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[CALL TO ORDER]
PLEASE TAKE ROLL CALL.COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER PRESENT.
MAYOR PRO TEM BHAT-PATEL HERE.
ALL FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
MISS BURKHOLDER, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? 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.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 6TH, 22 AND THE MEETINGS.
THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD DECEMBER 6TH OF 22.
MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS RECITED BY THE MAYOR.
NEXT IS PRESENTATIONS WE'LL START.
[PRESENTATIONS]
MAYOR PRO TEM BHAT-PATEL, WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE THE RECOGNITION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE CURTIS JACKSON UP TO THE PODIUM BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION.
GREAT. THANK YOU. SO REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DI COMMITTEE FOR OUR CITY DOES A REALLY GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IN OUR ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO FEEL REPRESENTED.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND READ OUR PROCLAMATION.
AND WHEREAS, BLACK HISTORY MONTH RECOGNIZES AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM, EQUALITY AND EQUITY THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS FACED HISTORICALLY AND CURRENTLY TO THIS DAY.
AND WHEREAS, THE 2023 NATIONAL THEME FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS BLACK RESISTANCE TO ADDRESS HISTORIC AND ONGOING OPPRESSIONS IN ALL FORMS. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CONTINUES TO STRIVE TO BE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY IN WHICH ALL PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ARE RESPECTED AND RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, THE STATE, THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD.
AND WHEREAS, DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE REFLECT AS A NATION ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY FROM THE INJUSTICES OF SLAVERY TO THE INNOVATORS OF OUR TIME, WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO ARE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS AND WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE DESPITE ANY OBSTACLES.
THEREFORE, I PRIYA BHAT-PATEL MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2023 TO BE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND PROUDLY HONOR THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND NATION.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS A MONTH LONG RECOGNITION WHERE WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS, INCLUDING ITS LEADERS, ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS AND UNSUNG HEROES WHO HAVE HELPED SHAPE AND PROGRESS OUR SOCIETY.
FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, LED BY FIGURES LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
TO THE CULTURAL IMPACT OF ICONS LIKE JAMES BALDWIN, NINA SIMONE AND MAYA ANGELOU.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IS RICH WITH POWERFUL AND INSPIRING STORIES.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SERVES AS A REMINDER THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST SYSTEMIC RACISM AND WORK TOWARDS CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE WORLD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. IN THIS CONTEXT, IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE EDUCATE OURSELVES AND OTHERS ABOUT THE RICH HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
IN CONCLUSION, LET US USE THIS MONTH TO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO REFLECT UPON THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES THAT STILL EXIST AND TO USE THE LESSONS LEARNED TO CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL.
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THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE.
AND I INVITE BEN CHURCHILL AND JILL MCNAB.
YEAH, THAT. I INVITE YOU TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
THE PROCLAMATION READS, THE GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE WAS CREATED AND LAUNCHED HERE IN CARLSBAD IN 2012 BY KIDS FOR PEACE, A GLOBAL NONPROFIT THAT IS BUILDING A WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY OF KIND, COMPASSIONATE AND EMPOWERED YOUTH.
THE GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE IS ONE WEEK DEDICATED TO STUDENTS PERFORMING AS MANY ACTS OF KINDNESS AS POSSIBLE USING A PROVIDED CHECKLIST. AND I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THAT CHECKLIST ON THE BACK OF SHIRTS.
THE GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE WAS PILOTED WITH THREE CARLSBAD PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HAS NOW EXPANDED TO ALL 50 STATES, 115 COUNTRIES WITH 19 MILLION STUDENTS PARTICIPATING.
NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 23RD THROUGH 27TH, 2023, AS THE GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE WEEK. AND IF ANYBODY MISSED THAT, IT WAS 50 STATES, 115 COUNTRIES, 19 MILLION STUDENTS, AND STARTED IN CARLSBAD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YES. THANK YOU.
WELL, WE ARE SO DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GOING TO INVITE EACH SCHOOL TO COME UP AND GET A CERTIFICATE.
EACH SCHOOL THAT PARTICIPATES BECOMES A KINDNESS CERTIFIED SCHOOL.
AND CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE VERY FIRST KIND OF CERTIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND NOW WE HAVE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF THEM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SO FIRST WE HAVE AND WANT TO MAKE SURE FIRST WE HAVE FROM AVIARY OAKS ELEMENTARY.
WE HAVE WESLEY AND REID SHANK [APPLAUSE].
VISTA ELEMENTARY, MARJORIE GIORDANI AND SIDNEY SHINODA [APPLAUSE].
FROM CALVARY HILLS ELEMENTARY.
WE HAVE KIMBERLY FUENTES AND SCARLETT [INAUDIBLE].
FROM CALVARY HILLS MIDDLE, WE HAVE DR.
ECKER AND SYLVIA GIBSON [APPLAUSE].
FROM CARLSBAD HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE JULIE REDFIELD AND KATIE LIPPERT [APPLAUSE].
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FROM JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY WE HAVE CARLA [INAUDIBLE] AND LILLY TEAM [APPLAUSE].WE HAVE EMMA COBB AND COLTON EDMAN [APPLAUSE].
FROM PAC RIM WE HAVE RICHARD TUBBS AND ELLA SQUIRE [APPLAUSE].
IT'S ROBERT. WE HAVE NOT ROBERT [INAUDIBLE].
WE HAVE, THOUGH, JEN THOMPSON, THE PARENT, AND HELENA THOMPSON [APPLAUSE].
FROM SAGE CREEK WE HAVE JESSE SCHUWEILER, AND NATALIE STEELE [APPLAUSE].
AND FINALLY, FROM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE NICOLE JOHNSTON AND ALI [APPLAUSE].
NEXT CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE US A REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION?
[PUBLIC REPORT OF ANY ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.[PUBLIC COMMENT]
I HAVE TO READ THIS.PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT.
THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED COMMENTS AS REQUESTED.
UP TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES IN 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 BE TAKEN ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS LIKE WE JUST HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU'LL HAVE 3 MINUTES. THERE IS A AT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES, I THINK IT TURNS YELLOW AS A WARNING AND I AM GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THE 3 MINUTES AND I ASK THAT THE CITY CLERK TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 3 MINUTES.
THAT'S THAT WAY WE'RE FAIR TO ALL SPEAKERS.
FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE. PEGGY COMBS, FOLLOWED BY KATHY PARKER, PLEASE.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF ARMY AND NAVY ACADEMY.
I JUST CAME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS I'M NEW TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND JUST TO SAY THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE THE MOST BRIEF, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT.
MANY INCENTIVES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO HOMEOWNERS THIS YEAR.
IN ADDITION, THE TECH CLEAN CALIFORNIA PROGRAM WILL START UP AGAIN IN 2023 IN OUR AREA TO OFFER SUBSTANTIAL REBATES FOR HEAT PUMP DRYERS, HEAT PUMP WATER AND SPACE HEATERS, AND INDUCTION STOVES FOR RESIDENTIAL RETROFITS WHILE THE FUNDS LAST.
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BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION CAN EASILY OCCUR BEFORE THE UPDATE AND BE ROLLED INTO THIS CAP REVISION.ASK STAFF TO PRESENT POSSIBLE MEASURES NOW TO GET THE BALL ROLLING.
THANK YOU. SOCORRO ANDERSON, FOLLOWED BY PIERRE [INAUDIBLE].
COUNCIL. I'M PLEASED TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT ONE.
WELCOME. TONIGHT, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE AREA KNOWN AS THE BARRIO.
THE AREA IS HOME TO THE LOWEST INCOME AND MINORITIES IN ALL OF CARLSBAD.
HISPANICS, NON-HISPANICS, AND MANY SENIORS LIVING IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IN THE FALL OF 2020, CITY OF CARLSBAD SENT OUT BROCHURES ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECTS FOR THE CARLSBAD BARRIO, BARRIO AREA, STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AND BARRIO AND VILLAGE TRAFFIC CIRCLES.
THE VILLAGE AND BARRIO MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIES LOCATIONS FOR TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.
FEDERAL FUNDING RECEIVED BY THE CITY WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE BARRIO TRAFFIC CALMING ROUNDABOUTS, LIGHTING AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY, 90 MILES OF LOCAL STREETS ARE SAFER.
YET TRAFFIC AND SPEEDING ON ROOSEVELT, MADISON AND HARDING CONTINUE.
MY QUESTION MAYOR AND COUNCIL ESPECIALLY YOU MS. BURKHOLDER FOR REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT ONE.
WHERE IS THE PRIORITY FOR THE BARRIO? AND IS THE BARRIO ON ANY PRIORITY LIST TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES? THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA NEED ANSWERS.
DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.
WHY NOW AND NOT BEFORE? WELL, BECAUSE REPUBLICANS LOST A MAJORITY IN SANDAG WITH THE LOCAL SYSTEM CALLED WEIGHTED VOTE VERSUS WHAT WOULD GIVE THEM A MAJORITY WITH A TALLY VOTE.
A WEIGHTED VOTE IS A REPRESENTATIVE VOTE OF THE POPULATION OF THE WHOLE COUNTY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, A TALLY VOTE GIVES THE SAME VOTING POWER TO SMALL CITIES AND LARGE CITIES.
SO FAR, LESS REPRESENTATION FOR A CITIZEN OF CARLSBAD VERSUS A CITIZEN OF DELMAR, FOR EXAMPLE, ABOUT 30 TIMES LESS.
SANDAG IS AN IMPORTANT INSTITUTION FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THIS COUNTY AND SHOULD MAKE DECISIONS WITHOUT BIAS OF INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATION. MY VOTE SHOULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOURS AND YOURS NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN MINE.
WHEN REPUBLICANS HAD A MAJORITY AT LARGE IN THIS COUNTY FOR DECADES, THEY THEN LOST IT, BUT STILL RULED SANDAG FOR SOME TIME, USING THEIR OWN SOLE POWER, KEEPING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION UNDERDEVELOPED.
THE SYSTEM WAS NOT SUCH A PROBLEM FOR THEM.
IN REALITY, THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS WERE MADE BY THEM ALMOST STRICTLY ALONG PARTY LINES.
NOW, AFTER THE LAST JANUARY 13TH MEETING IN SANDAG, THE ELECTED BOARD LEADERS ARE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS JUST FIGHT HARD TO REGAIN THIS CONTROL BY CHANGING THE RULES.
IN THIS COUNTY WHERE PEOPLE VOTE DEMOCRAT BY 26% MARGIN THIS IS A REAL STORY.
A TELE VOTE IS NEITHER EQUITABLE NOR FAIR NOR BALANCED.
IT WOULD BE AT THE SERVICE OF A MINORITY AGAINST A LARGE MAJORITY.
THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER, MAYOR JENNIFER JACOBS.
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HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.BUT I'M HERE TO BRING SOMETHING TO ATTENTION BEFORE SOMETHING GETS OUT OF CONTROL.
THE STATEWIDE TOBACCO BAN FLAVORED TOBACCO BAN WENT INTO EFFECT THIS PAST DECEMBER.
AND WHILE I BELIEVE IT'S GOOD INTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT CAME WITH NO MONEY FOR YOU TO ENFORCE OR ANY KIND OF DIRECTION FOR THE CITIES OR COUNTIES TO ENFORCE.
THEY WERE SELLING ILLEGAL VAPING.
AND WHILE IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO POSSESS FLAVORED TOBACCO, IT IS ILLEGAL TO SELL IT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T KEEP THEM FROM GOING TO MEXICO OR GOING TO ARIZONA AND BRINGING IT BACK.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT BECAUSE THIS CAME AS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE, YOU GOT NO MONEY FOR IT, YOU GOT NO DIRECTION FOR IT, THAT YOU REQUEST FUNDS, THAT YOU MAKE A DEMAND OF FUNDS, AND THAT MAYBE YOU JOIN WITH THE OTHER CITIES IN SAN DIEGO AND MAYBE MAKE A REQUEST THROUGH SANDAG FOR THEM TO GIVE YOU THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN HERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ABUNDANT FENTANYL LACED VAPING THAT'S GOING AROUND THIS COUNTRY AND IS ENDING UP WITH IN TEENS AND KILLING TEENS, AND THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR THIS.
THIS HAS ONLY BEEN ONE MONTH AND WE JUST HAD TWO TEEN SHOT HERE.
BUT I THINK THEY GAVE YOU AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.
AND I KNOW THAT THE RESOURCES ARE ALREADY TIGHT FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND WE DO SUCH A GOOD JOB IN THIS TOWN AND AROUND THIS TOWN, AROUND THIS COMMUNITIES THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS.
AND I ASK FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU. NEXT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON ANY OF THIS? NO, MAYOR. THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.COUNCIL WANT TO PULL ANY FOR ANY REASON.
MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE.
CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[6. ORDINANCE AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.18, CARLSBAD ARTS COMMISSION]
YES, SIR. NOW ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, BECAUSE THIS IS GENERAL CLEANUP.THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE STAFF ARE PREPARED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
OR WE COULD DISPENSE WITH THE PRESENTATION AND GO DIRECTLY INTO CALLING FOR THE ORDINANCE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT THE FULL PRESENTATION.
OH, I'M SORRY. FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE ORDINANCE CITY.
CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA.
AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.8 18 CARLSBAD ARTS COMMISSION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 1.20 MEETINGS IN CHAPTER 2.15 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
MOTION. AND FOR THE RECORD, I'M ASSUMING NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ONE.
MOVE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE AS RECITED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CITY MANAGER.
[7. ORDINANCE NO. CS-443 - UPDATE TO CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 1.15.040 – CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS]
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER.ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS THE ORDINANCE NUMBER CS-443 UPDATE TO CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 1.15.040 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 1.15.40 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TO ADJUST CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TO REFLECT AN INCREASE IN THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS FOR THE SAN DIEGO REGION.
ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? PLEASE VOTE. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE AS RECITED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
SECOND, I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME BACK.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CITY MANAGER.
[8. ORDINANCE NOS. CS-444 AND CS-445 - ANNUAL ELECTED OFFICIALS COMPENSATION REVIEW]
GREAT. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT I'LL BE TURNING OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.AND THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER CS 444 AN CS 445.
THE ANNUAL ELECTED OFFICIALS COMPENSATION REVIEW.
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THE SECOND ORDINANCE IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA.ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MOTION, PLEASE. MOVE ADOPTION OF BOTH ORDINANCES AS RECITED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, CITY MANAGER.
[9. HOUSING COMMISSION 2022 WORK PLAN ANNUAL REPORT AND JANUARY 2023 – JUNE 2024 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN]
YES. THANK YOU. AS OUR STAFF FOR COMING UP.THIS IS THE HOUSING COMMISSION 2022 WORK PLAN ANNUAL REPORT AND THE JANUARY 23 THROUGH JUNE 24 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN MAKING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, CRISTIAN GUTIERREZ.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. PRO TEM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TONIGHT, STAFF WILL BE DISCUSSING THE HOUSING COMMISSION'S WORK PLANS.
SO THE MISSION OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION IS TO PROMOTE A HOUSING TO PROMOTE HOUSING SECURITY AND AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING LOWER INCOME FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICE NEEDS.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRES EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION TO DEVELOP AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ANTICIPATES UNDERTAKING IN THE COMING YEAR AND TO PROVIDE A SUBSEQUENT SUBSEQUENT REPORT OF ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THE 2022 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2022.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, TODAY IS THE 2022 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTED IN ATTACHMENT A WITH THE STAFF REPORT AND THE PROPOSED 2023 -24 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN SHOWN IN ATTACHMENT B.
DURING THE LAST YEAR, THE HOUSING COMMISSION MADE NOTABLE PROGRESS ON ITS WORK PLAN, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF THE MARJA ACRES DEVELOPMENT FUNDING REQUEST, APPROVAL AND SUBMISSION OF THE 2022 PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY ANNUAL PLAN SUBMITTED TO HUD.
NOW TRANSITIONING TO THE PROPOSED 2023-24 WORK PLAN FOLLOWS A SIMILAR FORMAT AS LAST YEAR'S PLAN.
HAVING SAID THAT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A ONE TIME 18 MONTH WORK PLAN CYCLE IN ORDER TO TRANSITION THE PLAN TO A FISCAL YEAR CALENDAR THAT WILL ALIGN WITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S BUDGET AND FISCAL REPORTING CYCLES.
FOLLOWING THIS 18 MONTH PERIOD, THE WORK PLAN WOULD RETURN TO A 12 MONTH FISCAL YEAR CYCLE STARTING ON JULY 1ST, 2024, FOR THE 2024-25 FISCAL YEAR.
SO REGARDING THE 2023-24 WORK PLAN TASKS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A NUMBER OF THE TASKS IN THE 2022 WORK PLAN ARE STILL IN PROGRESS AND ARE ONGOING IN NATURE.
NEW TASKS DURING THE CYCLE WERE BASED ON HOUSING COMMISSION FEEDBACK, INCLUDING EXAMINING SMOKE FREE REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY ASSISTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LOOKING INTO HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
THE PROPOSED 2023-24 WORK PLAN IS SHOWN AS ATTACHMENT B IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT.
SO STAFFS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE 2022 WORK PLAN ANNUAL REPORT AND THE JANUARY 2023 TO JUNE 2024 HOUSING COMMISSION WORK PLAN. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION, BUT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TO THE PODIUM HOUSING COMMISSIONER CHAIR JOHN WYNN CLEARY FOR HOUSING COMMISSION REMARKS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
JOHN CLEARY, CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION REPRESENTING OUR COMMISSION TONIGHT.
AND JUST BRIEFLY WANT TO IN PARTICULAR THANK DIRECTOR MILLS, MR. GUTIERREZ AND ALL OF THE STAFF OF THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR GREAT WORK.
SO THANK YOU. ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT.
THIS IS LARGELY THE SAME WORK PLAN THAT WE HAVE YEAR TO YEAR.
ONE THING WE DID ADD THAT WASN'T MENTIONED IS YOU MAY REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING UPDATE, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE CHANGES WAS THAT WE DESIGNATED MANY OF THE INCLUSIONARY ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS THAT
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DEVELOPERS MAY CHOOSE TO BE MINISTERIAL APPROVED BY STAFF AND NO LONGER NEED TO COME FOR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION AND THEN TO COUNCIL.SO WE DID ASK FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT OF THAT, IN PARTICULAR WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST YEAR THAT THOSE WOULDN'T ROUTINELY COME TO COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN OBSERVE THAT ACTIVITY.
BUT OTHERWISE EVERYTHING IS LARGELY THE SAME AS IT'S BEEN YEAR TO YEAR.
AND I'M ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE WORK PLAN.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO QUESTIONS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU. MS. BHAT-PATEL. THANK YOU.
I NOTICE THAT WE SAY HOMELESS RESPONSE PLAN UPDATE.
AND THEN IN THE FOLLOWING ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN.
SO JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WILL REFLECT THE SHIFT IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE TO CHANGE THAT NAME.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
BUT OF COURSE, IF THE CITY COUNCIL DOES APPROVE THE PLAN AS PRESENTED, THEN THE NAME WOULD CHANGE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO US.
IT CAN JUST BE DONE. OKAY, GREAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF THAT.
IS IT OKAY IF I MAKE MY COMMENTS? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER NGUYEN CLEARY.
YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE SPENDING SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
WE ALWAYS THANK ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS IN THIS CAPACITY.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS.
ALSO, I SAW THAT YOU BROUGHT YOUR SONS HERE, SO I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GIVING UP A LOT TO BE HERE.
AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO TO STOP THIS.
IT'S SUCH A IT'S A TOPIC THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL ALWAYS BE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT.
HOW DO WE DEAL WITH HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS? AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE NOT ONLY WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU. YES. JUST THANK YOU FOR THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND USING PLAN APPROVALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
GET PEOPLE ON A FAST TRACK SO THAT WE CAN GET THE HOUSING THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP.
SO APPRECIATE THAT. MRS. ACOSTA THANK YOU.
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS ARE TWO OF THE TOP ISSUES FOR ANY CITY IN CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE CLAIMED THEM AS TWO OF OUR TOP ISSUES THAT WE CARE TO PUT OUR OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, REALLY JUST PUT A LOT OF EFFORT AND RESOURCES INTO WORKING ON THESE REALLY TOUGH ISSUES.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
AND I SHARE THE COMMENTS OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MOTION, PLEASE.
YES. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.
[10. CARLSBAD HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN]
ITEM NUMBER TEN, CITY MANAGER.THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM NUMBER TEN IS THE CARLSBAD HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN, AND THE PRESENTATION WILL OCCUR FROM OUR HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DIRECTOR MANDY MILLS, ALONG WITH OUR SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, CHRIS SHILLING, AS WELL AS OUR POLICE LIEUTENANT ERIC KOVANDA.
GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M MANDY MILLS, THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND PRESENTING WITH ME TONIGHT IS CHRIS SHILLING, SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER FROM THE HOMELESS SERVICES DIVISION, AS WELL AS LIEUTENANT ERIC KOVANDA FROM THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND TONIGHT, WE'RE PRESENTING AN OVERVIEW OF THE UPDATED CARLSBAD HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN.
SO IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR THE BROAD APPROACH AND AN ACTION PLAN, AS WELL AS PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND THEN RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE UPDATED PLAN.
TO ACCOMPLISH THE CITY COUNCIL GOAL TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS.
THE CITY DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF INITIATIVES STRATEGICALLY DESIGNED TO MAKE BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERM IMPACTS ON THE HOMELESSNESS CONCERNS IN CARLSBAD. OUR OVERALL APPROACH FROM THE BEGINNING HAS BEEN TO FOCUS ON AREAS WHERE WE COULD HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT FOR CARLSBAD, TO FILL THE GAPS AND TO ACT AS A FACILITATOR CONNECTING REGIONAL AGENCIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM WAS FORMED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN IN 2018, THE FIRST CONTRACT WITH LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS AND CASE MANAGERS WAS PUT INTO PLAY.
AND IN THAT YEAR, ALSO THE HOMELESS HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED TO REALLY FOCUS EFFORTS AND ENERGIES AND KIND OF TIE TOGETHER EFFORTS TOWARDS HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
SO SOME OF THAT WAS REGARDING CAMPING IN PUBLIC SPACES.
THERE WAS ISSUES REGARDING DISORDERLY CONDUCT, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE FIRES IN PUBLIC, THINGS LIKE THAT, MAYBE OBSTRUCTING PUBLIC SPACES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY APPROVED A SHORT TERM MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM AS A PILOT.
SO WE DID TRY THAT INITIALLY FOR ONE YEAR, AND WE RECENTLY DID RENEW THAT.
AND THEN IN 2022, WE DID IMPLEMENT AN EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS SPECIALIST CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ALSO PROVIDED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO EXPAND THE CLINICAL RESOURCES AT LA POSADA DE GUADALUPE SHELTER, WHICH IS THE CITY'S EXISTING HOMELESS SHELTER.
BUT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN HELPING PEOPLE INTO TEMPORARY SHELTER.
DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE HELPED 110 PEOPLE ENTER A SHELTER.
THE POLICE AND URBAN CORE HAVE COLLABORATED TO CLEAN UP 50 ENCAMPMENT AREAS.
THANK YOU. I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT OF THIS.
SO AS YOU HEARD, THIS PROGRAM BEGAN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE BEEN IN THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND I THINK THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT OVER TIME WE'VE BEEN VERY ADAPTIVE IN OUR APPROACH.
SO THEY GO OUT WITH OUR TEAM AND THEN THEY ALSO FOCUS DIRECTLY ON CASE MANAGEMENT.
AND WE'RE SEEING REALLY PROMISING RESULTS FROM THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE MORE DIRECTLY AND LESS THEIR SERVICES ARE LESS BROKEN UP OVER TIME.
SO IT'S MAKING A GREATER IMPACT.
WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PROACTIVE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
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FOR SERVICE, GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY EDUCATE BUT ALSO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT.I CAN TELL YOU THAT NONE OF THEM OCCURRED ON THE FIRST CONTACT.
SO WE'VE TALKED WITH YOU QUITE A BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A SHORT VIDEO.
I THINK THAT HELPS TO TELL THE STORY.
REGIONAL COLLABORATION IS HUGE FOR US.
WE'RE HERE THIS MORNING FOR THE ANNUAL POINT IN TIME COUNT ACROSS THE NATION TO SEE IF WE CAN GET AN IDEA OF APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY PEOPLE ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. WE ARE COUNTING PEOPLE WHO EITHER SLEPT OUTSIDE OR SLEPT IN THEIR CARS OR PLACE NOT MEANT FOR SLEEPING.
ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS CARLSBAD RAPID REHOUSING, AND THAT HELPS PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, RIGHT? WITH DEPOSIT AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
OR IF THERE'S A GAP IN SERVICE THAT WE CAN START TO DIRECT SOME SERVICE TO THAT.
I THINK IF CITIZENS DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A HOT TEAM DOES, THEY SHOULD CALL, GO VISIT.
IF EVERYONE IS COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTHER, THAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CLIENT SO THAT WE CAN ALL JUST COME TOGETHER AND PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE CAN FOR THE PARTICIPANT. WE KNOW THAT VULNERABILITIES ARE MUCH HIGHER WHEN PEOPLE ARE LIVING OUTSIDE AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CREATE PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE FIND A HOME.
IN OCTOBER 2022, THE COUNCIL UPDATED THE HOMELESSNESS GOAL TO FOCUS ON REDUCING BOTH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY IMPACTS OF PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED.
TO INFORM THE PLAN, WE ANALYZE DATA.
LOOKED AT BEST PRACTICES, LOOKED AT FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, HELD INPUT STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS. HELD A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO TOOK THE PLAN TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK.
AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THE PLAN CONSOLIDATES KEY STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES.
IT CONTINUES THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT HAS HELPED US ACHIEVE THE PROGRESS WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR.
BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GATHERED FROM THE MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, DATA EVALUATION, AND ALSO THE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED FROM THE EXISTING WORK PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. CITY STAFF HAVE IDENTIFIED KEY AREAS OF IMPACT THE CITY CAN FOCUS ON TO ACHIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOAL OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THESE AREAS INCLUDE SHELTER AND HOUSING, OUTREACH AND ACCESS TO SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
THIS TABLE OUTLINES THE PREVIOUS KEY STRATEGIES AND THE UPDATED STRATEGIES.
THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES HIGH LEVEL POLICY DIRECTION AND THE STRATEGIES THAT WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
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EXISTING SERVICES THAT ASSIST WITH ACHIEVING THE OVERALL GOAL ARE IDENTIFIED AS CONTINUED SERVICE COMMITMENTS.IDENTIFYING ALL SERVICES IN ONE CONSOLIDATED WORK PROGRAM ALLOWS CITY STAFF TO MORE EASILY IDENTIFY GAPS, DUPLICATION OR ALTERNATE FUNDING SOURCES WHICH MAY BE AVAILABLE, SUCH AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS OR PLHA FUNDING.
FORMAL PROGRESS REPORTS WILL BE PROVIDED ON A SEMIANNUAL BASIS.
SO IN SUMMARY, OUR UPDATED ACTION PLAN, WE THINK IS CARLSBAD SPECIFIC.
SO IT ACKNOWLEDGES WHAT THE NEEDS ARE HERE AND WHAT IS WITHIN OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.
HOMELESSNESS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE ACROSS THE NATION.
BUT CARLSBAD HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS WHAT WE CAN WITHIN OUR CONTROL.
SO THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED THE QUALITATIVE RESULTS AS WELL.
THE UPDATED PLAN DOESN'T START OVER.
SO WE'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL.
WE ARE BUILDING UPON THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE LESSONS THAT WE'VE LEARNED.
THE EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CURRENT LEVEL OF INVESTMENT.
THERE IS WE DO REQUIRE A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST AS NOT ALL OF OUR SERVICE CONTRACTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL FUND BASELINE BUDGET, BUT IT'S WITHIN THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SEEN.
SO AS I MENTIONED, THAT THE PLAN DOES INCLUDE HIGH LEVEL POLICY DIRECTION AND STRATEGIES.
SO AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, IDENTIFYING ALL THE SERVICES IN ONE CONSOLIDATED RESOURCE PLAN ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT DUPLICATION OR GAPS OF SERVICE AND ALSO WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR AN APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT PARTICULAR ACTIVITY, BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN APPLY WITH A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE. AND ALSO YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, CITY STAFF ARE WORKING WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO HELP THE CITY'S EXISTING HOMELESS SHELTER EXPAND TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? YES, WE DO.
WOULD REBECCA NUSSBAUM COME FORWARD AND THEN FOLLOWED BY KARL ANDERSON.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS REBECCA NUSSBAUM, AND I SERVE AS THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER AT COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER.
AS ONE OF THE MANY SERVICE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WORKS WITH CARLSBAD, CRC HAS SEEN FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT THAT THOSE RESOURCES HAVE MADE ON THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE UNHOUSED.
WHETHER IT'S A SENIOR ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND DESPERATE NEED OF HOUSING THAT HE CAN AFFORD ON A FIXED INCOME, A SINGLE WOMAN WORKING, GETTING HER REAL ESTATE LICENSE WHILE LIVING IN HER CAR, OR A MOM FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DESPERATE FOR A SAFE HOME.
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THESE ARE ALL REAL STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE COME TO CRC AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT NECESSARY TO HELP THEM MOVE FROM HOMELESSNESS TO HOUSING THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH OUR UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS, CRC ALSO PROVIDES HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION ASSISTANCE DESIGNED AT STEMMING THE TIDE OF INDIVIDUALS BECOMING HOMELESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS STATES THAT FOR EVERY 10 UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS PLACED IN HOUSING, 13 ARE BECOMING HOMELESS AND THEREFORE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION EFFORTS ARE CRITICAL AND ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS PLAN.
INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR ECONOMIC WELL-BEING AND ARE CRITICAL TO PROVIDING THE SECURITY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO STABLE HOUSING REQUIRED TO END HOMELESSNESS.
HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A CHOICE NOR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
HOUSING IS A RIGHT AND A NEED FOR ALL.
I'M HERE IN FAVOR OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CARLSBAD HOMELESS ACTION PLAN AND THE INVESTMENT OF THE MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES TO HOUSE, ASSIST AND SERVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GONE FULL CIRCLE ON THIS YOU AND I.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT WHEN I READ THE UPDATED CITY HOUSING PLAN WAS UNDER THE SECTION TITLED CITY OPTIONS REDUCE BARRIERS TO SHELTER AND HOUSING, WHICH I HAVE HERE.
SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT TWO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WINDSOR POINT AND OAK STREET ON OAK STREET AND ON HARDING STREET, AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR HOUSING.
ON MY WAY TO SMART AND FINAL, I STOPPED IN ON THE ONE ON OAK STREET AND ASKED THE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS THERE, HOW DO DO YOU SOMEONE APPLY FOR HOUSING IN THESE TWO DEVELOPMENTS? SHE DIRECTED ME TO A WEBSITE CALLED ONSITE AND I WENT HOME AND I GOT ON MY ON MY COMPUTER AND I LOOKED IT UP.
LO AND BEHOLD, I FIND THAT IT HAD 12 BARRIERS, NOT 5 AS LISTED HERE, SOME OF THEM WHICH NO HOMELESS PERSON WILL EVER KNOW HOW TO APPLY OR WILL EVER HAVE ANY OF THIS INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A CHRONIC HOMELESS, HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS OR MORE.
I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF THE HOUSING, THE SOME OF THE HOMELESS.
OVERALL, THE CITY HAS DONE A GOOD JOB.
BUT BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.
HOUSING AND MORE COMPLETE WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE NEEDED.
TAMARA KOHLER, FOLLOWED BY TERRY JACOBS, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING. I'M TAMARA KOHLER THE CEO OF THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS IS QUOTED OFTEN AROUND DATA AND OTHER THINGS.
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WE ARE THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZING YOUR POINT IN TIME COUNT THEN IS CARRIED OUT BY YOUR CITY.THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE IS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
WE ARE FEDERALLY ORGANIZED AND OR STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO BE A PLANNING BODY, TO BE A FACILITATOR.
WE BRING FEDERAL FUNDS TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO OVERSEE STATE FUNDS, WHICH IS REALLY CRITICAL.
CARLSBAD'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS FOLLOWS BEST PRACTICE AND PROVEN STANDARDS.
YOU MEASURE YOUR DATA, YOU CARE ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW THEM BY NAME.
BUILDING ON THAT GIVES YOU A FIRM FOUNDATION WITH THIS PLAN, WE ALSO HAVE A PLAN THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO PUT TOGETHER, AND I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT THE STAFF IN INCORPORATING NOT ONLY THE NEEDS OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, BUT ALSO THE PLAN THAT IS FROM THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE USING THE WRITTEN STANDARDS, THOSE MEASURES AND REALLY FOCUSING ON ENDING HOMELESSNESS.
WE KNOW THAT ENDING HOMELESSNESS BEGINS WITH A HOME, BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES STRONG PLANNING, IT REQUIRES INVESTMENT AND REQUIRES REALLY DELIBERATIVE, PURPOSEFUL APPROACHES TO THIS WORK.
AND AS THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE BEING A FUNDER, WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO ALL OF THE CITY MANAGERS IN THE REGION TO WORK WITH THEM, TO ALSO SHARE THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE TO YOUR COMMUNITIES AS YOU ADOPT PLANS THAT ALSO INCORPORATE OUR PLANNING AS WELL, THAT WE WILL BRING RESOURCES TO HELP YOU FILL YOUR STAFFING, DO THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO AND ADDRESS YOUR HOMELESSNESS.
YOU'RE FOLLOWING LITERALLY THE BEST PRACTICES.
AND WHEN YOU ARE ONE OF THE LEADERS, NOT ONLY IN OUR REGION BUT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE WAY THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING THIS WORK, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS IN A VERY CHALLENGING TIME AND SEE US AS PARTNERS AND A PURPOSEFUL APPROACH TO THIS WORK.
AND I WILL ALSO JUST END WITH THIS.
PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS IS IMPORTANT.
WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE TO PROVE THEY'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS.
WE KNOW WHAT THOSE CHARACTERISTICS LOOK LIKE.
AND ON A FEDERAL LEVEL, THE U.S.
MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS TERRY JACOBS AND I AM A RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD.
DISTRICT ONE. HOMELESS ACTION PLAN.
CHRIS AND I, WE'VE BEEN EMAILING BACK AND FORTH.
THANK YOU. IT'S IT'S AN INTERESTING PLAN.
THERE'S A LOT TO IT. YOU GUYS DID A TON OF WORK AND I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK IN THERE.
I THINK IT REALLY ADDRESSES PEOPLE BECOMING HOMELESS.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN HERE.
IF YOU IF YOU NEED FUNDS TO PAY YOUR RENT, THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
WHAT I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A NEW GOAL.
I WAS VERY VOCAL ABOUT THE OLD GOAL.
I DID NOT LIKE THE GOAL THAT WE HAD.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS MEASURABLE.
I STILL DON'T THINK IT'S WHERE IT NEEDS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
I THINK WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED MORE TIME TO WORK ON THIS.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE SOME TIME WHERE WE CAN SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH THIS.
CARLSBAD IS AN AMAZING COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE SO MANY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE HERE.
WE HAVE SO MANY INNOVATIVE IDEAS.
I DON'T KNOW, IS DAVID GRAHAM HERE TONIGHT? I'VE NEVER MET HIM, BUT HE SPEAKS AT COUNCIL MEETINGS AND HE HAS SO MANY IDEAS AND HE'S SO I DON'T KNOW, I JUST LOVE HIS HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR THE CITY.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAD ANY INPUT IN THIS.
I READ EVERY PLAN THAT WAS IN THIS PLAN.
THERE WERE 13 PLANS AND THIS PLAN.
AND IF YOU ADD THE 6, I THINK IT WAS 6 CITY PLANS, THAT'S 19 PLANS.
AND THERE'S NOTHING INNOVATIVE IN HERE.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
I WALKED THE VILLAGE 5 MILES, 5 MILES, 6 MILES.
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THERE'S ADDICTION ISSUES.ADDICTION ISN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT UNTIL PAGE 16 IN THIS PLAN.
AND IT'S THE OCEANSIDE PLAN THAT BRINGS IT UP.
SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS YES, PEOPLE.
WE LOOK AT HOUSING AS THE PROBLEM.
GREG [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY JOHN WYNN CLEARY.
MAYOR HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I SERVE AS THE CEO AT INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES.
I'M HERE TO COMMEND STAFF AND COUNCIL FOR THE PLANNING AND THOUGHTFULNESS THAT WENT INTO THIS PLAN.
AS TAMARA KOHLER FROM THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS SHARED, THIS PLAN INCORPORATES MANY BEST PRACTICES THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. THIS TRULY IS INNOVATIVE.
WE HAVE THE HONOR OF STAFFING THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM HERE IN CARLSBAD, 80 HOURS A WEEK OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER PROVIDERS. ONE OF THE FAMILIES THAT ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THAT WE WORKED WITH THIS LAST YEAR WAS IDENTIFIED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOMEBODY WHO WAS WHO WAS WALKING HOME FROM WORK.
AND HE'S PART OF A LARGE UNHOUSED FAMILY, THREE YOUNG KIDS, AND THEY ONLY HAVE ONE VEHICLE.
AND HE WAS WALKING HOME ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.
THOSE OF US RAISING YOUNG FAMILIES CAN IMAGINE HOW WE KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO RAISE A FAMILY.
YOU WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY HOUSE THAT FAMILY JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS, IN FACT.
AND THEN INTERFAITH HELPED FULLY FURNISH AND SUPPORT THAT FAMILY.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE PREVENTION, AS HAS BEEN REFERENCED BY MANY, IS FOUNDATIONAL.
WE DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM HOUSING PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING HOMELESS.
THIS PLAN SPEAKS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION.
AND I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE CARLSBAD SERVICE CENTER THAT HAS HAD FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS THAT INTERFAITH ALSO HAS THE HONOR OF OPERATING. LAST YEAR WE WORKED WITH 842 CARLSBAD RESIDENTS OUT OF THAT CENTER AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT, PREVENTED HOMELESSNESS FOR 123 ADULTS AND CHILDREN THERE.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS TO SHARE.
I'M AT TIME, I WANT TO SHARE MY SUPPORT FOR THE PLAN AND COMPLIMENT YOU.
THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS AGAIN TO DIRECTOR MILLS, MR. SHILLING, MS. KLEIN, LIEUTENANT KOVANDA, AND ALSO CAPTAIN SMITH, WHO PRESENTED AT OUR MEETING ON WHAT WAS A HERCULEAN EFFORT, REALLY.
AND SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR THAT EFFORT.
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THERE ARE LIMITED RESOURCES TO TO INVEST AND THERE ARE 56 RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.WHAT WE AREN'T VERY GOOD AT IS IDENTIFYING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO BE UNHOUSED NEXT.
AND YOU HEARD THE STATISTIC THAT FOR EVERY 10 PEOPLE THAT WE HOUSE, ANOTHER 13 BECOME UNHOUSED.
WE'RE LOSING THAT BATTLE STILL, DESPITE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMENTS IN CALIFORNIA.
AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL HIGHLIGHT AN ASTERISK, THAT LINE, THAT ACTION ITEM.
IT IS ONE OF THE 56 INCREASE PREVENTION AND DIVERSION EFFORTS.
THAT'S MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION.
THAT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WAS A SPECIFIC REFERENCE COMING OUT OF OUR COMMISSION MEETING.
WAS MR. CLEARY, THE FINAL SPEAKER? YES. THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MS.BHAT-PATEL. YES.
AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.
JUST BRIEFLY, A FEW QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS IS THIS AND I THINK YOU ALSO MENTIONED IT WOULD BE IT'S ALREADY CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED UNDER WHAT COUNCIL HAD ALREADY APPROVED OR WOULD IT BE AN ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL ASK? RIGHT. SO IN 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE A WORK PROGRAM.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT NECESSARILY BUDGETED IN THE BASELINE BUDGET.
SO ABOVE THE TRADITIONAL BASELINE, WE DO HAVE TO INCREASE SUPPLEMENTAL TO CONTINUE THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE EXISTING WORK PROGRAM.
AND IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, I JUST I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS.
I KNOW EVERYONE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW, YOU KNOW, AND I MIGHT JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PAGES AND JUST SAY THAT THIS STARTS, I THINK, AROUND PAGE 50 OF THE REPORT AND EXPLANATIONS OF WHAT EACH METRIC IS AND WHAT IT MEANS IS PAGE 58 ONWARDS.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK, WHAT CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT WHAT WILL BE MEASURED AND HOW SUCCESS WILL BE MEASURED? BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS CONSTANTLY WILL ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT? WHAT ARE WE MEASURING? HOW ARE WE MEASURING IT? AND THEN WHAT? HOW DO WE KNOW AS A CITY THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB? SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR AN EXPLANATION IF YOU IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
RIGHT. THANKS. SO, YES, IN THE IN THE REPORT ON THE ACTUAL DOCKETED ITEM, IT'S IT'S PAGE 48 OF THE REPORT, BUT IT'S 55 OF 68, SO IT STARTS THERE.
WE DID WANT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION OF WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE NOT JUST TRACKING SOMETHING DOES NOT NECESSARILY TELL YOU SUCCESS OR NOT.
SO WE DID TRY TO PROVIDE SOME EXPLANATION.
AND SOME OF THAT JUST REQUIRES.
EXACTLY. THAT FURTHER EXPLANATION OR EVALUATION OF WHAT THAT MEANT.
SO OBVIOUSLY OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT IS YEAR OVER YEAR TRENDS.
IT DOES GIVE US INFORMATION ON IF THERE'S CHANGES IN DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
THAT MIGHT MEAN WE MIGHT NEED TO SHIFT DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESOURCES.
OR VICE VERSA, IT COULD BE WE HAVE A YOUNGER POPULATION THAT WE'RE SEEING.
SO MAYBE WE NEED TO PROVIDE MORE SERVICES FOR YOUTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT.
WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, SO WE DO GET DATA ON THAT.
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IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE A PART OF THAT BECAUSE OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE OUR DATA.SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN SEE I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SOCIAL WORKERS THROUGH INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES, OUR OWN HOUSING NAVIGATOR AS WELL AS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, MIGHT ALL BE WORKING WITH THE SAME CLIENT, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL PROVIDING A DIFFERENT SERVICE TO THAT FAMILY OR THAT HOUSEHOLD.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION, WHY WE DO THAT.
OUR HOUSING INVENTORY COUNT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK INCREASES IN HOUSING UNITS IF WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE SHELTER BEDS OR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, WHICH OF COURSE IS IMPORTANT. WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON A BY NAMELESS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO SEE KIND OF THE THE INFLOW AND THE OUTFLOW OF OUR POPULATION.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE KIND OF THAT NET DIFFERENCE.
SO INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING OUT A NUMBER OF 749 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS THAT WE WORKED WITH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHO IS NEW, HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IF THERE'S ANY RECIDIVISM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THE CARLSBAD HELP APP, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALSO HAS VALUABLE INFORMATION WHICH WOULD GIVE US INFORMATION OF HOW MANY TIMES MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN INTERACTED WITH, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY BEEN REFERRED TO SERVICES.
SO THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INFORMATION FOR US TO LOOK AT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW MANY ENCAMPMENTS WE'RE CLEANING UP.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO LOOK AT THE THE TONNAGE OF TRASH THAT WE COLLECT.
NOW, IT'S IT'S HARD TO SAY THE NUMBER OF ENCAMPMENTS.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING? IT MEANS THAT THAT'S THERE'S A NEED AND WE WE PAY FOR IT TO BE CLEANED UP AND SO WE SCHEDULE IT.
NOW, IF THAT WERE THE CASE, IF IF THE COMMUNITY WERE NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT ISSUE AND WE COULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS, THEN IN THAT INSTANCE, A LOWER NUMBER IS ACTUALLY A POSITIVE THING.
SO SOMETIMES YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE A NUMBER GO DOWN.
SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO SEE A NUMBER GO UP.
IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT A VARIETY OF THINGS TO KIND OF INFORM YOU.
WE'RE TRACKING GREAT ON THIS INDICATOR.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A KIND OF A DASHBOARD, A VARIETY OF DATA PIECES.
I KNOW THE QUESTION AROUND, AND MAYBE THIS IS MORE OF A CITY MANAGER QUESTION.
I'LL SEE IS, YOU KNOW, I HEARD A SPEAKER SAY WHERE ARE THE INNOVATIVE IDEAS, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT'S MORE OF A POLICY CALL BASED ON SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT OF OUR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
WOULD THAT BE ACCURATE? WELL, AND COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR PRO TEM, TO YOUR POINT, WE ARE TAKING A LOT OF I THINK WHAT THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS HAS RECOMMENDED AS INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IN OUR ACTION PLAN THAT DOES REPRESENT INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES.
AND OF COURSE THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S ALL WE'RE WEDDED TO.
WE WANT TO WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SHY AWAY FROM IT.
AND THEN THE QUESTION I KNOW WE GET THIS QUITE A BIT WITH REGARDS TO IF SOMEBODY IS HAVING SOME SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO CONNECT THEM TO THE RESOURCES THAT THEY WOULD NEED, YOU KNOW, FROM WHETHER IT'S A CITY PERSPECTIVE OR ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE? I KNOW QUITE A FEW FOLKS SHARE THAT CONCERN.
SO JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION AS WELL.
OF COURSE, I'LL TRY TO RESPOND TO THAT.
I'LL ALSO ASK LIEUTENANT KOVANDA TO PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT ON THAT AS WELL.
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SO IF THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR THAT CLIENT, WE CERTAINLY WORK OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO BRING UP THE OPTION OF HELPING THEM WITH THAT ONE ISSUE.AND HE HAS HE ATTEMPTED REHAB A COUPLE OF TIMES AND FAILED AND HAS RECENTLY SAID HE WAS READY. OUR STAFF HELPED FIND A PLACE FOR HIM TO GO TO DETOX, HELPED TRANSPORT HIM THERE.
HE SUCCEEDED IN HIS PROGRAM AND HE ACTUALLY NOW IS.
I BELIEVE HE'S ALREADY AT LA POSADA WAITING FOR THE NEXT STEP TO BE PERMANENTLY HOUSED.
AND I WOULD ADD THAT SOMETIMES FINDING THAT BED WHEN SOMEBODY IS READY CAN BE A CHALLENGE.
AND THAT UNFORTUNATELY, IS WITHOUT THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
SO THAT'S FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WE MENTIONED IN OUR PLAN, LIKE ADVOCATING FOR FOR MORE SERVICES AND RESOURCES IN OTHER AREAS, THAT WOULD BE AN AREA WHERE WE WOULD ENCOURAGE INCREASED SERVICES OUTSIDE OF OUR SPAN OF CONTROL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING ON THAT ONE.
I THINK YOU PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT.
AND SO IT TAKES A LOT OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO GET THEM TO THAT POINT.
AND AS MS. MILLS SAID, THERE'S A LACK SOMETIMES OF AVAILABLE BEDS AND THAT'S AN ISSUE BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST QUESTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S IN PUBLIC HEALTH, LIKE WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, HOW DO WE PREVENT? HOW DO WE PREVENT. RIGHT. AND I HEARD THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN FROM OUR PARTNERS.
AND I KNOW I HEAR THAT FROM YOU ALL AS WELL.
AND WHAT CAN WE SPEAK TO IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE PREVENTION RELATED, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE COME UP WITH JUST SO WE CAN SHARE THE COMMITMENT OF WANTING TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS WITHIN OUR OWN COMMUNITY? SO IN INSTANCES WHERE SOMEBODY IS ALREADY HOUSED AND WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT MAINTAINING THAT HOUSING IS LIKE THE MOST PARAMOUNT THING THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. SO IF IT'S SHORT TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE THOSE DOLLARS RECENTLY THAT REALLY KIND OF CAME OUT OF COVID.
AND SO WE HAVE SEEN IT AS SUCH A VALUABLE, VALUABLE RESOURCE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT.
SO OBVIOUSLY, MAINTAINING PEOPLE IN THE UNIT THAT THEY'RE IN, WE ALSO HAVE, IF SOMEBODY DOES HAVE TO, TO LEAVE, SAY THEY'RE BEING EVICTED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, GETTING PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NEXT UNIT LIKE RIGHT AWAY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
SO THE RAPID REHOUSING ASSISTANCE, HOUSING NAVIGATION, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT PREVENTION WHERE SOMEBODY ALREADY HAS A LEASE OR A PERMANENT PLACE TO STAY, BUT THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY AT DIVERSION WHERE A PERSON DOESN'T HAVE THAT AND THEY'RE COMING TO US FOR SERVICES.
BUT INSTEAD OF ENROLLING THEM IN OUR RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, WE CAN HAVE A PROBLEM SOLVING CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY WHAT RESOURCES THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND THEN TRY TO CONNECT THEM TO THOSE.
SO THAT'S LIKE A FAMILY UNIFICATION CONVERSATION IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, WHICH IS VERY EASY FOR US TO DO AND IT'S LOW COST AND WE CAN HELP SOMEONE RECONNECT WITH RESOURCES THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE.
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TRAININGS AND REGIONAL TRAININGS.GREAT. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK AND PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PLAN.
I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE TIME LINES OF SEEING HOW WE HAVE EVOLVED WITH OUR PLAN OVER THE YEARS, BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE IN 2017 AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE, EVEN JUST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AT THE END OF 2020, IN THE BEGINNING OF 2021, WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THE THE LAST BIG GOAL THAT WE REVISED IN OCTOBER.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE INCORPORATING THE OTHER CITY PLANS.
I DID SEE THAT THE NORTH COUNTY MAYORS IN 2020 HAD THAT 50% GOAL THAT WE ALSO HAD THAT WE TOOK OUT.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TO MEASURE USING THAT 50% AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE RIGHT APPROACH.
I WANTED TO ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING AROUND US IN THE WORLD, BECAUSE I SIT ON THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE AND I'M SO FOCUSED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE, THE MONEY THAT'S COMING DOWN, THE PRESSURE FROM THE STATE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE RIGHT PERSON IS TO ASK, MAYBE AS MS. MILLS, ABOUT FUTURE CHANGES THAT WE MIGHT BE SEEING EVEN JUST IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE THIS YEAR WITH THIS PLAN BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE MONEY COMING DOWN, I HEARD THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD SAID HE WOULDN'T RELEASE MONEY TO CITIES UNTIL HE SAW MORE STRUCTURE AROUND THEIR PLANS, WHICH I THINK THIS IS A VERY STRUCTURED AND GOOD PLAN. AT LEAST IT'S ALMOST THERE.
BUT IF YOU COULD HELP ANSWER AND CLARIFY SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SURE. MAYBE AS BY COMMITTEE, WE'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
BUT I WOULD ADD THE ON THE FUNDING ISSUE, THIS IS THE POINT IN TIME THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IS THE MOST AMOUNT OF RESOURCES WE'VE EVER SEEN DEDICATED TO THIS ISSUE.
AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE IT HAS REACHED SUCH A PIVOTAL POINT.
SO I GUESS THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT BAD, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE.
THE, SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE STATE WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ELIGIBLE FOR, BUT WE'RE WE ARE LINING OURSELVES UP STRATEGICALLY TO BE READY FOR ANY FUNDING THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S THE PLAN THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING THAT THE GOVERNOR SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR PLAN IN PLACE THAT WOULD BE TO MAKE YOU ELIGIBLE, BASED ON THE SIZE OF OUR CITY WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE FUNDS.
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR.
AND I KNOW MS. KOHLER FROM THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE DID MENTION, YOU KNOW, FUNDS THAT COME FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE.
WE ARE APPLYING ON APPLICATIONS THAT THEY SUBMIT AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE RECENTLY SUBMITTED TWO APPLICATIONS THROUGH THEIR FUNDING PROPOSALS.
SO ANY TIME THERE'S SOMETHING AVAILABLE, WE ARE LINING OURSELVES UP TO BE READY TO APPLY FOR IT.
THERE ARE SOME ALSO THAT WE ARE JUST MIGHT NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR IT MIGHT NOT BE READY FOR OR THE ELIGIBLE PROJECT IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF CARE COURT, IT'S NOT I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO IMPACT THE CITY.
WE WON'T REALLY HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE IN IT.
SO MOSTLY THE COUNTY WILL BE MOSTLY HAVING A ROLE WITHIN THE CARE COURT.
AND OF COURSE, I WOULD IMAGINE OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF A ROLE IN THAT, AS WELL AS OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE SITTING AT THE TABLE DISCUSS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF PARTICIPANTS.
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OKAY. I WASN'T SURE IF ANYBODY ELSE WAS GOING TO CHIME IN.OKAY. AND THAT LAST POINT ON CARE COURT.
THANK YOU. I JUST REMEMBER LAST YEAR HEARING WHAT A BIG DEAL IT WAS TO HAVE THIS AND THAT, SAYING THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO WAS ONE OF GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST PARTS OF THE STATE THAT WAS GOING TO ROLL OUT THE CARE COURT PROGRAM.
BUT AFTER THAT, SEEMS PRETTY MURKY.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE EVEN JUST WHEN I LOOK IT UP, THERE'S NOT BEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION OUT OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO COME FROM, SO WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON HOW THAT DEVELOPS. GREAT.
WE'VE GOT THIS LONG TIMELINE BEHIND US.
THINGS ARE CHANGING AND MOVING AND WE'RE ADAPTING AND BEING NIMBLE.
WHAT CAN WE AS COUNCIL SEE FROM FROM YOU ALL IN TERMS OF REPORTS, BUDGETS, BUDGET REQUESTS? I KNOW I SAW SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT SOME FOLKS WERE THINKING THAT THE SEMIANNUAL SEEMS LIKE IT WAS MAYBE ONCE, TWICE A YEAR.
RIGHT. CAN YOU CLARIFY? SURE. SO THE WE RIGHT NOW HAVE BEEN DOING QUARTERLY REPORTING, AND I WILL BE HONEST, IT IT SEEMS A BIT MUCH BECAUSE NOT NECESSARILY A LOT CHANGES IN THAT BRIEF TIME PERIOD.
AND SO IT'S AND IT IS QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT TO DUPLICATE DATA AND TRY TO REPORT THAT FOR YOU.
SO WE FELT LIKE SIX MONTHS OF TIME WAS PROBABLY AN ACCURATE, MORE ACCURATE TIMELINE FOR SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY CHANGE BETWEEN THE NEXT PERIOD AND SOMEBODY. I KNOW WE HAD RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE THAT SUGGESTED MONTHLY.
NOT A LOT IS GOING TO CHANGE ON A MONTH OVER MONTH BASIS, SO THAT SEEMS A BIT AGGRESSIVE.
AND OF COURSE WE WILL BE TRACKING THE DATA ANYWAY.
AND SO WE WILL BE NOTICING IF THERE IS ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE AT A SUDDEN NOTICE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, FINANCIALLY WE WOULD BE REPORTING THAT TO YOU INCLUDED.
WE CAN GIVE YOU THE YEAR TO DATE AS WELL AS ANY RECOMMENDED CHANGE OR ASK ON A ONCE A YEAR BASIS.
AND OF COURSE, THAT POINT IN TIME COUNT DATA WOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THAT.
SO THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, AS YOU KNOW, JUST OCCURRED AND WE GENERALLY WOULD BE RECEIVING THAT DATA IN THE KIND OF APRIL TIME FRAME WHICH WOULD LINE UP WITH GENERALLY LIKE THE CITY'S OPERATIONAL BUDGET AS WELL.
SO WE'D BE ABLE TO REPORT OUT ON THE YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE OF THAT DATA.
SO JUST TO PUT IT IN A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
WELL, AFTER TODAY, I MEAN, WE CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE AND LOOK THINGS UP, BUT IN TERMS OF A PRESENTATION TO US AND TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH A COUNCIL MEETING FORUM, WE WILL NOT HEAR FROM YOU UNTIL MAYBE APRIL AS WE START GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
EXACTLY. SO WE WOULD ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THAT POINT IN TIME COUNT DATA BACK AND ALSO INCLUDING ANY RESOURCE NEEDS PROBABLY IN THAT APRIL TIME FRAME AS WELL.
AND SO THAT ON THAT RESOURCE PLAN, JUST TO POINT OUT, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR FIRST YEAR RECEIVING THE PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION FUNDS, THE PLAG FUNDS, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO TAKE A CONSOLIDATED APPROACH AND PUT EVERYTHING IN ONE PLAN.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE CDBG FUNDS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATES ANNUALLY THE PLAG FUNDS, HOUSING TRUST FUND, GENERAL FUND, AND KIND OF PUT THAT ALL IN ONE PICTURE SO YOU CAN SEE, OH, OKAY, SO THIS IS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE USING GENERAL FUND FOR THAT.
AND THERE MIGHT BE AN INSTANCE WHERE WE MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE TO ALTER A PROGRAM TO MAKE IT ELIGIBLE.
SO WE WILL CONSIDER THAT AS WELL.
GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WAS DONE IN THE PLAN.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THANK., MISS BURKHOLDER.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST A COMMENT.
THEN LET'S START WITH YOU, MS. BURKHOLDER, FOR COMMENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU STAFF, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PLAN.
JUST BEEN SORT OF TRYING TO DIVE INTO NUMBERS AND WHAT THIS IS ACTUALLY COSTING.
I HEARD YOU GUYS SAY WE'RE FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES.
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IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THE 62 PEOPLE THAT WERE HOUSED AND YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET OF $4,783,786.THAT'S ABOUT $66,000 PER PERSON.
IF YOU ADD IN STAFF, IT'S ABOUT $77,000 PER PERSON.
WE'RE SPENDING THAT WAS $100,000.
SO WE DID 50 CLEANUPS AT $2,000 EACH.
SO IT'S JUST A LOT OF MONEY IS MY POINT.
AND I RECOGNIZE YOU HAVE TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
THEY NEED A MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO GET THEM HOUSED.
PREVENTION IS, I DO BELIEVE, KEY.
AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU'LL BRING THAT'S RELATIVE TO PREVENTION, TO THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE ALL HEARD LIKE 5 TIMES 10 PEOPLE ARE HOUSED AND 13 ARE HOMELESS.
SO THAT'S NOT A WINNING MODEL FOR US.
SO WE GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT. RIGHT? SO I THANK YOU AND I'M GLAD THAT MY COLLEAGUE BROUGHT UP SOME OF THE EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE DID RECEIVE BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE TO THAT YOU GOT THAT CORRESPONDENCE AS WELL SO THAT YOU CAN REPLY.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I JUST ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA KUDOS IN THAT I NOTICED THAT IN SOME OTHER SOME OTHER PLACES, ESPECIALLY BIG CITIES IN CALIFORNIA, THE PROBLEM IS NOT GETTING BETTER JUST IN TERMS OF THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE SUFFERING, MORE PEOPLE FALLING INTO LIVING ON THE STREETS AND IN IN CARLSBAD.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE BY USING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TOOLS AND RESOURCES AND DIFFERENT APPROACHES, WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING SUCCESS AND HELPING PEOPLE FIND HOUSING AND SERVICES, CONNECTING THEM TO SERVICES.
SO I'M REALLY PLEASED WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING.
AND OF COURSE, I KNOW FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED [INAUDIBLE].
IT'S THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PIECES, RIGHT.
LIKE WE HAVE TO THINK OF IT FROM THAT MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH.
SO REALLY GLAD THAT WE HAVE GOOD PARTNERS OUT IN THE FIELD.
YOU ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, SO THANK YOU.
BUT IT'S NOT CARLSBAD CAN'T SOLVE THE STATE, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY'S PROBLEM.
A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WAS IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, AND THEY EVEN HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.
AND WHEN I SAW THAT, IT KIND OF OPENED MY EYES TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE FROM THE COUNTY LEVEL, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE WHOLE STATE AND THE WHOLE THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
CARLSBAD CAN'T FIX THAT PROBLEM.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COMMUNICATE WITH ME ABOUT THE HOMELESS ISSUE.
IT'S NOT GOOD FOR TOURISTY COMMUNITY.
THEY DON'T WANT TO WALK BY THEM WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
BUT THESE SAME PEOPLE HAVE RECENTLY TOLD ME THEY SEE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.
AND YOU GUYS GET TO TAKE CREDIT.
YOU AND YOUR YOUR STAFF GET TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT.
I WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THE OFFICERS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THE HOT TEAM.
PLEASE REMIND ME IT'S FOUR OFFICERS AND TWO SERGEANTS.
AM I CORRECT? SIX OFFICERS AND TWO SERGEANTS.
THESE GUYS ASK TO BE ON THAT TEAM.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD WANT TO HAVE THAT AS MY CHALLENGE.
BUT THESE OFFICERS ACTUALLY APPLY FOR THE JOB.
I HAD A LIEUTENANT MADE A COMMENT TO ME ONCE.
HE USED TO INVESTIGATE HOMICIDES.
AND HE SAID THAT THAT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MUCH WORK HE DID, HE COULD NEVER IMPROVE THE LIFE OF THE VICTIM.
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WE'RE WORKING SO HARD.WE'VE WE'VE WE HAVE AN INTERFAITH [INAUDIBLE] POSADA CRC.
THE COUNTY WE TRULY ARE TRYING AND OUR COUNCIL I'M SORRY, OUR OUR STAFF, THEY PIVOT WHEN THEY CAN.
THEY TRY THINGS. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEY'LL TRY SOMETHING ELSE.
YES, THERE'S A LARGE PRICE TAG ATTACHED TO IT.
I JUST WISH I HAD A BETTER PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ATTACK THAT ISSUE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNEW THAT THE PUBLIC IS BEHIND YOU.
A LOT OF THE PUBLIC THINKS THAT MAYBE THEY HAVE BETTER IDEAS AND MAYBE THEY MIGHT HAVE.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT IT.
I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH STEALING THE BEST IDEAS THAT YOU CAN FROM OTHER CITIES.
SO FOR ALL OF THAT EFFORT, THANK YOU.
AND WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT.
MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN.
THANK YOU. NUMBER 11, CITY MANAGER, PLEASE.
[11. GRANT FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR LA POSADA DE GUADALUPE HOMELESS SHELTER EXPANSION]
YES, SIR. NUMBER 11 IS A GRANT FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR LA POSADA DE GUADALUPE FOR THE HOMELESS SHELTER EXPANSION.GREAT. THANK YOU. SO WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF TOUCHED UPON THIS ITEM IN THE LAST ACTION PLAN.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THE CITY COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT LA POSADA EXPANDING LA POSADA OUR ONLY EMERGENCY SHELTER IS A PART OF OUR EXISTING PLAN.
THE COUNCIL DID ADD THAT AS ONE OF THE TASKS IN THE WORK PLAN.
SO LA POSADA FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW IN THE AUDIENCE, IT IS WAS ORIGINALLY OPENED IN 1992 IN TEMPORARY BUILDINGS AND IT WAS REALLY A RESULT OF A GROUP OF RESIDENTS CALLED CARING RESIDENTS OF CARLSBAD, AND THEY IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR TO HOUSE HOMELESS MIGRANT WORKERS. AND SO THERE WAS A BIG PUSH AND, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED AND THERE WERE SOME TEMPORARY BUILDINGS.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DOES OWN AND OPERATE THE THEY OWN THE LAND AND OPERATE THE SHELTER.
THERE WAS A BIG EFFORT IN 2013, SO THEY GOT A LOT OF OTHER FUNDING, INCLUDING CITY SUPPORT, TO THEN CONSTRUCT A PERMANENT SHELTER THAT'S THERE NOW.
AND SO IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MISSION STYLE BUILDING.
HALF OF IT IS MORE FOR THE FARM WORKER SIDE, AND THE OTHER HALF IS REALLY FOR HOMELESS MEN.
SO THE REALLY THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BED AVAILABILITY FOR THIS POPULATION IN NORTH COUNTY.
THERE'S A HUGE DEMAND AND A HUGE NEED.
AND WE HAVE SEEN MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES, MORE NEED TO SERVE FAMILIES.
AND SO THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF BED SPACE FOR THIS.
SO BEING ABLE TO EXPAND AND SERVE THIS POPULATION WOULD BE CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING OUR GOAL.
ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH THIS GRANT MUST BE EXPENDED WITHIN 24 MONTHS, AND IT CAN'T BE USED FOR OPERATING EXPENSES OR FOR INDIRECT COSTS. IT IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO CITIES.
SO CARLSBAD WILL ADMINISTER THE FUNDS TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES ON A COST REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
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STAFF HAVE RECENTLY MET WITH THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES BOARD'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO LAUNCH A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO RAISE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR THE EXPANSION.SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL PASS TWO RESOLUTIONS.
THE FIRST IS TO ENGAGE IN A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY TO RECEIVE THE $2 MILLION IN FUNDS.
THE SECOND IS TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES SO THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THE $2 MILLION TO THEM ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDING THE SHELTER. AND WITH THAT STAFF, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARE AVAILABLE IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? NO, WE DO NOT.
QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MS. BURKHOLDER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST COMMENTS.
WE'LL START WITH YOU, MS. BURKHOLDER.
I JUST WANTED TO DISCLOSE THAT I DID GO TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES, LA POSADA, AND I VOLUNTEERED THERE BEFORE, BUT ACTUALLY GOT TO GO BEHIND THE SCENES AND SEE WITH WHAT I WOULD CALL BARRACKS STYLE HOME OR BEDDING FOR THE THE WORKERS THERE AND THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS GRANT AND BIG FAN OF LA POSADA.
I ALSO WANTED TO DISCLOSE THAT I TOURED LA POSADA ON JANUARY 23RD.
I THINK IT WAS THE SAME DAY AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER.
LATER ON THE SAME DAY AND WAS PLEASED TO TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACTUAL FACILITIES.
I HAD NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE, EVEN THOUGH I TOO HAD DONATED AND BEEN TO THE FRONT GATE BEFORE.
SO IT WAS IT WAS GOOD TO SEE AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FUNDING IS GOING TOWARD AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL AN ADDITIONAL WING OR ADDITIONAL STORY FOR FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE FUTURE.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING ON THE GRANT APPLICATION AND HELPING ON THIS.
THEY ARE THE ONLY SHELTER PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN CARLSBAD.
THANK YOU. YES, I SIMILARLY ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT LA POSADA.
AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT JUST SOME OF THE INTERACTIONS WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE WERE DEFINITELY VERY MEMORABLE IN TERMS OF THE AMAZING SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED THERE. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BEING ABLE TO EXPAND, TO INCORPORATE WOMEN AND CHILDREN THAT MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
I ALSO HAVE BEEN TO LA POSADA MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS, MOST RECENTLY JUST A WEEK AGO.
I'M GOING TO TELL A QUICK STORY ABOUT LA POSADA.
AND SOCORRO ANDERSON MADE A COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT FULL CIRCLE.
SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT MANY IN A PRIOR LIFE I WAS A POLICE SERGEANT HERE IN CARLSBAD.
THAT LAGOONS USED FOR RECREATIONAL REASONS AS WELL.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CAME TO CARLSBAD AND SAID THE BACTERIA LEVELS HAVE GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DISCONTINUE ALLOWING YOU TO THE RESIDENTS TO USE THAT AS RECREATIONAL LAGOON.
SO I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE CHIEF.
AND THEN THE FIELD WORKERS CAME HOME TO NOTHING.
SO I CALLED SOME OF THE MIGRANT ACTIVISTS AND SAID, HERE'S THE PROBLEM, PLEASE FIX IT.
AND STAYING THERE IS NOT ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS.
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF LA POSADA, AND THEY TOOK ON THE CHALLENGE OF HOUSING THESE FIELD WORKERS AND DRIVING THEM IN A VAN BACK AND FORTH TO BOTH THE FLOWER FIELDS AND THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK.
IT WAS JUST FOUR MEN WHO WERE WORKING, AND IT TURNED OUT MOSTLY MIGRANT WORKERS.
THEY HAVE CHANGED THROUGH THE YEARS AS AS THEY HAVE BEEN NEEDED, AND NOW THEY'RE STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE TO HELP HOUSE FAMILIES AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
THEY'RE THERE WHEN WE NEED THEM THE MOST.
THEY GET SO MUCH CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
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SO WITH THAT STORY, I'LL TELL YOU, I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THIS AGENDA ITEM.AND WITH THAT, I'LL NEED A MOTION, PLEASE.
MOVE ADOPTION OF BOTH RESOLUTIONS CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.
[12. CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE UPDATE]
YES, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE UPDATE, AND KICKING OFF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, JASON HABER.THANK YOU, MR. CHADWICK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M JASON HABER. I'M THE CITY'S INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.
I'M FIRST GOING TO PROVIDE A BIT OF BACKGROUND, AND I'M GOING TO START BACK IN 2015 WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED A POLICY STATEMENT TO SUPPORT A REGIONAL APPROACH TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION OR ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT INCREASES THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY AND MAINTAINS THE RELIABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ELECTRICAL GRID.
AFTER COMPLETING THE CITY'S TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY STUDY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A HANDFUL OF NEIGHBORING CITIES IN 2017, AS WELL AS A PROGRAM GOVERNANCE STUDY AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS.
IN 2019, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM AND A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
CCA PROGRAMS OR COMMUNITY CHOICE PROGRAMS ARE AUTHORIZED THROUGH STATE LAW THAT WAS PASSED IN 2002, WHICH ENABLE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PURCHASE AND MANAGE THEIR COMMUNITY'S ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY AS AN ALTERNATIVE OPTION TO THE POWER SUPPLIED BY INVESTOR OWNED UTILITIES, IN OUR CASE, SDG&E.
THE LAW GAVE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET AND POTENTIALLY REDUCE RETAIL RATES FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS, PROMOTE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND OFFER A CLEANER POWER SUPPLY.
THE LAW ALSO REQUIRES THAT COMMUNITY CHOICE BE IMPLEMENTED AS AN OPT OUT PROGRAM, MEANING THAT IF A CUSTOMER WANTS TO CONTINUE RECEIVING ELECTRICITY SUPPLIED BY THE INVESTOR OWNED UTILITY, THEY MUST PROACTIVELY NOTIFY THE PROGRAM THAT THEY WISH TO OPT OUT.
WHILE AN AREA IS EITHER TRANSITIONING TO CCA SERVICE FOR THE FIRST TIME OR WHEN SOMEONE RELOCATES AND STARTS RECEIVING ELECTRIC SERVICE WITHIN AN EXISTING CCA SERVICE ARE. THE LAW PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMERS CAN OPT OUT OF THE COMMUNITY CHOICE PROGRAM DURING A 60 DAY NOTIFICATION PERIOD WHEN YOUR ACCOUNT IS ENROLLED WITH WITH THE PROGRAM WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS, CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO REQUEST TO OPT OUT OF A CCA AFTER THE INITIAL 60 DAY ENROLLMENT PERIOD AT ANY TIME, HOWEVER, THEY MAY BE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE INVESTOR OWNED UTILITY AND APPROVED BY THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN OUR CASE THROUGH SDG&E.
FINALLY, IF A CUSTOMER HAS PREVIOUSLY OPTED OUT OF THE COMMUNITY CHOICE PROGRAM, THEY CAN RETURN TO THE CCA PROGRAM AFTER THEIR 12 MONTH COMMITMENT TO THE IOU OR THE INVESTOR OWNED UTILITY HAS BEEN MET.
SO THE CITY'S COMMUNITY CHOICE PROGRAM IS OPERATED BY THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE JOINT POWER AUTHORITY, WHICH HAS BEEN SERVING CUSTOMERS IN CARLSBAD SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN MAY 2021.
AND TONIGHT, I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE'S CEO, BARBARA BOSWELL, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE ALLIANCE'S ONGOING OPERATIONS AND PERFORMANCE TO DATE. MS. BOSWELL. THANK YOU, MR. HABER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
AND CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER CHADWICK. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE.
BEFORE I DO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
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CEA'S SUCCESS AND PUTTING US ON THE PATH FOR LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND AND SUCCESS.IT'S NOT OFTEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEW AGENCY FROM THE GROUND UP, SETTING THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES THAT ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST JOB WE CAN, THE MOST COST EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE HAS HELPED US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE COMPLETED OUR FIRST FULL YEAR, FIRST FISCAL YEAR ON JUNE 30TH, 2022.
CEA WAS FORMED BY THE CITIES OF CARLSBAD, DEL MAR AND SOLANA BEACH, AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACHIEVING THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GOALS AND REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, WITH ALSO A TARGET OF ACHIEVING A 2% GENERATION COST SAVINGS FOR CUSTOMERS AS COMPARED TO SDG&E.
AND WE DO SUPPORT CARLSBAD'S GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM AND ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND PROMOTING THAT PROGRAM AND ENCOURAGING CUSTOMERS, BUSINESS CUSTOMERS TO GO GREEN AND OPT UP TO 100% RENEWABLE.
AS MR. HABER MENTIONED, CUSTOMERS ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED, BUT THEY MAY OPT OUT.
AND SO WE WE WATCH THAT CAREFULLY.
WE CURRENTLY DO SERVE 92.2% APPROXIMATELY, OF CUSTOMERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICE.
CLEAN IMPACT PLUS, WHICH IS THE POWER SUPPLY SELECTED BY NOT ONLY THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, BUT ALL OF OUR CITIES AS THE DEFAULT PRODUCT FOR CUSTOMERS TO BE ENROLLED IN IS 75% CARBON FREE.
AND THEN WE ALSO OFFER A VOLUNTARY 100% RENEWABLE.
CUSTOMERS WHILE THEY ARE ENROLLED IN THE 75% CARBON FREE, CAN ELECT ONE OF THE OTHER TWO CHOICES.
CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE ROOFTOP SOLAR ARE NET ENERGY METERING CUSTOMERS, AND WHEN THEY GENERATE MORE ELECTRICITY THAN THEY USE, THAT IS SOLD BACK TO THE GRID AND WE PAY A HIGHER COMPENSATION TO THOSE CUSTOMERS THAN THEY WOULD HAVE RECEIVED FROM STG&E.
WHEN WE FIRST LAUNCHED, WE WERE AN ORGANIZATION OF THREE CITIES WITH A THREE MEMBER BOARD.
WE'RE NOW AT SEVEN CITIES WITH THE CITIES OF ESCONDIDO AND SAN MARCOS JOINING AT LATE MID 2022, AND THEY WILL BEGIN SERVING THEM IN JUST ANOTHER TWO MONTHS.
OCEANSIDE AND VISTA ALSO HAVE JOINED, AND WE WILL BEGIN SERVING THOSE CUSTOMERS IN APRIL OF 2024.
AT THAT POINT, WE WILL BE THE 10TH LARGEST CCA IN THE STATE OUT OF 25 CURRENTLY OPERATING CCAS.
WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FINANCIALLY.
OUR WE ENDED THE YEAR IN BETTER POSITION THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED OR BUDGETED.
THAT LOSS IS THEN OFFSET BY A LINE OF CREDIT.
SO WE DO HAVE A LINE OF CREDIT FROM JPMORGAN AND THAT RESULTED IN CEA HAVING A NET FUND BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $4.7 MILLION AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
WHEN WE BUDGETED FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE BASED IT ON RATES THAT WERE IN EFFECT IN CALENDAR YEAR 2022 AND DID NOT ANTICIPATE ANY RATE INCREASES THROUGH THIS FISCAL YEAR.
IN ADDITION THE EXTENDED SEPTEMBER HEAT WAVE ALSO RESULTED IN UNANTICIPATED COSTS THAT RESULTED IN US NEEDING TO REVIEW OUR RATES AND BRING TO THE BOARD A RATE INCREASE THAT WAS EFFECTIVE ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR RATE SETTING PROCESS, WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND IT IS A CRITICAL FUNCTION FOR CEA AND ITS SUCCESS.
SO WE WANT OUR REVENUE GENERATED SUFFICIENT TO RECOVER OUR COSTS.
WE DO NOT RELY ON CITY SUPPORT AT ALL.
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WE HAVE A POLICY THAT WE WILL SET ASIDE 5% OF OUR REVENUES IN A FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY RESERVE.WE NEED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR LOAN.
THE LOADING ENTITY DOES HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF US AS PART OF CONDITIONS AS PART OF THAT LOAN.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE CHANGING RATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AS WE APPROACH OUR PROCESS, WE START WITH TAKING SDG&ES RATES.
SO AT THAT RATE WE ARE AT PARITY OR THE SAME AS SDG&E.
AND AT THAT POINT WE DISCOUNT THAT BY 2% TO SEE IF BECAUSE WE'VE SET THAT AS OUR GOAL AND THAT'S OUR INITIAL RATE, WE TAKE THOSE RATES AND THEN WE CALCULATE HOW MUCH REVENUE WILL WE GENERATE FROM CUSTOMERS AT THIS DISCOUNTED RATE AND LOOK TO SEE IF IT'S SUFFICIENT TO RECOVER OUR COSTS.
AND THEN THAT IS THE RATE THAT'S ULTIMATELY PROPOSED TO THE CITY, TO THE BOARD.
WITH REGARDS TO EXIT FEES, WE HAVE THREE DISTINCT WHAT'S CALLED VINTAGES.
THOSE ARE GROUPINGS OF CUSTOMERS BASED ON WHEN THEY DEPARTED STG&E FOR THE RATES THAT WERE PROPOSED TO THE BOARD TO BE EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1ST.
WE USE THE EXIT FEE THAT'S THE HIGHEST TO ENSURE OUR MINIMUM DISCOUNT IS 2%.
WITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD RESIDENTS LEAVING SDG&E SERVICE IN 2021, THEY'RE PART OF THE 2020 VINTAGE.
NOW, THIS IS WHAT THIS CHART IS DEMONSTRATING IS ON THE LEFT COLUMN.
WHAT IS A NORMAL OR AN AVERAGE USAGE BILL LOOK LIKE WITH USING SDG&E RATES? AND AN AVERAGE BILL FOR AVERAGE USAGE CUSTOMER IS ABOUT $230 FOR A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER ON THE TIME OF USE RATE R ONE, WHICH IS THE RATE SCHEDULE MOST RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS ARE ENROLLED IN.
THAT BILL IS $228.93 AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CLEAN IMPACT PLUS PREMIUM.
SO THEIR AVERAGE SAVINGS IS ABOUT $1.21 A MONTH.
THE GENERATION SAVINGS IS OUR 2% MINIMUM.
THE SAVINGS IS ACTUALLY AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $20 FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
THAT EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY 8.7% BILL SAVINGS, TOTAL BILL SAVINGS, OR 25% GENERATION SAVINGS.
AND THEN THE FAR RIGHT VINTAGE IS SOLANA BEACH CUSTOMERS.
SO WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE COMING YEAR? ONE IS OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF TWO APPOINTEES FROM EACH MEMBER CITY.
THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS A PAGE TO [INAUDIBLE] WHO HAS BEEN ON THAT COMMITTEE SINCE INCEPTION.
AND WE WILL HAVE A NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER STARTING ONCE APPROVED IN FEBRUARY.
ANTICIPATE HAVING RETURNING TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND BEGINNING IN MARCH THAT LOCATION.
THE BOARD IS SELECTED AS THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS WHERE OUR IN-PERSON MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE.
IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON, ONE IS GREEN IMPACTS CHAMPIONS.
WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON ENCOURAGING CUSTOMERS TO OPT UP TO 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY.
WE'VE HAD INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER TO LOOK.
WORK TOGETHER IN EVALUATING POTENTIALLY CREATING THAT NETWORK.
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AND THOSE THE BOARD JUST AUTHORIZED THOSE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS AT THE LAST MEETING.WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING A INNOVATIVE DISTRIBUTED MICROGRID PROGRAM WHICH WOULD PROVIDE SOLAR AND BATTERY STORAGE FOR CUSTOMER RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS AT NO COST TO THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER, WHICH THEN OPENS UP THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW INCOME OR DISADVANTAGED CUSTOMERS WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR THAT PROGRAM AND THAT'LL BE COMING TO THE BOARD THIS MONTH.
THERE WERE THREE POSITIONS APPROVED IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET AND WE'RE WORKING ON ESTABLISHING OUR HUMAN RESOURCES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND TO BE ABLE TO HIRE THOSE STAFF. AND THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY UPDATE.
I'M VERY WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SERVING AS THE PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE FROM CARLSBAD ON THE BOARD LAST YEAR, AND I'M THE ALTERNATE IN THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS A PRIMARY THIS YEAR, AND I HAVE TO SAY WHAT A PLEASURE IT IS TO BE PART OF THIS LEAN, MEAN TEAM, BECAUSE THE SAVINGS THAT THE CEA HAS ACHIEVED ARE LIKE UNEXPECTEDLY GREAT.
WE CAME IN TO THE CEA HOPING THAT WE COULD MAKE THAT 2% SAVINGS REALLY TRYING SO HARD AND TO TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE TO PEOPLE THAT THE SAVINGS ARE 8% PLUS IS REALLY AMAZING.
I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN CONTINUE.
AND I KNOW THAT MS. BOSWELL TENDS TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN HER FINANCIAL ESTIMATES, WHICH I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST HAVING A LOT OF CUSHION AND LOOKING AT THE WORST POSSIBLE SCENARIO.
SO THANK YOU. MS. BURKHOLDER, ANYTHING? MS. BHAT-PATEL. JUST ECHOING SENTIMENTS OF GRATITUDE, OF COURSE, AND JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE HOW IT'S GROWN IS REALLY EXCITING.
I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE THE 10TH LARGEST OUT OF THE 25, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT WE'RE GROWING.
THE SAME SUCCESS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF THE 8%.
SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT.
I KNOW YOU RESPOND TO A LOT OF INQUIRIES THAT I RECEIVE.
I FORWARD THOSE ON TO EITHER YOU OR JASON AND YOU ALL GET BACK TO FOLKS IMMEDIATELY.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THIS IS AN INFORMAL INFORMATION ITEM ONLY, SO THERE'LL BE NO VOTE.
[13. INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRAM UPDATE]
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.ITEM NUMBER 13 IS AN INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRAM UPDATE.
AND MAKING HIS WAY UP HERE IS OUR INTERNAL AUDIT MANAGER, ROBERT THREATT.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
AS MENTIONED, I'LL BE PROVIDING YOU ALL AN INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRAM UPDATE THIS EVENING.
THAT UPDATE IS GOING TO BE COMPRISED OF TWO ELEMENTS.
THE SECOND ITEM IS AN UPDATE REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 23 INTERNAL AUDIT ACTIVITIES.
AND THE PROPOSED ACTION THIS EVENING IS SIMPLY TO RECEIVE AN INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRAM UPDATE.
LAST TIME I PROVIDED AN UPDATE WAS IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE CREDIT CARD PROGRAM AUDIT.
FIRST, THE CREDIT CARD PROGRAM AUDIT.
THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS MEANT TO STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROLS AROUND TRAVEL EXPENDITURES TO ENSURE THERE ARE REASONABLE AND NECESSARY, AND ALSO TO HELP INCREASE EFFICIENCIES WITH THE TRAVEL VOUCHER PROCESS FOR BOTH THE EMPLOYEE TRAVELING AND ALSO FOR FINANCE STAFF FOR PROCESSING THOSE SUBMISSIONS.
SO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN ACTION THIS EVENING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE'S A REVISED TRAVEL POLICY IN THAT POLICY REVISION.
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THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS HAS ADOPTED GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION PER DIEM RATES.THIS IS A LOCALITY BASED PER DIEM FOR EACH METROPOLITAN MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA.
THERE IS A GSA RATE ESTABLISHED AND PUBLISHED AND UPDATED ANNUALLY BASED ON ANNUAL BASIS.
IN ADDITION TO ADOPTING THOSE RULES, THEY'VE ALSO ALLOWED FOR EXCEPTIONS.
SO WITH THIS ONE, THIS ONE RECOMMENDATION ADOPTED, IT'S BEEN FULLY ADDRESSED.
THIS PARTICULAR AUDIT HAS BEEN FULLY RESOLVED AND ALL ITEMS ARE CLEAR.
NOW FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AUDIT.
ACTION TAKEN BY CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS THEY THEY DEVELOPED A TRAINING MANUAL, A VERY DETAILED TRAINING MANUAL, KIND OF AN A TO Z MANUAL THAT COVERS ANYTHING FROM FIELD INSPECTIONS, STANDARD TIMELINES, DOCUMENTATION, PROCEDURES, HOW TO WORK WITH BOTH BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
STAFF HAVE ALL BEEN TRAINED ON IT AND ARE AWARE OF IT, AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEIR USE.
WORK TO UTILIZE THE DATA AND INTER GOV INTER GOV IS THE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM USED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF WHERE THEY DOCUMENT THEIR ALL THEIR ACTIVITIES, THEIR INSPECTIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS, ALL OF THEIR WORK IS DOCUMENTED THERE OR ANY ENCOUNTER WITH EITHER A PROPERTY OWNER OR A BUSINESS OWNER IS DOCUMENTED IN THE SYSTEM.
SO IT'S A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, A WEALTH OF DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR USE.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE STAFF IDENTIFY, MONITOR KEY METRICS FROM THIS DATA AND DEVELOP REPORTS THAT CAN HELP WITH STAFF DEVELOPMENT, STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING.
THE ACTIONS TAKEN STAFF HAVE WORKED CLOSELY AND THEY'VE IDENTIFIED FIRST THEY IDENTIFIED METRICS AND KEY ITEMS THAT THEY WANTED TO TRACK IN THE SYSTEM AND THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH IT DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP REPORTS, ON DEMAND REPORTS THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE.
AND THIS IS REALLY A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN OUR GOV.
DURING THE AUDIT IT WAS IDENTIFIED THE INTER GOV HAD THIS WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, WEALTH OF DATA.
AND THIS RECOMMENDS THIS REPRESENTS THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS AUDIT.
THESE AUDIT ACTIVITIES ARE REALLY COMPRISED OF INTERNAL AUDIT ENGAGEMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN, A PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED, A PLAN THAT'S PRESENTED TO THIS GROUP EVERY YEAR.
IT'S ADOPTED, IT'S REVIEWED AND ADOPTED.
AND SO THERE'S ABOUT SEVEN ITEMS HERE.
I WILL BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE SCOPE OF THE ITEMS AND TALK ABOUT THEIR STATUS.
THE FIRST ITEM IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A FRAUD ETHICS HOTLINE IN LAST YEAR'S INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN.
SO WE MOVED FORWARD AND THIS YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW HOTLINE FOR USE BY CITY EMPLOYEES.
IT'S BEEN IN PLACE AND OPERATIONAL SINCE NOVEMBER.
THE HOTLINE IS BUILT TO RECEIVE REPORTS OR TO GIVE EMPLOYEES A MECHANISM FOR SUBMITTING REPORTS REGARDING ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE WITH REGARDS TO FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE OF CITY RESOURCES.
IT'S REALLY JUST A MECHANISM FOR REPORTING, REPORTING CONCERNS.
WE HAVE A HOTLINE COMMITTEE THAT'S ESTABLISHED THAT RECEIVES THOSE REPORTS AND HELPS FACILITATE THOSE REPORTS EITHER THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS OR REFERRALS TO THE TO THE APPROPRIATE EXPERTS WITHIN THE CITY.
THE SECOND ENGAGEMENT IS TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX REVIEW.
IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF WRAPPING UP.
IT'S A REVIEW WHERE WE REVIEW 10 TO 15 HOTELS.
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AND THIS REALLY THIS THIS ENGAGEMENT IS A PRIMARY MECHANISM THAT THE CITY USES FOR ENSURING THAT THE TOT FILINGS, THE TAX FILINGS AND REMITTANCES BY THE CITY'S HOTELS ARE ACCURATE AND TIMELY.SO IT'S REALLY A VALUE ADDED ENGAGEMENT.
NEXT ENGAGEMENT IS A PROCUREMENT PROGRAM AUDIT.
IT HAS TO DO WITH EVALUATING OUR COMPLIANCE WITH BIDDING REQUIREMENTS, ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS.
AND WE ALSO THE CITY AWARDS EXCEPTIONS TO THE BID PROCESS.
AND SO THE AUDIT IS TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL AND ENSURING THAT THAT WE HAVE A THOROUGH A THOROUGH SYSTEM IN PROCESS OR THOROUGH SYSTEM IN PLACE TO EVALUATE THOSE BIDS AND APPROVE THEM.
THE NEXT ENGAGEMENT IS THE VICE NARCOTICS INVESTIGATIVE UNIT REVIEW.
THIS IS SET TO BEGIN IN MARCH, MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
AND WE HAVE THE NEXT NEXT ENGAGEMENT AS A REVENUE AUDIT.
THIS IS A PENDING AUDIT. IT'S PENDING SCHEDULING.
AS I NOTED, THE CITY'S PRIMARY PROCESS FOR VALUE FOR CHECKING THOSE THOSE REMITTANCES AND THOSE TAX FILINGS IS THE REVIEW THAT WE HAVE WITH THE THIRD PARTY CPA FIRM. AND SO THIS THIS AUDIT, THIS REVENUE AUDIT WILL EVALUATE HOW WE'RE HANDLING THOSE THOSE RECEIPTS OF REVENUES AND TAXES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RECORDING THEM APPROPRIATELY AND WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING TAXES AS WELL.
NEXT THING IS A PAYROLL AUDIT.
SO THIS AUDIT WILL EVALUATE OUR RECORD KEEPING PROCESSES AND DATA ENTRY.
BUT REALLY, IT'S REALLY A FOCUSED ON SEGREGATION OF DUTIES.
AND THIS SPEAKS TO THE HEALTH OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL CONTROLS.
AND THEN THE LAST ENGAGEMENT IS THE BUSINESS PROCESS, USER APPLICATION REVIEW OR USER ACCESS REVIEW.
EXCUSE ME. AND THIS IS AN EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT'S OF THE CITY'S MANAGEMENT OF A USER ACCESS ACROSS ALL OF OUR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS. AND I REFERRED SEVERAL TIMES NOW TO EVALUATION OF INTERNAL CONTROLS.
SO TONIGHT, THE PROPOSED ACTION WAS TO RECEIVE AN INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRAM UPDATE.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS MAYOR.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR OUR PAST CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CURRENT CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR SUPPORTING HAVING AN INTERNAL AUDITOR IN OUR CITY.
I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD BEST PRACTICE TO FIND THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE OUR RISK.
AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME SOME PRACTICE THAT COULD BE TIGHTER, A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN THIS REPORT HERE TONIGHT.
AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
MS. BHAT-PATEL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 14 CITY MANAGER.
[14. REESTABLISHING THE CARLSBAD TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT UNDER THE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LAW OF 1994]
YES. AND THANK YOU, ROBERT.AND ITEM NUMBER 14 IS THE TEAM IS COMING UP IS REESTABLISHING THE CARLSBAD TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT UNDER THE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LAW OF 1994. MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, MATT SANFORD, AND OUR CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, MR. DAVID GRAHAM. GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
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DISTRICT LAW OF 1994.SO THE PROPOSED ACTION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS EFFECTIVELY SETTING THIS SET OF MEETINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE STATUTE TO REESTABLISH THE EXISTING CARLSBAD TOURISM DISTRICT UNDER A DIFFERENT STATE LAW IN CALIFORNIA.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS INDUSTRY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS INDUSTRY, YOU RECOGNIZE THAT IN ADDITION TO MANUFACTURING, CLEAN TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A $704 MILLION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY GENERATED LAST YEAR, $35 MILLION IN TOT REVENUE GENERATED IN IN TAXES IN THE CALENDAR YEAR, AND THEN NEARLY 20,000 JOBS IN THE HOSPITALITY AND FOOD INDUSTRY.
THIS IS A CORE INDUSTRY, AND WE ALSO HAVE A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT OUR LODGING BUSINESSES HAVE ASSESSED THEMSELVES USING A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO FUND THOSE ACTIVITIES PROMOTING CARLSBAD, WHICH LEADS TO THESE GREAT NUMBERS IN TAXES THAT HELP TO FUND OUR GENERAL SERVICES.
THINGS REALLY ARE ROARING BACK.
HOWEVER, WE'RE ALSO SEEING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE DAILY RATE.
WHAT IS POWERING THIS? WELL, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
THERE'S FOLKS WITH MORE CASH AND SAVINGS.
I'VE EVEN HEARD THE TERM REVENGE TOURISM.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE ABILITY TO PROMOTE TOURISM, WHICH IS WHAT OUR HOTEL AND LODGING BUSINESSES HAVE DONE AND WHAT THIS STRUCTURE WILL ALLOW US TO DO IN A MORE STRATEGIC WAY GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU, DAVID. SO JUST TO PROVIDE A BIT OF BACKGROUND.
BUT IN 2020, LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS APPROVED AN ASSESSMENT RATE INCREASE FROM $1 PER ROOM NIGHT OR EXCUSE ME, $1 PER ROOM PER NIGHT TO 2% OF THE NIGHTLY RATE, GREATLY INCREASING THE BUDGET FOR TOURISM PROMOTION ACTIVITIES.
THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THE EXISTING DISTRICT WAS ADEQUATE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT NOW THE DISTRICT'S ASSESSMENT, BUDGET AND CAPABILITIES HAVE GROWN AND A MAJORITY OF CARLSBAD LODGING BUSINESSES, WHICH BOTH PAY AND BENEFIT FROM THE ASSESSMENT, HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT TO FORM A NEW TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WITH A MORE MODERN AUTHORIZATION STRUCTURE, AS DAVID WAS TALKING ABOUT.
UNDER THE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LAW OF 1994, WHICH IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE 94 LAW, I NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE GINA REED FROM CIVITAS ADVISORS, OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT CONSULTANT, WHO CAN WALK US THROUGH A BIT MORE OF THE BACKGROUND AND BENEFITS OF A POTENTIAL CHANGE IN THE AUTHORIZATION STRUCTURE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, GINA REED WITH CIVITAS.
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF [INAUDIBLE].
TALK ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE AS IT RELATES TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO, WHAT IS TOURISM, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT? IT IS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT WHERE CERTAIN BUSINESSES WITHIN A DEFINED GEOGRAPHICAL AREA PAY AN ASSESSMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE A SPECIFIC BENEFIT TO THOSE THAT PAY. SO IN OUR CASE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LODGING BUSINESSES THAT FUND SALES AND MARKETING EFFORTS.
THE BENEFIT BEING AN INCREASE IN OVERNIGHT VISITATION.
THE ASSESSMENT IS COLLECTED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
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IN MOST CASES IT'S COLLECTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX AND THEN IT IS REMITTED TO A NON PROFIT CORPORATION KNOWN AS A DMO, WHICH IS A DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION, ALSO KNOWN AS A CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU OR A CVB.THERE IS TRANSPARENCY WITH THESE DISTRICTS.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IS BEING RAISED, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OR WHAT THE DISTRICT IS FUNDING.
AND UNDER THE 94 LAW, THE DISTRICTS ARE SUBJECT TO BOTH THE BROWN ACT AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY.
AND THE GREAT THING IS, IS THAT THEY ARE PASSED ON TO THE CUSTOMER.
SO THERE IS NO COST TO THE BUSINESS.
SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 89 LAW AND THE 94 LAW.
AS MENTIONED, SINCE 2005, THESE DISTRICTS HAVE COME TO COUNCIL EVERY YEAR FOR AN ANNUAL LEVEL LEVY OF THE ASSESSMENT, WHEREAS THE 94 LAW ALLOWS UP TO FIVE YEARS INITIALLY.
AND THEN AFTER THOSE FIVE YEARS YOU CAN ACTUALLY RENEW FOR TEN YEARS.
THERE IS NO PETITION DRIVE LIKE THE 94 LAW HAS, WHICH IS A BENEFIT BECAUSE IT GIVES THE BUSINESSES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT WHAT'S BEING PUT IN FRONT OF THEM. THE FORMATION PROCESS.
THERE'S A PUBLICATION FOR THE 89 LAW AND THEN TWO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THIS FOR THE 94 LAW.
THIS IS OUR FIRST OF THREE STOPS AT CITY COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF AN 89 LAW IT'S AN ADVISORY BOARD OF THE COUNCIL, WHEREAS THE 94 LAW, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S GOVERNED AND THE PROGRAMS ARE IMPLEMENTED BY A NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
THE GOVERNANCE PROCESS, AGAIN, WITH THE 89 LAW, THE ADVISORY BOARD THERE IS THE CITY OVERSIGHT WITH THE 94 LAW, THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS CHARGED WITH MANAGING THE DISTRICT, DOES HAVE TO SPEND THE FUNDS, ACCORDING TO A MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLAN, WHICH I KNOW IS IN YOUR PACKET.
AND THEN THERE IS STILL THAT CITY OVERSIGHT.
THERE ARE OVER 130 [INAUDIBLE] THERE ARE 113 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALONE.
MOST OF THE DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA ARE NOW FORMED PURSUANT TO THE 94 LAW, AND THIS IS JUST A LIST OF THE LAST TEN YEARS OR SO OF DISTRICTS THAT HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MODERNIZE BY SWITCHING TO THE 94 LAW.
SO THIS IS HOTELS, MOTELS, SHORT TERM RENTALS, THE ASSESSMENT RATE IS 2% OF ROOM RENTAL REVENUE.
AND THEN THERE IS THE ADDITIONAL IT'S BASICALLY AN OPT IN OR AN ELECTIVE 1% ASSESSMENT THAT THE LODGING BUSINESSES CAN CHOOSE TO PAY THAT WILL FUND SPECIFICALLY GOLF RELATED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT THOSE HOTELS THAT WANT TO PAY INTO THAT. THE TERM WILL BE FIVE YEARS, WHICH WILL START JULY ONE.
AS FAR AS THE GOVERNANCE, THE VISIT CARLSBAD IS THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WILL ACT AS WHAT THE LAW CALLS THE OWNERS ASSOCIATION. IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR AS FAR AS THE MEMBERS.
IT'S UP 7 TO 9 DIRECTORS COMPRISED SOLELY OF OWNERS OR OWNER REPRESENTATIVES THAT PAY INTO THE TBID.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET, THE INITIAL YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING TO RAISE APPROXIMATELY $6.8 MILLION WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS GOING TOWARDS THOSE SALES, MARKETING AND GOLF RELATED PROGRAMS. THERE IS A GRANTS PROGRAM, CONTINGENCY AND RESERVE, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IF ANOTHER PANDEMIC COULD COME UP IF 4% GOING TOWARDS
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ADMIN AND OPERATIONS.AND THAT'S IT. I'LL STICK AROUND.
ALL RIGHT. SO AS YOU HEARD FROM GINA'S PRESENTATION, THIS REALLY IS A STRUCTURAL CHANGE THAT IS NEEDED TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND TO ALLOW FOR LONGER TERM PLANNING OF THAT TOURISM PROMOTION.
AND JUST TO EMPHASIZE A POINT, GINA MENTIONED THE OPTIONAL 1%.
THAT'S WHERE WE COULD GAIN EVEN GREATER EFFICIENCY.
AND THAT ACTIVITY WOULD ESSENTIALLY REPLACE THE CARLSBAD GOLF LODGING BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
SO REALLY STREAMLINING OPERATIONS THERE.
SO SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF INTENTION? IT WILL SET A PUBLIC MEETING ON MARCH 7TH AND A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 18TH.
NOTICES WILL BE SENT TO ALL LODGING BUSINESSES IN THE CITY THAT WOULD PAY INTO THE TBID.
ABOUT THE PROPOSED ACTION AND PUBLIC MEETING AND HEARING IF THERE ARE NOT PROTESTS RECEIVED TOTALING MORE THAN 50% OF THE LODGING BUSINESSES BY REVENUE CONTRIBUTED, THEN THE CITY COUNCIL CAN ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF FORMATION FOR THE NEW DISTRICT AND ASSESSMENT AT THE APRIL 18TH MEETING.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? YES, WE DO.
WE HAVE TWO MAYOR, WOULD KIM SIDORIAK PLEASE COME FORWARD, FOLLOWED BY TIM STRIPE.
GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS KIM SIDORIAK WITH VISIT CARLSBAD WANTED TO SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF CONVERGING FROM THE 89 TO 94 ACT.
AND THE REASON WHY THEY'RE ON THAT ACT IS IT ALL COMES DOWN TO STABILITY AND EFFICIENCY.
FORMING THE DISTRICT ON THE 94 ACT ALLOWS FOR VISIT CARLSBAD TO ENGAGE IN MORE LONGER TERM PLANNING, TO ENGAGE IN MULTI YEAR PROGRAMS AND TO RECRUIT THE BEST TALENT FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. IF YOU THINK ABOUT TAKING ON A NEW JOB, YOU WANT IT TO BE THERE, RIGHT? SO STRONG, STABLE FUNDING FOR TOURISM PROMOTION IS A WINNING ECONOMIC STRATEGY.
IT ALLOWS VISIT CARLSBAD THE ABILITY TO COMPETITIVELY MARKET ITSELF TO POTENTIAL VISITORS, AND THOSE VISITORS HELP GENERATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TERMS OF TRANSIT OCCUPANCY TAXES AND SALES TAXES.
AND THEY ALSO COME INTO CARLSBAD AND THEY SUPPORT OUR SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESSES, WHETHER IT COMES FROM MOTELS, SHORT TERM RENTALS, LARGE HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, ATTRACTIONS AND SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESSES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BLACKBURN MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY BUSINESS ADDRESS IS 5900 PASTOR COURT, SUITE 200, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA.
I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF NOT ONLY GRANT PACIFIC RESORTS IN OUR PROPERTIES, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND THE TWO STAFF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TAKEN US THIS FAR IN WHAT'S HAPPENED.
AND MATT, I WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT.
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE PROBABLY TODAY WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
SO I CAN TELL YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE, PHENOMENAL STAFF PEOPLE THAT HELPED US.
ONE IS WE'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT IS EMPLOYEE SELECTION AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION.
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YES, IT IS A ONE YEAR TYPE OF ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL CONTINUE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.AND SO THANK YOU, KIM, FOR COMING.
BUT I ALSO WOULD TELL YOU, STAFF MEMBERS FIRSTHAND AND AND COUNCIL PEOPLE, IT WAS DIFFICULT.
THINK ABOUT IT FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS US AS BUSINESSES.
WHAT WOULD WE DO IF ALL WE HAD WAS ONE YEAR AND WE TOLD OUR EMPLOYEES THAT THAT'S ALL, YOU HAVE.
BUT IF WE'RE IN A SITUATION, WE CAN ONLY COMMIT FOR ONE YEAR.
AND THAT'S ALL LEGALLY WE CAN BIND SOMEBODY TO OPERATE WITH.
IT IS REALLY HARD TO GET PROGRAMS GOING.
SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING FOR A LOT OF YOU.
APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING TO ME AND I URGE YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. IS THAT ALL THE SPEAKERS? YES MAYOR. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I WANT TO GO FIRST. I KNOW.
I JUST MAYBE HAVE ONE QUESTION.
I THINK IN OUR BRIEFINGS, YOU SAID THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT INTO THIS, WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER FOR ME? ROUGHLY 70% OF LODGING BUSINESSES PETITION TO ESTABLISH THE TBID UNDER THE 94 LAW.
SO THANKS, GUYS. APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, MR. STRIPE, FOR CALLING HER OUT BECAUSE WE'RE SO GLAD THAT SHE'S HERE.
THANKS, MS. BHAT-PATEL. JUST A SIMILAR THANKS TO EVERYONE HERE.
MOTION PLEASE. MOVE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION CONTAINED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE'LL RESUME AT ABOUT 7:40.
IT'LL BE A SEVEN MINUTE BREAK.
ON ITEM NUMBER 15, CITY MANAGER, PLEASE.
[15. ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE 2022 EAST-WEST CORRIDORS EMERGENCY RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING PROJECT, AND APPROVAL OF A ROADWAY RECONFIGURATION AND ASSOCIATED LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR WESTBOUND CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE FROM COLLEGE BOULEVARD TO EL CAMINO REAL, CIP PROJECT NO. 6001]
THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 15 IS TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE 2022 EAST WEST CORRIDOR EMERGENCY RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING PROJECT AND APPROVAL OF A ROADWAY RECONFIGURATION AND ASSOCIATED LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR WESTBOUND CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE FROM CARLSBAD BOULEVARD TO EL CAMINO REAL.PRESENTING IS OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, TOM FRANK.
AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND SO IT'S TO APPROVE THE PLANS, CONTRACTS AND AUTHORIZE THE BID AND ALSO TO APPROVE THE ROADWAY RECONFIGURATION AND THE ASSOCIATED LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR THE WESTBOUND CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE TO EL CAMINO REAL.
THESE ARE THE MAIN ROADS WITH A VAST IMPROVEMENT FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.
HERE'S A MAP THAT SHOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THE STREETS THAT WERE RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING.
THE GRAPH ON PAGE TWO OF THE STAFF REPORT SHOWS THE STREET SEGMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT.
AND SO HOW DOES RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING IMPROVING SAFETY FOR ALL MODES? WELL, HERE'S A VIDEO AND IT'S SUPER FAST, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GOING TO FORGO THAT AND I'M GOING TO THEN FOCUS ON I REALLY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MANAGING SPEED ON OUR ROADWAYS.
WIDE OPEN ROADS TEND TO LEAD TO SPEEDING.
SO TO HELP DETER THAT, WE NARROW THE VEHICULAR TRAVEL LANES TO THE APPROPRIATE WIDTH.
THAT SO THAT DRIVERS PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THEIR SURROUNDING CONDITIONS WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING.
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WHEN IT COMES TO IMPROVING SAFETY OF OUR ROADWAYS, SLOWING DOWN A LITTLE BIT CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.HERE'S A CHART FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS.
VEHICLE SPEED AT TIME OF IMPACT IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO WHETHER A PERSON WILL SURVIVE OR NOT.
A PERSON HIT BY A CAR TRAVELING AT 35 MILES PER HOUR IS FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN A PERSON HIT BY A CAR TRAVELING AT 20 MILES PER HOUR TO SURVIVE AT THE HIGHER SPEEDS BEING HIT AT 50 MILES PER HOUR.
75% OF THE PEOPLE WILL NOT SURVIVE.
SO IN THIS PROJECT, RESTRIPING AND RECONFIGURING OUR ROADWAYS, THIS HAS SEVERAL KEY ADVANTAGES.
IT CREATES MORE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE VEHICLES AND THE BIKES AND THE PEDESTRIANS.
IT IMPROVES LINE OF SIGHT FOR ACCESSING OFF THE SIDE STREETS.
IT IDENTIFIES CONFLICT AREAS WITH GREEN MARKINGS IN ADDITION TO ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE MOBILITY TO EVERYBODY WITHIN OUR CITY.
OUR DEPARTMENT REALLY PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING GOOD STEWARDS TO CITY TAX DOLLARS.
A BIG ADVANTAGE OF DOING THIS APPROACH IS THIS LOWERS THE CITY'S LONG TERM MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR OUR PAVEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE SPEND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DO THIS. SO IT'S VERY COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH.
THAT BRINGS US TO WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IN OUR SPECIFIC APPROACH.
THIS WILL RE STRIPE VEHICLE TRAVEL LANES TO TEN OR TEN AND A HALF FOOT WIDE.
WE ACTUALLY REVISE THAT, WHICH WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IN A BIT.
WE DO KEEP INTERSECTIONS AS IS IN REGARDS TO THE VEHICLE LANE CONFIGURATIONS.
AND THEN IN REGARDS TO WHEN WE RECONFIGURE OUR ROADWAYS, WE COMPLY WITH THE MOBILITY ELEMENT OF OUR GENERAL PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2015, FOCUSED ON MOVING PEOPLE AND NOT JUST VEHICLES.
WE USE THE INTERSECTION GUIDELINES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT STUDIES IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION AS A GAUGE WHETHER OR NOT A STREET'S A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THE ROAD RECONFIGURATION OR THE ROAD YOGA.
AND WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND OUR COLLISION PREVENTION PARTNERS.
AND BOTH FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS SUPPORT THESE PLANS.
SO WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO RIDE ON THE PROPOSED RESTRIKE ROADS? WELL, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE IS TO ACTUALLY DRIVE ON THEM.
AND THEY'VE RECENTLY BEEN STRIPED WITH THE NEW STRIPING DESIGN CRITERIA.
HERE'S WHAT CANNON ROAD FROM FARADAY TO EL CAMINO REAL LOOKS LIKE NOW, AFTER BEING RE STRIPED, WE NARROWED THE TWO VEHICLE LANES TO THE APPROPRIATE LANE WIDTH AGAIN TO MAKE MORE ROOM FOR THE BUFFERED BIKE LANES AND SPACE FOR PEDESTRIANS.
WE ALSO DID THIS ON COLLEGE AVENUE PALOMAR AIRPORT TO EL CAMINO REAL.
AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF AVENIDA ENCINAS WHEN IT WAS RECONFIGURED FROM A FOUR LANE TO A THREE LANE CONFIGURATION, THERE'S NOW A BUFFERED BIKE LANE ON EACH SIDE AND A DUAL CENTER TURN LANE.
OTHER STREETS WE HAVE DONE THIS TO INCLUDE CARLSBAD BOULEVARD FROM BEACH AVENUE TO STATE STREET, LA COSTA AVENUE FROM FAIR LANE FROM FAIRWAY LANE TO RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD.
WE TYPICALLY DO NOT CHANGE THE VEHICLE LANE CONFIGURATION AT THE INTERSECTIONS.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW AND AS WE'VE SEEN BY THE PRIOR EXAMPLES AND MANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INTERSECTION CONTROLS THE CONGESTION LEVEL ALONG ROAD SEGMENTS.
SO IT'S NOT THE SEGMENT CONFIGURATION.
IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT, WHETHER IT'S FOUR LANES OR THREE LANES.
IT'S REALLY THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INTERSECTION CONTROL.
THE TRAVEL VOLUMES ARE REALLY LOW IN THIS AREA AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM REDUCING THE INTERSECTIONS TO ONE VEHICLE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION AT TWO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, PONTIAC DRIVE AND CONCORD DRIVE.
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED LANE REDUCTIONS, WE ALSO CONDUCTED A MORE THOROUGH INTERSECTION LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS TO COMPARE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS TO THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS.
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FROM A LEVEL OF SERVICE C TO D.UPON OUR FURTHER ANALYSIS, WE WE DID SHOW THAT THIS WILL NOT CREATE CONGESTION AT THE INTERSECTIONS.
THEREFORE, TRAFFIC IS EXPECTED TO FLOW AS NORMAL.
SO WE DID WIDEN THE THE LANE ADJACENT TO THE MEDIAN FROM TEN TO TEN AND A HALF FEET.
THERE IS AN EXCEPTION WITH LA COSTA AVENUE.
SO THAT IS A SLIGHT EXCEPTION TO THAT RULE.
SO NEXT STEPS UPON CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL STAFF WILL ADVERTISE A REQUEST FOR BID FOR THE PROJECT, AND WE EXPECT TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN EARLY SPRING AND START LATER IN THE SPRING WITH COMPLETION IN THE SUMMER.
SO AS A PART OF OUR SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLAN IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY'S TRAFFIC SAFETY EMERGENCY AND DESIGNING OUR ROADWAYS FOR ALL THE USERS IN MIND, WE RECOMMEND THE ACTION TONIGHT AS SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN AND INCLUDED IN YOUR FIRST PAGE, YOUR STAFF REPORT UNDER RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
START WITH YOU, MS. BURKHOLDER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. YOU MENTIONED JUST TOWARD THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW THAT THE LA COSTA LANE WIDTHS COULD NOT BE REDUCED BECAUSE OF THE MEDIAN.
AND THIS IS FROM THE PORTION FROM THE FREEWAY TO EL CAMINO REAL, RIGHT, WHERE IT'S 55 MILES AN HOUR.
YES. FOR CLARIFICATION, WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO REDUCE THOSE.
WE ARE GOING TO REDUCE THOSE THE TEN FOOT TRAVEL LANES.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE ABOUT ELEVEN.
SO WHAT I SAID THE EXCEPTION WAS, IS WE DID HEAR FROM SOME COMMENTERS THAT THEY FELT THE TEN FOOT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAD ALREADY STRIPED ON LIKE CANNON BETWEEN FARADAY AND EL CAMINO REAL.
THEY WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED IT WAS TOO NARROW.
HOWEVER, ON LA COSTA WE DON'T HAVE THAT WIDTH.
SO TEN FOOT. TRAVELING VEHICLES GOING 55 MILES PER HOUR RIGHT THERE, THOUGH.
WELL, MAYBE HOPEFULLY PEOPLE SLOW DOWN A FEW MILES PER HOUR.
WE HAVE DONE THIS ON SEVERAL SEGMENTS, AS I MENTIONED, ON ON CANON ROAD BETWEEN FARADAY AND EL CAMINO REAL AND OTHER SEGMENTS ON POINSETTIA LANE APPROACHING, GOING TO THE EAST, APPROACHING EL CAMINO REAL.
ONE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT IS WHEN WE DO REALIGN THESE VEHICULAR TRAVEL LANES, IT DOES FREE UP THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR THE CONFLICT ZONE, WHICH THEN BECOMES A DE FACTO RIGHT TURN LANE.
SO IT ACTUALLY DOES IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROADWAY.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, THAT ROADWAY DOES SEE SOME HIGH TRAFFIC SPEEDS.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY BE A CHANGE.
YEAH. I MEAN, IN LIGHT OF THAT, BECAUSE IT IS IT IS MARKED FOR 55 MILES PER HOUR RIGHT THERE.
AND PEOPLE DO GO A LOT FASTER.
AND I DO HOPE THAT THEY SLOWED DOWN.
AND WE'VE GOT MESSAGING BOARDS THERE.
AND I SEE ALL THIS ADDITIONAL WORK, THE MESSAGING AT THE OFF RAMP OR THE ON RAMP TO THE 5 FREEWAY.
BUT JUST IN LIGHT OF IT BEING NARROW AND VERY FAST ALREADY.
I MEAN, I ALWAYS GET SWEATS SIDE SWIPED ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO I WOULD LOVE IF WE COULD CONTINUE TO MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
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BECAUSE IT JUST JUST TODAY, A PRIUS JUST VENTURED RIGHT INTO MY LANE AND WE'RE YOU KNOW, LUCKILY I WAS A LITTLE BEHIND IT.BUT YEAH, IT JUST HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
SO AS OUR LANES GET NARROWER, I'M JUST REALLY GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED THAT THIS WORKS.
AND I THINK MAYBE THE ADDITIONAL PART THAT WE CAN COMPLEMENT THAT WITH IS MESSAGING TO THE PUBLIC AND REMINDING THEM THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE GREEN, THE GREEN STRIPING AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS, BUT THE NARROWING OF THE LANES THAT THEY HAVE TO BE THEY HAVE TO STAY IN THEIR LANE.
MAYBE THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE MESSAGES ON THE FEEDBACK SIGNS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.
MAKE SURE TO STAY IN YOUR LANE.
MS. BHAT-PATEL. NO CLOSING STATEMENTS.
IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S WHAT IT DOES MEAN.
AND WITH A DUAL CENTER TURN LANE IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO IF YOU THINK OF A GOOD EXAMPLE, WOULD IT BE LIKE TAMARAC AVENUE COMING FROM EL CAMINO REAL.
SO IF YOU'RE HEADING NORTHBOUND, THERE'S DUAL LEFT TURN LANES.
AND SO RIGHT NOW IT'S TWO LANES GOING UP THE HILL.
AND SO THAT WOULD THEN WE'D CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION AT THE INTERSECTION.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A MERGER AT SKYLINE.
THE MERGER WOULD BE DOWN CLOSER TO EL CAMINO REAL.
SO WHEN YOU SAID THAT WE HAD MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AT THE MOBILITY COMMISSION MEETING, HOW MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SHOWED UP TO TALK ABOUT THIS? I BELIEVE THERE'S TWO.
TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REPRESENTING 120,000 RESIDENTS ON THIS ISSUE.
PLUS THE COMMISSIONERS WERE THERE, OF COURSE.
I'M JUST GOING TO I'LL BE BLUNT.
I HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE TIRED OF GETTING STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
IN FACT, WE'RE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY.
AND I JUST YOU'RE THE YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO CREATE MORE TRAFFIC AND YOU WANT TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE GO SLOWER.
BUT AT SOME POINT PEOPLE HAVE TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION.
AND I'M HEARING THAT AS A LOUD CRY FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE TO TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT.
WE'VE HIRED YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
IF YOU DO THIS AND IT DOESN'T WORK AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTCRY, THIS IS JUST PAINT.
NEXT TIME WE DO AN OVERLAY, WE CAN CHANGE IT BACK.
ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. IT'S JUST PAINT.
AND AGAIN, A RATIONALE AND I WON'T HARP ON THE ISSUE.
I REALLY WISH WE'RE CURRENTLY AT WHICH COUNCIL HAS APPROVED OR WE'RE RECONFIGURING THE SOUTHBOUND ROAD SEGMENT BETWEEN SOLAMAR DRIVE TO ISLAND WAY.
IT SHOULD OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.
AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN THIS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THIS IN OTHER AREAS AND WE'VE DONE IT IN THE CITY, IS THE LANE CONFIGURATION BETWEEN THE INTERSECTIONS. IT'S NOT A FACTOR.
I SIT IN THAT MYSELF AND IT'S JUST LIKE, COME ON, CAN'T THIS GO QUICKER.
AND SO THAT'S A FACTOR AS WELL WHERE WE WHERE WE CAN, WE ALWAYS TRY AND TIGHTEN THAT PEDESTRIAN CROSSING DISTANCE BECAUSE THAT IS A MAJOR FACTOR DURING THE SIGNAL TIMING. BUT AGAIN, IT'S THE INTERSECTIONS, IT'S NOT THE ROAD SEGMENTS SIR.
A CONVERSATION I HAD THIS MORNING.
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LANE? I KNOW THAT'S JUST KIND OF A SMART ALECK QUESTION, BUT THAT QUESTION WAS WAS BROUGHT UP AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION IS BETTER. I'M JUST TALKING FROM FROM ME AND YOU'RE THE EXPERT, SO I'M COMPLETELY OKAY WITH TRYING IT, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT NEXT TIME WE RESURFACE THE ROADWAYS, WE CAN ALWAYS REPAINT THEM.IF WE IF, IF IT TURNS OUT WE MADE A BAD DECISION.
YEAH. AND SIR, JUST SO YOU CAN RESPOND TO THAT CONSTITUENT.
SO THAT'S A GOOD COMMENT, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT ON THE FREEWAYS? BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE CONGESTION POINT, WE DO HAVE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
THE ISSUE IS, IS THERE'S NO INTERSECTIONS ON THE FREEWAY.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS AN INTERSECTION ON THE FREEWAY? WE HAVE ONE. IT'S ON I-5 AND STATE ROUTE 78, AND THAT'S A MAJOR CONGESTION POINT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IT DOESN'T MATTER.
WE HAVE, WHAT, TWO LANES, MAYBE THREE LANES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ONRAMP GOING NORTHBOUND AND THERE'S MAJOR CONGESTION THERE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT ONLY THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, THAT'S THE LIMITING FACTOR.
THAT'S WHERE THE BACKUPS STARTED.
AND THE CONGESTION POINT IS REALLY I-5 AND SR 78.
THIS IS CAUSING A LOT OF PAIN FOR CARLSBAD RESIDENTS AND IT'S ACTUALLY COSTING US BECAUSE ALL THOSE COMMUTERS THAT DON'T WANT TO SIT IN THAT TRAFFIC, THEY'RE USING OUR ARTERIAL NETWORK AND CAUSING US TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON MAINTENANCE.
AND IT ALSO IMPACTS US FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY STANDPOINT.
MY ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS I'M GOING TO VOTE NO, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S SOMETHING CAN BE CHANGED.
IF IT TURNS OUT WE MADE A BAD DECISION, WE WE CAN CHANGE IT.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL I WILL VOTE YES ON THIS.
YES. MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15.
[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]
MS. BURKHOLDER I DON'T HAVE ANY REAL EARTH SHATTERING CLOSING COMMENTS, BUT I WILL.I DID PARTICIPATE IN A POINT IN TIME COUNT.
I CAN'T EVEN THINK IT SO LATE.
RIGHT. THE POINT IN TIME COUNT WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE 26TH WE MS. ACOSTA AND I WERE AT THE NEW VILLAGE ARTS ON THE 27TH.
I'M SAYING ALL THIS STUFF SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
HE DID 30,000 AND SOME ODD, CRAZY NUMBER OF PULL UPS.
SO IT WAS LIKE 30,052 BECAUSE THE FIRST DAY WAS JANUARY 1ST AND HE DID 1,023 BECAUSE THIS IS 2023.
AND THEN HE JUST KEPT ADDING ONE TO EACH DAY AND IT WAS PRETTY PHENOMENAL.
BUT THAT'S THE TYPE OF FOLKS WE HAVE.
AND THEN MY THE CITY MANAGER AND I ATTENDED THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER ACADEMY IN LOS ANGELES.
WE HAVE A PRETTIER CITY THAN LA.
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW. BUT IT WAS GREAT TO GO UP THERE.
AND WE YOU KNOW, THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE BROWN ACT AND PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AND A LOT ABOUT THAT.
AND SO WE DID TAKE AWAY SOME SOME INFORMATION AND BROUGHT THAT BACK.
AND THEN THERE WAS A BI BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INSTALLATION DINNER THAT SATURDAY NIGHT.
HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK IS A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER.
SO WITHOUT REPEATING ANY OF THE OVERLAPPING EVENTS, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT TOMORROW.
SO I'LL BE THERE AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
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THE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETS NEXT TUESDAY THE 14TH AT 9 A.M.IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME TO THAT, YOU CAN ALSO STREAM OR WATCH IT ON ON CABLE.
AND THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE WAS VERY EXCITING TO HEAR FROM THE CEO, BARB BOSWELL TODAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON THAT, BUT I'M GUESSING OUR MAYOR PRO TEM MAY, AND THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, WE'VE GOT THE ALL THE CITY MANAGERS AND THE WHOLE STATE ARE COMING TO CARLSBAD FOR A CONFERENCE THIS WEEK.
CARLSBAD IS SUCH AN EXCELLENT DESTINATION FOR EVENTS, SO IT'S EXCITING THAT THEY'RE ALL COMING HERE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS THE 23RD AND 24TH IN LA, DIFFERENT PART OF LA ARTESIA, THE CITY OF ARTESIA IN LA COUNTY, AND THEN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
I'VE GOT MY ORIENTATION FOR MY NEW BOARD POSITION ON MONDAY.
THOSE ARE MY REPORTS. THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT WAS DEFINITELY IT'S ALWAYS AN EXPERIENCE WHEN WE DO THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME OUT THAT EARLY MORNING TO PARTICIPATE, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAIR MY FIRST TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATION PUBLIC WORKS LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES POLICY COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
I DID HAVE NCTDS RAIL SAFETY AND COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY, AND I KNOW THAT TOMORROW I DO HAVE MY OFFICE HOURS JUST IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO GET IN TOUCH.
AND THEN ON MONDAY, JUST BRIEFLY, THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES DIVISION MEETING WILL BE THAT DAY.
IT'S OUR FIRST ONE BACK, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING FOLKS.
AND THEN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
2023 BETWEEN 4 AND 7 P.M., YOU MAY FIND THREE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.5934 PRIESTLY DRIVE IN CARLSBAD, CITY MANAGER.
CITY ATTORNEY. NOTHING TO REPORT.
NOTHING THANK YOU. WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.