Dec 06, 2022 City Council Meeting

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I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

[CALL TO ORDER]

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL.

HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM BLACKBURN.

PRESENT. AND WE'LL NOTE THAT MAYOR HALL IS NOT PRESENT.

I MUST MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

THE CITY COUNCIL IS SERVING AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND AS THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON PUBLIC HEARING, ITEM NUMBER 11.

NEXT IS THE PLEDGE.

DR. BHAT-PATEL, PLEASE LEAD US IN PLEDGE.

PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

READY? BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS; ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

SPECIAL MEETING HELD OCTOBER 18TH, 2022, THE SPECIAL MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 8TH OF 2022, AND THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 8TH OF 2022.

SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. PRESENTATIONS.

[PRESENTATIONS]

WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM SUZANNE SMITHSON, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR.

I HAVE THE HONOR TONIGHT OF TALKING ABOUT A DONATION FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.

I COME TO YOU REGULARLY FOR WITH OUR SUPPORT GROUP DONATIONS, WHICH AFFORDS US TO HAVE AN OUTSTANDING LIBRARY TO BE TRULY ABOVE AND BEYOND.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT OUR SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS DO.

TONIGHT WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY THEY HAVE MADE A SPECIAL DONATION IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR MORE THAN $100,000 DONATION THEY MAKE EVERY YEAR.

AND THEY DONATE TO US.

THEY MAKE THAT MONEY BY SELLING USED BOOKS AT THE BOOKSTORE, AT THE COLE LIBRARY, THE GEORGINA COLE LIBRARY, AND THE CARLSBAD CITY LIBRARY ON DOVE LANE.

SO WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND THEIR WORK, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS EXTRA DONATION.

IT'S $5,000 DOLLARS SO IT'S NOT ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE IT'S JUST UNDER THE LIMIT.

BUT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE LONGTIME BOARD MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, TAFFY CANNON, TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS DONATION AND THE PEOPLE THAT IT'S HONORING.

WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY HERE AND THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY PRESIDENT ROBBY ADAMS. AND TAFFY IS A LONGTIME BOARD MEMBER SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

SO I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO HER.

THANK YOU, SUZANNE.

I'VE BEEN HERE A BUNCH OF TIMES OVER THE YEARS, ALMOST ALWAYS ASKING YOU TO ACCEPT A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY.

AND TO YOUR CREDIT, Y'ALL ALWAYS SAY YES.

SO THIS IS A GOOD THING.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE DONATION I'M PROUDEST TO MENTION, THOUGH, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT JIM AND PAT HANSEN.

JIM AND PAT WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT WE MET WHEN WE MOVED TO CARLSBAD WHO WEREN'T RELATED BY BLOOD.

THEY MADE US FEEL INSTANTLY WELCOME AND SET UP A FRIENDSHIP THAT LASTED ALMOST A THIRD OF A CENTURY UNTIL THEY PASSED LAST SUMMER, WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF EACH OTHER, WHICH WASN'T REALLY SURPRISING TO THOSE WHO KNEW THEM.

AND THEY WERE BOTH IN THEIR NINETIES.

IN THE SPRING OF 1990 WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE THEY WERE BOTH RETIRING FROM THEIR FIRST JOBS.

PAT HAD BEEN WORKING AS PROGRAMS AND EVENTS FOR THE CARLSBAD LIBRARY.

JIM WAS AN OCEANSIDE HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER.

AND JIM ALREADY HAD A LIMITED BOOK SELLING OPERATION SET UP BACK WHEN IT WAS ALL DONE BY MAIL AND WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SHEETS WITH TINY LITTLE PRINT ON IT THAT TOLD YOU WHAT THE BOOKS WERE.

AND HE DECIDED TO DO THAT FULL TIME.

SO HE JUMPED INTO THAT HEADLONG.

MEANWHILE, PAT HAD WORKED 26 YEARS FOR THE CARLSBAD LIBRARY.

SHE WAS HIRED BY THE LEGENDARY GEORGINA COLE, WHO HAD THE THEN UNCONVENTIONAL IDEA THAT A LIBRARY OUGHT TO BE A CENTER FOR CULTURAL ARTS, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO INCLUDE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS AND ESSENTIALLY ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO TODAY.

SO SHE SET UP THE MODEL AND THE LIBRARY AT THAT POINT WAS NOT QUITE AS POPULAR AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.

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AND NOT EVERYONE WAS KEEN ABOUT THAT.

GEORGINA AND I NEVER MET THE WOMAN OR I PROBABLY WOULDN'T DARE CALL HER GEORGINA, BUT WE ALL DO.

SHE HIRED PAT TO SET UP PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITS IN THIS NEW LIBRARY.

BUT THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WAS THEN LESS ENLIGHTENED, DIDN'T THINK IT WAS NECESSARY TO COME UP WITH A SALARY FOR THAT PERSON.

SO GEORGINA PAID HER OUT OF HER OWN POCKET TO DO THIS UNTIL FINALLY THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR WHAT WAS GOING ON WAS SO STRONG THAT THEY COUGHED UP ENOUGH FOR A PART TIME JOB. AND THEN PAT WAS THERE UNTIL SHE RETIRED BACK IN 1990, WHICH REALLY SEEMS LIKE QUITE A WHILE AGO AND ALWAYS AHEAD OF HER TIME, PAT WAS A WORKING MOTHER.

AFTER SHE RETIRED FROM WORKING AT THE LIBRARY SHE IMMEDIATELY BECAME TOTALLY INVOLVED IN THE FRIENDS.

SHE WAS ALMOST ALWAYS ON THE BOARD UNTIL JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, AND SHE WAS WILLING TO TAKE THE CRUMMY JOBS THAT NOBODY WANTED.

ONE OF HER FAVORITE PROJECTS WAS THE MAGEE PARK POETRY.

AND SHE WORKED WITH THAT AND THEN EDITED THE ANNUAL BOOK, WHICH THE FRIENDS PUBLISHED FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

SHE'D ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT BEING IN THEATER, AND NOW SHE HAD THE CHANCE, AND SHE BEGAN ACTING ALL OVER SAN DIEGO.

I REMEMBER DRIVING TO CORONADO AT ONE POINT TO SEE HER IN SOMETHING.

IN CARLSBAD SHE AND JIM FORMED THE PLAY READERS, WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

AND THEY PRODUCED 80 PLAYS OVER THE COURSE OF ITS FIRST TEN YEARS BEFORE THEY TURNED IT OVER TO OTHER PEOPLE.

THE NEW VILLAGE ARTS WAS ESSENTIALLY MADE FOR THEM.

THEY WERE ACTIVE IN EVERY POSSIBLE STEP, STARTING BEFORE THERE WAS A NEW VILLAGE ARTS.

PAT WAS IN THE FIRST PRODUCTION AS AN ACTOR.

SHE DESIGNED COSTUMES AND PROPS.

SHE RECRUITED SET DESIGNERS.

SHE HAD AN ENTHUSIASM FOR EVERYTHING.

AND HONESTLY, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY NO TO HER.

JIM SHARED ALL OF THESE ENTHUSIASMS ALONG WITH A LOT OF OPINIONS THAT HE WAS ALWAYS VERY HAPPY TO SHARE.

BOOKSELLING WAS HIS PASSION.

AND THAT JUST WENT WIDE OPEN ONCE THE INTERNET CAME ALONG.

AND LIKE A LOT OF BOOKSELLERS, HE WAS INTO THE HUNT AND THE SPORT OF IT.

HE ACCUMULATED A GAZILLION BOOKS AND HE HAD THEM IN STORAGE LOCKERS ALL OVER TOWN AND OUTBUILDINGS AROUND THE PROPERTY WHERE THEY LIVE.

AND THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ACTUALLY BENEFITED ON BOTH ENDS OF THIS.

WE SOLD HIM PILES OF BOOKS WHEN WE USED TO HAVE SALES OUT ONLINE.

HE WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE UP ON THE LINE HOLDING BANANA BOXES.

AT THAT POINT, WE DIDN'T EVEN USE BANKER'S BOXES YET.

AND THEN MUCH LATER, WHEN HE WAS DIVESTING HIMSELF OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLLECTION, WE GOT ALL THOSE BOOKS BACK AGAIN.

AND SOMETIMES I HAD TO ASK HIM TO JUST WAIT, PLEASE.

WE'RE BEING BURIED RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. STICK THEM SOMEWHERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

ONCE UPON A TIME, HE BOUGHT A HUGE COLLECTION TO GET ONE VALUABLE BOOK.

AND HE SOLD THAT BOOK AND HE BOUGHT PAT A PT CRUISER WITH IT.

MY OWN FIRST NOVEL CONVICTIONS THEY ACTUALLY OWNED WHEN WE MOVED HERE.

THAT WAS VERY NICE.

AND HE HAD ME SIGN IT IN A PARTICULAR WAY, WHICH HE SAID WOULD ENHANCE THE VALUE FOR RESALE.

AND THEN A LOT OF TIME PASSED AND THEY DOWNSIZED AND DOWNSIZED AND DOWNSIZED.

AND EVENTUALLY THEY WERE IN A VERY SMALL, LOVELY PLACE WITH ONE LITTLE BITTY BOOKSHELF.

AND OF COURSE, I LOOKED TO SEE WHAT BOOKS OF MINE WERE STILL IN THAT BOOKSHELF, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WRITERS DO.

AND I NOTICED THE CONVICTIONS WASN'T THERE.

AND PAT SAW ME LOOKING.

JIM WAS RESTING AT THE TIME, AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, I WISH WE HAD MORE OF YOUR BOOKS STILL, AND I REALLY WISH WE HAD CONVICTIONS, BUT JIM SOLD IT.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A PT CRUISER INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T DRIVING ANYMORE.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT PAT HAD A VERY NICE WALKER.

JIM AND PAT LEFT THIS WORLD JUST AS GRACIOUSLY AS THEY LIVED IN IT.

THEY SHARED 65 YEARS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE WERE LUCKY TO BE HERE FOR HALF OF THAT.

THEY WERE, OF COURSE, CITIZENS OF THE YEAR, BUT ABOVE ALL, THEY WERE A WHOLE LOT OF FUN.

AND I MISS THEM LIKE CRAZY.

THANK YOU ALL. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 36 YEARS AND I LOVE HEARING NEW STORIES THAT I'VE NEVER, NEVER HEARD BEFORE.

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ANY ACTIONS FROM THE CLOSED SESSION? THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM? NO, THERE WERE NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

THE BROWN ACT ALLOWS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.

PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT.

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

THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED COMMENTS AS REQUESTED.

UP TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

ALL OTHER NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT NO ACTION CAN OCCUR ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

HOWEVER, WE ASK THAT YOU REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING DURING THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE MEETING, STARTING WITH THE NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS WILL HELP MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND THAT THIS CHAMBER IS A PLACE WHERE ALL POINTS OF VIEW ARE WELCOMED AND RESPECTED.

AND PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM.

MIKE BORRELLO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM.

IT'S NOT TOO FAR OFF HERE.

SO IF YOU PERUSE SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU'LL FIND MANY POSTS RIGHT NOW SPEAKING ABOUT THE VERGE OF A SECOND CIVIL WAR.

ALTHOUGH I AGREE THERE'S A GREAT UNREST NOW IN THE COUNTRY.

I DON'T AGREE ON A CIVIL WAR, RESULT OF A CIVIL WAR.

TO BE CLEAR, A CIVIL WAR IS INVOLVED.

FACTIONAL DISPUTES, PEOPLE AGAINST PEOPLE.

INDEED, INFLUENCERS HAVE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO EITHER CREATE OR FORTIFY FACTIONS AND ATTEMPT TO TURN US AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.

THEY'VE RESURRECTED RACIAL TENSIONS.

AND OTHER MEANS TO SEPARATE US.

THEY CREATE A POLITICAL DIVIDE.

DEMOCRATS VERSUS REPUBLICANS.

BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP NOW THEY CAN SEE THROUGH THIS CHARADE, THIS FOG.

WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IS A UNI-PARTY.

HATEFUL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE.

IT'S REALLY AN ILLUSION MADE UP AND STOKED BY BASICALLY TYRANTS, ELITES.

IF ANYTHING, GREAT UNREST WILL BE REVOLUTION, NOT CIVIL WAR.

IF IT COMES TO ANYTHING, IT'S GOING TO BE A REVOLUTION, NOT A CIVIL WAR.

IN REVOLUTION IT'S ALL THE PEOPLE UNITED AGAINST THE TYRANTS.

THE REASON I SAY REVOLUTION RATHER THAN CIVIL WAR IS HISTORICAL PRECEDENT OF 1773.

IT'S TIME TO THROW THE TEA IN THE HARBOR AGAIN.

WE'RE TAXED WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.

JUST CUT MY COUNTY TAX BILL.

I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M PAYING NOW.

WHAT AM I PAYING FOR? WHAT VALUE AM I GETTING.

WHEN THERE'S SELECTIONS RATHER THAN ELECTIONS WE'RE NOT BEING REPRESENTED.

WE'RE BEING RULED.

REVOLUTION IS MUCH MORE FITTING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER SPEAKERS. NO, THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

SO I'M REQUIRED TO READ THE FOLLOWING.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS TO APPROVE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

IF APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER'S ANNUAL BASE SALARY WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR AT $326,756 ANNUALLY.

THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDES A ONE TIME STIPEND IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,565 AND AN INCREASE IN CITY PAID LIFE INSURANCE BENEFIT OF $500,000.

AND WITH THAT, I MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ONE TO PULL.

FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME. YOU'LL HAVE TO DO THAT SEVERAL TIMES.

THANK YOU. SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER NINE CITY MANAGER.

[9. ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY-POLICE ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.15 – BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]

AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS A JOINT PRESENTATION BROUGHT BY ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY ALLEGRA FROST, ALONG WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF, MICKEY WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CREATE THE CARLSBAD COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION.

THIS HAS BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.

I WILL START WITH A SUMMARY OF THE PROCESS THAT HAS LED US TO THIS POINT.

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SO BACK IN AUGUST OF 2020, STAFF PROVIDED COUNCIL A REPORT REGARDING USE OF FORCE DATA FOR THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ASPECTS OF THE POLICE OFFICER'S BILL OF RIGHTS.

AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE DIFFERENT FORMS THAT POLICE COMMISSIONS HAVE TAKEN ACROSS DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS.

STAFF RETURNED TWO MONTHS LATER, APPROXIMATELY IN OCTOBER OF 2020, AND PROVIDED A REPORT OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FORMS THAT COMMISSIONS HAVE TAKEN.

AT THAT POINT, COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO SEEK COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE CONCEPT OF A POLICE COMMISSION.

AND SO WE DID.

WE WENT OUT AND CONDUCTED MEETINGS VIRTUAL MEETINGS IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT AND THEN ALSO HAD AN ONLINE SURVEY.

IN MARCH OF 2021 STAFF RETURNED BACK WITH THE REPORT DETAILING THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT THE COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO WORK WITH A CONSULTANT TO TRY TO DRAFT UP THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT A COMMISSION WOULD LOOK LIKE WITHIN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

SO WE DID THAT. AND THEN IN JUNE OF 2022, STAFF RETURNED BACK WITH THAT REPORT AND A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE FRAMEWORK OF A COMMISSION WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR OUR CITY.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT, COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO WORK ON AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE THIS COMMISSION.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CREATE THE COMMISSION.

AND I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY ALLEGRA FROST TO PROVIDE THE DETAILS OF THAT.

THANK YOU. I'LL START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED IN EXHIBIT ONE.

THAT ORDINANCE WOULD ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY POLICE ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION.

THE CONTENTS OF THE ORDINANCE WAS DRAFTED BASED ON THE FEEDBACK PROVIDED BY CITY COUNCIL AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE OIR GROUP REPORT.

BASED ON THAT DIRECTION, THE COMMISSION WOULD CONSIST OF FIVE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITH NO SPECIAL INTERESTS.

THE PRIMARY DUTY OF THE COMMISSION WOULD BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RATHER THAN POLICE OVERSIGHT.

THE COMMISSION WOULD MEET AT LEAST ONCE PER QUARTER.

LIKE OTHER COMMISSIONS, THE COMMISSION WOULD PRESENT AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND LASTLY, IT WOULD REPORT DIRECTLY TO CITY COUNCIL.

IN TERMS OF YES, THANK YOU. MOVE MY KEYBOARD OVER.

IN TERMS OF QUALIFICATIONS, THE MAYOR AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD APPOINT ONE MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION.

THEIR TERMS WOULD COINCIDE WITH THE TERM OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT MAKES THE APPOINTMENT AND PREFERENCE WOULD BE GIVEN TO APPOINTING A MEMBER WHO RESIDES IN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DISTRICT. THE COMMISSIONERS MUST BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND REGISTERED VOTERS, AND NOT CURRENTLY OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY.

LASTLY, THEY CANNOT BE A SOLE PROPRIETOR UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, OR A CONSULTANT, OR AN EMPLOYEE OF AN ENTITY UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CITY PERFORMING WORK RELATING TO THE POWERS OR DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

THEY ALSO COULD NOT BE AN OFFICER, DIRECTOR, OWNER OR PRINCIPAL OF AN ENTITY UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CITY PERFORMING WORK RELATING TO THE COMMISSION.

AND THOSE FINAL TWO BULLET POINTS ARE BASED ON THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO SECTION 21530, WHICH ARE PART OF THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED IN EXHIBIT THREE. WE INCLUDED THOSE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IN EXHIBIT THREE AS A CLEANUP TO CHAPTER 2.15 FOR EFFICIENCY SAKE.

SINCE WE WERE ALREADY MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THIS CHAPTER OR PROPOSING THEM, RATHER, WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AND ARE INCLUDING THEM.

THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ALSO INCLUDES ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONSIDER DURING THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

THESE CRITERIA ARE UNIQUE TO THE PROPOSED COMMISSION, SO THOSE CRITERIA WOULD BE THAT THE APPOINTEE HAVE DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO BE OPEN MINDED, IMPARTIAL, OBJECTIVE AND UNBIASED, THAT THEY HAVE AN ABSENCE OF ANY REAL OR EVEN PERCEIVED BIAS, PREJUDICE OR CONFLICT, THAT THEY HAVE A RECORD OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND AN ABILITY TO BUILD CONSTRUCTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH DIVERSE GROUPS.

ANOTHER CRITERIA IS THAT THEY HAVE A DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION WITH AN EYE TOWARDS FOSTERING POSITIVE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS.

AND COUNCIL COULD ALSO CONSIDER THEIR ATTENDANCE AT THE CARLSBAD CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY.

TWO EXCLUSIONS FROM ELIGIBILITY WOULD BE ANYONE WHO HAS ONGOING LITIGATION WITH THE CITY RELATED TO POLICE MATTERS.

ALSO, ANYONE WHO IS A CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE, THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR CHILDREN WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE.

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WE'D ALSO COVER OUR CITY POLICIES AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS REGARDING PUBLIC MEETINGS, POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICIES, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICER USE OF FORCE TRAINING. POLICE OFFICER, IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, TRAININGS RELATED TO INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISES.

THEY WOULD ALSO NEED TO COMPLETE AT LEAST TWO RIDE-ALONGS WITH THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT, ONE OF WHICH SHOULD BE WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.

AND THEY WOULD RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY'S HOMELESS SERVICES COORDINATOR.

SO IN TERMS OF DUTIES FOR THE COMMISSION, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE OIR GROUP REPORT, THEIR DUTIES WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS, ONE TO PROMOTE PRODUCTIVE COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION BETWEEN THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY, TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR POLICE LEADERSHIP TO INFORM THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC OF INITIATIVES, CHALLENGES AND DATA RELATING TO POLICE ACTIVITY.

THEY WOULD ALSO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK REGARDING POLICING STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS.

FINALLY, THEY WOULD CREATE ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATION.

RECOMMEND CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO POLICIES, PROCEDURES, OR TRAINING AND REVIEW NEW OR PROPOSED PROGRAMS. AND FINALLY, PROVIDE A FORUM FOR PRESENTATIONS BY POLICE LEADERSHIP ON MATTERS RECEIVING HIGH MEDIA INTEREST OR WHICH COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMISSION.

SO AS MENTIONED EARLIER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, THE TERMS OF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD BE STAGGERED TO COINCIDE WITH THE TERMS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKING THE APPOINTMENTS.

SO TO CLEARLY SET OUT THE TERMS FOR THOSE INITIAL APPOINTMENTS, WE INCLUDE A RESOLUTION TWO WHICH ARE EXHIBIT TWO, WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE INITIAL TERMS. SO FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DISTRICTS ONE AND THREE, THEY WOULD EACH APPOINT A COMMISSIONER FOR A TERM TO RUN FROM MARCH 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 2026.

COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT TWO AND FOUR WILL EACH APPOINT A COMMISSIONER FOR A TERM TO RUN FROM MARCH 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2024.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO THE CHIEF TO CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION.

SO STAFF RESPECTFULLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE CARLSBAD COMMUNITY POLICE ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION AND ALSO ADOPT A RESOLUTION SETTING THE INITIAL TERMS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

AND LASTLY, TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE MAKING CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.15.

THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PRESENTATION.

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE SPEAKERS NEXT, PLEASE.

WE HAVE SPEAKERS. IF YOU COULD PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OH, YES. OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MY MISTAKE THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.

FIRST SPEAKER IS BERYL LEWIS, FOLLOWED BY YUSEF MILLER.

HI, MY NAME IS BERYL LEWIS.

I'M HERE IN PLACE OF THE CO VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CDC, HANNAH SUMMERHILL.

UNFORTUNATELY, SHE COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE SHE'S SICK AND DIDN'T WANT TO GET OTHER PEOPLE SICK.

SO I'M HERE IN HER PLACE.

FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE, HAVING A COMMUNITY POLICE ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION MAKES SENSE .

AS SEEN IN YOUR AGENDA PACKETS IT WILL INCUR MINIMAL MONETARY COSTS TO THE CITY AND THE PAYOFFS OF INCREASED TRUST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, INCREASED TRANSPARENCY, AND PROVIDING A SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE TO TACKLE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE OF COLOR, THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITY AND THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS QUEER TO FEEL SAFER IN THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IS PRICELESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. I SECEDE THE REST OF MY TIME.

YUSEF MILLER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF.

THIS IS AN AWESOME IDEA THAT WE NEED TO STAND BEHIND 110%.

ITEM NINE IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

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THIS COMMISSION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS BIRTHED OUT OF COOPERATION, COOPERATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, COOPERATION FROM GROUPS LIKE CEC, NAACP, THE NORTH COUNTY EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION, SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND ALL TYPES OF ACTIVISTS FROM THE GRASSROOTS PERSPECTIVE.

BUT NOT ONLY THAT, CHIEF MICKEY WILLIAMS AND HIS STAFF VERY COOPERATIVE, VERY UNDERSTANDING AND GIVING A LOT OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT WE MIGHT HAVE NOT KNOWN.

AND WE GIVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN.

AND WE WORK TOGETHER.

THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO PARTICIPATED GREATLY.

I WANT TO PARTICULARLY POINT OUT COUNCIL MEMBER PRIYA BHAT-PATEL AND HER AWESOME ENGAGEMENT WITH DEVELOPING AND ENCOURAGING THIS TYPE OF MOVEMENT FORWARD, AND ALSO MAYOR PRO TEM KEITH BLACKBURN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE.

THIS IS A JOINT PROJECT THAT CAME FROM EVERY ASPECT OF CARLSBAD AND THE WIDER SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY.

I THINK WE CAN BE A LEADER IN COMMUNITIES SUCH AS OURS THAT FEAR THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR.

WE CAN ONLY GROW FROM THIS TYPE OF COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION SO THAT WE CAN BETTER PREPARE OURSELVES FOR ANY UNFORTUNATE ACTIONS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE COMMUNITY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PREPARING FOR.

WE'RE NOT HERE TO SAY THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS BECAUSE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CARLSBAD IS THE PROBLEM, OR THAT THE COMMUNITY AND LAW IN CARLSBAD IS THE PROBLEM. WE'RE HERE TO SAY THAT GIVEN THE TRENDS THAT ARE GOING ON, WE NEED TO BE BETTER PREPARED, BETTER EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES WHEN THEY COME UP FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THANK YOU. ALLISON VRENDENBERG.

FOLLOWED BY ALI VRENDENBERG.

NO, I'M SORRY. YOU HAVE TO BOTH SPEAK.

GOOD EVENING. I'M A MEMBER OF THE CARLSBAD EQUALITY COALITION AND A 40 YEAR RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE CARLSBAD CREATING A COMMUNITY POLICE ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION.

AND I ASK CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON ESTABLISHING THE COMMISSION.

THANK YOU. ALI VRENDENBERG.

COULD I BE? SORRY.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.

I AM HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS THE IMMENSE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR VOTE TODAY.

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CARLSBAD EQUALITY COALITION AND A LIFETIME RESIDENT HERE IN CARLSBAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE TO GIVE MY FULL SUPPORT ON CARLSBAD, CREATING A COMMUNITY POLICE ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION.

I BELIEVE IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING OURS, HAS ACCOUNTABILITY AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE.

IN JUNE, YOU ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO CREATE THIS ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION WITH THE DIRECT SUPPORT OF CHIEF WILLIAMS. I WOULD LIKE TO AMPLIFY HOW THIS WAS A GROUP EFFORT OF THE CPD AND THE CHIEF AND THE COMMUNITY, THE CARLSBAD EQUALITY COALITION, YUSEF MILLER WITH THE NORTH COUNTY EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK DR.

BHAT-PATEL FOR HER WORK ON THIS AS WELL.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THIS COMMISSION.

SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE IT IS GOING AGAINST POLICE OR THAT IT IS SAYING THAT THE POLICE AREN'T DOING A GOOD JOB.

BUT CREATING THIS COMMISSION IS TRULY THE OPPOSITE.

CARLSBAD HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH A FANTASTIC CHIEF WHO HAS BEEN TRANSPARENT AND OPEN, AND THIS WILL ONLY CREATE MORE TRUST AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE POLICE.

THIS WILL ONLY HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER AND MORE CONNECTED.

OUR POLICE HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT JOB AND GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD TRUST WITH OUR COMMUNITY IS POWERFUL AND NEEDED.

FOR THIS REASON, I ASK YOU TO VOTE YES ON ESTABLISHING THE COMMISSION.

THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS AUGUSTINE DAO.

HELLO AND GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AUGUSTINE.

I'M A BOARD MEMBER WITH THE CARLSBAD EQUALITY COALITION.

I CAME HERE WITH MY FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TONIGHT TO ASK HUMBLY FOR YOUR VOTE ON ITEM NINE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THIS, AND I HOPE YOU'LL SIDE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE POLICE AND THE INTERACTIONS WE HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL?

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND AND I DO RECALL THE LONG PROCESS THAT STARTED BEFORE I JOINED THE COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER 2020, BUT CONTINUED DURING MY TIME HERE TO CREATE THIS AND END GOAL OF COMMISSION OR SOME KIND OF VEHICLE WHERE WE CAN ENHANCE COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.

I WAS JUST WONDERING A SOFTBALL QUESTION IF OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL BE ONGOING, LIKE THINGS LIKE COFFEE WITH A COP, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS.

IF YOU COULD JUST ANSWER THAT? THANK YOU. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER, IN SHORT, THE ANSWER IS YES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR US TO CONTINUE UPON IS TO BUILD UPON THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD CREATED OVER THE LAST 70 PLUS YEARS IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT TRUSTS US, AND WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND PART OF THAT IS TO KNOW US AND TO COMMUNICATE WITH US AND TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT CHALLENGING SUBJECTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO OUR OUTREACH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND PROBABLY GROW.

MOST RECENTLY, WE EXPANDED WITH A NEW CITIZEN'S POLICE ACADEMY THAT SPECIFICALLY A POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITIZEN'S ACADEMY, WHICH WAS BEEN RECEIVED VERY WELL. AND WE CONTINUE TO WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE THAT TWICE A YEAR.

SO EFFORTS LIKE THAT, NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT WE ARE SEEKING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THAT TYPE OF COMMUNICATION.

GREAT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

DR. BHAT-PATEL? YES.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS FOR BEING HERE AND SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT.

I THINK AS FOLKS HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS AND A LONG PROCESS, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY.

JUST BRIEFLY, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN I CAN SHARE MY COMMENTS WHEN WE GET TO THE COMMENTS PORTION.

BUT ONE QUESTION I HAD WAS WITH REGARDS TO THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR SELECTION THAT YOU HAD SHARED ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, AND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE I THINK IT'S WHAT, SIX CRITERIA THAT WERE MENTIONED, ADDITIONAL CRITERIA.

I WAS CURIOUS IF THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, THOSE ARE NOT REQUIREMENTS.

THAT'S CORRECT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WOULDN'T BAR SOMEONE FROM PARTICIPATING IN CASE THEY DIDN'T FULFILL ANY OF THOSE CRITERIA.

OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE I NOTICED WITH REGARDS TO THE TERMS AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THIS IS HOW IT WORKS WITH ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS OR IF WE'RE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS ONE.

SO THE INITIAL STAGGERING OF THE TERMS IS BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR THE OTHER COMMISSIONS AS WELL, IN ORDER TO CREATE TERMS THAT WILL FOLLOW THE COMMISSION OR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTING THEM.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMISSION.

I MODELED THE ORDINANCE OFF OF THAT ONE.

OKAY. YEAH, I WAS JUST I WANTED TO KNOW IF THAT WAS THE SAME, JUST BECAUSE GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A FEW OF THE MEMBERS WOULD BE SERVING FOR, LIKE I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND THREE AND A HALF YEARS OR SOMETHING, OR A LITTLE OVER THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

AND THEN SOME OF THEM WOULD ONLY BE SERVING A LITTLE OVER LIKE OR A LITTLE UNDER TWO YEARS, I THINK.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS JUST A QUESTION THAT I HAD QUICKLY ON THAT.

OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST HAVE COMMENTS.

THAT'S IT. THANKS.

I HAVE NO QUESTIONS JUST COMMENTS.

BUT WE'LL START WITH THE COMMENTS WITH MR. NORBY. THANK YOU, MAYOR ELECT BLACKBURN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT. THIS COMMUNITY IS JUST SO AWESOME AS A 40 YEAR RESIDENT AND WE DO THINGS IN A SPECIAL WAY.

AND I'M SO PLEASED THAT THE WAY THAT THIS HAS EVOLVED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND IT'S COME TO US TODAY WITH THE WORK ALREADY DONE, QUITE FRANKLY, AND GREAT AGREEMENT AMONG ALL PARTIES TO DO THIS.

POLICE CHIEF WILLIAMS HAS MENTIONED THIS PRECIOUS SPECIAL BOND THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN TERMS OF THE TRUST, THAT SACRED TRUST THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS WITH OUR CITIZENS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT TRUST TAKES ANOTHER STEP FORWARD AND BECOMES EVEN DEEPER TONIGHT AFTER THIS VOTE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED ON THIS UNDER VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITY, EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED ON THIS AND BROUGHT THIS FORWARD BOTH FROM CITIZENS AS WELL AS NONPROFIT GROUPS AS WELL AS OUR CITY.

JUST BRAVO JOB WELL DONE AND VERY SUPPORTIVE.

MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU.

I MENTIONED THAT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN LONG AND AND HAS CONTINUED DURING MY TWO YEARS ON THE COUNCIL.

AND IN WATCHING THE COMMUNITY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR CITY, WITH OUR CITY STAFF AND ESPECIALLY, I HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR POLICE CHIEF, MICKEY WILLIAMS. IT'S REALLY BEEN A STRONG EFFORT OF, I WANT TO SAY, A LABOR OF LOVE, BUT IT'S BEEN A STRONG EFFORT TO FIND

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BUT IT'S A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TRANSPARENCY, CAN BE INVOLVED, HAS A COMMUNICATION VEHICLE, AND OUR STAFF ALSO HAVE A WAY TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS IS THE FRUITION OF ALL OF THAT HARD WORK.

AND I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.

THANK YOU. DR.

BHAT-PATEL. GREAT.

THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, JUST A THANKS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A PROCESS AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M PROUD OF THE PRODUCT.

I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

I FEEL THAT WE'VE DONE AN IMMENSE JOB OF ALWAYS DOING THAT IN WHATEVER REGARD THAT WE CAN.

AND I THINK GIVEN WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S JUST A PROACTIVE WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT TRANSPARENCY, THAT COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING THAT I KNOW THAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES AND OF COURSE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP CHIEF WILLIAMS. SO I THINK OVERALL I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK, I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS AND I KNOW THAT WE OBVIOUSLY HAD SUPPORT HERE TODAY AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU. I WAS CONTACTED BY THE CARLSBAD EQUALITY COALITION A FEW YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS THEN CHIEF GALLUCCI, AND HE SENT THEN ASSISTANT CHIEF MICKEY WILLIAMS TO MEET WITH THIS GROUP WITH ME.

BEING A COP FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, I WENT WITH A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER AND THOUGHT, WHAT IS THIS GROUP OF KIDS GOING TO TELL ME HOW TO RUN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? VERY QUICKLY, THEIR MATURITY, THEIR TACTFULNESS WON ME OVER.

AND THEN LISTENING TO THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THIS GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND OUR THEN ASSISTANT CHIEF, MICKEY WILLIAMS, I WAS IMPRESSED.

AND THEY WENT FROM ME MEETING WITH THEM WITH A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER TO ME BUYING IN ON THIS COMPLETELY.

SO YOU GUYS GET A HUGE AMOUNT OF CREDIT FOR THAT.

THIS WAS NOT SOME PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THEY HAVE SOME CONCERN.

THEY DON'T WANT AN OUTSIDE GROUP TRYING TO DICTATE THE POLICIES OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS GROUP IS.

THIS GROUP IS TO OPEN THE COMMUNICATIONS, SHARE OBSERVATIONS, SHARE IDEAS, LEARN FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LEARN FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS THE POLICE CHIEF FINDS IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

AS A RESULT OF ALL OF THIS, I'M EXCITED.

I DID TALK WITH BOTH THEN-CHIEF GALLUCCI, CURRENT CHIEF WILLIAMS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, AND ORIGINALLY I WOULD HAVE BET MONEY THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT INTO THIS, BUT THEY ALL ARE EMBRACING IT AND THEY ALL SUPPORT IT COMPLETELY.

THAT MAKES MY JOB EASIER AND I THINK IT'LL MAKE THE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS IDEA MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL.

SO FOR THE EFFORTS EVERYBODY PUT INTO THIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK THAT MR. NORBY PUT IT WELL THAT WE HAVE SUCH A TRUSTED POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'LL BET THAT WE'LL BE EVEN MORE TRUSTED AT THE END OF THE DAY.

AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM THE MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL LITTLE SUSPICIOUS OR A LITTLE UNKNOWING OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND MAYBE THIS WILL CLOSE SOME OF THOSE GAPS.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AND BOTH ORDINANCES CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. SO, MAYOR PRO TEM, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TITLE THE ORDINANCES? OH, THANK YOU. YES. AND ALSO, THESE WILL BE FOR INTRODUCTION, NOT ADOPTION.

WE'LL HAVE TO ADOPT THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING.

ONE OF THESE SAYS ADOPTION.

NUMBER TWO SAYS THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.

IS THAT NOT ACCURATE? YES, ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AND INTRODUCTION OF THE TWO ORDINANCES.

SO THE FIRST ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.15 AND ADDING CHAPTER 2.30 CARLSBAD POLICE ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION TO TITLE TWO OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE.

AND THE SECOND ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 2.15.030 AND 2.15070 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MAYOR HALL ABSENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL.

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[10. ORDINANCE NO. CS-440 – REDUCING THE SPEED LIMITS ALONG PORTIONS OF CADENCIA STREET AND GATEWAY ROAD]

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.44 SECTIONS 10.44200 AND 10.44830 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT ALONG PORTIONS OF F CADENCIA STREET AND GATEWAY ROAD. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10.

SECOND. FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. I KNEW THAT.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MAYOR HALL ABSENT.

ITEM NUMBER 11.

[11. ADOPTION OF HYDRAULIC MODELING FEES]

YES SIR. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS THE ADOPTION OF HYDRAULIC MODELING FEES.

AND THIS WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC INPUT, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN HOPEFULLY ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS.

MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR, VICKI QUIRAM, AND OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, SHOSHANA AGUILAR.

TAKE IT AWAY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THERE WE GO.

SORRY. I AM GOING TO TURN THIS PRESENTATION RIGHT OVER TO SHOSHANA AGUILAR TONIGHT, WHO'S OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, AND SHE WILL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HYDRAULIC MODELING PIECE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. SO THERE ARE TWO RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.

FIRST, TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ESTABLISHING FEES FOR HYDRAULIC MODELING SERVICES FOR THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM.

SECOND, TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT ESTABLISHING FEES FOR HYDRAULIC MODELING SERVICES FOR THE WATER AND RECYCLED WATER SYSTEM. WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING UP TO THIS POINT IS THAT WHEN DEVELOPERS COME WITH A PROJECT, THEY HIRE THEIR OWN ENGINEERS TO DETERMINE WATER DEMAND AND WASTEWATER FLOW AND TO STUDY WHETHER CARLSBAD HAS SUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY TO SERVE A DEVELOPMENT.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT HYDRAULIC MODELS THAT ARE USED ARE NOT STANDARDIZED AND UP TO DATE AND CAN BE INACCURATE.

SO TO REMEDY THIS, UTILITIES PARTNERED WITH A THIRD PARTY TO UPDATE AND CALIBRATE OUR HYDRAULIC MODELS TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS TO WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE. MOVING FORWARD, WE PROPOSE THAT DEVELOPERS WILL HAVE THEIR PROJECTS EVALUATED BY THE THIRD PARTY ENGINEERING FIRM USING THE NEW HYDRAULIC MODELS.

SO THE FEE STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THE MODELING FEES FROM THE THIRD PARTY ENGINEERING FIRM WOULD BE ULTIMATELY BILLED BACK TO THE DEVELOPERS AT ACTUAL COST.

AND THERE WOULD ALSO BE A FEE ESTABLISHED TO COVER THE STAFF REVIEW AND PROCESSING TIME.

WE ESTIMATE ABOUT 50 HYDRAULIC MODELING STUDIES PER YEAR.

AND AGAIN, THE NET REVENUE WOULD BE ZERO FOR RECOVERING CONTRACTOR COST FOR ACTUALLY DOING THE MODELING.

AND THEN WE ESTIMATE ABOUT $49,000 A YEAR TO RECOVER STAFF TIME AND THAT REVENUE WOULD BE APPLIED TO THE RELEVANT OPERATING FUND, EITHER WATER, RECYCLED WATER OR WASTEWATER, DEPENDING ON THE STUDY.

NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE HYDRAULIC MODELING FEES INTO THE CURRENT FY 23 MASTER FEE SCHEDULE.

IF ADOPTED, THE FEES WOULD GO INTO EFFECT NO SOONER THAN 60 DAYS FROM TODAY.

SO AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ARE TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS ESTABLISHING THESE FEES BOTH ON THE CITY SIDE FOR WASTEWATER AND AS THE CMWD BOARD FOR RECYCLED WATER AND POTABLE WATER. THANK YOU.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.

OKAY. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

MR. NORBY. MS. ACOSTA.

AND NONE FOR ME, EITHER.

ANY CLOSING STATEMENTS? OK MOVE ADOPTION OF BOTH RESOLUTIONS CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE ABSENCE OF MAYOR HALL.

ITEM NUMBER 12.

[12. UPDATE ON THE CITY’S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY, REVIEWING COMMISSION FEEDBACK AND EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION]

NUMBER 12 IS AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY REVIEWING COMMISSION FEEDBACK AND EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION AND MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GEOFF PATNOE, AND THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, TOM FRANK.

GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JEFF PATNOE AND I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

WITH ME AT THE STAFF TABLE THIS EVENING IS TOM FRANK, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON OUR PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATED TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.

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SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? I'LL BE COVERING THREE THINGS IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.

FIRST, I'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ACTIONS TO DATE.

NEXT, I'LL PRESENT THE FEEDBACK YOU ASKED US TO GATHER FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION.

AND THREE, FINALLY, STAFF IS ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY BY UP TO 60 DAYS AS SPECIFIED UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE.

FIRST I'LL GO OVER ACTIONS TO DATE.

BY NOW, THE SLIDE SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.

OUR GOAL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING HAS BEEN TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS IN THREE AREAS, CONSIDERED THE FOUNDATION OF TRAFFIC SAFETY, EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, AND ENFORCEMENT. STARTING WITH EDUCATION.

IT'S BEEN JUST OVER 100 DAYS SINCE THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, WHICH PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO GARNER SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION HERE IN CARLSBAD, AS WELL AS REGIONALLY AND EVEN NATIONALLY.

HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME NUMBERS RELATED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT AROUND TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES.

AGAIN, A VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION ARENA.

WE'VE ALSO ENGAGED OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING LOCAL SCHOOLS, MOBILITY GROUPS AND BUSINESSES, TO HELP EXPAND OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS.

MOVING ON TO THE ENGINEERING PART OF THE THREE E'S.

WHEN THE EMERGENCY WAS FIRST PROCLAIMED, WE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATE INTERVENTIONS AT ROAD SEGMENTS WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF COLLISIONS.

I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ALL OUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY DATA.

HERE YOU CAN SEE A HEATMAP OF COLLISIONS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND HOW OUR PROJECTS LINE UP WITH THOSE AREAS.

OUR DATA TEAM HAS BUILT A SIMILAR MAP, BREAKING OUT EACH MODE OF TRAVEL, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MONITOR PROGRESS OVER TIME.

SOME OF THE ENGINEERING PROJECTS INCLUDE ADDING GREEN PAINT TO POTENTIAL AREAS OF CONFLICT AND BIKE LANES, NEW SIGNS AND RESTRIPING ROADS TO BETTER BALANCE ALL MODES OF TRAVEL. AND HERE IS WHAT PROJECTS LOOK LIKE IN ACTION.

THANKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S EMERGENCY BUDGET APPROPRIATION OF $2 MILLION DOLLARS ON AUGUST 30TH.

THE CITY HAS ALSO BEEN ABLE TO GREATLY INCREASE ENFORCEMENT ACROSS ALL MODES OF TRAVEL, STARTING WITH A FOCUS AROUND OUR SCHOOL ZONES DURING THE FIRST WEEKS OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. HERE YOU CAN SEE RECENT ENFORCEMENT DATA.

I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS ABOUT THESE NUMBERS.

ONE IS THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE CONTINUING TO UTILIZE ENFORCEMENT AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL, PROVIDING WRITTEN WARNINGS WHEN APPROPRIATE.

WE ARE ALSO UTILIZING THE NEW TOOLS MADE AVAILABLE WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL MADE CARLSBAD THE FIRST IN THE REGION TO ADD RULES SPECIFIC TO E-BIKES TO OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.

THIS ALLOWS THOSE WHO GET A CITATION WHILE USING AN E-BIKE OR OTHER MOTORIZED DEVICE LIKE AN E-SCOOTER TO TAKE A FREE SAFETY COURSE INSTEAD OF PAYING A FINE.

SO FAR, 86 INDIVIDUALS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPTION.

THE THIRD THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS BY MODE OF TRAVEL YOU WILL SEE THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO DRIVERS, WHICH IS A REFLECTION OF THE LARGER NUMBER OF CARS ON THE ROAD COMPARED TO BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS.

NOT THAT WE ARE FOCUSING MORE ON CARS.

WE'VE ALSO RECENTLY EXPANDED THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM TO PROVIDE MORE COVERAGE AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS SERVING CARLSBAD ABOUT WAYS TO POTENTIALLY REQUIRE SAFETY EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS RIDING E-BIKES TO SCHOOL.

WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

AS YOU COULD SEE, WE'VE RECEIVED VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AND THE WAY OFFICERS ARE INTERACTING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNGER RESIDENTS.

IN ALL THREE OF THESE AREAS STAFF WORK IS JUST ONE PART OF THE STORY.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN MANY ACTIONS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE, STARTING WITH RATIFYING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY AND APPROPRIATING $2 MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

YOU ALSO APPROVED PLANS AND AWARDED A CONTRACT TO RESTRIPE SEVERAL ROAD SEGMENTS, APPROVED PLANS AND AWARDED A CONTRACT TO MAKE BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG LA COSTA

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YOU APPROVED PLANS AND AWARDED A CONTRACT TO MAKE BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS AT FIVE LOCATIONS ALONG SOUTH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD.

YOU APPROVED THE CITY'S FIRST LOCAL ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN? YOU ACCEPTED $113,000 GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT.

YOU APPROVE PLANS AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR A PROJECT THAT WILL BUILD SIDEWALKS AT THREE LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.

YOU ALSO ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMITS ON TWO MAJOR STREETS AND APPROVED A CONTRACT FOR CARLSBAD BOULEVARD PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL UPGRADE SIX CROSSWALKS ALONG THE BEACH.

AND YOU AUTHORIZE 18 NEW ACTIONS AS PART OF THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLAN PRESENTED ON SEPTEMBER 27TH.

AND THIS PLAN CITY STAFF PUT TOGETHER SHORT TERM, MID-TERM, AND LONG TERM OPTIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.

WHEN AUTHORIZING 18 OF THESE OPTIONS YOU ALSO ASK STAFF TO SEEK THE INPUT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION ON THE REMAINING 26.

ON OCTOBER 27TH, BOTH COMMISSIONS MET TO DISCUSS THE OPTIONS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

WE HAVE A DETAILED LIST OF WHICH OPTIONS WERE SUPPORTED BY EACH COMMISSION IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, BUT I WILL SUMMARIZE.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION SUPPORTED ALL THE OPTIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A CITY FUNDED SCHOOL BUSSING PROGRAM.

THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION SUPPORTED ALL THE OPTIONS EXCEPT DEVELOPING A SEPARATE VISION ZERO PLAN.

ENHANCED DATA ANALYTICS AND VISUALIZATION.

A FEW OF THE LONGER TERM EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES UPDATING THE MOBILITY ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN, ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING TEAM, THE CITY FUNDED SCHOOL BUSING AND TRANSFORMING MAJOR CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

BOTH COMMISSIONS ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL INPUT TO SHARE BEYOND THE OPTIONS IN THE SAFER STREETS PLAN.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONVEYED ITS SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, INCLUDING FOCUSING ON THE THREE E'S OF TRAFFIC, SAFETY, EDUCATION, ENGINEERING AND ENFORCEMENT.

THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE CITY FOCUS ON HOTSPOTS FOR TRAFFIC COLLISIONS AND GENERALLY BE VERY STRATEGIC IN ITS EFFORTS.

AND FINALLY, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEW IDEAS FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BIKE COALITION.

THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER UPDATING THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN TO REFLECT THE NEW GOALS RELATED TO VISION ZERO, INCLUDING ELIMINATING ALL PREVENTABLE TRAFFIC RELATED SEVERE COLLISIONS BY A CERTAIN YEAR DESIGNATED BY STAFF, CONSIDERING EQUITY WHEN PLANNING TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AND CONDUCTING ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF ALL SEVERE AND FATAL COLLISIONS.

THE MINUTES FROM BOTH MEETINGS SUMMARIZE THE DISCUSSIONS AND ARE ATTACHED TO YOUR STAFF REPORT.

THE STAFF LIAISON'S FROM BOTH COMMISSIONS ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE COMMISSIONER JOSH COELHO FROM THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION, WHO WILL ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR A FEW MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO COME HERE AND SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION DISCUSSED WHEN WE MET TO DISCUSS THE SAFER STREETS PROGRAM.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED.

THE CITY IS SO COMMITTED TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND ENHANCE SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES.

WE WISH THAT THE IMPETUS HAD BEEN UNDER BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT NONETHELESS WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND HOPE THAT WITH OUR EFFORTS THAT WE CAN MAKE THESE MORE LONG TERM GOALS BEYOND THE END DATE OF THE EMERGENCY WHENEVER THAT COMES.

SO WE REVIEW THE PROPOSALS FROM CITY STAFF, AND WE LOOKED AT EACH ITEM ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND EVALUATED THEM.

WE ALL AGREED THAT WE WOULD BE BEST SERVING THE CITY COUNCIL BY DOING THAT AND LOOKING AT BOTH THE INITIATIVE AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SO THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE THAT WE WERE BRINGING TO THE CITY AND TO YOU ALL TO MAKE A DECISION BASED OFF OF THAT.

I THINK THERE WAS AN UNDERLYING THEME THAT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY OPPOSE ANY INDIVIDUAL ITEM, BUT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT THE VALUE ADD WAS TO THE CITY ON EACH ITEM.

SO YOU'VE SEEN THE RESULTS, AND I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO TOUCH ON SOME KEY PROJECTS HERE THAT WE THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL AND THEN SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. SO ITEM NUMBER 32, EXPEDITE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

THIS WILL ADD PERMANENT STAFF SO THAT WAY WE CAN NOT ONLY GET THROUGH THIS EMERGENCY, BUT ALSO LOOK TO MAKING THIS PROGRAM OR THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS PERMANENT AND THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ARE IMPROVING AS MANY SQUARE FEET, LINEAR MILES OF ROAD AS WE CAN, AND THAT WE'RE KIND OF CREATING THE MOST SAFE AND MOST SUSTAINABLY MANAGED CITY STREET PROGRAM THAT CARLSBAD CAN.

ITEM NUMBER 35.

SPEED CUSHIONS ON STREETS AROUND SCHOOLS.

IT'S KIND OF UNANIMOUS AND VERY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE KIDS ARE KIDS AND THAT WE WANTED TO KEEP THE AREAS AROUND THE SCHOOLS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

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THIS HAS BEEN MET.

WE'VE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT AND TWO COMMISSION MEETINGS SINCE THEN AND HAS BEEN VERY ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTED NOT JUST FROM THE TRAFFIC MEMBERS BUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. WE'VE RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENT VIA EMAIL THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THESE INITIATIVES ALREADY AND WOULD IMPLORE US TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THESE BEYOND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED IN THE NEXT UPCOMING FISCAL YEARS TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM MOVING FORWARD.

THERE'S KIND OF TWO OPTIONS THAT I WANTED TO ALSO DISCUSS AND MENTION.

THERE'S A NUMBER 15, WHICH WAS APPROVED AS PART OF OPTION A HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING TO PERHAPS SAVE SOME MONEY AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM. WE KIND OF ALSO FELT THAT THIS WAS ALREADY BEING COVERED WITH SPEED BUMPS AND OUR CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM AND THAT PERHAPS THAT $800,000 THAT WHICH IS RECOMMENDED AND ALLOCATED FOR THAT COULD BE USED TO EXPAND STREET SURFACING ELSEWHERE.

BUT NOBODY OBVIOUSLY HAS ANY OPPOSITION TO HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS BUT THAT WE CAN GET MAYBE MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK ELSEWHERE.

AND THEN NUMBER TWO, OR NUMBER 42, EXCUSE ME, EXPLORE THE SCHOOL BUSSING PROGRAM.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A HUGE PRICE TAG HERE.

WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE AN ITEM THAT THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT WE WORK WITH THE STATE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY ON.

A COUPLE OF POINTS ON THERE AND TALKING WITH DIRECTOR FRANK THAT WE ESTIMATE AS MUCH AS 30% OF TRAFFIC IN THE CITY.

THERE'S PEOPLE GOING TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER AND THAT IF WE HAVE SCHOOL BUSSES TAKING KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE COULD GREATLY REDUCE THE TRAFFIC ON THE STREETS.

THERE ARE OTHER BENEFITS TO SCHOOL BUSSES.

THEY ARE SAFER. THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO BE IN ACCIDENTS THAN AN INDIVIDUAL CAR.

AND THEN IT WOULD RELIEVE THE BURDEN ON PARENTS, ESPECIALLY WORKING PARENTS AND LOW INCOME PARENTS WHO ALREADY STRUGGLE TO GET THEIR KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

OBVIOUSLY, THE PRICE TAG IS MASSIVE, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE STATE SENATE AND STATE ASSEMBLY.

I JUST WANTED TO REALLY CLOSE BY AGAIN THANKING THE CITY FOR THIS EFFORT.

AGAIN, ON THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THE CITY BETTER.

WE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET ANY ACCIDENTS, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING THE CITY INTO 2023 AND BEYOND WITH THE BEST AND SAFEST AND MOST SUSTAINABLE AS CARLSBAD WE CAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COELHO.

THE FINAL PART OF TONIGHT'S ITEM IS TO REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL, EXTEND THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION ANOTHER 60 DAYS, AS OUTLINED IN THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE AND GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS RELATED TO EMERGENCY PROCLAMATIONS.

SO AGAIN, THE ACTIONS WE'RE ASKING YOU TO TAKE TONIGHT ARE RECEIVE THE UPDATE, RECEIVE THE COMMISSION INPUT AND EXTEND THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. SPEAKERS.

CHRISTINA MCGOLDRICK.

I'M READY. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA MCGOLDRICK, AND I HAVE BEEN A HOMEOWNER AND TAXPAYER IN CARLSBAD FOR SEVEN YEARS.

I AM A MOTHER TO THREE SONS THAT ATTEND THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ON COLLEGE BOULEVARD.

FIRST, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY FOR ALL OF THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN IN RESPONDING TO THE TRAFFIC ISSUES.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

SECOND, THE CARLSBAD STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR BICYCLE SAFETY IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE BY CREATING SAFER STREETS FOR EVERYONE.

BENEFITS FROM THE WORK COMPLETED CAN ALREADY BE SEEN.

HOWEVER, THE 2 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS INITIALLY AUTHORIZED TO FUND THESE CRITICAL PROJECTS IS NOT ENOUGH.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS FOR THIS.

THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED ON AUGUST 23RD, 2022, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS THE VERY NEXT DAY.

THE POPULATION OF MINORS THAT RODE BICYCLES TO SCHOOL PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC IS NOT THE SAME POPULATION THAT ARE RIDING BIKES TO SCHOOL TODAY.

THE NUMBER OF MINORS RIDING BIKES TO SCHOOL HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED.

THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND THE CARLSBAD CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

HOWEVER, IT IS NOT GREAT NEWS FOR THE HISTORICAL DESIGN OF CARLSBAD ROADS.

MINORS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ANY EDUCATION OR LICENSING PRIOR TO OPERATING AN E-BIKE AS A MOTOR VEHICLE ON A PUBLIC ROAD.

SO THE NUMBER OF CRASH ACCIDENTS HAS INCREASED.

IN LOCATIONS WHERE SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED ON ARTERIAL ROADS THAT ARE USED AS COMMUTER THOROUGHFARES THIS CREATES A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

ONE EXAMPLE IS THE INTERSECTION OF COLLEGE BOULEVARD AND CANNON ROAD IN FRONT OF SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.

SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THE PUBLIC RECORD DATA SETS SHOW THAT TWO 911 CALLS WERE REPORTED FOR AN ADULT DRIVER IN A VEHICLE CRASHING INTO A MINOR ON AN E-BIKE.

HOWEVER, DURING THE SAME TIME, THERE IS AN ANECDOTAL DATA SET AND WITNESSES FOR 12 SEPARATE CRASHES.

THIS SHOWS AN UNDERREPORTING OF CRASH DATA OCCURRING.

THE AVERAGE IS THAT THESE CRASHES ARE HAPPENING EVERY WEEK SINCE SCHOOL STARTED.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS INTERSECTION HAS BEEN DECLINED A CROSSING GUARD BECAUSE THE COMPANY STATED THAT THE INTERSECTION IS NOT SAFE FOR AN EMPLOYEE.

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WE REQUESTED A TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION FOR A NO TURN ON RED TO HELP PREVENT A TRAGEDY.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A LONG LINE OF PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE US.

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY CURRENTLY HAS 17 STAFF MEMBERS.

THESE 17 STAFF DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO COMPLETE THEIR BASELINE JOBS AND THE ADDITIONAL WORK CREATED BY THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN A TIMELY MANNER AND REQUESTING THAT ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THE BICYCLE STATE OF EMERGENCY.

THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WOULD INCLUDE THE HIRING OF NEW STAFF SO CRITICAL PUBLIC ROAD PROJECTS, SAFETY PROJECTS, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH CAN BE COMPLETED IN A TIMELY MANNER.

THIS IS IMPERATIVE IN INTERSECTIONS SUCH AS COLLEGE BOULEVARD AND CANNON ROAD AND IN THE THREE MILE STRETCH OF COLLEGE BOULEVARD, WHERE OVER 2000 STUDENTS GO TO AND FROM SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED REGULAR WEEKLY TRAFFIC CONTROL AND INCREASED VISIBILITY IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO FOLLOW THE LAWS AND PREVENT A TRAGEDY. THIS HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE, IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND WE NEED IT TO CONTINUE UNTIL TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED.

ANY PUBLIC POLICY THAT PUTS CHILDREN IN DANGER WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL IS A BAD PUBLIC POLICY.

WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS MATTER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO OTHER SPEAKERS. THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS, MR. NORBY.

THANK YOU. I RECALL WHEN THIS WAS IN FRONT OF US, WE WERE GOING THROUGH A LONG LIST AND WE WERE KIND OF DECIDING WHAT WE WOULD APPROVE FOR NEXT STEPS AND NOT APPROVED FOR NEXT STEPS. AND THEN THE COUNCIL MAJORITY WANTED TO KICK IT TO THESE TWO COMMISSIONERS AND GET THEIR INPUT.

SO ARE WE AT THE PHASE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DECIDE THE NEXT STEPS OR IS THAT OFF TO ANOTHER MEETING? COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS OFF TO ANOTHER MEETING.

THE ONLY ITEM BEFORE YOU, AS NOTICED UNDER OUR NOTICING REQUIREMENTS IS AGAIN, THE THREE ITEMS, RECEIVE THE UPDATE, RECEIVE COMMISSION FEEDBACK, AND THEN FINALLY EXTEND THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

YES, SIR. SO THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT IN TERMS OF EXTENDING THAT.

CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF ESTABLISHING THAT OR IDENTIFYING THE NEED AND THAT WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY.

BUT DOES STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG THIS EMERGENCY WILL EXIST BEFORE IT GOES AWAY? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER.

AT THE NEXT MEETING WHERE WE'LL BE PRESENTING OUT BASICALLY THE DATA THAT WE'VE COMPILED TO SHOW KIND OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO DATE AND THEN WHAT TYPE OF DATA ANALYSIS WE CAN COME UP WITH TO SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL.

AGAIN, THE EYES SHOW ONE THING, BUT WE WANT TO RELY ON THE ACTUAL DATA, AND THEN THAT DATA WILL ULTIMATELY BE PRESENTED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AT THE NEXT REQUEST FOR EXTENSION.

AND THEN WE'LL BE ASKING CITY COUNCIL FOR KIND OF NEXT STEPS ON WHAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO.

OKAY, THANK YOU. NO MORE QUESTIONS, BUT COMMENTS.

MS. ACOSTA? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

MY QUESTION IS ALSO KIND OF ABOUT THE PROCESS.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE LAST TIME THIS CAME TO US AND WE KICKED IT BACK TO THE COMMISSIONS, THERE WAS A KIND OF A COLUMN OF OPTION A, COLUMN OF OPTION B, COLUMN OF OPTION C, A WAS WHAT WE APPROVED.

IT WAS THINGS THAT WE COULD DO UNDER WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME.

AND THEY WEREN'T THAT PERMANENT.

THEY WERE ONGOING THINGS THAT WE COULD DO DURING THE DECLARATION.

I THINK THE PERMANENT THING WAS PROBABLY THE SIGNS AND THE PAINT FOR THE BIKE LANES.

SO WHEN THE COMMISSIONS WERE REVIEWING THE OTHER OPTIONS, B AND C, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE NOTES AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN COMBINING B AND C MINUS THE BUSSES.

AND I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING IF YOU COULD ADD ANY MORE CONTEXT TO THAT DISCUSSION IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN THE MINUTES.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I'LL TURN TO OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND MR. FRANK IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT ONE THING I PUT A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AS WELL, THAT BOTH COMMISSIONS WERE ASKED TO REVIEW EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AND THEY WEREN'T ASKED TO FOCUS ON WHAT THE FISCAL IMPACT MIGHT BE TO THE CITY.

THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S MORE OF A CITY COUNCIL PURVIEW.

SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT MORE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHICH OF THESE ACTIVITIES OR ACTIONS COULD WE TAKE IN THE SHORT TERM, MID-TERM OR LONG TERM, NOT THINKING ABOUT WHAT OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY LINED UP IN THE QUEUE.

AND THEN I'LL TURN TO MR. FRANK TO PROVIDE. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE ALREADY ANSWERING MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION, BUT I STILL HAVE MORE.

SO IF I HEAR FROM MR.

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THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND I THINK COMMISSIONER COELHO DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SUMMARIZING WHAT THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION'S REVIEW ENTAILED.

THEY REALLY THEY'RE A DETAILED COMMISSION.

THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO DIG INTO THE DETAILS AND TALK THROUGH EVERY INDIVIDUAL ITEM.

SO THEY TALKED ABOUT EVERY ITEM LITERALLY, AND THE PROS AND CONS AND WHICH ONES PROVIDED MORE OF A BENEFIT TO THE TAXPAYERS. AND SO YOU HEARD ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS FOR YOU WAS TO CONSIDER THE SPEED CUSHIONS AROUND SCHOOL STREETS.

AND IF YOU WANTED TO OFFSET THAT WITH POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS OF WHAT WAS LISTED IN THE OPTIONS TO CONSIDER POSSIBLY ELIMINATING THE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS. AND THE ONLY OTHER NOTE TO THAT POINT IS IT IS OBVIOUSLY A GOOD OPTION TO GET THE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS.

BUT WE ALSO, AS A MATTER OF PRACTICE, WHEN WE'RE RESURFACING PROJECTS AND DOING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECTS, WE DO PUT IN THOSE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS.

SO THERE WERE TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO LOOK AT THE COST OF BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

AND COMMISSIONER COELHO DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF REPORTING THE SUMMARY.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN THE MINUTES.

BUT THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

AND I DID WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER FOR BEING HERE AND MAKING THE PRESENTATION.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION, LIKE ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS, IS REALLY EXCELLENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS.

ANOTHER QUESTION RELATED TO THE COMMENT ABOUT THE FISCAL IMPACT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION DID LOOK KIND OF AT COST AND COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF NEXT TIME WHEN THIS COMES BACK TO US, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE COMING FROM WHEN WE LOOK AT ADDITIONAL COSTS TO IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER, PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BACK, WE WILL GO OVER THAT.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT AND CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED BACK ON AUGUST 30TH IS WE COBBLED TOGETHER BASICALLY A LITANY OF OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION AND WE TRIED TO EVALUATE BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN THIS AREA OF TRAFFIC SAFETY.

SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED ARE MASSIVE IN NATURE.

FOR INSTANCE, THE BUSSING WAS, I THINK, A $44 MILLION DOLLAR ITEM.

BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY LISTED THAT FAR EXCEED THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ORDER THOSE UP.

SO THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OR ABILITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE, WHICH IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE TO START REALLY FOCUSING OUR ATTENTION ON OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER AT THE STATE OR AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR EVEN AT THE COUNTY LEVEL TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

GREAT. THANK YOU. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS A KIND OF A COMBINED QUESTION AND REQUEST.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, BUT THERE ARE GOVERNMENTS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO US, NEIGHBORING GOVERNMENTS, OTHER CITIES, ENCINITAS, SAN MARCOS, OCEANSIDE, BORDERING CARLSBAD, THAT HAVE THESE EXACT SAME ISSUES.

THERE ARE OUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL IN SAN MARCOS HIGH OR IN SDA IN OUR OVERLAPPING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SO WE KNOW THAT THESE E-BIKES AND THESE CAR COLLISIONS ARE HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.

I THINK THEY'RE HAPPENING A LOT FURTHER BEYOND THAT, YOU KNOW, NATIONALLY.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE WE PARTNERING? ARE WE LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING? I KNOW THAT WE'RE A LEADER.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE A STANDARD BEARER.

AND WE SET AN EXAMPLE.

BUT I SUPPOSE IT'S A QUESTION, ARE WE COLLABORATING? AND IF NOT, CAN WE BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK ABOUT HOW WE HAVE DONE FURTHER COLLABORATION WHEN THIS COMES BACK AGAIN? YEAH, A LOT TO UNPACK THERE, COUNCIL MEMBER BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THE CITY IS COLLABORATING.

I'M IN CONTACT WITH OUR CITY MANAGERS AND TOM, OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, IS VERY MUCH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NEIGHBORING BROTHER AND SISTER AGENCIES. NOW, THAT SAID, EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN UNIQUE NEEDS BASED OFF OF THEIR CITY, AND THERE'S ONLY A FINITE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE ABLE TO GO AROUND.

NOW, THAT SAID, IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN COLLABORATE AND IT CAN BE COST EFFECTIVE FOR BOTH PARTIES, SIGN US UP.

WE'D ABSOLUTELY LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS AND WE'LL BE MINDFUL OF THAT WHEN WE BRING THOSE PROJECTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

AND IF I COULD JUST ADD, MR. CHADWICK, THE POLICE CHIEF HAS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE CARLSBAD STUDENTS TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAM OF

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AND, YOU KNOW, I WILL ADD THAT WITH THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON, THERE ARE PROBABLY A NUMBER OF KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO HAVE E-BIKES ON THEIR LIST AND LETTERS TO SANTA.

SO, YOU KNOW, OUR EFFORTS ON EDUCATION HAVE TO CONTINUE AND WE'LL DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS AS WE GET TOWARDS THE HOLIDAY SEASON AS WELL.

YEAH, FOR SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWERS.

THOSE ARE THE END OF MY QUESTIONS.

THANKS. DR.

BHAT-PATEL. YEAH.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND UPDATE AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONER AS WELL FOR BEING HERE AND GIVING US AN UPDATE.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION, AND THIS MIGHT BE MAYBE FOR CHIEF WILLIAMS. I'M NOT SURE, BUT I KNOW THAT THE SPEAKER BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO COLLISION DATA AND ALSO THE CROSSING GUARD.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS? SO WITH RESPECT TO THE COLLISION DATA THAT WAS CITED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CANNON AND COLLEGE, SINCE SCHOOL HAS STARTED, WE'VE HAD TWO MINOR INJURY ACCIDENTS RELATED TO E-BIKES.

WE HAD ONE NON INJURY ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED VEHICLES THAT WERE NOT RELATED TO THE SCHOOL.

SO THOSE ARE THE THREE DIFFERENT INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD AT THAT INTERSECTION SINCE SCHOOL HAS STARTED.

WITH RESPECT TO THE CROSSING GUARD THERE, IT'S MY RECOLLECTION, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME IS THAT A STUDY WAS DONE BY TRAFFIC AND ENGINEERING RELATED TO CROSSING GUARD AT THAT LOCATION. BUT DUE TO THE AGE OF THE CHILDREN AND SOME OF THE CROSSING OR SOME OF THE CONFLICT DATA, IT DID NOT SUPPORT IT.

THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CONFIRMED.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

YEAH, I KNOW. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS, SINCE I KNOW WE ALSO RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MS. MCGOLDRICK, SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.

AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY MENTION BECAUSE I KNOW WE'LL GET TO COMMENTS, BUT JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY MENTION THAT LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE FULL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUPPORTIVE OF EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY WITH DEFINITELY THE COMMENTS THAT WERE NOTED BY MY FORMER COLLEAGUES THAT JUST SPOKE.

OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GOOD. THANKS.

WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION NOW.

DR. BHAT-PATEL.

I'M OKAY. I JUST SHARED.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD, IN ADDITION TO MY THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO PROVIDED COMMUNITY INPUT AND WORKED ON THIS AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL AS WELL AS OUR STAFF.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AT THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR NEXT YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, MAKING SOME TWEAKS TO OUR CURRENT ONE.

AND WE DO HAVE THIS ITEM, THIS ISSUE ALREADY ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL AND ADVOCATE TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARE FINDING SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THESE INTERACTIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING BETWEEN VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.

THANK YOU. MR. NORBY. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT IN ON THE BUS AND THE SCHOOL ISSUE IN TERMS OF BEING A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION DURING DROP OFF HOURS . YOU KNOW, FOR NOT TO GO ON TOO LONG.

BUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MICROMOBILITY AND AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORTATION ARE BEING THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING CITIES.

WE'RE SEEING MICROMOBILITY.

WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S BICYCLES AND SCOOTERS AND SKATEBOARDS.

AND THERE'LL BE MORE OF THOSE COMING WITH MORE PEOPLE, RIDING THEM IN THE YEARS TO COME.

AND WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT. BUT THE OTHER ONE IS AUTONOMY.

AND I JUST WANT TO BRING THIS, I GUESS, COUNCIL AND IN OUR CITY UP TO DATE.

IN PHOENIX, WAYMO HAS RECEIVED PERMISSION TO START COLLECTING FARE.

SO THEY ARE NOW FULLY OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX.

WAYMO IS ALSO DEVELOPING A SECOND VEHICLE, WHICH SEATS 6 TO 9.

AND I THINK YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.

SO THAT'S NOT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT'S ARIZONA, BUT IT'S BEING DONE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME.

CRUISE IN SAN FRANCISCO IS EXPANDING THEIR OPERATING AREA IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

AND THEY REMAIN ONE PERMIT AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO COLLECT FARES FROM THE PUBLIC.

THEY'RE ALSO DEVELOPING A SECOND VEHICLE, WHICH SEATS 6 TO 9.

AND SO IN OUR CITY, I THINK IF WE CAN, I THINK MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO CHANGE THAT ITEM, TO JUST REMOVE THE WORD BUS AND JUST TO KIND OF PREPARE OURSELVES AND MONITOR AND TAKE A LOOK, BECAUSE WITH OUR TOURISM OPERATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THEME PARKS, WITH OUR SCHOOLS, WITH OUR 50,000 OR 60,000 JOBS UP ON THE HILLSIDE THERE, AND THEN ARE JUST GENERAL NEEDS, I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE A SOLUTION THAT STRIKES A LOT OF

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AND SO I THINK THIS KIND OF TRANSPORTATION, BOTH IN TERMS OF LOWERING COST AND BEING AVAILABLE, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BUS.

AND SO JUST MONITOR THAT.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO COME QUITE QUICKLY AND CONSIDER CHANGING HOW YOU PHRASE THAT, THAT ONE ITEM.

THANK YOU. I THINK THAT AND I MADE A COMMENT THAT IT WAS GENIUS THAT WE DID THIS, THAT WE DID IT. I THINK IT ALL CAME FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND ALL WE DID IS THE COUNCIL SAY, YEAH, GO, GO FOR IT.

BUT IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT IT USED TO BE I HAD A HARD TIME FINDING A YOUNG E-BIKE RIDER WHO WAS FOLLOWING THE RULES, WHETHER IT BE A HELMET OR WITH UNSAFE RIDERS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

NOW, I HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES.

THESE YOUNGSTERS ARE WEARING THEIR HELMETS.

THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES.

IF NO OTHER REASON JUST FOR THAT, WE WERE A SUCCESS.

BUT I'M GUESSING WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, IT'S GOING TO SHOW THAT IT'S MORE OF A SUCCESS THAN I'M GIVING IT CREDIT FOR RIGHT NOW.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MAYOR HALL ABSENT.

ITEM NUMBER 13, PLEASE.

YES. THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS AN UPDATE ON REDUCING HOMELESSNESS IN CARLSBAD AND CONTINUING THE LIMITED TERM STAY MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM.

[13. UPDATE ON REDUCING HOMELESSNESS IN CARLSBAD AND CONTINUING THE LIMITED-TERM STAY MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT WE'LL BE PRESENTING OUR FIFTH QUARTERLY REPORT ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOAL TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN CARLSBAD. THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, SO THAT'S JULY ONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30.

BUT WE'LL ALSO COVER AN ENTIRE YEAR'S WORTH OF DATA FOR THE MOTEL VOUCHER PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.

PRESENTING WITH ME TODAY ARE CHRIS SCHILLING FROM THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND LIEUTENANT ERIC KOVANDA FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A GOAL TO REDUCE THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS POPULATION BY 50% OVER FIVE YEARS AND TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS UNTIL THE GOAL IS MET.

AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THIS.

SO THIS WAS THE GOAL THAT WAS IN PLACE DURING THIS QUARTER THAT WE'RE REPORTING ON.

AND THEN DURING IN OCTOBER, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL DID ADOPT THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, THEY DID ADOPT A NEW GOAL.

SO THE REVISED LANGUAGE IS ON THIS SCREEN.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IT WAS KIND OF IN A TRANSITION PERIOD DURING THIS TIME.

SO TO ACCOMPLISH THE COUNCIL GOAL TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS, THE CITY DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF INITIATIVES STRATEGICALLY DESIGNED TO MAKE BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM IMPACTS ON HOMELESSNESS CONCERNS IN CARLSBAD.

BASED ON CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION, IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, CITY STAFF BEGAN UPDATING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS BACK TO CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY 2023.

A FIVE YEAR WORK PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2021 THAT IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC SPECIFIC TASKS FOR THE 21-22 FISCAL YEAR.

MOST OF THOSE TASKS WERE COMPLETED WITH SOME TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE STILL UNDERWAY AT THE LA POSADA EMERGENCY SHELTER.

A NEW WORK PLAN WILL BE PROPOSED AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDES FEEDBACK ON THE UPDATED HOMELESS RESPONSE PLAN.

SO FOR THE QUARTER THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES WERE CLOSE JUST UNDER $1 MILLION DOLLARS, $952,000 FOR THE QUARTER, THE BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF GENERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE HOMELESS SCHOOL FOR THE 22-23 YEAR IS APPROXIMATELY $4.3 MILLION DOLLARS.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS NUMBER DOES INCLUDE CARRIED FORWARD ENCUMBRANCES FROM THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO THERE WERE SOME CONTRACTS THAT WERE EXECUTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR SO THAT FUNDING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT CONTRACT PERIOD ALSO ROLLED FORWARD.

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THE CITY ALSO FUNDS STAFFING FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES DIVISION.

SOCIAL WORKER OUTREACH THROUGH INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES, RAPID REHOUSING EFFORTS THROUGH COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER AND ENCAMPMENT AND ABANDONED TRASH CLEANUP THROUGH URBAN CORPS. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN OVER TO CHRIS SCHILLING TO REVIEW SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENT DATA FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL DATA ON THE MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT DURING THE QUARTER, CITY FUNDED PROGRAMS WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION 18 PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING TO END THEIR HOMELESSNESS. WE ALSO CONNECTED 21 PEOPLE TO SHELTER AND 16 PEOPLE TO OTHER TEMPORARY LOCATIONS, SUCH AS BRIDGE HOUSING OR TREATMENT PROGRAMS. 247 UNDUPLICATED PEOPLE WERE CONTACTED AND POLICE RESPONDED TO 2,548 CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH PROACTIVE CALLS AND DISPATCH CALLS.

WE ALSO PROVIDED EIGHT MOTEL VOUCHER STAYS AND CLEANED UP 33 ENCAMPMENTS DURING THE QUARTER.

NOW I'LL PROVIDE AN ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES SHORT TERM MOTEL STAYS WITH STRICT RULES AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, INCLUDING A WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE WITH CASE MANAGEMENT ON A LONG TERM HOUSING SOLUTION AND PLAN.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR LONG PILOT PROGRAM, 51 HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVE MOTEL STAYS AND SERVICES.

OF THESE HOUSEHOLDS, 23 WERE ABLE TO BE BRIDGED TO SHELTER PLACEMENTS AND 13 HOUSEHOLDS WERE ABLE TO BE TRANSITIONED DIRECTLY TO PERMANENT HOUSING.

THAT MEANS APPROXIMATELY 70% OF HOUSEHOLDS EXITED THE PROGRAM TO LONGER TERM OR PERMANENT SHELTER IN HOUSING.

THE TOTAL COST OF THE MOTEL STAYS FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD WAS $30,911.58.

BASED ON THE SUCCESS AND THE CONTINUED NEED FOR THE PROGRAM, AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, STAFF WILL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR ITS CONTINUATION.

I'LL NOW PASS THE PRESENTATION OVER TO LIEUTENANT KOVANDA.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT URBAN CORPS.

URBAN CORPS OF SAN DIEGO IS CONTRACTED TO WORK WITH THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, AND IS ATTACHED TO OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM FOUR DAYS A WEEK FROM 7 A.M. TO 2:30 P.M..

AND WHILE THEY'RE IN THE CITY, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING TO KEEP THE CITY FREE OF DEBRIS RELATED TO THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BY ASSISTING IN CAMP CLEANUPS, POWER WASHING AND LITTER REMOVAL.

FROM JULY 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, URBAN CORP WAS ACTIVATED 52 DAYS.

THEY WERE ACTIVE DURING 52 DAYS AND THEY HELPED HOT CLEAN 33 ENCAMPMENTS DURING 44 SCHEDULED CLEANUP DAYS.

AND THEY HELPED US TO RECOVER AND RETURN 31 SHOPPING CARTS.

IN TERMS OF CALLS FOR SERVICE FROM JULY 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, CALLS FOR SERVICE RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS ACCOUNTED FOR 10% OF THE TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THIS QUARTER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REPORTING, 2548 CALLS FOR SERVICE RELATED TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND FROM JULY 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE RECORDED 1023 SELF INITIATED CALLS FOR SERVICE.

AS A REMINDER SELF INITIATED CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE THE RESULT OF WHEN AN OFFICER CONDUCTS DAILY CAMP CHECKS, CAMP CLEANUPS, FOOT PATROLS IN THE PARK, AND IN HIGH CRIME AREAS.

INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONTACTS AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION AND OUTREACH.

FOR THE SAME TIME, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO 1525 CALLS FOR SERVICE GENERATED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND WE CONTINUE TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO NOTIFY US WITH THEIR CONCERNS.

IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM CONTINUES TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO ACCEPT SHORT AND LONG TERM HOUSING OPTIONS, TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES.

HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO USE THEIR DISCRETION TO BALANCE OUTREACH WITH ENFORCEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

10% OF ALL CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE HOMELESS RELATED AS I SAID EARLIER, 16% OF ALL ARRESTS WERE HOMELESS RELATED 16 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR I'M SORRY, 16 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WERE ARRESTED IN THE QUARTER.

5% OF ALL CITATIONS WERE HOMELESS RELATED THERE WERE 44 CITATIONS.

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THE MOST COMMON VIOLATIONS WERE SHOPPING CART POSSESSION VIOLATIONS, TRESPASSING AND POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS.

AND I WANT TO SHARE A SUCCESS STORY WITH YOU.

THIS IS A STORY ABOUT JOHN IN APRIL OF 2021.

JOHN HAD BEEN LIVING HOMELESS AND JOBLESS FOR OVER A YEAR IN THE DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD VILLAGE AREA.

HIS DEPENDENCE ON DRUGS IMPACTED HIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM APPROACHED HIM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS UNTIL HE WAS OPEN TO ACCEPTING HELP.

THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM AND INTERFAITH SOCIAL WORKERS HELPED HIM OVERCOME SEVERAL OBSTACLES.

HE HAD TO GO TO REHAB.

HIS LIFESTYLE HAD LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH ISSUES THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.

HE ALSO SOUGHT TREATMENT FOR AND TO ADDRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF LIVING HOMELESSLY.

INTERFAITH LINKED JOHN TO MANY SERVICES THAT HELPED HIM GET BACK ON HIS FEET.

MEMBERS OF THE HOT TEAM AND THE SOCIAL WORKERS KEPT IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH HIM, WHICH HELD HIM ACCOUNTABLE AND HELPED TO REDUCE HIS RISK OF RELAPSE AND RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS.

HIS JOURNEY WAS DIFFICULT, BUT HE PERSEVERED.

HE RECENTLY REPORTED THAT HE COMPLETED THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD OF HIS FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT AND HAS BEGUN TO RECEIVE FULL BENEFITS.

SO HE'S PROUD TO REPORT THAT HIS DEPENDABILITY AND WORK ETHIC HAVE ALLOWED HIM TO QUICKLY GAIN INCREASING LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY AT HIS NEW JOB AND THAT HE FEELS GOOD TO BE HEAVILY RELIED UPON.

HE'S MOST PROUD THAT HE'S NOW PROVIDING FOR HIMSELF.

HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, BUT HE'S GRATEFUL FOR HOW FAR HE'S COME.

HE THANKS THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM AND IS APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE HELP HE'S RECEIVED ALONG THE WAY.

IN TERMS OF WHAT WORKED.

AFTER CONSISTENT ENGAGEMENT, HE WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT SERVICES AND WORKED HARD TO STABILIZE HIS OWN LIFE.

CASE MANAGEMENT WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS PROCESS.

INTERFAITH SOCIAL WORKERS HELPED TO JOHN GET PLACEMENT IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS HIS NEEDS AND INCREASE HIS POTENTIAL FOR SUCCESS. AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR HOT TEAM MEMBERS THAT REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH HIM AND ENCOURAGED HIM ALONG THE WAY.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT BACK TO MR. SCHILLING. THANK YOU.

WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MICHELLE AND TELL HER STORY.

IN 2018, MICHELLE PURCHASED A MOTORHOME THAT SHE PLANNED TO LIVE IN.

BUT SHORTLY AFTER, SHE WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY A DRUNK DRIVER LANDING HER IN THE HOSPITAL FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WHEN SHE EXITED THE HOSPITAL, SHE EXITED TO THE STREETS AND WAS HOMELESS.

SHE HAD A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND SEVERE PAIN IN HER NECK AND BACK.

BUT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR SERVICES AND SHE WAS HERE IN CARLSBAD AND SHE WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO SOCIAL WORKER THROUGH THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT THE COUNTY IS RUNNING IN NORTH COUNTY.

SO THE SOCIAL WORKER FROM THE COUNTY STARTED HER THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING DISABILITY PAYMENTS SO SHE COULD HAVE SOME INCOME.

CONNECTED HER TO THE CAL FRESH PROGRAM SO THAT SHE COULD BECOME FOOD SECURE.

AND BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE COLLABORATION WE HAVE IN CARLSBAD, WAS ABLE TO CONNECT HER TO COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, WHO OPERATES OUR RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM.

COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, WORKED WITH HER TO FIND HOUSING OPTIONS AND WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FIND AN INDEPENDENT LIVING HOME.

SO AN INDEPENDENT LIVING HOME IS SHARED HOUSING FOR ADULTS.

SOMETIMES SHARED ROOMS, SOMETIMES INDIVIDUAL ROOMS, BUT SHARED COMMON AREAS.

THEY SHARE THE KITCHEN, THEY SHARE THE BATHROOM, AND SO IT'S ABLE TO REDUCE COSTS.

AND THEN THEY HAVE A PRIVATE LANDLORD WHO OPERATES THE HOME.

CRC PAID FOR THE DEPOSIT AND WAS ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE THE RENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL HER DISABILITY PAYMENTS COULD KICK IN SO SHE WOULDN'T LOSE OUT ON THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.

SO WHAT WORKED FOR MICHELLE WHEN SHE NEEDED HELP IN CARLSBAD? WE HAD SOCIAL WORKERS AVAILABLE AND SO SHE WAS ABLE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE BENEFITS THAT SHE WAS ENTITLED TO BASED ON HER DISABILITY.

SHE WAS ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD BECAUSE WE DO CASE CONFERENCING AND WE COLLABORATE SO CLOSELY SHE WAS ABLE TO BE CONNECTED TO HOUSING SUPPORTS THAT THE CITY FUNDS. WITH THOSE HOUSING SUPPORTS, SHE'S ABLE TO FIND AN INDEPENDENT LIVING HOME AND CAPITALIZE ON THAT IMMEDIATELY.

IT'S SO CRUCIAL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PAYMENTS AND BE READY TO GO AS SOME THINGS AVAILABLE BECAUSE VACANCY RATES ARE SO LOW AT THIS TIME AND BECAUSE OF THE RAPID REHOUSING

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SHE'S WORKING ON A SAVINGS PLAN AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S STABLE AND SHE DOESN'T LOSE THAT HOUSING DESPITE HER DISABILITY AND THE OTHER BARRIERS THAT SHE HAS. SO, ALTHOUGH NOT IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER WE ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT RECOGNITION FOR THE CITY FUNDED RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM. LAST WEEK, STAFF ATTENDED THE FIRST EVER REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS FOR SAN DIEGO CONFERENCE.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CONFERENCE, FIVE AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT TO RECOGNIZE TOP HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS.

FOR THE HOUSING SERVICES CATEGORY SHAUN ZENKO, WHO WORKS AS A CASE MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER WITHIN THE CITY FUNDED RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, RECEIVED THE AWARD.

OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WORKING IN HOUSING PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHAUN AND OUR RAPID HOUSING PROGRAM ARE RECOGNIZED.

SHAUN WAS NOTED FOR ALWAYS BEING COMPASSIONATE WHILE BEING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AT MOVING PEOPLE INTO HOUSING AND PROVIDING THEM WITH THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO STABILIZE.

SHE'S ALSO THE CASE MANAGER WHO HELPED END MICHELLE'S HOMELESSNESS FROM THIS QUARTER'S SUCCESS STORY.

AND THAT'S A PICTURE OF SHAUN ACCEPTING HER AWARD ON THE RIGHT.

I WILL NOW RETURN THE PRESENTATION BACK TO MS. MILLS. GREAT.

THANK YOU. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT'S COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK AN UPDATE TO THE EXISTING HOMELESS RESPONSE PLAN AND A RELATED WORK PLAN IN EARLY 2023.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LA POSADA TO PURSUE POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THAT SHELTER.

SO WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THEM ON SEEKING FEASIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING FOR THAT.

SO WE'LL BE REPORTING OUT ON THAT SOON.

AND THEN IN JANUARY, THE ANNUAL POINT-IN-TIME COUNT WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JANUARY 26TH.

AND AGAIN, THE CITY WILL BE HOSTING AND ORGANIZING THE PROCESS HERE IN CARLSBAD.

SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR QUARTERLY REPORT ON THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS.

THE ITEM ALSO INCLUDES STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO CONTINUE THE LIMITED TERM STAY MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM AND TO APPROPRIATE $60,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. SPEAKERS. YES, WE HAVE TWO.

MIKE BORRELLO FOLLOWED BY TERRY BURNS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO HOMELESSNESS A NATIONAL DISGRACE.

HOW DO WE REACH THIS POINT? FAILED POLICIES, IN PARTICULAR HOUSING FIRST.

SOUNDS GREAT. HOWEVER DYSFUNCTIONAL PERPETUATING NOT MITIGATING CATASTROPHE HOUSING THROWS MONEY AT THE ASSISTED HOUSING SECTOR TO GET PEOPLE BACK ON THEIR FEET.

THE PROBLEM IS NOT SO MUCH LACK OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S THE PEOPLE AND THEIR BEHAVIORS.

OBAMA AND OTHER ADVOCATES PROMISE THE HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM WOULD END ALL TYPES OF HOMELESSNESS BY 2023.

WELL, HERE WE ARE.

CLEARLY, HOUSING FIRST IS AN ABJECT FAILURE, RESULTING IN LOST LIVES, INCREASED ADDICTION AND SPIKES IN CRIME.

THE REALITY FROM 2015 TO 2019, UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN CALIFORNIA ROSE 47%, EVEN AS SUBSIDIES ROSE MORE THAN 40%. WE NOW HAVE ONE IN FOUR OF AMERICA'S OVERALL HOMELESS POPULATION, EVEN THOUGH ONLY 12% OF US POPULATION.

WHY? THE POLICY FUNDS FREE HOUSING WITHOUT REQUIRING ANYTHING IN RETURN.

BUT PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING NOT REQUIRING STOPPING DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, THE MENTALLY ILL TO SEEK HELP.

IT DOESN'T REQUIRE RECIPIENTS TO SEARCH FOR WORK OR EVEN TO OBEY THE LAW.

HOUSING FIRST IS A MISGUIDED COMPASSION.

THE LA TIMES REVEALED EACH HOMELESS HOUSING UNIT COSTS $837,000 FOR SMALL APARTMENT UNITS.

HOW DO WE FIX HOMELESSNESS? ELIMINATE HOUSING FIRST AS A PRIMARY APPROACH.

LOOK AT SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE HERE IN NORTH COUNTY.

EXCELLENT PROGRAM.

70% PLACEMENT.

PASS THE HOUSING PLUS ACT.

ANDY BARR, KENTUCKY.

AND MAYBE THAT'LL HAPPEN NOW THAT WE HAVE REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE.

PRIORITIZE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY AS A METRIC FOR SUCCESS RATHER THAN THE NUMBER OF VOUCHERS DISTRIBUTED.

AS A TAXPAYER, I'D LIKE TO SEE FOR THE INVESTMENT WE'RE PUTTING IN FOR EACH PERSON PLACED STABLE IN A STABLE

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I HAVE TO DO THAT MATH MYSELF.

I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU PRESENT THAT.

PRIORITIZE FUNDING, MENTAL ILLNESS, CLINICAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND JOB TRAINING AND RETENTION SERVICES.

ELIMINATE BUILDING FEES AND REGULATIONS FOR REAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO IT'S A CITY PROBLEM, BUT IT'S ALSO A COUNTY AND A STATE PROBLEM.

NATHAN FLETCHER GOT UP WEEKS BACK AND HE DECLARED THAT THE WHOLE PROBLEM IS A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.

IT'S NOT THAT IT'S BEHAVIORS, IT'S NOT LACK OF HOUSING.

IT'S THE BEHAVIORS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THANK YOU. TERRY BURNS.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW ANY OF THIS WORKED.

AND I HAD ABOUT FIVE AND ONE HALF MINUTES OF NOTES.

AND AT 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON, I WENT ON YOUR WEBSITE AND SAW I HAD 3 MINUTES AND I WAS ABLE TO READ THAT FIVE AND ONE HALF IN 3 MINUTES.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE MANDARIN.

SO WE'LL SKIP THAT.

I MOVED BACK TO CARLSBAD VILLAGE, AND ON DECEMBER 9TH, NOVEMBER 9TH, I MOVED INTO MY PLACE.

SO FOR TWO WEEKS I HAD TO STAY AT A HOTEL.

HAS ANYONE BEEN TO THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE INN.

RIGHT ACROSS THE FREEWAY.

IT'S A VOUCHER HOTEL.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

AND I WAS THERE FOR TWO WEEKS AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY COUNSELORS.

ALL I SAW WERE IN THE BACK SIDE, ESPECIALLY ON GRAND AVENUE, PEOPLE SMOKING POT, DRINKING.

AND I DID SEE A COUPLE OF YOUNG FAMILIES.

THEY BROUGHT THEIR LITTLE KIDS TO GO TO LEGOLAND, AND THEY CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND WALKING THROUGH THE POT SMOKE.

THE FATHER WAS BEYOND ANGRY.

AND THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TO CARLSBAD VILLAGE.

I SPENT TWO WEEKS THERE.

IS THAT ONE OF THE VOUCHER HOTELS? IS THAT ONE OF THE VOUCHER HOTELS? SO YOU DON'T OKAY.

THREE MINUTES MOMENT TO SPEAK.

I HAVE OTHER SOLUTIONS AND I'M HOPING I CAN MEET.

WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR OFFICE TIME FOR 10, 15 MINUTES.

BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WORKING.

THANKS. SIR, YOU CAN CALL CITY HALL AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET WITH ANY ONE OF US.

ANY OF US WILL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AND HEAR YOU OUT.

THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

START WITH DR.

BHAT-PATEL. SWITCHING IT UP.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE UPDATE.

LET ME JUST LOOK THROUGH MY NOTES HERE REALLY QUICKLY.

SO OVER THIS PAST QUARTER, IS IT ACCURATE THAT YOU MENTIONED? AND IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT SAID HOW MANY FOLKS WERE REHOUSED? WAS IT 12? DID I GET THAT RIGHT OR WERE THERE MORE THAT WERE 18. OKAY. AND OVERALL, IN THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR, DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER? I KNOW YOU HAD SHARED THAT FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER.

I THINK YOU HAD DONE LIKE THE ANNUAL.

BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR HOW MANY WE'VE HAD? FOR TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING? YES. IN THE FISCAL YEAR 21 TO 22, IT WAS 62 IN THAT YEAR.

OKAY. GREAT.

THANK YOU. AND I THINK.

THIS. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAD A FIVE YEAR WORK PLAN THAT WE HAD ADOPTED IN 2021, AND MOST OF THE TASKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

WHAT PARTICULAR OUTSTANDING ON THERE, IF YOU COULD, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO DETAIL EVERY SINGLE ONE, BUT JUST A HIGH LEVEL WOULD BE GREAT.

SURE. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TASKS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR, THE ONLY TASK THAT'S STILL BEING WORKED ON IS THE CONTRACT WITH LA POSADA FOR ENHANCED TRAINING AND THE ADDITION OF THE CLINICIANS.

SO THAT REALLY THAT CONTRACT WAS EXECUTED IN LATE JUNE FOR LIKE A JULY ONE START.

SO THEIR RECRUITMENT PROCESS OBVIOUSLY EXTENDED INTO THIS NEW FISCAL YEAR.

SO. AND HAS THAT HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO SECURE THOSE FOLKS? THERE'S ONE PERSON I SHOULD TAKE IT BACK, FOR ONE OF THE POSITIONS THEY ACTUALLY ARE HIRING TWO PART TIME PEOPLE.

SO THEY HAD A HARD TIME FINDING A FULL TIME EQUIVALENT.

AND SO THESE LICENSED CLINICIANS HAVE OTHER WORK.

AND SO THEY'RE BOTH WORKING PART TIME AND THEN THEY ARE HAVE TO GO BACK TO POSTING AND RE-RECRUITING FOR THE SECOND POSITION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT IS?

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SURE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO. SO THE INITIAL PROGRAM WAS ADOPTED.

WE PRESENTED IT OPTIONS BACK IN LATE SEPTEMBER OF 2021.

AND AT THE POINT IN TIME THIS WAS GOING TO BE A LIMITED TERM ONE NIGHT AT A TIME.

AND THIS WAS REALLY SO THAT FOR FOLKS IN THE EVENING HOURS THAT WERE CAMPING OUT ON THE STREET, THAT THOSE FOLKS COULD GO SEEK SHELTER FOR THE EVENING.

AND THEN THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM AND SOCIAL WORKERS COULD CONNECT WITH THEM IN THE MORNING AND LINK THEM UP WITH SERVICES.

AND THAT REALLY IS THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF POLICIES AND GUIDELINES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWS.

AND SO THE WATCH COMMANDER CAN AUTHORIZE THAT FOR THE EVENING.

SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THEY CAN'T BE BASICALLY A ARRESTABLE OFFENSE, SO THEY CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE THAT CAN'T BE DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

THEY CAN'T BE IN LIKE A MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS SITUATION.

SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST ANY PERSON THAT'S ON THE STREET.

SO IT'S REALLY FOR A LIMITED NEED.

AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEEK SHELTER, BUT PERHAPS IT'S AFTER HOURS FOR SHELTER INTAKE.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A BED FOR THE NIGHT.

AND SO THAT WAS REALLY THE ORIGINAL INTENTION OF THE PROGRAM.

WE DID LEARN THROUGHOUT THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OR SO THAT IT WAS VERY HARD, LIKE FOR ONE NIGHT OR MAYBE POSSIBLY TWO NIGHTS, IT WAS VERY HARD TO BRIDGE SOMEBODY TO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE PERMANENT.

AND SO WE DID PROPOSE BACK IN JUNE TO HAVE LIKE KIND OF LIKE AN EXTENSION, LIKE A SECOND PART OF THE PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE AN ACTIVE HOUSING PLAN THEN COULD BE STAYING LESS THAN 30 DAYS.

SO THEY'D BE GETTING THEY'D BE WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR CASE MANAGERS.

THEY BASICALLY HAVE THERE'S A FEW INSTANCES LIKE BASICALLY THEY MAYBE THEY EVEN HAVE A LEASE THAT THEY'VE SIGNED.

IT'S JUST THEY'RE AWAITING A MOVE IN DATE OR MAYBE THEY HAVE A VOUCHER AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MEET WITH DIFFERENT LANDLORDS OR PROPERTY MANAGERS.

IN THAT INSTANCE, WE ONE, WE WANT TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED IN THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT AND ACTIVELY WORKING ON THEIR HOUSING PLAN.

AND IT IS A LOT EASIER THAN FOR THEM TO PRESENT THEMSELVES WELL FOR A RENTAL UNIT WHEN THEY CAN SHOWER AND GET CLEANED UP.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE WENT WITH THAT SECOND PROGRAM AS WELL.

IT'S ONLY BEEN FOR A FEW MONTHS AND IT'S SUCH A LIMITED POPULATION.

WE'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO SERVE FOUR PEOPLE WITH THAT SINCE JULY.

BUT THREE OUT OF THOSE FOUR PEOPLE ARE NOW PERMANENTLY HOUSED.

SO OVER THE WHOLE YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING BOTH PROGRAMS AND I DON'T KNOW, LIEUTENANT KOVANDA, DID YOU WANT TO ADD IS THERE ANY DIFFERENT INFORMATION YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THE PROGRAM OR? OKAY. THE HOTELS, THE MOTELS THAT WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING, IT'S ECONOMY MOTEL IN THE LOCATION WHERE THE PERSON WAS, WHERE THEY WERE FOUND [INAUDIBLE] OR INTERACTED WITH.

I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN KIND OF IN THIS NORTHWEST AREA QUADRANT OF THE CITY AND.

LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE INSTANCE OF DAMAGE TO A UNIT WITHIN THE YEAR, AND THAT'S FROM FEEDBACK FROM THE MOTELS.

THAT'S THE ONLY EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW WE'VE RECEIVE FEEDBACK QUITE A BIT, WHETHER IT'S FROM EMAIL OR OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, JUST ASKING QUESTIONS AROUND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE VOUCHER PROGRAM. SO THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO JUST WALK THROUGH IT AND JUST TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW FOLKS CAN QUALIFY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND THEN ALSO HOW WE'RE KEEPING TRACK.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO ASK, AND THAT'LL BE MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST AROUND IF SOMEBODY WERE TO BE DISRUPTIVE OR BREAKING THE RULES OR ANYTHING TO THAT REGARD, I'M ASSUMING, IS THERE SOME SORT OF MEASURE IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THAT? I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

I'LL ANSWER THAT. YES.

YEAH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY HANDLE THAT.

SO WE APPROVED THESE STAYS ONE NIGHT AT A TIME AND WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH THEM.

THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING THEM THERE IS SO THAT WE WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH THEM THE FOLLOWING DAY.

AND IF THERE WERE SOME SORT OF A PROBLEM, WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT THROUGH AN ENFORCEMENT MEASURE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. MS. ACOSTA.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND ESPECIALLY THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR STORIES AND HOW WE WERE ABLE TO HELP

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IT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE LAST QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL ABOUT WHEN THERE IS AN INCIDENT OR SOMEBODY IS BEING DISRUPTIVE.

WHAT IF SOMEONE IN THE PUBLIC SEES THAT? WHAT IF IT'S NOT TOO DISRUPTIVE BUT THEY NEED TO CONTACT SOMEONE AND ASK A QUESTION? IS THERE A WEBSITE OR IS THERE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN CALL A NUMBER AT THE CITY TO REACH SOMEBODY AND ASK, IS THIS OK OR I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE? IS THIS? I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS LEGAL OR NOT.

IS THERE A PLACE THEY CAN CALL? SO THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD, ACTUALLY, ABOUT GETTING OUR INFORMATION OUT THERE.

IF THEY CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'LL PUT THAT CALLER IN TOUCH WITH US.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE A DIRECT EMAIL.

THERE'S ALSO ONLINE REPORTING THAT COMES TO US.

AND FEEL FREE TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD IF THERE'S ANY OF THAT THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC.

THE EMAIL WOULD BE POLICEHOT@CARLSBADCA.GOV.

AND SO THAT COMES TO THE TEAM.

SO IF SOMEBODY HAD AN ISSUE, THEY COULD SEND US AN EMAIL AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT.

EVERY TEAM MEMBER WOULD GET THAT AND WE'D BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM FROM THERE.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

I KNOW THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE ON THE COUNCIL RECEIVE EMAILS FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEY'LL SEND PHOTOS AND QUESTIONS AND THINGS AND WE ALWAYS ROUTE THEM TO YOU AS WELL.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE IN CASE PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS AND THEY WANT TO REACH OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

CONTINUE WITH YOUR COMMENTS.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU. EVEN EVEN BEFORE THIS CURRENT ITERATION OF THE VOUCHER PROGRAM, I REMEMBER THESE LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP PEOPLE AND HOW WE CAN USE THESE DIFFERENT APPROACHES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

SOME HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND DRUG ABUSE ISSUES, AND SOME DON'T.

SOME ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS AND IT'S A TEMPORARY THING OR THEY'RE PILING UP WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEY NEED ASSISTANCE AND TO BE CONNECTED WITH SERVICES.

SO I AM VERY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF THAT WE DO NOW, THAT WE'RE WE'RE STAFFED UP TO.

TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED ON THE COUNCIL, WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY STAFF, PEOPLE AND RESOURCES DEDICATED TO THESE ISSUES.

WE AS A COUNCIL TOOK THIS ON AS A GOAL AND A PRIORITY, AND IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE ARE MAKING SOME REALLY POSITIVE MOVEMENT AND HELPING PEOPLE.

SO THE PROBLEM CONTINUES NOT JUST IN CARLSBAD, BUT EVERYWHERE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

AND I THINK THAT WE ARE DOING REALLY GREAT WORK IN OUR CITY TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR CITY FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK AND WE APPRECIATE THE REGULAR UPDATES.

THANK YOU. DR.

BHAT-PATEL. SURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I KNOW THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO ADDRESS HOLISTICALLY.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA SAID IT WELL THAT IN TERMS OF THE TEAM THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER, OF COURSE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN SAY THAT I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR.

AND DEFINITELY JUST HEARING FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE GET POSITIVE FEEDBACK, SOMETIMES WE GET OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST AN ABILITY FOR US TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE? AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE CONTINUING TO TAKE THOSE MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SERVICING THE COMMUNITY WELL, WHETHER IT'S FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT ON THIS.

MR. NORBY. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND YOUR HARD WORK.

IT IS A TASK THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO ACCOMPLISH COMPLETELY.

IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT I DO FEEL THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AS COUNCIL HAS WORKED ON IT, CERTAINLY AS A RESIDENT AND A HOMEOWNER, I FEEL LIKE, WELL, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ADDRESSING IT AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE A LOT SAFER.

I GUESS THE UNKNOWN OF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WAS REALLY, REALLY KIND OF A SCARY SITUATION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE METRICS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE OF CRIME, PERCENTAGE OF PHONE CALLS, SO WE CAN EVALUATE HOW LARGE THE PROBLEM IS.

AND I KNOW THAT WAS KIND OF AN ONGOING SITUATION FROM OUR FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT.

AND IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER EACH TIME.

I APPRECIATE THE ADAPTIVENESS IN TERMS OF RETURNING $3 MILLION DOLLARS TO OUR GENERAL FUNDS VERSUS THE INITIAL KIND OF EXPECTATION AND OUTLAY, WHICH IS GREAT. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT OR THIS ALLOTMENT HERE OF FUNDS TO CONTINUE A PROGRAM THAT'S WORKING REALLY, REALLY GREAT.

I THINK THAT THAT'S AWESOME AS WELL.

I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET TO A PLACE AND KIND OF NORMALIZE, IF YOU WILL, OR GET BACK TO A LEVEL OF THE PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE

[01:50:08]

WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE'VE MADE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS INTO IT OR A YEAR AND A HALF INTO IT.

AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL JUST NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS I TALKED WITH MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THE COUNTY, THIS CITY HAS, IF WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS A HOMELESS SITUATION BETWEEN UNSHELTERED AND SHELTERED, THIS CITY HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENT OF ITS HOMELESS POPULATION SHELTERED.

AND I THINK THAT THAT IS COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.

AND I THINK THAT IS A REAL GREAT THING FOR CARLSBAD.

WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT, THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION THAT ARE IN SHELTERED SITUATIONS AND WE HAVE ITEMS ON THE TABLE FOR US TO TO GROW THAT PERCENTAGE AND TO MAKE THAT EVEN MORE SO.

I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU. WE'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN TONIGHT VERSUS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

WE CAN SEE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

SOME OF OUR BIGGEST CRITICS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY'VE SEEN SOME GREAT IMPROVEMENTS.

YOU TELL SOME GOOD STORIES ABOUT SUCCESS STORIES.

I WOULD NEVER WANT TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON SAVING A HUMAN FROM THE STREETS AND GETTING THEM INTO HOMES.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO STOP PATTING OURSELVES ON THE BACK COMPLETELY.

I STILL WALK AROUND.

I SEE PEOPLE WHO WE'VE LET DOWN, PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL ISSUES THAT WERE LETTING THEM LIVE ON THE STREETS AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE MENTAL CAPABILITY TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES. I SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS BY NO CHOICE OF THEIR OWN, JUST A LOT OF BAD CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THEY FIND THEMSELVES LIVING IN THEIR CARS.

I WANT TO FOCUS MORE ATTENTION ON THEM.

I WANT TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH OF OUR TIME AND RESOURCES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I BELIEVE IN TOUGH LOVE.

EVERY TIME I SEE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS WHO CHOOSE METH OVER A HOME AND THERE'S A LOT OF THEM WHO WILL LOOK ME RIGHT IN THE EYE AND SAY, I'M JUST NOT READY TO TRADE MY METH FOR A HOUSE.

ALSO, PEOPLE WHO'VE JUST DECIDED THAT HOMELESSNESS IS THEIR WAY OF LIFE, THEY'D RATHER DRINK IN THE PARK WITH THEIR FRIENDS THAN HAVE TO GO TO A JOB EVERY DAY.

I DON'T THINK WE WE'RE USING ENOUGH TOUGH LOVE WITH THOSE FOLKS AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE SAME STANDARDS THAT YOU WOULD HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE IF I WAS WANDERING AROUND DRUNK IN A PARK OR ANYTHING ELSE.

SO I DO WANT TO FOCUS MORE ATTENTION ON THAT.

IF IT MEANS MORE RESOURCES, IF PEOPLE WANT HELP, I WANT TO GET THEM THEIR HELP.

IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT HELP AND THEY WANT TO BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE COMMUNITY, THEN I WANT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE ACTION.

I KNOW THAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE I'M NOT CARING, BUT BY US LETTING THEM CONTINUE AND PERPETUATE THAT KIND OF LIFESTYLE, I THINK THAT IS IS AN EXAMPLE OF US NOT CARING. I THINK THE HOTEL VOUCHER ISSUE IS EXCELLENT.

I'VE WATCHED IT WORK.

I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET OFF THE STREET.

THEY'RE SHIVERING IN THE COLD WITH THEIR TWO KIDS.

THEY WANT HELP.

I THINK THE VOUCHER PROGRAM IS EXCELLENT FOR THAT.

I'VE ALSO WATCHED OUR POLICE ADMINISTRATORS, THEY DO NOT LET ANYBODY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

IT'S NOT A REVOLVING DOOR.

IT'S NOT SOMEBODY WHO LIES AND SAYS, I'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR SERVICES, GETS A FREE NIGHT IN A HOTEL AND THEN TWO OR THREE DAYS LATER SAYS THE SAME THING.

THEY'RE NOT GETTING AWAY WITH THAT.

SO I GIVE TOTAL CREDIT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I THINK THE VOUCHER PROGRAM IS EXCELLENT.

I WISH THERE WAS A WAY WE CAN HOUSE THEM IN ONE LOCATION.

SO OUR COUNSELING AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY TO GIVE THEM THE ATTENTION AND THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.

BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY.

SO I WANT TO SAY I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT WE HAVE A LOT MORE THAT WE STILL HAVE TO GET ACCOMPLISHED.

AND WITH THAT, I MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND WITHOUT THE MAYOR PRESENT.

AND I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.

SO NEXT WILL BE CLOSING STATEMENTS.

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]

YOU'VE SWITCHED IT UP ON US TONIGHT, SO, WHICH IS GREAT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL.

AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH LOVED ONES WITH THAT.

AND THEN I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO OFFERED THEMSELVES FOR PUBLIC SERVICE BY BEING A CANDIDATE FOR OUR LOCAL OFFICES AND CONGRATULATE THE WINNERS OF THE ELECTION.

AND I KNOW THEY'LL SERVE US WELL FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

[01:55:03]

THANK YOU. YES, HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYBODY.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE.

I WAS LOOKING AT MY LIST OF APPOINTMENTS AND I SIT ON THE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS NEXT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH IN THE MORNING, AND IT'S HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME OR WATCH IT ONLINE.

EVERYTHING IS BROADCAST LIVE ONLINE, SO YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT THE CITY WEBSITE TO FIND THAT.

AND OTHER THAN THAT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY BUSY NEXT WEEK.

I THINK NEXT WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING IS GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING, SO I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WEEK.

EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT WEEK.

THANKS. DR.

BHAT-PATEL. YES, THANK YOU.

I TOO, JUST WANT TO SAY I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A RESTFUL HOLIDAY SEASON THAT KICKED OFF WITH THANKSGIVING.

I KNOW THERE WERE QUITE A FEW TREE LIGHTINGS ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH I KNOW A FEW OF US ATTENDED.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, IN TERMS OF COMMITTEES, I DID HAVE THE SHORELINE PRESERVATION WORKING GROUP COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THEY DID DISCUSS CARLSBAD AND NORTH AND SOUTH CARLSBAD.

I KNOW IT'S NOT AGENDIZED, SO I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT'S BEING DONE WITH REGARDS TO SAND REPLENISHMENT IN OUR AREA AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE IN THE REGION TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE INVESTING HERE IN CARLSBAD.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT TODAY I HAD THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT PERFORMANCE ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING AND JUST TALKING ABOUT OVERALL FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS MOVING FORWARD, RIDERSHIP, ETC., WAS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. AND THEN WE DO HAVE OUR FULL BOARD MEETING NEXT THURSDAY.

AND OF COURSE, I HAVE OFFICE HOURS TOMORROW, JUST LIKE MOST WEDNESDAYS FROM 3 TO 4:30.

THANK YOU. AND A SHORT EXPLANATION FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

AND THAT'S PART OF THE LAW.

SO WITH THAT, ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, 2022, AT 11:00 AM, COUNCIL IS INVITED TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S DEDICATION TO THE ANN KULCHIN COURTYARD AT 1775 DOVE LANE, CARLSBAD.

AND THAT'S AT THE DOVE LIBRARY.

CITY MANAGER.

NOTHING TO REPORT. THANK YOU.

CLERK. NOTHING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.