUR COSTS WERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT OVERALL, OUR NET RESULTS WAS A $-1.5 MILLION, AND ADDING IN OUR LOAN, OUR CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE WITH $7 MILLION FOR THE YEAR COMPARED TO THE BUDGETED $2.2 MILLION.
THAT DID BRING US THEN TO A POSITIVE NET ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $4.3 MILLION.
FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE HIGHER BASED MOSTLY ON THE EXPANSIONS INTO THE CITIES OF ESCONDIDO AND SAN MARCOS.
WE'RE PROJECTING NET POSITIVE RESULTS OF $4.1 MILLION NO LOAN FUNDS TO FOR OPERATIONS AND ENDING WITH A NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE OF $4.1 MILLION.
INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET ARE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE LAUNCH INTO ESCONDIDO AND SAN MARCOS.
WE HAVE MARKETING AND OUTREACH AND THE ENERGY PROCUREMENT RELATED TO THOSE EXPANSIONS.
THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED THREE NEW POSITIONS.
A KEY OF KEY INTEREST TO CUSTOMERS IS HOW DO OUR RATES COMPARED TO SDG&E? WHEN THE BOARD SET OUR RATES IN JANUARY 2022, WE WERE ABLE TO SET THOSE RATES TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF A 2% SAVINGS ON THE GENERATION
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COST OF ELECTRICITY COMPARED TO SDG&E.[INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY, IN JUNE OF JUNE 1ST, SDG&E NEEDED TO REDUCE THEIR RATES AND THAT RATE REDUCTION WAS PROTESTED BY BOTH CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE AND SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FRONTS.
THAT HAS RESULTED IN AVERAGE BILLS FOR CUSTOMERS IN CARLSBAD BEING SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN SDG&E, APPROXIMATELY $1.44 PER MONTH ON AVERAGE.
THIS DIFFERENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO BE TEMPORARY AND IN JANUARY, SDG&ES RATES WILL BE GOING UP BASED ON THEIR CURRENT RATE APPLICATION, AND WE WILL AGAIN BE LOWER THAN SDG&E.
SO THIS CHART HERE DEPICTS WHAT AN AVERAGE BILL LOOKED LIKE BASED ON OUR RATES THAT WERE EFFECTIVE ON FEBRUARY 1ST FOR AVERAGE USAGE IN THE CITIES OF DEL, MAR AND CARLSBAD, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FIRST COLUMN INFORMATION IS SDG&ES POWER SUPPLY, AVERAGE MONTHLY COST COMPARED TO CEAS THREE POWER SUPPLY PRODUCTS, AND WE CAN FOCUS ON THE 75% CARBON FREE SINCE THAT'S THE POWER SUPPLY THAT MOST CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY ARE ENROLLED IN.
THE AVERAGE BILL SAVINGS WAS ABOUT $1.03 WHICH TRANSLATED TO 1.68% SAVINGS ON GENERATION AND A 0.66% SAVINGS ON TOTAL BILL.
THE 2% SAVINGS WAS 2.3% SAVINGS ON GENERATION ON OUR 50% RENEWABLE PRODUCT.
AFTER THE RATE CHANGE ON JUNE 1ST.
THE 75% CARBON FREE TOTAL BILL IS ABOUT $1.44 HIGHER THAN SDG&E, WHICH TRANSLATES TO A 2.3 TO 6% PREMIUM COMPARED TO SDG&E ON GENERATION 0.93% TOTAL BILL ON THE 50% RENEWABLE.
IT'S $1.03 ON AVERAGE PER MONTH 1.71% GENERATION COST PREMIUM 0.66% TOTAL BILL , AND AGAIN, THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE TEMPORARY AND IN JANUARY WILL BE REALIGNED AGAIN TO BE LOWER THAN SDG&E.
SDG&E RECENTLY FILED A NOTICE WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION THAT THEIR CURRENT RATES RESULTED IN AN UNDER COLLECTION OF REVENUE, AND THEIR RATE APPLICATION FOR RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST INDICATE THEIR GENERATION RATES WILL GO UP, BUT THE EXIT FEES THEN WILL GO DOWN, AND FOR THE EXIT FEE VINTAGE FOR CARLSBAD RESIDENTS, IT'S THEIR APPLICATION INDICATES IT'S AN 80% DECREASE IN THE EXIT FEES.
CEAS BOARD WILL BE REVIEWING OUR RATES IN DECEMBER AND THERE'LL BE A BOARD ACTION ANTICIPATED IN JANUARY, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, COMMISSIONER NORBY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SEE IF OUR BOARD MEMBER WANTED TO ADD ANY COMMENTS.
I WAS GOING TO PHRASE MY COMMENTS MORE AS QUESTIONS BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO ELEVATE THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CEO, BARBARA BOSWELL, BECAUSE SHE HAS SO MUCH EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND IN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION STARTUPS.
THIS IS REALLY A STARTUP AND I CAME IN JUST ONLY LAST YEAR.
MY CREDIT IS BUILDING ON WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR CEO, MISS BOSWELL, AND HER FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO MANAGING THIS ORGANIZATION.
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FUELS, REALLY LOOKING AT RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND HOW WE CAN BUILD THOSE INTO THE MIX.I BELIEVE THAT SDG&ES CURRENT MIX IS ABOUT 36% RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.
IS THAT RIGHT? ACCORDING TO THEIR MOST RECENT POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE REPORT, IT'S 31%.
31%, AND SO HERE WE ARE STARTING AT 50% WITH WITH OUR LEVELS, BUT IN CARLSBAD, WITH THAT BASE LEVEL BEING THAT 50-75% CARBON FREE OR CARBON NEUTRAL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING ME IN THIS POSITION WHERE I GET TO WORK WITH THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE BOARD AND WITH MS. BOSWELL AND MR. HABER, OUR STAFF PERSON WHO COORDINATES WITH CEA.
SO IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE, PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR.
HAVE YOU HAVE YOU EXTENDED $14.4 MILLION OR $14.5 MILLION OF THAT? WE'VE DRAWN DOWN $13.5 MILLION.
MY QUICK MATH. MISSED THE NUMBER, AND YOU EXPECT TO INCREASE THAT DEBT SERVICE OR DO YOU IS THAT GOING TO GET YOU OVER THE HUMP IN TERMS OF TAKING THE NEW CITIES ON AND THE NEW SERVICE ON? YEAH, THERE'S NO ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN THE LINE OF CREDIT AND WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY NEED TO DRAW DOWN ANY MORE OF THOSE FUNDS.
OKAY, GREAT, AND THEN CONGRATULATIONS ON A GOOD YEAR IN TERMS OF EXPECTATIONS, IN TERMS OF REVENUE BEING BETTER, AND THEN WHEN, YOU KNOW, SO SOME OF THE ORIGINAL PROMISES WERE REDUCED OR ORIGINAL, I GUESS ATTRIBUTES THAT WERE PRESENTED WERE REDUCED RATES FOR CITIZENS AND THEN THE ABILITY FOR MEMBER AGENCIES TO START COLLECTING A POOL OF MONEY THAT WOULD ONE DAY ALLOW US TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT, TO BUILD A STRUCTURE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CONCRETE AND STEEL IN THE GROUND AND TO WHATEVER THE COMMUNITIES LIKE TO DO.
SO WITH THE DEBT SERVICE AND GETTING OFF THE GROUND, BUT ONE WOULD WANT EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO START ACCRUING AND GETTING THE DEBT PAID OFF OR, YOU KNOW, LOWERED AND THEN START GOING INTO POSITIVE TERRITORY SO WE CAN START THINKING ABOUT BUILDING SOMETHING.
WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION FOR THAT? THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.
WE WOULD ANTICIPATE IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR THAT THERE WOULD BE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FOR THE BOARD TO THEN DETERMINE WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS THEY MIGHT WANT TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITIES. SO YOU'LL BASICALLY BE GROWING THAT AND SERVICING YOUR DEBT AND KIND OF MANAGING THOSE TWO, BASICALLY.
YEAH. OKAY, SO THEN ALSO KIND OF DIGGING IN, I KNOW AT THE 50% RATE, YOUR BASE RATE, IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE CURRENTLY THAN STG&E'S 31% RATE, AND I THINK THE PROJECTIONS FOR THAT ARE GOING TO CHANGE DRAMATICALLY IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO BECAUSE OF SOME CHANGES THAT WERE DONE IN CALCULATIONS WITH RESTRICTED OR UNRESTRICTED RESOURCES.
ARE YOU RELATIVELY CERTAIN I NOTED THE WORD PROJECTION.
YOU REALLY KIND OF WON'T BE CERTAIN UNTIL UNTIL NOVEMBER, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? WE'LL HAVE MORE CERTAINTY.
YEAH. BASED ON THEIR CURRENT APPLICATION, THE ASSUMPTIONS IN THEIR CURRENT APPLICATION, THEIR GENERATION RATES ARE PROJECTED TO GO UP ABOUT 40%, AND OF COURSE, THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY BE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE ARE NOW, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT MARKET, I SHOULDN'T SAY, AS YOU KNOW, BUT THE ELECTRICITY MARKET HAS BEEN INCREASING IN COST, SIMILAR TO HOW WE'VE SEEN GAS PRICES GO UP, AND SO OUR COSTS HAVE BEEN GOING UP AND STG&E COSTS ARE GOING UP AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL HAVE A RATE INCREASE, BUT THAT WE CAN STAY BELOW SDG AND BASED ON OUR CURRENT.
SO I'LL JUST NOTE THAT AS A PROJECTION AND I GUESS WE'LL SEE HOW IT ROLLS OUT IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR, AND THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE MANY OTHER STATES THAT HAVE A CCA MODEL, NOT SOME IDENTICAL, SOME NOT IDENTICAL TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S.
ILLINOIS BASICALLY CLOSED THEIRS IN THE CHICAGO AREA AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, AND THE STATED REASON WAS THAT THEY UNDERESTIMATED THE UTILITY'S ABILITY TO COMPETE, AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET INTO A MAYBE A SYSTEMIC MODEL OF UNDERESTIMATING THE UTILITY'S ABILITY TO COMPETE, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN NEXT YEAR, BUT WOULD THIS BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THE RATES ARE HIGHER FOR CCA THAN THEY ARE FOR SDG&E FOR
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OUR ORGANIZATION? I KNOW IT'S NEW.IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE THAT OUR RATES ARE HIGHER.
YEAH, AND THEN WHAT KIND OF GETTING INTO THE DRIVING MOTIVATION, IF IT'S KIND OF COST OR IF IT'S EMISSIONS SAVINGS FOR YOUR SUBSCRIBERS OR CUSTOMERS, WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE IN THE 50% RATE OR 75% RATE OR 100% RATE? WE HAVE OF OUR 60,000 ACCOUNTS, WE HAVE ALMOST ALL OF THEM IN THE 75% CARBON FREE.
SO WHEN WE CONGRATULATE THE AGENCY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT 50%.
AS A BASE RATE AND THE UTILITY IS AT 31% CURRENTLY IN TERMS OF EMISSIONS.
THE REALITY IS WELL OVER 90% ARE IN THAT 75% EMISSIONS REDUCTION, WHICH IS SUPER.
NO PLANS TO START PAYING THAT DOWN, START ACCRUING A RESERVE, AND THEN I GUESS I'LL REMAIN OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME FINANCIAL SAVINGS, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S SOMETIMES WE'RE A DOLLAR AHEAD AND SOMETIMES WE'RE A DOLLAR BEHIND AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH A BREAK EVEN, BUT I HOPE WE CAN OVER TIME AND MORE CUSTOMERS AND LARGER PURCHASING, WE CAN START GETTING SOME PERCENTAGES THAT ARE MEANINGFUL IN TERMS OF SAVINGS.
I KNOW THAT WE WERE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS I WAS BECOMING THE ALTERNATE, AND SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT WE FINALLY HAVE GOTTEN THOSE FOLKS ON BOARD, AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WITH THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER NORBY MENTIONED AND COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA, I'LL JUST ECHO SOME OF THOSE SENTIMENTS.
THANKS. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PUT SOLAR ON THEIR HOMES AND SDG&E AND DIDN'T NORMALLY GIVE ANY KIND OF REFUNDS, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING CCA DID SEND OUT CHECKS TO PEOPLE WHO HAD SOLAR.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE WHY STG DIDN'T AND WHY YOU GUYS ARE? SDG&E DOES PROVIDE A COMPENSATION FOR CUSTOMERS WHO GENERATE MORE ELECTRICITY THAN THEY USE OVER THE COURSE OF WHAT'S KNOWN AS A 12 MONTH RELEVANT PERIOD.
THEIR RATES CHANGE EACH MONTH BASED ON THE MARKET CONDITIONS, AND WE'VE SET OUR RATE TO BE HIGHER THAN SDG WHEN WE LOOK OUT OVER THE COURSE OF ALL 12 MONTHS. OURS IS $0.06 PER KILOWATT HOUR AND WE DID JUST ISSUE ABOUT 1500 CHECKS IN THE LAST MONTH FOR CUSTOMERS WHO ENDED THEIR FIRST COMPLETE YEAR. OKAY, SAY THAT AGAIN.
SO IF SOMEBODY OVER PRODUCES, THEY GET CREDIT FOR SIX..
$0.06 PER KILOWATT HOUR FOR CUSTOMERS WHOSE 12 MONTHS ENDED IN MAY, IT WAS ABOUT 3.2 CENTS., AND FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS WHOSE RELEVANT PERIOD ENDED IN JUNE, IT WAS JUST UNDER $0.03.
SO FOR MOST OF OUR CUSTOMERS, BECAUSE WE ENROLLED ALMOST ALL OF THEM IN JUNE, HAD MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE RECEIVED FROM SDG, BUT SDG&E DOES COMPENSATE FOR THAT EXCESS.
HERE IT IS. JUST A VERY FEW YEARS LATER, YOU HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING AND IT'S SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU, AND NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 12.
[12. UPDATES ON THE SOUTH CARLSBAD COASTLINE PROJECT AND THE SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARDCLIMATE ADAPTATION PROJECT]
CITY MANAGER, PLEASE.YES. THANK YOU, SIR. MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, KATIE HENTRICH, AND OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, TOM FRANK, AND THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE UPDATES ON THE SOUTH CARLSBAD COASTLINE PROJECT AND SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD CLIMATE ADAPTATION PROJECT.
WE LIKE TO USE A LOT OF WORDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
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I'M KATIE HENTRICH, SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER.A LOT OF WORDS. THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE SOUTH CARLSBAD COASTLINE PROJECT AND GRANT FUNDED SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD CLIMATE ADAPTATION PROJECT.
AT THIS STAGE, OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO BRING YOU A RECOMMENDATION ON A PREFERRED PROJECT OPTION FOR THE ONE MILE STRETCH OF COASTLINE AROUND PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD IN ORDER TO MEET THE FEBRUARY 2023 DEADLINE FOR THE SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD CLIMATE ADAPTATION PROJECT.
BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM OUR OUTREACH WITH SOME OF THE MOST AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS, THE CITY ASKED FOR A TIME EXTENSION FOR THIS GRAND PROJECT SO WE CAN WORK THROUGH THEIR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS.
THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY HAS GRANTED THE CITY A YEARLONG EXTENSION, SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL JUST BE FOCUSED ON A PROJECT UPDATE AND WE PLAN TO COME BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE WITH A PREFERRED OPTION.
MS. MATOSIAN WILL PRESENT WHAT WE HEARD IN OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS, AND MR. FRANK WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROJECT OPTIONS.
WE'LL CONCLUDE WITH NEXT STEPS AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN APPROVED IN 2015.
WITHIN THIS AREA, THE CITY IS WORKING ON A CLIMATE ADAPTATION FOCUSED GRANT PROJECT FROM MANZANO DRIVE TO 400 FEET SOUTH OF ISLAND WAY, WHICH IS REPRESENTED IN THE BLUE DASHED LINE.
THE SOUTH CARLSBAD CLIMATE AT THE SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD CLIMATE ADAPTATION PROJECT, SORRY, IS FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE STATE'S COASTAL CONSERVANCY, AND THE INTENT OF THIS GRANT IS TO MAXIMIZE THE ROADWAYS RESILIENCY TO COASTAL FLOODING AND CLIFF EROSION NEAR PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD AND LOS ENCINAS CREEK.
SOUTHBOUND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD IS CURRENTLY EXPOSED TO BLUFF, EROSION HAZARDS AND PERIODIC FLOODING, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN BEACH COBBLE ON THE ROADWAY SURFACE AND LANE CLOSURES. AS INDICATED IN THE CITY SEA LEVEL RISE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FROM 2017.
THE ASSESSMENT ALSO FOUND THAT ADAPTATION TO SEA LEVEL RISE INVOLVES TAKING APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO PREVENT OR MINIMIZE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE INDUCED IMPACTS , AND THIS SENTIMENT IS ECHOED IN THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER 2021.
THE RESTRIPING PROJECT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAVEL LANES ON SOUTHBOUND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD FROM 2 TO 1 LANE WHILE ENHANCING THE BIKE LANE AND ON STREET PARKING THAT EXISTS TODAY.
THAT ITEM AND MORE DETAILS WILL COME BEFORE YOU IN SEVERAL WEEKS.
IN 2016, THE LANE CLOSEST TO THE COAST ON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD WAS CLOSED IN THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION BETWEEN SOLOMAR DRIVE AND ISLAND WAY DUE TO SEVERE EROSION NEAR THE LAS ENCINAS CREEK BRIDGE.
TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF DRIVERS, BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS AND TO HELP FACILITATE NECESSARY REPAIRS, A LONG TERM LANE CLOSURE WAS IMPLEMENTED JANUARY 2016, LASTING THROUGH EARLY 2017, DURING WHICH TIME STAFF NOTED MINIMAL TRAFFIC IMPACTS.
COMPONENTS OF ADDRESSING EROSION IN THIS SEGMENT OF SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, INCLUDING DISCUSSIONS AND ANALYSIS REGARDING ROADWAY ALIGNMENT AND THE LOSS IN SEEN AS CREEK REVETMENT.
DUE TO THE HISTORY OF EROSION AND INSTABILITY ALONG CARLSBAD BOULEVARD NEAR LAS ENCINAS CREEK.
PLACEMENT OF ROCKS, SHORELINE PROTECTION TOOK PLACE FROM 2009 TO 2016, SOME OF WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING WAVE EVENTS THAT LED TO PARTIAL CLOSURE OF THE ROADWAY AND EMERGENCY REPAIR WORK.
THE CITY REQUESTED A FIVE YEAR PERMIT EXTENSION TO DEVELOP A LONG TERM MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE ROADWAY THAT INCORPORATES ONE OF THESE ALTERNATIVES, AND THE SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD CLIMATE ADAPTATION PROJECT IS INTENDED TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
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FRANK WILL DISCUSS LATER THAT INCORPORATE RESILIENCY TO COASTAL FLOODING, CLIFF EROSION AND OTHER SEA LEVEL RISE IMPACTS IN THEIR EASTWARD RELOCATION.THE SCOPE ALSO INCLUDES A CLIFF EROSION ASSESSMENT TO INFORM THE DELIVERABLES FOR THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS A RESTORATION ANALYSIS OF LAS ENCINAS CREEK, WHICH WILL EXPLORE PHASED ADAPTATION OPTIONS FOR THE EXISTING BRIDGE ROADWAY AND REVETMENT AT THE CREEK, INCLUDING HABITAT RESTORATION OPTIONS FOR THIS AREA.
THIS GRANT FUNDING WAS ACCEPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN MAY 2020.
TO DATE, THE PROJECT TEAM HAS INCORPORATED THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD, ASSESSED PHYSICAL AND REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS AS WELL AS CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS AS IT RELATES TO THE ROADWAYS, EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THE PROJECT TEAM ALSO CONDUCTED LISTENING SESSIONS WITH CITY STAFF AND OTHER REGULATORY AGENCIES, WHICH COVERS TOPICS SUCH AS COASTAL ACCESS, ROAD USE AND REALIGNMENT, RECREATIONAL SPACES AND NATURAL OPEN SPACE.
PUBLIC OUTREACH WAS ALSO CONDUCTED, WHICH WE'LL BE COVERING SHORTLY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ZOOM OUT AGAIN AND LOOK AT OUR WHOLE SOUTHERN COASTLINE.
WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING THIS AREA, WE ARE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
AGAIN, PRESERVING THE AREA'S NATURAL BEAUTY IS EMPHASIZED IN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND THEY SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT A GOAL IS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY THE SCENERY.
AGAIN, IN THOSE BOLDED BLUE WORDS.
THE GENERAL PLAN GAVE SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD A NEW DESIGNATION AS A COASTAL STREET.
WIDE SIDEWALKS, SLOWER VEHICLE SPEEDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENCOURAGE BICYCLING, SUCH AS BUFFERED OR SEPARATED BIKE LANES, AND I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MS.. MATOSIAN TO DISCUSS PUBLIC OUTREACH.
GOOD EVENING. NICE TO JOIN YOU THIS EVENING FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND WHAT WE HEARD.
SO EARLIER THIS YEAR, BETWEEN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2022, THE CITY GATHERED INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM WHEN IT CAME TO THE FUTURE USE OF THE SOUTHERN COASTLINE, AND THAT WAS THE FULL THREE MILE STRETCH OF THE COASTLINE FROM MANZANO DRIVE TO ISLAND WAY.
WE ASKED OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS AND WE DID THAT TO REALLY IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COASTLINE ON WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM AND IDEAS FOR WHAT WOULD MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE FUTURE, AND SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF JUST SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED THE PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITIES.
WE DID IT SPECIFICALLY THROUGH AN ONLINE SURVEY, VIRTUAL MEETINGS WITH A VARIETY OF GROUPS WHO ARE EITHER DIRECTLY IMPACTED AND LOCATED ALONG THAT THREE MILE STRETCH, OR JUST GENERAL INTEREST ON WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THIS WAS HAPPENING DURING OUR PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND SO KNOWING THAT OUR COASTLINE IS JUST SO VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE WERE DEFINITELY ABLE TO CAPTURE THE INPUT WHEN IT RELATED TO WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE ON THE COASTLINE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS, AND SO WE ALSO DID THAT THROUGH THE SURVEY AND AN IDEAS WALL.
AGAIN, OUR GOAL WAS REALLY TO IDENTIFY THOSE BIG PICTURE VALUES AND PRIORITIES FOR THIS AREA AND NOT SO MUCH MORE OF LIKE THE SPECIFIC ROAD CONFIGURATIONS OR LAND USE PLANS. AGAIN, YEAH, THAT BIG PICTURE OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT LEADS US NOW INTO WHAT WE HEARD, PART ONE.
SO IT WAS DEFINITELY A LOT TO GO THROUGH AND WE HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.
PEOPLE REALLY REALIZE THAT THIS STRETCH OF COASTLINE IS A GEM.
YOU KNOW, AS KATIE, MS. HENTRICH MENTIONED, REALLY TAKING IN THOSE VIEWS AND ENJOYING OUR COASTLINE, BUT THERE'S ALSO WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT AREA.
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FRANK WILL HIGHLIGHT SOON, IS THAT RIGHT NOW THERE'S VERY MINIMAL SIDEWALKS, THERE'S A REALLY NARROW BIKE LANE, AND SO JUST LOOKING AT WAYS ON ON HOW TO IMPROVE MOBILITY FOR WHETHER YOU WANT TO DRIVE, WALK OR BIKE ALONG OUR COASTLINE, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE HEARD WERE THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING AND TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE BLUFFS FROM EROSION.SO AS THE PROJECT TEAM LOOKED TO MOVE THE ROADWAY AWAY FROM THE COASTAL HAZARD ZONE AND INCORPORATE THESE REALLY BIG PICTURE PRIORITIES, THEY THEN TOOK THESE IDEAS AND WE DEVELOPED THREE OPTIONS FOR THE ONE MILE STRETCH OF COASTLINE, WHICH MR. FRANK WILL BE REVIEWING SHORTLY.
SO THAT LEADS US INTO WHAT WE HEARD PART TWO.
SO WE DID SHARE THE THREE OPTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANTED TO GET THEIR GENERAL REACTIONS COMING INTO THIS AND LOOKING AT THESE PLANS.
WHAT DID THEY LIKE ABOUT IT? WHAT DO THEY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT? AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT AND WE HAVE BEGUN WORKING WITH THE MOST AFFECTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THAT ONE MILE STRETCH LINE.
AND NOW I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. FRANK, WHO WILL BE REVIEWING THE THREE ROADWAY OPTIONS DEVELOPED FOR THIS CLIMATE ADAPTATION GRANT AREA, AND AGAIN, THAT HAS BEEN USING THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN, PUBLIC INPUT AND ALL OF THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION STUDIES THAT MS..
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MS. MATOSIAN. SO DUE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANT AT THIS STAGE, THE PROJECT TEAM FOCUSED ON CHANGES TO THE ROADWAY TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
NOT THE LAND THAT WILL BE REPURPOSED AS A RESULT OF MOVING A ROAD TO THE EAST.
THERE WILL BE A FUTURE STUDY DELIVERABLE THAT FOCUSES ON THOSE ISSUES THE PUBLIC ACCESS, RECREATIONAL AMENITIES AND WILL ALSO LIST THE CONCEPT CONCEPTS FOR THESE AMENITIES FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NEEDED TO REFINE AND DESIGN THE PUBLIC ACCESS, PARKING AREAS AND RECREATIONAL AMENITIES BEYOND THIS STUDY AND FURTHER WORK ON THESE IMPORTANT TOPICS WILL INCLUDE PLENTY OF PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITIES.
TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, AND IT DOES HAVE A BUFFERED BIKE LANE ADJACENT TO THOSE LANES.
AS MENTIONED, OR THERE'S A WIDE LANDSCAPE MEDIAN BETWEEN THE NORTHBOUND AND THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTIONS AND THERE ARE SPARSE SIDEWALKS, MAINLY LOCATED NEAR ISLAND WAY, AND SO LAMAR DRIVE COUNTS WERE COLLECTED AS A PART OF THE CARLSBAD ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MONITORING PROGRAM IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
BETWEEN AVENIDA ENCINAS AND PONTO ROAD, THESE COUNTS INCLUDED 24 HOUR VEHICULAR COUNTS, 13 HOUR PED COUNTS, AND 13 HOUR BIKE COUNTS, AND THE COUNTS ARE SUMMARIZED ON THIS SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU, AND THE WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND VEHICULAR COUNTS RANGE BETWEEN 11,014 THOUSAND TRIPS PER DAY.
THE BIKE COUNTS RANGED WEEKDAY TO WEEKEND FROM 800 BIKES SWELLING TO 2500 BIKES PER DAY ON THE WEEKEND, AND THE PEDESTRIAN COUNTS WITHOUT THESE FORMAL WALKWAYS ACTUALLY ARE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, BETWEEN 150 AND 400 TRIPS PER DAY.
SO AS SHOWN IN THESE COUNTS, THIS SECTION OF CARLSBAD BOULEVARD NOT ONLY MOVES VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, BUT ALSO HIGH VOLUMES OF BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES, AND AS NOTED IN THE CARLSBAD ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MONITORING REPORT, THIS SECTION SAW THE LARGEST WEEKEND BIKE COUNTS AND THE SECOND LARGEST WEEKDAY BIKE COUNTS OF ALL THE 26 SEGMENTS STUDIED THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, AND WHAT I FIND IMPRESSIVE IS THIS IS SOME OF THE HIGHEST BIKE COUNTS REPORTED IN THE COUNTY, AND I WAS OUT OVER IN THAT STRETCH OVER THE WEEKEND AND LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND IT SKYROCKETED.
I WAS SO IMPRESSED AT THE LEVEL OF BIKE RIDING ALONG THAT SEGMENT.
SO NOW LET'S MOVE TO THE ACTUAL OPTIONS WHICH ARE PRESENTED IN THE REPORT.
AND BEFORE WE START WITH THE THREE PRESENTED OPTIONS, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A DO NOTHING OPTION, AND THAT IS TO KEEP THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, ALTHOUGH THAT OPTION REALLY DOESN'T MEET THE GOALS OF THE STUDY.
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OPTIONS, A TWO LANE WITH ROUNDABOUT OPTIONS LISTED AS OPTION NUMBER TWO, AND THEN OPTION NUMBER THREE IS A TWO LANE ROADWAY WITH ROUNDABOUTS AND A ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT SOLOMAR DRIVE.SO LET'S GET INTO OPTION NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THE FOUR LANES WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND THIS IS MOST IN LINE WITH WHAT THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION IS OUT THERE TODAY.
WEST IS TO THE BOTTOM WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE OCEAN THERE, AND THE COASTAL HAZARD ZONE IS DEPICTED IN THAT ORANGE SHADING AGAINST THE BEACH AREA, AGAINST THE OCEAN THERE, AND SO THIS IS A ZOOMED IN VERSION ON A NORTHERN SEGMENT OF THAT SEGMENT OR OF THE OVERALL SEGMENT, AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE KEY FEATURES FOR THIS OPTION, AND THOSE ARE NOTED IN THE BLUE TEXT AREAS, AND SO FIRST IT SHOWS THE COASTAL ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES AND THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE RETAINING EXISTING PARKING.
IT ALSO SHOWS THE SHARED PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE PATHWAY AND THE DEDICATED TEN FOOT PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY THAT IS SHOWN IN THE CURRENT SOUTHBOUND VEHICULAR LANE ALIGNMENTS, MOSTLY WITHIN THAT HAZARD ZONE, AND ALL THREE OPTIONS SHOW THIS PATHWAY IN THE DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY IN THAT ALIGNMENT, AND IT'S EXCLUSIVELY USED BY PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS AND OTHER NON-MOTORIZED MODES OF TRAVEL, INCLUDING STROLLERS AND SKATEBOARDS AND THOSE REALLY TRYING TO JUST GO SLOW AND ENJOY THE COASTLINE.
WE HAVE BUFFERED CLASS TWO BIKE LANES ADJACENT TO THE TRAVEL LANES AND ALL THREE OPTIONS , AND THE REASON WHY WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS LIKE WHY WOULD YOU DEDICATE THAT MUCH SPACE TO BICYCLE NEEDS OR PEDESTRIAN NEEDS? AND THE ANSWER IS IT'S TO SERVE THE APPROPRIATE USERS.
AS I MENTIONED THE WHAT THEY CALL THE CLASS ONE, THE SHARED BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY.
THAT'S FOR THE LOWER SPEED USERS, THE CLASS TWO BUFFERED BIKE LANES FOR THE HIGHER SPEED USERS.
SO THOSE WOULD BE THE HIGHER VEHICULAR TYPE OF BICYCLISTS THAT LIKE TO TRAVEL OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR IN ADDITION TO ALL THE NEW E-BIKE AND MOBILE DEVICE USERS. SO YOU SEE THOSE ONE WHEELED, ELECTRIC, WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM, I CALL THEM ONE WHEELED AND THEY LOOK LIKE FLINTSTONE, BUT THEY'RE GOING LIKE 30 MILES AN HOUR. SO THOSE WOULD HOPEFULLY BE THE HIGHER SPEED USERS THAT ARE USING.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY CALLED ONE WHEEL.
YEAH. THERE YOU GO. WELL, THAT SEEMS VERY LOGICAL.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ACTUALLY ARE DESIGNING THESE ROAD ALTERNATIVES TO SERVE ALL THE USERS OF THE ROADWAY , AND SO ADDITIONALLY WE DESIGNED THE THOSE PATHWAYS IN THAT EXISTING SOUTHBOUND ALIGNMENT AS A VALUE ENGINEERING SOLUTION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WANT TO UTILIZE THAT NICE WESTERLY ALIGNMENT ADJACENT TO THE COASTLINE AS LONG AS WE CAN.
AS THE COASTLINE ERODES, WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE FURTHER ITERATIONS AND MOVE IT INLAND AS WE NEED TO, AND YOU'LL SEE HOW WE ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE CROSS THE AND SEEN AS CREEK AREA.
SO HERE'S THE SOUTHERN PORTION AND WE SHOW THE PROPOSED 500 FOOT BRIDGE CROSSING AND SEEN AS CREEK.
SO WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT CONNECTIVITY AT A TIME WHEN MAYBE THAT LOW LYING AREA IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, AND THEN I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE ACCESS TO THE EXISTING PARKING NORTH OF THE CAMPGROUNDS IS SHOWN TO TAKE ACCESS BEFORE THE INTERSECTION BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SPACE CONSTRAINTS WHEN YOU GET DOWN TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION AT ISLAND WAY.
SO THAT'S TYPICAL TO ALL THREE OPTIONS.
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HIGHLIGHT WITH OPTIONS TWO AND THREE IS PEOPLE ASK, HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY REDUCE VEHICULAR LANES ONE FULL LANE LIKE 50% OF WHAT EXISTS TODAY WITHOUT CAUSING CONGESTION? THERE'S GOING TO BE CONGESTION, AND THE ANSWER IS, IS IT SEEMS UNINTUITIVE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER SEGMENTS ALONG OUR COASTLINE, YOU'LL SEE IT ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS BETTER.THERE'S ACTUALLY LESS CONGESTION, AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE ROUNDABOUTS ARE A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT INTERSECTION CONTROL AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONGESTION OCCURS IS ACTUALLY AT THE INTERSECTION. SO ROUNDABOUTS, I WON'T SPEND A TIME TONIGHT PRESENTING THE PROS AND CONS OF THE DIFFERENT INTERSECTION CONTROLS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU STATISTICALLY, THEY'RE MUCH, MUCH SAFER.
REDUCE FATALITIES BY OVER 80% AND MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION OPTION WITH OPTIONS TWO AND THREE.
HERE'S A ZOOMED IN VERSION WHICH SHOWS THE VARIOUS INTERSECTION CONTROLS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST INTERSECTION CONTROL TO THE NORTH IS TAKING ACCESS TO THE STATE PARKING LOT, WHICH LOCALS CALL LIKE ROUNDABOUT TURNAROUNDS. SO THAT'S THE NORTHERLY INTERSECTION CONTROL.
THEN WE HAVE THE INTERSECTION CONTROL AT PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD AND THEN MOVING SOUTH TO SYLMAR DRIVE.
AGAIN, WE JUST NOTE IN OPTIONS TWO AND THREE THAT WE'RE HAVE WE HAVE COASTAL ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES AND WE RETAIN THE EXISTING PARKING , AND HERE IS THE SOUTHERLY PORTION OF THAT SEGMENT CROSSING THE BRIDGE, AND AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE INTERSECTION PATROL THAT ISLAND WAY AND TAKING ACCESS TO THE EXISTING PARKING IN THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION PRIOR TO THAT INTERSECTION.
MOVING ON TO OPTION THREE, IT WAS VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO OPTION TO.
THE ONE DIFFERENCE IS THE INTERSECTION CONTROL AT SLIMMER DRIVE.
SO HERE'S A ZOOMED IN VERSION OF OPTION THREE IN THE NORTHERLY SEGMENT, AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT SOLAR DRIVE IS, IS THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE A ROUNDABOUT IT'S SOLAR DRIVE.
SO IT IS STOP CONTROLLED FOR THOSE EXITING SOLAR DRIVES.
SO A VEHICLE OR A BICYCLIST AND ANY USER ON.
YEAH. WOULD WOULD TAKE A RIGHT THEY'D GO RIGHT AND THEY'D HEAD NORTHBOUND OUT OF SOLANDER DRIVE IF THEY DESIRE TO GO SOUTHBOUND THEY'D TRAVEL NORTH FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET, USE THE ROUNDABOUT AT PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD, TAKE A U-TURN AND THEN HEAD SOUTHBOUND.
WE DO PROPOSE A LEFT TURN POCKET SO THEY WOULD MAINTAIN THEIR LEFT TURN ACCESS INTO SOLAR DRIVE.
WE ALSO SHOW AN ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IS IT'S A SIGNALIZED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE DOWN IN THE CITY OF ENCINITAS NEAR THE SWAMI SURF PARK.
AND THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS BEING CONSTRUCTED AS A PART OF ENCINITAS, STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, AND AGAIN, OPTION THREE SOUTHERLY PORTION IS IDENTICAL TO OPTION TWO.
SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT, AND THEN MOVING ON TO NEXT STEPS.
SO WHEN WE TOOK OUR FIRST REVIEW TO OUR TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION, THEY HAD ASKED FOR A DETAILED TRAFFIC STUDY BEFORE THEY COULD WEIGH IN ON THEIR PREFERENCE FOR DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES.
SO WE ALSO HEARD, AS OUR TEAM MENTIONED, THAT ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS THEY THAT WE IT FELT A LITTLE RUSHED, THAT THE PUBLIC MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT THESE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES.
SO WE HEARD THE GREAT NEWS THAT WE GOT THE EXTENSION.
WE BEGAN COLLECTING OUR DATA PRIOR TO LABOR DAY AND WE'RE CONTINUING THAT DATA COLLECTION.
THE HOPE IS WE CAN TAKE THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND OUR OPTIONS ANALYSIS TO THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION LATER THIS YEAR, AND THEN WANTED TO NOTE THAT AS A PART OF THIS STUDY, THE FINAL ONE OF THE FINAL DELIVERABLES IS 30% CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR ONE OF THE OPTIONS AS A PART OF THE STUDY DELIVERABLES.
LASTLY, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL WORK INCLUDED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR AND I BELIEVE WITH THAT.
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THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.SPEAKERS. YES, THERE ARE FOUR SPEAKERS.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS BEN RUBINSON, FOLLOWED BY ALI PENDLETON.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY STAFF.
AS A RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD AND A VOLUNTEER WITH THE SURF RIDER FOUNDATION, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF FOR EVALUATING POTENTIAL OPTIONS TO REALIGN CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AS A MITIGATION PLAN FOR FUTURE SEA LEVEL RISE.
THIS AREA OF THE COAST COAST IS SUCH A TREASURE.
THERE IS ALREADY SUBSTANTIAL BLUFF EROSION NEAR SOLAMAR DRIVE AND WAVE ENCROACHMENT AT THE DIP DURING HIGH TIDES, AND THESE CURRENT REALITIES WILL BECOME MORE SERIOUS AS THE SEAS RISE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT UNDERTAKEN USING THE CALIFORNIA STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY GRANT FUNDS TO CONSIDER WAYS TO SET BACK THE ROADWAY FROM THE BLUFF THROUGH ROAD REALIGNMENT.
WHILE I PERSONALLY PREFER THE TWO LANE OPTION, ALL OF THE PROPOSALS SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC IN THE JULY TIMEFRAME APPEAR TO ILLUSTRATE AN IMPROVED BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN THE COASTAL BLUFF AND THE ROAD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE COLLABORATION ON THIS TOPIC.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLIE PENDLETON, FOLLOWED BY KATHLEEN [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY FOR LETTING THE PUBLIC BE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING. ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHEN THERE IS A DECISION, HOW MUCH OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD, BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY MORE ACCIDENTS, AND THERE HAS TO BE SOME MORE CONTROL OVER MAYBE THE SPEED THAT PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING DOWN THAT ROAD, AND I WALK THAT ROAD A LOT, AND I THINK THAT I'M KIND OF SCARED SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE DO DRIVE IN THE BIKE LANE AND IT'S NOT THAT SAFE, BUT WHY KEEP DOING IT? BUT I DON'T WANT TO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE MY OPINION THAT I'VE GIVEN BEFORE IN SURVEYS THAT I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHLEEN STEINBERGER, FOLLOWED BY MITCH SILVERSTEIN.
MY NAME IS KATHLEEN STEINBERGER.
I'M A 23 YEAR RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD.
I SERVE ON THE CITY OF CARLSBAD BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
MY FAMILY AND I MOVED TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IN 1999 FROM HUNTINGTON BEACH.
THE MAIN REASON WE MOVED TO CARLSBAD WAS BECAUSE OF THE BEACH.
CARLSBAD WAS STILL A PLACE THAT RETAINED THE NATURAL COASTLINE WHERE YOU COULD WALK ON THE BEACH, OBSERVE WILDLIFE, SWIM AND SURF WITH FAMILY MEMBERS ALL ENJOYING THE OCEAN. OUR BEACHES ARE ERODING AT AN ALARMING PACE.
SANDY BEACHES IN CARLSBAD ARE BEING REDUCED TO A SHORELINE OF COBBLESTONES.
SEA LEVEL RISE WILL AFFECT US ALL, BEACH LOVER OR NOT.
IF IGNORED UNTIL TOO LATE, COSTS TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES CREATED BY SALTWATER INTRUSION ON VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND FLOODING ON HIGHWAYS WILL BE MUCH GREATER THAN PLANNING FOR SEA LEVEL RISE IN ADVANCE.
I SUPPORT MOVING THE SOUTHBOUND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD EASTWARD AS SHOWN IN THE GHG, LOS ENCINAS CREEK HABITAT RESTORATION AND ANALYSIS ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS PREPARED MARCH 2022, CHOOSING THE LET IT GO ALTERNATIVE, THEY EVALUATED TWO ALTERNATIVES THE LET IT GO ALTERNATIVE REPLACES THE SOUTHBOUND LANE WITH A
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SAND DUNE AND COBBLE SYSTEM BY ENCINAS CREEK AND WETLAND RESTORATION IN ENCINAS CREEK AREA, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE BEACH AREA NOW AND SUSTAIN THE BEACH THROUGH 6.6 FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE.DELAYING THIS OPTION, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, AND LEAVING THE RIP WRAP AS IT IS NOW, WILL RESULT IN THE COMPLETE LOSS OF SANDY BEACH IN THIS AREA IN A FEW YEARS, IF NOT BEFORE.
SO PLEASE, I'M NOT TALKING FAST ENOUGH HERE, SO PLEASE PROTECT THE BEACH HERE AT DIP IN THE ROAD AND CHOOSE THE LET IT GO OPTION WHEN CHOOSING THE PREFERRED ALIGNMENT OF CARLSBAD BOULEVARD, I ALSO SUPPORT THE MAJORITY OF THE THOUSANDS OF CARLSBAD RESIDENTS WHO RESPONDED DURING YOUR PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO LEAVE THE AREA NATURAL WITH THE HIKING TRAILS AND BIKING TRAILS, AND I DO NOT SUPPORT THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PART OF THE COAST.
IF THE STATED PURPOSE IS TO MOVE THE ROAD EASTWARD TO AVOID IMPACTS FROM SEA LEVEL RISE, BUT WE'RE ALSO BEING ASKED TO SEE IF WE WANT RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS OR OTHER AMENITIES.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE THE COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE OF CARLSBAD LOOK AT THE OCEAN SO WE CAN PREPARE THE BEACHES, WE CAN KEEP THEM FOR THE FUTURE RESIDENTS OUR KIDS OF CARLSBAD THE WAY IT IS NOW, I'D LIKE THE SAND TO STAY ON THE BEACH.
I THINK THE HARD DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL REDUCE THE SANDY BEACHES.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. MITCH SILVERSTEIN.
LET ME GET TO MY NOTES HERE, SORRY.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU ON THE DAIS AND CITY STAFF AS WELL FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE NEED FOR SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION ALONG THE COAST AND FOR IDENTIFYING THIS LOW LYING SECTION OF SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AS THREATENED AND IN NEED OF REALIGNMENT AWAY FROM THE COAST.
AT THIS POINT, THERE'S REALLY NO CREDIBLE DEBATE AS TO WHETHER THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE MOVED.
FURTHERMORE, AS KATIE SO APTLY POINTED OUT, STORM SURGE AND LARGE SWELL EVENTS HAVE ALREADY REQUIRED EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND PARTIAL CLOSURES AT ENCINAS CREEK, AND WORST OF ALL, THE EMERGENCY PERMITTING OF A RIP WRAP BARRICADE PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE ROAD THAT IS STEALING VALUABLE BEACH SPACE FROM THE PUBLIC.
SURFRIDER'S TOP PRIORITY AT THIS TIME IS TO ENSURE BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE GREATER CARLSBAD COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE NECESSITY OF ROAD REALIGNMENT IN ORDER TO SAVE THE BEACH. SEA LEVEL RISE POSES AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO MANY OF NORTH COUNTY'S MOST BELOVED BEACHES AND SURF SPOTS.
WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING FUTURE LAND USES WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA.
OVERALL, THE VISION LAID OUT FOR A COASTAL STREET AND THE STAFF REPORT THAT THE STAFF REPORT STATED IN THE CARLSBAD GENERAL PLAN IS REALLY GOOD AND VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CENTRAL GOAL OF THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT, WHICH IS TO MAXIMIZE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND ALONG THE COAST AND MAXIMIZE PUBLIC RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH SOUND RESOURCES, CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES.
HOWEVER, WE WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION THE WORST NIGHTMARE OF EVERY BEACHGOER WE REPRESENT THAT THE CITY WOULD COMPLETE A ROAD REALIGNMENT UNDER THE GUISE OF CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND THEN PLOP A GIANT HOTEL OR SHOPPING CENTER IN THE NEWLY CREATED BEACH/PARK BUFFER SPACE.
I KNOW FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ISN'T BEING ADDRESSED TONIGHT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ON EVERYONE'S MINDS.
SO SURFRIDER WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT WHEN IT COMES TO COASTAL INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT, BOTH OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT, TAKE THE POSITION THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE MUST BE SECONDARY IMPORTANCE TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE BEACH, PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE BEACH AND EXISTING PUBLIC RECREATION USES THAT THE BEACH CURRENTLY PROVIDES.
JUST ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER NORBY?
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I GUESS, REGARDING QUESTIONS.SO IT'S AN AREA I'VE PRACTICED FOR 21 YEARS AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES THAT CARLSBAD HAS AHEAD OF IT, AND I KNOW THERE'S FEAR ASSOCIATED WITH IT AS WELL, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T LET THAT FEAR PREVENT US FROM DOING SOMETHING AMAZING, AND SO CALTRANS I'M SORRY, SANDAG AND CALTRANS OFTEN UPDATE TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS IN THAT AREA, AND WHEN I WAS PRACTICING IN THAT AREA, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE NUMBERS THAT WE SEE ON HIGHWAY 101 ARE THE NUMBERS WE'RE GOING TO SEE TEN YEARS OR 20 YEARS FROM NOW, PLUS ONE OR 2%.
IS THAT STILL CURRENT IN TERMS OF THE SANDAG PROJECTIONS OF WHAT OUR TRAFFIC WILL BE? AND THEIR MOST CURRENT MODELING IS THAT IT'S PRETTY STAGNANT ALONG THE COAST.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, AND AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UPDATING THEIR MODELING CURRENTLY.
LAST ONE I WAS INVOLVED IN WAS 13, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ON NOW.
SO THAT ALSO HAS IMPACTS ON OUR LOCAL ROADWAYS.
SO YEAH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT SPIKES IN FUTURE PROJECTIONS, BUT ADDITIONALLY, A LOT OF THAT IS OUT OF LOCAL CONTROL.
YEAH. SO AND THEN THE DETERMINATION OF THE ROAD IS THAT I THINK YOU CALLED IT A COASTAL ROAD.
IS THAT A LOCAL CHARACTERIZATION? I HAVEN'T HEARD IT LIKE ON A REGIONAL OR STATEWIDE LEVEL.
YEAH, IT IS. THAT'S ACTUALLY WITHIN OUR MOBILITY ELEMENT.
SO IT'S ONE OF OUR TYPOLOGIES.
HIGHWAY. IT CARRIED UP TO 40,000 PEOPLE A DAY IN THE 1950S, RIGHT BEFORE HIGHWAY FIVE WAS BUILT, AND IT IS CURRENTLY CARRYING AROUND 15,000 OR LESS IN CERTAIN ELEMENTS.
AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HIGHWAY FIVE, WE HAVE EL CAMINO REAL AND WE HAVE THIS SECTION AND THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT ROADWAYS WITH THREE DIFFERENT MISSIONS , BUT I JUST WANTED TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE PROJECTIONS IN TERMS OF IF THERE WAS SOME INCREASE IN TRAFFIC THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
FIRST, COULD YOU CLARIFY AGAIN KIND OF THE MAJOR TIMELINE MILESTONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW? SO I THINK THE VERY NEXT THING YOU GOT A SLIDE, MAYBE WE CAN PULL THAT SLIDE BACK UP.
IS THERE GOING BACK TO TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT SLIDE BACK UP.
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR MILESTONE DATES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT THIS WILL COME TO EITHER A COMMISSION OR BACK TO COUNCIL? COULD YOU CLARIFY? YEAH, SURE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A SINCE WE HAVE THE EXTENSION, WE HAVE LITTLE FLEXIBILITY, AND WHEN WE NEED TO GET OUR STUDY DELIVERABLES DONE, AND THAT'S BY THE FEBRUARY 2024.
THE GOAL IS WE DO WANT TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD AS SOON AS WE CAN, AS SOON AS REASONABLE.
SO BY 2022, AND THEN WE ARE CURRENTLY COORDINATING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO FIGURE OUT OUR TARGET SCHEDULE FOR MAKING SURE WE ADEQUATELY VET THE PROJECT THROUGH THE PUBLIC AND ALSO MAKE SURE WE'RE COORDINATED WELL WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS SPECIFICALLY ALONG THAT ALIGNMENT.
SO AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE A TARGET SCHEDULE ON WHEN WE WOULD BRING THAT ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS WITH A RECOMMENDED PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE TO CITY COUNCIL , BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING ON.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? OKAY, SO THE SECOND PART OF MY MY QUESTION OR I GUESS THE SECOND QUESTION IS MORE FROM MS. MATOSIAN AS WELL AS MR. FRANK. HOW HOW WILL WE BE DOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THE REST OF THIS PERIOD THROUGH FEBRUARY 2024? ARE WE GOING TO GO OUT AND DO ANOTHER SERIES OF SURVEYS, OR ARE WE PRETTY MUCH DONE? I KNOW WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBERS THROUGH EMAIL CALLING AND SOME ADDITIONAL GREAT COMMENTS HERE TONIGHT.
HOW WILL COMMUNITY OUTREACH BE INCORPORATED THROUGH FEBRUARY 2024? YES, FOR THIS PHASE, WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS AND COORDINATION WITH THE MOST AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS ALONG THAT ONE MILE STRETCH, AND SO THAT INCLUDES HILTON, SOLAMAR, AND SOME OTHER HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, AND SO WE'LL BE COORDINATING WITH THEM.
WE KNOW THAT THEY BROUGHT UP SOME CONCERNS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE PURSUE THE GRANT EXTENSION, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK THROUGH THOSE AND THE NUMBERS AND THE STUDIES THAT WE'RE DOING SUPPORT OUR PREFERRED OPTION AT THE END OF THE DAY.
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THANK YOU, AND ONE QUESTION THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF TO THE SIDE, WHICH IS I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING HOW THIS CONNECTS TO ENCINITAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.MUCH OF THIS MOST OF THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT THAT DOES CONNECT PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, CARLSBAD BOULEVARD DOWN TO PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, WHERE IT'S CALLED THAT, AND I'M JUST WONDERING, THEY'VE GOT SOME BIKE PLANS AND MASTER MASTER BIKE PATH THERE.
SO ARE WE CONNECTING TO THEM? IS THAT KIND OF IN THE PLANS AS WELL OR IS THAT TO BE SEEN? YEAH, YEAH.
WE WILL DEFINITELY CONNECT TO THEM.
SO WE'LL HAVE TRANSITIONS TO THERE, CONDITIONS, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE, BUT AS YOU ARE PROBABLY WELL AWARE, THEY ARE COMPLETING THEIR STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ALSO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USERS.
SO THAT WILL BE IMPROVED TO THE SOUTH OF CARLSBAD, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OUR STUDY AND FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS AS DIRECTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
GREAT. THANK YOU. I'LL CONTINUE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S OF INTEREST.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, SO LOOKING AT IF WE'RE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE STAFF REPORT, IT TALKS ABOUT THE THREE MILE STRETCH OF CARLSBAD BOULEVARD FROM MANZANO DRIVE TO LA COSTA AVENUE, AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE GRANT FUNDED PROJECT, WHICH IS THAT ONE MILE STRETCH FROM MONTESANO TO ISLAND WAY.
I KNOW WE SAW IN THE OPTIONS THAT YOU PRESENTED FOR JUST THAT ONE MILE STRETCH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD HAVE COMPLETE STREETS, WHETHER IT'S PEDESTRIAN OR CYCLING, AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, OBVIOUSLY, OUTSIDE OF THIS GRANT FUNDED PROJECT.
YEAH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
GREAT QUESTION, AND SO I THINK A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS IS, ONE, WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AND IF THIS PROJECT, IF COUNCIL ELECTS TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THEN FURTHER DESIGN, ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING AND ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTION, THIS SECTION WOULD BE BUILT FIRST AND WE COULD SEE HOW IT'S PERFORMING AND WE COULD SEE THE DEMANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE USING IT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD LEARN FROM AND SEE IF THEY LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT OR IF THEY WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD TO THAT SOUTHERLY SEGMENT.
SO IT'S NOT IT DOESN'T LOCK US INTO ANYTHING.
YEAH, AND JUST BEFORE I ASK MORE QUESTIONS JUST BRIEFLY ON THAT, I MEAN, WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION AND SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN MENTIONING SINCE I FIRST GOT ELECTED FROM HAVING THAT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ALL THE WAY FROM THAT THREE MILE STRETCH BECAUSE IT'S LACKING, AND I KNOW THAT I'VE HEARD THAT FROM MANY PEOPLE, AND I, TOO, HAVE WALKED IT.
I NOW HAVE AN EXPANDED FAMILY, AND SO FOR ME, JUST AS A MOM OF A YOUNG CHILD AND A DOG AS WELL, I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT AND JUST THE AMAZING ASSET IT WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
SO I THINK THAT'S JUST ONE THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, THAT IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH CARLSBAD, I KNOW MANY OF US WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, I KNOW I ASKED THIS DURING BRIEFINGS, BUT I'D LOVE TO JUST ASK THAT AS WELL AS AROUND THE COASTAL RAIL TRAIL.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BIKE IT WITH MY FAMILY THIS PAST WEEKEND.
SO JUST CURIOUS A LITTLE BIT AROUND WHAT THAT MEANS AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I KNOW WE'LL BE PURSUING ALL MISSING SEGMENTS FOR THE FORMAL RAIL TRAIL.
IN ADDITION, IT WILL BE CONNECTING TO THE SEGMENT WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY FINALIZING THE DESIGNS ON WILL BE MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION AND THAT'S ALONG AVENIDA ENCINAS, WHICH TIES IN TO CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AND THEN UP THROUGH THE TRAIN STATION FOR THIS NEXT PHASE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE WILL
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CONTINUE WITH THE DESIGN AND BRINGING THE LAST SEGMENT UP TO PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD FOR THAT SEGMENT BETWEEN PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD AND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD, AND THEN FURTHER ON, YEAH, WE'LL ALWAYS LOOK TO CONNECT THESE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USES WITH THE RAIL TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS.GREAT, THANK YOU, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST I KNOW WHEN WE HAD THAT SLIDE UP WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DATA POINTS REGARDING THE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRAVEL ON A PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, OR WAS IT ALL ALONG CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AT THAT THREE MILE STRETCH? WHAT WAS THIS WAS FOR THAT? THAT WAS I BELIEVE IT WAS FROM AVENIDA ENCINAS THROUGH PONTO WAS THE SMALL SEGMENT THAT WAS SAMPLED, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE RELATIVE THROUGH THAT AREA BECAUSE THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH CHANGE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THERE.
OKAY, SO AND WE MENTIONED THIS WAS DURING SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? THAT'S WHEN WE COLLECTED THE DATA.
OKAY, YEAH, I JUST THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT, OF COURSE, WE SEE CARS BEING THE HIGHEST THERE, BUT I CAN SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF CYCLISTS LIKE YOU WERE SAYING ON THE WEEKENDS AND DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, DURING THE SUMMER TIME.
I THINK WE HAVE MANY KIDS THAT ARE CYCLING, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE SAME THING ON THE WEEK.
OF COURSE, WITH PEDESTRIANS THE SAME THING AS WELL.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE THAT SEPARATES THE TWO DIRECTIONS OF TRAFFIC NORTH AND SOUTH? IT DEPENDS ON THE SEGMENT.
THE TIGHTEST SEGMENT WOULD BE THE BRIDGE, AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE PROPOSED A FOUR FOOT MEDIAN IN THE INTEREST OF COST BECAUSE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IS SO EXPENSIVE, BUT WHEN WE GET BEYOND THE BRIDGE, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO WIDEN THAT MEDIAN OUT AND HAVE A LANDSCAPE MEDIAN.
AND YEAH, WE HAVE THAT OPTION.
OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION.
COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER NORBY.
THANK YOU, AND THIS WILL PROBABLY BE MY ONLY TIME.
YOU HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND YOU HAVE ECONOMIC, AND THIS AREA IS THE SUCCESS OF THIS AREA ARE GOING TO REST ON, I THINK, TWO OF THOSE LEGS WHICH ARE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL AND HUMAN RELATIONS.
THAT IS WHERE THIS THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO SHINE.
CARLSBAD SHINES OVERALL ECONOMICALLY, NO DOUBT, BUT IN THIS KIND OF INTERFACE, THIS PACIFIC OCEAN CONTINENTAL INTERFACE, IT IS OUR MOST, I THINK, WITH ALONG WITH THE LAGOONS, OUR MOST PRIZED ENVIRONMENTAL POSSESSION.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, I THINK IN CITIES WE'VE TURNED OVER WAY TOO MUCH OF OUR LAND TO THE AUTOMOBILE, IN SOME CASES 50%, AND I THINK IN CARLSBAD IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 30 OR 40% OF OUR LAND MASS WE HAVE GIVEN TO THE CAR AND ANY EFFORT TO REDUCE ASPHALT, I THINK, AND RECLAIM THAT FOR HUMAN USES AND PEOPLE USES, NOT MACHINE USES AS A CAR IS A GOOD EFFORT TO UNDERTAKE AND IN THESE HYPER HYPER IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS THIS OCEAN INTERFACE AND OUR LAGOON INTERFACE, IT BECOMES EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
AND SO THE, I GUESS THE COMMENT THAT I WOULD HAVE REGARDING THE FOUR LANE, I BELIEVE IT'S COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY EVEN WITH SIGNALS EXCEPT FOR A STACKING LANE.
SO AS YOU APPROACH A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, IF YOU KEEP SIGNALS, YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE A STACKING LANE, TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION OF A CERTAIN LENGTH TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRAFFIC. OTHERWISE IT'S UNNECESSARY TO HAVE THE FOUR LANES.
PLEASE JUST REMOVE THAT ASPHALT.
I HOPE THEY'RE REMOVED AS WELL AND RECLAIMED AND RETURNED TO NATURE INSTEAD OF ASPHALT.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE CALLED ROUNDABOUTS, TURNAROUNDS, BUT THERE WAS SOME GREAT ARTIFACTS THERE.
THERE WAS MR. FRANK, AND I KIND OF WALKED OUT THERE AND WE WERE SURPRISED TO SEE CURB MARKINGS FROM BRESSY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, AND SO THERE ARE SEVERAL CURB STAMPS ON THERE WHEN THEY
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POURED THAT SIDEWALK AT TURNAROUNDS FROM A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT OBVIOUSLY IS AFFILIATED WITH BRESSY RANCH, AND SO IT REMINDS ME THAT THIS IS AN AREA OF CARLSBAD THAT BELONGS TO EVERYBODY.THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE, AND THE BEACH BELONGS TO EVERYBODY.
AND IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND ALL MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE THIS, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNCILMEMBER, BUT I GUESS A FUTURE CITIZEN, I HAVE NO DESIRE TO PUT ANY KIND OF ECONOMIC FOOTPRINT ON THIS PROPERTY THAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED OPEN SPACE OR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
WE DO HAVE PRIVATE PROPERTIES THAT WILL DEVELOP, BUT IN THIS FOOTPRINT, I JUST HAVE NO DESIRE.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SHINE ENVIRONMENTALLY AND CULTURALLY, AND IF WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW, ALLAY THE FEARS OF MASSIVE HOTEL PROJECTS OR MASSIVE HOUSING PROJECTS OR SOMETHING EARLY ON AND PUT OUR COMMUNITY TO REST.
I THINK WE WOULD BE WELL SERVED TO DO THAT, BUT IT IS A GIANT OPPORTUNITY.
I HOPE THIS GETS IN WHILE I'M STILL BIKING.
I MIGHT BE 70 OR 75, BUT JUST WE ARE WELL LED, VERY WELL LED ON THIS PROJECT AND SO CONTINUE.
COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO STAFF FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE HARD WORK BEHIND IT.
AS AS A COASTAL CITY, SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION IS NECESSARY, AS MS. HENTRICH MENTIONED, AND REQUIRED LEGALLY, AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR BLUFFS, TO OUR COASTLINE, AND WE ARE, WE HAVE BEEN AND MY APPRECIATION TO YOU IS FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB ON YOUR ANALYSIS AND WORKING ON THIS PLAN TOGETHER THAT WILL BE SO GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I AM AWARE THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF STAFF PLANNING AND CONSULTANTS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ALSO A LOT OF RESOURCES AND COURAGE TO STEP UP AND SPEND THOSE RESOURCES ON THIS KIND OF THING, AND I'M THERE.
AS COUNCILMEMBER NORBY MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US IN CARLSBAD, BUT I ALSO FEEL EXTRA ATTACHED TO IT, BECAUSE MOST OF THIS IS IN MY MY DISTRICT IN THE SOUTH PART OF CARLSBAD, AND WE'VE NOT SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE HERE.
IN FACT, WE'VE SEEN THAT BROKEN OLD VESTIGES OF ASPHALT THAT COUNCILMEMBER NORBY MENTIONED THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGE HERE.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD.
MY ONLY KIND OF COMPLAINT IS THAT I WANT TO SEE IT FASTER, BUT OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER AND THE RESOURCES ALIGNED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IF YOU EVER WORRY THAT WE'RE NOT, PLEASE BE ASSURED THAT WE LISTEN CAREFULLY AND WE EVALUATE SENSITIVELY EVERY TIME WE MAKE A DECISION AND I KNOW I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT I THINK I CAN ALSO SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BHAT-PATEL.
ECHOING THE SENTIMENTS OF GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK ON THIS, AND AS SOMEONE WHO USES ALL OF THESE MODES OF TRANSIT, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE COMPLETE STREETS THROUGHOUT THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR, I THINK FROM A SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN STANDPOINT, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT IMPLEMENTATION AND OBVIOUSLY THAT TIES INTO THIS JUST OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GOALS AND BEING ABLE TO MEET THOSE, AND I THINK JUST FROM A JUST OVERALL SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S REALLY, REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE STRIVING FOR AND CONTINUING TO DELIVER ON, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.
I THINK JUST THAT, AGAIN, THAT CONNECTIVITY PIECE IS SO IMPORTANT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY IT FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS IT TAKES TO GET THERE, AND I DO THINK THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HAPPENS.
AND I KNOW OUR TEAM IS MAKING EVERY ACTIVE EFFORT TO DO ALL OF THAT OUTREACH.
SEND US EMAILS, YOU KNOW, SEND US A CALL US DURING OUR OFFICE HOURS.
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I AGREE WITH MOST OF WHAT THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBER SAID.THANK YOU. IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
I'M MORE OF A FAN, I'LL BE PROBABLY LIKELY UNLESS YOU CAN CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE SUPPORTING FOUR LANES, AND WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR THAT, I'LL GIVE ALL MY EXPLANATIONS OF WHY. OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND THIS IS A INFORMATION ONLY, SO THERE'LL BE NO VOTE, AND THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OUR AGENDA.
SO LET'S GO THROUGH CLOSING COMMENTS.
[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]
NO COMMENTS. I'LL TRY TO BE REALLY QUICK.I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I ATTENDED THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE LAST WEEK.
I'M SURE COUNCILMEMBER BHAT-PATEL WILL ALSO SHARE THAT SHE WAS THERE BECAUSE I SAW HER AND I WAS VERY EXCITED TO JOIN THE STATEWIDE BOARD FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AND TO CONTINUE FURTHERING MY ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN IN A RELATED, ON A RELATED NOTE, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WE FOUND OUT JUST OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN JUST TODAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MOVEMENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THANK YOU, MR. HABER, FOR SENDING ME A TEXT AND LETTING ME KNOW THE TWO BILLS THAT WE SPONSORED THROUGH ASSEMBLY MEMBER TASHA BERNER HORVATH HAVE BOTH GOTTEN THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AND BEEN SIGNED, SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING.
THAT'S AB 1672 AND AB 1682, AND THOSE WERE JUST REALLY IMPORTANT COMMON SENSE BILLS, ONE RELATED TO LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATION AND THE OTHER TO LIFE SAVING VESSELS.
SO WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT THAT COMMON SENSE WAS HEARD AND THAT THOSE HAVE BECOME LAW , AND THEN ON A RELATED NOTE, IN THE FINAL STATE BUDGET BILL, WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT ANOTHER $5 MILLION WAS GRANTED TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD FOR VETERAN'S PARK THROUGH THE STATE BUDGET PROCESS, AND THAT REALLY JUST IS A TESTAMENT TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, MAKING CLEAR, CONCISE ARGUMENTS WHY WE NEED CERTAIN THINGS, WHETHER IT'S A BILL OR FUNDING FOR A PARK OR OTHER PROJECT, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY AND TO BE A PART OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN. BUT EVERYONE ON STAFF AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WERE ALSO PART OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
SO I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL AND I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT GREAT NEWS.
THANK YOU, AND YES, I, TOO, WAS AT THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES LAST WEEK AND HAD THE ABILITY, OF COURSE, TO HEAR FROM MANY OF THE DIFFERENT CITIES AS AS TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING ACROSS THE STATE AND WILL BE.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA IS GOING TO BE A BOARD MEMBER OF THE STATEWIDE BOARD FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, AND THEN I AM GOING TO BE CHAIRING THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS AND THEN ALSO WILL BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO DIVISION.
SO THAT WAS FINALIZED THIS PAST WEEK AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, AND OTHER THAN THAT, THIS COMING WEEK, I KNOW I JUST WANTED TO, OF COURSE, ANNOUNCE I DO HAVE OFFICE HOURS. I'LL ALSO BE DOING NCTD'S MEETING AND THE SANDAG TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THEN I KNOW YOU ALL GOT TO HEAR THAT WE DID HAVE OUR CARLSBAD CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE WE DID ACTUALLY ALSO DISCUSS OUR STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CHECK OUT THE VIDEO IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT WE DISCUSSED, BUT A LOT OF IT WAS AROUND JUST SAFETY, AROUND SCHOOLS AND TRAFFIC AROUND SCHOOLS AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO COORDINATE WITH NOT ONLY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OUR PD, AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THE FOLKS IN AND AROUND THOSE AREAS.
THANK YOU. AS FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, YOU MAY FIND THREE OR MORE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 22, AT 5:00 PM FOR THE CITIZENS ACADEMY RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE.
CITY CLERK. NOTHING, THANK YOU.
WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.