10. AUTHORIZE CITY AND CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT SUPPORT FOR THE ENCINA WASTEWATER AUTHORITY’S ONE WATER NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER REUSE STUDIES

[10. AUTHORIZE CITY AND CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT SUPPORT FOR THE ENCINA WASTEWATER AUTHORITY’S ONE WATER NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER REUSE STUDIES]

FOR SUPPORT OF THE ENCINA WASTEWATER AUTHORITY'S ONE WATER NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER REUSE STUDY.

SO, MR. CHADWICK, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS, CERTAINLY, AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR, VICKI QUIRAM.

VICKI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AS MWD PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

THIS IS EXCITING BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WATER AND WASTEWATER KIND OF START COMING TOGETHER.

AND I LOVE TALKING TO BOTH THE BOARDS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE THE PROCLAMATIONS AND WHAT A PERFECT NIGHT FOR US TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE GENERAL MANAGER OF EWA, SCOTT MCCLELLAN, AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU ON KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE ONE WATER NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT COULD POSSIBLY SOMEDAY MAKE TURN THE WASTEWATER THAT GOES DOWN TO YUMA INTO POTABLE WATER THAT'S DRINKABLE AND A LOCAL SUPPLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S A LONG WAY OFF.

THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO ANSWER, BUT IT'S, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IS IMPORTANT.

AND SO I'M NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT.

THANK YOU, VICKI. I DO ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECOGNITION FOR THE WATER PROFESSIONALS DAYS.

IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO BE PART OF THIS WATER COMMUNITY HERE IN NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AND I'M HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO I'M HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU AN INVITATION TO BECOME AN ADVOCACY AGENCY FOR ONE WATER NORTH SAN DIEGO. I'M GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT FEW MINUTES GOING, GETTING US ALL UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THIS PROJECT MEANS TO THE NORTH SAN DIEGO REGION AND WHY WE ARE IN A PLACE IN TIME THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN IN THE PAST, AND HOW THIS COUNCIL CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS VERY UNIQUE PROJECT AND ALSO THAT ULTIMATELY REPRESENTS THE LARGEST UNTAPPED WATER SUPPLY IN NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

JUST A QUICK REMINDER, AND SEEING THE WASTEWATER AUTHORITY IS THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER PROVIDER FOR OVER 400,000 PEOPLE IN NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WE SERVE SIX MEMBER AGENCIES FOR WHICH CARLSBAD IS OUR HOST AGENCY, AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT ROLE.

THAT CENTRAL ROLE THAT ENCINA PLAYS IS THE REASON ENCINA IS THE RIGHT ENTITY TO BRING THIS REGIONAL CONCEPT FORWARD.

NOW WE WILL BRING TOGETHER AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THE ONE WATER NORTH SAN DIEGO PROJECT.

SO OUR ASK TODAY IS THAT YOU JOIN US IN THE ONE WATER NORTH SAN DIEGO PROJECT AND ULTIMATELY SEE THIS THROUGH TO BECOME A REALITY.

SO YOU MAY ASK, WHAT IS THAT PROJECT? SO THE ONE WATER NORTH SAN DIEGO CONCEPT IS ABOUT PROVIDING NEW LOCALLY CONTROLLED WATER SUPPLY IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION.

THIS GRAPHIC DEPICTS VARIOUS LEVELS OF TREATMENT FOR WHICH THAT FALL INTO THE RECYCLED WATER CATEGORY, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT IN THE STATE.

CARLSBAD HAS LONG HAD A NON POTABLE REUSE OR THE PURPLE BOX THERE THAT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

MORE RECENTLY, WE'VE SEEN OTHER ENTITIES IN THE REGION WORK ON PROJECTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN THE GREEN BOX, THE GROUNDWATER AUGMENTATION AND SURFACE WATER AUGMENTATION.

THESE ARE A LOWER LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY THAN THE PROGRAM THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.

THEY ARE ALSO WELL KNOWN.

THE EXISTING REGULATORY REGULATIONS ARE WELL PROVEN.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

THEY HAVE A MUCH LOWER LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY.

THE ONE WATER NORTH SAN DIEGO CONCEPT DELIVERS THAT MUCH MORE COMPLEX WATER AS SHOWN IN THE BLUE BOXES ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

THIS ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE NON-POTABLE SYSTEM THAT CARLSBAD HAS ALREADY INVESTED IN AND IS SUCCESSFUL AT TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN SERVICE.

THIS LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY REALLY REPRESENTS THE NEED FOR CARLSBAD TO BE PART OF THAT GROUP THAT DEFINES AND

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GUIDES THIS AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING FOR THE NORTH SAN DIEGO REGION.

SO YOU'RE ASKING.

OKAY, TO BECOME AN ADVOCACY AGENCY, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO COOPERATE WITH ENCINA IN REFINING THE PROJECT CONCEPTS AND COSTS THERE.

WE WANT TO HAVE YOU REVIEW, PROVIDE INPUT AND OUTREACH MATERIALS OR DELIVERABLES.

WE NEED YOU TO ADVOCATE AND SOLICIT ADDITIONAL REGIONAL PARTNERS AS WELL.

WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT CONCEPTS, THE REGULATORY ADVISORY GROUPS, AS WELL AS PURSUIT OF FUNDING, ULTIMATELY ENGAGING IN DISCUSSION FOR THE POTENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS THAT WILL BE NEEDED.

AND FINALLY, CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN FUTURE PHASES.

I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE ENCINA STAFF HAS WORKED QUITE A BIT WITH VICKY AS WELL AS THE OTHER ENCINA WASTEWATER AUTHORITY MEMBER AGENCY MANAGERS TO DEVELOP THIS PROJECT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND THIS IS THE NEXT STEP THAT WE ARE TAKING IN THAT.

SO THE TIME IS NOW.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE NORTH COUNTY NEEDS THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.

WHY IS NOW A BETTER TIME THAN IN THE PAST? BECAUSE THESE THREE DRIVERS THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU: UNCERTAINTY, FUNDING AND SUSTAINABILITY.

UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THE WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY.

WE ALL KNOW WE'RE FACING EXTREME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING OUR WATER SUPPLY AND WE MUST SECURE LOCAL SUPPLIES TO BE MANAGED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

FUNDING.

FUNDING IS AVAILABLE LIKE IT'S NEVER BEEN AVAILABLE IN THE PAST.

WE'VE SEEN MAJOR SPENDING BILLS OF BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL HAVE COME THROUGH RECENTLY, AND THESE BILLS RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO INVEST IN CREATING NEW WATER SUPPLIES FOR OUR REGION.

WORKING TOGETHER ALL OF NORTH NORTH COUNTY CAN NOT JUST CREATE A NEW RELIABLE SUPPLY, BUT ALSO DO SO IN A COST EFFECTIVE WAY THROUGH ECONOMIES OF SCALE AT THE ENCINA FACILITY AND LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL THAT ALL OF THE MEMBER AGENCIES BRING.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SUSTAINABILITY.

THIS PROJECT WILL REDUCE OCEAN DISCHARGES, WHICH IS OUR MISSION.

NOT ONLY IS IT BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT ALSO HELPS US BETTER PREPARE FOR FUTURE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE KNOW ARE ON THE HORIZON.

IT WILL BE VERY COSTLY TO IMPLEMENT.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT NOT JUST FOR ENCINA, BUT FOR THE REGION AS WELL.

SO I DON'T THINK I NEED TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT THE DROUGHT ALREADY HAS A VERY FIRM GRASP ON THE REGION.

WHEN WE SEE THESE DAILY HEADLINES THAT I'M PUTTING UP HERE RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW AND WE NEED TO STOP AND CONSIDER OUR VULNERABILITY AS A REGION. HERE IN SAN DIEGO THE WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY IS A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY HERE.

WE WILL NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS.

AS A REGION WE ALSO KNOW THAT CONSERVATION IS WORKING, BUT HOW MUCH DEMAND CAN WE REALLY OFFSET WITH CONSERVATION? AT SOME POINT, WE'LL HIT DIMINISHING RETURNS.

WE MAY ALREADY BE THERE.

WE DON'T KNOW YET.

THIS IS WHEN LOCAL SUPPLY REALLY BECOMES IMPORTANT.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE HEADLINES IN HERE IS THE NPR HEADLINE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022.

IT'S A GREAT ARTICLE. YOU SHOULD LOOK IT UP ON THE WEB THERE.

SAN DIEGO'S IMPORTED WATER SUPPLY MAY NOT BE AS SECURE AS HOPED.

IT PROVIDES A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE OF WHERE WE MAY BE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE.

SO WHAT DOES THAT NEW LOCAL SUPPLY LOOK LIKE? HERE IS THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY'S 2035 PROJECTIONS, PROJECTED SUPPLY MIX.

YOU CAN SEE THE POTABLE REUSE IS A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT SUPPLY.

THIS DOES NOT EVEN COUNT ONE WATER NORTH SAN DIEGO INTO THE SUPPLY MATRIX AT THIS POINT.

THIS IS A LONG TERM PROJECT.

WE'LL SEE THAT IN A SECOND.

THE AMOUNT OF POTABLE REUSE THAT COULD BE CREATED BY THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT 18 TO 25000 ACRE FEET A YEAR.

TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OR RELEVANCE TO THAT, THE MIRAMAR RESERVOIR THAT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS PUTTING THEIR WATER INTO IS ABOUT 6700 ACRE FEET.

SO WE WOULD FILL THAT RESERVOIR THREE TIMES OVER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

CLOSER TO HOME HERE, CARLSBAD, BASED ON THEIR RECENT URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR OVER 3500 ACRE FEET OF WATER DEMAND ALONE IN A SINGLE YEAR.

OTHER AGENCIES THAT ALSO HAVE REPORTED A NEEDS ALSO HAVE BEEN TALLIED UP, AND YOU CAN QUICKLY SEE THAT THE DEMAND IS GOING TO OUTSTRIP THE SUPPLY.

SO THIS IS IMPERATIVE THAT CARLSBAD BE PART OF THIS PROJECT.

WHAT DOES THAT SCHEDULE LOOK LIKE IN THE LONG TERM? WE'RE STILL PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS OUT FROM REALLY STARTING THE PROJECT.

AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME, WE ARE COALESCING THE COALITION.

WE NEED INPUT FROM COALITION MEMBERS.

IT'S LIKELY A TEN YEAR TIME FRAME ONCE WE GET THE PROJECT STARTED.

SO WE'RE EASILY WELL PAST THE 2035 TIMEFRAME THERE.

SO WHAT WE NEED NOW IS TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND BE PART OF THIS VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND THEY NEED TO COME TO THE TABLE TO START STRATEGIZING

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ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND HOW BEST TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROJECT IN THE FUTURE.

OUR NEXT STEPS WILL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH ADVOCACY AGENCIES.

WE'LL WE FIND THE PROJECT CONCEPTS.

WE'LL UPDATE CONCEPT DESIGNS AND COST ESTIMATE AND ULTIMATELY CREATE THIS POTABLE REUSE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IS PART OF THIS PROJECT EFFORT.

SO WITH THAT TODAY, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT CARLSBAD PARTICIPATION IN THE ONE WATER NORTH SAN DIEGO EFFORT.

YOUR PARTICIPATION IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO MANAGE THE REGION'S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

IT'S DEFINITELY WATER.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THERE.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

MR. NORBY. THANK YOU.

MR. MCCLELLAND, I KNOW OUR WASTEWATER, WE USE SOME OF THAT FOR PURPLE PIPE, AND I KNOW THAT WE DO LIKE A PELLET SIZED FERTILIZER AS WELL.

BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT ARE WE, OF THE TOTAL WASTEWATER PICTURE ARE WE CURRENTLY DISCHARGING INTO THE OCEAN? WE ARE CURRENTLY DISCHARGING ABOUT 80, 85% INTO THE OCEAN RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST AS A CITIZEN, I'M AWARE OF WHAT SAN DIEGO IS DOING WITH PURE WATER AND OTHERS.

BUT HOW MANY OF THESE POTABLE WATER PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE ONE THAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING ARE IN OPERATION IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW? IN THE UNITED STATES? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

YEAR. THERE ARE ABOUT 35 PLANTS EITHER IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING OR ACTUALLY IN OPERATION OR PLANNED FOR RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE STATE.

SO AS WE GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS, THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AND ONWARD, CLEARLY LOOKING AT THOSE OPERATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED WILL BE A BIG PART OF IT.

AND YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY I DIDN'T ASK YOU INTERNATIONALLY HOW MANY ARE DOING IT.

THAT ONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A COUPLE.

OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, STATE OF THE ART.

YOURS ISN'T GOING TO BE A BLENDED PLAN, IS IT? NO, IT'S NOT.

SO WHEN DO YOU THINK THE STATE AND FEDS WILL GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? SO THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON FOR, I WILL SAY PROBABLY THE LAST 8 TO 10 YEARS THAT I'M AWARE OF IS DUE TO BE PUBLISHED ON LATE 2023.

THAT WILL PROVIDE THE GUIDANCE FOR ENTITIES LIKE US TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP THE PROJECT BASED ON A REGULATORY SET OF REQUIREMENTS THERE. THAT IS KEY TO THIS PROJECT AND THAT IS WHY, AGAIN, WE NEED CARLSBAD.

WE NEED OTHER ENTITIES, VALLECITOS OLIVENHAIN, SANTA FE, TO COME TO THE TABLE SO THAT THEY CAN HELP US DEFINE THIS PROJECT AS WE GET BETTER CLARITY FROM THE STATE.

AND YOU HAVEN'T USED SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IN ANY OF YOUR COMMENTS.

IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? NO, THERE'S NOT, ACTUALLY.

THE ONLY REASON I HAVEN'T MENTIONED SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IS BECAUSE.

WELL, ACTUALLY, I DID BECAUSE THAT PIE CHARTS FROM THEM.

SO THERE YOU GO.

BUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IS OBVIOUSLY THE REGIONAL PLAYER HERE.

WE ARE TALKING TO THEM AS WELL.

WE DON'T QUITE YET KNOW HOW SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IS GOING TO INCORPORATE THIS INTO THEIR WATER SUPPLY PORTFOLIO.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK TO THEM.

THEY HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT THAT AND ULTIMATELY WE WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND THEY MAY DECIDE, HEY, THIS PROJECT LOOKS GOOD AND THEY PICK IT UP FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE.

SO. LEGALLY, CAN YOU SELL THIS WATER TO NORTH COUNTY WITHOUT USING THEM? THAT'S THE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY'S PURVIEW.

THAT'S NOT MINE. I'M JUST SAYING THEY'RE THE AGENCY THAT DISTRIBUTES THE WATER.

SO IT SEEMED TO ME THEY'D BE YOUR NUMBER ONE PARTNER.

WE NEED THE PARTNERS.

WE NEED THE REGIONAL PARTNERS IN THE NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WE NEED ALSO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AT THE TABLE AS WELL.

WE WILL BE TALKING TO THEM.

I'VE TALKED TO THEM MORE THAN A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST AS WELL ON THAT.

THE INTERESTING PART OF WHERE THE ROLE THAT THE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY PLAYS IS ONE OF KIND OF MANAGER OF WATER SUPPLIES IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION.

AND SO WHERE THEY THINK AND SEE THEIR WATER SUPPLIES COMING FROM AND WHERE THEY SEE THE NEED IN THE FUTURE IS PART OF THAT PIE CHART THAT I PUT UP THERE.

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT CHANGES AS THE DROUGHT CHANGES, AS DIFFERENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS CHANGE HERE IN THE NORTH COUNTY.

SO I AM A MEMBER ON THE AGENCY.

AND SO WHEN YOU THINK OF WATER IN CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS THE MOST SECURE WATER SUPPLY FOR QUITE SOME TIME INTO THE

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FUTURE. AND KNOWING WHAT SOMEBODY SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, WHICH IS, I THINK, A STEP OR TWO AHEAD OF YOU.

WHEN THAT COMES ONLINE, THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY MORE THOUSAND ACRE FEET OF WATER INTO THIS REGION.

SO I WOULD HOPE AND I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO WALK DOWN THIS PATH, THE SOONER YOU GET INVOLVED WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY TO FIGURE OUT WHEN IT COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT THERE WOULD BE A NEED.

AND I NOTICED THE NUMBER 2040, AND THAT PROBABLY IS A REALISTIC NUMBER.

BUT I MEAN, OUR WATER DEMANDS BY CONTRACT ARE FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS OUT, SOME MUCH LONGER THAN THAT.

I MEAN, SOME ARE 50 YEARS OUT.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER.

BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WATER RELIABILITY, THIS COUNTY IS PROBABLY THE BEST IN THE STATE.

SO IF WE'RE OUT OF WATER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REST OF THE STATE IS GOING TO DO.

AND PART OF WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE LAW CHANGED IS THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE WATER, IF WE CAN SELL SOME OF THOSE RIGHTS TO OTHER AREAS, IT MIGHT BE NEVADA OR ARIZONA EVEN.

SO HOW YOU PLAY INTO THAT PROGRAM, KNOWING THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE CHEAP WATER, I THINK WOULD IT BE ADVANTAGEOUS THE SOONER YOU GOT INVOLVED WITH THAT, IT'D BE BEST FOR ALL CONCERNED.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY IF IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO THIS, COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE A PARTNER IF IT'S EVER GOING TO COME TO FRUITION.

SO THE SOONER YOU DO THAT, SOONER THIS NUMBER GETS ALLOCATED INTO THE FUTURE, THE EASIER IT WILL BE FOR YOU.

SO. THANK YOU.

COMMENTS. MR. NORBY. COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND IN MY OTHER ROLE, IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU THROUGH ENCINA WASTEWATER AUTHORITY BOARD.

I WAS GOING TO CALL OUT THAT PIE CHART AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT IT WAS FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AND THAT IT DID, IT HAS BEEN CHANGING OVER THE YEARS.

IT DOES CHANGE AS NEW SUPPLIES OF WATER COME ONLINE AND AS THE BIGGER PICTURE CHANGES.

SO I DID THINK THAT THAT WAS A REALLY INFORMATIVE SLIDE FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WATER ISSUES.

REWATCHING THIS AND LOOKING AT THAT SLIDE WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.

AND THERE'S ALSO IN THE STAFF REPORT FOR THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, IF THEY WANT TO CHECK OUT THE AGENDA PACKET, WHICH IS ONLINE IN ITS ENTIRETY.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE A REPORT THERE ON THESE ISSUES.

BUT I WANTED TO CALL THE IDEA OF THE FRAMEWORK BACK TO TO FOCUS, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF SETTING THE FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO.

AND THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW.

AND IT WILL BE ESTABLISHING WHO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING WITH, THE KIND OF COMMUNICATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH THE STAKEHOLDER AND PARTNER AGENCIES SO THAT IT'S VERY TIMELY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON TALKING WITH.

I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THAT WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE AND IS IN THIS STAFF REPORT, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TODAY AND MAKING THE PRESENTATION.

AND I THINK ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO RECYCLE WATER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE WATER RELIABILITY, THE BETTER.

SO THANK YOU. DR.

MR. BLACKBURN? YES.

MOVE ADOPTION OF BOTH THE COUNCIL AND CMW RESOLUTIONS CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN .

SECOND. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO BE VERY SPECIFIC THAT THIS INCLUDES SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AT THE SOONEST POSSIBLE TIME.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IF THIS IS GOING TO WORK, THEY NEED TO BE INCLUDED BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT AND HOW ALL THIS FITS TOGETHER, THEY NEED TO BE PART OF IT.

SO IF THAT'S PART OF THE MOTION, THEN I CAN SURELY VOTE FOR IT.

I THINK THAT MAKES COMMON SENSE AND I INCLUDE THAT IN MY MOTION.

AND I'LL KEEP THE SECOND.

WITH THAT CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

VERY WELL DONE.

OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO, I BELIEVE

[4. 2022 CONFLICT OF INTEREST UPDATE]

UPDATE. MR. CHADWICK. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION IS OUR CITY CLERK SERVICES MANAGER, FAVIOLA MEDINA.

THANK YOU. THIS ITEM WOULD NORMALLY BE ON CONSENT.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE DONE SOME CLEANUP TO OUR MUNICIPAL CODE LANGUAGE.

THEREFORE, THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY TITLE THE ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION IN ADDITION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTIONS.

THERE IS A NEW STRUCTURE OF THE CODE AND THERE ARE NEW DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES.

THERE ARE NOW FIVE INSTEAD OF SEVEN.

I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

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SPEAKERS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

QUESTIONS. PLEASE.

TITLE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 1.14 DISQUALIFICATION FOR CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

MOVE ADOPTION OF ALL FIVE RESOLUTIONS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE ALL CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

[5. ORDINANCE AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 1.08 – PENALTIES, AND CHAPTER 1.10 – ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT REMEDIES TO EXPAND THE CITY’S ENFORCEMENT OPTIONS]

ORDINANCE AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 1.08.

PENALTIES IN CHAPTER 1.10 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT REMEDIES TO EXPAND THE CITY'S ENFORCEMENT OPTIONS.

MR. CHADWICK YES, SIR. NOW, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR ASSISTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MIKE STRONG, AS WELL AS OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, MARISSA KAWECKI.

WE PROVIDED THE BRIEFING INFORMATION IN ADVANCE, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE ALSO WANT TO SEE IF COUNCIL WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO WANTING TO GO DIRECTLY TO QUESTIONS. SPEAKERS.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.

COUNCIL. YOU'RE ALL GOOD.

OKAY. PLEASE. TITLE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE ONE, CHAPTER 1.08 - PENALTIES, AND CHAPTER 1.10 - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT REMEDIES.

MOVE INTRODUCTION TO THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED INAGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

ITEM FIVE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION, ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER CS-430 AMENDING THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 10.40.302

[6. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. CS-430 - AMENDING THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 10.40.302 TO RESTRICT OVERNIGHT PARKING ON SURFSIDE LANE AND ISLAND WAY]

TO RESTRICT OVERNIGHT PARKING ON SURFSIDE LANE AND ISLAND WAY.

SPEAKERS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.

MAYOR. WOULD YOU PLEASE.

TITLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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 P.M.

AND 5 A.M. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM SEVEN, ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE NUMBER CS-431 AND CS-432 - 2022 ZONING ORDINANCE CLEANUP IN VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO CARLSBAD

[7. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NOS. CS-431 AND CS-432 - 2022 ZONING ORDINANCE CLEANUP - VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM ]

MUNICIPAL CODE AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.

CITY ATTORNEY.

OH, SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.

MAYOR. CITY ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE ARE TWO ORDINANCES TO BE TITLED.

FIRST 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 CARE.

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.

GROUP ADOPTION OF BOTH ORDINANCES CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

WE HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN.

OK.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[8. SAFER STREETS TOGETHER: OPTIONS TO ADDRESS LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATED TO TRAFFIC SAFETY IN CARLSBAD]

MOVING ON TO DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY MANAGER REPORTS, ITEM 8, SAFER STREETS TOGETHER OPTIONS TO ADDRESS LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATED TO TRAFFIC SAFETY IN CARLSBAD. CITY MANAGER.

GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ASSISTING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS GOING TO BE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JEFF PATNOE, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, KIM YOUNG, OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, TOM FRANK, OUR POLICE CHIEF MICKEY WILLIAMS, AND OUR COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR, KRISTINA RAY.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND START THIS OFF IF I COULD GET THE CLICKER.

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PERFECT. WELL, GOOD EVENING.

AND IT HAS BEEN 35 DAYS SINCE THE CITY PROCLAIMED THE LOCAL EMERGENCY FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY AND 27 DAYS SINCE CITY COUNCIL RATIFIED THAT PROCLAMATION AND APPROPRIATED $2 MILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDING.

NOW, TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TO ADDRESS THIS EMERGENCY, PRESENT YOU OPTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WELL AS ASK FOR YOUR DIRECTION. NOW, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS BROKEN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION INTO FOUR SPECIFIC AREAS.

WE WANT TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON THE BACKGROUND, MOVING INTO ACTIONS TO DATE, OPTIONS TO CONSIDER.

AND THEN LASTLY, DISCUSSION IN NEXT STEPS.

NOW, TO KICK THINGS OFF, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, KIM YOUNG, TO THE PODIUM TO TALK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

KIM, EXCELLENT. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.

I'M KIM YOUNG.

I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND I WILL NOW DESCRIBE THE NUMEROUS EMERGENCY GOOD EVENING.

I'M KIM YOUNG, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND I WILL NOW DESCRIBE THE NUMEROUS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, OR EOC, CAPABILITIES WE'VE APPLIED TO SAFER STREETS.

AS YOU ARE AWARE, CARLSBAD ACTIVATED THE EOC IN SUPPORT OF THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY LEVERAGED THE EOC STRUCTURE AND CAPABILITIES FOR THIS NONTRADITIONAL, YET VERY SIGNIFICANT EMERGENCY.

AND I'LL PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION AND THE EOC'S ACTIVATION IN SUPPORT OF SAFER STREETS IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.

BUT BEFORE THAT, I WILL FIRST BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE EOC AS APPLICABLE TO ALL THREATS AND HAZARDS IN GENERAL.

THE PURPOSE OF THE EOC IS TO COORDINATE AND SUPPORT CITY LEVEL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.

THE EOC IS TYPICALLY ACTIVATED FOR LARGE SCALE EMERGENCIES INVOLVING MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.

NOTABLY, THE EOC IS NOT A COMMAND CENTER.

THE EOC DOES NOT TYPICALLY DIRECT FIELD LEVEL RESPONSE.

SOME EOC FUNCTIONS INCLUDE SUPPORT INFORMATION SHARING AND RESOURCE COORDINATION; INFORMS SENIOR CITY OFFICIALS ON OVERALL SITUATION STATUS AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS; AND SUPPORT PUBLIC INFORMATION AND PUBLIC EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I WILL PROVIDE DETAIL NOW ABOUT THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION AND THE EOC ACTIVATION SPECIFICALLY FOR SAFER STREETS.

SO PROCLAIMING A LOCAL EMERGENCY HAS ALLOWED US TO ACCOMPLISH FOUR IMMEDIATE ITEMS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE THREAT.

1) CENTRALIZE THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE THROUGH THE EOC; 2) IMMEDIATELY REDEPLOY RESOURCES; 3) STREAMLINE PROCUREMENT AND OTHER PROCESSES; AND 4) INCREASE FOCUS AND COLLABORATION AMONG RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND OTHER AGENCIES.

AND REGARDING THE EOC ACTIVATION FOR SAFER STREETS, SOME SPECIFIC CAPABILITIES THAT WE LEVERAGE INCLUDE AN EOC ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, ACCORDING TO THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, DESIGNATED INCIDENT OBJECTIVES AND MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE, A FORMAL AND ROUTINE OPERATING TEMPO FOR STAFF MEETINGS, BRIEFINGS, WORKING GROUPS, ETC., AND A COLLABORATIVE MICROSOFT TEAMS ENVIRONMENT.

THAT INCLUDES DAILY SITUATION REPORTS, A TASK TRACKER AND INCIDENT DATA.

ALL OF THESE CAPABILITIES PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR CENTRALIZED INFORMATION SHARING AND DOCUMENTATION.

AND THIS SLIDE SIMPLY ILLUSTRATES SOME OF THE TOOLS MENTIONED: THE SITUATION REPORT, THE TASK TRACKER, AND AN EXAMPLE OF DATA AND MAPPING.

AN IMPORTANT EOC CAPABILITY IS TO PROVIDE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE BASED ON DATA.

INJURY COLLISIONS AND PUBLIC SENTIMENT ARE TWO TYPES OF DATA THAT HELP INFORM OUR SAFER STREETS EFFORTS.

STARTING FIRST WITH INJURY COLLISIONS.

WE FOCUS ON INJURY COLLISIONS BECAUSE THEY MAY INVOLVE PERSONAL HARM, WHETHER WALKING, BIKING, DRIVING, INJURY COLLISIONS HAVE RISEN OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

BICYCLE INJURY COLLISIONS HAVE DOUBLED IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD AND HAVE INCREASED OVER 200% IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

ALSO, WE ANALYZE DATA TRENDS AND USE MAPPING TECHNOLOGY TO INFORM OUR EFFORTS.

THIS HEATMAP SHOWS INJURY COLLISIONS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE VILLAGE, KEY TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS AND AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.

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MOVING NOW TO PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

IN ADDITION TO INJURY COLLISION DATA, WE ALSO GATHER INFORMATION ON PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

THE CITY HAS RECEIVED 183 COMMENTS AND IDEAS FROM THE COMMUNITY RELATED TO TRAFFIC SAFETY SINCE AUGUST 23RD.

OF ALL THE COMMENTS AND IDEAS RECEIVED, THE TOP THREE CATEGORIES WERE RELATED TO CHANGING LAWS, CONTROLLING SPEEDING AND INCREASING ENFORCEMENT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT COMMENTS AND IDEAS BY MODES OF TRAVEL.

THE INFORMATION RECEIVED WAS EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO USE BICYCLES, ELECTRIC BICYCLES, CARS AND OTHER MODES OF TRAVEL.

SO THIS CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THE BRIEF.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS BOTH VALUABLE AND NECESSARY TO LEVERAGE THE EOC CAPABILITIES TO TIE TOGETHER ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES, DATA AND PROCESSES RELATED TO SAFER STREETS.

I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE INTRODUCE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JEFF PATNOE TO CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN JUST 35 DAYS SINCE THE CITY PROCLAIMED A LOCAL EMERGENCY.

YOU WILL SEE THAT STAFF HAS BEEN VERY BUSY WITH SOME IMMEDIATE ACTIONS, INCLUDING PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CITY COUNCIL'S $2 MILLION APPROPRIATION ON AUGUST 30TH.

BEFORE GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES OUR RESPONSE IS BASED ON, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE THREE E'S OF TRAFFIC SAFETY.

EDUCATION: RAISE AWARENESS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY RULES AND CREATE A STRONG SOCIAL NORM AROUND TRAFFIC SAFETY BEHAVIORS.

ENGINEERING: DESIGN, ROADS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE SAFE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE THROUGH ALL MODES OF TRAVEL.

AND ENFORCEMENT: HOLD ALL USERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE ROAD AND ENGAGING IN SAFE BEHAVIORS.

ANOTHER WAY TO THINK OF THE THREE E'S IS LIKE A THREE LEGGED STOOL, TO TAKE ONE OF THEM AWAY AND THE TOOL AND THE STOOL FALLS DOWN.

LIKEWISE, EVEN THOUGH THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN COLLISIONS INVOLVE BIKES AND E-BIKES, WE KNOW THAT IT TAKES EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER TO USE OUR ROADWAYS IN A SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE MANNER. THAT IS WHY WE'RE NOT FOCUSED ON ANY ONE MODE OF TRAVEL, BUT EMPHASIZING THE NEED FOR EVERYONE TO DO THEIR PART.

THE ACTIONS WE'LL BE GOING OVER THIS EVENING START WITH THE FUNDAMENTALS.

THESE ARE EXISTING AND ONGOING PROGRAMS ALREADY APPROVED AND FUNDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT TRAFFIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THEN I'LL GO OVER WHAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED OVER THE PAST FIVE WEEKS, AND THEN I WILL INVITE THE LEAD STAFF OF OUR THREE E'S TO PRESENT POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL ACTIONS.

THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED SEVERAL IMPORTANT POLICIES AND PLANS TO SUPPORT SAFE STREETS FOR ALL MODES OF TRAVEL.

THE GENERAL PLAN MOBILITY ELEMENT WAS ADOPTED IN 2015 AND LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR A NEW WAY OF APPROACHING STREET DESIGN, FOCUSED NOT JUST ON THE CAR BUT BIKING AND WALKING. THE SUSTAINABILITY.

THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY 2021 PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR TURNING THE POLICIES IN THE MOBILITY ELEMENT INTO PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS. IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO PRIORITIZE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN PROJECTS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

THE CITY ALSO HAS A RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A STRUCTURED WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO REPORT AND THE CITY'S TO ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

12 NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CONSENSUS AS A PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND 11 MORE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. FINALLY, THE CITY HAS OVER 100 PROJECTS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN ITS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE LIVE INTERACTIVE MAP FROM THE CITY'S WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THESE PROJECTS AND WHEN THEY ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION.

TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR TOM FRANK WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THESE PROJECTS A LITTLE LATER.

OTHER FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS INCLUDE THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM.

THE CITY IS CURRENTLY FUNDING 36 SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS, SERVING 14 SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

OF COURSE, THE CITY DOES ONGOING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.

AND IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL MADE CARLSBAD THE FIRST IN THE REGION TO PASS AN ORDINANCE SPECIFIC TO E-BIKE ENFORCEMENT.

WE'VE ALSO DONE ONGOING PUBLIC EDUCATION ON TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES, INCLUDING AN E-BIKE SAFETY CAMPAIGN WHICH RECENTLY WON A STATEWIDE AWARD FOR ITS VIDEO AND PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO BUILDING ON THIS VERY STRONG FOUNDATION, WHEN THE CITY PROCLAIMED A LOCAL EMERGENCY ON AUGUST 23RD, WE SET OUT TO INCREASE EFFORTS IN ALL THREE AREAS.

WE ROLLED OUT A NEW PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, BEGAN WORK ON ROADWAY PROJECTS THAT COULD BE COMPLETED QUICKLY AND INCREASED ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.

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ON THE EDUCATION FRONT, CITY STAFF INTRODUCED THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER CAMPAIGN, WHICH INCLUDES SOCIAL MEDIA, BANNERS, FLIERS, MEDIA RELATIONS, A NEW SAFE STREETS SUB SITE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND SEVERAL NEW VIDEOS.

COUNCIL IF WE COULD JUST, A QUICK PAUSE AND TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS, BECAUSE WHAT I'M NOTICING IS WE'RE READING FROM THE WRONG POWER DECK. SO COULD WE JUST ASK FOR A FIVE MINUTE RECESS REAL QUICK? OKAY.

OUR APOLOGIES TO COUNCIL AND WE HAD A PREVIOUS VERSION AND IT WASN'T MATCHING UP.

SO WE'RE BACK ON TRACK NOW.

SO WE'RE PICKING UP AGAIN AND IMMEDIATE ACTIONS.

AND JEFF, TAKE IT AWAY.

AND NOW BACK TO YOUR ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM.

SO BUILDING ON THIS VERY STRONG FOUNDATION, WHEN THE CITY PROCLAIMED A LOCAL EMERGENCY AUGUST 23RD, WE SET OUT TO INCREASE EFFORTS IN ALL THREE AREAS.

WE ROLLED OUT A NEW PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, BEGAN WORK ON ROADWAY PROJECTS THAT COULD BE COMPLETED QUICKLY AND INCREASED ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.

ON THE EDUCATION FRONT, CITY STAFF INTRODUCED THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER CAMPAIGN, WHICH INCLUDES SOCIAL MEDIA, BANNERS, FLIERS, MEDIA RELATIONS, A NEW SAFER STREETS SUBSITE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SEVERAL NEW VIDEOS.

SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WITH TRAFFIC SAFETY MESSAGES HAVE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VIEWS, AND WE'VE SEEN HIGH LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

NEARLY 150 NEWS STORIES HAVE BEEN GENERATED FOCUSED ON THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION AND RELATED ACTIONS.

ON THE ENGINEERING FRONT, THE CITY DEPLOYED 17 SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS AND 12 DIGITAL MESSAGE BOARDS TO HIGH COLLISION ROAD SEGMENTS.

THE CITY ALSO JUST PUT INTO SERVICE A NEW STRIPING TRUCK AND ADDED GREEN, HIGH VISIBILITY MARKINGS TO BIKE LANES IN 18 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT CARLSBAD.

LAST WEEK WE EXECUTED A CONTRACT THAT WILL ADD 37 ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS.

OUR RAPID RESPONSE HAS IN LARGE PART BEEN INFORMED BY DATA.

THIS HEAT MAP SHOWS AREAS WHERE INJURY COLLISIONS INVOLVING A VEHICLE, BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN ARE CONCENTRATED.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE DIGITAL MESSAGE BOARDS THAT HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED IN SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE INJURY ACCIDENTS FREQUENTLY OCCUR.

LIKEWISE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS HAVE ALSO BEEN DEPLOYED IN KEY AREAS AND ALONG CORRIDORS WITH MORE COLLISIONS.

AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND USING CITY OWNED LOCATIONS TO RELAY TRAFFIC SAFETY MESSAGES BY USING BANNERS AND SIGNS.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU TRAVEL IN CARLSBAD, YOU WERE LIKELY TO BE REMINDED TO BE SAFE ON OUR ROADS.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE STRATEGY BEHIND THE EARLY ACTION PLACEMENT OF HIGH VISIBILITY STREET MARKINGS TO IMPROVE BICYCLE SAFETY.

THIS INCLUDES CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE AND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS INCREASED ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC SAFETY RELATED VIOLATIONS.

OF THOSE, DRIVERS RECEIVED THE MOST CITATIONS FOLLOWED BY E-BIKE RIDERS.

KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE FAR MORE CARS ON THE ROADS THAN BIKES.

SO THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT DRIVERS AS A WHOLE ARE VIOLATING THE RULES MORE THAN PEOPLE USING OTHER MODES OF TRAVEL.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT BY REASSIGNING PERSONNEL IN THE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE FOCUS ON TRAFFIC AND ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON FILLING FOUR OVERSTAFFED POSITIONS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 30TH.

I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT OVERSTAFFING DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE ADDED POSITIONS.

IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT THERE CAN BE SOME OVERLAP TO AVOID VACANCIES RESULTING FROM RETIREMENTS AND OTHER EXPECTED DEPARTURES.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO PURCHASED TWO NEW E-BIKES TO FACILITATE ADDITIONAL BIKE PATROLS.

I'D LIKE TO SHIFT TO TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR SAFE STREETS PLAN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.

THESE ARE LISTED UNDER THE THREE E'S OF TRAFFIC SAFETY AND INCLUDE SHORT, MID AND LONG TERM STRATEGIES.

BEFORE INVITING STAFF TO TALK ABOUT EACH OF THE PROPOSED ACTIONS, I WANT TO DISCUSS VISION ZERO, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER.

VISION ZERO IS A STRATEGY INTENDED TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES WHILE INCREASING SAFE, HEALTHY AND EQUITABLE MOBILITY.

VISION ZERO RECOGNIZES THAT THIS IS A BOLD AND DAUNTING GOAL, BUT IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES TO PUBLICLY DECLARE.

54 CITIES AND COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ARE OFFICIALLY PART OF THE VISION ZERO MOVEMENT.

THIS MEANS THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES OF THE NATIONAL VISION ZERO NETWORK.

OF THE 54 CITIES, 12 ARE IN CALIFORNIA.

IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, TWO CITIES ARE RECOGNIZED ON THE VISION ZERO WEBSITE: LA MESA AND SAN DIEGO.

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THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS HAS INCLUDED VISION ZERO AS A STRATEGY IN ITS REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND THE ENCINITAS CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO SUPPORT VISION ZERO IN 2021.

MUCH OF WHAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IS ALREADY DOING AND THE OPTIONS BEING PRESENTED THIS EVENING FIT WITHIN THE VISION ZERO FRAMEWORK.

IF THE CITY COUNCIL WERE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THIS FURTHER, THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING VISION ZERO, THEN DEVELOPING AN ACTION PLAN.

AGAIN, THE SAFER STREETS PLAN COULD BE ADAPTED INTO A VISION ZERO PLAN IF THAT WERE THE CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.

WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE CITY'S COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR KRISTINA RAY TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL ACTIONS IN THE CATEGORY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THANK YOU, MR. PATNOE.

GOOD EVENING. I'M KRISTINA RAY.

I'M THE COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

AND TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO BE GOING OVER SOME ACTIONS AND SOME OPTIONS IN THE EDUCATION CATEGORY.

BEFORE I GO INTO THE DETAILS, THOUGH, I WANTED TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OVERALL APPROACH.

YOU SEE IT THERE. IT SAYS AWARENESS.

AWARENESS, EDUCATION, KIND OF SYNONYMOUS, REALLY.

THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.

AND WE'RE VERY LUCKY IN THAT THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE ABOUT HOW TO USE COMMUNICATION TO GET PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIORS AND EVEN SPECIFIC TO DIFFERENT TRAFFIC SAFETY BEHAVIORS.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL BE SEEING IN OUR APPROACH, IN ADDITION TO AWARENESS BUILDING, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP, IS REALLY FOCUSING ON DIFFERENT USER GROUPS AND IDENTIFYING THE BENEFITS TO THEM.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOKED AT RESEARCH ABOUT TEEN DRIVERS, WHAT'S MOTIVATING THEM ISN'T SO MUCH THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT THEY MIGHT BE INJURED.

IT'S REALLY THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT IF THEY GET A TICKET THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THEIR INSURANCE, THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY A FINE.

SO REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EMPHASIZING THE RIGHT THINGS WITH THE RIGHT AUDIENCES.

SOCIAL NORM.

IT'S KIND OF A NICE WAY OF SAYING PEER PRESSURE, REALLY JUST REINFORCING AND HIGHLIGHTING THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGING IN THE SAFE BEHAVIORS AND CREATING THAT EXPECTATION THROUGHOUT CARLSBAD. COMMITMENT.

AGAIN, A LOT OF RESEARCH SHOWING THAT IF YOU CAN GET SOMEONE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF WAYS CITIES HAVE DONE THAT, IT DOES LEAD TO LASTING BEHAVIOR CHANGE. SO SOME KIND OF PLEDGE DRIVE OR THOSE SORTS OF STRATEGIES.

AND THEN FINALLY, EVEN IF WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE PERFECT MESSAGE AND WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE SOCIAL NORM AND PEOPLE HAVE MADE COMMITMENTS, THEY FRANKLY JUST ALSO NEED TO BE REMINDED. RIGHT.

AND SO WE CALL THAT PROMPTS.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THESE STRATEGIES KIND OF WOVEN IN THROUGHOUT THE THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

SO STARTING ON AUGUST 23RD, WE LAUNCHED A SAFER STREETS TOGETHER COMMUNICATION PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, THIS LAST 35 DAYS REALLY LAY IN THE FOUNDATION OF AWARENESS.

AND WHAT YOU WILL BE SEEING MOVING FORWARD IS THAT COMMUNITY COMMITMENT CAMPAIGN, SOME INCREASED SCHOOL COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND ALL OF THE DISTRICTS THAT SERVE CARLSBAD.

AND AGAIN, KIND OF TAKING AN AUDIENCE CENTERED APPROACH, A SPECIFIC EFFORT FOR BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS, HOW CAN THEY ENGAGE IN THIS EFFORT? AND HELPING US SPREAD THE WORD? MOBILITY ORGANIZATION PARTNERSHIPS.

AGAIN, THE CITY ALREADY WORKS WITH MANY MOBILITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVEN BROADER COLLABORATION.

AND THEN FINALLY, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THIS PLEDGE IDEA AND COMMITMENT IDEA.

VERY COMMON.

YOU CAN EVEN SEE IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S NOT A CITY, THAT'S AN INSURANCE COMPANY, RIGHT? SO BASICALLY THESE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT TEND TO WORK.

AND SO YOU SEE THEM REALLY IN ALL TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMPAIGNS.

SOME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS.

EVERYTHING THAT I ALREADY WENT OVER IS FUNDED THROUGH THAT EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ON AUGUST 30TH.

HERE'S JUST SOME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER.

WE PUT AN IDEA IN THERE OF CREATING A SPECIAL BOOTH THAT COULD GO AT OUR TWICE YEARLY STREET FAIR THAT'S SPONSORED BY THE CHAMBER.

THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING EYE CATCHING, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS DOWN, MAYBE WITH THEIR E-BIKES TO REALLY INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WHO COME FROM ALL OVER TO VISIT CARLSBAD FOR THAT EVENT.

ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND PUT THEM THROUGH THE SMART CYCLING TRAINING THAT'S OFFERED BY THE BICYCLE COALITION.

SO THAT WAY THEY COULD PERSONALLY PROVIDE THAT TRAINING AND BE FULLY CERTIFIED.

SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT: PAID ADVERTISING, OBVIOUSLY IS VERY HELPFUL.

IT GUARANTEES THAT YOUR MESSAGE IS GOING TO REACH CERTAIN PEOPLE AT CERTAIN TIMES.

WE'VE ALSO PULLED OUT TEEN ENGAGEMENT.

TEENS ARE A REALLY DIFFICULT GROUP TO REACH.

THERE ARE WAYS TO DO IT, BUT IT REALLY DOES NEED TO BE A STAND ALONE EFFORT.

WE ALSO MIGHT LOOK AT MESSAGES ON CITY ASSETS.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS MAYBE A RAP ON CITY VEHICLES REMINDING PEOPLE ABOUT THE SAFE BEHAVIORS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE A VERY BIG TOURISM DESTINATION, SO THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME OF OUR HOTEL PROPERTIES AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE VISITORS THAT COME TO

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CARLSBAD ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT CARLSBAD IS A PLACE WHERE WE ENGAGE IN SAFE BEHAVIORS AND THAT THAT'S THE EXPECTATION FOR OUR VISITORS AS WELL.

AND MOBILE DIGITAL SIGNAGE, REALLY, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

IT'S A MOBILE BILLBOARD THAT CAN BE CHANGED VERY EASILY, COULD SHOW UP AT THE FARMER'S MARKET ONE DAY.

IT COULD SHOW UP AT FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT.

IT'S JUST A FLEXIBLE WAY TO GET OUT MESSAGES QUICKLY.

AND THEN AGAIN TRYING TO GIVE YOU A WIDE VARIETY TO CHOOSE FROM.

ONE IDEA WAS A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT PROGRAM.

SO WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IS PERHAPS WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS WHO TAKE ON PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY OR EVEN SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL HAS A GENIUS PROJECT WHERE SENIORS DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT'S MEANT TO BE LONG LASTING AFTER THEY GRADUATE.

SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

WE MIGHT CONSIDER PUTTING SOME ENTRY SIGNAGE AGAIN, CREATING THAT EXPECTATION RIGHT AS YOU CROSS OUR BORDERS THAT YOU'RE COMING TO CARLSBAD AND WE SHARE THE ROAD HERE IN CARLSBAD. THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS.

WE HAVE SEARCH, WE HAVE TRAIL VOLUNTEERS.

THOSE ARE ALL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT.

AND THEN THE FINAL IS KIND OF THE WILD CARD.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU, BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S DONE QUITE A LOT AND THAT IS COMMUNITY ART, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, CREATING THAT AWARENESS, THE PROMPTS THE SOCIAL NORM AROUND TRAFFIC SAFETY.

THIS ONE IS FROM BOULDER, AND I'VE GOT ONE OTHER ONE TO SHOW YOU THAT'S IN BROOKLYN.

SO THAT COULD BE A WAY TO REALLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, ENGAGE OUR ARTS OFFICE, AND DO SOMETHING KIND OF FUN AND DIFFERENT FOR CARLSBAD.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE FOR YOU.

AND NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, TOM FRANK.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MS. RAY, TOM FRANK, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER.

SO WE AS A CITY, WE HAVE MANY TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX.

THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ALREADY COMPLETED DOZENS OF STREET REDESIGNS USING THESE DESIGN CONCEPTS.

CHANGING THE ROAD CHANGES USER BEHAVIOR.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE SAFE BEHAVIORS AMONG ALL ROAD USERS.

OUR APPROACH IN ENGINEERING THE SAFEST ROADWAYS IS FOCUSED ON A BALANCED APPROACH AND PROVIDING THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE BENEFITS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

THE REASON WE NEED A BALANCED APPROACH THAT INCLUDES EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE TAKES TIME TO BUILD AND IS VERY EXPENSIVE.

WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS ABOUT 350 MILES OF STREETS, THAT'S ABOUT THE DISTANCE FROM CARLSBAD TO PHENIX, ARIZONA TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE. SO WHILE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS COMMITTED SIGNIFICANT FUNDS TO PROJECTS ALREADY, IT WILL TAKE MANY YEARS TO COMPLETE THEM ALL.

THE CITY HAS A 15 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH, AS MR. PATNOE MENTIONED, IS ONE OF OUR FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY.

OUR CURRENT CIP PROGRAM SHOWN ON PAGE THREE OF THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLAN, SHOWS A SAMPLING OF THE 40 PLANNED TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY PROJECTS THAT MY TEAM IS WORKING ON TO DELIVER.

WE REPORT ON THIS REGULARLY DURING OUR SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT.

OUR APPROACH TO BUILDING THESE PROJECTS BALANCES THE DESIRE TO GET THE PROJECTS DONE QUICKLY WITH THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING DATA AND SOUND ENGINEERING PRACTICES.

WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THE CHANGES WE MAKE TO THE STREETS REFLECT THEIR NEEDS, THEIR PRIORITIES AND VALUES.

AND FINALLY, WE NEED TO MEET A NUMBER OF REGULATORY AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.

SKIPPING OR RUSHING ANY OF THESE STEPS CAN SPEED UP A PROCESS OR A PROJECT, BUT OFTEN COMES WITH UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

BEFORE I GET INTO SOME OF THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND OPTIONS RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC EMERGENCY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OTHER FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT THAT GUIDES OUR WORK.

THE PLANS THAT MR. PATNOE MENTIONED CONTAINS DOZENS OF POLICIES AIMED AT THE GOAL OF OF CREATING COMPLETE STREETS.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE USE THE TERM ROAD DIET.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO LACKS A DIET.

AND DIETS ARE NOT GOOD APPROACH FOR LONG TERM HEALTH.

INSTEAD, A BETTER WAY TO THINK ABOUT POLICIES THAT GUIDE OUR STREET DESIGN MOVING FORWARD IS THAT WE ARE CREATING HEALTHY STREETS.

HEALTHY STREETS ARE STREETS THAT MAKE ROOM FOR ALL THE WAYS PEOPLE WANT TO USE THEM AND MOVE AROUND OUR CITY.

ROUNDABOUTS ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A FUNDAMENTAL POLICY.

WE KNOW ROUNDABOUTS ARE SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT.

CARLSBAD HAS REALLY BEEN A LEADER BY INCLUDING GOOD ROUNDABOUT POLICY AND OUR MOBILITY ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN.

OUR STREET DESIGN GUIDELINES INCLUDED IN OUR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN ALSO PROMOTE THE USE OF ROUNDABOUTS.

AND WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, WE UPDATED OUR ENGINEERING STANDARDS TO INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLETE INTERSECTION CONTROL EVALUATIONS TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN OF ROUNDABOUTS WHEN

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FEASIBLE FOR ANY NEW INTERSECTION MEETING TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANTS.

SO WITH THAT BACKGROUND, I WANT TO NOW SHIFT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND OPTIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.

WE'VE BROKEN THIS OUT INTO DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES.

OUR CURRENT PLANNED WORKPLAN AND PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS INCLUDE SHORT TERM ACTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY AND FUNDED UNDER THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

THE MID-TERM INCLUDES PROJECTS WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN 12 MONTHS AND LONGER TERM ACTIONS WILL TAKE OVER ONE YEAR.

WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED FUNDING STATUS.

THE PURPOSE OF THE ENGINEERING OPTIONS, ITEMS THAT ARE FUNDED ARE EITHER COVERED BY THE $2 MILLION EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION ALREADY INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OR FUNDED IN OUR LONG TERM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

TO RECAP WHAT MR. PATNOE SHARED, WE STARTED WITH SOME IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION.

THIS INCLUDES THE DIGITAL MESSAGE BOARDS AND THE RADAR FEEDBACK SIGNS IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH VISIBILITY BIKE MARKINGS AT THE 18 LOCATIONS.

WE ALSO HAVE PLANS INCLUDED IN LITERALLY HUNDREDS MORE LOCATIONS OF HIGH VISIBILITY, GREEN PAINT MARKINGS.

AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IN OUR FOLLOWING ACTIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.

WE WILL ALSO BE REVIEWING CITYWIDE CITY SPEED LIMITS AND WHETHER REDUCTIONS SHOULD OCCUR PER ASSEMBLY BILL 43 AND UPGRADING PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS BY IMPLEMENTING LEAD PEDESTRIAN PHASES, WHICH WILL REDUCE VEHICULAR PEDESTRIAN CONFLICTS BY ALLOWING PEDESTRIANS TO BEGIN CROSSING WHILE VEHICLES STILL FACE A RED LIGHT. ALSO, IN THE MIDTERM TIME FRAME, WE HAVE KICKED OFF WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY SHORT TERM TRAFFIC CALMING STRATEGIES FOR TAMARACK AVENUE BETWEEN SKYLINE DRIVE AND ADAMS STREET.

WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 12TH AT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

CURB EXTENSIONS WERE INSTALLED IN A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID.

BEACON SIGNAL IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING INSTALLED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAMARACK AVENUE AND VALLEY STREET.

THE INTERSECTION PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED THIS OCTOBER, AND AS OF TODAY, THE CREWS WERE OUT THERE.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE POWER TO IT AND THEY'RE TROUBLESHOOTING THE SIGNAL.

ANOTHER MIDTERM ACTION IS IS OUR EXPANDED STREET RESURFACING AND STRIPING PROJECT WHICH WILL ACCELERATE THE SEALING AND RE STRIPING OF MAJOR EAST-WEST ARTERIAL CORRIDORS AND WILL BALANCE THE NEEDS OF ALL THE USERS OF THE STREET.

THIS STRATEGY WILL REDUCE THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE CITY, FOR THE ROADWAY, PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE, AND IT WILL DO THAT BY REDUCING THE WIDTH OF THE VEHICULAR TRAVEL LANES.

WE WILL ALSO BE COORDINATING WITH CALTRANS TO IMPROVE THE STRIPING THROUGH THE STATE HIGHWAY INTERCHANGES.

THIS PROJECT ALONE WILL CONSTRUCT OVER 150 GREEN PAINT APPLICATIONS IN THE BICYCLE VEHICLE CONFLICT AREAS.

THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS STRATEGY INCLUDES LA COSTA AVENUE FROM THE WESTERN BORDER NEAR I-5 TO FAIRWAY LANE, POINSETTIA LANE FROM CARLSBAD BOULEVARD TO MELROSE, CANNON ROAD, A SHORT SEGMENT SHOWN ON THE MAP AND CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE FROM INTERSTATE 5 TO COLLEGE BOULEVARD.

NEXT IS RECONFIGURING SOME OF OUR SOME OF CARLSBAD'S MAJOR ROADWAYS.

WE CALL THEM ARTERIALS.

YOU CAN THINK OF THEM AS ARTERIES BEING LARGER AND CARRYING A GREATER VOLUME THAN VEINS.

IT'S REALLY THE SAME IDEA.

THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO EMPHASIZE THAT HEALTHY ROADS MAKE ROOM FOR ALL USERS.

THIS IS A VERY COST EFFECTIVE ACTION TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS FOR ALL THE ROADWAY USERS.

THE TERM I LIKE TO USE IS ROAD YOGA, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON A BALANCED STATE OF BEHAVIOR.

THE BENEFITS OF ROAD YOGA PROJECTS INCLUDE IMPROVING SAFETY THROUGH IMPROVED LINE OF SIGHT, SLIGHTLY CALM TRAFFIC SPEEDS, AND PROVIDING A MORE BALANCED DISTRIBUTION OF SPACE TO SERVE AGAIN, ALL THE USERS.

THESE PROJECTS MAY INCLUDE VEHICLE LANE REDUCTIONS, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE INTERSECTION VEHICLE LANES TYPICALLY REMAIN UNCHANGED.

MOST OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE VEHICLE CONGESTION LEVELS OF THE ROADWAY.

THE PICTURE SHOWS A RECONFIGURED, RECONFIGURED ARTERIAL ALONG AVENIDA ENCINAS BETWEEN PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD AND CANNON ROAD.

AND IN THIS PICTURE, THIS IS A PICTURE OF A PROJECT COMPLETED ON A NORTHERN SEGMENT OF CARLSBAD VILLAGE OR EXCUSE ME, CARLSBAD BOULEVARD

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BETWEEN STATE STREET AND BEACH STREET.

THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE PHASED WITH THE FIRST PHASE, INCLUDING CARLSBAD BOULEVARD FROM PINE AVENUE DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER NEAR LA COSTA AVENUE, PARTS OF EL FUERTE, GRAND AVENUE FROM OCEAN STREET TO HOPE WAY.

THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE GRAND AVENUE PROMENADE PROJECT TO PROVIDE SHORT TERM BENEFITS UNTIL THE ULTIMATE PROMENADE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETE.

POINSETTIA LANE FROM AVENIDA ENCINAS TO CARLSBAD BOULEVARD.

THAT'S THAT SHORT SEGMENT AND THEN A SMALL PART OF CANNON ROAD SHOWN ON THE MAP.

THE PROJECT WOULD ALSO CONSTRUCT 82 ADDITIONAL GREEN PAINT APPLICATIONS IN THE BIKE VEHICLE CONFLICT AREAS.

AS WE GET INTO SOME OF THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY FUNDED, STAFF PROVIDED SOME DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS FOR FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.

OUR GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF HOW SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES COULD BE GROUPED TOGETHER, BUT THERE ARE ACTUALLY MANY, MANY WAYS YOU MAY WISH TO MIX AND MATCH THESE PROJECTS.

I'LL START WITH THE OPTIONS TO OBTAIN REAL TIME DATA.

UNDERSTANDING CARLSBAD ROADS AND THE TYPES OF VEHICLES ON THESE ROADS IS IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF TRAFFIC SAFETY.

THIS INCLUDES INFORMATION LIKE TRAFFIC FLOW, SPEED AND THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.

THE CITY IS DEVELOPING AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MONITORING REPORT TO FULFILL THE 2019 SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS TO LAUNCH THE PROGRAM.

THE PLAN IS ORGANIZED AROUND THREE DIMENSIONS OF MOBILITY TRAVEL, DEMAND MODE, SHARE AND SAFETY.

REPORTS LIKE THIS ARE USUALLY A SNAPSHOT IN TIME AND PROVIDE THE CITY WITH VALUABLE DATA.

THERE ARE NEW DATA PRODUCTS THAT MAY PROVIDE SIMILAR DATA BUT ARE MORE FREQUENT AND CLOSER TO REAL TIME BASIS.

ACQUIRING THESE ACCESS TO THIS NEW DATA COULD PROVIDE ACCURATE MOBILITY DATA ON MORE FREQUENT BASIS FOR CITY ACTIONS.

WE ALSO OFFER AN ADDITIONAL OPTION PROVIDING HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS ON ALL OF OUR SCHOOL STREETS AND OTHER YELLOW CROSSWALK AREAS NEAR SCHOOLS.

THIS ACTION WILL HIGHLIGHT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT SCHOOL LOCATIONS BY UPGRADING THE EXISTING CROSSWALKS TO HIGH VISIBILITY CONTINENTAL OR LADDER STYLE CROSSWALKS AT APPROXIMATELY 140 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

TO EXPEDITE MORE TRAFFIC SAFETY RELATED PROJECTS.

THE CITY COULD CONSIDER DELAYING PROJECTS WITH OBJECTIVES OTHER THAN PROMOTING MULTIMODAL SAFETY BENEFITS.

ALTERNATIVELY, THE CITY COULD EXPAND THE SIZE OF ITS ENGINEERING STAFF TO INCREASE THE CITY'S CAPACITY TO COMPLETE PROJECTS SOONER.

ANOTHER OPTION WORKING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ADMINISTRATIONS.

DEVELOP ACCESS PLANS FOR ALL SCHOOLS.

THE STRATEGY WOULD FOCUS ON IMPROVING SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY FOR ALL MODES OF TRAVEL ENTERING THE SCHOOLS, INCLUDING PICK UP AND DROP OFF PROCESS.

AND WE REALLY TEAM WITH NOT ONLY THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BUT THE PTAS.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT GETS OWNERSHIP OF THE PLAN AND REALLY THE PARENTS ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY DRIVE THIS HOME.

NEXT OPTION IS A STRATEGY TO USE THE DATA TO CREATE WAYS TO VISUALIZE DATA SO THAT CITY COULD ADAPT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS, TO SUPPORT THE ENFORCEMENT, TRAFFIC CALMING AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS MORE RAPIDLY.

SPEED CUSHIONS AROUND SCHOOLS WOULD COST EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS SPEED, SPEED AND CONCERNS AROUND SCHOOLS.

AND THIS IS AGAIN, USING OUR DATA AND OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORT.

WE HEARD A BIG COMMENT OR A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SAYING SPEEDING IS A CONCERN.

AND IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND ESPECIALLY AROUND OUR SCHOOLS, THIS ACTION WOULD ASSESS SPEEDING ON ALL SCHOOLS DESIGNATED ON STREET SCHOOLS AND THE GENERAL PLANS MOBILITY ELEMENT AND INSTALL SPEED CUSHIONS AS NEEDED.

THIS WOULD CONSTRUCT OVER 100 SPEED CUSHIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND A RATHER EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.

SO THAT WOULD REALLY BE HITTING ON ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE HEARD ON.

SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD COST BENEFIT RATIO.

ANOTHER OPTION IS UPDATING THE CARLSBAD RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, INCLUDING REEVALUATING OF THE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA. THE GOALS OF THIS UPDATE IS TO ALIGN IT WITH BEST INDUSTRY PRACTICES.

NOW FINALLY MOVING ON TO THE LONG TERM OPTIONS.

CONSIDER REVISIONS TO THE MOBILITY ELEMENT TO EMPHASIZE SLOWER VEHICLE SPEEDS AND INCREASE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

THE MOBILITY ELEMENT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS NOW OVER SEVEN YEARS OLD AND COULD USE AN UPDATE.

YOU LIKELY NOTICE THE SECOND OPTION.

SCHOOL BUSSING HAS A VERY LARGE PRICE TAG.

THIS COST IS BASED ON THE INITIAL PURCHASE OF BUSSES AND BASED ON JUST ONE DISTRICT'S NEEDS.

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IF THIS IS SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE OR PURSUE, STAFF WOULD NEED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL EXPLORATION TO GIVE YOU A MORE COMPLETE COST ESTIMATE.

AND LASTLY, WE LIST CONSTRUCTING TRANSFORMATIVE CORRIDORS WHICH WILL PROVIDE MULTIMODAL BACKBONE NETWORK OF HIGH QUALITY BIKEWAYS, PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES AND TRANSIT SERVICES SO THAT CARLSBAD RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HAVE AN ARRAY OF TRAVEL OPTIONS AND DO NOT REQUIRE A DRIVING. I KNOW I'VE GONE OVER A LOT OF INFORMATION.

OUR GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE PLENTY OF OPTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, BUT TO ALSO CALL ATTENTION TO SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.

I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, AND I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR POLICE CHIEF, MICKEY WILLIAMS, WHO WILL GO OVER ENFORCEMENT OPTIONS. THANK YOU, TOM.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME OPTIONS THAT WE BELIEVE FROM AN ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE WOULD ENHANCE THE SAFETY, THE SAFETY ON OUR ROADWAYS. FIRST, WITH RESPECT TO SOME POTENTIAL LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIVE OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH LOCAL AND STATEWIDE.

ON A LOCAL SCALE, WE THINK THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO POTENTIALLY COME UP WITH A PERMITTING PROGRAM WHERE IF CHILDREN WANT TO UTILIZE E-BIKES OR BICYCLES TO COMMUTE TO AND FROM SCHOOL, THERE WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT FROM THE SCHOOL TO HAVE THEM ATTEND A TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE OFFICERS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING UP THE STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND SAFE AS THEY GO TO AND FROM SCHOOL. AND THERE ARE OTHER DESTINATIONS.

WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON A STATEWIDE LEVEL.

WE ALSO BELIEVE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME ADVOCACY WITH RESPECT TO A STATEWIDE LICENSING SCHEME OR PROGRAM TO REGULATE THE USE OF E-BIKES, REQUIRING SOME LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND DEMONSTRATION OF SKILLS, AND THEN ALSO POTENTIALLY AN AGE LIMIT THAT MIGHT BE AT A STATE LEVEL REQUIRED.

SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE POTENTIALLY HELPFUL IS THE IS LEVERAGING FURTHER OUR CITATION TECHNOLOGY.

THIS IS TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYED FOR SOME TIME NOW IN OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION.

OUR MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS UTILIZE IT.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT'S SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS OFFICERS TO ISSUE A CITATION USING THEIR DEPARTMENT ISSUED CELLULAR CELLULAR TELEPHONE.

IT. AIDS IN ACCURACY AND EFFICIENCY AND ENFORCEMENT.

BUT ANOTHER BENEFIT IS THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE THE ENFORCEMENT DATA, BECAUSE THE SOFTWARE THAT IS UTILIZED FOR CITATION ISSUANCE IS ALSO THE SOFTWARE UTILIZED TO DOCUMENT TRAFFIC COLLISIONS.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO USE ENFORCEMENT DATA IN THE SAME SYSTEM AS OUR TRAFFIC COLLISION DATA.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD BE OF ASSISTANCE.

ALSO, WE THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FROM A POSITIVE REWARD PERSPECTIVE WITH CHILDREN AND ALSO PROVIDES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE ENVISION A PROGRAM WHERE WHEN OFFICERS SEE CHILDREN DOING THINGS CORRECTLY ON E-BIKES OR ON BICYCLES, THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY PROVIDE THEM SOME SORT OF A WATER REWARD OR RECOGNITION FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING AND TO TRY TO REINFORCE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR IN A POSITIVE WAY.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT BY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES, THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US ALL TO COME TOGETHER TO PROVIDE FOR SAFER ROADWAYS.

AND THEN LASTLY, ON A MORE LONGER TERM SCALE, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE AN OPTION TO AT LEAST CONSIDER IS THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING TEAM.

WE ENVISION THIS TO BE A TEAM LED BY A SERGEANT SUPPORTED BY OFFICERS THAT WOULD BE ASSIGNED CHALLENGES LIKE THIS THAT ARE COMPREHENSIVE, THAT REQUIRE A REGULAR TOUCH FROM THE POLICE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

WE DO APPRECIATE THE COST OF THIS AND ALSO THE TIMING OF THIS, BUT WE DID WANT TO AT LEAST BRING IT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION AT SOME POINT.

AND NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, SCOTT CHADWICK, TO CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION.

GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHIEF WILLIAMS. LAST ITEM THAT I WANT TO BRING TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION IS CURRENTLY WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THE INITIAL EXPENDITURE BACK ON THE 30TH AND WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. WHAT WE'VE SPENT, AS YOU CAN TELL, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENFORCEMENT AND SAFE DRIVING EDUCATION, ABOUT 122,000 214,000 ASSOCIATED WITH PROCURING ADDITIONAL SPEED, FEEDBACK SIGNS AND ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARDS.

AND THEN RIGHT NOW, JUST OVER STAFFING.

I KNOW IT'S BUDGETED AT THIS POINT, BUT OUR BURN RATE AT THIS POINT IS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 14,000, ALMOST 15,000.

NOW, THAT SAID, YES, WE HAVE THROWN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AT YOU BOTH FROM PRIOR ACTIVITIES, ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN

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SINCE THE EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL MENU OF OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.

SO WE DID PROVIDE ALL OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, WITH KIND OF A MENU OF OPTIONS TO STREAMLINE FOR YOUR DELIBERATIVE PROCESS. BUT TRULY THIS IS COUNCIL CAN EITHER LOOK AT WHERE WE HAD PREPARED IN MENU A, B OR C, A IS BASICALLY THE EXISTING FUNDING OF THE $2 MILLION, I THINK WITH AN ADDITIVE OF THAT VISION ZERO PLAN.

BUT THEN OPTION B HAD AN ADDITIONAL PRICE TAG IN ADDITION TO THE $2 MILLION, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 2.2 MILLION SPEND.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OPTION C WAS ROUGHLY A $47 MILLION POTENTIAL SPEND.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, CUSTOMIZING ACTIONS BASED OFF OF WHAT COUNCIL'S CONCERN IS.

NOW, I WOULD NOT BE DOING MY JOB IF I DIDN'T ALSO MENTION THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO BRING HOME FOR EVERYONE ARE WE DON'T HAVE AN UNENDING BANK ACCOUNT.

WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT SOME OF THESE APPROACHES, THERE MAY BE ONE TIME COSTS, THERE MAY BE ONGOING COSTS, BUT AS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND DISCUSSIONS, THAT WE WANT TO AVOID THE LINES CROSSING, MEANING WE DON'T WANT TO EXPEND MORE THAN WE CURRENTLY TAKE IN.

THAT SAID, THOUGH, THERE IS A DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY.

COUNCIL HAS GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED $2 MILLION TO THAT.

AND AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EFFORTS AND THE ENERGY TO DATE, I THINK FROM A LAYPERSON OR A PERSON JUST OCCUPYING OUR STREETS, WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR YOUR GUIDANCE THUS FAR, BUT REALLY WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ABOUT POTENTIAL DIRECTION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE. SO THAT SAID, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO THE MAYOR AND GO BACK TO WHAT OUR RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ARE, WHICH ARE TO RECEIVE THE REPORT, REVIEW AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL ACTIONS AND THEN DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WITH APPROPRIATE RESOLUTIONS AS DIRECTED BY COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE ONE PETE PANSERES.

MY NAME IS PETE PANSERES.

I LIVE IN CARLSBAD.

BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW.

BEFORE THAT, I LIVED IN OCEANSIDE FOR 35 YEARS.

SO I'VE BEEN IN THE AREA.

I'VE BEEN IN LEED CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR FOR OVER A DECADE NOW, PROVIDED SMART CYCLING CLASSES TO MORE THAN 1200 PEOPLE.

AND YESTERDAY THAT INCLUDED SIX CARLSBAD POLICE OFFICERS.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THE POLICE HAVE TAKEN THIS CLASS AND THEY ARE GOING TO BECOME CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE OVER SOME OF THIS TRAINING.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO BRING OUT AS FAR AS.

THE THINGS THAT WERE PROVIDED TODAY IS VISION ZERO.

ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WAS REPORTED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND I CAN JUST READ THIS RATHER THAN TRY AND MAKE IT ALL UP, BUT THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH ASSUMES THAT YOU HAVE PERFECT HUMAN BEHAVIOR, AND WE KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.

SO VISION ZERO ASSUMES THAT HUMAN FAILURE IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DESIGN YOUR ROADWAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE SERIOUS COLLISIONS.

NOW, IF YOU'RE IN A CAR AND TWO VEHICLES COLLIDE, IT'S USUALLY NOT A BIG DEAL, ESPECIALLY IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CAR AND A BIKE OR A CAR ON A PEDESTRIAN, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.

AND SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT THE COLLISION DATA, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO RIGHT AWAY IS SEPARATE THE SOLO FALLS.

WHEN CYCLISTS ARE OUT THERE, THE MOST INJURIES THAT HAPPEN IS REALLY SURPRISE TO MOST PEOPLE IS WE FALL DOWN A LOT.

AND SO USUALLY WE GET UP AND WE GET AWAY BEFORE SOMEBODY SHOWS UP TO TAKE A REPORT BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY EMBARRASSING WHEN YOU FALL.

BUT THE ONES THAT WE REALLY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND IN FACT, OF THESE 1200 PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP FOR CLASS, WE ASK THEM, WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHAT DO YOU WANT? AND THEY SAY, I DON'T WANT TO GET HIT BY A CAR.

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SO THAT'S WHAT WE FOCUS OUR OUR TRAINING ON.

HOW DO YOU NOT GET HIT BY A CAR? SO OBVIOUSLY YOU FOLLOW ALL THE RULES OF THE ROAD AND THEN YOU LEARN HOW TO DETER THE MOTORIST MISTAKES.

BUT THAT CAN REALLY BE ENHANCED IF WE HAVE A VISION ZERO PROGRAM THAT ASSUMES PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES AND IT'S GOING TO BE SERIOUS AND IT CAN BE FATAL TO CYCLISTS, ALSO PEDESTRIANS, BUT MORE SO TO CYCLISTS.

SO THAT'S MY APPROACH.

I JUST LOVE WHAT THE WHAT THE STAFF HAS COME UP WITH.

I REALLY WOULD LIKE YOU TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY VISION ZERO AND AND ALSO THE EDUCATION PROGRAM.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

MR. BLACKBURN. TALK ABOUT HAS THIS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMITTEE? IT HAS NOT. AND IF YOU RECALL BACK ON AUGUST 30TH, WHEN WE DID OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, THE COMMITMENT THAT I MADE TO COUNCIL WAS WE WOULD BE BACK ON SEPTEMBER 27TH WITH OUR MENU OF OPTIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO DO SO, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO ASSUME OR PREEMPT THAT SHARING OF INFORMATION.

WE WANTED TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL.

IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO DIRECT STAFF TO TAKE THIS TO THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMITTEE BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON IT, THAT DOESN'T STOP EVERYTHING.

IS THAT CORRECT? YOU'RE STILL YOU'VE STILL GOT $2 MILLION.

YOU'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD AND GETTING MORE ACCOMPLISHED? THAT IS CORRECT.

THE ORIGINAL ITEMS THAT COUNCIL IS EITHER PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, DIRECTED OR ALLOWED DUE TO THE $2 MILLION ALLOCATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE EMERGENCY IS ENDED.

AND THIS EMERGENCY AND ALL OF THE IDEAS THAT ACCOMPANY IT WEREN'T PART OF OUR OUR FIGURING INTO OUR BUDGET.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

IS IT FAIR TO SAY THEN, IF WE'RE GOING TO START SPENDING THIS MONEY ON TOP OF THE MONEY THAT WE ALREADY HAD BUDGETED, THAT THAT YOU AS THE CITY MANAGER, WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE PERSONNEL AND THE NEEDS WE HAVE AND OF COURSE, PRIORITIZING SAFETY MANDATED POSITIONS AND POSITIONS TO MAINTAIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT NOW WE HAVE TO TO MAKE SOME PRIORITIES WITH PERSONNEL IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON.

ON THE TRAFFIC SAFETY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER.

IF IF I'M TO UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

HAVE WE PRIORITIZED ABOVE AND BEYOND THE EXISTING EMERGENCY ALLOCATION? WE HAVE NOT. IN THE EVENT THE COUNCIL GIVES US ADDITIONAL DIRECTION OR AN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE, THEN WE WOULD FACTOR THAT IN.

BUT AS A REMINDER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE USE OF ONE TIME RESOURCES IN THE EVENT COUNCIL DIRECTS US TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE DO HAVE RESERVES.

THOSE RESERVES ARE ONE TIME MONIES AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO URGE CAUTION BECAUSE AS WE WE ARE SEEING ALL THE SIGNS OF A RECESSION IS IMMINENT.

I'M NOT THE FINANCE GUY, BUT WE'RE FOLLOWING IT INCREDIBLY CLOSELY.

AND WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES TO PREPARE FOR THE STORM.

OKAY. SO IF I WOULD IT BE REASONABLE FOR ME TO MAKE A MOTION AFTER THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A MOMENT TO SPEAK THAT THIS GO FIRST BEFORE THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION FOR THEIR INPUT BEFORE IT COMES TO US AND ALSO FOR FOR A MOTION FOR US TO RECONFIRM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REEVALUATE THE STAFF THAT IS NEEDED VERSUS THE STAFF THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED IN A YEAR OR TWO.

IF THAT IS ULTIMATELY IT'S A POLICY CALL, WE'LL TAKE THAT DIRECTION AND WE'LL RUN BACK.

BUT IF COUNCIL IF IT'S COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO SEND THIS OVER TO TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER INFORM AND EDUCATE YOUR APPOINTEES.

AND THEN WE CAN BE BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL WITH THEIR CONFIRMATION RELATED TO WHATEVER ACTIVITIES.

FINALLY, WE ARE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING THE NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

AND ONE OF THE NICE THINGS BASED OFF OF COUNCIL'S ACTIVITY IS YOU'VE GIVEN US A BUDGET AND WE WILL STICK TO THAT BUDGET IN THE EVENT THAT THERE NEED TO BE CHANGES OR THE POTENTIAL FOR HIRING FREEZES AND OR OTHER ACTIVITIES, WE DO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO SO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. DR.

BHAT-PATEL, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEN FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM JUST ASKED.

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SO I'LL START OFF WITH THE QUESTIONS AROUND.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AS A CITY TO ADOPT A FEW DIFFERENT PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ADDRESSING MOBILITY HOLISTICALLY, WHETHER THAT WAS A MOBILITY ELEMENT FOR THE GENERAL PLAN THAT WAS IN 2015.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES. EXCUSE ME.

I'M TOM FRANK, THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR.

CITY ENGINEER. YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

GREAT. AND THEN WE JUST I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD.

I KNOW WE MENTIONED THAT IN 2021 WE HAD ADOPTED AS A COUNCIL THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN.

AND THEN WE'VE PRIORITIZED THAT EARLIER THIS SUMMER FOR 2021.

CAN YOU PLEASE REMIND US AROUND WHAT TIME FRAME WE MIGHT HAVE ADOPTED THAT? JAN? JAN YEAH.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND SO THAT'S BASICALLY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, ON, ON THAT PARTICULAR PLAN.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT WAS PRIORITIZED EARLIER THIS SUMMER AS WELL.

AND THEN I KNOW WE MENTIONED THAT WE WERE THE FIRST E-BIKE ORDINANCE IN THE REGION.

CAN WE ALSO CLARIFY WHEN THAT WAS AS WELL? I BELIEVE IT WAS APRIL 22.

GREAT. OKAY.

SO THE OTHER FEW QUESTIONS I HAD WERE THAT IT SEEMS LIKE WITH REGARDS TO THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, OPTION A IS THE ONE THAT WE ARE MENTIONING HAS HAD THAT ADDITIONAL THAT $2 MILLION THAT WE VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IN TERMS OF THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, THAT $2 MILLION IS COVERED IN THAT OPTION A, OPTION B AND C GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FROM THAT OPTION.

THAT IS CORRECT.

I THINK THE ONLY ADDITION IN OPTION A THAT WE HAD FOR COUNCIL'S DEMONSTRATION, I BELIEVE WAS A VISION ZERO INITIATIVE INCLUDED IN IT.

AND VISION ZERO DOES NOT HAVE ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT TO EVALUATE OR LOOK INTO.

NO, IT DOES NOT.

OKAY. OK.

AND THEN.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW I NOTICED WITH REGARDS TO PRIORITIZATION AND SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS OF COURSE EVALUATING ROADWAY DESIGNS, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND SCHOOLS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW THAT, OF COURSE, THAT WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT WAS AREAS LIKE SOME OF THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF COURSE WE HAVE AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.

THEY'RE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, FOR INSTANCE, AT POINSETTIA PARK.

WE DO ALSO HAVE PRESCHOOLS THAT ARE THAT WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT I'VE HEARD ESPECIALLY THAT LIVE IN AND AROUND THERE, HAVE SEEN PARENTS LEAVING VERY EXPEDITIOUSLY. SO JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT WITH REGARDS TO THAT TYPE OF COLLABORATION.

AND OBVIOUSLY OUR PARKS ARE PARKS, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARKS.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE OTHER AREAS, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF THAT AS WELL? I CAN SPEAK TO THE DATA THAT WE USE TO EVALUATE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR ENGINEERING FOCUS, BUT I CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO MRS. RAY WHO CAN TOUCH UPON THE COMMUNICATIONS AND INPUT AND.

GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN, CHRISTINA RAY.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

IT'S NOT ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE HAD ANTICIPATED, BUT IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE A LOGICAL, LOGICAL, LOGICAL THING TO INCLUDE IF WE'RE REACHING OUT TO YOUTH.

YOU FIND THEM IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLACES, INCLUDING SCHOOLS, AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, SPORTS LEAGUES, PRESCHOOLS.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD VERY NATURALLY FIT IN WITH THE EXISTING EFFORTS.

IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF EXPANDING KIND OF OUR LIST OF FOLKS THAT WERE REACHING OUT TO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

YEAH, I THINK I WAS THINKING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF THE PARENTS, RIGHT? I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE DROPPING OFF THEIR KIDS, JUST THE DRIVING AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE SAFE WHILE DRIVING.

BECAUSE I CAN SPEAK, FOR INSTANCE, WITH REGARDS TO ONE ONE INSTANCE ON PLUM TREE ROAD, I'VE VISITED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY'VE MENTIONED THERE'S THAT KINDERCARE THERE, AND THEY SEE FOLKS LEAVING VERY QUICKLY.

AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S POINSETTIA PARK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

SO YOU HAVE KIDS THAT ARE CROSSING BACK AND FORTH TO THE PARK AS WELL.

SO IT'S NOT JUST KIDS, IT'S EVERYONE THAT'S IN AND AROUND THAT AREA.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, AND I'M SURE THAT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE CITY AND IN AND AROUND SCHOOLS.

SO I APPRECIATE AN ANSWER TO THAT.

THE OTHER OTHER PIECE WAS, I KNOW WE'VE ALL RECEIVED, I'M SURE, COMMUNICATIONS AROUND RESIDENTIAL STREETS THAT ARE USED AS CUT THROUGHS.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING WITH REGARDS TO THOSE.

I GOT A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THAT.

HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR STREET?

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WHAT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR STREET? WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR TRAFFIC CALMING, WHETHER IT'S SPEED CUSHIONS OR WHATEVER ELSE THAT MIGHT BE OR A SPEED FEEDBACK SIGN.

SO JUST CURIOUS SOME OF THE THOUGHTS AROUND THAT.

AND I KNOW WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC SEGMENTS, BUT JUST CURIOUS WHAT WE'RE DOING TO EVALUATE THAT.

SO FOR THAT, I THINK I'LL TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO MR. FRANK. YEAH.

GREAT. SO THAT'S WHERE ONE OF YOUR OPTIONS WAS TO CONSIDER OBTAINING ADDITIONAL DATA THAT WE COULD USE TO ASSESS WHERE THE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRAVEL ARE GENERATING AND THE TRAVEL PATTERNS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ACTUALLY THERE'S TWO ITEMS TIED TO THAT THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER.

ONE WAS FOR TRYING TO FIND IT ACTUALLY ON MY PLAN HERE.

DO YOU MIND IF I HOP IN? I THINK I SEE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IS IT ON THE OPTIONS WORKSHEET? IS IT EVALUATE ROADWAY DESIGN TREATMENTS AND EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ACQUIRE REAL TIME DATA? WOULD IT BE THOSE THAT.

YES. THANK YOU.

OK. GREAT.

AND THEN. I WAS JUST I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT AND THIS MIGHT BE MISRI.

I'M GIVING YOU SOME EXERCISE.

SO JUST CURIOUS WITH REGARDS TO SOME OF THE OPTIONS YOU TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR JUST SOME OF THE SIGNAGE WITH REGARDS TO FOLKS BEING ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE PIECES.

ARE THERE SOME METHODS? AND THIS I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP TO ME AGAIN THAT SEEM TO BE MORE DISTRACTING THAN OTHERS.

WHAT HAS BEEN TESTED FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE LOOK AT SOMETHING AND THEN THEY JUST KEEP LOOKING AT IT VERSUS LOOKING AWAY AS A MESSAGE POINT. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW WE CAME ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS AS WELL.

YES, THANK YOU. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO THERE HAS BEEN RESEARCH AND YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERUSE SIGNAGE FOR EXACTLY THAT REASON.

SO WE WERE VERY CAREFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR SIGNS, I THINK THEY HAVE THREE WORDS OR SO EACH IN VERY HIGH CONTRAST LETTERING AT LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN REVIEWED BY OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS.

IT'S THE SAME PLACES THAT WE TEND TO PUT UP NOTICES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS A REALLY BIG CONCERN AND PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING WE'LL BE EXPANDING BEYOND FOR THAT REASON.

OKAY, GREAT. AND I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THOSE SIGNS IN AND AROUND WHILE I'VE BEEN BIKING, RUNNING.

I'VE SEEN THE DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE, FOR INSTANCE.

SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT AND HOPEFULLY EFFECTIVE FOR THOSE IN AND AROUND TOWN.

I KNOW WE ALSO MENTIONED AB 43 AND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE REDUCTION OF SPEEDS ON SPECIFIC STREETS. SO COULD YOU JUST GO INTO WHAT WHAT THAT AB 43 IS FOR EVERYONE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC AND THEN JUST WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR US IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO THINK ABOUT.

OKAY, YEAH.

HISTORICALLY PRIOR TO AB 43, THE WAY THAT CITIES ESTABLISHED THE SPEED LIMITS ON EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE PRIMA FASCIA SPEEDS, WHICH FOR THE CITIES IT'S TYPICALLY RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

IT'S ESTABLISHED BY THE 85TH PERCENTILE RULE.

AND THAT IS WHERE BASICALLY YOU GO OUT AND YOU DO YOUR YOUR ENGINEERING STUDIES TO DETERMINE WHAT THE 85TH PERCENTILE IS.

AND THEN WITHIN THAT, THE PREVIOUS LAW, YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO REDUCE THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED DOWN FIVE MILES PER HOUR BASED ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE STREET, LIKE IF THERE WAS HIGH PED USE OR SCHOOL ACTIVITY OR A BUSINESS DISTRICT ACTIVITY.

SO NOW WITH AB 43, THAT RELAXES THAT CONDITION.

AND SO CITIES CAN COMPLETE THEIR STUDIES, DETERMINE ALL THE FACTORS AND THEN AND THEN SET THEIR SPEED LIMITS ACCORDINGLY.

I DO WITH THE PASSAGE OF OF AB 43, I DO SUPPORT THE FLEXIBILITY.

I DO CAUTION, THOUGH, THAT ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS DOES NOT CHANGE DRIVER BEHAVIORS.

IF SO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE PEOPLE EXCEEDING 25 MILES PER HOUR IN OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE PEOPLE EXCEEDING 50 MILES PER HOUR ON OUR ARTERIALS.

SO YEAH, AGAIN, ONE OF THE KEY POINTS I HIGHLIGHTED IN MY PRESENTATION, IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE DRIVER BEHAVIOR, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE ROAD CONDITIONS.

SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO BE STUDYING OUR, YOU KNOW, THE SPEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BASED ON AB 43.

AND WE'LL BE REVIEWING THAT REPORT FOR YOU, OUR TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION WITH OUR RECOMMENDED FINDINGS, IF THAT IS SOMETHING COUNCIL WANTS US TO PURSUE.

AND SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY GOING TO HAPPEN JUST DUE TO AB 43? IT IS, YES. WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT.

OKAY, GREAT. JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS HERE.

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OKAY, SO NOW THIS IS FOLLOW UP TO THE SUGGESTION THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAD MADE WITH REGARDS TO SOME OF THIS GOING TO MAYBE THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION.

SO FOR FOR ME, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M I WANT TO ENSURE IS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS, WE DO IT ACCURATELY, WE DO IT EFFECTIVELY. AND OBVIOUSLY THE TIMELINE WE'VE NOTICED CAN VARY FROM THREE MONTHS TO ONE PLUS YEARS.

AND SO IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE, IF IT DID GO TO THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, WOULD WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A DATE THAT WE COULD SAY THAT WE WOULD WANT THEM TO HEAR IT AND THEN A DATE THAT IT WOULD COME BACK TO US.

SO THAT WAY THE PUBLIC HAS SOMEWHAT OF A TIMELINE TO TO KNOW THAT THIS IS COMING BACK TO US.

IF LET'S JUST SAY IF WE WANTED TO I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AT WITH REGARDS TO THIS, BUT IF WE WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE? FROM AN COUNCIL MEMBER.

FAIR QUESTION. FROM A TIMELINE PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE COULD DO IS GET THIS, I BELIEVE, BEFORE THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION NEXT MONTH I'LL DEFER TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR.

BUT IF THAT IS POTENTIALLY DOABLE.

AND THEN AND THEN FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE, JUST GETTING IT BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.

BUT WHEN'S THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE HAVE? IN OCTOBER. IT'S OCTOBER 3RD.

SO I WOULD ASK OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IF IF THE NOTICING AND ACTUALLY THE THE AGENDA PREPARATION, I BELIEVE ACTUALLY WE DO HAVE TIME.

WE HAVE NOT POSTED THE AGENDA SO WE COULD REVISE OUR STAFF REPORT.

WE WERE BRINGING FORWARD AN ITEM TO GIVE THEM A STATUS UPDATE ON THIS ON THIS TOPIC, BUT WE PROBABLY WILL NEED TO CHANGE THAT REPORT SLIGHTLY SINCE THEY ARE NOW GOING TO BE REVIEWING IT AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO WITH THAT, THAT ANSWERS A QUESTION ON WHEN THE THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION WOULD HEAR IT.

AND THEN IT'S UP TO.

OF COURSE, OUR CITY MANAGER AS TO WHEN WE COULD GET BACK ON.

SO. SO IF IT WENT BEFORE THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION AND ON OCTOBER 3RD, THEN WE PROBABLY COULD BE BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND I WOULD SAY NOVEMBER 8TH, THAT'S WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS SCHEDULED IN OCTOBER AND TWO MEETINGS SCHEDULED IN NOVEMBER.

THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE COMMENTS.

THANKS. COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA.

GREAT. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A FEW CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE EXISTING PROJECTS AND THEN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RECENT PROJECTS IN TERMS OF GREEN STRIPING THAT WERE DONE SINCE THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, ARE ANY OF THOSE OVERLAPPING? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I SAW IN OUR GREEN STRIPING NO MENTION OF EL CAMINO REAL RIGHT AROUND FIRE STATION TWO, WHICH IS JUST BEING COMPLETED.

BUT WHEN I DROVE BY YESTERDAY I SAW GREEN STRIPING THERE, BRAND NEW.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE ONGOING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE BIKE LANES AND GREEN STRIPING THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT OR JUST DONE IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE OF THE DECLARATION.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR THE QUESTION.

YEAH, THINGS ARE EVOLVING, SO WE MAY HAVE MISSED ONE OR TWO THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN AN 18 FIGURE THAT WAS IN YOUR STAFF REPORT. AND IN ADDITION TO THE PROJECTS WE HAVE LISTED IN THIS PLAN, SUCH AS THE RESURFACING OR THE SLURRY SEAL AND RE STRIPING PROJECTS, THERE WOULD BE SOME OVERLAP BETWEEN SOME OF THE GREEN PAINT APPLICATIONS.

BUT TO THAT NOTE, WHEN YOU RESURFACE OR SEAL A STREET, YOU'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING AND REFRESHING ALL THE STRIPING REGARDLESS.

SO IT'S PRETTY COMMON WHERE, YEAH, YOU DO BASICALLY REMOVE STRIPING AND REESTABLISH IT EACH TIME YOU RESURFACE A ROADWAY.

SO HOPEFULLY I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS.

I THINK YOU DID.

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LONG PLANNED PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING TO FRUITION NOW, AND IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE PLANNED THESE THINGS A LONG TIME AGO.

FOR OUR STATION TWO HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE STREET RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY CHANGED THE BAY DOORS FROM ONE STREET TO EL CAMINO, FROM THE SMALL STREET TO EL CAMINO REAL RESULTED IN A COMPLETE CHANGE OF THAT INTERSECTION AND THE STRIPING THERE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LONG PLANNED PROJECTS THAT ARE ALSO COMING TO FRUITION RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO AS WE MENTIONED AND AS YOU SEE IN ALL OF THE SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORTS, WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF ONGOING TRAFFIC MOBILITY, TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY PROJECTS, AS MR. PAT NOW MENTIONED. AND YOU CAN SEE ON OUR NICE WEB BASED DATABASE.

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SO A COUPLE OF THE KEY ONES AS AN EXAMPLE IS I MENTIONED THE THE ROAD YOGA OR POSSIBLY THE ROAD RECONFIGURATION OF CARLSBAD BOULEVARD FROM PINE STREET DOWN TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.

ON THAT ROAD SEGMENT ALONE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PLANNED PROJECTS WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

WE'VE DEVELOPED CONCEPTUAL PLANS, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO THE PUBLIC FOR RECONFIGURING THE INTERSECTION CONTROL AT TAMARACK AVENUE AND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AND THEN MOVING TO THE SOUTH, WHERE BEYOND OUR 60% DESIGN FOR THE TERM OUR AREA IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE A ROUNDABOUT AND DRAMATIC COMPLETE STREETS IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH SORRISO.

AND SO ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD INCLUDE GREEN PAINT APPLICATIONS AND MAJOR TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE EXISTING DELINEATION TO BEST SERVE ALL THE USERS.

SO BASICALLY COMPLETE STREETS APPLICATIONS.

THEN MOVING SOUTH, YOU JUST HEARD A REPORT ON THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION STUDY FOR SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD, WHICH IS THE INITIAL THREE MILE STUDY AREAS BETWEEN SYLMAR DRIVE AND ISLAND WAY.

AND THEN THE LARGER PROJECT, WHICH IS UNFUNDED AT THIS TIME, IS CONTINUING DOWN TO THE SOUTH TOWARDS OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT TOUCHES UPON IT.

AGAIN, ALL OF THE OTHER PROJECTS, INCLUDING ALL OF THE COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS WE HAVE ON ON VALLEY AND ON KELLEY AND PARK, ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD INCLUDE GREEN PAINT APPLICATIONS AND DELINEATION TO BETTER SERVE ALL THE USERS.

YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THE BUCKETS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE IN THE CURRENTLY FUNDED THE CURRENTLY FUNDED LIST WITH THE ORANGE DOT, THEY THEY APPEAR TO HAVE VERY VAGUE BIG NAMES THEIR BIG BUCKETS LIKE RECONFIGURE ARTERIOLES OR EXPANDED STREET RESURFACING AND RE STRIPING ALL OVER THE CITY REVIEW CITYWIDE SPEED LIMITS FOR POTENTIAL REDUCTION.

IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN OUR FUNDING FROM WHAT I CAN SEE HERE ON THIS WORKSHEET AND AS WE JUST DISCUSSED.

BUT IT'S NOT ONE OF THE NEW TACTICAL KIND OF ACTIVITIES THAT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY.

SO SOME OF THESE ARE MUCH BIGGER AND THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE HOPPER.

THEY'RE ALREADY BEING PLANNED.

YEAH, IF I MAY.

SO WHEN THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO REVIEW OUR WORK PLAN AND SEE WHAT WAS FUNDED AND WITHIN OUR STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM AND WHAT WE COULD ACCELERATE TO ADDRESS THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION.

SO YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY FOR AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION UPDATES THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO IMPROVE THE STRIPING ON OUR EAST WEST CORRIDORS TO MOVE RESIDENTS BACK AND FORTH TO THE COASTLINE, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF OUR POPULAR ROUTES.

SO WE TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TO CREATE THIS PROJECT, TO ACCELERATE THAT, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN A SHORT TIME FRAME.

SO THAT IS IN RESPONSE TO THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION.

SO THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL LARGER EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING UNDER THE FUNDED AND THE OPTION A COLUMN FOR THE PROJECT.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS ANSWER THE QUESTION.

IT DOES. AND I THINK IT REALLY HELPS CLARIFY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO THAT.

WE HAVE HAD THINGS IN PLANNING FOR A WHILE AND WE ARE ABLE TO BRING SOME TO THE SURFACE TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT, JUST REPRIORITIZING AND LOOKING AT WHAT CAN REALLY HELP WITH THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND THIS EMERGENCY OF BIKES, PEDESTRIANS AND CARS CONVERGING ALL RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK IT IS VERY HELPFUL AND THANK YOU FOR FOR CLARIFYING.

MY OTHER BIG QUESTION IS ABOUT ONE TIME VERSUS ONGOING COSTS.

AND SOME OF THESE I JUST HAD SOME SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY REALLY ARE ONE TIME OR ONGOING.

EVEN THINGS LIKE THE CITATION EXPANSION SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL IDEA.

AND THERE'S A COST HERE FOR ONE TIME FOR 55,000.

THIS IS NUMBER 18 ON THE WORKSHEET.

BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, THERE'S GOT TO BE AN ONGOING COST TO THAT.

RIGHT? SO I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING, IS IT MINIMAL? AND THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T REALLY INCLUDE IT.

I'M GUESSING THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS, BUT SOME CLARIFICATION WOULD BE HELPFUL.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO THE UPFRONT COSTS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE SITE TO OUR ENTIRE PATROL DIVISION WOULD BE THE PURCHASE OF THE PRINTERS FOR THE CITATIONS.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE CELL PHONES THAT ARE ISSUED, SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 55,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PRINTERS.

THE ONLY ONGOING COST WOULD BE THE PRINTING PAPER, WHICH IS MINIMAL.

IT'D PROBABLY BE APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3000 A YEAR.

GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE I WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

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I PULLED OUT AND YOU HAD THE RIGHT IMMEDIATE RESPONSE THAT COULD HELP CLARIFY THAT.

AND I WANT TO ALSO JUST PULL OUT ONE MORE EXAMPLE.

AND IT'S ABOUT THE SPEED FEEDBACK OR THE THE MESSAGE SIGNS.

I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THEM AS A ONE TIME COST, AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE OUT THERE.

ARE THEY OURS OR ARE THEY RENTED OR LIKE, DO WE HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR THEM? I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT GOES.

GO AHEAD, OK.

YES, THEY ARE. AS WE PURCHASED BOTH ADDITIONAL RADAR FEEDBACK SIGNS AND THE MESSAGE BOARDS.

OKAY, GREAT. SO THAT WAS MY SECOND BIG QUESTION.

IT'S JUST REALLY PUTTING IT OUT THERE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH AND EVALUATE THESE, THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT ANY ONGOING OR SUSTAINED COSTS BECAUSE WE ARE CALLING THEM ONE TIME COSTS AND WE'RE USING ONE TIME FUNDS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE BIG ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR BUDGET IF WE NEED TO CONTINUE PAYING FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS OR ADDITIONAL REHAB EVERY TWO YEARS OF A SPEED BUMP. I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN SPEED BUMPS GET GET REPAIRED AND REPLACED, BUT JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND THAT THERE ARE SOME ONGOING COSTS THAT WE NEED TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THIS? I WOULD LIKE TO ADD JUST SOMETHING ON THAT.

SO AS I NOTED WITH OUR RECONFIGURE OUR MATERIALS AND ALSO OUR ADDITIONAL SLURRY SEALING AND AND TAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALIGN OUR TRAVEL LANES, THERE IS ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT OF COST SAVINGS THAT YOU CAN RECOGNIZE BY APPROPRIATELY OR PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE LANE WIDTH FOR VEHICLES. AND BECAUSE THE HIGHEST COST INVOLVED IN OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS REMOVING AND REPLACING FAILED PAVEMENT AREAS.

AND THOSE ARE THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH PRIMARILY WITHIN THE VEHICULAR TRAVEL WAY.

SO IF YOU THINK OF THE ROAD FOOTPRINT, IF WE HAVE AN AREA THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE ROADWAYS ARE OVERBUILT AND WE'RE NOT SEEING THE TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS THAT I GUESS WERE CONSERVATIVELY ACHIEVED BACK WHEN THEY WERE PLANNING THAT ROADWAY.

SO IF YOU DON'T NEED IF THE APPROPRIATE LANE WIDTH IS ONE TRAVEL LANE AT TEN FEET AND YOU CAN PUT ALL THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE TO A BUFFERED BIKE LANE, WHEN YOU THEN HAVE YOUR LONG YOUR MAINTENANCE FOR THIS ROADWAY OVER THE NEXT LIFE CYCLE OF 20, 40 YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A GREAT REDUCTION IN THAT PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE FOR THAT ROAD SEGMENT IN A DITCH.

BUT YOU TOUCH UPON A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC AND THAT IS STRIPE, AND COSTS WILL BE HIGHER BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE STRIPING, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE GREEN PAINT APPLICATION. THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE KEY REASONS WHY WE DON'T OUR POLICY IS NOT TO PAINT ALL OF OUR BIKE LANES GREEN.

IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND I ACTUALLY AM CONCERNED WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES ADDITIONALLY, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT WEARS OFF.

SO WE WE ALSO SOMETHING THAT MISS RAY TOUCHED UPON IS IT WAS IN REGARDS TO SIGNAGE AND POLLUTION, BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH LIKE NEW TYPES OF PAINT APPLICATIONS.

SO RIGHT NOW GREEN PAINT MIGHT BE THE THE NEWER THING, BUT OVER TIME IT MAY LOSE SOME OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS.

SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TO LIMIT ITS USE AND REALLY FOCUS ON HIGH PRIORITY NEED AREAS SUCH AS CONFLICT AREAS.

WE WANT TO USE IT TO TELL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS LIKE, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE, PAY ATTENTION, AND IT'S A CONFLICT AREA.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT QUESTION AND POINT.

THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

IT SHOULDN'T BE. THANK YOU, MR. IYER. WHEN I TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEFORE US HERE, AND THERE'S BASICALLY THREE BUCKETS, KIND OF A, B AND C LAID OUT BY STAFF, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS KIND OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND THEN WEIGHING AGAINST A BUDGET, RIGHT? SO WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE SPEND, HOW MUCH DO WE DEAL WITH THIS? AND SO MY QUESTION, I GUESS, MR. FRANKS OR MR. CHADWICK IS WHEN TRAFFIC AND SAFETY COMMISSIONERS TAKE A LOOK AT AN ITEM, ARE THEY, I GUESS, PRINCIPALLY WEIGHING WHAT THEY RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL WITH BUDGETARY CONCERNS OR ARE THEY WEIGHING STRICTLY ON A METRIC FOR AN INTERSECTION OR WHATEVER THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE? BECAUSE MY IMPRESSION WOULD BE IT'S TYPICALLY NOT BUDGET RELATED TO THE CITY, BUT KIND OF SAFETY RELATED.

THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'RE CHARGE IS NOT FISCAL RELATED.

THEIR CHARGE IS TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY RELATED PROJECTS.

RIGHT. OKAY. SO THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND QUESTION NUMBER TWO WOULD BE AS WE AS OUR STAFF WORKED UP THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNCIL, IS IT FAIR TO SAY YOU'RE ATTENDING AND LEADING TRAFFIC AND SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF MANY, MANY YEARS THAT THE BODY OF WORK THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM YOUR COMMISSIONERS AND WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING UP IS CONSIDERED IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME UP TO US?

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THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH. SO IN THIS IDEA OR SUGGESTION OF WAITING AND KICKING IT BACK TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY, EVEN IF WE CAN MAKE THE NOTICING REQUIREMENTS FOR OCTOBER 3RD, TO ME IT'S PRIMARILY A BUDGET DECISION.

AND I THINK WHAT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN AND TO SAY WHAT THEY PREFER AND THEN TAKE THAT TO.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS A SECOND READING OR IF IT JUST HAPPENS TONIGHT, BUT THEN TAKE THAT TO TRAFFIC AND SAFETY AND SAY THIS IS COUNCIL'S WEIGHING AND DID WE MISS SOMETHING? BECAUSE I DO AGREE IN THE VALUE OF TAKING IT BACK OR HAVING TRAFFIC AND SAFETY WEIGH IN ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT.

COMMITTEE COMMISSION IS PREPARED TO MAKE A BUDGET KIND OF DECISION, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE TONIGHT.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE, IS THAT WE I GUESS I'M JUST SAYING RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE SHOULD MAKE OUR DECISION TONIGHT.

TAKE IT TO TRAFFIC AND SAFETY, HAVE THEM ANALYZE IT, LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OH, COUNCIL, YOU MISSED ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN THAT COULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO US AND CERTAINLY ADDED OR DELIBERATED IF NEED BE IN COUNCIL.

I JUST ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN SOME SOME FIRM LOOKS FROM SOME OF OUR STAFF.

THE DEADLINE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DOCKET IT FOR THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, WHICH IS SCHEDULED CURRENTLY FOR OCTOBER 3RD, WOULD BE THIS FRIDAY AT 4:00.

SO WE MAY LIKELY, IN THE EVENT THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO REFER IT BACK THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO IS LIKELY HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION TO GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL TIME TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS AS WELL AS DO APPROPRIATE OUTREACH TO PROPERLY NOTICE THIS.

OKAY. AND I'LL JUST ON THIS LINE, I'LL JUST SIMPLY SAY THAT I THINK THE FIVE OF US UP HERE ARE THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE FACED BY OUR CITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

IT IS PART OF OUR JOB TO DEAL WITH THAT.

JUST REFLECTING BACK ON MY KIND OF 25 YEARS OF HISTORY, WORKING ON PRINCIPALLY HIGHWAY 101, WHICH WAS A 95 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY ROAD STRAIGHT, FOUR LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AND SOMETIMES WITH WITH THE FIFTH LANE IN TERMS OF A SCRAMBLE LANE AND AND TRYING TO ESSENTIALLY MAKE THAT RELEVANT TODAY IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THREE TOOLS YOU CAN YOU CAN YOU CAN CITE, YOU CAN HAVE ENFORCEMENT.

IT WON'T CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR ON THAT ROAD.

IT JUST LOOKS TOO STRAIGHT.

I MEAN, FOR ME, CARLSBAD BOULEVARD KIND OF DOWN BY THE ENCINA POWER PLANT AREA WHERE I THINK IT'S 30 OR 35 MILES AN HOUR, IT ALL THE VISUAL INDICATORS ARE GO FAST AND GO STRAIGHT. RIGHT. SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO KEEP YOUR SPEED TO THAT LIMIT.

AND SO ENFORCEMENT IS A TOOL.

I DON'T WANT TO NEGATE THAT TOOL, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

EDUCATION THE SAME WAY.

AND WHERE I WOULD PUT MY KIND OF EXPERIENCE AND WHAT REALLY WORKS IS TO PHYSICALLY CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE ROAD.

AND SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME THAT'S GOING TO WORK LONG TERM IS YOU CHANGE THE DESIGN OF THAT ROAD AND YOU DO PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT ROAD THAT GETS YOU TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

AND SO WITH THAT, I NOTICED THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PAINTING OF CROSSWALK BLOCKS IS KIND OF INCLUDED IN THE SECOND BUCKET, BUT THAT THE SPEED CUSHIONS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SECOND ONES, 800,000 ONES, 1.2 MILLION.

WHAT'S WHAT'S THE I GUESS THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WENT IN, INCLUDING ONE AND NOT THE OTHER.

BASICALLY THESE ARE OPTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE TWO ITEMS THAT ACTUALLY AND I SHARED MY OPINION ON ON WHEN I WAS PRESENTING.

I FEEL THERE'S A GOOD COST BENEFIT RATIO OR RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS THE SPEED CUSHIONS ON SCHOOL STREETS.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER IF YOU SUPPORTED ONE VERSUS THE OTHER.

WE'RE NOT MARRIED TO THE THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN OPTION B, SO THAT IS SOMETHING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. IF I CAN JUST ADD MR. FRANKS COMMENT. THE THE I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

IF I WOULD JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MR. FRANKS COMMENT. THE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS AROUND EVERY SCHOOL SITE IN THE CITY IS 140 PLUS LOCATIONS IS AN ACTIVITY THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS VERSUS THE SPEED CUSHION PROJECT, WHICH MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO IMPLEMENT THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS AREAS THAT WOULD INVOLVE MORE ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVITY.

AND SO I THINK PART OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS, INCLUDING THE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS AROUND SCHOOLS IN THE FIRST BUCKET, IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DEALT WITH AND ACCOMPLISHED IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME VERSUS SPEED CUSHIONS, WHICH I MEAN, WE'RE NOT SAYING ONE IS MORE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER.

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I THINK IT'S JUST MORE OF THE WHAT COULD WE DO MUCH QUICKER? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I DO SEE, OF COURSE, OUR CHART IS ARE THE MATRIX THAT WE HAVE IS DIVIDED BY SHORT TERM, MID-TERM AND LONG TERM.

AND I JUST NOTICED THAT ONE MADE THE THE LIST AND THE OTHER ONE DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST.

ALSO, I GUESS PART OF MY EXPERIENCE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A COST OF DOING THESE MEASURES.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT FROM THE 2 MILLION THAT WE SPENT UP TO $48 MILLION.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE AND YOU KNOW THIS AS PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY, THAT THE COST OF DOING NOTHING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PUTS OUT GUIDANCE EVERY YEAR ON THE STATISTICAL VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE LOST.

AND THAT STATISTICAL GUIDANCE IS $12 MILLION A YEAR.

AND SO EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE A FATALITY, NO MATTER HOW IT HAPPENS, SOCIETY HAS THE ON THE AVERAGE, IT'S $12 MILLION IS WHAT IT COSTS SOCIETY.

AND THAT IS NOT THE WAGE EARNING POTENTIAL OF THE LIFE LOSS.

THAT'S JUST THE SOCIETAL COST.

SO WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES THAT INVOLVE FATALITIES AND WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES THAT INVOLVE SERIOUS INJURIES, KNOW THAT IT DOES COME BACK TO US IN TERMS OF COST.

AND DOING NOTHING CAN MANY TIMES COST MORE THAN THAN DOING SOMETHING APPROPRIATE TO MINIMIZE THE LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE.

AND IT COMES BACK TO US IN MANY WAYS.

IT COMES BACK TO US AND THE COST OF DOING SOMETHING TO FIX IT, IT COMES BACK TO US AND CLOSED SESSION WITH LITIGATION.

IT COMES BACK TO US WITH HIGHER INSURANCE COSTS AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER THAT WE, WHEN WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY, WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH AN ISSUE THAT INVOLVES HUMAN LIFE, THAT THERE'S A COST TO THAT HUMAN LIFE THAT SOCIETY BEARS, AND THE CITY WILL BEAR A LARGE PORTION OF THAT COST.

WITH THAT, IN OUR WORK IN MY PAST WORK WITH RAIL AND RAIL PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES IN OUR COASTAL CORRIDOR AND THERE NATIONALLY, THE PREPONDERANCE OF RAIL COLLISIONS ARE VEHICULAR RAIL.

BUT IN OUR REGION, IN NORTH COUNTY, THE PREPONDERANCE OF COLLISIONS ARE PEDESTRIAN RAIL.

AND WE LOOKED AT IT UP TO 2017, I THINK THERE WERE 22 FATALITIES, 75% OF THEM WERE ACCIDENTAL, MOST INVOLVING ALCOHOL. AND WE ALL CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO INCREASE.

STATISTICALLY, THIS WAS GOING TO INCREASE BACK THEN.

WE WERE RUNNING 50 TRAINS A DAY.

I THINK WE'RE RUNNING 64, 65 TRAINS A DAY WITH SOME ADDED CARS WITH CTD IN THE COASTER, WE'LL GROW UP TO 100.

WE'RE ADDING LIFE AND APARTMENT UNITS AND RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND WONDERFUL RESTAURANTS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA.

AND SO I JUST NOTE IN THE LAST 12 TO 15 MONTHS, WE'VE HAD THREE FATALITIES IN OUR REGION ON THE RAIL AND ALL OF THEM IN THAT KIND OF I THINK YOU HAD A HEAT MAP THAT SHOWED WHERE MOST OF OUR INCIDENTS WERE DOWN IN THE VILLAGE AND ALL THREE OF THEM WERE DOWN IN THE VILLAGE.

SO HAVE WE.

SO AGAIN, I THINK WE HAD TWO BICYCLE FATALITIES IN A REAL KIND OF CLOSE TIME FRAME WITHIN A FEW WEEKS, PROMPTED THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE.

THEY'RE NOT THE FIRST ONES, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR CITY OR PEDESTRIAN.

BUT HAVE WE FACTORED IN THIS KIND OF PEDESTRIAN RAIL SITUATION OR FACTORED IN BICYCLE RAIL? AND I JUST AS A DRIVER, I'M STOPPED AT THE RAIL, A BIKE COMES UP, DOESN'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THE RAIL IS DOWN, HOPS THE CURB, GOES ON TO THE SIDEWALK AND, YOU KNOW, BLOWS THROUGH A STOP SIGN.

SO I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMMUNICATION ABOUT KIND OF OUR TRAIN DEATHS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, UNFORTUNATELY.

WAS THAT FACTORED IN AS WE LOOKED AT? PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES AND BICYCLE FATALITIES, NOT SPECIFICALLY RAIL RELATED, BUT WE DID USE OUR HEAT MAPS FOR OUR COLLISIONS.

AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AGAIN WHEN WE'RE OK, BECAUSE IT IS I MEAN, THE TRENDS THAT WE NOTICED IS THAT IT'S GROWING AND THAT SEEMS TO BE BORNE OUT BY THE FACT THAT WE HAD THREE IN THE LAST 12 OR 15 MONTHS OR SO.

IT'S ACCIDENTAL.

AND UNFORTUNATELY ANOTHER TREND IS THAT IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING OUR AREA.

THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LIVE NEAR THE TRACKS, YOU'RE AWARE OF THE RAIL, YOU KIND OF HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND WHEN YOU'RE VISITING AND DON'T.

SO I THINK THAT THERE IS SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THERE.

HOPEFULLY SHORT TERM, HOPEFULLY WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE RETRENCHING AND GETTING RID OF THAT ISSUE.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK THAT THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE THERE.

THE SCHOOL BUSING PROGRAM THERE IS YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG TICKET ITEM, OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY 90% OF WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US.

I THINK WE ARE APPROACHING A TIME WE KIND OF WORK IN SILOS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BUSSES AND THEY TAKE KIDS TO SCHOOL, PARK THEM, TAKE KIDS HOME, PARK THEM, AND WE'VE ALL SEEN THOSE LOTS FULL OF YELLOW SCHOOL BUSSES AND THEY'RE USED, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, 3 HOURS A DAY, AN HOUR AND A HALF IN THE MORNING, HOUR AND A HALF THE EVENING.

AND IT DOVETAILS NICELY WITH OUR NEED FOR KIND OF A COASTAL SHUTTLE OR SOME ENHANCED MOBILITY THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE AFTER

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KIDS GET TO SCHOOL AND MAYBE AND BEFORE WE PICK THEM UP, OR MAYBE IT'S WORK PLACE AFTER SCHOOL IS OUT AND WE CAN USE THEM FOR WORKPLACE ISSUES.

SO I THINK IT DOES NEED TO BE LOOKED AT.

SO THERE'S THIS NATURAL PAIRING THAT I THINK IS GREAT THAT COULD CUT COSTS FOR BOTH PARTIES, NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE EARLY IN THE DISCUSSION, BUT IN THE NEXT FIVE, TEN YEARS, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR THAT ARENA, BOTH IN TERMS OF ELECTRIC AS WELL AS AUTONOMOUS.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXISTING INSTITUTION THAT WE HAVE IF WE HAVE A SCHOOL CITY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO START SOMETHING NEW, PUT A BUDGET ITEM ON IT FOR A BIG TICKET.

CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BUY $44 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT TODAY.

BUT I DO WANT TO START LOOKING AT THE ISSUE AND LOOKING AT GETTING OUT OF OUR SILOS, DOING THINGS TOGETHER, SAVING MONIES FOR BOTH AGENCIES.

AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LIAISON COMMITTEE WITH THE SCHOOLS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IF WE NEED SOMETHING GREATER THAN THAT, BUT I DON'T JUST WANT TO SAY, HEY, IT'S A BIG, BIG TICKET.

WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET.

LET'S WALK AWAY FROM IT.

BECAUSE I THINK BOTH ENTITIES AND MAYBE AS A THIRD ENTITY DO DESIRE THIS TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE IN THE FUTURE.

BUT IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO INCLUDE THAT.

I THINK FOR MY QUESTIONS THAT PRETTY MUCH ANSWERS MY MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, OK.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE WHAT MR. BLACKBURN SAID.

I WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER AND INCLUDE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND I SAY THAT IS IT'S NOT JUST THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, BUT IT'S TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE THEM MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT WE ARE JUST SEEING HERE TONIGHT.

AND IT'S INTERESTING, TONIGHT, WE ONLY HAD ONE SPEAKER.

COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS 30 DAYS AGO.

THEY ALSO I THINK PART OF WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO FIX THIS ISSUE IS POLICE ENFORCEMENT.

AND IF I WOULD SUGGESTS ANYTHING, YOU'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH.

I THINK WE NEED THE MORE CITATIONS YOU WRITE, THE QUICKER THIS IS GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

AND SO AND ALREADY AT LEAST MY EMAILS AND MY CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE I THINK THAT'S MAKING, ALONG WITH THE EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, THAT, HEY, THIS IS HOW YOU RIDE A BIKE SAFELY.

I THINK JUST THOSE TWO COMPONENTS ARE GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

AND I THINK WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THIS, AT LEAST I'M HEARING ABOUT IT.

SO WHEN MR. BLACKBURN AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND RESTATE YOUR MOTION IF YOU LIKE, BUT I WOULD EVEN ADD THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A WEEK.

I WOULD GIVE IT THE 30 DAYS TO LET HIM DO MORE OF WHAT HE'S DOING TO SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE MORE TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EVEN THINK ABOUT WHAT'S BEFORE US TONIGHT.

THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THOSE TWO PAGES AND EVEN US, WE'VE ONLY LOOKED AT IT FOR A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE REALLY NEED TO SIT AND THINK ABOUT THIS AND ABSORB IT AS TO WHAT IT MEANS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION MIGHT NOT BE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET ITEMS, BUT I THINK MONEY TO THEM MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

ALSO. THEY ALSO, I THINK ESPECIALLY THE MOBILITY COMMISSION, HAS GREAT INSIGHT INTO THE DETAIL OF INTERSECTIONS AND A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK I HAVE.

AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A DAY OR TWO, BUT THEY REALLY DIVE DEEP, MUCH DEEPER INTO NUMBERS THAN I THINK WE DO.

SO I'M NOT FOR ONE FOR RUSHING IT.

THEY COULD DO IT IN 30 DAYS.

BUT I THINK I THINK WHAT YOU OFFERED UP AT THE VERY BEGINNING, MR. BLACKBURN, WAS THE RIGHT WAY TO START DOWN THIS PATH.

SO, I MEAN, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR MOTION.

I HOPEFULLY I CAN IF SOMEBODY ELSE DOES IN SECOND, I WOULD SECOND THAT.

I WANT TO ALSO CONFIRM CITY MANAGER I ASKED THE QUESTION BEFORE, BUT THAT WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

I WANT TO ASK IT AGAIN.

IF WE DO SEND THIS TO TRAFFIC MOBILITY AND PLANNING COMMISSION, AND IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME, OBVIOUSLY, AND IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE HEARD MORE ON THE ISSUES. THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING COMES TO A STOP.

YOU CONTINUE TO USE THE RESOURCES WE'VE ALLOTTED AND YOU CONTINUE TO TO STAY ON THIS PATH THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ON.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LOCAL DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY, WE DO HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL EVERY 60 DAYS FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY.

CURRENTLY, WE'RE SLOTTED TO COME BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER, I THINK IT'S OCTOBER 18.

SO THAT SAID, AGAIN, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE DATA AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN THIS SPACE TO FOCUS ON OUR THREE E'S.

SO THEN MY HELP ME CITY ATTORNEY WITH MY MOTION, MY MOTION WILL BE THAT THIS BE REVIEWED BY THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMITTEE AND BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN BROUGHT

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BACK TO US WITH THEIR INPUT AT A FUTURE DATE.

IS THAT SATISFACTORY? IT IS. AND WITH THAT MOTION, YOU WOULD NOT NEED TO DO THE THIRD ITEM THAT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS FOR US TO BRING BACK A RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK.

WE WOULDN'T NEED TO DO THAT.

THIS MOTION WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR THAT FOR THE TASKS THAT YOU JUST.

INDICATED. SECOND.

FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION, I HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

SO FIRST TO THE MAKER OF THE MOTION.

ARI, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF OPTION A, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS TO IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO ANYTHING FROM OPTIONS, EITHER B OR C.

OPTION WAS SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED.

AM I CORRECT ON THAT? SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN OPTION A HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU LOOK AT ALTHOUGH WE INDICATE A NO NEW SPEND, ONE OF THE ITEMS, IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER FIVE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT ADOPT A VISION ZERO RESOLUTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL AND THEN.

WAS THERE ANOTHER OPTION IN A THAT COUNCIL IS NOT AUTHORIZED YET.

THE SCHOOL BY THE SCHOOL CERTIFICATION AND PERMIT PROGRAM.

I BELIEVE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEGUN, BUT ITEM 12 MY MOTION WILL ONLY INCLUDE THE PORTIONS OF THE OF A THAT WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED AND THEN ALL THE REST WILL BE UP TO INPUT FROM TRAFFIC MOBILITY AND PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO NOT TO MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED, BUT ONE OTHER POSSIBLE EXCEPTION IS ITEM NUMBER 25, WHICH IS LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY.

MY RECOMMENDATION ON THAT ONE WOULD BE A MOTION TO REFER THAT MATTER TO THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

JUST AGAIN, SO ALL OF THESE UNDER OPTION, I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL COSTS AS PER WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED.

THIS WOULD JUST AGAIN, THE SCHOOL EBIKE CERTIFICATION PERMIT PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ALREADY KIND OF TALKING ABOUT IN THE BEGINNING.

I KNOW OUR CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE TEAM HAD GIVEN A PRESENTATION SOMEWHAT AROUND THAT.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING AND I KNOW OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER HAS WORKED ON SOME THINGS AROUND E-BIKE SAFETY SPECIFICALLY.

SO I FEEL LIKE IF WE CAN INCORPORATE OPTION A, THERE'S NO NEW FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

IT'S ALREADY SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN THE PIPE AND I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE MOTION.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY THAT THESE PARTICULAR OPTIONS CAN BE INCORPORATED AS WELL.

DID YOU SAY VISION ZERO AS PART OF YES.

YEAH. VISION ZERO IS ALSO PART OF A I WOULD LIKE THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY AND PLANNING COMMISSION TO BOTH WEIGH IN ON ON THAT TOO, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO PRICE TAG TO IT, I'D LIKE THEIR INPUT.

OKAY. SO.

SOUNDS GOOD. I UNDERSTAND.

SO BEFORE BEFORE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, BEFORE WE VOTE, IF I COULD MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THERE.

SO I DID.

I JUST CAN I JUST.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THE MOTION CLEAR.

SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO PROCEED WITH THE OPTION ITEMS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VISION ZERO AND THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY ITEMS, THE VISION ZERO ITEM BEING REFERRED TO THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY GOING TO THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE.

AND THEN WE'RE WANTING THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION TO WEIGH IN ON THE B AND C COLUMN.

IS THAT WHAT? YES.

THANK YOU FOR WORDING IT FOR PLUS THE VISION ZERO.

YES.

YEAH, ALTHOUGH I DO DISAGREE THAT THE VISION ZERO RESOLUTION IS SOMETHING THAT COULD EASILY BE ADOPTED.

THE COMPLETE VISION ZERO PLAN IS PART OF B AND C, SO I THINK THEY COULD LOOK AT THAT ANYWAYS.

THIS IS SOMETHING AGAIN THAT WOULD HAVE NO COST.

SO WHILE I'M DOING MY COMMENTS, IF YOU RECONSIDER, LET ME KNOW.

SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I HAD I JUST WANTED TO MAKE FOR OUR TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN THEY'RE CONSIDERING IS SPECIFICALLY AROUND OUR SCHOOLS. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE SAW QUITE A FEW HERE IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE OPTIONS THAT ARE RESTRIPING FOR PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AROUND SCHOOLS, ACCESS PLAN FOR SCHOOLS, SPEED CUSHIONS ON STREETS AROUND SCHOOLS.

SO THOSE ARE, I THINK OBVIOUSLY EXAMPLES OF WAYS THAT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE OUTREACH TO US WITH REGARDS TO SAFETY AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, THAT IS SOMETHING

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THAT WILL HOPEFULLY EASE SOME ANXIETY FOR PARENTS AROUND THOSE AREAS.

AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE WAS THE CARLSBAD RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT I JUST WANTED TO ALSO BRING UP, BECAUSE I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND THAT, AND I KNOW I REFER A LOT TO THE CITY MANAGER, WHO THEN REFERS IT TO THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY DIVISION.

THE OTHER LAST PIECE THAT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANTED TO READ ON BEHALF OF BOB EMBREE, BECAUSE I REACHED OUT.

I DID I'VE BEEN NOTICING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO BY OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY UTILIZING AND WEAPONIZING THE DEATH OF CHRISTINE EMBREE TO FURTHER THEIR OWN AGENDA.

AND I JUST WANTED TO READ SOMETHING THAT HE ACTUALLY WANTED ME TO READ ON HIS BEHALF SO THAT IT'S IN THE RECORD.

HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I'M JUST READING IT ON HIS BEHALF.

THIS IS I HAVE TWO OF HIS TEXT MESSAGES.

HE'S SAID NO ONE HAS ASKED FOR MY APPROVAL OR SPOKEN TO ME DIRECTLY.

PEOPLE WHO SPEAK ABOUT MY TRAGEDY CAN NEVER COMPREHEND WHAT MYSELF OR MY FAMILY ARE GOING THROUGH.

WE SUFFER GREATLY ON A DAILY BASIS.

IT'S RUDE AND EXTREMELY INSENSITIVE FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CHRISTINE.

I DON'T CARE FOR ANYONE USING MY WIFE'S TRAUMATIC SUFFERING AND DEATH TO BE THE CORNERSTONE OF PEOPLE'S POLITICAL ARGUMENTS AND AGENDAS.

OUR STORY IS WELL KNOWN BY COUNCIL, AND I PLACE FAITH IN YOU TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF CARLSBAD.

AND I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT STAND FOR PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OFFICE USING MY TRAGEDY AS THEIR PLATFORM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO ME.

THOSE ARE NOT THE TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS I WANT REPRESENTING MYSELF OR MY FAMILY IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THE RECORD BECAUSE IT'S BEING UTILIZED QUITE A BIT AND I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.

SO I JUST WANTED TO READ THAT ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

THANK YOU. I ASKED MY QUESTIONS EARLIER AND I HAVEN'T YET SPOKEN ABOUT WHAT MY PREFERENCES ARE, WHAT MY THOUGHTS WERE.

AS I READ THROUGH THIS PLAN AND HEARD THE FEEDBACK AND READ THE PUBLIC INPUT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT EVERYTHING IN A.

ALL OF THAT ENTIRE COLUMN THAT SAYS NO NEW NO NO EXPENSES IS GREAT WITH ME, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT AS POTENTIAL EXCEPTIONS. I'M FINE WITH KEEPING THEM IN.

THAT'S ADOPTING A VISION ZERO RESOLUTION.

IT'S NOT ALL THE WORK BEHIND THAT.

IT'S JUST DECLARING THAT WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING TRAFFIC FATALITIES AS PART OF OUR STREET DESIGN.

WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN.

OUR GOAL IS ZERO TRAFFIC FATALITIES.

THE OTHER NUMBER 12 SCHOOL E-BIKE CERTIFICATION PERMIT PROGRAM.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND THERE'S NO COST TO IT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONCEPTUALIZE WITH OUR CURRENT PROGRAM.

AND THEN ANOTHER WAS A LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY.

AND IN THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE IT WOULD BE THE PERFECT FORUM TO FURTHER DISCUSS THIS.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT E-BIKE SAFETY, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS OFFICE.

ASSEMBLYMEMBER TASHA BOERNER HORVATH RECENTLY HAD LEGISLATION SIGNED INTO LAW FOR E-BIKE SAFETY TRAINING TO BE DONE, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR HER IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF IN THE WORKS ANYWAY.

SO I'M FINE WITH ALL OF A AND THEN I WANTED TO CALL OUT SOME OF THE AREAS THAT I'M ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN, AND THIS COINCIDES WITH THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER BHAT-PATEL JUST MADE ABOUT SCHOOLS AND THE IMPACT THAT WE CAN HAVE IF WE MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND PEOPLE RUSHING AROUND, PICK UP AND DROP OFF.

WE'VE HEARD ABOUT IT A LOT.

I'VE BEEN A MOM DOING PICKUP AND DROP OFF AND I KNOW HOW CHAOTIC IT CAN BE.

SO 15 NUMBER 15 WAS THE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS NEAR SCHOOLS.

THAT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY INTERESTED IN AND I THINK WOULD MAKE A BIG IMPACT.

ANOTHER WAS ALL THE EDUCATION AROUND TEEN ENGAGEMENT AND WORKING WITH YOUTH AND OUR SCHOOLS TO GET THE WORD OUT. I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME OF THAT, BUT I JUST THINK SO MUCH MORE CAN BE DONE AND WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THE SPEED CUSHIONS ON STREETS AROUND SCHOOLS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.

I ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

I THINK THE NUMBER THAT I WROTE ON MY NOTES WAS OVER 100 THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT INSTALLING OVER 100 AROUND CARLSBAD.

AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD SAVE LIVES.

I THINK IT COULD SAVE LIVES.

AND THAT IS WORTHY OF THAT EXPENDITURE.

SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD VOTE ON THOSE TONIGHT.

I'M ALSO IN AGREEMENT THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET MORE PUBLIC INPUT.

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AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE'VE WE'VE ONLY HAD A FEW DAYS TO LOOK AT THIS WHOLE PACKET AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL AND FOR THE ENTIRE PUBLIC TOGETHER.

IT'S NOT LIKE AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WE GET ALL THIS INFORMATION WAY EARLIER AND WE DON'T WE GET IT WHEN THE PUBLIC GETS IT TOO, AND IT'S PUBLISHED.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO LET IT SINK IN A LITTLE BIT MORE, HAVE MORE FEEDBACK.

AND I THINK THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE REALLY VERY INTERESTED IN WEIGHING IN AS WELL.

SO I HEARD THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER NORBY MADE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUDGET IS NOT A CONSIDERATION FOR THEM AND IT IS FOR US, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE MAKING THE ULTIMATE DECISIONS. THEY'LL JUST BE WEIGHING IN.

THERE'LL BE ANOTHER LEVEL OF PUBLIC INPUT, INFORMED PUBLIC INPUT OF ENGAGED RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO WEIGH IN AS WELL.

SO I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO SET THE CLEAR TIME CERTAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS BACK TO US ASAP AND THAT WE WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN MOTION.

SO I'M OKAY WITH A BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING IN A AND I'VE SHARED MY COMMENTS AND HOPEFULLY THE COMMISSIONERS WILL GET A CHANCE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO AND HEAR THE COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL AS WELL SO THEY'LL KNOW WHAT WE'RE THINKING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IT'S ALMOST LIKE TWO COMPETING FORCES.

ONE IS THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AND A DESIRE TO TAKE QUICK ACTION AND A REAL HESITANCY TO WAIT TWO MONTHS TO START WORKING ON THESE THINGS.

RIGHT. THE CROSSWALKS AND THE SPEED HUMPS, SPEED CUSHIONS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA MENTIONED, I'M ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE OTHER THAT COMPETES WITH THE OTHER SAGE ADVICE OF THE WORDS OF A CARPENTER MEASURE TWICE AND CUT ONCE.

AND SO MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD TAKE ACTION TONIGHT AND THEN ASK FOR ADDITIONAL ACTION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY COMMISSION. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO CARRY THE DAY BASED UPON COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION.

AND JUST A COUPLE QUICK FOLLOW UP.

BASED ON WHAT SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS WERE IS ALSO PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, WILL THERE BE A CITY SCHOOLS MEETING? I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT WOULD BE A PRIMARY TALK THERE ALSO FOR THE THE MOBILITY AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

IF THEY COULD GET THIS MATERIAL WITHIN, WHAT DO THEY GET? SEVEN NOTICE DAYS USUALLY BEFORE AN AGENDA.

USUALLY NOT THAT LONG, BUT IF THEY COULD GET IT.

STRIVE FOR FIVE.

BUT IF THEY COULD GET A BRIEFING SO THEY HAVE TIME TO ABSORB AND STUDY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT IN THIS AND BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GO TO THE AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU, SIR.

I WILL TALK WITH OUR CITY CLERKS TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THEM THIS INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN REMEMBER AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, OFTEN I WOULD GET SPECIAL BRIEFINGS ON UPCOMING THINGS JUST IF NOTHING ELSE, IT JUST CREATED THE AWARENESS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I'M GOING TO HAVE TO START LOOKING AT AND START STUDYING IT.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE ITEMS DO HAVE A MONETARY COST AS WELL AS A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE FLOATING OUT IN THE CITY, I.E.

LIKE THE COMMUNITY POOL.

SO WHAT WOULD BE NICE IS TO HAVE A RUNNING TOTAL OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING TONIGHT, YOU'RE JUST NOT LOOKING AT TWO OR THREE FIGURES, BUT YOU'RE GETTING A BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT LIES AHEAD AS FAR AS BUDGETARY NEEDS. SO QUITE OFTEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY $800,000, BUT YOU COMBINE THAT WITH SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE TALKING REAL MONEY.

SO IF PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE YOU COULD, WE DO KNOW THE POOL FOR ONE, AND IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT YOU KNOW THAT ARE GOING TO BE UPCOMING COSTS THAT PEOPLE WE CAN START TO WEIGH THESE NUMBERS AS WE START TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION.

YES, GO AHEAD, DOCTOR.

I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE MEETINGS FOR THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THERE'S ONE FOR TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY ON THE THIRD.

IT MIGHT BE TIGHT, BUT JUST CURIOUS WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S MEETINGS ARE NEXT MONTH.

AND I'M LOOKING FOR IF WE HAVE GARY BARBERIO TO.

AND WHILE HE'S.

SEPARATE STAFF REPORTS.

I KNOW WE'VE DONE JOINT MEETINGS PREVIOUSLY, SO CURIOUS IF THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN OPTION, BUT OBVIOUSLY WOULDN'T WANT TO OVERBURDEN STAFF IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS AND SOMETHING THAT ALREADY EXISTS, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE, BUT JUST THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE A POTENTIAL.

SO IF I MAY COUNCIL MEMBER, I SHOW OCTOBER 5TH AS THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.

INTERESTING. SEE, AND I THINK THAT AN THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY THEY'RE WAY TO CLOSE, YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM GO TO A FOLLOWING MEETING, NOT JUST NOT ONE THAT'S UP NEXT

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WEEK. SO I MEAN IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM SOME TIME TO ABSORB THIS MATERIAL AND STUDY IT, ONE WEEK'S NOTICE IS PRETTY TIGHT.

YEAH, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, MEETS ONCE A MONTH, RIGHT? AND THEN PLANNING MEETS TWICE A MONTH.

RIGHT. OKAY. FIRST AND THIRD.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH.

OKAY. OKAY.

YEAH. I MEAN, THE ONLY REASON WHY I MENTIONED THAT AND I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU ALL TO FIGURE OUT A GOOD TIMELINE.

I JUST DO THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF TIME CERTAIN THAT WE PUT ON IT JUST SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY SEE A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

RIGHT. SOMETIMES WE HAVE THESE THINGS IN MOTION FOR SOME TIME AND WE DON'T SEE THEM AFTER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S NOT OBVIOUSLY ANYONE'S FAULT.

IT'S JUST THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THEM TO KNOW, OKAY, THIS IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS COME BEFORE US.

SO I WILL LOOK TO YOU TO LET ME KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FRAME SO THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF TIME.

AND I, I DON'T THINK IT'S AS PRODUCTIVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ABOUT THE TIMELINE RIGHT NOW.

SURE. BECAUSE I DO WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH STAFF.

HOWEVER, WE UNDERSTAND COUNCILS DIRECTION AND AGAIN, WE ARE IN A DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY.

SO JUST AS WE GOT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND DEVELOP PLAN AND ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO THIS ACTIVITY WITHIN 35 DAYS, STAFF RECOGNIZED THE EMERGENCY RELATED TO THIS ACTION AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN AN EMERGENCY MANNER.

AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IN THE DECLARATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY, WE WILL BE BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL EVERY 60 DAYS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE SO WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED, HOW THOSE MEETINGS ARE GOING AND IF THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO THOSE ACTIVITIES. AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THAT YOU'LL BE BACK BEFORE US ANYWAYS.

OCTOBER 18TH. COOL. YES. SO MAYBE DURING THAT MEETING, IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW.

YES. WHAT PARTICULAR DATES THOSE WOULD GO BEFORE FOLKS.

GREAT. AND THEN, MAYOR PRO TEM, ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT I KNOW SOME OF US MENTIONED SOME COMMENTS AROUND THE OPTIONS A, I KNOW YOU HAD REMOVED SOME OPTIONS.

I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO TAKE THE WHOLE SLATE OF OPTION A AND THEN LET THE OTHERS LOOK AT B AND C OPTIONS.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE LET MY MOTION STAND.

IF IT DOESN'T PASS, THEN YOU MAKE THE NEXT MOTION.

OKAY. CALL THE QUESTION.

CAN I MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? SO MY MOTION WOULD BE TO ACCEPT EVERYTHING IN A ALL EVERYTHING IN THAT COLUMN THAT'S NO NEW AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE STANDS.

THE REST OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ABOUT REFERRING THE PLANS TO THE DRAFT, THE STAFF REPORT TO TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY AND TO PLANNING COMMISSION AT STAFF'S DISCRETION A.S.A.P.

. AND I'LL SECOND.

OKAY, LET'S VOTE.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES.

OKAY. I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION I'D LIKE TO MAKE, PLEASE.

ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT CAMPAIGNING IS THAT YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU WOULD NORMALLY NOT BE TALKING TO, INCLUDING A LOT OF GROUPS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT FINANCE, BUDGET, FUTURE, THE UNKNOWN FUTURE.

SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE STAFF PRESENT WHERE CITY PROJECTS COULD SLOW DOWN OR BE PLACED ON HOLD TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON OUR EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND ANY POSSIBLE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND EVALUATE POSITIONS AND THEIR NEED BASED ON SAFETY, STATE OR FEDERAL MANDATES OR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE IF OUR ECONOMY ENDS UP TURNING SOUTH.

I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO KNOW ALL OF THAT IN ADVANCE AND NOT HAVE TO SCRAMBLE AT THE LAST MOMENT.

CAN WE GET THAT BACK ONE MORE TIME COUNCIL MEMBER? MOTION TO HAVE STAFF PRESENT WHERE CITY PROJECTS COULD BE SLOWED DOWN OR PLACED ON HOLD TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON OUR EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND EVALUATING POSITIONS AND THEIR NEED BASED ON SAFETY, STATE OR FEDERAL MANDATES OR INFRASTRUCTURE IF OUR ECONOMY HAPPENS TO TURN SOUTH.

AND MY REASONING FOR THIS IS I DON'T WANT TO SCRAMBLE AT THE LAST MINUTE.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW IN ADVANCE WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE.

OK IS THERE A DATE CERTAIN WITH THIS? NO. WAS THERE A SECOND. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION BASED UPON THE COMMENTS AND THE MOTION THAT WAS PUT FORWARD, YOU IN YOUR KIND OF EARLY PART OF THE MOTION, YOU MENTIONED

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POLITICS AND YOU MENTIONED WHAT YOU'RE HEARING OUT IN THE TRAIL, SO TO SPEAK.

WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO COME BACK BEFORE THE ELECTION, OR IS IT NO TIME CERTAIN? BECAUSE I HEARD A COUPLE OF THINGS.

NO, IT'S FOR NO TIME CERTAIN.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I'M HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC.

THEY'RE ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THE ECONOMY DOES TURN SOUTH.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PREPARE FOR IT? AND IT WAS WHAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

AND I THOUGHT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

AND I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE.

SO LET ME ASK THE QUESTION A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

CITY MANAGER HOW OFTEN WILL YOU BE BACK TO US WITH UPDATES ON THE BUDGET? WELL, EVERY THREE MONTHS, EVERY SIX MONTHS? WE PROVIDE QUARTERLY UPDATES.

AND I BELIEVE THE NEXT UPDATE IS I WANT TO SAY IN NOVEMBER.

YEAH, I'M GETTING NODS FROM BOTH OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OVER OUR FINANCIAL BRANCH.

SO WE WILL BE BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER TO PROVIDE THAT NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE.

WOULD IT INCLUDE ALL OF MY REQUESTS? IT DOESN'T NORMALLY. TYPICALLY IT DOES NOT.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO MY MOTION WOULD BE THAT IT INCLUDES THOSE QUESTIONS.

STATE IT ONCE MORE MR. BLACKBURN.

I'M GLAD I WROTE IT DOWN.

THE MOTION IS TO HAVE STAFF PRESENT WHERE CITY PROJECTS SHOULD OR COULD SLOW DOWN OR BE PLACED ON HOLD SO WE CAN FOCUS ATTENTION ON EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND EVALUATE POSITIONS AND THEIR NEED BASED ON OUR NEEDS FOR SAFETY OR STATE OR FEDERAL MANDATED POSITIONS, OR THE POSITIONS THAT KEEP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE IF OUR ECONOMY HAPPENS TO TURN SOUTH AND AND WE END UP WITH BUDGET PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF. WHEN THIS HAPPENED NORMALLY, OR DO WE NEED AN A MOTION FOR THAT TO HAPPEN? THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD NORMALLY HAPPEN.

SO, AGAIN, IN THE EVENT THAT WE'RE PRESENTING A BUDGET OR WE'RE GIVING A FINANCIAL UPDATE, BUT I THINK THIS IS MORE SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL AS IT SOUNDS LIKE CAPACITY.

SO AGAIN, UNDER DECLARATIONS OF EMERGENCY, YOU DO HAVE AN ABILITY TO SHORT TERM MAKE IT KIND OF SWITCH OUR FOCUS OR SHIFT OUR FOCUS OF ATTENTION.

IF IN THE EVENT THAT THIS EMERGENCY IS PROLONGED, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO US.

SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME THINGS THAT NATURALLY WOULD SLOW DOWN.

BUT WE CAN ALSO POINT OUT THOSE ITEMS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION AS WELL AS WHAT WE DETERMINE TO BE MANDATORY OR REQUIRED POSITIONS SO WE CAN COME BACK AND I THINK HAVE A THOROUGH DISCUSSION.

STILL HAVEN'T HEARD A SECOND.

SO IF I MAY COMMENT, YOU KNOW, I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER TODAY BASED UPON DATA WE'RE HEARING FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THERE'S RECESSION TALK OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE APPLICABLE TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD BASED ON DATA.

RIGHT. AND SO WE'LL HEAR KIND OF A FIRST QUARTER UPDATE.

WE'LL HEAR HOW OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IS DOING, HOW OUR SALES TAX IS DOING, HOW OUR PROPERTY TAX IS DOING.

IT MAY OR MAY NOT REFLECT WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE WHOLE.

AND I WOULD JUST BE CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DATA IS GOING TO SHOW, BUT THE FIRST DATA, FIRST QUARTER DATA IS GOING TO SHOW SOMETHING.

AND IT MAY SURE SHOW THAT OUR HOSPITALITY INCOME HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED AND OUR PROPERTY TAX HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED AND OUR SALES TAX HASN'T REALLY BEEN AFFECTED.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.

THIS DISCUSSION WOULD BE PREMATURE AT MY POINT IN TIME SO.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO BE RUDE.

EXCUSE ME. YEAH, BUT.

YOU HAVE BEEN SO GENEROUS. SORRY, BUT SINCE THIS HAS NOT BEEN SECONDED WE REALLY CAN'T SO IT'S NOT BEEN SECONDED.

LET'S MOVE ON. I'M GIVING YOU MY REASON WHY I'M NOT SECONDING IT AT THIS TIME.

SO WE'LL HAVE THE CONVERSATION IN NOVEMBER.

OK.

OKAY IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM, WE CAN MOVE ON.

SO WE MOVE ON TO LET'S SEE WHAT'S NEXT.

IT WAS. WAS IT? 12 OR 11? COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S ITEM 9, WHICH IS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BRING UP CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER JOHN KIM.

[9. APPROVAL OF LANE REDUCTION ON SOUTHBOUND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD BETWEEN SOLAMAR DRIVE AND ISLAND WAY, APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE CARLSBAD BOULEVARD RESTRIPING BETWEEN MANZANO DRIVE AND ISLAND WAY, BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS AT FIVE LOCATIONS ON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AND THREE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN BIKE ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS]

OKAY. AND ITEM 9 IS THE APPROVAL OF LANE REDUCTION AT SOUTHBOUND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD BETWEEN SOLOMAR DRIVE AND ISLAND WAY. APPROVAL OF PLANNED SUSPECTS IN THE AWARD OF A CONTRACTOR CONSTRUCTION.

THE CARLSBAD BOULEVARD RESTRIPING BETWEEN MANZANO DRIVE ISLAND WAY BIKE IMPROVEMENTS AT FIVE LOCATIONS ON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AND THREE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN BIKE ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS.

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THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M JOHN KIM. I'M THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

STAFF IS REQUESTING THE APPROVAL OF THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CARLSBAD BOULEVARD RESTRIPING PROJECT, INCLUDING A LANE REDUCTION ON SOUTHBOUND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD BETWEEN SOLAMAR DRIVE AND ISLAND WAY, AND AWARDING THE PROJECT TO VSS INTERNATIONAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $381,120. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY IN RESPONSE TO THE DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY.

THERE ARE THREE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMBINED INTO THIS ONE PLAN SET.

FIRST IS THE CARLSBAD BOULEVARD RESTRIPING PROJECT BETWEEN MANZANO DRIVE AND ISLAND WAY, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE SOUTHBOUND TRAVEL LANES FROM 2 TO 1 TO ALLOW ENHANCEMENTS OF THE EXISTING BICYCLE LANES.

THE SECOND PROJECT IS MADE UP OF GREEN BIKE LANE ENHANCEMENTS AT FIVE INTERSECTIONS ON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD, INCLUDING ATLANTIC HIGH LANE, BREAKWATER ROAD, POINSETTIA LANE, PONTO ROAD AND AVENIDA ENCINAS.

THE THIRD PROJECT WILL ADD GREEN BIKE LANE ENHANCEMENTS ON LA COSTA AT PIRAEUS, SAXONY AND EL CAMINO REAL JEFFERSON STREET BETWEEN LUZ FLORES DRIVE AND THE I-5 BRIDGE, AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF PASEO DEL NORTE AND CANNON ROAD.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS STRIPING ONLY, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT EACH PROJECT IN MORE DETAIL.

THE FIRST PROJECT IS THE RESTRIPING OF SOUTHBOUND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD BETWEEN MANZANO DRIVE AND ISLAND WAY.

THE LIMITS OF THE PROPOSED LANE REDUCTION IS SHOWN IN BLUE.

THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SOUTHBOUND LANES BETWEEN SOLAMAR AND ISLAND, WAY FROM 2 TO 1 LANE.

THIS WILL SHIFT THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO THE EAST TO ALLOW WIDENING OF THE BICYCLE LANE, INCLUDING A PAINTED BUFFER.

SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES WILL ALSO BE CREATED ALONG THE PUBLIC PARKING AREA JUST NORTH OF THE STATE CAMPGROUNDS.

GREEN BICYCLE LANE ENHANCEMENTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONFLICT AREAS BETWEEN VEHICLES AND BICYCLES.

ALTHOUGH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD IS CLASSIFIED AS A COASTAL STREET IN THE GENERAL PLAN MOBILITY ELEMENT AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE VEHICULAR LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS.

POLICY 3-P.15 GIVES COUNCIL DISCRETION TO APPROVE LANE REDUCTIONS THAT WOULD REDUCE VEHICLE CAPACITY TO OR BELOW LEVEL OF SERVICE D.

THEREFORE, A TRAFFIC OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED TO ANALYZE ROADWAY SEGMENT AND INTERSECTION OPERATIONS.

USING THE SAME METHODOLOGY AS THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC MONITORING PROGRAM.

THE ROADWAY SEGMENT ANALYSIS SHOWS THE LANE REDUCTION WITH A LEVEL OF SERVICE D DURING THE WEEKDAY AND A LEVEL OF SERVICE E ON THE WEEKEND WITH 2022 TRAFFIC, NOTING THAT THE VOLUMES TRAFFIC VOLUMES WERE HIGHER DURING BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

THE SEGMENT ANALYSIS WITH PRE-COVID TRAFFIC SHOWS LOS OR LEVEL OF SERVICE OF D OR F DURING THE WEEKEND WEEKDAY EXCUSE ME, AND LEVEL OF SERVICE F DURING THE WEEKEND.

THE INTERSECTION ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT THE INTERSECTION OF CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AND SOLAMAR DRIVE WOULD PERFORM AT LEVEL OF SERVICE A UNDER ALL SCENARIOS, AND THAT THE INTERSECTION OF CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AND ISLAND WAY WOULD PERFORM AT LEVEL OF SERVICE B UNDER ALL SCENARIOS.

MOST CONGESTION ISSUES WOULD MANIFEST THEMSELVES AT THE INTERSECTION LEVEL.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PORTION OF SOUTHBOUND CARLSBAD BOULEVARD WAS SUBJECT TO A LONG TERM LANE CLOSURE BETWEEN 2016 AND 2017 TO FACILITATE EMERGENCY REPAIRS OF THE ENCINAS CREEK BRIDGE.

DURING THIS TIME, NO SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC IMPACTS WERE NOTED AND THE SINGLE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC LANE WAS FOUND TO HAVE THE ADEQUATE CAPACITY TO CARRY THE PRE-PANDEMIC TRAFFIC VOLUMES OF 2016.

MOVING ON TO THE SECOND PROJECT.

THESE ARE BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS AT FIVE INTERSECTIONS ON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD, INCLUDING ATLANTIC HIGH LANE, BREAKWATER ROAD, POINSETTIA LANE PONTO ROAD AND AVENIDA ENCINAS.

WE WILL BE ADDING GREEN PAINT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONFLICT AREAS.

THE THIRD PROJECT IS SIMILAR, BUT THESE LOCATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY ELEMENT SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN, AND PROPOSE TO ADD GREEN BICYCLE LANE ENHANCEMENTS AT THREE LOCATIONS LA COSTA AVENUE AT PIRAEUS, SAXONY AND EL CAMINO REAL.

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JEFFERSON STREET BETWEEN LAS FLORES DRIVE AND I-5 AND AT PASEO DEL NORTE AND CANYON ROAD.

SINCE THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY STAFF HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVE IN IMPLEMENTING GREEN PAINT TO OUR BICYCLE LANES.

AND THIS PROJECT WILL CONTINUE OUR EFFORT TO ENHANCE OUR MORE HIGHLY USED BY CORRIDORS.

THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION AT ITS MEETING ON SEPTEMBER SIX, VOTED TO SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THIS PROJECT AS PRESENTED. THIS PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED ON SEPTEMBER 13TH.

STAFF RECEIVED THREE QUOTES TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.

STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL AWARD THE PROJECT TO VFS INTERNATIONAL IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $318,120.

THERE IS SUFFICIENT FUNDING ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR THE CONTRACT AND NO ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS ARE NEEDED.

AFTER AWARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO VSS INTERNATIONAL STAFF WILL SCHEDULE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING AND ISSUE A NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR CONSTRUCTION.

THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION, AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

SPEAKERS, YES MAYOR THERE'S ONE SPEAKER MARK EMBRY.

GOOD EVENING.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SECTION I SHOULD BE IN, BUT I RIDE A BIKE AND I RIDE AT EL CAMINO REAL AND LA COSTA.

AND I RIDE PAST LA COSTA AND I-5 NORTH ON RAMP.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THE I-5 NORTH ONRAMP IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

MY FRIENDS AND I TYPICALLY RIDE 35, 40 MILES WHEN WE RIDE.

IT'S BY FAR THE MOST DANGEROUS PART BECAUSE YOU'RE PUSHING THE BIKE LANE TO THE EXTREME RIGHT AS FOUR LANES OPEN UP A PERILOUS AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? YOU GO TO THE PARK AND RIDE AND THE BIKE LANE DISAPPEARS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BIKE LANE HAS TAKEN PART ABOUT A CAR WIDTH OVER.

AND NOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CONTEND WITH CARS ZOOMING ON TO GET ONTO THE NORTHBOUND ONRAMP AND WE'RE GOING UPHILL.

AND SO SOMEBODY HAS JUST PAINTED TEMPORARY SIGNS OUT THERE THAT EXPECT YOU TO BE ACROSS THAT WAY.

EXCUSE ME. AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE DMV HANDBOOK ON PAGE 67, IT CLEARLY STATES THAT FOR A CAR TO TRY TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN, IT MUST MERGE BEHIND THE BICYCLE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE LINES PAINTED ON POINSETTIA, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

AND THAT MAKES THE CAR DEVIATE AND NOT THE BICYCLIST.

AND SO SOMEHOW THOSE BIKE LANES HAVE TO BE PUT INTO PLACE WHERE A BICYCLIST CAN GO STRAIGHT, CAN GO STRAIGHT AND NOT BE PUSHED ACROSS.

AND SO THAT WAS MY REASON TO COME TONIGHT.

BUT THEN I'M LISTENING TO YOU GUYS AND MR. NORBY, I'VE NEVER MET YOU, BUT I AGREE WITH ALMOST 99% OF WHAT YOU SAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS, THAT I DON'T THINK THE COST FOR DOING NOTHING IS GOING TO BE IN THE IN THE FINANCIAL ASPECT THAT YOU PEOPLE SUFFER.

IT'S GOING TO BE IN OUR LACK OF FAITH THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE GUARDIANS TO HAVE OUR PUBLIC INTEREST AT BEST HEART.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY MY SON'S NOT HERE NOW TONIGHT? BECAUSE HE SAID, YOU KNOW OUR STORY.

I DON'T NEED TO COME REPEAT MY STORY TO YOU.

I SAID, ROBERT, I'M GOING.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT THEM TO KNOW WE CARE.

WE STILL WANT TO BE HEARD.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

AND SO, MR. FRANK, I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, SIR.

AND MR. KIM. THANK YOU.

BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENCY FOR BIKE RIDERS.

WHY IS THERE A BUFFER GOING EAST ON LA COSTA WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 40 MILES AN HOUR AND THERE'S NOT A BUFFER GOING WEST ON LA COSTA WHERE NOBODY GOES 55 AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA LAW, IN 2014, ANYBODY WHO PASSES A BIKE MUST GIVE THEM A THREE FOOT BUFFER. WELL, UNLESS YOU GUYS INSIST ON THAT BUFFER, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU I RIDE IT TWICE A WEEK.

THEY DON'T THEY DON'T GET TWO FEET OR THREE FEET AWAY.

I'VE GOT TO SCOOT AS FAR OVER TO THE RIGHT AS I POSSIBLY CAN.

AND I'M THE ONE, AGAIN, TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT AS A BICYCLIST.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR ALL TRAFFIC PEOPLE USING THE ROADS, LET'S BE CONSISTENT IN OUR APPROACH.

AND AGAIN, MR. NORBY, THANK YOU FOR SAYING WE NEED TO ACT BECAUSE THAT'S IT.

AND I DO SUPPORT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO, OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T BE HERE.

I DO SUPPORT IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, SIR. MY QUESTION IS OF STAFF.

WHEN THE LANES ARE THAT CLOSE TO THE FREEWAY, IS THAT US OR IS THAT CALTRANS? THE CAT TRACKING WHICH MR.

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EMBRY WAS REFERRING TO? WE DID COORDINATE WITH CALTRANS AND THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY CALTRANS.

SO A SECOND POINT WE ARE WITHOUT IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH RESEALING AND RESTRIPING THAT CORRIDOR.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS I GUESS FIRST OFF, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE VETERAN BICYCLISTS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR ROADWAYS THAT PROVIDE SUCH VALUABLE INPUT TO US DURING OUR DESIGNS AND THE VETTING PROCESS.

AND SO, YEAH, THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT IS LISTED TO BE RESURFACED AND RESTRIPED.

AND FROM FAIR, I THINK IT'S FAIRWAY LANE TO OUR WESTERN BORDER, WHICH IS JUST EAST OF I-5.

AND SO WE WILL BE COORDINATING WITH CALTRANS TO IMPROVE THE STRIPING.

AND WE HEAR ALL OF THE COMMENTS FROM MR. EMBRY AND OTHER EXPERIENCED BICYCLISTS AND APPRECIATE THEM.

THANK YOU. SO JUST WE HAVE CLARITY.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO WHEN WE RESTRIPE? YES, THAT'S THE OBJECTIVES.

YES. SO, OKAY.

HERE JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

AT THIS LOCATION, AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT, THERE WILL BE SOME STRIPING THE EXISTING THE STRIPING THAT IS WESTBOUND THAT MR. EMBRY WAS TALKING ABOUT.

FIRST OFF, WE NOTICED CALTRANS THERE HALTING THEIR DELAYING THEIR STRIPING SO THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FINALIZE WHAT IS CAT TRACKED AND CAT TRACKED IS THE INITIAL MARKINGS WHICH SHOW THE ALIGNMENT OF WHAT THE ULTIMATE STRIPING WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO THAT'S BEING HALTED.

SECONDLY, WHAT WE SHOW IN THAT WESTBOUND LOCATION, WHICH MR. EMBRY WAS ALSO REFERRING TO WITH A CONFLICT ZONE STRIPING, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AS PART OF THE STRIPING.

WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OFF ON THAT AND WAIT UNTIL WE RESTRIPE THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR.

AND WHEN WE DO THAT, THEN WE WILL AND WE WILL BRING FORWARD PLANS THROUGH OUR TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, GET COMMENTS LIKE FROM EXPERIENCED BICYCLISTS LIKE MR. EMBRY AND COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE] AND OTHERS.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.

AND THEN WE'LL PUT TOGETHER THE BID PACKAGE AND GET THOSE THAT PROJECT COMPLETE.

THE MOTION. DO WE WANT TO HAVE COMMENTS BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? WELL, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MOVE IT ALONG.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING THE MOTION AND I'LL JUST SAY WHY.

AND I IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL TO ME, BUT BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE CITY, I HAVE A LITTLE HEARTBURN OF REDUCING WHEN WE HAVE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION DOWN TO ONE LANE.

RECENTLY, WE HAD A CLOSURE ON THE FREEWAY AND WE HAD TO DIVERT ALL THE TRAFFIC.

I'VE WATCHED PEOPLE TRY TO QUICKLY LEAVE AREAS WHEN THERE'S BEEN FIRES.

EVENTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY SEE AN EARTHQUAKE.

ONE LANE CONCERNS ME, SO I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION JUST FOR THAT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT EITHER.

SO THANK YOU.

DOCTOR. SURE.

AND I'M LOOKING AT THE THE FIRST PAGE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, BUT THEN ALSO APPROVE THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR AWARDING THE CONTRACT. IS THAT ACCURATE? IT'S ACTUALLY ALL DONE IN THE SAME RESOLUTION.

OKAY, PERFECT. GREAT.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS STATED IN ITEM NUMBER NINE.

AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11.

[11. GENERAL FUND SURPLUS POLICY: APPROVAL OF FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 BUDGET CARRYFORWARD REQUESTS AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO FY 2022-23]

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ITEM 11 GENERAL FUND SURPLUS POLICY APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 BUDGET CARRY FORWARD BUDGET REQUESTS AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR FUNDS FOR 2022-23.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

AND MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, ZACK KORESH, AND OUR FINANCE MANAGER, BRIDGET DRURY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHADWICK.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS AQUATIC FINANCE DIRECTOR.

AND THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE GENERAL FUND SURPLUS POLICY.

FISCAL YEAR 2122 REVIEW.

AS YOU MIGHT GUESS, THE BULK OF THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE REVOLVING AROUND COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT NUMBER 87, WHICH IS IN FACT THE GENERAL FUND SURPLUS POLICY.

AND THIS POLICY WAS ESTABLISHED AND SERVES AS A TOOL OR A MECHANISM FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF ANY ACTUAL REVENUES, LESS ACTUAL EXPENDITURES IN A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR PLUS ANY UNSPENT AS WELL AS UNENCUMBERED BUDGET.

SO WE WANT TO JUMP RIGHT IN AND PROVIDE A LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE SUMMARY.

WE STARTED THE WE STARTED, EXCUSE ME, WE ENDED FISCAL YEAR 2021 WITH 120.9 OR JUST UNDER $121

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MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE DURING FISCAL YEAR 2122.

ACTUAL REVENUES CAME IN AT 198.9 MILLION, ACTUAL EXPENDITURES CAME IN AT 197.6 MILLION, AND THAT RESULTED IN AN ACTUAL SURPLUS OF $1.3 MILLION.

WHEN WE ADD THAT ACTUAL SURPLUS TO THE BEGINNING RESERVE BALANCE, WE END FISCAL YEAR 2122 WITH $122.3 MILLION.

NOW LOOKING OVER AT THE BUDGET SIDE OF THINGS, WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU ON THIS SLIDE IS A LOOK AT THE WORKING BUDGET.

THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET AUTHORITY AS OF JUNE 30, 2022, WAS $224.4 MILLION.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND ON THIS SLIDE OR TO FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION IS ON THE AMOUNT OF UNSPENT BUDGET AS OF YEAR END, AND THAT IS $14.7 MILLION.

ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE IT BROKEN OUT BY SPENDING CATEGORY 11% OF THAT $14.7 MILLION IN UNSPENT BUDGET WAS PART OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND 5% FOR PERSONNEL.

WHEN WE REFER TO BUDGET SURPLUS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMIND OURSELVES THAT THERE ARE THREE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET, AND THEY ARE PRIORITIZED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE.

FIRST IS TO REPLENISH RESERVE DEFICIENCIES IF NEEDED.

AS OF TODAY, AND FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PRESENTATION, THEY ARE NOT NEEDED.

THERE ARE NOT ANY CURRENT RESERVE DEFICIENCIES THAT EXIST.

THE SECOND AREA THAT WE LOOK TO IS REPLENISHING ANY PENSION LIABILITY DEFICIENCIES, ALSO NOT APPLICABLE AS OF THE MOST RECENT CALPERS ACTUARIAL REPORT.

JUNE 30, 2021 THE CITY'S COMBINED FUNDED STATUS FOR BOTH MISCELLANEOUS AND SAFETY WAS JUST OVER 86%, WHICH DOES EXCEED THE POLICY REQUIREMENT OF 80% FUNDED.

ONCE THOSE TWO CRITERIA HAVE BEEN MET, THEN BOTH THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THE COLLECTIVE CITY COUNCIL, MAY THEN CONSIDER THE POSSIBLE USE OF ONE TIME EXPENDITURES SO LONG AS THEY DO NOT CREATE NEW ONGOING SERVICES, PROGRAMS OR PERSONNEL.

SO AS FAR AS CARRY FORWARD REQUESTS ARE CONCERNED, THOSE THAT ARE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 100,000, THEY DO IN FACT REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

THERE ARE THREE ITEMS BEING REQUESTED IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR A TOTAL OF $1.2 MILLION.

THE FIRST IS BEING REQUESTED FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR A PARKING AND LIEU PROGRAM FEE, UPDATE $150,000.

FIRE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING $850,000 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS.

THEY ARE NEARING EXPIRATION.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING $175,000 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE LICENSE PLATE READERS, AN ITEM THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN THE FOURTH ITEM IS A NON GENERAL FUND CARRY FORWARD REQUEST 120,100.

EXCUSE ME. YES, 120,000 IS BEING REQUESTED FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS FOR A CONTRACT FOR COMPLIANCE EVALUATION ON THE CITY'S WASTE HAULING SERVICES.

NOW THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR THE REMAINING GENERAL FUND SURPLUS, AS WELL AS A RELATIVELY SMALLER AMOUNT OF ONE TIME USE OF GENERAL FUND RESERVE.

AND THESE WOULD BE THREE TRANSFERS GOING TO THREE OF THE CITY'S INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, THE FIRST BEING WORKERS COMPENSATION, THE SECOND BEING RISK MANAGEMENT FUND. AND THEN THIRD, AND FINALLY, THE FLEET MAINTENANCE FUND.

AND I'LL TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE BRIEFLY FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION STAFF ARE PROPOSING A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THIS FUND IN AN AMOUNT OF $8.2 MILLION.

NOW, THE WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND IS ASSESSED AND EVALUATED ANNUALLY BY AN EXTERNAL ACTUARY FIRM THAT ESTIMATES THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING LOSSES BASED ON CURRENT CLAIMS CASE RESERVES AS WELL AS INCURRED BUT NOT REPORTED CLAIMS. IN THE MOST RECENT REPORT, WHEN COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF CURRENT LIABILITY RESERVES THAT ARE RECORDED AT THE CITY.

THE REPORT INDICATES THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL EXPOSURE THAT SHOULD BE MITIGATED IF CITY COUNCIL SO CHOOSES.

USING THAT ACTUARIES EXPECTED OUTCOME, WHICH IS THE 50% CONFIDENCE LEVEL.

THE ESTIMATED OUTSTANDING LOSSES THAT FACE THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM ARE $8.2 MILLION GREATER THAN WHAT THE CITY'S CURRENT WORKER'S COMPENSATION LIABILITY RESERVE IS CURRENTLY RECORDED AT.

NOW, HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE TRIED TO BUILD UP THE LIABILITY RESERVE BY BUILDING IN AN ADDITIONAL 10% AND AN ADDITIONAL 15% TO THE FUND'S BUDGET. HOWEVER, THAT HAS NOT PROVEN TO BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO BRING THAT LIABILITY RESERVE AMOUNT TO A SUFFICIENT LEVEL, AND THAT'S REALLY

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DRIVEN BY INCREASED COSTS.

APPROVING THIS TRANSFER WILL ACHIEVE TWO THINGS PRIMARILY.

FIRST, IT WILL GO A LONG WAYS TOWARDS PRE-FUNDING THE CITY'S LIABILITY FOR FUTURE WORKER'S COMPENSATION COSTS AND TO ALIGNING THE RESERVE LIABILITY WILL REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE CITY RECEIVING AN AUDIT FINDING PROVIDED BY THE CITY'S EXTERNAL AUDITORS.

THE SECOND TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND IS TO THE RISK MANAGEMENT FUND A PROPOSED TRANSFER AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION.

AND THIS IS SERVING TWO PURPOSES.

FIRST, DUE TO INCREASED LEGAL AND SETTLEMENT COSTS EXPERIENCE IN FISCAL YEAR 2122.

THAT COUPLED WITH MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT OR INVESTMENT LOSSES THAT WERE ALSO REALIZED IN FISCAL YEAR 22, HAS PUT THE FUND IN A TEMPORARY DEFICIT POSITION. THAT, COUPLED WITH THE EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION OF EXPENDITURES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO LEGAL AND SETTLEMENT COSTS THUS FAR IN FISCAL YEAR 2223, THIS MILLION DOLLARS WOULD BE FIRST BRINGING THAT FUND INTO A POSITIVE POSITION AND THEN ALSO FUNDING THE ADDITIONAL INCREASED COSTS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

THIRD. AND FINALLY, FLEET MAINTENANCE STAFF ARE PROPOSING A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF 1.4 MILLION.

THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM REALLY FELT THE IMPACTS OF INFLATION AND THOSE 40 YEAR PLUS RECORD HIGHS, AND THAT ALSO CREATED A TEMPORARY DEFICIT POSITION FOR THAT FUND COSTS THAT THAT WERE EXPERIENCING THUS FAR IN THE FISCAL YEAR, ALSO CONTINUING WITH THE SAME TRENDS IN TERMS OF RISING INFLATION, MAINTAINING A CONSISTENT LEVELS AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MONTHS PAST.

SO THIS $1.4 MILLION WILL BE FUNDING THOSE ADDITIONAL INCREASED COSTS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN FISCAL YEAR 2223.

BUT SECONDLY, AND UNLIKE THE CASE FOR RISK MANAGEMENT, THERE IS A THIRD PURPOSE FOR THIS TRANSFER, AND THAT IS ESTABLISHING A HEALTHY RESERVE WITHIN THE FLEET MANAGEMENT FUND, A LEVEL OF 20% OF THE OF THE ANNUAL ADOPTED OPERATING BUDGET WITHIN THAT FUND.

THE INTENT BEHIND THAT IS TO TRY TO MITIGATE OR MINIMIZE THE LIKELIHOOD OF STAFF RETURNING TO CITY COUNCIL IN FUTURE YEARS TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM THE GENERAL FUND. SO ON THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU HERE, I APOLOGIZE FOR ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THUS FAR IN THE PRESENTATION.

AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT BRIEFLY, STARTING FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, THE ACTUAL SURPLUS, THIS IS THE REVENUES IN EXCESS OF EXPENDITURES DURING FISCAL YEAR 21, 22 OF 1.3 MILLION. THE UNSPENT AND UNENCUMBERED BUDGET FROM FISCAL YEAR 21-22 OF 14.7.

SO IN TOTAL, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING IN TERMS OF THE AVAILABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY IS JUST UNDER $16 MILLION.

NOW, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SINCE THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR, FIRST, STARTING WITH UNSPENT GRANTS AND DEVELOPER DEPOSITS, 462,000 PER BUDGET EXCUSE ME, PER BUDGET RESOLUTION.

THOSE ITEMS ARE CARRIED FORWARD AUTOMATICALLY FROM ONE FISCAL YEAR TO THE NEXT.

NEXT ITEM IS A $2 MILLION DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY THAT CITY COUNCIL HAD AUTHORIZED THE POLICE TAKE HOME VEHICLES THAT WAS AUTHORIZED FOR 3.2 MILLION.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN UPDATE FOR 276,000.

THE NEXT ITEM IS FOR CARRY FORWARD REQUESTS SUBMITTED BY DEPARTMENTS THAT INDIVIDUALLY DO NOT EXCEED $100,000.

THE CITY MANAGER DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THOSE.

WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT TO THIS ITEM THAT DETAILS A LIST OF THOSE REQUESTS AND THEY TOTAL 690,000.

FOR THE FOUR ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY THAT DO REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL THAT ARE GREATER THAN 100,000.

THOSE TOTAL 1.2 MILLION.

AND THEN THE THREE TRANSFERS THAT I TALKED ABOUT JUST MOST RECENTLY FOR THE THREE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, 10.6 MILLION.

SO THE TOTAL PROPOSED SPENDING IS 18.5, $18.4 MILLION.

EXCUSE ME. AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THAT IS IN EXCESS OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE BY $2.4 MILLION.

THE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHART.

IF APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, THAT $2.4 MILLION WILL BE WILL BE FUNDED BY A ONE TIME GENERAL FUND RESERVE USE.

AND SPEAKING OF THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CONDITION OF THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE, ASSUMING CITY COUNCIL DOES IN FACT APPROVE EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, AGAIN, THE ENDING UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2022 IS $122.3 MILLION.

THE SURPLUS BUDGET THAT'S BEEN SUMMARIZED THUS FAR 14.7.

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THE REVENUE EXCESS AS WELL AS THE $2.4 MILLION ONE TIME PROPOSED GENERAL FUND RESERVE USE 3.7 MILLION IN TOTAL, WE WOULD ESTIMATE ENDING UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND RESERVE AS OF FISCAL YEAR END OF $103.9 MILLION.

AND THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT THAT ENDING UNASSIGNED OR GENERAL FUND RESERVE BALANCE EQUATES TO $30 MILLION IN EXCESS OF THE 40% MINIMUM RESERVE POLICY AS A REMINDER PER CITY COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT NUMBER 74, THE 40% OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS ADOPTED OPERATING BUDGET IS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT TRANSLATES TO JUST UNDER $74 MILLION.

SO WITH THAT, I WON'T READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROPOSED ACTION, BUT THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.

SPEAKERS, THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

QUESTIONS MR. BLACKBURN.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 122 MILLION IN OUR OR GENERAL FUND RESERVES.

HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE IN TOTAL RESERVES? WE HAVE RESERVES PUT ASIDE FOR THINGS LIKE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AND OTHER THINGS.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TOTAL? SURE. THE $122.3 MILLION THAT'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY RESERVE OF 9.6 MILLION.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER RESERVES? WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND THAT THAT'S IT.

OKAY. SO WHAT WE TRANSFER TO THESE, SAY, WORK COMP AND IT'S NOT USED, IT'S STILL CONSIDERED RESERVES, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IN THE INSTANCE OF THE WORKERS COMPENSATION, THE $8.2 MILLION WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THAT FUND AND WE WOULD BE RECORDING WE WOULD BE INCREASING THE LIABILITY.

SO IT DOES ACT VERY SIMILARLY TO A RESERVE.

IF COSTS INCREASE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO PAY MORE IN SETTLEMENTS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THAT LIABILITY WILL SERVE AS A RESERVE TO FUND IT.

OKAY. SO IF IT'S NOT USED, IS STILL JUST CONSIDERED EXCESS RESERVES JUST TEMPORARILY OR AT THAT MOMENT ASSIGNED TO OR COMP.

RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. NORBY? THANK YOU.

I THINK THIS IS A KIND OF AN IMPORTANT TOPIC.

AND WE LOOK AT BUDGETS AND HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND ABOUT I THINK IT WAS 6.5% OF OUR BUDGET.

WE DID NOT SPEND TYPICAL EVERY YEAR THERE'S A NUMBER THAT COMES BACK TO US AND, AND COUNCIL GETS TO DECIDE WHERE WE WANT TO SPEND IT.

AND LAST YEAR I REMEMBER I THINK IT WAS AN $8 MILLION PENSION, UNFUNDED PENSION PAYMENT AND SOME OTHER PAYMENTS.

AND THIS YEAR IT'S WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION THAT'S GROWING.

BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO CALL THE FACT BECAUSE THE COUNCIL PREVIOUS TO THIS RESPONDING TO HOMELESS AND THOSE WITHOUT SHELTER BUDGETED I THINK OVER $6 MILLION TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

AND THAT WAS AN EXPENDITURE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY TALK ABOUT THAT EXPENDITURE.

BUT THEN HERE THREE MONTHS AGO, 3 MILLION WAS 3.2 MILLION, BUT OVER 3 MILLION WAS RETURNED BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND AS UNNEEDED AND UNSPENT.

AND SO SOME OF THESE ITEMS, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY.

I THINK DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM EXPLAINED IT EXACTLY RIGHT.

IT'S THERE. IT'S A RESERVE.

WE HAVE IT IF WE NEED IT.

IT GIVES US A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE TO DO.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE THAT WE DID WAS MAYBE 50% OF WHAT WAS BUDGETED ON OUR ON OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH BASICALLY, AND HOT PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COULD YOU REMIND ME, I WASN'T HERE FOR THE MEETING, BUT THE $2 MILLION THAT WE SPENT FOR THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, WAS THAT OUT OF EMERGENCY FUNDS, OR WHERE DID THAT MONEY COME FROM? THAT WAS FUNDED FROM GENERAL FUND RESERVE.

SO THAT'S 2 MILLION.

THIS IS ANOTHER 2 MILLION.

AND SO.

IN THIS LAST BUDGET.

WHAT WAS THE COVID MONEY? 6.2 MILLION.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT'S IN THESE NUMBERS THAT WOULD BE REFLECTED WITHIN THE REVENUE.

SO THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACTUAL SURPLUS.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THE MONEY WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE NEXT YEAR, THOUGH, RIGHT?

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THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

IT'S JUST IN THESE ECONOMIC TIMES, IT'S WE KEEP SPENDING, SPENDING, SPENDING.

I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WAS NOTEWORTHY IS IN THE LAST BUDGET, WE DID MOVE THE GOALPOSTS ON LABOR, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, YEAR OVER YEAR, WE WOULD ACTUALLY THIS YEAR WOULD BE IN A DEFICIT IF WE USE THE SAME NUMBERS OR THE SAME WAY OF DOING A BUDGET AS IS THE PRIOR YEAR.

SO OUR NUMBERS TO ME ARE REALLY TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON, BUT WE JUST KEEP RIGHT ON, KEEP RIGHT ON DOING IT AND SLIP THERE.

TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN TO THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD TIMES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T LIVE THROUGH 1970

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THROUGH 1990, YOU MIGHT GO BACK AND RESEARCH THOSE YEARS AND WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

SO MAKE A MOTION.

OH, I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.