13. UPDATE ON THE CITY’S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY, RATIFY CONTRACT FOR BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSIDER EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION

[13. UPDATE ON THE CITY’S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY, RATIFY CONTRACT FOR BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSIDER EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION]

CITY MANAGER, PLEASE. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND RATIFY A CONTRACT FOR BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS CONSIDER EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION.

AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE TABLE IS OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JEFF PATINO, OUR CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, DAVID GRAHAM, AND OUR COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR, CHRISTINA RAY.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO REPORT OUT ON THE CITY'S ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE LOCAL TRAFFIC EMERGENCY, INCLUDING SOME NEW DATA AND THE LAUNCH OF THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.

WE'RE ALSO RETURNING TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH INFORMATION YOU REQUESTED ON OPTIONS FOR FUNDING, ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING AND TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSIONS.

FINALLY, WE'RE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER RATIFYING ONE CONTRACT THAT WAS EXECUTED UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY AS DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND TO CONSIDER WHETHER YOU WISH TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS.

TO START, I'D LIKE TO UPDATE THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE CITY ACTIONS TO DATE IN RESPONSE TO THE EMERGENCY.

AS A REMINDER, THE CITY IS TAKING A THREE PRONGED APPROACH TO TRAFFIC SAFETY, WHICH WE CALL THE THREE E'S EDUCATION, ENGINEERING AND ENFORCEMENT.

LIKEWISE, WE'RE FOCUSING ON ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE SAFER STREETS REQUIRE THE COOPERATION OF EVERYONE WHO USES OUR ROADS.

THE CITY'S SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLAN, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT 30 DAYS FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, OUTLINES A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF ACTIONS THAT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COLLISIONS ON LOCAL ROADS.

THIS INCLUDES POLICIES, PROJECTS AND OTHER ACTIONS THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND ARE UNDERWAY.

14 NEW INITIATIVES YOU APPROVED.

WHEN WE PRESENTED THE PLAN ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2022, AND A LIST OF ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE.

ON THE PUBLIC EDUCATION FRONT, THE CITY CONTINUES TO USE ALL THE CHANNELS AVAILABLE TO KEEP TRAFFIC SAFETY TOP OF MIND FROM LOCAL MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA PARTNERING WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, MOBILITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

HERE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE VIDEOS THE CITY HAS CREATED TO HELP EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ROAD SAFETY.

WE'RE USING A VARIETY OF FORMATS AND ENGAGING MANY DIFFERENT SPOKESPEOPLE TO TELL THE STORY OF SAFETY.

FOR EXAMPLE, A REPRESENTATIVE OF SCRIPPS HEALTH EXCUSE ME SCRIPPS HOSPITAL IS THERE IN THE UPPER LEFT OF THE SCREEN TALKING ABOUT HOW TO FIT A HELMET.

THEN WE HAVE A LOCAL BUSINESS PED-A-GO, EMPHASIS ON THE HEAD IN THE LOWER RIGHT, WHO HOSTED ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO GIVE AN E-BIKE SAFETY TIPS OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ON THE LOWER LEFT TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY WORKED WITH THE CITY TO SLOW TRAFFIC IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND FINALLY, YOU CAN SEE AN ANIMATED VIDEO ADDRESSING ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF BIKE COLLISIONS WITH CARS.

AND THAT'S THE RIGHT HOOK.

AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS TO DATE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE ACHIEVING SIGNIFICANT REACH WITH THE CITY'S TRAFFIC SAFETY MESSAGES.

CITY STAFF ALSO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON PROJECTS DESIGNED TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND MAKE MORE ROOM FOR WALKERS AND BICYCLISTS.

YOU HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.

WE'RE ALSO MEETING WITH RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS IN SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS.

ONE OF THE MOST SPECIFIC ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS THE RESTRIPING OF OVER 200 ROAD SEGMENTS USING PAINT TO SLOW TRAFFIC AND MAKE MORE ROOM FOR BICYCLISTS.

FINALLY, ON THE ENFORCEMENT FRONT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ALL FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SERVE CARLSBAD TO EXPLORE WAYS TO EDUCATE YOUR E-BIKE RIDERS ON THE RULES OF THE ROAD BY OFFERING SAFETY CLASSES IN EXCHANGE FOR A PERMIT TO PARK A BIKE ON CAMPUS.

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THIS ADDRESSES THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN WE HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS, WHICH IS THAT YOUNG E-BIKE RIDERS WHO DON'T DRIVE YET HAVE NOT HAD MUCH EDUCATION ON THE RULES OF THE ROAD YET. A LICENSE IS NOT REQUIRED TO RIDE AN E-BIKE.

WE'RE HOPEFUL THIS PROGRAM CAN BECOME A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES AND HELP BRIDGE THE GAP UNTIL STATE LAW CATCHES UP WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS E-BIKES.

I SHOULD MENTION THIS IS IN ADDITION TO WORK THAT OUR STATE LOBBYISTS ARE WORKING ON TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL RULES FOR E-BIKES AT THE STATE LEVEL.

NOW HERE YOU CAN SEE SINCE THE START OF THE EMERGENCY, CARLSBAD POLICE HAVE TAKEN NEARLY 4000 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS RELATED TO TRAFFIC SAFETY, INCLUDING 147 DUI ARRESTS. I ALSO WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT A LITTLE UNDER HALF OF THE TOTAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN, WARNINGS WHICH DEMONSTRATES THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO SERVING IN A VERY IMPORTANT PUBLIC EDUCATION ROLE.

FINALLY, BECAUSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP IN PASSING, THE REGION'S FIRST LAW SPECIFIC TO E-BIKES, WERE ABLE TO OFFER THE OPTION OF TAKING A SAFETY COURSE INSTEAD OF PAYING AN E-BIKE CITATION.

FINE ON THE FIRST OFFENSE.

TO DATE, 90 PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPTION.

SO WITH THAT QUICK OVERVIEW OF ACTIONS COMPLETED TO DATE, I WOULD LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER DAVID GRAHAM, WHO PROVIDE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE DATA AND WHAT THE RESULTS OF OUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN SO FAR.

DAVID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO AS WE LOOK AT THE DATA INFORMED ACTIONS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE, WE REALLY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, WHETHER IT'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AS YOU SAW, ENFORCEMENT, DATA MAPPING, ALL OF THIS IS DRIVING OUR DECISION MAKING ASSOCIATED WITH WHERE TO MAKE THE MOST TARGETED ACTIONS FOR THE MOST EFFICIENT RESULTS.

SO EARLY ON, YOU'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.

WE DEVELOPED A HEAT MAP WHICH BASICALLY SHOWED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AN ANALYSIS OF WHERE COLLISIONS WERE MOST OFTEN OCCURRING OF ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND YOU ALSO SAW THE NEAR TERM INTERVENTIONS LIKE DIGITAL MESSAGE BOARDS, SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY BANNERS THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY SHOWING A FULL APPROACH TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

IN ADDITION, THOUGH, WE ALSO HAVE LOOKED AT TAKING THAT EXACT SAME HEAT MAP AND LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS AS WELL.

SO WHETHER IT WAS THE PLANNED RESURFACING TRAFFIC CIRCLES, THE FUNDED IMPROVEMENTS, HIGH VISIBILITY, GREEN PAINT, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN UPDATING CITY COUNCIL AT DURING THESE BRIEFINGS AND USING THOSE INTERVENTIONS TO DRIVE OUR FURTHER DECISIONS.

NOW WE DID AN ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THAT LOOKED AT ALL OF THE INJURY COLLISIONS, LOCATIONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE DECLARATION OF THE EMERGENCY IN AUGUST AND HOW THAT MATCHED UP WITH COMPLETED ACTIONS.

FIRST, YOU CAN SEE THE COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR HIGH VISIBILITY, GREEN PAINT IN AREAS THAT WERE SOME OF THE HIGHEST FOR INJURY COLLISIONS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND PLACES WHERE ADDITIONAL COLLISIONS WERE OCCURRING.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AGAIN, FOCUSED IN PLACES WHERE TRADITIONALLY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THERE WERE A SERIES OF COLLISIONS, BUT ALSO THOSE NEW POINTS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE EMERGENCY SIGNAL TIMING, WHICH WAS ALSO MENTIONED FROM A CITYWIDE PERSPECTIVE IN THE PREVIOUS REPORT, HAS ALSO BEEN USED NOT JUST TO DEAL WITH THROUGHPUT, BUT MAKING SURE THAT REGARDLESS OF THE MODE OF TRAVEL, WHETHER IT'S BIKE, PEDESTRIANS OR VEHICLES THAT WERE MAXIMIZING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAFETY OF ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AT KEY INTERSECTIONS.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, TRAFFIC CALMING STUDIES HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN FIVE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING TO DATE THAT WILL HAVE A LONG TERM IMPACT ON CREATING SAFER STREETS.

THEN FINALLY, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE SCHOOL ZONES HAVE BEEN AND THE RESTRIPING AND REPAINTING, IMPROVING THINGS LIKE OUR HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS AND ALSO BIKE LANES IN THESE AREAS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY THERE'S BEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO RESTRIPING AND REPAINT IN THOSE SCHOOL ZONES.

NOW, WHEN LOOKING AT WHAT THE RESULTS OF THIS MAY BE, YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT AT THE LAST PRESENTATION I PROVIDED SOME ANALYSIS REGARDING ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AS IT RELATED TO INJURY COLLISIONS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

AND WHILE IN 2017, 2018 AND 2019 THERE WERE SIMILAR TRENDS KIND OF STAYING IN THAT BETWEEN 65 AND MAYBE UPWARDS OF 95 COLLISIONS. WE SAW SOME CHANGES AS WE BEGAN TO MOVE INTO THE LATER YEARS.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE IN 2020 A SIGNIFICANT DIP IN THE NUMBER OF COLLISIONS, INJURY COLLISIONS DURING THAT ONSET OF COVID WHEN THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT LOCKDOWNS.

BUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU SAW THAT ONCE AGAIN WE'RE BACK IN ABOUT THE SAME NUMBERS.

NOW, WHAT WAS REALLY CONCERNING WAS IN 2021 WHEN WE DIDN'T SEE THAT SORT OF LULL IN THE MIDDLE AND WE BASICALLY SAW AN UPWARDS TREND HITTING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF INJURY COLLISIONS IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER.

YOU CAN SEE FOR THOSE PREVIOUS YEARS THAT THERE WAS CONSISTENTLY A TREND IN THOSE WINTER MONTHS IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER.

BUT HERE IT CONSISTS IT MOVED AT A MUCH MORE CONCERNING CLIP THAN PREVIOUSLY.

AND THAT'S WHERE, AS WE LOOKED AT THE TREND FOR 2022 AND WHEN THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY OCCURRED, NOT ONLY DID WE START AT A VERY HIGH NUMBER, ROUGHLY ABOUT 95

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COLLISIONS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AT JANUARY TO MARCH, BUT BY JULY AND SEPTEMBER, WE HAD HIT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF INJURY COLLISIONS OF THE QUARTER FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. NOW IF IT WERE TO HAVE FOLLOWED THE EXACT SAME PATHWAY, SO A 20% INCREASE BETWEEN THAT THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER THAT HAD HAPPENED IN 2021, WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF COLLISIONS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN CARLSBAD IN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME, PUSHING UPWARDS OF 130 INJURY COLLISIONS.

BUT WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING? WELL, THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY OCCURRED IN AUGUST TIME FRAME RIGHT IN THAT THIRD QUARTER.

AND WE, IN FACT, SAW THE OPPOSITE TREND.

WE ENDED UP SEEING A 20% DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, WHICH WAS VERY GOOD NEWS INDEED.

EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 2022 TREND, THAT IS ROUGHLY A 40% DECREASE FROM WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OR WHAT WAS EXPECTED TO OCCUR.

SO NOT ONLY DID WE SEE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE EMERGENCY A REVERSAL IN THE TREND OF AN INCREASE IN THAT LAST QUARTER BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER, BUT WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE, A TOTAL OF A 40% SWING FROM WHAT WAS EXPECTED TO WHAT WE ENDED UP SEEING.

TRULY, WE CAN SEE THAT INJURIES AND POTENTIALLY LIVES WERE SAVED ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ACTIONS.

AND THE TRENDS ARE PRETTY CLEAR THAT WITH CONSISTENTLY REMAINING VIGILANT AND EDUCATING THE VERY SWIFT ACTION OF THE CITY, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND COMPARING THOSE QUARTERS AND COMPARING PREVIOUS YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT TREND THAT IS OUTSIDE OF ANY ANOMALY WE COULD HAVE OTHERWISE EXPECTED TO HAVE SEEN.

SO WHAT ARE THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE TREND ANALYSIS? WELL, REALLY THAT SAFER STREETS HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON DATA INFORMED.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT QUARTERLY COMPARISON OF INJURY COLLISIONS SINCE THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, A REVERSE TREND IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS QUITE TREMENDOUS.

THE COMPREHENSIVE THREE E'S APPROACH HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE DEFINITELY IN REACH IF WE LOOK AT ACTIVITY METRICS, BUT ALSO IN THE OUTCOMES AS WELL.

HOWEVER, ONGOING MONITORING AND ANALYSIS WILL INFORM A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO SAFER STREETS, AND WE HOPE TO SEE THE EXACT SAME TRENDS CONTINUE WITH A REVERSAL IN INJURY COLLISIONS OF ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.

WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT, TINA RAE.

GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF OUR PLEDGE CAMPAIGN.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN CONCEPT RECENTLY AS PART OF THE SAFER STREETS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND IT WAS ONE OF MANY ACTIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AT THAT TIME.

AND WE ARE GOING TO BE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHING THIS CAMPAIGN TOMORROW.

SO IT'S VERY TIMELY THAT I GET TO FILL YOU IN THIS EVENING.

I WANTED TO START FIRST BY JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE CAME TO YOU WITH THIS IDEA.

ON THE RIGHT ARE FAMILIAR THREE E'S.

I THINK I'M MAYBE THE 14TH PERSON TO SAY THAT THIS EVENING.

SO I WON'T BELABOR IT, BUT THE FIRST E STANDS FOR EDUCATION.

AND SO EDUCATION IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE REALLY RAMPED UP OUR EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT EDUCATION IS NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST WAY TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR.

SO WHEN WE SAW AN INCREASE IN ENFORCEMENT AUTOMATICALLY CHANGES BEHAVIOR, RIGHT? THAT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY.

THE CHALLENGE IS SOMETIMES WHEN THAT ENFORCEMENT GOES AWAY, THEN THE BEHAVIORS CAN COME BACK.

SO YOU WANT TO ALSO LAYER THE WORK WE'RE DOING ON OUR STREETS BY NARROWING THE LANES.

IT MAKES DRIVERS GO A LITTLE BIT MORE SLOWLY.

PUTTING A ROUNDABOUT IN MAKES THEM PAY A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION.

SO THAT'S ALSO A BEHAVIOR.

IT'S JUST WE GET ADDED A DIFFERENT WAY.

AND SO BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT EDUCATION DOESN'T NECESSARILY.

CHANGE BEHAVIOR ON ITS OWN.

WE CAME TO YOU WITH THIS IDEA OF A COMMITMENT CAMPAIGN, AND SO THAT IS LAYERING ON TOP.

IT DOESN'T START WITH E, BUT IT'S WE'LL CALL IT PART OF THE EDUCATION.

BUT JUST TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION, IT'S REALLY ABOUT APPEALING TO OUR COMMUNITY TO STEP UP AND DO THEIR PART.

AND SO A FEW COMMON ELEMENTS OF A CAMPAIGN LIKE THIS THAT WE KNOW WORK.

THE FIRST IS TO HAVE A COMMITMENT AND HAVE PEOPLE MAKE IT IN WRITING, OR I GUESS IN TODAY'S PARLANCE, MAYBE ONLINE, BUT TO DO SOMETHING PHYSICAL SHOWING THAT THEY'VE MADE THAT COMMITMENT. AND THEN ALSO IT'S MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE IN GUIDING BEHAVIOR IF THEY MAKE THAT COMMITMENT PUBLIC.

SO I'M GOING TO COMMIT TO THIS AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I'M COMMITTING TO IT.

SO THAT ALSO KIND OF REINFORCES THIS GOOD BEHAVIOR.

AND THEN WE ARE HUMAN, WE FORGET.

SO HAVING PROMPTS AND REMINDERS, WHICH IS WHY YOU MAY BE SEEING LOTS OF SIGNS AROUND TOWN AND GETTING LOTS OF EMAILS AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FROM US.

BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING YOU DO NEED A LOT OF REMINDERS.

AND THEN I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, WHICH REALLY GETS AT THE CRUX OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ANNOUNCING TOMORROW, IS YOU NEED TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE DOING THE BEHAVIOR

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THAT REALLY JUST GETS DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, THINGS HARDWIRED INTO US AS HUMAN BEINGS.

WE ARE SOCIAL CREATURES AND WE OFTEN LOOK TO GROUPS FOR CUES AND TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO BEHAVE.

AND NO ONE WANTS TO BE THAT THAT GREEN PIG OFF THERE.

SO WE NEED TO REINFORCE NOT JUST CARLSBAD AS A COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK WE ARE A VERY COHESIVE COMMUNITY, VERY HIGH SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

AND WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY THERE ARE MANY, MANY SUB COMMUNITIES.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY SHOW LOTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DOING THIS PLEDGE AND DOING THE RIGHT THING.

AND SO WE HAVE DONE SOME PRE WORK ON THIS.

I'LL BE PREVIEWING TONIGHT AND YOU'LL BE SEEING MORE ROLLING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW FEW WEEKS.

BUT WE HAVE AN ACTUAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TALKING ABOUT MAKING THE PLEDGE.

WE HAVE A YOUNG FAMILY TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PLEDGE AND SHOWING THEIR COMMITMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE WHO MAYBE MAYBE THEIR KIDS ARE GROWN OR MAYBE THEIR LATER STAGE IN LIFE AND WANTING TO BE ACTIVE.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO.

OKAY, I'M SORRY, SLATER'S MY FAVORITE BECAUSE HE'S ADORABLE.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, KIDS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET TO KIDS AND TO THEIR PARENTS.

THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUSES OF OUR CAMPAIGN.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OLDER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING ONE OF OUR VERY OWN TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSIONERS.

SO, AGAIN, A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, NOT JUST TAKING THE PLEDGE, BUT ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH BUSINESSES.

AND SO YOU'LL BE STARTING TO SEE THESE STICKERS COMING UP ON STOREFRONTS AND OFFICE BUILDINGS AGAIN.

EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY HAS A ROLE TO PLAY AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE SHOWING OUR COMMITMENT.

MR. PATERNO MENTIONED THE EVENT WE HAD AT PEDIGO RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS THAT WAS A RESULT OF REACHING OUT TO A LOCAL BUSINESS IN REACHING THIS AUDIENCE.

AND AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, VERY HAPPY TO COOPERATE AND HAVE ALL OF THE PLEDGE MATERIALS AT THEIR SHOP NOW, TOO.

SO THAT IS HOW IT THE CONCEPT BEHIND IT AND REALLY HOW IT WORKS IS VERY SIMPLE.

WE'VE MADE IT REALLY EASY.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO INITIAL A LONG SERIES OF STATEMENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK IF YOU I CARE ABOUT MY COMMUNITY AND I PLEDGE TO DO MY PART TO KEEP CARLSBAD STREETS SAFE FOR EVERYONE.

SO IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU QUALIFY FOR THE PLEDGE.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR NAME AND EMAIL.

THIS IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT IS LIVE NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY LAUNCHING UNTIL TOMORROW.

AND SO IF YOU WANTED TO, YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT.

HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MAY BE SEEING AROUND TOWN.

WE HAVE CALLINGS THAT YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR CAR SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DROP OFF LINE, YOU START TO SEE, OH, WELL, PEOPLE ARE TAKING THE PLEDGE.

I BETTER DO THAT TOO, BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT MY KIDS AND THEIR SAFETY.

YOU KNOW, WHEREVER YOU SEE PEOPLE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THESE THESE REMINDERS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS.

IN FACT, OUR KICKOFF EVENT TOMORROW IS AT A LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO YOU'LL BE SEEING CUSTOMIZED BANNERS, YARD SIGNS AND JUST COMMUNITY WIDE EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US.

SO IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN POINT YOUR PHONE.

AT THAT SCREEN, AT HOME, ON THE COMPUTER, ON YOUR CABLE CHANNEL, TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.

IT'LL BRING UP THE PLEDGE.

IT'S OKAY TO DO IT EARLY.

YOU'LL GET IN EARLY. THAT'S YOUR THAT'S YOUR BONUS FOR WATCHING THE COUNCIL MEETING.

AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE MATERIALS HERE TONIGHT, TOO.

SO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TAKE THEM A LITTLE EARLY.

WELCOME TO. BUT CERTAINLY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS YOU'LL BE SEEING THEM IN OUR LIBRARIES AND OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND HERE AT CITY HALL.

SO THAT'S A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN.

AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE FINANCE DIRECTORS AT [INAUDIBLE] TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT TOPIC HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A SWITCH.

GREAT. THANK YOU, MS. RAY.

OKAY. SO IN TERMS OF FUNDING THE CITY'S RESPONSE, ON AUGUST 30TH, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A $2 MILLION ALLOCATION TO RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY. THE ALLOCATION WAS BROKEN DOWN AS IT'S LAID OUT ON THIS SLIDE BEFORE YOU WITH THE MAJORITY OF FUNDING TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND EDUCATION, AS WELL AS OVER STAFFING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

TO DATE THROUGH JANUARY OF 2023, THE CITY HAS SPENT $500,000 IN RESPONSE TO THE EMERGENCY.

IT IS ALSO ENCUMBERED $600,000 OR COMMITTED TO BE SPENT.

AND THAT LEAVES APPROXIMATELY $863,000 REMAINING.

THE MAJORITY OF USES OF THESE DOLLARS SO FAR HAVE INCLUDED GREEN PAINT, BIKE LANE ENHANCEMENTS, TRAFFIC, MANY MESSAGE BOARDS, STAFF, OVERTIME, AS WELL AS PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

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THE $2 MILLION ALLOCATION WAS FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND'S ANNUAL SURPLUS IN FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND WAS CARRIED FORWARD INTO THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET TO FUND THESE ITEMS. THERE ARE, OF COURSE, ALTERNATIVE MEANS FOR FUNDING PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, AND ALSO THROUGH THE REPRIORITISATION OF PREVIOUSLY FUNDED ITEMS AND PROJECTS.

ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2022, AT THE REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL STAFF, HAD PRESENTED THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS BY BOTH THE PLANNING AND TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSIONS FROM THE MENU OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS TO BE CONSIDERED.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED A TOTAL PROJECT LISTING TOTALING $5.1 MILLION AND ONE TIME COSTS WITH $1.5 MILLION IN ONGOING COSTS. THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDED A FEW LESS PROJECTS, BUT STILL TOTALING 3.4 MILLION AND ONE TIME COSTS AND 620,000 IN ONGOING COSTS. THE CITY COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED STAFF TO RETURN ONCE AGAIN TO DISCUSS REVENUE AND OR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE PROJECTS.

BEFORE WE GET INTO THE POTENTIAL OPTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATUS.

MANY OF THESE BULLETS WE'VE HEARD BEFORE, BUT I DO WANT TO REITERATE THEM ONCE MORE.

THE CITY CONTINUES AND HAS BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, TRANSITIONING FROM A TIME OF GROWTH TO A TIME OF MAINTENANCE.

ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS.

AND FOR WELL OVER A YEAR NOW, IT HAS BEEN FUELED BY GEOPOLITICAL CONFLICT, SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS AND SUSTAINED INFLATIONARY INCREASES, PENSION FUNDING AND THE LACK OF LOCAL CONTROL OVER HOW THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE MAKE TO CALPERS ARE ACTUALLY INVESTED AND HOW CALPERS IS INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE HAS VOLATILITY FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. ALSO HAS HAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH THE CITY WILL BE PAYING FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.

AGAIN, HIGH INFLATION HAS IMPACTED THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AS WELL AS COSTS FOR CONSTRUCTION.

AND WHILE THERE ARE GENERALLY POSITIVE IMPACTS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DURING PERIODS OF INCREASED INFLATION, EVENTUALLY DEMAND FOR GOODS AND SERVICES DIMINISHES, AND THAT TRANSLATES TO A RELATIVE REDUCTION IN REVENUE.

EVERYTHING THAT I'VE MENTIONED THUS FAR, IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE OBSERVATION THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN RECENT PERIODS AS WELL AS OUR PROJECTION FOR THE FUTURE.

THAT IS, EXPENDITURES ARE GROWING AT A FASTER RATE THAN THE CITY'S REVENUES.

CONTINUING THAT TREND INTO THE FUTURE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ACTUAL OR PROJECTED EXPENDITURES TO EVENTUALLY EXCEED PROJECTED REVENUES BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2526. STAFF WILL, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE ECONOMIC AND FISCAL TRENDS AND BRING MORE INFORMATION BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL NEXT MONTH FOR THE MID-YEAR REPORT AND THEN AGAIN AS PART OF THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324.

IN MAY OF 2023.

NOW, AS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPTIONS AND REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS, I WON'T GO INTO A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL ON EACH OF THESE, BUT I DID WANT TO COVER THEM BRIEFLY.

AS FAR AS TAX OPTIONS ARE CONCERNED, BACK IN APRIL OF 2022, STAFF AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL HAD PRESENTED A REVENUE STUDY WHICH LOOKED AT PRELIMINARY POLLING SURVEY RESULTS AND ALSO ANALYZE THE FISCAL IMPACT OF A SALES TAX MEASURE, TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, AS WELL AS CANNABIS.

AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NO FURTHER DIRECTION DIRECTED FOR CITY STAFF, BUT IN IF IN THE FUTURE CITY COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD PERFORM SIMILAR PROCEDURES, STUDYING AND RESEARCHING AND BRINGING THOSE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO CITY COUNCIL ACCORDINGLY.

THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE IS ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE AND CITY COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO COMMIT THE USE OF THIS GENERAL FUND RESERVE FOR ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY COUNCIL POLICY.

STATEMENT NUMBER 74.

AS OF JUNE 30, 2022, THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE RATIO WAS APPROXIMATELY 60% AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY STATEMENT, WHICH SETS FORTH A MINIMUM RESERVE BALANCE EQUAL TO 40% OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, IS ADOPTED.

BUDGET. AS FOR CAPITAL GRANTS AND NON-RESOURCES, THE CITY HAS ALREADY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF MANY FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL GRANTS.

STAFF PLAN TO CONTINUE PURSUING ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING AND OPPORTUNITIES.

ASSUMING THAT THE SCOPE, TIMING AND ELIGIBILITY OF THESE GRANTS ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S PROJECTS.

IN ADDITION, THE CITY RECEIVES NON-DISCRETIONARY RESOURCES FROM THE STATE AND COUNTY, INCLUDING GAS AND TRANSNET TAXES EACH YEAR.

MOST OF THESE FUNDS ARE ALREADY DEDICATED OR COMMITTED TO THE CITY'S 15 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY AUTHORIZED TRAFFIC SAFETY RELATED PROJECTS TO BE EXPEDITED UTILIZING THESE RESOURCES.

HOWEVER, IF THE CITY COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER REPRIORITIZING ADDITIONAL CIP PROJECTS TO FUND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECTS.

NEXT IS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

THESE ARE DEBT INSTRUMENTS ISSUED BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COVER A WIDE RANGE OF MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

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THEY ARE BACKED SOLELY BY THE CREDIT AND THE TAXING POWER OF THE ISSUING JURISDICTION, AND COMMONLY USED WHEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CHOOSE TO FINANCE A PROJECT RATHER THAN FUNDING IT WITH CASH. THE LAST ITEM ON THE SLIDE IS ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICTS.

WITH THE PASSING OF SENATE BILLS 628 IN 2014.

THIS ENABLED THE CREATION OF THESE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WHEREBY ONE OR MORE MAY BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN A CITY TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OR REHABILITATION OF A WIDE VARIETY OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT ITSELF.

SO TO SUMMARIZE, THE CITY REMAINS VERY FINANCIALLY AND FISCALLY HEALTHY.

HOWEVER, IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP A LONGER TERM STRATEGY FOR MANAGING WHAT'S TO COME, NOT JUST FOR PERIODS OF ECONOMIC DECLINE, BUT ALSO FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS OF MAINTENANCE REQUIRED FOR THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THERE ARE NO DECISIONS BEING ASKED AS IT PERTAINS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR TO PURSUE ADDITIONAL REVENUE OR FUNDING ENHANCEMENTS, AS THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.

NOW WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JEFF PATINO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ZACK.

WE HAVE FOUR RECOMMENDED ACTIONS THIS EVENING.

ONE RECEIVE A REPORT ON ACTIONS TAKEN TO DATE.

TO RECEIVE A REPORT ON FUNDING OPTIONS.

THREE. ADOPT A RESOLUTION RATIFYING A CONTRACT TO ADD MORE GREEN PAINT TO CITY BIKE LANES.

AND FOUR, CONSIDER WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OR END THE EMERGENCY AND WITH THAT STAFF AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

I JUST LEANED OVER AND CONFIRMED WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT WHAT ZACK JUST PRESENTED ABOUT ALL THESE EXPENSES AND WHERE THE MONEY WILL COME FROM.

WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THAT TONIGHT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT AND DIDN'T HAVE A MISUNDERSTANDING.

THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCIL'S NOT BEING ASKED TO ACT ON ANYTHING ON THE FINANCE THAT ROLLED OUT.

SPEAKERS, PLEASE. YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER.

KIRSTEN LUDWIG.

HELLO. THANK YOU.

HELLO, COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR.

MY NAME IS KIRSTEN.

I LIVE OFF CANNON IN THE FOOTHILLS COMMUNITY JUST EAST OF EL CAMINO REAL.

I DRIVE ON CANNON ROAD EVERY SINGLE DAY.

LAST MONTH, I ATTENDED THE TROPICAL MOBILITY COMMISSION MEETING ON JANUARY 3RD AND SPOKE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION IN OPPOSITION OF THE TEN FOOT LANE, WHICH IS NOW ON CANNON ROAD BETWEEN EL CAMINO AND FARADAY.

I'M HERE TODAY HOPING THAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS THAT DRIVE THAT ROAD EVERY DAY BEFORE YOU ADOPT ITEM TWO FROM THE JANUARY 3RD SESSION TO 2022.

EAST WEST QUARTER'S EMERGENCY RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING PROJECT NUMBER 600122E.

CANNON ROAD IS NOW A DANGEROUS ROAD TO TRAVEL AS A HIGH SPEED ROAD WITH LARGE VEHICLES THAT TRAVEL ON IT EVERY DAY.

SEMI-TRUCKS, FIRE TRUCKS, BUSSES, RVS, TRAILERS WITH ONLY TEN FOOT WIDTH IN THE LANE AND A POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 50 MILES PER HOUR.

MANY CARS ARE NOW TRAVELING IN THE NEWLY PAINTED BUFFER LANE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT MAINTAIN IN THE SINGLE SMALL TEN FOOT WIDTH.

IN THE MEETING LAST MONTH, I GAVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT COMMENTED ON MY NEXTDOOR POSTS.

I WILL EMAIL EACH ONE OF YOU TOMORROW WITH A WRITTEN SCRIPT OF MY SPEECH AND QUOTES FROM THEIR COMMENTS.

IN ADDITION TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID.

YESTERDAY I WAS TRAVELING ON CANNON ROAD, EASTBOUND JUST PAST FARADAY.

THERE WERE TREE TRIMMERS AND LANDSCAPERS WORKING IN THE CENTER MEDIAN.

ASSUMING FOR THEIR PROTECTION, THEY PLACED CONES IN THE FAST LANE, WHICH THEN SQUEEZE ANOTHER FOOT FROM THE FAST LANE DOWN TO ABOUT NINE FEET.

TRAVELING AT 48 MILES PER HOUR.

THE CAR IN THE FAST LANE ALMOST SIDESWIPED ME BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT KEEP THEIR CAR IN THE CONDENSED LANE.

THEY ENDED UP DRIVING IN BOTH LANES UNTIL THEY WERE OUT OF THE CONED AREA.

I REPORTED THE ISSUE TO THE CARLSBAD NON-EMERGENCY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 8:22 A.M.

AND REQUESTED THE OFFICERS RESPOND TO THE TRAFFIC HAZARD.

I LEFT MY NAME AND PHONE NUMBER.

I WOULD REALLY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT THE OFFICERS OBSERVED ONCE THEY WERE ON SCENE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS DRIVING BEHAVIOR HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

OTHER QUESTIONS THAT COME TO MIND ARE HAVE THERE BEEN LOCAL STUDIES THAT SHOW HEATMAPS, WHICH WAS INTERESTING TO SEE ON THE PRESENTATION TODAY? AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT HEAT MAP, THERE WAS NOTHING ON CANNON ROAD IN THE SECTION WHERE IT HAS BEEN STRIPED AND THE LANES HAVE SHRUNKEN DOWN.

I ASK THAT EACH ONE OF YOU GO TO CANNON ROAD BETWEEN EL CAMINO AND FARADAY AND WATCH HOW CARS DRIVE ON THE SECTION OF THE ROAD BEFORE IT'S ADOPTED BY THE CITY.

AND TEN FOOT LANE WIDTHS ARE ADOPTED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY, WHICH I THINK FROM THEIR PRESENTATION IT WAS INCLUDING LA COSTA AVENUE POINSETTIA AND THEN CONTINUING ON CANON ALL THE WAY TO THE FIVE FREEWAY.

THESE ARE LARGE EAST WEST STREETS THAT CARRY SEMI-TRUCKS, BUSSES, EMERGENCY VEHICLES WITH LARGER WIDTHS THAN CAN MAINTAIN A TEN FOOT WIDTH AT 50 MILES PER

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HOUR. I'M OUT OF TIME.

THANK YOU. YOU ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE MADE IT EASY FOR YOU, AND WE BROUGHT OUR POLICE CHIEF WITH US.

YOU CAN GO TALK TO HIM AND HE'LL HELP YOU ARRANGE TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS OF OF YOUR CALL.

ALSO, POLICE CHIEF WILL DIRECT YOU TO ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO EXPLAIN THE PROS AND CONS OF THEIR ARGUMENTS OF WHY THEY MAKE THE LANE WIDTHS THE SIZE THAT THEY ARE. I JUST WANT TO DIRECT YOU TO THEM.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MS. BURKHOLDER? MS. ACOSTA. MS. BHAT-PATEL? COMMENTS? MS. BURKHOLDER? WELL, I'M JUST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS VERY THOROUGH REPORT, AND IT DOES CREATE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT WHEN WE'RE GETTING TO BE PROACTIVE AND SAFER STREETS TOGETHER IS REALLY THAT TYPE OF CAMPAIGN.

I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A VALLEY TOMORROW TO CELEBRATE, ESPECIALLY SINCE [INAUDIBKE] THERE, AND I THINK I CAN EMBARRASS THEM QUITE A BIT.

BUT REALLY IT IS ABOUT SAFETY AND THAT IS NUMBER ONE IN GOVERNANCE; RIGHT? THE NUMBER ONE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ALL'S RESPONSE TO THAT.

AND QUICKLY AND ALSO INTENTLY AND PURPOSEFULLY.

THANK YOU. MS. ACOSTA? THANK YOU.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, MANY DIFFERENT TEAMS ON OUR STAFF THAT WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS AS WE ALL WERE ON THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN AS WELL.

I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE DATA INFORMED DECISION MAKING PRESENTATION BECAUSE I REMEMBER PREVIOUSLY ASKING IN A COUNCIL MEETING WHY WE ARE FOCUSED ON CERTAIN AREAS AND THE HEAT MAP WAS VERY HELPFUL AND THE SCHOOL ZONES MAP WAS ALSO VERY HELPFUL.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US THAT TONIGHT BECAUSE I ALWAYS GET QUESTIONS FROM MY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT FOUR ABOUT WHY THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HERE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S MORE.

THEY HAVE FAIRNESS QUESTIONS.

THE HEAT MAP REALLY SHOWS THAT THIS IS DATA INFORMED.

SO THANK YOU.

THE CAMPAIGN, THE PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, THE PLEDGE, THE EXPLANATION OF WHY WE ARE DOING THIS WAS ALSO VERY HELPFUL.

SO I WANTED TO THANK MS. RAE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR FOR DOING THIS.

I JUST OVERALL, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE HAVE SHOWN OTHERS THAT WE CAN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION QUICKLY, THAT THIS DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY WAS NOT JUST WORDS, THAT WE TAKE ACTION AND THAT NOT ONLY DID WE DECLARE THAT THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US, BUT WE PUT THE $2 MILLION IN IMMEDIATELY AND WE PUT IT TO WORK.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS WAS.

THAT ONE CHART WHERE WE SHOWED WHAT THE TREND LINE WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD IT BEEN ON TRACK WITH LAST YEAR'S ACCIDENTS. AND THEN WE SAW THE DIP AND WE SAW IT FALL BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS WE TOOK, WAS IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT TO SEE.

OUR ACTIONS ARE MEANINGFUL AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MS. BHAT-PATEL? YES, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND CLEARLY WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

I THINK IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DECLARE THIS EMERGENCY.

AND, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, DEFINITELY SEEING THE DIFFERENCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AS I DRIVE, WALK, BIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M SEEING THERE'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

WE ALWAYS HAVE ROOM TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.

RIGHT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IN TERMS OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THIS, I DON'T THINK ANYONE SPOKE TO WHETHER THEY'D WANT TO EXTEND OR END THE EMERGENCY.

I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT MAINTAINING IT WILL ALLOW FOR US TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE REMAINING ISSUES WE DO STILL HAVE IN AND AROUND SCHOOLS SOME OF THE KIDS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOWING THE RULES.

AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE ADDRESSED IT VERY THOROUGHLY THROUGHOUT.

I MEAN, WE WOULD SEE IT A LOT MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WE DO NOW, BUT IT'S STILL HAPPENING.

AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, WHETHER IT'S E-BIKE SAFETY, FOLKS DRIVING REALLY FAST THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, IT JUST ALLOWS FOR US TO DO THAT.

AND WITH THIS PLEDGE ROLLING OUT, I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, I COULD HEAR THE EXCITEMENT THAT THE COMMS TEAM HAS IN ROLLING THIS OUT.

AND I THINK FROM A HEALTH BEHAVIOR STANDPOINT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I STUDIED, KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST THE CHANGE AND SEEING THE THE BEHAVIOR AND OTHERS ADOPTING THE BEHAVIOR AND TALKING ABOUT IT, I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE'LL SEE THAT ROLL OUT.

AND I'M EXCITED FOR TOMORROW AS WELL.

OTHER THAN THAT, I SUPPORT ALL OF THE OTHER ACTIONS.

AND JUST WANTED TO MENTION FOR NUMBER FOUR THAT I WOULD SUPPORT EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY.

THANK YOU. I MADE A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WAS GENIUS FOR SUGGESTING

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THIS EMERGENCY.

AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS NOT LET ME FORGET THAT I MADE THAT COMMENT.

BUT I THINK THAT IT WAS GENIUS.

I THINK IT WORKED.

I THINK IT WAS A GOOD INVESTMENT OF OUR TIME AND OUR MONEY.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORT.

ALL OF OUR STAFF, INCLUDING THE MANY EXTRA HOURS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT PUT INTO THE ENFORCEMENT.

SO WITH THAT MOTION, PLEASE.

YES. LET ME PULL UP.

I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW MOTIONS HERE, SO I KNOW THE FIRST TWO ARE JUST RECEIVING THE REPORT.

SO FOR THE NEXT TWO, ADOPTING BOTH RESOLUTIONS, NUMBER THREE IS ADOPTING A RESOLUTION, RATIFYING APPROVAL OF THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE GREEN BIKE LANE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT.

AND THEN ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH WAS A RECOMMENDATION AS WELL, IS ADOPTING A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE PROCLAMATION OF BICYCLE E, BICYCLE AND MOTORIZED MOBILITY DEVICE SAFETY, LOCAL EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I GUESS THAT CONFIRMS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS GENIUS.

ITEM NUMBER 14, CITY MANAGER, PLEASE.

[14. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL CITY FUNDING FOR THE NEW VILLAGE ARTS TENANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT]

THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL CITY FUNDING FOR THE NEW VILLAGE ARTS.

TENANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

AND MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY WILL BE OUR REAL ESTATE MANAGER, MR. CURTIS JACKSON, ALONG WITH OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES, MR. KERRY [INAUDIBLE].

GENTLEMAN.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER NEW VILLAGE ARTS REQUEST FOR $228,411 IN ADDITIONAL CITY FUNDING FOR THE NEW VILLAGE ARTS TENANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND DISCUSS OPTIONS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF.

FOR SOME HISTORY ON THE PROJECT.

THE BAUER LUMBER BUILDING, WHICH IS 9400 SQUARE FEET, WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY'S REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN 1997.

NEW VILLAGE ARTS HAS LEASED THE BUILDING SINCE 2006.

IN JULY OF 2021, THE CITY ENTERED INTO A TEN YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH TWO FIVE YEAR EXTENSION OPTIONS.

AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, THERE WAS A CONSTRUCTION AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT THAT NEEDED TO BE NEGOTIATED WHEREBY THE CITY WOULD CONTRIBUTE UP TO $573,000 FOR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS THAT COVERED 470,000, FOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST WALLS AND AN ADDITIONAL 103,000 FOR INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS.

IN ADDITION TO THE CITY CONTRIBUTION OF $573,000 SINCE 2017, THE CITY HAS PAID $292,637 TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE ROOF AND THE WEST WALL OF THE BUILDING.

AND ADDITIONALLY, AS IT RELATES TO CULTURAL ARTS, SINCE 2013, 27, ART GRANTS TOTALING $206,638 HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO NEW VILLAGE ARTS, INCLUDING 50,000 FOR A RECENTLY COMPLETED MURAL ON THE WEST WALL.

TOTAL CITY CONSIDERATION ABOVE WHAT WAS IN THE 2021 LEASE AGREEMENT FROM 2013 TO PRESENT IS $1,072,275 AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE FORGONE RENT OPPORTUNITIES WHICH, HAD WE LEASED IT AT MARKET RATES, COULD HAVE BEEN UPWARDS OF $450,000 PER YEAR OR $9 MILLION OVER THE 20 YEAR TERM OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT, NOT INCLUDING ANNUAL INCREASES.

UNDER THE LEASE. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION UNDER THE LEASE AND CONSTRUCTION REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT.

THE CITY IS UNDER NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING BEYOND THE $573,000 REIMBURSEMENT.

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS.

THE PROJECT THIS WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN YESTERDAY IS NEAR COMPLETION AND SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

GET THEIR OCCUPANCY.

ADDITIONALLY, HERE'S A PHOTO OF THE MURAL THAT WAS PAINTED ON THE WEST WALL OF THE BUILDING.

THE ORIGINAL PROJECT COST ESTIMATE BY NEW VILLAGE ARTS WAS FOR $1,303,000.

OF THAT NEW VILLAGE, ARTS WOULD PAY 730,000 AND THE CITY WOULD AGAIN CONTRIBUTE UP TO $573,000.

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THE ACTUAL PROJECT COST HAS COME IN CLOSER TO $2863000 TO $2863064 IN DEBT, AS BROUGHT A TOTAL ADDITIONAL COST OF AND THIS IS A TYPO HERE, BUT IT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $1,560,064.

THUS THE REQUEST BY NEW VILLAGE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING UP TO $228,411.

AND SO WE'RE HERE PRESENTING THREE OPTIONS.

THE FIRST WOULD BE TO APPROVE NEW VILLAGE ARTS REQUESTS AND DIRECT STAFF TO NEGOTIATE A LEASE AND CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT AMENDMENT.

ALLOCATING UP TO THE $228,411 FROM THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUND.

AN ALTERNATE OPTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST AND DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A GRANT AGREEMENT OUTSIDE OF THE LEASE AND CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT AND A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING UP TO THE $228,411 FROM THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUND.

AND THE THIRD OPTION WOULD BE TO DENY THE REQUEST.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SPEAKERS. YES, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, MARY LUCID.

I THINK IT'S SO WONDERFUL THAT THE CITY IS SUPPORTING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL AGES AND THAT THEY ARE DOING A GRANT AND HELPING OUT.

I'M WONDERING WHY.

MAYOR BLACKBURN HASN'T SPOKEN TO HIS BRILLIANT CITY MANAGER, ASKING FOR FUNDS AND GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE SENIOR CENTER.

AS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND $228,411.

YOU CAN'T SPEND $30 ON A SECOND CORNHOLE MACHINE BOARD.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE.

SO, MARY, I'M GOING TO ALLOW YOU SOME SOME LEEWAY.

THE TOPIC IS NEW VILLAGE ARTS, NOT THE SENIOR CENTER.

SO TRY TO KEEP YOUR FOCUSED ON NEW VILLAGE ARTS, PLEASE.

IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT.

AND WHEN YOU SPEND THIS KIND OF MONEY TO HELP OUT ALL AGES IN THE CITY, BUT YOU WON'T EVEN STUDY UPGRADING THE SENIOR CENTER.

IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND YOU HAVE SOMEONE YOU SAY IS BRILLIANT.

SO WHY NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE AND DO QUALITY OF LIFE STUDIES? TO UPGRADE THE SENIOR CENTER.

SO I'LL TRY AND STAY.

I'VE BEEN TO NEW VILLAGE ARTS IN THE OLD DAYS AND IT'S WONDERFUL AND IT'S A TRUE ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HELPING THE COMMUNITY.

AND PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT.

CITIZENS CAN INUNDATE YOUR OFFICE OR CALL YOUR OFFICE AND REQUEST THINGS.

BUT YOUR LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE AN ASSET FOR WHOM YOU PAY A LOT OF MONEY.

AND HE'S VERSATILE.

AND HE HAS GREAT STAFF.

SO WHY DON'T YOU UTILIZE AN UPGRADE AND DO MORE GRANTS FOR ALL AGES IN THE COMMUNITY? YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST KEEP DOING THE SAME THING.

I HOPE. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

ON THE LEVEL. SO, MAYOR BLACKBURN, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD LOOK INTO THAT AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WHO WANT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.

CHECK OUT THE SENIOR CENTER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

MS. BURKHOLDER? SO NEW VILLAGE ARTS IS IN DISTRICT ONE AND IT'S JUST A GYM.

AND RIGHT THERE IN THE HEART OF THE VILLAGE ON STATE STREET.

AND I LOVE THE FACELIFT THAT IT'S GETTING, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO VISIT AND ENJOY A PLACE.

I KNOW THEY'VE GOT LIKE THREE COMING UP VERY SOON, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

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ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE AND I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR THREE OPTIONS AND THEN I MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER OPTION TO PROPOSE STAFF.

IS THAT THE FIRST OPTION TO APPROVE THE VILLAGE ARTS REQUEST FOR UP TO 228,411 DOES INCLUDE WE GIVE THEM THE MONEY, THERE'S THE CHECK.

WE RENEGOTIATE A CONTRACT BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY NOT PAYING RENT.

AND THEN WE COME BACK.

BUT DOES THAT INCLUDE IF YOU WANTED TO SAY A REPAYMENT? SO IS THAT CONSIDERED A LOAN OR JUST HERE'S A CHECK? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S HERE'S A CHECK.

SO THE FIRST OPTION WE PRESENTED WAS IF THE COUNCIL WAS TO DIRECT STAFF TO TO RENEGOTIATE THE LEASE AND THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT, BECAUSE THAT IS THOSE ARE THE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT DETAIL THE CITY'S $573,000 CONTRIBUTION UNDER THE CONDITIONS FOR THAT. WE WOULD ASK YOU IF THAT'S THE OPTION YOU'RE WISHING TO PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION ON.

WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU DIRECT THAT OPTION AND WE WOULD GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT A LATER DATE AND DISCUSS PRICE AND TERMS. AND SO IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO AMEND THE LEASE TO CHANGE THE DOLLAR PER YEAR RENT PAYMENT TO SOME OTHER AMOUNT, THAT OVER TIME WOULD HELP CONTRIBUTE OR FULLY CONTRIBUTE TO REPAYING THE 228,000, THAT IS SOMETHING THE COUNCIL COULD DIRECT.

OKAY. SO, SO PROPOSING THAT WE GIVE THEM A LOAN OF THE $228,000, HAVING MET OUR OBLIGATIONS CONTRACTUALLY THAT WE AGREED WITH THEM AND GONE I THINK ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT IN FACT, AND THEN ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS PRICE IN TERMS COME BACK WITH SOME SORT OF AN AGREEMENT THAT SAYS YOU WILL PAY THIS ALONG WITH WHATEVER RENT OR EVEN IF THAT IS THE RENT, WHATEVER THOSE NEGOTIATIONS COME UP WITH, THEN THAT WOULD ALL BE INCLUDED IN ITEM NUMBER ONE.

IT COULD BE, YES, DEPENDING ON THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.

OF COURSE, BECAUSE THAT'S MY CONCERN, IS THAT I'M ALL FOR SUPPORTING IN VA AND AND GIVING THIS THIS LAST LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT THEY NEED TO GET FINISHED AND, YOU KNOW, DOT THE T'S AND CROSS THE T'S AND DOT THE I'S.

BUT I THINK IT'S FAIR THAT WE HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME AND HAVE TO PERHAPS REPAY THIS.

IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE INTEREST BEARING AT THIS POINT.

IT COULD JUST BE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO SHOW THAT THEY APPRECIATE WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THEM AND WE APPRECIATE THAT WHAT THEY DO FOR THE ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A FANTASTIC FACILITY AND IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER WITH THESE WITH THIS FACELIFT.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY QUESTION OR CONCERN.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

JUST TO ADD, I MEAN, THE SECOND OPTION WOULD BE IF THE COUNCIL JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, BUT NOT AMEND THE LEASE OR THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE.

MR. COSTA. THANK YOU.

I DO HAVE SOME SOME QUESTIONS.

IF WE WERE TO.

GIVE A GRANT OR A LOAN.

SO IF WE WERE TO JUST GIVE THE MONEY OR WE WERE TO GIVE THE MONEY AND HAVE A REPAYMENT PLAN FOR THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHERE WOULD WE FIND THE MONEY? WHERE DID WE GET IT FROM? SO THE WAY THE TWO OPTIONS ONE AND TWO ARE WRITTEN, IT SPELLS OUT THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUND.

THAT'S REALLY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

SO THAT'S ONE OPTION.

THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO TAKE IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE.

IT'S REALLY THE ONLY SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THIS REQUEST WOULD BE RELATED TO THE GENERAL FUND.

RIGHT. AND SO WAS THIS ANY KIND OF CONSIDERATION DURING OUR BUDGET BUDGET PROCESS? THAT'S PART OF A RELATED QUESTION TO THAT IS IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TAKING IT FROM OUR CONTINGENCY FUND, OUR COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUND OR GENERAL FUND.

BUT DO WE HAVE IT THERE? BECAUSE IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WE ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE FIRE STATIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE WORKING ON.

SO WAS THIS CONSIDERED? COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS REQUEST CAME IN AFTER OUR BUDGET PROCESS, SO IT WAS NOT ALLOCATED.

THESE FUNDS WOULD BE IS EFFECTIVELY A NEW BURDEN ON THE GENERAL FUND.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND THEN.

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I DID DO SOME RESEARCH.

I WAS LOOKING, I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ALONG THE SAME LINES AS COUNCILMEMBER BURKHOLDER IN TERMS OF WHAT WOULD A LOAN LOOK LIKE.

AND I DID SEE THAT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN ESCONDIDO HAS RECEIVED LOANS FROM THE CITY OF ESCONDIDO, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE KIND OF A LOW INTEREST LOAN.

I DON'T KNOW.

HAVE WE DONE ANY RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE FOR THEIR LOCAL CENTERS, FOR THE ARTS OR LOCAL COMMUNITY THEATER TYPE ORGANIZATIONS? WE HAVE NOT BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT THE REQUEST FROM NVA.

BUT IF COUNCIL WANTS TO CONSIDER THAT, WE COULD DO THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO STRUCTURE A LOAN.

IT COULD BE SIMPLY JUST AN INCREASE TO THE DOLLAR A YEAR RENT PAYMENT TO A MONTHLY RATE THAT OVER THE LIFE OF THE LEASE, THE TEN YEAR LEASE, IF NOT THE TWO FIVE YEAR EXTENSIONS, RETURNS OUR MONEY, OR IT COULD BE A STRAIGHT LOAN WITH AN INTEREST RATE OR HOWEVER COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO STRUCTURE THAT.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THERE WAS A SLIDE WHERE WE HAD THE THE CONTRIBUTIONS, THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE THAT TOTALED $1.07 MILLION.

CAN WE PULL THAT BACK UP AGAIN? AND I NOTICED AT THE BOTTOM, IT'S THAT IN TOTAL THE CITY HAS CONTRIBUTED 1.072275 TOWARDS NVA, NOT INCLUDING FORGONE RENT OPPORTUNITIES.

COULD YOU REMIND US AGAIN EXPLAIN THE FORGONE RENT OPPORTUNITIES? WHAT IS THAT AND HOW MUCH IS THAT IN TOTAL THAT UP? SURE. WE NEGOTIATED THIS MOST RECENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE YEAR 2020 AND 2021.

AT THAT TIME IN THE VILLAGE, SOME OF THE RENTS WERE AROUND $4 PER SQUARE FOOT.

THE BUILDING IS 9400 SQUARE FEET.

AND SO WE.

COULD HAVE IF WE HAD GONE TO THE OPEN MARKET AND NOT NEGOTIATED SOLELY WITH NEW VILLAGE ARTS, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO WORK WITH THEM, PUT IT ON THE OPEN MARKET WITH AN RFP AND REALIZE REVENUES OF UP TO $450,000 PER YEAR.

OVER THE LIFE.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN EXCESS OF 9 MILLION BECAUSE 9 MILLION DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR CPI OR 3% ANNUAL INCREASES.

SO IN TOTAL, SO THE LAST THE LAST SECTION SAYS IN TOTAL MINUS FORGONE RENT OPPORTUNITIES.

CAN YOU GIVE US THAT TOTAL NUMBER FOR 20, APPROXIMATELY? JUST SOME QUICK MATH? 2013 TO NOW? $10,072,275 SO IN EXCESS OF $10 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THE LEASE.

WE DO LOVE NVA.

$10 MILLION APPROXIMATELY IS THE VALUE OF OUR GIFT SINCE 2013 OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS TO THEM SO ABOUT A MILLION YEAR AVERAGE.

SO THAT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING WE DO APPRECIATE THEM AND LOVE THEM AND IT'S, I HOPE THAT THAT IS EQUALLY APPRECIATED BACK SO I KNOW THAT WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE MONEY.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT THEM AND WE HAVE SHOWN THEM ALREADY HOW MUCH WE SUPPORT THEM.

SO THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.

THANK YOU. MS. BHAT-PATEL? JUST ONE QUESTION AND THEN COMMENTS.

SO TO CLARIFY THE TWO, WELL, JUST THE FIRST OPTION, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING, IS THAT IF WE WANTED TO APPROVE THE REQUEST, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED.

HOWEVER, WE WOULD BASICALLY BE COMING BACK IN A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS OTHER POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE OR CONSIDER ANY OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE, WHETHER IT'S A LOAN OR JUST GIVING THE MONEY TO THEM.

IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT IS.

SO, IF THAT'S THE ROUTE THE COUNCIL WANTED TO GO TONIGHT, WE WOULD BE IDENTIFYING WHO THE NEGOTIATORS WILL BE.

AND THEN IN CLOSED SESSION WE WOULD BE DISCUSSING PRICE IN TERMS OF A LEASE AMENDMENT AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT AMENDMENT.

SO BASED, COUNCIL WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE NEGOTIATING BOUNDARIES FOR STAFF TO GO NEGOTIATE WITH NVA.

OKAY. I JUST HAVE COMMENTS THINGS.

I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT SAME QUESTION AGAIN.

I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION.

IN OPEN MEETING, WE GIVE YOU THE BOUNDARIES.

OR THE BOUNDARIES WOULD BE DONE IN A CLOSED SESSION SINCE IT'S A PRICE AND TERMS TOPIC.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OPTION ONE AND RENEGOTIATING THE LEASE, YOU WOULD GIVE THAT DIRECTION IN CLOSED SESSION.

OK. COMMENTS.

DO YOU STILL HAVE A QUESTION, MS. BURKHOLDER? PLEASE. QUESTIONS AND THEN I'LL GIVE COMMENTS.

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SO THE IN OPTION ONE, IT DOES NOT SAY THAT THIS WOULD BE A LOAN.

IT'S NOT THE VERBIAGE IN THAT OPTION.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THAT ONE.

YOU'RE CORRECT. IT DOESN'T SAY A LOAN.

COUNCIL CAN GIVE THAT DIRECTION TONIGHT.

ANOTHER VERSUS A LOAN.

ANOTHER WAY IS YOU'RE GOING TO RECOUP ANY ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE THAT INVOLVES MORE MONEY COMING TO THE CITY THAN A DOLLAR A YEAR.

SO JUST BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, IF WE RENEGOTIATED A LEASE AT $1,000 A MONTH, WE'D GET $12,000 A YEAR OVER THE LIFE OF THE FIRST FIRST TERM OF TEN YEARS.

THAT'S $120,000 OVER 20 YEARS.

IT ADDS UP TO 240,000.

SO YOU CAN YOU CAN RECOUP YOUR MONEY EITHER THROUGH RENT OR IF YOU WANT TO DO IT AS A LOAN AND NOT AMEND THE LEASE.

THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO.

I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'M JUST THINKING.

I'M TRYING TO THINK LIKE THEY MIGHT THINK.

AND THE WAY THIS READS, I THINK THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET A CHECK WITH NO OBLIGATION.

SO HOW DO WE PROTECT US OURSELVES? WE'RE SAYING I THINK WE'RE ALL SAYING THAT WE WANT THEM TO HAVE SOME OBLIGATION OF REPAYMENT.

YEAH. THE WAY OPTION TWO IS WRITTEN, IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO GIVE THEM THE MONEY WITH NO OBLIGATION, THAT WOULD BE THE OPTION TO CHOOSE, NOT OPTION ONE.

AND OPTION ONE WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW.

RENEGOTIATING THE LEASE IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, AND I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T NEED TO READ SOME WAY DIFFERENTLY THAT THEY MAY MISCONSTRUE.

MY COMMENT IS THE REASON I BRING THIS.

MS. BHAT-PATEL HAD ONE MORE QUESTION THEN WE'LL COME BACK FOR.

OH, SORRY. OH, YOU DIDN'T? OH, I'M SO SORRY. GO AHEAD, MS. BURKHOLDER. NO WORRIES.

MY COMMENT IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE THINGS FOR FREE, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR THEM TO EVALUATE THOSE THINGS, EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY LIKE THIS.

SO EVEN IF IT'S A REALLY REDUCED RATE OF REPAYMENT WITH NO INTEREST OR WHATEVER, I THINK THERE IS MORE VALUE TO THAT.

ON ON BEHALF OF THE PERSON THAT WAS AWARDED IN THIS CASE IN VA, AWARDED WHAT WE'VE BEEN SO GENEROUS TO DO FOR THEM AND BECAUSE THEY GIVE BACK SO MUCH.

SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND I THINK I WILL BE SUPPORTING ITEM ONE.

MS. ACOSTA? THANK YOU. IT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR THE CONVERSATION FROM MY COLLEAGUES, SINCE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE AND HEARING THE OPTIONS BROUGHT BEFORE US.

I AM I AM INTERESTED IN A REPAYMENT OF A LOAN TO GIVE TO NVA.

I THINK IT WOULD BE A MODIFIED ONE OR AN OPTION FOR WHICH IS, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE CITY GIVING A NO INTEREST LOAN TO VA, MEANING THEY HAVE TO PAY IT BACK.

THEY WILL HAVE A REPAYMENT PLAN.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY INTEREST.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT WOULD BE A NO.

AND I SEE YOU LOOKING AT THE CITY ATTORNEY, I GUESS MAYBE WRITING IT DOWN.

SO WE'RE GOOD. SO THAT THAT IS THE OPTION THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.

SO KIND OF A MODIFIED OPTION ONE WHICH IS APPROVED NEW VILLAGES, NEW VILLAGE ARTS REQUEST FOR UP TO $228,411 AS A NO INTEREST LOAN FOR THEIR TENANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE PRICE IN TERMS OF A LEASE AMENDMENT SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT THE FUTURE KIND OF RENT SITUATION MIGHT BE.

AND I DO HEARTILY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE ASSISTING THESE WONDERFUL NONPROFITS THAT ARE REALLY ALIGNED WITH OUR CITY GOALS AND THE VISION WHERE WE TALK ABOUT HAVING AN ARTS DISTRICT IN THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO AREA AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THE ARTS.

WE JUST IT IS A SEPARATE ORGANIZATION.

IT IS A NONPROFIT.

WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

THEY CAME UP WITH THE PLAN TO DO THIS BIG BUILDING RENOVATION.

AND JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE COST OVERRUNS, THEY'RE COMING BACK AND SAYING, WE WE NEED YOU TO DO IT.

BUT THAT WASN'T THE DEAL.

SO I, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE STILL A GOOD DEAL FOR US.

VERY KIND FOR FOR THE CITY TO OFFER THAT MONEY SO THAT THEY CAN FINISH THE PROJECT, BUT THEY WOULD NEED TO REPAY IT WITH NO INTEREST.

THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE IDEA THAT I WOULD SUPPORT.

THANK YOU.

MS. BHAT-PATEL? THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE REQUEST.

I THINK BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THUS FAR, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FIRST OPTIONS, THE ONE THAT WILL LIKELY BE MOVING FORWARD.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO CHECK IN WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY ONCE I'VE.

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MAYBE JUST STOP HERE FOR A SECOND TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE HEARD SO FAR AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO AT THIS TIME.

SO ON THE ON A KIND OF A PURE LOAN TRANSACTION AS OPPOSED TO A LEASE ADJUSTMENT TYPE FINANCING MECHANISM, IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE COULD HAVE THAT A DIRECTION TO BRING THAT BACK TO STAFF BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO LOOK INTO SEE WHETHER WE CAN EVEN OFFER A ZERO INTEREST LOAN WITH PUBLIC MONEY.

AND I DON'T THINK WE EVEN KNOW IF NVA IS INTERESTED IN A LOAN, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE EVEN CAPABLE OF PAYING ONE BACK.

YOU KNOW, AND THOSE WOULD ALL BE, I THINK, IMPORTANT FACTORS TO, IN TERMS OF DECIDING WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO A LOAN OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF FINANCING MECHANISM.

THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT FEEDBACK, LIKE I THINK I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, IT SOUNDS LIKE OPTION ONE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS DURING CLOSED SESSION WILL ALLOW FOR US TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME TO MAYBE DISCUSS SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT THE OTHER MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT UP.

AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHAT WHAT DIRECTION DO WE WANT TO GO IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S A LOAN OR, YOU KNOW, JUST RENEGOTIATING THE TERMS OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT.

WOULD THAT? JUST TO CONFIRM IS THAT? THAT WOULD STILL NOT ALLOW FOR US TO DISCUSS THAT PIECE? THE CLOSED SESSION WILL ONLY ALLOW YOU TO DISCUSS THE LEASE PRICE.

OKAY. AND REALLY THAT ONLY THE PRICE AND TERMS. SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A LOAN OPTION, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D HAVE TO DIRECT STAFF.

OKAY. SO WE JUST HAVE TO ADD THAT TO THE OK.

GREAT. SO.

IF I MAY? OF COURSE.

JUST OPTION TWO WITH THE MODIFICATIONS THAT HAVE.

WITH THE SECOND LINE WITH A GRANT AGREEMENT, WE WOULD INSTEAD WITH YOUR DIRECTION, IF THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A NO INTEREST LOAN AGREEMENT.

AND EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS.

MAYBE JUST A LOAN AGREEMENT.

WE STILL HAVE TO LOOK INTO OTHER YOU KNOW, A NO INTEREST IS.

POSSIBLE. OKAY.

LET ME MAKE MY OTHER COMMENTS AND THEN WE CAN ALL DISCUSS WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE ALL LOVE NEW VILLAGE ARTS.

I THINK WE ALL HAVE EITHER BEEN THERE AS A PATRON OR TAKEN A CLASS OR HAD THE ABILITY TO SEE SOME OF THE PLAYS.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS IT'S DEFINITELY GROWN AND IT'S BLOSSOMED AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE AND DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS IT HAS TO OFFER IN OUR COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING VERY VALUABLE, I THINK, GIVEN OUR ESPECIALLY IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHETHER IT'S INTER GENERATIONALLY, BUT FOR OUR YOUTH, THE ARTS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY FOSTER AS MUCH.

AND SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT THERE'S THIS OUTLET FOR FOLKS TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE CLASSES.

I KNOW THEY OFFER CLASSES AS WELL AND DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO JUST BE IMMERSED IN THE ARTS.

OF COURSE, THEY DO GIVE BACK IN THEIR OWN WAY TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO DEFINITELY I THINK WE ALL WANT TO FIND A SOLUTION.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AS WELL, THAT WE DO WANT TO FIND A SOLUTION, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS WOULD BE AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN COME UP WITH WHAT THAT DIRECTION LOOKS LIKE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE JUST RECEIVED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.

SO SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ARE.

ZACH SPOKE EARLIER FROM OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT 2526 WOULD HAVE A PROJECTED SHORTFALL FOR OUR GENERAL FUND.

HE COMMENTED ON A TIME OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.

OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GROWING FASTER THAN OUR REVENUES.

THIS MONEY WOULD COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, WHETHER YOU CALL IT THE CONTINGENCY FUND OR GENERAL FUND, IT'S STILL THE GENERAL FUND AND WE PAY OUR EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. SO AS MUCH AS I WANT TO JUST GRANT THE MONEY TO NVA BECAUSE THEY ABSOLUTELY DESERVE IT, I ALSO HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS OF HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW.

SO WITH WITH THAT SAID, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF A LOAN.

AND LET ME ASK IF THIS WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS, AND THEN I'LL LOOK FOR HEAD NODS FROM THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU'VE HEARD WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH.

WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO SEND IT BACK TO STAFF, NEGOTIATE OR TALK WITH NVA, FIND OUT THEIR APPETITE FOR THIS, AND THEN BRING BACK A SUGGESTION BASED ON OUR STAFF AND NVA'S CONVERSATION AFTER HEARING WHAT THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION IS.

WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? RIGHT FOR A LOAN, RIGHT.

I'M SORRY. FOR A LOAN? YES. IT WOULD THAT BE? WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. AND THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.

[02:00:01]

CLOSING COMMENTS.

MS. BURKHOLDER? MAYOR, WE HAVE TO.

OH, MY GOSH. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING.

YES. PUBLIC SPEAKERS, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, MELANIE.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

SORRY. MARY STANLEY, FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN PEARCE.

WILL YOU CALL THEM AGAIN? JUST IN CASE THEY'RE STANDING OUTSIDE? MARY STANLEY, FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN PIERCE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

CLOSING STATEMENTS. MS. BURKHOLDER? ARE WE SURE? OH, I'M SORRY.

OKAY, WELL, PLEASE COME UP AND GET YOUR 3 MINUTES.

HI. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK A FEW WORDS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WITH THE UPCOMING DRAFT REPORT DUE JANUARY, FEBRUARY.

I DON'T KNOW IF MY COMMENTS ARE GOING TO BE REDUNDANT OR NOT, BUT I'M TALKING I'M COMING HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT PICKLEBALL AND THE SHORTAGE OF COURTS IN WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT. THE THE PROBLEM THAT EXISTS IS PICKLEBALL IS THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN AMERICA.

AND THERE'S HUGE LINES AT POINSETTIA PARK FOR OUTDOOR COURTS.

AND RIGHT NOW, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THERE ARE 18 OUTDOOR TENNIS COURTS, BUT THERE'S ONLY SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS.

AND WHEN YOU MEASURE TENNIS WITH PICKLEBALL, IT'S LIKE APPLES AND ORANGES AND TENNIS IN CARLSBAD.

YOU CAN PLAY FOR IF PEOPLE ARE WAITING, YOU GET 90 MINUTES OF FREE PLAY ON THE COURT.

PICKLEBALL IT'S THERE'S MOBS OF PEOPLE.

YOU SHOW UP, YOU PUT YOUR PADDLE IN THE LINEUP AND WHEN THEY GET TO YOUR PADDLE, YOU PLAY.

YOU MIGHT PLAY FOR 5 TO 12 MINUTES.

IF IT'S A CLOSE GAME, YOU MIGHT PAY FOR 12.

IF IT'S A WIPEOUT, YOU MIGHT PLAY FOR 5 MINUTES AND YOU GO BACK TO SIT DOWN AGAIN.

NOW, YOU COULD WAIT.

YOUR WAIT TIME COULD BE FROM 20 TO 30 MINUTES TO PLAY AGAIN.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH MATH TO FIGURE OUT TO PLAY FOUR GAMES, WHICH MIGHT ENCOMPASS 20 TO 48 MINUTES OF PLAYTIME.

YOU COULD WAIT FROM AN HOUR TO AN HOUR 20 TO PLAY VERSUS TENNIS.

TENNIS. YOU'RE ON THE COURT.

YOU'RE PLAYING THE WHOLE TIME.

YOU'VE GOT THAT 90 MINUTES.

IF NO ONE'S WAITING, YOU'VE GOT EVEN LONGER.

AND MANY OF THE TENNIS COURTS ARE VACANT A LOT OF THE TIME THERE'S NO ONE THERE.

SO WE'VE GOT ALL THIS REAL ESTATE VACANT.

BUT YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE PICKLEBALL PEOPLE LINED UP WAITING TO PLAY, WANTING TO PLAY.

SO AGAIN, THIS MIGHT BE REDUNDANT BASED ON WHAT THE MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO PROVIDE, BUT IF YOU DESIGNATE A TO TWO OF THE COURTS ON POINSETTIA TO PICKLEBALL, THOSE TWO COURTS WOULD HOUSE EIGHT PICKLEBALL COURTS. AND WHAT DO WE HAVE THERE ALREADY? I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME.

WHAT YOU HAVE THERE ALREADY IS YOU'VE GOT THE CONCRETE.

YOU'VE GOT THE OUTER FENCING, YOU'D HAVE TO PUT IN THE SOUNDPROOFING MATERIAL AROUND THE FENCING AND BUT WHAT YOU'D HAVE, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT YOU'D NEED IS YOU'D NEED PERMANENT NETS.

YOU'D NEED THE PICKLEBALL PADDLE STAND.

AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

YOU READY TO GO? SO THERE'S A HUGE DEMAND, AND I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL.

THANK YOU, SIR. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING.

OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IF YOU COULD GO SEE OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, KYLE LANCASTER, HE CAN TALK A LITTLE MORE TO YOU.

THANK YOU. WE CALL FOR THE OTHER SPEAKER ONE MORE TIME, JUST TO BE SURE.

MARY STANLEY? THANK YOU FOR THAT. MS.

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]

BURKHOLDER? THIRD TIME'S A CHARM. I KNOW.

I'VE GOT TRIGGER SHY.

DO I GO? DO I NOT GO? SO, YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH THE VILLAGE VOICES IN THE VILLAGE AT ST MICHAEL'S LAST WEEK, AND THAT'S A GROUP OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO WE WERE SUPER EXCITED.

IT WAS A WEDNESDAY MORNING, THE TUESDAY NIGHT.

PREVIOUSLY WE HAD VOTED FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, SO I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH THEM THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HELP THEM IN THE

[02:05:03]

VILLAGE AND GOT A REALLY GOOD POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT.

WE THINK ALL OF US ATTENDED THE CARLSBAD PD AWARDS, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL CEREMONY ACKNOWLEDGING SOME OF OUR FANTASTIC STAND OUT OFFICERS.

AND THEN WE GET TO KICK OFF THE GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE.

AND DR. BHAT-PATEL AND I WERE AT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY, ALONG WITH CHIEF WILLIAMS AND CHIEF CALDERWOOD AND A BUNCH OF OTHER PD AND ABOUT 5000 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS THAT WE ALL HIGH FIVED.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND AND SUPPORT THE SCHOOL.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE ENCINO WASTEWATER BOARD MEETING IS GOING TO BE TOMORROW.

SO, MAYOR BLACKBURN, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE WITH ME AT THAT.

RIGHT. AND THEN WE'RE THE HOMELESS COUNT.

WE ALL COUNT IS COMING UP THIS WEEK.

SO I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD START SLEEPING FOR THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT STARTS AT THREE SOME ODD HOURS IN THE MORNING.

AND THEN A COUPLE OF US ARE GOING TO BE GOING AWAY FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER ACADEMY UP IN UNIVERSAL CITY.

SO OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE TOGETHER AND OUT AND ABOUT.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MR. COSTA. GREAT.

THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING AT THE LIST OF MY APPOINTMENTS AND MAKING I'D MADE SOME NOTES.

I AM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LIAISON.

THIS MORNING I WAS AT THE RISING STAR AWARDS, WHERE FOUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVED AWARDS FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE REALLY JUST AMAZING.

GIVES YOU A LOT OF HOPE FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION.

ALSO TODAY AT 9 A.M., AFTER THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RISING STAR AWARDS, WE HAD THE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, AND COUNCILMEMBER BURKHOLDER AND I WERE HERE IN THIS ROOM FOR OVER AN HOUR WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR CONTRACT LOBBYISTS ON THE PHONE JUST TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATION AND HOW WE CAN ADVOCATE BETTER FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IN OUR COMMUNITY AT STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS.

OTHER THAN THAT, I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER THINGS THAT MAYBE COUNCILMEMBER BURKHOLDER HADN'T YET GOTTEN TO.

DID YOU MENTION THE SAFER STREETS CAMPAIGN, THAT WE'RE GOING TO KICK THAT OFF TOMORROW? SO THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING.

I ALSO HAVE SOME LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES EVENTS COMING UP.

WE'VE GOT THE POLICY COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON THURSDAY.

I'M ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY POLICY COMMITTEE.

ALSO, I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE LATINO CAUCUS OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES.

THAT'S MORE THAN 500 CITY OFFICIALS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.

AND WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING THIS PAST WEEKEND.

SO WORKING OVER THE WEEKEND.

ALSO THIS THURSDAY, I'VE GOT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY MEETING AND THAT WILL BE EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S MY FIRST FULL ONE.

WE HAD A KIND OF A MINI ONE VIRTUALLY LAST WEEK, AND THIS IS MY FIRST FULL SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY MEETING THIS THURSDAY.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE ACTIVITY.

IT IS A BUSY WEEK AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT OF MANY IMPORTANT DECISIONS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. MS. BHAT-PATEL? YES, THANK YOU.

BEFORE I START MY FINAL COMMENTS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT OVER THE WEEKEND, OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE SOME TRAGEDIES THAT HAPPENED.

SO MY HEART GOES OUT TO THOSE COMMUNITIES WHERE THOSE TRAGEDIES DID HAPPEN.

IT DEFINITELY AFFECTED ME PERSONALLY IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITIES AFFECTED.

SO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE WORK OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, OF COURSE, LAST MONDAY WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

DAY. I WAS AT THE NAACP EVENT AND IT WAS GREAT TO CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING THIS PAST FRIDAY.

COUNCILMEMBER BURKHOLDER AND I WERE AT THE OMNI LA COSTA'S GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE GOLF COURSE, AND SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND HOPEFULLY HOST SOME NCAA FOLKS HERE.

AND THEN THE GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE WAS MENTIONED.

MY SON AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO, I'VE GONE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I GOT TO BRING MY SON AND HE HAD FUN SCREAMING KINDNESS WITH THE KIDS WHILE THEY WERE DOING THEIR LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SCREAM OFF.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DANCE OFF.

BUT THEY HAD THE SCREAM OFF.

AND I KNOW THE MAYOR LED THAT.

WE WERE THERE WITH THE MAYOR AS WELL.

THE HOMELESSNESS COUNT THAT WE'LL BE HAVING ON THURSDAY DOES START AT FOUR IN THE MORNING.

SO I KNOW MANY OF US WILL BE THERE BRIGHT AND EARLY.

AND WE DO HAVE THE CTA MEETING, BOARD MEETING, REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING ON THIS THURSDAY AS WELL.

THE CAL CITY'S TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE IS THE ONE THAT I CHAIR WITH MANY DIFFERENT IT'S ALMOST LIKE 60 TO 70 DIFFERENT LEGISLATORS ACROSS THE STATE SINCE I'M CHAIRING THAT.

THE SAME DAY IS ALSO THE SANDAG MEETING.

SO THE MAYOR WILL ACTUALLY BE ATTENDING INSTEAD FOR THAT PARTICULAR MEETING.

[02:10:04]

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ATTENDING AND REPRESENTING US.

AND THE THREE OTHER THINGS I JUST WANT TO MENTION, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK, IS THAT THERE IS, OF COURSE, THE NVA GRAND REOPENING.

THERE'S A UC SAN DIEGO RECEPTION FOR SAN DIEGO ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT I'LL BE ATTENDING.

AND I'M A PROUD ALUMNI, SO REALLY EXCITED TO GO BACK AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND BE PART OF THAT.

AND THE LAST ONE WILL BE ON CTD'S RAIL SAFETY AND COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENHANCING SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE REGION WITH REGARDS TO RAIL.

THE BROWN ACT REQUIRES THAT WE ANNOUNCE TO THE PUBLIC ANY TIME WE BELIEVE THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT ANY ONE EVENT.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

THOSE EVENTS COMING UP ARE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25TH, 23 FROM TEN 10:30 A.M.

TO 11:30 A.M.

WILL BE THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLEDGE MEDIA EVENT THAT WILL BE AT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL 1645 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, CARLSBAD ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25TH, 23 AT BETWEEN 5 P.M.

AND 7:00 PM. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RECEPTION WITH APTERRA MOTORS APYERRA MOTORS IS LOCATED AT 5818 EL CAMINO REAL IN CARLSBAD. THURSDAY, JANUARY 2623 AT 4:00 AM IS THE HOMELESS ANNUAL POINT IN TIME COUNT THAT WILL BE STARTING AT THE HARDING COMMUNITY CENTER'S RECREATION HALL 3096 HARDING STREET, CARLSBAD.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 23.

AT 10:30 A.M., WE'LL HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING AT NEW VILLAGE ARTS DEDICATION 2787 STATE STREET IN CARLSBAD.

CITY MANAGER.

NOTHING TO REPORT. CITY ATTORNEY.

NOTHING FOR ME EITHER. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. CITY CLERK.

NOTHING. THANK YOU FOR MY RAISE.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Jan 24, 2023 City Council Meeting

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