Mar 21, 2023 City Council Meeting

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CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

[CALL TO ORDER]

ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

DO WE NEED TO...CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.

THANK YOU, AND FOR THE PLEDGE, MISS LUNA, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? NEXT IS PRESENTATIONS.

[PRESENTATIONS]

IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF CESAR CHAVEZ DAY, AND I'M GOING TO CALL UP JOHN GILL FROM PUBLIC WORKS, BUT BEFORE I READ THE ACTUAL PROCLAMATION, I HAD A COUPLE NOTES THAT I WROTE DOWN HERE, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT CESAR CHAVEZ DAY.

I NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET CESAR CHAVEZ BECAUSE HE WAS BORN IN YUMA, ARIZONA, IN 1927 AND DIED IN SAN LUIS, ARIZONA IN 1993 WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I GREW UP IN A FAMILY AND WENT TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND WENT TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE WE DISCUSSED CESAR CHAVEZ. HE WAS SOMEONE THAT A LOT OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS KNEW AND MARCHED WITH AND WORKED WITH AND PROTESTED WITH.

CESAR WAS PART OF A GROUP OF FARMWORKERS WHO ORGANIZED THEMSELVES TO FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE AND FOR BETTER LABOR CONDITIONS INFLUENCED BY GANDHI AND DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

CESAR EMPHASIZED NONVIOLENT ACTIONS LIKE STRIKES AND BOYCOTTS EARLY IN MY CAREER, IN 2002, I WAS PART OF A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR WOMEN CALLED THE HOPE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, WHERE WE WENT TO DELANO, CALIFORNIA.

THERE'S A PLACE CALLED LA PAZ WHERE CESAR IS BURIED NEXT TO HIS WIFE, AND IT WAS VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL.

WE LEARNED ABOUT THE WORK OF CESAR CHAVEZ AND SAW THE NATIONAL MONUMENT THERE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

THE WORK THAT CESAR DID AFFECTS ALL OF US AS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS AGRICULTURE.

IT AFFECTS FARMWORKERS HERE, TOO.

SO I'VE GOT THE PROCLAMATION AND I'LL READ THAT NOW.

MR. GILL, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAND AT THE PODIUM.

HERE IS THE PROCLAMATION.

CESAR CHAVEZ DAY IS MARCH 31ST, 2023, AND HERE ARE THE WHEREASES.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CELEBRATES THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF CESAR CHAVEZ, A CHAMPION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ADVOCATE FOR HARDWORKING PEOPLE WHO BUILD AND SUSTAIN OUR NATION.

WHEREAS, CESAR CHAVEZ, BORN INTO POVERTY, RAISED BY MIGRANT WORKERS, WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE INEQUITIES OF FARM LABORERS, AND DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.

WHEREAS, CESAR CHAVEZ, CO-FOUNDER OF THE UNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA, ALONGSIDE LEADERS SUCH AS DOLORES HUERTA, LARRY ITLIONG AND PHILIP VERA CRUZ, DREW NATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS EXPERIENCING SEVERE WORKING CONDITIONS AND UNLIVABLE WAGES.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CELEBRATES CESAR CHAVEZ AS ONE WHO INSPIRED GENERATIONS, PEOPLE ACROSS ALL BACKGROUNDS, AGES AND INDUSTRIES TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THIS IS VERY EMOTIONAL FOR ME.

THEREFORE, I COUNCIL MEMBER TERESA ACOSTA, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 31ST, 2023, AS CESAR CHAVEZ DAY IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER ACOSTA, AND THANK YOU ALL.

IT TRULY IS A PLEASURE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION HONORING CESAR CHAVEZ.

GROWING UP IN KERN COUNTY, I GREW UP WITH THE CHAVEZ FAMILY, YOU KNOW, PLAYING SPORTS AND GOING TO SCHOOL WITH THE CHAVEZ GRANDKIDS.

I DIDN'T FULLY GRASP THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THAT THEIR GRANDFATHER HAD ON SO MANY LIVES.

IT WASN'T UNTIL I GOT A BIT OLDER THAT I REALIZED THE SUFFERING, SACRIFICE AND HARD WORK THAT WAS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING AND FIGHTING FOR WHAT EVENTUALLY BECAME THE UNITED FARM WORKERS. I WAS FORTUNATE TO EXPERIENCE MARCHING WITH THE UNITED FARM WORKERS IN THE MID-90S WHERE THEY WERE STRIKING AGAINST THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS IN SALINAS, CALIFORNIA.

I'LL NEVER FORGET MARCHING DOWN, MARCHING DOWN THE STREETS WITH HUNDREDS OF FARM WORKERS AND SUPPORTERS YELLING, SI, SE PUEDE!

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WHEN I WAS ASKED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, I REACHED OUT TO ONE OF THE GRANDKIDS OF CESAR CHAVEZ, AND I ASKED HIM, WHAT CAN I SAY TO BEST HONOR YOUR GRANDFATHER AND THE LEGACY OF YOUR FAMILY? HE ENCOURAGED ME TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE.

THE WORK CESAR CHAVEZ STARTED MOVED TO SECURE DECENT WAGES, HUMANE WORKING CONDITIONS, AND ULTIMATELY ALLOW PEOPLE THE BASIC PROTECTIONS AND BETTER ACCESS TO THE AMERICAN DREAM, WHICH IS IMPORTANT WORK THAT IS STILL GOING ON TODAY.

THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN HONOR CAESAR'S LEGACY IS TO TAKE ACTION AND TO GET INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND HELP OTHERS WHENEVER WE CAN.

AS CESAR CHAVEZ SAID, WE CANNOT SEEK ACHIEVEMENT FOR OURSELVES AND FORGET ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR AMBITIONS MUST BE BROAD ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THE ASPIRATIONS AND NEEDS OF OTHERS FOR THEIR SAKE AND FOR OUR OWN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] JOHN, WILL YOU PLEASE HANG OUT? WE'RE GOING TO DO A GROUP PICTURE, BUT NOT UNTIL AFTER THIS NEXT PRESENTATION.

YES, SIR. I INVITE RICK DRYER.

[INAUDIBLE]. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.

IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE PART OF A CITY THAT CARES SO MUCH ABOUT ITS PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES, AND TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE WITH SOME GOOD NEWS, AND I'M JOINED BY RICK DRYER, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF CARRILLO RANCH, WHO WILL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE ARE HERE.

RICK, TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I AM RICK DRYER, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF CARRILLO RANCH AND NOW IN MY 20TH YEAR AS A VOLUNTEER, WHEN I RETIRED FROM TEACHING, FELL RIGHT INTO THIS, AND I'VE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

THE FRIENDS OF CARRILLO RANCH TO CONTINUE A 25 YEAR TRADITION, A LEGACY THAT BEGAN WITH ALAN KINDLE, A NAME MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

ALAN FORMED AN ALLIANCE WITH THE CITY.

A PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND PROGRAMS AND ARTIFACT ACQUISITION FOR LEO CARRILLO RANCH.

TONIGHT, THE FRIENDS OF CARRILLO RANCH, AND WE HAVE SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE WANT TO ADD ANOTHER YEAR CONTINUING THIS LEGACY THAT WAS STARTED BY ALAN KINDLE.

IN SUPPORT WITH A DONATION--YES, A DONATION--OF $12,905.

I'LL DROP IT AND SEE IF IT BOUNCES.

[CHUCKLING] THANK YOU.

THIS MONEY WAS EARNED THROUGH A FABULOUS YEARLY EVENT AT THE RANCH.

IT'S THE FIESTA, A DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION.

IT TAKES PLACE THIS YEAR, MAY 13TH, THIS SATURDAY, AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE ALL THE SMILING FACES HERE COME TO THAT EVENT.

IT ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT I JUST DID TO PUT MONEY IN TO CONTINUE THAT LEGACY.

THE EVENT CAN BE FOUND ON THE CARLSBAD CONNECT.ORG WEBSITE UNDER THE TITLE FIESTA, AND I'D LIKE TO CLOSE MY REMARKS SINCE CESAR CHAVEZ DAY NEXT WEEK IS COMING UP.

I WAS AN EDUCATOR FOR 35 YEARS AND BECAUSE I'M OLD, I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET CESAR CHAVEZ AT THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, WHERE I WAS A BOARD MEMBER AND CESAR SPOKE TO US AND HE SAID, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER THESE WORDS.

SURELY THE ENDS OF ALL EDUCATION MUST BE SERVICE TO OTHERS.

SO I THANK ALL OF YOU BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS A SERVICE, AND FOR ALL THE PEOPLE, LIKE ALL THE FRIENDS OF CARRILLO RANCH, WHAT WE DO IS A SERVICE TO OTHERS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] RICK, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN THE COUNCIL RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF THE DAIS? AND PLEASE INVITE THE BOARD MEMBERS OF CARRILLO.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PHOTO.

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[PUBLIC COMMENT]

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

PLEASE TREAT OTHERS WITH COURTESY, CIVILITY AND RESPECT.

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

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE 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 OCCUR ON THESE ITEMS. WE WELCOME CLAPPING DURING THE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

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

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

WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, BE INVITED TO STAND AT THE PODIUM AND SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES.

TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY, I HAVE ASKED THE CLERK TO TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THREE MINUTES.

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PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKERS.

PIERRE [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY MIKE BORRELLO.

DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MAYOR BLACKBURN, YOU SAID YOU WERE AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.

I WANTED TO BELIEVE YOU.

THEN WHY DID YOU APPOINT MRS. BURKHOLDER AT SANDAG, A DECLARED CLIMATE CHANGE DENIER WHO PROMISED TO VOTE DOWN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEASURE IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

WHY DID YOU EASILY VOTE LAST WEEK TO BURY SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT? THE PURCHASE OF 50 HYBRID PETROL VEHICLES AND BUY INSTEAD COMBUSTION CARS FOR VERY SHORT TERM CONSIDERATIONS. WHY HAS THIS TOKEN CLIMATE PLAN BECOME OBSOLETE WITH VERY LITTLE TO SHOW FOR AFTER EIGHT YEARS? SOMEONE SEES HIS CARDIOLOGIST WHO TELLS HIM HE NEEDS SURGERY, MUST TAKE MEDICATION, MUST STOP EATING JUNK FOOD, OR HE WILL DIE SOON, AND THIS GUY SAYS, I DON'T LIKE THAT DOCTOR.

IT IS PESSIMISTIC, SO I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.

I WILL IGNORE YOU.

WELL, WE BEHAVE JUST THE SAME WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

YET THE ONES WE ARE KILLING ARE NOT US, BUT THE NEXT GENERATIONS.

THESE CHILDREN COMMITTED TO KINDNESS.

WE APPLAUDED SO MUCH HERE ON FEBRUARY 7TH.

HOW CAN I LOOK MY GRANDKIDS IN THE EYES AND NOT TELL THEM THE TRUTH? HOW CAN I NOT SPEAK OUT AND YET PRETEND THAT I LOVE THEM? HOW IS CARLSBAD NOT EVEN CAPABLE OF DOING THESE LITTLE THINGS, USING GREEN ENERGY FOR ITS OWN FLEET AND SUPPORTING THE SANDAG PLAN TO GET A NORMAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT GRID? THIS IS NOT BEING ALARMIST.

99% OF SCIENTISTS IN MANY FIELDS WARN US ABOUT THIS.

I BELIEVE IN SCIENCE NOT ONLY WHEN IT FITS ME.

THE IPCC, WHICH ALWAYS DOWNPLAYED THE FACTS, NEEDING THE AGREEMENT OF 195 COUNTRIES WITH A BIG OIL PRODUCERS JUST WROTE TO ENSURE A LIVABLE, LIVABLE FUTURE.

WE NEED DEEP, RAPID AND SUSTAINED REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, BUT WE IGNORE THE SCIENCE BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE WHAT THE SCIENTISTS SAY, AS WE DO WITH THE CARDIOLOGIST.

CO2 RELEASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE BROKE RECORDS LAST YEAR, SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED, AND THIS COUNCIL IS ACTING JUST THE SAME. THANK YOU.

MIKE BORRELLO, RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CLIMATE THAT'S GOING TO KILL THE KIDS, THE NEXT GENERATION, IF ANYTHING, IT'S GOING TO BE THE WAY THEY THINK AND WHAT WE'RE TEACHING THEM IN THE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW, AND ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, WHAT HAPPENED ON MARCH 8TH AT CALAVERA HILLS GYM SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

THE FILM COURSE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, ETHNIC STUDIES, THE WHITE SUPREMACISTS THAT NIGHT, I ASSURE YOU, WERE OVERWHELMED. THEY WERE OVERWHELMED BY THE NUMBERS THAT APPEARED, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, BUT FOUND OUT LATER THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE EMAIL. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT, BUT I'LL GIVE THE PERSON THAT WROTE IT THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT , IF SHE WROTE IT OR NOT, BUT WHOEVER WROTE IT SHOULD OWN UP TO IT.

THEY SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT, AND EITHER APOLOGIZE OR CELEBRATE THAT THEY WON THE VOTE THAT NIGHT.

THEY LITERALLY DISARMED THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ALL MORAL AUTHORITY, AND IT WAS SURREALISTIC.

WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER, THEY HAD DISCUSSION, AND BETWEEN TRUSTEE RALLINGS AND VURBEFF, THEY GOT INTO A DISCUSSION.

RALLINGS CHALLENGED VURBEFF ON DEFINING WHAT CRT IS.

SHE COULDN'T DO IT, SO SHE ASKED RALLINGS, CAN YOU DEFINE CRT? AND RALLINGS REPLIED, NO, I CAN'T DEFINE IT EITHER.

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THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO EVALUATE WHETHER CRT EXISTS IN THAT CURRICULUM, AND THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND ALL FIVE TRUSTEES VOTE TO APPROVE THE COURSE.

THEY WERE OVERWHELMED BY THE NUMBERS THAT WERE THERE THAT NIGHT.

IT WASN'T ON THE MERITS, BUT BY THE PRESSURE THAT WAS EXERTED POLITICALLY, AND IT'S JUST UNFAIR THAT HAPPENED.

THE NATION IS UNDER A THREAT, I BELIEVE.

THAT THE KIDS IN THE NEXT GENERATION, ALL IT TAKES IS A FOREIGN INFLUENCE TO COME IN.

ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS CHANGE THE WAY A GENERATION THINKS.

POCKET CONSTITUTION.

THIS IS SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE I PICKED IT UP AT THE GIFT SHOP AT INDEPENDENCE HALL.

YOU DON'T TEACH ENOUGH OF THIS IN THE SCHOOL.

YOU DON'T TEACH ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION, YOU TEACH OPPRESSION.

YOU TEACH KIDS WHETHER THEY ARE OPPRESSED OR AN OPPRESSOR, AND IF THEY GROW UP IN THAT GENERATION BELIEVING THAT THEY'RE OPPRESSED OR AN OPPRESSOR, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THIS COUNTRY.

COREY [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY PAIGE DECINO.

HELLO, EVERYONE, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

I'M A CARLSBAD RESIDENT OF 30 YEARS AND I JUST APPLIED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION VACANCY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO REACHING OUT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, HOPEFULLY GETTING TOGETHER DURING YOUR OFFICE HOURS AND WE COULD DISCUSS SOME OF MY INTERESTS AND RECOMMEND YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ME OF WHAT I WOULD NEED TO KNOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BEING AN EFFICIENT PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

AS I SAID, I'VE LIVED IN CARLSBAD FOR 30 YEARS.

I'VE SPENT A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE CITY OF IRVINE, A COUPLE YEARS IN NEWPORT BEACH AND A COUPLE OF YEARS IN MISSION BEACH, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT CARLSBAD IS HOME FOR ME, AND I WANT TO DO MY PART TO HELP ESTABLISH ITS IDENTITY AND CONTINUE ITS IDENTITY.

I DON'T WANT IT TO BE MISSION BEACH.

I DON'T WANT IT TO BE NEWPORT BEACH.

I WANT CARLSBAD TO REMAIN CARLSBAD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SERVING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO CARRY ON WITH THE DIRECTION.

I'VE STUDIED CIVIL ENGINEERING AT UC IRVINE.

I'VE WORKED HERE IN CARLSBAD MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND AS I SAID, I LOOK FORWARD TO REACHING OUT TO YOU GUYS DURING YOUR OFFICE HOURS AND DISCUSSING SOME OF THESE THINGS FURTHER. THANK YOU.

HI, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I'M PAIGE DECINO.

I'M WITH THE CARLSBAD SIERRA CLUB TEAM.

AT LAST WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING, ALL BUT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER VOTED TO CHANGE THE CITY'S PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR 40 POLICE VEHICLES FROM HYBRIDS GETTING 12 MILES PER GALLON TO CONVENTIONAL ENGINE MODELS WITH AN AVERAGE OF NINE MILES PER GALLON.

THAT'S A 25% INCREASE IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OR GHGS, EQUAL TO 123 MEGATONS SORRY, METRIC TONS OF CO2, AND YET STAFF TOLD YOU THAT THERE WAS NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

THEIR REPORT STATED THAT THE EXEMPTION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WAS, QUOTE, BECAUSE IT CAN BE SEEN WITH CERTAINTY THAT THE PROJECT WILL HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, END QUOTE.

ANYTHING THAT INCREASES GHG EMISSIONS THESE DAYS HAS A NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

AS COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA APTLY NOTED, THIS ACTION IS BACKSLIDING ON THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE.

I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION.

AT ONE POINT THE RESOLUTION STATES QUOTE THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD SUPPORTS TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUEL CARS, TRUCKS AND BUSSES FOR CITY FLEET VEHICLES AND COMMITS TO PROMOTING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND CONTINUING ITS EFFORT TO CONVERT CITY FLEET VEHICLES AND INSTALL ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, END QUOTE.

FURTHERMORE, MEASURE L-7 OF THE EXISTING CLIMATE ACTION PLAN CALLS FOR UPDATING, QUOTE, THE CITY'S FLEET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE A LOW AND ZERO EMISSIONS VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PURCHASING POLICY AND INCREASE THE PROPORTION OF FLEET LOW AND ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED TO 25% OF ALL THE CITY RELATED VMTS BY 2035, END QUOTE.

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SIX OF THE NEW VEHICLES ARE REPLACING EXISTING CARS, PRESUMABLY HYBRIDS, AND THE OTHER 34 ARE FOR THE NEW TAKE HOME VEHICLE PROGRAM.

SURELY THOSE 34 CARS IN THE LATTER GROUP COULD HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD AS NOT BEING AN URGENT NEED.

THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL DID NOT DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE LAST WEEK.

YOU IGNORED YOUR CAP GOALS AND THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED.

I FEEL YOU LET DOWN YOUR COMMUNITY AND NOT TAKING APPROPRIATE CLIMATE ACTION.

THANK YOU. BARBARA DIAMOND.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M BARBARA DIAMOND.

I HAVE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1998, AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CARLSBAD SIERRA CLUB CHAPTER. DURING THIS TIME, I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY, HOW IT'S DEVELOPED AND HOW IT'S GROWN.

I'VE ALSO NOTICED A GREAT CHANGE IN OUR CLIMATE SINCE I LIVED HERE IN '98.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THE SUMMERS AND THE SPRINGS, HOW THEY'VE CHANGED.

IT'S BEEN PRETTY DRAMATIC.

SO ANYWAY, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE COUNCIL DECLARED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.

SINCE THEN, LITTLE OR NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS THIS IMPENDING EMERGENCY.

APPARENTLY THE GRADUAL CHANGE IN THE CLIMATE MAKES IT SEEM LIKE A FROG SITTING IN WARM WATER WHILE THE POT IS GOING TO A BOIL.

ARE WE THE FROGS? AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL NEW BUILDINGS TO BE TOTALLY ELECTRIC WOULD BE A BIG STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SIMILAR MEASURES FOR REMODELS WOULD ALSO HELP.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL COULD DO TO MOVE TOWARDS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS LEVELS AND SOME MAY SEEM INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO AUTOMOBILE POLLUTION, BUT IT ALL ADDS UP, AND GIVEN THE URGENCY WITH OUR CLIMATE AND THE TIME CONSTRAINTS, EVERY ACTION IS IMPORTANT.

SO I'M URGING YOU TO PASS AN ORDINANCE FOR BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND NOT TO WAIT FOR THE CAP UPDATE.

ALSO, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A PROGRAM TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC SO THEY WOULD SUPPORT THESE MEASURES INSTEAD OF OBJECTING TO THE LOSS OF THEIR GAS STOVES AND OTHER GAS APPLIANCES.

SO THANK YOU.

GOOD NIGHT. THAT'S IT.

THE REST OF THE SPEAKERS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

NEXT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH FIVE.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS PUBLIC HEARING CITY MANAGER.

[6. FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MONITORING REPORT]

NEXT UP, I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR CITY PLANNER, ERIC LARDY, ALONG WITH SENIOR PLANNER JESSICA JESSER, AND TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR '21-22 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MONITORING REPORT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THE ITEM FOR YOU TODAY IS THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN MONITORING REPORT, WHICH WILL BE REFERRED TO IN THIS PRESENTATION WITH THE ACRONYM GMP.

THIS PRESENTATION IS REPORTING ON FISCAL YEAR 2022 OR 2021, 2022, COVERING THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FROM JULY 1ST, 2021 TO JUNE 30TH, 2022.

CARLSBAD ZONING CODE REQUIRES THE PREPARATION OF AN ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT ON THIS PROGRAM.

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A STATUS ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROPOSITION E DWELLING UNIT CAPS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FACILITY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

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RECENT STATE LAWS HAVE CHANGED THE NATURE OF THE REPORT AND THE PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY RECENT STATE LEGISLATION, WHICH WAS ENACTED TO ADDRESS THE STATE'S HOUSING CRISIS, INCLUDING SB 166 AND SB 330, SETS LIMITS ON LOCAL AGENCIES BY PROHIBITING RESIDENTIAL GROWTH MORATORIUMS AND RESIDENTIAL GROWTH CAPS. CARLSBAD'S GMP UTILIZED BOTH OF THESE LIMITS TO HELP ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES WERE PROVIDED AS GROWTH OCCURS.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THESE LIMITS ARE UNENFORCEABLE UNDER THESE STATE LAWS AND ON APRIL 6TH, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED TWO RESOLUTIONS TO SHOW ITS INTENT TO COMPLY WITH THESE LAWS AND SUSPENDED PORTIONS OF THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM RELATED TO THE UNIT CAPS AND MORATORIUM PROVISIONS.

THIS INFORMATION IS STILL INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, BUT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE STATUS OF PUBLIC FACILITY COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

IN THE BLUE COLUMNS, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT PUBLIC FACILITY STANDARDS.

IN THE GRAY, YOU CAN SEE THE COMPLIANCE STANDARDS, AND AS THIS TABLE SHOWS, ALL THE PUBLIC FACILITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH INCLUDE PUBLIC ASSETS SUCH AS PARKS AND FIRE PROTECTION, MEET THE REQUIRED STANDARDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED.

THE REPORT INCLUDES THE CIRCULATION STANDARD FOR VEHICLE TRAVEL-ONLY.

THE STATUS OF THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AND TRANSIT TRAVEL MODES WILL BE REPORTED SEPARATELY IN THE SUMMER AFTER THEY'VE BEEN TO THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION WITH THE LATEST TRANSPORTATION COUNTS.

AS REPORTED IN THE GMP, THERE ARE SOME FACILITIES THAT WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE CONSTRUCTED AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW IN POPULATION TOWARDS BUILD OUT.

ADDITIONALLY, FOR OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE CARLSBAD TOMORROW GROWTH MANAGEMENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE.

WE'RE CONCLUDING OUR EFFORTS, AND NOW THE ON THE MARCH 23RD MEETING, THE COMMITTEE WILL BE REVIEWING THE FULL DRAFT REPORT ON OPTIONS WITH KEY ELEMENTS OF A NEW PLAN TO MANAGE GROWTH FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

WE EXPECT A COUPLE OF MEETINGS TO REVIEW AND EDIT THAT REPORT AND WILL BE SENDING THIS REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL IN MAY OR JUNE.

THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR '21-22 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN MONITORING REPORT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

NO QUESTIONS. COMMENTS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

I THINK, ERIC, A MAJOR CHANGE WAS THE STATE'S OPINION ON OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT SECTORS THAT WE HAD, AND I THINK YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF INCORPORATING IT.

IS THIS GOING TO GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION BEFORE IT COMES TO US? THE REPORT WILL NOT, BUT THERE ARE TWO PLANNING COMMISSIONER MEMBERS THAT SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE ALONG WITH THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

OKAY.

MISS BURKHOLDER. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

I DID FIND ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS ITEM VERY INFORMATIVE, AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT WHEN WE PLAN HERE IN CARLSBAD, WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING FIVE DAYS AHEAD AND A MONTH AHEAD AND A YEAR AHEAD.

WE'RE REALLY LOOKING 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

SO I THINK THAT ENVISION WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE IS SHOWN IN THE NUMBERS THAT YOU PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT, BECAUSE WE'RE IN RANGE OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE. SO THANK YOU.

MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK STAFF AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, CARLSBAD TOMORROW COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO THIS.

OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, OUR COMMISSIONERS, OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE VOLUNTEERS, AND THEY STEP UP AND THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY DIG IN DEEP INTO THE ISSUES TO TRY TO HELP PREPARE FOR OUR FUTURE.

AS SOMEBODY WHO SITS ON THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE WITH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER AND PAYS ATTENTION TO STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION, I SEE THAT THERE'S PRESSURES ON OUR CITY THAT PREVENT US FROM DOING THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN THE PAST, LIKE HAVE A HOUSING CAP AND THEY CONTINUE THESE PRESSURES CONTINUE TO LIMIT OUR AUTHORITY OR CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO LIMIT OUR AUTHORITY.

SO ON THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE SIDE, WE'RE WE'RE PUSHING BACK AND SAYING, NO, THIS IS A CITY'S AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, AND I THINK THIS NEW EFFORT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OLD GROWTH MANAGEMENT EFFORT IN THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THESE NEW

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SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

I'VE GONE BACK AND WATCHED SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, HOURS AND HOURS, THREE HOUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THEY'RE HAVING REALLY EXCELLENT DISCUSSIONS.

THEY'RE LIKE COUNCIL MEETINGS, LIKE THEY'RE MAKING IMPORTANT DECISIONS AND HAVING GOOD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT KEY ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE THERE.

THANKS. MISS BHAT-PATEL.

YES, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE UPDATE AND SHARE SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED BY MY COLLEAGUES.

I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

I KNOW WE HEAR ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME, WHETHER IT'S GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR JUST GROWTH IN GENERAL.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A HOT TOPIC, WHETHER IT'S HERE IN THE CITY OR THROUGHOUT OUR STATE, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP HERE, I'VE DEFINITELY SEEN I KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE MENTIONED THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM AND THIS PLAN IS JUST A TESTAMENT TO HOW WELL WE'VE MANAGED THAT GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS A CITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN REALLY ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY TO OTHER LEGISLATORS AT THE STATE LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING SOME OF THAT CONTROL IN TERMS OF HOW WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO HEAR HOW THIS GOES AND OF COURSE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING CARLSBAD UP FOR SUCCESS FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS.

THANKS. I ECHO THE COMMENTS OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MOTION, PLEASE. MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[7. UPDATE ON THE CITY’S RESPONSE TO THE LOCAL TRAFFIC SAFETY EMERGENCY, CONSIDERATION OF A VISION ZERO RESOLUTION AND OPTION TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS]

GREAT. THANK YOU, SIR.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE LOCAL TRAFFIC SAFETY EMERGENCY.

CONSIDERATION OF A VISION ZERO RESOLUTION AND AN OPTION TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS.

MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS A TEAM EFFORT MADE UP OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JEFF PATNOE, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR TOM FRANK, CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER DAVID GRAHAM, AND OUR COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR, TINA RAY.

TAKE IT AWAY. GOOD EVENING.

TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO REPORT OUT ON THE CITY'S ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE LOCAL TRAFFIC EMERGENCY.

SHARE THE LATEST DATA AND PRESENT TWO ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE FIRST IS A FOLLOW UP TO CITY COUNCIL'S REQUEST TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF VISION ZERO.

NUMBER TWO. THE OTHER IS TO CONSIDER EXTENDING THE LOCAL TRAFFIC SAFETY EMERGENCY.

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

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

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

ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED SEVERAL NEW PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES TO AID IN OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS.

I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THE STAFF HAS MADE EXCELLENT PROGRESS ON ALL FRONTS.

WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S HELP, WE LAUNCHED THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER COMMITMENT CAMPAIGN, STARTING WITH A NEWS CONFERENCE AT VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE HAVE ALLOWED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND WE EVEN GOT A FEW TEENAGERS TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD.

I TOOK THE SAFER STREETS PLEDGE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF OUR FAMILIES ARE SAFE ON THE STREETS.

I TOOK THE PLEDGE BECAUSE I WANTED TO PUT A FOOT FORWARD BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE BOTH CARS AND CYCLISTS TO KNOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD, MAKE SAFE DECISIONS AND BE RESPONSIBLE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE ATTUNED TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

I DON'T WANT TO GET HIT BY ANY CARS.

TAKING THE PLEDGE KEEPS MY STUDENTS SAFE BY BRINGING AWARENESS.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR OUR KIDS TO GROW AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE STREETS ARE SAFE AS WELL.

WE ALL PLAY A ROLE KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE AND OUR COMMUNITY.

JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL THAT I WAS DOING MY PART TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY FEELS SAFE DRIVING OR WALKING OR BIKING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I FEEL GRATEFUL THAT MY WORDS COULD IMPACT SOMEONE ELSE AND PROTECT THEM.

I HOPE BY NOW YOU'VE SEEN THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY AROUND CARLSBAD.

THE YARD SIGNS AND CAR WINDOW CLINGS ARE A WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO SHOW THEIR COMMITMENT AND ESTABLISH THE EXPECTATION THAT EVERYONE USE OUR STREETS SAFELY.

NOW, THIS EFFORT ALSO INCLUDES LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO ARE SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT WITH THESE BLUE WINDOW CLINGS AND BY SHARING THEIR SAFETY TIPS AT THEIR FRONT COUNTERS.

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WE HAVE 350 BUSINESS PARTNERS, ALMOST 1000 SIGNED PLEDGE FORMS. OVER 5000 WINDOW CLINGS ON LOCAL CARS AND OVER 1000 YARD SIGNS DISPLAYED ALL OVER THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS.

HERE'S WHAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF YARD SIGNS AND CAR STICKERS LOOK LIKE GEOGRAPHICALLY.

KEEPING IN MIND THESE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.

PEOPLE HAVE ALSO PICKED UP THEIR OWN AT LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME SIGNS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM FOR FOLKS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING.

THE OTHER MAJOR FOCUS SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE HAS BEEN ACTIVATING OUR SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAM, STARTING WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

WE'VE DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS AT DROP OFF AND PICK UPS AND HELD ASSEMBLIES.

WE ALSO HELD AN ASSEMBLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND HOSTED OUR FIRST BIKE RODEO.

WORKING WITH THE SAN DIEGO BICYCLE COALITION.

LAST WEEK, WE STARTED OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OUTREACH PARTNERING WITH CIRCULATE SAN DIEGO.

HERE WE ARE AT BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY, JUST DOWN THE STREET, AND LAST THURSDAY, WE HOSTED A SPECIAL PARENT UNIVERSITY TO HELP PARENTS LEARN HOW TO TALK TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY. THIS WAS ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CIRCULATE SAN DIEGO AND THE BIKE COALITION, IN ADDITION TO CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ALTHOUGH CARLSBAD UNIFIED WAS THE CO HOST, WE EXTENDED INVITATIONS TO ALL FOUR DISTRICTS WITH SCHOOLS IN CARLSBAD AND ASKED THEM TO SPREAD THE WORD WITH THEIR PARENT COMMUNITIES.

NOW, ON THE ENGINEERING FRONT, CITY STAFF CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON PROJECTS DESIGNED TO SLOW TRAFFIC AND MAKE MORE ROOM FOR WALKERS AND BICYCLISTS.

HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH OVER 100 PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING MORE PROJECTS GET DONE MORE QUICKLY, THEY ARE NOTICING A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY DRIVE AROUND CARLSBAD.

THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY STARTED BACK IN 2015 WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A NEW APPROACH TO HOW WE DESIGN OUR STREETS.

ONE DIFFERENCE IS THAT CAR LANES ARE NARROWER.

THAT IS BECAUSE WIDE LANES LEAD TO SPEEDING, AND SPEEDING IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF INJURIES AND DEATHS ON OUR ROADS.

NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S POLICIES DON'T TAKE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH.

OUR MAIN STREETS LIKE EL CAMINO REAL AND PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD WILL BE OPTIMIZED FOR EFFICIENTLY MOVING CARS.

WHILE ALONG OUR COASTLINE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE EXPECT MORE PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE AND THE GOAL IS TO SLOW DOWN CARS.

OVERALL, OUR GENERAL MOBILITY PLAN ELEMENT IS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE AROUND CARLSBAD MORE EFFICIENTLY.

IF SOME PEOPLE WANT TO BIKE, THAT'S GREAT AND THAT TAKES CARS OFF THE ROAD, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT CARS ARE THE MAIN WAY PEOPLE GET AROUND AND WE NEED TO MAKE THAT EFFICIENT FOR DRIVERS. FINALLY, ON THE ENFORCEMENT FRONT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ALL USERS ON THE ROAD, ACTIVELY ENFORCING TRAFFIC LAWS AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO EDUCATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE RATHER THAN SIMPLY WRITING CITATIONS.

ALTHOUGH WE ARE DOING THAT WHEN NEEDED.

SO WITH THAT OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE ACTIONS COMPLETED TO DATE, I'D LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER DAVID GRAHAM, WHO'LL BE SHARING SOME OF THE RECENT DATA THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING.

DAVID. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WE HAVE REPORTED OUT AT THIS CITY COUNCIL A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA THAT ARE HELPING TO INFORM OUR DECISIONS.

LIKE MANY OF THE ACTIONS THAT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JUST DISCUSSED WITH YOU.

WE CONTINUE TO MAP INJURY COLLISIONS AND HAVE ACTUALLY DONE AN ANALYSIS BETWEEN A FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF INJURY COLLISIONS, THOSE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE EMERGENCY AND THEN THOSE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE WITH SOME OF THESE GRAY DOTS IS THAT WE HAVE HISTORIC AREAS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD COLLISIONS, BUT DURING THE EMERGENCY HAVE NOT SEEN COLLISIONS, WHICH IS DEMONSTRATING THAT THERE ARE SOME DEFINITE IMPROVEMENTS IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.

NOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL FIVE YEAR ANALYSIS OF INJURY COLLISIONS, YOU'VE SEEN THE TREND LINE THAT WE HAD EXPECTED OF INCREASING TO 20% IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER OF 2022, AND AS WE REPORTED LAST, THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A 20% DECREASE LEADING TO A 40% SWING IN A REDUCTION IN ACCIDENTS IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER. WE NOW HAVE INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE FIRST FULL SIX MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC AND ARE OBVIOUSLY HOPING THAT A SIMILAR TREND CONTINUES. SO WHEN LOOKING AT ALL MODES OF INJURY COLLISIONS DURING THE EMERGENCY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE WAS A SMALL RISE IN THE FALL MONTHS AND THEN A DECREASE AGAIN AS WE MOVED INTO JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

OF COURSE, THAT'S INTERESTING INFORMATION, BUT NOT SO INTERESTING WHEN IT'S NOT PUT INTO COMPARISON.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN 2022 WHEN WE TAKE THE 2021 DATA VERSUS THE 2022 DATA.

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WE'VE ALSO SEEN THAT IN 2021 THERE WERE RISES AND FALLS IN THE NUMBER OF INJURY COLLISIONS, OVERLAYING ONCE AGAIN THE 2022 TO 2023 DATA AND FOCUSING VERY MUCH ON THAT FULL SIX MONTHS DURING THE PANDEMIC OR DURING THE EMERGENCY THAT WE HAVE BEEN FACING.

WHAT IS THE COMPARISON OF OVERALL COLLISIONS? WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A 13% DECREASE IN BICYCLE COLLISIONS OF ALL TYPES DURING THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME.

SO NOT ONLY DID WE SEE A DECREASE OVERALL OF ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION SEEING A DECREASE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER WHEN WE EXPECTED A RISE WE'VE SEEN EVERY SINGLE MONTH WHEN COMBINED FOR THE SIX MONTHS THAT THE EMERGENCY HAS BEEN IN PLACE, A REDUCTION OF 19% FOR ALL MODES AND 13% FOR BIKES.

THAT'S QUITE INCREDIBLE GIVEN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING AND WOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO MANY OF THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO DATE.

SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS DATA? FIRST, WE KNOW THAT THIS WHOLE SAFER STREETS EMERGENCY HAS BEEN FOCUSED AND DATA INFORMED AND THAT THE QUARTERLY COMPARISON OF THOSE INJURY COLLISIONS SINCE THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY SHOWED A REVERSE TREND, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT ALL MODES AND BICYCLE INJURY COLLISIONS ARE LOWER THE PAST SIX MONTHS THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 2021.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE ONGOING MONITORING AND ANALYSIS, WHICH WILL INFORM OUR SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO SAFER STREETS AND ATTEMPT TO CONTINUE THESE TRENDS.

WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, TOM FRANK.

THANK YOU, MR. GRAHAM, AND I FIND THAT DATA ANALYSIS JUST FASCINATING.

TONIGHT, WE ARE PRESENTING A PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO OFFICIALLY SUPPORT SOMETHING CALLED VISION ZERO.

THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT WAS REQUESTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST SEPTEMBER AS A PART OF OUR SAFER STREETS TOGETHER ACTION PLAN.

FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH VISION ZERO, IT'S A STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE ALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES WHILE INCREASING SAFE, HEALTHY AND EQUITABLE MOBILITY FOR ALL.

VISION ZERO EMPHASIZES A SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH WHERE EVERYBODY PLAYS A ROLE IN TRAFFIC SAFETY.

POLICY MAKERS AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS AND ENGINEERS LIKE MYSELF SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR SAFE STREETS.

PEOPLE WHO USE OUR STREETS DO THEIR PART BY ACTING AND BEING SAFE, AND WHEN PEOPLE DO MAKE MISTAKES, WHICH IS INHERENT, WE ARE HUMANS.

WE TAKE A LOOK TO SEE WHAT NEW POLICIES OR REVISED STREET DESIGNS ARE NEEDED.

SOME PEOPLE CALL THAT ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY THIS CHART, THE CITY'S EXISTING PLAN AND POLICIES ARE ALREADY CONSISTENT WITH VISION ZERO.

THE FIRST COMPONENT, CALLED THE POLITICAL COMMITMENT WOULD BE COVERED IF THE CITY COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE VISION ZERO GOAL.

ABOUT 44 CITIES HAVE JOINED THE VISION ZERO NETWORK, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE FORMALLY ADOPTED THE GOAL AND THEY'VE COMMITTED TO A SPECIFIC ACTION PLAN.

LAST FALL, THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED STAFF TO GET INPUT FROM THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED TWO POTENTIAL ACTIONS RELATED TO VISION ZERO.

ONE WAS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, AND THE OTHER WAS TO CREATE AN ACTION PLAN.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED TO CITY COUNCIL PROCEED WITH BOTH THE RESOLUTION AND THE ACTION PLAN.

THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION HAD THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFIC TO VISION ZERO.

UPDATE THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH VISION ZERO RATHER THAN HIRING A CONSULTANT TO CREATE A STANDALONE PLAN.

SPECIFY A GOAL OF ELIMINATING PREVENTABLE TRAFFIC RELATED SEVERE COLLISIONS BY A CERTAIN YEAR.

CONSIDER EQUITY WHEN PLANNING TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

CONDUCT ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS FOR ALL SEVERE AND FATAL COLLISIONS.

THIS FEEDBACK WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL BACK IN DECEMBER 6TH, ALONG WITH OTHER COMMISSION FEEDBACK ON SAFER STREETS TOGETHER PLAN.

AT THAT TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL'S ACTION WAS TO RECEIVE THE INPUT AND NO ADDITIONAL DIRECTION WAS GIVEN ON THE CONTENT OF VISION ZERO RESOLUTION.

LAST MONTH, CITY STAFF PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION TO MAKE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON A VISION ZERO RESOLUTION.

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THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT ADDING PREVENTABLE WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION ZERO GOAL AND WOULD NOT QUALIFY THE CITY FOR CERTAIN GRANT FUNDS IN THE FUTURE. THE COMMISSION ALSO EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR ADOPTING THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN IF STAFF WERE TO CREATE A VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN IN THE FUTURE.

SO AGAIN, THIS EVENING WE ARE PRESENTING A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF VISION ZERO GOAL.

ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE VISION ZERO IS TO INCLUDE A DEADLINE.

WE HAVE SPECIFIED 2050 TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S GOAL.

THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT THE CITY WILL PRIORITIZE REACHING THIS GOAL IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGET AND WORKING PLANS OR WORK PLANS.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY DONE THIS BY PRIORITIZING TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECTS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SAFETY IS ONE OF THE KEY GOALS IN YOUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.

NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN OVER OR REINTRODUCE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JEFF PATNOE, WHO WILL REVIEW THE PROPOSED ACTIONS FOR THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

THE TWO ACTIONS BEFORE YOU ARE TO ONE ADOPT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE VISION ZERO GOAL, AND TWO, CONSIDER WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OR END THE EMERGENCY. THANK YOU, AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? MISS LUNA? SO HOW DO YOU ACCOMMODATE FOR DUIS UNDER VISION ZERO? SO YOU MEAN HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE AS FAR AS DATA ANALYSIS OR.

WELL, AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OR HUMANS ARE HUMANS AND WE CAN'T DESIGN OUR ROADWAYS FOR IMPAIRED DRIVERS.

SO WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE SAFETY MEASURES TO THINK IF THERE WAS A HIGHER SPEED POTENTIAL INCIDENT WITH LIKE AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USERS, IF WE COULD PROPOSE BARRIERS IN THAT SITUATION, I GUESS I'M HUNG UP ON ZERO.

I MEAN, IS THAT REALISTIC? I MEAN, ZERO. I MEAN.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ACCIDENTS, AND IT'S UP TO THE HUMAN WHO HAS DONE THAT TO THEMSELVES AND TO OTHERS.

SO DO WE ALWAYS FAIL? I MEAN, WILL WE EVER ACHIEVE ZERO? WELL. WELL, I WOULD HOPE NOT.

IT'S A GOAL. SO IT DOESN'T YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SHOOTING TO.

THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT UNDERWAY, SO THERE SHOULD BE DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS.

THERE'S CITIES WHICH WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED TO THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY COMMISSION BACK IN NEW JERSEY THAT HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY, AND OF COURSE, SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE SEEN A DECREASE UPWARDS OF 30%.

SO OUR GOAL IS 2050.

THAT'S A LONG WAYS OUT.

I HOPE I SEE THAT AND I HOPE I'M HERE TO CELEBRATE THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED OUR GOAL.

SO WITH THE ADVENT AND FURTHER, I GUESS, ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY, I THINK THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN FATALITIES ALONG WITH GREAT STREET DESIGN.

SO THAT'S, I GUESS, MY ANSWER.

I BELIEVE IT IS AN ATTAINABLE GOAL AND I HOPE WE CAN CELEBRATE THAT IN 27 YEARS.

OKAY, THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS, ONLY COMMENTS.

MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU.

MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THAT 2050 YEAR AS A GOAL AND I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THAT YEAR.

BUT I THINK I HEARD THE ANSWER.

SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE'RE TYING IT TO SOMETHING THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DOES.

COULD YOU ELABORATE FOR US? THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCIL MEMBER.

GREAT. THANK YOU, BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THAT SOME CITIES HAVE A VISION ZERO POLICY AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEIR GOAL IS SOONER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT WHERE WE CAME UP WITH OUR NUMBER.

SO STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

GOT IT, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS REALLY ABOUT THE OTHER.

MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE OTHER PART OF THIS RECOMMENDED ACTION, WHICH IS WHETHER TO EXTEND THIS EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION OR NOT, AND I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING IF WE LET UP NOW ON SOME OF THE URGENCY THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THESE PROJECTS, IF THOSE NUMBERS WILL GO DOWN, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

SO THE CHARTS THAT WERE SHOWN BY STAFF WERE REALLY INFORMATIVE AND VERY HELPFUL.

I LOVE SEEING THE NUMBERS OF HOW MUCH SAFER OUR COMMUNITY IS RIGHT NOW, AND I'M GUESSING THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE ARE LONG TERM.

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NOW THEY KNOW HOW TO SAFELY RIDE A BIKE OR HOW TO SAFELY DRIVE AROUND BICYCLISTS OR E-BICYCLISTS.

SO MAYBE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US ABOUT WHAT WE MAY STILL NEED TO DO IN THIS EMERGENCY PERIOD BEFORE WE KIND OF LET UP ON THE EMERGENCY? ANYBODY CAN ANSWER.

I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M DIRECTING THE QUESTION TO, BUT JUST STAFF IN GENERAL.

WELL, I'LL START IN ON THE ENGINEERING DESIGN ASPECT AND FURTHERING OUR PROGRAMS. SO BY HAVING THE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION IN PLACE, IT DOES PRIORITIZE OUR PROGRAM.

SO BECAUSE OF THE CITY MANAGER'S DIRECTION AND ACTUALLY COUNCIL'S ACTION, WE GET OUR PROGRAM'S FIRST PRIORITY.

SO WHEN I GO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ASK FOR A REVIEW, THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIVE ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

IN ADDITION, WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING ASPECTS, IT DOES HELP IN DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER PERMITTING AGENCIES.

WE CAN SAY WE'RE UNDER A DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH SO MANY OF YOUR OWN AGENCY GOALS.

SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF WHERE I THINK THE RESOLUTION OF EMERGENCY DOES HELP OR THE PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT.

FROM THE DATA PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, YEAH, WE'VE DERIVED ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS FROM BEING ABLE TO GATHER THIS DATA, PROVIDE IT TO THE DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER IT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN ALSO USE IT FOR THE PUBLIC.

THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE DURING NOT JUST THIS EMERGENCY PERIOD, BUT LONG TERM.

WE'RE BUILDING PRODUCTS TO GAIN THOSE INSIGHTS, BOTH INTERNAL STAFF FOR THE PUBLIC AND ALSO FOR THE COUNCIL.

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ACCIDENTS AND COLLISIONS AND PEOPLE HOPEFULLY DON'T GET INJURED OR DON'T GET KILLED, BUT THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF DRIVING ON ANY PUBLIC ROAD.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS CHANGE BEHAVIOR OF OUR RESIDENTS, DO THINGS AS A CITY TO HELP MAKE EACH OF THESE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION SAFER FOR BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND THE VISITORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE VISION ZERO IDEA, I THINK, IS AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL.

I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE NO DEATHS AT ANY POINT, BUT THERE ARE STILL GOING TO BE IDIOTS IN CARS AND ON BIKES THAT ARE GOING TO DO STUPID THINGS ON OUR ROADS, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS TO HELP PROTECT AS MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS AS POSSIBLE BY WORKING ON THESE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES, AND WE DO JUST HAVE SIX MONTHS OF DATA AND THE NUMBERS ARE IN A MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET WHETHER SOME OF IT COULD BE SEASONAL, SOME OF IT COULD BE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING [MUMBLING] THAT'S WHY WE COME BACK. THE BENEFIT OF COMING BACK EVERY TWO MONTHS IS THAT IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO THEN SHARE THE NUMBERS WITH YOU.

THESE ARE THE PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON.

THESE ARE THE SITUATION, AND IT'S UP FOR COUNCIL TO THEN TO PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION.

GREAT. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT I SAW IN THE NEWS JUST THIS WEEK THAT THERE WERE AT LEAST ONE OTHER BIG CITY THAT ALSO DECLARED A LOCAL STREET SAFETY EMERGENCY IN THEIR CITY, AND I SEE THAT IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONCERNING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I THINK WE WERE AHEAD OF THE CURVE BY BEING ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES OUT THERE TO DO THIS.

I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM OTHER CITIES ASKING FOR OUR MATERIALS, ASKING ABOUT THE SITUATION.

IN SOME WAYS IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT OTHER CITIES ARE FOLLOWING OUR LEAD, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO DO ON OUR END, TOO.

YEAH. OKAY, GREAT.

JUST COMMENTS LEFT. THANKS.

MISS BHAT-PATEL. I'LL START WITH THE SECOND ONE FIRST.

THE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY PLAN.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROJECT OR VISION ZERO, ARE WE COMMITTING TO DOING THINGS IN OUR CITY? THAT'S AN OUTSIDE AGENCY IS DIRECTING US TO DO.

WHY DO WE HAVE TO LABEL IT VISION ZERO WHEN IT'S NOT OUR OWN PLAN? OKAY, MAYOR, WE DO NOT.

ACTUALLY, AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAVE OUR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN.

SO AS WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS POLICY WOULD BE RIGHT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN, AND SO THAT IN THAT PLAN, WE'RE ACTUALLY FURTHERING AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE CREATING A PARALLEL PLAN.

IT WILL BASICALLY BE IMPLEMENTED ALONG IN COORDINATION WITH OUR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN, AND WE WILL BE ACTUALLY INCLUDING THE VISION ZERO POLICY AND LANGUAGE INTO THAT SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN AND I'D ASK THIS SLIDE TO APPEAR AGAIN ON THE SCREEN THAT A LOT OF WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING AND IS CURRENTLY DOING FALLS WITHIN THE VISION ZERO CONCEPT.

IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WHETHER, YOU KNOW, FULLY ENDORSING THE VISION ZERO ORGANIZATION'S PLAN OR WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MIRRORS ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT

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SAID ANOTHER WAY, MAYOR, IT'S CREATING A COMMON KIND OF VERNACULAR SO SOMETHING PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE USED TO OR BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S SUSTAINABLE PLANS HERE IN CARLSBAD, YOU KNOW, OUR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN AGAIN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHEREAS SOMEONE WHO HAS IMPLEMENTED ONE OF THE VISION ZERO CITIES, AGAIN, IT'S JUST THEY KNOW THEY WERE SPEAKING THE COMMON LANGUAGE.

THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO BEING A VISION ZERO CITY.

SO WHEN PEOPLE MAKE MENTION OF, HEY, WE'RE A VISION ZERO CITY, IT'S LIKE, OH, OKAY.

ONE OF MY CONCERNS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY CONCERN IS MAYBE MISDIRECTED.

OFTENTIMES WE GET PAINTED WITH A VERY WIDE BRUSH THAT SEEMS TO APPLY TO SOME CITIES AND NOT OTHERS.

IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE'RE NOT GETTING PAINTED WITH THIS WIDE BRUSH THAT VISION ZERO SAYS ALL CITIES AND CARLSBAD INCLUDED, SHOULD DO THE FOLLOWING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SAFER STREETS TOGETHER, WHICH WAS PRETTY MUCH CUSTOMIZED FOR CARLSBAD.

AM I MISSING THAT OR AM I? NO, MAYOR, YOU'RE SPOT ON.

ACTUALLY, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS BY YOU ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION.

OKAY, BECAUSE YOU MADE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

ONE WAS A COMMITMENT TO A SPECIFIC GOAL AND THAT WAS PART OF VISION ZERO, AND ANOTHER COMMENT THAT WAS MADE THAT LED ME TO BELIEVE THIS, THAT SAID WE NEED VISION ZERO OR VISION ZERO COMES WITH GRANTS OR DID I MISUNDERSTAND THAT? NO, AND AGAIN, ON THIS CHART HERE, THIS ACTION FULFILLS ONE OF THE NEEDS FOR US TO CONSIDER OURSELVES A VISION ZERO CITY, THE POLITICAL COMMITMENT.

SO GRANTS ARE ALWAYS COMING OUT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE, AND SO BY HAVING THIS VISION ZERO, IT MAY ALLOW FOR SOME OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE FOR SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

SO IF I SAY I BUY INTO VISION ZERO, CAN WE STILL MAKE OUR OWN CHANGES AND ADJUST THAT ACCORDINGLY, OR ARE WE NOW COMMITTING TO VISION ZERO'S VISIONS OF HOW WE SHOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, MAYOR.

THIS IS OUR PLAN.

SO WE'RE NOT COMMITTED TO MAKING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE VISION ZERO WEBSITE OR ANY SORT OF ASSOCIATION.

THIS IS OUR CUSTOM PLAN, AND IF WE PASS THAT, WE'RE NOT AGREEING TO ANY PHYSICAL CHANGES.

WE'RE JUST AGREEING TO A PHILOSOPHY? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY, AND LET ME TELL YOU, THE REASON JUST TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT WHY I'M ASKING THESE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IS I DON'T WANT TO GET TRAPPED AND SAY, YES, VISION ZERO IS A GREAT IDEA AND THEN FIND THAT I'VE LOST THE ABILITY TO MAKE OUR OWN DECISIONS FOR OUR OWN CITY.

THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC, GETTING RID OF TRAFFIC LANES IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DRIVE CARS TO AND FROM WORK AND TAKING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL AND TAKING THEIR KIDS TO BALLET AND SOFTBALL DON'T THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND I DON'T WANT TO--AS MUCH AS I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT BICYCLE SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF MAKING IT SO PEOPLE STILL CAN'T DRIVE.

THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AND THEY'VE GOT REASONS TO DRIVE.

THEY'VE GOT TO GET TO WORK AND PLACES LIKE THAT, AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE POINT WHERE OUR STREETS ARE REALLY SAFE BUT NOT DRIVABLE ANYMORE, AND I THINK MY SARCASM OK QUESTION WAS, WELL, THEN WHY DON'T WE JUST ABOLISH DRIVING? THEN THERE'LL BE NO ACCIDENTS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FIND A GOOD COMPROMISE IN THERE, BUT NOT ONE THAT'S GOING TO CREATE ALL KINDS OF TRAFFIC BACKUP, AND I'LL ALSO TELL YOU THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS.

WHEN I FIRST WAS ELECTED, BY FAR THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN OF OUR RESIDENTS WAS TRAFFIC.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN TAKEN OVER BY HOMELESSNESS, AND NOW THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN BUT TRAFFIC IS STILL THERE AS A BIG CONCERN WITH OUR RESIDENTS, AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE TRAFFIC WORSE UNDER THE GUISE OF IT'LL BE SAFER.

CAN YOU HELP ME WORK THROUGH THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO WHEN WE ARE DESIGNING A ROADWAY NOW, IT CAME FROM THE COMPLETE STREETS ACT OF 2008, AND I THINK THAT WAS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AT THE TIME.

SO AS AN ACTION HERO, THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF HIS BIGGEST ACTION MOTIONS WAS TO APPROVE THE COMPLETE STREETS ACT.

SO IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, WHEN WE REDESIGN A STREET OR COME UP WITH A NEW DESIGN, I CONSIDER IT A PROPER DESIGN TO DESIGN FOR ALL MODES OF TRAVEL.

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SO MOST ROADS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CARLSBAD BOULEVARD, YOU'RE SEEING MODE SHARE OF DRIVERS UP AROUND 98, 99%.

SO THE FIRST MODE WE ALWAYS DESIGN FOR IS THE VEHICLE AND OUR DESIGNS.

WE LOOK TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY FOR THE VEHICLES, FOR THE DRIVERS BEFORE WE LOOK AT OTHER CHANGES TO THE ROADWAY TO ACCOMMODATE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USERS, WHICH ARE THE BICYCLISTS AND THE PEDESTRIANS.

SO ANOTHER THING YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY IS THE MOST RESTRICTIVE PARTS OF A ROAD SEGMENT ARE THE INTERSECTIONS.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF A ROAD SEGMENT AND REDUCE DELAY FOR THE DRIVERS.

WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AT THE INTERSECTIONS.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, AND IT'S NOT A BIG SECRET WITH BASED ON MY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE ON ROUNDABOUTS, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF ROUNDABOUTS. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE.

ALSO, WE'RE JUST TALKING PHILOSOPHY.

WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY COMMITMENTS TO THINGS LIKE ROUNDABOUTS IN TODAY'S VOTE, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT OUR LOCAL EMERGENCY.

ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT, AND I MADE THE BIG MISTAKE OF CALLING OUR CITY MANAGER A GENIUS FOR COMING UP WITH IT BECAUSE HE HASN'T LET ME FORGET THAT I MADE THAT COMMENT, BUT I THINK THAT IT WAS A GENIUS IDEA, BUT AT WHAT POINT DOES IT BECOME STALE AND LOSE ITS CREDIBILITY? WE CAN'T LET THIS GO ON FOREVER.

SO WHAT'S ITS USEFUL LIFE? COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR FOR THAT ITEM REALLY IT'S A POLICY CALL OF OUR COUNCIL.

NOW WE'VE GOT THE DATA WE'VE PROVIDED AND SHARED THE DATA.

WE STILL THINK THAT EXTENDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS WOULD BE PRUDENT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN WE JUST EXPERIENCED A FATALITY LAST WEEK.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN, BUT WE'RE ALSO SENSITIVE TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT LOOK WHAT WE LEARNED IN COVID.

SO IN COVID, YOU DO EXPERIENCE FATIGUE.

PEOPLE JUST GET TIRED OF IT, AND IF THEY'RE STILL KIND OF GAINS TO BE HAD, IF WE CAN CONTINUE ON THE COMMUNICATION AND THE EDUCATION FRONT AS WELL AS ON THE ENFORCEMENT FRONT AND ALSO IT CONTINUES TO BUY US ADDITIONAL TIME TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS ALONG, WE THINK THAT'S TIME WELL SPENT.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

CLOSING STATEMENTS.

START WITH YOU, MISS BHAT-PATEL.

THANK YOU, AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN WE ADOPTED THIS EMERGENCY BACK IN AUGUST, IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND OF COURSE, OUR STAFF FOR BEING SO PROACTIVE IN ENSURING THAT WE WERE SOMEBODY THAT WAS LEADING ON THIS ISSUE.

I DO THINK THAT WE HEAR ABOUT TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC ISSUES ALL THE TIME, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'VE DECLARED THIS EMERGENCY OR NOT.

I'VE OBVIOUSLY SEEN SUCCESS IN THE PLAN, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FOR ME, AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE, I WALK A LOT, I BIKE, I DRIVE, SO I USE ALL THE DIFFERENT MODES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE BEHAVIORS OF, AND I KNOW THAT I'VE ALSO NOTICED, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNS ACROSS TOWN OR THE CHANGES IN THE ROADWAY IN TERMS OF CYCLIST SAFETY, JUST LIKE VISIBILITY OF THE CROSSWALK.

SO REALLY I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT THERE IS FUNDING, ESPECIALLY FOR TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND HOPEFULLY AT THE STATE LEVEL BASED ON WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED.

I DO THINK THAT AS THE CHAIR TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE CHAIR, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ACROSS THE STATE.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY OF CARLSBAD THAT'S DEALING WITH THIS.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS ARE DEALING WITH, AND CLEARLY WE'RE GETTING PHONE CALLS ABOUT OUR STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND THEN ALSO I SIT ON OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS COMMITTEE AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND SIMILARLY, AGAIN, CONVERSATIONS BEING HAD AROUND MULTIMODAL LEVELS OF TRANSIT, AND SO I PERSONALLY THINK THIS IS A VERY INSTRUMENTAL TIME FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THIS AND LEAD ON THIS EFFORT.

I THINK IF WE END IT NOW, IT WOULD BE TOO ABRUPT FOR US.

IT'S THAT DATA COLLECTION BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT DATA IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING RIGHT NOW THAT I THINK WILL BE REALLY PERTINENT FOR US, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE FUNDING, I MEAN, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET FUNDING ELSEWHERE AND NOT HAVE TO UTILIZE OUR OWN FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY THINKING IS IN TERMS OF CONTINUING TO EXTEND THAT, YOU KNOW, LOCAL EMERGENCY, I'M FINE ENDORSING THE VISION ZERO.

I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS, MAYOR, ON WHETHER WE STILL HAVE AUTONOMY AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND THAT HOPEFULLY HELPS CLARIFY FOR FOLKS, BUT I

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SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT STAFF'S DOING ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE AS PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE ON THIS.

MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND JUST ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T SEE HERE IN THE ROOM TODAY, BUT PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH YOU WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THESE ISSUES.

THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY HAD ALREADY KIND OF SAID WE WANT TO HAVE THIS VISION ZERO AS PART OF OUR CITY BECAUSE WE LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING THAT ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, ZERO FATALITIES.

THERE SHOULD BE ZERO FATALITIES RELATED TO DRIVING ON THE STREETS OF CARLSBAD AND MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE ALSO ADOPTED THAT GOAL.

THAT SHOULD BE WHAT WE TRY TO DO.

THERE IS NO PENALTY FOR IF WE DON'T MAKE IT, BUT LET'S TRY LET'S DO OUR BEST AND LET'S THINK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE MOVE AROUND OUR CITY IN A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE WAY.

SO WE'VE ALREADY MOVED DOWN THE ROAD BY SAYING WE WANT IT TO HAVE THIS, AND THIS IS THE ACTION THAT WE TAKE AS A .

COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THAT AND TO CREATE THAT POLICY FOR OUR CITY.

SO I SUPPORT THAT.

I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT RIGHT MOVE TO CONSIDER THIS AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THIS IN OUR CITY AND THEN AS FOR THE TRAFFIC EMERGENCY, I, I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT KIND OF THINGS GETTING STALE AFTER A WHILE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET.

I THINK IT'S NOT JUST THE FATALITY THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK, VERY SADLY.

IT'S NOT THAT. IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE STILL KIND OF ROLLING OUT SOME OF OUR EDUCATION, SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE DIFFERENT SEASONS YET BECAUSE WE THE TRAFFIC EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED FIRST IN AUGUST, AND THAT WAS WHEN KIDS WERE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND WE WERE SEEING SOME COLLISIONS, SOME INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DRIVERS DROPPING OFF STUDENTS FOR CARPOOL AND STUDENTS TRYING TO GET TO SCHOOL AND BACK.

SO WE SAW THAT SEASON OF BACK TO SCHOOL AND NOW WE'VE SEEN SOME OTHER THINGS, SOME HOLIDAY SEASON.

NOW WE'RE SEEING SOME RAINY SEASON.

SO I THINK WE'RE STILL THERE.

WE'RE STILL ADAPTING TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE.

I SAW THAT IT WAS TILL MAY, SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD, AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AGAIN AND SEE IN MAYBE A FULL YEAR, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL COLLECTING DATA AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING IT FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

SO I SUPPORT THAT TOO. THANKS.

MISS BURKHOLDER. THANK YOU.

YEAH, I WOULD ECHO MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENT.

JUST THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN OUR PROGRAM WITH CPD AND CUSD TRAINING THE KIDS ON THEIR RIDER, RIDING THE E-BIKES AND IMPLEMENTING THAT.

SO I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT NEXT PHASE.

I KIND OF LIKEN THIS TO SAFER STREETS TOGETHER WAS AN INITIAL THING, BUT THIS IS A BIGGER THING AND IT JUST DRAWS MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE AND HOW WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS, AND I JUST WANT TO GO BACKWARDS A LITTLE BIT.

WILL YOU PULL UP THE SLIDE WITH THE ACCIDENT, THE COLLISION SITES ON IT.

I CAN SEE IT ON MY SCREEN.

THERE WE GO. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF COLLISIONS IN DISTRICT ONE, SO THAT MAKES ME REALLY SAD.

CAN YOU PULL UP THE ONE WITH THE YARD SIGNS? THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL THOSE YARD SIGNS.

SORRY. SO THAT IS CONCENTRATED IN DISTRICT ONE, TOO.

SO ESSENTIALLY WE WIN LOTS OF COLLISIONS AND LOTS OF YARD SIGNS, BOTH SAD AND HAPPY THINGS TO SEE.

SO APPRECIATE THOSE GRAPHICS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH SUPPORTING THE EMERGENCY, THE STATE OF EMERGENCY EMERGENCY IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING FOR SURE, PARTICULARLY SINCE WE JUST SAW THAT WE REALLY NEED THAT ENFORCEMENT IN THE DISTRICT AND IN DISTRICT ONE, RATHER, AND THEN I THINK THE VISION ZERO, I USUALLY TELL MY CLIENTS TO SET ATTAINABLE GOALS.

IT'S NOT REALLY FUN TO MAKE A GOAL THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY REACH, BUT I TAKE EXCEPTION WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, IT WOULD BE FUNNY AND WEIRD TO SAY WE WANT VISION 20 OR 200 , YOU KNOW, LIKE, THAT'S RIDICULOUS, RIGHT? SO WE DO STRIVE FOR FOR ZERO FATALITY COLLISIONS IN THE CITY AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO THAT CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN OUR LOCAL CONTROL AND IT'S A PROGRAM FIT FOR OUR USERS, OUR RIDERS, OUR CYCLISTS, OUR DRIVERS, THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY.

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THANK YOU. MISS LUNA.

I CONCUR WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS.

WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS IN HERE, AND LET ME TELL YOU, HERE'S A LESSON LEARNED.

I'M HUMAN.

SO WHEN I CAME INTO THIS MEETING, I GOT BRIEFED.

I READ MY MATERIAL.

I'VE LIVED A LOT OF YEARS, AND MY NOTES WERE I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE EMERGENCY, OUR LOCAL EMERGENCY, BUT I DID NOT SUPPORT SAFER STREETS, BUT I CAME IN WITH AN OPEN MIND, ASKED QUESTIONS.

STAFF CONVINCED ME THAT I WAS WRONG, AND SO I'M GOING TO CHANGE TO I WILL SUPPORT IT BASED ON WHAT STAFF TOLD ME.

I HOPE THIS DOESN'T IT DOESN'T COME BACK AND BITE ME LATER, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S WHEN PEOPLE SAY, OH, THE COUNCIL ALREADY HAS THEIR MIND MADE UP, WHY DID THEY EVEN GO THROUGH THIS? LET ME TELL YOU, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

I LEAN IN A DIRECTION BECAUSE I'M A HUMAN, BUT STAFF AND MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS CONVINCED ME TO GO THE OTHER WAY.

SO THAT'S MY LONG WAY OF SAYING THAT I'LL SUPPORT BOTH RESOLUTIONS.

MOTION, PLEASE. MAYOR, JUST QUICKLY, I THINK YOU SAID SAFER STREETS.

STREETS, BUT YOU MEANT VISION ZERO.

THANK YOU. YES, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SUPPORT SAFER STREETS.

OKAY, AND IT WAS TOM THAT SAID YOU WERE WRONG, NOT ME.

[CHUCKLING] MOTION, PLEASE. YES, MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT BOTH RESOLUTIONS.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

BOTH RESOLUTIONS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, HEPATITIS ISSUES, PLEASE.

[8. HEPATITIS A – 2017 OUTBREAK AND CURRENT SITUATION]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION RELATED TO HEPATITIS A.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION BY OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, KIM YOUNG.

AGAIN, THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION ONLY, BUT GIVEN WHAT THE REGION EXPERIENCED IN 2017, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WELL PREPARED, WHICH KIM IS.

SO, KIM, TAKE IT AWAY.

SO THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.

I'M KIM YOUNG, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE ALLOW ME JUST ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR TIME THIS EVENING FOR A PRESENTATION ON HEPATITIS A, INCLUDING THE 2017 HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK AND TODAY'S SLIGHT INCREASE IN HEPATITIS A, CASES WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OUTBREAK.

SO DURING THE PRESENTATION I WILL PROVIDE BACKGROUND ON THE HEPATITIS A VIRUS, AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2017 OUTBREAK AND DESCRIBE THE CURRENT THE CURRENT SITUATION.

TONIGHT. THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS SIMPLY FOR COUNCIL TO RECEIVE THE REPORT.

SO SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON HEPATITIS A.

HEPATITIS A IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRAL INFECTION THAT IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH CLOSE PERSONAL CONTACT, AND IT'S SEEN MOST OFTEN IN PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ILLICIT DRUG USERS.

SYMPTOMS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU MAY EXPERIENCE IF YOU HAD THE FLU.

SO NOW I'LL DISCUSS THE 2017 HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK, WHICH YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH.

SO DURING THE 2017 OUTBREAK, THERE WERE 592 CONFIRMED CASES AND 20 DEATHS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CASES WERE IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, AND ONLY FOUR WERE HERE IN CARLSBAD.

ALSO, MAJORITY OF THE CASES WERE AMONG PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ILLICIT DRUG USERS, BUT GIVEN THAT SITUATION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017, THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER DECLARED A LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, AND THIS PROMPTED A REGION WIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND BOTH REGIONAL AND LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOCUSED ON THREE OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES VACCINATION, SANITATION AND EDUCATION, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY FOR CARLSBAD.

OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THIS REGIONAL RESPONSE INCLUDED PASSING THE HEPATITIS A CITY ORDINANCE WHICH ALLOWED FOR AFTER HOURS ACCESS TO PORTABLE RESTROOMS AND PORTABLE HANDWASHING STATIONS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE DEPLOYED ADDITIONAL PORTABLE RESTROOMS AND PORTABLE HANDWASHING STATIONS.

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SO THAT BRINGS US TO TODAY BRINGS US TO OUR CURRENT SITUATION.

AS YOU AS YOU AWARE, RECENTLY ON MARCH 2ND OF THIS YEAR, THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER NOTIFIED REGIONAL JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, OF A SLIGHT INCREASE IN HEPATITIS A, CASES AMONG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND A MAJORITY OF THESE CURRENT OF THE CURRENT CASES ARE IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

AS OF MARCH 15TH, THE COUNTY HAS REPORTED 15 TOTAL CASES.

I'M SORRY. 11 CASES.

SORRY. ON MARCH 15TH, THEY REPORTED 11 AND ONE DEATH.

NOTABLY, THOUGH, THESE CURRENT CASES, AGAIN, THEY DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OUTBREAK, AND THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO HAS NOT DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY , AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING AN OUTBREAK, THE COUNTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER RECOMMENDS THAT JURISDICTIONS THAT RECOMMENDS ENHANCING SANITATION EFFORTS AND PROVIDING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO IMPACTED AGENCIES.

NOTABLY, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED HERE IN CARLSBAD, AND I JUST LIKE TO UNDERSCORE THAT AT PRESENT, THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED FOR HEPATITIS A.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, WE'RE READY TO LEVERAGE OUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, OUR EXISTING CAPABILITIES SHOULD A HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK OCCUR.

SENIOR OFFICIALS ACROSS RELEVANT CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED.

FOR EXAMPLE, CITY STAFF HAVE ASSESSED EXISTING PUBLIC RESTROOM AND HANDWASHING RESOURCES.

ADDITIONALLY, VACCINATIONS WERE ADMINISTERED AT LA POSADA LAST THURSDAY ON MARCH 16TH AND FINALLY, CITY STAFF IS CONTINUOUSLY MONITORING THE SITUATION.

WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH TO RECEIVE UPDATES ON HEPATITIS A CASES.

WITH REGARDS TO PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS RECOMMEND PRACTICING GOOD HAND HYGIENE AND THEN GETTING THE HEPATITIS A VACCINE.

IF YOU ARE AMONG THOSE INDIVIDUALS AT INCREASED RISK.

AGAIN, ACCORDING TO PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, IT'S INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ILLICIT DRUG USERS.

SO AGAIN TONIGHT ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE THE REPORT.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, SOCORRO ANDERSON, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU.

SOCORRO ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR FATHER RAYMOND MAYOR HALL, AND I THINK WE KNOW THAT EVERY TUESDAY WE DO SHOWERS FOR THE HOMELESS THAT ARE ON THE STREETS OF CARLSBAD.

LAST 2017, I THINK WHEN THE HEPATITIS EMERGENCY AROSE, WE DID HEPATITIS VACCINATIONS FOR THOSE THAT WERE COMING IN FOR SHOWERS, AND OUR VOLUNTEERS AS WELL THAT HELP WITH THE SHOWERS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

I WAS TOLD BY THE DIRECTOR OF OUR CLINIC THAT SERVICES THE HOMELESS THERE AND THE DOCTOR AND THE NURSE PRACTITIONER AND ALL THE STUDENT NURSES THAT ARE THERE.

WE WILL BE DOING VACCINATIONS AGAIN, BUT WE WILL NOT GET ANY OF THE VACCINE TILL END OF MAY.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE PREPARED.

THANK YOU. ANY MORE SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NOT.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MRS. BHAT-PATEL. YEAH, JUST A COUPLE.

THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE NUMBER OF CASES ARE SO MUCH SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THEY WERE IN 2017, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU SHOWED US THAT COMPARISON BECAUSE IT GIVES US SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S GOING ON.

JUST JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF THE DEFINITION OF AN OUTBREAK, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THEY UTILIZE AS THE THRESHOLD FOR

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GREAT. THANK YOU, AND I THINK THE OTHER PIECE, I JUST IT SOUNDS LIKE WE COVERED THIS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE JUST TO REITERATE HOW PREPARED WE ARE AS A CITY, BUT WE SEEM TO HAVE SOME HAND-WASHING STATIONS AND PORTABLE BATHROOMS, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALREADY PREPARED IN THAT PARTICULAR SENSE.

ABSOLUTELY. SO WE'VE CONFIRMED OUR RESOURCES AS FAR AS PORTABLE HAND-WASHING STATIONS AND PORTABLE RESTROOMS. SO THERE'S CURRENTLY 13 LOCATIONS IN CARLSBAD WITH PORTABLE RESTROOMS AND 26 LOCATIONS WITH PERMANENT PUBLIC RESTROOMS, AND ALL OF THOSE EITHER HAVE PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT OR PORTABLE, RATHER, HANDWASHING STATIONS.

GREAT. THANKS, AND I THINK I HAD SEEN SOMEWHERE THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC TO OUR CITY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY DOES HAVE SOME VACCINATION CLINICS THAT THEY'VE ROLLED OUT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN; I THOUGHT I SAW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THEIR CHANNEL.

YEAH, CORRECT, SO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS, THEY ARE--PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES, RATHER--ARE CONDUCTING VACCINATION EVENTS AND THEY ARE PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ON THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEPATITIS A WEBSITE.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.

JUST COMMENTS. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO COMMENT.

YES, MISS BHAT-PATEL.

SURE. THANK YOU, AND THANKS FOR AGAIN THE UPDATE.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHOW HOW PREPARED WE ARE JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO PREVENT THINGS FROM HAPPENING.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE LEARNED I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN PREVENTIVE, BUT JUST LEARNED THAT PREVENTION REALLY HELPS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MITIGATING THE OUTCOME, AND SO IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME TO UNDERSCORE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXPERIENCE AN OUTBREAK.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. OH, YOU DO HAVE A COMMENT.

MS. ACOSTA. YES, THANK YOU.

I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU AND I WANTED TO THANK OUR ENTIRE CITY STAFF FOR SUPPORTING THE WORK THAT WE DO FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR OFFICE AND THAT YOUR PREDECESSOR DID BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOUR PREDECESSOR GOT A LOT OF ACCOLADES AND RECOGNITION AND SO DID THE CITY FOR HIS WORK AND I KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHEN YOU WERE HIRED AND BROUGHT IN THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB IN OTHER CITIES, WOULD WANT TO MODEL THEIR WORK AFTER OURS.

SO I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT IS CONTINUING AND THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THIS INFORMATION TO US AND TO THE PUBLIC TO SHOW THAT WE ARE PREPARING AND READY FOR ANYTHING THAT COMES OUR WAY.

SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CLOSING STATEMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER NINE.

[9. MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY-POLICE ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION]

DO WE NEED A PRESENTATION OR DO I JUST GO FOR SPEAKERS? JUST SPEAKERS, I BELIEVE.

OKAY, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? YES. PATRICK CONNOLLY, FOLLOWED BY TAFFY CANNON.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

CITY COUNCIL, FOLKS.

I WASN'T SURE WHAT THE PROTOCOL WAS GOING TO BE TODAY, BUT LET ME DO THIS LET ME TRY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS IN THE APPLICATION RATHER THAN REITERATE ALL OF IT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I DID OMIT FROM MY APPLICATION.

ONE, I WAS A PROSECUTOR, A LOCAL PROSECUTOR PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO THE FBI, AND I DID SERVE ON THE JUVENILE JUSTICE PANELS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS A GREAT FEATURE THAT WE THAT WE HAVE.

I HAVE A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK THAT MAY BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO THE COMMISSION.

WHILE, I DON'T THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR A COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE IT, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL.

SOME OF THAT EXPERIENCE INVOLVES TAKING A LOOK AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, AND FORTUNATELY, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH JUST A HUNDREDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AT VARIOUS LEVELS, INCLUDING FOREIGN AGENCIES AND INCLUDING THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE REALLY HAVE A DIAMOND, THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT I WELCOME THE CHIEF WHO TALKS ABOUT TRUST BETTER THAN I CAN IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TRUSTED AND GETS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO I WELCOME THAT AND I THINK I CAN BE A PART OF THAT.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT A COUPLE OF THEMES AND MAYBE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT I'VE DONE.

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I'M COMMITTED TO THAT. THAT'S HOW WE BECOME TRANSPARENT.

THAT'S HOW WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, ISSUES OF MUTUAL IMPORTANCE, AND MAYBE DEVELOP SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN TOGETHER MUTUALLY ACCEPT.

SO I'M COMMITTED TO THAT.

I'M COMMITTED TO SOMETHING ELSE.

TRUST BEING TRANSPARENT, BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPEDIMENTS TO IT--LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS--BUT I'M COMMITTED TO THAT, AND ALSO LISTENING AND THAT MEANS LISTENING, AND AS YOU WILL NO DOUBT, LISTENING IS TOUGH.

IT'S A DISCIPLINE THAT YOU HAVE TO ACQUIRE.

I HAPPEN TO TEACH IT FROM A CRISIS INTERVENTION STANDPOINT EVEN HERE AT CARLSBAD, IN OUR OLD CLASSROOMS, BEFORE THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER WAS DONE.

I THINK I'LL STOP NOW.

I LOOK FORWARD.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WITH ALL THE TOUGH ISSUES THAT YOU'VE HAD, THIS MAY BE AN EASY ONE, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE FOLKS FROM THE ACADEMY, TAFFY AND MICHAEL, WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM, I HOPE AND YOU PROBABLY CAN'T GO WRONG.

WE'RE GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

EXCUSE ME. IT'S A LITTLE BIT STRANGE TO BE HERE AND NOT BE TALKING ABOUT THE LIBRARY, BUT I PROMISE YOU, I DO HAVE OTHER INTERESTS, AND THE POLICE HAVE LONG BEEN ONE.

I'M NOT A POLICE OFFICER.

I'VE NEVER PLAYED ONE ON TV, BUT I AM THE AUTHOR OF A WHOLE LOT OF BOOKS THAT DEAL WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BECAUSE I'M A MYSTERY WRITER BY TRADE, AND I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING DETAILS CORRECT, AND I'VE CONSULTED WELL, CERTAINLY NOT AS MANY AS PATRICK CONNOLLY, BUT I'VE CONSULTED WITH 9 OR 10 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO GET THOSE DETAILS RIGHT IN MY BOOKS, BECAUSE IT MATTERS.

FOUR OF THOSE ARE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING CARLSBAD A WHILE BACK.

ONE THING THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE WORK THAT I DO AND REAL POLICE WORK IS THAT IN MY CRIME FICTION, THE GOOD GUYS ALWAYS WIN, WHICH IS A NICE POSITION TO BE IN.

RIGHT NOW I'M MIDWAY THROUGH THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY AND I'VE BEEN ENORMOUSLY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALIFICATIONS AND THE TRAINING OF OUR LOCAL POLICE, AS WELL AS WITH THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR OPERATIONS, AND NOT ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE NEARLY THAT OPEN, AND CURRENT EVENTS REMIND US OF THAT EVERY NOW AND THEN. I'VE ALSO GOT PERSONAL CONNECTIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

MY BROTHER WAS A SWORN OFFICER IN THE CHICAGO SUBURBS AND I HAVE OTHER RELATIVES IN THE MIDWEST WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN COPS AND CORRECTION OFFICERS.

I THINK WE HAVE A REAL TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS COMMISSION TO CREATE AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S GOING TO BE SMART AND FLEXIBLE AND FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATION. THIS IS GOING TO HELP BOTH IN THE LONG RUN AND IN THE EVENT OF CRISES, AND THE ONE THING WE DO KNOW IS THAT CRISIS RARELY ANNOUNCES ITSELF IN A TIMELY MANNER.

SO BEING ON TOP OF THINGS AT THE GET GO IS IMPORTANT.

I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALIFICATIONS OF ALL OF THE FINALISTS HERE, AND I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG, BUT I STILL THINK YOU SHOULD CHOOSE ME.

SO THANK YOU.

SOCORRO ANDERSON FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL ZEPEDA JR.

AGAIN, SOCORRO ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR FATHER RAYMOND [INAUDIBLE].

I DON'T HAVE ANY POLICE, WHATEVER EXPERIENCE.

I'VE NEVER BEEN A POLICE OFFICER.

MY WHOLE THING THAT I'VE DONE FOR THIS CITY IS BASICALLY BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

I AM HISPANIC.

I AM SEMI-BILINGUAL.

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AS A ORGANIZER FOR CIVIC ACTION, BASICALLY WHAT MY FUNCTION WAS WAS TO BRING LEADERSHIP TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY, BRINGING GROUPS TOGETHER AND DOING WHAT YOU DO AS YOUR LEGISLATURE COMMITTEE DOES, BRING THEM TOGETHER.

LOOK AT LEGISLATURE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THEM IN THEIR LIVES, IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE THEM BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CIVIC ORIENTED. YOU CAN ONLY MAKE CHANGE IF YOU ARE INVOLVED, AND THAT WAS WHAT MY WHOLE FUNCTION AS CIVIC ACTION AND ORGANIZING HAS BEEN, AND I'M HOPING THAT I CAN DO THE SAME THING AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO YOUR COMMITTEE HERE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU.

MS. ACOSTA I DO HAVE TO MENTION THAT MY PARENTS, THEY WALKED WITH CESAR CHAVEZ.

I WAS RAISED IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY TO LARRY COUNTY AND KERN COUNTY, WHICH PRODUCES THE MAJORITY OF YOUR FOOD, AND MY PARENTS HAD A FARM AND WE WERE FARMERS AND I MET CESAR CHAVEZ AS A YOUNG PERSON, AND HE WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE, AND I ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH WOMEN.

IT'S CALLED ADELANTE MUJER, AND I THINK SHE WAS CESAR CHAVEZ DAUGHTER IN LAW THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT MEETING AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL ZEPEDA JR.

I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY DESIRE AND QUALIFICATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POLICE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION.

I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CARLSBAD FOR OVER 60 YEARS.

MY GRANDPARENTS MOVED FROM THEIR FAMILY TO CARLSBAD IN THE EARLY 1940S FROM THE IMPERIAL VALLEY, WHERE MY GRANDFATHER WORKED AS A RANCH FOREMAN.

THEY SETTLED IN THE BARRIO WHERE MY GRANDFATHER GOT A JOB AS A SANITATION WORKER WITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

THEY RAISED MY MOTHER AND SIX SIBLINGS IN THE HOUSE, TWO DOORS NORTH OF LOLA'S ON ROOSEVELT, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE I WAS RAISED IN THE DUPLEXES AT THE CORNER OF ROOSEVELT AND PINE, WHICH I BELIEVE AT ONE TIME WERE OWNED BY MAYOR HALL AND I RAISED MY SON THERE ALSO.

I'M A HOMEOWNER IN CARLSBAD.

WHERE MY WIFE AND I HAVE RAISED OUR THREE CHILDREN.

I GO THROUGH ALL THIS TO SIMPLY SAY THAT CARLSBAD IS MY HOME.

IT IS TODAY, AND IT HAS BEEN MY FAMILY'S HOME FOR OVER 80 YEARS AND WE HAVE CHERISHED EVERY ONE OF THOSE YEARS.

CARLSBAD IS A GREAT CITY AND SO MUCH OF US AND HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER US CITIZENS DIVERSE AS WE ARE TODAY.

I'VE BEEN A FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND I HAVE EITHER WORKED OR LIVED IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT IN THIS CITY, AND I HAVE A KEEN AWARENESS OF ALL CORNERS OF THE CITY.

WHEN NOT DOING MY DAY JOB, I ENJOY GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

WHETHER THAT HAS BEEN AS A YOUTH SPORTS COACH OR BOARD MEMBER, VOLUNTEERING AT MY CHURCH, CHAIRING THE CARLSBAD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, OR VOLUNTEERING FOR MY FAVORITE.

THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT JUVENILE JUSTICE PANEL, WHICH I HAVE SERVED FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

THEIR DESIRE TO EXTEND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TO THE YOUNG OFFENDERS IS A SIGN OF THE SAME CARE THEY HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

I AM CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.

I'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE CITIZENS ACADEMY AND WE ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE OF WHAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT DOES.

I'M CONFIDENT THAT IF ANYONE QUESTIONS THE COMMITMENT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN LIKE I HAVE OVER THESE LAST FEW WEEKS, THEY WOULD KNOW THAT WE HAVE A GREAT DEPARTMENT. I'M CONVINCED THAT THEIR MANTRA OF NO CALL IS TOO SMALL EXEMPLIFIES A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITIZENS, BUT FOR ANYONE WHO EVER VISITS THIS CITY.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER ME FOR YOUR COMMISSION ALONG WITH YOU HAVE TREMENDOUS TALENT TO CHOOSE FROM, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE I CAN BE A VOICE TO CONNECT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO BE A VOICE FOR YOU IN YOUR POSITIONS AS CITY COUNCIL PERSONS.

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OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS DAN FRAZEE.

BEING TAIL-END CHARLIE SOMETIMES IS A GOOD THING.

SOMETIMES IT'S A BAD THING.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DAN FRAZEE.

I'M A CARLSBAD RESIDENT, AND A FINALIST FOR THE POSITION ON THE COMMUNITY POLICE ENGAGEMENT BOARD.

WHEN I SAW IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD WAS INITIATING A POLICE POLICY COMMUNITY INTERACTION BOARD, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO ME MEANS TWO THINGS.

THAT THE ORGANIZATION WILL DO A MORE THOROUGH JOB OF ADDRESSING ALL THE ISSUES, AND THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT BOARD.

MY TIME ON THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD, ON POLICE PRACTICES, MY BACKGROUND, MY EDUCATION, MY BACKGROUND IN COMMUNITY MEDIATION TAUGHT ME A FEW THINGS.

ONE OF THOSE EMPATHY.

THE SECOND THING IS TRY AND KEEP AN OPEN MIND.

THE THIRD THING IS THAT THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY ISSUE.

MY EXPERIENCE HAS GIVEN ME THE SKILLS TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THAT WAS OUR FINAL SPEAKER, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THE WAY I'M GOING TO GO ABOUT THIS IS I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE.

START WITH MS. BHAT-PATEL, YOUR NOMINATION, PLEASE.

SURE. THANK YOU, AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS.

I KNOW IT TAKES TIME AND YOU ALL ARE VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE.

WITH THAT, I KNOW THAT FOR MYSELF, MY FINALISTS WERE TERRI NOVAK AND TAFFY CANNON.

I KNOW TAFFY, YOU'RE LISTED HERE MULTIPLE TIMES, AND TERRI ALSO HAD SUBMITTED AN EMAIL SAYING SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, IS VERY WELL QUALIFIED AS WELL. I KNOW I CAN'T READ HER EMAIL, BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO LOOK AT THAT.

IT'S ATTACHED TO OUR PACKET.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE TERRI FOR DISTRICT THREE'S REPRESENTATION.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MS. ACOSTA.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF THE APPLICANTS AND ALL THAT WERE HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THEIR APPLICATIONS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

I ALSO NOMINATED TAFFY, ALONG WITH DAN FRAZEE, WHO SPOKE HERE TONIGHT, BUT THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT UP TAFFY, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT I MEAN, WE'RE GOING IN THIS ORDER.

SO I'M HOPEFUL, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE DAN FRAZEE.

PLEASE VOTE.

SHOULD WE TRY AGAIN? WAS IT ME? NO. IT'S NOT RESPONDING.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MS. BURKHOLDER.

YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I ACTUALLY NOMINATED PATRICK CONNOLLY AND MICHAEL ZEPEDA.

I AM SO THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED WITH THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FROM DISTRICT ONE THAT WE RECEIVED BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES REFLECT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED AND WANT TO BE ON THESE COMMISSIONS THAT DO NOT PAY ANY MONEY, THEY ARE TIME SUCKED SOMETIMES, BUT IT JUST TELLS US HOW COMMITTED YOU ARE TO THE COMMUNITY. I SAW THAT THE MAYOR HAD ALSO NOMINATED PATRICK CONNOLLY, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO NOMINATE MICHAEL ZEPEDA. PLEASE VOTE.

MS. LUNA. OKAY, SO I NOMINATED SOCORRO AND TAFFY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT TAFFY CANNON.

PLEASE VOTE, AND MY SELECTION WILL BE

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SORRY. OKAY, SO YOUR VOTE SHOULD BE YES.

IT SHOULD BE YES. YES, SORRY.

WE DON'T NEED TO REVOTE, DO WE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE REASON I ASKED TO GO LAST IS BECAUSE I SAW SOME NAMES ON HERE I THOUGHT WERE REALLY GOOD, AND I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THEY GOT SELECTED AND THEY DID.

SO I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO NOMINATE PATRICK CONNOLLY.

NOW I WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT PATRICK CONNOLLY.

A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, POLICE WORK, WHICH I ORIGINALLY SPOKE WITH HIM WHEN HE INTERVIEWED WITH ME, THAT I DON'T WANT TO STACK THIS WITH POLICE RELATED PEOPLE BECAUSE THIS IS A CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD, BUT HE CONVINCED ME THAT HE IS ABSOLUTELY A GOOD CHOICE BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE.

THIS GUY HAS BEEN THE SUPERVISING AGENT FOR THE FBI.

HE'S BEEN A SCHOOL TEACHER AND HE COMMUNICATES WITH THE COMMUNITY WELL, AND HE SEEMS TO BE VERY WELL ACCEPTED BY THE COMMUNITY , AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

I MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO PAT, IF I SELECTED HIM, THAT HAVING POLICE EXPERIENCE TO ME WAS A DETRIMENT.

SO I'M HOPING YOU'LL DOWNPLAY THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE POLICE EXPERIENCE, BUT REALLY PLAY UP YOUR ABSOLUTE EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO WITH THAT, PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TEN IS THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE NORTH COUNTY DISPATCH AND ALTERNATE.

[10. APPOINTMENT OF PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE NORTH COUNTY DISPATCH JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY]

SO LOOKING FOR A VOLUNTEER TO TAKE NORTH COUNTY JOINT DISPATCH.

UNDERSTANDING IT'S ONLY A QUARTERLY MEETING.

IT'S NOT A LOT.

SO I NEED A VOLUNTEER FOR THE PRIMARY AND A VOLUNTEER FOR ALTERNATE.

NOTICE, NOBODY WILL MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH ME.

[CHUCKLING] YOU'LL BE THE PRIMARY? I VOLUNTEER. I WAS ON THE NORTH COUNTY DISPATCH JPA WHEN I FIRST STARTED, BUT THEN I JOINED THE ENCINA WASTEWATER BOARD, AND THERE WAS THAT DIRECT CONFLICT THAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING NOW.

I REALLY LOVE NORTH COUNTY DISPATCH JPA.

THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS LIFESAVING, AND I WAS SAD THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO.

I WASN'T ABLE TO DO THAT ANYMORE.

IT DOESN'T MEET VERY OFTEN.

SO I THINK I COULD COMMIT.

ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A PRIMARY.

LET'S VOTE, PLEASE, BEFORE SHE CHANGES HER MIND.

[CHUCKLING] THANK YOU, AND FOR AN ALTERNATE. VOLUNTEER.

WHEN ARE THE MEETINGS? THE MEETINGS ARE EVERY THREE MONTHS ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 10:00 AM.

YEAH I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF A WORK CONFLICT.

YOU SAID YES OR NO? I CAN'T BECAUSE OF A WORK CONFLICT.

I HAVE A TEAM MEETING AT THAT TIME.

GUESS WHO GETS TO BE THE ALTERNATE? I'LL DO THE ALTERNATE.

THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE.

MY PLEASURE.

MAYOR, THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ISSUE.

THANK YOU. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING.

DO WE HAVE ANY LEFTOVER SPEAKERS FROM THE BEGINNING? NO, WE DO NOT.

THANK YOU. CLOSING REMARKS.

[COUNCIL COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS]

I DON'T HAVE ANY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MS. ACOSTA. THANK YOU.

I'LL BE VERY BRIEF TODAY JUST TO GO THROUGH MY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS THIS MORNING I ATTENDED THE CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RISING STAR AWARD.

THAT'S A MONTHLY EVENT WHERE STUDENTS FROM OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS ARE RECOGNIZED, AND YOU'RE NOMINATED BY YOUR TEACHER, YOUR COUNSELOR, OR SOMEONE AT YOUR SCHOOL. WE RECOGNIZE SOMEONE FROM CARLSBAD ARMY NAVY ACADEMY, SAGE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, CARLSBAD HIGH, LA COSTA CANYON AND PACIFIC RIDGE SCHOOL THIS MORNING AT A SPECIAL BREAKFAST THAT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE AND EMPOWERING AND A GREAT THING TO START YOUR DAY WITH.

THE OTHER THING IS NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR IN A LONG TIME THAT THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IS PARTICIPATING WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

SO I'M PLEASED TO BE ATTENDING AN ADVOCACY EVENT WITH NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE.

THE OTHER COMMITTEE I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, SAN DIEGO COUNTY DIVISION.

I AM THE APPOINTEE FROM THAT DIVISION TO A POLICY COMMITTEE THAT'S ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY POLICY COMMITTEE, AND ON THURSDAY, THIS LAST WEEK, WE HAD A FOUR HOUR ZOOM

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I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BHAT-PATEL CHAIRS ONE OF THOSE POLICY COMMITTEES, SO ALTHOUGH SHE DIDN'T SPEAK, I KNOW SHE'S BUSY WORKING ON THAT AS WELL, AND THEN THIS THURSDAY I'VE GOT SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION.

I'M SO PLEASED TO BE PART OF THAT BOARD NOW, AND WE MEET ON THURSDAY.

SO IF ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING OR WATCHING, YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU. MISS BURKHOLDER.

YES, I DID ATTEND THE SANDAG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY THE 17TH.

IT WAS OUR GRAND OLD SAINT PATTY'S DAY CELEBRATION.

JUST KIDDING, IT WASN'T, BUT THEN WE DO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP FRIDAY THE 24TH, FOR THE GENERAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING FOR SANDAG.

SUNDAY, I HAD A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RICHNESS OF GIVING CARLSBAD CLEANUP IN THE VILLAGE, WHICH WAS AMAZING.

WE CLEANED UP SO MUCH DEBRIS, CIGARETTE BUTTS, LOTS OF TRASH, AND IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL COLLABORATION WITH CARLSBAD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION VISIT CARLSBAD. THE RICHNESS OF GIVING AND I FEEL LIKE I'M LEAVING SOMEONE OUT AND I PROBABLY AM SO SORRY TO THAT PERSON.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T WRITE IT DOWN, AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A GRAND OPENING FOR LEGOLAND, MINILAND ON THURSDAY, AND AS A MOM OF TWO TEENAGE BOYS THAT USED TO DRAG ME TO LEGOLAND ALL THE TIME, I CAN'T WAIT TO GO EXPERIENCE THIS GRAND OPENING OF MINILAND. SO THAT WILL BE KIND OF A FUN THING TO DO.

WITH OFFICE HOURS, I DIDN'T HEAR MY COLLEAGUES MENTION THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE OFFICE HOURS.

I'M AVAILABLE TO YOU WHENEVER YOU TEXT ME OR CALL ME OR EMAIL ME, I GET BACK TO YOU AS IMMEDIATELY AS I CAN.

SO FEEL FREE IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES IN DISTRICT ONE OR IN CARLSBAD, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.

THANK YOU, MISS LUNA.

EVERY COMMITTEE I'M ON, ALL THEY'RE DOING IS INUNDATING US WITH BUDGETS, BUDGETS, BUDGETS.

IT'S BUDGET TIME, SO KEEP GOING ON YOUR BUDGETS.

THANK YOU. OKAY FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

SO THEN THAT WAY IT'S TRANSPARENT AND THERE'S NO CONCERN THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DISCUSSING DISCUSSING BUSINESS AND MAKING BACK BACKROOM DECISIONS. SO WITH THAT SATURDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2023, BETWEEN 10 A.M, AND NOON.

CITY OF CARLSBAD, HAROLD E.

SMERDU COMMUNITY GARDEN 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.

THAT'LL BE AT 12:50 LAGUNA AVENUE IN CARLSBAD.

CITY MANAGER.

NOTHING TO REPORT, SIR. CITY ATTORNEY.

NOTHING, THANK YOU. CITY CLERK? NOTHING, THANK YOU. OKAY, AND TONIGHT, WE ARE SADDENED TO LEARN THAT FRED MACEDO, A THIRD GENERATION SAN DIEGAN, HAS RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 78.

FRED WAS A CARLSBAD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE FROM THE CLASS OF 1962.

BORN TO A KOREAN WAR VETERAN AND LABORERS LOCAL 89 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER VALENTINE MACEDO AND HIS LOVING MOTHER, NAOMI.

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER IN THE LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, FRED WAS DEDICATED TO WORKING ON MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT HAVE IMPACTED SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND STILL RELIED ON TODAY.

HE WAS TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT LIFE, HIS LOVING FAMILY AND MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH, MOST OF ALL, MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

WITH THIS IN MIND, I AM ADJOURNING TONIGHT'S MEETING IN THE HONOR OF FRED MACEDO'S MEMORY, AND WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.